Polson, William, with Braddock in his expedition against Fort Duquesne, i. 152.

Pomeroy, Seth, appointed brigadier-general in the continental army—brief biographical notice of, i. 548; courage displayed by, at Breed's hill, i. 562; retirement and death of, i. 593.

Pondevez, Viscount de, reception of Washington by, on board the Illustrious, in 1789, iii. 132.

Pontiac, hostile confederation brought about by, among the Indian tribes—frontier forts seized by Indians under the direction of, i. 319; Detroit besieged by, in 1768—death of, at Cahokia, i. 320.

Pope's creek, domain of Washington's ancestors on, i. 17, 35.

Poplopen's creek, fortress erected at the mouth of, ii. 170.

Porterfield, Captain, with Arnold in his expedition against Quebec, i. 697.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, fort at, taken possession of by Sullivan and Langdon, i. 484; Sullivan sent to prepare the fort at, for the defence of the town, i. 734; visit of Washington to, in 1789, iii. 133.

Post, Christian Frederick, an emissary of General Forbes among the western Indians (note), i. 284.

Post-office department, Franklin placed at the head of, by the second continental Congress, i. 612.

Potomac, barge kept on, by Washington, at Mount Vernon, i. 310.

Potomac Company, fifty shares in, offered to Washington by the Virginia legislature—Washington president of, iii. 47.

Pott's Grove, Washington at, ii. 516.

Potts, Isaac, the house of, the headquarters of Washington at Valley Forge, ii. 602; iron foundry and forge of, called "Valley Forge" (note)—Washington seen by, in the woods, at prayer (note), ii. 602.

Pownall, Governor, statement of, of the number of troops in the French forts and settlements (note), i. 282.

Prayers read by Washington in camp near Fort Necessity, i. 117.

Presbyterian Church, abolition of slavery recommended by, in 1788, iii. 152.

Presbyterians almost all whigs during the progress of the Revolution, i. 403.

Prescott, Colonel William, fortification of Bunker's hill intrusted to—personal appearance of—Breed's hill chosen by, instead of Bunker's, i. 556; voluntary exposure of, at Breed's hill (note), i. 558; narrow escape of, at Breed's hill, i. 569.

Prescott, General, capture of, by Rhode-Island republicans, ii. 473; exchange of, for General Lee, ii. 474, 613.

Preston, Captain, Boston mob fired upon by the soldiers of—and his men tried for murder, and acquitted, by a Boston jury, i. 368; his obstinate defence of the fort at St. John on the Sorel, i. 678; honorable terms of surrender granted to, by Montgomery, i. 680.

Prevost, General, invasion of South Carolina by, ii. 651.

Price, Mr., assistance rendered by, to Montgomery, at Montreal, i. 712.

Priestley. Doctor, letters of Franklin to (note), i. 605, 641.

Princeton, troops left at, by Washington, under Lord Stirling and General Adam Stephen, ii. 351; night-march of Washington upon—advance led by Mercer in the night-march on, ii. 386; troops at, animated by the presence of Washington, ii. 388; defeat of the British at, ii. 389; strong impression produced on the public mind by the battle at, ii. 390; Captain Leslie, son of the earl of Devon, killed at—American losses at, ii. 891; long-continued quiet of the two armies after the battle at, ii. 413; adjournment of Congress to, iii. 26; address of Congress to Washington at, iii. 28.

Prisoners, cruel treatment of, by General Gage, i. 630; correspondence between Washington and Gage in relation to the treatment of, i. 630-635; ill treatment of, retaliated by Washington, i. 633; numbers taken by the British and Americans respectively, down to the close of 1776, ii. 404; letter of Washington to General Howe, relative to an exchange of—cruel treatment of, by the British, ii. 405; letter of Washington to the president of Congress, in relation to the treatment of, ii. 408; letter of Washington to Lord Howe, in relation to the treatment of, ii. 409; reply of Lord Howe to the letter of Washington, ii. 410; joint commission proposed, to settle questions in relation to—refusal of Washington to exchange an equal number of healthy for sickly, ii. 412; difficulties respecting the exchange of, ii. 605; commissioners appointed to regulate the exchange of, ii. 606.

Privateers fitted out by order of Washington, i. 740; decision of Washington's cabinet, in 1793, respecting, iii. 270; act of Congress in relation to, in 1798, iii. 496.

Proclamation issued by Washington, enjoining neutrality, in 1798—language of (note), iii. 241; approved by the "solid men" of Philadelphia, iii. 250; controversy respecting, between Hamilton and Madison, iii. 262.

Proclamations issued by Washington in 1794, addressed to the insurgents in Pennsylvania (note), iii. 311, 314.

Property of Washington directed by his will to be sold, iii. 542; notes of Washington in relation to, iii. 544.

Prophecy, Indian, respecting the destinies of Washington, iii. 48.

Prospect hill, shell thrown to, from Boston, by the British, ii. 62.

Providence, Washington's acknowledgment of a, i. 387.

Provincials, admirable conduct of, at the battle of the Monongahela, i. 167, 169.

Provost, Doctor, prayers offered by, at the inauguration of Washington, iii. 96.

Pulaski, Count, awaiting an appointment to a troop of horse, ii. 497; conspicuous bravery of, at the battle of the Brandywine, ii. 510; force of infantry under the command of, surprised and massacred by Ferguson, ii. 643; mortally wounded at the siege of Savannah, ii. 663.

Putnam, Colonel Rufus, appointed brigadier under Wayne in 1791, iii. 197.

