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the last royal governor of North Carolina--biographical notice of (_note_), ii. 120.

Maryland, government of, abdicated by Eden, ii. 184; property owned by Washington in, at the time of his death, iii. 543.

Mason, George, correspondence of, with Washington, in relation to the exclusion of British merchandise, i. 347; as a statesman (_note_), i. 355; adverse to the constitution, iii. 77.

Massachusetts, heavy taxes paid by the people of, in 1758, i. 259; action of the British Parliament toward, i. 353; persons charged with treason in, to be sent to England for trial--sympathy of Virginia with, i. 354; assembly of, adjourned by Governor Bernard to Cambridge, i. 367; committees of correspondence originated in, i. 382, 383; oppressive measures adopted by Parliament toward, i. 389; first steps toward revolution taken by, i. 468; noble action of the provincial congress of, i. 501; preparations for war made by the provincial congress of, i. 503; general assembly of, how constituted (_note_), i. 623; promptness of the militia of, in supplying vacancies in the camp at Cambridge, i. 762.

Mathews, David, mayor of New York, arrest of, i. 174; removed from New York to Litchfield--kind treatment of, in Connecticut (_note_), ii. 222.

Maxims of Washington in youth, i. 37; Chief-Justice Marshall's opinion of--remarks of Mr. Sparks respecting, i. 42.

Mazzei, Philip, letter of Jefferson to, asserting the growth of a monarchical party--biographical notice of (_note_), iii. 418; Jefferson's letter translated by, and published in Florence (_note_), i. 419.

Medal in gold ordered by Congress in commemoration of the evacuation of Boston, ii. 80.

Megantic, Lake, encampment of Arnold on the eastern shore of, i. 693.

Meigs, Lieutenant-Colonel, British stores at Sag Harbor destroyed by, ii. 439.

Melvin, James, hardships endured in Arnold's Quebec expedition described by, i. 692.

Mercer, Colonel, death of, at Oswego, i. 234.

Mercer, Doctor Hugh, with Braddock in his expedition against Fort Duquesne, i. 152; at the destruction of Kittanning, i. 226; commissioned a brigadier-general, ii. 172; backwardness of recruits for the flying camp of, at Amboy, ii. 231; watch to be kept by, over West Jersey, ii. 308; night-march on Princeton led by, ii. 386; attacked by Colonel Mawhood at Princeton, ii. 387; left for dead in a bayonet-charge of Mawhood's men, ii. 388; biographical notice of (_note_), ii. 391.

Merchandise, British, refusal of the colonists to purchase, i. 322, 333; associations with the object to exclude, i. 347, 355; views of Washington on the exclusion of, i. 347; letter of George Mason to Washington, on the exclusion of, i. 350.

Mercier, Chevalier de, architect of Fort Duquesne, i. 98.

Methodist Church, early opposition of, to slavery, iii. 152.

Middlebrook, camp of Washington established at--strength of the army at,