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by A. J. Langguth


  flees from Charlottesville, 516–17

  as governor, 438, 463, 512

  Jefferson and, 41–43, 66, 69–70, 222, 347, 350, 512, 515–16, 553

  “United we stand . . . ,” 202

  Virginia Resolves of, 68–71, 73, 77

  at Virginia Revolutionary Convention, 221–23, 321

  Henry, Reverend Patrick, 42, 45

  Henry, Sarah, 44, 222

  Hesse-Cassel, Landgrave of, 408

  Hessians (and other German mercenaries), 377, 407–8

  and black regiment, 495

  with Burgoyne, 443, 450–52, 456–57

  and Clinton’s retreat, 477, 485

  with Cornwallis, 425–26, 533, 534, 540

  at Long Island, 379, 382, 388

  at Trenton, 406, 407–22, 424–25

  at White Plains, 494

  Hewes, George Robert Twelvetrees, 180, 181–82, 183, 307–8

  Hewes, Sally, 182

  Hickey, Thomas, 373–74

  Hickling, John, 140

  High-Blooded Colts, 67

  Hill, John, 131

  Hillsborough, Wills Hill, Lord, 99–100, 108, 115, 116, 121, 162, 165, 169, 171, 185

  History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon), 436–37

  Holland (Netherlands), 544, 546

  Honeyman, John, 406–7, 408

  Hood, Sir Samuel, 524, 529, 530

  Hopkins, Stephen, 368

  Hornet, H.M.S., 318

  Howe, Admiral Sir Richard, 373, 375–77, 385, 390–93, 395, 407, 485, 495

  Howe, William, 271, 422, 476, 555

  at Breed’s Hill, 272, 275–78, 280–85, 289–90, 377

  and Clinton, 332, 333, 472

  and Cornwallis, 400, 425

  delays of, 312–13, 375, 377, 400, 407, 428, 440, 473–74

  evacuates Boston, 328–29, 362

  at Germantown, 473

  Hudson River strategy of, 373

  at Long Island and New York, 378–85, 389, 394–95, 397–400, 407, 428, 472

  and Mrs. Loring, 313, 428, 473–74

  in New Jersey, 400–401

  in Philadelphia, 440–43, 469, 473–74, 500

  and Trenton debacle, 407–8, 425

  at White Marsh, 459

  Hudson River, 259, 260, 373, 374

  Hulton, Henry, 94

  Hunt, Abraham, 414

  Hutchinson, Anne, 16

  Hutchinson, Billy, 60

  Hutchinson, Elisha, 60, 127–28, 174, 192

  Hutchinson, Forster, 81

  Hutchinson, Peggy (Thomas’ daughter), 17, 60, 192, 465

  Hutchinson, Peggy (Thomas’ wife), 16, 17

  Hutchinson, Sarah, 60

  Hutchinson, Thomas, 15–17, 118, 312

  as acting governor, 120, 132

  and Boston Massacre, 149–56, 161, 162, 164

  and nonimportation agreements, 126–30

  and Samuel Adams, 33, 77, 95, 102, 113, 115, 119–20, 170–71, 192

  as chief justice, 15, 17–19, 21, 22–24, 54, 56, 158

  as governor, 162, 163–65, 169, 170, 185, 190, 311

  Hancock-bribe attempt, 165–66

  letters to Whatley, 171–73, 185–86

  and tea trade and boycott, 173–174, 176–77, 184

  as lieutenant governor, 17, 19, 26, 30, 31, 35–36, 53, 54, 89–90

  on colonists as children, 105

  Stamp Act criticized by, 58, 70

  and Stamp Act protests and riots, 50, 54, 56, 58–64, 75–77, 80–81, 91–93, 128

  and Sugar Act protest, 50

  and Townshend commissioners, 97, 101–2

  and Otis, 17–19, 21, 25–26, 75, 76, 102, 127–28, 163, 164

  replaced as governor, 191–92, 196–97, 219

  interview with king, 192–96

  in retirement, 215, 362, 465

  death of, 558

  Hutchinson, Thomas, Jr., 60, 127–128, 174, 362

  Inches, Henderson, 221

