Halifax, Earl of, Colonial Secretary,21,22.Hallowell, Benjamin,84.Hancock, John, defies Stamp Act,95; celebrates repeal of Stamp Act,98;Libertysloop riot,124-126; during period of waning enthusiasm,152,153; relations with Samuel Adams,179; in Mass. Assembly,193,196; violation of non-importation agreement,203.Hawley, Major,185,213.Henry, Patrick, in House of Burgesses (1765),67; personal characteristics,69-70; for Virginia Resolutions,71,72,73; in first Continental Congress,212,214.Hillsborough, Earl of, advises against Stamp Act,40; censures Mass. circular letter,131,142,164-165.Howe, Richard, Earl, Admiral,222.Hughes, John,65.Hume, David, Franklin corresponds with,6; quoted,7.Hutchinson, Anne,165.Hutchinson, Thomas, on colonial rights,56-58; in Stamp Act riot,84-85; adjourns Boston superior court,91; orders troops to retire from Boston,128-129; made Governor of Mass.,152-153; quoted,150; life and character,165-170; ideas of liberty,170-174; relations with Samuel Adams,175et seq.; letters,193-195,196-198;History of Massachusetts Bay,195; leaves for England,199.
Indians, side with big battalions,33-34; reservations,35-36.Ingersoll, Jared,65,82,98.
Jackson, Grenville’s secretary,40,46.John Jay,210,233,240.Jefferson, Thomas, in House of Burgesses,71; quoted,200; drafts Declaration of Independence,253-256.Jenkinson, Charles, British Secretary of the Treasury,39.Jenyns, Soame, on Stamp Act,109-113.Johnson, Conn. agent,151,176.Johnston, George,70,71.
Kames, Lord, Franklin corresponds with,6.Kirk, Thomas,124,125.
La Galissonière, Marquis de, acting Governor of Canada,32.Lamb, John,94,146.Lee, Arthur,187,242.Lee, R. H.,65-66,212,251.Lexington, Battle of,229-230.Libertysloop riot,124-126.Livingston, Philip,87-90,211,239.Loudoun, Earl of, commander of forces in America,2,3,4.Low, Isaac, N. Y. deputy to Continental Congress,210,215.
M’Culloh, of North Carolina,39.MacDougall, Alexander,146,147,210.Mansfield, Lord,103,107,109.Marshall, James,124,125.Marshall, Thomas,67.Maryland, effect of non-importation agreement,140.Massachusetts, protests against Sugar Act and Stamp Act,61-64; yields to acts granting duties,65; proposes Stamp Act Congress,78-79; censured for circular letter by Hillsborough,130-131; SuffolkResolves,215-216; Parliament claims right to alter charter,222-223; Provincial Congress,228;see alsoBoston.Mauduit, Jasper, Mass. agent,24.Mayhew, Jonathan,85.Minerva, The (ship),199.Molasses Act (1733),26.Morris, Robert,253.Morton,253.Mutiny Act,239.
Navigation and Trade acts,28-29.New Jersey declines to send delegate to Stamp Act Congress,79.New York, Stamp Act Congress,79-80; stamp riots in,87-90; Assembly refuses to abide by Quartering Act,122; merchants agree on non-importation,139; effect of non-importation agreement,140; decay of business,144-146; permitted to issue Bills of Credit,148; non-importation agreement set aside,148; tea not to be imported,148-149; vote for independence,252,253.Newfoundland fisheries prohibited to colonies,224.Newport Mercury,75.Nicholas, R. C.,66,76.Non-importation, agreements,139; results,140-141,144-146; London merchants protest,141; discontinued,148-149; Association of 1774,219-220,225-226,241.Non-intercourse,239.North, Lord, sought by Pitt to replace Townshend,121; proposes partial repeal of Townshend duties,129; Resolution on Conciliation,223et seq..North Carolina, effect of non-importation agreement,140.
