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Adams (ship)
Adams, Abigail, letters of
Adams, Abijah (journalist)
Adams, John (as ambassador to Great Britain)
Adams, John (American Revolutionary era)
anti-French sentiments, as Boston Massacre defense attorney
as British commerce treaty commissioner
as British peace negotiator
as commissioner to France, (see also heading Adams (John)—Franklin relationship below, subhead anti-French sentiment above
as Continental Congress delegate
and Declaration of Independence
meeting with Howe
motives for supporting
on Philadelphia evacuation
on poor troop discipline
on Washington’s command
Adams, John (personal qualities)
enviousness (see also Adams (John)—Franklin relationship below)
as “His Rotundity,”
impressions of France
lack of diplomacy
on New England’s superiority
resentfulness
suspiciousness
vanity
Adams, John (personal relationships)
Bache and
Franklin and. See Adams (John)—Franklin relationship
on Hamilton
on Jefferson
Jefferson on
Logan and
Madison on
Washington and
Adams, John (political views)
on American independence
on American Revolution’s historical
misrepresention
British government model
critique of
on dangers of full equality
on democrat vs. aristocrat
“Discourses on Davila” articles
and Divine Right
Federal Constitution reflecting
on Federalist self-destructiveness
on forming state governments
on French Revolution
on French role in American Revolution
on governmental structure, (see also bicameralism; checks and balances; hereditary offices; unicameralism)
Hamilton’s views vs.
on “ideology” terminology
Jefferson on changes in
on limited monarchy, (see also monarchism)
and Massachusetts
constitution
on natural aristocracy
on Paine’s Common Sense
on Paine’s Rights of Man
on Pennsylvania
constitution
on political parties
on presidency
on property ownership
“Publicola” articles
on republicanism
on revolutionary
movements
on senatorial election
Thoughts on Government pamphlet
on titles and pageantry
see also Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States
Adams, John (as President)
Alien and Sedition Acts. See Alien and Sedition Acts
and black cockade
changes of principles
deportation of French emigrés
dismissal of cabinet officers
Duane prosecution continuance
Duane seditious libel indictment withdrawal
example of seditious libel against
on foreign-influenced threats
and French treaty abrogations
Fries reprieve
“Hail Columbia” anthem
Hamilton pamphlet criticizing
and Hamilton’s adultery
on inevitable conflict with France
Jefferson as vice president
on national unity
naval vessel namesakes
nepotism charges against
on Pennsylvania tax rebellion
political future
prayer and fast day proclamations. See Fast and Prayer Day
on presidential reelection loss,(see also presidential election of 1800)
press mockery of
proposed government-owned newspaper
refusal to reprieve Lyon
resignation rumors
rewards for Bache’s enemies
Sedition Act. See Alien and Sedition Acts
on seditious slander,(see also seditious libel prosecutions)
student demonstration against
supportive events
suppression of political opposition
as war president,(see also war buildup)
and XYZ affair
see also Alien and Sedition Acts; congressional-presidential relations; war buildup
Adams, John (as Vice President)
electoral votes
on Franklinian democracy
on French Revolution
letter on British influence in U.S. politics
testimony against Paine
Adams (John)—Franklin relationship
Adams commentary,
on Franklin’s celebrity
on Franklin’s conduct in France
on Franklin’s faults
on Franklin’s French pronunciation
on Franklin’s historical impact
on suspected Franklin intrigue
Adams’ reaction to Franklin’s death
Adams’ envy
Franklin’s characterization of Adams
Adams, John Quincy
Adams, Samuel
Adams, Thomas (JA’s son)
Adams, Thomas (journalist)
Adcook, William
Addis, Joseph
Addison, Alexander
Adrastes (ship)
Age of Reason (Paine)
Albany Plan (1754)
Albany Register
Alexander, William. See Stirling, Lord
Alien and Sedition Acts
Adams (Abigail) on
Adams on
Adams pardons
Adams’ culpability for
Adams’ signing
American-born citizens prosecuted under
Aurora printing of Sedition Act text
