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An Historical Digest 
 of the Provincial Press 
 
 Being a Collation of All Items of Personal and Historic 
 Reference Relating to American Affairs Printed in the 
 Newspapers of the Provincial Period Beginning with the 
 Appearance of The Present State of the New-English 
 Affairs, 1689, Publick Occurrences. 1690, and the 
 First Issue of The Boston News-Letter, 1704, and 
 Ending with the Close of the Revolution, 1783 .:. .:. 
 
 Illustrated 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS SERIES 
 
 Volume One 
 
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 COMPILED AND EDITED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 
 
 LYMAN HORACE WEEKS 
 
 Author of Prominent Families of New York. Book of Bruce. Etc. 
 
 EDWIN M. BACON 
 
 Author of Historic Pilgrimages in New England. The Connecticut 
 River and the Valley of the Connecticut, Etc. 
 
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 THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICANA, INC. 
 
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 COPYRIGHT, 191 1 
 
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 NBW YORK AND MERIDEN 
 
 IV 
 
Preface 
 
 ' I A HE scheme of this work involves the exact reproduction of the 
 ■*• text of the American newspapers, other than their reprints of 
 foreign intelligence in the English journals, from the first attempted 
 American newspaper in the year 1690, of which only a single number 
 was issued, down through the Provincial Period closing with the year 
 1783. The first series, of which this is volume one, is to cover the 
 Massachusetts press, for in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay 
 American journalism had its beginning, and here alone was continued 
 with a single newspaper through a decade and a half, or till 1719. 
 Except in the provinces of Pennsylvania and New York, and there only 
 in the cities of Philadelphia and New York, journalism was not 
 planted elsewhere till after the first quarter of a century had passed. 
 The news of the Massachusetts press, however, was by no means con- 
 fined to that province. The field of the Massachusetts periodicals 
 was all the English colonies in America, and in their columns was 
 reported not only the news of the other colonies but that of the West 
 Indies, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, so far as news gathering 
 facilities were effective in those primitive days. 
 
 Beginning with the eighteenth century the early newspapers 
 contained much Americana not elsewhere to be found in reports of 
 local happenings, in official documents and other papers, and in 
 personal items relating to the daily lives of the people and to the ac- 
 tivities of the communities then developing. Because of the incom- 
 pleteness ox entire absence of other records, the material in these 
 periodicals, scant as it is, is of inestimable value to the historian, the 
 genealogist, the student, the lawyer, the judge, the conveyancer, 
 serving as it does to illuminate much that otherwise would remain 
 obscure, and furnishing vital data concerning both public and private 
 affairs of this formative period of American history. 
 
 It is a cause for profound but unavailing regret that old town 
 and church records have to a considerable extent disappeared, and 
 that so many documents and papers of historical value were destroyed 
 or carried away during and at the close of the Revolution. Much, 
 too, of the material of this nature that has been preserved is frag- 
 mentary. Where town records — minutes of town meetings, of select- 
 men, of churches, and of other community proceedings — were kept 
 they are often now far from complete. The same is true of the 
 
 V 
 
records of probate courts, of the registers of deeds, of vital statistics. 
 The valuable publications of the town records and other contempo- 
 rary documents by the city registrar of Boston, and the volumes of 
 Massachusetts Vital Records by the New England Historic Genealogical 
 Society, provided for by its Robert Henry Eddy Fund and annual 
 appropriations by the Commonwealth for the purchase of a stated 
 number of copies, particularly disclose this condition in Massachusetts ; 
 and it is the condition to an even greater extent in the other colonies. 
 Many of these omissions the early provincial newspapers supply, and 
 they will be found in this compilation. In fact, the material in the 
 newspapers here reproduced constitutes to a very considerable extent 
 our only contemporaneous record of American happenings, especially 
 in the earlier years of the Provincial Period, save what is derived from 
 public documents and private papers. The desire to rescue this 
 material from the obscurity into which it has fallen and to render it 
 accessible has been the guiding motive of this Digest. 
 
 While all that is comprised in this volume and those that will 
 •follow notably supplements other records and meets deficiencies in 
 them it also includes much matter of a distinctive character and not 
 heretofore collected, bearing upon a variety of subjects: as port 
 statistics, public proceedings; importations; postal service; events, 
 local and colonial; residence, business pursuits, and ventures of the 
 people; passenger arrivals and departures; real estate transactions; 
 property holdings ;• wills ; court and administrative affairs ; legisla- 
 tive acts. In the special field of literature much is discoverable in 
 these columes that will engage the attention of the investigator into 
 literary usages, the origin of words, terms, and phrases which have 
 worked their way into the common language. To what extent all 
 this will add to the sum of our information regarding the period sur- 
 veyed the pages that follow must speak for themselves. 
 
 The imperative need and the usefulness of such a compilation as is 
 furnished in this Digest will be recognized when it is understood that 
 the issues of such early periodicals as have been preserved are scattered 
 in many libraries in different parts of the country. No single library 
 has a complete set of any of them. He who would examine every 
 existing number would be compelled to resort to institutions in Widely 
 separated cities, as Boston, Cambridge, Worcester, Hartford, New 
 York, Philadelphia, Washington, Madison, Wisconsin. In some 
 instances the only known copies are in private or proprietory libraries 
 not freely open to the public. Thus they are always difficult of con- 
 sultation, and not infrequently are practically inaccessible save to 
 privileged investigators. Moreover, many are in a frail and perish- 
 able condition, and their custodians are already seriously considering 
 the wisdom of withdrawing them entirely from general use. The 
 danger of loss by fire is also ever present. 
 
 VI 
 
In its entirety An Historical Digest of the Provincial Press 
 will be a complete compilation of or an index to all the provincial 
 newspapers included in this review. It is intended that the work 
 shall largely obviate the necessity of consulting the originals save, 
 perhaps, in exceptional instances by scholars, and place this material 
 once for all in compact form, wholly available for the widest private 
 and public use. 
 
 It is believed that the methods adopted in this reprinting will 
 commend themselves by reason of their simplicity, directness, and 
 completeness. As will be seen, the items reproduced have been 
 arranged in chronological order under the names of the newspapers 
 from which they have been taken, with dates of issue and reference to 
 the libraries in which copies of those particular issues are now pre- 
 served. All the personal items, reports of events and historical docu- 
 ments that have never been reprinted, and that constitute the bulk 
 of the data, are given entire. In the work as a whole documents and 
 historical papers that have been already reprinted in accessible col- 
 lections of historical and antiquarian societies or in standard works 
 of history will not always be reproduced in full, but will be briefly 
 abstracted and reference made to those publications wherein they 
 can be consulted. In the present volume, however, few such instances 
 occur. While the foreign news reprinted or summarized from the 
 English newspapers has been excluded as outside the scope of this 
 work devoted exclusively to Americana, its character has been indi- 
 cated in the editorial head-notes to the transcripts of successive issues 
 of the newspapers and in occasional brief references in the text. What- 
 ever in this mass of foreign intelligence relates in any way to American 
 affairs has, however, been scrupulously transcribed. 
 
 To reproduce the originals with absolute textual fidelity has been 
 the constant aim of the editors. Working on these predetermined 
 lines all the vagaries of spelling, capitalization, italicization, punctua- 
 tion, abbreviations, and so on, have been carefully preserved. So 
 undeviating has been the adherence to this rule that even obvious 
 typographical errors of the colonial printers have been transferred to 
 these pages. At the outset the extent to which editorial revision or 
 correction of the original text might be carried came up for long and 
 serious consideration. One conclusion only could be arrived at and 
 that was that the ultimate historical worth of a work of this character 
 must rest primarily and firmly upon an exact adherence to the text. 
 This course has been pursued with less reluctance in view of the fact 
 that there has been found little confusion or incorrectness in the text 
 that will not be readily comprehensible to the competent reader. Here 
 and there suggestive readings have been added in brackets and further 
 explanations and corrections have been made in foot-notes. 
 
 That despite the utmost care and watchfulness errors may exist 
 in the completed work may be frankly admitted. Such seems to be 
 
 VII 
 
the fate of all printed books, and it may well be true of a work involv- 
 ing such and so many typographical and other perplexities as this. 
 It is however the earnest hope of the editors that if errors are found 
 they will be few and unimportant. A eareful final reading of the 
 printed pages in connection with the arduous task of making the 
 elaborate personal and analytical Index has happily revealed little 
 of consequence that had previously escaped observation. 
 
 Several special features of historical and bibliographical character 
 precede the transcript of the newspapers on the opening pages of 
 this volume. These come naturally in place as introductory to and 
 explanatory of the text which follows. Their presence does not call 
 for particular comment. The list of periodicals of the Provincial 
 Period, the list of authorities on the subject, and the list of libraries 
 will, it is safe to say, be found useful guides. An acquaintance with 
 the broadside of 1689, the first attempted newspaper, and the Camp- 
 bell manuscript news letters, seems to be essential to an adequate 
 understanding of the conditions precedent to the founding of the 
 first established newspaper and the influence which affected that 
 beginning and marked its early career. 
 
 The editors are indebted to a number of valued friends who may 
 be properly termed historical experts for practical suggestions and 
 valuable aids in the prosecution of their work; and their thanks are 
 especially due to the librarians of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 
 the New York Historical Society, the Boston Athenasum, the Ameri- 
 can Antiquarian Society, the libraries of Harvard and Yale Colleges, 
 the Library of Congress, and other institutions, for courtesies received. 
 
 VIII 
 
Contents 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Precursors of the Newspaper 1 
 
 Massachusetts Periodicals, 1689-1783 4 
 
 List of Authorities 11 
 
 List of Libraries 20 
 
 The Present State of the New-English Affairs 21 
 
 Publick Occurrences 24 
 
 The Campbell News Letters 34 
 
 The Boston News-Letter 53 
 
 The Boston News-Letter, 1704 61 
 
 The Boston News-Letter, 1705 157 
 
 The Boston News-Letter, 1706 281 
 
 The Boston News-Letter, 1707 432 
 
 Index 489 
 
 IX 
 
Illustrations 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Fac-simile of a Boston News-Letter Memorandum Frontispiece 
 
 Fac-simile of The Present State of the New-English Affairs 1 
 
 Fac-simile of Public Occurrences, First Page 33 
 
 Fac-simile of The Boston News-Letter, First Page 57 
 
 Fac-simile of The Boston News-Letter, Second Page 97 
 
 Autograph Letter of Duncan Campbell 145 
 
 Fac-simile of Public Occurrences, Second Page 177 
 
 Fac-simile of Public Occurrences, Third Page 209 
 
 Fac-simile of the Order Suppressing Public Occurrences 241 
 
 The North Battery, Boston 273 
 
 Chief Justice Samuel Sewall 313 
 
 Reverend Increase Mather 353 
 
 Governor Joseph Dudley 417 
 
 Autograph Letter of John Campbell 449 
 
 The South Battery, Boston 465 
 
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 Page 78. The date of The Boston News-Letter No. 6 should be May 
 
 29, 1704 instead of 1709 as printed. 
 Pp. 79, 80. The dates in the page head lines should be May 29, 
 
 1704 instead of 1709 as printed. 
 
 ADDENDUM 
 
 Page 59. The annotation in the manuscript "Memorandums" bound 
 in the volume of The Boston News-Letter in the library of the 
 New York Historical Society, under date October 15, 1705 [the 
 second of this date]: Madame Hebb, as pointed out by Mr. 
 Frederick L. Gay, signifies Madam Hobbie; the initial N, in the 
 next line, Negro. Then the annotation would read: "Madame 
 Hobbpe's] N[egro] one [or once] of the Jamaica fleet died this 
 morning of a Fever, at the house of y e sd H[obbie]." See Sewall's 
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Precursors of the Newspaper 
 
 TT has been estimated that from the setting up of the first print- 
 -Mng press in the English-speaking colonies of America, by Stephen 
 Daye in Cambridge, Massachusetts-Bay, in 1639, until the close of 
 the Colonial Period, half a century thereafter, more than three hun- 
 dred books and pamphlets by native writers were produced by the 
 printers of Cambridge and Boston. This was a remarkable output 
 for a pioneer people and some of the Boston imprints became famous 
 even in the old world. 
 
 This early-planted and rapidly-developed literary and typographic 
 activity gradually led to the printing of news-sheets, although fifty 
 years were allowed to elapse before the home press gave the colonists 
 anything to read except books and pamphlets, — mainly religious — 
 almanacs, and the acts and resolves of the General Court. Foreign 
 news came in the few and infrequent London newspapers, while the 
 scant domestic happenings were reported by word of mouth or by 
 personal letters passing between relatives or friends in different 
 communities. When, occasionally, some specially important matter 
 developed broadsides were printed and sold, but only at the instance, 
 or with the permission of the government, for the press was not yet 
 free and nothing could be put forth except as "published by author- 
 ity." Such, for example, was the broadside of 1689, entitled: The 
 Present State of the New-English Affairs. So far as has been dis- 
 covered this was the first publication in the colonies of a purely 
 domestic news character and as such it is reprinted in this Digest, 
 although it was in no sense a newspaper. 
 
 Other sheets of like character were put forth about this time. 
 Evidence of this and of the fact that such publications were not 
 regarded with favor by the colonial authorities is seen in the follow- 
 ing official document : 
 
 "Whereas many papers haue beene lately printed & dispersed 
 tending to the disturbance of the peace & subuersion of the gouermt 
 of this theire Maiesties Collonie King William & Queene Mary It 
 is therfor ordered that if any person or persons within this Collony 
 be found guilty of any such like Misdemeanour of printing publish- 
 ing or concealing any such like papers or discourses or not timely 
 discouer such things to Authority or doe any act or thing that tends 
 to the disturbance of the peace or the subuersion of this governfht 
 They shall be accounted enemies to theire Maiesties present Gouernrht 
 & be proceeded ag* as such with uttermost severity 
 
 "Nov: br 8 th : 1689, Past in the affirmative 
 "by the Representatives 
 
 "Ebenezer Prout Clerk" 1 
 
 1 Massachusetts Archives, Vol. XXXV, p. 78. 
 
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PRECURSORS OF THE NEWSPAPER 
 
 Another publication of the period, similar to the preceding, was: 
 | Admiral Russel's | L E T T E R | to the | Earl of Nottingham, | 
 
 Containing an Exact and Particular Relation of | the Late Happy | Victory 
 and Success | Against | The French Fleet. | This letter which was 
 "published by authority," gives an account of the naval engagement 
 between the English and Dutch fleets on the one side, and the French 
 fleet on the other, off capes La Hogue and Barfleur in May 1692. 
 The letter of the admiral, dated Portsmouth, June 2, 1692, describes 
 circumstantially the movements of the allied naval forces, day by 
 day, from Wednesday, May 18, to Wednesday, May 25, and tells 
 how the French fleet was defeated and completely destroyed. 
 
 Following this letter is a copy of a private letter from Portsmouth, 
 dated May 29, 1692. In the latter is another brief account of the 
 same battle. Under date of "Monday 23d of May" is a brief report 
 of the burning of the French ships in the harbor of La Hogue. Finally 
 under date of "Tuesday, June 7th. 1692." is more about the campaign, 
 with the statement that the combined English and Dutch fleets 
 were; "Ninety Nine Ships, Forty Thousand five hundred seventy 
 five Seamen, six Thousand nine Hundred ninety four Cannons, 
 eighty seven Fireships and Frigats." The letter ends: 
 
 "This very day brings News, That the Town of Marmur, but not 
 the Castle have Surrendred to the French sooner than it needed to 
 have done, but at so dear a rate, as 'tis hoped will cost the French King 
 his Kingdom." 
 
 Then is appended this note of the reception of the news in Boston : 
 
 ">"T"*He Happy News of this Success and Victory, obtained by Their 
 X Majesties Royal Navy, over the French Fleet was Received by 
 Their Majesties Loyal Subjects of their Province of the Massachu- 
 setts-Bay in New-England, with all Hearty Expressions and Demon- 
 strations of Joy; His Excellency the Governour, being absent upon an 
 Expedition against the Common Enemy. The Lieutenant Governour, 
 accompanied with the Gentlemen of the Council; Principal Gentle- 
 men, Military Officers and Merchants of the Town of Boston, Re- 
 pairing unto the Fort, the great Ordnance at the Fort, and other Forti- 
 fications in and about the said Town, and at Their Majesties Castle, 
 were discharged, and Loud Acclamations of God Save King William 
 and Queen Mary, and grant them a Long and Prosperous Reign, 
 made by the whole Concourse of People there Assembled." 
 
 This broadside consists of four pages, two columns to a page, the 
 paper page being iy 2 by 11% inches and the type page 5J^ by 10^ 
 inches. The heading and Admiral Russell's letter fill nearly six 
 columns. The sheet has the imprint: "Boston Printed, and Sold 
 by Benjamin Harris, at the London-Coffee-House. 1692." A unique 
 specimen is in the library of Harvard College and a fac-simile repro- 
 duction was published in Samuel Abbott Green's Fac-Simile Repro- 
 ductions Relating to Various Subjects, Boston, 1903. 
 
PRECURSORS OF THE NEWSPAPER 
 
 In New York, in 1696, Governor Benjamin Fletcher recognized 
 the growing desire in that community, to know the news, by having 
 reprinted a copy of the London Gazette which had come into his hands 
 and contained an account of an engagement with the French previous 
 to the peace of Ryswick. He had already called William Bradford 
 from Philadelphia to set up a printing shop in New York and to him 
 he gave the order for this work. It was reported by the governor, 
 in a letter to the lords of trade, in London, May 30, 1696 : 
 
 "ship belonging to this place from Madera happily mett at sea 
 that vessell which had Your LordP' s packet for Virginia and brought 
 me a Gazett which gave me an account of that horrid conspiracy 
 against His Majesty's sacred person. I caused it to be reprinted 
 here and proclamation was issued by advice of the Council for a day 
 of thanksgiving throghout this province before the duplicate from 
 Your Lords came to hand." 2 
 
 A similar reprint was brought out in Boston in 1697 bearing this 
 imprint: "London, Printed by /. Dawks, Re-printed at Boston, in 
 N. E. by B. Green, and J. Allen, 1697." The heading is as follows: 
 "London Septemb. 27. | Yesterday Morning arrived Three Hol- 
 land Mails, | which bring the following Advices. | Vienna, September 
 18." | An original is in the Boston Public Library and it was repro- 
 duced in fac-simile in the Boston Public Library Bulletin, October 
 1893, vol. XII, page 215. 
 
 Earlier than the date of the publications last mentioned a definite 
 attempt was made to establish a real newspaper in the Massachusetts- 
 Bay Colony, the first attempt of the kind in America. This was the 
 single number of Publick Occurrences Septemper 25, 1690. The 
 prompt action of the governor in suppressing this sheet not only 
 put an end to its existence but also acted as an effectual deterrent 
 to any other printer ambitious in the same direction. For more 
 than thirteen years thereafter the journalistic field was barren. 
 Meantime however, the familiar methods of spreading news by 
 written letters continued, and presently, in 1703, John Campbell, 
 who was then postmaster of Boston, undertook to write letters which 
 were broader and fuller in news than private communications were 
 likely to be, and which, even if not altogether public in character, were 
 in a sense semi-official. Campbell sent his letters quite regularly 
 to the governors of the several New England colonies, and his brother 
 Duncan Campbell seems to have assisted him in this service. A 
 full account and a transcript of such of the Campbell letters as have 
 been preserved are given in this volume. 
 
 These broadsides and manuscript news letters were the immediate 
 precursors of the real newspaper, that is a publication of news, having 
 periodicity and continuity as its essential elements. They were 
 followed by The Boston News-Letter of John Campbell, in April, 
 1704; and there was the real beginning of American journalism. 
 
 2 Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York, 
 Vol. IV, p. 150. 
 
Massachusetts Periodicals 
 
 1689-1783 
 
 FOLLOWING is a list, chronologically arranged, of newspapers 
 and other periodicals published in Massachusetts, during the 
 Provincial Period, beginning with the single sheet of excracts from 
 letters of the Reverend Increase Mather in 1689, and ending with 
 the close of the Revolution in 1783. The list is based upon a similar 
 list in volume 9 of the Publications of The Colonial Society of Massa- 
 chusetts — which has been used herewith by the kind permission 
 of Albert Matthews of Boston. * Considerable dependence has also 
 been placed upon the work of William Nelson of Paterson, New Jersey. * 
 Original investigation of first sources by the editors of this Digest 
 has added to this knowledge. 
 
 During their existence several of these newspapers were published 
 under different names. These names have been entered separately, 
 and, where necessary for identification, the parent title is given in 
 connection therewith in brackets. In this list two titles, — the Camp- 
 bell manuscript letters, — are not of periodicals nor even of publica- 
 tions. Nevertheless it has been considered quite in keeping with 
 the character and purpose of this Digest to include them inasmuch 
 as they were essentially of news character, and were the first expres- 
 sions of that public desire for news which ultimately led to the es- 
 tablishment of The Boston News-Letter. 
 
 The Present State of the New-English Affairs; Boston, 1689 
 Publick Occurrences both Forreign and Domestick; Boston, Sep- 
 tember 25, 1690 
 Letters Written by John Campbell, Postmaster of Boston, and sent 
 
 to the Governors of New England ; April— October, 1703 
 Letters Written by Duncan Campbell of Boston and sent to Governor 
 
 Winthrop of Connecticut ; May, 1700 — 
 The Boston News-Letter; April 24, 1704— December 29, 1726 
 The Boston Gazette; December 21, 1719 — October 12, 1741 
 The New-England Courant; Boston, August 7, 1721— June 4, 1726- 
 The Weekly News-Letter; Boston, January 5, 1727 — October 29 
 
 1730 
 The New-England Weekly Journal; Boston, March 20, 1727 — October 
 
 13, 1741 
 The Boston Weekly News-Letter; November 5, 1730— August 25 
 1757 
 
 A J?. h ^ ck List of Bos t n Newspapers, 1704-1780, by Mary Farwell Avpr 
 with Bibliographical Notes by Albert Matthews. Harwell Ayer,. 
 
 2 Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. XII. 
 
MASSACHUSETTS PERIODICALS 
 
 The Weekly Rehearsal; Boston, September 27, 1731— August 11, 
 
 1735 
 The Boston Weekly Post-Boy; October, 1734 [?]— June 4, 1750 
 The Boston Evening-Post; August 18, 1735— April 24, 1775 
 The Boston Gazette, or, New England Weekly Journal; October 
 
 20, 1741 
 The Boston Gazette, or, Weekly Journal; October 27, 1741 — Decem- 
 ber 26, 1752 
 The Boston Weekly Magazine; March 2 — March 16, 1743 
 The Christian History; Boston, March 5, 1743 — February 23, 1745 
 The American Magazine and Historical Chronicle; Boston, Septem- 
 ber, 1743— December, 1746 
 The Independent Advertiser; Boston, January 4, 1748 — December 
 
 5, 1749 
 The Boston Post-Boy; June 11, 1750— December 23, 1754 
 The Boston Gazette, or, Weekly Advertiser; January 3, 1753 — April 
 
 1, 1755 
 The Boston Gazette, or, Country Journal; April 7, 1755 — April 
 
 5, 1756 
 The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal; April 12, 1756 — April 
 
 5, 1779 3 
 The Boston Weekly Advertiser [Boston Post-Boy]; August 22, 1757 — 
 
 December 25, 1758 
 The Boston News- Letter; September 1, 1757 — March 18, 1762 
 The New England Magazine; Boston, August, 1758 — 1759 [?]* 
 Green & Russell's Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser; January 1, 1759 — 
 
 May 23, 1763 
 The Boston News- Letter. And New-England Chronicle; March 
 
 25— December 30, 1762 
 The Boston News-Letter, and the New-England Chronicle; January 
 
 6— March 31, 1763 
 The Massachusetts Gazette. And Boston News-Letter; April 7, 
 
 1763— October 31, 1765 
 The Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser; May 30, 1763— September 25, 
 
 1769 
 The Massachusetts Gazette, [Boston News-Letter]; November 7, 
 
 1765— May 15, 1766 
 The Massachusetts Gazette. And Boston News-Letter; May 22, 
 
 1766— May 19, 1768 
 
 3 Published in Watertown, June 5, 1775 — November, 1776. 
 
 4 Three numbers of this magazine are known to be in existence. The title 
 of the first number reads The New England Magazine for August 1758, and 
 that of the second and third numbers The New England Magazine Of Knowl- 
 edge and Pleasure. 
 
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MASSACHUSETTS PERIODICALS 
 
 The Boston Chronicle; December 21, 1767— June 25, 1770 
 
 The Massachusetts Gazette; Boston, May 23, 1768-September 25, 
 
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 The Boston Weekly News-Letter; May 26, 1768— September 21, 1769 
 
 The Essex Gazette; Salem, August 2, 1768— May 2, 1775 
 
 The Massachusetts Gazette: and the Boston Weekly News-Letter; 
 
 September 28, 1769— February 22, 1776 
 The Massachusetts Gazette, and the Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser; 
 
 October 2, 1769— April 17, 1775 
 The Massachusetts Spy; Boston, July 17, 1770— October 1, 1772 
 The Censor; Boston, November 23, 1771— May 2, 1772 
 The Massachusetts Spy Or, Thomas's Boston Journal; October 8, 
 
 1772— April 6, 1775 
 The Essex Journal and Merimack Packet: Or, the Massachusetts 
 
 and New-Hampshire General Advertiser; Newburyport, Decem- 
 ber 4, 1773— June 23, 1775 
 The Royal American Magazine, or Universal Repository of Instruc- 
 tion and Amusement, Boston, January, 1774 — March, 1775 
 The Salem Gazette and Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser; Salem, 
 
 July 1, 1774— December 23, 1774 
 The Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty; Worcester, 
 
 May 3, 1775— December 31, 1783 s 
 The New-England Chronicle: or, The Essex Gazette, [The Essex 
 
 Gazette]; Cambridge, May 12, 1775 "—April 4, 1776 
 The Essex Journal Or, The Massachusetts and New-Hampshire 
 
 General Advertiser, [The Essex Journal and Merimack Packet]; 
 
 Newburyport, June 30— July 28, 1775 
 The Essex Journal Or, New-Hampshire Packet, [The Essex Journal 
 
 and Merimack Packet]; Newburyport, August 4 — November 
 
 3, 1775 
 The Essex Journal, and New Hampshire Packet, [The Essex Journal 
 . and Merimack Packet]; Newburyport, November 10, 1775 — 
 
 October 5, 1776 
 The New-England Chronicle; Boston, April 25 — September 12, 1776 
 The Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser; Boston, May 30, 
 
 1776— December 18, 1783 
 
 5 After the Massachusetts Spy was moved from Boston to Worcester in 
 May, 1775 and became The Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Lib- 
 erty, no less than fourteen changes were made in the title before May, 1782. 
 Most of these changes were of slight typographical character, but all the 
 materially different forms of title under which this newspaper was published 
 from its beginning in 1770 to the end of 1783 are recorded on another page 
 herewith under the heading The Massachusetts Spy. 
 
 6 The date line is "from Tuesday, May 2 to Friday, May 12, 1775." 
 
 6 
 
MASSACHUSETTS PERIODICALS 
 
 The American Gazette: or, the Constitutional Journal; Salem, June 
 
 19— July 30, 1776 
 The Independent Chronicle, [New England Chronicle]; Boston, 
 
 September 19— October 31, 1776 
 The Essex Journal: Or The New-Hampshire Packet And The Weekly 
 
 Advertiser, [The Essex Journal and Merimack Packet]; New- 
 
 buryport, November 1, 1776 — December 5, 1776 
 The Independent Chronicle. And the Universal Advertiser, [New 
 
 England Chronicle]; Boston, November 7, 1776 — December 25, 
 
 1783 
 The Essex Journal, [The Essex Journal and Merimack Packet]; New- 
 
 buryport, December 11, 1776 — February 13, 1777 
 The Independent Ledger, and American Advertiser; Boston, June 
 
 15— July 13, 1778 
 The Independent Ledger and the American Advertiser; Boston, 
 
 July 20, 1778— December 29, 1783 
 The Evening Post; and the General Advertiser; Boston, October 17, 
 
 1778— February 26, 1780 
 The Boston Gazette, and the Country Journal, April 12, 1779 — 
 
 December 29, 1783 
 The Morning Chronicle; and the General Advertiser, [Evening Post]; 
 
 Boston, March 9— May 11, 1780 
 The Salem Gazette and General Advertiser; January 2 — September 
 
 4, 1781 
 The Salem Gazette; October 18, 1781— December 25, 1783 
 The Boston Evening Post: and the General Advertiser; October 20, 
 
 1781— December 27, 1783 
 The Massachusetts Gazette, Or The Springfield and Northampton 
 
 Weekly Advertiser; Springfield, May 14 — August [?] , 1782 
 The Massachusetts Gazette Or, The General Advertiser, [The Massa- 
 chusetts Gazette, or The Springfield and Northampton Weekly 
 
 Advertiser]; Springfield, September [3?], 1782— December 23, 
 
 1783 
 The Massachusetts Herald : or Worcester Journal ; September 6, 15, 20, 
 
 and 27, 1783 
 The Boston Magazine, October, and December, 1783 
 
 Following is a list of the several newspapers which during the Pro- 
 vincial Period were published under different titles. Appended 
 thereto are the names under which those newspapers were successively 
 published. 
 
 Boston News-Letter; 1704 — 1776 
 
 The Boston News-Letter; April 24, 1704— December 29, 1726 
 The Weekly News-Letter; January 5, 1727— October 29, 1730 
 
 7 
 
MASSACHUSETTS PERIODICALS 
 
 The Boston Weekly News-Letter; November 5, 1730— August 
 
 25 1757 
 The Boston News-Letter; September 1, 1757— March 18, 1762 
 The Boston News-Letter. And New-England Chronicle; March 
 
 25— December 30, 1762 
 The Boston News-Letter, and the New-England Chronicle; 
 
 January 6— March 31, 1763 
 The Massachusetts Gazette. And Boston News-Letter; April 
 
 7, 1763— October 31, 1765 
 The Massachusetts Gazette; November 7, 1765— May 15, 1766 
 The Massachusetts Gazette. And Boston News-Letter; May 
 
 . 22, 1766— May 19, 1768 
 The Boston Weekly News-Letter ; May 26, 1768— September 21, 
 
 1769 
 The Massachusetts Gazette: and the Boston Weekly News- 
 
 Letter; September 28, 1769— February 22, 1776 
 
 Boston Gazette; 1719—1783 
 
 The Boston Gazette; December 21, 1719— October 12, 1741 
 The Boston Gazette, or, New England Weekly Journal; October 
 
 20, 1741 
 The Boston Gazette, or, Weekly Journal; October 27, 1741 — 
 
 December 26, 1752 
 The Boston Gazette, or, Weekly Advertiser; January 3, 1753 — 
 
 April 1, 1755 
 The Boston Gazette, or Country Journal; April 7, 1755 — April 
 
 5, 1756 
 The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal; April 12, 1756 — 
 
 April 5, 1779 
 The Boston Gazette, and the Country Journal; April 12, 1779 — 
 
 December 29, 1783 
 
 Boston Post-Boy; 1734—1775 
 
 The Boston Weekly Post-Boy; October, 1734 [?]— June 4, 1750 
 The Boston Post-Boy; June 11, 1750— December 23, 1754 
 The Boston Weekly Advertiser; August 22, 1757 — December 25, 
 
 1758 
 Green & Russell's Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser; January 1, 
 
 1759— May 23, 1763 
 The Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser; May 30, 1763 — September 
 
 25, 1769 
 The Massachusetts Gazette, and the Boston Post-Boy and Ad- 
 vertiser; October 2, 1769— April 17, 1775 
 
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MASSACHUSETTS PERIODICALS 
 
 Essex Gazette ; 1768—1776 7 
 
 The Essex Gazette ; August 2, 1768— May 2, 1775 
 The New-England Chronicle: or, The Essex Gazette; May 12, 
 1775— April 4, 1776 
 
 Massachusetts Spy; 1770—1783 
 
 The Massachusetts Spy; July 17, 1770— October 1, 1772 
 
 The Massachusetts Spy Or, Thomas's Boston Journal; October 
 
 8, 1772— April 6, 1775 
 The Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty 
 
 May 3, 1775— August 9, 1775 
 Thomas's Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty 
 
 August 16, 1775— May 31, 1776 
 The Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty 
 
 June 21, 1776 [?]— August [?], 1777 
 Haswell's Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty 
 
 August 14, 1777— December 4, 1777 
 The Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty 
 
 December 11, 1777— March 19, 1778 
 Haswell's Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty 
 
 March 26, 1778— June 18, 1778 
 Thomas's Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty 
 
 June 25, 1778— May 17, 1781 
 Thomas's Massachusetts Spy Or, The Worcester Gazette 
 
 May 24, 1781— April 4, 1782 
 Thomas's The Massachusetts Spy: Or, Worcester Gazette 
 
 April 11, 1782— December 31, 1783 
 
 Essex Journal; 1773—1777 
 
 The Essex Journal, and Merimack Packet: Or, the Massachu- 
 setts and New-Hampshire General Advertiser; December 4, 
 1773— June 23, 1775 
 
 The Essex Journal Or, The Massachusetts and New-Hampshire 
 General Advertiser; June 30— July 28, 1775 
 
 The Essex Journal Or, New-Hampshire Packet; August 4 — 
 November 3, 1775 
 
 The Essex Journal, and New-Hampshire Packet; November 
 10, 1775— October 5, 1776 
 
 7 See New England Chronicle. The Essex Gazette, started in Salem in 
 1768, was the parent of the several newspapers known in later years by the 
 name Chronicle. When the publishers removed to Cambridge in 1775 they 
 prefixed the Chronicle name to their publication. When the newspaper was 
 removed from Cambridge to Boston the Essex Gazette part of the title was 
 discarded and as the Chronicle it was longest and best known. For that 
 reason its later titles have been here placed under the heading New-England 
 Chronicle. 
 
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MASSACHUSETTS PERIODICALS 
 
 The Essex Journal: Or The New- Hampshire Packet And The 
 
 Weekly Advertiser; November 1, 1776 — December 5, 1776 
 
 The Essex Journal; December 11, 1776 — February 13, 1777 
 
 New-England Chronicle ; 1775—1783 
 
 The New-England Chronicle: or The Essex Gazette; May 12, 
 
 1775— April 4, 1776 
 The New-England Chronicle; April 25 — September 12, 1776 
 The Independent Chronicle; September 19 — October 31, 1776 
 The Independent Chronicle. And the Universal Advertiser; 
 November 7, 1776— December 25, 1783 
 
 Independent Ledger; 1778—1783 
 
 The Independent Ledger, and American Advertiser; June 15 — 
 
 July 13, 1778 
 The Independent Ledger, and the American Advertiser; July 20, 
 
 1778— December 29, 1783 
 
 Evening Post; 1778—1780 
 
 The Evening Post; and the General Advertiser; October 17, 
 
 1778— February 26, 1780 
 The Morning Chronicle; and the General Advertiser; March 9 — 
 May 11, 1780 
 
 Massachusetts Gazette ; 1782 — 1783 
 
 The Massachusetts Gazette, Or The Springfield and Northamp- 
 ton Weekly Advertiser; May 14 — August [?], 1782 
 
 The Massachusetts Gazette, Or the General Advertiser; Septem- 
 ber [3 ?], 1782— December 23, 1783 
 
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List of Authorities 
 
 SEVERAL accounts of the newspapers and their printers in the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay Province have been written, and many incidental 
 references throwing light upon them are found in various historical 
 and other publications. The subjoined list of authorities makes no 
 pretence to minute completeness, but it embraces the titles of those 
 works upon which the investigator must principally depend. In 
 fact the editors are confident that nothing of substantial importance 
 has been omitted from it. 
 
 A Narrative of the Newspapers printed in New-England — In a 
 letter to the President of the Historical Society, from one of the 
 members. In the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 
 fpr the year 1798. Boston, 1798. Vol. V, pp. 208—216. 
 
 This paper appears to have been the first printed account of the 
 earliest American newspapers. It is signed A. Z. and the author was 
 the Reverend John Eliot, D.D., pastor of the New North Church, 
 Boston, and one of the founders and the first librarian of the Massa- 
 chusetts Historical Society. The sketch is brief and, naturally, 
 inadequate, and it contains numerous errors. It presents some 
 interesting facts but on the whole is not of much value. 
 
 Continuation of the Narrative of Newspapers published in New- 
 England, from the year 1704 to the Revolution; in a letter from one 
 of the members to the president of the society. In the Collections of 
 the Massachusetts Historical Society for the year 1800. Boston, 
 1800. Vol. VI, pp. 64—67. 
 
 This paper was also from the pen of the Reverend John Eliot and 
 is open to the same criticism as its predecessor. In it is included a 
 brief two-page sketch of the newspapers of Connecticut from 1755 
 to 1800, written by the great lexicographer, Noah Webster, and 
 enumerating seventeen publications. 
 
 The History of Printing in America. With a Biography of 
 Printers, and an Account of Newspapers. To which is prefixed a 
 concise view of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in Other Parts 
 of the World. In two volumes. By Isaiah Thomas, Printer, Wor- 
 cester, Massachusetts. Worcester? 1 From the press of Isaiah Thomas 
 jun. Isaac Sturtevant, Printer. 1810. 
 
 This two-volume work has always been and undoubtedly al- 
 ways will be the fundamental source of information for the period 
 which it covers. Thomas was a successful printer and publisher, 
 an editor of wide experience, a shrewd observer, and an indefatigable 
 collector of literature bearing upon the printing of books and news- 
 papers. Beginning printing in 1755 he was, for half a century, one 
 of the most active and most able newspaper men of Massachusetts. 
 He had an extensive acquaintance with his contemporaries and his 
 youthful years overlapped the closing years of those who had been 
 
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LIST OF AUTHORITIES 
 
 the founders of Massachusetts journalism. His work partakes 
 more of the character of the hasty newsgatherer and gossipy recorder 
 than of the painstaking historian. Much is absent from it that we 
 should be glad to know today and its pages have many inaccuracies. 
 Nevertheless, despite its deficiences, it is invaluable. The History 
 was first published in Worcester in 1810. It was republished in 
 1874 by Joel Munsell, Albany, N. Y., for the American Antiquarian 
 Society of Worcester, Mass. being volumes V and VI in the Trans- 
 actions and Collections of that Society. This edition has a memoir 
 of the author by his grandson Benjamin Franklin Thomas; volum- 
 inous and valuable explanatory and critical notes by John R. Bart- 
 lett, Samuel F. Haven, Joel Munsell and H. G. Jones; and, as an 
 appendix, a "catalogue of publications in what is now the United 
 States, prior to the revolution of 1775 — 6," compiled by Dr. Samuel 
 F. Haven. 
 
 The Life and Errors of John Dunton, Citizen of London; With the 
 lives and characters of more than a thousand Contemporary Divines, 
 and other persons of literary eminence. To which are added, Dun- 
 ton's Conversation in Ireland; Selections from his other genuine 
 Works: and a faithful portrait of the author. Two vols., London 
 1818. 
 
 Letters Written from New England, A. D. 1686, by John Dunton. 
 In which are described his voyages by sea, his travels on land and 
 the characters of his friends and acquaintances. Now first published 
 from the original manuscript, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 
 With notes and an appendix, by W. H. Whitmore. Boston: Pub- 
 lished for the Prince Society, 1867. 
 
 John Dunton, the eccentric printer and bookseller, visited Boston 
 with an invoice of books to sell, in 1685, and remained in Massachu- 
 setts more than a year. He wrote much and spiritedly concerning 
 the people of his time and his pen pictures of those whom he met in 
 Massachusetts add to our knowledge of men and manners of that 
 period. The first edition of his Life and Errors was published in 
 1705. His Letters Written from New England, edited by W. H. 
 Whitmore, is more full in its descriptions of the Boston printers 
 and booksellers than the London book. Students of early New Eng- 
 land life cannot afford to overlook it . 
 
 A History of Harvard University from its Foundation in the 
 year 1636, to the period of the American Revolution. By Benjamin 
 Pierce. Cambridge, 1833. 
 
 The American Historical Magazine and Literary Record New 
 Haven, 1836. 
 
 Specimens of Newspaper Literature: with Personal Memoirs, 
 Anecdotes, and Reminiscences. By Joseph T. Buckingham. Bos- 
 ton, 1850. 
 
 This work is also known as Buckingham's Reminiscences, which 
 title appears on the backbone of the cover. It is in two volumes 
 
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LIST OF AUTHORITIES 
 
 and treats of the newspapers of all New England. In the first volume 
 are included the newspapers from 1704 to the close of the Revolution ; 
 in the second volume are those subsequent to that time and into the 
 following century. Buckingham was a famous newspaper and 
 magazine editor, from 1799 to 1861, and this work of his, while 
 primarily based on that of Thomas, is enriched with much valuable 
 information derived from examination of original files and from 
 personal knowledge. It amplifies and extends the Thomas History 
 in both biography and bibliography, and corrects some of the errors 
 of its predecessor. 
 
 Personal Memoirs and Recollections of Editorial Life. By Joseph 
 T. Buckingham. Two vols. , Boston 1852. 
 
 Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay 
 in New England. Printed by Order of the Legislature. Edited by 
 Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M. D., Member of the Massachusetts Historical 
 Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 
 and Member of the American Antiquarian Society. Five vols., Bos- 
 ton, 1853—1854. 
 
 Account of the Newspapers and other Periodicals, published in 
 Salem, from 1768 to 1856. By Gilbert L. Streeter. In the Proceed- 
 ings of the Essex Institute. Salem, Mass., 1856. Vol. I. 1848 to 
 1856. 
 
 This short sketch contains some small particulars which do not 
 appear in the works of Thomas or Buckingham. 
 
 Historical Magazine (The), and Notes and Queries concerning the 
 Antiquities, History, and Biography of America. Boston, 1857 — 1875. 
 
 History of New England. By John Gorham Palfrey. Five vols., 
 Boston, 1858—1890. 
 
 A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. 
 By James Savage. Four vols., Boston, 1860 — 1862. 
 
 Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, 
 with an Historical Essay. By Lorenzo Sabine. Two vols., Boston, 
 1864. 
 
 Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin. By James Parton. Two 
 vols., New York, 1864. 
 
 The Life of Benjamin Franklin, written by, himself. Now first 
 edited from original manuscripts and from his printed correspondence 
 and other writings. By John Bigelow. Philadelphia, 1874. 
 
 The Andros Tracts: being a Collection of Pamphlets and Official 
 Papers issued during the period between the Overthrow of the Andros 
 Government and the Establishment of the Second Charter of Mas- 
 sachusetts. With notes and a Memoir of Sir Edmund Andros. Edited 
 
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LIST OF AUTHORITIES 
 
 by W. H. Whitmore. Three vols. Publications of the Prince 
 Society. Boston, 1868—1874. 
 
 Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University, in 
 Cambridge, Massachusetts. By John Langdon Sibley, M. A., Libra- 
 rian of Harvard University, and Member of the Massachusetts and 
 other Historical Societies. Three vols., Cambridge, 1873. 
 
 Journalism in the United States, from 1690 to 1872. By Frederic 
 Hudson. New York, 1873. 
 
 Mr. Hudson began his account of journalism in the United States 
 with ancient Rome, Greece and China, and devoted most of his 
 book to the newspaper history of his own time. Consequently he 
 had scant space — 98 pages — for the American newspapers of the 
 eighteenth century, and in that part of his work he gives practically 
 very little except what he derived from the pages of Thomas' History 
 and Buckingham's Specimens. He reprinted the Publick Occurrences 
 (not accurately), part of one of John Campbell's manuscript news 
 letters, the domestic items of the first number of The Boston News- 
 Letter, extracts from The Boston Gazette, The New England Courant, 
 and The New York Gazette of William Bradford; gave an account 
 of the libel suit against Peter Zenger in 1734; and treated briefly 
 of the editors, publishers, writers, news and advertisements of the 
 press of the Revolutionary period. 
 
 History of Cambridge, Mass. 1630 — 1877. By Lucius Robinson 
 Paige. Boston, 1877. 
 
 Diary of Samuel Sewall. In the Collections of the Massachusetts 
 Historical Society. Fifth Series, Vols. V, VI and VII. Boston, 
 1878, 1879, 1882. 
 
 Curiosities of History. By William W. Wheildon. Boston, 1880. 
 
 The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, 
 Massachusetts. 1630—1880. Edited by Justin Winsor, Librarian 
 of Harvard University. In Four Volumes. Boston, 1881. 
 
 In this work five chapters treat, directly or indirectly, of this sub- 
 ject. These are The Literature of the Colonial Period, by Justin 
 Winsor, vol. I, pp. 453—464; The Indian Tongue and Its Literature 
 by J. Hammond Trumbull, vol. I, pp. 465—480; The Press and Litera- 
 ture of the Provincial Period, by Delano A. Goddard [then editor 
 of the Boston Daily Advertiser], vol. II, pp. 387—436; The Pulpit 
 Press, and Literature of the Revolution, by Delano A. Goddard' 
 vol. Ill, pp. 119— 148; and The Press and Literature of the Last Hun- 
 dred Years, by Charles A. Cummings, vol. Ill, pp. 617—682. 
 
 History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical 
 Press of the United States, with a Catalogue of the Publications of 
 the Census Year. By S. N. D. North, Special Agent. Washington 
 Government Printing Office. 1884. [Part of Vol. VIII of the Tenth 
 Census— 1880— of the United States.] 
 
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LIST OF AUTHORITIES 
 
 Although this is an exhaustive treatment of its subject as a whole, 
 the part relating to the newspapers of the pre-revolutionary period 
 is inadequate and abundant in error. Mr. North did little more than 
 transcribe from Thomas' History and Buckingham's Reminiscenses, 
 and faithfully perpetuated the errors of those writers with the ad- 
 dition of others of his own. His chronological history is of some 
 value, though not as relating to the provincial period. He reprints 
 the catalogue of the newspaper files in the library of the American 
 Antiquarian Society. 
 
 Narrative and Critical History of America. Edited by Justin 
 Winsor. Eight vols., Boston, 1886—1889. 
 
 Letter-Book of Samuel Sewall. In the Collections of the Massachu- 
 setts Historical Society. Sixth Series, Vols. I and II. Boston, 1886 
 and 1888. 
 
 The Cambridge Press. By Andrew McFarland Davis. In the Pro- 
 ceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. April 25, 1888. 
 Worcester, 1888. 
 
 Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New 
 Jersey. Edited by William Nelson. Vol. XII. Paterson.N. J., 1895. 
 
 This volume carries on its cover the title, New Jersey Archives 
 First Series, and thus the work to which it belongs is commonly 
 known. A bastard title page gives another variant as follows: 
 Archives of the State of New Jersey. A sub-title on the full title 
 page is: Some Account of American Newspapers, particularly of the 
 Eighteenth Century, and Libraries in which they may be found. 
 Part II. Massachusetts. The volume is mainly a reprinting of the 
 news relating to New Jersey, taken from these early newspapers. 
 The "account" of the newspapers is an introduction of 132 pages, 
 historical, biographical and bibliographical, chronologically arranged. 
 Reviewing as it does the newspapers of all the American colonies 
 for the entire eighteenth century, Mr. Nelson's work is the most 
 complete compilation of its kind that has been made. It gives a 
 great amount of information lacking in other authorities, and has 
 reprints of the headings of the newspapers, many in fac-simile; its 
 list of files and libraries, albeit far from complete, and not conven- 
 iently arranged, is very valuable. 
 
 The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763 — 1783. 
 By Moses Coit Tyler. Two vols., New York, 1897. 
 
 A List of early American Broadsides, 1680 — 1800, belonging to 
 the library of the American Antiquarian Society. With an Intro- 
 duction and Notes by Nathaniel Paine. In the Proceedings of the 
 American Antiquarian Society. Worcester, Mass., April, 1897. 
 
 Ten Fac-Simile Reproductions Relating to Old Boston and Neigh- 
 borhood. By Samuel Abbott Green. Boston, Massachusetts, 1901. 
 
 This contains an historical account of the publication, Publick 
 Occurrences, September 25, 1690, a fac-simile reproduction of its 
 
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LIST OF AUTHORITIES 
 
 three pages and a reprint of the order of suppression by the governor 
 and council. 
 
 Ten Fac-Simile Reproductions Relating to New England. By- 
 Samuel Abbott Green, Boston, Massachusetts, 1902. 
 
 This contains an exhaustive and scholarly account of .Stephen 
 Daye, of Cambridge, the first American printer, and his work, with 
 reproductions. 
 
 Ten Fac-Simile Reproductions Relating to Various Subjects. 
 By Samuel Abbott Green. Boston, 1903. 
 
 This is the third and concluding volume of the series published 
 under similar title. It contains fac-simile reprints of the title- 
 page of a unique copy of Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress, printed in 
 Boston in 1681; of the broadsides, The Present State of the New- 
 English Affairs, Boston 1689, and Admiral Russel's Letter to the 
 Earl of Nottingham, Boston, 1692"; the two pages of both the first 
 and the second edition of the first issue of The Boston News- Letter, 
 April 24, 1704; the two pages of the issue of The New England Courant, 
 for February 11, 1723; and the two pages of the issue of The New 
 England Weekly Journal for April 8, 1728. These reproductions 
 are accompanied with descriptive and critical text by Dr. Green. 
 
 American Bibliography, By Charles Evans. A Chronological 
 Dictionary of all Books, Pamphlets and Periodical Publications 
 printed in the United States of America from the Genesis of Printing 
 in 1639 down to and including the year 1820. With Bibliographical 
 and Biographical Notes. Vol. I, 1639—1729; Vol. II, 1730—1750. 
 Chicago, 1903—1904. 
 
 The Development of Freedom of the Press in Massachusetts. 
 By Clyde Augustus Duniway, associate professor of history in 
 Leland Stanford Junior University. Vol. XII of Harvard Historical 
 Studies. New York, 1906. 
 
 This work treats of the control of the press in England and in 
 Massachusetts from 1638 onward. The assumption of govern- 
 mental authority over the newspapers of the period, particularly the 
 Publick Occurrences, Campbell's Boston News-Letter, The Boston 
 Gazette, Franklin's New-England Courant, and Fleet's Boston Even- 
 ing-Post, is well considered. A complete list of sources and titles 
 of secondary authorities adds much to the value of the work. 
 
 The Cambridge Press 1638—1692. A History of the First Printing 
 Press Established in English America, Together with a Bibliographi- 
 cal List of the Issues of the Press. By Robert F. Roden. New York, 
 1905. 
 
 Check List of Boston Newspapers, 1704 — 1780. By Mary Farwell 
 Ayer. With Bibliographical Notes by Albert Matthews. Publica- 
 tions of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Vol. IX, 1907. 
 
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LIST OF AUTHORITIES 
 
 As its name indicates, this is a check list, showing in what principal 
 libraries of the United States the issues of the provincial newspapers, 
 so far as they are known to be in existence, are preserved. It is a 
 work of incalculable value and indispensable to every student of the 
 eighteenth century journalism of Massachusetts. The Bibliograph- 
 ical Notes by Mr. Matthews constitute by far the most interesting, 
 most valuable and most scholarly historical review of the news- 
 papers included in the period covered that has yet been printed. 
 This, combined with the biographical and historical accounts of the 
 printers, publishers and editors, and their work, has left little to be 
 done by any future historian or compiler, except the actual reprinting 
 of the contents of these papers. 
 
 The Essex Institute Historical Society. Collections. Forty vols. 
 Salem, Mass., 1859—1907. 
 
 Massachusetts Archives. (MSS.) In the Office of the Secretary 
 of the Commonwealth. Boston. Vols. 241 + 3 + 82. 1622 — 1788. 
 
 Massachusetts Council Records. (MSS.) Executive Proceedings 
 of the Governor's Council. In the Office of the Secretary of the 
 Commonwealth, 1650 — 1908. Boston. 
 
 Massachusetts Historical Society. Proceedings, Boston, 1879 — 1909. 
 
 Massachusetts Historical Society. Collections. [Boston, 1792 — 1909. 
 
 New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, (The). Sixty- 
 three vols. The New-England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston, 
 1847—1909. 
 
 Transcripts (MSS.) of Harvard College Records. By Andrew 
 McFarland Davis. In Harvard College Library. 
 
 JOURNAL of the Votes and Proceedings of the GENERAL 
 ASSEMBLY Of the colony of NEW YORK. Began the 9th Day 
 of April, 1691; and Ended the 27th of September, 1743. Two vol- 
 umes. Published by Order of the General Assembly. NEW YORK. 
 Printed by Hugh Gaine, at his Book-Store and Printing-OfSce at the 
 Bible & Crown, in Hanover Square. M,DCC,LXIV. 
 
 This work is interesting in that it has the exact text of the addresses 
 of the colonial governors, and the legislative enactments, many of 
 which are printed in full or in part — sometimes incorrectly — or 
 are briefly referred to in communications from New York to the 
 News-Letter. 
 
 The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the 
 Mafsachusetts Bay : to which are prefixed the Charters of the Province, 
 with Historical and Explanatory Notes and Appendix. Published 
 under Chapter 87 of the Resolves of the General Court of the Common- 
 wealth for the year 1867. Boston [printed for the State]: 1869 — . 
 
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LIST OF AUTHORITIES 
 
 Pifteen volumes published (Vol. XV bearing date 1908) covering 
 "the Province laws from 1692 to 1756. Other volumes in preparation. 
 The part in which material bearing on the provincial press is to be 
 found is Vol. VIII, being Vol. Ill of the Appendix, containing 
 Resolves etc. 1703-1707, and is embraced in the Notes to the Resolves, 
 pp. 263-801, prepared by Abner Cheney Goodell, the scholarly first 
 editor of the work. The editor succeeding Mr. Goodell, who declined 
 reappointment in 1900, is Melville Madison Bigelow. 
 
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1689-1707 
 THEJJ PRESENT STATE OF THE 
 
 NEW-ENGLISH AFFAIRS 
 PUBLICK OCCURRENCES 
 THE CAMPBELL NEWS LETTERS 
 THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER 
 
 19 
 
The following abbreviations as they are appended beneath the 
 titles of the newspapers included in this Digest indicate libraries in 
 which original copies of the respective issues have been preserved. 
 In each instance the library that contains the copy which has been 
 transcribed for the Digest is specially indicated by initials in black 
 face. The letter m in brackets following initials indicates that the 
 copy preserved in that library is mutilated. 
 
 A S = American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts 
 
 B A = Boston Athenaeum, Boston 
 
 B P — Boston Public Library, Boston 
 
 B S = Bostonian Society, Boston 
 
 C H = Connecticut Historical Society 
 
 D C = Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, New Hampshire 
 
 E I = Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts 
 
 G S = New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 
 
 HU = Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts 
 
 L C = Library of Congress, Washington 
 
 L P = Library Company of Philadelphia 
 
 M H = Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston 
 
 M S = Massachusetts State Library, Boston 
 
 N H = New Jersey Historical Society 
 
 N J = New Jersey State Library 
 
 N P = New York Public Library, New York 
 
 N S = New York State Library 
 
 N Y = New York Historical Society, New York 
 
 P H = Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 
 
 WH = State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 
 
 Y U = Yale University 
 
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The Present State of the 
 New-English Affairs 
 
 A BROADSIDE, brought out in 1689, this publication bears the 
 ■* ^-imprint "Boston, Printed and Sold by Samuel Green." It is a 
 single sheet printed on one side; the paper page is 8 by 14^ inches, 
 while the type page, in two columns, is &% by 12 inches. The first 
 column is filled by the extract from the letter of the Reverend In- 
 crease Mather to Governor Simon Bradstreet, dated: "Sept. 3, 1689 
 from Deal in Kent." In the second column appear "A Passage 
 extracted from the publick News- Letter, [of London] Dated July 6, 
 1689"; the Extract from Mr. Mather's letter to his son the Reverend 
 Cotton Mather, and the paragraph regarding the overthrow of Andros. 
 
 A solitary specimen of this publication has been preserved, and is 
 in the Massachusetts Archives, volume XXXV, page 83, in the State 
 House, Boston. The sheet has been reprinted in the Massachusetts 
 Magazine, Boston, October, 1789, volume I, page 642; in the Col- 
 lections of the New Hampshire Historical Society, in 1824 and 1866, 
 volume I, pages 252-255 and volume VIII, pages 258-260; and in 
 The Andros Tracts, volume II, pages 15-18. It has also been twice 
 reproduced in fac-simile: first in 1902, by William Green Shillaber of 
 the Club of Odd Volumes, and again in 1903 by Dr. Samuel Abbott 
 Green in his Ten Fac-Simile Reproductions Relating to Various 
 Subjects. 
 
 With his reproduction Mr. Shillaber refers to the sheet as, "the 
 first attempt at newspaper publication on this side of the Atlantic 
 ocean." Whether or not it is entitled to be regarded as a news- 
 paper, and, therefore, the first in the English colonies of America 
 has ever been a subject of controversy among students. When first 
 reprinted in 1789 it was called "a Handbill or Newspaper Extraor- 
 dinary." Joel Munsell in 1874, Charles Evans in 1903, and George 
 H. Sargent in 1905 have suggested or contended that it was a news- 
 paper, and argument has been made in support thereof. William 
 H. Whitmore in 1869, Delano A. Goddard in 1881, William Nelson 
 in 1895, Samuel Abbott Green in 1901, Professor Clyde A. Duniway 
 in 1906, and Albert Matthews in 1906 have agreed in characterizing 
 the sheet as a broadside. 
 
 The concensus of opinion is that the print was not a newspaper. 
 Strictly speaking it was not even an attempt at a newspaper, an 
 essential distinction of which is successive and regular publication. 
 Still in it was a germ of the coming newspaper. For an extended 
 consideration of this publication and the arguments concerning it, 
 see a paper by Albert Matthews in the Publications of the Colonial 
 Society of Massachusetts, volume X, pages 310-320. 
 
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The Prefent State of the 
 
 New-Englifh Affairs, 
 
 €&i£ i$ ^ubUfijeo to pretoent f alfe Hejjoct^ 
 
 An Extract of a Letter from Mr. Mather, To the Govenour, Dated 
 Sept. 3, 1689 from Deal in Kent. 
 
 THe House of Commons Ordered a Bill to be drawn up for 
 the Restoration of Charters to all Corporations. Some Enemies 
 of New-England did bestir themselves on that Occasion. But 
 it has pleased God to succeed Endeavours and Sollicitations here so 
 far, so that N. E. is particularly mentioned in the Bill. 
 
 It has been read twice, and after that referred unto a Committee 
 for Emendations. What concerns N. England passed without any 
 great opposition. The Bill has been in part read the third Time, and 
 the Charters of N.-Eng. then also passed without Objection. Only 
 some Additional Clauses respecting Corporations here, caused Debates ; 
 so that the Bill is not yet Enacted. 
 
 In the latter end of June, a Vessel from Mount Hope arrived here, 
 which brought your Declaration of April 18. with an account of 
 the Revolution in New-England. The week after I went to Hamp- 
 ton Court, and had the favour to wait on His Majesty, who told me, 
 That He did accept of, and was well pleased with what was done in 
 New-England , and that he would order the Secretary of State to signifie 
 so much, and that His Subjects there sliould have their Ancient Rights 
 and Priviledges restored to them. 
 
 The King has sent a Gracious Letter (which was delivered to me, 
 and if I return not my self, I shall take care that it be sent to you) 
 bearing Date August 12. Wherein He signifies His Royal Appro- 
 bation of what has been done at Boston, and assures you that the 
 Government there shall be settled, so as shall be for the Security 
 and Satisfaction of His Subjects in that Colony, and in the mean 
 time bids you go on to Administer the Laws, and manage the Govern- 
 ment, according as in your Address you have Petitioned. 
 
 My Lord Mordent (now Earl of Monmouth) bade me assure you 
 that He would be your Friend, and he bade me tell you from him, 
 That your Charters should be restored to you by Act of Parliament. 
 
 I have been with most of the Kings most Honourable Privy Coun- 
 cil, who have promised to befriend New -England as there shall be 
 occasion for it. The like I may say, of all the Leading men in the 
 Parliament. 
 
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 I have been in the Downs a fortnight, and Aboard Mr. Clark, 
 several Nights, but the Wind has been against us. And we now hear 
 that the New-found- Land Convoyes (on whose Assistance we had a 
 Dependance) are gone. 
 
 Superscribed To the Honourable 
 
 Simon Bradstreet, Esq; 
 Governour of the Massachuseis Colony in N-England. 
 
 A Passage extracted from the publick News-Letter, Dated 
 July 6. 1689. 
 ' I ^HE people of New England having made a thorow Revolution, 
 -■- and secured the publick Criminals. On Thursday last, the Rev- 
 erend and Learned Mr. Mather, President of the Colledge, and Min- 
 ister of Boston, waited on the King; and in a most Excellent Speech 
 laid before His Majesty, the State of that People; saying, That they 
 were sober, and Industrious , and fit for Martial Service; and all with 
 their Lives and Interests were at His Majesties Command, to tender 
 the same unto His Majesty: That they desired nothing but His Majes- 
 ties Acceptance of what they had done, and His Protection; and that if 
 His Majesty pleased to encourage and Commission them, He might 
 easily be Emperour of America. His Majesty assured him, that He 
 was pleased with what was done for Him, and for themselves in the 
 Revolution, and that their Priviledges and Religion should be secured 
 unto them. 
 
 Extracted from a Letter of Mr. Mather, to his Son, Dated 
 
 Sept. 2. 1689. 
 
 On July 4. The King said unto me, That He did kindly Accept 
 of what was done in Boston. And that His Subjects in New-England 
 should have their Ancient Rights and Priviledges Restored and Con- 
 firmed unto them. Yea, He told me, That if it were in his power to 
 cause it to be done it should be done, and bade me rest assured of it. 
 
 The Charter-Bill is not finished, because some Additional Clauses 
 respecting Corporations here in England caused a Debate; and the 
 Parliament is for some weeks Adjourned. 
 
 Besides the Letter from the Kings Majesty, whereof we have notice 
 as above; there is now arrived, an Order from His Majesty to the 
 Government, bearing Date, July 30. 1689. 
 
 Requiring, That Sir Edmund Andross, Edward Randolph, and 
 others, that have been Seized by the people of Boston, and shall be at 
 the Receipt of these Commands, Detained there, under Confinement, 
 be sent on Board the first Ship, bound to England, to answer what 
 may be objected against them. 
 
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Public Occurrences 
 
 UNTIL the single known copy of The Present State of the New- 
 English Affairs came to light in 1789 * this print of Publick 
 Occurrences was regarded as the first news publication of the English 
 colonies in the Western Hemisphere. Even now the distinction of 
 being the first attempt to start a newspaper in the colonies must be 
 accorded it for, undoubtedly, the publishers intended to continue 
 it regularly had it not fallen under the ban of the government. It 
 is a small quarto printed on three sides of a folded sheet, two columns 
 to the page, the paper page being 7K by llj^ inches and the type 
 pages, the first, 5J by lOf , the second, 5| by lOf , and the third, 5-J 
 by 10f inches. It has for a colophon, "Printed by Richard Pierce 
 for Benjamin Harris." 
 
 The only known contemporaneous reference to the publication, 
 except the Governor's order of suppression, was by Chief Justice 
 Samuel Sewall, who wrote in 1690 : 2 
 
 "Sept. 25. A printed sheet entituled publick Occurences comes 
 out, which gives much distaste because not Licensed; and because 
 of the passage referring to the French King and the Maquas [Mohawks] . 
 
 "Oct. 1. Print of the Governour and Council comes out shewing 
 their disallowance of the Public Occurrences. 
 
 "Oct. 2. Mr. [Cotton] Mather writes a very sharp Letter about it." 
 
 Elsewhere, under the same date, Judge Sewall again refers to "the 
 first sheet of Occurrences, which came out this day." 3 
 
 But the publishers were ahead of the time. Those in authority 
 were not yet tolerant of a free press. Immediately on its appearance 
 the continuance of the print was promptly interdicted. Following 
 is the order for its suppression, a copy of which is preserved in the 
 library of the Massachusetts Historical Society: 
 
 BY THE 
 GOVERNOUR & COUNCIL 
 
 W' HERE AS some have lately presumed to Print and Disperse a 
 Pamphlet, Entituled, Publick Occurrences, both Forreign and 
 Domestick: Boston, Thursday, Sepiemb. 25th 1690. With- 
 out the least Privity or Countenance of Authority. 
 
 The Governour and Council having had the perusal of the said 
 Pamphlet, and finding that therein is contained Reflections of a very 
 high nature: As also sundry doubtful and uncertain Reports, do 
 hereby manifest and declare their high Resentment and Disallowance 
 of said Pamphlet, and Order that the same be Suppressed and called 
 in ; strickly forbidding any person or persons for the future to Set forth 
 
 1 Reprinted in the Massachusetts Magazine (Boston), for October, 1789. 
 
 2 Diary of Samuel Sewall. Vol. I, pp. 332-333. 
 
 3 Letter-Book of Samuel Sewall. Vol. I, p. 112. 
 
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 any thing in Print without License first obtained from those that are 
 or shall be appointed by the Government to grant the same. 
 
 By order of the Governour & Council. 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 Boston, September 29th 1690. 
 
 So far as is known only one copy of this publication is now in ex- 
 istence and that is preserved in the Public Office in London. There 
 it rested in musty archives for more than a century until, in 1845 or 
 1846, it was discovered by the Reverend Joseph Barlow Felt, librarian 
 of the Massachusetts Historical Society (then in England as an 
 agent of the state of Massachusetts to secure duplicates of various 
 documents whose originals had been lost), and briefly described 
 by him. 4 It was examined and copied in London in 1856 by Dr. 
 Samuel Abbott Green of the Massachusetts Historical Society (later 
 librarian), and reprinted by him the following year in a Boston 
 magazine. 5 The same year (1857) an expurgated copy from this 
 magazine was reprinted by the National Intelligencer of Washington . 
 Sixteen years later a similar reprint was made in Frederic Hudson's 
 History of Journalism. Mr. Hudson's reprint may fairly be regarded 
 as one of the curiosities of historical literature for, following the 
 example of the National Intelligencer, he was superserviceably scrupu- 
 lous in expurgating certain matter which he seemed to fear might 
 be deemed objectionable to some, even though he thereby sacrificed 
 historical accuracy. Another expurgated copy was printed in a 
 Boston newspaper in 1897. e It was reproduced in fac-simile for the 
 first time by Dr. Green in 1901. 7 
 
 Benjamin Harris for whom the Publick Occurrences was printed 
 was a bookseller of note in London before he came to Boston. At 
 one period of his life he was a close friend and a business associate of 
 the eccentric John Dunton, who wrote concerning him: 8 
 
 "He has been a brisk asserter of English Liberties, and once printed 
 a Book with that very Title. He sold 'A Protestant Petition' in 
 King Charles's Reign, for which they fined him five pounds, and set 
 him once in the Pillory: but his Wife, (like a kind Rib) stood by him, 
 to defend her Husband against the mob. — After this (having a deal 
 of mercury in his natural temper) he travelled to New-England, 
 where he followed Bookselling, and then Coffeeselling, and then 
 Printing, but continued Ben Harris still; and is now both Bookseller 
 
 4 Annals of Salem, by Joseph B. Felt. Second Edition. Salem, 1849 
 Vol. II, p. 14. 
 
 5 The Historical Magazine. Boston, August, 1857. Vol. I, pp. 228-231. 
 
 6 The National Intelligencer, Washington, D. C, September 3, 1857; 
 Journalism in the United States From 1690 to 1872, by Frederic Hudson, 
 1873, pp. 44-48; The Boston Globe, March 4, 1897. 
 
 7 Ten Fac-Simile Reproductions Relating to Old Boston and Neighborhood. 
 Boston, 1901. 
 
 8 Life and Errors of John Dunton. London, 1818, Vol. I, p. 216. 
 
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 and Printer in Gracechurch-street, as we find by his 'London Post' ; so 
 that his conversation is general (but never impertinent), and _ Jus 
 wit pliable to all inventions. But yet his vanity, (if he has any) gives 
 no alloy to his wit, and is no more than might justly spring from 
 conscious virtue; and I do him but justice in this part of his character , 
 for in once travelling with him from Bury fair, I found him to be 
 the most ingenious and innocent companion that I had ever met 
 with." 
 
 Again, Dunton, when in Boston, hearing of Harris' intention of 
 
 "coming over hither" wrote: 9 
 
 "To speak the Truth, Mr. Benj. Harris has had many good Thoughts , 
 tho' he has wanted the Art of improving 'em; and could he fix his 
 Mercury a little, and not be so volatile, he wou'd do well enough. 
 
 In Boston, in 1690, Harris was established "at the London Coffee 
 House, near the Town House," where he sold Cotton Mather's Wonder- 
 ful Works of God Commemorated. His connection with the Publick 
 Occurrences did not permanently place him under official disapproval 
 for two years later he had the following commission : 
 
 "By his excellency — I order Benjamin Harris to print the Acts 
 and Laws made by the Great and General Court, or Assembly of 
 their Majesties Province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, that 
 we the People may be informed thereof. 
 
 "Boston, December 16, 1692. WILLIAM PHIPPS." 
 
 In 1694 he was at "The Sign of the Bible Over-against the Blew- 
 Anchor" tavern. Soon after he returned to London and resumed 
 business there. As publisher of the London Post he incurred the 
 disfavor of many, including his former friend Dunton, who now 
 wrote of him ; * ° 
 
 "I should have been much concerned if Ben Harris had given me 
 a good word, for his commendation is the greatest reproach that an 
 honest man can meet with. He is so far from having any dealings 
 with Truth and Honesty, that his solemn word, which he calls as 
 good as his bond, is a studied falsehood, and he scandalizes Truth and 
 Honesty in pretending to write for it. His 'London Post,' or weigh- 
 ing of Truth and Honesty, resembles the Bird of Athens; for it seems to 
 be made up of face and feathers; for setting aside his Billingsgate 
 language and hunting up and down the world for any occasion of 
 venting his fulsome slander, there is very little of wit or honesty in 
 him, but what he hath stolen from 'The Wandering Spy,' or his own 
 
 hypocritical heart And had he called me 'honest 
 
 man,' I should have thought it a great slander; but, seeing he has the 
 boldness to acknowledge he called me Knave, were I to assign his 
 punishment, that Harris might see how much I forgave him, he should 
 only be lashed every Monday and Friday, the two days he published 
 the 'London Post' at his own door, by the common hangman; and 
 every Monday and Thursday own himself a knave and coward, &c. 
 
 9 Letters From New England, p. 144. 
 10 Life and Errors of John Dunton. Vol. II, pp. 465-466. 
 
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 in the 'London Gazette,' till such time he had asked pardon of Dr. 
 Partridge, John Dunton and the other persons he wronged in the 
 'London Post.' Or should he escape doing penance in the printed 
 sheets, yet we shall find him a second time in the pillory, with his 
 Wife, like a kind rib, standing by, to defend him against the mob." 
 
 Richard Pierce who printed the Publick Occurrences was, accord- 
 ing to Thomas, the fifth printer in Boston. 1 1 Little is known of 
 him, except that he was probably a printer of London and came to 
 New England after 1679. As late as 1695 he was in business in Bos- 
 ton. He married, August 27, 1680, Sarah Cotton, daughter of the 
 Reverend Seaborn Cotton. 1 2 
 
 11 History of Printing. Vol. I, p. 89. 
 
 12 New England Historical and Genealogical Register. April, 1876. Vol. 
 XXX, p. 239; Letters from New England, p. 76. 
 
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Numb. 1. f),Ofv GktCtvrJ 9\a*s* 
 
 t. „/ 
 
 PUBLICK 
 
 OCCURRENCES 
 
 Both FORREIGN and DOMESTICK. 
 
 Boston, Thursday, Sept. 25 th - 1690. 
 
 IT is designed, that the Countrey shall be furnished once a moneih 
 (or if any Glut of Occurrences happen, oftener,) with an Account 
 of such considerable things as have arrived unto our Notice. 
 In order hereunto, the Publisher will take what pains he can to ob- 
 tain a Faithful Relation of all such things; and will particularly make 
 himself beholden to such Persons in Boston whom he knows to have 
 been for their own use the diligent Observers of such matters. 
 
 That which is herein proposed, is, First, That Memorable Occur - 
 rents of Divine Providence may not be neglected or forgotten, as they 
 too often are. Secondly, That people every where may better under- 
 stand the Circumstances of Publique Affairs, both abroad and at home; 
 which may not only direct their Thoughts at all times, but at some 
 times also to assist their Businesses and Negotiations. 
 
 Thirdly, That something may be done towards the Curing, or at 
 least the Charming of that Spirit of Lying, which prevails amongst us, 
 wherefore nothing shall be entered, but whattwe have reason to believe 
 is true, repairing to the best fountains for our Information. And when 
 there appears any material mistake in any thing that is collected, it 
 shall be corrected in the next. 
 
 Moreover, the Publisher of these Occurrences is willing to eugage, 
 that whereas, there are many False Reports, maliciously made, and 
 spread among us, if any well-minded person will be at the pains to 
 trace any such false Report, so far as to find out and Convict the First 
 Raiser of it, he will in this Paper (unless just Advice be given to to the 
 contrary) expose the Name of such person, as A malicious Raiser of a 
 false Report. It is suppos'd that none will dislike this Proposal, but 
 such as intend to be guilty of so villanous a Crime. 
 
 Mie Christianized Indians in some parts of Plimouth, have newly 
 appointed a day of Thanksgiving to God for his Mercy in supply- 
 ing their extream and pinching Necessities under their late want 
 of Corn, & for His giving them now a prospect of a very Comfortable 
 Harvest. Their Example may be worth Mentioning. 
 
 Tis observed by the Husbandmen, that altho' the With-draw of so 
 great a strength from them, as what is in the Forces lately gone for 
 Canada, made them think it almost impossible for them to get well 
 through the Affairs of their Husbandry at this time of the year, yet 
 the Season has been so unusually favourable that they scarce find any 
 
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 want of the many hundreds of hands, that are gone from them; which 
 is looked upon as a Merciful Providence. 
 
 While the barbarous Indians were lurking about Chelmsford, there 
 were missing about the beginning of this month a couple of Children 
 belonging to a man of that Town, one of them aged about eleven, the 
 other aged about nine years, both of them supposed to be fallen into 
 the hands of the Indians. 
 
 A very Tragical Accident happened at Water-Town, the beginning 
 of this Month, an Old man, that was of somewhat a Silent and Mo- 
 rose Temper, but one that had long Enjoyed the reputation of a 
 Sober and a Pious Man, having newly buried his Wife, The Devil 
 took advantage of the Melancholy which he thereupon fell into, his 
 Wives discretion and industry had long been the support of his Family, 
 and he seemed hurried with an impertinent fear that he should now 
 come to want before he dyed, though he had very careful friends to 
 look after him who kept a strict eye upon him, least he should do 
 himself any harm. But one evening escaping from them into the 
 Cowhouse, they there quickly followed him found him hanging by a 
 Rope, which they had used to tye their Calves withal, he was dead 
 with his feet near touching the Ground. 
 
 Epidemical Fevers and Agues grow very common, in some parts of 
 the Country, whereof, tho' many dye not, yet they are sorely unfitted 
 for their imployments ; but in some parts a more malignant Fever 
 seems to prevail in such sort that it usually goes thro' a Family where 
 it comes, and proves Mortal unto many. 
 
 The Small-pox which has been raging in Boston, after a manner 
 very Extraordinary, is now very much abated. It is thought that 
 far more have been sick of it then were visited with it, when it raged 
 so much twelve years ago, nevertheless it has not been so Mortal, 
 The number of them that have dyed in Boston by this last Visitation 
 is about three hundred and twenty, which is not perhaps half so many as 
 fell by the former. The Time of its being most General, was in the 
 Months June, July, and August, then 'twas that sometimes in some 
 one Congregation on a Lords-day there would be Bills desiring prayers 
 for above an hundred Sick. It seized upon all sorts of people that 
 came in the way of it, it infected even Children in the bellies of Mothers 
 that had themselves undergone the Disease many years ago; for some 
 such were now born full of the Distemper. 'Tis not easy to relate 
 the Trouble and Sorrow that poor Boston has felt by this Epidemical 
 Contagion. But we hope it will be pretty nigh Extinguished, by 
 that time twelve month when it first began to Spread. It now un- 
 happily spreads in several other places, among which our Garrisons 
 in the East are to be reckoned some of the greatest Sufferers. 
 
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 Altho' Boston did a few weeks ago, meet with a Disaster by Fire, 
 which consumed about twenty Houses near the Mill-Creek, yet about 
 midnight, between the sixteenth and seventeenth of this Instant, an- 
 other Fire broke forth near the South-Meeting- House , which con- 
 sumed about five or six houses, and had almost carried the Meeting- 
 house it self, one of the fairest Edifices in the Country, if God had 
 not remarkably assisted the Endeavours of the People to put out the 
 Fire. There were two more considerable Circumstances in the 
 Calamities of this Fire, one was that a young man belonging to the 
 House where the Fire began, unhappily perished in the Flames; it 
 seems that tho' he might sooner awake than some others who did 
 escape, yet he some way lost those Wits that should have taught him 
 to help himself. Another was that the best furnished PRINTING- 
 PRESS, of those few that we know of in America, was lost; a loss 
 not presently to be repaired. 
 
 There lately arrived at Piscataqua, one Papoon from Penobscot, in 
 a small Shallop, wherein he had used to attend upon the pleasure of 
 Casteen, but took his oportunity to run away, and reports : That a 
 Vessel of small Bulk bound from Bristol to Virginia, having been so 
 long at Sea, till they were prest with want, put in at Penobscot instead 
 of Piscataqua, where the Indians and French seized her, and Butch- 
 ered the Master, and several of the men: but that himself who be- 
 longed unto the Ships Crew, being a Jersey-man, was more favour- 
 ably used, & found at length an advantage to make his Escape. 
 
 The chief discourse of this month has been about the affairs of the 
 Western Expedition against Canada. The Albanians, New- Yorkers 
 and the five Nations of Indians, in the West, had long been pressing 
 of the Massachusets to make an Expedition by Sea, into Canada, and 
 still made us believe, that they stayed for us, and that while we 
 assaulted Quebeck, they would pass the Lake, and by Land make a 
 Descent upon Mount Real. Accordingly this Colony with some 
 assistance from our kind Neighbours of Plimouth; fitted an Army of 
 near five and twenty hundred men, and a Navy of two and thirty Sail; 
 which went from hence the beginning of the last August, under the 
 Command of the Honourable Sir William Phips. 
 
 In the mean time the English Colonies & Provinces in the West 
 raised Forces, the Numbers whereof have been reported five or six 
 hundred. The Honourable General Winthrop was in the Head of 
 these, and advanced within a few miles of the Lake; He there had 
 some good number of Maqua's to joyn his Forces, but contrary to his 
 Expectation, it was found that the Canoo's to have been ready for the 
 Transportation of the Army over the Lake, were not prepared, and the 
 other Nations of Indians, that should have come to this Campaign, 
 sent their Excuses, pretending that the Small-pox was among themj 
 
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 and some other Trifles. The General Meeting with such vexing dis- 
 appointments, called a Councel of War, wherein 'twas agreed, That it 
 was impossible for them to Prosecute their Intended Expedition. How- 
 ever he dispatched away the Maqua's to the French Territories, who 
 returned with some Success, having slain several of the French, and 
 brought home several Prisoners, whom they used in a manner too 
 barbarous for any English to approve. The General coming back to 
 Albany, there happened a misunderstanding, between him and the 
 Lieutenant Governour of New-york which occasioned much discourse, 
 but produced not those effects which were feared of it. Where lay 
 the bottom of these miscarriages is variously conjectured, if any people 
 further West than Albany, have been Tampering with the Indians, 
 to desert the business of Canada, we hope time will discover it. And 
 if Almighty God will have Canada to be subdu'd without the assist- 
 ance of those miserable Salvages, in whom we have too much confided, 
 we shall be glad, that there will be no Sacrifice offered up to the 
 Devil, upon this occasion; God alone will have all the Glory. 
 
 'Tis possible, we have not so exactly related the Circumstances of 
 this business, but this Account, is as near exactness, as any that could 
 be had, in the midst of many various reports about it. 
 
 Another late matter of discourse, has been an unaccountable de- 
 struction befalling a body of Indians, that were our Enemies. This 
 body of French Indians had a Fort somewhere far up the River, and 
 a party of Maqua's returning from the East Country, where they 
 have at a great rate pursued and terrified those Indians which have 
 been invading of our North-East Plantations, and Killed their General 
 Hope Hood among the rest; resolved to visit this Fort; but they found 
 the Fort ruined, the Canoo's cut to pieces, and the people all either 
 Butchered or Captived. This gave them no little surprise, and they 
 gave the English this account of it. That a body of Maqua's lately 
 returning from the Spoil of Canada brought several French Prisoners 
 with them; That calling at this Fort in their way, the Indians there 
 seeing themselves unable to resist them did pass divers Complements 
 with them and partake of their Booties, That a French Captive after 
 this, escaping from the Maqua's informed the French that these In- 
 dians had revolted unto the Maqua's, and hereupon the French or 
 their Indians made a sudden Sally forth upon them, and utterly de- 
 stroyed them, tho' they were in reality of their own party still. 
 
 Two English Captives escaped from the hands of Indians and 
 French at Pascadamoquady, came into Portsmouth on the sixteenth 
 Instant & say, That when Capt. Mason was at Fort Real, he cut the 
 faces, and ript the bellies of two Indians, and threw a third Over 
 board in the sight of the French, who informing the other Indians of 
 
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 it, they have in revenge barbarously Butcher'd forty Captives of our 
 that were in their hands. 
 
 These two Captives escaped in a Shallop, which our Enemies in- 
 tended to have set out with all the Circumstances of a Fishing Shallop 
 but to have indeed fill'd it with Indians that should have Clap'd on 
 board any English Vessel that came in their way; They say that about ' 
 three or four weeks ago, some Indians were coming this way to War, 
 but crossing a path which they supposed to be of the Maqua's, they 
 followed it until they discovered a place where some Canoo's were 
 making, whereupon twenty Kennebeck Indian-Warriors went to look 
 further after the business, who never yet returned. Which gives hope 
 that they may come short home, but upon this the Squaws are sent 
 to Penobscot, and the men stand on their Defence. 
 
 Portsmouth Sept. 20th. Two days since arrived here a small Ves- 
 sel from Barbaboes, in which is a Letter to Captain H. K. of 19th 
 August that speaks thus, 
 
 Christophers is wholly taken from the French as also a small Island 
 called Stacia; we are very strong in Shipping, and our Ships of War 
 are now gone for Tobago, a very good place to shelter from any 
 Storms, after the suspicious months are over, they will Attack the rest 
 of the French places. We have News here that K. William is safe 
 arrived in Ireland, and is marched with one hundred and forty thousand 
 Foot and Horse. Himself leads the Body, Duke Scomburgh the right 
 Wing, and the Earl of Oxford the left Wing, Duke Hamilton of Scot- 
 land leads the forlorn Hope with ten thousand men under him. Great 
 victory they dayly have, and much people dayly come in to him, 
 with submission: He has 200 Shipping with him of one sort or other, 
 above one hundred Sail dayly run between Ireland and England, 
 with meat for Man and Beast; His Majesty being unwilling to trust 
 false Ireland for it. France is in much trouble (and fear) not only 
 with us but also with his Son, who has revolted against him lately, 
 and has great reason if reports be true, that the Father used to lie 
 with the Sons Wife. He has got all the Hugonots, and all the dissatis- 
 fied Papists, with the great force of the D. of Lorraign, and are now 
 against him, resolving to to depose him of his life and Kingdom. 
 
 It's Reported the City of Cork in Ireland, has proclaimed K. 
 William, and turned their French Landlords out of Doors; of this 
 there wants further confirmation. 
 
 From Plimouth Sept. 22. We have an Account that on Friday the 
 12th Instant, in the night, our Forces Landing privately, forthwith 
 surrounded Pegypscot Fort; but finding no Indians there, they 
 March'd to Amonoscoggin. There on the Lords-day, they kill'd and 
 took 15 or 16 of the Enemy, and recovered five English Captives, 
 
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 mostly belonging to Oyster-River; who advised, that the men had been 
 gone about ten days down to a River, to meet with the French, and 
 the French Indians; where they expected to make up a Body of 300 
 men, and design first against Wells or Piscataqua. 
 
 On Tuesday, the Army came to our Vessels at Macquoit, but one 
 of the Vessels touching a Ground stopt a Tide; by which means, young 
 Bracket, who was a considerable distance up the River, above Amonos- 
 coggin Fort, being advised by an Indian that ran away frdm Amonos- 
 coggin, that an English Army was there attempted his Escape, and 
 came down to the Sloop, just as they came on their Sail. 
 
 On Thursday, they landed at Saco; a Scout of 60 men of ours 
 discover a party of the Enemy, and had the Advantage of killing three 
 of them, and of taking nine Canoos, and an English captive named, 
 Thomas Baker, who informed, that the Enemy had left a considerable 
 Plunder at Pegypscut-Vlains, which he supposed the Enemy was gone 
 to secure. Whereupon the Army immediately embark'd, and arriving 
 there that night, the next morning found the Bever-Plunder accord- 
 ingly. 
 
 While our Vessels where at Anchor in Cascoe-Bay, our Auxiliary 
 Indians lodging on shore, and being too careless in their Watch, the 
 Enemy made an Attaque upon them. The English forth with repair'd 
 to their Relief; but were sorely galled, by an Embuscado of Indians, 
 The Enemy soon quitted the Field, escaping with their Canoo's, 
 whereof ours took several. In the Surprise, we lost 9 men, and had 
 about 20 wounded; the blow chiefly fell on our dear Friends, the 
 Plimouth Forces, 15 being kill'd and wounded of Captain South- 
 worth's Company. 
 
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DI 
 
 The Campbell News Letters 
 
 URING the year of 1703 John Campbell, who was then 
 __ postmaster of Boston and subsequently established The 
 Boston News-Letter, sent to the governors of the several New Eng- 
 land colonies manuscript letters in which he gave the latest news 
 received by him from abroad, local items of Boston, and reports 
 received from other American colonies. Twelve of these letters are 
 now preserved in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 
 Nine were printed in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical 
 Society, in March 1867, volume 9, pages 485-501. Nine other manu- 
 script news-letters of this period, and of earlier dates, were printed 
 in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society for Feb- 
 ruary 1873, volume 12, pages 419-427. The earliest of these is "An 
 Extract of a Letter: from Cambridge, Dat: Apl 1 4 th 66." And to 
 this is added, "An other Extract of a Letter Ap« 11 th 66 from Boston." 
 Others bear dates as follows: Philadelphia, June 5, 1699; Boston 
 June 19, 1699; New York, April 29, 1700; Boston, May 6, 1700; Bos- 
 ton, May 28, 1700; Boston, June 14, 1703, and Boston, October 4, 
 1703. Most of these are addressed to Governor John Winthrop of 
 Connecticut. That dated Boston, May 28, 1700 is signed by Duncan 
 Campbell, and that of October 4, 1703 is endorsed as "Mr. John 
 Campbells Newes." The writers of others of these letters are not 
 now known. 
 
 John Campbell was of Scotch ancestry. He was in Boston in 
 1695 and died March 4, 1728. He was president of the Scots Chari- 
 table Society, 1727-28. In The Boston News-Letter of March 7, 
 1728, was this paragraph: "On Monday evening last, the 4th Cur- 
 rant, about 8 a Clock died here John Campbell, Esq., Aged 75 years, 
 formerly Post Master in this Place, Publisher of the Boston News- 
 Letters for many years, and One of his Majesties Justices of the Peace 
 for the Country of Suffolk." 
 
 Duncan Campbell was John Campbell's brother, and a bookseller. 
 Of him John Dunton writes: 
 
 "I rambled to the Scotch Bookseller, one Campbel: He is a brisk 
 young Fellow, that dresses All-a-mode, and sets himself off to the 
 best Advantage; and yet thrives apace. I am told (and for his 
 sake I wish it may be true) that a Young Lady of Great Fortune 
 has married him. He's an Industrious Man and saw me often." l 
 
 He married Susanna Porter, daughter of William and Grace (Pitts) 
 Porter. In his later years he gave up bookselling and became a 
 merchant. "When he died in 1703 he left an estate of about £900. He 
 was one of the earliest postmasters of Boston and seems to have 
 
 1 Letters from New England. By John Dunton; p. 80. 
 
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THE CAMPBELL NEWS LETTERS 
 
 held that office in 1693, for in that year he petitioned the General 
 Court for a salary. His brother, John Campbell, succeeded him. In- 
 teresting reference to him is in Goodell's Notes to the Acts and 
 Resolves ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, volume 7, 
 pages 429, 434 and 500. 
 
 Our reprint of these letters is of the American items, or those 
 bearing upon American, or Colonial affairs. 
 
 Philadelphia, June y e 5 th 1699 
 About y e Middle of Last Week a Sloop belonging to this place arrived 
 from Carrolina brought in w*> y? two Priveteers that Came Last from 
 Madagascar, One of wf 1 went out Cap*: Kidds Doctor from New york, 
 but Left Kidds Vessell many months since at Madagascar, They 
 were both Taken and sent to prison y" 5 Same night they Came vp and 
 their mony Secur'd two more were Taken at New Castle who had 
 Taken passage on board Cap*: Codman for New England and their 
 mony Seized The Sloop that brought y m : is also Seiz'd — 
 They w th : a great many more Came passengers from Madagascar 
 w th : one Cap*: Shelly belonging to N: york Severall of y 1 ? are des- 
 perss'd about our Bay, especially about Cape May, Govern 1 : Bass, & 
 Cap*: Smead who is Deputy Judge of y 6 Court of Admiralty are gone 
 Down in a Sloop w* h : Expectation of taking them — the Privateers 
 have made great shares of mony Cap*: Shelly plys of and on expecting 
 Vessells from New york, A Messeng 1 : sent from Cape May for N: 
 york w th : Lett": to Shellys owners (as is said) vpon advice was per- 
 •sued & Taken and his Lett": Taken and open'd and he Secured 
 at Burlington, the Lett" : forwarded by an Express to Gov? Bass. 
 Tis said M r : Graverodd has Severall on board his Sloop for Verginia. 
 Last night we have Advice of a Pink Arrived at New Castle from 
 Barbad* : 4 weeks passage I have not the Letters from her yett I 
 send for y m : to day Shee is to Tarry some days at New Castle 
 As they Came w th : in our Capes a Sloop Came vp w*^ y 1 ? Sayld 
 Round y? 1 ask yP Some Questions y n went off and Came to Anchor 
 at the Horchills they had about 50 Men on board, They are some 
 have made a Voyage and wants to Come in, there Cap*: name is 
 Davis Some one Board the Pink kneu him — 
 [Written on the margin of this letter:] 
 
 tis Governour Bass Jntercepted the letter to Shelleys Owner & broke 
 itt Open as itt is said in New Yorke. 
 
 [On the back:] Boston June y? 19. 1699 
 
 Last thursday Cap* Kid came in to Road Island harber ye Gover- 
 nour sent y e Collector in a boat w th about 30. men well armed in 
 order to goe on board but Kid shot 2 great Guns w ch caused y e Col- 
 
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THE CAMPBELL NEWS LETTERS 
 
 lector to retreat. Kids Sloope has 10. Gun's 8. Patteraroes 
 I shall be able to give a further acco* by y e next. 
 
 New Yorke April 29 th 1700 
 I am thankfull for yours of the 22 d Instant, and what News 
 is here, is Contained in the following acc ott 
 From Philadelf. we have advice, that 2 Ships From London and one 
 From Bristoll, are arrived there but bring no News, 
 on Sattarday Last the Newport from Sandyhooke A crusing & Cap* 
 Simmons for London; Cap* Gill will saill for London tomorrow or 
 next day & Cap* Bond in 10 or 12 Days Cap* Keeler has Bills for 
 London 
 
 on Satterday arived Phillidelphia Post w* whom Came Coll Quarry 
 & The Deputy Shereffe who brought w* him one Brown Co 11 Markham 
 Son-in-Law, he was one of Emrys men as itt was Said and goes home 
 w* y e Rest 
 
 Yesterday Arrived A Barguentine from y e Bay of Compechy John 
 Trimingham master 30 Days passage he informs y* Bermudos 
 Sloops were taken by A pyrate Comming out of y e Bay in Sight of 
 him, y* Last week about thirty Leagus off y e Capes of Virginia he 
 saw a Ship att Sea Desabled and Comming up w* her found She 
 was A Ship of about 150 tuns bound from Leverpoole to Virginia 
 who had been taken by A Pyrate on Sunday y e 20 th Instant, y e 
 master of y* Ship Informed Trimingham y* y e pyrate is A Ship of 
 24 Gunns & 150 men y* 3 days befor he was taken A pinke bound 
 from london to Virginia which pinke they maned w* fifty men 
 and take this Leverpool Ship and after they had plundered of what 
 they Pleased they Cutt down all his masts & bolt Split and So Left 
 him when Trimingham mett him they had made mastes of ther 
 yards and top masts & now standing in for Virginia y e Pyrate 
 Carryd away y e Carpenter and one man more but who Commands, 
 this pyrat they Cannot Lern, ye Saim pyrat has likwise taken A 
 New England Sloop of six Guns. 
 
 Boston may y e 6 1700 
 The Above is A Coppy of A News Letter I had by y« Last post 
 No News offers hear, Cap* Rugells from Meves arived hear yesterday 
 
 Boston May y* 28. 1700 
 Hon^e ST 
 
 The Last Thursday Cap* Green arrived here 8. weeks passas* 
 from London & 6 weeks from Cows. Y? same day arrived a Ship 
 5 weeks passage from Plimoth Cap* [blank] Commander, brings 
 news y* y? advice man of war was arrived in 3 weeks at Bristol 
 w* h Cap* Kidd & all yf Prisoners y* went home w«> Cap* Wine it 
 
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THE CAMPBELL NEWS LETTERS 
 
 is reported y* y? Parliament has petissioned y? King to putt of 
 
 Cap* Kids Triall till y« next Sessions of Parliam' 
 
 [Foreign news items follow.] 
 
 Last Saturday arrived here Cap? Morris in y? Unquort w"* h 
 
 y? Prisnors from New- York. 
 
 Admirall Benbo intends to Saile for London this week. 
 
 There is Severall vessels arrived from Madera ffiall & y? west 
 
 Indies. Cap* Robison Came out of London w* h Cap* Green 
 
 & is dayly expected here Cap* Jeffery was bound for New York 
 
 about y e Same time 
 Advice from New-York y e Last post of y* 5 misfortune at Callidonia 
 Viz. Cap* Campbel one of y e Councel who, arived Last thursday, 
 Saith y* he arived 8 dayes before y? Spanish blocked up y* port at 
 Callidonia. 3 days after his arival he Comanded a partie of 170. w'! 1 
 some few gentlemen voluntiers (who were all y* men in y" Collony y* 
 were fitt for service) to march to Arctaba where they und r stood 900. 
 Spanyards South Sea men were come to fall upon them by Land, 
 after 2 daies march he came up w th with them who Lay in a palisad 
 fortification, whom he atac kd kild about a 100 of them took their 
 Camp & gave them a total rout The Governour of S* Maries an 
 old Spanish Soldier Lay in great fear Leaving only eight men w*? 1 
 him, y? gentlemen Voluntiers pursued y e Spanyards till night gave no 
 quarter. 9 of y* Scots wf kild most of them gentlemen y 15 Sanyards 
 had laid at their Approach two Ambuscadoes who took all their 
 bagg & baggage y e Governo 1 ? plate & six pound of Gold dust At theire 
 return back to y? fortification they found 3000. Spanish Souldiers 
 Landed w*} 1 15 Saile of Ships of war who lay two moneths of y? harbers 
 mouth to prevent provitions Coming to their relief. There people 
 being most of them Sick & their want of provisions fourced them 
 to Surrender on Articles Viz: That they Should depart w*! 1 all they 
 had & if any of their Ships Should com w'. h in 6 moneth they Should 
 have wood & water & depart in peace. 
 
 One Cap* Tho. Droumand one of y? former Councel in a Small 
 Ship of 6 guns & 13 men met w* h a Spanish man of war of 20. guns 
 ingaiged for four howers & fought his way thro y? fleet & got in 
 to Callidonia being Laden w*£ provissions but y? fourt was Surrendred 
 before he Came This is y e Substance of w' offers from 
 
 Your honours 
 After p "usual I beg most humble 
 
 Yof honP favour to Send Servant 
 
 it to yf postmaster m r Chandler Duncan Campbell 
 
 [Superscribed] To The Honourable Coll. Winthrop 
 
 free Governour of Connetticut at New-London 
 
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THE CAMPBELL NEWS LETTERS 
 
 Boston, Aprill 12 th 1703 
 
 Last Week arrived A Vessell from ffyall and tells that about nine 
 Week's from this time Two Vessells arrived from Scotland and one 
 from Corke in Ireland, that gave an Acco*- that the union between 
 England and Scotland was concluded upon and said master from 
 ffyall sayes he see it in publick prints 
 
 Cap*- Smith In the Gospert ffrigett from Jamacia Arrived here also 
 Last Week, and by him are Informed of the union being Concluded 
 upon, he came from Jamaica about midle or tenth of March 
 
 Wee do apprehend that the union is only agreed upon by the Com- 
 missioners which if true will be a great Step, Towards both parliam ts ' 
 Concluding it, being the Commissioners are Some of the greatest men 
 of both nations. 
 
 They Talk from Jamaica, of the Spaniards Sueing for a peace, That 
 about 20 Grandees were come to Portugale, to get the King of Portu- 
 gale to Interceed with her Maj e - of England to appoint Plenipoten- 
 tiary to mediat. Cap 4 Lawrence is arrived at Rhoad Island & a Ber- 
 mudus Sloop, both Privateers, who In Comp? with Cap* Blue an 
 other privateer took a Spanish Ship of 8 guns, Loaden with Canary 
 and Brandy, and other goods, bound for the Havanna, who had on 
 board 12 families consisting of above 130 Soules, The Prisoners they 
 put on Shoare in N. Spain, all to about 7. The Three Consorts put 
 17 men an a Quarter master on board, Cap*. Blue Attended her with 
 his Sloop or vessell, The Prize is not yet arrived — The Prize Said to 
 Come from Spain, and touched at the Canary's. 
 
 Cap'- Southack with our Westarn fleet, arrived Yesterday. 
 
 Cap* Delhjidge will Sayle for London In 20 days Ten guns; & 
 Cap* Dows lyke guns In a moneth. 
 
 [Written on the third page of this letter sheet.] 
 
 Hono ble Sir 
 
 Boston, April 12 th 1703 
 
 I'm favoured with yo r ho rs of the 9 Instant. — Came in too day about 
 
 ii aclocke & do dispatch him again at ffive because should have no 
 
 excuise to hinder his Coming In on Satturday so have no tyme, 
 
 either for selfe or man to go to Mad m Richards but the Letter I sent 
 
 thaire Two days after its receipt. 
 
 on other Syde is what occurred, with the Inclosed print, and with 
 
 humble service am 
 
 S r Yo r ho" humble Serv* 
 
 _ „ T . Jn° Campbell. 
 
 Go r Wmthrop [New London , Connecticut] 2 
 
 2 Indorsed by Governor Winthrop: "Publick occurrences & the adres to 
 her Ma]. April 12th 1703." 
 
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THE CAMPBELL NEWS LETTERS 
 
 Boston Aprill 27 th 1703. 
 On the 20 th Instant Arrived a sloop from Antegua in 25 Dayes 
 one Loyd M? brings an acco* that Coll? Coddington with 3000 Is- 
 landers and about 2000 English souldiers Landed in Guardelupia 
 had Taken the Island all but the fort having Lost about 200 men by 
 an Ambusscado of Negros when this Sloop came away the Bloody 
 flagg was hung up, and our men had gott 5 p? of Ordinance playing 
 upon it and Every shott did Execution and they were a going to have 
 15 p? more to bear upon it, and the fourt could bear but 5 upon us, 
 and was thought wee should Carry it in aday or Two at farthest 
 The Earle of Peterborough was daylie Exspected with a Squadron of 
 men of warr and Land forces in order to joyne the Island 1 ? to attaque 
 Martinico. 
 
 ffrom King Saile Janry 22 d a Passenger went hence in the Orsell 
 frigett a merch* man one Cap* Thomas Command 1 writts that on the 
 18 th Instant 10 Leagues from Silley after a Whole Dayes Chase the 
 Count Tholons of S* Maloes 36 guns 300 men came up w th us to whom 
 wee were forced to Strike having one man kill'd and an other wounded, 
 and the Ship much Damaged. Her Majes Ship the Dover and 
 Munck hearing the Guns and Seeing the Smoak made After it and 
 about 11 at Night recovered the Orsell frigett, and Next morning 
 the Monk got up w th the Privateer and gave him Two broad Sydes 
 but Loosing his main top Gallant mast and fore top mast it caused 
 Monsr to Sing Te Deum or the Song of Victory, but the successful 
 Dover manadged her self better, and about Two a Clocke in the 
 After noon getts up with the Privateer and After 3 hours Obstinate 
 fighting and the Death of 40 men and 30 odd wounded (most of which 
 ar since Dead) took her in whom wee were Prisoners. The Privateer 
 was Brought in here this Night though never a mast standing and 
 20 of the best of her guns being thrown over board by Badd Weather 
 the very night she was Taken — The Dover Lost not one Drop of blood 
 by him Except one man that accidently fell over board, she came out 
 of S* Maloes but 6 Dayes before she took us, her burthen is between 
 400 & 500 Tuns & Reckoned the best man'd Privateer In France. 
 She came out in Comp a w th an other of 40 guns, to whom god send 
 the same success too. The Dover had but 183 men, hardly so bigg 
 as y e Mons r , only had 50 guns though could use but 25 of y™ y e 
 wind blowing fresh. Ther was found on board The Privateer the 
 journall of T S. of Boston with severell Letters for M r Lillie ;from the 
 Bay. 
 
 The Packett boat from Lisbone Came in here brings news that a 
 Dutch man of warr hath Taken a french man of warr of 50 guns. 
 
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THE CAMPBELL NEWS LETTERS 
 
 The Lark Guiney man from Bbados In her Passage home meett 
 3 french Barkies, the Biggest about 3 or 400 Tun— A New Hagg boat 
 with 16 french on board The Lark had but 16 guns and 17 men 
 and with the help of y e french men brought her saif to Galloway. 
 
 ffryday the 23 d Instant, being tthe Queen's Coronation Day, His 
 Excy Coll°- Dudley being attended by the Troop of Gaurds, came 
 from Roxbury between 12 & one a Clocke, when all y e guns were 
 Discharged from the Castle Battery's the man of warr, Gaily, and 
 ship in the Road, and After having Dined with the honoble Coll? 
 Povey our Liv* Governour with Severall Gentlemen came to the 
 Town house and Drunck her Maje s healths, & c . 
 
 On Satturday the 24* Arrived one Kimball ffrom ffyall tells us 
 still of y e union being Concluded between England and Scotland 
 and that the Portuguese have declaired warr against france and 
 Spain. 
 
 The Prize at Rhoad Island is Said to have on board 100 Pipes of 
 Canary, 50 Pipes of Malmsy 30 Caske of Brandy, Some Almonds 
 and Razons, what money Plate or Silks they had was shared before 
 any Condemnation. 
 
 Philadelphia Aprill 13 4 . h they writt that on Satturday Last Ar- 
 rived a Gentleman from Maryland brings the following news, That 
 40 Sayle of West Countrey men were arrived in Maryland and Vir- 
 ginia about 7 Weeks Passage — two men of warr Conveyed them from 
 Corke in Ireland — [Foreign news items follow.] 
 
 That the London fleett for Virginia is not to Sail till Latter end 
 of June under Convey of 4 men of warr, and a fire Ship 
 
 The Galloon proved not so Rich in plate as was Exspected, but 
 very Rich in other valuable goods as cocheneal &c. one was not 
 brock up Supposed to be very rich. 
 
 N yorke 19'. h Instant Arrived a Sloop in 12 Dayes from Burmudus, 
 that GoT writts My Lord Cornbury, that the Earle of Peterborough 
 was Arrived at Antegua. 
 
 Cap! Simmons will Sail in 10 or 12 Dayes for London — that they 
 have news of y e union between the Two Kingdomes from Philadelphia, 
 by vessells to Maryland. 
 
 Boston — Cap? Delbrige will Sail within 3 weeks for London Cap* 
 Dowse in about a month Cap ts Gillam, Coram & Robertson about 
 2 months. 
 
 Boston May the 3 d 1703 
 
 By a Vessell from ffyall An Edinburgh Gazet of Decern' 7: acquaints 
 us, [details of the negotiations for the union between the two king- 
 doms]. 
 
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THE CAMPBELL NEWS LETTERS 
 
 Cap? Alden from Lisbone in 33 dayes Arrived the 28. brings the 
 following news in Gazet's votes of Parliam? the Postman and News 
 Letters viz? [A considerable batch of foreign items follows of dates, 
 Octo r 10 — Novem r 23. Under the last date is this item of domestic 
 import: Letters from S? Maloes Rochell and other places concerned 
 in y e West Indies and Newfoundland ffishery say that the Cheif 
 traders are Intirely ruined and forced to Abscond by reason their 
 ships so Taken hardly one of 30 Escap'd.] 
 
 Lond? Nov? 26: Letters from Holland Say that 3 Regiments were 
 ready to Embarke for the West Jndies on board 12 men of warr — 
 
 [Additional foreign news is given under this, and later dates — 
 between Dec? 3 d and Jan r y 12.] 
 
 Lond? Jan r y 14 The E of Petterborough will sail for Jamaica 
 In a few Dayes 
 
 [Another considerable batch of foreign matter follows under dates 
 Jan r y 16 — Feb r y 11.] 
 
 Lond? Feb r y 16. Admir 11 Graydon is Appointed to Succeid 
 Admir 11 Benbow for the West Jndies with all Speed 
 
 S? Stafford fairborne is for ever made incapable of any Sea Com- 
 mand for Declining to goe to the West Jndies — [Other foreign items.] 
 
 Lond? Feb r y 18: The Brazill fleett to Portugale is Said to be 
 Worth 2 Millions 
 
 Dampier w th 2 Ships of 26 guns is Sailed for the South Seas w th 
 the Queen's Commission [Other foreign items.] 
 
 Boston Cap* Delbridge Will Sail for Lond? within a fourthnight 
 and Cap? Dowse with in a Month, Cap' 3 Gillam, Coram and Robertson 
 Jn 2 months. 
 
 Cap* Jn° Bennett in a Ship 100 Tuns 4 guns men Answerable Sails 
 for Barbados in 6 Weeks. 
 
 The Prize Ship of 150 Tuns w' h her Loading at Rhoad Jsland will 
 be Exposed to Sail on Thursday the ii Jnstant — 
 
 [Addressed] 
 To The Hon ble 
 
 John Winthrop Esq r 
 
 Governour of Conecticut 
 N London 
 
 jfrank 
 
 [Indorsed] 
 
 Publick Occurrences 
 
 May 3 d 1703 
 
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THE CAMPBELL NEWS LETTERS 
 
 Boston, May 17 th 1703. 
 
 Last week arrived here a sloop from Jamaica whereby are In- 
 formed, Admirall Whetston with his Squadron are bound hither, ffor 
 some action again our Adversarys, to the Northward of us. 
 
 Last week also arrived Capt Ransfoord from Barbados, and by 
 Letters of the 13 th April Said, Wee have taken Guardelup all but a 
 fort, w ch wee Intend to Scale in a few days, Wee have Lost by re- 
 port above 500 men already : — others Letters Say They daylie expect 
 a Squadron of men of warr with 8000 men to Assist Generall Cod- 
 dingtoun 
 
 Last week also arrived here Capt Jarvies ffrom Nevis, about 20 
 days passage, Says wee have Lost at Guardelup neir 700 men Wee 
 have taken all both fort and Castle, excepting one ffort In the Top of 
 a mountain, that there is no passage to it but over a bridge, and that 
 there is no way to conquer the enemy, but by Starving them Jt's 
 said the Generall has gone to Bbados for more men, and Jf do not 
 send'm will Dissert the place, others Say he is resolved to conquer them, 
 err Leaue it. No Quarter, is given on either Syde, The ffrench first 
 begun it, ffor one of our men was found mangl'd with this Jnscription 
 upon his breast, No Quarter for a Criolian — Some say our men of 
 warr, were of kin to Admirall Benbow's Cap ts - were afraid, Jf they 
 shot at the fforts, the ff orts would Shoott at them again & Spoyle their 
 masts, and saying one of their masts was worth the whole Island, 
 and Said seuerall recruits, were brought the Adversary, from Martinico, 
 by the negligence of the Commador. 
 
 They say That Generall Coddingtoun is to be Generallisimo of all 
 her Majes fforces in the West Indies. 
 
 ffrom Philadel: by a Letter from Antegua of April. 9 th They writ 
 Generall Coddingtoun with about 3500 men Landed on Guardilup 
 about a month past & fforced the ffrench out of their Trenches, s d to 
 be much stronger than any In fnanders, batter'd their fforts & castle 
 down, upon w ch they sprung mines, thinking our army would storme 
 (and so blew them up) but was prevented by a disserter 
 
 They have had latlie a supply of 600 men from Martinico, 500 of 
 w ch were planters fforcd off, who decline fighting for that reason. 
 
 The fforces so long expected under the Command of the E of 
 Peterborough w ch consists of 7000 men, were left to the Eastwards 
 of Madera's are to be commanded by our Generall, who is Capt 
 Grail of all her majes fforces In America. 
 
 Nyorke, may 10 th on the 5 th arrived here Capt Blackston ffrom 
 Plimouth the 12 march, in Comp a with the west India ffleett, con- 
 sisting of about 30 Sayle, under convoy of the Blackwall and Monta- 
 
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THE CAMPBELL NEWS LETTERS 
 
 gue commanded by Vice Admirall Graydon, in Comp a - whereof 
 S r Beuill Greenvil, GoT of Barbados, and 3000 Land fforces, under 
 Command of Brigadeer. 
 
 Generall Coddingtoun made G? of Jamaica, Colo W m Seymour 
 Go r of Marryland. 
 
 Capt Blackston pairted with them 1 st - April by whom wee have 
 advice of an Embargo Jn Engld, And great preparations were 
 making for a vigorous prosecution of the warr by sea and land. 
 [Other foreign items.] 
 
 The proceedings of The L d Cornburry here, are well approved by 
 her Maje & Council & the L dB of Trade and all Acts of Assembly 
 made here Dureing the Last administration annull'd and declaired 
 void. 
 
 My L d Cornburry Expects a man of warr daylie with his Commis- 
 sions. 
 
 The Council of Nova Cesarea or New Jearsy are 
 Edward Himlock Samuell Leonard George Deacon * , 
 
 Lewis Morris Andrew Bowne Sam 11 Walker 
 
 Sam 11 Jennings Tho B Reuell Dan Leeds 
 
 Francis Davenport W m - Pinhorne W m - Sandford 
 
 Robert Quarry. 
 
 Capt Carter In a brig a & Capt Leventhorp In a ship both went 
 hence Last flail for London cast away neir Lands end, the men Saved, 
 most of the goods Lost. 
 
 The Virg a ffleett was to Sayle in April 
 
 [Foreign items follow.] 
 
 The E. of Peterborough goes not for the West Indies. 
 
 A sloop from Antegua arrived here the 7 th Instant brings the same 
 Acco* as is from Phila? • 
 
 Cap* Delbridge sails for London this Week & Cap* Travise in the 
 Ship Lyon that Cap* Dowse was to Goe in Sails in a fourtnight at 
 farthest. 
 
 Cap* Robertson and Coram about 6 Weeks and Cap* Everton in 
 about 2 month's. The french and some Indies took 2 men of ours 
 Prisoners, In Sacho River and Kill'd one man, were Affraid it may 
 occasion a Ruptur, between us and the Indians. 
 
 Boston June I s * 1703 
 On the 25 th * of Last month Dyed Ml ; Sam 1 . 1 Shrimpton and was 
 Burned the 28 
 
 The 26 th was our annuall Election Day of her Majes Council for 
 this Colony, whereon sever? members of Council in coaches and 
 
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 Esq 1 ? 
 
 sever 11 Gentlemen on horse Back, w*. h the Troop of Gaurds went, 
 about Eight a Clocke in the morning to Roxbury to attend his Ex- 
 cell y to towne who had a splendid Entertainment for them — Rox- 
 bury Troop before his Excell y , the members of Council and other 
 Gentlemen and the Troop of Guards following and in the Towne 
 as is usuall, Two foott Cornp^ Guarded them to the town house 
 about Eleven a Clocke, where they staid a short space and were Con- 
 ducted to the Meetting house and heard a Sermon preached by the. 
 Rev? Mf Solomon Stoddard, on these Words Honour thy father 
 and mother &c. After Sermon his Excell y & Council, Magistrates 
 & Mini 1 ? and field Officers had a splendid Dinner and about four a 
 Clocke went to the Town house, in ordT to Choose the Ensuing years 
 Council, who are 
 
 Coll° Elisha Hutchinson 90 
 
 Cap* Sam 11 Sewall 89 
 
 Coll" Jn° Phillips 87 
 
 Cap* Jon? Corwin 87 
 
 Coll° Jn° Foster 87 
 
 Majf Generall Winthrope 85 
 
 Coll Pen Tdwnsend 85 
 
 Cap* Andrew Belcher 85 
 
 James Russell 84 
 
 Coll° Jn° Higginson 83 
 
 Isaac Addington Seer: ,. . 82 
 
 Maj r W 1 ? Browne 82 
 
 Joseph Hammond 72 
 
 Maj r John Wally 69 
 
 Coll° Jn° Thatcher 64 
 
 Joseph Lynde 64 
 
 Sam 11 Partridge • 57 
 
 Eliakim Hutchinson 57 
 
 Coll Jn° Hathorne 49 
 
 Coll Daniel Pearce 49 
 
 Benj a Browne 41 
 
 Sam 11 Hayman 37 
 
 Edward Bromfield 34 
 
 Cap* Sam 11 Legg 
 
 Samuell Appleton \ 
 
 Nath» Paine '.'.'.'.'.'.'. f EsqI? 
 
 Josiah Winslow \ 
 
 Maj* Hunt '.'.'.'.'. f Esq -" 
 
 Maj? Converse is Chosen Speaker of the house of Representatives. 
 
 ► Esq"? 
 
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 Our Eastern Indians came into our Garrisons and acquitted them- 
 selves from killing the English man wrote you of before, & Sayes it 
 was done by Some french and ffrench Indians that Came from Can- 
 ada and Wishes they had mett them would have Seized them. 
 
 Wee ar Informed Severall wayes of a Descent the french and Can- 
 ada Indians Intends to make upon some of ours or the Neighbouring 
 Colony frontiers upon w ch orders are taken to Watch our ffrontier 
 Townes again any Assault. 
 
 Boston June 7 th 1703 
 
 On the 2 d Instant arrived here Cap 4 Breed from Antegua about 
 four Weeks passage & acquaints us that Gener 11 Coddington had 
 Left Guardeloop and gone to Nevis by reason of a Disstemper that 
 had Seized upon him which had almost made him blind, He left the 
 Commd of the Army w*. h Coll° Hamilton, Several Negro Disserters 
 come over to us day lie, who say the french are in great want of pro- 
 visions. 
 
 They Daiely Exspected the Landing of Succours from England. 
 
 They Conferme the french's having 600 men from Martinico thro* 
 the Invigilancy or neglect of our ffrigetts. 
 
 On the 3 d Instant Arrived here Cap' Welsh from Antegua came out 
 3 dayes before the other and also acquaints us of Cap' Coffin and one 
 Carry's being Taken into Martinico whom wee fear'd was lost. 
 
 Cap* Southack came in yesterday from the Eastward from Treating 
 w th the Indians and Restoring them what was taken from them by 
 Cap* Chadwell & his men. 
 
 On the 4 l . h Instant His Excell* the Hono ble Council and Represen- 
 tatives went to the Castle to View the Same, and the ffortifications 
 in order to fforward what is wanting. 
 
 On y e 5*} 1 from Piscataqua acquainted of a Ketches arrivall thair 
 from Barbados brings no news only that Gov r not yet arrived & 
 no Privateers heard of, of a long time, and y* ther was no truth in a 
 privateers being on our coast, w ch report was occasioned by a sloop 
 from Virginia Sabboth Last Arrived here who was willing to speake 
 to three of our sloops bound hence for Boston, who the master sayes 
 were Affraid of and run ashoar about Capepann, seeing him stand 
 towards them. 
 
 From Rhoad Island ther was a small Vessell came in Last Week 
 between point Judeth and Block Island, Next Day they heard some 
 say 20, some a 27 guns, as if it were at Block Island, It's feared the 
 Brig? is a french Privateer and that the ship was one of Lawrences 
 prizes bought by M r Mallinson bound for Barbados. 
 
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 Boston ffor London, The Ship Amitie 150 Tuns 14 guns men answer- 
 able, Thorn! Steele Commd. 
 
 The Ship Eliz? 100 Tuns David Robertson Command? 
 
 The Agustus Gaily 140 Tuns 12 guns Cap* W«? Everton Command? 
 
 The Ship Resignation 240 Tuns 20 guns Thorn? Coram Command? 
 will all Sail in about 2 months. 
 
 Cap* Travise will Sail next Week for London 
 
 ffor Oporto the Ketch Exchange 40 Tuns James Cally Command f 
 ' ffor Barbados, The Ship Hannah 100 Tuns 4 guns John Bennett, 
 Command? 
 
 His Excell y goes for his Goverm* of New hampshire on Wednesday 
 next and from Thence to Cascobay in ord r to treat w*. h the Indians, 
 Two Thirds whereof are for peace and one Third for warr. 
 [On the next page of the letter-sheet.] 
 
 Boston June 7 th 1703 
 
 Hon ble Sir 
 
 I'm favour'd with yo rs of 3 d Curr* Congratulat your hon r 
 Saife arrival home and on other syde is what occurrs and an and 
 ans? to your demands from 
 
 S r 
 
 Yo r Ho" 3 most Humble 
 Serv' 
 Jn°: Campbell 
 [Addressed to Governor Winthrop of Connecticut.] 
 
 [Superscribed] 
 
 To The Hon b ! e 
 John Winthrop Esq r 
 
 Go r of Connecticut 
 N London 
 ffranke 
 
 Boston June 14 th 1703 
 
 On the 8 th Instant the Assembly was adjourned unto the Last 
 Wednesday of this month. 
 
 On the 9*? 1 His Excell. being Accompanyed with Severall Gentle- 
 men, went to his Goverm' of New hampshire. 
 
 On the 10* a Sloop from the Bay of Campeachy brings no News. 
 
 On the 11 Esq? Bromfield mett w*. h a Sore Mischance, coming out 
 of his Warehouse door a Sloop Lying before his Warehouse door the 
 m? of the Sloop hoising up his boom, the Sail being Loose to Dry it, 
 gave Such a Swing that it struct him upon his Shouldier, Brock 
 
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 his Collar bone, put his Shouldier out of joynt, was for sometime 
 speechless with the Stroak but its hoped He'l Recover and do well — 
 
 On the 12 th Arrived a Sloop from the Bay of Vandovas, one Lam- 
 son mf, who sayes that Cap* Wheeler that went hence for Jamaica 
 is Dead his men all prest on board men of warr and his Ship Hal'd up. 
 
 Cap' Blew from R? Island is arrived here this Day. 
 
 The Gosport and Gaily is this Day sailed for Piscataqua. 
 
 Philad. May 28: Arrived a Sloop in 22 Dayes from Antegua in 
 whom Came Cap'. Roach an Inhabitant of that Island w'J 1 his family 
 to Setle here, brings the bad news of our forces Leaving Guardilup 
 untaken w'. h the Loss of about 1000 by Enemy and Sickness. The 
 Day [?he] Sailed the Gener 1 . 1 Arrived who has lost his Eye Sight w'. h 
 Some Disstemper, the rest of the fleett and forces were Exspected 
 from Guardiloop, the Gene 1 . 1 Layes the Miscarridge so to heart that 
 it's thought he'l hardly Recover upon it. 
 
 It's said that the men of warr that were at Guardiloop were all 
 ordered home, and were to Sail the 29* may. 
 
 Some prisoners that made their Escape from Martinico to Antegua 
 Says that the french were fitting out abundance of privateers from 
 that place many of them Stout Vessels. 
 
 It's reported in the West Indies that monsT Ponti was daylie 
 Exspected there w th a Squadron of men of warr of 22 Sail besydes 
 other Vessells. 
 
 The 31 Arrived here a Sloop from Jamaica 28 Dayes passage, 
 Admiri 1 Whetstone w th his Squadron was at Jamaica, he's done 
 nothing only burnt a Ship the french took from us and two privateer 
 Sloops at Pettiquavis. 
 
 A fleett of merchantmen between 40 & 50 Sail und? Convoy a 2 or 3 
 men of warr was to sail in May from Jamaica to England. 
 
 N Yorke June 7: Last Week Arrived here a Sloop from Coraso, 
 21 Dayes passage sayes the Dutch have an open Trade w th New Spain 
 and that the Governour of Coraso has stopt Cap' Wrightington & his 
 Comp? who Sailed from R Island on what pretence knows not. 
 
 Cap' Bond & Cap'. Sinclair Sails in a fourth Night or 3 Week's 
 for London. 
 
 Boston Cap'. Travise sails to Day or Too morrow for London — 
 [Superscribed] 
 
 To The Hon ble 
 
 John Winthrop Esqf 
 GovT of Connecticut 
 ffranke N London 
 
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 Boston Jully 12* 1703 
 
 ffrom N Yorke Jully 5: On the 29*. h June Last Arrived here Cap* 
 Bassett from England they sailed from Plimoth the 2 d May Last in a 
 fleett of about 170 Sayle und r Convey of 7 men of warr, one part 
 of w 2 ? 1 fleett were for the Streights, w'? 1 3 men of warr another fleett 
 for the "West Indies w* 2 men of warr and the rest being about 70 
 Sail for Virginia undr Convey of the Guensey and Oxford frigets 
 in the I s * of W* comes Cap* Mathews Mr Byerly Receiver Gener! 
 of this province and Mr Clarke our Secretary who brings w* them my 
 L d Cornbury's Commissions for New Jearsy &c. 
 
 Wee hear one Mr Griffith is Attorney- Generall of New Jersy and is 
 in the Oxford some Letters say M r Bass is Secretary of that Province 
 others the Contrary some Affirme he is in the fleett coming over w<* 
 is Contradicted by others. 
 
 Wee hear a Gent 1 of very great Learning and Knowledge in the 
 Law is judge of the Admiralty of Pensilvania and other places, but 
 wee know not yet his name 
 
 Our Grand fleett were at Spitthead ready to putt to Sea, consisting 
 of about 130 Sail 
 
 Thirty great Ships most 3 d Rates were at Plimoth commanded 
 by Sr Clously Shovell outward bound but where was not publick. 
 Each Ship had on board 2 Comp* s of marines and Sundry Stores 
 of warr and their Quarters hung w*. h Wheels & Carriages it was 
 Generally beleived they were bound for the Streights. [Foreign 
 news items follow.] 
 
 ffive Ships for Boston Sailed in Comp? w*? 1 this fleett who I sup- 
 pose are Arived by whom you will have a better Information 
 
 Last Week Arrived Cap* Coward from Coraso brings no news. 
 
 On the 2 d Instant Arrived a Sloop from Antegua in 17 Dayes and 
 advises that Admir 1 . 1 Graydon w* the forces touched at Guardeloop 
 and finding our men were retired he stood on his Course just Called 
 at Antegua and is gone for Jamaica. 
 
 That Gener 1 ! Coddington is Still very ill at Antegua. 
 
 That a man of warr from Antegua on her cruise mett 2 french 
 privateers a Barque and a Sloop, The Barque she Took w*. h 60 men 
 and the Sloop she Chaced upon a Reefe and Battered her all to peices 
 not having Left above 10 men alive. The Sloop was the [blank] 
 w c . h formerly belonged to Philadelphia the Cap* still in the West 
 Indies as is said. 
 
 The Pensilvania post is come in and brings no news yet of the 
 Arrivall of the Virginia fleett. 
 
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 Boston Jully 12*? 1 Last Week Arrived here Cap* Charnock from 
 Antegua Porter from Mounseratt & Cap* Nath 1 . Green from Bbados 
 brings nothing new. 
 
 Cap* Steel Everton and Rob[er]tson will sail for London in about 
 20 Dayes. 
 
 Two Indians and an interpreter are co[me] hither from the East- 
 ward of Casco bay acquaints of a french man of warr at Mont Desart 
 neir to Nova Scotia who fires a gun Evening and Morning. 
 
 The Governm* has sent out a man of warr to Spy what this french 
 man is. 
 
 Wee have Severall Rumers of guns heard fireing off of Cape Ann 
 on ffryday and Satturday Last as yet hear nothing what it is. 
 
 Last Week a woman kill'd at Piscataqua w th the Thunder. 
 [Superscribed] 
 
 For the Honob 1 ? 
 John Winthrope Esq r 
 
 Governour of Connettc* 
 Colony 
 
 New London 
 ffranke 
 
 Boston Sept r 20 th 1703 
 To N London 
 
 On thursday Last returned our flag of truce from Port Royall 
 who informed us that there is arrived thair from f ranee a man of warr 
 of 46 guns; had some red & blue Coats on board, and also two march* 
 men or mast men of Considerable force was out from france about 
 six weeks. 
 
 the Gov r of Port Royall told our men that he had 500 souldiers 
 come which we do Judge to be a Comp a of 50 or 60 men. 
 
 they also told our men that our mast fleet was taken and 17 of 
 our men of warr, and that their King had Cutt of 500 Hugonits that 
 had rose up in rebellion: all which we give no Creditt to; but the 
 Contrary that wee have taken so many of their men of warr and 
 that the Hugonits are strong to the number of 50 thousand. 
 
 On fryday arrived here Cap* Johnson In a brigantin from antegua 
 about a mounth Passage brings no news. 
 
 ffrom R d Island The 17. acquainted That that morning arrived 
 thaire a privateer sloop from Providence belonging to Curraso, who 
 had but 18 men, And brought In with him, a Spanish Ship of 7 guns 
 56. men which he Tooke off of Campechia Bay, loaden with Cocco, 
 has on board 5 thousand peices of eight, about 130 Tuns fought him 
 3 glasses and never a man killed. 
 
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 He also brings the Tydings of Providence being taken on the 20 th 
 July by ffrench & Spainairds, A barque Alongo, A Brig a , & a sloop, 
 the people were surprised in the night, there being but 3 men in the 
 -ffort, he hes brought with him hither a great many of the Inhabitants 
 about 40 or 50, of whom Cap* Jn° Edwards is one who lost his sloop. 
 The ffrench and Spainairds carryed away 9 Vessells that Lay in 
 the harbour, and the Gov* 
 
 Cap 4 Wodsworth from Whitehaven and Ireland is just arrived 
 about [blank] weeks passage say [Foreign news items follow.] 
 
 [On third page of the letter-sheet. ] 
 Honb 1 ? Sir Boston Septr 20 th 1703 
 
 On other Syde is what occurs as I send your ho? weekly: 
 And Im Informed your generall Court is to sit at Newhaven next 
 month, and I must represent to your ho r & Assembly The state of 
 the post office as I have done to this Gov rt and Newhampshire In 
 order to have some encouragment for the support of it, as they have 
 done: else of necessity it must drop, I doubt not in the Least 
 of your ho rs Concurrence therein, and with humble service am 
 
 S r 
 Your ho rs most Humble 
 Serv' 
 Jn? Campbell 
 To N London 
 
 Boston Octor 4 th 1703 
 
 ffrom Piscataqua the I s .' Jnstant acquainted that a party of our 
 forces under the Command of Liv* Coll March and Majf Cutler about 
 365 marched on Sabbath Last to Pigwakett and are in hopes to hear 
 of them in Two or Three Dayes. 
 
 That m r Henry Newman in a Sloop took up 3 french men in a 
 burch Cannoo at Caskobay who are brought hither, upon Examina- 
 tion they Say that on the 8 4 ? 1 May Last they came from Quebeck, 
 where they were Souldiers and run away from thence because of bad 
 usage, and Jntended to Boston for Protection, they Say that they 
 Sold their Armes at Port Royall, However it's judged they had no 
 good Design and are now in prison. 
 
 They Say that the Gov? of Canada is Dead and that ther is 28 
 Comp¥ at Quebeck — consisting of 30 men Each. 
 
 ffrom Hartford acquainted that a post came Latly from Albany, 
 who acquainted] 3 that a Mohawk was come in from [the] 4 Lake and 
 Sayes that the Gov? of Canada w* 700 men was on this Side of the 
 
 3 Sheet torn. 
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 ,ake Designing to march and make a Descent on the Frontiers of 
 I England but that an Express came to him as was going to) march 
 .cquainting him of a fleett of Ships seen w"* they Knew not whether 
 riends or foes, upon w c . h he and his Army posted back again. 
 
 And from Springfield it's Said the reason of their going back was 
 he mischief w=. h our Indians had Done at the Eastward had awakened 
 iur people to Secure our frontiers. 
 
 Boston, No Ships Arrived this Week & wee are in great fears of 
 iur mast fleett, the only hopes is that they came not out w th the 
 Jrand fleett, as it's said they did. 
 
 Wee had an Eminent Delivery on Satturday night about 12 a 
 ^locke at Night a fire had Like to have brock out in a house neir 
 oCap' Williams. 
 
 [Superscribed] 
 
 To the Hon ble 
 John Winthrop Esq? 
 Gof of Connecticut at 
 N London 
 ffranke. 
 
 To GoT Winthrop. Boston OctoT 1703. 
 
 On the 13 Last Arrived Cap* ffoster and Roisse from London 
 >eing other Two of the Ships came from Corke in Ireland last. 
 
 On the 14 th Arrived Cap' Holberton from Lond? an other of the 
 hips came last from Corke in Jreland w'. h our mast fleett and Cap' 
 J itts from Jamaica. 
 
 There arrived Cap' Parsons said Day at Marblehead from Absome. 
 
 And Cap' Blankett in five Weeks from Engl? who mett 3 Privateers 
 00 Leagues to the Westward of Lands End, one of them gave him 
 hase and he bore up to him wherupon he withdrew: The other 
 'wo bore down upon him, and upon that he showed them a pair of 
 leells, She is a Ship of 30 guns. 
 
 They acquaint us Expecially the last of London being bound 
 ither was taken off of the bancks of Newfoundland, and Carryed into 
 ' Malloes who was sold thair for Twenty Hundred pounds who was 
 Isteemed to be worth fourteen or fifteen Thousand pounds. 
 
 They acquaint us of severall ships Taken — Especially Travise 
 hat sailed hence after Cap' Delbridge. 
 
 A Lond? Gazet of July 26 says [Foreign news item follows.] 
 
 A Gazet of July 29 Say [Foreign news item follows.] 
 
 On the 15'. h Arrived Cap' Lewis from Sirranam and Cap' Vantman 
 nd Holland from Jamaica. 
 
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 By a print of July 31 from Edinburgh acquainted [item of parlia- 
 lentary news]. 
 Cap* Plankett Says that Portugale had Declared warr ag* france 
 
 nd Spain. 
 
 Cap* John Grasilier sails for Lond next Week. 
 
 ffrom Nyorke the 12* h Curr* acquainted that the Indians proposed 
 o his ExcelU the L d Cornbury to make peace with y e french of Can- 
 da which his Lop would not admitt of & its beleived they are [on] 5 
 >oth sydes & receive presents from both neither French nor their 
 ndians have been in them Quarters since the warr nor any acts of 
 tostility Committed be neither and no truth said to be in the report 
 
 rom Harford. 
 
 Some people in Connecticut seized two or three of albany river 
 ndians and ill treated them and had likelie have brought all the 
 Six nations upon them selves had not my L* Cornbury's seasonable 
 irrivall at albany prevented it. 
 
 They writt of the violent Storme wee had on fryday was seventh 
 :arryed out of the Road 22 vessells and Wood boates 14 of them 
 trading Vessells beyond Sea, some Drove one way and some another, 
 m d great Damage Done in Divers Sellars, the Loss will be some 
 thousands of pounds. 
 The AssemblylSitt's at NYorke: 
 [Superscribed] 
 
 To the Hon b J e 
 John Winthrop Esq? 
 Go? of Connecticut to 
 be forwarded by the post 
 If gone from N London 
 
 5 Sheet torn. 
 
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The Boston News -Letter 
 
 1704-1707 
 
 T N less than a year after Postmaster John Campbell had begun 
 ■*- sending his manuscript news letters to the colonial governors 
 he concluded that this news could be brought out regularly in printed 
 form to the advantage of the public and profitably to himself. Ac- 
 cordingly he began the publication of The Boston News-Letter, 
 the first issue of which was for the week ending April 24, 1704. This 
 was the first newspaper in the English-speaking American colonies 
 destined to be successful in maintaining a lasting existence. Tech- 
 nically the News-Letter was the second American newspaper, for 
 undoubtedly the ill-fated Publick Occurrences was intended by 
 Benjamin Harris to be regular and permanent and would have been 
 so continued had it not been suppressed. But Campbell holding 
 government position and, therefore, having the countenance of those 
 in authority, was more fortunate than his predecessor, and his publica- 
 tion, by virtue of its continuity, holds place historically at the head 
 of the long line of American periodicals. 
 
 The initial number of the News-Letter was not a promising per- 
 formance. Its two small pages, half-sheet folio, were nearly filled 
 with foreign news, the domestic items being almost a negligible 
 quantity. As respects this disproportion, an example was set which 
 was followed for many years. In succeeding numbers the foreign 
 news generally consisted of excerpts from London newspapers and 
 was always several months afrer date — sometimes nearly a year, — 
 being brought by vessels which as often came round about by the 
 way of Bermuda, Virginia or New York, as direct to the port of Bos- 
 ton. Aside from this lack of freshness, the collation of foreign news 
 was as fairly complete and accurate a presentation of what was happen- 
 ing in Europe as could be reasonably expected, although of course, 
 conforming to the spirit of the age, attention was mainly given to the 
 publication of royal proclamations and addresses, and other state 
 papers, of parliamentary proceedings, governmental affairs and 
 military movements. Particularly, at the outset, the events of the 
 war for the Spanish succession, 1703-1713, were recorded regularly 
 and in detail to the extent of timely minuteness and often inaccuracy. 
 
 It was not unusual for the domestic news to be limited to two 
 or three short items, and only on rare occasions did it fill more than 
 a column or a column and a half of the four, eight, or — now and 
 then — twelve, columns of an issue. For the most part during the 
 period covered by the first volume of this Digest it consisted of ship 
 news, the governor's proclamations, reports of the elections of rep- 
 resentatives to the General Court, accounts of engagements with 
 the Indians or with the French privateers, news from the West 
 
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 Indies, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode 
 Island, Connecticut, and New York, and occasionally from far-away 
 Philadelphia, or farther away South Carolina. Sometimes remarkable 
 incidents in neighboring towns were noted, generally with an editorial 
 apology for their printing. Skippers sailing between Boston and the 
 West Indies or ports of the other colonies now and then brought back 
 marvellous stories of adventure which were published without apology. 
 Some affairs, which even in perspective loom large and important 
 were reported in a manner that makes them valuable historical 
 documents. Such, for example, were the reduction of St. Augustine 
 in 1705; the French capture of the West Indies in 1706; the at- 
 tack upon Charleston by the French squadron in 1706; the capture 
 of Port Royal and Acadia in 1710; the unsuccessful expedition 
 against Quebec in 1711 and other events in and about the colonies 
 incidental to the war of the Spanish succession. 
 
 Campbell's venture was not a financial success; throughout all 
 its early years it led a precarious existence. Subscribers were few, 
 and advertisers — the main stay of the modern newspaper — were 
 conspicuously absent. Notwithstanding the pre-supposed popular 
 desire for the news of the day the publisher seems to have been, to 
 a very considerable extent, compelled to create his reading public. 
 Interest in English and European affairs, except as pertaining to the 
 colonies, was surely waning, there were few stirring home events 
 to excite curiosity, and what little domestic news there might be was 
 the hear-say of the community long before it could appear in print. 
 Almost immediately after beginning publication the necessity 
 for more generous support was forced upon the publisher, and his 
 appeals for subscribers, as set forth in the columns of his paper, were 
 frequent and urgent. In November, 1705, he presented a petition 
 to the General Court then in session asking an allowance "for the 
 year past, in the discharge of both Posts, the Postoffice, and Letter 
 of Intelligence, * * and for the future." That part of the petition 
 referring to the News- Letter was: 
 
 "your Petitioner also having Last year sett on foott a weekly 
 Letter of Intelligence for both foreign and Domestick occurrences, 
 expecting that the Incomes thereby being sett at a Moderate Rate, 
 would be sufficient to defray the Necessary Charge thereof; The which 
 it did not do, And this year several Gentlemen, Merchants and others 
 being willing it should not drop, but be continued, have Agreed to 
 contribute towards It's support for another year: yet Notwith- 
 standing there are not a Competent number that offers to carry it on, 
 And It being found beneficial & of Publick use and service to the 
 Countrey to prevent a great many false Reports." l 
 
 1 The Acts and Resolves of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, Vol. 
 VIII, pp. 158 and 562-563; Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 88, pp. 344-345. 
 
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 To print the News- Letter Campbell engaged Bartholomew Green, 
 then the foremost printer in the country. 2 Isaiah Thomas wrote 
 of him and the News- Letter; 
 
 "Bartholomew Green began the printing of The Boston News- 
 Letter, in Newbury street, in a small wooden building, to which an- 
 other room was annexed some years after, for the accomodation of 
 his son. This building was burnt down in 1734; it was previously 
 occupied as a printing house both by young Green and John Draper, 
 who did business independently of each other. Another house of 
 like dimensions was built on the same spot by John Draper, the suc- 
 cessor of the elder B. Green. This building was occupied as a printing 
 house, until the British troops evacuated Boston, in 1776. At that 
 place began and ended the printing of The Boston News-Letter." 3 
 
 Concerning the location of Bartholomew Green's printing office 
 Samuel Abbott Green has written : 
 
 "It was printed by Bartholomew Green, and 'Sold by Nicholas 
 Boone, at his Shop near the Old Meeting-House' which structure 
 then stood on the lot now bounded on three sides by Cornhill Court 
 and Court Avenue, and fronting on Washington Street. At the 
 present time the Rogers Building occupies the whole of this square, 
 perhaps 70 feet by 80 in dimensions. The site of Boone's shop was on 
 the second lot south of Court Avenue, the corner lot between it and 
 the meeting-house being occupied by Major Davis, apothecary; and 
 next to Boone's shop on the south was John Campbell, where without 
 doubt he kept the post-office." * 
 
 Green printed the News-Letter for three and a half years. Then 
 he was succeeded by John Allen whose name first appears on the 
 issue for November 10, 1707. 5 Green's name reappeared on the 
 issue of October 8, 1711, one week after the burning of Allen's office. 
 He continued to print for Campbell until December 31, 1722, when 
 he became publisher as well as printer. 
 
 2 Bartholomew Green was born in Cambridge, October 12, 1666. He was 
 the son of Samuel Green, for more than forty years the celebrated head of the 
 Cambridge Press, succeeding Stephen Daye, the pioneer printer in the colonies ; 
 who came to New England in 1630, and died January 1, 1702. The son learned 
 his trade in the office of his father and after the death of the latter he succeeded 
 to the position of printer to the college. For thirty years he was printer to 
 the governor and council and his imprint is on many of the best American books 
 of his time. He died December 28, 1732, and a notice of his death was printed 
 in the News-Letter of January 4, 1773. 
 
 3 History of Printing, Vol. I, p. 90. 
 
 4 Ten Fac-Simile Reproductions Relating to Various Subjects, p. 15. 
 
 5 John Allen was an English printer who came to Boston in 1685, on the 
 same vessel with John Dunton, who in his Letters Written from New-England , 
 thus refers to him; "Mr Allen, the Printer was going to his Uncle, who had 
 invited him over and from whom he expected Preferment." Again, after arriv- 
 ing in Boston, Dunton wrote of his companion on the voyage; ' I Rambled with 
 John Allen to Dine with his Reverend Unckle of that name." The uncle was 
 the Reverend James Allen, pastor of the First Church of Boston, 1668-1710. 
 John Allen was associated with Bartholomew Green and also with Benjamin 
 Harris and when he undertook the printing of The Boston News- Letter in 1707, 
 he had an office in Pudding Lane, the modern Devonshire Street. His shop 
 there was burned in the great fire of October 2, 1711. 
 
 55 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER 
 
 Starting with a single half-sheet folio, printed on both sides, two 
 columns to the page, the News-Letter continued without material 
 change in form during the greater part of its career. Almost from 
 the outset, however, there were occasional expansions to two, four, 
 six, eight or even ten pages; a supplement was sometimes added but 
 generally the single sheet of two pages prevailed. The size of the 
 paper page was about 8 by 12H inches. Different copies now pre- 
 served show slight variances from those measurements, some of them 
 running as low as iy 2 by 12* inches; probably these differences are 
 due to the trimming or wearing away of the edges of the sheets, or 
 they may have resulted from a shrinkage of the paper. The paper 
 page of the first six numbers (in the file infthe library of the New York 
 Historical Society) is 7 by 11 J* inches. The page of the seventh 
 number is 7£ by 11^. and after that the page sizes are as has been 
 noted. It would appear that the first six numbers were printed on a 
 sheet smaller than that subsequently and permanently adopted. 
 The type pages (in the same file) also show slight variations in the early 
 issues, ranging from 6£ by 10>£ inches or 6-| by lOf inches to 6i by llj^ 
 inches or 6f by 1 If inches. Column widths varied from 3 to 31 inches. 
 The imprint was changed several times before its fixed form was 
 finally determined. In the first and second editions of the first 
 number there were different forms, and that in the second edition 
 was retained in the second, third and fourth numbers, except that 
 the word Boston, in old English, was followed by a colon instead of a 
 comma. With the fifth number this imprint was adopted: "BOStOn: 
 Printed by B. Green. Sold at the Post-Office. 1704;" and that 
 form was retained until John Allen succeeded Bartholomew Green 
 as printer, November 10, 1707. Allen varied the typography of the 
 imprint several times, and when Green again became the printer, 
 October 8, 1711, there was another change. 
 
 For the title, a roman face letter old style Caslon type was used. 8 
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 above the title, but later on this was sometimes expanded to "New- 
 England" and printed now in roman and again in italic. For the 
 word "Number," old English type was first used and afterward 
 roman or italic. There were also changes in the type faces used in 
 the date line. The line "Published by Authority" was printed in 
 old English in the early issues but subsequently it was put in roman 
 or italic. The use of rules above and below this line was varied from 
 time to time, especially in the period of John Allen's printing. The 
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 6 Buckingham, in his Specimens of Newspaper Literature, says that the 
 heading was set in French Canon type. Canon was the old name for the type 
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THE BOSTON NE^S-LETTER 
 
 the issue of April 24, 1704 to that of September 2, 1725, excepting 
 July 18, 1720— December 31, 1722. Double dating of the years 
 for the months of January, February and March was used — though 
 not always in strict conformity to the system — until the issue of 
 January 7, 1717 when the new style was adopted. In this compila- 
 tion new style dating has been followed but in transcribing the news- 
 paper headings and text, actual date lines have been copied as they 
 stand originally printed. 
 
 Typographically, the News-Letter was, for the most part, an ad- 
 mirable production. The paper was of good quality and after two 
 hundred years shows few signs of disintegration, save as it has been 
 torn or otherwise damaged. Type with a sharply-cut and well de- 
 fined face was used and the press work was altogether creditable, 
 the impressions being clean and strong. Even the ink has stood the 
 test of two centuries. This recognition of the excellence of the 
 printer's work refers particularly to the News-Letter as it was pro- 
 duced by Bartholomew Green. During the time that it was printed 
 by John Allen there was a marked deterioration in its typographic 
 appearance. Most of the Allen issues were inferior specimens indeed, 
 especially in comparison with those of Green. It is evident that 
 Green had a better equipped office, and certainly he was the better 
 printer. 
 
 Editorially, during its first period, the News-Letter was a poor 
 performance. It was crudely, indeed often ignorantly, written, with 
 a frank disregard of grammar, and clearness of expression, and a 
 Timothy Dexter scorn of right punctuation. The spelling was 
 mostly correct, but whether that was a virtue of the editor or the 
 proof reader may not now be known. In punctuation, in capitaliza- 
 tion, in italicization, and so on, there was no uniformity of usage, 
 and for these faults the responsibility may perhaps be divided be- 
 tween the editor and the printer. 
 
 On the following pages of this volume these editorial and typo- 
 graphic peculiarities have been carefully preserved. The editors 
 of this Digest have aimed to reproduce the contents of these old 
 newspapers with textual fidelity to the originals, even in the most 
 obvious errors of the printer, such for example as the ending of a 
 sentence without a period, the beginning of a sentence with a lower 
 case letter instead of a capital, the appearance of an italic capital 
 to a word in roman type, and others of like character. As any- 
 one can see at a glance such faults as these are absurd blunders, 
 an oversight in the proof reading or a mixing of the types. Nothing 
 necessary to a clear understanding of the text could be gained by 
 their correction while by their retention at least the spirit and color 
 of the originals are fully preserved. Here and there, in marked 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER 
 
 instances only, suggestive readings or corrections have been inter- 
 polated in brackets. Otherwise the text has been left without 
 change or comment— except in foot notes — exactly as it appeared 
 to its first readers two hundred years ago. 
 
 In the library of the New York Historical Society is a volum& 
 of the News-Letter which contains copies of issues for 1705,. 
 1706, 1707 and 1708 that are not known to be elsewhere pre- 
 served. Originally the volume was bound in calf which has become 
 dark brown with age; the back and the corners were later rebound 
 in calf of a lighter color. On the backbone is the title BOSTON 
 NEWS-LETTER and the dates, 1704-1708. On a front blank 
 page is this inscription: "To the New York Historical Society from 
 George Bruce. Printer New York. 1805" — and on the inside front, 
 cover there is this note in lead pencil, "This volume contains No. 1 
 April 17 1704 to No 209 April 19 1708 Nos wanting 27, 138, 139, 
 140, 141 W. K." 7 Family tradition says that a sea captain sailing 
 between Boston and New York, either gave or sold this book, to Mr 
 Bruce, but no certain evidence of that has been produced. The 
 volume has been briefly described in a paper read by Dr. Samuel 
 Abbott Green before the Massachusetts Historical Society, November. 
 13, 1890, and reprinted in a pamphlet. 8 
 
 A special interest attaches to this volume. There seems to be 
 no doubt that it was the property of our New England Pepys, Chief 
 Justice Samuel Sewall. In the front are bound four pages of a manu- 
 script entitled "Memorandums" and this, it is generally believed by 
 those who have examined it, is in the handwriting of Mr Sewall .. 
 The memorandum is merely an index to some of the articles in the 
 various issues of the file and further on upon the margins of those 
 issues, the same articles are often annotated in the same handwriting 
 with the letters "N." or "M. E." added. Throughout the volume 
 are scattered other marginal notes also in the same handwriting. 
 These are mostly signed S.S. and some of them refer to matters 
 mentioned in Judge Sewall's Diary. On several of the numbers — 
 notably September 29./ October 6, October 20, November 24, Decem- 
 ber 15, and December 22, 1707, and January 12, January 19, March 1, 
 March 8, and March 15, 1707-8 — the autograph Jirji^,^. appears; 
 on the bottom margin of the first page. 
 
 The Sewall annotations in this file are as follows: 
 June 19, 1704, — top of second column, first page; "Major Sewall."' 
 January 8, 1705, — added to entry of death of Madame Sarah 
 Leverett; "Interd Jan r 8." 
 
 7 William Kelby was librarian of the New York Historical Society, 1895- 
 1898. 
 
 8 Remarks on An Early File of the Boston News- Letter. 
 
 58 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER 
 
 January 8, 1705, — bottom of second page; "Mrs. Johana Mason 
 wife of Arthur Mason a very pious vertuous woman" [remainder 
 torn off.] 
 
 May 7, 1705, — foot of second page; "Mr. Campbell's Negro gave 
 me this, May, 24. 1705." 
 
 May 14, 1705,— foot of second page; "May, 10. The Rev d Mr. 
 Thomas Bridge was ordained Pastor of the [First Church] Boston" 
 
 July 9, 1705, — foot of first column, second page, under the Marble- 
 "Tippet 
 head item; Nicholas Mary" 
 
 September 10, 1705, — margin of second column, first page, against 
 the foreign news; "Sep r ! 10? mane: Oceani fluctus ANNA moderante 
 superbos" 9 Originally there was another line in this note but in 
 trimming the pages, perhaps for binding, this was cut off, leaving 
 visible only the tops of the letters. 
 
 October 15, 1705, — margin of first column, second page; "Boston 
 8 th 13. 1705 Roma simul caelebys, [?] fuerant in tempore Petrur 
 Aeternum exorsum, nil nisi novum habeat. S.S." 10 
 
 October 15, 1705,— foot of page; "Octofr 15. Madame Hebb[?] 
 N [?] one of the Jamaica fleet died this morning of a Fever, at the 
 house of y e sdH [?]" 
 
 October 22, 1705, — margin of first column, second page; "Doctor 
 Wheeler, Son-in-Law to the truly pious Mr Wigglesworth, is dead, 
 and has left a young [sorrowful?] [cut off]; | "He died on Thanksgiving 
 day at night : was a sober good conditioned man, well beloved. It's 
 the Ninth | "Doctor that hath died here in a few years. J~t--S* " 
 
 January 7, 1706, — margin of second column, first page, against 
 account of a shipwreck; "Luke, 13. 1-5." 
 
 June 10, 1706, — margin of first column, third page; "Artillery 
 sermon. Preach d by Mr Rowland Cotton." 
 
 July 22, 1706, — second column, first page, added to the Ipswich 
 item concerning the death of two women; "Wife & only daughter 
 of Thomas Day." 
 
 September 23, 1706, — top of first column, third page; "Mr Simeon 
 Stoddard murthered in England son S. Stoddard Esq: r " u 
 
 November 25, 1706, — foot of second column, third page, against 
 the item concerning the return of Captain Samuel Appleton from 
 Canada; "N. Mr. Appleton Sailed Augt 30. 1706 from Nantasket." 
 At the top of the same column: "Samuel Appleton Esqr with Mr. 
 Williams from Canada." 
 
 9 See Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 137. 
 
 10 See Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 140. 
 
 11 See Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 169, note. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER 
 
 September 9, 1706, — bottom of first page; "Sent me to Bristol 
 [by?] Mr. Secretary." 
 
 August 4, 1707, — top of second column, second page; "Mr Benjamin 
 Ruggles wife Dead. 34 years & 9 months" 
 
 March 1, 1708, — foot of second page; "N. The Justices were apointed 
 the 19* or 20* of Febr." 
 
 In the file of the New York Historical Society are bound several 
 broadsides. Between the issues of July 10 and July 17, 1704, is 
 the two page sheet: An Account of the Behaviour and last Dying | 
 Speeches | Of the Six Pirates, that were Executed on Charles River, 
 Boston side, | on Fryday June 30th. 1704. Viz. \ Capt John Quelch, 
 John Lambert, Christopher Scudamore, | John Miller, Erasmus Peter- 
 son and Peter Roach. | This broadside was printed and sold for 
 Nicholas Boone. Another copy of it is bound in the News-Letter 
 file of the Massachusetts Historical Society between the issues of 
 June 26 and July 3, 1704. Following the issue of August 12, 1706, is 
 the two page sheet: A Copy of the Last Will and Testament of 
 Richard Bellingham Esqr. Late Gove.rnour of the Colony of the 
 Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. This broadside is endorsed in 
 Judge Sewall's handwriting "Given me by Mr. S. Stoddard, Augt. 
 6, 1706." 
 
 Immediately after the issue of August 11, 1707 is the broadside: | 
 To my Worthy Friend, | Mr James Bayley, | Living (if Living) in 
 Roxbury. A Poem, | by the Reverend Nicholas Noyes of Salem. A 
 note on the margin, by Judge Sewall, says "Printed, July 30, 1707." 
 With this Bayley poem is the two page broadside: | Informations | 
 and | Directions | For the making of Tar, and Choice of Trees j 
 for the same, as in Finland. | This broadside was printed by Bartholo- 
 mew Green in July, 1707. Following the issue of September 15, 1707 is 
 John Danforth's: | A Pindarick ELEGY Upon the Renowned, | Mr 
 Samuel Willard, | Late Reverend Teacher of the South Church in 
 Boston, and | Vice President of Harvard College in Cambridge; | Who 
 Deceased September the 12 th - 1707. Aetatis Anno 68. | Following the 
 issue of December 1, 1707, and attached to the first page of the next 
 issue by sealing wax, is Judge Sewall's famous pronunciamento, 
 dated Tuesday, November 25, 1707 : The Reasons of my withdrawing 
 my Vote from what was Pass'd in Council, upon Saturday, Novem- 
 ber the First, relating to an Address offered to Her Majesty, Sign'd 
 Naih Higginson, &c. 
 
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1704 
 
 m. j£ fllumb. i. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From jflDonbag April 17. to /IDOtlOaB April 24. 1704. 
 
 M H— AS— HU (m)-NY 
 
 T'T^HE first number of the first continuously published newspaper 
 | X of the English colonies in America covered the week from Mon- 
 day, April 17, to Monday, April 24, 1704. It was printed on both 
 sides of a half sheet folio, the paper page being 7 by ll^j inches and 
 the type page 6% by 10% inches. It contains an extract from the 
 London Flying Post respecting the pretender, who called him- 
 self King James VIII of Scotland, sending Popish missioners from 
 France to Scotland; the queen's speech to parliament; a few items 
 of domestic news and the advertisement of the publisher, John Camp- 
 bell. 
 
 Two editions of this issue were printed, as is clearly proven by 
 typographical differences in the three complete copies that have been 
 preserved, or are known to be extant. A mutilated copy, about one- 
 third of the whole sheet, is in the Harvard College library. Two of 
 the three complete copies, in the libraries of the American Antiquarian 
 Society and the New York Historical Society, are identical, both 
 being of the first edition. The other copy, in the library of the 
 Massachusetts Historical Society, is of the second edition. 
 
 Some of the differences in these editions have been referred to by 
 Samuel Abbott Green, ' and others, for the first time, are noted here. 
 Punctuation varies frequently in the two editions. In the second 
 paragraph of the second column of the first page the word Eamily 
 of the first edition is corrected to Family in the second; the word 
 and is substituted for the character &; in the fifth paragraph of the 
 first column of the first page the letter-spacing in the second edition 
 is closer so that the lines break differently; in the fifth paragraph of 
 the second column of the second page Curraso is substituted in the 
 second edition for Currasoa and Currasoe in the first; and in the first 
 paragraph of the same column Rhode Island of the first edition be- 
 comes Rhod Island in the second ; in the ninth paragraph of the same 
 column Maryland of the first edition becomes Marryland in the 
 second. Copies of the publisher's advertisement as it was printed 
 in each edition, showing particularly a change in the advertising 
 agency of the paper, are printed herewith. ' The first edition had this 
 imprint: "Boston, Printed by B. Green. Sold by Nicholas Boone, 
 at his Shop near the Old Meeting House," while the imprint of the 
 second edition was: " ^Boston: Printed by B. Green. Sold by 
 Nicholas Boone, at his Shop near the Old Meeting House." 
 
 Undoubtedly the appearance of this sheet excited something 
 more than ordinary interest in the community. Concerning it 
 Judge Samuel Sewall wrote : 
 
 1 Ten Fac-Simile Reproductions Relating to Various Subjects. 
 
 61 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 24, 1704 
 
 "April 24, 1704. I went to Cambridge to see some Books on the 
 Revelation, and there met with Mr. Pignet: went into Hall and heard 
 Mr. Willard expound Rom. 4 9 10 11 and pray. I gave Mr. Willard 
 the first News-Letter that ever was carried over the River. He 
 shew'd it the Fellows. I came home in company with Mr. Adams." 2 
 
 The first number of the News-Letter has been several times re- 
 printed from type. In some instances these reprints have been 
 ■on paper stained with coffee liquor to give it the brown appearance 
 of age, and many such have passed into the possession of persons 
 who have been led to believe them genuine originals. So far as is 
 known at this writing (1910) only three complete copies and one frag- 
 ment of this issue are in existence. The number has also been re- 
 produced in fac-simile by photograph, first by Samuel Abbott Green 
 in 1903. 3 ] 
 
 Boston, April, 18 Arrived Capt. Sill from Jamacia about 4 Weeks 
 Passage, says they continue there very Sickly. Mr. Nathaniel Oliver 
 a principal Merchant of this place died April 15 & was decently 
 inter'd April, 18. Mtatis 53. 
 
 The Honourable Col. Nathanael Byfield Esq. is Commissioned 
 Judge of the Admiralty for the Provinces of Massachusetts-Bay, 
 New-Hampshire and Rhod-Island. And Thomas Newton Esq. 
 Judge-Deputy for the Colony of Massachusetts- Bay. 
 
 The 20. the Rd. Mr. Pemberton Preach'd an Excellent Sermon 
 •on 1 Thes 4. 11. And do your own business: Exhorting all Ranks & 
 Degrees of Persons to do their own work, in order to a REFORMA- 
 TION : which His Excellency has ordered to be Printed. * 
 
 The 21. His Excellency Dissolved the Gen. Assembly. 
 
 Rhode-Island 22. The Rd. Mr. Lockyer dyed on Thurs. last 
 
 Capt. Toungrello has taken Five Prizes off of Curraso, one of which 
 is come in to Rhode-Island mostly Loaden with Cocco, Tobacco, 
 Liquors &c. She is a Curraso Trader, as all the rest were. One of 
 the Five was one Larew a French-man, a Sloop of 8 Guns & 8 Patteraro's 
 76 Men, Fought him Board and Board three Glasses; Captain Larew 
 was kill'd, and 20 of his Men kill'd & wounded: Capt. Toungrello 
 wounded thro' the Body; and five of his men, but none kill'd, he had 
 hut 40 Fighting Men, when he took Larew. 
 
 The 18 Currant, came in a Sloop to this Port from Virginia, the 
 Master informed Governour Cranston Esq. he was Chased by a Top- 
 sail Shallop off of Block-Island, which he judged to be a French 
 
 2 Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. I, p. 100. 
 
 3 Ten Pac-Simile Reproductions Relating to Various Subjects, by Samuel 
 Abbott Green ; Curiosities of History, by William W. Wheildon. 
 
 4 This sermon was preached at a lecture in the South Meetinghouse, April 
 20, 1704. See Notes in The Acts and Resolves, ... of the Province of 
 the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 104. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 24, 1704 
 
 Privateer, and that there was two other Vessels in her Company, 
 which he judged to be her Prizes. Whereupon his Honour being 
 concerning for the Publick Weal and Safety of Her Majesties good 
 Subjects, immediately caused the Drum to beat for Voluntiers, under 
 the Command of Capt. Wanton, and in 3 or four hours time, Fitted 
 and Man'd a Brigantine, with 70 brisk young men well Arm'd, who 
 Sail'd the following Night, returned last Evening, and gave his 
 Honour an Account, that they found the aforesaid Shallop, with one 
 other, and a Ketch at Tarpolian Cove, who were all Fishing Vessels 
 belonging to Marblehead or Salem, who were Fishing off of Block- 
 Island, one of them was a French built Shallop with a Topsail, which 
 gave the great suspician that they were Enemies. 
 
 New-York, April, 17. By a Barque from Jamacia, (last from 
 Barmuda, 7 Weeks Passage,) says, there was an Imbargo in that 
 Island several Months, occasioned by News they had of a design the 
 French & Spaniards had, to make a descent upon them: She came 
 out with the Homeward bound London Fleet, who are gone home 
 without Convoy. 
 
 Capt. Davison in the Eagle Gaily, Sailes for London, in a Month, 
 if the Virginia Fleet stays so long ; he intends to keep them Company 
 Home, if not, to run for it, being Built for that Service. 
 
 Philadelphia, April, 14. An Account that the Dreadnaught 
 Man of War was Arrived in Marryland. 
 
 N. London, April, 20. The Adventure, A Vessel 60 Tuns, will 
 Sail from thence to London, in three Weeks or a Months time. 
 
 a&vertisement. 
 
 THis News- Letter is to be continued Weekly ; and all Persons who 
 have any Houses, Lands, Tenements, Farms, Ships, Vessels, 
 Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, &c. to be Sold, or Let; or Servants 
 Runaway, or Goods Stole or Lost ; may have the same inserted at a 
 Reasonable Rate, from Twelve Pence to Five Shillings, and not to 
 exceed : Who may agree with John Campbel Post-master of Boston. 
 
 All Persons in Town and Country, may have said News-Letter 
 every Week, Yearly, upon reasonable terms, agreeing with John 
 Campbel, Post-master for the same. 
 
 [Below is the text of this advertisement as it appeared in the first 
 edition of this issue.] 
 
 THis News-Letter is to be continued Weekly; and all Persons 
 who have any Houses, Lands, Tenements, Farmes, Ships, Vessels, 
 Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, &c. to be Sold, or Lett; or Servants 
 Runaway; or Goods Stoll or Lost, may have the same Inserted at a 
 Reasonable Rate; from Twelve Pence to Five Shillings, and not to 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 1, 1704 
 
 exceed: Who may agree with Nicholas Boone for the same at his Shop, 
 next door to Major Davis's, Apothecary in Boston, near the Old 
 Meeting-House. 
 
 All Persons in Town and Country may have said News-Letter 
 Weekly upon reasonable terms, agreeing with John Campbell Post- 
 Master for the same. 
 
 HI. i£. IRumb. 2. 
 
 The BoftonNews-Letter. 
 
 From flDOlt&aS April 24. to /IDOIt&ag May 1. 1704. 
 
 M H — AS— NY 
 
 ["'TpHIS issue is a full sheet folio, the last page, however, blank. 
 I JL The foreign matter comprises extracts from the London Fly- 
 ing Post, December 23-25, covering European war news in advices 
 from Warsaw, Zurich, and Vienna, and reports from Frankfort 
 as to the design of France and Spain to divide Switzerland "betwixt 
 them".] 
 
 South-Carolina Via New-York. 
 
 AN Account of what the Army from thence had done, under the 
 Command of Colonel Moore in his Expedition last Winter against 
 the Spaniards and Spanish Indians. In a Letter from him to the 
 Governour of Carolina. May it please Your Honour to accept of 
 this short Narrative of what I with the Army under my Command 
 have been doing since my Departure from the Ockomulgg on the 19*- 
 December. On the 14*- January we came to a Town, and strong 
 and almost regular Fort about Sun Rising, call'd Ayavalle, at our 
 first approach the Indians in it fired and shot Arrows at us briskly; 
 from which we shelter' d our selves under the side of a great Mud- 
 wall'd House, till we could take a view of the Fort, and consider of 
 the best way of assaulting it : which we concluded to be by breaking 
 the Church door, which made a part of the Fort, with Axes. I no 
 sooner proposed this, but my men readily undertook it; ran up to it 
 briskly, (the Enemy at the same time shooting at them) were beaten 
 off without effecting it, and fourteen white men wounded, two hours 
 after that we thought fit to attempt the burning the Church, which 
 we did, three or four Indians assisting us: The Indians in it ob- 
 stinately defending themselves, and kill'd us two white men, viz. 
 Frances Plowden, and Thomas Dale; after we were within their 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 1, 1704 
 
 Fort, a Fryar the only white in it came forth and begged mercy: 
 In this we took about 26 men alive, and 58 Women and Children; 
 The Indians took about as many more of each sort, the Fryar told us, 
 we kill'd in the two Storms Twenty five men. The next morning 
 the Captain of St. Lewis Fort with 23 white men and 400 Indians 
 came to Fight us, which we did, beat him, took him, and Eight of his 
 men Prisoners : And as the Indians which say they did it, told us kill'd 
 five or six Whites: We have a particular Account from our Indians of 
 168 Indian men kill'd and taken in the Fight and Flight, but the 
 Appalatchia Indians say, they Lost 200, which we have reason to 
 believe to be the least. Captain John Berringer Fighting bravely 
 in the Head of our men was kill'd at my foot: Captain Fox dyed 
 of a Wound given him at the first Storming of the Fort. Two days 
 after I sent to the Cassik of Ibitackuka, who with 130 men was in his 
 strong and well made Fort, to come and make his peace with me, the 
 which he did, and compounded for it, with his Churches Plate, and 
 ten Horses laden with Provisions: After this I marched thro' five 
 Towns which had all strong Forts and Defences against small Arms ; 
 they all submitted and surrendered their Forts to me without condi- 
 tion. I have now in my Company all the whole People of three Towns, 
 and the greatest part of four more : we have totally destroyed all the 
 people of two Towns: So that we have left in Appalatchia but that 
 one Town which compounded with one part of St. Lewis, and the 
 people of one Town which run away all together; their Town, Church 
 and Fort we have burnt. The People of St Lewis come to me every 
 night. I expect and have advice that the Town which compounded 
 with me, are coming after me: The waiting for these People make 
 my Marches slow, for I'm willing to bring away with me free, as 
 many of the Indians as I can: This being the Address of the 
 Commons to Your Honour to Order it so, this will make my 
 mens part of Plunder (which otherwise might have been 100/. 
 a man) but small: but I hope with Your Honours assistance 
 to find away to gratifie them for their bold and stout action, 
 and their great loss of blood: I never see or hear of a stouter 
 or braver thing done, than the Storming the Fort : It hath regained 
 the reputation we seem'd to have lost under the Conduct of Robert 
 Macken, the Indians having now a mighty value for the Whites: 
 Appalatchia is now reduced to the feeble and low condition, that 
 it can neither support St Augustin with Provision, or disturb, endam- 
 age or frighten us; our Indians living between us and Appalatchia 
 and the French: In short we have made Carolina as safe as the con- 
 quest of Appalatchia can make it. If I had not so many men wounded 
 in our first Attempt, I had assaulted St Lewis Fort, in which is about 
 28 or 30 men, and 20 of these came thither from Panseccoola to buy 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 1, 1704 
 
 Provision the first night after I took the first Fort. On Sabbath the 
 23 rf - Instant I came out of Appalatchia settle[ment], and am now about 
 Thirty miles on my way home, but do not expect to reach it before 
 the middle of March, notwithstanding my Horses will not be able 
 to carry me to the Chereques Mountains. I have had a dirty, tedious 
 and uneasie Journey, and though I have no reason to fear any harm 
 from the Enemy, through the difference between the Whites and 
 Indians, and between Indians and Indians, bad way and fales Alarms, 
 do still labour under hourly uneasiness. The number of free Appalat- 
 chia Indians which are now under my protection, and bound with me 
 to Carolina are 1300. And 100 for Slaves. The Indians under my 
 Command kill'd and took Prisoners in the Plantation, whilst we 
 Stormed the Fort, as many Indians as we and they took and kill'd 
 in the Fort. Dated in the Woods 50 Miles N. and E. of Appalatchia. 5 
 
 Piscataqua, April 22d. Last night arrived one Parker in a Sloop 
 from Antigua 3 Weeks passage, Says, that the New General is daily 
 expected with 14. or 16. Sail of men of War. That the French have 
 22. Sail of Privateers out. 
 
 . Newbury, April 22. The Honourable Col. Daniel Pierce Esq. 
 one of Her Majesties Council for this Province Dyed this Day. 
 
 Boston, April 24. By a Sloop arrived here from Jamacia, Judak 
 Thacher Master, about 5 Weeks passage from thence; acquainted, 
 That the man who gave information of a descent intended by the 
 French and Spaniards to be made on that Island, being found false 
 was put in Prison. That there was an Indian come from the Main- 
 land of New-Spain, complaining to the Governour of Jamacia, of 
 bad usage they had met from the Spaniards, and if His Excellency 
 would send Forces, that the Indians would joyn them, and destroy 
 the Spaniards, what they could: The Indian was a brisk little Fellow, 
 whom his Excellency was pleas'd to Cloath well: but whither he would 
 send Forces or not the Master could not tell. There was one Capt. 
 Christian a French Privateer, in a small Snow about 6 Guns, Sailed 
 from the Havana, with two more Privateer Sloops in Company, 
 having on Board about 150 men, designed to Land on the North 
 side of the Island of Jamacia, and plunder the People. But Capt. 
 Gelding in a private man of War Sloop, 4 Guns, about 60 men, be- 
 longing to Jamacia, came up with said Christian, and his two Sloops; 
 the which two Sloops he took, and gave Christian a broad side, and 
 Chased him; but Christian out-sailing Gelding, made his escape, and 
 
 „ 5 R e P«nted from i the : News-Letter in Carroll's Historical Collections of 
 South Carolina, Vol, II, 1836. Bancroft, in his History of the United States 
 weeks oA 705 ^ m referrmg t0 this invasi °a as having occurred in the last 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 1, 1704 
 
 got clear; which if Capt. Gelding had not met with, might have 
 proved very detrimental to that Island. 
 
 Boston, April 28. An Express came to His Excellency from 
 New-Hampshire, acquainting him, That there was a man found 
 Dead and Scalpt near Dover, but whither kill'd by English or In- 
 dians, not yet known. 
 
 Sail'd from Boston this Week, Capt. William Blaire, in the Ship 
 Providence for Barbados. Zachariah Cauley, in the Ship John for 
 Lisbon. Stephen Pain, in the Sloop Mary for Madera. John Moor 
 in the Ketch New-Berry for Newfoundland. Richard Smith, Briga- 
 teen Dragon, for Antigua. Nehemiah Heath in a Brigateen En- 
 deavour, for Ruanoke. 
 
 And out-ward bound, James Bridgham for Barbados, in the Sloop 
 Unity. John Richards, in the Brigateen Sarah, for Jamacia: And 
 Nathanael Vial in a Sloop Lark, for said Port. Joseph Brown, in 
 the Ketch Freke, for Madera. And Capt. Giles Fyfield in the Ship 
 Mary, for Antigua, Sails within Ten days, from Rhode-Island. Capt. 
 Samuel Pain in the Ship Grayhound, is bound for Nevis, will Sail 
 in about a Fornight. Judah Thacher in a Sloop bound for Jamacia, 
 will Sail about 20 days hence. 
 
 Piscataqua, April 28. By Letters thence, acquainted, That on 
 the 18th. Marched Forty one English and Indians from Salmon- 
 Falls unto Winnopiscag Ponds, and at the same time from thence 
 (being the Seat of War) about 90 more Eastward, under the Con- 
 duct of Capt. Brown, having 8 dayes Provision, who Travelled thro' 
 Well's round Mowsum River, and 20 Miles up Saco, being the most 
 reputed Places for Fishing; they returned last Wednesday, but could 
 not discover any Foot-steps of the Enemy, excepting one Canoo. 
 
 On Tuesday the 25 Nathanael Meader of Dover in Oyster River, being 
 at work in his Field, and burning Brush, was waylaid by a Company 
 of Indians, as he returned home about Sunset, who shot him through 
 the thigh & leggs, then took, Scalpt, kill'd, and stript him Naked. 
 
 On Wednesday Morning a small Scout made a descent on Lam- 
 prey, Eel River, who destroyed Edward Taylor, at the Saw-mill, 
 and took his Wife and Son Captive, as they went from the Garri- 
 son unto their dwelling-house, about a Mile and a half distant in 
 the Woods. Major Hilton instantly raised about 20 men, who in 
 a little time discovered the Enemies track, but the Night approach- 
 ing, prevented any further discovery. 
 
 Rhode-Island, April 27. The Honourable Col. Nathanael By- 
 Jield Esq. his Commission for Judge of the Admiralty, was pub- 
 lished and admitted of here, on the 25. Currant. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 8, 1704 
 
 The prize that Capt. Toungerlo sent in, could not be condemned, 
 in regard there was not Evidences sent in her; but those to whom 
 she was conugned, proffer' d sufficient Bond and Security to respond 
 said Goods, upon having liberty to take them on Shoar till could 
 be condemned, which suppos'd Would be granted. 
 
 New-York April 24. The Dreadnought with Colonel Seymour, 
 Governour of Maryland Arrived the 10th. Instant. The Virginia 
 Fleet will Sail the latter end of May for London. Captain Davison 
 from hence designs to keep them Company, if they Sail at that time. 
 On the 18th. Arrived a Sloop here from Curaso: the 23. a Sloop Ar- 
 rived from Madera, 7 Weeks Passage, Joseph Wright Master. Capt. 
 Burges and Capt. Davies lie ready to Sail iorVirginia, for Convoy home. 
 
 «®°"Lost on the 10. of April last off Mr. Shippers Wharff in Boston, 
 Two Iron Anvils, weighing between 120 and 140 pound each : Whoever 
 has taken them up, and will bring or give true Intelligence of them 
 . to John Campbel Post-master, shall have a sufficient reward. 
 
 HOvertisemcnt. 
 
 THIS News-Letter is to be continued Weekly; and all Persons 
 who have any Houses, Lands, Tenements, Farms, Ships, Vessels, 
 Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes, &c. to be Sold, or Let; or Servants 
 Run-away, or Goods Stole or Lost; may have the same inserted at a 
 Reasonable Rate, from Twelve Pence to Five Shillings, and not to 
 exceed: Who may agree with John Campbel Post-master of Boston, 
 for the same: And if in the Country, with the Post-master of the 
 respective Towns, to be transmitted to the Post-master of Boston: 
 and all such Advertisements are to be brought in Writing to said 
 Post-master. 
 
 All persons in Town and Country, may have said News- Letter 
 every Week, Yearly, upon reasonable terms, agreeing with John 
 . Campbel, Post master for the same. 
 
 1R. -j6, "Wumb. 3. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /BonOas May 1. to fOlonOa? May 8. 1704. 
 M H— AS— NY 
 
 I TN this issue return was made to the half sheet folio of the first 
 [-•-number, printed on both sides. The first page is largely taken 
 up by extracts from the London Gazette, Novemb. 8 to 11, 1703, 
 giving a report of the opening of Parliament and the queen's speech. 
 The domestic news is more varied than that of the previous issues.] 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 8. 1704 
 
 By his Excellency JOSEPH DUDLEY Esq. Captain General 
 and Governour in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Province of 
 the Massachusetts-Bay in New England. 
 
 A PROCLAMATION • for a General FAST 
 I T Pon Consideration of the troublesome State of Europe, by reason 
 ^ of the Calamitous Wars wherein those Nations are Engaged amongst 
 themselves, and of Her Majesties Great & Just Interest therein: As 
 also the present Circumstances of these Her Majesties Territories and 
 Plantations, And the Influences which the Wars of Europe may have 
 upon our selves; Together with the Hostilitie acted against us by the 
 treacherous Murderous Salvages within our Limits. 
 
 I have thought fit, by and with the Advice of Her Majesties Coun- 
 cil, and at the desire of the Representatives, to Appoint Thursday, the 
 18th of May next, A Day of Publick Fasting with Prayer, to be 
 Observed throughout this Province, Humbly to Implore the Divine Mercy, 
 for the Preservation of Her Majesties Sacred Person, That Her just 
 Armes with those of her Allies may be prosperous in the Actions of 
 this present Year; That the Forces in this Province Imployed in Her 
 Majesties Service, may by the good Conduct of Heaven, be Succeeded in 
 their just Enterprizes, and our Enemies Defeated; That the Defence 
 of Divine Protection may be over our Sea Coast and Inland Frontiers ; 
 That our Seed-time and Harvest, may be under benign Influences of 
 Heaven; That there may be a plentiful Effusion of the Holy Spirit of 
 GOD, for a thorough Reformation of all those Evils which are amongst 
 us, That so GOD may turn away His Anger, and Restore unto us a 
 prosperous State: And that the Protestant Interest may every where 
 prevail throughout the World. Exhorting both Ministers and People 
 in their respective Assemblies Religiously to perform the Duties required 
 on such a Day, with a becoming Devotion; And all Servile Labour is 
 forbiden thereupon. 
 
 Given at Boston the 27th. Day of April 1704. In the Third Year 
 of Her Majesties Reign. 
 By Order of His Ex- 
 cellency and Council, « /. D UDLE Y. 
 
 ISSaC H&Mtl0tOn Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the Queen. 
 
 Piscataqua, April 29. By 7 Letters thence, acquainted, That 
 on Fryday the 28th. four Indians Seized a Servant Maid of Richard 
 
 6 Reprinted from the News- Letter in The Acts and Resolves . . of 
 the Province of the Massachusetts Bay . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 347. 
 
 7 Written on the margin of the copy in the file of the Massachusetts His- 
 torical Society: "This was a story invented by the Girl to conceal her staying 
 too long at the Spring with a young man." 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 8, 1704 
 
 Waldron's Esq. at Cocheco, who went about 150 yards from the 
 Garrison to a Spring, for a Jugg of "Water, about half an hour after 
 Sun down: Supposed to be the same Indians that did the Mischief 
 mentioned in my last, upon Nathanael Meader, and Edward Taylor: 
 They askt her many Questions; Viz. "Whither there was not a French 
 Shallop put on Shoar in New-England in a Storm? And what was 
 become of the Frenchmen? Whither or not we had any Forces 
 going out against the French? What number of Souldiers was in the 
 Garrison? What Mr. Waldron had been doing in his Field all day? 
 What he designed to do with that new Timber hal'd to the side of 
 his House? They told her that they had lyen near his House all 
 that day, and a Week before to wait to Catch him, whom they saw 
 to pass over his Boom towards Capt. Geerishes two Hours, by Sun-set; 
 and that they might take him on his return, they had crept down to 
 the foot of the Boom, as near as possible : at which time the Maid came 
 along, and were forced to take her, otherwise they must have been 
 discovered : They told her also that they had been so near him in the 
 Field, that one of them had Cock'd his Gun at him, and going to 
 discharge, another perswaded him to forbear, he would presently 
 have a better Shot at him: They likewise told her 'twas never the 
 near for him to build his New Fortifications round his House, for 
 they would certainly take him, and that 'twere in Vain for him to 
 Plant his New Orchard in his Field, for he should neither eat the 
 Apples, nor drink the Cyder, for that they would have him by & by, 
 and roast him, and she should see it. In the Interim Mr Waldron 
 coming over the Boom; the Watchman on the Top of his House, not 
 knowing who it was, call'd out, Stand; which the Indians hearing, 
 being frightened, ran all away, one stept back and with the head of 
 his Hatchet, knock't the Girl down, and left her for Dead, who lay 
 in the Spot two Hours, till being found wanting, was enquir'd after and 
 search'd for at the Spring, where She was found, a little come to her 
 self; hope She may do well, for her Skull is not broke. Thus Mr. 
 Waldron narrowly escap'd. 
 
 Jamacia, by Letters Via New-York of March last, acquainted, that 
 the Sea-horse Man of War, took 3 French Prizes, one belonging to 
 Peteguaves; one of them got so near the Shore, and the man of War 
 in pursuit of her is run on Shore upon the back side of Jamacia, and is 
 lost. 
 
 Boston, Arrived this Week from Barbados, about a Months pas- 
 sage, Capt. Alden, Green, Bennet, Foster, Barns, and Hobbs, but 
 bring no News, & Everton came out in Company, not yet Arrived, as 
 also Gurley for Marblehead, and Perkins for Cape Ann. Arrived 
 also Mr. Montveil in a Sloop from N. York, & Capt. Shute at Ply- 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 8, 1704 
 
 mouth, from Saltitudos, having lost his Mast in a Storm & necessi- 
 tated to thro' overboard part of his Loading. 
 
 Outward Bound, Judah Thacher for Jamacia, and Carteret Gillam 
 for Rhode-Island. 
 
 New-York, May 1. Yesterday Arrived a Sloop in 7 days from 
 Virginia, by whom advised, that the Fleet will not Sail till the last 
 Instant, or first of June; and that 2 Men of War are daily expected 
 there from Lisbon to Strengthen the Convoy. Capt. Davison in the 
 Eagle Gaily hopes to Sail with them, he purposes from hence about 
 25 of this Month. Capt. Burges and Davis Sail'd last Week for 
 Virginia, to joyn the Convoy home, and Capt. Potter designs also 
 next Week. A Ship of 350 or 400 Tuns, Capt. Harrison Commander, 
 was lately burnt in Virginia having on board 460 Hogsheads, 'tis 
 said the Gunner went Drunk to Bed, and left a Candle burning in his 
 Cabin, by which the Ship was fired & he and 2 or 3 were burnt in her. 
 
 H&verttsements. 
 
 STollen the 4 instant in the Morning out of the house of James 
 Cooper, near Charlestown Ferry in Boston, several sorts of mens 
 Apparel, both Woollen & Linnen, by an Irish man, speaks bad English ; 
 he is a young man about 22 years of Age, low Stature, dark coloured 
 hair, round visage, fresh coloured: he ript a small stript Ticking- 
 bolster, and put some of the Goods in that he carryed away. Who- 
 ever discovers said Person, or Goods Stollen, so as both be secured, 
 shall have sufficient reward at the place aforesaid. 
 
 AT Oysterbay on Long-Island in the Province of N. York, There 
 is a very good Fulling-Mill, to be Let or Sold, as also a Planta- 
 tion, having on it a large new Brick house, and another good house by 
 it for a Kitchin, & work house, with a Barn, Stable, &c. a young 
 Orchard and 20 Acres clear Land. The Mill is to be Let with or 
 without the Plantation: Enquire of Mr. William Bradford Printer 
 in N. York, and know further. 
 
 THis News- Letter is to be continued Weekly ; & all Persons who 
 have any Houses, Lands, Tenements, Farms, Ships, Vessels, 
 Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, &c. to be Sold or Let; or Servants, 
 Run-away, or Goods Stole or Lost; may have the same inserted at 
 Reasonable Rate, from Twelve-pence to Five Shillings & not to ex- 
 ceed: Who may agree with John Campbel Post-master of Boston 
 for the same: And if in the Country, with the Post master of the 
 respective Towns, to be transmitted to the Post master of Bostorj: 
 & all such Advertisements are to be brought in Writing to said Post- 
 Masters. 
 
 All Persons in Town & Country may have said News-Letter every 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 15, 1704 
 
 "Week by the Year, upon reasonable terms, agreeing with John Camp- 
 bel, Post-master for the same 
 [Reprinted: Lost, Two Iron Anvils, &c. as in May 1.] 
 
 1R, jg, mumb. 4. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From ADOItOag May 8. to flDonDag May 15. 1704. 
 
 MH— AS— NY 
 
 (" \ HALF sheet folio. The first page and part of the second, as that 
 I ./\of May 8, occupied by foreign news. Under date of Westminster, 
 1 November 1 1 , 1703 , are given the address of the House of Commons 
 to the queen, and her majesty's answer; the queen's congratulatory 
 letter to the king of Spain, and his answer; advices from Rome and 
 Italy regarding the Pope's "partiality to the Spanish successor," 
 and other matters. Then follow the domestic news paragraphs.] 
 
 Piscataqua May 6. Letters thence say no certain Intelligence of 
 any Indians seen at Mr. Waldron's since last Week, only some were 
 trackt about three miles above, Nitchewanock, in a Swamp where 
 were Cranberries, and 'tis believ'd they saw our Scouts, and narrowly 
 escap'd them; the tracks seeming very new. They are making what 
 preparations they can to fortifie the place, in case of any Attack by the 
 French and Indians. 
 
 Mr. Shortridge in a Ketch bound for Tersera touches at Fyall; 
 several others for Barbadoes and the Leward Islands. 
 
 By His Excy. JOSEPH DUDLEY Esq. Capt. General and Gov. in 
 Chief of the Province of Mass, Bay. 
 
 A PROCLAMATION 
 A LL Mariners, Seamen & others, That shall voluntarily enter 
 ■*■ ^-themselves on board Her Majesties Ship Jersey, Capt. George 
 Rogers Commander, on Her Majesties Service in the present Expe- 
 dition, against Her Majesties Enemies, shall be kindly received & well 
 treated during their being aboard, & be paid for their Service on 
 Land: And within the space of Six Weeks or less, be returned again 
 to Boston, Set on Shoar and be dismiss'd the Service. And the like 
 Encouragement is hereby offered for any to enter on board Her 
 Majesties Ship Gosport, Capt. Thomas Smith Commander. Given 
 under my hand at Boston the 12. day of May, In the Third year of Her 
 Majestees Reign, Anno. Dom. 1704. J. DUDLEY. 
 
 Boston, Arrived this Week, Joseph Everton & Isaac Perkins from 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 15, 1704 
 
 Barbados; Ventiman from Jamacia; and our private Man of War- 
 Sloop came over Nantucket Sholes with about 16. Sail of Coasters, of 
 which Lathrop from Gilford, Loring from Saybrook, Mansfield from 
 New-Haven, Harris from New-London, Curtise from Hartford, with 
 several others. Kingsbury and Seargent from New-Castle. Out- 
 ward bound Judah Thacher and Joseph Vial for Jamacia, John Scot, 
 William Rouse, Samuel Winkle and Samuel Sherburn for Barbados. 
 Tobias Green for Newfoundland. Timothy Purbank for Virginia, 
 Ben]. Thaxter for the West-Indies, Richard Smith for Antigua. John 
 Monveil for N. York, David Mason and John Vincent for London: 
 And cleared out this Week, Mountford for A/or^fe Carolina, Cary, for 
 Mounseratt, Price for Newfoundland: Coasters, Prince for Fairfield, 
 Grover for Rhode-Island. 
 
 We have hitherto had a very unseasonable backward Spring, this 
 fort-night past great Rains, and Cold Easterly winds, which looks 
 upon us with a black aspect. 
 
 On the 15. instant, His Excellency intends to take Journey for his 
 Government of New-Hampshire. 
 
 Albany, By a Letter to His Excellency Governour DUDLE Y the 
 12. Currant, acquainted, That the Enemy French & Indians, who did 
 the mischief last Winter upon Dearfield, were got safe home to Can- 
 ada with their Prisoners; And that notwithstanding the negligence 
 of our People, they do acknowledge to have lost Two of their princi- 
 pal French Officers, and 50 French & Indians in the action. 8 
 
 New-London, May 11. Edward Patty in the Adventure is begin- 
 ning to load for London, and will Sail in about three weeks. 
 
 Rhode-Island, May 12. Arrived here a Brigantine on the 10 be- 
 longing to Salem from Barbadoes. Captain Whiteborn for London 
 waits for men, intends to Sail in ten days. Gross and Bernon ready 
 to Sail, one for Barbadoes, the other for Curraso. 
 
 New-York, May 8. On the 3d. Arrived here a Sloop from St. 
 Thomas, in whom Mr. John Vryling, who Sail'd the 23 d - Decemb. 
 last from Boston, in the Ship St Jacob and Philip, of whom was 
 Owner and Merchant, Charles Farnam Master bound for Barbadoes, 
 
 6 on the Sabbath following, lost her Mane and Misin Mast in a Storm, 
 taken in sight of Barbadoes, and carried into Martinico, and says that 
 
 7 Weeks ago was a Prisoner at Martinico, that the Governour per- 
 mitted him to go in a French Sloop bound for St. Thomas, That the 
 French have taken 130 odd Vessels this War into Martinico, and 
 when he left it there was 17 Privateers out. The Ships lately taken 
 
 8 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes in The Acts and Resolves . . 
 of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 351. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 22, 1704 
 
 and carried thither are, the Venetian Merchant, Captains, Alexander, 
 the Ship Virgin, John Sherwood, Brintania William Bartrum, Dar- 
 var of Bidiford, Richard Barton of Liverpool, Henry Punsunby of 
 Dublin, John Reading of Barbadoes, belonging to Boston, Twisden 
 a Brigantine, Chadwel another, Farnam a Ship, Andrews, Porter a 
 Sloop. Nicholas Bradock, and Crute of Philadelphia, Peylton of 
 Bermuda, Johnson of Maryland, a Sloop Penley Master, Stephens a 
 Ship of Boston taken into Guardiloop, after Mr. Vryling had been 14 
 days at St Thomas, had advice from Martinico, 5 Brigantines carried 
 in thither, on Board of one of which was Major Wheeler of Barba- 
 does & several other Passengers, but what Ports bound to, or to whom 
 the Brigantines belong'd heard not. The Ship Princess Anne bound 
 from Barbadoes to London, being Leaky put into St Thomas, there 
 condemn'd as insufficient to go to Sea; Yesterday from Albany by 
 information from our Indians acquainted, that the French of Canada 
 are sending out 300 men to attack some parts of N. England. We 
 have very rainy, dirty, & cold Weather for the Season, and so con- 
 tinues. We hear the Virginia Fleet Sails the last of this Month: 
 Captain Davison hopes to Sail this Month: The Wind & Weather 
 hinders our Pensilvania Post coming in. 
 
 B&verttsements. 
 
 THis News- Letter to be continued Weekly, all persons who have any 
 Advertisements to insert, agreeing with Mr. John Campbel Post- 
 master, may have it done for twelve-pence to five shillings, not to 
 exceed. 
 
 All Persons in Town & Country [&c. as in May 8]. 
 [Reprinted: at Oyster Bay, fulling mill to be let, as in May 8.] 
 
 ]R. j£. fnumb. 5. 
 
 The Bolt on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDotftag May 15. to ADOtlftag May 22. 1704. 
 
 M H— AS— NY 
 
 IT \ HALF sheet folio. On the first page, foreign intelligence, com- 
 I XYprising, under date of Westminster, Novemb. 12, 1703, the ad- 
 dress of the lords to the queen, and the queen's answer; and ad- 
 vices dated Lisbon, March 27, respecting the reception by the king of 
 Portugal of the fleet from England with the king of Spain on board. 
 Domestic news also occupies a considerable part of this page and 
 fills the entire second page. The imprint of this number is that 
 which was on the issue May 1: "Boston: Printed by B. Green. 
 Sold at the Post-Office, 1704."] 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 22, 1704 
 
 Piscataqua, May, 13. Letters thence acquaint us of some more 
 damage, done by the Sculking Adversary, on the 11. instant Nicholas 
 Cole of Wells, with Nicholas Hogden, Thomas Dane and Benjamin 
 Gough, Souldiers, went about a Mile from Capt. Wheelwright's Gar- 
 rison to Look after his Cattle, and on their return were Attack't by 
 12. Indians, who kill'd said Cole and Hogden, took Dane Captive, 
 Gough escaping, advised Capt. Hales of it, who immediately called 
 his Souldiers together; but the Enemy were fled. 
 
 Her Majesties Council by His Excy. direction hath appointed 
 Thursday the 18. instant a day of Publick Fasting with Prayer, being 
 the same day appointed by His Excy. & Council in the Province of 
 Mass. Bay and for said ends contained in said Proclamation. 
 
 Arrived here John Holicom from Antigua. Richard Shortridge for 
 Fyall wind-bound. Outward-bound, Capt. Alcock for Barbadoes 
 ready to Sail, John Frost for said Port in Ten days, and Robert Emery in 
 about 3 weeks, and Richard Waterhouse for St. Christophers in a Week. 
 
 Northampton, May 13. A Company of Indians and French, be- 
 tween day break and Sun-rising, about 60 Set upon a Garrison-house 
 of Ben]. Jones's, about two Miles from the body of the Town, and 
 set fire to it ere they were aware of it; Kill'd and carryed Captive 
 about 30. Persons. The Town being Alarmed, pursued them, the 
 Enemy finding it, scattered themselves into parties; and so did the 
 English into Ten in a Company, pursuing them; Capt. Taylor was 
 kill'd in the pursuit. 9 
 
 Boston, May, 15. This day an Embargo was laid on all outward 
 Bound Ships. The 16. dyed the Rd. Mr. William Corbin. On the 
 11. Currant Arrived Mr. Jacob Fowle of Marblehead, at Stoningtown, 
 in a small Sloop, about 22. days from Curaso: he was lately an Ap- 
 prentice to Mr. Bulfinch Sail-maker of Boston; went out some 12 
 Months ago, in one Reddinton from Rhode-Island for Curaso, in order 
 to go a Privateering, when they came there; the Governour broke 
 their measures, the men Shipt themselves some one way and some 
 another, his Lot was to go on board a Dutch man, bound for to trade 
 with the Spaniards, in a Ketch of 10. Guns, A Spaniard met them, 
 kill'd the Dutch Lieutenant. The Master, Merchant and others 
 upon it jumpt into the hole, before the Spaniard so much as boarded 
 them; and if they had fought needed not have been taken. When 
 they were carryed into New-Spain, where he was about 9 Months, 
 all the men were sent to the Mines, he being Sick was spared: and 
 when somewhat recovered, the Governour of the place, wanting a 
 
 9 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 • . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, 
 . 489. See News-Letter No. 8. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER', MAY 22, 1704 
 
 Sute of Sails to be made for a Sloop, hearing he was a Sail-maker, 
 put him to make them; for which [he] had a very small reward, a 
 bit of Meat the breadth of a mans Finger, and a little Cassadar bread, 
 his chief Diet while in N. Spain was Oysters. A Trader being bound 
 along the Coast wanted a hand, came to the Governour to desire 
 the English man, and promised to return him again, when he came 
 back; 'twas granted: So Mr. Fowle went along with him, and coming 
 into a certain Port where a French man of War lay; he went on board, 
 & met another English man, to whom, he said, that if he would go 
 along with him, he would come for him in the Night, & would carry 
 him off, 'twas agreed, the other should be in the Lyon in the head, 
 & he should come with his Canoo, and take him in; and they two 
 should knock the Spaniards of the Barque alongo in the head, and 
 come away with her, and accordingly he took the Canoo in the night, 
 when the Spaniard was asleep, and put in her two Guns, two Cutlaces 
 and 2 Pistols, took the Ancient for a Sayl and Sails to the Man of 
 War; The Watch on Board was too quick sighted for him, espied 'em, 
 and was forced to paddle back again with all his might, put the An- 
 cient in his place: The Spaniards still asleep knew nothing of it. In 
 some short time afterwards, the Spaniards going all ashore leaving 
 him & a Spanish Indian on board, he stept & unloos'd the Sails 
 of the Barque-alongo, told the Indian if he would go along with him 
 might go & should fare well, he said still no, no, & went to take up a, 
 Handspoke to knock out Mr. Fowb's brains, in the interim Mr. Fowle 
 tript up his heels, & threw him Over-board, and put to Sea; the 
 Spaniards on Shoar Man'd their Canoo to overtake him, came up 
 with him : The Boatswain first put his hand upon the Barque alongo, 
 & Mr. Fowle stab'd him and he fell backwards, the Captain seeing that, 
 said, put off; The Fort Fired several shot at him, some whereof came 
 thro' his Sayls; They also Man'd a Parriagar after him, & pursued 
 him about 8 hours till midnight; but having a fair wind, in about two 
 dayes got safe in to Curraso about 70 Leagues distant from the Port 
 in New-Spain he came from, having on Board about 19000 of Cocoa: 
 The Lieut. Gov. of Curraso forgave him the Custom of it, saying he 
 well deserved it. He Sold his Vessel & Cargo there: And bought the 
 Sloop in which he came home in; he met with a violent Storm the 4 
 instant. He says that of late the Spaniards kill all the English they 
 take, but saves the Dutch alive. Zachariah Hill of Boston in a Sloop 
 of Mr. Lillys being bound to Jamaica, fell in with 7 French Men of 
 War, and was taken. Mr. Fowle spoke with his Mate at Curaso. 
 
 Entered Inwards Th. Higbe, John Finch, Wil. Tiller and Dirick 
 Adolph from N. York, Plumbe from N. London, Lewis from Say- 
 brook, Bracket and Gardiner from Piscataqua, Cap. Shute from Salti- 
 tudoes, Pickman and Elson from Lisborn. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 22, 1704 
 
 Outward-bound, Ezekiel Cravat, and John Ventiman for Jamaica, 
 Smith for Montserat, John Foster for Barbados. Cleared Outwards, 
 Coasters, Kingsbury and Flood for Piscataqua. Arrived at Marble- 
 head, Capt. Quelch in the Brigantine that Capt. Plowman went out 
 in, are said to come from New-Spain & have made a good Voyage. l ° 
 
 Rhode-Island May 18. Yesterday Arrived a Sloop from Suranam, 
 5 Weeks Passage, Robert Stanton Master, in whom came a Passenger, 
 who says, That just ere they came out, a Vessel Arrived directly from 
 Holland, who gave the Account of 54 Privateers fitted out of Middle- 
 borough and Flusing, of 30 Guns the least, and 200 Men each. They 
 are not only to Cruise in the Channel, but to distribute themselves 
 all over the West-Indies; there had like to have been in Zealand a 
 Civil War about their going out, but at last it was agreed to r and the 
 Commissions granted in one day. No more Trade said to be al- 
 low'd from those Ports, and what are liable to be Seized. 
 
 Arrived here this Day the Sloop Mary, Hugh Coward Master, from 
 New-York, Burthen'd about 40 Tuns, designs if possible to Load 
 hence for London: Capt. Fyfield will be ready to Sail for Antigua the 
 latter end of this Week, Capt. Whitehom by the latter end of next 
 for London, Via Virginia with the Convoy. 
 
 New-London, May 18. The Adventure Brigantine for London, 
 Sayles the latter end of next week, the Master Patty being dead the 
 Owners designs Samuel Chester Master, and to go with the Virginia 
 Fleet. Mr. Shaply is preparing to go to Barbadoes. 
 
 New-York, May 15. Capt. Davison designs to Sail for London 
 the latter end of this Month, Via Virginia, if the Fleet be not gone , 
 the last Storm put our Pensilvania Post a week behind, and is not 
 yet com'd in. 
 
 Philadelphia, May 4. On the second Arrived Stephen Codman 
 from Boston, Gravenrad from New-York, Almary a Sloop from 
 Rhode-Island: and yesterday Sailed Hicks in a Sloop for Rhode- 
 Island, a Brigantine is Loading for England, to sail with the Vir- 
 ginia Convoy. 
 
 B&verttsements. 
 
 CAptain Peter Lawrence is going a Privateering from Rhode- 
 Island, in a good Sloop, about 60 Tuns, six Guns, and 90 Men 
 for Canada, and any Gentlemen or Sailors that are disposed to go 
 shall be kindly entertained. 
 
 10 Captain John Quelch, "the Pirate." See News-Letter Nos. 6, 7, 9, 10, 
 11, 14 (1704), 63, 66 (1705) post. See foot-note 48, News-Letter No. 14 post, 
 pointing to a detailed account of the "Quelch affair" based on the News- Letter 
 reports. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 29, 1704 
 
 THis News-Letter is to be continued Weekly; and all Persons 
 who have any Houses, Lands, Tenements, Farms, Ships, Vessels, 
 Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, &c. to be Sold or Let; or Servants 
 Run-away, or Goods Stole or Lost ; may have the same inserted at a 
 Reasonable Rate, from Twelve Pence to Five Shillings, and not to 
 exceed: Who may agree with John Campbel Post-master of Boston. 
 All Persons in Town and Country, may have said News-Letter 
 every Week, Yearly, upon reasonable terms, agreeing with John 
 Campbel, Post-master for the same. 
 
 JI2. IE. mumb. 6. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDonDaB May 22. to flDOIt&ap May 29. 1709. 
 
 MH- AS— HU (m)— NY 
 
 FT70REIGN matter fills the large part of the first page: comprising, 
 | JP under date London, November 26, 1703, "Advice from Turin," 
 and an account of "the most violent Storm of Wind, being W. S.W. 
 that ever was known in England . . . blowing down a multitude 
 of Chimnies, Houses and tops of Houses, whereby a great many People 
 were kill'd in their beds, and several wounded." The domestic news 
 includes a proclamation by the lieutenant-governor for the apprehension 
 of the pirate John Quelch and his band, and reports concerning their 
 movements.] 
 
 By the Honourable XTbOlttaS IpOVCg Esq. Lieut. Governour and 
 Commander in Chief, for the time being, of Her Majesties Province 
 of the Massachusetts- Bay in New-England. 
 
 A PROCLAMATION 11 
 
 WHereas *John Quelch, late Commander of the Briganteen Charles 
 and Company to her belonging, Viz. *John Lambert, *John 
 Miller, *John Clifford, *John Dorothy, * James Parrot, Charles James, 
 William Whiting, John Pitman, John Templeton, Benjamin Perkins, 
 *William Wiles, Richard Lawrence, Erasmus Peterson, John King, 
 Charles King, Isaac Johnson, Nicholas Lawson, Daniel Chevalle, 
 John Way, Thomas Farrington, Matthew Primer, Anthony Holding, 
 William Rayner, John Quittance, John Harwood, William Jones, 
 Denis Carter, Nicholas Richardson, James Austin, James Pattison, 
 
 11 Reprinted from the News-Le'tter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol VIII p 
 
 388. See News-Letter Nos. 5 ante, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14 (1704), 63, 66 post. 
 See foot-note News-Letter No. 14 post. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 29, 1709 
 
 Joseph Hutnot, George Peirse, George Norton, Gabriel Davis, John 
 Breck, John Carter, Paul Giddens, Nicholas Dunbar, Richard Thur- 
 bar, Daniel Chuley and others; Have lately Imported a considerable 
 Quantity of Gold dust, and some Bar and Coin'd Gold, which they 
 are Violently Suspected to have gotten & obtained by Felony and 
 Piracy, from, some of Her Majesties Friends and Allies, and have 
 Imported and Shared the same among themselves, without any 
 Adjudication or Condemnation thereof, to be lawful Prize. The 
 said Commander and some others being apprehended and in Custody, 
 the rest are absconded and fled from Justice. 
 
 I have therefore thought fit, by and with the Advice of Her Majes- 
 ties Council, strictly to Command and Require all Officers Civil and 
 Military, and other Her Majesties Loving Subjects, to Apprehend and 
 Seize the said Persons, or any of them, whom they may know or find, 
 and them secure and their Treasure, and bring them before one of the 
 Council, or next Justice of the Peace, in order to their being safely 
 Conveyed to Boston, to be Examined and brought to Answer what 
 shall be Objected against them, on Her Majesties behalf. 
 
 And all Her Majesties Subjects, and others, are hereby strictly 
 forbiden to entertain, harbour or conceal any of the said Persons, 
 or their Treasure ; Or to convey away, or in any manner further the 
 Escape of any of them, on pain of being proceeded against with utmost 
 Severity of Law, as accessaries and partakers with them in their 
 Crime. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, the 24th. Day of May: 
 In the Third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady ANNE, 
 by the Grace of GOD of England, Scotland, France & Ireland, 
 QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, &c. Annoque Domi. 1704. 
 
 By Order of the Lieut. T. POVEY. 
 
 Governour & Council, 
 
 Isaac afc&ington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 St. Christophers, May 2d. Arrived a small Boat with 4 English 
 men that made their escape from Martinico, who related that the 
 French there were very scarce of Provisions; whereupon the Gover- 
 nour had released all the Prisoners, and had ordered two Vessels to 
 carry them off: but in the interim Two French Privateers met with 
 two Bristol men loaden with Provisions from Ireland, one of which 
 being of some Force sunk one of the Privateers; the other having 
 taken 'tother Bristol man, and seeing his confederate sunk, took up 
 most of his men, and also took the Second and carryed both in to 
 Martinico; upon which the Governour clapt up all the Prisoners 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 29, 1709 
 
 again. They also said the French had taken one Pease of Rhode- 
 Island, who stoutly resisted the Privateer, kill'd one of them, and 
 wounded several; however being too strong for him, they boarded 
 him, & he cry'd quarter, yet notwithstanding because of his Noble 
 courage they barbarously kill'd him. They also report one Shute 
 to be taken. There was 12 Merchant men Arrived at St. Christophers, 
 and 3 men of War from England bound for Jamiaca. A French 
 Privateer came under the Fort at St. Christophers and took a Sloop 
 call'd the N. London, and the Sheerness Gaily immediately went out 
 after him and retook the Sloop, and took the Privateer. 
 
 From St. Thomas, acquainted that a Dutch Merchant-man of about 
 22 Guns, loaden with 500 Pipes of Madera, bound to Curaso, putint6 
 Tabago, a French Privateer of about equal Guns, 200 men met him, 
 made a stout resistance, kill'd the Privateer 40 men besides those 
 wounded; at last the French man overcame, and sent him in to 
 Martinico, he himself being so disabled, was forced to put in to St. 
 Thomas's to Carreen. 
 
 Piscataqua, May 26. His Excellency hath Prorogued the Assembly 
 Until July: He sets out this morning towards Boston. 
 
 New York, May 22. Capt. Davison, Sails next Monday for 
 Virginia, and if the Fleet be gone he designs to follow them. 
 
 Boston, May 27. Our last gave an Account of Capt. Quelch's 
 being said to Arrive from N. Spain, having made a good Voyage; 
 but by the foregoing Proclamation 'tis uncertain whence they came, 
 and too palpably evident they have committed Piracies, either upon 
 her Majesties Subjects or Allies. The Names of so many of the Pirates 
 as are in Prison & Irons in Boston, have a * just before their Names: 
 William Whiting lyes Sick like to dy not yet examin'd. There are 
 two more of them Sick at Marblehead, and another in Salem Goal: 
 and James Austin Imprisoned at Piscataqua. 12 Arrived here yester- 
 day two Sloops, Waters from Madera's 7 weeks Passage, and Fortune 
 Reddock from St. Christophers in 22 days. His Excellency came 
 Home this day from his Government of New- Hampshire. 
 
 Annapolis, May 8. Via Philadelphia May 16. By Capt. Evans., 
 in a Ship from Bristol lately arrived in Virginia, acquainted, that 
 the Fleet/for England was to stay till the last of this Month. [A number 
 of items of foreign news brought by this ship follow.] 
 
 Rhode-Island May 26. Five of Quelch's Men bought a small 
 deck'd Boat, and on Thursday morning last they Sail'd, and 'tis 
 said , they designed to go for Long-Island; T he Express from Boston 
 
 12 See News-Letter Nos. 5 ante, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, (1704), 63, 66 post. 
 See foot-note, News-Letter No. 14 post: . 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 5, 1704 
 
 to secure them coming in that night. His Honour Gov. Cransten 
 Esq. Issued forth Warrants to seize and search for them, where- 
 upon one of said Crew was Apprehended, and sent from Constable 
 to Constable, in order to be sent to Boston. 13 
 
 Jamaica, Feb. 7. Via Philadelphia, Piemento, Gov. of Carthageen 
 hath not embraced Philip the 5th, & would not suffer either French 
 Officers, Souldiers, or Merchant Traders, into the City since the War, 
 but rejected those sent from St Domingo: He was last War a 
 Brigadier in Flanders, esteemed to be a great Souldier: Both Gov. 
 Selvin, and our present Gov. spoke very honourably of him rendred 
 himself a person having a great honour for our Nation, lodg'd his 
 Cash with our Merchants here to remit to England, where he has a 
 bank, as also in Holland. 
 
 HOvertisements. 
 
 [Reprinted: the News-Letter advertisement, as in May 22.] 
 
 1R, jg, TOumb. 7 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDon&ap May 29. to flDOtt&ag June 5. 1704. 
 
 M H— AS— HU (m)-NY 
 
 T'T^HE first page in part occupied, under date London November 
 I A 30, 1703, by "A List of Her Majesties Ships cast away in the 
 *- Late Storm, with an Account of the Number of Men Lost;" and re- 
 port of the action of the house of commons thereon. The remainder of 
 the space in this number is given wholly to domestic news, which 
 includes a proclamation by the governor relative to Quelch and com- 
 pany; the list of members of the council and of the house of repre- 
 sentatives chosen for the ensuing year; and the speech of Governor 
 Dudley at the opening of the General Court.] 
 
 By His Excellency, Joseph Dudley Esq. Captain General and Gov- 
 ernour in Chief, in & over Her Majesties Provinces of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay & New-Hampshire in New-England in America. 
 
 A PROCLAMATION. 14 
 
 WHereas during my late absence from the Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay, for Her Majesties Service in the other part of my 
 Government, viz. the said Province of New-Hampshire; The Honorable 
 
 13 See News-Letter Nos. 5, 6 ante, 9, 10, 11, 14, (1704), 63, 66 post. 
 See foot-note, News-Letter No. 14 post. 
 
 14 Reprinted from the News- Letter in Notes in The Acts and Resolves 
 
 of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 389. 
 See News-Letter Nos. 5, 6 ante, 9, 10, 11, 14 (1704), 63, 66 post. See foot- 
 note, News- Letter No. 14 post. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 5, 1704 
 
 Thomas Povey Esq. Lieutenant Governour, with the Advice of Her 
 Majesties Council, Emitted a Proclamation for the Seizing & Securing 
 oiJohnQuelch, late Commander of the Briganteen Charles, & Company, 
 Viz. John Lambert, John Miller, John Clifford, John Dorothy, James 
 Parrot, Charles James, William Whiting, John Pitman, John Temple- 
 ton, Benjamin Perkins, William Wilde, Richard Lawrance, Erasmus 
 Peterson, John King, Charles King, Isaac Johnson, Nicholas Lawson, 
 Daniel Chevalle, John Way, Thomas Farrington, Matthew ' Pimer, 
 Anthony Holding, William Rayner, John Quittance, John Harwood, 
 William Jones, Denis Carter, Nicholas Richardson, James Austin, 
 James Patterson, Joseph Hutnot, George Peirse, George Norton, 
 Gabriel Davis, John Breck, John Carter, Paul Giddins, Nicholas 
 Dunbar, Richard Thurbar, Daniel Chuley, Christopher Scudamore, 
 and others, them violently Suspected of Felony and Piracy, committed 
 upon some of Her Majesties Friends and Allies. 
 
