“Individuals who may be concerned”: Neeser, p. 131.
“artful and wicked”: Ibid., p. 123.
“whether you understand it so”: Arthur Lee to John Ross, Nov. 26, 1777, NDAR, vol. 10, p. 1040.
“misrepresented or misconstrued”: John Ross to Silas Deane, Dec. 16, 1777, NDAR, vol. 10, p. 1106.
“all the money he will ask”: Neeser, p. 131.
“a letter of credit”: Ibid., p. 195.
“turned to little account”: Ibid., p. 145.
“unsuccessful, expensive cruises” through “under private instructions”: John Ross to Arthur Lee, Dec. 3, 1777, NDAR, vol. 10, p. 1064.
“prejudicial to our affairs”: Silas Deane’s Narrative, read before Congress, SDP, vol. 3, p. 144.
“try her chance to America”: Neeser, p. 133.
“bounty”: Ibid., p. 151.
“I admit that the command”: Ibid., p. 220.
“financial accounts”: Bowen-Hassell, p. 40.
“sacredly promised” through “I was then possessed of”: Neeser, p. 220.
“Arthur Lee, Esquire”: Ibid., p. 158.
“paid on public account”: Ferguson, p. 88.
“eyes sparkling”: Silas Deane to Edward Bancroft, Feb. 1777, SDP, vol. 2, p. 9.
“about three pound”: Jessica Warner, The Incendiary, p. 115.
“to destroy, at one blow”: Silas Deane to Edward Bancroft, Feb. 1777, SDP, vol. 2, p. 6.
“I feel more”: Warner, p. 232.
“gravity given to the matter”: Ibid., p. 231.
“a long indisposition”: Silas Deane to Charles W. F. Dumas, Oct. 1, 1777, SDP, vol. 2, p. 164.
“as obnoxious to England”: Silas Deane to Barnabas Deane, Oct. 7, 1777, SDP, vol. 2, p. 177.
“my only hope”: Silas Deane to Barnabas Deane, April 20, 1780, SDP, vol. 4, p. 130.
“in high spirits”: Silas Deane to Conrad A. Gerard, May 11, 1777, SDP, vol. 2, p. 52.
“The two ships”: Lord Stormont to Lord Weymouth, July 2, 1777, NDAR, vol. 9, p. 452.
“a smile of heaven”: John Bradford to John Hancock, March 20, 1777, NDAR, vol. 8, p. 155.
“no return was expected”: Arthur Lee to the Committee of Commerce, Aug. 16, 1777, NDAR, vol. 9, p. 572.
“The king furnished nothing”: Morton and Spinelli, p. 201.
“everything he says”: Augur, p. 137.
“This gentleman is not a merchant”: Arthur Lee to the Committee of Commerce, Aug. 16, 1777, NDAR, vol. 9, p. 573.
“You are sensible”: Silas Deane to the Committee of Commerce, Sept. 3, 1777, NDAR, vol. 9, p. 625.
“as much general joy”: Augur, p. 252.
“all the fruits of this war”: Ibid., p. 260.
“their borrowed plumes”: Arthur Lee to Theodoric Bland, Dec. 13, 1778, SDP, vol. 3, p. 80.
“complimentary to your abilities”: Augur, p. 280.
“I have in my possession”: Beaumarchais to Vergennes, March 13, 1778, SDP, vol. 2. p. 399.
“retire with honor”: Silas Deane to Jonathan Williams, March 21, 1778, SDP, vol. 2, p. 421.
“zeal, activity, and intelligence”: Vergennes to the president of Congress, March 25, 1778, SDP, vol. 2, p. 434.
“It is hinted now”: William Lee to Francis Lightfoot Lee, Nov. 11, 1777, SDP, vol. 2, p. 213.
“Adams-Lee junto”: Ferguson, p. 94.
“open dissensions”: Augur, p. 274.
“a man of integrity”: Benjamin Franklin to James Lovell, Oct. 17, 1779, SDP, vol. 4, p. 109.
“if America should be successful”: “Statement concerning the employment of Lieut. Col. Edward Smith with regard to Captain Hynson and a Sketch of the Information Obtained,” March 31, 1777, NDAR, vol. 8, p. 728.
“a few hours’ notice”: Silas Deane to William Carmichael, June 30, 1784, SDP, vol. 5, p. 318.
“I thought it was likewise”: Morton and Spinelli, p. 199.