  Independent Advertiser, 33

  Inquiry into the Human Mind (Reid), 355

  Intolerable Acts, 197, 215, 216

  Iroquois, 296, 297, 368

  Irving, Thomas, 96

  Jackson, Richard, 63

  Jackson, Sally, 221

  Jackson, William, 127

  Jacobs, Justin, 168

  James I, King of England, 20, 68

  James II, King of England, 13, 23

  Jay, John, 210, 211, 214, 324, 547–51

  Jefferson, Jane Randolph, 346, 351

  Jefferson, Martha (Patsy, Thomas’ daughter), 350, 512, 514, 547

  Jefferson, Martha Wayles Skelton, 349–50 353, 358, 430–31, 512, 514, 515, 547

  Jefferson, Peter (Thomas’ father), 40, 345–46

  Jefferson, Randolph, 346

  Jefferson, Thomas, 40, 341, 563

  background and early life of, 345–51

  in Congress, 267, 341, 344–45, 351, 352ff., 366, 369

  courtship and marriage of, 349–50

  and Declaration, 344–45, 351, 352–63, 364

  and George III, 202, 338, 354, 356–58

  as governor, 512–16

  and Henry, 41–43, 66, 69–70, 222, 347, 350, 512, 515–16, 553

  his Notes on the State of Virginia, 554–55

  reform proposals of, 510–12

  and slavery, 357–59, 360, 515, 554–55

  his Summary View, 202–3, 345

  and Virginia constitution, 353–54

  and wife’s illness and death, 430–431, 547

  Jeffries, John, 158

  Johnson, Thomas, 41

  Jouett, Jack, 513–14, 516

  “Journal of the Times,” 119

  Jumonville, Joseph Coulon de, 296–97, 299

  Kalb, Johann, 468

  Kilroy, Matthew, 138, 160–61

  King Fisher, H.M.S., 178

  King’s Bridge, New York, 264, 504

  Kirk, Thomas, 96

  Knox, Henry, 327, 478, 534, 558, 561

  at Boston Massacre, 135, 137

  and Trenton, 410–11, 418, 426, 427–28

  Knox, Thomas, 129

  Kosciuzko, Thaddeus, 443

  Lafayette, Adrienne du Motier, Marquise de, 469, 497

  Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, 468–69, 495, 497, 517, 539, 544, 551

  and Arnold’s defection, 501, 502, 504, 506

  and Clinton’s retreat, 477, 478–79

  and Monmouth, 480, 483, 487

  Virginia, defense of, 513, 520, 522, 524, 525

  and Yorktown campaign, 531, 536

  La Force, Captain, 295, 297

  Lancaster, Pa., 440, 560

  Land Bank, 30–32, 49, 57

  Larkin, John, 230

  Larvey, James, 506

  Laurens, Henry, 547

  Laurens, John, 487

  Laurie, Walter Sloane, 243–45, 286–87

  Lavien, Peter, 124

  Lavien, Rachel, 124

  Lebanon, Mass., 110

  Lee, Arthur, 101, 254, 466

  and Samuel Adams, 185, 197, 435, 489

  and Beaumarchais, 432–33, 435

  Deane, vendetta against, 465, 488, 491, 493

  and Franklin, 185, 431, 435

  Lee, Charles, 304, 309, 329–33, 402–406, 499

  at Cambridge, 316, 326–27, 331

  capture and imprisonment of, 404–6, 461, 471–72

  and Clinton’s retreat, 478–79

  death of, 556

  and Monmouth, 479–83, 486–87

  Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 202, 222

  Lee, Lighthorse Harry, 496

  Lee, Richard Henry, 202, 203, 210, 212, 213, 221, 222, 331, 431

  and Conway affair, 461

  and Declaration, 362–63

  independence resolution of, 342–45, 359–60

  L’Enfant, Pierre, 481

  Leonard, Daniel, 198

  Lexington, Mass., 220, 221, 229, 230, 232–35, 237

  battle of, 239–40, 246, 248–49, 254, 258, 276, 279, 559
r />   Liberty (sloop), 95–96, 98, 105–7, 150