 And it being now made Evident by the Confession of some of the 
 said Persons apprehended and Examined, That the Gold & Treasure 
 by. them Imported, was rob'd and taken from the Subjects of the 
 Crown of Portugal, on whom they have also acted divers Villanous 
 Murders. 
 
 T Have thought fit, by & with the Advice. of Her Majesties Council, 
 ■'-to issue forth this further Proclamation, hereby strictly Command- 
 ing & Requiring all Officers Civil & Military, & other Her Majesties 
 Loving Subjects, to Apprehend & Seize the said Pirates, or any of 
 them: (The Commander Quelch, Lambert, Wilde, Dorothy, Clifford, 
 Parrot, Miller, Whiting, Richardson, & Austin, being already in 
 Custody) whom they may know or find, with their Treasure, and to 
 secure the same, and bring them before one of the Council, or next 
 Justice of the Peace, in order to their being safely Conveyed to 
 Boston, to be Examined & brought to Answer what shall be Ob- 
 jected against them, on Her Majesties behalf. And whosoever 
 shall discover & Seize any of the said Pirates or Treasure concealed, 
 and deliver them to Justice, shall be well Rewarded for their pains. 
 And all Her Majesties Subjects & others are hereby strictly for- 
 biden to entertain, harbour or conceal any of the said Pirates or their 
 Treasure; Or to convey away, or in any manner to further the 
 Escape of any of them; On pain of being Proceeded against with 
 utmost Severity of Law, as Accessaries & partakers with them in 
 their Crimes : And any who conceal or have in their custody any of 
 the said Treasure, & shall not disclose & make known the same 
 unto some one or more of the Council, with an Accompt of the Quan- 
 tity & Species, & render the same unto the Commissioners appointed 
 for that purpose, within the space of Twenty Days next after the 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 5, 1704 
 
 Publication hereof at Boston, shall be alike proceeded against. 
 And the Sheriffs are required immediately to Publish this Proclama- 
 tion in the most principal Towns in their County, and Post up the 
 same, and cause it to be Posted up in all other Towns. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, the Twenty-ninth Day of 
 May,, 1.704. In the Third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady 
 ANNE by the Grace of GOD, of England, Scotland, France and 
 Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. /. D UDLE Y 
 
 By Order of the Governour and Council, 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 Besides these mentioned in Custody already, there is also Christo- 
 pher Scudamore, Rich. Lawrance, & Matt.Pimer. 
 
 Boston, May 31, 1704. The Members of Her Majesties Council 
 for the Ensuing Year, Viz. 1 5 
 
 Wait Winthrop Esq. James Russel Esq. John Hathorne Esq. Elisha 
 Hutchinson Esq. Samuel Sewall Esq. Isaac Addington Esq. William 
 Brown Esq. John Phillips Esq. Jonathan Corwin Esq. John Foster 
 Esq. Penn Townsend Esq. John Higginson Esq. Samuel Pattridge 
 Esq. Andrew Belcher Esq. Samuel Legg Esq. Edward Bromfield Esq. 
 Ephraim Hunt Esq. Samuel Appleton Esq. John Walley Esq. John 
 Thacher Esq. Isaac Winslow Esq. Nathanael Payne Esq. Eliakam 
 Hutchinson Esq. Joseph Hammond Esq. Benjamin Brown Esq. 
 Joseph Lynde Esq. 
 
 The Members of the House of Representatives for the several Towns, 
 are as follows. And those that have this Mark t are new ones. IS 
 
 15 Printed, revised, in The Acts and Resolves . of the Province of 
 
 the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, pp. 61-63. In the list of mem- 
 bers of the council are these changes in the Province Laws print : Russell for 
 Russel; Browne for Brown in both cases; Nathaniel Paine for Nathanael 
 Payne; and Eliakim for Eliakam Hutchinson. In the list of representatives, 
 the following: Dorchester, Hopestill for Hopestil Clap; Braintree, Lieut. Bax- 
 ter instead of Mr.; Salem, Major Browne instead of Browne Esq., Wolcott for 
 Wolcotj, Ipswich, Jewett for Jewet; Newbury, Deacon Noyes instead of Mr.; 
 Lynn, Btirrill for Burril; Marblehead, Brattle for Bratle; Beverly, Woodbery 
 for Woodberry; Wenham, Deacon Piske, for Mr. ; Topsfield, blank filled: Ser- 
 geant John Hovey, Sergeant Daniel Redington; Gloucester, Ensign Coit in- 
 stead of Mr. ; Boxford, Symonds for Simons ; Amesbury, Foott for Foot ; Cam- 
 bridge, Mr. Oliver instead of Capt.; Watertown, John for Jos. Sherman; 
 Sudbury, Balcom for Balcam; Marlborough, Capt. Howe instead of Mr. How; 
 Concord, Wheller for Wheeler; Bilerica, Richeson for Richardson; Wo burn, 
 Major Converse instead of Converse Esq. ; Reading, Sweyne for Swain; Maiden, 
 Willson for Wilson ; Dracut, Varnam for Varnum ; Plymouth, Capt. Warren 
 instead of Warren Esq.; Bridgewater, David for Daniel Perkins; Duxbury, 
 Josiah for Joshua Holmes; Yarmouth, Capt. Samuel Howes for Mr. Sam Hows; 
 Springfield, blank filled: Deacon John Hitchcock; Bristol, Simeon for Simon 
 Davis; Rehoboth, blank filled: Mr. Enoch Hunt, Mr. Benjamin Allen ; Swanzey, 
 Perce for Pierce ; Dartmouth, Samson for Sampson ; Kittery, Ensign Leighton 
 for Mr. Layton. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 5, 1704 
 
 Boston, Mr. Tho. Oakes, Capt. Sam. Checkley, Capt. Eph. Savage, 
 Mr. Elizr. Holyoke. Roxbury, Mr. Wil. Denison. Dorchester, Mr. 
 Hopestil Clap. Milton, Capt. Tho. Vose. Braintrey, Mr. John Bax- 
 ter. Weymouth, Capt. Steph. French. Dedham, Capt. Dan. Fisher. 
 Medfield, tMr. John Metcalfe, Hingham, Mr. Theoph. Cushing. 
 Woodstock, fMr. Philip Eastman. Salem, fSam. Brown, Esq. fjosiah 
 Wolcot, Esq. Ipswich, Mr. Nehem. Jewet, fCapt. Wil. Goodhue. 
 Newbury, fMr. Cutting Noyes. Lynn, fjohn Burril, Esq. Marble- 
 heed, fCapt. Edw. Bratle. Beaverley, Mr. Isaac Woodberry. Wen- 
 ham, tMr. William Fiske. Topsfield, [blank]. Glocester, fMr. 
 Nath. Coit. Boxford, tMr. Sam. Simons. Rowley, fMr. John Dresser. 
 Salisbury, tMr. Rich. Hubbard. Amsbury, fMr. John Foot. An- 
 dover, tMr. John Chandler. Haverhill, fMr. Sam. Watts. Charles- 
 town, Cap. Sam. Phipps. Cambridge, Capt. Tho. Oliver. Newton, 
 fMr. John Spring. Watertown, Mr. Jos. Sherman. Sudbury, Mr. 
 John Balcam. Marlborough, fMr. Tho. How. Concord, Mr. John 
 Wheeler. Chelmsford, Capt. Jer. Bowers. Billerica, Mr. Tho. 
 Richardson. Wobourn, Jam. Converse, Esq. Speaker. Reading, 
 fMajor Jer. Swain. Maiden, Capt. Jos. Wilson. Sherboum, |Mr. 
 Wil. Rider. Dracut, tMr. Jos. Varnum. Plimouth fja. Warren, 
 Esqr. Scituate, Mr. Sam. Clap. Marshfield, Mr. Sam. Sprague. 
 Bridge-water, fMr. Daniel Perkins Duxbury, fMr. Joshua Holmes. 
 Barnstable, tMr. Samuel Hinckley. Sandwich, tMr. Sam. Prince. 
 Yarmouth, tMr. Sam. Hows. Eastham, Mr. Sam. Knowles. Spring- 
 field, [blank]. Northampton, tCaptain Preserved Clap. Hadley, 
 tMr. Dan. Marsh. Bristol, tCaptain Simon Davis. Rehoboth, [blank]. 
 Swansey, Mr. Ephraim Pierce. Taunton, tCapt. Hen. Hodges. Dart- 
 mouth, Mr. Ja. Sampson. Little-compton, tjos. Church, Esq. York, 
 tCap. Lewis Bane. Kittery, tMr. John Layton. Nantuckett, tja. 
 Coffin Esq. 
 
 His Excellency, Joseph Dudley Esqr. Captain General and Gov- 
 ernour in Chief in and over Her Majesties Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England, &c. His Speech to the Honourable the Council 
 and Representatives in General Court Assembled at Boston, June 1, 
 1704. 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 I" Had the Advice of the last Assembly for an Expedition to the 
 -"-Eastward, to consist of Six hundred men, who accordingly 
 Sailed from Piscataqua, about ten days since well Equipt, assisted 
 with two of Her Majesties Ships, the Jersey, and the Gosport, & the 
 Province-Gally. I have directed the Commander in Chief, to give 
 me a Weekly Intelligence from the Forces by a Scout Shallop, which 
 I shall always acquaint you with. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 5, 1704 
 
 The Frontiers of the Province are reduced to strict Garrisons, 
 and covered with 300 & fifty men, who meet every day in small 
 parties from the two extreams, Woodstock & Wells. And if it were 
 possible for me by any means to bring the Queens good Subjects 
 in the several parts, to do their duty in Watching & Scouting, I have 
 no doubt we might be in a great measure safe from the incursions 
 of the barbarous Rebels. 
 
 The Advice from the Enemy on the Western Parts of the Province, 
 give notice of their approach & settlement upon Connecticut River, 
 who must if possible be dislodged, & I believe the Government of 
 Connecticut will joyn a pro[per] force with some of ours for that end. 
 
 I am very sensible, the Charge of the Province is very great to 
 support these Services, but the Assembly at all times (I thank them) 
 have agreed the necessity, & have chearfully granted the necessary 
 Charge. 
 
 I hope we shall never fall below the courage & resolution of English- 
 men, to support Her Majesties Honour, our own just right to this 
 Province, with all humble submission, and trust in the favour of 
 Almighty God to defend and maintain us. 
 
 The Last Week has discovered a very notorious Piracy, com- 
 mitted upon Her Majesties Allies the Portugal, on the Coast of Bragil, 
 by Quelch and Company, in the Charles Gaily; for the discovery of 
 which, all possible methods, have been used, and the severest Process 
 against those vile men shall be speedily taken. That the Province 
 be not thereby disparaged, as they have been heretofore; and I hope 
 every good man will do his Duty according to the several Proclama- 
 tions, to discover the Pirates & their Treasure, agreeable to the Acts 
 of Parliament in that case made and provided. 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 It is your Anniversary Meeting, and I shall willingly attend the 
 dispatch of the necessary Affairs of the Province, and I hope you will 
 proceed with all Unanimity and Chearfulness in what is necessary 
 for the support of the Government, and the Forces abroad: And 
 your Advice in every thing shall be acceptable to me. 
 
 The Anniversary Election Sermon was Preached by the Rd. Mr. 
 Jon. Russel upon Neh. 9. 33. And is order'd to be Printed 
 
 Boston June 3. Entered inwards this week, Hill & Cook, from St. 
 Christophers; Robinson from Hundoras, permitted to clear outwards: 
 Green for Newfoundland, Thaxter for Barbadoes. Coasters inwards, 
 Jackson, Seargent, Webber, Kingsbury, Flood & Gardner from Piscata- 
 qua. Hall, Horton & Smith from Connecticut: Parker from N- York: 
 Coasters outward, Lathrop for Martha's- Vinyard, Higby, Smith & 
 Adolph for N- York; Plumb, Curtice, Loring, Lewis, Starkey & 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 5, 1704 
 
 Harris for Connecticut. Outward bound, Reddock for St. Christo- 
 phers. Captain Ebenezer Coffin in the Sloop Anne, a Private Man of 
 War, came in on Thursday the 1st currant, as Convoy to the above 
 Coasters 
 
 Nantucket May 30. There was an Indian Woman found dead and 
 supposed to be kill'd by her own Husband, who fled & swam over 
 to another small Island call'd Tuckanuck, and was apprehended, & is 
 now in Irons at Nantucket. 
 
 Beaverly May 27". Jonathan Wheeler in a Ketch is Arrived in 
 
 5 Weeks from Antigua, was chased by a Sloop in sight of the Island, & 
 next morning chased by a Ship of 22 Guns, & in the chase spied the 
 Sheerness Gaily, & made to her & left the Ketch, & the Privateer to 
 shun her, run ashore upon Grandterre, the Man of War not being 
 acquainted, and shole water, would not venture, but went to An- 
 tigua, to fetch a Sloop to get her off, & ere he returned, they were 
 gone. On the 23 of April a Ship fought a Privateer off of Antigua 
 two hours, but being too strong for her, took and carried her away. 
 
 Piscataqua June 1. On Sabbath last, some of the sculking Enemy 
 lay in Ambush for people at Cochecho, going to Publick Worship, & 
 narrowly escap't being on Horseback, ran safely by them, scouts went 
 out immediately after them, & found some dryed Beef, & pewter bul- 
 lets in the Thicket where they lay. 
 
 There waits for a fair Wind, Cap. Frost & Hull for Barbadoes, 
 Almery for Antigua, Parker for Madera. 
 
 Rhod-Island June 2. Cap. Whitehom sails in 10 days for Virginia 
 
 6 London. 
 
 New-London June 1. Capt. Chester sails in 10 days for Virginia & 
 London. 
 
 New-York May 29. Cap. Davison sails in 10 days for London, 
 fears will be too late for the Virginia Convoy who are said to sail 
 the 1st of June. 
 
 HOvertisements 
 
 '"pWo Negro men, and one Negro woman & Child: to be Sold by 
 A Mr. John Colman, Merchant; to be seen at Col. Charles Hobbey, 
 Esq. his House in Boston. 
 
 "O An-away from his Master Seth Sweetzer of Charlstown, in iV.- 
 *^Engl. August 15. 1703. A Young man, named John Logen, 
 about 19 Years of Age, of a middle Stature, black Hair, by occupation 
 a Taylor, he's said to be gone to Long-Island, thence to Pensilvania: 
 Whosever shall take him up & convey him safe to his Master shall 
 have 4 pounds reward. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 12, 1704 
 
 ' I A His News Letter is to be continued Weekly, and all who have 
 ■*■ Advertisements to insert, may have 'em at a reasonable rate, 
 from 12d. to 55. not to exceed : And all persons in Town & Country 
 may have said News-Letter every week by the Year: Agreeing with 
 John Campbell Post Master for the same. 
 
 •fl. b. -numb. 8. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From {HlOttoag June 5. to fBlOTtbag June 12. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS— HU (m) 
 
 TTN the first column on the first page is London news of date 
 1 1 "from Nov. 30 to Decemb. 11. 1703. Plymouth Nov. 28." and 
 L also news from various European capitals referring particularly 
 to the heavy autumn storms on the continent. At the head of the 
 second column on the first page is part of a letter of Jeremiah Collier 
 headed "Mr Jeremiah Collier, Writing a Letter to a Person of Quality 
 upon occasion of the late Tempest," and signed " Your most Humble 
 Servant, J. C. December 10. 1703" The domestic news is of unusual 
 variety, interest and importance.] 
 
 St. Christophers May 13. Col. William Matthews daily expected 
 General, with 17 Sail of Men of War, and Col. Gibson's Regiment and 
 this Regiment to go in the said Fleet, their design not yet publick, 
 
 Boston June io. This morning arrived an Express to His Excel- 
 lency from Piscataqua, with Letters from Col. Church, Chief Com- 
 mander of the Forces lately gone into the Bay of Fundey, Dated at 
 Mont Desart the 4 June Currant, acquainting His Excellency of their 
 having insulted & laid waste several French Settlements along the 
 Coast, taken some considerable booty of Furrs, Peltry, &c. from the 
 Enemy, kill'd some Indians, and taken several French Prisoners, 
 and rescued (one Michael Webber a Captive, carried from Papadock) 
 out of the Enemies hand. That our Souldiers and Mariners on board 
 the several Vessels were in good health: That Her Majesties two 
 Ships the Gosport & Jersey had newly joyned them, and that they 
 were designed further up the Bay, on the French side. 
 
 The Prisoners say, That Provisions are very dear and scarce at 
 Portroyal: That there is but 10 or 12 Houses on the Plot of the Fort, 
 and 200 Souldiers in the Fort, and about 300 Inhabitants upon the 
 River on both sides about 5 leagues up. That the number of Indians 
 there, are about 40 Families, and about a like number at Passamis- 
 quady Fort and parts adjacent. That the Indians were to have a 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 12, 1704 
 
 general Rendezvouz about the middle of June, at or near to the House 
 of Monsieur Tho. Lefebure. 
 
 His Excellency intends to bring forward the Tryal of Quelch and 
 Company now in Custody for Piracy within a few days. 16 
 
 Warrants are issued forth to seize and apprehend Capt. Lari- 
 more, in the Larimore Galley, who is said to have Sailed from Cape 
 Anne with 9 or 11 Pirates of Capt. Quelch' s Company. 1B 
 
 There is two more of the Pirates seized this week and in Custody, 
 viz. Benjamin Perkins, and John Templeton. " 
 
 In our News- Letter Numb. 5. We gave an Account of 30 Kill'd 
 and Captivated by the Enemy at Northampton, of which number 
 there are since come & brought in alive Eleven Persons. ls 
 
 Entred inwards this week, John Moor from Nevis, Stephen Cod- 
 man junior from Fyal, and William Henderson from Lisbon, and 
 Coasters, Jonathan Sayer from N- York, Eleazar Darby from Pensil- 
 vania, Corney and Bracker from Piscataqua, Blin and Webb from 
 Connecticut. Outward bound, Tho. Sill, Zachery Aldin and John 
 Harris for Leward Islands, Philip Lewis for Suranam, Daniel Mar- 
 shal for Virginia, Joshua Pickman for Portugal: Cleared outwards 
 Coasters, Snell and Kingsbury for Piscataqua. Tiller, for New-York, 
 Mansfield, and Parker for Connecticut. 
 
 The Annual Artillery Election Sermon at Boston, upon Monday 
 the 5th Instant, was Preached by the Reverend Mr. Henry Gibbs, 
 on this Text, Psal. 44. 6. For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall 
 my Sword save me. 
 
 And Mr. Thomas Hutchinson was Chosen Captain, and Capt. Adam 
 Winthrop Lieutenant of the Artillery. 
 
 Piscataqua, June 9. On Fryday last about 7 Indians made a 
 descent on Oyster-River, kill'd one man and sundry Cattle: A 
 Scout of our Indians went out from Salmon Falls, came up with about 
 7 Indians, supposed to be those did the mischief, but a River or Pond 
 between them could not engage. 
 
 Milford May 30. Sabbath day last, about Noon, after Forenoons 
 Exercise, Mrs Jane Treat, Grand Daughter to Deputy Governour 
 Treat of Connecticut, Sitting in her Chair in the Corner or near the 
 Corner, with the Bible in her hand, as she was Reading, which was 
 her delight, was struck Dead by a terrible flash of Lightning, pre- 
 
 16 See foot-note, News- Letter, No. 14 post. 
 
 17 See News-Letter Nos. 5, 6, 7 ante, 9, 10, 11, 14 (1704), 63, 66 post. 
 See foot-note, News-Letter No. 14 post. 
 
 18 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 482. 
 See News-Letter No. 5 ante. 
 
 88 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 12, 1704 
 
 ceeding a Great Clap of Thunder, it kill'd her in a Moment, without 
 knowing anything of the Pangs of Death ; her Body was much wound- 
 ed, not torn but burnt, and spotted one side of her from the Crown 
 to the Sole of her foot. She was a Person of real Piety, and a pattern 
 of Patience, Modesty and Sobriety. This so awful a stroke on so 
 righteous a Person and Family, is a most amazing and mysterious 
 Providence, deeply afflictive to her Grandfather, Relations and 
 others. 
 
 Rhode-Island June 9. The Honourable Samuel Cranston Esq. 
 Governour of Her Majesties Colony of Rhode-Island &c. {Having 
 received a Proclamation Emitted by His Excellency Joseph Dudley 
 Esq. Capt. General & Gov. in Chief in an over Her Majesties Province 
 of the Mass. Bay &c. for Seizing & Apprehending the late Company 
 of Pirates belonging to the Briganteen Charles, of whom John Quelch 
 was Commander) By and with the advice of the Deputy Governour 
 and Council present, issued forth his further Proclamation to Seize 
 and Apprehend said Pirates, or any of their Treasure, and to bring 
 them before one of the Council or next Justice of the Peace, in order 
 to be conveyed to the town of New-port, to be examined and pro- 
 ceeded with according to Law. Commanding the Sheriff to Publish 
 this and His Excellencies Proclamation in the Town of New-Port, 
 and in other Towns of the Colony. Strictly forbiding all Her Majes- 
 ties Subjects and others to conceal any of them or their Treasure, or 
 convey and further their escape, on pain of being proceeded against 
 with utmost severity of Law. 19 
 
 The Prize Sloop that Cap. Tonguerlow sent in, is unloaded, and had 
 on board about 10 Tons of Coccoa, 5 or 6000 weight of right good 
 Verino Tobacco, 8 Tearses of dry Goods, & 30 Cases of Liquors; 
 but when 'twill be Condemned, knows not. 
 
 Philadelphia May 26. This day Arrived Capt. Vaughan in a Sloop 
 from Exuma, on board of which is one Mr. Houlden, who is a part 
 Owner and Commander of the Ship, Portsmouth Gaily of London, 
 18 Guns, about 60 men, and small Arms for 120 men, sailed from 
 Boston in December last, where they took in about 10 Indian Divers, 
 being designed in search for a Plate Wreck about the Bohemia Is- 
 lands, which not finding, put into the aforesaid Port to load Salt for 
 Boston, where on the 29th of April last (their Deck being pester'd 
 with Lumber, &c. in order to clear their hole to take in Salt) a French 
 small Privateer Sloop full of men clapt her on board at Anchor, & 
 after a short dispute took her. The Master Capt. Ricey fought very 
 stoutly till he lost his life, but his men did not stand by him, other- 
 
 19 See News-Letter Nos. 5, 6, 7 ante, 9, 10, 11, 14 (1704), 63, 66 post. 
 See foot-note, News-Letter No. 14 post. 
 
 89 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 19, 1704 
 
 wise might have saved the Ship, he encouraged them when received 
 several wounds, but to little purpose; the Indians fought bravely 
 as two of them tell us both very much wounded, who jumpt over- 
 board & swam ashore as soon as they see Cap. Ricey killed; many were 
 killed on both sides, they carried also off 2 Sloops, one of 4 Guns & 
 8 men, a tender to sad Ship. Cap. Vaughan rode by said Ship, but 
 cut & run, next day put in & took in the above Indians, & took up his 
 Anchor ; Cap. Houlden being on shore, when the Privateer took the Ship. 
 New-York, June 5. His Excellency designs for Albany this week 
 or the next. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 ON Fryday the 16th currant, at 11 a Clock in the forenoon, will 
 be exposed to Sale by Inch of Candle, *° the Sloop Tryal, burthen 
 about 30 Tons, at Mr. Henry Franklings the Swan Tavern at the 
 North-End of the Town, the Sloop lyes at Mr. Thomas Clark's 
 Wharf near said Tavern, an Inventory of her Stores may be seen 
 at the Coffee-house, & at the Tavern aforesaid. 
 
 [Reprinted: the News-Letter advertisement, as in June 5; negroes 
 to be sold, as in June 5.] 
 
 "tt. fi. numb. 9 - 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From ADont>a£ June 12. to flbondag June 19. 1704. 
 
 M h— AS— NY 
 
 OREIGN matter occupies nearly all of the first page, the chief 
 item being a proclamation (December 12, 1703) by Queen Anne 
 for a general fast in view of the "late most Terrible and Dreadful 
 
 20 Selling by "light of candle" was a practice common throughout Europe. 
 At the beginning of the sale a candle was lighted, and while the candle was 
 burning the bidding went on. When the candle had burned out, the person 
 who had at that moment offered the highest price was declared the purchaser. 
 This method of selling was introduced into the American colonies and was 
 common during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In New Amsterdam it 
 was the regular legal usage of the Dutch in selling the property of debtors 
 levied upon by the sheriff. "Inch of candle. In some parts of the country 
 land is still disposed of at auction by inch of candle. This was the ancient 
 form of auctioneering. Candles of inch length were provided, and when the 
 candle went out the bidding was closed." — Phrases and Names, Their Origins 
 and Meanings. By French H. Johnson. 
 
 "Down were tumbled miracle and martyr 
 Put up in lots and sold by inch of candle." 
 
 [Peter Pindar : Lyric Odes, xiii. 
 
 90 
 
 [F 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 19, 1704 
 
 Storms of Wind, with which it Pleased Almighty God to Afflict the 
 greatest Part of this our Kingdom on Friday and Saturday the 
 Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh days of November last." The 
 domestic news relates largely to the seizure of Quelch's band of 
 prates. There are also reports of hostile movements of the French 
 and Indians.] 
 
 Marblehead, June 9. The Honourable Samuel Sewall, Nathanael 
 Byfield, and Paul Dudley Esqrs. came to this place yesterday, in 
 obedience to His Excellency the Governour, his Order for the more 
 effectual discovering and Seizing the Pirates lately belonging to the 
 Briganteen Charles, John Quelch Commander, with their Treasure. 
 They made Salem in their way, where Samuel Wakefield the Water 
 Baily informed them of a Rumor that two of Quelches's Company 
 were lurking at Cape Anne, waiting for a Passage off the Coast: 
 The Commissioners made out a Warrant to Wakefield to Search for 
 them, and dispatched him away on Wednesday night. And having 
 gain'd intelligence this Morning that a certain number of them well 
 Armed, were at Cape Anne designing to go off in the Larrimore 
 Galley, then at Anchor in that Harbour. They immediately sent 
 Men from the several adjacent Towns by Land & Water to prevent 
 their escape, and went thither themselves, to give necessary orders 
 upon the place. 21 
 
 Glocester, upon Cape Anne, June 9. The Commissioners for 
 Seizing the Pirates and their Treasure, arrived here this day, were 
 advised that the Larrimore Galley Sail'd in the Morning Eastward: 
 and that a Boat was seen to go off from the head of the Cape, near 
 Snake Island, full of men, supposed to be the Pirates. The Com- 
 missioners seeing the Government mock'd by Capt. Larrimore and 
 his Officers, resolved to send after them. Major Stephen Sewall 
 who attended with a Fishing Shallop, and the Fort Pinnace, offered 
 to go in pursuit of them, and Capt. John Turner, Mr. Robert Brisco, 
 Capt. Knight, and several other good men Voluntarily accom- 
 panied him, to the Number of 42 men, who Rowed out of the Har- 
 bour after Sun-sett, being little Wind. 22 
 
 Salem, June 11. This Afternoon, Major Sewall brought in to this 
 Port, the Larrimore Galley, and Seven Pirates, viz. Erasmus Peterson, 
 Charles James, John Carter, John Pitman, Francis King, Charles 
 King, John King, whom he with his Company Surprized and Seized 
 at the Isles of Sholes the 10th. Instant, viz. four of them on Board 
 
 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 Reprinted, in part, from the News- Letter in Notes, in 
 The Acts and Resolves ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: 
 . . . , Vol. VIII, pp. 390-391. See New- Letter, Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8 ante, 10, 11, 
 14 (1704), 63, 66 post. See foot-note, News-Letter No. 14 post. 
 
 91 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 19, 1704 
 
 the Larrimore Galley, and three on Shoar on Starr Island, being 
 assisted by John Hinckes and Thomas Phipps Esqrs. Two of Her 
 Majesties Justices of New-Hampshire, who were happily there, 
 together with the Justices, and the Captain of the place. He also 
 Seized 45 Ounces and Seven Penny weight of Gold of the said Pirates. 
 Capt. Thomas Larrimore, Joseph Wells Lieutenant, and Daniel 
 Wormall Master, and the said Pirates are Secured in our Goal. 2S 
 
 Glocester, June 12. Yesterday Major Sewall passed by this place 
 with the Larrimore Galley, and Shallop Trial, standing for Salem, 
 and having little wind, set our men ashore on the Eastern Point, 
 giving of them notice that William Jones, and Peter Roach, two of 
 the Pirates had mistook their way, and were still left upon the Cape, 
 with strict charge to search for them, which our Towns People per- 
 formed very industriously. Being strangers and destitute of all 
 Succours they surrendered themselves this Afternoon, and were 
 sent to Salem Prison. 2i 
 
 Boston, June 17. On the 13 Instant, Major Sewall attended with 
 a strong guard brought to Town the above mentioned Pirates, and 
 Gold he had Seized, and gave His Excellency a full Account of his 
 Procedure in Seizing them. The Prisoners were committed to Goal 
 in order to a Tryal, and the Gold delivered to the Treasurer and 
 Committee appointed to receive the same. The Service of Major 
 Sewall and Company was very well Accepted and Rewarded by the 
 Governour. 25 
 
 His Excellency was pleased on the 13 Currant to open the High 
 Court of Admiralty for Trying Capt. John Quelch late Commander 
 of the Briganteen Charles and Company for Piracy, who were brought 
 to the Barr, and the Articles exhibited against them read, They all 
 pleaded Not Guilty, excepting three Viz. Matthew Primer, John 
 Clifford and James Parrot, who were reserved for Evidences, and 
 are in Her Majesties Mercy. The Prisoners moved for Council, and 
 His Excellency assigned them Mr. James Meinzes. The Court was 
 adjourned to the l§th. When met again Capt. Quelch preferr'd 
 a Petition to His Excellency and Honourable Court, craving longer 
 Time, which was granted till Monday Morning at Nine of the Clock, 
 when said Court is to Sit again in order to their Tryal. 2 8 
 
 On the 14. The Assembly Elected two of Her Majesties Council for 
 this Province, to make up the Number of 28. Samuel Hayman, 
 and Simeon Stoddard Esqrs. His Excellency approv'd of the choice. 
 
 Capt. Thomas Hutchinson, Capt. Adam Winthrop Lieu, and Mr 
 John Noyes Ensign, Officers of the Honourable Artillery Company, 
 have caused the Printing of the Election Sermon, which is now in 
 the Press. 
 
 92 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 19, 1704 
 
 Entered outward bound John Stevens for Antigua, Thomas Lasenbe 
 for Barbados, and Peter Coffin for Madera. Coasters cleared Richard 
 Hall, and Jonathan Sayer, for Connecticut, Anthony Bracket for 
 Piscataqua. Permitted to clear Henry Sherburn, William Goddard, 
 Ephraim Breed, Andrew Wilson, and Thomas Barnes for Barbadoes, 
 Samuel Payen for Antigua, Daniel Marshal for Virginia. Coasters 
 Inward Samuel Sand and William Newenhuysen, from New-York. 
 
 Capt. Ebenezer Coffin, in our Convoy Sloop of War, is arrived here 
 this day. 
 
 Rhode-Island, June 16. On Wednesday arrived John Brown in 
 a Sloop from Barbadoes, 19 days Passage, came out in Company 
 with 33 Sail, whereof Capt. Gillam was Convoy, bound for England. 
 There was one Briganteen bound for Boston, and one Sloop more 
 belonging here. On Tuesday last arrived here from Exuma a Bar- 
 mudian loaden with Salt, confirms the Death and taking of Capt. 
 Ricy. One Wilson in a Ketch entered for Boston, Whiteborn for 
 Virginia and London, Roach & Breed for Antigua, Collins & Moore 
 for Barbadoes, are all near ready to Sail. 
 
 New-London June 15. Arrived here on Thursday last William 
 Rollson in the Sloop N London, 19. days Passage from St. Christo- 
 phers, and on Monday Sailed Capt. Chester for London, and Browne 
 of New-Haven for Madera's. On Tuesday Marched Capt. Samuel 
 Eells of Millford with 100. men to Reinforce, Major Whiting at N. 
 Hampton. This is the 21st day of the Enemies French and Indians 
 March from Canada, as we are informed. 2 ' 
 
 New-York June 12. Last Week arrived Capt. Feaver and Moyon 
 from Hundoras in 2 Sloops. We hear 500 French and Indians are 
 Marched from Canada, to attaque some parts of New-England. 2 7 
 The Philadelphia Post not come in. 
 
 H&vertisements 
 
 RAn-away from Capt. John Aldin of Boston, on Monday the 12th 
 Currant, a tall lusty Indian Man call'd Harry, about 19 Years 
 of Age, with a black Hat, brown Ozenbridge Breeches and Jacket: 
 Whoever will take up said Indian, and bring or convey him safe either 
 to John Campbell Post master of Boston, or to Mr. Nathaniel Niles 
 of Kingstown in Naraganset, Master to said Indian, shall have a 
 sufficient Reward. 
 
 A Negro Woman about 16 Years Old, to be Sold by John Camp- 
 bell Post-master, to be seen at his House next door to the Anchor 
 Tavern. 
 
 27 These items bearing on the French and Indian hostilities reprinted 
 from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves ... of the 
 Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 420. 
 
 93 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 26, 1704 
 
 [Reprinted: the News-Letter advertisement, as in May 22; negroes 
 to be sold, as in June 5.] 
 
 1ft, j£, mumb. io. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDottbag June 19. to /DJOttOaS June 26. 1704. 
 
 M H— AS— NY 
 
 TTT^OREIGN matter occupies a part of the first page: comprising 
 I A? general European advices of dates between October 30 (Con- 
 *■ stantinople) and December 25, 1703 (Warsaw, Paris, Hague, Lon- 
 don, Copenhagen) ; the London item reporting the action of the queen 
 and privy council in the case of the widows and orphans of the 
 officers and seamen who perished in the storm of November, 1703 
 in her majesty's service at sea. The domestic news includes report 
 of the trial of Quelch and company. Also, accounts of Indian oper- 
 ations in the Connecticut Valley, and "to the Eastward," the 
 latter in letters from Col. Church commanding the colonial forces.] 
 
 Boston, June 24. On Monday last, The 19. Currant, The High 
 Court of Admiralty Sat again, when the Tryal of John Quelch 
 late Commander of the Briganteen Charles, and Company for Piracy 
 and Murder, Committed by them upon Her Majesties Allies the Sub- 
 jects of the King of Portugal, was brought forward, and the said 
 Quelch was brought to the Bar, being charged with Nine several 
 Articles of Piracy and Murder whereupon he had been Arraigned 
 and Pleaded, Not Guilty: The Queen's Attorney opened the case, 
 and the Court proceeded to the Examination of the Evidences for 
 Her Majesty. And the Council for the Prisoner, and the Prisoner 
 himself being fairly heard, The Court was cleared, and after 
 Advisement, the Prisoner was again brought to the Bar; & the 
 the Judgment of the Court declared, That he was guilty of the 
 Felony, Piracy and Murder, laid in the said Articles: Accordingly 
 Sentence of Death was pronounced against him. 
 
 The next day being Tuesday, John Lambert, Charles James, John 
 Miller and Christopher Scudamore, were brought to the Bar, who 
 pleaded Not Guilty: And was severally tryed as Quelch was, and found 
 guilty and Sentenced to Dy in like manner. 
 
 Then was brought to the Bar, William Whiting and John Temple- 
 ton being Arraigned, They pleaded Not Guilty, and the Witnesses 
 proving no matter of Fact upon them, said Whiting being Sick all 
 the Voyage, & not active, and Templeton a Servant about 14 years 
 of Age, and not charged with any action, were acquitted by the 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 26, 1704 
 
 Court, paying Prison Fees. Next 15. more being brought to the 
 Bar and Arraign'd Viz. Will. Wilde, Benj. Perkins, James Austin, 
 Nich. Richardson, Rich. Lawrance, John Pitman, Will. Jones, 
 Erasmus Peterson, John King, Francis King, Charles King, Peter 
 Roach, John Dorothy, Denis Carter and John Carter, who severally 
 pleaded Guilty, and threw themselves on the Queen's Mercy. And 
 Sentence of Death was past upon them, in like manner as those 
 abovenamed. 'Tis said some of them will be Executed the 
 next Fryday, and the whole proceeding be put out in Print. 2 8 
 
 On Wednesday 21. Came an Express to His Excellency from 
 Hatfield with the Intelligence, That one Englishman and four In- 
 dians, being sent out upon discovery of the Enemy, Travelled 7 
 days up the River of Connecticut, and discovered some Indians a 
 Fishing, so lay still till Night, and watched where they went to their 
 Wigwam, and Surprized them in the Wigwam kill'd five of the said 
 Indians being men, took a Squaw alive, who informed them, that 
 the Indians were building a Fort at a place about 50 Miles further up, 
 and after further Examination of the said Squaw they kill'd her also, 
 and brought the Six Scalp's with them to Northampton: There were 
 two Indians more of the said Company, but they made their escape. 
 
 Our People on the Frontiers are in a very good posture to receive 
 the Enemy, if they should come. 29 
 
 On Wednesday the 21. Arrived Mr. Hart in a Sloop from our 
 Forces to the Eastward, with Letters from Col. Church, Chief Com- 
 mander of the same, Dated at Passamisquady, the 13. Currant, 
 acquainting His Excellency of their having laid wast & burnt all 
 the French Settlements in those parts, Kill'd and Captivated of 
 French and Indians, to the number of Thirty-five Persons, since our 
 last account. While our People were Tearing up the Indian Corn, 
 they fired on them from the other side of the River, and a fight at a 
 distance continued about 3 hours, wherein we had one man Wounded, 
 but a great noise was heard among the Indians, and 'tis supposed 
 several of them were kill'd and wounded ; the number of Indians are 
 said to be between 30 & 40. Our Boats brought from the several 
 Houses and Settlements a considerable parcel of Plunder of Furrs, 
 Houshold Stuff, &c. The best we have got yet : We have also taken 
 Monsieur Chartier's Shallop, formerly Mr. Trevis's of Marblehead, and 
 several fine Cannoo's. Our Souldiers and Mariners on board Her 
 Majesties Ships the Gosport and Jearsy, the Province Galley, and other 
 
 28 See News- Letter Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ante, 11, 14 (1704), 63, 66 post. See 
 foot-note, News-Letter No. 14 post. 
 
 29 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 402-403. 
 
 95 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 26, 1704 
 
 several Vessels, were all in Health. The Prisoners are brought to 
 Boston. 30 
 
 Cap. Ellery from England had about Eight Weeks passage, Says, 
 as he came away, that there was a strong Embargoe laid on, and a 
 Squadron of about 50. men of War a fitting out. Capt. Stone, that 
 Sail'd hence with the Fleet was Arrived, and Capt. Wadsworth and 
 Morton that Sail'd a little before them. 
 
 Capt. Parker is Arrived from Barbadoes. 
 
 Boston, Permitted to clear Outwards, Ezekiel Cravate, John Foster, 
 John Phillips, John Scot, and Isaac Perkins for Barbadoes. Thomas 
 Sill, Zachariah Alden, Joseph Vial, and Joshua Pikman for Antigua: 
 Stephen Water for Madera: Fortune Reddock for St. Christophers: 
 Philip Lewis for Surranam; Richard Smith and William Cooke for 
 Montserrat: Edward Holloway for Jamaica, and James Robe for 
 Virginia. Entered Inwards, John Ellery from London; Samuel 
 Clark and Wilson from Connecticut: Kinghsbury from Piscataqua. 
 Coasters cleared Outwards, Blin, Henderson and Vail for Connecticut. 
 Outward Bound, Newcomb Blague, for Madera's, Isaac Robinson, 
 for Jamaica, and Newenhusen for New-York. 
 
 Rhode-Island, June 23. On the 19. Instant arrived Moses Butter- 
 worth in a Sloop from Barbadoes, 22. days passage, came out in Com- 
 pany with the Blackmail man of War, going in pursuit of the Country 
 Briganteen, sent out from Barbadoes, some time before on a Cruise, 
 having 50. of the man of War's men on board her, who instead of 
 Returning, turn'd Pirate, and took an English Ship bound from 
 London to Antigua, robb'd her and let her go : The news being brought 
 from Antigua to Barbadoes, they immediately sent the Blackwall 
 after her. 
 
 When Mr. Butterworth was in the Lat. of 36. & 40. They saw a 
 Fleet consisting of about 150. Sail & took them to be Spaniards, 
 but on the relating of it here, we suppose them to be the Homeward 
 bound Virginia Fleet for England. 
 
 New-York June 19. On the 16 Arrived Daniel Dunskum in a 
 Sloop from Barbadoes 22 days Passage, came out in Company with 
 35 Sail, some for Boston, Rhode-Island and Philadelphia. On the 
 12th Currant he met with the Homeward bound Virginia Fleet 
 consisting of 143 Sail about 30 leagues to the Eastward of Sandy- 
 hook: They Sail'd from Virginia the seventh Instant, and nine 
 leagues without the Cape they met with the two men of War, viz. 
 The Faulkland and the Oxford who were expected as an additional 
 
 30 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves. 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 361. 
 
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 Convoy. The Commadore (Cap. Evans) ordered them to return 
 with the Fleet without proceeding any further which they did: 
 The Merchant men promising to supply them with Water, &c. On 
 Board the Faulkland was one Mr. Vrqhuart, a Minister Bound for 
 this place, who had the good Fortune to get a Passage hither in Mr. 
 Dunskun, but sundry other Passengers on board those two Men 
 of War for Virginia, Maryland and Pensilvania are all carried back 
 for England: They left Portsmouth the beginning of April last, 
 and in their passage the Faulkland took two French Ships, one of 
 24 Guns, and 65 men, the other of Twelve Guns and Twenty-five 
 men, both Bound for Martinico, to St. Malo loaden with Sugar, 
 Cocoa, Indico, &c. The Oxford gave Chase to a Third in Company 
 with these two, but could not come up with her. 
 
 Mr. Vrqhuart is appointed Minister of Jamaica, one Mr. Crawford 
 a Minister for Pensilvania, was on board the Oxford but carried home 
 again. 
 
 Philadelphia, June 17. On the 12. dyed the Honourable Colonel 
 William Markham. On the 13. a Sloop arrived from Virginia, 
 left Point Comfort the 9 Instant, Says, That the Virginia Fleet 
 consisting of about 140 Sail under Convoy, (only) of the Dreadnought 
 and Foy, Sailed from Linhavenbay on the 8th. Instant for England. 
 
 B&vertisements 
 
 "O An-away from Capt. Nathanael Cary, of Charlstown, on Saturday 
 ■1-^-the 17th Currant, a well set middle sized Maddagascar Negro 
 Woman, called Penelope, about 35 years of Age: With several sorts 
 of Apparel; one whereof is a flowered damask Gown: She speaks 
 English well. Whosoever shall take up said Negro Servant, and her 
 Convey to her above-said Master, shall have sufficient Reward. 
 
 [Reprinted: the News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 5.] 
 
 1R. £. mumb. ii. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flDonfcas June 26. to flDcmfca? July 3. 1704. 
 
 M H— AS— NY 
 
 TT70REIGN matter, chiefly, under date 20th December 1703, an 
 I jl address of the English commons to the queen, occupies most of 
 the first page. A "Coppy of a Letter from a Gentleman in Cannada 
 to a Gentleman in Port-royal," dated "Quebeck," follows. The domes- 
 tic news includes the "bill of mortality" for Boston for three years; 
 a paragraph account of the execution of Quelch and five of his com- 
 
 97 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 3, 1704 
 
 panions; and the announcement of the receipt by the governor of a 
 packet from the queen ' 'to permit a trade with New Spam' (Mexico) .] 
 
 The Coppy of a Letter from a Gentleman in Cannada, to a Gentle- 
 man in Port-royal: Quebeck, April, 28. 1704. 
 SIR I believe you have heard of several parties of French and 
 Indians, gone out since the last fall against the English, Mr. 
 Gordeau the bearer hereof is a living witness, who will inform you of 
 the whole, If the affairs of this Countrey do not change in a little 
 time, others will go away. Canada was never in the Like misery, 
 we must absolutely abandon it before two Years, or God must work 
 Miracles, to preserve it, since Peace is made with the Maqua's in the 
 Pardon which the King has a second time given the Hunters. He 
 permits them to go to the new Colony of Messasipy, or to return to 
 their own Countrey absolutely pardoning all their disobedience. I 
 believe the liberty given them of choice, will not only hinder them 
 from returning to their own Country, but will make those that are 
 there resolved to go away, thinking they can't be taken else-where. 
 Wine is so rare here, that we are obliged to drink nothing but water, 
 and other Goods proportionably ; we impatiently expect News from 
 France, to advise us who must be our Governour. 
 
 Boston, July 3. On Tuesday morning Dyed Madam Anne Rich- 
 ards: 31 -was Buryed on Thursday last. On Fryday died Madam Anne 
 Paige: 32 was Buried Yesterday. 
 
 Boston. Because it may carry some useful Information in it, 
 we have thought it not amiss, to give the Publick, the Bill Of 
 {mortality for the Three Years last past. 
 
 The Number of Persons, besides Negro's and Indians, which 
 were buryed in the Town of Boston. 
 
 Anno. 
 
 1701. 
 
 1702. 
 
 1703. 
 
 March 
 
 11 
 
 9 
 
 21 
 
 April 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 May 
 
 11 
 
 8 
 
 16 
 
 June 
 
 13 
 
 07 
 
 12 
 
 July 
 
 15 
 
 20 
 
 10 
 
 August 
 
 15 
 
 32 
 
 13 
 
 September 
 
 17 
 
 47 
 
 19 
 
 October 
 
 12 
 
 55 
 
 15 
 
 November 
 
 15 
 
 74 
 
 8 
 
 31 See Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 107, under date June 27 [1704]! 
 also, p. 108, under date June 29, and note on same page. 
 
 32 See Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 109, under date Junij. 30, 1704, 
 and note on same page; also, p. Ill, under date July 2. 
 
 98 
 
1701. 
 
 1702. 
 
 1703. 
 
 7 
 
 87 
 
 18 
 
 17 
 
 69 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 20 
 
 7 
 
 THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 3, 1704 
 
 Anno. 
 December 
 January 
 February 
 
 146 441 159 
 
 Note, 1. In that Mortal year, 1702. the Number of Negroes and 
 Indians, which had a Singular Share in the Mortality, made the 
 Number of the Buried, arise to about, 500. 
 
 Note, 2. Many Inhabitants of Boston, have their Employments at 
 Sea; and many of these Dying abroad (in proportion, much more 
 than at home) they are not reckoned in our Catalogue. 
 
 Note, 3. It has been observed by some, that in Times of Health , 
 (such as we now Enjoy,) Mortality ordinarily carries off, somewhat 
 about a Fiftieth Part of the People Every year. Queer e, How far 
 will that Observation hold for this Town? 
 
 Note, 4. It might be of use, if some other of the principal Towns 
 in the Country, would preserve their JBtll Of flHOttaltt£, and Com- 
 municate it. 
 
 On Fryday was carried to the Place of Execution seven Pirates to 
 be Executed, viz. Capt. John Quelch, John Lambert, Christopher 
 Scudamore, John Miller, Erasmus Peterson, Peter Roach & Francis 
 King; all of which were Executed, excepting the last named, who had 
 a Reprieve from His Excellency, And notwithstanding all the great 
 labour and pains taken by the Reverend Ministers of the Town of 
 Boston, ever since they were first Seized and brought to Town, both 
 before and since their Tryal and Condemnation, to instruct, ad- 
 monish, preach and pray for them ; yet as they led a wicked and vitious 
 life, so to appearance they dyed very obdurately and impenitently, 
 hardened in their Sin. 33 
 
 His Excellency intends to send an Express to England with an 
 Account of the whole matter to Her Majesty. 34 
 
 33 See New-Letter Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ante, 14 (1704), 63, 66 post. See 
 foot-note, News-Letter No. 14 post. 
 
 A broadside entitled 
 
 An Account of the Behaviour and last Dying 
 Speeches 
 Of the Six Pirates, that were Executed on Charles River, Boston side, 
 On Fryday June 30th. 1704. Viz. 
 Capt. John Quelch, John Lambert, Christopher Scudamore, 
 John Miller, Erasmus Petersen and Peter Roach, 
 with the imprint "Printed for and Sold by Nicholas Boone, at his Shop near 
 the Old Meeting-House in Boston, 1704," is bound in the file of the Massachu- 
 setts Historical Society immediately before this issue; also in the file of the 
 New York Historical Society immediately after the issue of July 10. 
 
 The scene of this execution is depicted by Sewall in his Diary, Vol. II, p. 109. 
 
 34 See foot-note, News- Letter No. 14 post. 
 
 99 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 3, 1704 
 
 On Fryday His Excellency Prorogu'd the General Assembly to 
 the 16th. day of August. 
 
 On Saturday His Excellency received a Packet from England 
 by way of N. York, with directions from Her Majesty to permit a 
 Trade with New-Spain, (stores of War, and goods prohibited by act 
 of Parliament only excepted,) and this Morning His Excellency in 
 Council has ordered a Proclamation to be published signifying Her 
 Majesties pleasure therein. M 
 
 Entred Outward bound William Ever ton, for Newfoundland; 
 James Gibsen for Leward Islands, Nicholas Parker and Walter Ogles- 
 by for Barbadoes. Coasters Inwards, Holt, Baker and Tapper from 
 Connecticut. Forreign Vessels Inward, Charles Bridgar from Cam- 
 peche: Permitted to Clear outwards Benjamin Pereman for Barba- 
 does. Coasters Outwards, Kingsbury, and Parker for Piscataqua, 
 Eliot & Smith for Connecticut. 
 
 Madera, May 8. By Letters from Lisbons of the 20. last Via 
 Salem, acquainted [various items of European war news]. 
 
 Two men of War and several Merchant Ships from England, 
 touched here, bound to the West-Indies. 
 
 Piscataqua June 29. On Monday Arriv'd Joseph Esman from 
 Topsam, about 8 weeks passage, he intends for Boston. 
 
 Rhode-Island June 30. There's Arriv'd here another Prize sent 
 in by Cap. Tongrelow a Brigantine of about 90 Tons, belonging to 
 Curaso, Taken a Trading with the Spaniards, her loading consists of 
 about 30 or 40 boxes of Steel, 102 double bars of Iron, a quantity of 
 Dutch Knives, 72 Barrels of Flower, 32 Beaves Hides, some Turto- 
 shell. On Tuesday Arriv'd the Sloop Charles from the Bay of Com- 
 peche belonging to Boston, brings News, that Cap. Sievens, who 
 was Captain of that Sloop that Tongrelow has now, who went on shore 
 with about 100 & odd men at the River of Chechopege, & was suppos'd 
 they were all cut off, are all alive and well at Laverdecrouse; They 
 took the Town they went to take, but staid too long in it, and so the 
 Country rose & took them all Prisoners, the Masters name I know 
 not, but the Sloop is gone for Boston. Here is one Pitts from South 
 Carolina, but brings no news. 
 
 New-York, June 26. Last Week arriv'd one Watkins, about 6 
 Weeks passage from the Bay of Hundoras, not any Boston Vessels 
 in the Bay when he came away. 
 
 Philadelphia, June 22. On the 18, arrived Capt. Harriot from 
 Barbadoes, who spoke with 6 Ships that came out of the Capes of 
 
 35 See News-Letter No. 12 post. 
 
 100 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 10, 1704 
 
 Virginia, 4 days after the Fleet Sail'd thence, on board of which was 
 Mr. Paxton, whom they spoke with. 
 
 Here is a Passenger come to Town, came from Bristol the latter 
 
 end of March to Virginia, gives an Account of 36 Bristol Ships, 
 
 all 3 7 outward bound to the West Indies &c. were all taken coming 
 out of the Chanel (without Convoy) by 6 Privateers, who set on Shore 
 most of the Prisoners in England. 
 
 advertisements 
 
 A T Col. Francis Foxcroft, Merchant, his Ware-house upon the 
 ■*■ *-Dock in Boston, there's a parcel of Spanish and Swedes Iron 
 to be Sold. 
 
 "O An-away from his Master, Seth Sweetzer of Charlstown, in New- 
 *^-England, August 15. 1703. A Young man, named John Logen, 
 about 19 years of Age, of a middle stature, black hair, by occupation 
 a Taylor: He's said to be gone to Long-Island, thence to Pensil- 
 vania: Whoever shall take him up, and convey him safe to his 
 above-said Master, shall have Four Pounds reward. 
 
 ' I A Here is now in the Press, and will speedily be Published: The 
 -*• Arraignment: Tryal and Condemnation of Capt. John Quelch, 
 and others of his Company &c. For sundry Piracies, Robberies 
 and Murder, committed upon the Subjects of the King of Portugal, 
 Her Majesties Allie, on the Coast of Brazil, &c. Who upon full Evi- 
 dence were found Guilty, at the Court-House in Boston, on the 13th. 
 of June 1704. With the Arguments of the Queen's Council, and 
 Council for the Prisoners, upon the Act for the more effectual Sup- 
 pression of Piracy. With an account of the Ages of the several 
 Prisoners, and the Places where they were Born. Sold by Nich. 
 Boone, near the Old-Church. 
 
 [Reprinted: the News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 5.] 
 
 1R. j£, mumb. 12. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDoit&ag July 3. to flDottDap. July 10. 1704. 
 NY— as 
 
 TTNCIDENTS of the visit of the Duke Charles of Austria, aspirant 
 lAto the throne of Spain, to Holland and England in December, 
 
 36 Figures blotted out with a pen in the copy in the file of the Massachu- 
 setts Historical Society. 
 
 37 This word, all, also blotted out. 
 
 101 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 10, 1704 
 
 1703 and January,l703-1704, are fully recorded in the two columns of 
 the first page of this issue under date of Hague, January 4, 1704 
 and London, December 30, 1703. From Milan, Vienna and other 
 places on the continent is December news of the war in Poland 
 and the recognition of the Duke Charles for king of Spain. Gover- 
 nor Dudley's proclamation for permitting a trade to the Spanish 
 West-Indies, is given with the domestic news.] 
 
 Piscataqua, July, 6. On Tuesday last eight Indians were seen 
 at York, who had almost Surpriz'd one Shaw, that was at some 
 distance from the Garrison: The Indians were within Pistol Shot, 
 and might have kill'd him, but striving still to surround & take him 
 alive, (as supposed for Intelligence) he by that means, being a nimble 
 active man, made his escape. Capt. Heath & Lieutenant March 
 immediately went in pursuit of them 6. or 7 Mils, but no discovery. 
 
 By His Excellency, Joseph Dudley Esq. Captain General and 
 GOVERNOUR in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Provinces of 
 the Massachusetts-Bay and New-Hampshire in New- England, 
 and Vice- Admiral of the same. A PROCLAMATION, For Per- 
 miting a Trade to the Spanish West-Indies. 
 
 TTAving Received Her Majesties Commands of the Twenty third 
 ■■--*■ of February past, by the Right Honourable, the Earl of Notting- 
 ham Principal Secretary of State, To permit and Suffer Her Majesties 
 Subjects freely and openly to carry to any Place or Territory, under 
 the Dominion of Spain in America, all such Merchandizes and 
 Commodities, as might have been carryed thither before the War; 
 Provided there be not among them any Stores or Ammunition of 
 War: And likewise to Permit Her Majesties Subjects to bring from 
 the Spanish Dominions in America, any Merchandizes or Goods of 
 those Parts. 
 
 J" Do hereby Publish and make known the same; To the intent. 
 -*-That any of Her Majesties good Subjects desirous to use the said 
 Trade, Upon Application to Me made, may receive the necessary 
 Certificates and Instructions for their better safety and regulation 
 therein, Conform to Her Majesties said Commands. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston the third Day of July, 
 1704. In the Third Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady 
 ANNE, by the Grace of GOD, of England, Scotland, France 
 and Ireland QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 
 J. D UDLE Y. 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 On Wednesday, Samuel Walker, a Souldier belonging to the 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 10, 1704 
 
 Castle, being at Cambridge, and the day being very hot, went to Swim 
 in the River, was drowned. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, John Alien in Friendship for New- 
 foundland. Nathaniel Eliot in the Mary Ketch for Curaso. Entered 
 Inwards, Joseph Esman from Topsham, Pitts from Carolina, Wheeler 
 from Coratuck. Permitted to Clear Outwards, Love and Stevens 
 for Barbadoes, Coffin, Newcomb[,] Blague for Madera. Coasters 
 Inwards, Adolph, Schellinx and Nichols from New-York, Parker 
 from Piscataqua, Smallage from Rhode-Island Outward, Sands, 
 Walker for Rhode-Island, and Gardiner for Nantucket. 
 
 Philadelphia, June 29. Capt. Hamerton Arrived here in 17 days 
 from Barbadoes, says, That the men that Ran away with the Island 
 Briganteen, put the Capt. and some of the men that would not Joyn 
 with them, on board a Sloop they met at Sea, which was after taken 
 by the French and carried in to Martinico. Its supposed they are 
 gone with the Briganteen for the Red-Sea. 
 
 New-York July 3. We have Advice from Madera, (by Cap. 
 Penniston) That two French Men of War Landed at Porte Sancto 
 near that Island, & committed some spoil, but in a short time were 
 repelled with considerable loss. 
 
 That a Swedes Ship, Commanded by Pickering, an Irishman, who 
 was bound to Cadiz, was forced into Faro in Portugal, where lay a 
 Small English Frigot, whom Pickering resisted, until he had lost 60 
 men out of 80, which was his complement, & then was taken by the 
 Frigot, & sent to Engl, a Prisoner, Pickering pretended he was bound 
 to Genoa. 
 
 They write from Madera that the difference between the Em- 
 peror & the Hungarians are accomodated. 
 
 On 29 June last arrived here one Collier from Fyall in 8 weeks, 
 Letters by him from London of 29 February say, our Ships bound 
 hither would Sail with the Barbados Convoy, but the time of Sailing 
 not assign'd. 
 
 Our Assembly is Adjourn'd to the 2 day of October next. 
 
 H&verttsements 
 
 A Farm to be Sold containing 430 Acres lying between Woodcocks 
 & Seaconk alias Rehoboth, butting upon the Road by the 7 mile 
 River, well wooded & watered with fresh Meadow suitable to said 
 Farm being about 5 miles from Mr. Jinks' s Iron Works of Providence. 
 If any person has a mind to purchase said Farm, they may discourse 
 Mr. Gedion Crawfurd of Providence concerning it, who has power to 
 dispose of the same upon reasonable terms. 
 
 103 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 17, 1704 
 
 [Reprinted: the News-Letter advertisement, as first printed in the 
 issue of June 5.] 
 
 •jr, jg, TRurnb. 13. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From fl!>0n&as July 10. to /IDOItDag July 17. 1704. 
 
 M H-AS-NY 
 
 ["XJEARLY three-fourths of this number is occupied by foreign 
 1 1^1 matter, which comprizes: under dates Westminister, Decem- 
 ber 20 and 23 , 1703 , addresses of the two houses of Parliament to 
 the queen; under January dates, the queen's order governing the 
 conduct of theatres, and a speech to Parliament; and general Euro- 
 pean items. Titles of acts passed by the General Court, are included 
 in the domestic news.] 
 
 Boston, July 17. Sundry Acts passed the 28th. of June, by the Great 
 and General Court or Assembly of Her Majesties Province of the 
 Massachusetts-Bay in New-England: Begun and Held at Boston, 
 upon Wednesday the 31st. o/May, 1704. 
 
 An Act directing that the Militia of the Frontiers be provided with 
 Snow Shoes, &c. 
 
 An Act of Priviledge to the Members of the General Assembly 
 and Judges of Assize. 
 
 An Act for removing the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, and 
 Inferiour Court of Pleas from Wells to York. 
 
 An Act in further Addition to the Act for Levying Souldiers, &c. 
 
 An Act of Continuation of several Acts therein mentioned that 
 are near expiring, viz. An Act to prevent the deserting the Frontiers 
 of this Province. The Paragraph, In addition to the Act , for Levying 
 Souldiers, &c. The Act Entituled, An Act, Granting unto Her Majesty 
 an Excise upon Wines, Liquors and Strong Drink Sold by Retail . 
 The Act for Granting unto Her Majesty several Rates and Duties of 
 Impost and Tunnage of Shipping. 
 
 An Act for Granting unto Her Majesty a Tax upon Polls and Es- 
 tates of 226 13Z. 105. for payment of the Publick Debts already con- 
 tracted, and for defreying the growing Charge of the War, &c. 
 
 An Act for punishing Officers and Souldiers, retained in Her Majes- 
 ties Service, and under pay. 
 
 Portsmouth April 27. Yesterday arrived here the Centurion 
 Man of War, Capt. Hern Commander, from N. England, with the 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 17, 1704 
 
 Mast-Ship and Merchant-men under his Convoy, who as soon as 
 he made Scylla with the Fleet, a Privateer of 24 Guns came within 
 two miles of them: but seeing the Man of War, he tack't and stood 
 away: The Centurion Chas'd him 3 hours, and came so near him, 
 that the Privateer was forced to throw his Guns Overboard to lighten 
 his Ship for Sailing; a Fog coming on, the Man of War was necessitated 
 to desist his pursuing, for fear of losing the Fleet; Capt. Thomas 
 that Sailed from New-England before the Fleet, is taken by the 
 French, and carried into Genoua. 
 
 Boston, Capt. Jenkins came out in Company with a Fleet of about 
 200 Sail, under Convoy of Sir Cloudsly Shovel; There being 30 Men 
 of War, 6 whereof were bound to the West-Indies with some of the 
 Fleet, some Men of War, and another part of the Merchant men bound 
 to Portugal; The Men of War immediately to return, and join Sir 
 Cloudsly, who is to Guard the Channel, Capt. Pitts and Capt. Miles 
 both bound hither, came out in Company. 
 
 On Fryday last, There was a great Thunder Shower of Rain, 
 together with great Hail stones. 
 
 On Wednesday 19th Instant, There is Holden a Court of Admir- 
 alty at Newport on Rhode-Island, by the Honorable Nathaniel 
 By field Esq. Judge of the Court, and other the Officers of the said 
 Court, Dependent on the Vice-Admiralty of His Excellency the 
 Governour of these Provinces, and Vice- Admiral of the same; and 
 particularly of Rhode-Island, and Providence- Plantation, Pursuant 
 to Her Majesties late Commands sent to the said Government of 
 Rhode-Island, which it is not doubted will be now obeyed there. 
 
 Outward Bound, Bryan Smith for Lisbom: Capt. John Ellery 
 and Samuel Ernes for Barbadoes: Stephen Codman for Pensilvania, 
 Abraham Hill for Antigua, Richard Ingersol for Newfoundland, 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Samuel Prince and Nathaniel Lorring 
 from Connecticut. Cleared Outwards Ebenezer Dearby for West- 
 Jersey, Thomas Lathrop, John Lathrop and Ichabod Tapper for Conn- 
 ecticut, Anthonie Bracket, Joseph Flood and John Jackson for Piscata- 
 qua: Dirick Adolp for New -York. Forreign Entered Inwards. 
 Richard Smith from Bristol, James Cauley, Abraham Gording, from 
 Fyall, John Jenkins in the Eagle Gaily from London. Forreign 
 permitted to clear Outwards, John Snapes for Newfoundland, Nath- 
 aniel Harris for Antigua, Andrew Elson for Lisbom, John Tucker 
 for North Carolina, Nicholas Parker for Barbadoes. 
 
 Capt. Miles Arrived Yesterday from London. 
 
 New-York, July 10. Capt. Davison Sail'd for London on Thursday 
 last. His Excellency has Adjourn'd the Assembly of New-Jersy 
 
 105 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 24, 1704 
 
 to the 4th of September next. Dr. John Bridges our Chief Justice 
 dy'd on Thursday last. 
 
 a&verttsement 
 
 THere is a Negro man taken up supposed to be Run-away from 
 his Master; he said he was a free Negro, and lived at Bristol, 
 but upon being sent to Prison, he owned he was a Servant and made 
 his escape from his Master Matthew Howard at Seaconet, about 5 
 Weeks ago: he is a Lusty Fellow, says his name is George; upon paying 
 the Post-master for this Advertisement the owner may be informed 
 where he is, and also upon paying the charge and reward for taking 
 him up, may have said Negro again. 
 
 TO, j£, IRumb. 14. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /iDon&as Juty 17 - to ABonfcaE J ul y 24 - 1704 - 
 
 M H— AS— NY 
 
 r/TpHIS issue is a full sheet folio. The first two pages and more 
 I X than half of the third page are taken up, under date West- 
 L minister, January 17, 1703/4, by the "Humble Representation" 
 of the English peers presented to the queen upon occasion of an 
 Address to her majesty by the commons, Dec. 23, "by which the House 
 of Lords is charged with the Violation of Your Royal Prerogative, 
 and of the known Laws of the Land; with wresting persons sus- 
 pected of Treasonable Practices, and taken into Custody by Messen- 
 gers out of Your Majesties Hands, without Your leave or knowledge, 
 and in a most extraordinary manner taking the examination of them 
 solely to themselves, whereby a due enquiry into the evil practices 
 and designs against Your Majesties Person and Government might 
 in great measure be obstructed." Other foreign items are mixed 
 with the domestic news occupying the remainder of the space. The 
 domestic news, of larger importance than usual, includes a vivid tale 
 of the sea; the arrival of an express briganteen sent by Col. Church, 
 commander of the colonial forces, from Port Royal with letters to the 
 governor; and the sailing of an express sloop for England with an 
 account of the Cjuelch affair for the queen, and two prisoners 
 charged with being accessories.] 
 
 Boston, On the first of March last, Sailed from hence, John J amies 
 in the Sloop Henrietta, bound for Barbadoes, and in the Latitude of 
 30. about 180 leagues to the Eastward of Cape Cod, he met with three 
 French Ships, Letter of Mart men from Martinico, bound for Bilboa 
 for Convoy: The Commadore had 20 Guns, one 16, the other 12. 
 Guns: It being Calm, they took the Sloop with two of their Boats, 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 24, 1704 
 
 the Master and two men they carried with them Prisoners; and put 
 five French men on board the Sloop, leaving only Noah Champney 
 the Mate, and the Boy on Board, and ordered them to make the 
 best of their way to Vego; and meeting with contrary Winds, in the 
 Latitude of 38, about 190 Leagues to the Eastward of Traseras, they 
 thought fit to alter their Course, and go for Cadiz. The French men 
 all along used the Mate and Boy very hardly and barbarously, making 
 each of them steer 4 hours at a time by turns, scarcely suffering 
 them to sleep, beating them with Ropes ends, almost starv'd with 
 cold for want of Cloaths, having taken all their Cloaths from them, 
 and allowing them no Beds to lie upon: which severe hard usage 
 made their life burthensome, and put Mr. Champney on thinking how 
 to redress themselves, and discoursing the Boy, they agreed to watch 
 an opportunity to knock the French men on the Head, and relieve 
 themselves out of their misery. Therefore on or about the 22d. 
 of April last, about three of the Clock in the Afternoon, 4 of the French 
 men being in the Cabbin, and the 5th upon Deck: The Boy at the 
 Helm a Steering, it being Mr. Champney' s turn to sleep, he lay in the 
 warm Sun upon Deck, but could not sleep : The French man upon 
 Deck going to draw a Bucket of Water, Champney started up, and 
 took an Ax and knock'd him in the head, and threw him Overboard, 
 the French man rose again and cry'd Mondieu, at the noise of which, 
 the Captain came out of the Cabbin and one more, storm'd and 
 stampt, whereupon Mr. Champney at the Captain with his Ax gave 
 him a blow and fel'd him ; then ran to the other and gave him a blow 
 also, and fel'd him. The other two French men were about to come 
 out of the Cabbin, & Mr. Champney charged them not to come up, 
 else he'd knock 'em on the head also, upn which they cryed out for 
 Quarter, and so he ordered them to abide in the Cabbin & ordered 
 the Boy to go and spike up the door, and the Boy returning from the 
 Cabbin, one of the French men before knock'd down was getting up 
 again, Champney ordered the Boy to give him a blow with the Ax, 
 and then they threw both of them Overboard, and shap'd their 
 Course for New-England: They kept the two French men in the 
 Cabbin till night, and then let them out: they being illiterate fellows 
 and no Artists, made Champney secure of fearing any hurt from them, 
 knowing they kill'd him, themselves must perish. On the 26th of 
 June he met a Briganteen from London, bound for Philadelphia, 
 Nathaniel Pugle Master, in the Latitude of 40, and exchanged a 
 French man for an English-man. And on Monday last, off of the 
 Isles of Sholes he was Chased by Captain Gallop (in a Briganteen 
 from Port-Royal with Advice from our Forces) whom he took to be 
 a French-man, which put him in a great consternation what to do; 
 he threw Overboard all the French-mens Cloaths, Papers, and what 
 
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 else belonged to them, for his own self defence, fearing he should 
 be taken and discovered; whilst Mr. Champney went to the Cabbin, 
 to throw over the Cloaths, &c. The Boy knockt the surviving French- 
 man on the head and threw him Overboard. And on Wednesday 
 last they Arrived at Boston. 
 
 On Wednesday last arrived here Captain Gallop, in a Briganteen 
 sent Express by Colonel Church, Commander in Chief of our Forces 
 from Port-Royal, with Letters to His Excellency of the 7th Currant, 
 acquainting him of their having laid waste and destroyed about 60 
 Houses in Menis; about 6 Mills, a great many fine Barns, kill'd a great 
 number of Cattle, done some damage to their Damms that kept the 
 Sea from overflowing their Corn, rooted up their Corn, kill'd some 
 French and Indians, with the loss of two of our men, viz. Lieutenant 
 Joshua Barker, of the Colonels Company, and Sergeant Briggs of 
 Capt Haradines Company. We have also taken a Sloop who had on 
 Board 6 of our Captives, who hired her to come to Boston, &c. Captain 
 Gallop brought 45 French Prisoners in the said Briganteen. 
 
 Captain Cary Sailed on Saturday last, in the Express Sloop for 
 England, with an Account of Capt. Quelch and Company's Tryal, &c. 
 who carries with him Capt. Thomas Larimore and Joseph Wells 
 Lieutenant (mentioned in our Numb. 9 Print, as Accessaries in en- 
 deavouring to cary off the 7 Pirates then taken) as Prisoners to the 
 Queen: He carries also with him three Evidences of their Crime 
 committed. 38 
 
 Mr. Thomas Weld, a pious Youth, Son to the Reverend Mr. Thomas 
 Weld, Minister of Dunstable, who took his Second Degree at Cam- 
 bridge on the 5th Instant, Sickened on the Fryday following, Dyed 
 the 2\st Currant at Brantrey, and Buried at Roxbury the 22d. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Thomas Meirs for Suranam, and Nehe- 
 miah Partridge for Barbadoes. Coasters inwards, Joseph Breed 
 from Piscataqua, and Joseph Lewis from Saybrook. Outward, 
 Samuel Prince for Fairfield, William Rhodes for New Haven, and 
 Benjamin Flood for Piscataqua. Forreign Inwards, Stephen Payne 
 from Madera, and Captain James Pitts, in the David and Joseph 
 from Falmouth. Permitted to clear Outwards, John Welsh, in Sea 
 flower Sloop for England. 
 
 38 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 394. 
 For detailed account of the Quelch affair, including parts of the News-Letter 
 paragraphs relating to it in Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ante, 63, 66 post, see Notes, 
 Province Laws, Vol. VIII, pp. 386-397. Also see paper by Ahner C. Goodell, 
 (then editor of the Province Laws and maker of the Notes in Vol. VIII) . 
 "Captain Quelch, the Pirate," comprising extracts from his Province Laws 
 Notes, in Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Vol. Ill, pp. 
 71-77. 
 
 108 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 31, 1704 
 
 Philadelphia, July 13. Last night Arriv'd Isaac Waterman from 
 Maryland, came a Passenger in the Sloop Amity of this place Alexan- 
 der Alpin Master from Barbadoes, but Arriv'd in Maryland, who about 
 5 Weeks ago in Lat. 32. 20. was taken by the Duke of Orleance, 
 Delavil Hitchet: Commander, a French Privateer of 36. Guns, 170 
 men, belongs to St. Malaos, came in her Ballast from the Havana; 
 They told the People of the Sloop, That they designed to Cruse for 
 about Six Weeks between Cape Hatteras and Cape Cod. And also 
 said, That another Ship of 40 odd Guns, was to Sail in a few days 
 after them and do the same. Capt. Alpin ransomed the Sloop for 
 800 I. Sterling: His Mate Philip Morys left on board in Hostage 
 till said Money is paid ; many of the Privateers men spoke very good 
 English, and suppose them to be Irish. 
 
 New-York July 17th. On the 11. instant Moor Darril Master, 
 in a Sloop from Curaso Arriv'd here in about a Months passage, in 
 whom came Capt. Bay who last Spring Sail'd from Piscataqua bound 
 to Barbadoes, and was taken on the 3d of March last in sight of 
 Barbadoes by young Laroux a French man, who carryed him in to 
 Martinico, and stole him thence to St. Thomas's, from whence he 
 got to Curaso, and so hither, and is now bound for Boston. 
 
 His Excellency has been pleased to appoint Roger Mompesson 
 Esq. Chief Justice of this Province to the general Satisfaction of it. 
 A Sloop Andrew Law Master is put up for London 
 
 H&vertisement. 
 
 [Reprinted: the News- Letter advertisement, as first in June 5.] 
 
 •JR. jg. "Rumb. 15. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /B5on&aE July 24. to flDon&ag July 31. 1704. 
 M h— as— NY 
 
 1""0 ETURN to the half sheet folio is made with this issue. Foreign 
 | J\ matter occupies the first page and a quarter of the second ; 
 "- mainly, under date St. James February 21, composed of loyal 
 addresses to the queen from Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Sterling. The 
 domestic news is again of unusual importance, embracing a pro- 
 clamation of Governor Dudley "with respect to the circulation of 
 counterfeit bills of credit on the Province;" record of the arrest of a 
 band of counterfeiters and seizure of their plate and press; report 
 from Marshfield of the death of Peregrine White, "the first English- 
 man born in New-England;" reports from New York of movements to 
 strengthen the frontiers; and story of an expedition from South 
 
 109 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 31, 1704 
 Carolina for Cuba and its defeat in a sea fight with a Spanish Ship.] 
 
 By His Excellency Joseph Dudley Esq. Captain General and 
 Governour in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Province of the 
 Massachusetts Bay in New England. 
 
 A PROCLAMATION 39 
 w m THERE AS it's manifest, That some evil minded Persons, de- 
 W signing to Cheat and Cousen Her Majesties good Subjects, have 
 attempted to Counterfeit the Twenty Shilling Bill of Credit on this 
 Province, 
 
 For the better Detecting of which wicked practice, and to prevent 
 Loss and Damage to Her Majesties good Subjects, by taking any of the 
 said false Bills, 
 
 I Have thought fit, by and with the Advice of Her Majesties 
 Council, to Notify all Her Majesties good Subjects, of the Deceit 
 and Cousenage afore mentioned, That they may not be Imposed 
 on thereby; And to Require all Persons, having any of the Twenty 
 Shilling Bills of Credit in their hands, to offer the same to the View and 
 Examination of the Commissioners that signed the Bills, or one of 
 them; who will be present and attend at the Council Chamber in 
 Boston, for that purpose, upon Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 
 weekly, until the last day of August next, Viz. on Tuesday's and 
 Saturday's from Eleven to One of the Clock, and on Thursday's from 
 three to five of the Clock afternoon ; And will give them Assurance of 
 their Bills being either good or forged. 
 
 And forasmuch as there must necessarily be a Combination of 
 divers Persons in the said wicked Design of Forgery and Deceit; 
 whosoever therefor shall make discovery of them so as to convict the 
 Contrivers and Actors thereof, or any of them, the Person or Persons 
 making such discovery, although themselves have been concerned 
 therein, shall not only receive an Indemnity from any punishment, 
 but also a Reward of Fifty Pounds, to be ordered and paid them out 
 of the Publick Treasury. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston the 24*& of July 1704. In 
 the Third Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lady ANNE, by the 
 Grace of GOD of England, Scotland, France and Ireland QUEEN, 
 Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 
 By Order of the Gover- /. DUDLEY. 
 
 nour and Council. 
 Isaac Addington Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 39 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 431. 
 See News-Letter Nos. 17, 57, 59, 60, 61, 82 (1705) post. 
 
 110 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 31, 1704 
 
 Boston. Several Persons that were Actors and Contrivers in 
 attempting to Counterfeit the 205. Bills of Credit on this Province, 
 Thereby to Cheat and Cousen Her Majesties good Subjects, are now 
 in Prison, viz. Peregrine White and Benoni White, Black-Smiths, 
 John Brewer Carpenter, and Daniel Amos Wine-cooper. By the 
 Examination taken, it do's not appear that there has been the value 
 of One hundred Pounds of the said Counterfeit Bills made or Issued. 
 And their Plate & Press is Seized, which it's hoped will put a full 
 stop to the further progress of that wicked practice. 
 
 Thomas Odell one of the principal Actors in that Villany & Cou- 
 senage, and also Infamous for his making & uttering of base Money, 
 absconds and is fled from Justice ; Whosoever shall discover and cause 
 him to be apprehended that he may be brought to answer for his 
 Crimes aforesaid, will be well rewarded for his pains. And 'tis said 
 the greatest loss in this matter will fall upon N Hampshire in case 
 the said Odell be not taken, he having carryed most of his Counter- 
 feit Bills into that Province. 4 ° 
 
 Entred Outward bound Capt. Jenkins for London, Smith for 
 Bristol. Coasters Inwards, Sanders, Starkie from N. Carolina, 
 Curtise, Lathrop, Connecticut, Gardiner, Nantucket, Degrose, N. York. 
 Outwards, Paynter, Ireland, Wilson, Clarke, Lewis, Hall and Loring 
 for Connecticut. Schellinx, Gravenraet, N-York. Forreign Inwards, 
 Wilkins from St. Christophers. Permitted to clear Outwards, Alden 
 & Ever ton, for N-Foundland, Sergeant, Barbadoes, Armitage, Antigua, 
 Calley and Chamberlin for Fyall. 
 
 Marshfield, July, 22. Capt. Peregrine White of this Town, Aged 
 Eighty three years, and Eight Months; died the 20th Instant. He 
 was vigorous and of a comly Aspct to the last; Was the Son of 
 Mr. William White and Susanna his Wife; born on board the May 
 flower, Capt. Jones Commander, in Cape Cod Harbour, November, 
 1620, was the First Englishman born in New-England. Altho' 
 he was in the former part of his Life extravagant; yet was much 
 Reform'd in his last years; and died hopefully. 
 
 New-York, July 24. On the 19th. His Excellency Sailed from 
 hence for Albany, and carried Forces with him to strengthen the 
 Frontiers, and more will follow in a few days. On the 22d. The 
 Rd. Mr. Mott, Chaplain to the Forces here died. On same day arrived 
 James Cebro in 21 days from Jamaica says 3 Men of War, & 13 Mer- 
 chant men were arrived there from England, and that the homeward 
 bound Fleet for London would Sail the 6th. Instant under Convoy 
 
 40 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes , in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 431. 
 See News-Letter Nos. 17, 57, 59, 60, 61, 82 (1705) post. 
 
 Ill 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 7, 1704 
 
 of 3 men of War. On said Day arrived Cap. Aarian Clover, Com- 
 mander of a Dutch Privateer of 18 Guns, 120 men, fitted here and 
 Sailed in the Spring, brought in two Spanish Prizes a Setty and a 
 Sloop, on board of which are 100 Pipes of Canary-Brandy, 30 Pipes 
 of Palm- Wine, 900 Jarrs of Oyl, 124 Bayls of dry Goods and Silks, 
 30 Slaves Negroes and Indians, &c. Which they took upon the 
 Coast of New-Spain. 
 
 Rhode-Island, July 28. Capt. Richard Simmes in the Briganteen 
 Katty, burthen 90 Tuns, Sails for London in about three weeks. 
 
 Philadelphia, July 20. Letters from S. Carolina acquaint us that 
 the Latter end of May, That Province fitted out a Sloop and a Gaily 
 with 70 stout men well arm'd with Ammunition, and some Merchants 
 at Charlestown fitted out another small Sloop with 45 men, the two 
 Sloops Commanded by Capt. Cock, and Capt. Williams, designed 
 for the coast of Cuba. Capt. Williams first Sail'd, and came up with 
 a Spanish Ship from old Spain of 20 Guns and 16 Patteraroes; after 
 some Debate boarded her, but found her very hot; They set her 
 quarter on fire, then put off fearing they should burn with her, but 
 the Spaniards put the fire out; after which they boarded her again, 
 Whereupon the Spaniards on the Fore-castle cry'd quarter, but the 
 Spanish Captain seeing but few enter with Capt. Williams, and seeing 
 many dead and wounded men on the Sloops Deck, took courage and 
 renewed the fight, and beat them off. Capt. Williams had 6 or 8 
 men killed and 12 wounded : They guess the Ship to be worth 50000/. 
 The other Sloop and Galley not returned. 
 
 [No advertisements in this number.] 
 
 HI. £. mumb. 16. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOft&aS July 31. to /IDon&aE August 7. 1704. 
 
 M H— AS— NY 
 
 jTT^OREIGN matter fills the first page and breaks into the second: 
 £ J. a London item covers the celebration of the queen's birthday 
 (in the preceding February) when "Her Majesty received the 
 usual Compliments from the Nobility, the Foreign Ministers, and other 
 Persons of Quality of both Sexes; and there was a very great and 
 splendid Appearance at Court." The domestic news is again im- 
 portant. Its principal feature is the account which is given by 
 Colonel Church concerning the operations of the forces placed under 
 
 112 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 7, 1704 
 
 his command in the expedition eastward, conducted against the 
 French and Indians; and there is a repoit of an assault of the 
 enemy on Lancaster. Other paragraphs cover reports of sea con- 
 flicts with privateers.] 
 
 Boston, By Letters to His Excellency of the 28. of July last, 
 from Col. Church Commander in Chief of our Forces then at Mount 
 Desert, acquainted, That on the 7 of July he with the Forces Landed 
 again at Minis, burnt the remainder of the standing Fence and 
 Houses, kiL'd about 70 head of Cattel, besides Sheep and Hogs, 
 cut down all their Damns, and Corn, destroyed their Gardens. The 
 Col. and 300 men went to the upper River about 6 Leagues thence, 
 called Peiaygit, where he burnt about 40 Houses, besides Out-houses, 
 destroyed a great deal of Corn and Cattel ; had a small Skirmish with 
 the Enemy, wherein we had two Indians wounded. Our Prisoners 
 report that a Boston Privateer took the Canada Magazin, at {La 
 Bays Verte) to say the Green Bay, which is in Canada River, but 
 3 Leagues from Syconecto Church. The \7th Our Forces return'd 
 from Syconecto. The Inhabitants being fled, met only with empty 
 Houses to the number of 40, which we burnt, and kill'd above 200 
 head of Cattel, a great many Sheep and Hogs; a small party of 
 the Enemy appeared behind a Fence, who fired briskly on our men, 
 but were soon repulsed and beat off with some loss. On the 24. 
 We came to Passamiquadi and met with Monsieur D. Amboise his 
 Wife and Children, who says, That Chartiers his Wife and Children 
 and two more that run from us here, and all the Indians fled to Canada 
 as soon as we were gone, only and [an] old Indian and a Boy. On 
 28. we Arrived at Mount Desert, met one of our Vessels, one Carr 
 Master, who acquaints, That wanting Firewood, near Machias, 
 sent his boat on shoar with 4 men well arm'd, who contrary to their 
 orders, went to a wrong place, Guns were heard go off, on which 
 the Sloop hail'd in to the Shoar, found the Boat sunk, and one Sargent 
 dead, whom they brought off, the other three not found, and whither 
 kill'd or Captivated not known. There is brought to Boston about 
 24 Prisoners. 
 
 On Monday Morning past, The Enemy French and Indians, fell 
 in upon Lancester, about some four hundred of them, assaulted 
 Six Garrisons at once, where the People defended themselves very 
 well; until assistance came in from all parts by the Governour's 
 Order, so that in the Evening, there were three hundred men in the 
 Town, And the Enemy was beatten off with loss, but are yet hovering 
 on the head of those Towns, to make some further Impression, if not 
 prevented. 
 
 On Fryday the 4th. Currant, arrived here Thomas Jones, Master 
 
 113 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 7, 1704 
 
 of a Pink, burthen about 80 Tuns, being a French Prize taken by 
 Capt. Benjamin Gillam in his Voyage from Barbadoes to London, 
 in the Latitude of 48 about 350 Leagues to the Westward of Silly, 
 has on Board about 40 Tuns of Salt, was bound for New-found land. 
 Entered Outwards, Walker for Barbadoes, Carey for New-found 
 land, Blew for Montserrat, and Shute for St. Christophers. Coasters 
 Inwards, Amazone from Piscataqua, and Blin from Guilford. Coast- 
 ers Outwards, Odiorne and Bracket for Piscataqua. Forreign In- 
 wards, Collard from Antigua. Permitted to clear Outwards, Ernes 
 and Bennet for Barbadoes, Hill for Antigua, Sanders for Roanock, 
 Balch for New-found-land, Eliot for Curaso. 
 
 New-London, Aug. 3. Yesterday His Honour our Governour went 
 in his Pinnace to Hartford, we are much alarmed by reason of a 
 very great Ship and two Sloops said to be seen at Block-Island, and 
 supposed to be French. 
 
 Philadelphia, July 27. "On the 22d arriv'd Capt. Wanton in a 
 Briganteen about 22 days Passage from Antigua, came out in Com- 
 pany with 6 Sail bound for Bristol, Collard for Boston, one Pasco 
 for N- York, on 23d. dyed Mr. John Bewlo our Collector, and is 
 succeeded by Mr. John Moor. 
 
 Amboy, June 29. On Wednesday last by an Express from Mon- 
 mouth sent to His Excellency my Lord Cornbury, we were informed 
 of a French Privateer that lay at Sandy-hook, who the night before 
 had landed 24 men at Never sinks, & plundered two Houses; upon 
 which news Cap. Hamilton ordered a strict Watch to be kept here, 
 to prevent a surprise ; & on Thursday night several Gentlemen came 
 here, viz. Messeurs Philip French, Glencross, Gordon, Richards, & 
 Cap. Perkins, who were Passengers on Board of Cap. Sinclare that 
 came from London, & were that morning about 4 a Clock standing 
 along the side of the Hook when they saw this Privateer whom they 
 took to be an Outward bound Vessel from New-York. The Privateer 
 fired two shots at them, having English Colours out; Cap. Sinclare 
 endeavour'd to get from him and ran his Vessel on shore, but the 
 Wind prevented, a man upon Shore pull'd off his Shirt, & made 
 signs that the Privateer was a Rogue, upon which those Gentlemen 
 got in to the Boat and escap'd and took in Cap. Sinclare who was 
 extream ill, & landed at the Highlands of Neversinks where was a 
 strong Guard; his Mate staid on board with some of the Seamen en- 
 deavouring to get the Ship within the hook but could not, & so jumpt 
 into the water, he & Capt. Perkins's Son, and swam on Shore when 
 within Pistol Shot of the Privateer. 
 
 New York, July 31. On 20 Currant, Simon Pasco from Antigua 
 bound hither was taken by a French Privateer of 14 Guns, 120 men 
 
 114 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 7, 1704 
 
 off of the Capes of Delawar lat. 45. The Privateer belongs to Bour- 
 deaux, unloaded at Martinico, and there fitted out; Cap. Davy is 
 Commander, they took a Barrel of Sugar, and a Hogshead of Rum 
 out of the Sloop, her Guns and Arms, & then burnt her with all her 
 Loading ; notwithstanding Mr. Pasco offered 300 Pound for her Ran- 
 som; afterward said Privateer Chas'd Mr. Sandiford bound hither 
 from Carolina, who got into Sandy-hook before him. 
 
 On the 25. the Privateer came to an Anchor in Sandy-hook, and 
 there took Eleazar Darby in a Sloop from Boston bound to Philadel- 
 phia, next day they took a Wood Boat & two Slaves, and that night 
 gave Mr. Pasco and his men their liberty, who about ten a Clock 
 got up to N. York. 
 
 On the 27. early in the Morning the Privateer took Capt. Sinclare, 
 so soon as Mr. Pasco came with the News, the Gentlemen of Her 
 Majesties Council met and sent for Capt. Claver Commander of the 
 Dutch Privateer, and proposed to him to go out and take said Priva- 
 teer, at least to retake the Prize whom we judged to be Sinclare; 
 who offered his Service, and in two hours Sail'd with 150. men and 
 50 men on board his Sloop, and said day came up with the Privateer 
 and her Prize, but returned the 2&th without effecting any thing. 
 And on the 29th. Capt. Claver man'd off new again; Capt. Evertson 
 and Capt. Penniston in two good Sloops are gone well man'd a 
 second time in pursuit of the Privateer, 
 
 On the 30th Instant the Jersey Man of War arrived at Sandy-hook, 
 and 5 days before spoke with Capt. Puckle from London to Philadel- 
 phia; She also met a Sloop from Newfoundland bound hither, one 
 Martin Master, which they Seized, having prohibited Goods 
 on board. It's said the Jersey will Sail to morrow, who lyes at 
 Sandy-hook to recruit with Water, &c. 
 
 Piscataqua, Aug. 4. Here is an Embargo laid on all Outward 
 bound Vessels. Mr. Shortridge is Arrived from Fyall. 
 
 HDvertisement 
 
 THere is to be Sold a Still-House (about a Mile from New-York) 
 50 Foot long, and 22 Foot broad, with two good Copper Stills, 
 Head and Worms; one of said Stills containing about 140 Gallons, 
 the other about 100 Gallons. There is a very good Well, Pumps; 
 all the conveniences and Utensils necessary for said Still-House; 
 And a stout lusty Negro Man, who understands Stilling. If any 
 body have a mind to buy said Still-House, they may agree with Mr. 
 Augustus Lucas of said New-York upon reasonable Terms: they may 
 have an Inventory of all the things belonging to said Still-House, 
 
 115 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 14, 1704 
 
 and the buyer shall have all the Satisfaction he can desire about 
 the Stilling. 
 
 •jR, jg, iftumb. 17. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From ITDon&aE August 7. to /IDon&a? August 14. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 T \ CONSIDERABLE part of this issue is taken up with reports 
 | _/\from Milan, Vienna, Portsmouth, Zurich and other points, con- 
 ■■ cerning the war, and particularly in relation to carrying on 
 hostilities in Germany. The domestic news includes a procla- 
 mation by the governor for the apprehending of Thomas Odell, "a 
 chief contriver and actor" in counterfeiting a certain bill of credit on 
 the Province.] 
 
 Fyal, June 30: The Deptford & Lowstoff Men of War bound home 
 from Guinea, put in here ten days ago for Water; in their outward 
 bound Voyage by contrary Winds fell in amongst the Canary Islands, 
 and passing the Road of Sancta Crux the 13th of November last, 
 espied several Vessels, went in under French Colours and brought 
 out 5 Sail viz. 2 Galleons which they burnt off the Road, one Ship 
 they sent home Loaden with Canaries & Logwood; The other two 
 small vessels they carried with them, the one whereof was a Dutch 
 built Dogger, burthen about 90 Tuns, on board whereof they put 
 much of their Plunder & the Lowstoff's Stores. Which Said Dogger 
 ran away from them in the night, the 30th of November last, near 
 Cape DeVerd, having 6 Guns & 4 Patteraro's mounted. 
 
 Capt. Becilly in the Deptford Sail'd from this Road 6 days ago in 
 search of a French man who had lain 5 or 6 days off the Island,; and 
 the French man boarded him in the night, the Deptford pretending 
 to run from him, but finding his mistake got from him and run for it, 
 the Man of War being foul could not come up with him, but gaul'd 
 him so that he has left the Island, and several of his men ashore on 
 the Island of St. Georges. 
 
 The two Men of War will sail from hence to morrow with 5 Sail of 
 Merchant men under their Convoy. 
 
 Boston, Capt. Charles Stuckley, Commander of Her Majesties Ship 
 the Lowstoff has given an Account to His Excellency our Governour 
 of the said Dogger being run away with sundry of Her Majesties 
 Stores on board of her, by some of the Company belonging to the 
 
 116 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 14, 1704 
 
 Lowstoffe; the names of whom are as follow, viz. John Clark, Master, 
 married at New-York, Zachariah Camble, James Miller, and 7 others. 
 And has prayed His Excellency's Assistance to cause them to be 
 Apprehended, if they should happen to arrive within any part of his 
 Government: "Whereof notice is by His Excellency's Order hereby 
 given to all Her Majesties Loving Subjects; And to direct them to 
 seiz and secure the said Vessel and Company, or any of them, if so 
 be they may be found. 
 
 By His Excellency, Joseph Dudley Esq. Captain General and Gov- 
 ernour in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Province of the Massa- 
 chusets Bay, &c. in New-England. 
 
 A PROCLAMATION for the Apprehending 
 of Thomas Odell. 41 
 
 WHEREAS Thomas Odell, a chief Contriver and Actor in the 
 Counterfeiting of the Twenty Shilling Bill of Credit on this Prov- 
 ince, and in uttering of the same; As also violently Suspected of making 
 and uttering of base and counterfeit Money, or Coyn, is absconded and 
 concealed; notwithstanding Hue-en-cry's and Warrants have issued 
 to pursue after, and apprehend him, That he might be brought to 
 Answer for his said vile and wicked practices. 
 
 IHave therefore thought fit, with the Advice of Her Majesties Council, 
 to Issue this Proclamation hereby requiring all Officers, Civil and 
 Military, and all other Her Majesties Loving Subjects, to apprehend 
 and take into Custody the Body of the said Thomas Odell; withall 
 Declaring, That whosoever shall Seize the said 04ell, and render him 
 to Justice, shall have the Sum of Thirty Pounds as a reward therefore, 
 to be Ordered and paid out of the Publick Treasury. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston the Eighth Day of August, 
 1704. In the Third Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lady A N NE, 
 by the Grace of GOD of England, Scotland, France and Ireland 
 QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, &c. By Order of the Governour 
 and Council. 
 
 Isaac Addington Seer. /. D UDLE Y. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 The above-nam'd Odell is one of a middle Stature, slender & 
 streight Body, black hair, thin vissage, holding his head somewhat 
 on one side in his walk; who is known often to have changed his 
 
 41 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, pp. 431- 
 432. See News-Letter No. 15 ante, Nos. 57, 59, 60, 61, 82 (1705) post. 
 
 42 This memorandum was attached to the foregoing proclamation. 
 
 117 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 14, 1704 
 
 By Letters from Col. Partridge acquainted, That Capt. Allin & 
 his Company, in passing from Northampton to Westfield, to reinforce 
 Major Whiting, The Enemy from an Ambuscado fired upon their 
 Scouts, kill'd one man, & took two Prisoners, one whereof was 
 wounded: The Company hearing the Guns, immediately turned 
 out of the Road into the bushes, & had a small skirmish with the 
 Enemy, kill'd 2 Indians, rescued one of our Prisoners, & took 5 or 6 
 Guns, & 9 or 10 blankets from the Enemy. 43 
 
 On Thursday last, Col. Church Commander in Chief of our Forces 
 at the Eastward, arrived here with part of the Forces; the other 
 part at Piscataqua. 
 
 His Excellency, our Governour receiving Intelligence on Saturday 
 night by the Post from N- York of the French Privateer (who took 
 Capt. Sinclare mentioned in our last) his coming upon our Coast, 
 sent orders to Capt. Smith in the Gosport, and Capt. Southack in the 
 Province Gaily next morning to Sail in quest of said Privateer. 
 
 Entred Outwards, Mason for Curaso, Abbot for North-Carolina, 
 Blower for New found-land, Holland for Maryland, Bridger for 
 Antigua, & Evans for Madera. Coasters Inwards, Haughton from 
 Rhode-Island, Vaile from Pensilvania, Smith & Gilbert from Say- 
 brook. Coasters Outwards, De Grofe for New, York Codman & 
 Cornish for Pensilvania. Foreign Inwards, Webber from Antigua, 
 Price from Newfoundland & Buckley from Suranam. Permitted 
 to clear Outwards, Balston & Davis for Barbadoes, Cook for St 
 Christophers. 
 
 Philadelphia, August 3. Yesterday arrived here Capt. Puckle 
 from London about 14 weeks passage. 
 
 f' N-York, Aug 7. Yesterday our 3 Privateers return'd without 
 seeing or hearing of the French Privateer, at the same time came in a 
 Briganteen from Nevis, who on the last of July, 8 leagues off of 
 Sandyhook was taken by the French Privateer, & Ransomed for 
 400 1. St. Thomas Mony, & say that the Privateer is gone for Tarpolin 
 Cove, having sent Cap. Sinclare' Ship with 15 of his men to Martinico 
 two days after they took her. The Jersey Man of War Sail'd on 
 Thursday last, & returned last night with Cap. Jeffries from London, 
 & to morrow Sails again in pursuit of the French Privateer. Last 
 week arrived here two Sloops from St. Thomas's in one of which 
 came young Laroux, who is committed to Prison till His Excellency 
 returns from Albany, for acting in the French Service. 
 
 43 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 423. 
 
 118 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 21, 1704 
 
 New-London, Aug 9. On Thursday last marched from hence 
 Capt. John Livingston, with a brave Company of Volunteers English 
 & Indians, to reinforce the Frontiers. Mr. Jonas Clarke is arrived 
 from Boston. 
 
 Stonnington, Aug. 10. Here is a person apprehended & secured, 
 for putting several Cheats upon some persons, land supposed to be 
 Thomas Odell mentioned in the NewsPaper for Counterfeiting the 
 Massachusetts-Bays 20 5. bills of Credit. " 
 
 Rhode-Island, Aug. 11. Mr. Simmes in the Brigantine Katty 
 Sails for London with the first fair Wind. Capt. Whitehorn bound 
 there also wants men. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 *®°° / I A HE Life of Justification Opened: Or, A Treatise grounded 
 *®° -■- upon Gal 2. 11. Wherein the Orthodox Doctrine of Justifica- 
 tion by Faith, and Imputation of CHRIST'S Righteousness, is 
 clearly Expounded, Solidly Confirmed, and Learnedly Vindicated 
 from the various Objections of its Adversaries. Whereunto are 
 subjoyned some Arguments against Universal Redemption. By 
 that Faithful and Learned Servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Broun, 
 sometimes Minister of the Gospel at Wamfrey in Scotland: and 'Re- 
 commend by an Eminent Divine, Mr. Melchior Leydecker, Professor 
 of Divinity in the University of Utricht: As also well Approv'd of 
 by the Reverend Ministers of Boston in N-England. To be Sold 
 by Benjamin Eliot, at his Shop under the West End of the Town- 
 House in Boston: at a reasonable Price. 
 
 A Negro Man Slave to be Sold by Capt. Wentworih Paxton, and to 
 be seen at his House in Boston. 
 [Reprinted: still-house to be sold, as in August 7.] 
 
 1R, jg. TFlumb. 18. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From UDonftag August 14. to /IDOtl&ap August 21. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 T'T A HREE columns of this issue are given to the address of the 
 
 j X English house of commons to the queen concerning recent 
 
 actions of the house of lords and differences between those 
 
 44 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 432. 
 See News-Letter No. 15 ante, Nos. 57, 59, 60, 61, 82 (1705) post. 
 
 119. 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 21, 1704 
 
 two bodies. There is one column of domestic' news, including the 
 speech of Governor Dudley to the General Court, August 16.] 
 
 His Excellency JOSEPH DUDLEY Esq. Capt. General and Govern- 
 our in Chief in and over Her Majesties Province of the Massachetts- 
 Bay in N. England, &c. His SPEECH to the Honourable the Council 
 and Representatives in General Court Assembled at Boston August 
 16th. 1704. 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 Since your last recess, the Forces Eastward under Col. Church, 
 with the Assistance of Her Majesties Ships, have past thro' 
 all the Eastern parts of L'accadie and Nova-Scotia, and have burnt 
 and destroyed all the French Settlements except the Town of Port- 
 Royal: AndKill'd their Cattel,& broken their Dams; and have brought 
 home about 100 Prisoners, and a good Plunder: So that I am not 
 sensible there are five Houses left in any part of the French Settle- 
 ment out of sight of the Fort, or any manner of support for the Inhab- 
 itants; which was what we projected in the Spring. And the Forces 
 are returned and disbanded without the loss of any more than Six 
 men, for which we have all reason to render thanks to Almighty 
 GOD. 
 
 You are further sensible of the Inroad made upon us at Lancaster, 
 by about 300 French & Indians, where by the favour of GOD, we 
 were so ready for them that we have lost no Garison ; and our Forces 
 have press'd upon them so early and so diligently, that they are 
 Marcht off after a two Months Expedition, without any further 
 Triumph, Than that of three or four Children. And the Forces 
 there of about 300 men under Major Tailor were also yesterday 
 disbanded, saving what are necessary upon the Frontiers of Middle- 
 sex to Assist the Harvest. 
 
 I have also to Acquaint you, That we have lately discovered a 
 number of ill men, Coyners of Money, & Forgers of our Bills of Credit, 
 which are in Prison to answer; and tho' the Common Law will be 
 sufficient to Impower the Judges for their punishment, yet I shall 
 desire your Advice and Assistance for the prevention of such Villanies, 
 tending so much to the ruine of Trade and the Publick Credit of the 
 Government. 
 
 The Treasurers Accompts will be before you, & what is necessary 
 thereupon, your last Order for the supply of the Treasury was mis- 
 taken and ineffectual, which you will soon perceive and rectify, 
 That we may proceed in our payments. 
 
 I consider the season of the Year, & the necessity of my Putting 
 the Province of Main into a new posture upon the return of the 
 Forces from thence, & shall desire that three or four days may con- 
 clude this Session, the ordinary time of your meeting being so near. 
 
 120 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 28, 1704 
 
 The House of Representatives have Voted Thanks to be given to 
 Col. Church, Commander in Chief of the Forces in the Expedition 
 to the Eastward for his good Service. 
 
 On Saturday his Excellency Prorogu'd the General Assembly 
 to the 25th day of October next. 
 
 Outward bound, Lilly, Vibart & Wyar for Barbadoes, Price, 
 White & Hurst for N. foundland, Coasters Inwards, Parker, Patty 
 & Allin from Connecticut. Coasters outwards, Lathrop for Rhode- 
 Island, Abbot for N. Carolina, Church for Bristol. Foreign Inwards, 
 Rodes from Rhode-Island, Vial & Richards from Jamaica, Way 
 from Maryland. Forreign Outwards, Miris for Suranam & Gordin 
 for Fyall. Capt. Jacobs will Sail in eight days for Bristol. 
 
 N-York, Aug. 14. On the 12. His Excel, our Govr. arriv'd here 
 from Albany, which place with the rest of the Frontiers, he found in 
 a very good posture of Defence, and our Indians well affected to the 
 Government. 
 
 Philadelphia, Aug. 11. On Saturday last, Eleazar Darby arrived 
 at Salem, about 4 days before, The French Privateer gave him his 
 Sloop, after they plundered her of a great part of her Loading. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 A T Mr. John Mico Merchant, his Warehouse upon the Dock in 
 ■L*-Boston, There is to be Sold good Cordage of all sizes, from a 
 Spurn- Yarn to Cables of 13 inches, by whole-sail or Retail. 
 
 A Lusty Negro Man-Slave to be Sold by Thomas Palmer Esq. 
 and to be seen at his House in Boston. 
 A T Mr. Joseph Killer's House near the Mill-bridge in Boston, 
 ■*■ ^-There's good Fyall Wine to be Sold by the Pipe, Quarter Cask, 
 or smaller quantities, as also right Passado's and right Canary by 
 the Quarter Cask or smaller quantities, at reasonable prices. 
 
 1R, jg, 1Rumb. 19. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDottDap August 21. to /IDottDas August 28. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 l"/TAHE two columns on the first page, and half of the first column on 
 I J. the second page are rilled with foreign news. First, under 
 *■ date "St. James's February 7. 1703, 4," is an announcement of ' 
 grants to the poor clergy by the queen. Following this are news 
 paragraphs from Vienna, Hague and Frankfort chiefly relating to 
 military affairs in Italy and Holland. The declaration of the king 
 
 121 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 28, 1704 
 
 of Spain, Don Carlos III, against the duke of Anjou who was aspir- 
 ing to the throne is given in full and occupies nearly two columns.] 
 
 Jamaica, July 2d. Our Coast is often infested with French and 
 Spanish Privateers, who steal away our Negro's: And when we 
 meet them they pay dear for their Insolence. 
 
 Eighty French and Spaniards some few Months ago Landed at 
 St. Maries, on the North side of the Island, where Capt. Nathaniel 
 Brown's Company quartered, and he chanceing to be there at that 
 time; upon notice thereof, Immediately rallied together what men 
 he could get, being but Sixteen of his own Company, and as many 
 more of the Country, Marched towards them, Six tedious Miles 
 thro' the Woods, where our guides brought him within 50 yards of the 
 Enemy, before they discovered us: They had taken some Negro's 
 and were going off to their Gaily, when immediately Capt. Brown 
 gave them Battel, and kill'd 35 of them on the Spot, and took 4 
 Prisoners. The Remainder made their escape in their Gaily; and 
 Capt. Brown had but one man shot in the breast in all the Incounter. 
 Since which time they have made no attempt on that part of the 
 Island; for which good Service he had the Governour and Councel's 
 thanks. 
 
 We dayly expect a Fleet of Men of War, and some Land Forces from 
 England. 
 
 Some says, That Monsieur Decast is ordered to Attack this Island, 
 but we don't fear him. 
 
 Boston. An Act passed by the Great and General Court or As- 
 sembly, begun at Boston the 31th of May, 1704. and continued by 
 Prorogation unto Wednesday, the 16. of August Currant, Against 
 Counterfeiting the Bills of Credit of this Province. 
 
 On Thursday the 24th. The Weekly Lecture being turned into a 
 Fast at the -South-Meeting-house, at the close of the Forenoon's 
 Sermon, 45 broke out a Fire in the Anchor Tavern 4e (near the Old- 
 Meeting house) on the top of the Roof; occasioned by some unlucky 
 Boys, who carryed some Coals up to the Turret, to Fire off a Pistol; 
 which was by GOD'S good and signal Providence put out again, 
 otherwise had proved of fatal consequence. 
 
 The Gosport Man of War, and the Province Galley returned on the 
 26 Currant from their Cruise, could hear nothing of the French 
 Privateer. 
 
 Captain Smith in the Gosport Sails first fair Wind for Piscataqua. 
 
 45 See Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 115, under date August 
 
 46 The Blue Anchor tavern : on the present Washington Street, east side, 
 about where the building of the Globe newspaper stands. 
 
 122 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 4, 1704 
 
 Captain Jacobs for Bristol, will Sail in about a Fortnight. 
 
 Outward bound, Collard for Antegua, Welsh and Hobbs for N. 
 foundland, Homes for Barbadoes, Richards and Vial for Jamaica, 
 Parker for Pensilvania, Gilbert for 2V. Yorfe. Coasters Inwards, 
 Flood, Garner, Kingburry and Tupper from Piscataqua, Hilliard 
 N. Carolina, and Lothrop from Gillford. Outwards Rhodes for AT. 
 Haven. Forreign Inwards, Tew from Nevis, Carket from Jamaica, 
 Thwing from Suranam. Forreign outwards, Payne, Price and 
 Hire* for Nfoundland, Blew for Monserrat, and Mortimore for 
 J5ar6ado5. 
 
 Philadelphia, August 18. On the 16. Arrived Two Sloops from 
 .Aw*igtta, Says a Fleet was some time before Arrived from England, 
 with whom came the New General Sir. William Mathews. 
 
 On the 21. June last in Lat. 32.40. The Briganteen Society belonging 
 to Milford in Connecticut, Benjamin Andrews Master, bound for 
 Antigua, was taken by a French Privateer of 14. Guns and 100 & 
 odd men: The Master bought her for 500 pieces of Eight to be paid 
 at St. Thomas's, is gone himself hostage for the Money. 
 
 New-York, August 21. The Jersey man of War is returned from 
 his Cruise, She has been at Rhode-Island and Block-Island &c. but 
 could hear nothing of the French Privateer. His Excellency the 
 Lord Cornbury designs for his Government of New-Jearsey on Monday 
 next. Capt Law and Capt Jeffers are both bound for London. 
 
 HDverttsements. 
 
 [Reprinted: cordage for sale by John Mico, negro to be sold by 
 Thomas Palmer and wine for sale by Joseph Hiller, as in August 21 ; 
 Benjamin Eliot's announcement of sale of the Reverend John Brown's 
 work The Life of Justification Opened, as in August 14.] 
 
 1R. H5. 1Rumb. 20. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&a? August 28. to flDon&aE September 4. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 I"TT 7TTH the exception of three short domestic news items and a 
 J VV single advertisement the four columns of this issue are 
 filled with foreign news. First is the address from the clergy 
 of the convocation of York to the queen in February preceding, and 
 the queen's response. Then follows the address to the queen from 
 the archbishops, bishops and clergy of Ireland in national conven- 
 
 123 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 11, 1704 
 
 tion. As in preceding issues there are the customary reports of mili- 
 tary movements in letters of February and March from Paris, 
 Hague, Vienna and elsewhere.] 
 
 Boston, His Excellency our Governour went on Tuesday the 22d 
 of August for his Goverment of New-Hampshire, and returned on 
 Fryday the 1st Currant. 
 
 Entered Outward, Codman for Fyall, and Norris for Montserat. 
 Coasters Inwards, Adolph from New-York, Bracket from Piscataqua, 
 Loring from Saybronk. Coasters Outwards, Snell for Piscataqua, 
 Smith for Connecticut, Parker for Pensilvania, Gilbert and Patty 
 for New-York. Forreign Inwards, Tiler from Montserat, and Gardner 
 from Fyall. Forreign Outwards, Welsh, White and Hobbs, for 
 New-foundland, Rayner for Madera, and Capt. Ellery for Barbadoes. 
 
 Marblehead, Sept. 2. Arrived here on Thursday last the Arcana 
 Galley, [blank] Murffee Master, came from London about eight weeks 
 ago, but last from Plymouth about six weeks Passage. 
 
 HDverttsement 
 
 A Negro Man Slave to be Sold by Capt. Wentworth Paxton, and to 
 ■*■ *-be seen at his House in Boston. 
 
 1R. J£> Vlumb, 21. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOltOaB September 4. to flDottftag September 11. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 I" TN this issue are three and a half columns of foreign news. Letters 
 M from Rome, Hague, Ratisbon and Hamburg treat of the war, 
 and particularly of affairs in Poland. There is the address to 
 the queen, of the bishop, dean and chapter, and the clergy of the 
 diocese of Chester, thanking her majesty for the provision made for 
 the poor clergy; and also the address of the house of lords to the queen 
 in relation to settling the succession of the crown of Scotland upon the 
 Princess Sophia and her heirs Protestant. Only half a column is 
 devoted to domestic news, most interesting of which is the account 
 of the capture of a French vessel by a Maryland captain.] 
 
 Boston, Capt. Smith in Her Majesties Ship the Gosport will Sail 
 
 124 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 11, 1704 
 
 for England again on the 1st of October, with what Ships are ready 
 under his Convoy. 
 
 Entered Outward bound, Bucklin for Suranam, Peacock for Jamaica, 
 Pitts for Antigua, Mould and Perkins for Barbadoes. Coasters 
 Inwards, Walter & Tiller from New-York & Holt from Saybrook. 
 Coasters Outwards, Wyar & Jackson for Piscataqua, Snow and Allen 
 for Connecticut. Forreign Inwards, Tomlin from Compeche, Brown 
 from Madera, and Lanyon from North Carolina. Forreign Out- 
 wards, Holland for Maryland, Jacobs for Bristol, Selley for North- 
 Carolina, Wyar Dutch, and Lasenby for Barbadoes. 
 
 Philadelphia, August 29. By some Gentlemen arrived here last 
 Week from Maryland, we have the following Account, That some 
 few days before they came away, one Richard Johnson arrived at 
 Anapolis, who last Spring in a Brigantine coming from Barbadoes 
 bound for Maryland (where he belong' d to) was taken by a French 
 Privateer and carried to Martinico. After he had been there some 
 time, a Fleet sayling thence for France under a Convoy, They put said 
 Johnson, another Englishman and a Boy on Board of one of the 
 Merchant men in order to be carried to France; On board of said 
 Ship there was also 9 or 10 French men. On their Voyage, said 
 Ship was separated from the rest of the Fleet, which put the Prisoners 
 on Consultation how to procure their liberty; in order to which, ob- 
 serving the Carpenters Chest stood upon the Deck, they took their 
 opportunity and went to it, Mr. Johnson took out of it an agur 
 Shank 4 foot long, the other Prisoner an Ax, and Mr. Johnson with 
 his Instrument Knockt the French Captain on the Head, and threw 
 him Overboard, after some small resistance made, the French men 
 ran all between Decks, and cryed for Quarter, which Mr. Johnson 
 gave them, none being killed but the Cap.tain, the rest being 8 or 9 
 they brought with the Ship to Anapolis. The Prize is mostly loaden 
 with Sugar and Ginger. 
 
 His Excellency Col. Nicholson Governour of Virginia arrived here 
 this day. The Briganteen Robert and Benjaminjohn Guy Commander 
 is Loading for London, expects to Sail within a month. 
 
 N. York, Sept. 4. On the 29. last His Excellency the Ld Cornbury 
 went for his Government of New-Jersey, and Arrived at Burlington 
 on the 31. where his Excellency Col. Nicholson Governour of Virginia 
 met him. On the 2d Instant was burryed the Reverend Mr Prevet, 
 Minister of the French Congregation in this City ; he was a Person of 
 Eminent Piety, Vertue and Learning, who's loss is much Lamented 
 
 125 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 18, 1704 
 
 by all good men that knew him. 
 [No advertisements in this issue.] 
 
 1ft. jg, mumb. 22 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOtt&aB September 11. to /IDon&aB September 18. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 r/-pHIS issue begins with the address of the English house of 
 9 J_ lords to the queen, and her majesty's answer, under date St. 
 *■ James, March 31, 1704. From Edinburgh, April 1, is a report of 
 the proceedings of the general assembly of the church of Scotland. 
 From Hague, Turin and Vienna are reports of military movements. 
 Under the Boston heading reports of the treaty between England 
 and Algiers, the victory of the duke of Marlborough over the Bava- 
 rian forces at Schellenberg, a victory of the Portuguese forces over 
 the duke of Anjou and the payment of ransom money by the 
 cities of Bruges and Ghent are given; and it is added, "And of 
 all abovesaid, We shall endeavor afterwards to give a more fuller 
 account."] 
 
 Boston, By a Letter to His Excellency our Governour of the 4*- 
 of March last, from His Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark, 
 Ld. High Admiral of England &c. Importing a Treaty lately con- 
 cluded with Algiers by Rear Admiral Bings, One Article whereof is, 
 That Certificate be given by the Governour of Her Majesties Planta- 
 tions in America, &c. to the Masters of Merchant Ships built in the 
 Plantations, and such Prizes as shall be taken. Which Letter His 
 Excellency Communicated in Council the 14 (A - Instant, ordering the 
 same to be made Publick, That all Masters of Ships and Vessels 
 bound to any part of Europe, attend His Excellency for such Certifi- 
 cate Accordingly. 
 
 Entered Outward, Adolph for N. York, Deverne and Vincent 
 for Virginia. Coasters, Inwards Phenix from N. York, Darby 
 from Pensilvania, Lewis from Saybrook, Hall from N. Haven. 
 Coasters Outward, Walters for N. York, and Vial for Pensilvania. 
 Forreign Inwards, Carter from Nevis, and Bevis from Exon. For- 
 reign Outwards, Andrews and Webber for Barbado's, Peacock and 
 Vial for Jamaica. 
 
 Philadelphia, Sept. 7. A Sloop from Barbadoes is arrived here, 
 she put out to Sea by bad Weather, and left the Island the 26 of 
 July: The Fleet for the Main were ready to Sail, and only waited 
 
 120 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 25, 1704 
 
 for the Man of Wars coming in for their Convoy, Codman and Cornish 
 are arrived here from Boston. 
 
 New-York, Sept. 11. Last week came in a Sloop from Sandyhook, 
 & by her not coming up we were jealous of her being a French Priva- 
 teer, and by direction of the Council, Capt Rogers Commander of the 
 Jersey put 100 able men on board a Briganteen which was bound to 
 Suranam, with hay on her quarter for a decoy; but she coming near 
 the Sloop most of the men run ashore: The Sloop is a Prize of Capt. 
 Tongerlows, she has nothing on board but about 600 of Cocoa, 40 
 barrels of Flower, and a few Hides. 
 
 Ipswich, Sept. 16. On Thursday last, Dyed the Rd. Mr. William 
 Hubbard, Minister of the Gospel, Aged 83 Years. One of the first 
 that took his Degree at Cambr. in 2V. England. 47 
 
 a&vertisement 
 
 I Ost on Tuesday last the 12 Instant at Boston, a small Guinea 
 ■■—'Dear's foot Tipt with Gold; whosoever shall find the same and 
 bring it unto John Campbell Post-Master shall be sufficiently rewarded. 
 
 B. jg. mumb. 23. 
 
 The Bofton News -Letter. 
 
 From /DonOag September 18. to /IDonOag September 25. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 |"¥X7TTH the exception of four short items of domestic news, the 
 | VV two pages of this issue are filled with reports of foreign affairs, 
 for the most part relating to military movements on the con- 
 tinent of Europe. From Rome for the month of May, 1704, are 
 reports of affairs at the Vatican.] 
 
 Boston, Entered Outward bound, Norris for Montserat, and Richards 
 for Jamaica. Coasters Inwards, Wells, from Guilford, Eliot, Plaine 
 and Plumbe from Milford, Smith, Harris and Curtis from Saybrook, 
 and Odiorne from Piscataqua. Outward, Gardner for Nantucket, 
 Loring for Martha's Vineyard and Connecticut, Adolph and Van 
 Newenhusenior New-York. 
 
 Philadelphia, September 14. Four days ago arrived here Parker 
 
 47 Author of the Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New Eng- 
 land from Its Planting of thereof in 1607, but chiefly of the late Troubles in 
 the Two Last Years, 1675 and 1676, to which is added a Discourse about the 
 War with the Pequots in 1637. Also of the History of New England to 1680. 
 See Diary of Samuel Sewall Vol. II, p. 116, under date Thorsday, 7' 14th [1704]. 
 
 127 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 2, 1704 
 
 from Boston, Mr. Guy in the Briganteen for London is near Loaden. 
 Governour Nicholson sets out to morrow for Virginia. 
 
 New-York, Sept. 18. On the 16th: dyed Matthew Ling Esqr. 
 one of Her Majesties Council for this Province. The Jersey Man 
 of War Sails for England the 8th of October. Three Vessels from 
 hence takes the benefit of her Convoy, viz. Jeffers, Law and Coward 
 for London. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Sept. 22. This day arrived one Brown in a Sloop 
 from Fyall, seven weeks passage, in whom came a Passenger that 
 was at Lisbon: [Foreign news item follows.] 
 
 [No advertisements in this issue.] 
 
 1R. jg. mumb. 24. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From fHlon&ap September 25. to fl|}0nJ>ag October 2. 1704. 
 
 NY— as. 
 
 | TN three columns and a half of this issue are advices from Venice, 
 I JL Turin, Poland, Vienna and Portugal for the month of May, 
 1704, all relating to the war on the continent. There, is .a half 
 column of domestic news.] 
 
 Boston, From Barbadoes we are acquainted, that Noyce, Andrews, 
 Bridgham, Barns were taken by the French, and 'tis feared that 
 Mr. Shearburn also is taken, Bears taken coming from Suranam, 
 Rows & Foster not Arrived, Cravat & Scot both arrived there. Several 
 Vessels came out from Barbadoes in Company with ours that are 
 arrived; Two of them for New- York, and several for Philadelphia. 
 
 Entered Outwards, Darby for Jersey, Roddy for Jamaica, Leach 
 for Nevis, Sunderland for Barbadoes, and Turell for London, Coasters 
 Inwards, Ware & Jackson from Piscataqua, & Newenhusen from 
 N-York. Coasters Outwards, Hall & Holt for Connecticut, Halsy 
 for N. York. Foreign Inwards, Cushing from Virginia, Pickman 
 from Fyall, Wilson and Charnock from Barbadoes. 
 
 Amboy, Sept. 23. On the 16th Instant dyed at Burlington, Capt. 
 Samuel Walker Esq. One of Her Majesties Council for this Province. 
 
 New-York, Sept. 25. On the 21, & the 22d. Arrived here 2 
 Sloops from Curacoa, Daniel Dunskum & Rich. Creago Masters, 
 about 5 weeks passage, Myn Heer Beck was arrived there Governour 
 from Holland, & in his passage took a French Privateer & a French 
 
 128 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 9, 1704 
 
 Vessel bound from the Streights to France, and brought them into 
 Curacoa. 
 
 Gol. Townsend & John Leveret Esqrs. Arrived here last week from 
 Rhode-Island, & on Fryday last they sayled for Albany. * 8 
 
 The Pensilvania Post is Arrived, his Excel, the Ld. Cornbury 
 has been at Salem & New-Castle; & was just arrived at Burlington 
 when the Post came away, there is no News that way. 
 
 Piscataqua Sep. 28. Yesterday arrived here Cap. Geerish from 
 Lisbon and Fyall, has on board about 80 pipes of Wine and 1000 
 Hogsheads of Salt. 
 
 Cape-Anne Sep. 29. This day arrived here Capt. Alcock from 
 Barbadoes. And Frost for Piscataqua came out in Company with 
 him. 
 
 B&vertisement 
 
 THere is a Negro man taken up supposed to be Runaway from 
 his Master, he is small boned, middle stature, small beard, gray 
 Jacket, grey homespun kersey breeches, a Souldier's cap, no stockings, 
 an old pair of shoes, calls himself Sambo, for paying the Postmaster 
 for this Advertisement, the Owner may be informed where he is, 
 and also upon paying the charge and reward for taking him up, 
 may have said Negro again. 
 
 11, jg, Bumb. 25. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From fBlondag October 2. to fUlonCag October 9. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 I" . \ COLUMN and a half on the first page of this issue is taken up 
 I ,/i.with "Advice from London concerning the Camisars in the 
 *■ Cevennes for the Month of May, 1704." Following are advices, 
 concerning the war, from Holland and the Netherlands, Venice and 
 Riga for the month of May preceding, from Amsterdam and 
 Turin for June, and from Lisbon under date of August 30. Near- 
 ly all the second column on the second page is devoted to domestic 
 news.] 
 
 Boston, Entered Outward bound, Ruggles for Barbadoes, Coffin 
 
 48 Colonel Perm Townsend and John Leverett, Esq., commissioners from 
 Massachusetts to treat with the Five Nations. Reprinted from the News- Let- 
 ter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves ... of the Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts Bay: .... together with later items [see News- Letter Nos. 25, 26, 
 27, 29 post] bearing on this matter, Vol. VIII, p. 453. 
 
 129 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 9, 1704 
 
 for Antigua, and Thomas for Suranam. Coasters Outwards, Jackson 
 for Piscataqua, Newenhussen, Tiller and Phenix for New- York. 
 Forreign Inwards, Smith and Alcock from Barbadoes, Green from 
 Newfoundland, Cally from Fyall, and Moor from Lisbon. Out- 
 wards Cleared, Bridgar for Antigua, Watson, Perkins and Eyre for 
 Barbadoes, David Mason for London, and Beavis for iweow. 
 
 S. /o/ms New-foundland, Sept. 21. On the 18th of August last, 
 about 144 French and Canada Indians about 2 a Clock in the Morning 
 in 2 Sloops and Canoo's, came to Bonavist Harbour, about 30 Leagues 
 to the Northward of this Place, and surprised the Pembrook Galley 
 of London, 250 Tons, 44 men and 20 Guns, John Noll Commander, 
 Laden with dry Fish: And the Society of Pool, 140 Tons, 14 Guns 
 and 24 men, Capt. Auten Commander, and also the William, about 
 115 Tons, 10 men, no Guns, having 30 Tons of Lamp Oyl on Board; 
 They also attempted to surprize Captain Michael GUI of Charls- 
 town in New-England, of 14 Guns, and 24 men, who discovering 
 their Boat to be French, fired briskly upon them, kill'd and wounded 
 some of them, so that they returned to the Prizes they had taken, 
 & brought the great Guns of both Ships to bear upon Capt. Gill, 
 and continued firing upon him with both great Shot and small Arms 
 for the space of 6 hours, till his Ship was much Shattered: he on the 
 other hand plying his great Guns and small Arms all the while upon 
 them; during the Action, he had Veered his Ship somewhat to the 
 Shoar, about 8 a Clock, when they found he would not be taken, 
 they set fire to the Society, & cut her loose in a flame to drive upon 
 him ; but by the great diligence of Capt. Gill, he got clear of her, and 
 she burnt to the Keel : finding that would not do, they set fire to the 
 Ship William, and set her before the Wind, furiously burning to that 
 degree, that the Lamp-Oyl burning in a flame on the Water, was like 
 to have set him on fire, so that both he and his men laboured in the 
 fire, and turn'd her clear of them. 
 
 And when the Inhabitants who had fled into the Woods and Rocks, 
 saw Capt. Gill's Courage, they came down and appeared in a Body 
 in Arms, which, when the the French saw, they immediately Weighed 
 and set Sail, and carried the Masters and and men with them. And 
 about 40 Leagues off, they gave the Masters and some of the men 
 a Boat, who soon after returned, to whom the Enemy declared that 
 had they taken Capt. Gill, they would not have left House, Stage, 
 nor Goods in the Harbour ; all which is owing under God to the Courage 
 and Conduct of Capt : Gill. He had but one man kill'd and 3 wounded 
 but the Enemy lost several, and several wounded. 
 
 Piscataqua, Octob. 5. Mr. Pepperel in a Ketch from Newfound- 
 land, 10 days Passage arrived last night, and are acquainted by 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 16, 1704 
 
 her, That our Fleet consisting of about 70 Sail, intends to set out 
 the 12th Currant, under Convoy of a 4th and two 5th Rates Men of 
 "War, one of them goes directly for England, and the other two for 
 Lisbon. 
 
 New-York, Octob. 2. On Saturday last, Arrived here a Sloop 
 from Jamaica, one Dupue, Master, about 7 Weeks Passage, he says 
 a Sloop and small Ship belonging to Boston were there. That several 
 Sloops were gone up on the Spanish Coast to Trade, but none returned. 
 We have not heard from Albany since Col. Townsend and Mr. Leveret 
 with the other Gentlemen of Boston went up. ' 9 
 
 BDvetttsement 
 
 STray'd on Monday last, a small red Cow, with a yellow and 
 black strip't List about her horns, a little Tet on one of her Tets. 
 Whoever shall find said Cow, & her bring to John Campbel Post- 
 master of Boston, shall be well rewarded. 
 
 1R. j£, Burnt). 26. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From ADonDai? October 9. to ADOtlfta? October 16. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 |"TN the first column of the first page of this issue is a letter dated 
 IX Zurich, June 14, "from one of the chief Leaders of the Camisars, 
 to a Brother or intimate Friend of his at Genoa, by a trusty Messen- 
 ger' ' giving an account of the condition of affairs in Languedoc. Under 
 date Amsterdam, June 17, is a report of the movements of Jean 
 Cavalier and the Camisars; from Rome, -May 13, news of the Vatican; 
 from Venice, June 7, and from the king of Poland's camp at Sendo- 
 mir, June 20, war news. From Cologne, June 20, is a long story of how 
 the "famous French Party-Man La Croix" planned to seize the duke 
 ofJSaxe Zeits, bishop of Raab, and how his designs were frustrated.] 
 
 Boston, Entered Outward bound, Henry Tew for Jamaica. Coast- 
 ers, Jnwards, Jonas Green, Simon Grover, John Hedge, John Wilson, 
 Samuel Prince from Connecticut, John Keirsted from New-York, 
 James Robe from Virginia. Coasters, Outwards, John Lathrop for 
 Rhode-Jsland. Forreign, Inwards, John Robinson from Barbados, 
 Thomas Norris from Mounserrat. Forreign, Outwards, Noah 
 Champney for Maryland, John Jenkins for London. 
 
 The Gosport Man of War, Capt. Smith Commander with the Ships 
 under his Convoy Sails for England, in 2 or 3 days. 
 
 Philadelphia, Sept. 28. Capt. Guy for London is fallen down the 
 
 49 See News-Letter No. 24 ante, Nbs. 26, 27, 29 post. 
 
 131 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 23, 1704 
 
 River, says will Sail directly on Saturday next. Codman, Cornish 
 and Parker also fallen down the River all bound for Boston. 
 
 New-York, Octob. 9. On the 4th Instant, His Excellency, the 
 Lord Cornbury arrived here from his Government of New-Jersey: 
 The Assembly there are Dissolved (not having past one Act) and 
 another Call'd to Sit the 9th of November next. Our Assembly 
 here is Adjourned to Thursday next. Capt. Peniston in a Sloop with 
 70 men Sailed hence the 7th Currant on Privateering. The Jersey 
 Man of War for England with the Vessels under her Convoy proposes 
 to Sail this Week or the next. Yesterday Capt. Sleigh arrived from 
 Barbadoes, and Codman from Philadelphia. The Boston Gentlemen 
 are not yet arrived from Albany. 50 
 
 Several Vessels are bound from hence to Barbadoes. 
 
 H&vertisement. 
 
 A Convenient back-dwelling House with other Accomodations 
 in Pudding-Lane* 1 in Boston near the Post-Office, to be Lett; 
 Inquire of John Campbel Post-master and know further. 
 
 1R, jg, mumb. 27. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From {Blon&ag October 16. to flUon&aS October 23. 1704. 
 
 AS 
 
 FT70REIGN news paragraphs under dates Vienna, Venice, Dresden, 
 IJF London, Hamburgh and Hague, occupy the greater part of this 
 issue. The domestic news relates almost wholly to shipping 
 movements.] 
 
 Boston, Entered Outward Bound, Richard Smith, Briganteen 
 Happy Return for London, Obadiah Wakfield and John Pitts for 
 Virginia, Andrew Stevens for Antigua Foreign Inwards, Parker 
 from Pennsylvania, Goddart from Virginia, Pitman and Hunt from 
 Nevis, Frost from Barbadoes. Coasters Inwards, Gardner from 
 Saybrook, Dean from Salem. Outwards, Plumb, Curtice and Smith 
 for Connecticut, Harris for New London, Flood and Amazine for 
 Piscataqua. 
 
 Capt. Smith in the Gosport Man of War with the Vessels under 
 his Convoy, bound for England, lies in Nantasket Road, ready to 
 embrace the first fair wind. 
 
 Port-Royal, in Jamaica, August 24. This day week Capt. Liddel 
 
 50 See News-Letter Nos. 24, 25 ante, 27, 29 post. 
 
 51 Pudding Lane: that part of the present Devonshire Street which lies, 
 between State and Water Streets. 
 
 132 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 30, 1704 
 
 arrived from Porto Bello, after about three Weeks absence upon a 
 Trading Voyage, he has made an extraordinary hitt, was received 
 with great Civility, and his Interpreter presented with a chain with 
 40 Pistoles, & when unloaden they desired him immediately to be 
 gone off the Coast, lest he should be surprised by a French Man of 
 War then daily expected, which he accordingly did; and in turning 
 up saw the French man a going down : Capt. Brerton Sails within 
 4 days for Pensilvania, Capt. Venteman and Thacher in a Week for 
 Boston, and Hull this day for Carolina. Port-Royal notwithstanding 
 the discouragement it has met with is rebuilding apace, and may be 
 expected in less than two years, to be in as flourishing Condition as 
 before the Fire. 
 
 Philadelphia, Octob. 13. Jeremiah Beale is just now arrived 
 from Boston. 
 
 New-York, Octob. 16. On the 10th. Instant, Capt. Thaxter 
 arrived here in 6 weeks from Jamaica, by whom we have advice 
 that several Ships were Returned from the Coast of New-Spain with 
 Mony for their Provisions and had made good Voyages. On the 12th. 
 Roland arrived from St. Christophers, and on the 13th. and 14th. 
 Newenhussen and Dawson from Corucoa, but bring not any News, 
 also Capt. Stanton from Nevis. 
 
 A Sloop arrived here from Albany on Friday last, the Indians 
 were not come when they left it, and they say it would be a fortnight 
 before the Boston Gentlemen would come from thence. 
 
 The Jersey Man of War with the Vessels under her Convoy, 'tis 
 said will Sail on Thursday next. 
 
 Piscataqua, Octob. 19. Yesterday arrived here Almery from 
 Antigua 7 weeks Passage, and Parker from said Port in five weeks, 
 says, That the Fleet for England would Sail about the middle of 
 this month. Sundry Ships not like to be Loaden, no Privateers 
 lately seen about the Leward-Islands. 
 
 advertisement 
 
 [Reprinted: house in Pudding Lane to be let, as in October 16.] 
 
 H. jg. mumb. 28. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flDonDas October 23. to flDOtl&ag October 30. 1704. 
 
 M H— AS— NY 
 
 rnpHE first half of this issue is devoted to foreign matter, mostly 
 j A reports from the duke of Marlborough's camps of July dates : 
 
 133 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 30, 1704 
 
 the second half comprising much domestic news of exceptional im- 
 portance including the speech of Governor Dudley at the opening of 
 the General Court; reports of hostile Indians about the town of 
 Groton; and report of the killing of the minister of Lancaster by 
 the sentinel of the watch.] 
 
 His Excellency JOSEPH DUDLEY Esq. Captain General and 
 Governour in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Province of the Massachu- 
 setts-Bay in New-England, &c His SPEECH to the Honourable 
 the Council and Representatives in General Court Assembled at Boston, 
 October 25; 1704. 
 
 Gentlemen. 
 T Believe we are all sensible by this time of the benefit of the 
 -'-Expedition Eastward, in the Spring and Summer, the Effect 
 whereof has been the quiet we have had in the Province of Mayn, 
 and our other Northern Plantations ; and the Care and Watchfulness 
 we have used to the Westward; and the disappointment of the French 
 and Indians at Lancaster, has given us the same Ease on that side; 
 which yet we must not depend upon, but Expect a Winters March 
 of the Enemy from both sides, which the Eastern part especially 
 will be forced to for their own Subsistence, having neither Corn 
 nor Hunting for their supply. 
 
 To prevent which, I think it necessary to Support the present 
 numbers in the Province of Mayn, and the Frontiers of Essex, Middle- 
 sex and Hampshire, and to have a much greater Force in a readiness 
 to receive any Impression of the Enemy in any of the Parts: And 
 particularly to have One hundred Men sent to West-Hampshire, 
 which joyned with the same number from Connecticut may be sufficient 
 there. 
 
 I shall give you the present State of the Forces in the several 
 Parts for this Winter Season, which I hope will be to your Satisfaction. 
 Mr. Treasurer will lay before you the State of your Affair's there: 
 And I can Assure you that all possible Care has been taken in the 
 Accompts and Musters, to Retrench the Charge, which I am sensible 
 is heavy upon the Province: And while we are all Satisfyed in the 
 necessity of the Service, and the just Expence of our Treasure, I 
 doubt not but every thing will proceed cheerfully to a necessary 
 supply, which this is the proper Season for. 
 
 I have to Recommend to you the Consideration of the Galley, 
 which is our onely Force at Sea, and is found so very unfit for the 
 Service, that every skilful Man of the Sea, and the good Commander 
 we have in her, thinks it of absolute necessity that She be disposed 
 of, and a better bought or built for that Service, especially at this 
 time, when the Gosport is Commanded Home, which is the onely 
 Ship of War, that has lately attended Her Majesties Service here. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 30, 1704 
 
 And Gentlemen, I think it my Duty to offer it to you, That you will 
 shew your Respect to Captain Smith, Her Majesties Commander of 
 that Ship now going home, That he be in some manner presented 
 by the Assembly as an Acknowledgment of his very good Service 
 here done to Her Majesty and this Province, in a three years atten- 
 dance; which will shew our just Respect to Her Majesties Officers, 
 coming for the Service and Security of Her good Subjects, and the 
 Trade of this Province. 
 Gentlemen, 
 I shall shew my Readiness in every thing in Her Majesties Service, 
 Importing the benefit of this Province, and desire you will proceed 
 in this Session with all freedom and unanimity; That We may 
 procure the blessing of Almighty GOD, and the favour of Her most 
 Sacred Majesty, upon whom We have our just Dependance. 
 
 Boston, On Wednesday last Arrived Capt. John Stevins, in about 
 three Weeks from Nevis; and five Weeks from Barbados: He came 
 out from Barbados the 18th of September, with the Fleet bound for 
 England, consisting of about a hundred Saile besides those for N. 
 England, N. York, and Pensilvania, which Fleet came out under 
 Convoy of three men of War, Viz. The Blackwall Commodore, the 
 Millford, and the Dolphin; who in and about Ten days time Arrived 
 at Nevis, and were there joyned by the Sheerness Galley and about 
 70 Saile more from the Leeward Islands, bound to England; the 
 others bound for N. England are Foster, Breed, Scot, Dearby, Parker, 
 (who is arrived at Tarpolin Cove) Carlile, Cravat, Sill, Love and 
 Jeffrey, which last arrived on Friday last; Pope for Chebacco, 
 Ransford for Rhode-Island, and several for N. York & Pensilvania. 
 Benjamin Thaxter bound with the Fleet from Barbados to London, 
 was taken by a French man in coming down to the Leeward. 
 
 Lowder from hence to Antigua was taken near Antigua. The 
 Linn Man of War took a French man of 14. Guns, and about 100. 
 Men, whereof were about 40 Creols.. 
 
 Several of our Vessels bound home to Barbadoes in the Latitude 
 near the Island took Capt. Row's Horses on board, and mann'd him 
 double in order to defend them from any Privateer; And accord- 
 ingly one came up with them near the Island, but seeing Capt. Rows 
 so well prepared for a Fight, and to defend the rest of his Neighbours, 
 the Privateer sheer'd off, and they got safe in. 
 
 On Thursday last at noon Sailed from Nantasket Road for England, 
 The Gosport Man of War, Capt. Smith Commander with five Vessels 
 under his Convoy. That night about three a Clock in the morning 
 broke out a Fire in the House of Mr. Henchman Schoolmaster in the 
 
 135 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 30, 1704 
 
 Back-street 52 at the upper-end of Mr. Richards' Lane in the North- 
 End of Boston; which was happily put out and stopt from doing any- 
 other damage only to that house and the next adjoyning, two or three 
 persons received some great hurt by the falling down of part of the 
 gable end of the House in which the Fire begun. On Fryday last 
 His Excellency issued forth a Proclamation Commanding all persons 
 who in the hurry of the Fire had carried away any Goods, either 
 from the house where the Fire broke out in, or the Neighbourhood; 
 to bring said Goods to the house of Mr. Justice Clark in Boston, 
 that the true Owners .may have the same again; on penalty of being 
 prosecuted as Thieves. 
 
 On Wednesday night an English man was kill'd in the Woods 
 at Groton by the Indians which were afterwards descryed in the 
 night by the Light of their Fires, by a Person Travailing from Groton 
 to Lancaster, and judged they might be about Thirty in number; 
 pursuit was made after them, but none could be found. 
 
 On Thursday night the Reverend Mr. Gardner, Minister of Lancaster 
 was^unfortunately Shot by the Sentinel on the Watch, supposing 
 him to be an Indian climbing over the Walls of the Fortification; 
 of|which Wound he dyed in an hours space or little more. 53 
 
 Entered Outward bound, Wing for Jamaica, Cusben for Maryland, 
 Bodwin for Curacoa, and Keirsteed for N. York. Forreign Inwards, 
 Codman from Pensilvania, Reddock from St. Christophers, Marshal 
 from Maryland, Hart and Alden from Nevis, Skiner, Perkins, Stevins 
 and Jeffry from Barbadoes, English from Antigua, and Craige from 
 Coratuk. Forreign Outwards, Doverin for Virginia, Collar for 
 Antigua and Parker for Pensilvania. Coasters Inwards, Blin from 
 Gilford, Jackson from Piscataqua, and Sanders and Bedgood from 
 North Carolina. 
 
 Philadelphia, Octob. 20. A Sloop from St. Christophers about 
 5 weeks passage, one Matthew Gibson Master, arrived here 4 days 
 since, he was bound for Boston, but proving very Leaky put in here. 
 And on the 18th a Sloop from Barbadoes about 29 days passage, one 
 Prat Master, came out with the Fleet bound for England. 
 
 New York, Octob. 2Zd. On the 19th. Arrived here one Bignal 
 of Philadelphia in 26 days from Jamaica, by whom we have advice, 
 that Capt. Manny belonging to this place, was cast away in his 
 coming out, upon Porto Morant Keys', the men all Saved. Capt. 
 Guy from Philadelphia arrived here the same day in order to join 
 the Convoy of the Jersey Man of War for England, who will Sail 
 
 ' 52 Back Street : that part of the present Salem Street which lies between 
 Hanover and Prince Streets. 
 
 53 See News- Letter No. 31 post. 
 
 136 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 6, 1704 
 
 the latter end of this, or beginning of the next week. Our Assembly- 
 has voted 1300Z for the Frontiers. Outward bound De Wandelaer 
 for Jamaica, Rome for Nevis, Beard for Carolina. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Octob. 27. Moses Butlerworth is arrived from 
 Barbadoes, came out with the Fleet for England, and one Hubbard 
 from Antigua, Capt. Lawrence is also arrived, and has took 2 Prizes 
 on the Banks of Newfoundland, Loaden with Corr Fish, the one a 
 Pink of 130 Tons, the other a square Starn 240 Tons, but neither yet 
 arrived. . Outward bound William Wanton for Antigua, Joseph 
 Borden for Pensilvania, Capt. Cranston clears for Barbadoes 
 
 Salem, Octob. 28: Last night arrived Richard Darby from Barba- 
 does, came out with the Fleet for England, Capt. Scot is also arrived 
 from thence at Marblehead. 
 
 [No advertisements in this number.] 
 
 1R, j£. IRumb. 29. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From jflDon&ag October 30. to /IDott&ag November 6. 1704. 
 
 M H— AS— NY 
 
 TT70REIGN matters occupy only three-quarters of the first page. 
 I -F These embrace, under dates Frankfort, July 6, London July 11, 
 accounts of the celebration of the "great victory lately obtained by 
 the Confederate Army commanded by the duke of Marlborough, over 
 the elector of Bavarias Forces at Schellenberg;" also addresses 
 presented to the queen from "the Bishop Dean and Chapter of the 
 Cathedral Church, and of the Archdeacons and Parochial Clergy of 
 the Diocese of Chichester," and of the "Bishop Dean and Chapter of 
 Hereford, and Clergy of the Diocese of Hereford." The domestic 
 news includes a proclamation by the lieutenant governor of Pennsyl- 
 vania against "Immorality and Prophaneness." A Cambridge item 
 reports an exciting fire at Harvard College.] 
 
 By the Honourable Colonel John Evans, Lieutenant Governour of 
 the Province of Pensilvania, and Counties annexed. A PRO- 
 CLAMATION, Against 
 
 IMMORALITY and PROPHANENESS. 
 
 WHereas it hath pleased Almighty God, from the Treasures of 
 his Infinite Goodness, to extend his favours in an eminent degree, 
 and pour down his peculiar Blessings upon this Colony, from the 
 first Erecting thereof ; as well by the bestowing a happy success on the 
 Endeavours of its Inhabitants, and crowning what so lately was a 
 Wilderness, with a large Affluence of the Necessaries and Comforts 
 
 137 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 6, 1704 
 
 of Life ; as by supporting it, in an undisturbed Peace and Tranquility 
 during all the Commotions that have deeply afflicted other parts of the 
 Christian "World, and continuing to us the Enjoyment of those 
 manifold Mercies, which rightly used, tend to make a People truly 
 happy. All which Divine Bounties, as they loudly call for the most 
 humble and hearty Acknowledgements; so they ought more deeply to 
 impress a just sense of the great Obligations upon us, so to regulate 
 our Lives, with care and circumspection, in a true Obedience and 
 Conformity to God's holy Laws, that we may not instead of making 
 grateful Returns, by Impiety or Negligence, provoke the just Anger 
 of the Almighty, to withdraw his Divine Protection, and inflict on us 
 the severe Chastisements of his just Displeasure. Notwithstanding 
 all which, I cannot but be sensible, that too many, forgetting all those 
 Obligations, that as persons professing the Holy Christian Religion, 
 they indispensably lye under, have given themselves a Loose in their 
 Lives and Conversations, and manifestly trampled on their positive 
 known Duties, in many vicious Practices and Immoralities, to the 
 great Offence of Almighty God, in the breach of his Divine Laws, 
 as well as of our Civil Institutions, and to the scandal of sober Men, 
 & great Discredit of this Government: Which Practice, if not timely 
 prevented, may terminate in an utter Depravation of Manners, 
 through the Encouragement taken from those fatal and pernicious 
 Examples, by persons whose better Education and Inclinations 
 might otherwise haVe restrained them, within the Bounds of Sobriety 
 and Vertue; but from those many Instances set before their Eyes, 
 are in danger of being hurried on, not only to their own Ruine, but of 
 becoming Accessary to the incensing & drawing down upon us the 
 Vengeance of Heaven. 
 
 In a deep Consideration of which, and to the end that all possible 
 Discouragements may be given to the Growth of these Enormities; 
 I have through a sense of the Duty I owe to God, and the care of the 
 People committed to my Charge: By and with the Advice and 
 Consent of the Council of this Province, and Territories, thought 
 fit to Publish and Declare, That I will Discountenance and severely 
 Punish all manner of Vice, Immorality and Prophaneness, in all 
 persons whatsoever, within this Government, that shall be guilty 
 of the same. And I do hereby strictly forbid all manner of De- 
 bauchery, Lewdness, Drunkenness, prophane Swearing, Cursing, 
 Rioting, breaking of the Sabbath, Night-walking at unseasonable 
 hours, without lawful Business, and all other Disorders whatsoever 
 that are contrary to the Duties of a Christian Life, & the Rules of 
 true Vertue. And I do strictly Command and Require all Magistrates, 
 Justices, Sheriffs, Constables and all Officers whosoever, and others 
 Her Majesties good Subjects, that they not only be regular and 
 
 138 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 6, 1704 
 
 circumspect in their own Lives, that by their good Examples, they 
 may incite those that behold them to the practice of Vertue, but also 
 that they be very diligent in the Discovery and effectual Prosecu- 
 tion of all Offenders, and that they rigorously put in Execution all 
 the good and ■wholesome Laws and Ordinances provided against 
 the aforesaid, and such other Immoralities, without favour, |partiality 
 or affection to any person whatsoever, as they will answer it to 
 Almighty God, and incur my utmost Displeasure. 
 
 And for the more effectual Publication hereof, I do Require and 
 Command the Justices of Quarter Sessions at their respective County 
 Courts in this Government, & the Mayor and Recorder of the City 
 Philadelphia, that they cause this my Proclamation to be publickly 
 read in open Court, immediately after their Charge is given to the 
 Grand-Jury. 
 
 Also that the Ministers of the Churches, and several Congregations 
 within this Province and Territories, cause the same to be Read in 
 the time of Divine Service, at their respective places of Worship, 
 at least six times in every Year. And that they be very diligent in 
 Discouraging all manner of Vice and Immoralities in their Auditors, 
 in Exhorting them to the Exercise of Piety and Virtue. 
 
 Given at Philadelphia the Ninth Day of October, in the third Year 
 of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady ANN, by the Grace of God, 
 of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the 
 Faith, &c. And the twenty fourth of the Proprietaries Government, 
 Annoque Domini, 1704. 
 
 John Evans 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 Boston, Entered Outward Bound, Tobias Green in the Mayflower, 
 and Nicholas Parker in the Elizabeth for Jamaica. Forreign In- 
 wards, Joshua Cornish in the Unity, from Pensilvania, Moses Sweet 
 in the Tryal, and Moses Abbot in the Tryal from Coratuck, Nicholas 
 Parker in the Elizabeth, and John Scot in the Unity from Barbadoes. 
 Forreign Outwards, Nicholas Thomas Jones's Sloop Speedwell for 
 Pensilvania, and Peter Leach in the Prudent Sarah for Nevis. Coast- 
 ers Outwards Cleared, John Keir steed in the Mary and Sarah for New- 
 York, John Jackson in the Speedwell for Piscataqua, and Simon 
 Graver in the Primrose for Connecticut. 
 
 On Fryday night the 3d Currant returned from Albany, the Hon- 
 ourable Colonel Penn Townsertd, and John Leveret Esqrs. Com- 
 missioners for a Treaty with the 5 Nations, with the other Gentlemen 
 that accompanied them, all in good health, who have renewed the 
 ancient Friendship with them. 5 * 
 
 54 See News-Letter Nos. 24, 25, 26, 27 ante. 
 
 139 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 6, 1704 
 
 On Saturday arrived Capt. John Foster, Breed & Carlile from 
 Barbadoes, and Gould from Newfoundland. Which last says, that 
 the Fleet from thence to England, consisting of about 60 [Sail, under 
 Convoy of three Men of War, Sailed this day three weeks. This day 
 also arrived Capt. Ventiman from Jamaica in about 5 weeks Passage ■, 
 says, That Judah Thacher Sailed from thence for this place about 
 nine weeks ago, who is not yet arrived. 
 
 Marlborough, Octob. 26. Yesterday the Reverend Mr. Robert 
 Breck was Ordained Pastor of the Church in this Place. 
 
 Cambridge, Octob. 29. About 11 of the Clock in the morning 55 
 there happened a Fire in Harvard Colledge occasioned by a foul 
 Chimney which took fire, and the soot being blown into the Pelfrey, 
 fired some old Boards, and melted the Lead (wherewith the Colledge 
 was covered) and then Fired the Planks; but one of the Tutors having 
 the Key of the Scuttle which was lockt and barr'd was absent, where- 
 fore 2 of the Students putting their backs to the Scuttle, forced it 
 open, and threw water briskly, so that they quickly extinguisht the 
 Fire, which otherwise had been of very ill consequence. 
 
 Piscataqua, Novemb. 2. On Monday the 30th last about break of 
 day, the House of the Reverend Mr. Nathaniel Rogers, Minister of 
 Portsmouth, was burnt to the Ground in a few minutes, his youngest 
 Child, and a Negro Woman of Mrs. Elatsons, his Mother-in-law, 
 consumed in the Flames, nothing saved but himself, his Wife, Mother- 
 in-law, two Children, and the Servant-Maid, as they got out of Bed 
 without Cloaths; Mrs Elatson saved the eldest Child by throwing 
 him out of a Chamber Window into his Fathers Arms, and immediately 
 thereafter Mr. Rogers got a Ladder for his Mother-in-law, and so got 
 her out at the Window, who is much burned in her Legs & Arms, 
 but think not dangerous to life. None can tell how this Fire came, 
 most probably it began in their Kitchen; the Fire was so violent 
 by reason of the high Wind, that had there been never so many 
 People to quench it, and help to save the Goods, 'twere impossible 
 to save anything. i 
 
 Philadelphia, Octob. 27. On the 22d arrived here a Sloop from 
 Carolina, Robert Wright Master, says, That a Flag of Truce was 
 returned from St. Augusteen, was bound in over the Bar as he came 
 out, but he could not speak with them, so knows not what News 
 they bring. 
 
 On the 24. Arrived Capt Terril in a Brigantine from Barbadoes, 
 carries 8 Guns, he came out in Company with the Fleet, with whom 
 
 55 The word "morning" crossed out in the copy in the file of the Massa- 
 chusetts Historical Society and "night" written over it. 
 
 140 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 13, 1704 
 
 also came out 2 new Sloops belonging to this place, whereof Hamer- 
 ton and Wilson Masters ; who when the Fleet came to Antigua in the 
 evening after they arrived, left them in order to make the best of their 
 way, but next morning was in sight of a Snow, Captain Lombard 
 Commander, being little Wind, with Rowing soon came up with 
 them and took them both, and carried them in to St. Bartholomews, 
 where was a Dutch Sloop with a Dane's Pass or Commission from St. 
 Thomas's, a Merchant on Board bought Wilson's Sloop for 3500 
 Pieces of Eight, to be paid at St. Thomas's, Hamerton's Sloop, Lam- 
 bard designs to go in himself ; they were both excellent Sailors. 
 
 Several of the Passengers were, put aboart Wilson's Sloop which 
 was sent from St. Bartholomews to Stacy, from whence they got a 
 Passage to St. Christophers, where they met with the Fleet again, 
 and got a Passage on Board the above Brigantine hither. 
 
 Capt. Henry Tregany Dyed the last night. 
 
 An Act is past in Maryland for prohibiting the Importation of 
 Bread, Beer, Flower, Malt, Wheat, or other English or Indian Grain 
 or Meal, Horses, Mares, Colts or Filleys, or Tobacco from Pensilvania, 
 and the Territories thereto belonging, under Forfeiture of the whole. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Nov. 3. There is one of Capt. Lawrenc's Prizes 
 arrived, and this day came in Capt. John Halsey from Boston. 
 
 New-York, Octob. 30. The Jersey Man of War, with the Vessels 
 under her Convoy for England will not Sail till the latter end of the 
 Week. 
 
 H&vertisement. 
 
 A Negro Woman Slave about 22 years of Age, to be Sold by Mr. 
 Nicholas Boone Bookseller, and to be seen at the London Coffee- 
 House, next door to the Post-Office, in Boston. 
 
 1ft. J£. mumb. 30. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOnOag November 6. to flDOItdag November 13. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 ("T ORD Cornbury's address to the General Assembly of the prov- 
 I .L/ince of New York begins the first column of the first page. Fol- 
 lowing this is news from Lisbon concerning the armies of the allies 
 in Italy, Hungary, Flanders and elsewhere. Domestic news fills 
 nearly three columns. It includes, besides the address of Lord 
 Cornbury, a proclamation by Governor Dudley for a General Thanks- 
 giving, and an interesting variety of marine news.] 
 
 141- 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 13, 1704. 
 
 His Excellency Edward Viscount Combury, Captain General and 
 Governour in Chief in and over Her Majesties Colony of New-. 
 York, and Territories depending thereon, &c His Speech to the 
 Honourable the Council and Representatives in General Assembly, 
 now Sitting in the City of New-York, upon Thursday the 12th 
 of October, 1704. 5 6 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 THE Assembly of New-Jersey having detained me some 
 days longer than at first I intended, & the season of the year 
 being so far advanced, are the Reasons which induce me to 
 recommend to your Considerations for this Session, as few 
 things as may be; and indeed the two chief things which I 
 most earnestly recommend to you to be provided for at this time, 
 are, The low Condition of the Revenue, and the Defence of the 
 Fronteers. 
 
 I did in June last, recommend to you, Gentlemen of the House of 
 Representatives, to lay an Additional Duty on certain Commodities, 
 which had been granted by a former Assembly of this Province, but 
 expired. When I recommended that to you, I did it as a thing which 
 in my Judgment would in some measure help the Revenue, without 
 being any burthen upon the People. Some Gentlemen were then 
 of Opinion, that such an Additional Duty would be a Clog upon the 
 Trade of this Place; if they have taken the pains to inquire into that 
 matter, I don't question but they will be of another mind, for my 
 part, I did inquire of some of the most considerable Merchants of 
 this City, who told me that such a Duty would have been rather a 
 help, than a hindrance or clog to the Trade of this Place, being well 
 perswaded that those Gentlemen were right in their Opinions. I 
 once more recommend the consideration of such a Duty to you, or 
 else that you will consider of some other method to enable her most 
 Sacred Majesty the Queen, to support the necessary Charges of the 
 Government, which the present Revenue will not do. The next 
 thing is the Defence of the Fronteers of this Province, in order to 
 that I did in July last order a Detachment of an hundred men out of 
 the Militia for that Service, the greatest part of that number did go 
 up to Albany, and have been posted in the places most convenient 
 for the Defence of the Country, which has kept us quiet this Summer ; 
 I think they ought to be kept there till the last day of March next, 
 at least, and that some Out-Scouts should be raised for this Winter ; 
 I therefore recommend it to you, Gentlemen of the House of Representa- 
 tives, to prepare such a Bill as may raise a Sum sufficient for the paying 
 
 56 In Journal of the Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the 
 Colony of New York, Vol. I, p. 192. 
 
 142 
 
THE BOSTON. NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 13, 1704 
 
 the men that have been sent up, and for the Out-Scouts, with such 
 contingent Charges as may be necessary for their going to Albany, 
 and returning home again If there is any thing else that may be reason- 
 able to be Enacted at this time, you shall find me ready to embrace all 
 occasions of doing such things as may be for the good of her Majesty's 
 Subjects in this Colony. I have nothing farther to recommend to 
 you at this time, but Unanimity in your Consultations, and dispatch 
 in the Matters before you. 
 
 Lisbon, August 30. . . . we hear the French have taken 
 the Coventry bound for Virginia and Newfoundland, and 4 or 5 
 Merchant Ships under her Convoy. 
 
 Madera, September 28. A Sloop from Philadelphia, William Wade 
 Master, arrived here about a Week ago, who the day before she 
 arrived, met with 2 Sally Men of War in sight of the Island, who 
 pretended a great deal of friendship for the English, and were so 
 kind as that they took only some odd things from them. They also 
 told Mr. Wade, That an English Man of War, of about 40 Guns they 
 met with in the Streights told them, That our Fleet had lately burnt 
 and destroyed ten, and taken five Capital French Men of War in the 
 Streights. 
 
 Barbadoes, September 14. His Excellency our Governour has issued 
 forth a Proclamation Commanding and Requiring all Masters of 
 Vessels during the War, that they should keep all their Letters 
 in a Bag with weights to them, that in case they should meet with, or 
 be Pursued by an Enemy, they might have them in a readiness to 
 sink them ; on forfeiture of a certain Sum in case they did not. Which 
 Proclamation was ordered to be Read in all the Parish Churches of 
 the Island. 
 
 By His Excellency, JOSEPH DUDLEY, Esq r Captain General 
 and GOVERNOUR in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Province 
 of the Massachusetts-Bay, &c. in New-England. 
 
 A PROCLAMATION for a General THANKSGIVING. s T 
 
 WHereas it has pleased Almighty GOD to Prosper the Armes of 
 Her Sacred Majesty and Her A Hies, with Victory over their Enemies 
 in the Summer past; And of His Infinite Goodness to extend His 
 Favours towards this Province in divers signal Instances thereof; 
 In def[e]ating and disappointing of the Combinations, and the Expedi- 
 tions of the Enemy against us, And the good Success given us against 
 them, by delivering so many of them into our hands; In Granting us a 
 good Harvest, notwithstanding the Drought, which so much threatned 
 
 57 Reprinted from the News-Letter, in The Acts and Resolves ... of 
 the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 419. 
 
 143 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 13, 1704 
 
 us; In continuing Health in the midst of us; And the Priviledges 
 and Advantages of Religion; Every of which undeserved Mercies 
 demand most Grateful Returns to Him who is our great Benefactor. 
 I do therefore, by and with the Advice of Her Majesties Council, 
 and at the desire of the Representatives, Order and Appoint Thursday 
 the Twenty-third of this present November, A Day of General THANKS- 
 GIVING throughout this Province, Inhibiting all Servile Labour 
 thereupon ; And Exhorting both Ministers and People in their respec- 
 tive Congregations and Assemblies, to Celebrate the Praises of GOD, 
 for all His Benefits and Blessings, And to devote themselves aThank- 
 Offering to Him in a right Ordered Conversation. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston the Eighth Day of November, 
 1704. In the Third Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lady 
 ANNE, by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France and 
 Ireland. Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c: 
 
 By Order of the Governour 
 
 and Council. /. D UDLE Y, 
 
 Jsaac Addington Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 Boston, Entered Outward Bound, William Goddard in Sloop 
 Speedwell, and James Updick in Sloop Elizabeth, for Madera, Daniel 
 Marshal in Sloop Mary, & John Ventiman in Martha and Elizabeth 
 for Jamaica, Joseph Dean in Briganteen Dragon for Surranam, 
 Thomas Ball Sloop Elizabeth for Montserrat, John Foster, Ship Sarah* 
 Newcomb Blague, Ship Friendship, John Carlile, Brigantine Swan, 
 John Robinson, Brigantine Dragon, William Skinner, Sloop Dove, - 
 and Thomas Barns in Sloop Endeavour for Barbadoes, Coasters In- 
 wards, Carteret Gillam Sloop Tryal, and Richard Hall in Sloop Lyon. 
 from Saybrook. Coasters Outwards, Samuel Prince Sloop Adven- 
 ture for Milford, and Jacob Parker, Sloop Endeavour for Piscataqua. 
 Forreign Inwards, John Love, Sloop Dolphin, and Ezekiel Cravate, 
 Ketch Dolphin from Barbadoes, and Peter Coffin, Ship Pelican from 
 Madera. Forreign Cleared Outwards, John Hoddy for Jamaica, 
 John Tucker, Briganteen Sarah for Barbadoes, Jonathan Evans, 
 Providence Galley for Fyall, Thomas Ball Sloop Elizabeth, and Wil- 
 liam Cook, Briganteen Defiance for Montserrat. 
 
 It's said, There are some Horses, Barrels and Lumber come on 
 Shoar at Nantucket from some Vessel lately Cast away. 
 
 Tisbury, on Martha's Vineyard, Nov. 6 1704. The Reverend M. 
 Josiah Torrey was Ordained Pastor of the Church in this Place, upon 
 Wednesday, the 18. of October last. 
 
 New-York, October 6th. 1704. On Saturday last arrived here a 
 Sloop from Curacoa, Andrew John Master, in a Month, and brings 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 13, 1704 
 
 News that 10 French Men of War, and two Bomb Vessels were ex- 
 pected at Martinico, commanded by Monsieur De Caese [Du Casse], 
 and that two light Frigots of the ten were already Arrived there. 
 That the Governour of Curacoa has ordered all the Inhabitants of 
 that Island to be provided with Water for three Months. 
 
 Capt. Tongerlou is coming hither a Passenger in Captain Basset. 
 Capt. Stephens who was Commander and part Owner of his Privateer 
 Sloop is got to Curacoa, and has taken Possession of her. 
 
 The Jersey and the Vessels under her Convoy lye at Jacques Bay, 
 the Captain and Passengers are going on Board this day and will 
 Sail with the first fair Wind. Our Assembly is just now Dissolved. 
 
 His Excellency my Lord Cornbury designs for his Government 
 of New-Jersey to morrow morning. 
 
 Capt. Morrison came from St Thomas the first of October, Capt. 
 Eliot in a Ketch from Boston was arrived and was to Sail a few days 
 after him. Laroux was last week Tryed for Pyracy, and acquitted, 
 three Evidences viva voce proving him to be born in France. 
 
 Rhode-Island, November 10. There is arrived here one Harris 
 from Antigua, bound to Boston, as also Robert Smith in the Brigan- 
 tine Dragon six weeks passage. 
 
 Yesterday the Court of Admiralty was held here for the Condem- 
 nation of Capt. Laurence's Prize, and she was Condemned; And on 
 Wednesday the 22d Currant will be exposed to Sale, together with 
 all her Guns, Rigging, Ammunition and furniture ; As also her Loading 
 of Mud Fish and Salt: The Ship is about 120 Tons, 8 Guns; An 
 Inventory of which will be seen at Mr William Bright 's house in 
 Newport. 
 
 H&vertisements. 
 
 OTollen on Saturday the 4th Currant, from Mrs Susanna Camp- 
 *Jbell Widow 58 in Boston, a Silver Tankard, that holds about two 
 Wine quarts, has Sir Robert Robinson's Coat of Arms engraven on 
 the fore-part of it, wherein are three Ships, and the Motto in Latin. 
 Who[soe]ver can give any true Intelligence of the same, so as that 
 the Owner may have it again, shall be sufficiently rewarded. 
 
 RAN-away on Wednesday last, the 8th. Currant from his Master 
 in Boston, a Sirranam Indian Manslave, named Prince, aged 
 about fourteen years old, black short hair, markt upon his breast 
 with the Letters AP joyned at the foot: has on a black broad Cloath 
 Jacket, under that a frize Jacket and Breeches, a Crocus Apron, 
 gray yarn Stockings and Mittens, and a speckled Neckcloth: Speaks 
 
 58 Widow of Duncan Campbell. 
 
 145 
 
THE .BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 20, 1704 
 
 little or no English. Whosoever shall take up and apprehend said 
 Indian Boy, and him Convey to John Campbell Post-master of Boston, 
 »or give any true Intelligence of said Boy, so as his Master may may 
 lhave him again, shall have a sufficient reward. 
 
 Negro Woman Slave about 22 years of Age, to be Sold by Mr. 
 ^Nicholas Boone Bookseller, and to be seen at the London Coffee- 
 House, next door to the Post-Office, in Boston. 
 
 •fft. jg. mumb. 31. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOTl&ag November 13. to ADOItOai? November 20. 1704. 
 
 M H— AS— NY 
 
 TAN instalment of "The King of Portugals Declaration, with his 
 I xi-Reasons for entering into the Grand Alliance," fills the first 
 and breaks into the second page of this issue, with the editorial 
 note: "We must here break off till our next." The domestic news 
 includes the detailed account of the killing of the Reverend Mr. 
 Gardner at Lancaster.] 
 
 Boston, In our Numb. 28. As we then received it, we gave you the 
 Account of the Death of the Reverend Mr. Gardner, Minister of Lan- 
 caster; and having since had a perfect and exact Account of the 
 same, from Eye and Ear Witnesses; we thought it expedient to insert 
 it here, to prevent various reports thereof: And is as follows 
 
 That a man being Killed the day before betwixt Groton and Lan- 
 caster, and the Indians having been seen the night before nigh the 
 Town) Mr. Gardner (three of the men belonging to his Garrison 
 being gone out of Town, and two of the remaining three being tyred 
 with Watching and Travelling in the Woods after the Indians that 
 day) being a very careful as well as couragious man, concluded to Watch 
 that night himself; and accordingly went out into the little Watch- 
 house that was over one of the Flankers, and there stayed till late in 
 the night, whence and when he was coming down (as it was thought) 
 to warm him, the man that shot him, who was not long before sleeping 
 by the fire, came out, and whether between sleeping and waking, 
 or surprized with an excess of fear, fired upon him as he was coming 
 down out of the Watch-house through a little Trap door into the 
 Flanker, where no man having the exercise of his Reason could sus- 
 pect the coming of an Enemy, or suspect him to be so, when in a 
 clear Moon light night he was so nigh him, Mr. Gardner (though his 
 Wound was in his breast being shot through the Vitals) came to the 
 door, bid them open it for he was wounded; after he came in he fainted 
 
 146 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 20, 1704 
 
 away, but coming to himself again, asked who it was that Shot him, 
 and when they told him he prayed God to forgive him, and forgave 
 him himself, for he believed he did not do it on purpose ; and with a 
 composed Christian frame of Spirit desired them that were bitterly 
 lamenting over him, not to weep but to pray for him, and comforted 
 his sorrowful Wife, telling her he was going to Glory, advising her to 
 follow him; and in about an hour Dyed, leaving his sorrowful Friends 
 to lament the loss of so worthy and desirable a Person. 5 9 
 
 Mr. Eliot is arrived at Marblehead this week from St. Thomas's, 
 says, That Capt. Ellery from Boston, Shapely and Hill from New- 
 London, was taken into Martineco. That a Dutch Privateer had 
 brought in to St. Thomas 4 or 5 French Prizes. 
 
 On Saturday our Assembly was Prorouged until the sixth of Decem- 
 ber next. 
 
 Three French Men that came in Capt. Lawrence's Prize to Rhode- 
 Island, say, That in July they came from Rochel, under the Convoy 
 of a Flyboat of 700 Tons, between 50 and 60 Guns, and 2 Merchant 
 men of 14 Guns, about 120 Tons each. One of which with the Fly- 
 boat was Bound with Stores and Ammunition for Canada, which 
 Flyboat had on board a Bishop, 6 or 7 Priests and a great many 
 Passengers, and a great Sum of Mony to pay off the Souldiers. The 
 other Merchant Man with Stores was bound for Placentia, and 
 about 400 Leagues to the Westward of Rochel; they met in July last 
 with an English Fleet consisting of about 120 Sail, under Convoy 
 of 5 Men of War, the Ship in which these French men was, made her 
 escape, and also that for Placentia, whom they afterwards met upon 
 the Banks. But the great Flyboat they saw engaged between 2 
 English Men of War, and heard the Guns plying from 10 a Clock in 
 the Morning to 12 a Clock in the Night, and suppose she was either 
 taken or sunk. 
 
 On Saturday arrived one Johnson in a Briganteen from Plymouth 
 in England about 7 weeks Passage, came out under Convoy of the 
 Advice Man of War a 4th Rate of 50 Guns, Captain Morris Commander, 
 and the Strumbele a 5th Rate, Convoy of some Ships for Virginia. 
 There came out with them the two Mast Ships for Piscataqua, viz. 
 The New Hampshire, Capt. Easson Commander, and the other the 
 Thannet, with several other Vessels for this Place, viz. Capt. Went- 
 worth, Taylor, Balston, Pitts, and two other Vessels belonging to 
 England. There came also out with the above Convoy Capt. Deheart 
 and Bond for New-York, and Capt. Robertson for Pensilvania, and 
 several for Virginia. 
 
 59 Reprinted from the News-Letter, together with the item in No. 28 in 
 Notes, in The Acts and Resolves ... of the Province of the Massachusetts 
 Bay: ... , Vol. VIII, pp. 506-507. 
 
 147 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 20, 1704 
 
 Several Men of War came out in Company for Lisbon, of whom 
 Admiral Whetston was Commodore, Admiral Whetston Retook a 
 Vessel from the French, that was taken bound home from Virginia. 
 
 The Advice Man of War took a French Banker on the Banks of 
 Newfoundland. The Briganteen in which Johnson came, was one of 
 the last Vessels that kept Company with the Advice, and parted with 
 him three weeks ago, who was then in Chase of a Vessel he saw. 
 
 And by Master and Passengers we are acquainted, . . . [items 
 of foreign news.] 
 
 The Virginia Fleet was save Arrived in England, excepting one 
 of the Men of War Convoys was taken in the Channel giving Chase 
 to some Ships she saw, that were French men of War. 
 
 That our Virginia home bound Fleet, took a great Flyboat bound 
 to Canada, with Stores of Ammunition, and a great deal of Money; 
 said to be a very Rich Prize; and was carryed in to the Downs. 
 
 That our Fleet in the Streights had an engagement with the French, 
 and worst them. 
 
 Capt. V/elch from hence was taken. 
 
 Entered outward bound, James Berry for Barbadoes, Jeffry Bed- 
 good for Curaso, John Pullen for Jamaica, John Webster for Coratuck, 
 and Zachariah Alden for Antigua. Coasters outwards, JamCs Blin 
 for Rhode-Island, and Christopher Amazon for Piscataqua. Forreign 
 inwards, James Calley and William Goddard for Madera, John Mason. 
 and Richard Thomas for Sirranam, and James Bodwin for Jamaica. 
 
 New-Castle in Piscataqua, Nov 16. 1704. The Reverend Mr. 
 John Emerson was Ordained Pastor of the Church in this Place, 
 upon Wednesday the 8th Instant. 
 
 H&vertisements. 
 
 'T^Here is now in the Press, and will speedily be Published Mr. 
 -*- Clough's Almanack for the Year 1705. Diligently Calculated 
 according to the Doctrine of Scientia Stellarum, the latest Tables 
 now extant; to which is added an Appendix of the Effects of the 
 Eclipses and Conjunctions of the Superiour Planets, with a compleat 
 Chronology of very Remarkable Things from the beginning of the 
 World, to the year 1705. Also an account of the variation of the 
 Ebbing and Flowing of the Tides; together with a new Account of the 
 Rhodes to Cape Harbour, with the East and West: With other 
 things useful and very necessary. 
 
 rpHere is lately Published, A Book Entituled, A Discourse on the 
 *- Holiness of the Sabbath Day. Being a Sermon Preached at 
 Boston, New-England, October 29th. 1704. By Jer. Dummer, A. L, 
 M & Philosop. Doct. 
 
 148 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 27, 1704 
 
 Both to be Sold by Benjamin Eliot at his Shop at the West-End 
 of the Town-House in Boston. 
 I ^He Eastern and Piscataqua Post sets out from Boston every 
 ■*- Monday night at seven of the Clock, and all Persons are desired 
 to bring their Letters to the Post-Office before six a Clock. 
 The Western Post not yet come in. 
 
 1R, ]£. Burnt). 32. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOlt&ag November 20. to /IDOttdag November 27. 1704. 
 
 M H— AS— NY 
 
 fTj^OREIGN matter occupies all of this issue except a little more 
 I -T than a quarter of a page. Another instalment of "The King 
 of Portugals Declaration" is given, and the other foreign advices 
 include reports from the duke of Marlborough's camp of July 6, 
 9 and 13 dates. In the domestic news is a report by an express 
 from Albany to New York, as brought by an Indian from Canada, 
 of preparations in Canada for a French and Indian winter attack 
 upon some point in the colonies not named.] 
 
 Boston, We are acquainted from London, that Sims or Flins 
 from Rhode-Island, and Chester from New-London, both bound to 
 London, were taken by the French; and that Capt. Davison from 
 New-York to London was arrived there. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Thomas Lanren for Carolina, John 
 Hobbs for Antigua, John Henderson for Saranam, Ezekiel Cravat 
 for Lisbon, and Nathaniel Green, David Craige, and Samuel Br ice 
 for Barbadoes. Coasters Outwards, Peter Coffin, and Richard Hall 
 for New- Haven. Forreign Inwards, Capt. John Wentworth, Capt. 
 Christopher Taylor, and William Dean, from London, Nathaniel 
 Eliot from St. Thomas, Nicholas Laurence from Berwick, Richard 
 Shortridge from Fyall, and Thomas Sill from Antigua. Forreign 
 Outwards, John Webber for Coratuck, Jeremiah Cusking for Virginia, 
 John Wing, Daniel Marshal, Henry Tew and John Dimon, for Jamaica, 
 and Stephen Codman for Fyall. 
 
 Marble-head, Nov. 25. On Wednesday next Sails from hence to 
 Portugal, Capt. John Miles in the Swallow for Lisbon, Capt Richard 
 Murphey in the Arcana Galley for Leghorn. 
 
 New-York, Nov. 13. On the 7th Instant, His Excellency the Lord 
 Cornbury went hence to his Government of New- Jersey. 
 
 On the 8th Currant, The Jersey Man of War with the Vessels under 
 her Convoy Sailed from Sandy-hook for England. 
 
 149 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 4, 1704 
 
 The Pensilvania Post is not yet come in. 
 
 Last night came an Express from Albany, & brought an Account, 
 that an Onnendage Indian was arrived from Canada, & gives an 
 Account, that an Army was preparing with great vigour to make 
 an Attack this Winter over the Ice, but on what place was kept secret. 
 
 St. Johns Newfoundland, Octob. 24. Four days ago came here 
 7 French Souldiers, who 10 days before had deserted at Placentia, 
 & were kindly received by the Commadore, who carried them for 
 England, which Deserters say, that sundry others of the best of 
 that Garrison would quickly follow, because of hard usage, want 
 of pay, & scarcity of Provisions. On the 22d Instant, our Governour 
 had certain advice, that 11 more of said Garrison was come to Car- 
 bonier, who had Surrendred themselves & their Arms, & were ordered 
 by the Governour to be brought hither, of whom there was 2 Seargents, 
 1 Gunner & 7 common Souldiers, and confirm what the others say 
 of a great Scarcity at Placentia. 
 
 Piscataqua, Nov. 23. This Week arrived here from England, 
 Capt. Morris Commander of Her Majesties Ship the Advice, with the 
 New- Hampshire, and Thanet, Mast-Ships under his Co[n]voy. 
 
 The Eastern Post sets out every Monday night. 
 
 [No advertisements in this issue.] 
 
 H, 15. "Humb. 33. 
 
 The BoftonNews-Letter. 
 
 From /BonDag November 27. to. /IDOtl&as December 4. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 I TN the first column of the first page is more of the declaration of 
 I Athe king of Portugal, continued from the issues of November 
 20 and 27. From Hague, August 18, there is a report of the battle 
 of Hochstedt or Blenheim, and from Windsor, August 13, the letter 
 of the duke of Marlborough to the queen announcing that victory. 
 There is a little more than a column of domestic news. This in- 
 cludes a proclamation by the governor regulating the transmission 
 of letters to Europe "during the continuance of this war."] 
 
 Boston, On Sabbath, the 26 of November, about 6 of the Clock at 
 night. Dyed Major Benjamin Davis aged 56 Years and 4 months, 
 and was decently Interr'd on Thursday the last of November, being 
 attended with the Regiment in arms. 60 
 
 60 Major in the militia: captain of the Honorable Artillery Company 
 1686. See Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 118, under dates Nov* 26, 
 Novr 30. 
 
 i 150 ; 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 4, 1704 
 
 On Wednesday the 28th of November, His Excellency our Gover- 
 nour Issued forth a Proclamation, That whereas the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of this Province was by Prorogation to Sit at 
 Boston upon Wednesday the 6th day of December, His Excellency 
 has been pleased further to Prorogue the said Assembly unto Wednes- 
 day the 27th Day of December Instant, at ten a Clock in the Forenoon. 
 
 On Thursday the 30th November: In obedience to Her Majesties 
 Express Command, for the better preventing of the Enemy gaining 
 Intelligence of the State of the Plantations, by Letters from private 
 persons there to their Correspondents in England, taken on board 
 Ships coming from the Plantations & carried into France, which 
 prove of dangerous consequence, 
 
 His Excellency, our Governour, with Advice of Her Majesties 
 Council has issued forth a Proclamation, directing & ordering all 
 Masters of Ships & other Vessels Sailing from any part or place 
 either of this Government or New-Hampshire during the continuance 
 of this War, bound for Europe, or to any other of Her Majesties 
 Plantations abroad, to have a bag to receive all Letters that shall be 
 sent by them, with a sufficient weight therein to sink the same im- 
 mediately in case of imminent danger from the Enemy, & that they 
 sink them accordingly; That they suffer no Letters to be carried in 
 their Ships or Vessels, but what are put in the common bag; That 
 all Merchants and other private persons be very cautious of giving 
 any Account by Letters of the Publick State & Condition of these 
 Plantations. 
 
 That none of the French Nation residing here, inhabitants or 
 others, do convey or put any Letter into the common bag, or on 
 board any Ship or other Vessel, without presenting them to the 
 Governour or Commander in Chief for the time being, for his perusal ; 
 & that none such be received by any Ship-Master or others, before 
 they have been perused as aforesaid, & so notifyed. That none of 
 Her Majesties Subjects, Merchants or others, do put any Letters from 
 any French-man, under their cover to elude the intent of this 
 Proclamation. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Bucklin for Antigua, Robert Gould for 
 Coratuck, Nathaniel Eliot for Montserat, and James Bridgam for 
 Barbadoes. Co[a]stars Outward, Almy for Rhode- J 'sland, and Brackett 
 Wells for Piscataqua; Forreign Inwards, Nathaniel B[al\ston from 
 London. Forreign Outwards, Joseph Arnold for Carolina. 
 
 Marshfield, Nov. 29. On Sabbath last was put on Shoar here, 
 Abraham Gordon from Fyall in the Easterly Storm of Snow, we hope 
 he'll save the Vessel and Cargo, except the loss of her Masts, and some 
 small damage. 
 
 151 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 11, 1704 
 
 Philadelphia, Nov. 15. About three weeks ago, The State-house 
 at Annapolis was burnt down, most of the Records of the Province was 
 burnt in it. 
 
 Last "Week arrived Captain Rhodes in a Sloop from Rhode-Island. 
 
 New-York, Nov. 22. Captain Tongrelow was expected here in 
 Basset, (who arrived from Curacoa the 15th Instant, in 28 days) 
 but he would not come without his Goods, which Basset refused to 
 bring; we hear he designs for Rhode-Island. 
 
 Captain Clavar in a Barque, Cap[t]ain de Wint, and Captain Van- 
 laer in two Sloops all well mann'd, design this or the next Week to 
 Sayl on Privateering. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Nov* 28. There is one Ransford in a Briganteen, 
 arrived here from Barbadoes. Yesterday arrived at the back-side 
 of our Island, a French Prize, taken by Her Majesties Ship the Ad- 
 vice, Loaden with dry Fish and Oyl. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 THese are to Certifie all Persons, that there is lately set up at 
 Charlstown Ferry in Boston, a Pottash-work. at the house of 
 John Russell Ferry-man, where all Persons that have any Ashes 
 to spare, may receive six pence per Bushell in Money, for any Quantity 
 they shall Deliver at the Water-side. 
 
 ' I A He Western Post for three Months to the 1st of March next goes out 
 ■*• and comes in once a Fortnight at Boston; he came in on Fryday 
 last, the first currant, & sets out on Tuesday morning, the 5th instant, 
 and so comes in every other Saturday at noon, and sets out the Tues- 
 day morning following at ten of the Clock. 
 
 The Eastern Post comes in every Saturday, and sets out every 
 Monday night, at seven of the Clock. 
 
 1R. j£. IRumb. 34. 
 
 The Bolton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOItOaS December 4. to /IDon&a$ December 11. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 I TN the first column of the first page is a continuation of the declara- 
 |_Ation of the king of Portugal and in the second column, from 
 Whitehall , August 14, is the report of Vice Admiral Sir George Rooke 
 concerning the taking of Gibraltar by the British forces July 24, and 
 accompanying this report are the articles of capitulation. Nearly the 
 
 152 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 11, 1704 
 
 entire second page is occupied with a proclamation of Queen Anne 
 "for Settling and Ascertaining the Current Rates of Foreign Coins 
 in Her Majesties Colonies and Plantations in America." 81 Ac- 
 companying this is a table of computation of weights and values of 
 foreign coins in the plantations, made by Mr. Newton, master worker 
 of the mint. The domestic news of the issue is limited to five short 
 items.] 
 
 Chelmsford, Decemb. 7. This Day Dyed the Reverend Mr. Thomas 
 Clark, Pastor of the Church here. Aged 51 & 9 months. 
 
 Little-Compton, Decemb. 7. 1704. The Reverend Mr. Richard 
 Billings was Ordained Pastor of the Church in this Place, on Thursday 
 the last day of November. 
 
 Marble-head, Dec. 7. This day arrived here Cap. Winter from 
 England, being the last Ship that came out with our Fleet. 
 
 Boston, Entered Outward bound, Pitman, and Gray for Nevis, 
 Perkins for Antigua, Everton, Love, Plaisted and Ernes for Barba- 
 does, Northy for Virginia, and Emons for Jamaica. Coasters Jn- 
 wards, Lathrop from Sandwich, and Smallage from Rhode-Island. 
 Coasters Outwards, Odiorne for Piscataqua. Foreign Inwards, 
 Gravenraedt from Af. York, Harris from Antigua, Vail & Darby from 
 Pensilvania. Foreign Outwards, Jones & Hobbs for Antigua, Gold for 
 Carolina, Green for Jamaica, Dean for Suranam, Burbankior Curacoa, 
 & Moor for Barbadoes. 
 
 On Tueseday the 5th Currant arrived here Cap. Pit[t]s from London, 
 came out with the Ships for this place. 
 
 By the QUEEN, 
 
 A PROCLAMATION, 
 
 For Settling and Ascertaining the Current Rates of Foreign Coins 
 
 in Her Majesties Colonies & Plantations in America ANNE R. 
 
 WE having had under our Consideration the different Rates at 
 which the same Species of Foreign Coins do Pass in Our several 
 Colonies and Plantations in America, and the inconveniences thereof, 
 by the indirect Practice of Drawing the Money from one Plantation 
 to another, to the great Prejudice of the Trade of our Subjects ; And 
 being Sensible, That the same cannot be otherwise Remedied, than 
 by Reducing of all Foreign Coins to the same Current Rate within 
 all Our Dominions in America; And the Principal Officers of Our 
 Mint having laid before Us a Table of the Value of the several Foreign 
 Coins which usually Pass in Payments in our said Plantations, ac- 
 cording to their Weight, and the Assays made of them in Our Mint, 
 
 61 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, pp. 471-472. 
 
 153 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 11, 1704 
 
 thereby shewing the just Proportion which each Coin ought to have 
 to the other, which is as followeth, viz Sevill Pieces of Eight, Old 
 Plate, Seventeen Peny- weight Twelve Grains Four Shillings and 
 Six-pence; Sevill Pieces of Eight, New Plate, Fourteen Peny- weight, 
 Three Shillings Seven Pence One Farthing; Mexico Pieces of Eight, 
 Seventeen Peny- weight Twelve Grains, Four Shillings and Six Pence ; 
 Pillar Pieces of Eight, Seventeen Peny-weight Twelve Grains, Four 
 Shillings & Six-pence Three Farthings; Peru Pieces of Eight, Old 
 Plate, Seventeen Peny-weight Twelve Grains, Four Shillings & Five 
 Pence, or thereabouts; Cross Dollars, Eighteen Peny-weight, Four 
 Shillings and Four Pence Three Farthings; Ducatoons of F lander? r 
 Twenty Peny weight and Twenty One Grains, Five Shillings and Six 
 Pence; Ecu's of France, or Silver Lewis, Seventeen Peny-weight 
 Twelve Grains, Four Shillings and six pence; Crusadoes of Portugal, 
 Eleven Peny weight, Four Grains, Two Shillings and Ten Pence 
 One Farthing; Three Gilder Pieces of Holland, Twenty Peny weight 
 and Seven Grains, Five Shillings and Two Pence One Farthing;. 
 Old Rix Dollars of the Empire, Eighteen Peny-weight and Ten 
 Grains, Four Shillings and six-pence; The Half, Quarters, and other 
 parts in proportion to their Denominations, and Light Pieces in 
 Proportion to their Weight: We have therefore thought fit for 
 Remedying the said Inconveniences, by the Advice of Our Council, 
 to Publish and Declare, That from and after the First Day of January 
 next ensuing the Date hereof; no Sevill, Pillar, or Mexico Pieces of 
 Eight, though of the full Weight of Seventeen Peny-weight and a 
 half, shall be Accounted, Received, Taken or Paid within any of Our 
 said Colonies or Plantations, as well those under Proprietors and 
 Charters, as under Our immediate Commission & Government, at 
 above the Rate of Six Shillings per piece Currant Money for the 
 Discharge of any Contracts or Bargains to be made after the said 
 First Day of January next, the Halfs, Quarters, and other lesser 
 Pieces of the same Coins to be Accounted, Received, Taken, or Paid 
 in the same proportion; And the Currency of all Pieces of Eight of 
 Peru, Dollars, and other Foreign Species of Silver Coins, whether of 
 the same or Baser Alloy, shall, after the said First Day of January 
 next, stand Regulated, according to their Weight and Fineness, 
 according & in proportion to the Rate before limited and set for the. 
 pieces of Eight of Sevill, Pillar, and Mexico; So that no Foreign 
 Silver Coin of any sort be permitted to exceed the same proportion 
 upon any Account whatsoever. And We do hereby Reqire & Com- 
 mand all Our Governours, Lieutenant- Go vernours, Magistrates, 
 Officers, and all other Our|good Subjects within Our said Colonies 
 and Plantations, to Observe and Obey Our Directions herein, as they 
 Tender Our Displeasure. 
 
 154 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 18, 1704 
 
 Given at Our Castle at Windsor, the Eighteenth Day of June, 
 1704 In the Third Year of Our Reign, 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 A Computation made by Mr. Newton, Master- Worker of the Mint, 
 according to which all Foreign Coins may Pass in Her Majesties 
 Plantations, in Proportion to the Rate Limited in Her Majesties 
 Proclamation for Pieces of Eight of Sevill, Mexico and Pillar. 
 
 Weight and Intrinsick Value of the following 
 Species. 
 
 Rate of the said Pieces 
 in Proportion to the Lim- 
 itation made by the said 
 Proclamation. 
 
 Sevill Pieces of Eight, Old Plate 
 
 Sevill Pieces of Eight, New Plate 
 
 Mexico Pieces of Eight 
 
 Pillar Pieces of Eight 
 
 Peru Pieces of Eight 
 
 Cross Dollars 
 
 Ducatoons of Flanders 
 
 Ecu's of France or Silver Lewis 
 
 Crusados of Portugal 
 
 Three Guilder Pieces of Holland 
 
 Old Rix Dollars of the Empire 
 
 Weight 
 Peny 
 wt. Gr. 
 
 Value 
 Shil. 
 
 Pence 
 
 
 Shil. 
 
 Pence 
 
 17 12 
 
 14 
 
 17 12 
 
 17 12 
 
 17 12 
 
 18 
 
 20 21 
 
 17 12 
 11 4 
 20 7 
 
 18 10 
 
 4 6 
 
 3 7i 
 
 4 6 
 4 6| 
 4 5 
 
 4 4f 
 
 5 6 
 
 4 6 
 2 10 
 
 5 2\ 
 4 6 
 
 
 6 
 
 4 9J 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 5 10* 
 
 5 10* 
 7 4 
 6 
 
 3 9i 
 
 6 11 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 All Halves, Quarters and lesser Pieces are to Pass in Proportion to the above Kates. 
 
 [No advertisement in this issue.] 
 
 m. is. 
 
 •Wumb. 35. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flDonOaE. December 11. to flDOIt&ag December 18. 1704. 
 
 NY— as 
 
 TT~> XCEPT for four short domestic items this issue is completely filled 
 I P^with long reports of foreign affairs; and among others these 
 *• include, under date of the preceding July, from the duke of 
 Marlborough's camp at Alcha, news from that commander concerning 
 the movements of his army ; in August reports from Whitehall and 
 Windsor more details of the capture of Gibraltar; a letter of Queen 
 Anne addressed to the Parliament of Scotland, dated Edinburgh, 
 July 11; and other news from Mentz, Hamburg and elsewhere upon 
 the continent.] 
 
 155 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 25, 1704 
 
 Boston, On Sabbath the 10th Instant, died at Milton, Mr. Richard 
 Wilkins, Bookseller of Boston: Aged Eighty-One years, And was 
 Interred at Boston, on Wednesday the 13th Currant. 
 
 On Thursday the 14th, Arrived here the French Prize, taken by 
 Her Majesty's Ship the Advice, mentioned in our Number 33. 
 
 Outward Bound, Jefferies for Coratuck, Welch for Bermuda, John 
 Corny, and John Charnock for London. Coasters Outwards, Allen 
 for Connecticut, Gillam for Rhode Island, and Newman for Piscataqua. 
 Forreign Outwards Cleared, Bucklin for Antigua, Lanyon for Carolina, 
 Jeffries for Coratuck, Card for Barbadoes, Hillard and Parker for 
 Jamaica, Carket for Surranam, and Milke for Montserat 
 
 New-York, Decemb. 2. Ca/'. 5<wi & Cap. Be Hart are just now 
 arrived from England, and Cap. Wilde is daily expected, Cap Bill 
 is arrived from Curacoa in a month. 
 
 [No advertisements in this issue.] 
 
 1ft, jg. Bumb. 36. 
 
 The Bolton News-Letter. 
 
 From /DJonOaS December 18. to /IDOn&ay December 25. 1704. 
 
 NY— AS 
 
 f T N this issue preference is again given to foreign news, almost the 
 | A whole space being occupied by such matter. An additional in- 
 v stalment of the declaration of the king of Portugal is printed, 
 and also the speeches to Parliament by the marquis of Tweedale, 
 high commissioner, and the earl of Seafield, lord high chancellor; 
 and there is miscellaneous news of May, June and July, from Con- 
 stantinople, Nismes, Amsterdam and other capitals of the continent. 
 Two items only comprise the domestic news.] 
 
 Boston, Entered Outwards, John Estes, and John Thomas junior 
 for London. Coasters Inwards, John Wells from Piscataqua. Coast- 
 ers Outwards, Thomas Groce for Piscataqua. Forreign Inwards, 
 John Pitts, and Thomas Winter from London. Forreign Outwards 
 Cleared, John Seley, and Jeffery Bedgood for Barbadoes, John Ruggles 
 for Nevis, William Dean for Lisbon, John Venteman for Jamaica, 
 and John Scot for Antigua. 
 
 Notice is hereby given to all Persons concerned, That whereas it is 
 likely the General Assembly of this Province, will be Sitting at the 
 time appointed by Law for the holding of the Infer iour Court of Common 
 Pleas within the County of Suffolk, on the First Tuesday of January 
 
 156 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 1, 1705 
 
 next; the Justices of the said Inferiour Court have therefore adjourned 
 the same unto the First Tuesday of February next ensuing. 
 
 [No advertisement in this issue.] 
 
 1705 
 
 1ft, jg. mumb. 37. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOlt&aE December 25. to tfDOtl&ag January 1. 1704, 5. 
 
 NY 
 
 F/^VNLY five items of domestic news are printed in this issue. The 
 j V_/ first page is filled with the speech of the earl of Cromarty, lord 
 secretary, intheScottishparliament.favoringtheunion with Great 
 Britain. On the second page is a letter from London, of July 20, 
 1704, regarding the succession of the crown of Scotland. Continental 
 news is from Turin, Vienna and other cities.] 
 
 Boston, On Wednesday last, the General Court of this Province 
 according to Prorogation to said day, did meet and Sit again. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Hobbs for Antigua. Coasters Inwards, 
 Bracket from Piscataqua. Forreign Outwards, Sanders for Roanoke, 
 Pickman for Nevis, Clark for Virginia, Plaisteed and Barns for 
 Barbadoes, Perkins and Hobbs for Antigua, Welsh for Bermuda, 
 and Cravat for Lisbon. 
 
 Philadelphia, Dec. 6. Capt. David Robertson from London, is 
 just now arrived, came out with the Advice Man of War from England. 
 And we dayly expect a Briganteen that came out in Company with 
 them. 
 
 New York, December 15. We have Advice, That the Dove from 
 London, bound hither, is put in to New London. 
 
 His Excel, the Ld. Cornbury is expected here this day from his 
 Government of N-Jersey. The Assembly of that Province have 
 
 157 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 8 and 15, 1705 
 
 granted a Revenue to Her Majesty of 2000 1 Per Annum for two 
 years. 
 
 [No advertisements in this issue.] 
 
 1ft, jg. uaumb.38. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&a? January 1. to /iDOIt&ag January 8. 1704, 05. 
 
 NY 
 
 f T7XCEPT for four domestic items and one advertisement all this 
 | XLissue is of foreign affairs. Most space is given to reports from 
 Vienna of the peace negotiations between Austria and Hungary, 
 and the movements of Prince Ragatzi. The proceedings of parlia- 
 ment sitting in Edinburgh are reported.] 
 
 Boston, On Tuesday the 2d Currant, Dyed the Pious and Vertuous 
 Madam Sarah Leverett, widow of the Honourable John Leverett Esq. 
 Sometime Governour of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, 
 Aged 74 years & 8 Month's, much Lamented by all Persons. 
 
 An Act Passed by the Great and General Court of this Province 
 this Sessions, Against Souldiers and Seamen in Her Majesty's Service, 
 being Arrested for Debt. 
 
 On Saturday the 6th Instant, His Excellency our Governour was 
 pleased to Prorogue the Assembly of this Province unto Wednesday 
 the 21st of February next, to ten of the Clock in the Forenoon. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Henry Lowder for Barbadoes. Forreign 
 Cleared Outwards, Andrew Gravenrat for New-York, and Jonathan 
 Gray for Antigua. 
 
 Hbverttsement 
 
 A Negro Man Slave, about 35 years of Age.who speaks good English, 
 to be Sold & seen at Cap. Samuel White's house at the North- 
 end of Boston, where you may know further. 
 
 U*. je. 1Rumb. 39. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&ag January 8. to flDon&ay January 15. 1704, 5. 
 
 NY 
 
 HALF column of domestic news and three and one half columns 
 of foreign news fill the two pages of this issue. The foreign news 
 
 158 
 
 [A 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 15, 1705 
 
 from Warsaw, Dantzick, Turin, Hague and elsewhere is principally 
 concerning military movements and several small battles in which 
 the armies of the French and the Allies were engaged ; the discussion 
 of terms of peace between Sweden and Poland and the elaborate 
 preparations which had been made for the crowning of King Stan- 
 islau. The domestic news, although brief, contains several items 
 of more than ordinary importance including reports of privateers in 
 the West Indies.] 
 
 Boston, On Monday the 8th Currant was Interred Madam Sarah 
 Lever ett mentioned in our Last. ° 2 
 
 This week arrived John Moor horn Nevis about nine weeks Passage, 
 says, That there are a great many French Privateers out, and that 
 Philip Lewis from hence to Surranam, and from thence for Nevis 
 in a Briganteen was taken and carried in to Martinico. 
 
 On Sabbath the 14th Instant at Noon, begun a great Storm of 
 Snow, the Wind being at North-East, and continues still at the 
 Printing hereof on Monday Morning. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Fortune Redduck for St. Christophers. 
 Forreign Inwards, John Moor from Nevis. Forreign Outwards 
 Cleared, John Pullen for Jamaica. 
 
 Piscataqua, January 11. Capt. Salmon Morrice 93 Commander 
 of Her Majesty's Ship the Advice (with the two Mast-Ships, who are 
 making all possible dispatch in Loading) will Sail hence for England 
 the 1st of March next, taking under his Convoy what other Vessels 
 are then ready. 
 
 New-Port Rhode-Island, January 11. On Fryday the 5th Currant 
 dyed here Mr Robert Carr, and was Interred on Monday the 8th 
 Instant. There is arrived here Gillam & Gravenrad from Boston, 
 and cleared from hence, Hubbert from Madera's, and Hayman for 
 St. Christophers. 
 
 New-York, Jan. 1. About 10 days ago, Cap. Claver, & Capt. 
 De Wint Sayled a Privateering. A Sloop arrived here from Suranam, 
 brings no news. The Post from Albany brings Advice, That the 
 French were fitting out a great Party of Indians, &c. to fall upon some 
 of the English Government. Several Vessels Outward bound for 
 Antigua, Jamaica, Curacoa and Carolina. Capt. Wilde from London 
 that came out with the Advice Man of War, <Sfc. Lies at the two 
 
 62 See News-Letter, No. 38; see also Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol, II, 
 page 120, under date Janv 2, and page 121, under date Monday, January 8 
 [1704/5]. 
 
 63 Captain Salmon Maurice. See Notes, in The Acts and Resolves . . . 
 of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, page 
 465, 466. 
 
 159 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 22 and 29, 1705 
 Brothers, 12 miles from hence. 
 
 advertisement 
 
 [Reprinted: sale of slave of Captain Samuel White, as in January 8.] 
 
 1R, jg. IRumb. 40. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&a£ January 15. to /IDon&ap. January 22. 1704, 5. 
 
 NY 
 
 LL the first page of this issue is filled with an account of the 
 battle of Blenheim. On the second page is news from Berlin, 
 Vienna, Hague, Hamburgh, Frankfort and elsewhere.] 
 
 [A 
 
 Boston, On the 15th Instant, James Jarvies, Blacksmith, (who 
 used to be taken with Fits of the Falling Sickness) being Shovelling 
 of Snow at his Well in the Yard, on a sudden his head foremost fell 
 into the Well, his own Journey-man Shovelling Snow in the same 
 Yard heard a sudden noise, & immediately cried out, & several 
 persons got to the Well where nothing was to be seen but his feet, 
 and got him out, who spoke but very few words afterwards, and dyed 
 within a few hours. 
 
 On Wednesday morning the 17th Instant, dyed Elizabeth Whetlie, 
 Single Woman, for want of help, being big with Child, who would 
 not own that she was with Child, was afterwards opened, and found 
 to be so. 
 
 On Saturday Morning the 20th. dyed Mr. William Rowe, Goldsmith. 
 Entered Outward Bound, John Wensley for Barbadoes. Cleared, 
 Jotham Odiorn for Piscataqua. 
 
 advertisement 
 
 [Reprinted : sale of slave of Captain Samuel White, as in January 8 
 and January 15.] 
 
 1ft. jg, Humb. 4i. 
 
 The Bolton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&ag January 22. to /IDonDap. January 29, 1704. 05. 
 
 NY 
 
 HREE columns of this issue are filled with foreign news. More 
 details of the victory at Hochflet in August, 1704, are given 
 "From the Duke of Marlborough's camp at Steinheim, Aug. 17 
 
 160 
 
 [T 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 29, 1705 
 
 N. S." with the additional note, "we refer you to our Number 33 in 
 which is the Duke of Marlborough's Letter to the Secretary of State, 
 which gives an account of the Battle." Appended to this report 
 is "A List of the Chief Prisoners taken at the Battle at Bleineam." 
 More account of this battle is given in letters from Berlin, Frankfort, 
 and Hague. In a letter from Edinburgh, parliamentary proceedings 
 in relation to the succession to the throne are reported.] 
 
 Barbadoes, Decemb. 21. On the 20th of October arrived here Capt. 
 Thomas Lessenby in the Dudley Frigot, and Sargent in a Ketch from 
 Boston in N. England, & on the 22d. Capt. Partridge from said Port. 
 On the 2d of November the Warrick Man of War, (the Curtney Brigan- 
 teen being in Company) brought in a French Privateer Sloop with 
 40 hands. Capt. Graves in the Ship William from Virginia; On the 
 7th Capt. Porter from Guinea, & a Briganteen from Virginia: On 
 the 8th, Fox in a Ketch from Boston, & Tucker in a Sloop from 
 Rhode-Island both taken, the men put on Shoar; a Sloop from Pensil- 
 vania, & Capt. Jenkins in a Ship from Bristol arrived. On the 12th 
 two Sloops from Pensilvania, & one from Rhode-Island. On the 15th. 
 The Pacquet Boat from England. On the 16th. A Sloop from Rhode- 
 Island, and one from New-York. On the 17th. Capt. Moles from 
 Boston On the 19h. Captains, Everton and Garrat from New-foundland. 
 On the 9th Decemb. Captain Gibbs from Carolina. 
 
 Several Vessels Sail'd from hence this day. For Virginia, The 
 James Citty, Richard Brand, Master, & the Mercy, James Loring 
 Master: For Leward Islands, Robert Chappel, & Mr. Richardson; 
 for London, Capt. Thomas Holland, in the By-fronts Gaily, George 
 Pearson in the John & Ann, William Arkland in the Industry, George 
 Clay in the Richard. For Pensilvania, Florentius Burrows in the 
 Tygar, George Laycraft in the Adventure. For Bermuda, Nathaniel 
 Tatum, in the Lilly, Robert Inglish in the John & Jane, John Sallus- 
 tius in the Samuel, William Outerbrige in the Rose, Matthew Witter 
 in the William & Robert. For New-England Salem, John Sharpe 
 in the Endeavour. For Boston, Clement Jackson in the Dover Gaily, 
 & John Bennet in the Hopewell. For Bristol, Robert Knowles in the 
 Increase. For Carolina, James Gibson in the Endeavour For Saltitu- 
 dos Wil Wyot in the Endeavour. 
 
 Yesterday came on Shore Capt. Dunkin and Company in his 
 Boat, gives an Account that he was bound Hither from Ireland, 
 Loaden with Provisions, but his Ship sprung a Leak ten Leagues off 
 and Foundered. 
 
 Provisions are both scarce & dear. Capt. Moles is put in Com- 
 mander of the Curtney Briganteen, & our Government has fitted 
 out a Sloop, both of which are out, and hope will do us good Service 
 against the Privateers. 
 
 161 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 5, 1705 
 
 The Man of War has Retaken a Ship from Guinea, bound'to Jamaica, 
 the Master whereof is carried in to Martinico. The Ship brought 
 in here & the Negroes Sold. 
 
 We are acquainted, That there is 2 or 3 French Privateers taken 
 by Her Majesties Man of War at the Leward-Islands. 
 
 Boston, On Tuesday the 23d Currant, arrived here Capt. John 
 Bennet in 33 days from Barbadoes, by whom we have the Confirma- 
 tion of Capt. Ellery's (mentioned in our Number 31) being taken by 
 the French, who was Wounded in the stout resistance he made against 
 the Privateer. That Capt. Thomas Dudley in the Pacquet Boat from 
 England to the West-Indies, was taken and carried into St. Malo. 
 
 On Wednesday the 24th. Dyed Mr. Edward Gouge, Merchant. 
 
 By his Excellency's Direction, Capt. Tyng and Capt. Stephens 
 with 150 men with Snow Shoes march'd from Dunstable eight days 
 ago into the Woods in search of the Enemy. 8 * 
 
 His Excellency intends to go for his Government of New-Hamp- 
 shire, on Wednesday the 31st. Instant. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Capt. Mark Hunkin in the Johns Ad- 
 venture, for Barbadoes. Forreign Inwards, John Bennet from Bar- 
 badoes. Cleared Outwards, Cap. Ephraim Breed in the Seaflower, 
 for Jamaica, and Joseph Thorne in a Sloop for Barbadoes. 
 
 There are two Mails due from the Eastern Post, and one from the 
 Western, by reason of the great Snows. ' 
 
 [No advertisements in this issue.] 
 
 ft j£. Burnt). 42. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDonfcas January 29. to /IDon&ag February 5. 1704, 5. 
 
 MH-NY 
 
 T'TpHIS issue opens with a proclamation by Governor Dudley for a 
 I J. general fast. Foreign matter follows, occupying the remainder 
 of the first page and three quarters of the second page : largely of 
 war news. The domestic news fills out the second page and tells 
 of heavy snow storms and high tides. A New York item reports the 
 publication there of the queen's proclamation for "Settling and 
 Ascertaining the Current Rates of Foreign Coins" in the colonies, 
 
 64 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 447. 
 
 162 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 5, 1705 
 
 which was published in Massachusetts in the previous December, and 
 given in the News-Letter No. 34.] 
 
 By His Excellency, JOSEPH DUDLEY Esqr. Captain General 
 and Governour in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Provinces of the 
 Massachusetts-Bay and New-Hampshire in New- England. A 
 PROCLAMATION for a General FAST 65 
 
 HAving had Consideration of the Great Troubles of Europe, 
 wherein Her Majesty and the Confederates are Engaged against 
 the Common Enemy of the Repose of the Christian Nations; 
 As well as our own Troubles with the French and Indians; 
 And the Just Reason we have therefore to Implore the Divine Favour, 
 . for the Remission of our great and manifold Sins that have justly 
 displeased God. 
 
 T Have therefore thought fit, by and with the Advice of Her Majesties 
 *■ Council, and at the Desire of the Representatives in their last 
 Session, to Appoint and Order, That Thursday the first of March next , 
 be Solemnized as a Day of Publick FASTING and PRAYER through- 
 out these Provinces: Exhorting both Ministers and People in their 
 several Assemblies, Religiously to attend the Solemn Services of the said 
 Day; That by a sincere Repentance and steady Affiance in the Divine 
 Mercy in their most humble Addresses, They may obtain from GOD, 
 That Our Soveraign Lady the QUEEN with the Nations and Territories 
 under Her Happy Government may always be under the Protection of 
 HEAVEN; Her Majesties Life and Government long continued; 
 Her Counsels and just Arms Prospered; The Designs of the barbarous 
 Salvages against us defeated; Our exposed Plantations preserved. 
 And the poor Christian Captives in their hands, returned; That the 
 Government of these Provinces may have the Divine Direction in all 
 their Administrations; That Health may be continued, And the 
 ensuing Year crowned with the Fruits of Divine Bounty: That Deliver- 
 ance may speedily arise to the Church of God oppressed with the Tyranny 
 of Antichrist. And all Servile Labour is Inhibited in that Day. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, the Twenty-second Day 
 of January, 1704. In the Third Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign 
 Lady ANNE, by the Grace of GOD, of England, Scotland, France 
 & Ireland. QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 By Order of the Governour & Council /. Dudley. 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 New-Port Rhode-Island, January 25. On Sabbath the 14th. 
 
 65 In The Acts and Resolves ... of the Province o£ the Massachusetts 
 Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 104. 
 
 163 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 5, 1705 
 
 Instant, began here a great Storm the Wind at 5. E. and continued 
 till next day, which caused a Tyde to rise here two foot higher than 
 ever was known, which has done near 400/. damage to this place, 
 and drowned 17 Sheep of Connonicut's. Robert Smith for Surranam 
 will Sail in 15. days. 
 
 New-York, January 22. On the 15th Instant dyed here, Sampson 
 Shelton Broughton Esqr. Her Majesties Attorney General, Judge 
 Advocate, and of the Council of this Province, a Gentleman of great 
 Probity, Piety and Temper; whose loss is extreamly lamented by 
 all good men. 
 
 This Day Her Majesties Proclamation for Settling and Ascer- 
 taining the Current Rates of Foreign Coins in Her Majesties Colonies 
 and Plantations in America was published here. Never more Snows 
 known here than now, which is excessive deep, 7 or 8 miles a day with 
 great difficulty is attained to be a days Journey. The Pensilvania 
 Post not yet come in. 
 
 Vessels Outward Bound are Capt. Bond for London, Roland for 
 Jamaica, Newenhuysen, Bill and Bonnin for Curacoa, Watkins for 
 Barbadoes, Debart for Madera, Roland for Fyal, and Egerbtson for 
 Suranam. 
 
 Boston, Entered Outward Bound, Thomas Norris in the Content, & 
 John Bonnes in the Hopewell for Barbadoes. Forreign Outwards 
 Cleared, John Ingoldsby for Jamaica, Nathaniel Elliot for Mont- 
 serat, William Thwing for Madera, Richard Mortimur, and James 
 Berry for Barbadoes. 
 
