Patriots (91 page)

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

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
,
271
ff.,
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