Patriots (86 page)

British slaughtering cows: Fleming,
Yours
, 58–59.

“. . . amazing good natured.”:
Thatcher,
Hewes.

“exceedingly dirty and nasty people”:
Washington,
Writings
, ed. Fitzpatrick, III, 433.

Washington did not whip slaves: Kitman, 54.

cider confiscated: “Orderly Book of Camp at Cambridge.”

“The general does not mean . . .”:
Ibid., 6.

“He is a queer creature . . .”:
Willard, 46.

Church’s treason: Freeman, III, 545–48.

Church examines Attucks: Sibley, XIII.

“. . . or I perish.”:
Freeman, III, 548.

Church’s sister:
French, 151.

Church claims to be gleaning information: Goss, I, 207–8.

Revere saw Church: Tourtellot, 227–28.

Hutchinson’s report on Church: Sibley, XIII, 384.

Church allowed to ride: Forbes, 285.

Army pay: Kitman, 29.

holdovers away on furlough: Lecky, 232.

“the mild general”:
Ketchum,
Decisive
, 213.

Howe had written home: George III,
Correspondence with North
, II, 13.

“Sir William, he . . .”:
Ketchum,
Decisive
, 36.

Arnold’s expenses disallowed: Boylan, 46–47.

Catholic population: Pemberton, 233.

a new Inquisition:
Wandell, 42.

“Let us run together . . .”:
Freeman, III, 536.

“The Great American Congress . . .”:
Ibid., 533.

“the sweepings of the streets”:
Wandell, 44.

“You will die . . .”:
Ibid., 45.

eating dog:
Arnold, 67.

eating duck: Ibid., 57.

Greer’s wife: Ibid., 66.

sickness drops men to 650: Ibid., 60.

“. . . force and energy?”:
John and Abigail Adams, 113.

“To the storming . . .”:
Arnold, 80.

“We shall be in the fort . . .”:
Wandell, 50.

Burr tries to drag Montgomery: Lomask, 41.

“. . . enter it in triumph.”:
Arnold, 84.

“I will not execute you now.”:
Dorson, 46.

“I tremble . . .”:
Alsop, 32.

Bonvouloir:
Ibid., 14–24.

“Mr. Straham . . .”:
Ronald Clark, 276.

“Everyone here is a soldier. . . .”:
Alsop, 31.

“America is the hope . . .”:
Ibid., 35.

“England is the natural enemy . . .”:
Ibid., 32.

Washington on Ethan Allen: Scheer and Rankin, 127.

“Men, I do not know . . .”:
Ibid., 113.

“bring on a rumpus . . .”:
Fleming,
Affectionately Yours
, 80.

Washington had read Burgoyne’s letter: Ibid., March 31, 1776.

Washington writing about parapets: Ibid., Feb. 1, 1776.

Barrels filled with dirt:
Heath, 32–33.

“. . . committed suicide.”:
Montross, 134.

“. . . dog in a dancing school.”:
Scheer and Rankin, 194.

“Naso”:
Burke Davis,
Washington
, 18.

“Boiling Water”:
Patterson, 40.

“Sir, I will never give Your Majesty . . .”:
Walpole, I, 404–5.

John Adams on Lee: Miller,
Triumph
, 70.

Lee borrows 15 pounds: Alden, 73.

“We want you at N. York . . .”:
Lee,
Papers
, I, 312.

“Colonel, I see . . .”:
Ibid., 154.

Paine’s mother a shrew: Edwards, 5.

God was too good: Conway, I, 11.

the Headstrong Book:
Connell, 18.

Paine’s eyes and women: Hawke,
Paine
, 14.

Elizabeth Paine: Edwards, 16.

“. . . husband or an oppressor”: Conway, I, 45–46.

“I rejected . . .”:
Paine, 44.

Paine longed for independence: Wills, 330.

“O ye that love mankind! . . .”:
Paine, 50.

Paine and John Adams: John Adams,
Diary
, III, 333–34.

“a better hand . . .”:
Scheer and Rankin, 168.

Jefferson receives
Common Sense:
Malone, I, 217.

“The blood of the slain . . .”:
Paine, 40.

Paine donates royalties: Conway, I, 69.

Regulators:
Montross, 134.

South Carolina sentiment turns: Conway, I, 78.

Virginia instructions: Malone, I, 217.

Harrison’s joke: Montross, 131.

“Defeated most ignominously. . . .”: Ibid., 139.

