Prizes, two taken in Massachusetts Bay, [170], [175].
Proclamation for Independence read and proclaimed in Boston, [204].
Produce, West India, High prices of, [130].
Prospect Hill, [92].
Provinces, United, Alliance with, [393].
Provisions, scarcity of in Boston, [79].
Purviance, Mr., dinner party at house of, [248].
Putnam, Israel, General, [233].
Quakers, armed in Philadelphia, [60], [314].
Quincy, Elizabeth, mother of A. A., [ix].
Quincy, John, [ix]., [xii].
Quincy, Col. Josiah, [34].
Quincy, Josiah, Jr., accompanies J. A. to Falmouth, [10].
Departs for Europe, [49].
Death of, [50].
Memoir of, [53].
Quincy, Mrs. Josiah, visit of A. A., to, [53].
Quincy, Norton, notice of, [27], [117].
Quincy, Samuel, notice of, [10], [11], [21], [154].
Randolph, Peyton, [37], [88].
Red Bank, engagement at, [322].
Refugees, in England, mischievous writings of, [404].
Rents, House, low rates of in Boston, [220].
Representatives, delay in election of, in Pennsylvania, [231].
Resolves, Suffolk, by whom passed, [33].
Revolution, The, memorials of, [v].
Influence of private individuals in forming, [vi].
Female influence, [vii].
Rhode Island, [234], [261], [345].
Rice, Nathan, [24], [35], [52].
Richardson, Ebenezer, engaged in a mob in Boston, [15].
Richmond, Duke of, [332].
[Rivière], Monsieur, [342].
Roberdeau, General Daniel, [174].
Mr. Adams lodges at house of, [315].
Rousseau, J. J., [349].
Russell, Mr., bearer of petition from Charlestown to Congress, [273].
Rutledge, John, Governor of South Carolina, [198], [223].
Sachems, Indian, visit of, to Cambridge, [131].
Salt, made by women and children, [301].
Saltpetre, private manufacture of, [150].
Sapling, Simple, [80].
Saratoga, Blockade of. Drama written by Burgoyne, [321].
Sartine, M. de, [347].
Savannah, Siege of, [370].
Saville, Sir George, destruction of his house by mob, [382].
Sayward, Dr., [5], [9].
Schuyler, General Philip, [295].
Sensible, Frigate, Mr. Adams embarks in, [364], [367].
Springs aleak, [370].
Service, Postal, [279].
Sewall, David, notice of, [3].
Shaw, Rev. John, [xiv].
Shepard, Rev. Thomas, [ix].
Son of, [ix].
Shipley, Dr. Jonathan, Bishop of St. Asaph, [35].
Ships, merchant, fleet of, arrival of, from England, [1].
Ships, merchant, chased by men-of-war, [270].
Sickness, abatement of, in Braintree, [111].
Simitiere, M. du, designs for government. Medal and seal, [210].
Skene, Major Philip, commissioned governor of Ticonderoga, imprisonment of, [61].
Sloops, Eastern, arrival of, in Boston, [152].
Small-pox, prevalence of, in Canada, [189].
in Boston, [204].
Smith, Abigail. (See Abigail Adams.)
Smith, Elizabeth, sister of A. A., [34], [113], [185], [xiv].
Smith, Dr., oration of, [132], [143], [167].
Smith, Mary, [xiv].
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth, mother of A. A., illness and death of, [102], [114].
Reflections of J. A. on character, [118].
(See Elizabeth Quincy.)
Smith, Rev. William, father of A. A., [102], [113], [ix]., [xiv].
Snow, capture of, with cargo of West India goods, [152].
Snow-storm, terrible in Massachusetts, [351].
Snyder, Christopher, killed in riot in Boston, [15].
South Carolina, new Constitution, [174], [292].
Spain, journey of J. A., through, [373]-[4].
Spaniards, dress and manners of, [372].
Specie, scarcity of, [130].
Speech, King's, [348].
