Authors: Robert H. Patton
“a long indisposition”:
Silas Deane to Charles W. F. Dumas, Oct. 1, 1777, SDP, vol. 2, p. 164.
“as obnoxious to England”:
Silas Deane to Barnabas Deane, Oct. 7, 1777, SDP, vol. 2, p. 177.
“my only hope”:
Silas Deane to Barnabas Deane, April 20, 1780, SDP, vol. 4, p. 130.
“in high spirits”:
Silas Deane to Conrad A. Gerard, May 11, 1777, SDP, vol. 2, p. 52.
“The two ships”:
Lord Stormont to Lord Weymouth, July 2, 1777, NDAR, vol. 9, p. 452.
“a smile of heaven”:
John Bradford to John Hancock, March 20, 1777, NDAR, vol. 8, p. 155.
“no return was expected”:
Arthur Lee to the Committee of Commerce, Aug. 16, 1777, NDAR, vol. 9, p. 572.
“The king furnished nothing”:
Morton and Spinelli, p. 201.
“everything he says”:
Augur, p. 137.
“This gentleman is not a merchant”:
Arthur Lee to the Committee of Commerce, Aug. 16, 1777, NDAR, vol. 9, p. 573.
“You are sensible”:
Silas Deane to the Committee of Commerce, Sept. 3, 1777, NDAR, vol. 9, p. 625.
“as much general joy”:
Augur, p. 252.
“all the fruits of this war”:
Ibid., p. 260.
“their borrowed plumes”:
Arthur Lee to Theodoric Bland, Dec. 13, 1778, SDP, vol. 3, p. 80.
“complimentary to your abilities”:
Augur, p. 280.
“I have in my possession”:
Beaumarchais to Vergennes, March 13, 1778, SDP, vol. 2. p. 399.
“retire with honor”:
Silas Deane to Jonathan Williams, March 21, 1778, SDP, vol. 2, p. 421.
“zeal, activity, and intelligence”:
Vergennes to the president of Congress, March 25, 1778, SDP, vol. 2, p. 434.
“It is hinted now”:
William Lee to Francis Lightfoot Lee, Nov. 11, 1777, SDP, vol. 2, p. 213.
“Adams-Lee junto”:
Ferguson, p. 94.
“open dissensions”:
Augur, p. 274.
“a man of integrity”:
Benjamin Franklin to James Lovell, Oct. 17, 1779, SDP, vol. 4, p. 109.
“if America should be successful”:
“Statement concerning the employment of Lieut. Col. Edward Smith with regard to Captain Hynson and a Sketch of the Information Obtained,” March 31, 1777, NDAR, vol. 8, p. 728.
“a few hours’ notice”:
Silas Deane to William Carmichael, June 30, 1784, SDP, vol. 5, p. 318.
“I thought it was likewise”:
Morton and Spinelli, p. 199.
“this business with Conyngham”:
Neeser, p. 149.
“the localist and power-weakening emphasis”:
Wood, p. 146.
“The rancor it left”:
Ferguson, p. 104.
“I can only lament”:
Arthur Lee to Samuel Adams, April 21, 1782,
Letters of Delegates to Congress: March
1, 1781
—August
31, 1781.
1782 P
ORTSMOUTH,
E
NGLAND
“complicated affairs”:
Neeser, p. 156.
“her teeth were too many”:
Ibid., p. xlviii.
“You will go next”:
Ibid., p. 159.
“is therefore sent to England”:
Ibid., p. 183.
“in close confinement”:
Ibid., p. 186.
“Your king will not reward you”:
William Bell Clark, p. 12.
“upon account of debtor and creditor”:
Ibid., p. 13.
“hang for high treason”:
Ibid., p. 14.
“I think it right”:
Ibid., p. 120.
“for the inoculation”:
Ibid., p. 175.
“committed treason”
through
“petty tyrants”:
Neeser, p. 190.
T
EN
“What I have been dreading”:
Stegeman, p. 81.
“first American civil war”:
Thomas E. Griess, ed.,
Early American Wars and Military Institutions
, p. 28.
