Patriots (93 page)

Declaratory Act (1766),
86

Delaplace, William,
262

Delaware,
73
,
369

Denmark,
544

Diamond, William,
233
,
237
,
239
,
246

Dickinson, John,
101
,
207
,
209
,
305

and confederation,
368
–71

“Pennsylvania Farmer,”
175
,
207
,
355
–56

resists independence,
266
,
342
,
343
,
359
,
360

Dinwiddie, Robert,
295
–96,
298
,
300
,
301

Dolbin, Edward,
183

Dorchester Heights,
272
,
273
,
328
,
332
,
375
,
439

Dryden, John,
307

Duane, James,
206
,
213

Duché, Jacob,
211

Dudingston, William,
166
–70

Dumas, Mathieu,
540

Dunkirk,
548

Duquesne, Fort,
299
–300,
302
–4

Dutch Guiana,
90

Dutch West Indies,
90

Dutton, John,
287

Eagle
, H.M.S.,
390

East India Company,
173
–76,
184
–185,
189
,
190
,
198

Edes, Benjamin,
179

Edes, Peter,
180

Edes and Gill,
171
,
179
,
217
,
310

Eleanor
,
175
,
177
,
181

Emerson, William,
242

Englishtown, N.J.,
484

Erskine, Sir William,
426

Eskridge, George,
291

Esopus, N.Y.,
453
–54

Estaing, Comte d’,
495

Evans, Israel,
534

Evening Post
, Boston,
35
,
36
–37

Evening Post
, London,
363

Ewing, James,
409
,
418
–19

Experiment
, H.M.S.,
332

Fairfax, George William,
292
–93

Fairfax, Lord,
293

Fairfax, Sally Carey,
293
–94,
298
,
299
,
301
,
303
,
327

Fairfax, William,
301

Faneuil, Benjamin,
175

Fauquier, Francis,
347

Feltham, Jocelyn,
261

Fenton, Colonel,
201
–2

Ferriter, Nicholas,
130

Fischer, Friedrich,
414

Fitzgerald, John,
427

Fleeming, John,
126
,
311

Forman, David,
481
,
486

Forrest, James,
148
–49

Fosdick, Nathaniel,
136

Fox, Charles,
441
,
442
,
551

France

alliance with U. S.,
466
,
469
,
476

secret dealings leading to,
323
–326,
430
,
431
–35,
464
–65

in French and Indian War,
26
,
297
–300,
302
–4

peace treaty ending (1763),
30
,
35
,
315

military cooperation with U. S.,
see
Rochambeau, Comte de

naval activities against British,
521
–33
passim
,
539
,
544
,
556

and peace negotiations (1781,
547
–51

Western claims of,
295
–300,
302
–4

Francis I, King of France,
393

Franklin, Benjamin,
51
,
145
,
207
,
264
–65,
361
–62,
470

and Canada expedition,
342

and confederation,
368
–69,
372

and Declaration,
344
,
359
,
363

as envoy to France,
430
–31,
433
–437,
465
,
466
,
474
,
489
,
490
–491,
546
–51

and French agent,
324
–25

and Hessians,
379

at Howe peace meeting,
391
–93

in London,
50
,
86
,
92
,
115
,
171
–72,
185
–87,
193
–95

and Paine,
337
–38,
557

personal rules of,
325

Poor Richard’s Almanack
of,
361
,
436
,
490

as scientist,
436

Franklin, William,
207
,
433
,
436

Franklin William Temple,
433
,
466

Fraser, Simon,
450
–52

Frederick, Prince of Wales,
29

Frederick the Great, King of Prussia,
407
,
470

Freeman’s Farm,
444
–45,
448

French and Indian War,
15
,
28
,
180
,
226
,
330
,
438
–39

British national debt from,
37
,
48
,
51

Ticonderoga battle in,
256
,
259
–260

treaty ending,
30
,
35
,
315

Washington and,
203
,
208
,
297
–300,
302
,
304
,
331
,
409
,
413
,
439

Friendship
, H.M.S.,
332

Gadsden, Christopher,
65
,
74
,
207
,
208
,
212
,
347
,
438

Gage, Thomas,
97
,
116
,
188
–89,
258
,
305

and Bernard’s request for troops,
107
–8,
112
,
113
,
119
,
189

and Boston Massacre,
151
,
154
,
157

Boston under rule of,
91
,
192
,
196
–99,
201
–2,
214
,
217
,
231

and Breed’s Hill,
271
–72,
275
–77,
286
,
