Patriots (85 page)

tobacco exports to stop: Meade, 312.

“. . . I know George will.”:
Ibid., 315.

Samuel Adams’ wardrobe:
Wells, II, 208.

coach and four:
Boston Gazette
, Aug. 15, 1774.

John Adams’ reflections: John Adams,
Diary
, II, 100.

watermelon:
Ibid., 101.

brick buildings:
Ibid., 104.

sumptuous breakfast:
Ibid., 105.

logic to avalanche: Ibid., 107.

“. . . and talk away.”:
Ibid., 109.

Samuel Adams dangerous: Wells, II, 219.

John Adams cold: John Adams,
Diary
, II, 115n.

Lynch on Washington: Ibid., 117; III, 308.

“We have not men fit for the times. . . .”:
Ibid., II, 97.

Randolph admired: Meade, 318.

Henry’s reputation:
John Adams,
Diary
, II, 113.

Silas Deane wrote home:
Burnett,
Letters
, I, 4.

first vote:
John Adams,
Diary
, II, 122.

Thomson seemed to faint: Meade, 322.

John Adams on quibbling: Ibid., 319.

“. . . difficulty and distress.”:
Ibid., 323.

“. . . not a Virginian but an American.”:
John Adams,
Diary
, II, 125.

no man could speak twice:
Burnett,
Letters
, I, 13.

Duché praying: John and Abigail Adams, 76.

“Power results from the real property . . .”: Burnett,
Letters
, I, 22.

made Adams blush: John and Abigail Adams, 71.

John Adams eating: Ibid., 78.

Galloway’s plan:
Miller,
Adams
, 322.

Henry’s objection: Burnett,
Letters
, I, 53.

Galloway fears mob: Miller,
Adams
, 323.

Washington writes home: Burnett,
Letters
, I, 54n.

Galloway on Samuel Adams: Ibid., 55.

John Adams’ complaint: John and Abigail Adams, 78.

Elizabeth Adams on Tories: Samuel Adams, Papers, Box 2, Sept. 12, 1774, Bancroft Collection.

Dr. Benjamin Church wrote:
Ibid., Sept. 29, 1774.

Suffolk Resolves:
Miller,
Adams
, 324.

Henry and John Adams: John Adams,
Diary
, II, 151; Meade, 333.

Gage discredited: Shy,
Toward Lexington
, 411.

farmers march to Boston: Channing, III,
155–56.

troops dissatisfied with Gage: Tourtellot, 86.

troops caught in market: John Andrews, Letters, Aug. 20, 1774.

cannon as signal: Ibid., Jan. 4, 1775.

“. . . wish to make it your own.”:
Mumby, 373.

Burke’s argument: Fiske, “Eve,” 363.

“We shall be forced . . .”:
Pitt,
Correspondence
, IV, 379.

Never! said Montagu: Lecky, 190.

Dartmouth’s orders: Mumby, 376.

Lydia Hancock and Dorothy Quincy: Fowler, 177.

“. . . plunder the effects!”:
Boston Evening Post
, Sept. 19, 1774.

Warren’s oration: Wells, II, 278–80.

D’Bernicre and Brown’s mission: D’Bernicre,
Instructions
, 5–6.

Hancock and British: Hancock, 191.

Corps disbanded: Ibid., 185.

Lydia Hancock leaves: Ibid., 182.

complaint about chambermaid: Fowler, 168.

Dorcas Griffith:
Tourtellot, 62; Fowler, 169.

Sally Jackson:
Forbes, 73.

Dorothy Quincy:
Woodbury, 81.

Jefferson on Henry’s nerve: George Morgan, 185.

Henry’s speech: Ibid., 191–95.

Isaiah Thomas:
Forbes, 236.

“. . . die up to my knees in blood.”:
Tudor, 466.

Revere remarries: Farrington, 10.

“. . . the bumpkins pronounce it easier.”:
Forbes, 11.

Revere advertises teeth: Dallas, 20.

Revere didn’t powder hair: Forbes, 85.

Concord hides cannon: Ibid., 237–38.

Gage sends six hundred: Murdock, “British,” 71n.

Smith’s spying mission: Forbes, 233.

answer, “Patrol.”:
Mackenzie, I, 18.

matron informs Church: Forbes, 242.

“You are the third person . . .”:
Ibid.

“The people here are a set . . .”:
Murdock,
Nineteenth
, 18.

“Why, the cannon at Concord.”:
Forbes, 243.

