Currency, danger of, 11. 90, 98; mending, 108, 112.
of, 67, 75; addresses, 75, 79; adjournment, Crane, Stephen, naval committee, 1. 311 n. 90; committee to camp, 119, 125, 149, 169; | Cumberland, Richard, 11. 301. secrecy, 124, 126, 138, 170; committee on hostilities, 143; governments, 242; Eastern district, 245; committee on the Howes, 274; pay of troops, 276; bounties, 277; foreign relations, 281; II. 192; naval committee, 1. 311; finance, 360; adjourns to Yorktown, 371; Hancock's speech, 378; address, II. 18, 38; returns to Philadelphia, 35; toast and salute, 49; representation, 110, 270; resolutions, 120; economy, 124; requisitions, 152, 190; at Annapolis, 233; proceedings, 236; indecision, 442. 'Congress' mortar, 1. 189.
Connecticut, I. 75; general officers, 86; land- jobbers, 168; militia, 188; misconduct of troops, 194; cowardice, 323; regulation act, II. 19; rewarded, 152. Conquérant, II. 125.
Consuls, appointment of, II. 226, 241, 264, 266, 267.
Contempt of enemies, II. 47.
Convention, constitutional, II. 295, 297, 299. Convention, troops of, II. 4, 5, 7; in Boston, 45I.
Conway, Thomas, 1. 333; Warren on, 319. Conyngham, Gustavus, I. 381. Cooke, Nicholas, 1. 151. Coolidge, Nathaniel, 1. 149. Cooper, Myles, 'Friendly Address,' I. 47 n. Cooper, Samuel, 1. 58, 73, 194, 268. Cooper, William, 1. 144, 319 n.; II. 92; Adams on, 149.
Cornwallis, Charles, II. 144, 157.
Cossacks, British said to want, I. 289, 295. Cotton, John, 11. 78, 88.
Cushing, Thomas, 1. 10, 15, 63, 190 n., 319 n.; II. 118, 293, 413; in Continental Congress, 1. 27 n.; II. 430; discouraging letter, 1. 57; in council, 94; Supreme Court, 150, 178; militia appointments, 192; conduct of, 211; for Congress, 264; letter from, 286; naval agent, 305, 324; councillor, 331; Springfield convention, 350; lieutenant governor, II. 135.
Custis, Eleanor (Calvert), 1. 220, 229; 11. 6. Custis, John Parke, 1. 220, 229. Custis, Martha Parke, 11. 6. Cutting, John Brown, 11. 290.
Dalton, Tristram, 1. 286 n., 319 n., 324. Dana, Francis, 1. 217, 264, 266; 11. 13, 41, 52, 65, 106, 150, 176, 193, 208, 256, 441; Lee's letter, 69; absorption in business, 92; for Russia, 158; at St. Petersburg, 221; return, 222; Congress, 236; judge, 261. Danbury, descent upon, 1. 323. Dane, Nathan, II. 36.
Danielson, Timothy, 1. 252 n., 276 n.; II. 142, 231.
Dartmouth, Lord, see William Legge. Dauphin Royal, 11. 125. Davis's, I. 149.
Deane, Silas, committee on hostilities, 1. 143, 144, 162; naval committee, 311; charges against, 379, 380; expenditures, II. 67; statement, 68, 83, 86, 89, 94, 96; Adams on, 75; fall of, 106, 171.
Deane, 11. 87, 93, 135, 138, 141. Dedham, Mass., I. 106.
Council, Massachusetts, 1. 83; militia officers, De la Balme, Mottin, I. 333.
Delaware Bay, blockading, 1. 145; govern-
Denmark, honors flag, 11. 208; treaty, 222;
Departments, staff, committee, II. 124. Dependence, 11. 238.
Crafts, Thomas, jr., 1. 186, 194, 195, 240, Derby, John, returns from England, 1. 84.
248, 253, 304.
Craige, Andrew, I. 190.
Cramahé, Hector Theophilus, I. 148. Cranch, Richard, II. 121, 293.
Deserters, law on, II. 430.
Deshon, John, navy board, 1. 312 n., 324,
350; II. 44, 122.
Destin, II. 125.
Dexter, Samuel, 1. 110.
Diadem, II. 125.
Dialogue of the Dead, by John Adams, 11.
Eliot, Andrew, reported confinement, 1.73,78. Elmer, Jonathan, 1. 293 n.
Embargo, Adams on, 1. 312; Jefferson's, II. 356.
