M

Mably, Abbé, 447

MacDonald, Maj. Allan, 86

MacDonald, Donald, 85, 86

Mackesy, Piers (The War for America, 1775–1783),287, 347, 457

MacLean, Allan, 50–51, 52

Madison, James, 271, 392, 407, 409, 413, 415, 439, 440

Maham, Col. Hezekiah, 338;

“Maham Tower,” 340

Main, Jackson Turner (The Anti-federalists: Crisis of the Constitution 1781–1788),402, 457;

(Political Parties Before the Revolution),458;

(The Sovereign States 1775–1783),458

Maitland, Col. John, 310

Malone, Dumas (Jefferson and His Time),458;

(Jefferson the Virginian),180, 250, 458

Marine Committee, 98

Marion, Francis (“Swamp Fox”), 317, 323, 324, 326, 329, 338, 339, 340, 365

Marshall, John, 439

Martin, Josiah, 85, 86, 316

Maryland Provincial Congress, 37;

and Articles of Confederation, 369;

constitution, 270–71;

convention, 57, 162, 172, 173;

Council of Safety, 92, 172, 256;

Senate, 371

Mason, George, 37, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 179, 180, 252, 369, 370, 371;

Papers, 1725–1792,458

Massachusetts Historical Society, 149

Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 19, 26, 29, 30–31, 55, 66, 134, 144;

army, 66;

charter, 263;

Committee of Safety, 18, 27, 40, 47;

constitutional convention, 385–87;

Council, 146;

General Court, 66, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 256, 264, 265, 384–85, 412;

Supreme Court, 435–36

Massachusetts Spy,19, 20, 145

Mathews, David, 181–82

Matlack, Timothy, 165, 168, 257, 261, 359

Matthews, Gen. George, 311

Mauvillon, Jakob, 122

McDougall, Alexander, 37, 59, 61, 75–76, 230, 405

McIntosh, Gen. Lachlan, 292, 313

McKean, Thomas, 166, 167–68, 169, 177, 262

McKee, Alexander, 81, 86, 350, 351

McLeod, Col. Donald, 86

Mennonites, 163

Messier, Peter, 376

Methodists, 69

Metzger, Charles H. (Catholics and the American Revolution: A Study in Religious Climate),459

Middleton, Arthur, 248

Mifflin, Thomas, 38, 167, 387

Miller, Professor John C. (Triumph of Freedom, 1775–1783),65, 455;

(Sam Adams: Pioneer in Propaganda),459

Mirabeau, 447

Monaghan, Frank (John Jay),459

Monroe, James, 230

Montesquieu, 127, 138–39, 144, 164, 165

Montgomery, Brig. Gen. Richard, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 61, 91

Morellet, Abbé, 447

Morgan, Capt. Daniel, 50, 51, 52, 209, 213, 214, 215, 216, 224, 225, 228, 280, 294, 322, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 336, 341, 365

Morris, Gouverneur, 54, 61, 181, 182, 273–74, 359, 379, 390, 391, 392, 400, 403, 404, 405, 407, 409, 430

Morris, Richard B. (The American Revolution Reconsidered),460;

(The Emerging Nations and the American Revolution),460;

(Government and Labor in Early America),376, 459;

(The Peacemakers: The Great Powers and American Independence),460

Morris, Robert, 13, 110–11, 112, 116, 154, 161, 162, 167, 177, 197, 244, 245, 250, 254, 262, 301, 359, 369, 370, 377, 387, 389–93, 394–97, 398, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 409, 410, 459, 460

Morris, Roger, 429, 432

Moultrie, Col. William, 93, 308, 309, 310

Mowry, Congressman Daniel, 401

Muhlenberg, Col. Peter, 220, 221

Murphy, Timothy, 209, 216, 296, 297