Patriots (92 page)

Brown, John,
167
,
168
,
259
,
265

Brown, Lieutenant,
376

Brown, William, Sergeant,
536

Browne, William,
122
–23,
136

Brunswick, N.J.,
391
,
401
,
428

Bunker Hill,
231
,
272
–74,
278
–79,
281
,
283
–86
passim
,
326

Burdick, Benjamin,
131
,
141
,
156

Burgesses, House of,
40
,
66
–70,
99
,
171
,
197
,
202
–3,
209
,
295
,
300
,
304
,
343

Burgoyne, John,
476

at Boston,
271
–73,
281
,
328

Northern campaign of,
441
–57,
465

in Parliament,
441
,
555

Saratoga surrender and treaty,
452
–57,
465
,
538
,
543

at Ticonderoga,
439
,
442

Burke, Edmund,
264

Burr, Aaron,
263
–64,
316
–17,
320
–21,
484

Burr, Thaddeus,
263

Burwell, Rebecca,
347
,
351

Bute, John Stuart, Earl of,
29
,
30
,
53
,
83

Buttrick, John,
242
,
244
–45

Byles, Mather,
113
,
154

Byrd, William,
291

Cadwalader, John,
409
,
410
,
418
–19,
420
,
464
,
467

Caldwell, James,
139
,
153
,
180

Cambridge, Mass.,
117
,
164
–65,
215
,
219

army at,
252
–53,
258
,
265
,
268
–69,
304
,
307
–12,
378

Camden, S.C.,
499
,
553
,
556

Canada,
259
,
548

expedition against (1775),
315
–22,
342
,
373
,
378
,
442
,
474

Carleton, Sir Guy,
319
,
320
–21,
545
–546,
555

Caroline, Queen of George II of Britain,
29

Carr, Maurice,
131
,
132
,
151

Carr, Patrick,
139
,
158
–59

Carroll, Charles,
363

Carroll, John,
160

Carter, “King,”
42

“Case of the Salary of the Officers of Excise” (Paine),
336
–37

Catherine II the Great, Empress of Russia,
407
,
544

Caucus Club,
31
,
33
,
35
,
77
–78,
175

Chambly, Canada,
316

Champlain, Lake,
258
,
260
,
316
,
373
,
439
,
444

Charles I, King of England,
16
,
69

Charles II, King of England,
13

Charleston, S.C.,
65
,
329
–33,
364
–65,
380
,
496
,
538
,
539
,
544

Charlestown, Mass.,
227
–32,
250
,
272
–75
passim
,
277
–81,
284
,
331

Charlottesville, Va.,
349
,
513
–16

Charming Nancy
(cargo ship),
494
,
500

Chase, Samuel,
372

Chaudière River,
318

Chesapeake Bay,
519
–25,
526
ff.

Choate of Ipswich,
24

Chronicle
, London,
126
,
254

Church, Benjamin,
34
,
115
,
214
,
217
,
267

at Massacre commemorations,
191
,
218
,
310

in occupied Boston,
225
,
229
,
253

spying of,
309
–12

and tea boycott,
173
,
177
,
179

Clark, Jonas,
221
,
230
,
232
,
234
,
240
–41

Clinton, Henry,
472
,
476
,
494

Albany, advance toward,
447
,
452
,
453
,
454

and André,
504
,
505
,
507
–8

and Arnold,
512
–13,
523

at Breed’s Hill,
271
–72,
275
,
284
,
286
,
331

at Charleston,
331
–33,
380
,
496
,
538
,
539

and Cornwallis/Yorktown debacle,
520
–21,
526
,
533
,
534
,
536
,
537
,
539
–40,
543
,
544

at Long Island,
378
,
380
–81,
383

at Newport,
400

and New York capture,
393
,
394

and New York ruse of Washington,
519
–23

Philadelphia, retreat from,
476
–81,485

replaced,
545

seeks vindication,
555

Coke, Sir Edward,
20
,
22
,
348

Coke upon Littleton
,
42

College of New Jersey (later Princeton),
263
,
372

Committees of Correspondence,
171
,
197
,
198
,
200
–201

Committees of Safety,
217
,
227
,
252
,
253
,
258
,
262
,
272
,
273
,
279
,
286
,
311
,
314

