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Index
Active, H.M.S., 178, 332
Acts of Trade, 178
Adams, Abigail Smith, 147–48, 164, 320, 431, 436, 488
Adams’ letters to, 212, 214, 305, 306, 335, 360, 440, 462, 567
on Washington, 307
Adams, Charles, 547
Adams, Elizabeth Wells, 76, 214
Adams, Hannah, 191
Adams, John, 13–15, 17
and Samuel Adams, 34, 78, 99, 119, 120–21, 305, 437, 438, 489–90
background and early life of, 15, 144–47
and Boston Massacre, 142–43, 148–51, 155–60, 164, 191
and Caucus Club, 77–78
as delegate to First Continental Congress, 199, 205–7, 209–12, 214
as delegate to Second Continental Congress, 262, 309, 319, 373, 431, 437–40 passim
in confederation debate, 371–72
in Declaration committee, 344–345, 358–59
Dickinson, quarrel with, 266, 305
independence urged by, 265–66, 342, 359–60
and slavery, 359–60, 372
and Washington’s appointment, 265, 268–69, 291, 306
and Gage, 197, 217
and Hancock, 90, 97, 306
in Holland, 544, 546, 548
at Howe peace meeting, 391–93
and Hutchinson, 15, 17, 172, 194, 557
on Charles Lee, 309, 331
marriage of, 147–48
in Massachusetts House, 163–64
and Otis, 19–25 passim, 75, 99, 121
and Paine, 335, 340
in Paris, 488–91, 493, 546–49, 551
on Quakers, 440
and Stamp Act, 70–71, 77, 80, 91, 147
and state constitution, 544
and tea boycott, 176, 184
on veneration of Washington, 462
Adams, John Quincy, 113, 489, 490, 547
Adams, Samuel, 36, 190, 308, 434, 489, 551–52
background and early life of, 30–34, 105
Bernard’s recall demanded by, 117
and Boston Massacre, 151–52, 154, 155, 158, 159, 161–62, 191, 217–19, 287, 310
and bribery attempt by Gage, 201–2
and Canada, 258–59
in Caucus Club, 35, 78
and circular letters, 98–101, 103–4, 197
and Committee of Correspondence, 200–201
congress of colonies proposed by, 197–99
convention of towns called by, 109–11, 113, 119
as delegate to First Continental Congress, 199, 204–7, 209, 211, 212–13, 214
as delegate to Second Continental Congress, 262–69, 366–68, 401, 460, 491
in confederation committee, 344, 368–72
and Declaration, 355–56
Gates supported by, 438–40
waning influence of, 438
Washington supported by, 268–269, 423
and Gaspee incident, 169–70
George III and, 194, 195
Hancock cultivated by, 87–88, 95, 126, 164, 166, 191–92, 212, 268
Hancock falls out with, 164–66, 462–63, 491, 553
and Hutchinson, 33, 77, 95, 102, 133, 115, 119–20, 170–71, 192
and Hutchinson-Whatley letters, 172
and Land Bank debt, 32, 49
and Charles Lee, 309, 331, 487
Lexington trap escaped by, 227, 229, 230, 234, 237–41
marriages of, 32–33, 76
in Massachusetts House, 71, 77, 98–99, 101, 108, 117, 119, 198–99
and nonimportation agreements, 102–4, 115, 116, 125–28, 129, 170, 213
and occupation of Boston, 113, 119–20, 217–18
his pamphlet on colonies’ rights, 186
and “papists,” 102, 159, 315, 524
and Port Act, 191, 197
Puritanism of, 31, 101–2, 111, 437–38
and Stamp Act, 54, 57, 62–66, 75–76, 77, 80, 87, 92, 148
and Sugar Act, 49–50
suspects an informer, 219
as tax collector, 34, 35, 76–77, 95
and tea boycott, 174, 175–77, 179, 183, 191
and Townshend commissioners, 94–95
treason accusation against, 115–16
and Dr. Warren, 34, 104, 214, 225–26, 287, 310, 437
and Washington worship, 438, 462
Adams, Samuel, Deacon, 30–32, 57, 76, 105
Adams, Samuel, Jr., 205, 437
Alamance Creek, 341
Albany, N.Y., 442–47, 448, 453, 457
Allen, Ethan, 259–62, 265, 322–23, 326
Allentown, N.J., 479
Alsop, Anthony, 36
Alsop, John, 206
American Army, see Continental Army
Ames, Richard, 114
Amherst, Jeffrey, 260
Anderson, Richard, 413
André, John (“John Anderson”), 474–76, 503–9, 512, 517
Anglican Church (Church of England), 38–41, 44–47, 510
Annapolis, Md., 560, 561–62
Arnold, Benedict, 252, 255–59
at Bemis Heights, 444, 450–51
financial accounts and dealings of, 314–15, 494, 500
and Gates, 439, 442, 444–47, 450
and George III, 545–46
as Philadelphia commander, 477, 494, 500