Robert Newman:
Ibid., 244–45.

flannel still warm: Ibid., 246.

William Dawes:
Tourtellot, 93.

Revere’s ride to Lexington: Revere,
Own Story
and
Three Accounts.

Revere at parsonage: Farrington, 42–43.

British uniforms:
Ketchum,
Decisive
, 123.

British throw away rations: Murdock, “British,” 73.

Lexington Minute Men:
Tourtellot, 129–30.

men vote to disband: Ibid., 21–29.

“. . . that hill called Beacon.”:
Samuel Drake, 340.

chaise prepared:
Revere,
Own Story
, 19.

Hancock-Quincy exchange: Woodbury, 68; Forbes, 255.

Revere captured: Revere,
Three Accounts.

Minute Men reassembled:
Narrative
, 9.

“If I had my musket . . .”:
Tourtellot, III.

Revere and trunk: Forbes, 256–57.

Pitcairn had no intention:
Tourtellot, 127.

“Disperse, ye villains . . .”:
Narrative
, 6; Murdock,
Nineteenth
, 27.

“. . . Form and surround them.”:
Tourtellot, 131.

Samuel Adams hears gunfire:
Warren and Adams, 54.

“. . . glorious morning for America.”:
Wells, II, 294.

“Do you know where a drummer is?”:
Tourtellot, 137.

“What’s that?”:
Forbes, 258.

hiding valuables: Fowler, 185

fine salmon:
Revere,
Own Story
, 19–20.

Adams and Hancock in wood: Hancock, 194.

salt pork and potatoes: Woodbury, 67.

Marine sealed orders: Tourtellot, 182–83.

“War’s begun . . .”:
Allan, 33.

Buttrick leads march: Tourtellot, 152.

“. . . let us die here.”:
Murdock, “British,” 78.

“This is the price of blood.”:
Tourtellot, 157.

Pitcairn hopes to stir blood: Forbes, 260.

Description of Brown Bess: Ketchum,
Decisive
, 125.

Guns used for duck hunting: Mackenzie, I, 27.

Joseph Palmer:
Forbes, 261.

“. . . I shall call you a coward.”:
Tourtellot, 219.

head split with tomahawk: Murdock, “British,” 88, 93.

Deacon Haynes killed:
Tourtellot, 219.

infantrymen panting: Wells, II, 295.

British shot any man: Tourtellot, 196.

skulking like dastards:
Waitt, 96.

“King Hancock forever!”:
Mackenzie, I, 21.

“Old Put”:
Forbes, 261.

London
Chronicle:
Waitt, 94–95.

George Ill’s ultimatum: Channing, III, 159–60.

Benedict’s teachers remembered:
Decker, 11.

stole birds, strewed glass: Sparks, 5–6.

Arnold deserted: Sellers, 14.

Arnold’s trade: Boylan, 36.

Hannah Arnold’s suitor: Decker, 21.

Arnold’s duel: Sellers, 6.

Peter Boole:
Boylan, 39.

Arnold’s disease: Ibid., 37.

“None but Almighty God . . .”:
Arnold, 36.

Arnold commissioned: Ibid., 38.

“Carillon”:
Jellison, 106.

“noisy”:
De Puy, 79n.

“Huzzah for the Green Mountains!”:
Ibid., 159.

“Come out, you old rat!”:
Tourtellot, 251.

“. . . what—what—does this mean?”:
Forbes, 278.

Boys spat at Arnold’s feet: Boylan, 43.

Stores at Fort Ti: Arnold, 40.

“Boston
must
be entered . . .”:
Hancock, 197.

Dolly Quincy knew whom to blame:
Woodbury, 91.

“in short, no person . . .”:
Hancock, 198–99.

Adams objected to men pulling carriage: Wells, II, 30–31.

Massachusetts paid for Adams’ clothes: Ibid.

Franklin slept in chair: John Adams,
Works
, I, 663–64.

Congress told Allen to inventory British artillery: Boylan, 45–46.

“Johnny, you will be hanged . . .”:
Ibid., 316.

“What is the reason . . .”:
Miller,
Adams
, 339–40.

“one of the grandest revolutions . . .”:
Ibid., 340.

“a great fortune and piddling genius . . .”:
John Adams,
Diary
, II, 174n.

“. . . first politician in the world.”:
Wells, II, 304.

“We will show Britain . . .”:
Hancock, 201.

