flees from Charlottesville, 516–17
as governor, 438, 463, 512
Jefferson and, 41–43, 66, 69–70, 222, 347, 350, 512, 515–16, 553
“United we stand . . . ,” 202
Virginia Resolves of, 68–71, 73, 77
at Virginia Revolutionary Convention, 221–23, 321
Henry, Reverend Patrick, 42, 45
Henry, Sarah, 44, 222
Hesse-Cassel, Landgrave of, 408
Hessians (and other German mercenaries), 377, 407–8
and black regiment, 495
with Burgoyne, 443, 450–52, 456–57
and Clinton’s retreat, 477, 485
with Cornwallis, 425–26, 533, 534, 540
at Long Island, 379, 382, 388
at Trenton, 406, 407–22, 424–25
at White Plains, 494
Hewes, George Robert Twelvetrees, 180, 181–82, 183, 307–8
Hewes, Sally, 182
Hickey, Thomas, 373–74
Hickling, John, 140
High-Blooded Colts, 67
Hill, John, 131
Hillsborough, Wills Hill, Lord, 99–100, 108, 115, 116, 121, 162, 165, 169, 171, 185
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon), 436–37
Holland (Netherlands), 544, 546
Honeyman, John, 406–7, 408
Hood, Sir Samuel, 524, 529, 530
Hopkins, Stephen, 368
Hornet, H.M.S., 318
Howe, Admiral Sir Richard, 373, 375–77, 385, 390–93, 395, 407, 485, 495
Howe, William, 271, 422, 476, 555
at Breed’s Hill, 272, 275–78, 280–85, 289–90, 377
and Clinton, 332, 333, 472
and Cornwallis, 400, 425
delays of, 312–13, 375, 377, 400, 407, 428, 440, 473–74
evacuates Boston, 328–29, 362
at Germantown, 473
Hudson River strategy of, 373
at Long Island and New York, 378–85, 389, 394–95, 397–400, 407, 428, 472
and Mrs. Loring, 313, 428, 473–74
in New Jersey, 400–401
in Philadelphia, 440–43, 469, 473–74, 500
and Trenton debacle, 407–8, 425
at White Marsh, 459
Hudson River, 259, 260, 373, 374
Hulton, Henry, 94
Hunt, Abraham, 414
Hutchinson, Anne, 16
Hutchinson, Billy, 60
Hutchinson, Elisha, 60, 127–28, 174, 192
Hutchinson, Forster, 81
Hutchinson, Peggy (Thomas’ daughter), 17, 60, 192, 465
Hutchinson, Peggy (Thomas’ wife), 16, 17
Hutchinson, Sarah, 60
Hutchinson, Thomas, 15–17, 118, 312
as acting governor, 120, 132
and Boston Massacre, 149–56, 161, 162, 164
and nonimportation agreements, 126–30
and Samuel Adams, 33, 77, 95, 102, 113, 115, 119–20, 170–71, 192
as chief justice, 15, 17–19, 21, 22–24, 54, 56, 158
as governor, 162, 163–65, 169, 170, 185, 190, 311
Hancock-bribe attempt, 165–66
letters to Whatley, 171–73, 185–86
and tea trade and boycott, 173–174, 176–77, 184
as lieutenant governor, 17, 19, 26, 30, 31, 35–36, 53, 54, 89–90
on colonists as children, 105
Stamp Act criticized by, 58, 70
and Stamp Act protests and riots, 50, 54, 56, 58–64, 75–77, 80–81, 91–93, 128
and Sugar Act protest, 50
and Townshend commissioners, 97, 101–2
and Otis, 17–19, 21, 25–26, 75, 76, 102, 127–28, 163, 164
replaced as governor, 191–92, 196–97, 219
interview with king, 192–96
in retirement, 215, 362, 465
death of, 558
Hutchinson, Thomas, Jr., 60, 127–128, 174, 362
Inches, Henderson, 221
Independent Advertiser, 33
Inquiry into the Human Mind (Reid), 355
Intolerable Acts, 197, 215, 216
Iroquois, 296, 297, 368
Irving, Thomas, 96
Jackson, Richard, 63
Jackson, Sally, 221
Jackson, William, 127
Jacobs, Justin, 168
James I, King of England, 20, 68
James II, King of England, 13, 23
Jay, John, 210, 211, 214, 324, 547–51
Jefferson, Jane Randolph, 346, 351
Jefferson, Martha (Patsy, Thomas’ daughter), 350, 512, 514, 547
Jefferson, Martha Wayles Skelton, 349–50 353, 358, 430–31, 512, 514, 515, 547
Jefferson, Peter (Thomas’ father), 40, 345–46
