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Awsbury, Henry, VII. 37.

Bachelors taxed, VI. 21, 36.

Bourbourg, Brasseur de, his Sunday

experience in Boston, IV. 4.
Bourdillon, Rev. M, VI. 37.
Bowditch, N., IX-X. 30.
Boyce, Roger, VI. 40, 44.
Bradbourne, Edw., VII. 37.

Bacon, VI. 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 17, Braddock's defeat, VI. 21.

19, 21, 22, 37.

Bagby, Levine, VI, 43.

Bailiff of manor, VII. 13, 31-36.
Baker, Michael, VI. 32, 36.
Ball, Jno., VII. 37.

Baltimore, Lord, VI. 5, 30; county,
26, 37, 38; city, 26, 27; gentle-
men of, assist in printing records,
29.

Bancroft, III. 37; XI. 8.

Bankers, vestry as, VI. 23, 35.
Bankes, Geo., VII. 34.
Barefoot, Jno., VII. 37.
Barnwell county, XII. 38.

Baronies in Md., Bill for, VII. 7.
Bartholomew county, XII. 20.
Bartlett, Walter, VII. 33.
Beall, Geo., VI. 31, 32; James, 32;
Josiah, 36; Alex., 36; William,
36; Samuel, 36,

Beaufort, school, XII. 14; district,
20.

Bell, John, VI. 34.

Bellowes, Francis, VII. 34.
Bemis, Edward W., on Local Gov-

ernment in Michigan and the
Northwest, V.

Bentley, Rev. W., history of Salem,
IX-X. 27; North and South Fields
of Salem, 38.

Benton, Wm., VII. 34.
Beresford, R., XII. 35.
Berkley, county, XII. 20.
Birckhead, S., VI. 42.

Bishop, Whittingham, VI. 5; of
London, 7, 9, 30; of diocese, 27.
Blackistone, Jno., VII. 35, 36, 37;
Nehemiah, 38.

Blackstone on constable, VIII. 6.
Blake, Rich., VI. 45.
Blay, Col., VI. 21.
Block, H. A., VIII. 30.

Books and libraries, Freeman's views
on, I. 8; in Maryland, VI. 8, 11,
15, 16, 24, 25, 31, 43, 44.
Boston, XI. 12; fire, VI. 22.
Boucher, Rev. Jonathan, his epistle,
VI. 17; life and writings, 24.

Bradford, Gov., II. 29; Jno., VI. 30.
Brandford, XI. 22, 23, 27.
Bray, Rev. Thos., VI. 10, 11.
Brenson, Gerett, VII. 34, 35.
Brent, Giles, VII. 8; Margaret, 19.
Bricks, VI. 17, 37, 38, 39.
British government in Northwest, V.
9; museum, I. 8.
Brodhead, J. R., V. 29.
Brooke, Rev. Clement, VI. 37; Lord,
XI. 7.
Brooklyn, I. 35.
Brown, Geo. W., I. 9.
Bruce, Wm., VI. 14.
Bryce, James, I. 9.

Bullock, John, VII. 35, 36, 37.
Burgesses, XI. 21, 23.

Burial Hill, a natural acropolis,
VIII. 17.

Burlington, V. 11.

Burnes, James, VI. 37.
Butler, Rev. Edw., VI. 15.
By-laws, VII. 14.

Calvert county, VI. 14, 42, 43;
Charles, 30; Leonard, VII. 6.
Camden district, XII. 20.
Campbell, J. V., on feudalism in
Michigan, V. 8, 9, 12; James, VI.
20, 21.

Cape Ann, legal basis for settlement
of, IX-X. 4; fisher plantation a
failure, 4, 5; failure of Dorchester
men, 12,

Cape Cod, VIII. 17.

Carnall, Chris, VII. 31, 33.
Carre, Sir Robert, III. 24.
Carroll, Peter, VI. 40; Charles, of
Carrollton, VII. 5.

