Industry, colonial, 3–4, 8, 222
Inland navigation, 722
Innes, Col. James, 56, 63–67, 70, 75, 94, 98, 100–01, 659, 683
Inspector General, office of, 377, 383, 385
Insurrections and insurgents, 651, 654, 656, 673
Intelligence reports, 38, 133, 145, 229, 233, 256, 273, 284–85, 298, 305, 314–18, 335, 340, 356, 394, 396–97, 413, 436–38, 441, 443, 445, 450, 469, 512, 655. See also Secret Agents
Iron furnaces, 3–4
Irvine, William, 654
Izard, Ralph S., 544
Jackson, Robert, 16
Jackson, Maj. William, 569, 582, 586, 591–92, 596–97
Jacobin political movement, 644, 658, 663, 665, 731
James, Fort, 29
James River, 13, 32, 186, 466, 470, 476–79
James River Navigation Company, 524, 593, 620, 741
Jameson, Lt. Col. John, 443
Jamestown, 13
Jaudenes, Spanish Commissioner at Philadelphia, 628
Jay, John, Governor of New York, 275, 414, 417, 533, 563, 568–69, 576, 635, 637, 647–49, 664, 667, 670, 676;
treaty negotiated by, 658, 661–62, 671, 675, 686, 690–91, 696–97, 704, 708
Jefferson, Thomas, 159, 162, 175, 193, 204, 389, 521, 526–27, 548, 554, 576, 581, 583, 585, 589–90, 598, 602–8, 610, 613–22, 624–34, 639, 642, 647, 686, 689, 692, 704–5, 707–8, 712, 718, 731
Johnson, Thomas, Governor of Maryland, 219, 546, 663
Johnson, Sir William, 131–32
Johnson, William Samuel, 546, 567–68
Johnson, Fort, 595
Johnston, Abram, 21
Johnston, Col. George, 157, 167, 200, 333, 420
Johonnot, Peter, 259
Joincare, Capt. Philippe Thomas, 4, 40–42
Jones, Gabriel, 124
Jones, Dr. John, 582
Jones, Admiral John Paul, 634
Jones, Joseph, 463, 468, 501
Journal (New York), 587
Judicial system. See Supreme Court
Jumonville, Joseph Carlon, Sieur de, ambushed, 54–55; 61, 63–64, 68
Kalb, Johann, Baron de, 354, 367, 377, 383, 390, 393, 407, 412
Kanawha River, 175, 179, 182, 184–85, 189, 196, 209, 522, 591, 716
Kennebec River, 237, 244
Kennedy, Capt. David, 162
Kentucky, 602, 616, 643, 650, 654;
Assembly of, 731;
Genet in, 644;
Indian raids in, 584, 606;
unrest in, 659
Kentucky Resolutions, 731
Keppel, Capt. Augustine, 71, 86
Ketcham, Isaac, 275
King, Rufus, 546–47, 552, 637, 647–48, 666, 687, 698
King’s Bridge, military operations around, 268, 276, 291–92, 297–99, 303–4, 331, 334, 470
King’s College, 186, 192, 194. See also Columbia College King’s Ferry, 444
King’s Mountain, 451
Knowlton, Lt. Col. Thomas, 293–94
Knox, Gen. Henry, 231, 249, 254, 256, 264, 327, 339, 342, 346, 364, 394, 413, 442, 445, 451, 493, 497, 506–7, 510, 515, 520, 534–35, 538, 559, 563–65, 569, 573, 576, 579, 584–85, 587, 602–6, 611, 615, 621, 623, 628–36, 641–42, 645, 649, 652, 659, 681, 707, 725, 728–29
Knyphausen, Gen. Wilhelm von, 436
Kosciuszko, Gen. Thaddeus, 412, 418, 723
La Force, French officer in Ohio Valley, 51, 53–54
La Sensible, 389
Lady Baltimore, 164
Lafayette, Gen. Marquis de, 345, 376, 379, 383–84, 390, 392–96, 406–13, 432–34, 438, 442, 445, 454, 459, 464–66, 470, 472, 474–76, 479, 485, 502, 510, 518, 523, 527, 531–32, 538, 555, 576, 585, 590, 617, 619, 734–35, 742