 William Wyer in the Endeavour arrived at Martha's Vineyard 
 the 9th of January in a months time from Saltitudo's, where was 
 neither Sale nor other Vessel to be seen. 
 
 The Eastern Post came in on Saturday and sets out on Monday 
 night, who says, There is no Travailing with Horses, especially beyond 
 Newbury, but with Snow Shoes, which our People do much use now, 
 that never did before. The Western Post came then also in, and 
 setsouton Tuesday Morning, wholikewisesays.'Tis very bad Travailing. 
 
 B&vertfsement. 
 
 LAtely deserted Her Majesties Service at the Castle on Castle- 
 Island, Jonathan Milhurn Souldier, a Middle siz'd man, thin 
 Visage, dark brown short Hair; Aged about Thirty years: Who- 
 soever shall apprehend and him Convey to the Honourable Thomas 
 Povey Esq. Lieutenant Governour of the Massachusetts-Bay, shall 
 have Forty Shillings Reward, besides his Charges. And if the 
 said Milbum will Voluntarily come in and Surrender himself to 
 
 164 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 12, 1705 
 
 the next Justice of the Peace, in order to return to his Obedience, he 
 shall be pardoned his Crime 
 
 IB. fi. Wumb. 43. 
 
 The Bofton News -Letter. 
 
 From AbOltbag February 5 to flDonfcag February 12, 1704, 5 
 
 NY 
 
 TT70REIGN news fills three and a half of the four columns. Under 
 I .T the head line "From the Duke of Marlborough's Camp at Ep- 
 pingen September 3 N. S.", are two columns of news pertaining to 
 the campaign of the allied forces against the French and Bavarians 
 and a list of the English officers killed or fatally wounded in the 
 battle of Blenheim. Under a Vienna date of August 27, 1704, is a 
 report of the rejoicing in that capital, over the victory of Marlborough. 
 From Hague and Windsor is other war news.] 
 
 Salem, Jan. 20. The Weather has been so extream, there is no 
 Travelling. The great Tide on Monday 15th Instant was here at 
 least 14 inches higher than has been known in 20 years past ; & much 
 damage done in this Town, at Marblehead & Manchester. The 
 Chanel that was cut for the passage of Vessels out of the Harbour 
 of Glocester into Ipswich Bay, to save going about the Cape, is quite 
 filled up. 6 6 We have had no body from Boston since, that can give 
 an account of your Damage: but doubt it is considerable. 
 
 Charlstown, Peb. 9. The last week was held here the Superiour 
 Court for our County, where a Case was by the Court committed 
 to the Jury, & when they brought in their Verdict, the Court judging 
 it to be wrong, informed them better of the Case, & sent them out again 
 to consider better of it; a certain person in the Court after they had 
 received the Charge from the Court, spoke to them, & desired them 
 to stand by their first Verdict notwithstanding of what the Court said 
 to them ; whereupon the Court sent for said person & severely checkt 
 him, & had like to have fined him in a considerable Sum, but in 
 regard of his very great submission and penitency for his Crime, 
 was fin'd but in Five Pounds. 
 
 Boston, On Tuesday the 6th Currant, being Her Majesty's Birth- 
 Day; the Honourable the Lieutenant Governour, and the Gentle- 
 
 66 The "cut" across Cape Ann by way of Squam River. See Notes, in 
 The Acts and Resolves ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . , 
 in which this item is reprinted from the News-Letter, Vol. VIII, p. 478. 
 
 165 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 19, 1705 
 
 men of Her Majesties Council, with the Militia Officers, The Gentle- 
 men and Merchants of this Place, Attended on His Excellency the 
 Governour to the Town House, where they Drank Her Majesties 
 Health, Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia's, His Royal High- 
 ness Prince George's; His Grace the Duke of Marlborough's; And 
 Prosperity to Her Majesties Forces by Sea and Land. The Town- 
 House, and several Gentlemens Houses at night being full of 
 Illuminations. 
 
 By Letters from Piscataqua we are acquainted, that John Sharp 
 (mentioned in our Number 41 to be bound for Salem from Barba- 
 does) was Cast away at Piscataqua on Fryday night the 2d Currant. 
 The men are saved, but little of the Cargo is like to be sav'd. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, William Wains for Newfoundland. 
 Coasters Outward, Jacob Parker for Piscataqua. Forreign Cleared 
 Outwards, Capts. John Sunderland, John Foster, William Skinner, 
 Thomas Beard, John Robinson, and Bartholomew Chever for Barbadoes; 
 and James Updike for Madera. 
 
 On Saturday Arrived at Nantucket, Capts. Alcock, Alden, and 
 Peppril from Piscataqua. 
 
 There is one Mail due from the Eastern Post; and the Western 
 Post comes not in till Saturday next. 
 
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 fv TEARLY the entire issue is taken up with foreign news, only 
 I X\| seven short items of domestic events being printed at the end 
 *• of the fourth column. The foreign news mostly relates to the bat- 
 tle of Blenheim or Bleinem or Hochflefc, as it is here printed. The reports 
 are from Geneva, Hamburgh, Windsor and Paris. The Paris news 
 refers to letters received from Strasburg about the battle, and particu- 
 lar emphasis is placed upon the unpreparedness of the French and 
 Bavarians for this defeat as shown in the fireworks and inscriptions 
 which, before the battle occurred, had been prepared to celebrate 
 the birthday of the duke of Brittany "wherein the Rivers Seine and 
 Tajo were represented as forcing the Po, Danube, Maeze and Thames 
 to pay them homage." Further reports from Windsor and London 
 tell of the congratulations which have been extended to the queen 
 upon this great victory.] 
 
 166 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 26, 1705 
 
 Boston, A Gentleman from Piscataqua acquaints us, That the great 
 Storm mentioned in our Number 39, the 14th of January last, caused 
 a very great Tide to rise at Piscataqua, which did very great damage 
 there to several Warehouses, some whereof were carried away with 
 it; as also at Kittery and the Isle of Shoals, where it carried away 
 several of their Houses, and all their Fishing Stages. 
 
 Captains, Alcock & Alien mentioned in our Last to be arrived 
 at Nantasket was through misinformation; The Latter of which ar- 
 rived there on Thursday last, who is bound for Barbadoes. 
 
 On Wednesday next Sits our General Assembly. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Capt. John Balston for London, William 
 Pepperil for Cowes, & Jonathan Chamberlain for Newfoundland. 
 Cleared Outwards John Bennet, David Craeg, and Thomas Landel 
 for Barbadoes. 
 
 The Advice Man of War with the Ships under her Convoy, will be 
 ready to Sail from Piscataqua for England, against the middle of 
 March at farthest. 
 
 The Eastern Post came in on Tuesday last, and went out on Wednes- 
 day night, to return on Fryday or Saturday next, & to keep his usual 
 times of going out and coming in. 
 
 The Western Post not yet come in. 
 
 [No advertisements in this issue.] 
 
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 I"tN the first column of the first page under date, Windsor, Septem- 
 I Xber 14, 1704, is a long account, sent by Admiral Sir George 
 *• Rooke, of the naval battle with the French off Malaga, Spain, Au- 
 gust 13. In the second column is a list of the English and Dutch officers 
 and men killed and wounded in that engagement, to the number of 
 2,758. The story of the battle is continued on the second page, and 
 there are also from Lisbon further details concerning the affair. The 
 domestic news is a minor quantity occupying only three quarters of 
 a column.] 
 
 Lisbon Decemb. 3d. . . . Mr. Whitehorn from Rhode-Island 
 to London was taken by the French, himself is come in here in one of 
 those ships we took, but his Ship is not retaken. 
 
 167 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 26, 1705 
 
 Capt. Smith in the Gosport Man of War, is put in here, who Sailed 
 from Boston in N. England, on the 26 of October, and the 30 lost 
 Company of the Merchant Ships under his Convoy, bound for England : 
 The Gale held till the 7 of November, blowing a meer Storm; the Sea 
 so tempestuous that the Air seem'd to be a Mist with the Scudd that 
 rose from the Water: he scudded under his bare Poles running nine 
 Knots; The Sea broke in his great Cabbin, stove bulk heads, and all 
 before it: all the Captains Furniture hove overboard, kill'd Arthur 
 Kind out right; broke the Carpenters, left Arm in two Places, and 
 two middle Fingers cut off short; Samuel Perkins fell out of the Mizon- 
 Top, and was drowned. Their Boats stove, and hove overboard; Dr. 
 Grafford bruised and Wounded in several places of his body; all ex- 
 pecting every moment when the Ship would fill and go down: but the 
 Ship brought to and lay very well to their Comfort. About 7 a Clock 
 at Night on Monday the 6th. The Main Mast sprung between Decks, 
 which if had gone there, all must have perished, it would have ruined 
 the Pumps, and ript up the Deck, but {through Mercy) they had time 
 to Cut it away above Deck: The Ship proved so Leaky, that both Pumps 
 was kept going Night & Day. Tuesday the 7 the Wind abated, and 
 had fair Weather and moderate Winds, till they came near the English 
 Channel, where they met with N. E. Winds, that blew so hard they could 
 not hold it; The 19 November, They bore away for this place, and 
 Arrived here the 30 November, where they are all in good health. The 
 Milford from Barbado's met with the same Storm, who also lost her 
 Main Mast and Boats, is also Arrived here. 
 
 New-York, Febr. 12. The Strumulo Man of War, who came out 
 with the Mast-Ships was arrived at Virginia, Capt. Tongrelou is in 
 Virginia, his Sloop was Cast away about 10 Leagues to the South- 
 ward of the Capes of Virginia; The Master & 2 or 3 more of her 
 men drowned. We hear he sav'd the money, and about 6 or 700 I. 
 in Goods, and that he designs hither. 
 
 A Post came from Albany last week, brings no News, but that 
 all things were quiet and in good order. 
 
 Two Sloops are up for Barbadoes, one for Curacoa, one for Carolina, 
 and a Ship for Madera. 
 
 The Pacquet Boat that arrived at Barbadoes, the 20th of December 
 last, brought Advice that the Barbadoes Fleet were arrived in England. 
 
 Roger Mompesson Esqr. Chief Justice of this Province, Mr. John 
 Barberie, and Mr. Adolph Philips are Sworn of Her Majesty's Council. 
 
 Capt. John Tudor is appointed Recorder of the City of New York. 
 
 New-port Rhode Island, Feb. 15. Our Assembly is now Sitting, 
 in order to raise men according to Her Majesty's Letter. Capt. 
 
 168 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 5, 1705 
 
 Smith for Surranam, and Ransford for Barbadoes, will Sail in about 
 10 days. 
 
 Boston, On Wednesday the 14th Instant, Lieut. Col. Hilton & Maj. 
 Walton marched from Piscataqua with 300 men Voluntiers with Snow 
 Shoes for Narigwalk the Head Quarters of the Eastern Indians at 
 250 miles distance, with 20 days Subsistance in their Snap-sacks, who 
 we doubt not if the Weather allow will see that place in 10 days from 
 their setting out. And his Excellency the Governour has at the same 
 time a Cruiser on the Shore of L'acadie to disrest the Enemy there. 
 The Discovery of their Head- Quarters will give measures for the Sum- 
 mers proceeding. We have had no mischief from the Enemy these 
 6 months past, notwithstanding all their Bravo 's to visit us once in two 
 months. 6 7 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Nathaniel Balston for Barbadoes, David 
 Cutler for Pensilvania, & Eleazor Moses for Newfoundland. Coasters 
 Inwards, Newman from Piscataqua. Outwards, Wells for Piscata- 
 qua. Foreign Inwards, Bryan Smith from Lisbon, Wyar from Saltetu- 
 do's. Cleared Outwards, Holland for Fyall, Thomas, Vincent, and 
 Corney for London. 
 
 The Western Post came in on Tuesday, & went out on Thursday 
 last, in order to be in again on Saturday the 3d of March next. The 
 Eastern Post came also in on Saturday last & set out Monday night 
 at 7 aClock, so to keep his due course in going out & coming in. 
 
 HDvertfsement. 
 
 AN able healthy Negro Woman about 23 years of Age, speaks 
 ■*■ ^-English intelligibly, & is well instructed in Household-business, 
 to be Sold. Enquire at the Post- Office in Boston , & know further. 
 
 IB, j£. mumb. 46. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOltOag February 26. to flDonDag March 5. 1704, 5. 
 
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 TTN the first and second columns on the first page is "A Relation 
 [Lofthe Sea-Fight near Malaga, on the 24ih of August, 1704. N. S. 
 as it was writ from on Board the French Fleet" ; and this is accom- 
 panied with a list of the French killed and wounded. There is 
 also war news from Turin and Geneva and nearly two columns of 
 
 67 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 446. 
 
 169 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 12, 1705 
 
 miscellaneous European news "by prints and letters from England 
 per Capt. Gill via Lisbon," and the editor adds "all which we shall 
 enlarge upon in our succeeding Prints."] 
 
 Boston, On February 25. Capt. Michael Gill of Charlestown arrived 
 at Marblehead from Lisbon, in about a months Passage, by whom we 
 have the following Advice, That Capts. Mason and Jenkins both of 
 this place were arrived in England, and either Jacob or Beavis that 
 Sail'd hence with them. That Capts. Gilbert and Gwin were Taken. 
 That the Gosport Man of War was Sail'd from Lisbon to England. 
 
 On Wednesday last Sailed from Nantasket Road for Barbadoes, 
 7 Merchant Ships, viz. Capts. Bowdage, Berry, Sunderland, Foster, 
 Bridgham Aldin & Elice, 8c 5 Briganteens, Craig, Everton, Harris, 
 Robinson and Carlile; 2 Ketches, and 3 Sloops, Skinner, Love and 
 Barns. 
 
 Entered Outward bound, Hart & Adams for Newfoundland, 
 Johnson & Wyar for Barbadoes, Waters for Virginia, Thaxter for 
 Jamaica, Pitts for Nevis. Coasters Outwards, Weir for Piscataqua. 
 Foreign Cleared Outwards, Ernes for Barbadoes, Groce for London, & 
 Prey for Cowes. 
 
 On Saturday His Excel. Dissolved the General Assembly. 
 
 HOverttsements. 
 
 A Good Sloop for Fishing, that will carry six Cord of Wood, with- 
 ■*■ *-out taking down her Rooms, well furnished with Rigging, 
 Anchors, Cables, Sails; a Canoo and other fitting Necessaries. To 
 be Sold by John Barrel at Boston, for Twenty-five Pounds; where 
 they may see an Inventory of the same. 
 
 [Reprinted: negro woman to be sold, as in February 26.] 
 
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 From flDonDaf) March 5. to /IDonOa£ March 12. 1704, 5. 
 
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 j" / T v HE foreign news in this issue is all of preceding September 
 [ A dates from Hague, Paris, Vienna and Holland via Whitehall, 
 and treats of the military movements on the continent. Little 
 more than one page is devoted to domestic news. This includes 
 a proclamation by the governor regarding the rate of foreign coins.] 
 
 By His Excellency, JOSEP H DUDLEY Esqr. Captain General 
 and Governour in Chief in and over Her Majesties Province of the 
 Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. 
 
 170 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 12, 1705 
 
 A PROCLAMATION. 68 
 
 \ATHereas Her Majesty by Her Royal Proclamation for Settling 
 * * and Ascertaining the current Rates of Foreign Coines, in Her 
 Majesties Colonies and Plantations in America; Given at Her Majes- 
 ties Castle at Windsor, the \Sth day of June, in the Third Year of Her 
 Reign: Hath Published Her Royal Pleasure, That all Foreign 
 Coins be reduced to the same current Rates within all Her Dominions 
 in America, according to their Weight and Value, and just proportion 
 which each Coyn ought to have to the other, as in the said Proclamation 
 is particularly set forth and express' d. 
 
 But forasmuch, as by the corrupt wicked practices of some ill men, 
 the present running Coins within this Province are so debased & im- 
 paired by Rounding and Clipping {notwithstanding the good & whole- 
 some Laws made against the same) to the rendring of Her Majesties 
 Royal Intention impracticable: And will prove of pernicious and 
 fatal Consequence to Her Majesties good Subjects; unless it be speedily 
 
 For Remedy whereof. 
 
 / Do, by and with the Advice and Consent of Her Majesties Council, 
 and of the Representatives in General Court Assembled, Declare & 
 Order, That from & after the Publication hereof, No Money shall 
 pass by Tale, but what is of due Weight, according to Her Majesties 
 Proclamation, & the Laws of this Province: That all other light 
 Money & Plate of Sterling Alloy, shall Pass and be good in Payments 
 by the Ounce Troy, pro rato ; until the End of the Session of this Court 
 in May next, when further Consideration shall be had thereof. And 
 the Sheriffs of the several Counties are hereby Commanded to Publish 
 this Proclamation within the same: 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, the Third day of March, 
 1704. In the Third year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lady A N NE, 
 by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France & Ireland Queen, 
 Defender of the Faith &c. 
 By Order of the Governour, Council, 
 
 and Assembly. J. DUDLEY. 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 Port-Royal in Jamaica, Octob. 23. On the 16th Instant arrived 
 here Jonathan Peacock, and on the 17th, Nathaniel Vial from Boston, 
 Sompson Shore from Virginia; The same day Sailed about 10 Sail 
 
 68 The original draught of this proclamation is on file in the Massachu- 
 setts Archives, and a copy therefrom is given in Mr. Goodell's Notes in the 
 Province Laws, Vol. VIII, p. 473. A broadside, printed in 1705 by Bartholo- 
 mew Green, "Printer to His Excellency the GOVERNOUR and COUNCIL," 
 is also preserved. See also News- Letter No. 34 ante. 
 
 171 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 12, 1705 
 
 of Ships bound for London and Bristol under Convoy of the Guernsey, 
 Commadore Huntington, Commander, who has Orders to attend 
 them thro' the Windward Passage, The Account we have received 
 from several of our Traders, gives us cause to believe that the Span- 
 iards upon the Main are tired with the Tyranny of the French, who 
 very much insult them, according to their usual manner. 
 
 Virginia, Jan. 16. A Privateer Sloop call'd the Sea-flower, Regnier 
 Tongrelou Commander; was Cast away, & broke to pieces the 25th 
 of Nov. last at night, about 20 miles to the Southward of Cape Henry 
 by a violent Easterlie Storm, being bound from Curacoa to Rhode- 
 Island, with divers Prize Goods, viz. a parcel of Flanders Lace of 
 divers sorts in 2 great seaChests, 2 other of divers sorts of Silk, plain 
 & flower'd, &c. 20 odd bails of white Linnen, viz. Holland, Britanish, 
 Hatillis, and Roan and other sorts of Linnen, as Cambricks, &c. 
 about 20 Bails of divers sorts of woolen cloths, as Piecotoes, Perpet- 
 uanas, Scarlet, Camelian, Barracon and other woolens, as Stockings, 
 &c. about 6000 Pieces of Eight, about 1000 Pieces of Eight in Gold, 
 & 2 or 3 bars of Silver about half a foot long in bags in a Chest; all 
 which said Goods were taken by the said Commander from the 
 Spaniard and French, in the Spanish West-Indies, by virtue of a 
 Commission from Samuel Cranston Esq. Governour of Rhode-Island, 
 & under the Seal of that Colony; The Commander & 14 men were 
 sav'd & 3 lost. 
 
 Upon Application made by the Commander to His Excellency 
 our Governour, that diligent search might be made after the Goods, 
 His Excellency granted a Warrant, & several of said Goods was found, 
 amounting to about 7 or 800 1. and a Court of Admiralty will be held 
 to Condemn them about the latter end of Feb. next. 
 
 New- York, Febr. 28. On the 17th dyed the Honourable Col. 
 William Smith Esq. (the first of Her Majesties Council of this Prov- 
 ince) at his House at Brookhaven. 
 
 The Pensylvania Post came in the 18th instant : There has been 
 very deep Snows to the Westward, & no Travelling for some Weeks. 
 Gravenraedt arrived here last week from Boston. 
 
 The Ship Dove for London will Sail from hence this week for 
 Piscataqua to joyn the Convoy. 
 
 Outward Bound, Dunscum, Dehaert & Watkins for Barbadoes, 
 Bill, Bonnin and Newenhusen for Curacoa, Gravenraedt & Keirstead 
 for Boston, and Robert for Jamaica. 
 
 Yesterday arrived here James Cebra from Jamaica, came from 
 thence in October last, & after had been out 20 days, was obliged by 
 strong Northerly Winds to Return to Portmorant, from whence he 
 
 172 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 12, 1705 
 
 Sailed the 16th Decemb. he came last from the Isle of Thera, one of 
 the Bohemia Islands and says, that the people of Providence live 
 scatter'd like the Indians in Hutts, have a house for the day, & another 
 in the Woods for the night, & that the Spaniards do often come among 
 the Islands. One Edwards of Boston and Crew are come Passengers ; 
 the first lost his Sloop among the Islands some time last Fall. 
 
 Capt. Balling Commander of a Privateer Briganteen from Jamaica 
 of 12 Guns, & 110 men, being Cruising off St. La Vere De Cruce, the 
 Spaniards fitted out to take him; a Briganteen with 120 men, & a 
 Sloop of 70, as they approached, Balling made sail & run between 
 them, & fired a Broadside & a Volley of small Shot into the Sloop, 
 & immediately Tack'd & laid the Spanish Briganteen aboard & took 
 her, & afterwards Chased the Sloop & took her also; the Briganteen 
 being old he burnt, but the Sloop he brought up to Jamaica. 
 
 There are 4 men of War at Jamaica, one of them call'd the Mare- 
 maid in Decemb. last took a French Ship of greater force than her 
 self, loaden with Wines and Brandy, &c. which is said to be a rich 
 Prize & brought her to Port-Royal. 
 
 Several Sloops that have been out with design to Trade with the 
 Spaniards were returned without effecting it, and brought back their 
 Flower, &c. 
 
 New-port Rhode-Island, March 1. John Richards arrived here in 
 6 Weeks from the Bay of Hundoras, who says that the Bay of Cam- 
 peachy was cut off in October last. Cleared Outward bound, Smith 
 for Suranam, & Ransford for Barbadoes. Entered Outward Bound, 
 Jacob Legay for Barbadoes. 
 
 Boston, On Tuesday arrived here Thomas Ball from Montserat 
 25 days Passage, by whom we have the following Advice, That 
 Capt. Monies Commander of a Briganteen Private Man of War from 
 Barbadoes, has had several Rencounters with the French Privateers 
 near that Island, in one of which he had kill'd Lambert one of their 
 Captains, and several of his men; the next day he shot off both the 
 Legs of another Privateer Captain. The Cartell 6 9 is settled between 
 Martinico and the Leward Islands man for man, but the Governour 
 of Barbadoes would not settle it till he had Orders from England, 
 Capt. Turell & Perkins both of this place are carried into Martinico. 
 There is a Bark and Briganteen seized at Suranam belonging to this 
 place on suspicion of some of our Vessels bringing off a person con- 
 trary to their Law, A Pacquet Boat from England was arrived at 
 Monserat just as he came away. Capt. Ellery & several other Masters 
 are gone for France. A Carolina Privateer took a French Privateer 
 
 69 See News-Letter No. 52 post, under Advertisements. 
 
 173 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 12, 1705 
 
 off of St. Thomas about the last of January, who had on board 11000 
 Pieces of Eight, and loaden with Cocoa : They shared at St. Thomas's 
 150 /. a man; he had been but 5 weeks out. A New-York Privateer 
 off of Guardilup, was laid on Board by a French Privateer of 70 men, 
 who supposed the York man to be a Merchant man, but to his cost 
 found him a Tartar; The New-York man took her & mann'd her, 
 and he is gone with her, and his own Vessel in Company of the Caro- 
 lina Privateer, and Capt. Halsey, four in Consort for the Coast of 
 Crocus. Three days before Ball came away, there was a Flag of 
 Truce 7 ° sent to Martinico with 100 French men to be exchanged. 
 
 On Friday the 9th Currant, His Excellency went for His Govern- 
 ment of New-Hampshire. 
 
 On Wednesday the 28th of February, Jonathan Squire, Baker, 
 was struck Overboard by the Boom of a Sloop in the Harbour, 
 and drowned. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Thomas Ball for Plimouth, Devereux 
 for Newfoundland, Noyse for Madera, & Darby for Pensilvania. 
 Coasters, Bracket and Webber for Piscataqua. Foreign Inwards, 
 Capt. Michael Gill from Lisbon. Cleared Outwards, Estes for Lon- 
 don, and Hart for Newfoundland. 
 
 Piscataqua, March 8th. Our Forces under the Command of 
 Lieut. Col. Hilton, & Major Walton returned last night from Narig- 
 walk the Head Quarters of the Eastern Indians, who advise of a 
 large Fort, Meeting-house & School-house that were there erected, 
 the Fort encompassed 3 quarters of an acre of ground built with 
 Pallisado's, wherein were 12 Wigwams but no Enemy; neither the 
 discovery of any Tracks seen, but of 3 or 4 supposed to be there 
 about 3 weeks since, no plunder excepting a few Household Utensils 
 of little value: The Meeting-house was Built of Timber 60 Foot 
 long, 25 Foot wide, & 18 Foot studd ceiled with Clapboards, in it 
 were only a few old Popish Relicks; the School-house lay at one end 
 distinct, all which they burnt, near to it was a Field of Cornungathered, 
 which may be imputed to the Enemy's desertion by the consterna- 
 tion that seized them at the Ransacking of the Eastern French & 
 Indjian Settlements the last Summer, our men hail and lusty and if 
 need were, fit for a new Enterprize. ' * 
 
 Capt. Morice 12 in Her Majesties Ship the Advice designs to Sail 
 
 70 See News-Letter Nos. 49, paragraph, "Boston, in our Number 47" etc.; 
 and 52 post, under Advertisements : also foot-note to the latter. 
 
 71 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 447, in 
 account of operations to the Eastward. 
 
 72 Maurice. See foot-note 63 ante. 
 
 174 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 19, 1705 
 
 for England with the Mast-Ships and Merchant men under his Convoy, 
 on Fryday the 16th Instant. 
 
 [No advertisements in this number.] 
 
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 |"/^\N the first page of this issue are the speech of the queen opening 
 I \J parliament, and a proclamation of Governor Dudley for a general 
 Thanksgiving for the victory at Blenheim. On the second page is 
 foreign news from London, Hague and elsewhere, and two thirds of 
 a column of domestic news.] 
 
 By His EXCELLENCY JOSEPH DUDLEY Esqr. Captain 
 General and Governour in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Prov- 
 inces of the Massachusetts-Bay and New- Hampshire in New- 
 England. 
 A PROCLAMATION for a General Thanksgiving. 73 
 
 IT having pleased Almighty GOD of His Great Goodness and Mercy, 
 to Afford His Protection and Assistance to Her Sacred Majesty 
 in the Just War. In which, for the common Safety of Her Majesties 
 Realms, and for disappointing the boundless Ambition of France, 
 Her Majesty is now Engaged; And hath given to Her Majesties Amies, 
 in conjunction with Her Allies, under the Command of His Grace 
 the Duke of Marlborough, Captain General of Her Majesties Land 
 Forces, a Signal and Glorious Victory, over the French and Bavarian 
 Forces at Blenheim near Hockstet in Germany. 
 
 And such Great and Publick Blessings calling for Publick and 
 Solemn Acknowledgements. 
 
 I do, by Her Majesties Especial Command, Order and Appoint, 
 That a General THANKSGIVING to Almighty GOD, for these* His 
 Mercies, be Religiously Observed throughout these Provinces, upon 
 Thursday the Twelfth of April next; Exhorting both Ministers and 
 People in their Publick Assemblies on the said Day, most Devoutly 
 to Celebrate the Praises of Almighty GOD, for His so Great Favours 
 and Blessings bestowed. 
 
 73 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, pp. 466- 
 467. 
 
 175 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 19, 1705 
 
 Given at Boston the Eighth Day of March, 1704. In the Fourth 
 Year of Her Majesties Reign. 
 By His Excellency's 
 
 Command, J.DUDLEY. 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 AS also His Excellency our Governour on said Day in Obedience to 
 Her Majesties Especial Command, Issued forth another Proclama- 
 tion referring to Navigation. That whereas by the Laws in Force 
 for Navigating Ships and Vessels, 'tis required that the Master and 
 three fourth parts of the Mariners at least be English; yet by a 
 clause of an Act of Parliament, parsed in the Third Year of Her 
 Majesties Reign, Entituled, An Act for Recruits, &c. 'Tis Enacted 
 therein: That during this present War and no longer, the Limita- 
 tion to the Master and three fourths of the Mariners to be English, 
 shall be enlarged to the Master, and one Moiety of the Mariners 
 at least to be English. His Excellency Charges and Requires all 
 Officers of the Customs, Naval Officers, & others Imployed or Con- 
 cerned in and about Trade and Navigation within these Provinces, 
 to take notice of the said Act and to the Observance thereof during 
 this present War, and to conform themselves accordingly. 
 
 Piscataqua, March 16. The Briganteen in which our Governour 
 was on Board, being on Saturday last at noon within two miles of 
 our Harbour, and a most violent Storm coming up, we thought it 
 impossible the Briganteen could be saved, which put us all here into 
 a very great Consternation, but last night by an Express from his 
 Excellency at Cape Anne, we had the glad tydings of his safe arrival 
 there, which caused an universal rejoycing here. 74 
 
 The bad weather which we lately had has retarded the Mast Ships 
 being ready so soon as was Expected, and Capt. Morrice 75 in Her 
 Majesties Ship the Advice designs to Sail for England on Thursday 
 the 22d. Currant with the Mast-Ships, and others under his Convoy. 
 
 Capt Bullard arrived last Night at the Isle of Shoals from Barba- 
 does to Saltitudoes, and from thence hither in Five Weeks, loaden 
 with Salt. 
 
 Boston, Monday the 12th Instant, being the Annual Election-day 
 of Town Officers. There was Chosen to Serve as Select or Towns- 
 men Mesieurs Timothy Clark, John Marrion, John Barnet, Daniel 
 Oliver, *Elias Heath, Thomas Fitch, Thomas Jackson, *Daniel Pound- 
 
 74 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , relating the circum- 
 stances of the governor's journey, Vol. VIII, p. 466. 
 
 75 Maurice. See foot-note 63 ante. 
 
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 ing, and Joseph Vrout, who is also Town Clerk and Town Treasurer. 
 And the Overseers of the Poor are, Simeon Stoddard, Thomas Brattle, 
 Thomas Palmer, Samuel Lynd, Esquires. Captains, Ephraim Savage, 
 William Clark, Mesieurs Elizur Holyoke, John Borland, Benjamin 
 Walker, Henry Deering, Stephen Minot and Will. Wellsteed. There 
 was also Chosen Eight Constables, 4 whereof have Fined, so must 
 adjourn their Names till they are compleated at a new Election. 
 There was also Chosen 16 Thy thing-men, 4 Surveyors of High-ways, 
 3 Sealers of Leather, 6 Scavingers, 4 Hog-Reeves, and 4 Fence viewers. 
 Those that have this Mark * before their Names are new Officers. 7 ' 
 On Thursday last, We had the good News of the Governour's 
 being safe Arrived in Cape Anne Harbour, having been forced to 
 Cutt away all the Masts of the Briganteen upon which he was Im- 
 barqued, and Ride under Cape Anne four days in an extraordinary 
 Storm of Wind; but the Briganteen being New and her ground 
 Tackle Good, she was Saved from falling upon the Rocks of that 
 Cape to the Leward all that time; And is now returned to this place 
 to the great Rejoycing of all Her Majesties good Subjects of both 
 the Provinces. 7 7 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Hathorn for Newfoundland, Cornish 
 for Pensilvania. Coasters Inwards, Hedge from Cape-Cod, Lewis 
 from Barnstable, Hedge from Yarmouth, & Coffin from Nantucket. 
 Coasters Outwards, Lathrop and Loring for Conecticut. Foreign 
 Inwards, Goddard from Fyall. Cleared Outwards, Waters for New- 
 foundland, and Cutler for Pensilvania. 
 
 [No advertisements in this issue.] 
 
 1R. jg. fRumb. 49. 
 
 The BoftonNews-Letter. 
 
 From /IDon&ap March 19. to /IDon&ag March 26. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 ["Tj^OREIGN news fills three columns of this issue and domestic 
 I .T news one column, the former being of preceding September and 
 October dates, from London, Hague, Turin.Vienna, Geneza, Basle, 
 Dantzick and other capitals.] 
 
 76 According to the Boston town records, in the list of selectmen, Barnet 
 should be Barnerd, and Pounding, Powning ; in the list of overseers of the 
 poor, Lynd should be Lynde, Deering should be Dering, and Wellsteed should 
 be Welsteed ; and William Clark is to be classed with the Messieurs instead of 
 with the Captains : see A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of 
 Boston, containing the Boston Records from 1700 to 1728, p. 32. 
 
 77 See foot-note 74 ante. See Sewall's record in his Diary, under dates 
 March 15-17, 1704-5, respecting the governor's "providential deliverance." 
 
 177 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 26, 1705 
 
 New-Port Rhode Island, March 19. Monday the 12th Instant, 
 being a very Stormy day of Thunder, Lightning, Wind & Rain; 
 The last flash of Lightning and clap of Thunder that fell about 12 
 a Clock at noon, broke on or near the House of Mr. Tho. Brooks 
 near the Northermost end of this Town, it almost broke down the 
 South-end of his House, tearing the Clapboards off in several places, 
 broke several Windows to pieces, and the Glass broke the plank 
 clear through in several places of the Sides, and tore the Clapboards 
 off the sides three or four foot wide, broke down most of the Tonnel 
 of his Chimney, shiver' d several of the main Rafters all in pieces, 
 it left an impression of the colour as though it had been rubb'd with 
 Powder, and caus'd a smell of Sulphur all over the House ; and though 
 the man of the House was lying on a Bed just by a Window that was 
 shivered all to pieces, and his Wife looking out at the door, yet they 
 received no damage in their persons, it started the shelter over the 
 Cellar door three inches out of his place, kill'd some Fowls in the 
 Henrost, broke the Eggs under them, drove one Fowl up in the 
 Air, which fell down dead. It broke a Bolt of Iron almost an inch 
 thick, besides several other observations. 
 
 On the 15th, Veal and Waters entered from Boston, Moses Butter- 
 worth from Barbadoes, last from Boncyr with Salt, says, That Capt. 
 Halsy was at Coracoa in Consort with Capt. Claver and Peniston, 
 bound for the Coast of Caracos; Capt. Halsy had taken a Barque- 
 a-longo, and some Canoo's Loaden with Cocoa. 78 Entered from 
 New- York, Emey and Cartell in Sloops, and Allen from Connecticut. 
 
 Marshfield, March 19. On Fryday last the 16th Currant, Dyed 
 the Reverend Mr. Edward Thompson, Pastor of this place, and was 
 buryed this day. 
 
 Province of the Massachusetts-Bay 
 By the GOVERNOUR and COUNCIL 79 
 
 WHereas by Her Majesties Especial Command to His Excellency, 
 ■which He received while He was absent on his Voyage Eastward, 
 There was a Proclamation Issued for a General THANKSGIVING 
 upon Thursday the Twelfth of April next, for the Causes therein 
 mentioned. 
 
 78 Captain John Halsey of the briganteen "Charles," the "private war 
 vessel " which the pirate Quelch and his company seized (see foot-note 38, 
 News-Letter No. 14, 1704 ante), now refitted and again as a privateer. Re- 
 printed, together with later items from the News- Letter in Notes, in The Acts 
 and Resolves ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. 
 VIII, pp. 526, 529. See News-Letter Nos. 53, 59, 60, 63 post. 
 
 79 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : .... Vol. VIII, p. 467. 
 See foot-notes 74 and 77 ante. 
 
 178 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 26, 1705 
 
 Since which, the Forces that were sent to Noridewock, being well 
 returned, and found the Enemy fled, and their Fort deserted: And 
 His Excellency being very wonderfully Preserved from Shipwreck, 
 by the good Providence of Almighty GOD. 
 
 It's Ordered 
 
 That the above-said Day be duly Observed for Publick THANKS- 
 GIVING; And these Causes are Recommended for Solemn Acknowledge- 
 ments on the same. 
 
 Council-Chamber in Boston, 
 
 March Vdth, 1704. Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 Boston, In our Number 47. We gave you an account of a Flag of 
 Truce sent from the Leward Islands to Martinico with 100 French 
 Prisoners to be Exchanged: And by N orris and Cook this week 
 arrived from Montserat, we are acquainted, that there was an ex- 
 change made ; several of our Prisoners came home with them, & the 
 Flag of Truce was gone a second time to exchange all that belonged 
 to the Leward Islands, or that was taken bound thither. 8 ° 
 
 In our Number 11. We gave you the Bill of Mortality for the 
 then three proceeding years, to which we refer you; and because it 
 may be of useful Information, we give you here that of this last Year, 
 1704. of Persons which were Buried in the Town of Boston, besides 
 those who dyed abroad, many of the Inhabitants of Boston having 
 their Employments at Sea, are not reckoned in this Catalogue. 
 
 March 
 
 19 
 
 July 
 
 32 
 
 November 
 
 14 
 
 55 
 
 April 
 
 9 
 
 August 
 
 21 
 
 December 
 
 22 
 
 82 
 
 May 
 
 8 
 
 September 
 
 16 
 
 January 
 
 21 
 
 66 
 
 June 
 
 19 
 
 October 
 
 13 
 
 February 
 
 9 
 
 203 
 
 
 55 
 
 
 82 
 
 
 66 
 
 negros 17 
 
 total 220 
 ■ Entered Outward Bound, Stevins for Nevis, Deane for Surranam, 
 Laurence & Wilson for Barbadoes, Sears for London, Smallage for 
 New-York, Goddard for Madera, and Sharp for Newfoundland. 
 Coasters Inwards, Gardner from Nantucket, Baker & Rogers from 
 Cape-Cod, Parker from Piscataqua. Outwards, PhiVbrick for Hamp- 
 ton, and Gardner for Saybrook. Foreign Inwards, Deane from St. 
 Turtuda, Cook & Norris from Montserat, Richards from Hundoras, 
 Codman from Fyall, Parker from Pensilvania, and Gold from North- 
 Carolina. Cleared Outwards, Monsau for Barbadoes, Moses and 
 Cornier for London. 
 
 80 See News-Letter Nos. 47 and 49 ante and 52 post: and in the latter, 
 foot-note 86. 
 
 179 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 2, 1705 
 
 Piscataqua, March 23. The Fleet bound for England, under 
 Convoy of Her Majesties Ship the Advice, Capt. Morrice* 1 Com- 
 mander, will Sail|the middle of next week. 
 
 Advertisement. 
 
 AN able health^Negro Woman about 22 Years of Age to be Sold, 
 Enquire at theJPost Office in Boston, and know further. 
 
 1R. jg. IKumb. 50. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From ADOttOaE March 26. to /IDOnOap April 2. 1705 
 
 NY 
 
 T'TpHE first page and part of the second are filled with important 
 I A foreign news which is of preceding October dates from London, 
 Hague, Hamburgh, Vienna, Turin and elsewhere. Domestic 
 news items, several of which are of exceptional character, occupy 
 only one and a half columns.] 
 
 Port-Royal in Jamaica, Decemb. 27th. Five Vessels are arrived 
 here from Boston in N. England, viz. Bodwin on the 21st Currant, 
 Wing the 22d, Shoot the 24th, and Hoddy and Marshal the 25th. 
 Lumber is in great demand here, as Staves, Hoops, Boards, &c. 
 To morrow several Vessels design to Sail for England. The Dutch 
 our Rivals in Trade upon the Coast of New Spain, where they swarm, 
 have almost worm'd us out of Trade ; our Vessels that went a Trading 
 had all or most of them Commissions against the French and Spaniards, 
 and expressly forbid by our Governour, to molest the Spaniards 
 on Land at all, or on Sea while they were on a Trading Account ; 
 which though they strictly observ'd, yet our cunning Rivals improv'd 
 it very much to our disadvantage, suggesting to the Spaniards that 
 'twas absolutely unsafe for them to deal with those that had a Com- 
 mission, to make them, and what was theirs a lawful Prize: And 
 thereby have so far gained their ends, that till some other measures 
 are taken, we are like to have little or no Trading with them. How- 
 ever, tho Trade is dull, the Building of Port- Royal goes on briskly; 
 and many stately Houses daily setting up, our Church far better 
 than was before the Fire. 
 
 81 Maurice. See foot-note 63 ante. 
 
 180 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 2, 1705 
 
 Philadelphia, March 5. On Thursday last arrived here a Sloop 
 from Virginia, who saw on the Monday before 6 or 7 Ships Enter 
 into the Capes of Virginia. And this day arrived another Sloop from 
 thence, who says, That about 16 Sail of Bristol and Leverpool Ships 
 were just arrived, & had about 5 weeks passage. And that Letters 
 from London did say, That the London Fleet from Virginia would 
 not Sail till August next. It's said there was the greatest pressing 
 of men in England that was ever known. A Sloop belonging to 
 New- York was forced on Shore at the Horekills, and Peter Vander- 
 scure the Pilot was froze to death. Last week two Sloops Sail'd for 
 Virginia, one of them belong'd to Rhode-Island, Peter Bourdin 
 Master. 
 
 Philadelphia, March 19. The 12th Currant 3 persons were drowned 
 by the oversetting of a Wherry coming from Burlington hither, 
 
 5 other persons in it were saved. On the 15th arrived Capt. Bunker 
 from Jamaica, but last from Exuma, with about 2000 bushels of Salt ; 
 he left Jamaica about the 1st of January last, and came out in Com- 
 pany with about 15 Sail bound for England. On the 18. arrived 
 one Young from Fyall & St. Georges about 7 weeks passage, who 
 saw a Vessel (supposes a Sloop by her bigness) about 200 Leagues 
 at Sea, with her Keel uppermost, & thinks her not to be long overset, 
 
 6 met with several things floating on the Sea within 2 or 3 leagues 
 off her. One Stevins arrived in 5 weeks from the Maderas, who 
 says, that one Bignel for this place sailed 10 days before him, but 
 is not yet arrived, Stevins spoke with 2 Bristol Ships at Sea bound 
 for Virginia, who came out of Plimouth with the East-India Fleet, 
 with 16 Sail of Vessels bound for Virginia, & other parts of the Main, 
 among which was Capt. Bunman in a Briganteen from London bound 
 hither. One Stabbel arrived from Bermuda, by whom we are ac- 
 quainted that one Harriot & another whom we expected from Barba- 
 does were both there ; And that George Palmer in a Briganteen from 
 London (that came out with our last Ships from thence) bound 
 hither: And Capt. Brereton whom we expected last Fall from Ja- 
 maica, both which we gave up for lost, are put in to Carolina. 
 
 New-York, March 12. The Dove, John Wilde Master, lies at the 
 watering place waiting for a fair Wind for Piscataqua, to joyn the 
 Convoy for England. Vessels outward bound are 2 Sloops for Cur- 
 acoa, a Ship & Briganteen for Barbadoes, 2 Sloops for Jamaica & 
 Carolina, Ker steed & Gravenrad for Boston. 
 
 New York, March 23. 
 On the 15th arrived here Capt. Joline in 20 days from Jamaica, 
 & says, one Bodwin of Boston came out with him, who is bound for 
 London, & Kept him Company till within these 8 days. _ That a 
 
 181 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 2, 1705 
 
 Privateer of Jamaica had brought in there 2 rich Prizes. That a 
 Pacquet Boat from England arrived there 5 days before he Sailed, 
 and Advises that 35 Sail of the Barbadoes homeward bound Fleet 
 was taken in Port Lewis & St. Malo's. That Capt. Penniston a 
 Privateer from hence was upon the Coast of Carocus, & had taken 
 several Prizes, viz: several Periagars loaden with Cocoa, a French 
 Ship of 150 Tons loaden with Sugar, Indigo, Cocoa, and Cassia Fistula 
 bound from Martinico to France, and had sent her to Bermudos; 
 That he had also taken a Privateer of 40 men & 8 Guns, & carried her 
 in to Nevis. On the 19th arrived here Peter Leach in a Briganteen 
 from Nevis in 23 days, confirms the taking of so many of our West- 
 India homeward bound Fleet; & that Capt. Penniston had sent in 
 there a French Snow, and that Penniston lost 3 men in the Engage- 
 ment, and that he has fitted the Snow for a Privateer, who is new 
 and an incomparable Sailor, and calls her the Revenge Gaily. That 
 Brigadier Mathews, General of the Leward Islands is dead. That 
 Mr. Weaver, Agent for the Guinea Company at Gamboa was kill'd, 
 and the Factory taken by one Henry Bolton. 
 
 Portsmouth New-Hampshire, March 30 Last Monday 3 Indians 
 were discovered at Cape Porpos by a Fishing Boat, and the day 
 after the same Tracks observed near Wells. 
 
 Capt. Morrice* 2 Commander of Her Majesties Ship the Advice with 
 the Mast-Ships, and other Vessels under his Convoy for England 
 imbraces the first fair Wind. 
 
 Boston, Our Governour has had Letters of the 8th of February, 
 via Albany from the Messengers sent by His Excellency to Quebeck, 
 in order to exchange Prisoners, who were then within a few days 
 of Montreal. s 3 
 
 By Letters from Bodwin wrote at Sea that came per Joline via New- 
 York are acquainted, that Ventiman & Green both from Boston were 
 arrived at Jamaica in February last ere he came out. 
 
 On the 1st Currant came in here a French Sloop with French 
 Colours abroad, wherein were 9 French men, 6 whereof say, they were 
 Souldiers at Port-Royal, and deserted because of some hard usage, 
 and that they could get no Pay : The other three say, That they were 
 forced by the other six, who ran away from Minas with the Sloop 
 which was bound for Port-Royal, and has on board some 3 or 4 hundred 
 
 82 Maurice. See foot-note 63 ante. 
 
 83 Captain John Livingston of Connecticut and John Sheldon of Deerfieldi 
 the commissioners, and John Wells of Deerfield, their attendant. Reprinted 
 from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves ... of the Prov- 
 ince of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 500. Also see Sheldon's 
 History of Deerfield, Vol. I, pp. 325, 326. See News-Letter Nos. 56, 60, 61, 64 
 post. 
 
 182 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 9, 1705 
 
 bushels of Wheat and other Grain ; several Cask and other Things : The 
 French men and Sloop are secured by his Excellency the Governour. 
 Entered Outward Bound, Cook and Norris for Montserat, Tay 
 and Chamberlin for Newfoundland, Coffin for Madera, and Eaglestone 
 for Nevis. Coasters Inwards, Allen from Saybrook, and Hilliard 
 from Millford. Coasters Outwards, Hedge for Connecticut, Darby, 
 Holmes, Cornish and Starky for Pensilvania, & Parker for New- 
 York. Foreign Inwards, Thomas from St. Turtuda, and Pitts from 
 Virginia. Cleared Outwards, Adams, Worthilegg and Hathorne 
 for Newfoundland, and Pitts for Nevis. 
 
 advertisement. 
 
 [Reprinted : sale of a negro woman as in March 26.] 
 
 •R. j£, mumb. 51. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From rtDon&ag April 2. to flDott&ag April 9 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 I" lV/f ISCELLANEOUS foreign news, from Turin, Hague, Lisbon, 
 I IVx Berlin, Vienna and elsewhere, fills the two columns on the first 
 page of this issue. On the second page there is given a tab- 
 ulated list of the losses which the allied forces sustained in the battle 
 of Blenheim; and then there follows three quarters of a column of 
 domestic news.] 
 
 Port-Royal in Jamaica, Febr. 19. Capt. Venteman from Boston 
 arrived here the 7th Instant. Three days ago arrived Capt. Reed 
 in the Prudent Sarah from London: The same day Capt. Halsy 
 came here to get Intelligence and to procure some Necessaries, who 
 designs to Sail a Cruising in 2 or 3 days. This day arrived the Packet 
 Boat, who brings us certain Intelligence of our Confederate Forces 
 taking of Landau; As also of the raising of the Siege of Gibraltar 
 by Sir John Lake, who beat the French Fleet that besieged it by Sea, 
 & sinking several of the Enemy's Ships, upon which the Army that 
 lay before it by Land, drew off. On the 17th Instant, Tew, Hoddy 
 & Shute's Bark Sailed for the Bay of Hundoras in Company with 
 3 New-York Vessels bound for the same Port. 
 
 New-York, April 2 Yesterday arrived Capts. Basset & Depue 
 in a Briganteen and Sloop from Madera in 6 weeks who say, that 
 Sir Cloudsly Shovel is to Command the Fleet in the Sireights this 
 
 183 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 9, 1705 
 
 Summer. That Capt. Thinhoven who Sailed from Bristol for this 
 Port in September last was taken and carried into France. Vessels 
 Outward Bound are, Teller for Pensilvania, Joline for Jamaica, 
 Creago & Newenhuysen for Curacoa, Perkins for Barbadoes, Leach 
 for Nevis, Cebra for Antigua, and Gravenraedt for Boston. 
 
 New- Port Rhode-Island, April 6. Yesterday arrived here Cap* 
 William Wanton in 19 days from Antigua who say, The French 
 Privateers are very thick about Antigua, and take a great many 
 Vessels. 
 
 Portsmouth N Hampshire, April .6. This day Capt. Morrice** 
 Commander of Her Majesties Ship the Advice, Sayled from N. Castle, 
 bound for England, with the Vessels under his Convoy, viz. The two 
 Mast-Ships, Capts. Eason and Martin, 6 Merchant men, viz. Capts. 
 Balston, Corney, Charnock, Vincent, Thomas and Wilde (from N. York 
 that arrived here the 1st. Currant,) 2 Briganteens, Troy & Estes, 
 2 Ketches, Almery & Waterhous, 2 Sloops, Sears and Ball. 
 
 Boston, On Monday last was Launched here, the Province Galley 
 who will be ready to Sail a Cruising in 4 or 5 days. 8 5 The talk of 
 French Privateers being on our Coast this Week, was occasioned 
 by Capt. Wilde of New-York's desiring to speak with some Fishing 
 Shallops he met with to be informed by them if the Fleet for England 
 was gone, and to get a Pilot for Piscataqua, whom the Shallops took 
 to be a Privateer, and fled from him, and another Vessel that went 
 hence for Newfoundland. Wing from Jamaica is arrived at Martha's 
 Vineyard, and Moor from St. Turtuda, arrived here the 8th Currant. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Flint and Codman for Barbadoes, Carket 
 for Fyall, Wright and Chamberlin for Newfoundland, Green for 
 Jamaica, and Adams for Antigua. Coasters Inwards, Bracket & 
 Wair from Piscataqua, Coffin from Nantucket, & Blin from Guilford. 
 Outwards, Flood for Piscataqua: Foreign Inwards, Green from 
 Jamaica, and Plasted from Nevis. Cleared Outwards, Cook for 
 Nevis and Chamberlin for Newfoundland. 
 
 advertisement. 
 
 THis Publick Printed News- Letter was undertaken to be Published 
 for a Publick Good, to give a true Account of all Foreign and 
 Domestick Occurrences, and to prevent a great many false reports 
 
 84 Maurice. See foot-note 63 ante. 
 
 85 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 504. 
 Therein are narrated the circumstances under which this new "galley" or 
 ship of war was built by the Province. The vessel was hurried for 
 launching by reports of two vessels sighted off the coast, believed to be 
 French privateers. 
 
 184 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 9, 1705 
 
 of the same, and was propounded to be Printed for one year for a 
 tryal viz. from the 14th of April last, to the 1st of May next, to see 
 if the Income by the Sale thereof at a moderate price would be suffi- 
 cient encouragement to defray the necessary Charge expended in the 
 procuring and Printing of the same, which Charge is considerable 
 beyond what most people conceive it to be, besides the trouble and 
 fatigue attending it; all which would be too long here to enumerate, 
 yet for some satisfaction, we will venture to set down some of the 
 Charges and trouble that arises thereby, • & leave other-some to 
 rational persons to conceive of. 
 
 1. The Undertaker has several setts of the several Prints from 
 England, & sent him in several Vessels, that being time of War 
 might have one sett if the rest should be taken, which are ordered 
 to come by all Vessels coming to our Continent where the Post is 
 settled almost 500 miles from E. to W. from N Hampshire to Pensil- 
 vania. 2. Correspondents settled in several other Ports & places 
 our Shipping goes to, for sending Intelligence. 3. Waiting on 
 Masters, Merchants and others when Ships & Vessels arrive to have 
 from them what Intelligence they can give. 4. Waiting on His 
 Excellency or Secretary for approbation of what is Collected. 5. 
 Paper & Printing, &c. And when so done as we said before, we set 
 the half Sheet at a more moderate price than it was set at in Exeter 
 in England, where they began to Print much about the same time 
 that we began here, here it was set at 2d. and there it was at 2d. and 
 that sterling money, & when sent out to any house in Town inclosed, 
 they were to have Twenty Shillings per Annum, and it was propounded 
 here to be sent out for Twelve Shillings per Annum, tho' the paper 
 and labour, & other Charges here is 4 times at least dearer than it 
 is at Exeter. And tho' it was proposed at such moderate Rates for 
 both Town & Country, having had 11 months experience of the 
 Income, & trouble & charge in procuring & Printing it; the Under- 
 taker is money out of Pocket, & has not sufficient to defray the neces- 
 sary Charge; and unless some better encouragement be given for the 
 future, it must drop : & therefore several being desirous it should not 
 drop but be continued, we thought fit to insert this Advertisement, 
 That either the price for the half Sheet a week, and the Quarterly 
 and Yearly Customers must be augmented, or else there must be 
 more of them Sold, and more Quarterly & Yearly Customers than 
 was last year. And therefore all Persons in Town and Country, in 
 this & the Neighbouring Provinces who have not already paid according 
 to their agreement for this Currant Year for said News-Letter, are 
 now desired to do it: And those also who have a mind to encourage 
 the supporting & printing of the said publick News- Letter for another 
 Year, are hereby Advertised by word or writing to agree with John 
 
 185 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 16, 1705 
 
 Campbell Post-Master of Boston for the same: That before the Year 
 is elapsed it may be known if it can be undertaken for the next. 
 
 1R. jg, IRumb. 52. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From ADOtrtag April 9. to ADonftag April 16. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 ["npHE death of the duchess dowager of Holstein, sister to Prince 
 I JL George of Denmark, is reported from Hamburg, and there are 
 L small items of news from London, Plymouth, Falmouth, 
 Vienna and elsewhere.] 
 
 Suranam, Jan. 27. Here is a Proclamation come over from 
 Holland emitted by the Directors of the Assembled Society of Sur- 
 anam, Dated at Amsterdam the 25th of April, 1704: Granting Liberty 
 to Foreign Vessels to Trade here, at the earnest request and Solicita- 
 tions of the Governour, Council and Inhabitants of this place, under 
 such restrictions and limitations following, and the payment of such 
 Duties, viz. It is Statuted and Ordained, That from henceforth in the 
 Colony of Suranam, Foreign Vessels shall be suffered and admitted 
 with Horses from New-England, N. Netherland, viz. New-York 
 and the other Neighbouring Islands and Coasts or Territories, and 
 that the Masters of such Vessels for themselves and with their Ships 
 and Lading, have liberty to Trade with the Inhabitants as they 
 shall think meet, observing and regulating themselves according 
 to the Laws and Statutes of the Country, and usage of the place, 
 namely that the said Foreign Ships may not bring in or Import any 
 European Manufactories of Gold, Silver, Copper, Steel, Woolens, 
 Silk or Linens: Nor any Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, or Beef; nor 
 any East-India Wares or Spices, upon the forfeiture of such Wares or 
 Commodities; As also a Fine to the value of the Goods Imported. 
 It's also Statuted, That the said Foreign Ships shall not Import any 
 Slaves for Sale, or to present as a gift, under forfeiture of the same 
 to the West-India Company, and a fine of 50 pieces of Eight upon the 
 Governour for each Slave brought in and Sold here by his knowledge 
 or connivance, other than by the Companies, & the like fine of 50 
 pieces of Eight upon the Buyer of such Slave. And Lastly, That 
 the aforesaid Ships shall not Load on Board for Transportation any 
 Sugar, which is only permitted to the Ships of the Netherlands, upon 
 forfeiture of the Sugars, to the use and benefit of the Society, and over 
 and above a fine of 300 Guilders for each Hogshead; the one half 
 
 186 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 16, 1705 
 
 to be paid by the Master, the other half by the Freighter. And the 
 foresaid Foreign Vessels may only take or carry from hence Molasses, 
 Suranam Brandy, saw'd Wood, as Beams, Planks and Heading, & 
 all other Wares and Merchandize brought from the United Nether- 
 lands to Suranam. And the Masters or Supercargo's that have the 
 management on Board each Ship, when they come with their Ships 
 from any part else, but from the Netherlands upon the Rivers of the 
 foresaid Colony before they break bulk or Unlade any Wares, shall 
 give a true List and Inventory of their Goods & Loading to the 
 Receiver of the Society here, signed by the Master, and Mate upon 
 Oath, upon forfeiture of the said Goods, and a fine of the fourth 
 part of the value of said Goods. As also the like Inventory Signed 
 and Sworn to of the Goods they intend to Transport, upon the like 
 forfeiture as above. And the Masters and Mates shall in their Certifi- 
 cates as well of the Imported as Exported Goods insert the price 
 of the Laden Goods as they shall see cause to value them: And then 
 it shall be free for the Governour, Fiskal or Receiver to accept of the 
 said Goods at the price they set on them, yet so that in case the owners 
 do desire said Goods, upon augmenting of the 6th part of the price 
 they shall restore them to the Freighters, Factors, Masters or Owners 
 of said Goods. The Masters of the foresaid Foreign Ships shall 
 also pay to the Society or their Receivers here five per cent for the 
 true value of all Goods both Imported and Exported upon the like 
 forfeiture as abovesaid: Also that for each Horse, Cow or neat 
 Beast brought in here shall be paid 3 Guilders money ; As also each 
 last or 2 Tons their Ships contain 3 Guilders coming in, and 3 Guilders 
 going out, and the Receiver may cause an Apprizal of the Goods 
 outward bound in said Ships if he pleases, and get the Ships remeasur'd 
 And all this Liberty of Foreign Trade is by way of trial to prove the 
 Experiment. 
 
 Port-Royal in Jamaica, March 13. Capt. Pullen is arrived here 
 from Boston. And this day arrived Capt. Vial from Boston, but 
 last from Curacoa, who met with Judah Thacher and Company in 
 a Boat at Sea, (who last Fall was taken by the French in going from 
 Jamaica to Boston) they Ran-away from the Enemy, & were almost 
 starved ; the said Thacher is alive but cannot go alone he is so weak : 
 The rest of his Company are all dead, they lived in the Boat 11 days 
 without meat or drink. This day Sails for London, the Richard & 
 Sarah, and the Crocodile, Capt. Trahee Commander, and Capt. 
 Ventimanfor Boston. 
 
 N- York, April 9. Last Week arrived here Simon Pasco, and 
 Charles Sleigh in a Bark and a Sloop from Jamaica, and a Sloop from 
 Virginia, but bring no News. His Excellency the Ld. Combury 
 
 187 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 16, 1705 
 
 designs to visit the frontiers of Albany, and to set out on Thursday- 
 next, It was a hard Frost last night, and it blows now very hard 
 and cold at N. West, which we fear will do great damage. 
 
 N. Port, Rhode-Island, April 13. Capt. Wrightington arrived here 
 from Providence, [West Indies] who says, That the Governour & 
 Collector has deserted it, and gone for Carolina, and also most of the 
 Inhabitants. That the prize mentioned in the News Letter No. 
 50. taken by Capt. Penistone is Cast away upon Abico, and beaten 
 all to pieces, so that they have saved nothing: The French Capt. 
 of said Prize, and one of the Privateers that took her is now come 
 here in Wrightington. Pinly is come from Boncyre with Salt. Hicks 
 is cleared for Philadelphia, Butterworth and Rosbothum for Barbadoes. 
 
 Boston, On Monday last, Two Young men, John Cunibal junior 
 a Joyner, & Robert Reinolds a Brasier, went from Boston in a small 
 Boat to the Islands a Gunning, the Boat overset with them, & they 
 were both drowned, Cunnibal was found in the Boat, but the other 
 is not yet found. 
 
 By Cap. Blew (that came Passenger in Capt. Wanton from Mont- 
 serat in 19 days to Rhode-Island mentioned in our last) we are ac- 
 quainted that Capt. Beamsly Perkins that Sailed from Nantasket 
 the 1st of January in a Ship of 90 Tons, 8 Guns, with 8 men & a 
 Boy bound for Montserat, had a hot dispute the 12th of February 
 last, with a French Privateer of 6 great Guns, and 94 men. e're he 
 was taken: The Commanders name was Fransway; Capt. Perkins 
 had not a man kill'd, only one dangerously wounded with a bullet 
 in his thigh, but the French man had 22 men kill'd out-right, and 
 all the rest dangerously wounded, except 35; After Perkins and his 
 men cry'd for quarter, the French Capt. presented a Pistol with a 
 brace of Bullets to his breast, but Perkins put it by with his hand, 
 which snap'd but miss'd firing, then he stabb'd Perkins in several 
 places with his sword, and beat him black and blue in several places 
 of his Body: he also cut his Mates hand with a Cutlace, beat him all 
 black and blue as he did most of the men; then turned them all 
 ashore at St. Thomas's in a most miserable condition almost naked 
 without Cloaths, or any thing left them to procure Doctors, being all 
 miserably wounded. Cap. Blew brought them all up to Monserat, 
 who are since recovered, except the one first mentioned to be danger- 
 ously wounded, he being still alive at Capt. Blew's coming away. 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, Thorpe for Jersey, Thomas for Antigua, 
 Moor for Newfoundland, Smith for Christophers, Pitts for Virginia. 
 Coasters Outwards, Flood for Piscataqua, Carkett for Millford. 
 Foreign Inwards, Beans from Madera, Moor from St. Turtuda, 
 Ventiman from Jamaica. Foreign Cleared Outwards, Norris for 
 
 188 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 16, 1705 
 
 Montserat, Noyes and Goddard for Madera, and Richards for Jamaica. 
 On the 12th. Instant the Weather was extraordinary Cold for the 
 Season; the frozen Earth and Water, rather resembled February, 
 than April: and on the 6th & 10th of this month there were severe 
 Frosts. And on the 15th. a great Easterly Storm of Wind & Rain, 
 which continues on Monday Morning the 16th. Currant at the Printing 
 hereof. 
 
 HOvertisements. 
 
 A Cartel has lately been Setled betwixt Her Majesties Govern- 
 •*■ *-ment of the Leward Careeby Islands, and the French Govern- 
 ment of Martinique, for the Restitution of Prisoners on both sides 
 depending on each Government. 
 The second and third Articles whereof are in haec verba, viz. 
 
 That all the English who are at present in Martinique & who shall 
 be hereafter taken from any Vessels, be they Privateers or Merchant 
 men, and brought into this Island, or other the French Windward Is- 
 lands, whither they be departing from or coming into the Government 
 of Antigua and the rest of the Leward Islands, shall be directly sent to 
 the Island of Antigua, without being sent first to any other place, without 
 having regard to the Quantity or Quality; which shall be observed; 
 so there be 25 in number, without being detained more than 10 days, 
 and 20 days when a lesser number. 
 
 If in case some French Prisoners have been taken and sent by the 
 Government of Antigua to New-England, Colonel Byam gives his 
 Parol of Honour to enquire after them, To the end they may be sent 
 to Martinique. 
 
 And His Excellency our Governour does Direct and Require all 
 Commanders of Privateers or Merchant Vessels that Have or shall 
 Import and bring any French Prisoners taken in the West-Indies, 
 into the Provinces of the Massachusetts-Bay, and New-Hampshire 
 respectively under his Command, That they immediately render all 
 such Prisoners to His Excellency, that he may give the necessary Orders 
 concerning them accordingly. 8 • 
 
 ON Thursday last Dyed at Boston, James Gray, That used to go up 
 and down the Country Selling of Books, who left some considerable 
 Estate behind him; 8 7 and 'tis confidently affirmed that he made a Will, 
 which he left in some honest persons hand, with some other Papers, 
 which have not yet been found: And any person in Town or Country 
 
 86 Reprinted from the News-Letter together with the items marked by- 
 foot-notes 66-77 (News-Letter Nos. 47, 49 ante) in Notes, in The Acts and 
 Resolves ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, 
 pp. 481-482. 
 
 87 At the foot of this column in the file of the New York Historical Soci- 
 ety is this note by Judge Sewall: "Between 5 and 6 Hundred." 
 
 189 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 23, 1705 
 
 who have said Will or Papers, are desired to bring them unto the Office 
 of Probates in Boston. 
 
 1ft, jg, "Mumb. 53. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From ADonbag April 16. to ADOItbag April 23. 1705. 
 
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 |"T TNDER November and December dates of 1704, are news items 
 I \J from Vienna, Hague, Treves, London and Ratisbonne. The 
 domestic news fills nearly one column.] 
 
 London, Decemb. 9. The Zealandia, a Flushing Privateer has 
 taken and brought into Plymouth a French Prize of 80 Tuns, with 
 Sugar, Cotton and Indigo from St. Domingo. 
 
 New-York, April 16. No Vessels are arrived here this Week. 
 The Pensilvania Post was stopt here by bad Weather till Wednesday 
 night, and cannot expect him till to morrow, or next day. Yesterday 
 and Saturday was a great Storm at East, it blow'd very hard, and 
 much Rain fell. Outward Bound are Horton, James and Joseph 
 Petty for Boston, Wiggin for Rhode-Island, two Sloops for Antigua 
 and Jamaica; two Briganteens for Barbadoes and Nevis. His Ex- 
 cellency the Lord Cornbury goes this week for Albany. 
 
 Newport-Rhode-Island, April 20. Here is one Bell arrived from 
 Curacoa, bound for Conecticut, who says, that Capt. Halsy got 30 
 able Sailors such as he wanted at Jamaica. 8 s 
 
 Boston, On Wednesday the 18th. His Excellency went hence for 
 his Government of New-Hampshire. 
 
 On Thursday arrived John Welsh in a Sloop, in 10 days from 
 Bermuda, who in the Latitude 41 and an half upon St. Georges Bank, 
 (in the Storm mentioned in our Last) on Monday the 16th Currant, 
 saw the Wreck of a Vessel that was lost there, judged to be about 
 100 Tons in burthen, square Stern'd, painted with yellow, seem'd 
 to be a new Vessel, he saw several full bound Barrels, some of her 
 carved work and pieces of Boards floating about her, and some of 
 her Masts. 
 
 On Friday the 20th Currant, arrived here Capt. Jacob Fowle in a 
 
 88 Captain John Halsey of the briganteen "Charles," private- war- vessel. 
 See News-Letter Nos. 49 ante, 59, 60, 63 post. 
 
 190 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 23, 1705 
 
 Sloop of War sent out by his Excellency, who being at Anchor under 
 Tusket Islands about 7 leagues to the North-west of Cape Sables, 
 espied a Sloop coming into the said Harbour, upon which he got up 
 his Anchors, and put out French Colours, the other Sloop also put 
 out French Colours, & came so near as to Hail Fowles, but was shie 
 to come at him, and bore in as near the surff of the Shore as they 
 could, and dropt Anchor; there being 5 French-men on Board, who 
 got a Shoar in their Canoo; Fowles went to the Sloop: and the 5 
 French-men on Shore got behind some old Logs and Bushes and 
 fired briskly for the space of an hour upon him and his men, endeav- 
 ouring to save their Sloop ; at last Fowle put out his Whale Boat and 
 got a Shore after them, but they fled into the Woods; he found on 
 Shore one of their Arms, and supposes that he either kill' dor wounded 
 the Owner: The Sloop came from Port-Royal, and had on Board 
 a Cow and a Bull, and some Sheep, and is now brought to Boston, 
 being the same Sloop that some French-men Ran-away with from 
 hence about 3 months ago. Cap. Fowle hath brought in also 8 
 French Prisoners which he since took, viz. 2 men, 1 woman & 2 
 Children from Port Rosua, where there was 3 Families and 7 Houses, 
 all which Houses he burnt but two; And from L 'have a man, his 
 wife and a Boy, and burnt the House, he got little or no plunder 
 from them, but a few feathers: The people are like to be starved 
 for want of Provisions. 8 9 
 
 Entered Outward Bound, John Ventiman and Cole for Jamaica, 
 Alden for Virginia. Coasters Inwards, Hilton from Piscataqua. 
 Outwards, Thorp for Amboy, & Smallage for Rhode-Island. Foreign 
 Inwards, John Welsh from Bermuda Outwards Cleared, Coffin for 
 Madera, Gale, Melvin and Lewis for Barbadoes. 
 
 The Weather this Week has been very cold, with raw Easterly 
 Winds, an on Fryday it blow'd very hard, and at night there fell a 
 great deal of Rain; Saturday was a very moderate day, but at night 
 and on the Sabbath-day it blow'd very hard, the Wind being Southerly. 
 
 advertisement. 
 
 ON Tuesday the 15th of May next will be Exposed to Sale by 
 Publick Vendue, at the House of Mr. William Bright in Newport 
 on Rhode-Island, one quarter part of a Farm at the South-end of 
 Quananicut Island, on which liveth now Joseph Morey; the said 
 
 89 Captain Jacob Fowle; the sloop of war: the "Centurion," employed on 
 her majesty's service as a cruiser from the 23d of February to the 23d of April, 
 1705. She was sent as a scout to Acadia : see News-Letter No. 45 ante, in 
 paragraph, "Boston, On Wednesday the 14th Instant," etc. See Notes, in The 
 Acts and Resolves .... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: 
 . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 458; also p. 446. Also see Penhallow's Indian Wars, p. 38. 
 Captain Fowle had another lively sea adventure in 1704. See News-Letter 
 No. 5 ante, page 75 of this volume of the Digest. 
 
 191 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 30, 1705 
 
 quarter part to be Sold to the highest Bidder, on the conditions 
 that shall be specified at the time of the Sale. 
 
 1ft, jg, iRumb. 54. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOtl&ag April 23. to /IDon0a» April 30. 1705. 
 
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 FT70REIGN matters occupy the first page, and a quarter of the 
 I V second. From Hague, December .19, 1704, is the news that 
 "the elector of Bavaria is very chagrin, upon account of the Treaty 
 concluded by the electoress with the emperor" [of Austria]. A 
 letter of December 12 preceding, "From the Camp before Traarbach," 
 gives an account of the seige of that place. From Vienna, December 
 6, is a report of rejoicings there over the news of the reduction of the 
 fortress of Landau. The domestic news includes abstract of the 
 proclamation of the governor of New York relating to clipped money.] 
 
 Barbadoes, March 22. Two Vessels from New-England, viz. 
 Habbakkuk Gardner from Salem, in the Essex Galley, and John 
 Plasteed in a Briganteen from Boston, were both chased ashore on 
 our Island by some French Privateers : most part of both their Load- 
 ing's lost ; and what was saved very much damnified. We are afflicted 
 here with the Small-pox, which has swept away a great many people, 
 both Whites and Negro's, and makes our Country people afraid to 
 come to Town. On the 15th Instant, arrived here William Card in 
 a Pink from Boston, as also arrived from said Port, Jeoffrey Bedgood, 
 and Capt. Alcock from Piscataqua; and just now a Vessel with Pro- 
 visions is arrived from Bellfast, we do not yet know what News 
 she brings. No Packet has been here of a long time, but daily ex- 
 pected. Seven or 8 Vessels Sails this day, Welsh for Boston, 1 for 
 Salem, 2 for Rhode-Island, 2 for New- York, and 2 for Pensilvania. 
 Blague, Thomas and Evertbn will be the next for Boston. 
 
 New-York, April 23: On the 17th Currant, was Emitted by His 
 Excellency the Lord Cornbury a Proclamation, Prohibiting the 
 Importation of any dipt Money of Bitts or double Bitts into this 
 Colony, from and after the space of 14 days from the date of the said 
 Proclamation, and that person or persons so Importing, owning or 
 claiming the same, shall be lookt upon the Clippers thereof, & be 
 proceeded against in such manner as the Law directs in such cases. 
 And that if any such bitts & double bitts shall be Imported within the 
 said 14 days abovesaid, the person or persons so Importing, Claiming 
 
 192 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 30, 1705 
 
 or Owning shall give sufficient security to carry out the same, before 
 the expiration of the 14 days first above-mentioned, and such as do re- 
 fuse, shall be subject to the penalties and prosecutions afore-mentioned. 
 
 On the 18th arrived one Milburn in 23 days in a Sloop from Nevis, 
 in whom came Capt. Thinhoven, who left Milford the 14th of January, 
 and informs us that Capt. Potter from Holland, bound hither, lay 
 then in Dover waiting for a Convoy, he came out with the West- 
 Country Virginia Fleet, being about 80 Sail; who were conveyed out 
 of Soundings by the Rye & Anglesey Frigot. On the 19th. arrived 
 here one Freebody from Exuma, with whom came 4 men that be- 
 longed to Peniston's Prize, 3 of whom are committed on suspicion of 
 Piracy, for running away with, and robbing of said Prize, &c. such 
 Information being given against them as we are informed. By a 
 Sloop from Virginia, we are told that 3 Sloops are ashore between 
 this and Barnigat, but who they are we know not. We had very 
 dirty blowing Weather all last week. Parker from Boston arrived 
 here last Saturday. Thomas Byerley Esqr. late Receiver General of 
 this Province is suspended, & Peter Fauconnier Esqr. Executes 
 that Office. His Excellency the Lord Cornbury went for Albany 
 on Thursday last. This week a Briganteen will Sail for Barbadoes, 
 a Sloop for Jamaica, also this or next week a Briganteen for Nevis, 
 and another for Antigua. 
 
 On Wednesday last in Jamaica on Long Island, at a Special Com- 
 mission of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery, before Roger 
 Mompesson Esqr. Chief Iustice of this Province and New-Jersey, 
 &c. and others, one Samuel Wood, late of Connecticut Colony, was 
 Indicted for feloniously Stealing Money and other Goods of one 
 John Marsh; The Witnesses for the Prisoner as well as those against 
 him were Sworn, and upon full Evidence he was found Guilty, & 
 burnt in the left Cheek near the Nose with the letter T. 
 
 New-port Rhode-Island, April 27. This week arrived John Crans- 
 ton from Barbadoes, and Gilbert and Burton from Bermuda, but 
 bring no News. 
 
 Portsmouth New-Hampshire, On Fryday the 20th Currant, came 
 here His Excellency our Governour. 
 
 Salem, April 28th. This week arrived here Capt. Maston from 
 Barbadoes. 
 
 Barnstaple, April 25. On Monday the i6th Currant, Dyed sud- 
 denly here, Thomas Hinkley, Esqr. formerly Governour of Plimouth- 
 Colony: Aged about 86 Years. 
 
 Boston, Coasters Entered Inwards, Keirsteed and Horton from 
 N-York, Grover, Curtice, Harris, Prince, Smith, Prentice, Thomas 
 
 193 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 30, 1705 
 
 & John Lathrop from Connecticut, and Lanyon from North-Carolina. 
 Foreign Inwards, Nelmes and Gibbs from Bermuda, Wing and 
 JPullen from Jamaica, Pickman from Nevis, Mason from Suranam, 
 -and Welch from Barbadoes. Coasters Cleared Outwards, Blin, 
 Allyn and Coffin for Connecticut. Foreign Outwards, Captains 
 Hunkin, Green, Codman, Armitage, Wensley, Balston and Holt 
 -for Barbadoes, Wright for Newfoundland, Green for Antigua, & 
 Eagleston for Nevis. Entered Outward Bound, Cally for Leward- 
 Islands, Plasteed for Nevis, Keirsteed for New- York, Welsh for 
 Antigua, and Gordin for Newfoundland. 
 
 HDvertisements. 
 
 RAn-away on Monday night last the 23d Currant from his Master 
 Abraham Blish Hatter in Boston a young man named William 
 Rogers, about 18 years of Age, of a middle Stature, fair fac'd, light 
 coloured curl'd hair, he has a light colour'd Coat trim'd with Black, 
 and a sad coloured Coat trim'd with the same colour, a saggathy colour'd 
 Jacket like a Searge, and a strip't holland Jacket, with 2 pair of Breeches 
 of the same, and 1 pair of cloth, a black Hat. Whosoever shall take up 
 said Servant, and him safely convey to his above-said Master, or the 
 Post-Master of Boston, or give any true Intelligence of him, so as his 
 Master may have him again, shall have a sufficient Reward and Charges. 
 
 THE Undertaker of this publick Print in Numb. 51. gave you an 
 Advertisement of his motive to Print, of the trouble and charge 
 attending it: and of his intentions to do it one year for tryal, which 
 according to his ability and information received, is now accomplished; 
 wherein you have successively all the Foreign Occurrences of Europe, 
 from the 1st of November, 1703. to the middle of December, 1704. 
 And if any will consult the Publick Prints of England in that, time, 
 considering that they Print 2 or 3 times in a week, & that we did 
 Print here but once in a week; they will find no one piece of material 
 News that is in them, omitted in ours : As also in our Prints you have 
 the publick Occurrences from the West-Indies and other parts: and 
 likewise those from our Neighbouring-Provinces, besides those of 
 this and the Province of New-Hampshire. All which Intelligence, 
 tho' some few Gentlemen and Merchants might have all or some 
 part thereof, yet for the most part the people in general, in this and 
 the Neighbouring Provinces.have it not,and what they have.variously, 
 and often falsely reported: and a great many Providences now 
 Recorded, that would otherwise be lost: And the Undertaker, tho' 
 very sensible of his own inability for such a task, yet upon due en- 
 couragement given, is willing to try it for another year, unless some 
 generous Soul (out of the many far better qualified, especially of 
 those that are so apt & ready to carp at his weakness) will please 
 
 194 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 7, 1705 
 
 to undertake it ; and no one shall be found more ready to contribute 
 for his so doing, then the present Undertaker. 
 
 TO. j£. 1Rumb. 55. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDondag April 30. to /IDon&ag May 7. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 r>T^WO and a half of the four columns of this issue are occupied 
 j X with foreign news from London, Hague, Frankfort, Paris and 
 ■■ Dantzick. From London, December 16, 1704, is an account of the 
 return of the duk& of Marlborough to the English capital, and his 
 reception there.] 
 
 Philadelphia, April 26. On the 15 Arrived here Carteret Gillam 
 from Rhode-Island, and on 21 Robert Hicks in a Sloop from the same 
 Port : There is a Briganteen and a Sloop loading for Fyal and London. 
 This Morning dyed the Wife of Mr. Edward Shippen Senior. Letters 
 from Plimouth, via Maryland of January 29. say, that the Jersey 
 Man of War met with bad Weather some few days after he parted 
 with the Land, and lost some of his Convoy. 
 
 New-York, April 30. Yesterday came hither the Masters of 
 the three Sloops which were Cast away near Barnigatt, by the late 
 Easterly Storms, viz. Archibald Morris who was bound from Pensil- 
 vania for New-York and Boston, one Jones, who was bound from the 
 Horekills to Boston, and one Saunders, bound from Roanoak to 
 Boston, Saunders had one man Drowned, and saved nothing at all, 
 & the others saved very little besides their lives. 
 
 Yesterday arrived here Capt. Jones in a Ship from Bermuda, and 
 Capt. Wessels in a Sloop from Antigua in three Weeks, one Pepperill 
 of Boston bound for Piscataqua came out in Company with him, 
 he brings no News. 
 
 They write from Albany that his Excellency the Lord Cornbury 
 upon his arrival at the Fronteers found all things well and in good 
 order, we expect his return the latter end of this week. 
 
 Vessels Outward bound are Wessels for Newfoundland, Depue for 
 Jamaica, Sleigh for Suranam, Basset for Nevis, Parker for Pensil- 
 vania, Walker for Virginia, Stead for St. Thomas, Adolph for Boston, 
 and Pasco for Jamaica, and Milbourn for Nevis. 
 
 Boston, On Thursday last arrived here Capt. John Alden from 
 Lisbon by whom we have the following Advice from London, [Here 
 follows three quarters of a column of foreign news.] 
 
 195 
 
THE BOSTONINEWS-LETTER, MAY 14, 1705 
 
 Coasters, Entered Inwards, Jeffries from Carolina, Rhodes from 
 Amboy, Walters, Woodbury, Foster and Loring from Connecticut. 
 Foreign Inwards Chamberlin from Nevis, Tew from Honduras, 
 Gravenraedt from New-York, Carey from Antigua, Hunt from 
 Jamaica, and Waters from Lisbonne. Coasters, Outwards, Lyford, 
 Prentice, Codman, Curtice, Horton, and Smith for Connecticut, and 
 Keir steed lor New-York. Foreign Outwards Moor for Newfoundland. 
 Outward bound, Wing for Jamaica, Gibbs, Welsh and Nelmes for 
 .Berawda. 
 
 B&vertisement. 
 
 NO Better qualified Undertaker appearing to Print the Publick 
 Occurences; and several Gentlemen, Merchants and others 
 being willing to Contribute to its support, have desired that it be 
 proceeded on where we left off, not doubting but several others will 
 follow their good Example, whereby the Undertaker may be enabled 
 effectually to carry it on, at least another year: And therefore all 
 Persons in Town and Country, who have a mind to lend their helping 
 hand to promote and encourage it, are desired to Agree with John 
 Campbell Post-master of Boston for the same. 
 
 1R. j£, 1Rumb. 56. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDon&aS May 7. to flDOtldag May 14. 1705. 
 
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 rT>EGTNNING with a review of European affairs for the year 1704, 
 I Jjthis issue is nearly all taken up with that review and an account 
 of the battle at St. Johns, Newfoundland. Among the domestic 
 items are reports upon French and Indian War matters brought from 
 Quebec] 
 
 London, December 28. 1704. 
 
 THis year drawing near its conclusion, we shall take this 
 opportunity, according to our usual method, to present the 
 Reader with an Epitomie of the Transactions of the last 
 Campaign; and endeavour to draw them, into such an order, 
 that all of them may appear in view. I am sensible that this is 
 very difficult, if not altogether impossible, because of the many 
 wonderful things that have been transacted this year; but as we do 
 only design to hint at things, and not to describe them, we hope 
 the Reader will kindly supply what shall be found wanting, especially 
 considering what we have said at large of those Transactions in the 
 times wherein they happen'd. [Then follows the beginning of a 
 
 196 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 14, 1705 
 
 resume of the foreign news of the year, filling nearly two columns 
 of the first page.] 
 
 St. Johns, Newfoundland, April 21. At break of day on Sunday 
 Morning the 2\st of January last, our Harbour was beset with about 
 Six or Seven hundred men, viz. French Souldiers, Inhabitants and 
 Fishermen from Placentia Some Accadians as Pessemequady and 
 Port Royall, and Cannadians from Quebeck and places adjacent, 
 and 50 N-England Eastern Indians, with Easecombuit their Captain, 
 all under the Command of Monsieur Supercosse Governour of Pla- 
 centia; who made the whole Harbour Prisoners of War in two hours 
 time excepting the Garrison which was the Fort & Castle. The 
 Enemy the night before, lay near the Harbour in the Snow that was 
 6 Foot deep on the ground, and durst not make any Fires for fear 
 of being discovered; Monsieur Supercosse being wet and cold gave 
 orders in the Morning at the first Attack to give no quarters, and 
 accordingly they kill'd all at the first houses they came to: But 
 the Cannadians and Indians withstood Monsieur Supercosse, and 
 gave quarters for a Season. The Enemy sent the Women and Chil- 
 dren about 142 into the Garrison: They laid Siege to it five Weeks 
 time, there was not a man that got into the Fort but three, and about 
 17 that got from the Southside of the Harbour into the Castle: In 
 the Fort were only 40 men under the Command of brave Capt. 
 Moody, who behaved himself most valiantly, and in the Castle were 
 12 Souldiers and the 17 Inhabitants under the Command of Mr. 
 Latham. Monsieur Supercosse took a Child and barbarously cut its 
 throat, and sent it by a Souldier with a Message to the Garrison, 
 That if they did not Surrender to him, he would so serve all therein, 
 and the Prisoners that he had taken; upon which Capt. Moody 
 bid the Messenger be gone else he would shoot him, replying to 
 Monsieur Supercosse's Message, That both himself & the men of 
 the Fort & Castle were resolved to dye with their Sword in hand ere 
 they Surrendered; Capt. Moody plyed the Enemy so with great 
 Guns, Bombs and Morters, that there was killed of the Enemy with 
 their own Confession between 180 and 200 men; And on our side 
 there was but two men kill'd in the Garrison, and one at the Castle, 
 but there was kill'd about 30 and Captivated of our men about 130 
 at our Harbour and other places. The Indians Murthered 7 men at 
 Torbay, and the French barbarously Murthered 6 more because they 
 could not carry so great a burthen 6 Miles through the Woods as the 
 Enemy would have them. The Enemy finding that they could not 
 take the Fort and Castle, They burnt all the houses here but 5 and 
 the Church, and went back to the Southward burning and demolish- 
 ing all where they came: They burnt all Ferryland and hove the 
 
 197 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 14, 1705 
 
 Salt out of Doors. Monsieur Supercosse gave orders to the Indi 
 and Cannadians to cross over the Land to Conception. Bay, Trit 
 and Bonavist, and there to burn and destroy all where they ca 
 But after the Frenches departure from St. John's Advice was s 
 to Carboniere and other places and the Inhabitants of Carboniere 
 upon the Island with most of their effects, and having 5 Guns t' 
 were supplyed with Ammunition and Small Arms from the Garri 
 of St. John's and defended themselves; but the Indians burnt 
 their Stages and Boats: And we hope the other places did i 
 secure and defend themselves from the Enemy. Monsieur S%\ 
 cosse sent back several of the Prisoners but carryed with him 
 most of the able Fishermen. Capt. Wane from Boston arrived 
 St. John's the 9 th of April, and Capt. Moody Commander in CI 
 Imprest the Sloop to carry a Packet to England, to give an Acco' 
 of the whole affair: Capt. Pickman also arrived from Boston s 
 day, and the 16th. of April arrived Capt. Pickering at Ferrylt 
 from Boston. There is no other Vessels arrived from Europe, or i 
 other place. We expect a Squadron of Men of War towards the Fa 
 
 Portsmouth, N. Hampshire, May 11. Samuel Hill of Wells (-p 
 was taken Captive by the Indians) came hither on Fryday nig 
 last from Quebeck with two French men sent by the Governour 
 Canada, who brought Letters from him and Capt. Livingston to ] 
 Excellency our Governour; Capt. Livingston arrived there ' 
 26th. of February, and designs to be back the 20th. of this Mon 
 with the Governour of Canada's proposals for Exchange of Prisons 
 There is 100 of our Captives in the hands of the French, and ab< 
 70 Children with the Indians. 90 A small party of French and Indii 
 went about the beginning of November last to Placentia, to jc 
 the Forces there in order to make an Attack upon St. John's in Nt 
 foundland, among whom was Eascombuit. Several of our Easti 
 Indians at Canada are not pleased with the French Treatment, i 
 Governour not being able to supply them according to promise, 
 reason of the Miscariage of their Store-Ship. "They have not 1 
 the Small Pox as was reported but the Measels. Provisions are i 
 plenty among them. There was about 600 French, and Indii 
 of near equal number in the Expedition to Lancaster last year, ma 
 of whom dyed in their return, and several since, they were aim 
 Starved, and constrained to eat the bark of Trees: Their ch 
 Commander continues yet ill. A few days after Capt. Livingsto 
 arrival at Quebeck the Governour ordered about 500 Indians to 
 
 90 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resol 
 . • ol the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . Vol VIII 
 
 '0. See News-Letter Nos. 50 ante, 60, 61, 64 post. ' 
 
 198 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 14, 1705 
 
 made ready for some Expedition, they give out that it is to be a 
 guard to that place, but 'tis to be feared that they have a design 
 upon New- England. When Mr. Hill and the two Frenchmen came 
 to Kinnebeck they met with a Track of about 30 Indians as they 
 judged, and about the same time they came here from Casko, a man 
 and two Children were kill'd near Mr. Curtis 's house at Spruse Creek, 
 3 Women and several Children taken away Captive : There was about 
 10 Indians discovered; His Excellency has ordered Major Walton 
 to detach a Company to Scout from Nitchewanock to Wells, and 
 Col. Hilton to detach another to Scout from Kingstoun near Exeter 
 to Nitchewanock. 
 
 On Saturday last, the 5th instant, dyed here the honourable Coll. 
 Samuell Allen, Esq. formerly Governour of this Provence, aged 
 about 70 years, and was interred on Wednesday the 9th currant. 
 
 Philadelphia, May 3d . Last night arrived here Parker from Boston, 
 and its said that Darby is arrived from the said Port at Salem in 
 New-Jersey. 
 
 New-York, May 7 th . On the 4th. Instant His Excellency the 
 Lord Cornbury returned hither from Albany, and to Morrow sets out 
 for His Government of New-Jersey. On the 6th. Instant arrived 
 here a Briganteen from England and Holland, John Potter Master, 
 who left Plymouth the 11th. of March, under Convoy of Admiral 
 Whetstone, with 7 or 8 Men of War bound for Jamaica; several 
 Ships for the West India's, 6 or 7 for Virginia, and a Briganteen for 
 Philadelphia, (Burman Master) came out with that Convoy, by 
 whom we have advice, That two men of War, a fifth and a sixth 
 Rate are appointed for this place, and that Capt. Pain in the Grey- 
 hound Gaily, Capt. Cumby and Capt. Jeffers who are bound hither 
 were preparing to come out with the first Convoy, they hope to come 
 with the Men of War bound hither. No certainty when the Virginia 
 Fleet will come out. Capt. Law and Leventhorp of this place, and 
 Guy of Philadelphia, who went from hence under Convoy of the 
 Jersey are taken. That Mr. Penn was about Surrendring his Govern- 
 ment of Pensilvania. Capt. Gilbert, Hermitage, Guyn and Hill 
 of Boston, have been taken, and are come Passengers in this Brig- 
 anteen. That there was a strict Embargo in England. Vessels 
 Entered out since last Post only Adolph for Boston. 
 
 Boston, On Fryday the 11th. Instant, His Excellency our Gover- 
 nour returned from His Government of New-Hampshire. 
 
 Coasters, Entered Inwards Sargeant, Flood, Giddis, Gidden, 
 Hilton and Webber from Piscataqua. Foreign Inwards, Jarvies 
 from Nevis, Diamond and Hoddy from the Bay, Waters from New- 
 foundland, and Pepperil from Antigua. Coasters, Outwards Lathrop, 
 
 199 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 21, 1705 
 
 and Harris for Connecticut. Foreign cleared Outwards,' Calley for 
 Leward-I stands, Fisher and Alden for Virginia, and Welch for Antigua. 
 Outward Bound, Pullen for Jamaica, Chambers, Wilkins and Webber 
 for Barbadoes, and Gmn for Antigua. 
 
 BOvertisement 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in May 7.] 
 
 1ft, jg. mumb. 57 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDon&aB May 14. to fl&QltDag May 21. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 fQEGINNING the first column of the first page of this issue is a 
 I JtScontinuation of the review of the year 1704 and this fills three 
 *• columns, ending with the editorial paragraph immediately 
 below.] 
 
 These are the chief Transactions in the year 1704 which has been 
 in particular so Glorious to the Arms of England and the States, 
 and which promises us so many advantages in the next, and gives 
 us hopes that GOD will at last hear the Cries of the Oppressed, and 
 deliver the Christian World from the miseries they groan under, 
 through the Ambition of a Prince, who since the begining of his 
 Reign, has made it wholly his business to disturb the Peace of Man- 
 kind. While the rest of the World is expos' d to the Calamities 
 inseparable from War, England alone enjoys the benefits of Peace, 
 under the Government of a QUEEN, who is the delight of her Sub- 
 jects, as well as the Terror of her Enemies. We have felt little or 
 nothing of the effects of the War and the Promises in Psal. 144 to the 
 People who have the Lord for their God, have been litterally fulfill'd 
 in our case. We have had plenty of everything, there has been 
 no leading into Captivity, no complaining in our Streets. Happy 
 England, if we do but know our own Happiness, and do not provoke 
 by our Divisions and Sins the Almighty to withdraw from us the 
 visible marks of his Favour and Protection. 
 
 London, March 2. Via New-York, per Capt, Potter we have the 
 following advice, That Capt. Rymes was loaden ready to Sail for 
 Boston, but was stopt by an Embargo. That Capt. Mason was still 
 at Millford. That there is an Act of Parliament past for Encouraging 
 the bringing of Naval Stores from the Plantations to England. By 
 the Packet yesterday we had the Account of Capt. Miles' 's arrival at 
 Lisbon from Boston. That there is a Ship of Mr. Ourfells from 
 
 200 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 28, 1705 
 
 Bristol bound for Boston. That Capt. Rowse from Boston and 
 Barbadoes is arrived at Plimouth. That the Gosport Man of War 
 from Lisbon and New-England was arrived at Falmouth the 23d. 
 December; [Here follows a quarter column of foreign news items.] 
 
 New-York, May the 14/&. No Vessels arrived here since my last. 
 The Pensilvania Post not yet come in, and suppose the three days 
 of bad Rainy Weather last week has hindered him. We hear Capt. 
 Burman from London arrived their the 6th. Instant, who came out 
 with Capt. Potter that arrived here the same day. One Odell the 
 Forger 91 of your Paper Bills of Credit is here in Goal, and will be 
 sent to Boston. Vessels Outward bound are Stilwill and Phenix for 
 Virginia, Sherlock for Barbadoes, and De Groof and Sands for Boston. 
 
 Boston, On Wednesday the 162/s. Currant arrived here Capt. William 
 Everton from Barbadoes in about a Months Passage, he came out in 
 Company with about Seventeen Sail for our Continent, and by Letters 
 thence are acquainted, That we have taken two of the chief French 
 Privateers: And that Capt. Bowdage and the several Vessels that 
 Sailed with him from Boston, were all safe arrived but three, Two of 
 which (we are informed by a Vessel that arrived at Salem, that came 
 out of Barbadoes in the night after Capt. Everton Sailed) are since 
 arrived, and that there is only Berry missing. 
 
 Coasters, Entered Inwards, Peter Coffin from Nantucket: Foreign 
 Inwards, Price from Montserrat, and Capt. Everton from Barbadoes. 
 Coasters Outward Graver, Loring and Prince for Connecticut, and 
 Parker for Piscataqua. Foreign Cleared outwards, Welch for Ber- 
 muda, Ruck for Antigua, Wilkins for Ruanock, James for New- 
 foundland, Wing and Coale for Jamaica. Outward bound, Capts. 
 Michael Gill for Newfoundland, Richard Fyfield for Barbadoes, and 
 Nathaniel Jarvies for Jamaica. 
 
 H&vertisement. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in May 7.] 
 
 1R, t£, Burnt). 58. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDon&ap, May 21. to flDoitDag May 28. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 |"T TNDER date "London, March 2. via New York, per Capt. 
 I V^ Potter" are advices from all the European centers, filling 
 *■ nearly three columns of this issue.] 
 
 91 See News-Letter Nos. 15, 17 (1704) ante, 59, 60, 61, 82 post. 
 
 201 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 28, 1705 
 
 St. John's Newfoundland, May 5. On the 2d. Currant arrived 
 here a ship from Lisbon in a Month's passage, who gives this Advice; 
 [here follows a brief account of the defeat of the French squadron 
 before Gibraltar.] 
 
 Philadelphia, May 11. Darby from Boston arrived here the -6th 
 Instant, and designs this day down the River for Salem to load for 
 Boston; & Burman in a Briganteen from London arrived on the 8th. 
 who came out with Capt. Potter that is arrived at New-York. 
 
 New-York May 21st. Last week arrived here three Sloops and 
 a Briganteen from Barbadoes, a Sloop from Carolina & a Sloop from 
 Nevis in 21 days, who advise of a Packet boat being taken in sight 
 of the Island about three weeks ere he sailed. Yesterday arrived a 
 Barque and a Sloop from Virginia bound to Boston, in the first came 
 Mr. Jeffery Gray who Sayes, the Strumbulo Man of War will Sail for 
 England the 15th. June, but the Fleet will not Sail with her, expect- 
 ing a better Convoy from Lisbon. 
 
 New-Port, Rhode-Island, May 25 This week arrived a Vessel 
 in 14 days from St. Christophers, by whom we are acquainted, That 
 there was two French Privateers taken and brought in there, and 
 that Admiral Whetson with a Squadron of Men of War was arrived 
 at Nevis from England: and had brought in there another French 
 Privateer whom he took, and that there was two more taken and 
 carryed in to Barbadoes. 
 
 Piscataqua May 25. On Monday last the Sculking Indian Enemy 
 kill'd one man near Kittery in the Province of Main, and Wounded 
 another. 
 
 Boston, Coasters, Entered Inwards, James and Joseph Petty, 
 Vail, and Hedge from Connecticut, Starky from Carolina, Jackson, 
 James, Hedge and Elwel from Piscataqua. Foreign Inwards, Capt.. 
 Breed and Burbank from Jamaica, Webster and Northy from N. 
 Carolina, Fidling from South Carolina, Hart from N. foundland, 
 Bedgood and Thomas from Barbadoes. Coasters Outwards, Lyford 
 for Piscataqua, and Walter for N. Haven. Foreign, Cleared Out- 
 wards, Gibbs and Nelms for Bermuda, Thomas Meers for Jamaica, 
 Joseph Dean for Suranam, Richard Fyfield for Barbadoes, and 
 Francis Plasted for Nevis. Outward bound, Jonathan Hart, and 
 William Chamberlin for Antigua, John Diman for Jamaica, William 
 Jeffries for Ruanock, Solomon Gardner for Nevis, and Andrew 
 Grauenraedt for New- York. 
 
 Letters from Antigua Via N. York, acquaint us, That Capt. 
 Thomas Dudley in the Packet boat bound from Barbadoes to Jamaica? 
 was taken and carryed into- Martinico, and that he was come up to- 
 
 202 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 4, 1705 
 
 Antigua in a Flag of Truce. That there was about 12 more Vessels 
 lately taken and carryed into Martinico, one whereof is said to be 
 Emms of Boston, and 7 Bristol men. 
 
 H&vertisement. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in May 7.] 
 
 1R, j£ t mumb. 59. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDolt&aE Mav 28. to HD0lt&a£ June 4 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 l"|)ESIDES December and January news from Paris, Vienna, 
 I J3 Venice, Hamburg, and Hague, there are items from "London, 
 *■ Mch. 2. Via New York, per Capt. Potter;" and from White- 
 hall, January 3, an account of the ceremonies attendant upon the 
 reception of the standards and colors taken in the battle of Blenheim 
 and the conveying them "to Westminster-Hall, where the said 
 Standards & Colours were put up, to remain there as Trophies of 
 that signal Victory wherewith it pleased Almighty GOD to bless the 
 Arms of Her Majesty and Her Allies, under the conduct of his Grace 
 the Duke of Marlborough, against a superior Number of the Enemy; 
 and of the Honour which her Majesty's Subjects gained in that 
 memorable Day, not to be parallel'd in the History of many ages." 
 The feature of the domestic news is the record of the "Anniversary 
 Election."] 
 
 New-York, May 28th. Last Week Cap Bill arrived here from 
 Curacoa, and 2 Bermudians with Salt: Cleared for Boston, Adolph, 
 de Groof, and Wiggins, Pasco and Depue for Jamaica, Bond for 
 London Via Virginia, and Stillwell for Maryland. Several Vessels 
 are loading for Barbadoes, Nevis and Curacoa. 
 
 Newport Rhode-Island, June 1. On 27th May arrived here Capt. 
 John Halsy from the West-Indies, and on the 30th of May came in 
 the Spanish Prize which he took being a Ship of about 130 Tons and 
 8 Guns, Loaden with Brandy, Canary, some Chests of Sugar, some 
 Bails of Paper, and some Snuff and Oyl. m 
 
 On Thursday Night May 31. Thomas Odell the Forger of the Bills 
 of Credit of the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay, being in Irons on 
 Board Derick Adolph in order to be carried to Boston, to be Tryed 
 for his Crime, made his escape. ° 3 
 
 92 Captain John Halsey. See News-Letter Nos. 49, 53 ante, 60, 63 post. 
 
 93 See News-Letter Nos. 15, 17 (1704) ante, 57, 60, 61, 82 post. 
 
 203 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 4, 1705 
 
 By a Sloop from St. Christophers we are acquainted, that 10000 
 Spaniards have revolted from the Duke of Anjou to King Charles III. 
 The Advice came by Admiral Whetstone who is gone for Jamaica 
 with 14 Sail of Merchant Men, whereof Capt. Bant is one. 
 
 Boston, Wednesday the 3oth of May, being the Anniversary 
 
 ELECTION: There was Chosen as Members of Her 
 
 Majesty's Council for this Province for the Ensuing 
 
 Year, Viz. 94 
 
 Wait Winthrop Esqr. James Russel Esqr. John Hathorne Esqr. 
 
 Elisha Hutchinson Esqr. Samuel Sewall Esqr. Isaac Addington Esqr. 
 
 William Brown Esqr. John Phillips Esqr. Jonathan Corwin Esq 
 
 John Foster Esq. Penn Townsend Esq John Higginson Esq Samuel 
 
 Partridge Esq. Andrew Belcher Esq. Samuel Legg Esq. Edward 
 
 Bromfield Esq Ephraim Hunt Esq Samuel Appleton Esq John Walley 
 
 Esq John Thacher Esq Isaac Winslow Esq. Nathanael Payne Esq 
 
 Eliakim Hutchinson Esq Joseph Hammond Esq Benjamin Brown 
 
 Esq Joseph Lynde Esq. Samuel Hayman Esqr, and Simeon Stoddard 
 
 Esqr. 
 
 77ie Members of the House of Representatives for the several 
 
 Towns are as follows. And those that have this 
 
 Mark * are New Ones. 94 
 
 Boston, Mr. Tho. Oakes, Speaker. Capt. Sam Checkley Capt. Eph. 
 Savage. Mr. Eliz. Holyoke Roxbury, Mr. Wil Denison. Dorchester, 
 Mr. Hopestil Clap. Milton, Capt. Tho. Vose. Braintrey, Mr. John 
 Baxter. Weymouth, Capt. Steph. French. Dedham, *Mr. John Fuller. 
 Medfield, Mr. John Metcalfe. Hingham, *Mr. Josiah Levit. Salem, 
 Samuel Brown Esq *Capt. Sam. Gardner. Ipswich, Mr. Nehem Jewet. 
 *Mr. Nath. Koolton Newbury, *Capt. Hen. Somersby. Lynn, *Mr. 
 Joseph Newhall. Marblehead, *Mr. Sam. Reed. Beverley, *Mr. Sam. 
 
 ' 94 Printed, revised, in The Acts and Resolves ... of the Province of 
 the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, pp. 113-115. In the list of mem- 
 bers of the council are these changes in the Province Laws print : Russell for 
 Russel; Browne for Brown in both cases; Paine for Payne. In the list of rep- 
 resentatives, the following: Dorchester, Hopestill for Hopstil Clap; Braintree, 
 Lieut. Baxter instead of Mr. ; Hingham, Leavitt for Levit ; Salem, Browne for 
 Brown ; Ipswich, Jewett for Jewet, and Knoulton for Koolton ; Newbury, Som- 
 erby for Somersby; Lynn, Ensign Newhall instead of Mr.; Wenham, Deacon 
 Fiske instead of Mr. Fisk; Gloucester, Mr. Allin instead of Capt. Allen; Rowley, 
 Capt. Dresser instead of Mr.; Salisbury, Morill for Morril; Amesbury, Fowller 
 for Fowler ; Sudbury, Browne for Brown ; also added to Sudbury Mr. John 
 Brigham ; Marlborough, Brigham for Bridgham ; Billerica, Lieut. Willson instead 
 Mr. Wilson; Woburn, Maj. Converse Esq. instead of Converse Esq.; Reading, 
 Sweyne for Swain; Sherburne, William Rider, senior instead of William Rider; 
 Medford, Lieut. Willis instead of Mr.; Barnstable, Hamlen for Hamlin; Spring- 
 field, Deacon Hitchcock instead of Mr.; Hadley, Mountague for Montague; 
 Hatfield, Samuel Marsh, senior instead of Samuel Marsh; Rehoboth, Col. 
 Walker instead of Mr. ; Swanzey, Perce for Pierce ; Kittery , Leighton for Layton. 
 
 204 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 4, 1705 
 
 Balch. Wenham, Mr. Wil. Fisk. Topsfield, *Mr. Elisha Perkins. 
 Glocester, Capt. * Joseph Allen. Rowley, Mr. John Dresser. Salis- 
 bury, *Mr. Isaac Morril. Amesbury, *Mr. Thomas Fowler. Andover, 
 *Capt. Christoph. Osgood. Haverhill, Mr. Sam. Watts. Charlestown, 
 Capt. Samuel Phipps. Cambridge, Cap. Tho. Oliver. Newton, *Capt. 
 Isaac Williams Watertown, *Mr. Nath. Bright. Sudbury, *Mr. Will- 
 iam Brown. Wrentham, *Mr. Richard Puffer. Marlborough, *Mr. 
 Sam. Bridgham. Concord, *Mr. Simon Davis. Chelmsford, Cap. Jer. 
 Bowers. Billerica, *Mr. John Wilson. Wooburn, James Converse 
 Esq. Reading, Maj. Jer. Swain. Maiden, *Mr Phineas Upham. Sher- 
 bourn, Mr. Wil Rider. Dunstable, *Cap Wil. Tyng. Lancaster, Mr. 
 John Houghton Medford, Mr. Thomas Willis. Groton, Cap. Jonas 
 Prescott. Plymouth, [Captain John Bradford?] 95 Situate, Mr. Sam. 
 Clap Marshfield, *Mr. Eph. Little. Bridgwater, *Mr. David Perkins. 
 Duxbury, *Mr. David Alden. Barnstaple, *Mr. James Hamlin Yar- 
 mouth, *Mr. Sam. Sturges. Eastham, Mr Samuel Knowles. Spring- 
 field, Mr. John Hitchcock, Northampton, Cap. Preserved Clap. H ad- 
 ley, *Mr. Peter Montague. Hatfield, *Mr. Sam. Marsh. Westfield, 
 *Mr. Nath. Bancroft. Bristol, *Mr. Nath Blagrove. Rehoboth, *Mr. 
 Samuel Walker. Swansey, Mr. Eph Pierce. Taunton, *Mr. Jos. 
 Tisdale. Dartmouth, *Mr. Jos. Tripp. Yor&, Captain Lewis Bane 
 Kittery; Mr. John Layton. Wells, *Capt. Jos. Hill. Nantucket y 
 *Capt. Rich. Gardner. 
 
 On Tuesday the 29th of May towards Evening, a Fishing Shallop, 
 one Gammon Master, was surpriz'd and taken off Winter Harbour 
 where she was Fishing, by 5 or 6 Canoo's of Indians, that came out 
 from thence. His Excellency has ordered the Province- Gaily and 
 another Vessel to Range the Eastern Coast. And we hope the Enemy 
 shall be taken, and the Shallop recovered. 
 
 The Anniversary Election Sermon was Preached by the Reverend 
 Mr. Joseph Easterbrooks, Minister of Concord, upon these words, 
 Gen. 12. 2. And I will make of thee a great Nation, and I will bless 
 thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a Blessing. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, John Hedge from Fairfield, John Webb 
 from Milford, Elwell, Flood, Felt, Bracket and Parker from Piscata- 
 qua. Coasters Outward, Allen and Jackson for Piscataqua, Tho 
 Lanyon for North-Carolina, William Marsh and John Holt for Rhode- 
 Island. Foreign Inwards, Jeremiah Cushing from Virginia. For- 
 eign Cleared Outwards, Richard Green and Joseph Flint for Antigua, 
 & Thomas Hudson for New-York Entered Outward Bound, Abel 
 Jones for Jamaica, John Hoddy, Philip Lewis, John Stevens and 
 John Bennet for Antigua. 
 
 95 This name rubbed and indistinct. 
 
 205 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 11, 1705 
 
 Darby is arrived from Pensilvania, and Hathome from New- 
 foundland. 
 
 advertisement. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in May 7.] 
 
 H, Jg. Iftumb. 60. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IbOttftap. June 4. to /IDon&aE June 11. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 f"pHE principal foreign news, which largely occupies this issue, 
 I JL is an account, from Lisbon, April 24, of the failure of the attack 
 upon Gibraltar by the combined French and Spanish forces 
 on land, supported by the French fleet, and the destruction of the 
 fleet by the English squadron under Vice Admiral Sir John Leake. 
 There is other news from Milan, Vienna and elsewhere.] 
 
 New- York, June 4. On Thursday last dyed Mr. Jer. Tothil, one 
 of our Aldermen; and yesterday Dyed Mr. Caleb Cooper Merchant. 
 Our Assembly met on the 1st Instant, but were Adjourned to Thurs- 
 day next. His Excel, the Lord Cornbury sets out this day from 
 Burlington, and designs to be here on Wednesday next. Capt 
 Defrees Commander of a Privateer of 120 men fitted out here, waits 
 for a Wind to go to Sea, & so does Capt. Bond who is bound for 
 London Via Virginia with the Strombulo Man of War, who is said to 
 Sail from thence the 10th of July. Vessels Outward bound are 
 Dunskum & Launer for Barbadoes, Thinhoven for Jamaica, Coward 
 for England, via Virginia, Potter & Dawson for Nevis, Wessels for 
 Antigua, Dill for St. Christophers, Sandford for Carolina, Bill and 
 Jourdain for Curacoa, Hunt for St. Thomas, and Crooke for Madera. 
 Codman Sailed from hence last week for Pensilvania. 
 
 New-Port Rhode Island, June the 8th. On Wednesday the 6th. 
 Currant, Thomas Odell, (mentioned in our last,) who made his escape, 
 was found in a Barn two Miles out of Town, & is now in close Prison. 98 
 Capt. Halsy's Prize is not yet condemn'd. 87 
 
 96 See News-Letter Nos. 15, 17 (1704), 57, 59 ante, 61, 82 post. 
 
 97 Captain John Halsey, commander of the briganteen Charles, private- 
 man-of-war. See Notes, in The Acts and Resolves ... of the Province of 
 the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p 526. See News- Letter Nos. 49, 
 53 ante, 63 post. 
 
 1 206 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 11, 1705 
 
 Boston, On Monday the \th. Currant, The Annual Artillery Election 
 Sermon was Preach'd by the Reverend Mr. Thomas Bridge, one of 
 the Ministers of Boston, 08 upon these words in, Dan. 11. 32. And 
 such as do wickedly against the Covenant, shall be corrupt by Flatteries: 
 but the People that do know their God, shall be strong, and do exploits. 
 
 Capt. Thomas Savage™ was chosen Captain, Mr. Thomas Fitch 
 Lieutenant, and Mr. John Kilby Ensign of the Honorable Artillery 
 Company, and approv'd of by His Excellency. 
 
 Capt. John Livingston with the other Messengers sent by His 
 Excellency our Governour, to the Governour of Cannada at Quebeck 
 to concert the Exchange of Prisoners, returned this day, with whom 
 there came Capt. Cortemange, from the Governour of Canada, in 
 order to settle the same. 10 ° 
 
 On Wednesday night the 6th. Instant, Three Ships coming from 
 Lisbon, viz. Capts Myles, Miller, and Parsons, It being Foggy 
 Weather occasioned an Alarm in the Town of Boston; where was a 
 great Appearance of men in the Train bands. 
 
 Coasters, Entered Inwards, Job Almy from Rhode-Island, Eleazar 
 Darby from Pensilvania, and Samuel Sand from Long-Island. 
 Coasters Outwards, Lathrop, Sturges, James & Joseph Petty, Horton 
 & Hedge for Connecticut, Job Almy for Rhode-Island Foreign Inwards, 
 Capts. John Myles, Thomas Miller & Benj. Parsons from Lisbon, 
 Obadiah Wakefield from Virginia, & Zach. Syms from Fyal. Foreign 
 Cleared Outwards, Jer. Tay for Virginia, Cap. Michael Gill 101 for 
 Newfoundland, John Stevins for Nevis, Rich. Thomas for Antigua, 
 Rob. Starky for N. Carolina, John Venteman & John Pullen for 
 Jamaica. Outward Bound, Sam. Winckle, John Alden, Nath. 
 Perkins & Alexander Baker for Barbadoes. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 AT the Warehouse of Messieurs Bromfield and Burroughs, at 
 the Town Dock in Boston, There are to be Sold long Tobacco 
 Pipes by the Cask, to be taken by the Contents, whole and broken, 
 at Three Shillings and Six Pence per Groce, or Five Shillings by the 
 
 98 Minister of the First Church of Boston, 1705-1715. g| ' " 
 
 99 Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Habijah Savage, captain of a militia com- 
 pany, and nephew of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Savage, colonel of the Bos- 
 ton Regiment. Born in Boston in 1664, died there in 1721. 
 
 100 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 500. 
 "Capt. Cortemange:" the printer's spelling of the name of Sieur de Courte- 
 manche. See News-Letter Nos. 50, 56 ante, 61, 64 post. 
 
 101 For an account of Captain Gill's sea fight with a company of French 
 and Indians in the harbor of St. John's, Newfoundland, in August, 1704, see 
 the News- Letter, No. 25, page 130 ante. 
 
 207 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 18, 1705 
 
 Single Groce for whole Pipes told out. 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in May 7.] 
 
 IB. jg. mumb. 6i. 
 
 The BoftonNews-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOn&aS June 11. to flBOtt&aB June 18, 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 TT^OREIGN news, comprising a large part of this issue, is mainly 
 \1l from Vienna, Paris, Venice, Ratisbon and Genoa. From "Smo- 
 lensko in Muscovy, December 25," 1704, there is an account 
 of the czar's treatment of his rebellious subjects: "some are hang'd; 
 others Beheaded; others again Burned, and some even wasted. 
 The Czar, who has exiled the Princess Sophia, his Sister to Silk, has 
 also caused the Hands of his Brother-in-law to be saw'd off with a 
 wooden Saw."] 
 
 Barbadoes May 24th. Some few days ago there arrived here a 
 Pacquet from England, by whom we have the following Advice, 
 That he left England the 10th. of April, and just before his Sayling 
 there was brought into Plymouth, Thirteen Sail of French Privateers, , 
 from 20 to 36 & 40 Guns a piece. And that two English men of War 
 nigh the Channel of England met with a French Fleet from Martinico 
 bound for France, under convoy of a Man of War of 60 Guns, and 
 Sunk the French man of War and Took 6 of the Merchant men, whom 
 they brought in. And also confirms Sir John Leake's Action at 
 Gibraltar. 
 
 The Fleet bound hence for London consisting of about 40 Sail 
 under Convoy of Her Majesties Ship the Warrick of 50 Guns, will 
 Sail in 17 days, with whom will Sail the Vessels bound for New- 
 England. James Berry arrived here in 8 days after the arrival of 
 the Fleet from Boston. The Warrick Man of War has taken Two 
 Tramponsis, and three French Merchant men, which are brought in 
 here. There is a Flagg of Truce gone from hence to Martinico, in 
 order to Settle the Castel for the Exchange of Prisoners. 
 
 'Tis also reported, That there was about 12 or 14 Sail of Ships 
 bound from France to Martinico loaden with Stores and Provisions 
 who were taken by a Squadron of our Men of War, near the Channel 
 of England. 
 
 Philadelphia, June 8th. On Sunday last arrived here Joshua 
 Cornish, and Clement Jackson Sailed the 4th. Currant for Piscataqua. 
 The Virginia Fleet from England is dayly expected at Virginia. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 18, 1705 
 
 New- York. June 11th. His Excellency the Lord Cornbury arrived 
 here on Saturday Morning from his Government of New-Jersey. 
 Our Assembly has been Adjourned to this day, not being a Quorum 
 on Saturday last to choose a Speaker. Entered Outwards, Kersteed 
 for Boston, Freebody for Bermuda, Basden for Antigua, and Cawley 
 for Curacoa. 
 
 New-Port, Rhode-Islmid, June the lbth. Yesterday arrived here 
 one Smith from Suranam five Weeks Passage: There is also come in 
 here William Mash in a Sloop from Boston, who brought in with him 
 a Parmaceti Whale, about 30 Foot long. 
 
 Maldon; June, 12th. The Reverend Mr. Michael Wigglesworth, 
 Fellow of Harvard College, and Pastor of the Church in this Place, 
 Administred the Lord's Supper, May 27. Fell Sick of a Fever upon 
 the Friday following, of which he died the 10th. Instant, at Nine in 
 the Morning, Aetatis 74. and was interr'd this day: Being much 
 Lamented as a Learned and Pious Divine, and Skilful Physician, 
 Vigorous & Useful to the last. He was Author of the Poem Entituled, 
 THE DAY OF DOOM. 102 
 
 Boston, Last Week 4 of our English Prisoners at Mont-Real, viz. 
 Joseph Pettis, John Nimes, Thomas Baker & Martin Kelluck all of 
 West-Hampshire, made their Escape from thence, and came in to 
 Northampton, being 26 days on their March, who were so put to it 
 for Provisions by the way, that they were forced to eat Rattle Snakes. 103 
 
 Thomas Odell mentioned in our Last, was brought to Boston in 
 a Sloop from Rhode-Island on Wednesday last, and is committed 
 to close Prison in order to be Tryed for his Counterfeiting of our 
 Province Bills of Credit, &c. 101 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Wells and Lathrop from Connecticut, 
 Ware and Lyford from Piscataqua, D'Groof, Adolph & Wiggins from 
 New-York, & Ireland from New-port Rhode-Island. Outwards, 
 John Lawrence for Connecticut. Foreign Inwards, John Holland 
 from Fyall, Nath. Clark from Virginia, Rich. Friend from New- 
 foundland, Fortune Redduck from St. Christophers, & Sam Ward 
 from Barbadoes. Foreign Clear' d Outwards, Solomon Gardner for 
 Nevis, John Ditnon for Jamaica, William Jeffries for North-Carolina. 
 Outward Bound, John F idling for South Carolina, Jer. Cushing for 
 Maryland, Joshua Pickman for Virginia, Ephraim Breed for Jamaica, 
 
 102 Minister of Maiden from 1656. See Reverend Michael Wigglesworth, 
 His Memoir, Autobiography, Letters and Library, in New England Historical 
 and Genealogical Register, Vol. XVII, pp. 129-146. 
 
 103 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 500. 
 See News- Letter Nos. 50, 56, 60 ante, 64 post. 
 
 104 See News-Letter Nos. 15, 17 (1704), 57, 59, 60 ante, 82 post. 
 
 209 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 25, 1705 
 
 John Holland for Antigua, Rich. Friend for Newfoundland, & Tko. 
 .Hunt for North-Carolina. 
 
 SDverttsements. 
 
 AT the Desire of several Gentlemen, Merchants and others who 
 are willing to Contribute towards supporting this Publick Print 
 of Intelligence, the Undertaker has begun where it was left off, in 
 hopes of others following their good Example, whereby it may be 
 carryed on at least another year: And therefore all Persons in Town 
 & Country, who have a mind to encourage the same, may have said 
 News-Letter every week by the year upon reasonable Terms agreeing 
 with John Campbell Postmaster of Boston for the same. 
 
 [Reprinted: tobacco pipes for sale by Bromfield and Burroughs, 
 as in June 11.] 
 
 1R, jg. mumb. 62. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDon&aB June 18. to flDonJ>a£ June 25. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 l"/"\NLY one column of foreign news appears in this issue and that 
 I V-/is of the January preceding from Hamburg, Venice, Hague 
 and elsewhere. The principal features of the domestic news 
 are, the speech of Governor Cornbury to the General Assembly of 
 New York; reports of earthquake shocks in Boston and neighboring 
 towns and the account of a privateer in New York harbor.] 
 
 Philadelphia, June 14. A Briganteen from Hundoras, one Griffin 
 Master, is arrived at New-Castle, she carries 8 Guns and Patteraro's, 
 12 men, coming thro' the Gulph off of Cuba, they were Chased by 
 a Ship, with whom they exchanged several great and small Shot, 
 taking each other for Enemies; The Ship prov'd to be Capt. Pen- 
 niston, his Sloop was in Company, one of the Briganteen's men had 
 his Hand Shot off, who is put on Board Capt. Pennistone to be cured. 
 
 Three persons were drowned last week by the oversetting of a 
 Boat going down the River from Philadelphia, one of them a Negro 
 Boy. 
 
 New-York, June 18. On Thursday last a Ship arrived here from 
 Fyall, and a Sloop from North-Carolina, they were Chased in by a 
 French Privateer, as was Captain Coward, who was bound for England, 
 Via Virginia. 
 
 On the 16th. Capt. Outerbridge and some of his men came to Town 
 
 210 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 25, 1705 
 
 and relate, that on the 3d. Instant he Sailed out of Sandyhook, bound 
 for Jamaica loaded with Provisions, and was taken by a Privateer 
 from Martinico about 150 Leagues off, and that his Sloop (with 
 Mrs. Antill and her children who were Passengers on Board) is sent 
 to Martinico. 
 
 That on the 14th Instant the same Privateer came to Sandyhook, 
 and in the night sent up her Boat to the Narrows with design to take 
 Capt. Potter who was then Loaden at the Watering place bound 
 for Nevis, but the Boat could not find him; about 10 days before, 
 they took a small Sloop belonging to one Godfrey of this Town, 
 loaded with Pitch and Tarr which they burnt, one Reynolds was 
 Master of her, and 'tis said sides with the French, and is a Pilot 
 to them on this Coast, and has informed them of our Vessels expected 
 and Outward bound. The Privateers perceiving they were discov- 
 ered, Capt Outerbridge and his men and Godfrey perswaded them to 
 land them at Sandyhook, which they did, and afterwards stood along 
 shore to the Southward. Yesterday News was brought that they 
 had Landed in East- New- Jersey a little beyond Neversincks, and had 
 burnt 2 Country Houses. On Sunday the 10th Instant, the Cettey 
 Privateer, Capt. Bond for England, Via Virginia, and 2 Sloops 
 sailed out of Sandyhook, and happily mist this Privateer. A Ship, 
 a Briganteen and 2 Sloops are fitted out here, and will Sail this day 
 under the Command of Col. Peartree in pursuit of her. This Privateer 
 is a Ship of 10 Guns, 150 Tons or thereabouts, 120 men, one Clapo 
 Captain, who has a Brother lives at Boston or thereabouts, some say 
 that is a Nick-Name, some that he is a French-man, & others, an 
 Irish-man. They tell us a new Briganteen from New-York was 
 carried in to Martinico a few days before this Privateer Sailed, which 
 we fear is Capt. Perkins in a fine Briganteen the l,st Voyage, & bound 
 for Barbadoes. 
 
 His Excellency has laid an Embargo in this Province. Here are 
 5 Sachems of the French Indians come to Town as I am told, to treat 
 with his Excellency our Governour, about liberty to Settle among 
 our Indians the 5 Nations, and that they will leave the French; 
 some of them were at Deer field when the mischief was done there. 
 Our Assembly have Voted the Raising 1607 I. for the Defence of the 
 Fronteers. 
 
 Our Assembly is now Sitting, and William Nicoll Esq. is chosen 
 Speaker, who was approv'd of by his Excellency. 
 
 His Excelency EDWARD Viscount Cornbury, Captain General and 
 GOVERNOUR in Chief in and over Her MAJESTY'S Colony of 
 New-York, and Territories depending thereon, &c. His, 
 
 211 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 25, 1705 
 
 Speech 105 to the Honourable the COUNCIL and Representatives 
 in General Assembly now Sitting in the City of New-York, upon 
 Thursday the lAth of June, 1705. 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 IAm sorry the QUEEN's service in the Neighbouring Province, 
 and the ill Weather we have lately had, have hindered me from meeting 
 this Assembly so soon as I at first intended; however, I hope you will 
 still have time enough to dispatch such things as may be necessary to 
 be provided for at this time. Those which I shall more particularly 
 Recommend to the care of you Gentlemen of the House of Representa- 
 tives, are these, 
 
 First, That a Sum may be provided sufficient to pay One Hundred 
 Fuzileers, and Fifty Out-scouts, with their proper Officers, to be sent 
 to Albany and places adjacent, for the Defence of the Fronteers for one 
 year, and likewise that Provision may be made for their going up to 
 & returning from Albany, and likewise for Bedding for them while 
 they are there: This is of absolute Necessity at this time, because I have 
 received an account of a Design of the Waghana Indians, with several 
 other Nations in amity with the French, to Attack our Five Nations, 
 who if they see that we are either not willing or not able to support and 
 defend them against their Enemies, will the more easily be perswaded 
 to go over to the French ; the ill Consequences whereof are so well known, 
 that I need not mention them to you, nor will I now trouble you with 
 any particulars of this News, because I had it from those Gentlemen 
 who are chosen to serve in this Assembly for the County of Albany, and 
 who are well able to inform you of the Truth of that matter. 
 
 The Next thing I recommend to your Care, is the providing such a 
 Sum as may be sufficient to pay and defray the Charges of the Detach- 
 ment sent up to Albany for the Defence of the Fronteers last fall, an 
 Account whereof shall be laid before you. 
 
 I must take notice to you, That the Bill for settling the Militia, which 
 was passed in the year 1702. is expired by its own Limitation; I think 
 'tis very necessary that Act should be Revived. 
 
 The Difficulties which some very worthy Ministers of the Church of 
 England have met with in the getting the Maintenance settled upon 
 them by an Act of the General Assembly of this Province, passed in 
 the Year 1693, moves me to propose to you the passing an Act explana- 
 tory of the afore-mentioned Act, that those worthy good Men who have 
 
 105 In Journal of the Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly of 
 the Colony of New York. The Gaine Edition, Vol. I, p. 196. The News-Let- 
 ter print differs slightly with the Journal. The speeches of Cornbury to the 
 New York Assembly, which are printed from time to time in the News-Letter, 
 clearly reflect the condition of public affairs in that colony. The governor 
 constantly stirred the popular assemblies to acrimonious contention regarding 
 legislative rights and royal prerogratives. 
 
 212 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 25, 1705 
 
 ventured to come so far for the Service of GOD in his Church, and the 
 good and edification of the People, to the Salvation of their Souls, may 
 not for the future be vexed, as some of them have been, but may enjoy 
 in quiet that Maintenance which was by a Law provided for them. I 
 farther Recommend to you the passing an Act to provide for the Main- 
 tenance of some Ministers in some of the Towns at the East end of Long- 
 Island, where I don't find any Provision has been yet made for propa- 
 gating Religion. 
 
 The next thing which I think does very highly deserve your serious 
 Thoughts, is, the laying a Duty upon all European Goods imported 
 into this Colony from any of the Neighbouring Provinces, whereas now 
 those Goods pay no greater Duties than those which come directly from 
 England. / did recommend this matter to the last Assembly, and I am 
 afraid the not doing of it at that time has been a considerable Prejudice 
 to the Trade of this Province, and I am perswaded, that unless effectual 
 care be now taken in that matter, the Trade of this place will not only 
 become precarious, but our Navigation will be entirely ruined. I am 
 of Opinion it would be very proper to lay a Duty upon all Rum and 
 other Spirits imported from any place whatsoever, except England 
 and Her Majesties Islands in the West-Indies; / therefore earnestly 
 recommend to your care the preparing such a Bill as may effectually 
 answer the ends proposed. 
 
 I further recommend to your Considerations, whether the passing an 
 Act to discourage the Exportation of Com, and to encourage the Expor- 
 tation of Flower from this Province, would not be a good advantage 
 to Trade. 
 
 I observe, that during the late War, at a time when much greater Sums 
 were given for the Defence of the Fronteers, than have ever been demanded 
 since the beginning of this, the Assemblies in those times thought fit to 
 grant several Sums of Money towards the discharging the Debts of the 
 Province; whether it is. not as reasonable to take the same Methods 
 now to discharge the Debts which were contracted before my coming to 
 this Government, I leave to your Considerations; only I think it a Duty 
 incumbent on me to put you in mind of it, that the People to whom those 
 Debts are due, may not think themselves neglected. 
 
 I am of Opinion it will be necessary to pass an Act to prevent the 
 Clipping and Defacing the Foreign Coyn which has currency in this 
 Province. And another for the more effectual suppressing of scandalous 
 Houses and Bawdy- Houses, & to prevent scandalous Women from 
 coming from the Neighbouring Provinces to live in this. And another 
 to punish Negro, Indian and Mallatto Slaves, and to prevent iliem from 
 running away from their Masters. 
 
 These, Gentlemen, are the things I thought fit to propose to your 
 Considerations at this time. I must now acquaint you, that Her most 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 25, 1705 
 
 Sacred Majesty, the Q UEEN, has been pleased to order, That for the 
 future no Govemour, Lieut. Governour or Commander in Chief of this 
 Province shall receive any Gift or Present from the Country: which 
 Order you will find entered in your Journals. All the Returns the 
 Queen expects for easing you from the burthen of those Presents, is, 
 That you contribute more freely to the Defence of the Country. 
 
 I have nothing more to offer to you at this time, only Unanimity in 
 your Consultations, and Dispatch in the Matters before you. 
 
 If anything occurs to you, which you think may be for the Service of 
 the QUEEN, and the good of the Country, you shall always find me 
 ready not only to hear it, but to joyn heartily with you to promote any- 
 thing that is Reasonable. 
 
 Lancaster, June 18th, On Thursday last, Mr. John Willard senior 
 being hooing in his Field of Corn about a mile from the Garison, 
 he espied an Indian between him and the Garison about 7 rod off 
 him, and not knowing but there might be more, he ran another way 
 to the Garison, and got safe into it and mist the Indian. 'Tis also 
 said there was some seen at Groton and Marlborough. 
 
 Boston, On Saturday the 16th Currant, about 10 a Clock in the 
 Forenoon, There was felt a small shake of an Earthquake in several 
 places of this Town : but being so late at night ere we had the report 
 of it, that we had not time to inquire into the certainty of it; made 
 us not Insert it in our Last. 'Twas also felt at Cambridge, Maldon, 
 Braintry, Weymouth, Milton, Dedham, Dorchester, Roxbury, 
 Charlstown and other Towns; People at first apprehended it to 
 be Thunder; but viewing the Air to be so clear, and no clouds to be 
 seen, concluded it to be an Earthquake: several Platters and Dishes 
 were tumbled off the Shelves by it, Pots and Kettles made a ratling 
 noise with it, Stones were seen to move in the Walls, &c. 
 
 On Monday the 18th Instant, Dyed Mr. Thaddeus Maccarty of 
 this Town, Merchant, and was Interred on Thursday the 21st Currant. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Gillam and Parker from Pensilvania; 
 Curtice, Pope, Loring, Allen, Prentice, Smith, Blinn, Hilliard and 
 Dean from Connecticut; Bracket, Webber, Jackson and Flood from 
 Piscataqua. Outward, Jer. Vaile for Connecticut Foreign Inwards, 
 Tho. Skuse from Nevis, Rich. Hall, Robert Hartly and William Twing 
 from Fyal; John Henderson from Montserat, and Nath. Eliot from 
 Bonire. Cleared Outwards, William Jeffries, Moses Abbot and 
 Tho. Hunt for North-Carolina, John Fidling for South-Carolina; 
 Eleazar Darby for Jersey; Nich. Lawrence for Barbadoes, Nath. 
 Jarvies, & William Webber for Nevis, Joshua Pickman for Virginia, 
 & Fortune Redduck for St. Christophers. Outward Bound, Samuel 
 More for Antigua, William Beams for Fyal, Stephen Payne for 
 
 214 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 2, 1705 
 
 Madera, Jeoffery Bedgood for South-Carolina, & Wil. Everton for 
 Lisbon. 
 
 B&verttsements. 
 
 A LL Persons in Town and Country, in this and the Neighbouring 
 ■*■ ^-Provinces, when any remarkable Providences worthy the Record- 
 ing do occurr, are hereby desired to send the same unto James Camp- 
 bell Post-master of Boston, with the Circumstances thereof, whereby 
 it may be made more evident for publick Good: which shall be 
 Inserted accordingly in the Weekly Intelligence. 
 
 [Reprinted: tobacco pipes for sale by Messrs Bromfield and 
 Burroughs, as in June 11; News-Letter advertisement, as first in 
 June 18.] 
 
 1R, jg. Wumb. 63. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDonDag June 25. to /IBonDaS July 2. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 f A LITTLE less than half of the two pages which make this 
 
 1 y\issue is filled with foreign news. This is mainly from Vienna, 
 
 Cologne and Berlin, concerning European war movements 
 and plans.] 
 
 Madera, May 8. Capt. Coffin arrived here 3 days ago from Boston 
 and he is bound hence for Nevis. 
 
 Philadelphia, June 22. By a Sloop from Virginia that arrived 
 on Sunday last, who came out of the Capes the Wednesday before, 
 we are informed they saw 4 or 5 large Ships standing in for Virginia, 
 
 2 of them seem'd to be as large as third Rates; 'tis thought they 
 came from Lisbon. 
 
 Yesterday Capt. Taylor arrived in a Sloop in 22 day from Antigua, 
 who about 3 weeks since went a Flagg of Truce for Martinico, carried 
 with him 64 French Prisoners, and brought back 75 English, besides 
 some concealed which broke Goal; amongst those he carried was 
 Capt. Clapo, who was last year on the Coast of New-York; who in 
 some short time before was taken in a Privateer Sloop by an English 
 Man of War; As soon as Clapo, alias Crepo arrived at Martinico, 
 he was put on Board the Ship he now is in to Cruise on this Coast: 
 Capt. Taylor says, that a Briganteen and a Sloop was Sailed out of 
 Martinico some time before Crepo, that designed to Cruise on the 
 
 215 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 2, 1705 
 
 Coast of New-England; He says there are 17 Privateers out of 
 Martinico, besides several others fitting out. 
 
 On Sunday last dyed at New-Castle, Mr. William Clarke one of our 
 Council and Speaker of the Assembly for the Three Lower Counties. 
 
 Mr. Codman fell down the River this day in order to take in his 
 Loading of Wheat there for Boston. 
 
 New-York, June 25. On Thursday morning last Sailed out of Sandy- 
 hook, the Ship, Briganteen, & 2 Sloops which are in pursuit of the 
 French Privateer, they have 350 able men on board the 4 Vessels. 
 We have Advice that the Privateer stood off to Sea on Monday last, 
 since which time we have not heard of him. The Embargo I suppose 
 will be continued here till the return of our Vessels. 
 
 New-London, June 28. Last Fryday about Sun-set there was 
 felt in this Town a small shake of an Earthquake, which was also 
 felt at Saybrook, it was accompanied with a noise like Thunder, but 
 no Clouds in the Sky. 
 
 Newport Rhode, Island, June 29 On Wednesday last Capt. Hal- 
 sey's Prize was Condemned here at the Court of Admiralty. 106 There 
 is a Vessel just arrived from Barbadoes, who came out in Company 
 with several for Boston. 
 
 Boston, On Tuesday the 26th Instant, William Wilde, one of the 
 Privateers of Quelch' Crew who was condemn'd to dye for Piracy, 
 and reprieved till Her Majesty's Pleasure concerning him and his 
 fellows was known, who made his escape out of Prison here the 7th 
 day of September last, was this morning apprehended and committed 
 to close Prison. 107 
 
 On Saturday the 30th of June, His Excellency Prorogu'd the 
 General Assembly unto Wednesday the 5th of September next. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Harris from New-London, Newman 
 from Piscataqua, Coffin & Lathrop from Nantucket. Outwards, 
 Gillam, Hall, Smith & Allen for Connecticut Foreign Inwards, 
 John Wright from Newfoundland, Wil. Herbert from Madera, & 
 Noah Chamne from Virginia. Cleared Outwards, John Holland, 
 Jonathan Stevens, John Waters, Joseph Holton, Phillip Lewis, John 
 Hoddy & Samuel Moore for Antigua, Rich. Friend for Newfoundland, 
 Wil. Beams for Fyall, Stephen Payne for Madera, & Jer. Cushing for 
 Virginia. Outward bound, John Porter & Tho. Miller for Antigua< 
 John Chamberlin for Fyall, Dirick Adolph, and Adolph D'Groof for 
 
 106 See News-Letter Nos. 49, 53, 59, 60 ante. 
 
 107 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 395. 
 See News- Letter Nos. 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14 (1704) ante, 66 post. See foot-note 
 News- Letter No. 14 ante. 
 
 216 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 9, 1705 
 New-York, and Nicholas Thomas Jones for North Carolina. 
 
 H&vertisements. 
 
 [Reprinted: advertisement of the Reverend John Brown's book, 
 "Life of Justification," as in August 14, 1704; News-Letter advertise- 
 ment, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R. jg, Humb. 64. 
 
 The Bolton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDonOa? July 2. to flDon&ag July 9. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 l" / T r HE two folio pages of this issue are about equally divided 
 J JL between reports of foreign and domestic affairs. From Brescia, 
 *■ Dresden, Paris, Hague, Venice and Vienna, under January 
 dates, is a variety of war news. Among the domestic items is a list 
 of acts passed by the General Court of Massachusetts.] 
 
 Philadelphia, June 28. On the 25 arrived here a Sloop from 
 Barmudas, one Burrows Master, who came from Barmudas loaden 
 for this place last Fall: he Wintered at Barmudas, from whence he 
 set twice out this Spring in order to come hither, but both times he 
 met with violent Storms, in which he lost Masts, Sailes, and two men, 
 a white and a Negro over-board, and was forced to return again; 
 with the third time Setting out he got safe here. 
 
 New-York July 2d. On the 29 June arrived here a Sloop from 
 Jamaica, one Seward Master, who Sailed from Porto-Morant the 5th. 
 of said Month, by whom we have Advice, That Admiral Whetstone 
 was arrived there the 17th of May with 6 Men of War, and 13 Mer- 
 chant Ships bound thither, and that he was either gone or going with 
 10 Men of War upon the Coast of New-Spain, to recall all Privateers 
 from making War upon the Spaniards, and to Settle a Trade with 
 them: And 'tis believed he has orders Relating to the Spaniards 
 of great Importance, though not yet made Publick. The Island 
 of Jamaica has had of late a Considerable Trade with the Spaniards, 
 ■especially for Slaves and Dry Goods. They Write two Trading 
 Sloops were returned to Port Royal from the Spanish Coast, The 
 one with 80 Thousand, and the other with 60 Thousand pieces of 
 Eight; And that 4 Men of War more were dayly expected there 
 from England. 
 
 The same day our Private Man of War came in to Sandyhook with 
 the 2 Sloops that went in pursuit of the French Privateer ; they have 
 
 217 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 9, 1705 
 
 been along shore to the Capes of Delaware* but could not hear of 
 him; two of them (the Ship and a Sloop which Sail very well) I'm 
 told are ordered to Cruise towards Block-Island. 
 
 There was no Boston Vessel at Jamaica that Seward knows of. 
 Keersteed and Teller bound for Boston as soon as the Embargo is 
 taken off, and Coward for England, via Virginia, & several vessels 
 for other parts. 
 
 Wells, July 3. A Whale Boat from Sacho gives account that this, 
 morning before Sun rise, they discovered several great Smoaks, a 
 small distance from the Fort, which is concluded to be a Body of 
 the Enemy. 
 
 Marblehead, July 8. Last night came in a Shallop of our Town, 
 who informs, that on the 3d Instant, they espied a Wreck on part 
 oi Montenicus Rocks, they went on Board her, and judge her to be 
 about 200 Tons, a new Ship, white bottom, no Mast standing, part 
 of her Keel gone, her Rudder about 2 foot left, she had 8 Ports on a. 
 side, a Lion quarter pieces, and all carved work yellow; they took 
 out of her a Cable about 12 Inches, Oyl, Turpentin, Whale-bone, and 
 several other things, they found on Board a flowered sattin pair of 
 
 T 
 Stays, a silver Porringer marked N M ; 108 when they left the Ship she 
 righted, and they believe then her bottom came out ; they found no- 
 person on board her. 
 
 Boston, Sundry Acts passed the 30th of June, by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts Bay in .New-England. Begun and Held at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday 30th of May 1705, 
 
 An Act for the ease of Prisoners for Debt. 
 
 An Act, for apportioning and assessing of two several Taxes on Polls 
 and Estate pursuant to the Grants made to Her Majesty by the General 
 Assembly, in the Year 1704. for 22422.x. 
 
 An Act for the further and longer continuing in force several Acts 
 therein mentioned that are near expiring. 
 
 On Monday July 2. Dyed here Lieut. Colonel Thomas Savage„ 
 aged 65 years and 2 months, who was Interred on Thursday the 5th. 
 Instant, being attended with the Regiment in Arms. 1M 
 
 On Tuesday the 3d. Arrived here Capt. Taylor from Bristol, who- 
 was taken by the French, and re-taken by the Dutch, he came from 
 Rotterdam about the 10th of April last. 
 
 108 For Judge Sewall's note on this see the Historical Sketch of the News- 
 Letter, page 59 of this volume. 
 
 109 Lieutenant- colonel of the Boston Regiment from 1702 till his death. See 
 Judge Sewall's Diary under date July 5 (1705). 
 
 218 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 9, 1705 
 
 On Thursday the 5th, Arrived Cap. William Alden from Barba- 
 does, who came out thence with the Fleet bound for London the 10th 
 of June last, with several other vessels bound hither, and 2 for New 
 York, D'hart in a Ship, and another in a Briganteen. Capt. Alden 
 was Chased 2 or 3 days in the Latitude of Bermuda by a pritty big 
 Ship, but he out Sayl'd her, and supposes her to be the same Privateer 
 that is upon the Coast of New-York. 
 
 Capt. Hunkings with the other Vessels that Sailed with him in 
 Company from Boston were safely arrived at Barbadoes. 
 
 On Fryday the 6th. Sailed Capt. Courtemanch, who came hither 
 to His Excellency from the Governour of Canada, in order to Concert 
 Measures for the Exchange of Prisoners, between whom there is a 
 good understanding. 110 
 
 The Wreck mentioned in the Paragraph of Marblehead is supposed 
 to be the same that is mentioned in our Numb. 53. to be then seen by 
 Capt. Welsh on St-George's Bank the 16th of April last; and is con- 
 cluded to be Capt. John Balston's Ship, one of the Fleet that Sailed 
 from Portsmouth New- Hampshire, Ap[r]il 6th, mentioned in our 
 Numb. 51. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Bracket, Flood, Allen and Wair from 
 Piscataqua. Outwards, Adolph and De Groof for New York, Hartly 
 and Blinn for Connecticut, Nicholas Thomas Jones for North-Carolina. 
 Foreign Inwards, Joseph Everton, and William Alden from Barba- 
 does, Thomas Taylor from Bristol, and William Cook from Montserat. 
 Cleared Outwards, John Mason for Curacoa, John Porter for Antigua, 
 and William Thomas for Jamaica. Outward Bound, James Grant 
 for Whitehaven in England, Newcomb Blague for Fyall, Bartholomew 
 Green for Jamaica, Ebenezar Hathorne for Newfoundland, Samuel 
 Ward, Ebenezar Breed and Joseph Everton for Barbadoes. 
 
 a&verttsements. 
 
 THere is this day Printed and to be Sold at the Post-Office, half 
 a Sheet, containing several solid Arguments offered to the 
 Inhabitants of New-England, and the other Neighbouring Provinces, 
 in the Northern Parts of America, to Encourage the Sowing of Hemp ; 
 demonstrating the same to be of far greater advantage to the Hus- 
 bandman, than the Sowing or Planting of any other Grain; with 
 Rules and Directions for sowing, watering and dressing it; several 
 Objections answered, with some proposals for others to promote the 
 same; especially, That all Persons every where, who have any 
 Hemp growing in this & the Neighbouring Provinces, would use 
 
 110 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII. p. 
 512. See News-Letter Nos. 50, 56, 60, 61 ante. 
 
 219 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 16, 1705 
 
 their particular and utmost care to save what Seed they can for the 
 publick benefit: let none imagine that by furnishing others with Seed, 
 it will lessen their own profit, for there cannot be too much Sown to 
 glut the Market. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R. 16. tflumb. 65. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDo^aB July 9. to fffion&ag July 16. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 EARLY three of the four columns of this issue are given to 
 foreign news from Hague, Vienna, Milan and elsewhere, and to 
 a report of the meeting of the Irish Parliament in Dublin.] 
 
 [N 
 
 Belfast, Jan. 29. This day came in here a Ship belonging to the 
 Port, which was taken on the 26th of the last Month, by the Lorrine, a 
 French Privateer, The Enemy put on board her 6 French-men, a 
 Dane, and one John Bevin, who was Master of the Kent Pink of Bristol, 
 taken some time before, and carried into Martinico, leaving with them only 
 3 Men and a Boy belonging to the Ship. On the 13th instant, about 150 
 Leagues off of Cape Clear, the said John Bevin, by the help of these 3 
 Men and a Boy, and the Dane, rescued the Ship from the French, and 
 brought her safe in here. 
 
 Falmouth, Feb. 10. On the 6th Instant arrived here the Six 
 Islands Pacquet-Boat from Jamaica, Nathaniel Vring Commander, 
 which came from hence in 8 weeks. The Master gives an Account, 
 That Her Majesty's Ship the Mermaid had brought into Jamaica* 
 a French Prize of about 30 Guns, bound to New-Spain, and valued 
 at between 30 and 40 Thousand Pounds Sterling. 
 
 Plimouth. Feb. 11. The 8th Instant came in here the Robert 
 Privateer of Middlebourg, with a Prize called the Francis of Nantz, 
 from Martinico, laden with Sugar, Cocoa and Cotton. 
 
 St. Johns Newfoundland, June 8. Last week arrived 2 Ships 
 from England into Conception-Bay; They say, That 3 Men of War 
 from England with Recruits for the Garison were bound hither with 
 a Fleet of Merchant-men. That the Indians have accepted of Bills 
 for the Redemption of the People of Bonavist. 
 
 Philadelphia, July 5. This morning came here several persons 
 that were taken in 3 Briganteens off the Capes of Virginia by Capt. 
 Crapo; the first of which was Capt. Violet from Jamaica bound to 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 16, 1705 
 
 Virginia, whose Vessel they sunk, he was taken 21 June; next was; 
 Capt. Pitts from England and the Madera's loaden with Wine, bound 
 for Maryland, whose Vessel with the Commander they sent to Mar- 
 tinico, after which they took Robert Starky from Boston bound to 
 Virginia, whose Briganteen they gave the Prisoners on Monday 
 25th June, who parted with them between the Capes of Virginia and 
 our Capes, ordering them to come into this River, forbidding them 
 to go to Virginia, else if they did and met them, they should find no 
 Quarter. They say they wait for a Guinea Ship bound for Virginia 
 with Negro's, before they go off the coast. Starky's Briganteen is 
 under a seizure at New-Castle. 
 
 On the 3d Instant, one Carman in a small Sloop coming round the 
 Capes of Virginia, was taken by some of Crapo's men in a Perriagar 
 which Sloop and Pitts from Madera was taken in sight of the Strum- 
 bulo Man of War, who fired several Shot at the Privateer, but to no 
 purpose, they could not come up with him; The Sloop lost Company 
 of the Ship 4 or 5 days, and despaired of meeting them, but met the 
 Ship again ; The 26th of June they gave them their Sloop again, 
 
 Burlington, July 6. There are two Men of War come to Virginia,. 
 to Convoy home the Fleet for England, and the Strumbulo Man of War 
 is ordered now to stay and go with them. 
 
 New- York, July 9th. On the 5th. Instant Capt. Dehart arrived 
 here from Barbadoes; and yesterday Capt. Basset from St. Thomas; 
 in 16 days, who says, they heard there by a French Privateer that a 
 Briganteen from New York with Horses upon her Deck, was taken 
 and carryed into Martinico, which we suppose to be Capt. Leach, 
 who was bound for Nevis : (Perkins whom we feared was taken being 
 arrived in Barbadoes:) And also that two Privateers who designed 
 for this Coast (a Sloop and a Briganteen) were come out of Martinico'' 
 but they wanted men and were gone to Porto Rico to supply them- 
 selves. We have heard nothing of Coll. Peartree since he went last, 
 out in pursuit of the French Privateer: we suppose he is gone towards 
 Block-Island ; he has 140 men on board the Ship, and 80 in the Sloop ; 
 they both Sail well. 
 
 Rhode Island, July 13 Tho. Barnes is arrived here from Barbadoes. 
 
 Boston, On Monday the 9th Currant about Noon, there was a 
 smart Clap of Thunder and Lightning with Rain, which split the 
 Mast and Pump of a Sloop near Charlstown Ferry, belonging to one 
 John Turner. 
 
 On Wednesday arrived William Skinner in a Sloop from Barbadoes^ 
 who on Monday last about noon met with a Thunder Clap & Light- 
 ning at Sea that shivered his Mast, struck down the men on Board,. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 23, 1705 
 
 whom it stunn'd for some small time, started the Hoops of the Casks 
 in the Hould. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Smith, Walter, Carter and Dutch from 
 Connecticut, and Schellinx from Long-Island. Outwards, Wair for 
 Piscataqua, and Harris for New-London. Foreign Inwards, John 
 Foster, Thomas Landel, and William Skinner from Barbadoes. 
 Cleared Outwards, Andrew Wilson, and Nathaniel Perkins for 
 Barbadoes, Ebenezar Hathorne for Newfoundland, and Thomas 
 Woodbridge for Madera. Outward Bound, Samuel Cary for Tercera, 
 Thomas Taylor, and Thomas Skuse for Nevis, John Butler for Lisbon, 
 Henry Tew, and William Skinner for Barbadoes, Thomas Pope for 
 Maryland, David L' Breton for Fyal, Samuel Edwards for Ruanoke, 
 Samuel Clarke, and William Cooke for Montserat. 
 
 HOverttsemente. 
 
 EDward Bromfield and Paul Dudley Esqrs. Administrators to the 
 Estate of James Gray late of Boston, Pedlar, Deceased: Do by 
 the direction of the Honourable Isaac Addington Esq. Judge of the 
 Probate of Wills, and Granting Letters of Administration &c. for 
 the County of Suffolk, give notice to all persons whomsoever, who 
 have any of the Estate or Writings of the said James Gray, That they 
 forthwith deliver the same to the said Judge or Administrators, or 
 in case of refusal, they will be prosecuted with the utmost Rigour of 
 the Law. 
 
 ^r^Here is now Published The Danger of Speedy Degeneracy. 
 ■*■ Held forth in a Sermon Preached at Boston-Lecture the 5th 
 Instant. By the Reverend Mr. Solomon Stoddard of North Hamp- 
 ton, from Judges 2. 11. Sold by Benjamin Eliot, at his Shop under 
 the West End of the Town House. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R. J6. mumb. 66. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOtl&aS July 16. to /IDonbag July 23. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 f <*TpHE foreign news in this issue relates almost entirely to military 
 J JL movements on the continent of Europe, and is comprised in 
 letters from Vienna, Lisbon and elsewhere. Included in the 
 domestic news, under the regular Boston heading on the second page, 
 is a column of miscellaneous English news brought in by the man-of- 
 war Deptford and two merchant vessels. The proclamation of 
 Queen Anne assembling Parliament, April 23, is published. The 
 
 222 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 23, 1705 
 
 domestic news includes report of the proceedings in connection with 
 the pardon of the remaining members of the pirate Quelch's crew and 
 their release from jail.] 
 
 St. Johns Newfoundland, June 27 On the 2d. Instant, we were 
 alarmed here by some French Spies, 2 of them were seen within 
 Pistol Shot of the Castle, the Sentinels fired at them between 12 and 
 1 a Clock at night. On the 13th Instant, two men were carried away 
 from fresh Water about 15 Leagues from hence by 4 or 5 Indians. 
 Eleazar Moses in a Briganteen that was bound hither from Boston, 
 in whom was Masters, Arthur Jeffrey, and William Keen are taken, 
 and carried in to Placentia; whom we daily expect here; 2 of the 
 Briganteen's men run away, and are come hither, who inform us, 
 That the French at Placentia are very hard put to it, and cannot 
 fish for want of Salt and Provisions ; And that there is about 300 
 French & Indians designing to come and make an attack upon St, 
 Johns. There is 2 Men of War and 7 Merchant-men arrived from 
 England, by whom we are acquainted, That most of the Outward 
 bound Ships from France to Canada and Placentia were taken near 
 the Channel of England by several of our. Men of War that were 
 Convoys to our Outward bound Ships this Spring. A person that 
 came from Plimouth in one of these Men of War informs, that he 
 heard one of the Mast-Fleet from New-England was arrived at 
 Portsmouth, but knows not the Commanders name. 
 
 On the 18th arrived a Briganteen from Lisbon, in 33 days, one 
 Portlock Master. 
 
 Philadelphia, July 12. One Jones arrived here this day in 17 days 
 from Antigua, who in the Latitude of Bermuda saw a Ship lay by for 
 him, but made the best of his way, not caring to trust him : he says 
 no Privateers have been seen or heard of late at those Islands, and 
 concludes they are call'd in upon some other design. 
 
 New York, July 16. Our Private Man of War is returned from 
 Block Island without seeing the Privateer. 
 
 Last night by a Sloop from Virginia in 6 days, we are acquainted, 
 That the Strumbulo Man of War had chased the Privateer on that 
 Coast; but could not come up with her, but 3 days afterwards he 
 came up with her again and fired a great many shot into her; upon 
 which Crapo the Privateer threw Overboard his Priaugar, several 
 Casks, & great Guns, and on a sudden it grew calm, which gave him 
 the opportunity of using his Oars, by means whereof he escaped. 
 
 The Strumbulo sent her Pinnace mann'd, under the Quarter of 
 the Privateer, who fired not a Gun at them, but they durst not venture 
 to board her. 
 
 223 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 23, 1705 
 
 Capt. Coward from hence bound to England, was arrived in Vir- 
 ginia. The Oxford and Hastings Frigots, with a Briganteen were 
 arrived there from Guinea. And they expect two more from England. 
 
 Ipswich, July 20 On Sabbath the 8th Currant, Lydia Potter, Wife 
 of Samuel Potter, was found dead, having cut her own throat; who 
 about a week before had done the like, but was found alive and 
 stitched up again ; she was a Woman who was several years Distracted. 
 
 Beverly, July 20. On the 17th arrived Jonathan Wheeler in 18 
 days in a Sloop from Antigua, who came out of Param the same 
 day that 8 Sail came from St Johns under Convoy of the Linn Man 
 of War, Capt. Martin Commander, whom he joined in the night and 
 spoke with Cap. Pitts who carried the light, who told him to fall 
 a Stern; The Man of War not knowing of his Sailing with the Fleet, 
 seeing him to the Leward, supposing him to be an Enemy, bore down 
 upon him, and fired a Gun at him; upon which Wheeler lowered his 
 Sails, The Man of War hailed him, and he said from Antigua, but he 
 understood him to be from Martinico, upon which he fired 10 Shot 
 more, one of which hull'd him, split the Beam in the Cabbin, 4 Mus- 
 kets, 2 Quadrons, and wounded a Woman in the Skull with some of 
 the Splinters. 
 
 Boston, On the 18th Currant arrived here the Deptford Man of War, 
 a 4th Rate of 50 Guns, Cap. Charles Stuckley Commander, who Sailed 
 from Plymouth the 19 day of May last, in Company with a Fleet of 
 about 120 Sail, under Convoy of 8 Men of War bound for Virginia, 
 the West-Indies, New-England, New-York, &c. with whom came 
 out for Boston Capt. Rymes in a Ship, and Capt. George Fane Com- 
 mander of Her Majesty's Ship the Lowstoff, a 5th Rate for New-York, 
 with Capt- Payne in the Gray Hound; the Deptford and Lowstoff 
 Men of War were separated from the Fleet before they came the 
 length of Fyall, where they 2 put in & staid a few days, Rymes and 
 Payne kept on with the Virginia Fleet which the 2 Men of War 
 parted with about 6 Weeks ago; And the Lowstoff for New-York 
 parted with the Deptford about 14 days since. The Advice that we 
 have from England is as follows : . That Admiral Bing with 
 
 the Medway, and 3 other Men of War, has brought into Scilly after a 
 furious and obstinate Fight, one French Man of War of 48 Guns, a 
 Privateer of 18 Guns, and 4 large West-India Ships. . . . That 
 2 of Her Majesty's Men of War bound for Newfoundland, met with 
 a French Store Ship of about 26 Guns, bound from France to Canada, 
 which they took. . . . That Capt. Rows from Barbodoes, 
 belonging to Boston, was accidentally burnt in the River of Thames, 
 who had on board about 100 Hogsheads of Sugar, & some baggs of 
 Cotton Wool. That Capt. Gillam is bound from London to Boston 
 
 224 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 23, 1705 
 
 in the same Ship that he went from hence, and another large Ship 
 besides is also bound here, who are supposed to Sail in about 6 weeks 
 after this Fleet that came out. There is also another Man of War 
 designed for this place, and another for New-York. There was 
 lately brought in to England with a Squadron of Cruisers under Sir 
 George Byng a French Man of War of 44 Guns, and 12 Privateers, 
 and 7 of the Enemy's Merchant Ships, most of the latter richly 
 loaden from the West-Indies. 
 
 On Thursday the 19th Instant, His Excellency our Governour Sat 
 in a Court of Admiralty for Tryal of Pirates, &c. and Published Her 
 Majesty's Commission for the said Court directed to himself, the 
 Lieutenant Governour, the Council and several other Gentlemen. 
 
 After which the 7 Pirates of Quelch's Crew remaining in Goal were 
 set to the Bar, viz. Charles James, William Wildes, John Dorrothy, 
 John Pittman, John Carter, Dennis Carter and Charles King: His 
 Excellency acquainted them, that whereas 13 months since they were 
 Arraigned and Condemned at that Bar for Piracy, and 6 of the chief 
 of them were Executed, he was now Advised by Her Majesty's Prin- 
 cipal Secretary of State, That the Proceedings of the Commissioners 
 in that Matter were very well taken and approved of, by Her Sacred 
 Majesty, and that Her Majesty whose Prerogative alone it is to 
 pardon and shew mercy to such Condemned Criminals as they were, 
 had been graciously pleased upon the Application and Representa- 
 tion of Her Governour to pardon them: And he expected as he had 
 kept his word and promise to them in applying for Her Majesty's 
 mercy to them, they would remember and keep theirs with him, in 
 being honest, sober and good men for the future; That as they had 
 now new Lives given them, they should be new men, and be very 
 faithful and diligent in the Service of Her Majesty; who might as 
 easily and justly have ordered their Execution this day as sent their 
 Pardon. 
 
 And then His Excellency Published part of a Letter from the 
 Right Honourable Sir Charles Hedges, Principal Secretary of State, 
 signifying Her Majesty's Pleasure upon the Governours Humble 
 Application to Her Majesty to Pardon the remaining Pirates (of 
 whom 6 were Executed last year) and the before-mentioned 7 were 
 accordingly Discharged, and will be disposed of in Her Majesty's 
 Service by the Governour. 111 
 
 The Act of Parliament in England for the Encouragement of 
 Transporting Naval Stores from the Plantations to England was 
 
 111 Reprinted from the News-Letter,in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves . *.'• . 
 of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, pp. 394-395. 
 See News-Letter Nos. 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14 (1704), 63 ante. See foot-note 
 News-Letter No. 14 ante. 
 
 225 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 30, 1705 
 
 1;his day read in Council, and will be soon published, which contains 
 .great premiums to the Transporter, and is of very great advantage 
 to these Provinces. 
 
 Capt. Grant Bound for Whitehaven in England, will Sail in Four- 
 teen Dayes at furthest. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Loihrop, Sturges, Cutler, Prince, Parker 
 and Foster from Connecticut; Cutler and Thorp from Jersey; Rhodes 
 & Cutler from Rhode-Island; Parker, Lyford, Sergant & Flood from 
 Piscataqua. Outward, Hedge for Connecticut, and Rhodes for Rhode- 
 Island. Foreign Inwards, Joseph Thorn from Nevis, Jonathan 
 Wheeler from Antigua, Abraham Gordin from Newfoundland, & 
 Robert Mitchel from Lisbon. Foreign Cleared Outwards, Ebenezar 
 Breed, Alex. Baker, John Carter, Joseph Everton, Will. Harbert, 
 Samuel Ward, Will. Russel, and John Blackleach for Barbadoes; 
 Bartholomew Green for Jamaica, Samuel Edwards for Roanoke, and 
 John Chamberlin for Fyall. Outward Bound, Zachariah Simms, 
 and Benjamin Pickman for Newfoundland. 
 
 HDvertisements. 
 
 THere is now Published, Some Observable Passages in the Life 
 and Death of Mr. Michael Wigglesworth : With a Funeral 
 Sermon Preached for him at Maldon, June 24th. 1705. An Epistle 
 Dedicated to the Church and Congregation at Maldon in New England: 
 To which is annexed his Farewell to the World in Metre, and other 
 Memorials of Piety left behind him among his written Experiences. 
 Sold by Nich. Buttolph, & Benj. Eliot. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18 and 
 also that, as first in June 25.] 
 
 1ft. jg. flumb. 67. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /iDon&ai? July 23. to /IDOIt&aS July 30. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 !""VJEARLY three columns of this issue are filled with foreign 
 jlNwar news in letters of various February dates from Florence, 
 Dantzick, Cologne, Hamburg, Venice, Vienna, Berlin and other 
 European capitals.] 
 
 Port-Royal in Jamaica, June 19 Admiral Whetstone is Cruising 
 on the Spanish Coast, with 7 Sail of Men of War, and we daily expect 
 more Men of War with Fire-Ships and a Bomb Ketch to joyn them: 
 
 226 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 30, 1705 
 
 Our Fleet of Merchantmen will Sail for London in a Month. Our 
 Packet Sailed the 16th Instant. 
 
 New York, July 23. There is a great prodigious Tooth brought 
 here, supposed by the shape of it to be one of the far great Teeth of 
 a man; it weighs four pound & three quarters, the top of it is as 
 sound and white as a Tooth can be, but the Root is much decayed, 
 yet one of the Fangs of it holds half a pint of Liquor; It was lately 
 dug up, a great way under ground in the side of a Bank or Hill 30 
 or 40 Foot above it, at or near a place call'd Clavarack, about 30 
 miles on this side of Albany, and is lookt upon here as a mighty 
 wonder, whither the Tooth be of Man or Beast: They also Dug up 
 several Bones, which as they came to the Air crumbled away: They 
 say one of them which is thought to be a Thigh-bone was 17 Foot long. 
 There is since another Tooth taken up in the same place, which is a 
 Fore-Tooth fiat and broad, and is as broad as a mans Four Fingers, 
 which I have not yet seen ; but the other I did see, and was brought 
 here by a Gentleman of the Assembly: They dug up several Trees 
 in the same place of great bigness. 
 
 On the 19th Instant arrived at Sandyhook, Her Majesty's Ship the 
 Lowstoff, Capt. George Fane Commander, she left Plymouth the 
 19th May last, in Company with the Virginia and West-India Fleets, 
 and the Deptford Man of War for Boston, whom she parted with 16 
 days ago. Capt. Cumby for this place designed to sail with them, 
 but is not come out. Edward Nott Esqr. is gone Lieutenant Gover- 
 nour to Virginia, and is on Board the Fleet: And Col. Park General 
 for the Leward Islands. The Fleet for Lisbon and the Streights 
 were ready to Sail, consisting of about 70 Men of War. A Ship and 
 Briganteen came out with the Virginia Fleet for Philadelphia. The 
 Lowstoff will Cruise some time for our Ships from England. 
 
 Piscataqua, July 27. Last Week a small Ketch came in at our 
 little Harbour, but no Master, Men, Goods, Riggin or Owner. The 
 Collector hath taken her into Custody. 
 
 This day the Reverend Mr. John Clark, Minister of Exeter is to be 
 Interr'd, who Dyed the 25 Instant, in the Flower of his Age, whose 
 Loss is universally lamented, being a person of indefatigable Industry, 
 and Exemplary Piety. 
 
 Boston, On Wednesday the 25th Currant about noon, we had a 
 smart clap of Thunder & Lightning with Rain, which shivered the 
 Mast of a Sloop near to the South Battery, whereof Abraham Gordin 
 is Master, has made the Mast useless, it stunned a Negro Boy in the 
 Hould, and a man near to the Sloop. The same day it shook the 
 Province-Galley and a Sloop, between Marblehead and Boston. 
 
 227 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 30, 1705 
 
 On Thursday the 26th Currant, was Published here several Acts of 
 Parliament, viz 
 
 An Act, To prevent all Traiterous Correspondence with Her Majesties 
 Enemies. 
 
 An Act, Prohibiting all Commerce and Trade with France. 
 
 An Act for Encouraging the Importation of Naval Stores from Her 
 Majesty's Plantations in America to England. Granting a Reward 
 or Prsemium to the im[p]orter, viz, 
 
 For good and Merchantable Tar per Ton containing 8 Barrels, each 
 Barrel to Gage 31 Gallons and an half, Four Pounds. 
 
 For good and Merchantable Pitch per Ton, each Ton containing 20 
 gross hundreds (net Pitch) to be brought in 8 Barrels, Four Pounds. 
 
 For good and Merchantable Rozin or Turpentine per Ton, each Ton 
 containing 20 Gross Hundreds (net Rozin or Turpentine) to be 
 brought in 8 Barrels, Three Pounds. 
 
 For Hemp Water, rotted, bright and clear, per Ton, containing 20 
 Gross Hundreds, Six Pounds. 
 
 For all Masts, Yards and Bowsprights, per Ton, allowing 40 Foot 
 to each Ton, Girt measure, according to the customary way of measur- 
 ing Round Bodies, OnePound. 
 
 On the 29. Instant Arrived here Capt. Rymes from London who 
 left Plymouth the 19th May last, came out in Company with the 
 Virginia and West India Fleet, under Convoy of 8 men of War, he 
 parted with the Virginia Fleet about 7 Weeks ago, and with the 
 Gray hound for N. York, Capt. Payn Master about a fortnight since, 
 200 Leagues to the Eastward of Cape Codd: In his passage he met 
 with strong Westerly Winds. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Wair from Piscataqua, Hedge, Grover, 
 Vail, Lothrop and Gardner from Connecticut Outwards, Smith, 
 Sturges, Prince and Wells for Connecticut; Foreign Inwards, John 
 Richards from Jamaica, John Welch from Barmuda, Peter Leach 
 from Nevis, Francis Norris from Montserat, and John Hobbs from 
 Antigua. Cleared Outwards, Humphry Scammon for Barbadoes, 
 Thomas Pope for Maryland, John Webster for Corratuck, Newcomb 
 Blague for Fyall, Benjamin Pittman for Newfoundland, and Thomas 
 Miller for Nevis. Outward Bound, George Write for Newfundland. 
 
 B®°His Excellency intends a Meeting of the General Assembly on 
 Wednesday the $th of September next, unto which day they stand 
 Prorogued; Having Matters of Importance to Communicate to them 
 by Her Majesties Especial Command. 
 
 a&verttsements. 
 
 / T A Here is now Published, Abraham the Passenger, His Privilege 
 *- and Duty: Described in an Election Sermon at Boston N. E. 
 
 228 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 6, 1705 
 
 May 30 1705. By Joseph Easterbrooks, A. M. And Pastor of the 
 Church of Christ at Concord. Sold by Benj. Eliot at his Shop under 
 the "West End of the Town House. 
 
 npHere is Set up by the White Horse near to Capt. Turffey's in 
 -*- the South End of the Town of Boston, one Jeremiah Jackson 
 lately come from London, a special good Workman for Weaving of 
 all manner of Stuff, Searges and Druggets, &c. who undertakes to 
 work on very Reasonable Terms. 
 
 'T*0 be Sold at the Post-Office in Boston: The Monthly Mercury's, 
 ■*- London Gazetts, Flying Posts, Observators, Post Man and 
 Post Boys, either in Setts by the year or single; so that any person 
 in Town or Country, in this or the Neighbouring Provinces, may have 
 them on Reasonable Terms, agreeing with John Campbell Post 
 Master for the same. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R. ]£. numb. 68. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /ibondag July 30. to /JDOItOag August 6. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 I TN this issue, which is of two pages only, special prominence is 
 I Agiven in the first column of the first page, under date Dublin, 
 February 17, to the addresses made by both houses of the Irish 
 Parliament to the queen and the answer of the queen thereto. There 
 is also a letter from Edinburgh concerning the meeting of the gen- 
 eral assembly of the Church, and a considerable variety of minor 
 war news from Hague, Vienna and Cologne. The last column on 
 the first page and a half column on the second page are filled with 
 domestic news.] 
 
 Philadelphia, July 27. The Ship Norwich designs for London 
 very shortly, and to touch at Lisbon for the benefit of Convoy from 
 thence. Our vessels from England not yet Arrived. 
 
 New- York July 30th. By a Sloop from Jamaica in 23 days, one 
 Jolin Master, who arrived the 25th. We are acquainted, That Admiral 
 Whetston has taken a French Ship of 44. Guns on the Coast of New- 
 Spain; she went from Guinea to New-Spain with Negro's, and there 
 disposed of them, and having the produce on Board was bound for 
 France; she is thought to be a very rich Prize. No News as yet of 
 the Arrival of the Virginia Fleet, nor when the Homeward bound 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 6, 1705 
 
 Fleet Sailes. Petty, Smallage and Lawrence Sailed last Week for 
 Boston: The Act of Parliament for the Encouraging the Importa- 
 tion of Naval Stores to England, The Act prohibiting all Trade and 
 Commerce with France ; And an Act to prevent all Traiterous Corres- 
 pondence with Her Majesties Enemies, were Published here. 
 
 Cambridge, July 31st. This Day was held here the Superiour 
 Court of Assize, and General Goal delivery, where a Souldier belong- 
 ing to the Castle was Arraigned for deserting Her Majesties Service, 
 Who pleaded Guilty to the Indictment; and was ordered, to be set 
 upon the Gallows for the space of one whole Hour, with a Rope about 
 his Neck, and suffer 3 Months Imprisonment. 
 
 Boston, Per Captain Rimes from London, we have the following 
 Advice [Here follows a half column of foreign news items.] 
 
 By Letters Via Virginia & Philadelphia by a Ship met at Sea, 
 from on Board the Mast Fleet bound to England under Convoy of 
 Her Majesties Ship the Advice of the 30th of April last, in Lat. 44 
 and about 550 Leagues to the Eastward of Cape Cod, we have Advice, 
 that having Sailed from Piscataqua on the 6th. They had a very 
 great Storm of Snow upon the 8th, in which they lost Company 
 with the Expedition, John Balston Master, and the Ketch William 
 and John, Richard Waterhouse Master, and on said day one Morti- 
 more Mate to Mr. Corney was lost Overboard. The 9th in the morn- 
 ing the Man of War saw Cap. Balston's Ship Foundered, being full 
 of water, and her Masts all by the Board, the water running out at 
 the Cabbin Windows. The same day Mr. Thomas Cooper, Merchant, 
 was taken ill, and on the 12th he was taken Speechless, & dyed the 
 18th. Mr. John Bonus was then living but very bad. The 12th 
 they lost Company with the Ketch Hope, Robert Almony Master, and 
 on the 13th they lost Company with the Dove, John Wilde Master. 
 
 Coasters, Entered Inwards, Loring, Hilliard, Mitchel, Allen, and 
 Blin from Connecticut, Lawrence from A T . York. Outwards, Hedge, 
 Walter, Lothrop & Wells for Connecticut, Schellinx for N. York, 
 Wells & Breed for Piscataqua: Foreign Inwards, Thomas Bell, and 
 John Wilkins from North-Carolina, Samuel Rimes from London, 
 Ebenezar Coffin from Madera, Stephen Codman, Eleazar Darby & 
 Joshua Cornish from Pensilvania, Ezekiel Cravatt from Lisbone, 
 and William Goddard from Fyall. Cleared, Outwards, Thomas 
 Taylor for Nevis, and Ephraim Breed for Jamaica. Outward bound, 
 John Love for Antigua, John Horton for New-foundland, Thomas 
 Windsor for St. Christophers, and Francis Norris for Montserrat. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 [Reprinted: The News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18, 
 
 230 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 13, 1705 
 
 also that first in June 25, and that announcing London news- 
 papers on sale, as in July 30.] 
 
 1R. j£. IRumb. 69. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flBon&aE August 6. to /IDonDa? August 13. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 I J TNDER date London, March 3, 1704-5, is published the procla- 
 I vJ mation of the queen for a general fast. Letters from Ham- 
 burgh, Vienna and Lisbon, of February dates, and from Hague, 
 Berlin and Copenhagen in March transmit a variety of war news. 
 About a column and a half on the second page is filled with domestic 
 news.] 
 
 St. Johns Newfoundland, July 20. My Last advised of 300 French 
 and Indians intending to make a descent on our Parts; some whereof, 
 if not all, are come to Trinity, Carboniere, and Consumption Bay; 
 they have taken several of the People, and sent them to Placentia, 
 others they used very barbarously, and some have made their escape 
 hither, and to Carboniere-Islaxid, where they are forced to keep; 
 so that the Fishery will be all destroyed excepting here, & at Bona- 
 vist, where the People have given the French and Indians 450 /. not 
 to destroy the place, and yet they threaten them now again. One 
 of Her Majesties Men of War is going to Trinity-Bay. 
 
 New- York, August 6 On the first Instant Arrived here Capt. 
 Payne in the Gray-hound Galley from London, she came out with 
 Her Majesties Ship the Lowstoff, and the Fleet bound for Virginia, 
 and the West-Indies, &c. from Plimouth the 19th May last. On the 
 4th. Instant arrived here Capt. Cumby in the Genoua Galley; She 
 Sailed from Plimouth the last of May with the Grand Fleet bound 
 for Lisbone, whom three days after they came out, took two French 
 Ships outward bound, loaden with Wine & Brandy, by whom they 
 had Intelligence, that 16 or 18 great Men of War were in Brest, and 
 ready to Sail, but not known whither: Whereupon our Fleet stood 
 over to the Coast of France, and some of them lay 3 days in sight 
 of Brest, and others were sent into Camaret Bay, to make the French 
 Ships and found the Intelligence True; upon which the whole Fleet 
 made Sail and stood for Lisbone, and two days afterwards (after a 
 Council of War) Two Flaggs with 20 or 22 good Ships were ordered 
 to return, and to lye off Brest for the coming out of the French 
 Squadron: And the rest of the Fleet proceeded to Lisbone. Capt. 
 Cumby left Fyal about 6 Weeks agoe, and in Company with him a 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 13, 1705 
 
 Dogger for Boston, and a Briganteen for Philadelphia. A Sloop is 
 Arrived just now from Jamaica, and sayes, That the Guinea Prize, 
 (mentioned in my last) to be taken by Admiral Whetstone, upon the 
 Coast of New-Spain, is worth Two hundred Thousand Pounds. 
 Vessels Outward bound, are Davis & Creago for St. Thomas, Beard 
 for Carolina, Newenhuysen for Curacoa, Joline for Jamaica, and 
 Gravenraedt for Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Post not yet come in. 
 
 Salisbury, August 10. On the 3d. Instant Susanna Griffin of this 
 Town, was found dead in a small Pond of Water about a Foot and an 
 half deep, into which 'tis Judged (through the Violence of Satans 
 Temptations) having first Twisted her Neckcloth very hard about 
 her Neck, she cast her self and was drown'd or suffocated: She was 
 esteemed to be a Person of a Pious and Sober Conversation: And 
 we hope the Inserting of such an awful Providence here may not 
 be offensive, but rather a Warning to all others to watch against the 
 Wiles of our Grand Adversary. 
 
 Boston, On Monday the 6th Currant, Mr. Ebenezar Wentworth 
 coming here from the Eastward off Casko, he saw a Shallop, who 
 sent a Boat with 8 hands after him, but they seeing half a dozen 
 hands in his Boat at his Stern, they return'd back again, he judged 
 them to be Enemies. On Thursday the 9th Currant, about 12 at 
 night, Mr. Bryan Smith in a Briganteen from New-Bristol, off Cape 
 Cod, fell in betwixt a Ship and a Sloop, the Sloop having on Board 
 about 25 French-men, who fired some hundred shot at him, but being 
 in his ballast & a good Sayler, he out Sailed them; the Sloop had 
 been taken that day by a French Privateer of 8 Guns, and about 130 
 men, with part of whom the Sloop was mann'd. On Fryday the 
 10th Currant, Mr. Smith spoke with Capt. Southack in the Province 
 Galley, who was then in Chase of the said Privateer, Smith kept 
 Company with the Galley all that day; there being but little Wind, 
 and left her in the Evening within 4 miles of them, at which time 
 a Gale sprung up at South-East. On Saturday the 11th Instant, 
 arrived here Thomas Barns from Rhode-Island, and Keersteed in a 
 Sloop from New York, who met a Ketch off Cape-Cod that was in 
 Company with him the day before, and by her working supposed 
 there was no body on Board, and sending his Boat on Board found 
 it so, and supposes that being Chased by a Privateer, the men run 
 on shoar in their Boat; the Ketch is Mr. Oburn from Virginia, 
 which Keersteed has brought in to Nantasket. Several persons 
 arrived here to day that belonged to a Bristol Ship, Thomas Taylor 
 Master, bound for Nevis, who was taken on Thursday last by the 
 French Privateer aforesaid : Others , of them belonged to James 
 Blin in a Sloop bound for Connecticut taken also the same day; The 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 20, 1705 
 
 Privateer belongs to Martinico, came last from Port-Royal and had 
 about 30 men from thence, which they have sent back with Blin's 
 Sloop, and 2 Sloops that they took belonging to Cape-Anne, one of 
 which is sunk, and have sent Taylor and Blin with them : and seeing 
 our Galley in chase of them, they burnt Taylors Ship. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Hall, Webber, Parker, Smith, and 
 Gillam from Connecticut. Outwards, Blin, Mitchell, Grover, Lothrop, 
 Hall and Walker for Connecticut, Jackson and Mitchell for Piscataqua. 
 Foreign Inwards, John Walker from Virginia, William Brown from 
 Madera, & Ebenezar Chamberlin from Newfoundland. Cleared Out- 
 wards, David Breton for Madera, Thomas Skuse for Nevis, Zachary 
 Symes, and George Wright for Newfoundland, William Cooke and 
 Samuel Clarke for Monserrat, and James Grant for Whitehaven. 
 Outward Bound, Peter Leach for Nevis, John Foster for Barbadoes, 
 John Wilkins, and Thomas Bell for North-Carolina. 
 
 [The announcement of the next meeting of the General Assembly 
 is reprinted, as in the issue of July 30.] 
 
 J86T Whereas the Holding the Great and General Court at Boston, 
 and the Superiour Court at Bristol, and the Inferiour Court at Cambridge, 
 at one and the same time, proves now very inconvenient, by reason of 
 the Attendance of several Persons necessarily Required at every of the 
 said Courts; The Justices have therefore Adjourned the Superior Court 
 of Judicature, Court of Assize and General Goal Delivery, which 
 should have been held at Bristol, on Tuesday, the Eleventh of September 
 next; unto Tuesday, the Five and Twentieth day of the said September. 
 
 HDvertisement. 
 
 [Reprinted: the News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R, jg. mumb. 70. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDonDap August 13. to flDOItDai? August 20. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 fT TNDER date Westminster, March 14, 1704-5, is a letter giving 
 J yj an account of the attendance of the queen upon Parliament, 
 *■ a list of several acts to which royal assent was given and the 
 speech of prorogation. From Dublin, March 4, is an address of the 
 Irish Parliament to the queen ; from St. James, March 4, a report of 
 the address to the queen, of the archbishop, bishops and clergy of 
 Ireland, and from Berlin and Hague various war rumors. The 
 domestic news fills a little more than one column on the second page.] 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 20, 1705 
 
 New- York, Aug. 13 On the 10th. Instant Arrived here four 
 Privateers, viz. Captains Clavar, in a Ship, Gincks in a Briganteen, 
 Dewint and Willoughby in two Sloops, who brought in with them a. 
 Spanish Prize, which they took in sight of the Havanna, bound in 
 thither; She is a Ship of near 300 Tons 20 Guns, had above 100 men 
 on board, all which were Passingers, but about 40 men who belonged 
 to the Ship ; She was boarded and taken by Capt. Clavar, who Row'd 
 up to her in a Calm before Capt. Gincks could come up to his assistance, 
 Capt. Clavar had 3 men kill'd and 25 Wounded, and the Spani- 
 ards 8 kill'd: They loaded her at Cadiz, and is said to be a rich Prize; 
 They brought 20 of the Prisoners hither, two of which are Fryers, the 
 rest they put a Shoar. The loading on board the Prize is said to- 
 consist of 350 Pipes of Wine and Brandy, 4000 Jarrs of Oyl, 400- 
 Baskets of Rezins, some Currants, Anchoves and Olives, and 12 
 Bayls of Dry Goods: These Privateers has near upon 400 men. 
 
 Piscataqua, Aug. 17. An Express coming from Sacho the 14th 
 Instant, advising of several great Guns, and Volleys of small Shot 
 that they heard, and supposed to be at Casco; Her Majesty's Council 
 of this Province forthwith ordered a Shallop with 13 men well armed, 
 under the Command of Lieutenant Cotton, to go and make Discovery 
 thereof, but are not yet returned. 
 
 Several Tracks of the Enemy were lately discovered to the East- 
 ward, and about 6 or 8 Doggs seen, which puts our Frontiers into a 
 watchful posture. 
 
 Nathaniel Fryer Esqr formerly of the Council of this Province Dyed 
 on Tuesday the 14th Instant, in the 84th Year of his Age, and was 
 yesterday enterr'd. 
 
 Ipswich, Aug. 18. One Clough is arrived here in a Shallop from 
 the Eastward, who the 16th Currant spoke with Capt. Harris in a. 
 private Sloop of War, off Winter-Harbour, who told him he had re- 
 taken Blin's Sloop (mentioned in our last) and that he was going to 
 Papudock to take in the French men who run a Shoar, and to bring 
 them to Boston; and 'tis supposed that was the Firing that was 
 heard at Sacho. 
 
 Boston, By an Express to His Excellency from Sacho-Fort of the 
 13th currant, we are acquainted that the same day and the day 
 before, there was several small and great Guns heard, and supposed 
 to be at Casco: His Excellency hereupon ordered a Reinforcement 
 to be sent to the said Fort, for fear of any Descent that should be 
 made by the Enemy. By Passengers in a Ketch arrived from Vir- 
 ginia, we are informed, that the Virginia Fleet bound for England, 
 consisting of about 76 Sail, under Convoy of Her Majesty's Ships, 
 the Oxford, Litchfield and Strumbulo Men of War, Sailed the 27th 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 27, 1705 
 
 July, several Merchant-men in Company, being of good Force. 
 Capt. Southack in the Province-Galley, on Saturday the 11th Currant, 
 being in Chase of the French Privateer on our Coast, came within 2 
 miles of her, when spending his Top-Mast, he was necessitated to 
 put in to Cape-Cod Harbour to refit, and Sailed from thence again on 
 Tuesday the 14th Instant, the Lords-Day and Monday being very 
 Stormy Weather: And since his coming out of Cape-Cod, has been in 
 Chase of the said Privateer, and gaining upon him, obliged him to 
 quit a Prizfe] Fishing Ketch which he had in Towe, and to sink her. 
 Her Majesties Ship the Deptford is ordered out to Cruise, but has 
 been this Week kept in by contrary Winds. His Excellency Setts 
 out on Monday the 20th Instant for Stoningtoun in Connecticut- 
 Colony, with several Gentlemen to attend him, to hold a Court there, 
 by Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission under the Broad Seal of 
 England, for Inquiring, Hearing and Determining of the Case of 
 Owoneco Uncos, and the Mohegin Indians, laid before Her Majesty 
 in way of Complaint against the Government of that Colony, for 
 depriving them of their Lands. 
 
 On the 19th. Currant Arrived here a Briganteen from Nevis, 
 Francis Plaisteed Master, came from thence the 1st. Instant, by 
 whom we are advised, That the Packet from England about ten 
 days ere he Sayl'd, brought word that his Grace the Duke of Marl- 
 borough had lately a Battle with the French in Flanders, wherein he 
 obtained a Signal Victory over the Enemy, who lost about 12000 
 men. Capt. Nathaniel Green from Boston to Barbadoes was taken 
 in sight of the Island. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Tiller and Keersteed from New-York, 
 Barns from Rhode-Island, and Curtis from Connecticut Foreign 
 Inwards, John Pitts from Virginia, and Richard Baffin from Fyall. 
 Cleared Outwards, Thomas Windsor for St Christophers. Outward 
 Bound, Abraham Hill for Newfoundland, William Roulston, and 
 William Alden for Barbadoes. 
 
 HDvertisement. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R. J£. "Numb. 7i. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /!D0n&aB August 20. to /IDonDag August 27. 1705. 
 
 NY— AS(m) 
 
 ROMINENCE is given in the foreign news in this issue, to a 
 proclamation of the qu^en granting freedom of trade to the 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 27, 1705 
 
 merchant ships of Holland; and there is a variety of foreign war 
 news from Madrid, Geneva, Hague, Vienna, Warsaw, Lisbon and other 
 places on the continent of Europe. The domestic news is in one and 
 a half columns. It relates principally to the movements of French 
 privateers in the West Indies.] 
 
 Philadelphia, Aug. 10. Capt. Carter in the Briganteen from 
 London and Fyal, Arrived here on Saturday: She is Loaden with 
 Wine & some Brandy, & for bringing the Latter she is under Seizure. 
 The Ship New Norwich bound for London, burthen 150 Tons, 10 
 Guns all close, carries 18 men, Intends to take the benefit of the 2 
 Men of War, that is to arrive from England, if they are not to tarry for 
 theFleet. As yet we have no Advice of the Fleets Arrival from England. 
 
 New- York, Aug. 20. A small Sloop Arrived here the 10th. Instant 
 from St. Thomas, brings advice, That they saw several of the Fleet 
 from England to Virginia Standing into the Capes. Her Majesties 
 Ship the Lowstoff is ordered out to Cruise. 
 
 Boston, Our Last gave Account of Blin's Sloop being Re-taken; 
 The French-men got on Shoar being 24, who Baracado'd themselves, 
 and defended the Sloop so, that Capt. Harris could not take her, 
 but on condition that he should let them have a Whale-Boat, wherein 
 12 of them went to Port-Royal, & the other 12 surrendered themselves 
 Prisoners, who are brought hither in the said Sloop, wherein came 
 Capt Taylor and Mr. Blin, who were Prisoners with the French: 
 They told our Prisoners, that the Privateer who took them had also 
 in his Passage from the West-Indies to Port-Royal, taken a Brigan- 
 teen, one Mason Master, belonging to Boston, on Board whereof was 
 Mr John Vryling, Merchant and part Owner, whom they left there. 112 
 
 On Saturday the 18th Currant, several of our Fishing- Vessels from 
 Cape Sables, being on their way homeward, about 30 Leagues East 
 from Cape-Ann, it being a very thick Fog in the morning, they first 
 heard the Ringing of a Ship Bell, then a sound of words, which they 
 apprehended to be Praying, and ended with a loud Acclamation 
 Vive he Roy; after which the Fog thinning, they espied a Ship just 
 by them, which fired and brought them to, and then sent off her 
 Boat, took 3 of 5 that were near together, the other two escaping. 
 
 On Monday the 20th Instant, Sailed Her Majesty's Ship the Dept- 
 ford on her Cruise. 
 
 112 Probably the briganteen "Hope," owned by Mr. Vryling and Lieuten- 
 ant-Colonel Benjamin Alford of Boston. See Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, 
 p. 616. The "Hope" was subsequently (in August, 1706) hired by the 
 Province to bring back English prisoners from Canada, and Captain John 
 Bonner was employed as master on her voyage to Quebec. Samuel Apple- 
 ton was the commissioner to negotiate for the exchange. See News-Letter 
 Nos. 124 and 136 post. 
 
 236. 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 27, 1705 
 
 On Thursday the 23d Currant, the Province- Galley returned from 
 her Cruise, who the Tuesday before spoke with Her Majesty's Ship 
 the Deptford, who was then going in pursuit of the French Privateer 
 on our Coast, whom they judged to be going to Port-Royal. The 
 Province-Galley goes out again on Monday the 27 with several 
 Vessels and Coasters under her Convoy. On Fryday the 24th arrived 
 here Mr. Peter Bodwin in a Sloop from New Castle had about 8 
 weeks passage, he came out thence with the Fleet for Russia, con- 
 sisting of about 80 Sail, under Convoy of 8 Men of War, by whom 
 we are informed, That Her Majesty's Ship the Advice, and the Mast 
 Ships, and all the other Vessels that went under her Convoy from 
 New-England were safely arrived in England the latter end of June, 
 excepting Capt Balston that was lost. [Foreign News] That Cap. 
 Gillam bound for Boston, was in the Downs waiting for a Convoy 
 to Sail. On the said Day arrived from Jamaica Masters, Wing and 
 Mears about 5 weeks passage, who came out in Company with the 
 Fleet for England, consisting of about 52 Sail, under Convoy of 4 
 Men df War; and in the night having a flurry of Wind coming thro' 
 the Gulph of Florida, there was 2 or 3 Ships missing, and it's to be 
 feared, that a Man of War if not 2 and a Merchant man was lost upon 
 the Cape. Capt. Ventiman from Boston was arrived at Jamaica, 
 and Mr Noyes in the Hannover Briganteen of Boston from Madera. 
 The E[F]rench Privateers are thick upon the Coast of New-Spain; 
 and have taken several Vessels. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Ellwell and Hedge from Connecticut, 
 Adolph and DeGroof from New-York Outwards, Wilkins for 
 Carolina, Bell for Coratuck, Curtice, Loring, Allen and Gillam for 
 Connecticut, and Lawrence for New-York. Foreign Inwards, Francis 
 Plasteed from Nevis, Tho. Mears and John Wing from Jamaica. 
 Cleared Outwards, John Edwards for Jamaica, Abraham Hill for 
 Newfoundland, and Joseph Thorne for Nevis. Outward Bound, 
 John Thomas for Fyall, John Ireland for Carolina, and Eleazar Darby 
 for Pennsilvania. 
 
 [The announcement of the next meeting of the General Assembly 
 is reprinted, as in the issue of July 30.] 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 RAn-away at Boston about 3 weeks ago from his Master Capt. 
 Samuel Rymes Commander of the Barbadoes Merchant, a Man- 
 servant named Joseph Ingerson, aged about 22 years, a well-set young 
 man, dark complexion, pritty full fac'd, short dark hair, if not now 
 a Wig. Whoever shall apprehend said Servant, and him safely 
 convey to his said Master, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 3, 1705 
 
 reasonable Charges. 
 [Reprinted: the News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 •M. E. Numb. 72. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDon&aE August 27. to /IDonOaB September 3. 1705. 
 
 AS— NY 
 
 fTN this number are four columns of foreign news including advices 
 llfrom Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, Madrid, Warsaw, Geneva 
 and elsewhere, of March dates, and the address of the house of 
 peers of Ireland to the queen. An item under Madrid date, March 
 13, gives this West Indian news: "M du Casse is gone to Cadiz, in 
 order to take the Conduct of the Galleons that sail to the West- 
 Indies upon him, which increases the dissatisfaction of those Grandees 
 who remonstrated against it to the King; and told his Majesty, That 
 it was not fit to prefer a French man to a Spaniard in a thing of that 
 consequence." Under date of Madera, June 14, is information from 
 a London ship that a free trade existed with the Canaries.] 
 
 St. Johns Newfoundland, Aug. 7. Here are arrived 3 Galleys, 
 who acquaint us, That the Express sent from hence was arrived safe 
 in England ere they Sailed; and that 10 Men of War were ordered 
 hither, with 500 Land Forces whom we daily expect. The French 
 have taken a Vessel on our Coast, and the Man of War is gone in 
 pursuit of her. 
 
 Philadelphia, Aug 23. On the 14th. Capt. Smith arrived from 
 London Capt. Basset in the Norwich Sails tomorrow for Virginia, 
 to go under Convoy of the 2 Men of War that came with the Fleet 
 from England who are to Sail in 20 days after their arrival, which is 
 now 12 days since they arrived. 
 
 New York, Aug. 27. One Dill is Arrived from St. Christophers in 
 19 days. The Spanish Prize mentioned in my Last, brought in here, 
 is Condemned and now unloading, and was very full of Goods. Last 
 Week came in here a French Prize from Newfoundland, loaden with 
 Core Fish, She is about 100 Tons, and was taken by the Setty Priva- 
 teer, Capt. Albert Defrees Commander, who was fitted out here. 
 Her Majesties Ship the Lowstoff Sailed on her Cruise the 25th. Currant. 
 
 Boston, On Tuesday the 28h of August, There Sailed from Nan- 
 tasket several Vessels and Coasters Outward Bound under Convoy 
 of the Province-Galley. 
 
 On Thursday Evening the 30h. of August, His Excellency our Gov- 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 3, 1705 
 
 ernour returned from Stonington in Connecticut, where he Sat some 
 days in the Execution of Her Majesty's Commission, referring to 
 Omeneco the Sachem of the Mohegins; and we are told, that the 
 Commissioners present, being 10 in number, were very unanimous 
 in their determination in favour of Omeneco and their Tribe who have 
 been always faithful to the Crown of England. 
 
 On Saturday the 1st Currant, arrived here Her Majesties Ship the 
 Guernsey, Capt. Huntington Commander, who left Jamaica about 6 
 weeks ago, and was Commandore of the Homeward bound Fleet 
 from thence to England; and on the 18th. of August in the Latitude 
 of 38 met with a most violent storm, which foundered 2 or 3 of the 
 Fleet, and so shattered the rest, that it's feared few of them are 
 coming hither: There was 2 Merchant-men, the Unity and Marl- 
 borough Briganteen lost in a Storm coming thro' the Gulph of Florida; 
 Two of those lost in the last Storm are the Lurton Galley, and the 
 Portugal Merchant. 
 
 The Province-Galley returned this day from her Cruise. 
 
 On Wednesday the 5th Currant, Our General Assembly is to meet 
 here, unto which day they stand Prorogu'd. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Flood Hilton, and Allen from Piscata- 
 qua, Elwell, Gardner, Wair and Sturges from Connecticut, and Smallage 
 from New York. Outward, Elwell, Hilton and Jackson for Piscata- 
 qua, Webber for Connecticut, Vail for Jersey, and Darby for Pensil- 
 vania. Foreign Inwards, Joshua Pickman from Virginia, James 
 Bodmin from New Castle, and Ebenezar Hathorne from Newfound- 
 land. Cleared Outwards, Francis Norris for Monserat, Samuel 
 Carey for Madera, and Joseph Pulsifer for Jamaica. Outward Bound, 
 Samuel Rymes, Robert Howard, Joseph Wadsworth and Thomas 
 Freeman for Barbadoes, Matthew Soley & John Wing for Jamaica, 
 and Abraham Gordin for Newfoundland. 
 
 These are to give Notice, That the Court of General Sessions of the 
 Peace for the County of Suffolk, Held at Boston the IZth. of August 
 last, in pusuance of an Act of the General Assembly, Entituled, An Act 
 to prevent Disorders in the Night: Have ordered, and do Require 
 the several Constables and Ty thing men within the Town of Boston, 
 frequently to walk the Streets of Said Town after 9 at Night, and more 
 especially in the Evenings of the Lords Day & Training-Days, to see 
 if after that time, any Indian, Negro or Mulatto Servant or Slave is 
 found abroad, unless upon some Errand of their Masters or Owners; 
 As also to search all Houses that are suspected to Entertain such Ser- 
 vants or Slaves contrary to Law, and finding any such (if it be too late 
 in the night) to restrain them in the Common Prison, Watch House, or 
 Constables House till morning, to be carried before a Justice of Peace, 
 
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 "HERB AS fimi h*vtl*telj frtfumtito Prwt and pifftrfe' 
 a Pamfhletl £»w»/ft/L Pnblicfc Occurrences, both For- 
 wigo and DoineiHcte?. BoftotHTborfda^S«^f»«*, 25/i; 
 icTjjo.,' Without, the latft. tximttfar Countenance of AhMthj, 
 
 aottOH, September 29^. 1 tf <>o; 
 
 fhe Governour a»d Groaidl havhjg had the perufal ofrte (akrPatn- 
 phlet, and finding, that, therein is contained Reflections of a very high 
 nature: A* alfc fandry.doBbtfai and uncertain Reports^ do hereby ma- 
 Bifcft and declare their high Refentment and Difatio.vancc of: laid 
 Pamphlet, and Order that the fame be SuppreScd and called in ; ftricl- 
 ly forbidding any perfon or perfons,for the future to Set forth any 
 thing in Print without Licence irft obtained from ihofe that are or. 
 fcall be appointed by the Government to grant the fame. 
 
 My Order of the Covcrnour & Council, 
 
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ORDER'S^PPRESSING THE EARLIEST ATTEMPTED 
 AMERICAN NEWSPAPER 
 
 Reproduced by courtesy of Dr. Samuel Abbott Grean , from his ' 'Ten Pac-Simile Reproductions 
 .'Relating to Old Boston and Neighborhood" 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 10, 1705 
 
 Fleet, who in the Lat. of 38 on the 18th. of August last met with a 
 most violent Storm, wherein several of the Fleet perished, and those 
 that escaped are most miserably shattered and damnified, and are 
 come in hither to refit, which will not be performed in less than 6 
 weeks time, most of them wanting Masts ; They say, that it was as 
 great a Storm as that which was in England in November last was a year. 
 
 A Briganteen from Philadelphia bound to Barbadoes, one Norman 
 Master, met with the same Storm in Lat. 23 and an half, and is come 
 hither disabled. 
 
 Her Majesty's ship the Lowstoff returned from her Cruise on Fryday 
 last, and will go to Sea again to morrow or next day. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Sept. 7. On the 3d Arrived here the Sloop Phenix, 
 Joseph Rosebothem Master, who Sailed hence the 10th. of August, 
 bound for Barbadoes, Loaden with Lumber & Horses, and on the 
 18th. in the Lat. of 38 met with the same Storm mentioned in the 
 News-Letter, that the Jamaica Fleet for England met with, which 
 overset her, and continued so for one hour, then her Mast broke 
 with the next Sea, and she righted on her bottom but full of water, and 
 all on Deck clear carried away: There was 4 men drowned, Viz. 
 Henry Pike, Dr. Wheeler, Dr. Ross and James Blackwell, all of 
 Barbadoes ; The rest of the men were washt over board several times, 
 but got in again. The Master Served to the Sea from his Youth, but 
 declares he never was in such a Storm before. 
 
 On the 5th. Currant came in here the Ship Laura of London Capt. 
 George Wake Master, one of the Fleet from Jamaica, who met with 
 the above Storm, which carryed away her Main Mast and Fore-Mast, 
 and was very near foundering; in the Night another Ship run on 
 board her, which the Master of this supposing to be in a better condi- 
 tion than his own, Himself, the chief Mate, and 5 men more Jumpt 
 into the other Ship, and left this, so that one Joyce who is Second 
 Mate and 8 of the Sailers brought her in here where she is in a very 
 shatter'd condition. They saw several of the Fleet a day or two 
 after the Storm, but most disabled. 
 
 Boston, Our Last gave Account of a most violent Storm that the 
 Jamaica Fleet bound for England met with the 18 of August in the 
 Latitude of 38 It began about 10 of the Clock at night, the Wind 
 shifted all the points of the Compass, & continued a meer fret of 
 Wind for about 18 hours time. The Portugal Merchant, Hog Master 
 that foundered about 11a Clock on the 19th. had the French Captain 
 on Board her, that Admiral Whetstone took on the Spanish Coast 
 when the Ship foundered all the men were lost except two Seamen 
 that got on a Plank, who kept on it about an hour, but both were 
 wash'd off again; one of them a Young man of low Stature, named 
 
 241 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 10, 1705 
 
 Joseph Williams swam to the Plank again, and got on it, & kept on 
 it for almost 3 days and 2 whole nights, holding fast only with his 
 T hands till Tuesday the 21st of August about Sun-set, when he was 
 'taken on Board the London Bridge, Henry Feavert Commander. 
 His Skin when taken up being soakt with salt water, was like the skin 
 «of a drown'd person which is gone and a new skin is come in the 
 room of it. 
 
 On Wednesday Sat the General Assembly, and said day arrived 
 here the London Bridge, one of the Jamaica Fleet. 
 
 On Thursday His Excellency Issued forth a Proclamation, prohibit- 
 ing all persons to Entertain, Harbour or Credit any Mariner, Seaman, 
 or Marine belonging to any of Her Majesties Ships of War, on pain 
 of Losing their Debt, & the inflicting of such penalties on those that shall 
 entertain or harbour them as the Law provides, without special Licence 
 from their Commander in writing under his hand. 
 
 On said day arrived the Charles Galley, Cap. Bird Commander, 
 and the Margaret Galley, Capt. Emmons Commander, being 2 of the 
 Jamaica Fleet: Cap Emmons Saw 19 Sail of the Fleet when the 
 Storm was over, including those that are come hither. The Dorset, 
 Cap Haynes Commander arrived here the same day, who left Virginia 
 the 9 of August, and met with the same Storm in the Lat. of 40, who 
 Lqst her Masts therein. On said day also arrived Capt. Azor Gale 
 from Barbadoes, had a months passage; there came out in company 
 with him for this place, Berry, Lowder, Johnson[,] Wier and Codman, 
 Perkins for New-York, and a Sloop for Pensilvania. 
 
 On Saturday came here one Allin a Flag of Truce who came from 
 Port-Royal the 20th of August with Letters from the Commander 
 there to His Excellency, with whom came Mr. Vryling 113 mentioned in 
 our Numb. 71. to be taken by Capt. Crapo the French Privateer, who 
 is now at Port-Royal fitting out again to come upon our Coast: He 
 carried in with him a Barque from Virginia bound for Bristol. There 
 is now at Port-Royal, 7 English Vessels, viz., the Barque from Vir- 
 ginia, Mr. Vryling's 113 Briganteen, 2 Ketchers, 2 deck Sloops, and one 
 open Sloop, and about 30 men Prisoners. They are in great want 
 of Provisions at Port- Royal. 
 
 This day was Interr'd Mrs. Mary Lake, Widow (of the Memorable 
 Capt. Thomas Lake,) who Dyed on Wednesday the 5th Instant: 
 Aged about 74 Years. 1M 
 
 113 John Vryling, part owner of the briganteen "Hope." See foot-note 
 112, page 236 ante. 
 
 114 See Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 137, under date Seventh-day; 
 Septt 8. 1705. For "the memorable Captain Thomas Lake," see Drake's The 
 History and Antiquities of Boston, pp. 422, 423. 
 
 242 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 17, 1705 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Deptford returned this day from her Cruise, 
 who came short of the Virginia Barque at Port-Royal about 3 hours, 
 he brought with him their out Sentinel. The Deptford and Province- 
 Galley are both ordered out again to Cruise. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Kilberne, Smith and Waters from 
 Connecticut. Outward, Keersteed for New York, Parker for Pensil- 
 vania, and Hedge for Rhode-Island. Foreign Inwards, Azor Gale 
 from Barbadoes. Cleared Outwards, Peter Leach for Nevis, John 
 Blew for Monserat, John Horton and William Rowlston for New- 
 foundland. Outward bound, Joshua Pickman for Virginia, Janes 
 Barns for Barbadoes, Francis Plaisteed and William Goddard for 
 Madera, Benj. Stone for London, Thomas Gwin for Antigua, and 
 Rob. Gold for Newfoundland. 
 
 HDverttsementa. 
 
 A Convenient Dwelling House and Shop with other Accommoda- 
 ■*■ *-tions, the next Door to the Post Office in Boston to be Lett: 
 Enquire of John Campbell Post Master. 
 
 A Gentleman has an Hundred or a Hundred and Fifty Pounds 
 to Lend out at Interest upon good Security: Enquire of John 
 Campbell, Post Master. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R, JS. Burnt). 74. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOnDag September 10, to flDOtl&ag September 17. 1705. 
 
 AS— NY 
 
 I" A PROCLAMATION of the queen, March 29, 1705, for observance 
 I .ZXof an act of Parliament to prevent traitorous correspondence 
 " fills one column. Under March and April dates there is general 
 war news from Paris, Antwerp, Venice, Rome, Hague, Warsaw and 
 Ratisbon. There is one column of domestic news.] 
 
 Barbadoes, Aug. 8. Mr. Samuel Frazon coming the 10 of June 
 last from on Board Capt. Trotter in the Pinnace of his own Ship, with 
 2 Seamen, one Abraham Parker of York near Piscataqua, the other 
 a Jersey man and his own Negro, the Boat and men were never seen 
 :since, the Wind blowing fresh, 'tis fear'd they are drown'd. 
 
 A second Flag of Truce is returned from Martinico, but no likeli- 
 hood of settling any Cartell, our Government thinking their demands 
 extravagant. 
 
 New York, Sept. 10 On the 5th Instant arrived here the Brigan- 
 
 243 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 17, 1705 
 
 teen Laurell, Henry Play Master, being one of the Jamaica Fleet 
 dissabled by the late Storm they met with in the Lat. 38 on the 18h 
 of August last, which occasioned the 3 Men of War and 13 Merchant- 
 men mentioned in my Last to come in here and refit being part of 
 the same Fleet. The same day came in a Sloop, on[e] Creago Master, 
 who some time since Sailed hence for St. Thomas, but met with the 
 above Storm, which broke his Boom, wash'd three men Overboard, 
 and other damage, which oblig'd him to return. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Lowstoff designed yesterday to Sail on her 
 Cruise towards the Capes of Virginia, we have no certain Advice 
 when the Men of War will sail from thence to England, 
 
 Boston, His Excellency has been pleased to fill up the Vacancy in 
 the Militia Officers of our Regiment (occasioned by the Death of 
 Leut Col. Thomas Savage, & Major Ben]. Davis) by Commissionating 
 Capt. Samuel Checkly 115 to be Lieutenant Colonel, and Capt. Adam 
 Winthrop 116 Major, Captain Oliver Noyes, Captain John Ballantine t 
 Captain Thomas Fitch, and Captain Lieutenant Abijah Savage. 
 
 On Wednesday the 12th Currant, There was here a very great 
 appearance of Men in the Train Bands: occasioned by the Castle's 
 giving of the Alarm at the sight of 5 Vessels seen coming in, 2 whereof 
 was Her Majesty's Ship the Deptford Towing in, the Johnson Frigot, 
 Reach Master, being one of the Jamaica Fleet, who is much disabled; 
 The other 3 were Berry and Lowder from Barbadoes, and Green from 
 Nevis. 
 
 On Saturday the 15th Currant, His Excellency Prorogued the 
 General Assembly, unto Wednesday the 24th. of October next. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Hilton and Heath from Piscataqua, 
 Hedge and Lothrop from Connecticut. Outwards, Flood and Wier 
 for Piscataqua, Andrews for Connecticut, Alexander Duncan and 
 James Gold for Pensilvania. Foreign Inwards, Wier, James Berry, 
 and Henry Lowder from Barbadoes, and Tobias Green from Nevis. 
 Cleared Outwards, William Goddard for Madera, Robert Gold for 
 Pensilvania, Joshua Pickman for Virginia, and John Wing for 
 Jamaica. Outward Bound, Thomas Mires for Jamaica, Moses 
 Wadland for Madera, Richard Daffin for Virginia, Jonathan Lambere- 
 for Antigua, and Ebenezar Hathorn for Newfoundland. 
 
 H&verttsements 
 
 A Negro Woman about 24 Years Old to be Sold by Captain John- 
 * *-Love, and to be seen at his house in the North-End of Boston 
 
 115 Samuel Checkley, an influential member of the General Court. 
 
 116 Captain Adam Winthrop: grandson of Governor John Winthrop at. 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 244 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 24, 1705 
 
 near to Mr. Jonas Clarke's. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 B. l£. mumfc. 75. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From ilDonOap September 17 to /DiOn&ay September 24. 1705. 
 
 AS— NY 
 
 fTj^ROM Edinburgh, April 12, is an account of the hanging of the 
 y^JL? pirates Green, Madder and Sympson, and there is war news of 
 March and April dates from Paris, Vienna, Hamburg, Turin, 
 Moscow, Hague, Warsaw and elsewhere. Domestic news occupies 
 a little more than one column.] 
 
 New- York, Sept. 17. On the 13th Instant, arrived here a Sloop 
 from Curacoa, Charles Sleigh Master, by whom we have advice, that 
 2 Spanish Privateers lay off Bonira, and upon notice thereof at 
 Curacoa they fitted out 3 Sloops and took them both, & brought 
 them in thither without the loss of a man. 
 
 On the 14th Instant, arrived here Capt. Penniston's Privateer 
 Sloop, who parted with Penniston in his Ship 15 days before he 
 arrived off South Carolina, they were in the great Storm, & were 
 there separated from 2 Prize Sloops which they had taken, but 
 whether they are in being, or foundered they know not. 
 
 By a Sloop arrived yesterday at Amboy from Curacoa, we are 
 acquainted, that on Fryday last there was seen off Barnagatt one of 
 Capt. Penniston's Prize Sloops, and a Ship without Masts, plying 
 for this Port; we imagine the Ship to be one of the Jamaica Fleet. 
 We are assured, That the Prudent Sarah, Perkins Master, and the 
 Oxenden, Smyton Master, being 2 of the Jamaica Fleet were foundered 
 in the Storm ; we know not the certainty of any others besides those 
 mentioned in the Publick Print. 
 
