Index

Abbeville (Picardy), 238, 369 (n. 83)

Abercorn (Georgia village), 249

Acton, William, 355 (n. 7)

prosecution of, recommended, 84

trials of, 84, 125, 356 (nn. 15, 19)

becomes deputy warden of the Marshalsea, 89, 101, 356 (n. 20)

misappropriates charity monies, 94–95

tortures prisoners, 98–100

examined by the committee, 100

its recommendations, 100–101, 117

parliamentary action against, 117

Adam and Eve, 311

Adams. See Oglethorpe, James Edward, as “Adams”

Addison, Joseph: Cato, 15, 348 (n. 30)

Spectator, 287, 377 (n. 64)

Tatler, 352 (n. 26)

Admiralty, British, 7–10, 14–17

office of the, 7, 23, 33

Court of the, 14, 16

its use of impressment, 14–26 passim, 42–43

officers of the, 24–25

Ægypt. See Egypt

Æquator. See Equator

Agathocles (tyrant of Syracuse), 285, 377 (n. 56)

Agesilaus II (king of Sparta), 179

Aix-le-Chapelle, Peace of, 305, 379 (n. 8)

Alaminas, Antonio de, 245

Aland, Sir John Fortescue, first Baron Fortesque of Credan, 135, 147, 358 (n. 15)

Alatamaha, 212, 248, 249

Alborough, 245

Alexander III (Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia), 178, 283

Alexander VI (pope), 209, 366 (n. 29)

Algiers, 309

Allen (murdered in the King’s Bench), 120, 136, 358 (n. 18)

Allen, John, 141

Allen, Joseph, 136, 138, 154–55

Allgemeine Historie zu Wasser und Lande, 336

Alphus. See Heathcote, Sir Gilbert

Alps, 307

America (British North America), 192, 196, 198, 248, 291

waste lands in, 164

imports Portuguese products, 165

increase in its population, 226

scene of Gen. Braddock’s defeat, 293–94

as refuge of the dispossessed, 313

and Stamp Act, 323

taxation of, 323–24

Burgoyne defeated in, 324

saved by Pitt, 324. See also Barbadoes; Georgia; Jamaica; New England; New York; North Carolina; Pensilvania; South Carolina; Virginia

America, French, 210, 238–39, 291, 293. See also Canada

America, Spanish, 196–97, 226, 278. See also Florida; Mexico; Peru

America, United States of: War of Independence, 202

Stamp Act, 323

British reconciliation with, 328, 330

Amsterdam, 300

Anastasia Island, 339–40

Andaluzia, 193, 197

Angola, 253

Anne (queen of Great Britain and Ireland), 3–4, 279

Anne, 200

Anson, Adm. George, 279, 375 (n. 31)

Antediluvians, 215

Antigallican, Old. See Oglethorpe, James Edward, as “Old Antigallican”

Antigallicans, 321, 323, 325

Apalachean (or Apalatian) Mountains, 209, 213, 246

Apellache (or Appellachee) Bay (or Gulf) of, 246, 248

Arabia, 234

Aragon, 197

Arbitrary Punishments and Cruel Tortures, The, 84

Archdale, John, 365 (n. 21)

A New Description of Carolina, 202, 206–17 passim

as governor of South Carolina, 207

Argyll, John Campbell, second duke of, 96, 356 (n. 17)

as “Cornelius,” 161, 359 (n. 9)

Armada (Spanish), 236

Arne, Edward, 56, 107, 352 (n. 26)

Arnold, Benjamin, 150

Ashton, John, 260, 262–63, 269, 373 (n. 3)

Asia-Minor, 212

Athens, 164, 277, 283

Athos (mountain), 178

Atlantic (or Atlantick) Ocean, 209, 216, 247, 248

Augustine. See St. Augustine (or St. Augustino)

Augustus II (king of Poland), 305, 380 (n. 12)

Austria, House of, 275, 280, 305. See also Vienna, Court of

Austrian Succession, war of the, 280

Backhouse, Thomas, 156–57

Bacon, Sir Francis: “Essay on Plantations,” 168, 170, 172–74, 361 (n. 9), 362 (nn. 14–17)

Bahama (or Bahamas), 247

Ballard, George, 96

Bambridge, Thomas, 108, 120, 122, 126

as warden of the Fleet, 44–47, 52, 55, 57

and cruelties to Rich, 44–47, 110–12

imprisoned by the House of Commons, 47, 81

resolutions of the committee concerning, 50, 72

resolutions of the House concerning, 50, 79–81, 350–51 (n. 6)

disabled from serving as warden, 50, 123, 350–51 (n. 6)

runs sponging-houses, 58

and cruelties to Mackpheadris, 58, 66–68

and cruelties to Hogg, 59

allows escapes, 62

neglects records, 62

charges excessive fees, 62–65

and cruelties to Castell, 63–64

accepts presents, 64

and cruelties to Solas, 66, 354 (n. 45)

greed of, 66–68, 71–72

malice of, 68–70

and cruelties to Sinclair, 68–70, 354 (n. 46)

denies admittance to solicitors and refuses the king’s writs, 70

examined by the committee, 70

mistreats Holder, 71–72

income of, 77

shackles Reed, 107–8, 352 (n. 25)

abuses discharges, 109

wounded, 111

tried for murder and felony, 350 (n. 6), 351 (n. 15), 356 (nn. 15, 26), 358 (n. 15), 373 (n. 6)

Mr. Bambridge’s Case, 351 (n. 6), 354 (n. 40), 356 (n. 26)

Barbadoes, 189, 192, 194, 197, 198

Barbary, 212, 213, 234, 278, 304

Barnard, John, 349 (n. 54)

Barnes, James, 62, 354 (n. 41)

seizes Hogg, 59

conceals fee tables, 64

pulls down Mackpheadris’s hut, 67

seizes Sinclair, 69

to be prosecuted, 80, 81

seizes Arne, 107

assaults Rich, 110–11

Bartram, William, 379 (n. 5)

Bassompierre, Louisa Mary, marquise de, 321

Bathurst, Robert, 253

Baugh, Daniel A., 10

Bavaria, 280

Bayley, James, 78

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 322, 382 (n. 5)

Bellegarde, Frances Charlotte, marquise de, 321

Bellegarde, François-Eugène Robert, comte de, 321

Bennet, Sir John, 93, 96, 355 (n. 12)

Bergen, 280

Berkeley, Elizabeth, 350 (n. 6)

Berkeley, George (bishop of Cloyne), 360 (n. 15)