Adams confessed knew nothing of military: Miller,
Adams
, 346.

three parties at Congress: John Adams,
Diary
, III, 321.

Adams nominates Washington: Ibid., 323.

“. . . soon find elbow room.”:
Ketchum,
Decisive
, 2.

“an impotent general . . .”:
Ibid., 25.

choice of Breed’s Hill: Fleming, 349.

narrow entrance on north side:
Ketchum,
Decisive
, 111.

ditch might protect them: Coffin, 12.

knapsacks loaded down: Lecky, 204.

“. . . gates of hell”:
Ketchum,
Decisive
, 127.

Not one came back:
Coffin, 16.

Stark’s men prepare: Ibid., 18.

“carcasses”:
Fleming, 240.

“Remember, gentlemen . . .”:
Clark,
Diary.

Stark posted men: Coffin, 12.

“. . . you will be slain.”:
Forbes, 279.

“I have no command . . .”:
Coffin, 15.

“. . . whites of their eyes”:
Fleming, 245.

dead thick as sheep: Coffin, 13.

Howe’s deployment: Ibid., 9–17.

Putnam and Gerrish: Ketchum,
Decisive
, 165.

“. . . let me die in peace.”:
Ibid., 172.

Pitcairn speaking about duty: John Clarke, 18.

“. . . might have
led
them up.”:
Coffin, 33.

Warren’s death:
Frothingham,
Warren
, 517; Cary, 221.

John Dutton’s death: John Clarke, 8.

Otis at battle: Starrett, 154; Fiske, “Eve,” 376.

“A few such victories . . .”:
Ketchum,
Decisive
, 209.

“. . . sell them another hill . . .”:
Fiske, “Eve,” 377.

losses:
Forbes, 281; Murdock,
Bunker Hill
, 32.

“. . . seven times seven years.”:
Washington,
Writings
, ed. Fitzpatrick, III, 294.

“. . . embarked on a wide ocean . . .”: Ibid., 30 June 1775.

Washington named for Eskridge: Cunliffe, 23–24.

Washington description: Hodges, 18.

Washington copied rules: Cunliffe, 26n.; Hughes, 29.

verses on true happiness:
Haworth, 5–7.

Mary Washington: Flexner,
Forge
, 19.

blanket with fleas: Whipple, 785.

romped with neighborhood girl: Hodges, 15.

Sally Fairfax:
Cunliffe, 30.

wrote four times: Fleming,
Yours
, 16.

Mary Washington objects to military service: Turner, 184.

“As to the summons . . .”:
Freeman, II, 368.

French assured Washington privately: Cunliffe, 35.

pay of eightpence a day: Alberts, 5.

“. . . charming in the sound”:
Fleming,
Yours
, 18.

Washington signs confession: Flexner,
Forge
, 104.

Indians joining French or neutral: Alberts, 44.

“He would not say so . . .”:
Cunliffe, 37.

Washington famous for incompetence: Flexner,
Forge
, 108.

Washington exceeded authority: Alberts, 25.

Sally Fairfax asks Washington not write: Flexner,
Forge
, 123.

a gentle rebuke:
Fleming,
Yours
, 27.

“Honoured Madam”:
Bellamy, 19.

Washington at end of column: Cunliffe, 39.

“I take this early opportunity . . .”:
Whipple, 786.

“Your honor will, I hope . . .”:
Cunliffe, 42.

Washington slow to praise: Freeman, I, 370–71.

favors to Fairfax sons: Ibid., III, Appendix II.

Washington’s teeth: Haworth, 13–14.

Washington to Martha: Fleming,
Yours
, 32.

“. . . this lady is known to you.”:
Ibid., 33.

confused firing in woods: Freeman, II, 357–58.

price of Fort Necessity: Alberts, 57.

slave named Will:
Kitman, 155.

servants afraid to deliver note: Turner, 220.

“. . . the irritability of some of us is enough to—”:
John and Abigail Adams, 106.

Dickinson cuts Adams: John Adams,
Diary
, II, 173.

Samuel Adams taught to mount: Warren, I, 110–11.

country folk gape at Hancock: Fowler, 194.

Hancock’s gifts to Dorothy Quincy: Hancock, 203.

Congress debates move: Burnett,
Letters
, I, 113.

“I, poor creature . . .”:
John and Abigail Adams, 92.

Randolph’s death: Fowler, 199.

“. . . sentimental effusions . . .”:
John and Abigail Adams, 100–101.