Phinney, Edmund, 1. 80.

Phips, Jedidiah, 1. 177, 284.
Phips farm, 1. 48.

Pickering, John, 1. 78, 81; speaker, 11. 52.
Pickering, Timothy, on departments, II. 124.
Pigeon, John, 1. 91, I01.
Pigot, Hugh, 11. 175.
Pike men, favored, 1. 54 n.
Pinckney, Charles, 1. 294 n.
Pitcairn, John, 1. 63.

Pitt, William, 11. 241,
Pitts, John, 1. 58.

Places, multiplicity of, in one person, I. 173.
Pliarne, Emanuel de, death of, II. 6.

Portland, duke of, see Bentinck.

Portland, II. 145.

Ploughed Hill, 1. 107.

Plumer, William, II. 382.
Plymouth, Mass., town meeting and petition,
I. 12; II. 399, 400, 405; annual festivity,
1. 19, 22; letter and protest, 20; threatened,
151, 177; privateers, 193; militia, 273 n.;
prophetical egg, 283; attacks Warren, II.
17; collector of port, 315.
Point Alderton, 1. 216.
Politician, art of a, 1. 160.
Polk, Josiah, 1. 294 n.
Pomeroy, Seth, 1. 79, 85 n.
Poor, Enoch, 1. 347, 354.
Pope, Alexander, 1. 37.

Quakers, 1. 168, 213; non-resistance, 280.

Popery, danger of, II. 9, 15, 39; loss of Quartermaster General, 1. 86, 90, 92; 11. 125.
Quebec, Arnold's expedition, I. 109, 149, 152,
248; capture of fleet, 11. 141.
Queen of France, II. 35, 93.

temporal power, 365.

Port bill, Boston, losses from, I. 160.

Porter, Elisha, II. 434.

Porter, introduction of manufacture, 1. 273. Quincy, Dorothy, marriage, I. 110.
Portia, see Abigail Adams.

Quincy, Elizabeth, 1. 159.

Quincy, Josiah, 1. 131, 230; 11. 236, 238.

Preble, Jedidiah, 1. 106.

Prescott, James, committee of war, 1. 276 n.
Prescott, William, 1. 109.

Prevost, Augustine, 11. 126.
Price, James, on Canada, 1. 52 n.
Price, James, II. 245.

Prices, 1. 159, 175, 298; regulating act, Mass.,
305, 330, 334; extravagant, 367; II. 3, 19,
32, 104.

Prince, Thomas, papers, II. 47.
Princeton, N.J., affair at, I. 283.
Privateers, 1. 182, 189, 213, 255, 267, 271;
resolves, 227; embargo, 312, 317; pre-
valence, II. 438.

Proctor, John, 1. 298 n.
Prophecy, Winthrop on, 11. 357, 365, 375.
Prospect Hill, 1. 107.
Providence, R.I., continental ships, 1. 305,
311, 318, 335, 350, 365.
Providence, 11. 103.
Provoost, Samuel, II. 284.

Pulaski, Kazimierz (Casimir), civil power
and, II. 58.

Purviance, Samuel and Robert, 1. 288.
Putnam, Israel, 1. 50, 68, 151; general, 61,
64, 65; at Cobble Hill, 114.

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Portsmouth, N.H., arms, 1. 339.
Portugal, rumor of war with England, 1. 262;
attitude of, 307; feeling against, 321;
recognizes America, 11. 194, 208; treaty,
222, 265; Great Britain and, 376.
Post, defective service, 1. 279.
Post office, establishment of, 1. 25, 91; un- Ranger, 1. 365; II. 93.
certainty, 337.

Rapatio, 1. 18.

Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François, His-
toire, 11. 136, 155.
Rayneval, Joseph Matthias Gérard de, II.
196, 197.

Potes, captain, 1. 278.
Pottstown, Penn., reply to address, II. 340.
Powder, 1. 55, 65, 92, 93, 99, 108, 169; efforts
to obtain, 66, 115, 170; anxiety on, 68, 132;
from Antigua, 135; supplies, 199, 238.
Powell, Jeremiah, 11. 138, 145.
Pownall, Thomas, Hutchinson's salary, 1. 7 n.

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Rainbow, 1. 305 n., 366, 373.

Raleigh, 1. 365; 11. 16, 26, 44, 93.
Ramsay, David, 11. 301.

Randolph, Peyton, 1. 158; returns to Con-
gress, 112; death of, 161, 181.
Randolph, 1. 371.

Read, George, 1. 218 n.
Read, captain, 1. 129.

Rebels, Warren's use of word, 1. 113.