Bermudas, 215

Bethlehem Hospital (London), 277

Bettesworth and Hitch (publishers), 245, 370 (n. 1)

Bible, 163, 282, 283, 383 (n. 20)

Bibliotheca Americana, 335, 336

Bigod, Roger, fourth earl of Norfolk, 357 (n. 6)

Bingley, William, 321

Bingley’s Journal, 321, 382 (n. 2)

Bishop, Richard: assists Huggins in financial manipulations, 56

assists in escapes, 108

sells share in King’s Bench, 142, 146

buys share there, 150

Bishop, William, 260

Black Hole (of Calcutta), 324

Blackwell (legal agent), 261, 262

Blandford, 294

Bliss, Thomas, 84, 99, 356 (nn. 15, 19)

Bloody Marsh (battle of), 256–58, 336

Bluff, Captain (character in Congreve’s Old Bachelor), 281

Blunt, Samuel, 116, 117

Blythman, Jasper, 141–44

Bodvile, Charles, second earl of Radnor. See Radnor, Charles Bodville Robartes

Bonifaccio, Straits of, 304

Booth, William, 62, 354 (n. 39)

Boscawen, Adm. Edward, 331

Boston, 324

Boston Evening-Post, 256

Boswell, James: entertains Oglethorpe, 3

befriends Oglethorpe, 302

British Essays, 302

reprints Oglethorpe’s Corsican letters, 302

visits and champions Corsica, 302

An Account of Corsica, 302, 309

as “A Constant Reader,” 304, 379 (n. 6)

attributes “Adams” letters to Oglethorpe, 311

visits and corresponds with Oglethorpe, 311, 321, 348 (n. 30), 381 (n. 2)

receives copies of “Faber” letters, 321

attributes Campbell’s “History” to Oglethorpe, 335

reports Oglethorpe’s “Instruction,” 345 (n. 1)

Boulter, Edmund, 132, 261, 358 (n. 11)

Bourbon, House of, 275, 306, 321, 323, 326

Bourbonites, 323–27

Bowman (a proprietor of the King’s Bench), 142

Boxmen, the running (London guild), 77

Boyce, David, 62, 353 (n. 37)

Boyer, Abel, 11

Braddock, Gen. Edward, 270, 293–94

Brafield, Thomas, 124

Braganza, Duke of. See John IV (king of Portugal)

Bramston, Thomas, 252

Brandenburgh, 188

House of, 305. See also Frederick II (king of Prussia)

Bray Associates, 200

Brest, 294

Brief Account of the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia, A, 335

Briggs, William, 152

Brigstock (legal agent), 261

Brim (Creek chief), 250, 371 (n. 15)

Bristol, 15, 198

British Commonwealth, 202

British Library, 204, 270

British Library Catalog, 336

Britons, 294, 325

Brittanicus et Americanus. See Oglethorpe, James Edward, as “Brittanicus et Americanus”

Broad-wheel Philosopher (newspaper writer), 289

Bromfield, Capt. John, 84

Brotherton, Thomas de, earl of Norfolk, 357 (n. 6)

Broughton, William, 152, 153

Bruce, Henry, 370 (n. 2)

Brunswick (Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel), House of, 323, 382–83 (n. 10)

Brutus, Lucius Junius, 277, 375 (n. 22)

Brutus, Marcus Junius, 277

Bull, Lieut. Gov. William, 253–55, 371 (n. 1); 372 (n. 18)

Bull, William, Jr., 298

Bullock (home owner near Stono), 254

Bumsted, John Michael, 345 (n. 1)

Burchet, Josiah: Naval History, 234

Burgh, James, 382 (n. 6)

Burgoyne, Gen. John, 324, 383 (n. 16)

Burke, Edmund, 322

Burnet, Thomas: The Sacred Theory of the Earth, 215

Burrell, Peter, 6

Butler, Samuel: Hudibras, 207

Bygrave (clerk of the papers at the fleet), 78

Byng, Adm. George, Viscount Torrington, 289, 378 (n. 69)

Cabot, Sebastian, 210, 246

Cadogan, Lieut. George, 385 (n. 6)

The Spanish Hireling Detected, 338, 384 (nn. 2, 3)

attached to the South Carolina regiment, 340–41

Caesar, Gaius Julius, 179, 250, 284, 291

Caesars, the, 179

Cain, 210

Caleb, 188, 363 (n. 47)

Cales (Calais), 294

Calvert, Sir William, 259, 357 (n. 9), 373 (nn. 4, 5)

Campbell, John: “History of Georgia,” 335–36

Canada, 239, 246, 291, 324

Cape Breton, 291

Cape Fear, 248

Cape Fenesterre, 233

Cape of Good Hope, 27

Capper, Richard, 142

Cara Mustifa, 284, 377 (n. 52)

Carolina: proprietors of, 211, 218

divisions of, 212, 246, 248. See also Georgia; North Carolina; South Carolina

Carpenter, George, 161, 359 (n. 7)

Carter (benefactor to the Fleet), 77

Carter, Lawrence, 125

Carteret, Sir George, 308, 380 (n. 17)

Carthage, 285

its colonies, 185

its strugge with Rome, 215, 323, 382 (n. 8)

Castell, Robert: death of, 49

mistreatment by Bambridge, 63–64

Bambridge tried for murder of, 350 (n. 6), 356 (n. 15)

translation of Vitruvius Pollio by, 362 (n. 26)

Cataline (Lucius Sergius Catalina), 179, 362 (n. 29)

Catallans, 306, 380 (n. 14)

Catalogue Générale de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 335

Catalogue of the Wymberley Jones DeRenne Georgia Library, 335

Cathcart, Gen. Charles, eighth Baron Cathcart, 279, 375 (n. 29)

Catholic Church. See Rome (the Roman Catholic Church)

Cato “Censorius,” Marcus Porcius, 215, 279, 289 (n. 8)

Catooche River, 248

Caucasus, Mount, 234

Cecil, Robert, 31

Chamberlain, Ensign Solomon, 340, 385 (n. 6)

Chamberlayne, Edward: Angliae Notitia, 326–27

Chapman, John, 260

Charities, 48

abused at the Fleet, 76–77, 97

abused at the Marshalsea, 84, 93–95, 97, 108–9, 117

abused at the King’s Bench, 137–40, 156–58

Charles I (king of Great Britain and Ireland), 377 (n. 59)

