Virginia Gazette Index
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- +North,
- −Abraham,
- Capt.,
- −Catharine,
- −[Frederick],
- −Lord,
- accused of corruption,
- −accuses opposition,
- −aids in unification of colonies,
- −appointed commissioner of exchequer,
- −appointed secretary of state,
- −approves merchants' activities,
- −attacked by Junius,
- −attempts to divide colonies,
- −attempts to resign rumored,
- −attitude toward British colonies,
- −attitude toward Continental congress,
- −cabinet post rumored,
- −candidate for parliament,
- −censors praise of Gen. Montgomery,
- −chancellor of University of Oxford,
- −character sketch of,
- −coach of demolished,
- −colonial policy of,
- −colonial policy opposed,
- −commissions pamphlet against colonies,
- −conciliation plan for colonies,
- −conciliation with colonies proposed,
- Pinkney: Apr. 28, 1775 – pg. 1, col. 2
- Purdie: Apr. 28, 1775 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Dixon and Hunter: Apr. 29, 1775 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Purdie: Apr. 28, 1775 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: Apr. 29, 1775 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Dixon and Hunter: Apr. 29, 1775 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Dixon and Hunter: Sept. 2, 1775 – pg. 1, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: May 8, 1778 – pg. 1, col. 1
- −corruption satirized,
- −criticized,
- −criticized by Fox,
- −criticized for propaganda,
- −criticized in Commons,
- −criticized in Eng.,
- −declares repeal of Coercive acts,
- −defends American policies,
- −defends Germaine,
- −defends Sandwich,
- −defense against Fox's attack,
- −denies embezzlement in navy,
- −discusses Boston port bill,
- −discusses cost of Revolutionary war in Commons,
- −discusses letters of colonial governors,
- −discusses military policy in Commons,
- −discusses peace commissioners in Commons,
- −discusses Quebec act in Commons,
- −discusses use of Hanoverian troops in Am.,
- −discusses use of mercenaries in Am.,
- −discusses regulating Mass.,
- −discusses short parliaments,
- −discusses truce with U. S.,
- −discusses Va. remonstrance,
- −distrusted in America,
- −effigy burned in Charleston,
- −effigy burned in Eng.,
- −effigy burned in Newport,
- −effigy burned in Richmond,
- −effigy hanged,
- −effigy hanged in Manchester,
- −effigy hanged in N. Y.,
- −effigy hanged in Va.,
- −elected to parliament,
- −examines Samuel Dyre on part in Boston tea party,
- −fall from power predicted,
- −financial policies of,
- −flees from Eng. rumored,
- −health of,
- −house assaulted in London,
- −illness satirized,
- −introduces bill to call out militia,
- −introduces bills on government of Boston,
- −Irish policy discussed,
- −letter (text) to from Burke,
- −letter to from Junius,
- −letters (text) to,
- −offers to colonies discussed,
- −on committee to investigate British colonies,
- −opinion of repeal of tea act,
- −opinions about,
- −opposed by British soldiers,
- −opposed by John Wilkes,
- −opposed in Eng.,
- Purdie and Dixon: July 14, 1774 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Aug. 18, 1774 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Pinkney: May 4, 1775 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Purdie: Aug. 18, 1775 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Dixon and Hunter: Aug. 19, 1775 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Purdie: Aug. 18, 1775 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: Sept. 23, 1775 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Pinkney: Sept. 28, 1775 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Pinkney: Nov. 2, 1775 – pg. 2, col. 1
- −opposed in London,
- −opposed in Providence,
- −opposed in Va.,
- −opposes colonies,
- Rind: Feb. 23, 1769 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Apr. 27, 1769 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Rind: Apr. 27, 1769 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Purdie and Dixon: May 25, 1769 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: June 30, 1774 – pg. 1, col. 1
- Rind: June 30, 1774 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Pinkney: Feb. 2, 1775 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Purdie: Apr. 14, 1775 – pg. 1, col. 1
- Dixon and Hunter: Apr. 15, 1775 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: July 15, 1775 – pg. 3, col. 2
