slavery, 23–24, 121, 159, 165, 197, 240, 244, 262, 278, 293–95, 306n, 356n
smallpox, 54, 68, 255, 312n, 314n
Smith, Francis, 152, 154, 280
leads expedition to Concord, 116, 118, 122–23, 128–29, 132, 136
marches to Lexington, 145, 148–49
reinforcements of, 140, 143–44
searches for supplies, 139
smuggling, 7, 9, 21, 304n
Solemn League and Covenant, 42, 47–49, 55, 75, 118
Somerset, 182, 184, 203, 218
South Carolina, 3, 52, 167
South End (Boston), 10, 15, 20, 234
spears, 250, 348n
spies, 89–93, 115–16, 135, 170, 180, 192, 246, 318n, 321n, 334n. See also Church, Benjamin; Gage, Thomas
Spitfire, 196, 203
Spunkers, 68, 314n
St. Andrew’s Lodge of Masons, 68, 89–90, 192, 288, 318n
St. James’s Palace, 25, 29
St. John’s Masonic Lodge, 90
St. Patrick’s Day, 285
Stamp Act (1765), 4, 6, 17–18, 20, 30, 163
Stark, John, 185, 196, 205, 211–14, 220–21, 226, 339–40n
Stevens, James, 178–79
Stiles, Rev. Ezra, 66, 325n
Stockbridge, Mass., 58, 241
Storrs, Experience, 209
Stoughton, Mass., 179, 194
Stow militiamen, 138
street-firing, 141, 327n
Stuart, Gilbert, 237, 240
Stuart kings, 4, 6
Suffolk County militia, 150
Suffolk Resolves, 74–76, 102, 115
Sukey, 171, 188
Sullivan, John, 245, 249–51, 281–82, 286
Sullivan, Thomas, 229
surgeons, 54, 152, 192–94, 235, 244, 281, 284, 312n, 335n. See also specific names
Sutherland, William, 124, 128, 141, 143, 149, 162, 324n
swords, 51, 124, 228–29, 325n, 343n
Symmetry, 196, 203
tarring and feathering, 16–22, 24, 32, 39, 99, 145, 288–89, 305–6n
Taunton, Mass., 44–45, 58, 84–85, 317n
taxation, 6–8, 16, 30, 52, 81, 88, 95, 111–12, 303n
tea, 7, 10–11, 22, 30, 36, 41, 45, 52–53, 100. See also Boston Tea Party; East India Company tea
Tea Act (1773), 8–10, 34, 120
Ten Hills Farm, 63–64
Tewksbury militia, 146
Thacher, James, 281–82, 286, 339n
Thomas, John, 164–67, 175–76, 183, 191, 194–95, 208, 243, 250, 280
Thomas, Isaiah, 47, 70, 101, 112, 150, 247, 310n, 321n
Thomas, Mary Dill, 101
Thomas, Nathaniel Ray, 85–86, 166–67
Thompson, Benjamin, 101
Thompson, Daniel, 147
Thorp, Thomas, 142, 330n
Tories, 71, 86, 274, 284, 288–89, 317–18n, 356n
Tory Row. See Cambridge: Tory Row in
Town House (Boston), 8, 15, 19–20, 39, 290–91
town meetings, 32–34, 36, 39, 41, 48–49, 53, 58, 74, 120, 136, 139, 178, 307n
town militias, 58, 77–78, 81, 93, 119–20, 136, 242, 267–68, 270. See also militiamen; specific towns
Townsend, Daniel, 157
Townsend, David, 215–16, 339–40n
Townshend Act (1766), 7–8
traitors, 89–93
Trask, Israel, 244
treason, 49, 201–2, 252, 284
Trevett, Samuel, 210–11, 213, 223
Trumbull, Gov. Jonathan, 174–75, 253
Trumbull, John, 241, 294
Trumbull, Joseph, 240–41
Tryon, Gov. William, 16
Tudor, William, 162
Tupper, Benjamin, 257
Tyler, John, 292–93
uniforms
of British officers, 155, 220
of British regulars, 124, 132, 134, 155, 219–20, 222, 325n
of militiamen, 124, 325n
of provincial army, 208, 243
of Virginia regiment, 239
Unity, 284
Virginia, 44, 53, 56, 168, 237–40, 244, 262, 278, 289, 350n
Vose’s Tavern, 74–75
Waller, Adj. John, 227–29
Wallis, Dennison, 157
Waltham, Mass., 180
War of Regulation, 16
Ward, Artemas, 167, 182, 198
advises Washington, 251
as provincial army’s first leader, 164, 214, 260–61
and Battle of Bunker Hill, 202, 204–5, 230
and Battle of Chelsea Creek, 186–87
commission of, 179–80
at council of war, 195, 250–51
criticism of, 180, 345n
occupying Dorchester, 272–74, 277
officers of, 179, 186, 245
replacement of, 236
Warren, Dr. Joseph, 36, 48, 164, 186–87, 242, 256, 261, 284, 350n
and Battle of Bunker Hill, 195, 208, 215–16