“this business with Conyngham”: Neeser, p. 149.
“the localist and power-weakening emphasis”: Wood, p. 146.
“The rancor it left”: Ferguson, p. 104.
“I can only lament”: Arthur Lee to Samuel Adams, April 21, 1782, Letters of Delegates to Congress: March 1, 1781—August 31, 1781.
1782 PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND
“complicated affairs”: Neeser, p. 156.
“her teeth were too many”: Ibid., p. xlviii. “You will go next”: Ibid., p. 159.
“is therefore sent to England”: Ibid., p. 183.
“in close confinement”: Ibid., p. 186.
“Your king will not reward you”: William Bell Clark, p. 12.
“upon account of debtor and creditor”: Ibid., p. 13.
“hang for high treason”: Ibid., p. 14.
“I think it right”: Ibid., p. 120.
“for the inoculation”: Ibid., p. 175.
“committed treason” through “petty tyrants”: Neeser, p. 190.
TEN
“What I have been dreading”: Stegeman, p. 81.
“first American civil war”: Thomas E. Griess, ed., Early American Wars and Military Institutions, p. 28.
“One hundred and eighty miles”: Boatner, p. 415.
“ill planned” through “between them and ruin”: Nathanael Greene to John Brown, Sept. 6, 1778, NGP, vol. 2, p. 507.
“Your family”: Nathanael Greene to John Brown, Oct. 4, 1778, NGP, vol. 2, p. 539.
“He is either a spy”: Harvey, p. 346.
“an unfortunate dog”: Nathanael Greene to Jeremiah Wadsworth, Aug. 29, 1780, NGP, vol. 6, p. 245.
“There is no help”: Nathanael Greene to Jeremiah Wadsworth, May 8, 1780, NGP, vol. 5, p. 550.
“destroyed all our plans”: Jacob Greene to Nathanael Greene, May 7, 1780, NGP, vol. 5, p. 549.
“We purchased a small part”: Jacob Greene to Nathanael Greene, Sept. 7, 1780, NGP, vol. 6, p. 269.
“the locusts of Egypt”: Harvey, p. 372.
“unless you have a good army”: Ibid., p. 373 “Thus separated”: Editor’s Introduction, NGP, vol. 6.
“A few such victories”: Nathanael Greene to Nicholas Cooke, June 22, 1775, NGP, vol. 1, p. 89.
“the amazing success”: Jeremiah Wadsworth to Nathanael Greene, July 10, 1782, NGP, vol. 11, p. 429.
“the smiles of fortune” through “for our industry”: Nathanael Greene to Griffin Greene, Oct. 22, 1780, NGP, vol. 6, p. 422.
“we will suffer deeply”: Charles Pettit to Nathanael Greene, Aug. 23, 1781, NGP, vol. 9, p. 227.
“I take this opportunity”: John Cox to Nathanael Greene, Sept. 20, 1781, NGP, vol. 9, p. 338.
“I venture to lean”: Charles Pettit to Nathanael Greene, June 14, 1782, NGP, vol. 11, p. 330.
“fate will have it otherwise”: Nathanael Greene to Jeremiah Wadsworth, Feb. 9, 1782, NGP, vol. 10, p. 337.
“I am glad of it”: Nathanael Greene to Jeremiah Wadsworth, July 1, 1782, NGP, vol. 11, p. 389.
“a state of perplexity”: Jacob Greene to Nathanael Greene, May 4, 1783, NGP, vol. 12, p. 640.
“judge us as we deserve”: Griffin Greene to Nathanael Greene, May 21, 1783, NGP, vol. 12, p. 677.
“My disappointment is considerable”: Griffin Greene to Nathanael Greene, June 10, 1783, NGP, vol. 12, p. 690.
“To have a decent income”: Stegeman, p. 112.
“Mr. Morris the financier”: Nathanael Greene to John Banks, April 23, 1782, NGP, vol. 11, p. 105.
“this oppressed country”: Nathanael Greene to John Banks, Dec. 25, 1782, NGP, vol. 12, p. 345.
“He had the example”: Nathanael Greene to Benjamin Harrison, March 28, 1783, NGP, vol. 12, p. 543.
“I cannot suppose”: Statement of John Banks, Feb. 15, 1783, NGP, vol. 12, p. 444.
“his conduct made a subject”: Statement of General Anthony Wayne and Colonel Edward Carrington, Feb. 15, 1783, NGP, vol. 12, p. 446.
