Lee, Fort (NJ) 96; Washington at, 97; falls to British, 97, 98. Leicester, Lord , costly residence at Holkham, 18. Lexington, Battle of, 2, 21. Lincoln, Abraham, quoted, 29; and Declaration of Independence, 76, 77-78. Lincoln, General Benjamin, at Ticonderoga, 142; southern campaign, 214, 215, 217, 264. Long Island (NY),battle of, 87-90, 91. Loyalists, Howe and Pennsylvania, 162; plundering, 203, 228; in South, 212-213; Clinton's proclamation to, 218; decline in strength, 224; punishments, 225-226; Test Acts, 226; question of compensation of, 272; gather in New York to claim British protection, 274; bibliography, 281. Luzerne, French minister, 258. M McCrae, Jennie, carried off by Indians, 140. McNeil, Mrs., carried off by Indians, 140. Maine, Arnold's expedition, 43, 44. Marie Antoinette, Queen, zeal for liberal ideas, 183; Fersen friend of, 232. Marion, Francis, guerrilla leader, 220, 247. Marlborough, Duke of, costly residence, 18. Martha's Vineyard (MA), Loyalist refugees plunder, 228. Maryland, and independence, 75; Howe plans to secure control of, 113. Massachusetts, Suffolk County defies England, 28-29; North and constitution of, 191; list of Loyalists, 226. Minorca returned to Spain, 273. Mirabeau, French officer in America, 232. Mississippi River becomes western frontier of United States, 273. Monmouth Court House, battle of, 198-199; Lee at, 176. Montgomery, General Richard, expedition to Canada, 43; at Quebec, 45-46; death, 46-47, 48. Montreal, Montgomery enters, 44; Commission sent to, 50; evacuated, 51; St. Leger reaches, 136. Morgan, Captain Daniel, at Quebec, 46; with Greene, 247; at Cowpens, 248. Morris, Gouveneur, opinion of Congress, 162. Morristown (NJ), American headquarters at, 99, 106, 110. Moultrie, Fort (SC), battle at, 83. Mount Vernon, Washington's estate, 20, 259, 275. Murray, Mrs., saves Putnam's army, 94. N Narragansett Bay (RI), British blockade French fleet in, 234. Navy, American, Jones and, 204-206; need for supremacy, 231. Necessity, Fort (PA), surrender of, 148. New Bedford (MA), Loyalists burn, 228. New England, question of leader from, 8; and Washington, 11; character of people, 29; equality in, 33; on independence, 75; revolutionary, 81; and Indians, 137; and Burgoyne, 145; States jealous of, 164-165. New Hampshire offers bounty for Indian scalps, 137-138. New Jersey, Washington's flight across, 97, 100; Lee retreats to, 99; loyalty, 110; Howe's proclamation, 110; Washington recovers, 106; Howe moves across, 110, 114; Clinton crosses, 196, 197. New York, on independence, 75; Howe's proclamation, 101; Howe's plan to hold, 113; acquires Loyalist lands, 228.