Part 40

Burne, the barber, 164, 264.

Byles, Mather, Dr., anecdote of, 218.

Campbell, Colonel, 245.

Canada, Continental troops in, 189.

Cannonade, by American troops, on Boston, 137.

Cannon, destruction of, at Boston, 156.

Carlisle, Lord, arrival of, in England, 352.

Carroll, Charles, commissioner to Canada, 135.

Carroll, John, accompanies committees to Canada, 135.

Cathcart, Captain of Privateer _Essex_, 400. Escape of, 401.

Chaplains, appointed by Congress, 320.

Charlestown, seizure of powder at, 33. Burning of, 67. People of, petition Congress, 273.

Chelsea, battle at, 62, 69.

Chesapeake Bay, Howe's fleet enters, 294.

Church, Benjamin, Dr., 59, 62, 78, 108, 113, 117.

Church, Dutch, at Easton, 236.

Clergy, of Massachusetts, their power, ix.

Clinton, Sir Henry, 87. Proclamation of, 391.

Coffee and sugar secreted by merchants, 286.

College, Harvard, neglected state of, 212, x.

College, Nassau Hall, visit of J. A. to, 26.

Colonies, raising of troops by, 51. Separation from Great Britain, 173. Independence of declared, 191.

Colonies, Southern, 132, 198.

Commissioners to Congress, 143, 154, 158.

Committee of Congress, to Hartford, 50. To Canada, 135, 139. Of Safety, 62, 111. Of Ladies, 163.

Committee chosen to wait on Lord Howe, 223.

"Common Sense," Pamphlet entitled, 134. Comments on, 146. See Paine.

Confederation, plan of, 320.

Congress, assembles at Philadelphia, 31, xvii. Opening of, 37, 39. Adjourns, 47. Members enter the army, 59. Appoints George Washington to be Commander-in-Chief, 65. Address of, 88. Meeting of, 99, xvii. Passes resolution of Independence, 173. Meets at Baltimore, 239. Removes to Philadelphia, 249. Instructions to General Washington, 255. Prosperity of, 281. Financial measures, 293. Removal to Yorktown, 314, 320. Appoints a day of Thanksgiving, 322. Chooses Minister to France, 356, 366.

Congress, Suffolk County resolves, 33.

Congress, Provincial, assembled at New York, 51.

Constitution of Massachusetts, 369, 378.

Convention, State of Pennsylvania, 231.

Cooper, Dr. Myles, flight of, notice of, 51.

Cooper, Dr. Samuel, 37, 151, 348.

Corn, Enormous price of, 365, 388.

Cornwallis, Lord, at Brunswick, 236. Arrival of, in England, 352.

Corunna, arrival of Mr. Adams at, 372.

Councillors nominated by mandamus, 32, 54.

Courts, people prevent the sitting of, 36.

Court, assembled In Boston, 227.

Court, General Committee of, 160. Of Sessions, 160.

Cranch, Richard, 43, 48, 69, 213, 394, xiv.

Cranch, William, xiv.

Curiosities, American, sent to English ladies, 272.

Currency, Continental, counterfeit, 278. Depreciation of, 343, 366. Rejection of, 394.

Currency, Hampshire, counterfeit, 269.

Cushing, Thomas, Speaker, delegate to Congress, 28.

Cushing, William, Judge, delegate to Congress, 5. Visit of, to Mrs. Adams, 171.

Dana, Francis, 144, 367, 371, 397.

Danbury, engagement at, 269, 280.

Deane, Silas, 111. Address, 354, 362.

_Defence_, Brig, 186, 187.

Delaware River, battle in, 172.

_Delaware_, Frigate, 257.

Delegates, reception of, in New York, 54.

Denis, St., visit of Mr. Adams to, 360.

Denmark, Court of, prizes restored to England by, 379.

D'Enville, Duchesse, Mr. Adams dines with, 353.

D'Enville, Duc, expedition commanded by, 353.

Derby, Capt. John, 88.

Deserters, arrival of, 91.

