New Kent, 120, 147
New London, raid on, 418
New Orleans, 616
New Windsor, mutiny at, 453–55, 467
New York, 160, 175, 194, 216–17, 225, 227, 233, 237, 251, 253, 255, 260–63, 281–82, 296, 499, 528;
Assembly of, 170–71;
and Constitution, 550;
frontier defense of, 103, 417;
and Ohio expedition, 51, 63;
Provincial Congress of, 226, 275;
troops of, 64, 124, 263, 429, 457, 486, 571
New York City, 216–17, 251, 253, 284, 290;
as Federal Capitol, 563, 583;
Committee of Safety in, 253, 268–69;
evacuation of by British, 505–6;
fire in, 295;
honors Washington, 507;
military operations in, 254, 268, 271, 291, 389, 470, 472
New York Commissioners of Conspiracy, 450
New York Daily Advertiser, 586, 686
New York Journal, 587
Newall, Timothy, 259
Newark, 226, 308, 310
Newburgh, 497–500, 504, 563
Newfoundland, 416, 472
Newport, 239, 314, 405, 409–10, 425, 438, 440, 461, 466, 472–73, 478, 481, 585
Newspapers, political impact of, 72, 206, 495, 497, 550–51, 574, 583, 604–5, 613, 629, 638, 642, 648, 669–70, 683, 687, 689–90, 697, 701–4, 717, 725, 732, 737. See also Gazettes; specific newspapers by name
Niagara River, 73–74, 271
Nicholas, Robert Carter, 165, 200, 204, 213
Nicholson, John, 669, 687, 322
Nixon, Gen. John, 294
Non-importation Agreements, 181–82, 186, 208
Non-intercourse Resolutions, 647
Norfleet, Marmaduke, 164
Norfolk, 13, 151, 163
North, Lord, reconciliation acts of, 181, 198, 200, 238, 386, 391
North American Station Regiment, 279
North Carolina, 132, 153, 179, 191, 272, 494;
boundary of, 32, 107;
and Braddock’s campaign, 76;
and Constitution, 551–52, 554, 579;
frontier defense of, 100, 103;
Indian problems of, 14;
and Ohio expedition, 51, 61, 63, 66–68;
troops of, 64, 133, 400
North Mountain, 50
North River, 268, 273, 277–79, 282, 291–93, 295, 297–300, 304–7, 317, 336, 344–45, 353, 393, 428, 440
Northern Department, military operations of, 277, 308, 332, 338, 347–48, 366, 378, 388–89, 391
Northern Neck, 4, 9, 11, 14, 18, 26, 32, 47, 160
Northwest Territory, 565, 585, 654, 658, 698, 704;
frontier of, 615, 623, 661–63;
Indians of, 639–40
Nova Scotia, 73
Occoquan River, 19
O’Fallon, Dr. James, 599
O’Hara, Gen. Charles, 491
Ohio Company, 25–26, 28, 32, 47–48, 185
Ohio country, 123–25, 131–32, 135, 152, 155, 189, 193, 195–96, 209
Ohio military expedition, 49, 64, 104
Ohio River, 179, 182, 184, 189, 521–22, 640
Ohio Valley, military operations in, 10, 15, 33–34, 36, 39, 42–43, 47, 50–51, 54, 57–58, 65, 78, 88, 90–92, 98, 103, 523
Oneida, Lake, 175, 504
Ontario, Lake, 73, 144
Orme, Capt. Robert, aide to Braddock, 72–73, 77, 86
Osgood, Samuel, 520
Oswald, Col. Eleazer, 399, 412, 667
Oswego, Fort, 105;
loss of, 120, 497
Otis, Samuel, 565
Paine, Thomas, 315, 360, 705
Pamphlets and pamphleteers, 206, 208
Pamunkey River, 119, 134, 140, 531
Paoli, defeat of Wayne at, 354, 358, 364, 372
Paris, Treaty of, 150, 505
Parke family plantations, 119, 139, 188