“One hundred and eighty miles”:
Boatner, p. 415.
“ill planned”
through
“between them and ruin”:
Nathanael Greene to John Brown, Sept. 6, 1778, NGP, vol. 2, p. 507.
“Your family”:
Nathanael Greene to John Brown, Oct. 4, 1778, NGP, vol. 2, p. 539.
“He is either a spy”:
Harvey, p. 346.
“an unfortunate dog”:
Nathanael Greene to Jeremiah Wadsworth, Aug. 29, 1780, NGP, vol. 6, p. 245.
“There is no help”:
Nathanael Greene to Jeremiah Wadsworth, May 8, 1780, NGP, vol. 5, p. 550.
“destroyed all our plans”:
Jacob Greene to Nathanael Greene, May 7, 1780, NGP, vol. 5, p. 549.
“We purchased a small part”:
Jacob Greene to Nathanael Greene, Sept. 7, 1780, NGP, vol. 6, p. 269.
“the locusts of Egypt”:
Harvey, p. 372.
“unless you have a good army”:
Ibid., p. 373
“Thus separated”:
Editor’s Introduction, NGP, vol. 6.
“A few such victories”:
Nathanael Greene to Nicholas Cooke, June 22, 1775, NGP, vol. 1, p. 89.
“the amazing success”:
Jeremiah Wadsworth to Nathanael Greene, July 10, 1782, NGP, vol. 11, p. 429.
“the smiles of fortune”
through
“for our industry”:
Nathanael Greene to Griffin Greene, Oct. 22, 1780, NGP, vol. 6, p. 422.
“we will suffer deeply”:
Charles Pettit to Nathanael Greene, Aug. 23, 1781, NGP, vol. 9, p. 227.
“I take this opportunity”:
John Cox to Nathanael Greene, Sept. 20, 1781, NGP, vol. 9, p. 338.
“I venture to lean”:
Charles Pettit to Nathanael Greene, June 14, 1782, NGP, vol. 11, p. 330.
“fate will have it otherwise”:
Nathanael Greene to Jeremiah Wadsworth, Feb. 9, 1782, NGP, vol. 10, p. 337.
“I am glad of it”:
Nathanael Greene to Jeremiah Wadsworth, July 1, 1782, NGP, vol. 11, p. 389.
“a state of perplexity”:
Jacob Greene to Nathanael Greene, May 4, 1783, NGP, vol. 12, p. 640.
“judge us as we deserve”:
Griffin Greene to Nathanael Greene, May 21, 1783, NGP, vol. 12, p. 677.
“My disappointment is considerable”:
Griffin Greene to Nathanael Greene, June 10, 1783, NGP, vol. 12, p. 690.
“To have a decent income”:
Stegeman, p. 112.
“Mr. Morris the financier”:
Nathanael Greene to John Banks, April 23, 1782, NGP, vol. 11, p. 105.
“this oppressed country”:
Nathanael Greene to John Banks, Dec. 25, 1782, NGP, vol. 12, p. 345.
“He had the example”:
Nathanael Greene to Benjamin Harrison, March 28, 1783, NGP, vol. 12, p. 543.
“I cannot suppose”:
Statement of John Banks, Feb. 15, 1783, NGP, vol. 12, p. 444.
“his conduct made a subject”:
Statement of General Anthony Wayne and Colonel Edward Carrington, Feb. 15, 1783, NGP, vol. 12, p. 446.
“I verily believe”:
Stegeman, p. 112.
“I tremble”:
Ibid., p. 115.
“good man die”:
Ibid., p. 124.
“some would place him first”:
Griess, p. 32.
“never been much my friend”:
Nathanael Greene to Barnabas Deane, Dec. 25, 1782, NGP, vol. 12, p. 8.
“this day approved”:
Stegeman, p. 154.
1782 G
UADELOUPE,
W
EST
I
NDIES
“a great coward”:
Cohen, p. 190.
“the person after whom she was called”:
Charles Thompson to Robert Morris, June 4, 1782,
Letters of Delegates to Congress.
“tribute to your honor”:
Tagney, p. 387.
