Franklin, William, Governor of New

Jersey, ii. 100, 104.

Frederick, Prince of Wales, i. 126.
Frederick II., King of Prussia, i. 126,
132; Franklin's pretended edict of,
ii. 377-380.

"Free Thoughts." See Seabury,
Samuel.

Freeman, Thomas, i. 194.
French alliance, ii. 67; Tory mirth
over disappointments of, ii, 67–72;
serious discussion of, by Loyalists,
ii. 72-74; results of, depicted, ii.
74-77; wisdom of, distrusted by
Deane ii. 77-78.

Freneau, Philip, lineage and training,
i. 173; death, i. 171; interest at-
taching to his long career, i. 171–
172; as a satirist, i. 23, 26, 171,
172-173, ii. 99, 159; compared with
Hopkinson, i. 291-292; represents
new literary tendency, i. II, 187,
211; earliest work as a verse-writer,
i. 173-174; occupations during
Revolution, i. 174; fondness for the
sea, i. 174; sea-poetry of, i. 174-
175; poem on crew with clerical
names, i. 174-175; other examples
of playful verse, i. 175-176; his
prevailing note, i. 176; chooses
satire as his chief poetic vocation,
i. 176-177; gifts for higher forms
of verse, i. 177-180; oblique trib-
utes to, by British writers, i. 177-
180; escapes mannerisms of con-
temporaneous English verse, i. 180;
"Power of Fancy," i. 180-182;
"Retirement," i. 182-183; events
of 1775 furnish materials for satire,
i. 413, 415; abandons higher poetic
work for satire, i. 413-414; fierce-
ness as a satirist, i. 414-415; train-
ing for this work, i. 415; begins his
career as a satirist, i. 415; produces
five satirical poems, i. 415-416;
"On the Conqueror of America

Shut up in Boston," i. 416-417;
Midnight Consultations," i. 418-
424; represents British chiefs in
council, i. 418-422; declares for
Independence, i. 423; predicts na-
tional greatness, i. 423-424; relents
in favor of reconciliation, i. 424;
"Libera Nos, Domine," i. 424-
425; demands total separation, i.
425 two periods of his activity, ii.
246-247; abandonment of his coun-
try and stay in the West Indies, ii.
247-248; poetic work there, ii. 248-
249; denounces slavery, ii. 249-
250; his return home and literary
activity, ii. 250-251: confidence in
the success of the Revolution, ii.
251; "Stanzas on the New Ameri-
can Frigate Alliance,' ii. 251-
252; America Independent,” ii.
252-255; onslaughts upon George
III., ii. 253, 257-258; invectives
against Burgoyne and the Tories, ii.
253-255; To the Dog Sancho,” ii.
255-257; contributions to "The
United States Magazine," ii. 257-
258; capture and imprisonment by
the British, ii. 258-259; stimulated
thereby to new satires, ii. 259;
"The British Prison-Ship," ii. 259-
262; principal poems, 1781-1783,
ii. 263-264; "The Political Bal-
ance, ii. 264-270; "The Proph-
ecy," ii. 270-271; his final word to
the king, ii. 272-273; rank as a
poet, ii. 273-274; a pioneer in the
reform of English verse, ii. 274;
the first American poet of Democ-
racy and his fidelity to that charac-
ter, ii. 274-276; prose, ii. 275 note;
editions of his poems, ii. 275 and
note; classmates of, ii. 299.
"Friendly Address." See Cooper,
Myles.

Frothingham, Richard, "Rise of the
Republic,' "cited in notes, i. 331.

472, 473, 474.

"Full Vindication of the Measures of
the Congress." See Hamilton,
Alexander.