 Last week arrived here Teller, Adolph, Degroff & Kersteel from 
 Boston. Vessels Outward Bound are 2 ships for Barbadoes, a Brigan- 
 teen for Surranam, a Sloop for Jamaica, 2 Ships for London, Clay for 
 Rhode Island, and Derrick Adolph for Boston. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Sept. 21 On the 16th Currant arrived here Capt. 
 Nathaniel Coffin, who Sailed from Boston on the 21st of July last, in 
 Company with 13 Sail bound for Barbadoes, who on the 21st of 
 August last, in the Lat. of 29 met with a most violent Storm, which 
 caused him to Cut his Main and Mazen Mast by the board, he lost 
 all his Horses therein; The Storm continued about 14 hours, and 
 
 245 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 24, 1705 
 
 the heighth thereof about 8 hours. Capt Coffin spoke with Mr. 
 Perkins in the Flying Horse after the Storm was over, being one of 
 the same Fleet, who told him, that he lost his Boat, his Horses, Fore- 
 Sail and Gibb, yet designed to proceed on his Voyage to Barbadoes, 
 though Coffin was necessitated to return. 
 
 Marblehead, Sept. 22. On Thursday the 20th Currant arrived here 
 John Holicom in a Sloop from Barbadoes bound for Piscataqua, who 
 left Barbadoes the 22d of August, and was taken the 8th Instant, 
 by a French Ship of 10 Guns, from Petiguavus bound to St. Malo's, 
 and said to be the Packet-Boat that came from England to Boston, 
 about 3 years ago; Holicom bought his Vessel of the Captain for 
 400 1 Sterling to be paid in St Malo's, one Bates went Hostage till 
 the Money is paid ; Holicom sunk all his Letters ere he was taken. 
 
 Holicom says, That there was a Turnado in Barbadoes which begun 
 on the 18 of August, and continued 4 days, which caused a most 
 violent Storm, the Wind came up at S. and backed away to the 
 E. S. E. the heighth of the Storm lasted 18 hours, which has caused 
 a great deal of damage among the shipping in the Road 22 vessels 
 were put on Shoar, Holicom & Fyfield being 2 of them were got off 
 again ; & an Irish man was getting off as he came away ; a Dutch- 
 man, from Suranam about 500 Tons loaded with Sugar was staved 
 all to pieces: The Countrys Sloop and Briganteen of War both 
 lost: Great damage sustained among those Vessels that rode out 
 the Storm, some whereof cannot be repaired, a great many men were 
 drowned, one of Her Majesties Men of War lost all her Anchors, 
 lash'd her Guns, & got to Sail as the Wind vier'd. 
 
 Cap Flint from Boston, and the Vessels in Company with him were 
 all safe arrived but Cap. Hunt, who seeing Cap Flint engaged with 
 2 French Privateers to the Windward of the Island, made the best 
 of his way, and was taken by a 3d between him and the Island, Cap 
 Flint with the other Ships got clear of the 2 Privateers, his Brother 
 lost one Arm in the Engagement: As Flint went from Boston, he 
 met with a Clap of Thunder & Lightning that shattered his Main Mast, 
 and kill'd one of his men. 
 
 Boston, Her Majesties Ship the Deptford is returned from her 
 Cruise. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Harris and Petty from Connecticut, 
 Jackson and Parsons from Piscataqua. Outwards, Hilton and 
 Heath for Piscataqua, Lathrop and Diamond for Rhode-Island. 
 Foreign Inwards, Moses Abbot from North Carolina, Eleazar Johnson, 
 and Michael Wormstill from Barbadoes, James Updick from Antigua 
 and William Beans from Fyall. Cleared Outwards, John Butler for 
 Lisbon, and Ebenezar Hathorne for Newfoundland. Outward bound, 
 
 246 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 1, 1705 
 
 John Secum for Antigua, Azor Gale, James Berry, William Weir, 
 and Tobias Green for Barbadoes, Bryan Smith for Lisbon, Ebenezar 
 Chamberlin for Virginia, Benjamin Parsons and Henry Lowder for 
 London, Benjamin Parsons junior, for Topsham. 
 
 H&pertisements 
 
 A Debenture Bill being found, (granted by Capt. John Lane, and 
 ■*■ *-Mr. Pelatiah Whitmore Commissary, to Daniel Gilbert for Nine 
 Pound due for Service, whereof 11. 13s. & 2d. is taken up in Stores, 
 and remaining due 71. 6s. lOd.) The Person that lost said Bill may 
 have it again, paying Salvage: Enquire at the Post-Office. 
 
 A Small Guinea Dear's Foot being found; The Person that Lost 
 ■* *-it, giving the true marks, may have it again, paying Salvage: 
 Enquire at the Post-Office. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R. j£. mumb. 76. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From/IDon&aE September 24 to flDOIt&ag October 1. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 I" C* LIGHTLY less than one half of<£his issue of two pages is devoted 
 I Oto foreign news, including accounts of the visit of the body of 
 Cambridge University to the queen, and affairs in Hungary and 
 Poland. The domestic news includes a proclamation by Governour 
 Dudley for a Public Thanksgiving.] 
 
 Port-Royal in Jamaica, Aug. 22. Ca.pt. Ingles a Guinea Merchant- 
 man of 14 Guns and 20 men arrived here about 20 days ago, who 
 met with a Privateer Sloop off of Port-Morant of 6 Guns, & full of 
 men, who boarded him 3 times, casting down Fire-works and Stink 
 Pots amongst the Negroes between Decks, burning and disordering 
 them much: The Captain and his men betaking themselves to close 
 Quarters, fired briskly and so successfully upon the Privateer, that 
 he left 9 of his men dead on the Deck, & concludes he kill'd them 50 
 men by what he see them fling Overboard. 
 
 On the 18th Currant, There was a great Storm of Wind & Rain at 
 N. and rounded to S. S. E & blew very hard, striping the Houses, and 
 blowing the water over the Point, so that Boats might have floated: 
 It forced some Vessels Ashoar, whereof a Bark from New-York, one 
 Pasco Master is one forced to Unload. Many in Town removed 
 their Goods into Upper-Chambers. It damnified a great quantity of 
 Sugar. 
 
 247 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER' 1, 1705 
 
 New- York Sept. 24. On the 18th. Instant Arrived here a small 
 Prize Sloop taken by Capt. Penniston, loaden with Wine and Brandy; 
 She was taken upon the Coast of New-Spain. 
 
 On the 19th Instant, about 10 at night, some of the Privateers 
 begun a Riot before the Sheriffs House of this City, assaulted the 
 Sheriff at his door without any provocation, & beat and wounded 
 several persons that came to his assistance, & in a few minutes the 
 Privateers tumultuously met together in great numbers, upon which 
 Forces were sent out of the Fort to suppress them, and the Sheriff, 
 Officers and some men belonging to Her Majesties Ships made a 
 Body to do the same, but before these Forces could meet with them, 
 %he Privateers unhappily met Li[e]ut. Wharton Feather stone- Hough, 
 and Ensign Alcock, (two Gentlemen of the Hon. Col. Livesay's Regi- 
 ment that came in the Jamaica Fleet, who were peaceably going 
 home to their Lodgings) and barbarously murdered the first, and 
 grievously wounded the latter, in several places in the head, and 
 bruised his Body; & after they had knock'd him down several times, 
 and got his Sword, some of them run Lieut. Feather stone- Rough 
 in at the left side thro' his heart (as is supposed with Ensign Alcocks 
 Sword) of which wound he immediately dyed. Just as the Fact 
 was done, the Privateers were attacked by the Sheriff, Officers and 
 Seamen of Her Majesties Ships, and some of the Town, & in a short 
 time were obliged to fly; several of both sides were wounded, some 
 of the Privateers were then taken Prisoners, and several since, who 
 are committed, & do believe will suffer according to Law; the Soul- 
 diers killed one of the Privateers that was flying from them., One 
 Erasmus Wilkins was apprehended on Saturday last, & Committed, 
 and by the Evidence 'tis believed he is the man that murdered Li[e]ut. 
 Feather stone- Hough; it would be too tedious to relate the particu- 
 lars, but their insolence is beyond expression; this Riot was chiefly 
 acted by the Privateers belonging to the Briganteen Dragon, Capt. 
 Gincks, Commander. 
 
 One the 21st. Arrived here Capt. Penniston in his Ship (which in our 
 last we supposed to be one of the Jamaica Fleet) he lost his Masts 
 in the Storm, and put into Carolina; his best Prize is yet missing, 
 which is a New Sloop well found, and has on board one hundred & 
 six quarter Casks of French Brandy, Linnens, and other Goods; 
 he hopes she'l be here in a few days, he lost her in the Storm. 
 
 We hear this Morning that Capt. Penniston' s Prize is Arrived at 
 New Castle disabled by the Storm, and is there fitting to proceed 
 hither. 
 
 Capt. Renier Tongrelou and others have bought the Cole and Been 
 Gaily, a Ship upwards of 200 Tons, and 18 Guns, and is now fitting of 
 
 248 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 1, 1705 
 
 her for a Privateer, and intends to carry 160 Men. Capt. Penniston 
 is also about to fit his Ship, and designs out with her in Consort, 
 they will Sail before "Winter. 
 
 Boston, Letters from Barbadoes of the 8th of August, [foreign news.] 
 On Thursday the 27th. Currant arrived here Zachariah Alden in 
 a Sloop from Virginia, 14 days passage, by whom we are advised, 
 That just as they left Virginia, there was a Ship arrived from Lisbone 
 that had a quick passage, 
 
 By HIS EXCELLENCY JOSEPH DUDLEY Esqr. Captain 
 General and GOVERNOUR in Chief, in & over Her Majesties 
 Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New- England in America. 
 A PROCLAMATION for a Publick THANKSGIVING. 117 
 
 \XT HEREAS it has pleased Almighty God in his Great Goodness 
 * » to preserve Her Majesties Sacred Person, and to prosper Her 
 Arms in the Just War, wherein Her Majesty and Her Allies are En- 
 gaged for the preservation of the Liberties of Europe. Having also been 
 Graciously pleased, in tlw Summer past, to restrain the Insults and 
 Outrage of our barbarous Enemies, & to grant us great Quiet and Tran- 
 quillity; To bless the Fruits of the Earth, and to give us the hopeful 
 prospect of a plentiful Harvest; To grant us general Health, and to 
 Smile upon us in other our Publick Interests and Enjoyments. 
 
 Wherefore humbly Adoring the Divine Goodness, and duely consider- 
 ing that such great and publick Blessings do call for Publick and Solemn 
 Acknowledgements. 
 
 T Have thought fit, by the Advice of Her Majesties Council, & at the 
 *- Desire of the Representatives in their late Session, hereby to Order 
 and Appoint, That a General THANKSGIVING to Almighty God, for 
 these His Mercies be Observed throughout this Province, within the 
 several Towns and Districts thereof, on Thursday the Eighteenth Day 
 of October next: And do strictly forbid all Servile Labour thereupon; 
 Exhorting both Ministers and People to Solemnize the said Day after 
 a Religious manner, and to offer up sincere and hearty Praises to GOD. 
 
 Given at the Council-Chamber in Boston the 20th Day of September, 
 1705. In the Fourth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady 
 ANNE, by the Grace of GOD of England, Scotland, France and 
 Ireland, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 
 By Order of the Gover- 
 nour and Council, /. D UDLE Y 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 117 » Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . ■. of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . , Vol. VIII, p. 520. 
 
 249 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 8, 1705 
 
 The Province Galley Capt. Southack Commander is returned from 
 her Cruise. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Loring, Lothrop, Webber, Hall and 
 Elwell from Connecticut, and Allen from Piscataqua. Outwards, 
 Smallage and Walter for Rhode -Island, and Jackson for Piscataqua. 
 Foreign Inwards, Daniel Noyes, John Ventiman, and John Pullen 
 from Jamaica, Zachariah Alden from Virginia, Nathaniel Gardner 
 from Jersey, William Carkett from St. George, John Alder from 
 Angvilla, and Thomas Lanyon from Coratuck. Cleared Outwards, 
 Moses Wadland for Madera. Outward bound, Tobias Green for 
 Barbadoes, and John Bennet for London. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 A House and Land in the High Fore-Street at the Sign of the 
 Buck, in the South-End of Boston, now in the Occupation of 
 Mr. Jacob Melyen, to be Sold; Inquire of Capt. Nathanael Williams, 
 or Mr. James Mears, both of said Town, and know further. 
 
 A Negro woman to be sold by John Campbell Post-master, and to 
 be seen at his House next door to the Anchor Tavern in Boston. 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 B. 16. mumb. 77. 
 
 The Bofton News -Letter. 
 
 From fIDOnOaS October 1. to flD0n0a£ October 8. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 TTMPORTANT foreign news, including an account of the visits 
 IX the queen to Cambridge and her entertainment there, particulars 
 of the successes of the duke of Vendosme in Lombardy, and re- 
 ports from Dresden, Liege and elsewhere, fill three of the four columns 
 of this issue.] 
 
 Plimouth, Septemb. 28. On the 19th Instant, the Quarter Sessions 
 of the Peace was held here, where Complaint was made of a certain 
 person belonging to Midlebury; who brought some Tarr to be Sold, 
 some whereof was mingl'd with dirt; for which he was Sentenced to- 
 be severely Whipt, which was accordingly executed; and is here 
 only Inserted to be a caveat to others, of doing the like, least a worse 
 thing befal them. 
 
 New-York, Octob. 1. On the 24th of the last Month arrived here. 
 a Sloop from Jamaica, Joseph Smith Master, in five weeks, by whom 
 we are informed, that the Storm which the Jamaica Fleet met with, 
 
 250 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 8, 1705 
 
 has been very violent there, and that the Sea Overflowed part of 
 Port-Royal, & has done but little damage. A Bark belonging to this 
 Port, Simon Pasco Master, ready to Sail, was lost in the Storm, and 
 no other. Admiral Whetstone with 4 Men of War, went to Sea, and 
 a few days after, they had the Storm, wherein most of them lost 
 their Masts, one of them was not returned ; the Storm there was on 
 the 20th of August. Two Briganteens and a small Ship Sailed for 
 Boston three dayes before this Sloop. 
 
 Vessels Outward Bound are, Tupper for Barbadoes, Adolph for 
 Boston, Sleigh for Curacoa, Van-Bael for Suranam, Cebra for Jamaica, 
 and Saunders and Keersteed for London. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Octob 5. On Sunday last arrived here one Benja- 
 min Church, who Sailed hence Master of a small Sloop bound for 
 Antigua, the 8th of August last, and on the 18th, in the Lat. of 34. 
 met with the same Storm that the Jamaica Fleet met with on said 
 day, which overset the Sloop, and the people kept on the Bowsprit 
 from Saturday till Monday when the Sloop righted, but lost her 
 Mast, and through their Industry they freed her, the Wind hanging 
 Easterly, they drove ashore on Cape May, and so saved all their Lives. 
 
 Boston, Cap Southack in the Province-Galley is gone out again on 
 his Cruise. 
 
 Coasters Entered Outwards, Smith and Loring for Connecticut, 
 and Dutch for Piscataqua. Foreign Inwards, John Porter from 
 Angvilla. Cleared Outwards, Francis Plaisteed for Madera, and 
 Thomas Freeman for Barbadoes; Outward Bound, Thomas Thatcher, 
 Eleazar Johnson, and John Pullen for Barbadoes, Charles Renouf for 
 Nevis, John Pitts for Madera, and David Northy for Virginia. 
 
 B&verttsements. 
 
 ' I K be Sold by Mr. William Clarke, Merchant, at his Warehouse 
 -*- near the Swinging-Bridge upon the Dock in Boston, a parcel 
 of the best Jamaica Sole-Leather at a moderate Price, either by 
 Wholesale or Retale. 
 
 A Negro Man Slave to be Sold by Captain Gilbert Bant, and to 
 be seen at his House near the Mill-Bridge in Boston. 
 T Here is now Published an Almanack for 1706 by N. W. 118 with a 
 short answer to some Reflections cast on him last year by the 
 then Almanack-makers ; With a table of the Weight of small Money, 
 very useful at this time. Sold by B. Green at the Printing-house at 
 the South-end of Boston, and R. Phillips Bookseller at Charlestown. 
 
 RAn away from his Master, Samuel Niles, of Kingston, in Narra- 
 ganset; an Indian Man Servant, aged about 26 Years, he is a 
 
 118 Nathaniel Whittemore. 
 
 251 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 15, 1705 
 
 short and indifferent thick fellow, with a broad flatt Nose, he has had 
 the Small Pox: He has on a grayish Coat, a Castor Hat, Russet 
 coloured Stockings, and old Shoes: Whosoever shall take up said 
 Indian, and bring or convey him safe to his said Master, or secure 
 him and send notice of him, shall be well Satisfied for his pains. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18; sale 
 of a negro woman slave, as in October 1.] 
 
 1R. jg. -Kumb. 78. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&ag October 8. to /IDonDag October 15. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 J"TN the first column of the first page of this issue is the address of 
 | A Queen Anne "to the inferior clergy in the neighborhood of New- 
 market" in the preceding April. There follow, from the Antwerp 
 Gazette of April 12 and the Paris Gazette of May 9, accounts of the 
 seige of Gibraltar by the land and naval forces of the allies. From 
 Turin, Vienna and other capitals are reports of military affairs. 
 The domestic news is slight in quantity and importance, being con- 
 fined to half a column of space.] 
 
 Nevis, Aug. 26 My last of the 1st Currant, Advised of what the 
 last Packet brought from England; especially of the Signal Victory 
 obtained by his Grace the Duke of Marlborough over the French 
 near Saar; since which we have had no Packet; but is now dayly 
 expected. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Gray Hound, appointed the Guard of our 
 Island, has taken a Prize off of Guardiloop, value at least 5000 1. 
 Our Fleet for England will Sail in about 14 days. 
 
 Philadelphia, Octob. 4. Ebenezar Coffin arrived here on Saturday 
 last from New-England. 
 
 New-York, Octob. 8 On the 6th Instant arrived here a Sioop from 
 Carolina, one Sanford Master. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Lowstoffe is not yet returned from Virginia. 
 
 Her Majesties Ships of War the Nonsuch, the Maremaid, and 
 Deal-Castle with the Jamaica Fleet under their Convoy, designs to 
 Sail from hence for England the 10th of November next. 
 
 Boston, Capt. Huntington Commander of Her Majesties Ship the 
 Guernsey, and Commadore of the Jamaica Fleet (having received 
 Letters from New-York, that Her Majesties Ships of War, and the 
 other part of the Jamaica Fleet designs to Sail from New York to 
 
 252 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 22, 1705 
 
 England the 10th of November next :) Wind and Weather permitting 
 the said Commadore intends to Sail from hence with the other part 
 of said Fleet, and what other Ships will be ready to Sail under his 
 Convoy, the 5th or 6th of said Month, & to joyn those from New- 
 York in the Lat. of 40 or Fyall. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Allen, Mitchel and Curtice from Con- 
 necticut, Dounten from Rhode-Island, Gidding and Allen from Pis- 
 cataqua. Outwards, Harris for New-London, and Parker for Pis- 
 cataqua. Foreign Inwards, Jeremiah Tay from Maryland, John 
 Welsh from Nevis, William Cleaves from Lisbon, and John Webster 
 from North Carolina. Cleared Outwards, John Thomas for Fyall. 
 Outward Bound, Daniel Noyes for Madera, John Ventiman for 
 Jamaica, and William Burrough's for Virginia. 
 
 BDverttsements. 
 
 THere is now Published Mr. Clough's Almanack for 1706. 119 To 
 which is added the difference between Troy and Averdupoize 
 Weights, as also an Account of the Jewish Coins, Weights and Meas- 
 ures mentioned in Scripture, and reduced to our English Standards, 
 which may be of great use for the better understanding many places 
 in the Bible. Sold by Benj. Eliot under the West end of the Town 
 House, and Nich. Boone near School house lane, Boston. 
 
 A Convenient Dwelling House and Shop with other Accomodations 
 next door to the Anchor Tavern in Boston, to be Lett, Enquire 
 of John Campbell 
 
 [Reprinted: a negro woman to be sold, as in October 8; News- 
 Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R. jg, mumb. 79. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOndag October 15. to flDon&ag October 22, 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 FT^ROM Ratisbon, Stockholm, Geneva, Paris, Hamburgh, Hague 
 I JT and elsewhere are items of foreign news filling the first page of 
 this issue. On the second page are two columns of domestic 
 news, including one advertisement. Under the Boston date the 
 announcement is made of the establishment, by her majesty the 
 queen, of mail packets between England and "Her Plantation-Islands 
 in America."] 
 
 119 Kalendarium Nov- Anglicanum, or an Almanack For ; . . 1706, by 
 Samuel Clough. 
 
 253 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 22, 1705 
 
 Jamaica on Long-Island, Octob. 11 On Fryday the 5th Currant 
 Dyed here the Reverend Mr. John Hubbard, Pastor of a Church 
 in this place. Aged 28 years 9 months wanting 4 days, Buried the 7th. 
 
 New- York, Octob. 15. Last week returned hither Her Majesties 
 Ship the Lowstoff, who Sailed out of the Capes of Virginia 2d Instant, 
 in Company with the Homeward bound Fleet for England, consisting 
 of 32 Merchant-men, under Convoy of Her Majesty's Ships the King- 
 ston and Faulkland. There are also arrived Mr. Gravenraedt from 
 Philadelphia, and Capt. Penniston's Prize from New-Castle; her 
 Cargo is French Brandy, Paper and dry Goods. 
 
 On Saturday last our Assembly was Prorogu'd to the first of May. 
 And the same day His Excellency went to His Government of New- 
 Jersey. 
 
 The Pensilvania Post not yet come in. 
 
 New-port Rhode Island, October 19. Last Fryday night a fire 
 broke out in a Smith's Shop, which burnt it down, and took hold of 
 another house adjoyning it, where one Borne a Hatter liv'd and 
 burnt it also ; the Wind blew hard at N E. But by the great industry 
 of our people, the other Houses near to them were saved, otherways 
 had prov'd fatal to the most part of our Town. 
 
 On Monday arrived here one Chamberlin from Antigua bound for 
 Boston, who says that by a Vessel from Barbadoes to Antigua they had 
 intelligence of 25 Sail of Ships lost in the Storm: besides the Coun- 
 trys Briganteen and Sloop and small craft, and 300 men drowned. 
 
 On Wednesday arrived one Godfrey in a Sloop from Surranam to 
 Exuma and so here, who was in the Harbour of Providence those days 
 that the great Storm abovementioned was, but had none of it, the 
 weather being very serene and Calm. He says there is none but a 
 parcel of Women at Providence, that cannot get from thence. 
 
 Piscataqua, Octob. 19 On Saturday night last arrived Capt. 
 Tyng at Exeter with his Company, who Travelled a day beyond 
 Penacook, from thence to Winnepisscoag Ponds but no discovery of 
 
 the Enemy. 
 
 The same night Capt. Lane and his Company Returned from 
 Sabegoog Ponds, which lies about 50 miles W. N. W. from Casko, 
 but made no other discovery than a few deserted Wigwaams: This 
 Pond is 20 miles long, and about 7 miles wide, very remarkable for 
 Fishing, where our men were refresh'd with variety of Fish, especially 
 Salmon Trouts, some whereof 2 foot long. In their Return they saw 
 2 Indians at Black- Point, but being at a distance and they near a 
 Swamp, made their escape; one thing remarkable is, That in their 
 march they did not discover any wild creature excepting a Squirrel 
 
 254 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 22, 1705 
 
 or the like, by which means the Enemy cannot get any manner of 
 Sustenance in the woods near to us, which we hope will starve them. 
 This week arrived Mr Pepperil from Madera, who had about five 
 weeks passage. 
 
 Boston, By His Excellency's Direction, Capt. Tyng with about 50 
 men marched from Dunstable, and Capt Lane with upwards of 60 men 
 from York, to Search the Woods if could discover any of the Enemy. 
 
 Capt. Southack in the Province- Galley is returned from his Cruise, 
 and gone out again. 
 
 On Wednesday next, being the 24th Currant, Sits the General 
 Assembly of this Province, unto which day they stand Prorogu'd. 
 
 Last night arrived 2 or 3 Vessels from Barbadoes at Nantasket, 
 who had about a months passage, there came out in Company 16 
 Sail for this place ; no Letters are yet come up, so cannot tell what News. 
 
 Coasters Entered Outwards, John Lathrop for Connecticut, Richard 
 Hall for New York, Peter Coffin, and Nathaniel Gardner for Nan- 
 tucket. Foreign Inwards, Joseph Dean in the Dragon form Suranam. 
 
 Outward Bound, 
 
 James Bodwin in the Seaflour, for Antigua. 
 
 Thomas Hunt in the Panther, for Barbadoes. 
 
 John Welch in the Larke, Ditto. 
 
 John Price in the Austin's Galley, Ditto. 
 
 Thomas Gilbert in the Good will, for Fyall. 
 
 John Rayner in the Freek, for Madera. 
 
 Thomas Andrews in the Good-will, for Suranam. 
 
 Joseph Dean in the Dragon, for Suranam. 
 
 John Secum in the Adventure, for Curacoa. 
 
 ' These are to give notice, That Her Majesty in regard to the great 
 Expence She is at in maintaining the Correspondence by Letters between 
 England and Her Plantation-Islands in America, and for the further 
 improvement and benefit of Trade; Hath Settled Packet-Boats for the 
 West-Indies, who are to go from Plimouth at the beginning of every 
 Month througliout the Year, no accident preventing the same; who are 
 to touch and stay at each of the English Island- Plantations in the follow- 
 ing manner: Viz. 
 
 Being 
 arriv- 
 ed at 
 
 
 
 Days & 
 
 Nights. 
 
 hou 
 
 ' Barbadoes, to stay no 
 
 longer than 
 
 3 
 
 
 Antigua, 
 Montserat, 
 
 
 2 
 
 36 
 
 Nevis, 
 
 
 
 36 
 
 / St. Christophers 
 \ Jamaica, 
 
 255 
 
 10 
 
 36 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 22, 1705 
 
 And thence to Return to England, and not to be stayed on any pretence 
 whatsoever. 
 
 And Her Majesty in pursuance to the Statute made in the Twelfth 
 Year of his late Majesty, King Charles II. for Establishing a Post- 
 Office, has Directed and Impowred Sir Robert Cotton Knight, and Sir 
 Thomas Franckland Baronet, Her Majesty's Post-Master General of 
 England and the Plantations, &c. to receive and take the Post of all 
 Letters & Packets that shall be conveyed by the Post lately Established 
 between the Post Office General in London, and the above-said Islands,. 
 
 according to the Rates following. 
 
 i s. d. 
 From England to the ) 1 And in proportion to- 
 West-Indies each \ One Sheet 1 . 3 \ the same Rates for 
 
 Letter not exceeding J Two Sheets 2 . 6 J every Packet of Letters. 
 
 From the Islands to \ \ And in like propor- 
 
 England, each Letter \ One Sheet ( 1 . 6 \ Hon for every 
 
 not exceeding J Two Sheets, ... 3 . J Packet of Letters. 
 
 For every Packet of any "1 1 
 
 kind of greater Bulk \ Ounce 6 . \ 
 
 for every J J 
 
 This, is likewise to give Notice, That the Deputy Post Masters are 
 appointed at each Island, to attend and regulate all matters concerning 
 Letters and Packets, and to Correspond with the General Post Office in 
 London about the same: And forasmuch as every Vessel hath performed 
 Her Voyage in the space of 150 days, 120 or thereabouts. All persons 
 Corresponding with New England, New- York, Jersey, Pensilvania, 
 Maryland, Virginia, Carolina, and Bermuda, may have their Letters 
 to the Respective Governments put up in Bags apart, in the method they 
 are now sent to each Island; And the Deputy Post-Master of each 
 Island hath Orders, where / the next and most immediate conveyance is 
 to be had, to send them to the Main of America, as hath hitherto been the 
 practice for Conveying Letters from Barbadoes to Bermuda by Sloops, 
 and other Embarkations, daily Trading between the said Islands and 
 the Continent. By which means Returns may be as constantly made 
 from the Continent to the said Post-Masters, and by them transmitted to 
 England by the Packets in their Monthly Courses, whereunto their 
 Orders oblige them, without any further Charge there than what is to be 
 paid at the General Post-Office in London, (only the Inland Passage 
 on the Main excepted) according to the above Rates. 
 
 These are also to give Notice, That Letters will be taken in at the 
 
 120 In a subsequent Notice this is shown to be an error, ''and the time 
 changed to 100 days, "according to the first Proposition laid down by the 
 Honourable Edward Dummer, Esqr." See under Advertisements in^News- 
 Letter No. Ill (1706) post. For the "first Proposition," see Acts andlResolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, Sup- 
 plement, p. 802. 
 
 256 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 29, 1705 
 
 General Post-Office in London, directed for New-England, New- York, 
 New-Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina, on the Con- 
 tinent of America, and the Island of Bermuda, on the same Post nights 
 as those for the Plantation-Islands, with particular directions for those 
 for the Continent, to be forwarded by the first opportunity. m 
 
 [Reprinted : 
 
 HOvertisements 
 
 News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R.J6. 
 
 Bumb. 80. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 [O 
 
 From /TOonDag October 22. to flDonDag October 29, 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 NLY one column of this issue is occupied with foreign news. 
 Domestic news includingtwo advertisements fills three columns.] 
 
 Barbadoes, 
 
 September 
 
 .16. A List of Vessels drove on Shore by a 
 
 Violent Storm, the 16th of August, viz. 
 
 
 
 f Richard Metcalfe 
 I Mackf arson 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 All these 
 
 [ Rabia 
 
 All great 
 
 
 bound for 
 
 f Ranking. . .Try on 
 
 Ships 
 
 
 London 
 
 I Davis 
 
 
 
 
 [ Blythe j 
 
 
 All these Vessels 
 
 For Holland 
 
 A great Dutch Flyboat. 
 
 stav'd in pieces, and 
 
 Belonging 
 
 ( Thrampton in Country's Brig. 
 \ Flowers in a Sloop 
 
 are wholly Lost 
 
 to Barbad. 
 
 > 
 
 Forrister in the Country's Sloop, uncertain if ca 
 
 n be got off. 
 
 
 
 ' William Cox. 
 
 All Slo[o]ps, 
 
 All belonging 
 
 
 Abraham Dill. 
 
 stav'd in 
 
 to Barmuda 
 
 
 Edward Hinson 
 t William Joel. 
 
 ' pieces. 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 t 
 
 Jacob Legay. 
 
 Brigantiens 
 
 New York 
 
 \ Mr. Harwood. 
 
 ' staved in pieces 
 
 London, 
 
 j Mr. Rankford \ 
 
 \ Mr. Opie J Ships 
 
 \ All these 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 Mr. Fyfield Briganteei 
 
 i. J Vessels 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 ( Mr. Holicomb. 
 
 
 \ were got 
 
 Belonging 
 
 j Mr. Thomas. 
 1 Mr. Graisberry. 
 [ Mr. Penley. 
 
 ■ Sloops. 
 
 / off again. 
 
 to Barbados 
 
 
 
 
 
 121 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . , Vol. VIII, pp. 564-565. 
 
 257 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 29, 1705 
 
 Barbadoes, Mr. Moses in a Sloop blown away 7 or 8 days but got in 
 
 again. 
 
 Besides Shallops and other Boats lost. 
 
 The Storm lasted about 16 Hours. 
 
 On the 28th of August, Her Majesty's Ship the Weymouth, Capt. 
 Mitchell Commander, brought in a French Merchant Ship of 20 Guns, 
 6 Patararo's, 70 men, Laden with a considerable quantity of fine 
 Goods, Claret and Brandy. She was met with in the Latitude 19 
 in Company with another Ship of 16 Guns, who left her to Engage 
 with the Weymouth; the Engagement lasted 3 hours, with the loss 
 of 14 of her men, and 4 of the Weymouth's. These French-men lost 
 their Convoy of 60 Guns, with 3 other Merchant-men but the night 
 before : This Prize is said to be worth 20 Thousand Pounds. 
 
 There is arrived here from Boston in New-England, Andrew Wilson, 
 who lost his Mast in the Storm, as also 3 or 4 more Vessels ; and the 
 Enemy took Everton, Breed, Henderson, Shearbum and Moore, who 
 Sailed from Boston in Company with said Wilson, bound for this 'place. 
 
 Upon Capt. Everton's being taken, His Excellency ordered the 
 Advice Prize, a small Frigot, to go in pursuit of Everton's Vessel. 
 The Advice Prize conducted in Capt. Bullard from Madera, and 
 Leview from New-York was taken by a Sloop the 13th Currant, 
 Several Vessels from Boston, that came out with Wilson are yet missing. 
 
 We want two Packets from England, so that we have no News, 
 only a Report we hear of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough's second 
 Defeating the French, to the Enemy's loss of about 20000 men. 
 
 New-York, October 22d. On the 19th. Instant arrived here a 
 Sloop from Jamaica, Nathanael Vial Master, had 38 dayes passage; 
 he came out with several Ships bound for England, and says that 
 several Vessels were to sail for Boston about 14 days after him. 
 
 Erasmus Wilkins (formerly mentioned to be committed for being 
 in the Riot with the Privateers here) being Legally Tryed and Con- 
 victed for Murdering of Lieutenant Wharton Feather stone- Hough 
 (A Gentleman of the Honourable Col. Livesay's Regiment, that came 
 in the Jamaica Fleet) is Sentenced to be Executed on Friday next 
 the 26. Currant : He has Confessed that he was one of the Privateers 
 where that Gentleman was kill'd, and that he knock'd down one 
 Gentleman and got his Sword, and with it run another into the side, 
 which must be the same Gentleman that was Murdered. 
 
 Vessels Outward bound are Cebra for Jamaica, Sleigh and Van- 
 brugh for Curacoa, Perkins for Barbadoes, Hicks for Rhode-Island. 
 
 Capt. Cumby and Pain Sailed this day for Barbadoes. 
 
 On Saturday last Alexander Duncan Arrived here from Pensil- 
 
 258 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 29, 1705 
 a;<wua in a Sloop bound for Boston, and Sailes from hence on Wednesday. 
 
 Piscataqua, Octob. 26. On Saturday the 20th Currant, about 20 
 Jndians appeared at Cape Nidduck, and Carried away 4 Sons of 
 John Stover, who were at a little distance from the Garison, several 
 others that were out of the Garison, retired to it with all speed; on 
 which the Enemy fired about an hour, then drew up the Children in 
 •sight of the Garison, and marched off. At York 4 or 5 Indians were 
 also discovered. Major Walton with a Company of men is gone'in 
 pursuit of the Enemy. 
 
 Capt. Browne at Wells hearing of the Enemy's unhappy Enter- 
 prize in Carrying away the 4 children from 3 to 12 years of Age, went 
 with his Company in pursuit of the Enemy with utmost Expedition ; 
 but there being 2 places over a little River lying near Sacho, about 2 
 miles distant which they usually pass, and not knowing which of 
 -the two they would take, Capt. Browne very prudently divided his 
 Company into 2 parts, whereof one half went with Lieut. James 
 March, who happened to discover the Enemy (without the least 
 •observation) as they were passing over a little Bridge, being within 
 15 rod of them; some few with the poor Captives were got over a 
 minute or 2 before ; and our men discovering several behind & on the 
 Bridge, fir'd several Shot upon them, which being an unexpected 
 surprisal, caus'd a most dismal Consternation among them, inso- 
 much that some fell forwards, others backwards, and some into the 
 River which was 10 foot deep, some throwing away their Plunder, 
 ■others their Blankets & Snapsacks, till at last some few of the Enemy 
 -on the other side of the River fired at our men, killed one & wounded 
 another: By this time Capt. Browne (hearing the Guns) came up 
 to the rest of his Company, who drove the Enemy off, and pursued 
 them; but they scattering among the Thickets, our men were made 
 uncapable of making any further discovery of what damage we did 
 them, but most probably several of them were slain and wounded. 
 
 On the 21st Arrived here the Rebecka Hagboat, John Ja[r?]unin 
 Master, from Lisbon, five weeks passage, 
 
 Henry Shearburn from Barbadoes, and John Kennard from Antigua 
 •arrived the said Day. 
 
 Boston, On Tuesday the 23d Currant, Complaint being made to 
 Edward Bromfield Esqr. One of Her Majesty's Council, and Justice 
 •of the Peace; of John Rogers & Son, of New-London in Connecticut- 
 Colony for Profanation of the Sabbath, in Driving of Cattle through 
 the Town of Dedham to Boston for a Market on the 21st Instant, 
 being the Lords-Day; And opprobtiously answering those who 
 •disswaded him there-from; for which being brought before the said 
 
 259 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 29, 1705 
 
 Justice, and legally Convicted, he was Sentenced according to the 
 Direction of the Law in that case, to pay the Fine of Twenty Shillings: 
 He Appealed to the Quarter-Sessions of the Peace, but obstinately 
 refused to give Security to prosecute his Appeal, and therefore is 
 Committed to Prison. 
 
 It was thought meet at the Desire of several persons to Publish 
 this as a Caveat to others, to let People know, That Open Profanation 
 of the LORDS-DAY, will not pass Unpunished. As also, Because the 
 man thus Fined, pretends himself to be a Sufferer for his Conscience, 
 and has therefore even courted the Inconveniences that are come 
 upon him. And whereas the Quakers have a while since endeavoured 
 by their False Addresses at home in England, to misrepresent the 
 Government of this Province, for Making and Executing Several 
 severe Laws, against their Friends, only for their Conscientious Dissent 
 from the National Way, and not for any Evil Fact done by them: The 
 Publick may be informed what kind of Severe Laws those are, and 
 what kind of Profanity may pass for a Conscientious Dissent, among 
 those that Clamour against the country for Persecution, in Executing 
 the Laws of God and man, of our Nation of England and this Province. 122 
 
 There Arrived here on Saturday the 27th. Currant Nathanael 
 Balston and Harbert from Barbadoes, Richard Thomas from Antigua, 
 and Joseph Bailer from St. Christophers, and yesterday the 28ife. 
 Anthony Hayward from Barbadoes. James Blin in a Sloop from 
 Connecticut, coming over Nantucket Shoals, is fear'd to be lost on them. 
 
 Capt. Huntington Commander of Her Majesties Ship the Guernsey 
 and Commadore of the Jamaica Fleet, holds his resolution (Wind 
 and Weather permitting) to Sail from hence to England the 5th. or 
 6th. of the next Month, with the Vessels under his Convoy. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards 
 Petty, Lathrop and Bull 
 Derick Adolph, Two Brothers 
 
 Outwards. 
 Webber, Bracket and Ware 
 
 Foreign Inwards. 
 
 William Webber, 
 Philip Lewis 
 Samuel Ward 
 Nichol. Lawrence 
 Rich. Fyfield 
 Thomas Bell 
 John Penson 
 
 Rose, 
 
 Hope 
 
 Rose* Anne, 
 
 Endeavour, 
 
 Elizabeth, 
 
 Speedwell, 
 
 Briganteen 
 
 Briganteen 
 
 Sloop 
 
 Ship. 
 
 Briganteen 
 
 Sloop 
 
 Wil. & Mary, Ship 
 
 From 
 Connecticut 
 New-York 
 
 For 
 Piscataqua. 
 
 From 
 Barbadoes 
 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 
 North Carolina. 
 Virginia. 
 
 122 Reprinted from 'the s News- Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves- 
 . . . of the Province of >,the,Massachusetts Bay : . . . , with further particulars. 
 of this Quaker case. s 
 
 260 
 
THE BOSTON.NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 5, 1705 
 
 Cleared Outwards. 
 John Secum 
 John Pitts 
 Rich. Dafforn, 
 Tko. Meirs 
 
 Outward Bound, 
 Wil. Clark 
 Wil Holberton, 
 Joseph Small 
 
 Wil. Dounten 
 John Alder 
 
 Adventure Sloop 
 Exchange Ketch 
 Fisher Ketch 
 
 Blessing Ship 
 
 Endeavour Ship 
 Anne Ship 
 
 Seaflour Ketch 
 
 Elizabeth, Briganteen 
 Joseph and B etty 
 Diamond, Briganteen 
 
 For 
 Curacoa. 
 Madera. 
 Virginia. 
 Jamaica. 
 
 For 
 Corratuck. 
 Barbadoes. 
 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 
 St. Christophers. 
 Antigua. 
 
 a&verttsements. 
 
 [Reprinted: dwelling house for sale, as in October 15; News- 
 Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1FU J£. 
 
 tflumb. 8i 
 
 The Bofton News -Letter. 
 
 From /IDOnOaj? October 29. to /©OnDag November 5. 1705. 
 
 AS— NY 
 
 I" "IV /TORE than two columns of this issue are filled with domestic 
 I 1 V Anews, including a proclamation by Governor Dudley for an em- 
 bargo on vessels bound to Barbadoes and the Caribbean Islands. 
 The foreign matter is from Berlin, Vienna, Frankfort, Hague, 
 Lisbon and elsewhere, of May dates; and a letter from the Imper- 
 ial Camp at Gavardo dated April 30.] 
 
 New-York, Octob. 29. On the 26th Instant, Erasmus Wilkins 
 the Privateer was Executed for the Murder of Lieut. Featherston- 
 Hough of the Honourable Colonel Livesey's Regiment: He confess'd 
 that he took a Sword from a Gentleman, and run it into another, 
 which he believed was the Gentleman that was kill'd, and that he 
 afterwards broke the Sword: He dyed penitent and like a man, & 
 caution'd his Comrades against Drunkenness, Swearing, Whoring, 
 and Sabbath-breaking, etc. 
 
 We are uncertain when the Jamaica Fleet here bound for England 
 will Sail. 
 
 By His Excellency JOSEPH DUDLEY Esqr. Captain General and 
 GOVERNOUR in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Province of the 
 Massachusetts Bay in New-England, and Vice-Admiral of the same. 
 A PROCLAMATION, 
 261 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 5, 1705 
 
 For an Embargo on Ships and Vessels bound to Barbadoes, and the 
 Careeby Leeward Islands. 
 
 Whereas Her Majesties Ship Deptford, Captain Charles Stucley 
 Commander, is fitting and making ready speedily to Sail to Barba- 
 does, and from thence to proceed to Salt-Terrudos, to Guard the Ships 
 designed thither to lade Salt for carrying on the Fishery. 
 
 I have therefore thought fit by and with the Advice of Her Majesties 
 Council, to order an Embargo upon all Ships and Vessels Outward 
 Bound for Barbadoes, or any of the Careby Leeward Islands; And 
 that none be permitted to sail thither without my special Licence; until 
 Her Majesties said Ship Deptford be made ready, and then to attend 
 her and take the benefit of a good Convoy. 
 
 And all Officers of the Custom's, Naval and Import Officers, and 
 Commanders of Castles and Forts within this Province, are hereby 
 Commanded to take notice of this Proclamation, and Conform them- 
 selves accordingly. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, upon Wednesday the 
 30th of October, 1705. In the Fourth Year of the Reign of our 
 Soveraign Lady Anne, by the Grace of GOD, of England, Scotland 
 France and Ireland, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, etc. 
 By Order of His Excellency 
 
 the Governour, with Advice /. Dudley 
 
 of the Council, 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN 
 
 Boston, On Monday the 22d. of October, early in the morning, Mr. 
 Honewell in the Sloop Olive-Branch from Augvilla about 6 weeks 
 passage, having little Wind at S. S. E. standing afore it for Brewsters, 
 being within three Leagues of it, on a sudden a flaw at N. N. W. came 
 down upon him, which tore his Main Sail all flitters, broke his Sternn 
 in 3 pieces, and having no Sail, they lay to the mercy of the Sea and 
 Winds, which drove them out of the Bay within 8 Leagues of Casko, 
 Where he & his men were taken on Board of Mr. John Sharpe's Vessel 
 from Barbadoes, and now brought in here; Honewell, and especially 
 his men being overcome with Tugging so long at the Pump, were 
 almost past any hopes of escaping being lost, when Providence so 
 ordered it that Mr. Sharp came to their relief: The Sloop was seen 
 sinking in a little time after they were taken out. 
 
 Last week came here from New-York, one Mr. Henry Burch a 
 Quaker, Aged about 21 years, the only Son of Mr. John Burch of St. 
 Martins-Lane, London, formerly a Minister of the Church of England, 
 but now a Quaker & a Preacher; this Henry was bound an appren- 
 tice about 9 years ago to one Mr. Henry Burch of London, his Uncle, 
 
 262 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 5, 1705 
 
 a Doctor of Physick; and going in a Ship, whereof Capt. Marcy was 
 Commander, from England to Barbadoes the last War with his said 
 Uncle, they were taken by a French Privateer near Barbadoes, and 
 one of the Privateers took a dagger and run thorow the young Lads 
 Cheek and Jawbone, and struck out two of his Teeth, cut his Left 
 hand thorow 3 fingers, the prints whereof are still to be seen, his 
 Uncle took no care to Cure him: but he being young soon learn'd 
 the French Tongue, and they Cur'd him; the Privateer carried them 
 first to Calice in France, his Uncle was sent to Amsterdam, and when 
 his Nephew was Cured, he was sent after him; where he met him; 
 and a Sweedish Ship coming in with French Prisoners to release the 
 Swedes, there not being French enough, took his Uncle & him and 
 carried them back to Calice, from whence they went to Sweedland; 
 & one Capt. Philips being bound from thence in a Ship for Virginia, 
 they imbarked on board him, and in the year 1700 they arrived, 
 and going up Myles's River in the County of Chester, his Uncle sold 
 him a Servant unto one Richard Skinner a Planter for 6 years, & 
 gives him a large Sum of Money to murder him when he was gone. 
 His Uncle took an Indenture, and put a clean Sheet of Paper over 
 it, and made his Nephew sign it at the bottom, not knowing there 
 was an Indenture beneath it. 
 
 And as soon as his cruel Uncle was gone, his Master Richard Skinner 
 sent him out to the Hooe, where he continued 3 years, along with 
 his Negro's and Indian Overseers, at length this Young man wrote 
 to Mr Samuel Carpenter, and other Quakers of Philadelphia, and 
 acquainted them of his Circumstances and the whole Tragedy, who 
 came forthwith to Virginia and bought his time & brought him to 
 Philadelphia last year, and wrote home to his Father in London the 
 whole matter of Fact, who sent over Money largely to recompence 
 and pay themforwhatthey had done ;who ordered his Son to returnhome. 
 
 And the said Henry Burch Imbarking on board the Ship Batchellour 
 Endeavour in & of Philadelphia in June last, Cap. Dykes Commander, 
 bound for London, meeting with the Jamaica Fleet bound home for 
 England about the latter end of July, they joined said Fleet in order 
 to keep them Company; but meeting with the great Storm on the 
 18th of August last, which foundered several of said Fleet: The 
 Ship wherein he was sunk under them, wherein were lost 35 persons, 
 but the Quarter Deck was broke from the Ship ere she sunk; upon 
 which this Henry Burch, 2 Seamen, Henry Taylor and Jacob Grack- 
 ston, & Hannah Hancock (and a Child in her arms which was drowned) 
 got upon and were taken up by the Ship Sweet William, one of the 
 Fleet, & carried into New-York, from whence the said Burch came 
 hither, who now intends by the way of Barbadoes to England, hoping 
 to meet his Father there. 
 
 263 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 5, 1705 
 
 This Henry Burch's Uncle when went to London, put himself into 
 Mourning for his Nephew, & told his Parents that he dyed of the 
 Bloody Flux in Virginia. This young man had a Rich Grand-mother, 
 to whom he was to be Heir, & failing of him, his Uncle was to enjoy 
 the said Estate: And after the Uncle and Nephew left England, 
 the old Gentlewoman dyed, and by Will bequeathed 30001 to her 
 Grand son Henry Burck, and in case of his Death, to his Uncle Henry 
 Burch; for Lucre of which, his Uncle contrived his Nephew's ruin; 
 And hitherto Providence has disappointed him. 
 
 This whole information was taken from Mr. Henry Burch's own 
 mouth. 123 
 
 Capt. Southack 1M in the Province Galley is returned from his Cruise. 
 
 Captain Huntington Commander of Her Majesties Ship the Guern- 
 sey, and Commadore of the Jamaica Fleet, receiving Letters from 
 New-York, that the other part of said Fleet there, not being ready 
 to Sail the 10th Currant as was intended, The said Commadore, 
 Wind and Weather permitting, designs to Sail from hence on the 
 15th Currant, with what Vessels will be ready under his Convoy. 
 
 Coasters Entered Outwards 
 
 For 
 
 Joseph, Allen and Thomas Curtice 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Foreign Inwards 
 
 From. 
 
 Solomon Gardner 
 
 Sloop Mary 
 
 St. Christophers 
 
 William Herbert 
 
 Ketch Good Hope 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 Nathaniel Balston 
 
 Ship Elizabeth 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Sharp. 
 
 Sloop Four Friends 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Anthony Haywood 
 
 Ship Eagle 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Nathaniel Jarvies 
 
 John & Abiel 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Richard Thomas 
 
 Porto Merchant 
 
 Antigua 
 
 John Waters 
 
 Ship Blessing 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Hoddy 
 
 Briganteen Adventure 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Robert Starkey 
 
 Briganteen Endeavour 
 
 Corratuck 
 
 Foreign Cleared Outwards 
 
 For 
 
 Matthew Armstrong 
 
 Sloop Swallow 
 
 Virginia 
 
 David Northy 
 
 Speedwell Friend 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Charles Renouse 
 
 Ketch Adventure 
 
 St. Christophers 
 
 Matthew Soley 
 
 Sloop Rebeckah 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 John Hobbs 
 
 Ketch Lamb 
 
 New-York 
 
 Benjamin Parsons 
 
 Ship Providence 
 
 London 
 
 Benjamin Parsons jun 
 
 . Brigant. Success 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Benjamin Stone 
 
 Ship Golden Fleece 
 
 Ditto 
 
 123 See News-Letter Nos. 82, 83 and 84 post for sequel to this Munchausen 
 tale received from the hero's "own mouth." 
 
 124 Captain Cyprian Southack, late maker of charts, notably chart of The 
 Coast of New England from Staten Island to the Island of Breton. 
 
 264 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 12, 1705 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 Isac Harvey Ship Anne Virginia 
 
 William Cleves William & Mary Ditto 
 
 John Welsh Hannah & Elizabeth Barbadoes 
 
 John Aken Sloop Hawk St. Christophers 
 
 Hbverttsement 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R. J6. Bumb. 82. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOIt&ai? November 5. to UDondag November 12. 1705. 
 
 NY— AS (m) 
 
 r A LITTLE more than a column on the first page of this issue is filled 
 I jfVwith foreign news, principally an account of the death of the 
 Austrian emperor, and a list of members-elect of Parliament. 
 Features of the domestic news are: the story of the conviction of Thomas 
 Odell, the counterfeiter ; a proclamation for the apprehension of desert- 
 ers, and "further Continuation of a Remarkable Relation" begun in 
 the previous issue.] 
 
 New-York, Nov 5. It is said Her Majesties Ships of War with the Fleet 
 under their Convoy will Sail from hence for England the 15th Currant. 
 
 Vessels Outward Bound are Basset and Dehart for Madera, Perkins 
 for Barbados, Viall for Jamaica, and a Sloop for St. Thomas. 
 
 Boston, In our Numb. 17. You'll find a Proclamation of the 8th of 
 August, 1704 Emitted by His Excellency, for Apprehending of one 
 Thomas Odell a chief Contriver and Actor in Counterfeiting of the 
 Twenty Shilling Bill of Credit on this Province, and uttering of the same. 
 
 Which said Odell was apprehended in Pensilvania, and sent thence 
 to New-York, in order to be sent hither, as [in] Numb. 57. And in 
 Numb 59. You'll find him brought from New-York to Rhode-Island, 
 where he made his escape. 
 
 And in Numb. 60, 61 You'l find him caught again at Rhode-Island, 
 and brought from thence hither, where he remained in Prison till now. 
 
 That on Tuesday the 6th Currant, there was held here the Superiour 
 Court of Assize, and General Goal Delivery; where the said Odell 
 was Arraigned for Uttering Counterfeit Bills of Credit on this Province, 
 and was ordered by said Court to pay a Fine of 300 1, a years Imprison- 
 ment, to pay the Charge of Prosecution, and stand Committed till 
 the Sentence be performed. 125 
 
 125 See News-Letter Nos. 15, 17 (1704), 57, 59, 60, 61 ante. Also Notes, in 
 The Acts and Resolves ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : 
 . . . , Vol. VIII, pp. 431-432, 708-710. 
 
 265 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 12, 1705 
 
 On Thursday the 8th Currant, Thomas Boylston a Child of 5 years 
 old was Crushed to Death at Muddy River in a Cyder Mill between 
 the Sweep and a Post of the House, as the Horse went round. 
 
 By the Governour and Council. 
 
 WHereas the Souldiers Impressed and sent down to the Service of 
 this Province at Her Majesties Castle William, have several of 
 them lately deserted the Service there contrary to Law. 
 
 These are to Certify all Her Majesty's Good Subjects of this Prov- 
 ince and New-Hampshire, that whosoever, Officer or other Inhabi- 
 tant that shall apprehend and return such Deserters to Justice, shall 
 be at all times paid their just Charges therein out of the wages of such 
 Souldier so restored to the Service or Justice according to Law, to- 
 be Assigned by the Governour, out of their next Muster-Roll, wherein 
 such Deserters names are, and payment accordingly. 
 
 Isaac Addington Seer. 
 
 A further Continuation of a Remarkable Relation, begun in the Last 
 News Letter. 
 
 THE Reader knows, That in some of our News-Letters, for want 
 of Room, we have broke off in the middle of a Matter. In our 
 Last we gave you a very punctual Relation, of a matter that appear'd 
 very remarkable, concerning one Henry Burch, a Quaker; who was 
 well pleased to have his own Story Published. According to Good 
 Manners, we have let him tell his Story first. We will take leave 
 now to tell ours: For plainly, the most Remarkable part of it, is 
 yet behind. 
 
 It may be some will not count it remarkable, that there should be 
 Bad people among the Quakers, as well as among the People of other 
 Professions, who do not pretend unto their Spirit of discerning: 
 But / tell ye Friends nay pritty Remarkable, That a Blade should 
 be so desirous to have such a formal Story Printed about himself, 
 and yet that in less than 2 days time, he should 'be detected for an 
 horrid CHEAT, and it be palpably found, that probably, There is 
 not one word of Truth in all the Story. 
 
 Did ye ever hear of such a piece of Impudence ! The former part 
 of our Account came out on Monday, but before Tuesday-night he 
 was march'd off, or in other terms Step'd aside. Only the ungrate- 
 ful Varlet, had first exercised a faculty of his (which ye shall presently 
 hear of) on the Money and other purloinables, of such Friends as 
 had civilly Entertained him. His very Shirt (being Stolen, you must 
 note) had the Courage to take a Thief by the Throat. It is well, that 
 the Charitable Gentlemen, who treat all Strangers with the Civilities 
 at their Houses, were no more spunged upon: But some of them, at 
 
 266 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 12, 1705 
 
 the first interview, found him in such inconsistancies, that they could 
 not tell, what in the world to make of him. 
 
 It now Remains, that we go on with our Story; And do our Spark„ 
 the Honour of an Hue and Cry. He has, as we told ye a wound in 
 his Cheek (near his upper Lip) But certainly it was not a French 
 Privateer (as he said with a three squar'd Dagger) that gave it him. 
 It was probably an Officer call'd, Un Boureau, in plain English, An 
 Hangman. A Remarkable Person Truly! One marked with a Brand 
 in the Cheek. 
 
 He has, as we also told ye, three fingers cut a thwart his Left Hand, 
 ever since which, they have been so light, that they Steal all that 
 comes in their way. Wherefore, if ye happen to shake hands with 
 such a Fellow, pray kold him fast, and bring him before Authority. 
 
 Possibly, he has changed his Outward Name. But he is fled with 
 a New, (not True) Blue Cloak, lined with a Knave. His Under 
 Garments were of the well-known Quaker Cut. 
 
 He is a Fellow of Little Stature, tho' of great Roguery, and of a 
 Young Aspect, But in a fair way never to be Old. 
 
 To oblige, the Undertaker of this Print, to Correct a certain gross 
 mistake about his Uncle in his Published Story; whereof he was 
 presently convicted, he offered a Gold Ring which (it since appears) 
 he had Stolen from a Quaker Gold-Smith, with whom he Lodged. 
 If any man or person, in Town or Country, will take up this Imposter, 
 and bring him in, he shall be Rewarded, either with that Ring, if my 
 Goldsmith pleases, or with the value of it, and a better Reward besides. 
 
 And now, I hope, this is become such an useful Story, That the 
 Gentlemen, my Subscribers, will not complaint either of the Intro- 
 duction to it in our former, or of the precedure of it, in our present, 
 News-Letter. Our News Letter also, will, I hope sufficiently preserve 
 its Reputation, if any Paragraph of it, not setting a thing in all its 
 true light, shall in one weeks time supply all that is defective, and 
 perhaps there. are few Readers, but what have themselves now & 
 then told a Story that needed a further Elucidation. 
 
 And whereas, our Will-with-a-Wisp (as I am told) should this week 
 have Held forth, among his abused Friends, I think, I must now so 
 far do it for him, as to say: 
 
 "Plainly Friends, our Harry Burch is a sad Fellow, and if he should 
 'assay to lye hid among any of ye, I make no doubt, ye will bring 
 'him out, that he may undergo the desperate thing which some call 
 'Condign Punishment, tho' others "call it Persecution: 
 
 Only, that he may have his Name a little stick to him (and because 
 he told us, you know, that he had been at Amsterdam!) we will Hum- 
 bly move, that if the Authority see meet, it may be Laid on after the 
 Dutch-fashion ; that is with good Burchen Rods, Tho' such dealing 
 
 267 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 19, 1705 
 
 may be too easy for such a Skellum to meet withal. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Carteret Gillam from Connecticut and 
 John Jackson from Piscataqua. Outwards, Amazeen, Lyford & 
 Jackson for Piscataqua, and Lothrop for Nantucket. Foreign In- 
 wards from Corratuck, Samuel Edwards in the Briganteen William 
 & Mary. St. Christophers, Fortune Redduck, St. Christophers Sloop. 
 Monserrat Francis Norris Seafiower Sloop. Pensilvania Alexander 
 Duncan Sloop Friendship. Virginia Thomas Pope Sloop Endeavour. 
 Cleared Outwards for Madera, John Rainer in Ketch Freek, Daniel 
 Noyes Briganteen Hannover, Surranam, Richard Hengeson sloop 
 Seafiower, Roanock, William Clark Sloop Endeavour, Virginia, Wil- 
 liam Cleeves Ship William & Mary, and Isaac Harvey Ship Ann. 
 Outward bound for Barbadoes, John Ely Brigpnteen Dove, James 
 Bridgham Ship Hampton, John Raynsford Frigat Dwaal. Virginia, 
 Moses Abbot, John & Mary, Madera, Noah G[re?]uille Sloop Adventure. 
 
 Captains, Gillam and Mason are arrived from England at Cape 
 Anne, and said to have seven Weeks passage from Plimouth. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 A Gentleman wants to Borrow a Hundred Pounds upon Good 
 ■*■ ^-Security, Or for Bills of Exchange in England: Whoever has 
 said Money to Lend, Inquire of John Campbell Post-Master and 
 know further. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 ft 16. Bumb. 83. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /JDOIt&ag November 12. to /IDonDag November 19. 1705. 
 
 AS— NY 
 
 f AT the head of the first column of the first page is the line, "The 
 yJT\-Advice we have from England by Prints are;" then are nearly 
 two and a half columns of domestic news followed by this 
 editorial line; "All of which we shall enlarge upon in our succeeding 
 Prints." Domestic news fills one and a half columns.] 
 
 New- York, Nov. 12. On the 7th arrived here a Briganteen from 
 Bermuda, one Joyner, Master, says, that the last great Storm that 
 the Jamaica fleet met with, has done a great deal of damage on that 
 Island. Wessels from Antigua, & Benj. Hill from Curacoa, which last 
 brought us the bad news of Depue, Joline & Thinhoven being taken 
 by the French bound from hence to Jamaica; The French have made 
 Privateers of their Vessels, being 2 Sloops & a Briganteen. This 
 
 268 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 19, 1705 
 
 day arrived Daniel Robert from Jamaica, came from thence the 4th 
 of October, with 2 Briganteens for Boston & a Sloop for Philadelphia. 
 
 Her Majesty's Ships of War, the Nonsuch, Maremaid and Deal 
 Castle, with the Vessels under their Convoy Sails from hence for 
 England the latter end of this week, or the beginning of the next. 
 
 Marble-head, Nov 17 On the 11th Currant arrived here Capt. 
 Bevis from England, who took up Mr. Blin (formerly mentioned No. 
 8o feared to be lost) in his Sloop 8 or 9 Leagues off Cape Anne, with- 
 out Mast, Bolsprit, Rudder, Boat, Sail, Anchor or Cable, his side 
 broke down, 3 foot & an half water in his Hold, 3 men but no bread, 
 nor useful pump ; and brought said Sloop and men in here. 
 
 Boston, On Tuesday the 13th Currant, arrived here Captains, 
 Benjamin Gilman, David Mason, John Corney and William Bevis 
 from England, who left Plimouth the 22d of September, in Company 
 of a Fleet of about 25 Sail, under Convoy of 4 Men of War, viz. The 
 Experiment Galley, Capt. Pudner Commander, and a Fireship bound 
 for Jamaica; with other Vessels whom they parted with about 10 
 days after they left Plimouth; The Tritton Prize, Capt. Myles Com- 
 mander, bound for New York, who bore away with those for Jamaica; 
 The Litchfield Prize, Capt. Chandler Commander, and the Angelsey, 
 Capt [blank] Commander, with 2 Store Ships and 2 Merchant- 
 men for Newfoundland, who has on board them Major Loyd the 
 Governour, with some Land Forces, whom they parted with 50 
 Leagues to the Westward of Fyall, in the Lat. of 35. Capt. Gillam 
 sprung his Main Mast in the Voyage. Capt. John Wild for Boston, 
 and Capt. Jeffries for New-York were in the Downs when these left 
 England, waiting to come out with the Virginia Fleet and Convoy: 
 When these above left Plimouth, it was said, that part of the Home- 
 ward bound Virginia Fleet were arrived in Kingsale in Ireland. 
 
 On Thursday the 15th Currant, John Price Mariner, belonging to 
 Benjamin Stone, bound for London, not being willing to proceed the 
 Voyage, went to the Carpenter's Block, and with his Ax cut off his 
 own Left hand, and is now under Cure. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Guernsey Capt. Huntington Commander, 
 and Commodore of the Jamaica Home-ward bound Fleet, with Vessels 
 under his Convoy, bound for England have been Wind-bound at 
 Nantasket three days, and Sailed from thence the 18th Currant, the 
 Wind at N. W. 
 
 Our Number 81. Gave you an Account of a formal Story given us 
 by one Henry Burch a Quaker: and our Number 82 gave you a 
 further Relation of said Burch, to which we shall still refer you, only 
 here add, That from N York we are well informed, That what we 
 told of his escaping drowning is a Fals-hood, for he was there ere the 
 
 269 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 26, 1705 
 
 Jamaica Fleet Arrived, and is a Runaway from his Master of Phila- 
 delphia or Burlington, who was apprehended by his Master in order 
 to return home, and just as they were going away he pickt his Masters 
 Pocket of Forty Shillings, and made his escape, who never was heard 
 •of till our Print discovered him; and therefore we hope that all 
 good People will endeavour (where he comes) to apprehend him, 
 in order to return him to his Master, after he has received a due 
 Compensation for his Gratuity to his Friends here. 
 
 Coasters Entered Outwards, Drick Adolph for New York, Foreign 
 Inwards, from London, Benjamin Gillman, Ship Reward, David 
 Mason, William & Hannah, John Corney Dorothy Briganteen, S, 
 Christophers, Thomas Porter, New-London, Sloop William Kelleyt 
 Hopewell. Sloop Ruanoke John Wilkins Seaflower Sloop Topsham 
 William Bevis Peace Ship Cleared Outwards for Surranam, Thomas 
 Andrews Jamaica. Thomas Pemberton John & Thomas, Portugal, 
 Bryan Smith, Moses Briganteen North Carolina John Forde, Speed- 
 well Sloop, Outward bound, for Nevis, William Webber Rose Brigan- 
 teen. Antigua, Beamsly Perkins, Eagle Galley, Nethaniel Perkins 
 Success Briganteen, Robert Carver, in the Plimouth. Barbadoes, 
 Thomas Barnes Swan Briganteen. William Skinner, Providence 
 Briganteen, Nicholas Lawrence, Endeavour, Philip Lewis Hope, 
 Virginia, Joseph Brown, John & Deborah. 
 
 H&verttsement 
 
 Otrayed from Mr. John Wilson of Brantree at Mr. Haven's in 
 ^-'Kingston in Narraganset, about a fortnight ago, a sorrel Mare, 
 low Statui*, four white feet, a white face, shod all round, her near 
 «ar tore, has a long white tail and Main: Whoever can give any 
 true Intelligence of her to the above-said Mr. Haven, or Mr. Billings, 
 or the Post-Rider, so as the true Owner may have her again shall be 
 sufficiently Rewarded. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R. B5. tflumb. 84. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOtl&ai? November 19. to jflDOItftag November 26. 1705. 
 
 AS— NY 
 
 j T^XCEPT one column filled with domestic news, the four pages 
 
 |^-L^of this issue are given principally to news of the campaign on 
 
 the continent, in letters of May dates from Paris, Vienna, Hague, 
 
 Frankfort, Warsaw, Turin and elsewhere. From London is the 
 
 270 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 26, 1705 
 
 •address of the presbyterian ministers of Ireland to the duke of Or- 
 mond.] 
 
 New-York, Nov. 19 Capts. Laurier & Dunscum arrived here about 
 -3 weeks passage from Barbadoes. 
 
 Her Majesties Ships of War, and Vessels under their Convoy will 
 Sail for England next week. 
 
 Boston, On Wednesday the 21st Currant, Arrived at Cape-Anne 
 the Gentlemen that went from hence for Canada the 6th of July 
 last, along with Capt. Cortemanche the Governour of Canada's Com- 
 missioner, who came hither the last Spring. They left Canada about 
 6 weeks ago, and with great difficulty, having spent their Mast, are 
 now arrived here, and brought with them Letters for His Excellency, 
 with the Governour of Cannada's Proposals for the Exchange of 
 Prisoners. They brought also with them 11 of our Captives. 
 
 Our Gentlemen were very civily Treated by the Governour of 
 Cannada, and say, That the Seminary at Quebeck was burnt a second 
 time, about a fortnight ere they came from thence, which was burnt 
 about 4 years before. 128 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Depiford, Capt. Stuckey Commander, with 
 the Vessels under his Convoy, designs to Sail for Barbadoes and Salt 
 Tertuda the 10th of December next. 
 
 By a Person that came lately from Antigua we are well assured, 
 that Mr. Samuel Frason, Merchant, whom we mentioned in our 
 Numb. 74. feared to be lost, was arrived safe at Antigua, from whence 
 he went to Barbadoes. 
 
 Mr. Samuel Carpenter of Philadelphia (whom Henry Burch the 
 •Quaker in his forged Story in our Numb. 81, said, was one that 
 biought his time in Virginia) acquaints us from Philadelphia the 15 
 Currant that what said Burch related as to his going to Virginia and 
 buying his time is false, for he has not been at Virginia these 7 years. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Eleazar Darby and Jeremiah Vail from 
 New-Jersey, and William Walter from Connecticut. Outwards, Cor- 
 nelius Bennington and Thomas Lanyon for Roanoke. Foreign Inwards, 
 Joseph Flint in the Prudent Hannah from Barbadoes. Cleared 
 Outwards, For Jamaica, Thomas Hunt Sloop Panther: For Sur- 
 ranam, Joseph Dean, Briganteen Dragon Jeremiah Cushing, Sloop 
 Industry: For Fyall, Thomas Gilbert, Briganteen Goodwill: For 
 Antigua, John Alder, Briganteen Diamond. Outward bound. For 
 Antigua, John Porter, Sloop Mary: For Monserrat, Francis Norris, 
 Sloop Seaflower; For Lisbon, Richard Thomas, Port-Merchant: For 
 
 126 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, 
 p. 541. See News- Letter No. 64 ante. 
 
 271 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 26, 1705 
 
 Curacoa, Simon Ranie, Sloop Charles, and John Sharp, Sloop Four 
 Friends. 
 
 On Saturday arrived Capt. Legay from Barbadoes, in the Prize 
 Ship, mentioned in our Numb. 80, taken by Capt. Mitchel Commander 
 of Her Majesties Ship the Weymouth. 
 
 Last week we had a spell of very cold Weather; and on Saturday 
 it Snow'd. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 A Gentleman in Boston has 150 or 200 Pounds to Lend at Interest 
 upon Good Security: Inquire of John Campbell Post-Master in 
 Boston, and know further. 
 
 This is to give Notice, That whereas the Southern Post from 
 Boston to Rhode-Island, for the Three Winter Months of Decem- 
 ber, January and February, went & came once a Fortnight, as the 
 Western Post to New- York still goes ; That for the better Advantage 
 of Commerce and Trade, The said Southern Post goes out and returns 
 in said Months once every Week, viz. He sets out from Boston every 
 Monday at Six a Clock in the afternoon, and returns every Saturday; 
 And every other Monday of the aforesaid Months, the Southern Post 
 carrys with him the Western Male for Connecticut and New- York. 
 
 And in regard the days are short and bad Travelling in said Months, 
 These are also to give Notice, That the Eastern Post from Boston 
 to Piscataqua, sets out every Monday's night at 7 a Clock and returns 
 every Saturday. And all Persons are to bring their Letters to the 
 Post-Office for the Southern and Western Post at Five a Clock in the 
 afternoon; and for the Eastern Post at Six a Clock, and not to 
 exceed. 
 
 ' I \) be Sold at the Post-Office in Boston; The Monthly Mercury's 
 ■*■ at 12 Pence a piece, London-Gazetts, Flying Posts, Post-man, 
 Post-Boy, and Observators, at Two pence a piece: So that any person 
 in Town or Country, in this and the Neighbouring Provinces, may 
 have the same agreeing with John Campbell Post-Master for all, 
 or any of the same. 
 
 Also to be Sold at the Post-Office in Boston the Gazateer, or News- 
 man's Interpreter, being a Geographical Index of all the Considerable 
 Cities, Partriarchips, Bishopricks, Universities, Dukedoms, Earl- 
 doms, and such like; Imperial and Hance-Towns, Ports, Forts, 
 Castles, etc. in EUROPE. Shewing in what Kingdoms, Provinces, 
 Countries, they are ; to what Prince they are now Subject ; upon, or 
 nigh what Rivers, Bays, Seas, Mountains, etc. they stand; their 
 distances (in English miles) from several other places of Note, with 
 their Longitude & Latitude, according to the best and approved 
 MAPS. Of special use for the true Understanding of all Modern 
 
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 Histories of Europe, as well as the present Affairs; explaining by- 
 Abbreviations and Figures, for Conveniency of Cheapness & Pocket 
 carriage; with the Addition of a Table of the Births, Marriages, etc. 
 of all the Kings, Princes, and Potentates, of EUROPE. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R. jg. mumb. 85. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDon&ap November 26. to ADonDag December 3. 1705. 
 
 AS— NY 
 
 f \ FFAIRS in Bavaria, Poland, Spain and elsewhere are reported 
 I j[\.in letters of May date, and one of June 2 from Hague, Ham» 
 burg, Lisbon, Ratisbon and other capitals and from the military 
 camps before Valentia and Albuquerque. All but three quarters of 
 a column of the two pages of the number are thus filled.] 
 
 Boston, On Tuesday the 27th Novemb. arrived here Robert Gold 
 in a Sloop from Newfoundland, who came from St. Johns the 1st said 
 Month, & says That Her Majesty's Ships, the Litchfield Prize, and 
 Angelsey, with the 2 Store Ships, having the Forces on Board, and 
 the Merchantman that came out of England in company with them 
 were arrived at Newfoundland the 29th of October last: The Men of 
 War in their voyage took a French Prize, whom they released again, 
 upon condition of paying a considerable Sum of Money, for which 
 they took Hostages for this payment. 
 
 On Wednesday the 28th Novemb. Anthony Haleing Mariner dyed 
 suddenly; he was a person much addicted to Prophaness and In- 
 temperance, he had newly undertaken a Voyage for Barbadoes, with 
 Capt. John Foster; and a little ere he dyed, he was helping to carry 
 some Sails to the Boat which lay at Scarless Wharf, and having put 
 the Sails into the Boat, Capt. Foster's Mate desired him to go and 
 help to bring down the small Arms; to which he replyed that he 
 would dye ere he would be a Porter to any body, and while the other 
 was gone for the Arms, the said Haleing was suddenly taken with 
 an extreme pain athwart his Breast, the anguish whereof made him 
 wish that God would stop his breath, & so dyed suddenly; Tis said 
 that he used formerly to be taken with those pains. 
 
 On the Lords Day the 25th of November last Dyed the Pious and 
 Virtuous Mrs. Sarah Allen, Wife of the Reverend Mr. James Allen: 
 Aged 67. And was Interred on the Wednesday following. 
 
 273 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 10, 1705 
 
 "By Capt. Gillam, The Governour received Her Majesty's Bounty 
 
 ito this Province, consisting of Twenty Piece of Cannon, with all 
 
 necessary Stores and Provision for their Mounting, (which was 
 
 Landed on Castle-Island the 30th Instant) as a particular mark of 
 
 >her Majesties Favour for the Defence of this Province. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Smallage from Rhode Island. Out- 
 wards, Kelly and Parker for Piscataqua, and Grafton for Salem, 
 Foreign Inwards Robert Gold Sloop Mary from Newfoundland. 
 Cleared Outwards, Joseph Wallis in John and Deborah, for Virginia, 
 Moses Abbot, in John and Mary for Maryland. Outward Bound, 
 For Coratuck John Webster, Briganteen Endeavour, Antigua, David 
 Bucklin, Briganteen Randol: Thomas Symkins, Ketch Marymack, 
 St. Christophers, Ebenezar Breed Ketch Good-hope; South Carolina, 
 John Elliot, Sloop Nonsuch; Barbadoes, John Corney, Briganteen 
 Dorothy; Virginia, Noah Chamne, in Endeavour; Jamaica, Nathan- 
 iel Balston, in the Elizabeth and Mary. 
 
 H&verttsement 
 
 {Reprinted: the News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1R. jg. IRumb. 86. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&at? December 3. to IflDonDaE December 10. 1705. 
 
 AS— NY 
 
 T^T^HERE are four pages to this number, all but one and a half 
 J X columns being filled with domestic news. Under May and 
 ■■ June dates are numerous dispatches from London, Hague, Vienna, 
 Turin, Berlin, Frankfort, Milan, Naples and elsewhere, which for the 
 most part give particulars concerning the campaign in Spain. The Lon- 
 don matter includes a proclamation by the queen, dated May 30, 1705.] 
 
 New-York, Nov. 27. Her Majesties Ships, the Nonsuch, Mare- 
 maid and Deal-Castle, with the Jamaica Fleet, and other vessels 
 under their Convoy bound for England, have lain Wind bound since 
 Fryday last at the watering place: The Wind is now at S. W. and if 
 it veres more Northerly, they'll put to Sea this day or tomorrow. 
 
 Several Vessels will Sail in 10 days for Barbadoes, Jamaica, Madera, 
 Curacoa, & other ports of the West Indies. 
 
 Piscataqua December 6th. Capt. Chamberlin in the Ship Rebecca of 
 300 Tuns, Designs to Sail for Lisbon about a Month or Five Weeks hence. 
 
 274 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 10, 1705 
 
 Boston, Sundry Acts passed by the Great and General Court or 
 Assembly of Her Majesties Province of the Massachusetts- Bay, in 
 New-England: Begun and Held at Boston the Thirtieth of May 
 1705 and continued by several Prorogations unto Wednesday the 
 Twenty-fourth of October following, and then met, being their Third 
 Session. Published December the 6th. Viz. 
 
 An Act Directing the Method of Payment of Soldiers. 
 
 An Act for Regulating the Assize of Cask for Tar, Pitch, Turpen- 
 tine, and Rozin, and for preventing Frauds and Deceit in said Com- 
 modities. 
 
 An Act in Addition to the Act for due Regulation of Weights and 
 Measures 
 
 An Act in Addition to and Explanation of the Act relating to Sure- 
 ties upon Mean Process in Civil Actions 
 
 An Act against burning of Houses. 
 
 An Act to prevent Fraud in Cord-Wood exposed to Sale 
 
 An Act for the better preventing of a Spurious & mixt Issue 
 
 A Private Act in a Case between Robert Bartlet and Erasmus 
 James. 
 
 On Wednesday the 5th. Currant His Excellency Prorogu'd the 
 General Assembly to the last Wednesday of February next. 
 
 On Fryday His Excellency went from Roxbury for His Govern- 
 ment of New- Hampshire. 
 
 The Fleet for Barbadoes, and the Leward Islands under Convoy 
 of Her Majesties Ship the Deptford, Capt. Stoucley Commander, 
 Designs to Sail on Wednesday next ; j several of the Merchant-men are 
 Ships of good force. 
 
 On Wednesday dyed Mr. Henry Sargeant Merchant and was Interr'd 
 on Fryday last. 
 
 Coasters Entered Outwards, Duncan and Wair for Piscataqua. 
 Jeremiah Vail for Roanock. Foreign Inwards from St. Thomas, 
 Andrew Wager in Ketch Mary, Jamaica, Bartholomew Green in 
 Briganteen Swan, Newfoundland, Richard Friend in Sloop Content. 
 Cleared Outwards for Barbadoes 11 Ships, viz. Captains Samuel 
 Rymes in the Barbadoes Merchant, John Foster in the Sarah, Richard 
 Fy field in the Swallow, John Alden in the Swallow, William Alden 
 in the Content, John' Henderson in the Swan, Azor Gale in the Friend- 
 ship, Thomas Thacher in the Charles Galley, Thomas Savill in the 
 Two Brothers, James Bridgham in the Hampton, William Holherton 
 in the Ann, And 8 Briganteens, viz. Captains John Corney in the 
 Dorothy, John Welch in the Hannah, Joseph Everton in the Elizabeth, 
 John Pullen in the Dove, Joseph Newill in the Endeavour, John 
 Walker in the Hopewell, John Welch in the Larke, Tobias Green in 
 
 275 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 10, 1705 
 
 the May Flower: and 4 Sloops, viz. Abraham Gording in the Fortune, 
 James Barnes in the Swan, Stephen Cross in the Endeavour, and John 
 Porter in the Mary. For Jamaica, John Ventiman in the Ship Martha 
 & Elizabeth. For Curacoa, Simon Rome in the Sloop Charles. For 
 Lisbon, Richard Thomas in the Sloop Oporto Merchant. For Madera 
 Noah Gville in the Sloop Adventure. Outward bound for Jamaica, 
 Jeffery Bedgood in the Sloop Two Brothers, Barbadoes, William Cham- 
 berlin in the Sloop Blessing, Robert Gold Sloop May, and Nathaniel 
 Harris in Briganteen Swallow, Fyall Jeremiah Tay in Briganteen 
 John & Ann, Antigua, John Tayler Sloop Katherine, Topsham, William 
 Bevis in Ship Peace. 
 
 advertisement 
 
 Ran-away from his Master William Pepperil Esqr. at Kittery in 
 the Province of Maine, a Negro Man-Slave named Peter, aged 
 about 20, Speaks good English, of a pretty brown Complexion, middle 
 Stature, has on a mixt gray home-spun Coat, white home-spun Jacket 
 and Breeches, French fall Shoes, sad coloured Stockings, of a mixt 
 worsted pair, and a black Hat, Whosoever shall take up said Negro, 
 and bring or convey him safe to his said Master, or secure him and 
 send notice of him either to his Master, or to Andrew Belcher Esqr. 
 at Boston, shall be well rewarded for his pains, and all reasonable 
 charges paid besides. 
 
 T ately Deserted Her Majesties Service in the Province of Main, 
 ■■—'an Indian Man (under the Command of Cap. Joseph Brown) 
 named Isaac Purnmatick, was seen at Newbury, in Company with the 
 above Runaway Negro; he is a short Fellow not very thick, speaks 
 very good English, he liv'd formerly with Mr. Samuel Thackster of 
 Hingham; he has on English Cloaths, a sad coloured old coat, or 
 else a new light coulered drugget Coat with buttons, holes and lining 
 of black, black breeches, gray yarn Stockings, a black hat almost 
 new. Whosoever shall apprehend said Indian, & him convey to his 
 said Captain, or to Andrew Belcher Esqr. at Boston, shall have a 
 sufficient reward besides his Charges. 
 
 T ately Deserted Her Majesties Service at Kittery Garison in the 
 •■-'Province of Maine, David Thomas Souldier, a Welsh-man, aged 
 about 30 years, pretty short and thick stature, dark brown coloured 
 hair; hath on a new white Cape cloth Watch Coat, under that an 
 old sad coloured strait bodied Coat and Jacket, gray yarn stockings,, 
 and an old black Hat. Whosoever shall apprehend said Deserter, 
 and him safely convey to his said Post, or to Andrew Belcher Esqr. 
 at Boston, shall have satisfaction to Content, besides his charges. 
 / T*o be Sold in Boston at the Ware-house of Mr. James Leblond on ■ 
 -*- the Long Wharf near the Swing-Bridge, New Lisbon Salt at 
 
 276 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 17, 1705 
 
 28s. per Hogshead, & 4s. per Bushel; also Rum, Sugar, Mollasses, 
 Wine, Brandy, sweet Oyl, Indigo, Brasilet, Cocoa, Chocolat, with 
 all sorts of Spice, either by Wholesale or Retale, at reasonable Rates. 
 [Reprinted: News Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1ft, Jg. TRumf). 87. 
 
 The BoftonNews-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOnDau, December 10. to flDon&ap December 17. 1705. 
 
 NY 
 
 r~^^f EARLY all this issue is filled with foreign news, which consists 
 I JL^I mostly of reports concerning the military movements in different 
 parts of the continent of Europe. The domestic news is incon- 
 siderable, being limited to four items which, with four advertise- 
 ments, occupy about three quarters of a column.] 
 
 Piscataqua, Decemb. 13. His Excellency arrived here on Tuesday 
 the 11th Currant, and designs to return from hence on Wednesday 
 or Thursday next. 
 
 Boston, The Western Post not yet come in. 
 
 The Outward Bound Fleet for Barbadoes & the Leward Islands, lye 
 Wind bound at Nantasket. 
 
 Coasters Entered Outwards, William Rodes for Coratuck. Foreign 
 Inwards, Ebenezar Parker from Pensilvania. Cleared Outwards, 
 for Barbadoes, John Ela in Briganteen Dove, John Price Sloop Austin 
 Galley, Nicholas Laurence Ship Endeavour, William Chamberlin 
 Barque Blessing, Philip Lewis Briganteen Hope, Robert Gold Sloop 
 Mary, Anthony Haywood Ship Eagle, Joseph Small Ketch Seaflower: 
 For Antigua, Nathaniel Perkins Brig. Success. For St Christophers, 
 Will. Dounten Sloop Joseph and Betty: For Curacoa, John Sharp 
 Sloop Four Friends: For Coratuck, Robert Starke, Sloop Thomas. 
 Outward Bound, For Jamaica, John Buckley, Briganteen Abigail 
 and Sarah; For Barbadoes, Walter Oglesbie, Briganteen Martha, 
 Joseph Flint, in Ship Prudent Hannah: For Montserat, Samuel 
 Edwards, in Briganteen William and Mary. 
 
 BDverttsements. 
 
 A Certain Person wants to Borrow Thirty Pound upon good 
 Security; Any Person that has said Sum, or any greater to Lend*, 
 may repair to John Campbell Post-Master, and know further. 
 
 [Reprinted : runaway slave of William Pepperil, as in December 10 ; 
 
 277 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 24, 1705 
 
 deserter from the queen's service in Maine as in December 10 ; News- 
 Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 1ft, je. mumb. 88. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&a]? December 17. to ADon&ag December 24. 1705. 
 
 AS— NY 
 
 |"T)RINCIPALLY foreign war news fills three columns of this two 
 
 1 Ipage number, from Milan, Hague, Ratisbon and other cities 
 *• and "from the Imperial Camp at Gavardo, June 5, 1705."] 
 
 New-York, Decemb. 11 On the 30th past arrived here Hicks from 
 Rhode-Island, and Courteen from Curacoa, who advises, that a Trad- 
 ing Sloop from said Port of 60 Men, was attacked by a Spanish Priva- 
 teer Briganteen of 80 Men, who boarded the Sloop; That those of 
 the Sloop killed 50 of the Privateers, wounded 15, and took her, and 
 Carried her into Curacoa; She is thought to be the Briganteen that 
 was in the Service of the Island of Barbadoes, which the Men ran 
 away with. 
 
 On the 1st Instant, Her Majesty's Ships of War the Nonsuch, 
 Maremaid and Deal-Castle, with the Jamaica Fleet and other Vessels 
 under their Convoy, Sailed from Sandyhook for England, the Wind at 
 North West. 
 
 On said day arrived Adolph from Boston, and Spencer from St. 
 Thomas 
 
 On the 5th Currant arrived here Her Majesty's Ship the Triton 
 Prize from England who came out from Plimoth with Captains Gil- 
 lam and Mason, that are arrived at Boston. 
 
 Outward bound are several Vessels for Curacoa, Jamaica, Barba- 
 does, Antigua, Madera, Carolina & a Sloop for Rhode-Island. 
 
 Capts. Pennistone, Tongrelow, and Van-Tyle in 3 Ships, and also 
 
 2 Sloops Sails this week on Privateering. 
 
 Boston; The Seminary at Quebeck said to be burnt No 84. Was a 
 large, fair, and costly Building. The naming Shingles of it, flew to 
 a distant Chappel, and set that on fire ; By the near Neighbourhood 
 of this little Chappel, a high Cross charg'd with a Crucifix, was Sur- 
 pris'd: Upon the Burning and Fall whereof, take this short Elegy; 
 In Obitum Crucis 
 Gallica crux aequam flammam sentire coacta est: 
 Ista salus fallax, igne probata perit. 
 
 278 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 24, 1705 
 
 Idolum nihil est; restat de stipite longo 
 Nescio quid cineris, quern Papit uma brevis. 
 
 On Tuesday the 18th. Currant arrived here Thomas Ball in a Sloop 
 from Holland and England, who Sailed from Plimouth the 25th of 
 October, in Company with a Fleet of about 40 Sail, under Convoy 
 of 4 Men of War, two whereof was bound for Guinea, the other two, 
 viz. the Woolage and Advice with several Vessels for Virginia, with 
 whom came out Capt. Wilde for Boston, two Briganteens for New- 
 York, and other two for Philadelphia; with several Vessels for the 
 West-Indies, Jamaica and Carolina. Her Majesty's Men of War 
 for Virginia took a French Merchant-man of 300 Tons from Martinico, 
 loaden with Sugar, Indigo and Cocoa; and they designed to touch 
 at Madera. Mr. Ball says, That Catalenia had revolted to King Charles 
 the 3d. That Barcelona was besieged by the Confederate Forces, 
 and generally concluded to be now in King Charles's possession. That 
 the Grand Fleet is said to Winter in the Streights. That the Mast 
 Fleet bound hither designed to sail in March next. That Capts. 
 L'easembly in the Dudley Frigot, and Carlile in the Swan Briganteen, 
 both belonging to Boston were Lost in a Storm coming from the 
 Isle of Wight to Plimouth. Mr. Ball parted with the Fleet 5 days 
 after they left the Lands-End of England, about 150 Leagues to the 
 Westward but Capt. Wilde & the Vessels for New-York and Phila- 
 delphia kept still with the Fleet. . 
 
 Last Three Weeks we had a Spell of very good Weather, till Fry- 
 day night about 7 a Clock it began to Snow, and continued all Satur- 
 day till about 7 at night ; so that there fell a pritty big Snow. 
 
 The Fleet for Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands under Convoy of 
 Her Majesties Ship the Deptford, are still Wind-bound at Nantasket 
 ready to imbrace the first fair Wind. 
 
 Entered Foreign Inwards, From Jamaica, Joseph Pusifer, Sarah 
 Briganteen; from Plimouth, Thomas Ball Sloop Elizabeth Cleared 
 Outwards for Barbadoes, Jonathan Lambert, Ship Industry, Nataniel 
 Harris Briganteen Swallow, Thomas Symkins, Providence Briganteen; 
 for St Christophers Daniel Whyborne Sloop Hawck; for Antigua, Wil 
 Rowland, Sloop Seaflower; for Coratuck, Thomas Bell, Sloop Gray- 
 hound. Outward Bound for Carolina, Gill Belcher, Ship Tryal. 
 The Eastern Post not yet come in. 
 
 The Southern and Western Post Sets out on Monday the 24th. 
 at Six a Clock at night : The Southern Post goes out and comes 
 in every Week, and the Western once a Fortnight. 
 
 a&vertisements 
 
 A Certain Person wants to Borrow Thirty Pound upon good 
 Security; Any Person that has said Sum, or any greater to Lend, 
 
 279 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 31, 1705 
 
 may repair to John Campbell Post-Master, and know further. 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18.] 
 
 V\. J6. fflumb. 89. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDonDag December 24. to ADOttDay December 31. 1705. 
 
 AS— NY 
 
 T \ GAIN a four page number, seven columns being filled with 
 I _/\foreign news and one with domestic. Under June dates from 
 *• Paris, Hague, Venice, Turin, Vienna, Rome, Hamburg, Madrid 
 and elsewhere are reports of the campaigns in Portugal, Italy, Hun- 
 gary and other parts of Europe. The domestic news includes a 
 ' Thanksgiving proclamation of Governor Dudley.] 
 
 Boston, On Tuesday the 25th. Instant His Excellency arrived at 
 Roxbury from His Government of N. Hampshire. 
 
 On Wednesday Sailed from Nantasket the Outward bound Fleet 
 for Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands under Convoy of Her Majesties 
 Ship the Deptford. 
 
 By his Excellency JOSEPH DUDLEY Esq. 
 
 Captain General and Governour in Chief in and over Her 
 Majesties Provinces of the Massachusetts-Bay and New-Hamp- 
 shire^ in New-England. 
 A PROCLAMATION for a General Thanksgiving. 
 
 It having pleased Almighty GOD of his Great Goodness & Mercy, 
 to Afford his Protection and Assistance to her Sacred Majesty in the 
 Just War, in which for the common Safety of Her Majesties Realms, 
 and for disappointing the boundless Ambition of France, Her Majesty 
 is now Engaged; And hath given to Her Majesties Arms, in con- 
 junction with Her Allies, under the Command of his Grace the Duke 
 of Marlborough, Captain General of Her Majesties Land Forces, 
 after their having forced the French Lines in the Spanish Netherlands, 
 a Signal and Glorious Victory over the Forces of Her Majesties Enimies 
 within those Lines. 
 
 And such Great and Publick Blessings calling for Publick and 
 Solemn Acknowledgements. 
 
 I Do, by Her Majesties Especial Command, and with the Advice of 
 Her Majesties Council, Order and Appoint, That a General THANKS- 
 GIVING to Almighty GOD, for these His Mercies, be Religiously Observed 
 throughout these Provinces, upon Thursday the 24th of January next: 
 Exhorting both Ministers & People in their Publick Assemblies in the 
 
 280 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 7, 1706 
 
 said Day, most devoutly to Celebrate the Praises of Almighty GOD, for 
 His So Great Favours and Blessings bestowed: And all Servile Labour 
 is hereby forbidden on the said Day. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, the 27th Day of Decemb. 
 1705. In the Fourth Year of Her Majesties Reign. 
 By Order of His Excellency 
 the Governour & Council, /. DUDLEY, 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 No Vessels Entered either Out or In this Week. 
 
 Last Week the first five Days thereof, we had extream Cold Freez- 
 ing Weather. Fryday was moderate, and Saturday a Northerly Storm 
 of Snow. 
 
 On the 30th arrived here Capt. Wilde from England mentioned in 
 ■our Last, who arrived below the Castle on Fryday the 28th, where 
 his Vessel still lyes, because of the Ice in the River : He parted with 
 the Fleet for Virginia, and the Vessels for New-York etc. (whereof 
 "Capt. Jeffers was one) in Latitude of 32. 
 
 advertisements 
 
 [Repeated : advertisement of runaway slave, as first in December 10.] 
 
 1706 
 
 U*. jg. IRumb. 90. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&ap. December 31. to flDOtt&ag January 7. 1705. 6. 
 
 NY 
 
 TTT^OREIGN news fills nearly three of the four columns of this issue, 
 I jT Included therein is the address of the lord lieutenant to the 
 English Parliament, at the close of the session in June, 1705, and 
 the address of the Irish Parliament to the queen in June, with the 
 .answer of the queen. Under the Boston date on the second page 
 is more than a column of short foreign news items.] 
 
 Jamaica, Octob. 30. Mr. John Wing from Boston arrived here 
 last night. Capt. Allen commander of Her Majesties Ship the Mon- 
 tague, lately brought in here a French Merchant man of 30 Guns, 
 [bound to Carthagene, richly Loaden. 
 
 281 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 7, 1706 
 
 Philadelphia, Decemb. 17. Capt. Guy from London arrived here 
 the 9th. Currant, He left Plimouth the 25th. of October, under Convoy 
 of 2 Men of War for Virginia, the Woollage and Advice &c. by whom 
 we are advised [Here are several items of foreign news.] Capt. Kerney 
 in a Briganteen from Ireland arrived the loth, instant, who about a 
 Week ago spoke with a Briganteen about 60 Leagues off our Coast 
 which had been a Month out of Jamaica, bound for Boston, he for- 
 got the Masters Name. 
 
 Mr. James Townsend of Boston dyed at Cohanzey. 
 
 New- York Decemb. 24. Rolland in a Sloop from Jamaica arrived 
 the 13th. in 6 Weeks time. 
 
 On the 19th. instant, The Private Ship of War call'd the Castle 
 Del Key of 130 Tons, 18 Guns, Capt. Otto Van Tyle Commander, 
 Sailed from Jackques Bay (about 10 Miles from hence) and in going 
 down towards Sandyhook with an easy Gale of Wind, She struck 
 upon the East bank and stuck there; They sent some of their men 
 on Shoar in their Cannoo for boats to assist them, but that night a 
 hard Gale of Wind Sprung up between W. & N. W. and Froze very 
 hard, the Ship began to fill with Water: A Sloop and large Boat was 
 sent down, but it Friezing and blowing so hard, they would not ven- 
 ture to relieve them, for fear of running the same fate of being a 
 ground, and so Froze or Drowned: The next Morning the Gale con- 
 tinued hard all day, and the men were all alive upon the Deck and 
 in the Shrowds the Sea beating over them : And on Fryday Morning 
 the Wind abating, a Boat went on board and found but 4 of the 
 men alive; The Captain and all the rest being Froze and Drowned,, 
 there was 145 men, on board when She Sailed, who all perished but 
 13, & 132 died in this deplorable manner. Here are Widows Lament- 
 ing the loss of their Husbands, and Parents their Children : Tis said 
 about 80 or 90 of the men were English, Scotch and Irish, and the 
 rest of Dutch Parentage, most born in this Country. 
 
 Capts Tongrelow and Peniston Sailes this day on Privateering, and 
 Capt. Joyner for Jamaica; all our outward bound Vessels will Sail 
 in 2 or 3 days, the Winter being set in severely. 
 
 Boston, The Advice we have from England per Captain Wild by 
 Prints and Letters are [Here follows a column and a half of foreign news.} 
 
 Letters from Bristol to London, Octob. 3. Advise of one of the 
 Jamaica Fleet's being arrived there, who sustained a Leak in the 
 great Storm mentioned in our No. 72, and 73. that said Fleet met 
 with, whereby she lost 100 Hogsheads of Sugar; and stopping her 
 Leak, Sailed Onwards to England, and supposes that several of the 
 Fleet put in to Virginia and New-England to refit. 
 
 282 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 14. 1706 
 
 Of all which we shall Marge in our succeeding 
 Prints, as we usually do 
 
 Capt. William Bevis in Ship Peace for Topsham in England, intends 
 to Sail within a Fortnight, Wind and Weather permitting. 
 
 On Saturday arrived [blank] Pain from South -Carolina. Last Week 
 was moderate Weather for the season of the year, it Snow'd a little 
 on Thursday morning, and it begun to Snow on Saturday about noon, 
 and there fell a pritty deal that night. 
 
 Entered Foreign Inwards, from London, John Wild Ship Dove. 
 Cleared Outwards for Madera, Walter Oglesbie, Briganteen Martha. 
 Outward bound for St. Christophers, Thomas Clark Sloop Endeavour, 
 Monserrat Thomas Ball Sloop Elizabeth. 
 
 BST'All the Posts came in on Saturday, and sets out again on 
 Monday the 7th Currant, at 6 & 7 at night : The Eastern and Southern 
 to go and come once a week, and the Western Post once a fortnight. 
 
 B&vertisements. 
 
 ' I A be Sold by Mr Peter Signiac Merchant in Boston, at a very 
 ■*- reasonable Rate, Five Copper Stills, one whereof contains 180 
 Gallons, two other 100 Gallons each, a 4th. contains 60 Gallons, and 
 the 5th 30 Gallons, all weighing about 800 weight, with 5 worms 
 and Tubbs fit for the said Stills: As also Ten Cisterns, three whereof 
 Square, each containing about 1200 Gallons, one ditto round con- 
 taining 1000 Gallons, six ditto containing about 300 Gallons each; 
 Two Pumps with Iron handles, 12 Pales, one Hogshead with a Copper 
 Cock, 5 Iron Doors, Two great Shovels, Two pair of Tongs, one Fork, 
 and five Iron Shutters ; with all their Appurtenances to be seen in the 
 back Street behind Capt. Anthony Checkly's house in Boston at the 
 Still-House which was formerly Mr. Peter Chardon's. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18, 1705.] 
 
 1FL J£. mumb. 9i. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOIlDag January 7. to flDOtt&aB January 14, 1705. 6. 
 
 NY 
 
 l" / T*WO and a half columns of this issue are filled with foreign news 
 I 1 of the war on the continent, and of public affairs, under June, 
 "" 1705, dates from Paris, Rome, Berlin, Vienna, London, Dresden 
 and elsewhere.] 
 
 South-Carolina, Nov. 11. We have had here for a considerable 
 
 283 ; 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 14, 1706 
 
 time, a Feaver attended with an unusual Ague, that few or no Families 
 in Town or Country but what has been visited with it, while it was 
 warm weather 'twas not mortal, but since cold weather came in 
 many have died, and several persons of Note, and we hear that it 
 has been very mortal among the Indians. There is a Vessel lately 
 arrived here from England. 
 
 Piscataqua, January 11th. On Fryday the 4th. Currant several 
 Gentlemen went from hence as far as Hampton to meet Mr. Jonathan 
 Belcher Merchant of Boston, where he was met being accompanyed 
 by several Gentlemen, and arrived here the said night in order to his 
 Marriage on Tuesday the 8th. Instant, being his Birthday, unto Mrs. 
 Mary Partridge Daughter to William Partridge Esq. late Lieutenant 
 Governour of this Province; But at the motion of the Gentlemen 
 that accompanyed him, they were Marryed the same night as he 
 came off his Journey in his Boots: The Wedding was Celebrated on 
 the Tuesday following, where there was a Noble and Splendid Enter- 
 tainment for the Guests, and honoured with a Discharge of the Great 
 Guns of the Fort, &c. m 
 
 'Twill be three Weeks ere Capt. Chamberlin for Lisbone will be 
 ready to Sail, being hindered by the severity of the Weather. 
 
 Marblehead, Jan 12: On Saturday the 5th Currant, arrived here 
 the Ship Sarah Galley of Boston of 12 Guns, 22 men, Capt. Andrew 
 Wilson Commander, from Bonira, about 7 weeks Passage, who left 
 Barbadoes the 23d of October last, bound for Saltertuda, and in his 
 Passage met with a French Privateer Sloop, about 80 men, and a 
 Loaden Ship with her, which they supposed to be her Prize: And 
 Capt. Wilson judging he could not run from the Privateer, stood 
 away for him, and soon came up with each other; whereupon Capt. 
 Wilson hailed up his Sails, he and his men retiring to their close 
 Quarters, prepared to Fight; The Privateer presently boarded him, 
 & clapt a considerable number of his men on board; Wilson and he 
 were Lashed board and board about an hour. The Privateers find- 
 ing it to hot for them on his Deck, their Gratings being all secured 
 that they could not penetrate into his close Quarters, most of them 
 went on board their own Sloop again, and from thence ply'd their 
 small Arms on Wilson, and Wilson on them, till at last the Privateer 
 was glad to cut his Lashings and get clear of him ; and left 3 Fuzees, 
 
 127 See Diary of Samuel Sewalt, Vol. II, p. 151, under date Janv 9, also 
 note; also pp. 152-153, under date Janv 12 [1705/6]. Jonathan Belcher: later 
 Governor Belcher of Massachusetts (1730-1741); afterward Governor of New 
 Jersey (1745-1757) till his death. He was born in Cambridge, son of Andrew 
 Belcher, and his wife who was a daughter of Deputy Governor Danforth of 
 Massachusetts under the colonial charter ; and grandson of Andrew Belcher, an 
 early inn-keeper of Cambridge. 
 
 284 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 14, 1706 
 
 3 Swords, and some Axes and Pistols behind them on Wilson's Deck 
 and one of their men dead in his Chains ; and they judge that they 
 kill'd many of the Privateer's men, because they saw several fall and 
 thrown down into their Hold, and the blood running very plentifully 
 out of their Scuppers; Capt. Wilson had no men kill'd, only himself 
 and Son received several Wounds ; at parting Capt. Wilson discharged 
 two Great Guns loaden with small Shot, which he supposes did great 
 execution among the Privateers men. 128 
 
 Boston, By a person come from Cape-Cod we are acquainted, That 
 a Ketch Outward Bound from Salem, William Brown Master, who 
 had besides himself, a Mate, 2 men and a Boy on board her, was 
 Cast away on Sandy Poynt the 22d of December last ; The Mate and 
 one of the men were drowned; the Master brought the Boy in his 
 Arms 2 or 3 miles, who then dyed; and the Master lies now danger- 
 ously ill, & 'tis doubted if he will recover. 
 
 On Tuesday the 8th. Currant, being the day designed for the 
 Marriage of Mr. Jonathan Belcher of Piscataqua, There was several 
 great Guns discharged at his Father Capt. Andrew Belcher Esqr's. 
 Wharffe, and aboard of several Ships. 129 
 
 On the 13th Dyed here Mr. David Jess, Goldsmith. 
 
 Last Week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, were extream 
 Cold, the rest of the days was moderate Weather. 
 
 Foreign Entered Inwards, from South-Carolina, Stephen Paine in 
 Ketch Martha. Cleared Outwards for Monserrat Francis Norris 
 in Sloop Seaflower, Antigua, Robert Carver in Briganteen Plimouth, 
 Thomas Gwin Briganteen Elizabeth, Ephraim Breed Ketch Good- 
 hope, Beamsly Perkins Ship Eagle Galley. Nevis William Webber 
 in Rose Briganteen. Jamaica, John Bulkley in Briganteen Abigail 
 & Sarah, Jeffery Bedgood Sloop Two Brothers. Outward bound, 
 South-Carolina, Samuel Boyes in Briganteen Susanna; Barbadoes, 
 Jacob Legay, Mitchels Prize, Jamaica, Bartholomew Green in Swan 
 Briganteen. 
 
 HOvertisements. 
 
 ON Fryday next the 18th. Currant at three a Clock in the after- 
 noon will be exposed to Sale at the House of Mr. William Hill 
 near the Dock in Boston, twenty nine half Barrels of Leaf, and 40 
 Rolls of Spun Tobacco. To be seen at Her Majesty's Custom-House 
 in Office hours. 
 
 128 Captain Andrew Willson : earlier captain of the ship 'Greyhound, em- 
 ployed in 1703 on the queen's service in guarding the coast against French 
 privateers ; and in 1704 in Colonel Benjamin Church's expedition against the 
 French and Indians. 
 
 129 See Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 153, under date Janv 23 
 [1705/61. Also, note 127, p. 284. 
 
 285 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 21, 1706 
 
 [Reprinted: advertisement of Peter Signiac, as in January 7; 
 News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 18, 1705.] 
 
 1H. j£. Bumij. 92. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter, 
 
 From flDOttoag January 14. to /©OlXDaB January 21. 1705, 6. 
 
 NY 
 
 ["DEGINNING the first column of the first page of this issue is a 
 IDdispatch "From the Duke of Marlborough's Camp at Vlierbeck 
 July 20, N. S." giving the details of a battle near Hespen in the 
 Spanish Netherlands, July 17 and 18, and including a list of the French 
 and Bavarian officers and soldiers then captured, and the standards 
 and colours taken. There is also the proclamation of the queen for 
 a public thanksgiving. The domestic news is confined to less than 
 half a column.] 
 
 Philadelphia, Jan. 1st. Thursday the 10th. Currant is the day 
 appointed for Publick Thanksgiving, for the Signal Victory obtained 
 by His Grace the Duke Marlborough, &c. 
 
 New- York Jan. 7th. Capts. Tongrelow & Peniston with great 
 difficulty got to Sea the 26 th last. Christmas day being the Coldest 
 that was ever felt here : Hudsons River was froze over and continued 
 fast several days, the severe cold lasted three days. 
 
 On the 1st Instant arrived here the Ship N. York Merchant, Thomas 
 Jeffers Master, came out of Plimouth 25 of October with the Virginia 
 Fleet, under Convoy of 2 Men of War, and in Company with those for 
 Boston. 
 
 To Morrow is appointed a Publick day of Thanksgiving for the 
 Success of Her Majesties Arms, &c. 
 
 Outward bound, Wessels & Milburn for Antigua, Dunscum for 
 Barbadoes, Wells & Stillwell for St. Thomas, Pitman for Curacoa and 
 Rolland for Jamaica. 
 
 Boston, Last Week was very moderate Weather for the Season. 
 
 Cleared, Outwards for Virginia, Noah Chamne in Ship Endeavour, 
 Nevis, Richard Butler Sloop Adventure; Madera, Fortune Redduck 
 Sloop St. Christophers; Antigua, David Bucklin Brigt. Randol; 
 Monserrat, Thomas Ball Sloop Elizabeth, and Samuel Edwards 
 Briganteen William and Mary. 
 
 On the 20th Currant, Dyed here the Lady MARY PHIPPS, 
 
 130 
 
 130 Lady Mary Phips: widow of Sir William Phips. See Diary of Samuel 
 Sewall, Vol. II, p. 153, under date Lord's Day, Jany 20. Also, same page, 
 under date Jany 25th [1705/6]. 
 
 286 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 28, 1706 
 
 Wife of Peter Seargent Esqr. 131 And also Mrs. Jane Pembrook, 132 
 Wife of Mr. Elkanah Pembrook. 
 
 H&vertfsement. 
 
 "O An-away from their Master Capt. Richard Petterson of South- 
 -*-^Carolina about the latter end of Septemb. last, Three Negro 
 Men Slaves, viz. Shippio, aged about 29 years, Jack about 17. and 
 Jacob about 13 years old, and judged to be come to some of the Prov- 
 inces to the Southward of the Massachusetts-Bay: Whosoever 
 shall take up all or any of said Negro's, and him or them safely Con- 
 vey or Transport to his or their said Master, or to Mr. Joseph Emmons 
 of Boston, or give any true Intelligence of them, so as their Master 
 may have them again, shall be sufficiently rewarded, and all reasonable 
 charges paid besides. 
 
 1R. J£, Bumb. 93. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOIldag January 21. to flDottftag January 28 1705. 06 
 
 NY 
 
 \ f I ^HIS issue begins with a letter from the Canary Islands, giving 
 1 1 an account of the earthquakes on Teneriffe, December 24 - 
 February 23, 1705, introduced with the following editorial 
 paragraph : 
 
 "In our Last we promts' d to return where we Left off, to carry on the 
 Foreign Occurrences : But a most Remarkable Providence occurring 
 to us, since we were on that of April last, we must yet beg leave of our 
 Undertakers to give them the Account thereof in the same words as 
 it is in the Mercury of said Month." 
 
 Other foreign news is from Hague, Vienna, Turin and Paris under 
 June and July, 1705, dates. The domestic news is limited to two 
 Boston items, and there are three advertisements.] 
 
 Boston, Capt. Brown from Wells, Capt. Tyng from Dunstable, 
 and Capt. Stevens from Haveril, are Marched into the Woods with 
 40 Men each, and 15 days Provision, to Scout from Connecticut River 
 to Sacho River, Forty Miles above the Heads of the Fronteers, to 
 discover any Stragling Indians in the Woods. 
 
 Entered Foreign Inwards, Andrew Wilson, in Sarah Gaily from 
 B[o]nite. Cleared Outwards, for South Carolina, Jonathan Hunlock, 
 in Stephen and Samuel. For Antigua, Nicholas Davison Brigt. 
 
 131 See Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 154, under date Janv 26 [1705/6]. 
 Also, p. 174, note 2, to entry Dec 18, 1706. 
 
 132 See Diary of Semuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 153, under date Tuesday Jany 
 22 [1705/6]. ^ 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 4, 1706 
 
 Welcome, Zachary Alden Ketch Merrimack, John Taylor in Sloop 
 Kathrin & Ann. For Fyal, Jeremiah Tay in Brigt. John & Ann. 
 Outward bound for Barbadoes, Mathew Vibert Ship Friends- Adven- 
 ture, John Fisher^ Sloop Blackthorn. For 'Jamaica, Joseph Pulsifer 
 in Brigt. Sarah. 
 
 HDvertisements. 
 
 THese are to give Notice unto all Persons that are Indebted unto 
 John Childe of Boston Taylor, to repair unto his Shop at the 
 North End of said Town, near Scarlet's Wharff; where Messeurs 
 William Hobby and Francis Thresher Attorneys to the said Childe, 
 will Attend on Tuesday and Fryday in every Week, until the first 
 day of March next, to Adjust Accompts with the said Debtors: But 
 upon their Neglect to 'meet the said Attorneys on the days, and in the 
 time aforesaid, They must expect Lawfull Process to be made against 
 them. 
 
 ON Thursday the 31st. Currant, at 5 a Clock in the afternoon, 
 will be exposed to Sale by Inch of Candle 133 at the Coffee-House 
 of Mr. Robert Guttridge in Boston, a Parcel of old Woolen Cards, 
 about 22 dozen more or less, to be put up at 3 Shillings Per dozen; 
 to advance 3 Pence each bidding, and to be seen at the Warehouse 
 of Mr. John George Merchant, at the Dock. 
 
 ALL Persons in Town & Country may have this News-Letter 
 every Week by the Year, upon reasonable Terms, agreeing with 
 John Campbell Post-master of Boston for the same. 
 
 •jft. jg, IRumb. 94. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 t From /IDOlt&ag January 28. to /IDOnDag February 4 1705, 6. 
 
 NY 
 
 J"'' I ^HIS issue is a four page folio, to accommodate the report of the 
 |_ JL meeting of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, July 3, 1705, 
 with the address of the queen, and the speeches of the duke 
 of Argyle and the earl of Scofield. " There are also dispatches from 
 the military camps on the continent of Europe and from London, 
 Paris, Venice, Dresden and elsewhere. One New York item and 
 three Boston items comprise the domestic news, in all a half column.] 
 
 New-York, Jan. 21. We have had an extraordinary Season of 
 warm weather for 12 days past. We hear from Philadelphia, that 
 
 133 See foot-note, News-Letter No. 8 ante, p. 90. 
 
 288 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 11, 1706 
 
 several of the Virginia Fleet were arrived in Putuxan River in 
 Christmas week, and that 'tis believ'd all the Fleet are arrived. 
 
 Boston, The Week before last was Moderate Weather for the Sea- 
 son, Only on Wednesday the 23d. of January it Snow'd a little, 
 Fryday the 25th. was very Cold, and Saturday more Moderate, about 
 nine a clock at Night it began to Snow, and continued till about 
 noon the first day of the last Week, when there fell a pritty deal of 
 Snow. Tuesday and Wednesday last, we had a severe Easterly 
 Storm of Snow, which fell very deep, and the Wind blow'd very hard 
 all Tuesday Night, and till Wednesday Night. 
 
 On Tuesday night last, the 29th of January, John Coleburn of 
 Dedham, went from Boston over the Neck, with his Teem in order to 
 go Home, and it's judged he is lost in the Snow, his Sled, Horse and 
 Cattle being found upon the Neck, but not himself. 
 
 Cleared Outwards, William Walters for Rhode-Island the Hannah 
 and Ruth, Gill Belcher in Ship Tryal for South-Carolina. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 A Certain Person wants to Borrow at Interest a Hundred Pound 
 upon good Security; any Person that has said Sum, or any 
 greater or lesser to Lend, may repair to John Campbell Post-Master 
 of Boston, and know further. 
 
 [Reprinted: advertisement of attorneys for John Childe, as in 
 January 28J 
 
 B. T£, mumb. 95. 
 
 The BoftonNews -Letter. 
 
 From flDon&ag February 4. to flDon&a*? February 11. 1705, 6. 
 
 NY 
 
 rnpHREE and a half columns of foreign and a half column of domes- 
 | A tic news make this issue, the foreign news being from Vienna, 
 Dresden, Mechlin, Madrid, Paris, Hague and the imperial 
 camp at Soncino.] 
 
 Lynn, Febr. 8. On Tuesday the 29th last, Mr. Joseph Newhall, 
 our Representative in the General Court, was at Salem; and pre- 
 suming to go home late at night, notwithstanding the Violence of the 
 Storm of Snow; Wandered out of Reading-Road, which was his 
 Way; and declining still to the Left-hand, cross' d Boston Road; and 
 so perished between the Butts and the Spring-Pond. 
 
 Boston, Coasters Cleared Outwards, Samuel Dutch in Sloop Night- 
 ingal, for Piscataqua. Foreign Cleared Outwards, William Bevis in 
 
 289 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 18, 1706 
 
 .Ship Peace, for Topsham in England. Outward Bound, Giles Fifield 
 in Boston-Merchant, for Nevis. 
 
 John Coleburn mentioned in our Last to be Lost in the Storm of 
 Snow, was found dead the 5th Instant, near to Mr. Ruggles's Barn at 
 Hoxbury. 
 
 Last Week was a moderate Thaw. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 ANy Person that wants to Borrow Money at Interest upon good 
 Security, may Repair to John Campbell Post-Master of Boston, 
 and know further. 
 
 [Reprinted: advertisement of attorneys for John Childe, as first 
 in January 28.] 
 
 1R. j6. mumb. 96. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOItOag February 11. to flDonDag February 18. 1705, 6. 
 
 NY 
 
 I" TV TORE than three columns of this two page issue are filled with 
 I1VA foreign news. For the most part this is of July, 1705, dates, 
 from Rome, Warsaw, Paris, Berlin, Hague, Turin, Zurich, 
 Lisbon and other European capitals. There are detailed reports from 
 the camp of the duke of Marlborough. The domestic news is 
 meagre, relating principally to shipping.] 
 
 New- York, Febr. 4. Entered Outward Bound, Adolph for Rhode- 
 Island, Manning for Jamaica, Capt. Jeffers and 2 or 3 more for London, 
 Via Virginia, with Convoy. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Febr. 14. On the 9th Instant arrived here Capt. 
 Benjamin Ellery from Curacoa, 4 weeks passage, who says, that there 
 is a Fleet of French Men of War, consisting of 22 Sail come to Marti- 
 nico, who were 30 Sail when they came out of France, but meeting 
 with an English Squadron took 5 of them, the other 3 are missing, 
 and they know not what is become of them. On the Fleets arrival 
 at Martinico, they call'd in all their Privateers, but on what design 
 not Known 
 
 Capt. Avery a Privateer Sloop of Curacoa took a French Privateer 
 Briganteen of 90 men, and a Sloop of 80 men, & brought both in to 
 Curacoa, where they were Sold at a Vandieu, the Owner that fitted 
 them out at Petit-Guavus being there then a Trading, bought them 
 both again. 
 
 290 
 
THEjBOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 18, 1706 
 
 Piscataqua, Febr 15. On Monday 11 Currant arrived here Samuel 
 Dutch in a Sloop from Boston, having on Board the Hon. Col. Tho. 
 Povey Esqr. Lieut. Gov. of Her Majesty's Province of the Massa- 
 •chusetts-Bay, who intends on Thursday next to Imbark on Board 
 Capt. Jarvenin for Lisbon, and so to England. 
 
 Boston, Coasters Entered Inwards, Thomas Lothrop in Sloop 
 Diamond from the Vineyard. Foreign, Nicholas Thomas Jones, 
 in Sloop Industry, from N-Carolina. Cleared Outwards, Samuel 
 Long, Brig. Sarah, for Jamaica. Outward Bound for London, Capt. 
 Benjamin Gillam, in Ship Reward. New-York, Alexander Duncan, 
 •Sloop Friendship; Rhode-Island, John Lothrop, Sloop Diamond. 
 Pensilvania, Eleazar Darby, Sloop Elizabeth. North Carolina, 
 Ebenezar Coffin, Sloop Dolphin. Jamaica, Joseph Pulsifer, Ship 
 William and Sarah. 
 
 Last week the first 3 days of it we had a moderate Thaw, on Wednes- 
 -day about noon it began to Rain, & continued till Fryday about 
 noon, which has carried away the Snow off the Streets of Boston, 
 where it lay very deep, that hardly the appearance of it is to be 
 ■seen: Fryday night and Saturday we had a hard Frost. 
 
 Last week returned Capt. Brown, Capt. Tyng and Capt. Stevins 
 with their Companies all well and in health after 17 days march into 
 the Woods, 50 miles above the Heads of the Frontiers from between- 
 'Connecticut River & Merrimack, in the late great Storm of Snow, 
 but neither discovered nor met with any of the Enemy. 
 
 On Saturday the 16th Currant, His Excellency our Governour was 
 -pleased further to Prorogue the General Assembly of this Province, 
 -that stood Prorogu'd to the last Wednesday of this Month, unto 
 Wednesday the 10th of April next. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 ANy person that wants to put out a Child a Nursing on the Breast, 
 may repair unto John Campbell Post-Master of Boston, and 
 know further. 
 
 A Negro Man Slave about 21 years Old, speaks good English. 
 To be Sold by Capt. Thomas Leasenby, and to be seen at his 
 Housein the Back-street in the North-End of Boston, near to 
 Mr. Hiller's. 
 
 A House Lott of Land on the South-side in School-House-Lane 
 in Boston, opposite to Joseph Melims, containing 44 Foot Front, 
 ;and 88 Foot Rear to be Sold on reasonable terms ; Enquire of Mr . 
 Isaac Biscum, Barber, near to the Old-Meeting-House, and know 
 further. 
 
 291 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 25, 1706 
 
 ANy person that wants good Bills in Barbadoes for an Hundred 
 Pound here in Boston: Inquire of John Campbell Post Master, 
 and know further. 
 
 [Reprinted: money to loan, as in February 11.] 
 
 1R, B5, IRumb. 97. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDon&ag February 18. to flDOtlDag February 25 1705, 6. 
 
 NY 
 
 |"T?OREIGN news of July and August, 1705, from London, Venice, 
 I JT Milan, Lisbon, Rome, Turin, Vienna, Hague, Hamburg and 
 elsewhere, and from several of the military camps on the con- 
 tinent, occupy this four page issue to the almost complete exclusion 
 of domestic news.] 
 
 Boston, On Wednesday the 20th. Currant, we had an Easterly 
 Storm of Snow, Wind and Rain; The said day returned here Capt. 
 William Rowse in a Briganteen from Port-Royal, who Sailed from 
 hence the 29th. of December last, with some French Prisoners to be 
 Exchanged for Ours; And he brought with him 17 English Prisoners. 
 
 Coaster, Cleared Outward, Nath. Loring for Connecticut. Foreign 
 Cleared Outward for South Carolina, Samuel Boyce in Briganteen 
 Susan. For St. Christophers, Thomas Clarke Sloop Endeavour, for 
 Jamaica Bartholomew Green Briganteen Swan. Outward bound, 
 Thomas Porter for St. Christophers in Sloop New-London. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 T Ately Published a Discourse concerning Earthquakes, occasioned 
 ■'—'by the Earthquakes which were in New-England, in the Province 
 of the Massachusetts-Bay, June 16 And in Connecticut-Colony, 
 June 22d. 1705. Also Two Sermons shewing that Sin is the greatest 
 evil; and that to Redeem TIME is the greatest Wisdom: By the 
 Reverend Mr Increase Mather. Sold by Benjamin Eliot, at his 
 Shop under the West-end of the Town-House in Boston. 
 
 /^•Ood Barbadoes Rhum by the Hogshead or Tearse, to be Sold 
 ^-*by Mr. Joseph Hiller at his House in the Back-street beyond the 
 Mill-bridge in the North End of Boston near the upper end of Coney's- 
 Lane. 
 
 A Negro Woman to be Sold by John Campbell, Post-Master, and 
 •*■ *-to be seen at his House next door to the Anchor-Tavern in 
 Boston. As also a parcel of very good Flax. 
 
 292 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 4, 1706 
 
 [Reprinted: house for sale, and Exchange bills for Barbadoes, as 
 in February 18.] 
 
 1R, jg. fflumb. 98. 
 
 The BoftonNews-Letter. 
 
 From fSDonfcas February 25. to /IDOtlDag March 4 1705, 6. 
 
 NY 
 
 I" A FOUR PAGE folio, more than three pages filled with foreign 
 L^tX-news, including an account of the meeting of the English 
 Parliament; war dispatches, and reports from Yarmouth and 
 other ports of a great storm and marine disasters.] 
 
 Plimouth, [Eng] August 12. On Friday night last we had a terrible 
 Storm, in which several Merchant Ships were lost; part of which were, 
 Owners Adventure, Capt. Stubbs from Barbadoes; Somer- 
 set, Capt. Wickstead, from Barbadoes; with 3 or 4 others whose 
 Names I cannot learn. 
 
 New-York, Febr. 18. This day arrived here a Briganteen from 
 Nevis, in 15 days, William Stanton Master, by whom we have advice, 
 that the King William Pacquet-Boat was arrived there (a few days 
 before he Sailed) from England with the ill news of many of the 
 Eastern Fleet being taken by a Squadron of Nine French Men of 
 War, and 2 Privateers, Commanded by Monsieur St. Paul, their 
 Convoy is said to be the Greenwich, Jersey and one other Man of 
 War, who maintained a Fight of 8 hours with great Gallantry, but 
 at last were obliged to submit to Number; in which action Monsieur 
 St. Paul was killed. 
 
 We are further advised, that the Martinico Privateers are all gone 
 to Tobago, where are expected 12 Men of War from France which 
 with 3 at Martinico are to undertake some Enterprize. 
 
 They write from Philadelphia, that the Homeward bound Virginia 
 Fleet for England are to Sail the latter end of April next, and that 2 
 more Men of War are expected there from Lisbon, to strengthen the 
 Convoy: Two or three Vessels from hence design to take the oppor- 
 tunity of that Convoy. Capt. Grevenraet designs to Sail for Boston 
 in a fortnight. 
 
 Hartford, Feb. 18. The late excessive Rains we have had, has 
 occasioned a very great Flood, which would have been much greater, 
 had not the Wind chop'd about to N. W. and notwithstanding, the 
 like has not been this 14 or 15 years, we do not yet hear of much 
 damage done by it. 
 
 293 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 4, 1706 
 
 Piscataqua, March 1. On Friday the 15th of February last, 
 Capt Jarvenin Sailed from hence to Lisbon. 
 
 Marbleliead, March 1. On Wednesday the 20th of February last, 
 we had a Violent Storm, wherein we lost two of our Fishing Shallops,, 
 and four men out of one of them. 
 
 Boston, Coaster Entered Inward, James Webber from Piscataqua,. 
 Cleared Outward, Daniel Wair and Anthony Bracket for Piscataqua,- 
 Alexander Duncan Sloop Friendship, for New York. Outward 
 bound for London, John Wilde, Ship Dove, David Mason, Ship, 
 William & Hannah; for Monserat, Thomas Taylor, Briganteen 
 Experiment; Andrew Wager, Sloop Endeavour; for Barbadoes,. 
 Andrew Wilson, Sarah Galley. 
 
 ti®~This is to give Notice, that the Western Post, to Connecticutt, 
 New- York and Philadelphia Sets out on Monday the 4th Currant, at 
 3 a Clock in the Afternoon, 'to return on Saturday next; and so to- 
 continue for once a week till December; he also carries with him the- 
 Southern Maile for Rhode-Island. 
 
 B&verttsements. 
 
 THE Tan- Yard lately in the Occupation of C a Pt- Bozoon Allen, 
 where he lately dwelt near to the Prison in Boston, To be Lett 
 on reasonable Terms: Enquire of John Campbell Post-master, and 
 know further. 
 
 ' I ^He Christians Exercise by Satans Temptations: Or an Essay to- 
 -*- discover' the Methods which this Adversary useth to Tempt 
 the Children of GOD; and to Direct them how to escape the mis- 
 chief thereof; being the Substance of several Sermons Preached on 
 that Subject, from that Text, 1 Chron. 21. 1. By the Reverend Mr.. 
 Samuel Willard. 
 
 As also a Sermon of Brotherly Love, Preached by him on the 
 Lecture, from Heb. 13 1. Let Brotherly Love continue. Sold by 
 Benjamin Eliot at his Shop under the West End of the Town-House 
 in Boston. 
 
 A Certain person wants a single able man to Drive a Teame in 
 ■*■ ^-Boston; If any such will repair to John Campbell Post-master 
 of Boston, they may have Encouragement for that Work. 
 
 Negro Woman to be Sold by John Campbell, Post-Master, and 
 to be seen at his House next door to the Anchor-Tavern in Boston. 
 
 T Ast year the Undertaker of this Publick Print of Intelligence 
 -■—'for both Foreign and Domestick Occurrences in Numb 51. gave 
 you an Account of his Motive to Print, viz. To give a True Relation 
 of Affairs, Remarkable Providences that occur'd, and to prevent a 
 
 294 
 
 A 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 11, 1706 
 
 great many false Reports of the same; As also a Specimen of the 
 Trouble and Charge attending it, to which he still refers you: And 
 now acquaints you, That notwithstanding at the Generous desire of 
 several Gentlemen, Merchants and others who were willing to promote 
 such a Publick Good, by Contributing this Second Year for its sup- 
 port, yet the Undertaker has not had a sufficient number to defray 
 the Necessary Charge of it, by reason of a great many, as well, nay 
 better able than some who do Contribute, that are so backward 
 to promote so good a Publick Work; Whereas did every Town in 
 this and the Neighbouring Provinces take but One a Week per. 
 Annum, the Charge to some of them would not amount to 2d. a 
 man, and to the most not above 4d. or 6d. where it goes by the 
 Post, which if they did, would be a good Motive to carry it on: And 
 were there a Competent number to take it, the Undertaker would 
 be enabled to Print a Sheet instead of half a Sheet, and to settle 
 Correspondents everywhere so as to have the Occurrences some 
 Months sooner than Now they are, and to Polish the Print better 
 which would make it far more acceptable than now it is; for want 
 whereof the Undertaker cannot now do, as he would. Therefore all 
 persons in Town and Country in this and the Neighbouring Provinces, 
 who have not already paid according to Agreement for this Currant 
 year for said Intelligence, are now desired to do it: And such who 
 have a mind to encourage the supporting and carrying it on for 
 a third year, are hereby Advertised by Word or Writting to Agree 
 with John Campbell Post-master of Boston for the same, that before 
 this second year (which ends the last of April next) is elapsed, it may 
 be known, If it can be undertaken for the third year, which if en- 
 couraged to be continued that it drop not for 4 or 5 Weeks as it did 
 in the beginning of this year, by reason of several Encouragers Post- 
 poning to take it at the beginning that afterwards did. 134 
 
 1R. J6. Bumb. 99. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDonOag March 4. to flDonDag March 11. 1705, 6. 
 
 NY 
 
 FOUR PAGE sheet 1S5 of eight columns, over six of which are filled 
 with foreign news, mostly concerning the war, from Berlin, 
 
 FA 
 
 134 Although in this advertisement, as also again in the issue of March 25, 
 Campbell asserts that the News-Letter was suspended for several weeks, that 
 was not the fact. As the pages of this volume show, copies of the News-Letter 
 for every week of 1705 and every week of 1706 to December 2 are now extant. 
 Why Campbell should have made that statement cannot now be divined. 
 
 135 This enlargement to a full sheet would indicate that Campbell had 
 
 295 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 11, 1706 
 
 Paris and Vienna, of August, 1705, dates; and from the duke 
 of Marlborough's camp at Ramee an account of the battle on the 
 banks of the river Adda.] 
 
 Barbadoes, Novemb. 22d. Six days ago arrived here from Nevis 
 Mr. Samuel Frazon Merchant, whom I formerly Wrote you was 
 feared to be Lost in coming from on board a Man of War, a Storm 
 rising drove them to Sea, where they lay driving 6 days, without 
 any manner of Subsistance either Bread or Water; at last were drove 
 on Shore at St. Vincent, where the Indians stript him naked as soon 
 as he Landed : his two Sailours. dyed in a little time after, but his 
 Negro surviv'd the Calamity; Mr. Frazon continued in that condi- 
 tion 3 Months, at last the Indians carryed him over to Martinico, 
 where he paid to the value of 17 or 18 Pistoles for his Ransom, but 
 they would not let him redeem his Negro, but keeps him still: from 
 Martinico he came to Nevis. At the same time another Boat with 
 two Negro's drove off to Sea, and Landed the same day at St. Vincent. 
 
 New-York, March 4. On the 19th of February last arrived here a 
 Sloop from St. Thomas in 14 days, Samuel Martin Master, by whom 
 we are informed, that 14 Men of War Sailed from France for the 
 West-Indies, but in or near the Chanel were separated by a Storm, 
 & only 6 of them were arrived at Martinico, which are Sailed from 
 thence to Guardaloop with 22 Privateers to take on Board Land 
 Forces in order to attack the Leward-Islands ; 'tis said had the 14 
 Men of War all arrived, their Design was against Barbadoes, and from 
 thence to the other Islands, but 8 Ships being missing, they have 
 wav'd that intention, and 'tis feared the Leward-Islands are in danger. 
 It is reported the 8 French Men of War that are missing are taken 
 by a Squadron of English (I wish it prove so) but of this we have no 
 positive account. 
 
 Capt. Gincks in the Privateer Briganteen Dragon (who Sailed from 
 hence last Fall with upwards of 130 able men) off Porto Rico Engaged 
 2 French Privateers, the Trampoose and another Sloop, and had 
 taken them had they not run, and having received damage in his 
 Rigging & Sails could not follow them, the French Privateers got 
 into St. Thomas being much shatter'd, and several men killed and 
 wounded. The Privateer which boarded Capt. Andrew Wilson of 
 Boston, mentioned in- your News-Letter Numb. 91 was also at St. 
 Thomas's, and acknowledges Wilson killed him 22 men. 
 
 The English daily Courants of October informs us, That not the 
 
 received the encouragement which he asked, that would enable him to "print 
 a sheet instead of half a sheet." See his advertisement in March 4. Later 
 appeals, however, show that he did not obtain the desired support. With the 
 issue of March 18 a return is made to the half sheet size. 
 
 296 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 11, 1706 
 
 Greenwich and Jersey mentioned in my last to be the Convoys of the 
 Eastland Fleet attacked by 9 French Men of War and 2 Privateers, 
 commanded by Monsieur St. Paul, but that it was the Pendennis, 
 Blackwell and another Man of War, who made a brave resistance e're 
 they were taken, wherein Monsieur St. Paul was kill'd, and 200 of 
 his Ships Crew. [Then are printed several other foreign news 
 items.] 
 
 There are Outward bound 3 Vessels for St. Thomas, 1 for Barba- 
 does, 1 for Nevis, 3 for London, via Virginia. 
 
 Watertown, March 6. The middle Precinct, Mr. Daniel Warren 
 of this Town, aged about 80 years, being well and in health at Meet- 
 ing on the Lords-Day the 24th of February last, just before the 
 beginning of the Morning Exercise, he suddenly sunk down dead. 
 
 Hampton, March 8. On Fryday the 1st. Currant a sad accident 
 fell out here, a Man falling a Tree, it fell upon one of his own Sons of 
 about 7 years old, his Fathers darling, and dash'd him to pieces, so 
 that he never spake or stirr'd more. 
 
 Rhode-Island, March 8. Yesterday arrived here Robert Smith in 
 Briganteen Dragon, from Surranam 11 weeks passage, who lost all 
 his Horses in going there, he and his men were near perishing for 
 want of Water, having 13 Weeks passage to Surranam. This day 
 arrived here Loring and Duncan from Boston. 
 
 Boston, Abel Jones from Jamaica came from Blewfields last, had 
 about 8 weeks passage, brings no News. 
 
 Coasters Entered Outward, James Webber for Piscataqua, John 
 Lothrop for Rhode-Island. Foreign Inwards, Abel Jones in Briganteen 
 Amity from Jamaica. Cleared Outwards, Joseph Foy. Dwaal 
 Frigot, for Barbadoes, Ebenezar Parker Sloop Dolphin for Bermuda, 
 James Gold Sloop Hopewell for Pensilvania, Joseph Berrey Sloop 
 New-London, for St. Christophers, Joseph Johnson Sloop Elizabeth 
 for Salem in New-Jersey. Outward Bound, Stephen Pain in Ketch 
 Martha for Tercera, John Tucker in Sloop Hope, for Roanoke, Solo- 
 mon Gardner Sloop Mary, for Newfoundland, Job Hilliard Ketch 
 Adventure, for Fyall. 
 
 BDverttsements. 
 
 A Certain Tract of Land in Kittery in the Province of Main in New- 
 England, near to Capt. Ichabod Plais'ted's, containing 110 Acres, 
 "borders on Piscataqua River, having on it two good Orchards, a good 
 •quantity of fresh Meadow, and good Oak and Pine Timber. To be 
 Sold by Thomas Short at the Printing-House in the South End of 
 Boston. 
 
 297 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 18, 1706 
 
 A Negro Woman Aged about 24 years of Age to be Sold by Mr. 
 Peter Barbour Tailour near the Town-House in Boston. 
 
 'Ood Wine Vinegar very cheap, to be Sold by Joseph Maylim. 
 *at his House in School-house Lane in Boston. 
 
 MAgnalia Christi Americana: Or, T i 1 he Ecclesiastical 
 History of New-England, from its first / Planting in the year 
 1620, unto the year of our Lord, 1698, in Folio, containing 
 820 Pages, in 7 Books 1 . Antiquities in 7 Chapters, with an Appendix 
 2. Containing the Lives of the Govouernours, & Names of the Magis- 
 trates of N. England, in 13 Chapters, with an Appendix. 3 The Lives 
 of 60 famous Divines, by whose Ministry the Churches of New- 
 England have been planted and continued. 4. An Account of the 
 University of Cambridge in New-England, in Two parts. The 
 first contains the Lives, the Benefactors, and Vicissitudes of Harvard 
 College, with remarks upon it. The Second part contains the Lives- 
 of some Eminent Persons Educated in it. 5. Acts and Monuments- 
 of the Faith and Order in the Churches of New-England, passed in 
 their Synods ; with Historical Remarks upon those Venerable Assem- 
 blies; and a great Variety of Church Cases occurring, and resolved 
 by the Synods of those Churches; in four Parts. 6. A Faithful 
 Record of many Illustrious, Wonderful Providences, both of Mercies, 
 •and Judgments, on divers Persons in New-England; in 8 Chapters. 
 7. The Wars of the Lord. Being an History of the Manifold Afflic- 
 tions & Disturbances of the Churches in New-England, from their 
 Various Adversaries, and the Wonderful Methods and Mercies of 
 GOD in their Deliverance; in 6 Chapters. To which is Subjoyned,. 
 An Appendix of Remarkable Occurrences which New-England had 
 in the Wars with the Indian Salvages, from the year 1688 to the year 
 1698. By the Reverend and Learned Cotton Mather, M. A. and 
 Pastor of the North Church in Boston, New-England. To be Sold by 
 Benjamin Eliot at his Shop under the West End of the Town-House- 
 in Boston: Price 20s. 
 
 1ft, jg. mumb. ioo. 
 
 The Boiton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&aB March 11. to /IDon&aB March 18. 1705, 6. 
 
 NY 
 
 |' I "^HREE of the four columns of this issue are filled with foreign' 
 |_ A news which includes an account of the siege and capture of the 
 town of Leuwe, August 28-September 7, 1705, sent from the 
 camp of the duke of Marlborough at Tirlemont ; and also dispatches, 
 from Constantinople, Madrid, Vienna, Hamburgh and Hague.] 
 
 298 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 18, 1706 
 
 Jamaica, Febr. 6. There is arrived here from Boston, John Venti- 
 man, and John Welsh, and Thomas Pemberton from Rhode-Island^ 
 who sprung his Mast in the Voyage. 
 
 One Cebra Sailed 4 days ago for New York. And this day Sails- 
 for London, 3 Merchant men, viz. the Gold-Frigot, the Dolphin, and 
 Maremaid; for Boston, Jonathan Armitage, John Pitts, and Thomas 
 Hunt, the last whereof sprung a Leak and returned again; William. 
 Goddard in a Briganteen Sailed also for St. George's. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Experiment bound from Jamaica to Bar- 
 badoes met with a French Merchant-man of 200 Tuns, loaden with. 
 Cocoa, and brought her in here. 
 
 About the latter end of Jan. last, Her Majesties Ship the Bristol' 
 and Folston met with 10 Sail of Merchant-men bound from Petigua- 
 vus to France under Convoy of Two French Men of War of 24 and 30- 
 Guns a piece out of which Capt. Anderson Commadore of the English 
 took 6 French Merchant men Loaden with Sugar, Cocoa, Cochenile- 
 and Indigo, which were brought in here. And upon their Arrival 
 a Court of Admiralty was held by Admiral Wltetstone, who took Capt. 
 Anderson's and the Officers Commissions from them, for not Engag- 
 ing the Two French Men of War and the other Ships, and has reserved 
 them for a further Tryal in England. 
 
 A Dutch Privateer of Curacoa brought in here a French Prize Sloop H 
 who gave an Account of 14 Sail arrived from France at Martinico,. 
 whereof some are Merchant-men, and Fireships and Tenders. 
 
 New- York, March 11. On the 10th Instant, arrived here a Ship- 
 from Jamaica in 28 days, one Mears Master, who belongs to Boston. 
 
 Capt. Ginks with a small Dutch Privateer in Consort from Curacoa,. 
 has taken a French Privateer, and two very good Prizes, and carried 
 them in to Jamaica. 
 
 Hampton, March 15 On Tuesday the 12th Currant, a considerable- 
 parcel of very good fresh Oranges, some whole, some broken, were 
 Cast ashore upon our Beach for some miles together, since which is 
 come ashore a Cane, and a carved Lion, whereby we are afraid of 
 some Vessel inward bound being Lost. 
 
 Boston, Monday the 11th. Instant being the Annual Election- 
 day for Town-Officers, There was chosen to Serve as Select or Towns- 
 men, Messieurs* Timothy Thornton, Daniel Oliver, John Barnard,. 
 Thomas Fitch, Thomas Jackson, Daniel Pounding, Thomas Cushing, 
 *Samuel Greenwood, and Joseph Prout, who is also Town Clerk, and 
 Town Treasurer. 
 
 Those that have this Mark * before their Names are New Officers. 136- 
 
 136 In the Boston Town Records, Pounding appears Powning; Barnard,. 
 Barnerd. 
 
 299 
 
March 
 
 14 
 
 July 
 
 April 
 
 18 
 
 August 
 
 May 
 
 18 
 
 September 
 
 June 
 
 20 
 
 October 
 
 November 
 
 15 
 
 70 
 
 December 
 
 18 
 
 102 
 
 January 
 
 16 
 
 66 
 
 February 
 
 17 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 238 
 
 
 66. 
 
 Negro's 44 
 
 THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 25, 1706 
 
 In our Number 49. we gave you the preceding years Bill of Mor- 
 tality; and in this we give you last years Bill of the Persons Buryed 
 in the Town of Boston, besides those who dyed abroad, many of the 
 Inhabitants of Boston being Seafaring men, are not Reckoned in 
 this Catalogue. 
 
 29 
 
 31 
 
 24 
 
 18 
 
 70 102 
 
 282 
 Coaster Entered Inward, Carteret Gillam in Sloop Tryal from Con- 
 necticut. Foreign Inward, William Rowlson Sloop Elizabeth, from 
 Axuma, Jonathan Armitage, in Brigt. 3 Sisters, from Jamaica. 
 Cleared Outward, Joseph Pulsifer, Ship William and Sarah, for 
 Jamaica; Stephen Paine, Ketch Martha, for Tercera; Jacob Legay, 
 Mitchel's Prize, and Matthew Vibert, Friends Adventure, for Barba- 
 does. Outward Bound, John Waters, Ship Betty, for Barbadoes; 
 Archibald Ferguson, Sloop Flying Horse, for Newfoundland; John 
 Chdrnock, Ship Society, for Jamaica; William Blair, Briganteen John 
 Abiel, for England; James Smith Ship America, for Leward Islands. 
 
 a&verttsements. 
 
 A Ny Person that wants to bind out a Lad or Lads to learn the 
 
 ■^^-Trade of a Man or Womans Tailour, let them repair to John 
 
 Campbell Postmaster in Boston, who will help them to a good Master. 
 
 [Reprinted: negro woman to be sold by John Campbell; as in 
 
 March 4.] 
 
 1ft. jg. Burnt). ioi. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /JDonDaB March 18. to /IDOtlDaB March 25 - 1706 
 
 NY 
 
 FAN unusual amount of foreign news compelled the enlargement 
 |_-tVof this issue to four pages or eight columns, only one of which 
 is reserved for domestic items and advertisements. There are 
 sixty-six foreign items, chiefly of war news from London, Paris, 
 Venice, Vienna, Rome, Madrid, Hamburgh, Turin, Zurich, Lisbon, 
 Hague and elsewhere of preceding August, September, October, 
 November and December dates.] 
 
 300 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 25, 1706 
 
 Boston, On the 18th Currant arrived here a Sloop in 14 days from 
 Barmuda, John Stevins Master, who says, That just as he was coming 
 away, there arrived one Fowles in a Sloop from Antigua, 14 days 
 passage, who informed that when he left Antigua, he saw about 36 
 sail of French Ships and other Vessels off that Island; And that 
 Colonel Johnson, Commander in Chief was preparing for the Defence 
 of the Island, in case of an Attack; the Inhabitants were in Arms, 
 and that 500 Negroes well Armed were Marched into St. Johns; The 
 Commander in Chief Encouraged them to prove themselves men in 
 Fighting to defend themselves and the place from the Enemy, which 
 they promised to do. 
 
 Master Stevins further says, that there was a Sloop arrived at 
 Barmuda from Barbadoes about a Month ere he came from thence, 
 that informed of a large Ship, with 6 or 7 more just going in to Bar- 
 badoes as the Sloop came out, who is thought to be the Deptford Man 
 of War that went from hence, with part of the Fleet under her Convoy. 
 
 On Fryday the 22d . Arrived here Capt. Michael Gill 137 from Lisbon, 
 about 5 Weeks passage, by whom we have the following Advice by 
 Prints and Letters. [Here follow two columns of foreign news, 
 among which under date of London, Decemb. 21. is this item; "Ordered 
 that the Commissioners of Trade, do lay before this House a State of 
 the Trade with Newfoundland and the Western-Islands."] 
 
 The Oranges mentioned in our last to be found on Hampton Beach, 
 were some hove Overboard in Ipswich Bay by Rowlson from Axuma, 
 and the Carved Lyon and Cane had been there a year before, which 
 thro' a mistake of our Informers was said to come then ashore. 
 
 On Thursday night last, Sampson Waters, a Young man went well 
 to Bed, and was found dead next morning. 
 
 Coasters Inward, Giles Hall from Connecticut, & Joseph Allen 
 from Piscataqua. Foreign Inward, John Leigh, Ship Sarah, from 
 Liverpool, John Stevins, Sloop Mary Rose from Nevis, Thomas Hunt, 
 Sloop Panther, John Welch, Sloop Larke, and Matthew Soley Sloop 
 Rebecca, from Jamaica; Richard Dafforne, Ketch Fisher, from Vir- 
 ginia, and Capt. Michael Gill, Ship John and Timothy, from Lisbon. 
 Cleared Outwards for Barbadoes, John Fisher, Sloop Blackthorne, 
 John Walters Sloop Betty, Lewis Hunt, Ship Victory, for Jamaica, 
 Nathaniel Balston, Elizabeth and Mary, for London, John Wild Ship 
 Dove, for Newfoundland, Solomon Gardner, Sloop Mary. Outward 
 Bound for Barbadoes, John Welch in Sloop Larke. 
 
 New- York, March 18. On the 13th arrived here one Santford in 
 
 137 A graphic account of Captain Gill's sea fight in' the harbor of St. Johns, 
 Newfoundland in August, 1704, is in the News-Letter No. 25, p. 130 ante. 
 
 301 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER,. MARCH 25, 1706 
 
 :a Sloop from South-Carolina, who says, a Sloop and Ship belonging 
 to Boston was there, Flint & (I suppose) Wing Masters: A Vessel 
 arrived there from Barbadoes gave account, That the French Fleet 
 in the West-Indies were gone to attack S. Christophers'. 138 
 
 On the same day arrived Capt. Basset from Madera, who left it 
 the 4th of February, and just before he Sailed a Galley arrived there 
 from Portsmouth a very short passage, . . . Four days before 
 Cap. Basset came in, he spoke with a Ship from Jamaica bound to 
 Boston. 
 
 Several Vessels Outward Bound for Nevis, Jamaica, & 3 for London 
 Via Virginia; Gravenraet, Adolph and Duncan for Boston. 
 
 Rhode-Island, March 22. On the 18th arrived Ephraim Breed in 
 a Bark from Providence, who 10 days ago spoke with a Sloop from 
 Jamaica bound to New- York, who said that the Packet-Boat from 
 Spain was taken and brought in to Jamaica, and by Letters found 
 on Board her, they perceived that there was a French Squadron 
 •coming out to take Jamaica, who were preparing themselves to receive 
 them. 
 
 Gould, Darby & Carter are gone to the Westward, Lathrop is still 
 here. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 GOod Share Moulds to be Sold by Mr. Nathaniel Ayres at his Shop 
 near the Salutation at the North-End of Boston. 
 YX"His Publick Print of Intelligence is to be continued to the first 
 J. of May next, and all Persons who have a mind that the Under- 
 taker should carry it on a third year, and are willing to Contribute 
 for promoting such a Publick good, are hereby desired to Agree 
 with John Campbell Post-master of Boston for the same, that it 
 may be known before the first of May, If any Tollerable Competent 
 number do Agree to take it, so as it can be proceeded on of New, that 
 it drop not for 4 or 5 Weeks, as it did in the beginning of this Currant 
 year, by reason of several delaying to take it at first, that afterwards 
 ■did agree to have it. 139 
 
 138 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 561, in 
 connection with an account of the cause and nature of the distress of St. 
 Christopher, pp. 561-562, 565-567. See News- Letter Nos. 103, 104 (account 
 
 ■of the attack on St. Christopher), 105, ("Brief" of Governor Dudley recom- 
 mending aid for the sufferers at St. Christopher), 107, 108, 109 post.' This was 
 the fleet commanded by the Sieur d'lberville, who, after operating in the West 
 Indies, purposed, as his men divulged at Jamaica, to attack New York, thus 
 occasioning a hurried fortification of that city, and also some preparation for 
 resistance m New England. See News-Letter Nos. 110 and 111 post. Also, 
 see Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, page 157, under date Apr. 4, 1706. 
 
 139 See News-Letter No. 98 ante, foot-note, p. 295. 
 
 302 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 1, 1706 
 
 [Reprinted: tailor's apprentice wanted, as in March 18; man 
 "wanted to drive a team, as in March 4.] 
 
 1R, jg. mumb. 102. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDonDag March 25. to /IDOttDaS April 1. 1706.' 
 
 NY 
 
 f A RETURN is made to the two page folio. The foreign news which 
 
 J_-tA.fillsallbut about three quarters of a column includes principally 
 
 a page account of the opening of the English Parliament in 
 
 the preceding October and a report of the queen's speech on that 
 
 ■occasion.] 
 
 London, Decemb. 25 The Adventure of and for London and the 
 Providence of Topsham from Boston in N. England, arrived at Ply- 
 mouth the 20th Instant, having been separated 14 days before in 
 Tjad weather from 8 Sail more under Convoy of Her Majesty's Ship 
 the Guernsey. 
 
 London, Jan. 1. Her Majesties Ship the Guernsey, with the Vessels 
 under her Convoy from Boston are safe arrived except Stone and 
 Lowder. There is also arrived at Bristol from New-York, 2 of Her 
 Majesties Ships of War, but none of the Vessels under their Convoy. 
 The Mast Fleet for New England will Sail in 3 months. 
 
 New- York, March 25. On the 19th arrived Capt. Dehart in the 
 Ship Katherine from Madera. 
 
 On the 21st arrived Capt. Plummer in a Brigt. from Barmudas 
 in 20 days, who came from Bristol in Octob. last bound hither, but 
 was blown off the Coast, by whom we are acquainted that a Sloop 
 arrived at Barmuda from Antigua, who saw the French Fleet con- 
 sisting of 36 Sail off that Island, and that there was upwards of 2000 
 •men on Antigua that were in Arms ready to defend themselves if 
 attacked. That Capts. Tongrelow & Penniston who Sailed from 
 hence last Christmas were arrived at Barmuda, & gone from thence to 
 Barbadoes; Cap. Penniston overset at Barmuda, whereby he lost 
 5 Guns & damnified his Powder. That a French Ship was brought 
 in to Barmuda by a Privateer of that Island, of 2 Guns & 17 men, 
 loaden with Sugar; she is a Ship of 120 Tuns, & one of 6 that was 
 bound from Martinico to France; A Dutch Man of War took 3 of 
 them before; The Prize is daily expected here with her Loading to 
 t»e Sold : The Capt. of the French Ship is said to be a Protestant, and 
 is come a Passenger in Plummer. 
 
 303 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 1, 1706 
 
 On the 23d Instant arrived one Braddick in a Sloop from Madera, 
 who 3 weeks ago met with a Bermuda Sloop who had been 9 days out 
 of Antigua, who said that she & 2 other Vessels that lay in one of the 
 Harbours slipt their Cables and put to Sea. The French Fleet of 36 
 Sails separated themselves, and put into several Harbours of that 
 Island, but could not tell if they Landed or not, but says, that there 
 was 2500 men in Arms at Antigua, & 800 Negro's ready to defend 
 it against any Attack of the Enemy. 
 
 On the 24 Arrived James Cebra from Jamaica in a Sloop. 
 
 The Philadelphia Post not yet come in. 
 
 New-port, Rhode-Island. March 28. Yesterday died Mr. Alexan- 
 der Gordon of this Town. 
 
 Scituate, March 27 On Fryday the 22d Instant, Dyed the Reverend 
 Mr. Jeremiah Cushing, Minister of the Lower Precinct of this Town, 
 aged about 51. Who was interr'd on Monday last. 
 
 On Fryday also John Turner of this Town went well from Home 
 with his Cart and Oxen after Dinner, and fell ill, he desired the little 
 boy his Son that went with him, to go and call his Mother, but ere 
 she came, he was Speechless, and being carried Home, he Dyed that 
 Evening about Eight of the Clock. 
 
 Boston, At a Town-Meeting on Fryday last, There was Chosen as 
 Overseers of the Poor; Simeon Stoddard, Thomas Palmer, Esqrs 
 and Messieurs, John Borland, John Pitts, Henry Deering, Francis 
 Clarke and William Westead. And Chosen 'as Assessors, Samuel 
 Lyndes Esq Capts. Timothy Clark and Thomas Hutchinson; and 
 Messieurs, Isaiah Tay, and James Barns. 140 
 
 By way of New-York we are acquainted, that Mr. Stantford from 
 South Carolina informs of one Everton of Boston being arrived there 
 from Barbadoes, who says that Her Majesty's Ship the Deptford 
 was arrived at Barbadoes from Boston, with the Vessels under her 
 Convoy all safe. 
 
 Coaster Entered Inward, Ebenezar Coffin, Sloop Ann, from Nan- 
 tucket. Outward, Flood for Piscataqua; James Blin, John Hedge 
 and Thomas Lathrop, for Connecticut. Foreign Inward, James 
 Dean, Brigt. Dragon from Suranam. Cleared Outward, John Welch, 
 Sloop Larke, for Barbadoes, and Archibald Ferguson, Sloop Flying 
 Horse, for Newfoundland. Outward Bound, Robert Sears, Ship 
 Charles, for London; William Smallage, Sloop Prosperous, for Jersey; 
 John Pitts, Sloop Rebecca, for Jamaica; John Leigh, Ship Sarah, 
 
 140 In the Boston Town Records, Deering appears Dering; Clarke, Clark; 
 Westead, Welsteed ; Lyndes, Lynd ; Barns, Barnes. 
 
 304 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 8, 1706 
 
 for Liverpool; Eleazar Moses, Sloop Content, for Newfoundland; 
 Richard Hall, Sloop Lyon, for Barmuda. 
 
 [No advertisements in this issue.] 
 
 1ft, jg. Wumb. 103. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From ADon&ag April 1. to /IDonDa? April 8. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 T "PROMINENCE is given on the first page of this issue to a proc- 
 i Xlamation of Governor Dudley for a General Fast, and then there 
 follow a little more than one and a half columns of foreign 
 news from Vienna, Turin, Frankfort and elsewhere, of preceding 
 September dates.] 
 
 By His Excellency, JOSEPH DUDLEY, Esqr. Captain General and 
 Governour in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Provinces of the 
 Massachusetts-Bay and New-Hampshire in New- England. 
 A PROCLAMATION for a GENERAL FAST. 
 
 HAving lately rendred all Humble Thanks and Praises to 
 Almighty GOD for the Publick Blessings to Her Majesty, 
 The Confederate Princes, and these Provinces, in Obedience 
 to Her Majesties Especial command: And having yet the 
 Consideration of the Great Troubles of Europe, by the continuance 
 of the War with the common Enemy of the Repose of the Christian 
 Nations; as well as our Own and our Neighbours Troubles with the 
 French and Indians; and the Just Reason we have therefore to Im- 
 plore the Divine Favour, for the Remission of our Great and Man- 
 ifold Sins, that have justly displeased GOD. 
 
 IHave thought fit, by and with the Advice of Her Majesties Council, 
 to Appoint and Order, That Thursday the Eighteenth day of April 
 Currant, be Solemnized as a day of Publick FASTING and PRAYER 
 throughout these Provinces, Exhorting both Ministers and People in 
 their several Assemblies, Religiously to attend the Solemn Services of 
 the said Day; That by a sincere Repentance and steady Affiance in the 
 Divine Mercy in their most humble Adresses, They may Obtain from 
 GOD, That our Soveraign Lady the QUEEN, with the Nations and 
 Territories under Her Happy Government, may always be under the 
 Protection of Heaven, Her Majesties Life and Government long 
 continued, Her Counsels and Just Arms prospered; the Designs of 
 the barbarous Salvages against Us, defeated; Our Exposed Plantations 
 preserved; And the poor Christian Captives in their Hands, returned; 
 
 305 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 8, 1706 
 
 That the Government of these Provinces may have the Divine Direction 
 in all their Administrations; That Health may be continued, and the 
 Ensuing Year Crowned with the Fruits of Divine Bounty; That 
 Deliverance may speedily arise to the Church of God oppressed with 
 the Tyranny of Antichrist ; That every kind of Peace and Prosperity 
 may be given and secured to Us and our Posterity, upon the firm and 
 lasting foundations of the Divine Blessing & Favour. 
 
 And all Servile Labour upon the said Day is Inhibited. 
 Given at the Council-Chamber in Boston, the Second Day of April, 
 
 1706. In the Fifth Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lady ANNE, 
 
 by the Grace of GOD, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, 
 
 QUEEN, Defender of the Faith &c. 
 
 By Order of the Gover- 
 
 nour and Council, /. DUDLEY. 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 Madera, January 20. We are acquainted by a Vessel 12 days 
 Passage from England, that the Leuwe Man of War, Convoy to the 
 Homeward Bound Newfoundland Fleet, was Lost going thorow the 
 Needles, and 40 Men drowned. 
 
 Jamaica, Febr. 1. Our last Packet from England advise us, that 
 the Queen Ann, the Anna Frigot, the Happy Return, and 2 more 
 Ships, being part of the Homeward bound Fleet from hence to Eng- 
 land, (that were separated in the violent Storm on the 18th of August 
 last, that the said Fleet met with in Lat. 38.) were Arrived in Ireland 
 and Plimouth. 
 
 New- York, April 1. There are 4 Sloops and A Brigt. bound for 
 Jamaica, Duncan and Adolph for Boston, and Hicks for Rhode- 
 Island, Gravenraet Sailed for Boston on Thursday last; We have no 
 certain Account when the Fleet for Engl, will Sail from Virginia. 
 
 Rhode-Island, April 5. This day arrived here Benj Cranston 6 
 weeks passage from Suranam, who sprung his Mast, & was forced to 
 St. Christophers, where he arrived 7 days after the French Fleet had 
 left it ; They consisted of 4 Men of War, some of them 70 Gun Ships, 
 and 28 Sail of Privateers, the Enemy Landed 3000 men; there was 
 but 500 English to resist them, who did the best they could, and kept 
 to their Forts; but sent several Parties out, who kill'd several of 
 the Enemy, and the English lost but one man; the Enemy stayed 
 there 4 days, who took the whole place, except the Forts, which they 
 never Attacked: They did all the Damage they could, by burning 
 the Towns, Mills and Canes, kill'd Horse and Cattle, and carryed 
 away several Negroes. Before the Enemy went to St Christophers, 
 
 306 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 15, 1706 
 
 they lay two days at Nevis Battering there, but durst not Land; 
 they never 'Attacked Antigua, only came in sight of it, and so went by 
 Montserrat to St. Christophers. The Privateers quarrelled with the 
 Men of War, because they did not Batter the Forts: It is supposed 
 that' the Enemy design next for Curacoa. They daily expect from 
 England a Fleet of 18 Sail at the Leward Islands to Attack Martinico. 
 As Mr. Cranston left St. Christophers he saw a Vessel which he judged 
 to be a Packet from England. 141 
 
 Boston, On Wednesday the 10th Currant, Sits the General Assembly 
 of this Province; to which day the said Court stands Prorogu'd. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Richard Christophers, John Smith, and 
 John Walker from Connecticut; Daniel Wair from Piscataqua; Thomas 
 Lothrop, and Nathaniel Gardner, from Nantucket; William Rhodes 
 from Rhode-Island; and Alexander Duncan from New-York. Out- 
 ward, Anthony Bracket for Piscataqua; William Smallage for New- 
 Jersey. Foreign Inwards, John Wallis, Ketch John and Deborah, 
 from Virginia; Joseph English, Sloop Industry, from South-Carolina. 
 Cleared Outward, Giles Hall, Sloop Lyon, for Barmuda. Outward 
 Bound for Tercera, Samuel Carey, Brigt Three Sisters; Suranam, 
 Edward Holloway in Dragon; Fyall, William Rowlson, Elizabeth; 
 and Moses Wadland, Sloop Seaflower; New-York, Samuel Darby, 
 Sloop Flying Hart; Jamaica, Thomas Hunt, Sloop Panther. 
 
 Hbvertfsement. 
 
 [Reprinted: man wanted to drive a team, as in March 4.] 
 
 1R. jg. IRumb. 104. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From ADonDaB April 8. to flDonDat? April 15. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 T'T^HIS issue, a four page folio, is largely filled with news of mili- 
 I A tary operations in Spain. On the first page are manifestoes issued 
 by Prince Charles of Austria, here designated as King Charles 
 of Spain, and of the earl of Peterborough at the head of their troops 
 before Barcelona. There is also an extract from a letter of Sir 
 Cloudsly Shovel, on board the man-of-war Britannia, October 22, 
 relating to the capture of Barcelona, and a letter from Prince Charles 
 on the same subject. On the third page are communications from 
 the junta of the military camp of Catalonia, and from the city of 
 
 141 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 565, in 
 account of the distress of St. Christopher, pp. 561-562, 565-567. 
 
 307 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 15, 1706 . 
 
 Vich thanking the queen of England for the assistance given to the 
 Spanish cause by the English forces. On the same page is the letter 
 of the earl of Peterborough to the queen, dated Barcelona, reporting 
 the capture of that city. From Hague, September 29, is a report 
 of the consideration of plans for settling the differences between the 
 States of the Dutch Republic and the Pope of Rome. Domestic 
 news and advertisements fill the two columns of the last page.] 
 
 St. Christophers, March 8. Having had Intelligence of a French 
 Fleet designing to attack some of the Leward Islands, 13 Sail of 
 Vessels appearing in sight of Antigua the 29th of January last, 
 caused an Alarm, but the next day 30 Sail appearing, gave assurance 
 'twas the French, and by their actions were designed to Land on 
 that Island; two Sloops were sent out to discover the strength and 
 designs of the Enemy, one of which exchanged several Shot with one 
 of the French Privateers, most of the small Vessels came within a 
 League of Five-Island Harbour, and some within the outwardmost 
 Island, the Wind blowing strong Northerly, the great Ships could not 
 come to Windward ; in this posture they lay till the 3d day at noon, 
 during which time the Commander in Chief (Col. John Johnson) had 
 in Arms about 1000 of the Inhabitants, 2 Companies of the Queen's 
 Soldiers, about 300 Marines, & 250 Negroes, in all about 2000 men, 
 with which he designed to meet the Enemy at Landing: The Gray- 
 hound Man of War lay then on the Careen, and her Guns ashore, and 
 the Captain brought his men ashore to joyn the Forces there. 
 
 The Wind still blowing very hard, about noon the 3d day the 
 Enemy's Commadore fired a Gun, & their whole Fleet went before 
 the Wind to Nevis, where they arrived the 5th of February, & pre- 
 sumed to Land, but the Wind blowing hard caused a great Sea, which 
 hindered their designs, the English lying in their Trenches ready to 
 receive them in case of their Landing, sundry shot from the Fleet 
 were sent on shore, some of which 24 Pounders ; they Landed in the 
 night a French man and a Negro, who were to burn the Canes, think- 
 ing we should leave our Trenches to extinguish the Fire, that they 
 might have an opportunity to Land without any repulse, and accord- 
 ingly they burnt about 80 Acres of Canes, but our men would not 
 hazard the loss of the Island by deserting the Trenches for any sinister 
 end; a small party was detached to look for the two men aforesaid, 
 which were both found, & after Examination and Tryal were hang'd. 
 The Enemy finding it impossible for them to Land at Nevis, they 
 went for St. Christophers, where they arrived the 10th of February 
 at night, and Landed at three several places of the Island, and ranged 
 from end to end, most of the Houses, Canes and Mills on the South- 
 side are burnt, the North-side escaped, all but 5 or 6 Plantations 
 ruin'd. The Enemy carried away some Negroes, the Loss sustained 
 
 308 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 15, 1706 
 
 is considerable; our two Garisons of Charles Fort, and Brimstone- 
 Hill were never attacked. 
 
 The General being in Antigua sent several Expresses to Barbadoes 
 for Assistance; accordingly two Men of War came down to our 
 relief, the French having notice of it on the 16th by an Express from 
 Martinico, and supposing greater strength would follow, went away 
 in great confusion. The Enemy's strength consisted of three 66 
 Gun Ships, 1 of 60, 1 of 58, 1 of 36, and 1 of 24 Guns, 4 Briganteens, 
 and 21 Sloops, and near 3500 Men. From St. Christophers the 6 Men 
 of War went for Tobago, and the rest for Guardilope. During these 
 Alarms our Flag of Truce for Exchange of Prisoners was detained at 
 Martinico, who gave an Account at her arrival in Antigua, that a 
 Sloop from France to Martinico arrived some time before they Sailed, 
 who said, that 8 Sail of Men of War Sailed from Brest two days before 
 him, who were daily expected, and that their design was if possible, 
 to take all the English Islands in the West-Indies. 
 
 The last Pacquet gave us an Account of Admiral Wishart's design- 
 ing to stop at these Islands with 15 Sail of English and Dutch Men of 
 War from England in their way to Jamaica, of whose arrival we are 
 much desirous, being at present under seeming dangerous Circum- 
 stances. An Embargo hath continued since the 29th of January, 
 and Masters and men in case of any Alarm are to leave their Vessels, 
 and joyn the Land Forces, Strangers to be fitted with Arms and 
 Ammunition by the Publick, and to have 18 d. per day during their 
 Service, and in case of loss of any Limb, to have Eighteen Pound 
 15 s. per Annum during Life. l42 
 
 The New-England Fleet under Convoy of Her Majestys Ship the 
 Deptford were arrived in Barbadoes, Antigua, and the rest of the 
 Leward-Islands, except Barnes in a Sloop, who was taken and carried 
 into Martinico. The. Embargo on said Fleet (it's thought) will 
 hinder most of them from going to Saltertuda. 
 
 A Sloop from Virginia to Antigua, in Lat. of said Island, found a 
 Ship overset, with all her Masts, Sailes and Yards standing; (he 
 being short of Provisions, his men were unwilling to go on Board her) 
 & it's thought to be a New-England Vessel Loaden with Lumber. 
 
 Several Vessels now at Nevis and St. Christophers, will Sail in 14 
 days to the Northward, most for New-England. 
 
 New- York, April 8. We are advised from Philadelphia, that if the 
 Men of War expected in Virginia do not arrive, the Homeward bound 
 
 142 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 565, in 
 connection with account of the" distress of St. Christopher, pp. 561-562, 565- 
 567. See News-Letter Nos. 105, 107, 108, 109 post. 
 
 309 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 15, 1706 
 
 Fleet for England will Sail the latter end of this Month, or the first 
 of May, most of the Ships being ready ; And that if the Men of War 
 do arrive before that time, their Orders are to tarry 20 days after 
 their arrival, and no longer. 
 
 Our Vessels Outward bound to the Leward Islands will not Sail 
 till we hear further of the French Fleet. Capt. Mears is Entered 
 Outward for Jamaica. 
 
 Salem, April 13. On Tuesday last, Laurence Mazory of this 
 Town, aged about 70 years, went out a Fishing, and was struck down 
 with Death at his Fishing Line. 
 
 Boston, Abraham Hill in a Sloop from Antigua is arrived at Mar- 
 tha's-Vineyard, who last Fall came from Newfoundland bound 
 hither, but was blown off the Coast, and put into Antigua, where Mr. 
 William Charters of Charlestown Merchant, a Passenger on Board 
 her, died. 
 
 On Fryday the 12th Currant, His Excellency Dissolved the General 
 Assembly of this Province. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inward, Flood and Jackson from Piscataqua. 
 Outward for Rhode-Island, William Rhodes and Francis James, for 
 Martha' s-Vineyard, Thomas Lothrop; for Connecticut, Moses Wadland; 
 for Nantucket Nathaniel Gardner. Foreign Inwards, Ephraim 
 Breed, Ship Seafiower, from Jamaica; Andrew Gravenraedt, Sloop 
 Ann, from New-York; Richard Ingesol, Sloop Seafiower, from 
 Surranam. Cleared Outwards, John Leigh, Ship Sarah, for Beau- 
 Moris in England; Giles Fyfield, Ship Boston-Merchant, and Joseph 
 Flint, Ship Prudent Hannah, for Antigua. Outward Bound for 
 NewYork, John Grose, Sloop Mary; for Nevis, John Stevins, Sloop 
 Mary Rose; for Newfoundland, William Carket, Sloop Friends Ad- 
 venture, and John White, Ketch Fisher; for Barbadoes, Thomas 
 Ruck, Briganteen Fraternity, and William Thomas, Briganteen 
 Amity; for Fyall, John Hoddy, Briganteen Adventure. u3 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 A Copper Still containing about 62 Gallons, with Worm & Worm- 
 •*■ *-top, to be Sold ; Enquire of John Campbell Postmaster of Boston, 
 and know further. 
 
 [Reprinted: man wanted to drive a team, as in March 4; negro 
 
 143 The critical reader will not fail to observe in this paragraph the occa- 
 sional use of capitals in Roman text for words that are otherwise italicized. The 
 capital M is here most used in this manner, but on page 314 post the capitals 
 C and E similarly appear. This is one of the many peculiarities of the News- 
 Letter typography, and special attention is called to it for reason of its com- 
 parative inconspicuousness in a hasty reading. The errors were probably due 
 to careless proofreading. 
 
 310 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 22, 1706 
 
 woman to be sold, as in March 18; News-Letter advertisement, as 
 in March 25.] 
 
 1R, j£, mumb. 105. 
 
 The BoftonNews-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOndag April 15. to flDOtlfcaE April 22. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 F'T^HIS issue is also a four page folio, nearly three pages filled with 
 I A foreign news. From Constantinople, August 3, 1705, is gossip 
 of Turkish internal affairs ; from Hague, October 2 and October 
 10, are various items of war news and reports of further negotiations 
 between Holland and Rome ; from Vienna, September 23 and October 
 3, and from Breslau, September 26, are reports of affairs in Poland 
 and Hungary; other minor news, principally concerning the war, is 
 from Berlin, Frankfort, Turin, Dantzick and other capitals. Among 
 the domestic news is a "Brief" issued by Governor Dudley regarding 
 the distress of St. Christopher.] 
 
 London, Nov. 29. The Virginia Fleet is all safe arrived, and the 
 Fleet from Barbadoes that was left of the violent Storm, not above 
 half loaden: We hear several of the Jamaica Fleet are arrived since 
 the great Storm they met with, at New-York, & hope more may 
 be at Boston. 
 
 Capts. Bowditch and Minot are put up for New England, Capt. 
 Peppril bound for New England was Sailed, but meeting with a 
 Storm, was forc't to return, who is now at Plimouth, and designs not 
 to Sail till he has the opportunity of a Convoy. 
 
 St. Christophers, March 10. Two days ago arrived here a Ship 
 from England, by whom we are acquainted, That Cadiz has submitted 
 to King Charles the 3d That Valentia is taken. That 25 Sail of 
 English men of War were coming from England to these Islands. 
 We daily expect the Pacquet to inform us further. 
 
 Montserrat, March, 21. This day we espyed upwards of 40 Sail 
 of French whereof 12 were large Ships, some of them supposed to 
 carry 60 Guns, one fire Ship, and a Bomb Ketch; the rest were Brig- 
 anteens, Ketches and Sloops : They lay three days before at Antigua, 
 but the Wind being High, hindered their Landing: 'Twas expected 
 they would Land this night at Montserrat, but we suppose they 
 designed for Nevis. A Packet of 22 Guns newly arrived from Eng- 
 land, and brings News, That the Spainards do dayly revolt from the 
 Duke of Anjou to King Charles 3d. 
 
 311 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 22, 1706 
 
 South-Carolina, March 30. Capts. Flint and Belcher are arrived 
 here from Boston in New-England, the latter lost all his Masts. The 
 14th instant arrived here a Spanish Sloop, who was bound from St. 
 Augustines to the Havanna, and had on board 13 Spaniards and 3 
 English Prisoners; The Prisoners rose up and kill'd the Spaniards 
 all but 3 or 4, and brought the Sloop in here. The Governour was 
 pleased to condemn the said Vessel, and gave her to the Prisoners. 
 Yesterday arrived here a Ship from Liverpool, 9 weeks passage, who 
 informs us, that when he left England, they had the News of Cadiz, 
 revolting from the Duke of Anjou to King Charles the 3d. 
 
 Montserrat, March, 26. On the 21st Currant, The French Fleet 
 consisting upwards of 40 Sail were seen going to Nevis: but we have 
 no News from thence, only we see Fires on the Land every Night, 
 and hear Firing of Guns. Col. Johnson went down from Antigua to 
 Nevis to their Assistance with 2 Sloops full of able Effective Men: 
 We are making preparations for to withstand the Enemy, in case of 
 an Attack: Two of Her Majesty's Men of War went for Barbadoes 
 3 days before the Enemy's Fleet came. 
 
 Pattomack in Virginia, March 30. On the 10th of Jan. last arrived 
 here from Barbadoes the Dublin Merchant, a Ship of 10 Guns & 22 
 men, Michael Broomlie Master, who in her Voyage sprung her Fore- 
 top-mast and was forced to bear away to the Leward-Islands, and 
 going by Nevis, a French Privateer of 87 men came up with her, 
 whom she fought 4 hours, & at last the Privateer boarded her, but 
 Broomlie kill'd & carried to St. Christophers 50 of his men, the one 
 half of Broomlies men were sick & not able to fight. It's said there 
 is a Privateer of 16 Guns off the Capes of Virginia. 
 
 Philadelphia, April 11. We are acquainted by a Gentleman from 
 Maryland, that a West-country -man from England was lately boarded 
 by a French Privateer off the Coast of Virginia, who in boarding him 
 lost 9 of his men that fell Overboard into the Sea, which while they 
 were endeavoring to save, being also favou'rd with the night coming 
 on, the Westcountryman got clear of him, and said that he brought 
 6 of the French mans hands into Virginia with him; that got on 
 board him when the rest fell Overboard. 
 
 Vessels Outward bound are Hamerton & Guy for London, Ray- 
 mond for Jamaica, and Trot for Fyall. 
 
 New- York, April 15. Capt. Jeffers & a Brigt. will Sail this week 
 or next to Virginia for Convoy to Engl. Vessels Outward bound are 
 Wells for Madera, Sandford for Carolina, Moyon for Virginia, & Meers 
 for Jamaica. Capt. Stanton Sails this week for Nevis. Her majesties 
 Ship La[ow]staffe will Sail this week on a Cruise. We are acquainted 
 
 312 
 
CHIEF JUSTICE: SAMUEL SEWALL 
 
 Diarist. A critical reader of, and a commentator upon the early American newspapers. 
 
 Reproduced tfrom the portrait by John Smibert in the possession of the Massachusetts His 
 torical Society 
 
THE BOSTON" NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 22, 1706 
 
 by a Gentleman lately come from England and Virginia, that Her 
 Majesties Ship the Nonsuch that went from hence, was arrived at 
 Falmouth. 
 
 Boston, Captain Gilbert from Fyal arrived here the 18th. Currant, 
 "by whom we are acquainted, That Benjamin Stone from Boston 
 bound to England under Convoy of Her Majesties Ship the Guernsey, 
 was separated in bad Weather, and put in to Fyall; from whence he 
 Sailed for England the 4th. of January last, in company with a Brig- 
 anteen from Philadelphia. 
 
 In December last, There was Advertisements of a Negro man Slave, 
 and an Indian's Running away from Mr William Pepperil o/Kittery 
 in the Province of Main, desiring they might be apprehended where 
 ever they came, and by vertue of said Advertisements coming (in 
 the News Letter) to South-Caralonia, whither the said Negro and 
 Indian had travelled, the Governour of said place has secured the said 
 Runaways for the Owner. 
 
 By Letters from Nevis, We are informed, That while the French 
 Fleet lay before that Island about the 6th of February last, A Ship 
 of 16 Guns belonging to London, and a Briganteen belonging to 
 Boston in N. England, Daniel Noyes Master, both from the Maderas 
 bound to Jamaica, fell in with said Fleet, who took them to be Friends, 
 the Enemy gave them Chase, and the Ship and Briganteen run in to 
 Nevis under the Fort, where they were protected, and when the 
 Enemy were gone they proceeded on their Voyage. 
 
 Mr. Blew from Montserrat see the Hulk of a Vessel without Masts 
 in the Lat. of Virginia, as he was coming to Boston. 
 
 Mr. Carver from said Island came out in Company with Thomas 
 Ball in a Sloop for this place, a few days after they Sayled from 
 Montserrat, Carver met with a Ship who gave him Chase for 3 Glasses. 
 
 By His Excellency Joseph Dudley Esq. Captain General and Gover- 
 nour in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Provinces of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay and New-Hampshire in New-England. 
 
 A BRIEF. 144 
 
 WHereas the Island of St. Christophers, some few weeks since, has 
 been Insulted and Ravaged by the French; And Her Majesties 
 good Subjects of that Island reduced to the last Extremity, by the Spoyles 
 the Enemy has made in burning of their Houses and Mills, destroying 
 and carrying off their Stocks and Estates: so that they are left destitute 
 
 V 144 In Massachusetts Archives, Vol. II, p. 652. Reprinted in Notes, in The 
 Acts and Resolves ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , 
 Vol. VIII, p. 566. Also in Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 94*. See News- 
 Letter Nos. 101, 103, 104, (account of the attack) ante, and 107, 108, 109 post. 
 
 313 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 22, 1706 
 
 both of Habitation and Subsistance: most having lost everything they had 
 
 IHave therefore, at the Desire of the Representatives in their late 
 Session, and with the Advice of Her Majesties Council, Issued 
 forth this BRIEF; Hereby Recommending to the Commiseration and 
 Pity of all Charitable Well-disposed Christians, within this Province 
 and the Province of New-Hampshire, the deplorable Circumstances, 
 and distressing Wants of their said Christian Brethren and fellow Sub- 
 jects; And Exciting them to put on bowels of Christian Compassion 
 and Charity, for the Relief of the pinching neces sites of their distressed 
 Friends and Countrymen. Which will be very acceptable to GOD, 
 profitable for our selves, and be remembred with the like grateful Ac- 
 knowledgment and Respect from this Island, as formerly. 
 
 The Money that shall be Contributed and Collected for this pious 
 Use, to be put into the Hands of Samuel Sewall, Esqr. and Andrew 
 Belcher Esqr. by them to be Invested in Provisions, &c. and forthwith 
 forwarded by the Direction of My Self and the Council. 
 
 And the Ministers of the several Towns are Directed to Read and 
 Publish this in their Congregations ; And to stir up their People, 
 notwithstanding their deep Poverty, to a Chearful and Liberal Contri- 
 bution to this good Work. ui 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, the 17th Day of April, 
 1706, in the Fifth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady 
 QUEEN ANNE. 
 By Order of the Governour 
 
 and Council. /. DUDLEY. 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 Entered Inwards, Adolph from New-York, Tho. Philps and 
 Jeremiah Vaile from North-Carolina, William Walter, Peter Harris, 
 Samuel Prince, and Jonas Green from Connecticut. Outward, John 
 Walker, Richard Christophers, Nathaniel Loring, Elisha Hedge and 
 John Smith for Connecticut. Foreign Inwards from Maryland, Moses 
 Abbot Sloop John and Mary, and Thomas Bell Sloop Endeavour; 
 from Antigua, Abraham Hill Sloop Mary; from Nevis William 
 Russel Ship Friendship, from Fyall; Thomas Gilbert, Briganteen 
 Good will; from St. Christophers, Charles Renouf; from Montserat, 
 Francis Norris, Sloop Seaflower, John Blew Briganteen Dragon, 
 Robert Carver Briganteen Plimouth; from South-Carolina, Wil. 
 Everton Ship Elizabeth. Cleared Outward for Fyall Benjamin 
 Edwards Sloop Elizabeth; for White-haven in England, William 
 Blaire; for Newfoundland, Eleazar Moses Sloop Content; ior New- 
 York, Samuel Darby Sloop Flying Hart. Outward bound, Joseph 
 
 145 The Brief was read in the Old South Church on the 28th. See Diary 
 of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, page 160, under date, Lords-Day, April, 28. 
 
 314 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 29, 1706 
 
 Thome in Briganteen Tryal for Surranam; and Andrew Gravenraedt 
 in Sloop Ann, for New-York and Philadelphia. 
 
 B&verttsements. 
 
 A LL Persons in Town and Country who have a mind this Publick 
 Print of Intelligence should be continued, and proceeded on 
 after the last day of this instant April, and are willing to Contribute 
 for its support, are hereby desired to agree with John Campbell 
 Post-master of Boston for the same, where they may have it Weekly 
 by the year on reasonable Terms, not exceeding what it was the last 
 year, but rather lessened provided any considerable number agree's 
 to take it. 
 
 [Reprinted : sale of a copper still, as in April 15.] 
 
 1R. j£. Bumb. 106. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOttdag April 22. to /E>0n&a£ April 29. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 f A GAIN a two page folio of which nearly one half is filled with 
 l-ZVforeign news, from London, Rome, Hague and Venice, of 
 preceding September and October dates, brought by John 
 Scot, master of a briganteen, from Plymouth, England.] 
 
 New- York, April 22. On the 19th Instant arrived here one Spencer 
 in a Sloop from St. Thomas. Letters via Virginia from England and 
 Ireland acquaint us, That Her Majesties Ships from hence arrived 
 in England and Ireland, the Nonsuch at Falmouth in 27 days, the 
 Deal Castle at Plimouth about same time, & the Maremaid at King- 
 saile the last of December, who six days after she left this Port sprung 
 her main Mast and a Leak in the fish room, the next day lost her 
 Top Mast and sprung a Leak in the bread room, and with great 
 difficulty got Kingsaile in a shatter'd condition. 
 
 His Excellency the Lord Cornbury sets out on Thursday next for 
 His Government of New- Jersey. 
 
 The Philadelphia Post not yet come in. 
 
 Salem, April 27. Yesterday arrived here Daniel Bray from Fyal. 
 
 Boston, On Thursday arrived here from England a Brigt. John 
 Scot Master, who Sailed from Plimouth the first of March in Company 
 with a Fleet consisting of 370 Sail, under Convoy of 9 Men of War, 
 bound for several parts, whereof there was 80 Transport Ships with 
 
 315 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 29, 1706 
 
 Forces on board for Catalonia; Capt. Bowditch & Capt. Pepperil 
 came also out in Company for this place, as likewise did Capt. Bond 
 for New York, and another Vessel or two for Philadelphia. 
 
 The Advice we have by Mr. Scot is, That John 
 
 Bennet from Boston to London was forc'd on Shore by a Privateer 
 at Dungeness; and that Stone & Lowder for said Port were safe 
 arrived in Ireland. That Capt Pitts and Capt. Gerrish were put 
 up in London for Boston. [Then follows one and a half columns of 
 miscellaneous foreign news received by this vessel.] 
 
 By letters from England, we are acquainted that Capt. Sanders from 
 New- York was safe arrived in Ireland. 
 
 Capt. Pepperil from Plimouth arrived here on Saturday the 27th. 
 Currant, and Capt. Bowditch from said Port on the 28th. and Noah 
 Guill from Madera. 
 
 Coasters Entered Outward, Tho. Curtice for Connecticut, Tho 
 Phelps for N. Carolina, Anthony Bracket for Pisoataqua. Foreign 
 Inwards, Tho. Ball Sloop Elizabeth from Montserrat, and John Scot 
 Brigt. William from London. Cleared Outwards, Tho. Hunt Sloop 
 Panther, & Will. Carket Sloop Friend Adventure for Newfoundland, 
 Alex. Duncan Sloop Friendship for Barmuda, John Pitts Sloop Rebec- 
 ca for Jamaica, John Hoddy Brigt. Adventure, & Job Hilliard Ketch 
 Goodwill for Fyall. Outward bound, Walter Goodridge Ship Francis, 
 & John Robison Brigt. Larke for Barbados; Richard Ingerson 
 Sloop Seaflower for Suranam, Peter Leach Brigt. Plymouth for 
 Antigua, Rich. Dafforne Sloop Amity for Newfoundland. 
 
 a&vertisements. 
 
 Within a day or two will be Published a Book Entituled, Vigilan- 
 tius. Or, A Servant of the Lord found Ready for the Coming 
 of the Lord. A Discourse Occasioned by the Early Death of Seven 
 Young Ministers, within a little while One of another; with some 
 Essay upon their very Commendable & Imitable Character. 
 And an ELEGY upon them Sold by Bartholomew Green at the 
 Printing-House at the South-End of Boston. 
 
 A Set of Halberts for a foot Company to be Sold on reasonable 
 ■*■ *Terms, by Nicholas Boone Bookseller, to be seen at his House 
 near School-House Lane in Boston. 
 
 A Surranam Indian Woman, and Child about 5 years old, to be 
 •^ *-Sold, Inquire of John Campbell Post-master of Boston, and 
 know further. 
 
 A Certain Person has an Hundred Twenty Five Pound to Lend 
 ■*■ *-at Interest upon good Security: Enquire of John Campbell Post- 
 master of Boston, and know further. 
 
 316 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 6, 1706 
 [Reprinted: copper still to be sold, as in April 22.] 
 
 1H, jg. tflumb. 107. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&a^ April 29. to {IDOItDag May 6. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 [["ITOUR folio pages. Six and a half columns are filled with foreign 
 I .T news, most space being given to an address of Queen Anne to 
 the house of lords, to an account of the investment of the town 
 of Badajos in the preceding October, and to a report of the corona- 
 tion of King Stanislaus at Warsaw in October. The issue opens 
 with an editorial note prefacing the queen's speech.] 
 
 In our Numb. 102 We gave you the QUEENS Speech to the Parlia- 
 ment, and Numb. 103 The House of Commons Address to Her 
 Majesty: The House of Lords Address tho' Prior to the House of 
 Commons not then coming to our hands, we thought it would not 
 be ill taken by the Encouragers of this Print, now to Insert it: 
 Which was presented by Her Majesty on the 31st of October 
 last: And is as follows. [The queen's speech and the other 
 foreign news follows.] 
 
 Barbadoes, April 5. Money is grown very scarce here, so that our 
 Assembly have Issued out from the Treasury 7000 Pound in Paper 
 Notes, to run for Six Months, and to Morrow they Sit again, and its. 
 said, That they design to Order Bills for 40000 Pound to pass for 7 
 years. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Deptford with the Fleet from Boston under 
 her Convoy arrived here the latter end of January, except some 
 that are arrived in the Leward Islands, onely Thomas Barns in Brig- 
 anteen Swan who was taken and carryed in to Martinico; The said 
 Fleet being bound for Saltertuda, but (by reason of the rumour that, 
 the French Fleet was abroad in the West-Indies, and one of Her 
 Majesties Secretary's of State advising our Governour of a Fleet 
 of 21 Sail with Transports, &c. fitting out of Brest under Conduct of 
 Monsier DeCasse, to attack this place.) Here is a strict Embargo, 
 so that your Vessels are hindred from proceeding on their Voyage, 
 which will be a great Loss to us and New-England. The reason of 
 the Frenches Effort thus, is said to be, That the French King at the 
 beginning of this War borrowed a considerable Sum from New- 
 Spain, with Engagement in 5 years to furnish them with 50,000 
 Negros for their Mines, which time of Contract being out, and his 
 necessity requiring another Borrow; The Spaniards were Crusty, 
 
 317 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 6, 1706 
 
 and would not Lend till the first agreement was answered; so he 
 thought an Attack on these Islands to be the readiest way to accom- 
 plish his bargain, and designs, which hitherto in great measure has 
 been frustrated ; for in their coming out of Brest 8 of said Ships were 
 lost by Storm, some put back again disabled, others of them, viz. 
 6 Sail of Men of War and some Transports arrived at Martinico, 
 and were Joyned by some Privateers, who attempted in the Latter 
 end of January, and beginning of February last to land at Antigua 
 and Nevis, the Wind blowing hard and contrary hindred their Attack: 
 Our Forts at Nevis, Maul'd their Ships, and kill'd their Vice Admiral. 
 The Enemy went then for St. Christoplters, where they Landed 1600 
 Regular men from France, and as many Privateers, where they burnt 
 and destroyed the greatest part of their Crop, Houses and Mills, 
 &c. but could not take the Forts : And the Enemy hearing of a Supply 
 going from hence to the Assistance of those Islands, The Enemy 
 in a Confusion left the place, and returned to Martinico. liS 
 
 Yesterday in the afternoon arrived a Pacquet from England, and 
 a Sloop Express from Antigua; By the former we are acquainted, 
 That a Fleet from England for this Place put to Sea the last of Feb- 
 ruary, in Company with the Fleet for Lisbone, and other places, and 
 with those for Lisbon Two Mast Ships, of about 600 Ton each, to 
 Load Salt for New-England; The Fleet for this Place we daily expect. 
 Monsieur De Casse is said to have Sailed from Brest with 15 Sail of 
 Men of War, no body knows where, but is not yet arrived in the 
 West-Indies. 
 
 The Account we have by the Express from Antigua is, That the 
 Enemy, with Men of War, Transports, and Privateers, make about 50 
 Sail, having on board about 6000 Men, and on a second Expedition 
 have attacked Nevis; and tis to be feared they have gained their 
 Landing; If so, they are in danger to be lost: At Antigua they are 
 so well provided, that they imagine themselves in no great danger. 
 This Express has occasioned the Embargo on the New-England 
 Fleet, which caused Capt. Stuckley Commander of Her Majesties 
 Ship the Deptford to leave them behind. 
 
 Boston, On Thursday the 2d Instant arrived here from Barbadoes, 
 Her Majesties Ship the Deptford, about a Months passage. 
 
 Entered Foreign Inward, William Bowditch, ship. Essex from 
 
 London; Samuel Pre 147 Ship William Andrew from Cowes; Tobias 
 
 Andrews, Mary Ketch from Surranam; and Noah Guille, Sloop 
 
 146 Reprinted, in part, from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and 
 Resolves ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, 
 p. 565, in account of the distress of St. Christopher, pp. 561-562, 565-567. 
 
 147 Paper creased and worn so that last part of name is not decipherable. 
 
 318 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 13, 1706 
 
 Adventure from Madera. Cleared Outward for Surranam, Edward 
 Halloway, Brigt. Dragon, Richard Ingersol, Sloop Seaflower, and 
 David Adams, Brigt. Plimouth; and for Jamaica, Francis Plaisteed 
 Frigot Evton. Outward Bound for Montserat, Thomas Andrews, 
 Ketch Mary; for Barbadoes, John Robinson, Brigt Larke; for New- 
 York, Dirick Adolph, and Andrew Gravenraedt for New-York and 
 Vhiladelphia; for Connecticut, Peter Harris and Jonas Green. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 A New Edition of the New-England PSALM-BOOK, Printed with 
 ■*■ -*-a New fair Character, and on good fine Paper; with a New Set 
 of most Common Tunes, more free from Errors than heretofore: 
 To be Sold by Benjamin Eliot at his Shop under the West End of the 
 Town-House in Boston: And Nicholas Boone at his Shop near 
 School-House Lane. 
 
 A Negro Man Slave Aged about 20 years, and a Negro Woman, 
 •*- *-to be Sold ; Inquire of John Campbell, & Know further. 
 /"\UR Last finished the Second Years Printing of the Publick 
 ^-'Occurrences, and notwithstanding the Undertaker has not had a 
 Competent Number to take it Weekly, whereby it might be carryed 
 on effectually so as to have the Intelligence both sooner and more 
 certain; yet most of those that have had it last year, being still 
 willing to promote and encourage it, upon their desire, and in hopes 
 that others will fall in with them, to support and carry on the same; 
 so as the Undertaker may be enabled to settle Correspondents for 
 the Intelligence, and lower the Price to those who are so willing to 
 promote its continuance; The Undertaker has in this proceeded on 
 one of a New for the third year ; And all Persons in Town and Coun- 
 try who have a mind to Encourage the same, may Agree with John 
 Campbell Post-master of Boston for the year, who shall have it on 
 reasonable Terms. 
 
 [Reprinted: a Surranam Indian woman and child to be sold, 
 as in April 29.] 
 
 IB, jg. Burnt). 108. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOn&ag May 6. to flDOtttaB May 13. 1706 
 
 NY 
 
 I" A NOTHER four page folio, three pages filled with foreign news. 
 
 I jf\Prominence is given to the action of Queen Anne and the 
 
 house of lords in condemning the spreading of reports to the 
 
 effect that the established church was in danger under her majesty's 
 
 319 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 13, 1706 
 
 administration, and especially arraigning one "David Edwards of 
 the Parish of St. Dunstans in the West, London printer" for having 
 published the libel, and offering rewards for the apprehension of the 
 author and the printer. There are two pages of news from Paris, 
 Rome, Turin, Vienna, Madrid, Hague and elsewhere.] 
 
 Jamaica, April 1 st. One Fidling bound hither from South Carolina 
 was taken by a French Privateer, and carryed in to Petiguavus, 
 and being ordered to France ; he was retaken by Her Majestys Ship 
 the Hector, & brought in here. 
 
 We have had an Embargo here for Six Weeks, by reason of the 
 Intelligence brought us of a French Squardron being abroad in the 
 West Indies: The last Packet brought the bad News of the said 
 Squadron having over-run St. Christophers all but the Forts, and that 
 they had left the Leward Islands. 
 
 Virginia, April 16. Capt John Wilde in the Ship Dove arrived 
 here from Boston in 10 days, who came hither to imbrace a Convoy for 
 London; and its uncertain when the Fleet from hence will Sail, the 
 Commadore first expecting orders from England, and 'tis well if the 
 Fleet Sail in June. 
 
 New- York, April 29. On the 27th instant arrived here a Sloop 
 in 5 days from Barmuda, loaden with Salt; The Master whereof 
 informs, That the Prize Ship bound from thence to this Port, met 
 with a Storm in her Passage, in which they cut away their Main 
 Mast, and had 2 men Drowned, and were returned to Barmuda to 
 repair their Damage. 
 
 On the 28th arrived a Sloop from Virginia one Follen Master, who 
 came from thence the 24th Instant, who acquaints us, That three 
 Ships were arrived from England 3 or 4 days before he Sailed, who 
 together with 17 Sail more came out of England the Latter-end of 
 February, in Company of a Fleet upwards of 300 odd Sail, bound for 
 Lisbon, Catalonia, &c. under Convoy of 9 Men of War. And that 
 after they had left the St[r]eights-Fleet, and were Standing for Vir- 
 ginia, they unhappily met with Two French Men of War, who took 
 5 of them, and what became of the rest they know not: but Mr. 
 Follen met 3 Ships going into the Capes, as he came out, which are 
 Supposed to be some of them : He further sayes, That one of the Men 
 of War designed to come to Virginia for Convoy was in the Dock at 
 Portsmouth, when these Ships came from England; so that its 
 uncertain when the Fleet will Sail for England, having orders not to 
 stir till the other Convoys do arrive. 
 
 Most of the Jamaica Fleet that went from hence for England the 
 first of December last, were arrived in Ireland. 
 
 320 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 13, 1706 
 
 Just now arrived a Sloop in 30 days from Curacoa, Lucas Steven 
 Master ; Three other Sloops for this Port came out in Company with 
 him ; but are not yet arrived : He brings no News, but that Monsieur 
 De Casse was taken by an English Squadron coming out of the 
 Channel: Which News they had at Curacoa by a Ship lately arrived 
 there from Holland, that came out in Company with Six other Mer- 
 chant-men under Convoy of Two Dutch men of War, the other Ships 
 were daily expected in there. There was Two Sloops for Rhode- 
 Island, Bernon and another that came out in Company with this Sloop : 
 And there was 4 or 5 for Boston, who were to Sail the same day or 
 the day after. 
 
 Rhode-Island, May 3d. On the 26th last arrived at New-Port 
 a Ketch from Montserrat, Samuel Hooper Master, who came from 
 thence the 21 March last, and in his Passage met with a violent 
 Storm, which had like to have Founder'd him; wherein he lost his 
 Masts, Spoyl'd most of his Suggar in his hould. 
 
 On Wednesday last was our Election ; all our Officers are continued 
 as they were, except one Assistant left out, and Major William 
 Wanton Elected in his Room. 
 
 New-Haven, May 1st. On the 27th. last, William Nick of Marble- 
 head, firing from a Sloop in our Harbour at some Fowl, the piece 
 broke, greatly tore his left hand; and on the 29th the Chyrurgeons 
 cut off his fore and middle Finger, and fear they must to Save his 
 Life, cut above the Wrist. Yesterday we had a very great South- 
 east Storm and Rain; Tis said our Small Rivers were never known by 
 the English to be so high; We fear there is much damage in Towns 
 lying on great Streams. 
 
 Dover, May 3d. On the 27th last, Some Sculking Indians about 
 10 or 12, came on part of Oyster River, and suddenly Kill'd and 
 Captivated 8 Persons, who had been Stragling abroad out of Garison. 
 
 Montserat, April 5. We have had no News from Nevis these 12 
 days, only we are informed from St. Christophers, that the French 
 Landed there the 22d of March, and that there was two French Flags 
 seen flying upon the Fort; We are daily Fortifying here for defence. 
 
 Hartford, May 3. Of late we have had much Rain, which has 
 caus'd a very great Flood, and but one like unto it this 40 years, it 
 rose near 5 fathom above its usual height in our River, has done 
 considerable damage, sundry Mills and Damns ruined, Houses 
 floated, others drove away, 3 or 4 Vessels floated off their Blocks, 
 great quantity of Corn spoyled. 
 
 New- York, May 6. Yesterday arrived 2 Sloops, Bill & Peniston 
 from Curacoa, who 8 or 10 days ago met with a Sloop from Antigua 
 
 321 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 13, 1706 
 
 bound to Pensilvania, the Master whereof gave him the unwelcome 
 News that Nevis was entirely taken by the "French, he also says, 
 that after the French had taken the Leeward Islands, they designed 
 an Attack upon Jamaica. Two Sloops are boujid for St. Thomas. 
 
 Rhode-Island, May 10th. On the 6th Currant arrived here John 
 "Wanton in Sloop Brothers Adventure, 22 days passage from Antigua, 
 who says, That the French were possest of Nevis three Weeks, ere he 
 left the Island, but had no News from thence, how the Enemy took it. 
 They have made all imaginable preparations at Antigua for defence. 
 
 Letters from Barmuda acquaint us, That they are informed there 
 from St. Thomas, That Monsieur De Casse coming out of France with 
 11. Sail of men of War, was intercepted in the Channel by an English 
 Squadron, who took him and 4 or 5 more Men of War, ruined the 
 rest, & carried De Casse to Bristol. 
 
 Boston, On the 5th Currant arrived here a Sloop from St. Thomas, 
 Daniel Wyborn Master, 18 days passage; And by Passengers on board 
 her that made their escape from Nevis, We are acquainted, That a 
 French Fleet consisting of 12 Capital Ships, and 40 other Vessels 
 on the 22d of March last, did Attack said Island, where the Enemy 
 Landed 6000 Men, who had over-run the Island, and carryed away 
 all that was Valuable; only they left the Inhabitants with their 
 Houses Standing: There was several of the Enemy killed by the 
 Negros. The Enemy stayed there upwards of 20 days. Several 
 Vessels belonging to New-England, and other Places being Imbargo'd 
 there, were taken by the French." 8 
 
 On Fryday the 10th Currant arrived here John Ventiman from 
 Jamaica about 5 Weeks passage : He came out in Company, with 
 Admiral Whetston and 6 men of War, that turned to the Windard: 
 There came also out with him for this place, Pemberton, Bedgood 
 and Edwards in 3 Sloops. The Anne Galley and Packet-Boat Sailed 
 for England: Scrivener in a Briganteen for Barmuda and New- York: 
 a Ship and a Sloop for Carolina; Vanbrugh of New- York for Virginia; 
 a New- York Sloop from Carolina was ready to Sail for New- York. 
 
 His Excellency has Ordered, That the Masters of the Coasting 
 Vessels Westward, Anchoring near the Shoar from Cape Cod to 
 Seaconet, do forthwith send a Boat or Cannoe, with two men and no 
 more, to give Notice to the Inhabitants who they are and from whence 
 they come, to prevent their being put off their business by appre- 
 hending them to be Enemies. 
 
 148 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay; . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 
 566, in account of the distress of St. Christopher, pp. 561-562, 565-567. 
 
 322 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 20, 1706 
 
 Coasters, Entered Inwards, Flood from Piscataqua, John Hedge, 
 Joseph Concklin, Thomas Lathrop, Jacob Cornwell, & Obadiah 
 Carter from Connecticut. Outward, Thomas Ball, John Lothrop, 
 James Allin, Samuel Prince, William Waters, Peter Harris and Jonas 
 Green for Connecticut, Benj. Flood, and Jacob Parker for Piscataqua, 
 and Dirik Adolph for New-York. Foreign Inwards, from St. Thomas 
 Daniel Wyborn Sloop Hawck; from Virginia Mathew Armstrong 
 Sloop Swallow: from Jamaica John Ventiman Ship Martha. Cleared 
 Outward, for Montserrat Dennis Hollirt Brigt. Experiment, for Nevis 
 John Stevins Sloop Mary-Rose, for Madera Samuel' Carey Brigt. 
 Three Sisters, for Jamaica, Peter King Ship Society, Andrew Wilson 
 Sarah Galley, James Smith Ship America. Outward bound for 
 London, Thomas Loch Tryall Galley, for Jamaica, John Secum 
 Sloop Boneta, for Barbadoes Newcomb Blague Coleman Frigat. 
 
 B&vertisements. 
 
 TWo Negro Men Slaves Aged about 21 years, & a Negro Woman; 
 to be Sold ; Inquire of John Campbell, & know further. 
 AT the desire of Several Gentlemen Merchants and others who are 
 willing to Contribute towards supporting of this Publick Print of 
 Intelligence, the Undertaker has begun for a third year in hopes of 
 others following their Good Example, whereby it may be Continued. 
 And all Persons in Town & Country who have a mind to promote 
 the same, may Agree with John Campbell Postmaster of Boston for 
 the year, who shall have it on reasonable Terms. 
 
 1ft, jg. mumb. 109. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDonOaS May 13. to /IDonDag May 20. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 f \ NOTHER four page folio, more than three pages filled with 
 I ^/^foreign news of preceding October and November dates from 
 *■ Lisbon, Rome, Milan, Vienna, Hamburgh, Cologne, Hague and 
 ■elsewhere. There are accounts of the capture of Barcelona, October 
 21, 1705, and of the progress of the siege of Badajos.] 
 
 Antigua, April 21st. On the 20th of March, we were Alarm'd by 
 a French Squadron just under the Land ; but in the afternoon they 
 bore away for Nevis; they consisted of 64 Sail, whereof were 12 Ships 
 from 50 to 72 Guns, Monsieur Debervell was their Commadore. 
 
 On the 22d in the Night, Monsieur Debervell Landed 4000 Men 
 about 8 Miles from Nevis Town, at a Place where our People thought 
 
 323 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 20, 1706 
 
 it impossible for them to Land, where, had there been but 50 men, 
 'twould broke the French's designs: The Commodore was the first 
 man that went on Shore in a Cannoe, and about two a clock in the 
 Morning he Marched at the Head of his Forces undiscovered, till 
 they came within half a Mile of the Town, where two Companies of 
 about 50 men discover'd and engag'd them some time, but no Assist- 
 ance coming were forced to give way : The Enemy immediately got 
 possession of the Town and several Platforms of Guns ; The People 
 fled to the Dodan, except about 30 Men, that fought them some time, 
 and beat the Enemy out of one of the Platforms, Turn'd the Guns 
 on the Town which did the Enemy considerable damage. Major 
 P arris with 15 Men in the Fort fought the Enemy till 3 a clock in the 
 afternoon of next day, & then Surrendered on honourable Terms. 
 
 The same day the Enemy Marched to the Dodan with all their 
 Forces: It is a Fort on the Top of a high Mountain wall'd in with a 
 dry Stone Wall breast high, where we had 500 Men, with the Queen's 
 Souldiers and Seamen, Commanded by Col. Abbot, who was resolved 
 to Fight the Enemy and keep the Fort: but contrary to his own 
 reason, being over-perswaded by some other Gentlemen, and Cryes 
 of the Women and Children, he yielded to a Parly, and agreed on 
 Articles to Surrender. 
 
 That they should March out with their Arms, Drums beating and 
 Collours flying; but so soon as they were out, The French broke 
 their Articles, disarmed the English and barbarously used them: 
 The Enemy burnt about half of the Country, and have taken all 
 that was valuable ; they took also 3200 Negros ; Half of the Town of 
 Nevis was burnt by Accident after the Capitulation; The Inhab- 
 itants have also agreed with the French (to Save the remaining part 
 of their Houses Standing, and themselves from being carryed off 
 Captives,) in Six Months time to deliver at Martinico 1400 Negros, orto 
 pay 42000 I. for which they took the Gentlemens Bonds, and carryed 
 4 young Gentlemen with them as Hostages for the performance. 
 
 Some of the Negros they had taken, after they were on board to 
 be sent away, understanding that they were to be Sold to the Span- 
 iards 80 of them Jumpt overboard, and some of them got on Shore, 
 who possest the Negros that were in the Mountains of the Frenches 
 design of getting them also by vertue of the Articles of Capitula- 
 tion, and to carry them to New-Spain to work in the Mines, which 
 made about 600 of them, who were well armed come down on the 
 French, kill'd several of them, and used them so as to give no quarter, 
 that the French durst not move half a Mile out of Town for fear of 
 the Negros. 
 
 The Enemy lost about 500 Men at Nevis, 130 men were blown up 
 and kill'd at blowing up the Forts, and splitting the great Guns: 
 
 324 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 20, 1706 
 
 i 
 
 when the Enemy went away the 10th Instant, they carryed with 
 them 25 Sail of Vessels that lay Embargo'd in the Harbour. 
 
 The Negros are still in Arms; there are 1400 of them who say, 
 That they will not lay down their Arms till the General goes down and 
 Commands them : They are afraid if they should that their Masters 
 must and will comply with the Articles to send them off, and so be 
 carryed to New-Spain. 
 
 Col. Johnson has sent down to Nevis 150 small Arms, & 26 barrels 
 of Powder, and some Provisions; the English having nothing to 
 Eat since the French left them but Potatoes. 
 
 The French left the Island suddenly in 3 hours time, by reason of 
 14 Sail of Tall Ships seen by their Spy, to the Windward of Barbados, 
 whom they took to be English men of War, but since are informed, 
 they were Dutch, bound home from Surranam. Most of the French 
 went to the Leeward, their design is said to be for some other place. 
 
 Three Privateers went again to St. Christopher's, and took off 
 400 Negro's. 
 
 New- York, May 13. On the 6th Currant arrived Still well from 
 Curacoa, and last week arrived Joel from Barmuda. His Excellency 
 the Lord Cornbury our Governour has Issued forth Two Proclama- 
 tions : One Commanding all persons to appear in Arms, &c. upon the 
 first Alarm ; and the other to discover what quantity of Powder is in 
 this Province, prohibiting the Sale and Exportation thereof till further 
 Order. Two Sloops Outward bound for Curacoa, one for Barbadoes, 
 and one for Barmuda. 
 
 Just now arrived 2 Sloops from St. Thomas in 16 days, by whom 
 we have advice, That the French have taken Nevis, that Monsieur 
 Debervill was arrived at St. Thomas in a Ship of 67 Guns, he lay 
 there 3 days, with 12 Sail more, supposed to be a part of his Squadron ; 
 'tis not known whither they are bound, but belived to be for New- 
 Spain: It was talk't at St. Thomas's, that the French Fleet were to 
 Rendezvous at St. de Crux, and that their Design was to attack 
 Curacoa, The Privateers were returned to Martinico. 
 
 Two Sloops are just arrived in 30 days from Jamaica; they left 
 Mr. Vial bound for Boston 6 days ago. A Sloop bound from Jamaica 
 for England, but last from Virginia; John Vanbrugh Master is just 
 now come in here. 
 
 Boston, On Tuesday the 14th Currant Dyed here Capt. Benjamin 
 Gilliam, and was interr'd on Thursday the 17th. Aged 43 years. 
 
 Coasters Cleared Outward, for Piscataqua Goin and Wair, for 
 Connecticut Thomas Lathrop Sloop Diamond, Thomas Lathrop Sloop 
 Susanna, and John Lathrop Sloop Speedwell. Foreign Inwards, 
 from Jamaica, Jeffery Bedgood Sloop Two Brothers, Thomas Pember- 
 
 325 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 27, 1706 
 
 ton, Sloop John & Anne, from Barmuda, John Welch Sloop Larke, 
 from Antigua, John Porter Sloop Mary. Outward bound, for Mont- 
 serrat, William Cooke Brigt. John and James, for South Carolina, John 
 Comer Ketch. Exchange, for Newfoundland, Jeremiah Vaile Sloop Mary. 
 
 On Saturday arrived Nathaniel Perkins from South Carolina, 
 John Edwards from Jamaica, Blin and Hedge from Connecticut. 
 
 On Wednesday the 15th Currant, It was Resolved by His Excellency 
 & Council, That Capt. Redknap Her Majesties Engineer for the Con- 
 tinent of America be forthwith supplied with Materials for Mounting 
 20 Pieces of Cannon at Castle William, and to repair the Works, and 
 raise more as shall be judged necessary for the Defence of this Place. 
 
 a&pertfsements. 
 HpHe Good Old Way: Or, Christianity Described in the 
 ■*■ Lives of the Primitive Christians. Sold by Benjamin Eliot 
 under the West End of the Town-House: Price bound 12 d. 
 
 [Reprinted: negro man slave for sale, as in May 6; News-Letter 
 advertisement as in May 13.] 
 
 1R, jg. Bumb. no. 
 
 The Bolton News-Letter. 
 
