by Mark Puls
22. Charles C. Pinckney, "The XYZ Correspondence," America, vol. 4, p. 207.
23. Ibid., p. 208.
24. George Washington to Timothy Pickering, GWP, July 11, 1789.
25. George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, GWP, July 14, 1789.
26. U.S. Congress, Senate Exec. Journal, 5th Congress, 2nd Sess., July 18, 1798, p. 292.
27. George Washington to Henry Knox, GWP, July 16, 1798; Henry Knox to George Washington, HKP, July 29, 1789.
28. Henry Knox to George Washington, HKP, July 29, 1789.
29. George Washington to Henry Knox, GWP, August 9, 1798; George Washington to Timothy Pickering, GWP, September 9, 1798.
30. John Adams to James McHenry, Works of John Adams, vol. 8, 580.
31. Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, p. 557.
32. George Washington to Timothy Pickering, GWP, September 9, 1789.
33. John Adams, Works of John Adams, vol. 8, pp. 602–603.
34. Callahan, Henry Knox, p. 372.
CHAPTER 12—ATOMS UPON THIS ATOM
1. Hamilton, Works of Alexander Hamilton, Federal ed., vol. 10, p. 267.
2. Henry Knox to George Washington, Gilder Lehrman Collection, December 22, 1789.
3. Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Thomas Jefferson, vol. 1, p. 310.
4. Thomas Jefferson to Henry Knox, Thomas Jefferson Papers, March 27, 1801.
5. Morgan Griffiths, Major General Henry Knox, p. 46.
6. "Jackson's Geology of Maine," North American Review (Cedar Falls, University of Northern Iowa), 47, no. 100 (July 1838).
7. Callahan, Henry Knox, p. 379.
8. James Thacher, "Biographical Sketch of Henry Knox," Military Journal, available at www.american revolution.org.
9. Henry Knox Will, HKP, November 26, 1802.
10. Drake, Life and Correspondence, p. 118.
11. Callahan, Henry Knox, pp. 380–381.
12. Griffiths, Major General Henry Knox, p. 56.
13. Henry Knox to Lucy Knox, HKP, March 17, 1806.
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INDEX
Adams, Abigail, 236
Adams, John, vi, 5, 19, 31–3, 35–6, 42, 50, 58, 61, 63–4, 88, 91–4, 184, 203–5, 209, 216, 231–7, 239, 241–23, 252
and New England officers, 32, 35
president, 231–7, 239
as vice president, 204–5
Adams, John Quincy, 236
Adams, Samuel, 3, 5, 11, 16, 19, 24–5, 32, 58, 79, 177, 184, 200–1, 252
Alexander, William (Lord Sterling), 57, 60, 100, 104, 108, 114
Algiers, 213
Alien and Sedition Acts, 241
Allen, Ethan, 28
American Revolution, 20–4, 45–6, 78, 167, 183–5, 191–2, 200, 210–13, 217–18, 221–2, 234–5, 251, 255
end of, 167, 183–5
first victory of, 45–6
lead-up to, 20–4
military aftermath of, 191–2
Andre, John, 37, 129, 135, 147, 149–50, 171
anti-Federalists, 205, 210, 215
Arnold, Benedict, 28, 126–9, 135, 139–41, 144–9
Arnold, Margaret Shippen (Peggy), 135, 146–7
Articles of Confederation, 159, 174, 176–7, 188–9, 193, 195–7, 235–6, 252, 255. See also Shays' Rebellion
Asgill, Charles, 171
Attucks, Crispus, 10