- −opposes colonial agents' petition,
- −opposes concessions to Americans,
- −opposes enforcement of Coercive acts,
- −opposes force in colonies,
- −opposes Germaine's campaign against Am.,
- −opposes new colonies,
- −opposes state lottery,
- −opposes taxation of colonies,
- −opposes Tooke's conviction,
- −opposition to,
- −orders seizure of American vessels,
- −parodies on,
- −pays national debt,
- −political security of,
- −political success of,
- −popularity of,
- −presents American papers to parliament,
- −proposes change in colonial government,
- −proposes end to intercourse with colonies,
- −proposes taxation of colonies,
- −receives prophecy (text) on colonial post office,
- −remarks on American prisoners,
- −removal from ministry rumored,
- −replacement in ministry rumored,
- −reports on war progress,
- −resignation from ministry denied,
- −resignation provided for,
- −resignation refused,
- −resignation rumored,
- Purdie and Dixon: Mar. 14, 1771 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Apr. 22, 1773 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Rind: Apr. 22, 1773 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Apr. 22, 1773 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Rind: Apr. 22, 1773 – pg. 1, col. 2
- Purdie and Dixon: Aug. 19, 1773 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Aug. 26, 1773 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Rind: Sept. 2, 1773 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Sept. 23, 1773 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Aug. 4, 1774 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Purdie: Apr. 21, 1775 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: Apr. 22, 1775 – pg. 1, col. 3
- −resigns treasury rumored,
- −responsible for destruction of Norfolk,
- −satires on,
- −soliloquy of,
- −speech discussed,
- −speeches (text) of,
- −supported by king,
- −supported by Tories,
- −supported in Pa.,
- −supports aid to East India co.,
- −supports Boston port bill,
- −supports British policy in American revolution,
- −supports continuance of war,
- −supports free tea to America,
- −supports prohibition of trade,
- −supports Prohibitory act,
- −supports Quebec act,
- −supports regulation of Mass. judicial system,
- −supports tea act,
- −supports treason bill,
- −supports war with Sp.,
- −unpopular in London,
- −violates Prohibitory act,
- −waxwork of,
- −Lord,
- −Polly (Peart),
- marriage of,
- −Robert,
- −Roger,
- Purdie: May 26, 1775 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie: June 16, 1775 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Dixon and Hunter: Dec. 23, 1775 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Dixon and Hunter: Feb. 14, 1777 – pg. 1, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: Apr. 11, 1777 – pg. 6, col. 2
- Purdie: Apr. 18, 1777 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Dixon and Hunter: Aug. 8, 1777 – pg. 3, col. 2
- Purdie: Aug. 8, 1777 – pg. 3, col. 1
- −Abraham,
- +North America,
- +North America, connection with Asia discovered,
- See also: Ammunition for Spanish army in; Arms export from Gt. Brit. to; Bounties; British army from; British army from W. I. to; British army in; British army to; British missionaries in; British navy in; British navy off; British navy to; Copper mines discovered in; Corn, export from; Customs commissioners in; Duties; Embargoes; Emigration from Cornhill, Eng., to; Emigration from Gt. Brit. to; Emigration from Holl. to; Emigration from Ire. to; Emigration from Islay, Scot., to; Exports from; Fisheries, French, in; French army in; Imports to Barcelona, Sp., from; Imports to Cadiz, Sp., from; Imports to Cork, Ire., from; Imports to Ferrol, Sp., from; Imports to Galway, Ire., from; Imports to St. Croix, W. I., from; Imports to St. Malo, Fr., from; Iron mines in; Land grants in; Lead mines discovered in; Manufacturers, British, emigrate to; Marriage between Indians and whites; Merchants in; Missionaries in; Ploughs, new design from; Provisions for British army in; Saltpetre mines discovered in; Ships from; Ships' sailing time; Ships to; Ships to Jamaica, W. I., from; Shipwrights emigrate from Gt. Brit. to; Silver mines discovered in; Stamp act, repeal stimulates shipbuilding in; Trading companies, British, transactions with
