Latimer, at Battle of Stillwater, 51.
Laws, peculiar, in Connecticut,433.
League and Covenant entered into by Massachusetts Assembly in 1774,510.
Leamington, Reverend Mr., Tory, left Norwalk with Tryon,414.
Learned, General, at Battle of Bemis's Heights,49At Siege of Fort Schuyler,250.
Lee, Ann, Founder of Shaking Quakers in America-Biographical Sketch of,383.
Lee, Dr. Arthur, biographical Sketch of,85Card of,531.
Lee, Major General Henry, at Battle of Springfield,323; Accompanies Washington to Cambridge,564.
Lee, Richard Henry, appointed on Committee to draught Instructions for and Commission of Washington,563.
Legends of Indian Maiden, of Bear Tribe, at Little Falls,258.
Legislature, New York, Held at Kingston and Poughkeepsie in 1778,382.
Leslie, Captain William, Notice of,332.
Letters of Louis XVI. to Charles IV. of Spain,87Of Junius,463; Of Pennsylvania Farmer,476; Of Marque and Reprisal issued by Provincial Congress of Massachusetts,576; Of Washington to female Slave, Phillis,556; Of Reverend William Emerson, describing Washington's Camp,567.
Levi, M., Attempts to recapture Quebec,189.
Lexington, Skirmish at, in 1775,190; Topography of,552; Monument-Clark House and its Associations,553; Incidents of Battle,554
Liberty, Sons of, Origin of Name,463; Places of Meeting in Boston,478,479; American Cradles of,440,479; Daughters of, in Boston, Meeting of, in 1769,482; Massachusetts Song of,487.
Liberty Hall near Elizabethtown,329.
Lincoln, Benjamin, appointed Secretary of Provincial Congress at Concord in 1774,516.
Lincoln, General, at Battle of Bemis's Heights, 50,58At Diamond Island and Ticonderoga,114; At Manchester in 1777,394.
Linzee, Captain, of British Sloop of War Falcon, repulsed by Captain Manly,570.
Lipe, Johannes, House of,263.
Little, Captain, at Battle of Springfield,323.
Little Falls, described,253,257; Rocks at, present Appearance of-Cyclopean Architecture,257; Attack on, by Indians in 1780,259.
Livingston, Henry A., Notice of,385.
Livingston, Colonel Henry, at Battle of Stillwater,51At Siege of Fort Schuyler,250.
Livingston, Governor William, former Residence of, near Elizabethtown-Notice of-Property purchased by Lord Boling-broke,329; Biographical Sketch of-Spirit of his Daughters,330; Writes against Episcopacy in America,460.
Livingston, James, at Battle of Stillwater, 51.
Livingston, Philip, Delegate to first Continental Congress,383.
Livingston, Robert R., Advocate of Federal Constitution,384; First Chancelor of State of New York,387.
Lockwood, Lambert, at Expedition to Danbury,403.
Longfellow, Quotation from,555.
London, Lord, appointed Commander-in-chief of British Forces in North America in 1757-Anecdote of, related by Franklin,110.
Louis XVI., Letter of, to Charles IV. of Spain, urging Co-operation in American Cause, 87.
Louisburgh, Siege and Capture of, in 1758,120.
Lovelace, Thomas, Capture and Execution of, 92.
Low, Isaac, Delegate to first Continental Congress,383.
Luther, Hymn of,299.
Luzerne, Chevalier De, arrives from France,311; Named after 374.
Lyman, General, at Battle of Lake George,109.
Magellan reaches Pacific Ocean, 16.
Mahew, Reverend Jonathan, Sermon of, against Stamp Act,467.
Mallory, Edward, Notice of,365.
Manifesto, pompous, of St. Leger on Arrival at Fort Schuyler in 1777,242.
Manly, Captain, bravely captures three British Vessels in Boston Harbor,569; Conflict with Sloop of War Falcon. 570.
Manor, Livingston-Burning of Houses at, in 1777,388; Of Rensselaer or Rensselaerwyck,390.
Manufactures, American domestic, at Newport before Revolution,470.
Marriage, romantic, at Niagara Falls,228; Of Mint Master's Daughter-Curious Account of,449.
