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Brattle, Thomas, son of William, 281, 282. Brattle, William, 281.
Bray, Major John, 97, 184.
Brimmer, George W., 338.
Brocklebank, Captain, 416, 417.
Brooks, Governor John, residence and sketch of, 133, 134.
Bunker, George, 80.
Bunker Hill Monument, history of, 73 - 79. Bunker (Breed's) Hill, battle of, British landing-place, 48, 49 ; Brit-
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ish regiments engaged, 53 ; losses ! Church, Dr. Benjamin, residence of, in, 56, 57; anecdotes of, 56-60 ; 286; his treason, 287, 288. Trumbull's picture, 60; question of Chelsea Bridge, built, 7. command, 60 - 63 ; anecdotes of, 64, Claflin, William, residence of, 351. 65; redoubts, etc., 65, 66; disap- Claghorn, Colonel George, constructs frigate Constitution, 29. Clap, Preserved, 154. pearance of, 66 ; anomalous author- ity of American officers, 66- 68; ac- counts of, 70-73; American hos- Clarke, James Freeman, 352. pital, 71; prisoners, 71; slaughter Clarke, Samuel, 352. of British officers, 72, 73; Bunker Clarke, Samuel C., 352. Hill proper fortified, 80, 81.
Burbeck, Captain Henry, 173.
Burgoyne, General John, in Boston, 59; arrives at Cambridge, 158 ; re- turns to England, 165; residence in Cambridge, 197.
Burr, Aaron, anecdotes of, 104, 105.
C.
Cambridge, fortifications, 180 - 187, 213, 243, 244; settlement of, 195, 196 ; first church, 211, 212; Ferry, 212; topography of, 212, 213; Court- House, 217 ; camps at, 245; Com- mon, 245 et seq .; old burial-place, 276-280.
Campbell, Colonel Archibald, 89 ; imprisoned at Concord, 382, 383.
Capen, Hopestill, 428.
Carter, Robert, 323.
Cartwright, Cuff, 358.
Cipher of United States, origin of, 47. Channing, W. E., 200.
Chardon, Peter, 181.
Charles River, named, 2; bridged, 3-5. Charles River Bridge, projected, 3 ; built and opened, 4, 5; building committee, 6.
Charlestown Lane, 357.
Charlestown Ferry established and granted to Harvard College, 5; ex- change of prisoners at, 8, 9.
Charlestown, topography and settle- ment, 8 ; dispersion of inhabitants, 8 ; site of the " Great House " and first ordinary in, 9; old burial-place, 11 ; distinguished citizens of, 10.
Clark's House (Lexington), 364; occu- pied by Hancock and Adams, 365.
Clark, Rev. Jonas, 363, 367.
Cleaveland, Colonel, 183.
Clinton, General Sir Henry, 80.
Cobble Hill (McLean Asylum), forti- fied, 172; prisoners on, 177; Barrell's palace, 177; Insane Asylum, 178.
Codman, Captain John, murder of, 169, 170.
Coffin, John, at Bunker Hill, 57.
Colonial Army, early composition of, 246; in 1775, 247 - 254; location of regiments, 249 ; roster in Cambridge, 250 ; flag of, 251, 252: punishments, 252 ; uniform, 253, 254.
Committee of Safety, rendezvous of, 257.
Concord, 371-394; approach to, 372, 373; topography in 1775, 380- 383 ; Old Court House, 380; grist-mill and jail, 381; mill-pond, 383; Old Hubbard House, 384; hill burial- ground, 385 ; battle monument, 387 -389; . named, 389; Old Manse, 389 -392; retreat from, 393, 394; Mer- riam's Corner, 393.
Constitution, frigate, incident of her building, 29, 30; cruise in the East Indies, 30; conflict with the Guer- rière, 32, 33; rebuilt in Charlestown, 40; story of the figure-head, 41 - 44; action with the Java, 47; has the first made mast in our navy, 47 ; memorials of, 50; lines to, 363. Convent of St. Ursula, 91 -95.