Lafayette, George Washington, 681, 693–94, 709, 714–15, 717
Lafayette, Fort, 418
Laforest, French consul-general, 675
Lamb, Col. John, 412
Lancaster, 13;
mutiny at, 503
Lancaster, Treaty of, 17–18, 25, 34
Land, acquisition of, 3, 144;
bounties of, 175, 182, 184;
grants of, 148, 178, 212;
hunger for, 616;
speculation on, 9–11, 15, 19–20, 25, 681
Langdon, John, 560, 562, 664
Langdon, Samuel, 228
Langlade, Charles, 34
Laurance, John, 733
Laurel Hill, 126–27, 131
Laurens, Henry, President of Congress, 376, 379–80, 383, 386, 389, 402–3, 405, 414–15
Laurens, Col. John, aide to Washington, 369, 374, 397, 400, 414–15, 426, 454, 457, 464–65, 469, 478–79, 486, 488, 490, 498, 569
Le Boeuf, Fort, 34, 41–42, 48, 68, 97, 205
Lear, Benjamin Lincoln, 591
Lear, Frances. See Washington, Frances Bassett Lear, Mary, 591
Lear, Tobias, aide to Washington, 529, 559, 564, 567–68, 580, 582, 585, 586–87, 593, 605, 609, 620–21, 631–32, 635, 663, 671, 682–83, 693, 709–10, 714, 722, 727, 733–34, 738, 742, 745–46, 749, 751–52, 754
Learned, Col. Ebenezer, 259, 261, 334
Leary, William, 275
Lee, Anne Fairfax, 142, 146
Lee, Gen. Charles, 208–9, 212, 218, 221, 225–31, 234, 239–40, 245, 251–54, 266, 268, 272, 281, 294, 298, 308–16, 331, 340, 386, 392–98, 402, 407, 430, 499, 656, 688
Lee, Col. George, 70, 105, 116
Lee, Harry (Light Horse), 384, 431, 534, 550
Lee, Henry, Governor of Virginia, 417, 419, 422–25, 449, 451, 533, 556, 623, 639, 650, 654, 682, 692, 699, 708, 711, 727, 738
Lee, Col. Richard Henry, 154–55, 201, 204, 215, 220, 233, 235, 255, 366–67, 389, 537, 550, 556
Lee, Thomas, 11, 25, 28
Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 215
Lee, Thomas Sim, Governor of Maryland, 476
Lee, William Raymond, 333
Lee, Fort, 291, 300, 303–5, 307, 315, 342, 423, 440
Leitch, Maj. Andred, 294
L’Enfant, Maj. Pierre Charles, 592, 600, 620
Lenox, David, U.S. Marshal, 650–52
Leslie, Gen. Alexander, 450, 458
Levees, social, 568, 574, 591, 595
Lewis, Maj. Andrew, 56, 59, 66, 90–91, 93, 95, 108, 113, 115, 123, 128–29, 209, 334
Lewis, Betty Washington, 538, 574, 711, 742–43
Lewis, Catherine, 26
Lewis, Eleanor Parke, 743
Lewis, Fielding, 164, 187, 190, 195, 519, 593
Lewis, Francis, 296
Lewis, George, 249, 711, 715
Lewis, Howell, 638
Lewis, Col. John, 30, 593
Lewis, Lawrence, 714–15, 734, 736, 744–45, 747–48
Lewis, Robert, 569–70, 585
Lewis, Thomas, 522
Lexington, 213, 215–17, 269, 294, 502
Liberty Hall Academy, 741
Light Horse Troops, 75, 81, 226, 277, 293, 324–25, 355, 508, 562, 654, 667
Lightfoot, Capt. John, 191–92
Ligonier, Fort, 152
Lincoln, Gen. Benjamin, 298, 334, 364, 412, 415–16, 425, 427, 472, 474–75, 491, 496, 505, 537, 556–57, 573, 596, 615;
capture of, 436;
defense of Charleston, 431, 569;
troops of, 350–51, 391, 478–79
Liquor, and Indians, 20, 44, 100
Lispenard, Leonard, 226
Liston, Robert, 698
Little Beaver Creek, 38–39
