New Amsterdam, 5; population of, 6; church of, 21; some of the houses in, built of stone, 23; description of, 116;] changed to New-York, 131; (see New- York.)

New Connecticut, State of, the N. Hampshire grants resolve that they be henceforth called the, 930'; the name of, changed to Vermont, 942.

New England, the insupportable government of, obliges several colonists to retire to, and settle in N. Netherland, 6; mode adopted for the construction of houses by the early settlers in, 31; price of cattle in, 33; intrigues at Fort Stanwix of the missionaries from, 397.

New Hampshire grants, controversy respecting the, 529; order of the Gov. and Council of N. Y., in favor of the, west of Connecticut river, 577; claimants under, ordered to sue out their grants, 587; per-

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sons having valid titles to, not to be disturbed im the possession of their lands by the govt. of N. York, 589; lands held under, not to be regranted by N. Y. 609; Partridge Thatcher recommended to be the first governor of the, 614; petition to the king fromi certain persons on the, to the westward of Connecticut river praying . to be re-annexed to New Hampshire, 672 ; certificate of the surveyor-general of N. York, of reservations in favor of the occupants of, 678; affidavits proving public disorders to have been fomented by New Hampshire on the, 679, e¢ seq.; list and dates of the west of Connecticut river, 706, 707; certain parties holding, to be allowed not exceeding 500 acres, 717; the rioters and traitors of the, retire to the mountains where they cannot be apprehended, 747; some of the, afterwards confirmed under New York, 785; the inhabitants of the, west of Connecticut river, resolve to send an agent to Hngland, 800; the people of the, send agents to London to demand an alteration in the jurisdiction, 802; plan of the board of trade for the settlement of the difficulties on the, 803; approved, 827; (see T'ryon, Gov.) a convention at Dorset declare the necessity of erecting the, into a separate district, 920; further proceedings for the purpose of forming the, into a new state, 923; several of the, declare themselves independant of the State of N.