Convention troops, march to Rutland, 163; barracks at, described, 164 ; march to Virginia, 165.
Christ Church (Boston), ,bells of, 52. Christ Church (Cambridge), 273-276. |Cook, John, residence of, 348.
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Coolidge, Charles, 378. Coolidge, Joseph, 378. Copley, John S., works of, 225. Copper sheathing, origin of, 47. Cox, Lemuel, builds Charles River Bridge, 3, 4 ; sketch of, 6. Cradock's Fort, 134.
Cradock, Governor Matthew, 134, 135, 136; dies, 139. Craigie, Andrew, 179. Cresap, Michael, 88. Curtis, George William, 379, 380.
Cushman, Charlotte, birthplace of, 22; anecdotes of early life, 22 ; first ap- pearance in public, 22; studies for the stage, 23; début in London, 23, 24; Cushman School, 25.
D.
Dana Hill, 199; mansion, 200.
Dana, Judge Francis, 200. Dana, Richard H., 200. Dane, Nathan, 218, 219.
Davis, Isaac, killed, 408.
Davis, Judge John, residence of, 59.
Dawes, Major Thomas, 173.
Daye, Stephen, 224.
Dearborn, General Henry, 105; at Monmouth, 106.
Derby, George H., 380.
Derby, Richard, 370.
Dewey, Samuel P., exploit with Con- stitution's figure-head, 41 - 44.
Dickerson, Mahlon, 43, 44. Dickinson, Edward, 193. Dirty Marsh, 27.
Doncaster, England, night surprise at, 12, 13.
Dorchester Heights, occupation of, pro- posed, 260, 261.
Downer, Eliphalet, duel with the regu- lar, 399. Downing, Sir George, 238. Dudley, Thomas, residence of, 112. Duer, William, 303. Dunster, Henry, 211.
E.
Edes, Benjamin, printing-office of, 347, 348.
Edes, Thomas, 19. Ellsworth, Annie G., dictates first tel- egraphic message, 21. Emerson, Rev. William, 389. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 378, 379. Essex Bridge built, 6. Eustis, William, burial-place of, 370. Everett, Edward, 11, 80, 210, 211.
F.
Fayerweather, John, 414. Fayerweather, Thomas, 316. Fife, the, introduced into British army, 248.
First church (Cambridge), sites of, 211, 212; Provincial Congress sits in, 215. Flags of truce, methods of conducting before Boston, 86, 87.
Flucker, Thomas, 63.
Foot of the Rocks, 359.
Fox, Jabez, residence of, 256.
Fraser, Simon, 382.
Fresh Pond, 340; ice-traffic of, 344, 345. Fuller, Abraham, 351.
Fuller, Joseph, 351.
Fuller, John, 351.
Fuller, Sarah, 351.
Fuller, Sarah Margaret, birthplace of, 192. Funeral customs, 331 - 333.
G.
Gage, General Thomas, 8, 63, 356. Gardiner, Rev. J. S. J., anecdote of, 18. Gates, General Horatio, 104, 299. Gergeroux, Marquis de, banquet to, 36. Gerry, Elbridge, 317, 320.
Gerrymander, history of the, 320 - 322. Gibbeting, instances of, 169, 170.
Gibbet in Middlesex, location of, 170. Gibbs, Major Caleb, Washington's re- buke of, 15, 27; commands Life Guard, 308.
Gilbert, John, birthplace of, 22. Glover, Colonel John, quarters of, 292 - 294. Gookin, Daniel, 200. Gordon, Rev. William, 347. Gorham, Nathaniel, sketch of, 14 - 16.
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Graves, Samuel, 358.
Graves, Thomas, 432.
Greene, Catharine, Eli Whitney a pro- tégé of, 152.
Greene, General Nathaniel, Knox's opinion of, 149 ; camp on Prospect Hill, 149 ; trial of André, 150 ; money embarrassments, 150, 151, 272.
