Patriots (97 page)

Solemn League and Covenant,
197

Somerset
, H.M.S.,
230
,
250

Sons of Liberty, origin of name,
51

South Carolina,
185
,
341
,
356
,
369
,
513
,
519

see also
Charleston, S.C.

Spain,
432
,
466
,
544
–45,
547
–49

Spectator, The
,
147

Spirit of Laws, The
(Montesquieu),
19

Sprague, Samuel,
183

Springfield, Mass.,
102
,
434

Stamp Act,
50
,
51
,
77
,
83
,
105
,
171
,
356

protests,
52
–65,
67
–70,
71
–72,
75
–81,
84
,
91
–93,
110
,
147
,
148
,
355

repeal of,
81
,
84
–87,
91
,
99
,
175

Stamp Act Congress,
71
–75

Stanislas II Poniatowski, King of Poland,
86
,
330

Stark, John,
277
,
278
,
280
–83,
285
,
442

Star-Spangled Banner,
534

Staten Island, N.Y.,
375
,
392
,
407
,
521
–23,
526

Stephen, Adam III,
413

Sterne, Laurence,
350

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm von,
469
–70,
476
,
487
,
513

Stevens, Ned,
124

Steward, Walter,
496

Stirling, William Alexander, “Lord,”
379
–80,
381
–85,
390
,
391
,
409
,
417
,
460
,
461
,
467

Stony Point, N.Y.,
496

Stormont, Lord,
433
–34

Story, William,
59

Straham, William,
324

Strickland (executioner),
509

Suffolk Resolves,
214
–15

Sugar Act,
48
–50,
94

Sullivan, John,
378
–85,
404
,
405
,
495
,
496

at Brandy wine and Germantown,
440
–41,
460

and British overtures,
390
–92,
505

in Trenton raid,
411
–12,
415
–17

Summary View of the Rights of British America, A
(Jefferson),
202
–3,
344

Surinam,
90

Sutherland, Lieutenant Colonel,
454
–455

Sweden,
544

Swift, Samuel,
75
–76

Sylvester, Richard,
98
,
115

Tallmadge, Benjamin,
507

Tappan, N.Y.,
507

Tarleton, Banastre,
404
–6,
441
,
514
–516,
533
,
536

Temple, John,
185

Terrible
, H.M.S.,
529
–30

Thacher, Oxenbridge,
22
,
25
,
61
,
70
–71,
73

Thayer, Amos,
132

Thomas, Isaiah,
217
,
225

Thomson, Charles,
208
,
209
–10,
213
,
266
,
562

Thornton, John,
435

Thunder
, H.M.S.,
332

Thurlow, Attorney General,
189

Ticonderoga, Fort,
256
,
258
–62,
265
,
327
,
439
,
442

Tilghman, Tench,
517
–18,
519

Townshend, Charles,
28
,
84
,
92
–93,
99

see also
Townshend Acts

Townshend Acts,
93
–105
passim
,
174

Trenton, N.J.,
400
,
406
,
407
–19,
422
,
425
–26

Tryon, William,
341

Two Penny Acts,
40
–41,
44
–46

Tyler, John,
516
–17

Tyler, Royall,
98
,
132

Union Feast,
75

Valencia de Alcántara,
273

Valley Forge,
467
–72,
476
–78

Van Wart, Isaac,
503
–4

Varick, Richard,
501
,
504

Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de,
323
–24,
430
,
432
–34,
436
,
493
,
547
–51

Vernon, Edward,
292

Ville-de-Paris
,
526
,
531

Virginia,
38
–47,
369
,
510
–12

primogeniture in,
511
–12

protests in,
58
,
66
–71,
197
,
202
–3,
356

slavery in,
203
,
304
,
357
–58,
369
,
554
–55

state constitution of,
329
,
352
–54

war in,
512
–16,
52
off.