Little Hunting Creek, 3–4, 8–9, 24
Little Meadows, Fort, 77–78
Little Sarah, 626–27, 632–33, 635
Livestock, 8, 32, 63, 74, 77, 92, 132, 143–44, 186, 283, 431, 446, 530–31
Livingston, Brockholst, 670
Livingston, Edward, 691–93
Livingston, Henry Beekman, 399
Livingston, Peter, 670
Livingston, Philip, 275, 288
Livingston, Robert R., 437, 565, 647–48
Livingston, William, Governor of New Jersey, 303, 308–
9
Loan Office, Commissioner of, 529
Logstown, 34, 36, 38–40, 43–44, 48, 57, 113, 115
Lomax, Lunsford, 34
London, trade with, 12, 104, 119–20, 157, 163–64, 187, 195, 238
Long Island, military operations in, 254, 262, 278, 283–84, 287–94, 302, 351, 458
Long Island Sound, 232, 266, 268, 299, 409, 426, 438
Loudoun, Lord, 103–5, 109–11, 120–21
Loudoun, Fort, 109, 115, 124
Louisburg, fortress of, 120–21
Louisiana, 33, 584, 615–16, 641, 650
Lovell, James, 450
Low, Isaac, 227
Low Countries, 526
Lower Falls of the Potomac River, 649
Loyal Company, 26
Loyal Hannon, 126–27, 130–32, 152
Loyalists, 226, 239, 266, 269, 407, 425, 446, 451, 464, 473, 490. See also Tories Luzerne, Chevalier de la, 432, 442, 466, 479, 498, 502, 599
Lynch, Thomas, 216, 242, 254, 276
Mackay, Capt. James, 56–57, 59, 62–68, 111
Maclay, William, 573
MacPherson Blues, honor guard of, 733
MacQuire, John, 37
Madison, James, 524, 532, 535–43, 546, 548, 550, 553, 558, 564, 568–69, 572, 589–90, 603, 605, 607, 611, 643, 647, 659, 666, 686, 689, 694, 708, 718, 731
Magaw, Col. Robert, 304–5
Magowan, Walter, 149, 172, 177
Manhattan Island, military operations on, 290–91, 334, 404, 563–64, 569–70
Manigault, Gabriel, 594
Manley, Capt. John, 246
Marines, 232;
French, 481
Markoe, Captain, 226
Marksmanship, American, 231, 235
Marshall, John, Chief Justice, 679, 694, 699, 713, 716, 719, 721, 724, 738–39
Marshall, Thomas, 259, 261
Marshall family of Virginia, 4
Martin, Alexander, Governor of North Carolina, 597
Martin, Col. Thomas B., 123–24
Maryland, and Braddock’s campaign, 74–76;
and Constitution, 552;
frontier defense of, 20, 98, 105, 111, 113–14;
Indian problem of, 13;
local government of, 202, 524, 532;
and Ohio Valley expedition, 51;
people of, 128, 303;
Province of, 4, 32, 132, 154, 193, 210, 218–19, 272, 312, 318, 528;
troops of, 78, 92, 94, 96, 109, 133, 294, 308, 334, 431, 508
Maryland Gazette (Baltimore), 24
Mason, George, 142, 174–76, 202–3, 205, 210, 546–47, 550
Mason, James, 275
Mason, Steven T., 666
Masonic Order, 32, 597, 638–39, 753
Massachusetts, 160, 192, 198–200, 213, 260, 271, 277, 282, 289;
and Constitution, 551;
Council and Assembly of, 155, 206–10, 241, 263;
courts of, 171, 252, 256, 403, 537;
Provincial Congress of, 215–19, 226–30, 236, 240;
society in, 266;
troops of, 229, 252, 278, 298;
rebellion in, 535–37
Massey, Rev. Lee, 167
Matthews, David, 275–76
Matthews, George, Governor of Georgia, 650
Matthews, John, 451, 468
Mattox Creek Farm, 8, 24
Maxwell, Gen. William, 239–40, 358, 364, 399, 435, 439
