Patriots

by A. J. Langguth

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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