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INDEX
Abercromby, Robert, 205, 214
Adams, John, 9, 15–16, 39, 42, 45–46, 68, 80, 107, 111, 142
arguments between military officers, 78–79
army formation, 130–31
British landings, possible places, 90
first Fourth of July celebrations, 64–66
flight from Philadelphia, 299
Fort Ticonderoga, 82–83
Howe's plans, 75, 82, 99, 103, 104, 108–9, 117, 122
Philadelphia foundry, description of, 127
Quaker plot, 273
Adams, Samuel, 8
African Americans, in battle, 247
Agnew, James, 205, 236, 258
Aikin's Tavern, 151, 152, 153
Alexander, William. See Stirling, Lord
Allen, William, Jr., 301
Allen brothers, 129
Amity's Admonition, 72
André, John, 3, 37, 39–40, 54, 59, 71, 136, 250, 287–88, 309
Annapolis, 111–12
Annual Register, The, 7, 53, 73, 107–8, 169, 219
Aolus, 71
Armstrong, John, 144, 171, 281, 282
Asbury, Francis, 112, 135
Associators, 11
Aston, 285
Baily, Joel, 185–86
Baird, James, 314
Balfour, Nisbet, 5
Baltimore, 112–13
Bartholomew, John, 308–9
Bauer, Carl, 35, 59
Baurmeister, Carl, 24, 134–35, 136, 199
Battle of the Clouds, 290–91
Bayard, John, 324–25
Bayard, Stephen, 250
Bayly, Mountjoy, 185–86
Beatty, William, 158, 163, 291–92
Bickell, Alexander Wilhelm, 237
Biddle, Charles, 164–65
Birmingham, 195, 196
Birmingham Friends Meeting House, 196, 198, 200, 201, 214, 268
Blackwell, John, 215
Blackwell, Thomas, 215
Bland, Theodorick, 196–97
Boot Tavern, 288–89, 292
Bound Brook (Boundbrook), 20, 21–24, 27
Bradford, William, 88
Brandywine, battle of
aftermath, 263–74
casualties, 177, 178, 209, 215, 225, 226, 238, 239, 259, 268–70
civilian spectators, 172–73
description of positions and fighting, 175–62
hussar incident, 179–81
map of, 174
position o
f Continentals, 169–72, 193
position of Crown Forces, 172, 173, 175, 183–84, 186, 193–94
Brewer, Elizabeth, 36
Brigade of Guards, 33–34
Brinton, Edward, 261
Brinton's Ford, 171, 191, 198–99, 241, 242
Brinton, William, 253, 261
Britain, lack of information on Howe's intentions, 75
British Army
American guessing of location of, 85–94, 98–100, 103, 104, 121
command and control problems, 12–15
condition of men on ships, 105–6
landing of and camp construction, 133–37
reinforcements, 33–34
Brown, Joseph, 252, 266
Buchanan, Andrew, 112
Buchanan, Thomas, 246
Buffington's Ford, 171, 196
Bull, John, 323
Burd, Benjamin, 316
Burgoyne, John, 76, 77, 82, 120
Burke, Edmund, 7
Burke, Thomas, 65, 189, 218, 219
Burns, Joseph, 298
Burrows, Thomas, 294
Bush, Lewis, 250
Calder, Henry, 72
Canadian 2nd or Congress's Own Regiment, 171, 220
Cantelupe, Lord, 4, 37, 71, 90, 92, 157
Amity's Admonition, 72
Brandywine, battle of, 225, 275
South Valley Hill, 303–4
Cape Henlopen lighthouse, 92–93
Carroll, Charles, 108
Center House, 187
Chads's Ferry, 170, 247–48
Chads's Ford, 162–63, 167, 169, 181, 240–41
Chambers, James, 37, 41, 230, 246, 249, 250, 251
Chesapeake Bay, 109–16, 117, 122
Chester, 97, 98, 164
Chester County, Pennsylvania, 2–4, 164, 165
Chester Road, 288
Chew, Benjamin, 94, 131–32
Cheyney, Thomas, 187, 188
Chilton, John, 215
Christiana Bridge, 123, 152, 154, 156, 159
Christie, John, 276
Clark, Joseph, 41, 158, 234, 242, 245, 252, 260
Cliffe, Loftus, 105, 109, 136–37, 172, 199, 209, 255, 260, 306
Clinton, Henry, 76, 141
Clove, 77–78
Cochrane, Charles, 232
Common Sense (Paine), 271–72
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