Bunker Hill

171, 180, 182, 236, 261
    Phipps, David, 64
    Pickering, Timothy, 158, 160, 163–64, 172, 174, 206, 330–31n, 336n
    Pigot, Robert, 196, 209, 217, 219, 224, 226
    pistols, 78, 168
    Pitcairn, John, 87, 123–24, 126–28, 139, 148, 226–28, 262, 316n, 325n
    Pitts, John, 199, 316n, 337n
    Pitts, Samuel, 51
    Plymouth, Mass., 84–85, 93, 175, 267
    Point Allerton, 13, 15, 31, 40
    Pollard, Asa, 201, 338n
    Poor, Thomas, 178–79
    Poor, Salem, 228, 262–63, 351n
    Pope Night, 10–11, 19, 304n
    Port Act, 30–31, 36–37, 40–41, 70, 312n
    Port Bill, 32, 37, 43, 45, 48, 52, 58, 79, 94, 120, 315n
    Porter, Asahel, 123, 127–28
    Portsmouth, England, 188
    Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 84, 99, 101, 140
    Powder Alarm, 62–74, 76–79, 84, 93, 99, 102, 104
    Prentiss, George, 159, 330n
    Prescott, William, 217, 342–43n
    bravery of, 337–38n
    as fierce fighter, 201
    fires cannons on British, 209–11
    leads provincial army, 195–98
    orders retreat, 228–29
    and redoubt on Breed’s Hill, 198–99, 201–2, 206, 213–14, 219–20, 224, 226, 338n
    and reinforcements, 204–5, 218, 230
    press gangs, 18, 61
    Preston
, 51, 184–85
    Price, Ezekiel, 179, 194, 336n, 337n
    prisoners, 157, 166, 179, 188, 266
    Prospect Hill, 64, 230, 254, 258, 265, 351n
    prostitution, 46, 51, 68, 311n, 319n
    Province House (Boston), 15, 19–20, 32, 40, 51, 87, 117, 166, 200, 203–4, 282
    provincial army
    account of, 171, 188–89
    assembling of, 103, 109, 155, 164–65, 175, 178
    bravery of, 262
    cost of, 249–50
    largest regiment of, 212
    make-up of companies, 165, 178
    maritime focus of, 170–72, 183
    “of observation,” 150
    overhauling of, 243–46, 251, 259–63, 265, 267
    poor hygiene of, 178
    provisions for, 115–16, 178–79
    recruiting men for, 163–65, 175, 182, 192, 242
    and reenlistment crisis, 259–61
    surrounds Boston, 169, 175
    undisciplined, 146, 178–82, 267
    victories of, 186–87
    See also
militiamen
    provincial army officers
    artillery skills of, 172–73
    and commissions, 179, 192, 243–44
    infighting among, 194
    lack of, 144, 223
    recruit soldiers, 165, 175, 192
    relationship with soldiers, 178–80
    and Washington, 242–46
    See also
specific names
    Provincial Congress, 81, 88, 90, 92, 96, 103–5, 109–11, 113, 118–19, 177
    arrest of, 115
    and Battle of Bunker Hill, 236
    delegates of, 316n, 318n
    and first shot, 143
    founding of, 75
    leaders of, 191–92
    meets in Concord, 75, 134, 168
    meets in Watertown, 168
    presidents of, 121, 175, 181, 194, 236, 333n
    and provincial army, 165, 179–80
    and skillful officers, 172–73
    and spies, 321n
    provincial resistance movement, 73–75, 77–79, 81, 236
    Punkatasset Hill, 133–36, 142–44
    Puritan settlers, 4, 6, 10, 23, 34, 121, 132, 137, 285
    Putnam, Daniel, 195
    Putnam, Israel, 74, 201, 208–9, 247, 334n
    and amphibious assault, 170, 282
    background of, 57
    and Battle of Bunker Hill, 195–98, 213, 337n
    and Battle of Chelsea Creek, 185–87
    at council of war, 190, 250
    criticism of, 212–13, 223
    leads army on Bunker Hill, 182, 205, 212–14, 218–19, 223
    as officer, 165, 182, 243
    personality of, 182, 198
    on Prospect Hill, 230, 265
    Putnam, Israel, Jr., 208
    Putnam, Rufus, 274–76
    Quarry Hill arsenal, 62–64
    Quartering Act, 53, 311n
    Quebec Act, 53
    Quebec, Canada, 26, 180, 190, 245, 271
    Queen Street Writing School, 149, 165, 246
    Quero
, 171–72, 188–89
    Quincy, Abigail, 96
    Quincy, Dorothy, 122, 324n
    Quincy, Josiah, Jr., 33, 60, 72, 90, 256, 284
    death of, 171–72
    illness of, 3, 46, 82, 120, 307n
    in London, 81–82, 93–96, 109, 171, 318n
    and Port Act, 31, 36
    represents British soldiers, 8, 32
    ridicule of, 100
    and Tea Party, 3–4, 48
    Quincy, Samuel, 60, 62
    Ramsdell, Abednego, 156
    Randolph, Edward, 4–5
    Reading militia, 146
    redoubt
    for Battle of Bunker Hill, 213–14, 217–20, 224–29, 262, 338n
    on Breed’s Hill, 196, 199, 201–6, 210–11, 337n
    on Dorchester Heights, 191
    at Lechmere Point, 272, 274
    Reed, James, 205
    Reed, Joseph, 261, 267, 273–74, 278, 287
    religion, 4, 59–60, 111, 176–77, 179, 191, 285, 333n
    Revere, Paul, 82, 89, 91, 289, 306n, 316n, 322n, 349n
    captured by British, 123
    and Green Dragon Tavern, 68, 90, 318n
    at Lexington fight, 125–26, 325n
    as messenger, 76, 116, 118–19, 166, 315n
    on spies, 318n
    and Suffolk Resolves, 74, 76
    Rhode Island, 3, 44, 48, 65, 82, 140, 162, 165, 236, 241, 246, 251, 259, 268
    Richardson, Josiah, 123, 127–28
    riflemen, 244, 260, 277
    Robertson, Archibald, 279–80,