Charles II (king of Great Britain and Ireland), 195, 210, 211, 246

Charles Town (or Charlestown): shipping at, 206

inhabitants of, 212, 216

plague at, 216

value of land near, 228

harbor of, 248

blacks hanged at, 253

Spanish emissaries at, 253

Cherokees, 243, 296–97, 379 (n. 5)

mountains of the, 246

Chickasaws, 297

Child, Sir Josiah, 201

“A Discourse concerning Plantations,” 168, 171–72, 192–99, 363–64 (nn. 48–57)

China, 212

Chremes (dramatic character), 160

Cibber, Theophilus, 377 (n. 66)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 283

Cities: building of, 176–80

Civita Vecchia, 309

Clarendon, Henry Hyde, second earl of, 56, 211n, 352 (n. 21)

Clarendon River, 248

Clark, Samuel, 155, 157

Clive, Robert, Baron Clive, 309, 324, 380 (n. 20), 383 (n. 14)

Coffin-land (island off South Carolina), 248

Coke (warden of the King’s Bench), 152

Coke, Sir Edward, 16n, 203–4, 234~35

Colerain, 208

Coligny, Admiral Gaspard de, 209–10

Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, 202

Colonies, 166–99

Athenian, 164

Roman, 164, 174–76, 181–82, 185, 188, 229

feared by Parliament, 167

benefits of, 167, 170, 174–76, 182–83, 185, 188–99, 218–29, 224–25, 229, 239–40

prove not to depopulate England, 171–72, 189, 192–99

proper colonists for, 172, 176, 219–22, 228

proper produce of, 172–73

government of, 173, 176

locale for, 174, 175–76, 178

militia in, 180

Dutch, 183–88, 197

Portuguese, 185

Greek, 185, 188

Spanish, 185, 197, 239

British, in America, 192

British, in Ulster, 207–8

French, 238–39. See also America (British North America); America, French; America, Spanish; Barbadoes; Georgia; Jamaica; New England; New York; North Carolina; Pensilvania; South Carolina; Ulster; Virginia

Committee appointed to Enquire into the State of the Goals of this Kingdom, the: appointed, 44

visits Fleet, 44–45, 50, 54, 66, 108, 352 (n. 21), 354 (n. 45)

reports on Fleet, 46, 56, 107, 108

resolutions of, on Fleet, 50, 72, 79–81, 117

questions witnesses, 70

reports on the Marshalsea, 83, 88

visits Marshalsea, 88, 90–91, 99

feeds starving prisoners at Marshalsea, 92–93

busy with parliamentary duties, 99

resolutions on the Marshalsea, 100–101, 117

reports George Gray, 119–21

resolutions on Gray, 121

supports Gambier petition, 122, 123

enlarged and continued, 125

uncertainty of continuation of, 125

investigates Eyre, 126

visits King’s Bench, 126, 136

reports on the King’s Bench, 130, 131

recommends prohibiting presents to supervising officials, 140

resolutions of, on the King’s Bench, 140, 158

Common Pleas, Court of. See Court of Common Pleas

Congreve, William: The Old Bachelor, 281, 376 (n. 38)

Constant Reader, A. See Boswell, James, as “A Constant Reader”

Constitution (English), 8, 14, 31

Conway, Henry Semour, 324, 383 (n. 13)

Cook, Moses, 116, 152, 153

Coram, Thomas: sends Newman Select Tracts, 167, 200

produces tar in America, 238, 369 (n. 85)

Corbett, Richard: keeps sponging-house, 56, 58, 63, 110

refuses prisoners their rights, 58

records no discharges, 59

appointed tipstaff, 60

mistreats Rich, 110–11

invests in Fleet, 350 (n. 6)

tried for murder of Castell, 353 (n. 30)

Cornelius. See Argyll, John Campbell, second duke of

Cornelys, Theresa, 319, 382 (n. 13)

Cornwall, Velters, 82

Corsica: importance of independence of, to Great Britain, 303–9

Cotton (clerk of the papers), 59, 78

Court, Pieter de la, 168, 361 (n. 5)

The True Interest of Holland, 183–88, 363 (n. 41–47)

Court of Common Pleas, 49, 50, 70, 73, 76, 110

regulates fees at Fleet, 64–65

rules for Rich’s removal from Fleet, 111–12

Court of Record of the King’s Palace of Westminster, 84, 89

Court of the Exchequer, 76

Court of the King’s Bench, 126, 131, 137, 140, 158, 264

accepts presents, 135–36, 147–48

fines Woodham, 154–55

Court of the Star Chamber, 49, 54, 55

Cowes, 299

Cowley, Abraham, 277–78, 375 (n. 23)

Cox, William, 320n, 382 (n. 14)

Craftsman, 207, 308

Crane, Verner, 200, 203

Crane, William, 84

Crasteen (Crasteyn), Abraham, 286, 377 (n. 62)

Crawford, David, 152

Creeks, 250, 297, 379 (n. 4)

Crull (investor in King’s Bench), 142

Cuba, 247, 291

Cumberland, William Augustus, duke of, 270, 271–72

Cumberland Sound, 257

Cuthbert, Dugal, 57, 123, 351–52 (n. 21), 353 (n. 27)

Cutler, Sir John: conveys the Lenthall title to Radnor, 131–32, 141, 259, 261–62, 357 (n. 8)

Daily Advertiser, 203, 299

Daily Journal, 5, 6, 9

Daniel, Samuel, 19n

Dantzick, 305

Darby, John, 356 (n. 20)

prosecution of, recommended, 84

illegally leases prison, 88, 101

extortions of, 89–90

fails to post fees, 90

seizes prisoners’ seal, 93

lists voluntary prisoners, 96–97

permits crowding, 99–100

censured, 101, 117

never charged with a crime, 355 (n. 7)

Darien (Georgia town), 249

Darnall, Sir John, 94, 96, 356 (n. 15)

Davenant, Charles, 201

Davis, Capt. Caleb, 253, 372 (n. 9)

Dawson (benefactor to the Fleet), 77

Decius. See Carpenter, George; Selwyn, Charles, as “Decius”

Dee River, 235

Defoe, Daniel, 337, 347 (n. 14)

Delaval, Sir John, 329–30, 384 (n. 5)

Delmy (Delme), Sir Peter, 286, 377 (n. 62)

Demeré, Lt. Raymond, 253, 372 (n. 10)

Democritus (of Abdera), 277

Demosthenes, 283

Denham, Thomas, 120

Denmark, 188, 234, 307

Denton, Alexander, 73, 76

Deptford, 33

Desbrisay, Capt. Albert, 339

Diana, 283

Dick, Sir John, 310, 380 (n. 21)

Dinocrates, 178, 362 (n. 26)

Dion, 179, 362 (n. 28)