387 n., 389. Emigration from Europe, 11. 205, 232, Dickinson, John, letters to Otis, I. 3, 4, 5, 6; | Encyclopedia, French, 11. 273, 277- sends Farmer's Letters, 3; corrections, 4; Enos, Roger, deserts Arnold, 1. 181, 188. on Massachusetts, 3; advises moderation, Ervin, dr., 1. 360. 4; letter to Boston, 5; a colonel, 51; Adams | on, 88; change of heart, 251; error in con- duct, 280; letters to Mrs. Warren, II. 347, 348; on Otis, 347; writings, 364. Dickinson, Philemon, 1. 370 n. Dilly, Charles, I. 8 n.
Dodd, William, 1. 381; 11. 65, 77. Donop, Carl Emil Kurt von, death, 1. 374. Dorchester Neck, 1. 133; importance of, 154; occupied, 210; fort on, 216, 237; rendezvous, 268; affair, 11. 435. Draper's newspaper, 1. 12, 155- Drayton, William Henry, 1. 230; II. 38. Duane, James, 1. 378 n.; 11. 143, 167. Duché, Elizabeth (Hopkinson), 1. 165 n. Duché, Jacob, 1. 80, 143, 165.
Estaing, Charles Hector, comte d', II. 38, 112; entertainment, 55. Eugène, François, 1. 70 n. Europe, balance of power, 192. Evans, John, 1. 298 n.
Extravagance, prevalence of, 11. 59, 66, 82, 86, 91, 105, 114, 147, 154, 178, 180, 184, 249, 264, 269, 289.
Falmouth, 1. 178; burning of, 154. Faneuil, Mary, 11. 136 n.
Faneuil, Peter, II. 136 n. 'Farmer's Letters' (Dickinson's), 1. 3, 5. Fast, continental, I. 58, 80, 83; 11. 416. Fawcett, Sir William, 11. 131. Fayerweather, Anne, 1. 102 n. Fayerweather, Hannah, 1. 16 n. Fee bill, 1. 219.
Fellows, John, I. 80 n.; II. 434. Fendant, II. 125.
Du Coudray, Philippe Charles John Baptist | Fenner, Mary, II. 329 n.
Tronson, II. 213; arrival, 1. 318;
embarrass-Ferguson, Adam, passport for, 11. 21. Fermoy, Mathieu Alexis Roche de, 1. 347. Fessenden, Josiah, 1. 55, 58, 81, 110, 169, 181, 195, 219, 264.
Duer, William, I. 378 n.; on Cushing, 212.
Dunmore, Lord, see John Murray.
Dwight, Timothy, II. 301.
Firebrand, 11. 183.
Fire ships, 1. 256.
Fish, export of, 1. 198, 203; II. 430.
Dyer, Eliphalet, 1. 115, 119 n., 158; Canada | Fisheries, sacrifice of, 11. 106, 107, 109, 168,
Fox, Charles James, II. 176, 199, 208, 288. Fox, 1. 366, 373-
France, policy of, 1. 184; II. 171, 173; army in America, 1. 241; fleet, 259; recognition of America, 302; supplies from, 302, 306, 307, 317; officers, 303; ports open, 307; war with Great Britain, 309, 313, 315, 321, 330; doubt, 313; aid to America, 322, 357, 381; fleet at Boston, II. 8, 9, 44, 46, 51, 55; tories on, 9, 15; pennants in ports, 32; minister, 33, 34; repair of squadron, 61, 78, 93, 122; recall proposed, 100; fleet in West Indies, 102, 105, 112; preparations and ships, 125; Americans in, 127; at Newport, 140, 151; cultivates tories, 167; peace objects, 185, 193; American minister, 198; influence, 229; Mrs. Adams on, 242; treaty with Great Britain, 284; mission to, 335, 336, 340. Francy, II. 117. Franklin, Benjamin, 1. 57, 211, 293 n., 380; II. 118, 171, 182, 185, 387 n.; letter from England, 1. 8; return, 34; committee to camp, 119, 120, 125, 149; to Canada, 206; goes to France, 283; reception, 301; Adams on, II. 74, 209, 222; Mrs. Warren on, 132; trade permits, 137, 142; recall of, 144, 158; peace commission, 169, 171, 173; Vergennes and, 197; resignation, 211, 251, 263; Warren on, 231. Franklin, William, II. 186.
Franklin, William Temple, 11. 186. Franklin, 1. 270.
Fraser, Simon, I. 373.
Freeman, James, II. 103; clerk to council, 1. 83 n.
Freeman, Samuel, 1. 60.
Gadsden, Christopher, on navy, I. 81, 311. Gage, Thomas, 1. 50, 68, 84, 106; treachery feared, 48; reinforcements, 57; courage, 69; denounced, 72; inhabitants of Boston, 98, 100, 102; governor general, 133; goes to England, 141, 151; proclamation, 405, 416.
Gaine, Hugh, 1. 310.
Gallies, row, I. 130, 154. Gamble, Thomas, 1. 123; II. 421. Game Cock, 1. 339.