Reconciliation, II. 435.
Redbank, defence of, 1. 374, 375-
Redman, John, 1. 164.
Reed, Joseph, 1. 85, 88, 99 n., 168, 174; II.
414; a lieut.-colonel, 1. 51; resigns, 238.
Reflecteur, II. 125.
Reed, William, supreme court, I. 150, 178, 226. St. Martens, powder, 1. 136.
Regulating act, II. 449.
St. Michel, 11. 125.
Religion, jealousy of, II. 39.
Republic, J. Adams on, 1. 201.
Resistance, II. II, 15, 26, 44.
Retaliation, 11. 166, 352.
Revere, Paul, 1. 20, 183, 187; II. 425.
Rhode Island, troops for, 1. 273, 323;
attempt upon, 304, 310, 315, 317, 329,
330, 371, 372, 377; expedition, II. 42, 44,
50; impost in, 234, 248.
Rice, Nathan, II. 110.
Riedesel, Friedrich Adolph, baron, 11. 451.
Riflemen, 1. 54, 58, 61, 64, 67, 76, 84; re-
strained, 100; trouble with, 107.
Rivington, James, 11. 162, 164.
Roberdeau, Daniel, 1. 250, 293 n.
Robinson, Matthew, II. 287.
Robuste, 11. 125.

II.

Roche de Fermoy, see Fermoy.

Rodney, George Brydges, II. 126, 131.
Rogers, John, 1. 294 n.

Rose, 1. 121 n.

Ross, John, 11. 184.
Roxbury, Mass., town proceedings, 1. 13, 15;
II. 401; army at, I. 67; strength of, 83.
'Royal American Magazine,' 1. 33.
Ruggles, Timothy, 407; at Albany Congress,
II. 386.

Rumsey, Benjamin, 1. 294 n.
Rush, Benjamin, 1. 263; 11. 164, 381.
Russell, Jonathan, 1. 1 n.

Russell, Lothrop, 1. 1.

Russell, Rachel, 1. 21.

Russell, Sarah (Sever), 11. 299, 302.

mittee, 311 n.

Rutledge, John, 1. 230.

com-

St. Clair, Arthur, evacuation of Ticonderoga,
I. 342, 343, 344, 345, 347, 348; II. 450;
Glover on, 1. 355, 356; inquiry, 356.
St. Eustatius, powder, 1. 136.

St. Johns, Canada, 1. 123, 131, 152, 181.
St. Kitts, powder, 1. 136.

Sack of Rome, by Mrs. Warren, II. 300.
Sail cloth, 1. 200.

Salaries, reduction of, II. 248.

Salem, Mass., I. 98; privateers, 193; election
disallowed, 253-

Salt, South Carolina, I. 313; Massachusetts,
368.

Saltonstall, Dudley, 1. 271.
Saltpetre, efforts to make, 1. 66, 67, 115, 153,
157, 158, 163, 177, 189, 193; 11, 430, 433;
need, 1. 132; supply, 199.

Sampson, Deborah, 1. 305 n.
Sampson, Peleg, 1. 305 n.

Sampson, Simeon, I. 182, 305; 11. 112, 127,
136, 139.

San Domingo, 1. 362.

Sandwich, see John Montagu.

Sandwich, Mass., I. 368.

Russell, Thomas, 11. 258, 284.

Russia, attitude of, 1. 307; mediation, II. 122; Schweighauser, John D., 11. 118.

minister to, 158; invasion of, 372.
Rutland, convention prisoners, II. 28.
Rutledge, Edward, 1. 276 n.; naval

Saratoga, N.Y., I. 348; Burgoyne at, 356.
Saratoga, II. 141.

Sargent, Judith, 11. 329 n.

Sargent, Winthrop, 11. 329 n.

Sartine, Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert
Gabriel de, 11. 71, 210.

Savage, Samuel Phillips, committee of war,
1. 276 n.

Sawbridge, Catharine, 1. 7 n.
Saxe, Maurice, comte de, 1. 70.
Schools, grammar, I. 171.

Schuyler, Philip, 1. 125, 131, 132, 140, 148,
156; 355; II. 439; general, 1. 61, 64, 65; in
command, 208; on Ticonderoga, 295, 343;
criticised, 342, 344, 353 n., 357, 364; inves-
tigation of, 347, 356; distrust, 348; letter
on Massachusetts, 352, 364; Glover on,
355, 356; on departments, II. 124.

Scollay, John, II. 157.

Scollay, Mercy, I. 33.
Scot, -, captain, 1. 33.
Seamen, number of, 1. 174.

