| INTRODUCTION | [5] |
| |
| CHAPTER I |
| THE FIRST CHARTER | [7] |
| |
| CHAPTER II |
| THE SECOND CHARTER | [16] |
| |
| CHAPTER III |
| CAUSES THAT LED TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | [27] |
| |
| CHAPTER IV |
| BOSTON MOBS AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REVOLUTION | [40] |
| |
| CHAPTER V |
| THE LOYALISTS OF MASSACHUSETTS | [54] |
| |
| CHAPTER VI |
| THE REVOLUTIONIST | [68] |
| |
| CHAPTER VII |
| INDIANS IN THE REVOLUTION | [88] |
| |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| THE EXPULSION OF THE LOYALISTS AND THE SETTLEMENT OF CANADA | [93] |
| |
| CHAPTER IX |
| THE WAR OF 1812 AND THE ATTEMPTED CONQUEST OF CANADA | [98] |
| |
| CHAPTER X |
| THE CIVIL WAR AND THE PART TAKEN BY GREAT BRITAIN IN SAME | [107] |
| |
| CHAPTER XI |
| RECONCILIATION. THE DISMEMBERED EMPIRE REUNITED IN BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP. "BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER." | [113] |
| |
| PART II |
| BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE LOYALISTS OF MASS. | [122] |
| THE ADDRESS OF THE MERCHANTS AND OTHERS OF BOSTON TO GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON | [123] |
| ADDRESS OF THE BARRISTERS AND ATTORNEYS OF MASSACHUSETTS TO GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON | [125] |
| ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF MARBLEHEAD TO GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON | [127] |
| ADDRESS TO GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON FROM HIS FELLOW TOWNSMEN IN THE TOWN OF MILTON | [128] |
| ADDRESS PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR GAGE ON HIS ARRIVAL AT SALEM | [131] |
| ADDRESS TO GOVERNOR GAGE ON HIS DEPARTURE | [132] |
| LIST OF INHABITANTS OF BOSTON WHO REMOVED TO HALIFAX WITH THE ARMY MARCH, 1776 | [133] |
| MANDAMUS COUNSELLORS | [136] |
| THE BANISHMENT ACT OF MASSACHUSETTS | [137] |
| THE WORCESTER RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE ABSENTEES AND REFUGEES | [141] |
| THE CONFISCATION ACT | [141] |
| CONSPIRACY ACT | [141] |
| ABSENTEES ACT | [143] |
| BIOGRAPHIES |
| THOMAS HUTCHINSON | [145] |
| LIST OF GOV. HUTCHINSON'S CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [174] |
| THOMAS HUTCHINSON, SON OF THE GOVERNOR | [175] |
| ELISHA HUTCHINSON | [177] |
| FOSTER HUTCHINSON | [177] |
| ELIAKIM HUTCHINSON | [178] |
| LIST OF ELIAKIM HUTCHINSON'S CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [180] |
| ANDREW OLIVER—LIEUT. GOVERNOR | [181] |
| THOMAS OLIVER | [183] |
| PETER OLIVER—CHIEF JUSTICE | [188] |
| SIR FRANCIS BERNARD | [191] |
| SIR WILLIAM PEPPERRELL | [205] |
| JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY AND HIS SON LORD LYNDHURST | [216] |
| KING HOOPER OF MARBLEHEAD | [221] |
| WILLIAM BOWES | [224] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES OF WILLIAM BOWES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [225] |
| GENERAL TIMOTHY RUGGLES | [225] |
| THE FANEUIL FAMILY OF BOSTON | [229] |
| THE COFFIN FAMILY OF BOSTON. ADMIRAL SIR ISAAC COFFIN SIR THOMAS ASTON COFFIN ADMIRAL FROMAN H. COFFIN GENERAL JOHN COFFIN | [233] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES OF JOHN COFFIN IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [246] |
| JUDGE SAMUEL CURWEN | [246] |
| JAMES MURRAY | [254] |
| SIR BENJAMIN THOMPSON—COUNT RUMFORD | [261] |
| COL. RICHARD SALTONSTALL | [272] |
| REV. MATHER BYLES | [275] |
| THE HALLOWELL FAMILY OF BOSTON | [281] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES OF BENJAMIN HALLOWELL IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [284] |
| THE VASSALLS | [285] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES OF JOHN VASSALL IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [290] |
| GENERAL ISAAC ROYALL | [290] |
| GENERAL WILLIAM BRATTLE | [294] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATE OF WILLIAM BRATTLE IN BOSTON | [297] |
| JOSEPH THOMPSON | [297] |
| COLONEL JOHN ERVING | [298] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES BELONGING TO COL. JOHN ERVING | [299] |
| MAJOR GENERAL SIR DAVID OCTHERLONY | [299] |
| JUDGE AUCHMUTY'S FAMILY | [301] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES OF ROBERT AUCHMUTY | [305] |
| COLONEL ADINO PADDOCK | [305] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES OF ADINO PADDOCK IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [308] |
