ew Brunswick, 25, 27.

=Peuvret, de Mesnu.= =L= Clerk of Sovereign Council, 158, 167. =F= Clerk
of the Council, imprisoned by Frontenac, 135.

=Peyras, Jean Baptiste.= =F= Member of Sovereign Council, 106; visits
Acadia, 271. =L= Appointed to Sovereign Council, 166.

=Philadelphia.= =S= British army evacuates, 25. =Hd= Spirit of rebellion
strong in, 104.

=Philipps, Richard= (1661-1751). Early entered the army. Served at the
battle of the Boyne; lieutenant-colonel, 1712; governor of Nova Scotia,
1717. Arrived in Nova Scotia, 1720, and remained until 1722. Again
visited Nova Scotia for a short time, returning to England, 1731.
Arranged for a lieutenant-governor to act during his absence. Did not
return to Nova Scotia, but continued to draw full pay as governor until
1849. =Bib.=: Murdoch, _History of Nova Scotia_; Campbell, _History of
Nova Scotia_; _Selections from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed.
by Akins.

=Phillips, Mary.= =Dr= Sister-in-law of Colonel Beverley Robinson,
becomes wife of Colonel Morris, 202.

=Phillips, William= (1731-1781). Born in England. Entered the Royal
Military Academy at Woolwich as a cadet, 1746; promoted captain, 1756;
commanded three companies of British artillery attached to the Duke of
Brunswick's army, at Minden, 1759; served also at Warberg, 1760. In 1772
became colonel and in 1776 sent to Canada on the staff of General
Burgoyne; in command of the artillery at the battles of Skenesborough,
near Ticonderoga, and Mount Independence, at both of which distinguished
himself; afterwards promoted major-general; in 1777 took a leading part
in the two battles which led to the capitulation at Saratoga. =Index=:
=Dr= Comes out with Burgoyne, 152; disappointed that Crown Point not
occupied, 159. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Phipps, Sir William= (1651-1695). Born in Maine. In 1669, employed as a
ship carpenter, and later became captain of a merchantman sailing from
Boston. In 1687 succeeded in raising a Spanish treasure-ship which had
been sunk near the Bahamas, recovering L300,000, of which his share was
L16,000. Knighted the same year, and given the office of provost-marshal
of New England. In 1690 commanded an expedition against Acadia, and
captured Port Royal. His expedition the same year against Quebec met
with failure. In 1692 appointed governor of Massachusetts, with a
special commission to take aggressive measures against the French in
Canada, but accomplished little. Summon