Page, John, Jr.: keeps day of prayer, 242 Page, Matthew: Councillor, 133; charges against Nicholson, 147, 148 Palace: mob threatens, 245, 247; raided, 247, 248 Pamunkeys: hostile, 86; flee from Bacon, 87 Panton, Rev. Anthony: accuses Harvey, 49; fined and banished, 50, 51; vindicated, 52 Parke, Daniel: announces Berkeley's death, 102 Parliament: expedition against Virginia, 64; Virginia surrenders, 66; less representative, 222; rotten boroughs, 222, 223; out of step with age, 223; ignorant of colonies, 223 Paper money: Assembly issues, 205; new issues, 206; to finance war, 217; rate of exchange, 218; continues issues, 218; to finance war, 217; rate of exchange, 218; continues issues, 218; illegal loans, 221 Patronage: props Governor's power, 19, 20, 21; Bacon's Laws restrict, 92; Effingham uses, 118; Nicholson uses, 137, 138; bill to limit vetoed, 167; no Burgess to hold office, 181; victory for liberty, 181 Pendleton, Edmund: 219; protests Stamp Act, 224; to submit, 226; committee of correspondence, 237; Continental Congress, 240; lionized, 246; General Committee of Safety, 249; for independence, 255; convention of 1776, 255 Pierce, William: King orders arrest, 48; sent to England, 49 Pistole Fee: for use of seal, 196-200; counties complain of, 196; Stith opposes, 196; Attorney General upholds, 197; Burgesses appeal to King, 198; Dinwiddie says not a tax, 199; King restricts use of, 199, 200; results of, 200; Fauquier cautious of, 200 Pitt, William: supports Americans, 241 Poll tax: hated, 31; people protest, 83; Bacon's men protest, 90; crushes poor in 1677, 103; liquor duty eases, 187 Pott, Francis: circulates petition, 44; arrested, 45; released, 47; leaves for England, 47; arrested in England, 48 Pott, Dr. John: acting Governor, 37; poisons Indians, 37, 38; Harvey persecutes, 39, 40; pardoned, 40; aids in arresting Harvey, 46 Powder Horn, Williamsburg: powder seized, 244; trap wounds two, 246 Prerogative of King: whittled away, 34, 35; James II stretches, 116; weakened, 123; Two-penny Act, ignores, 212 Press: free prohibited, 116, 117 Purifie, Thomas: warns Harvey, 46 Puritans: in Virginia, 58; Berkeley persecutes, 59; strong on Hampton Roads, 60; send for ministers, 60; ministers driven out, 61; ordered to conform, 61 Quartering of troops: ended in Virginia, 117 Quary, Col. Robert: describes powers of Council, 24, 25; on decline of prerogative, 35; warns English government, 123; defends Nicholson, 149
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