D'Estaing, Comte, his fleet, 337. Arrives in Boston, 342. Failure of his expedition against Rhode Island, 345. Entertains Mr. Adams, 376.

Devices for Medal and Seal, 210.

Dickinson, John, author of "The Farmer," 11, 45, 59, 84, 133, 256.

Dilly, Edward, notice of, 59.

Documents, Congressional, removal of, 314.

Donop, Count, 322.

Dorchester Heights, American troops get possession of, 138.

Drafting, for Continental army, 230.

Duche, Rev. Mr., 37, 320.

Duffield, Rev. Mr., 65, 90, 298, 320.

Education, Female, 339, x.

Elections, favorable to American cause, 45.

Elk River, Howe's army lands at, 299.

Enemy, efforts of, to sever communications between colonies, 226, 229. In possession of New York, 229. Barbarities, 247. Mysterious movements of, 281, 282. Advantages gained by, 366.

England, emissaries of, in France, 346.

Enlistment, term of, expiration of, 232.

Essays of J. A. on Canon and Feudal Law, xvi. Novanglus, xvi.

_Essex_, Privateer, capture of, 400. Crew of, sent to Plymouth jail, 400.

Estimates, British army, 403.

Exchange of prisoners offered, 245.

Expedition, private, to Newport, 315, 324.

Expenses of living in Paris, 382.

Expresses, stopped by Tories, 269.

Falmouth, ancient name of Portland, Me., 14. The British demand neutrality of, resistance of, cannonade of, 115.

"Farmer, The," see J. Dickinson.

Farrington, Colonel, 270.

Fast, day of, at Philadelphia, 84. Government appoints, 238.

Fell's Point, fortifications at, 243.

Ferrol, Mr. Adams lands at, 370. Description of, 370.

Fevers, prevalence of, at the Hague, 404.

Fine, for refusing draft, 230.

Fleet, enemy's, in Boston harbor, 142, 378. Arrival of, at Halifax, distress of, 162. Driven out of Boston harbor, 186. Arrival of, at New York, 194. Seen off Cape Delaware, 289. Off Chesapeake Bay, 294. Arrives at head of Chesapeake Bay, 295. Byron's and D'Estaing's, 337. Of allies, arrival of, 384. British powerful, collected on American coast, 387, xxi.

Fleets, French and Spanish, capture sixty vessels, 386.

Fort Hill, fortifying of, 156.

France, dispatches from, to Congress, 260. Mr. Adams appointed Minister to, 326. Treaty with, 337.

Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, return of, from England, 56. Attends Congress, 83. Chosen on committee for army, 113. On Canada committee, 135. Device for government seal, 210, 211. Portrait of, 216. On committee to confer with Lord Howe, 223. Arrival in France, 245. Rumor of his assassination, 327, 346, 354, 356.

Friends, Society of, 306.

Frigates, French, arrival of, 263. Continental, wind-bound, 269.

Fuel, scarcity of, in Boston, 112.

Gage, Thomas, General, arrives in Boston, 13th May, 1, 19, 48. Offers to send away the poor of Boston, 86, xviii.

Gardoqui and Sons, Messrs., transmit goods to Mrs. Adams, 374, 375.

Gates, Horatio, General, sent to New England, 289, 311, 314, 320, 323.

Generals, foreign, employment of, 286. Removal of, 289.

George's Island, enemy fortifying, 172.

Georgia, movements against, 362.

Germans, their vindictiveness, 267.

Germany, threatened with war, 337.

Gerry, Elbridge, 132. Returns to Boston, 202.

Gibraltar, 372.

Gillon, Alexander, 399.

Goods, West India, scarcity of, 82. Foreign, high prices of, 220.

Gordon, Dr., 348.

Gordon, Lord George, committed to the Tower, 383.

Gorham, Nathaniel, agent to Congress, from Charlestown, 273.

Grain, scarcity of, in New England, 362.

Grand Madame, 341.

Grape Island, attack upon persons engaged at, 56, 69.

Great Britain, malicious policy of, 345.

Greene, Nathanael, Colonel, repulses the enemy, 322. His bravery, 323.