Marshall, Captain, Death of,478.
"Massachusettensis," Signature of Tory Writer,513.
Massachusetts, early Patriotism of,304; Old Map of Bay ot,446; Circular Letter of, to all the Colonies,477; Assembly, Proceedings of, on account of Port Bill in 1774,506,509; Gage attempts to Dissolve Assembly-Solemn League and Covenant of Assembly,510; Last Adjournment of Massachusetts Assembly under Royalty,511; Prepares for War on Eve of Revolution,512; Assembly resolve themselves into Provincial Congress-Organize at Concord,515; Military first organized by Ward and Pomeroy,516; Provincial Congress orders Purchase of Ammunition and Stores in 1775-Alarmist Companies formed by Citizens-British Troops Arrive,521; Unity of People after Battle of Lexington-Provincial Congress summoned at Watertown,531; Benevolence of Provincial Congress,536; Relics in Collection of, Historical Society,562.572Organizes House of Representatives under original Charter in 1775,568; Provincial Congress passes Law prohibiting Waste of Powder by Sporting in 1775,570; Pays Franklin Money due for Services as Colonial Agent in England,575.
Massachusetts Spy,515.
Mather, Cotton, Tomb of,561; Letter and Autograph of,562.
Mather, Dr. Samuel, Tomb of-Library of burned by British at Charlestown in 1775,561.
Mather, Increase, Tomb of,561; Portrait of,562.
Mather, Reverend Moses, Notice of,414.
Mathews, General, dispatched to Elizabethtown Point in 1780,322.
Mathews, Mrs., Notice of,323.
Maxwell, General, in Sullivan's Expedition,274.
May Flower, Emigrants in-First Birth among-Copy of Compact signed and entered into previous to Landing,437; Fac eimile of Handwriting of Pilgrims,438; Described as Cradle of American Liberty,440; Arrival at Cape Cod Bay,442.
M'Crea, Jane, Murder of, 48,96Biographical Sketch of,97Account of-Death of,99Reinterment and Grave of,101.
M'Donald, Captain, in Western New York,274.
M'Donald, Colonel John, Monument of,226.
M'Donald, Donald, attempts to burn Shell's Block-house,299.
M'Kean, Captain Robert, sent to reconnoitre Brant's Encampment at Oghkwaga in 1778-Letter to Brant from Cherry Valley,266; Challenges Brant,270; At Battle of Klock's Field,281; Ordered to Currytown,294; Death of,295.
M'Kee, Tory, Notice of,264.
M'Lellan, Quotation from,195.
M'Lellan, Lieutenant, in Expedition against Oswegatchie in 1779,271.
M'Neil, Mrs., abduction of, by Indians,098
M'Pherson killed at Siege of Quebec,201.
Mead, General, Ebenezer, Notice of,411.
Meeker, Timothy, at Battle of Springfield,324; Idea of Standing Army,325.
Mellon, Colonel, at Siege of Fort Schuyler,242.
Merchants, Club of American, suggest Stamp Act in 1739,461; Of Boston express Willingness to pay for Tea destroyed,512; London, rebuked by George III. lor favoring American Cause,521.
Mexico, City of, founded, 16.
Middlebrook, Encampment of American Army at, in 1778,79Howe's Stratagem-Skirmishes-Encampment of seven Brigades of American Army at,331; Washington's Army at, in 1778,332.
Mifflin, Thomas, appointed by Washington Quarter-master General,566.
Milford, Pennsylvania, Notice of,380.
Miller, Quotation from,136.
Miller, Mary, scalped by Indians,295.
Minor, Charles, Historian of Wyoming-Quotation from,340: Letter to Colonel Stone relative to Invasion of Wyoming,350.
Miralles, M. Juan De, accompanies Luzerne from France-Death of,311.
Mississippi River ascended by De Soto in 1542, 31.
Mohawk River, Difficulty in Crossing, 41.