Western claims of,
295
–98,
371
,
372
,
518

see also
Burgesses, House of

Virginia Resolves (resolutions on Stamp Act),
68
–71,
73
,
77

Virginia Revolutionary Convention,
221
–23

Vulture
(British sloop),
505
–6

Waldo, Albigence,
467

Walker, John,
348
–49

Walker, Patrick,
130
–32,
138

Walpole, Horace,
542

Walpole, Sir Robert,
29
,
48

Ward, Artemas,
252
,
269
,
273
,
277
,
290
,
309

Ware case,
21

Warner, Seth,
260

Warren, James,
170
,
309
,
320
,
342
,
551
,
557

Warren, Joseph,
109
,
148
,
197
,
231
,
267
–
68

and Samuel Adams,
34
,
104
,
214
,
225
–26,
287
,
310
,
437

attacks Bernard,
104

and Boston Massacre,
155
,
191
,
217
–18

and Breed’s Hill,
277
,
279
–81,
286
–287

and Bunker Hill,
272
,
273

at Cambridge with army,
252
–53,
258
–59,
265

death of,
286
–87,
437

and Lexington battle,
250
–52

and Revere’s warnings,
225
–27,
229
,
230

his Suffolk Resolves,
214
–15

and tea boycott,
173
,
177
,
179

Warren, Mercy Otis,
327
,
551
,
557

Warren, William,
160

Washington, Augustine,
291

Washington, Fort,
394
,
399
–400,
402
,
408
,
409
,
425

Washington, George,
103
,
289
–304

adulation of,
307
,
370
,
428
–29,
438
,
462
,
469
,
486
,
497

and André,
506
–9

appointment as commander and

departure for Cambridge,
268
–
69
,
289
–91,
304
,
306

and army discord,
557
–59

and Arnold,
315
,
318
,
319
,
477
,
494
,
500
–502,
504
–6,
509

awards of,
329

birth and early life of,
291
ff.

at Brandywine,
440

and Breed’s Hill battle,
308

Brooklyn Heights evacuated by,
385
–90

in Burgesses,
67
,
304

at Cambridge,
307
–12,
325
,
326
–327,
438

and Canada expedition,
315
–16,
318
,
319
,
328
,
342

Clinton, pursuit of,
476
–79

as Congress delegate,
203
,
213
,
265

Congress is warned by about New York,
359

and Conway affair,
460
–64

courtship and marriage of,
301
–4

democratic beliefs of,
438

descriptions of,
292
,
294

and deserters,
309
,
401
,
496
,
539

Dorchester Heights fortified by,
327
–28,
375

emergency powers given to,
423

and Sally Fairfax,
293
–94,
298
,
299
,
301
,
303
,
327

farewells of,
561
–63

and foreign volunteers,
468
–71

and French alliance,
466
–67,
469

and French fleet,
494
–95,
499
,
519
,
521
–22,
524
,
525
,
530
–33,
537
,
539
,
544

in French and Indian War,
203
,
208
,
297
–300,
302
,
304
,
331
,
409
,
413
,
439

and Gates,
410
,
438
,
458
–63
passim

at Germantown,
440
–41

and Hamilton,
412
,
507
,
517
–19

at Harlem Heights,
394
–96,
399

and Hessian prisoners,
420
–22,
424
–25

indiscreet letters of,
518
–20,
521
,
523

Jefferson gets help from,
513

and Charles Lee,
304
,
316
,
331
,
471
–72,
479
,
482
–87,
556

and Long Island,
379
–80,
382
–85,
388
–90

in militia,
294
–98,
300
–304

at Monmouth,
479
–85

at Morristown,
496
–98

New Jersey retreat of,
400
–403,
412
,
425

New York, defense and loss of (1776),
373
–75,
393
–96

New York, intentions and feints toward (1781),
519
–20,
522
–525

Ohio-country missions of,
295
–98

and Paine,
341
,
401
–2,
556
–57

and peace overtures,
375
–77,
391
,
393
,
546

peacetime army proposed by,
560

Philadelphia, loss of,
440
–41

Princeton victory of,
426
–28,
524

retirement, yearning for,
560
–62

and slaves,
304
,
308

and spies,
307
,
309
–11,
373
–74,
390
,
398
,
406
–7,
472
,
522

and Trenton,
407
,
408
–24,
425
,
426
,
524

at Valley Forge,
467
–72,
477

at Virginia Revolutionary Convention,
208
,
222

at White Marsh,
459
,
460

and White Plains,
399
,
486

Yorktown, his moves toward,
523
–25,
530
–31

Yorktown campaign of,
532
–40

Washington, John Augustine,
290
,
296
,
300
,
329

Washington, Lawrence,
292
–94

Washington, Lund,
377
,
397

Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis,
203
,
301
–4,
437
,
544
,
554

intercepted letter of,
520

with Washington during war,
327
,
472
,
477
,
496
–971,
561

Washington, Mary Ball,
291
–92,
295
,
299
,
304
,
429
,
544

Waterhouse, Samuel,
73

Wayne, Anthony,
474
–75,
477
,
478
,
483
,
487
,
496
,
505

Wedderburn, Alexander,
186
,
189
,
466

Wemms, William,
160