Griffin, killed at attack on Lighthouse, 92. Death and burial of, 92.

Guard, Coast, expedition of to Nantasket Light, 86.

Guild, Mr., 400.

Gunpowder, seizure of, at Charlestown, 29. At Braintree, 34.

Hamilton, Alexander, 314.

Hancock, John, President of Congress, 58, 88, 367, xviii.

Hancock, Mrs. John, presentation of colors to, 121.

Haskins, imprisonment and escape of, 111-12.

Hazelwood, John, Commodore, 320.

Head of Elk, enemy in possession of, 301.

Hemmenway, Rev. Moses, visit of J. A. to, 8, 10.

Henley, Thomas, Major, death of, 232.

Henry, Patrick, 198.

Hesse Cassel, Prince of, 374.

Hessians, 283.

Hewes, Hon. Joseph, 282.

Hichborn, Benjamin, escape of, 115.

Hill, Dorchester, American troops gain possession of, 138.

Hill, Nook's, engagement at, 140. Prospect, 92.

Holland, common schools in, 388.

Hopkins, Admiral Ezekiel, commands fleet off Rhode Island, 152, 166.

Hopkinson, Francis, 216.

Hospital, small-pox, to be established in Boston, 187.

Hospitals, system of officers for, 257.

House of J. A. in Boston, occupied by British, 149.

Houston, John, Georgia delegate, 99.

Howe, Sir William, supersedes Gage, 107. Releases prisoners, 107, 115, 142. March through the Jerseys, 234. Prepares to attack New York, 294. Advances on Philadelphia, 296, 323.

Howe, Richard, Lord, Letter and proclamation of, 203. Desires conference with members of Congress, 223.

Howes, the two brothers, rise and reputation of, 258.

Hutchinson, Foster, notice of, 17.

Hutchinson, Thomas, Governor, on Salem as the seat of government, opinion of, 8. Departure of, for England, 19. Letters of, discovered, 52. Death of, 382-83, xv., xvi.

Huston, Mrs., anecdote of, 18.

Independence, declaration of, resolution of, passed in Congress, 191, 202. Read from pulpits in New England, 212, xxiv.

Island, Long, expedition to, successful; cattle captured, 80.

Island, Staten, inhabitants of, receive the enemy, 199.

Izard, Ralph, 354. Return of, 376.

Jardin du Roi, visit of Mr. Adams to, 379. Description of, 379.

Jefferson, Thomas, proposes device for government seal, 211.

Johnson, family of, 292.

Johnson, Sir John, 294.

Johnson, Thomas, Governor, 296.

Joice, Junior, carts tories out of Boston, 262.

Jurors, refusal of, to serve, 165.

Justice, Chief, appointment of J. A. to office of, 93. Jealousy caused by, 215.

King, the, prayed for in the Boston church, 230.

King and Queen of France, popularity of, 350.

King, Richard, of Scarborough, cause of, notice of, 20.

King's Bench Prison, burned by mob, 382.

Knowlton, Colonel, killed in battle, 232.

Labor, price of, in New England, 365.

Lafayette, Marquis de, return of, 398.

Lagoanere, M., 374.

Landais, Peter, Captain, 387.

_Languedoc_, French frigate, 342.

Laurens, Henry, 292. Appointment of, 370.

Laurens, John, Colonel, 390.

Lee, General, letter of, 87. Appointment of, 78, 133. Action at Sullivan's Island, 203. A prisoner, 245.

Lee, Arthur, 354, 356, 376.

Lead, scarcity of, in Boston, 220.

Lechmere's Point, skirmish at, 124.

Legation, Secretary of, Francis Dana appointed, 367.

Leger, St., 304.

Letters, of J. A. intercepted, 98, 116, 146. Caution to be used in transmission of, 103, 108. Loss of, 348, 380.

Letter-writing, as mental exercise, xiii.

Lighthouse, burning of, at Nantasket, 86. Second attack on, 92.

Lincoln, Benjamin, General, 248, 295, 390.

Liquors, excise on, recommended, 129.

London, mobs in, 382.