Jefferson, Randolph, 346
Jefferson, Thomas, 40, 341, 563
background and early life of, 345–51
in Congress, 267, 341, 344–45, 351, 352ff., 366, 369
courtship and marriage of, 349–50
and Declaration, 344–45, 351, 352–63, 364
and George III, 202, 338, 354, 356–58
as governor, 512–16
and Henry, 41–43, 66, 69–70, 222, 347, 350, 512, 515–16, 553
his Notes on the State of Virginia, 554–55
reform proposals of, 510–12
and slavery, 357–59, 360, 515, 554–55
his Summary View, 202–3, 345
and Virginia constitution, 353–54
and wife’s illness and death, 430–431, 547
Jeffries, John, 158
Johnson, Thomas, 41
Jouett, Jack, 513–14, 516
“Journal of the Times,” 119
Jumonville, Joseph Coulon de, 296–97, 299
Kalb, Johann, 468
Kilroy, Matthew, 138, 160–61
King Fisher, H.M.S., 178
King’s Bridge, New York, 264, 504
Kirk, Thomas, 96
Knox, Henry, 327, 478, 534, 558, 561
at Boston Massacre, 135, 137
and Trenton, 410–11, 418, 426, 427–28
Knox, Thomas, 129
Kosciuzko, Thaddeus, 443
Lafayette, Adrienne du Motier, Marquise de, 469, 497
Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, 468–69, 495, 497, 517, 539, 544, 551
and Arnold’s defection, 501, 502, 504, 506
and Clinton’s retreat, 477, 478–79
and Monmouth, 480, 483, 487
Virginia, defense of, 513, 520, 522, 524, 525
and Yorktown campaign, 531, 536
La Force, Captain, 295, 297
Lancaster, Pa., 440, 560
Land Bank, 30–32, 49, 57
Larkin, John, 230
Larvey, James, 506
Laurens, Henry, 547
Laurens, John, 487
Laurie, Walter Sloane, 243–45, 286–87
Lavien, Peter, 124
Lavien, Rachel, 124
Lebanon, Mass., 110
Lee, Arthur, 101, 254, 466
and Samuel Adams, 185, 197, 435, 489
and Beaumarchais, 432–33, 435
Deane, vendetta against, 465, 488, 491, 493
and Franklin, 185, 431, 435
Lee, Charles, 304, 309, 329–33, 402–406, 499
at Cambridge, 316, 326–27, 331
capture and imprisonment of, 404–6, 461, 471–72
and Clinton’s retreat, 478–79
death of, 556
and Monmouth, 479–83, 486–87
Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 202, 222
Lee, Lighthorse Harry, 496
Lee, Richard Henry, 202, 203, 210, 212, 213, 221, 222, 331, 431
and Conway affair, 461
and Declaration, 362–63
independence resolution of, 342–45, 359–60
L’Enfant, Pierre, 481
Leonard, Daniel, 198
Lexington, Mass., 220, 221, 229, 230, 232–35, 237
battle of, 239–40, 246, 248–49, 254, 258, 276, 279, 559
Liberty Assembly, 102
Lillie, Theophilus, 129, 154
Lincoln, Benjamin, 446, 450, 538–40
Lindsey, Benjamin, 166–67
Littlepage, James, 66–67
Lively, H.M.S., 191, 271, 275, 278
Livingston, Philip, 206, 385
Livingston, Robert, 344, 368
Locke, John, 354, 355
London Magazine, 24
Long Island, battle of, 378–85, 389–90, 395, 425, 433
Long Room Club, 310
Lords, House of, 86, 216
Lords of Trade, 72
Loring, Elizabeth, 313, 428, 473
Loring, Joshua, 313
Lotbinière (French engineer), 259
Louis XV, King of France, 436
Louis XVI, King of France, 323, 325, 326, 432, 466, 491, 555
Louisbourg, 275
Louisiana, 54, 294–95
Lovell, James, 287
Lovell, John (schoolmaster), 241, 287
Lowell, John, 238
Loyal Nine, 57, 64, 75, 78
Lynch, Michael, 373–74
Lynch, Thomas, Jr., 207–8
Lyons, Peter, 41, 45–47
Mackintosh, Ebenezer, 56, 59–60, 63–64, 75–76, 79, 94, 139, 183
Mackintosh, Moses, 63
Madison, James, 329, 547
Maid of the Oaks (Burgoyne), 273
Manhattan, see New York, city of Marblehead, Mass., 14, 170, 189, 386
Mariage de Figaro, Le (Beaumarchais), 432
Marie Antoinette, Queen of Louis XVI of France, 323, 324, 491
