Mercer, James, member of committee of safety, 624.

Mercer, General Hugh, mortally wounded near Princeton, 668;
notice of, 668-69.

Merchants, 350.

Methodists appear in Virginia, 562.

Middle Plantation, 188.

Minge, James, clerk of assembly, 281, 301.

Ministers, 249, 374, 696.

Monacan Indians, 63.

Monmouth, battle of, 688.

Monmouth's adherents sent to Virginia, 339.

Monongahela, battle of, 474.

Moore, Austin, of Chelsea, 387.

Moore, Bernard, of Chelsea, marries daughter of Governor Spotswood,
408.

Moore, Lucy, married to Speaker Robinson, 548.

Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina, battle of, 640.

Morgan, General Daniel, notice of, 686;
his victory at Cowpens, 715.

Morris, Samuel, dissenter in Hanover County, 439.

Morrison, Francis, governor, 252;
agent, 275.

Morquez, Pedro Menendez, explores Bay of Santa Maria, (Chesapeake,)
18.

Mounds in Virginia, 85.

NANSEMOND, 59.

Navigation act, 218, 248.

Navy, Virginia, 678.

Necessity, Fort, 465.

Neck, Northern, 248, 274.

Negroes introduced into Virginia, 144.

Negroes, number of, in 1649, 206.

Negroes, number of, in 1670, 272.

Negroes, number of, in 1714, 383.

Negroes, number of, in 1756, 494.

Negroes, duty on importation of, disallowed, 412.

Negroes, loss of, during British invasions, 733.

Nelson, President William, 654.

Nelson, Thomas, 653.

Nelson, Secretary Thomas, 651, 653, 747.

Nelson, Jr., General Thomas, his education, 653;
member of convention, 653;
member of congress, 653;
his letter urging independence, 645;
signer of Declaration, 652;
sketch of, 653;
his family, 653-54;
commands militia during Arnold's invasion, 710;
commands militia at siege of York, 747;
notice of him and his family, 653.

Nelson, Judge Hugh, of Belvoir, 731.

Newport, Captain, sails for Virginia, 38;
lands at Jamestown and explores the River Powhatan, 41;
visits Powhatan, 50;
returns to England, 53;
arrives with second supply, 61;
explores Monacan country, 63;
embarks for England, 65.

Nicholas, Robert Carter, elected treasurer, 547;
member of committee of corres