Long Island, defeat on, panic caused by, 223.

Lovell, James, 74, 80, 112, 157, 308, 375.

Lowell John, splendid house of, in Newburyport. Notice of, 4.

Manly, Captain, capture of English schooner by, 151, 157.

Mansfield, Lord, house of, burned by mob, 382.

Maria, Theresa Charlotte, Princess, illumination in honor of, 349.

Martin, Joseph, Governor of North Carolina, 50.

Maryland, State of, excellent farms in, 238. Passes law for enlistment of servants and apprentices, 257.

Massachusetts, Province of, terrible sickness prevails throughout, 95, 102. Soldiers of, ill-conduct of, 232. Constitution of, 369.

Men-of-war, lying in Boston Harbor, 180.

Men-of-war, blown up, 322.

Merchant vessels, chased by men-of-war, 270. Capture of, 347.

_Mercury_, ship, arrival of, with military stores, from France, 253.

Mifflin, Fort, defence of, 320, 322.

Mifflin, Thomas, Major, 45, 59, 70.

Mifflin, Mrs., 45.

Miles, Colonel, 283.

Militia, in arms, 54, 138. March to defense of New York, 199, 232.

Militia, Jersey, 233. Of Virginia, Maryland, etc., 296, 300.

Mission, American, to France, 346.

Mob, female, seize coffee, and chastise a merchant of Boston, 286.

Mobs, in Boston and elsewhere, 15, 19. The Gordon, in London, 382.

Molasses, made from cornstalks, 313.

Molesworth, James, a spy, his execution, 252.

Money market, state of, 361, 388.

Montgomery, Richard, General, oration in memory of, 132, 143.

Montresor's Island, skirmish at, 232.

Moody, Rev. Samuel, minister of York, Me. Notice of, 5.

Moravians, settlement of, at Bethlehem, Penn., 236. Description of, 241.

_Morris_, ship, falls into the hands of the British, 260.

Morton, Joseph, Mr., funeral oration on Gen. Warren, delivered by, 151.

Mugford, Captain, captures prize, is killed in naval engagement, 180

_Nancy_, brig, capture of, 129.

Nantasket, dismissal of troops at, 254

Narrows, the, fort at, 243.

Nash, Francis, General, 299.

Negroes, conspiracy of in Boston, 41.

New England, 120, 265.

New Englanders, 207. Inaction of, 245.

New York, City of, arms and ammunition seized by people of, 50. Appoints Provincial Congress, 51.

New York, ports of, closed, 51.

New York, troops collecting at, attack on expected, 194, 205, 260.

Niles, Captain, 344.

Noailles, Comte de, returns to France, 398.

Non-consumption agreement, 12.

Nook's Hill, engagement at, 140.

Norton, Rev. John, ix.

Officers, 248, 276, 305.

Officers, French, visit of to Boston, 342.

Offices, public, unfaithfulness in, 228.

Oliver, Andrew, Chief Justice, 24, 29.

Paine, Eunice, notice of, 36.

Paine, R. T. delegate to Philadelphia, 5.

Paine, Thomas, author of "Common Sense" and "The Forester," 167.

Palmer, Joseph, 43, 81.

Paper, high price of, 362.

Parliament, act of, to enable prisoners to be sent to England, 268.

Party spirit, American, in France, 354.

Paulus Hook, 232.

Peabody, Rev. Mr., xiv.

Peace, no hopes of, 396.

Peace treaty of, agreed upon, 405. Preliminary articles of signed, 413, xxiii.

Peale, Mr., 215, 216.

Pennsylvania, divided state of political opinion in, 231. Constitution of, opposition to, 280. German inhabitants of, their torpor and awkwardness, 323.

Philadelphia, meeting of Congress at, 5, 39. Removal of inhabitants from, 249. Rumors of Howe's advance on, 268, 291. Lethargic state of, 280. Description of country around, 278.

Pins, scarcity of, 82.

Plot, a, to conduct the British fleet up the Delaware River, 252.

Politics, American, extraordinary state of in France, 356.

Portia, assumed name of A. A., 53.