Gage, General Thomas, ii. 5, 154;
summoned to Boston, i. 239; arrives
in Boston, i. 220, 288 note; as
Thomas, the Gageite, in "Ameri-
can Chronicles," i. 261-265; as
Overseer in "Pretty Story," i. 288-
290; shut up in Boston, i. 402,

Gage, General Thomas, (Continued).
416; people exasperated at, i. 404;
satirized in King's Own Regulars,"
i. 410; by Freneau, i. 414, 416, 418-
422; by Trumbull, i. 431, 434-435,
437, 438-439; disobeys king's orders
in Lexington expedition, I. 481; as
Sylla, in Mercy Warren's " Group,"
ii. 196-197; as Lord Boston in
"The Fall of British Tyranny," ii.
200, 203-206; in "The Battle of
Bunker's Hill," ii. 212, 213; Mercy
Warren's portrait of, ii. 422.
Gaine, Hugh, i. 414; ii. 153, 264;
burlesque on, ii. 18.
Gale, Samuel, i. 439.

Galloway, Joseph, career, i. 370, 380-
381; materials on, i. 370 note;
services before 1774, i. 294-295;
preeminence as a Loyalist writer
and statesman, i. 369-370; ii.
397; in Congress, i. 314, 371-372;
'Plan of a Proposed Union" and
speeches theron, i. 372-373; Con-
gress rejects it, i. 373; declines re-
election, i. 374; minor pamphlets,
i. 374 note; "Candid Examina-
tion," i. 374-380; on violations of
liberty by its champions, i. 374-
375; view of the controversy, i.
375-376; argument on American
rights, i. 376 378; how to secure
them, i. 378-379; influence of this
pamphlet, i. 379-380; it comes too
late, i. 380; enters British lines, i.
380-381; seeks refuge in England,
i. 381; subsequent activity as a
writer, i. 381: pamphlets on politi-
cal questions, i. 381-382; on Revo-
lution as a physical conflict, i. 382-
383; on Loyalists, i. 383;
"Plain
Truth erroneously attributed to,
i. note 479-480; on Samuel Adams,
ii. 6; Hopkinson's "Letter" accu-
sing him of treachery, ii. 150-151.
Gardiner, Thomas, in "The Battle of
Bunker's Hill," ii. 211, 214-215,
218.

"The Battle of

Gates, Lady, in
Brooklyn," ii. 209.

Gay, Ebenezer, on Mayhew, i. 123.
Gay, John, English poet, influence on
Trumbull, i. 211.

Gay, S. H.
Cullen.
"General History of Connecticut."
See Peters, Samuel.
"Gentlemen at Halifax," pseudonym.
See Howard, Martin.

See Bryant, William

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Gentleman's Magazine," cited, i.
393; on Franklin's Examina-
tion," ii. 374.

George I., King of England, i. 43,
276.

George II., King of England, i. 32,

43, 125, 127, 424; ii. 304 note.
George III., King of England, i. 41,

43, 59, 93, 127, 137, 354, 444, 454;
ii. 10, 19, 25, 67, 68, 142, 261, 333
note; speech to first parliament,
note 33-34; Otis on, i. 42; Ameri-
can loyalty to, i. 223-224, 229;
Junius on reign of, i. 250; humor-
ous version of his American troubles,
i. 259-266; troops of, satirized, i.
410-411; orders disobeyed by Gage,
i. 481; in Hopkinson's "Proph-
ecy," i. 488-490; abdication as de-
clared by Drayton, i. 492-493; Jef-
ferson's advice to, i. 495-496;
arraignment in Declaration of In-
dependence, criticised, i. 500, 501-
502; charge against, respecting an
American tyranny, 512-515: Stans-
bury on, ii. 90; Loyalist devotion
to, ii. 95; Odell's ode for birthday
of, ii. 101-102, 126; Odell on, ii.
128; American reverence for, ii.
132; humorous account of his con-
duct toward America, ii. 135-137;
satirized by Hopkinson, ii. 146,
151; change of American feeling
toward, ii. 160-161; as an object
of satire, ii. 161; Whig writer on,
ii, 171; Bute's designs upon, ii.
199; rewards for the victorious
British soldiers, ii. 214; Freneau's
onslaughts upon, ii. 253, 257-258,
265, 271, 272-273; Freneau's speech
of, ii. 263; Brackenridge's arraign-
ment of, ii, 300, 302; Stiles's ser-
mon on accession of, ii. 338.
Gerry, Elbridge, John Adams to, on
Gordon's History, ii. 425-426.
Gifford, William, as a satirist, i. 22-
23.

lied," i. 150.