Marshall, Edward, 126
Marshall, John, Captain, 96
Maryland, provincial government of, 369, 518
Mason, George, 329
Massachusetts charter, 190, 369, 371
Massachusetts General Court, 33
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 16, 33, 190
Samuel Adams in, 71, 77, 98–99, 101, 108, 117, 119, 198–99
Bernard, conflict with, 71, 100–101, 104, 107–8, 117
circular letter of, 98–101, 109, 122, 356
and court closing, 81
congress of colonies proposed in, 198–99
Franklin and, 185
Gage’s vetoes and dissolution of, 197, 199, 216–17, 356
Hutchinson’s recall demanded by, 171–73, 185–86
Land Bankers in, 31
and New York protest, 93
Otis in, 24–27, 30, 73, 98–99, 100, 108, 117
relocated, 117, 164–65, 198–99
resolution on laws without representation, 119
and Stamp Act Congress, 71–73, 75
and Sugar Act, 49–50
Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 220, 221, 224, 227, 249, 272, 311, 314
forms revolutionary government, 216–17, 267–68
Massachusetts Spy, 172, 225
Massachusetts Superior Court, 14–15, 17–18, 62, 81
Matthews, Joseph, 308
Mauduit, Jasper, 25, 49, 50, 63
Maury, James, 38–41, 44–47
Maverick, Samuel, 139, 153
Mawney, John, 168
Mayhew, Jonathan, 59, 62
Mayo, Joseph, 160
McCauley, William, 160
McClary, Andrew, 278, 286
McHenry, James, 501
McKean, Thomas, 74–75
Mecklenburg Resolves, 341
Mein, John, 111, 122, 123, 125–27, 311
Mercer, Hugh, 427
Mercer, John, 482
Meriam’s Corner, 247
Middlebrook, N.J., 494
Middleton, Henry, 267
Middletown, N.J., 480, 485
Mifflin, Thomas, 304, 388, 463, 562–63
Miles, Samuel, 382
Minden, battle of, 441, 468, 513
Minerva, 192
Minute Men, 217, 232–40, 242–50, 273
Mischianza, 474–76, 478
Mississippi River, 548, 549
Mitchell, Major, 238
Mohawk River, 443
Mohawks, 330
Molineux, William, 75, 102, 114, 126–29 passim, 154, 155, 163, 175, 179, 217
Monk, Christopher, 139–40
Monmouth Court House, 479–85
Monongahela River, 295–96
Montagu, Admiral, 166, 169, 170, 178, 181, 182
Montagu, John, Earl of Sandwich, 216
Montcalm, Marquis Louis-Joseph de, 259, 319
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de, 19
Montgomery, Hugh, 157, 160–61
Montgomery, Richard, 316, 319, 320–21, 322
Monticello, 341, 349, 350, 514–15, 547
Montreal, 316, 320, 322, 330, 442
Montresor, John, 475–76
Moore’s Creek, 341
Morgan, Daniel, 444–45, 446, 450, 462, 480, 505, 514
Morning Post, London, 363–64
Morris, Robert, 423, 486, 518, 558
Morristown, N.J., 403–4, 478, 496–98
Moulton’s Point, 276, 277
Moultrie, William, 332–33
Mount Vernon, 203, 292–94, 298, 302, 377, 530, 544, 561, 562
Munroe, William, 232, 238
Murphy, Tim, 451
Murray, James, 123, 136
Necessity, Fort, 297–98, 300, 304
Nelson, Thomas, 341
Netherlands (Holland), 544, 546
New and Grand Corcas, 35
Newburgh, N.Y., 558–59
New England Primer, 102
Newfoundland, 26, 548, 549
New Hampshire, provincial government of, 369
New Hampshire Grants, 259, 442
New Jersey, provincial government of, 369
New Lights, 44, 45
Newman, Robert, 229
Newport, R.I., 64, 166, 400, 495, 517, 520, 524, 530
Newport Mercury, 70
New Windsor, N.Y., 517
New York, city of (Manhattan Island), 93, 174, 206–7
American defense and loss of, 373–75, 393–96
burning of, 397
Clinton’s occupation of, 485, 494, 520, 521, 522
evacuation of, 555, 561
reception for Hancock and John Adams, 264
Stamp Act Congress in, 72, 73–75
New York Colony, 369, 371
Committee of Correspondence, 198
