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  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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