Mohawk Valley, early Hostilities in,231; Seeds of Rebellion implanted by Stamp Act-Effect of political Movements upon People-Formation of Parties-incidents prior to Revolution,232; Violence of Loyalists-Assault upon Sammons--Meeting at Cherry Valley-Baronial Hall fortified by Colonel John Johnson,233; Attempted Removal of Kirkland-Hostile Movements of the Johnsons-Indian Councils,234; Alarm of People-Congress orders Schuyler to seize Military Stores,235; Disarming of Tories at Johnson Hall-Perfidy of Johnson-Flight,236; Repairs at Fort Stanwix-Brant at Oghk-waga-Hostile Movements-Expeditions of Herkimer and Colonel Harper,237; Conference with Brant-Frankness-Herkimer's precautionary Measure-Haughty Bearing of Brant,238; Breaking up of Council-Grand Council at Oswego-Seduction of Indians-Coalescence with English,239; Gloomy Prospects of, in 1781,283; Description of,284; Last Battle of,291.
Mol an g rescues Putnam,141.
Money, Continental-Form of Bills-Devices and Mottoes,317;, Plans for Redemption-Counterfeits of, by Tories,318; Depreciation of-Value of, in Specie,319; Paper, Value of, in 1778,352.
Money first coined by United States-Fac Simile of,318; First coined in New England in 1652,449; First Paper, issued in New England in 1690,451; Paper, issued by Massachusetts in 1775,534.
Money Digging at Mount Independence,148; At Crown Point,152.
Monkton. General, Landing of, near Montmorenci,185.
Monocasy Island, Notice of,356.
Montcalm, Marquis De, Louis Joseph De St. Veran, appointed Successor to Dieskau-Attempt to capture Fort William Henry-Return to Ticonderoga,110; Second Attack on Fort William Henry-Surrender of Garrison-Perfidy of French and Indians,111; Position of Army at Quebec,185; Death and Burial place of-Biographical Sketch of.188Monument of,205; Approaches Oswego in 1756-Attack on the Works,218; Victorious-Courtesy,219.
Montgomery, General Richard, captures Fort St. John's-Death of,162; At Battle of St. John's,170; March upon Montreal-Mutiny in Camp,181; Approach to Cape Diamond-Attack upon British-Death of,198; Biographical Sketch of,200; Tomb of. 201.
Montmorenci, Battle of,186; Falls of, described,203.
Montour, Catharine, biographical Sketch of-Captivity with Indians-Accompanies Delegates of Six Nations to Philadelphia,357.
Montreal, first Settlements of,178; Captured by English in 1760,179.
Montressor, Colonel, Notice of,191.
Monument of Brock and M'Donald,226; Proposed, in Memory of De Witt Clinton,259; Caldwell's, at Elizabethtown,326; Near Troy, in Memory of Battle of Wyoming,365; Proposed by Congress in Memory of General Wooster,406; Colonel Dixwell at New Haven,420; Major Campbell, near Milford Hill.423Colonel David Humphreys at New llaven,429; Dr. Joseph Warren on Breed's Hill,549; At Concord in Memory of the Slain,531,552,553; At Lexington,531,553; At Danvers,531; Bunker Ilill,558.
Mooers, Benjamin, Notice of,165.
Moore, Major, killed at Battle of Bunker Hill,545.
Moravian Missionaries, Notice of,343.
Morgan, Colonel Daniel, at Battle of Bemis's Heights,50Censure of, at Battle of Stillwater,62Joins Camp at Cambridge,565.
Morgan, John, succeeds Church as Surgeon to Army Hospital in 1775,568.
Morgan, James, murders Reverend James Caldwell,327.
Morgan, General Lewis, at Battle of Klock's field,281; Ordered to Currytown,294; Death of,295.
Morris, George P., Quotation from,382,480.
Morris, Robert, Notice of,321.
Morris, Lieutenant, at Battle of Stillwater, 52.
Morristown, New Jersey, Notice of-Fort Nonsense-Headquarters of Washington-Encampment at, in 1777,306,310; Room occupied by Washington,315.
Mottoes on Continental Money,317: At Celebration of Pluckemin in 1778,334,335; On Newspaper Head,508; On Pine Tree Flag. 570,576.
Moulton, Mrs., extinguishes flames of Concord Court-house, fired by British in Î775,526.
