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mentioned98

British occupation and evacuation of34

British troops in24

fires in22

DQA02
DCA02
193
DCA03
62*
91*
92*
159*
160*
DCA04
403*
DCA05
13*
385*
DCA06
141*
232-233*
DCA07
219*
DCA08
145*
178*

French fleet at16

PJA12
3
PJA13

smallpox in16

PJA03
PJA01
202

American military operations against15

British-imposed conditions for Americans leaving14

letters sent to and received from13

conditions in, before and after British evacuation12

elections in12

DCA07
360*
DCA08
339*
AFC07
PJA09

town meetings11

DJA01
DJA02
132
DJA03
DCA03
190*
191*
279-280*
292-293*
409*

cartel ships from10

PJA09

distress and destruction brought on by Gage and Howe9

Artillery Election Days8

DCA01
DCA02
DCA06
149*
DCA08
57*
58*

canals and railroads8

DCA03
153*
173*
267*
271*
273*
280*
291-292*
298*

CFA comments on8

DCA07
123*
124*
286*
DCA05
235*
259*
DCA06
9-10*
57*
60*

JQA visits8

rumored bombardment of8

town meeting activities and committees8

PJA01
PJA02

CFA's and ABA's Hancock Avenue house7

DCA02

Continental frigates at7

PJA07
PJA08
28
29
PJA09
511

poor relief in, after Port Act7

Port of7

LJA02
DCA01
327

American defense for6

and Shays' Rebellion6

AFC07
DQA02

anti-abolitionism6

DCA06
208*
248-249*
284*
326*
346*
408*

banking and currency problems in6

DCA07
39*
241*
242*
382*
383*
399*

British strength and defenses in6

PJA03

compared to European cities6

inoculation hospitals in6

AFC02

loyalists in6

PJA07
PJA08
56
PJA09
589
PJA10
13
28

map of (and adjacent towns)6

DCA03
218 (illus. facing) *
275*
276*
307*
309*
ix*

political meetings and caucuses6

DCA03
344*
351*
DCA04
53*
65*
198*
422*

shortage of breadstuff and meat in6

Stamp Act disturbances in6

DJA03
283

supply of Estaing and suitability as French naval base6

Alliance goes to (1780)5

PJA08

and loyalists5

PJA03
PJA04
102

bankruptcies and financial distress in5

DCA07
223-224*
227*
229*
230*
241*

cholera alarm5

DCA04
317*
341*
347*
352*
361*

customs establishment and officers at5

effects of Port Act upon5

DJA02
PJA02

instructions on the Stamp Act to General Court representatives5

JA's preferred destination for arrival in U.S.5

PJA08

John Bonner's map of, 17695

LJA03
69 (illus. facing)
315
vii
DJA01
288 (illus. facing)
xi

Lafayette in5

PJA09
PJA10
30

Liberty riots5

memorial to Lafayette5

DCA05
341*
342*
346*
380*
383-384*

opera and theater5

DCA05
71*
74*
75*
DCA06
298*
303*

paintings exhibited5

DCA03
294-295*
DCA04
21*
179*
228*
323*

public meeting on Love-joy murder5

DCA07
353*
354*
356*
358*
xiii*

quartering of British troops in5

PJA01
PJA02

specie payments continued (1839)5

DCA08
307*
310*
312*
314*
316*

vessels arrive at and depart from5

White murder and ensuing trials5

DCA03
207*
208*
303-304*
371*
xix*

and Mass. constitution4

PJA05
PJA06

and Mass. Constitution of 17804

PJA08

and Richardson's case, No. 594

anniversary of settlement4

DCA03
321*
322*
339*
x*

balloon ascensions4

DCA05
352-353*
xix-xx*
DCA06
149*
DCA05
213 (illus. facing) *

Charles River Bridge opens4

AFC07

Declaration of Independence publicly read in4

AFC02

donations for poor of4

PJA03

Election Week4

DCA03
245*
255*
DCA04
55*
213*

Estaing's fleet leaves4

PJA07

Franco-American treaties arrive at4

PJA06

JA moves to4

LJA02

mayoralty4

DCA03
63*
198*
203*
DCA04
378*

“Mechanic's Fair”4

DCA07
320*
DCA08
300*
303*
304*

permission for and regulations respecting inoculation in4

AFC02

severe winter of 1779-17804

smallpox epidemic of 17764

AFC01

speculation on British return to4

spirit of inhabitants4

PJA02

Stamp Act riots, 25 Aug. 17654

LJA01
LJA02

under martial law4

AFC01

fire, March 17603

LJA01

and American Board of Customs Commissioners3

LJA02

and origins of Amer. Revolution3

