INDEX
Note.—By Lord Shelburne is meant the subject of this Memoir, unless otherwise specified.
Aachen, the peace of, i. 40, 362, 363
Abercromby, James, Report on the Colonial Constitutions, i. 179
Accounts, Family, Lord Shelburne on keeping, ii. 343, 346
Acts of Navigation, i. 183, 186
Adam, William, ii. 232, 234
Adams, the Architects of the Adelphi, i. 422
Adams, John, Commissioner of the American Congress, ii. 116, 117, 205; on the French Revolution, ii. 392
Adams, Samuel, i. 465, 476
Addington, Dr., and Lord Chatham, i. 485
Addington Ministry, ii. 428; and the peace with France, ii. 431
Adelphi, the Adams, Architects of the, i. 422
Admiralty Court, the English, i. 181, 186
Agents, Tenants, etc., Lord Shelburne on, 339, 346, 364
Agricultural Labourers, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 351
Albemarle, second Earl of, i. 45; his death, i. 62
Albemarle, sixth Earl of, on "Whigs" and "Radicals," i. 464
Alsop, Mr., and the story of Mr. William Petty's Ghost, ii. 330
America, North. See American Colonies.
America and Holland, ii. 76, 78
American Colonies, government of the, i. 178, 186; taxation of the, i. 184; Grenville's proposals for taxing, i. 221; Lord Shelburne's settlement of the affairs of the, i. 302; Lord Shelburne's memorandum on the affairs of, i. 315; taxation of, i. 365; Charles Townshend's taxes, i. 365; meeting at Boston to protest against them, i. 365; Dickenson's Farmer's Letters on, i. 365; memorial of the Assembly of Massachusetts against the new taxation, i. 366; the riots in Boston, i. 386, 405; troops sent from England, i. 386; remission of taxes on the, i. 404, 412; Lord Hillsborough's circular thereon, to the Colonial Governors, i. 404, 412; fleet in Boston harbour, i. 412; the Boston tea-ships, i. 465, 467; debate on the, in the House of Lords, i. 468; the Port Bill, i. 472, 473, 475; first meeting of the General Congress, i. 475; Lord Chatham and Lord North's proposals for the government of the, i. 478; Washington appointed commander of the army, i. 479; Lord Shelburne on the General Congress, i. 479; Congress appoints a committee on Foreign Affairs, i. 483; the Declaration of Independence, i. 483; their alliance with France, i. 485; Lord Chatham on the war, i. 486; Lord Shelburne on the war, ii. 1; and France, ii. 2; subscriptions for enlisting troops for the war against, ii. 10; Treaty with France, ii. 12, 14; the state of the army in 1779, ii. 20; Lord Shelburne's speech on the affairs of, ii. 80; surrender of the British Army at York Town, ii. 82; the bill for concluding a peace with, ii. 87; loss of, to England, ii. 111; France and the, ii. 114; Congress and M. Gerard, ii. 116; the commissioners of Congress, ii. 117; Lord Shelburne's letter to General Carleton and Admiral Digby on the proposed peace, ii. 135, 168; Lord Shelburne on the independence of the, ii. 163; Franklin's outline of conditions of the treaty of peace, ii. 165; Lord Shelburne's instructions to Oswald thereon, ii. 169; proposed Treaty relating to Independence, Boundaries and Fisheries, ii. 184; the boundaries of the
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