Spies, [252], [357].
Sprague, Dr., entertains J. A. on his journey to Congress, [233].
Stark, General John, [295].
Staten Island, conference with Lord Howe at, [226].
Stirling, Alexander, Lord, taken prisoner, [225].
Storer, Mr., [393].
Stores, military, capture of, [129].
Sugar, large quantities of, captured, [208].
Sullivan, John, General, successful career of, [2], [129], [223].
Taken prisoner, [225].
Sussex, county of, Tories numerous in, [237].
Taxes, high rate of, [365], [388].
Thanksgiving, day of, appointed by Congress, [322].
Thaxter, John, [24], [27], [35], [367].
Thomas, John, General, [89], [184].
Thornton, Colonel, [246].
Ticonderoga, evacuation of, [285], [292].
Tillotson, Dr., [275], [318].
Tories, five, driven out of Boston, [262], [283].
To be tried by their peers, [403].
Transports, arrival of, from York, [80].
Troops, raising of, in Connecticut and Rhode Island, [51].
Review of, in Philadelphia, [61], [65].
Delay in equipment of, [209].
Retreat to Haerlem, [232].
Trowbridge, Edmund, Judge, notice of, [22].
Tucker, Samuel, Captain, [326].
Tufts, Dr. Cotton, notice of, [56], [77], [93], [394].
Tupper, Benj., Major, his schemes for setting fire to the enemy's fleet, [156].
Tyng, William, notice of, [22].
Venality, spirit of, dangerous predominance of, [232].
Vinton, sheriff, [29], [34].
Virginia, military preparations of, [154].
Waldo, Francis, collector, notice of, [20].
Ward, Samuel, Governor of Rhode Island, death of, [148].
War and ordnance, board of, established, [189].
War, articles of, new set of, [228].
Warren, frigate, captures a fleet, [363].
Warren, Joseph, General, death of, [67].
Treatment of his remains by British, [91].
Removal of, to Boston, [151].
Warren, James, General, of Plymouth, [24], [49], [178].
Warren, Mercy, notice of, [25].
Washington, frigate, [257].
Washington, George, [59].
Appointed general-in-chief, [65].
Proceeds to Boston, [70], [178].
Success at Stony Brook, [233], [236].
Advances to meet General Howe, [296].
Simplicity of his life, [304].
Harangues the army, [305], [398].
Wax-work, exhibition of, description of Mrs. Wells', Dr. Chovet's, [271].
Welch, Captain, [338].
Weymouth, alarm in, flight of inhabitants, [56].
Whipple, General, [208], [325].
Wibird, Rev. Anthony, [76], [89].
Wine, beer, etc., scarcity of, [277].
Winthrop, Mr. Samuel, [8], [10].
Winthrop, John, Professor, death of, [366].
Woedtke, Baron de, made Brigadier-general in American Army, [144].
Wollaston Mt., [326].
Wooster, David, General, loss of, [269].
Wright, Mrs., her efforts in the American cause, [271].
Writs, to summon juries, [29].
Writs of Assistants considered to be the commencement of trouble with Great Britain, [191], [xvi].
Wrixon, Major, British officer, lawyer, [144].
Wyer, David, notice of, [17].
Wythe, George, member of Congress from Virginia, [99].
One of committee for reporting on damages, etc., [111].
Yorktown, Congress adjourns to, [314].
Description of, [320].
Zedwitz, Herman, scheme of, to poison the waters of New York city, [225].
Zubly, Dr. John J., [99].
Notice of, [101].
Transcriber's note
The following changes have been made to the text:
Page x: "Waving" changed to "[Waiving]".
Page 123: "he bickerings" changed to "[be] bickerings".
Page 151: "uerance" changed to "[utterance]".
Page 194: "enthusiam" changed to "[enthusiasm]".
Page 211: "it too complicated" changed to "[is] too complicated".
Page 227: "neigborhood" changed to "[neighborhood]".