Parker’s Ford, 355
Parkinson, Richard, 734
Parkinson’s Ferry, rebellion at, 652, 654, 656
Parliament, Houses of, 154–57, 163–66, 170–71, 174–78, 181–82, 193, 199–200, 205, 207, 250
Paroles, military, 488
Parsons, Gen. Samuel, 286, 292–93, 457
Partisans, bands of, 446, 464
Party politics, 611–12, 645
Passaic River, 307, 310
Paterson, Gen. John, 334
Paterson, William, 541
Patriotism, 310, 457, 513, 538
Patrols, military, 77, 113–14, 133, 320, 357. See also Reconnaissance
Patronage, political evil, 572
Patterson, Lt. Col. James, 281
Peace negotiations, 289, 413, 497–98, 500;
treaties of, 501–2, 614
Peachey, Capt. William, 101, 116–17
Peale, Charles Wilson, artist, 189, 416
Pearce, William, 638, 642, 659, 662, 698, 700
Pearl, 304
Peekskill, military operations around, 337, 340, 345, 361
Pendleton, Edmund, 140, 155, 175, 182, 204–5, 208, 218–20, 550
Pennsylvania, 122–23, 126, 128–29, 133–34, 142, 152, 175, 181, 218, 231, 272, 282, 296, 311–12;
Assembly of, 132, 205, 372, 638;
boundary lines of, 14, 16, 168;
in Braddock’s campaign, 74–75;
and Constitution, Executive Council of, 131, 416, 454, 503, 519, 539;
frontier defenses of, 98, 111, 113–14, 650;
insurrections in, 457, 503, 659;
legislature of, 706;
navy of, 362;
and Ohio expedition, 51;
State House of, 205, 215, 503, 509, 671;
troops of, 168–69, 285, 308, 319, 329, 332, 350, 357, 363, 430, 452–54, 468, 470, 503, 585, 632, 653;
and Virginia, 14, 125, 199
Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 414, 555
Pennypackers Mill, 358
Penobscot expedition, 422, 424, 498
Pensions, invalid, 604
Pepperell, Sir William, 71
Peters, Richard, 370, 471
Petite Democrate, 633–34
Philadelphia, 86, 90, 110, 123, 125, 131, 146, 204–9, 214–15, 225, 227, 233, 240, 250, 258, 267, 271, 274, 298, 300, 303, 307–8, 473, 587;
Committee of Correspondence in, 202;
and Congress of 1774, 211, 223;
Constitutional Convention held in, 555, 569;
Light Horse Honor Company of, 226, 324, 508, 654;
military operations in, 312–13, 318, 343, 355, 366, 386, 389;
newspapers in, 619;
seat of government, 583, 585
Philadelphia “Associators,” 319
Philadelphia Gazette, 666, 684
Phillips, Gen. William, 464
Phoenix, 279–80, 283
Pickens, Andrew, Governor of South Carolina, 666
Pickering, Timothy, 124, 368, 370, 439, 501, 615, 658, 660, 663–66, 672–78, 681–84, 687–89, 692, 699–700, 703, 706, 712–13, 715, 719, 721, 724–25, 729, 735, 737, 739, 746–47
Piedmont area in Virginia, 13
Pierce, Capt. William, 482
Pigot, Sir Robert, 405, 410
Pillaging, 99, 227, 295, 302, 371–72, 410
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 540, 594–95, 679, 683, 687, 690, 700–02, 706, 712–13, 716–17, 719, 721, 724–25, 728–33, 746
Pinckney, Thomas, Governor of South Carolina, 542, 554, 601, 606, 618, 640, 643, 646–47, 659, 668, 693, 698, 704, 713
Pine, Robert Edge, 526
Pirates and piracy, 581, 609, 634, 642–44, 663–91
Pitt, William, 120, 164, 668