Quebec expedition of, 315–22, 342, 494
and Ticonderoga, 256, 258–59, 261, 262, 314, 439, 494
treason of, 500–506, 507, 509, 512–13
urges Clinton attack, 523
at Valley Forge, 471
Virginia raided by, 512–13
Arnold, Hannah, 256–57, 314, 500
Arnold, Margaret Mansfield, 257–58, 314–15
Arnold, Peggy Shippen, 474, 475, 500–502, 504, 505, 506, 555
Articles of Confederation, 368–72, 518, 558
Attucks, Crispus, 153, 157, 158, 310
Auchmuty, Richard, 155
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 29, 83
Austin, Jonathan, 135, 464–65, 466
Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 433
Baltimore, Md., 401, 410, 423, 561
Bancroft, Edward, 434–35, 465
Bank of England, 174
Barbados, 294
Barbé-Marbois, Marquis François de, 554
Barbier de Séville Le (Beaumarchais), 432
Barras, Louis de, 526, 528, 530, 531, 539
Barré, Isaac, 51, 189, 190
Barrington, Lord, 36, 72, 105, 118, 215
Basking Ridge, N.J., 404
Bass, Henry, 57, 64, 134, 176
Basset, James, 136
Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de, 432–34, 435, 465
Beaver, 175, 177, 178, 181
Beckford, William, 116
Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 115
Bemis Heights, 443–44, 450–52
Bennington, battle of, 442
Bernard, Francis, 13, 33, 35, 36, 136, 190, 362
and British troops, 72, 103–4, 106–12, 116, 188
Church and, 115, 310, 311
correspondence of with London, 75, 93, 98, 100, 103–4, 106–7, 108, 115, 116–17, 171
death of, 557
Hutchinson favored by, 15, 17–19, 91–92, 162
Otis and, 18, 25–26, 30, 73, 98, 117, 121
recall of, 116–18, 120
and Stamp Act protests, 54–57, 59, 64, 71–73, 75, 91–92
and court closing, 77, 79–81
and Sugar Act protests, 50
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nbsp; and Townshend Acts protests, 97–101, 103–5
Bill of Rights (England, 1689), 84
Bland, Richard, 203, 210, 358
Board of Trade, London, 121
Bollan, William, 25, 189
Bonvouloir, Julien Achard de, 324–326, 432
Boole, Peter, 257
Boston, 13–27 passim, 31–35
American encirclement of, 249–253, 265, 268, 271ff., 307
boycotts in, 102–3, 125–29, 173–85, 189–90
British occupation of, 106–23, 130–41, 151–54, 199–200, 214–220 passim, 224–31 passim
closing of port of, 189–90, 197
evacuation of by British, 328–29, 362
French fleet at, 495
smallpox in, 34, 76, 310
Stamp Act protests in, 52–65, 71, 75–81
Sugar Act protest in, 49–50
Townshend Act protests in, 93–105
Boston Gazette, 26, 35, 102, 113, 120, 121, 123, 197, 226
on Bernard, 100, 104, 108, 115, 117, 172
and Declaration of Independence, 355–56
and Stamp Act, 54, 57, 63, 78, 93
Boston Massacre, 132–43, 151–62, 164, 174, 184
commemorations of, 191–92, 217–219, 287, 310
Boston Tea Party, 179–84, 189–91, 197
Bowdoin, James, 199, 205
Bowen, Ephraim, 167
Braam, Jacob van, 296, 297–98
Braddock, Edward, 208, 299–300, 330, 409, 438–39
Bradford, William, 405–6
Brandywine Creek, battle of, 440, 469, 474
Breed’s Hill, 231, 272–87, 289–90, 308, 312, 331, 377
Brest, blockade of, 499
Brewer, James, 140, 179
Brillon de Jouy, Anne-Louise, 491
Brooklyn Heights, 375, 379, 381, 383–84
evacuation of, 385–90, 426
Brown, Captain (British spy), 219–220, 228
Brown, John, 167, 168, 259, 265
Brown, Lieutenant, 376
Brown, William, Sergeant, 536
Browne, William, 122–23, 136
Brunswick, N.J., 391, 401, 428
Bunker Hill, 231, 272–74, 278–79, 281, 283–86 passim, 326
Burdick, Benjamin, 131, 141, 156
Burgesses, House of, 40, 66–70, 99, 171, 197, 202–3, 209, 295, 300, 304, 343
Burgoyne, John, 476
at Boston, 271–73, 281, 328
Northern campaign of, 441–57, 465
in Parliament, 441, 555
Saratoga surrender and treaty, 452–57, 465, 538, 543
at Ticonderoga, 439, 442
Burke, Edmund, 264
Burr, Aaron, 263–64, 316–17, 320–21, 484
Burr, Thaddeus, 263
Burwell, Rebecca, 347, 351
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 29, 30, 53, 83
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