Ports, of New York, 51. Of Philadelphia, 153. Southern, precautions for defense of, 147.

Potter's Field, two thousand soldiers buried in, 259.

Powder, arrival of from South Carolina, etc., 90.

Precious stones, Duke of Orleans' collection of, 380.

Press, the, necessity of regulating, 11.

Prevost, General, 362.

Prices, high, 182. Congress legislates upon, 240, 261.

Prices current, 301, 387.

Prisoners, of Brig _Essex_, treatment of, 74. Exchange of, 257, 302.

Privateers, 153, 220. Success of, 270.

Privateering, act of Provincial Congress authorizing, 124. Rage for, in Boston, 230.

Prizes, two taken in Massachusetts Bay, 170, 175.

Proclamation for Independence read and proclaimed in Boston, 204.

Produce, West India, High prices of, 130.

Prospect Hill, 92.

Provinces, United, Alliance with, 393.

Provisions, scarcity of in Boston, 79.

Purviance, Mr., dinner party at house of, 248.

Putnam, Israel, General, 233.

Quakers, armed in Philadelphia, 60, 314.

Quincy, Elizabeth, mother of A. A., ix.

Quincy, John, ix., xii.

Quincy, Col. Josiah, 34.

Quincy, Josiah, Jr., accompanies J. A. to Falmouth, 10. Departs for Europe, 49. Death of, 50. Memoir of, 53.

Quincy, Mrs. Josiah, visit of A. A., to, 53.

Quincy, Norton, notice of, 27, 117.

Quincy, Samuel, notice of, 10, 11, 21, 154.

Randolph, Peyton, 37, 88.

Red Bank, engagement at, 322.

Refugees, in England, mischievous writings of, 404.

Rents, House, low rates of in Boston, 220.

Representatives, delay in election of, in Pennsylvania, 231.

Resolves, Suffolk, by whom passed, 33.

Revolution, The, memorials of, v. Influence of private individuals in forming, vi. Female influence, vii.

Rhode Island, 234, 261, 345.

Rice, Nathan, 24, 35, 52.

Richardson, Ebenezer, engaged in a mob in Boston, 15.

Richmond, Duke of, 332.

Riviere, Monsieur, 342.

Roberdeau, General Daniel, 174. Mr. Adams lodges at house of, 315.

Rousseau, J. J., 349.

Russell, Mr., bearer of petition from Charlestown to Congress, 273.

Rutledge, John, Governor of South Carolina, 198, 223.

Sachems, Indian, visit of, to Cambridge, 131.

Salt, made by women and children, 301.

Saltpetre, private manufacture of, 150.

Sapling, Simple, 80.

Saratoga, Blockade of. Drama written by Burgoyne, 321.

Sartine, M. de, 347.

Savannah, Siege of, 370.

Saville, Sir George, destruction of his house by mob, 382.

Sayward, Dr., 5, 9.

Schuyler, General Philip, 295.

_Sensible_, Frigate, Mr. Adams embarks in, 364, 367. Springs aleak, 370.

Service, Postal, 279.

Sewall, David, notice of, 3.

Shaw, Rev. John, xiv.

Shepard, Rev. Thomas, ix. Son of, ix.

Shipley, Dr. Jonathan, Bishop of St. Asaph, 35.

Ships, merchant, fleet of, arrival of, from England, 1.

Ships, merchant, chased by men-of-war, 270.

Sickness, abatement of, in Braintree, 111.

Simitiere, M. du, designs for government. Medal and seal, 210.

Skene, Major Philip, commissioned governor of Ticonderoga, imprisonment of, 61.

Sloops, Eastern, arrival of, in Boston, 152.

Small-pox, prevalence of, in Canada, 189; in Boston, 204.

Smith, Abigail. (See Abigail Adams.)

Smith, Elizabeth, sister of A. A., 34, 113, 185, xiv.

Smith, Dr., oration of, 132, 143, 167.

Smith, Mary, xiv.

Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth, mother of A. A., illness and death of, 102, 114. Reflections of J. A. on character, 118. (See Elizabeth Quincy.)