and Benjamin Church, 176, 182, 322n
on the British army, 220
and the Coercive Acts, 74–75
and Committee of Correspondence, 52–54
and Committee of Safety, 109–10, 163, 166, 168, 173, 175, 191–92, 204–5, 236, 336n
on Concord/Lexington fight, 323n
death/burial of, 229–30, 235–36, 247–48, 287–88, 294–95, 344n, 347n
description of, 46, 164, 309–10n, 314n, 336n
finances of, 54, 311–12n
and Gov. Gage, 90–92, 177, 318n
house of, 15, 46, 116, 150
and Josiah Quincy, 81–82, 95, 171–72
as major general, 194, 219, 228, 236, 336n, 337n
Massacre Day Oration of, 96–100, 130, 319n
medical practice of, 3, 17, 46–47, 53–54, 78, 102, 216, 310n, 312n, 314n, 318n, 320n, 328n, 340n
and the Powder Alarm, 70–73, 102
and Provincial Congress, 81, 88, 109, 110, 168, 175, 181, 191–92, 316n, 333n
as soldier, 109–10, 150–52, 155–56, 216, 219, 228, 339n
sounds the alarm, 116–19, 323n
and Suffolk Resolves, 75–76, 102, 115
writes to Samuel Adams, 180–82, 193–94
See also Adams, John; Edwards, Sally; Scollay, Mercy
Warren, Eben, 287–88, 318n
Warren, Edward, 216, 312n, 314n, 318n
Warren, Elizabeth Hooten, 46, 54, 310n
Warren, James, 175, 267–68, 333n
Warren, John, 67, 89, 216, 235, 247–48, 287–88, 314n, 318n
Warren, Mercy Otis, 47, 252, 310n, 331n, 333n, 344n
warships, 84, 169, 182
and Battle of Bunker Hill, 196, 199–200, 202–3, 212, 215, 217
and Battle of Chelsea Creek, 183–87
in Boston Harbor, 26, 76, 89, 114, 116, 161–62, 172, 184–85, 189–91, 198–99, 206, 249, 255, 257–58, 276
and British evacuation, 283, 290
deep draft of, 170
plundered by provincials, 186
Washington, George, 53, 160, 172, 180, 248, 286, 312n
and African Americans, 241, 262–63, 289, 351n
and assault on Boston, 243, 249–51, 258–59, 263, 267–68, 271–73, 275–76, 283, 287, 351n
on cowardice, 277–78
criticism of, 260–61, 350n
description of, 237, 240
and Dorchester, 272–79, 281, 287
establishes army, 265–68, 287, 289–90
and gunpowder, 244–45, 249–50, 267
heads army/navy, 236–37, 240–
41, 245, 257–58
home of, 240, 278
and Henry Knox, 268–71
military background of, 26, 56, 237–40, 242
negative opinions of, 241–43, 250, 261, 346n
overhauls army, 243–46, 251, 259–63, 267–68
personality of, 237, 239–40, 245, 261–62, 274, 346–47n
and reenlistment crisis, 259–61, 267, 271
on war, 350n
Washington, Martha Custis, 239, 267, 286
Watertown, Mass., 14, 69, 72, 103, 151, 158, 168, 178, 247, 252, 330n, 332n
Watson, George, 22
Watson’s Corner, 153, 158
weapons, 78, 115, 124, 168, 172–73, 244, 267, 315n. See also artillery; specific types
Webb, Jotham, 156
Webb, Samuel, 223, 279
Webster, Daniel, 292–93
Wedderburn, Alexander, 28
Welch Fusiliers, 98, 153–55, 217, 221–22
Wellington, Benjamin, 124
West, Rev. Samuel, 159, 330n
Westfield, Mass., 269–71
Westford, Mass., 138, 140, 200
Weston, Mass., 93, 111
Weymouth, Mass., 183
whale oil, 9, 304n
whaleboats, 170, 257, 332n
Wheatley, Phillis, 23–24, 278, 306n
Whig party, 89, 104, 216, 318n
White, Ammi, 144, 327–28n
Whitefield, Rev. George, 59
Whittemore, Samuel, 153, 157
Wilkes, John, 253
Wilkinson, James, 286
Willard, Abijah, 201, 204, 338n
Wilson, Jonathan, 147
Winnisimmet, Mass., 63, 183–86, 254
Winter Hill, 63–64, 153, 160, 254
Winthrop, Hannah, 47, 161–62, 310n, 331n
Winthrop, John, 11, 40, 47, 64, 161–62, 256
Winthrop, John, Jr., 11, 22, 24, 313n. See also Joyce Junior
Woburn, Mass., 123, 146–47
Wolfe, James, 26, 190
women, 121, 151, 159. See also specific names
Worcester, Mass., 58, 65, 77, 86, 93, 109, 112, 162, 167, 247, 269, 321n
“Yankee Doodle,” 149
Young, Dr. Thomas, 48, 54, 57–58, 69–70, 82, 100, 111