Carver, John, governor of Ply-
mouth, II. 25; VIII. 19.
Casey, Thos., VII. 35.

lina, XII. 6.

Cockshutt, Thos., VI. 42, 43.
Coke on constable, VIII. 6.
Cole, Robt., VII. 34, 35, 37.
Collections in Penna., law of, III.
22, 28, 29.

Collectors, how appointed, III. 23,
34; duties of, 34.

Cass, Gov., influence on local gov- | Climate, effects of, on South Caro-
ernment in Michigan, V. 12, 13.
Caswell, Rich., VI. 14, 37.
Catline, Thos., VII. 35, 37, 38.
Centralization, French, V. 8, 9; ten-
dency in the United States, 25.
Chapels of parish, VI. 16, 29, 37 ; on
manors, VII. 10.
Charity schools, VI. 22.
Charles II., XI. 7, 25, 26, 29.
Charleston, XII. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 18,
19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 32, 33, 34,
36, 37; district divided, XII. 20.
Charlestown, VI. 9.
Chauntry, Jno, VII. 35.
Cheptico Indians, VII. 33; King
of, 34.

Cheraws, district of divided, XII. 20.
Cheshire, Wm., VII. 35, 37.
Chester county, XII. 20.
Chesterfield county, XII. 20.
Chew, Joseph, VI. 29, 33.
Childs, James, XII. 35.

Childsbury, free school of, XII. 14,

35.

Chillman, Rich., VII. 37.
Choate, R., on beginning of N. Eng.
institutions, II. 27; VIII. 21.
Christ Church parish, VI. 14.
Chrysoloras, I. 11.

Church, parochial, III. 23; built by
order of court of sessions, 25;
penal laws of Maryland read in,
VI. 9, 21; description of, 16, 17,
18, 24; wardens, III. 22, 23, 25;
VI. (see wardens); XII. 11;
church members in Conn., XI. 22,
23, 24; church and state in Conn.,
15, 17, 21.

Circuits, judicial, XII. 27.
City, a corporate town, I. 37; organ-
ization in Ill., III. 18.
Claggett, John, VI. 35, 36, 46.
Claims, territorial, of Conn., XI.
7-10.

Clark, Rev. J. S., his theory of town
corporation, IÍ. 27.
Claremont, XII. 20.

Clarendon county, XII. 20.
Clergy, deficiency of, III. 23; (see
ministers).

Clerk of county, III. 29; of town-
ship, 33; of parish, VI. 8, 12, 17,
32; of vestry, 16, 18, 32, 33, 36, 37,
39, 41, 43, 44; commissary's, 17.

College royal in Virginia, VI. 12.
Colletin county, XII. 20.
Colony, laws of, Mass., VIII. 28-30;
Connecticut, XI. 13-21; New
Haven, 17, 21-25.

Colonization of Connecticut, XI.
10-13.

Colorado schools, V. 21; townships

in, 21; woman suffrage in, 24, 25.
Combes, Abraham, VII. 37.
Comegys, Wm., VI. 21.
Commissaries, appointment and du-
ties, VI, 13, 15, 17.

Commissioners, (county), III. 33;
XII. 26; duties and powers of,
III. 33-36; XII. 26.
Common lands, II. 22; of New

Castle, III. 25; fields stinted,
common pasturage, IX-X. 48, 49.
Commonable ground, II. 20.
Commoners, Salem, IX-X. 70.
Communal interests, Saxon influ-
ence of, II. 38.
"Compromise system" of local gov-
ernment in Ohio and Indiana,
III, 11.

Compton, Bishop, III. 23.
Conant, R., IX-X. 7.
Congregations, VI. 26; XI. 11.
Congregationalists, XI. 17.
Congress, XI. 6, 7, 14, 15.
Connecticut, governor of, I. 35; lo-
cal institutions, II. 30; women
eligible on school board, V. 25;
territorial claims of, XI. 7-10;
river, 9, 10, 11, 15; colonization
of towns, 12; colony, 13-21; state
of, 14; church and state in, 15, 17,
21, 22, 23, 24; charter, 26; county
system of, 28.