Goffe, William, regicide, ii. 334.
Goldsmith, Oliver, i. 455 note, ii.

285 note; on Churchill, i. 24; influ-
ence on Trumbull, i. 211.
Goodell, Abner C., Jr., disproves

charge against Adams for pecula-
tion, ii. 4 note; criticism on Hos-
mer's biography of Hutchinson, ii.
4II note.

Gordon, Lord George, Laurens's rebus
letter to, ii. 245 note.

Gordon, Thomas, i. 205 note.
Gordon, William, i. 27; on influence
of Common Sense," i. 474; His-
tory," cited in notes, i. 100, 270, ii.
338; career and character, ii. 423;
efforts to obtain material, ii. 423-
424; purpose to be truthful and
fair, ii. 424; fearing American pre-
judices, he goes to England to pub-
lish his work, ii. 424-425; encoun-
ters there similar prejudices, ii.
425-426; manuscript mutilated, ii.
426-427; value of his " History,"
ii. 427-428.

Gosse, Edmund, on Churchill, i. 25.
Götze, Johann August Ephraim, ii.
357 note.

Government, Boucher on divine origin

and authority of, i. 322-323; the
opposite theory denounced, i. 323-
325; Paine on origin, object and
true form of, i. 463-464.
Grafton, Duke of, i. 514.
Grant, Mrs. Anne, on American loss
by expatriation of Loyalists, i. 303.
Grant, Ulysses S., i. 517.
Graves, Admiral, satirized by Freneau,
i. 419, 425; as Admiral Tombstone

in The Fall of British Tyran-
ny," ii. 200, 203, 205, 206.
Gray, Harrison, in Mercy Warren's
Group," ii. 195.

Gray, Horace, opinion on Writs of

Green, T. & S., i. 208 note.
Greene, George Washington, Life
of Nathaniel Greene," cited, ii. 37.
Greene, General Nathaniel, i. 178, ii.
263; on Paine, ii. 36-37; Paine
aid-de-camp to, ii. 36, 40; pre-
Revolutionary occupation, ii. 58;
satirized by Odell, ii. 112; Gordon
derives information from, ii. 424
note.

Greenleaf, Joseph, Tory political sa-
tirist, ii. 80.

Grenville, George, 21, 59, colonial
policy of, i. 44-47; satirized, 116–
119; applauds maxims No taxa-
tion without representation," i. 306.
Gridley, Jeremy, argues for writs of
assistance, i. 32.

Grotius, studied by Samuel Adams, ii.

12.

Group, The." See Warren, Mercy.
"Franklin in
France," cited, ii. 361 note.
Hale, Captain Nathan, personal his-
tory, ii. 183, compared with André,
ii. 183; his hard fate, ii. 183-184;
ballad on, ii. 184-186.

Hale, Edward Everett,

"Hale in the Bush," a Revolutionary
ballad, ii. 184-186.

Halifax Gentleman. See Howard,
Martin.

Hamilton, Alexander, early history, i.
385; rank, i. 273 note; replies to
the Westchester Farmer" in "A
Full Vindication" and "The Farm-
er Refuted," i. 345, 384-385; ability
displayed in these pamphlets, i. 385;
his argument, i. 386-388; believes
allegiance due to king only, i. 386;
on alleged lack of legality in Con-

Hamilton, Alexander (Continued).
gress, I. 386-387; rights not de-
rived from parchments, i. 387;
despotism not to be frustrated by
entreaty, i. 387-388; identifies civil
and natural liberty, i, 388; fore-
sight, i. 388-389, 391; political
faith, i. 389-390; a monarchist and
believer in civil liberty, i. 389;
range of thought, i. 390-391; abjures
Independence prior to 1776, i. 459;
"Plain Truth" absurdly attributed
to, i. 479 note; master in finance,
ii. 396.

