I shall certainly return home in the spring. With or without leave, resignation accepted or not, home I will come, so you have nothing to do but wait to receive your old friend
J. Adams.
FOOTNOTES:
[213] The preliminary articles between the three parties, Great Britain, France, and the United States, were signed at Paris on the 28th of January, 1783. Hence this may be considered as the close of the great struggle of the Revolution.
INDEX.
Act, limiting prices, [239], [243], [262], [307].
Act, Tender, repeal of, [390].
Adams, Abigail.
Illness of, [1].
Apprehensions of war, [25], [xviii].
Read Rollin's Ancient History, [25].
Visit to Colonel Quincy's, [34].
Visit to her brother, [41].
Visit to Boston Garrison, [41].
Opinion of slavery, [41].
Portia, assumed name of, [53].
Hospitality to soldiers, [57].
Her house in Boston deserted, [63].
Impressions of Generals Washington and Lee, [79].
Illness of friends, [94].
Her own illness, [95].
Death of her mother, [102].
Loss of relatives, [106].
Dines at Major Mifflin's with Generals Gates and Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Dr. McHenry, etc., [128].
Describes events preceding the evacuation of Boston, [137]-[141].
Appointed on Ladies' Committee, [163].
Visits Roxbury, [180].
Visit to Plymouth, [185].
Goes on board the brig Defence, [186].
Visits Boston with her family to be inoculated for the small-pox, [200].
Reflections on Declaration of Independence, [201].
Visit to Mrs. Samuel Adams, [225].
Entertains judges of the Superior Court, [227].
Brother of, sails in the Darter, [269].
Success in farming, [272].
Fears another invasion, [274].
Disapproves retaliatory spirit towards the enemy, [275].
Removes from Boston, [287].
Visits Boston on occasion of Burgoyne's surrender, [321].
Anniversary of her marriage, [322], [xxi].
Letters to her son, John Quincy Adams, [334], [395].
Entertains French officers, [342].
Dines on board French frigate, [342].
Ill health of her father, [384].
Applied to in behalf of prisoners, [400].
Receives goods from Paris, [401].
Joins her husband in Europe, [xxiii].
Life at Court, [xxiv].
Returns to America, [xxv].
Letter on occasion of her husband's election to the Presidency, [xxvi].
Declining years, [xxviii].
Death of her daughter, [xxix].
Obsequies, [xxix].
Letters desired for publication, [xxxi].
Adams, John.
Indisposition of, [1].
Habits of daily exercise, [1].
Compares his own success with that of friends, [3].
Chosen delegate to Philadelphia, [5], [xvii].
Independent of party contest, [7].
Visit to Wells, [10].
Arrival at Falmouth, [11].
Engaged in the case of Richard King, of Scarborough, [19].
Dines with Mr. Collector Waldo, [20].
Despondency, [21].
Starts for Philadelphia, [23], [xvi].
Thoughts of, on the education of his children, [28].
Attends meeting of Dr. Allison, [46].
Visits Roman chapel, [46].
Leaves Philadelphia, [47].
Leaves home on his second mission to Congress, [50], [xvii].
Reception at New York, [54].
Accident, [55].
Ill state of eyes, [58].
Difficult labors, [61].
Letters intercepted by the British, [85].
Appointment as chief justice, [93].
Arrival in Philadelphia, [99].
Illness of his family, [100], [xix].
Present crisis foreseen, [105].
Death of his wife's mother, [108].
One of committee to collect account of hostilities, etc., [110].
Visit to Colonel Mifflin's, dines with Indian sachems, [131].
Starts on third mission to Congress, [131].
Arrival in Philadelphia, [132].
Injurious stories concerning, [136].
Letter written entitled "Thoughts on Government," [158].
Urges fortification of Boston Harbor, [167], [172].
Offers resolve in Congress for adoption of independent government, [174].
Appointed on committee thereon, [174].
Desires to move his family to Philadelphia, [175].
Appointment as President of Board of War and Ordnance, [189].
