Chapter 265

alarm occasioned in, by broadsides from the _Asia_, ii. 129; temporizing policy of the provincial congress of, ii. 130; batteries in and near, in March, 1776 (_note_), ii. 137; placed under martial law by General Putnam, ii. 138; headquarters of Washington in--society broken up in, ii. 139; communications between the people of, and the king's ships, ii. 140; measures of Congress for the defence of, ii. 170; schemes of the tories in, under the direction of Tryon, ii. 172, 173; inadequacy of the force at, for its defence, ii. 179, 180; Declaration of Independence read to the troops in--statue of George III. in, destroyed by a party of soldiers and citizens, ii. 214; excitement caused in, by broadsides from British ships, ii. 218; arrival of Lord Howe at--tories in prison in, removed to the interior,