Mugford, Captain James, [252], [253], [259].
Muscongus patent, history of, [60], [61].
N.
Nantucket, its early discovery, [324]; name, [325], [341]; voyage to, [326], [327]; the town described, [328], [329], [330]; whales, ships, and whaling, [331]-[334]; Nantucket in the Revolution, [335]; cruising for whales, [335]; the camels, [336]; whaling annals, [336], [337]; white settlement of the island, [339], [340], [341]; Coffin school and Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, [342]; black-fishing, [343], [344]; blue-fishing at the Opening, [344], [345], [346]; Coatue, [347]; Indian legends, [349]; Indian absolutism, [350]; wasting of the shores, [350]; Siasconset, [351], [352]; the great South Shoal, [353]; Sankoty Head, [354]; Surfside, [354].
Narraganset Bay, Verrazani's supposed sojourn in, [359].
Nautican or Nauticon. See Nantucket.
Nelson, Horatio, Lord, chivalric conduct of, [395]. See note; death-scene of, [433].
Nelson, John, important services of, [98].
Newcastle, [196], et seq.; the Pool, [197]; old charter and records, [198], [199]; Little Harbor, [200].
New England of ancient writers, [17]-[27]; early names of, [18], [19]; first called New England, [20]; attempts to colonize, [24]; quality of emigration to, [25]; patents of, [133]; supposed visit of Northmen, [369], note.