Massachusetts leads resistance to Stamp Ac, 13 resolves its Assembly into a Provincial Congress, 17 elects John Hancock as its first president, 17 organizes a force of “Minute Men”, 17 organizes a Committee of Safety, 17 summons 30,000 men to instant duty, 22 drafts one-fifth of her able-bodied men, 116 orders a monument to Chevalier de Saint Sauveur, 247 liberal to troops during a mutiny, 308 MATTHEWS—_Br._ maj.-gen. in attack upon Fort Washington, 132 lays waste Portsmouth and Norfolk, 253 in Battle of Springfield, 278 MATTHEWS, JOHN—jurist; _b._ 1774, _d._ 1802; on special War Committee. 73 MAXWELL, WILLIAM—brig.-gen.; _b._ in Ireland, _d._ 1798. in command at Morristown, 141 on special duty, 147 stationed at Elizabethtown, 164 moves against Howe, 168 at Red Clay Creek, 185 accompanied by Lafayette, 185 gallantry at Chadd’s Ford, 186 active in New Jersey, 222 obstructs Clinton’s retreat, 224 in Battle of Springfield, 279 associated with Lafayette, 324 MCCLELLAN, GEORGE BRINTON—maj.-gen. U.S.A.; _b._ 1826, _d._ 1885; his qualities cited in comparison, 162 MCCREA, JANE—her murder not chargeable to Burgoyne, 173 MCDOUGALL, ALEXANDER—brig.-gen.; _b._ 1750, _d._ 1786. occupies Chatterton Hill, 128 fights the battle known as “White Plains”, 129 on special duty at Morristown, 147 succeeds Heath at Peekskill, 166 in Battle of Germantown, 195 established at Peekskill, 206 accompanies Kosciusko to West Point, 212 again in the Highlands, 248 MCDOWELL, CHARLES—colonel; _b._ 1743, _d._ 1815; at King’s Mountain, his descendants honored, 293 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, 29 County, North Carolina, eminently patriotic, 293 MEIGS—_Am._ col.; attacks Sag Harbor, 167 at storming of Stony Point, 257 MERCER, HUGH—brig.-general; _b._ 1721, _k._ at Battle of Princeton, 1777 154 MIFFLIN, THOMAS—brig.-general; _b._ 1744, _d._ 1800. efficient before Boston, 72 provides barracks in New York, 83 in battle of Long Island, 106 skilful in the retreat, acting under confidential orders, of Washington, 110 absence from Valley Forge disastrous, 206 rejoins camp, 217 criticised by Washington in letter to Gouverneur Morris, 217 Milton, Mass., where Rufus Putnam found fascine rods, 78 MINNIGERODE—_H._ col.; _k._ in attack upon Fort Mercer, 201 MONCKTON, HENRY—_Br._ lieut.-col.; _b._ 1740, _k._ 1778, at Monmouth, 233 Monmouth, Battle of, described (see map), 229–237 MONROE, JAMES—lieutenant, _sub._ pres.; _b._ 1758, _d._ 1831. at battle of Trenton, 142 helps capture two guns, 145 wounded in battle, 145