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The Latin Legal Maxims, as recorded by Josiah Quincy Jr. in his Law Commonplace Book: www.colonialsociety.org/node/2777.
Index
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Note: Women are indexed under their family name with crossreferences from any married name. ‘s.’ means ‘son of’, ‘d.’ means ‘daughter of’, ‘b.’ means ‘born in’, ‘m.’ means ‘married to.’
Adams, Abigail. See Smith, Abigail
Adams, Abigail (Nabby)
Adams, Charles
Adams, Ebenezer
Adams, Elihu
Adams, Henry
Adams, John (b. 1735, s. Deacon John Adams)
attending the Congress
at Battle of Lexington
in Boston during siege
on Boston Massacre
at celebration of recall of Gov. Bernard
childhood
on children in mobs
and Declaration of Independence
defends Hancock in Liberty case
diary
discussion with friends
disliked by Washington
early days in Boston
early law practice
early life and position
envious nature of
family life
in Freedom Suits
health
on impeachment of Peter Oliver
law practice
letter from Abigail
letters of, intercepted by British
looks for a wife
in Massachusetts House of Representatives
mourns Josiah Quincy Jr.’s death
move to Boston
no pity for Samuel Quincy
on committee drafting declaration of rights and grievances
political offices
political pamphleteer
in politics in Boston
private life of
protests British troops in Boston
protests Stamp Act
protests Townshend Acts
and religious scandal
return to Braintree
salary for attending Congress
studies
on the Tea Party
thinks of leaving Boston
travelling the law circuit
view of Hancock
vision of future form of government
woos Abigail
writings of
writing to Thomas Hutchinson
later life
Adams, Deacon John
Adams, John Quincy
Adams, Joseph
Adams, Peter
Adams, Samuel (Sam)
John Adams’ envy of
order for arrest of
portrait of
Adams, Susanna (Suky)
death of
Adams, Thomas
Adams family
agents, British
American colonists, rights and privileges of
American troops. See also Continental Army; militia
ammunition. See arms and ammunition
Andrews, John
Andrew’s Lodge (Masons)
Annapolis, Maryland
antinomianism
apprenticeships
arbitrary governmental power
armies, standing
Arminianism
arms and ammunition
order to seize
stores of
Arnold, Benedict
Articles of Association
Attucks, Crispus
Auchmuty, Robert
Avery, John
Ayres, Samuel
Bacon, Francis
Barnard, John
Barrington, William
Bass, Hannah (m. Adams)
Bass, Henry
Battle for Boston, two forts trick
Battle of Breed’s Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Hastings (1066)
Battles of Lexington and Concord
commemoration of
Bayard, Helena
Beacon Hill, Boston
Beaver (vessel)
Bee, Thomas
Belcher, Jonathan
Belcher, Mrs.
Berkshires, Mass.
Bermudas
Bernard, Gov. Francis
recall and departure of, party to celebrate
Bethel (ship)
Bill of Rights (1689)
blacks
fighting for the American cause
freed by freedom suits
manumission of
rights of
Blackstone, Sir William
Blyth, Benjamin
bonfire of “the king’s arms” (Boston)
bonfire of the vanities
books
booksellers of Boston
publishing of
study of
Boston
attack on
blockade of
bombardment of
city and citizens of, “on trial”
Common
disliked in the South
donations for its besieged inhabitants
improvements to, contibuted by Hancock
living conditions in
map
map showing environs
mobs of
occupation by British troops
parades
people of, skinny and malnourished after the siege
plan to attack
port of, closed
punishment of
siege of
size and importance of
smells of, during the war
surrender of
Boston Chronicle
Boston Evening Post
Boston Gazette
Boston Latin School
Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)
commemorations on anniversary of
trials relating to
Boston Neck
Boston Packet (sailing boat)
Boston Pamphlet
Boston Port Act
Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773)
Boston Town Meeting
Bowdoin, James
Bowes, Lucy
Boylston, Susanna (m. Adams)
Boylston family
Bradford, William
Braintree, Essex, England
Braintree, Massachusetts
Adams family move back to
class structure in
families of, chart
independent character of
map
name of
official opposition to the Stamp Act
road to Boston
town meeting
Braintree Instructions
Brattle, William
Brattle Street Church, Boston
Briant, Abigail
Briant, Rev. Lemuel
Bristol Packet (ship)
Britain
boycott of trade with
corruption in
departures to
economic harm to
secret plans in, to America’s benefit, Joseph Quincy Jr. as messenger of
British Army
in Boston
supplying
British Constitution
British empire
British forces in America
departure from Boston
in New York City
British goods, boycotting of
British institutions, dismantling
British rule in America
flattery and bribes used by
opposition to
British troops
bringing provisions to illegally
captured soldiers
deserters
firing on citizens
harassment of, by boys
housing of
in meetings
mercenaries
mortality of
taken prisoner with their flags
British warships
bombardment by
in Boston waters
sent to America
broadsides
Bromfield, Thomas
Bruce, Captain
bullets, metals melted down to make
Burgoyne, General
Burke, Edmund
Burr, Aaron
Burr, Abigail
Burr, Thaddeus
business class
Cadet Corps of Boston
Caldwell, James
Calvinist Protestantism
Cambridge, Mass.
Camden, Lord
Canada
battles in
British victory in
departures to
Cape Cod
Captain (warship)
Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
Carr, Patrick
Castle Island
Catholics
Cerberus (British warship)
Chadwell, Mrs. M.A.
Charleston, S.C.
Charlestown, Mass.
burning of
Chase, Thomas
Chatham, Lord
Chatham, Mass.
Chickatawbut, sachem
children, mobs of, participating in boycott of British goods
Christmas
church, attendance at
Church, Benjamin
Church of England
Cicero
Clark, Elizabeth (m. Hancock)
Clarke, Elizabeth
Clarke, Rev. Jonas
Clarke, Richard
Clarke family
Clark’s Wharf (Hancock’s Wharf)
Cleverly, Joseph
Cleverly, Steven
Clinton, Henry
clothing, fashionable
Clymer, George
Coddington, William
Coddington family
Coercive Acts (the Intolerable Acts)
Coke, Sir Edward
colonies
independent governments of
rights of
support of the Common Cause
taxation of
union of
colonists
amnesty offered to
as British citizens
rights of
taxing of
comets, ominous
Committee for Non-Importation (Boston)
Committee of Correspondence (Boston)
Committee of Correspondence (Massachusetts)
Committees of Correspondence (Massachusetts towns)
Committees of Correspondence (of other colonies)
Common Sense (Paine)
Concord, Mass.
Congregationalists
Congress
idea of
work of
Connecticut
consignors of tea
Constitution, federal
“once changed can never be restored”
plans for
constitutions, of colonies
consumption (tuberculosis)
Continental Army
soldiers’ salaries
Continental Congress, First
delegates to
Massachusetts delegation to
proposed
work of
Continental Congress, Second
Declaration of Independence
summer adjournment
Cooper, William
Copley, John Singleton
Corner, John
Cotton, Joseph
court system, refusal to participate in
covenant of grace vs. of works
Crafts, Colonel Thomas
Cranch, Elizabeth
Cranch, Joseph
Cranch, Lucy
Cranch, Richard
Cranch, William
Crown
authority of, suppressed
officials in New England
salaries paid by
Curwen, Samuel
Cushing, Thomas
customs officials