as constitutional violation
deportation provision
as despotic measure
enforcement of
expiration
and Federalist anti-Republican threats
historical invalidity of
House and
implications of
Jefferson’s nullification
Jefferson’s opposition
Kentucky Resolutions against
list of sedition indictments
Madison’s opposition
naturalization residency amendment
parody of
passage of
as political punishment tool
and prosecution of Duane
provisions
public reaction against
repeal petitions
riot vs. treason defense
Senate and
state measures against
truth defense
Virginia Resolutions against
Washington on
aliens. See Alien and Sedition Acts; immigrants
Allen, Ethan
Allen, John
on alien and sedition bill
and Declaration of War
on envoys to France
House floor attack on Aurora
on naturalization law
on power of republican press
support for provisional army
Alliance (ship)
American Philosophical Society
American Revolution
arms and ammunition needs
pikes/bows and arrows suggestion
Arnold’s treason
background
Bon Homme Richard–Serapis battle
British military gains
British peace commission
British surrender
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British treaty
chronology (1775)
chronology (1776)
chronology (1777)
chronology (1778)
chronology (1779)
chronology (1780)
chronology (1781)
first battles
French Revolution and
Gates and
Greene’s southern victories
grim prospects
ideological basis
importance of French aid
Adams’ downplaying of
Adams as “persona non grata,”
Adams’ plea for naval assistance
Adams’ satisfaction with
agreement on repayment
and American pro-British faction
arms/ammunitions shipments
arms shipments embargoed
battlefield bravery
Beaumarchais role
Bonvouloir report
British acknowledgment of
cloth and equipment
compared with Irish Revolt aid
congressional policies
currency devaluation effects
debt total
extent of
Federalist lack of gratitude
fleets and armies, (see also subhead military volunteers below; subhead naval fleet below)
Franklin role
Franklin vs. Adams on
French casualties
and French political interests
Laurens/Paine mission
liberation of Philadelphia
loans/donations
military volunteers
Morris letter and
naval fleet
in New York City campaign
Paine on
Rhode Island liberation by
Rochambeau on Americans’ plight
Saratoga victory linked with
Savannah naval assault
treaty of alliance
Washington and Adams qualms on
Washington’s defeats as obstacle
Washington’s endorsement and needs
Wayne on
Yorktown success and
and independence
Irish contributions
Irish Revolt compared with
Jones naval operations
Kosciuszko’s role
Lee (Charles) army
military morale and discipline
naval battle off Yorktown
New York losses
Northern Armies
and Paine’s writings
Philadelphia’s vulnerability
Quebec defeat
Saratoga as turning point
slave volunteers with British forces
Southern Army
specie devaluation
Washington’s military command. See under Washington, George
see also specific battles, personalities, places
Amphitrite (ship)
André, John
anti-Catholicism
anti-Federalists. See Democratic-Republicans
anti-Semitism
antiwar movement (1798-99). See peace movement
Argus. See New York Argus
aristocracy. See hereditary offices; monarchism
arms, right to bear
army (standing army)
Adams (Abigail) on
Adams’ disbandment of
arms procurement bill
artillery/engineer enlistments
augmentation
bill authorizing
bill debate
Bill of Rights on
command appointees
cost of
as despots’ instrument
Federalist backing
Gallatin opposition
Hamilton as commander
harassment of citizens
Irish mercenaries
Jefferson opposition to
Macpherson as brigadier general
pitfalls of
as political instrument
private militias as core
as provisional army
quartering of troops and
recruitment call
seditious libel indictments for criticizing
state petitions against
troops’ beating of Duane
unpopularity of
used against Fries’ rebellion
Washington as commander
Washington on American fear of
Arnold, Benedict
Articles of Confederation
assembly, freedom of
atheism, charges of
Aurora General Advertiser
army’s destruction of presses
Bache as owner/publisher
on Bache’s death
Bache’s widow and
Callender and
circulation and finances
