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federation, 539 ; first stage of the war, 546-573; Lexington and Concord, 546; siege of Boston, 550; New York campaign, 554; Washington's discouragement, 559; British in Philadelphia, 562; Burgoyne's campaign, 565; Valley Forge, 568; French alliance, 574-590; treaty, 574; Newport campaign, 575; conquest of the Illinois,

579; foreign officers, 582; conciliation, 586 ; Paul Jones's fight, 587 ; crisis in domestic affairs, 591-605; confederation delayed, 591; finances, 594, 598; paper money, 601; confederation completed, 604; bank, 605; end of the war, 606-618; operations, 606; Greene in the south, 609; French fleet, 612; surrender at Yorktown, 615; peace, 619-632; Parliament favorable, 619; negotiations, 621, 623; the Cincinnati, 626 ; Washington's retirement, 627; advantages and disadvantages, 629. — See also Army, Confederation, Congress, English, Independence, Loyalists, Militia, Navy, Officers, Taxation.

Rhode Island, Records, 17 ; explanation to the Lords of Trade, 49-52 ; government, 143 ; General Assembly, Proceedings of a Colonial Legislature, 173-174; question of taxation, 394-397; operations in, 575-578. — See also Government, New England, Providence.
Rhode Island Historical Society, Collections, 15.
Rhode Island Historical Tracts. — See Rider, S. S.
Ricord, F. W., and Nelson, W., Documents relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey, 13, 21, 166, 181.
Rider, S. S., Rhode Island Historical Tracts, 11, 360.
Riedesel, Baroness von, Letters and Memoirs, 21, 568; The Surrender of Burgoyne, 565-568.
Riots, in New Jersey, 80; Stamp Act,; in North Carolina, 426; "tea-party," 431; Revolutionary, 458; anti-Tory, 472. — See also Mobs.
Rivers, W. J., History of South Carolina, 98.
Rivington's Gazette, 461, 515.
Rochambeau, Count de, Memoirs, 18.
Rogers, Robert, Journals, 18.
Rowland, Kate Mason, Life of George Mason, 20.
Roxbury, condition of camp at, 552.
SABBATH, law to prevent breaking the; 208. — See also Religion.
Sabin, Joseph, Dictionary of Books relating to America, 22.
Sagas, Norse, a source, 1. — See also Vol. I.
Sailors. — See Navy.
St. Augustine, importance to the English, 318-320; besieged by the English, 340; receives runaway slaves, 341-344.
St. Paul s Parish, The Record of a Vestry Meeting, 212-214.
Salaries, a ground of dispute, 166-169. — See also Revenue.
Salem Gazette, Conflicting Accounts of Lexington and Concord, 546-550' 550.
Salzburgers. — See Germans.
Sands, R. C, John Paul Jones, 590.
Saratoga, British earthworks at, 2; surrender of Burgoyne, 565-568.
Sargent, Winthrop, Loyalist Poetry, 13; Letters of John Andrews, 433' Loyal Verses of Stansbury and Odell, 515.
Saunders, William L., Colonial Records of North Carolina, 13, 175, 192, 214, 248, 428.
Savannah, reception of Salzburg Germans, 114; business center, 126.
Scammell, Alexander, manuscript letter, 5, 463; A Soldier's Love-Letter, 461-463.
Scharf, J. Thomas, History of Maryland, 109.
Schenectady, taking of, 323, 337-339.
Schools, value of sources in, 3; list of histories for, 33. — See College.
Schuyler, Philip, kindness to Madame Riedesel, 568.
Seabury, Samuel.— See Beardsley, E. E.
Seeker, Thomas, A Plan for American Bishops, 289-290.
Second Continental Congress, The Necessity of Self-Defence, 442-445; activities, 525-530; degeneracy, 543-545. — See also Congress.
Secondary works, use of, 28, 32; list, 32-34.