Gansevoort, Peter, I. 356. Gardiner, Sylvester, 11. 48. Gardner, Christopher, 1. 96 n. Gardner, Henry, II. 407. Gardner, captain, 1. 319 n. Gardoqui, Joseph and Sons, 1. 370 n.; II. 153. Gates, Horatio, 1. 54, 257, 277, 282, 307, 323, 368; 11. 97, 452; major general, 1. 246; on pay of troops, 278; command of northern army, 329, 351, 357; victory over Bur- goyne, 374; defeat, 11. 140. Gates, Mary (Valence), 11. 6. Gellée, N. M., 11. 127.
Generals, continental, appointments, 1. 64; criticised, 69; method, 79, 85. Gentille, 11. 125.
George III, reply to London, 1. 109; procla- mation, II. 426.
George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert, 11. 288. George Tavern, 1. 96.
George's Island, 1. 216, 217, 238. Georgia, defense of, 1, 170; for independence, 249; descent on, II. 104. Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, II. 33, 125, 197; on A. Lee, 70; communication from, 109. Germain, George, 11. 165. Germans, arousing, 1. 76; not to be hired, II. 124, 131.
Gerry, Elbridge, 1. 13, 15, 78, 81, 183, 219, 238, 260, 336, 342; 11. 14, 27, 50, 136, 137, 150, 248; elected to Congress, I. 212 n., 267, 272; II. 142, 183, 231, 256, 261, 264, 430; marriage, 284; vice president, 373; reconciliation of Adams and Warren, 374; law on armed vessels, 378, 380; writing history, 381.
Gibbon, Edward, History, II. 327. Gibraltar, II. 177, 182; praised, 268.
Frye, Joseph, 1. 91; brigadier general, 204; Gill, John, 1. 49 n., 58, 99, 100, 151.
Goodrich, William, 11. 44 n.
Gordon, William, 1. 144 n.; II. 301. Gordon riots, II. 133.
Gorham, Nathaniel, 11. 52, 182, 190; naval accounts, 269.
Government, setting up, in states, I. 170; form of, 221; preamble, 245; universal, 11. 367.
Governor's Island, 1. 216.
Graham, Catharine Macaulay, I. 7 n.; II. 241; style, 254; letters, 257, 283, 298, 301, 303; on the Washingtons, 259; on the constitution, 299, 303; education, 300; reply to Burke, 327.
Grand, Ferdinand, II. 243. Grant, James, I. 54.
Grasse, François Joseph Paul,comte de,11.125. Gray, Ellis, II. 117.
Gray, Harrison, II. 48; Warren on, 408. Great Britain, intelligence from, I. 33; elections, 1774, 34; opinion in, 74, 84; address to, 75, 80; preparation in, 129, 132; fear of negotiations, 209; commis- sioners, 210, 214, 223, 225, 247; II. 436; property of subjects, 1. 258; fleet, 277; cossacks, 289, 295, 300; army, 299, 362; war with France, 309, 313, 315, 321, 330; losses of merchants, 314; relations with Spain, 360; peace commissioners, 1778, 11. 21, 23, 24, 37, 39; relations with, 40; con- ditions in, 89, 432; conduct of war, 99, 126; burning towns, III; situation, 130, 194, 205; trade with, 136; capture of fleet, 144; peace and, 175, 177; recognizes America, 187; treaty of commerce, 189, 191, 193, 194, 218, 221, 236, 271; hostile feelings, 198; treaty with France, 284; commerce and neutrals, 367; policy, 424. Green, John, at Red Bank, 1. 375. Green, John, 11. 35.
H., I., in Draper's paper, 1. 12. Halifax, N.S., burning of hay, 1. 50; fears an attack, 106.
Hall, Edward, 1. 52 n., 62. Hall, Elihu, 1. 52 n., 62. Hall, Lyman, 1. 249 n. Hall and Sellers, 1. 5. Hall, Dr., I. 143.
Hamilton, Alexander, on Mrs. Warren's poems, 11. 326.
Hancock, Dorothy (Quincy), 1. 110. Hancock, Ebenezer, paymaster, 1. 285. Hancock, John, 1. 45, 64, 151, 152, 190; II. 123, 235; letters, 1. 57; on Washington, 57; marriage, 110; slights Randolph, 112, 123, 157, 161, 181; major general, 243 n., 323; II. 434, 435; treasurer of Harvard College, 1. 310; in General Court, 331; governor, 340; leave of absence, 376; speech in Congress, 378; not at French entertainment, II. 9; councillors, 12; takes leave, 14, 33; opposes Warren, 20; Rhode Island expedition, 42, 44, 52; entertains French, 48, 59; marquee for, 53; an idol, 54, 147; on Navy Board, 87; speaker, 106; governor, 135, 138, 141, 145, 149, 150; 292; threatens to resign, 236; resigns, 249, 250, 253; influence, 262; gout, 265, 321.