circulation/subscription increase
as Democratic-Republican national press voice
Duane as Bache editorial successor
Duane as owner/publisher
founding of
free speech/press
championship
French Constitution publication
front page illustrated, xiv
Hamilton alleged purchase bid
Independence Day message
Jay Treaty text publication
open letter to Adams
as “people’s paper,”
Porcupine Gazette’s poem ridiculing
pressmen/compositors’ demands
printing process
on republicanism
Sedition Act text publication
statement of principles
stoning and breaking of office windows
subscriber cancellations
Sunbury and Northumberland Gazette alliance
“Surgo ut prosim” motto
Talleyrand letter
publication
on Washington’s death
and yellow fever epidemics
see also Bache, Benjamin Franklin; Duane, William
Austin, Samuel
Bache, Benjamin (BFB’s son)
Bache, Benjamin Franklin on Adamses as
monarchists
background and family
barring from House floor
on constitutional rights
death of
Duane allegiance
education. See Bache, Benjamin Franklin (as youth) below
and family farm
Federalist attempts to intimidate
Fenno contretemps
first Aurora editorial
and Franklin’s autobiography
and Franklin’s death and legacy
Humphreys’ physical assault on
Independence Day oratory against
Jefferson’s support for
legacy of
as Paine’s publisher
as press freedom champion
publication of Paine’s Rights of Man
as Sedition Act target
seditious libel arrest
seen as French agent
sketch of Benjamin Franklin
and Tammany Society
toasts to
on Washington
will and estate
and yellow fever epidemic
“Young Lightening-Rod” sobriquet
see also Aurora General Advertiser
Bache, Benjamin Franklin (as youth)
on British-American peace treaty
in France
Geneva schooling
and grandfather Benjamin Franklin
at Le Coeur’s boarding school
and printing trade
republican education
return to America
and schoolmate Adams (J. Q.)
at university education
Voltaire meeting
Bache, Deborah (BFB’s sister)
Bache, Elizabeth (BFB’s sister)
Bache, Franklin (BFB’s son)
Bache, Hartman
(BFB’s son)
Bache, Louis (BFB’s brother)
Bache, Peggy Markoe (BFB’s wife; later Duane)
Aurora pressmen’s demands
Aurora reopening
BFB courtship and marriage
and BFB’s death
Federalist press ridicule of
marriage to Duane
Bache, Richard (BFB’s father)
Bache, Richard (BFB’s son)
Bache, Sarah (BFB’s sister)
Bache, Sarah Franklin (BFB’s mother)
Bache, William (BFB’s brother)
Baker, Hillary
Baldwin, Luther
Baldwin, Thomas
Baltimore American
Bancroft, Thomas
Barbary pirates
Barbé-Marbois, Marquis de
Barras, Comte de
Barry, John
Bastille, fall of
Beale, Thomas
Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de
Beckley, John
Bell, Robert
Benjamin Franklin (ship)
Bennington, Battle of
bicameralism
Adams advocacy, (see also unicameralism)
arguments against
British
as check on democratic excesses
Federal Constitution provision
Federalist championship of
Jay advocacy
Pennsylvania change to
and presidential elector selection
see also Congress, U.S.
Bill of Rights
articles
Fenno (Jack Ward) attack on
Jefferson championship
see also specific rights
Bingham, William
Black, John
black cockade
Blank, Michael
Bonaparte. See Napoleon Bonaparte
Bon Homme Richard (ship)
Bon Père (ship)
Bonvouloir, Achard de
Boston (ship)
Boston Commercial Gazette
Boston Independent Chronicle
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Boudinot, Elias
Bowdoin, James
Braddock, Edward
Bradford, Samuel
Bradley, Thomas
Brandywine Creek, Battle of
Breckinridge, John
Breed’s Hill, Battle of
Brennan, William
Brent, Richard
Brissot de Warville, Jacques-Pierre
British Constitution. See Constitution, British
British East India Company
Broglie, Charles-François de
Brown, David
Brown, Moses
Brown, Robert
Bunker Hill, Battle of
Burgoyne, John
Burk, Christiana
Burk, John Daly
Burr, Aaron
Bustletown (Pa.)
Cadwalader, Colonel
“$CLa Ira” (song)
Callender, Jimmy
anti-Adams campaign literature
arrested in Leesburg,
on Bache’s excessive bail,
background,
exposés of Hamilton,
on Federalist abuses,
on Federalist mob violence,
Federalist press attacks on,
Federalist threats against,
forced from Philadelphia,
on Humphreys case,
Prospect Before Us, The,
and Richmond Examiner,