McAllister, Lt. Archibald, 423
McCarty, Capt. Daniel, 518
McClenachan, Blair, 671
McCracken, James, 27
McDougall, Gen. Alexander, 334, 337, 356, 364, 382, 387, 389, 392, 406, 413, 420, 426, 447, 472, 496–501, 531
McFarlane, Maj. James, 651
McGillivray, Alexander, 585, 616
McHenry, Gen. James, 397, 504, 554, 689, 691–92, 710, 712–15, 719, 725, 727–28, 732–38, 740, 745, 747–48
McKean, Thomas, 671
McKnight, Charles, 582
McKonkey’s Ferry, 319
McWilliams, Major, 368
Meade, Col. Richard K., 333, 397
Meadows, battle of, 180
Mease, James, 345
Medusa, 681–82
Meigs, Col. Return, 434
Mercer, Col. George, 56, 97, 108, 111, 132, 141, 146, 160–62, 164
Mercer, Gen. Hugh, 182, 212–13, 287, 290, 305, 321, 328
Mercer, James, 7
Mercer, John, 143
Mercer, Fort, 363, 368, 371
Merchant class, 142, 151, 163–65, 174, 182, 185, 198, 646
Mercury, 335
Meredith, Capt. Samuel, 216
Merlin, 363
Miamis, Fort, 648–49
Middlebrook, winter quarters at, 414
Mifflin, Thomas, Governor of Pennsylvania, 217, 225, 235, 246, 271–72, 297, 308, 323, 326, 333, 342, 363, 370, 373, 375–76, 381–82, 388, 391, 412, 415, 417, 430, 509–10, 539, 631–34, 648–51, 654, 673
Mifflin, Fort, 363, 368
Miles, Gen. Samuel, 285, 318
Military stores and administration, 136–37, 212, 214, 217–18, 221, 588. See also Provisions, military;
Supplies and equipment
Militiamen and militia companies, 101, 107, 135–36, 145, 153, 210, 247–49, 256–57, 278, 280, 283–84, 288, 292, 298, 301, 303, 312, 315, 318, 321, 472, 475, 485, 491, 562, 652, 734
Miller’s Run, 522
Milligan, James, 508
Millstone River, 340
Minutemen, 247
Miranda, Francisco de, 618–19
Miro, Esteban Rodriguez, Governor of Louisiana, 599, 616
Mississippi Company, 151
Mississippi River, 39, 134, 152, 153, 172, 195, 616, 619, 643–44, 659, 662;
navigation of, 577, 584, 586, 602, 628, 650, 690
Mohawk Valley, military operations in, 467, 498
Money, depreciation of, 346;
hard, 136, 475;
paper, 150–51, 166, 270, 424, 427, 431, 502, 510, 535, 537
Monmouth, battle of, 407, 492
Monmouth Court House, 395–96
Monongahela River, 25, 37, 47, 50, 53, 59, 68, 73, 80, 85, 99, 114, 132–33, 138, 179, 184, 522, 657
Monroe, Lt. James, 321;
as legislator, 554, 647–49, 658, 675, 689, 699, 712–13, 717
Monroe family, 4
Montcalm, Marquis de, 120, 144
Montgomery, Lt. Col. Archibald, 133
Montgomery, Gen. Richard, and Canadian expedition, 225, 237, 244–45, 248–49, 252, 267
Montgomery, Fort, 361, 371, 407
Montreal, attack against, 34, 144–45, 152, 237, 244–45, 248, 267, 276, 270
Moore, Jane, 544
Moore, Capt. Nicholas, 475
Moore’s House, 487
Morale, military and civilian, 85, 92, 107, 293, 297, 302, 332, 431–33
Moravian religious sect, 131
Morgan, Gen. Daniel, 238, 395, 397, 403, 459, 654, 656, 716
Morgan, Dr. John, 332
Morrell, Captain, 667
Morris, Appolos, 333
Morris, Gouverneur, diplomat, 275, 543, 545–50, 575, 577, 584, 588, 602, 618–19, 624, 642–43, 647, 664, 697, 700–01