Commons, House of (Parliament),
20
,
23
,
28
–29,
31
,
73
–74,
116

and death penalty,
169

and nonimportation agreements,
115
–16

and Paine’s petition on salaries,
336
–37

peace motions in,
465
–66,
545
–46

and peace negotiations,
550

Port Act voted by,
189
–91,
200

and seizure of American ships,
341

and Stamp Act,
51
,
81
,
84
–86,
92

and Sugar Act,
48
–50

and taxation-without-representation issue,
49
–51,
71
,
84
,
86
,
99
,
216

and tea monopoly,
174

and Townshend Acts,
92
–93,
105

Common Sense
(Paine),
335
,
340
–41,
351

Conant, William,
227
,
230

Concord, Mass.,
170
,
219
–21,
224
,
227
,
234
,
239
,
241
–48

Congress,
see
Continental Congress, First,
and
Continental Congress, Second

Connecticut, provincial government of,
369
,
371

Continental Army, beginnings of,
252
–53,
258
–59,
265

adopted by Congress,
268
–69

at Bunker and Breed’s Hills,
273
–287

first manual of,
469

forged into army by Washington,
304
,
307
–12

Continental Congress, First,
204
–16,
220
,
378

and Canada,
315

trade boycott voted by,
212
–13,
214

Continental Congress, Second,
264
–69,
305
–7,
311
,
524

and John Adams’ diary,
546
–47

army adopted by,
268
–69

and army crises,
320
,
350
,
423
,
467
–68,
512
,
518
,
557
–60

and Arnold,
314
,
471
,
494

and Canada,
315
–16,
342

changes in,
463

commissions major generals,
304
,
309
,
331
,
468
,
471

Committee of Secret Correspondence,
324
–25,
432

and confederation,
366
–72,
518

and Conway,
460
–64,
471

and Deane’s accounts,
488
,
491
–93

and France,
430
,
464
,
466
,
493

and Gates,
378
,
438
–40,
556

and independence,
265
,
342
–45,
359
–60,
362
–63

and Charles Lee,
304
,
309
,
402
,
487

and loyalists’ property,
550

and New York defense and loss,
373
,
399

paper money of,
423
,
467
–68,
518

peace feelers rejected by,
265
–66
,
390
–93,
476

and peace negotiations,
547
–50

relocations of,
401
,
438
,
440
,
478
,
560

and Saratoga,
458
,
460
,
538

state governments, advice on,
268
,
341

Washington appointed by,
268
–69,
289
–91

Washington’s leavetaking of,
561
–63

Conway, Thomas,
460
–64,
469
,
471
,
553

Copley, John Singleton,
154
,
166

Corner, John,
96

Cornwallis, Charles, Lord,
381
–83,
400
,
406
,
440
,
555

outfoxed at Trenton,
425
–26,
428

Southern campaign of,
499
,
515
,
519

and Yorktown,
520
–44,
556

Cowboys,
503

Cowpens, battle of,
514

Craig, Captain,
453
,
455

Crisis, The
(Paine),
401
–2,
557

Cromwell, Oliver,
69
,
100

Croskie, Captain,
257

Crown Point, N.Y.,
316

Cushing, Thomas,
32
,
78
,
99
,
110
,
200
,
217

as delegate to Congress,
199
,
205
,
211
,
262

as Massachusetts House speaker,
165
,
171
,
193
,
195
,
198

Custis, Daniel,
301
–2

Custis, Jack,
429
,
530
,
544

Dalrymple, William,
108
,
112
,
113
–114,
127
,
131
,
151
–57
passim
,
161

Dana, Francis,
547

Danbury, Conn.,
494

Dandridge, Nathaniel West,
41
,
66
–67,
553
–54

Dartmouth
,
175
,
177
–78,
181

Dartmouth, William Legge, Earl of,
169
,
171
,
173
,
178
,
185
,
192
–96

and Boston Tea Party,
184
,
196

and Gage,
191
,
201
,
215
,
217

and Lexington,
254

opposes North policies,
189
,
190

Davids, Daniel,
308

Davies, Samuel,
44

Davies, William,
133

Davis, Edward,
126

Davis, Solomon,
75

Davis, William,
119

Dawes, Tom,
77

Dawes, William,
229
,
230
,
234
–35,
241

D’Bernicre, Ensign,
219
–20,
228

Deane, Silas,
205
,
208
,
549
,
556

in France,
431
–35,
460
–61,
465
,
466
,
468
–69,
489
,
491
–93

and Arthur Lee,
465
,
488
,
491
,
493

recalled,
488
,
491
–94

Dearborn, Henry,
278

Declaration of Independence,
353
–365,
375

proposed,
343
–45