Ohio Company,32,34.Oliver, Andrew,82-84,91,198.Otis, James Jr., on parliamentary rights,65; on Virginia Resolutions,77; and Stamp Act question,91;Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved,113; in 1770,152; aids father in soliciting chief-justiceship,167; a leader in Boston,175; deserts Adams,179.Otis, James, Sr., and chief-justiceship,167.
Paine, R. T.,200.Paine, Thomas,Common Sense,247-251.Paris, Peace of,10.Parson’s Cause,69.Pendleton, Edmund,66,71,74.Penn, Richard,242.Pennsylvania, effect of non-importation agreements,140; on question of independence,252.Philadelphia merchants’ attitude toward non-importation,139.Pitt, William, ministry,5; and colonies,30,38,40; refuses to succeed Granville,101; in behalf of America,103-104; refers to Dulaney’s pamphlet,108(note); becomes Earl of Chatham and Prime Minister,115-121; conciliation plan,221-222.Pontiac uprising,36.Pownall, Thomas,Administration of the Colonies,49.Preparedness, policy of,31.Preston, Thomas, Captain,129.Proclamation of 1763,35.Prohibitory Act,242,243.
Quartering Act,39,114.Quincy, Josiah,129.
Randolph, Peter, Colonel,72.Randolph, Peyton, in House of Burgesses,66; and Virginia Resolutions,71,72,73,74,76.Revere, Paul,229.Rigby, Master of the Rolls in Ireland,18-19.Robinson, John,66,69.Rockingham, Marquis of, Prime Minister,101,102; and repeal of Stamp Act,107-108; Pitt succeeds,115.Rodney, Cæsar,252.Romney, The (ship),125,126.Rutledge, Edward,213,214,220.
Sandwich, Lord,222.Seabury, Samuel,Westchester Farmer,226,227,245.Seville, Sir George,104.Sewell, Jonathan, opinion of Virginia Resolutions,76,77.Shelburne, Earl of,107,119.Sherman, Roger,244.Smith, Francis, Colonel,229,230.Smith, William, of N.Y., quoted,52.Sons of Liberty,82,92,93-97,146,151.South Carolina, unrepresented in Stamp Act Congress,79; effect of non-importation agreement,140.Stamp Act, proposed,39-41; reception of proposal,41; Grenville argues for,42; postponement of,43; Franklin consulted,44-45; provisions,45; discussion in Parliament,46-48; passed,48; Virginia Resolutions,70-77; Congress,78-81,88; resisted in Boston,82-86; rioting in N. Y.,87-90; Sons of Liberty,92-95; repealed,98et seq.Stevenson, Mary,8.Story, William,84.Strahan, William,7,8.SuffolkResolves,215-216,217,227.Sugar Act (1764),28; burdensome to colonies,56; protest in Mass.,61-64; memorial against,67; modified,114.
Taxation, on colonies,24-25,27-29;39et seq.; parliamentary right,56-58,65,106,130; and representation,81,110-111; internal and external,106,109,119,123;see alsoCustoms, Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Townshend duties.Temple, Earl,101.Toovey, Samson, statement of,20.Townshend, Charles, Lord of the Treasury,21,39; speech on Stamp Act,47; questions Franklin,106; opinion of internal and external taxes,109,130; Paymaster of the Forces,115; as Chancellor of Exchequer,116,117; Stamp Act,118-119; with Opposition,120-121; colonial policy,122-124,130.Townshend duties,123; opposition to,124et seq.; partial repeal,142-143.Tucker, Josiah,206.Tudor, Deacon, quoted,84,86.
Virginia, aristocracy of,66; Burgesses protest against Sugar Act,67; against Stamp Act,70-76; unrepresented in Stamp Act Congress,79; effect of non-importation agreement,140.Virginia Resolutions,71-77.
Walpole, Horace, quoted,5,12; patron of Bedford,13-15; optimism of,150.Walpole, Robert,13,32.Warren, James,236.Warren, Dr. Joseph,185,229.Washington, George,235.West Indies, sugar plantations represented in Parliament,26.Wilson, James,253.Writs of assistance,77(note).Wythe, George,66,71,74,76,244.