Hancock, 1. 270, 304; loss of, 350, 373. Hannibal, 11. 125. Hare, Robert, 1. 273 n. Hare, I. 273, 274. Hare and Twell, 1. 273.
Harrison, Benjamin, 1. 88 n., 115; committee to camp, 119, 120, 125, 149; II. 423; naval committee, 1. 311 n.
Hooper, William, 1. 70; asks for opinions on
government, 230, 231.
Hoops, Adam, II. 212. Hopkins, Ezek, 1. 271.
Harvard College, commencement, 1. 1; Hopkins, Stephen, 1. 73, 85.
Hancock, treasurer, 310; catalogue of graduates, II. 363. Hastings, Warren, II. 302. Haussegger, Nicholas, 1. 76 n. Hawley, Joseph, 1. 57, 122, 173, 178, 190, 227, 285; II. 413; evacuation of Boston, 1. 224; for Congress, 264, 266, 271. Hayden, captain, 11. 150. Hayley, George, 11. 241 n. Hayley, Mary, II. 241.
Hazard, Ebenezer, 11. 46.
Hazard, 1. 305 n.; 11. 87.
Heath, William, 1. 13, 58, 78; II. 413; in command at Boston, 1. 304.
Henley, David, 1.323,324; court martial, II. 4. Henry, Patrick, 1. 109, 112; on Braxton's pamphlet, 257.
Henry, John, I. 124.
Henshaw, William, 1. 47 n.
Herand, John, 1. 301 n.
Hercule, II. 125.
Herkimer, Nicholas, death, 1. 356.
Hessians, employment of, 1. 129, 133, 362; at Burlington, 279; sickness, 300; in Boston, II. 451.
Hewes, Joseph, 1. 328, 347. Heyward, Thomas, jr., 1. 294 n.; II. 241. Hichborn, Benjamin, 1. 87; intercepted letters, 88, 101, 114, 118, 136, 154, 205; exchange proposed, 99; escape, 150. Hicks, John, 1. 99, 100. Higginson, Stephen, II. 183, 224, 231. Hillegas, Michael, 1. 123 n. Hingham, Mass., I. 12, 14; II. 401. Hinman, Elisha, 1. 350; II. II, 43. Hodgdon, Samuel, II. 100. Hoge, Jonathan, 1. 298 n. Holker, John, II. 93, 118. Holker, Mrs., II. 56.
Holland, not hostile, 1. 309; angry, II. 127; to keep peace, 154; alliance, 117, 178, 179, 182, 188.
Holroyd, John Baker, earl of Sheffield, II. |
Holton, Samuel, II. 14, 142, 183, 231.
Hopkins, of Baltimore, I. 93. Hopkinson, Elizabeth, 1. 165 n.
Hopkinson, Francis, 1. 165 n.; navy board, 312.
Hopkinson, Mary, 1. 165 n. Hopkinson, Thomas, 1. 165 n. Horn, John, 1. 200.
Hospital, establishment of, 1. 93; church, 93. Hostilities, committee on, I. 143, 144, 159, 162.
Houston, William Churchill, 1. 353.
Howard, Charles, Lord Howard of Effing- ham, 1. 141.
Howe, Richard, Lord, 1. 261, 262, 272; II. 413, 415; Congress and, 1. 274. Howe, Joseph, 1. 41.
Howe, Sir William, 1. 53, 56, 68, 69 n., 188; II. 452; in Boston, 1. 113, 210; in command, 133 n., 141, 151; 11. 421, 428; proclamation, 1. 179; leaves Boston, 216; in New York, 263; intentions, 271; prophecy, 283; Lee and, 292; atrocities, 293; plans, 328, 342, 360, 362; at New Castle, 355; in the Jersies, 357; for Philadelphia, 364, 369, 371; on Burgoyne's defeat, 375. Howland, —, 1. 60. Hubley, John, I. 298 n. Hughes, Hugh, 1. 82; 11. 416. Humphreys, James, jr., 1. 51 n., 260 n. Huntington, Joshua, 11. 78, 88. Huntington, Samuel, naval committee, I. 311 n.
Hussar, German, 1. 76.
Hutchinson, Thomas, 1. 20, 24, 33, 55, 100, 153, 366; II. 399, 403, 404; pension for, 1. 7; Caesar and, 8; voyage to England, 24; letters, 49; policy, 244; death, II. 134; character, 165; Milton seat, 171; abilities defended, 282; controversy with, 381.
Impost, Rhode Island and, II. 234, 248; New York and, 270.
Independence, declaration of, 1. 261, 268, 281; II. 434, 438; recognition by France, 1. 302.
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