Prophecies of the anniversary of American Independence, [193].
Health affected by attention to business, [200].
Urges sending troops from Massachusetts, [203].
Requests leave of absence, [209].
Suggests Gribelin's Hercules as device for government seal, [211].
Desires to resign the office of chief justice, [215].
Report that he is poisoned, [222].
Chosen on committee to confer with Lord Howe, [223].
Rumor of his death, [225].
Returns home, [233].
Sets out for Baltimore, [233].
Accepts hospitality of Dr. Sprague, [233].
Incidents of journey, [234]-[237].
Route followed, [234].
Resigns his office of chief justice, [244].
Approves of annual election of General officers, [248].
Observations upon the conduct of Lord Howe and his brother, [258].
Visits Mrs. Wells's exhibition of wax-work, [271].
Troubled with severe cold, [272].
Maintains the duty of forgiveness of enemies, [279].
His "Thoughts on Government," factious use made of, [280].
His part in establishing the American navy, [282].
Letter to John Quincy Adams, [284].
Exhorts New Englanders to exertion, [289].
Anticipations of Howe's invasion, [291].
His admiration of South Carolina, [292].
His views on the advance of Howe upon Philadelphia, [297]-[302].
His meanness of living, [304].
Impatience for action, [304].
His views on the result of a battle, [305].
Precarious state of private affairs, [310].
Does not mourn the loss of Philadelphia, [315].
Arrival in Portsmouth, N. H., [325].
Engaged in admiralty cause, [326].
Is commissioned to go to France, [326], [xxi].
Departs for France, [326], [xxi].
Arrival at Passy, [329].
First impressions of France, [329].
Sends goods to his wife, [333], [344].
Condemns luxury, [334].
News of arrival, brought in a prize, [337].
Letters destroyed by Capt. Welch, [338].
Good health, [345].
Witnesses illumination at Paris, [349].
Complains of neglect of Congress, [356].
Announces intention of returning to America, [359].
Visits St. Denis and Montmartre, [360].
Leaves Paris, [363].
By invitation of the King takes passage in the Sensible, [364].
Reaches home, [367].
Again ordered abroad, [367].
Vessel springs a leak, [370].
Lands in Spain, [370].
Travels by land to Paris, [370].
Dines with Lieutenant-general Don Joseph Saint Vincent, [370].
With French officers, [371].
Studies Spanish, [372].
Arrival at Corunna, [372].
Visits the governors of the province and town, [373].
Arrives at Bilbao, [373].
Hardships of the journey, [374].
Arrival in Paris, [374].
The Prince of Hesse Cassel, [374].
Expenses of journey, etc., [375].
Visit to Abbés Chalut and Arnoux with his children, [376].
Visit to the Jardin du Roi, [379].
Visits the Palais Royal, Tuileries, etc., [381].
Exorbitant expense of living, [382].
Arrival in Amsterdam, [386].
Sends his sons to Leyden, [388].
Illness, [396].
Transmits money for release of crew of the Essex, [404].
Sends his resignation to Congress, [410].
Appointed minister to England, [xxiii].
Is joined by Mrs. Adams, [xxiii].
Return to America, [xxv].
Becomes Vice-President, [xxv].
President of the United States, [xxv].
Adams, John Quincy, placed under tutors, [35].
Letters of, [49], [128].
Accompanies his father to France, [327].
Returns home, [364].
Again visits Europe, [367].
Enters University of Leyden, [388].
Residence at St. Petersburg, [397].
Adams, Charles, son of John Adams, accompanies his father to the Hague, [367], [370].
Enters academy in Paris, [374];
Leyden University, [388].
Health of, [396].
Return to America, [399].
Adams, Elihu, notice of, [94].
Adams, Nabby, daughter of John Adams, [27], [40], [100], [128].
Illness of, [163].
Adams, Samuel, [5], [28], [208], [315], [xv]., [xviii.]
Adams, Mrs. Samuel, [31], [89], [222], [225].