Barbary pirates, 213–14, 216
Barry, John, 232
battles: Bemis Heights, 111
Brandywine, 103–5, 107, 110
Bunker Hill, 29–30, 115, 194
of the Clouds, 105–6
Germantown, 108–10, 141
Harlem Heights, 61–2
Lexington and Concord, 24–5, 27, 244
Long Island, 59–60
Monmouth, 129–33
Princeton, 82–3
Saratoga, 111–12, 119–20, 126–7, 144
Trenton, 72–82, 252–3
Yorktown, 160–8, 185–6, 226, 252, 254
battleships, 6, 7, 29, 44, 56–7, 59, 88, 92, 98, 112, 117, 132–3, 157, 160–4, 214, 221
Bernard, Francis, 5, 7
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 78, 254
Boston, Massachusetts, 1–2, 6–7, 23, 120, 133, 187, 211, 215, 218, 227–8, 230, 241, 244, 247
liberation of, see fortification of Dorchester Heights
Boston Gazette, 8, 11, 13, 24, 28, 49
Boston Grenadier Corps, 14–16, 18–19, 22, 33
Boston Latin Grammar School, 1, 3, 45
Boston Massacre, 8–12, 251
Boston Port Act, 19
Boston Port Bill, 23
Boston Tea Party, 16–18, 251
Bowes, Nicholas, 1, 7, 12
Breck, Samuel, 246
British Coercive Acts, 22–3
Brooks, John, 1
75
Burbeck, Henry, 13, 15
Burgoyne, John, 97, 100–1, 108, 111, 120, 129
Burr, Aaron, 242, 245
Cadwalader, John, 73, 78–9
"camp of liberty," 27–8
cannons, 28–9, 34, 36–7, 43, 50, 58, 60, 62, 65, 72, 77–9, 82–6, 89, 91–2, 94, 98, 103–4, 108–9, 111, 116–17, 123–5, 127, 130–1, 141, 161, 163–5, 254. See also foundries
gunpowder
U.S. Arsenal in Springfield
Carleton, Guy, 185
Carroll, Charles, 91–2
Chastellux, Jean François, 151–2, 157, 164, 167
Chew house, 108–10, 115, 141
Church, John B., 226
Civil War, 86, 250
Clark, Jonas, 24
Clinton, Henry, 128–30, 132–3, 139, 142, 145, 147, 149, 170, 185
Committee of Safety, 23, 27–8, 31
Connecticut, 27–8, 43–4, 48, 57, 64, 72, 75, 85, 124, 143, 153, 157–8, 194, 200
Constitutional Convention, 194–200, 252, 255
Continental army, 30–6, 50, 56–69, 71–95, 97, 99–116, 118, 120–4, 127–32, 134–7, 139, 141–3, 145–6, 150–4, 158–60, 163–4, 168, 173–81, 183–4, 187, 235–6, 251, 253–4, 256
artillery corps, 71–2, 79, 90–5, 127
casualties, 67, 83
conscription, 88, 120–1, 123, 137
enlistments, 58–9, 72–3, 79–80, 87–9, 120
morale, 67–9, 72–3, 76, 79–80, 107, 130
mutinies, 154, 173–5
payment, 79–80, 116, 127, 143, 154, 173–81
peacetime, 183–4, 187
poverty of troops, 68, 73, 80, 100, 112, 115–16, 120–3, 134, 141, 143, 146, 151–4, 178
reorganization of, 62–4, 116
Continental boycotts, 5, 7, 12, 18–20, 23–4
Continental Congress, 19, 22, 30–6, 38, 42–7, 50–1, 53, 55, 57–8, 61–6, 69, 71–2, 75, 78–9, 85–8, 90–4, 97, 99–101, 103, 105–6, 110–16, 120–3, 125–8, 130, 132, 134–7, 142–5, 151–3, 161, 163, 167–70, 173–80, 183–5, 187–90, 192, 194, 196–7, 204–5, 209–10, 233–6, 241–3, 255
Board of War, 92, 113, 115, 136, 161, 163. See also Newburgh Address
Conway, Thomas, 112–14, 116, 121, 125
Conway Cabal, 117–19, 122
Cornwallis, Charles, 67–9, 81–2, 103–5, 107, 113–14, 145, 157, 160–7
Currency Act (1751), 3