Pitt, Fort, 131, 139, 152, 175, 199, 222
Pittsburgh, 155;
and whiskey rebellion, 651–53
Pittsburgh Gazette, 669
Pittsylvania, 191–92
Plantations, life on, 10, 12, 147, 156, 175, 209, 530, 594
Planter class, 151, 153
Pleasant, Fort, 522
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Plumer, William, 689, 693, 706
Polly, 630
Pomeroy, Gen. Seth, 225, 228–29, 231
Poor, Gen. Enoch, 334, 400, 439
Pope, Nathaniel, 1
Pope’s Creek Farm, 3–4, 10, 22, 24, 27
Port Royal, 22
Portsmouth, 452
Portugal, 698
Posey, Capt. John, 173
Postal service, 569, 575, 580, 604
Potomac Company, 524, 532, 535, 538–39, 660, 671–72, 739, 741, 748
Potomac River, 1, 3, 5–6, 8–9, 14, 20, 22–23, 25, 27, 66, 74, 94, 96, 98, 103, 122, 125, 142–43, 148–49, 152, 162, 166, 183, 193, 202, 210, 212, 523, 649
Potomac Valley, 160, 167, 186, 188–89
Powel, Samuel, 639
Powles Hook, military operations at, 295, 412, 422–24, 429, 507
Prescott, Edward, 1
Prescott, Richard, 386
Presque Isle, Fort, 34, 42, 649, 663
Prince Edward Court House, 597
Princeton, military operations at, 312, 319, 321–22, 324, 326–28, 394, 504
Princeton College, 173, 329–30, 562, 711
Principio Iron Works, 4
Prisoners, American, 192, 298, 306, 316, 330, 352, 360, 362;
British, 61–62, 127, 232, 348, 386, 403, 423, 460, 488–89, 492;
exchange of, 281, 297, 497–98, 501–2;
French, 54–55, 62, 113;
on frontier, 91, 132, 269;
Hessian, 321–22, 348;
parole of, 488;
white, 209
Privateers, 240, 624–33, 636, 699
Proclamation Line, 169, 175, 181, 185, 201
Providence, 240, 266
Provincial Congress, 226–28
Provincial jealousies, 128, 281
Provisional Army and XYZ affair, 733
Provisions, military, 58, 135–36, 245, 248, 273, 372, 374, 414, 418, 434, 475, 478, 510, See also Military stores and administration;
Supplies and equipment
Public credit, 324–25, 427, 502, 575, 579, 701
Public debts, federal and state, 157, 424, 528, 579, 581, 587, 599, 611, 627, 629, 646, 648, 660–62
Public spirit, dearth of, 247
Publius, 551
Pulaski, Count Casimir de, 355, 384, 412, 416, 426
Puritanism, 1, 268
Putnam, Gen. Israel, 225, 228, 230–31, 246, 261, 263, 266, 271, 278, 283–86, 298, 305, 322–23, 337, 342, 345, 347, 353, 361, 364, 384, 407, 417, 419, 426
Putnam, Gen. Rufus, 290, 602, 611, 615
Quartering Act of 1765, 170
Quartermaster Department, 71, 272, 283, 297, 375, 391, 424, 430, 437–38, 505, 510, 512
Quebec, military operations against, 43, 121, 139, 144, 208, 237–38, 244–49, 253, 267, 274, 646
Queen Charlotte, 477–78
Raleigh Tavern, 176, 201
Rail, Col. Johann, 321
Ramsay, Maj. Dennis, 561
Ramsay, William, 173
Randolph, Beverley, Governor of Virginia, 593, 615
Randolph, Edmund, 235, 255, 536–37, 539, 541, 546–48, 553, 576, 589, 593, 603, 605, 609, 618, 621–22, 625–726, 629–30, 634–36, 639, 641–42, 644, 647–49, 652, 654, 656, 658–59, 661, 663–64, 666–67, 669–70, 672–77, 682–83, 686, 688;
resignation of, 678, 687;
