Blodget, Nathan, 11. 158, 166, 170.
Boats, flat, for lakes, 1. 133.
Boileau, Jacques, I. 37.
Bollan, William, 11. 188.
Brattle, William, 1. 13; II. 381; recantation, I. 32 n.
Braxton, Carter, 1. 218 n.; address to Virginia convention, 242, 252, 257.
Bonaparte, J. Adams on, 11. 353; doubt on, Breck, Samuel, 11. 286. 382.
Borré, Prudhomme de, 1. 303.
Boston, 'massacre,' Lovell's oration, I. 10; pleasures of, 17; tea, 18, 19; 11. 403; fortifications, 1. 32; of harbor, 216, 226, 237; refugees, 48; British army in, 68; situation in, 71, 100, 113, 150; II. 426; operations near, 1. 83, 96; II. 422, 431, 437; inhabitants and Gage, 1. 98, 100, 101, 102, 194; channels in harbor, 129; plan of, 130; S. Adams desires an attack on, 141; play interrupted, 151; move upon, 210; defense of, 217, 225, 238, 239, 244, 271; 11. | 443; condition after evacuation, 1. 262; tories, 292, 369; navy board, 312, 324; General Court and, 332, 341; II. 440; representatives, 10; meeting, 406.
Breteuil, Louis Auguste le Tonnelier, baron de, II. 196.
Brewer, David, 1. 195.
Bromfield, Henry, II. 446; committee of war, 1. 276 n. Bromfield, I. 196. Brown, Gawen, 1. 162. Brown, John, 11. 10. Brown, John, 1. 52, 98, 169. Brown, Woodbridge, 1. 226. Brown, captain, 11. 60. Brown's House, affair at, 1. 83. Browne, John, of Providence, II. 113. Brownson, Nathan, 1. 321. Bruce, I. 346. Brunswick, N.J., 1. 289, 336. Bryan, George, I. 298.
Boston, 1. 304, 312 n., 366, 372; 11. 10, 14, 18, Buchanan, Archibald, 1. 39.
29, 53, 88, 103. Boston Patriot, II. 368.
Boundaries, settlement of disputes, under confederation, 1. 376.
Bounties, army, I. 152; for inlistments, 211, 258, 276, 277, 295, 299, 304, 325; II. 446; money for, 1. 285.
Bourke, William, II. 15, 26, 29, 30. Bowdoin, Elizabeth, 1. 216 n. Bowdoin, James, 1. 152, 241, 264; II. 5; on Paine's Common Sense, 1. 208; governor, 243, 253, 340; committee of war, 275 n.; for governor, II. 135, 141, 144, 161; governor, 250, 262, 293; refuses aid, 267.
Bowen, Eliza, 11. 330.
Bowen, Ephraim, 11. 329 n.
Bowen, Fanny, II. 330.
Buchanan, Claudius, II. 376.
Buffoonery, Morgan lecture on, 1. 17. Bunker, David, II. 443.
Bunker Hill, battle of, 1. 59, 62, 66, 69, 78; II. 412; British account, I. 79; official relation, 144 n.
Burbank, Silas, 1. 91, 101. Burbeck, Edward, I. 187, 194. Burgoyne, John, 1. 53, 56, 62, 69 n., 360, 362; return to England, 68; march from Canada, 263; at Fort Edward, 353, 354; Saratoga, 356; dangerous situation, 357, 364, 368, 371, 372; surrender, 374; at Boston, 374, 377; II. 28, 32, 451; hand bill, 1. 375; trial of Henley, 11. 4. Burke, Ædanus, II. 237.
Burke, Edmund, 1. 34; II. 327.
Burke, Thomas, I. 293 n.; II. 444.
Bowen, Jabez, letters, II. 234, 329; on impost, Burlington, N.J., British at, I. 279.
Campbell, Archibald, 1. 292. Campbell, Donald, 1. 92.