 From fiDon&as May 20. to /E>On&Sg May 27. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 TTT^OUR folio pages, more than three pages devoted to foreign news, 
 I J? the most important relating to the siege of Asti in the pre- 
 ceding November, the meeting of the czar of Russia and the 
 king of Poland, at Grodno in November, the visit of the duke of 
 Marlborough to Vienna, and affairs in Bavaria, Hungary and 
 Germany.] 
 
 Guernsey, Nov 12. Several Prizes have been lately brought in 
 here by the Privateers, belonging to this island . . . The 
 Francis of Philadelphia, Andrew Lock Master, of 40 Tuns and 8 
 men, Loaden with Wine Retaken by Capt John Brock. 
 
 Plimouth [Eng.] Decemb. 2. The 30th past a Dutch Privateer 
 called the Dolphin of Flushing brought in here as Prize, the Abraham 
 of Rochel, of 14 Guns, and 200 Tuns, laden with Sugar, Indigo, and 
 other Goods from Martinico. 
 
 St. James's December 9. This day Francis Nicholson Esq. late 
 Governour of Her Majesties Colony and Dominion of Virginia, was 
 introduced into Her Majesty's Presence by the Rt. Hon. Mr. Secre- 
 
 326 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 27, 1706 
 
 tary Hedges, and had the Honour to Kiss Her Majesty's Hand: 
 He likewise waited upon his Royal Highness, who was also pleased to 
 receive him very favourably. 
 
 Jamaica, April \Qth. Capt. Bartholomew Green is arrived here 
 from Boston. The Packet call'd the Barbados having on board 150 
 Cask of Indigo, and about 20000 I. value in Silver and Gold, bound 
 from hence to England, was lost upon the Island Heneago : The men 
 on board her Saved the Indigo and Money, built a Boat, took in the 
 Money, designing down hither, leaving the Indigo on the Island, but 
 in the way were met by a French Ship, who took them with their 
 Riches, and gave the men the Boat again and all of them their Liberty 
 Save two: When they arrived here, the Merchants immediately 
 fitted out a Sloop with 90 men to fetch the Indigo from Heneago, 
 which accordingly they did and brough it hither. 
 
 We have now here 300 French Prisoners ; We set all the Spaniards 
 that we take at Liberty; and the Spaniards do the same to the Eng- 
 lish: We keep all the French Criolians close Prisoners: There are 
 two Flags of Truce sent from hence to the Havanna, and St Domingo : 
 Admiral Whetstone with Her Majesties Ships under his Command 
 being to the Eastward, is returning from his Cruise hither again. 
 
 St. John's, Newfoundland, May the 4th. It has been very Sickly 
 here last Winter, and we have buryed a great many : We have taken 
 6 French Prisoners, and two Indians ; Three of the French Prisoners 
 made their escape to Petty Harbour, where the Chief Gunner with 
 a party in pursuit of them kill' d two in their endeavouring a second 
 escape. On the 25 last, a party of French came & burnt Mr. Coals 
 House. Here are two Ships arrive from England, Abraham Fil- 
 more from Topsham and Thomas Templeman from Bristol, by whom 
 we are informed, That Sir William Jumper is bound hither with a 
 Squadron, whom we daily expect. 
 
 Southampton on Long-Island, May the 12th. On Saturday the 
 4th Currant, Dyed here Col. Maihew Howel Esq. much Lamented. 
 
 Nantucket, May the 15th. On Monday the 6th Instant, Dyed here 
 John Gardner Esq. Aged about 82 years. 
 
 New- York, May 20. This day arrived a Sloop from St. Thomas 
 in 20 days, who brings News that the French gave out there, that 
 they designed for Jamaica, and in their Return for New- York, which 
 has caused us to make all possible provision to give them a warm 
 Reception; All persons having provided themselves with Arms 
 and Ammunition, and all hands are employed upon Fortifying this 
 City, which in a short time will be put in a good posture of defence; 
 Our Inhabitants having voluntarily advanced large Sums of Mony 
 
 327 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 27, 1706 
 
 for the procuring of Materials, until such time our Assembly Sits, 
 which will be on the 24th Instant. A great many new Carriages are 
 already made for the Mounting of our Cannon, and a great number of 
 Stockadoes and Plank brought to Town, for the making of Platforms, 
 Breast-works, &c. 
 
 Her Majesty's Ship Lowstaffe will go to Sea this week on a Cruise. 
 
 Vessels Outward bound are Gilbert and Ecles for St. Thomas, 
 Schelinx for Boston, Stevins for Curacoa, Hutchins for Barmuda, 
 Ecles for Jamaica, Chaplain for Barbadoes & Maclenan for Antigua. 
 
 Hartford, May 20. This day a Woman was Condemned to Dy 
 for Murdering her Husband, which was done by throwing a pair of 
 Taylors Shears at him, which hitting him on the head, in a few days 
 it prov'd fatal to him. 
 
 Rhode-Island, May 24. On the 14th Instant about 4 in the after- 
 noon, we had a great Shower of Hail, some whereof measured full 
 three quarters of an inch through, but did no damage. A Vessel 
 has been seen off Block-Island, which by her working is supposed to 
 be an Enemy. 
 
 Marblehead, May the 24th. On Saturday the 18th. Dyed here 
 Capt. John Brown Merchant, who was interr'd on Wednesday the 
 22d. instant. 
 
 Boston, On Monday the 13th Currant, His Excellency reviewed 
 the Militia of this Place, at a General Muster of the Regiment. And 
 on Wednesday the 15th Currant the Militia of the Eastern Regiment 
 in the County of Middlesex at a General Muster in Charlestown. 
 And on Tuesday the 21st Currant the Militia of the South Regiment 
 in the County of Essex, at a General Muster at Salem And on Thurs- 
 day the 23d the middle Regiment in the said County of Essex, at a 
 General Muster at Ipswich ; And found them well provided as the 
 Law Directs. 
 
 Wednesday next the 29th Currant is the Aniversary Day for 
 Electing the Members of Her Majesties Council for this Province, 
 when the Great and General Court is to sit at Boston. 
 
 Mr. Nathaniel Vial '•after he came out of Jamaica in his Voyage 
 hither, met a Bark-Alongo that came from Cuba, bound to Jamaica, 
 with several English Prisoners. 
 
 On Monday the 20th Currant, The Governour Acquainting the 
 Council, That His Excellency the Lord Cornbury Governour of New- 
 York &c. had Written to Capt. Redknap Her Majesties Engineer, 
 to repair into that Province. 
 
 The Council Unanimously desired His Excellency to direct his 
 Attendance in this Province for Her Majesty's Service, until the New 
 
 328. 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 3, 1706 
 
 Cannon be Mounted at Her Majesty's Castle William, and the Works 
 there, now in hand, be set in Order. 
 
 Coasters, Entered Inwards, Jackson from Piscataqua, Lewis & 
 Blin from Connecticut. Outward, Gold & Bracket for Piscataqua, 
 Ed. Hedge for Connecticut. Andrew Gravenradt for Rhode-Island, 
 N. York & Pensilvania. Foreign Inwards from Jamaica, John 
 Patison Sloop Dove, Nathaniel Vial Ship Dutchess: From South- 
 Carolina, Nathaniel Perkins Brigt. Success: from Bonire, John 
 Sharp Sloop Four Friends: from Saltertuda, John Hobbs Ketch 
 Lamb: From Newfoundland Solomon Gardner Sloop Mary: from 
 Surranam Ebenezar Dennis Brigt. Friendship. Cleared Outwards, 
 for St. Christophers, William Cole Sloop Mary : for Antigua, William- 
 Thomas Brigt Amity: for Newfoundland, Richard Dafforn Sloop 
 Amity: for Barbados, Thomas Ruck Brigt. Fraternity, and John 
 Robinson Brigt. Larke. Outward bound, for Maryland, Moses 
 Abbot Sloop Endeavour: for New York Joseph Concklin Sloop Tryal: 
 for Fyal John J amis Brigt. Goodwill: for Carolina, Jeffery Bedgood 
 Sloop Two Brothers: for St. Christophers, Daniel Wybom Sloop 
 Hawck: for Newfoundland, George Pearson Sloop John and Mary. 
 
 H&verttsements. 
 
 [Reprinted: loan of money wanted, as in February 14; negro 
 man slave for sale, as in May 6; News-Letter advertisement, as in 
 May 13.] 
 
 1R. J£. Bumb. in. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter, 
 
 From /IbOttimg May 27. to /IDOItOaS June 3. 1706. 
 NY 
 
 J" T N this issue, the space devoted to domestic news exceeds that 
 1 -Lgiven to the foreign. The latter is in December, 1705, letters 
 from London, Turin, Venice, Florence, Warsaw, Hague, Ratis- 
 bon and elsewhere. The number opens with reports of the Anniver- 
 sary Election, the sitting of the General Court and the address of 
 Governor Dudley.] 
 
 Boston, June 3. 1706. 
 
 WEdnesday the 29th of May last, being the day appointed 
 for the Sitting of the Great and General Court or Assem- 
 bly of this Province, And the Anniversary Election: 
 After the Election Sermon Preach 'd by the Rever- 
 end Mr. John Rogers, Minister of Ipswich: (upon these words, 
 1 Kings 8.57, 58. Tlie Lord our God be with us, as he was with our 
 
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 Fathers: Let him not leave us, nor forsake us: that he may encline our 
 hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his Commandments, 
 and his Statutes, and his Judgments, which he commanded our Fathers.) 
 
 The following Gentlemen were Chosen Members of Her Majesty's 
 Council for the Ensuing Year, whom His Excellency was pleased to- 
 Approve of, Viz. ua 
 
 Wait Winthrop Esq 
 John Hatho'rn Esq 
 Samuel Sewall Esq 
 William Brown Esq 
 Jonathan Corwin Esq 
 John Vi alley Esq 
 Eliakim Hutchinson Esq 
 Penn Townsend Esq 
 Samuel Partridge Esq 
 Edward Bromfield Esq 
 Isaac Winslow Esq 
 Samuel Appleton Esq 
 *John Cushing junior Esq 
 
 James Russel Esq 
 Elisha Hutchinson Esq 
 Isaac Addington Esq 
 John Phillips Esq 
 John Foster Esq 
 John Thacher Esq 
 John Appleton Esq 
 John Higginson Esq 
 Andrew Belcher Esq 
 Samuel Legg Esq 
 Nathanael Payne Esq 
 *John Lever ett Esq 
 *Ichabod Plaistead Esq 
 
 The Members of the House of Representatives for the several Towns 
 are as follows, and those that have this Mark [*] are New Ones. "°" 
 
 ■ Mr Tho. Oakes Speak 
 Boston \ Col Sam. Checkley 
 Capt Eph Savage 
 Mr Eliz. Holyoke 
 Roxbury, Mr Wil Denison 
 Dorchester, Mr Hopestill Clap 
 Milton, Capt Thomas Vose 
 Braintrey, Mr John Baxter 
 
 Watertown, *Jonas Bond Esq 
 Sudbury, *Mr Edmund Ryce 
 Marlborough, *Capt Tho How 
 Concord, *Mr Wil. Wilson 
 Chelmsford, Capt Jera. Bowers 
 Billerica, *Mr John Sternes 
 Woburn, James Converse Esq 
 Reading, Maj. Jer Swain 
 
 149 Printed, revised, in The Acts and Resolves . . . of the Province of 
 the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol.VIII, pp. 161-163. In the list of members- 
 of the council are these changes in the Province Laws print: Russell for 
 Russel; Hathorne for Ha thorn; Browne for Brown; Paine for Payne; Plaisted 
 for Plaistead. In the list of representatives, the following: Sudbury, Deacon 
 Edmund Rice instead of Mr. Edmund Ryce; Billerica, Lieut. John Stearns- 
 instead of Mr. John Sternes; Woburn, added: Ensign John Pierce; Hingham, 
 Maj. Samuel Eells instead of Samuel Eels Esq.; Salem, blank filled: Mr. 
 Daniel Epes; Ipswich, Jewett for Jewet, Mr. Goodue instead of Capt.; Reading, 
 Sweyne for Swain; Maiden, Hill for Hills; Sherburne, Lieut. Morse instead of 
 Mr. ; Dunstable, Lieut. Col. Tyng instead of Col. ; Newbury, Somerby for 
 Somersby; Lynn, Poole for Pool; Marblehead, Calley for Cawley; Wenham,. 
 Deacon William Fiske instead of Mr. Wil. Fisk; Gloucester, Haskall for Hascall;: 
 Yarmouth, Paddocke for Paddock; Hatfield, Deacon Marsh instead of Mr.; 
 Rehoboth, Ensign Read instead of Mr. Reed; Haverhill, Saunders for Sanders;; 
 Boxford, Perley for Pearly; Cambridge, Capt. Thomas Oliver in place of John. 
 Leverett Esq., Leverett being elected to the council; Charlestown, Cary for 
 Carey; Taunton, Crosman for Crossman; York, Donnell for Donnel. 
 
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 Weymouth, Capt Steph French 
 Dedham, Mr John Fuller 
 Medfield, *Mr Henry Adams 
 Hingham, Samuel Eels Esq 
 Brooklin, *Mr John Winchester 
 
 Salem \ *Mr Benj Lynde 
 
 / Mr Nehe Jewet 
 Ipswich \ *Capt Wil Goodhue 
 Newbury, Capt Hen Somersby 
 Lynne, *Mr John Pool 
 Marblehead, *Mr John Cawley 
 Beverly, Mr Samuel Balch 
 Wenham, Mr Wil. Fisk 
 Topsfield, Mr Elisha Perkins 
 Glocester, *Mr Benj. Hascall 
 Rowley, Mr John Dresser 
 Salisbury, *Mr Rich. Hubbard 
 Amesbury, *Capt Tho. Harvey 
 Andover, Capt Chri. Osgood 
 Haverhill, *Mr James Sanders 
 Boxford, *Mr Tho. Pearly 
 Cambrige, *John Leverett Esq 
 Charlestown, *Capt Nath Carey 
 Newtown, *Mr John Spring 
 
 His Excellency, JOSEPH DUDLEY Esqr. Captain General and 
 GOVERNOUR in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Province of 
 the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, &c. His SPEECH to 
 the Honourable the COUNCIL and Representatives, in General 
 Court Assembled at Boston, May the ZQth. 1706. 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 BY the favour of Almighty GOD, we have been last year 
 preserved from any inroad of the Enemy by Land, or any 
 considerable Depredation upon our Coast; and the Forces 
 in the several Parts have done their Duty towards our 
 Preservation. 
 
 I am to acquaint you, That by our Advice from the West Indies, 
 The French have a more powerful Fleet than at any time heretofore; 
 and having done what Spoil they can in the Islands; may be reason- 
 ably expected to visit the Continent, and every Body will agree that 
 it is Our Duty to be in all possible Preparation to receive them, 
 to defend this Province from their Insults, and therein to do the 
 Just Honour we owe to the Crown of England, to Her Majesty the 
 
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 Maldon, *Mr Eben. Hills 
 Sherborn, *Mr Jonath. Morse 
 Dunstable, *Col. Jonat Tyng 
 Lancaster, Mr John Houghton 
 Groton, *Mr Simon Stone 
 Plymouth, *Mr Nath Morton 
 Situate, *Mr John Barker 
 Marshfield, Mr Eph. Little 
 Bridgewater, Mr Dav. Perkins 
 Duxbury, *Capt Seth Arnold 
 Barnstable, *Mr Sam Hinckley 
 Yarmouth, *Mr Zech. Paddock 
 Eastham, Mr Sam. Knowles 
 Springfield, *Jos. Parsons Esq 
 Northampton, *Mr Eb. Strong 
 Hadley, *Mr Daniel Marsh 
 Hatfield, *Mr Samuel Marsh 
 Bristol, Mr Nath Blagrove 
 Rehoboth, *Mr Moses Reed 
 Swanzey, *Mr Hezek. Luther 
 Taunton, *Mr Ro. Crossman 
 York, *Samuel Donnel Esq 
 Kittery, *Mr Jos. Hammond 
 Nantucket, Capt Rich. Gardner. 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 3, 1706 
 
 best of Princes, and to all Her Majesties good Subjects that depend 
 upon US. 
 
 I have lately reviewed the several Regiments upon the Sea Coast, 
 and put them into the best Readiness for a March, to the Assistance 
 of any oppressed Part, and by the Advice of Her Majesties Council, 
 have doubled the Garrison at the Castle, and laid in Provisions and 
 Stores there. 
 
 There is something further necessary to be done towards the 
 Security of this Town, at the Battery's and else where, as well as at 
 Salem, Marblehead and Cape Anne, which I shall desire you forth- 
 with to enter upon: the Season of the year being far advanced, and 
 proper for the Enemy to look this way. 
 Gentlemen of the Representatives, 
 
 I have always found your Readiness to Assist in the Affairs of the 
 War; and as the Circumstances are more pressing, I doubt not of 
 your further Resolutions, you will properly consider the Method of 
 such growing Charges of the Fortifications, and other Necessarys, 
 and how to lay them equally, and thereby more easy to the People. 
 
 Mr. Treasurer's Accounts will acquaint you what is wanting there. 
 
 I have used all Methods this last year to make the Charge as easy 
 as possible, that I might Encourage your Readiness in the Supply, 
 and shall at all times depend upon your Advice for the Security of 
 this Province, and am well Assured of your Assistance. 
 
 I shall be glad you will make this the first business, and proceed 
 early in it, because all things that we shall judge necessary will 
 demand time. 
 
 I Trust Almighty GOD will Inspire us with that Courage and Reso- 
 lution which is needful for our Defence: and that we may proceed 
 Unanimously and Vigorously in what is before us, which I shall 
 always justly represent to the Honour of the Government. 
 
 On Thursday the 30th of May, An Express came to His Excellency 
 from Albany, giving an Account, That Mr. Shelden (who went from 
 hence to Canada with Letters from our Governour, to the Governour 
 of Quebeck, in order to the Exchange of Prisoners) was safe arrived 
 there, and had got all our Captives together (except 9 or 10) in read- 
 iness to come away from thence. 
 
 This day came here by Land from Martha's- Vineyard, Jeremiah 
 Snow, Master of the Ship Hopewel, who came from Hundoras about 
 5 weeks ago loaden with Logwood bound for Curacoa; But on the 
 3d of May coming thro' the Gulph of Florida was taken by a French 
 Man of War of 26 Guns, bound from St. Domingo to Burdeaux in 
 France: The French having pillaged her of Water, Provisions, Beds 
 and Cloathing, Sold the Ship and Loading to the Master for an 100 /. 
 Sterling ; for the payment of which he sent a Man in Hostage. And 
 
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 on Thursday the 23d of May, Mr. Snow being off Block-Island, and 
 very short of Water and Provisions, seeing two Sloops, he drew up his 
 Sails designing to speak with them to get a supply; but they were 
 afraid, and run away from him, he being unacquainted at Rhode- 
 Island, and not having time that night to run in, he made the best 
 of his way to the Eastward, and on the 26th. got in to Martha's- 
 Vineyard. Mr. Snow see the People of Block-Island fire the Beacon, 
 and doubtless his Ship was the Vessel mentioned in our last supposed 
 to be an Enemy. 
 
 By a Vessel from Carolina, We are acquainted, That Capt. Baylie 
 in a Ship from Barmuda bound to Pensilvania, having 41 Persons on 
 board was cast away the beginning of April last, a little to the North- 
 ward of Ruanok Barr, and had 33 Persons drowned, 15 whereof were 
 Negros. As also that Capt. Josiah Flint in the Stephen and Samuel 
 of Boston, laden with Pitch, Tar, Ryce &c. bound from South Carolina 
 to Virginia, in order to imbrace the Convoy from thence to England, 
 was cast away upon Cape Hatteras, about the middle of April last; 
 the men all Saved. 
 
 His Excellency has been pleased to Commissionate Mr. Samuel 
 Keeling Merchant, to be one of the Captains of the Regiment of 
 Militia of this Town. 
 
 New- York, May 27. On the 21st Instant arrived here Capt. Mor- 
 rison from Jamaica, and Cox from Turks Island. And on the 24th 
 a Prize Ship (formerly mentioned) from Bermuda, but neither bring 
 any News. 
 
 Her Majesty's Ship Lowstaffe Sails this week on a Cruise towards 
 Virginia. 
 
 We have above 200 at work every day on the Fortifications, and a 
 great number cutting and fetching of Timber, Stockadoes, &c. for 
 making of Batteries, Platforms, &c. The Northside of this City from 
 Hudsons River to the East River will be inclosed with Stockadoes, 
 and a very good Breast-work, with several Block-Houses at conven- 
 ient places. One half whereof is already done, and we hope to have 
 finished that Line this week. A breast-work is carrying on all along 
 Hudsons River, and several Batteries will be made fronting the 
 Harbour, there being Carriages ready for Mounting 40 or 50 heavy 
 Cannon, & more making. 
 
 Most persons in case of any Attack from the Enemy have provided 
 Retreats in the Country, for their Wives and Children, &c. And 
 a Computation has been made, that in less than 24 hours, we can 
 have 4000 Men well Armed in this City; So that if the French should 
 come, they are like to get little more than hard blows & Brick Walls,, 
 which will do them no extroordinary Service. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 3, 1706 
 
 We are acquainted from Virginia, that Capt. Bond for this place 
 has Souldiers on Board to Recruit the Forces here; who comes from 
 England under Convoy of Her Majesty's Ships the Greenwich & 
 Hazardous for Virginia, whom we daily expect. 
 
 Vessels Outward bound are Budge for London, Bradduck for 
 Boston, Bill, Pasco, Stilwell and Dupuy for Curacoa, and Martin for 
 St Thomas. 
 
 Boston, Coasters Entered Inwards, Elisha Hedge, Naihanael 
 Loring, Richard Christophers and William Rodes from Connecticut. 
 Outward, Jacob Cornwal for Connecticut. Foreign Inwards, from 
 Ruanoak, William Clarke Sloop Endeavour, John Ford Sloop Speed- 
 well, David' Northy Brigt. Speedwell-friend, and John Webster 
 Brigt. Endeavour: from Turks Island, Solomon Pitman Brigt. 
 Content: from Montserrat, Samuel Hooper Ketch Endeavour: 
 from Bonavist, James Loring Brigt. Industry: from Nevis Ebenezar 
 Breed Ketch Goodwill: from South-Carolina, Joseph Elicot Sloop 
 Nonsuch. Cleared Outward, for Newfoundland, Jeremiah Vail 
 Sloop Mary: for South Carolina, John Pitts Ketch Exchange. Out- 
 ward bound, for Fyall Samuel Edward Brigt. William and Mary. 
 
 THese are to give Notice, That in our Numb. 79 We gave you 
 an Account, That Her Majesty, for the better maintaining of 
 Correspondence between England and Her Plantation Islands in the 
 West-Indies, and for the further Improvement and Benefit of Trade, 
 had settled Packet-Boats, to go from Plimouth every Month in the 
 year, and being arrived at Barbadoes to stay no longer than J days 
 and nights, at Antigua 2 days and nights, Monserat, Nevis and St. 
 Christophers at each 36 hours, at Jamaica 10 days and nights, and 
 thence to Return to England, and not to be stay'd or delay' d on any 
 pretence whatsoever. 
 
 And whereas in the said Account by an Error of the Press, it is said 
 every Vessel hath performed her Voyage in the space of ijo days or 
 thereabouts: These are to give Notice, that it shouldbe but 100 days, which 
 according to the first Proposition laid down by the Honourable Edmund 
 Dummer Esqr. is de facto found practicable to accomplish the same. 
 
 In the said Account we also informed you, That by virtue of the Act 
 of Parliament for Establishing the Post-Office, Her Majesty had 
 Directed and Impowered the Honourable Sir Robert Cotton Knight, 
 and also the Honourable Sir Thomas Frankland Baronet, Her Majesty's 
 Post-Master General of England and the Plantations, &c. to take and 
 receive for the Port of all Letters and Packets so conveyed to and from 
 the Plantations to England, according to the Rates following. From 
 England to the West-Indies, each Letter not exceeding one sheet 15 d. 
 double not exceeding 2 Sheets 2 s. 6 d. and in proportion to the same 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER', JUNE 3, 1706 
 
 Rates for every Packet of Letters. From the Islands to England single 
 18 d. Double 3 s. and in proportion for Packets, and for Packets 
 of greater bulk 6 s. per Ounce. 
 
 We also acquainted you that Letters would be taken in at the General 
 Post-Office in London, directed for New-England, New- York, New- 
 Jersey, Pensilvania, &c. On the same Post nights as those for the 
 Plantation Islands, which would be put up in Separate Bags, for the 
 Continent, with Direction to the several Agents of Her Majesty's Packets 
 in each Island by the very first Embarkation that presents from either 
 Island, to put said Mails on Board for the Continent, where said Letters 
 are to be dispatched to the Respective Governments by the Post-master 
 of the Place where the said Vessel does first arrive. 
 
 These are also to give Notice, That the Agents of the Packets in each 
 Island, and the Post-masters on the Continent, are ordered to Corres- 
 pond with each other in order to promote and carry on this Publick 
 Good. As also the Post-masters of the several Provinces on the Continent 
 are hereby desired to acquaint each other from time to time of all Vessels 
 Outward bound from their Precincts to any Port of the West-Indies or 
 Beyond Sea, as well as those that do arrive from any Foreign Port; 
 ■whereby all Persons may know how and when to send Letters by said 
 Vessels for Counveyance by the Monthly Packets to England, or any 
 other Ports. 
 
 It is also hereby further Notified to all Persons who at any time have a 
 mind to send any Letters or Packets for England, either directly when 
 Embarkations offer, or by the way of the West-Indies by said Packets, 
 ■either from this or the Neighbouring Provinces, that all due care shall be 
 taken by the Respective Post-masters to put said Letters on board the 
 Vessel for England, and if to the Plantations, to put up the said Letters 
 in a Maile directed for the Agent, where the first Embarkation offers, 
 by him to be put on Board the first Packet for England: The Owners of 
 said Letters or Packets, first having pay'd the Inland Postage and 
 usual allowances of 2 d. each Letter for the same. 
 
 2U>vertisements. 
 
 TO be Sold at Charlestown on reasonable Terms, A House & 
 Land, B.arn, Gardens, with other accomodations, and a Dock and 
 Ship-yard belonging thereunto, with all necessarys for a Ship-wright; 
 Inquire of Mr. Samuel B[a]llard of said Town, and know further. 
 
 UPon Tuesday night last the 28th of May, there was Stole, a 
 Little Moses Boat from the side of the Sloop Larke lying at 
 Mrs. Keeche's Wharffe in the North End of Boston: Whoever will 
 bring back again the said Boat unto John Welch Master of said 
 Sloop, or give him any true Intelligence, so as he may have her 
 again, shall have a sufficient Reward. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 10, 1706 
 
 ANy Person that wants to borrow Money at Interest, upon good 
 Security, may inquire of John Campbell Postmaster, and 
 know further. 
 
 THree Negro Men Slaves, & three Negro Women, to be Sold; 
 Inquire of John Campbell Postmaster, & know further. 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in May 13.] 
 
 Ifl. j£. mumb. 112. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOlt&aU June 3. to /D>0n5a£ June 10. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 |"TN all respects — size, diversity of news, treatment of domestic 
 I X affairs, quantity of advertising and so on — this is the most am- 
 ■■ bitious number of the News-Letter attempted up to this date. 
 Two regular pages are added, making it a six page folio. On the 
 first page is an account from Limerick, December 7, 1705, of storms 
 and shipwrecks on the Irish coast, and this is followed on the first 
 and second pages with other foreign news from Vienna, Madrid, 
 Zurich, Ratisbon and elsewhere. More than half of the third page 
 is given to domestic news. On the fourth page is an editorial argu- 
 ment against negro slavery, an important historical document, 
 and on the same page is additional domestic news. The fifth page is 
 filled with the speech of Lord Cornbury and the proceedings of the 
 Assembly of New York, while the sixth page presents foreign news 
 from Paris, Dresdon, Frankfort, Falmouth, Hague and elsewhere, 
 and three quarters of a column of advertisements.] 
 
 Boston, On Monday the 3d. Currant, The Annual Artillery Election 
 Sermon was Preach' d by the Reverend Mn Rowland Cotton, Minister 
 of Sandwich, upon these words, Mat. 11. 12. The Kingdom of Heaven 
 suffereth Violence, and the Violent take it by Force. After Sermon 
 the following Gentlemen were Chosen by the Honourable Artillery 
 Company to be their Officers for the Ensuing Year, Viz. Major 
 Adam Winthrop, Captain; Captain Timothy Clarke, Lieutenant; 
 and Captain John Ballantine, Ensign: Whom His Excellency was 
 pleased to Approve of. 
 
 On the said day arrived here the Port Merchant from Lisbon in 
 51 days, John Babbage Master; there came out in Company with him, 
 Mr. Gerrish for Piscataqua, via Fyall, Mr. Winter for this place, 10 
 Sail of large Merchant-men for the West-Indies, and 14 Sail for New- 
 foundland. 
 
 By whom we are Advised, [Then is printed nearly a half column 
 of minor foreign news items.] 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 10, 1706 
 
 This Port Merchant, whereof Richard Thomas was formerly Master, 
 was taken in his Voyage from Boston to Lisbon by three Letter of 
 Mark-men; all the Commanders were very kind to the said Thomas, 
 whom they carried with them to Martinico, and the said Vessel was 
 retaken by a Flushing Privateer of 36 Guns, and ransomed again: 
 Cravat from Boston was also taken, and they gave him his Vessel again. 
 
 Mr. Babbage further says, That one of the Mast-Ships, & Mr. 
 Minot in a Flag Boat, were arrived at Lisbon from England, who 
 waited for a Convoy to this Place. 
 
 On Tuesday the 4th Instant, By an Express from the Governour 
 of Rhode-Island to His Excellency, we are acquainted, that there is a 
 French Privateer on that Coast, who upon Fryday the 31st of May — 
 Chased one Walker in a Sloop from Connecticut, so that he and his 
 men was forced to leave his Sloop laden with Provisions, and get on 
 shore at Watchpoint. The Government of Rhode-Island upon notice 
 had of it, immediately fitted out two Sloops well Mann'd and Arm'd, 
 under Command of Major Wanton, and Lieut. Payn to go in Quest 
 of the said Privateer. Mr. Walker saw the Privateer take the Pro- 
 visions out of his Sloop, and then turn her a drift. 
 
 On Thursday the 6th Currant, there came an Express to His Excel- 
 lency from the Province of Main, giving an Account, that 6 or 8 of 
 the Skulking Enemy Indians on Tuesday last came unawares upon 
 3 or 4 persons that were working in their field at Cachethe, and kill'd 
 two of them being Young men, e're they could escape to the Garison, 
 as the other did. 
 
 On the said Day the Assembly Elected Two of Her Majesty's 
 Council for this Province, to make up the Number of 28. Viz Benja- 
 min Brown Esq. and Ephraim Hunt Esq. and His Excellency Approved 
 of the Choice. 
 
 Since our Last there was chosen the following Gentlemen to Serve 
 in the General Court as Representatives of the following Towns, viz. 
 For Cambridge, Capt. Thomas Oliver; John Leverett Esq. the late 
 Representative for that Town, being chosen One of Her Majesty's 
 Council: for Little Compton *Col. Benjamin Church, and for Mendon, 
 *Mr. William Holebrook. 150 
 
 On Fryday the 7th Currant, arrived here Capt. Tho. Gwin, and 
 Capt. Beamsly Perkins, in 17 days from Antigua, with whom came 
 out for this place David Bucklin, and John Taylor, who Sailed the 
 same day about 6 hours before them, by whom we are acquainted, 
 That Mr. Nathaniel Harris for Boston, and Mr. Andrew Pepyril for 
 Piscataqua Sailed from Antigua about 16 days before they came out. 
 
 150 See foot-note, 149, p. 330 ante. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 10, 1706 
 
 That in the Lat of 19 and 40. Capt. Perkins met a large Ship of Force, 
 who gave him Chase, which Ship he saw take a Sloop, whom he fears 
 to be Taylor. That there was a Flag of Truce returned from Mar- 
 tinico to Antigua the 10th of May last with all the English Prisoners 
 from thence, by whom we are advised, That the French Squadron 
 were all gone to the Leeward, (excepting one 70 Gun Ship, that was 
 going Convoy of the Martinico Fleet for France) and were to stop at 
 St. Domingo, where they expected a considerable Force to join them, 
 in order to attack Curacoa or Jamaica: That the Dutch Fleet from 
 Curacoa to Holland, consisting of above 100 Sail were gone home. 
 That Capt. Crapo in a Ship of 14 Guns, who was upon this Coast last 
 year, was Sailed from Martinico 14 days before the last Flag of 
 Truce to Antigua came from thence, and was gone for St. Domingo, 
 in order to join some French Ships of War to come upon the Coast of 
 N. E. That they expected Monsieur Du Casse at Martinico. That 
 there was lately a great Storm at Martinico, wherein they Lost 12 
 Sail of Vessels, 4 whereof were Privateers, and the rest Prizes. That 
 there was a Spy Boat from Barbadoes at Antigua, waiting for the 
 Return of the Flag of Truce from Martinico, which Spy Boat return'd 
 to Barbadoes upon the Arrival of the Flag of Truce, and upon their 
 Arrival at Barbadoes: It is not doubted, but the long Embargo upon 
 Vessels there will be taken off. 
 
 On Saturday the 8th Currant, arrived here David Bucklin from 
 Antigua. 
 
 This day was Interr'd the Corps of Mr. Jonathan Balston, who dyed 
 on Thursday last, in the 89th year of his Age. 
 
 Coasters, Entered Outward, for Connecticut, Elisha Hedge, An- 
 drew Wager, James Blin, and William Rhodes: for New- York, Joseph 
 Concklin. Foreign Inwards, from Lisbone, John Babbage Ship Oporto 
 Merchant: from St. George, William Goddard Brigt. Seaflower: 
 from Antigua, Thomas Gwin Brigt. Eliz. and Beamsly Perkins 
 Eagle Galley. Cleared Outwards, for New-foundland, Solomon 
 Gardner Sloop Mary: for Curacoa, Thomas Andrews Ketch Mary. 
 Outward bound, for Antigua, John Rawlins Sloop Mary: for Oporto, 
 Samuel Turill Ship John & Timothy : for Newfoundland John Sharp 
 Sloop Four friends. 
 
 On the 9th Arrived Nathanael Jarvies from Antigua. 
 
 T)Y last Years Bill of Mortality for the Town of Boston in Numb 
 -^-'100 News-Letter, we are furnished with a list of 44 Negroes dead 
 last year, which being computed one with another at 30 1. per Head, 
 amounts to the Sum of One Thousand three hundred and Twenty Pounds,, 
 of which we would make this Remark; That the Importing of Negroes 
 into this or the Neighbouring Provinces is not so beneficial either to the 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 10, 1706 
 
 Crown or Country, as White Servants would be. 
 
 For Negroes do not carry Arms to defend the Countrey, as Whites do. 
 
 Negroes are generally Eye-Servants, great Thieves, much addicted 
 to Stealing, Lying and Purloining. 
 
 They do not People our Country as Whites would do whereby we 
 should be strengthened against an Enemy. 
 
 By Encouraging the importing of White Men Servants, allowing 
 somewhat to the Importer, most Husbandmen in the Country might 
 be furnished with Servants for 8, g, or io 1. a Head, who are not able 
 to Launch out 40 or 50 1. for a Negro the now common price. 
 
 A Man then might buy a White Man Servant we suppose for 10 I. 
 to Serve 4 years, and Boys for the same price to Serve 6, 8 or 10 years: 
 If a White Servant die, the Loss exceeds not 10 1. but if a Negro dies, 
 'tis a very great loss to the Husbandman; Three years Interest of the 
 price of the Negro, will near upon if not altogether purchase a White 
 Man Servant. 
 
 If Necessity call for it, that the Husbandman must fit out a man 
 against the Enemy; if he has a Negro he cannot send him, but if he 
 has a White Servant, 'twill answer the end, and perhaps save his Son 
 at home. 
 
 Were Merchants and Masters Encouraged as already said to bring 
 in Men Servants, there needed not be such Complaint against Supe- 
 riours Impressing our Children'to the War, there would then be Men 
 enough to be had without Impressing. 
 
 The bringing in of such Servants would much enrich this Province, 
 because Husbandmen would not only be able far better to manure what 
 Lands are already under Improvement, but would also improve a great 
 deal more that now lyes waste under Woods, and enable this Province 
 to set about raising of Naval Stores, which would be greatly advantagious 
 to the Crown of England, and this Province. 
 
 For the raising of Hemp here, so as to make Sail-cloth and Cordage 
 to furnish but our own Shipping, would hinder the Importing it, & 
 save a considerable sum in a year to make Returns for which we now do, 
 and in time might be capacitated to furnish England not only with 
 Sail-cloth and Cordage, but likewise with Pitch, Tar, Hemp and other 
 Stores which they are now obliged to purchase in Foreign Nations. 
 
 Suppose the Government here should allow Forty Shillings per head 
 for five years, to such as should Import every of these years 100 White 
 Men Servants, and each to Serve 4 years, the cost would be but 200 I. 
 a year, and a 1000 Is for the 5 years: The first 100 Servants being free 
 the 4th year, they serve the 5th for Wages, and the 6th there is 100 that 
 goes out into the Woods, and settles a 100 families to Strengthen and 
 Baracado us from the Indians, and so a 100 Families more every year 
 successively. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 10, 1706 
 
 And here you see that in one year the Town of Boston has lost 1320 I. 
 by 44 Negroes, which is also a Loss to the Country in general, and for a 
 less Loss, (if it may improperly be so called) for a 1000 I. the Country 
 may have 500 Men in 5 years time for the 44 Negroes dead in one year. 
 
 A certain person within these 6 years had two Negroes dead com- 
 puted both at 60 I. which would have procured him six white Servants 
 at 10 I. per head to have Served 24 years, at 4 years apiece, without 
 running such a great risque, and the Whites would have strengthened 
 the Country; that Negroes do not. 
 
 'Twould do well that none of those Servants be liable to be Impressed 
 during their Service of Agreement at their first Landing. 
 
 That such Servants being Sold or Transported out of this Province 
 during the time of their Service, the Person that buys them be liable 
 to pay 3 1. into the Treasury. 151 
 
 New-Haven, May 29. To Morrow is a Publick day of Fasting & 
 Prayer appointed throughout our Colony, much on the same grounds 
 of that kept in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay & N. Hamp- 
 shire in April last. 
 
 On the 23d Currant, We had here a Storm of Thunder & Hail, 
 whereby two men working on a Vessel upon the Stocks were smitten, 
 the one down to the ground who lay near half an hour without any 
 appearance of Life, the other smitten so as to fall against the side 
 of the Vessel, both since well in Body and Mind, but do declare, 
 that they neither heard the Thunder nor saw the Lightning that 
 did them this harm. We have had several great Rains of late besides 
 that I formerly wrote you of, which has caused great Floods in our 
 small Rivers. 
 
 Piscataqua, June 7th. On Wednesday last was Launched here 
 the Lusitania Galley, burthen about 500 Tuns, whereof Capt. John 
 Wentworth is Commander. And yesterday Mr. John Shaplie and 
 his Son being Riding on the Road near Kittery, their Horses were 
 found all bloody without their Riders; a Party of the Garison that 
 went out in Quest of the Sculking Enemy, found Mr. Shaplies Body, 
 and his head cut off, but cannot tell what is become of the Son. 
 
 New-port Rhode-Island, June 7. On the 2d. Instant, at 8 a Clock 
 in the morning, there came to our Governour one John Walker 
 (Master of a Sloop bound to Boston from Connecticut, loaden with 
 78 barrels of Pork, 7 of Beef, 700 bushels of Wheat and Indian Corn) 
 who gave his Honour this Account, That on Saturday last in the 
 afternoon he had been Chased in the Sound by a French Privateer 
 Sloop, and to avoid being taken, he & his men got into their small 
 
 151 One of the earliest public utterances against slavery in the colonies. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 10, 1706 
 
 boat, and left their Sloop to the mercy of the Privateer who took 
 her, and they getting on shore at Watch-Hill, Alarmed the people all 
 along Narraganset shore and Stonington, where it was Lined with near 
 1000 men in Arms. Mr. Walker himself made the best of his way 
 hither; and upon his Arrival, our Governour immediately issued 
 forth a Proclamation for Voluntiers, and in less than 2 hours time, 
 we had 2 Sloops fitted out with 100 and odd men well armed, under 
 Command of Major William Wanton and Capt. Thomas Payne, 
 who Sailed from hence about 10 a Clock in the morning, and about 
 2 a Clock in the afternoon made themselves Masters of the Privateer 
 and her Prize about 3 Leagues to the Southward of Block-Island, 
 and brought her on Monday last in here about 10 a Clock in the 
 morning. The Privateer seeing 2 Sloops after him did not fight. 
 The Sloop is of about 30 Tons, 37 men, sails well, the Captains name 
 is Charles Ferret has his Commission from Petitguavus, she was bound 
 for Port-Royal, in order to Cruise this Summer on the New-England 
 Coast. 
 
 Yesterday was held here a Court of Admiralty by the Hon. Na- 
 thaniel Byfield Esq. Judge thereof, where the said Privateer was 
 Condemned by his Honour gratis, to Encourage so noble and valor- 
 ous an Action. 
 
 New-York, June J. 
 His Excellency Edward Viscount Cornbury, Captain General and 
 Governour in Chief, in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New- 
 York and Territories depending thereon, &c. His SPEECH to the 
 Honourable the Council and Representatives in General Assembly 
 now Sitting in the City of New York, upon Wednesday the 29th. 
 of May 1706. 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 I^HE Service of Her most Sacred Majesty the Queen, in the 
 Neighbouring Colony, having Obliged me to Prorogue this 
 Assembly to the Month of September next, I should not have 
 given you the trouble of meeting till that time, were I not forced 
 to it by an indispensible necessity, the repeated Advices our Mer- 
 chants here have received from their Correspondents in the West- 
 Indies, of the design the French have of attempting this Colony, 
 has made me think it of absolute necessity to call you together at 
 this time, that all proper measures may be taken, for the defence 
 of this Place, which as yet lies very open, naked and defenceless. 
 
 There are two things therefore which I shall chiefly recommend to 
 your care, one is the providing a Fund for the Fortifying this City; 
 the other is, the providing a Fund for the Repairing this Her Majesties 
 Fort, which is extreamly out of Order, and for mounting the Guns, 
 most of the Carriages being rotten and unserviceable. These two 
 
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 things are of absolute necessity, and without which, it is to be feared 
 this place may become a prey to a powerful enemy, who can design 
 no less, than to lay it waste, and destroy it, as they have done the 
 Islands of Nevis and St. Christophers, whose misfortunes I hope 
 will be an inducement to you to make effectual provision for the 
 defence of this Colony: And you may be sure, that whatever you 
 shall think fit to give, shall be applied £o the Uses for which you give 
 it, and to no other. 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 I must take notice to you, that the last Assembly did pass an Act 
 for the Raising the Sum of 1500 I. towards the erecting Batteries at 
 the Narrows, which would have been of very great use at this time 
 had that Money been collected, but it has not: I am sensible that 
 some malicious ill minded people have reported, That I had taken 
 that Money into my hands; that the truth therefore may be known, 
 and I justifyed, I recommend it to you Gentlemen of the House of 
 Representatives, to make a strict enquiry into that Tax I think it 
 proper to recommend to you, the Reviving the Militia Act, which 
 expired by its own Limitation in the year 1704. And I am the rather 
 Induced to do it at this time, because in this time of danger, if there 
 is not some Law past to keep the people to their Duty, I shall be 
 forced to put Martial Law in practice, which I am sure will fall 
 heavier, than any Act of Assembly will do. I cannot conclude without 
 putting you in mind of the necessity of making provision for Out- 
 scouts this next Winter, to be sent from Albany. These are the things 
 I thought proper to recommend to you, and which I hope you will 
 provide for with all possible dispatch, because I think the nature of 
 the thing requires it. If you can think of any thing else that may 
 require the Aid of an Act of Assembly at this time, you shall always 
 find me ready to do anything that shall be proposed to me, for the 
 QUEENS Service and the good of the Country. 
 
 The House being met on Thursday the 30th of May, and a Debate 
 arising concerning the Legality of the present meeting of the General 
 Assembly, which stands Prorogued till the 12th of September next. 
 
 Resolved, Nemine contradicente, That in regard of the indispensible 
 Necessity mentioned in his Lordships Speech, of which this House 
 is deeply sensible, they will sit and proceed to give their best Assist- 
 ance towards the necessary Defence of this Colony. 
 
 Resolved, That the City of New-York be immediately fortified. 
 
 Resolved, That this House will raise a Fund towards the defraying 
 the Charge of the Fortifications of the City of New-York. 
 
 Resolved, That this House will to Morrow Morning resolve in- 
 to a Committee of the whole House to consider of ways and means 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 10, 1706 
 
 for the raising a Fund for defraying the Charge of Fortifying the City 
 of New-York. 
 
 Ordered, That be a Committee of this House to inspect 
 
 and examine what Sum of Money has been raised and paid in, by vir- 
 tue of a late Act of General Assembly for raising 1500 I. towards 
 erecting Batteries at the Narrows, and make their Report thereof to 
 this House. 
 
 Ordered, That a Bill be brought in to revive the Militia Act, 
 lately expired by its own Limitation. 
 
 Resolved, That a Fund be raised for the payment of Scouts for 
 the Fronteers at Albany for the year ensuing. 
 
 Ordered, That a Bill be brought in accordingly. 
 
 Ordered, That his Excellencys Speech and the Votes of this House 
 be forthwith Printed. 152 
 
 Our Fortifications are briskly carried on, we having some days 
 400 men at work, & seldom less than 200. The Country are very 
 ready in their Assistance, and have sent us 150 men at a time to work, 
 & we hope in a short time to be in a good posture of defence. 
 
 Her Majesty's Ship Lowstaffe, Capt. Jeffers and a Brigt. Sailed 
 out of Sandyhook yesterday morning for Virginia, the Merchant- 
 men are bound with the Fleet for London. 
 
 On Saturday last His Excellency my Lord Cornbury went to his 
 Government of New-Jersey, and is expected back to morrow. 
 
 Outward bound are 4 Sloops, one for London, Via Virginia, the 
 rest for Madera, Barbadoes, and St. Thomas. 
 
 Plimouth[Eng.], Decemb 28 This day arrived here Her Majesty's 
 Ship the Deal Castle from New York. 
 
 Falmouth, Decemb. 29. The 26th Her Majesty's Ship the Nonsuch 
 put into this port from New-York, whence she Sailed the first Instant, 
 in company of the Mermaid and Deal Castle, with about 19 Sail 
 of Merchant men under their Convoy ; but was separated from them 
 the 6th by bad Weather. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 MAgnalia Christi Americana: Or, the Ecclesiastical History of 
 New-England, from its first Planting in the year 1620, unto 
 the year of our Lord 1698, in folio, containing 820 Pages in 7 Books, 
 wherein you have the Lives of the Governours, Magistrates, and 
 Divines ; an Account of the University of Cambridge, with the Lives 
 of the Benefactors and Eminent Persons Educated therein: The 
 
 152 This speech and the resolves are in the Journal of the Votes and Pro- 
 ceedings of the General Assembly of the Colony of New York, Gaine edition, 
 Vol. I, pp. 212-213. 
 
 343 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 17, 1706 
 
 Order in the Churches and Synods : Many Illustrious Providences of 
 Mercy and Judgement ; and Afflictions of the Churches from several 
 Adversaries, and remarkable Occurences in the Wars with the Indians 
 To be Sold by Benjamin Eliot at his Shop under the West End of 
 the Town-House in Boston. Price, Twenty Shillings. ft3 
 
 A New Edition of the New-England PSALM-BOOK, Printed 
 with a New, Fair Character, and on good fine Paper; with a 
 New Set of most Common Tunes, more free from Errors than hereto- 
 fore. To be Sold also by Benjamin Eliot at his Shop under the West 
 End of the Town-House in Boston: & Nicholas Boone at his Shop 
 near School-house Lane. 154 
 
 TO Be Sold at the Post-Office in Boston: The Monthly Mercury's 
 at 12 d a Piece: London Gazetts, Flying-Posts, Post-Man, 
 Post-Boy, Bills of Entry, Price Courants, ■ Observators, at 1 d. per 
 Piece; and the Boston News-Letter for the first two years, at 2 d. per 
 Piece. " So that any Persons in Town or Country in this or the Neigh- 
 bouring Provinces, may have the same, agreeing with John Campbell, 
 Post-Master of Boston for all, or any of the same. 
 
 ANy Person that wants to buy a Set of New-Halbards, may inquire 
 of John Campbell Post-master and know further. 
 f I ^O be Lett or Sold at Charlestown on reasonable Terms, A House 
 •*- & Land, Barn, Gardens, with other accomodations, and a Dock 
 and Ship-yard belonging thereunto, with all necessarys for a Ship- 
 wright; Inquire of Mr. Samuel Ballard of said Town, and know 
 further. 
 
 [Reprinted: reward offered for return of a stolen boat, money to 
 loan, and negro slaves to be sold, as in June 3; News-Letter adver- 
 tisement, as first in May 13.] 
 
 1R. jg. mumb. 113. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /TOOItDag June 10. to /TOonDag June 17. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 I" A RETURN is made to the four page folio size. At the head of 
 I xxthe first column of the first page, under date "London, De- 
 cember 31, 1705," begins a review of the European events of 
 the year, and this is preceded with an editorial introduction. The 
 review fills the entire first page and one and a half columns on the 
 
 153 This work originally advertised in the News- Letter of March 11 , 1706. 
 
 154 See advertisement in News-Letter, May 6, 1706. 
 
 344 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 17, 1706 
 
 second page. In half a column of the second page and all the third 
 page is foreign news from Paris, Frankfort, Vienna, Venice, Hague, 
 Madrid, and elsewhere, of January dates. There is one full page of 
 domestic news.] 
 
 THE Reader having favourably received the Epitome's we 
 have hitherto made at the conclusion of each year, of the 
 chief Actions transacted therein, we shall pursue our usual 
 method, and present him with a short account of the most 
 material Occurences that have happened in this present year. [Here 
 follows the review.] 
 
 Falmouth, Jan. 3. . . . Two other Dutch Privateers have 
 brought in two French Prizes of about 200 Tuns each, laden with 
 Sugar, Coco, and other Goods, from Martinico. 
 
 New- York, June 10. On the 4th Instant arrived here Capt. Creago 
 in 19 days from St. Thomas, who brings News, That Monsieur Deber- 
 ville with the French Squadron was gone to St. Domingo, and that 
 Monsieur du Casse was not yet arrived in Martinico. They had advice 
 there by a Sloop from Martinico, that a Ship was arrived there from 
 France which saw 14 (some Letters say 24) English Men of War go 
 into Madera, supposed to be bound to the West-Indies, upon which 
 the Governour of Martinico will admit but a few Privateers to go out 
 at a time, and not above 3 weeks Cruise. 
 
 The same day. arrived a Prize Sloop loaden with Martinico Cocoa, 
 and bound from thence to St. Domingo, she was taken by a Privateer 
 belonging to Curacoa and sent hither, with whom Capt. Pennistone a 
 few days after Concerted ; Penniston's Periawger had taken a Spanish 
 Privateer of 4 Guns and 30 men; Pennistone was waiting in Kids 
 river in expectation of a Prize, and writes that 15 Galloons were arrived 
 in the West Indies. 
 
 On the 8th Instant arrived here a Ship from Bristol, one Cockerin 
 Master, who came out the 23d of March in Company of 24 Sail bound 
 for Virginia and Maryland: By whom we are advised [here follow 
 several short items of foreign news.] 
 
 Capt. Bond for New- York was in the Downs the 16th March whom 
 we expect with the Virginia Convoy, and we expect another from 
 London with the Newfoundland Fleet. 
 
 Our Assembly have Voted 3000 1. for fortifying of this City. 
 
 Rhode-Island, June 14th. There is arrived here from Barbadoes 
 in 16 days Philip Lewis in Brigt. Hope, Elery, Sloop Benjamin & 
 Abigail, and Chapman, Sloop Dove; who came out in company 
 with several Vessels for the Continent. 
 
 Dedham, June 15th. On Thursday the 13th. Currant, We had 
 
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 here a Shower of Rain, accompanyed with great Thunder and Light- 
 ning, whereby the House of Mr. Vigilans Fisher (in the middle of 
 the Town) was smitten, several Bricks beat off the Chimny, falling 
 down on the fore-side of the House, one of the Spars of the House 
 Split from the Chimney down-wards to the Plate, and from thence 
 taking the Post of the fore door, Split that also, Carrying one piece 
 of it to the other side of the Street, several pieces of Bricks fell down the 
 Chimney very near to a Child sitting in the Corner, several pieces of 
 Clap boards broken and beat off the House : The Lower Room (where 
 the People were) fill'd with a smell of Sulphur for a Considerable 
 time, but (through Mercy) no Person kill'd or hurt. 
 
 Boston, On Monday the 10th. Currant arrived here Capt. Rows 
 in the Flag of Truce, that went for Port-Royal, in order to the Ex- 
 change of Prisoners, who has brought with him Seven, and Eight 
 more are on board of a Briganteen that is not yet arrived, who are 
 all the English Prisoners that were there. Capt. Rows acquaints us, 
 that there is a Privateer of 10 Guns designed from Placentia, to touch 
 at Port-Royal, in order to Cruise upon this Coast. 
 
 The Briganteen that Capt. Rows Ransomed was designed to be 
 fitted out at Port-Royal, to be a Privateer to annoy this Coast. 
 
 Mid-week the 12th. Instant, Upon Representation of the Danger 
 of an Attack from Her Majesties Enemies the French, the Inhabitants 
 of the Town of Boston, have Voluntarily consented and agreed, That 
 the Sum of One Thousand Pounds be raised on the said Town, and 
 applyed to the repairing of the Fortifications within the same, and 
 setting them in order for Her Majesties Service, according to such 
 Directions as shall be given by His Excellency. 155 
 
 On Fryday the 14th. Currant arrived here, Azor Gale in 19 days 
 from Barbadoes, who came out in Company with about 70 Sail of 
 Vessels, whereof about 30 Sail for Boston, Salem, Marblehead and 
 Piscataqua; some for Rhode-Island, New- York, Pensilvania, Virginia, 
 Carolina, and London. 
 
 On Saturday the 15th. Currant, we had an Alarm here, occasioned 
 by 12 Sail of Vessels from Barbadoes, which begun about nine a Clock 
 in the fore-noon, and in less than an Hour, we had near upon 1400 
 Men in Arms (besides Seamen, and those at the Forts and Batteries) 
 whom His Excellency was pleased to review. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inward, Roundy from Salem, Lothrop from 
 Connecticut, Jackson from Piscataqua, and Dirick Adolph from 
 New- York. Outward, John Hobbs Ketch Lamb for New-Haven, 
 and Richard Christophers Sloop Grace & Ruth for New-London. 
 
 155 See Boston Records from 1710 to 1728 (City Document No. 137, 1882) 
 pp. 39-40. 
 
 346 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 17, 1706 
 
 Foreign Inward, from Antigua, Nathanael Harris Brigt. Swallow, 
 and David Bucklin Brigt. Randall, from Barbadoes, Joseph Everton 
 Brigt. Eliz. John Pullin Brigt. Dove. & Azor Gale Ship Friend-ship : 
 from Hundoras Jer. Snow Hopewell Pink. Cleared Outward, for 
 Jamaica, John Elkins Sloop Boneto, and for Fiall, Thomas Sill 
 Brigt. William & Mary. Outward bound, for Newfoundland Michael 
 Gill Boston Galley; for Antigua John Horton Brigt. Tryal: for 
 Montserrat John Blue Brigt. Dragon, and Francis Norris Sloop Sea- 
 flower: for Fyall William Clarke Sloop Endeavour, and Abel Jones 
 Sloop Larke: for Barmuda Solomon Pittman Brigt. Content: for 
 Barbados Joseph Eliot Sloop Nonsuch, and Nathaniel Carey Sloop 
 Katherine: and for Jamaica John Venteman Martha and Elizabeth. 
 
 Arrived this day from Barbados, Capts. Samuel Rymes, John 
 Alden, William Holberton, William Alden, James Berry, John Corney, 
 Tho. Simkins, William Fellows, Tobias Green, Jonathan Lambert, 
 Goold. 
 
 BY Letters from London of April the 3d. Per the Packet via Bar- 
 badoes we have the following Account. 
 
 Deal, Feb. 22. This day came in the Mermaid from Ireland Convoy 
 to the George, Marlborough, Desire, Laurel, Indigo Merchant, Robert 
 and Francis from Jamaica; Also the Golden Fleece Benjamin Stone; 
 the Thomas and Sarah Henry Lowder from New-England; the 
 Resolution Capt. Saunders from N-York, all last from Ireland. 
 
 Plimouth, March 5. Yesterday came in the good Intent from 
 Pensilvania. 
 
 Dartmouth, March 5. This day came in the Dover Galley Clement 
 Jackson Commander, belonging to New-England, but last from 
 Jamaica. 
 
 London, March 15. We have an Account that the Queen Anne 
 Packet from the West Indies, is carried in to St Malo. 
 
 Deal, March 16. Yesterday arrived several Ships from Holland, 
 among which is the Sarah of Boston for N England. 
 
 In our last under Boston, thro' an Error of the Press, Lieut. Payn, 
 should have been Captain Payn. 
 
 H&verttsements, 
 
 RAN-away at Boston on the 26th of December last, Samuel Downs, 
 a Man-Servant, aged about 25 years, a spare man, middle Stature, 
 light brown Hair, speaketh broad English; he was in May last at 
 work in Sea-brook in Connecticut Colony, and now abscondeth from 
 the said place : Whoever will take up and secure the said Run-away, 
 so that he may be delivered unto Mr. John Colman Merchant in Boston, 
 shall be immediately paid Five Pounds, and Charges. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 24, 1706 
 
 THis Letter of Intelligence is to be continued weekly: And all 
 Persons in Town and Country who have a mind to promote the 
 same, may Agree with John Campbell Postmaster of Boston for the 
 year, who shall have it on reasonable Terms. 
 
 1R, jg. tflumb. 114. 
 
 The BoftonNews-Letter. 
 
 From flDOItOaB June 17. to flDOltbag June 24. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 f A LITTLE more than three of the four pages of this issue are filled 
 I ^jLwith foreign news: of January and February dates, principally 
 from London, Vienna, Berlin, Ratisbon, Hague and other 
 European capitals. One of the roundabout methods of securing 
 news in those days is indicated by this line on the second page of 
 the issue: "By Letters from London of April 6. Per the Packet, Via 
 Barbadoes, we have the following Account." The domestic news in- 
 cludes a proclamation by Governor Dudley "against false and illegal 
 traders."] 
 
 Falmouth, Jan. 12. The 10th was sent in here as a 
 
 Prize, by a Privateer belonging to Guernsey, the Pearl of Morlais, 
 of 12 Guns, laden with Wine, Arms, Iron, and other Goods for the 
 West-Indies 
 
 London, Jan. 5. . . . Our Squadron for Barcelona is fitting 
 out with all expedition ; as also another for the West-Indies. 
 
 London, April 6. Capt. Kere in the Bredah, Commands the West 
 India Squadron, having a Rear-Admirals Pay, and a Captain under 
 him. 
 
 New-York June 17th. On Thursday last Her Majesties Ship 
 Tritons Prize 158 Sailed from hence, on a Cruise to the Eastward. 
 
 On the 13th Instant arrived here Captains Dunscum, Van Bael, & 
 on the 14th Perkins & Laurier from Barbadoes in 19 days, came out 
 in Company with a great Fleet for Boston, PensUvania, Sec. 
 
 The same day arrived Capt. Coerteen in 18 days from Curacoa, by 
 whom we are informed, That Three French Men of War had taken 
 Two Dutch East-India men, which had on board 60 Chests of Money, 
 besides other Goods, & were gone after Four more, which had parted 
 with the Two taken a few days before. The French gave the Prisoners 
 
 156 The Triton's Prize was a man-of-war captured from the French and 
 renamed as the prize of its captor. 
 
 348 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 24, 1706 
 
 a small ship in which they arrived at Curacoa: The Dutch men were 
 bound to the East-Indies. 
 
 On the said day arrived a Sloop from Nevis, & Gravenraedt from 
 Boston: 
 
 On the 16th Instant a small Prize Ship about 60 or 70 Tons loaden 
 with Sugar arrived here in 15 days, from the Windward passage near 
 Cape Franswa, she was taken by Capt. Penistone, and was one of 
 Six Sail, that came out of Petitguavus, bound for France, who were 
 met by Capt. Tongrelow and his Consort (a Curacoa Privateer) upon 
 which the French men separated, and Tongrelow gave chase to the 
 biggest, which they say is a Ship of 36 Guns and 150 men, his Consort 
 in the pursuit broke his Boom, and left off the chase, and afterward 
 met with Penistone (who had taken this Prize) and gave him this 
 Information: We daily expect further news from them. 
 
 'Tis said Tongrelow has taken a Briganteen with 400 Hogsheads of 
 Sugar on board, and also a Prize from France with Claret, of which 
 we have not the particulars: by this Prize we have Account that 
 15 Galloons are arrived in the West Indies most of them 60 Guns, and 
 5 or 600 men a piece. 
 
 We do not hear that the Men of War from England to Convoy the 
 Virginia Fleet home are yet arrived. 
 
 We are informed from Maryland, That the Assembly there has 
 past an Act Prohibiting the exportation of all European Commodities 
 out of that Province for three years, excepting Goods consigned or 
 belonging to Persons residing in Virginia, or Pensilvania, and Mer- 
 chandize Imported in order to be Shipt off for the Coast of Guinea. 
 
 Hadley, June 15. On Thursday the 13th Currant There were Two 
 men kill'd in our Meadows by Lightning. 
 
 Watertown, June 19. On the 16th Currant, Dyed here, Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth Beers (Widow of Capt. John Beers who was kill'd at Deerfield 
 in the first Indian Wars) in the 92 Year of her Age: whose Grand- 
 Daughter is a Grandmother; She came to New-England, in June 
 1630 Being then Sixteen Year Old, and lived in New-England 76 
 Years. 
 
 By His Excellency JOSEPH D UDLEY Esq. Captain General and 
 Governour in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Province of the 
 Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, and Vice-Admiral of the 
 same. A PROCLAMATION against false and illegal Traders. 
 
 WHereas sundry Persons have been detected of late holding a false 
 and illegal Trade with Her Majesties Enemies, the French and 
 the Indian Rebels and Enemies, in and about Nova Scotia, and other 
 parts and places Eastward, giving them Supplies: And there being 
 
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 just reason to suspect that other Persons, not yet known, have been 
 concern' d in such false and illegal Trade, and the Effects conceal' d. 
 T Do therefore, by the Advice of Her Majesties Council, hereby strictly 
 '-Command and Require all Her Majesties Loving Subjects that have 
 any Knowledge, or can make discovery of any such false & illegal 
 Traders, or any Goods or Effects Imployed therein, or the product thereof, 
 That they forthwith disclose and make known the same to My Self, or 
 one of Her Majesties Judges of the Superiour Court of Judicature, 
 in Order to their being apprehended, Examined and duly proceeded with, 
 and the said Goods Secured. 
 
 And the Person or Persons that make the first discovery shall be 
 Entituled to the benefit of Informers according to Law. 
 
 And all Justices of the Peace are commanded to be assisting to the 
 apprehending Seizing and Securing of any Persons or Goods as above- 
 said. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, the 21st of June 1706. 
 
 In the Fifth Year of Her Majesties Reign, 
 By His Excellency's Command, 
 
 with the Advice of the Council. J. DUDLEY. 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 His Excellency the Governour has Account from Quebeck, That 
 Mr. Shelden his Messenger is well there, and is Returning by Sea with 
 a number of the Prisoners, and may be daily expected. 
 
 Boston, Coasters Entered Inwards, John Tucker from North Caro- 
 lina: from Connecticut John Smith, Thomas Curtice, John Walker, 
 Will. Walter, Joseph Allen, John Hedge 8c John Paine. Outward for 
 Connecticut, Nath. Loring, and Elisha Prince: for Piscataqua 
 Joseph Flood and Antony Bracket: for North Carolina, John Webster. 
 Foreign inwards from Barbadoes, Will. Holherton Ship Anne, Nath. 
 Coffin, Ship Industery, James Berry Ship Swan, Tho. Savil Ship Two 
 Brothers, Will. Alden Ship Content, Samuel Rymes Barbadoes Mer- 
 chant, Jonathan Lambert Ship Industry, John Alden Ship Swallow, 
 John Symkins Ship Blessing, John Foster Ship Sarah, Tobias Green 
 Brigt. Mayflower, Thomas Symkins Providence Brigt. John Walker 
 Brigt. Hopewell, John Corney Brigt. Dorothy, Will. Wyat Brigt. 
 Endeavour, Philip Lewis Brigt. Hope, Will. Bellows Sloop Rosanna, 
 Jer. Cushing Sloop Industry, Robert Gold Sloop Mary. Cleared Out- 
 ward, for New- York, Jeffery Bedgood, Sloop Two Brothers: for 
 Fyal John Jarvis Brigt. Goodwill : for Antigua, John Rowlings Sloop 
 Mary. Outward bound for South Carolina, Nath. Perkins Brigt, 
 Success: for Suranam, Joseph Fiborn Brigt Friendship, and Jer. 
 Cushing Sloop Industry: for Newfoundland Will. Webber Sloop 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 1, 1706 
 
 Dove: for Virginia John Brewer Katch Good-hope: for New-York 
 Dirick Adolph Sloop Two Brothers: for St. Georges Will Goddard 
 Brigt. Speedwell. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 Otolen or Stray'd out of John Reed's Pastour in Taunton, on the 
 ^lSth of October last past, a dark Bay -horse of about Fourteen 
 Hands high, having white Feet, and a Star in his Forehead, branded 
 in one of his Shoulders with the Letters T. H, full bodyed, hardly 
 possible to make him Gallop; belongeth to William Grigs Cooper. 
 Whosoever shall take up the said Horse and him Convey to Mr. 
 John Adams Shop-keeper in Boston, shall have 40 s. Reward and 
 reasonable Charges, tho' the Horse be not worth half the Money. 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as in June 17.] 
 
 1R. jg. IRumb. us. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDCmdag June 24. to flDOlt&ag July 1. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 f Tj^OUR pages folio. In the first column of the first page is this in- 
 I JT troductory line, "By Letters from London of April the 6th. per the 
 Packet Via Barbadoes, we have this further Account." Then follow 
 forty-six items of foreign news filling the first, second and third pages 
 and nearly half of the fourth page.] 
 
 Madrid, Feb. 12. . . Advices from Cadiz say, that the Duke 
 of Anjou has ordered the Galloons to prepare to Sail to the West- 
 Indies the latter end of this Month. 
 
 Falmouth, Feb. 25. Yesterday came in the great Nassau, a 
 Privateer of Flushing, who has taken two French Prizes, one a Mer- 
 chant-man of 18 Guns which came from the West Indies. 
 
 Cowes, Feb. 27. Three Dutch Capers have brought in here the 
 Nostra Segniora De Rosa of St. Sebastian from the Havanna, laden 
 with Sugar, Indico, &c. 
 
 Rhode-Island, June 21st. On the 16th instant arrived here Edward 
 Gross in the Sloop Speedwell 14 days passage from Antigua, who says, 
 That just before he came from thence the Flagg of Truce arrived 
 from Martinico, which positively said, That there was four Privateer 
 Sloops Sailed from Martinico for the New-England Coast before he 
 left that Island. 
 
 351 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 1, 1706 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Triton Prize 157 lay here three dayes, and Sailed 
 on her Cruise a Tuesday. 
 
 New-York, June 24th. Yesterday arrived at Sandyhook Her 
 Majesties Ship the Triton Prize, 157 She has been Cruising between 
 this Place, and Rhode-Island and Block-Island, &c. but met with no 
 Enemy. We are acquainted via. Philadelphia, That the Virginia 
 Convoy consisting of 4 men of War were arrived, but have no par- 
 ticulars, so cannot depend on it. This morning arrived a Sloop from 
 Curacoa in 25 days, but brings no News. Outward bound areWhite- 
 comb for Barmuda, Lawrence for Jamaica, Dunscum for Barbados, 
 Coerteen for Curacoa, and Smallage for Boston. 
 
 Rhode-Island, June 28th. There is a Briganteen in the Sound 
 that has chased some Sloops, but can give no account whither she 
 be friend or foe. 
 
 Boston, His Excellency having received some Advice from Albany, 
 has marched several Troops and Foot Companies to the Frontiers 
 on Fryday last. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Thomas Lothrop, John Lothrop, Thomas 
 Lothrop, Carteret Gillam and John Wells from Connecticut; Peter 
 Coffin from Nantucket, Abraham Shellinx and John Bradick from 
 New- York. Outwards, Andrew Pepperil and William Wyar for 
 Piscataqua. Foreign Inwards, from Barbadoes, James Bridgham 
 Ship Hampton, and Joseph Small Katch Sea-flower. Cleared Out- 
 wards for Pensilvania, Abraham Hill Ship Andrew and William: for 
 Maryland, John Brewer Katch Goodhope: for New-foundland, 
 George Person Sloop Mary: South Carolina, Nathanael Perkins 
 Brigt. Success. Outward bound, for Barbadoes Joseph Everton 
 Brigt. Eliza, David Bucklin Brigt. Randal, and Thomas Pemberton 
 Sloop Sea-flower: for Antigua, Thomas Gwin Brigt. Eliza, and 
 Nathanael Harris Brigt. Swallow: for Jamaica William Russil 
 Brigt. Dolphin: for Fyall Noah Guille Sloop Adventure: for Rhode- 
 Island and Pensilvania, Eleazar Darby Sloop Mary. 
 
 In our last under Watertown, thro' an error of the Press, Capt. 
 John Beers, should have been Capt. Richard Beers. 
 
 These are to give Notice, that by Virtue of a Direction in the Act for 
 Encouraging a Post-Office in this Province: The Post-master of 
 Boston does send out every Two days after that the Post comes in, and 
 after the Receipt of Foreign Letters by Sea; All such Letters and Packets 
 that remain in the Office uncall'd for; And if the Persons they are 
 directed to cannot be found, or that the said Letters or P acquets are for 
 any Persons in the Neighbouring Towns out of the Post Road; Then 
 
 157 See foot-note 156, page 348 ante. 
 
 352 
 
Ttfil' re^erendiincrMse?mather 
 
 Pastor of the Second or North Church, Boston, 1664-1723, President of Harvard College, 
 1685-1701. 
 
 Reproduced from an engraving in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 8, 1706 
 
 the Names of the said Persons are every day to be seen on a fair Alpha- 
 betical List for the Sir name, with the name of the Town they live in: 
 If they are for the Town of Boston, then no Town added. So that all 
 Persons may know without Enquiring, when they have any Letters in 
 the Office, excepting as above-said, when the Post comes in, or the Arrival 
 of Vessels. 
 
 a&vertfsements. 
 
 The following Books to be Sold by Benjamin Eliot, at his Shop under 
 
 the West-End of the Town-House in Boston, Viz. 
 T)Ractical Truths, Tending to promote Holiness in the Hearts and 
 -"- Lives of Christians: Delivered in several Sermons; By the Rev- 
 erend Mr. Increase Mather. 
 
 OPiritual Desertions Discovered and Remedied, being the Sub- 
 ^stance of divers Sermons Preach'd for the help of dark Souls, 
 labouring under Divine Withdrawings. 
 
 ' I ^He Fountain Opened : Or, The Great Gospel Priviledge of having 
 ■*- Christ exhibited to Sinful Men: Wherein also is proved that 
 there shall be a National Calling of the Jews. Both these by the 
 Reverend Mr. Samuel Willard. 
 
 A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft, and how Persons 
 Guilty of that Crime may be Convicted, and the means used for 
 their discovery discussed; both Negatively and Affirmatively, ac- 
 cording to Scripture and Experience. By the Reverend Mr. John 
 Hale Deceas'd. 
 
 A Negro Girle to be Sold, Inquire of John Campbell Post-Master 
 of Boston, and know further. 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement as first in June 17.] 
 
 1H. E. numb. H6. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From fBlOtt&aS July 1. to flRon&aB July 8. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 |"C|IX and a quarter of the eight columns in this four page number 
 I tJare filled with foreign news which is introduced with this line 
 at the head of the first column of the first page: "By Letters 
 from London of April the 6th. per the Packet Via Barbadours, we 
 have yet this further Account." The news is of February dates, from 
 Paris, Hague, Cologne, Lisbon, Madrid, Perpignan, Rome and Turin.] 
 
 Deal, March 3. There is now in the Downs 8 Men of War, and 
 sundry Merchant Ships, viz. 2 for the East-Indies, 8 for Barbadoes, 
 
 353 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 8, 1706 
 
 3 for Jamaica, 2 for Virginia 1 for the West-Indies, 1 for the Canaries, 
 1 for Antigua, 1 for New-York, 1 for Nevis, and 1 for Viano. 
 
 St. Johns, Newfoundland, June the 9th. There are arrived here 
 from Boston, Carkeit Dafforn, and Moses, Carkeit was chased off 
 Caplin-Bay, by a Vessel that show'd English Colours, he was within 
 two Cannon Shot of her, who fired a Gun to Leeward, but he durst 
 not Trust her. The French and Indians Plundered the People at 
 Bonavist, destroyed one whole Family; and about 16 hundred 
 Quintals of Fish. The Enemy also burnt Green-Island. The Fleet 
 from Lisbone are arrived, but no Ships yet from England besides those 
 mentioned in my last. 
 
 New- York July 1st. On the 25th. of June last arrived here Capt. 
 Sandford from South Carolina, and Capt. Joyner on the 27th. from 
 Jamaica, and on the 28th Two Sloops under Convoy of Her Majesties 
 Ship the Lowstaffe from Virginia; She came from thence the 22d of 
 June, and rydes now at Sandy-hook, by whom we are acquainted, 
 That the Men of War expected there, are not yet arrived, and 'tis 
 thought the Fleet from thence to England will not Sail till September 
 or October. The Ships are all gone up to the Freshes. There is an 
 Embargo in Virginia, and these Sloops had not got out, but for the 
 opportunity of Convoy of the Lowstaffe. 
 
 On the 29th arrived here a Prize Sloop loadn'd with Cuba Sugar, 
 she was bound from Cuba to Carthagene, and was taken in sight of 
 Monsieur Deberville, (who was at Anchor in Carthagene or near to it) 
 by Capt. Zacharias in a Privateer Sloop belongs to this place. They 
 bring News that the French Fleet are gone to Carthagene, Porto Bell 
 and other places to load Plate, and that there is to go home with this 
 Fleet Twenty Millions of Money and Plate. 
 
 On Thursday last the Militia of this City and the Neighbouring 
 Counties of this Province, appeared here under Arms, who with 700 
 Men (that were in Arms the day before in New Jersey, and designed 
 to be here had not their Harvest obstructed) amount to about 3000. 
 The most of which can be here upon occasion in 12 hours time, and 
 the furthest off in 24 hours times. A great many of the Country 
 Militia appeared, not being necessitated to attend their Harvest; 
 so that by computation we can have in Arms in 24 hours time in this 
 City between 4 or 5 Thousand men. 
 
 We just now hear there is a Briganteen of 150 Tons in the Sound 
 bound hither, she is a Prize loaden with Sugar and Indigo, taken by 
 Capt. Tongrelow. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Triton Prize lyes at Sandy-Hook, and only 
 waits a wind to go to Sea on a Cruise. 
 
 354 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 8, 1706 
 
 Rhode-Island, July 5th. There is one Carder arrived here this 
 week from Antigua, but brings no News : Rhodes is bound for Boston. 
 
 Piscataqua, July 5th. Capt. Southack in the Province Galley came 
 in here on Wednesday last, he has taken a French Sloop of 60 Tons 
 in the Bay of Port-Royall, the Enemy all fled, and 'tis supposed she 
 was going for Stones and Timber to build some Fortifications. The 
 Prize Sloop and Capt. Cawley was left by Capt. Southack in Casko-Bay. 
 
 Boston, His Excellency the Governour having been for Ten days 
 past in Expectation of a Troop of the Indians from Quebeck, had 
 Posted men in the several Frontiers of Hampshire, Middlesex and 
 Yorkshire, to receive them : and a Wednesday Evening they Entered 
 Dunstable a poor weak Village, where lay a Troop of Horse; and 
 the Rebels chanced upon a Garrison where half of the said Troop was, 
 who though they were surprized soon relieved themselves, and the 
 whole Village, which in probability had been all lost, if the Indians 
 had not found a Force there more than they expected. The Enemy 
 consisted of 100, and by their March confess to have lost Seven, 
 besides wounded men, and we lost nine Men Women and Children. 15S 
 
 Very soon after by His Excellency's Order, the Forces under Col. 
 Tyng, and Col. Taylour, marched in three Parties to follow the Rebels 
 into the Woods, but after 3 days they all came in without any dis- 
 covery. There is another march of 150 men Commanded by Capt. 
 Tyng to lye out Ten Days to look after the Enemy, and in the mean 
 time the remaining Forces are taking care to cover the Husbandry of 
 all the Frontiers. 
 
 On Saturday arrived a Sloop from Newfoundland about 20 days 
 passage, one Hunt Master. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Flood and Bracket from Piscataqua. 
 Outwards, Dirick Adolph for New- York, John Lothrop, Barnabas 
 Lothrop, Giles Hall and Joseph Basset for Connecticut. Foreign 
 Inwards, Alexander Duncan Sloop Friendship from Barmuda, Cleared 
 Outwards, for Virginia Moses Abbot Sloop Endeavour, and Abel 
 Jones Sloop Larke: for Newfoundland, Michael Gill Ship Boston 
 Galley, and William Webber Sloop Dove. Outward bound, for 
 Barbadoes, William Wyar Brigt. Endeavour, James Loring Brigt. 
 Industry, and Isaac Perkins Sloop Rosanna: for Jamaica John Scott 
 Brigt. William, and Thomas Savill Ship Two Brothers: for Suranam, 
 Philip Lewis Brigt. Hope: for Antigua, Jeremiah Snow Pinke Hope- 
 well, Isaac Fowle Brigt. Abigail, and Eleazar Johnson Brigt. Hope- 
 
 158 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 700. 
 See Journal of the Reverend John Pike, in Proceedings of the Massachusetts 
 Historical Society, 1875-1876, p. 142. Also Penhallow's Indian Wars, pp. 43-46. 
 
 355 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 15, 1706 
 
 well: for Montserrat, Samuel Hooper Katch Endeavour: for North- 
 Carolina, David Northy Brigt. Speedwell Friend. 
 
 H&vertisements. 
 
 A Katch of 45 Tons well fitted for the Sea, to be Sold Enquire of 
 John Campbell Post-master of Boston, and know further. 
 [Reprinted: negro slave girl to be sold, as in July 1; News-Letter 
 advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 1R. j£, IRumb. 117. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDonbaS July 8. to /H5on&a2 July 15. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 |"TN this four page number, five and a half of the eight columns are 
 I Afilled with foreign news, introduced again at the head of the first 
 column of the first page with this line, "By Letters from London 
 of April the 6th. per the Packet Via Barbadoes, we have still this further 
 Account." The advices are mainly from Paris, Vienna, Madrid, 
 Hague, and "the French Army near Fraga on the Cinca, March 19. "j 
 
 Falmouth March 9. On the 7th came in here the Marlborough, 
 a Flushing Caper, Capt Noes Commander, from Cruising, and brought 
 in with her 2 French Ships from Newfoundland. 
 
 New-York, July 8th. Last Week arrived here a Prize Briganteen 
 taken by Capt Tongrelow, bound from Hispaniola to France, built at 
 Brazil, and taken from the Portuguise by the French on the Coast 
 of Guinea, she has on board 24 Hogsheads of Muscavado Sugar, and 
 2 Casks of Indigo, and Capt. Tongrelow sent in her 20 Hogsheads of 
 Claret, some Glasses, and Earthen Ware, which he took in a Vessel 
 bound from France to Hispaniola, which they stript of her Rigging 
 &c. and then burnt her. This Prize came through the Sound. 
 
 On the 4th Instant arrived here a Sloop in 20 days from Nevis, 
 John Shute Master, who brings advice, That 14 Men of War were dayly 
 expected in the West Indies from England. 
 
 Shute from Nevis is bound from hence to Boston, who only came 
 here to Land some Passengers. 
 
 Yesterday Her Majesty's Ship the Triton's Prize Sailed from Sandy- 
 hook on a Cruise. 
 
 Vessels outward bound are 3 Sloops for Barbadoes, a Ship, a Brig- 
 anteen and Sloop for Jamaica, a Brigt. for Curacoa, a Sloop for 
 Boston, a Sloop for Philadelphia, a Sloop for Antigua. 
 
 356 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 15, 1706 
 
 Reading July 10. On Saturday the 6th Currant about 4 a Clock 
 in the afternoon there came 5 Indians to Benjamin Horndal's House 
 of this Town, being an Out house, where they found his Wife and eight 
 Children, the Woman and three young Children they killed, and 
 carried the other five with them; One of the Captive Children not 
 being able to Travel, an Indian gave it some blows on the head, and 
 left it in a Swamp not far from the House for dead, where it lay almost 
 two days, & then was found alive stark naked. 
 
 Upon notice had of this mischief on the 7th Instant being the 
 Lords Day; several Parties of our Forces went in pursuit of the 
 skulking Enemy, and as some of the Indians sat in a Swamp with 
 three of the Captives, a Company of Souldiers coming very near them, 
 the Enemy started up, ran, and left their Captives, Plunder and 
 Blankets, &c. And when the Indians were gone, the Children went 
 to a deserted House that was near, where the English found them. 
 The other Captive was discovered by some men at a Block-House 
 in Chelmsford, as he was wandring in a Meadow alone, the Indian 
 that carry' d him away had (it's most probable) lost him in the night, 
 some Soldiers discovered one of these Indians, shot at, & wounded 
 him, the Indian fell, but as they were going to him, he arose, cast 
 away his Blanket and Pack, ran to Concord-River that was near, and 
 was seen sink in the River, and suppose he was drowned. 
 
 Woburn, July 11. On the Lords-day night the 7th Currant, Dyed 
 here Major James Converse Esq. Aged about 62 Years: And was 
 Interr'd on Tuesday the 9th Instant. 
 
 Piscataqua, July, 12th. On Tuesday the 9th Currant arrived here 
 Mr. Nathanael Gerrish about 9 Weeks passage from Fyall. And 
 on Thursday the 11th. Her Majesty's Ship the Dover a 4th Rate 
 Capt. Mathews Commander, with two Mast-Ships viz. The New- 
 Hampshire Capt. Eason Commander, and the Thennet Capt. Martyn 
 Commander, who came out of Lisbon the 9th of May, both loaden 
 with Salt and other goods, bound hence for Boston with the first fair 
 Wind: There came out in Company with them for Boston Capt. 
 Minot, Capt. Javernin, Capt. Coggin and Capt. Fendal, whom they 
 parted with about Six Weeks ago. 
 
 No late impression of the Enemy, but dayly expected; our Fron- 
 tiers are in readiness to receive them: several Tracts of the Enemy 
 are dayly seen. 
 
 Boston, By Letters of the 15th of June Last via New-York from 
 South Carolina, we are acquainted, That it is very Sickly there, & 
 that several have lately died. 
 
 And by Mr. Ebenezar Parker from Barmuda, we are informed, That 
 the Vermin there do so abound as to eat all the Fruits of the ground. 
 
 357 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 15, 1706 
 
 Last Week one of the Sculking Indian Enemy was kill'd at Groton, 
 and another at Kingston. 
 
 On Saturday the 13th. Currant His Excellency the Governour 
 was pleased to Prorogue the General Assembly of this Province, unto 
 Wednesday the 7th day of August next. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, from Connecticut Phillips, Hilliard, 
 Brown, Rhodes and Green. Outward for Connecticut, Curtice, 
 Hedge, Lothrop, Walker, Allen & Pain. Foreign Inwards from 
 Barmuda, Ebenezar Parker Sloop Dolphin: from St. Christophers, 
 Thomas Clark Sloop Endeavour. Cleared Outward for Barbadoes, 
 John Myles Ship Unity, John Jenkins, Ship Robert, Thomas Diamond 
 Ship Abigail, Joseph Everton Brigt. Elizabeth, William Wyer Brigt 
 Endeavour, Thomas Pemberton, Sloop Seafiower, and Nathanael 
 Carey Sloop Katherin: for Montserrat, Francis N orris Sloop Sea- 
 flower, and John Blew Brigt Dragon: for Fyall William Clark Sloop 
 Endeavour: for Jamaica Walter Goodridge Ship Francis, and William 
 More Sloop John and Thomas: for Newfoundland John Babbage 
 Oporto Merchant, John Horton Brigt. Tryal, John Richards Brigt 
 Endeavour John Sharp Sloop Four Friends and Robert Melvill Sloop 
 Timothy: for Barmuda, Solomon Pitman Brigt. Content. Outward 
 bound for London, William Holeberton Ship Anne, and George White- 
 home Ship Anne: for Newfoundland Arthur Savage Triton Galley. 
 
 On the 14th arrived Capt. James Grant in a Katch from White- 
 haven, 14 weeks passage. 
 
 The French Sloop mentioned in our last to be taken by Capt. 
 Southack was taken by Capt. Cawly. 
 
 T'He Undernamed Mareens having Deserted Her Majesties Service 
 from on board Her Majesties Ship the Deptford, Viz William 
 Stewart, a well set fresh coloured young man, white hair, aged about 
 24 years, about 5 Foot & 7 Inches high, a Weaver by Trade, now lurking 
 in or about Scituate. Tristram Derby a well set man, wore a Wigg, 
 aged about 50 years, about 5 Foot & an half high, by Trade a Miller. 
 Thomas Hooper, a well set young man, streight brown hair aged about 
 24 years, 5 Foot and an half high, a Weaver by Trade; and Henry 
 Willis a young man aged about 20, with short cropt hair, Pockholes in 
 his Face, about 5 Foot and 5 Inches high, by Trade a Shoe maker. 
 . If these or either of them within ten dayes from the Date hereof, repair 
 to their Duty on board Her Majesties said Ship at Boston, shall be 
 acquitted of their Crime, and well Received. 
 
 These are therefore to Notify to all Persons, That whosoever shall 
 apprehend and secure the said Deserters or any one of them, (so as that 
 he or they may be delivered unto Capt Thomas Sutton Commander 
 of the said Mareens at his Lodging in Boston) shall be immediately 
 
 358 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 15, 1706 
 
 paid Four Pounds, and reasonable Charges; and in case any of them 
 should be brought to Boston when Her Majesties said Ship should be 
 at Sea on her Cruise, Then the said Deserters to be brought unto John 
 Campbell Post-Master of Boston. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 | ^Here is now arrived from England good Cordage of all Sizes, 
 
 -*■ from a Spun-yarn to Cables of 16 Inches; as also Canvas, to be 
 Sold by Mr. John Mico Merchant, either by whole Sale or Retail, at 
 his Warehouse upon the Dock in Boston. 
 
 The following Books to be Sold by Benjamin Eliot, at his Shop 
 under the West End of the Town-House in Boston, Viz. 
 / TPHe Joy of Faith, or a Treatise opening the Nature of Faith, 
 
 ■*- its lowest Stature and distinction from Assurance, with a Scrip- 
 ture Method to attain both, by the Influence and Aid of Divine Grace : 
 With a Preliminary Tract evidencing the Being & Actings of Faith, 
 the Deity of Christ, and the Divinity of the Sacred Scriptures. By 
 the Reverend Samuel Lee M A Sometime Fellow of Wadham Colledge, 
 Oxon. 
 
 TV/TEditations on the Glory of the Lord Jesus Christ: delivered 
 -'-'-'-in several Sermons, by the Reverend Mr. Increase Mather. 
 
 MEat out of the Eater, or Funeral-Discourses occasioned by the 
 Death of several Relatives. A Work Accomodated unto the 
 Service of all that are in any Affliction; but very particularly such 
 as are Afflicted with the Loss of their Consorts [paper worn] Children 
 ' I ^He Armour of Christianity: A Treatise detecting first the 
 -*- Plots of the Devil against our Happiness. Declaring then, the 
 Wiles by which those Plots are managed. And propounding Lastly, 
 the Thoughts by which those Wiles may be defeated. 
 
 CAres about the Nurseries, Two brief Discourses : The one offering 
 Methods and Motives for Parents to Catechise their Children while 
 yet under the Tuition of their Parents. The other offering some 
 Instructions for Children, How they may do well, when they come to 
 years of doing for themselves. 
 
 A Sermon Preached before His Excellency the Governour, the 
 Honourable Council and Representatives of the Province of the 
 Massachusetts-Bay in New England: on the 29th of May 1706, 
 which was the day for Election of Her Majesties Council for that 
 Province: By the Reverend Mr. John Rogers. 
 
 A Sermon Preached in the Audience of the General Assembly at 
 the Publick Lecture in Boston, November. 1st. 1705. upon these 
 Words, Hosea 7. 9. Gray hairs are here and there upon him yet he 
 knoweth not. By the Reverend Mr. Ebenezar Pemberton. Both 
 
 359 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 22, 1706 
 
 which Sermons were Published at the desire of the House of Repre- 
 sentatives. 
 
 [Reprinted : a ketch for sale, as in July 8 ; a negro slave girl to be 
 sold, as first in July 1 ; News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 1R. je. Burnt). 118. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&aB July 15. to flDOnDag July 22. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 \\\ 7"ITH this issue the size is reduced to two pages folio. As in the 
 I VV several immediately preceding numbers, the foreign news 
 is given as "by letters from London," and is mainly from 
 London, Paris, Vienna and Frankfort, occupying nearly one half of 
 the issue.] 
 
 Fiall, June 16. We have here a Sloop and a Brigt. from Pensilvania. 
 
 Philadelphia, July, 11th. This day arrived here a Barque from 
 Boston, one Hill Master. 
 
 New- York, July 15th. On Fryday last Her Majesties Ship the 
 Triton Prize sailed out of Sandy-hook on a Cruise. 
 
 Entered out, Two Sloops for Barbadoes, a Ship for England via 
 Virginia, and a Ship for Newfoundland. Capt. Sandford for South- 
 Carolina will Sail about a forthnight hence. 
 
 Piscataqua, July, 18th. On Monday the 15th Currant arrived here 
 Capt. Wincoll, who came from Lisbon with the Mast Ships and others 
 for Boston, but stopt at Fyall. No late discovery of the Enemy. 
 Our General Assembly is now Sitting; The Honourable the Lieuten- 
 ant Governour being present. 
 
 Ipswich, July, 19th. Yesterday there was two Women kill'd with 
 Lightning at Cape Anne. 
 
 Marblehead, July 20. On Wednesday the 17th Currant arrived 
 here Capt Samuel Coggin in the Sarah and Elizabeth, and Capt. 
 James Feudal both from Lisbon, they came from thence the 9th of 
 May last, in Company & under Convoy of Her Majesty's Ship the 
 Dover; arrived here also Capt. Christian, in a Ship from England, 
 bound for Virginia, who was beaten off that Coast. And on the 
 said day arrived Capt. Abraham Winter in the Ship Francis, who 
 came out of Plimouth the 8th of May last, with a Fleet consisting of 
 about 90 Sail, under Convoy of about 20 Men of War, about 10 Sail 
 whereof under the Command of Sir Stafford Fairborn, went to Cruise 
 
 360 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 22, 1706 
 
 before Brest; 7 more and 2 Fire-ships under Command of Cap. Kerr 
 in the Bredah, with about 40 Sail of Merchant-men bound for Bar- 
 badoes and Jamaica; Her Majesty's Ship the Hazardous for Virginia, 
 Capt. Brown Commander, with 5 Sail of Merchant men, and Capt. 
 John Bond for New-York; Capt. Winter parted with them about 
 150 leagues, from St. George's Bank. Her Majesty's Ship the Warrick 
 Capt. Raymond Commander, with 17 Sail of Merchant-men for New- 
 foundland; There came also out in Company with Capt. Winter, one 
 Dennis for this place, and David Craig in the Sarah for Boston, he 
 parted with the last about a fortnight ago, and with the first about 10 
 days ago. We are acquainted by Capt. Winter, that Capt. Beavis, 
 who Sailed from Boston about the middle of February, was taken 
 near the Channel, about the middle of March last. 
 
 That Capt. Pitts, Capt. Gerrish, and another Ship from London 
 to Boston, were to Sail about the latter end of this month. 
 
 Boston, The following Acts were passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England; Begun & Held at Boston, upon Wednesday 
 the 29 of May, 1706 Viz. 
 
 An Act for Reviving and further Continuing of several Acts therin 
 mentioned, that are near expiring, viz The Act to prevent the Deserting 
 of the Frontiers of this Province. The Paragraph in Addition to the 
 Act for Levying Souldiers. The Act Granting to Her Majesty an Excise 
 upon Wines, Liquors and Strong Drink Sold by Retail. The Act 
 Granting unto Her Majesty, several Rates and Duties of Impost and 
 Tunnage of Shipping. The Act for Punishing of Officers and Soul- 
 diers retained in Her Majestys Service, and under Pay 
 
 An Act for better securing the Payment of Prison Charges 
 
 An Act for Reviving and further Continuing of the Act directing how 
 Rates or Taxes to be granted by the General Assembly, shall be Assessed 
 and Collected. 
 
 An Act for Erecting of a Powder House within the Town of Boston. 
 
 An Act for the better preventing of Criminals avoiding of Justice. 
 
 An Act for Apportioning and Assessing of four several Taxes on 
 Polls and Estate, Pursuant to the Funds and Grants made to Her 
 Majesty, by the General Assembly, in the years 1704, 1705, and 1706. 
 
 On Wednesday the 17th Instant, arrived here from Piscataqua, 
 Her Majesty's Ship the Dover, Capt. Mathews Commander, and the 
 two Mast-Ships, who arrived last week at Piscataqua from Lisbon, 
 by whom we are advised, [here follow items of foreign news.] 
 
 On Fryday the 19th Currant, arrived here a Brigt. from St. George's, 
 Jeremiah Tay Master, about six weeks passage who informs, [here 
 follow items of foreign news.] 
 
 361 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 22, 1706 
 
 On Saturday the 20th Currant arrived here a Sloop from South- 
 Carolina 14 days passage, Thomas Lanyon Master, who says, That 
 there was 2 Vessels arrived there from England, the one a Brigt. 
 from Bristol, 10 days before he Sailed, and the other a Ship from 
 Liverpool 7 days, each had at their arrival but 5 weeks passage, both 
 brought the following Account, [here follows an account of the 
 hostilities in Spain.] 
 
 Capt. Tyng with the Forces under his Command, who went into 
 the Woods from Dunstable in quest of the Indian Enemy, is returned 
 without meeting any of them, who are judged to have had a great 
 many wounded men, with whom they are drawn off at some good 
 distance. 
 
 At His Excellency's Direction Col. Taylour is returned home from 
 the Frontiers, having left them in a good posture of defence. 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards, Lewis from Connecticut, & Flood from 
 Piscataqua. Outward for Connecticut Darby, Smith and Rhodes: 
 for New- York, John Bradduck, and Abraham Schellinx. Foreign 
 Inwards from Whitehaven, James Grant; from Fyall Nathaniel 
 Gerrish, Ship Benjamin and Peter, and William Rowlson Sloop 
 Elizabeth. From Lisbon Josiah Minot Ship Samuel, Robert Eason 
 Ship Hampshire, and Peter Martin Ship Thennet : From St. George's 
 Jeremiah Tay, Brigt John and Ann: from St. Christophers Richard 
 Shute, Sloop Richard: From Exon Abraham Winter, Ship Francis. 
 Cleared Outwards for Antigua Tobias Green Mayflower, Nathaniel 
 Harris Brigt. Swallow, Isaac Fowle Brigt. Abigail, and David Bucklin 
 Brigt. Randal For Newfoundland Timothy Kemble Tritton Galley: 
 For St. Christophers Daniel Wybom Sloop Hawk: for St. George's 
 William Goddard Brigt. Sea-flower; for Barbadoes Isaac Perkins 
 Sloop Rosanna; for Suranam Joseph Faborne Brigt Friendship, 
 Jeremiah Cushing Sloop Industry, and Philip Lewis Brigt. Hope; 
 for Fyall Noah Guille Sloop Adventure. Outward Bound, Thomas 
 Hunt for Newfoundland Sloop Panther. 
 
 In our Numb. 116. in a Paragraph of N. York thro' an Error of the 
 Press, there is a Comma misplaced at the word appeared which should 
 have been placed at the word not. 
 
 H&vevtisements. 
 
 Ty An-away from his Master George Robinson Carver of Boston, 
 ■*-»-on Tuesday last the 16th. Currant, A Negro Man-Slave Named 
 Jo, of a middle Stature, well set, Speaks good English, aged about 32 
 years, has on a sad coloured Jacket, white Shirt, and Leather Breeches. 
 Whosoever shall apprehend and take up the said Runaway, so that 
 he may be delivered unto his said Master, or give any true Intelligence 
 of him, shall have a Sufficient reward. 
 
 362 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 29, 1706 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 1ft. ]£. mumb. H9. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&a? July 22. to /DJOttDaS July 29. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 |" A Sin immediately preceding issues, most of the foreign news in 
 I ./ythe two pages of this number is "by letters from London," and 
 includes advices from London, Zurich, Hague and elsewhere, 
 of March dates.] 
 
 Philadelphia, July 18. On the 16th arrived here one Keele in a 
 Sloop from Antigua and Nevis, who had about 15 days passage from 
 Anguilla, who informs that there was a Ship lately arrived at Nevis 
 from England, who came out with a Squadron of 12 Men of War bound 
 to the West-Indies, who put in to Madera, but the above Ship made 
 the best of her way: It's said, That General Park who was daily 
 expected is on board the Squadron. We are also advised, that 
 Monsieur Deberville has written to General Gabaret i*i Martinico, 
 that he is bound from St. Domingo with 10 Sail of Ships, & about 25 
 Sail of smaller Vessels to Jamaica, and from thence to the North- 
 ward (it's thought to New-York.) That there are 2 Ships and 2 
 Sloops gone from Martinico to Cruise on the Coast of New-York. 
 Yesterday arrived Erasmus Lowes in a Ship, from Whitehaven, but 
 last from Bellfast in Ireland about 14 weeks passage: Capt. Burnam 
 in a Ship Sail'd yesterday for Madera; some Sloops are Lading for 
 Madera and Fyall, and several for Barbadoes, Jamaica and Virginia. 
 
 New-York, July 22. Last night arrived here Arnold Crook in 7 
 weeks from Madera, he left that Island in Company of 12 Sail of 
 Her Majesties Ships of War bound to the West-Indies, on board of 
 whom is Col. Park, General of the Leward-Islands; Capt. Bond bound 
 hither, came out of England with this Fleet, but is not yet arrived. 
 
 By a Letter from one of the Captains of the above Squadron we 
 are acquainted, That [here follow items of foreign news.] 
 
 Dirick Adolph is arrived from Boston: Entered out a Brigt. from 
 Madera, & a Sloop for Surranam. This day an Embargo will be 
 Laid on here. 
 
 Piscataqua, July 25th. On Tuesday the 23d. Currant eleven men 
 about a Mile from Mr. Hilton's Garison at Exeter mowing in a Field, 
 were insulted by about 40 Indians, One of the two that stood Centinal 
 fired at them, but the other 9 being hard at work, were intercepted 
 
 363 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JULY 29, 1706 
 
 from their Guns, of which 2 in the whole were slain, one desperately 
 wounded, two more made their escape, and six wanting, which are 
 supposed to be either kill'd or taken Captive. 
 
 Several Companies of our Forces went in pursuit of the Enemy, 
 who about a Mile from the place where they did the mischief, gave a 
 great Shout, and separated themselves, so that none of them could be 
 found. 
 
 On the 24th. arrived Her Majesties Ship the Deptford from Boston 
 Captain Stuckley Commander, with whom came his Excellency our 
 Governour, who is now Sitting here in General Assembly. 
 
 Boston, At Groton on the Lords-Day the 21st Currant, 3 Souldiers 
 going to the place of Publick Worship, passing over a Fence through 
 a Field of Corn, some of the Sculking Indian Enemy being hid in the 
 Field, shot at them, kill'd two and Captivated the third. 
 
 On Monday the 22d Currant, His Excellency our Governour Em- 
 barkt on board Her Majesty's Ship the Deptford, for his other 
 Goveru[n]ment of New-Hampshire. 
 
 On the said Day there was a Lad Mowing in a Field at Sudbury 
 toward Sun-set, espied an Indian near to him, and he having a Pistol 
 hanging at his Girdle, fired at the Indian whom he saw fall, the Lad 
 made the best of his way home; the next morning Major Brown with a 
 party of men went out in search of him and view'd the place, where they 
 saw a considerable quantity of Blood on the ground, and 'tis supposed 
 the Indian was mortally wounded, but that his Mates, as they usually do, 
 carried him off. 
 
 In regard that Labourers at this time of the year are very difficult to 
 be got even for wages: The Inhabitants of the Town of Milton as is their 
 usual Custom every year freely offered their Service to their Reverend 
 Minister, Mr. Peter Thacher, to cut down his Grass, make his Hay, 
 and carry it into his Barn, and to their praise and commendation be it 
 spoken: On Monday last there was no less in his Field than 26 Men 
 Mowers in a Breast, and on Wednesday there was 14 others that were 
 Rakers; and on Thursday 16 more, and no doubt there was a competent 
 number on Fryday and Satturday {though not come to our knowledge) 
 to carry it into the Barn. 
 
 By Letters per Cravath from Oporto, May, 7th. [Here follows a 
 little more than half a column of foreign news.] 
 
 Coasters Entered Inwards Peter Harris and 5am. Prince from 
 Connecticut. Outward George Phillips, Francis Browne and Ebene- 
 zar Parker for Connecticut. Foreign Inwards Ezekiel Cravath Ketch 
 Dolphin from Aviro. Cleared Outward for Jamaica Robert Meers 
 Brigt. William; for Monserrat William Cooke Brigt. John and James. 
 Outward Bound for Antigua Ebenezar Payne Sloop Nicholas and 
 
 364 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 5, 1706 
 
 Mary, and John Walker Sloop Burbuda; for London Pelatiah Kins- 
 man Ship Hopewell. 
 
 Hbx>ectisements. 
 
 The following Books to be Sold by Benjamin Eliot at his Shop, 
 under the West-End of the Town-House in Boston, Viz. 
 TNvisibles, Realities, Demonstrated in the Holy Life and Trium- 
 ■*-phant Death of Mr. John Janeway, Fellow of Kings Colledge in 
 Cambridge : by the Reverend Mr. James Janeway. 
 
 A Token for Children, being an exact Account of the Conversion, 
 ■*■ *-Holy and Exemplary Lives and Joyful Deaths of several Young 
 Children: by the Reverend Mr. James Janeway. To which is added, 
 A Token for the Children of New-England, or some Examples of 
 Children in whom the fear of God was remarkably budding before 
 they died. 
 
 OEven Sermons, (1st) of the Unpardonable Sin against the Holy 
 ^ Ghost, or the Sin unto Death, &c. By the Reverend Mr .Robert Russel. 
 ' I ^He best Friend standing at the door, or Christs Awakening and 
 
 -*- Affectionate Call, both to Professors and Secure Sinners for 
 Entrance into the House : in Six Sermons, by the Reverend Mr. John 
 Ryther. 
 
 RAn-away from his Master Samuel Niles of Kingstown in Narra- 
 ganset, A Spanish Indian Man-Slave, aged about 28 years, speaks 
 goo'd English, a short fellow, much of the reliques of the small Pox 
 to be seen in his Face, has a broad face, a broad flat Nose, his teeth 
 are thin before; has on grayish coloured Cloaths much worn. Who- 
 soever shall take up the said Indian and bring or convey him safe 
 to his said Master, or secure him and send notice of him, shall be well 
 rewarded and satisfyed for his pains. 
 
 ANy Person that wants to borrow 220 Pounds at Interest, giving 
 good Security, may repair to John Campbell Post-master of 
 Boston and know further. 
 
 [Reprinted: cordage for sale by John Mico, as in July 15; negro 
 slave girl to be sold, as in July 1 ; News-Letter advertisement, as 
 first in June 17.] 
 
 1R, jg. IRumb. 120. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDon&ap July 29. to /IDOn&a^ August 5. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 OREIGN news in this number is principally from London and 
 Paris, of March dates. Much of it refers to the war in Spain f 
 
 365 
 
 [F 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 5, 1706 
 
 and particularly to the siege of Barcelona. With this issue the 
 rules above and below the line "Published by Authority" in the 
 heading were dropped.] 
 
 Barbadoes, June 22d. About a week ago arrived here a Vessell 
 from Ireland, who reports ; . . . ; and that 30 odd Sail of Men 
 of War were fitting out for the West Indies. Three days since was 
 Published here a Paper Credit to stand for five years. To Morrow 
 Sailes our Fleet for England. Five days ago arrived here Capt. 
 Flint and Fyfield from Boston. We have had no Pacquet since my last. 
 
 St. Christophers July 8. There is a Packet from England arrived 
 at Antigua, by whom we have the following Account; [here follows 
 a short account of the defeat of the French and Spanish forces before 
 Barcelona.] 
 
 New-York, July 29. On the 26th arrived here Braddick in a Sloop 
 from Boston, who on the 18th instant, off Cape-Cod in the night 
 heard great Guns fire for several hours. The same day arrived a 
 Sloop from Turks Island with Salt, that belongs to Barmuda. 
 
 Last week an Embargo was laid here for 60 days, and all persons 
 forbid all manner of Labour, and all the Shops shut up until the 
 Fortifications of this City be finished, so that we have near 1000 men 
 at work every day. 
 
 On the 27th arrived here Capt. Bond from England with 34 Soul- 
 diers (there was 40 but 6 dyed in the passage) and 80 Barrels of 
 Powder ; we have advice that a Man of War is bound hither with 60 
 more Souldiers, Cloaths, Stores, &c. 
 
 The Ship Unity, William Patience Master, lay Loadened in the 
 Downs bound hither, and would Sail with the first Convoy. 
 
 We have no News so late by Capt. Bond as that in the Boston News- 
 Letter. 
 
 Her Majesty's Ship the Triton's Prize is not yet returned from her 
 Cruise. 
 
 Piscataqua, Aug. 1. On Tuesday the 30th of July His Excellency 
 our Governour went on board the Province-Gally, in order to return 
 to Boston for his other Government of Massachusetts-Bay; And 
 on the said day at evening there was a man kill'd at Wells, & another 
 wounded by the sculking Indians, pursuit was made after the Enemy 
 but could not be found. 
 
 Hampton, Aug. 1. This day there was a man kill'd near the Falls, 
 and a Lad taken by the Indian Enemy. 
 
 We had a Company out in quest of them in 10 minutes after the mis- 
 chief was done, but the Enemy escap'd, & left some things behind them, 
 Major Smith is still out in the Woods with 100 men in search of them. 
 
 366 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 5, 1706 
 
 Boston, On Thursday the 1st Currant arrived here the Province- 
 Galley from Piscataqua, with whom came His Excellency our Gover- 
 nour from his other Government of Naw-Hampshire. 
 
 On the said day arrived a Flag of Truce Bark from Canada, with 
 Mr. Shelden the Messenger whom His Excellency sent to the Gover- 
 nour of Quebeck for the Exchange of Prisoners, who has brought 
 with him 45. 159 
 
 On Wednesday next the 7th Currant Sits here the General Assembly 
 of this Province, unto which day it stands Prorogu'd. 
 
 On Saturday last, by the great diligence of Capt. Redknap Her 
 Majesty's Engineer, the 20 pieces of Cannon were mounted at the 
 Castle of this place; The Garison consisting of 200 men besides 
 Artificers dayly working there; so that now all is very compleat: 
 A Regiment consisting of 500 men under the Command of Col. 
 Hutchinson being always in readiness for the Service there. leo 
 By Letters by the Packet Via Antigua, we have this Account: [here 
 follows foreign news.] 
 
 Coasters Inward, Jackson and Abbot from Piscataqua, Nath. 
 Loring from Connecticut. Outward Jonas Green, Carteret Gillam, 
 James Lewis and Elisha Hedge for Connecticut; Nath. Geerish and 
 Joseph Flood for Piscataqua. Foreign Inwards from Fiall James 
 Calley Ketch Blessing; from South-Carolina Thomas Lanyon, Sloop 
 Return; from Barbadoes Lewis Hunt Ship Victory; from Antigua 
 John Fisher Sloop Blackthorne ; from St. Christophers John Redduck 
 Sloop St. Christophers. Cleared Outward for Jamaica William 
 Russel Brigt. Dolphin. Outward bound for London Robert Eason 
 Ship New-Hampshire, and Peter Martin Ship Thenet; for White- 
 haven John Smith Ketch Belford; for Antigua Jonathan Hart Sloop 
 Gilford ; for Barbadoes James Berry Ship Swan. 
 
 The Vessel for New-haven in England, will Sail about. 15 dayes 
 hence. 
 
 H&vertisements. 
 
 STray'd from Mr. Gamblings Pasture in Roxbury, A Sorrel Horse 
 with a white Blaze in his Fore-head, and one hind foot white: 
 Whosoever shall take up said Horse, or give any true Intelligence of 
 him unto Mr. Nicholas Roberts Merchant in Boston, so as the owner 
 
 159 Ensign John Sheldon of Deerfield: his second expedition to Canada for 
 return of captives. See Sheldon's A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Vol. 
 I, pages 332-333. 
 
 160 Reprinted from the News- Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, page 552, 
 in connection with the story of these pieces of ordnance, which were "sent by 
 her Maj£>; for her service at her Castle William" in response to a memorial 
 from the General Court, February 1704-1705, for arms and stores. 
 
 367 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 12, 1706 
 
 may have him again, shall have a Sufficient reward and charges. 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 1R, jg. mumb. 121. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From fnlon&a? August 5. to flllon&a^ August 12. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 T'T^HIS issue of two pages is remarkable for the predominance of 
 j JL domestic news. Foreign news is confined to two short para- 
 graphs under London date of April 2, and two paragraphs under 
 Fayal date of July 5, concerning affairs in Spain and Portugal.] 
 
 Jamaica, June 24. Upon Advice brought here by the Packet of 
 the mischief done by the French Squadron upon Her Majesty's 
 Subjects at St. Christophers and Nevis, and of their design to make 
 an Attack upon Jamaica; 1 " 1 His Excellency our Governour laid on an 
 Embargo, Arm'd and Disciplin'd a Regiment of Negroes, rais'd 
 several Batteries, and mounted them with Guns; and made all 
 necessary preparations to receive the French, having laid several 
 Mines in the way to the principal places, thro' which the Enemy 
 must pass (if they had Landed) to blow them up: And intended to 
 give them a Field Battel, and ordered his Son to lead the Van-Guard, 
 declaring that whosoever should flinch back should immediately 
 be shot down. 
 
 Three Trading Sloops arriving at Carthageen from Jamaica, the 
 Governour acquainted them, that the French designed to attack 
 Jamaica, and advised them to make haste home to help defend their 
 Island, fearing the French might be there before they got home; 
 and accordingly dispatched them in two dayes with Eighty Thousand 
 pieces of Eight. 
 
 A Runagado English man running from one of these Trading 
 Sloops, offered his Service to the Governour of Carthageen to Pilot 
 him to take the Island of Jamaica, and particularly Col. Handisyde 
 our Governour in his House; which the Governour resenting as a 
 villanous action, took the said Runagado and sent him with a Guard 
 on board one of the Sloops, ordering the Master to secure and carry 
 him unto the Governour of Jamaica, with whom he sent a Letter to 
 His Excellency our Governour, acquainting him of the same, and that 
 he hated Traitors. And upon the arrival of the said Runagado in 
 one of the Sloops, a Court Martial was call'd, where the said Runa- 
 
 161 See News-Letter Nos. 96, 103, 104, 107, 108 ante. 
 
 368 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 12, 1706 
 
 gado being Tryed, was found guilty, Condemned to Dye, and Executed 
 accordingly. 
 
 Four days ago the Embargo was taken off, and 2 days since the 
 Colours were lodged and the Law Martial ceased upon advice brought 
 here of the French Squadron's being separated and gone to several 
 Ports to the Leeward. Monsieur Deberville the French Admiral 
 beat up for Volunteers at Petitguavus and Hispaniola, in order to 
 make a descent upon Jamaica, but the Inhabitants declined it, and 
 he offered to force some Spaniards away, which caused a considerable 
 Tumult among the people. 
 
 They are still Fortifying at Jamaica. Our Squadron under the 
 Command of Admiral Whetstone consists of 6 Capital Ships, a Fire- 
 ship and Tenders. The Fleet bound for England was Embargo'd, 
 being about 40 Sail waiting for a Convoy, which was supposed to be 
 Admiral Whetstone, when the other Fleet from England did arrive, 
 whom we daily expect. 
 
 Taunton, July 19. About midnight the Thunder and Lightning 
 split the wooden button on the top of the Vane Spindle of the Meeting- 
 House, and split into shivers the post it stood in; but the Vane 
 Spindle is not hurt, and carryed it off; and destroyed the biggest 
 part of the Covering of the Terret boards, shingles and timber, and so 
 descended on the proper roof of the Meeting-House, which is almost 
 fiat, and ript up the board and shingle for about 10 foot, and the 
 two ends of the Rupture descended into the Meeting House two 
 ways on the Fore-side of the Meeting House, and also two ways on 
 the back-side of it, and split a principal long brace on the fore-side of 
 the Meeting-House from end to end, and made it quite unserviceable, 
 and came down on two of the middle of the Fore-side of the Meeting 
 House, and ript off a considerable quantity of the Clapboards and 
 boards on the outside, and also of the plaistering and Laths on the 
 inside, and grazed and hurt the timber all along as it came down. 
 It has drove two of the Windows a little outward (one of the fore- 
 side windows, and one of the back-side windows) it has taken off 
 two great splinters (one on the upper side, another on the lower) 
 of one of the Main braces that support the roof on the back-side of 
 the house, the said splinters are about 4 inches square, and about 
 7 foot long; some of the wooden Frames of 4 windows are split off 
 on the outside, the white Lime plaistering in 4 or 5 places is blown 
 off as with Gunpowder in considerable pieces. It took off a loose 
 Seat from the East Gallery, and carried it above twenty foot, & left 
 it on the Table without any harm : The ends of 2 or 3 boards of the 
 Floor are blown up & the Nails of them drawn as if blown up with 
 Gunpowder. Several paynes of Glass are considerably shattered; 
 
 369 i 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 12, 1706 
 
 The post of one of the Seats in the upper Gallery which the Rayls 
 went into is split to pieces and the Seats fallen down. No harm is 
 done to the Bell only the Wheel is somewhat shattered. Several 
 Posts and pieces of Timber are grazed as if they were gouged, Lime 
 and Splinters are scattered over the Meeting-House, scarce any 
 place free, and bits of Clapboard and Shingles are scattered round 
 about the middle of the House. 
 
 The same night Ensign Thomas Gilbert's old House was struck with 
 Lightning, there was such a smoke and light and smell of Brimstone 
 after the stroke, that they thought the House was on fire. It made 
 holes in the Tunnel and sides of the Chimney, and so shatter'd it, 
 that it is not safe making a fire in it ; one of his Grand Children that 
 lay in the same Room, was stunn'd a while, but recovered again. 
 
 New-York, August 5. On the 30th of July arrived here a Privateer 
 Sloop of 6 Guns and 27 men, Nath. Burchet Commander, being the 
 Tender of Capt. Tongrelou, which about [blank] weeks ago met with 
 a Spanish Ship (bound from Canaries to New-Spain) of 600 Tuns, 24 
 Guns, and 250 men, near to Cuba, this Sloop fired 6 shot at her, two 
 whereof hull'd her, one blew up the Round House, killed the Captain 
 and 5 men, and another disabled, her Main Mast which afterwards 
 fell over board, the Sloop finding the Ship too strong for her left her, 
 and carried notice of her to Capt. Tongrelou, who immediately there- 
 upon went in search of her, but could not find her; the Sloop soon 
 after she parted with Cap. Tongrelou found the Spanish Ship ashore 
 about a league from Barricoe upon Cuba, the Spaniards defended her 
 from the shore, and at last capitulated with the Sloop for her Lading 
 of Wines and Brandy, provided they would not burn the rest, nor 
 the Ship ; and accordingly she has brought hither 50 pipes of Canary 
 and Brandy which they took out of her, but have not seen Tongrelou 
 for seven, nor his Consort for 9 weeks past: The Spanish Ship was 
 obliged to run ashore, having 8 foot water in the Hould before they 
 knew of it, and upon her striking Ground, her Main Mast tumbled 
 over board being wounded by a shot from the Sloop, but the Sloop 
 knew not what execution they had done, till they found her ashore. 
 
 The same day arrived Capt. Basset in a month from Jamaica, who 
 says Capt. Pennistone (a Privateer of this Port) boarded two Ships 
 together, one of 18, and the other of 24 Guns, but was beat off with 
 the loss of his Arm, and 9 men kill'd, and as many wounded, and 
 obliged to bear away to Jamaica. 
 
 A Dutch Brigt. of 110 men, Consort to Cap. Tongrelou has taken a 
 French Privateer of 14 Guns and 130 men belonging to Petitguavus, 
 Commanded by the Chevalier Courtney, and carried her into Jamaica, 
 she was designed for this Coast. 
 
 370 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 12, 1706 
 
 We have advice by these Vessels, that 7 Fr. Ships were gone down 
 to the Havanna, and that Monsieur Deverville with 5 men of War 
 were still lying on the Northside of Hispaniola, but were sickly with 
 the bloody Flux, and that at Jamaica they are not under any appre- 
 hension of being attack' d by them. 
 
 The Fleet from England was not arrived at Jamaica, the same 
 day arrived here a Sloop from Curacoa, brings not any News. 
 
 Capt. Basset off Cape May was Chased by a Ship [blank] hours which 
 gained upon him and got within half Gun shot of him, which obliged 
 him to pull down his Round House, cut his Beam, and throw all upon 
 Deck over board except his Guns; after which the Ship fell a Stern 
 show'd her broad side and Stern, and fired a Gun to Leeward under 
 English Colours, upon which Basset answered with a Gun to Lee- 
 ward, but made the best of his way, tho' he took the Ship for the 
 Triton's Prize, but it proved otherwise. 
 
 On the 3d. Instant Her Majesties Ship Tritons Prize arrived at 
 Sandy-hooke from Her Cruise, She has been at Virginia, and about 10 
 days since met the Hazardous with the Ships under her Convoy going 
 into the Capes; they were dog'd 4 dayes off Nantucket by a Ship of 
 about 20 Guns, which the Hazardous at last chased away; tis thought 
 to be the same Ship that chased Basset. One of our Outward bound 
 Sloops met the Tritons Prize at Sea, and told them, a small Briganteen 
 had taken a Sloop upon this Coast, in his sight, the Triton immediately 
 went in search of her, but could not meet with her on her Cruise. 
 
 Yesterday arrived here Capt. Davis from Jamaica, three Briganteens, 
 and a Ketch for Boston, Noyce, Green, Long and Rayner Masters, came 
 out in Company: He says the 7 Ships gone to the Havanna are the 
 French men of War that lay on the North side of Hispaniola, who are 
 very Sickly. 
 
 Our Fortifications we hope will be Compleat this week, and we shall 
 have 100 Cannon Mounted in this City, besides the Fort, which is also 
 put into very good Repair & Order. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship Lowstaffe will Sail in 3 days on a Cruise. 
 
 Piscataqua, August 8th. Just now is arrived Capt. Janverin from 
 Lisbone, that came out in Company with the Mast Ships from thence, 
 who after he parted with them was taken by a French Letter of 
 Marque man, of 24 Guns, from the Havanna bound to Rochel, about 
 100 Leagues to the Westward of Fyall, Capt. Janverin bought his 
 Ship again for 8000 Livers, and sent his Mate Hostage for the payment 
 of the Money. 
 
 Boston, On Tuesday the 6th Currant arrived here Cap. Daniel 
 Noyes from Jamaica, about 6 weeks passage; there came out in 
 
 371 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 12, 1706 
 
 Company with him about 20 Sail, some whereof for England and 
 other places; for New-York a Brigt, and 2 Sloops; and for this place 
 Capt. Bartholomew Green, Capt. Rayner and Long. 
 
 On Wednesday the 7th. Instant Satt the General Assembly of this 
 Province, unto which day they stood Prorogu'd. 
 
 Her Majesty's Ship the Deptford arrived here on Tuesday the 6th 
 Currant from Piscataqua, and designs to Sail on a Cruise on Monday 
 the 12th Instant. 
 
 Coasters Inwards 
 
 From 
 
 Collins and Flood 
 
 Piscataqua. 
 
 John Lothrop 
 
 Connecticut. 
 
 Outward 
 
 For 
 
 Peter Harris 
 
 Rhode-Island. 
 
 For[e]ign Inwards 
 
 From 
 
 Francis Ellis Ship Pleasure 
 
 Barbadoes. 
 
 Joseph Burchal Sloop Blossom 
 
 Barmuda. 
 
 Moses Wadland Sloop Seaflower 
 
 St. Georges. 
 
 Daniel Noyes Hannover Brigt. ] 
 
 
 Bartholomew Green Swan Brigt. [ 
 
 Jamaica. 
 
 Joseph Rayner Ketch Freeke. J 
 
 
 John Hoddy Adventure Brigt. 
 
 Fyall. 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 For 
 
 Robert Eason Ship N. Hampshire \ 
 
 Piscataqua & 
 
 Peter Martin Ship Thanet / 
 
 London 
 
 Eleazar Johnson Brigt. Hopewell \ 
 
 
 Jonathan Hart Sloop Gilford / 
 
 Antigua 
 
 Thomas Savill Ship Two Brothers 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Thomas Hunt Sloop Panther 
 
 Newfoundland 
 
 Outward bound 
 
 For 
 
 Richard Shute Sloop Richard 
 
 St. Christophers 
 
 Joseph Burchal Sloop Blossom 
 
 Barmuda 
 
 Moses Wadland Sloop Seaflower 
 
 St. Georges 
 
 John Holland Brigt. Tygre 
 
 Madera 
 
 Thomas Miller Ship Enfield-Green 
 
 London 
 
 John Edwards Brigt Providence 
 
 Jamaica. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 TTOusing and Land being part of the Estate of Bartholomew Ged- 
 ■■■ -1-ney Esqr. late of Salem in the County of Essex, and Province of 
 Massachusetts-Bay in New-England: To be Sold by Mrs. Mary 
 Gedney, Widow and Executrix of Doctor Samuel Gedney of said 
 Salem : Viz. 
 
 Three House Lotts, about 40 foot Front, and 124 Foot deep each 
 Lott. 
 
 372 ' 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 19, 1706 
 
 Another House Lott about 40 foot Front, and 124 foot deep, with 
 an House and Barn on it. 
 
 As also a Dwelling-House, Warehouse, Wood-House, Yard Room 
 and Garden, with a Ship Yard suitable for a Ship Carpenter: To be 
 Sold by single Lotts or altogether. 
 
 SAlt at Four Shillings per Bushel; To be Sold by Mr. Samuel 
 Lilly Merchant, at his Ware-House upon the Dock in Boston. 
 A Negro Woman and a Negro Girle to be Sold, Inquire of John 
 Campbell Post Master of Boston, and know further. 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 IB. jg. mumb. 122. 
 
 The Bofton News -Letter. 
 
 From tfDOIl&ag August 12. to /IDonDag August 19. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 I" A GAIN, in this two page issue, the foreign news is subordinated, 
 I ilmore than half the contents being of domestic affairs. Mainly, 
 the foreign news is from Hague and Paris, concerning the siege 
 of Barcelona.] 
 
 Hartford, August 5, The Towns in the County of Hampshire 
 being greatly infested by the Sculking Indian Enemy: We are just 
 sending out 50 Men with Dogs, who are to divide into small parties, 
 and range the Woods on both sides the River, if possible to discover 
 and annoy, the Enemy. 
 
 New-York, August 12. Last week we heard that two or three 
 Sloops were seen Cruise off the East-end of Long Island. From 
 Philadelphia we are advised, that Her Majesty's Ships the Greenwich 
 and Hazardous are arrived in Virginia, and that it's said the Fleet 
 from thence to England will Sail the middle of next Month: We daily 
 expect more certain Intelligence by Gentlemen from thence. 
 
 Last night the Rt. Hon. the Lady CORN BURY departed this Life. 162 
 
 162 Lady Cornbury (Katherine Hyde) was the daughter of Lord O'Brien — 
 son of the earl of Richmond of Ireland — by his wife, Lady Katherine Stuart, 
 daughter of the duke of Richmond and Lenox. Her obsequies were conduct- 
 ed with much pomp and ceremony in Trinity Church by the Reverend John 
 Sharp, chaplain of the fort, and she was buried in Trinity churchyard. The 
 great expense incurred for her funeral was one of the counts against Lord Corn- 
 bury for official extravagance. Several months later one Boudinot of Long 
 Island was paid £300 from the sale of crown lands "as due for part of Lady 
 Cornbury's funeral." See official papers in Documents Relative to the Colo- 
 nial History of New York, Vol. V, p. 406 and p. 511. 
 
 373 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 19, 1706 
 
 This morning arrived a Sloop from St. Thomas, one Martin Master 
 brings no News. Her Majesties Ship the Lowstaffe will Sail this day 
 on a Cruise. 
 
 Rhode-Island, August 16. Upon the Report that a French Squad- 
 ron from the West Indies, under the Command of Monsieur Deber- 
 ville is designed to come upon our Coast; His Honour our Governour 
 call'd a General Council, & Council of War, in order to Consult what 
 was proper to be done for Fortifying of this Place, and especially 
 the Town of New-port, in case of an Attack from the Enemy. Where- 
 upon the Inhabitants of the Town and Island are daily at work, 
 making all necessary preparations to Fortify the same, several 
 Breast-works and Half Moons near and about the Town are already 
 cast up, and a Breast-work and Trenches from the Point before the 
 Town to Coasters Harbour, & likewise at the South End of the Town, 
 to prevent an Enemy's Landing near the Town; And if they should 
 Land at a distance from it, we shall have the greater advantage 
 against them, by reason of the many Stone Walls and Ditches they 
 must pass thorow to come at the Town, where they may be 
 Ambuscado'd. 
 
 Capt. Cranston from Curacoa arrived here in 18 days, by whom we 
 are acquainted, that they had the same News there that we have had 
 in the Boston News-Letter. [Here follow a few lines of foreign news.] 
 
 Moses Butterworth and Robert Wrightington for Barbadoes, and 
 John Chapman bound for Antigua. 
 
 Piscataqua, Aug. 15. On Saturday last, the Sculking Indian 
 Enemy kill'd a man at Dover. And this day arrived here from 
 Boston Capt. Martin in the Thenet Mast Ship. 
 
 Salem, August 17. On Wednesday the 14th. Currant, arrived here 
 Eleagar Moses from Newfoundland 22 days passage, who informs, 
 That there is one Man of War at St. Johns, & about 40 Merchant- 
 men. That Sir W. Jumper was daliy expected from Engl, with a 
 Squadron of Men of War, in order to Attack Placentia. That an 
 English Prisoner retaken out of a French Boat informed that in May 
 last, there was about 36 Sail of French Merchantmen in Placentia. 
 That two Letter of Marque Men from Bristol, the one of 14 and the 
 other of 16 Guns, and one of London of 24 Guns has Cruised on New- 
 foundland Coast, and had taken 20 Prizes, some whereof were Bankers, 
 and others that were bound in to Placentia. Mr. Moses saw 4 or 5 
 Vessels going in to St. Johns as he came out , but knows not what they were. 
 
 Boston, An Act Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly 
 of this Province in their Second Sessions, upon Wednesday the 7th 
 Currant, for Encouraging the Prosecution of the Indian Enemy and 
 
 374 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 19, 1706 
 
 Rebels. Granting the following Reward or Praemium, (over and 
 above the stated Wages, to such as are under Pay, and the benefit 
 of Plunder, and all Indian Women and Children Prisoners under 
 12 Years of Age) to every Company, Troop, Party or Person singly, 
 who shall Kill or Take any Male Indian Enemy or Rebel, capable of 
 bearing Arms, or above the age of 12 years. Viz. 
 
 To the Regular Detached Forces under Pay, the Sum of Ten 
 Pounds per Head. 
 
 To Voluntiers actually in the Service and under Pay, Twenty 
 Pounds per Head. 
 
 To Voluntiers without Pay or Subsistance, Fifty Pounds per Head. 
 
 To any Company, Troop or Party Issuing forth upon an Alarm, to 
 the Relief of any Town or Garison Attackt, Thirty Pounds per Head. 
 
 On Saturday Sailed Her Maj. Ship the Deptford on a Cruise. 
 
 The said day Sailed the New-Hampshire Mast Ship for Piscataqua 
 Capt. Eason Commander. 
 
 Coasters Inward 
 William Smallage Sloop Prosperous 
 John Lothrop Sloop Swallow 
 
 Outward 
 Samuel Prince Sloop Adventure 
 Jacob Parker Sloop Endeavour 
 James Blin Sloop Sparrow 
 
 Foreign Inwards, 
 James Gold Sloop Hopewell 
 Samuel Long Brigt. Sarah 
 
 Cleared Outward, 
 John Welch Brigt. Dolphin 
 Benjamin Edward Sloop Elizabeth 
 Moses Wadland Sloop Seaflower 
 
 Outward Bound 
 Josiah Minot Ship Samuel 
 Thomas Fosdick Charlestown Galley 
 Thomas Lethered Ship Olive Branch 
 Peter Man Dart Galley 
 JohnAlden Ship Swallow 
 James Gold Ship Mary 
 Jeremiah Tay Brigt. John and Ann 
 
 From 
 Rhode- Island. 
 Connecticut. 
 
 For 
 
 Connecticut. 
 
 From 
 Pensilvania. 
 Jamaica. 
 
 For 
 Antigua. 
 Newfoundland. 
 St. George. 
 
 For 
 
 London. 
 
 Topsham. 
 Newfoundland. 
 St. George. 
 
 Bbvertisements. 
 
 Hereas Peter Sonmans, son of Arent Sonrrians Deceased, under pre- 
 text of being invested in several Proprieties and^shares [of Propri- 
 eties of Lands, Quit-Rents and other Appurtenances thereunto belonging, 
 
 375 
 
 w 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 19, 1706 
 
 purchased by his said Deceased Father in East and West New Jersey 
 in America: Hath already Sold a considerable quantity thereof, and 
 (as I am informed) is about Selling other parcels thereof. These are 
 therefore to give Notice, That Her most Gracious Majesty, Queen Anne, 
 by Her Letter dated at Windsor, the tenth day of September, 1705 in 
 the Fourth Year of Her Reign, to His Excellency Edward Viscount 
 Cornbury, Governour of the Province of New- Jersey, and to the Council 
 of the said Province directed: Hath been pleased to signify, that the 
 said Proprieties and shares of Proprieties of Lands, Quit-Rents and 
 other Appurtenances thereunto belonging, do belong unto Her said 
 Majesty; for that the said Arent Sonmans Deceased, was an Alien born, 
 and uncapable of taking or holding any Land otherwise than to the use 
 of the Crown, by reason he was not Naturalized, nor made a Denizon of 
 England. And further, That Her said Majesty is graciously pleased 
 to grant all Her Right, Title, Interest and Claim to the said Proprieties 
 and shares of Proprieties of Lands, Quit-Rents and other Appurtenances 
 thereunto belonging, unto Joseph Ormston of London, Merchant, and 
 Rachel his Wife, and their Heirs for ever, in trust for Peter Sonmans, 
 Rachel Ormston, and Joanna Wright and their Heirs for ever. And 
 therefore by the said Letter doth direct His said Excellency and the said 
 Council, to cause Letters Pattents to be past under the Seal of the said 
 Province, containing the grant aforesaid: and that such Clauses be in- 
 serted in the said Letters Patents as shall be requisite for making Her 
 said Majesty's Grant good and effectual to the said Joseph Ormston 
 and Rachel his Wife, and their Heirs, in trust as aforesaid, as by Her 
 said Majesty's Letter may appear. 
 
 All which I the Subscriber being Agent for the said Joseph Ormston 
 and Rachel his Wife, have thought fit to publish, in Order to prevent 
 any persons being mistaken in purchasing any Right or Title to the 
 aforesaid Proprieties and shares of Proprieties of Lands, Quit-Rents 
 and other Appurtenances thereunto belonging, or any part thereof. 
 
 Perth Amboy, July 24. 1706. John Ormston. 163 
 
 The following Books to be Sold by Benjamin Eliot at his Shop under 
 
 the West-End of the Town-House in Boston, Viz. 
 T? Nglands Perfect School-Master : Or Directions for exact Spelling, 
 •L* Reading and Writing: Showing how to Spell or Read any 
 Chapter in the Bible, by four and twenty words only; with Examples 
 of most words, from one to six syllables, both in whole words and 
 also divided; with Rules how to spell them: Also how to spell all 
 such words which are alike in sound, yet differ in their sense and 
 spelling. Together with the true meaning and use of all stops and 
 
 163 Reprinted from the News-Letter, with a biographical and historical 
 foot-note, in New Jersey Archives, First Series, Vol. XI, p. 18. 
 
 376 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 26, 1706 
 
 points to be observed by all that would Read and Write well : With 
 a Table of Orthography, shewing how to write true English: As 
 also variety of Pieces, both of English and Latin Verse, on the most 
 remarkable passages mentioned in Scripture, very useful for Writing- 
 Schools: Lastly, Directions for writing of Letters, Acquittances, 
 Bills of Exchange, Bills of Parcels, Bills of Debt, Bonds, &c. How to 
 state Accompts aright, &c. 
 ' I V HE Great Concern : Or a serious warning to a timely & thorough 
 
 -*■ Preparation for Death: With helps and directions in order 
 thereunto : By Edward Pearse : Recommended as proper to be given 
 at Funerals. 
 ' I ""HE Call of Christ unto Thirsty Sinners, to come to him and 
 
 •*• drink of the Waters of Life: As it was Preached by that Holy 
 Man of God, and faithful Servant of Christ, Mr. Thomas Allen, late 
 Pastor of a Church in the City of Norwich, and sometime Teacher 
 of the Church of Christ at Charlstown in New-England. 
 
 A Guide to Eternal Glory: Or brief directions to all Christians, 
 how to attain to Everlasting Salvation: With several other 
 brief Tracts, and Spiritual Hymns. 
 
 [Reprinted: News- Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 IB. IE. mumb. 123. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From ilDOTt&ag August 19. to /IDOlrtag August 26. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 I | ESS than two columns of this two page issue are filled with foreign 
 | .I_>news: confined to two letters from Hague, one of April 6, and the 
 other of April 9, and one letter from Lisbon, dated July 7. The 
 news is principally concerning the investment of Barcelona, and 
 fighting in Flanders and Spain.] 
 
 Jamaica, July 8. This morning arrived here a Ship from Bristol, 
 the Master whereof informs, that Sir John Leake [account of naval 
 engagement with the French squadron.] 
 
 Our Fleet from England not yet arrived, but are daily expected. 
 
 St Johns Newfoundland, August 5th. Here is Arrived Capt. 
 Michael Gill and Arthur Savage in 9 days passage from Boston in 
 New England; Capt. Gill in the Latitude of 48 8. met a French 
 Banker of 6 Guns and 21 men, with whom he had a small dispute, 
 and made the French-ma.n Strike and Surrender. Unto whom he 
 
 377 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, AUGUST 26, 1706 
 
 Sold his Ship again for 350 Pistoles in Gold, and has the French 
 Captain on Board a Hostage for payment of the Money. 
 
 New York, Aug. 19. By an Express from Anapolis to Philadel- 
 phia, we are acquainted, that the Captain of Her Majesty's Ship the 
 Hazardous the next day after his Arrival had writ to the Gover- 
 nour of Maryland that he would Sail with the Fleet for England the 
 29th of this Month, whether the Greenwich arrived or not. 
 
 Adolph for Boston, and Sandford for Carolina Sails this day. 
 Entered Outward bound are Laurence for Terceras, Basset, Stevens 
 and Moyon for Curacoa, Crook for Barbadoes, Smith, Norwood and 
 Bedgood for Jamaica, Bond and Laurier for London Via Virginia. 
 
 A Sloop from Barbadoes one Fry Master bound for Rhode Island, 
 came from Curacoa about 3 weeks ago, was met on Fryday last by 
 her Majesty's Ship the Lowstaff, seized and brought in here this day 
 for want of a Register. 
 
 Piscataqua, Aug. 23. On the 18 Instant arrived here the New- 
 Hampshire Mast Ship from Boston, Capt. Eason Commander. 
 
 Marblehead, Aug. 23, Capt. Cawley in the Ship Essex will Sail 
 for Kingsayle in Ireland again the first of October next. 
 
 Boston, Capt. Mathews, Commander of her Majesty's Ship the 
 Dover, designs to Sail from hence to Piscataqua the first of September 
 next, and from thence to England the fifth of October following, to 
 take under his Convoy what Vessels will be then ready. 
 
 By Letters (since the Post) from New-York of the 20th Currant, 
 we are acquainted, That by a Sloop from Curacoa, they have the 
 self-same News there that we have here of the Signal Victories [in 
 Flanders and Spain]. 
 
 Coasters Inward From 
 
 Joseph Concklin Tryal Sloop 
 Eleazar Darby Elizabeth Sloop 
 John Groce Speedwell Sloop 
 
 Giles Hall Lyon Sloop Connecticut. 
 
 John Lothrop Speedwell Sloop 
 Thomas Curtice Swan Sloop 
 John Wells Tryal Sloop 
 John Hedge Speedwell Sloop 
 
 Benjamin Flood Benj.&Mary Piscataqua. 
 
 Nathaniel Loring Dolphin Sloop Rhode-Island. 
 
 Foreign Inwards From 
 
 Eleazar Moses Content Sloop Newfoundland. 
 
 John Pitts Exchange Ketch South-Carolina. 
 
 378 
 
London. 
 
 THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 2, 1706 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 Elias Fortune Endeavour Ketch Monserat 
 
 John Ventiman Martha & Eliz. Ship Jamaica. 
 
 Joseph Burchal Blossom Sloop Barmuda. 
 
 James Loring Industry Brigt. 1 
 
 Joseph V earing Colman Frigot / Barbadoes. 
 
 John Walker Burbuda Sloop Antigua. 
 
 Outward Bound 
 Richard Pitcher Lydia Brigt. England. 
 
 Lewis Hunt Victory Ship Newfoundland 
 
 Peter Hawksworth Mary Fortune Ship "i 
 
 Jonathan Evans Expectation Brigt. / 
 
 [The notice concerning the new postal service between England and 
 the West Indies is reprinted as it appeared in the issue of June 3.] 
 
 B&verttsements 
 
 A Negro Man Slave, Two Negro Women and a Negro Girl to be 
 Sold: Inquire of John Campbell Post-master of Boston, and 
 know further. 
 
 [Reprinted: sale of housing and land of estate of Bartholomew 
 Gedney, as in August 12 ; sale of salt by Samuel Lilly, as in August 12 ; 
 sale of English newspapers, as in June, 10; News-Letter advertise- 
 ment, as first in June 17.] 
 
 1R, j£, mumb. 124. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOtlOag, August 26. to ADOItDag September 2. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 I" A COMPARATIVELY small part of the two pages of this issue 
 I ./jLis given to foreign news, and that little is mainly in short para- 
 graphs received by the way of West Indies ports.] 
 
 Antigua, July ig. 1706. via Philadelphia. 
 
 [Under this date line there are first, several paragraphs of news 
 from Europe, and then follow various domestic news items.] 
 
 Commadore Kerr arrived here 4 days since with our General Col. 
 Parke, and is gone to Jamaica with 10 Men of War, and 2 Fire Ships, 
 and 2 Men of War from Barbadoes, and our 2 that were here ex- 
 pecting to find the French Fleet at Jamaica. 
 
 One of our Men of War cut a large Sloop out of Guardiloop Harbour. 
 
 One Crapo a French Privateer Sloop of 64 Men boarded an Irish 
 
 379 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 2, 1706 
 
 man with Bease from Ireland, bound to Jamaica of 12 Guns and 20 
 men: The Irish man kill'd him 36 Men and Wounded him 14, & 
 brought Crapo with the Sloop in here. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Kingsail has taken another Privateer, and a 
 Ship of 20 Guns, loaden with Suggar and carryed them in to Barbadoas. 
 
 Capt. Plaisteed in a New Ship of 400 Tuns 20 Guns, 37 men, bound 
 from Boston to Jamaica, was taken by a French Man of War of 48 
 Guns, 350 Men, off Portorico, and was carryed in to Martinico, and 
 was sent here in a Flag of Truce the 16th Currant. She took also an 
 East-India Dutch Man of 36 Guns mounted, 600 Tuns, 200 Men. 
 
 Maryland, August 2. On the 29th last arrived Her Majesty's 
 Ship the Hazardous, and 4 merchant-men 12 weeks from Plimouih: 
 The Greenwich Man of War is daily expected. The Fleet for England 
 designs to Sail the latter end of this Month, under Convoy of 5 Men of 
 War. _ There is a Ship arrived in Virginia from England 6 weeks 
 passage, who reports, that Sir John Leake met with the French 
 Squadron and worsted them. 
 
 Master Abbot in a Sloop from Boston arrived here. 
 
 Barbadoes, August 3. Our Fleet from England arrived here the 
 2d of last month, under Convoy of Capt. Kerr, who is gone down 
 to Jamaica with 12 Sail of Men of War to relieve Admiral Whetstone 
 and his Squadron. 
 
 About 3 weeks ago Her Majesty's Ship the Kingsayle brought in 2 
 Prizes, a Sloop and a Ship of 20 Guns, the latter bound to West 
 France in Company with two others of like Force, both loaded with 
 Sugar, Cotton, some Cocoa and Indigo: The Sloop he cut from 
 the Shore at Martinico. 
 
 We have lately Advice from Antigua, That a Vessel from Ireland 
 of 10 Guns and 18 Hands (whereof 6 were Servants) bound for this 
 place, was Attacked by a Sloop from Martinico, (who the day before 
 took a Sloop from Curacoa bound hither) who boarded him, but the 
 Captain of the Irish Man, and the rest of his men made a stout re- 
 sistance, and kill'd 20 of the French men, and retook the Sloop and 
 carryed her into Antigua: The Privateer had 50 men belonging to 
 her, and do not hear that any of the English were kill'd. 
 
 Our Fleet for England, in whom goes His Excellency our Governour, 
 will sail about a Month hence. 
 
 Capt. Wilson, Capt. Fyfield and Capt. Flint of Boston, are this day 
 bound for Saltertuda, and from thence to Boston. Capt. Taylor 
 will hardly Sail for Boston before our Fleet Sails for England. Capt. 
 Francis Plaisted in the Eaton Frigot, bound from Boston to Jamaica 
 is said to be carryed into Martinico. 
 
 380 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 2, 1706 
 
 Our last Pacquet from England Arrived here the 4th of last Month , 
 •who brought us the glad Tydings of the Glorious and Signal Victory 
 obtained by his Grace the Duke of Marlborough over the French 
 Army in Flanders, under the Command of the Duke of Bavaria: 
 The Account whereof was sent Express to Her Majesty, with Col. 
 Richard Aid de Camp, to His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, which 
 was Published by Authority at St James's May the 16th (and Reprint- 
 ed in the Boston News Letter, Aug. 5 No. 120 to which we refer you.) 
 
 The further News from England by the Pacquet of May 30th is„ 
 [here follow items of foreign news, principally relating to the war on 
 the continent.] 
 
 That Her Majesty has given the Scotch 10 Men of War and an- 
 swerable Transports for 10000 Men, with whom they are to make an 
 Attack upon some of Her Majesties Enemies in the West-Indies. 
 
 Philadelphia, Aug, 22d On the 17th arrived here Capt Trot from 
 Fyall, 8 weeks passage, by whom we have the same News of the 18th of 
 June from Lisbon that you have in the Boston News-Letter Numb. 121. 
 
 On the 20th arrived Capt. Brown in 23 dayes from Antigua, who- 
 brought us the News that is in the Boston News-Letter Numb. 120 
 and further says, that the Union between England and Scotland was 
 agreed upon. That the Queen had allowed the Scotch Caladonia 
 Company 100000 I. That a Squadron of 15 sail of Men of War 
 was designed for the West-Indies, and that the Scotch were raising 
 several Thousand Men for that Expedition, and were to settle on 
 what place they took from Her Majesty's Enemies. That the French 
 Prize taken by Her Majesty's Ship the Kingsayle had 70000 pieces 
 of Eight on Board. One Stilwell of New-York lost his Sloop upon 
 Barbuda. 
 
 New York, August 26. On the 19th arrived here Daniel Roberta 
 in a Sloop from Jamaica 40 days passage. 
 
 On the 22d. Hugh Coward in a Sloop from Curacoa, brings News. 
 from thence, which they had from Holland and Barbadoes, [war 
 events in Europe.] 
 
 Martin is bound out for St. Thomas. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Aug 30 Outward bound are Nehemiah Cuquit for 
 St Christophers; William Codner for Suranam; Edward Gross for 
 Madera, John Davis and Joseph Dill for Barmuda. 
 
 Salem, Aug 31. This day arrived Capt. Balch in 33 days from 
 Antigua, in whom came Capt Francis Plaisteed a Passenger. 
 
 Boston, On Fryday the 30th of August, Capt. Samuel Appleton 
 Esq. Commissioner (sent by His Excellency our Governour a Flagg 
 
 381 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 2, 1706 
 
 of Truce for Canada, for the Exchanging of Prisoners) Sailed from 
 Nantasket in the Briganteen Hope, Capt. John Bonner Master. 
 
 On the said day Sailed the French Barque, that came a Flagg 
 of Truce from Canada with our Prisoners. As also did a Sloop for 
 Port-Royall; in which Vessels there went about 70 French Prisoners. 
 
 His Excellency Ordered Capt. Southack Commander of Her Majes- 
 ties Ship the Province Galley, to Convoy them ten Leagues to the 
 Eastward of Cape Ann. 
 
 About ten days ago His Excellency sent two men by Land to Mont 
 Real, with Letters to the Govemour of Quebeck, desiring that our 
 Prisoners might be ready at the Arrival of our Flagg of Truce there, 
 in order to their returning hither before Winter sett in. 
 
 From 
 
 John Abbot 
 Joseph Yorke 
 John Walker 
 Derick Adolph 
 
 John Grace 
 Giles Hall 
 Samuel Dutch 
 Jonathan Hilton 
 
 Coasters, Inward. 
 Anthony Bracket Sloop Kathrin 
 
 Sloop Seaflower 
 Sloop Mary 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 Sloop Two Brothers 
 Outward 
 
 Sloop Prosperous 
 Sloop Lion 
 Sloop Nightingal 
 Sloop Success 
 Foreign, Inward, 
 Abraham Gording Sloop Fortune 
 
 Thomas Ruck Brigt. Fraternity 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 Isaac Binney Sloop Mary 
 
 Ebenezar Breed Brigt. Elizabeth 
 
 Outward Bound 
 Thomas Meers Sloop Blessing 
 
 Samuel Long Brigt. Swan 
 
 James Grant Ship Tryal 
 
 In our last thro' an Error of the Press in a Paragraph from Lisbon 
 of July 7th. It is said that 13000 men were Landed in France, Com- 
 manded by my Lord Trevers, and it should be my Lord Rivers 
 
 a&vcrttsements. 
 
 The following Books to be Sold by Benjamin Eliot, 'at his Shop 
 under the West-End of the Town-House in Boston, Viz. 
 TT^Alking with God, the Great Duty and Priviledge of Christians: 
 ^ * in two Sermons. 
 
 I" Oves Pedigree: Or a Discourse shewing the Grace of Love in a 
 ■'—'Believer to be of Divine Original: in one sermon. 
 
 382 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 Connecticut 
 New York 
 For 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 From 
 Axuma 
 Barbadoes 
 For 
 
 N. foundland 
 For 
 
 Jamaica 
 White-Haven 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 9, 1706 
 
 ' I A He Best Priviledge: Or a Sermon wherin the Great Advantage 
 ■*- of Enjoying the Oracles of God is displayed, & the Duty of such 
 
 as have them is urged. 
 
 ' I A He Man of War. A Sermon Preached to the Artillery Company 
 -*■ at Boston, at the Anniversary day of Election of Officers. All 
 
 Four by the Reverend Mr. Samuel Willard. 
 
 *" I *He Door of Salvation Opened: Or a Voice from Heaven, to 
 -*• Unregenerate Sinners; plainly shewing the necessity of Opening 
 
 your Hearts to Christ, or else He will Open Hells Mouth to devour 
 
 you: with many sweet Invitations to come to Him, that they might 
 
 have Life, and be hidden from the Wrath of God which is worse than 
 
 Death. By D. Pede. 
 
 GOD's Frown in the Death of Useful Men: Shewed in a Sermon 
 Preached at the Funeral of the Honourable Col. John Pynchon 
 Esq. By the Reverend Mr. Solomon Stoddard. 
 
 A Good Master well Served: A Brief Discourse on the |necessary 
 Properties and Practices of a Good Servant, in every kind of Servi- 
 tude : and of the Methods that should be taken by the Heads of a 
 Family, to obtain such a Servant. 
 
 [Reprinted : notice of postmaster regarding advertising of letters not 
 called for, as in July 1 ; News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 1FU ]g, Bumb. 125. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOItOag September 2. to /IDOItDap September 9 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 TTT^OREIGN news in this issue consists of an abstract of a letter 
 I A/ from the duke of Marlborough and the deputies of the States 
 General to the States of Brabant, and the response thereto, 
 and a half column of items concerning the fighting in Flanders.] 
 
 Fyall, July 29 We have advice from England [foreign news.] 
 
 There was two Ships that touched in here from the Canaries, 
 who gave us an Account, That Capt. Halsy in the Charles Galley, a 
 Privateer from Boston had taken a Spanish Ship of 24 Guns from 
 the Havanna, which he sent to the Madera's: He had also boarded 
 another Ship of 40 Guns three times, but his Graplings breaking, was 
 forc't to leave her. 
 
 New- York, Sept 2. Our Assembly is Adjourned to the 24th Instant. 
 His Excellency the Lord Cornbury sets out on Wednesday next for 
 
 383 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 9, 1706 
 
 Albany to visit the Frontiers. No Vessels arrived since my last. 
 Outward bound are Van Bael for Suranam, Many for Jamaica, & 
 Sleigh for Curacoa. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Sept 6 By Letters from Lisbon of July 8 and 13 
 per Capt Benjamin Cranston from Maderas, 5 weeks passage, we have 
 [war items "all mentioned these several weeks past in the Boston 
 News- Letter."] 
 
 Boston, On Wednesday the 4th Curant, His Excellency was pleased 
 to Prorogue the General Assembly of this Province unto Wednesday 
 the 2d day of October next. 
 
 An Act Pass'd at the last Session, Entituled, An Act to prevent 
 all Traiterous Correspondence with her Majesties Enemies. Wi 
 
 
 Coasters Inwards, 
 
 From 
 
 Joseph Flood 
 
 Sloop John & Abiel 
 
 
 Daniel Wair 
 
 Sloop Adventure 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 Benj Flood 
 
 Sloop Benj. & Mary > 
 
 
 Francis Brown 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 
 Thomas Lothrop 
 Joseph Allen 
 
 Sloop Diamond 
 Sloop John & Mary 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 George Phillips 
 
 Sloop Supply 
 
 
 Joseph Bull 
 
 Brigt. Mary 
 
 
 Will. Rhodes 
 
 Sloop Rose 
 Foreign Inwards 
 
 Rhode-Island 
 
 Samuel Sanders 
 
 Sloop Mary 
 
 Corratuck 
 
 Tho. Masters 
 
 Brigt. Dragon 
 
 Suranam 
 
 Tho. Ball 
 
 Sloop Elizabeth 
 
 Fiall ' 
 
 
 Cleared Outwards 
 
 For 
 
 John Lathrop 
 
 Sloop Swallow I 
 
 
 Tho. Curtice 
 
 Sloop Swan 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 John Hedge 
 
 Sloop Speedwel 
 
 
 Joseph Concklin 
 
 Sloop Tryal 
 
 New- York 
 
 Dirick Adolph 
 
 Sloop Two Brothers . 
 
 Lewis Hunt 
 
 Ship Victory 
 
 N. f oundland 
 
 John Richards 
 
 Brigt. Endeavour 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Joseph Johnson 
 
 Sloop Elizabeth 
 
 Pensilvania 
 
 Richard Shute 
 
 Sloop Richard 
 
 St. Christophr 
 
 John Smith 
 
 Katch Belford 
 
 White-haven 
 
 Tho. Lytheret 
 
 Ship Olive-branch 
 
 London 
 
 Ebenezar Payne 
 
 Sloop Swallow 
 Outward Bound 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Sam. Winckley 
 
 Sloop Sarah & Hannah 
 
 Pensilvania 
 
 164 See The Acts and Resolves 
 setts Bay: .... Vol. I, p 595. 
 
 of the Province of the Massachu- 
 
 384 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 16, 1706 
 
 Tho. Barnes 
 
 Brigt. Sarah 
 
 St. Christoph 
 
 John Foster 
 
 Ship Sarah 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 Will. Alden 
 
 Ship Content 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Blower 
 
 Ship Stanier Galley 
 
 Madera 
 
 John Porter 
 
 Brigt. Experiment 
 
 Tercera 
 
 Ephraim Breed 
 
 Ship Seafiower 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Hbvertisements. 
 
 Mlistress Mary Turfrey at the South End of Boston, Intends to 
 board Young Gentlewomen : If any Gentlemen desires their 
 Daughters should be under her Education : They may please to agree 
 with her on Terms. 
 
 A Certain Person has Lent Fuller's Holy War, his name is on the 
 Frontice Leaf of it: Whosoever has borrowed the said Book, 
 or into whose hands it may come, are desired to return it unto John 
 Campbell Post-master of Boston, that the true Owner may have it 
 again. 
 
 [Reprinted: sale of negro slaves, as in August 26; sale of salt 
 by Samuel Lilly, as in August 12; sale of English newspapers, as in 
 June 10; News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 1R. jg. mumb. 126. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From UDOItdag September 9. to /IDOItdap September 16. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 [O 
 
 F the four columns of this two page issue, three are filled with 
 foreign news, under date of Lisbon, July 3, concerning military 
 movements in Spain and the Low Countries.] 
 
 Maryland, Aug. 27. Since my last Her Majesty's Ship the Green- 
 wich is arrived from England to Virginia, who is Commodore to the 
 Homeward bound Fleet, that consists of about 200 Sail, under Convoy 
 of 5 Men of War, & designs to Sail the latter end of this Month. 
 
 New York, Sept. 9 From Pensilvania we have the Account of 2 
 Sloops arrived there from Virginia, that came from thence the 29th 
 last, who said that the Fleet for England was to Sail the 1st Currant. 
 
 His Excellency Col. Nott Esqr. late Lieut. Governour of Virginia 
 dyed about 14 days before they came away, was sick but 5 days. 
 
 We daily expect Capt. Patience from England. 
 
 Outward bound are Capt. Bond and Laurier for London Via 
 
 385 . 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 16, 1706 
 
 Virginia, and Capt. Budge Via Piscataqua, Rolland for Jamaica, 
 Gravenradt for Boston, and Coddin for Rhode-Island. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Tritons Prize will go to Sea the first fair 
 Wind on a Cruise. 
 
 On Wednesday last his Excellency the Lord Cornbury Sailed from 
 hence for Albany. 
 
 Piscataqua, Sept. 12, Several of the Sculking Indian Enemy 
 have lately been seen, a Company went in pursuit of them, but could 
 meet with none. 
 
 Last night arrived here from Boston Her Majesty's Ship the Dover, 
 Capt. Mathews Commander. 
 
 Bristol Sept. 12. Mr. Nathan Hayman in the Ship Thomas & 
 Francis bound for Antigua, will Sail in ten days. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Sept. 13. One Penrose in a Sloop from Barbadoes 
 is arrived here. Outward bound are Godfrey and Codner for Suranam, 
 and Gross for Madera. 
 
 Salem, Sept. 14. Capt. Francis Ellis in the Ship Pleasure is bound 
 for Suranam. 
 
 Boston, On Wednesday the 11th Currant Sailed from Nantasket 
 Her Majesties Ship the Dover, Capt. Mathew's Commander for 
 Piscataqua. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Province Galley Capt. Southack Commander, 
 is returned from Her Cruise, and is bound out again upon another. 
 
 Capt. James Grant Sailes for White-haven in England, the Latter 
 end of this Month. 
 
 On Saturday night Her Majesties Ship the Deptford arrived at 
 Nantasket from her Cruise. 
 
 And on said night Capt. James Pitts arrived here from England, 
 who left Plymouth the 11th of July last, that came out in Company, 
 with Capt. Geerish and Capt. Lowder for this place, under Convoy 
 of Four Sail of Men of War, viz. the Faulkland, the Warrick, and the 
 Larke, with 12 Sail of Merchant-men for Newfoundland, and the 
 Gosport for Jamaica, with several Merchantmen, and some for 
 Guinea: And Capt. Patience for New York: Capt Holland was 
 Loading in London for the said Port. 
 
 Capt. Geerish and Capt. Lowder arrived at Nantasket on the 
 Lords-Day 
 
 Inwards, From 
 
 John Smith Sloop Dolphin Connecticut 
 
 Peter Coffin Sloop Society Nantucket 
 
 386 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 23, 1706 
 
 Cleared Outwards, 
 
 Benja. Flood Sloop Benj. & Mary 
 
 Willi. Rhodes Sloop Rose 
 
 Tho. Lothrop Sloop Diamond 
 
 Daniel Wair Sloop Adventure 
 
 John Pattison Brigt. Providence 
 
 James Berry Ship Swan 
 
 Outward Bound, 
 
 Richard Simes Brigt. Richard 
 
 Azor Gale Ship Friendship 
 
 John Harris Brigt. Sarah 
 
 John Devereux Sloop Mary 
 
 Tho. Winsor Brigt. Adventure 
 
 Tho. Ball Sloop Elizabeth 
 
 For 
 Piscataqua 
 Rhod-Island 
 Nantucket 
 Connecticut 
 Jamaica 
 Barbadoes 
 
 For 
 Topsham 
 Jamaica 
 Ditto 
 N. Jersey 
 Suraname 
 Fyall 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 [Reprinted: News- Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 m. ie. 
 
 mumb. 127. 
 
 The Bolton News-Letter. 
 
 From ADOltoag September 16. to ADOIlDag September 23. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 fTN this issue of four pages, nearly five and a half columns are filled 
 IX with foreign news. At the top of the first column, on the first 
 page, is the editorial note about the contents of the issue. Im- 
 mediately following are the letters from the burgomasters of Brussels 
 and the States of Brabant to the duke of Marlborough. From 
 London, under June and July dates, are reports of the campaigns 
 in Flanders and Spain, and there is other news of like character from 
 Turin, Rome, Lisbon and Perpignan. In the domestic news, prom- 
 inence is givdh to a Thanksgiving proclamation of Governor Dudley, 
 and an account of the murder of Simeon Stoddard.] 
 
 In our Last we promised you the Copies of some Letters written 
 to his Grace the Duke of Marlborough immediately upon his ob- 
 taining of the Signal Victory in Flanders, over the French Army, 
 under the Command of the Duke of Bavaria; which follow. We 
 also promised you in this a more full Account of the Publick Occur- 
 rences of Europe, brought in the Ships from England: The chief 
 whereof you have had in our Publick Prints for these 8 weeks past. 
 The more particular Account whereof you shall (God willing) 
 have in our succeeding Prints, with the other Occurrences that 
 came not to our hands till now, by reason of several Publick Prints 
 
 387 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 23, 1706 
 
 coming from England to the Undertaker that miscarryed, by the 
 Vessel they were in being taken: And to compleat our Print 
 with the Publick News of Europe (as well as those of the West- 
 Indies, besides those of this and the Neighbouring Provinces;) 
 we must return where we left off to carry on the same. So that 
 any one having our Prints for the Year, will be furnished, not only 
 with all that is material in the Publick Prints of England, but also 
 with the Occurrences of the West-Indies, and of this and the Neigh- 
 bouring Provinces. 
 
 Antigua, August 22d. [This letter begins with a report of the 
 victories of the duke of Marlborough in Flanders and then continues 
 as follows :] Monsieur du Casse is came out of France with a Squad- 
 ron for the West-Indies, and we fear another attack upon some of Her 
 Majesties Plantations. We speedily expect 16 Sail of Men of War 
 with 6000 Land Forces, to make a descent some where upon the 
 Enemy. . . . We are afraid by reason of some flying Reports 
 from St. Thomas's, that Jamaica is attacked by the Enemy. 
 
 By His Excellency JOSEPH DUDLEY Esqr. Captain General 
 and Governour in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Provinces of the 
 Massachusetts- Bay, and New-Hampshire in New-England A 
 PROCLAMATION 
 
 for a General THANKSGIVING. 
 WTPon due Consideration of the late Extraordinary and Eminent 
 *** Appearances of Divine Providence, demanding Publick Acknowledg- 
 ments, with Solemn Praise and Thanksgiving unto Almighty God; In 
 Special, For His Gracious Protection and Assistance of Her Sacred 
 Majesty, in the just War, in which Her Majesty is now Engaged; and 
 for the Good Conduct and Courage wherewith Her Majesty's Armes, in 
 Conjuction with Her Allies, have been Inspired, to the obtaining of so 
 many Wonderful and Glorious Victories over their Proud Insulting 
 Enemies; thereby disappointing their boundless Ambition. 
 
 As also, for the Defence Vouchsafed to these Her Majesties Planta- 
 tions, Against the Attacks of the French, who, this present Summer, 
 have made their Impressions upon some of Her Majesties Islands; 
 For defeating the Designs and Attempts of the barbarous Indian Enemy 
 and Rebels, and so for preventing of their Outrages; For the plentiful 
 Harvest, after the immoderate Rains and Excessive Floods, in the 
 begining of the Summer; For the great Measure of Health; The 
 Return of many of our Prisoners from the French and Indian hands; 
 And for other Great and Publick Blessings. 
 
 IHave therefore thought fit, with the Advice of Her Majesties Council, 
 to Order and Appoint Thursday the Seventeenth of October next, 
 to be Religously Observed as a Day for General Thanksgiving throughout 
 
 388 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 23, 1706 
 
 both the Provinces: Exhorting both Ministers and People in their 
 
 Publick Assembly's, thereon, to Offer up most Sincere and Hearty 
 
 Praises to Almighty God, for His so Great and Admirable Favours 
 
 and Benefits. Hereby forbiding all Servile Labour upon the said Day. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston the Nineteenth Day of 
 
 September, 1706. In the Fifth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign 
 
 Lady ANNE, by the Grace of GGD, [sic] of England, Scotland, 
 
 France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 
 By Order of His Excellency, the 
 
 Governour and Council, /. D UDLE Y. 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 Boston. We have by the Ships from England, the Melancholy 
 News of the Death of Mr. Simeon Stoddard Merchant; [Son to 
 Simeon Stoddard Esqr.] a Young Gentleman of an unblemish't 
 Character, belonging to this Place; who was barbarously Murder'd. 
 
 And Whereas some false Reports have been raised concerning the 
 manner of his Death, much to his Injury: It is thought proper by several 
 Gentlemen, to give an Account of the Matters of Fact relating hereto, 
 as far as is come to our Hands; that so his Honour and Reputation, who 
 was known to be a Person of Indisputable Vertue, and uncommon 
 Piety, might not be Wounded thro' Ignorance, or from any worse Principle. 
 
 He was found the 14th of last May in a Pond or Gravel Pit in 
 Chelsea Fields, with his Throat Cutt: His Corps was view'd, and 
 his Wounds Examined by two Eminent Surgeons, who jointly declared,' 
 That it was evident to a Demonstration that he was barbarously 
 Murther'd; being Cut from Jugalar to Jugalar one way; and a second 
 Incision made round his Neck to the very Spondyls of the Neck- 
 bone; and a third Incision under that, in which his Neckcloath was 
 Cut, and he Cut near to the Shoulder: which they determin'd could 
 never have been done but by a Murderers hand: and that it was 
 absolutely impossible to have done this himself, had he attempted 
 it; inasmuch as the smallest of these great Incisions would have 
 determin'd all manner of power to make a second, much less a third. 
 This judgment of the Surgeons was Confirm'd by the judgment of 
 the Honourable Col. Mordant, Brother to the Earl of Peterborough, 
 who was a Spectator; and his known Skill in Anatomy rendred him 
 a proper judge. 
 
 A Jury of Sixteen Persons sat upon him, and made their Return, 
 That he was Murthered; And all this passed while it was unknown 
 who the Person was, and so could not be thro' favour. His Body 
 lay several days exposed to view in the Church-yard at St. Martins 
 in the Fields, that it might be known who he was: And not being 
 
 389 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 23, 1706 
 
 known by any of the Spectators, the Vestry Clerk of the Parish of 
 St. Martins, Prints an Advertisement in the fl>OSt=flDau of May 30th, 
 in which he is accurately described, in order to find out who he was; 
 which Advertisement begins thus: Whereas a Person unknown 
 was found barbarously Murder'd &c. By which Advertisement 
 some Gentlemen of Mr. Stoddards Acquaintance, were put upon, to 
 make Enquiry after him, and finding he had been absent for some 
 time, and the Characters given of the Murder'd Person Suiting him; 
 they obtained Liberty to take him up in the Church- Yard, where he 
 had been Buried and found it to be their Friend. 
 
 Upon this, There were Advertisements Published in several 
 GAZETTS for the discovery of the Murtherers ; with the proposal of 
 a Reward of Fifty Pounds to the Discoverer. In the GAZETT of 
 July the 4th. A Proclamation from Her Majesty under the Hand of 
 One of Her Majesties Principal Secretarys of State, to Encourage such 
 a discovery. In these Words, Whereas Mr. Simeon^Stoddard Mer- 
 chant, was, about the 14th of May last found most barbarously Murther'd, 
 in or near Chelsea- Fie Ids: Her Majesty is pleased to Promise Her 
 most gracious Pardon to any Person or Persons concerned in the said 
 Murther, (Except the immediate Mutherer, or Murtherers of the said 
 Mr. Stoddard) who shall discover the Person or Persons that committed 
 the same, so that he or they, or any of them, may be Convicted thereof. 
 
 By the pains taken for the discovery. A Man and a Woman have, 
 upon Suspicion, been taken up, and Committed to New-gate. The 
 Grand Jury have found the Bill against them. There being Three 
 Witnesses, who made Oath, That they heard the Woman Say to the 
 Man (upon a Quarrel between them,) Will you Murther me, as you 
 did the Gentleman in Chelsea.- Fields ; adding, That he came home 
 with his hands bloody; and that he repented only that he had left 
 the Gentleman so much Money in his Pocket. Their Tryal is put off 
 to the next Sessions, that there might be time to gain further Evidence, 
 which is probable will be to their Conviction. 165 
 
 New-York, Sept. 16th. On the 10th. Instant arrived here a Sloop 
 from Madera, Six weeks passage, Simon Pasco Master. By whom 
 we have the same News that is in the Boston News- Letter, Numb. 125. 
 with this addition, That Prince Eugene has obtained a Victory over 
 the French in Italy. 
 
 Letters from Pensilvania inform us, That the Virginia Fleet were 
 to Sail from thence to England the 10th Instant. 
 
 Adolph arrived here yesterday from Boston. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Sept. 20th. On the 15th. Currant came in here 
 
 165 See Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 169, under date Satterday 
 Sept r 21; also note 2, same page. „ 
 
 390 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 23, 1706 
 
 Moses Butterworth, who Sailed from hence sometime in August last, 
 bound for Barbadoes, he had 23 Horses on board; And the first 
 Instant he met a violent Storm, which had like to have oversett him; 
 he lost all his Masts, Horses and Guns. 
 
 Yesterday arrived here one Hooper in a Katch, who met with the 
 same Storm above said, wherein She lost her Masts and Horses, 
 She was bound from Boston to Montserrat. 
 
 Arrived Rhodes from Boston, and Codding from New- York; 
 Lothrop bound for Connecticut. 
 
 Salem, Septemb. 21. On the 18th Arrived here Mr. John Shattuck 
 about 11 weeks passage from Lisbon, and says, [concerning affairs 
 in Spain]. 
 
 Yesterday arrived here Mr. Girdler from Cape Sables, and brings 
 Tydings that a Ketch belonging to this Town whereof Joseph Wood- 
 bury was Master, was Cast away upon Cape Sable Coast; the men 
 endeavoring to save the Cables, Anchors, Rigging and Sails, with the 
 assistance of another Vessels Crew; one Robert Herbert of the said 
 Crew was shot down by the Cape Sable Indians, and the rest of the 
 men made their escape. 
 
 Boston, By Letters from Madera Via New-York of July 16. and 
 August 8. [Charles proclaimed King of Spain.] 
 
 
 Inwards 
 
 From 
 
 Elisha Hedge 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Fairfield 
 
 Peter Harris 
 
 Sloop Dolphin 
 
 New-Lond. 
 
 James Pitts 
 
 Ship David & Joseph 
 
 London 
 
 Richard Geerish 
 
 Ship Ruth Frigot 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Henry Lowder 
 
 Ship Thomas & Sarah 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Richard Ingersol 
 
 Sloop Sea-flower 
 
 Surranam 
 
 Joseph Rowlings 
 
 Sloop Mary 
 
 Antigua 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 For 
 
 Eleazar Collins 
 
 Brothers Adventure 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 John Hoddy 
 
 Brigt. Adventure 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Joseph Allen 
 
 Sloop John & Mary 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 George Phillips 
 
 Sloop Supply 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Alexand. Duncan 
 
 Sloop Friendship 
 
 N. York 
 
 John Holland 
 
 . Brigt. Tyger 
 
 Madera 
 
 John Blany 
 
 Ship Ann 
 
 London 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 For 
 
 Edward Beare 
 
 Sloop St. Christoph. 
 
 St. Christoph 
 
 Thomas Lanyon 
 
 Sloop Return 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Thomas Gwin 
 
 Ship Eagle Galley 
 
 Antigua. 
 
 Jonathan Lambert 
 
 Ship Industry 
 391 
 
 Ditto 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 30, 1706 
 
 Thomas Beard Ship Adventure Madera. 
 
 James Gold Sloop Hopewell Pensilvania 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 TO be Seen and Sold at Mr. Thomas Clarke Brazier his Shop in 
 Boston, a large Copper that weighs 245 Pound, and holds up- 
 wards of a Hogshead. 
 
 [Reprinted: book lost, as in September 9; Mistress Mary Turfrey's 
 boarding school, as in September 9; sale of salt by Samuel Lilly, as 
 in August 12; News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 1ft. ]g. Burnb. 128. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDon&ag September 23. to jflDOlt&ag September 30. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 | TN this issue prominence is given to the proclamation of Queen 
 
 IX Anne, April 11, 1706, for better enforcing the law against Roman 
 
 Catholics. There are items of war news from Gibraltar, Venice, 
 
 Warsaw, Lisbon, Vienna and Leghorn, of March and April dates.] 
 
 New York, Sept. 23 On the 17th Instant arrived here Capt. 
 William Patience from England, who left Plimouth the 11th of July 
 last in Company with Capts. Pitts, Geerish and Lowder for Boston, 
 who brings the same News mentioned in the Boston News-Letter, 
 Numb. 126. 
 
 On the 19th arrived here a private Ship of War, the New- York 
 Galley, Capt. Regnier Tongrelou Commander, and brought in a Prize 
 Ship of 170 Tons, having on board 460 Hogsheads of Sugar, about 
 1200 pound of Indigo, some raw Hides and Cotton. Off Cape Fran- 
 swa Capt. Tongrelow, two Jamaica Privateers, and one of Curacoa 
 espyed 5 Sail and gave them Chase: Capt. Tongrelow took the 
 biggest which is the Prize brought in here : The Jamaica Privateers 
 took three, and that of Curacoa one, they were most or all of them 
 Vessels that were taken out of Nevis Road by Monsieur Deberville, 
 & by him Loaded. 
 
 The Prisoners inform us for Truth that Monsieur Deberville fully 
 resolved to come hither, and in order thereunto had got 6 Privateers 
 to joyn him with 5 Men of War, but Providence attacked him with 
 a great Sickness and Mortality which happily frustrated all his 
 measures, & obliged him to go to the Havanna; We hear he has 
 sent two of his Men of War to M[i]ssishippy, and 'tis believed he is 
 Returned towards France with the rest. 
 
 392 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, SEPTEMBER 30, 1706 
 
 The Prize brought hither is an English built Ship, and was lately 
 call'd the Monserat Merchant. 
 
 Capt. Tongrelow intends to Careen and fit his Ship again with all 
 expedition, and be gone to Sea in 4 or 5 weeks time. 
 
 On the 20th arrived here a Ship from Exuma with Salt, William 
 Mizon Master. 
 
 Mr. Gravenraedt will Sail this week for Boston. Outward bound 
 are Gibbins for Barmuda, Adolph for Boston and Wymbolt for 
 Rhode-Island. 
 
 Piscataqua, Sept. 26th. The Mast Ships under Convoy of Her 
 Majesties Ship the Dover, Capt. Mathews Commander, will be ready 
 to Sail from hence for England again the 12th Day of October next. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Sept. 27th. One Borrow is arrived here in a Sloop 
 from Turks- Island with Salt. 
 
 Boston, Monday last being the 23d Instant, His Excellency the 
 Governour, and several Members of the Council, Officers and Gentle- 
 men went down to the Castle to make their Rejoycing for the Great 
 and Good News from all Parts, of Her Majesties Glorious Successes 
 and Victories. 
 
 And at three of the Clock after Dinner, all the Cannon of the 
 Castle were Discharged, and followed by the Volleyes of the Town. 
 After which Her Majesty's Frigot, the Galley, and a number of 
 Ships Fired all their Guns, which was followed with Bonfires and 
 Illuminations in several parts of the Town in the Evening, every 
 body shewing their Hearty and Sincere Satisfaction in the good News. 
 
 His Excellency has been pleased by Proclamation, further to Pro- 
 rogue the General Assembly of this Province that stood Prorogu'd 
 unto Wednesday the 2d. of October next, unto Wednesday the 23d 
 day of the said Month at 9 a Clock in the Morning, and then to Sit. 
 
 
 Inwards 
 
 From 
 
 George Giddings 
 
 Sloop Hopewell 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 Joseph Giddings 
 
 Sloop Eunice 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Anthony Bracket 
 
 Sloop Katherin 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Thomas Sill 
 
 Brigt. Wil. & Mary 
 
 Fyall 
 
 William Clarke 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 For 
 
 John Walker 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Benjamin Gold 
 
 Sloop Coronation 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 John Kidder 
 
 Pink Hopewell 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Thomas Lanyon 
 
 Sloop Return 
 
 Virginia 
 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 For 
 
 Nathaniel Coffin 
 
 Ship Industry 
 393 
 
 Jamaica 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 7, 1706 
 
 John Symkin Bark Blessing Antigua 
 
 John Waters Sloop Betty St. Christophers 
 
 Thomas Gilbert Ship Wreen Frigot Ditto 
 
 Woodard Tay Brigt. Hanover Madera. 
 
 ' Hese are to give Notice to any Person or Persons who 
 design to send any Letters for England via Piscataqua, 
 to go either by Her Majesties Ship ilie Dover, The Mast Ships, or 
 any other Vessels; That they may bring them to the Post- Office in Bos- 
 ton, and paying the Postage, shall be carefully put on board the re- 
 spective Vessel or Vessels they are directed to go by. 
 
 H&verttsements 
 
 A Negro Infant Girl about .Six Weeks Old, to be Given for the 
 Bringing up: Inquire of John Campbell Post-Master, and 
 know further. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 1R. j£, "Numb. 12Q. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&ai? September 30. to flDon&ag October 7. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 TOEVEN columns of this six page folio issue are filled with foreign 
 I Onews. From Lisbon, April 7 and April 19, and Alcantara, April 
 14, are accounts of the siege and capitulation of Alcantara t o 
 the English and allied forces. From Paris there is a report of the 
 siege of Barcelona, and other war news of March and April dates 
 from Madrid, Rome, Turin, Vienna and elsewhere. Among the 
 domestic news the speech of Lord Cornbury to the General Assembly 
 .of the Province of New York is featured by being set in large type, 
 and it fills more than two columns.] 
 
 Falmouth, April 13. The 9th Instant came in here the Great 
 Cortien, a Privateer belonging to Flushing, and brought in 2 Prizes, 
 one called the Belle Bruno of Nantes, of 250 Tuns homeward bound 
 from Martinico, and laden with Sugar, Cotton and Cocco, which was 
 taken after half an Hour's Resistance, wherein she had her Main 
 and Mizen Masts shot by the Board; the other is named the St Philip, 
 of 200 Tuns Burden, belongs to Bayonne, and was bound from thence 
 with Salt, Wine and Brandy, for Newfoundland. 
 
 Jamaica, August 9th. One the 28th July Arrived here Com- 
 madore Kerr from England with 10 Sail of Men of War, and a fire 
 
 394 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 7, 1706 
 
 Ship, with the Ships under his Convoy. Admiral Whetstone on the 
 8th Currant hoysed his Flag on board Her Majesties Ship the "Windsor, 
 and Sailed for Cathageen or Portobel on the Spanish Coast with 10 
 Sail of Men of War, and the fire Ship. The Fleet for England will 
 Sail when Admiral Whetstone returns. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Reserve brought in here a French Privateer 
 of 10 Guns and 90 Men. A Dutch Privateer brought in another of 
 8 Guns and 80 Men. 
 
 Pulsifer from Boston is bound for England, Charnock, Thomas, 
 Balston and Buddy designs to Sail for Boston in a Week hence. 
 
 St. John's Newfoundland, Sept. 19th. About a Month ago having 
 notice of some mischief done by the French and Indians at Pelicum, 
 Major Loyd our Governour imbark'd on board a Sloop with about 
 60 Souldiers & Saylors, and went to Trinity Bay, where they Landed, 
 and pursu'd the Enemy, kill'd their Sentinel, and took four Prisoners, 
 and would have taken the rest (being 22) had not the Sailours been 
 too hot to fire before Command. One of the Prisoners advised, 
 That they were to return to Placentia over a small River where lay 
 a boat and 3 Men ready to attend them: Major Loyd having this 
 account marched to the place, trapan'd the French men and took them 
 Prisoners, and all 7 were brought here by Land, and are kept in the Fort. 
 
 Several Prizes have been taken here this Summer; Her Majesties 
 Ship the Larke brought in one here. Her Majesties Ship the Mounti- 
 gue brought in a French Privateer of 16 Guns, who Cruised out of 
 Placentia: The said Privateer took one Gardner in a Sloop from 
 Boston, and a Portuguese Ship bound in here : She also took another 
 Sloop from Boston. Her Majesties Ship the Swallow Prize carryed 
 in a Prize to Ferryland. The Prince Eugene a Letter of Marque Man 
 of 16 Guns, one Eastman Commander (who Sailed the 13th Currant 
 for Leghorne) took 14 Prizes on the Banks; three whereof he brought 
 in here, and the other eleven were ransomed. Capt. Holeworth took 
 two Prizes and Sunk one. Two other Ships took three between them. 
 Sundry other Ships took each their Prize. 
 
 Here are 70 Sail of Merchant men, and five Sail of Men of War, 
 viz. the Faukland, Warrick and Lark from England: The Montigue 
 (who Sailed the 13th Currant for England before the Fleet by reason 
 of a Leak) and the Faulson who arrived a little time ago from the West- 
 Indies. Her Majesties Ship the Swallow Prize Capt. Padon Com- 
 mander lies at Ferryland who was ordered out yesterday on a Cruise 
 for 10, days till the Ships there: being abou[t] 12 Sail are getting ready. 
 On the 13 also Sailed the Foulson on a Cruise. 
 
 Our Commadore has notified the Fleet, That he will Sail the last 
 of this Month, but fear that the Ships will not then be ready, by 
 
 395 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 7, 1706 
 
 reason of so much foul Weather, hardly a fair day in a week. Capt. 
 Michael Gill arrived here last week from the Northward, and being 
 Loaded intends to Sail for Portugal the first fair Wind, there being 
 no other N. England Vessels bound there but he and Capt. Arthur 
 Savage. 
 
 Yesterday an unlucky accident fell out, One Burbank Mate of 
 Edwards in a Sloop from Boston carrying some small Arms on Shore, 
 at the Landing of them, one Goss, of their Company was saying 
 they were very rusty, Burbank bid him Snap one of them, having no 
 Priming, which he did, the Gun going off at the same time, Shot 
 Burbank through the head, and kill'd him immediately. 
 
 Point-Judith, Sept. 19. P. M. Her Majesties Ship the Triton's- 
 Prize pass'd by this place; standing for Newport. 
 
 Philadelphia, Sept. 26. On the 24th arrived one Selwood in a Sloop 
 from Virginia, who came out of the Capes the 19th Instant, by whom 
 we are acquainted, That the Fleet for England consisting of about 
 270 Sail, under Convoy of 4 Men of War Sailed out of the Capes of 
 Virginia the 17th Instant: Nineteen Sail of Ships that was left 
 behind the Fleet, Sailed out of the Capes with the said Selwood. 
 
 Letters from Linn- Haven Bay of the 14th of Septemb. Tell us 
 that a Ketch was lately arrived from Liverpool 8 weeks passage," who 
 gives an account, [war news from Flanders and Spain.] 
 
 On the 24th one Keele arrived in a Sloop from Turks-Island with 
 Salt, brings no News. The same day arrived Capt. Thomas Hurst in a 
 Privateer Sloop belonging to this place, who came from St. Johns 
 Newfoundland the 17th of the last Month, in the Bay of St. Marys, 
 he took a French Prize Ship of about 120 Tuns loaden with dry Fish, 
 just ready to Sail for France: On the 21st Capt. Hurst put his 
 Lieutenant and 9 hands more on Board the Prize, and ordered them 
 to make the best of their way for this Port, they had the French 
 Master and Doctor on Board the Prize, the rest of the French being 
 about 20 Ran ashore; The Prize is not yet arrived. 
 
 New-York, Sept. 30. On the 23d Instant arrived here a Sloop from 
 Barmuda with Salt, who two days before she came in fell in with 
 part of the Homeward bound Verginia Fleet off the Capes, the Fleet 
 consisted of about 200 Sail, under Convoy of 4 Men of War. 
 
 On the 25th. His Excellency my Lord Cornbury arrived here from 
 the Frontiers at Albany. 
 
 On the 27th about one a Clock in the morning a terrible Fire 
 happened here in the House of one John Sheppard which in a few 
 hours was burnt down, they saved nothing, and the Family narrowly 
 escaped being burnt in their beds, a Servant Maid dyed of her burns 
 
 396 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 7, 1706 
 
 the same day. His Excellency my Lord Cornbury made a Speech 
 this day to the Assembly (which is as follows) 168 
 
 On the 28th arrived here a small Prize Ship which was taken by a 
 Dutch Briganteen, Consort to Capt. Tongrelow, which is also arrived 
 here, She is Loadened with Brandy, Oyl, &c. and was bound from 
 Nants to the Havanna. lel 
 
 Yesterday arrived one Marsh in a Sloop from Rhode Island, who 
 is bound to Pensilvania. 
 
 Outward bound are a Sloop for Surranam, 2 for Jamaica, one for 
 Curacoa, one for Rhode-Island and Piscataqua, and two for Boston. 
 
 The SPEECH of His Excellency Edward Viscount Cornbury, 
 Captain General and Governour in Chief of the Province of NEW 
 YORK, Td the General Assembly, the 27th day of September, 1706. 168 
 
 Gentlemen; 
 
 WHen I dismist you at the end of the last Sessions, in June last, 
 I acquainted you, that tho' I could not assent to the Bill you 
 tender'd to me, for the raising the Sum of Three Thousand Pounds 
 towards the fortifying of this City, yet I could not reject it, hoping 
 that I might receive such directions from England as might make that 
 matter more easie; I am very glad I can now acquaint you that my 
 expectations are answered: I have received Letters from the Right 
 Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, 
 containing Her Most gracious Majesties Commands to Me, to permit 
 the General Assembly of this Province to Name their own Treasurer 
 when they raise extraordinary Supplys for particular Uses, and which 
 are no part of Her Majesties standing and constant Revenue; but the 
 Treasurer so nominated must be accountable to the Governour, 
 Council and Assembly: Warrants may be issued by the Colonels, 
 Captains, or other Persons, as the Act shall direct, but the Governour 
 must always be inform'd of the occasion of issuing of such Warrants; 
 and all Persons concern'd in the issuing and disposing of such Moneys, 
 
 166 The speech does not follow here but appears, as placed below on this 
 page. 
 
 167 Captain Tongrelow was one of the most active and most successful 
 privateers operating at this time off the coast between New York and the 
 West Indies. His captures were frequently recorded in the columns of the 
 News-Letter. In the Mss. New York Council Minutes preserved in the office 
 of the Secretary of State in Albany is this entry concerning one of his adven- 
 tures: "July 4 1706 Captain Tongrelou, commander Privateer New York 
 Galley took French ship off Petit Guavas in Oct 1705." 
 
 168 This speech of Lord Cornbury is printed in the Journal of the Votes, 
 and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Colony of New York, Vol. I, 
 pp. 213-214, Gaine Edition. A previous speech of Lord Cornbury, June 27, 
 1706, is in the same volume, pp. 212-213: in the latter he reproaches themem- 
 bers of the Assembly for not having passed the money bills as he had desired 
 without amending clauses. _ ^ 
 
 397 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 7, 1706 
 
 must be made accountable to the Governour, Council and Assembly. 
 
 Thus, Gentlemen, I have acquainted you with Her Majesties 
 Pleasure relating to the passing of Bills for the raising Moneys for 
 extraordinary Supplyes. 
 
 Gentlemen, I am commanded by the Right Honourable the Lords 
 Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, to acquaint you, That Her 
 Majestys Council for this Province have undoubtedly as much to do 
 in forming of Bills for the granting and raising of Money, as the As- 
 sembly and consequently have a right to alter or mend any such 
 Money Bills, as well as the Assembly. 
 
 Their Lordships likewise observe, That in the Preamble of thel700 1. 
 Bill, there is an Error in not granting the Money, thereby intended 
 to be raised, to the QUEEN, which need not hinder the Assembly 
 from appropriating the Money to be granted, to such Uses as are 
 found requisite. 
 
 Their Lordships further observe, That the Penalty in the last 
 Clause in the 1700 I. Bill, is of an extraordinary nature, such as no 
 Assembly any where else ever attempted before ; and they say, it is 
 highly presumptuous in the Assembly to pretend tq propose or pass 
 any Clause whereby Her Majesty is restrained in Her Royal Prerog- 
 ative of pardoning or reprieving Her Subjects whenever She sees it 
 reasonable & convenient; and they Command Me to acquaint the 
 Assembly with these Matters, that the like Errors may be avoided for 
 the future. 
 
 I am further to acquaint you, That their Lordships are of Opinion, 
 that Province of New-York ought to provide towards its own security, 
 by giving such necessary Funds (as is done in other Plantations) 
 for furnishing the Inhabitants with Arms, as there may be occasion; 
 and this their Lordships command Me likewise to represent to you. 
 
 Thus, Gentlemen, I have acquainted you with those things I had 
 in charge from England. I shall now mention to you those things, 
 which in My opinion ought now to be provided for; and first, I desire 
 you to observe, That by the directions I have now received, it is 
 impossible for Me to pass the 3000 I. Bill in the terms it is now con- 
 ceived, therefore I entreat you to prepare another Bill for that 
 Service, according to the Methods above mentioned. 
 
 I must likewise recommend to your consideration the providing a 
 Fund for the paying the Detachment sent up under Capt. Higby's 
 command, for the defence of the Fronteers, in the year 1704. and the 
 out-Scouts under the command of Capt. Brat, and since that time; 
 and likewise for defraying the charge of Col. Schuylers Journey to 
 the Onondags Country, at a time when we were in great danger of 
 having the five Nations debaucht from their Allegiance to the Crown 
 of England, which was prevented by his going; this was so good a 
 
 398 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 7, 1706 
 
 Service that I hope you will think it reasonable that charge should 
 be answered. 
 
 I must likewise acquaint you, That by accident, very lately, the 
 Guard Room in the Fort at Schenectady was burnt down, with a 
 great quantity of Fire-Wood, which had been provided for this 
 Winter now coming on, I should be glad that might be repaired before 
 the cold Weather comes, else it will be impossible for the men to keep 
 guard in that place, which lies the most exposed of all our Fronteers ; 
 I will direct an estimate to be laid before you for that purpose. 
 
 I must again recommend to you the providing a Fund for the re- 
 pairing and maintaining Her Majesties Fort in this City, which yet 
 wants several things to put it into a posture fit to resist an Enemy, 
 if we should be attackt, which we very narrowly escaped this Summer. 
 Whether you will think fit to fortify the Narrows to prevent any 
 attempt of the like nature for the future, I leave to your considera- 
 tions; but, in my judgment, I look upon that to be the best Way to 
 cover this City from any attempt the French may intend to make 
 upon us; and I chuse to mention it to you at this time, the rather 
 because Capt. Redknap whom the QUEEN has been pleased to 
 appoint to be Her Engineer in these parts, 169 is now here, and will, 
 if you desire it, give you an account what he thinks proper to be done, 
 to answer that end. 
 
 The last thing I shall trouble you with at this time, is the providing 
 a Fund for the defence of the Fronteers at and about Albany this 
 Winter, one hundred men, and five and twenty out-Scouts will, in 
 my opinion, be sufficient to answer that Service. 
 
 Thus, Gentlemen, I have offered to you what I think necessary 
 to be provided for, if any other things occur to your thoughts, which 
 may be necessary to be provided for by a Law, you shall always 
 find Me ready to consent to any thing that may conduce to the Ser- 
 vice of Her most Sacred Majesty the QUEEN, and the Good and 
 Well-fare of the Country. 
 
 Rhode Island, Octob. 4 Yesterday arrived here Captain Nathaniel 
 Balston from Jamaica, he brings no News, but that our Fleet is gone 
 over on the Spanish Coast to bring the Spaniards to declare for their 
 King Charles the 3d, which they are all inclinable to do. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Triton's Prize from New-York has lain 
 here a Fortnight. There came a Briganteen from Antigua, which 
 had 6 pieces of small Canvas on Board her, which was to make her 
 small sails and mend her other as the Master declares on Oath, but 
 
 169 Captain John Redknap, "Her Majesty's Engineer General for the Con- 
 tinent of America," successor of Colonel Wolfgang William Romer, builder of 
 Castle William in Boston harbor in 1701-1703. 
 
 399 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 7, 1706 
 
 the Man of War sent his Boat out to her, found that and se[i]zed her, 
 and carried her to New-York. 
 
 Tillinghust from Connecticut, Gillam from Connecticut bound to 
 Boston, Jonas Green from Connecticut, & bound there again: Rod- 
 man for New-York. Outward Bound Ellery for Barbadoes, Cranston 
 for Curacoa, and Cuquit for St. Christophers. 
 
 Boston, On the 4th Currant arrived here the Ship Batchelours 
 Adventure, Mathew Wilson Master, about five weeks passage from 
 Fyall, who about 5 weeks before came from Lisbon, by whom we are 
 advised; [several items of foreign news.] That three days before his 
 Arrival at Fyall there was a great Storm there wherein were lost 
 three Vesse[l]s from New England, viz. Welsh and Jarvies from 
 Boston, and the other from Salem. 
 
 On Saturday a Sad and awful Providence fell out; There was 14 
 Men on Board the Pinnace of Her Majesty's Ship the Province Galley 
 coming from Nantasket to Boston, who about 2 aClock in the after- 
 noon, with little or no Wind off Long-Island Head by a Jeeb of the 
 Sail, over-set the Pinnace, eight of the men were saved, & the other 
 six were drowned, viz Mr. Nicholas Thomas Jones, Christopher Hun- 
 lock, Samuel Payne, John Mayhew, John Johnson, &, Deras Denisona, 
 Frenchman & Chyrurgion. 
 
 Capt. Charnock from Jamaica is arrived at Plymouth. 
 
 Inwards, 
 
 From 
 
 Joseph Flood 
 
 Sloop John & Abigail 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 John Wilkins 
 
 Sloop Bathseba 
 
 Rhode Island 
 
 John Brewer 
 
 Katch Goodhope 
 
 Maryland 
 
 John Pitts 
 
 Sloop Rebecca 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Tho. Hunt 
 
 Sloop Panther 
 
 N f oundland 
 
 Mathew Wilson 
 
 Ship Batchelours Advent. 
 
 Fiall 
 
 Cleared Outward, 
 
 For 
 
 Antr[h]ony Bracket 
 
 Sloop Kathern 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 Jonathan Hunlock 
 
 Ship Wil. & Hannah 
 
 London 
 
 Thomas Lock 
 
 Ship Tryal Galley 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Trerice 
 
 Ship Reward 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Alden 
 
 Ship Swallow 
 
 Topsham 
 
 Samuel Winkley 
 
 Sloop Sarah & Han. 
 
 Virginia 
 
 John Harris 
 
 Brtgt. Sarah 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 James Gold 
 
 Sloop Hopewell 
 
 Pensilvania 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 For 
 
 James Oborne 
 
 Sloop Blackthorn 
 
 Virginia 
 
 John Ruggles 
 
 Brigt. Good Luck 
 
 B&verttsements. 
 
 Barbadoes. 
 
 [Reprinted: sale of 
 
 copper, as in September 23 ; 
 400 
 
 book lost, and Mis- 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 14, 1706 
 
 tress Mary Turkey's boarding school, as in September 9; News-Letter 
 advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 1R, j£. mumb. 130. 
 
 The Bofton News -Letter. 
 
 From ADOtt&aB October 7. to /IDon2>a2 October 14. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 TTT^OUR pages folio. The queen's thanksgiving proclamation is 
 I -T prominent on the first page, with an editorial introduction. 
 Miscellaneous foreign news of April dates is from Hague, Vienna, 
 Frankfort and London. An account of the attack upon Charleston, 
 South Carolina, by French and Spanish ships of war, in the preceding 
 August, fills three columns.] 
 
 In regard that the Day of Publick Thanksgiving (appointed by the 
 Governour, to be Solemnized in this and the Province of New 
 Hampshire; as by His Excellency's Proclamation to be seen in 
 our Numb. 127. for the several Clauses therein mentioned, and in 
 special for the Great and Signal Victories obtained by Her Majesty's 
 Arms in Conjunction with Her Allies, over the Enemy) falls to 
 be in the Currant Week. We thought it not amiss here to en- 
 tertain our Encouragers with her Majesty's Proclamation for the 
 said Thanksgiving; though afterwards we must return to carry 
 on the Foreign Occurrences where we left off. [The proclamation 
 follows.] 
 
 Charlstown, South-Carolina, Septemb. 13. 
 
 CAROLINA being a Frontier to the English Settlements on the 
 Continent of America; We long expected an Attack from our 
 Enemies the French & Spaniards, and accordingly we took care to 
 fortify Charlstown, and make all other necessary preparation for 
 our defence. 
 
 Monsieur he Feboure, Commander of a Private Man of War being 
 at the Havanna with 4 more French Privateer Ships, being encouraged 
 by the Governour of the Havanna, and reinforced by several Span- 
 iards put on board the French Ships, he undertook to Invade Carolina, 
 having direction first to touch at St. Augustine, there to take in more 
 men, and then to make for this place. 
 
 The Enemy were the more encouraged to Invade us (as the Prisoners 
 informed us) because they heard that the Sickness raged in Charls- 
 town, and had swept away a great many of our Men, and that the 
 Country Planters would be unwilling to come to Town to defend it. 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 14, 1706 
 
 Our first discovery of the Enemy was by means of Capt. Stool in a 
 Dutch Privateer Sloop belonging to New-York, who lately refitted 
 here and Sailed from hence to the Bar of St. Augustine there to Cruise 
 for a Ship expected from the Havanna with mony to pay the Souldiers 
 of that Garrison. 
 
 On Saturday, Aug. 24. Capt. Stool returned again to this Port, 
 who informed us, that on Wednesday last he Engaged a French Ship 
 off of St. Augustine Bar, where he lost two men, and had 5 wounded; 
 and that the day before he was Chased by four Ships upon this Coast. 
 He had not been here above an hour before 4 or 5 Smoaks were made 
 on Sulivans Island, which signified to us that so many Vessels were 
 seen. 
 
 Lieutenant Col. William Rhett being then in Town about 5 a 
 Clock at night, he caused an Alarm to be made, and dispatched a 
 Messenger with a Letter to the Governour, giving an Account of the 
 same, and other Messengers and Letters to the several Captains in the 
 Country, to order them to make the Alarm, and forthwith to march 
 their Companies to the Town, and at night caused the Alarm Guns 
 at Town to be fired. 
 
 That Evening the Enemy came up with our Bar, but would not 
 venture to come over, but stood off again, it being near night. 
 
 On Sunday the 25th Our Look-outs discovered the Enemy to the 
 Southward of the Bar, Maning all their Galleys, Periaugers and 
 Boats, upon which we expected them to Land upon us that night. 
 In the Afternoon Major-General Broughton came to Town with 2 
 Companies: And most of the Gentlemen belonging to the Troop, 
 Commanded by Col. George Logan came also in; all which kept a 
 diligent Watch that night. 
 
 The next Morning Monday the 26th. The Country Companies 
 marched out of the Lines of the Town, and had their Quarters within 
 half a quarter of a mile of -the same, it being thought convenient not 
 to expose them to the Sickness of the Town but in case of necessity. 
 All that day the Enemies Ships continued at Anchor at Folly Island, 
 and their Boats were sounding the South Bar. The same day Sir 
 Nathaniel Johnson our Governour came to Town and gave the neces- 
 sary Orders: his Presence gave great encouragement to the People, 
 who had great Confidence in his Conduct, he having been bred abroad 
 a Souldier from his Youth. In the Evening the Forces were again 
 ordered into the Town. 
 
 On Tuesday Morning early Capt. Johnson Linches, & Capt. George 
 Hearnes Company marched within a quarter of a mile of the Town, 
 ready to march in when ordered. And Capt. Jonathan Drake's 
 Company from James Island came over to the Town. The same 
 Morning the Enemy with 4 Ships and a Galley with Small Craft to 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 14, 1706 
 
 Land their Men came over the South Bar, and stood directly for the 
 Town with fair Wind and Tide : When they came so near the Town 
 as to have a sight of our Fortifications being out of the reach of our 
 Guns, they bore up and came to an Anchor under Sulivans Island. 
 The same morning the Governour drew up all the Forces that were 
 Quartered near the Lines of the Town, and marched them into the 
 Town in order to receive the Enemy. And a Sloop was sent over 
 from Charlstown to a Neck of Land lying between Wando River and 
 the Sea, and took on board Capt. John Femvick and his Company, 
 & brought them safe to Charlstown, notwithstanding one of the 
 Enemys Galleys endeavoured to intercept them. In the Evening 
 Martial Law was Proclaimed. 
 
 Wednesday morning the 28th. Capt. Longbois with the Santee 
 Company marched into the Town, as also did Capt. Seabrooks Com- 
 pany from the Southward. That morning a Council of War was 
 held, and the Vessels that lay in the Harbour were fitted, viz Three 
 Ships, one Briganteen, two Sloops and a Fireship in order to annoy 
 the Enemy, the said Ships and Vessels to be under the Command 
 of Lieut. Col. William Rhett, who had a Commission from the Gover- 
 nour to be Vice-Admiral, and hoisted the Union Flag on board the 
 Crown Galley. The same day a Flag of Truce came on Shore from 
 the Enemy with a Message to the Governour. The Messenger being 
 brought into Granvile Bastion, then Commanded by Capt. George 
 Evans, who had the Command of one of the Town Companies which 
 was posted there, the Messenger waited till the Governour was made 
 acquainted with his Message. And being Introduced to the Gov- 
 ernour, he told him he was ordered by Monsieur De Feboure who 
 was Admiral of the French Ships, in the Name of the French King, 
 to demand that we should Surrender to him the Town and Country, 
 and our Persons to be Prisoners of War; and he said his Orders was 
 to give but one hours time for an answer. The Governour told him 
 that it needed not a quarter of an hour or a minutes time to give an 
 answer to that demand, for that he might see he was not in such a 
 Condition to be obliged to Surrender the Town, but that he kept the 
 same, and would defend it in the Name and by the Authority of the 
 Great Queen of England, and that he valued not any Force he had, 
 and bid him go about his Business. 
 
 The next day being Thursday the 29th, a party of the Enemy 
 went on Shore on the above-named Neck of Land between Wando 
 River and the Sea, and burnt two Vessels by Col. Dearsleys Creek, 
 and set fire to the said Col. Dearsleys Store-house. And another 
 party of them went on Shore on James-Island and set an House on 
 fire ; upon which Capt. Drake with his Company belonging to the said 
 Island, was ordered to it from the Town, but before he could march 
 
 403 
 
THE BOSTON?NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 14, 1706 
 
 up where the Enemy were, some Indians that went from the Town 
 with him, marching faster than he, Attacked the Enemy, and drove 
 them into their half Galley. 
 
 On Fryday morning about an hour or two befoie day, notice being 
 brought by a Negro, that the Enemy had been on Shore on the neck 
 all night they having landed^about 160 Men, and had killed several 
 Cattle and Fowls and were then feasting of it: The Governour 
 ordered about 100 men to be sent from the Town to the said Neck, 
 viz. Capt. John Fenwick with his Company about 70 men, and a 
 Detachment of about 25 men from Capt. hinch.es Company, and 
 another Detachment of about the same number from Captain Wil- 
 liam Cantey's Company; bothfthe said Detachments to be under the 
 Command of Capt. Cantey. The said Capt. Cantey and Capt. Fen- 
 wick being with their men Landed on the Neck, they marched in 
 pursuit of the Enemy, when coming up with a party of them, they 
 engaged them and defeated them, killing and wounding above a 
 dozen upon the spot, and six or seven were drowned in trying to swim 
 over a Creek, and took about 33 Prisoners with the Loss only of one 
 man on our side named William Adams (formerly of N. England.) 
 Afterwards the Indians brought in several more Prisoners which 
 made the number about 60 besides what was found kill'd in several 
 places in the pursuit. 
 
 On Saturday morning the 31st. Our Fleet consisting of six Vessels 
 and a Fireship, under the Command of Col. Rheit as Vice-Admiral 
 Sailed for the mouth of the Bar where the Enemy lay, who perceiving 
 our Ships to stand towards them, inf great haste and confusion Sailed 
 over the Bar and made the best of their way, and they having a favour- 
 able Wind and Tide before them, and dirty Weather coming on, our 
 Ships were not able to come up with them, so they returned again 
 to the Harbour before Charlstown. 
 
 On Sunday in the afternoon being the 1st of September, Capt. 
 Watson in the Seaflower was ordered to go to the Bar to see if he 
 could discover any of the Ships or Vessels belonging to the Enemy, 
 not being able to discover any of their Ships or Vessels, and returning 
 again to Town from a Point of Land on the Neck, the said Capt. 
 Watson took off 14 more Prisoners, and brought them to Town, and 
 informing the Governour that he could make no discovery of the 
 Enemy, they having made the best of their way: That Evening the 
 Alarm was discharged, and Martial Law declared to cease. At night 
 News being brought to the Governour, that there was a Ship seen in 
 Seway-Bay, and that some of their men were Landed; and it being 
 thought to be the Ship that the Prisoners.told us the Enemy expected, 
 in which was Monsieur Arbouset their Land General, and several 
 other of their Officers, and about 180 or 200 men. 
 
 404 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 14, 1706 ' 
 
 The next Morning being Monday the 2d of September a Barmuda 
 Sloop then in the Harbour, together with the Dutch Privateer Sloop, 
 both under the Command of Col. Rhett, was ordered forthwith to 
 Sail for the said Bay to take the said Ship : Col. Rhett went on Board the 
 Barmuda Sloop as Commander in Chief, and Col. Risbee, Capt. 
 Evans and some other Gentlemen went on Board the Dutch Privateer 
 as Volunteers, and that morning both the said Sloops sailed over the 
 Bar, and made the best of their way for Seway-Bay. Capt. John 
 Fenwick and his Company were sent over to the Neck in search of 
 them by Land. 
 
 On Tuesday the 3d about Noon Capt. Fenwick and his Company, 
 with some others of the Patrole came up with the Enemy, who though 
 they were more in number than our men, and advantageously posted, 
 yet our men charging of them, and several of the Enemy falling, the 
 rest cryed out for Quarter; so they killed about 12 or 14 of the Enemy, 
 and took about 50 Prisoners, and brought them to Charlstown, 
 amongst which is Capt. John Pacquereau the Commander of the said 
 Ship, with 4 more Officers; and afterwards some few more Prisoners 
 were brought in. In the evening of the same day the two Sloops 
 before-mentioned under the Command of Col. Rhett coming up with 
 the Enemies Ship at Seway, and ready to lay her on Board, the Enemy 
 cryed out for Quarter, and surrendered up their Ship and yielded 
 themselves Prisoners, being between 80 and 90 men then on Board. 
 
 On Wednesday the 4th. the Wind being contrary, the two Sloops 
 with their Prize being forced to remain in the Bay, Col. Rhett dis- 
 patched away by Land Mr. John Barnwell who was a Volunteer on 
 Board him, with an Express to the Governour, giving an Account of 
 his Success. 
 
 On Fryday morning, the 6th Instant, The said two Sloops under 
 the Command of Col Rhett returned from Seway-Bay in Charlstown 
 Harbour, and brought with them the French Ship their Prize, with 
 their Land-General and several other Officers on Board. 
 
 So that now we have in all about 230 Prisoners French and Span- 
 iards. 17 ° 
 
 The Mortal Distemper we have had here has been over six weeks 
 ago, only among Children, Strangers and Indians. , 
 
 Jamaica, Sept. 10. On the 24th last there was brought in here as 
 Prizes 4 large French Merchant -men Loaden with Sugar and Indigo, 
 taken by a Privateer Briganteen belonging to this Place and a Dutch 
 
 170 Upon this report chiefly is based the account of this affair in Rivers's 
 A Sketch of the History of South Carolina to the Close of the Proprietary 
 Government by the Revolution of 1719, pp. 210-213: see note p. 213. Also 
 see McCrady's History of South Carolina under the Proprietary Government, 
 1670-1719, note p. 400. 
 
 405 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 14, 1706 
 
 Sloop. It's said that there is 90 Cask of Indigo on board one of the 
 Prizes. 
 
 Admiral Whetstone and his Squadron is returned from the Spanish 
 Coast, and its said that the Spaniards decline to send home the 
 Galloons under French Convoy, but rather incline that they should 
 go under English Convoy. Admiral Whetstone with the Fleet for 
 England was designed to Sail the 24th currant. 
 
 John Scot in the Briganteen William is arrived here from Boston. 
 
 Barbadoes, Sept. 13 Capt. M\y\les from Boston is arrived here, 
 and the other Vessels under his Convoy. 
 
 This day sails a Fleet from hence, consisting of about 60 Sail most 
 for England, three whereof for Virginia, Taylor for Boston, several 
 Sloops for New-York, Dunscum one of them; A Briganteen and 
 2 or 3 Sloops for Pensilvania, some Sloops for Rhode-Island: They 
 came out under Convoy of 3 Men of War, viz the Kingsayle, Capt. 
 Castle Commadore, the Swan and the Maidstone. Sir Bevill Granvile 
 our Governour is gone Home for England in the Fleet. 
 
 New- York, Octob. 7. On the 3d arrived one Joel in a Sloop from 
 Antigua, but last from Barmuda. 
 
 On the 4th & 6th arrived 2 Sloops from Barbadoes, a Brigt. is 
 also arrived here that was seized at Rhode-Island by Her Majestys 
 Ship the Triton's Prize. Yesterday also came in here a Brigt. be- 
 longing to Maryland, Mathew Driver Master, who was bound for 
 England with the Virginia Fleet, but by a Storm which they met 
 with on the 19th of September last they sprang a Leak, & came in 
 here to repair their damage. 
 
 This afternoon is also come in here a Ship another of the Virginia 
 Fleet disabled by the Storm, they left the Fleet scattered ten days ago. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Octob. 11. Several Vessels arrived here this week 
 Nichols from New- York, Pain and Whitamore from Connecticut. 
 Four Sloops from Barbadoes, Ellery, Rosbothen, Bear & Sherman: 
 Bordin from New-Providence and Smith from Suranam. Cleared 
 Outward, Rodman for New- York, Nichols for Boston, Codner for 
 Surranam, John and Benjamin Cranstons for Curacoa. Outward 
 bound Borrows for Barmuda, & Godfrey for Surranam. 
 
 Piscataqua, Octob 11. The Mast-ships will be ready to Sail for 
 England the latter end of next week. 
 
 Boston, on Tuesday the 8th Currant arrived here a Sloop from 
 Nevis, John Stevins Master, by whom we are informed that Col 
 Johnstoun of Antigua was kill'd by a Lieutenant. 
 