  Liberty Assembly, 102

  Lillie, Theophilus, 129, 154

  Lincoln, Benjamin, 446, 450, 538–40

  Lindsey, Benjamin, 166–67

  Littlepage, James, 66–67

  Lively, H.M.S., 191, 271, 275, 278

  Livingston, Philip, 206, 385

  Livingston, Robert, 344, 368

  Locke, John, 354, 355

  London Magazine, 24

  Long Island, battle of, 378–85, 389–90, 395, 425, 433

  Long Room Club, 310

  Lords, House of, 86, 216

  Lords of Trade, 72

  Loring, Elizabeth, 313, 428, 473

  Loring, Joshua, 313

  Lotbinière (French engineer), 259

  Louis XV, King of France, 436

  Louis XVI, King of France, 323, 325, 326, 432, 466, 491, 555

  Louisbourg, 275

  Louisiana, 54, 294–95

  Lovell, James, 287

  Lovell, John (schoolmaster), 241, 287

  Lowell, John, 238

  Loyal Nine, 57, 64, 75, 78

  Lynch, Michael, 373–74

  Lynch, Thomas, Jr., 207–8

  Lyons, Peter, 41, 45–47

  Mackintosh, Ebenezer, 56, 59–60, 63–64, 75–76, 79, 94, 139, 183

  Mackintosh, Moses, 63

  Madison, James, 329, 547

  Maid of the Oaks (Burgoyne), 273

  Manhattan, see New York, city of Marblehead, Mass., 14, 170, 189, 386

  Mariage de Figaro, Le (Beaumarchais), 432

  Marie Antoinette, Queen of Louis XVI of France, 323, 324, 491

  Marshall, Edward, 126

  Marshall, John, Captain, 96

  Maryland, provincial government of, 369, 518

  Mason, George, 329

  Massachusetts charter, 190, 369, 371

  Massachusetts General Court, 33

  Massachusetts House of Representatives, 16, 33, 190

  Samuel Adams in, 71, 77, 98–99, 101, 108, 117, 119, 198–99

  Bernard, conflict with, 71, 100–101, 104, 107–8, 117

  circular letter of, 98–101, 109, 122, 356

  and court closing, 81

  congress of colonies proposed in, 198–99

  Franklin and, 185

  Gage’s vetoes and dissolution of, 197, 199, 216–17, 356

  Hutchinson’s recall demanded by, 171–73, 185–86

  Land Bankers in, 31

  and New York protest, 93

  Otis in, 24–27, 30, 73, 98–99, 100, 108, 117

  relocated, 117, 164–65, 198–99

  resolution on laws without representation, 119

  and Stamp Act Congress, 71–73, 75

  and Sugar Act, 49–50

  Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 220, 221, 224, 227, 249, 272, 311, 314