Dionysius I (tyrant of Syracuse), 179, 285, 362 (n. 28)

Dorset, Lionel Cranfield Sackville, first duke of, 95, 96, 356 (n. 16)

Drummond, John, 7

Dublin, 222n, 235n

Dudley, John, 78, 112–13

Dumay, Thomas, 56

Dunbar, Capt. George, 339–40, 385 (n. 6)

Dussen, Col. Alexander Vander, 338–40, 385 (n. 5)

Dymond, Capt. George, 370 (n. 8)

Earle, Giles, 7, 8, 81

East Florida, 324, 383 (n. 12)

East India, 27, 199

East-India Company (Dutch), 185–87, 237

East Indies (Dutch), 187, 197, 213, 214, 237

Ebenezer (Georgia village), 249, 253, 256

Ebenezer River (Georgia), 248, 249

Edgar (king of the English), 234–36

Egypt 178, 212, 213, 234

Elizabeth I (queen of Great Britain and Ireland), 83

favors colonies, 170

increases size of her navy, 235–36

intervenes in foreign civil wars, 305, 379 (nn. 9, 10)

militia of, 327

Elliott, Robert, 120–21

Emigration. See Colonies

Enclosure, 311–20, 381 (n. 7)

England, 188, 222, 279–80, 300, 326

liberty in, 22

not depopulated by colonies, 171–72, 197–98

soldiers of, 180, 194

colonies strengthen, 184–85, 189

population of, 193, 195–97

ecclesiastical laws of, 194–95

Jewish immigration to, 197

conquest of Ireland by, 207

birds and fruit of, 214

Indian visits to, 217, 218, 296

emigration policy of, 221–22

generosity of, 227

militia of, 326–27. See also Great Britain

English Merchant, An. See Oglethorpe, James Edward, as “An English Merchant”

Enquiry into the Causes of our Naval Miscarriages, 9, 11

Eon de Beaumont, Charles, 322, 382 (n. 5)

Epaminondas, 180, 363 (n. 33)

Ephesus, 283

Equator, 234

Escapes (of debtors): from the Fleet, 56, 62, 108, 113–16

warrants for, 61, 153

from the King’s Bench, 126, 131–35, 138, 144–46, 149–51

committee recommendations for, 140

no one liable at King’s Bench for, 143, 146, 149

Eton, 3, 8

Ettinger, Amos Aschbach, 296, 298, 328, 337

Everett, John, 70, 80, 81, 111, 354 (n. 47)

Eyre, Sir Robert: favors Bambridge, 50

sets fees, 73, 76

investigated by the committee, 126, 127, 354 (nn. 43, 47)

Eyre, Ensign Thomas, 340, 385 (n. 6)

Faber. See Oglethorpe, James Edward, as “Faber”

Fabius, 283

Family Compact (or Contract), 304, 305, 321, 379 (n. 8)

Fees: at the Fleet Prison, 50, 55, 57, 59, 62–66, 72–75, 112–23

at the Marshalsea, 89–90, 101–2

reduced at the Fleet by Gambier, 124

at the King’s Bench, 138, 263, 267–68

Fenwick, John, 339

Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, 324, 382–83 (n. 10)

Fesse (kingdom of), 199

Fitz-Simmonds, Robert, 109

Flanders, 188, 197, 282, 305

Fleet Prison: shackling at, 44–45, 54, 55, 66–68

described, 44–45, 57–58, 70–71

history of, 49–50, 54–57

management of, 50

tortures at, 50, 56, 66–67

living conditions at, 50, 57–58, 62–63

mistreatment at, 56, 66–70, 107–8, 110–12

watchmen at, 58

records of, 60–62

strong room at, 66, 67, 69, 70–71, 107

dungeons used at, 66, 70

profits from, 77–79

misuse of soldiers at, 109

improvements at, 124

rents reduced at, 124. See also Charities; Escapes (of debtors); Fees; Prisons; Rules; Sponging-houses

Fleet River, 49

Flemings, 305

Flint, Mrs. Dorothy, 3

Flint River, 248

Florida, 291

geography of, 209, 248

French, then Spaniards colonize, 209–10

Spaniards mistreat Indians in, 210

English right in, 211

Indian longevity in, 215

Gulf Stream of, 247

Spaniards shelter Carolina slaves in, 253

fever in, 324, 383 (n. 12)

English invade, 338–41. See also East Florida

Florida, Gulph of, 209

Foladare, Joseph, 303

Fonseka (Yamacraw warrior), 243–44

Force, Peter, 335

Fort Argyle (Georgia), 249

Fortescue, Sir John (d. 1476?): De Laudibus Legum Angliae, 16, 348 (n. 32)

Fortesque, Sir John (d. 1746). See Aland, Sir John Fortesque

Fort Necessity, 271

Fort William (Georgia), 257

Fox, Charles James, 328

France, 188, 275, 290

English invasion of, 180

population of, 193, 239–40

English soldiers in, 194

civil wars in, 209–10

struggle of with Spaniards in Carolina of, 209–10

silk production in, 232

danger of war with, 270–95

gives up conquests, 280

ousts the Pretender, 280–81

sham war against, 284

stronger than England, 287–90

indigo of, 300

threat in Corsica of, 302–10

Oglethorpe family ties in, 321

deceives and bribes the English, 321–27. See also America, French; Bourbon, House of; Colonies, French; Navies, foreign, French; Trade, foreign, French

Franklin, Benjamin, 256

Franks, Dr., (dean of Bedford), 79

Frederica, 249, 256–58

Frederick II (Frederick the Great, king of Prussia), 225, 289, 290, 309, 321, 323

Frenchified Pensioner. See Pitt, William

Full Reply to Lieut. Cadogan’s Spanish Hireling, A, 335

Funds, the: depend on trade, 19

in a war with France, 271, 276, 281, 286–88

Fytche (tipstaff at the Fleet), 60, 353 (n. 35)

Gambier, James, 122–24, 126

Gaols. See Prisons

Gascoigne, Capt. John, 245, 370 (n. 4)