Adams, Thomas B., son of John Adams. Illness of, [95], [100], [397].
Admiralty Cause, [326].
Allen, Mr., [371].
Allison, Francis, DD., notice of, [46], [238].
Alliance, Frigate, [340], [356], [362], [376], [379], [387].
Alliance, Triple, of France, Spain, and America, [372].
Angier, Oakes, [24], [36], [183].
Archives, American, [30].
Arms, and Ordnance, arrival of, at Portsmouth, [268].
The King's, taken from Boston State House, [204].
Army, Continental, Committee for continuing, [113].
At Crown Point, wretched condition of, [195].
Marches through Philadelphia, [298], [323], [393].
Army, Howe's, landing of, [299].
Advance of, [307], [314].
Occupies Philadelphia, [320].
Army, regular, plan for forming, [228].
Arnold, Benedict, General, [276], [294], [391].
Assembly, Colonial, at Hartford, [50].
Baltimore, City of, description of, [237].
Congress assembles in, [238].
Barrell, William, [77], [217].
Battery, floating, assault on Boston by, [112].
Bays, Chesapeake and Delaware, description of, [295].
Bennington, battle of, [295].
Bergen, Point, [232].
Bernard, Governor, [383].
Bethlehem, Penn., manufactories at, [240].
Description of town, [240].
Biddle, Edward, Speaker, illness of, [84].
Biddle, Nicholas, Captain, Prizes taken by, [315].
Bilbao, [373].
Boston, city of, rumored bombardment of, [31].
Fortifications in, [33].
Melancholy condition of, [51],[54], [112].
Fire, [57].
Martial law established, [80], [112].
Evacuation of, [141], [149], [156].
Small-pox, [227].
Troops dismissed, [254].
Invasion feared, [287].
Boston Harbor, fortifications of, [171].
Boston, Frigate, Mr. Adams sails in, [326].
Reported taken, [336], [338].
Bounties, [229], [333].
Bowdoin, James, [5], [204].
Boylston, Thomas, [286].
Brackett, Dr. Joshua, [325].
Bradbury, Theophilus, notice of, [3].
Braintree, town of, political meeting in, [30], [41], [179].
Seizure of powder, [34].
Mortality in, [95], [xix].
Brandywine, battle of, [312].
Brattle, William, Colonel, plot of, [29].
His flight, [29].
Brigantine, French, arrival of, at Philadelphia, [208].
British, the cruelties of, [266].
British soldiers, abuses of, [13], [87].
Bullock, Archibald, Governor of Georgia, [198].
Bunker's Hill, battle of, [67], [71], [142].
Burgoyne, John, General, [87], [157], [299], [311].
Surrender of, [319], [321], [325], [xxii].
Burne, the barber, [164], [264].
Byles, Mather, Dr., anecdote of, [218].
Campbell, Colonel, [245].
Canada, Continental troops in, [189].
Cannonade, by American troops, on Boston, [137].
Cannon, destruction of, at Boston, [156].
Carlisle, Lord, arrival of, in England, [352].
Carroll, Charles, commissioner to Canada, [135].
Carroll, John, accompanies committees to Canada, [135].
Cathcart, Captain of Privateer Essex, [400].
Escape of, [401].
Chaplains, appointed by Congress, [320].
Charlestown, seizure of powder at, [33].
Burning of, [67].
People of, petition Congress, [273].
Chelsea, battle at, [62], [69].
Chesapeake Bay, Howe's fleet [enters], [294].
Church, Benjamin, Dr., [59], [62], [78], [108], [113], [117].
Church, Dutch, at Easton, [236].
Clergy, of Massachusetts, their power, [ix].
Clinton, Sir Henry, [87].
Proclamation of, [391].
Coffee and sugar secreted by merchants, [286].
College, Harvard, neglected state of, [212], [x].
College, Nassau Hall, visit of J. A. to, [26].
Colonies, raising of troops by, [51].
Separation from Great Britain, [173].
Independence of declared, [191].
Colonies, Southern, [132], [198].
