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American Rebels

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by Nina Sankovitch


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  OF INTEREST

  The Latin Legal Maxims, as recorded by Josiah Quincy Jr. in his Law Commonplace Book: www.colonialsociety.org/node/2777.

  Index

  The index that appeared in the print version of this title does not match the pages in your ebook. Please use the search function on your e-reading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.

  Note: Women are indexed under their family name with crossreferences from any married name. ‘s.’ means ‘son of’, ‘d.’ means ‘daughter of’, ‘b.’ means ‘born in’, ‘m.’ means ‘married to.’

  Adams, Abigail. See Smith, Abigail

  Adams, Abigail (Nabby)

  Adams, Charles

  Adams, Ebenezer

  Adams, Elihu

  Adams, Henry

  Adams, John (b. 1735, s. Deacon John Adams)

  attending the Congress

  at Battle of Lexington

  in Boston during siege

  on Boston Massacre

  at celebration of recall of Gov. Bernard

  childhood

  on children in mobs
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br />   and Declaration of Independence

  defends Hancock in Liberty case

  diary

  discussion with friends

  disliked by Washington

  early days in Boston

  early law practice

  early life and position

  envious nature of

  family life

  in Freedom Suits

  health

  on impeachment of Peter Oliver

  law practice

  letter from Abigail

  letters of, intercepted by British

  looks for a wife

  in Massachusetts House of Representatives

  mourns Josiah Quincy Jr.’s death

  move to Boston

  no pity for Samuel Quincy

  on committee drafting declaration of rights and grievances

  political offices

  political pamphleteer

  in politics in Boston

  private life of

  protests British troops in Boston

  protests Stamp Act

  protests Townshend Acts

  and religious scandal

  return to Braintree

  salary for attending Congress

  studies

  on the Tea Party

  thinks of leaving Boston

  travelling the law circuit

  view of Hancock

  vision of future form of government

  woos Abigail

  writings of

  writing to Thomas Hutchinson

  later life

  Adams, Deacon John

  Adams, John Quincy

  Adams, Joseph

  Adams, Peter

  Adams, Samuel (Sam)

  John Adams’ envy of

  order for arrest of

  portrait of

  Adams, Susanna (Suky)

  death of

  Adams, Thomas

  Adams family

  agents, British

  American colonists, rights and privileges of

  American troops. See also Continental Army; militia

  ammunition. See arms and ammunition

  Andrews, John

  Andrew’s Lodge (Masons)

  Annapolis, Maryland

  antinomianism

  apprenticeships

  arbitrary governmental power

  armies, standing

  Arminianism

  arms and ammunition

  order to seize

  stores of

  Arnold, Benedict

  Articles of Association

  Attucks, Crispus

  Auchmuty, Robert

  Avery, John

  Ayres, Samuel

  Bacon, Francis

  Barnard, John

  Barrington, William

  Bass, Hannah (m. Adams)

  Bass, Henry

  Battle for Boston, two forts trick

  Battle of Breed’s Hill

  Battle of Bunker Hill

  Battle of Hastings (1066)

  Battles of Lexington and Concord

  commemoration of

  Bayard, Helena

  Beacon Hill, Boston

  Beaver (vessel)

  Bee, Thomas

  Belcher, Jonathan

  Belcher, Mrs.

  Berkshires, Mass.

  Bermudas

  Bernard, Gov. Francis

  recall and departure of, party to celebrate

  Bethel (ship)

  Bill of Rights (1689)

  blacks

  fighting for the American cause

  freed by freedom suits

  manumission of

  rights of

  Blackstone, Sir William

  Blyth, Benjamin

  bonfire of “the king’s arms” (Boston)

  bonfire of the vanities

  books

  booksellers of Boston

  publishing of

  study of

  Boston

  attack on

  blockade of

  bombardment of

  city and citizens of, “on trial”

  Common

  disliked in the South

  donations for its besieged inhabitants

  improvements to, contibuted by Hancock

  living conditions in

  map

  map showing environs

  mobs of

  occupation by British troops

  parades

  people of, skinny and malnourished after the siege

  plan to attack

  port of, closed

  punishment of

  siege of

  size and importance of

  smells of, during the war

  surrender of

  Boston Chronicle

  Boston Evening Post

  Boston Gazette

  Boston Latin School

  Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)

  commemorations on anniversary of

  trials relating to

  Boston Neck

  Boston Packet (sailing boat)