and Washington, 684–85
Randolph, John, 140
Randolph, Peyton, 140, 155, 159, 166, 171, 175–76, 192, 202, 204–5, 208, 211–15, 255
Rangers, 72, 94, 105–6, 115, 121, 293, 470
Rapidan River, 14
Rappahannock Farm, 17
Rappahannock River, 1, 5, 14, 16–17, 22, 24, 32, 163, 186
Raritan River, 311, 337, 340–41, 393
Rawdon, Lord, 596
Rawlins, Albert, 722, 750
Raystown, 123, 125–27, 130, 137, 152
Read, Jacob, 665
Recruitment, 121–22, 136, 148, 218, 230, 241–42, 247–49, 248–49, 252, 267, 272, 280, 282, 295, 302, 318, 335, 338, 389, 391, 415, 429–30, 439, 450–51, 468, 470, 472, 496–97, 510, 652, 658;
frontier, 92, 97–100, 104;
and XYZ affair, 737
Red Stone Creek, 51, 53, 57, 59, 68
Redick, David, 654–55
Redstone, 199, 210
Reed, Joseph, 225, 236, 246, 250, 252, 255, 272, 280, 283, 293, 297, 300, 306, 308–11, 333, 340, 355, 368, 434
Religion, 9, 17, 173, 202, 210, 567, 701
Repentigny. See St. Pierre de Repentigny, Sieur Legardeur de
Republicans, 611, 617, 623, 626, 630, 634, 636–37, 643–45, 647, 650, 656, 659–60, 664, 667, 670, 673, 677, 680, 683, 689–96, 700, 704, 708, 712–13, 721, 731–32, 735, 740, 747;
newspapers of, 669, 683, 686, 690, 716
Revenue, Collector of the, 625
Rhea, Lt. Col. David, 399
Rhode Island, 192, 215, 225, 251, 262, 314, 340, 409–11, 416, 438, 505, 528, 541;
failure of expedition, 371;
troops of, 241, 384, 437
Richelieu River, 101, 244, 277, 415
Richmond, 13, 211–12, 212, 452, 523–24, 535, 553–54, 593
Ritchie, Archibald, 163
Rittenhouse, David, 499
River Farm, 530, 722, 734, 748
Rivington’s Gazette, 435, 465
Roanoke River, 106, 186, 463
Roberts, William, 185
Robertson, General, 259, 449
Robinson, Beverley, 441–43, 445, 447
Robinson, John, 140, 143, 165–66
Rochambeau, Comte de, 438, 440–42, 458–59, 461–62, 465–66, 468, 472–74, 476, 484, 490–91, 515, 518, 555, 714. troops of; 479, 481–82, 493, 498
Rockingham, Lord, 160, 164
Rodney, Admiral, 441
Rodney, Capt. Thomas, 330
Rogers, “Ranger,” 310
Rome, George, 239
Romulus, 460, 463
Rose, 239, 280, 283
Ross, Dr. David, 174
Ross, Hector, 172
Ross, Lt. Col. James, 350, 352, 651
Roxbury, 229, 232, 233, 238, 256–57, 260–61, 266
Royal American Regiment, new, 128
Rudolph, Lt. Mike, 422–23
Rumney, Dr. William, 172, 177
Rumsey, James, 521
Rush, Dr. Benjamin, 309, 381, 691
Rutherford, Capt. James, 27
Rutledge, Edward, 220, 594
Rutledge, James, 21
Rutledge, John, 342, 540, 544, 576, 594, 667, 689
Sagittaire, 466
St. Clair, Arthur, 333, 338, 343–44, 362, 418, 429, 447, 454, 494, 508, 565, 585–86, 601–2, 654;
command of, 489;
defeat of, 606;
garrison of, 344;
and Indian frontier, 599
St. Clair, Sir John, 71–72, 74, 76, 78, 81–82, 122–23, 127
St. Croix River, 704
St. John, Fort, 237
St. John’s College, 718
St. Lawrence River, 25, 144, 237, 248, 253, 266–67, 271, 273, 277
St. Mary’s River, 623
St. Pierre de Repentigny, Sieur Legardeur de, 42–44, 47
Saint-Simon, Marquis de, 476, 483, 485;
troops of, 477, 482–84