Constables (in Ill.) III. 12; (Penna.)
III. 21; official term of, 21; laws
framed by, 21; general duties, 22,
23, 24, 25, 28; how chosen, 21, 27;
ecclesiastical duties of, 22; court
of, 25; (Md.), VI. 8, 19, 20; VII.

14, 36, 38; oath of, 15; (New | Court Leet, I. 13; in Maryland,
England), derivation of term,
VIII. 6, 7; origin of, 8; an elec-
tive officer, 13; Indian, 25; sun-
day duties of, 27; power of, 32,
83; documents concerning duty
of, 36-38; duty in harvest time,
IX-X. 45; (Conn.), XI. 19, 22, 24.
Constantinople, I. 11.

Constitution of towns framed by
constables and overseers, III. 21,
24; first American, XI. 14, 15;
Locke's fundamental, XII. 7.
Convention, federal, XI. 15.

VII. 7; procedure, 13; deodand
levied by, 14; election of manorial
officers in, 14, 36, 38; jurisdiction
over Indians, 16; origin of, 17;
records of court leet, St. Clem-
ent's manor, 31-38; jurisdiction
of, VIII. 14; court baron in
Maryland, VII. 7; seizin given
in court, 12; procedure in, 16;
origin of, 18; swearing of fealty
in, 38; alienation recorded in, 38;
records of court baron, St. Clem-
ent's manor, 31-38.

Convery, (Conoray), Edw., VII. 35, Courtney, Mayor, XII. 36.

36, 37.

Conway, M. D., IV. 4.

Cook, Prof. A. S., II. 41.

Cooke, John, VI. 36; Miles, VII.

26.

Cooley, Judge, decision of, V. 15;
opinion of, 18.

Cooper, Robert, VII. 34, 35; An-
thony Ashley, XII. 7.
Corinth, I. 22.

Coroner excused from vestry, VI.
14, 37.

Council of Plymouth, XI. 7, 8, 10, 15.
Counters of tobacco, VI. 19, 32, 41,
44, 45.

County in New England, III. 7; in
Mich., V. 10: Illinois, 18; Mas-
sachusetts, 18; Michigan, 18;
Minnesota, 18; New York, 18;
Wisconsin, 18; Connecticut, XI.
28; origin of in South Carolina,
XII. 20; court in Virginia, III.
7; commissioners in Ill. under
constitution of 1818, 10; under
present laws, 15; government,
(Illinois), 111. 15, 16, 17; (Penn-
sylvania), 23, 27, 33; board in Illi-
nois, III. 15, 16; clerk, 16; super-
intendent of schools, 16; judge,
16; officers in Penna., see asses-
sors, clerks, commissioners, audi-
tors, treasurers, etc.; (Michigan)
supervisors, V. 13; aid to schools,
18; divided into parishes, VI. 6,
16; court, 6, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 25,
33, 34, 36, 38, 44; Somerset, 8, 10;
Calvert, 14, 42, 43; Anne Arun-
del, 15; Charles, 14, 47; Balti-
more, 26, 27, 38; Prince George,
7, 30, 31, 33, 36, 46: government
in South Carolina, XII. 24-28.

Courts, English origin of in Amer-
ica, I. 25; (Pennsylvania), courts
in the 17th century, III. 20;
under duke of York, 21; court
sessions, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30,
35; town court, origin of, 22; of
Chester county, 22; of New Cas-
tle, 23, 25; of Delaware, 24; of
Upland, 25, 26; constables, 25; of
Whore Hill, 25; county courts,
VI. 6, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 25, 33, 34,
36, 38, 44; XI. 28; XII. 20, 27,
ecclesiastical, VI. 13; English, 8;
general court, XI. 11, 14, 15, 16;
17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
27, 28; particular, 17; held at
Charleston, XII. 18, 19.
Coventry parish, VI. 8.
Cowan, A., VI. 41, 42.
Crofts, Mr., XII. 37.
Crook, Joseph, VI. 40.
Curate, VI. 8, 37.
Currency, depreciation of in 1779,

III. 32.

Cushman, R., IX-X. 3.
Customs, parisb, VI. 9, 10, 15, 16;
of manors recognized by Mary-
land court of appeals, VII. 19.