Hamilton, Gerard, on Jenyns, i. 81

note.

Hampden, John, i. 65, ii. 216.
Hancock, John, ii. 204; rank among
Revolutionary leaders, i. 122; sloop
seized by royal commissioners, i.
239; escorts Gage to State house,
i. 288 note; satirized by Odell, ii.
109, 110, 112, 114; in Mercy War-
ren's " Adulateur," ii. 193; retires
from presidency of Congress, ii.
244; letter to Duché on his ap-
pointment as Chaplain, ii. 291 note;
Hutchinson's description of, ii. 407-
408.
Hansard, T. C., Parliamentary
History of England," cited in notes,
i. 33, 46, 47, III-113, 231, 249,
306, 330.

Harcourt, Sir Vernon, on supremacy

of parliament, i. 310–311.
Harris, C. Fiske, i. 258 note.
Harrison, curate to Boucher, i. 319.
Hart, Oliver, preacher against danc-
ing, ii. 295-296.

Harvard College, graduates of, among
banished Tories, i. 302-303.
Hawke, Edward, English admiral, ii.
.88.

Hawks, Francis L., his sketches of
Boucher, i. 328 note.

Hawley, Joseph, believes colonies
united to England through crown
only, i. 229-230.
Hawlings, Mr., ii. 103.

Hayden, H. E., on Ethan Allen's al-
leged treason, ii. 229 note.
Hazlitt, William, ii. 358.
Helvetius, Madame, Franklin's pro-
posal to, ii. 369-370.
Henry VIII., ii. 196.
Henry, Matthew, i. 218.

Henry, William Wirt, "Life of Pat-
rick Henry," cited, i. 36 note.

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Herrick, Robert, English poet, i. 168.
Hervey, James, Trumbull's parody
on style of, i. 198.
Hewlings, J. W., "American Hearts
of Oak," criticised, ii. 169. See
'Virginia Hearts of Oak."
Hicks, John, i. 356 note.
Hildeburn, Charles R., on Consid-
erations," i. 115 note; on Oppres-
sion," i. 120 note; his sketch of
Hopkinson, i. 164 note; cited, ii.
131 note; his "Issues of the Penn-
sylvania Press," cited in notes, i.
56, 237, 238, 258, ii. 294; on au-
thorship of "The Fall," ii. 199

note.

Hildreth, Richard, History of the
United States," cited, ii. 40 note.
Hill, Birkbeck, his "Boswell's Life
of Johnson," cited, I. 81 note.
Hills, George Morgan, "History of
the Church in Burlington," cited in
notes, ii. 101, 103-105.
Hillsborough, Lord, on the "Farmer's
Letters," i. 237; Wright to, on the
"Farmer," i. 238.

"Historical Account of Bouquet's
Expedition against the Ohio In-
dians," history and character of, i.
151-152.
"Historical Magazine," cited, i. 431
note: ii. 427 note.

History, two expressions of the his-
toric spirit, ii. 383-384; represen-
tatives of this spirit as applied to
local themes, ii. 384-415; as ap-
plied to Revolutionary themes, ii.
394-411, 416-428.

Hollis, Thomas, instigates publication
of Adams's essays in London, i. 99.
Holmes, Abiel, description of attack
on Savannah, ii. 69-70; "Annals,"
cited, ii. 284 note; "Life of Stiles,"
cited in notes, ii. 332, 333, 336-338.
Home, Sir Everard, i. 179.
Homer, i. 37, 191, 213, ii. 265.
Honorius. See Adams, John.
Hooker, Thomas, ii. 331.
Hopkins, Samuel, i. 10; Trumbull's
burlesque alluding to, i. 205.
Hopkins, Stephen, governor of Rhode
Island, character and career, i. 64-
65; author of local history, i. 10;

Dream of the Branding," etc.,
attributed to, i. 61 note; publishes
"The Kights of Colonies Exam-
ined," i. 63-64; its outline, i. 65-69;
its tone and influence, i. 69; an-
swer to this pamphlet, i. 70-74;
replies to answer, i. 75; the rejoin-
der, i. 76-77; "Brief Remarks
erroneously attributed to, i. 78
note; as a representative of the his-
toric spirit, ii. 384; "The Plant-
ing and Growth of Providence," ii.
384.