Campbell, Elizabeth (Murray), 1. 70 n. Campbell, col., 1. 270.
Canada, II. 36; Continental Congress and, 1. 52; attitude of, 84; situation in, 123; expedition against, 109, 123, 134, 187, 255; 11. 92; proposed government, I. 131, 155; committee, 206; importance of, 208, 258; evil news, 247; specie, 249. Cane, Maurice, 1. 121. Cannon, of bar iron, 1. 306. Captains, Navy Board and, 11. 26. Carey, Mathew, II. 350.
Cargill, James, captures by, I. 100, 140, 163, 185.
Carleton, Guy, Lord Dorchester, 1. 53, 123, 133, 149, 362; II. 421; retreat, I. 277; peace propositions, II. 175.
Carmichael, William, 1. 321, 380; II. 125; appointment, 10; Lee's letter, 68. Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton, 1. 294 n.; II. 83; committee to Canada, 1. 206. Carroll, John, to go to Canada, I. 207. Cartel, prisoners, II. 438.
Cary, Richard, jr., 1. 93.
Catherine of Russia, 1. 263 n.
Catholics in Great Britain, II. 133. Caton, II. 125.
Cavendish, John, lord, II. 199. Cazneau, Andrew, captain, 11. 159. Cerberus, 1. 133 n. Ceremonials, II. 41. Chamblee, I. 179.
Charleston, S.C., II. 104; tea, 1. 20; loss of, II. 133, 134; Lincoln on siege, 322. Charlestown, Mass., I. 15; incident, 50; burn- ing of, 59, 72; army at, 68; fort, 216; ruins,
Chase, Samuel, 1. 39, 93, 293, 294 n.; on
prospect of redress, 35; committee to Canada, 206.
Chatelet, comte de, II. 130.
Cheever, Ezekiel, commissary of artillery, 1. 86 n.
Cheney, Andrew Francis, tory, 1. 292. Chesapeake Bay, trade of, 1. 145. Chesemuttock, Sachem of, 1. 14; II. 401. Chesterfield, Lord, see Philip Dormer Stanhope.
Christianity, propagation of, II. 370. Church, Benjamin, jr., 1. 56, 60, 63; director of hospital, 93, 94; treasonable correspond- ence, 121, 134, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 152; II. 423, 424; dismissed from office, 1. 142, 164; punishment, 148, 153, 172, 174, 178, 180; hearing, 168; fears for, 254. Cincinnati, Society of, II. 237, 291, 298. Citoyen, II. 125.
Clairac, Chevalier de, 1. 256 n. Clark, Abraham, 1. 293. Clark, Annie, 1. 70 n.
Clark, Charles Thomas, 11. 386 n. Clark, Susanna Boylston (Adams), 11. 386. Clinton, George, 1. 218.
Clinton, Sir Henry, 1. 53, 69 n.; II. 144, 151. Clothing, I. 155; purchasing agents, 320; for
Concord, currency convention, II. 112. Concord, 1. 189.
Confederacy, II. 78, 93, 125, 130, 135, 141. Confederation, articles of, 1. 199, 263, 309, 322, 337; II. 430; votes of states in, 1. 338; progress, 374, 375; signed, II. 33; ap- portionment of debts, 200; representation under, 270.
Confiscation bill, 11. 48, 51, 87. Congress, Continental, 1774, 1. 26; annual, 28; moves slowly, 51; rumor, 56; business
Currency, danger of, II. 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, 1. 75; general officers, 86; land- jobbers, 168; militia, 188; misconduct of troops, 194; cowardice, 323; regulation act, II. 19; rewarded, 152.
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, 451.
Conway, Thomas, 1. 333; Warren on, 319. Conyngham, Gustavus, 1. 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.
Cotton, I. 301; II. 406.