Commissioners to Congress, [143], [154], [158].
Committee of Congress, to Hartford, [50].
To Canada, [135], [139].
Of Safety, [62], [111].
Of Ladies, [163].
Committee chosen to wait on Lord Howe, [223].
"Common Sense," Pamphlet entitled, [134].
Comments on, [146].
See Paine.
Confederation, plan of, [320].
Congress, assembles at Philadelphia, [31], [xvii].
Opening of, [37], [39].
Adjourns, [47].
Members enter the army, [59].
Appoints George Washington to be Commander-in-Chief, [65].
Address of, [88].
Meeting of, [99], [xvii].
Passes resolution of Independence, [173].
Meets at Baltimore, [239].
Removes to Philadelphia, [249].
Instructions to General Washington, [255].
Prosperity of, [281].
Financial measures, [293].
Removal to Yorktown, [314], [320].
Appoints a day of Thanksgiving, [322].
Chooses Minister to France, [356], [366].
Congress, Suffolk County resolves, [33].
Congress, Provincial, assembled at New York, [51].
Constitution of Massachusetts, [369], [378].
Convention, State of Pennsylvania, [231].
Cooper, Dr. Myles, flight of, notice of, [51].
Cooper, Dr. Samuel, [37], [151], [348].
Corn, Enormous price of, [365], [388].
Cornwallis, Lord, at Brunswick, [236].
Arrival of, in England, [352].
Corunna, arrival of Mr. Adams at, [372].
Councillors nominated by mandamus, [32], [54].
Courts, people prevent the sitting of, [36].
Court, assembled In Boston, [227].
Court, General Committee of, [160].
Of Sessions, [160].
Cranch, Richard, [43], [48], [69], [213], [394], [xiv].
Cranch, William, [xiv].
Curiosities, American, sent to English ladies, [272].
Currency, Continental, counterfeit, [278].
Depreciation of, [343], [366].
Rejection of, [394].
Currency, Hampshire, counterfeit, [269].
Cushing, Thomas, Speaker, delegate to Congress, [28].
Cushing, William, Judge, delegate to Congress, [5].
Visit of, to Mrs. Adams, [171].
Dana, Francis, [144], [367] [371], [397].
Danbury, engagement at, [269], [280].
Deane, Silas, [111].
Address, [354], [362].
Defence, Brig, [186], [187].
Delaware River, battle in, [172].
Delaware, Frigate, [257].
Delegates, reception of, in New York, [54].
Denis, St., visit of Mr. Adams to, [360].
Denmark, Court of, prizes restored to England by, [379].
D'Enville, Duchesse, Mr. Adams dines with, [353].
D'Enville, Duc, expedition commanded by, [353].
Derby, Capt. John, [88].
Deserters, arrival of, [91].
D'Estaing, Comte, his fleet, [337].
Arrives in Boston, [342].
Failure of his expedition against Rhode Island, [345].
Entertains Mr. Adams, [376].
Devices for Medal and Seal, [210].
Dickinson, John, author of "The Farmer," [11], [45], [59], [84], [133], [256].
Dilly, Edward, notice of, [59].
Documents, Congressional, removal of, [314].
Donop, Count, [322].
Dorchester Heights, American troops get possession of, [138].
Drafting, for Continental army, [230].
Duché, Rev. Mr., [37], [320].
Duffield, Rev. Mr., [65], [90], [298],[320].
Education, Female, [339], [x].
Elections, favorable to American cause, [45].
Elk River, Howe's army lands at, [299].
Enemy, efforts of, to sever communications between colonies, [226], [229].
In possession of New York, [229].
Barbarities, [247].
Mysterious movements of, [281], [282].
Advantages gained by, [366].
England, emissaries of, in France, [346].
Enlistment, term of, expiration of, [232].
Essays of J. A. on Canon and Feudal Law, [xvi].
Novanglus, [xvi].
Essex, Privateer, capture of, [400].
Crew of, sent to Plymouth jail, [400].