Hopkinson, Francis, early life, i.
164-165; as described by John
Adams, i. 162-163; versatility, i.
163-164, 165 note; biographies of,
i. 164 note; political attitude in
1766, i. 166; in 1776, i. 167; visits
England, i. 165-166: occupations
after returning to America, i. 166–
167; character, i. 167-163; early
work as a lyric poet, i. 168-171;

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My Generous Heart Disdains,"
i. 168-169; "On the Hills Far
Away," i. 169-170; "My Love is
Gone to Sea," i. 170-171; essay on
advantages of Anglo-American
union, i. 225-226; his humor in
"American Chronicles," i. 258
note; A Pretty Story," i. 279–292;
its publication, i. 279; editions, i.
280 note; preface, i. 280-281; out-
line, an allegorical history of the
business bringing Congress together,
i. 281-290; literary charm, i. 290-
291; compared with Arbuthnot's
"History of John Bull," i. 291; as
a satirist, i. 26, 291-292, ii. 159;
replies to "Letters of Cato" in
Prophecy," i. 487-490; declares
Provost Smith was Cato," i. 487
note; chosen to represent New Jer-

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sey in Congress, ii. 131; official po-
sitions, ii., 131: contemporaneous
literary contributions, ii. 131-132;

Letter Written by a Foreigner on
the Character of the English Na.
tion," ii. 134-139; contributes to
political free-mindedness, ii. 134.
139; facetious description of the
typical Englishman, ii. 134-135;
playful account of the origin of the
Anglo-American quarrel, ii. 135-
137; on intellectual capacity of
British voters, ii. 137-139; his re-
vision of his writings, ii. 139-140;
tone toward the enemies of Inde-

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pendence, ii. 140-141; "Letter to
Lord Howe," ii. 141; "Political
Catechism," ii. 142; Camp Bal-
lad,' ii. 142-143; ridicules the
British invasions of 1777, ii. 143–
149; burlesque of Burgoyne's proc-
lamation, 11. 144-145: Date
Obolum Belisario," ballad depicting
Britannia's humiliation through
Burgoyne's failure, ii. 145-146;
"The Battle of the Kegs," ii. 146-
149; its effectiveness, ii. 149; its
literary quality, ii. 149; ridicules
the Loyalists, ii. 149-150; portrays
the political trimmer, ii. 150;
"Letter to Galloway," ii 150-151;
"Two Letters" ironically avowing
Loyalist opinions, ii, 151-153; on
the use of lies as a weapon of war.
ii. 152-153; · Advertisement
ridiculing Rivington, ii. 153-157;
Liberty's Call" attributed to, ii.

180 note.

Hopkinson, Thomas, personal history,
i. 164-165 and note

Horace, i. 159, 191, 194, 198, ii. 263.
Hosmer, James Kendall, on reputa-
tion of Samuel Adams, ii. 2; on his
master's thesis, ii. 13; 'Samuel
Adams " criticised, ii. 2 note; cited,
ii. 5 note, 8 note; Life of Hutch-
inson," ii. 411 note.
Hough, Franklin B., edits Rogers's
"Journal," i. 151 note.
Hovey, Alvah, Memoir of Backus,"
ii. 391 note; cited, ii. 394 note.
Howard, Martin, i. 81; career and
character, i. 79-80 note; answers
Hopkins's "Rights of Colonies" in

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A Letter," i. 70-71; its argument,
i. 71-74; its character, i. 74; con-
troversy provoked by, i. 75; Otis's
attack upon, i. 75-76; replies in