Independence, [54] et seq.; see also Declaration of Independence.
Independence, Fort [127].
India, France against British in, [206].
Indians, allies of Burgoyne, [125], [133], [138], [139]-[140], [144]; with St. Leger, [134]-[136]; aid loyalists in Wyoming massacre, [229].
Ireland, Declaration of Independence, [208].
J
Jay, John, on Declaration of Independence, [78]; opinion of Congress, [162]; on American Commission, [270].
Jefferson, Thomas, and Declaration of Independence, [75]-[77]; on Lafayette, [170]; British plan to capture, [252].
Johnson, Sir John, with St. Leger, [133]-[134], [135].
Johnson, Samuel, quoted, [58].
Johnson, Sir William, [134].
Jones, John Paul, [204]-[206]; bibliography, [281].
K
Kalb, Baron de, part in Revolutionary War, [173]-[174]; killed, [220].
Kaskaskia (IL), Clark at [223].
Kennett Square (PA), British camp at, [118].
Keppel, Admiral, and London riots, [207].
King's Mountain (SC), battle of, [221]-[222].
Knox, Henry,Washington values service of, [110], [171]-[172].
Knyphausen, General, and Howe, [115]; at the Brandywine, [118]; effective service, [179]-[180].
Kosciuszko, in American army, [173]
L
Lafayette, Marquis de, [182], [230], [238]; and Washington, [13], [168], [169]; and independence of America, [30]; personal characteristics, [169]-[170]; volunteers through Deane's influence, [185]; with Lee at Monmouth Court House, [198]-[199]; sent to France (1779), [210]; as interpreter for Washington and Rochambeau, [234]; in Virginia, [251]-[252].
Lansdowne, Marquis of, see Shelburne, Lord.
Laurens, Henry, on American Commission, [270].
Lauzun, Duc de, with French army in America, [231]-[232], [233].
Laval-Montmorency, French officer in America, [232].
Lee, Arthur, on commission to Paris, [185].
Lee, General Charles, [150], [172]; Washington writes to, [30]; at Fort Washington, [98]; disobeys Washington, [98]-[99]; letter to Gates, [99]; captured, [99]; and Howe, [99], [112]-[113]; freed by exchange of prisoners, [173]; personal characteristics, [173]; and training of recruits, [176]; at Monmouth Court House, [198]-[199]; court-martialed, [199]; suspended, [199]; dismissed from army, [199].
Lee. R.H., and Declaration of Independence, [75].
Lee, Fort (NJ) [96]; Washington at, [97]; falls to British, [97], [98].
Leicester, Lord , costly residence at Holkham, [18].
Lexington (MA), Battle of, [2], [21].
Lincoln, Abraham, quoted, [29]; and Declaration of Independence, [76], [77]-[78].
Lincoln, General Benjamin, at Ticonderoga, [142]; southern campaign, [214], [215], [217], [264].
Long Island (NY),battle of, [87]-[90], [91].
Loyalists, Howe and Pennsylvania, [162]; plundering, [203], [228]; in South, [212]-[213]; Clinton's proclamation to, [218]; decline in strength, [224]; punishments, [225]-[226]; Test Acts, [226]; question of compensation of, [272]; gather in New York to claim British protection, [274]; bibliography, [281].
Luzerne, French minister, [258].
M
McCrae, Jennie, carried off by Indians, [140].
McNeil, Mrs., carried off by Indians, [140].
Maine, Arnold's expedition, [43], [44].
Marie Antoinette, Queen, zeal for liberal ideas, [183]; Fersen friend of, [232].
Marion, Francis, guerrilla leader, [220], [247].
Marlborough, Duke of, costly residence, [18].
Martha's Vineyard (MA), Loyalist refugees plunder, [228].
Maryland, and independence, [75]; Howe plans to secure control of, [113].
Massachusetts, Suffolk County defies England, [28]-[29]; North and constitution of, [191]; list of Loyalists, [226].
Minorca returned to Spain, [273].
Mirabeau, French officer in America, [232].
Mississippi River becomes western frontier of United States, [273].
Monmouth Court House (NJ), battle of, [198]-[199]; Lee at, [176].
Montgomery, General Richard, expedition to Canada, [43]; at Quebec, [45]-[46]; death, [46]-[47], [48].
Montreal, Montgomery enters, [44]; Commission sent to, [50]; evacuated, [51]; St. Leger reaches, [136].
Morgan, Captain Daniel, at Quebec, [46]; with Greene, [247]; at Cowpens, [248].
Morris, Gouveneur, opinion of Congress, [162].
Morristown (NJ), American headquarters at, [99], [106], [110].
Moultrie, Fort (SC), battle at, [83].
Mount Vernon (VA), Washington's estate, [20], [259], [275].
Murray, Mrs., saves Putnam's army, [94].