Estimates, British army, [403].
Exchange of prisoners offered, [245].
Expedition, private, to Newport, [315], [324].
Expenses of living in Paris, [382].
Expresses, stopped by Tories, [269].
Falmouth, ancient name of Portland, Me., [14].
The British demand neutrality of, resistance of, cannonade of, [115].
"Farmer, The," see J. Dickinson.
Farrington, Colonel, [270].
Fast, day of, at Philadelphia, [84].
Government appoints, [238].
Fell's Point, fortifications at, [243].
Ferrol, Mr. Adams lands at, [370].
Description of, [370].
Fevers, prevalence of, at the Hague, [404].
Fine, for refusing draft, [230].
Fleet, enemy's, in Boston harbor, [142], [378].
Arrival of, at Halifax, distress of, [162].
Driven out of Boston harbor, [186].
Arrival of, at New York, [194].
Seen off Cape Delaware, [289].
Off Chesapeake Bay, [294].
Arrives at head of Chesapeake Bay, [295].
Byron's and D'Estaing's, [337].
Of allies, arrival of, [384].
British powerful, collected on American coast, [387], [xxi].
Fleets, French and Spanish, capture sixty vessels, [386].
Fort Hill, fortifying of, [156].
France, dispatches from, to Congress, [260].
Mr. Adams appointed Minister to, [326].
Treaty with, [337].
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, return of, from England, [56].
Attends Congress, [83].
Chosen on committee for army, [113].
On Canada committee, [135].
Device for government seal, [210], [211].
Portrait of, [216].
On committee to confer with Lord Howe, [223].
Arrival in France, [245].
Rumor of his assassination, [327], [346], [354], [356].
Friends, Society of, [306].
Frigates, French, arrival of, [263].
Continental, wind-bound, [269].
Fuel, scarcity of, in Boston, [112].
Gage, Thomas, General, arrives in Boston, 13th May, [1], [19], [48].
Offers to send away the poor of Boston, [86], [xviii].
Gardoqui and Sons, Messrs., transmit goods to Mrs. Adams, [374], [375].
Gates, Horatio, General, sent to New England, [289], [311], [314],[320], [323].
Generals, foreign, employment of, [286].
Removal of, [289].
George's Island, enemy fortifying, [172].
Georgia, movements against, [362].
Germans, their vindictiveness, [267].
Germany, threatened with war, [337].
Gerry, Elbridge, [132].
Returns to Boston, [202].
Gibraltar, [372].
Gillon, Alexander, [399].
Goods, West India, scarcity of, [82].
Foreign, high prices of, [220].
Gordon, Dr., [348].
Gordon, Lord George, committed to the Tower, [383].
Gorham, Nathaniel, agent to Congress, from Charlestown, [273].
Grain, scarcity of, in New England, [362].
Grand Madame, [341].
Grape Island, attack upon persons engaged at, [56], [69].
Great Britain, malicious policy of, [345].
Greene, Nathanael, Colonel, repulses the enemy, [322].
His bravery, [323].
Griffin, killed at attack on Lighthouse, [92].
Death and burial of, [92].
Guard, Coast, expedition of to Nantasket Light, [86].
Guild, Mr., [400].
Gunpowder, seizure of, at Charlestown, [29].
At Braintree, [34].
Hamilton, Alexander, [314].
Hancock, John, President of Congress, [58],[88], [367], [xviii].
Hancock, Mrs. John, presentation of colors to, [121].
Haskins, imprisonment and escape of, [111]-[12].
Hazelwood, John, Commodore, [320].
Head of Elk, enemy in possession of, [301].
Hemmenway, Rev. Moses, visit of J. A. to, [8], [10].
Henley, Thomas, Major, death of, [232].
Henry, Patrick, [198].
Hesse Cassel, Prince of, [374].
Hessians, [283].
Hewes, Hon. Joseph, [282].
Hichborn, Benjamin, escape of, [115].
Hill, Dorchester, American troops gain possession of, [138].