Mount Defiance, Ascent of,130; View from,131.
Mount Independence, Assent and Topography of,147.
Mowatt. Lieutenant. Descent of, upon Cape Ann with British Brig of War-Sent to Portland to obtain Supplies,569.
Mumford, Adjutant, killed at Battle of Bunker Hill,571,
Munson, Dr. Eneas, Letter of, relative to Vaccination,307; Senior, Biographical Sketch of,308; Notice of,430.
Murphy, Timothy, biographical Sketch of-Account of his killing General Fraser,62Notice of.267Escapes from Indians in Western New York,276; Boldness of, at Schoharie,279.
Mutiny among Washington's Troops in New Jersey,312,314; In Regiment of Colonel Van Rensselaer, near Hoosick Four Corners, in 1781, relative to New Hampshire Grants-General Gansevoort directs Colonels Yates, Van Vechten, and Van Rensselaer to quell Disturbance-Troops raised for the Exigency,399; End of Insurrection,400.
Myers, Mrs., Notice of-Incidents of her Life-Escape of her Father and Brother from Indians,370.
Narvaez's Expedition to Florida and Mexico in 1528-Perishes in Storm at Sea, 30.
Navy, American Colonial, Boards formed in 1775,569; First Organization of, in 1775,575; Code of, adopted-Augmentation of, in 1776,576.
Naval Battle on Lake Champlain in 1776,163,164; Operations against Niagara, under Shirley, in 1755,217; Expedition fitted out at Elizabethtown Point in 1776,328; Operations of British on Coast after the Battle of Bunker Hill,569; Manly's Engagement off Cape Ann in 1775,570.
Neal, John, Quotation from,539.
Newark, Notice of-Associations of,305.
Newberry, Capture and Execution of,273.
New Dorlach (Sharon Springs), Battle of,294.
New England-Its Associations,432; Origin of Name,433; Bounds and Extent of original Territory,434; People of, aroused to Arms in 1774,514; Fisheries of, Bill proposed to destroy,520;-F)ag of, at Battle of Bunker Hill,541; Colonies sustain and perfect their civil Government during the Revolution,568.
Newfoundland discovered by Cabot in 1498, 27.
New llaven, Settlement of-East Rock-Red Rock,418; Organic Law of New Haven Colony-Regicides,419; Strenuously opposes Proceedings of Stamp Act,420; Early Patriots of,421; Landing of Tryon's Troops at, in 1779,422.
Newport blockaded by the British in 1780-French Fleet at,435; Domestic Manufactures of, prior to Revolution,470.
Newspaper Press, political Importance of, during Revolution,476,485; Devices,507,508; Poetry,508.
Newspapers, American, during Revolution-Anderson's Constitutional Gazette-Boston News Letter-Boston Post,513; Boston Journal of the Times,480; Boston Gazette and Country Journal,513; Essex Gazette,467; Federalist,384; Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Post Boy and Advertiser,513; Massachusetts Spy,513,515; New England Ensigne,449; New York Mercury,460,470; Pennsylvania Journal,507; Rivington's Political Register,459; Royal Gazette,508.
Newspaper, English, London Chronicle, Notice of,570.
New York, State of, organized at first Session of Legislature at Kingston in 1777-Election for Members of Legislature held in all Counties except New York, Kings, Queens, and Suffolk-Names of State Officers elected,387.
Niagara Falls, Incidents and Topography of,328; River, Events of, in War of 1812,226; Suspension Bridge,228.
Nichols, Colonel, at Battle of Bennington,397.
Niemcewicz, Count, Notice of,329.
Nixon, General John, at Battle of Stillwater,51Biographical Sketch of,76wounded at Battle of Bunker Hill,545.
North-men, early Voyages of, to North America, 17.
Norridgewock Falls. Notice of,191.
North, Lord Frederick, Earl of Guilford, Policy of, relative to Battle of Saratoga,85Biographical Sketch of,483.
Norwalk described,413; Destroyed bv the British in 1779,414.
Oak, Charter, at Hartford,434.
Officers, Public, Insolence of,474; Names of, at Battle of Bunker Hill,542; American, Salaries of, in 1775,564; Genera], under Washington-Stations of, near Boston in 1775,566.
