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Index to the Names of All People Mentioned in 

The American Revolution 

including also the Beauties of American History

Published in 1859 by Derby and Jackson, 119 Nassau Street, New York NY

Note: These indices were added by Richard Q. Fowler and are not part of the original book.
They are copyright by Richard Q. Fowler, January 2000, and posted with his permission.

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Whigs (supporters of American liberty)

(Tories - opposing the Whigs - are listed in a separate index below this one.)

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NamePages
John Adams 88 220
Samuel Adams 190 230
Rev. Thomas Allen237
Colonel Banan160
William Bancroft143
Colonel Bartlett121
Colonel Barton65
Colonel Baum116
Colonel Baxter31
Lieutenant Bowman169
General Braddock78
Simon Bradstreet15
Colonel Brown150
Mrs. Burr180
Thaddeus Burr180
Colonel Campbell160
Celeron106
Colonel Clark160
Colonel Cleaveland160
Governor Clinton112
Coffin247
Dr. Cooper88
Mr. Cushing88
Commodore Dale154
Captain Davis 59
Count De'Estaing41
Chevalier de Buysson71
Baron de Carendeffez54
Baron de Glauebeek115
Baron de Kalb71 223 232
Chevalier de la Luzerne223
Count de Vergennes210
M. DeBlanchelande101
Mr. Duehe88
Major Edwards55
Mr. John Edwards57
Mrs. Charles Elliott98 106 123
Captain Falls28
Timothy Folger65
Colonel Forrest137
Colonel Forsyth96
Dr. Franklin45 64 152 194 198 210 220 225
General Frazier173
Colonel Gadsden84
Colonel Gansevoort140
General Horatio Gates67 71 118 128 173 232
Captain Gee30
Emily Geiger186
General Glover67
General Green87 115 164 186 216 223
First Lieutenant Grugg154
Mrs. George Abbot Hall108
John Hancock19
Nancy Hart171
Colonel Haynes74
Colonel John Henry184
Patrick Henry88 166 184
Mrs. Thomas Heyward108
William Hillhouse207
Mrs. Isaac Holmes105
Mr. Isaac Holmes105
Colonel Peter Horry50 123
Ralph Izard50
Walter Izard50
Sergeant Jasper123
Mr. Jay88 152 159
Mr. Jefferson152 225
Captain Jenkins247
Colonel Jessup238
Captain Robert Joiett99
Captain John Paul Jones64 154
Mrs. Jones123
Marquis de La Fayette39 71 244 245
Colonel John Laurens50 210
Colonel H. Lee250
General Charles Lee79 128
Lieutenant Colonel Lee107 223
Captain Lemery54
Levingstone34
Miss Levingstone95
Mrs. M'Kay250
Colonel Allen M'Lean21
Lieutenant Manning99 223
General Marion30 31 34 56 103 218 232 235
Mrs. Mason41
Governor Matthews103
Chevalier Duplessis Mauduitt101
Don Mirailles109
Lieutenant Moon217
Charles Morgan39
Colonel - General Morgan78 164 206
Colonel Morris91
Mr. Morris83 109 193
Mrs. Jacob Motte107
Jacob Munsell42
Timothy Murphy130
Mrs. M. Murray67
Mr. R. Murray67
General Nelson209
Sergeant Newton123
General Nixon67
Captain O'Neil50
Sergeant Ord80
Major Paddock48
Pallard202
Lieutenant Parham28
Rev. Mr. Parter44
Judge Peters109
Phillips178
Captain Joseph Pickens240
Colonel Pickens250
General Andrew Pickens240
Major Pinckney29
Captain Plunkett21
Isaac Potts52
Sarah Potts52
Colonel Poultry202
Colonel Prescott202
Pulaski106
General Putnam67 200 203 213 229
Mr. Randolph88
>Colonel Owen Roberts190
George Roberts154
William Rotch65
Mr. Rutledge88 220
Lieutenant Samuel Seldon87
Colonel Semp232
Madame Shatswell15
Colonel Shelly160
Josiah Smith57
Sergeant Smith19
Lieutenant Colonel Stacy200
Colonel - General John Stark116 118 133
Baron Steuben35 46 193
Colonel Stewart46
Lord Stirling90
Colonel Stone150
General Stuart243
General Sumter139 186
Mr. Charles Thompson194
Mr. Threrwits186
Colonel Tracy160
Dr. Tupper65
Mr. Venable166
Mr. Wainwright50
General Warren51 202 213
Colonel Washington106
Colonel William Washington214 217 243
General Washington26 36 42 53 71 79 83 84 88 109 118 128 143 158 169 194 229
Benjamin West215
Captain Timothy Wheeler136
Chaplain Bishop White61 63
Colonel Williams160
William Williams207
Colonel Williamson240

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Tories (loyal to the crown), British Leaders, and Traitors 

NamePages
Lady Harriet Ackland173
Major Ackland194
Major Andre84 169 173
Admiral Arbuthnot57
General Benedict Arnold78 140 150 169 211 239 251
Mrs. Benedict Arnold211
Lord Balcarras239
Colonel Barre194
Joseph Brant150
Brennan240
Colonel Brown250
General Burgoyne63 67 94 133 173
Captain Butler103
Campbell205
Sir Guy Carleton36
Sir Henry Clinton57
General Conway198
Lord Cornwallis39 71 74 115 118 139 160 164 166 205 223
Billy Cowan166
Cruger99
M. De Bouille252
Colonel Dunop101
Earl of Effingham231
Major Ferguson160
Fickling24
General Gage38 59 178
Mr. Galloway190
Colonel Glazier84
George Grenville194 198
Colonel Grierson250
Lieutenant Hamilton24
Mr. Hart171
General Heath91
Benjamin Huntington207
Sir John Johnson140
General Lincoln24
Captain Linzee113
Major Ludson24
Montgomery78
Colonel Moultrie123
Captain Horatio Nelson59
Captain Parsons154
Phillips166
Major Pitcairn178
William Pitt198
General Prescott65
Pyle223
Lord Rowden74
Marquis of Rockingham198
Captain Ross188
General Robinson152
How-Yost Schuyler140
Earl of Selkirk154
Captain Shrimpton94
Colonel Small65
Lieut. Colonel Smith178
Colonel Tarleton37 106 139 164 218 223
John Thompson45
Charles Townshend194
Governor Tryon180
General Wilkinson94

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