“I verily believe”: Stegeman, p. 112.
“I tremble”: Ibid., p. 115.
“good man die”: Ibid., p. 124.
“some would place him first”: Griess, p. 32.
“never been much my friend”: Nathanael Greene to Barnabas Deane, Dec. 25, 1782, NGP, vol. 12, p. 8.
“this day approved”: Stegeman, p. 154.
1782 GUADELOUPE, WEST INDIES
“a great coward”: Cohen, p. 190.
“the person after whom she was called”: Charles Thompson to Robert Morris, June 4, 1782, Letters of Delegates to Congress.
“tribute to your honor”: Tagney, p. 387.
“much to be regretted”: Maclay, p. 206.
ELEVEN
“I humbly think”: Brown, p. 72.
“I am unhappy”: Ibid., p. 76.
“our agent here”: Ibid., p. 76.
“more afflicted than surprised”: Alberts, p. 454.
“nest of outlaws”: Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy, An Empire Divided, p. 216.
“You recollect”: Robert Morris to William Bingham, Oct. 1, 1778, Letters of Delegates to Congress: October 1, 1777—January 31, 1779.
“Profitable private business”: Brown, p. 81.
“wheeled oysters”: Wagner, p. 130.
“That the payments of debts”: Morton and Spinelli, p. 322.
“Large fortunes”: Alberts, p. 371.
“I can neither think”: George L. Clark, Silas Deane, a Connecticut Leader in the American Revolution, p. 189.
“curse instead of a blessing”: “To the Free and Independent Citizens of the United States of North-America,” Nov. 3, 1783, SDP, vol. 5, p. 237.
“the same infamy”: Boyd, I, p. 168.
“many serious truths”: Joseph Reed to Nathanael Greene, Feb. 9, 1782, NGP, vol. 10, p. 337.
“Is it become treason”: Boyd, I, p. 170.
“an exceeding good opinion”: Augur, p. 333.
“lest he should be led”: Boyd, I, p. 191.
“make it impossible” and “Even between enemies”: Augur, p. 334.
“If America shall”: Silas Deane to Benjamin Franklin, May 13, 1782, SDP, vol. 5, p. 88.
“any want in probity”: Boyd, III, p. 532.
“I am strongly inclined”: Ibid., p. 530.
“colonial administration”: Boyd, I, p. 539.
“practicable and useful”: Lord Dorchester to Lord Sydney, Oct. 24, 1787, SDP, vol. 5, p. 481.
“resentments toward”: Robert Morris to Silas Deane, Dec. 5, 1785, SDP, vol. 5, p. 471.
“my hopes are revived”: Silas Deane to George Washington, June 25, 1789, SDP, vol. 5, p. 525.
“There is no gravestone”: Clark, Silas Deane, p. 253.
“abject poverty”: Reprinted from a London newspaper in the American Mercury, Dec. 28, 1789, SDP, vol. 5, p. 533.
“a treacherous desertion”: Boyd, I, p. 173.
“to revenge past injuries” through “rejoice most at the event”: Ibid., p. 179.
“pain and humiliation”: Boyd, III, p. 548.
“a mysteriousness”: Morton and Spinelli, p. 284.
“compassionate feeling”: Ibid., p. 285.
“the heirs of Mr. Beaumarchais”: Ibid., p. 322.
1782 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
“We were out 25 days” through “when peace took place”: Vail, Journal.
“Some ambition” through “almost without parallel”: Sherburne, Memoirs.
TWELVE
“social forces of the generation”: East, p. 323.
“Like Puritanism”: Wood, The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787, p. 418.
“the joint combination”: Ibid., p. 420.
“the principles and manners” through “Christian Sparta”: Ibid., p. 423.
“Rich and numerous prizes”: East, p. 213. a logical move of upward mobility: Ibid., p. 214.
Americans welcomed the glut: Buel, p. 247. there was enough supply: East, p. 246.
“working through middlemen” through “daily expected”: James A. Rawley, The Transatlantic Slave Trade, p. 349.
“bettered their condition”: Hedges, p. 84.
“from necessity” through “prosecuted more severely”: Ibid., p. 83.
“not be any more concerned”: Thompson, p. 191.
“hundreds there is”: Ibid., p. 53.
1783 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
“I had some trying scenes” through “in the land of liberty”: Sherburne, Memoirs.
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