Gazeteer and London Daily Advertiser, 296

Gazetteer, 325n

Gee, Joshua, 201

General Advertiser, 335

General Evening Post, 342, 343

Genet, Edmé Jacques, 272

Geneva, 306

Genoa: revitalizes Pisa, 175, 362 (n. 20)

as agent of France in Corsica, 302, 304, 305, 307

Gentlemen’s Magazine, 271, 342

George I (king of Great Britain and Ireland), 3–4

George II (king of Great Britain and Ireland), 122, 326

prefers voluntary sailors, 8–9, 14–15, 39

creates Georgia, 220

vacations in Hanover, 271

helps Thorn, 305

George III (king of Great Britain and Ireland), 327

Oglethorpe petitions to revive his Georgia regiment, 270

addressed in “Adams” letters, 311–20

as a “man of letters,” 313, 381 (n. 5)

believes in an entente cordiale, 321–22

opposes peace with America, 328

Georgia: appeal for, 159–66, 227

Trustees’ purposes in, 164–65

religious liberty in, 165

silk in, 165, 202, 229–33

wine in, 165, 202, 230

for released debtors, 167

history and value of, 201–2, 209–12, 227

geography of, 209n, 212, 246–47

British title to, 210–11

taken from South Carolina, 212

climate, 212–16, 234

fertile soil in, 213

tar and pitch in, 213, 238

flora and fauna of, 213–14, 251

longevity in, 215–16

Indians in, 215–16, 241–43

proper colonists for, 219–20

colony created, 220

economic attractions of, 223–25

blacks and hardened criminals unwelcome in, 228, 252

cotton, drugs, dyeing stuffs in, 230

future trade of, 230–34, 237

rice in, 233

produce of, 238

magnolia of, 246, 370 (n. 6)

geography of, 246–49

towns and villages in, 248–49

fish in, 251

malcontents in, 252

Rangers, 252, 255, 339

Spanish invasion of, 256–58

indigo and hemp in, 300–301

regiment at St. Augustine, 338–41

Georgia Trustees: praised, 161–65, 208

their intentions, 166

review their publications, 201, 359 (n. 2)

named by George II, 220

assistance given by, 220–21

assistance to, 226

land policy of, 227–28

Oglethorpe corresponds with, 241

oppose black slaves, 252

Germany, 306

city states of, 176

English soldiers in, 194

receives Protestants and Jews, 194, 197

Protestant immigrants from, 225–27

allies of, in Vienna, 285

Great Britain subsidizes, 289, 290

rice market in, 300

power of, 307. See also Salzburgers

Gibbs (man killed at Stono), 254

Gibraltar, 234, 289, 308, 380 (n. 17)

Gibson, Jacob and Jacomb (money lenders), 10, 14

Gilbourne, Edward, 93–95, 105

Gimbert, Godfrey, 152

Glanville, William, 81

Glover, Henry, 152

Goals. See Prisons

Godfrey (man killed at Stono with son and daughter), 254

Goldsmith, Oliver, 302

visits Oglethorpe, 311

his Deserted Village, 311–13, 316

Gonson, Sir John, 154–56, 358 (n. 24)

Goulder, Thomas, 78

Gracchi, the, 284, 376–77 (n. 49)

Graccus, Gaius Sempronius II, 376–77 (n. 49)

Grace, John, 94, 355 (n. 13)

Granada, 193, 197

Granby, John Manners, marquis of, 324, 383 (n. 13)

Graunt, John, 195, 198

Gray, George, 119–21

Great Britain, 233, 253

proper immigrants from, 219–20

increased by foreign immigrants, 225–26

silk consumption in, 230–33

rice markets of, 233, 299–300

trade of, 235–39

and dangers of a French war, 271–95

power of the people of, 275–76

losses of, from the War of Jenkins’ Ear, 278–80

losses of, from the war of the Austrian Succession of, 280

divisions of people in, 326

taxation in, 331–33. See also America (British North America); Colonies; England; Ireland; Navy, British; Scotland; Trade, British

Great Meadows (battle of), 270, 293–94

Greece, 249, 277, 285. See also Colonies, Greek

Greenwich Hospital, 26

Grenada, 197

Grenville, George, 323, 383 (n. 11)

Gresham, Sir Thomas, 93, 355 (n. 11)

Grubham, John, 76

Guiana, 170

Guise, Gen. John, 279, 375 (n. 29)

Gulf Stream (or Gulph Stream), 245, 247, 291

Gustavus Adolphus (king of Sweden), 305, 380 (n. 12)

Guthrie (legal official of the King’s Bench), 262

Guybon (or Gybbon), Thomas, 59, 70, 353 (nn. 26, 34)

Habeas corpus: fees for, 58–59

list of those removed by, 60

misused, 69, 75, 108, 110

Hallifax (Nova Scotia), 294

Hamborough (or Hamburg), 278, 307

Hampden, John, 377 (n. 59)

Hampstead (Georgia village), 249

Hannibal, 281

Hanover, 271

Hants (newspaper writer), 315

Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, first earl of, 265

Harleain Miscellany, 11

Harris, Robert R., 3, 345 (n. 4)

Harris, Thadeus Mason, 245

Harrison, Thomas, 276, 374 (n. 15)

Harriss, John: Navagantium atque Itinerantium, 335

Haslam, Capt. William, 36–38

Haslemere (Surrey), 5–6

Hastings, Warren, 322

Hawke, Adm. Edward, 324, 383 (n. 13)

Heathcote, Sir Gilbert, 286

as “Alphus,” 161–62

Hell in Epitome, 83

Henry VII (king of England), 210, 284

Henry VIII (king of Great Britain and Ireland), 83

Herbert, Sir Edward, 64, 354 (n. 44)

Hercules, 287

Heron, Major Alexander, 339, 340, 385 (n.6)

Hext, Col. Alexander, 254, 372 (n. 15)

Heybord, Humphrey, 138, 154–55

Highgate (Georgia village), 249

Highlanders: in Georgia, 339

Hildesley, Capt. John, 37–38, 349 (n. 55)

Hill, John, 370 (n. 6)

Hilton-head, 248

Hippocrates (English physician). See Sloane, Sir Hans

Hippocrates (Greek physician), 277

Hispaniola, 291

Hoare, Prince, 7

Hogan (ensign of the Georgia regiment), 339, 340

Hogarth, William: portraits of the Committee by, 50, 351 (n. 6), 352 (n. 21), 354 (n. 45), 356 (n. 26)

Hogg, Thomas, 59, 353 (n. 33)

Holder (son of John Holder), 71

Holder, John, 71–72, 354–55 (n. 50)

Holland, 280, 307

need for and use of colonies by, 183–88

charities in, 184–85

emigration to, 184–85, 194, 196, 197

mismanagement of colonies by, 187

population of, 193

English soldiers in, 194

colonies of, do not depopulate, 197

freedom from Spain of, 197

rasp-houses in, 221

fisheries of, 222

power of liberty in, 275

supplies Spain during war with Britain, 278

abandons barrier towns, 292

newspapers in, 294

rice markets in, 300

helped by Queen Elizabeth I, 305

effects upon, by French control of Corsica, 306

begins to control English produce markets, 318. See also Colonies, Dutch; Navies, foreign, Dutch; Trade, foreign, Dutch

