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TABLE of CONTENTS Volume 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 1 Preface ................................................................................................................................................xvii Introduction ........................................................................................................................................xxv A Andrew Adams ...................................................................................................................................... 1 John Adams ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Samuel Adams ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Thomas Adams .................................................................................................................................... 18 Robert Alexander ................................................................................................................................. 19 Andrew Allen ....................................................................................................................................... 21 John Alsop ........................................................................................................................................... 24 Benjamin Andrew ................................................................................................................................ 27 Annapolis State House ........................................................................................................................ 28 John Armstrong, Sr. ............................................................................................................................ 31 John Armstrong, Jr. ............................................................................................................................ 33 Jonathan Arnold .................................................................................................................................. 36 Peleg Arnold ........................................................................................................................................ 38 The Articles of Confederation ............................................................................................................. 41 John Baptista Ashe .............................................................................................................................. 46 Samuel John Atlee ............................................................................................................................... 48 Crispus Attucks .................................................................................................................................... 50 B Reverend Isaac Backus ........................................................................................................................ 51 Abraham Baldwin ................................................................................................................................ 53 John Banister ....................................................................................................................................... 57 The Bank of the United States ............................................................................................................. 59 Robert Gibbes Barnwell ...................................................................................................................... 62 Dr. Josiah Bartlett ............................................................................................................................... 64 John Bubenheim Bayard ..................................................................................................................... 69 John Beatty .......................................................................................................................................... 73 Gunning Bedford ................................................................................................................................. 76 Gunning Bedford, Jr. ........................................................................................................................... 78 Thomas Bee ......................................................................................................................................... 82 Egbert Benson ..................................................................................................................................... 84 Richard Beresford ................................................................................................................................ 87 Edward Biddle ..................................................................................................................................... 89 William Bingham ................................................................................................................................. 90 Jonathan Blanchard ............................................................................................................................ 94 Richard Bland ...................................................................................................................................... 96 Theodorick Bland ................................................................................................................................ 99 Timothy Bloodworth ..........................................................................................................................102 William Blount ...................................................................................................................................106 Simon Boerum .................................................................................................................................... 110 The Boston Massacre ...........................................................................................................................111 The Boston Port Bill ........................................................................................................................... 116 v vi Table of Contents Elias Boudinot .................................................................................................................................... 119 James Bowdoin ...................................................................................................................................124 Carter Braxton ....................................................................................................................................126 John Brown ........................................................................................................................................129 Nathan Brownson ...............................................................................................................................132 John Bull .............................................................................................................................................134 Archibald Stobo Bulloch .....................................................................................................................135 Thomas Burke ..................................................................................................................................... 137 Dr. William Burnet .............................................................................................................................140 Robert Burton .....................................................................................................................................142 Pierce Butler .......................................................................................................................................143 C Lambert Cadwalader ..........................................................................................................................147 Canada and Canadian Relations ........................................................................................................149 Capitals of the Continental Congress ................................................................................................. 155 William Carmichael ............................................................................................................................ 161 Carpenters’ Hall ..................................................................................................................................168 Edward Carrington .............................................................................................................................170 Charles Carroll “Barrister” ................................................................................................................. 175 Charles Frémont Carroll III “of Carrollton”.......................................................................................178 Daniel Carroll .....................................................................................................................................183 Richard Caswell ..................................................................................................................................186 Jeremiah Townley Chase .................................................................................................................... 191 Samuel Chase ......................................................................................................................................193
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