“much to be regretted”:
Maclay, p. 206.
E
LEVEN
“I humbly think”:
Brown, p. 72.
“I am unhappy”:
Ibid., p. 76.
“our agent here”:
Ibid., p. 76.
“more afflicted than surprised”:
Alberts, p. 454.
“nest of outlaws”:
Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy,
An Empire Divided,
p. 216.
“You recollect”:
Robert Morris to William Bingham, Oct. 1, 1778,
Letters of Delegates to Congress: October
1, 1777
—January
31, 1779.
“Profitable private business”:
Brown, p. 81.
“wheeled oysters”:
Wagner, p. 130.
“That the payments of debts”:
Morton and Spinelli, p. 322.
“Large fortunes”:
Alberts, p. 371.
“I can neither think”:
George L. Clark,
Silas Deane, a Connecticut Leader in the American Revolution,
p. 189.
“curse instead of a blessing”:
“To the Free and Independent Citizens of the United States of North-America,” Nov. 3, 1783, SDP, vol. 5, p. 237.
“the same infamy”:
Boyd, I, p. 168.
“many serious truths”:
Joseph Reed to Nathanael Greene, Feb. 9, 1782, NGP, vol. 10, p. 337.
“Is it become treason”:
Boyd, I, p. 170.
“an exceeding good opinion”:
Augur, p. 333.
“lest he should be led”:
Boyd, I, p. 191.
“make it impossible”
and
“Even between enemies”:
Augur, p. 334.
“If America shall”:
Silas Deane to Benjamin Franklin, May 13, 1782, SDP, vol. 5, p. 88.
“any want in probity”:
Boyd, III, p. 532.
“I am strongly inclined”:
Ibid., p. 530.
“colonial administration”:
Boyd, I, p. 539.
“practicable and useful”:
Lord Dorchester to Lord Sydney, Oct. 24, 1787, SDP, vol. 5, p. 481.
“resentments toward”:
Robert Morris to Silas Deane, Dec. 5, 1785, SDP, vol. 5, p. 471.
“my hopes are revived”:
Silas Deane to George Washington, June 25, 1789, SDP, vol. 5, p. 525.
“There is no gravestone”:
Clark, Silas Deane, p. 253.
“abject poverty”:
Reprinted from a London newspaper in the
American Mercury,
Dec. 28, 1789, SDP, vol. 5, p. 533.
“a treacherous desertion”:
Boyd, I, p. 173.
“to revenge past injuries”
through
“rejoice most at the event”:
Ibid., p. 179.
“pain and humiliation”:
Boyd, III, p. 548.
“a mysteriousness”:
Morton and Spinelli, p. 284.
“compassionate feeling”:
Ibid., p. 285.
“the heirs of Mr. Beaumarchais”:
Ibid., p. 322.
1782 B
ROOKLYN,
N
EW
Y
ORK
“We were out
25
days”
through
“when peace took place”:
Vail,
Journal.
“Some ambition”
through
“almost without parallel”:
Sherburne,
Memoirs.
T
WELVE
“social forces of the generation”:
East, p. 323.
“Like Puritanism”:
Wood,
The Creation of the American Republic,
1776-1787, p. 418.
“the joint combination”:
Ibid., p. 420.
“the principles and manners”
through
“Christian Sparta”:
Ibid., p. 423.
“Rich and numerous prizes”:
East, p. 213.
a logical move of upward mobility:
Ibid., p. 214.
Americans welcomed the glut:
Buel, p. 247.
there was enough supply:
East, p. 246.
“working through middlemen”
through
“daily expected”:
James A. Rawley,
The Transatlantic Slave Trade,
p. 349.
“bettered their condition”:
Hedges, p. 84.
“from necessity”
through
“prosecuted more severely”:
Ibid., p. 83.
“not be any more concerned”:
Thompson, p. 191.
“hundreds there is”:
Ibid., p. 53.
1783 P
ROVIDENCE,
R
HODE
I
SLAND
“I had some trying scenes”
through
“in the land of liberty”:
Sherburne,
Memoirs.
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