Dakota school districts, V. 19; local
government in, 20; woman suf-
frage in, 24.
Dallam, Wm., VI. 38.
Dalmatia, I. 11.
Darlington county, XII. 20.
Darrumple, Wm., VI. 42.
Dash, John, VII. 35, 37.
Dates, change of, VI. 30.

Davis, W. T., IX-X. 30.
Day, Edw., VI. 39; John, 39, 41.
Deans, Rev. Hugh, VI. 40, 46,
Deed, VII. 38.

Delahay, Arthur, VII. 33, 34.
Delaware, III. 23, 24, 25; English
laws in, 24.
Demosthenes, I. 36.
Deodand, VII. 14.

Deputies, XI. 15, 16, 19, 23, 26.
Detroit, V. 9, 10.

Dexter, Rev. H. M., II. 25.
Dickinson, J., of Hatfield, Mass.,
privilege of removing his house
into town, II. 29.
Diggs, Wm., VI. 34.
Diocese of Maryland, VI. 5, 26.
Diocletian, I. 11.

Districts, school, in Dakota, V. 19;
beginning of in South Carolina,
XII. 17; abolition of, 24.
Dixy, W., IX-X. 17.
Doctor excused from office of war-
den, VI. 14.

Dollovan, Derby, VII. 37, 38.
Dorchester, XI. 11, 13; free school
established in, XII. 14, 35.
Doreing, Naomy, VI. 43.
Douglas, Senator, V. 19; XI. 12.
Downe, Abraham), VI, 43.
Ducking stool, VII. 36.

Duke of York, III. 20; extent of
possessions in America, 21; his
"Book of Laws," 21; adminis-
tration of, 21, 24, 27.
Dutch, III. 24; XI. 10, 20, 23.
Dwiggin, Roger, VII. 35, 37.
Dwight, Rev. T., II. 28; XI. 8.

Eastern question, I. 10.
Easthampton, L. I., XI. 20.
Ecclesiastical court, VI. 13.
Edgar, order for tithingmen, VIII.
10.

Edgefield county, XII. 20.
Edmonds, James, VII. 35, 37.
Edmondson, John, VII. 26.
Education, modern plan of, II. 46;
parochial, XII. 13, 14; county,
26; see also "Schools."

Edward the Confessor, I. 25; IV.
20; Edward III., VIII. 11.

Endicott, Gov., IV. 11; VIII. 28;
IX-X. 20, 35.

England, American minister to, I. 21;
municipal election, I. 37; commu-
nity of pasturage in, I 20; origin
of local institutions in, VIII. 10,
11; VI. 5, 7, 21, 25, 44; emigrants
from, XI. 11, 12, 13; restoration
in, 25, 26.

English people in their three homes,
I. 31; kernel of in America, 31;
constitution, 39; II. 23; law, I.
25; X1. 10, 20; VI. 7, 8.
Epidauros, I. 11.

Episcopal church established
South Carolina, XII. 9, 10.
Erdmannsdoerffer, Prof., II. 40.
Escheat, VII. 18, 19.
Estrays, VII. 38.
Evans, A., I. 12.

Evelin, Capt. Geo., VII. 7.
Essex Institute, IÍ. 36; IX-X. 41.

Fairfield, XI. 20, 28; XII. 20.
Farmington, Conn., XI. 18, 20.
Farrer, Robert, VII. 35.
Fealty sworn in court baron, VII.
17, 38; fine for neglect, 33.
Federal constitution, XI. 15; con-
vention, 15.