Green, Samuel, 224.
Gridley, Colonel Richard, 187.
H.
Haldimand, General, 355. Hamilton, Alexander, 300.
Hancock Frigate, armament of, 34.
Hancock, John, at Lexington, 365- 370.
Hancock, Thomas, 225, 368.
Hand, General Edward, 90. Harrington, Jonathan, 361. Harrington, Daniel, 361.
Harris, Lord George, at Bunker Hill, 56, 57.
Hartt, Edmund, naval yard of, 27. Harvard College, Charlestown Ferry granted to, 5; first observatory, 201; Fellows' Orchard, 201; Gore Hall, 201; College libraries, 201-206; President's house, 206-212; Dane Hall, 218; early accounts, 221, 222, 229; enclosures, 222; building and sites of old Halls, 223; College Press, 223, 224; Massachusetts, 224, 225; Portrait Gallery, 225, 226; lotteries, 226, 227; buildings used for bar- racks, 227; Harvard, 227, 228; Hol- lis, 229; Holden Chapel, 229, 230; Holworthy, 230; University Hall, 230; customs, 232, 233; clubs, 234; Commencement, 234, 235; dress of students, 235, 236; Oxford caps, 237, 238; distinguished graduates, 238. 239; historic associations, 240, 241; outbreaks of students, 241, 242; American works, 243, 244; seal, 242. Harvard, John, 10; library and monu- ment, 11. Hastings, Jonathan, 256. Hastings, Rebecca, 261. Hastings, Walter, 256, 257.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, residence in Concord, 373, 391.
Henley, Colonel David, court-martial of, 160; sketch of, 161, 162.
Hessians, appearance of, 158; uniform and colors, 315, 316. Hewes, Shubael, 271.
Hollis, Thomas, 226.
Holmes, Abiel, 262.
Holmes, O. W., 254, 262.
Hopkins, Commander Ezekiel, per- sonal appearance of, 38.
Hoppin, Rev. Nicholas, 275.
Hosmer, Abner, 408; John, 381.
Hovey, C. M., 186.
Howard, Caroline, 324. Howard, Samuel, 324.
Howe, Lyman, 421.
Hudson, Frederick, 380.
Hudson, William, 12.
Hull, Commodore Isaac, described, 31, 32; superintends docking the Con- stitution, 40.
Hull, General William, tomb of, 349; sketch of, 350 - 352.
Humphreys, David, 300.
Humphreys, Joshua, reports in favor of Charlestown as a naval station, 27.
I.
Inman, Ralph, 187 - 189.
J.
Jackson, Colonel Henry, 27; residence, 348. Jackson, Colonel Michael, 349.
Jaques, Samuel, 99. Jones, Ephraim, 381, 382.
Jones, Commodore John Paul, hoists American flag, 38. Joy, Benjamin, 178.
K.
Kent, Duke of, 310, 311. Kent, Judge William, 284. Keyes, George, 389. Keyes, John S., 392. Kirkland, John T., 209.
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Knight, Sarah, journey to New York in 1704, 425, 426.
Knox, General Henry, 27, 56 ; book- store of, 172 ; accident, 173 ; mar- riage, 174 ; at Trenton, 175; birth- place, 177, 187, 272, 275; residence, 348. Knox, Lucy (Flucker), 173, 176, 177. Knox, William, 173.
L.
Lafayette, Marquis, 303, 304.
Lardner, Dionysius, prediction of, 35. Lechmere's Point, 179; British land at, 180 ; access to, 180; fort on, 180 - 184; executions at, 184. Lechmere, Richard, 179. Lechmere, Thomas, 179.
Lee, General Charles, announces his arrival to the enemy, 85, 86; quar- ters of, 129, 141 ; sketch and anec- dotes of, 142-144; alleged treason, 145 ; incidents of his capture, 146 ; singular request and death, 147, 148, 272.
Lee, Joseph, 316. Lee, Colonel William R., 107.