- +North American coffeehouse,
- +North Berwick,
- Scot.,
- See: British navy, recruiting for in
- Scot.,
- +North Britain,
- See: Emigration from; Indentured servants from
- +North Britanny,
- Fr.,
- See: Diseases in
- Fr.,
- +North Briton,
- −extracts from,
- −publisher apprehended,
- −publisher punished,
- −publisher tried,
- +North Briton, No. 45,
- −printer discharged,
- +North Briton, No. 108,
- reprinted,
- +North Bull,
- Ire.,
- See: Shipwrecks on
- Ire.,
- +North Cape,
- −Nor.,
- trade near protected by Russia,
- See also: Privateers, American, off; Ships, British, captured by Americans off; Shipwrecks near
- −Nor.,
- +North Carolina,
- −addition of northern part to Va. proposed,
- −attorney general's salary regulated,
- −chief justice's salary regulated,
- −circuit courts regulated by general assembly,
- −clerks' fees regulated by general assembly,
- −coastline changed by storm,
- −committee of safety,
- ordered dissolved,
- −conditions in,
- −convention,
- −opposed by Gov. Martin,
- −resolutions (text) of,
- −supported by general assembly,
- −supported in Wilmington,
- −council,
- −addresses of,
- −opposes establishment of superior courts,
- −council of safety,
- trials for counterfeiting,
- −counties established,
- −court practices opposed,
- −courts discussed in general assembly,
- −forswear stamped paper,
- −held in back country,
- −regulated by general assembly,
- −delegates to Continental congress forbidden,
- −finances criticized,
- −freeholders' meeting,
- proclamations forbidding,
- −frontier urged to join British,
- −general assembly,
- −addresses of,
- Rind: Feb. 9, 1769 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Jan. 10, 1771 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Rind: Jan. 10, 1771 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Rind: Jan. 31, 1771 – pg. 1, col. 2
- Purdie and Dixon: Dec. 19, 1771 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Apr. 15, 1773 – pg. 1, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Apr. 7, 1774 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Pinkney: May 18, 1775 – pg. 2, col. 2
- −adopts resolves of Va. general assembly,
- −appoints Pinkney public printer,
- −attitude toward Regulators,
- −discusses establishment of courts,
- −dissolved,
- −favors general union of colonies,
- −journals published in southern newspapers,
- −makes void defaced debenture bills,
- −meets at New Bern,
- −resolutions (text) of,
- −sends money to supporters of Bill of rights,
- −summarizes aims,
- −addresses of,
- −general court,
- established in Edenton,
- −government and trade discussed,
- −governor's palace,
- building defended,
- −house of burgesses,
- supports governor's proposals,
- −independence favored in,
- −inferior courts,
- rejected by Gov. Martin,
- −insurrections in,
- −judges,
- financial independence proposed,
- −laws collected and revised,
- −navigation improved,
- −navy,
- marines adv. for,
- −ordered to enlist battalions by Continental congress,
- −oyer and terminer courts,
- −postmasters,
- −preparations for French and Indian war discussed,
- −proprietor granted land on Miss.,
- −provincial congress,
- held in Hillsborough,
- −provincial council,
- praises Col. Howe,
- −public offices' fees criticized,
- −fees regulated,
- −represented on committee for trade relief,
- −revenue system proposed,
- −sheriffs' appointment regulated,
- −unpopularity of position,
- −skirmishes in,
- −superior court,
- −superior court districts,
- opposed by council,
- −to receive Gazettes by riders,
- −trade allowed,
- −trade unregulated by Britain,
- −troops,
- −aid S. C.,
- −assist in skirmish at Great Bridge,
- −attack Cherokees,
- −in Cape Fear,
- −in Edenton,
- −in expedition against Fla.,
- −in New Bern,
- −in Salisbury,
- −in S. C. regiments,
- −in Va. regiments,
- −join Continental army,
- −pass through Richmond,
- −reviewed in Phila.,
- −support Va.,
- −thanked for aid by Va.,
- −to Eastern shore,
