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.