Leonard, Rev. Abiel, 191.
Leverett, Governor John, serves with Cromwell, 12; portrait of, 14.
Lexington, battle of. Prisoners of, ex- changed, 8, 9 ; Smith's march to, 354-364; topography of the Com- mon, 360; meeting-house and belfry, 360, 361 ; battle monument, 362, 363; Clark House, 364-369; burial- ground, 370; Fiske's Hill and the road to Concord, 371 ; Smith's junc- tion with Percy, and the retreat, 395, 396.
Lightning conductors first applied to vessels, 47.
Linzee, Captain John, 188, 189.
Longfellow, H. W., description of his residence, 290, 312. Long, Samuel, innkeeper, 9.
Lowell, Rev. Charles, 317, 322.
Lowell, James Russell, 317 ; home of, 318, 323, 324.
Lurvey, James, 258.
M.
Magoun, Thatcher, 41.
Malden Bridge, built, 6, 83.
Mallet, Andrew, 110.
Mallet, John, 110.
Mallet, Michael, 110.
Martin, Michael, career and execution of, 97, 184, 185.
Mason, David, 174, 183.
Mather, Increase, 211.
McLean Asylum, 172.
McLean, John, 172.
Massachusetts Bay divided into shires, 7. Mass. Horticultural Society, 337, 338. Merrimac Frigate, launch and history of, 45, 46.
Middlesex Canal, 81, 82.
Middlesex County formed, 7.
Mifflin, Thomas, residence of, 282, 283, 300.
Military roads in 1775, 83, 84.
Miller's River (Willis's Creek), 179, 180. Molineux, William, Jr., 424.
Moncrieff, Major, officiates at an ex- change of prisoners, 8, 9.
Monmouth, battle of, incidents of, 106, 163.
Morgan, General Daniel, account of his corps, 87 - 90.
Morse, Samuel F. B., birthplace of, 19; first attempts at painting, 20; con- ception of the telegraph, 20; first line and message, 21.
Morse, Jedediah, 16- 18; residence, 19. Moulton's Point (Moreton's or Mor- ton's), British landing-place at bat- tle of Bunker Hill, 27; fortified, 28. Mount Auburn, 326-340; the Tower, 329; the Chapel and statuary, 335 - 337; origin of, 337, 338.
Mount Pisgah. See Prospect Hill. Murray, Samuel, 357.
N.
Napoleon I., his opinion of American sailors, 46.
Navy Yard, Charlestown, 26-51; first Government yards, 27; history of
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Charlestown purchase, 27; surround- [ Pitcairn, Major John, at Lexington, ings, 28; commanders of, 29-33; 357 - 359, 381, 382. the park of artillery, 33; compared Plowed Hill (Mt. Benedict), fortifica- tions described, 84, 85; convent on, burnt, 92, 93. with Woolwich, 34; dry dock, 40; famous vessels built at, 44 - 46; landing of Sir William Howe, 48, 49 ; Pomeroy, Colonel Seth, at Bunker Hill, 60, 61. area, cost, and original proprietors, 49, 50; Naval Institute and tro- phies, 50.
Nelson, Horatio, noble conduct of, 37. Newman, Robert, 354.
Newton, celebrities of, 348- 353.
Nicholson, Commodore Samuel, com- mands Charlestown Yard, 29; col- lision with Claghorn, 29, 30; death and burial, 30.
Night watch, customs of, 9, 10.
Nix's Mate, 170.
Noddle's Island (East Boston), 27. Nonantum Hill, 352, 353.
O.
Old Manse (Concord), 389-392.
Old South Church (Boston), 183 ; Washington's visit to, 271, 272. Old Wayside Mill. See Powder House. Oliver, Thomas, 318, 319. Otis, James, 336.
P.
Parker, Isaac, 218.
Parker, Theodore, birthplace of, 361.
Parker, John, 361, 409. Parker, Rev. Samuel, 274, 275. Parkman, Samuel, 379, 429.