 On Wednesday the 9th arrived a Brigt. from Barbadoes, Tho. 
 Taylor Master, who says, That Capt. Castle in Her Majesty's Ship 
 
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 14, 1706 
 
 the Kingsayle who was Commadore to the Fleet he came out in 
 Company with, Dyed in two days after they left Barbadoes. 
 
 On Fryday the 11th came in here the Brigt. Susanna, Samuel 
 Boyes Master, being one of the Virginia Fleet bound for England, 
 who on the 29th of September last sprung a Leak in a Storm and 
 put in here to refit. 
 
 Several Vessels for England have lain' several days at Nantasket 
 waiting for a Wind to carry them to Piscataqua in order to joyn 
 the Mast Ships, to imbrace the Convoy of Her Majesty's Ship the 
 Dover, Capt. Mathews Commander. 
 
 On the 13th Currant at night His Excellency (being bound for his 
 other Government of New-Hampshire who was also Wind bound 
 several days) Embark'd on Board Her Majesty's Ship the Province 
 Galley, Capt. Southack Commander. 
 Inwards 
 
 Sloop Tryal 
 
 Sloop Charles 
 
 Sloop Two Brothers 
 
 Sloop Stephen 
 
 Brigt. Pelican 
 
 Ship Society 
 
 Sloop Mary Rose 
 
 Brigt. Experiment 
 
 Ship Francis & Eliz. 
 
 Ship Sarah Galley 
 
 Ship Prudent Sarah 
 
 Brigt. Success 
 
 Sloop Greyhound 
 
 Brigt. Endeavour 
 
 Sloop Hope 
 
 Brigt. Dove 
 
 Ketch Seahorse 
 
 Ship Oporto Merch. 
 
 Brigt. Larke 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Cartaret Gillam 
 Simon Ramee 
 Dirick Adolph 
 Simon Pasco 
 Noah Parker 
 John Charnock 
 John Stevens 
 Thomas Taylor 
 Rich. Metcalfe 
 Andrew Wilson 
 Joseph Flint 
 Nath. Perkins 
 Thomas Phelps 
 John Webster 
 Tho. Grose 
 John Ela 
 John Pickman 
 John Babbage 
 John Robinson 
 Moses Abbot 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 Francis Brown Sloop Speedwell 
 
 John Smith 
 Peter Harris 
 Peter Coffin 
 Jacob Parker 
 Noah Parker 
 Abra. Gording 
 
 Sloop Dolphin 
 Sloop Dolphin 
 Sloop Society 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 Brigt. Pelican 
 Sloop Fortune 
 407 
 
 From 
 Connecticut 
 Ditto 
 New- York 
 Ditto 
 Antigua 
 Jamaica 
 Anguilla 
 Barbadoes 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 
 South-Carolina 
 North-Carolina 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 Virginia 
 Ditto 
 
 Newfoundland 
 Saltertuda 
 Maryland 
 
 For 
 Connecticut 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 Nantucket 
 Piscataqua 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 21, 1706 
 
 John Porter 
 
 Brigt. Experiment 
 
 Tercera 
 
 Jeremiah Tay 
 
 Brigt. John and Ann 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Thomas Ball 
 
 Sloop Elizabeth 
 
 Antigua 
 
 Rich. Harris 
 
 Ship Eagle 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Rich. Pitcher 
 
 Brigt. Lydia 
 
 Plymouth 
 
 Tho. Barns 
 
 Brigt. Sarah 
 
 St. Christophers 
 
 John Blower 
 
 Ship Stanier Galley 
 
 Madera 
 
 Math. Pimer 
 
 Ship Ann 
 
 London 
 
 Rich. Simes 
 
 Brigt. Richard 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Rich. Tilhurst 
 
 Brigt. Association 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Andr. Wilson 
 
 Sloop Flying Horse 
 
 South-Carolina 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 For 
 
 [blank] Eastwick 
 
 Sloop Seaflower 
 
 Rhode-Island 
 
 Tho. Hunt 
 
 Sloop Panther 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Nath. Vial 
 
 Hester Galley 
 
 Ditto" 
 
 Tho. Taylor 
 
 Ship Experiment 
 
 London 
 
 a&vertisements. 
 
 "O An away from their Master Nathaniel Niles Junior of Point- 
 -"- Judith in Narraganset, a Negro Woman with 4 small Children, 
 three of them are Molatto's, and the youngest a Negro, that sucks 
 or is lately weaned; The Woman is of a middle Stature and thick 
 set. The Eldest of the Children is not above 10 or 11 year old, 
 the two eldest are Girls, the other two Boyes. Whosoever shall 
 apprehend the said Negro Woman & her Children, or any of them, and 
 do bring and Convey her or them or any of them, to their said Master, 
 or secure her or them, or any of them, and send notice thereof to her 
 or their said Master, shall be sufficiently rewarded and satisfyed for 
 their pains. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 m. ie. 
 
 Burnb. 131. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flTion&as October 14. to flUon&as October 21. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 |"¥?OUR folio pages, seven columns filled with foreign news. Most 
 |_ JO space is given to details of the surrender of Alcantara, the siege of 
 Barcelona, the submission of Placentia to King Charles, and 
 the movements of the duke of Marlborough in Holland ; these reports 
 are from Whitehall, Paris, Madrid, Lisbon, Vienna, Hague, Mayence 
 and elsewhere, of April and May dates.] 
 
 408 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 21, 1706 
 
 Piscataqua, Octob. 18. On Monday the 14th Instant, His Excel- 
 lency our Governour arrived here in Her Majesty's Ship the Province- 
 Gally from Boston. 
 
 Several Vessels are also arrived here from Boston to Joyn the Mast 
 Convoy, which it's thought will not Sail before the next Post over- 
 takes them. 
 
 Boston, On Thursday the 17th Currant, was devoutly Solemnized 
 here the day of Publick Thanksgiving, appointed by His Excellency's 
 Proclamation, (in our Number 127) to be Religiously observed in 
 this and the Province of New-Hampshire, for the many Signal 
 Favours and Blessings conferred upon us in these Provinces, and in 
 a special manner for the Wonderful and Glorious Victories obtained 
 by Her Majesties Arms in Conjunction with the Allies, over the 
 Proud and Insulting Enemies, thereby disappointing their bound- 
 less Ambition. 
 
 By a Sloop from Cape- Ann we are informed, That two Sloops from 
 thence to the Eastward met a French Shallop from Placentia bound to 
 Port-Royal, who had lost themselves, and being very short of Pro- 
 visions surrendered themselves Prisoners of War: On Board the 
 Shallop were three French-men and a Boy, Two Casks of Brandy, 
 and a Hogshead of Wine; having taken out of the Shallop what was 
 valuable, they sunk her, and brought their Prisoners and what they 
 took out of her to Cape-Ann. 
 
 On Saturday night the 19th Dyed Mr. Elias Heath, of this Town, 
 Merchant. 
 
 Several Vessels Sailed this week for Piscataqua, in order to Joyn 
 the Mast Convoy. 
 
 On the 20th arrived John Corney from Virginia, Bryan Smith from 
 Newfoundland, Peter Leach from Surranam, and Andrew Graven- 
 raedt from New-York. 
 
 On Wednesday the 23d Currant Sitts the General Assembly of 
 this Province, unto which day they stand Prorogu'd. 
 
 Inwards 
 
 From 
 
 Jeremiah Vaile 
 
 Sloop Mary 
 
 New-foundland 
 
 James Hill 
 
 Brigt. Susanna 
 
 North-Carolina 
 
 Nathanael Balston 
 
 Ship Elizabeth 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 John Buckley 
 
 Brigt. Abig. & Sar. 
 
 Ditto 
 
 William Thomas 
 
 Brigt. Amity 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 For 
 
 Abraham Gording 
 
 Sloop Fortune 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 Benjamin Flood 
 
 Sloop Benj. & Mary 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Joseph Flood 
 
 Sloop John & Abig. 
 
 Ditto 
 
 William Smallage 
 
 Sloop Prosperous 
 409 
 
 Connecticut 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 28, 1706 
 
 James Grant 
 
 Sloop Tryal 
 
 Whitehaven 
 
 Daniel Jinkes 
 
 Brigt. Dorothy 
 
 London 
 
 Thomas Miller 
 
 Ship Enfield Green 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Thomas Foster 
 
 Sloop Tho. & Charles 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Robert Sears 
 
 Ship Charles 
 
 Ditto 
 
 James Jeffries 
 
 Ship Dart Galley 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Peter Hawcksworih 
 
 Ship Mary Fortune 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Jonathan Evans 
 
 Brigt. Experiment 
 
 Plymouth 
 
 Stephen Eastwick 
 
 Sloop Seaflower 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 For 
 
 John Pullen 
 
 Brigt. Dove 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 Thomas Ruck 
 
 Brigt. Fraternity 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Bartholomew Green 
 
 Brigt. Dove 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Fisher 
 
 Sloop Blackthorn 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Jonathan Ranson 
 
 Sloop Timothy 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Rawlins 
 
 Sloop John & Tho. 
 
 Jamaica. 
 
 [The Southern & Western Post not yet come 
 
 in at the Printing 
 
 hereof at 8 a Clock 
 
 Monday Morning.] 
 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 TO be Sold at the North End of Boston, on reasonable Terms, 
 the one half of a Dwelling house, containing a Seller, Rome 
 over, a Chamber and Garret with Land appertaining, and part of the 
 Well, formerly the Land of James Priest: Inquire of John Campbell 
 Post-master of Boston and know further. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 m. e. 
 
 mumb. 132. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From ADOn&a£ October 21. to flDOltbag October 28. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 TTMMEDIATELY following an introductory editorial paragraph 
 I Aat the top of the first column of this issue, and under date, St. 
 James, May 17, 1706, is an account of the defeat of the French army 
 at Ramellies, and also reports of military movements in Spain, Italy, 
 Poland and elsewhere on the continent. Other foreign news, which 
 has been mostly received from Ireland, by vessels lately arrived at 
 Newfoundland, completely fills three of the four pages of the 
 number.] 
 
 "^notwithstanding that we have already in our preceeding Prints 
 ■*■ ^ given you from time to time the account of the Great and Signal 
 
 410 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 2S, 1706 
 
 Victory obtained (by the Blessing of God upon the Arms of Her Majesty 
 and Her Allies) on tlie 12th of May last, by the English, Dutch and 
 Danish Forces, under the Command of His Grace the Duke of Marl- 
 borough and Monsieur D'Auverquerque over the Enemy's Troops 
 in the Netherlands: As is to be seen in our Numb. 120, 122, 123, 124, 
 125, 126 and 127. As it then came to our hands, to which we still refer you; 
 yet we thought it not amiss having come that length with our Foreign 
 Occurrences, as to Entertain the Encouragers of this Publick Print, with 
 the more particular Relation of ilie said Victory from the Publick Prints 
 of England, which is as follows. [Here the account as stated in the 
 note above.] 
 
 St John's Newfoundland, October jd There is arrived here a 
 Briganteen from Leverpole, but in 7 Weeks from Dublin; by whom we 
 have the Dublin Gazette of July 27th, & another Print of July 31st. 
 to which I refer you for News. Only shall add, That the John & 
 Abiel Briganteen from Boston, William Blair Master was arrived at 
 Leverpole in July last. That a Briganteen from Pensilvania loaden 
 with Tobacco was arrived at Belfast the 6 of August last, the Master 
 and Merchant know not their names but both are Quakers. 
 
 That 4 Sail of French Merchant-men, one whereof a Privateer 
 being Loaden with Provisions bound from France to Martinico, 
 were taken by Her Majesties Ships the Speedwell & Shoram, and 
 carried in to Dublin. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to 
 give the 4 Prizes to the Gentlemen of Nevis & St. Christophers, and 
 are bound there under the Convoy of her Majesties Ship the Speedwell. 
 
 This day we had great rejoycing here and firing of Guns, upon 
 Account of the good News. 
 
 Boston, From Ireland by the way of Newfoundland we have this 
 following Account out of the Dublin Gazette of July 27. Numb 132. 
 [Here follow more than three columns of general foreign news, 
 principally of the war.] 
 
 New-York, Octob. 14. On the 18th arrived here a Sloop in 10 
 days from South-Carolina, Abraham Sanford Master, by whom we 
 have the Journal of the Invasion of that Government by the French 
 & Spaniards (which was Printed in our Boston News-Letter, Numb. 
 130, to which we refer you.) We have also advice from thence, 
 That Monsieur Deberville and the Governour of the Havanna were 
 both poisoned there, and buryed in one Grave, and that the French 
 Ships were returned to France. That the Government of South- 
 Carolina had sent all the French and Spanish Prisoners whom they had 
 taken in the Invasion, to Virginia, in order to be transported to England, 
 except about 90 or 100 Indians, who they have Sold for Slaves. 
 
 On the 9th and 12th arrived two Vessels from Barbadoes that came 
 
 411 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 28, 1706 
 
 out with those mentioned in my Last. 
 
 Outward bound are, Coward for Jamaica, Hutchins for Antigua, 
 and Cox for Curacoa. 
 
 We have great Rains here and mighty Tloods : They write from 
 Albany, that the late great Rains has caused the greatest Flood there 
 that ever was known ; they say that Renslaers Island was" 6 foot under 
 water, and that it drowned their Low Lands. 
 
 New-Haven, Octob. 16 On the 3d, 4th and 5th days of this In- 
 stant, there fell an excessive Rain, which caus'd an unusual Flood 
 in Connecticut-River, which was accompanyed with a very hard 
 Gale of Wind between the East and South, to the great damage of 
 the People upon that River, it covered all the Meadows, & carryed 
 away near 1000 Load of Hay, besides the loss of the Second crop of 
 Grass, and other Losses. 
 
 New York, Octob. 21. Yesterday Dyed Capt. Tho. Miles, late 
 Commander of Her Majesty's Ship the Tritons Prize. 
 
 To morrow His Excellency my Lord Cornbury sets out for His 
 Government of New-Jersey. 
 
 Outward bound are Davis for Guinea, Grant for Jamaica, Coding 
 for Rhode Island, and Duncan for Boston this week. 
 
 The Philadelphia Post not yet come in. 
 
 New-Haven, Octob. 22 On Thursday the 17th Currant Dyed here 
 William Jones Esqr. Late Deputy Governour of this Colony. Aged 
 82 Years. 
 
 Piscataqua, Octob. 25 On Thursday the 24th Instant, His Ex- 
 cellency our Governour went from hence for His other Government 
 of the Massachusetts Bay. 
 
 On the said Day Sailed the Mast Fleet with the other Vessels for 
 England, and 2 for Lisbon, consisting of 21 Sail, under Convoy of 
 Her Majesty's Ship the Dover. 
 
 Boston, On Wednesday last the 23d Instant met the General 
 Assembly of this Province. On the said day dyed here Mr. Hum- 
 phrey Parsons of this Town Merchant, Aged 64 years, and was in- 
 terr'd on Fryday the 25 Currant. 
 
 On Thursday the 24 The Briganteen Experiment, Thomas Taylor 
 Master bound for London, Sailed from Nantasket to Piscataqua, in 
 order to Joyn the Mast Fleet Convoy, which 'tis hop'd he did. 
 
 On Saturday the 26 His Excellency arrived here from His other 
 Government of New-Hampshire. 
 
 ,All the Letters that came from New York and other places 
 Post Paid, and those received at Boston, these three last Posts, 
 
 412 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, OCTOBER 28, 1706 
 
 to be forwarded to the Fleet at Piscataqua, bound for England, were made 
 up by the Post Master of Boston in several Packets, Directed for the Mas- 
 ter m ofthe respective Vessels they were ordered or writt upon to go by, which 
 said Letters and Packets were safely delivered each Post at Piscataqua, 
 to the said Masters, and particularly those of the last Post before the 
 Fleet Sailed, on Thursday the 25 Instant. m 
 
 Inwards 
 
 
 From 
 
 Simon Nichols 
 
 Sloop Ann 
 
 New- York 
 
 John Hedge 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Fairfield 
 
 Giles Hall 
 
 Sloop Lyon 
 
 Saybrook 
 
 Jacob Parker 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 Abell Jones 
 
 Sloop Larke 
 
 Maryland 
 
 Samuel Moor 
 
 Brigt. Plymouth 
 
 Surranam 
 
 Ben]. Andrews 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Bryan Smith 
 
 Brigt. Moses 
 
 Newfoundland 
 
 Ben]. Edward 
 
 Sloop Elizabeth 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Leuis Hunt 
 
 Sloop Victory 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 For 
 
 Simon Pasco 
 
 Sloop Stephen 
 
 New- York 
 
 James Webber 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 James Gold 
 
 Sloop Coronation 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Josiah Minot 
 
 Ship Samuel 
 
 London 
 
 Thomas Taylor 
 
 Brigt. Experiment 
 
 Ditto 
 
 James Levingston 
 
 Ship Wren Frigot 
 
 St. Christophers 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 For 
 
 John Babbage 
 
 Port-Merchant 
 
 Topsham 
 
 Joseph Milton 
 
 Brigt. Dove 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Peter King 
 
 Ship Society 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Thomas Fox 
 
 Brigt. Friendship 
 
 Curacoa 
 
 John Brewer 
 
 Sloop Content 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Richard Coller 
 
 Sloop Mary Rose 
 
 Nevis 
 
 Thomas Porter 
 
 Brigt. Lamb 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Henry Lowder 
 
 Ship Tho. & Sarah 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Matth. Armstrong 
 
 Sloop Swallow 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Moses Abbot 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Maryland 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 STollen or Lost out of the House of Mr. William IBright of New- 
 port on Rhode-Island Inn keeper the 18th Day of September 
 last, a plain Silver Hilted Sword without a Guard fashionable, with 
 Paris Mark. As also a Silver Tankard which held near 2 quarts,. 
 
 171 See Notes, in The Acts and Resolves ... of the Province of the- 
 Massachusetts Bay: .... Vol. VIII, pp. 630-631. 
 
 413 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 4, 1706 
 
 the handle wrought with Chas'd work, the Lid scollopt and turn'd 
 
 B 
 the outside, the bottom markt W. S. The Workmans mark R. C. 
 Whosoever shall bring back the said Sword or Tankard, or give any 
 true Intelligence of them unto the above-said Mr. Bright, so as that 
 he may have them again; or unto John Campbell Post-master of 
 Boston, shall be Sufficiently rewarded and satisfied for their pains; 
 If either or both be offered to be Sold or Pawned, you are desired 
 to stop them and give notice as abovesaid. 
 
 STray'd or Stollen out of Mr. Stephen Easton's Farme on Rhode- 
 Island the 18th of September last, a Black Gelding about 14 
 hands high; he Gallops, Trotts and Paces, has a white slip on the 
 Nose, the Main hanging on the near side, branded I N on the near 
 Hipp, a small matter of white on both hinder Feet. As also Stollen 
 or Lost a good new quilted Saddle with all its Furniture wrought and 
 Fring'd with green Silk. Whoever gives any true Intelligence of the 
 abovesaid Horse and Saddle either to Mr. John Vial at the North- 
 End of Boston, or unto Mr. Gilbert Magick of Newport in Rhode- 
 Island, so as that the true Owner may have them again, shall have 
 20 s. reward and all reasonable Charges paid. If either or both be 
 offered to be sold or pawned, you are desired to stop them & give 
 notice as above-said. 
 
 A Negro Woman aged about 26 years, to be Sold. Enquire of 
 John Campbell Post-master of Boston, & know further. 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 Ifl, jg. mumb. 133. 
 
 The Bolton News-Letter. 
 
 From flfoon&as October 28. to flDon&a}? November 4. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 f A NOTHER four page number, more than half filled with foreign 
 I l\news. There is a detailed report of the operations of the English 
 and Dutch armies under the earl of Peterborough, which resulted 
 in the relief of Barcelona, besieged by the French; and other foreign 
 news from Hague, Vienna, Frankfort, London and other cities, of 
 May dates. In the domestic news are included the speech of Governor 
 Dudley at the October sitting of the General Court, a proclamation 
 "for the better Regulation of Seamen and Mariners," and the usual 
 shipping news.] 
 
 Montserrat, Sept. 27. We have a Packet arrived here, who left 
 
 414 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 4, 1706 
 
 England the 10th of August last. 
 
 This day Sails our Fleet for England. 
 
 Boston, Three Vessels are left behind that intended to Joyn the 
 Mast Convoy ere they Sailed from Piscataqua, for England; One 
 whereof is the Briganteen Experiment, Jonathan Evans Master, who 
 in her going from Boston to Piscataqua, was Embargo'd by Contrary 
 Winds in Hampton Bay; and on the 27th last in a Storm was drove 
 on Shore, most of her Cargo Saved, but the Vessel incapable of going 
 to Sea again. A second is the Briganteen Experiment (mentioned 
 in our last) Thomas Taylor Master, who met the same Storm, and 
 miss'd the Convoy, is put in to Marblehead, and Sailes again the first 
 fair Wind. The third is the Ship Samuel, Josiah Minot Master, 
 will Sail in a short time. 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Province Galley, is returned iromPiscataqua. 
 
 The SPEECH of His Excellency JOSEPH DUDLEY, Esqr. 
 Captain General and GOUVERNOUR in Chief of Her Majesties 
 Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England: To the 
 Honourable the Council and Representatives in General Court 
 Assembled at Boston, October the 28th, 1706. 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 IAm now to acquaint you that the Summer is past, and by the favour 
 of Almighty God, we have been happily preserved from the Inroads 
 of the Indian Enemy, {notwithstanding their great distance of Settle- 
 ment from us, being gone over to the French, has given them advantage 
 to come with the more secrecy upon the Frontiers) which has very much 
 depended upon our good Intelligence of their motions towards the several 
 Parts, and our Readiness to receive them, which nevertheless has greatly 
 aggravated the Summers Charge. 
 
 But I should be wanting in my Duty to Her Majesty's Good Sub- 
 jects, if I did not acknowledge and recommend to you the readiness and 
 chearfulness of the Souldiers in all Parts, both of the standing Forces 
 and of the Militia to march at the shortest warning, a well as of your own 
 Readiness to support the Charge, which I have at all Times, and particu- 
 arly by the Fleet now gone, Humbly Laid before Her Majesty. 
 
 And I must acknowledge that I have always been Assisted, and the 
 Service forwarded by the Officers of the Revenue at home, as well as the 
 Military Officers abroad. 
 
 What is wanting in this Session for the benefit of the Province, I 
 shall be glad to be advised of, and desire the Assembly will proceed therein. 
 
 Mr. Treasurer will acquaint the House of Representatives with the 
 present state of the Treasury, and experience has Assurred me of your 
 Readiness in the Supplies, in which I desire you earnestly to Consider 
 of such Rules for the equal Laying of Taxes, lest the method of the As- 
 
 415 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 4, 1706 
 
 sessment be more grievous than the Tax it self. 
 
 I must further acquaint you, That I am again Commanded to repre- 
 sent to you, that the Different values of the money passing amongst us 
 both contrary to Her Majesty's Proclamation, as well as the Laws of 
 the Province, as they are hurtful to us, so they are very unacceptable at 
 home, which I desire you will Consider. 
 
 I have often moved since I have had the Honour to Command here, 
 that you would provide some proper Laws for the benefit of this Town, 
 and other places of Trade, that Measures and Weights may be set of 
 Provisions , Wood and Hay coming to Market, the want whereof is 
 very prejudicial to all honest men, both the Buyer and Seller. 
 
 I desire you will proceed in every thing with all freedom and Unanim- 
 ity, and that we may not burthen the Province with any long and un- 
 necessary Attendance here. 
 
 I shall give you the present Rate of the Forces in tJie several Parts, 
 and desire your Advice therein. 
 
 By His Excellency JOSEPH DUDLEY Esqr. Captain General 
 and Governour in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Province of the 
 Massachusetts-Bay, &c. in New England: A PROCLAMATION, 
 for the better Regulation of Seamen and Marines. 
 
 WHEREAS the Laws of this Province have made good & wholesome 
 Provision against the Entertaining, Hiding or Assisting the 
 Escape of Seamen and Marines, duely Ship't in the Service of the 
 Sea, or Trusting and Crediting them in their Expences, without the 
 Knowledge and Allowance of the Captain or Commander. Notwith- 
 standing which, divers Persons have been so hardy, as to Transgress 
 the Laws in that respect, To the very great Hurt and Injury of Her 
 Majesties Service in Her own Ships, as well as of the Trade of the 
 Province in Merchant Ships, 
 
 T Have therefore thought fit, by & with the Advice of Her Majesties 
 *~ Council, to Issue forth this Proclamation for the better preventing 
 of such mischiefs for time to come; And to render the Persons the more 
 inexcusable. That shall be convicted of Shipping, Entertaining, hiding 
 or concealing any Sailour or Marine actually in Her Majesties Service 
 and Pay, or duely Ship'd for Voyages in Merchant Ships; Or that 
 shall be convicted of Trusting or Crediting of any such without Leave 
 as aforesaid; Every person or persons so as aforesaid offending, shall 
 not only Lose their Debts, but also be prosecuted and punished with 
 the utmost severities of Law. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, the first day of November, 
 1706. In the Fifth Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lady 
 ANNE, by the Grace of GOD of England, Scotland, France 
 and Ireland, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 
 416 
 
GOVERNOR JOSEPH DUDLEY 
 
 Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 1702-1715. He was a native of Massachu- 
 setts, son of the first Governor Dudley, president of the council under Governor Andros, and the 
 first chief-justice of the colony of New York. Several of his proclamations have never been 
 printed except in the columns of the News- Letter, and they are reprinted in this and succeeding 
 volumes of An Historical Digest of the Provincial Press 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 4, 1706 
 
 J. DUDLEY 
 
 By Order of the Governour with 
 
 the Advice of the Council. 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 Boston, Capt. Blue is arrived here from Montserat. 
 
 Letters from Oporto of Septemb, 12. N. S. Say, [Foreign news.] 
 
 Inwards 
 Benj. English 
 William Tillet 
 Jotham Odiorne 
 Anthony Bracket 
 John Groce 
 Eben Parker 
 Thomas Lothrop 
 Alexan. Duncan 
 Francis Norris 
 John Richards 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 Sloop Elizabeth 
 Ship Nich. & Susan 
 Sloop Katerine 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 Sloop Dolphin 
 Sloop Diamond 
 Sloop Friendship 
 Sloop Seaflower 
 Brigt. Endeavour 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 Abell Jones Sloop Larke 
 
 Moses Abbot Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Jona. Ranson Sloop Timothie 
 
 John Babbage Ship Oporto Merch. 
 
 Edward Beere Sloop St. Christopers 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 Ship Sarah Galley 
 Sloop Greyhound 
 Ketch Dolphin 
 Brigt. Unity 
 Sloop John & Mary 
 Sloop Boneto 
 
 From 
 N. Carolina 
 Ditto 
 
 Piscataqua 
 Ditto 
 Saybrooke 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 New- York 
 Monserat 
 Nfoundland 
 
 For 
 Virginia 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 Topsham 
 St. Christoph. 
 For 
 
 Barbardoes 
 N. Catolina 
 S. Carolina 
 Tercera 
 Virginia 
 Jamaica 
 
 Andrew Wilson 
 Thomas Phelps 
 Ezekiel Cravatt 
 Eben. Hathorne 
 George Peirson 
 John Secom 
 
 New-York, Octob. 28. On the 24th. Instant arrived here a Sloop 
 from Jamaica, who left that Island the 9th. of September. The 
 Master says, That a Packet was arrived from England. That Ad- 
 miral Whetstone was to Sail for England in September with three men 
 of War, and the home-ward bound Fleet under his Convoy. 
 
 On the 26th. arrived one Croxston in 30 dayes from Antigua. 
 
 One of the Virginia Fleet who put in here to repair some damage 
 received in a Storm, will Sail from hence to England in 3 or 4 Weeks 
 at furthest. 
 
 New-London, October 31st. This day is Celebrated throughout 
 this Colony, A Day of Thanksgiving to Almighty GOD, for the 
 Glorious Victories granted to Her Majesties Arms, and those in Con- 
 
 417 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 4, 1706 
 
 federacy with Her: And for the Signal Goodness of GOD vouchsafed 
 to this Colony, and the rest of Her Majesties Provinces in these Parts. 
 
 Rhode-Island, November the 1st. On the 25th of the last arrived 
 here one Brooks in a Sloop from Barbadoes, who on Tuesday the 
 24th of September, met with a Turnado there, She stood off and on 
 the Island till Fryday the 27th, when she came from thence, and 
 then saw several Vessels ryde out the Storm. There was a Pensil- 
 vania Sloop put on Shore. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 LOst a Fore-Sail, a Fore-Top-Sail, and some other Rigging, 
 belonging to the Briganteen Experiment, Jonathan Evans 
 Master, that was Stranded at Hampton. Whoever shall find the 
 same, and bring all or any of them unto George Jeffrey Esq. of Piscat- 
 aqua Merchant, or unto Mr. Nicholas Roberts of Boston Merchant, 
 shall be well rewarded, besides all reasonable Charges Paid. 
 
 ANy Persons that wants to Borrow Money at Interest giving 
 good Security; Inquire of John Campbell Post -master of Boston, 
 and know further. 
 
 STole or Lost on Wednesday the 30th of October, out of the House 
 of Mrs. Mildred Dorell Widow, A small Silver Tankard, holds 
 about a Wine quart, Markt M. D. with the Work-mans mark I. C. 
 Whoever shall bring back the said Tankard, or give true Intelligence 
 of it to the Owner, shall be sufficiently rewarded for their pains: 
 if offered to be Sold or Pawned, you are desired to stop it, and the 
 Person that has it, and give notice as abovesaid. 
 
 THere is a certain Person, That calls himself by the name of 
 John Foster, of low Stature, pretty fresh coloured, Aged about 
 28 years, Says, he is a Welsh-man, but proves to be an Irish man, 
 That in all probability has Stole Two Horses, and a large old Silver 
 Tankard will'hold near Two quarts, has no mark discernable, but the 
 Work-mans Name that made it ; which said Foster, is committed to 
 Prison at Bristol, by the Honourable Col. Nathanael Byfield Esq. 
 One of Her Majesties Justices of the Peace, upon Suspicion of Stealing; 
 and the said Justice sent this, Relation to be put into the Publick 
 Print, That the true Owner may have his own, & the Fellow Justice 
 done him. 
 
 A Negro man Slave aged about 18 years, to be Sold by Mrs. Wake- 
 field Widow, and seen at her House near the North-Meeting- 
 House in Boston. 
 
 r OW Published An Almanack by N. W. for the Year 1707. 
 Wherein are contained the Quarters of the Moon, As- 
 pects of Planets, Courts, Spring Tides, Weather, Rising and Setting 
 
 418 
 
 N! 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 11, 1706 
 
 of the Sun, Full Sea Ecipses, &c. with some useful Rural Instructions, 
 that may Benefit & Encourage the Industrious Husband-man, as 
 also the Anotomy, likewise the Form of a Bond, with a Pleasant 
 Verse on each Month. 172 Sold by Bartholomew Green at the Printing- 
 house at the South End of Boston, and by Eleazar Phillips Book- 
 seller at his Shop in Charlestown. 
 
 [Reprinted : negro woman to be sold, as in October 28; house and 
 land to be sold, as in October 21; News-Letter advertisement, as first 
 in June 17.] 
 
 1R. j£. mumb. 134. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&ag November 4. to flDon&ag November 11. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 J*'' I \HIS four page number begins with the proclamation of Queen 
 I A Anne announcing the reopening of trade with the reconquered 
 Spanish Netherlands. Following is other foreign news, mainly 
 of the war, from the camp of the duke of Marlborough at Grimbergh, 
 and from Turin, Hague, Lisbon, Venice, Mindelheim and other 
 cities, of May dates.] 
 
 Antigua, Octob. 3. On the 25th of September last, Arrived here 
 Her Majesties Ships of War, the Jersey and Shearness from Jamaica, 
 who on the 10th of the said Month in the Latitude of 28 in a Storm 
 lost their Fore-Masts, Bowsprits, and all their Top-Masts; The Gray- 
 hound Man of War who parted with them in the Storm is not yet 
 heard of: Several Vessels are put in here, and at the Leward-Islands 
 that lost their Masts in the said Storm. 
 
 The last Packet of the 10th of August from England say, That 
 Cadiz and all the Sea-ports in Spain have declared for King Charles 
 the Third. 
 
 Four days ago we had advice from St. Bartholomews, of 14 Priva- 
 teers Cruising for our Fleet. 
 
 Mr. Wyborne is arrived at St. Christophers with the Charitable 
 Benevolence of the People of the Massachusetts Province for the 
 Relief of the Distressed Inhabitants of that Island, being a great 
 favour (and as I am inform'd by Col. Crisp one of the Gentlemen of 
 St. Christophers who is now here) is accepted and resented by them 
 
 172 Nathaniel Whittemore: born 1670, died 1754, a local maker of alman- 
 acs for many years. He published "Whittemore Revived, An Almanack for the 
 year of our Lord 1706," by "N. W." See News-Letter No. 77 ante, under ad- 
 vertisements. 
 
 419 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 11, 1706 
 
 as such 173 Tobias Green of Boston who was bound thence to Barba- 
 does is at Nevis. Mr. Welch arrived here the 21st of last Month, 
 having lost all his Horses in bad Weather. 
 
 New-York, November the 4th. No Vessels arrived here since my 
 last. Outward bound are Grant, York, Cebra, Bourdet and Coward 
 for Jamaica, Follen and Law for Barbadoes, Sandford and Beard 
 for South Carolina, and Play for Antigua. One of the Virginia 
 Fleet that was put back to this Port, designs to Sail for London in 
 two or three Weeks. 
 
 The Horse in your Numb. 132. Stolen out of Mr. Easton's Farm, 
 on Rhode-Island, is now in the Custody of Capt. Mathews[,] Ranger 
 General 174 of this Province, who about 4 or 5 Weeks ago was brought 
 to Flatbush on Long-Island, by a man who had several pieces of 
 broken Plate which he Sold among the Country People, and at last 
 being suspected to have Stollen them was taken up but before he 
 was committed, he made his escape, and left his Horse, Saddle and 
 Bridle behind him; 'Tis believed that the Fellow who Stole this 
 Horse has also Stollen one from Capt. Mathews, and another from 
 a Farmer here, and Sold them in New-England. This Fellow Robb'd 
 Mrs. Sandford of New- Jersey of a great quantity of Plate, and is 
 thought to be the same that Stole Mr. Brights' Plate of Rhode-Island: 
 'Tis also said that this Fellow's Trade was to Steal Horses here, and 
 to Sell them in New-England, and to Steal Horses in New-England 
 and Sell them to the Westward; when he fled from Long- Island 'tis 
 judg'd he Stole a horse here and rid on. His name I cannot learn 
 (but beyond all peradventure the Thief is on[e] John Foster, mentioned 
 in our Last Numb. 133. who is now in Prison at Bristol upon suspition 
 of Stealing.) 
 
 Boston, On the 6th Currant arrived here Robert Gold in a Sloop from 
 St. Johns Newfoundland, 18 days passage, who Sailed from thence 
 the 19th of October last, in Company of a Fleet with about 80 Sail 
 bound for England, and Portugal, &c. under Convoy of 5 Sail of Men. 
 of War. 
 
 Inwards 
 
 
 From 
 
 John Blue 
 
 Brigt. Dragon 
 
 Monserrat 
 
 William Cooke 
 
 Brigt. John & James 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Isaac Benny 
 
 Sloop Mary 
 
 N. foundlaiid 
 
 John Sharp 
 
 Ship St. Anthony 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Richard Butler 
 
 Slo[o]p Mary 
 
 St. Christoph 
 
 173 See Notes, in The Acts and Resolves ... of the Province of the- 
 Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, pp. 561-562, 565-567. 
 
 174 Probably Captain Matthews, Ranger General. 
 
 420 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 11, 1706 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 Jacob Parker Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Carteret Gillam 
 Dirick Adolph 
 Simon Nichols 
 Samuel Long 
 John Fisher 
 Thomas Beard 
 John Rawlins 
 
 Sloop Tryal 
 Sloop Two Brothers 
 Sloop Ann 
 Brigt. Swan 
 Sloop Blackthorn 
 Ship Adventure 
 Sloop John & Tho. 
 
 Outward Bound 
 William Thomas Brigt. Amity 
 
 William Fellows 
 William Arnold 
 Jeremiah Vaile 
 These are to 
 England by 
 
 Sloop Glocester 
 Ship David & Joseph 
 Sloop Mary 
 give Notice, That the Bag of 
 the Briganteen Experiment, 
 Master, that was Stranded at Hampton, are now 
 Boston; And any Person that wants their Letters 
 
 For 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 New- York 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Madera 
 
 Jamaica 
 For 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 Ditto 
 
 London 
 
 N. Carolina 
 Letters designed for 
 
 Jonathan Evans 
 in the Post Office at 
 again may have them. 
 
 aoverttsements. 
 
 THere is now Published Mr. Clough's Almanack for the year 1707. 
 To which is added, a brief incontestable Demonstration, that 
 the present year 1707. is in reality the year 1710. till Octob. 25th. 
 And from thence 1711. of the true Christian ^Era, according to the 
 Newest and Truest Computation of the best Chronologers. 175 Sold 
 by Benjamin Eliot under the West end of the Town-House, and 
 Nicholas Boone near School-House-Lane, Boston. 
 
 STolen on the Lords-day night the 10th Currant out of the House 
 of Mr. John Green, in Long-lane 176 Boston, School-master, A Silver 
 
 G 
 Tankard that holds an Ale-quart, Markt in the bottom I S The Per- 
 son that Stole it left a black Dog in the House, which may be seen: 
 Whoever shall bring back the said Tankard, or give any true Intelli- 
 gence of it to the Owner, shall be sufficiently rewarded for their 
 Pains: If offered to be Sold or Pawned, you are desired to stop, 
 it and the Person that has it, and give -notice as abovesaid. 
 
 A Negro Boy about 14 years Old: And also a Negro Girl about 
 14 years old, speaks good English, to be Sold; Enquire of John 
 
 175 Samuel Clough: born in Charlestown, 1665, died 1707, almanac maker 
 from 1701 till his death. The issues generally bore the title, Clough [the year]. 
 The New England Almanack. That for 1706 carried also a Latin title. See 
 News-Letter No. 78 ante. The publication was continued after his death. In 
 the issue for 1708 was printed "An Eulogy On the late Ingenious Mr. Samuel 
 ClOUgb, died 1 day of the Week at 6inthe Morning, Octob. 26, 1707, ^Etatas 42." 
 
 176 Long Lane, from Milk Street to Cow Lane, now High Street. Became 
 Federal Street in 1788. 
 
 421 
 
THE BOSTON- NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 18, 1706 
 Campbell Post-master of Boston, & know further. 
 
 1R. j£ 4 mumb. 135. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDonDay November 11. to /lDoitf>a& November 18. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 f A NOTHER four page number, six of the eight columns of news 
 I ./Ybeing foreign. From Paris, May 28, is an account of the recep- 
 tion of news of the French reverses in the Netherlands and in 
 Spain. From the camp of the duke of Marlborough are accounts 
 of the capitulation of Ghent, Bruges and other cities. Other war 
 dispatches are from Hague, Gibraltar, Hanover and elsewhere, of 
 May and June dates.] 
 
 i Philadelphia, Nov. 8. Gold from Boston arrived here yesterday. 
 
 Chelmsford, Nov. 12. The Reverend Mr. Sampson Stoddard was 
 Ordained Pastor of the Church in this Place, on Wednesday the 6th 
 Currant. 
 
 Exeter, Nov. 12. The Reverend Mr. John Odlin was this Day 
 Ordained Pastor of the Church in this Place. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Nov. 15. Two unfortunate Accidents fell out in our 
 Colony this week, one Tippits of Naraganset who kept a Saw Mill, was 
 at work about the Flood-Gate which burst, let the water in, set the 
 Wheel a going and carried the man to the bottom, and between it 
 and the Ground broke his Thigh in two places, and tore the other 
 very much, and 'tis doubted if he will live. The other a Young 
 Woman about 16 years of Age, Daughter to one Whipple of Providence 
 going to snap a Gun, which she knew not to be loaden, the Gun went 
 off and unfortunately shot a poor man, who died in 6 hours. 
 
 Arrived here this week Boyce from Madera, Pecham from Antigua, 
 Curtice and Hubbart from Connecticut; Ellery and Lindall are Sailed 
 for Barbadoes, and Holmes for Madera. 
 
 Piscataqua, Nov. 15. There Arrived a Vessel last week at York, 
 one. Hull of this place Master, from Fyall, who in a Storm lost her 
 Masts, and two of her men wash'd overboard. Last week also there 
 was one Nathaniel Willfed kill'd at Sacho (by some Sculking Indians,) 
 who had been out some distance from the Fort. 
 
 Hampton, Nov. 15. This day was Buryed here Deacon Page, 
 Aged about 73 Years, who was well on Tuesday the 12th Currant at 
 the Ordination of Mr. Odlin at Exeter. 
 
 422 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 18, 1706 
 
 Boston, On the 12th Currant arrived here the Brigt. William, 
 John Scot Master, from Jamaica, who came out from thence the 8th 
 of October last in Company of about 40 Sail bound for England, 
 under Convoy of Admiral Whetstone with 4 Men of War, Eight days 
 before the Admiral left Jamaica, a Clap of Thunder split his Main 
 Mast and Main Top Mast, kill'd three of his men, and wounded 
 several others. The 25th of October Mr. Scot left the Fleet 35 Leagues 
 to the Leeward of St. Antonies. Two of the Fleet lost their Fore 
 Masts and Bowsprits. There came also out in Company with him 
 Capt. Guttridge for this place, whom he parted with the 31st of last 
 Month. There likewise came out of Jamaica with him three Vessels 
 for New-York, viz. Rowland in a Snow, Perkins in a Briganteen, and 
 Milburn in a Sloop. 
 
 On Wednesday the 13th Currant, arrived Capt. John Miles at 
 Cape Ann, who left Barbadoes the 16th of October last: There came 
 out in Company with him for Boston, Deering, Jenkins, Bucklin, 
 Horton, Everton, Cary, Perkins, Fowle, Wyer and Harris; Andross 
 for Salem, Laurence for New- York, Anthony and Moody for Pensil- 
 vania. The Pacquet from England was arrived just as they Sailed. 
 
 Samuel Boyce in the Briganteen Susanna being one of the Virginia 
 Fleet, bound for England, that put in here to refit some damage, 
 will Sail in 14 days. 
 
 Inwards 
 Daniel Wair 
 John Jackson 
 Nath. Harris 
 William Wyer 
 David Bucklin 
 Joseph Everton 
 John Scot 
 Daniel Wyborn 
 
 Sloop Adventure 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 Brigt. Swallow 
 Brigt. Endeavour 
 Brigt. Randal 
 Brigt. Elizabeth 
 Brigt. William 
 Sloop Hawk 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 Tho. Lothrop Sloop Diamond 
 
 Tho. Phelps 
 Antho. Bracket 
 Giles Hall 
 John Waters 
 Mat. Armstr. 
 Daniel Noyes 
 John Ela 
 Tho. Fawkes 
 Ephr. Breed 
 John Brewer 
 Esek. Gravat 
 
 Sloop Grayhound 
 Sloop Kathrine 
 Sloop Lyon 
 Sloop Betty 
 Sloop Swallow 
 Brigt. Hannover 
 Brigt. Dove 
 Brigt. Friendship 
 Ship Friendship 
 Sloop Content 
 Ketch Dolphin 
 423 
 
 From 
 Connecticut 
 Piscataqua 
 Barbadoes. 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 Jamaica 
 St. Christ oph. 
 
 For 
 Vineyard 
 North Carolina 
 Piscataqua 
 Connecticut 
 Antigua 
 Virginia 
 Madera 
 Jamaica 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 Curacoa 
 South Carolina 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 25, 1706 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 Francis Plaisteed Belcher Frigot Barbadoes 
 
 Elea. Armitage Sloop Alexander Ditto 
 
 William Clarke Sloop Endeavour Maryland 
 
 John Wilkins Sloop Nonsuch North Carolina 
 
 Obad. Wakefield Sloop Swan Virginia 
 
 a&verttsements. 
 
 RAN-away from his Master Col. Nathanael Byfield Esq. of Bristol, 
 last Monday Evening, the 11th Currant in a Cannooe, James 
 Furdize a Scotch Young man, aged about 19 years, speaks good 
 English, of a middle Stature, fair Complexion, light brown Hair, 
 hath with him a good black felt Hat, two Jackets, the undermost of 
 Searge lyned, the uppermost of Home-spun Kersey dyed of a pretty 
 . sad Colour, and lyned with brown linen called western Tow-cloth, 
 a Flanel Shirt, and leather Breeches: Whosoever shall apprehend 
 the abovesaid Servant and bring or convey him safe to his said 
 Master, or secure him, and send any true Intelligence of him, so as 
 his Master may have him again, shall be well rewarded, and all 
 necessary charges paid besides. 
 
 o w c 
 
 ^Tolen or lost 2 Silver Spoons, one markt E. E. the other I. S. 
 Whoever shall bring back the said Spoons or give any true 
 Intelligence unto John Campbell Post-master of Boston, shall be 
 sufficiently rewarded ; if offered to be Sold or pawned you are desired 
 to stop either or both, and give notice as abovesaid. 
 
 A Negro Man about 20 years of Age, and a Negro Girl about 14 
 -^^■years old, speaks good English to be sold: Enquire of John 
 Campbell Post -master of Boston, and know further. 
 
 [Reprinted : house and land to be sold, as in October 21 ; News-Letter 
 advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 1R. jS. IFtumb. 136. 
 
 The Bolton News-Letter. 
 
 From /SDon&ag November 18. to /IDon&ag November 25. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 f A NOTHER four page number. From Vienna, June 5, is an ac- 
 |_xxcount of the raising of the siege of Barcelona, and from the camp 
 of the duke of Marlborough, June 7, reports of the capitulation 
 of Antwerp and other cities of the Spanish Netherlands. Other 
 foreign items are from London, Vienna. Hague, Frankfort and else- 
 
 424 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 25, 1706 
 
 where, of July, August and September dates. Among the domestic 
 items under Boston date is the report of the arrival of Captain 
 Samuel Appleton , commissioner to Canada for the exchange of prisoners , 
 bringing with him the minister, John Williams and his two sons, 
 taken at the sack of Deerfield.] 
 
 Whitehaven, Aug. 16. This day arrived the Mary Ann of and from 
 Pensilvania, Capt. Guy Commander. 
 
 London, Aug. 30. The Barbadoes Fleet are all safely Arrived. 
 
 Whitehall, Sept. 14. [Under this date are several items of foreign 
 news, the last relating to reports from the Earl of Gal way in Spain, 
 and this editorial comment is appended: ] (This last Paragraph seems 
 to confirm that piece of News in our Numb. 132. from Oporto Sept. 
 24. of a Battel fought between the Earl of Peterborow, and the Duke 
 of Anjou, wherein the latter was totally Routed). 
 
 Barbadoes, Octob. 16. The Honourable William Sharp Esqr. 
 President of Her Majesty's Council, made a Speech to the Assembly, 
 the substance whereof is as follows: He layes before them the evil 
 of Divisions, and of Persons seeking their own private Interests, 
 to the destruction of the Publick, which he exhorts them to lay 
 aside. And to use utmost Endeavours to keep the War abroad, by 
 putting the Island in a posture of Defence which may convince the 
 Enemy that the most favourable Entertainment they can expect 
 will be an Ignominious Retreat. 
 
 He laments the unhappy Circumstances of the Tnferiour sort of 
 Inhabitants, who are disheartened by the fatigue, labour and in- 
 supportable expence of Military Duty, which forces them to seek 
 support in other Places, and reduces the Militia very low: To supply 
 which, head vises to Address Her Majesty for Forces to perform that Duty. 
 
 He also acquaints them that they cannot be ignorant, That Trade 
 is essential even to the being of a Colony, which tender Plant all 
 wise Governments have Nursed and Cheriished with the fondest care, 
 and the Darling of their hopes, and the only inexhaustable Sourse 
 of Wealth, which they ought to encourage by establishing their 
 Credit on better grounds than now it stands. 
 
 And lastly he recommends to them the support of True Religion 
 and Vertue, without which no State or Society ever arrived to any 
 degree of Wealth and Honour, which alone can procure Success 
 in all our Attempts. 
 
 Concluding, That they all should sacrifice their private Considera- 
 tions to the Publick Good. 
 
 At 12 a Clock this Day arrived the Packet from England, 23 days 
 passage, as the Fleet for New-England were just Sailing. 
 
 425 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 25, 1706 
 
 Boston, On the 18th Currant Dyed here Mr. Ralph Harrison. 
 Comptroller of Her Majesty's Custom-House. 
 
 On Thursday the 20th Currant arrived here Capt. Samuel Appleton 
 Esqr. Commissioner sent by His Excellency our Governour a Flag 
 of Truce to Canada for the Exchanging of Prisoners, who has brought 
 with him in the Briganteen Hope, whereof John Bonner is Master, 
 57 of ours, of whom is the Reverend Mr. John Williams, Pastor of 
 Deerfield and his Two Sons. m They left Canada the 29th of October. 
 These were all that could then be got ready, and the rest are expected 
 in the Spring. 178 The French say that the Indians who made a 
 Descent on our Frontiers this Summer, finding them so Lined with 
 men, they were constrained to throw away their Arms, Blankets, 
 &c. for their more speedy flight, and returned again without so much 
 as a flap to cover their nakedness. 
 
 Inwards 
 
 
 From 
 
 Joseph Johnson 
 
 Sloop Elizabeth 
 
 Pensilvania 
 
 Benja. Ellinwood 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Salem 
 
 John Myles 
 
 Ship Unity 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 John Jenkin 
 
 Ship Robert 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Henry Dering 
 
 Ship Abigail 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Isaac Fowle 
 
 Brigt. Abigail 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Horton 
 
 Brigt. Tryal 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Nathaniel Cary 
 
 Sloop Katherine 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Isaac Perkins 
 
 Sloop Rosanna 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Tobias Green 
 
 Brigt. Mayflower 
 
 Nevis 
 
 John Love 
 
 Brigt. Tryal 
 
 Surranam 
 
 Philip Lewis 
 
 Brigt. Hope 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 For 
 
 Jeremiah Vaile 
 
 Sloop Mary 
 
 N. Carolina 
 
 Robert Sanders 
 
 Sloop Mary 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Samuel Sanders 
 
 Sloop Dolphin 
 
 Ditto 
 
 William Tillst 
 
 Sloop Elizabeth 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Joseph Brown 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Webster 
 
 Brigt. Endeavour 
 
 Ditto 
 
 William Clark 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Robert Melvin 
 
 Ship Tho & Sarah 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Jackson 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 177 Taken captive by the Indians in the sack of Deerfield, February 29, 
 1704/5. See Sheldon's History of Deerfield, Vol. I, pp. 337-338. See also 
 Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, p. 173, under dates Deer 5th Dec* 7. See 
 News-Letter No. 71 ante, p. 236, and No. 144 post. 
 
 178 Reprinted from the News- Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, pp. 641-642. 
 Mr. Goodell points out an error in the date of the arrival as here given, which 
 should be Thursday the 21st. See News-Letter No. 144 post. 
 
 426 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, NOVEMBER 25, 1706 
 
 James Cawley Sloop Beginning 
 
 Joseph Polley Barque Blessing 
 
 Thomas Hunt Sloop Panther 
 
 Outward bound 
 
 John Richards 
 Mathew Wilson 
 William Rowlson 
 James Barns 
 John Pitts 
 William Webster 
 Nathanael Harris 
 Daniel Allen 
 John Blue 
 
 Tercera 
 
 Nevis 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 For 
 Antigua 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 Barbadoes 
 Ditto 
 S. Carolina 
 
 Brigt. Endeavour 
 Batchellours Advent. 
 Sloop Elizabeth 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 Sloop Rebecca 
 Brigt. Dragon 
 Brigt. Swallow 
 Ship Nich. & Susanna 
 Brigt. Dragon 
 On the 24th. Arrived here Eleazar Johnson from Antigua. 
 
 New York, Nov. 11. On the 7th Instant arrived here, one Chaplin 
 from Barbadoes in a Sloop but last from Barmuda. 
 
 On the 9th arrived Lawrence in a Sloop from Barbadoes who left 
 that Island the 16th of October in Company with about 12 Sail for 
 Boston, Anthony & Wade for Philadelphia. 
 
 On the 10th arrived Braduck in a Sloop from Madera, and DeHart 
 in a Ship from said Port, the former five weeks, and latter 9 weeks 
 passage, but brings no News. The same day arrived a Galley from 
 Jamaica, who left it the 8th under Convoy of Admiral Whetstone 
 with 4 Men of War and the Fleet for England. 
 
 Yesterday Pasco arrived here from Boston. 
 
 Philadelphia, Nov. 15. Mr. Anthony and Wade are arrived here 
 from Barbadoes, they came out in Company with several Vessels for 
 New-England; The 16th of October last, just as they came away, 
 the Packet-Boat was arrived from England, that came out thence 
 with our Grand Fleet who were bound as 'tis said to make a Descent 
 into France. 
 
 New York, Nov. 18. On Fryday last His Excellency my Lord 
 Cornbury arrived here from his other Government of New-Jersey. 
 
 We daily expect Capt. Holland and Capt. Isaacks from England, 
 they lay at the Nore the 1st of August ready to Sail 
 
 A Letter from Virginia advises of the arrival of a Barmuda Sloop 
 there, who in the Lat. of 32. met with a Wreck, a Sloop loaden with 
 Provisions having a white Stern, they took out of her several barrels 
 of Flower, some Sails and Rigging, and left here there, there was not 
 a Soul on board. 
 
 A Briganteen and Sloop that came out of Jamaica with Admiral 
 Whetstone for this Port, are not yet arrived 
 
 427 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 2, 1706 
 
 Outward bound are 3 Ships and 3 Sloops for Jamaica, 4 Sloops for 
 Barbadoes, a Sloop for Curacoa, and another for Antigua. 
 
 Capt. Cole for England in the Friends Adventure will Sail in 14 
 days at farthest. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Nov. 22. This week arrived here a Brigt. from 
 Antigua, 3 weeks passage, one Welch Master. 
 
 Byfield, Novemb. 21. Yesterday the Reverend Mr. Moses Hale 
 was Ordained Pastor of the Church, Newly Gathered, in this Place. 
 N. Byfield is a Parish Erected out of some remote Lands of Newbury, 
 and Rowley, lying upon the River Parker, near the Falls. 
 
 Sudbury, Novemb. 22. On Wednesday the 20th Instant, The 
 Reverend Mr. Israel Loring was Ordained Pastor of the Church in 
 this Place. 
 
 a&verttsements. 
 
 STollen on Fryday night the 22 Currant, out of a Warehouse 
 upon the Dock in Boston, 4 Pieces of Silk Muffins, & 6 Dozen 
 of broad Ribbands; Whosoever shall give any True Intelligence of 
 them unto John Campbell Post-master of Boston, so as that the right 
 Owner may have them again, shall be sufficiently rewarded, If all or 
 any of them be offered to be Sold or Pawned, you are desired to stop 
 the same, and the Person that has it, and give notice as abovesaid. 
 npHere is lately Arrived from England very good Cordage of all 
 ■*- Sizes, from a Spun-yarn to Cables of Ten Inches, to be Sold by 
 Mr. Lewis Boucher Merchant, either by whole Sale or Retail at his 
 Warehouse upon the Dock in Boston. 
 
 TT^Our Negro Men Slaves, to be Sold, one about 18 years old, a 
 ■*■ second about 19. a third about 20. and a fourth about 30 years, 
 that is a Tallow Chandler & a Soap-Boyler, and a good Work-man: 
 Inquire of John Campbell Post -master of Boston and know further. 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 •r, J£. ftamfc. 137. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flDott&at? November 25. to flDOtlbaE December 2. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 j"T7URTHER reports of the victories of the allied armies in Flanders, 
 
 I -T including the capitulation of Antwerp, are given in this four page 
 
 number. There are numerous dispatches of June dates from 
 
 428 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 2, 1706 
 
 Hague, Milan, Paris, Frankfort, Hanover, the camp of the duke of 
 Marlborough at Arseele, and other places on the continent of Europe. 
 The number opens with an editorial note, as below, introducing the 
 foreign news.] 
 
 According to our usual manner (on the Arrival of Ships from England, 
 Portugal, or by the West- India Pacquets) we gave you in our Last, 
 a Summary of the most Remarkable Occurrences of Europe for six 
 weeks time, viz from the ist of August, to the 15th of September last: 
 And now we must proceed to the more particular Account of the 
 Foreign Occurrences where we left of; So that any one having 
 this Print for the year, will be furnished not only with the Occur- 
 rences of Europe, the West-Indies, but also those of this and the 
 Neighbouring Provinces. 
 
 Dublin, June 15. On the 4th Instant Captain Saunders, Commander 
 of Her Majesty' Ship the Shoreham, sailing to the Westward with 
 some Ships bound to the West-Indies, came up with a French Priva- 
 teer of 8 Guns and 53 Men, and chased her into Bantry Bay, in Beer- 
 Haven, where he took her. She is called the Francis of Cheerbourg, 
 Captain Owen Richard Commander. 
 
 Plimouth, [Eng.] June 18. Here are come in the Patience of Dram 
 in Norway, Bound hither, and a French Prize called the Oliver of 
 Bourdeaux, laden with Sugar from the West-Indies, taken by a 
 Privateer of Flushing. 
 
 Boston 
 
 Inwards 
 
 From 
 
 Jacob Parker 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 Jonathan Hilton 
 
 Sloop Success 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Robert Luist 
 
 Brigt. Amity 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Peter Sergeant 
 
 Sloop Two Friends 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Cleared Outwards 
 
 For 
 
 Jonathan Hilton 
 
 Sloop Success 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 John Wilkins 
 
 Sloop Nonsuch 
 
 N. Carolina 
 
 Richard Coller 
 
 Sloop Mary Rose 
 
 Nevis 
 
 John Secomb 
 
 Sloop Boneto 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Peter Meers 
 
 Ship Blessing 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Collyer 
 
 Brigt. Unity 
 
 Tercera 
 
 John Blue 
 
 Brigt. Dragon 
 
 S. Carolina 
 
 Outward bound 
 
 For 
 
 Nathanael Perkins 
 
 Brigt. Success 
 
 Antigua 
 
 Isaac Benny 
 
 Sloop Mary 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 Daniel Wyborn 
 
 Ship Robert 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Thomas Masters 
 
 Ship Cumberland 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Samuel Ernes 
 
 Katch Seaflower 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 429 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 30, 1706 
 
 [The Southern and Western Post, at the Printing hereof on Monday 
 morning at g a Clock not yet come in.] 
 
 a&vertisements. 
 
 ANy Gentlemen, Merchants or others, that have any damnifyed 
 Powder, or dust of Powder, either to Sell, or to be made of New, 
 They may repair with the same unto Walter Evenden, 179 Powder- 
 Maker, at his House in Dorchester, who will either buy it or make 
 it of New for them, on reasonable terms. 
 
 ' I ^Hree Negro Men Slaves, to be Sold, one about 18 years old, a 
 ■*- second about 19, and a third about 30 years, that's a Tallow 
 Chandler and Soap-Boyler, and a good Work-man: Inquire of 
 John Campbell Post-master of Boston and know further. 
 [Reprinted: News- Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 [No copies of the News-Letter issues of December 2-9, 
 Number 138; December 9-16, Number 139; and December 
 16-23, Number 140, are now (1910) known to be in existence.] 
 
 1R. ]£. Mumb. 141 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDonbaS December 23. to flD0ttba£ December 30. 1706. 
 
 AS 
 
 T A LITTLE over three pages and a half of this issue are devoted 
 I /xto foreign news, including items from London, Paris, Venice, 
 Verona, Genoa, Deal and Hague, of July and August dates, and 
 reports from the duke of Savoy's camp at Polongere, and the duke of 
 Marlborough's camp at Helchin, and from Dantzick, Schaffouze and 
 Shields, of similar dates.] 
 
 New-York December the 16th. On the 11th Instant, Capt. Cole 
 Sailed from Jacques Bay for London. On the said Day Mr. Graven- 
 raedt arrived here from Boston, but last from Rhode-Island. 
 
 The 12th. Instant was Religiously observed throughout this 
 Province a Day of Publick Thanksgiving to Almighty GOD, for the 
 
 179 Walter Everden: owner of the first powder mill set up in the Massa- 
 chusetts Bay colony, originally erected in 1675, the time of King Philip's War. 
 Everden was its first manager, and gradually acquired the privilege through 
 purchase of the interests of the original proprietors, among whom were the 
 Reverend John Oxenbridge, pastor, and the Reverend James Allen, teacher, of 
 of the First Church in Boston, and Captain John Hull and Freegrace Bendall, 
 merchants of Boston. 
 
 430 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, DECEMBER 30, 1706 
 
 late Glorious Success of Her Majesties Arms and those of her Allies 
 under the Command of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, and those 
 in Spain. 
 
 On the 14th. Instant Her Majesties Ship the Lowstaffe Sailed from 
 hence to Barbadoes, with 4 Vessels under her Convoy. 
 
 Marshin a Sloop from Rhode-Island bound to Maryland is arrived here. 
 
 Rhode-Island Decemb. 26th. We have had abundance of Rain 
 here for 3 or 4 days. No Vessels arrived here but one Codden in a 
 Sloop from New- York, who is Entered out there again. 
 Boston Inwards None, 
 
 Cleared Outwards, For. 
 
 Joseph Allen Sloop John & Mary Rhode-Island 
 
 Christopher Taylor Ship Union Galley Barbadoes 
 
 Ship Content Ditto 
 
 Belcher Figat Ditto 
 
 Brigt. Amity Ditto 
 
 Brigt. Dove Ditto 
 
 Sloop Seaflower Montserrat 
 
 Sloop Endeavour Antigua 
 
 Brigt. Success Ditto 
 
 Brigt. Amity Madera 
 
 Sloop Swallow Barmuda 
 
 Brigt. Hope Surranam 
 
 Outward bound For. 
 
 Richard Metcalf Francis & Eliz. Barbadoes 
 
 Joseph Everton Brigt. Eliz. Ditto 
 
 Eleazar Johnson Brigt. Hopewell Fiall 
 
 All three Posts are now in, and set out again on Monday night the 
 joth Currant. 
 
 advertisements 
 
 Any Person that has a Boy or Boys that can Read & Write, who 
 wants to be put out to a good Master or Masters, may either 
 •speak (or send notice of him or them) unto John Campbell Post- 
 master of Boston, where they may know further. 
 
 Lost from Long-Island-Head about 17 days ago a Mast of 22 inches 
 and 77 foot long; and another on Tuesday the 24th. Currant of 
 21 inches and about 75 foot long; both are markt. Whoever shall 
 bring back both or either of them unto Capt. James Pitts of Boston, 
 or give any true Intelligence of them, unto the said Capt. Pitts, 
 or John Campbell Post-master of Boston, so as that the true owner 
 imay have them again, shall be sufficiently rewarded. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 431 
 
 William Alden 
 Francis Plaisted 
 Tobias Green 
 Bartholo. Green 
 Francis Norris 
 James Barns 
 Natha. Perkins 
 Robert Luist 
 John Welch 
 Philip Lewis 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 6, 1707 
 
 1707 
 
 1R. ]£. Bumb. 142. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&aE December 30. to /IDO!t6ay January 6. 1706. 
 
 AS— NY 
 
 I" A FOUR page folio, seven columns of which are filled with foreign 
 I /inews, three columns being an account of the siege of Menin by the 
 duke of Marlborough, in a dispatch from the camp at Helchin, 
 October 9, 1706. Reports of the campaigns in Spain, Italy, Hungary 
 and Poland are from Paris, Vienna, Lisbon, Dantzick, Frankfort 
 and elsewhere, of August dates.] 
 
 Piscataqua, Jan 2. On Thursday last the 26th day of Decemb. 
 there arrived at Nanguncket near to Wells in the Province of Main, 
 A Flag of Truce from Port Royal with 34 English Prisioners, who had 
 been out of Port Royal about a month before which said Prisoners 
 came from Placentia in a French Man of War of 36 Guns, with Mon- 
 sieur Supercasse (mentioned in our Num. 139 to have a Comission for 
 the Government of Port Royal.) There came also a Flyboat from 
 Placentia of 8 Guns, being a Store Ship, which was again Loaden 
 and ready to Sail for France when the said Prisoners came from 
 Port-Royal. Of the above Prisoners belonging to Boston are, Mes- 
 sieurs, Arthur Jeffers, Peter Signiac[,] Allen Southmead, Solomon 
 Gardner, Abraham Lewis, John White, Thomas Dawson and 7 more 
 belongs to N. York. 160 
 
 Rhode-Island Jan. 3 On the 1st Instant arrived here a Sloop from 
 Antigua, Richard Smith Master, about 3 weeks passage, who says 
 that there was a Packet arrived there from Barbadoes about a fort- 
 night ere he left Antigua, that said there was 12 Sail of Men of War 
 arrived there from England. The said Day came in Lillibridge from 
 Connecticut. 
 
 We are informed here that five days ago Cap. Emons arrived at 
 New-London from England bound for New-York, who had about 
 ten weeks passage, on board whereof is Mr. Byerlie Collector of 
 New-York. They also say, that the Store Ship for New-York was 
 run down in the Channel of England by a Man of War, and lost. 
 
 John Cranston Entered Outward for Curacoa. 
 
 ISO Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 678. 
 
 432 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 13, 1707 
 
 Salisbury; Major Robert Pike Esq. was Interr'd here on Thursday 
 the 19th. of December last; the Foot Company of the Town, and the 
 Troop, being in Arms. 
 
 He died in the 92 year of his Age. 
 
 Salem, Jan. 4. An awful Providence fell out here: On Friday 
 the 3d Currant, Samuel Neale of this Town Shoe-maker, being well 
 and in health, eat his Dinner heartily, and afterward went well to 
 his Work, where he was taken Speechless, and never spoke a word 
 after, but departed this Life the same Evening. 
 
 Boston Inwards None 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 Thomas Langdon Sloop Fortune Plymouth 
 
 John Scot Brigt. William Jamaica 
 
 Azor Gale Ship Friendship Ditto 
 
 Joshua Pickman Ketch Exchange Madera 
 
 Andrew Wilson Ship Sarah Galley Barbadoes 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 John Robinson Brigt Sarah Barbadoes 
 
 Walter Goodrige Brigt Abiel & Sarah Surranam 
 
 John Rayner Ketch Freeke Fyall 
 
 HOvertisements 
 
 A Negro woman aged about 26 years to be Sold: Enquire of 
 John Campbell Post-master of Boston, and know further. 
 Stolen or Lost in September last, out of Samuel Dogget of Marshfield 
 his Sloop then in Boston, the first part of Purchasses Pilgrims' 
 a History in Folio: Whoever shall bring back the said Book unto 
 the said Dogget, or unto John Campbell Post-master of Boston, or 
 give any true Intelligence of it unto either so as that the true owner 
 may have it again, shall be sufficiently rewarded; If offered to be 
 Sold or pawned, you are desired to stop it, and the Person that has 
 it, and give notice as abovesaid. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17.] 
 
 W. ]£, mumb. 143. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&ag January 6. to /IDOItDag January 13. 1706. 
 
 AS— NY— HU 
 
 |"TN this number is a variety of foreign news concerning the siege 
 
 I A of Menin, military movements before Turin, and other military 
 
 movements on the continent, contained in letters from Paris, 
 
 London, Dublin, Genoa, Hague and elsewhere, of August 1706, dates.] 
 
 433 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 13, 1707 
 
 New-York Decemb. 31 Capt. Tongrelow Sails this week on 
 Privateering, he has also a Sloop with him for a Tender. Rolland for 
 Jamaica, and Bourdet for Curacoa, intends to Sail with him. 
 
 On the 26th Instant arrived here the Brigt. York, William Stanton 
 Master in 11 days from St. Christophers, the 10th of October he sailed 
 from Bristol bound for this Port, and in Lat. of Barmudas he sprung 
 a Leak and bore away to Nevis and stay'd there some time, and from 
 thence to St Christophers, by whom we have the following Account. 
 
 A few days before Mr. Stanton Sailed from Nevis, Sir John Jennings 
 arrived there with 12 Men of War from Lisbon from 50 to 80 Guns 
 and a Fireship, they have Spanish Commissions and are bound to 
 New-Spain to Convey home the Galleons: They bring the News 
 that King Charles has had a Battel with the Duke of Anjou, and 
 obtained an intire Victory, and that the latter is fled to Navar. 
 
 Capt. Thomas Lilly of Boston was at Nevis, but not meeting with 
 a Market there, came to St. Christophers, and was there when Stanton 
 Sailed. One Ball in a Sloop was ready to Sail from thence for Boston. 
 
 One Trott in a Sloop from Pensilvania bound to the Leeward- 
 Islands was taken by a French Privateer, and Retaken by a Curacoa 
 Privateer & carried in to St. Christop, 
 
 The News from Eng. by publick Prints is as follows [war news, 
 including details of the operations before Turin and raising the siege.] 
 
 New London, Jan. 7. On the 29th of December arrived here the 
 Margaret Gaily from England, Joseph Emons Master, bound for 
 New-York, who came out of Portsmouth the 18th day of October 
 last, in Company of about 200 Sail bound for several Parts, under 
 Convoy of 3 Men of War bound for Lisbon. There came also so 
 out in Company with Emons for New-York the Resolution Gaily 
 with Stores, Capt Holland Commander, and one Isaacc in a Brigan- 
 teen, and another Briganteen for Philadelphia, one Palmer Master. 
 The Resolution Galley was run down in the night in the channel by 
 the Halifax Galley another Merchant-man bound to the Streights; 
 and 'tis fear'd that the Resolution Gaily is lost ; The Halifax Galley's 
 Men all but 5 or 6 jumpt out of their own Ship into the Resolution, 
 judging her to be the most likely to be saved: The Halifax Gaily 
 being much disabled, was Tow'd in to Plym, by a Man of War. 
 
 The Advice we have from England is a further Confirmation of 
 the Raising the Siege of Turin, and the entire Defeat of the French 
 Army in Italy by the Imperialists under the Command of Prince 
 Eugene, in conjunction with the Duke of Savoy's Troops (mentioned 
 in our Numb. 136.) [Details follow.] 
 
 Boston, On Fryday the 10th Currant was Interr'd here Samuel 
 Legg Esqr. of Her Majesty's Council for this Province, who Dyed on 
 Tuesday, the 7th. Instant. 
 
 434 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 20, 1707 
 
 Our Prisoners mentioned in our Last, that came from Port-Royal 
 and Placentia acquaint us, That a French Privateer of 12 Guns and 
 70 men went out of Placentia the latter end of May last, designing 
 to come upon the New-England Coast, who near to Cape Sabels 
 met with a Merchant-man of about 20 Guns, which he took to be a 
 New-Englander, and with whom he had a hot dispute : The Merchant- 
 man having kill'd all his men but 14, and all his officers but himself, 
 and his ship was much torn and shattered: The Privateer was 
 glad to leave him, and make the best of his way back again for Pla- 
 centia, where he arrived the latter end of July last. 
 
 The Brigt. Sarah of this place, David Craige Master from Holland 
 and England bound for this Port, after a stout resistance was taken 
 within 12 Leagues of Cape Sables by a French Privateer of 16 Guns 
 and 70, men who came from Placentia to Cruise on this Coast, and 
 was by the said Privateer carried in to St. Peters in Newfoundland, 
 and after 6 weeks stay there, the said Briganteen with the Master and 
 Saylors were sent to France, some of the Passengers were sent to 
 Placentia, and are of the Prisoners mentioned in our Last to have 
 come in the Flag of Truce. 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 Daniel Allin Ship Nich. & Susan Barbadoes 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 Joseph While Sloop Hope Montserrat. 
 
 [No advertisements in this number.] 
 
 •jr. jg, mumb. 144. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flHon&as January 13. to fmoltDa? January 20. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 rTT^OUR folio pages, three pages filled with many short items of 
 
 I .F minor foreign events, reported from London, Dublin, Hague, 
 
 Verona, Milan, Paris, Ostend and elsewhere, of August dates. An 
 
 account of the siege and capitulation of Menin is the important news.] 
 
 Hatfield, January 9 The People of this County are fill'd with Joy, 
 for the Arrival of the Captives; especially, for the Return of the 
 Reverend and Pious Mr. John Williams, to Dear field again, upon 
 Saturday the 28th of December last: which is esteemed a general 
 Blessing. All Thankfully acknowledge His Excellency's effectual 
 Care of us therein. And a Design is formed for Rebuilding the Town 
 more Commodiously, and regularly Fortifying of it. Wednesday, 
 
 435 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 20, 1707 
 
 the 8th Currant was a Day of Thanksgiving there, to Praise GOD for 
 His great Goodness. The Reverend Mr. Solomon Stoddard, and 
 Mr. William Williams assisted at the Solemnity, each Preaching a 
 Thanksgiving Sermon, Besides the Inhabitants of Deerfield, Sundry 
 Persons of Quality from other Towns were present, helping forward 
 this Religious Exercise. W1 
 
 Boston; January 17. Upon appearance of the Rainbow seen here 
 Saturday the 28th of December, about Nine in the Morning; some 
 hoped it might be a Token, that GOD would not destroy Dearfield 
 any more : And the good News from thence confirms that Hope. 18t 
 
 According to our promise in our last, we shall now proceed to a 
 further account of the Publick Occurrences from England, per 
 Stanton Via New-York; [here follows foreign news, principally of 
 military operations in Spain and Italy.] 
 
 That the Squadron commanded by Monsieur Deberville is arrived 
 at Rochfort from the West-Indies with 6 millions of Livres in Specie, 
 but that Commadore with Messieurs Gabaret, Mesnil, Montalanbert 
 and Riveau are dead of the Plague. 
 
 Inwards From 
 
 James Goold Sloop Hopewell Pensilvania 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 William Webber Brigt. Dragon Nevis 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 John Myles Ship Unity Barbadoes 
 
 On Saturday the 18th. Currant arrived here from Piscataqua, 
 the Flag of Truce that came from Port-Royall, with our Prisoners 
 mentioned in our Numb. 142. 
 
 Roxbury, Jan. 18. James Bayley Esqr. Physician, Aged Fifty 
 Six Years and Four Months, Dyed here this day, at two a Clock in 
 the Morning. 182 
 
 H&\>ertisements. 
 
 ~n An-away from her Master Nicholas Jamain of New- York Mer- 
 ■*-*-chant, the begining of September last, A short thick Indian 
 Girl, named Grace, aged about 17 years, her face is full of Pock holes,, 
 very few hairs on her Eye-brows, a very flat Nose, and a broad 
 mouth; She speaks English, Dutch and French, the last best. 
 Whosoever shall apprehend and take up the said Servant, and deliver 
 
 18,1 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 664. See 
 News-Letter No. 136 ante. 
 
 182 See Diary of Samuel Sewall, Vol. II, pp. 178, 179, under dates Satur- 
 day morn, Jany 18th J an y 20, Friday, Jany 24, 170f. 
 
 436 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JANUARY 27, 1707 
 
 her unto Mr. Andrew Faneuil Merchant in Boston: If taken up in 
 the Provinces of the Massachusetts-Bay and New-Hampshire; if in 
 Connecticut-Colony, to Mr. John Clark at Saybrook; If at Rhode- 
 Island Colony, to Mr. William Barbutt; In Pensilvania to Mr. 
 Benj. Godfrey; In Carolina to Messieurs Guerard and Pacquerau; 
 If in the Province of New- York at Albany to Col. Peter Schuyler; 
 any other part of said Province to her Master Jamain, 3 pounds, 
 shall forthwith be paid to any one that shall deliver the said Indian 
 Woman to any of the persons abovementioned, besides reasonable 
 charges. 
 
 A Ny Person or Persons that has any Sum or Sums of Money to 
 •*■ *-Lend at Interest upon good security either real or personal, 
 may repair unto John Campbell Post-master of Boston and know 
 further. 
 
 [Reprinted : negro woman to be sold, as in January 6 ; News-Letter 
 advertisement, as first in June 17, 1706.] 
 
 TO. j£. IKumi). 145. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOnDag January 20 to /IDonDap January 27 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 \\\ 7TTH this issue a return is made to the regular two page size. 
 I V V From London, August 29, 1706, is an account of the taking of 
 Alicante in July, and a tabulated list of the 42 vessels in the 
 line of battle of the fleet in the Bay of Torbay, under Sir Cloudesly 
 Shovel. Other foreign news is from Paris, Munster and other cities.] 
 
 New-York, Jan. 15. On the first Currant Arrived at New-London 
 the Margret Gaily, Joseph Emmons Master, from Holland and Eng- 
 land bound hither, who came from England the 18th of October last, 
 with the Resolution Gaily and the Brigt. Lawrell for this Port, the 
 former of which being run down by the Hallifax Gaily, we fear to 
 be Lost. 
 
 On the 12th Instant Capt. Tongrelow in the New-York Galley 
 having 20 Guns and 150 men, with a Sloop for a Tender, Sailed from 
 hence on Privateering, Thinhoven[,] Atwood, and Boudet for Curacoa, 
 and Rolland for Jamaica Sailed with Capt. Tongrelow. 
 
 On the 13th arrived here Coddin in a Sloop from Rhode-Island. 
 
 Cleared Outward, Musset for Antigua, and Bill for Jamaica. 
 
 Outward Bound Dehart for Madera, and Coddin for Rhode Island. 
 
 437 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 3, 1707 
 
 Rhode Island, Jan 23. Outward Bound are, John Brown Sloop 
 Elizabeth for Barbadoes, and Peleg Peckham Sloop Brothers Adveen- 
 ture for Antigua. 
 
 Marblehead, January the 24th. On the 11th Currant, John Merrit 
 Senior of this place went well to Bed that night, and earlie in the 
 morning next day he rose and made water, and went well to Bed 
 again, but Dyed suddenly in Bed by his Wifes side. 
 
 Salem, January the 25th. The Ship Pleasure, Francis Ellis Master, 
 bound for Surranam, is near Loaden; And the Briganteen Moses, 
 Bryan Smith Master, bound for Avexo in Portugal is half Loaden. 
 
 We are informed here of two sudden Deaths lately at Beverly, 
 one of which was Mr. Robert Bradford taken eating his Victuals, 
 who dyed suddenly, the other a Woman taken at her Spinning Wheel. 
 
 Boston, Cleared Outward For 
 
 John Jenkin Sloop Mary Madera 
 
 John Pitts Sloop Rebecca Antigua 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 Nathaniel Cary Sloop Katherin Fyall 
 
 S&"All the Three Posts arr now in, and set out again on Monday 
 night the 27th Currant. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 ' I ^O be Sold on reasonable terms for ready Money by Mr. William Clark 
 -*- Merchant, at his Store-House upon the Dock in Boston near the 
 Swing-Bridge, Good Barbadoes Rum & Molasses by the Hogshead, 
 Jamaica & Leward Islands fine Sugar, Pemento or all Spice, Cotton- 
 wool and Indigo by smaller or larger Quantities above a quarter of 
 an hundred, the Indigo by smaller parcels. 
 
 [Reprinted: News- Letter advertisement, as first in June 17, 1706.] 
 
 m. ie. iRumi>. 146. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /TOonOay January 27. to flDonOag February 3. 1706. 
 
 fT^ROM the camp of the duke of Marlborough at Helchin, August 
 [JO 30, 1706, is an account of the surrender of the city of Menin; 
 from Hague, August 3 1 , a report of the siege of Dendermonde, and 
 more particulars of the fall of Menin; from Paris, August 30, news 
 from Italy and Spain.] 
 
 Rhode Island, January 31s*. On the : 28th. Instant arrived here 
 
 438 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 3, 1707 
 
 the Briganteen Warren Joseph Palmer Master from London, bound 
 for Philadelphia who came out of Portsmouth the 18th of October 
 last, in Company with the Briganteen Laurell &c. for New- York. 
 
 By His Excellency, JOSEPH DUDLEY Esqr. Captain General 
 
 and GOVERNOUR in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Province 
 
 of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England. A PROCLAMATION 
 
 For Proroguing the General Assembly. 
 
 W T HEAR AS the Great and General Court or Assembly of this Her 
 
 * " Majesty's Province, stands Prorogued unto Wednesday the 
 
 Twelfth of February next. 
 
 T Do, with the Advice of Her Majesty's Council, hereby further 
 ■*- Prorogue the said Great and General Court or Assembly unto 
 Wednesday the fifth Day of March next ensuing; And the said Great 
 and General Court or Assembly is accordingly Prorogued unto Wednes- 
 day the Fifth Day of March next, at Ten a Clock in the Morning of 
 the same Day. 
 
 Whereof all the Members of the said Court, and all other Persons 
 Concern' d are to take Notice, and conform themselves accordingly. 
 
 And the Sheriffs of the several County's, their Under Sheriffs or 
 Deputies and Constables of the several Towns within the same, are 
 Commanded to cause this Proclamation to be forthwith Published and 
 Posted up within their respective Precincts. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston the Thirtyfirst Day of 
 January, 1706 In the Fifth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign 
 Lady Anne, by the Grace of GOD, of England, Scotland, France 
 and Ireland, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith &c. 
 By Order of His Excellency 
 
 the Governour, &c. J. DUDLEY 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 Boston, On Saturday night the 1st Currant arrived here a Sloop 
 in 27 days from St. Christophers, Thomas Ball Master, who says that 
 there was a Squadron of French Men of War arrived at Martinico 
 from France, and that there was a grea# many French Privateers 
 abroad among the Leeward Islands. And by the said Ball we have 
 the following advice from England of October the 3d. [Here follow 
 several items of foreign news.] 
 
 We intend a more particular Account in our next. 
 
 Inward From 
 
 John Lothrop Sloop Diamond Martha's Vineyard 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 John Wells Sloop Tryal Piscataqua 
 
 Eleazar Johnson Brigt. Hopewell Fiall 
 
 439 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 10, 1707 
 
 John Rayner 
 
 Katch Freek 
 
 Ditto 
 
 George Phenney 
 
 Brigt. Tryal 
 
 Ditto 
 
 David Adams 
 
 Katch Goodhope 
 
 South-Carolina 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 For 
 
 William Hawley 
 
 Ship America 
 
 London 
 
 Nathaniel Cary 
 
 Sloop Katherine 
 
 Fiall 
 
 Lewis Gantet 
 
 Brigt. Pearle 
 
 Ditto 
 
 William Dounten 
 
 Sloop Vulture 
 
 St. Christophers 
 
 Alexand. Duncan 
 
 Sloop Friendship 
 
 New- York. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 RAN-away from his Master Capt. James Pitts of Boston, about 
 a Month agoe, An Indian Young Man, named Daniel Hump, 
 aged about 18. years, has on a dark gray Coat, a double breasted 
 Jacket, dark gray Stockings, and a black Hatt; one of his Legs being 
 Sore looks like a Bandy Legg. Whosoever shall apprehend and take 
 up the said Servant and deliver him unto his said Master, or Mr. 
 Barnabas Lothrop at Barnstable; or Capt. Simon Davis at Bristol, 
 or Mr. Augustus Lucas at Rhode-Island, shall be sufficiently rewarded 
 and paid, besides all reasonable cost and charges. 
 
 A Certain Person about 18 months ago has Lent Clark's Examples, 
 a Book in Folio, which had Sil. Cross wrot upon it in the Blank 
 Leaf: Whosoever has borrowed the said Book, or into whose hands 
 it may come, are desired to return it unto John Campbell Post-master 
 of Boston, that the true Owner may have it again. 
 
 [Reprinted: boy or boys to be put out to master or masters, as in 
 December 2; runaway Indian girl, as in January 20; loan of money 
 wanted, as in January 20; William Clark, Merchant, as in January 27; 
 News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17, 1706.] 
 
 1R. jg. Wumb. 147. 
 
 The BoftonNews-Letter. 
 
 From tiDondag February 3. to {IDOIlDag February 10. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 I"'" I ^HE foreign news in this issue is comprised in the paragraphs 
 I A under the Boston heading at the top of the first column of 
 the first page. The domestic news includes reports of hostile 
 movements of Indians.] 
 
 B 
 
 Oston, In our Last we promised you a more particular Account 
 of the advice from England, Via St. Christophers, per Ball, to the 
 
 440 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 10, 1707 
 
 3d of October last. [Here follows a column and a half of news items 
 from various parts of Europe, principally relating to the war in Italy, 
 Spain, Saxony and on the upper Rhine.] 
 
 (It is to be remarked here that the Substance of the Advice referring 
 to Spain, is to be found in our preceeding Prints, viz Numb. 132, 133, 
 136. 138. 139, 142, 143, 144, 145. And that the above Advice does 
 not enervate that Paragraph in Numb. 132 from Oporto Septemb. 
 24 wherein you have an Account of the Confederates Army's obtaining 
 a Signal Victory over the Duke of Anjou's Army; which you have 
 confirmed in our Numb. 143, in that Paragraph of New York, Decern. 
 31 by the way of St. Christophers from Lisbon. In our Numb 132 
 and 133, you have a Summary of the most Remarkable Transactions 
 of Europe for the Month of July. In our Numb. 136. you have a 
 Summary of the Principal Transactions of Europe for the Month of 
 August to the middle of September. And this present above Account, 
 with what is in our Numb. 143 and 144. Contains the Summary 
 Account of the State of Affairs in Europe, to the middle of October last.) 
 
 We have also the following Advice per Ball, That the Squadron of 
 Her Majesty's Ships from Lisbon that arrived at St. Christophers, 
 under the Command of Sir John Jennings, has brought to the Le- 
 ward-Islands about 60 piece of Cannon taken from the French at 
 Barcelona, with Carriages, &c. fit to Mount them, Powder and other 
 Stores. That the Squadron of Her Majesty's Ships waits at St. 
 Christophers for some others that are to joyn them, and then they 
 are to proceed to Porto-Rico, where they are to open their Orders. 
 A Packet arrived at Nevis from Martinico, demanding the Money 
 from that Island which the French when they Insulted it in March 
 last had extorted by a second Agreement in April following, from some 
 of the Inhabitants contrary to the first Articles of Capitulation (which 
 you have in our Numb. 109. and in our Numb. 139 from England) 
 unto which Demand the General told them that they should have none. 
 The said Packet in her return from Nevis to Martinico stopt at 
 Guardelupa, and took in above 20 Bales of English Goods and a 
 considerable quantity of East- India Goods and 30 more hands, and 
 in coming out thence a Dutch Privateer met her, who took her and 
 brought her in to Nevis, and staid there 3 or 4 days, & Sailed thence 
 with his rich Prize to Curacoa. Mr. Ball having touched at Anguila 
 while he was there, a Sloop from Barbadoes came in, who told him 
 that the said Island was alarmed at the sight of a Fleet, which they 
 apprehended to be the Transports that was bound for the Leeward 
 Islands. 
 
 On Fryday Night His Excellency received an Express from Groton, 
 that a Party of ours having been sent out several days before to range 
 the Woods, had made a discovery of the Enemy about 40 miles off 
 
 441 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 10, 1707 
 
 that place: Whereupon His Excellency forthwith ordered a Rein- 
 forcement of those Parts, and other the Frontiers, and expressed the 
 Intelligence thereof to the Chief Military Officers within the several 
 Counties of Middlesex, Essex, the Provinces of New- Hampshire and 
 Main, with Orders to be upon their Guard, and in readiness to repel 
 the Enemy wheresoever they might happen to fall. 
 
 Josiah Minot, Commander of the Ship Samuel bound for London 
 having got a good number of his hands, designs to Sail about a fort- 
 night hence. 
 
 A Sloop from Holland designing to touch at New-Castle, intends 
 to Sail from hence about 3 weeks time. 
 
 Hitherto we have had here an extraordinary moderate Winter, 
 not above 3 or 4 days very cold, only it has been checkered Weather, 
 sometimes freezing then thawing, then Snow and Rain, Thunder and 
 Lightning and Hail, neither of which continued long at a time. 
 
 Inward From 
 
 Thomas Ball Sloop Elizabeth S. Christophers 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 Thomas Lothrop Sloop Diamond Nantucket 
 
 John Robinson Brigt. Lark Antigua 
 
 Lewis Gentet Brigt. Pearle Tersera 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 James Goold Sloop Hopewell Pensilvania 
 
 William Waters Sloop Hannah Rhd-Island, &c. 
 
 John Sunderland Ship Jer & Ann Barbadoes 
 
 Smiths River Virginia, Decemb. 8. On the 14th of November 
 last, arrived here the Brigt. Sarah, James Bowdoin Master, in ten 
 days from Rhode-Island; as also the Sloop Seaflower, Stephen East- 
 wick Master; the former Loading Tobacco for England, designing 
 to Sail about the latter end of February, and the Sloop bound for 
 Jamaica to Sail about the same time. We have no Vessels arriving 
 here since our Fleet went for England, but are in daily expectation 
 of a Fleet from thence, with a new Gouvernour. 
 
 New-York, Jan. 29. The Margret Gaily, Joseph Emmons Master, 
 is not yet arrived from New-London. We have not a word of News 
 here, but so mild a Winter was never known, all this Month except 
 a day or two has been more like March or April than January. 
 
 New-London, Febr, jd. Our Frontier Towns on the Western part 
 of this Colony have been lately alarmed, with apprehensions of 
 danger from some of the Indians that are on the back of these Towns ; 
 which has caused our Governour to take this day a Journey to Hart- 
 ford in order to Reinforce the Frontiers to expel the Enemy where 
 
 442 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 10, 1707 
 
 they might chance to fall on. 18S Mr. Emmons in the Margret Gaily 
 Sailed from hence for New-York the 18th of the last Month. 
 
 Bristol, Feb. 7. One Thomas in a Briganteen designs to Sail in a 
 week for Surranam. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Feb. 7. James Coden in a Sloop is arrived here 
 from New-York. The Briganteen bound for England whereof Hatch 
 is Master, will Sail in ten days. 
 
 MsT All the Three Posts are now in, the Eastern and Southern to go 
 out on Monday night the ioth Currant, in order to return on Satt- 
 urday next; and the Western Post to set out then also, in order to re- 
 turn on Saturday the 22d Instant and then to set out on the Monday follow- 
 ing the 24th Currant, to go and come once a week as the other Posts do. 
 
 a&vcrttsements. 
 
 Bristol, ss. Jan. 21*2. 1706. 
 
 W T Hereas John Foster an Irish mail was Apprehended by a Warrant 
 
 » ' from John Brown Esq. bearing date the 13th. day of October 
 1706. Upon Suspicion of Stealing a Silver Tankard, found in his 
 Possession; and by virtue of said Warrant brought before Coll. Nathanael 
 Byfield Esq. One of Her Majesties Justices for the County of Bristol, 
 was by him Committed to Her Majesties Goal in Bristol in the County 
 aforesaid, for that he could not give a good account how he came by the 
 said Tankard, and a certain Horse, Bridle and Sadie found in his 
 Possession; Who made his escape by breaking Her Majesties Goal, 
 and upon his being Taken, was put into Irons, and by the Sheriff of the 
 said County put into the Said Goal the Second time, notwithstanding 
 which he hath again broken said Goal, and made his Escape, and cannot 
 be heard of as yet. 
 
 To the End therefore the said Tankard, Horse, Bridle and Sadie, 
 now in the Custody of the said Coll. Byfield, may be restored to the 
 Right owners. It is hereby Declared, That whosever can make a 
 Lawful Claim thereto, or to any part of the said Goods above mentioned, 
 paying necessary Charges for the keeping said Horse &c. may have 
 their Goods again. 
 
 The said Horse is a pretty large Bright Bay Gelding, having a 
 Brand on his near Buttock of this form d; whitish belly and Leggs, 
 with a white Blaze in his Face, some white hair on his Weathers, 
 and at the Root of his Tayle, and judged to be about Seven years 
 old, but no Ear mark. 
 
 The Silver Tankard is old Sodered in some places, large, and markt 
 
 183 Reprinted from the News- Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . ,,. Vol. VIII, p. 679, 
 detailing the campaign in the Connecticut Valley. 
 
 443 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 17, 1707 
 
 with the Gold-smiths mark I. D. Weighing Thirty Ounces. 
 
 By Order of Her Majestices Justices 
 John Cary Clark. 
 
 Printed for and Sold by Nicholas Boone near School-House-Lane 
 
 in Boston. 
 
 A Token for Mourners: Or, the Advice of Christ to a Distressed 
 Mother, bewailing the Death of her dear and only Son. Wherein 
 the Boundaries of Sorrow are duly fixed, Excuses Restrained, the 
 common pleas answered, and divers Rules for the support of Gods 
 Afflicted Ones prescribed. By John Flavel, Preacher of the Gospel 
 of Christ at Dartmouth in Devon. 
 
 NOw in the Press and will speedily be Published: A Disquisition 
 concerning the State of the Souls of men (Especially the Souls 
 of Good men) when Separated from their Bodies; in which some late 
 very Remarkable Providences relating to Apparitions are Considered. 
 By Increase Mather, D. D. 
 
 THere is a Couple of very good new Dwelling-Houses with other 
 Accomodations near the middle of Boston to be disposed of on 
 very reasonable terms: Inquire of John Campbell Post-master of 
 Boston, and know further. 
 
 [Reprinted : servant ran away from Capt. James Pitts, as in February 
 3; loan of money wanted, as in January 20; negro woman to be sold, 
 as in January 6; News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17. 1706.] 
 
 1ft. j£. mumb. 148. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDonDag February 10. to UDOttdag February 17. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 i"T7R0M the camp before Turin, August 28, 1706, incidents of the 
 |_.T siege of that city are reported; from Hague, August 31, a report 
 of the discussion over the election of a new bishop of Munster, 
 and from the camp before Menin, August 26, a list of the "wounded 
 and slain."] 
 
 Situate, Feb. lOth. Yesterday morning between seven and eight 
 a Clock, an awful Providence fell out here, Thomas Lappams's Barn 
 of this Town was set on fire by Lightning, and burnt down, in which 
 there was about 24 Head of Cattle and two Horses, which were all 
 kill'd. 
 
 Ipswich, Febr. 15th. George Jaffrey Esqr. Of Her Majesties Council 
 
 444 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 17, 1707 
 
 for the Province of New-Hampshire, came hither from Boston on 
 Monday the 3d. Currant bound homeward for Piscataqua, and was 
 taken Sick here, so could proceed no further; he Dyed on Thursday 
 the 13th Instant, very much Lamented of all that knew him, being 
 a Gentleman of a Publick Spirit, and is to be Interred on Monday 
 the 17th currant. 
 
 Boston, on Wednesday last the 12th Currant, Colonel Hilton, 
 Commander of our Forces, sent forth on an Expedition to the East- 
 ward, attended his Excellency, and acquainted him of his proceeding, 
 being obstructed in his March as designed for want of Ice; and that 
 in their return betwixt Casco Bay and Wells, they discovered a Track 
 which they followed until they came to a Wigwam, wherein were 
 two Indian Men of the Eastern Rebels, viz. one called Capt. Sam, the 
 other Alexander, both known Notorious Rogues, with two Squaw's 
 and two Children, the two men and one of the Squaws were kill'd, 
 the other Squaw and two Children they took Prisoners. There was 
 another young Fellow that belonged to the Wigwam who was not 
 within it, that took to his Heels upon seeing our people, and they 
 ran after him for two days, at last they came up with one of the Two 
 Doggs he had with him and kill'd it, the other Dogg they heard 
 squeel in the night, and our people supposed he also kill'd that for 
 fear of discovering him; in our peoples pursuing him he threw away 
 his Blanket, Breeches and Powder Horn, to further his flight; and 
 that night a Snow falling, and being stark naked, 'tis judg'd he could 
 not live. 184 
 
 HIS Excellency by his Proclamation of the jist of January past, 
 Emitted in our News Letter Numb 146 having Prorogued the 
 Great and General Court or Assembly of this Province, unto Wednesday 
 the fifth of March next, has Resolved that the General Assembly come- 
 together and Sit on the Fifth of March next, according to his said Pro- 
 clamation 
 
 Inwards From 
 
 Jacob Parker Sloop Endeavour Piscataqua 
 
 Ben]. Flood Sloop Benjamin • Ditto 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 Joseph Giddins Sloop Eunice Piscataqua 
 
 William Walters Sloop Hannah Ruth Rhode-Island 
 
 Alexand. Duncan Sloop Friendship New- York 
 
 Joseph Fabian Brigt. Abigail Surranam 
 
 184 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 674, 
 in connection with an account of this expedition. 
 
 445 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 17, 1707 
 
 Rich. Metcalfe Ship Francis & Eliz. Barbadoes 
 
 Daniel Wyborn Ship Robert Ditto 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 John Sunderland Ship Jer. & Ann Barbadoes 
 
 Thomas Ball Sloop Elizabeth England 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 STolen on Tuesday night last the 11th Currant out of the House 
 of Mrs. Johanna Buckly in the North End of Boston Widow, 
 The following parcel of Silver Plate, viz. A large Tankard with a 
 Coat of Arms, Two Bowles the one Scollopt, the other plain; One 
 Salver with a Foot to it; A small Cup with two handles; Four Gold 
 
 B. 
 Rings, and having this I. I Markt on them: Two long Salts, and one 
 Cup, and another wrought Cup Markt with I. B. and one large P'oringer 
 
 B. 
 markt I. I. with the Workmans mark I. G. And with the following 
 mark of the Workman's E. W. Two large Dishes, one Mustard Box. 
 And with the Workmans mark I. C. one Peppar Box, a large Porringer 
 
 S. S. 
 
 markt R. E. one Spoon markt R. S. one Ditto R. K. and one Silver 
 Pot with a cover that holds near a Wine quart wash'd with Gold, 
 wrought all over, markt R. N. Whosoever shall give any true In- 
 telligence of the above Plate, unto the above-said Owner, so as that 
 she may have them again, shall have Ten Pounds Reward. If all 
 or any of them be offered to be Sold or Pawned, you are hereby desired 
 to stop the same, and the person that has it, and give notice as above- 
 said. 
 
 ANy Person or Persons that wants to Borrow Money at Interest 
 giving good Security; May repair unto John Campbell Post- 
 master of Boston, and know further. 
 
 ANy Person or Persons that has a Negro Man Slave or Slaves to 
 Sell, or to be Transported to Virginia for a Market, may repair 
 to John Campbell Post-master of Boston, where they may know 
 further: Those to be Transported shall have their Passage free for 
 their Labour thither. 
 
 A Set of Halberts to be Sold on reasonable Terms: Inquire of 
 ■*■ *-John Campbell Post-master of Boston, and know further. 
 
 THe one half of a Sloop call'd the Two Friends, burthen about 
 60 Tuns lying at Mr. David Farnum's Wharf in the North-End 
 of the Town of Boston, to be Sold on reasonable Terms. Inquire of 
 Mr. Edward Martin Merchant of said Town and know further. 
 
 446 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 24, 1707 
 
 [Reprinted: runaway Indian girl from Nicholas Jamain, as in Jan- 
 uary 20; News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17, 1706.] 
 
 1R. j£. mumb. 149. 
 
 The Bolton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDonOag February 17. to /IDOnDaS February 24. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 [""^TEWS of the defeat of the French army at Turin, September 7, 
 I -L^l 1706, is the feature of this issue. It is contained in dispatches 
 from Turin and Hague, under September dates, and in letters 
 to the States-General from Prince William of Saxe-Gotha, the duke 
 of Savoy, and Prince Eugene of Savoy. Then follows the editorial 
 paragraph of reference.] 
 
 (For a more particular Account of the Battle at the raising of the 
 Seige of Turin, and of the Signal Intire Victory obtained by His 
 Royal Hig[h]ness the Duke of Savoy and Prince Eugene over the 
 French in Italy, we refer you to our Numb 136 where we gave you 
 the first Account of it; and a yet more particular account you have 
 in our Numb. 143. in that Paragraph from New-York, December 31. 
 And that other Paragraph from New-London of Jan. 7. And in 
 our Numb. 144 Which we were not willing to repeat here, since the 
 Account is in those so full already.) 
 
 New-York, Febr. 11. Mr. Stanton Sails this week or the next for 
 Nevis. Mr. Emmons from England but last from New-London is 
 arrived here, and 'tis said he is bound North about for England, 
 and to Sail in April next. Outward Bound are Adolph for Boston, 
 Gravenraedt for Pensilvania, Braddick for Virginia and Patience for 
 London. No Vessels arrived nor any manner of News. 
 
 Rhode-Island, Feb. 21. The Briganteen from Virginia Bound for 
 England that put in here to refit, whereof Hatch is Master, Sailed 
 this week. 
 
 Boston, February 22. 1706. 
 
 WHereas on Tuesday night the Eleventh of February Currant, there 
 was Stol'n out of the House of Mrs Joanna Buckley Widow, 
 Situate at the North-End of Boston, several pieces of wrought Plate and 
 Gold Rings, Household Linnen, &c. The Linnen &c. being since found 
 in a remote Out-house; but the Plate and Rings, of considerable value, 
 are still wanting. 
 
 And it being reasonably suppos'd, That diver's Persons are Con- 
 federate in the said Theft, either by joyning in the actual commission 
 
 447 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, FEBRUARY 24, 1707 
 
 of the Fact, or as accessaries, in knowing or concealing of the same, or 
 in receiving the Goods Stol'n. 
 
 His Excellency is pleased to Promise Her Majesty's Gracious 
 Pardon to any person or persons concerned in the said Theft {except 
 the principal and immediate Actor of the same) who shall discover the 
 person or persons that committed the said Theft, so as he or they may be 
 Convicted thereof. 
 
 By His Excellency's Command, 
 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 And as a further Encouragement towards such Discovery, whoever 
 can and shall discover the person or persons that committed the said 
 Theft, so that he or they may be convicted thereof; Although suck 
 discoverers have themselves been so concern 'd (in knowing or concealing 
 thereof, or in receiving of any of the things Stol'n) whereby they would- 
 become chargeable in the Law. 
 
 The said Joanna Buckly doth promise, not only to forbear any prosecu- 
 tion against them; but also to Reward them with the Sum of Ten Pounds. 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 James Webber Sloop Endeavour Piscataqua 
 
 Joseph Everton Brigt. Elizabeth Barbadoes 
 
 John Stevins Ship Eliz. & Mary Ditto 
 
 William Cooke Brigt. John & James Montserrat 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 James Goold Sloop Hopewell Pensilvania 
 
 Eleazar Darby Sloop Elizabeth Ditto 
 
 Eben. Wentworth Success Gaily Virginia 
 
 William Wyar Brigt. Endeavour Ditto 
 
 ti£&"All the Three Posts are now in: The Southern and Western 
 to Set out on Monday Night the 24 Currant at 5 a Clock; and 
 the Eastern Post at 7. All to return on the Saturday following. 
 
 B&vertisements. 
 
 ' I ^Here is lately Arrived from Holland, a Parcel of very good 
 ■*- Cordage from a Spun-yarn to Cables of Eight Inches: To be 
 Sold by Mr. Benjamin Faneuil Merchant near the Slip in New-York; 
 where other Stores for Shipping may also be Bought on reasonable 
 Terms. 
 
 TJ An away the Last Spring from her Master John Otis Esqr. of 
 ■^-Barnstable, in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New- 
 England, an Indian Girl named Hannah Wapuck, aged about 20 years, 
 middle sized, full fae'd, a comely Countenance, she speaks good 
 English, not very perfect of the Indian Language; had on English 
 Apparrel : Whosoever shall apprehend and take up the said Servant, 
 
 448 
 
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AUTOGRAPH 'LETTER OF JOHN CAMPBELL 
 
 Founder of the first American newspaper to be permanently established, 1704 
 
 Fac-simile reproduction, by permission, from the collection of the Campbell manuscript 
 news-letters in the library of the. Massachusetts Historical Society 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 3, 1707 
 
 and deliver her to her said Master, or give any true Intelligence of her 
 unto John Campbell Post, master of Boston, or unto her said Master, 
 so as that he may have her again, shall be sufficiently rewarded, be- 
 sides all reasonable Costs and Charges paid. 
 
 I OST at Boston about the 'latter end of November last, A Manu- 
 ■*— 'script of about 18 Sheets of Paper, written on one side of the 
 Paper, Entituled, An Essay for the Improvement of Trade in New- 
 England, it was rowled up together, and tyed about with a Twine 
 Threed: Whosoever can give any true Intelligence thereof to John 
 Campbell, Post-master of Boston, so as that the true Owner may have 
 it again, shall be well rewarded. 
 
 [Reprinted : theft of Mrs. Joanna Buckley's silver, and set of halberts 
 to be sold, as in February 17; News- Letter advertisement, as first 
 
 in June 17, 1706.] 
 
 1R. jg. mumb. 150. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From UDOtldag February 24. to flDOItftag March 3. 1706 [7]. 
 
 NY 
 
 TXTEARLY all the first page of this issue is filled with "the RELA- 
 [l^lTIONo/Zfo? Battle fought the 7th of September, 1706. before Turin; 
 and of the Relief of that City, brought to their High Mightinesses 
 by the Baron de Hohendorff , Aid d' Camp General to Prince Eugene 
 of Savoy, sent Express by His Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy, 
 and by His Highness Prince Eugene." Other news of the cam- 
 paigns on the continent is from Audenarde, September 6, Vienna, 
 September 8, and Turin, September 14. A dispatch from Versailles, 
 September 14, gives an account of the reception of the news of the 
 reverses of the French forces in Italy.] &,$ 
 
 Rhode-Island, Febr. 28th. There is a Sloop arrived here from 
 • Barmudas, by whom we are informed, That Capt. Ellery from hence 
 was safe arrived at Barbadoes, having 16 days passage; and that the 
 latter end of December there was a Packet from England arrived at 
 Barbadoes, but knows not what News she brought. Three Sloops 
 bound for Boston touch't in here, Gillam & Blin from Connecticut, 
 & another Sloop from Pensilvania. Palmer from England that 
 put in here bound for Philadelphia is Sayled. 
 
 Boston, The General Assembly of this Province are to Meet and Sit 
 here on Wednesday the 5th Currant, according to His Excellency's 
 Proclamation for Proroguing of them to the said Day. 
 
 449 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 10, 1707 
 
 By Letters from Virginia via Philadelphia and Rhode-Island of 
 Decemb 27. We are acquainted, That Henry Lowder in the Ship 
 Thomas and Sarah from hence was arrived there; as also Samuel 
 Long, in the Brigt. Swan, the former of which designed to Sail for 
 England in two Months. 
 
 Inwards From 
 
 John Wells Sloop Tryal Piscataqua 
 
 Samuel Wenckley Sloop Sarah & Hannah Virginia 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 Eleazar Darby Sloop Elizabeth Pensilvania 
 
 Nath Loring Sloop Dolphin Connecticut 
 
 John Hedge Sloop Speedwell Ditto 
 
 David Northy Brigt. Friendship N. Carolina 
 
 William Card Sloop Katherine Fiall 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 David Bucklin Brigt. Tryal Barbadoes 
 
 Joseph Thorn Sloop Hawke Surranam 
 
 James Loring Sloop Sea-horse Virginia 
 
 Samuel Edwards Seymour Galley Ditto 
 
 advertisements 
 
 [Reprinted: runaway Indian girl from Nicholas Jamain, as in 
 January 20; News-Letter advertisement, as first in June 17, 1706.] 
 
 1R. jg. Humb. 151. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From ADonDaE March 3. to tfDOItdag March 10. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 |"T?ROM Turin, September 15, 1706, are reports of the movements 
 I 1? of the armies of Prince Eugene and the duke of Savoy, and 
 from Paris, September 18, a French account of the raising of the 
 siege of Turin and the defeat of the duke of Orleans there. From 
 Hague is a report of the invasion of Saxony by the King of Sweden.] 
 
 New-York, Feb 24. Last Week a Whale about 40 foot long 
 was struck a few miles to the Eastward of this City, and afterwards 
 passed thro' the Harbour and was kill'd in Hudsons-Rivet, and 
 brought down hither, where she is exposed to view. We have no 
 Vessels arrived here since my last, nor any News. This City at 
 present is very healthful praised be God. Outward Bound, besides 
 those mentioned in my Last (Numb 149) are Wright for London, 
 Emmons for Holland, and Basset for Curacoa 
 
 450 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 10, 1707 
 
 James River Virginia, Feb 28. There was 3 Vessels of our last 
 Fleet for England lost in a Storm they met with a few days after 
 they put to Sea, 6 or 7 more of the said Fleet put in again to refit, 
 who were disabled by the said Storm. 
 
 The Brigt. Sarah of Boston, James Bowdoin Master put to Sea 
 2 days ago bound for England, and was put back again ; but this day 
 he Sail'd again on his intended Voyage with a fair Wind. 
 
 The Sloop Seaflower, Stephen Eastwick Master, Sailed the same day 
 for Jamaica. 
 
 Rhode Island, March 7 There is arrived here from Barbadoes, 
 Antigua & New Providence the Brigt. Mary, Benj Elery Master, 
 from the last place in 10 days, and says that there was 12 Sail of Men 
 of War arrived at Barbadoes, under the Command of Rear Admiral 
 Kerr, that Sailed from thence before he came from that Island, but 
 where bound he could not tell. Outward bound are Balagy, Sherman 
 & Renoufe in 3 Sloops for Barbadoes, & Ryder for Boston 
 
 Boston, On Thursday the 6th Currant, By an Express from Col. 
 Hilton, his Excellency received an Account of the Success of the 
 Forces lately sent into the Eastern parts, viz That on Tuesday the 
 4th Instant, about one a Clock in the morning, the Colonel with 
 a Detachment of the Forces under his Command, fell upon a party 
 of the Indian Rebels, being nineteen in number, at a place call'd 
 Cox's Head within Kennebeck River, whereof nine were men, most of 
 them infamiously noted for their bloody Villanies, Mamouson, alias 
 Pemaquid Tom, being one of the Company; The rest were Squaws 
 & smaller Indians. 
 
 Eighteen were kill'd on the spot, a Boy about eight years old was 
 saved alive. 
 
 Through the Favour of Almighty God, not one of ours was kill'd 
 or wounded; Only in the Action, the Squaw lately taken by Col. 
 Hilton in his former Expidition, unhappily received a Wound from 
 one of our men by mistake. 
 
 This Accident is very much Lamented, for that the Squaw had been 
 very serviceable in making known the places of the Indians Residence : 
 She is sent to Piscataqua for Cure ; and is in a hopeful way of Recovery. 
 
 Col. Hilton was again Embarking the Forces on the Transports 
 to go in further quest of the Enemy, Resolving to range the parts all 
 the Shoar along. Our Forces were all in good health, and animated 
 with their Success further to pursue the Enemy. 185 
 
 185 Reprinted from the News- Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 ... of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 675, 
 in connection with account of Colonel Hilton's expedition. See also Journal 
 of the Reverend John Pike, in Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical 
 Society, 1875-1876, p. 145, under date Mar. 3, 170f. 
 
 451 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 10, 1707 
 
 The General Assembly of this Province met here on Wednesday last. 
 
 By Letters from Barbadoes of Decemb. 19. We are advised of the 
 arrival of Berry & Blague there from Boston, both bound for Salter- 
 tuda, of Jonathan Harts being taken and re-taken, and Carried in 
 to Barbadoes. 
 
 The Last Year in our Numb. 100 We offered unto the Publick, a 
 Bill of Motality, for the Town of Boston. The Number of those 
 who died in the year 1705 (not including those who dy'd abroad, 
 which among so many Seafaring people, as belong to this Town, 
 must be more than a few) amounted unto 282. of which the Negro's 
 made 44. 
 
 The Year 1706 has been thro' the Favour of God a year of great 
 Health in the Town. 
 
 But the Bill of Mortality this exhibits the number of the Decased. 
 
 62 
 96 
 58 
 
 March 
 
 9 
 
 July 
 
 21 
 
 November 
 
 15 
 
 April 
 
 12 
 
 August 
 
 30 
 
 December 
 
 20 
 
 May 
 
 20 
 
 September 
 
 19 
 
 January 
 
 10 
 
 June 
 
 21 
 
 October 
 
 26 
 
 February 
 
 13 
 
 216 
 62 96 58 Negro's 45 
 
 261 
 We are able now to Remark more particularly than we did in our 
 former Bills; That among the Deceased in this account, the number 
 of Childrenlamonnted unto 125. It is much for so populous a Town, 
 to bury no more of its Inhabitants. The Survivors of any Considera- 
 tion will understand how to make their profitable Reflections both 
 Political and Religious upon a Bill of this Importance laid before 
 them. 
 
 fl©*John Kenny Aged about 13 years, Son to Margret Kenny 
 of Boston, Widow, being in very great torment & pain with the 
 Stone, his Mother and Friends almost despairing of any Cure for him; 
 at last hearing of Mr. Zabdiel Boylston 18e of this Town, Chyrurgeon, they 
 made their application to him, who on the 5th of November last in the 
 sight of several Physitians, Chirurgeons, andPersons of Note, performed 
 the Operation very accurately and well, to the good liking of the Behold- 
 ers: The Stone was a soft spungy Stone of the bigness of an Egg, and 
 
 186 The eminent Boston physician, b. 1680, d. 1766, who first introduced 
 the practice of inoculation into America in 1721, at the risk of his professional 
 reptftation and of his life, first inoculating his own *on. Afterward fellow of 
 the Royal Society of London, before which body he read An Historical Ac- 
 count of the Small-Pox Inoculation in New England on All Sorts of Per- 
 sons, which was published in London in 1726 and in Boston in 1730. Copies. 
 of this pamphlet, now rare, are in the Boston Public Library. 
 
 452 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 10, 1707 
 
 broke in the taking out, but the young Lad is now and has been for above 
 2 months in perfect health, and holds his water. This at the desire of 
 the Lads Friends, we thought fit to acquaint the Publick of, in case 
 any person should be troubled with the like Distemper. 
 
 / I A His is to give Notice to all Seamen and Marines that have De- 
 ■*• serted Her Majesty's Ship Deptford any time since her being 
 in New-England, if they will return to the said Ship between this ioth 
 of March and the ioth of April next, they shall be forgiven and be intituled 
 to their Pay. And Note, whoever will take up any men belonging to 
 the said Ship, and bring tltem to Boston, shall receive Three Pounds 
 for each man, from me. 
 
 Inward 
 Carteret Gillam Sloop Tryal 
 
 James Blin Sloop [Blank] 
 
 Thomas Lanyon Sloop Return 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 James Gold 
 John Lothrop 
 Beamsly Perkins 
 John Sharp 
 William Wyer 
 William Dounten 
 Matthew Wilson 
 John Myles 
 Thomas Masters 
 David Bucklin 
 
 Sloop Hopewell 
 Sloop Charles 
 Ship Blessing 
 Ship St. Antonio 
 Brigt. Endeavour 
 Sloop Vulture 
 Ship Mary 
 Ship Unity 
 Ship Cumberland 
 Brigt. Tryal 
 Sloop Hawk 
 
 C. Stucley. Capt. 
 
 From 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Virginia 
 
 For 
 
 Pensilvania 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Antigua 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Virginia 
 
 St. Christo. 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Surranam 
 
 For 
 
 Whitehaven 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Newfoun. 
 
 Joseph Thorn 
 
 Outward Bound 
 Thomas Lasenbey Brigt. Dophin 
 
 John Welch Brigt. Dolphin 
 
 John Price Brigt. Wil. & Mary 
 
 The Ship David and Joseph of considerable Force, Capt. James 
 Pitts Commander, designs to Sail for London again the middle of 
 April next. And the Briganteen for Whitehaven in three weeks 
 time. 
 
 advertisement. 
 
 RAn-away from his Master Samuel Lyndes of Boston Esqr. the 
 26th of Febr. last, a Negro Man aged about 20 years, short 
 Stature, bandy leg'd having on a light coloured gray cloth Coat, 
 a leather Jacket and Breeches, a pair of yarn Stockings; he speaks 
 good English: Whosoever shall apprehend and take up the said 
 Negro, and deliver him to his said Master, or give any true Intelligence 
 
 453 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 17, 1707 
 
 of him, so as his Master may have him again, shall have a sufficient 
 reward, besides all reasonable Charges paid. 
 
 1fl, jg, mumb. 152. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDonDaS March 10. to flDOItOaS March 17. 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 I" A DDITIONAL details concerning the defeat of the French in 
 I ^i.Italy, including the raising of the siege of Turin and the sur- 
 render of Chivas, are contained in dispatches from Hague, the 
 duke of Orleans' camp at Oulx, and the camp at Cezano, near Milan, 
 all of September, 1706, dates.] 
 
 New-York, March 10 Alexander Duncan is arrived here from 
 Boston and Coddin from Rhode-Island. 
 
 Mr. Palmer in the Briganteen from London bound for Philadelphia 
 that put in to Rhode-Island, has been several days in the Sound 
 at Whitestone. We daily expect the Briganteen Laurell from England, 
 that came out in Company with Emmons and Palmer. 
 
 No Vessels arrived here from any place but the abovementioned, 
 though we expect several from Jamaica, Antigua, Curacoa and 
 Carolina. 
 
 On Satturday last the Hon. Col. Evans Lieut. Governour of Pen- 
 silvania, and several Gentlemen came to this City. 
 
 His Excellency the Lord Cornbury goes next week for his Lordships 
 other Government of New Jersey. 
 
 Mr. Emmons will certainly Sail about the middle of April next 
 North about for England. 
 
 Adolph and Duncan Sails this week for Boston. 
 
 Outward bound are the Brigt. Eagle for Barbadoes, Phenix and 
 Keirsteed for Connecticut. 
 
 Kenelworth, March 11. On the 5th Currant Dyed here, after 
 six days Sickness, of a putrid Feaver, in the 62 year of his Age, the 
 Worthy and very Reverend Mr. Abraham Pier son Minister of the 
 Gospel in this Town, & Rector of the Collegiate School, in Connecticut; m 
 Unto the just and great grief of all that knew him; being a Person 
 
 187 One of the founders of the Collegiate School, from which sprung Yale 
 College, and the first rector of the institution, instructing the students in his 
 house in Killingworth. 
 
 154 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 17, 1707 
 
 of such eminent Piety, Learning, Prudence, Industry and Faith- 
 fulness, as every way rendered him very Amiable & justly Honourable 
 to his Acquaintance; and eminently Exemplary to all his Observers. 
 
 Piscataqua, March 13. We are in daily expectation of hearing 
 from the Forces to the Eastward that are gone in Quest of the Indian 
 Enemy, and hope they have met with another party of them. 188 
 
 Rhode Island, March 14 We have no Vessels in or out this week, 
 but Waters from Boston, who is gone for Connecticut and so no News. 
 
 Boston, We have no Vessels arrived here this week, but are daily 
 in expectation of several from England, Portugal and from several 
 parts of the West-Indies. 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 Nath. Presbuyy Sloop Adventure Connecticut 
 
 Benj. Flood Sloop Benj & Mary Piscataqua 
 
 Anthony Bracket Sloop Katherine Ditto 
 
 Thomas Ball Sloop Elizabeth England 
 
 John Welch Brigt. Dolphin Virginia 
 
 Samuel Edwards Seymour Galley Ditto 
 
 James Loring Sloop Seaflower Ditto 
 
 [Here is reprinted, as in March 19, the notice of Captain Stuckley.] 
 
 ' I ^Hese are to give Notice, That by Virtue of a Direction in the 
 ■*• Act for Encouraging a Post-Office in this Province: The Post- 
 master of Boston does send out every Two days after that the Post 
 comes in, and after the Receipt of Foreign Letters by Sea; All such 
 Letters and Packets that remain in the Office uncall'd for; And if the 
 Person they are directed to, cannot be found, or that the Letters and 
 Pacquets are for any Persons in the Neighbouring Towns out of the 
 Post Road; Then the Names of the said Persons are every day to be 
 seen on a fair Alphabetical List for the Sir name, with the name of the 
 Town they live in: If they are for the Town of Boston, then no Town 
 added. So that all Persons may know without Enquiring, when they 
 have any Letters in the Office, excepting as above-said, when the Post 
 comes in, or at the Arrival of Vessels. 
 
 H&verttsements. 
 
 [Reprinted: runaway servant of Nicholas Jamain, as in January 20 ; 
 dwelling houses for sale, as in February 10; set of halberts for sale, 
 as in February 17; manuscript lost, cordage for sale by Benjamin 
 Faneuil, and runaway servant of John Otis, as in February 24; run- 
 
 188 Reprinted from the News-Letter in Notes, in The Acts and Resolves 
 . . . of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : . . . , Vol. VIII, p. 675, 
 in connection with account of Colonel Hilton's expedition. 
 
 455 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 24, 1707 
 
 away servant of Samuel Lyndes, as in March 10; News-Letter adver- 
 tisement, as first in June 17, 1706.] 
 
 1R. j£. mumb. 153. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From /IDOndag March 17. to flDon&ag March 24 1706. 
 
 NY 
 
 r/-r-\"WO editorial notes beginning the first column of the first page 
 I J. of this number are introductory to a column of foreign news 
 *• items. Then follows the domestic news beginning with the 
 Charlestown, S. C. date.] 
 
 IN our Numb. 147. We gave you the last Summary Account of 
 the State of Affairs in Europe, to the middle of October last; 
 And in this we proceed to give you the like Summary Account to the 
 1 2th of November last. 
 
 ON Tuesday the 18th Currant arrived here the Sloop Two 
 Brothers, Jeffrey Bedgood Master, about 20 days passage 
 from South Carolina, by whom we have the following 
 Advice from London of November the 12th. per the King 
 William Packet Boat Via Barbadoes. 
 
 Charlstown, South-Carolina, Febr. 22 On the 14th of November 
 last, the Littleton Galley John Lowther Master, was lost upon this 
 Coast bound from Jamaica to London, all the men were saved and 
 came on Shoar in their Boat, and left the Ship so Leaky and full of 
 water, that they could not clear her. 
 
 There is arrived here the Prosperous Gaily from Biddiford, Charles 
 Simmonds Master, and from Kingsail the 6th of December last, where 
 he see Capt. Eason, Martin and Cawly, but can give no Account of 
 the rest of the New-England Fleet. 
 
 Yesterday arrived one Burton in 3 weeks from Jamaica, who went 
 from Montserrat in Company with three of Sir John Jennings Squadron 
 bound for Carthageen, to Convoy home the Spanish Fleet. The 
 Admiral with 14 Sail more Sailed from Jamaica the 16th of the last 
 Month, and expected Sir William Jumper with 10 Sail more to joyn him. 
 
 Burton says there was three Ships and one Sloop from New-England 
 arrived at Jamaica, but know not their names, one of the Ships was new. 
 
 Kingsail, Decemb. 6. On the 24th of November arrived here the 
 Mas* Ship, New-Hampshire, Robert Eason Master, bound for England, 
 who left New-England the 24th of October in Company with several 
 
 456 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 24, 1707 
 
 other Vessels under Convoy of Her Majesties Ship the Dover, Capt. 
 Mathews Commander, who met with a great Storm two days after they 
 came out, wherein they lost Company with most of the Fleet, and 
 fell in with the Bay of Fundy. On the 30th of October the Ship 
 Swallow, John Alden Master, struck upon a Whales Back and sprung 
 a Leak, had 8 foot water in his Hold, the Sea running high, the men 
 got on board the Ship William and Hannah, David Mason Master, 
 nothing was saved but the mens Cloathing and Bedding. The 5th 
 of November the Ship Olive Branch, Thomas Letheret Master, and a 
 Pink, one Pitts Master, fell in with a French Privateer of 30 Guns, 
 Letharet was within a Cables length of him, being Chased 8 hours 
 and received several small Shot, and narrowly escapt being taken, 
 he fears Pitts in the Pink was taken by him, the Privateer had a 
 Jury Main and Top-Mast, but Sailed very well. Capt. Eason took 
 a French Banker who had on board 5000 Core Fish and Salt, which 
 was Ransomed for a thousand Livres, and has an Hostage on board 
 for payment. The 19th of November Capt. Eason lost Company 
 of the Thenet, Cawley, Mason, and Letheret in a great Storm they 
 met with, which damnified both Eason and Cawley very much. 
 Letheret in the Olive Branch is arrived at Cork, and Cawly here. 
 
 By part of the Virginia Fleet arrived here, we are acquainted, 
 that 14 Sail of them was foundred, and feared many more. Vessels 
 from all parts has suffered much. The Trade to Bilboa is not yet 
 opened. 
 
 London, January. 7th Several Vessels from New-England are 
 arrived at several places, viz Capt. Dudley, Fosdick, and Sears at 
 London, Her Majesties Ship the Dover, at the Downs; Holberton, 
 Pitcher, Lock and Pinter, at Plimouth; Mason, Whitehorn & Kingston 
 at Falmouth; Hill & Miller at Silly; Hawksworth and Babbage at 
 Dartmouth; Eason at Kingsail; Letheret & Simes at Cork; Watts 
 at Kilmore; Jeffers and Grant in Ireland, who lost their Masts in a 
 Storm. 'Tis feared that Martin in the Thenet, and Pitts in a Brigan- 
 teen are both taken. The New-York Merchant from New-York 
 arrived at Kingsail the 16th of November. 'Tis said that 22 Sail 
 of the Virginia Fleet bound for England are foundred at Sea. 
 
 Barbadoes, Febr. 10. The 7th Instant arrived here a Packet from 
 England, 3 weeks passage, who say that the French King is endeav- 
 ouring to make a separate Peace with the Dutch, That 20 Sail of 
 French Men of War from Brest were bound to the West-Indies. That 
 about the Wine Islands he fell in with a French Fleet of 17 Sail, and 
 a Flag standing the same Course that he did. That Sir Bevil Granvill 
 dyed at Sea in going for England. And that Mr. Crow is coming 
 Governour for this island. 
 
 457 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 24, 1707 
 
 A Summary of the Principal Occurrences of Europe, from the 12th of 
 November to the ?th of January last from London per the Packet- 
 Boat Via Barbadoes and Rhoad-Island, is as follows. 
 [Here follows nearly a column of short items of foreign news, ending 
 
 with the announcement, "We will give you a further Account in our 
 
 next."] 
 
 Sommerset County Maryland, Febr. 16. An Order is come here 
 from England to Embargo all Vessels bound there till September next. 
 
 New-York, March 17. On the 13th Currant arrived Sleigh in a 
 Sloop from Curacoa, who left that Island the first of February, and 
 informs, that Sir John Jennings with the Squadron of Her Majesties 
 Ships were at Jamaica. That Her Majesties Ship the Lowstaffe 
 Capt. Fane Commander, with the Vessels that went from hence under 
 his Convoy were all safe arrived at Barbadoes; That it was reported 
 a French Squadron was arrived at Martinico. A Sloop belonging to 
 Boston Sailed from Curacoa about 14 days before Sleigh, for Axuma 
 to Load Salt. 
 
 Adolph Sails this day for Boston, and Gravenraedt for Pensil- 
 vania, next week a Brigt. Sails for Curacoa, and another for Barbadoes. 
 
 Piscataqua, March 20. Yesterday arrived at York a Fishing 
 Ketch which adviseth that Col. Hilton Commander in Chief of the 
 Forces to the Eastward is returning to Casco, having ranged the 
 Eastern Coast, but could meet with no more of the Indian Enemy. 
 
 Rhode-Island, March 21. Codner in a Sloop from Surranam, but 
 last from Barbadoes arrived here, and Gold in a Sloop from Boston 
 bound for Philadelphia. Outward bound are Cranston for Surranam, 
 and Ellery for Barbadoes. 
 
 Boston, By a Passenger that came hither from England in a Packet- 
 Boat, Via Barbadoes and Rhode-Island, we are well assured, that the 
 Resolution Gaily having Forces and Stores on board for New-York 
 (mentioned in our Numb. 143. and 145. said feared to be lost and run 
 down in the Channel by the Hallifax Gaily, which proves to be a 
 mistake, it being another Ship that was run down and not she) was at 
 Plimouth the 12th of January last in good Condition, having several 
 times put out to Sea, and forced back again ; of whose Arrival we may 
 daily expect. 
 
 On Thursday last there was a Warehouse at Fort-Hill belonging 
 unto the Widow Gibbs, accidentally burnt down; wherein was lost 
 a great deal of Goods. 
 
 His Excellency has beeri;pleased on Saturday the 22d Currant to 
 Prorogue the General Assembly of this Province, unto Tuesday the 
 
 458 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 24, 1707 
 
 15th day of April next. 
 
 Inwards 
 Francis Brown 
 John Ryder 
 Jeremiah Vaile 
 Samuel Saunders 
 Robert Sanders 
 Moses Abbot 
 John Fisher 
 Jeffry Bedgood 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 Thomas Lothrop 
 John Lothrop 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 Sloop Elizabeth 
 Sloop Mary- 
 Sloop Dolphin 
 Sloop Mary 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 Sloop Blackthorne 
 Sloop Two Brothers 
 
 Sloop Susannah 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 a&vertfsements. 
 
 From 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Rhode-Island 
 
 Nort Carolina 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Maryland 
 
 Virginia 
 
 S. Carolina 
 
 For 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Ditto 
 
 / T V HE Lynn-Spring Frame [Farm] between Salem and Lynn to be 
 -*- sold on reasonable Terms; It contains 20 Acres inclosed with a 
 Stone Fence: Several other parcels of Land that are not fenc'd, 
 good Pastorage, Maedow and Commonage: Having thereon a good 
 double House, 4 Rooms on a Floor fit for an Ordinary, with a Barn 
 and other Accomodations: Inquire of John Campbell Post-master 
 of Boston and know further. 
 
 jq^/ I ^HE Undertaker of this Publick Print of Intelligence for 
 ■*■ both Foreign and Domestick Occurrences has been endeav- 
 oring (now near three years time, with the aid and generous assistance 
 of several Gentlemen, Merchants and others, both in this and the 
 Neighbouring Provinces that annually took the same) to promote 
 its continuance as a Publick good, yet notwithstanding that the same 
 was proposed on very moderate Terms, and found to be of publick 
 use, there has not hitherto appeared a competent number to take it 
 by the year, so as to enable the Undertaker to defray the necessary 
 Charge, far less to carry it on for the future, no dependance for its 
 support being to be laid on the Weekly Sale of the said Prints, which 
 if to be continued must either be by a greater number taking it yearly, 
 or by some help from this and Naighbouring Governments, which 
 is left to their consideration. 
 
 All Persons that has had it for the current year, who have not 
 already paid according to agreement, are hereby desired to send it 
 to John Campbell Post-master of Boston, with their Resolution 
 whether they'd have it continued or not. 
 
 And all others who have a mind to put to their helping hand to 
 promote and carry on the same, may agree with John Campbell 
 Post-master of Boston, either by word or writing that it may be known 
 
 459 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 31, 1707 
 
 before the year is elapsed the last of April next, if it can be proceeded 
 on for a fourth year. 
 
 1FL jg. fflumb. 154. 
 
 The Bofton News -Letter. 
 
 From ADOnDag March 24. to flDOItDay March 31. 1707. 
 
 NY 
 
 T/^OVERNOR Dudley's proclamation for a general fast fills nearly 
 I V-Tall the first column of the first page of this issue. Foreign news 
 follows, preceded by an editorial introduction, and occupying 
 about two columns. Included in this are congratulatory addresses 
 to Queen Anne upon the successes of her arms, from the Gen- 
 eral Assembly of New Hampshire, from military officers of Mas- 
 sachusetts Bay, and from prominent merchants and traders of 
 Boston.] 
 
 By His Excellency, JOSEPH DUDLEY Esqr. Captain General 
 and Governour in Chief, in and over Her Majesties Provinces 
 of the Massachusetts Bay, and New-Hampshire, in New-England. 
 A PROCLAMATION. 
 
 for a GENERAL FAST. 
 
 UPON due Consideration of the Holy Anger of Almighty 
 GOD, Evidently manifested by Lengthning out the Troubles 
 of Europe, as well as our own, and continuing them and 
 our selves under the sore Calamities of a distressing bloody 
 War; (notwithstanding the many great Victories obtained against 
 the Common Enemy of Europe) which always bespeak our Humble 
 Prostration at the Feet of Divine Soveraignty, with Penitential 
 Confession of our many aggravated Sins and Provocations, and 
 fervent Supplications before the Throne of Grace, for the free Re- 
 mission of them: That the Just Displeasure of GOD against us 
 may be removed. 
 
 T Have therefore thought fit, with the Advice of Her Majesties Council, 
 *-and at the concurrent desire of the Representatives in their present 
 Session, to Appoint and Order That Wednesday the Sixteenth of April 
 next be set apart, and observed for FASTING and PRAYER through- 
 out these Provinces; Exhorting both Ministers and People in the Publick 
 Assemblies, and in their private Devotions, religiously to Solemnize 
 the said Day; That by a sincere Repentance and steady Affiance in 
 the Divine Mercy in their most humble Addresses to GOD, They may 
 obtain these great Blessings. 
 
 460 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 31, 1707 
 
 That our Soveraign Lady the QUEEN, with Her Kingdoms and 
 Dominions may always be under the Protection of Heaven; Her Majes- 
 ties Life and Happy Government long continued; Her Councils and 
 Just Arms prospered: That the Government of these Her Majesties 
 Provinces may be always under the Influence of Divine Direction in 
 all their Administrations & Just Enterprizes, and the Smiles of Heaven 
 attend them; The Designs of Enemies defeated; The Residue of our 
 Captives be returned: That Health may be continued, and the Ensuing 
 Year Crowned with the fruits of Divine Benignity: That the present 
 Wars and Tumults of the Nations may happily Issue in the Advance- 
 ment of the Protestant Religion, and the Glorious Kingdom of our 
 Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST. And all Servile Labour is 
 forbidden on the said day. 
 
 Given at the Council Chamber in Boston the Twenty Second of 
 March, 1706, 7. In the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign 
 Lady A NNE, by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France 
 and Ireland, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 
 By Order of His Excel- 
 lency and Council. /. DUDLEY 
 Isaac Addington, Seer. 
 
 GOD Save the QUEEN. 
 
 TN this we proceed according to our promise in the Last, with the 
 ■'-remaining part of the summary account of the most remarkable 
 Occurrences of Europe, from the 12th of November to the yth of January 
 last, from London per the Packet-Boats Via Barbadoes and Rhode- 
 Island. [Here follow two columns of foreign news items. The most 
 important of this foreign matter is the report concerning the death 
 of Don Pedro, king of Portugal, and the succession of Don Juan to 
 the throne.] 
 
 Fetter in a Sloop from New-England is arrived at Tinmouth. 
 
 St. James's Decemb. 18. An Humble and Loyal Address of the 
 Council and Representatives of Her Majesties Province of New 
 Hampshire in New-England, Conven'd in General Assembly: And 
 five Addresses from the Military Officers in the several parts of Her 
 Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay: Also an Address 
 of the principal Merchants and Traders of Boston in New-England: 
 Congratulating the Great and Glorious Successes of the Arms of Her 
 Majesty and Her Allies, ever since Her Majesty's happy Accession to 
 the Throne, and more especially (under the Command of the Duke of 
 Marlborough) the last Summer in Flanders; and most humbly and 
 thankfully acknowledging Her Majesty's great Care and Favour to 
 Her People in those Parts, in Protecting and Encouraging their 
 
 461 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 31, 1707 
 
 Trade and Merchandize, &c. Were all presented to Her Majesty, 
 "by Constantine Phips 139 Esqr. Agent for the Government of New- 
 England; being introduced by the Right Honourable the Earl of 
 Sunderland, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. 
 All which Addresses Her Majesty received very Graciously. 
 
 New York, March 24. On the 22d Currant arrived here a Sloop 
 from Madera, Simon Pasco Master, who left that Island the 3d of 
 ^February, .... 
 
 One C alley of Boston in a Sloop was arrived at Madera, and one 
 Moses Wadlin, who last Fall was bound from Fyal to Boston, being 
 "blown off the Coast, the Sloop was disabled, put into Madera and sold 
 there ; the Master returns a Passenger in Calley for Boston. A Sloop 
 from Philadelphia was arrived at Madera. 
 
 On the 22d and 23d Instant arrived here one York & James Many 
 in 24 days from Jamaica, there came out with them a Brigt. and a 
 Sloop for Boston, all under Convoy of a Squadron of Her Majesty's 
 Ships of War being 12 Sail with a Ketch and Fireship, under the 
 Command of Sir John Jennings who is returned to England And has 
 been at Carthageen and Portobell, but the Spaniards are not inclined 
 to send home the Galleons till the Affairs of Spain are in a more peace- 
 able posture. 
 
 Commadore Kerr is at Jamaica with 5 Sail of Men of War. 
 
 Two Galleys Sailed from hence last Fall for Jamaica, viz Norwod 
 & Grant who were not arrived, & 'tis fear'd they are lost or taken. 
 
 Outward Bound a Brigt. for Surranam, and a Sloop for St. Thomas. 
 Emmons will Sail for England about the middle of April next. 
 
 Rhode-Island, March 28. On the 26th Currant arrived here a 
 Sloop from Barmudas, John Welch Master, by whom we are advised 
 that Capt. John Wentworth from Piscataqua was arrived at Barbadoes 
 5 weeks passage, who met with a Storm 5 days after he went out, 
 wherein he lost his Main Mast. Capt. Wilson from Boston is also 
 arrived there. That there is a strong Embargo in Barbadoes. The 
 said Welch is gone for Boston, as also Adolph who toucht here from 
 New-York. 
 
 Piscataqua, March 28th. Capt. Rymes, Alcock and Harmon bound 
 for Barbadoes waits for a fair Wind. Capt. Thomas Holland bound 
 for Jamaica, will be ready to Sail in Ten days. 
 
 Boston. The following Act is passed by the Great & General 
 Court or Assembly of this Province in their Last Session. Viz. 
 
 189 Constantine Phipps: eminent London lawyer; afterward Sir Constan- 
 tine, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1710-1714. 
 
 462 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MARCH 31, 1707 
 
 An Act for the further continuing of, and in Addition to the Act, 
 to Encourage the Prosecution of the Indian Enemy and Rebels; which 
 said Act was to continue unto the end of the Session of the General 
 Assembly in May next ; And is now revived and continued unto the 
 last day of October following, with this addition; That the Proe- 
 mium for a Male Indian Enemy or Rebel capable of bearing Arms, 
 or above the Age of 12 years that shall be kill'd or taken by any Company, 
 Troop, Party or Person serving as Volunteers, without pay or Sub- 
 sistance, shall be One Hundred Pounds instead of Fifty Pounds set 
 by the Aforesaid Act. "° 
 
 Inwards . From 
 
 William Clarke Sloop Endeavour Virginia 
 
 John Mitchell Sloop Elizabeth Carolina 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 James Blin Sloop Good hope Connecticut 
 
 Thomas Lothrop Sloop Diamond Vineyard 
 
 Ebenezar Coffin Sloop Ann Nantucket 
 
 Nathaniel Gardner Sloop Content Ditto 
 
 Eleazar Moses Brigt Mayflower Newfundl. 
 
 Thomas Leasenby Brigt. Dolphin White-haven 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 Richard Smith Sloop Coronation Newfoundl. 
 
 Samuel Hopkins Sloop Dolphin N. Carolina 
 
 H&verttsements. 
 
 A Pretty Carolina Indian Boy aged about 12 years, to be Sold; En- 
 quire of John Campbell Post-master of Boston and know further. 
 ONe Thomas Greatbatch, a lusty well-set man, between 30 & 40 
 years of Age, he has a Red full face, and pock broken; he com- 
 monly wears a Perriwigg, his Right leg is crooked. He is a Sailer, 
 having been late Mate to Capt. Bonker in a Briganteen from Curracoe 
 to Philadelphia, has absented himself at New- York the 17th. Instant, 
 having several Considerable Sums of Money in his hands, for which 
 he has signed Bills of Lading. Therefore whoever shall meet with 
 said Person, are desired to secure him, and give notice to Mr. Moses 
 Levy Merchant in New- York, or to Capt. Andrew Gravenrate of 
 said City, who will pay as a Reward 20 pieces of Eight with reasonable 
 Charges, and indemnify and save harmless said Persons for taking up 
 and securing said Greatbatch. 
 
 190 The original act? was passed and published by the General Court Au- 
 gust 14, 1706, as chapter 7 of the session begun August 7, 1706. The addition, 
 passed March 13, 1707, and published March 26, 1707, is chapter 12 of that 
 session. See Acts and Resolves ... of the Province of the Massachu- 
 setts Bay: . . . , Vol. I, p. 594. 
 
 463 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 7, 1707 
 [Reprinted : dwelling-houses for sale, as in March 17.] 
 
 1R. ]6. mumb. 155. 
 
 The Bolton News -Letter. 
 
 From flDOtl&ag March 31. to /ID01tfca£ April 7. 1707. 
 MH-ny 
 
 |" / TpH[IS issue opens with an editorial paragraph referring to the 
 I JL "summary of publick occurrences in Europe." Then is given 
 foreign matter filling the first page and a quarter of the second. 
 It includes an instalment of a summary of the articles of the union 
 between England and Scotland, prefaced by an editorial note, and 
 followed by the line, "Here we leave off till our Next." The do- 
 mestic news in this number, as is usual, consists mainly of shipping 
 intelligence.] 
 
 For want of Room in our Last, and due Encouragement to Print, 
 especially a Sheet at a time upon the Arrival of Vessels from England 
 or the West Indies by the Packets: The Undertaker was necessi- 
 tated to break off with the Summary of the Publick Occurrences of 
 Europe, from the 12th of November, to the 7th of January last, 
 and therefore does now proceed on the same. [The foreign news items 
 here follow.] 
 
 IN our Numb. 140 We acquainted you that Her Majestys Com- 
 missioners of England and Scotland (appointed by Her Majesty 
 of Great Britain, pursuant to the Acts of Parliament of the Respective 
 Nations, Impowering Her Majesty to Nominate Commissioners to 
 Treat of an Union between the Two Kingdoms,) had agreed and 
 concluded upon the Articles of the said Intended Union, the 22d Day 
 of July last, which were not then made Publick: But are now come 
 to our hands per the Packet via Barbadoes and Carolina, being since 
 Printed in Scotland by order of the Parliament there; which Articles 
 are in number 25. And are too long for this one Print, to be set 
 down at large, unless the Undertaker were better enabled than 
 hitherto he has been ; yet for the satisfaction of those that has help't 
 to support and promote the Publick Print, we have given you here a 
 Summary of the said Articles which is as follows. [Here are Articles 
 1-15 of the Union.] 
 
 Jamaica, Febr. 18. Armitage and Noyce of Boston are arrived 
 here from Madera, the former, of which acquaints us, That a Ship 
 from Ireland, which touch't at Madera, to take in 20 Pipes of Wine, 
 and came out from thence in Company with him bound for this Place, 
 
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 on the southside of Hispaniola, a French Privateer of 24. Guns gave 
 them Chase, and came up with them, whom they engaged a con- 
 siderable time, while at last the Privateer Boarded the Irishman, 
 and with Granado's set Fire to the Irishmans Deck and Rigging, 
 who was at length blown up; which when Armitage saw, he made the 
 best of his way, the Privateer pursu'd him, but could not come up 
 with him, and so got safe in here: The Irishman had 1500 barrels 
 of Beef on Board. 
 
 They also say, that while they were at Madera, a Man of War came 
 in there that had taken two Canada Store Ships. 
 
 New-York, March 31. Last week arrived here Chaplin in a Sloop 
 from Barmudas 10 days passage. Letters from London the latter 
 end of December per the Packet Via Barbadoes and Barmuda ac- 
 quaint us, That the Lawrel Brigt. that came out with Emmons, &c. 
 had been 3 weeks at Sea and was returned to Dartmouth in a most 
 shattered condition, the Goods mostly damnifyed, and she rendered 
 uncapable of proceeding the Voyage. Mr. Philip French late 
 of this City Merchant, in his passage home from Virginia died 13 
 days after they left the Capes. Emmons Sails for England by the 
 middle of April, and the Sloop Seaflower for Bristol, Henry York 
 Master in 20 days. The Eagle Brigt. for Barbadoes Sails in a 
 fortnight. Outward bound are a Sloop for St. Thomas, & a Brigt. 
 for Surranam. 
 
 Rhode-Island. April 4. Ela in a Brigt. from Jamaica, bound for 
 Boston toucht in here. Coden from New-York, and Smallage from 
 Boston are arrived here, the latter informs, that the Nantucket 
 Whale-boats came up with a Sloop that was over-set, whose Keel 
 measured just 43 foot long, they got her Main-sail which had near 8 
 cloaths in the head of it, the Wind blew hard, they could not tow here 
 in; & they went out next day to see for her, but knows not if they 
 found her. 
 
 Piscataqua, April 4. His Excellency is expected here this night 
 from his other Government of the Massachusetts-Bay. Capt. Hol- 
 land Sails for Jamaica the 11th Currant. 
 
 Salem, April 5. Yesterday arrived at Marblehead the Sloop 
 Beginning, James Cawley Master. 7 weeks passage from Madera, 
 who says they had an Account of 3 English Vessels carried into Sally 
 by Sally Men of War, but knows not for what reason. Lewis of Boston 
 in a Brigt he left at Madera. On Monday last one Swazy in a Pishing 
 Ketch saw a small new Ship standing out from Barnstable Bay, being 
 new and red paint that stood off to Sea, The Shallops give account 
 of such a Ship seen this week with new Sails, a low snug head, and 
 
 465 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 7, 1707 
 
 low forward on, and a Sloop with her; 'Tis feared to be a Rogue by 
 his working. 
 
 Boston. On Wednesday Evening last, a Young Woman coming 
 into Town upon the Neck, was assaulted by a Negro man, who 
 attempted to commit a Rape upon her, and being inraged by her 
 resistance, grievously wounded her in the head with a large sharp 
 stone, so that her Life is despair; The Villain is in close Prison, and 
 it's hoped will be made a publick Example to the Terror of others. 
 
 We are acquainted from Barmudas, that the Government of that 
 Island sent a Spy-Boat to descry what Ships were at Martinico, who 
 saw several there, but could not distinguish of the Men of War; the 
 said Spy-Boat touch't at Barbadoes, and was permitted to return 
 home, notwithstanding the Embargo there, she being on that Publick 
 Service. Her Majesties Ship the Lowstaffe, Capt. Fane Commander, 
 in her Cruise had taken a French Ship of 12 Guns being a very rich 
 Prize, and one of the Fleet that came out of France bound for Mar- 
 tinico, and brought here in to Barbadoes. 
 
 Letters from Madera of the 25th of January acquaint us, That a 
 Ship belonging to that Island, Goddard and Mansfield to New- 
 England were all Lost in a Storm. 
 
 Capt. Pitts Sails for London in 3 weeks time 
 
 Her Majesties Ship the Province Gaily Cap. Southack Commander 
 is Sailed this week on a Cruise. 
 
 Venteman from Jamaica and Ellery from Saltertuda arrived at 
 Nantasket the 6th Currant. 
 
 His Excellency on Wednesday last went for his other Government 
 of New- Hampshire. 
 
 Thro' an Error of the Press in our Last, Don Juan the present King 
 of Portugal is said to be Born in 1669. And it should be 1689. 
 
 Inwards From 
 
 John Welch Sloop Swallow Barmuda 
 
 James Berry Ship Swan Salterruda 
 
 Dirick Adolph Sloop Two Brothers New- York 
 
 Thomas Hunt Sloop Panther Jamaica 
 
 John Secomb Sloop Boneto Curacoa 
 
 Cleared Outward ' For 
 
 Samuel Hopkins Sloop Dolphin N Carolina 
 
 Thomas Lanyon Sloop Return Ditto 
 
 Jeremiah Vail Sloop Mary Ditto 
 
 Carteret Gillam Sloop Tryal Connectic. 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 Jonathan Evans Brigt. Hope Fyall 
 
 Moses Abbot Sloop Endeavour Maryland 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 14, 1707 
 
 Robert Holmes Brigt. Content Jamaica 
 
 John Ryder Sloop Eliz. & Sarah Rhd. Island 
 
 Hbvertisements. 
 
 "^jAthaniel Wardell Slea Maker, a special good Work-man has 
 -L^ lately set up in Draw-Bridge-Street, 191 on the North-side of the 
 Bridge near Coney's-Lane 192 in Boston, where all persons may be 
 furnished at his Shop with all sorts of Sleas ready made on reasonable 
 termes: His Ware has been prov'd to be very good by several 
 skilful Work-men. 
 
 "^TEwly Published a small Book, Entituled, A Treacle fetch'd out 
 -L^of a Viper. 103 Sold by Benj. Eliot, under the West-end of the 
 Town-House in Boston. Price Four-pence. 
 
 A Parcel of good Indigo to be Sold on reasonable Termes, by Mr. 
 -^-Joseph Parsons Merchant at his Ware-house on the Dock in 
 Boston. 
 
 [Reprinted : the Lynn-Spring Farm for sale, as in March 24.] 
 
 1R, jg, Dumb. 156. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From ADOnOaB April 7. to flDOltOaiS April 14 1707. 
 
 NY 
 
 TTN this issue are additional articles of the treaty for the union of 
 lAEngland and Scotland. From Paris, October 4, 1706. is an ac- 
 count of the French losses in the siege of Turin ; from Brussels, 
 October 3, an account of the reception there of the duke of Marl- 
 borough, October 27; and there are also reports from the military 
 camp at Granez, October 7, and the camp of Prince Eugene of 
 Savoy, October 22.] 
 
 According to our promise in our last, we here proceed where we left 
 off, to the Remainder of the 25 Articles of the intended Union 
 between the Two British Kingdoms of England and Scotland. [Then 
 follow articles 16-25 of the Union.] 
 
 New-Y6rk, April 7. On the 3d Instant arrived here a Pink from 
 Dublin, John Leigh Master, but last from Cork, 17 weeks passage, 
 but brings no late News, only that Blaire of Boston who Sailed out of 
 
 191 Draw-Bridge Street: early name for North Street. 
 
 192 Coney's Lane: after 1708 Cross Street. 
 
 193 By Cotton Mather, Boston in N. E. Printed by B. Green for Ben- 
 jamin Eliot. 1707. Small 8vo. 
 
 467 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 14, 1707 
 
 Lever pool the 8th of September last, was the next day in dark weather 
 put ashore in Dundrum-Bay in Ireland, the Vessel and Goods wholly 
 lost, and two of his men. 
 
 This day arrived a Sloop in 10 days from Barmudas, brings no 
 News, only a report that Sir William Jumper was arrived at Barba- 
 does with 12 Sail of Men of War. 
 
 Emmons designs to Sail for England and Holland in 10 days, and 
 the Seafiower for Bristol in a fortnight. 
 
 Entered out are Pasco and Manny for Jamaica. 
 
 The Pensilvania Post not yet come in 
 
 Boston, On Fryday the 11th Instant, His Excellency returned from 
 his other Government of New-Hampshire. 
 
 On Tuesday the 15th Currant, the General Assembly of this Prov- 
 ince meets here. 
 
 Wednesday the 16th Instant is to be a Day of Solemn Fasting and 
 Prayer throughout this Province and New-Hampshire, for the 
 Causes specifyed in his Excellency's Proclamation. 
 
 In our last, thro' misinformation 'twas not Ellery that arrived at 
 Nantasket but Mason. 
 . Inwards 
 
 Alexander Duncan 
 Joseph Conclin 
 Joseph Allen 
 Nathaniel Loring 
 Jonas Green 
 Giles Hall 
 Paul Mansfield 
 Nathaniel Mason 
 James Cawley 
 John Venteman 
 Ezekiel Cravath 
 
 Sloop Friendship 
 Sloop Tryal 
 Sloop John & Mary 
 Sloop Dolphin 
 Sloop Industry 
 Sloop Lyon 
 Sloop Lyon 
 Sloop Guilford 
 Sloop Beginning 
 Ship Martha & Eliz. 
 Ketch Dolphin 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 Francis Brown Sloop Speedwell 
 
 John Mitchel Sloop Elizabeth 
 
 William Clark Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Robert Holmes Brigt. Content 
 
 Moses Abbot Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Outward Bound 
 Dirick Adolph Sloop Two Brothers 
 
 William Everton Ship Elizabeth 
 
 John Charnock Marlborough Gaily 
 
 Thomas Hunt Sloop Panther 
 
 468 
 
 From 
 
 New- York 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Saltertuda 
 
 Madera 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Ilethera 
 
 For 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 N. Carolina 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Maryland 
 
 For 
 
 New- York 
 
 Oporto 
 
 London 
 
 Madera 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 21, 1707 
 
 Ela in a Brigt. from Jamaica is arrived here, & Blague in the 
 Coleman Gaily at Nantasket from Barbadoes and Saltertuda. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 A Ny Person that wants Money at Interest, giving good Security, 
 -^*-may repair to John Campbell Post-master of Boston, and know 
 further. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as in March 24.] 
 
 B. JS. mumb. 157. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From ADcmDag April 14. to flDOtl&ag April 21. 1707. 
 
 WIH— NY 
 
 I"' I A HIS number opens with an editorial note introducing foreign news . 
 £ A The foreign matter covers the first page and half of the second ; 
 and includes, under date Edinburgh, October 8, "Her Majesty's 
 most Gracious Letter to our Parliament of Scotland, with the Lord 
 High Commissioner's and Lord HighChancellor's speeches relating to 
 the Union:" also a variety of war news. The domestic items relate 
 mostly to shipping and affairs at sea.] 
 
 'pHE Foreign Occurrences which we give you in this: tho' prior 
 in time to what you have had in our former, yet came since to 
 our hands from England, . per the Packets Via Barbadoes and 
 Saltertuda, per Capt. Blague. 
 
 Philadelphia, April 12. Darby and Gold from Boston are below 
 arrived at Salem. 
 
 New York, April 14. Yesterday arrived here one Rolland in 27 
 days from Jamaica, by whom we are informed, That Capt. Tongrelow 
 a Privateer from hence, met a French Ship of 30 or 36 Guns and 160 
 men near Hispaniola, which he fought 4 hours till he had 2 men 
 kill'd and 17 wounded, and finding her too strong for him, he left 
 her, Tongrelow put in to Bonira to repair his damage 
 
 Emmons says he'll Sail this week for England and Holland, and 
 York for Bristol in 14 days. 
 
 Two Sloops are bound for Jamaica, another for Madera, and a 
 Brigt. for Barbadoes. 
 
 Her Majesty's Ship the Triton's Prize will be ready to Sail a Cruise 
 in a few days. 
 
 Rhode-Island, April 18. On the 6th Instant an Express came to 
 our Governour from the Narraganset, acquainting his Honour that 
 
 469 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 21, 1707 
 
 the Beacon at Block-Island was on fire, and that they heard several 
 Guns go off, the Governour immediately caused the Drum to beat up 
 for Volunteers to go under the Command of Capt. John Wanton, and 
 Capt. Ben] Ellery in a Sloop and Briganteen, and in 2 hours time there 
 was 200 men compleat in Arms on Board; The Brigt. came up with 
 Block- Island in the Evening, where they saw a small Sloop that came 
 from New-York who had surrounded the Island 3 times, as tho' 
 on purpose to alarm them; they know not who commanded the Sloop, 
 but pretended that they came there to Press men for Her Majesties 
 Service to the Man of War. 
 
 Inwards are Smallage, Ryder and Gillam from Boston, Taylor 
 from New-York Cox from Barmudas, and Cranston from Curacoa, 
 just now arrived. 
 
 Outward Bound, Frost for Surranam. 
 
 Boston, On Thursday the 17th Currant, His Excellency was pleased 
 to Dissolve the General Assembly of this Province. 
 
 By Porter and Blue in 19 days from Nevis and Montserrat we are 
 acquainted that Norris, Kinsman, and Nathaniel Perkins bound 
 hence to the Leeward- Islands were all taken, That no French-men 
 of War could be descry'd at Martinico. That the French Privateers 
 were very numerous abroad among the Islands. That there was|a 
 Packet from England arrived at Antigua just as they came out, 
 but knows not what News. 
 
 Scot from Jamaica is arrived here. 
 
 Inwards 
 
 
 From 
 
 Simon Smith 
 
 Sloop Hope 
 
 Saybrooke 
 
 Thomas Curtice 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Peter Harris 
 
 Sloop Dolphin 
 
 New London 
 
 Joseph Talmage 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 New-Haven 
 
 Gamaliel Prince 
 
 Sloop Adventure 
 
 Milford 
 
 Joseph Brown 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Nor. Carolina 
 
 Joseph Reding 
 
 Sloop Eliz & Grace 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Thomas Larkin 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Samuel Long 
 
 Brigt. Swan 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Newcomb Blague 
 
 Ship Colman Frigot 
 
 Saltertuda 
 
 Thomas Porter 
 
 Brigt Lamb 
 
 Nevis 
 
 John Blue 
 
 Brigt. Dragon 
 
 Monserrat 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 For 
 
 Nathaniel Loring 
 
 Sloop Dolphin 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Clement Sumner 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Thomas Hunt 
 
 Sloop Panther 
 
 Madera 
 
 William Hawley 
 
 Ship America 
 
 New- York 
 
 470 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, APRIL 28, 1707 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 Thomas Chity Sloop Endeavour Barbadoes 
 
 Nath Mason Sloop Gilford Jamaica 
 
 Nicholas Bow Sloop Beginning London 
 
 Hbvertisements 
 
 /^Ood Jamaica Indigo, and good Cables from 4 to 13 Inches, to 
 ^Jbe Sold on reasonable Terms, by Mr. David Jeffers & Company 
 Merchant, at their Warehouse on the Dock in Boston. 
 T Mprecation against the Enemies of God, Lawful and a Duty, 
 -*■ as it was delivered in a Sermon at the Lecture in Boston, before 
 his Excellency and General Court, March 20, 1707, By the Reverend 
 Mr. Benjamin Colman. Sold by Nicholas Boone, at his Shop near 
 the Corner of School-house-lane in Boston. 
 
 1R, J6. Bumb. 158. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOnOaS April 21. to /IDOltDaB April 28 1707. 
 
 NY 
 
 |"T TNDER date of Edinburgh, October 31, 1706, is the speech of 
 
 I \-J the earl of Seafield.lord high chancellor of Scotland, reporting the 
 
 treaty for the union between England and Scotland; and then 
 
 follows the action of parliament upon the treaty, article by article.] 
 
 (According to our usual manner upon the Arrival of Vessels from 
 England, or the West-Indies by the Packets, fearing also that a Compe- 
 tent number do not offer to take the said Letter of Intelligence by the 
 year so that it may be proceeded on for a fourth, this being the last 
 of the third year. We shall now conclude with a piece of the best 
 News that we ever Printed, which will no doubt be very acceptable 
 to all the good Subjects of GREAT BRITAIN.) [Here follow the 
 speeches of the queen to the houses of Parliament, January 28 and 
 March 6, relating to the union of England and Scotland.] 
 
 Weymouth, April 24 Yesterday was interr'd here the Reverend 
 Mr. Samuel Torrey, Fellow of Harvard College & Pastor of the Church 
 in this Town, who Dyed on Monday last, having Preach'd on the 
 Publick Fast the Wednesday before; was entering on the 76th Year 
 of his Age, and in the Fifty first year of his Ministry; leaving behind 
 him the Character of a very Laborious, Faithful, Learned and Pious 
 Minister of the Gospel. 
 
 471 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 5, 1707 
 
 Boston. Inwards From 
 
 John Webster Brigt. Endeavour N Carolina 
 
 Robert Lewis Brigt. Amity Madera 
 
 Thomas Rose Ship Oxford Gaily London 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 Joseph Allen Sloop John & Mary Connecticut 
 
 Joseph Brown Sloop Speedwell Ditto 
 
 John Gross Sloop Prosperous Ditto 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 John Venteman Ship Martha & Eliz Jamaica 
 
 John Scot Brigt. William Ditto 
 
 Richard Butler Sloop Two Brothers St. Christop. 
 
 advertisements. 
 
 THere is a Fair to be kept yearly in the Town of Portsmouth on 
 Rhode-Island, near the House of Abraham Anthony, on the 
 last Tuesday of May which holds 3 days at a time 
 "O An-away from her Master Nath. Niles jun. of Point- Judith in 
 -'-^-Narraganset, a Negro Woman with her Son a Negro Boy about 
 2 year old, she's of a middle Stature & well set. Whoever shall 
 apprehend and convey her either to her Master or John Campbell 
 Post-master of Boston, shall be well rewarded. 
 
 TTItherto no competent number has offered to take this Letter of 
 *- -*- Intelligence by the year, so as to enable the Undertaker to carry 
 on the same ; which when there does, he is ready to proceed with all 
 Occurrences, both Foreign & Domestick. 
 
 [Reprinted: Indian boy to be sold, as in March 31.] 
 
 H, jg, Bumb. 159. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&as A P ril 28 - to /foOn&ag May 5. 1707. 
 MH-NY 
 
 ri?OREIGN matter fills the first page and nearly three quarters of 
 I JT the second : largely composed, under dateWhitehall, November2,oi 
 "Letters from Valentia of the 5th of the last Month, N. S.'J 
 containing "the following Account of the last campaign in Spain." 
 The domestic intelligence is almost wholly shipping news.] 
 
 New York, April 28. On the 22d arrived here a Sloop from 
 Curacoa, but last from Exuma with Salt, by whom we have advice, 
 
 472 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 5, 1707 
 
 That Capt. Tongrelaw had engaged a French Ship of 30 Guns two 
 hours in which he had two men kill'd and 11 wounded, and had been 
 at Bonira & refitted and was gone upon another Cruise. 
 ^ That two Dutch Men of War of 60 Guns each, with several Merchant 
 Ships were arrived at Curacoa from Holland. 
 
 The same day arrived here Brodick in a Sloop from Virginia, who 
 on Fryday last was three weeks, met a Ship going in to Virginia 
 from England, the Master whereof told him that he had been three 
 Months from England, and came out with 5 other Ships for Virginia 
 and the Resolution Gaily for New-York, and that it was then nine 
 weeks since he parted with the said Gaily. 
 
 Capt. York Sails this week or next for Bristol 
 
 A Fly Boat arrived here from Boston in Satureday last, in order 
 to Load for England: And Leigh is bound for Dublin 
 
 Boston 
 John Rayner 
 Eleazar Johnson 
 Nicholas Burroughs 
 John Richards 
 
 James Lewis 
 John Hedge 
 Simon Smith 
 Thomas Curtis 
 Peter Harris 
 
 Joseph Reding 
 Thomas Larkin 
 
 Entered Inwards From 
 
 Ketch Freek Fyall 
 
 Brigt. Hopewell Ditto 
 
 Marlborough Gaily Nevis 
 
 Brigt. Endeavour Antigua 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 Sloop Dubastus Connecticut 
 
 Sloop Speedwell Ditto 
 
 Sloop Hope Ditto 
 
 Sloop Swan Ditto 
 
 Sloop Dolphin Ditto 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 Sloop Eliz & Grace N. Carolina 
 
 Sloop Speedwell Ditto 
 
 H&vertfsement. 
 
 A T the perswasion of several Gentlemen, Merchants, and others, 
 ■*■ -*-both in this and the Neighbouring Provinces, who are sensible 
 of the want of this Publick Letter of Intelligence for both Foreign 
 and Domestick Occurrences ; the Undertaker has once more attempted 
 to Print the same in hopes that all Persons who loves a Publick good 
 will one way or other put to their helping hand, to Promote and 
 Support it, that the same may not only be carryed on a fourth year, 
 but also continued for the future. 
 
 And all Persons in Town and Country who have a mind to en- 
 courage the same, may have the said Letter of Intelligence every 
 Week by the year upon reasonable Terms, agreeing with John Camp- 
 bell Post-master of Boston. 
 
 'Tis taken for granted that all such who had this Letter of Intelli- 
 gence last year, and have not forbid the same, will be still willing 
 
 473 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 12, 1707 
 
 to take it at the Price which others give : If any are of a contrary 
 mind, let them signify it, and we shall forbear sending it to them. 
 
 The Undertaker has been also advised to carry on the Occurrences 
 where they were left off, and 'tis hoped that fourteen days will re- 
 trieve the lost time. 
 
 m. j6. 
 
 Bumb. 160. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOnDag May 5. to /IDOItDaj? May 12. 1707. 
 MH-NY 
 
 [T? UROPEAN advices fill all but about a third of a page of this 
 reissue, under dates of October-November, 1706. The items are 
 dated Berlin, Constantinople, Moscow, Genoa, Vienna, Lisbon, 
 "From the Duke of Savoy's Camp at Picighittone, Octob. 28 N. S.," 
 Edinburgh, Paris, Milan, Amsterdam and Hague. The slight domes- 
 tic news relates wholly to shipping.] 
 
 Boston 
 
 Entered Inwards 
 
 From 
 
 John Wiggins 
 
 Sloop John & Mary 
 
 New York 
 
 William. Walter 
 
 Sloop Ruth & Hanna 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Nath Presbury 
 
 Sloop Adventure 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Lothrop 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Barnstable 
 
 John Brewer 
 
 Sloop Content 
 
 Campechy 
 
 George Phillips 
 
 Sloop Supply 
 
 Fyall 
 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 For 
 
 Joseph Flood 
 
 Sloop John & Abigail 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 Joseph Concklin 
 
 Sloop Tryal 
 
 New- York 
 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 For 
 
 Richard Foster 
 
 Ship Boston Merchant 
 
 London 
 
 John Porter 
 
 Brigt. Lamb 
 
 St Christ. 
 
 Jefferey Bedgood 
 
 Brigt. Mary 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 New-York, May 5. On the 3d Instant arrived here a Briganteen 
 in 27 days from Curacoa, belonging to St. Thomas which is bound to 
 Madera, by whom we are advised, That two French Privateers from 
 Porto Rico had taken a Dutch Trading Sloop worth One hundred 
 thousand Pieces of Eight. 
 
 Yesterday Adolph arrived here from Boston. 
 
 Emmons Sailed last Tuesday from Sandy-hook for England and 
 Holland. The Sloop Seafiower for Bristol and Pasco for Madera, 
 lyes there Wind bound. 
 
 474 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 19, 1707 
 Entered Outward Bound the Ship America for London. 
 
 H&verttsement. 
 
 [Reprinted: News- Letter advertisement, , as in May 5.] 
 
 1FU fi. flumb. i6i. 
 
 The Bolton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOtt&ag May 12. to flDOIt&ag May 19. 1707. 
 MH-ny 
 
 fT^OREIGN matter occupies nearly three quarters of this number, 
 j_A and comprises general European advices of November, 1706 
 dates. The domestic news concerns shipping interests and move- 
 ments of men-of-war.] 
 
 Portsmouth, Nov. 4. From on board Her Majestys Ship the 
 Kent off of Lizzard, Octob. 29. Sir Thomas Hardy, who commands 
 the Western Squadron being a Crusing in the Soundings, to protect 
 our homeward bound Trade, took in Her Majestys Ship Kent on the 
 27th of this Month, after some resistance, the American, a Letter 
 of Mart, burden, 150 Tons, 50 Men and 20 Guns, loaded with Sugar, 
 Indigo, &c from Martinicoo, and belonging to and bound for 
 Bourdeaux. 
 
 She Sailed from Port Royal in that Island the 8th of September 
 last, in company with 4 more Ships bound for several Ports of France; 
 but being a better Sailer than the rest, she made the best of her way 
 a-head, & on the 20th ultimo, took in her Passage the Samuel and 
 Margret of London, burden 100 Tuns, 20 Men, 12 Guns, John Haberdee 
 Master, come from Guiney, and bound with Negroes to Virginia. 
 She sent this Prize to Martinico, and kept the Master of her and 7 
 men more on board. On the 7th Instant she likewise took the 
 Elizabeth of Boston, burden 90 Tuns, 9 Men, 2 Guns, in the Latitude 
 of 11 deg. 10 minutes, Longitude 322. come from Port to Port with 
 Wines for New-England, and kept the Super-cargo for the Ransom 
 of the Ship, which hath now his Liberty, and sav'd his Ransom. 
 
 Falmouth, Nov. 7. The 5th Instant came into this Port Her 
 Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, and with her the Industry of and from 
 Virginia, laden with Tobacco, which was taken by a French Privateer, 
 and retaken by Her Majesty's Ship the Nonsuch near the Lizard. 
 
 Plimouth, [Eng.] Nov. 10. This day came in Her- Majesty's Ship the 
 Swallow from the Eastward with a Prize of 18 Guns from Martinico 
 laden with Sugar, and a retaken Ship, viz. the Tiger Briganteen of 
 and from Boston, bound for the Maderas 
 
 475 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 19, 1707 
 
 This day the Swallow Man of War brought in here the St. Mark of 
 Nants, laden with Sugar &c. from Martinico; as also the Tyger 
 Briganteen (retaken from a St. Mallo's Privateer) off and from Boston, 
 in New England, one Holland, Master, laden with Fish, Tarr and 
 Oyl, for the Maderas. 
 
 Philadelphia, May 8th On the i'lt and 6 th Instant arrived here 
 two Sloops from Barbadoes, Wade and Foster Masters, Foster put 
 into Barbadoes, he left Barbadoes the first of April, and Wade the 
 6th of the said Month, they came out without Convoy, there being 
 no Embargo. The Vessels bound for New-York waited for the 
 Convoy of Her Majesty's Ship the Lowstaffe, who intended to Sail 
 the latter end of April. 
 
 The Lowstaffe' s Prize is said to be very valuable, being loaden 
 with Bale Goods, Beef and Pork. 
 
 Cap. Forrister a Spie Boat from Barbadoes was taken and carried 
 in to Martinico, but was come to Barbadoes again in a Flag of Truce, 
 the Cartele being settled between those Islands. 
 
 Yesterday and the day before was Launched here a Gaily call'd 
 the Happy Union, and a Briganteen, both designed for England. 
 
 Mr. Gravenraedt has Entered for York and Boston. 
 
 New-York, May 12th. On the 8th Instant a Sloop arrived here 
 from Barmuda, and on the 10th a Ship from Bristol, Cockrane Master, 
 who left that Port the 6th of March, and on the 18th of the same 
 Month Sailed from Kingsaile in Company of three Men of War, two 
 Transport Ships, and about 30 Merchant Men bound to Barbadoes, 
 &c. in which Fleet was Milford Crow Esqr. Governour of Bardadoes, 
 and 300 Souldiers, by which Ship we have advice, that Capt. Budge 
 (who mist the joyning of the Mast Fleet last Fall) lost his Ship near 
 Limerick, most of the Loading saved, but part damnifyed. That 
 Capt. Cole who Sailed from hence in December last, was arrived in 
 Bristol Channel. 
 
 Several Vessels are Outward bound for Curacoa, Jamaica, St. 
 Thomas, Antigua, Barbadoes, Barmuda, and Carolina. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Entered Inwards 
 
 From 
 
 Thomas Lothrop 
 
 Sloop Susanna 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 John Lothrop 
 
 Sloop Charles 
 
 Ditto 
 
 William Smallage 
 
 Sloop Prosperous 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Hedge 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Ditto 
 
 William Goold 
 
 Sloop Samuel 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Eleazar Darby 
 
 Sloop Elizabeth 
 
 Jersey 
 
 Thomas Ruck 
 
 Brigt. Fraternity 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 Isaac Binney 
 
 Sloop Mary 
 476 
 
 Ditto 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, MAY 26, 1707 
 
 John Blower 
 
 Ship Stanier Gaily 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Eleazar Armitage 
 
 Sloop Alexander 
 
 Ditto ' 
 
 Abraham Hill 
 
 Ship Andr & Will 
 
 Exon 
 
 William Wibber 
 
 Brigt. Dragon 
 
 St Christo. 
 
 Fortune Redduck 
 
 Brigt. Jer. & Tho. 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Samuel Richards 
 
 Pink Joshua 
 
 Lisbon 
 
 Joseph Polley 
 
 Bark Blessing 
 
 Campechy 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 For 
 
 Thomas Larkin 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 N. Carolin 
 
 James Webster 
 
 Brigt. Endeavour 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Barnabas Lothrop 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Connectic 
 
 Gamaliel Prince 
 
 Sloop Adventure 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Alexander Duncan 
 
 Sloop Friendship 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Jacob Parker 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 William Arnold 
 
 Ship David & Joseph 
 
 London 
 
 Nicholas Bows 
 
 Sloop Beginning 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 For 
 
 Joseph Reding 
 
 Sloop Eliz. & Grace 
 
 N. Carolin 
 
 H&vertisement 
 
 [Repeated: News- Letter advertisement, as first in May 5.] 
 
 1ft. ]£. 
 
 Bumb. 162. 
 
 [F 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From flDOttdag May 19. to /IDOItDag May 26. 1707. 
 MH-ny 
 
 OREIGN matter fills the first page and over half of the second, 
 comprising general European advices.] 
 
 Dartmouth, Nov. 17. The 14th came in here the Samuel and 
 Sarah of this Place, John Symons Commander, from Newfoundland, 
 being a French Prize, taken and brought into that Country by the 
 Nicholas, a Letter of Mart Ship, Capt. Holdsworth Commander. 
 This Day came in the Evans Brigateen, Joseph Harwood Master, 
 from Pensilvania, laden with Tobacco for Milford. 
 
 Marshfield, May 19. On Wednesday last the 14th Currant, The 
 Reverend Mr. James Gardner was Ordained Pastor of the Church 
 in this place. 
 
 New-York, May 19. Yesterday arrived here the Briganteen 
 Laurell from England, who has been so long expected, she came out 
 
 477 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 2, 1707 
 
 of Plimouth the 21st of February. The Resolution Gaily Sailed a 
 month before her for this Port. Capt. Wild in the Dove was Loaden, 
 and Jeffers was Loading in February last for this Port. 
 
 A Ship has been seen off and on of the Highland of Never-sinks 
 last week, upon which Her Majesty's Ship the Triton's Prize Sailed 
 from hence on Saturday, and we suppose went out of the Hook 
 yesterday in search of her, supposing her to be a Privateer. 
 
 Last week one Robinson arrived here from the Bay of Campechy, 
 one Mears of Boston came out with him; and he left another Vessel 
 of Mr. Lilly's there, he has had 7 weeks passage. 
 
 Several Vessels are bound to Barbadoes, Jamaica, Curacoa, Carolina, 
 &c. Leigh bound to England and Ireland will not Sail till the Triton's 
 Prize return. 
 
 Entered Inward From 
 
 Joseph Flood Sloop John and Abiel Piscataqua 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 Joseph Reding Sloop Eliz. & Grace N. Carolina 
 
 John Scot Brigt. William Jamaica 
 
 Thomas Chitty Sloop Endeavour Barbadoes 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 John Ela Brigt. Dove Barbadoes 
 
 Giles Hall Sloop Lyon Newfoundl. 
 
 Thomas Welch Sloop Swallow Barmuda 
 
 Robert Lewis Brigt. Amity Jamaica 
 
 H&vertisement. 
 
 [Reprinted: first two paragraphs of the News- Letter advertisement, 
 as first in May 5.] 
 
 1R. jg. flumb. 163. 
 
 The Bofton News-Letter. 
 
 From fi!>On0a\? May 26. to ADOItDag June 2. 1707. 
 M H— NY 
 
 |"T?OREIGN matter fills the first page and about a quarter of the 
 |_.T second, comprising mainly war news; a large part consists of 
 advices, under date Hague, November 23, as to proposals of peace 
 made to the allies. The domestic news includes the report of the 
 Anniversary Election, with the list of councillors chosen, and the 
 members of the house of representatives for the ensuing year.] 
 
 New-York, May 26. Last week arrived here Pope and Bourdett 
 from Jamaica, Stevins from Carolina & Joyner from Barmudas, 
 
 478 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 2, 1707 
 
 but bring no News. We have an Embargo here till Her Majesty's 
 Ship the Tritons Prize return, who went in quest of the Privateer 
 that was said to be on our Coast. Leigh for England and Ireland 
 does not Sail till the Man of War returns. There are two Sloops 
 up for Carolina, a Sloop for Barbadoes, one for St. Thomas, one for 
 Antigua, and Joyner for Madera. 
 
 Just now arrived a Sloop from the Bay of Hunderas, 8 weeks 
 passage, which came out with two Briganteens for Boston. 
 
 Boston, June 2d 1707. 
 /^\N Wednesday last the 28th of May, being the Anniversary Day 
 ^-'for Election of Counsellours, the Great and General Court or 
 Assembly of this Province met & Elected. After Sermon Preached 
 by the Reverend Mr Samuel Belcher, Minister of Newbury (from these 
 words, Mat. 6. 10 Thy Kingdom Come;) the following Gentlemen 
 Members of Her Majesties Council for the Ensuing Year, whom His 
 Excellency was pleased to approve of, Viz. 1 "* 
 
 Wait Winthrop Esq. James Russel Esq. 
 
 John Hathorn Esq. Elisha Hutchinson Esq. 
 
 William Brown Esq. Samuel Sewall Esq. 
 
 Isaac Addington Esq. John Phillips Esq. 
 
 Jonathan Corwin Esq. John Foster Esq. 
 
 * Peter Sergeant Esq. * Joseph Lynde Esq. 
 
 John Thacher Esq. Eliakim Hutchinson Esq. 
 
 Penn Townsend Esq. John Appleton Esq. 
 
 Benjamin Brown Esq. John Higginson Esq. 
 
 Samuel Patridge Esq. Andrew Belcher Esq. 
 
 Edward Bromfield Esq. Isaac Winslow Esq. 
 
 194 Printed, revised, in The Acts and Resolves ... of the Province of 
 the Massachusetts Bay: . . . , Vol. VIII, pp. 225-227. In the list of coun- 
 cillors are these changes in the Province Laws print : Hathorne for Hathorn ; 
 Browne for Brown in both cases ; Russell for Russel ; Cushing jun. for Cushing ; 
 Paine for Payne; Plaisted for Blaisted. In the list of representatives, the 
 following: Boston, Doctor for Mr. Tho. Oakes, Lieut-col for Col. Sam. Checkley ; 
 Weymouth, Mr. for Cap. Steph. French; Hingham, Theophilus for Tho. 
 Cushing; Mendon, Sergeant for Mr. Wil. Holbrook; Braintree, Webb for Web; 
 Billerica, Stearnes for Sternes ; Woburn, Ensign for Mr. John Peirce ; Reading, 
 Wiley for Wily; Wrentham, Sergeant John Guilde for Mr. John Guile; Salem, 
 Browne for Brown; Ipswich, Jewett for Jewit; Newbury, Lieut-col. for Col. 
 Tho.Noyes; Lynn, Burrill for Burril; Marblehead, Trevett for Trivit; Bridge- 
 water, Deacon William Brett for Mr. Wil. Bret ; Sandwich, Bassett for Basset ; 
 Springfield, Lieut, for Mr. Joseph Stebbins; Gloucester, Haskall for Hascall; 
 Rowley, Jewett for Jewet ; Amesbury, Fowller for Fowler ; Haverhill, Saunders 
 for Sanders ; Boxford, Lieut. Thomas Perley for Mr. Tho. Pearly ; Bradford, 
 Kimball for Kimbal; Charlestown, Phipps for Phips; Sudbury, Deacon for 
 Mr. Edmund Rice; Marlborough, Beaman for Beeman; Concord, Capt. Jona- 
 than Prescott for Capt. John Prescot; Suffield, Mr. Joseph Sheldin for Capt. 
 Joseph Shelden; Dartmouth, Akin for Achin; Tiverton, blank filled: William 
 Almy; Wells, Sayer for Sawyer; Chilmark, Maj. Benjamin Skiffe for Benj. 
 Skeffe Esq.; added: Island of Nantucket, James Coffin. 
 
 479 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 2, 1707 
 
 Ephraim Hunt Esq. 
 Samuel Appleton Esq. 
 John Cushing Esq. 
 
 Nathaniel Payne Esq. 
 Simeon Stoddard Esq. 
 Ichabod Blaistead Esq. 
 
 The Members of the House of Representatives for the several 
 Towns are as follows, and those that have this Mark (*) are 
 New Ones 
 
 Boston 
 
 Salem 
 
 Ipswich ■ 
 
 Mr. Tho. Oakes 
 Col. Sam. Checkley 
 Capt. Ephr. Savage 
 Mr. Eliz. Holyoke 
 Weymouth, Cap. Steph. French 
 Dedham, Mr. John Fuller. 
 Medfield, *Mr. Sam. Morse 
 Hingham, *Mr. Tho. Cushing 
 Mendon, *Mr. Wil. Holbrook 
 Wrentham, *Mr. John Guile 
 Brooklin, Mr. John Winchester 
 *Capt. Sam. Gardner 
 *Capt. John Brown 
 Mr. Neh. Jewet 
 Capt. Wil. Goodhue 
 Newbury, *Col Tho. Noyes 
 Lynne, *John Burril Esq. Speak 
 Marblehead, *Mr. Rich. Trivet 
 Beverly, Mr. Sam. Balch. 
 Wenham, *Mr. Tho. Patch 
 Topsfield, *Mr. Isaac Peabody 
 Glocester, Mr. Benj. Hascall 
 Rowley, *Mr. Ezek. Jewet. 
 Salisbury, *Capt Hen. True 
 Amesbury, *Mr. Tho. Fowler 
 Andover, Capt Christ. Osgood 
 Haverhill, M. James Sanders 
 Boxford, Mr. Tho. Pearly 
 Bradford, *Mr. Rich. Kimbal 
 Cambridge, Capt. Tho. Oliver 
 Charlestown, *Capt. Sam. Phips 
 Newtown, Mr. John Spring 
 Watertown, Jonas Bond Esqr. 
 Sudbury, Mr. Edmund Rice 
 Marlborough, *Mr. Tho. Beeman 
 Concord, *Capt. John Prescot 
 Chelmsford, *Capt. Wil. Tyng 
 
 Roxbury, Mr. Wil. Denison 
 Dorchester, Mr. Hopestill Clap 
 Milton, *Mr. Geo. Sumner 
 Brantrey, *Mr. John Web 
 Billerica, Mr. John Sternes 
 Woburn, *Mr. John Peirce 
 Reading, *Mr. Tim. Wily 
 Maiden, *Mr. John Greenland 
 Sherborn, Mr. Jonath. Morse 
 Lancaster, *Mr. Tho. Sawyer 
 Plimouth, *James Warren Esqr. 
 Scituate, *Mr. Sam. Clap. 
 Marshfield, *Mr. Sam. Sprague 
 Bridgewater, *Mr. Wil. Bret 
 Barnstable, *Mr. Sam. Chipman 
 Sandwich, *Maj Wil. Basset 
 Yarmouth, *Mr. Elisha Hall 
 Eastham, Mr. Sam. Knowles 
 Springf. *Mr. Joseph Stebbins 
 Northamp. *Mr. Tho. Shelden 
 Hadley, *Mr. John Nash. 
 Suffield, *Cap Joseph Shelden 
 Hatfield, *Mr. Eleazar Frary 
 Enfield, *Mr. Isaac Meacham 
 Bristol, Mr. Nath. Blagrove 
 Rehoboth, *Mr. John Brooks 
 Liitle-Compt. *Mr. Wil. Fobes 
 Swanzey, *Mr. Joseph Mason 
 Taunton, Mr. Robert Crosman 
 Dartmouth, *Mr. John Achin 
 Tiverton, 
 
 York, *Capt. Lewis Bane 
 Kittery, *Capt. John Hill 
 Wells, Mr. William Sawyer 
 Edgartown, 
 
 Tisbury, \ Benj. Skeffe Esq. 
 Chilmark, 
 
 480 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 9, 1707 
 
 Entered Inwards 
 
 From 
 
 John Brodick 
 
 Sloop John & Mary 
 
 New-York 
 
 Abel Jones 
 
 Sloop Larke 
 
 Maryland 
 
 Samuel Ernes 
 
 Ketch Seaflower 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Nathaniel Loring 
 
 Sloop Dolphin 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Francis Brown 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Ditto 
 
 James Goold 
 
 Sloop Hopewell 
 
 Jersey 
 
 John Wilkins 
 
 Sloop Nonsuch 
 
 Pequemias 
 
 John Mason 
 
 Brigt. New-London 
 
 St. Christoph, 
 
 Philip Lewis 
 
 Bright Hope 
 
 Surranam 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 For 
 
 Daniel Jackson 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 Anthony Bracket 
 
 Sloop Katherin 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ben]. Flood 
 
 Sloop Benj. & Mary 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Joseph Basset 
 
 Sloop Susanna 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 John Wiggins 
 
 Sloop John & Mary 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Nathan Presbury 
 
 Sloop Adventure 
 
 Ditto 
 
 William Walker 
 
 Sloop Han. & Ruth 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Lothrop 
 
 Sloop Charles 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Hedge 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Thomas Lothrop 
 
 Sloop Samuel 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Brodick 
 
 Sloop John & Mary 
 
 New- York 
 
 Richard Butler 
 
 Sloop Two Friends 
 
 St. Christoph. 
 
 Jonathan Evans 
 
 Brigt. Hope 
 
 Fyall 
 
 Jeffrey Bedgood 
 
 Brigt. Mary 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Jonathan Hart 
 
 Sloop Gilford 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 For 
 
 Joseph Mackintosh 
 
 Brigt. Hope 
 
 London 
 
 Nicholas Johnson 
 
 Brigt. Hopewell 
 
 Newfoundl. 
 
 John Rayner 
 
 Ketch Freck 
 
 Ditto 
 
 H&vertisement. 
 
 [Reprinted: News- Letter advertisement, as in May 26.] 
 
 m. ig. 
 
 Burnt). 164 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From flDon&HB June 2. to /IDOtlDag June 9. 1707. 
 
 MH-ny 
 
 J"T?OREIGN matter fills the first page and nearly a quarter of the 
 
 I -F second: embracing, under date Westminister, December 3, the 
 
 queen's speech at the meeting of Parliament; war reports; and 
 
 481 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 9, 1707 
 
 advices from Constantinople, October 31, and Lisbon, November 25 
 N. S. The domestic news relates wholly to shipping.] 
 
 Antigua, April 26. On the 20th Currant arrived here Capt. 
 Beamsly Perkins from Boston, with Wilson, Sharp & Isaac Perkins: 195 
 The Privateers are very thick about the Islands. Yesterday arrived 
 Smith from Bristol. There is bound hence to Boston Capt. Gwin 
 in the Eagle Gaily, John Pitts in a Sloop, and Rolston in another, 
 and Parker for Piscataqua. 
 
 New-York, June 2d. On Thursday last the Tritons Prize spoke 
 with Duncan of Boston bound to Ruanock. On Fryday arrived here 
 Play in a Sloop from Antigua, but brings no News. On the 27th of 
 May he met Two Ships near the Capes of Virginia bound in, one 
 whereof he spoke with, who told him that they were from London, 
 and had been 8 weeks out of England, and that they came out with a 
 Fleet bound to Virginia. 
 
 Leigh for England and Ireland; Stevens for Carolina, and Rolland 
 for Jamaica will be ready to Sail this week. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Entered Inwards 
 
 From 
 
 Samuel Taylor 
 
 Sloop Rose 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 John Grost 
 
 Sloop Prosperous 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Francis Whitmore 
 
 Sloop Callipatch 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Thomas Lothrop 
 
 Sloop Diamond 
 
 Ditto 
 
 William Clarke 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Corratuck 
 
 Thomas Lanyon 
 
 Sloop Return 
 
 Ditto 
 
 William Brooded 
 
 Virginia Merchant 
 
 Plymouth 
 
 Stephin Easiwick 
 
 Sloop Seaflower 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 George Pearson 
 
 Sloop John & Mary 
 
 Virginia 
 
 William Stone 
 
 Ship Carlile 
 
 Antigua 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 For 
 
 Eleazar Darby 
 
 Sloop Elizabeth 
 
 Pensilvania 
 
 Samuel Taylor 
 
 Sloop Rose 
 
 Rhode-Island 
 
 Giles Hall 
 
 Sloop Lyon 
 
 New-foundl. 
 
 Thomas Porter 
 
 Brigt. Lamb 
 
 St. Christop. 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 For 
 
 George Phillips 
 
 Sloop Supply 
 
 Fyall 
 
 Ezekiel Cravate 
 
 Ketch Dolphin 
 
 New-foundl. 
 
 Eleazar Armitage 
 
 Sloop Alexander 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 Isaac Binney 
 
 Sloop Mary 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Moses Wadland 
 
 Brigt. Adventure 
 
 Tercera 
 
 195 Captains Beamsley and Isaac Perkins, both natives of Ipswich, Mas- 
 sachusetts, and both successful Boston shipmasters. Captain Beamsley com- 
 manded "Her Majesty's ship Dispatch, friggott" in the English attack upon Port 
 Royal in 1710. 
 
 482 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 16, 1707 
 Newcomb Blague Ship Colman Frigot Jamaica 
 
 H&verttsement. 
 
 [Repeated: News-Letter advertisement, as first in May 26.] 
 
 1FL 16. mumb. 165. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /DOnOa^ June 9. to flDOtlbag June 16. 1707. 
 
 MH- NY 
 
 r' I A HE first page and only about a quarter of the second of this 
 
 j_ X issue are occupied by foreign matter : that includes the address of 
 
 the English house of lords on December 4, 1706, and the queen's 
 
 answer; also advices from Naples, Brussels and Milan, November, 1706.] 
 
 Barbadoes, May 14. On the 8th Currant arrived here our Fleet 
 from England, consisting of 33 Sail, under Convoy of 3 Men of War, 
 the Guernsey, Childsplay and Winchelsea, ten Sail are bound to 
 Jamaica, the rest for this and the Leeward Islands, on board of said 
 Fleet came Milford Crow Esq. our Governour, who on the 9th Instant 
 came on Shore here: The Regiment being under Arms, and received 
 with all imaginable Respect and Honour. 
 
 New-York, June 9. On the 2d Instant early in the Morning Her 
 Majesty's Ship the Triton's Prize Sailed out of Sandy-hook and that 
 night about 10 a Clock she met with a Ship 20 Leagues S & by E off 
 the Hook, and kept her Company all night, and early in the morning 
 engaged her, being a French Privateer of about 150 Tuns, she had 10 
 Ports aside, and full of men, thought to be no less than 150 or 200 
 men. The Triton's Prize Out sailed her, and intended to run very 
 close upon her and give her a broadside, but the Privateer prevented 
 her by giving the first Broadside and Volley of small Shot, whereby 
 we had 4 men kill'd, and 5 or 6 wounded, besides Capt. Davies who 
 was shot just behind the Ear, and with the Fall bruis'd himself much 
 upon the edge of a Shot Case, that render' d him unserviceable for 
 some hours, which gave the Enemy a great advantage yet notwith- 
 standing the Fight was bravely maintained, and a great many Broad- 
 sides given, the Privateer made a running Fight, and the Triton's 
 Prize every now and then upon the Chase came up with her, gave 
 her a Broadside of Round and Partridge, several of the French men 
 were seen to fall on his Deck, part of his Gunnel and Sprit-sail Yard 
 found swimming; at last the Gale slacking the Enemy threw some of 
 their Guns Overboard and row'd away, and the Triton's Prize re- 
 turned to Sandy-hook to repair her damage. And Yesterday morning 
 
 483 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 16, 1707 
 
 put to Sea again, being very well Man'd and Capt. Davies well re- 
 covered ; if that unhappy Shot had not hit Capt. Davies the Privateer 
 had certainly been taken. 
 
 We have an Account of a Ship of 18 Guns and 200 men from 
 Martinico bound on this Coast, and believe this was she, some Prestmen 
 lately come Martinico affirm this to be the Ship that they saw there. 
 Yesterday Her Majesties Ship the Lowstaffe with a Briganteen and 
 3 Sloops arrived here from Barbadoes, they left that Island the 14th 
 of May. 
 
 Boston. On Fryday the 13th Currant His Excellency was pleased 
 to Prorogue the General Assembly of this Province unto Wednesday, 
 the thirteenth day of August next, Having passed the following 
 Acts, Viz. 
 
 An Act for Apportioning and Assessing of Three several Taxes on 
 Polls and Estates, Pursuant to the Funds and Grants made to Her 
 Majesty by the General Assembly in the Years, 1705, 1706. 
 
 An Act for Reviving and further Continuing of several Acts herein 
 mentioned that are near expiring, viz. The Act Entituled, An Act to 
 prevent the Deserting of the Frontiers of this Province. The Act 
 Entituled, An Act Granting unto Her Majesty an Excise upon 
 Wines, Liquors and Strong Drink Sold by Retail. The Act Entituled, 
 An Act Granting unto Her Majesty several Rates and Duties of Impost 
 and Tunage of Shipping. 
 
 An Act in Addition to the Act directing how Rates & Taxes to be 
 granted by the General Assembly shall be Assessed and Collected. 
 An Act for Regulating of free Negroes, fyc. 
 Entered Inward 
 
 Sloop Dove 
 
 Sloop Swan 
 
 Sloop Mary 
 
 Sloop Dubartus 
 
 Sloop Two Brothers 
 
 Sloop Sawer 
 
 Brigt. Elizabeth 
 
 Brigt. John and Ann 
 
 Bigt. Larke 
 
 Ship Content 
 
 Brigt. Dove 
 
 Brigt. Hawke 
 
 Brigt. Sarah 
 
 Samuel Doty 
 Thomas Curtice 
 Joseph Allin 
 James Lewis 
 Dirick Adolph 
 Adolph DeGroos 
 Joseph Everton 
 Jeremiah Tay 
 Adonirain Collins 
 William Alden 
 Charles Chapman 
 Richard Thomas 
 John Harris 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 William Smallage Sloop Prosperous 
 
 Francis Brown Sloop Speedwell 
 
 484 
 
 From 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 New- York 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Baarbadoes 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Hundoras 
 
 For ' 
 Rh. Island 
 Connectic. 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 23, 1707 
 
 Peter Newcomb 
 
 Sloop Industry 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Grose 
 
 Sloop Prosperous 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Nathaniel Loring 
 
 Sloop Dolphin 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Thomas Lothrop 
 
 Sloop Diamond 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Moses Wadland 
 
 Brigt. Adventure 
 
 Fyall 
 
 George Phillips 
 
 Sloop Supply 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Venteman 
 
 Ship Martha 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 William Brooded 
 
 Ship Virginia Merch. 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 John Sunderland 
 
 Ship Jer. & Ann 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Outward Bound 
 
 For 
 
 David Norsby 
 
 Brigt. Speedwell 
 
 Roanoke 
 
 Samuel Richards 
 
 Ship Joshua 
 
 Maryland 
 
 William Thomas 
 
 Brigt. Eagle 
 
 Fyall 
 
 Bbverttsement. 
 
 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in May 26.] 
 
 TR. K» 
 
 mumb. 166. 
 
 [F 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From ADonOag June 16. to flDOnDag June 23. 1707. 
 
 NY 
 
 OR foreign news there is the address of the house of commons 
 to the queen and the answer of her majesty, and advices from 
 Milan, Venice and elsewhere, November and December, 1706.] 
 
 Falmouth, Nov. 30. On the 27th Instant came in here from 
 Cruizing, the Schonenberg, a Privateer of Flushing; She has brought 
 in with her as Prize a small French Vessel, laden with Wines from 
 Bourdeaux; and has retaken a Virginia Ship, which was by bad 
 Weather separated from the Privateer. The America Merchant of 
 Whitehaven, Francis Jackson Master, from Virginia, who was taken 
 by a French Privateer, and retaken 12 days since by the Schonen- 
 berg, a Dutch Privateer above-mentioned. 
 
 Cowes, Nov. 30. Just now came into our Road the Canada, and 
 St. Francisco, both from Bourdeaux, for the West-Indies, but last 
 from Plimouth, taken by the Concordia, and States of Zealand, 
 two Dutch Privateers. 
 
 Plimouth, Ztecemb. 1. The 30th came in a Dutch Privateer with a 
 Ship of 20 Guns and 200 Tuns, bound from Bourdeaux to Martinico. 
 
 St. Johns Newfoundland, May 14. There was a Ship bound hither 
 from England lost in the Ice 60 Leagues off the Coast, and only 9 
 of 96 men saved being the Master Arthur Holds/worth and 8 more. 
 
 485 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 23, 1707 
 
 Here are 3 English men of war at St. Johns, one at Ferryland, and 
 another at Trinity-Bay, and not one at Placentia. 
 
 The News from England of March last is, . . . The 17th of 
 March last several Vessels bound for Guinea, Virginia and New 
 England arrived at Portsmouth. 
 
 Albany, June 10. We are certainly informed here, That there are 
 several Parties of Indians gone from Canada to make a Descent upon 
 the Frontiers of New-England. This morning came here an Indian 
 who had been in Company with 20 of them. 
 
 New-York, June 16 We have heard nothing of the Tritons 
 Prize since she went last out. We have a report here from the East- 
 end of Long-Island, that they heard a great many Guns at Sea on 
 Monday or Tuesday last week, they say above 100; but we know 
 not what Credit to give it. The Embargo continues till the Tritons 
 Prize Returns. Miller arrived here on the 14th Currant from Curacoa, 
 but brings no News. 
 
 On Satturday His Excellency the Lord Cornbury arrived here 
 from his Lordships other Government of New Jersey 
 
 Several Vessels are ready to Sail for Jamaica, Barbadoes, Curacoa, 
 Antigua, Carolina, Madera, and Ireland. 
 
 Piscaiaqua, June 20 Yesterday about 2 a Clock in the afternoon, 
 an English man and an Indian both belonging to Rhode Island, as 
 they were coming from on Board of Walters lying at New-Castle, 
 Over-set a small Cannoo, and were both drowned; seven Guns are 
 said to be lost at the same time. 
 
 The Indians are Sculking every where on our Frontiers; and on 
 Monday last 7 of them came to Spruse-Creek in Kittery, and kill'd 
 Philip Carpenter, his Wife & two Children, but had not time to pillage 
 the House. A Party of our Forces went in pursuit of the Enemy 
 
 Boston, Entered Inward, 
 
 From 
 
 John Brodick 
 
 Sloop John & Mary 
 
 New York 
 
 Abraham Schellinx 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Clemens Sumner 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Walter Reves 
 
 Sloop Tryall 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Joseph Concklin 
 
 Sloop Tryall 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Jeremiah Vaile 
 
 Sloop Mary 
 
 N. Carolina 
 
 John Ruggels 
 
 Brigt. Good Luck 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 James Barnes 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Antigua 
 
 Daniel Noyes 
 
 Brigt. Hannover 
 
 Hundoras 
 
 Jonathan Armitage 
 
 Ship Adventure 
 
 Ditto 
 
 John Price 
 
 Brigt. Willi & Mary 
 
 New-foundl. 
 
 486 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 30, 1707 
 
 Cleared Outward For 
 
 David Northy Brigt. Speedwell N Carolina 
 
 James Blin Sloop Goodhope Ditto 
 
 Dirick Adolph Sloop Two Brothers New York 
 
 John Rayner Katch Preek Newfoundl. 
 
 Eleazar Johnson Brigt. Hopewell Ditto 
 
 William Thomas Brigt. Eagle Fyall 
 
 Outward Bound For 
 
 John Blower Ship Stanier Galley Oporto 
 
 Indigo Potter Sloop Two Brothers Pensilvania 
 
 Lewis Hunt Sloop Nonsuch Newfoundl. 
 
 HDvertisement. 
 
 [Reprinted: the News-Letter advertisement, as first in May 5.] 
 
 1FU Jg. Burnt). 167. 
 
 The Boft on News-Letter. 
 
 From /TOOnbag June 23. to flDon&ag June 30. 1707. 
 
 NY 
 
 ["PROMINENCE is given to the speech of congratulation to the duke 
 l^-l of Marlborough by the lord keeper in the house of peers, Decem- 
 ber 5, 1706, and the reply of the duke; also news from Vienna, 
 Paris, Milan, Hamburgh and Hague, of early December dates.] 
 
 London, Decemb 5. . . . 
 
 Another Dutch Privateer brought into Plymouth the last of Novem- 
 ber a very rich Prize of and for Bourdeaux from Martinico of 20 
 Guns and 200 Tuns. A Dutch Privateer has sent into Falmouth 
 the America Merchant, which he has retaken from the French. 
 
 New York, June 23d. On the 19th Instant Cap. Sleigh, and on 
 the 20th Capt. Basset arrived here from Curacoa they had about 
 a Months Passage, and came out in Company with the Homeward 
 Bound Dutch Fleet, under Convoy of two Men of War, but being 
 separated from them 3 or 4 days, the fifth day off of Hispaniola, 
 they saw a Ship which Chased them, and stood after Basset, and 
 in a little time came up with him; which proved to be a French 
 Privateer, or Man of War of about 36 Guns and 200 Men, that fired 
 two Broadsides and a Volley of small Shot at Basset, who had but 12 
 Guns, upon which Basset struck, afterwards the French fired another 
 Broadside and small Shot at him, which shatter'd his Sails and 
 Rigging, and Commanded him to come on Board (the Sea running 
 
 487 
 
THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, JUNE 30, 1707 
 
 high and blowing hard that they could not board him) on a sudden 
 came a Squall of Wind that Overset the French Ship, which in a 
 moment fill'd, after they were overset, they made a lamentable cry 
 both in French and English to Capt. Basset to save them; but after 
 the Ship fill'd she sunk immediately with all her Sails up, and every 
 man perished. It being impossible for Basset to save them, tho' 
 they sunk just by him; (the Wind blowing very hard) She was a 
 very fine Ship, had a woman carved in her head instead of a Lyon, and 
 well painted with green and other colours, but chiefly green; She had 
 an English Pinnace on Board, they said they were from Martinico. 
 Two days after Basset fell in again with the Dutch Fleet, and related 
 to them the way of his Escape. 
 
 The Tritons Prize is returned from her Cruise, and 'tis said the 
 Embargo will be taken off to day, and that to morrow or next day the 
 Tritons Prize will put to Sea with our Outward bound Vessels. 
 
 Capt. Cockram, will Sail directly for Bristol in about 14 days time. 
 
 Vessels Outward Bound (besides those Cleared out & ready to Sail) 
 are a Ship and Brigt. for Madera, a Sloop for England and Holland, 
 a Ship for Leverpool, a Brigt. for Maryland, several Sloops for Jamaica, 
 Barbadoes, Pensilvania, and Wiggins for Boston. 
 
 Boston, Entered Inwards 
 
 From 
 
 Barnabas Lothrop 
 
 Sloop Speedwell 
 
 Gilford 
 
 John Lothrop 
 
 Sloop Charles 
 
 Milford 
 
 Jacob Parker 
 
 Sloop Endeavour 
 
 Piscataqua 
 
 Peter Harris 
 
 Sloop Dolphin 
 
 N. London 
 
 Cleared Outward 
 
 
 For 
 
 John Brodick 
 
 Sloop John & Mary 
 
 New York 
 
 Adolph De Groof 
 
 Sloop Sayer 
 
 Ditto 
 
 James Lewis 
 
 Sloop Dubartus 
 
 Connectic. 
 
 Samuel Doty 
 
 Sloop Dove 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Nathaniel Green 
 
 Ship Rose 
 
 Barbadoes 
 
 John Ela 
 
 Brigt. Dove 
 
 Ditto 
 
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 Sloop Mary 
 
 Ditto 
 
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 Sloop Alexander 
 
 Ditto 
 
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 Ketch Dolphin 
 
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 Outward Bound 
 
 
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 [Reprinted: News-Letter advertisement, as first in May 5.] 
 
 488 
 
INDEX 
 
INDEX 
 
 ABBOT, Col., surrenders fort at 
 Antigua to the French, 324; John, 
 shipmaster, sloop Seaflower, 367, 
 382; Moses, shipmaster, 118, 121, 
 139, 214, 246, of ship John and 
 Mary, 268, 274, 314, sloop En- 
 deavour, 329, 355, 380, 407, 413, 
 417, 459, 466, 468. 
 
 Abbreviations, 20. 
 
 Abiel & Sarah, brigt., 433. 
 
 Abigail, brigt., 355, 358, 362, 426, 
 445; ship, 426. 
 
 Abigail and Sarah, brigt., 277, 285, 
 409. 
 
 Abraham, ship, 326. 
 
 Abraham the Passenger: Election 
 Sermon, by Rev. Joseph Easter- 
 brooks, advertisement of, 228. 
 See Election Sermons, Anniversary. 
 
 Acadians, 197. 
 
 Account of the Newspapers and other 
 Periodicals published in Salem 
 1768-1856, 13. 
 
 Achim, John, Dartmouth, represent- 
 ative, General Court, 479 «, 480. 
 
 Acts and Laws, Benjamin Harris 
 printer of, 26. 
 
 Acts and Resolves, The, Public and 
 Private of the Province of the 
 Massachusetts Bay . . . with 
 Historical and Explanatory Notes, 
 17, 18, cited, 54 n, 62 n, 69 n, 73 n, 
 75 w, 78 n, 81 n, 83 w, 88 w, 91 n, 
 93 n, 95 n, 96 n, 108 n, 110 n, 
 111 «, 117 n, 118 n, 119 n, 129 n, 
 143 n, 147 n, 153 w, 159 n, 162 n, 
 163 «, 165 n, 169 n, 171 n, 174 «, 
 175 n, 176 m, 178 «, 182 n, 184 w, 
 189 n, 191 n, 198 n, 204 », 206 w, 
 207 «, 209 », 216 n, 219 n, 225 n, 
 236 «, 249 w, 256 n, 257 n, 260 n, 
 265 w, 271 «, 302 «, 307 n, 309 «, 
 313 n, 318 w, 322 w, 330 w, 355 «, 
 367 n, 384 w, 413 w, 420 n, 426 w, 
 432 n, 436 w, 443 «, 445 n, 451 «, 
 455 n, 463 w, 479 m. 
 
 Acts passed by General Court. See 
 Massachusetts, Great and General 
 Court. 
 
 Adams, Capt., shipmaster, 170, 183, 
 184; David, master brigt. Pli- 
 mouth, 319, ketch Goodhope, 
 440; Henry, Medfield, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 331; John, 
 Boston, shopkeeper, 351; William, 
 killed in naval battle, 404. 
 
 Addington, Isaac, secretary Massa- 
 chusetts Province, 25, 67, 79, 83, 
 110, 117, 144, 163, 171, 176, 179, 
 249, 262, 266, 281, 313, 350, 389, 
 
 417, 439, 448, 461; councillor, 44, 
 83, 204, 330, 479; judge of probate 
 of wills, 222. 
 
 Addresses to the Queen, 1707, of 
 General Assembly of New Hamp- 
 shire 461; of the military officers 
 in Massachusetts Bay, 461; of 
 merchants and traders of Boston, 
 461; 462. 
 
 Admiral Russet's Letter to the Earl 
 of Nottingham, 1692, 2, 16. 
 
 Admiralty Court. See Court of 
 Admiralty. 
 
 Admiralty for Provinces of Massa- 
 chusetts Bay, New Hampshire 
 and Rhode-Island, judge of, 62, 67. 
 
 Adolph, Derick, or Dirick, ship- 
 master, coaster, 76, 85, 103, 
 [Adolp] 105, 124, 126, 127, 195, 
 199; brings Thomas Odell, forger, 
 from New York to Boston, 203; 
 209, 216, 219, 237, 245, 251, of 
 sloop Two Brothers, 260, 270, 278, 
 290, 302, 306, 314, 319, 323, 346, 
 351, 355, 363, 378, 382, 384, 390, 
 393, 407, 421, 447, 454, 458, 462, 
 466, 468, 474, 484, 487. 
 
 Adventure, brigt., 63, 73, 77, 264, 
 310, 316, 372, 387, 391, 482, 485; 
 ketch, 264, 297; ship, 293, 303, 
 392, 421, 486; sloop, 144, 255, 
 261, 268, 276, 286, 319, 352, 362, 
 375, 384, 387, 423, 455, 474, 477, 
 481. 
 
 Advice, H. M. S., 147, 148, 150, 152, 
 156, 157, 159, 167, 174, 176, 180, 
 182, 184, 230, 237, 279, 282. 
 
 Advice Prize, frigate, 258. 
 
 Agustus Gaily, ship, 46. 
 
 Aken, John, shipmaster, sloop Hawk, 
 265. 
 
 Albanians, Indians, 30. 
 
 Albany, N.Y., 50 ; French and Indian 
 war news from, 73, 74; 90; Gov. 
 Cornbury sails for with forces to 
 strengthen the frontiers, 111; 118, 
 121; commissioners at to treat 
 with the Five Nations, 129, 129 n, 
 131, 132, 133, 139; 143, 150; 
 advices by the post from, 159, 
 168; 188, 190, 193, 195, 199, 227; 
 express from to Gov. Dudley, 
 332; 342, 343, 352, 384, 386, 396, 
 399; floods in, 412; report of pro- 
 posed Indian descent upon New 
 England frontiers, 486. 
 
 Alcock, Capt., shipmaster, 75, 129, 
 130, 166, 167, 192, 462; Ensign, 
 Col. Livesay's Regiment in New 
 York, 248. 
 
 489 
 
INDEX 
 
 Alden, Capt., shipmaster, 41, 70, 
 166, 167; David, Duxbury, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 205; 
 John, master ship Friendship, 
 103, 195, 207, ship Swallow, 275, 
 347, 350, 375, 400, 457; William, 
 shipmaster, chased by privateer, 
 219, 235, ship Content, 275, 347, 
 350, 385, 431, 484; Zachariah, ship- 
 master, 96, 136, 148, 191, 200, 249, 
 250; Zachary, master ketch Merri- 
 mack, 288. 
 
 Alder, John, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Diamond, 250, 261, 271. 
 
 Aldin, Capt. John, Boston, 93; 
 Zachery, shipmaster, 88, 170. See 
 Alden. 
 
 Alexander, Capt., shipmaster, ship 
 Venetian Merchant, 74; Indian 
 Chief, 445, 
 
 Alexander, sloop, 424, 477, 482, 488. 
 