PJA12

and sugar trade3

AFC07

arrival of prizes at3

PJA09
327
PJA10

boycott of British goods3

PJA02

caucus clubs in3

CFA's earlier lodgings3

DCA03
8*
59*
183*

CFA's law offices3

DCA03
2*
155*
172*

committees of correspondence3

PJA09
44
45
PJA10
193

Cranches purchase goods for Adams brothers in3

AFC07

defeat of Mayor Quincy3

DCA02

economic conditions in3

AFC06

efforts to control prices in3

PJA08
92
97
98

fire, 3 Feb. 17673

LJA02
10
11
13

French fleet and riots in3

PJA07

Grand Muster Day3

DCA03
31*
334*
DCA05
177*

growth and change3

DCA05
128*
267*
DCA06
401*

Independent Company of militia in R.I. campaign3

AFC03

JQA does not want to study law in3

AFC07

map of3

AFC01
240 (illus. following)
AFC02
389

Mary Cranch visits3

AFC07

mobs in3

LJA01
27
40
41

possible British attack on3

PJA07

reaction to the Lexington disaster3

DCA08
358*
359*
360*

representation in General Court3

PJA07
PJA08
93

representatives in General Court3

DJA01

smallpox epidemic of 17643

AFC01

topographical changes3

DCA03
305-306*
308*
DCA04
11-12*

various scandals and subjects of gossip3

DCA03
89-90*
230-231*
371-372*

visited by Lafayette3

AFC03

war fears and stock prices3

DCA06
76*
81*
84*

4th of July fireworks2

DCA08
73*
259*

activities of Town Meeting2

PJA12

a damaging storm2

DCA08
342-343*
348*

alarm in2

AFC03

alarm over possible British attack (1777)2

AFC02

and Dutch-American trade2

PJA10

and opening of the courts2

PJA01

and tea dispute2

PJA02
2
7

as last stronghold of British authority2

LJA01
xc
LJA02
259

as seen from Dorchester2

DQA02

as target for British attack2

PJA05

attitude toward British troops2

PJA01
222
PJA02
128

bathing establishments2

DCA03
305*
xv*

British destruction of personal property and household goods during occupation2

AFC01

British motivation for not burning2

PJA07

British troops sent to (1768)2

PJA10

broadside of town meeting2

PJA02

building of Charles River Bridge2

AFC06

CFA's residence2

DCA03
2*
x*

Charles Storer returns to2

AFC07

clubs2

PJA02

Commonwealth Bank fails2

DCA07
379*
380*

Constitutional Convention of 1780 held in2

AFC03

controversy over judges' salaries in2

DJA02

“Dissipation prevails and ... Toryism abounds” (1777)2

AFC02

Dutch consul in2

PJA13

dysentery epidemic (1778)2

AFC03
95
97

economic distress2

DCA05
250-268 passim *
DCA06
385*

evacuation of2

PJA02

firemen oppose mayor2

DCA07
356*
360*

foreign trade of2

AFC07

fortifications in2

PJA02

fraudulent stockbrokers disappear2

DCA07
210*
211*

French consul at2

PJA11
107
AFC03
287

great elm on Common2

DCA03
323*
324*

housewives mob merchant Thomas Boylston in2

illus. in Cambridge diorama2

LJA01
159 (illus. facing)
xvi

Independence Day celebrated2

AFC03
209
DCA04
90*

Independence Day celebration in2

DQA02
DCA05
337*

Independent Company of militia formed in2

AFC02

independent corps in2

PJA04

influx of Irish Catholics2

DCA05
359*
xix*

“It has no Head, no Men of distinguishd abilities” (1777)2

AFC02

Jackson's Proclamation2

DCA04
420*
422*

JA receives news of2

PJA12

JA recounts visit to2

EJA01

JA's comments on inhabitants of2

DJA01

Jefferson's paintings in2

DCA05
128*
xi-xiii*

JQA on possible houses in2

DCA02

leaders of bar2

EJA01
81
99

loyalists escorted out of town by “Joyce Junior”2

AFC02

maintenance of roads2

DJA01

mayoralty election (1833)2

DCA05
224*
226*

military reviews2

DCA01

military supplies in (1774)2

PJA02

Minot's T2

PJA11

mob action against price gougers in2

PJA05

municipal court2

DCA01
1
DCA02
158

Naval Officer of Port named2

AFC05

nonimportation and nonexportation agreements2

DJA01
351
DJA02
141

paper money and specie in (1750)2

PJA09

plan of city by Hazen Morse2

DCA02
145 (illus. facing)