Pearson, Eliphalet, 262.
Percival, Captain John, 30.
Percy, Hugh, Earl, march to and re- treat from Lexington, 395 - 405. Penny Ferry, 83.
Père la Chaise, Mount Auburn com- pared with, 329, 334.
Phillips, Rev. George, 346, 347.
Phillips, General William, 165. Phips, David, mansion, etc., 200. Phips's Point. See Lechmere's.
Pierce, Josiah, Jr., 428. Pierce, George W., 431. Pierce, Joseph, 173. Pigot, General Robert, 5.
Pontefract Castle, England, capture and siege of, 12.
Powder House, history and description of, 110-112; legend of, 115.
Prentice, Captain Thomas, 348.
Prescott, Colonel William, 60- 62. Prospect Hill, occupied by Putnam, 62; fortifications, 148 ; vestiges of, 148, 149, 166, 167 ; garrison of, 149; description of camps and flag-raising on, 156, 157 ; Burgoyne's troops en- camped on, 157 ; description of their barracks, 159; collision between prisoners and guards, 160.
Putnam, General Israel, conducts an exchange of prisoners, 8, 9 ; at Bun- ker Hill, 60- 62 ; quarters and sketches of, 189 - 192, 197, 272.
Putnam, Colonel Rufus, anecdote of, 108.
Quarry Hill, 113. Quincy, Dorothy, 366. Quincy, Eliza S., 206, 210. Quincy, Josiah, 210. Quincy, Samuel, residence of, 59.
R.
Rainsborrow, General William, ser- vices under Cromwell, 12; killed, 13. Rale, Sebastian, 205.
Rawdon, Francis, Lord, at Bunker Hill, 57.
Reed, Joseph, 299.
Revere, Paul, prints Colony notes, 348; night ride to Lexington, 354, 357, 367.
Rice, Reuben, 381. Ripley, Rev. Ezra, 388, 391. Rivington, James, anecdote of, 55. Riedesel, Baron von, 107, 314 - 316.
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Royal Artillery, 112, 183, 395. Rolfe, Benjamin, 429.
Royall, Isaac, 120, 123, 124, 218.
Royall, William, 122. Royall, Samuel, 123.
Royall, Penelope, 124.
Ruggles, Timothy, 165.
Ruggles, Captain George, 316.
Russell, Thomas, 309, 310.
Russell, Jason, 402.
S.
Saltonstall, Sir Richard, 317. Scammell, Alexander, 101.
Sedgwick, General Robert, serves under Cromwell, 12; death, 14.
Serjeant, Rev. Winwood, 274.
Seventy-first Highlanders, organization of, 382.
Sewall, Jonathan, 313, 314.
Sibley, John L., 205.
Small, General John, anecdote of, 59.
Smith, Captain John, names Charles River, 2; New England, 3 ; his tomb, 3.
Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel, lands at Lechmere's Point, 356.
Sparks, Jared, 311.
Spooner, Bathsheba, 165, 166.
Spooner, Joshua, 166.
Stark, General John, at Bunker Hill, 56, 60, 70 ; quarters at Medford, and sketch of, 125, 126, 272. Stirling, Alexander, Lord, 303.
Stirling, Lady Kitty, 303.
Stone, John, architect of Charles River Bridge, 4.
Story, Joseph, 219; home of, 283 ; habits of, 284, 337.
Story, W. W., birthplace of, 284, 337. Stoughton, Israel, 12. Stow, Cyrus, 383.
Stratton, John, 318. Sudbury, Green Hill, 410 ; Nobscot, 410; King Philip's attack, 416, 417 ; Noyes Mill, 417.
Sullivan, General John, 84; quarters of, 98, 129; his camp, 101, 102; sketch of, 102, 103.
T.
Talleyrand (Prince of Ponte Corvo), 310.