Searle, James, 1. 277 n.; II. 164, 171.
Secretary of Massachusetts, I. 94, 173.
Sellers, Hall and, 1. 5.
Sensible, II. 119.

Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson, 1. 231, 293 n.;
naval committee, 311 n.
Sergeant, Nathaniel Peaslee, supreme court,
1. 150, 178.

Sever, William, 1. 131 n.; II. 121, 406; su-
preme court, I. 150; council, 152.
Sewall, David, 1. 264.

Sewall, Jonathan, 1. 2, 101; Massachuset-
tensis, II. 407.

Sharpe, Horatio, 1. 6.

Shaw, Nathaniel, Jr., 11. 25.

Shays' rebellion, 11. 279, 292, 312, 314.
Shelburne, Lord, see William Petty.
Sherburne, Mass., saltpeter, 1. 193.
Sheriff, William, 1. 63, 123.
Sherman, Roger, 1. 293; naval committee,

340.

Shippen, Thomas, II. 186, 290.
Shippen, —, dr., II. 166.
Ships, number and construction, I. 174, 182;
destruction of British on lakes, 279, 282.
Shipwright, row gallies, 1. 130; number, 174.
Skene, Philip, prisoner, 1. 65.
Slaves, in apportionment, II. 201.
Smallpox, 1. 84, 194, 257, 260, 263; Boston,
261, 267; II. 14, 428.
Smith, Abigail (Adams), 11. 277, 290; illness,
384; death, 385.

Smith, Jonathan Bayard, I. 191, 293 n.
Smith, William, rev., death, II. 236.
Smith, William, of Md., 1. 294 n.
Smith, William Stephens, II. 277, 279, 386.
Smith, William Steuben, 11. 290 n., 354.
Smith, of Baltimore, I. 93; of Mass.,

I. 324.
Smythe, Walter, 11. 288.
Snow Bird, 1. 200.

Souverain, 11. 125.

Sovereignty, offer to foreign powers, I. 127.
Spain, attitude of, 1. 127; fiat for, 198, 203;
ports open, 1. 307; difference with Great
Britain, 314, 360; alliance with, 11. 93, 153;
mediation of, 119; policy, 174; treaty, 176,

States, votes of, under confederation, 1. 338,
375; reserved powers, 375.
Steigner, Nicolas Frederic de, II. 340.
Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry
Ferdinand von, II. 12, 19.
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1. 343.

Stevenson, John, captain, 1. 193; II. 424.
Stewart, Walter, 1. 282.

Stille,

I. 290.

Smith, Carolina, 11. 385.
Smith, Elizabeth (Quincy), death of, 1. 159. Stillman, Samuel, 1. 143, 165.
Smith, John Adams, II. 384.
Stillwater, N.Y., I. 348.
Stirling, Thomas, Lord, 1. 208.
Stockton, Richard, 1. 293 n.
Stone, Thomas, I. 294 n.
Storer, Ebenezer, 1. 310 n.
Stormont, see David Murray.
Story, William, 1. 131 m.; II. 101.
Stoughton, Mass., I. 193.
Strong, Caleb, II. 142.
Sturgis, Rebecca, 1. 1 n.
Suffolk county, justices, 11. 120.
Sullivan, James, judge, 1. 219, 226; repre-
sentative, 11. 219, 231, 236.

Sullivan, John, 1. 188, 282; mission from
Howe, 272, 274; on Staten Island, 364;
western expedition, II. III; letter to
Hancock, 161.
Sulphur, 1. 163.

182.

Spanktown, skirmish, I. 298.

Spencer, Joseph, 1. 86, 95, 349; 11. 418; Rhode
Island expedition, 1. 372.
Sphinx, 11. 125.

II.

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Spooner, Sarah Warren, 1. 152 n.
Spooner, Walter, 1. 178; council, 152.
Spooner, II. 405.
Springfield, Mass., convention, 350.
Squantum, proposed fort, 1. 130, 216.
Stamp office, destruction of, 1. 358.
Stanhope, Edwin, captain, II. 269.
Stanhope, Philip Dormer, Earl of Chester-
field, 11. 128.

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Solitaire, 11. 125.

Somerset county, Md., tories, 1. 292.
Somerset Court House, N.J., I. 336.
Sourland Hills, 1. 336.

South Carolina, 1. 277; seizure of arms, 50;
defence of, 170; government, 170, 175,
182, 230, 249; independence, 232; repre-
sentation in Congress, 294; religious estab-
lishment, 296; trade enterprise, 313; Brit-Sun, eclipse of, 1. 283.

ish in, 11, 107, 110, III.
Souther, Daniel, 1. 182.

