Julian Boyd等编辑的《托马斯·杰斐逊书信集》(The Papers of Thomas Jefferson,迄今已出28卷,普林斯顿,1950~ )
LA
“美国书库”(Library of America),《美国革命:独立战争中的文字》(The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence,纽约,2001),由John Rhodehamel选择篇目并作注。
LDC
Paul H.Smith等编辑的《各地代表致大陆会议书信集,1774~1789》(Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789,26卷本,华盛顿特区,1976~2000)
PH
T.C.Hammond编辑的《英格兰议会史》(The Parliamentary History of England,30卷本,尔敦,1806~1820)
PWR
W.W.Abbott、Dorothy Twohig和Philander Chase编辑的《乔治·华盛顿书信集:革命战争系列》(The Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Series,迄今已出12卷,Charlottesville,1985~)
WMQ
《威廉与玛丽季刊》(William and Mary Quarterly),第三批系列人名
AA
Abigail Adams 阿比盖尔·亚当斯
BF
Benjamin Franklin 本杰明·富兰克林
GW
George Washington 乔治·华盛顿
JA
John Adams 约翰·亚当斯
NG
Nathanael Greene 纳瑟内尔·格林
TJ
Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊
索引
(索引页码为原书页码,即本书边码)
Adams,Abigail (John’s wife),3,18,56,108,128on British departure from Boston,4,23marriage of John and,13
on new political institutions after independence,16newspapers read by,145,178
during smallpox epidemic,57,85,86,104on women’s rights,20-1
Adams,Charles(John’s son),104
Adams,John,ix,3,12-26,48,82,97,101,108,192n2Abigail’s women’s rights proposal to,20-2Articles of War drafted by,142
avoidance of slavery discussion by,20
Board of War and Ordnance chaired by,45,57,58,88,102,137-8,141,160,162at Court of St.James’s,178
and defense of New York,33-4,36,46,86,102-4,107Dickinson compared with,8-10
in Dickinson Draft debate,92,94-6,102family concerns of,57,85,86,104
foreign policy developed by,57,98-9,102,142Germain’s threat to execute,136
governmental structure envisioned by,16-20independence strategy of,x-xi,xiii,12-16,22-4,51,53,55-8,65,87,192n 33 (see also Declaration of Independence)
marriage of Abigail and,13
at peace conference with Howe,131-4,141-2
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