NEW ENGLAND, 1689-1763. _The Editor_ 87 ILLUSTRATIONS: Map of New England (1688), 88; Elisha Cooke, the Elder, 89; Seal of Massachusetts Province, 93; Bellomont, 97; Samuel Sewall, 100; Hertel, Seigneur de Rouville, 106; The Four Maquas (Indians), _opp._ 107; Draft of Boston Harbor, _opp._ 108; Ground Plan of Castle William, _opp._ 108; British Soldiers (1701-1714), 109; Gurdon Saltonstall, with Autograph, 112; William Dummer, 114; Jeremiah Dummer, 115; Elisha Cooke, the Younger, 117; Thomas Prince, 122; Boston Light and Province Sloop, 123; Increase Mather, 125; Mather Byles, 128; George II., 130; Popple’s Map of New England, 134; An English Fleet, 136; Benjamin Pollard, 138; Autograph of Benning Wentworth, 139; Portrait and Autograph of George Berkeley, 140; William Shirley, 142; Popple’s Chart of Boston Harbor, 143. CRITICAL ESSAY. _The Editor_ 156 ILLUSTRATIONS: Hannah Adams, 160; John Gorham Palfrey, 161. EDITORIAL NOTES 164 ILLUSTRATIONS: Rhode Island Twelve-Pence Bill, 172; Rhode Island Three-Shillings Bill, 173; New Hampshire Five-Shillings Bill, 174; New Hampshire Three-Pounds Bill, 175; Plan of Fort Halifax, 182; Autograph of Wm. Lithgow, 182; of Jabez Bradbury, 183; Flanker of Fort Halifax, 183; Restoration of Fort Halifax, 184; Block House (1714), 185; Plans of Fort Anson, 187. CHAPTER III. MIDDLE COLONIES. _Berthold Fernow_ 189 ILLUSTRATIONS: Autograph of Jacob Leisler, 189; of Lord Cornbury, 192; of Governor Fletcher, with Seal, 194; of Lovelace, 196; of Governor Hunter, with Seal, 196; of Rip van Dam, 198; of Governor Clinton, with Seal, 202; of Governor James De Lancey, with Seal, 205; of Governor Cadwallader Colden, with Seal, 206; of Governor Robert Monckton, with Seal, 206. CRITICAL ESSAY. (_Manuscript sources, by Mr. Fernow_) 231 (_Cartography and Boundaries of the Middle Colonies, by Mr. Fernow and the Editor_) 233 ILLUSTRATIONS: Cadwallader Colden’s Map in fac-simile, 237; Map of Pennsylvania (1756), 239. EDITORIAL NOTES 240 ILLUSTRATIONS: Autograph of Daniel Horsmanden, 242; Views of New York (1732), 250; (1746), 251; (1761), 251; Plans of New York City (1695), 253; of New York and Perth Amboy Harbor (1732), 254; of New York (1755), 255; (1763), 256; (1764, by Bellin), 257; Heap’s East Prospect of Philadelphia (1754-1761), 258. CHAPTER IV. MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. _The Editor_ 259 ILLUSTRATIONS: Frederick, Lord Baltimore, 262; Alexander Spotswood, 266; Robert Dinwiddie, with Autograph, 269. CRITICAL ESSAY 270