Cushing, Thomas, 1. 10, 15, 63, 190 n., 319 n.; II. 118, 293, 413; in Continental Congress, I. 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
Custis, Eleanor (Calvert), 1. 220, 229; 11. 6. Custis, John Parke, 1. 220, 229. Custis, Martha Parke, 11. 6. Cutting, John Brown, II. 290.
Dalton, Tristram, 1. 286 n., 319 n., 324. Dana, Francis, 1. 217, 264, 266; II. 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, 11. 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, 11. 67; statement, 68, 83, 86, 89, 94, 96; Adams on, 75; fall of, 106, 171.
Deane, 11. 87, 93, 135, 138, 141. Dedham, Mass., 1. 106.
Council, Massachusetts, 1.83; militia officers, De la Balme, Mottin, 1. 333.
Delaware Bay, blockading, 1. 145; govern-
Deserters, law on, II. 430.
Crafts, Thomas, jr., 1. 186, 194, 195, 240, Derby, John, returns from England, 1. 84.
248, 253, 304.
Craige, Andrew, 1. 190.
Cramahé, Hector Theophilus, 1. 148. Cranch, Richard, 11. 121, 293.
Deshon, John, navy board, 1. 312 n., 324,
350; II. 44, 122.
Destin, II. 125.
Dialogue of the Dead, by John Adams, II.
Eliot, Andrew, reported confinement, 1.73,78. Elmer, Jonathan, 1. 293 n.
Embargo, Adams on, 1. 312; Jefferson's, II.
387 n., 389. Emigration from Europe, 11. 205, 232. Dickinson, John, letters to Otis, 1. 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, 1. 8 n.
Dilly, Edward, 1. 8 n.
Dimsdale, Thomas, 1. 263.
Doane, Elisha, I. 23; II. 404.
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, II. 435. Draper's newspaper, 1. 12, 155. Drayton, William Henry, 1. 230; II. 38. Duane, James, 1. 378 n.; II. 143, 167. Duché, Elizabeth (Hopkinson), 1. 165 n. Duché, Jacob, 1. 80, 143, 165.
Du Coudray, Philippe Charles John Baptist
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, 11. 136 n. 'Farmer's Letters' (Dickinson's), 1. 3, 5. Fast, continental, 1. 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, 1. 80 n.; II. 434. Fendant, II. 125.
Fenner, Mary, II. 329 n.
Tronson, II. 213; arrival, 1. 318; embarrass-Ferguson, Adam, passport for, 11. 21.
Dudley, Charles, 1. 121.
Duer, William, 1. 378 n.; on Cushing, 212.
Dunmore, Lord, see John Murray.
Dwight, Timothy, II. 301.
Dwight, —————, col., 1. 109.
Fermoy, Mathieu Alexis Roche de, 1. 347.
Fessenden, Josiah, 1. 55, 58, 81, 110, 169, 181,
195, 219, 264.
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,
Gaine, Hugh, 1. 310.
Gallies, row, 1. 130, 154.
Gamble, Thomas, 1. 123; II. 421. Game Cock, 1. 339.
France, policy of, 1. 184; 11. 171, 173; army | Gansevoort, Peter, 1. 356. in America, 1. 241; fleet, 259; recognition Gardiner, Sylvester, II. 48. of America, 302; supplies from, 302, 306, | Gardner, Christopher, 1. 96 n. 307, 317; officers, 303; ports open, 307; Gardner, Henry, II. 407. 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, 11. 186.
Gardner, ———, captain, 1. 319 n. Gardoqui, Joseph and Sons, 1. 370 n.; 11. 153. Gates, Horatio, 1. 54, 257, 277, 282, 307, 323, 368; II. 97, 452; major general, 1. 246; on pay of troops, 278; command of northern army, 329, 351, 357; victory over Bur- goyne, 374; defeat, II. 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, II. 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; II. 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, 11. 177, 182; praised, 268.
Frye, Joseph, 1. 91; brigadier general, 204; Gill, John, 1. 49 n., 58, 99, 100, 151.
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