Smith, Rev. William, father of A. A., 102, 113, ix., xiv.

Snow, capture of, with cargo of West India goods, 152.

Snow-storm, terrible in Massachusetts, 351.

Snyder, Christopher, killed in riot in Boston, 15.

South Carolina, new Constitution, 174, 292.

Spain, journey of J. A., through, 373-4.

Spaniards, dress and manners of, 372.

Specie, scarcity of, 130.

Speech, King's, 348.

Spies, 252, 357.

Sprague, Dr., entertains J. A. on his journey to Congress, 233.

Stark, General John, 295.

Staten Island, conference with Lord Howe at, 226.

Stirling, Alexander, Lord, taken prisoner, 225.

Storer, Mr., 393.

Stores, military, capture of, 129.

Sugar, large quantities of, captured, 208.

Sullivan, John, General, successful career of, 2, 129, 223. Taken prisoner, 225.

Sussex, county of, Tories numerous in, 237.

Taxes, high rate of, 365, 388.

Thanksgiving, day of, appointed by Congress, 322.

Thaxter, John, 24, 27, 35, 367.

Thomas, John, General, 89, 184.

Thornton, Colonel, 246.

Ticonderoga, evacuation of, 285, 292.

Tillotson, Dr., 275, 318.

Tories, five, driven out of Boston, 262, 283. To be tried by their peers, 403.

Transports, arrival of, from York, 80.

Troops, raising of, in Connecticut and Rhode Island, 51. Review of, in Philadelphia, 61, 65. Delay in equipment of, 209. Retreat to Haerlem, 232.

Trowbridge, Edmund, Judge, notice of, 22.

Tucker, Samuel, Captain, 326.

Tufts, Dr. Cotton, notice of, 56, 77, 93, 394.

Tupper, Benj., Major, his schemes for setting fire to the enemy's fleet, 156.

Tyng, William, notice of, 22.

Venality, spirit of, dangerous predominance of, 232.

Vinton, sheriff, 29, 34.

Virginia, military preparations of, 154.

Waldo, Francis, collector, notice of, 20.

Ward, Samuel, Governor of Rhode Island, death of, 148.

War and ordnance, board of, established, 189.

War, articles of, new set of, 228.

_Warren_, frigate, captures a fleet, 363.

Warren, Joseph, General, death of, 67. Treatment of his remains by British, 91. Removal of, to Boston, 151.

Warren, James, General, of Plymouth, 24, 49, 178.

Warren, Mercy, notice of, 25.

_Washington_, frigate, 257.

Washington, George, 59. Appointed general-in-chief, 65. Proceeds to Boston, 70, 178. Success at Stony Brook, 233, 236. Advances to meet General Howe, 296. Simplicity of his life, 304. Harangues the army, 305, 398.

Wax-work, exhibition of, description of Mrs. Wells', Dr. Chovet's, 271.

Welch, Captain, 338.

Weymouth, alarm in, flight of inhabitants, 56.

Whipple, General, 208, 325.

Wibird, Rev. Anthony, 76, 89.

Wine, beer, etc., scarcity of, 277.

Winthrop, Mr. Samuel, 8, 10.

Winthrop, John, Professor, death of, 366.

Woedtke, Baron de, made Brigadier-general in American Army, 144.

Wollaston Mt., 326.

Wooster, David, General, loss of, 269.

Wright, Mrs., her efforts in the American cause, 271.

Writs, to summon juries, 29.

Writs of Assistants considered to be the commencement of trouble with Great Britain, 191, xvi.

Wrixon, Major, British officer, lawyer, 144.

Wyer, David, notice of, 17.

Wythe, George, member of Congress from Virginia, 99. One of committee for reporting on damages, etc., 111.

Yorktown, Congress adjourns to, 314. Description of, 320.

Zedwitz, Herman, scheme of, to poison the waters of New York city, 225.

Zubly, Dr. John J., 99. Notice of, 101.

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Transcriber's note

Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Printer errors have been changed and are listed below. All other inconsistencies are as in the original.

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