Hill, Nook's, engagement at, [140].
Prospect, [92].
Holland, common schools in, [388].
Hopkins, Admiral Ezekiel, commands fleet off Rhode Island, [152], [166].
Hopkinson, Francis, [216].
Hospital, small-pox, to be established in Boston, [187].
Hospitals, system of officers for, [257].
House of J. A. in Boston, occupied by British, [149].
Houston, John, Georgia delegate, [99].
Howe, Sir William, supersedes Gage, [107].
Releases prisoners, [107], [115], [142].
March through the Jerseys, [234].
Prepares to attack New York, [294].
Advances on Philadelphia, [296], [323].
Howe, Richard, Lord, Letter and proclamation of, [203].
Desires conference with members of Congress, [223].
Howes, the two brothers, rise and reputation of, [258].
Hutchinson, Foster, notice of, [17].
Hutchinson, Thomas, Governor, on Salem as the seat of government, opinion of, [8].
Departure of, for [England], [19].
Letters of, discovered, [52].
Death of, [382]-[383], [xv]., [xvi].
Huston, Mrs., anecdote of, [18].
Independence, declaration of, resolution of, passed in Congress, [191], [202].
Read from pulpits in New England, [212], [xxiv].
Island, Long, expedition to, successful; cattle captured, [80].
Island, Staten, inhabitants of, receive the enemy, [199].
Izard, Ralph, [354].
Return of, [376].
Jardin du Roi, visit of Mr. Adams to, [379].
Description of, [379].
Jefferson, Thomas, proposes device for government seal, [211].
Johnson, family of, [292].
Johnson, Sir John, [294].
Johnson, Thomas, Governor, [296].
Joice, Junior, carts tories out of Boston, [262].
Jurors, refusal of, to serve, [165].
Justice, Chief, appointment of J. A. to office of, [93].
Jealousy caused by, [215].
King, the, prayed for in the Boston church, [230].
King and Queen of France, popularity of, [350].
King, Richard, of Scarborough, cause of, notice of, [20].
King's Bench Prison, burned by mob, [382].
Knowlton, Colonel, killed in battle, [232].
Labor, price of, in New England, [365].
Lafayette, Marquis de, return of, [398].
Lagoanere, M., [374].
Landais, Peter, Captain, [387].
Languedoc, French frigate, [342].
Laurens, Henry, [292].
Appointment of, [370].
Laurens, John, Colonel, [390].
Lee, General, letter of, [87].
Appointment of, [78], [133].
Action at Sullivan's Island, [203].
A prisoner, [245].
Lee, Arthur, [354], [356], [376].
Lead, scarcity of, in Boston, [220].
Lechmere's Point, skirmish at, [124].
Legation, Secretary of, Francis Dana appointed, [367].
Leger, St., [304].
Letters, of J. A. intercepted, [98], [116], [146].
Caution to be used in transmission of, [103], [108].
Loss of, [348], [380].
Letter-writing, as mental exercise, [xiii].
Lighthouse, burning of, at Nantasket, [86].
Second attack on, [92].
Lincoln, Benjamin, General, [248], [295], [390].
Liquors, excise on, recommended, [129].
London, mobs in, [382].
Long Island, defeat on, panic caused by, [223].
Lovell, James, [74], [80], [112], [157], [308], [375].
Lowell John, splendid house of, in Newburyport.
Notice of, [4].
Manly, Captain, capture of English schooner by, [151], [157].
Mansfield, Lord, house of, burned by mob, [382].
Maria, Theresa Charlotte, Princess, illumination in honor of, [349].
Martin, Joseph, Governor of North Carolina, [50].
Maryland, State of, excellent farms in, [238].
Passes law for enlistment of servants and apprentices, [257].
Massachusetts, Province of, terrible sickness prevails throughout, [95], [102].
Soldiers of, ill-conduct of, [232].
Constitution of, [369].
Men-of-war, lying in Boston Harbor, [180].
Men-of-war, blown up, [322].