Sutton, Mass., powder mill, 1. 193.
Swanwick, John, II. 225.

Sweden, treaty, II. 187, 208; minister, 331.
Swift, Samuel, 1. 107.

Trade, colonial, 1. 88, 95; with the enemy, 98;
problems of, 126, 138, 146, 153, 155, 176;
obstructing, 145, 166; foreign, 184, 213;
spirit of, 222; with Europe, 11. 3.
Trade, colonial defence of, 1. 87.
Trapier, Paul, Jr., 1. 294 n.
Treadway, Susanna B. (Adams | Clark), II.
386 n.

Treadway, William R. H., 11. 386 n.
Treasury, continental, 1. 89.
Treaties, of commerce, 1. 127.
Trenton, N.J., British at, 1. 279.
Triomphant, II. 125.
Triton, 11. 125.

Trot, George, 1, 186, 194, 240, 248.
Trumbull, John, 11. 154.

Trumbull, Jonathan, 1. 57, 66, 327, 352; II.

Taxes, continental, 1. 374, 377; currency and,
II. 90; Massachusetts, 105, 427.
Taylor, Eldad, 1. 131 n., 252.
Taylor, George, 1. 298 n.
Tea, in Boston, 1. 18; 11. 166; Charleston, 1.
20; New York, 20; privilege, 238; Boston
party, II. 403.
Temple, Elizabeth (Bowdoin), 1. 216 n.; ap-
plication to Congress, 267, 270, 272, 273,
310.

Temple, Sir John, 1. 216 n., 271, 316; II. 63,
448; persecution, 179, 233; consul general,
250, 263, 265.

137.

Ternay, Charles Gabriel d'Arsac, Marquis
de, death of, 11. 157, 160.
Test act proposed, 1. 178, 184.
Thacher, Peter, 1. 144 n.

Trumbull, 1. 365 n.; 11. 135, 138, 141.
Trusler, John, II. 273, 277.

Thanksgiving, day of, victory over Bur- Tryon, William, 1. 24; II. 416; on tea, 20; to

be watched, 65.

goyne, I. 374.

Thaxter, John, 11. 84, 86, 165.
Thayer, Ebenezer, 1. 40 n.
Thayer, Ebenezer, Jr., 1. 252.
Theatres, French and English, 11. 244.

Thomas, George, II. 17.

Thomas, Isaiah, 11. 405.
Thomas, John, 1. 91, 101, 157; provision for,
68, 74, 78, 79, 85; in action, 83; Warren
on, 95; 11. 413, 414.

Thompson, James, II. 284.

Thompson, Thomas, captain, 1. 312, 350; II. United States, future influence, 11. 213.
III; suspended, II.

Thompson, William, 1. 226; II. 435.
Thomson, Charles, 1. 198.

Toasts at banquet to French, 11. 48, 57.
Tolley, Walter, 1. 39.

Tolman, Farr, I. 16 n.
Tolman, Hannah (Fayerweather), 1. 16 n.
Tories, see Loyalists.

Tracy, James, II. 438.

Tracy, Robert, 11. 438 n.

Tracy, ́, 1. 168; 11. 247, 424.

Tucker, Samuel, 1. 241.

Tudor, William, recommended, 1. 65, 87.
Tull, Thomas, 1. 35, 320.

Tupper, Benjamin, at light house, 1. 96;
adventure, 217.

Turin, court of, recognizes America, 11. 194.
Turks, rising of, II. 304.
Turnbull, William, 1. 320.
Tyler, Royall, II. 154.

Valnais, Mrs., II. 245.
Vengeur, II. 125.

Thynne, Thomas, viscount Weymouth, 1. 21, Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 11. 169,
360; war with France, 315, 362.
210; character of, 195.
Ticonderoga, affairs at, 1. 272, 296; militia Vermont, II. 151, 172.
for, 323; weakness of, 327, 342; evacuation
of, 342, 344, 346, 348, 357, 359; II. 450.
Tilghman, Matthew, 1. 294 n.
Tillotson,, II. 132.

Vernon, William, navy board, 1. 312, 324; II.

44.

Vestal, 11. 159.

Veto, governor's, I. 242.

Vice, licensed, II. 243.
Victoire, 11. 125.

Virginia, assertion of rights of colonies, 1.6 7.;
riflemen, 76; delegation in Congress, 112;
government, 191; independence, 232, 249;
constitution, 257; religious establishment,
296; British in, II. 104; donation from,
407.