plan of town and harbor of2

PJA03

politics in2

DCA01

prewar resistance of2

PJA05

prices in2

PJA09

problem of Greek goods in2

DCA01
52
55

proposal that French ships winter at2

PJA09

public meeting on currency crisis2

DCA07
241*
245*

ratifies Mass. Constitution of 17802

PJA09

reaction to destruction of Ursuline Convent2

DCA05
359-361*
xix*

reception for French allies2

PJA11
30
35

representatives to General Court and Provincial Council chosen2

PJA02

riot between firemen and Irish immigrants2

DCA07
259*
260*

selectmen not permitted to leave city during British occupation2

AFC01

siege of2

PJA02
29
PJA12
91

siege of (1775-1776)2

AFC01

society2

DCA01

Stamp Act riots in2

PJA02
105
PJA12
8

Stanhope affair in2

AFC06

supplies of firewood in2

PJA05

supply of wood for2

PJA09

support and opposition to Committee of Correspondence2

PJA02

Ternay's fleet arrives at2

PJA10

theater in2

DCA03
xiii*
DCA04
viii-ix*

town meeting2

AFC04
379
DCA06
215*

Townshend Duties crisis compared with Amsterdam's Lee-Neufville treaty crisis2

PJA10

urged to send provisions to Miquelon and St. Pierre2

DJA04

view of, by Christian Remick2

LJA01
31 (illus. facing)
xv

vindication of2

PJA01

Votes and Proceedings of 2

PJA01

war effort of, praised2

PJA05

whig caucus2

DCA07
342*
364*

account of American entry into1

PJA04

Adamses plan to return to1

AFC07
467

Address to Hutchinson from “Merchants and Traders” of1

AFC01
xi

a giraffe exhibited1

DCA08
252-253*

and Anglo-American trade1

PJA10
28

and choice of Navy Board members1

PJA05
180

and committees of correspondence1

PJA12
211

and Federalist secession and Southern nullification doctrines1

DCA05
274*

and interstate commerce1

PJA09
570

and Russo-American trade1

PJA10
397

and Society to Promote Arts, Agriculture &c.1

PJA01

and whale oil trade1

AFC05
464

anecdote on morale in1

PJA02
175

anti-Adams sentiment1

DCA05
xxv*

appellee, No. 241

LJA01

as site for U.S. dockyards and arsenals1

PJA13
451

attitude toward Edmund Kean1

DCA02
56

bank established in1

PJA10
122

bank theft1

DCA03
272*

belief in that war will end soon1

PJA12
197

Brass Band1

DCA06
366*

British efforts to divide from Massachusetts1

PJA10
416

British expenditures in1

PJA10
238

building regulations1

DJA01

business failures in1

DQA01
315

celebration of Burgoyne's defeat1

AFC02
358

CFA on attitude toward slavery in1

DCA07
358*

CFA on customs officers1

DCA07
190*

CFA on future of1

DCA08
376*

CFA on ostentation of1

DCA01
312

CFA on “Society” in1

DCA08
200*

CFA on theater in1

DCA01
79

change of manners in,1

PJA10

Chavagnes wishes to return JA to1

PJA12
124

cholera epidemic1

DCA05
150-151*

Christmas observance1

DCA05
234*

collection of taxes in1

LJA01

comments on Assembly at1

AFC06
480

committee of safety1

PJA02
186

compared with Philadelphia1

DJA02
150

conduct of business in, No. 91

LJA01
174

Congregationalists in1

AFC06
64

Continental regiments in1

PJA04
170

coolness of “first families” to French officers1

AFC03
110

craft of engraving in1

DCA03
ix*

dancing classes in1

DQA01
317