Salaries, of troops, 112, 115–16, 147, 220, 242, 248, 296, 500;
of Presidents, 220, 573 Sally, 335
Sandusky Conference, 615, 623, 635
Santo Domingo, 111;
slave insurrection in, 598–99
Saratoga, 366–67, 382, 504
Savannah, 415, 425, 471, 595;
Battle of, 426
Savannah River, 595
Scammell, Col. Alexander, 375, 402, 420, 451, 472
Schuyler, Philip, 217, 225–27, 231, 233, 236–37, 244, 248, 253–54, 266–67, 270, 273, 276–78, 282, 335–36, 338, 343–44, 348, 362, 417, 430, 432, 437, 451, 463
Schuyler, Fort, 504, 531
Schuylkill River, 353, 508
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Scollay, John, 259, 261
Scott, Gen. Charles, 326, 334, 395, 398, 401, 412
Scottish Highland Regiment, 123, 128–30, 132
Scouts, 78–79, 105, 115
Sea Horse of London, 1
Sea Power, 264, 294, 362, 511, 590. See also Navies of each country Seagrove, James, Indian agent, 663
Secret agents, 269, 392, 408, 447, 454, 473, 513, 516. See also Intelligence reports
Sedgwick, Theodore, 646
Senate. See Congress, U.S. Sergeant, Jonathan, 333
Settlers, 106, 171, 195;
frontier, 10, 26, 90;
German, 21, 28;
and Indians, 14;
and land, 25;
raids on, 93, 107
Sharpe, Horatio, Governor of Maryland, 66–68, 70, 74, 90, 94, 97–98, 104–5, 111, 122
Shaw, William, 527
Shays, Daniel, 534
Shelby, Isaac, Governor of Kentucky, 644
Sheldon, Col. Elisha, 441
Shenandoah River, 14, 26, 721
Shenandoah Valley, 10, 13, 19, 23–24, 27, 33, 92, 97, 101, 103, 106
Sherman, Roger, 296
Shippen, Dr. William, Jr., 332, 671
Shippensburg, Fort, 78
Shirley, William, Governor of Massachusetts, 51, 71–73, 95–97, 99, 103, 111
Shoes, shortage of, 414, 427, 429
Short, John, 191
Short, William, diplomat, 602, 616–17, 619, 631, 659
Shreve, Col. Israel, 398, 454, 738
Sickness, 34, 281, 283, 285, 318, 332, 373, 429, 489
Silliman, Gen. Gold S., 337
Simcoe, John Graves, Lieutenant Governor of Canada, rangers of, 470;
troops of, 614, 648–49
Simpson, Gilbert, 191, 194, 521–22
Singletary, John, 629
Six Nations Indian Confederation, 34, 40, 44–45, 50, 57, 66, 88, 415, 417, 584, 615, 658, 660
Slaves and slavery, 8, 116, 143–44, 148, 156, 167, 173, 182, 191, 193–94, 208, 210, 213, 222, 502, 530, 545, 574, 580, 593, 602, 648, 662, 670, 715;
insurrection in Santo Domingo, 598
Smallpox, 29–30, 33, 261, 267, 270, 273, 280
Smallwood, Gen. William, 353–54, 451, 508
Smith, Charles, 124
Smith, Capt. John, 106
Smith, Joshua Hett, 441, 444–45, 447, 450
Smith, Matthew, 238
Smith, O’Brien, 595
Smith, Col. William S., 618–19, 627, 670, 727
Social affairs, 142
Society, in Barbados, 29;
Colonial, 33, 235;
in Virginia, 1, 9, 10, 23
Somerset Court House, 329–30, 340
Sons of Liberty, 163, 198, 266
South Carolina, 216, 281–82, 294, 497;
and Constitution, 547, 551, 554;
frontier defense of, 98, 111, 115;
and Ohio expedition, 64;
troops of, 628
South Carolina Independent Company, 65
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