312

Cambridge raided by,
211
,
215

and Church,
253
,
311

and Concord,
219
–20,
224
,
227
–29,
238
–39,
241
,
243
,
247
,
250
,
254
,
259

encircled in Boston,
252
,
268
,
307

pardons rebels,
267

relieved of command,
312

Galloway, Joseph,
207
,
208
,
209
,
212
,
213
–14,
265

Gardner, Henry,
243

Garrick, David,
273

Garrick, Edward,
133
,
135

Gaspee
,
166
–70,
181

Gaspee
(namesake of first
Gaspee
),
323

Gates, Horatio,
401
,
404
,
406
,
438
–440,
558

and Burgoyne campaign and surrender,
442
–47,
449
–52,
452
–460,
538

at Camden,
499
,
553
,
556

and Canadian campaign,
378
,
439

and Conway,
460
–64
passim

Trenton, absence from,
410
,
417
,
439

Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser
, London,
364

Gentleman’s Magazine
,
119

George, Lake,
258
,
260
,
261
,
452

George I, King of Great Britain,
29

George II, King of Great Britain,
29
,
40
,
41
,
46
,
298
,
368

George III, King of Great Britain,
14
,
28
–30,
37
,
83
,
90
,
336

abdication message of,
545
–46

and boycotts,
115
,
197

and Burgoyne,
441

and Bute,
29
,
30
,
53
,
83

and Canada,
315
,
316

and Gage,
189
,
312

German soldiers hired by,
377

and Hancock,
80
,
89
,
195

Henry on,
69

and Howe,
389
,
473

Hutchinson, meeting with,
192
–96

Jefferson and,
202
,
338
,
354
,
356
–358,
364

Lee, interview with,
330

Lexington, reaction to,
254

and North,
99
,
189
,
545

and peace treaty,
551

and Port Act,
189
–90

reluctant to end war,
544
–46

and right to tax,
26
–27,
84
,
174

statue of,
206
,
375

and Townshend,
93
,
189

Georgia,
64
,
209
,
358
,
369
,
371

Germain, George, Lord,
428
,
440
–442,
452
,
520
–21,
545

German mercenaries,
see
Hessians

Germantown, Pa.,
441
,
461
,
467
,
473
,
476

Gerrish, Samuel,
276
,
279
,
284
,
308

Gerry, Elbridge,
279
,
342

Gibbon, Edward,
190
,
436
–37

Gibbons, Mary,
374

Gibraltar,
548
,
549

Gill, John,
119

Gillespie, John,
132
–33

Glorious Revolution,
23

Gloucester, Mass.,
14

Gloucester, Va.,
523
,
536
–37

Goldfinch, John,
133
,
134

Goldsmith, Oliver,
337

Grand Union flag,
457

Grasse, Comte François-Joseph-Paul de,
521
–33
passim
,
537
,
539
,
544
,
556

Graves, Thomas,
526
–29,
530
,
533

Gray, John,
130
–31

Gray, Samuel,
138
,
140
,
153

Gray, Thomas,
319

Great Awakening,
31
–32,
44

Great Meadows,
296
–98,
304

Green, William,
130
–32

Greene, Kitty,
497
–98

Greene, Nathanael,
289
,
331
,
378
,
401
,
478
,
495
,
497
–98,
499

and Arnold, André conspiracy,
505
,
507

in Carolinas,
519
,
544

at Germantown,
440
–41

and New York defense,
393
–95,
399
–400,
402

in Trenton raid,
412
,
415
,
418

Greenleaf, Stephen,
32
,
49
,
54
–56,
63
,
64
,
110
,
129
,
161
,
176

Green Mountain Boys,
259
,
260
–62

Greer, Mrs.,
317

Grenville, George,
37
–38,
48
–51,
64
–65,
73
,
81
,
83
–85

Grey, Charles,
474
–75

Gridley, Jeremiah,
18
,
20
,
21
–22,
80
,
145
–46

Gridley, John,
122
–23

Gridley, Richard,
274
–75

Griffith, Dorcas,
221

Guilford, N.C.,
519

Guines, Comte de,
323
–24,
325

Gunpowder Plot,
20

Hale, Nathan,
390
,
397
–98,
507

Hale, Samuel,
398

Half-King (Tanacharison),
296
–98

Halifax, Nova Scotia,
108
,
110
,
119
,
476

Hallowell, Benjamin,
59
,
97
,
122

Hamilton, Alexander,
123
–24,
470
,
478
,
497
,
499
,
507
,
517
–19

and Arnold-André conspiracy,
502
,
505
–9,
517