demonstrations against customs commissioners1

PJA01
223

depressed real estate1

DCA03
121*

dinner for Daniel Webster1

DCA08
82*

distribution of JA's Defence of the Const. in1

AFC07
366

education of women in1

AFC06

effect of British capture1

PJA11

effect of news of harmony in congress (1774)1

PJA02
174

electoral uncertainty in1

DCA06
261*

encroachment on lands of, at the Fort1

PJA02
91

enforcement of British navigation acts in1

PJA09

establishment of Amer. Academy of Arts and Sciences in1

PJA10

establishment of Post Office1

DCA03
159*

events in1

PJA10
96

exchange of prisoners from1

PJA13
522

exchange rate at1

PJA09
466

feeling for JQA in1

DCA08
142*

fight between French and Amer. sailors at1

PJA11
114

food in1

AFC05
377

free speech and jury power in1

LJA01

French newspapers published in1

DCA07
143*

friction between troops and populace, No. 601

LJA02

funerals in for the shipwrecked1

DQA02
141

General Court held in1

AFC03
361

General Court removed from1

PJA01
238

government not incorporated1

AFC06
254

Greek Revival architecture in1

DCA03
xii-xiv*

GWA elected to Common Council1

DCA02
227

Hancock wins in1

AFC05
152

harbor fortifications1

DCA05
344*

heated debate in town meeting (1774)1

AFC01

higher duties for goods in British vessels1

AFC06
250

hospitality of1

AFC06
83

housebreaks in1

DCA08
106*

“House Rent in this Town is very low”1

AFC02
107

importance of fisheries to1

DJA03

Indians visit1

DCA07
336*

inhabitants organize to fortify Boston Harbor1

AFC01
405

insurance companies1

DCA06
288*

invites JQA to give memorial address on Monroe1

DCA04
85*

Isaac Smith Sr. on trade and commerce in1

AFC02

JA and lawyers of1

LJA01

JA as Ploughjogger on taxes in1

PJA01

JA at court in1

LJA01
lvi

JA defends1

PJA05
121

JA on commerce of1

PJA02
90

JA on conditions in (1774)1

PJA02
206

JA on “rebel” in1

LJA03
252

JA on walking about1

PJA09
381

JA receives letters from1

PJA13
242

JA represents1

LJA01

JA wants to send Loosjes' Gedenkzuil to library in1

PJA13
457

Josiah Quincy mayor of1

DCA01
150

JQA unable to buy book at1

AFC07
131

J. Quincy's remarks on, No. 641

LJA03
164

La Luzerne and his party in1

DJA02
400

lawlessness and violence1

DCA05
360*

Létombe recognized as consul in1

PJA12
53

loyalist comments on1

AFC06
316

loyalist influence in1

PJA06
188

loyalists exiled to1

PJA02
169

Lucy Quincy Tufts' funeral at1

AFC07
193

Lyman mayor of1

DCA02
103

marketing customs1

DCA03
384*

Massacre1

DCA03
183*

measles epidemic in1

AFC05
230

medal to commemorate evacuation of1

DJA03
376

meeting to celebrate N.Y. election results1

DCA05
295*

Memorial to Congress on removal of deposits1

DCA05
276*

merchants of, petition Congress1

DJA03
389

merchants of and nonimportation agreement1

AFC01

merchants vote to end nonimportation1

PJA01
246

military companies in1

DJA03
209

military parade1

DCA07
261*

militia camp1

DCA02
268

Natural Philosophy lectures in1

AFC06
501

news of Cabinet resignations1

DCA04
34-35*

news of Dutch recognition arrives at1

PJA13
193

news of JA's appointment to negotiate Anglo-American treaties in1