- See also: Admiralty court in; Apothecaries in; Associations supported in; Attachment laws opposed in; Attorneys in; Bears in; Blasphemy, proclamation against in; Boundary disputes; Boundary lines; Bounties for settlers; Brick houses in; Bridges in; British army, deserters from in; British army, recruiting for in; British army in; British army to; British colonies, N. Am., independence supported in; British navy off; British navy to Cape Henry, Va., from; Census of; Cherokees sell land in; Clergy, Anglican, in; Conspiracies against; Copper mines in; Counterfeiting in; Customs collectors in; Customs officers in; Drought in; Duties; Election, writs issued in; Embargoes; Emigration from; Emigration from Caithness, Scot., to; Emigration from Dornoch, Scot., to; Emigration from Scot. to; Emigration from Skye is., Scot., to; Emigration from Va. to; Exports from Accomac district, Va., to; Exports from Gt. Brit. to; Exports from Guadeloupe, W. I., to; Exports from James river, lower district, Va., to; Exports from St. Eustatia, W. I., to; Exports from York district, Va., to; Felonies, by convict servants in; Ferries in; Fires in; Fisheries in; Freedom of press discussed in; Freedom of press violated in; Frost in; Gardens in; Germans in Continental army in; Guineas taken from Tories in; Gunpowder carried from Va. to; Highlanders curbed in; Highlanders defeated in; Horse-breeding in; Immigration to; Immigration to Miss. from; Imports to; Imports to Accomac district, Va., from; Imports to Gt. Brit. from; Imports to Rappahannock district, Va., from; Imports to York district, Va., from; Indentured servants runaway from; Indian attacks in; Indians oppose colonists in; Land, ownership disputed in; Land for sale in; Land offices in; Lawyers in; Linen manufactures flourish in; Massacres, Indian, in; Merchants in; Militia of; Mills burned by British in; Minute battalions of; Missionaries in; Money, paper, in; Money scarce in; Murders in; Musters in; Newspapers in; Orchards in; Outhouses in; Physicians in; Plantations for sale in; Planters in; Poll taxes in; Postmasters in; Prisoners of war, American, taken in; Prisoners of war, British, taken in; Privateers; Proclamation of 1763 violated in; Quarters in; Quitrents, burden of in; Regulators; Riots, acts against in; Riots in; Robberies in; Sawmills in; Scotch Dutch in British army to be sent to; Scots disarmed in; Scots leave; Seminaries in; Sheep, plundering attempted by British in; Ships; Ships, American, captured by British off; Ships, Barbados, driven ashore in; Ships, French, captured by British off; Ships from; Ships from Boston, Mass., to; Ships from James river, Va., to; Ships from Rappahannock district, Va., to; Ships' sailing time; Ships to; Ships to James river, Va., from; Ships to New York City from; Ships to Phila., Pa., from; Shipwrecks on; Slaves from; Slaves runaway from; Slaves sold from; Society of supporters of Bill of rights supported by; Sons of Liberty in; Spinning houses in; Stamp act distributors opposed; Stamp act opposed in; Stealing in; Storehouses in; Stores in; Storms in; Surgeons in; Taxes in; Tobacco inspectors' notes forged in; Tories from; Tories in; Tories suppressed in; Tories surrender in; Treasury notes, method of redemption praised in; Va. praised by; Va. regiments in; Va. troops ordered to; Wheat plentiful in
- +North Carolina battalion,
- −deserters from,
- +North Carolina coast,
- See: Continental army defends; Pirates, Spanish, off
- +North Carolina continental regiment,
- +North Carolina frontier,
- See: Executions for stealing on; Indian attacks on
- +North Carolina regiment,
- 2nd,
- number in Norfolk,
- 2nd,
- +North Carolina regiment, 7th,
- deserters from;
- +North Castle,
- N. Y.,
- See: Continental army in
- N. Y.,
- +North Country,
- See: Convicts servants from
- +North Country dialect,
- −spoken by indentured servants,
- +North Crown,
- Danish man of war,
- +North England,
- See: Cloth manufacture declines in; Convict servants from; Indentured servants from
- +North England dialect,
- +North Farnham parish,
- −Va.,
- contributes to Montreal fire fund,
- See also: Churchwardens in; Sermons preached in
- −Va.,
- +North Foreland,
- Eng.,
- See: Shipwrecks off
- Eng.,
- +North Haven,
- Conn.,
- See: Lightning in; Storms in
- Conn.,
- +North Ireland,
- See: Emigration from; Ships to Charleston, S. C., from; Ships to Pa. from
- +North Ketchups,
- See: Shipwrecks on
- +North landing,
- +North landing plantation,
- +North meeting house,
- in Hartford,
- +North Pole,
- −explorations for,
- Parks: Oct. 29, 1736 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Apr. 22, 1773 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Purdie and Dixon: Apr. 22, 1773 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Rind: July 8, 1773 – pg. 2, col. 1