Ogden, Captain Amos, in Wyoming Valley-Attacked by Yankees,345.
Ogden, Moses, Grave of,326.
Ogden, New Jersey Tory, Notice of,313.
Ogden, Nathan, killed by Speddy,346.
Ogdensburgh attacked by the British in 1812,213.
Oghkwaga, Indians at, in 1777,237.
Oliver, Peter, biographical Sketch of,506.
Oriskany, Description and View of, Battle-ground,245.
Osborn, Levi, Founder of Osbornites,405.
Oswald, Colonel, Notice of,409.
Oswegatchie, Fort, captured by the English in 1760,212; Expedition against, under M'Lellan and Hardenburgh, in 1779,271.
Oswego, Topography of,215,217,220,221; Attempt to capture, hy Willett, in 1783-Attack upon, in 1814,220.
Otis, James, Jun., patriotic Efforts of,459; Liberality of,474; Boldness of,477; Abuse of,487; Assaulted by Robinson-Recovers Damages by Law,488; Biographical Sketch of,492; Anecdote of-Killed by Lightning,493.
Paine, Robert T., conducts Prosecution of Preston for Murder,492.
Paine, Thomas, Quotation from,457.
Palmer, William P., Quotation from,298.
Paris, Colonel, at Siege of Fort Schuyler,243. ,
Parker, Captain Jonas, killed at Battle of Lexington,525.
Parker, Capture and Execution of, in Western New York in 1779,276.
Parliament, British, Proceedings of, relative to Burgoyne,84Opposition in House of Commons relative to Burgoyne's Defeat,85Introduces Bill for the more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in 1774,156; Discuss Right of Taxing Americana,461; Passage of Stamp Act,463; Apathy of, after its Passage,470; Repeal of Stamp Act,472; Proceedings in, on Eve of Revolution,517; Warm Debates in, in 1775,519.
Paterson at Battle of Bunker Hill,545; At Battle of Bemis's Heights, 49.
Patriots, American-Soundness of their Principles-Not to be bribed,479; Boldness of, in Boston in 1774,510; Secretly convey Arms and Ammunition out of Boston in 1775-Detection and seizure of. on Boston Neck,522; Names of, slain and wounded at Battle of Lexington and Concord,532.
Patroon, Killian Van Rensselaer,391.
Peck, Reverend Dr., Wife of,370.
Penn, Governor John, entered Protest against the boundary Section of the Canada Bill in 1771,156; Refusal of, to treat with Susquehanna Company in 1769,345; Calls of, to General Gage for Troops from New York in 1769,346.
Penn, Governor Richard, refuses to negotiate with Connecticut,347.
Pennsylvania applies to Congress to appoint Commission relative to Dispute in Wyoming in 1782-Appeal unheeded-Appoints three Commissioners to repair to the Valley,371.
Pennymites, civil commotion with Yankees at Wyoming Valley in 1770,345,346.
Percival, James G., Quotations from,292,531.
Percy, Lord, Anecdote of, while marching toward Lexington,528.
Petrie, Dr., medical Adviser of General Herkimer,260.
Philadelphia, second Continental Congress held at, in 1775,125; Riot at. in 1779, 32 L.
Phillips, Major General, at Battle of Bemis's Heights, 50.
Phillis (Wheatley), Female Slave and Poet, Letter of Washington to-Biographical Sketch of-Quotation from,556.
Phipps, Sir William, attempts to besiege Quebec in 1789,451.
Pickering. Colonel Timothy, biographical Sketch of,374; Appointed Commissioner to Wyoming Valley in 1787-Repulsed by Franklin,375; Escapes to Philadelphia-Returns to Wyoming-Abduction and Treatment,376.
Pierpont, Reverend John, Quotation from,447.
Pigot, General, in Command at Battle of Bunker Hill,541.
Pine Robbers (a Band of Tories), Notice of,332.
Pitcairn in Expedition to Concord in 1775,523; Shot by Negro Soldier-His Widow pensioned by British Government,546.