Holt, Sir John, 136, 153, 358 (n. 17)

Hooker, Richard: Weekly Miscellany, 241

Horace: Odes, 3, 216, 345 (n. 4), 367 (n. 42)

Ars Poetica, 217

Satires, 277, 374–75 (n. 16)

Epistles, 282, 283, 376 (nn. 40, 44)

Hosier, Adm. Francis, 371 (n. 9)

Houlditch, Richard, 142

House of Commons, 324

considers bill for voluntary recruitment of sailors, 9–10

orders changes in bill, 10

recommends voluntary recruitment, 15

throws out references to impressment, 15, 16

hears Oglethorpe’s reports on the Fleet, 44–46, 48, 50, 54, 107, 122, 123

Journals of, 45, 51, 119, 122, 259

acts on the Fleet reports, 47, 50, 79–82, 122, 124

petitions to, 49

hears Oglethorpe’s report on the Marshalsea, 83, 84, 88

acts on the Marshalsea, 117–18

hears Oglethorpe’s report on the King’s Bench, 119, 120, 259, 260

acts on the King’s Bench, 121, 158

assistance of, sought for Georgia, 228. See also Committee appointed to Enquire into the State of the Goals of this Kingdom, the; Parliament, English

House of Lords, 49, 50, 144, 322

Howard, Charles, earl of Surrey, 328, 384 (n. 4)

Howard, John, 127

State of the Prisons, 342–43

Howard, Rev. Leonard, 260, 373 (n. 2)

Howard, Thomas II, fourth duke of Norfolk, 357 (n. 6)

Hudson’s Bay, 291

Hudson’s Bay Company, 291

Huggins, John, 122, 351–52 (n. 21)

tortures prisoners, 50

allows escapes, 56

becomes warden of the Fleet, 56

transfers patent, 56–57, 350 (n. 6)

refuses to list some prisoners and to release others, 60–61

reprimanded, 68

uses dungeons and shackles, 71

censured by House of Commons, 72, 79–80

to be prosecuted, 80

imprisoned, 81

refuses aid to Arne, 107

mistreats Reed, 107–8

misuses escapes, 108

conspires with Perrin and others, 108–9, 113–17

brings soldiers to Fleet, 109

surrenders Fleet, 123

acts by deputy, 352 (n. 21)

tried for murder of Arne, 352–53 (n. 26)

Hughes, Edward, 81, 82, 126

Hull, 198

Hungary, 289

Hurlothrumbo (newspaper writer), 291, 292

Hutchenson (owner of a warehouse at Stono), 253

Impartial Account of the late Expedition, 336, 338

Impressment: press gangs and, 8, 14, 22–25, 34–35

unjust and illegal, 8, 19–20

backed by the Admiralty, 14–16

complained of by the House, 20

origin of, 20

as harmful to recruits and Navy, 20, 22, 24–27, 35, 42

liberty denied pressed men, 20, 22–24

and press officers, 20, 23–25, 34–35, 36–38

spreads disease, 21

induces desertion and piracy, 21, 24

prejudicial to merchants, 22, 285

expense of, 23

and press warrants, 23

press smacks, 23–24, 33–34

excuse for, 25

avoided by Dutch, French, and Swedes, 27, 39

evils of illustrated, 36–38

India: Dutch, 184, 363 (n. 42)

English, 322, 324

Indians (American), 190, 201

proper treatment of, 174

visit England, 203, 217

longevity of, 215

in Georgia, 216

length of year for Virginia, 216

war of, with the Spaniards, 216

numbers of, diminished, 216–17

rum fatal to, 217

described, 217, 218, 242–44, 249–50

mistreated by Spaniards, 226–27

converted to Christianity, 226–27, 242

as in need of conversion in New England and Pennsylvania, 227

as Noble Savages, 241–44, 249–50

morality of, 242

revenge among, 242

government of, 242–43

frankness of, 243

eloquence of, 243, 250

food of, 250

health of, 250

attack escaping slaves, 253

in Canada, 291

as Braddock’s allies, 293

as allies at St. Augustine, 339. See also Cherokees; Chickasaws; Creeks; Iroquois; Uchees

Ireland, 222, 318, 326

English colonies in Ulster, 198, 207–8

English conquest of, 207–8, 234

silk trade in, 230–31

wool trade in, 238, 369 (n. 84)

beef trade in, 279

Iroquois, 216, 218

Islington, 62

Italy, 213, 271, 307

silk in, 165

population of, 175, 193

Jews in, 197

Spanish dominions in, 236

coast of, 304

Jacobites, 3, 280–81

Jacomb, Robert, 10, 14

Jaffier, Meer, 309, 380 (n. 20)

Jamaica, 189, 195, 197

James I (king of Great Britain and Ireland), 236, 357 (n. 9), 373 (n. 5)

James II (king of Great Britain and Ireland), 276

James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender, prince of Wales), 3, 280–81, 322, 376 (n. 35)

Jekyll, Sir Joseph, 15, 77

Jekyl Sound, 247, 257, 370 (n. 8)

Jemmy (black leader at Stono), 253

Jenkins, Robert, 278

Jesuits, 253

Jews, 197, 281, 287

John (king of England), 264

John IV (king of Portugal), 306, 380 (n. 14)

Johnson, Gov. Robert, 349–50 (n. 55)

Johnson, Dr. Samuel: friendship with Oglethorpe, 302

visits Oglethorpe, 311

converses with Oglethorpe, 348 (n. 30)

beats Osborne, 359 (n. 1)

Dictionary, 375 (n. 32), visits George III’s library, 381 (n. 5)

Johnson, Samuel (of Cheshire), 378 (n. 71)

Jones, John, 140–41

Jordain, Peter, 78

Joseph’s Town (Georgia village), 249

Joshua, 188

Kaschmere (or Kasimere), 234

Keith, Field Marshal James, 270

Kemp (benefactor of Solas), 66

Kendrick, John, 76

Kenn, Luke, 48

Kennet, Basil, 3

Ketleby (master of the King’s Bench Court), 153

Kilberry, William, 62, 353–54 (n. 38)

Killpatrick, James (later Kirkpatrick): A Full Reply to Lieut. Cadogan’s Spanish Hireling, 335

An Impartial Account, 336, 338, 384 (nn. 2–3)

King, Sir Peter, 50, 70, 354 (n. 48)