and Stamp Act, 64, 355
see also New York, city of
New York Gazette, 256
New York Packet, 518
Nicholas, Robert Carter, 42–43, 69–70
North, Frederick, Lord, 99, 154, 266, 362, 441, 556
and French Canadians, 315
and Howe, 389, 407, 472, 555
repressive policies of, 105, 188–190, 197
and Yorktown, 545
North Carolina, 341, 356, 358, 369, 371, 519
Notes on the State of Virginia (Jefferson), 554–55
Nova Scotia, 549
O’Conner, Charles, 182
O’Hara, Charles, 540
Ohio River, 295, 548
Old Field Nags, 68, 69
Oliver, Andrew, 52–58, 64, 78–79, 93, 103, 113, 153, 192
Whatley, letters to, 171, 173, 185
Oliver, Peter, 25, 77, 95, 103, 156, 161, 362
Olney, George, 497–98
Osborne, Richard, 546
Otis, James, 17–27, 42, 78, 105, 144, 147
assault on, 122–23, 137
and Bernard, 18, 25–26, 30, 73, 98, 117, 121
and British troops, 108–10, 114, 119
death of, 552
and Hutchinson, 17–19, 21, 25–26, 75, 76, 102, 127–28, 163, 164
instability of, 73–76, 90, 121, 122, 126, 148, 163–64, 287, 552
his Rights of the Colonies, 49, 355
and Stamp Act, 54, 73–76, 80, 81, 87, 148
and Sugar Act, 49–50
and Townshend Acts, 94, 98–100
treason accusations against, 35, 36–37, 115, 116, 121
writs-of-assistance case, 21–24, 47
Otis, James, Speaker, 17–19, 25, 105
Otis, Mercy, 147
Otis, Ruth Cunningham, 21
Oxford University, 362
Page, John, 347
Paine, Elizabeth, 337
Paine, Robert Treat, 146, 160, 199, 205, 262
Paine, Thomas, 335–41, 355–56, 401–2, 440, 493, 556–57
and Washington, 401, 408, 464, 525, 557
Palmer, Betsy, 182–83, 279
Palmer, Joseph, 246
Palmes, Richard, 135, 137, 138, 157
Paoli, Pa., 474–75, 483
Paris, Treaty of (1783), 547–51, 558
Parker, John, Captain, 233, 234, 237–40, 242, 246–48
Parker, Jonas, 239–40
Parker, Sir Peter, 333
Parliament, see Commons, House of
Partridge, Oliver, 73
Paterson, Robert, 139
Patterson, James, 376–77
Paulding, John, 503–4
Payne, Edward, 139
Peck, Samuel, 183
Pelham, Henry, 154
Pembroke, Henry Herbert, Earl of, 545
Pendleton, Edmund, 203, 289
Pennsylvania, governments and constitution of, 304, 367, 369, 557
“Pennsylvania Farmer,” see Dickinson, John
Pennsylvania Journal, 429
Pennsylvania Packet, 493
Percy, Hugh, Earl Percy, 228, 229, 238, 241, 246, 248–50
Philadelphia, British occupation and evacuation of, 441, 465, 469, 473–78
Philipse, Eliza, 301
Phillips, William, 513
Pickering, Timothy, 250, 253
Piel, Jacob, 414–15
Pierpoint, Robert, 134
Pigot, Robert, 282, 283
Pitcairn, John, 238–39, 243, 248, 284–86
Pitcher, Molly, 484
Pitt, William, Lord Chatham, 83, 264–65
on Boston Tea Party, 185
on Gage, 272, 275
as head of ministries, 28, 29, 48, 86, 90, 92–93, 302
opposes repressive measures, 189, 216
replaced by Grenville, 37
and Stamp Act repeal, 84–86
urges peace, 465–66
Pitts, Lendall, 180–81, 182
Plymouth, Mass., 20, 170, 189
Pocahontas, 532
Pointe-aux-Trembles, 319
Poland, 330
Polignac, Yolande de, 491
Pollard, Asa, 276
Poor Richard’s Almanack, 361, 436, 490
Pope’s Day, 20–21, 56, 60, 75–76, 94
Port Act (1774), 189–93, 196, 209, 214, 258
Potomac River, 560
Prescott, Richard, General, 322–23
Prescott, Samuel, 235, 237, 242
Prescott, William, 273–80, 282–86, 290, 328
Preston, Thomas, 136–40, 149–51, 155–58, 164
Prince, Newton, 157
Prince, Salem, 286
Princeton (earlier, Prince Town), N.J., 263, 422, 426–28, 524, 560
Privy Council, British, 173, 185–86
Providence, R.I., 167–69, 495
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