[1] Mass. Historical Collections, 4th Series, Vol. VII., p. 128.

[2] Mass. Historical Collections, 4th Series, Vol. VI., pp. 242, 256, 276.

[3] Mass. Historical Collections, 4th Series, Vol. VII.

[4] Mass. Colonial Records, I., p. 281. Mass. Historical Collections, 3d Series, Vol. VII., p. 48.

[5] Laws and Ordinances of New Netherlands.

[6] Laws and Ordinances of New Netherlands, pp. 379, 380.

[7] Brodhead, History of the State of New York, Vol. II., pp. 196-98.

[8] Memorial History of N. Y., Vol. I., pp. 355-56.

[9] Brodhead, History of N. Y., Vol. II., p. 413.

[10] Mass. Historical Collections, 3d Series, Vol. VII., p. 49.

[11] Mass. Historical Collections, 3d Series, Vol. VII., p. 48.

[12] Mass. Records, Vol. V., pp. 147, 148.

[13] Colonial Records of Connecticut, Vol. II., p. 242.

[14] Brodhead, Vol. I.

[15] Colonial Documents of N. Y., Vol. III., pp. 349-350.

[16] Colonial Documents of N. Y., Vol. III., p. 355.

[17] Colonial Documents of N. Y., Vol. III.

[18] Connecticut Records, Vol. III., pp. 392, 393, 398.

[19] Letter Book of Sam. Sewall, Vol. I., p. 25.

[20] The discrepancy in dates leads to the supposition that John Perry served as bearer before his actual appointment.

[21] Colonial Documents of N. Y., Vol. III., p. 682.

[22] Mass. Provincial Records.

[23] Mass. Historical Collections, 3d series, Vol VII., pp. 50-51.

[24] Mass. Historical Collections, 3d series, Vol. VII., p. 51, also Palfrey’s History of New England.

[25] Palfrey, IV., p. 329.

[26] Colonial Documents of N. Y., Vol. IV, p. 200.

[27] Journal of the Legislative Council of New York, Vol. I, pp. 26, 31, 32, 34.

[28] Journal of the Assembly, pp. 26, 28.

[29] Copied from the original MS. at Albany.

[30] Journal of Legislative Council, I., pp. 79, 80.

[31] Journal of the Assembly.

[32] Journal of the Legislative Council, I., pp. 136, 137, 138, 143.

[33] Journal Legislative Council, I., 186, 187, 189.

[34] Journal of the Assembly, pp. 154, 226, 227, 234.

[35] Journal of the Assembly, pp. 198, 200, 203.

[36] Colonial Documents of N. Y., IV., pp. 1167-68.

[37] Journal of the Council, I., p. 247.

[38] Journal of the Assembly, 219, 223, 224.

[39] Journal of the Legislative Council, I., p. 285.

[40] Colonial Documents of N. Y., IV., p. 317.

[41] Colonial Documents of N. Y., IV., p. 1017.

[42] Colonial Documents of N. Y., Vol. IV., p. 1113.

[43] Colonial Documents, p. 1120.

[44] Mass. Historical Collections, 3d Series, Vol. VII.

[45] Mass. Historical Collections, 3d Series, Vol. VII., pp. 55-60.

[46] The successor of Duncan and famous as the publisher of the News Letter.

[47] Mass. Historical Collections, 3d Series, Vol. VII., pp. 60, 69.

[48] Mass. Historical Collections, 3d Series, Vol. VII., pp. 56-60.

[49] Mass. Historical Collections, 3d Series, Vol. VII., p. 80.

[50] N. H. Provincial Papers, Vol. II., p. 100.

[51] N. H. Provincial Papers, Vol. II., p. 101.

[52] N. H. Provincial Papers, Vol. III., p. 11.

[53] Copied from the original, also in Hist. Magazine, Vol. III., p. 351.

[54] N. H. Provincial Papers, Vol. III., p. 18.

[55] N. H. Provincial Papers, Vol. III., p. 30.

[56] N. H. Provincial Papers, Vol. III., pp. 61, 248, 257, 279.

[57] N. H. Provincial Papers, Vol. III., p. 304.

[58] N. H. Provincial Papers, Vol. III., p. 343.

[59] Colonial Records of Rhode Island.

[60] Colonial Records of Connecticut, Vol. IV., p. 123.

[61] Colonial Records, Vol. IV., p. 246-47.

[62] Colonial Records, Vol. IV., p. 468.

[63] Watson, Vol. II., p. 391. Winsor, Narrative and Critical History, Vol. III., p. 491. Historical Magazine, Vol. III., p. 221.

[64] Historical Magazine, Vol. III., p. 223.

[65] Penn and Logan Correspondence.

[66] Duke of Yorke’s Laws, p. 224.

[67] Pennsylvania Colonial Records, Vol. I., p. 524.

[68] Duke of Yorke’s Laws, p. 262.

[69] Martin’s Bench and Bar of Philadelphia, pp. 126-130.

[70] Pennsylvania Magazine, Vol. IX., p. 444.

[71] Copied from the original.

[72] Pennsylvania Magazine, Vol. IX., p. 444.

[73] Hening’s Statutes at Large, Vol. II., p. 109.

[74] Hening’s Statutes at Large, Vol. III., pp. 112, 115.

[75] Cooper’s Statutes at Large, Vol. II., pp. 188-89.

[76] Cooper’s Statutes at Large, Vol. II, p. 308.

[77] Iredell, Laws of North Carolina.

[78] Mass. Historical Collections, 6th Series, Vol. V., pp. 64, 65, 66, 70.

[79] Penn and Logan Correspondence, Vol. II., p. 257.

[80] Mass. Historical Collections, 6th Series, Vol. V., pp. 52, 101, 116, 140.