King, Thomas, 80, 81, 355 (n. 52)

King, William, 142

King’s Bench, Court of the. See Court of the King’s Bench

King’s Bench prison: preliminary report on, 119–21

supervision and management of, 126–27, 138–39

Lenthall mortgage of, 131, 132–33, 140–42, 261–66

ownership of, 131, 140

prisoners at, 134

rents excessive at, 134, 138, 149

absence of cruelties at, 136

described, 136–37, 260–61, 264–65

prisoners of, denied legal release, 139

profits of, 143, 151–52, 263, 267, 269

marshals of, listed, 152, 357 (n. 6)

repaired with charity money, 156–58

creditors of escaped prisoners from, to be helped, 158

rents lowered at, 237

expansion and other changes in, recommended, 259, 261, 263, 266

as inadequate and unhealthy, 260–61

and disadvantages of the Lenthall mortgage, 261–62, 265–66

warden Ashton of, commended, 262–63

purchase of Lenthall mortgage recommended for, 266

William Bingley imprisoned at, 321. See also Charities; Escapes; Fees; Lenthall, William; Rules

King’s Marshalsea, the. See King’s Bench prison

Kircher, Athanasius, 245

Kirk, Rudolf, 3

Knatchbull, Sir Edward, 44, 125, 350 (n. 1)

Knight, Robert, 142, 150

Knorr, Klaus E., 202

Krämer, Johann Matthias, 336

Lacedemonians, 180, 277

Lambert, Gen. John, 276, 374 (n. 15)

Lamberto, Col. Pedro, 253, 372 (n. 13)

Langmore (legal agent), 261, 266

Languedoc, 307

Lanning, John Tate, 335, 336

La Rochelle, 305

Laval, Antoine François de, 245

Leather-Sellers Company, 77

Lede, marquis de, 271, 289

Lee, Nathaniel, 277, 375 (n. 20)

Lee, Sir William, 262, 265, 266–67, 373 (n.6)

Leghorn, 309, 310

Leickey, Alexander, 78

Leighton, Baldwyn, 55, 351–52 (nn. 20, 21)

Lemy (killed near Stono, with wife and child), 254

Lenthall, William: title of, to the King’s Bench, 131, 133, 138, 140, 144, 259, 262, 266, 267, 357–58 (n. 9), 373 (n. 4)

mortgages title to Cutler, 131–32, 141–42, 261

heirs of, 132–33, 144, 145, 261

Léon, Luis Ponce de, 210, 245

Lerichy, 307

Letter from South Carolina, A. See Nairne, Thomas

Letters relating to the Antigallican Privateer, 321

Levant, 233, 304, 307, 393

Leyson, Jenkin, 58, 353 (n. 31)

Lime (Lyme Regis), 198

Lincoln, 198

Lisbon, 238

Little Ogechee River, 248

Liverpool, 198

Livy, 182

Lloyd, John, 260

Lloyd’s Evening Post, 298

Loader, Hall, 141

Locke, John, 211, 366 (n. 34)

London, 578

City, 15

impressment in, 23–24

Bridge, 83

Tower of, 83

fire of, 83, 222

vagrants in, 163–64, 195

population of, 191, 194–96, 198

plague of 1664–1665, 192, 198

Irish colony and salmon fisheries of, 207–8

Indians visit, 217–18

labor cheap in, 223–25

port of, 299

merchants of, 299–300

as refuge of the dispossessed, 313, 316

markets of, 315. See also British Library; Fleet; King’s Bench prison; Marshalsea; Newgate; Pantheon, Prisons; Ranelegh; Soho; Southwark; Westminster; Westminster-Hall; White’s Coffee House

London Chronicle, 296

London Daily Post, 252

London-derry, 208

London Evening Post, 167, 200

London Journal, 159, 160

London Society for the Plantation of Ulster, 208

Long, Henry, 262, 263–64

Loraine, 307, 380 (n. 15)

Louis XV (king of France), 210

Louis XVI (king of France), 320n

Lowther, Sir James, 15

Lucan, 280

Lucas, William, 157, 158

Lutwyche, Thomas, 15

Lycurgus (Athenian statesman), 188, 363 (n. 47)

Lycurgus (Spartan law-giver), 277, 375 (n. 19)

Lyddal (owner of a house near King’s Bench prison), 261

Lyfland (Livonia), 188, 363 (n. 45)

Mace (ensign in the Georgia regiment), 339

Machen, Richard: as marshal of the King’s Bench, 134, 152

not liable for escapes, 143

sued over Poulter’s escape, 149

as prisoner at King’s Bench, 150

runs away, 151

Machiavelli, Nicolo, 170–71

The Prince, 168, 175–76, 362 (nn. 21, 22)

Discourses upon Titus Livius, 168, 177–83, 362–63 (nn. 23–40)

The History of Florence, 174–75, 362 (nn. 19, 20)

Mackall, Leonard, 203, 355

Catalogue, 335

Mackay, Lieut. James, 339, 340

Mackay, James, of Scoury, 385 (n. 6)

Mackay, John, 120, 356 (n. 1)

Mackay, Ensign Samuel, 339, 340, 385 (n.6)

Mackpheadris, John, 58, 66–68, 353 (n. 29)

Mackpherson, Capt. James, 253, 372 (n. 11)

Maderas, 165

Maestritch, 279

Magna Charta, 19, 55, 348 (n. 37), 381 (n. 8)

Mandeville, Bernard, 225, 368 (n. 62)

Manlove, Richard, 50

Margate, 40

Marius Gaius, 284, 376 (n. 49)

Marlborough, George Spencer, fourth duke of, 316, 318

Marlborough, John Churchill, first duke of, 286

Marriage Act (of 1755), 283, 376 (n. 45)

Marriott (attorney for Woodham), 155

Marshalsea prison: visited by the committee, 83–84, 88

management of, 84

history of, 84, 88–89

described, 84, 90–92

tortures and cruelties at, 84, 91, 98–99

starvation at, 84, 91–92, 95, 98–99, 100

crowding and jail fever at, 84, 91–92, 99–100

abuse of tap-houses at, 89–90

extortions at, 89–90

garnish money at, 89–90

minor mistreatment of prisoners at, 89–92

housing and rents at, 91, 102–5

offices sold at, 95–96

begging box abused at, 97

pirates housed in, 97–98. See also Charities; Fees; Escapes; Prisons; Rules

Martin, John, 133, 142–47

Martin, Thomas, 133, 142–43, 145–50, 267

Martin, William, 142–43, 146–47, 266–67

Martyn, Benjamin: A New and Accurate Account, 200–201, 203

Some Account of the Designs of the Trustees, 201, 207, 359 (n. 2), 365 (n. 23), 366 (n. 27)

