Authors: A. J. Langguth
King Fisher
, H.M.S.,
178
King’s Bridge, New York,
264
,
504
Kirk, Thomas,
96
Knox, Henry,
327
,
478
,
534
,
558
,
561
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
Virginia, defense of,
513
,
520
,
522
,
524
,
525
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
and Samuel Adams,
185
,
197
,
435
,
489
Deane, vendetta against,
465
,
488
,
491
,
493
Lee, Charles,
304
,
309
,
329
–33,
402
–406,
499
capture and imprisonment of,
404
–6,
461
,
471
–72
and Clinton’s retreat,
478
–79
death of,
556
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
(sloop),
95
–96,
98
,
105
–7,
150
Liberty Assembly,
102
Lincoln, Benjamin,
446
,
450
,
538
–40
Lindsey, Benjamin,
166
–67
Littlepage, James,
66
–67
Lively
, H.M.S.,
191
,
271
,
275
,
278
London Magazine
,
24
Long Island, battle of,
378
–85,
389
–90,
395
,
425
,
433
Long Room Club,
310
Lords of Trade,
72
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
Lovell, James,
287
Lovell, John (schoolmaster),
241
,
287
Lowell, John,
238
Lynch, Michael,
373
–74
Lynch, Thomas, Jr.,
207
–8
Mackintosh, Ebenezer,
56
,
59
–60,
63
–64,
75
–76,
79
,
94
,
139
,
183
Mackintosh, Moses,
63
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
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 Superior Court,
14
–15,
17
–18,
62
,
81
Matthews, Joseph,
308
Mawney, John,
168
Mayo, Joseph,
160
McCauley, William,
160
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
Mifflin, Thomas,
304
,
388
,
463
,
562
–63
Miles, Samuel,
382
Minerva
,
192
Minute Men,
217
,
232
–40,
242
–50,
273
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, Richard,
316
,
319
,
320
–21,
322
Monticello,
341
,
349
,
350
,
514
–15,
547
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
Moultrie, William,
332
–33
Mount Vernon,
203
,
292
–94,
298
,
302
,
377
,
530
,
544
,
561
,
562
Murphy, Tim,
451
Necessity, Fort,
297
–98,
300
,
304
Nelson, Thomas,
341
New and Grand Corcas,
35
Newburgh, N.Y.,
558
–59
New England Primer
,
102
New Hampshire, provincial government of,
369
New Jersey, provincial government of,
369
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
reception for Hancock and John Adams,
264
Stamp Act Congress in,
72
,
73
–75
Committee of Correspondence,
198
see also
New York, city of
New York Gazette
,
256
New York Packet
,
518