“created as ourselves”:
Maier,
Old
, 189.

Lee’s mutilated hand: Wills, 3.

Rutledge hoped for delay: Burnett,
Letters
, I, 476–77.

Adams-Jefferson exchange: Ibid., 541n.

Jefferson carried by slave: Randall, I, 11.

Jefferson’s inheritance: Malone, I, 32; Page Smith,
Jefferson
, 9.

“filled the college with children”: Ibid., 15.

Jefferson did not allow cards: Randolph, 30.

Fauquier used ice: Malone, I, 77.

“I do wish the devil . . .”:
Nock, 19.

Jefferson’s travel plans: Ibid., 21.

“This should be . . .”:
Ibid., 22.

“When young and single . . .”:
Malone, 1, 449.

coat of arms:
Ibid., 156.

Jefferson wrote “spinster”:
Curtis, 32.

Jefferson willing to sink island: Brodie, 130.

Jefferson’s Virginia draft: Jefferson,
Papers
, I, 33ff.

Jefferson wrote in “self evident”:
Wills, 181–82.

Jefferson on property: Page Smith,
Jefferson
, 96–97.

meaning of “pursuit”: Schlesinger, “Lost Meaning,” 323–25.

New Yorkers had petitioned:
Force, 24.

South Carolina’s assembly moved: Fisher, 274.

blacks outnumbered whites ten to one: Brodie, 41.

one third of Virginia was black:
George Howard, 20.

Bland was denounced: Brodie, 103.

Jefferson did not permit whipping: Ibid., 22.

Jefferson advertised and sold slave: Ibid., 104.

Jefferson as lawyer: Ibid.

John Adams objected: Meigs, 233.

Adams considered denunciation best part: Becker,
Declaration
, 213.

Witherspoon on ripeness: Trevelyan, II, 158.

Dickinson on delay: Wells, II, 432.

Adams felt like actor: John Adams,
Diary
, III, 397.

“It ought to be commemorated . . .”:
John and Abigail Adams, 142.

Jefferson on Northern merchants: Brodie, 144.

Franklin’s hatter anecdote: Jefferson,
Works
, X, 120.

Hutchinson degree: Bailyn,
Ordeal
, 356.

chancellor was North: Malone, I, 229.

Jefferson asked Lee to judge:
Burnett,
Letters
, II, 2.

George III buried in Savannah: Brodie, 146.

Virginia’s deletions: Frank Moore, I, 266.

Jefferson’s journal: Brodie, 148.

“There! John Bull . . .”:
Hazelton, 210.

“Most willingly . . .”:
Chamberlain, 277n.

“. . . all hang separately”:
Van Doren,
Franklin
, 551.

Evening Post:
Bond, Aug. 10, 1776.

Morning Post:
Aug.
12, 1776.

“A reply . . .”:
Morning Post
, Aug. 20, 1776.

“Here they enumerated . . .”:
Gazetteer
, Aug. 17, 1776.

“. . . a dignified contempt.”:
Morning Post
, Aug. 20, 1776.

“the despised Americans . . .”:
Bond,
Public Advertiser
, Sept. 11, 1776.

400,000 blacks: Middlekauff, 28.

slave fans speaker: Hazelton, 277.

usefulness of assassination:
Wells, II, 438.

Hopkins impatient to leave: Burnett,
Letters
, II, 78.

Franklin’s plan rejected: Pleasants, 5–6.

Samuel Adams on state sovereignty: Miller,
Triumph
, 426.

governments of colonies: Nevins, 2.

Massachusetts bloodlines: Ibid.

Virginia on excluding blacks: Jensen,
Making
, 25.

Rutledge’s goals: Jensen,
Articles
, 128.

George Washington as king:
Ibid., 112.

Pacific 100 miles from Atlantic: Ibid., 154.

John Adams on Swiss model: Montross, 182.

no Northern surpluses: Ibid.

“It is of little consequence . . .”:
Burnett,
Letters
, II, 56.

Britain’s greatest force: Ketchum,
Decisive
, 126.

“Let us drub Howe . . .”:
Miller,
Triumph
, 118.

Hickey and Lynch: Freeman, IV, 115.

Mary Gibbons:
Ross, 1, 197.

all clergy cutthroats: Freeman, IV, 120.

forest of trimmed pine trees:
Burke Davis,
Washington
, 87.

Washington’s deployment: Coakley, 46.