  forms revolutionary government, 216–17, 267–68

  Massachusetts Spy, 172, 225

  Massachusetts Superior Court, 14–15, 17–18, 62, 81

  Matthews, Joseph, 308

  Mauduit, Jasper, 25, 49, 50, 63

  Maury, James, 38–41, 44–47

  Maverick, Samuel, 139, 153

  Mawney, John, 168

  Mayhew, Jonathan, 59, 62

  Mayo, Joseph, 160

  McCauley, William, 160

  McClary, Andrew, 278, 286

  McHenry, James, 501

  McKean, Thomas, 74–75

  Mecklenburg Resolves, 341

  Mein, John, 111, 122, 123, 125–27, 311

  Mercer, Hugh, 427

  Mercer, John, 482

  Meriam’s Corner, 247

  Middlebrook, N.J., 494

  Middleton, Henry, 267

  Middletown, N.J., 480, 485

  Mifflin, Thomas, 304, 388, 463, 562–63

  Miles, Samuel, 382

  Minden, battle of, 441, 468, 513

  Minerva, 192

  Minute Men, 217, 232–40, 242–50, 273

  Mischianza, 474–76, 478

  Mississippi River, 548, 549

  Mitchell, Major, 238

  Mohawk River, 443

  Mohawks, 330

  Molineux, William, 75, 102, 114, 126–29 passim, 154, 155, 163, 175, 179, 217

  Monk, Christopher, 139–40

  Monmouth Court House, 479–85

  Monongahela River, 295–96

  Montagu, Admiral, 166, 169, 170, 178, 181, 182

  Montagu, John, Earl of Sandwich, 216

  Montcalm, Marquis Louis-Joseph de, 259, 319

  Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de, 19

  Montgomery, Hugh, 157, 160–61

  Montgomery, Richard, 316, 319, 320–21, 322

  Monticello, 341, 349, 350, 514–15, 547

  Montreal, 316, 320, 322, 330, 442

  Montresor, John, 475–76

  Moore’s Creek, 341

  Morgan, Daniel, 444–45, 446, 450, 462, 480, 505, 514

  Morning Post, London, 363–64

  Morris, Robert, 423, 486, 518, 558

  Morristown, N.J., 403–4, 478, 496–98

  Moulton’s Point, 276, 277

  Moultrie, William, 332–33

  Mount Vernon, 203, 292–94, 298, 302, 377, 530, 544, 561, 562

  Munroe, William, 232, 238

  Murphy, Tim, 451

  Murray, James, 123, 136

  Necessity, Fort, 297–98, 300, 304

  Nelson, Thomas, 341

  Netherlands (Holland), 544, 546

  New and Grand Corcas, 35

  Newburgh, N.Y., 558–59

  New England Primer, 102

  Newfoundland, 26, 548, 549

  New Hampshire, provincial government of, 369

  New Hampshire Grants, 259, 442

  New Jersey, provincial government of, 369

  New Lights, 44, 45

  Newman, Robert, 229

  Newport, R.I., 64, 166, 400, 495, 517, 520, 524, 530

  Newport Mercury, 70

  New Windsor, N.Y., 517

  New York, city of (Manhattan Island), 93, 174, 206–7

  American defense and loss of, 373–75, 393–96

  burning of, 397

  Clinton’s occupation of, 485, 494, 520, 521, 522

  evacuation of, 555, 561

  reception for Hancock and John Adams, 264

  Stamp Act Congress in, 72, 73–75

  New York Colony, 369, 371

  Committee of Correspondence, 198

  and Stamp Act, 64, 355

  see also New York, city of

  New York Gazette, 256

  New York Packet, 518

  Nicholas, Robert Carter, 42–43, 69–70

  North, Frederick, Lord, 99, 154, 266, 362, 441, 556

  and French Canadians, 315

  and Howe, 389, 407, 472, 555

  repressive policies of, 105, 188–190, 197

  and Yorktown, 545

  North Carolina, 341, 356, 358, 369, 371, 519

  Notes on the State of Virginia (Jefferson), 554–55

  Nova Scotia, 549

  O’Conner, Charles, 182

  O’Hara, Charles, 540