  Boston Pamphlet

  Boston Port Act

  Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773)

  Boston Town Meeting

  Bowdoin, James

  Bowes, Lucy

  Boylston, Susanna (m. Adams)

  Boylston family

  Bradford, William

  Braintree, Essex, England

  Braintree, Massachusetts

  Adams family move back to

  class structure in

  families of, chart

  independent character of

  map

  name of

  official opposition to the Stamp Act

  road to Boston

  town meeting

  Braintree Instructions

  Brattle, William

  Brattle Street Church, Boston

  Briant, Abigail

  Briant, Rev. Lemuel

  Bristol Packet (ship)

  Britain

  boycott of trade with

  corruption in

  departures to

  economic harm to

  secret plans in, to America’s benefit, Joseph Quincy Jr. as messenger of

  British Army

  in Boston

  supplying

  British Constitution

  British empire

  British forces in America

  departure from Boston

  in New York City

  British goods, boycotting of

  British institutions, dismantling

  British rule in America

  flattery and bribes used by

  opposition to

  British troops

  bringing provisions to illegally

  captured soldiers

  deserters

  firing on citizens

  harassment of, by boys

  housing of

  in meetings

  mercenaries

  mortality of

  taken prisoner with their flags

  British warships

  bombardment by

  in Boston waters

  sent to America

  broadsides

  Bromfield, Thomas

  Bruce, Captain

  bullets, metals melted down to make

  Burgoyne, General

  Burke, Edmund

  Burr, Aaron

  Burr, Abigail

  Burr, Thaddeus

  business class

  Cadet Corps of Boston

  Caldwell, James

  Calvinist Protestantism

  Cambridge, Mass.

  Camden, Lord

  Canada

  battles in

  British victory in

  departures to

  Cape Cod

  Captain (warship)

  Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia

  Carr, Patrick

  Castle Island

  Catholics

  Cerberus (British warship)

  Chadwell, Mrs. M.A.

  Charleston, S.C.


  Charlestown, Mass.

  burning of

  Chase, Thomas

  Chatham, Lord

  Chatham, Mass.

  Chickatawbut, sachem

  children, mobs of, participating in boycott of British goods

  Christmas

  church, attendance at

  Church, Benjamin

  Church of England

  Cicero

  Clark, Elizabeth (m. Hancock)

  Clarke, Elizabeth

  Clarke, Rev. Jonas

  Clarke, Richard

  Clarke family

  Clark’s Wharf (Hancock’s Wharf)

  Cleverly, Joseph

  Cleverly, Steven

  Clinton, Henry

  clothing, fashionable

  Clymer, George

  Coddington, William

  Coddington family

  Coercive Acts (the Intolerable Acts)

  Coke, Sir Edward

  colonies

  independent governments of

  rights of

  support of the Common Cause

  taxation of

  union of

  colonists

  amnesty offered to

  as British citizens

  rights of

  taxing of

  comets, ominous

  Committee for Non-Importation (Boston)

  Committee of Correspondence (Boston)

  Committee of Correspondence (Massachusetts)

  Committees of Correspondence (Massachusetts towns)

  Committees of Correspondence (of other colonies)

  Common Sense (Paine)

  Concord, Mass.

  Congregationalists

  Congress

  idea of

  work of

  Connecticut

  consignors of tea

  Constitution, federal

  “once changed can never be restored”

  plans for

  constitutions, of colonies

  consumption (tuberculosis)

  Continental Army

  soldiers’ salaries

  Continental Congress, First

  delegates to

  Massachusetts delegation to

  proposed

  work of

  Continental Congress, Second

  Declaration of Independence

  summer adjournment

  Cooper, William

  Copley, John Singleton

  Corner, John

  Cotton, Joseph

  court system, refusal to participate in

  covenant of grace vs. of works

  Crafts, Colonel Thomas

  Cranch, Elizabeth

  Cranch, Joseph

  Cranch, Lucy

  Cranch, Richard

  Cranch, William

  Crown

  authority of, suppressed

  officials in New England

  salaries paid by

  Curwen, Samuel

  Cushing, Thomas

  customs officials

 

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