 Alford, Lieut. Col. Benjamin, Boston, 
 236 n. 
 
 Algiers, treaty with, 126. 
 
 Alien, estate of, claimed by crown, 
 376. 
 
 Allen, Capt., shipmaster, coaster, 
 125, 156, 178, 183, 205, 214, 216, 
 219, 230, 237, 239, 250, 253, 264, 
 358; Capt., commander H. M. S. 
 Montague, 281; Capt. Bozoon, 
 Boston, tanner, 294; Daniel, ship- 
 master, ship Nicholas and Sus- 
 anna, 427; Rev. James, Boston, 
 55 n, 273, 430 n; John, Boston, 
 printer, 55, 55 n, 56, 57; Capt. 
 Joseph, Gloucester, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 205; Joseph, 
 shipmaster, 301, 350, of sloop John 
 and Mary, 384, 391, 431, 468, 472; 
 Col. Samuel, Portsmouth, ex- 
 governor of New Hampshire, dies, 
 199; Mrs. Sarah, wife of Rev. 
 James, Boston, dies, 273; Rev. 
 Thomas, Norwich, Conn., and 
 Charleston, Mass., advertisement 
 of The Call of Christ unto Thirsty 
 Sinners, by, 377. 
 
 Allin, Capt., Northampton, soldier, 
 118; Capt., shipmaster, coaster, 
 121; one Allin from Port Royal, 
 bearer of letters to Gov. Dudley, 
 242; Daniel, shipmaster, ship 
 Nicholas and Susan, 435; James, 
 shipmaster, 323; Joseph, master 
 sloop Mary, 484. 
 
 Allyn, Capt., shipmaster, coaster, 
 194. 
 
 Almanack, by N. W. (Nathaniel 
 Whittemore) 251, 251 n, 418; 
 Clough's, 253, 253 n, 421, 421 n. 
 
 Almary, or Almery, shipmaster, 77, 
 86, 133, 184. 
 
 Almony, Robert, shipmaster, ketch 
 Hope, 230. 
 
 Almy, Job, shipmaster, 151, 207. 
 
 Alpin, Alexander, shipmaster, sloop 
 Amity, 109. 
 
 Amazeen, Amazine, Amazon, or Ama- 
 zone, Christopher, shipmaster, 
 coaster, 114, 132, 148, 268. 
 
 Amboy, N. J., 114, 128, 191, 196, 245. 
 
 America, ship, 300, 323, 440, 470, 
 475. 
 
 America Merchant, ship, taken by a 
 French privateer, 485; 487. 
 
 American, letter-of-marque man, 
 475. 
 
 American Academy of Arts and 
 Sciences, 13. 
 
 American Antiquarian Society, 12, 
 13, 15, 20; copies of Boston News- 
 Letter in, 61. 
 
 American Bibliography, 16. 
 
 American Gazette, The: or, the Con- 
 stitutional Journal, 7. 
 
 American Historical Magazine and 
 Literary Record, The, 12. 
 
 American journalism, real beginning 
 of, 3. 
 
 American Magazine, The, and His- 
 torical Chronicle, 5. 
 
 American periodicals, 53. 
 
 Amesbury, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204 n, 205, 331, 
 479 «, 480. 
 
 Amity, brigt., 297, 310, 329, 409, 
 421, 429, [Green Capt.] 431, 
 [Luist Capt.] 431, 478; ship, 
 [Amitie] 46; sloop, 109, 316, 329. 
 
 Amonoscoggin (Androscoggin), 32. 
 
 Amonoscoggin Fort, 33. 
 
 Amos, Daniel, Boston, wine-cooper, 
 111. 
 
 Anchor Tavern, Boston. See 
 Boston. 
 
 Anderson, Capt., commodore, Eng- 
 lish fleet, 299. 
 
 Andover, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 205, 331, 480. 
 
 Andrew, John, shipmaster, 144. 
 
 Andrew and William, ship, 352, 477. 
 
 Andrews, Capt., shipmaster, ship of 
 taken by French privateers, _ 74; 
 Benjamin, master brigt. Society, 
 taken by French privateer, 123, 
 128, of sloop Endeavour, 413; 
 Thomas, shipmaster, 126,ship Good- 
 will, 255, ketch Mary, 319, 338; 
 Tobias, master ketch Mary, 318; 
 Capt., coaster, 244. 
 
 Andros, Sir Edmund, 13, 21, 23. 
 
 Andros Tracts, The, 13, 21. 
 
 Andross, Capt., shipmaster, 423. 
 
 Angelsey, H. M. S., 269, 273. 
 
 Anguilla, W. I., snips from, [Ang- 
 villa] 250, 251, [Augvilla] 262, 363, 
 407. 
 
 Ann, ship, 268, 275, 391, 408; sloop, 
 304. 310, 315, 413, 421, 463. 
 
 490 
 
INDEX 
 
 Anna Frigot, ship, 306. 
 
 Annals of Salem, cited, 25 n. 
 
 Annapolis, Md., 80, 125; burning of 
 State^House at, 152; 378. 
 
 Anne Galley and Packet-boat, 322. 
 
 Anne, Queen of England, proclama- 
 tion of for settling rates of foreign 
 coins in the colonies, 153-155, 162, 
 164; 303, 317, 319, 376; proclama- 
 tion of for thanksgiving for success 
 of British arms, 401. 
 
 Anne, ship, 261, 265, 350, 358; sloop, 
 private man-of-war, 86. 
 
 Anniversary Election. See Election. 
 
 Anniversary Election Sermon. See 
 Election Sermons. 
 
 Annual Artillery Election Sermon. 
 
 See Artillery Election Sermons. 
 Anthony, shipmaster, 423, 427; 
 Abraham, Portsmouth, R. I., 472. 
 
 Antigua, W. I., 39; Earl of Peter- 
 borough, at, 40; ships and advices 
 from, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 66, 75, 
 86, 96, 114, 123, 133, 136, 137, 145, 
 149, 153, 184, 195, 196, 199, 202, 
 205, 215, 223, 224, 226, 228, 246, 
 251, 254, 259, 260, 264, 301, 303, 
 304, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 
 314, 318, 321, 322, 323, 326, 337, 
 338, 351, 363, 366, 367, 379, 380, 
 381, 388, 391, 399, 406, 407, 417, 
 419, 422, 432, 451, 454, 470, 473, 
 482, 486; ships for from colonial 
 ports, 67, 73, 75, 77, 92, 93, 96, 
 105, 118, 123, 125, 130, 132, 135, 
 136, 137, 148, 149, 151, 153, 156, 
 157, 158, 159, 184, 188, 190, 193, 
 194, 200, 201, 202, 205, 206, 207, 
 209, 210, 214, 216, 219, 230, 243, 
 244, 246, 255, 261, 270, 271, 274, 
 276, 277, 278, 279, 285, 286, 287, 
 316, 328, 329, 338, 347, 350, 352, 
 354, 355, 356, 362, 364, 367, 372, 
 374, 375, 379, 386, 391, 394, 408, 
 412 420, 423, 427, 428, 429, 431, 
 437, 438, 442, 453, 476, 479; con- 
 tacts with French privateers off 
 of, 86, 135, 268; French privateers 
 thick about, 184; packet boat 
 service to, 255; preparations for 
 defence against the French, 304, 
 322; threatened attack upon, 318; 
 French squadron before, 323; 
 embargo at, 338; reports of further 
 French descents upon, 388. 
 Antill, Mrs., and children passengers 
 on sloop captured by privateer, 211 : 
 Appalatchia (Appalachee), 65, 66. 
 Appleton, John, chosen councillor, 
 Mass., 330, 479; Samuel, chosen 
 councillor, Mass., 44, 83, 204, 330, 
 480; commissioner for exchange 
 
 of prisoners, 59, 236 n, 381, 382, 
 425, 426. 
 Apprenticeships, 431, 440. 
 Arbouset, Monsieur, French general, 
 
 404. 
 Arcana Galley, ship, 124, 149. 
 Archives of the State of New Jersey, 
 
 4 m, 15. 
 Archives, Massachusetts. See Mas- 
 sachusetts, Archives. 
 Arctaba, 37. 
 Arkland, William, shipmaster, ship 
 
 Industry, 161. 
 Armitage, Capt., shipmaster, 194; 
 Eleazar, master sloop Alexander, 
 424, 464, 465, 477, 482, 488; 
 Jonathan, shipmaster, 299, of 
 brigt. Three Sisters, 300, ship 
 Adventure, 486. 
 Armour, The, of Christianity, treat- 
 ise, advertisement of, 359. 
 Armstrong, Matthew, shipmaster, 
 sloop Swallow, 264, 323, 413, 423. 
 Arnold, Joseph, shipmaster, 151; 
 Seth, Duxbury, representative, 
 General Court, 331 ;William, master 
 ship David and Joseph, 421, 477. 
 Arraignment, Trial and Condemna- 
 tion of Capt. John Quelch, and 
 Others of His Company, adver- 
 tisement of, 101. 
 Artillery Company. See Honorable 
 
 Artillery Company. . 
 
 Artillery Election Sermon, 1704 (by 
 H. Gibbs) 88, 92; 1705 (T. Bridge), 
 207; 1706 (R. Cotton) 59, 336; 
 (S. Willard) advertisement of, 383. 
 Assembly, Connecticut, see Con- 
 necticut. Assembly; Maryland, see 
 Maryland, Assembly ; Massachu- 
 setts, see Massachusetts, Great 
 and General Court; New Jersey, 
 see New Jersey, Assembly; New 
 York, see New York, General 
 Assembly ; Pennsylvania, See 
 Pennsylvania, Assembly; Rhode 
 Island, see Rhode Island, Assembly. 
 Association, brigt., 408. 
 Atwood, shipmaster, 437. 
 Augvilla. See Anguilla. 
 Austin Galley, sloop, 255, 277. 
 Austin, James, pirate, 78, 80, 82, 95. 
 Auten, Capt., commander, ship 
 
 Society of Pool, 130. 
 Authorities. See List of Authorities. 
 Avery, Capt., privateersman, 290. 
 Aviro, 364. 
 Axuma. See Exuma. 
 Ayavalle, fort, Florida, 64, 66. 
 Ayer, Mary Farwell, 4, 16. 
 Ayres, Nathaniel, Boston, merchant, 
 302. 
 
 491 
 
INDEX 
 
 B 
 
 "RABBAGE, John, shipmaster, ship 
 Oporto Merchant, 336, 337, 338, 
 358, 407, 413, 417; 457. 
 Back Street, Boston. See Boston. 
 Bael, van, shipmaster, 384. 
 Baker, Alexander, shipmaster, 207, 
 226; Capt., shipmaster, coaster, 
 100, 179; Thomas, Indian captive 
 at Saco, 33; Thomas, West Hamp- 
 shire, escapes from captivity, 209. 
 Balagy, shipmaster, 451. 
 Balcam, John, Sudbury, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 84. 
 Balch, Capt., shipmaster, 114, 381; 
 Samuel, Beverly, representative, 
 General Court, 205, 331, 480. 
 Ball, Thomas, shipmaster, sloop 
 Elizabeth, 144, 173, 174, 184, 279, 
 283, 286, 313, 316, 384, 387, 408, 
 434, 439, 440, 441, 442, 446, 455; 
 Thomas, shipmaster, coaster, 323. 
 Ballantine, John, capt. Boston Regi- 
 ment, 244; elected ensign, Honor- 
 able Artillery Company, 336. 
 Ballard, Samuel, Charlestown, mer- 
 chant, 335, 344. 
 Balling, Capt., privateersman, 173. 
 Balston, Capt., shipmaster, 118, 
 194; John, shipmaster, 167, 184, 
 wreck of his ship, the Expedition, 
 bound for London, 219, 230, 237; 
 Jonathan, Boston, dies, 338; 
 Nathanael, master ship Elizabeth, 
 260, [Nathaniel], 264, ship Eliza- 
 beth and Mary, 274, 301, 395, 399, 
 [Nathanael], ship Elizabeth, 409. 
 Bancroft, Nathaniel, Westfield, 
 representative, General Court, 205. 
 Bancroft's History of the United 
 
 States, 66 n. 
 Bane, Capt. Lewis, York, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 84, 205, 480. 
 Bankers, French, captured by H. M. 
 S. Advice, 148; 374, captured and 
 sold by Capt. M. Gill, 377, 378; 
 captured by mast ship New 
 Hampshire, 457. 
 Banks of New Foundland. See New- 
 foundland. 
 Bant, Capt., shipmaster, 204; Capt. 
 Gilbert, Boston, negro slave for 
 sale by, 251. 
 Barbadoes, W. I. ships and advices 
 from, 32, 35, 40, 42, 45, 49, 70, 73, 93, 
 96, 103, 109, 114, 125, 126, 128, 
 129, 130, 131, 132, 135, 136, 137, 
 139, 140, 144, 152, 162, 166, 168, 
 173, 176, 178, 181, 182, 192, 193, 
 194, 201, 202, 208, 209, 216, 219, 
 221, 224, 242, 243, 244, 246, 249, 
 254, 255, 257, 259, 260, 264, 271, 
 272, 284, 293, 294, 296, 301, 302, 
 304, 311 312, 317-318, 325, 338, 
 
 345, 346, 347, 348, 350, 352, 366, 
 372, 379, 380, 382, 386, 406, 407, 
 411, 418, 423, 425, 426, 427, 432, 
 
 441, 449, 451, 452, 456, 457, 458, 
 461, 462, 464, 465, 466, 469, 476, 
 477, 478, 483, 484, 486; ships for 
 from colonial ports, 41, 46, 67, 72, 
 73, 75, 77, 85, 86, 93, 96, 100, 103, 
 105, 106, 108, 114, 118, 121, 123, 
 124, 125, 126, 132, 135, 137, 144, 
 148, 149, 151, 153, 156, 157, 158, 
 160, 162, 164, 166, 167, 168, 169, 
 170, 172, 173, 179, 181, 184, 188, 
 190, 191, 192, 194, 201, 202, 203, 
 206, 207, 211, 214, 219, 222, 226, 
 228, 233, 235, 239, 241, 243, 245, 
 246, 247, 250, 251, 255, 258, 261, 
 265, 268, 270, 271, 273, 274, 275, 
 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 285, 288, 
 297, 300, 301, 303, 304, 309, 310, 
 316, 319, 323, 328, 329, 343, 347, 
 352, 356, 358, 360, 361, 362, 367, 
 374, 378, 379, 385, 387, 391, 400, 
 410, 417, 420, 421, 422, 424, 427, 
 428, 429, 431, 433, 435, 436, 438, 
 
 442, 446, 448, 449, 450, 452, 453, 
 458, 462, 469, 471, 476, 478, 479, 
 482, 485, 486, 488; Capt. John 
 Sharp's ship for Salem from, cast 
 away, 166; fleet for England, 168, 
 182, 311, 366, 380, 406, 425, from 
 England, 318, 353, 380; governor 
 of, 173, to sail for England, 380; 
 affliction of from small pox, 192; 
 postal service of, 255, 256; ships 
 of driven ashore in a storm, 257, 
 258; New England fleet under 
 convoy for, and the Leeward 
 Islands, 275, 277, 279, 280, 309; 
 exchange bills for advertised in 
 Boston, 292, 293; French designs 
 against, 296; paper money issued 
 by Assembly of, 317, 366; packet 
 ship lost, 327; embargo at, 338, 
 462; speech of Sir William Sharp 
 to Assembly, 425. 
 
 Barbadoes Merchant, ship, 237, 275, 
 350. 
 
 Barberie, John, councillor, New 
 York Province, 168. 
 
 Barbour, Peter, Boston, tailor, 298. 
 
 Barbuda, sloop lost on, 381. 
 
 Barbutt, William, Rhode Island, 437. 
 
 Barker, John, Scituate, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 331; Lieut. 
 Joshua, of Col. Church's company, 
 108. 
 
 Barmudas. See Bermuda. 
 
 Barnard, John, Boston, elected 
 selectman, 299, 299 n. 
 
 Barnes, James, shipmaster, sloop 
 Endeavour, 486; Thomas, ship- 
 master, 93, 221, of brigt. Swan, 270, 
 
 492 
 
INDEX 
 
 brigt. Sarah, 385. See Barns. 
 
 Barnet, John, Boston, elected select- 
 man, 176. 
 
 Barnigat (Barnegat), 193, 195, 245. 
 
 Barns, Capt., shipmaster, 70, ship 
 of taken by the French, 128, 309 ; 
 James, shipmaster, 243, of sloop 
 Swan, 246, 276, sloop Endeavour, 
 427, 431; Capt. James, Boston, 
 elected assessor, 304, 304 n; 
 Thomas, master sloop Endeavour, 
 144, 157, 170, brigt. Swan, 217, 
 232, 235, brigt. Sarah, 408. See 
 Barnes. 
 
 Barnstable, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 204, 205, 331, 480; ves- 
 sels of, 177, 474; Thomas Hinckley, 
 former governor Plymouth colony, 
 dies at, 193; Barnabas Lothrop 
 of, 440; Capt. James Otis of, 448. 
 
 Barnstable Bay, 465. 
 
 Barnwell, John, Charleston, S. C, 
 405. 
 
 Barrel, John, Boston, merchant, 170. 
 
 Barricoe, sea fight near between 
 privateer and Spanish ship, 370. 
 
 Bartlett, John, R., 12. 
 
 Barton, Capt. Richard, ship of taken 
 by the French, 74. 
 
 Bartrum, Capt. William, ship of 
 taken by the French, 74. 
 
 Basden, shipmaster, 209. , 
 
 Bass, Gov.', 35; Mr., New Jersey, 48. 
 
 Basset, Capt., shipmaster, 145, 152, 
 183, 195, 221, of ship Norwich, 
 238, 265, 302, 370, chased by ship 
 off Cape May 371, 378, 450, 
 attacked by French privateer, 487, 
 488; Joseph, shipmaster, coaster, 
 355, of sloop Susanna, 481; Maj. 
 William, Sandwich, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 479 «, 480. 
 
 Batchelours Adventure, ship, 400, 
 427. 
 
 Batchellour Endeavour, ship, 263. 
 
 Bates, sailor, serves as hostage, 246. 
 
 Bathseba, sloop, 400. 
 
 Batler, Joseph, shipmaster, 260. 
 
 Batteries. See Boston, North Battery, 
 South Battery ; Salem, Marblehead, 
 Cape Ann, New York. 
 
 Bavaria, Duke of, 381. 
 
 Baxter, John, Braintree, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 83 n, 84, 204, 
 204 n, 330. 
 
 Bay, Capt., shipmaster, 109. 
 
 Bay of Campeachy, 36, 46, 49, 100, 
 173, 478. 
 
 Bay of Fundy, 87, 457. 
 
 Bay of Honduras, 100, 173, 183, 
 [Hunderas] 479. 
 
 Bay of St. Mary's, 396. 
 
 Bay of Vandovas, 47. 
 
 Bayley, James, Roxbury, physician, 
 60; dies, 436, 436 n. 
 
 Baylie, Capt., shipmaster, ship of 
 from Bermuda with passengers and 
 negroes cast away, 333. 
 
 Beacon, on Block Island, fired, 333, 
 470. 
 
 Beale, Jeremiah, shipmaster, coaster, 
 133. 
 
 Beams, William, shipmaster, 214, 
 216. 
 
 Beans, Capt., shipmaster, 188; 
 William, shipmaster, 246. 
 
 Bear, Capt., shipmaster, 406. 
 
 Beard, shipmaster, coaster, 137, 232, 
 420; Capt. Thomas, shipmaster, 
 166, of ship Adventure, 392, 421. 
 
 Beare, Edward, shipmaster, sloop St. 
 Christopher, 391, 417. 
 
 Bears, Capt., ship of taken by French, 
 128. 
 
 Bease, Capt., shipmaster, fight with 
 French privateer, 380. 
 
 Beau-Moris in England (Beaumaris), 
 310. 
 
 Beaverley and Beaverly. See Beverly. 
 
 Beavis, Capt., shipmaster, 130, 170, 
 ship of taken by French privateer, 
 361. 
 
 Becilly, Capt., H. M. S. Deptford, 
 116. 
 
 Beck, "Myn Heer," arrival at 
 Curacoa, as governor from Holland, 
 128. 
 
 Bedgood, Jeffry, shipmaster, 136, 
 148, 156, Qeoffrey] 192, 202, 215, 
 of sloop Two Brothers, 276, [Jeff ery] 
 285, 322, 325, 329, 350, 378, 456, 
 459, [Jefferey] brigt. Mary, 476, 
 [Jeffrey] 481. 
 
 Beeman, Thomas, Marlborough, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 480. 
 
 Beere. See Beare. 
 
 Beers, Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Capt. 
 Beers of Deerfield, dies in Water- 
 town, 349; Capt. John, (Richard) 
 Deerfield, 349, 352. 
 
 Beginning, sloop, 427, 465, 468, 471, 
 477. 
 
 Belcher, Capt. Andrew, Boston, 
 elected councillor, Mass., 44, 83, 
 204, 330, 479; 276, 284 n, 285; 
 Andrew, Cambridge, innkeeper, 
 284 n; Gill., shipmaster, ship 
 Tryal, 279, 289, 312; Jonathan, 
 Piscataqua, merchant, marriage 
 of, 284, 284 n, 285; Rev. Samuel, 
 Newbury, preaches Election Ser- 
 mon 1707, 479. See Election 
 Sermon. 
 
 Belcher Frigot, ship, 424, 431. 
 
 Belcher's wharf, Boston. See Boston . 
 
 Belfast, Ire., 192, 220, 363, 411. 
 
 Belford, ketch, 367, 384. 
 
 Bell, shipmaster, 190; Thomas, ship- 
 master, coaster, 230, 233, 237, 
 of sloop Speedwell, 260, sloop Gray- 
 
 493 
 
INDEX 
 
 hound, 279, sloop Endeavour, 314. 
 
 Belle Bruno, French ship, 394. 
 
 Bellingham, Richard, governor of 
 
 I • Mass., 60. 
 
 Bellows, Will., shipmaster, sloop 
 Rosanna, 350. 
 
 Benbow, Admiral, 37, 41, 42. 
 
 Bendall, Freegrace, Boston, mer- 
 chant, 430 n. 
 
 Benjamin, sloop, 445. 
 
 Benjamin & Abigail, sloop, 345. 
 
 Benjamin and Mary, sloop, 378, 384, 
 387, 409, 481. 
 
 Benjamin and Peter, ship, 362. 
 
 Bennet, Capt., shipmaster, 70, 114; 
 John, master ship Hopewell, 161, 
 162, 167, 205, 250. 
 
 Bennett, John, shipmaster, ship 
 Hannah, Qno.] 41, 46. 
 
 Bennington, Cornelius, shipmaster, 
 coaster, 271. 
 
 Benny, Isaac, shipmaster, * sloop 
 Mary, 420, 429. 
 
 Bermuda, ships and advices from, 
 268, 301, 303, 304, 320, 322, 325, 
 326, 333, 355, 357, 366, 372, 396, 
 406, 427, 434, 449, 462, 465, 466, 
 470; ships for, from colonial ports, 
 297, 305, 307, 316, 328, 347, 352, 
 358, 379, 381, 393, 431, 476, 478; 
 postal service of, 256; vessels of 
 driven ashore in storm, 257. 
 
 Bernon, Capt., shipmaster, 73, 321. 
 
 Berry, James, shipmaster, 148, 164, 
 170, 201, 208, 242, 244, 247, 347, 
 of ship Swan, 350, 367, 387, 452, 466. 
 
 Berrey, Joseph, shipmaster, sloop 
 New London, 297. 
 
 Berringer, Capt. John, South Caro- 
 lina, soldier, killed in Indian 
 fight, 65. 
 
 Berwick, 149. 
 
 Best Friend, The, Standing at the 
 Door, . . . : in Six Sermons, by 
 Rev. John Ryther, advertisement 
 of, 365. 
 
 Best Priviledge, The: sermon by 
 Rev. Samuel Willard, advertise- 
 ment of (1706), 383. 
 
 Betty, ship, 240, 300, 301; sloop, 394, 
 423. 
 
 Beverly, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204, 331, 480; 
 ships at, 86, 224; Robert Bradford 
 of, dies, 438. 
 
 Bevin, John, shipmaster, pink Kent 
 of Bristol, 220. 
 
 Bevis, Capt., shipmaster, 126; Wil- 
 liam, shipmaster, 269, of ship Peace, 
 270, 276, 283, 289. 
 
 Bewlo, John, Philadelphia, collector, 
 dies, 114. 
 
 Biddeford, 456. 
 
 Bigelow, John, 13 ; Melville Madison, 
 18. 
 
 Bignal, shipmaster, 136, [Bignel] 181 
 
 Bifboa, 106, 457. 
 
 Bill, Capt., shipmaster, 156, 172, 203 
 
 206, 321, 334, 437. 
 Bill of Mortality, Boston, See 
 
 Boston. 
 Billerica, representative, General 
 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204 n, 205, 330, 
 
 330 n, 479 «, 480. 
 Billings, Rev. Richard, Little-Comp- 
 
 ton, ordained at, 153; Mr., 270. 
 Bills of credit on Massachusetts 
 
 province, counterfeited, 110, 111 
 
 117, 119, 120, 122, 201, 203, 209, 
 
 265. 
 Bing, Admiral, 224. 
 Bings, Rear Admiral, 126. 
 Binney, Isaac, shipmaster, sloop 
 
 Mary, 382, 476, 482, 488. 
 Biographical Sketches of Graduates 
 
 of Harvard University, 14. 
 Biographical Sketches of Loyalists 
 
 of the American Revolution, 13. 
 Bird, Capt., commander Charles 
 
 Galley, 242. 
 Biscum, Isaac, Boston, barber, 291. 
 Black Point, Me., 254. 
 Blackleach, John, shipmaster, 226. 
 Blackston, Capt., shipmaster, 42, 43. 
 Blackthorn, sloop, 288, 301, 367, 
 
 400, 410, 421, 459. 
 Blackwall, H. M. S., 42, 96, 135, 297. 
 Blackwell, James, mariner, drowned, 
 
 24. 
 Blagrove, Nathaniel, Bristol, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 205, 331, 
 
 480. 
 Blague, Newcomb, shipmaster, 96, 
 
 103, of ship Friendship, 144, 192, 
 
 219, 228, 323, 452, Coleman Gaily, 
 
 469, Colman Frigot, 470, 483. 
 Blair, William, shipmaster, brigt. 
 
 John Abiel, 300, brigt. John & 
 
 Abiel, 411. 
 Blaire, William, shipmaster, ship 
 
 Providence, 67, 314; Capt., Boston, 
 
 467, ship of lost on Irish coast, 468. 
 Blaistead (Plaisted ?) ,Ichabod, chosen 
 
 councillor, Mass., 479 n, 480. 
 Blankett, Capt., shipmaster, chased 
 
 by a privateer, 51. 
 Blany, John, shipmaster, ship Ann, 
 
 391 
 Blessing, barque, 277, 394, 427, 477; 
 
 ketch, 367;ship, 261, 264, 350, 429, 
 
 453; sloop, 276, 382. 
 Blew, Capt., shipmaster, 47, 114, 123, 
 
 188; John, shipmaster, 243, 313, 
 
 brigt. Dragon, 314, 358. See Blue. 
 Blin, James, shipmaster, coaster, 88, 
 
 96, 114, 136, 148, 184, 194, [Blinn] 
 
 214, [Blim] 219, 230, sloop of 
 
 taken by French privateer, 232, 
 
 233, 234, 236, 260, sloop of 
 
 wrecked, 269, 304, 329, 338, master 
 
 494 
 
INDEX 
 
 sloop Sparrow, 375, 449, 453, sloop 
 Goodhope, 463, 487. 
 
 Blish, Abraham, Boston, hatter, 194. 
 
 Block House, Chelmsford, 357. 
 
 Block Island, French privateer cruis- 
 ing about, 45; volunteers from 
 Rhode Island to the relief of, 62; 
 fleet of fishing vessels off, 63; 
 warships off, on lookout for French 
 privateers, 114, 123, 218, 221, 223, 
 328, 352; alarm beacon on, fired, 
 333, 470; French privateer cap- 
 tured off, 341. 
 
 Blossom, sloop, 372, 379. 
 
 Blower, John, shipmaster, 1 18, of ship 
 Stanier Galley, 385, 408, 477, 487. 
 
 Blue, John, shipmaster, 38, of brigt. 
 Dragon, 347, 417, 420, 427, 429, 
 470. See Blew. 
 
 Blue Anchor Tavern. See Boston. 
 
 Bluefields, 297. 
 
 Blythe, shipmaster, 257. 
 
 Bodleian Library, 12. 
 
 Bodwin, shipmaster, 136, 181, 182; 
 James, shipmaster, 148, 180, 239, 
 255; Peter, shipmaster, 237. 
 
 Bohemia Islands (Bahamas), unsuc- 
 cessful search about for a plate- 
 ship wreck, 89; 173. 
 
 Bolton, Henry, Gamboa, 182. 
 
 Bonavista, Newfoundland, 130, 198, 
 220, 235, 334, plundered by French 
 and Indians, 354. 
 
 Boncyre, Bonira, Bonire, or Bonite 
 (Bonaire), 188, 214, 284, 287, 329, 
 469, 473. 
 
 Bond, Capt., shipmaster, 36, 47, 
 147, 156, 164, 203, 206, 211; John, 
 shipmaster, 316, brings soldiers 
 from England to recruit the 
 forces at New York, 334, 361, 
 363, 366, 378, 385; Jonas, Water- 
 town, representative, General 
 Court, 330, 480. 
 
 Bones.dugupatClaverack, N.Y.,227. 
 
 Boneta, sloop, 323, [Boneto] 347, 
 4l7, [Boneto] 429, 466. 
 
 Bonker, Capt., shipmaster, 463. 
 
 Bonner, Capt. John, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Hope, 236 n, 382, 426. 
 
 Bonnes, John, shipmaster, ship 
 Hopewell, 164. 
 
 Bonnin, shipmaster, 164, 172. 
 
 Bonus, John, 230. 
 
 Book MS. lost advertised, 440. 
 
 Book printing, 101, 319, 344, 418, 
 444, 471. See Almanacks. 
 
 Booksellers. See Boone, N., But- 
 tolph, N., Eliot, B., Gray, J., 
 Harris, B., Phillips, E., Wilkins, R. 
 
 Boone, Nicholas, Boston, bookseller 
 and publisher, 55, 60, 61, 64, 99 n; 
 advertisement of slave for sale by, 
 141, 146; of books for sale by, 101, 
 253, 319, 344, 421, 444, 471; of 
 
 halberts for sale by, 316. 
 
 Borden, Joseph, shipmaster, coaster, 
 137. 
 
 Bordin, shipmaster, 406. 
 
 Borland, John, Boston, chosen over- 
 seer of poor, 177, 304. 
 
 Borne, Newport, R. I., hatter, 254. 
 
 Borrow, or Borrows, shipmaster, 393, 
 406. 
 
 Boston, 9 n; Election Day, 1703, 
 43-44; news items under Boston 
 date, 66-67, 67, 70-71, 72-73, 75- 
 77, 80, Election Day 1704, 83-85; 
 news items, 85-86, 87-88, 92-93, 
 94-96, bill of mortality, 98-99; 
 news items, 99-100, 102-103^ 104, 
 105, 106-108, 111, 113-114, 116- 
 118, 121, 122-123, 124, 124-125, 
 126, 127, 128, 129-130, 131, 132, 
 135-136, 139-140, 144, 146-148, 
 149, burial of Major Benjamin 
 Davis with military honors, 150; 
 news items, 150-151, 153-155, 156, 
 157, 158, death of Madam Sarah 
 Leverett, widow of ex-governor 
 Leverett, 158; news items, 159, 
 160, 162, 163, 165-166, 167, 169, 
 170, 173-174, annual Town Elec- 
 tion, 1705, 176-177; news items, 
 176-177, 179, bill of mortality, 
 1704, 179; news items, 182-183, 
 184, 188-189, 190-191, 193-194, 
 195-196, 199-200, 201, 202-203, 
 Election Day 1705, 204-205; news 
 items, 205-206, 207, 209-210, 214- 
 215, earthquake shocks felt in, 
 214; news items, 216-217, 218-219, 
 221-222, 224-226, 227-228, 230, 
 232-233, 234-235, 236-237, 238- 
 240, order against Indian, Negro, 
 or Mulatto servants or slaves 
 abroad after nine at night, 239- 
 240; news items, 241-243, 244, 
 246-247, 249, 251, 252-253, 255- 
 257, 259-261, 262-265, 265-268, 
 269-270, 271-272, 273-274, 275- 
 276, 277, 278-279, 280-281, 282- 
 283, 285, death of Lady Mary 
 Phips, widow of Sir William Phips, 
 286; news items, 286-287, 287- 
 288, 289, 289-290, 291, 292, 294, 
 297, annual Town Election, 1706, 
 299; bill of mortality, 1705, 300; 
 news items, 299-300, 301, 304- 
 305, 307, 310, 313-315, 315-316, 
 (under Barbadoes date) Boston 
 fleet for West Indies hindered by 
 French privateers, 317; news 
 items, 318-319, 322-323, 325-326, 
 general muster of the local militia, 
 May 1706, 328; news items, 328- 
 329, Election Day, 1706, 329-332; 
 news items, 329-333, 334-335; 
 annual Artillery Election, 1706, 
 336; bill of mortality, 1705, with 
 
 495 
 
INDEX 
 
 reflection thereon, 338-340; news 
 items, 336-340; preparations in 
 against threatened attack by 
 French squadron June 1706, 346, 
 action of French inhabitants of, 
 346; news items, 346-347, 350-351, 
 troops marched from to the fron- 
 tiers, 352; post office notice, 352; 
 news items, 352-353, 355-356, 
 357-359, 361-362, 364-365, 367, 
 371-372, 374-375, 378-379, 381- 
 382, 384-385, 386-387, 389-390, 
 391-392, celebration in of "Her 
 Majesties Glorious Successes and 
 Victories," 393; news items, 393- 
 394, 400, 406-408, observance of 
 Thanksgiving for British successes, 
 409; news items, 409-410, 411-412, 
 412-413, 415-417, 420-421, 423- 
 424, 426-427, 429-430, 431, 433, 
 434-435, 436, 438, 439-440, 440- 
 442, 445-446, 447-448, 449-450, 
 451-453, bill of mortality, 1706, 
 452; notable surgical operation by 
 Dr. Zabdiel Boylston in, 452; news 
 items, 455, post office notice re- 
 peated, 455; news items, 458-459, 
 (under St. James date) congratu- 
 latory address of Boston merchants 
 and traders to the queen, 461; 
 news items, 462-463, 466-467, 468- 
 469, 470-471, 472, 473, 474, 
 (under Portsmouth, Eng., date) 
 Boston ship taken by a letter-of- 
 marque man, 475; news items, 
 476-477, Election Day, 1707, 479- 
 480; news items, 482-483, 484- 
 485, 486-487, 488. 
 
 Back Street, 136, 136 n, 283, 
 
 291, 292. 
 
 Belcher's (Capt. Andrew) 
 
 wharf, 285. 
 
 Blue Anchor Tavern, 26, 93, 
 
 122, 122 n, 250, 253, 292, 294. 
 
 Boston Neck, 289, 466. 
 
 Clark's Wharf, 90. 
 
 Coffee House, 90; of Robert 
 
 Guttridge, 288. 
 
 -Coney's Lane, 292, 467, 467 n. 
 
 Constables and Tything Men, 
 
 177; orders to, 239. 
 Constables' House, 239. 
 
 -Cornhill Court, 55. 
 -Court Avenue, 55. 
 
 -Custom House, 426. 
 
 Devonshire Street, 55. 
 
 Draw-Bridge Street, 467, 467«. 
 
 Farnam's (David) wharf, 446. 
 
 First Church, 55 n, 59, 207 n, 
 
 430 n; meeting house of, 44, 101. 
 
 Fort Hill, 458. 
 
 High Fore Street, 250. 
 
 London Coffee House, 2, 26, 
 
 141, 146. 
 Long Lane, 421, 421 n. 
 
 Long Wharf, 276. 
 
 Mill-bridge, 121, 251, 292. 
 
 Mill Creek, 30. 
 
 Mr. Richard's Lane, 136. 
 
 Mrs. Keeche's wharf, 335. 
 
 New North Church, 11. 
 
 Newbury Street, the first, 55 
 
 North Battery, 332. 
 
 North Church, 298. 
 
 North End, 136, 158, 244 
 
 291, 292, 302, 335, 410, 414, 446.' 
 
 North Meeting house, 418. 
 
 Old Meeting-House, The, 55, 
 
 61, 64, 99, 122, 291. 
 Old South Church, 314 n. 
 
 304. 
 
 ■Overseers of the poor, 177, 
 
 -Post office, 50, 54, location of 
 the first, 55; 74, 132, 141, 169, 
 180, 219, 229, 243, 247, 272, 344, 
 notices as to letters uncalled for, 
 and mails, 352, 421, 455. 
 
 Prison, see Prisons. 
 
 Pudding Lane, 55, 132, 132 n, 
 
 133. 
 
 Representation for in the 
 
 General Court, 84, 204, 330, 480. 
 
 Rogers Building, 55. 
 
 -Salutation tavern, 302. 
 
 . " Scarless (Scarlets') Wharf, 
 
 273, 288. 
 School House Lane, 253, 291, 
 
 298, 316, 319, 344, 421, 444, 471. 
 
 Selectmen, 176, 299. 
 
 Shippen's Wharf, 68. 
 
 South Battery, 227, 332. 
 
 South Church, 60. 
 
 South End, 229, 250, 251, 
 
 297, 316, 419. 
 South Meeting house, 30, 62, 
 
 122. 
 
 -Swan Tavern, 90. 
 Swing- or Swinging-Bridge, 
 
 251, 276. 
 Town Dock, 121, 207, 251, 
 
 285, 288, 359, 373, 428, 438, 467, 
 
 471. 
 Town House, 26, 40, 44, 166, 
 
 229, 293, 421; B. Eliot's bookshop 
 
 under, 119, 149, 222, 229, 253, 
 
 292, 294, 298, 319, 326, 344, 353, 
 
 359, 365, 376, 382, 467. 
 Warehouses, 121, 428, 438, 
 
 458, 467, 471. 
 
 Washington Street, 55. 
 
 Watch House, 239. 
 
 White Horse tavern, 229. 
 
 -See Town of Boston, Town 
 
 Meetings, Town Records. 
 Boston Athenaeum, 20. 
 Boston Chronicle, The, 6. 
 Boston Daily Advertiser, 14. 
 Boston Evening Post, The, 5, 16. 
 Boston Evening Post, The; and the 
 
 General Advertiser, 7. 
 
 496 
 
INDEX 
 
 Boston Galley, ship, 347, 355. 
 
 Boston Gazette, The, 4; various 
 Changes in title, 8; 14, 16. 
 
 Boston Gazette, The, and the Country 
 Journal, 7. 
 
 Boston Gazette, The, and Country 
 Journal, 5. 
 
 Boston Gazette, The, or Country 
 Journal, 5. 
 
 Boston Gazette, The, or Weekly 
 Advertiser, 5. 
 
 Boston Gazette, The, or New England 
 Weekly Journal, 5. 
 
 Boston Gazette, The, or Weekly 
 Journal, 5. 
 
 Boston Globe, The, 25 n. 
 
 Boston Lecture. See Lecture, the 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston Magazine, The, 7. 
 
 Boston Merchant, ship, 290, 310, 
 474. 
 
 Boston Neck. See Boston. 
 
 Boston News-Letter, The, 1704-1776, 
 3, 4, 5; various changes in title of, 
 7-8; 14, 16, 17, 34; history of, 53- 
 60; printers of, 55; No. 1, sketch 
 of, 61. 
 
 Transcript of, 1704, No. 1, 
 
 Apr. 24, 62-64; No. 2, May 1, 
 64-68; No. 3, May 8, 68-72; No. 4, 
 May 15, 72-74; No. 5, May 22, 74- 
 78; No. 6, May 29, 78-81; No. 7, 
 June 5, 81-87; No. 8, June 12, 
 87-90; No. 9, June 19, 90-94; No. 
 10, June 26, 94-97; No. 11, July 3, 
 97-101; No. 12, July 10, 101-104; 
 No. 13, July 17, 104-106; No. 14, 
 July 24, 106-109; No. 15, July 31, 
 109-112; No. 16, Aug. 7, 112-116; 
 No. 17, Aug. 14, 116-119; No. 18, 
 Aug. 21, 119-121; No. 19, Aug. 28, 
 121-123; No. 20, Sept. 4, 123-124; 
 No. 21, Sept. 11, 124-126; No. 22, 
 Sept. 18, 126-127; No. 23, Sept. 25, 
 127-128; No. 24, Oct. 2, 128-129; 
 No. 25, Oct. 9, 129-131; No. 26, 
 Oct. 16, 131-132; No. 27, Oct. 23, 
 132-133; No. 28, Oct. 30, 133-137; 
 No. 29, Nov. 6, 137-141; No. 30, 
 Nov. 13, 141-146; No. 31, Nov. 20, 
 146-149; No. 32, Nov. 27, 149-150; 
 No. 33, Dec. 4, 150-152; No. 34, 
 Dec. 11, 152-155; No. 35, Dec. 18, 
 155-156; No. 36, Dec. 25, 156-157; 
 1704/5, No. 37, Jan. 1, 157-158; 
 No. 38, Jan. 8, 158; No. 39, Jan. 
 15, 158-160; No. 40, Jan. 22, 160; 
 No. 41, Jan. 29, 160-162; No. 42, 
 Feb. 5, 162-165; No. 43, Feb. 12, 
 165-166; No. 44, Feb. 19, 166-167; 
 No. 45, Feb. 26, 167-169; No. 46, 
 Mar. 5, 169-170; No. 47, Mar. 12, 
 170-175; No. 48, Mar. 19, 175-177; 
 No. 49, Mar. 26, 177-180; No. 50, 
 Apr. 2, 180-183; No. 51, Apr. 9, 
 
 183-186; No. 52, Apr. 16, 186-190; 
 No. 53, Apr. 23, 190-192; No. 54, 
 Apr. 30, 192-195; No. 55, May 7, 
 195-196; No. 56, May 14, 196-200; 
 No. 57, May 21, 200-201; No. 58, 
 May 28, 201-203; No. 59, June 4, 
 203-206; No. 60, June 11, 206-208; 
 No. 61, June 18, 208-210; No. 62, 
 June 25, 210-215; No. 63, July 2, 
 215-217; No. 64, July 9, 217-220; 
 No. 65, July 16, 220-222; No. 66, 
 July 23, 222-226; No. 67, July 30, 
 226-229; No. 68, Aug. 6, 229-231; 
 No. 69, Aug. 13, 231-233; No. 70, 
 Aug. 20, 233-235; No. 71, Aug. 27, 
 235-238; No. 72, Sept. 3, 238-240; 
 No. 73, Sept. 10, 240-243; No. 74, 
 Sept. 17, 243-245; No. 75, Sept. 24, 
 245-247; No. 76, Oct. 1, 247-250; 
 No. 77, Oct. 8, 250-252; No. 78, 
 Oct. 15, 252-253; No. 79, Oct. 22, 
 253-257; No. 80, Oct. 29, 257-261; 
 No. 81, Nov. 5, 261-265; No. 82, 
 Nov. 12, 265-268; No. 83, Nov. 19, 
 268-270; No. 84, Nov. 26, 270- 
 273; No. 85, Dec. 3, 273-274; No. 
 86, Dec. 10, 274-277; No. 87, 
 Dec. 17, 277-278; No. 88, Dec. 24, 
 278-280; No. 89, Dec. 31, 280-281; 
 1705/6, No. 90, Jan. 7, 281-283; 
 No. 91, Jan. 14, 283-286; No. 92, 
 Jan. 21, 286-287; No. 93, Jan. 28, 
 287-288; No. 94, Feb. 4, 288-289; 
 No. 95, Feb. 11, 289-290; No. 96, 
 Feb. 18, 290-292; No. 97, Feb. 25, 
 292-293; No. 98, Mar. 4, 293-295; 
 No. 99, Mar. 11, 295-298; No. 100, 
 Mar. 18, 298-300; No. 101, Mar. 
 25, 300-303; No. 102, Apr. 1, SOS- 
 SOS; No. 103, Apr. 8, 305-307; No. 
 104, Apr. 15, 307-311; No. 105, 
 Apr. 22, 311-315; No. 106, Apr. 
 29, 315-317; No. 107, May 6, 317- 
 319; No. 108, May 13, 319-323; 
 No. 109, May 20, 323-326; No. 110, 
 May 27, 326-329; No. Ill, June 3, 
 329-336; No. 112, June 10, 336- 
 344; No. 113, June 17, 344-348; 
 No. 114, June 24, 348-351 ; No. 115, 
 July 1, 351-353; No. 116, July 8, 
 353-356; No. 117, July 15, 356- 
 360; No. 118, July 22, 360-363; 
 No. 119, July 29, 363-365; No. 120, 
 Aug. 5, 365-368; No. 121, Aug. 12, 
 368-373; No. 122, Aug. 19, 373- 
 377; No. 123, Aug. 26, 377-379; 
 No. 124, Sept. 2, 379-383; No. 125, 
 Sept. 9, 383-385; No. 126, Sept. 16, 
 385-387; No. 127, Sept. 23, 387- 
 392; No. 128; Sept. 30, 392-394; 
 No. 129, Oct. 7, 394-401; No. 130, 
 Oct. 14, 401-408; No. 131, Oct. 21, 
 408-410; No. 132, Oct. 28, 410-414; 
 No. 133, Nov. 4, 414-419; No. 134, 
 Nov. 11, 419-422; No. 135, Nov. 
 
 497 
 
INDEX 
 
 18, 422-424; No. 136, Nov. 25, 
 424-428; No. 137, Dec. 2, 428-430; 
 [No copies of issues of Nos. 138, 
 139, 140 now known to be in 
 existence.] No. 141, Dec. 30, 430- 
 431; 1706/7, No. 142, Jan. 6, 432- 
 433; No. 143, Jan. 13, 433-435; 
 No. 144, Jan. 20, 435-437; No. 145, 
 Jan. 27, 437-438; No. 146, Feb. 3, 
 438-440; No. 147, Feb. 10, 440- 
 444; No. 148, Feb. 17, 444-447; 
 No. 149, Feb. 24, 447-449; No. 150, 
 Mar. 3, 449-450; No. 151, Mar. 10, 
 450-454; No. 152, Mar. 17, 454- 
 456; No. 153, Mar. 24, 456-460; 
 No. 154, Mar. 31, 460-464; No. 155, 
 Apr. 7, 464-467; No. 156, Apr. 14, 
 467-469; No. 157, Apr. 21, 469- 
 471; No. 158, Apr. 28, 471-472; 
 No. 159, May 5, 472-474; No. 160, 
 May 12, 474-475; No. 161, May 19, 
 475-477; No. 162, May 26, 477-478; 
 No. 163, June 2, 478-481; No. 164, 
 June 9, 481-483; No. 165, June 16, 
 483-485; No. 166, June 23, 485- 
 487; No. 167, June 30, 487-488. 
 -Advertisements of, 63, 68, 71, 
 
 74, 78, 87, 101, 184-186, 194-195, 
 196, 200, 201, 203, 206, 208, 210, 
 215, 220, 222, 226, 229, 231, 233, 
 235, 238, 240, 243, 245, 247, 250, 
 252, 253, 257, 261, 265, 268, 270, 
 273, 274, 277, 278, 280, 283, 286, 
 288, 294-295, 295 n, 302, 311, 315, 
 319, 323, 326, 329, 336, 344, 348, 
 351, 353, 356, 360, 363, 365, 368, 
 373, 377, 379, 382, 385, 387, 392, 
 394, 401, 408, 410, 414, 419, 424, 
 428, 430, 431, 433, 437, 438, 440, 
 444, 447, 449, 450, 456, 459, 469, 
 472, 473-474, 475, 477, 478, 481, 
 483, 485, 487, 488. 
 
 Boston News-Letter, The, And New- 
 England Chronicle, 5; The . . . and 
 the New England Chronicle, 5. 
 
 Boston Newspapers, 1704-1780, check 
 list of, 4n, 16. 
 
 Boston Post-Boy, The, 5. 
 
 Boston Post-Boy, The, 1734-1775, 
 various changes in title, 8. 
 
 Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser, 
 The, 5. 
 
 Boston printers. See Printers. 
 
 Boston Public Library, 3, 20, 452 »; 
 Bulletin, 3. 
 
 Boston Regiment, 218 n, 244, muster 
 of, 328; 333. 
 
 Boston Road, 289. 
 
 Boston Town Records. See Town 
 Records. 
 
 Boston Weekly Advertiser, The, 5. 
 
 Boston Weekly Magazine, The, 5. 
 
 Boston Weekly News-Letter, The, 4, 6. 
 
 Boston Weekly Post-Boy, The, 5. 
 
 Bostonian Society, Boston, 20. 
 
 Boucher, Lewis, Boston, merchant, 
 428. 
 
 Boudet, shipmaster, 437. 
 
 Boudinot, one, Long Island, N. Y., 
 money paid to, on account of 
 Lady Cornbury's funeral, 373 n. 
 
 Bounties, voted by Massachusetts 
 General Court for killing or cap- 
 turing male Indians, 375. 
 
 Bourdet, shipmaster, 420, 434, 437, 
 [Bourdett] 478. 
 
 Bourdin, Peter, shipmaster, coaster, 
 181. 
 
 Bow, Nicholas, shipmaster, sloop 
 Beginning, 471, [Bows] 477. 
 
 Bowdage, Capt., shipmaster, 170, 
 201. 
 
 Bowditch, Capt., shipmaster, 311, 
 316; William, master ship Essex, 
 318. 
 
 Bowdoin, James, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Sarah, 442, 451. 
 
 Bowers, Capt. Jeremiah, Chelmsford, 
 representative, General Court, 
 84, 205, 330. 
 
 Bowne, Andrew, councillor, New 
 Jersey, 43. 
 
 Boxford, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 330 n, 331, 379 n, 
 380. 
 
 Boyce, Capt., commander, H. M. S. 
 Nonsuch, 240; Samuel, shipmaster, 
 brigt, Susan, 292, brigt. Susanna, 
 422, 423. See Boyes. 
 
 Boyes, Samuel, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Susanna, 285, 407. See Boyce. 
 
 Boylston, Thomas, Muddy River 
 (Brookline) , crushed to death in a 
 cider mill, 266; Zabdiel, Boston, 
 physician, new surgical operation 
 by, 452, 452 n. 
 
 Bracker, shipmaster, coaster, 88. 
 
 Bracket, boy, Indian captive, 
 escapes, 33; Anthony, shipmaster, 
 76, 93, 105, 114, 124, 151, 157, 174, 
 184, 205, 214, 219, 260, 294, 307, 
 316, 329, 350, 355, of ship Katherin, 
 382, sloop Katherin, 393, 400, 
 417, 423, 455, 481. 
 
 Bradick, John, shipmaster, 352, 
 [Braddick] 447, 473, of sloop John & 
 Mary, 481, 486, 488. 
 
 Braddick, shipmaster, 304, 366. 
 
 Bradduck, John, shipmaster, 334, 
 362. 
 
 Bradford, Capt. John, Plymouth, 
 representative, General Court, 205, 
 205 n; Robert, Beverly, dies sud- 
 denly, 438; William, New York, 
 printer, 3, 14, 71. 
 
 Bradford, representative for in 
 General Court, 479 n, 480. 
 
 Bradock, Nicholas, shipmaster, Phil- 
 adelphia, ship of taken by French 
 privateers, 74. 
 
 498 
 
INDEX 
 
 Bradstreet, Simon, 21, 22, 23. 
 
 Braduck, shipmaster, 427. 
 
 Braintree, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204, 204 n, 330, 
 479 w, 480; Thomas Weld dies at, 
 108; earthquake shock felt in, 
 214; John Wilson of, 270. 
 
 Brand, Richard, shipmaster, ship 
 James City, 161. 
 
 Brantrey, See Braintree. 
 
 Brat, Capt., soldier, commander of 
 out-scouts, 398. 
 
 Bratle, Capt. Edw., Marblehead, 
 representative, General Court, 84. 
 
 Brattle, Thomas, Boston, chosen 
 overseer of the poor, 177. 
 
 Bray, Daniel, shipmaster, 315. 
 
 Brazil, rich fleet from for Portugal, 
 41; 85. 
 
 Breck, John, pirate, 79, 82; Rev. 
 Robert, Marlborough, ordained at, 
 140. 
 
 Bredah, H. M. S., 348, 361. 
 
 Breed, Capt., shipmaster, 45, 135, 
 140, 202, 230; Ebenezar, ship- 
 master, 219, 226, ship of captured 
 by French, 258, of ketch Goodhope, 
 274, ketch Goodwill, 334, brigt. 
 Elizabeth, 382; Ephraim, ship- 
 master, 93, ship Seaflower, 162, 
 209, 230, ketch Goodhope, 285, 
 302, ship Seaflower, 310, 385, ship 
 Friendship, 423; Joseph, ship- 
 master, coaster, 108. 
 
 Brereton, or Brerton, Capt., shipmas- 
 ter, [Brerton] 133, 181. 
 
 Bret (Brett?), William, Bridgewater, 
 representative, General Court, 
 479 n, 480. 
 
 Breton, David, shipmaster, 233. 
 
 Breton Island, 264 n. 
 
 Brewer, John, carpenter, in Boston 
 prison for counterfeiting, 111; 
 John shipmaster, ketch Good 
 Hope, 351, ,352, 400, sloop Con- 
 tent, 413, 423, 474. 
 
 Brewsters, Boston Harbor, 262. 
 
 Brice, Samuel, shipmaster, 149. 
 
 Bridgar, Charles, shipmaster, 100, 
 130. 
 
 Bridge, Rev. Thomas, Boston, or- 
 dained minister of First Church, 
 59; preaches Artillery Election 
 Sermon, 207, 207 n. 
 
 Bridger, shipmaster, 118. 
 
 Bridges, Dr. John, New York, chief 
 justice, dies, 106. 
 
 Bridgewater, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 205, 331, 479 », 
 480. 
 
 Bridgham, James, shipmaster, sloop 
 Unity, 67, ship of taken by the 
 French, 128, [Bridgam] 151, 170, of 
 ship Hampton, 268, 275, 352; 
 Samuel, Marlborough, represent- 
 
 ative, General Court, 204 n, 205. 
 
 Brief, A, regarding distress of St. 
 Christophers, 311, 313-314. 
 
 Briggs, Sergeant, Capt. Haradine's 
 Company, 108. 
 
 Bright, Nathaniel, Watertown, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 205; 
 William, Newport, R. I., inn- 
 keeper, 145, 191, 413, 414, 420. 
 
 Brimstone, smell of after stroke of 
 lightning, 370. 
 
 Brintania, ship, 74. 
 
 Brisco, Robert, Gloucester, 91. 
 
 Brisselbolt, shipmaster, ship St. 
 John Baptist, 240. 
 
 Bristol, 60; representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 205, 331, 480; 
 vessels to and from, 121, 161, 386; 
 court at, 233, 418, 420, 424, 443; 
 Capt. Simon Davis of, 440. 
 
 Bristol, Eng., vessels to and from, 
 30, 36, 80, 101, 105, 114, 121, 123, 
 125, 161, 172, 181, 242, 257, 282, 
 303, 322, 327, 345, 362, 374, 377, 
 434, 465, 468, 469, 473, 474, 476, 
 482, 488; Bristol men taken by the 
 French in American waters, 79, 
 203. 
 
 Bristol, H. M. S., 299. 
 
 Bristol County, 233, 443. 
 
 Broaded, William, shipmaster, ship 
 Virginia Merchant, 482, 485. 
 
 Broadsides, 15, 16, 60, 99 n, 219. 
 
 Brock, Capt. John, shipmaster, re- 
 takes a Philadelphia ship taken 
 by privateers, 326. 
 
 Bromfield, Edward, Boston, mer- 
 chant, chosen councillor, Mass., 
 44, 83, 204, 330, 479; 46, 222; 
 justice of the peace, 259. 
 
 Bromfield & Burroughs, Boston, 
 merchants, 207, 210, 215. 
 
 Bromlie, Michael, shipmaster, ship 
 Dublin Merchant, captures priva- 
 teer, 312. 
 
 Brookhaven, N. Y., 172. 
 
 Brookline, representative, General 
 Court, 331, 408. 
 
 Brooks, John, Rehoboth, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 480; Thomas, 
 Newport, R. I., house of shattered 
 by lightning, 178; shipmaster, 418. 
 
 Brothers Adventure, sloop, 322, 391, 
 438. 
 
 Broughton, Sampson Shelton, New 
 York, dies, 164; Ma j. Gen. Thomas, 
 South Carolina, 402. 
 
 Broun. See Brown. 
 
 Brown, Benjamin, chosen councillor, 
 Mass., 44, 83, 83 », 204, 204 n, 
 337, 479, 479 n; Capt., Wells, Me., 
 soldier with his company scout- 
 ing, 287, 291; Capt., shipmaster, 
 358, 381; Capt., commander H. M. 
 S. Hazardous, 361; Francis, ship- 
 
 499 
 
INDEX 
 
 master, sloop Speedwell, 384, 407, 
 459, 468, 481, 484; John, ship- 
 master, 93, 125, 128, of sloop Eliza- 
 beth, 438; Rev. John, advertise- 
 ment of The Life of Justification 
 Opened, treatise by, 119, 123, 
 217 ; Capt. -John, Marblehead, dies 
 328; John, Bristol, 443; John, 
 Salem, representative, General 
 Court, 479 n, 480; Joseph, ship- 
 master, ship John & Deborah, 270, 
 276, sloop Speedwell, 426, 470, 
 472; Major, Sudbury, soldier, 364; 
 Capt. Nathaniel, Jamaica, W. I., 
 soldier, 122; Samuel, Salem, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 83 n, 
 84, 204, 204 n; William, chosen 
 councillor, Mass., 44, 83, 83 n, 
 204, 204 n, 330, 330 n, 479, 479 n; 
 William, Sudbury, representative, 
 General Court, 205; William, ship- 
 master, 233, 285. See Browne. 
 Browne, Capt., New Haven, Conn., 
 shipmaster 93; Capt., Wells, Me., 
 soldier, 259; Francis, shipmaster, 
 364. 
 
 Bruce, George, New York, printer, 58. 
 
 Buckingham, Joseph T., Boston, 
 editor, 12, 13, 14, 15, 56; his Speci- 
 mens of Newspaper Literature: 
 with . . . Reminiscences, cited, 
 12, 15. 
 
 Bucklin, shipmaster, 125, 151, 156; 
 David, master brigt. Randall, 274, 
 286, 337, 338, 347, 352, 362, 423, 
 brigt. Tryal, 450, 453. 
 
 Buckry or Buckley, Mrs. Johanna 
 [Joanna], widow, Boston, house 
 of robbed, 446, proclamation of 
 the governor for apprehension of 
 the thief, 447-448, 449; John 
 [Buckley], shipmaster, 118, brigt. 
 Abigail and Sarah, 277, [Buckly] 
 395, 409. See Bulkley. 
 
 Budge, Capt., shipmaster, 334, 386, 
 ship lost on the Irish coast, 476. 
 
 Bulfmch, Mr., Boston, sailmaker, 75. 
 
 Bulkley, John, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Abigail and Sarah, 285. See 
 Buckley. 
 
 Bull, shipmaster, 260 ; Joseph, master 
 brigt. Mary, 384. 
 
 Bullard, Capt., shipmaster, 176, 258. 
 
 Bunker, Capt., shipmaster, 181. 
 
 Bunman, Capt., shipmaster, 181. 
 
 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, printed 
 in Boston, 1681, 16. 
 
 Burbank, shipmaster, 153, 202; ship's 
 
 mate, 396. 
 Burbuda, sloop, 365, 379. 
 Burch, Henry, Quaker, "remarkable 
 relation" by, 262-264, 265, 266- 
 268, 269-270, 271; Henry, London, 
 doctor, 262, 263, 264, 267; John, 
 London, Quaker, 262. 
 Burchal, Joseph, shipmaster, sloop 
 
 Blossom, 372, 379. 
 Burchet, Nathaniel, commander 
 
 privateer sloop, 370. 
 Burges, Capt., shipmaster, 68, 71. 
 Burglaries, 413, 418, 420, 421, 424, 
 
 428, 433, 443, 446, 447. 
 Burlington, N. J., 35, 125, 128, 129, 
 
 181, 206, 221, 270. 
 Burman, Capt., shipmaster, 199, 201, 
 
 202. 
 Burnam, Capt., shipmaster 363. 
 Burril, John, Lynn, representative, 
 General Court, 83 n, 84, 479 n, 
 480; Speaker House of Represent- 
 atives, 480. 
 Burroughs, Capt., shipmaster, ship 
 Robert & Francis, 240; Nicholas, 
 rnaster ship Marlborough Galley, 
 473; William, shipmaster, 253. 
 Burrows, Florentins, shipmaster, 
 
 ship Tygar, 161; 217. 
 Burton, shipmaster, 193, 456. 
 Butler, John, shipmaster, 222, 246; 
 Richard, master ship Endeavour, 
 286, sloop Mary, 420, sloop Two 
 Brothers, 472, sloop Two Friends, 
 481. 
 Butterworth, Moses, shipmaster, 96, 
 
 137, 178, 188, 374, 391. 
 Buttolph, Nicholas, Boston, book- 
 seller, 226. 
 Butts, The, Lynn, 289. 
 Byerlie. See Byerley. 
 Byerley, Byerlie or Byerly, (Byerley) 
 Thomas, New York, collector and 
 receiver general, [Byerly] 48; [By- 
 erley] suspended, 193 ; [Byerlie], 432. 
 Byfield, Col. Nathaniel, Boston, 
 judge, court of admiralty, 62, 67, 
 91, 105, 341; justice of the peace, 
 418, 443; in Bristol, runaway 
 servant of advertised, 424. 
 Byfield, Rev. Moses Hale ordained 
 pastor in, 428; the town, erected 
 in 1706, described, 428. 
 By-fronts Gaily, ship, 161. 
 Byng, Sir George, commander squad- 
 ron of cruisers, 225. 
 
 (\ACHETHE, Me., Indian enemy at, 
 
 Cadiz] 103, 107, 234, 351. 
 
 Call, The, of Christ unto Thirsty 
 Sinners, by Thomas Allen, adver- 
 tisement of, 377. 
 
 Calley, James, shipmaster, 148, 200; 
 of ketch Blessing, 367, 462. 
 
 Callidonia (Caledonia), 37. 
 
 Callipatch, sloop, 482. 
 
 Cally, James, shipmaster, ketch Ex- 
 change, 46, 130, 194. 
 
 500 
 
INDEX 
 
 Camble, Zachariah, deserter from 
 
 H. M. S. Lowstoff, 117. 
 Cambridge, 1, 9 n, 12, 14, 55, 60; 
 representative, General Court, 83 
 «, 84, 205, 330 n, 331, 337, 480;men- 
 tioned, 103, 108, 127; fire in Har- 
 vard College, 140; earthquake 
 shock felt in, 214; court held at, 
 230, 233; 284 m. 
 Cambridge Press, The, 15, 16. 
 Cambridge printers. See Printers. 
 Campbel, Capt., Caledonia, at New- 
 York, 37; report of the misfor- 
 tunes of that colony, 37. 
 Campbell, Duncan, Boston, his 
 manuscript news letters, 3, 4, 37, 
 postmaster of Boston, 34, sketch 
 of 34, 145 w; John, Boston, his 
 manuscript news letters, 3, 4, 34, 
 35, 53, begins The Boston News- 
 Letter, 3, 59, 61, sketch of, 34, 
 made postmaster of Boston, 35, 
 petition of to the General Court, 
 1705, 54, mentioned, 55, 63, 64, 
 68, 71, 72, 74, 78, 87, advertises a 
 negro woman for sale, 93, 250, 
 253, 292, 294, 300, mentioned, 127, 
 131, 132, 146, 186, 210, 215, 229, 
 243, 268, 272, 277, 280, 288, 289, 
 290, 291, advertises an appeal for 
 support of the News-Letter, 294- 
 295, 295 n, mentioned, 310, 315, 
 advertises a Surranam Indian 
 woman and child for sale, 316, 319, 
 advertises negro slaves to be sold, 
 323, 336, 344, 353, 356, 365, 373, 
 379, 385, 414, 421-422, 424, 428, 
 430, 433, 437, 444, mentioned, 348, 
 359, 394, 410, 418, 431, 440, 
 advertises for slaves to be trans- 
 ported to Virginia for a market, 
 446, mentioned, 449, 459, adver- 
 tises a Carolina Indian boy to be 
 sold, 463, 472, mentioned, 469, 
 473; Susanna, widow of Duncan, 
 145, 145 n. 
 Campbell manuscript news letters, 3, 
 4, 14, 34, transcript of, 35-52; 
 53, 54. 
 Campeche, or Campechy (Cam- 
 peachy), 125, 474, 477. See Bay 
 of Campeachy. 
 Canada, 28, western expedition 
 against, 30-31; 45, governor of, 50, 
 198, 207, 219, 271; 52, English 
 captives in, 59, 73, 198, 207, 219, 
 236 n; report of move of French 
 and Indians in force from to 
 attack New England, 74, 93, 149; 
 Letter Prom a Gentleman in, 98; 
 113, 148, 223, French store ships 
 for, 224; exchange of prisoners, 
 271, 332, 367, 367 n, 382, 425, 426; 
 Indians from reported moving 
 for descent upon the frontiers, 486. 
 
 Canada, ship, 485. 
 
 Canada Magazin, 113. 
 
 Canada River, 113. 
 
 Canary Islands, 38, 116, 238, 287, 
 
 354, 370, 383. 
 Candle, inch of. See Inch of Candle. 
 Cantey, Capt. William, soldier, 404. 
 Cape Ann, 45, 49, 70, 88, 91, 92, 129, 
 165 n, 176, 177, 233, 236, 268, 269, 
 271, batteries on, 332; 360, prison- 
 ers of war convoyed off, 382; 
 French prize ship brought to, 409; 
 423 
 Cape Cod, 106, 109, 111, 177, 179, 
 228, 230, 232, 235, 285, 322, 366. 
 Cape-Cod Harbour, 235. 
 Cape Franswa, 349, 392. 
 Cape Hatteras, 109, 333. 
 Cape Henry, 172. 
 Cape May, 35, 51, Capt. Basset 
 
 chased by ship off, 371. 
 Cape Nidduck, or Neddock, (York, 
 
 Me.) Indian raid at, 259. 
 Cape Porpos [Porpoise], 182. 
 Cape Sable Indians, attack wrecked 
 
 crew of a Salem ship, 391. 
 Cape Sables, 191, fishing vessels from, 
 
 236; 391, [Sabels] 435. 
 Cape Verde Islands, 116. 
 Caper, Dutch, 351. 
 Capes of Delaware, 115, 218. 
 Capes of Virginia, 36, 100, 168, 181, 
 215, 220, 221, 244, 254, 312, 320, 
 396, 465, 482. 
 Caplin Bay, Newfoundland, 354. 
 Capt. Andrew Belcher's wharf. See 
 
 Boston. 
 Captives. See English Captives, 
 French Prisoners, and Prisoners. 
 Caracos. See Curacoa. 
 Carbonier, or Carboniere (Carbonear), 
 
 Newfoundland, 150, 198, 231. 
 Card, William, shipmaster, 156, 192, 
 
 of sloop Katherine, 450. 
 Carder, shipmaster, 355. 
 Careeby, or Careby (Caribbee Island), 
 
 W,I., 262. 
 Cares about the Nurseries, sermons, 
 
 advertisement of, 359. 
 Carey, Capt., shipmaster, 114, 196; 
 Capt. Nath., Charlestown, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 330 n, 
 331; Samuel, shipmaster, 239, 
 brigt. Three Sisters, 307, 323. See 
 Cary. 
 Carket, shipmaster, 123, 156, 184. 
 Carkett, shipmaster, 188, William, 
 shipmaster, 250, of sloop Friends 
 Adventure, 310, 316. 
 Carkeit, shipmaster, ship of chased, 
 
 354. 
 Carlile, John, shipmaster, 135, 140, 
 of brigt. Swan, 144, 170, lost in a 
 storm, 279. 
 Carlile, ship, 482. 
 
 501 
 
INDEX 
 
 Carman, shipmaster, sloop of taken 
 by privateer, 221. 
 
 Carocus. See Curacoa. 
 
 Carolina, ships and advices from, 35, 
 103, 115, 140, 196, 202, 252, 322, 
 333, 454, 463, 464; ships for, 133, 
 137, 149, 151, 153, 156, 159, 161, 
 181, 206, 232, 237, 248, 278, 279, 
 312, 322, 329, 346, 378, 476, 478, 
 479, 482, 486; Carolina privateer 
 takes a French privateer, 173- 
 174; 188; postal service, 256-257; 
 invasion of, 401-405. See South 
 Carolina. 
 
 Carpenter, Philip, Kittery, Me., 
 killed with his family by Indians, 
 486 ; Samuel, Philadelphia, Quaker, 
 263, 271. 
 
 Carr, Capt., shipmaster, 113; Robert, 
 Newport, R. I., dies, 159. 
 
 Carroll's Historical Collections of 
 South Carolina, cited, 66 n. 
 
 Cartel for exchange of prisoners, 
 189, 208, 243. 
 
 Cartell, shipmaster, 178. 
 
 Carter, Capt., shipmaster, 43, 126, 
 222, 236, 302; Denis, pirate, 78, 
 82, 95, 225; John, pirate, 79, 82, 
 91, 95, 225; John, shipmaster, 226; 
 Obediah, master of coaster, 323. 
 
 Carthageen, or Carthagene (Carta- 
 gena), 354 ; French fleet bound for 
 after plate, 354; 368, 462. 
 
 Carver, Robert, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Plymouth, 270, 285, 313, 314. 
 
 Cary, Capt., shipmaster, 73; John, 
 clerk of court, Bristol 444; Capt. 
 Naihanael, Charlestown, runaway 
 slave of advertised, 97 ; Nathaniel, 
 shipmaster, 108, of sloop Katherine, 
 347, 358, 426, 438, 440; Samuel, 
 shipmaster, 222. See Carey. 
 
 Cascoe, Cascobay, orCaskobay (Casco 
 Bay), 33, 46, 49, 50, 262, 355, 445. 
 
 Casko (Casco), Me., 199, 232, 254, 
 262, 458. 
 
 Cassik of Ibitachuka. See Ivjtach- 
 ma, chief of. 
 
 Casteen (Castin, Baron de Saint), 30. 
 
 Castle, Capt., in H. M. S. Kingsayle, 
 commodore of fleet, 406, dies, 407. 
 
 Castle Del Key, private ship-of-war, 
 282. 
 
 Castle William, Castle Island, Boston 
 Harbor, 40, 45, 103, 244, 266, 
 cannon received for, 274; 281, 
 works upon, 326, 329, 367, 367 n; 
 celebration at, of "Her Majesties 
 Glorious Successes," 393; 399 n. 
 
 Catalogue of publications in what 
 is now the United States, prior to 
 the Revolution . . . , 12. 
 
 Cauley, James, shipmaster, 105; 
 Zachariah, master ship John, 67. 
 See Cawley. 
 
 Cawley, Capt., shipmaster, 209, 355, 
 457; James, master sloop Begin- 
 ning, 427, 465, 468; John, Marble- 
 head, representative, General 
 Court, 330 n, 33 1 . See Cawly. 
 
 Cawly, Capt., shipmaster, 378, 456, 
 457. See Cawley. 
 
 Cebra, James, shipmaster, 172, 184, 
 251, 258, 299, 304, 420. 
 
 CsfisoT Tfo@ 6 
 
 Centurion, H. M. S., 104, 105, 191 n. 
 
 Cettey Privateer, 211. 
 
 Chadwel, Capt., shipmaster, Boston 
 ship of taken by privateer, 74. 
 
 Chadwell, Capt., soldier, 45. 
 
 Chamberlain, Jonathan, shipmaster, 
 167. See Chamberlin. 
 
 Chamberlin, Capt., shipmaster, 183, 
 184 (see Chamberlain) , of ship Re- 
 becca, 274, 284; Ebenezar, ship- 
 master, 233, 247; John, ship- 
 master, 216, 226; William, ship- 
 master, 196, 202, 254, of sloop Bles- 
 sing, 276, barque Blessing, 277. 
 
 Chamne (Champney?), Noah, ship- 
 master, 216, of ship Endeavour, 
 286. See Champney. 
 
 Champney, Noah, mate, sloop Hen- 
 rietta, 107, 108; shipmaster, 131. 
 
 Chandler, Mr., New London, Conn., 
 postmaster, 37; Capt., commander 
 ship Litchfield Prize, 269; John, 
 Andover, representative, General 
 Court, 84. 
 
 Chaplain, shipmaster, 328. 
 
 Chaplin, shipmaster, 427, 465. 
 
 Chapman, Charles, shipmaster, sloop 
 Dove, 345, 484; John, shipmaster, 
 374. 
 
 Chappel, Robert, shipmaster, 161. 
 
 Chardon, Peter, Boston, merchant, 
 still house of, 283. 
 
 Charles, brigt., 78, 82, 85, 89, 91, 92, 
 94, 178 n, 190 n, 206 n; ship, 304, 
 410; sloop, 100, 272, 276, 407, 453, 
 476, 481, 488. 
 
 Charles Galley, ship, 242, 275; 
 privateer, captures Spanish ship, 
 383 
 
 Charles River, 60, 62, execution of 
 pirates on, 99; 103. 
 
 Charlestown (Charleston), S. C, 54, 
 ships fitted out at, designed 
 against Cuba, 112; French naval 
 attack upon, 401-405; advices 
 from, 456. 
 
 Charlestown, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 205, 330 n, 331, 479 n, 
 480; mentioned, 86, 97, 101, 130; 
 incident of county court session at, 
 165; 170, earthquake shock felt 
 in, 214; 251, William Charters, 
 merchant, dies in, 310; muster in, 
 328; property advertised for sale, 
 335, 344; 377, 419. 
 
 502 
 
INDEX 
 
 Charlestown Ferry, 71, 152; John 
 Russell, ferryman, 152; 221. 
 
 Charlestown Galley, ship, 375. 
 
 Charnock, Capt., shipmaster, 49, 
 128; John, shipmaster, 156, 184, 
 of ship Society, 300, 395, 400, 407, 
 Marlborough Galley, 468. 
 
 Charter-bill, 23. 
 
 Charters of New England, 22. 
 
 Charters, William, Charlestown, mer- 
 chant, dies, 310. 
 
 Chartier, Monsieur, 95, 113. 
 
 Charts, Capt. Cyprian Southack's, 
 264 n. 
 
 Chebacco, 135. 
 
 Chechopege River, 100. 
 
 Check List of Boston Newspapers, 
 1704-1780, 4 n, 16, 17. 
 
 Checkley, Capt. Samuel, Boston, 
 representative, General Court, 84, 
 204, 244 n, 330, 479 n, 480; 
 [Checkly], commissioned lietit. col. 
 of the Boston Regiment, 244. 
 
 Checkly, Capt., Anthony, Boston, 
 283. 
 
 Chelmsford, Indians lurking about, 
 29; representative, General Court, 
 84, 205, 330, 480; Rev. Thomas 
 Clark of dies, 153; Block House 
 in, 357; Rev. Sampson Stoddard 
 ordained pastor in, 422. 
 
 Chester, Samuel, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Adventure, 77, 86, 93, 149. 
 
 Chevalle, Daniel, pirate, 78, 82. 
 
 Chever, Bartholomew, shipmaster, 
 166. 
 
 Childe, John, Boston, tailor, 288, 
 289, 290. 
 
 Childsplay, H. M. S., 483. 
 
 Chipman, Samuel, Barnstable, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 480. 
 
 Chilmark, representative, General 
 Court, 279 n, 280. 
 
 Chity, Thomas, shipmaster, sloop 
 Endeavour, 471, [Chitty] 478. 
 
 Christian, Capt., French privateers- 
 man, 66; Capt., shipmaster, 360. 
 
 Christian History, The, 5. 
 
 Christians, The, Exercise by Satans 
 Temptations, by Rev. Samuel 
 Willard, advertisement of, 294. 
 
 Christophers, Richard, shipmaster, 
 307, 314, 334, of sloop Grace & 
 Ruth, 346. 
 
 Chuley, Daniel, pirate, 79, 82. 
 
 Church, Col. Benjamin, commander 
 of the forces at the Eastward, 87, 
 95, 108, 113, 118, 120, vote of 
 thanks to, 121; 285 n, representa- 
 tive for Little Compton in General 
 Court, 337; Capt., shipmaster, 
 121; Benjamin, shipmaster, 251; 
 Joseph, Little Compton, repre- 
 sentative, 84. 
 Clap, Hopestill, Dorchester, repre- 
 
 sentative, General Court, 83 n, 
 84, 204, 204 n, 330, 480; Capt. 
 Preserved, Northampton, repre- 
 sentative, 84, 205; Samuel, Scit- 
 uate, representative, 84, 205, 480. 
 Clapo alias Crepo, Capt., French 
 privateersman, 211, taken by 
 English man-of-war, 215. See 
 Crapo. 
 Clark, Capt., shipmaster, 22 ; 7 John, 
 of H. M. S. Lowstoffs crew, 117; 
 Rev. John, Exeter, N. H., dies, 
 227; John, Saybrook, Conn., 437; 
 Mr. Justice, Boston, 136; Na- 
 thaniel, shipmaster, 157, 209; 
 Samuel, shipmaster, 96; Thomas, 
 Boston, his wharf, 90; Rev. 
 Thomas, Chelmsford, dies, 153; 
 Thomas, shipmaster, sloop En- 
 deavour, 283, ship Endeavour, 
 358; Timothy, Boston, chosen 
 selectman, 176, assessor, 304; 
 Capt. William, Boston, chosen 
 overseer of the poor, 177, 177 n; 
 William, master sloop Endeavour, 
 261, 268, 358, 468 ; William, Boston, 
 merchant, advertisement of, 438, 
 440. See Clarke. 
 
 Clark's Examples, lost copy of adver- 
 tised, 440. 
 
 Clark's Wharf, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 Clarke, Francis, Boston, chosen over- 
 seer of the poor, 304, 304 n; Jonas, 
 Boston, 245; Samuel, shipmaster, 
 222, 233; Thomas, master sloop 
 Endeavour, 292; Thomas, Bos- 
 ton, brazier, 392; Capt. Timo- 
 thy, elected lieut., Honorable 
 Artillery Company, 336; William, 
 New York, secretary of the prov- 
 ince, 48; William, Boston, mer- 
 chant, 251; William, master sloop 
 Endeavour, 334, 347, 393, 424, 
 426, 463, 482. See Clark. 
 
 Clavar, Capt., privateersman, 152, 
 brings in to New York a rich 
 Spanish prize, 234. See Claver. 
 
 Clavarack, N. Y., 227. 
 
 Claver, Capt. Aarian, commander 
 Dutch privateer, brings in to New 
 York Spanish prizes, 112, 115, 159, 
 178. See Clavar. 
 
 Clay, George, shipmaster, ship Rich- 
 ard, 161. 
 
 Cleaves, William, shipmaster, 253, 
 [Cleves] ship William &,;Mary, 265, 
 [Cleeves] 268. t* 
 
 Cleeves and Cleves. See Cleaves. 
 
 Clifford, John, pirate, 78, 82, 92. 
 
 Clough, shipmaster, 234; Samuel, 
 almanac maker, 148, 253, 253 n, 
 421, 421 n. 
 
 Club of Odd Volumes, 21. 
 
 Coal, Mr., St. John's, Newfoundland, 
 327. 
 
 503 
 
INDEX 
 
 Coale, shipmaster, 201. 
 
 Coasters, order by Gov. Dudley to 
 
 masters of, 322. 
 Cocheco, Me., hostile Indians about, 
 
 70, [Cochecho] 86. 
 Cock, Capt., shipmaster, 112. 
 Coekerin, shipmaster, 345. 
 Cockram, Capt., shipmasttr, 488. 
 Cockrane, shipmaster, 476. 
 Codden. See Coddin. 
 Coddin, Codding, Coding, Codden, 
 or Coden, Capt. shipmaster, coaster, 
 386, 391, 412, 431, 437, [James 
 Coden] 443, 454, 464. 
 Codding. See Coddin. 
 Coddington, Col., 39; Gen., 42, made 
 governor of Jamaica, W. I., 43; 
 45, 47, 48. 
 Coden. See Coddin. 
 Coding. See Coddin. 
 Codman, Capt., shipmaster, 35, 184, 
 194, 196, 242; Stephen, shipmaster, 
 77, 105, 118, 127, 132, 136, 206, 
 216, 230; Stephen, jr., shipmaster, 
 88, 124, 149, 179. 
 Codner, William, shipmaster, 381, 
 
 386, 406, 458. 
 Coerteen, Capt., shipmaster, 348, 
 
 352. 
 Coffee house, Guttridge's, Boston. 
 
 See Boston. 
 Coffin, Capt., shipmaster, 45; Capt. 
 Ebenezer, sloop Ann, private man- 
 of-war, 86, 93; Ebenezar, ship- 
 master, 183, 191, 215, 230, 252, 
 of sloop Dolphin, 291, sloop Ann, 
 304, 463; James, Nantucket, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 84, 
 479 n\ Capt., Nathaniel, ship- 
 master, 245, 246, of ship Industry, 
 350, 393; Peter, shipmaster, 93, 
 103, 129, of ship Pelican, 144, 149, 
 177, 184, 201, 216, 255, 352, sloop 
 Society, 386, 407. 
 Coggin, Samuel, shipmaster, 357, 
 of ship Sarah and Elizabeth, 360. 
 Cohanzey, Mr. James lownsend of 
 e-i Boston dies at, 282. 
 Coins, foreign, rates of. See Foreign 
 
 coins. 
 Coit, Nathaniel, Gloucester, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 84. 
 Cole, Capt., shipmaster, 191, of 
 Friends Adventure, 428, 430, 476; 
 Nicholas, Wells, Me., soldier, 75; 
 William, master sloop Mary, 329. 
 Cole and Been Gaily, privateer, 248. 
 Coleburn, John, Dedham, 289, lost in 
 
 snow storm in Roxbury, 290. 
 Coleman Frigot, ship, 323, [Colman] 
 
 379, 470, 483. 
 Coleman Gaily, ship, 469. 
 Collar, shipmaster, 136. 
 Collard, shipmaster, 114, 123. 
 Collections of the Essex Historical 
 
 Society, 17. 
 
 Collections of the Massachusetts 
 Historical Society, 11, 14, 15, 17. 
 
 Collections of the New Hampshire 
 Historical Society, 21. 
 
 Collegiate School in Connecticut. 
 454 n. 
 
 Coller, Richard, shipmaster, sloop 
 Mary Rose, 413, 429. 
 
 Collier, Jeremiah, 87; shipmaster, 
 103. 
 
 Collins, Adonirain, shipmaster, 93, 
 of brigt. Larke, 484; Eleazar, 
 coaster, 372, of ship Brothers Ad- 
 venture, 391. 
 
 Collyer, John, shipmaster", brigt. 
 Unity, 429. 
 
 Colman, Rev. Benjamin, Boston, his 
 Election Sermon Mch. 1704 adver- 
 tised, 471; John, Boston, mer- 
 chant, advertises negroes to be 
 sold, 86, 347. 
 
 Colonial governors, news letters 
 addressed to, 53. 
 
 Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 4, 
 16, 22, 108 n. 
 
 Colonies, American, first manuscript 
 news letters in, 34; first news- 
 paper in, 24, first newspaper con- 
 tinuously published in, 61. 
 
 Comer, John, shipmaster, ketch 
 Exchange, 326. 
 
 Commerce. See Trade and Com- 
 merce. 
 
 Compeche. See Campeche. 
 
 Conception Bay, 198, 220, 231. 
 
 Concldin, Joseph, shipmaster, 323; 
 of sloop Tryal, 329, 338, 378, 384, 
 [Conclin] 468, 474, [sloop Tryajlj 
 486. 
 
 Conclin. See Concklin. 
 
 Concord, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 205, 330, 479 n, 
 480; Rev. Joseph Esterbrook of, 
 205, 229. 
 
 Concord River, 357. 
 
 Concordia, Dutch privateer, 485. 
 
 Coney's Lane, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 Connecticut, newspapers of 1755- 
 1800, 11; Campbell news letters 
 sent to Gov. Winthrop of, see 
 Winthrop, Fitz-John; General 
 Assembly at New Haven, 50; 
 ships and advices from, 85, 86, 88, 
 93, 96, 100, 105, 121, 123, 124, 125, 
 127, 131, 178, 194, 196, 202, 209, 
 214, 222, 226, 228, 230, 233, 235 
 237, 239, 243, 244, 246, 250, 253 
 260, 268, 271, 300, 301, 307, 314' 
 323, 326, 329, 334, 337, 346, 350' 
 352, 358, 362, 364, 367, 372, 375' 
 378, 382, 384, 386, 393, 400, 406' 
 407, 422, 423, 429, 449, 453, 459' 
 468, 470, 474, 476, 481, 482, 484' 
 486; ships for, 86, 88, 93, 96, 100' 
 
 504 
 
INDEX 
 
 105, 125, 127, 128, 132, 139, 156, 
 177, 183, 190, 194, 196, 200, 201, 
 207, 209, 214, 216, 219, 226, 228, 
 230, 232, 233, 237, 239, 244, 251, 
 255, 264, 292, 304, 310, 314, 316, 
 319, 325, 329, 334, 338, 350, 355, 
 362, 364, 367, 375, 382, 384, 387, 
 391, 393, 407, 409, 421, 423, 450, 
 453, 454, 455, 459, 463, 466, 468, 
 470, 472, 473, 477, 481, 484, 485; 
 colony mentioned, 134, 182 », 193, 
 432; commissioners hold court on 
 Indian land case in, 235, 239; 
 postal service, 272, 294; earth- 
 quake in, June 22, 1705, 292; 
 Thanksgiving day in, May 1706, 
 340, Oct. 1706, 417; fortifying the 
 frontier towns against Indians, 
 442. 
 
 Connecticut Historical Society, 20. 
 
 Connecticut River, 85, 95, 291, floods 
 in, 321, 414. 
 
 Connecticut Valley, 443 n. 
 
 Cononicut, (Connanicut) Island, R. I., 
 164, [Quananicut] 191. 
 
 Consumption Bay. See Conception 
 Bay. 
 
 Content, brigt., 334, 347, 358, 467, 
 468; ship, 164, 275, 350, 385, 431, 
 484; sloop, 275, 305, 314, 378, 
 413, 423, 463, 474. 
 
 Continental Journal, The, and Weekly 
 Advertiser, 6. 
 
 Continuation of the Narrative of 
 Newspapers published in New 
 England from the year 1704 . . ,11, 
 
 Converse, Maj. James, Woburn, 
 Speaker, House of Representatives, 
 1703, 44, 1704, 83 n, 84; member, 
 House of Representatives, 1705, 
 204 n, 205, 1706, 330; dies, 357. 
 
 Cook, shipmaster, 85, 118, 184, Wil- 
 liam, master brigt. Defiance, 144, 
 179, 183, 219. 
 
 Cooke, William, shipmaster, 96, 222, 
 232, of brigt. John and James, 326, 
 364, 420, 448. 
 
 Cooper, Caleb, New York, merchant, 
 206; James, Boston, 71; Thomas, 
 merchant, dies at sea, 230. 
 
 Coram, Thomas, shipmaster, 40, 
 41, 43, of ship Resignation, 46. 
 
 Coraso. See Curacoa. , 
 
 Coratuk, Coratuck, or Corratuck, 
 ships from, 103, 136, 139, 250, 264, 
 268, 384, 482; ships for, 148, 149, 
 151, 156, 228, 237, 261, 274, 277, 
 279. 
 
 Corbin, Rev. William, Boston, dies, 
 75. 
 
 Cordage, imported, advertised for 
 sale, 428, 448. 
 
 Cork, Ireland, 32, ships from, 38, 40, 
 51, 467; New England ships arrive 
 at, 457. 
 
 Cormer, shipmaster, 179. 
 
 Cornbury, Edward, viscount, gov- 
 ernor of New York and New 
 Jersey, 40, 43; his commissions 
 brought out, 48; 52, 105, 109; sails 
 for Albany with forces to strength- 
 en the frontiers, 111; 114, 118, 
 121, 123, 125, 129, 132, 145, 149, 
 157, 187, 188 ; again visits the fron- 
 tiers of Albany, 190, 193, 195; 199, 
 206, 209; lays embargo on the 
 province, 211; 254, 315, 328, 343; 
 charged with official extravagance, 
 373 n; 376, again visits the fron- 
 tiers, 383, 386; 396, 412, 427, 
 454, 486. 
 
 -Proclamation of, prohibiting 
 
 the importation of dipt money 
 into the province, 192-193; com- 
 manding all persons to appear in 
 arms &c. upon the first alarm, 
 and prohibiting the sale and ex- 
 portation of powder till further 
 order, 325. 
 
 -Speeches of to the New York 
 
 General Assembly, Oct. 12, 1704, 
 142-143, 142 n; June 14, 1705, 
 212-214, 214 n; May 29, 1706, 
 341-342, 343 «; Sept. 27, 1706, 
 397-399, 397 n, 
 
 Katherine Hyde, Lady, dies in 
 
 New York, 373, 373 n. 
 
 Corney, shipmaster, coaster, 88; 
 [Corny] John, shipmaster, for Lon- 
 don, 156, 169, 230, from England, 
 269, of brigt. Dorothy, 270, 274, 
 275, 347, 350, from Virginia, 409. 
 
 Cornhill Court, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 Cornish, shipmaster, coaster, 118, 
 127, 132 ; Joshua, mastership Unity, 
 139, 177, 183, 208, 230. 
 
 Cornwell, Jacob, shipmaster, coaster, 
 323 334 
 
 Coronation, sloop, 393, 413, 463. 
 
 Coronation day, celebration of in 
 Boston, 40. 
 
 Cortemanche, or Cortemange, Capt. 
 See Courtemanche, Sieur de. 
 
 Corucoa. See Curacoa. 
 
 Corwin, Capt. Jonathan, chosen 
 councillor, Mass., 44, 83, 204, 330, 
 479. 
 
 Cotton, Lieut., commander Province 
 sloop, 234; Sir Robert, 256, 334; 
 Rev. Rowland, Sandwich, 59, 
 preaches Artillery Election Sermon, 
 336; Sarah, 27; Rev. Seaborn, 27. 
 
 Council, Massachusetts. See Massa- 
 chusetts Council. 
 
 Council Records, Massachusetts. 
 See Massachusetts Council 
 Records. 
 
 Councillors. See Massachusetts 
 Council, New York Council, New 
 Jersey Council. 
 
 505 
 
INDEX 
 
 Count Tholons, privateer, 39. 
 
 Counterfeiters and counterfeiting, 
 111, 116, 117, 119, 201, 203, 206, 
 209, 265. See Bills of Credit. 
 
 Country or Countrys Brigantine, 96, 
 lost, 246, 254. 
 
 Countrys Sloop, lost, 246, 257. 
 
 Court, advertisement by order of 
 for owners of stolen goods, 443. 
 
 Court Avenue, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 Court Martial, Jamaica, of "runa- 
 gado" English shipmaster and 
 execution of, 368-369. 
 
 Court of Admiralty, 35, 62, 67, for 
 the trial of pirates, 92, 94-95, 225, 
 299; in Rhode Island, 105, 145, 
 216, 341; Virginia, 172. 
 
 Court of General Sessions of the 
 Peace, for the County of Suffolk, 
 239, at Plymouth, 250. 
 
 Courtney, Chevalier, commander of 
 French privateer, 370. 
 
 Courteen, shipmaster, 278. 
 
 Courtemanche, Sieur de, Canadian 
 commissioner for exchange of 
 prisoners, 207, 207 n, 219, 271. 
 
 Courts. See Inferiour Court of Com- 
 mon Pleas; Court of Admiralty; 
 Superiour Court of Judicature; 
 Oyer and Terminer and Goal- 
 Delivery; Superiour Court of Assize 
 and General Goal Delivery; Court 
 of General Sessions of the Peace; 
 Quarter-Sessions of the Peace. 
 
 Coventry, H. M. S., 143. 
 
 Coward, Capt., shipmaster, 48, 
 Hugh, master sloop Mary, for Lon- 
 don, 77, 128, 206, chased by French 
 privateer, 210; 218, 381, for 
 Jamaica, 412, 420. 
 
 Cowes, ships for, 167, 170; ships 
 from, 318; advices from, 351; 
 prizes arrive at, 485. 
 
 Cox, William, shipmaster, 257, 333, 
 412, 470. 
 
 Cox's Head, Me., 451. 
 
 Craeg, and Craig. See Craige. 
 
 Craige, shipmaster, 136, David, ship- 
 master, for Barbadoes, 149, [Craeg] 
 167, [Craig] 170, [Craig] brigt. 
 Sarah, 361, taken by French 
 privateer, 435. 
 
 Cranston, Capt., shipmaster, 374, 
 400, 458, 470; Benjamin, ship- 
 master, 306, 307, 384, 406; John, 
 shipmaster, 137, 193, 406, 432; 
 Samuel, governor of Rhode Island, 
 35, 62, 63, 81, 89, 172, 337, 340, 
 341, 374, 470. 
 Crapo, Capt., French privateersman, 
 220, 221, 223, 242, 338, captured 
 by an Irish ship, 379, 380. See 
 Clapo. 
 Cravat, Ezekiel, shipmaster, 77, 
 [Cravate] 96, 128, 135, [Cravate] 
 
 of ketch Dolphin, 144, 149, 157 
 [Cravatt] 230, 337, [Cravath] 
 ketch Dolphin, 364, [Cravatt] 417 
 423, 468, 482, [Cravate] 488. 
 Cravate, Cravath, Cravatt. See 
 
 Cravat. 
 Crawford, Mr., appointed a minister 
 for Pennsylvania, 97. 
 
 Crawfurd, Gedion, Providence, R. I. 
 103. 
 
 Creago, Richard, shipmaster, 128, 
 184; shipmaster, from St. Thomas, 
 232, 244, 345. 
 
 Creoles, on a captured French man- 
 of-war, 135. 
 
 Crepo, Capt. See Clapo. 
 
 Crime, assault, 466; burglary, 413, 
 418, 420, 421, 424, 428, 433, 443, 
 446, 447; counterfeiting, see Coun- 
 terfeiters and Counterfeiting; horse 
 stealing, 414, 418, 420; piracy, see 
 Pirates and Piracy. 
 
 Crisp, Col., St. Christopher, W. I., 
 419. 
 
 Crocodile, ship, 187. 
 
 Crooke, Arnold, shipmaster, 206 
 [Crook] 363, 378. 
 
 Cross, Stephen, shipmaster, sloop 
 Endeavour, 276; "Sil.", 440. 
 
 Crossman, Robert, Taunton, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 330 n, 
 331, [Crosman] 480. 
 
 Crow, Milford, governor of Barbadoes, 
 457, 476, reception upon arrival 
 out, 483. 
 
 Crown Galley, H. M. S., 403. 
 
 Croxton, shipmaster, 417. 
 
 Crute, Capt., Philadelphia, ship- 
 master, 74. 
 
 Cuba, expedition from South Caro- 
 lina against, 110, 112; 210, 328, 
 sugar ship from taken by a New 
 York privateer, 354; 370. 
 
 Cumberland, ship, 429, 453. 
 
 Cumby, Capt., shipmaster, 199, 227, 
 of ship Genoua Galley, 231, 258. 
 
 Cummings, Charles A., 14. 
 
 Cunibal, John Jr., Boston, joiner, 
 drowned, 188. 
 
 Cuquit, Nehemiah, shipmaster, 381, 
 400. 
 
 Curacoa, W. I., ships and advices 
 from, 47, 48, 49, 68, 75, 109, 128, 
 133, 144, 152, 156, 159, 164, 172, 
 187, 190, 203, 245, 268, 278, 290, 
 321, 325, 348, 352, 371, 374, 378, 
 380, 381, 454, 463, 466, 470, 472, 
 474, 486, 487; ships for from 
 colonial ports, 73, 103, 114, 118, 
 136, 148, 153, 168, 172, 178, 181, 
 184, 203, 206, 209, 219, 232, 251, 
 255, 258, 261, 272, 274, 276, 277, 
 278, 328, 332, 334, 338, 356, 378, 
 384, 397, 400, 406, 412, 413, 423, 
 428, 432, 434, 437, 450, 458, 476, 
 
 506 
 
INDEX 
 
 478; Capt. Toungrello, privateers- 
 man, takes prizes off of, 62, 100; 
 Jacob Fowle of Marblehead at 
 after remarkable adventures, 76; 
 captured French ships brought 
 into, 129; 145, privateering off 
 the coast of, 182, 290, 299, 345, 
 392; French design upon, 307, 
 325; Dutch fleet from, 338; 349, 
 434, 441, Dutch war ship and 
 merchantmen arrive at, 473. 
 
 Curaso, Curraso. See Curacoa. 
 
 Curiosities of History, 14, cited, 62 n. 
 
 Curtice, Thomas, shipmaster, [Cur- 
 tise] 73, 85, 132, 193, 196, 214, 
 237, 253, 264, 316, 350, 358, of 
 sloop Swan, 378, 384, sloop En- 
 deavour, 470, sloop Swan again, 
 484. See Curtis. 
 
 Curtis, Capt., shipmaster, 127, 235; 
 
 F)AFFIN, Richard, shipmaster, 235, 
 244, [Daffon] ketch Fisher, 261, 
 [Dafforn] 354, [Dafforne] 301, sloop 
 Amity. 316, 329. 
 
 Daffon, Dafforn, Dafforne. See 
 Daffin. 
 
 Dale, Thomas, South Carolina, killed 
 in Indian fight, 64. 
 
 D'Amboise, Monsieur, Passami- 
 quadi, 113. 
 
 Dams, on Connecticut River, ruined 
 by floods, 321. 
 
 Dane, Thomas, Wells, Me., soldier, 
 75. 
 
 Danforth, Rev. John, Dorchester, 60; 
 Thomas, deputy governor Massa- 
 chusetts, 1679-1686, 284. 
 
 Danger, The, of Speedy Degeneracy, 
 by Rev. Solomon Stoddard, adver- 
 tisement of, 222. 
 
 Darby, Eleazar, shipmaster, 88, 
 taken by a French privateer off 
 Sandy Hook, 115; 121, 126, 128, 
 153, 174, 199, 202, 206, 207, 214, 
 230, 237, 239, 271, of sloop Eliza- 
 beth, 291, sloop Mary, 352, sloop 
 Elizabeth again, 378, 448, 450, 469, 
 476, 482; Richard, shipmaster, 
 137; Samuel, shipmaster, 302, 
 of sloop Flying Hart, 307, 314, 362. 
 
 Darril, Moor, shipmaster, 109. 
 
 Dart Galley, ship, 375, 410. 
 
 Dartmouth, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 205, 479 n, 480. 
 
 Dartmouth, Eng., 347, 457, 465, 477. 
 
 Dartmouth College Library, 20. 
 
 Darvar, Capt., shipmaster, ship of 
 taken by the French, 74. 
 
 Davenport, Francis, councillor, New 
 Jersey, 43. 
 
 David and Joseph, ship, 108, 391, 
 421, 453, 477. 
 
 Mr., Spruce Creek, Me., 199; 
 Thomas, shipmaster, sloop Swan 
 (see Curtice) 473. 
 
 Curtney, brigt., 161. 
 
 Cusben, shipmaster, 136. 
 
 Cushing, Jeremiah, shipmaster, 128, 
 [Cusking] 149, 205, 209, 216, of 
 sloop Industry, 271, 350, 362; Rev. 
 Jeremiah, Scituate, dies, 304; 
 John, chosen councillor, Mass., 
 330, 479 n, 480; Theophilus, Hing- 
 ham, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 479 n, 480; Thomas, 
 Boston, chosen selectman, 299. 
 
 Cusking, See Cushing. 
 
 Custom House, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 Cutler, David, shipmaster, 169, 177; 
 Maj., Piscataqua, soldier, 50; ship- 
 master, coaster, 226. 
 
 D 
 
 Davies, Capt., shipmaster, 68; Capt., 
 H. M. S. Triton's Prize, 483, 484. 
 
 Davis, Andrew McFarland, 15, 17; 
 Maj. Benjamin, Boston, dies, 150, 
 150 n, 244; Capt., shipmaster, 
 35, 71, 118, 232, 257, 371, 412; 
 Gabriel, pirate, 79, 82; John, ship- 
 master, 381; Maj. Boston, apothe- 
 cary, 55, 64; Capt. Simon, Bristol, 
 representative, General Court, 
 83 n, 84, 440; Simon, Concord, 
 representative, General Court, 205. 
 
 Davison, Capt., shipmaster, ship 
 Eagle Galley, 63, 68, 71, 74, 77, 
 80, 86, 105, 149; Nicholas, master 
 brigt. Welcome, 287. 
 
 Davy, Capt., French privateersman, 
 115. 
 
 Dawson, shipmaster, 133, 206; 
 Thomas, Boston, returned pris- 
 oner, 432. 
 
 Day, Thomas, Ipswich, 59. 
 
 Day, The, of Doom, by Rev. Michael 
 Wigglesworth, 209. 
 
 Daye, Stephen, printer, 1, 16, 55. 
 
 Deacon, George, councillor, New 
 Jersey, 43. 
 
 Deal, Eng., 22, colonial ships at, 
 347 353 
 
 Deal-Castle, H. M. S., 240, 252, 269, 
 274, 278, 315, 343. 
 
 Dean, Capt., shipmaster, 132, 214; 
 James, master brigt. Dragon, 304; 
 Joseph, master brigt. Dragon, 144, 
 153, 202, 255, 27V; William, ship- 
 master, 149, 156. 
 
 Deane, shipmaster, 179. 
 
 Dearby, Ebenezer, shipmaster, 105, 
 135. 
 
 Dearsley, Col., Charleston, S. C, 
 store house of burned by the 
 French, 403. 
 
 507 
 
INDEX 
 
 Dearsley's, Col., Creek, 403. 
 
 Debart, shipmaster, 164. 
 
 Deberville (d' Iberville), French ad- 
 miral, 323, 324, 325, 345, 354, 
 363, plans descent on Jamaica, 
 369; lying off Hispaniola, 371; 
 commands French squadron, 374, 
 392; dies of "the plague" at 
 Havana, 411, 436. 
 
 De Casse, commander French fleet 
 in West Indies, [Decast] 122, 317, 
 318, 321, 322. 
 
 Decast. See De Casse. 
 
 Dedham, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 204, 331, 480; earth- 
 quake shock felt in, 214; John 
 Coleburn of lost in snow on the 
 road, 289, 290; 345, 346. 
 
 Deerfield, 73, 182 n, 211, 349, 367, 
 return of Rev. John Williams from 
 captivity, 425, 426, 426 n, 435; 
 rejoicing over the redeemed cap- 
 tives, 436, 436 n; a rainbow in 
 December accepted as a divine 
 token of protection of, 436. 
 
 Deering, Henry, Boston, chosen 
 overseer of the poor, 177, 177 n, 
 304, 304 w, Henry, shipmaster, 
 ship Abigail, 423, [Dering] 426. 
 
 De Feboure, commander French 
 private man-of-war, 401, 403. 
 
 Defiance, brigt., 144. 
 
 Defrees, Capt., Albert, privateers- 
 man, 206, 238. 
 
 DeGroof , D'Groof, Degroff, De Groos, 
 or De Grose, shipmaster, 118, 201, 
 219, 237; Adolph, shipmaster, 203, 
 216, 245, of sloop Sawer, 484, 488. 
 
 De Groos. See Groof. 
 
 De Grose. See De Groof. 
 
 Dehaert, and Deheart. See De 
 Hart. 
 
 De Hart, D'hart, Dehart, Dehaert, 
 or Deheart, Capt., shipmaster, 
 147, 156, 172, 219, 221, 265, ship 
 Katherine, 303, 427, 437. 
 
 Delaware, 115. 
 
 Delbridge, Capt., shipmaster, 38, 
 [Debrige] 40, 41, 43, ship of taken 
 by privateer, 51. 
 
 Denison, Deras, ship's surgeon, 
 drowned in Boston Harbor, 400; 
 William, Roxbury, representative, 
 General Court, 84, 204, 330, 480. 
 
 Dennis, Ebenezar, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Friendship, 329, 361. 
 
 Deptford, H. M. S., 116, 224, 227, 
 235, 236, 237, 243, 244, 246, 262, 
 271, 275, 279, 280, 301, 304, 309, 
 317, 318, deserters from advertised, 
 358; 364, 372, 375, 386, notice to 
 deserters from, 453. 
 
 Depue, Capt., shipmaster, 183, 195, 
 203, ship of taken by the French, 
 268;[Depuy] 334. 
 
 Depuy. See "Depue. 
 
 Derby, Tristram, marine, deserter 
 
 advertised, 358. 
 Dering. See Deering. 
 Deserters advertised, 230, 265, 266, 
 
 Indian, 276, 278; from men-of-war, 
 
 358. 
 Desire, ship, 240, 347. 
 Development, The, of Freedom of 
 
 the Press in Massachusetts, 16. 
 Deveraux, John, shipmaster, 174, 
 
 sloop Mary, 387. 
 Deverne, shipmaster, 126. 
 Deverville. See Deberville. 
 Devonshire Street, Boston. See 
 
 Boston. 
 De Wandelaer, shipmaster, 137. 
 De Wint, Capt., privateersman, 152, 
 
 159, [Dewint] 234. 
 Diamond, shipmaster, 199, 246'; 
 
 Thomas, master ship Abigail, 358. 
 Diamond, brigt., 261, 271; sloop, 
 
 291, 325, 384, 387, 417, 423, 439, 
 
 442, 463, 482, 485. 
 Dill, shipmaster, 206, 238; Abraham, 
 
 shipmaster, sloop of wrecked, 257; 
 
 Joseph, shipmaster, 381. 
 Diman. See Dimon. 
 Dimon, John, shipmaster, 149, 
 
 [Diman] 202, 209. 
 Discourse, A, on the Holiness of the 
 
 Sabbath Day, by Jer. Dummer, 
 
 advertisement of, 148. 
 Dispatch, H. M. S., 482 n. 
 Disquisition, A, Concerning the State 
 
 of the Souls of Men, . . . when 
 
 separated from their Bodies, by 
 
 Increase Mather, advertisement or, 
 
 444. 
 Dock, Boston. See Town Dock 
 
 under Boston. 
 Documents Relating to the Colonial 
 
 History of . . . New Jersey, 15. 
 Documents Relative to the Colonial 
 
 History of . . . New York, 3 «, 
 
 373 n. 
 Dodan, fort, 324. 
 Dogger, Dutch built, 116. 
 Dogget, Capt. Samuel, Marshfield, 
 
 shipmaster, a copy of Purchas's 
 
 Pilgrims stolen from his sloop, 
 
 advertised, 433. 
 Dogs, used to hunt Indians, 373, 445. 
 Dolphin, brigt., 352, 367, 375, 
 
 [Lasenbey capt.] 453, [Welch capt.] 
 
 453, 455, 463 ; Dutch privateer, 326; 
 
 H. M. S., 135; ketch, 144, 364, 417, 
 
 423, 468, 482, 488; merchantman 
 
 (from Jamaica), 299; sloop, 144, 
 
 291, 297, 358, 378, 386, 391, [Smith 
 
 capt.] 407, [Harris capt.] 407, 417, 
 
 426, 450, 459, 463, 466, 468, [Harris 
 
 capt.] 470, [Loring capt.] 470, 473, 
 
 481, 485, 488. 
 Don Carolus, ship, 240. 
 
 508 
 
INDEX 
 
 Donnel, Samuel, York, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 330 n, 331. 
 
 Door, The, of Salvation Opened, by 
 D. Pede, advertisement of, 383. 
 
 Dorchester, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204, 204 n, 330, 
 480; earthquake shock felt in, 214; 
 first powder mill, in, 430 n. 
 
 Dorell, Mrs. Mildred, Boston, house 
 of robbed, 418. 
 
 Dorothy, brigt., 270, 274, 275, 350, 
 410; ship, 240. 
 
 Dorothy, John, pirate, 78, 82, 95, 
 225. 
 
 Dorset, ship, 242. 
 
 Doty, Samuel, shipmaster, sloop 
 Dove, 484, 488. 
 
 Dounten, shipmaster, coaster, 253; 
 William, master sloop Joseph and 
 Betty, 261, 277, sloop Vulture, 440, 
 453. 
 
 Dove, brigt., 268, 275, 277, 347, 407, 
 [Pullen, capt.] 410, [Green, capt.] 
 410, 413, 423, 431, 478, 484, 488; 
 ship, 157, 172, 230, 283, 294, 301, 
 320, 478; sloop, 144, 329, 345, 351, 
 355, 484, 488. 
 
 Dover, Eng., 193. 
 
 Dover, H. M. S., 39, 357, 360, 361, 
 378, 386, 393, 394, 407, 412, 457. 
 
 Dover, N. H., Indians at, 67, 321, 
 man killed by, 374. 
 
 Dover Gaily, 161, 347. 
 
 Doverin, shipmaster, 136. 
 
 Downs, Eng., 22, 353, 366, 457. 
 
 Downs, Samuel, runaway servant 
 advertised, 347. 
 
 Dows, Capt., shipmaster, 38. 
 
 Dowse, Capt., shipmaster, 40, 41, 43. 
 
 Dracut, representative, General 
 Court, 84. 
 
 Dragon, brigt., 67, 144, 145, 255, 
 271, 297, 304, 314, 319, 347, 358, 
 384, 420, [Webster capt.] 427, 
 [Blue capt.] 427, 429, 436, 470, 
 477; privateer, 248, 296; ship, 307. 
 
 Drake, Capt. Jonathan, South Caro- 
 lina, soldier, 402, 403; Samuel G., 
 Boston, historian, 242. 
 
 Dram, Norway, 429. 
 
 Draper, John, Boston, printer, 55. 
 
 Draw-Bridge Street, Boston. See 
 Boston. 
 
 Dreadnought, H. M. S., 63, 67, 97. 
 
 Dresser, John, Rowley, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 84, 204 «, 
 205, 331. 
 
 Driver, Mathew, shipmaster, 406. 
 
 Droumand, Capt. Thomas, from 
 Caledonia, 37. 
 
 Dubastus, sloop, 473, [Dubartus] 
 484, 488. 
 
 Dublin, Ire., ships from and for, 411, 
 429, 467, 473. 
 
 Dublin Gazette, 411. 
 
 Dublin Merchant, ship, 312. 
 
 Du Casse, Monsieur, commander 
 French squadron, 145, 338, 3.45; 
 coming out for West Indies, 388. 
 
 Dudley, Joseph, governor of Massa- 
 chusetts and New Hampshire, 40, 
 44, 45, 46, 62, 67, 73, 87, 88, 89, 
 91, 92, 95, 99, 100, 108, 109, 113, 
 116, 118, 121, 124, 126, 158, 162; 
 celebrating the queen's birthday, 
 166; 169, 174, 176, 176 n, 177, 
 177 n, 182, 183, 190, 191, 193, 
 198, 199, 216, 219, 225, 228, 234; 
 at a court in Connecticut, 235, 
 239; 244, 255, 258, 265, 271, 274, 
 275, 277, 291, 302 n, 310; "A 
 Brief" of regarding distress in 
 St. Christopher, 313-314; order to 
 masters of coasters, 322; order re- 
 specting Castle William, 326; re- 
 views the militia of Boston, 328; 
 330, 333, 336, 337; reviews a body 
 of men in arms at Boston called 
 together by an alarm, 346; 350; 
 orders troops to frontiers, 352, 355; 
 358, 364, 366, 367, 382; celebrat- 
 ing her majesty's "glorious suc- 
 cesses and victories," 393; 401, 
 407, 409, 412, 426, 441, 445, 449, 
 465, 466, 468, 469, 470, 484. 
 
 Proclamations of, for a Gen- 
 eral Fast May 18, 1704, 69; rela- 
 tive to mariners, seamen, and 
 others entering the queen's ser- 
 vice, May 12, 1704, 72; relative to 
 Quelch and company, pirates, 
 81-83; permitting a trade to the 
 Spanish West Indies, 102; relative 
 to counterfeiting bills of credit on 
 the Province, 110; for the appre- 
 hension of Thomas Odell, 117; 
 for the restoration of goods taken 
 away at a fire in Boston, 136; 
 for a General Thanksgiving, Nov. 
 23, 1704, 143-144; relative to 
 foreign letters during the French 
 war, 151; for a General Fast, 163; 
 as to rates of foreign coins, 170- 
 171; for a General Thanksgiving, 
 Apr. 12, 1705, 175-176; relating 
 to navigation, 176; supplementary 
 Thanksgiving proclamation, 178; 
 relative to harboring men belong- 
 ing to her majesty's ships-of-war, 
 242; for a Publick Thanksgiving, 
 Oct. 18, 1705, 249 ; for an embargo 
 on ships and vessels bound to 
 Barbadoes and the Careeby Lee- 
 ward Islands, 261-262; relative to 
 deserters from Castle William, 
 266; for a General Thanksgiving, 
 Jan. 24, 1705-6, 280-281; for a 
 General Fast, Apr. 18, 1706, 305- 
 306; against false and illegal 
 traders, 349-350; for a General 
 Thanksgiving, Oct. 17, 1706, 388- 
 
 509 
 
INDEX 
 
 389; for the better regulation of 
 seamen and mariners, 416-417; 
 for proroguing the General Assem- 
 bly, 439; for apprehension of a 
 burglar, 447-448; for a General 
 Fast, Apr. 16, 1707, 460-461. 
 
 -Speeches of to Massachusetts 
 
 General Court, June 1, 1704, 84- 
 85; Aug. 16, 1704, 120; Oct. 25, 
 1704, 134-135; May 30, 1706, 331- 
 332; Oct. 28, 1706, 415-416. 
 -Paul, Boston, 91, 222; Capt., 
 
 shipmaster, 457; Capt. Thomas, 
 of the West Indies packet boat, 
 taken by the French, 162, 202. 
 
 Dudley Frigot, ship, 161, 279. 
 
 Duke of Orleance (Orleans), French 
 privateer, 109. 
 
 Dummer, Edmund, 256 n, 334; 
 Jeremiah, Boston, 148. 
 
 Dunbar, Nicholas, pirate, 79, 82. 
 
 Duncan, Alexander, shipmaster, 
 coaster, 244, 258, of sloop Friend- 
 ship, 268, 275, 291, 294, 297, 302, 
 306, 307; for Bermuda, 316, 355; 
 coaster, 391, 412, 417, 440, 445, 
 454, 468, 477, 482. 
 
 Duniway, Clyde Augustus, 16, 21. 
 
 Dunkin, Capt., shipmaster, 161. 
 
 Dunscum, Capt., shipmaster, 172, 
 
 E 
 
 "RAGLE, brigt., 454, 465, 485, 487; 
 ship 264, 277, 285, 408. 
 
 Eagle Gaily, ship, 63, 71, 105, 270, 
 338, 391, 482. 
 
 Eaglestone, Capt., shipmaster, 183, 
 [Eagleston] 194. 
 
 Earl o£ Monmouth, 22. 
 
 Early American Broadsides, 15. 
 
 Earthquake shocks, in Boston and 
 neighboring towns, 214; in New 
 London, Conn., 216; A Discourse 
 Concerning, by Rev. Increase 
 Mather, advertised, 292. 
 
 Easecombuit, Indian chief, 197, 198. 
 
 Eason, Capt., mast ship New Hamp- 
 shire, 147, 184, 357, 362, 367, 372, 
 375, 378, 456, captures a French 
 banker with 5,000 core fish and 
 salt, 457. 
 
 East-India Dutchman, taken by 
 French man-of-war, 380. 
 
 East-New-Jersey, 211. 
 
 East River, N. Y., 333. 
 
 Easterbrooks (Esterbrook) , Rev. 
 Joseph, Concord, preaches the 
 Election Sermon, 1708, 205; ser- 
 mon advertised, 229. 
 
 Eastern Point, Gloucester, 92. 
 
 Eastern Regiment, 328. 
 
 Eastham, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 205, 331, 480. 
 
 Eastman, Capt., privateersman, 395; 
 
 271, 348, 352, 406. 
 
 Dunskum, Daniel, shipmaster, 96 
 97, 128, 206. 
 
 Dunstable, 108, 162, representative, 
 General Court, 205, 331; march of 
 companies from, in search of 
 Indian enemy, 255; Indian attack 
 upon, 355, 362. 
 
 Dunton, John, London bookseller, 
 his Life and Errors, and Letters 
 Written from New England, 12, 
 cited 25 n, 26 n, 34 n; mentioned, 
 27, 55 n. 
 
 Dupee, shipmaster, 131. 
 
 Dutch briganteen takes French 
 privateer, 370. 
 
 Dutch East-India-men, taken by 
 French, 348, 349; trading ship 
 taken by French off Porto Rico, 
 474. 
 
 Dutch, Capt., shipmaster, 125, 222, 
 251; Samuel, master sloop Night- 
 ingale, 289, 291, 382. 
 
 Dutchess, ship, 329. 
 
 Duxbury, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 205, 331. 
 
 Dwaal Frigot, ship, 268, 297. 
 
 Dykes, Capt., shipmaster, ship Batch- 
 ellour Endeavour, 263. 
 
 Philip, Woodstock, representative, 
 General Court, 84. 
 
 Easton, Stephen, Newport, R. I., 
 414, 420. 
 
 Eastward, The, garrisons in afflicted 
 with small pox, 29; 31, 45, 51; 
 expeditions against the Indian 
 enemy in, 67, 84; Col. Church's 
 operations in, 95, 118, 120, 121, 
 134; Col. Hilton's and Maj. Wal- 
 ton's expedition, 169, 174, 174 n, 
 179; scouting parties ordered out, 
 199; the Province Galley ordered 
 to range the Eastern coast, 205; 
 234; reports upon Col. Hilton's 
 expedition, 445, 451, 455, 455 n, 
 458. 
 
 Eastwick, Stephen, shipmaster, 
 sloop Seaflower, 408, 410, 442, 
 451, 482. 
 
 Eaton Frigot, ship, 319, 380. 
 
 Ecles, shipmaster, 328. 
 
 Edgartown, representative, General 
 Court, 480. 
 
 Edinburgh Gazette, The, 40. 
 
 Editorial, 200, 401. 
 
 Edwards, Capt., shipmaster, 173, 
 396 ; Benjamin, master sloop Eliza- 
 beth, 314, 322, 375, 413; John, 
 shipmaster, 237, 326, of brigt. 
 Providence, 372; Samuel, ship- 
 master, 222, 226, of brigt. William 
 
 510 
 
INDEX 
 
 & Mary, 268, 334, Seymour Galley, 
 
 450, 455. 
 Eel River, 67. 
 Eells, Capt. Samuel, Milford, Conn., 
 
 soldier, 93; Samuel, Hingham, 
 
 representative, General Court, 
 
 330 n, 331. 
 Egerbtson, shipmaster, 164. 
 Ela, John, shipmaster, brigt. Dove, 
 
 277, 407, 423, 465, 469, 478, 488. 
 Elatson, Mrs., Portsmouth, N.H., 140. 
 Election, Boston, for town officers, 
 
 176, 299; Massachusetts, May 26, 
 
 1703, 43, May 31, 1704, 83, May 
 30, 1705, 204, May 29, 1706, 329, 
 May 28, 1707, 479; Rhode Island, 
 321. 
 
 Election Sermon, Anniversary, 1703, 
 by Rev. Solomon Stoddard, 44; 
 
 1704, Rev. Jonathan Russell, 85; 
 
 1705, Rev. Joseph Esterbrook, 
 205, advertisement of latter ser- 
 mon, 228; 1706, Rev. John Rogers, 
 329, advertisement of latter ser- 
 mon, 359; 1707, Rev. Samuel 
 Belcher, 479. 
 
 Election Sermon, Artillery. See 
 Artillery Election Sermon. 
 
 Elery, shipmaster, sloop Benjamin 
 & Abigail, 345. 
 
 Elice, Capt., shipmaster, 170. 
 
 Elicot, Joseph, shipmaster, sloop 
 Nonesuch, 334. 
 
 Eliot, shipmaster, coaster, 100, 127; 
 Benjamin, Boston, bookseller, 
 advertisement of books for sale by, 
 119, 123, 148, 149, 222, 226, 228- 
 229, 253, 292, 294, 298, 319, 326, 
 344, 353, 359, 365, 376, 377, 382, 
 
 383, 421, 467, 467 n; Rev. John, 
 his Narratives of the Newspapers 
 printed in New England, 11; 
 Joseph, shipmaster, sloop Non- 
 such, 347 ; Nathaniel, master ketch 
 Mary, 103, 114, 145, 147, 149, 151, 
 214. 
 
 Eliza, brigt., 352; ship, 46. 
 
 Elizabeth, brigt., 260, 261, 285, 338, 
 347, 352, 358, 382, 423, 431, 448, 
 484; ship, 264, 307, 314, 316, 409, 
 475; sloop, 139, 144, 279, 283, 286, 
 291, 297, 300, 314, 362, 375, 378, 
 [Johnson capt.] 384, [Ball capt.] 
 
 384, 387, 408, 413, 417, [Johnson 
 capt.] 426, [Tillst capt.] 426, 427, 
 438, 442, 448, 450, 455, 459, 463, 
 468, 476, 482. 
 
 Eliz. & Grace, sloop, 470, 473, 477, 
 
 478. 
 Eliz. & Sarah, sloop, 467. 
 Elizabeth & Mary, ship, 274, 301, 
 
 448. 
 Elizabeth Town, 240. 
 Elkins, John, shipmaster, sloop 
 
 Boneto, 347. 
 
 Ellery, Capt. Benjamin, shipmaster, 
 124, taken by the French in the 
 West Indies, 147, 162, mentioned, 
 173, 290, 400, 406, 422, of brigt. 
 Mary, 449, 451, 458, 466, 468, goes 
 to relief of Block Island, 470 ; John, 
 shipmaster, 96, 105. 
 Ellinwood, Benjamin, shipmaster, 
 
 sloop Speedwell, 426. 
 Elliot, John, shipmaster, sloop Non- 
 such, 274; Nathaniel, shipmaster, 
 164. See Eliot. 
 Ellis, Francis, shipmaster, ship 
 
 Pleasure, 372, 386, 438. 
 Elson, Andrew, shipmaster, 76, 105. 
 Elwel, Elwell, or Ellwell, shipmaster, 
 
 202, 205, 237, 239, 250. 
 Ely, John, shipmaster, brigt. Dove, 
 
 268. 
 Embargo, in Barbadoes, 462, 466; 
 Boston, 75; England, 43, 96, 199, 
 200, 458; Jamaica, 368, 369; New 
 York, 211, 218, 362, 366, 479, 486, 
 488; Piscataqua, 115; West Indies, 
 309, 317, 318, 320; Virginia, 354. 
 Emerson, Rev. John, Newcastle, 
 
 ordained in, 148. 
 Emery, Robert, shipmaster, 75. 
 Ernes, Samuel, shipmaster, 105, 
 114, 153, 170, of ketch Seaflower, 
 429, 481. 
 Emey, shipmaster, 178. 
 Emmons, or Emons, shipmaster, 153; 
 Capt. Joseph, commander Margaret 
 Galley, 242, 432, 434, 437, 442, 
 443, 447, 450, 454, 462, 465, 468, 
 469, 474; Joseph, Boston, mer- 
 chant, 287. 
 Emperor of America, 23. 
 Emrys men, 36. 
 
 Endeavour, brigt., 67, 264, 274, 
 275, 334, 350, 355, 358, 384, 407, 
 417, 423, 426, 427, 448, 453, 471, 
 473, 477; ketch, 334. 356, 379; 
 ship, 161, 164, 224, 260, 261, 270, 
 277; sloop, 144, 268, 276, 283, 
 292, 294, 314, 329, 334, 347, 355, 
 358, 375, 382, [Clarke capt.] 393, 
 [Walker capt.] 393, [Abbot capt.] 
 407, 413, [Parker capt.] 407, 413, 
 [Webber capt.] 413, [Andrews capt.] 
 413, 417, 421, 424, 426, 427, 429, 
 431, 445, 448, 459, 463, 466, 
 [Clark capt.] 468, [Abbot capt.] 
 468, [Curtice capt.] 470, [Talmage 
 capt.] 470, 472, 477, 478, [Schellinx 
 capt.] 486, [Barnes capt.] 486, 
 488. 
 Enfield, representative, General 
 
 Court, 480. 
 Enfield-Green, ship, 3 72, 410. 
 England, 38; advices of an embargo 
 in, 43, 96; merchantmen from 
 Jamaica for, 47; fleet under convoy 
 from for various colonial ports, 
 
 511 
 
INDEX 
 
 48; Boston ship from chased by 
 privateers, 51; Virginia fleet for, 
 80, 97, 148, 181, 221, 255, 293, 
 
 311, 320, 373, 380, 417, 442, 485, 
 Virginia fleet from, 147, 224, 227, 
 
 236, 279, 281, 282, 473, 482; 
 Boston ships in Barbadoes fleet 
 for, 93; 100; express sloop from 
 Boston, for, 108; ships from New- 
 England ports for, 108, 135, 159, 
 167, 174, 175, 182, 184, 219, 237, 
 283, 300, 309, 313, 378, 393, 395, 
 412, 446, 455, 457; ships for New 
 England ports from, 147, 150, 
 153, 156, 224, 237, 279, 281, 311, 
 315, 318; Jamaica fleet for, 111, 
 
 237, 239, 241, 252, 253, 260, 261, 
 264, 268, 274, 278, 282, 311, 320, 
 354, 406, 423; Jamaica fleet from 
 377; ships-of-war from, for Jam- 
 aica, 122, at Antigua, 123, at 
 Nevis, 202, bound to the West 
 Indies, 307, 318, 356, 363; ships 
 from New York for, 128, 132, 133, 
 141, 149, 170, 206, 210, 218, 224, 
 258, 265, 269, 271, 274, 278, 290, 
 
 312, 441, 454, 462, 468, 469, 474, 
 479, ships for New York from, 
 103, 147, 199, 279, 392, 427, 432, 
 437, 447, 454, 473, 477, 478; Lee- 
 ward Islands fleet for, 133; Bar- 
 badoes fleet for, 136, 137, 140, 168, 
 208, Barbadoes fleet from, 380, 
 483; ships for Pennsylvania from, 
 147, 157; Pennsylvania ships for, 
 229, 279, 282, 476; postal service, 
 151, with West Indies, 255-256, 
 379; packet boats and advices 
 from, 161, 162, 168, 173, 200, 202, 
 208, 220, 246, 252, 258, 293, 306, 
 309, 318, 320, 322, 366, 381, 414, 
 417, 449, 458, 470, 471; 198, 260, 
 211; ships from at Jamaica, 217; 
 ships from for Maryland, 221; 
 merchantmen from under convoy 
 at Newfoundland, 223; fleet of 
 120 sail from under convoy for 
 Virginia, West Indies, New Eng- 
 land, New York, &c, 224; West 
 Indies fleet from, 227, West Indies 
 fleet for, 239; 230, 238, 273; ships 
 from for Carolina, 279, 284; 299, 
 327, 354, 366, 383, 440, 485, 486, 
 488. 
 
 Englands Perfect School-Master, ad- 
 vertisement of, 376. 
 
 English, shipmaster, 136; Benjamin, 
 master sloop Speedwell, 417 ; Joseph, 
 master sloop Industry, 307. 
 
 English captives, escape of from 
 French and Indians, 31-32; 33; in 
 Canada, 73, 87, 108; taken by 
 French privateers, 125; commis- 
 sioners for exchange of in Canada, 
 182, 182 n, 198, 207, 236 n, 332, 
 
 367, 367 n; taken by Indians at 
 Spruce Creek, 199; escape of from 
 Montreal, 209; children taken by 
 Indians, 259; 292, 350; taken at 
 Reading, Mass., 357; return of from 
 Port Royal, 432, 435, 436. See 
 Prisoners. 
 English Island-Plantations, 255. 
 Epes, Daniel, Salem, representative, 
 
 General Court, 330 n. 
 Esman, Joseph, shipmaster, 100, 103. 
 Essex, ship, 318, 378. 
 Essex County, frontiers of, 134- 
 
 militia, 328; 442. 
 Essex Galley, ship, 192, 
 Essex Gazette, The, 1768-1776, 6, 
 
 various changes in title, 9, 9 n. 
 Essex Institute, 13, 20. 
 Essex Institute Historical Society, 
 
 Collections of the, 17. 
 Essex Journal, The, Ynb-Vffl, 7; 
 
 various changes in title, 9-10. 
 Essex Journal, The, Or The Massa- 
 chusetts and New Hampshire Gen- 
 eral Advertiser, 1775, 6. 
 Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet, 
 
 The, 1773-1775, 6. 
 Essex Journal, The, Or. New Hamp- 
 shire Packet, 1775, 6. 
 Essex Journal, The, and New Hamp- 
 shire Packet, 1775-1776, 6. 
 Essex Journal, The: Or The New 
 Hampshire Packet And The 
 Weekly Advertiser, 1776, 7. 
 Estes, John, shipmaster, 156, 174, 
 
 184. 
 Eunice, sloop, 393, 445. 
 Evans, Capt., shipmaster, 80, 118, 
 144; Capt., commodore English 
 fleet, 97; Charles, 16, 21; George 
 Charleston, S. C, soldier, 403, 
 404, 405; Col. John, lieut. gov- 
 ernor of Pennsylvaia, 137, procla- 
 mation of against immorality and 
 profaneness, 137-139, visits New 
 York, 454; Jonathan, shipmaster, 
 144, brigt. Expectation, 379, brigt. 
 Experiment, 410, 415, 418, 421, 
 brigt. Hope, 466, 481. 
 Evans, brigt., 477. 
 Evening Post, The, and the General 
 
 Advertiser, 1778-1780, 7, 10. 
 Everden, Walter, Dorchester, powder 
 
 maker, 430, 430 «. 
 Everton, Capt., shipmaster, 70, 153, 
 161, 170, 192, 201, 215, 304; 
 Joseph, shipmaster, 219, 226, ship 
 of taken by the French, 258, of 
 brigt. Elizabeth, 347, brigt. Eliza, 
 352, 358, brigt. Elizabeth, 423, 431, 
 448, 484; Capt. Steel, shipmaster, 
 49, 72; Capt. William, shipmaster, 
 43, of Augustus Gaily, 46, 100, 
 ship Elizabeth, 314, 468. 
 Evertson, Capt., shipmaster, 115. 
 
 512 
 
INDEX 
 
 Exchange, ketch, 261, 326, 334, 378, 
 
 433- ship, 46. 
 Executions, 60, 99, 99 n, 261, 369. 
 Exeter, N. H., 199, 227, 254; Indian 
 
 raid in, 363-364; Rev. John Odlin 
 
 ordained in, 422. 
 Exon, ships to and from, 126, 130, 
 
 362, 477. 
 Expectation, brigt., 379. 
 Expedition, ship, 230. 
 Expedition, the Western against 
 
 Canada, 30-31; against the Indian 
 
 enemy in The Eastward. See East- 
 ward, The. 
 
 Experiment, brigt., 294, 323, 385, 
 407, 408, 410, 412, 413, [Evans 
 capt.] 415, [Taylor capt.] 415, 418, 
 421; H. M. S., 269, 299; ship, 408. 
 
 Exuma, Bahamas, ships from, 89, 
 93, 181, 193, 254, [Axuma] 300, 
 301, 382, 393; ships for, [Axuma] 
 458, 472. 
 
 Eyre, shipmaster, 130. 
 
 PABIAN, Joseph, shipmaster, brigt. 
 
 Abigail, 445. 
 Faborne, Joseph, shipmaster, brigt. 
 
 Friendship, 362. 
 Fairborne, or Fairborn, Sir Stafford, 
 
 41, 360. 
 Fairfield, Conn., 73, 108, 205, 391, 
 
 413. 
 Fairs, yearly fair in Portsmouth, R. 
 
 I., advertised, 472. 
 Falmouth, Eng., 108, 201, 220, 313, 
 315, 343, 345, 348, 351, 356, 394, 
 457, 475, 485, 487. 
 Fane, Capt. George, commander H. 
 M. S. Lowstaffe, 224, 227, 458, 466. 
 Faneuil, Andrew, Boston, merchant, 
 437; Benjamin, New York, mer- 
 chant, 448, 455. 
 Farnam, Charles, shipmaster, 73, 74. 
 Farrington, Thomas, pirate, 78, 82. 
 Farnum's, David, wharf, Boston. 
 
 See Boston. 
 
 Fast Day, in Massachusetts and New 
 
 Hampshire, 69, 75, 163, 460, 468; 
 
 in Connecticut, 340. Forproclama- 
 
 tions, Mass.and N.H., see Dudley, J. 
 
 Fauconnier, Peter, New York, acting 
 
 receiver general of the Province, 
 
 193 
 
 Faulkiand, H. M. S., 96, 97, 254, 
 
 386, 395. 
 Faulson, H. M. S., 395. 
 Fawkes, shipmaster, brigt. Friend- 
 ship, 423. 
 Feaver, Capt., shipmaster, 93. 
 Featherstone-Hough, Lieut. Whar- 
 ton, killed in a riot in New York 
 City, 248, 258, 261. 
 Feavert, Capt. Henry, shipmaster, 
 
 ship London Bridge, 242. 
 Fellows, William, shipmaster, 347, 
 
 of sloop Glocester, 421. 
 Felt, Rev. Joseph Barlow, 25, his 
 Annals of Salem cited, 25 w; Capt., 
 shipmaster, 205. 
 Fence-viewers, 177. 
 Fendal, Capt. James, shipmaster, 
 
 357, 360. 
 Fenwick, Capt. John, Charleston, 
 S. C, soldier, 403, 404, 405. 
 
 Ferguson, Archibald, shipmaster, 
 
 sloop Flying Horse, 300, 304. 
 Ferret, Charles, captain of French 
 
 privateer, 341. 
 Ferryland, Newfoundland, 197, 198, 
 
 395, 486. 
 Fetter, Capt., shipmaster, 461. 
 Fever and ague, 283-284. 
 Fiall, or Fyall (Fayal) , ships from, 37, 
 38, 40, 88, 103, 105, 115, 128, 129, 
 130, 149, 151, 177, 179, 181, 207, 
 209, 210, 214, 230, 231, 235, 236, 
 240, 246, 313, 314, 315, 336, 357, 
 360, 367, 372, 381, 383, 384, 393, 
 400, 422, 462, 473, 474; ships for, 
 72, 75, 116, 121, 124, 144, 149, 
 164, 169, 184, 195, 214, 216, 219, 
 222, 226, 228, 237, 253, 255, 271, 
 276, 288, 297, 307. 310, 312, 314, 
 316, 329, 334, 347, 350, 352, 358, 
 362, 363, 387, 431, 433, 438, 439, 
 440, 450, 466, 481, 482, 485; 
 advices from, 383. 
 Fiborn, Joseph, shipmaster, brigt. 
 
 Friendship, 350. 
 Fidling, John, shipmaster, 202, 209, 
 214, taken by French privateer, 
 320. 
 Fifield, Giles, shipmaster, ship 
 Boston-Merchant, 290. SeeFyfield. 
 Filmore, Abraham, shipmaster, 327. 
 Finch, John, shipmaster, 76. 
 Fires, in Boston, 30, 51, 55 n, 122, 
 135-136, 458; at Harvard College, 
 140, 140 n\ in New York City, 
 396; in Schenectady, N. Y., 399; 
 in Scituate, 444. 
 Fireships, 226, 269, 299, 361, 379, 
 
 395, 404, 434, 462. 
 First Church in Boston. See Boston. 
 First newspaper in the American 
 
 colonies, 53. 
 Fisher, Capt. Daniel, Dedham, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 84; 
 John, shipmaster, 200, of sloop 
 Blackthorn, 288, 301, 367, 410, 
 421, 459; Vigilans, Dedham, house 
 of smitten by lightning, 346. 
 Fisher, ketch, 261, 301, 310. 
 Fisheries, Newfoundland, injured 
 
 513 
 
INDEX 
 
 by French and Indian operations, 
 231. 
 
 Fishing stages, 167. 
 
 Fishing vessels, of Marblehead, 63, 
 shallops lost in a storm, 294; of 
 Salem, 63. See Bankers. 
 
 Fisk, William, Wenham, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 83 n, 84, 
 204 n, 205, 330 n, 331. 
 
 Fitch, Thomas, Boston, selectman, 
 176, 299; Thomas, Boston, lieut., 
 Honorable Artillery Company, 
 207; Thomas, Boston, capt., 
 Boston Regiment. 
 
 Fire-Island Harbor, St. Christopher, 
 308. 
 
 Five Nations, 30, 118, commissioners 
 to treat with, 129, 131, 139; 211. 
 
 Flag boat, 337. 
 
 Flag of Truce, 203, 327, 338, 346, 
 351, 367, 380, 381, 382, 403, 426, 
 432, 435, 436, 476. 
 
 Flanders, news of Marlborough's 
 victory in, 381. 
 
 Flatbush, L. I., 420. 
 
 Flavel, Rev. John, A Token for 
 Mourners by, advertisement of, 
 444. 
 
 Fleet, Dutch, from West Indies, 487, 
 488. 
 
 Fleet for Russia, 237. 
 
 Fleet's Boston Evening- Post, 16. 
 
 Fleets of merchantmen under con- 
 voy for England. See Barba- 
 does, England, Jamaica, Leeward 
 Islands, New England, Newfound- 
 land, Virginia, West Indies. 
 
 Fletcher, Benjamin, governor of 
 New York, 3. 
 
 Flint, Capt., Boston, shipmaster, 
 184, engagement with French 
 privateers, 246, 302, 312, 366, 380; 
 Joseph, shipmaster, 205, ship 
 Prudent Hannah, 271, 277, 310, 
 ship Prudent Sarah, 407; Capt. 
 Josiah, master ship Stephen and 
 Samuel, 333. 
 
 Flood, shipmaster, 77, 85, 123, 132, 
 184, 188, 199, 205, 214, 219, 226, 
 239, 244, 304, 310, 323, 355, 362, 
 372; Capt. Benjamin, shipmaster, 
 108, 323, of sloop Benj. & Mary, 
 378, 384, 387, 409, sloop Benjamin, 
 445, sloop Benj. & Mary, 455, 481; 
 Joseph, shipmaster, 105, 350, 367, 
 sloop John & Abiel, 384, sloop 
 John & Abigail, 400, 409, 474, 478, 
 
 Floods, in the Connecticut River, 
 321, 412; in the Hudson, 412. 
 
 Flowers, shipmaster, 257. 
 
 Flushing, Holland, 326, 394, 429, 
 485. 
 
 Flushing Caper, captures French 
 ships from Newfoundland, 356. 
 
 Fly boats, 432, Dutch, lost, 257; 473. 
 
 Flying Hart, sloop, 307, 314. 
 
 Flying Horse, ship, 246; sloop. 300, 
 408. * 
 
 Fobes, William, Little Compton, 
 representative, General Court, 480. 
 
 Follen, shipmaster, 320, 420. 
 
 Folly Island, S. C, 402. 
 
 Folston, H. M. S., 299. 
 
 Foot, John, Amesbury, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 84. 
 
 Foot companies, Boston, 44; Salis- 
 bury Foot Company, 433. 
 
 Ford, or Forde, John, shipmaster, 
 270, 334. 
 
 Foreign coins, proclamation by 
 Queen Anne settling the rates of in 
 the colonies, 153-155, 162, 164; 
 proclamation by Gov. Dudley, 
 171. 
 
 Forrester, shipmaster, the Country's 
 Sloop, 257; spy boat, 476. 
 
 Fort Hill, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 Fort pinnace, of Gloucester, 91. 
 
 Fort Real, 31. 
 
 Fortifications. See Boston, and 
 New York City. 
 
 Fortune, Elias, shipmaster, ketch 
 Endeavour, 379. 
 
 Fortune, sloop, 276, 382, 407, 409, 
 433. 
 
 Fosdick, Thomas, shipmaster, 
 Charlestown-Galley, 375, 457. 
 
 Foster, Capt., shipmaster, 51, 70, 
 196, 226; Capt. John, shipmaster, 
 77, 96, 128, 135, 140, of ship Sarah, 
 144, 166, 170, 222, 233, 273, 275, 
 350, 385, 476; John, supposed 
 horse thief committed, 418, 420, 
 breaks jail, 443; Col. Jonathan, 
 chosen councillor, Mass., 44, 83, 
 [John] 204, 330, 479; Richard, 
 master ship Boston Merchant, 474; 
 Thomas, shipmaster, sloop Thomas 
 & Charles, 410. 
 
 Fountain, The, Opened, sermon by 
 Rev. Samuel Willard, advertise- 
 ment of, 353. 
 
 Four Friends, sloop, 264, 272, 277, 
 329, 338, 358. 
 
 Fowle, Isaac, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Abigail, 355, 362, 423, 426; Jacob, 
 Marblehead, shipmaster, 75, 76, 
 190, encounter with a French 
 privateer, 191, 191 n. 
 
 Fowler, Thomas, Amesbury, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 204 n, 
 205, 479 n, 480. 
 
 Fowles, shipmaster, 301. 
 
 Fox, Capt., soldier, killed in Indian 
 flight, South Carolina, 65, 161; 
 Thomas, shipmaster, brigt. Friend- 
 ship, 413. 
 
 Foxcroft, Col. Francis, Boston, mer- 
 chant, 101. 
 
 Foy, Joseph, shipmaster, the Dwaal 
 
 514 
 
INDEX 
 
 Frigot, 297. 
 
 Foy, H. M. S., 97. 
 
 France, merchantmen for from 
 Martinique under convoy, 125, 
 captured Maryland shipmaster on 
 board of one of them seizes it and 
 escapes, 125; correspondence to 
 restricted by proclamation of 
 Gov. Dudley, 151; 173; ships for 
 from Martinique taken by English 
 privateers, 182, 303; American 
 shipmasters captured by French 
 privateers carried to, 184, 320. 
 
 Francis, ship, 316, 326, 358, 360, 362. 
 
 Francis & Elizabeth, ship, 407, 431, 
 446. 
 
 Francis of Cherbourg, French priva- 
 teer, 429. 
 
 Francis of Nantz, French merchant- 
 man from Martinique, taken prize, 
 220. 
 
 Franckland, Sir Thomas, postmaster- 
 general of England, 256, 334. 
 
 Franklin's New England Courant, 16. 
 
 Franklings, Henry, Boston, of the 
 Swan Tavern, 90. See Swan 
 Tavern under Boston. 
 
 Fransway, Capt., of a French priva- 
 teer, 188. 
 
 Frary, Eleazar, Hatfield, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 480. 
 
 Frason, or Frazon, Samuel, Barba- 
 does merchant, 243, 271, 296. 
 
 Fraternity, brigt., 310, 329, 382, 
 410, 476. 
 
 Freck, Freek, Freeke, or Freke, 
 ketch, 67, 372, 433, 440, 473, 481, 
 487; ship, 255, 268. 
 
 Freebody, shipmaster, 193, 209. 
 
 Freek and Freeke. See Freck, etc. 
 
 Freeman, Thomas, shipmaster, 239, 
 251. 
 
 Freke. See Freck, etc. 
 
 French, Philip, New York, mer- 
 chant, 114, dies at sea, 465; Capt. 
 Stephen, Weymouth, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 84, 204, 331, 
 479 n, 480. 
 
 French, design of to attack Jamaica, 
 63, 66; at St. Christopher, 79, 80; 
 103, 105; in Canada, 159; in 
 Jamaica, 180; in Newfoundland, 
 223, 237. See French fleets, 
 French squadrons, Letter-of- 
 marque men, Men-of-war, Priva- 
 teers. 
 
 French bankers. See Bankers. 
 
 French fleets, operations of in West 
 Indies, 301, 302, 303, 304, 306; 
 attack upon St. Christopher, 302, 
 302 n, 308-309, 311, 312; before 
 Nevis, 312, 313, 317; expected at 
 Jamaica, 379. See French squad- 
 rons; also French under Men-of- 
 
 French man-of-war takes Capt. 
 Plaisteed's ship, 380. See French 
 under Men-of-war. 
 
 French prisoners, taken in French 
 and Indian war, 31, 87, 95, 108, 
 brought to Boston, 96, 108, 120, 
 191, exchange of, 182, 198, 207, 
 .219, 292; taken in West Indies, 
 179, 189, 215, 327. 
 
 French settlements, 95, 120; French 
 and Indian settlements, 174. 
 
 French ships, captured by English, 
 97, 114, 152, 156, 161, 173, 182, 
 188, 201, 208, 220, 229, 238, 240, 
 255, 273, 279, 355, 356, 473, 477, 
 taken by Dutch privateers, 147, 
 190, 485, 487; at Boston, 182, 
 183; bound to Canada, 223, 224; 
 in West Indies, 290, 296, 299. 
 See Bankers, French fleets, French 
 squadrons, French spies, Letter- 
 of-marque men, Men-of-war, 
 Privateers, Prize ships. 
 
 French spies, 223. 
 
 French squadrons, one takes part of 
 English fleet, 293; in West Indies, 
 320, 322, 323, 325, 331, 345, 348, 
 354, 368, 369; Massachusetts pre- 
 pares for expected attack of, 
 June and July 1706, 346, 354, 
 Rhode Island also fortifies against 
 expected attack, Aug. 1706, 374; 
 squadron reported worsted by 
 Sir John Leake, 380; off Marti- 
 nique, 439, 458, 466. See French 
 fleets, also French under Men-of- 
 war. 
 
 French and Indians, 30, 31, 33, 43, 
 45, 50, 52, 72, 73, 74, 75, 95, 98, 
 108, 113, 120, 130, 134, 149, 159, 
 169, 197, 198, 207 n; operations 
 of in Newfoundland, 197-198, 
 231, 354, 395; descent upon New 
 England frontiers, 426, 486. See 
 French and Indian War. 
 
 French and Indian war, 87, 88, 93, 
 95, 134, 149, 169, 196, 197, 198, 
 207 », 220, 223, 231, 285 n, 354. 
 See French and Indians. 
 
 Freshes, The, 354. 
 
 Friend, Richard, shipmaster, 209, 
 210, 216, of sloop Content, 275. 
 
 Friends Adventure, ship, 288, 300, 
 428; [Friend Adventure] sloop, 
 316. 
 
 Friendship, brigt., 329, 350, 362, 
 413, 423, 450; ship, 103, 144, 275, 
 347, 387, 423, 433; sloop, 268, 291, 
 294, 316, 355, 391, 417, 440, 445, 
 468, 477. 
 
 Frontiers, 45; of New England, 51, 
 85, 95, 119, 120, 134, 137, 142, 
 heads of the New England, 287, 
 291; troops ordered to, 352, 355; 
 357, 362, 426, 442, reinforcing the 
 
 515 
 
INDEX 
 
 Connecticut, 442, threatened 
 descent from Canada upon the 
 New England, 486; of New York, 
 121, 188, 195, 211, 212, 342, 343, 
 out-scouts for the protection of, 
 342, 343; 384, 396, 398, 399. 
 
 Frost, John, shipmaster, 75, 86, 
 129, 132, 470. 
 
 Fry, Capt., from Barbadoes for 
 Rhode Island, seized by H. M. S. 
 Lowstaff, 378. 
 
 Fryer, Nathaniel, Esqr., Piscataqua, 
 dies, 234. 
 
 Fuller, John, Dedham, representa- 
 
 tive, General Court, 204, 331, 480. 
 
 Funerals, advertisement of book 
 "recommended as proper to be 
 given at," 377. 
 
 Furdize (Fordyce?), James, runa- 
 way servant, advertised, 424. 
 
 Fyall. See Fayal. 
 
 Fyfield, Capt. Giles, shipmaster, 
 ship Mary, 67, 77, ship of cast 
 ashore in storm, 246, 257 ; of ship 
 Boston-Merchant, 310, 366, 380; 
 Richard, shipmaster, 201, 202, 
 of brigt. Elizabeth, 260, ship Swal- 
 low 275. See Fifield. 
 
 QABARET, Gen. at Martinique, 
 363. 
 
 Gaine, Hugh, New York, printer, 17. 
 
 Gale, Azor, shipmaster, 191, 242, 
 243, 247, of ship Friendship, 275, 
 346, 347, 387, 433. 
 
 Galloons (Galleons), Spanish, 345, 
 349, 351, 434, 456, 462. 
 
 Gallop, Capt., shipmaster, 107, 108. 
 
 Gambling, Mr., Roxbury, 367. 
 
 Gammon, shipmaster, fishing shal- 
 lop of taken off Winter Harbor by 
 Indians, 205. 
 
 Gantet, or Genet, Lewis, shipmaster, 
 brigt. Pearle, 440, 442. 
 
 Gardiner, shipmaster, 76, 103. 
 
 Gardner, Rev. Andrew, Lancaster, 
 killed at the fort there, 136, 146- 
 147;, Capt., shipmaster, 85, 124, 
 127,' 132, 179, 228, 239, 240, 395; 
 Habbakkuk, Salem, master Essex 
 Galley, 192; Rev. James, Marsh- 
 field, ordained in, 477; John, Nan- 
 tucket, dies, 327; Nathaniel, ship- 
 master, 250, 255, 307, 310, of sloop 
 Content, 463; Capt. Richard, Nan- 
 tucket, representative, General 
 Court, 205, 331; Capt. Samuel, 
 Salem, representative, General 
 Court, 204, 480; Solomon, ship- 
 master, 202, 209, of sloop Mary, 
 264, 297, 301, 329, 338; Solomon, 
 Boston, returned prisoner, 432. 
 
 Garner, shipmaster, 123. 
 
 Garrat, shipmaster, 161. 
 
 Gazateer, or Newsman's Interpreter, 
 advertisement of, 272. 
 
 Gazette. See Boston Gazette, Dublin 
 Gazette, London Gazette, New 
 York Gazette. 
 
 Gedney, Bartholomew, sale of part of 
 estate of, 372, 379; Mary, execu- 
 trix, 372 ; Dr. Samuel, 372. 
 
 Geerish, Capt., Cocheco, 70; Capt., 
 shipmaster, 129; Nathaniel, ship- 
 master; 367 (see Gerrish) ; Capt. 
 Richard, shipmaster, 386, ship 
 Ruth Frigot, 391, 392. 
 
 Gelding, Capt., of a private man-of- 
 war sloop, 66, 67. 
 
 Genealogical Dictionary of the First 
 Settlers of New England, 13. 
 
 General Assembly New York. See 
 New York, General Assembly. 
 
 General Court. See Massachusetts, 
 Great and General Court. 
 
 Genoua Galley, ship, 231. 
 
 George, John, Boston, merchant, 
 288 
 
 George, ship, 240, 347. 
 
 Gerrish, Capt., shipmaster, 316, 361; 
 Nathanael, shipmaster, 336, 357, 
 [Nathaniel] 362 [see Geerish]. 
 
 Gibbins, shipmaster, 393. 
 
 Gibbs, Rev. Henry, Watertown, 
 preaches the Artillery Election 
 Sermon, 88; Capt., shipmaster, 
 161, 194, 196, 202; widow, Bos- 
 ton, warehouse of burned, 458. 
 
 Gibsen, James, shipmaster, 100. 
 
 Gibson, James, shipmaster, ship 
 Endeavour, 161; Matthew, ship- 
 master, 136. 
 
 Gibson's, Col., Regiment, 87. 
 
 Gidden, shipmaster, 199. 
 
 Giddens, Paul, pirate, 79, 82. 
 
 Gidding, Giddings or Giddins, ship- 
 master, 253; [Giddings] George, 
 master sloop Hopewell, 393 ; Joseph, 
 shipmaster, sloop Eunice, 393, 
 [Giddins] 445. 
 
 Giddis, shipmaster, 199. 
 
 Gilbert, Capt., shipmaster, coaster, 
 118, 123, 124; Capt., Boston, ship 
 of taken by French at sea, 170, 199; 
 193, 328; Daniel, Boston, mer- 
 chant, 247; Thomas, master brigt. 
 Good Will, 255, 271, 313, 314, ship 
 Wreen Frigot, 394; Thomas, ensign, 
 house in Taunton struck by light- 
 ning, 370. 
 
 Gilford, sloop, 367, 372, [Guilford] 
 468, 471, 481. 
 
 Gill, Capt., shipmaster, 36; Michael, 
 Charlestown, shipmaster, 130, sea 
 fight of off St. Johns, Newfound- 
 
 516 
 
INDEX 
 
 land, 130; 170, 174, 201, 207, 207 », 
 301, 301 n, of ship Boston Galley, 
 347, 355, captures and sells French 
 vessel, 377; 396. 
 Gillam, Capt., Boston, shipmaster, 
 to and from London, 40, 41, con- 
 voy of small fleet, 93, 269, 274, 
 278; Capt. Benjamin, shipmaster, 
 114, ship Reward, 291; Capt. 
 Carteret, shipmaster, 71, sloop 
 Tryal, 144, 195, 237, 268, 300, 
 352, 367, 400, 407, 421, 449, 453, 
 466, 470; Capt., master of coaster, 
 156, 159, 214, 216, 224, 233, 237. 
 Gilliam, Capt., Benjamin, Boston, 
 dies, 325. 
 
 Gillford. See Guilford. 
 
 Gilman, Benjamin, shipmaster, 269, 
 [Gillman] ship Reward, 270. 
 
 Gincks, Capt., privateersman, 234, 
 248, of brigt. Dragon, 296, [Ginks], 
 299. 
 
 Girdler, shipmaster, 391. 
 
 Glencross, Mr., passenger on Capt. 
 Sinclare's ship at New York from 
 London, 114. 
 
 Glocester, sloop, 421. 
 
 Gloucester, representative, General 
 Court. 83 », 84, 204 n, 205, 330 n, 
 331, 479 n, 480; commissioners at 
 for seizing Quelch "the pirate's" 
 men, 91, 92; the "Cut" into Ip- 
 swich Bay, 165, 165 n. 
 
 Goals. See Jails, also Prisons. 
 
 God's Frown in the Death of Useful 
 Men, by Rev. Solomon Stoddard, 
 advertisement of, 383. 
 
 Goddard, Capt., shipmaster, 177, 
 179, 189, 466; Delano A., Boston, 
 14, 21 ; Capt. William, shipmaster, 
 93, 144, 148, 230, 243, 244, 299, 
 of brigt. Seaflower, 338, brigt. 
 Speedwell, 351, brigt. Seaflower, 
 362. 
 
 Goddart, shipmaster, 132. 
 
 Godfrey, New York, ship owner, 
 211; 'Benjamin, Mr., Pennsylvania, 
 437; Capt., shipmaster, 254, 386, 
 406. 
 
 Goin, shipmaster, 325. 
 
 Gold, Capt., shipmaster, 153, 179, 
 329, 469 ; Benjamin, master sloop 
 Coronation, 393; James, ship- 
 master, 244, sloop Hopewell, 
 297, 375, ship Mary, 375, sloop 
 Hopewell, 392, 400, sloop Corona- 
 tion, 413, 422, sloop Hopewell, 
 453, 458; Robert, shipmaster, 244, 
 sloop Mary, 273, 274, sloop May, 
 276, sloop Mary, 277, 350, 420. 
 
 Gold-Frigot, merchantman, 299. 
 
 Golden Fleece, ship, 264, 347. 
 
 Good Hope, ketch, 264, 274, 285, 
 351, 352, 400. 
 
 Good Luck, brigt., 400, 486. 
 
 Good Master, A, well Served, dis- 
 course, advertisement of, 383. 
 Good Old Way, The, book, adver- 
 tisement of, 326. 
 Goodell, Abner Cheney, editor of 
 The Acts and Resolves ... of the 
 Province of the Massachusetts Bay: 
 . . . , 18, 35; Notes of cited, see 
 Acts and Resolves, etc.; paper of 
 entitled Capt. Quelch the Pirate, 
 cited, 108 n; 171 n, 426 n. 
 Goodhope, ketch, 440; sloop, 462, 
 
 487. 
 Goodhue, Capt. William, Ipswich, 
 representative, General Court, 84, 
 330 n, 331, 480. 
 Goodridge, Walter, shipmaster, ship 
 Francis, 316, 358, [Goodrige] brigt. 
 Abiel & Sarah, 433. 
 Goodwill, brigt., 255, 271, 314, 329, 
 
 350; ketch, 316, 334; ship, 255. 
 Goold, James, shipmaster, 347, of 
 sloop Hopewell, 436, 442, 448, 481 ; 
 William, master sloop Samuel, 476. 
 Gordeau, Mr., Quebec, 98. 
 Gordin, or Gording, Abraham, ship- 
 master, 105, 121, 194, 226, 227, 
 239, of ship Fortune, 276, 382, 407, 
 409. 
 Gordon, Abraham, shipmaster, ship 
 of ashore at Marshfield, 151; Alex- 
 ander, Newport, R. I., dies, 304; 
 Mr., passenger from London on 
 Capt. Sinclare's ship at New York, 
 114. 
 Gosport, H. M. S., 38, 47, 72, 84, 
 87, 95, 118, 122, 124, 131, 132, 
 134, 135, disabled in a storm at 
 sea, 168; 170, 201, 386. 
 Goss, sailor, 396. 
 Gouge, Edward, Boston, merchant, 
 
 dies, 162. 
 Gough, Benjamin, Piscataqua, sol- 
 dier, 75. 
 Gould, Capt., shipmaster, 140; 
 
 Robert, shipmaster, 151, 302. 
 Governor and council, Massachusetts, 
 
 24, 25; printer to, 55, 171 n. 
 Governor's Council. See Massachu- 
 setts, Council. 
 Governor's Speeches. See Speeches 
 of, under Dudley, J., and Corn- 
 bury, E. 
 Governors of the New England 
 
 colonies, 3, 34, 53. 
 Grace, John, shipmaster, sloop Pros- 
 perous, 382. 
 Grace & Ruth, sloop, 346. 
 Grackston, Jacob, sailor, 263. 
 Grafford, Dr., of H. M. S. Gosport, 
 
 injured in a storm at sea, 168. 
 Grafton, shipmaster, 274. 
 Graisberry, shipmaster, 257. 
 Grant, Capt. James, shipmaster, 219, 
 226, 233, 358, 362, of ship Tryal 
 
 517 
 
INDEX 
 
 382, 386, sloop Tryal, 410, 420; 
 Capt., shipmaster, 412, 457, 462. 
 
 Granvile Bastion, fort, Charleston, 
 S. C, 401. 
 
 Granvill (Granville), Sir Bevill, gov- 
 ernor of Barbadoes, 43, 406, dies 
 at sea, 457. 
 
 Grasilier, Capt. John, shipmaster, 52. 
 
 Grauenraedt, Gravenrad, Gravenradt, 
 Gravenraedt, Gravenraet, Grav- 
 enrat, Gravenrate, Gravenrodd, 
 or Gravenraet, Capt. Andrew, 
 shipmaster, 35, 77, 153, 158, 159, 
 172, 181, 184, 196, 202, 232, 254, 
 293, 302, 306, 310, of sloop Ann, 
 315, 319, 329, 349, 393, 409, 430, 
 447, 458, 463. 
 
 Gravat. See Cravat. 
 
 Gravenrad, etc. See Grauenraedt, etc. 
 
 Graves, Capt., shipmaster, ship Wil- 
 liam, 161. 
 
 Gray, shipmaster, 153; James, 
 Boston, travelling bookseller, 189; 
 James, Boston, pedlar, estate of, 
 222; Jeffery, Mr. 202; Jonathan, 
 shipmaster, 158. 
 
 Graydon, Admiral, 41, 42, 48. 
 
 Gray Hound, or Grayhound, H. M. 
 S., prize taken by, 252, 258, 308, 
 419; ship, 67, 224, 228; sloop, 279, 
 [Greyhound] 407, 417, 423. 
 
 Grayhound or Greyhound Galley, 
 ship, 199, 231. 
 
 Greatbatch, Thomas, sailor, adver- 
 tised as a deserter, 463. 
 
 Great and General Court. See under 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 Great Concern, The, by Edward 
 Pearse, advertisement of, 377. 
 
 Great Cortien, Dutch privateer, 394. 
 
 Green, Bartholomew, Boston, printer, 
 55, printing house of, 55, sketch 
 of, 55 n, 56, 57, 60, printer of The 
 Boston News-Letter, 61, 74, 171 n, 
 251, 316, 419, 467 n; Bartholomew, 
 shipmaster, 153, 182, 184, 219, 
 226, of brigt. Swan, 275, 285, 292, 
 327, 371, 372, brigt. Dove, 410, 
 431; Benjamin, printer, 3; Capt., 
 shipmaster, 36, 37, 70, 194, 200, 
 358; John, Boston, schoolmaster, 
 house of robbed, 421; Jonas, ship- 
 master, coaster, 131, 314, 319, 
 323, 367, 400, ship Industry, 468; 
 Nathaniel, shipmaster, 49, 149, 
 ship of captured in sight of Barba- 
 does, 235, of ship Rose, 488; Capt, 
 Richard, shipmaster, 205; Samuel, 
 Boston, printer, 21, 55 n; Samuel 
 Abbot, Boston, 2, 15, 16, 21, 25, 
 55, 58, 61, 62 n; Capt. Tobias, 
 shipmaster, 73, 85, 130, of brigt. 
 Mayflower, 139, 244, 247, 250, 
 275, 347, 350, 362, 420, 426, brigt. 
 Amity, 431. 
 
 Green & Russell's Boston Post-Boy 
 & Advertiser, 5. 
 
 Green Bay, Canada River, 113. 
 
 Green-Island, Newfoundland, burnt 
 by French and Indians, 354. 
 
 Greenland, John, Maiden, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 480. 
 
 Greenwich, H. M. S., 334, 373, 378, 
 380, 385. 
 
 Greville, Noah, shipmaster, sloop 
 Adventure, 268. 
 
 Griffin, shipmaster, 210; Susanna, 
 Salisbury, commits suicide, 232. 
 
 Griffith, reported attorney general 
 New Jersey, 48. 
 
 Grigs, William, Taunton, cooper, 
 351. 
 
 Groce, Capt., shipmaster, 170; John, 
 master sloop Speedwell, 378, 417; 
 Thomas, shipmaster, 156. 
 
 Grose, John, shipmaster, sloop Mary, 
 310, sloop Hope, 407, sloop Pros- 
 perous, 485, See Gross and Grost. 
 
 Gross, Capt., shipmaster, 73; Edward 
 master sloop Speedwell, 351, 381, 
 386 ;John, master sloop Prosperous, 
 472. See Grose and Grost. 
 
 Grost, John, shipmaster, sloop Pros- 
 perous, 482. See Grose and Gross. 
 
 Groton, hostile Indians about, 134, 
 214, 358, 364, 441; 136, 146; repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 205, 
 336. 
 
 Grover, shipmaster, 73 ; Simon, master 
 coaster, 131, of ship Primrose 139, 
 193, 201, 228, 233. 
 
 Guardaloop, Guardelupia, Guardi- 
 loop, Guardilope, or Guardilup 
 (Guadeloupe), W. I., 39, 42, 45, 
 
 47, 48, 74, 174; prize taken off, 
 by H. M. S. Gray Hound, 252; 
 296, 309, 441. 
 
 Guardiloop (Guadeloupe) harbor, 
 sloop cut out of, by English man- 
 of-war, 379. 
 
 Guensey, or Guernsey; H. M. S., 
 
 48, 172, 239, 252, 260, 264, 269, 
 303, 313, 483. 
 
 Guerard, Mons., Carolina, 437. 
 
 Guernsey, Eng., 326, 348. 
 
 Guide, A, to Eternal Glory, adver- 
 tisement of, 377. 
 
 Guile, John, Wrentham, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 479 n, 480. 
 
 Guilford, Conn., 73, 114, 123, 127, 
 136, 184, [Gilford] 488. 
 
 Guill, Guille, or Gville, Noah, ship- 
 master, sloop Adventure, 276, 
 316, 318, 352, 362. 
 
 Guinea, ships from, 116, 161, 162, 
 224, 229, 232; for Virginia with 
 negroes, 221, 475; merchandise to 
 be shipt for excepted from an 
 exporting prohibition act of Mary- 
 land, 259; 386, 412, 486. 
 
 518 
 
INDEX 
 
 Guinea prize, captured ship, 229, 232. 
 Gulf of Florida, 237, 239, 240, 332. 
 Gurley, Capt., shipmaster, 70. 
 Guttridge, Capt., shipmaster, 423; 
 
 Robert, Boston, inn keeper, 288. 
 Guy, John, Philadelphia, shipmaster, 
 
 brigt. Robert and Benjamin, 125, 
 
 128, 131, 136, 199, 282, 312, ship 
 
 Mary Ann, 425. 
 
 Guyn, Capt., shipmaster, ship of 
 taken by French, 199. 
 
 Gville. See Guill. 
 
 Gwin, Capt., shipmaster, taken by 
 French at sea, 170; Thomas, 
 shipmaster, 243, of brigt. Eliza- 
 beth, 285, 337, 338, 352, sbip Eagle 
 Galley, 391, 482. 
 
 H 
 
 JJABERDEE, John, shipmaster 
 ship Samuel and Margaret, from 
 Guinea with negroes for Virginia, 
 475. 
 
 Hadley, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 204 n, 205, 331, 480; 
 two men killed by lightning in, 
 349. 
 
 Hale, Rev. John, book on Witch- 
 craft by, advertisement of, 353; 
 Rev. Moses, Byfield, ordained in, 
 428. 
 
 Haleing, Anthony, mariner, of Capt. 
 John Foster's crew, Boston, dies 
 suddenly, 273. 
 
 Hales, Capt., Wells, Me., soldier, 75. 
 
 Half moons, fortifications, 374. 
 
 Halifax Galley, ship, 434, 437, 458. 
 
 Hall, Capt., shipmaster, 126, 128, 
 216, 233, 250, 301; Elisha, Yar- 
 mouth, representative, General 
 Court, 480; Giles, shipmaster, 
 sloop Lyon, 307, 355, 378, 382, 
 413, 423, 468, 478, 482; Capt. 
 Richard, shipmaster, 85, 93, 144, 
 149, 214, 254, of sloop Lyon, 305. 
 
 Halloway, Edward, shipmaster, 
 brigt. Dragon, 319. 
 
 Halsy, or Halsey, Capt. John, ship- 
 master, 128, of brigt. Charles, 
 private war vessel, 174, 178, 178 n, 
 183, 190, 190 n, 203, 203 n, 
 206, 206 n, prize of, 216; cap- 
 tures a Spanish ship, 383. 
 
 Hamerton, Capt., shipmaster, 103, 
 141, 312. 
 
 Hamilton, Col., Guadeloupe, 45; 
 Capt., Amboy, 114. 
 
 Hamlin, James, Barnstable, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 204 n, 
 205. 
 
 Hammond, Joseph, chosen councillor, 
 Mass., 44, 83, 204, Joseph, Kittery, 
 Me., representative, General Court, 
 331. 
 
 Hampshire, frontiers of, 134, 355; 
 county, towns of infested by In- 
 dians, 373. 
 
 Hampton, N. H., 179, 284; accident 
 at, 297; 299; Indian enemy at, 
 366; 418, 421; Deacon Page of 
 dies, 422. 
 
 Hampton, ship, 268, 275, 352. 
 
 Hampton Bay, 415, 418, 421. 
 
 Hampton Beach, 301. 
 
 Hampton Falls, 366. 
 
 Hancock, Hannah, 263. 
 
 Handyside, Col., governor of Ja- 
 maica, 368. 
 
 Hannah, brigt., 275; ship, 46; sloop, 
 442. 
 
 Hannah & Elizabeth, ship, 265. 
 
 Hannah and Ruth, ship, 289; [Han- 
 nah Ruth] sloop, 445, 481. 
 
 Hanover, or Hannover, brigt., 237, 
 268, 394, 423, 486. 
 
 Hanover Square, New York City, 17. 
 
 Happy Return, brigt., 132; ship, 306. 
 
 Happy Union, galley, launched at 
 Philadelphia, 476, 
 
 Haradines, Capt., soldier, in Col. 
 Church's Expedition, 108. 
 
 Harbert, William, shipmaster, 226, 
 260. 
 
 Hardy, Sir Francis, English naval 
 commander, captures a letter-of- 
 marque man from Martinique, 475. 
 
 Harmon, Capt., shipmaster, 462. 
 
 Harriman, Rev. John, Elizabeth 
 Town, N. J., dies, 240. 
 
 Harriot, Capt., shipmaster, 100, 181. 
 
 Harris, Bettjamin, Boston, book- 
 seller and printer, 2, 24, sketch of, 
 25-26, 53, 55 n; Capt., shipmaster, 
 73, 86, 127, 132, 145, 153, 170, 
 193, 200, 216, 222, 246, 253, 423; 
 Capt., of private sloop-of-war, 234, 
 236; John, shipmaster, 88, brigt. 
 Sarah, 387, 400, 484; Nathaniel, 
 shipmaster, 105, brigt. Swallow, 
 276, 279, 337, 347, 352, 362, 423, 
 427; Peter, shipmaster, 314, 319, 
 323, 364, 372, of sloop Dolphin, 391, 
 407, 470, 473, 488; Richard, mas- 
 ter ship Eagle, 408. 
 
 Harrison, Capt., shipmaster, 71; 
 Ralph, comptroller, Boston Cus- 
 tom House, dies, 426. 
 
 Harry, an Indian, 93. 
 
 Hart, Capt., shipmaster, 136, 170, 
 174, 202; Jonathan, shipmaster, 
 202, sloop Gilford, 367, 372, 481; 
 Mr., bearer of letters from Col. 
 Church, 95. 
 
 Hartford, Conn., 50, 52, 73; news 
 items from, 293, 321, 328, 373; 442. 
 
 519 
 
INDEX 
 
 Hartly, Robert, shipmaster, 214, 
 219. 
 
 Harts, Jonathan, shipmaster, ship 
 of taken and retaken off Barba- 
 does, 452. 
 
 Harvard College, 14; transcript of 
 records of, 17 ; 20, 23 ; printers to, 
 55, 60, 108, 127; fire at, in 1704, 
 140, 140 «; 209, 471. 
 
 Harvard College Library, 2, 14, 17, 
 20; files of Boston News Letter in, 
 61. 
 
 Harvard Historical Studies, 16. 
 
 Harvard University, A History of, 
 12, 14. 
 
 Harvey, Isaac, shipmaster, ship 
 Anne, 265, ship Ann, 268; Capt. 
 Thomas, Amesbury, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 331. 
 
 Harwood, shipmaster, 257; John, 
 pirate, 78, 82; Joseph, master 
 brigt. Evans, 477. 
 
 Hascall, Benj., Gloucester, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 330 n, 
 331, 479 n, 480. 
 
 Hastings, frigate, 224. 
 
 Hatch, shipmaster, 443, 447. 
 
 Hatfield, 95, 114; representative, 
 General Court, 204 n, 205, 330 n, 
 331, 480; rejoicing over returned 
 captives, 435; plans for fortifica- 
 tion of, 435. 
 
 Hathorn, or Hathorne, Ebenezar, 
 shipmaster, 177, 183, 206, 219, 
 222, 239, 244, 246, brigt. Unity, 
 417; John, chosen councillor, 
 Mass., 204, 330, 330 n, 479, 479 n; 
 Col. Jonathan, chosen councillor, 
 Mass., 44. 
 
 Haughton, shipmaster, 118. 
 
 Havana, or Havanna,' the, 38, 66, 
 109, 234, 312, 327, 351, 371, 383, 
 392, 397, 402; governor of dies 
 from poisoning, 411. 
 
 Haven, Samuel F., 12. 
 
 Haven's, Mr., Kingston, R. I., 270. 
 
 Haverhiil, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 205, 330 n, 331, 479 n, 
 480. 
 
 Hawck, Hawk, or Hawke, brigt., 
 484; ship, 265; sloop, 279, 323, 
 329, 362, 423, 450, 453. 
 
 Hawksworth, Peter, shipmaster, ship 
 Mary Fortune, 379, [Hawcks- 
 worth] 410, 457. 
 
 Hawley, William, shipmaster, ship 
 America, 440, 470. 
 
 Hayman, Nathan, shipmaster, ship 
 Thomas & Francis, 386; Samuel, 
 chosen councillor, Mass., 44, 92, 
 204. 
 
 Haynes, Capt., shipmaster, ship 
 Dorset, 242. 
 
 Hayward, Anthony, shipmaster, 260, 
 of ship Eagle, 264, 277. 
 
 Hazardous, H. M. S., 334, 361, 
 dogged by enemy off Nantucket. 
 371; 373, 378, 380. 
 
 Hearnes, Capt., George, South Caro- 
 lina, soldier, 402. 
 
 Heath, Capt., York, Me., soldier, 
 102; Elias, Boston, merchant, 
 chosen a selectman, 176, dies, 
 409: Nehemiah, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Endeavour, 67; shipmaster, 244, 
 246. 
 
 Hebb, (Hobbie), Madam, Boston. 
 XIII, 59. 
 
 Hector, H. M. S., 320. 
 
 Hedge, Ed., shipmaster, 326, 329, 
 358; Elisha, shipmaster, 314, 334, 
 338, 367, sloop Speedwell, 391, 
 413; John, shipmaster, 131, 177, 
 183, 202, 205, 207, 226, 228, 230, 
 237, 243, 244, 304, 323, 350, sloop 
 Speedwell, 378, 384, 450, 473, 
 476, 481. 
 
 Hedges, Sir Charles, 225, 327. 
 
 Hemp, publication to encourage the 
 sowing of, 219. 
 
 Henchman, Mr., Boston, school- 
 master, house of burned, 135. 
 
 Henderson, Capt., Boston, ship- 
 master, ship of captured on the 
 voyage to Barbadoes, 258; John, 
 shipmaster, 149, 214, ship Swan, 
 275; Capt. William, shipmaster, 
 88, 96. 
 
 Heneago Island, packet-boat Bar- 
 badoes lost on, 327; her cargo in 
 part recovered after exciting 
 adventures, 327. 
 
 Hengeson, Richard, shipmaster, 
 sloop Seaflowej!, 268. 
 
 Henrietta, sloop, 106. 
 
 Herbert, Robert, sailor, killed by 
 Cape Sable Indians, 391; William, 
 shipmaster, 216, ketch Good Hope, 
 264. 
 
 Hermitage, Capt., shipmaster, 199. 
 
 Hern, Capt., of H. M. S. Centurion, 
 104. 
 
 Hester Galley, ship, 408. 
 
 Hicks, Robert, shipmaster, 77, 188, 
 195, 258, 278, 306. 
 
 Higbe, Thomas, shipmaster, 76. 
 
 Higby, Capt., shipmaster, 85; Capt., 
 soldier, 398. 
 
 Higginson, John, chosen councillor 
 Mass., 83, 204, 330, 479; Col. 
 J no., chosen councillor, Mass., 44; 
 Nathaniel, Boston, merchant, 60. 
 
 High Court of Admiralty. See Court 
 of Admiralty. 
 
 High Fore-Street, Boston. See 
 
 Boston. 
 High tides, Jan. 1704/5, at Newport, 
 R. I., 164, at Salem and Marble- 
 head, 165, at Piscataqua, Kittery, 
 and Isles of Shoals, 167. 
 
 520 
 
INDEX 
 
 Hill, Abraham, shipmaster, 105, 235, 
 237, 310, sloop Mary, 314, ship 
 Andrew and William, 352, 477; 
 Benjamin, shipmaster, 268; Capt., 
 shipmaster, 85, 114, 147, 199, 
 360, 457; James, master brigt. 
 Susanna, 409 ; Capt. John, Kittery, 
 Me., representative General Court, 
 480; Capt. Joseph, Wells, Me., 
 representative, General Court, 
 205; Samuel, Wells, Me., taken 
 captive by Indians, 198, 199; 
 William, Boston, merchant, 285; 
 Capt. Zachariah, Boston, ship- 
 master, 76. 
 
 Hillard, shipmaster, 156. 
 
 Hiller, Joseph, Boston, merchant, 
 121, 123, 291, 292. 
 
 Hilliard, shipmaster, 123, 183, 214, 
 230; Job, master ketch Adven- 
 ture, 297, ketch Goodwill, 316; 358. 
 
 Hills, Eben, Maiden, representative. 
 General Court, 331. 
 
 Hilton, shipmaster, 191, 199, 239, 
 244, 246; Jonathan, master sloop 
 Success, 382, 429; Winthrop, Maj., 
 afterward Lieut. Col , 67, expedi- 
 tions of against Indians in The 
 Eastward, 169, 174, 199, 363, 445, 
 451, 451 n, 455 n, 458. 
 
 Himlock, Edward, councillor, New 
 Jersey, 43. 
 
 Hinckes, John, justice of New Hamp- 
 shire, 92. 
 
 Hinckley, Samuel, Barnstable, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 84, 
 331; [Hinkley] Thomas, Barn- 
 stable, ex-governor Plymouth 
 Colony, dies, 193. 
 
 Hingham, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 204, 204 n, 330 n, 331, 
 479 n, 480; Samuel Thackster 
 (Thaxter) of, 276. 
 
 Hinkley. See Hinckley. 
 
 Hinson, Edward, shipmaster, 257. 
 
 Hirst, shipmaster, 123. 
 
 Hispaniola, 356, 369, 371, 465, 469, 
 487. 
 
 Historical Magazine, The, 13, 25 n. 
 
 Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 
 20. 
 
 History and Antiquities of Boston, 
 The, Drake's, cited, 242 n. 
 
 History of Cambridge, Paige's, 14. 
 
 History of Deerfield, Sheldon's, cited, 
 182 n, 426 n. 
 
 History of Harvard University, A, 
 Pierce's, 12. 
 
 History of New England, Palfrey's, 13. 
 
 History ... of the Newspaper and 
 Periodical Press of the United 
 States, North's, 14. 
 
 History of Printing in America, The, 
 Thomas's, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, cited, 
 27 n. 
 
 History of South Carolina . . . , 
 McCrady's, cited, 405 n. 
 
 History of the United States, Ban- 
 croft's, cited, 66 n. 
 
 Hitchet, Delavil, commander of 
 French privateer, 109. 
 
 Hobbey, Col. Charles, Boston, 86. 
 
 Hobbie, Madame, XIII. See Hebb, 
 Madame. 
 
 Hobbs, Capt., shipmaster, 70, 123, 
 124, 153, 157; John, shipmaster, 149, 
 228, ketch Lamb, 264, 329, 346. 
 
 Hobby, William, Boston, attorney, 
 288. 
 
 Hoddy, John, shipmaster, 128, 144, 
 180, 183, 199, 205, 216, brigt. 
 Adventure, 264, 310, 316, 372, 391. 
 
 Hodges, Capt. Henry, Taunton, 
 representative, General Court, 84. 
 
 Hog-reeves, 177. 
 
 Hogden, Nicholas, Wells, Me., sol- 
 dier, killed by Indians, 75. 
 
 H. K., Capt., Portsmouth, N. H., 32. 
 
 Holberton, Capt., shipmaster, 51; 
 William, master ship Anne, 261, 
 275, 347, 350, [Holeberton] 358, 
 457. 
 
 Holding, Anthony, pirate, 78, 82. 
 
 Holdsworth, Capt., of a letter-of- 
 marque man, 477; Capt. Arthur, 
 shipmaster, ship of lost in ice off 
 Newfoundland, 485. 
 
 Holebrook, or Holbrook, William, 
 Mendon, representative, General 
 Court, 337, 479 n, 480. 
 
 Holeworth, Capt., privateersman, 
 395. 
 
 Holicom, Capt. John, shipmaster, 75, 
 ship of taken by privateer, 246; 
 [Holicomb] 257. 
 
 Holirt, Dennis, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Experiment, 323. 
 
 Holland, Capt., shipmaster, 51, 118, 
 125, 169; Capt., of Resolution 
 Galley, 386, 427, 434; John, ship- 
 master, 209, 210, 216, brigt. 
 Tygre, 372, brigt. Tyger, 391, 
 476; Capt. Thomas, master By- 
 fronts Galley, 161, 462, 465. 
 
 Holland, 41, advices from, 77; gov- 
 ernor from for Curacoa, 128; proc- 
 lamation from the Assembled 
 Society of Surranam as to trade of 
 foreign vessels with that colony, 
 186; 193, 199; flagboat for lost, 
 257; 279, 321; fleet from Curacoa 
 for, 338; 347, 437, 448, 450, 468, 
 469, 473, 474, 488. 
 
 Holloway, Edward, shipmaster, 96, 
 ship Dragon, 307. 
 
 Holmes, Capt., shipmaster, 183, 
 422; Joshua, Duxbury, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 83 n, 84; 
 Robert, master brigt. Content, 
 467, 468. 
 
 521 
 
INDEX 
 
 Holt, Capt., shipmaster, 100, 125, 
 128, 194; John, master of coaster, 
 205. 
 
 Holton, Joseph, shipmaster, 216. 
 
 Holyoke, Elizur, Boston, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 84, 204, 
 330, 480; chosen an overseer of 
 poor, 177. 
 
 Homes, shipmaster, 123. 
 
 Honewell, shipmaster, ship Olive 
 Branch, 262. 
 
 Honorable Artillery Company, 88, 
 92, 150 n; election of officers of, 
 207, 336; Eleccion Sermon: see 
 Artillery Election Sermon. 
 
 Hooper, Samuel, shipmaster, 321. 
 of ketch Endeavour, 334, 356, 
 391; Thomas, marine, advertised 
 as deserter, 358. 
 
 Hope, brigt., 236 n, 242 n, 260, 270, 
 277, 345, 350, 355, 362, 382, [Bonner 
 capt.] 426, 426 n, [Lewis capt.] 
 426, 431, 466, [Lewis capt.] 481, 
 [Evans capt.] 481, [Mackintosh 
 capt.] 481; ketch, 230; sloop, 297, 
 407, 435, 470, 473. 
 
 Hope Hood, Indian chief, 31. 
 
 Hopewell, brigt., 275, 350, 355, 372, 
 431, 439, 473, 481, 487; pink, 355, 
 393; ship, 161, 164, 332, 347, 
 365; sloop, 297, 375, 392, 393, 
 400, 436, 442, 448, 453, 481. 
 
 Hopkins, Samuel, shipmaster, sloop 
 Dolphin, 463, 466. 
 
 Horekills, 181, 195. 
 
 Horndal, Benjamin, Reading, house 
 and family of attacked by Indians, 
 357. 
 
 Horse stealing, 414, 418, 420. 
 
 Hort, shipmaster, ship Tyger, 240. 
 
 Horton, shipmaster, 85, 190, 193, 
 196, 207; John, shipmaster, 230, 
 243, brigt. Tryal, 347, 358, 423, 
 426. 
 
 Houghton, John, Lancaster, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 331. 
 
 Houlden, Capt., shipmaster, ship 
 Portsmouth Gaily, 89, 90. 
 
 House of Representatives. See 
 Massachusetts Bay, House of 
 Representatives. 
 
 How, Thomas, Marlborough, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 83 n, 
 84, 330. 
 
 Howard, Matthew, Seaconet, runa- 
 way negro of advertised, 106; 
 Robert, shipmaster, 239. 
 
 Howel, Col. Matthew, Southamp- 
 ton, L. I., dies, 327. 
 
 Hows, Samuel, Yarmouth, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 83 n, 84. 
 
 Hubbard, shipmaster, 137; Rev. 
 John, Jamaica, L. I., dies, 254; 
 Richard, Salisbury, representative, 
 General Court, 84, 331; Rev. 
 TjWZMam, Ipswich, dies, 127, 127 n. 
 
 Hubbart, or Hubbert, shipmaster, 
 159, 422. 
 
 Hudson, Frederic, 14, 25, his History 
 of Journalism cited, 25 n; Thomas, 
 shipmaster, 205. 
 
 Hudson River, 286, 333; floods on, 
 412; whale killed in, 450. 
 
 Huguenots, 32, 49. 
 
 HuB, Capt., shipmaster, 86, 133, 
 422; Capt. John, Boston, mer- 
 chant, 430 n. 
 
 Hump, Daniel, runaway Indian 
 servant advertised, 440. 
 
 Hundoras (Honduras), 85, 93, 100, 
 179, 196, 210, 332, 347, 484, 486. 
 
 Hunkin, Capt. Mark, shipmaster, ship 
 Johns Adventure, 162, 194, [Hunk- 
 ings] 219. i 
 
 Hunlock, Christopher, mariner, 
 drowned in Boston Harbor, 400; 
 Jonathan, shipmaster, ship Stephen 
 & Samuel, 287, ship Wil. & Han- 
 nah, 400. 
 
 Hunt, Maj. Ephraim, chosen coun- 
 cillor, Mass., 44, 83, 204, 337, 480; 
 Lewis, shipmaster, sloop Victory, 
 301, 355, 367, 379, 384, 413, sloop 
 Nonsuch, 487; Thomas, ship- 
 master, 210, 214,, 246, 255, sloop 
 Panther, 271, 299, 301, 307, 316, 
 362, 372, 400, 408, 427, 466, 468, 
 470. 
 
 Huntington, Capt., H. M. S. Guern- 
 sey, 172, 239, commadore, Jamaica 
 fleet, 252, 253, 260, 264, 269. 
 
 Hurst, shipmaster, 121; Thomas, 
 Capt., privateersman, 396. 
 
 Hutchins, shipmaster, 328, 412. 
 
 Hutchinson, Eliakam, chosen coun- 
 cillor, Mass., 44, 83, 83 n, [Eliakim] 
 204, 330, 479; Col. Elisha, chosen 
 councillor, Mass., 44, 83, 204, 330, 
 479; colonel of regiment for ser- 
 vice at Castle William, 367; 
 Thomas, captain Honorable Artil- 
 lery Company, 88, 92, choesn 
 assessor, 304. 
 
 Hutnot, Joseph, pirate, 79, 82. 
 
 JLETHERA (Eleuthera), Baha- 
 mas, 468. 
 
 Imprecation against the Enemies of 
 God . . . Lecture, by Rev. Benja- 
 min Colman, advertisement of, 471. 
 
 Inch of candle, 90, 90 n, 288. 
 Increase, ship, 161. 
 Independent Advertiser, The, 5. 
 Independent Chronicle, The, 7. 
 Independent Chronicle, The, 
 
 522 
 
 And 
 
INDEX 
 
 the Universal Advertiser, 7. 
 
 Independent Ledger, 1778-1783, vari- 
 ous changes in title, 10. 
 
 Independent Ledger, The, and the 
 American Advertiser, 7. 
 
 Indian divers, 89. 
 
 Indian slaves. See Slavery, Indian. 
 
 Indians, 24; capture children at 
 Chelmsford, 29; western tribes 
 pressing for expedition against 
 Canada, 30; "French" Indians and 
 Marquas, 31; Kennebeck Indian 
 warriors, 32; 43; Eastern Indians, 
 45, 46, 49, 51, 67, 69-70, 72, 73, 
 86, 88, 102, 169, 174, 182, 198, 
 199, 202, 205, 218, 254, 255, 259, 
 321, 337, 340. 363, 366, 386, 422, 
 445, 451, 455, 458; the Six Nations, 
 52, 211; along the Connecticut 
 River, 75, 93, 95, 118, 235; in 
 English service, 119; 136; "French" 
 Indian sachems at New York to 
 treat with Gov. Cornbury, 211; 
 214; Mohegan Indians, 235; 276, 
 284, 287, 291; attack upon Read- 
 ing, 357; 358, 362; raid in Exeter. 
 N. H., 363-364, in Groton, 364, 
 in Sudbury, 364, in Wells, Me., 
 366, in Hampton, N. H., 366; 
 infesting Hampshire county, 373; 
 kill a man at Dover, N. H., 374; 
 bounties for killing or capturing, 
 voted by Mass. General Court, 
 374, 375; 404; Indian prisoners in 
 South Carolina sold for slaves, 
 411; 422, 441, 442; acts of the 
 Mass. General Court to encourage 
 the prosecution of the Indian 
 enemy and rebels, 463; premium 
 raised for male Indian enemy 
 above age of 12 killed or taken, 
 463; Indians reported to be 
 "sculking everywhere on our 
 frontiers," 486. See French and 
 Indians. 
 
 Indigo Merchant, ship, [Indicos] 240, 
 347. 8 
 
 Industry, brigt., 334, 355, 379; ship, 
 161, 271, 279, 350, 391, 393, 475; 
 sloop, 291, 307, 350, 362, 468, 485. 
 
 Inferior Court at Cambridge, 233. 
 
 Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 
 156, 157. 
 
 Ingersol, Richard, shipmaster, 105, 
 sloop Seaflower, [Ingesol] 310, 
 319, 391. 
 
 Ingerson, Joseph, runaway servant 
 advertised, 237; Richard, ship- 
 master, sloop Seaflower, 316. 
 
 Ingles, Capt., shipmaster, attacked 
 by privateer, 247. 
 
 Inglish, Robert, shipmaster, ship John 
 & Jane, 161. 
 
 Ingoldsby, John, shipmaster, 164. 
 
 Inhabitants of Boston, 98, 179. 
 
 Inoculation, 452 n. 
 
 Invisibles, Realities, Demonstrated 
 in the Holy Life and Triumphant 
 Death of Mr. John Janeway. ... 
 advertisement of, 365. 
 
 Ipswich, 59; representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204, 204 n, 330 n, 
 331, 479 n, 480; Rev. William 
 Hubbard of dies, 127; 224, 234; 
 muster in, 328; 329, 360; George 
 Jaffrey, Esq., of Piscataqua, dies 
 in, 444; 482 n. 
 
 Ipswich Bay, 165, 301. 
 
 Ireland, ships from at colonial 
 ports, 40, 50, 51, 282, 476; ships 
 for or arrived at from colonial 
 ports, 269. 315, 316, 320, 378, 
 457, 478, 479, 482, 486. 
 
 Ireland, John, shipmaster, 209, 237. 
 
 Irish vessel, captures French priva- 
 teer, 379, 380. 
 
 Isaacks, shipmaster, 427, [Isaacc] 
 434. 
 
 Isle of Wight, 279. 
 
 Isles of Sholes (Isles of Shoals) 91, 
 107, 167, 176. 
 
 Ivitachma, chief of, 65. 
 
 JACKSON, Capt., shipmaster, 85, 
 J 125, 128, 130, 136, 202, 205, 214, 
 233, 239, 250, 310, 329, 346; 
 Clement, master ship Dover Gal- 
 ley, 161, 208, 347; Daniel, master 
 sloop Speedwell, 481; Francis, 
 master ship America Merchant, 
 taken by French privateer retaken 
 by Dutch, 485; Jeremiah, Boston, 
 weaver, 229; John, shipmaster, 
 105, of sloop Speedwell, 139, 423, 
 426; Thomas, Boston, chosen a 
 selectman, 176, 299. 
 Jacob, Capt., shipmaster, 170. 
 
 Jacobs, Capt., shipmaster, 121, 123, 
 125. 
 
 Jacques Bay, N. Y., 145, [Jackques] 
 282, 430. 
 
 Jaffrey. See Jeffrey. 
 
 Jail, in New York City, 201; in 
 Bristol, R. I., 443. See Prisons. 
 
 Jamaica, W. I., ships and advices 
 from, 38, 42, 47, 51, 62, 63, 66, 
 70, 73, 76, 81, 111, 121, 122, 123, 
 131, 133, 140, 172, 173, 180, 181, 
 183, 184, 187, 188, 191, 196, 217, 
 218, 226, 228, 229, 232, 237, 239, 
 250, 258, 279, 281, 282, 297, 299, 
 
 523 
 
INDEX 
 
 300, 301, 302, 306, 310, 320, 322, 
 323, 325, 326, 327, 329, 333, 354, 
 372, 375, 377, 381, 394, 396, 399, 
 400, 405, 407, 409, 423, 427, 454, 
 456, 464, 465, 466, 468, 470, 482; 
 Earl of Peterborough to sail for, 
 41; ships for from colonial ports, 
 47, 48, 67, 71, 73, 77, 80, 96, 123, 
 125, 126, 127, 128, 131, 136, 137, 
 144, 148, 149, 153, 156, 159, 162, 
 164, 170, 171, 172, 181, 184, 189, 
 190, 191, 193, 195, 196, 199, 200, 
 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 
 209, 211, 219, 226, 230, 232, 237, 
 239, 244, 245, 251, 253, 258, 261, 
 264, 265, 269, 270, 271, 274, 275, 
 276, 277, 278, 285, 288, 290, 291, 
 292, 300, 301, 304, 307, 312, 316, 
 
 319, 323, 327, 328, 347, 352, 355, 
 356, 358, 363, 364, 367, 372, 378, 
 379, 380, 382, 384, 386, 387, 393, 
 397, 400, 408, 410, 412, 413, 417, 
 420, 421, 423, 427, 428, 429, 433, 
 434, 437, 442, 451, 453, 462, 467, 
 468, 469, 471, 472, 474, 476, 478, 
 481, 482, 483, 485, 486, 488; 
 Jamaica fleet of merchantmen to 
 and from England, 59, 227, 241, 
 242, 244, 245, 248, 250, 251, 252, 
 253, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 268, 
 269, 270, 274, 278, 282, 306, 311, 
 
 320, 361; Mr. Vrqhuart appointed 
 minister of, 97; French and 
 Spaniards make a landing on, 122; 
 ships taken by Jamaica privateer, 
 182, 392; packet-boats to and 
 from, 202, 220, 306; trade rela- 
 tions with the Spaniards, 217; 
 302«, 313; French design against, 
 327, 338, 368-369; preparations 
 for defence of, 368, 369; embargo 
 at, 368, 369, 370; not apprehen- 
 sive of French attack on, 371; 
 372, 375; French fleet expected, 
 379; 388; arrival of English war 
 ships, 394; 419, 458, 462. 
 
 Jamaica, L. I., 193, 254. 
 
 Jamaica Merchant, ship, 240. 
 
 Jamain, Nicholas, New York, mer- 
 chant, 436, 437, 447, 450, 455. 
 
 James, Capt., shipmaster, 201, 202; 
 Charles, pirate, 78, 82, 91, 94, 
 225; Francis, shipmaster, 310. 
 
 James City, ship, 161. 
 ames Island, S. C, 402, 403. 
 
 James River, Va., 451. 
 
 Janverin, Capt., taken by French 
 letter-of-marque man, but buys 
 back vessel, 371. 
 
 Jarunin, Jarvenin, or Javernin, Capt. 
 John, shipmaster, Rebecka Hag- 
 boat, 259, 291, 294, 357. 
 
 Jarvies, Capt., shipmaster, 42; 
 James Boston, blacksmith, 160; 
 John, master sloop Henrietta, taken 
 
 by French letter-of-marque men, 
 106, 199, of brigt. Goodwill, 329, 
 [Jarvis] 350, 400; Nathaniel, ship- 
 master, 201, 214, ship John & 
 Abiel, 264, [NathanaefJ 338. 
 
 Jeffers, Arthur, Boston, returned 
 prisoner, 432; Capt., shipmaster, 
 123, 199, ship Dorothy, 240; 
 David & Company, Boston, mer- 
 chants, advertisement of, 471; 
 Capt. Thomas, master ship New 
 York Merchant, 281, 286, 290, 
 312, 343, 457, 478. 
 
 Jeffery, Capt., shipmaster, 37. 
 
 Jeffrey, Capt., shipmaster, 135, 
 [Jeffry] 136; Capt. Arthur, ship- 
 master, 223; George, Esq., Piscat- 
 aqua, 418, [Jaffrey] dies at Ips- 
 wich, 444. 
 
 Jeffries, Capt., shipmaster, 118, 
 [Jefferies] 156, 196, 269; James, 
 master, ship Dart Galley, 410; 
 William, shipmaster, 202, 209, 214. 
 
 Jenkin, or Jenkins, Capt. John, ship- 
 master, ship Eagle Gaily, 105, 131, 
 161, 170, ship Robert, 358, 423, 
 426, sloop Mary, 438. 
 
 Jennings, Sir John, arrives at Nevis 
 with a squadron, 434, 441, 456, 
 at Jamaica, 458, returns to Eng- 
 land, 462; Samuel, councillor, New 
 Jersey, 43. 
 
 Jeremiah & Ann, ship, 442, 446, 485, 
 
 Jeremiah & Thomas, brigt., 477. 
 
 Jersey. See New Jearsey, etc. (New 
 Jersey) . 
 
 Jersey, Eng., 128, 188, 214, 250, 304. 
 
 Jersey, H. M. S., 72, 84, 87, 95, 115, 
 118, 123, 127, 128, 132, 133, 136, 
 141, 145, 149, 195, 199, 297, 419. 
 
 Jess, David, Boston, goldsmith, 
 dies, 285. 
 
 Jewet, Ezek, Rowley, representative, 
 General Court, 479 n, 480; Nehe- 
 miah, Ipswich, representative, 
 General Court, 83 n, 84, 204, 204 n, 
 330 m, 331, 479 n, 480. 
 
 Jinkes, Daniel, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Dorothy, 410. 
 
 Jinks's [Jenks's] Mr., iron works, 
 Providence, R. I., 103. 
 
 Joel,William,shipmaster,257 ! 325,406. 
 
 John, Andrew, shipmaster, 144. 
 
 John, ship, 67. 
 
 John & Abiel, brigt., 411; ship, 264; 
 sloop, 384, 409, 478. 
 
 John & Abigail, sloop, 400, [John & 
 Abigail] 474. 
 
 John & Ann, brigt., 276, 288, 362, 
 375, 408, 484; ship, 161. 
 
 John & Anne, sloop, 326, 488. 
 
 John & Deborah, ketch, 307; ship, 
 270, 274. 
 
 John & James, brigt., 326, 364, 420, 
 448. 
 
 524 
 
INDEX 
 
 John & Jane, ship, 161. 
 
 John & Mary, ship, 268, 274, 314; 
 sloop, 329, 384, 391, 417, 431, 468, 
 472, 474, [Bradick capt.] 481, 
 [Wiggins capt.] 481, 482, 486, 
 [Bradick capt.] 488, [Person capt.] 
 488. 
 
 John & Thomas, ship, 270; sloop, 358, 
 410, 421. 
 
 John & Timothy, ship, 301, 338. 
 
 Johns Adventure, ship, 162. 
 
 Johnson, Capt., shipmaster, 49, 74, 
 
 „ 147, 148, 170, 242; Eleazar, ship- 
 master, 246, 251 , of brigt. Hopewell, 
 355, 372, 427, 431, 439, 473, 487; 
 Istiac, pirate, 78, 82; John, Col., 
 St. Christopher, 301, 308, 312, 
 325; John, mariner, drowned in 
 Boston Harbor, 400; Joseph, 
 master sloop Elizabeth, 297, 384, 
 426; Sir Nathaniel, governor 
 South Carolina, 312, 313, 402, 403, 
 404; Capt. Nicholas, master brigt. 
 Hopewell, 481; Richard, ship- 
 master, captured by French priva- 
 teer seizes a prize ship on which he 
 is being carried to France, 125. 
 
 Johnson Frigot, ship, 244. 
 
 Johnstoun, Col., Antigua, killed, 
 406. 
 
 Joline, Capt., shipmaster, 181, 182, 
 184, 229, 232, ship of taken by 
 the French, 268. 
 
 Jones, Capt. Abel, shipmaster, 205, 
 brigt. Amity, 297, sloop Larke, 
 347, 355, 413, 417, 481; Benjamin, 
 Northampton, his garrison house 
 
 ]£ATERINE, Katherin, Kathern, 
 Kathrin, Kathrine, or Katherine, 
 ship, 303; sloop 276, 347, 358, 
 393, 400, 417, 423, 426, 438, 440, 
 450, 455, 481. 
 
 Kathrin & Ann, sloop, 288. 
 
 Katty, brigt., 112, 119. 
 
 Keeche's, Mrs., wharf, Boston. See 
 Boston. 
 
 Keele, shipmaster, 363, 396. 
 
 Keeler, Capt., shipmaster, 36. 
 
 Keeling, Samuel. Boston, merchant, 
 commissioned captain of Boston 
 Regiment, 333. 
 
 Keen, William, shipmaster, captured 
 by the French at Newfoundland, 
 223. 
 
 Keersteed, Keirsted, Keirsteed, Ker- 
 steed, or Kersteel, John, ship- 
 master, 131, 136, 139, 172, 181, 
 193, 194, 196, 209, 218, 232, 235, 
 243, 245, 251, 454. 
 
 Keirsted or Keirsteed. See above. 
 
 Kelby, William, librarian, 58 n. 
 
 Kelluck, Martin, escaped captive 
 from Montreal, 209. 
 
 attacked by French and Indians, 
 75; Capt. master ship Mayflower, 
 111; Capt. shipmaster, 153, 195; 
 Nicholas Thomas, shipmaster, 217, 
 219, sloop Industry, 291, drowned 
 in Boston Harbor, 400; Thomas, 
 shipmaster, 113; William, pirate, 
 78, 82, 92, 95; William, New 
 Haven, late deputy governor 
 Connecticut Colony, 412. 
 
 Joseph, shipmaster, 264. 
 oseph and Betty, sloop, 261, 277. 
 
 Joshua, pink, 477; ship, 485. 
 
 Jourdain, shipmaster, 206. 
 
 Journal of the Rev. John Pike, 
 cited, 355 n, 451 n. 
 
 Journal of the Votes and Proceed- 
 ings of the General Assembly of 
 the Colony of New York, cited, 
 17, 142 n, 212 n, 343 n, 397 n. 
 
 Journalism in the United States 
 from 1690 to 1872, 14, cited, 25. 
 
 Joy, The, of Faith, by Rev. Samuel 
 Lee, advertisement of, 359. 
 
 Joyce, ship's mate, 241. 
 oyner, Capt., shipmaster, 268, 282, 
 
 354, 478, 479. 
 Judge of the Admiralty, 62, 67, 
 
 105, 341. 
 Jumper, Sir William, commander 
 
 English squadron, 327, plans to 
 
 attack Placentia, 374; 456; arrives 
 
 at Barbadoes, 468. 
 Justice of the Peace, 239, 259, 418. 
 Justices of New Hampshire, John 
 
 Hinckes and Thomas Phipps, 92. 
 
 K 
 
 Kelly, shipmaster, 274. 
 
 Kemble, Timothy, shipmaster, ship 
 Triton Galley, 362. 
 
 Kenelworth (Killingworth) , Conn., 
 Rev. Abraham Pierson dies in, 
 454, 454 n. 
 
 Kennard, John, shipmaster, 259. 
 
 Kennebeck Indian warriors, 32. 
 
 Kennebeck River, 32, [Kinnebeck], 
 199, 451. 
 
 Kenny, John, Boston, boy, subject 
 of surgical operation by Dr. 
 Zabdiel Boylston, 452; Margaret, 
 Boston, widow, 452. 
 
 Kent, Eng., 22. 
 
 Kent, H. M. S., 475; pink, 220. 
 
 Kere. See Kerr. 
 
 Kerney, Capt., shipmaster, 282. 
 
 Kerr, Commodore, 361, [Kere] of 
 West India, squadron, 348; goes 
 to Jamaica with fleet, 379; goes 
 to relieve Admiral Whetstone, 380, 
 394, 395; sails from Barbadoes with 
 fleet, 451; at Jamaica, 462. 
 
 Kersteed, or Kersteel. See Keer- 
 steed, etc. 
 
 525 
 
INDEX 
 
 Kidd, Capt. William, alleged pirate, 
 35, 36, 37. 
 
 Kidder, John, shipmaster, pink Hope- 
 well, 393. 
 
 Kids River, 345. 
 
 Kilberne, shipmaster, 243. 
 
 Kilby, John, Boston, chosen ensign 
 Honorable Artillery Company, 207. 
 
 Kilmore, Ire., 457. 
 
 Kimbal or Kimball, Richard, Brad- 
 ford, representative, General Court, 
 479 n, 480; shipmaster, 40. 
 
 Kind, Arthur, of crew of H. M. S. 
 Gosport, killed in a storm at sea, 
 168. 
 
 King, Charles, pirate, 78, 82, 91, 95, 
 225; Francis, pirate, 91, 95, 99! 
 John, pirate, 78, 82, 91, 95; Peter, 
 shipmaster, ship Society, 323, 413. 
 
 King Saile, Kingsail, Kingsaile, 
 Kingsale, or Kingsayle (Kinsale), 
 Ire., 39, 269, 315, 378, 456, 457, 
 476. 
 
 Kingsail, or Kingsayle (Kinsale), 
 H. M. S., takes privateer and ships, 
 380; prize taken by contains 
 70,000 pieces of eight, 381; 406, 
 407. 
 
 Kingsbury, shipmaster, 73, 77, 85, 
 
 88, [Kinghsbury] 96, 100, [King- 
 burry] 123. 
 
 Kingston, shipmaster, 457. 
 
 Kingston, H. M. S., 254. 
 
 Kingston, or Kingstown, R. I., 93, 
 251, 270, 358, 365. 
 
 Kingstoun (Kingstown), N. H., 199. 
 
 King William, packet-boat, 456. 
 See Packet-boats. 
 
 Kinnebeck. See Kennebeck. 
 
 Kinsman, Pelatiah, shipmaster, ship 
 Hopewell, 365; ship of taken by 
 the French on voyage from Lee- 
 ward Island to Boston, 470. 
 
 Kittery, Me., representative, Gen- 
 eral Court, 83 n, 84, 204 n, 205, 
 331, 480; damage in by high tide, 
 167; Indian enemy near, 202; 
 William Pepperil of, 276; Capt. 
 Ichabod Plaisted of, 297; Indian 
 descent on Spruce Creek in, 486. 
 
 Kittery, garrison, 276. 
 
 Knight, Capt., Gloucester, 91. 
 
 Knowles, Robert, shipmaster, ship In- 
 crease, 161; Samuel, Eastham, 
 representative, General Court, 84, 
 205, 331, 480. 
 
 Koolton, Nath., Ipswich, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 204, 204 ». 
 
 L'ACCADIE, or L'acadie (Acadia), 
 54, 120, 169, 191 n. 
 
 Lake, Mary, Boston, dies, 242; Capt. 
 Thomas, Boston, 242. 
 
 Lamb, brigt., 413, 470, 474, 482; 
 ketch, 264, 329, 346. 
 
 Lambard, Capt., commander of a 
 snow, captures two new Phila- 
 delphia sloops off Antigua, 141. 
 
 Lambere, Jonathan, shipmaster, 
 244. 
 
 Lambert, Capt., of a French priva- 
 teer, killed, 173; John, pirate, 60, 
 78, 82, 94, executed, 99, 99 n; 
 Jonathan, shipmaster, ship Indus- 
 try, 279, 347, 350, 391. 
 
 Lamprey, Eel River, N. H., 67. 
 
 Lamson, shipmaster, 47. 
 
 Lancaster, French and Indian attack 
 on, 113; 120, 134; killing of Rev. 
 Mr. Gardner at the fort, 136, 146- 
 147; 198; representative, General 
 Court, 205, 331, 480; hostile 
 Indians in, 214. 
 
 Lancester. See Lancaster. 
 
 Landel, Thomas, shipmaster, 167, 
 222. 
 
 Lane, Capt. John, Boston, 247; Capt., 
 York, Me., soldier, return of 
 from search for Indian enemy, 
 254, march of from York, 255. 
 
 Langdon, Thomas, shipmaster, sloop 
 
 Fortune, 433. 
 Lanren, Thomas, shipmaster, 149. 
 Lanyon, Thomas, shipmaster, 125, 
 
 156, 194, 205, 250, 271, 362, sloop 
 
 Return, 367, 391, 393, 453, 466, 
 
 482. 
 Lappam, Thomas, Scituate, barn of, 
 
 with 24 head of cattle, destroyed 
 
 by lightning, 444. 
 Larew. Capt., of a captured French 
 
 ship, killed, 62. 
 Larimore, or Larrimore, Capt. 
 
 Thomas, shipmaster, ship Larimore 
 
 Galley, 88, 91, 92, 108. 
 Larimore, or Larrimore, Galley, ship, 
 
 88, 91, 92. • 
 Lark. See Larke. 
 Larke, brigt., 275. 316, 319, 329, 
 
 407, 442, 484; H. M. S., 386, 395; 
 
 ship, 255; sloop, [Lark] 40, [Lark] 
 
 67, 301, 304, 326, 335, 347, 355, 
 
 413, 417, 481. 
 Larkin, Thomas, shipmaster, sloop 
 
 Speedwell, 470 473, 477. 
 Laroux, young, Frenchman, alleged 
 
 pirate, 109, 118; tried for piracy, 
 
 145. 
 Lasenbe, Lasenby, Leasenby, Lesen- 
 
 bey, or Lessenby, Capt. Thomas, 
 
 shipmaster, 93, 125, 161, 291, 
 
 453, 463. 
 Lastaffe. See Lowstaff, etc. 
 
 526 
 
INDEX 
 
 Latham, Mr., St. Johns, Newfound- 
 land, in command of the castle. 
 197. 
 
 Lathrop, Capt., shipmaster, 73, 85, 
 121, 153, 177, 199, 207, 209, 216, 
 246, 260; John, shipmaster, 105, 
 131, 194, 255, 302, sloop Speed- 
 well, 325, sloop Swallow, 384; 
 Thomas, shipmaster, 105, 193- 
 194, 304, 323, sloop Diamond, 
 325, sloop Susanna, 325. 
 