Morris, Maj. Lewis, 217, 276, 324, 350
Morris, Robert, financier, 316, 318, 407, 471, 475, 496, 502–3, 508, 539, 570, 583, 586, 609, 636, 647, 669, 681, 687;
in Debtors’ Prison, 733
Morris, Roger, 72, 86, 98, 292
Morris, William, 227
Morris County, cavalry of, 332
Morristown, 313, 330, 342, 426, 433–34, 452;
hardships at, 336, 427–29, 431
Moultrie, William, Governor of South Carolina, 594–95, 643
Mount Airy, 199
Mount Kemble, 452
Mount Vernon, 10, 15–18, 21–22, 26–31, 70–72, 86, 98, 105, 116, 118, 139, 142–50, 155–56, 159, 162, 166–73, 177–84, 187–90, 193–99, 203, 205, 210, 212, 215, 217, 224, 465, 475, 495, 504, 508, 510, 519, 522, 529, 531, 536, 54
8, 554–56, 560, 570, 578, 582, 586, 597, 601, 605–10, 613, 620, 623, 631–32, 638, 649, 662–63, 668, 671–72, 679, 683, 690, 698, 702, 706, 709–14, 722, 725, 734, 738, 740, 743, 745
Mowat, Capt. Henry, 243–44
Moylan, Stephen, 272, 283, 297, 313–14
Mud Island, 633–34
Muddy Hole Farm, 530, 748
Muhlenberg, Frederick, 565, 696
Muhlenberg, Peter, 334
Mules, gift to Washington, 530–31
Murray, John. See Dunmore, Earl of
Murray, William Vans, 709, 736–37
Murthering Town, 45
Muse, George, 32, 49, 56, 63, 66, 190
Mutiny and mutineers, 51, 66–67, 91, 95, 110, 147–48, 248, 302, 434, 452–56, 496, 500, 503
Nancy, 246
Nantasket, 262
Nash, Gen. Francis, 358, 364
National Convention of France, 617–19, 626–27
National Gazette (Philadelphia), 604, 613, 629
National Legislature, at Constitutional Convention, 540–41, 543–46
Naturalization Bill, 730
Naval Construction Act of 1794, 691
Navigation and waterways, 294, 362, 529, 532, 577, 584, 586, 602, 628, 650, 690, 722
Necessity, Fort, 38, 47, 59–60, 62, 65–66, 83, 87, 93, 111, 130, 138
Neck Plantation, 167
Negroes, 8, 10, 12, 17, 31, 33, 70, 150, 153, 164, 189, 213, 465, 593, 665, 738, 741, See also Slaves and slavery
Nelson, Thomas, Governor of Virginia, 151, 406, 476, 483, 537, 569, 586, 727
Nelson, William, 151, 186
Netherlands. See Holland
Neuse River, 594
Neutrality, policy of, 625, 627, 634, 641–42, 645, 649, 696, 701, 703
Neutrality, Proclamation of, 622, 626, 629–30, 635, 642, 645, 652
Neville, Gen. John, 650–52
New Brunswick, military operations around, 307, 310–11, 316, 319, 326–31, 337, 340, 393, 496, 562
New Castle, 473
New England, 175, 181, 193, 198, 218–19, 263, 274, 280, 324, 389, 391, 453, 499, 529;
colonies in, 231, 233, 241, 248, 250, 253;
and Constitution, 551;
and Ohio expedition, 71;
states in, 336, 338, 362, 437;
troops of, 317, 322, 324, 332, 348
New Hampshire, and Constitution, 551–53;
troops of, 215, 225, 242–43, 252
New Hampshire Grants, 347
New Jersey, 94, 268–69, 282, 298, 300–01, 652;
and Constitution, 541, 551;
Council of, 94;
troops of, 251, 260, 272, 278, 303–8, 319, 322, 326, 340, 342, 393–94, 397–98, 454–58
New Jersey College. See Princeton College
New Jersey Plan at Constitutional Convention, 541
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