- −encouraged in Eng.,
- −inhabitants from in Archangel,
- −explorations for,
- +North Providence,
- R. I.,
- See: militia of
- R. I.,
- +North Providence, R. I.,
- rangers,
- charter granted,
- rangers,
- +North river,
- −N. Y.,
- controlled by Americans to N. Y.,
- −naval engagements in,
- −skirmishes on,
- See also: British navy in; Continental army crosses; Continental army marches toward; Drownings in; Ferries on; Hudson river; Ships, American, burned by Americans in; Ships, British, burned by Americans in; Ships, British, captured by Americans in; Ships, British, fired on in
- −N. Y.,
- +North Sea,
- See: Canals; Danish navy in; Explorations of; Hurricanes in; Russian navy in; Ships, British, captured by Va. ships in; Ships, British, excluded from; Shipwrecks in
- +North Shields,
- Eng.,
- See: Accidents in
- Eng.,
- +North Star,
- +North Swatch,
- See: Shipwrecks near
- +North Wales,
- See: Charity in
- +Northampton,
- +Northampton, Eng.,
- See: Adultery in; Anecdotes from; Earthquakes in; Elections in; Murders in;
- +Northampton, Mass.,
- See: Accidents in; Churches in
- +Northampton, armed brig,
- −brig,
- −privateer,
- Dixon and Hunter: Jan. 31, 1777 – pg. 7, col. 1
- Purdie: Jan. 31, 1777 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: Feb. 14, 1777 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Purdie: Feb. 14, 1777 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Purdie: Apr. 4, 1777 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Purdie: May 2, 1777 – pg. 1, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: Aug. 1, 1777 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: Sept. 26, 1777 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Purdie: Sept. 26, 1777 – pg. 3, col. 1
- +Northampton co.,
- −N. C.,
- committee,
- resolutions (text) of,
- committee,
- See also: Bridges in; Dairies in; Dwelling houses in; Ferries in; Gardens in; Gristmills in; Horsebreeding in; Houses in; Indentured servants runaway from; Kitchens in; Land for sale in; Landings in; Ordinaries in; Outhouses in; Peach orchards in; Slaves runaway from; Smokehouses in; Stealing in
- −N. C.,
- +Northampton co., Pa.,
- −dissatisfied with government of Pa.,
- −pursues Indians,
- See also: Murders in; Robberies in
- +Northampton co., Va.,
- −burgesses elected,
- Hunter: Feb. 13, 1752 – pg. 3, col. 2
- Hunter: Feb. 27, 1752 – pg. 3, col. 2
- Purdie and Dixon: Dec. 8, 1768 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: May 11, 1769 – pg. 4, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Sept. 28, 1769 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Rind: Nov. 9, 1769 – pg. 1, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Dec. 19, 1771 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Purdie and Dixon: Apr. 8, 1773 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Rind: Apr. 8, 1773 – pg. 3, col. 2
- Purdie and Dixon: Aug. 4, 1774 – pg. 2, col. 3
- −census requested,
- −committee,
- −resolutions (text) of,
- −welcomes minutemen from Md.,
- −committee of observation,
- −contributes to sufferers in Montreal fire,
- −court,
- declares Stamp act unconstitutional,
- −courts open,
- −delegates elected,
- −senator elected,
- See also: Accidents in; Apple orchards in; Association of 1774 supported in; Boston port bill, relief from by; Bounties; Corn for relief of Boston, Mass., from; Cropping houses in; Glebe land, Hungar's parish; Gristmills in; Horse-breeding in; Houses in; Jails in; Lawyers in; Musters, general; Negroes escape from; Overseers houses in; Peach orchards in; Prisoners of war, British, taken in; Privateer, N. Y., burned in; Prize ships, cargo for sale in; Prize ships for sale in; Quarters, Negro, in; Salt works in; Ships for sale in; Slaves adv. for, to hire in; Slaves for sale in; Slaves runaway from; Stamp act opposed in; Stealing in; Warehouses in
- −burgesses elected,
- +Northampton courthouse,
- N. C.,
- See: Horse-breeding at
- N. C.,
- +Northampton courthouse, Va.,
- See: Chairmakers, journeymen, adv. for at; Land for sale at; Ordinaries for rent at; Privateers for sale at; Ships for sale at; Slaves for sale at
- +Northampton furnace,
- +Northampton parish,
- Va.,
- See: Churchwardens in; Clergy, Anglican, in; Sermons preached in
- Va.,
- +Northamptoniensis,
- +Northamptonshire,
- Eng.,
- See: Floods in; Smallpox inoculation in; Weather report from
- Eng.,