| THEOPHILUS LILLIE | [308] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO THEOPHILUS LILLIE | [313] |
| DR. SYLVESTER GARDINER | [313] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO SYLVESTER GARDINER | [317] |
| RICHARD KING | [317] |
| CHARLES PAXTON | [318] |
| JOSEPH HARRISON | [319] |
| CAPTAIN MARTIN GAY | [321] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO MARTIN GAY | [325] |
| DANIEL LEONARD | [325] |
| JUDGE GEORGE LEONARD | [332] |
| COLONEL GEORGE LEONARD | [333] |
| HARRISON GRAY—RECEIVER GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS | [334] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO HARRISON GRAY | [337] |
| REV. WILLIAM WALTER, RECTOR OF TRINITY CHURCH | [338] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO REV. WILLIAM WALTER | [342] |
| THOMAS AMORY | [343] |
| REV. HENRY CANER | [346] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO REV. HENRY CANER | [349] |
| FREDERICK WILLIAM GEYER | [350] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO FREDERICK WILLIAM GEYER | [351] |
| THE APTHORP FAMILY OF BOSTON | [351] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO CHARLES WARD APTHORP | [354] |
| THE GOLDTHWAITE FAMILY OF BOSTON | [355] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO JOSEPH GOLDTHWAIT | [361] |
| JOHN HOWE | [361] |
| SAMUEL QUINCY, SOLICITOR GENERAL | [364] |
| COLONEL JOHN MURRAY | [376] |
| JUDGE JAMES PUTNAM, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY | [378] |
| JUDGE TIMOTHY PAINE | [382] |
| DR. WILLIAM PAINE | [385] |
| JOHN CHANDLER | [388] |
| JOHN GORE | [392] |
| JOHN JEFFRIES | [394] |
| THOMAS BRINLEY | [395] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO THOMAS BRINLEY | [397] |
| REV. JOHN WISWELL | [398] |
| HENRY BARNES | [399] |
| THOMAS FLUCKER, SECRETARY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY | [402] |
| MARGARET DRAPER | [404] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO MARGARET DRAPER | [405] |
| RICHARD CLARKE | [405] |
| PETER JOHONNOT | [409] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO PETER JOHONNOT | [411] |
| JOHN JOY | [411] |
| RICHARD LECHMERE | [413] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO RICHARD LECHMERE | [414] |
| EZEKIEL LEWIS | [414] |
| BENJAMIN CLARK | [415] |
| LADY AGNES FRANKLAND | [417] |
| COLONEL DAVID PHIPS | [418] |
| THE DUNBAR FAMILY OF HINGHAM | [421] |
| EBENEZER RICHARDSON | [422] |
| COMMODORE JOSHUA LORING | [423] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO JOSHUA LORING | [426] |
| ROBERT WINTHROP | [426] |
| NATHANIEL HATCH | [429] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO NATHANIEL HATCH | [430] |
| CHRISTOPHER HATCH | [430] |
| WARD CHIPMAN | [431] |
| GOVERNOR EDWARD WINSLOW | [433] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO ISAAC WINSLOW | [439] |
| SIR ROGER HALE SHEAFFE, BARONET | [439] |
| JONATHAN SAYWARD | [443] |
| DEBLOIS FAMILY | [445] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO GILBERT DEBLOIS | [446] |
| LYDE FAMILY | [447] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO EDWARD LYDE | [447] |
| JAMES BOUTINEAU | [448] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO JAMES BOUTINEAU | [449] |
| COL. WILLIAM BROWNE | [449] |
| ARCHIBALD CUNNINGHAM | [451] |
| CAPTAIN JOHN MALCOMB | [451] |
| THE RUSSELL FAMILY OF CHARLESTOWN | [452] |
| EZEKIEL RUSSELL | [453] |
| JONATHAN SEWALL | [454] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO SAMUEL SEWALL | [457] |
| THOMAS ROBIE | [457] |
| BENJAMIN MARSTON | [459] |
| HON. BENJAMIN LYNDE, CHIEF JUSTICE OF MASSACHUSETTS | [462] |
| PAGAN FAMILY | [464] |
| THE WYER FAMILY OF CHARLESTOWN | [465] |
| JEREMIAH POTE | [467] |
| EBENEZER CUTLER | [468] |
| APPENDIX |
| THE TRUE STORY CONCERNING THE KILLING OF THE TWO SOLDIERS AT CONCORD BRIDGE, APRIL 19, 1775. THE FIRST BRITISH SOLDIER KILLED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR | [471] |
| THE ENGAGEMENT AT THE NORTH BRIDGE IN CONCORD WHERE THE TWO SOLDIERS WERE KILLED | [476] |
| PAUL REVERE, THE SCOUT OF THE REVOLUTION | [477] |
| WILLIAM FRANKLIN, SON OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | [481] |
| THE ROYAL COAT OF ARMS | [482] |
| JUDGE MELLEN CHAMBERLAIN'S OPINION OF COLONEL THOMAS GOLDTHWAITE | [483] |
| NOTE ON PELHAM'S MAP OF BOSTON | [483] |
| NOTE ON GOV. JOHN WINTHROP | [483] |
| LIST OF LOYALISTS WHOSE NAMES OR BIOGRAPHIES ARE NOT FOUND IN THIS WORK | [484] |
| PELHAM'S MAP OF BOSTON IN POCKET IN THE BACK COVER. |