P

Pain, William, 132

Paine, Joseph, 40

Palatines, 41–43, 78, 147, 212

Palmer, John, 109

pamphlets, 64, 66, 131, 132, 146, 152, 196, 264

pamphlet war, 74, 75, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262

paper money, 66, 68, 69, 84, 94, 95, 123–140, 219, 221, 222. See also individual colonies.

Parker, James, 150, 151

Pastoruis, Francis D., 174

patent:

blank, 92, 94, 95;

Nicholls, 47, 51

patronage, 65, 66, 102, 203, 204, 207, 218, 220, 221

patroonship, feudal, 38

Patton, James, 228

Paxton Boys, 73–75

Pelham, Henry, 219, 220, 221, 222, 224, 227, 234, 258, 267

Pemberton, Israel, 61, 69, 70, 72, 177, 247

Pemberton, James, 69, 70, 71

Penn, Thomas, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 72, 74

Penn, William, 59, 60

Pennsylvania, 37, 43, 51, 53, 75, 78, 209, 243, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252;

Assembly, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 152–154, 174, 231, 234, 235, 236;

Council, 64, 71, 74, 152, 163;

immigration to, 53–54, 57–58;

militia, 59, 61, 68, 69, 70, 71, 231, 236, 246;

money in, 128, 137, 138;

newspapers in, 151–154;

postal service in, 142;

proprietary party in, 59, 60, 62, 64, 67, 68, 69–70, 72, 138, 152, 172, 202, 257;

religion in, 56, 156, 157, 160, 163–164, 172, 174, 186, 187;

slavery in, 89, 174, 175–176, 177, 178

Pennsylvania, University of, 58, 152, 173

Pennsylvania Gazette,152

Pepperrell, William, 211, 219, 220

Percival, Lord, 116

Percival, Viscount, 112

Peters, Richard, 54, 59, 63, 64, 68

Philadelphia, College of. SeePennsylvania, University of

Philips, Richard, 239, 240

Philipse, Frederick, 37, 147, 148

Philipse manor, 37–38, 39

Pinckney, Charles, 97

Pitt, William, 217, 226, 234, 246–247, 250, 256–264 passim

Plantation Duty Act (1673), 206

plantation economy, 76, 96, 97, 98, 118

plantations, 34, 55

Plan of Union, 233

pocket boroughs, 39, 203, 204

Porter, Edmund, 93

postal service, 141–144. See also individual colonies

Potter, William, 129

Pownall, Thomas, 234, 251–252

Presbyterianism, 23, 25, 163

Presbyterians, 53, 54, 55, 56, 75, 156, 160, 163, 164, 165, 170, 185;

New Side, 167, 169, 197;

Old Side, 164, 166

press-gangs, 220, 221

Prideaux, John, 248

Princeton. SeeNew Jersey, College of

Privy Council (British), 32, 52, 70, 104, 142, 154, 202, 207, 211

Proctor, John, 168

proprietary: feudalist, 33, 36–40, 54, 188;

joint, 28, 29

proprietary rule, 30–31, 59, 60, 62, 63, 71, 76, 91–93, 101–103, 109, 202, 235

proprietors, resident, 47–52 passim

proprietorship, 32, 50

Protestants, 20, 41, 100, 112, 156, 166, 188

pseudowarehouse receipts, 124, 125

Pufendorf, Samuel, 24

Puritan church: decline of, 20–21, 22, 23, 157;

tax-supported, 20, 21, 25, 168

Puritans, 18, 20, 25, 30, 55, 118, 158, 166, 182, 183, 188

Puritan theocracy, 22, 156, 159