Felstead, Wm., VII, 35, 37.
Felt, J., IX-X. 40.

Fenwick, George, XI. 7, 11, 12.
Fines, VI. 6, 10, 15, 16, 20, 21, 44.
Finn, Francis, VI. 35.
Fletchall, Thos. VI. 32.
Flint, John, VI. 29, 35.
Florence, 1. 28.
Forfeiture, VII. 19.

Form of induction, VI. 30; of in-
denture, 46; of resignation, 47.
Foster, Richard, VII. 33, 34, 35, 36,

37.

Fowler, Sam'l, VI. 43; Joseph,VII.
35, 37.
France, I. 7.

Frank-pledge and tithingmen, their | Glebe land, VI. 9, 34, 40, 41, 42.

relation, IV. 15.

Frazer, Bishop, V. 19; Rev. John,
VI. 29.

Freeman, E. A., An Introduction to
American Institutional History,
I.; II. 62; IV. 19.

Free negroes at the South, I. 7.
Freeholders, VI. 5, 7, 13, 29, 31, 34,
36, 42.

Free schools, VI. 11, 12; XII. 13,
26-28, 29-40.

French towns, I. 18; in northwest
territory, V. 8, 9.

Fulham, parish records, VIII. 11.
Fundamental constitutions, XII. 7.

George's, Wm., VII. 35.
Georgetown, VI. 37; district di-
vided, XII. 20.
Gerard, Justinian, VII. 35, 36, 37.
Germany, I. 7. 27.
German league, I. 18.

German villages, description of, II.
14.

Gildersleeve, Prof. B. L., note on
Virginia dialects, I. 14.
Giles, John, VI. 39.
Gilman, Pres. D. C., II. 43.

Gittings, Thos., VI. 39; James, 41.
Gladstone, I. 20.

Goffe, XI. 25.
Goldsmith, VII. 33.

Gould, E. R. L., on Local Govern-
ment in Pennsylvania, III. 20–37.
Governor, appoints justices of peace
in Va., III. 7, 22, 23, 25, 29;
Gov. Long, II. 7; VI. 7, 8, 10, 11,
13, 14, 19, 21, 22, 30, 37; Stuyve-
sant, XI. 13; election of, 15; du-
ties, 16, 23, 24; Winthrop, 25, 26;
deputy, 26, 29.

Grain, VI. 25, 42.

Granville, Rev. Bevil, VI. 47;
county, XII. 20.
Graves, T. IX-X. 15.
Gray, Alex., VI. 42.

Great Britain, I. 6, 32; XI. 28.
Green, J., on the origin of English
townships, I. 9; S. A. Green, IV.
12; James, VII. 35, 37.
Greenwich, XI. 23.

Grütli, I. 18.

Guilford, Conn., XI. 22, 23, 25, 27.

Haines, E. M., on local government,
V. 5.

Hale, Chief Justice, VIII. 15.
Hall, Joseph, VI. 42.
Hallam, III. 25.

Hamilton, John, VII. 37; marquis
of, XI. 9.

Hamor, C., VII. 32.

Hanson, VI. 18, 21, 25; Edmond,
VII. 34.

Harbin, Wm., VI. 29, 81; Edw.
Villers, 37.

Harding, John, VI. 31.
Harrisburg, I. 34.

Harrison, Wm., VII. 37.
Hart, Rich., VII. 37.

Hartford, XI. 10, 11, 14, 18, 28;
treaty of, 13, 23.

Hatfield side-meeting, II. 32.
Hayward, IX-X. 47, 48.
Haywood, Raphael, VII. 34.
Heighe, James, V1. 42, 43, 45.
Hengest, I. 15.
Herzegovinia, I. 12.

Hewes, Thos., leader of Dorchester
employes, IX-X. 7.
Hickman, Wm., VI. 45.

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