Merchant vessels, chased by men-of-war, [270].
Capture of, [347].
Mercury, ship, arrival of, with military stores, from France, [253].
Mifflin, Fort, defence of, [320], [322].
Mifflin, Thomas, Major, [45], [59], [70].
Mifflin, Mrs., [45].
Miles, Colonel, [283].
Militia, in arms, [54], [138].
March to defense of New York, [199], [232].
Militia, Jersey, [233].
Of Virginia, Maryland, etc., [296], [300].
Mission, American, to France, [346].
Mob, female, seize coffee, and chastise a merchant of Boston, [286].
Mobs, in Boston and elsewhere, [15], [19].
The Gordon, in London, [382].
Molasses, made from cornstalks, [313].
Molesworth, James, a spy, his execution, [252].
Money market, state of, [361], [388].
Montgomery, Richard, General, oration in memory of, [132], [143].
Montresor's Island, skirmish at, [232].
Moody, Rev. Samuel, minister of York, Me. Notice of, [5].
Moravians, settlement of, at Bethlehem, Penn., [236].
Description of, [241].
Morris, ship, falls into the hands of the British, [260].
Morton, Joseph, Mr., funeral oration on Gen. Warren, delivered by, [151].
Mugford, Captain, captures prize, is killed in naval engagement, [180]
Nancy, brig, capture of, [129].
Nantasket, dismissal of troops at, [254]
Narrows, the, fort at, [243].
Nash, Francis, General, [299].
Negroes, conspiracy of in Boston, [41].
New England, [120], [265].
New Englanders, [207].
Inaction of, [245].
New York, City of, arms and ammunition seized by people of, [50].
Appoints Provincial Congress, [51].
New York, ports of, closed, [51].
New York, troops collecting at, attack on expected, [194], [205], [260].
Niles, Captain, [344].
Noailles, Comte de, returns to France, [398].
Non-consumption agreement, [12].
Nook's Hill, engagement at, [140].
Norton, Rev. John, [ix].
Officers, [248], [276], [305].
Officers, French, visit of to Boston, [342].
Offices, public, unfaithfulness in, [228].
Oliver, Andrew, Chief Justice, [24], [29].
Paine, Eunice, notice of, [36].
Paine, R. T. delegate to Philadelphia, [5].
Paine, Thomas, author of "Common Sense" and "The Forester," [167].
Palmer, Joseph, [43], [81].
Paper, high price of, [362].
Parliament, act of, to enable prisoners to be sent to England, [268].
Party spirit, American, in France, [354].
Paulus Hook, [232].
Peabody, Rev. Mr., [xiv].
Peace, no hopes of, [396].
Peace treaty of, agreed upon, [405].
Preliminary articles of signed, [413], [xxiii].
Peale, Mr., [215], [216].
Pennsylvania, divided state of political opinion in, [231].
Constitution of, opposition to, [280].
German inhabitants of, their torpor and awkwardness, [323].
Philadelphia, meeting of Congress at, [5], [39].
Removal of inhabitants from, [249].
Rumors of Howe's advance on, [268], [291].
Lethargic state of, [280].
Description of country around, [278].
Pins, scarcity of, [82].
Plot, a, to conduct the British fleet up the Delaware River, [252].
Politics, American, extraordinary state of in France, [356].
Portia, assumed name of A. A., [53].
Ports, of New York, [51].
Of Philadelphia, [153].
Southern, precautions for defense of, [147].
Potter's Field, two thousand soldiers buried in, [259].
Powder, arrival of from South Carolina, etc., [90].
Precious stones, Duke of Orleans' collection of, [380].
Press, the, necessity of regulating, [11].
Prevost, General, [362].
Prices, high, [182].
Congress legislates upon, [240], [261].
Prices current, [301], [387].
Prisoners, of Brig Essex, treatment of, [74].
Exchange of, [257], [302].
Privateers, [153], [220].
Success of, [270].
Privateering, act of Provincial Congress authorizing, [124].
Rage for, in Boston, [230].