An Account, Showing the Progress, 336

Reasons for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, 359 (n. 2), 369 (n. 86)

Mary (queen of Great Britain and Ireland), 83

Mason, Joseph, 156–58

Maund, Thomas, 157

Maxwell, Primrose, 340–41, 385 (n. 6)

Mazzique, Joseph Anthony, 253, 372 (n. 12)

Meadows, Sir Philip, 88, 355 (n. 6)

Mediterranean, 289, 305, 306, 307

Meney, Thomas, 152

Messala. See Raymond, Sir Robert, as “Messala”

Messina, 306

Metcalf (brewer of Greenwich), 151

Mexico, 248

Mexico Bay (or Gulf of Mexico), 213, 246, 248

Mézière, Eleanor, marquise de, 321

Miles, Jeremiah, 78

Milton, John, 15n

Paradise Lost, 215, 348 (n. 27), 366 (n. 38)

Minden, battle of, 324, 382 (n. 15)

Minorca, 308

Mississippi, 291

Mississippi River, 248

Moguls, 274, 309

Molyneux, Samuel, 8–9

Monitor. See Oglethorpe, James Edward, as “Monitor”

Monthly Review, 342

Montiano, Gov. Manuel de, 253

Moore, Francis, 341

Moore, William, 157

Moors, 193, 197

Moravians, 3, 259

Morning Chronicle, 311, 312

Morning Post, 342

Morocco, 199

Morris, John, 136, 153

Mosdell, Stephen, 152

Moses, 188

Mowbray, John, fourth duke of Norfolk, 131, 357 (n. 6)

Mowbray, Thomas, first duke of Norfolk, 131

Mullens, Richard, 158

reports Gray, 120–21

becomes deputy marshal of King’s Bench, 133, 134–35, 146–47, 152, 358 (n. 14)

income of, from King’s Bench, 134–35, 151–52

compassionate conduct of, 136, 265

accuses Woodham, 138, 154–55

not liable for escapes, 143, 146

examined by the Committee, 146–52

uses charity money for repairs, 156–58

Muscovy. See Russia

Nabis, 179, 362 (n. 28)

Nairne, Thomas: A Letter from South Carolina, 206

Naples, 306

Nash (home owner near Stono), 254

National Union Catalog, 335, 336

Natolia, 212

Navies, foreign: Dutch, 8, 20–21, 28–29, 237

French, 8, 27–28, 287, 290, 294, 304, 307

Swedish, 8, 29–30

Spanish, 21, 235–36, 248, 327

Russian, 21, 294

Venetian, 27

Navy, British, 287, 300

pay in, 8–9, 15, 17–18

manning of, 15, 23, 26–27, 31–32, 39–43

financing of, 17–18

promotes and defends trade, 18–19

power of, 18–19, 234–37

hurt by impressment, 20–21

Baltick fleet, 21, 23, 26

guard ships, 21, 33–34

West India squadron, 23, 26

Mediterranean fleet, 23, 271, 305, 307

history of, 234–37

ineffectual against France and Spain, 278–80, 294. See also Impressment; Sailors, British

Netherlands. See Holland

Neuste und Richtigste Nachricht, 336

Newbury, Walter, 78, 113

New England, 216

population of, 192, 194, 195, 198

Indians in, 227

Newfoundland, 237, 278

Newgate, 60, 107, 110, 111, 126, 261

Newman, Henry, 167

Newton, Robert, 84

New York, 216

New York Weekly Journal, 338

Nice, 307

Nichols, John: Literary Anecdotes, 167, 200

“Niederlassung in New Georgien,” 336

Nile, 178

Nore, the, 33, 34

Norfolk, Roger Bigod, fourth earl of. See Bigod, Roger

North, Frederick, second earl of Guildford, 302, 328–33

North Briton, 321

North Carolina, 212, 246, 248

Norway, 234

Numa Pompilius (second king of Rome), 180, 188, 363 (n. 31)

Oakman, John, 337

Ogechee River, 248, 249

Oglethorpe, Eleanor, marquise de Mézière, 321

Oglethorpe, Eleanor Wall, 3, 271

Oglethorpe, Elizabeth Wright, 7

Oglethorpe, Frances Charlotte, marquise de Bellegarde, 321

Oglethorpe, James Edward: education of, 3

linguistic ability of, 3, 204

laments the death of Queen Anne and celebrates the advent of George I, 3–4

duel of, 5–6

reports on Fleet, 44, 46, 48, 54

chairs committee to report on prisons, 44, 50

serves on debtors committees, 49

chairs committees to disable Bambridge and reform prisons, 50–51, 81

studies law at Gray’s Inn, 51

presents Fleet resolves, 79–81

presents Marshalsea report, 83, 84, 88

presents Marshalsea resolves, 117–18

reports George Gray, 119–21

supports Gambier petition, 122

moves for printing trials of wardens, 125

begins prison reform, 127

reports on the King’s Bench, 130, 259–60

library of, 167, 202, 203–4, 321, 345–46 (n. 4), 348 (nn. 27, 32, 36, 52), 359 (n. 4), 365 (n. 20), 368–69 (n. 79), 369 (n. 81), 375 (n. 23); 376 (nn. 33, 38), 377 (nn. 52, 63), 378 (n. 67), 379 (n. 10), 380 (n. 16), 383 (n. 19)

editorial practices of, 167–68, 383 (n. 19)

“puffs” his own publications, 200, 207, 303, 342, 365 (n. 22)

buys land in South Carolina, 202

memory of, 204

and the Georgia Indians, 241–44

as member of the Royal Society, 245

records velocity of Gulf Stream, 245

has Georgia coast sounded, 247

demands escaped slaves, 253

defensive actions after Stono, 255

as chairman of King’s Bench committee, 259

escapes arrest for debt, 259

letters to Keith, 270, 374 (n. 4)

petitions George II for reactivation of Georgia regiment, 270

Irish heritage of, 271

second court-martial of, 271

military experience in Sicily and Florida, 271, 380 (n. 15)

as “Brittanicus et Americanus,” 298–301

friendships with Boswell, Goldsmith, and Dr. Johnson, 302

begins series of letters to the press, 302

as “An English Merchant,” 306, 310

as “Monitor,” 308

corresponds with Boswell, 311, 321, 381 (n. 2)

entertains literary friends, 311

opposes enclosure, 311–12

as “Adams,” 311–20