The Lamp of Experience

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LAMP_251-310.indd 37 5/27/11 1:31 PM Index Acherley, Roger, 42, 45, 248; and John Adams, 103, 127, 259; in private libraries, 195, 259, 266, 269, 271; in social libraries, 250, 254, 257 Act ofSettlement, 1701, 183 Act of Union, 1707, 114 Adams, Charles Francis, 106 Adams, G. B., 241 Adams, Henry, 240 Adams, Herbert Baxter, 237 Adams, John: on American Revolution , xxi, 3, 120; on value of history, 6, 103-6, 120-21; on reading, 11; library of, 13-14, 102-4, 259-62; and Thomas Jefferson, 14, roo-ror, I04,Io6,r26- 28, 212- 13;asbook collector, 14-16; andJames Burgh, 23, 104,112, 117,118,120, 121, 261; on common law, 30; and Thomas Gordon, 31, 103, 260, 261; and Tacitus , 31-32, 260; and Rapin, 32-33; and De Lolme, 40; and New England clergy, 71-72; on Jonathan Mayhew, 72-73, 75; on James Otis, 84; and Sam Adams, 89; and Boston Massacre trial, 94, III; historical education of, IOO-I05; and Bolingbroke, IOI, 103, 105, 108, 127, 261; and Sir William Blackstone, 102, 103, III, 259; and Montesquieu, IOI, 259; and John Milton, 102, 104, 109, 261; and Algernon Sidney, 102, 103, 109, 111, 127, 261; and Lord Kames, 103, 107, 261; and Sir Edward Coke, 103, III, 114-15,127, 259; andJohn Trenchard, 103, 261; and Matthew Hale, 103 n. 8, 259; and Lord Clarendon, 103, 127, 260; andJohn Locke, 103, 109, 261; and Catherine Macaulay, 104, 112, 121, 260; and Rapin, 103, 112, 127, 261; andJames Harrington, 103, 109, III n. 29, 116, 118, 127, 260; and Gilbert Burnet, 103, III n. 29, 127, 260; and David Hume, 103, 125, 127, 260; and Nathaniel Bacon, 103, 127; and Marchamont Nedham, 104, 261 ; reaction to Stamp Act crisis, 105-10; and William Robertson , 106, 260, 262; exchange with William Brattle, 112; and dispute between governor and General Court, II3-14; Novanglus, papers of, II4r8 , 145; and William Hawkins, 115, 259; position of, 1776-79, II8-2r; and William Temple, 121, 26o; Def ence cifthe Constitutions, 122-26; and John Cartwright, 125, 127, 261; and Julius Caesar, 125, 260; position of, in later life, 126-28; continuity of position of, 127-28; onJohn Dickinson , 143-44; and Benjamin Franklin, 155; and Richard Bland, 174; sees English conspiracy against liberty, 227; sees natural rights in English constitution, 232 n. 21 Adams, John Quincy, 120-21 LAMP_251-310.indd 38 5/27/11 1:31 PM INDEX Adams, Randolph G., IIO Adams, Samuel, 71-72, 88-94, 141 Addison, Joseph, 28-29, 155, 187, 254, 261, 267; his books advertised for sale, 275, 279 Administration ofJustice Act, 200 Aikin,John, 260 Aikman, William, 21, 284-85 Aland, Fortescue, 207, 208 Albemarle Co., Va., 195 Alfred, King of England, 27, 48, 92, 125; and Thomas Jefferson, 208, 222 Alfred (warship), 121 American history, Jefferson urges study of, 213-14 American Revolution, xxi-xxii, 34 , 129, 163, 234, 235; and Thomas Jefferson, 196, 222 American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia), 279 The Antient and Modern Whigg, 249 Andros, Sir Edmund, II5 Anglican church, 206-8 Anglo-Saxon language, 215. See also England: Saxon period Anne Stuart, Queen of England, 57, 59, 64, 201 "Antilon- First Citizen" dispute, r6973 Aristotle, II6 Articles of Confederation, 235 Association Library Company of Philadelphia , 256-57 Athens. See Classical history Atkyn, Sir Robert, 19, 195, 258, 269 Atwood, William, IO, 35, 41, 58 Avery, John, II9 Bacon, Francis, 95 Bacon, Nathaniel, 33-34, 248, 255, 257, 280; and John Adams, 103, 127; and John Wilson, 145, 152; in private libraries, 264, 269, 271, 273 Baker, Sir Richard, 49-50, 51, 54; in private libraries, 262, 265, 269 Balanced government, 122-26, 127 Baron, Richard, 75 n. ro Baxter,John, 217-19, 271 Becker, Carl, xxii Belcher, GovernorJonathan, 12-13 Bell, Robert, 20-21, 23, 103 n. 8, 139, r86, 284 Berlin, Germany, 238 "Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge," 1778, 214 Bill of Rights, 65, 92, r62, r66, 172 Blackburne, Francis, 260 Blackstone, Sir William, 23, 30, 67, 83; in social libraries, 19, 258 ; and Josiah Quincy, Jr., 95 ; and John Adams, ror2 , 103, III, 259; and John Dickinson, 131; and John Wilson, 145, 154; and Daniel Dulany, Jr., 165; and Charles Carroll, 167; and Thomas Jefferson, I94,207,268,270,272;opposedto colonial self-government, 230; in private libraries, 259, 266, 268, 270, 272; his books advertised for sale, 273,275,276,280, 28!,285 288 Bland, Richard, r86...