Taverns. The Sun, 71; Anna Whitte- more's (Charlestown), 83; Billings's (Medford), 126, 132; Fountain (Med- ford), 132; Conestoga Wagon (Phila- delphia), 148; Bradish's (Cambridge), 158, 213, 214; Richardson's (Water- town), 345, 346; Coolidge's, 348 ; Davenport's (Cambridge), 357; Black Horse (Arlington), 357 ; Tufts's, 357 ; Buckman's (Lexington), 361 ; Wright's (Concord), 380; Richard- son's, 381; Bigelow's (Concord), 381; Heywood's, 383, 385; Jones's, 381; Munroe's (Lexington), 396.
Temple, Robert, residence and account of, 96, 97.
Ten-Hills Farm, account of, 95-99.
Thompson, Benjamin (Count Rum- ford), 427 - 432.
Thompson, General William, 89.
Thoreau, Henry D., 379, 380.
Tidd, Jacob, 129.
Tilghman, Tench, 300. Tilghman, Lloyd, 300.
Tracy, Nathaniel, 308, 309.
Trescott, Lemuel, 173, 429.
Trenton, battle of, 109 ; council of war before, 126 ; incident of, 175.
Trowbridge, John T., 403.
Trowbridge, Judge, home of, 280.
Trumbull, John, 299.
Tudor, Frederick, 345.
Tudor, Colonel William, 151; anec- dotes of, 162. Tudor, William, Jr., 74, 338.
Tuckerman, Edward, 284.
Tufts, Nathan, 113.
Tufts, Oliver, 141. Turner, Job, 40.
Two Cranes, Charlestown, 9.
Two-Penny Brook, 113.
V.
Vanderlyn, John, anecdote of, 105. Vassall, Colonel Henry, 125. Vassall, Jolın, Sr., 286, 292.
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W.
Wadsworth, Captain Samuel, killed, 416, 417.
Wapping, 28.
Ward, General Artemas, 61; headquar- ters, 258; incident of Shays's Re- bellion, 259, 260.
Ward, Joseph, 349.
Warren, Joseph, conducts an exchange of prisoners, 8; at Bunker Hill, 60, 61, 261; death, 72; statue of, 77. Washington Elm, 267.
Washington, General George, collision with Hancock on a point of etiquette, 15, 70, 71; leave-taking of his officers, 174, 208 ; first headquarters in Cam- bridge, 262; events in life of, 271, 272; headquarters, 289-308 ; per- sonal description of, 296; Continental uniform, 297 ; his staff, 299, 300 ; at Monmouth, 301 ; anecdotes of, 301, 302 ; habits of, 306 ; his body-guard, 307, 308.
Washington, Lady, 305.
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 264.
Waters, Captain Josiah, 187.
Watertown meeting - houses, 347 ; Bridge, 347, 348 ; burial-grounds, 346, 347.
Wayside Inn (Sudbury), 420 - 425. Wells, William, 317.
Wesson, Colonel James, 162, 163.
West Church (Boston), anecdote of, 322.
West Boston Bridge, built, 4, 5.
Wheeler, Captain Timothy, ruse of at Concord, 384.
Whitcomb, Colonel Asa, anecdote of, 156.
Whitefield's Elm, 268.
Wilder, Marshall P., 339.
Wilkinson, General James, account of Bunker Hill battle, 70; duel with Gates, 104.
Willard, Joseph, 209.
Willard, Samuel, 211.
Willard, Solomon, architect of Bunker Hill Monument, 75, 79, 80.
Williams, General Otho H., 88.
Windmill Hill (Cambridge), 284.
Winter Hill, fortified and garrisoned, 100-102; German encampment on, 106, 107.
Winthrop, Mrs. Hannah, 359, 360.
Winthrop, Governor John, 95, 96 ; statue, 336.
Winthrop, William, 200.
Worcester, Joseph E., 312.
Wyeth, Nathaniel J., his trip to the Pacific, 341 - 344.
Wyman, Rufus, M. D., 178.
Y.
Yankee, origin of the word, 256. Yankee Doodle, 397.
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