Pitt, William, Notice of,457; Resigns his Ministry,458; Marble Statue of, in New York City,472; Created Earl of Chatham in 1766,475; Unexpected Appearance in Parliament on Eve of Revolution-Speech on American affairs-Conciliatory Proposition,518.
Platt, Judge Zephaniah, Notice of,165.
Pledge, Form of, to sustain Continental Congress by Patriots of New York in 1775. 384.
Pluckemin, Notice of-Washington's Army at, in 1778,332; Celebration at, in 1779. 33).
Plunkett. Colonel, Expedition to Wyoming in 1775,348.
Plymouth, Massachusetts, Landing of Pilgrims at-Rock-First Sabbath at,443; Founded in 1620,444.
Pokono Mountain, Notice of,339.
Pollard, Asa, killed at Battle of Bunker Hill,541.
Pomeroy, Seth, appointed Commander of Massachusetts Militia,516; At Battle of Bunker Hill,542.
Poor, General, at Battle of Bemis's Heights,49In Sullivan's Expedition to Wyoming,274.
Port Bill, Boston, adopted and passed in 1774,504.
Poughkeepsie, Origin of Name-Meeting of Legislature at, in 1778-State Convention at,382.
Powell, General, at Battle of Bemis's Heights, 50.
Powder, Scarcity of, after Battle of Bunker Hill-Private Vessels sent to West Indies for Supply,570; Seasonable Supply of from Africa,571.
Pownal, Governor, Notice of482Remarks of, concerning Spirit of American Patriots,483; Statement of, in Parliament,484.
Pratt, Chief Justice (afterward Lord Camden), Position of, on Passage of Stamp Act,472.
Prescott, Colonel William, at Battle of Bunker Ilill-His Bravery-Biographical Sketch of,539; Anecdote of,541.
Prescott, Dr. Samuel, at Battle of Lexington,525.
Prescott. Genera], at Battle of Montreal in 1775-His Brutality toward Allen-Harsh Treatment to American Prisoners,180; His Flight and Capture,181.
Prescott, Lieutenant, at Battle of Bunker Hill,546.
Prescott, William H., Notice of,539.
Preston, Captain, tried for Murder of Attucks, Gray, and Caldwell,491.
Preston, Dr., Notice of,554.
Press, American Newspaper,507,508,513. 515.
Prideaux, General, at Crown Point in 1758,120.
Pringle, Captain, Naval Command of, on Lake Champlain in 1775,162.
Prisoners' Island. Lake Champlain, Escape of Prisoners from,117; Prescott's Brutality toward,180; American Prisoners at Cedar Rapids released by General Carleton,209.
Privateering in 1775,329.
Privateers, American, formidable to British in 1775,569.
Privy Council, a Cabinet of thirty-five Peers,494.
Protestant Colony in Florida destroyed by Spaniards in 1564, 32.
Provisions, Fresh, Scarcity of, in British Army in Boston in 1775,571.
Pulaski, Count, at Morristown in 1780,310.
Pulpit, Curious, at German Flats,254.
Puritans, Origin of-Bishops Hooper and Rogers-Henry VIII.-Elizabeth-Puritan Boldness,440; Position of Elizabeth-The Separatists-Persecutions-Puritans in Parliament-James L-Exile of Puritan Ministers,441; Character of Puritan Pilgrims-Preparations for sailing to America-Departure from Delfthaven-The May Flower,442; Exploration of the American Coast-Attacked by Indians-First Sabbath in New England-Landing of, on Plymouth Rock in 1620,443; Founding of Plymouth-Destitution and Sickness-Death of Carver-Election of Bradford-Defiance of Indians,444; Condition of the Colony-Further Emigration from England-Winslow-Old Colony Seal-Standish-Settlement of Weymouth in 1622-Shawmut,445; Settlement of Endicott and others at Salem-Arrival of Winthrop-Founding of Boston in 1630-Progress of free Principles,446; The Puritan Character-Witchcraft-English Law-Delusion, and its Effects in New England,447; Religious Character of the Puritans-Mildness of their Laws-The representative System-Influx of Immigrants,448; Trade of the Colony-First coined Money-Marriage of Mint Master's Daughter-Conduct of so-called Quakers-Punishment,449.