PJA08

news of North ministry's fall arrives at1

PJA13
195

newspapers of report AA2's marriage1

AFC07
339

newspapers print Hancock's address praising JA1

AFC05
289

opinion of French opera company1

DCA02
188

opposition in to Acts of Trade1

LJA02
100

overseers of the poor1

PJA02
92

parade of militia1

DCA04
314*

play-acting prohibited1

EJA01
30

poor relief1

DJA01
333

Pope's Day demonstrations1

PJA01
148

Pope's Day festivities1

LJA01
201

population increases from 17781

PJA13
152

postrider's schedule for1

PJA05

press reaction to JQA Report 1

DCA05
50-51*

privateers from1

PJA09
524

proposed wharf (1774)1

PJA02
95

proposed workhouse (1774)1

PJA02
96

protests against British imports1

AFC06
224

public education neglected in1

AFC02

public festivities1

EJA01

public health of1

DJA01
141

public meeting on annexation of Texas1

DCA07
386*

Quincy mayoralty1

DCA05
368-369*

reaction to Franklin-Wedderburn affair1

PJA02
88

reacts to Virginia's ratification of federal constitution1

DQA02
425

redevelopment, No. 331

LJA02

rejoices at birth of dauphin1

PJA13
242

rental of warehouses in1

DJA01
101

reported incapacity of Continental agents in1

PJA05
146

report on increase in U.S. population, wealth, and power from1

PJA13
152

representation of, in Mass. House1

PJA04
216

resolution adopted against trade with New York City1

PJA13
205

respondent, No. 261

LJA01

response to Intolerable Acts debated1

PJA02

revival of legal practice in1

PJA04
374

rumored bombardment (1774)1

PJA02
143

rumored conspiracy to turn over to British1

PJA08
196

rumored establishment of Catholicism in1

PJA07
237

rush for British goods in1

AFC06
114

Salmon's paintings of harbor1

DCA03
294*

saltworks on Boston Neck1

AFC06
13

seawall1

PJA11
115

seige of 17761

DCA07
184*

selectmen petition for change in law of removal1

LJA01
303

selectmen protest Gage's fortifications1

AFC01
151

selectmen request provisions for wounded1

AFC01
236

severe lack of wood in1

AFC05
285

shark exhibited1

DCA03
285-286*

Shaws travel to1

AFC07
273

shipping interests and Daniel Webster1

DCA02
244

smallpox epidemic1

AFC03
36

solar eclipse1

DCA03
421*

Sons of Liberty1

EJA01
22

Stamp Act crisis in1

AFC02
97

state officers installed1

DCA01
158

Street List1

LJA03

suicides1

DCA06
49*

thanks Washington at public dinner1

PJA04
111

the Watch1

DCA06
137*

Thursday as market day in1

LJA02
397

trade with Amsterdam1

PJA13
139

trade with Conn. River valley1

DJA02
27

treatment of printers during British occupation1

AFC01

troops from, in Braintree1

DQA02
459

Tyler Sr. and “mechanicks” of1

EJA01
22

Unitarian-Congregationalist controversy in1

DCA03
291*

Universalism in1

DCA03
279*

view of, from Old House1

DCA01
x

votes for Hancock over Bowdoin1

DQA02
189

Washington Centennial1

DCA04
245-246*

Waterhouse may move to1

PJA13
449

yellow fever reported1

DCA06
190*
See also: Boston Massacre
See also: Boston Neck
See also: Boston Port Act
See also: CFA
See also: Charlestown
See also: Federalists
See also: JQA

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