George III statue: Freeman, IV, 134.

molded into 42,088 bullets: Ketchum,
Decisive
, 127.

Washington and Howe letter: Freeman, IV, 140; Brooks, 59.

“. . . something exceedingly mysterious . . .”:
Washington, Aug. 19, 1776, in
Writings
, ed. Fitzpatrick, V, 458.

Howe on “criminal’ action:
Maldwyn A. Jones, “Sir William Howe,” in Billias,
Opponents
, 53.

Greene’s background: Theodore Thayer, “Nathanael Greene,” in Billias,
Generals
, 109.

Franklin’s propaganda: Burke Davis,
Washington
, 97.

“Lord Stirling”:
Trevelyan, III, 177.

Washington rejected cavalry: Burke Davis,
Washington
, 100.

Clinton had lived in New York: William B. Willcox, “Sir Henry Clinton,” in Billias,
Opponents
, 74.

Jamaica road guards seized:
Irving, 216.

“But we’re here . . .”:
Burke Davis,
Washington
, 102.

“I will not ask . . .”:
Scheer and Rankin, 186.

“Good God! . . .”:
Burke Davis,
Washington
, 105.

Stirling fought like a wolf: Trevelyan, II, 280.

Scammel’s blunder: Scheer and Rankin, 193.

Washington left old cannon: Trevelyan, II, 290.

George III knighted Howe: Maldwyn Jones, “Sir William Howe,” in Billias,
Opponents
, 52.

Connecticut militia drops: Flexner,
Indispensable Man
, 83.

“Would to Heaven . . .”:
Rodney, 112.

“I wish that the first ball . . .”:
Charles P. Whittemore, “John Sullivan,” in Billias,
Generals
, 145.

“A decoy duck . . .”:
Burnett,
Letters
, II, 70n.

Franklin on colds: John Adams,
Autobiography
, III, 418.

Adams approved of meeting site: Ibid., 420.

Adams’ impression of Lord Howe: Ketchum,
Winter
, 117.

“Mr. Adams is a decided character.”:
Burke Davis,
Washington
, 122.

“General Howe is either . . .”:
Ibid., 117.

Greene on Francis I: Trevelyan, II, 295.

Germans sang hymns: Burke Davis,
Washington
, 124.

“Take the walls!”:
Freeman, IV, 193.

Germans stabbed Americans: Ibid.

“dastardly sons of cowardice”:
Miller,
Triumph
, 134.

Greene thought Washington willing to die:
Trevelyan, II, 300n.

“Good God, have I got . . . ?”:
Freeman, IV, 194n.

woman hoisted Britain’s banner: Serle, 104–5.

“You can hardly conceive . . .”:
Freeman, IV, 203.

Washington to Lund Washington: Washington, Sept. 30, 1776, in
Writings
, ed. Fitzpatrick, VI, 138.

“Providence or some good honest fellow . . .”:
Scheer and Rankin, 212.

Hale hanged: Mackenzie, I, 62–63.

Howe outflanked Americans: Middlekauff, 350.

British took 19 days for 74 miles: Miller,
Triumph
, 142.

“They will neither fight . . .”:
Scheer and Rankin, 231.

Washington complains about New Jersey support: Washington, Dec. 18, 1776, in
Writings
, ed. Fitzpatrick.

Paine and Gates: Patterson, 65.

“These are the times . . .”:
Paine, 75.

Lee is paid 11,000 pounds: Miller,
Triumph
, 70.

“I do not mean to flatter . . .”:
John Shy, “Charles Lee,” in Billias,
Generals
, 35.

Lee’s troops looting: Dwyer, 131.

“I am told . . .”:
Burke Davis,
Washington
, 153.

female screaming:
Ibid.

“Entre nous . . .”:
Lee,
Papers
, II, 345.

“With this sword . . .”:
John Shy, “Charles Lee,” in Billias,
Generals
, 40.

“Here, sir, are the British cavalry!”:
Dwyer, 145.

Honeyman escape: Keller, 18–19.

Howe’s officers not enthusiastic about winter campaign: Channing, III, 232.

Catherine of Russia refused soldiers: Bolkhovitinov, 6.

Prices of mercenaries: Lowell, 5.

Hessians described: Azoy, “Merry,” 484–85.

Rall drank: Miller,
Triumph
, 155.

Rall persuades Howe: Dwyer, 151.

Rall doesn’t build defenses: Channing, III, 233.