  Ohio River, 295, 548

  Old Field Nags, 68, 69

  Oliver, Andrew, 52–58, 64, 78–79, 93, 103, 113, 153, 192

  Whatley, letters to, 171, 173, 185

  Oliver, Peter, 25, 77, 95, 103, 156, 161, 362

  Olney, George, 497–98

  Osborne, Richard, 546

  Otis, James, 17–27, 42, 78, 105, 144, 147

  assault on, 122–23, 137

  and Bernard, 18, 25–26, 30, 73, 98, 117, 121

  and British troops, 108–10, 114, 119

  death of, 552

  and Hutchinson, 17–19, 21, 25–26, 75, 76, 102, 127–28, 163, 164

  instability of, 73–76, 90, 121, 122, 126, 148, 163–64, 287, 552

  his Rights of the Colonies, 49, 355

  and Stamp Act, 54, 73–76, 80, 81, 87, 148

  and Sugar Act, 49–50

  and Townshend Acts, 94, 98–100


  treason accusations against, 35, 36–37, 115, 116, 121

  writs-of-assistance case, 21–24, 47

  Otis, James, Speaker, 17–19, 25, 105

  Otis, Mercy, 147

  Otis, Ruth Cunningham, 21

  Oxford University, 362

  Page, John, 347

  Paine, Elizabeth, 337

  Paine, Robert Treat, 146, 160, 199, 205, 262

  Paine, Thomas, 335–41, 355–56, 401–2, 440, 493, 556–57

  and Washington, 401, 408, 464, 525, 557

  Palmer, Betsy, 182–83, 279

  Palmer, Joseph, 246

  Palmes, Richard, 135, 137, 138, 157

  Paoli, Pa., 474–75, 483

  Paris, Treaty of (1783), 547–51, 558

  Parker, John, Captain, 233, 234, 237–40, 242, 246–48

  Parker, Jonas, 239–40

  Parker, Sir Peter, 333

  Parliament, see Commons, House of

  Partridge, Oliver, 73

  Paterson, Robert, 139

  Patterson, James, 376–77

  Paulding, John, 503–4

  Payne, Edward, 139

  Peck, Samuel, 183

  Pelham, Henry, 154

  Pembroke, Henry Herbert, Earl of, 545

  Pendleton, Edmund, 203, 289

  Pennsylvania, governments and constitution of, 304, 367, 369, 557

  “Pennsylvania Farmer,” see Dickinson, John

  Pennsylvania Journal, 429

  Pennsylvania Packet, 493

  Percy, Hugh, Earl Percy, 228, 229, 238, 241, 246, 248–50

  Philadelphia, British occupation and evacuation of, 441, 465, 469, 473–78

  Philipse, Eliza, 301

  Phillips, William, 513

  Pickering, Timothy, 250, 253

  Piel, Jacob, 414–15

  Pierpoint, Robert, 134

  Pigot, Robert, 282, 283

  Pitcairn, John, 238–39, 243, 248, 284–86

  Pitcher, Molly, 484

  Pitt, William, Lord Chatham, 83, 264–65

  on Boston Tea Party, 185

  on Gage, 272, 275

  as head of ministries, 28, 29, 48, 86, 90, 92–93, 302

  opposes repressive measures, 189, 216

  replaced by Grenville, 37

  and Stamp Act repeal, 84–86

  urges peace, 465–66

  Pitts, Lendall, 180–81, 182

  Plymouth, Mass., 20, 170, 189

  Pocahontas, 532

  Pointe-aux-Trembles, 319

  Poland, 330

  Polignac, Yolande de, 491

  Pollard, Asa, 276

  Poor Richard’s Almanack, 361, 436, 490

  Pope’s Day, 20–21, 56, 60, 75–76, 94

  Port Act (1774), 189–93, 196, 209, 214, 258

  Potomac River, 560

  Prescott, Richard, General, 322–23

  Prescott, Samuel, 235, 237, 242

  Prescott, William, 273–80, 282–86, 290, 328

  Preston, Thomas, 136–40, 149–51, 155–58, 164

  Prince, Newton, 157

  Prince, Salem, 286

  Princeton (earlier, Prince Town), N.J., 263, 422, 426–28, 524, 560

  Privy Council, British, 173, 185–86

  Providence, R.I., 167–69, 495

 

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