 Launer, shipmaster, 206. 
 
 Laura, ship, 241. 
 
 Laurel, Laurell, Lawrel, or Lawrell, 
 brigt., 244, 347, 437, 439, 454, 465. 
 
 Laurence, Nicholas, shipmaster, 149, 
 179, ship Endeavour, 277; 378. 
 See Lawrence. 
 
 Laurier, Capt., shipmaster, 271, 348, 
 378, 385. 
 
 Laverdecrouse, 100. 
 
 Law, Capt. Andrew, New York, 
 shipmaster, for London, 109, 123, 
 128, ship of taken, 199; for Bar- 
 badoes, 420. 
 
 Lawrance. See Lawrence. 
 
 Lawrel, or Lawrell. See Laurel, etc. 
 
 Lawrence, Capt., shipmaster, 38, 
 352, [Laurence] 423, 427; John, 
 shipmaster, 209, 230, 237; Nich- 
 olas, shipmaster, 214, ship En- 
 deavour, 260, 270; Capt. Peter, 
 privateersman, 77, 137, 141; 
 Richard, pirate, 78, [Lawrance] 
 82, [Lawrance] 83, 95. 
 
 Lawrence's, Capt., prizes, 45, 137, 
 141, 145, 147. 
 
 Lawson, Nicholas, pirate, 78, 82. 
 
 Lay craft, George, shipmaster, ship 
 Adventure, 161. 
 
 Layton, John, Kittery, Me., repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 83 n, 
 84, 204 n, 205. 
 
 L'Breton, David, shipmaster, 222. 
 
 Leach, Capt., shipmaster, 128, 184, 
 221; Peter, master ship Prudent 
 Sarah, 139, 182, 228, 233, 243, 
 brigt. Plymouth, 316, 409. 
 
 Leake, Sir John, 377 ;.. reported to 
 have worsted French squadron, 
 380. 
 
 L'easembly, Capt., shipmaster, ship 
 Dudley Frigot, 279. 
 
 Leblond, James, Boston, merchant, 
 276. 
 
 Lecture, the Boston, 122, 222, 359, 
 471. 
 
 Leeds, Daniel, councillor, New Jer- 
 sey, 43. 
 
 Lefebure, Monsieur Tho., Port Royal, 
 N. S., 88. 
 
 Legay, Jacob, shipmaster, 173, 257, 
 272, of ship Mitchel's Prize, 285, 
 300. 
 
 Legg, Capt. Samuel, Boston, chosen 
 
 councillor, Mass., 44, 83, 204, 
 330; dies, 434. 
 
 Leghorn, Marblehead ship for, 149. 
 
 Leigh, John, shipmaster, ship Sarah, 
 301, 304, 310, 467, 473, 479, 483. 
 
 Leisler, Jacob, acting governor New 
 York, 31. 
 
 Leonard, Samuel, councillor, New 
 Jersey, 43. 
 
 Leasenby, Lesenbey, or Lessenby. 
 See Lasenbe. 
 
 Lethered, Thomas, shipmaster, ship 
 Olive Branch, 375; [Letheret] 
 chased by French privateer, 457. 
 
 Letter-Book of Samuel Sewall. See 
 Sewall, Samuel. 
 
 Letter-of -marque men, capture a 
 Boston vessel, 337; cruise off 
 Newfoundland, 374; take prizes 
 on the Banks, 395; one captured 
 on the voyage from Martinique, 
 475; 477. 
 
 Letters written by Duncan Camp- 
 bell, May 1700—. See Campbell 
 news letters. 
 
 Letters written by John Campbell, 
 April-Oct., 1703. See Camp- 
 bell news letters. 
 
 Letters Written from New England, 
 A. D. 1686, 12, cited, 26, 27 ». 
 
 Leuwe,' H. M. S., lost, 306. 
 
 Leventhorp, Capt., shipmaster, 43, 
 199. 
 
 Leveret. See Leverett. 
 
 Leverett, Madam Sarah, Boston, 
 widow of ex-Gov. John Leverett, 
 dies, 58, 158, burial of, 159; John 
 [Leveret] one of the commissioners 
 to treat with the Five Nations, 
 129, 129 n, 131, 132, 133, 139, 
 representative for Cambridge, 
 330 n, 331 ; chosen councillor, 
 Mass., 330 n, 337. 
 
 Leverpole, Leverpool, Leverpoole. 
 See Liverpool. 
 
 Leview, Capt., shipmaster, 258. 
 
 Levingston, James, shipmaster, ship 
 Wren Frigot, 413. 
 
 Levit, Josiah, Hingham, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 204, 204 n. 
 
 Levy, Moses, New York, merchant, 
 463. 
 
 Leward (Leeward) Islands, W. I., 
 ships for from colonial ports, 72, 
 88, 100, 194, 200, 300, 310, 434; 
 New England fleet from Boston 
 under convoy for, 275, 279, 280; 
 Boston ships bound for taken by 
 the French, 470; ships and advices 
 from, 133, 135; 161; French priva- 
 teers taken off by English men-of- 
 war, 162; cartel between Marti- 
 nique and, 173, 179, 189; Briga- 
 dier Matthews, general for, dies, 
 
 527 
 
INDEX 
 
 182; Col. Park, general for, out- 
 ward bound, 227, 363; threatened 
 French movements against, 296, 
 307, 308, 312, 320, 322; 419; 
 many French privateers abroad 
 among, 439, 470; 441; ships from 
 England for, 483. 
 Lewis, Abraham, Boston, returned 
 prisoner, 432; Capt., shipmaster, 
 51, 76, 85, 126, 177, 191, 329, 362; 
 James, shipmaster, 367, sloop 
 Dubastus, 473, 484, 488; Joseph, 
 shipmaster, 108; Philip, ship- 
 master, 88, 96, 159, 205, 216, 
 brigt. Hope, 260, 270, 277, 345, 
 350, 355, 362, 426, 431, 481; 
 Robert, shipmaster, 465, brigt. 
 Amity, 472, 478. 
 Library Company of Philadelphia, 
 
 20. 
 Library of Congress, 20. 
 Library of Harvard College. See 
 
 Harvard College Library. 
 Liddel, Capt., shipmaster, 132. 
 Life of Benjamin Franklin, The, 
 
 written by himself, 13. 
 Life and Errors of John Dunton, 12, 
 
 25 n, 26, 34. 
 Life and Times of Benjamin Frank- 
 lin, The, 13. 
 Life, The, of Justification Opened, 
 by Rev. John Brown, advertise- 
 ment of, 119, 123, 217. 
 Lightning, sloop struck by at Charles- 
 town Ferry, 221 ; women killed by 
 at Cape Ann, 360; strikes meet- 
 ing house at Taunton, 369; house 
 of Ensign Thomas Gilbert, Taun- 
 ton, 370; strikes barn of Thomas 
 Lappam, at Scituate, 444. 
 Lillibridge, shipmaster, 432. 
 Lillie, Mr., Boston, 39. 
 Lilly, Samuel, Boston, merchant, 
 ships of, 76, 478, advertises salt, 
 373, 379, 385, 392; Capt. Thomas, 
 Boston, shipmaster, 121, 434. 
 Lilly, ship, 161. 
 
 Linches, Capt. Johnson, South Caro- 
 lina, soldier, 402, 404. 
 Lindall, shipmaster, 422. 
 Ling, Matthew, New York, coun- 
 cillor, dies, 128, 
 Linhavenbay, or Linn-Haven Bay 
 
 (Lynhaven Bay), Va., 97, 396. 
 Linn, H. M. S., 135, 224. 
 Lisbon, packet-boat from, 39; ships 
 and advices from, 41, 71, 76, 88, 
 100, 128, 129, 130, 143, 167, 169, 
 170, 174, 195, 196, 201, 202, 207, 
 215, 223, 226, 227, 230, 231, 249, 
 253, 259, 301, 318, 320, 336, 338, 
 354, 360, 361, 362, 371, 381, 382, 
 384, 391. 400, 477; ships for from 
 colonial ports, 67, 105, 131, 148, 
 149, 156, 157, 200, 215, 222, 229, 
 
 246, 247, 271, 274, 276, 284, 291, 
 294, 337, 412. 
 
 List of Authorities, 11-18. 
 
 Litchfield, H. M. S., 234. 
 
 Litchfield Prize, H. M. S., 269, 273. 
 
 Literary History of the American 
 Revolution, The, 15. 
 
 Little, Eph., Marshfield, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 205, 331. 
 
 Little Compton, representative, Gen- 
 eral Court, 84, 337, 480; Rev. 
 Richard Billings ordained at, 153. 
 
 "Little Moses Boat," 335. 
 
 Littleton Galley, ship, wrecked, 456. 
 
 Liverpool, 36, 181, 301, 305, 312, 
 362, 411, 468, 488. 
 
 Livesay's, Col., regiment, at New 
 York, 248, 258, 261. 
 
 Livingston, Capt. John, New Lon- 
 don, Conn., soldier, marches with 
 company of English and Indians 
 to reinforce the frontiers, 119; 
 commissioner to Canada, 182 n, 
 198, 207. 
 
 Loch. See Lock. 
 
 Lock, Andrew, shipmaster, ship 
 Francis, 326, 457; Thomas, master 
 ship Tryall Galley, 323, 400. 
 
 Lockyer, Rev. Mr., Rhode Island, 
 dies, 62. 
 
 Logen, Col. George, Charleston, S. C, 
 402; John, Boston, runaway ap- 
 prentice advertised, 86, 101, 
 
 London, ships and advices from, 36, 
 37, 51, 96, 103, 105, 114, 115, 118, 
 124, 130, 149, 151, 153, 156, 157, 
 159, 181, 183, 190, 196, 200, 224, 
 228, 230, 231, 236, 238, 241, 270, 
 283, 311, 316, 318, 345, 347, 348, 
 386, 391, 425, 439, 454, 456, 457, 
 458, 465, 472, 482, 487; ships for 
 from colonial ports, 37, 38, 40, 43, 
 46, 47, 52, 63, 68, 73, 74, 77, 86, 
 93, 107, 109, 111, 112, 114, 119, 
 123, 125, 128, 130, 131, 132, 135, 
 156, 161, 164, 167, 169, 170, 172, 
 174, 179, 187, 195, 227, 229, 236, 
 243, 245, 247, 250, 251, 263, 264, 
 269, 290, 291, 294, 297, 299, 301, 
 303, 304, 320, 323, 334, 343, 346, 
 358, 365, 367, 372, 375, 391, 400, 
 408, 410, 412, 413, 440, 442, 447, 
 450, 453, 468, 471, 474, 475, 477, 
 481, 488; fleet from Barbadoes for, 
 219; 256; ships bound for driven 
 ashore in storm, 257; 282, 313, 
 374, 456. 
 
 London Bridge, ship, 241. 
 
 London Coffee House, Boston. See 
 
 Boston. 
 London Flying Post, 61, 64, 272. 
 London Gazette, reprint of 1696, 3; 
 
 27, 41, 51, 68, 271, 390. 
 London News-Letter, 41. 
 London Post, 26, 27. 
 
 528 
 
INDEX 
 
 London Postman, 41, 272, 390. 
 
 Long, Samuel, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Sarah, 291, 371, 372, 375, brigt. 
 Swan, 382, 421, 450, 470. 
 
 Long Island, N. Y., 71, 80, 86, 101, 
 193, 207, 222, 264 n, 373, 420, 
 486. 
 
 Long Island Head, Boston Harbor, 
 400, 431. 
 
 Long Island Sound, 340, 352, 354, 
 356, 454. 
 
 Long Lane, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 Long Wharf, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 Longbois, Capt., South Carolina, 
 soldier, 403. 
 
 Lords of Trade, 43. 
 
 Loring, Capt., shipmaster, 73, 85, 
 124, 127, 177, 196, 201, 214, 230, 
 237, 250, 251; Rev. Israel, Sud- 
 bury, ordained pastor of, 428; 
 James, master, ship Mercy, 161, 
 brigt. Industry, 334, 355, 379, 
 sloop Sea-horse, 450, sloop Sea- 
 flower, 455; Nathaniel, shipmaster, 
 [Lorring] 105, 292, 297, 314, 
 [Nathanael] 334, 350, 367, sloop 
 Dolphin, 378, 450, 468, 470, 481, 
 485. 
 
 Lorrine, French privateer, 220. 
 
 Lorring. See Loring. 
 
 Lost manuscript of an essay adver- 
 tised, 449. 
 
 Lothrop, Capt., shipmaster, 123, 
 226, 228, 230, 233, 240, 250, 268, 
 358, 391; Capt. Barnabas, ship- 
 master, 355, ship Barnstable, 440, 
 sloop Speedwell, 477, 488; John, 
 master sloop Diamond, 291, 297, 
 323, 346, 352, 355, 372, sloop Swal- 
 llow, 375, 378, sloop Diamond, 439, 
 sloop Charles, 453, sloop Speed- 
 well, 459, 474, sloop Charles, 476, 
 481, 488; Thomas, master sloop 
 Diamond, 291, 307, 310, 352, 384, 
 387, 417, 423, 442, sloop Susannah, 
 459, 463, 476, sloop Samuel, 481, 
 sloop Diamond, 482, 485. 
 
 Love, Capt., shipmaster, 103, 135, 
 153, 170; Capt. John, shipmaster, 
 144, 230, 244, of brigt. Tryal, 426. 
 
 Loves Pedigree, by Rev. Samuel 
 Willard, advertisement of (1706), 
 382. 
 
 Lowder, Capt., shipmaster, 135, 303, 
 
 316; Henry, shipmaster, 158, 242, 
 244, 247, 347, 386, ship Thomas 
 & Sarah, 391, 392, 413, 450. 
 
 Lowes, Erasmus, shipmaster, 363. 
 
 Lowstaff, Lowstaffe, Lowstoff, or 
 Lowstoffe (Lowestoft?), H. M. S., 
 
 . 116, 117, 224, 227, 231, 236, 238, 
 241, 244, 252, 254, 312, 328, 333, 
 343, 354, 371 ; seizes vessel without 
 register 378; 431, 458; takes a 
 rich French prize, 466, 476; at 
 New York, 484. 
 
 Lowther, John, shipmaster, the Little- 
 ton Galley, 456. 
 
 Loyd, Capt., shipmaster, 39; Maj., 
 governor of Newfoundland, 269, 
 395. 
 
 Lucas, Augustus, New York, 115; 
 Augustus, at Rhode Island, 440. 
 
 Luist, Robert, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Amity, 429, 431. 
 
 Lumis, Nathaniel, shipmaster, brigt. 
 John & Ann, 488. 
 
 Lurton Galley, merchantman, lost, 
 239. 
 
 Lusitania Galley, launched at Pis- 
 cataqua, 340. 
 
 Luther, Hezek., Swanzey (Swansea), 
 representative, General Court, 331. 
 
 Lydia, brigt., 379, 408. 
 
 Lyford, shipmaster, 196, 202, 209, 
 226, 268. 
 
 Lynd, Samuel, Boston, chosen an 
 overseer of poor, 177, 177 n. 
 
 Lynde, Ben]., Salem, representative, 
 General Court, 331; Joseph, chosen 
 councillor, Mass., 44, 83, 204, 479. 
 
 Lyndes, Samuel, Boston, chosen an 
 assessor, 304, 304 n; runaway 
 Negro slave of advertised, 453, 
 456. 
 
 Lynn, representative, General Court, 
 83 n, 84, 204, 204 n, 330 n, 331, 
 479 n, 480; John Newhall, repre- 
 sentative, lost in snow storm, 289; 
 459. 
 
 Lynn-Spring Farm, between Salem 
 and Lynn, advertised, 459, 467. 
 
 Lyon, ship, 43, 76, 144; sloop, 305, 
 307, 378, 382, 413, 423, 468, 478, 
 482. 
 
 Lytheret, Tho., shipmaster, ship 
 Olive-branch, 384. 
 
 M 
 
 MACCARTY, Thaddeus, Boston, 
 
 merchant, dies, 214. 
 Macfarson, shipmaster, 257. 
 Machias, Me., 113. 
 Macken, Robert, South Carolina, 65. 
 Mackintosh .Joseph , shipmaster, brigt. 
 
 Hope, 481. 
 Maclenan, shipmaster, 328. 
 
 Madagascar, Capt. Kidd's vessel at, 
 35. 
 
 Madden, shipmaster, merchantman 
 Mary & Martha, 240. 
 
 Maderas (Madeira) , ships and advices 
 from, 37, 68, 80, 100, 103, 108, 
 125, 143, 181, 215, 216, 221, 230, 
 233, 255, 302, 303, 304, 306, 313, 
 
 529 
 
INDEX 
 
 316, 319, 345, 363, 383, 384, 390, 
 
 422, 427, 464, 465, 466, 468, 472, 
 488; ships for, 67, 86, 92, 93, 96, 
 103, 118, 124, 144, 148, 159, 164, 
 166, 168, 174, 179, 183, 188, 189, 
 191, 206, 215, 216, 222, 233, 237, 
 239, 243, 244, 250, 251, 253, 258, 
 261, 265, 268, 274, 276, 278, 279, 
 283, 286, 312, 323, 343, 372, 381, 
 385, 386, 391, 392, 394, 408, 421, 
 
 423, 431, 433, 437, 438, 462, 468, 
 469, 470, 474, 475, 476, 479, 486. 
 
 Magick, Gilbert, Newport, R. I., 414. 
 
 Magnalia Christi Americana, by 
 Rev. Cotton Mather, advertise- 
 ment of (1706), 298, 343, 344 n. 
 
 Maidstone, H. M. S., 406. 
 
 Mail packets, 253. See Packet-boats. 
 
 Mails, southern, 294; notice respect- 
 ing, 352. See Postal Service, and 
 Posts. 
 
 Main, or Mayn (Maine), Province of, 
 54, 120, 134, 202, 276, 278, 297, 
 313, 337, 432, 442. 
 
 Maiden, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 205, 330 n, 331, 
 480; Rev. Michael Wigglesworth 
 of dies, 209, 209 n; earthquake 
 shock felt in, 214; funeral sermon 
 preached for Mr. Wigglesworth 
 advertised, 226, 
 
 Maldon. See Maiden. 
 
 Mallinson, Mr., Boston, 45. 
 
 Mamouson, alias Pemaquid Tom, 
 Indian chief, 451. 
 
 Man, Peter, shipmaster, Dart Galley, 
 375. 
 
 Man, The, of War . . . Artillery 
 Election Sermon, by Rev. Samuel 
 Willard, advertisement of (1706), 
 383. 
 
 Manchester, damage done in by 
 high tide Jan. 1705, 165. 
 
 Manning, shipmaster, 290. 
 
 Mansfield, . Capt., shipmaster, 73, 
 88, ship of lost in a storm, 466; 
 Paul, master sloop Lyon, 468. 
 
 Manuscript news letters. See Camp- 
 bell manuscript news letters. 
 
 Many or Manny, Capt., shipmaster, 
 136; James, shipmaster, 384, 462, 
 468. 
 
 Manny. See above. 
 
 Maquas. See Mohawks. 
 
 Marblehead, 51, 59; fishing vessels 
 of off Block Island, 63; 70; Quelch, 
 "the pirate," at, 77, 77 w, 80; 
 commissioners at, for seizing 
 Quelch's men, 91; representative, 
 General Court, 83 n, 84, 204, 330 n, 
 331, 479 n, 480; vessels of, 95, 
 294, 346; arrivals and departures, 
 124, 137, 147, 149, 153, 170, 218, 
 219, 246, 269, 284, 360, 378, 415, 
 465; damage in by high tide Jan. 
 
 1705, 165; William Nick of in- 
 jured in New Haven, Conn., 321; 
 Capt. John Brown of dies, 328; 
 batteries at, 332. 
 
 March, Lieut-col, leads a force to 
 Pigwakett, 50; Lieut. James, of 
 the garrison at York, Me., 102, 
 259. 
 
 Marcy, Capt., shipmaster, 263. 
 
 Maremaid (Mermaid), H. M. S., 
 takes a rich French prize, 173, 
 220, at New York, 240, 252, 269, 
 274, sails with merchantmen under 
 convoy for England, 278, 315, 
 347; ship, merchantman, 299. 
 
 Margaret, or Margret, Galley, ship, 
 242, 434, 437, 442, 443. 
 
 Marines. See Seamen and Marines. 
 
 Markham, Col., 36; Col. William, 
 dies in Philadelphia, 97. 
 
 Marlborough, representative, Gen- 
 eral Court, 83 n, 84, 204 n, 205, 
 330, 479 n, 480; Rev, Robert Breck 
 ordained pastor of, 140; hostile 
 Indians in or about, 214. 
 
 Marlborough, brigt., 239, 240, 347. 
 
 Marlborough Gaily, ship, 468, 473. 
 
 Marrion, John, Boston, chosen a 
 selectman, 176. 
 
 Marsh, Daniel, Hadley, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 84, 331; John, 
 Jamaica, L. I., 193; Samuel, 
 Hatfield, representative, General 
 Court, 204 n, 205, 330 n, 331; 
 William, shipmaster, 205, 431. 
 
 Marshal, Daniel, shipmaster, 88, 
 93, 136, sloop Mary, 144, 149, 180. 
 
 Marshfield, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 205, 331, 480; Capt. 
 Peregrine White of dies, 111; 
 Rev. Edward Thompson of dies, 
 151; vessel cast ashore at, 178; 
 Capt. Samuel Dogget of, 433; 
 Rev. James Gardner ordained in, 
 477. 
 
 Martha, brigt., 277, 283; ketch, 285, 
 297, 300; ship, 323, 485. 
 
 Martha and Elizabeth, ship, ' 144, 
 276, 347, 379, 468, 472. 
 
 Martha's Vineyard, 85, 127, 144, 
 164, 184, 291, 310, 332, 333, 423, 
 439, 463. 
 
 Martin, Capt., shipmaster, 115; 
 Capt., H. M. S. Lynn, 224; Edward, 
 Boston, merchant, 446; Capt. 
 Peter, master mast-ship Thanet, 
 184, 337, 362, 367, 372, 374, 381, 
 456, 457 ; Samuel, shipmaster, 296, 
 334. 
 
 Martinico (Martinique), W. I., 39, 
 42, 45, 47 ; ships and advices from, 
 73, 74, 79-80, 103, 106, 109, 115, 
 118, 125, 145, 147, 159, 162, 202, 
 203, 208, 211, 215, 216, 220, 221, 
 279, 290, 296, 299, 303, 307, 309, 
 
 530 
 
INDEX 
 
 317, 318, 325, 337, 338, 345, 351, 
 380, 439, 441, 466, 476, 484, 488; 
 ships for, 97, 207; cartel be- 
 tween the Leeward Islands and, 
 173, 179, 189, 208, 243; Capt. 
 Penniston, privateersmen, takes 
 a rich prize bound from, 182; 
 French fleets from for France 
 encounter English men-of-war, 
 208; New York ship taken by- 
 privateer from, 211; seventeen 
 privateers out of, 216; 224, 233; 
 French merchantmen from taken 
 by English, 279; 293, 324, 326; 
 storm at with loss of twelve sail, 
 338; privateers from for the New 
 England coast, 351, 363, 394, 
 411; a squadron of French men- 
 of-war reported arrived at, 439, 
 
 458, 466, 470; letter-of -marque 
 man and merchantmen from 
 captured, 475, 476, 487; 485. 
 
 Mary, brigt., 384, 474, 481; ketch, 
 103, 275, 318, 319, 338; ship, 375, 
 453; sloop, 67, 77, 144, 264, 271, 
 273, 274, 277, 297, 301, 310, 314, 
 326, 329, 334, 338, 350, 352, 
 [Yorke capt.] 382, [Binney capt.] 
 382, 384, 387, 391, 409, [Benny 
 capt.] 420, [Butler capt.] 420, 421, 
 [Vaile capt.] 426, [Sanders capt.] 
 426, 429, 438, 451, [Vaile capt.] 
 
 459, [Sanders capt.] 459, 466, 476, 
 482, 484, 486, 488. 
 
 Mary Ann, ship, 425. 
 
 Mary Fortune, ship, 379, 410. 
 
 Mary Gaily, ship, 488. 
 
 Mary & Martha, ship, 240. 
 
 Mary Rose, sloop, 301, 310, 323, 407, 
 413, 429. 
 
 Mary and Sarah, ship, 139. 
 
 Maryland, ship arrivals at, 40, 63; 
 Col. John Seymour made gov- 
 ernor of, 43, arrives out, 68; 
 passengers for on men-of-war from 
 England, 97; advices from, 109, 
 125, 312, 349, 380, 385, 458; 
 ships for, 118, 131, 136, 203, 209, 
 221, 222, 228, 274, 329, 345, 352, 
 413, 424, 431, 466, 468, 485, 488; 
 ships from, 121, 136, 253, 314, 
 400, 407, 459, 481 ; postal service, 
 256-257. 
 
 Assembly, act of prohibiting 
 
 certain importations from Penn- 
 sylvania, 141; act of prohibiting 
 the exportation of certain Euro- 
 pean commodities, 349. 
 -Records, 152. 
 
 Marymack, ketch, 274. 
 
 Mash, William, shipmaster, 209. 
 
 Mason, Arthur, Boston, 59; Capt., 
 at Fort Real, in French and 
 Indian war, 31," his savage treat- 
 ment of Indians revenged by the 
 
 butchery of forty English captives, 
 32; Capt. David, shipmaster, 73, 
 130, 170, 200, 268, ship William & 
 Hannah, 270, 278, 294, 457; 
 John, shipmaster, 118, 148, 194, 
 219, brigt. Hope, 236, brigt. New 
 London, 481; Joseph, Swanzey 
 (Swansea) , representative, General 
 Court, 480; Nathaniel, master 
 sloop Guilford, 468, [Gilford] 470. 
 
 Massachusetts Bay, Colony, 1, 13, 
 22, 23, 60, 62, 158, 203, 284 n; 
 Province, 11, 17, 26, 62, 66, 75, 
 156, 157, 158, 189, 204, 218, 260, 
 265, 266 ; ordnance for defence of, 
 274; postal service, 352; address 
 of the military officers of to the 
 queen (1707), 461. 
 
 Archives, 1 n, 17, 21, 54 n, 
 
 171 n, 313 n. 
 
 -Council, Records of, 17; order 
 
 of suppressing Publick Occur- 
 rences, 24; celebrating Election 
 Day June, 1703, 43-44; members 
 of, 1703, 44, 1704, 83, 92, 1705, 
 204, 1706, 330, 337, 1707, 479- 
 480; viewing the fortifications on 
 Castle Island, 45 ; matters brought 
 before, 100, 126; 225; order of 
 respecting Castle William, 326; 
 order of respecting Capt. Redknap, 
 328. 
 
 -Great and General Court, 1, 
 
 26, 46, 53; petition of John Camp- 
 bell to, 54; sessions of, April, 1704, 
 62, May-June, 84, 92, 100, 
 August, 120, 121, Oct.-Nov., 
 134, 147, 151, 156, Dec, 157, 158, 
 Feb. 1704/5, 167, 170, May, June, 
 204-205, 216, 218, Sept., 228, 233, 
 237, 239, 242, 244, Oct., 255, 275, 
 291, April, 1706, 307, 310, May- 
 June, 328, 329-332, 337, 358, 
 August, 367, 372, 384, 395, Octo- 
 ber, 409, 412, 415-417, 439, March, 
 1707, 445, 449, 452, 458, 462-463, 
 April, 468, 470, prorogued to 
 Aug. 30, 484; members of, 1704, 
 83-84, 1705, 204-205, 1706, 330- 
 331, 1707, 479-480; acts passed 
 by, 104, 122, 158, 218, 239, 275, 
 374-375, 384, 462-463, 463 n, 
 484; bounties for killing or captur- 
 ing Indians voted by, Aug., 1706, 
 374, 375; Act to prevent all traiter- 
 ous correspondence with her Majes- 
 ties Enemies passed Aug., 1706, 
 384; speeches of Gov. Dudley to, 
 see Dudley, Joseph, Speeches.) 
 -House of Representatives, 
 
 order of, 1; Speaker of, Maj. Con- 
 verse, Woburn, 44, 84, Thomas 
 Oakes, Boston, 204, 330, John 
 Burrill, Lynn, 480; members of, 
 1704, 83-84, 1705, 204-205, 1706, 
 
 531 
 
INDEX 
 
 330-331, 1707, 480; vote of to 
 Col. Church, 121. 
 
 -Militia, 244, muster of, 328; 
 
 333, 352. 
 
 -State Library, 20. 
 
 Massachusetts Historical Society, 
 58, 60, 69 n, 99 n, 101 n, 140 n; 
 Collections of, 11, 14, 15, 17; Pro- 
 ceedings of, 17, 34, 355 n; library 
 of, 24, 34, 61 ; librarians of , 11, 25. 
 
 Massachusetts Gazette, The, 5. 6. 
 
 Massachusetts Gazette, The, 1782- 
 1783, various changes in title, 10. 
 
 Massachusetts Gazette, The, And 
 Boston News-Letter, 5. 
 
 Massachusetts Gazette, The, and the 
 Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser, 6. 
 
 Massachusetts Gazette, The: and the 
 Boston Weekly News-Letter, 6. 
 
 Massachusetts Gazette, The, Or, The 
 General Advertiser, 7. 
 
 Massachusetts Gazette, The, Or The 
 Springfield and Northampton 
 Weekly Advertiser, 7. 
 
 Massachusetts Herald, The: or 
 Worcester Journal, 7. 
 
 Massachusetts Magazine, 21, 24 n. 
 
 Massachusetts Periodicals, 1689- 
 1783, 4-10. 
 
 Massachusetts Spy, The, 1770-1783, 
 6; various changes in title, 9. 
 
 Massachusetts Spy, The, Or Ameri- 
 can Oracle of Liberty, 6. 
 
 Massachusetts Spy, Or, American 
 Oracle of Liberty, 6 n. 
 
 Massachusetts Spy, The, Or Thomas's 
 Boston Journal, 6. 
 
 Mast ships, 51, 147, 150, 159, 168, 
 175, 176, 182, 184, 223, 230, 237, 
 279, 303, 337, 357, 360, 361, 371, 
 374, 378, 393, 394, 406, 407, 409; 
 mast fleet sails for England, 412, 
 415; 456, 476. 
 
 Masters, Thomas, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Dragon, 384; ship Cumberland, 
 429, 453. 
 
 Maston, Capt., shipmaster, 193. 
 
 Mather, Rev. Cotton, Boston, 21, 23, 
 26, his Magnalia Christi Ameri- 
 cana advertised, 298, his A Treacle 
 Fetch'd out of a Viper advertised, 
 467; Rev. Increase, 4, 21, 22, 23, 
 sermons of advertised, 292, 353, 
 359, his A Disquisition Concerning 
 the State of the Souls of Men, 
 advertised, 444. 
 
 Mathews, Capt., H. M. S. Dover, 
 357, 361, 378, 386, 393, 407, 457; 
 Sir William, general of the Lee- 
 ward Islands, 123, dies, 182. 
 
 Matthews, Albert, Bibliographical 
 notes by, 4 n, 16, 17, 21, 22; 
 Capt., ranger general, 420, 420 n; 
 Col. William, general of St. Chris- 
 tophers, 87. 
 
 Maurice, Capt. Salmon, H. M. S. 
 Advice, 159, 159 n, 174, 174 n, 
 176, 176 n, 180, 180 n, 182, 182 n, 
 184, 184 n. 
 
 May, sloop, 276. 
 
 Mayflower, brigt., 276, 350, 426, 
 463; ship, 111, 139, 362. 
 
 Mayhew, John, mariner, drowned, 
 400. 
 
 Maylim, Joseph, Boston, merchant, 
 298. 
 
 Mayn. See Main (Maine) . 
 
 Mazory, Laurence, Salem, dies 
 while fishing, 310. 
 
 Meacham, Isaac, Enfield, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 480. 
 
 Meader, Nathanael, Dover, N. H., 
 killed by Indians, 67, 70. 
 
 Mears, James, Boston, merchant, 
 250; Thomas, shipmaster, 237, 
 310, 478. 
 
 Meat out of the Eater, funeral dis- 
 courses, advertisement of, 359. 
 
 Medfield, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 204, 331, 480. 
 
 Medford, representative, General 
 Court, 204 », 205. 
 
 Meditations on the Glory of the 
 Lord Jesus Christ, sermons, 
 advertisement of, 359. 
 
 Medway, H. M. S., 224. 
 
 Meers, Capt. Peter, shipmaster, ship 
 Blessing, 429 ; Robert, master brigt. 
 William, 364; Thomas, shipmaster, 
 202, 312, sloop Blessing, 382. 
 
 Meetinghouse, Boston. See Boston, 
 First Church. 
 
 Meinzes, James, Boston, attorney, 92. 
 
 Meirs, Thomas, shipmaster, 108, 
 ship Blessing, 261. 
 
 Melim, John, Boston, 291. 
 
 Melvill, Robert, shipmaster, sloop 
 Timothy, 358. 
 
 Melvin, shipmaster, 191; Robert, 
 master ship Thomas & Sarah, 426. 
 
 Melyen, Jacob, Boston, 250. 
 
 "Memorandums" in Judge Samuel 
 Sewall's file of The Boston News- 
 Letter preserved in the library of 
 the New York Historical Society, 
 frontispiece, 58-60. 
 
 Memorial History of Boston, The, 14. 
 
 Men-of-war, English, 48, 87, 96, 97, 
 100, 104, 105, 111, 112, 115, 116, 
 118, 122, 123, 126, 131, 134, 135, 
 136, 140, 141, 143, 147, 148, 150, 
 156, 157, 159, 161, 162, 167, 168, 
 170, 173, 180, 191, 195, 198, 199, 
 201, 202, 206, 208, 215, 217, 220, 
 221, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 
 230, 231, 234, 236, 237, 238, 240, 
 244, 246, 251, 252, 265, 269, 271, 
 273, 275, 278, 279, 286, 293, 297, 
 299, 301, 303, 306, 307, 308, 309, 
 310, 311, 312, 313, 315, 318, 320, 
 
 532 
 
INDEX 
 
 322, 327, 333, 334, 345, 348, 349, 
 352, 353, 354, 356, 360, 361, 362, 
 366, 369, 371, 374, 379, 380, 385, 
 386, 393, 394, 395, 396, 399, 400, 
 406, 411, 412, 417, 419, 423, 427, 
 428, 431, 432, 434, 451, 453, 457, 
 458, 462, 466, 468, 470, 476, 478, 
 479, 483, 486, 487; French, 76, 
 103, 105, 133, 142, 145, 148, 224, 
 225, 231, 290, 293, 296, 297, 299, 
 306, 307, 310, 311, 312, 318, 320, 
 325, 332, 338, 345, 348, 371, 380, 
 388, 432, 439, 457, 465, 466, 470, 
 487; Spanish, 112, 345; Dutch, 
 303, 309, 320, 325, 473. See 
 Private men-of-war. 
 
 Mendon, representative, General 
 Court, 337, 408. 
 
 Menis. See Minas. 
 
 Merchantmen. See Fleets of mer- 
 chantmen under convoy. 
 
 Merchants and Traders of Boston, 
 address of to the queen, 1707, 461. 
 
 Mercy, ship, 161. 
 
 Merrimack River, 291. 
 
 Merrimack, ketch, 288. 
 
 Merrit, John Sr., Marblehead, dies 
 suddenly, 438. 
 
 Messasipy, or Missishippy (Mississip- 
 pi), colony of, 98, 392. 
 
 Metcalf, Richard, shipmaster 257, 
 ship Francis & Elizabeth, 431. 
 
 Metcalfe, John, Medfield, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 84, 204; 
 Richard, shipmaster, ship Francis 
 & Elizabeth, 407, 446. 
 
 Mico, John, Boston, merchant, 121, 
 123, 359, 365. 
 
 Middle Regiment, Essex County, 
 328. 
 
 Middlesex County, frontiers of, 120, 
 134; militia of, 328; 355, 442. 
 
 Midlebury, 250. 
 
 Milburn, Jonathan, soldier, adver- 
 tised as a deserter, 164; shipmaster 
 193, [Milbourn] 195, 423. 
 
 Miles, Capt., shipmaster, 105; Capt. 
 John, master ship Swallow, 149, 
 423; Capt. Thomas, H. M. S. 
 Triton's Prize, dies in New York, 
 412. 
 
 Milford, Conn., Mrs. Jane Treat of 
 killed by lightning, 88; Capt. 
 Eells of, with 100 men, marches to 
 reinforce Major Whiting, 93; ships 
 of, 123, 127, 144, 183, 188, 205, 
 470, 488. 
 
 Milford, Eng., 193, 200, 477. 
 
 Milford, ship, 168. 
 
 Military officers of Massachusetts 
 Bay, address of to the queen, 
 1707, 461. 
 
 Militia. See Massachusetts, New 
 Jersey, New York. 
 
 Militia act, New York. See New 
 
 York, Province. 
 
 Milke, shipmaster, 156. 
 
 Miller, James, deserter from H. M. S. 
 Lowstoff, 117; John, pirate, 60, 
 78, 82, 94, executed 99, 99 «; 
 Thomas, shipmaster, 207, 216, 
 228, ship Enfield Green, 372, 410, 
 457, 486. 
 
 Millford, H. M. S., 135. 
 
 Mills, ruined by a flood on the Con- 
 necticut, 321. 
 
 Milton, representative, General Court 
 84, 204, 330, 480; Richard Wil- 
 kins, bookseller of Boston dies in, 
 156; earthquake shock felt in, 
 214; a harvest-time custom in, 364. 
 
 Milton, Joseph, ,shipmaster, brigt. 
 Dove, 413. 
 
 Minas, N. S., 108, 113, 182. 
 
 Minis. See above. 
 
 Minot, Capt., shipmaster, 311, 337, 
 357; Capt. Josiah, master sloop 
 Samuel, 362, 375, 413, 415, 442; 
 Stephen, Boston, chosen overseer 
 of poor, 177. 
 
 Mires, or Miris, Thomas, shipmaster, 
 121, 244. 
 
 Miris. See above. 
 
 Missishippy. See Messasipy (Mis- 
 sissippi) . 
 
 Mitchel, 'Robert, shipmaster, 226; 
 master of coaster, 230, 253. See 
 Mitchell. 
 
 Mitchel's Prize, ship, 285, 300. 
 
 Mitchell, Capt., shipmaster, 233; 
 Capt., H. M. S. Weymouth, 258, 
 272; John, master sloop Eliza- 
 beth, 463, [Mitchel] 468. 
 
 Mizon, William, shipmaster, 393. 
 
 Modest, A, Enquiry into the Nature 
 of Witchcraft, by Rev. John Hale, 
 advertisement of (1706), 353. 
 
 Mohawks, 24, 30, 31, 32, 50, 98. 
 
 Mohegans, 235, 239. 
 
 Moles, Capt., shipmaster, 161. 
 
 Mompesson, Roger, chief justice, 
 New York, 109, 168, 193. 
 
 Money, clipped, proclamation 
 against by governor of New 
 York, 192-193. 
 
 Monmouth, N. J., 114. 
 
 Monsau, shipmaster, 179. 
 
 Monserat, Monserrat, Montserat, 
 Montserrat, Mountseratt (Mont- 
 serrat), W. I., ships and advices 
 from, 49, 124, 131, 173, 179, 188, 
 214, 219, 228, 268, 311, 312, 313, 
 314, 316, 321, 334, 414, 417, 420, 
 456, 470; ships for, 73, 77, 96, 114, 
 123, 124, 127, 144, 151, 156, 164, 
 183, 189, 201, 222, 230, 233, 239, 
 243, 271, 277, 283, 285, 286, 294, 
 319, 323, 326, 347, 356, 358, 364, 
 379, 391, 431, 435, 448; packet- 
 boat from England at, 173, 414; 
 
 533 
 
INDEX 
 
 postal service, 255; French enemy 
 pass by, 307. 
 
 Monserat Merchant, ship, 393. 
 
 Montague, Peter, Hadley, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 204 n, 205. 
 
 Montague, H. M. S., 42, [Mountague] 
 395; ship, 281. 
 
 Montenicus Rocks, wreck on, 218. 
 
 Mont-Real, or Mount Real (Mont- 
 real), 30, 182, 209, 382. 
 
 Montveil, John, shipmaster, 70, 73. 
 
 Moody, Capt., St. Johns, Newfound- 
 land, commander of the fort at, 
 197, 198; Capt., shipmaster, 423. 
 
 Moor, Capt., shipmaster, 130, 153, 
 184, 188, 196; Capt. John, master 
 ketch New-Berry, 88, 159; John, 
 Philadelphia, collector, 114; 
 Samuel, master brigt. Plymouth, 
 413. 
 
 Moore, shipmaster, 93, ship of 
 taken by the French, 258; Col., 
 South Carolina, soldier, 64; James, 
 
 §overnor South Carolina, 64; 
 'amuel, shipmaster, 216. 
 
 Mordant, Col., London, Eng., 389. 
 
 More, Samuel, shipmaster, 214; 
 William, master ship John and 
 Thomas, 358. 
 
 Morey, John, Quananicut Island, 
 R. I., 191. 
 
 Morice, or Morrice. See Maurice. 
 
 Morning Chronicle, The; and the 
 General Advertiser, 7. 
 
 Morril, Isaac, Salisbury, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 204 n, 205. 
 
 Morris, Capt., shipmaster, 37; Capt., 
 H. M. S. Advice, 147, 150; Archi- 
 bald, shipmaster, 195; Lewis, coun- 
 cillor, New Jersey, 43. 
 
 Morrison, Capt., shipmaster, 145, 333. 
 
 Morse, Jonathan, Sherborn, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 330 n, 
 
 331, 480; Samuel, Medfield, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 480. 
 
 Mortality, Boston. See Boston, 
 Bill of Mortality. 
 
 Mortimore, shipmaster, 123; ship's 
 mate, 230. 
 
 Mortimur, Richard, shipmaster, 164. 
 
 Morton, Capt., shipmaster, 96; Nath., 
 Plymouth, representative, Gen- 
 eral Court, 331. 
 
 Morys, Philip, ship's mate, serves as 
 hostage, 109. 
 
 Moses, Capt., shipmaster, 179, 258; 
 Eleazor, shipmaster, 169, [Elea- 
 zar] 223, of sloop Content, 305, 314, 
 brings news from Newfoundland 
 374, 378, brigt. Mayflower, 463. 
 
 Moses, brigt., 270, 413, 438. 
 
 Mott, Rev. William, New York, 
 chaplain, dies, 111. 
 
 Mould, shipmaster, 125. 
 
 Moules, Capt., private man-of-war, 
 173. 
 
 Mount Desert, Me., 49, 87, 113. 
 
 Mount Hope, 22. 
 
 Mount Real, See Mont-Real (Mon- 
 treal) . 
 
 Mountford, shipmaster, 73. 
 
 Mowsum River, Me., 67. 
 
 Moyon, Capt., shipmaster, 93, 312, 
 378. 
 
 Muddy River (Brookline), 266. 
 
 Munsell, Joel, Albany, N Y., 12, 21. 
 
 Murfee, or Murphey, Capt. Richard, 
 shipmaster, ship Arcana Galley, 
 124, [Murphey] 149. 
 
 Musset, shipmaster, 437. 
 
 Muster, 328, 354. 
 
 Myles, Capt. John, shipmaster, 207, 
 ship Tritton Prize, 269, ship 
 Unity, 358, 406, 426, 436, 453. 
 
 Myles River, Va., 263. 
 
 N 
 
 NANGUNCKET, Me., 432. 
 
 Nantasket road, Boston Harbor, 59, 
 132, 135, 167, 170, 188, 232, 238, 
 255, 269, 277, 279, 280, 382, 386, 
 400, 407, 412, 466, 468, 469. 
 
 Nantucket, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 205, 331, 479 n; news 
 items from, 86, 144, 166, 327; 
 ships for, 103, 127, 255, 268, 310, 
 387, 407, 442, 463; ships from, 
 177, 179, 184. 201, 216, 304, 307, 
 352, 386; John Gardner of dies, 
 327; H. M. S. Hazardous with her 
 convoy dogged off of by French 
 enemy, 371; 465. 
 
 Nantucket Shoals, 73, 260. 
 
 Narigwalk, or Noridewock (Norridge- 
 wock), Me., headquarters of East- 
 ern Indians, 169, 174, 179. 
 
 Narragansett, 93, 251, 270, 341, 365, 
 408, 422, 469, 472. 
 
 Narrative and Critical History of 
 America, 15. 
 
 Narrative of the Newspapers printed 
 in New England . . . ,11. 
 
 Narrows, The. See New York City. 
 
 Nash, John, Hadley, representative, 
 General Court, 480. 
 
 Nassau, Dutch privateer, 351. 
 
 National Intelligencer, The, 25. 
 
 Naval stores from the Plantations, 
 act of Parliament relating to, 200, 
 225, 230. 
 
 534 
 
INDEX 
 
 Navigation, proclamation relating 
 to, 176. 
 
 Neale, Samuel, Salem, shoemaker, 
 dies suddenly, 433. 
 
 Negro slavery. See Slaves and 
 Slavery. 
 
 Nelmes, shipmaster, 194, 196, 
 [Nelms] 202. 
 
 Nelson, William, Newark, N. J., 4, 
 15, 21. 
 
 Neversincks, Neversinks, or Never- 
 sinks (Neversink) N. J., 114, 211, 
 supposed privateer ofi, 478. 
 
 Nevis, W. I., ships and advices from, 
 42, 45, 88, 118, 123, 126, 132, 133, 
 135, 136, 159, 182, 184, 194, 196, 
 199, 202, 211, 214, 221, 228, 232, 
 235, 237, 244, 252, 253, 293, 296, 
 301, 307, 308, 309, 312, 313, 314, 
 318, 321, 322, 323-325, 334, 349, 
 356, 363, 368, 406, 426, 434, 441, 
 470, 473 ; ships from colonial ports 
 for, 67, 128, 137, 139, 153, 156, 
 157, 159, 170, 179, 183, 184, 190, 
 193, 194, 195, 202, 206, 207, 209, 
 214, 215, 221, 222, 228, 230, 233, 
 237, 243, 251, 270, 285, 286, 290, 
 297, 302, 310, 354, 413, 420, 427, 
 429, 436, 447; Admiral Whetston 
 with a squadron and a captured 
 French privateer arrives at, 202; 
 postal and packet-boat service, 
 255; attack by French fleet on, 
 307, 308, 311, 312, 318, 321; 
 taken by the French, 322, 323- 
 325; 411. 
 
 New-Berry, ketch, 67. 
 
 New-Bristol, 232. 
 
 New-Castle (Newcastle), Del., 35, 
 73, 129, 210, 216, 221; ?239, 248, 
 254. 
 
 New Castle, N. H., 148, 184, ?237, 
 ?442, 486. 
 
 New England, 22, 23, 26, 27, 34, 
 51, 60, 93, 104, 127, 135, 161; 
 threatened French and Indian 
 expedition against, 198-199; 201, 
 208; privateering on coast of, 215- 
 216; 218, 223, 224, 234, 235, 237, 
 252; postal service, 256-257; 258, 
 264 n, 275, 282, 292, 302 n, 303, 
 309, 311, 317, 318; ships of taken 
 by French at Nevis, 322; 335; 
 French men-of-war on coast of, 
 338, 341 ; 347 ; privateers bound for 
 coast of, 351; 435, 453; fleet of, 
 merchantmen, for England, 456, 
 457; agent of in London, 462; 
 475, 476, 486; threatened Indian 
 descent from Canada on frontiers 
 of, 486. See Fleets of merchant- 
 men under convoy. 
 
 New England Almanack, The, 421 n. 
 
 New-England Chronicle, The, 1776, 
 6, 9 n. 
 
 New-England Chronicle, The, 1775- 
 1783, various changes in title, 10. 
 
 New-England Chronicle, The: or The 
 Essex Gazette. 1775-1776, 6. 
 
 New-England Courant, The, 1721- 
 1726, 4, 14, 16. 
 
 New-England Historic Genealogical 
 Society, 17, 20. 
 
 New-England Historical and Genea- 
 logical Register, The, 17, cited 27 n. 
 
 New England Magazine, The, 1758- 
 1759? 5, changes in title, 5 n. 
 
 New England Psalm-Book, adver- 
 tisement of, 319, 344, 344 n. 
 
 New-England Weekly Journal, The, 
 1727-1741, 4, 16. 
 
 New-English Affairs, The Present 
 State of the, 1, 4, 16; history of, 
 21-22; transcript of, 22-23; 24. 
 
 New Hampshire, Province, 46; 
 postal service for, 50; 54, 62, 73, 
 75, 124, 151, 162, 174, 189, 190, 
 193; Col. Samuel Allen, ex-gov- 
 ernor of, dies, 199; 234, 266, 275, 
 277, 280, 284, 305, 340, 364, 367, 
 401, 407, 409, 412, 442, 445, 461, 
 466, 468. 
 
 Council, 75, 234, 444, 461. 
 
 -General Assembly, 80, 360, 
 
 344; address of to the queen, 
 1707, 461. 
 
 -Judge of admiralty for, 62; 
 
 justices of, 92. 
 
 New Hampshire, mast ship, 147, 
 150, 357, 362, 367, 372, 375, 378, 
 456. 
 
 New Hampshire Historical Society, 
 21. 
 
 New Haven, Conn., 12; General 
 Court at, 50; ships from, 73, 93, 
 126, 470; ships for, 108, 123, 149, 
 202, 346; news items from, 321, 
 340, 412; deputy governor of 
 Connecticut Colony dies in, 412. 
 
 New-haven (Newhaven), Eng., 
 Boston ship for, 367. 
 
 New Jearsey, New Jearsy, or New 
 Jersy (New Jersey), Province, 48, 
 105, 123, 125, 132, 145, 149, 157, 
 193, 209, 254, 284 n, 315; postal 
 service for, 256, 335; 343; muster 
 of militia in, 354; 412, 427, 454, 
 486. 
 
 Archives, first series, 15; 
 
 series I, V, XI cited, 376 n. 
 
 -Council, members of 1703, 
 
 43; 128. 
 
 -General Assembly, 105, 132, 
 
 142 ; revenue of 2000 1. per annum 
 to the queen granted by, 157. 
 
 Justice of, 193. 
 
 State Library, 20. 
 
 -Vessels for and from, 199, 226, 
 
 239, 271, 297, 307, 387, 476, 481. 
 New Jersey, East and West, 376. 
 
 535 
 
INDEX 
 
 New Jersey Historical Society, 20. 
 
 New London, Conn., 37, 38, 41, 46, 
 47, 49, 50, 51, 52; news items 
 from, 73, 77, 86, 93, 114, 119, 
 216, 417, 434, 442; vessels for 
 and from, 76, 93, 132, 147, 149, 
 157, 216, 222, 253, 270, 346, 391, 
 432, 434, 437, 447, 470, 488; 
 earthquake shock felt in, 216. 
 
 New London, brigt., 481; ship, 80, 
 93; sloop, 292, 297. 
 
 New Norwich, ship, 236. 
 
 New Providence, Bahamas, 49, 50, 
 173, 188, 254, 302, 406, 451. 
 
 New Spain, 38, 47, 66, 75, 76; ships 
 from, 77, 80, 133; colonial trade 
 with, 100, 133, 180, 217; privateer- 
 ing on coast of, 112, 217; prizes 
 taken off, 200, 229, 232, 240, 248, 
 370; mentioned, 317, 324, 325, 
 434. 
 
 New York, Colony, Journal of the 
 Votes and Proceedings of, 17; 
 Province, 31, 54, Dr. John Bridges, 
 chief justice of, dies, 106; Roger 
 Mompesson made chief justice, 
 109, 168; Shelton Broughton, 
 attorney general, dies, 164; 172, 
 192, 193, 206, 211, private man-of- 
 war of, 217, 223; postal service 
 for, 256-257, 272, 294, 335; man- 
 of-war for, 225; privateering on 
 coast of, 215; Thanksgiving in 
 for success of her majesty's arms, 
 286, 430-431; proclamations re- 
 specting defence of against threat- 
 ened French attack, 325; muster 
 of militia, 354. 
 
 Council, 115, 128, 164; mem- 
 bers of, 168, 172; 212; MS. 
 minutes of, cited, 397 n. 
 
 General Assembly, 17, 43, 52, 
 
 103, 132; votes 1300 1. for the 
 frontiers, 137; sitting of, Oct. 
 1704, 142-143, 145; sitting begun 
 June 1705, 206, 209, 211-214; 
 votes 1607 1. for defence of frontiers, 
 211; William Nicoll Speaker of, 
 212; prorogued in Oct. to May, 
 1706, 254; 328; sitting, May 1706, 
 341-343; militia act. 343; votes 
 3000 1. for fortifying New York 
 city, 345; adjourns to Sept. 
 1706, 383; sitting begun Sept. 
 1706, 397-399. See Cornbury, 
 Edward, Speeches of to the . . 
 Assembly. 
 
 State Library, 20. 
 
 New York City, 35; advices from in 
 MS. news letters, 36, 37; news 
 items from in Boston News-Letter, 
 68, 71, 73, 77, 86, 90, 93, 96-97, 
 100, 103, 105-106, 109, 111-112, 
 114-115, 118, 121, 123, 125, 127, 
 128, 131, 132, 133, 136-137, 141, 
 
 142-143, 144-145, 149-150, 152, 
 156, 157-158, 159, 164, 168, 172- 
 173, 181-182, 183-184, 187-188, 
 190, 192-193, 195, 199, 201, 202, 
 203-204, 206, 209, 210-214, 216, 
 217-218, 221, 223-224, 227, 229- 
 230, 231-232, 234, 236, 238, 240- 
 241, 243-244, 245, 248-249, 250- 
 251, 252, 254, 258-259, 261, 265, 
 268-269, 271, 274, 278, 282, 286, 
 288-289, 290, 293, 296-297, 299, 
 301-302, 303-304, 306, 309-310, 
 312-313, 315, 320-321, 321-322, 
 325, 327-328, 333-334, 341-343, 
 
 345, 348-349, 352, 354, 356, 360, 
 363, 366, 370-371, 373-374, 378, 
 381, 383-384, 385-386, 390, 392- 
 393, 396-399, 406, 411-412, 412, 
 417, 420, 427, 430-431, 434, 437, 
 
 442, 447, 450, 454, 458, 462, 465, 
 467-468, 469, 472-473, 474-475, 
 476, 477-478, 478-479, 482, 483- 
 484, 486, 487-488; ships from, 76, 
 93, 103, 124, 125, 128, 132, 153, 
 161, 164, 178, 183, 184, 187, 195, 
 200, 201, 209, 211, 216, 229, 230, 
 232, 235, 237, 239, 247, 252, 253, 
 258, 260, 307, 310, 314, 322, 343, 
 
 346, 347, 360, 366, 381, 382, 385, 
 393, 407, 409, 412, 413, 417, 431, 
 437, 454, 457, 458, 462, 465, 466, 
 468, 469, 473, 474, 475, 476, 478, 
 479, 481, 482, 486, 488; ships for, 
 85, 88, 96, 105, 123, 124, 126, 127, 
 128, 130, 135, 136, 139, 147, 158, 
 179, 183, 194, 196, 202, 205, 219, 
 224, 228, 230, 237, 242, 243, 255, 
 264, 270, 279, 281, 291, 294, 310, 
 314, 316, 319, 322, 323, 329, 338, 
 345, 350, 351, 355, 361, 362, 384, 
 391, 400, 413, 421, 423, 439, 440, 
 
 443, 445, 470, 481, 487. 
 -Capt. John Tudor appointed 
 
 recorder of, Feb. 1705, 168; priva- 
 teers about Sandy Hook, 211; riot 
 of privateersmen before the 
 sheriff's house in, 248, 261; threat- 
 ened attack on by Iberville's fleet 
 from the West Indies, 302 n, 
 327; all hands employed in forti- 
 fying the city, 327-328, 333-334; 
 batteries at the Narrows, 343; 
 muster of the militia of the Prov- 
 ince in, 354; prize ships brought 
 into, 354, 356, 392, 393; embargo 
 laid at, 363, 366; all shops shut 
 till completion of the fortifica- 
 tions, 366; soldiers and powder 
 from England arrive, 366, 371; 
 Lady Cornbury dies, 373, 373 n\ 
 arrival of Mr. Byerlie (Byerley) as 
 collector of , 432 ; whale in the harbor 
 of, 450; privateer off, 478, 479, 
 fought by the Triton's Prize, 483, 
 486, 488. 
 
 536 
 
INDEX 
 
 Fort, the, 399. 
 
 Narrows, the, 211, 343. 
 
 Public Library, 20. 
 
 Sheriff's house, 248. 
 
 Slip, the, 448. 
 
 Trinity Church, obsequies of 
 
 Lady Cornbury in, 373 n. 
 -See Sandy Hook 
 
 New York Galley, privateer, 392, 
 397 », 437. 
 
 New York Gazette, The, 14. 
 
 New York Historical Society, 20, 56, 
 58, 58 n; Judge Samuel Sewall's 
 file of The Boston News-Letter with 
 "Memorandums' ' and marginal an- 
 notations, preserved in library of, 
 frontispiece, 58-60; 60, 61, 99 n, 
 189 n. 
 
 New York Merchant, ship, 286, 457. 
 
 Newbury, 66 ; representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204, 204 n, 330 «, 
 331, 479 n, 480; mentioned, 164, 
 276; part of taken for new town 
 of Byfield (1706), 428. 
 
 Newbury Street, the first, Boston. 
 See Boston. 
 
 Newcomb, shipmaster, 103; Peter, 
 master sloop Industry, 485. 
 
 Newenhusen, or Newenhuysen, Wil- 
 liam, shipmaster, 93, 96, 128, 130, 
 133, 164, 172, 184, 232. 
 
 Newfoundland, fishery, 41; 51, 54; 
 ships for, 67, 73, 85, 100, 103, 105, 
 114, 118, 121, 123, 124, 143, 166, 
 167, 169, 170, 174, 177, 179, 183, 
 188, 192, 194, 195, 196, 201, 207, 
 210, 222, 226, 228, 233, 235, 237, 
 239, 243, 244, 246, 269, 275, 297, 
 300, 304, 305, 310, 314, 316, 326, 
 329, 334, 336, 338, 347, 350, 352, 
 355, 358, 360, 361, 362, 372, 375, 
 379, 382, 384, 386, 394, 453, 463, 
 478, 481, 482, 488; ships from, 115, 
 130, 140, 161, 199, 202, 206, 209, 
 216, 226, 230, 233, 239, 273, 274, 
 329, 356, 396, 400, 407, 409, 413, 
 417, 477, 486; advices from, St. 
 Johns date, 238, 327-328, 354, 
 377-378, 395-396, 411, 485-486; 
 prizes taken off the banks, 137, 
 148; descent of French and In- 
 dians on, 197-198, 223, 231; war- 
 ships for, 224; report upon state 
 of trade with called for, 301; 306, 
 345; war news from by a Salem 
 ship, 374; French prize ship 
 heavily loaded with fish taken off 
 coast of, 396; 420. See St. Johns. 
 
 Newhall, Joseph, Lynn, 204, 204 »; 
 lost in snow storm, 289. 
 
 Newill, Joseph, shipmaster, ship En- 
 deavour, 275. 
 
 Newman, Henry, shipmaster, 50, 
 156, 169, 216. 
 
 Newport, R. I., 89, 105; admiralty 
 
 court at, 145, 216, 341; news items 
 from 159, 163, 164, 168, 169, 173, 
 178, 184, 188, 190-191, 193, 202, 
 203, 206, 209, 216, 254, 304, 321, 
 340-341, 374; fire in, 254; Alex- 
 ander Gordon of dies, 304; pre- 
 pares against expected attack by 
 French squadron (Aug. 1706), 
 374; 396, 413, 414. 
 
 Newport, ship, 36. 
 
 Newsboy, the first American, "Mr. 
 Campbell's negro," 59. i 
 
 News-Letter, The, London, 21, 23. 
 
 News letters, manuscript, 3, 4, 14. 
 
 Newspaper, first in the American 
 colonies, 3, 24, 34, 61; Precursors 
 of the, 1-3. 
 
 Newspapers of Connecticut, 1755- 
 1800, 11. 
 
 Newspapers, order against, 1689, 
 1; order suppressing Publick Oc- 
 currences, 1690, 3, 16; English, 
 390; Dublin, Ire., 411. 
 
 Newton, Thomas, judge-deputy for 
 the colony of Massachusetts Bay, 
 62. 
 
 Newton, or Newtown, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 84, 205, 331, 
 480. 
 
 Newtown. See above. 
 
 Nichols, Simon, shipmaster, 103, 
 406, sloop Ann, 413, 421. 
 
 Nichols and Mary, sloop, 364. 
 
 Nicholas & Susan, ship, 417, 435. 
 
 Nicholas & Susanna, ship, 427. 
 
 Nicholson, Col. Francis, governor 
 Virginia, 125, 128, 326. 
 
 Nick, William, Marblehead, 321. 
 
 Nicoll, William, Speaker New York 
 Assembly, 212. 
 
 Nightingale, sloop, 289, 382. 
 
 Nifes, 'Capt. Nathaniel, Kingston, 
 R. I., runaway Indian man servant 
 of advertised, 93; Nathaniel Jr., 
 Point Judith, R. I., runaway negro 
 slaves of advertised, 408, 472; 
 Samuel, Kingston, R. I., runaway 
 Indian man servant of advertised, 
 251, 365. 
 
 Nimes, John, West Hampshire, 
 escaped captive from Montreal, 
 209. 
 
 Nitchewanock, Me., 72, 199. 
 
 Noes, Capt., of a Flushing caper, 356. 
 
 Noll, John, Capt., of the Pembrook 
 Galley at Newfoundland, 130. 
 
 Nonsuch, H. M. S., 240, 252, 269, 
 274, 278, 313, 315; sloop, 274, 
 334, 343, 347, 424, 429, 475, 481, 
 487. 
 
 Noridewock. See Narigwalk (Nor- 
 ridgewock) . 
 
 Norman, shipmaster, 241. 
 
 Norris, Capt., shipmaster, 179, 183, 
 188, 470; Francis, shipmaster, 
 
 537 
 
INDEX 
 
 228, 230, 239, 268, sloop Sea- 
 flower, 285, 314, 347, 358, 417, 
 431; Thomas, shipmaster, 124, 
 127, 131, 164, sloop Seaflower, 271. 
 
 Norsby, David, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Speedwell, 485. 
 
 North, S. N. D., 14, 15. 
 
 North Carolina, ships for, 73, 105, 
 118, 121, 125, 205, 207, 209, 210, 
 214, 217, 219, 233, 270, 316, 350, 
 356, 417, 421, 423, 424, 426, 429, 
 463, 466, 468, 473, 477, 478; 
 ships from, 123, 125, 136, 179, 194, 
 202, 210, 230, 246, 253, 260, 291, 
 314, 350, 407, 409, 417, 450, 459, 
 470, 472, 486. 
 
 N. Catolina. See North Carolina. 
 
 North Church, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 North End, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 North-East Plantations, 31. 
 
 Northampton, Indians attack a 
 garrison house in, 75; 93; repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 84, 205, 
 331, 480; Indian scalps brought 
 into, 95; skirmishes at, 118; 
 escaped captives arrive at, 209. 
 
 Northern Plantations, 134. 
 
 Northy, Capt., shipmaster, 153, 202; 
 David shipmaster, 251, sloop 
 Speedwell Friend, 264, 334, 356, 
 brigt. Friendship, 450, brigt. 
 
 Speedwell, 487. 
 
 Norton, George, pirate, 79, 82. 
 
 Norwich, Conn., 377. 
 
 Norwich, ship, 229, 238. 
 
 Norwood, shipmaster, 378, 462. 
 
 Nostra Segniora de Rosa, ship, prize, 
 351. 
 
 Nott, Edward, lieut.-governor Vir- 
 ginia, 172, 227; dies 385. 
 
 Nova Scotia, 49, 54, 120. 
 
 Noyce or Noyse, Capt., Boston, 
 shipmaster, ship of taken by 
 French, 128; 174, 371, 464. See 
 Noyes. 
 
 Noyes, Capt., shipmaster, 189; Cut- 
 ting, Newbury, representative, 
 General Court, 84; Daniel, ship- 
 master, 237, 250, 253, brigt. 
 Hannover, 268, 313, 371, 372, 
 423, 486; John, Boston, ensign 
 Honorable Artillery Company, 92; 
 Rev. Nicholas, Salem, 60; Capt. 
 Oliver, Boston, commissioned 
 capt. in the Boston Regiment, 
 244; Col. Thomas, Newbury, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 479 n, 
 480. 
 
 Nulington, shipmaster, ship Indicos 
 Merchant, 240. 
 
 N. W. See Whittemore, Nathaniel. 
 
 o 
 
 QAKES, Thomas, Boston, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 84, 204, 
 330, 479 n, 480; Speaker House 
 of Representatives, 204, 330. 
 
 Oborne, James, shipmaster, sloop 
 Blackthorn, 400. 
 
 Oburn, shipmaster, 232. 
 
 Ockomulgg, the (Ockmulgee River) 
 Ga., 64. 
 
 Odell, Thomas, Boston, counter- 
 feiter, 111, 116, 117, 119, 201, 203, 
 206, 209, conviction of, 265. 
 
 Odiorne, Capt. Jotham, shipmaster, 
 114, 127, 153, 160, ship Nich. & 
 Susan, 417. 
 
 Odlin, Rev. John, Exeter, N. H., 
 ordained pastor in, 422. 
 
 Ogle, Capt., H. M. S. Deal-Castle, 
 240. 
 
 Oglesbie, or Oglesby, Walter, ship- 
 master, 100, brigt. Martha, 277, 
 283. 
 
 Old Church, Boston. See Boston, 
 First Church. 
 
 Old Meeting-House, the, Boston. 
 See Boston. 
 
 Old South Church, Boston. See 
 Boston. 
 
 Olive-Branch, ship, 375, 384, 457; 
 
 sloop, loss of, 262. 
 
 Oliver, Daniel, Boston, chosen a 
 selectman, 176, 299; Nathaniel, 
 Boston, merchant, dies, 62; Capt. 
 Thomas, Cambridge, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 84, 205, 330 n, 
 337, 480. 
 
 Oliver, French merchantman from 
 West Indies taken by Dutch pri- 
 vateer, 429. 
 
 Opie, shipmaster, 257. 
 
 Oporto, Portugal, ships for, 46, 338, 
 468; advices from, 364, 417, 441. 
 
 Oporto Merchant, or Port Merchant, 
 sloop, 264, 271, 276, 336; taken by 
 letter-of -marque men, 337; 338, 
 .358, 407, 413, 417. 
 
 Orders against newspapers, 1, 3, 16, 
 24. 
 
 Ormston, John, agent for Joseph and 
 Rachel Ormston, legal notice of, 
 376; Joseph, granted estate of 
 Arent Sonmans, deceased alien, 
 in trust, 376; Rachel, 376. 
 
 Orsell, frigate, 39. 
 
 Osburn, shipmaster, merchantman 
 George, 240. 
 
 Osgood, Capt., Christopher, An- 
 dover, representative, General 
 
 538 
 
INDEX 
 
 Court, 205, 331, 480. 
 Otis, John, Barnstable, runaway 
 
 Indian servant girl of advertised, 
 
 448, 455. 
 Ourfells, Mr., shipmaster or ship- 
 owner, 200. 
 Outerbrige, or Outerbridge, Capt. 
 
 William, shipmaster, ship Rose, 
 
 161, 210, 211. 
 Owen, shipmaster, merchantman 
 
 Betty, 240. 
 Owoneco, or Omeneco, Uncas. See 
 
 Uncas, Owoneco. 
 
 Oxenbridge, Rev. John, Boston, 
 430 n. 
 
 Oxenden, ship, 245. 
 
 Oxford, H. M. S., 48, 96, 97, 224, 234. 
 
 Oxford Galley, 472. 
 
 Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-De- 
 livery, 193. 
 
 Oyster River, N. H., 33, 67, 88; 
 Indian attack on, 321. 
 
 Oysterbay, L. I., 71. 
 
 pACQUERAU, or Pacquereau, 
 Capt. John, French naval com- 
 mander, taken prisoner off Charles- 
 ton, S. C, 405; 437. 
 
 Pacquet (Packet) -boats, from Lis- 
 bon, 39; plying between England 
 and the West Indies, 161, 162, 
 168, 173, 182, 183, 192, 208, 220, 
 227, 235, 252, 255, 258, [the King 
 William] 293, 306, 307, 309, 311, 
 318, 320, 322, [the Barbadoes] 
 327, 334, 347, 366, 367, 368, 381, 
 414, 417, 419, 423, 425, 427, 432, 
 441, 449, [the King William] 456, 
 457, 458, 461, 464, 465, 469, 470, 
 471; report of capture of packet- 
 boat in sight of Nevis, 202; from 
 England to Boston, 200, 246; from 
 Spain to West Indies, 302; mail 
 service by, 255-256, 334-335; the 
 Barbadoes lost, 327. 
 
 Paddock, Zech., Yarmouth, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 330 n, 
 331. 
 
 Padon, Capt., H. M. S. Swallow 
 Prize, 395. 
 
 Page, Deacon, Hampton, N. H., 
 dies, 422. 
 
 Paige, Madam Anne, Boston, dies, 
 98; Lucius R., Cambridge, histor- 
 ian, 14. 
 
 Pain, Capt., shipmaster, ship Gray- 
 hound Gaily, 199, 258, 283, 358, 
 406; Capt. Samuel, master ship 
 Grayhound, 67; Stephen, master 
 sloop Mary, 67. See Paine, 
 Payen, and Payne. 
 
 Paine, John, shipmaster, 350 ; Nathll, 
 elected councillor, Mass., 44; 
 Stephen, master ketch Martha, 
 285. See Pain, Payen, and Payne. 
 
 Palfrey's History of New England, 
 13. 
 
 Palmer, Capt. George, shipmaster, 
 181; Capt. Joseph, master brigt. 
 Warren, 434, 439, 449, 454; 
 Thomas, Boston, advertises negro 
 slave to be sold, 121, 123, chosen 
 
 an overseer of poor, 177, 304. 
 
 Panther, ship, 255; sloop, 271, 301, 
 307, 316, 362, 372, 400, 408, 427, 
 466, 468, 470. 
 
 Papadock, or Papudock, Me., 87, 
 234. 
 
 Papoon, a Penobscot Indian, 30. 
 
 Park, or Parke, Col., general for the 
 Leeward Islands, 66, 227, 363, 379. 
 
 Parker, Abraham, York, Me., sea- 
 man, lost at sea, 243; Capt., 
 shipmaster, 66, 133, 135, 156, of the 
 William Galley, 240; Capt, coaster, 
 85, 88, 100, 103, 121, 123, 124, 
 127, 132, 136, 179, 183, 193, 195, 
 199, 201, 205, 214, 226, 233, 243, 
 253, 274; Ebenezar, shipmaster, 
 277, sloop Dolphin, 297, 357, 358, 
 364, 417; Jacob, master sloop 
 Endeavour, 144, 166, 323, 375, 
 407, 413, 421, 429, 445, 477, 482, 
 488; Nicholas, shipmaster, 96, 
 100, 105, ship Elizabeth, 139; 
 Noah, master brigt. Pelican, 407. 
 
 Parker River, 428. 
 
 Parliament, action on the charters 
 of New England, 22, 23; 100; 
 Act of regarding naval stores from 
 the Plantations to England, 200, 
 225; acts of published in Boston, 
 228, in New York, 230. 
 
 Parrot, James, pirate, 78, 82, 92. 
 
 Parsons, Capt., Marblehead, ship- 
 master, 51; Capt. Benjamin, ship- 
 master, 207, 246, 247, ship Provi- 
 dence, 264; Benjamin jr., master 
 brigt. Success, 247, 264; Hum- 
 phrey, Boston, merchant, dies, 412; 
 Joseph, Springfield, representative, 
 General Court, 331 ; Joseph, Boston 
 merchant, advertisement of, 467. 
 
 Parton's Life and Times of Benja- 
 min Franklin, 13. 
 
 Partridge, Capt., shipmaster, 161; 
 Dr., London, Eng., 27; Mrs. Mary, 
 Piscataqua, married to Jonathan 
 Belcher, 284; Nehemiah. ship- 
 master, 108; Col. Samuel, Hat- 
 
 539 
 
INDEX 
 
 field, military commander in the 
 Connecticut Valley, 118, elected 
 councillor, Mass., 44, [Pattridge] 
 83, 204, 330, [Patridge] 479; Wil- 
 liam, late lieut. -governor New 
 Hampshire, 284. 
 
 Pascadamoquady, Passamisquady, 
 or Passamiquadi (Passamaquod- 
 dy), Me., 31, 95, 113. 
 
 Pasco, Capt., Simon, shipmaster, 
 114, taken by French privateer, 
 114-115; 187, 195, 203, 247 
 barque of lost in storm, 251 
 334, 390, sloop Stephen, 407, 413, 
 427. 
 
 Passamisquady (Passamaquoddy) 
 Fort, Me., 87. 
 
 Patch, Thomas, Wenham, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 480. 
 
 Patience, William, shipmaster, ship 
 Unity, 366, 385, 386, 392, 447. 
 
 Patience, ship, 429. 
 
 Patison, or Pattison, John, ship- 
 master, sloop Dove, 329, brigt. 
 Providence, 387. 
 
 Patridge, and Pattridge. See Part- 
 ridge. 
 
 Patterson, James, pirate, 78, 82. 
 
 Pattison. See Patison. 
 
 Pattomack (Potomac), 312. 
 
 Patty, Capt. Edward, shipmaster, 
 ship Adventure for London, 73, dies 
 at New London, 77; Capt., coaster, 
 121, 124. 
 
 Paxton, Mr., Boston, 101; Capt. 
 Wentworth, Boston, advertises 
 man slave to be sold, 119, 124. 
 
 Payen, Samuel, shipmaster, 93. See 
 Pain. 
 
 Payn, Capt., shipmaster, ship Gray- 
 hound, 228 [see Pain]; Lieut., 
 Rhode Island, soldier, 337. 
 
 Payne, Capt., shipmaster, 123, of 
 the Gray Hound Galley, 224, 231 
 [see Pain, also Payn]; Ebenezer, 
 master sloop Nicholas and Mary, 
 364, sloop Swallow, 384; Nathanael, 
 chosen councillor, Mass., 83, 83 n, 
 204, 204 n, 330, 330 n, [Nathaniel] 
 479 n, 480 [see Paine]; Samuel, 
 drowned in Boston Harbor, 400; 
 Stephen, shipmaster, 108, 214, 
 216; Capt. Thomas, Rhode Island, 
 with volunteers takes French pri- 
 vateer off Block Island, 341, 347. 
 
 Peabody, Isaac, Topsfield, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 480. 
 
 Peace, ship, 270, 276, 283, 290. 
 
 Peacock, Jonathan, shipmaster, 125, 
 126, 171. 
 
 Pearce, Col., Daniel, chosen coun- 
 cillor, Mass., 44. 
 
 Pearl of Morlais, ship, 348. 
 
 Pearle, brigt., 440, 442. 
 
 Pearly, Tho., Boxford, representa- 
 
 tive, General Court, 330 n, 331, 
 479 n, 480. 
 
 Pearse, Edward, advertisement of 
 The Great Concern by, 377. 
 
 Pearson, George, shipmaster, 161, 
 sloop John and Mary, 329, 482. 
 
 Peartree, Col., New York, in pur- 
 suit of French privateer off Sandy 
 Hook, 211, 221. 
 
 Pease, Rhode Island, shipmaster, 
 killed after hard fight with French 
 privateer, 80. 
 
 Pecham, shipmaster, 422. 
 
 Peckham, Peleg, shipmaster, sloop 
 Brothers Adventure, 438. 
 
 Pede, D., advertisement of his The 
 Door of Salvation Opened, 383. 
 
 Pegypscot (Pejepscot) Fort, on the 
 Androscoggin, Me., 32. 
 
 Pegypscut (Pejepscot) -Plains, 33. 
 . Peiaygit River, Nova Scotia, 113. 
 
 Peirce, John, Woburn, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 479 w, 480. 
 
 Peirse, George, pirate, 79, 82. 
 
 Peirson, George, shipmaster, sloop 
 John & Mary, 417. 
 
 Pelican, brigt., 407; ship, 144. 
 
 Pelicum, Newfoundland, 395. 
 
 Pemaquid Tom, Indian chief, 451. 
 
 Pemberton, Rev. Ebenezer, Boston, 
 62, 62 n, 359 ; Thomas, shipmaster, 
 ship John & Thomas, 270, 299, 
 322, sloop John and Ann, 325, 
 sloop Seaflower, 352, 358. 
 
 Pembrook, Elkanah, Boston, mer- 
 chant, 287; Mrs. Jane, wife of 
 Elkanah, dies, 287. 
 
 Pembrook Galley, 130. 
 
 Penacook, N. H., 254. 
 
 Pendennis, H. M. S., 297. 
 
 Penelope, Madagascar negro woman, 
 Charlestown, runaway, 97. 
 
 Penhallow's Indian Wars, cited, 
 355 n. 
 
 Peniston, Penistone, Penniston, or 
 Pennistone, Capt., privateersman, 
 103, 115, 132, 178; takes several 
 prizes off Curacoa, 182; 188, 193, 
 210, 240, 245, 248; at New York 
 fitting his ship for another cruise, 
 249; a prize of arrives at New 
 York, 254; sails from New York 
 with other privateersmen, 278, 
 282, 286 ; accident to off Bermuda, 
 303; 321; takes a Spanish priva- 
 teer, 345; 349; boards two ships 
 together off Jamaica, 370. 
 
 Penley, Capt., shipmaster, 74, 257. 
 
 Penn, William, 199. 
 
 Pensilvania (Pennsylvania) , Prov- 
 ince, 48, 97; proclamation against 
 immorality and profaneness in, 
 137-139; Penn about surrendering 
 his government of, 199; postal 
 service for, 256-257, 335 [see 
 
 540 
 
INDEX 
 
 Posts]; Thanksgiving in for the 
 "Signal Victory obtained by His 
 Grace the Duke of Marlborough, 
 &c.,"286. 
 Council, 216. 
 
 General Assembly, 216. 
 
 Judge of admiralty, 48. 
 
 Ships from, 88, 126, 132, 
 
 136, 139, 153, 161, 179, 195, 206, 
 207, 214, 230, 258, 268, 277, 347, 
 375, 411, 425, 426, 434, 436, 449, 
 477; ships for, 105, 123, 124, 126, 
 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 147, 161, 
 169, 174, 177, 183, 184, 192, 195, 
 206, 237, 239, 242, 243, 244, 291, 
 297, 322, 329, 333, 346/348, 352, 
 356, 384, 392, 397, 400, 406, 418, 
 423, 442, 447, 448, 450, 453, 454, 
 458, 482, 487, 488. 
 Pennsylvania post. See Posts. 
 Penobscot, Me., 30, 32. 
 Penrose, shipmaster, 386. 
 Panseccoola (Pensacola), Fla., 65. 
 Penson, John, shipmaster, ship Wil. & 
 
 Mary, 260. 
 Pepperel, Pepperil, Pepperill, Pep- 
 pril, or Pepyril, Capt. Andrew, 
 shipmaster, 337, 352; Capt., 
 shipmaster, 130, 166, 195, 199, 
 311; Capt. William, shipmaster, 
 167, 255, 316; William, Kittery, 
 Me., advertises a runaway 
 negro slave, 276, 277, 313. 
 Pequemias, 481. 
 
 Pereman, Benjamin, shipmaster, 100. 
 Perkins, Capt. Beamsly, shipmaster, 
 has a "hot dispute" with a French 
 privateer, 188, the Eagle Galley, 
 270, 285, 337, 338, ship Blessing, 
 453, 482, 482 n; Benjamin, pirate, 
 78, 82, 88, 95; Capt., shipmaster, 
 70, 114, 125, 130, 136, 153, 157, 
 173, 184, 211, 221, 242, ship Pru- 
 dent Sarah, 245, ship Flying Horse, 
 246, 258, 265, 348, 423; Daniel, 
 Bridgewater, representative, Gen- 
 eral Court, 83 n, 84; David, 
 Bridgewater, representative, Gen- 
 eral Court, 205, 331; Elisha, 
 Topsfield, representative, General 
 Court, 205, 331; Capt. Isaac, ship- 
 master, 72, 96, sloop Rosanna, 
 355, 362, 426, 482, 482 n; Nath- 
 aniel, shipmaster, 207, 222, brigt. 
 Success, 270, 277, 326, 329, 350, 
 352, 407, 429, 431, 470; Samuel, 
 sailor, on H. M. S. Gosport, lost 
 in storm, 168. 
 Person, George, shipmaster, sloop 
 Mary, 352, sloop John & Mary, 488. 
 Perth Amboy, N. J., 376. 
 Peteguaves, Petit-Guavus, Petit- 
 guavus, or Pettiquavis (Petit- 
 Guave), Hayti, 47, 70, 246, 290, 
 299, 320, 341, 349, 369, 370. 
 
 Peterborough, Earl of, projected 
 service of in West Indies, 39, 
 40, 41, 42, 43. 
 
 Peterson, Erasmus, pirate, 60, 78, 
 82, 91, 95, executed, 99, 99 n. 
 
 Petterson, Capt. Richard, South 
 Carolina, advertises runaway 
 slaves in Boston, 287. 
 
 Pettis, Joseph, West Hampshire, 
 escaped captive from Montreal, 
 209. 
 
 Petty, James and Joseph, ship- 
 masters, of coasters, 190, 202, 207, 
 230, 246, 260. 
 
 Petty Harbor, St. Johns, Newfound- 
 land, 327. 
 
 Peylton, shipmaster, 74. 
 
 Phelps, Thomas, shipmaster, 316, 
 sloop Greyhound, 407, 417, 423. 
 
 Phenix, shipmaster, 126, 130, 201, 
 454. 
 
 Phenix, sloop, 241. 
 
 Phenny (Phmney?), George, master, 
 brigt. Tryal, 440. 
 
 Philadelphia, 3, 35, 36, 40, 54, 74; 
 news items from, 77, 89-90, 97, 
 100-101, 103, 109, 112, 114, 118, 
 121, 123, 125, 126-127, 127-128, 
 131-132, 133, 136, 137-139, 140- 
 141, 152, 157, 181, 195, 199, 202, 
 208, 210, 215, 217, 220-221, 223, 
 229, 236, 238, 240, 252, 282, 286, 
 288, 293, 309, 312, 352, 360, 363, 
 373, 378, 379, 381, 390, 396, 422, 
 427, 450, 469, 476; ships for, 96, 
 128, 188, 199, 227, 232, 269, 279, 
 315, 316, 319, 356, 434, 439, 449, 
 454, 458 [see ships for, under 
 Pennsylvania]; ships from, 132, 
 143, 241, 254, 312, 313, 462 [see 
 ships from, under Pennsylvania]; 
 mentioned, 139, 230, 263, 270, 
 271 ; ship Francis of, Andrew Lock 
 master, taken as prize and re- 
 captured, 326; 463; a galley and a 
 briganteen launched at, 476. 
 
 -Post. See Posts, the Penn- 
 
 sylvania. 
 
 -Printers of, 3. 
 
 Philbrick, shipmaster, 179. 
 
 Philips, Adolph, New York, sworn 
 as councillor, 168; Capt., ship- 
 master, 263. 
 
 Phillips, Capt., shipmaster, 358; 
 Eleazar, Charlestown, bookseller, 
 419; George, shipmaster, 364, sloop 
 Supply, 384, 391, 474, 482, 485; 
 John, shipmaster, 96; John, 
 chosen councillor, Mass., 204, 330, 
 479; Col. Jonathan, councillor, 
 Mass., 44, 83; R., Charlestown, 
 bookseller, 251. 
 
 Philps (Philips?), Tho., shipmaster, 
 314. 
 
 Phips (Phipps), Sir Constantine, 
 
 541 
 
INDEX 
 
 London, Eng., agent for New 
 England in, 462, 462 ». 
 
 Phipps (Phips), Lady Mary, Boston, 
 dies, 286, 286 n; Sir William, 26, 
 30, 286 n. 
 
 Phipps, Capt. Samuel, Charlestown, 
 representative, General Court, 84, 
 205, 479 n, 480; Thomas, justice of 
 New Hampshire, 92. 
 
 Pickering, Capt., shipmaster, 103; 
 Capt., shipmaster, Boston to New- 
 foundland, 198. 
 
 Pickman, Capt., shipmaster, 76, 
 128, 157, 194, 198; Capt. Benja- 
 min, shipmaster, 226 ; John, master 
 ketch Seahorse, 407 ; Joshua, ship- 
 master, 88, 209, 214, 239, 243, 
 244, ketch Exchange, 433. 
 
 Pieces of eight, large number of, 
 taken on French prize, 381. 
 
 Pierce, Col. Daniel, Newbury, dies, 
 66; Ephraim, Swansey, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 83 n, 84, 
 204 n, 205; Richard, Boston, printer, 
 24, 27. 
 
 Pierce's History of Harvard Univer- 
 sity . . to the . . American Rev- 
 olution, 12. 
 
 Pierson, Rev. Abraham, Killing- 
 worth, Conn., dies, 454, 454 n. 
 
 Pike, Henry, sailor, 241; Rev. John, 
 Journal of cited, 355 n, 451 n; 
 Maj. Robert, Salisbury, dies in 
 his 92d year, 433. 
 
 Pikman, Joshua, shipmaster, 96. 
 See Pickman. 
 
 Pimer, Matthew, pirate, 78, 82, 83, 
 92 ; Matthew, shipmaster, ship Ann, 
 408, 457. 
 
 Pinhorne, William, councillor, New 
 Jersey, 43. 
 
 Pinly, shipmaster, 188. 
 
 Pirates and Piracy, William Kidd, 
 35, 36, 37; Quelch and company, 
 60, 77, proclamations for the 
 apprehension of, 78, 80, 81, 85, 
 89, capture of, 88, 91, trial of, 
 92, 94-95, execution of six, 99, 
 99 n, 108; man-of-war's men 
 turned pirate, 96; "young Lar- 
 oux," 109, 118, 145. 
 
 Piscataqua, N. H., 30, 33; news 
 items from, in manuscript news 
 letters, 45, 49, 50, in The Boston 
 News-Letter, 66, 67, 69-70, 72, 
 75, 80, 86, 88, 100, 102, 115, 129, 
 130-131, 133, 140, 148, 150, 159, 
 166, 167, 169, 174, 176, 180, 202, 
 227, 234, 254, 259, 274, 277, 284, 
 285, 291, 294, 340, 355, 357, 360, 
 363-364, 366, 371, 374, 378, 386, 
 393, 406, 412, 422, 432, 458, 462, 
 465, 486; ships from, 47, 76, 85, 
 96, 103, 108, 109, 114, 123, 124, 
 127, 128, 136, 156, 157, 166, 167, 
 
 169, 179, 184, 191, 192, 199, 202, 
 205, 209, 214, 216, 219, 226, 228, 
 230, 239, 244, 246, 250, 253, 268, 
 294, 301, 307, 310, 323, 329, 346, 
 355, 361, 362, 367, 372, 378, 382, 
 384, 393, 400, 413, 415, 417, 423, 
 429, 436, 445, 450, 478, 488; ships 
 for, 77, 93, 100, 105, 114, 122, 125, 
 129, 130, 132, 139, 144, 148, 151, 
 153, 156, 160, 166, 169, 170, 172, 
 174, 181, 184, 188, 195, 201, 202, 
 205, 208, 222, 230, 233, 239, 244, 
 246, 250, 251, 253, 260, 274, 275, 
 289, 297, 304, 307, 316, 323, 325, 
 336, 337, 352, 367, 372, 375, 387, 
 391, 393, 397, 400, 407, 409, 412, 
 413, 415, 421, 423, 426, 429, 439, 
 445, 448, 455, 474, 477, 481 ; expedi- 
 tion to The Eastward starts from, 
 84; express from to Gov. Dudley, 
 87; part of Col. Church's forces re- 
 turned to, 118; embargo laid at, 
 115; mast ships to and from, 147, 
 150, 374, 375, 406; damage at, by 
 high tide, Jan. 1705, 167; Col. Hil- 
 ton and Maj. Walton with volun- 
 teers march from, 169; 257, 272, 
 394; George Jeffrey, merchant of, 
 418, dies, 445; 451; reports at of 
 Indians "skulking everywhere on 
 our frontiers," 486. 
 
 Piscataqua River, 297, 
 
 Pitcher, Richard, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Lydia, 379, 408, 457. 
 
 Pitman, or Pittman, Capt., ship- 
 master, 132, 153; Capt. Benjamin, 
 shipmaster, 228; John, pirate, 78, 
 82, 91, 95, 225; Solomon, master 
 brigt. Content, 334, 347, 358. 
 
 Pittman. See above. 
 
 Pitts, Capt., shipmaster, 51, 103, 
 105, 125, 147, 153, 170, 183, 188, 
 221, 224, 361. 457; Capt. James, 
 shipmaster, 108, 386, ship David 
 & Joseph, 391, 392, 453, 466; Capt. 
 Jam'es, Boston, merchant, 431, 
 runaway servant of, advertised, 
 440, 444; Capt. John, shipmaster, 
 132, 156, 235, 251, ketch Exchange, 
 261, 299, sloop Rebecca, 304, 316, 
 ketch Exchange, 334, 378, sloop 
 Rebecca, 400, 427, 438, 482; John, 
 Boston, chosen an overseer of 
 poor, 304. 
 
 Placentia, Newfoundland, 147, 150, 
 197, 198, 223, 231 ; privateer bound 
 for, 346; attack on planned, 374; 
 395, 409, 432, 435, 486. 
 
 Plague (Yellow Fever?), commander 
 and other officers of French 
 squadron die of at Havana, 436. 
 
 Plaine, shipmaster, 127. 
 
 Plaistead, Plaisteed, Plaisted, or 
 Plasted, Capt., shipmaster, 153, 
 157, 184; Francis, shipmaster, 
 
 542 
 
INDEX 
 
 202, 235, 237, 243, 251, Prigot 
 Evton (Eaton), 319, taken by 
 French man-of-war, 380, the 
 Belcher Frigot, 424, 431; Capt. 
 Francis, passenger on Capt. 
 Balch's ship at Salem from An- 
 tigua, 381; Capt. Ichahod, Kittery, 
 Me., 297, chosen councillor, Mass., 
 330, 330 n; John, shipmaster, 192, 
 194. 
 
 Plantation-Islands, postal service. 
 See Postal service. 
 
 Play, Henry, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Laurell, 244; 420, 482. 
 
 Pleasure, ship, 372, 386, 438. 
 
 Plimouth (Plymouth), 30; news 
 items from in Publick Occurrences, 
 32, 33; ship arrivals at, 70, 400; 
 representative, General Court, 
 83 n, 84, 205, 331, 480; Thomas 
 Hinckley, ex-governor Plymouth 
 Colony, dies, 193 ; news items from 
 in Boston News-Letter, 250. 
 
 Plimouth (Plymouth), Eng., ships 
 from, 36, 42, 48, 124, 147, 181, 
 199, 223, 224, 227, 228, 231, 268, 
 269, 278, 279, 282, 286, 315, 316, 
 360, 380, 386, 392, 478, 482; ships 
 for, 174, 201, 303, 306, 311, 408, 
 410, 433, 457; advices from, 195, 
 208, 220, 293, 326, 343, 347, 429, 
 434, 458, 475, 485, 487; American 
 merchantmen lost in storm at, 
 293 
 
 Plimouth, or Plymouth, brigt., 270, 
 285, 314, 316, 319, 413. 
 
 Plowden, Francis, South Carolina, 
 killed in Spanish-Indian fight, 64. 
 
 Plowman, Capt., shipmaster, 77. 
 
 Plumb, or Plumbe, shipmaster, 76, 
 85, 127, 132. 
 
 Plummer, Capt., shipmaster, 303. 
 
 Point Comfort, Va., 97. 
 
 Point Judith, R. I., 45, 396, 408, 
 472. 
 
 Polley, Joseph, shipmaster, barque 
 Blessing, 427, 477. 
 
 Ponti, Monsieur, French naval 
 officer, 47. 
 
 Pool, John, Lynn, representative, 
 General Court, 330 », 331. 
 
 Pope, shipmaster, 135, 214, 222; 
 Thomas, shipmaster, 228, of sloop 
 Endeavour, 268, 478. 
 
 Port Lewis, part of homeward bound 
 Barbadoes fleet captured in, 182. 
 
 Port Royal, Jamaica, advices from, 
 132-133, 171-172, 180, 183, 187, 
 226-227, 247; rich prize brought 
 into, 173; 217, 233, 236; sloop, 
 flag-of-truce, from arrives at 
 Boston, 242; 243, 251, 382. 
 
 Port Royal, N. S., 49, 50, 54, 87, 
 98, 107, 108, 120, 183, 197, 237, 
 prisoners from for exchange, 292, 
 
 346; privateer bound for'Wto 
 cruise on New England coast, 341 ; 
 Capt. Southack takes French sloop 
 in bay of, 355; 409, 432, 435, 436, 
 482 m. 
 
 Porte Sancto (Porto Santo), 103. 
 
 Porter, Capt., shipmaster, 49, 74, 
 161; Grace (Pitts), Boston, 34; 
 John, shipmaster, 216, 219, 251, 
 sloop Mary, 271, 276, 326, brigt. 
 Experiment, 385, 408, brigt. 
 Lamb, 474; Susanna, Boston, 34; 
 Thomas, shipmaster, 270, of ship 
 New London, 292, brigt. Lamb, 
 413, 470, 482; William, Boston, 
 34. 
 
 Portlock, shipmaster, 223. 
 
 Portmorant, Porto-Morant (Port- 
 Morant), Jamaica, 172, 217. 
 
 Porto Bello (Isthmus of Panama), 
 133; French fleet bound for, for 
 plate, 354, 462. 
 
 Porto Merchant. See Oporto Mer- 
 chant. 
 
 Porto Rico, W. I., 221, 296, 380, 441; 
 French privateers from take Dutch 
 trading sloop, 474. 
 
 Portsmouth, Eng., 97, 104, 223, 320, 
 434, 439, 475, 486. 
 
 Portsmouth, N. H., 31, 32; house of 
 Rev. Nathaniel Rogers burned 
 with loss of life, 140; news items 
 from, 182, 184, 193, 198-199; 219, 
 302. 
 
 Portsmouth, R. I., Fair to be held 
 yearly in advertised, 472. 
 
 Portsmouth Galley, ship, 89. 
 
 Portugal, 38, 41, 52, 82, 85, 94; 
 ships for, 88, 105, 149, 270, 483; 
 ships from, 455. 
 
 Portugal Merchant, ship, 239, 241. 
 
 Postal service, regulation of between 
 England and the West Indies, 
 255-256, 334-335, 379; Boston 
 post-office notices, 352, 394, 412- 
 413, 421, 455. See Posts. 
 
 Postmasters, of Boston, Duncan 
 Campbell, 34-35, John Campbell, 
 34; of New London, Conn., Mr. 
 Chandler, 37. 
 
 Post office, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 Post-Rider, 270. 
 
 Posts, Albany, at New York City, 
 159; Eastern, between Boston and 
 Piscataqua, 149, 150, 152, 162, 
 164, 166, 167, 169, 272, 279, 283, 
 431, 438, 443, 448; Pennsylvania, 
 36, 48, 74, 77, 93, 129, 150, 164, 
 172, 190, 201, 232, 254, 304, 315, 
 412, 468; Southern, between Bos- 
 ton and Rhode Island, 272, 279, 
 283, 294, 410, 430, 431, 438, 443, 
 448; Western, between Boston, 
 Connecticut, New York, and Phil- 
 adelphia, 37, 149, 152, 162, 164, 
 
 543 
 
INDEX 
 
 166, 167, 169, 272, 277, 279, 283, 
 294, 410, 430, 431, 438, 443, 448. 
 
 Potter, Capt., shipmaster, 71, 206, 
 211; Indigo, master sloop Two 
 Brothers, 487; Capt. John, ship- 
 master, 193, 199, 200, 201, 202; 
 Lydia, Ipswich, commits suicide, 
 224; Samuel, Ipswich, 224. 
 
 Pounding (Powning), Daniel, Boston, 
 chosen a selectman, 176, 177 n, 
 299, 299 n. 
 
 Povey, Thomas, lieut.-governor 
 Massachusetts, 40 ; proclamation 
 by, 78; 82, 164, 225; sails for Eng- 
 land, 291. 
 
 Powder making, 430, 430 n. 
 
 Practical Truths, sermons by Rev. 
 Increase Mather, advertisement 
 of, 353. 
 
 Prat, shipmaster, 136. 
 
 Pre — , Samuel, shipmaster, ship 
 William Andrew, at Boston from 
 Cowes, 318. 
 
 Precursors of the Newspaper, 1-3. 
 
 Prentice, shipmaster, 193, 196, 214. 
 
 Presbury, Nathaniel, shipmaster, 
 sloop Adventure, [Presbuyy] 455, 
 474, 481. 
 
 Pfescot (Prescott), Capt. John, Con- 
 cord, representative, General 
 Court, 479 n, 480; [Prescott] 
 Capt. Jonas, Groton, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 205. 
 
 Present State of the New-English 
 Affairs. See New-English Affairs, 
 The ... . 
 
 Pressed men, into the queen's ser- 
 vice, 47, 181, 470, 484. 
 
 Prevet, Rev. Mr., New York, minis- 
 ter of the French congregation 
 there, dies, 125. 
 
 Prey, shipmaster, 170. 
 
 Price, shipmaster, 73, 118, 121, 123, 
 201; John, master sloop Austin 
 Galley, 255, 277, brigt. William 
 & Mary, 453, 486; John, sailor, 
 chops off his hand to avoid a 
 Voyage, 269. 
 
 Priest, James, Boston, 410. 
 
 Primrose, ship, 139. 
 
 Prince, Elisha, shipmaster, coaster, 
 350; Gamaliel, master sloop Adven- 
 ture, 470, 477 ; Samuel, shipmaster, 
 73, 105, 108, 131, 144, 193,201,226, 
 228, 314, 323, 364, sloop Adven- 
 ture, 3i75; Samuel, Sandwich, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 84. 
 
 Prince Eugene, ship, letter-of- 
 marque man, 395. 
 
 "Prince," Indian slave, runaway 
 from Boston advertised, 145. 
 
 Prince George of Denmark, letter 
 from to Gov. Dudley, 126. 
 
 Prince Society, 12, 14. 
 
 Princess Ann, ship, 74. 
 
 Printers and Printing, Boston, see 
 Allen, J., Draper, J., Green, B., 
 Harris, B., Pierce, R.; Cambridge, 
 Daye, S., Green, S. ; New York 
 City, Bradford, W., Gaine, H.; 
 418, 421. 
 
 Printing-House, Boston, 297, Bar- 
 tholomew Green's, 316, 419; New 
 York City, the Bible & Crown, 17. 
 
 Prisons, in Boston, 80, 92, 209, 216, 
 239, 260, 265, 294; New York 
 City, 201; Newport, R. I., 206; 
 Piscataqua, 80; Salem, 80, 92. 
 
 Prisoners, exchange of with Canada, 
 171, 182, 198, 207, 208, 292, 327, 
 367, 367 n, 381, 382; exchange 
 of in West Indies, 215, 219; 
 Spanish, taken by privateers, 38, 
 234, 312, 327; English, taken by 
 privateers, 236; at Port Royal, 
 Jamaica, 242; English, 312, 328, 
 taken in West Indies, 215, 236, 
 338 ; French, taken by English, 327 ; 
 Dutch, taken by French, 348, 349; 
 French, taken in Newfoundland, 
 395; French and Spanish, taken 
 in the attack on Charleston, S. C., 
 Aug.-Sept., 1706, 405. See Eng- 
 lish captives, and French prisoners. 
 
 Private men-of-war, 66; sloop Anne, 
 Capt. Ebenezer Coffin, 86; Capt. 
 Tongrelou's Seaflower, 145, 172; 
 Capt. Moule's briganteen from 
 Barbadoes, 173; New York's, 
 217, 223; Capt. Harris's, 234; the 
 Castle Del Key, Capt. Otto Van 
 Tyle, 282. 
 
 Privateers and Privateering, Eng- 
 lish and American craft, 38, 49, 
 62, 145, 172, 182, 188, 206, 210, 
 211, 217, 234, 238, 303, 326, 346, 
 349, 354, 370, 383, 392, 473; of 
 Boston, 113, 145, 172, 383, fitted 
 out in New York, 132, 174, 206, 
 211, 238, 392, of Carolina, 173, 
 174, Jamaica, 182, 392, 405, 
 Curacoa, 392; French, 39, 45, 47, 
 48, 51, 62, 66, 73, 79, 80, 86, 89, 
 90, 101, 105, 106-107, 109, 114, 
 115, 118, 121, 122, 123, 125, 127, 
 128, 135, 159, 161, 162, 173, 174, 
 182, 184, 184 n, 188, 191, 192, 201, 
 202, 208, 210, 211, 216, 217, 219, 
 221, 223, 225, 232, 235, 236, 242, 
 246, 247, 263, 267, 268, 284-285, 
 286 n, 290, 293, 296, 297, 299, 
 307, 308, 312, 316, 318, 320, 325, 
 337, 338, 340-341, 345, 346, 370, 
 379-380, 392, 395, 401, 411, 419, 
 429, 435, 439, 465, 470, 474, 475, 
 478, 479, 482, 483, 484, 485, 487, 
 488; Dutch, 77, 112, 115, 147, 
 299, 326, 337, 345, 351, 870, 395, 
 405, 441, 485, 487; Spanish, 122, 
 248, 278. 
 
 544 
 
INDEX 
 
 Capt. Peter Lawrence adver- 
 tises for gentlemen and sailors to 
 join him in privateering, 77; Capt. 
 Peniston starts from New York 
 on a cruise, 132, three more cap- 
 tains prepare to sail from, 152; 
 159, French privateers off Sandy 
 Hook, 211, 219, off Massachusetts 
 coast, 234, 235, 237, in Long 
 Island Sound, 340, 341; Capt. 
 Tongrelou's tender captures lading 
 of wines and brandies from Span- 
 ish ship, 370; French, captured by 
 an Irishman, 379, 380; the Charles 
 of Boston captures Spanish ship, 
 383; 396, 397 », 405, 419; French, 
 captured by H. M. S. Shoreham, 
 429; 434, 435, 437, 439, 441, 457; 
 English ships taken by French 
 off Hispaniola. 465; French nu- 
 merous among the West Indies, 
 470; fight of H. M. S. Triton's 
 Prize with French off Sandy 
 Hook, 483. 
 
 Privateersmen, 77, 103, 115, 132, 
 152, 182, 188, 210, 220, 221, 223, 
 240, 242, 245, 248, 249, 254, 278, 
 282, 283, 284, 285, 290, 303, 338, 
 341, 345, 349, 354, 396, 397, 397 », 
 429, 437. 
 
 Prize ships, 114, 147, 152, 156, 161, 
 173, 182, 183, 187, 188, 190, 201, 
 208, 220, 221, 229, 232, 238, 240, 
 245, 248, 252, 254, 258, 272, 273, 
 279, 281, 284, 285, 299, 303, 326, 
 333, 338, 345, 348, 349, 351, 354, 
 355, 356, 358, 370, 374, 380, 395, 
 396, 397, 399, 405, 406, 409, 411, 
 429, 465, 466, 477, 485, 487. 
 
 Proceedings of the American Anti- 
 quarian Society, 15. 
 
 Proceedings of the Essex Institute, 
 13. 
 
 Proceedings of the Massachusetts 
 Historical Society, 17, cited, 451 n. 
 
 Proclamations, see Dudley, J., Corn- 
 bury E., Evans, Col. John; by 
 Gov. Cranston of Rhode Island, 
 for apprehension of the pirate 
 Quelch^ men, 89; by Queen Anne, 
 for settling rates of foreign coins 
 in the colonies, 153-155, 164. 
 
 Prosperous, sloop, 304, 375, 382, 
 409, 472, 476, 482, 484, 485. 
 
 Prosperous Gaily, 456. 
 
 Prout, Ebenezer, Boston, clerk, 
 House of Representatives, 1; 
 Joseph, Boston, selectman, town 
 clerk, town treasurer, 177, 299. 
 
 Providence, brigt., 270, 279, 303, 
 
 372, 387; ship, 67, 264, 350. 
 
 Providence, R. I., 103, 422. 
 
 Providence, W. I. See New Provi- 
 dence. 
 
 Providence Galley, 144. 
 
 Providence Plantations, 105. 
 
 Province Galley, H. M. S., 84, 95; 
 in quest of a privateer, 118, 122; 
 134; new galley launched, 184, 
 184 n; ordered to range the 
 Eastern coast, 205; 227; chasing 
 a privateer, 232, 235; cruises of, 
 237, 238, 239, 243, 250, 251, 255, 
 264, 355, 366, 367, 382, 386, 393, 
 466; pinnace of, founders in 
 Boston Harbor, 400; 407, 409, 
 415. 
 
 Province Laws. See Acts and Re- 
 solves ... of the Province of the 
 Massachusetts Bay. 
 
 Prudent Hannah, ship, 271, 277, 
 310. 
 
 Prudent Sarah, ship, 139, 183, 245, 
 407. 
 
 Public Office, London, 25. 
 
 Publications of The Colonial Society 
 of Massachusetts, 4, 16, 22, 108. 
 
 Publick Occurrences both Foreign 
 and Domestick, 3, 4, 14, 15, 16; 
 history of, 24-27; transcript of, 
 28-33; 53. 
 
 Puckle, Capt., shipmaster, 115, 118. 
 
 Pudding Lane, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 Pudner, Capt., of Experiment 
 Galley, 269. 
 
 Puffer, Richard, Wrentham, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 205. 
 
 Pugle, Nathaniel, shipmaster, 107. 
 
 Puflen, John, shipmaster, 148, 159, 
 187, 194, 207, 250, 251, of brigt. 
 Dove, 275, [Pullin] 347, 410. 
 
 Pulsifer, Joseph, shipmaster, 239, 
 brigt. Sarah, 279, 288, ship Wil- 
 liam and Sarah, 291, 300, 395. 
 
 Punishments, for counterfeiting, 265; 
 for desertion from her majesty's 
 service, 230; for piracy, 225; for 
 profanation of the Sabbath, 59; 
 for selling tar mingled with dirt, 
 250. 
 
 Punsunby, Capt. Henry, shipmaster, 
 74. 
 
 Purbank, Timothy, shipmaster, 73. 
 
 Purchas' Pilgrims, copy of stolen 
 from Capt. Dogett's sloop, 433. 
 
 Purnmatick, Isaac, Indian, 276. 
 
 Putuxan River, 289. 
 
 Pynchon, Hon. Col. John, adver- 
 tisement of S. Stoddard's funeral 
 sermon on, 383. 
 
 545 
 
INDEX 
 
 Q 
 
 OUAKERS, 260, 262, 263, 266, 
 
 ^267, 271, 411. 
 
 Quananicut Island. See Connoni- 
 cut (Connanicut) . 
 
 Quarry, Col., Philadelphia, 36; 
 Robert, councillor, New Jersey, 43. 
 
 Quarter-Sessions of the Peace, 260. 
 
 Quebeck, or Quebec, 30, 50, 98, 
 182, 197; negotiations for exchange 
 of prisoners, 198, 207, 332, 350, 
 382; hostile Indians from fall 
 upon Dunstable, 355; messenger 
 from with exchanged prisoners, 
 367. 
 
 Queen Ann, ship, 306. 
 
 Queen Anne. See Anne, Queen. 
 
 Queen Anne, Packet-boat, 347. 
 
 Queen's birthday, observation of 
 in Boston, 165-166. 
 
 Quelch, Capt. John, pirate, 60, 77, 
 77 n; proclamations for appre- 
 hension of and company, 78, 81, 
 89; 80, 81, 82, 85, 88, 89, 91; in 
 jail in Boston, 92; trial of, 92, 94- 
 95; execution of, 99, 99 n, 101, 
 108, 108 n, 216, 225. 
 
 Quittance, John, pirate, 78, 82. 
 
 R 
 
 J^ABIA, shipmaster, ship of 
 wrecked on Barbadoes, 257. 
 
 Rainbow in December, accepted as 
 token "that God would not des- 
 troy Deerfield any more," 436. 
 
 Rainer. See Rayner. 
 
 Randal, Randall, or Randol, brigt., 
 274, 286, 347, 352, 362, 423. 
 
 Randolph, Edward, 21, 23. 
 
 Ranie, Rame, or Ramee, Simon, ship- 
 master, sloop Charles, 272, 276, 407. 
 
 Rankford, shipmaster, 257. 
 
 Ranking, shipmaster, ship of 
 wrecked on Barbadoes, 257. 
 
 Ransfoord, Ransford, or Raynsford, 
 Capt., shipmaster, 42, 135, 152, 
 169; John, shipmaster, 173, frigate 
 Dwaal, 268. 
 
 Ranson, Jonathan, shipmaster, sloop 
 Timothy, 410, 417. 
 
 Rattlesnakes, escaped prisoners eat, 
 209. 
 
 Rawley. See Rowley. 
 
 Rawlins, or Rawlings, John, ship- 
 master, sloop Mary, 338, 350, sloop 
 John & Thomas, 410, 421; Joseph, 
 master sloop Mary, 391. 
 
 Raymond, Capt., shipmaster, 312; 
 Capt., H. M. S. Warrick, 361. 
 
 Rayner, John, shipmaster, 124, ship 
 Freak, 255, 268, ketch Freeke, 
 433, 440, 473, 486, 487; Joseph, 
 master ketch Freeke, 371, 372; 
 William pirate, 48, 82. 
 
 Reach, shipmaster, ship Johnson 
 Frigot, 244. 
 
 Reading, Capt. John, Boston, ship 
 of taken by the French, 74. 
 
 Reading, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204 n, 205, 330, 
 330 n, 479 », 480; Indian attack 
 on, 357. 
 
 Reading-Road, 289. 
 
 Rebecka, Rebeckah, or Rebecca, 
 hagboat, 259; ship, 274, 301, 
 304; sloop, 264, 316, 400, 427, 438. 
 
 Records of the Governor and Com- 
 pany of the Massachusetts Bay 
 in New England, 13. 
 
 Reddington, shipmaster, 75. 
 
 Reddock, or Redduck, Fortune, ship- 
 master, 80, 86, 96, 136, 159, 209, 
 214, sloop St. Christopher's, 268, 
 286, brigt. Jer. & Tho. 477; 
 John, master sloop St. Christo- 
 phers, 367. 
 
 Reding, Joseph, shipmaster, sloop 
 Eliz. & Grace, 470, 473, 477, 478. 
 
 Redknap, Capt., engineer general 
 for America, 326, 328, 367, 399, 
 399 «. 
 
 Reed, Capt., shipmaster, ship Prudent 
 Sarah, 183; John, Taunton, 351; 
 Moses, Rehoboth, representative, 
 General Court, 330 n, 331 ; Samuel, 
 Marblehead, representative, Gen- 
 eral Court, 204. 
 
 Regiments. See Boston Regiment, 
 Eastern Regiment, Middle Regi- 
 ment, South Regiment. 
 
 Rehoboth, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204 n, 205, 330 n, 
 331, 480. See Seaconk alias Reho- 
 both. 
 
 Remolds, Robert, Boston, braisier, 
 drowned in Boston harbor, 188. 
 
 Remarkable Relation, A, 262-264, 
 266-268, 269-270. 
 
 Renouf, Renoufe, or Renouse, 
 Charles, shipmaster, 251, ketch 
 Adventure, 264, 314, 451. 
 
 Renslaers Island, Hudson River, 412. 
 
 Representatives. See Massachu- 
 setts Bay, House of Representa- 
 tives. 
 
 Reserve, H. M. S., 395. 
 
 Resignation, ship, 46. 
 
 546 
 
INDEX 
 
 Resolution, ship, 347. 
 
 Resolution Galley, 434, 437, 458, 
 473,478. 
 
 Return, sloop, 367, 391, 393, 453, 
 466, 482. 
 
 Reuell, Thomas, councillor, New 
 Jersey, 43. 
 
 Revenge Galley, 182. 
 
 Reves, Walter, shipmaster, [sloop 
 Tryall, 486. 
 
 Revolution of 1689, 21, 22, 23. 
 
 Reward, ship, 270, 291, 400. 
 
 Reynolds, shipmaster, 211. 
 
 Rhett, Lieut.-col. William, South 
 Carolina, 402, 403, 404, 405. 
 
 Rhode Island, news items from, in 
 manuscript news letters, 35, 38, 
 40, 41, 45, 49-50, in Boston News- 
 Letter, 62-63, 67-68, 73, 75, 77, 80, 
 80-81, 86, 89, 93, 96, 100, 105 
 [under Boston date], 112, 119, 
 128, 137, 141, 145, 147, [under 
 Boston date] 152, 159, 163-164, 
 
 168, 173, 178, 184, 188, 190, 193, 
 
 202, 203, 206, 209, 216, 221, 241, 
 245-246, 251, 254, 290, 297, 302, 
 304, 306-307, 321, 322, 328, 
 [under Boston date] 333, [Boston 
 date] 337, 340-341, 345, 351, 352, 
 355, 374, 381, 384, 386, 390-391, 
 399, 406, 418, [under New York 
 date] 420, 422, 428, 431, 432, 438, 
 443, 447, 449, 451, 455, 458, 462, 
 465, 469-470; death of Rev. Mr. 
 Locker of reported, 62; commis- 
 sion of Col. Byfield judge of the 
 admiralty published, 67; some of 
 the pirate Quelch's men in, 80, 
 81, governor's proclamation for 
 the apprehension of, 89; H. M. S. 
 Jersey in seeking French privateer, 
 123; death of Alexander Gordon, 
 Newport, reported, 304; prepara- 
 tions in against expected attack 
 of French squadron Aug., 1706, 
 374; 413, 414, 440, 461, 468. 
 
 Assembly, 168. 
 
 Election. 321. 
 
 Prize ships brought into, 38, 
 
 40, 41, 45, 68, 141, 147, 172, 181, 
 
 203, 216, 272, 294; ships from, 
 47, 73, 75, 86, 103, 112, 118, 119, 
 137, 149, 152, 153, 161, 159, 167, 
 
 169, 173, 181, 188, 207, 209, 226, 
 232, 235, 253, 274, 278, 299, 375, 
 378, 381, 384, 386, 400, 422, 430, 
 432, 437, 443, 447, 449, 451, 454, 
 458, 459, 462; ships for, 71, 73, 
 121, 131, 135, 148, 151, 156, 188, 
 190, 191, 192, 205, 207, 226, 243, 
 245, 246, 250, 258, 289, 291, 310, 
 329, 346, 352, 372, 387, 393, 397, 
 406, 408, 412, 431, 437, 442, 445, 
 450, 467, 482, 484. See Cranston, 
 S., governor. 
 
 Rhode Island harbor, Capt. Kidd in, 
 35. 
 
 Rhodes, Capt., shipmaster, 152, 196; 
 William, shipmaster, 108, 123, 
 226, 307, 310, 338, 358, 362, sloop 
 Rose, 384, 387, 391. 
 
 Rice, Edmund, Sudbury, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 330, 479 n, 
 480. 
 
 Ricey, Capt., shipmaster, Ports- 
 mouth Gaily, from Boston, killed 
 in a sea fight with French priva- 
 teer, 89, 90, [Ricy] 93. 
 
 Rich, shipmaster, 128. 
 
 Richard, Col., aide-de-camp to Duke 
 of Marlborough, 381; Capt. Owen, 
 privateersman, 429. 
 
 Richards, Madam Anne, Boston, 
 38, dies, 98; John, shipmaster, 
 brigt. Sarah, 67, 121, 123, 127, 173, 
 179, 189, 228,brigt.Endeavour, 358, 
 384, 417, 427, 473; Mr., Boston, 
 136; Mr., Amboy, N. J., 114; 
 Samuel, master pink Joshua, 477, 
 485. 
 
 Richardson, Nicholas, pirate, 78, 82, 
 95; shipmaster, 161; Thomas, 
 Billerica, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84. 
 
 Riddel, Capt., H. M. S. Mermaid, 240. 
 
 Rider, William, Sherbourn, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 84, 204 n, 
 205. 
 
 Rimes, Samuel, shipmaster, 230. 
 
 Risbee, Col., at Charleston, S. C, 
 405. 
 
 Rivers's History of South Carolina 
 cited, 405 n. 
 
 Roach, Capt., Antigua, comes to 
 settle in Philadelphia, 47; ship- 
 master, 93; Peter, pirate, 60, 92, 
 95, executed, 99, 99 n. 
 
 Roanock, Ruanoak, Ruanock, or 
 Ruanoke (Roanoke), N. C, ships 
 for, 67, 114, 157, 201, 202, 222, 
 226, 482, 485; ships from, 195, 
 268, 271, 275, 297, 334. 
 
 Ruanok Barr (Roanoke bar), 333. 
 
 Richard, brigt., 387, 408; ship, 161, 
 362; sloop, 372, 384. 
 
 Richard & Sarah, ship, 187. 
 
 Robe, James, shipmaster, 96, 131. 
 
 Robert, Capt., shipmaster, 172; 
 Daniel, shipmaster, 269. 
 
 Robert, ship, privateer, 220; 358, 
 426, 429, 446. 
 
 Robert and Benjamin, brigt., 125, 
 128. 
 
 Robert & Francis, ship, 240, 347. 
 
 Roberts, Daniel, shipmaster, 381; 
 Nicholas, Boston, merchant, 367, 
 418. 
 
 Robertson, Capt. David, shipmaster, 
 ship Eliza, 40, 41, 43, 46, 49, 147, 
 149. 
 
 547 
 
INDEX 
 
 Robinson, Capt., shipmaster, [Robi- 
 son] 37, 85; George, Boston, 
 carver, 362; Isaac, shipmaster, 
 96; Capt. John, 131, master 
 brigt. Dragon, 144, 166, [Robison] 
 brigt. Larke, 316, 319, 329, 407, 
 brigt. Sarah, 433, brigt. Lark, 442, 
 478; Sir. Robert, his coat-of-arms, 
 145. 
 Robison. See above. 
 Rochel (Rochelle), 41; ships from; 
 for Canada, 147; ship of, from 
 Martinique, captured, 326. 
 Roden, Robert F., 16. 
 Rodes, William, shipmaster, 121, 
 
 277, 334. 
 Rodman, shipmaster, 400, 406. 
 Rogers, Capt. George, H. M. S. 
 Jersey, 72, 127, 179; John and 
 son, sentence of for "profanations 
 of the Sabbath," 259-260; Rev. 
 John, Ipswich, preaches the Elec- 
 tion Sermon, 329, 359; Rev. 
 Nathaniel, Portsmouth, N. H., 
 house of, burned, 140; William, 
 Boston, advertises runaway ap- 
 prentice, 194. 
 Roisse, Capt., shipmaster, 51. 
 Roland, or Rolland, Capt., ship- 
 master, 164, 282, 386, 434, 437, 
 482. 
 Rolston, shipmaster, 482. 
 Rollson, William, shipmaster, 93. 
 Romer, Col. Wolfgang William, 
 
 English army engineer, 399 n. 
 Rosanna,, sloop, 350, 355, 362, 426. 
 Rosbothen, Rosbothum, or Rose- 
 bothem, Capt. Joseph, shipmaster, 
 188, sloop Phenix, 241, 406. 
 Rose, Thomas, shipmaster, ship Ox- 
 ford Gaily, 472. 
 Rose, brigt., 260, 270, 285; ship, 161, 
 
 488; sloop, 384, 387, 482. i 
 Rose Anne, sloop, 260. 
 Ross, Dr., lost from Capt. Rose- 
 
 bothem's sloop Phenix, 241. 
 Roulson, Rowlson, or Rowlston, Wil- 
 liam, shipmaster, sloop Elizabeth, 
 235, 243, 300, 301, 307, 362, 427. 
 Roundy, shipmaster, 346. 
 Rouse, William, shipmaster, 73. 
 Rowe, shipmaster, 137; William, 
 
 Boston, goldsmith, dies, 160. 
 Rowland, Wil, shipmaster, sloop Sea- 
 flower, 279; 423, 469. 
 Rowley, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 204 n, 205, 331, 479 n, 
 
 480; part of taken for new town 
 of Byfield, 1706, 428. 
 Rows, or Rowse, Capt., Boston, 
 shipmaster, 128, 135, 201, ship of 
 burnt at London, 224; Capt. 
 William, from Port Royal, N. S. 
 with exchanged prisoners, 292, 346. 
 Roxbury, 40, 44, 60; representative, 
 General Court, 84, 204, 330, 480; 
 burial of Thomas Weld at, 108; 
 earthquake shock felt in, 214; 
 275, 280, 290, 367; Dr. James 
 Bayley of dies, 436, 436 n. 
 
 Roxbury Troop, 44. 
 
 Royal American Magazine, The, or 
 Universal Repository of Instruc- 
 tion and Amusement, 6. 
 
 Ruanoke. See Roanock (Roanoke). 
 
 Ruanoke, sloop, 270. 
 
 Ruck, Capt., shipmaster, 201; 
 Thomas, master brigt. Frater- 
 nity, 310, 329, 382, 410, 476. 
 
 Rugells, Capt., shipmaster, 36. 
 
 Ruggles, Benjamin, Boston, 60; 
 Capt., shipmaster, 129; Capt. 
 John, shipmaster, 156, brigt. 
 Good Luck, 400, [Ruggels] 486; 
 Mr., Roxbury, 290. 
 
 "Runagado" English shipmaster, 
 court martial and execution of 
 at Jamaica, 368-369. 
 
 Runaway slaves. See Slaves. 
 
 Russel, or Russell, James, chosen 
 councillor, Mass., 44, 83, 83 w, 
 204, 204 «, 330, 330 n, 479, 479 
 n; John, ferryman, Charlestown 
 Ferry, 152; Rev. Jonathan, 
 preaches the Election Sermon, 
 1704, 85; Rev. Robert, Seven Ser- 
 mons by, advertisement of, 365; 
 William, shipmaster, 226, ship 
 Friendship, 314, brigt. Dolphin, 
 352, 367. 
 
 Ruth Frigot, ship, 391, 
 
 Ruth & Hanna, sloop, 474. 
 
 Ryce. See Rice. 
 
 Ryder, John, shipmaster, 451, sloop 
 Elizabeth, 459, sloop Eliz. & 
 Sarah, 467, 470. 
 
 Rye & Anglesey Frigot, 193. 
 
 Rymes, Capt., shipmaster, 200, 224, 
 228; Capt. Samuel, master ship 
 Barbadoes Merchant, 237, 239, 
 275, 347, 350, 462. 
 
 Ryther, Rev. John, The Best Friend 
 Standing at the Door, by, adver- 
 tisement of, 365. 
 
 QABEGOOG Ponds (Sebago Lake), 
 
 Me., 254. 
 Sabine, Lorenzo, 13. 
 
 Sacho (Sacp), Me., 33, 218, 234, 
 
 259 422 
 Sacho' (Saco) Fort, 234, 422. 
 
 548 
 
INDEX 
 
 Sacho (Saco) River, 43, 67, 287. 
 
 St. Anthony, ship, 420. 
 
 St. Antonies (Cape San Antonio), 
 Cuba, 423. 
 
 St. Antonio, ship, 453. 
 
 St. Augusteen, St. Augustin, or St. 
 Augustines (St. Augustine), Fla., 
 54, 65, 140, 312, 401, 402. 
 
 St. Bartholomews, (St. Bartholo- 
 mew), W. I., 141, 419. 
 
 St. Christophers, (St. Christopher), 
 W. I., ships from, 32, 80, 85, 93, 
 133, 136, 202, 204, 209, 238, 260, 
 264, 268, 270, 314, 358, 362, 367, 
 420, 423, 434, 439, 442, 477, 481; 
 ships for from colonial ports, 75, 
 86, 96, 114, 118, 159, 188, 206, 
 214, 230, 235, 261, 264, 265, 274, 
 277, 279, 283, 292, 297, 329, 372, 
 381, 384, 385, 391, 394, 400, 408, 
 413, 417, 440, 453, 472, 474, 481, 
 482; advices from under date of, 
 79-80, 87, 308-309, 311, 366, by 
 Capt. Ball arriving at Boston, 
 441; French privateer takes a 
 New England sloop under the 
 fort at, and is herself taken by an 
 English warship, 80; 141; postal 
 service for, 255, 334; attack by 
 French fleet upon, 302, 302 n, 
 306-307, 307 «, 308-309, 309 n, 
 318, 318 n, 320, 321, 322 w; 
 privateers at, 325; packet-boat 
 service for, 334; 368; prizes given 
 by the queen to "the gentlemen" 
 of, 411; arrival of relief from 
 Massachusetts for distressed in- 
 habitants of, 419; 434. 
 
 St. Christophers, sloop, 268, 286, 367, 
 391, 417. 
 
 St. de Crux (Santa Cruz), W. I., 325. 
 
 St. Domingo, 81, 190, 327, 332, 338, 
 345, 363. 
 
 St. Francisco, ship, 485. 
 
 St. George, or St. George's, W. I., 362, 
 375. 
 
 St. George's Bank, 190, wreck of 
 Capt. John Balston's ship on, 219. 
 
 St. Jacob and Philip, ship, 73. 
 
 St. John Baptist, ship, 240. 
 
 St. Johns, Newfoundland, 130, 150; 
 French and Indian descent upon, 
 197-198; 202, 220; alarmed by 
 French spies, 223; 224; further 
 operations of French and Indians, 
 231, 238; war news from, 273, 
 301, 301 n, 327, 354, 374, 377, 
 395; rejoicing in over news of 
 English victories, 411; 420; ship 
 for lost in ice off the coast, 485; 
 486. ' 
 
 St. Lewis Fort, Florida, 65. 
 
 St. Maloas, St. Mallo, or St. Maloes 
 (St. Malo), Fr., privateers of, 39, 
 109, 476; letters from regarding 
 
 West Indies and Newfoundland 
 fisheries, 41; 51; ship for from 
 West Indies captured, 97; 162, 
 182; ship for takes a New Eng- 
 land sloop, 246; 347. 
 
 St. Maries, Jamaica, 37, 122. 
 
 St. Paul, Monsieur, commander 
 French squadron, 293, killed 293, 
 297. 
 
 St. Peters, Newfoundland, 435. 
 
 St. Philip, French ship, bound for 
 Newfoundland, taken by Dutch 
 privateer, 394. 
 
 St. Thomas, W. I., ships and advices 
 from, 73, 80, 109, 118, 145, 147, 
 149, 221, 236, 275, 278, 296, 315, 
 322, 323, 325, 327, 345, 374, 388; 
 ships for from colonial ports, 123. 
 206, 232, 244, 265, 297, 322, 328', 
 334, 343, 381, 462, 465, 476, 479; 
 French privateer with 11000 pieces 
 of eight on board taken by a 
 Carolina privateer off, 173-174; 
 188, 474. 
 
 St. Turtuda, Salt-Terrudos, Salt 
 Tertuda, Saltertuda, Saltitudoes, 
 or Saltitudo's (Salt Island, Virgin 
 group), W. I., ships from, 71, 76, 
 164, 169, 176, 179, 183, 184, 188, 
 329, 466, 468, 469, 470; ships for, 
 161, 271, 284, 309, 317; H. M. S. 
 Deptford ordered to guard ships 
 thither to lade salt for carrying on 
 the fishery, 262, sails with a New 
 England fleet, 271, 309, 317. 
 
 St. Vincent, W. I., 296. 
 
 Salem, newspapers published in, 9w, 
 13; Felt's Annals of cited, 25 n; 
 fishing vessels of, 63 ; 73 ; the pirate 
 Quelch's men at, 80, 91, 92; 
 representative, General Court, 
 83 n, 84, 204, 204 n, 330 », 331, 
 479 n, 480; ships from, 132, 192, 
 285, 400, 426; news items from, 
 137, 165, 193, [under Lynn date] 
 289, 310, 315, 374, 381, 386, 391, 
 433, 438, 465-466; ships for, 161, 
 166, 192, 274, 346, 423; great tide 
 at Jan. 1704/5, 165; general muster 
 in, 328; batteries at, 332; sale of 
 part of Bartholomew Gedney's 
 estate in, advertised, 372. Salem 
 jail, see Prisons. 
 
 Salem, N. J., 121, 199, 202, 297. 
 
 Salem Gazette and General Adver- 
 tiser, The, 1781, 7. 
 
 Salem Gazette, The, 1781-1783, 7. 
 
 Salem Gazette and Newbury and 
 Marblehead Advertiser, The, 1774, 
 6. 
 
 Salisbury, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 204 n, 205, 331, 480; 
 Susanna Griffin of commits sui- 
 cide, 232; Maj. Robert Pike of 
 dies in his 92d year, 433. 
 
 549 
 
INDEX 
 
 Sallustius, John, shipmaster, ship 
 Samuel, 161. 
 
 Sally (Sallee), men-of-war of meet 
 a Philadelphia sloop off the 
 Madeiras, 143; 465. 
 
 Salmon Falls, N. H., 67, 88. 
 
 Salt, ships to "Saltertuda" for car- 
 goes of, under guard of H. M. S. 
 Deptford, 271; sale of advertised, 
 373, 385, 392. 
 
 Salt-Terrudos, Salt Tertuda, Salter- 
 tuda, Saltitudoes. See St. Tur- 
 tuda, etc. 
 
 Saltonstall, Gurdon, governor Con- 
 necticut, 442. 
 
 Salutation tavern, Boston. See 
 Boston. 
 
 Sam, Capt., Indian chief, 445. 
 
 Sampson, James, Dartmouth, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 83Vt, 84. 
 
 Samuel, ship, 161, 362, 375, 413, 
 415, 442; sloop, 476, 481. 
 
 Samuel and Margret, ship, from 
 Guinea with negroes for Virginia, 
 captured by letter-of-marque man, 
 475. 
 
 Samuel and Sarah, ship, 477. 
 
 Sand, Samuel, shipmaster, 93, 207. 
 
 Sanders, Capt., shipmaster, 114, 
 136, 157, 251, 316; James, Haver- 
 hill, representative, General Court, 
 330 n, 331, 479 n, 480; Robert, 
 master sloop Mary, 426, 459; 
 Samuel, master sloop Mary, 384, 
 sloop Dolphin, 426. 
 
 Sandford, Capt., shipmaster, 206, 
 312, 354, 360, 378, 420; Mrs., New 
 Jersey, house of robbed of plate, 
 420; William, councillor, New 
 Jersey, 43. 
 
 Sandiford, shipmaster, chased by 
 privateer into Sandy Hook, 115. 
 
 Sands, shipmaster, 103, 201. 
 
 Sandwich, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 479 n, 480; Rev. Row- 
 land Cotton of, 336. 
 
 Sandy Hook, 36, 96; French priva- 
 teer off, 114, 115, 118; 127, 149; 
 French privateer enters and takes 
 a sloop, 211, a little fleet de- 
 parts from in pursuit, 216, 217; 
 English warships at and from, 
 227, 240; 278, 282, 343, 352, 354, 
 356, 360, 371, 474, 478; running 
 fight of the Triton's Prize with 
 French privateer off, 483. 
 
 Sandy Poynt (Cape Cod?), 285. 
 
 Sanford, Abraham, shipmaster, 252, 
 411. 
 
 Santford, shipmaster, 301. 
 
 Sarah, brigt., 67, 144, 279, 291, 375, 
 385, 387, 400, 408, 433, taken by 
 French privateer, 435, 442, 451, 
 484; ship, 275, 301, 304, 310, 350, 
 361, 385. 
 
 Sarah and Elizabeth, ship, 360. 
 
 Sarah & Hannah, sloop, 384, 400, 
 450. 
 
 Sarah Galley, 284, 287, 294, 323, 407, 
 417, 433. 
 
 Saranam. See Surranam. 
 
 Sargeant, Capt., shipmaster, 199; 
 Henry, Boston, merchant, dies, 
 275. 
 
 Sargent, George H., 21; Capt., ship- 
 master, 161. 
 
 Saunders, Capt., shipmaster, 195, 
 347; Capt., H. M. S. Shoreham, 
 takes a French privateer, 429; 
 Samuel, master sloop Dolphin, 
 459. 
 
 Savage, Lieut. Abijah, Boston, com- 
 missioned captain in the Boston 
 Regiment, 244_; Capt. Arthur, 
 master the Triton Galley, 358, 
 377, 396; Capt. Ephraim, Boston, 
 representative, General Court, 84, 
 204, 330, 480, chosen an overseer 
 of poor, 177; Lieut.-col. Habijah, 
 207 n; James, Boston, 13; Capt. 
 Thomas, Boston, chosen captain 
 in the Honorable Artillery Com- 
 pany, 207, 207 n; Lieut.-col. 
 Thomas, Boston, 207 n, dies, 218, 
 244. 
 
 Savill, Thomas, shipmaster, ship Two 
 Brothers, 275, 350, 355, 372. 
 
 Saw mills, 422. 
 
 Sawer, sloop, 484. 
 
 Sawyer, Thomas, Lancaster, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 480; 
 William, Wells, Me., representa- 
 tive, General Court, 479 n, 480. 
 
 Saybronk, and Saybrooke. See be- 
 low. 
 
 Saybrook, Conn., 73, 76, 108, 118, 
 124, 125, 126, 127, 132, 144, 179, 
 183; earthquake shock felt in, 
 216; 347, 413, 417, 437, 470. 
 
 Sayer, Jonathan, shipmaster, 88, 93. 
 
 Sayer, sloop, 488. 
 
 Scammon, Humphry, shipmaster, 
 228. 
 
 Scarless (Scarlet's) Wharf, Boston. 
 See Boston. 
 
 Scavengers, 177. 
 
 Schellinx, or Schelinx, shipmaster, 
 103, 222, 230, 328; Abraham, 
 master sloop Endeavour, 362, 
 486. 
 
 Schenectady, N. Y., fort at burned, 
 399. 
 
 Schonenburg, Dutch privateer, 485. 
 
 School House Lane, Boston. See 
 Boston. 
 
 School, Mrs. Mary Turfrey's, for 
 young gentlewomen, Boston, ad- 
 vertisement of, 385, 392. 
 
 Schuyler, Col. Peter, Albany, N. Y., 
 398, 437. 
 
 550 
 
INDEX 
 
 Scituate, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 205, 331, 480; Rev. 
 Jeremiah Clashing of dies, 304; 
 358; Thomas Lappam's barn 
 struck by lightning and 24 head of 
 cattle killed, 444. 
 
 Scot or Scott, Capt. John, ship- 
 master, 73, 96, 128, 135, 137, ship 
 Unity, 139, 156, 315, 316, brigt. 
 William, 355, 406, 423, 433, 470, 
 472, 478. 
 
 Scotch Caledonia Company, 381. 
 
 Scotch, expedition fitting out against 
 enemy in West Indies, 381. 
 
 Scotland, 38; union between Eng- 
 land and, agreed upon, 381, 464, 
 467; 471. 
 
 Scots Charitable Society, 34. 
 
 Scout shallop, 84. 
 
 Scouting parties, up the Connecticut 
 River, 95. 
 
 Scouts and scouting on the frontiers, 
 287, 342, 343. 
 
 Scrivener, shipmaster, 322. 
 
 Scudamore, Christopher, pirate, 60, 
 82, 83, 94, executed, 99, 99 n. 
 
 Sea-brook. See Saybrook. 
 
 Seabrooks, Capt., South Carolina, 
 soldier, 403. 
 
 Seaconet, R. I., 106, 322. 
 
 Seaconk alias Rehoboth, 103. 
 
 Seaflower, brigt., 338, 362; ketch, 
 261, 277, 352, 429, 481; privateer, 
 172; ship, 255, 310, 385, 404; sloop, 
 108, 162, 268, 270, 271, 279, 285, 
 307, 310, 314, 316, 347, 352, 358, 
 372, 375, 382, 391, 408, 410, 417, 
 431, 442, 451, 455, 465, 468, 474, 
 482. 
 
 Sea-horse, or Seahorse, H. M. S., 
 70; ketch, 407; sloop, 450. 
 
 Seakonk alias Rehoboth, 103. 
 
 Sealers of Leather, 177. 
 
 Seamen and Mariners, proclamation 
 for the better regulation of, 416- 
 417; notice to deserters from 
 H. M. S. Deptford, 453, 455. 
 
 Seargent, Sergant or Sergeant, Mary 
 Phips, Boston, 286-287; Peter, 
 shipmaster, 73, 85, 226, sloop Two 
 Friends, 429; Peter, Boston, mer- 
 chant, 287, chosen councillor, 
 Mass., 479. 
 
 Sears, Robert, shipmaster, Boston 
 and London, 179, 184, of ship 
 Charles, 304, 410, 457. 
 
 Secom, Secomb, or Secum, John, 
 shipmaster, 247, sloop Adventure, 
 255, 261, sloop Boneta, 323, 417, 
 429, 466. 
 Secretary of the Commonwealth, 17. 
 Seley, John, shipmaster, 156. 
 Selley, shipmaster, 125. 
 Selvin, Gov., Jamaica, 81. 
 Selwood, shipmaster, 396. 
 
 Sergant and Sergeant. See Sear- 
 gent, etc. 
 
 Sermon, A, of Brotherly Love, by 
 Rev. Samuel Willard, advertise- 
 ment of, 294. 
 
 Setty Privateer, 238. 
 
 Seven Sermons, by Rev. Robert 
 Russell, advertisement of, 365. 
 
 Sewall, Samuel, Boston, chief justice, 
 Diary of, 14, cited 24, 24 n, 59 n, 
 62, 62 n, 98 n, 99 n, 122 n, 150 n, 
 159 n, 177 n, 218 n, 242 n, 285 n, 
 286 n, 287 n, 302 n, 313 n, 314 n, 
 390 n, 426 n, 436 n; Letter-Book 
 of, 15, cited, 24 n; chosen coun- 
 cillor, Mass., 44, 83, 204, 330, 479; 
 Memorandums of in a Boston 
 News- Letter file preserved in the 
 New York Historical Society's 
 library, frontispiece, 58-60; remark 
 of on first issue of Boston News- 
 Letter, 61-62; commissioner in the 
 case of the pirate Quelch and com- 
 pany, 91; 189 n. 
 
 Maj. Stephen, Salem, service 
 
 of in taking pirates, 91, 92. 
 
 Sewall's Diary. See Sewall, Samuel. 
 
 Seward, shipmaster, 217, 218. 
 
 Seway-Bay, S. C. 404, 405. 
 
 Seymour, Col. William, made gov- 
 ernor of Maryland, 43, arrives out, 
 68. 
 
 Seymour Gaily, ship, 450, 455. 
 
 Shapely or Shaply, Capt., New Lon- 
 don, Conn., shipmaster, 77, 147. 
 
 Shaplie, John, killed by Indians 
 near Kittery, Me., 340. 
 
 Sharp or Sharpe, John, shipmaster, 
 ship Endeavor, 161, his ship cast 
 away at Piscataqua, 166, 179, 
 " sloop Four Friends, 262, 264, 272, 
 277, 329, 338, 358, ship St. An- 
 thony, 420, ship St. Antonio, 453, 
 482; Rev. John, New York, chap- 
 lain of the fort, 373 n; William, 
 Barbadoes, president of the Coun- 
 cil, speech of to the Assembly, 
 425. 
 
 Shattuck, John, shipmaster, 391. 
 
 Shaw, York, Me., attacked by In- 
 dians, 102. 
 
 Shearburn or Sherburn, Henry, 
 shipmaster, 93, 128, taken by the 
 French, 258, 259; Samuel, ship- 
 master, 73. 
 
 Shearness, H. M. S., 419. 
 
 Sheerness Gaily, ship, 80, 86, 135. 
 
 Shelden, Capt. Joseph, Suffield, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 479 n, 
 480; Thomas, Northampton, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 480. 
 
 Sheldon, George, his History of 
 Deerfield cited, 182 n, 367 n, 426 n; 
 Ensign John, Deerfield, commis- 
 sioner to Canada for exchange of 
 
 551 
 
INDEX 
 
 prisoners, 182 n, 332, 350, 367, 
 367 m. 
 Shellinx, Abraham, shipmaster, 352. 
 
 See Schellinx. 
 Shelly, Capt., New York, shipmaster, 
 
 35. 
 Sheppard, John, New York, house 
 
 of burned, 396. 
 Sherborn, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 204 n, 205, 330 n, 331, 
 480. 
 Sherlock, shipmaster, 201. 
 Sherman, Joseph, Watertown, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 83 n, 
 84; shipmaster, 406, 451. 
 Sherwood, Capt. John, shipmaster, 
 
 74. 
 Shillaber, William Green, 21. 
 Shipbuilding, new Province Galley 
 launched at Boston (1705), 184, 
 184 n; a galley and a briganteen at 
 Philadelphia (1707), 476; the 
 Lusitania Galley, 500 tons, at 
 Piscataqua (1706), 340. 
 Shippen, Edward sr., Philadelphia, 
 
 wife of dies, 195. 
 Shippens Wharf, Boston. See 
 
 Boston. 
 Shipwrecks, 136, 151, 161, 166, 168, 
 172, 181, 188, 190, 195, 218, 230, 
 239, 241, 245, 246, 251, 254, 262, 
 269; toward Sandy Hook, 282; 
 off Cape Cod, 285; off Barbadoes, 
 296; 309; packet-boat Barbadoes 
 lost off Jamaica, 327; 338; on 
 Cape Sable, 391; 400, 427; vessels 
 of the Virginia fleet lost, 451, 457; 
 on the Carolina coast, 456; 465, 
 466, 485. 
 Shoot, shipmaster, 180. 
 Shore, Sompson, shipmaster, 171. 
 Shoram, or Shoreham, H. M. S., 
 411, takes a French privateer, 429. 
 Short, Thomas, Boston, 297. 
 Shortridge, Capt. Richard, ship- 
 master, 72, 75, 115, 149. 
 Shovel, or Shovell, Sir Clously, or 
 Cloudsly (Sir Cloudesley Shovel), 
 commander English fleet, 48, 105, 
 183. 
 Shrimpton, Samuel, Boston, dies, 43. 
 Shurtleff, Dr. Nathaniel B., Boston, 
 
 13. 
 Shute, Capt., shipmaster, 70, 76, 
 80, 114, 183; John, shipmaster, 
 356; Richard, master sloop 
 Richard, 362, 372, 384. 
 Sibley, John Langdon, 14. 
 Sign of the Bible, Harris's printing 
 
 house, Boston, 26. 
 Sign of the Buck, Boston, 250.- 
 Signiac, Peter, Boston, merchant, 
 283, 286, returned prisoner of 
 the French at Placentia, 432. 
 Sill, Capt. Thomas, shipmaster, 62, 
 
 88, 96, 135, 149, brigt. William 
 & Mary, 347. 393. 
 Simes, Simmes, Sims, or Simms, 
 Richard, shipmaster, brigt. Katty, 
 Rhode Island for London, 112, 
 119, 149, brigt. Richard, 387, 408, 
 457 ; Zachariah, shipmaster, 226. 
 Simmonds. See below. 
 Simmons, Simmonds, or Simons, 
 shipmaster, 36, 40; Charles, master 
 Prosperous Gaily, 456; Samuel, 
 Boxford, representative, General 
 Court, 84. 
 Simpkins, Tho., shipmaster, 347. 
 Sinclair, or Sinclare, Capt., ship- 
 master, 47, 114, taken by French 
 privateer off Sandy Hook, 115, 
 118. 
 Sirranam. See Suranam, etc. 
 Situate. See Scituate. 
 Six Islands, packet-boat, 220. 
 Skeffe, Benjamin, representative, 
 General Court, for Edgartown, 
 Tisbury, Chilmark, 480. 
 Skiner, or Skinner, shipmaster, 136; 
 Richard, Virginia, planter, 263; 
 William, master sloop Dove, 144, 
 166, 170, 221, 222, brigt. Provi- 
 dence, 270. 
 Skuse, Thomas, shipmaster, 214, 
 
 222, 233. 
 Slave ships, Spanish, captured on 
 coast of New Spain, 112; from 
 Guinea for Virginia, 221, 475; 
 from Guinea for New Spain, 229; 
 Capt. Baylie's, from Bermuda for 
 Pennsylvania, 333. 
 Slavery, Indian, 112, 411, 436, 440, 
 448, 463, 472. See Slaves and 
 Slavery. 
 Slavery, Negro, 112, 433, 446, 453, 
 
 472. See Slaves and Slavery. 
 Slaves and Slavery, negro slaves, 112, 
 advertised to be sold, 119, 121, 
 123, 124, 141, 146, 158, 160, 169, 
 170, 180, 183, 244, 250, 251, 252, 
 253, 291, 294, 298, 300, 310, 319, 
 323, 326, 329, 336, 344, 353, 356, 
 360, 365, 373, 379, 385, 394, 414, 
 418, 419, 421, 424, 428, 430, 433, 
 437; Indian slaves, 112, adver- 
 tised to be sold, a Surinam woman 
 and child, 316, 319, a Carolina 
 Indian boy, 463, 472; runaway 
 negroes advertised, 276, 277, 281, 
 287, 313, 362, 408, 453, 472; 
 runaway Indians advertised, 145, 
 251, 313, 365, 436, 440, 444, 447, 
 448, 450. 
 
 -Slave trade of Jamaica with 
 
 the Spaniards, 217; 229; order 
 against slaves abroad after 9 at 
 night in Boston, 239; runaway 
 negroes and Indians captured, 
 313; remarks in a Boston town 
 
 552 
 
INDEX 
 
 report against slavery in the 
 colonies, 338-340, 340 n; negro 
 infant girl to be given away, 394; 
 Indian prisoners in Carolina sold 
 for slaves, 411; advertisement for 
 slaves to sell in Virginia, 446. See 
 Slave ships. 
 
 Sleigh, Capt. Charles, shipmaster, 
 132, 187, 195, 245, 251, 258, 384, 
 458, 487. 
 
 Small, Joseph, shipmaster, ketch Sea- 
 flower, 261, 277, 352. 
 
 Smallage, Capt., shipmaster, 103, 
 153, 179, 191, 230, 239, 250, 274, 
 352; William, master sloop Pros- 
 perous, 304, 307, 375, 409, 465, 
 470, 476, 484. 
 
 Smallpox, among the garrisons in 
 the Eastward, 29; 30; havoc of in 
 Barbadoes, 192; 452 w. 
 
 Smead, Capt., Philadelphia, deputy 
 judge court of admiralty, 35. 
 
 Smith, Capt., shipmaster, coaster, 85, 
 100, 118, 124, 127, 132, 193, 196, 
 214, 216, 222, 228, 233, 243, 251, 
 362, in West Indies trade, 77, 130, 
 173, 188, 209, 378, 406, 482, at 
 Philadelphia from London, 238, 
 ship Jamaica Merchant at New 
 York, 240; Capt. Bryan, ship- 
 master, 105, 169, 232, 247, brigt. 
 Moses, 270, 409, 413, 438; James, 
 master ship America, 300, 323; 
 John, master coaster, 307, 314, 
 350, sloop Dolphin, 386, 407; 
 John, master ketch Belford from 
 Boston for Whitehaven, 367, 384; 
 Joseph, shipmaster, 250; Major, 
 Hampton, N. H., soldier, 366; Capt. 
 Richard, master brigt. Dragon, 
 67, 73, 96, 105, brigt. Happy 
 Return, 132, 432, sloop Coronation, 
 463 ; Robert, master brigt. Dragon, 
 145, 164, 297; Simon, master 
 sloop Hope, 470, 473; Capt. 
 Thomas, H. M. S. Gosport, 38, 
 72, 118, 122, 124, 131, from Boston 
 for England with merchantmen 
 under convoy, 132, 134, puts 
 into Lisbon disabled by storm, 
 168 ; Col. William, of the New York 
 council, dies, 172. 
 
 Smith's River, Va., 442. 
 
 Smyton, shipmaster, ship Oxenden, 
 245. 
 
 Snake Island, off Cape Ann, 91. 
 
 Snap-sacks, 169. 
 
 Snapes, John, shipmaster, 105. 
 
 Snell, shipmaster, 88, 124. 
 
 Snow, shipmaster, 125; Jeremiah, 
 master ship Hopewell, 332, 333, 
 347, 355. 
 
 Snow shoes, 164, marching on, 169. 
 
 Society, brigt., 123; ship, 300, 323, 
 407, 413; sloop, 386, 407. 
 
 Society of Pool, ship, 130. 
 
 Soley, Matthew, shipmaster, 239, 
 sloop Rebecca, 264, 301. 
 
 Some Account of American News- 
 papers, 15. 
 
 Some Observable Passages in the 
 Life and Death of Mr. Michael 
 Wigglesworth, advertisement of 
 (1705), 226. 
 
 Somersby (Somerby), Capt. Henry, 
 Newbury, representative, General 
 Court, 204, 330 n, 331. 
 
 Somerset, ship, 293. 
 
 Sommerset County, Md., 458. 
 
 Somnans, Arent, his estate as de- 
 ceased alien granted by crown to 
 J. Ormston and wife in trust, 375, 
 376; Peter, restrained from dis- 
 posing of his father's estate, 375, 
 376. 
 
 South Battery, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 South Carolina, 54; account of 
 campaign against the Spaniards 
 and Spanish Indians, 1703/4, 64- 
 66; ships from, 100, 202, 245, 283, 
 285, 302, 304, 307, 314, 320, 326, 
 329, 333, 334, 354, 362, 367, 378, 
 
 407, 440, 456, 459; expedition 
 from for Cuba, 112; ships for, 
 209, 214, 215, 274, 285, 287, 289, 
 292, 326, 329, 334, 350, 352, 360, 
 
 408, 417, 420, 423, 427, 429; 
 news items from, 312, 313, 401- 
 405, 411; sickly season in, 357; 
 French and Spanish attack on, 
 401-405, 411. See Carolina. 
 
 South Church, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 South End, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 South Meeting house, Boston. See 
 Boston. 
 
 South Regiment, 328. 
 
 South Sea, 37. 41. 
 
 Southack, Capt. Cyprian, Boston, 
 commander Province Galley, 38, 
 45 ; in quest of French privateer on 
 the coast, 118, 232, 235; recom- 
 mends a new Province Galley, 
 134; cruising, 250, 251, 255, 264, 
 264 n; brings a prize sloop into 
 Casco Bay, 355, 358; 382, 386, 407, 
 466. 
 
 Southampton, L. I., 327. 
 
 Southmead, Allen, Boston, returned 
 prisoner from Placentia, 432. 
 
 Southworth's, Capt., Company, of 
 the Plymouth forces, 33. 
 
 Spain, 38, 52, 112; packet-boat from 
 captured and brought into Ja- 
 maica, 302. 
 
 Spaniards, 38; designs of against 
 Jamaica, 63; Col. Moore's expe- 
 dition against, on Florida bor.ler, 
 64-66; 76, 96, 100; attacking psrty 
 of land on Jamaica, 122; 172, 173, 
 180, 204, 217, 317 S27, 400, 
 
 553 
 
INDEX 
 
 Spanish galleons. See Galloons (Gal- 
 leons). 
 
 Spanish ships, rich laden merchant- 
 man from Spain for Havana cap- 
 tured and brought to Rhode Island, 
 38, 40; fight of a, from Spain, with 
 Carolina ships designed for the 
 coast of Cuba, 112; engagement 
 of a, with English privateer off 
 Jamaica, 173; rich one taken by 
 Capt. Halsey and brought to 
 Newport, R. I., 203; another taken 
 by Capt. Claver off Cuba and 
 brought to New York, 234, 238; 
 one ashore capitulates to privateer 
 near Barricoe, 370; another from 
 Havana captured by Capt. Halsey, 
 383. See Privateers. 
 
 Spanish West Indies, proclamation 
 of Gov. Dudley permitting a 
 trade to, 102; ships trading with, 
 131, 180, 217. 
 
 Sparrow, sloop, 375. 
 
 Specimens of Newspaper Literature, 
 12, 14, 56 n. 
 
 Speedwell, brigt., 351, [Groce capt.] 
 378, [Lothrop capt.] 378, [Hedge 
 capt.] 378, 413, 485, 487; H. M. S., 
 411; sloop, 139, 144, 260, 270, 
 325, 334, 378, [Brown capt.] 384, 
 
 * [Hedge capt.] 384, 391, 407, 
 [English capt.] 417, [Groce capt,] 
 417, 423, [Ellinwood capt.] 426, 
 [Tillst capt.] 426, [Jackson capt] 
 426, 450, [Brown capt.] 459, 
 [Lothrop capt.] 459, 468, [Prince 
 capt.] 470, [Larkin capt.] 470, 
 [Sumner capt.] 470, 472, [Hedge 
 capt.] 473, [Larkin capt.] 473, 
 474, 476, [Larkin capt.] 477, 
 [Lothrop capt.] 477, [Brown capt.] 
 481, [Jackson capt.] 481, [Hedge 
 capt.] 481, 484, 486, 488. 
 
 Speedwell Friend, ship, 264, 334, 356. 
 
 Spelling-book, advertisement of, 376. 
 
 Spencer, shipmaster, 278, 315. 
 
 Spiritual Desertions Discovered and 
 Remedied, sermons by Rev. 
 Samuel Willard, advertisement 
 of, 353. 
 
 Sprague, Samuel, Marshfield, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 84, 
 480. 
 
 Spring, John, Newton, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 331, 480. 
 
 Spring Pond, Lynn, 289. 
 
 Springfield, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204 n 205, 331, 
 479 n, 480. 
 
 Spruce Creek, Kittery, Me., 199, 
 [Spruse] 486. 
 
 Spy boat, 338, 466, 476. 
 
 Squam River, 165 n. 
 
 Squire, Jonathan, Boston, baker, 
 drowned in the harbor, 174. 
 
 Stabbel, shipmaster, 181. 
 
 Stacy, W. I., 141. 
 
 Stanier Galley, 385, 408, 477, 487. 
 
 Stantford, Mr., from South Carolina, 
 304. 
 
 Stanton, Capt. Robert, shipmaster, 
 77; William, shipmaster, 133, 293, 
 312, brigt. York, 434, 436, 447. 
 
 State Historical Society of Wiscon- 
 sin, 20. 
 
 Starke, Robert, shipmaster, sloop 
 Thomas, 277. 
 
 Starkey, or Starky, Capt., ship- 
 master, 85, 183, 202; Capt. Robert, 
 shipmaster, 207, taken by French 
 privateer, 221, of brigt. Endeav- 
 our, 264. 
 
 Starr (Star) Island, Isles of Shoals, 
 92. 
 
 States of Zealand, Dutch privateer, 
 485. 
 
 Stead, shipmaster, 195. 
 
 Stebbins, Joseph, Springfield, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 480. 
 
 Steele, Thomas, shipmaster, ship 
 Amitie, 46. 
 
 Stephen, sloop, 407, 413. 
 
 Stephen & Samuel, ship, 287, 333. 
 
 Stephens, Capt., shipmaster, 74, 
 privateersman, 145; Capt., soldier, 
 162. See Stevens. 
 
 Sternes, John, Billerica, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 330, 330 n, 
 479 n, 480. 
 
 Steven, Lucas, shipmaster, 321. 
 
 Stevens, or Stevins, Capt., priva- 
 teersman, 100; Capt., shipmaster, 
 103, 181, 328, 378, 478, 482; Capt., 
 Haverhill, soldier, 287, 291; Capt. 
 Andrew, shipmaster, 312; Capt. 
 John, shipmaster, 93, 135, 136, 205, 
 207, sloop Mary Rose, 301, 310, 323, 
 406,407, ship Eliz. & Mary, 448; 
 Jonathan, shipmaster, 216. 
 
 Stewart, William, marine, H. M. S. 
 Deptford, deserter, 358. 
 
 Stilwell, shipmaster, 203, 325, 334, 
 loses sloop upon Barbuda, 381. 
 
 Stilwill, shipmaster, 201. 
 
 Stoddard, Rev. Sampson, Chelms- 
 ford, ordained in, 422; Simeon, 
 Boston, 59, 60, chosen councillor, 
 Mass., 92, 204, 480, overseer of 
 poor, Boston, 177, 304; Simeon 
 jr., murdered in London, Eng., 
 59, 387, 389-390; Rev. Solomon, 
 Northampton, preaches the Elec- 
 tion Sermon, 1703, 44, 222, his 
 God's Frown in the Death of 
 "Useful Men, advertisement 6f, 
 383, Thanksgiving sermon of on 
 the redeemed captives at Deer- 
 field, 436, 436 n. 
 
 Stone, Capt., shipmaster, 96; Capt. 
 Benjamtn, shipmaster, 243, ship 
 
 554 
 
INDEX 
 
 Golden Fleece, 264, 269, 303, 313, 
 316, 347; Simon, Groton, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 331; 
 William, master ship Carlile, 482. 
 
 Stoningtown and Stonnington. See 
 below. 
 
 Stonington, Conn., 75, 119, 235, 239, 
 341. 
 
 Stool, Capt., Dutch privateersman, 
 402. 
 
 Store ships, for Canada, 465. 
 
 Storms, 251; twenty-five ships lost 
 in, off Barbadoes, 254; 257, 258, 
 263, 268, 282, 291, 293, 296, 306, 
 311; in the Bermudas, 320; 321; 
 
 ?reat shower of hail in Rhode 
 sland, 328; at Martinique with 
 loss of twelve sail, 338; thunder 
 and hail at New Haven, 340; 391; 
 at Fayal with loss of New Eng- 
 land ships, 400; vessels of the 
 Virginia fleet for England lost in, 
 451, 457. See Weather. 
 
 Stover, John, Cape Neddock, Me., 
 four children of taken captive by 
 Indians, 259. 
 
 Streeter, Gilbert L., 13. 
 
 Strong, Eb., Northampton, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 331. 
 
 Strumbele, Strumulo, Strumbulo, or 
 Strombulo, H. M. S., 147, 168, 
 202, 206, 221; in chase of priva- 
 teer on the Virginia coast, 223; 
 234. 
 
 Stubbs, Capt., shipmaster, ship 
 Adventure, 293. 
 
 Stuckley, Capt., Charles, H. M. S. 
 Lowestoff, 116; of H. M. S. Dept- 
 ford, 224, 262, 271, 275, 318, 364, 
 [Stucley] notice of to deserters 
 from the Deptford, 453, 455. 
 
 Sturges, Samuel, Yarmouth, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 205; 
 master of coaster, 207, 226, 228,239. 
 
 Sturtevant, Isaac, printer, 11. 
 
 Success, brigt., 264, 270, 277, 329, 
 350, 352, 407, 429; galley, 448; 
 sloop, 382, 429, 431. 
 
 Sudbury, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204 n, 205, 330, 
 330 n, 479 n, 480; encounter in 
 with Indians, 364; Rev. Israel 
 Loring ordained in, 428. 
 
 Sufneld, representative, General 
 Court,. 479 n, 480. 
 
 Suffolk County, 156, 239. 
 
 Sugar vessel, captured by H. M. S. 
 Kingsail, 380. 
 
 Suicide, Susanna Griffin, in Salis- 
 bury, 232. 
 
 Sulivan's (Sullivan's) Island, off 
 Charleston, S. C, 402, 403. 
 
 Summers, shipmaster, ship Don 
 Carolus, 240. 
 
 Sumner, Clement, shipmaster, sloop 
 
 Speedwell, 470, [Clemens] 486; 
 George, Milton, representative, 
 General Court, 480. 
 
 Sunderland, John, shipmaster, 128, 
 166, 170, ship Jer. & Ann, 442, 
 446, 485. 
 
 Supercasse or Supercosse, Monsieur, 
 governor of Placentia, 197, 198; 
 commissioned for government of 
 Port Royal, N. S., 432. 
 
 Superiour Court of Assize and Gen- 
 eral Goal Delivery, 230, 233, 265. 
 
 Superiour Court of Bristol, 233. 
 
 Superiour Court of Judicature, 165, 
 233 
 
 Supply, sloop, 384, 391, 474, 482, 
 485. 
 
 Suranam, Suraname, or Surranam 
 (Surinam), Dutch Guiana, ships 
 from, 51, 77, 118, 123, 128, 194, 
 209, 254, 255, 297, 304, 306, 
 310, 318, 325, 329, 384, 391, 406, 
 409, 413, 426, 458, 481; ships for, 
 88, 96, 108, 121, 125, 127, 130, 144, 
 [Sirranam] 148, [Saranam] 149, 
 153, 156, 159, 164, 169, 173, 179, 
 195, 202, 245, 251, 255, 268, 270, 
 271, 307, 315, 316, 319, 350, 355, 
 363, 381, 386, 387, 397, 406, 431, 
 433, 438, 443, 445, 450, 453, 462, 
 465, 470; Boston barque seized at, 
 173; proclamation from Holland 
 regarding foreign trade with, 186- 
 187. 
 
 Surgery, notable operation by Dr. 
 Zabdiel Boylston in Boston, 452. 
 
 Surveyors of Highways, 177. 
 
 Susan, brigt., 292. 
 
 Susanna, brigt., 285, 407, 409, 423; 
 sloop, 325, 459, 476, 481. 
 
 Swain, Maj. Jeremiah, Reading, 
 representative, General Court, 83 
 n, 84, 204 n, 205, 330, 330 n. 
 
 Swallow, brigt., 276, 279, 347, 352, 
 362, 423, 427; ship, 149, 350, 375, 
 400, wrecked by a whale, 457; 
 sloop, 264, 275, 323, 375, [Lathrop 
 capt.] 384, [Payne capt.] 384, 413, 
 
 423, 431, 466, 478. 
 
 Swallow Prize, H. M. S., 395; prizes 
 taken by, 475, 476. 
 
 Swan, brigt., 144, 270, 275, 279, 
 285, 292, 317, 372, 382, 421, 450, 
 470; H. M. S., 406; ship, 350, 367, 
 387, 466; sloop, 276, 378, 384, 
 
 424, 484. 
 
 Swan Tavern, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 Swansey, or Swanzey (Swansea), rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 83 n, 
 84, 204 n, 205, 331, 480. 
 
 Swazy, Barnstable, fisherman, 465. 
 
 Swedes ship, 103. 
 
 Sweet, Moses, shipmaster, ship 
 Tryal, 139. 
 
 Sweet William, ship, 263. 
 
 555 
 
INDEX 
 
 Sweetzer, Seth, Charlestown, 86, 101. 
 
 Swiftsure, H. M. S., 475. 
 
 Swinging- or Swing-Bridge, Boston. 
 See Boston. 
 
 Syconecto, Canada, 113. 
 
 Symes, or Syms, Zachary, ship- 
 master, 207, 233. 
 
 Symkins, John, shipmaster, ship Bles- 
 sing, 350. 393; Thomas, master 
 ketch Marymack, 274, brigt. 
 Providence, 279, 350. 
 
 Symons, John, shipmaster, ship 
 Samuel and Sarah, French prize, 
 477. 
 
 fABAGO (Tobago), W. I., 32, 80, 
 293, 309. 
 
 Tailer, Mai., Lancaster, soldier, 120. 
 
 Talmage, Joseph, shipmaster, sloop 
 Endeavour, 470. 
 
 Tapper, Ichabod, shipmaster, 100, 
 105. 
 
 Tarpolian, Tarpolin, or Tarpaulin 
 Cove, R. I., 63, 118, 135. 
 
 Tatum, Nathaniel, shipmaster, ship 
 Lilly, 161. 
 
 Taunton, representative, General 
 Court, 205, 330 n, 331, 480; John 
 Reed of, 351; meeting house at 
 struck by lightning, 369. 
 
 Tay, Capt., shipmaster, 183; Isaiah, 
 Boston, chosen an assessor, 304; 
 Jeremiah, shipmaster, 207, 253, 
 brigt. John & Ann, 276, 288, 361, 
 362, 375, 408, 484; Woodard, 
 master brigt. Hanover, 394. 
 
 Tayler. See Taylor. 
 
 Taylor, Capt., shipmaster, 215; Capt. 
 Christopher, shipmaster, 147, 149, 
 ship Union Galley, 431, 470; 
 Edward, Lamprey-Eel-River, Me., 
 killed by Indians, 67, 70; Henry, 
 seaman, 263; Capt. John, North- 
 ampton, soldier, killed in pursuit 
 of Indians, 75; John, master sloop 
 Katherine, 276, sloop Kathrin & 
 Ann, 288, 337, 338 ; Samuel, master 
 sloop Rose, 482; Capt. Thomas, 
 shipmaster, 218, 219, 222, 230, 
 
 232, ship of burnt by privateer, 
 
 233, of brigt. Experiment, 294, 380, 
 406, 407, 408, 412, 413, 415. 
 
 Taylour, Col., Dunstable, soldier, 
 march of with force after Indians 
 into the woods, 355, 362. 
 
 Teller, shipmaster, 184, 218, 245. 
 
 Templeman, Thomas, shipmaster, 
 327. 
 
 Templeton, John, pirate, 78, 82, 
 88, 94. 
 
 Ten Fac-Simile Reproductions Re- 
 lating to New England, 16. 
 
 Ten Fac-Simile Reproductions Re- 
 lating to Old Boston and Neigh- 
 borhood, 15, 25. 
 
 Ten Fac-Simile Reproductions Re- 
 lating to Various Subjects, 2, 
 
 16, 21, 55 n, 61 n, 62 n. 
 
 Tercera, Terceras, or Tersera (Ter- 
 ceira), Azores, ships for, 72, 222, 
 297, 300, 307, 378, 385,, 408, 417, 
 427, 429, 442, 482. 
 
 Terril, Capt., shipmaster, 140. 
 
 Tew, Henry, shipmaster, 123, 131, 
 149, 183, 196, 222. 
 
 Thacher, John, chosen councillor, 
 Mass., 83, 204, 330, 479 [see 
 Thatcher]; Capt. Judah, ship- 
 master, 66, 67, 71, 73, 133, 140, 
 187; Rev. Peter, Milton, 364. 
 
 Thackster (Thaxter), Samuel, Hing- 
 ham, 276. 
 
 Thanet, Thannet, or Thenet, mast 
 ship, 147, 150, 357, 362, 367, 372, 
 374, 457. 
 
 Thanksgiving Day, Massachusetts 
 and New Hampshire, Nov. 23, 
 1704, 144; April 12, 1705, 175; 
 Oct. 18, 1705, 249; Jan. 24, 1706, 
 280; Oct. 17, 1706, 388, 401, 409; 
 in Deerfield, for the redeemed 
 captives, Jan. 8, 1706/7, 436. 
 
 In Connecticut, Oct. 31, 1706, 
 
 417. 
 
 In New York, Jan. 8, 1705/6, 
 
 286; Dec. 12, 1706, 430. 
 
 -In Pennsylvania, Jan. 10, 
 
 1705/6, 286. 
 
 For proclamations, Massachusetts 
 
 and New Hampshire, see Dudley, J. 
 
 Thatcher, Col. J no., chosen coun- 
 cillor, Mass., 44 [see Thacher]; 
 Thomas, shipmaster, Charles Galley, 
 251, 275. 
 
 Thaxter, Capt. Benjamin, ship- 
 master, 73, 85, 133, 135, 170. 
 
 Thinhoven (Tienhoven?), Capt., 
 shipmaster, ship of from Bristol 
 to New York captured, 184; 193, 
 206; ship of bound for Jamaica 
 captured and turned into French 
 privateer, 268; 437. 
 
 Thomas, Benjamin Franklin, 12; 
 Capt., shipmaster, 105, 169, 183, 
 184, 192, 202, 257, 443; David, 
 soldier, of Kittery, Me., garrison, 
 deserter, 276; Isaiah, Worcester, 
 printer, 11, his History of Print- 
 ing in America, 11-12, 13, 14, 15, 
 
 556 
 
INDEX 
 
 cited, 27 », 55, 55 n; Isaiah jr., 
 Worcester, printer, 11; John, ship- 
 master, 237, 253; John jr., ship- 
 master, 156; Richard, shipmaster, 
 130, 148, 207, 260, sloop Porto, 
 Port, or Oporto Merchant, 264, 
 271, 276, 337, brigt. Hawke, 484; 
 Capt. Thomas, master frigate 
 Orsell, 39; William, shipmaster, 
 219, brigt. Amity, 310, 329, 395, 
 409, 421, brigt. Eagle, 485, 487. 
 
 Thomas, sloop, 277. 
 
 Thomas & Charles, sloop, 410. 
 
 Thomas & Francis, ship, 386. 
 
 Thomas and Sarah, ship, 347, 391, 
 413, 426, 450. 
 
 Thompson, Rev. Edward, Marsh- 
 field, dies. 178. 
 
 Thorn, or Thome, Joseph, shipmaster, 
 162, 226, 237, brigt. Tryal, 315, 
 sloop Hawke, 450, [Hawk] 453. 
 
 Thornton, Timothy, Boston, chosen 
 a selectman, 299. 
 
 Thorp, or Thorpe, shipmaster, 188, 
 191, 226. 
 
 Thrampton, shipmaster, ship Coun- 
 try's Brig., 257. 
 
 Three Sisters, brigt., 300, 307, 323. 
 
 Thresher, Francis, Boston, attorney, 
 288. 
 
 Thurbar, Richard, pirate, 79, 82. 
 
 Thursday Lecture. See Lecture, 
 the Boston. 
 
 Thwing, William, shipmaster, 123, 
 164. 
 
 Tides. See High Tides. 
 
 Tiger, brigt., 475. See Tygar, etc. 
 
 Tiler, shipmaster, 124. 
 
 Tilhurst, Rich., shipmaster, brigt. 
 Association, 408. 
 
 Tiller, Wil., shipmaster, 76, 88, 125, 
 130, 235. 
 
 Tillet, William, shipmaster, sloop 
 Elizabeth, 417. See Tillst. 
 
 Tillinghast, shipmaster, 400. 
 
 Tillst, William, shipmaster, sloop 
 Elizabeth, 426. See Tillet. 
 
 Timothy, brigt., 358; sloop, 410, 
 [Timothie] 417. 
 
 Tinmouth (Tynemouth), Eng., 461. 
 
 Tippits, Narragansett, miller, killed 
 at his saw mill, 422. 
 
 Tisbury, Rev. josiah Torrey or- 
 dained in, 144; representative, 
 General Court, 480. 
 
 Tisdale, Joseph, Taunton, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 205. 
 
 Token, A, for Children, by Rev. 
 James Janeway, advertisement 
 of, 365. 
 
 Token, A, for Mourners, by Rev. 
 James Flavel, advertisement of, 
 444. 
 Tomlin, shipmaster, 125. 
 Tongerlou, Tongerlows, Tongrelou, 
 
 Tongrelow, Tonguerlow, or Toun- 
 grello, Capt. Regnier, or Renier, 
 privateersman, prizes taken by, 
 62, 89, 100, 127; his privateer 
 sloop the Swallow, 145, cast away 
 off Virginia, 168, 172; fits out the 
 New York Galley, 248-249; again 
 for the West Indies, 278, 282, 286, 
 303; chases a French sugar ship, 
 349; sends a rich prize to New 
 York, 354, 356; 370; comes him- 
 self to New York with another, 
 392; 397, 397 n; again sails, 434, 
 437; fight with French privateer 
 near Hispaniola, 469, 473. 
 
 Tooth, a great prodigious," dug 
 up at Claverack, and brought to 
 New York City, 227. 
 
 Topsam or Topsham, Eng., ships 
 to or from, 100, 103, 247, 276, 
 283, 290, 303, 327, 375, 387, 400, 
 413, 417. 
 
 Topsfield, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 205, 331, 480. 
 
 Topsham, sloop, 270. 
 
 Torbey, Newfoundland, 197. 
 
 Tornados, at Barbadoes, 418. 
 
 Torrey, Rev. Josiah, Tisbury, or- 
 dained pastor of, 144; Rev. 
 Samuel, Weymouth, dies, 471. 
 
 Tothill, Jeremiah, New York, alder- 
 man, 206. 
 
 Town of Boston, statistics, 98, 179, 
 300, 338-339 ; bills of mortality for, 
 see Boston, Bill of Mortality. 
 
 Town meeting, Boston, 176, 299, 304. 
 
 Town Records, Boston, cited, 177 n, 
 299 n, 346 n. 
 
 Townsend, James, Boston, dies at 
 Cohanzey, 282; Col. Penn, chosen 
 councillor, Mass., 44, 83, 204, 330, 
 479, of commissioners to treat with 
 the Five Nations, 129, 129 n, 131, 
 132, 133, 139. 
 
 "T. S. of Boston," journal of found 
 on a captured French privateer, 
 39. 
 
 Trade and Commerce with France, 
 act of Parliament prohibiting all, 
 published, 230. 
 
 Trade with the Spaniards, 217. See 
 Spanish West Indies. 
 
 Traders. See Merchants and Trad- 
 ers. 
 
 Trahee, Capt., shipmaster, ship 
 Crocodile, 187. 
 
 Train Bands, 244. 
 
 Transactions and Collections of the 
 American Antiquarian Society, 12. 
 
 Transcripts of Harvard College 
 
 Records, 17. 
 Transport ships, 315, 317, 318. 
 Travise, Capt., shipmaster, ship Lyon, 
 Boston to London, 43, 46, 47; 
 ship of taken by privateer, 51. 
 
 557 
 
INDEX 
 
 Treacle, A, Fetch'd out of a Viper, 
 by Rev. Cotton Mather, adver- 
 tisement of, 467, 467 n. 
 
 Treat, Mrs. Jane, Milford, Conn., 
 granddaughter of Deputy-governor 
 Treat of Connecticut, dies, 88. 
 
 Tregany, Capt. Henry, dies in Phila- 
 delphia, 141. 
 
 Trerice, John, shipmaster, ship Re- 
 ward, 400. 
 
 Trevers, Lord, misprint for Lord 
 Rivers, 382. 
 
 Trevis, Mr., Marblehead, shallop of 
 retaken from the French, 95. 
 
 Trial, shallop, 92. See Tryal. 
 
 Trimingham, John, shipmaster, 36. 
 
 Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, 198, 
 231; battle at, 395; 486. 
 
 Trinity Church, New York. See 
 New York City. 
 
 Tripp, Jos., Dartmouth, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 205. 
 
 Triton Galley, ship, 358, 362. 
 
 Triton's Prize, H. M. S., 269, 278, 
 348, 348 n; cruises of, 352, 352 w, 
 354, 356, 360, 366, 371, 386, 396, 
 399, 406, 412, 469; searching for 
 French privateer on the New York 
 coast, 478, 479, 481; running 
 fight with a privateer, 483; 484, 
 486, 488. 
 
 Trivet, Richard, Marblehead, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 479 n, 
 480. 
 
 Troop of Guards, 40, 44. 
 
 Troop of Horse, 355. 
 
 Troops and Foot companies, ordered 
 to frontiers, 352. 
 
 Trot, or Trott, Capt., shipmaster, 
 312, 381, sloop of captured by 
 privateer and retaken, 434. 
 
 Trotter, Capt., shipmaster, 243. 
 
 Troy, shipmaster, 184. 
 
 True, Capt. Hen., Salisbury, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 480. 
 
 Trumbull, J. Hammond, 14. 
 
 Trump, William, shipmaster, ship 
 Mary Gaily, 488. 
 
 Tryal, brigt., 315, 347, 358, [Horton 
 capt.] 426, [Love capt.] 426, 440, 
 450, 453; ship, 279, 315, 382; 
 sloop, 90, 139, 144, 300, 329, 
 
 [Concklin capt.] 378, [Wells capt.] 
 378, 384, 407, 410, 421, 439, 450, 
 453, 466, 468, 474, [Tryall, Reves 
 capt.] 486, [Concklin capt.] 486. 
 
 Tryal Galley, 323, 400. 
 
 Tryon, ship, 257. 
 
 Tuckanuck Island, 86. 
 
 Tucker, John, shipmaster, 105, 144, 
 his brigt. Sarah taken by French 
 privateer, 161; of sloop Hope, 297, 
 350. 
 
 Tudor, Capt. John, recorder of city 
 of New York, 168. 
 
 Tupper, shipmaster, 123, 251. 
 
 Turell, or Turill, Capt., Boston, 
 shipmaster 128, 173; Samuel, 
 master ship John & Timothy, 338. 
 
 Turffey, Capt., Boston, 229. 
 
 Turfrey, Mistress Mary, Boston, ad- 
 vertises school for young gentle- 
 women, 385, 392, 401. 
 
 Turks Island, W. I., ships from, 333, 
 334; with cargoes of salt, 366, 393, 
 396. 
 
 Turner, Capt. John, Gloucester, 91; 
 Capt., shipmaster, 221; John, 
 Scituate, dies, 304. 
 
 Twisden, Capt., shipmaster, 74. 
 
 Twing, William, shipmaster, 214. 
 
 Two Brothers, Long Island Sound, 
 159-160. 
 
 Two Brothers, ship, 350, 355, 372; 
 sloop, 260, 275, 276, 285, 325, 329, 
 350, 351, 382, 384, 407, 421, 456, 
 459, 466, 468, 472, 484, [Adolph 
 capt.] 487, [Potter capt.] 487. 
 
 Two Friends, sloop, 429, 446, 481. 
 
 Tygar, Tyger, Tygre (Tiger), ship, 
 161, 240; brigt., 372, 391, 476. 
 
 Tyler, Moses Coit, 15. 
 
 Tyng, Col. Jonat., Dunstable, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 331, 
 march of with forces after Indian 
 enemy, 355; Capt. William, Dun- 
 stable, march of with men on 
 snow shoes in search of Indian 
 enemy, 162, representative, Gen- 
 eral Court, 205, scouting, 254, 255, 
 287, 291, 355, 362; Capt. Wil., 
 Chelmsford, representative, Gen- 
 eral Court, 480. 
 
 Tything men, 177 ; orders to, 239. 
 
 u 
 
 "[JNCAS, Owoneco, or Omeneco 
 (Oneko), Connecticut, Indian chief, 
 235, 239. 
 
 Union of Scotland with England, 
 38, 40. 
 
 Union Galley, ship, 431. 
 
 Unity, brigt., 417, 429; ship, 358, 366, 
 
 426, 436, 453; sloop, 67, 139, 239. 
 
 Updick, or Updike, James, shipmaster, 
 sloop Elizabeth, 144, 166, 246. 
 
 Upham, Phineas, Maiden, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 205. 
 
 Unquort, ship, 37. 
 
 558 
 
INDEX 
 
 V 
 
 VAIL, or Vaile, shipmaster, 96, 118, 
 153, 202, 228, 239; Jeremiah, ship- 
 master, 214, 271, 275, 314, sloop 
 Mary, 326, 334, 409, 421, 426, 459, 
 466, 486. 
 
 Van-Bael, Capt., shipmaster, 251, 348. 
 
 Vanbrugh, John, New York, ship- 
 master, 258, 322, 325. 
 
 Vanderscure, Peter, pilot, 181. 
 
 Vane spindle of Taunton meeting 
 house struck by lightning, 369. 
 
 Vanlaer, Capt., New York, priva- 
 teersman, 152. 
 
 Van Newenhusen, shipmaster, 127. 
 
 Vantman, Capt., shipmaster, 51. 
 
 Van-Tyle, Capt. Otto, New York, 
 privateersman, ship Castle Del 
 Key, 278, 282. 
 
 Varnum, Jos., Dracut, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 84. 
 
 Vaughan, Capt., shipmaster, 89, 90. 
 
 Veal, shipmaster, 178. 
 
 Vearing, Joseph, shipmaster, frigate 
 Colman, 379. 
 
 Venetian Merchant, ship, 74. 
 
 Venteman or Ventiman, Capt., ship- 
 master, 133; Capt. John, ship- 
 master, 73, 77, 140, ship Martha 
 and Elizabeth, 144, 156, 182, 183, 
 187, 188, 191, 207, 237, 250, 253, 
 276, 299, 322, ship Martha, 323, 
 ship Martha and Elizabeth, 347, 
 379, 468, 472, ship Martha, 485. 
 
 Vessels launched. See Shipbuilding. 
 
 Vial, Capt., shipmaster, 126; John, 
 Boston, 414; Joseph, shipmaster, 
 73, 96; Nathunael, or Nathaniel, 
 master sloop Lark, 67, 121, 123, 
 171, 187, 258, [Viall] 265, 325, 328, 
 ship Dutchess, 329, ship Hester 
 Galley, 408. 
 
 Viano, 354. 
 
 Vibart or Vibert, shipmaster, 121; 
 Matthew, master ship Friends 
 Adventure, 288, 300. 
 
 Victory, ship, 301, 367, 379, 384; 
 sloop, 413. 
 
 Vigilantius, book, advertisement of, 
 316. 
 
 Vincent, Capt. John, shipmaster, 73, 
 169, 184; shipmaster, coaster, 126. 
 
 Violet, Capt., shipmaster, ship of 
 taken by French privateer, 220. 
 
 Virgin, ship, 74. 
 
 Virginia, ship for seized by French 
 and Indians at Penobscot, 30; 
 35, 36; fleet of merchantmen from 
 England under convoy for, 40, 
 193, 199, 208, 224, 227, 228, 229, 
 231, 236, 238, 269, 279, 281, 282, 
 286, 289, 345, 349, 482; fleet from 
 for England under convoy, 43, 48, 
 63, 71, 74, 77, 80, 96, 97, 148, 181, 
 
 234, 269, 293, 306, 311, 320, 333, 
 334, 343, 345, 346, 349, 352, 354, 
 373, 378, 380, 385, 390, 396, 406, 
 417, 420, 423, 442, 451, 457, 465; 
 single ships from for colonial and 
 other ports, 45, 62, 71, 101, 128, 
 131, 132, 148, 161, 171, 181, 183, 
 187, 193, 202, 205, 207, 209, 215, 
 216, 223, 232, 233, 235, 239, 240, 
 242, 249, 250, 260, 301, 307, 309, 
 323, 325, 354, 371, 396, 407, 409, 
 413, 450, 453, 459, 463, 470, 473; 
 single ships for, 68, 71, 73, 77, 80, 
 86, 88, 93, 126, 132, 136, 143, 147, 
 149, 153, 157, 161, 170, 181, 188, 
 191, 195, 199, 200, 201, 203, 206, 
 207, 209, 210, 211, 214, 215, 216, 
 218, 221, 224, 238, 243, 244, 247, 
 251, 252, 253, 261, 264, 265, 268, 
 270, 274, 290, 297, 302, 312, 322, 
 334, 346, 351, 354, 360, 361, 363, 
 378, 385, 391, 393, 406, 410, 413, 
 417, 421, 423, 424, 426, 429, 447, 
 448, 450, 453, 455, 473, 486. 
 
 -Col. Nicholson, governor of, 
 
 arrives at Philadelphia, 125, sets 
 out therefrom for, 128; Capt. 
 Tongrelow, privateersman makes 
 port in after loss of his sloop, 168; 
 news items from, 172, 230, 320, 
 334, 427, 442, 451; Guinea ship 
 with Negroes for, 221; Edward 
 Nott comes out lieut.-governor for, 
 227 ; barque from for Bristol taken 
 by French privateer, 242, 243; 
 postal service with, 256-257 ; French 
 
 grivateer off coast of, 312; 315; 
 ol. Nicholson, late governor of, at 
 court, 326; Col. Nott, late lieut.- 
 governor of, dies, 385; French and 
 Spanish prisoners sent from Caro- 
 lina to for transportation to Eng- 
 land, 411; fourteen sail, by one 
 account, twenty-one, by another, of 
 fleet from for England foundered 
 at sea, 457; Guinea ship with 
 negroes for taken by letter-of- 
 marque man, 475 ; ship of taken by 
 French privateer, 485. 
 
 Virginia Merchant, ship, 482, 485. 
 
 Vital Statistics. See Town of 
 Boston. 
 
 Vose, Capt. Thomas, Milton, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 84, 204, 
 330. 
 
 Vring, Capt. Nathaniel, commander 
 packet-boat Six Islands, 220. 
 
 Vrqhuart, Mr., appointed minister 
 of Jamaica, 97. 
 
 Vryling, John, Boston, merchant and 
 shipowner, 73, 74, 236, 236 n, 242, 
 242 n. 
 
 Vulture, sloop, 440, 453. 
 
 559 
 
INDEX 
 
 w 
 
 WADE, William, Philadelphia, ship- 
 master, 143, 427, 476. 
 
 Wadland, Moses, shipmaster, 244, 
 250, sloop Seaflower, 307, 310, 372, 
 375, brigt. Adventure, 482, 485. 
 
 Wadlin, Moses, shipmaster, 462. 
 
 Wadsworth, Capt., shipmaster, 96; 
 Joseph, shipmaster, 239. 
 
 Wager, Andrew, shipmaster, ketch 
 Mary, 275, sloop Endeavour, 294, 
 338. 
 
 Wains, William, shipmaster, 166. 
 
 Wair, Capt. Daniel, shipmaster, 184, 
 219, 222, 228, 275, 294, 307, 325, 
 sloop Adventure, 384. 387, 423; 
 Capt., master of coaster, 239. 
 
 Wake, Capt., shipmaster, ship Desire, 
 240; Capt. George, master ship 
 Laura, 241. 
 
 Wakfield. See Wakefield. 
 
 Wakefield, Mrs., Boston, widow, 
 slave of advertised for sale, 418; 
 Obadiah, shipmaster, 132, 207, 
 sloop Swan, 424; Samuel, Salem, 
 water bailey, 91. 
 
 Waldron, Richard, Cocheco, 70, 72. 
 
 Walker, Benjamin, Boston, chosen 
 an overseer of poor, 177; Capt., 
 shipmaster, 103, 114; Capt. John, 
 shipmaster, 195, 233, brigt. Hope- 
 well, 275, 307, 314, chased by 
 French privateer in Long Island 
 Sound, 337, 340-341, 350, 358, 
 sloop Burbuda, 365, 379, sloop 
 Endeavour, 382, 393; Samuel, 
 councillor, New Jersey, 43, dies 
 at Burlington, 128; Samuel, sol- 
 dier at Castle William, Boston, 
 drowned in Cambridge, 102-103; 
 Samuel, Rehoboth, representative, 
 General Court, 204 n, 205; Wil- 
 liam, master sloop Hannah & 
 Ruth, 481. 
 
 Walking with God ... in two ser- 
 mons, by Rev. Samuel Willard, 
 advertisement of [1706], 382. 
 
 Wallace, Joseph shipmaster, ship 
 John & Deborah, 274. 
 
 Walley, Maj. John, chosen councillor, 
 Mass., 44, 83, 204, 330. 
 
 Wallis, John, shipmaster, ketch John 
 and Deborah, 307. 
 
 Walter, or Walters, Capt., ship- 
 master, 125, 126, 196, 202, 222, 
 230, 250; John, master sloop 
 Betty, 301; William, shipmaster, 
 271, of ship Hannah and Ruth, 289, 
 314, 350, 445, sloop Ruth & Hanna, 
 474, 486. 
 Walton, Maj., Piscataqua, soldier, 
 scouting in the Eastward, 169, 
 174, 199, 259. 
 Wando River, S. C, 403. 
 
 Wane, Capt., shipmaster, 198. 
 
 Wanton, John, shipmaster, sloop 
 Brothers Adventure, 322; Capt. 
 John, Rhode Island, goes to the 
 relief of Block Island, 470; Capt. 
 William, R. I., goes to the relief of 
 Block Island, 63; Capt. William, 
 shipmaster, 114, 137, 184, 188; Maj. 
 William, R. I., elected an assistant, 
 321, takes a French privateer off 
 Block Island, 341. 
 
 Wapuck, Hannah, Indian girl, 448. 
 
 Ward, Samuel, shipmaster, 209, 219, 
 226, sloop Rose Anne, 260. 
 
 Wardell, Nathaniel, Boston, sleigh 
 maker, advertisement of, 467. 
 
 Ware, shipmaster, 128, 209, 260. 
 
 Warehouses. See Boston. 
 
 Warren, Daniel, Watertown, dies, 
 297; James, Plymouth, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 83 n, 84, 
 480. 
 
 Warren, brigt., 439. 
 
 Warrick, H. M. S., 161, 208, 361, 
 386, 395. 
 
 Washington Street, Boston. See 
 Boston. 
 
 Watch-Hill, R. I., 341. 
 
 Watch House, Boston. See Boston. 
 
 Watchpoint, R. I., 337. 
 
 Water, Stephen, shipmaster, 96. 
 
 Water bailey, 91. 
 
 Waterhouse, Capt. Richard, ship- 
 master, 75, [Waterhous] 184, 230. 
 
 Watering place, New York harbor, 
 274. 
 
 Waterman, Isaac, shipmaster, ship 
 of taken by French privateer, 109. 
 
 Waters. Capt., shipmaster, 80, 170, 
 177, 178, 196, 199; John, ship- 
 master, 216, ship Blessing, 264, 
 sloop Betty, 300, 394, 423; Wil- 
 liam, shipmaster, 323, sloop Han- 
 nah, 442, 455. 
 
 Watertown, 5 n, 29; representative, 
 General Court, 83 n, 84, 205, 330, 
 480; Daniel Warren of dies, 297; 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Beers, widow of 
 Capt. Richard Beers of King 
 Philip's war, dies in, 349 ; 352. 
 
 Watkins, Capt., shipmaster, 100, 
 164, 172. 
 
 Watson, Capt., shipmaster, 130; 
 Capt. of ship Seaflower, in fight 
 at Charleston, S. C, 404. 
 
 Watts, Samuel, Haverhill, represen- 
 tative, General Court, 84, 205; 
 Capt., shipmaster, 457. 
 
 Way, John, pirate, 78, 82 ; shipmaster, 
 coaster, 121. 
 
 Weather, in Boston, backward 
 Spring, May, 1704, 73; in New 
 York, "rainy, dirty, and cold" 
 
 560 
 
INDEX 
 
 late May, 74; in Boston, shower 
 with "great hail stones," July 
 
 1704, 105, heavy snowstorm Jan., 
 1704/5, 159, in Feb'y no travel- 
 ling Eastward beyond Newbury 
 except on snow-shoes, 164; in 
 New York, deep snows to west- 
 ward and no travelling for some 
 weeks, Mch., 1704/5, 172, hard 
 frost in mid- April, 188; in Boston 
 extraordinarily cold April, 1705, 
 189, 191, very cold late Nov'r, 
 
 1705, 272, a "pritty big snow" 
 late Dec'r, 279, "extream cold 
 freezing weather" Jan., 1705 /6, 281, 
 285; in New York, cold Christmas 
 1705, and the Hudson frozen over, 
 286; in Boston, moderate late 
 Jan'y, 1705/6, 286, 289; in New 
 York, extraordinarily warm twelve 
 days Jan'y-Feb., 1705/6, 288; 
 in Boston, mid-Feb. thaw, 290, 
 291, snow, wind and rain, Feb. 
 20, 292; in Hartford excessive 
 rains in mid-Feb. with great 
 floods on the Connecticut, 293, 
 again rains and floods in May, 
 321; in Rhode Island, May 16, 
 shower of hail with stones "full 
 three-quarters of an inch through," 
 328; in New Haven, June, 1706, 
 heavy shower of "thunder and 
 hail," 340; in New York, mid- 
 Oct. 1706, great rains and "mighty 
 floods" at Albany, 412; in Boston, 
 extraordinarily moderate winter 
 with "checkered weather," 1706/7, 
 442. See Floods, High tides, 
 Storms. 
 
 Weaver, Mr., agent for the Guinea 
 Company at Gamboa killed, 182. 
 
 Webb, John, shipmaster, coaster, 88, 
 205; John, Braintree, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 479 n, 480. 
 
 Webber, Capt., shipmaster, 85, 118, 
 126, 174, 199, 200, 214, 233, 239, 
 250; James, shipmaster, 294, 297, 
 sloop Endeavour, 413, 448; John, 
 shipmaster, 149; Michael, rescued 
 from captivity in Canada, 87; 
 William, shipmaster, 214, brigt. 
 Rose, 260, 270, 285, sloop Dove, 
 350, 355, brigt. Dragon, 436. 
 
 Webster, Capt., shipmaster, 202; 
 James, master brigt. Endeavour, 
 477; John, shipmaster, 148, 228, 
 253, brigt. Endeavour, 274, 334, 
 350, 407, 426, 472; Noah, 11; 
 William, master brigt. Dragon, 
 427. 
 
 Weekly Lecture. See Lecture, the 
 Boston. 
 
 Weekly News-Letter, The Boston, 4. 
 
 Weekly Rehearsal, The, 5. 
 
 Weir, shipmaster, coaster, 170; 
 
 William, shipmaster, 247. See 
 Wyar, etc. 
 
 Welch, Capt., shipmaster, ship of 
 taken by the French, 148; 156, 
 194, 200, 201; John, shipmaster, 
 228, ship Larke, 255, 275, ship 
 Hannah, 275, ship Larke, 301, 
 304, 326, 335, 420, 428, sloop 
 Swallow, 431, brigt. Dolphin, 453, 
 455, 462, sloop Swallow, 466; 
 Thomas, master sloop Swallow, 
 478. See Welsh. 
 
 Welcome, brigt., 288. 
 
 Weld, Thomas jr., son of Rev. 
 Thomas, of Dunstable, dies after 
 taking his second degree at Cam- 
 bridge, 108. 
 
 Wells, Capt., shipmaster, 127, 151, 
 209, 228, 230, 312; John, ship- 
 master, 156, 169, 230, 352, sloop 
 Tryal, 378, 439, 450; John, Deer- 
 field, 182 n; Lieut. Joseph, 92, 108. 
 
 Wells, Me., French and Indian 
 design against, 33, 67 ; garrison at, 
 85; 182; Samuel Hill of returned 
 captive, 198, 199; representative, 
 General Court, 205, 479 n, 480; 
 reports at of Indian movements, 
 218; Capt. Browne of in pursuit 
 of the enemy, 259, 287; 366; 
 flag of truce from Port Royal 
 at, 432; 445. 
 
 Wellsteed, Will., Boston, chosen an 
 overseer of poor, 177, 177 n. See 
 
 lA/ GS 1 63,(1 
 
 Welsh, Capt., shipmaster, 123, 124, 
 157, 192, 194, 196, 219, 400; 
 John, master sloop Seaflower, 108, 
 190, 191, 253, ship Hannah & 
 Elizabeth, 265, 299. See Welch. 
 
 Wenckley, Samuel, shipmaster, sloop 
 Sarah & Hannah, 450. 
 
 Wenham, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204 n, 205, 330 », 
 331, 480. 
 
 Wensley, John, shipmaster, 160, 
 194. 
 
 Wentworth, Capt. John, shipmaster, 
 147, 149, of the new Lusitania 
 Galley, 340, 462; Ebenezar, ship- 
 master, 232, Success Galley, 448. 
 
 Wessels, Capt., shipmaster, 195, 
 ship of taken by French privateer, 
 268. 
 
 West-Country Virginia fleet, 193. 
 See Virginia. 
 
 Westead, William, Boston, chosen 
 overseer of poor, 304, 304 n. See 
 Wellsteed. 
 
 Westfield, representative, General 
 Court, 205. 
 
 West-Hampshire, 134, 209. 
 
 West Indies, 37, 41, 42, 43, 47, 54; 
 colonial ships to and from, 37, 274, 
 455; fleets of merchantmen under 
 
 561 
 
INDEX 
 
 convoy from England for, 48, 100, 
 105, 199, 224, 228, 231, 429, 483; 
 Dutch privateers fitted out to 
 cruise about, 77; merchantmen 
 from Bristol, bound for without 
 convoy taken by six privateers, 
 101 ; English men-of-war for, 105, 
 345, 348, 356, 363, 366, 381 ; packet- 
 boats to and from, 162, 182, 255, 
 347 [see Packet-boats] ; prizes from, 
 172, 203, 225; merchantmen under 
 convoy from for England, 182, 
 227, 252, 395, 425; notices regard- 
 ing postal service with, 255-256, 
 334-335, 379 ; French squadron in, 
 302, 302 n, 320; Spanish galleons 
 in orlbound for, 349, 351; 354, 374; 
 expected attack upon by French 
 squadron, 388; 395; French squad- 
 ron returns to France from, with 
 six millions livres in specie, 436; 
 anotherjFrench squadron reported 
 bound for, 457 ; 464 ; French priva- 
 teers numerous among, 470-471, 
 482; French vessels bound for 
 taken by English and Dutch pri- 
 vateers, 485. See the several 
 islands under their names; also, 
 Spanish West Indies. 
 
 West Jersey, 105. 
 
 Western Islands, trade with, 301. 
 
 Westward, The, 134. 
 
 Weymouth, representative, General 
 Court, 84, 204, 331, 480; earth- 
 quake shock felt in, 214; Rev. 
 Samuel Torrey of dies, 471. 
 
 Weymouth, H. M. S., takes rich 
 French prize, 258, 272. 
 
 Whale, a spermaceti brought into 
 Newport, R. I., 209; in New York 
 harbor, 450; wrecks the ship 
 Swallow, 457. 
 
 Whaleboats, Nantucket, 465. 
 
 Wheeler, Capt., shipmaster, 47; 
 Dr., Boston, dies, 59; Dr., lost at 
 sea from Capt. Rosebothem's 
 sloop Phenix, 241; John, Concord, 
 representative, General Court, 
 83», 84; Jonathan, shipmaster, 86, 
 103, 224, 226; Ma)., Barbadoes, 74. 
 
 Wheelwright's, Capt., garrison, Wells, 
 Me., 75. 
 
 Wheildon, William W., 14, his Curi- 
 osities of History cited, 62 n. 
 
 Whetlie, Elizabeth, Boston, dies, 160. 
 
 Whetston. See Whetstone. 
 
 Whetstone, Admiral, 42, 47, 148, 
 199, 202, 204, 217, 226, 229, 232, 
 241, 251, 299, 322, 327; commands 
 English squadron at Jamaica, 
 369; Capt. Kerr goes to relief of, 
 380, 394; hoists his flag on H. M. S. 
 Windsor, 395; England bound 
 fleet under his convoy, 406, 417, 
 423, 427. 
 
 Whipple, one, Providence, R. I., 422. 
 
 Whitamore, shipmaster, coaster, 406. 
 
 White, Benoni, Boston, blacksmith, 
 alleged counterfeiter, 111; Capt., 
 shipmaster, 121, 124; John, master 
 ketch Fisher, 310; John, Boston, 
 returned prisoner from Placentia, 
 432; Joseph, master sloop Hope, 
 435; Peregrine, Boston, black- 
 smith, alleged counterfeiter, 111; 
 Capt. Peregrine, Marshfield, the 
 "first Englishman born in New 
 England," dies, 111; Capt. Samuel, 
 Boston, slave of advertised for 
 sale, 158, 160; Susanna, 111; 
 William, 111. 
 
 White Horse Tavern, Boston. See 
 Boston. 
 
 Whiteborn, Capt., shipmaster, 73, 93. 
 
 Whitecomb, shipmaster, 352. 
 
 Whitehaven, Eng., ships from, 50, 
 358, 362, 363; ships for, 219, 226, 
 233, 314, 367, 382, 385, 386, 410, 
 425, 453, 463, 485. 
 
 Whitehorn, or Whitehorne, Capt. 
 George, shipmaster, 77, 86, 119, 
 ship of taken by the French, 167; 
 ship Anne, 358. 
 
 Whitestone, L. I., 454. 
 
 Whiting, Maj., soldier, at North- 
 ampton, 93; William, pirate, 78, 
 at Marblehead sick, 80, 82, ac- 
 quitted at trial in Boston, 94. 
 
 Whitmore, Francis, shipmaster, sloop 
 Callipatch, 482; Pelatiah, Boston, 
 commissary, 247; William H., 
 Boston, 12, 14, 21. 
 
 Whittemore, Nathaniel, Boston, 
 almanac maker, 251, 251 n, 418. 
 
 Whyborne. See Wyborn. 
 
 Wibber, William, shipmaster, brigt. 
 Dragon, 477. 
 
 Wickstead, Capt., shipmaster, ship 
 Somerset, 293. 
 
 Wier, shipmaster, 242, 244. 
 
 Wiggin, or Wiggins, shipmaster, 190, 
 203, 209; John, master sloop 
 John & Mary, 474, 481, 488. 
 
 Wigglesworth, Rev. Michael, Maiden, 
 59, dies, 209, 209 n; Memoir of 
 cited, 209 n; Funeral sermon for 
 published, 226. 
 
 Wild, or Wilde, Capt., shipmaster, 
 156, 159 ; John, master ship Dove, 
 181, 184, 230, 269, 279, 281, 282, 
 283, 294, 301, 320; William, pirate, 
 [Wiles] 78, 82, 95, 216, [Wildes] 
 225. 
 
 Wilde, Wildes, and Wiles. Seeabove. 
 
 Wilkins, Erasmus, privateersman, 
 kills an English officer in a street 
 riot, New York, 248, his trial and 
 sentence, 258; John, shipmaster, 
 200, 201, 230, 233, 237, 270, 
 sloop Bathseba, 400, sloop Non- 
 
 562 
 
INDEX 
 
 such, 424, 429, 481; Richard, Bos- 
 ton, bookseller, dies in Milton, 156. 
 
 Willard, John, Lancaster, 214; Rev. 
 Samuel, 60, 62, advertisement of 
 his The Christians Exercise by 
 Satans Temptations, 294, his The 
 Fountain Opened, 353, his Walk- 
 ing with God, his Loves Pedigree, 
 382, his The Best Priviledge, his 
 The Man of War, 383. 
 
 Willfed, Nathaniel, killed by Indians 
 at Saco, Me., 422. 
 
 William, King, 21, 22, 23, 32. 
 
 William, brigt., 316, 355, 364, 406, 
 423, 433, 472, 478; ship, 130, 161. 
 
 William Andrew, ship, 318. 
 
 William Galley, ship, 240. 
 
 William Kelleyt, sloop, 270. 
 
 William & Hannah, ship, 270, 294, 
 400, 457. 
 
 William and John, ketch, 230. 
 
 William and Mary, 1, 2. 
 
 William & Mary, brigt., 268, 277, 
 
 286, 334, 347, 393, 453, 486; ship, 
 260, 265, 268. 
 
 William & Robert, ship, 161. 
 
 William and Sarah, ship, 291, 300. 
 
 Williams, Capt., Boston, fire near 
 his home in, 51; Capt., Charleston, 
 S. C, of an expedition designed 
 for Cuba, 112; Capt. Isaac, Newton, 
 representative, General Court, 
 205; Rev. John, Deerfield, "the 
 redeemed captive," 59, 425, 426, 
 426 n, rejoicing over return of, 
 435-436, 436 n; Joseph, ship- 
 wrecked seaman, 242; Capt. Na- 
 thanael, Boston, merchant, 250. 
 
 Willis, Henry, marine, of H. M. S. 
 Deptford, deserter, 358; Thomas, 
 Medford, representative, General 
 Court, 204 », 205. 
 
 Willoughby, ^Capt., privateersman, 
 234. 
 
 Wilson, Capt. Andrew, shipmaster, 
 93, 128, 141, 179, 222, 258, ship 
 Sarah Galley, 284, 285, 285 n, 
 
 287, 294, 296, 323, 380, 407, sloop 
 Flying Horse, 408, ship Sarah 
 Galley, 417, 433; Capt., ship- 
 master, 96, ship Marlborough, 240; 
 John, master of coaster, 131 ; John, 
 Billerica, representative, General 
 Court, 204 n, 205; John, Braintree, 
 270; Capt. Jos., Maiden, repre- 
 sentative, General Court, 83 «, 
 84; Mathew, master Batchelours 
 Advent., 400, 427, [Matthew] ship 
 Mary, 453, 462; Wil., Concord, 
 representative, General Court, 330. 
 
 Wily (Wiley), Timothy, Reading, 
 representative, General Court, 
 479 n, 480. 
 
 Winchelsea, H. M. S., 483. 
 
 Winchester, John, Brookline, rep- 
 
 resentative, General Court, 331, 
 480. 
 
 Winckley, Samuel, shipmaster, sloop 
 Sarah & Hannah, 384, [Winkley] 
 400. 
 
 Wincoll, Capt., shipmaster, 360. 
 
 Windsor, Thomas, shipmaster, 230, 
 235 
 
 Windsor, H. M. S., 395. 
 
 Wine, Capt., shipmaster, 36. 
 
 Wing, Capt., John, shipmaster, 136, 
 149, 180, 184, 194, 196, 201, 237, 
 239, 244, 281, 302. 
 
 Winkle, or Winckle, Samuel, ship- 
 master, 73, 207. 
 
 Winnepisscoag, or Winnopiscag 
 (Winnepisseoge) Ponds, N. H., 
 67, 254. 
 
 Winslow, Isaac, chosen councillor, 
 Mass., 83, 204, 330, 479; Josiah, 
 councillor, Mass., 1703, 44. 
 
 Winsor, Justin, 14, 15; Thomas, 
 shipmaster, brigt. Adventure, 387. 
 
 Winter, Capt. Abraham, shipmaster, 
 ship Francis, 360, 362; Capt., 
 shipmaster, 336; Capt. Thomas, 
 shipmaster, 153, 156. 
 
 Winter Harbour, Me., 205, 234. 
 
 Winthrop, Capt. Adam, Boston, 
 elected lieut. of the Honorable 
 Artillery Company, 88, 92, major 
 of Boston Regiment, 244, 244 n, 
 captain of the Artillery Company, 
 336; Fitz-John, governor Con- 
 necticut, manuscript news letters 
 addressed to, 30, 31, 34, 37, 38, 
 41, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, at Hartford, 
 114; John, governor Massachu- 
 setts, 244 n; Wait, Boston, chosen 
 councillor, Mass., 44, 83, 204, 330, 
 479. 
 
 Wishart, Admiral, 309. 
 
 Witchcraft, A Modest Enquiry into 
 the Nature of, by Rev. John Hale, 
 advertisement of, 353. 
 
 Witter, Matthew, shipmaster, ship 
 William & Robert, 161. 
 
 Woburn, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 204 w, 205, 330, 
 330 n, 479 n, 480; Maj. James 
 Converse of Speaker House of 
 Representatives, 44, 84, dies, 357. 
 
 Wobourn, and Wooburn. See above. 
 
 Wodsworth, Capt., shipmaster, 50. 
 
 Wolcot, Josiah, Salem, representa- 
 tive, General Court, 83 n, 84. 
 
 Wonderful Works of God Commem- 
 orated, by Rev. Cotton Mather, 26. 
 
 Wood, Samuel, Jamaica, L. I., 
 branded with the letter T, 193. 
 
 Woodberry, Isaac, Beverly, rep- 
 resentative, General Court, 84. 
 
 Woodbridge, Thomas, shipmaster, 
 222. 
 
 Woodbury, Capt., shipmaster, 196; 
 
 563 
 
INDEX 
 
 Joseph, shipmaster, ketch of cast 
 away on Cape Sable, 391. 
 
 Woodstock, representative, General 
 Court, 84; 85. 
 
 Woolage, H. M. S., 279, [Woollage] 
 282 
 
 Worcester, 6 n, 11, 12, 13, 15. 
 
 Wormall, Daniel, shipmaster, 92. 
 
 Wormstill, Michael, shipmaster, 246. 
 
 Worthilegg, shipmaster, 183. 
 
 Wreen, or Wren, Frigot, ship, 394, 
 413. 
 
 Wrentham, representative, General 
 Court, 205, 479 », 480. 
 
 Wright, George, shipmaster, 233; 
 Joanna, 376; John, shipmaster, 
 184, 194, 216; Joseph, shipmaster, 
 68; Robert, shipmaster, 140; ship- 
 master, ship from New York for 
 London, 450. 
 
 Wrightington, Capt., shipmaster, 47, 
 188; Robert, shipmaster, 374. 
 
 Write, George, shipmaster, 228. 
 
 Wyar, or Wyer, William, shipmaster, 
 121, 125, brigt. Endeavour, 164, 
 169, 170, 352, 355, 358, 423, 448, 
 453. See Weir. 
 
 Wyborn, or Wyborne, Capt. Daniel, 
 shipmaster 322, sloop Hancock, 
 [Whyborne] 279, 323, 329, 362; 
 arrives at St. Christopher with 
 relief for its distressed inhabit- 
 ants, 419; sloop Hawk, 423, 429, 
 ship Robert, 446. 
 
 Wyborne. See above. 
 
 Wyer. See Wyar. 
 
 Wymbolt, shipmaster, 393. 
 
 Wyot, Wil., master, brigt. Endeav- 
 our, 161, [Wyat] 350. 
 
 YALE College, 20, 454 n. 
 
 Yarmouth, representative, General 
 Court, 83 n, 84, 205, 330 n, 331, 
 480; ship of, 177. 
 
 Yellow Fever, 401, 405, 436. See 
 Plague. 
 
 York or Yorke, Henry, shipmaster, 
 420, 462, sloop Seaflower, 465, 
 469, 473; Joseph, master sloop 
 
 Mary, 382. 
 York, Me., representative General 
 
 Court, 84, 205, 330 n, 331, 480; 
 
 hostile Indians at, 102, 259; Capt. 
 
 Lane with a force from in search 
 
 of the enemy, 255; 422, 458, 476. 
 York, brigt., 434. 
 
 "Yorkshire," (Me.), frontiers of, 355. 
 Young, shipmaster, 181. 
 
 ZACHARIAS, Capt., privateers- 
 man, takes sloop off Cartagena 
 laden with Cuba sugar, 354. 
 
 Zealand, 77. 
 Zenger, Peter, 14. 
 
 564 
 
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