Putnam, General Israel, at the defeat of Dieskau, i. 182, 184; with Abercrombie at Ticonderoga, i. 262; taken prisoner by the French and Indians in 1758, i. 266; at Cambridge with a body of Connecticut men, i. 543; appointed by Congress associate major-general with Philip Schuyler i. 547; efforts of, to turn the fugitives at Bunker's hill, i. 569; "impregnable fortress" of, on Cobble hill, i. 761; intrenchment on Lechmere's Point begun by, i. 764; sent to New York to assume the chief command there, ii. 82; martial law proclaimed by, in New York, ii. 138; left in command at New York by Washington—instructions of Washington to, relative to the seizure of Long-Island tories, ii. 157; obstructions sunk in the Hudson river, near Fort Washington, under the direction of, ii. 237; command of the troops in Brooklyn given to, on the approach of the British, ii. 264; neglect of, to secure the hill-passes in the neighborhood of Bedford, ii. 277; escape of the troops of, from New York, under the guidance of Aaron Burr, ii. 296; almost unlimited powers granted to, by Congress in Philadelphia, ii. 362; outwitted by Sir Henry Clinton, ii. 543, 546; narrow escape of, from British dragoons, ii. 658.

Q.

Quakers, adverse to a union of the colonies, i. 455; opposition of, to the American Association, i. 456, 457; account of a meeting of, in 1775, from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, i. 457; "Testimony" of the, i. 458; as a body friends of the king to the end of the war, i. 459, 460; harsh condemnation of the "Testimony" of, by Christopher Marshall (note), i. 459; the "Testimony" of, repudiated by a large number of—military company of, called The Quaker Company—aid and comfort given to the enemy by—records of meetings of, found to be treasonable, i. 460; names of, banished to Fredericksburg (note)—spies upon Washington in camp at Valley Forge—orders issued by Washington respecting, i. 461; Roberts and Carlisle, members of the sect of, hanged as spies—apology for the conduct of, i. 462; adverse to a day of fasting and prayer appointed by Congress (note), i. 531; congratulations of, offered to Cornwallis on his entrance into Philadelphia, ii. 518; memorial of, in relation to slavery, laid before Congress in 1790, iii. 152; volunteers from, among the troops sent to put down the "Whiskey Insurrection" in 1794, iii. 321.

Quebec, siege of, by General Wolfe, i. 293-300; capitulation of, to General Townshend—General Murray left to defend—siege of, by De Levi, in 1760, i. 300; opportune arrival of Lord Colville at, i. 301; expedition against, intrusted to Arnold, i. 683; instructions of Washington to Arnold on his departure for, i. 683-687; approach of Arnold known in, through Indian treachery—terror of the people of, on the arrival of Arnold at Point Levi, i. 696; Maclean's Highlanders the only reliable defence of, during the siege by Arnold, i. 702; small British squadron sent from Boston for the relief of, i. 711; probable success of the Americans at, reported to Washington by Captain Freeman, i. 713; reliance of Sir Guy Carleton upon troops from England for the defence of, ii. 99; garrison of, reinforced—sortie from, led by Carleton, upon the Americans on the Plains of Abraham—retreat of the American army from, to Chamblee and St. John, ii. 102.

Quincy, Josiah, biographical notice of (note), i. 464; letters of, written from London, in relation to the Revolutionary struggle, i. 465-467; extract from a speech of, delivered in Boston, in 1773 (note), i. 465; scheme of, for protecting the harbor of Boston, i. 748.

R.

Radnor, earl of, letter of Washington to, from Mount Vernon, in 1798, iii. 488.

Ralle, Colonel, surprise of, at Trenton, ii. 373; mortal wound received by, at the head of his grenadiers, ii. 374; visited at his quarters by Washington and Greene, ii. 375.

Randolph, Edmund, resolutions of, in the convention to amend the federal confederation, iii. 66; appointed by Washington attorney-general in 1789, iii. 121; successor of Jefferson as secretary of state, iii. 289; letters of Washington to, in relation to Jay's treaty, iii. 357, 359; suspicions thrown on the integrity of, by intercepted papers of Fauchet, iii. 361; office in the cabinet resigned by, iii. 363; correspondence of, with Washington, in relation to the matter of Fauchet's intercepted papers, iii. 363-366; implications in Fauchet's papers denied by—written declaration of Fauchet in favor of—threats of, to damage the reputation of Washington, iii. 364; vindication of, published by himself, iii. 366; regret of, in after-life, for his course toward Washington, iii. 367.

Randolph, Peyton, chosen president of the first continental Congress, i. 421; name of, presented to the British government in a bill of attainder (note), i. 481; chosen president of the second continental Congress, i. 528; biographical notice of (note), i. 534.

Rappahannock, house and lands on the, bequeathed to George Washington by his father, i. 29; stone thrown across the, by Washington, at Fredericksburg, iii. 593.

Raritan, bridge of boats over the, constructed by General Howe, ii. 450

Rawlins, Mr., Washington bled by, in his last sickness, iii. 553.

"Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington." by G. W. P. Custis, extracts from (note), iii. 531.

Red Hook, Long Island, redoubt erected upon, ii. 84.

Reed, Colonel Joseph, of Philadelphia, letter of, to the earl of Dartmouth, in relation to the general Congress, i. 411; extract from a letter of, on the continental Congress, i. 419; letter of, in relation to the unanimity of feeling in the colonies in opposition to the claims of Parliament, i. 447; letter of, to Lord Dartmouth, denying that independence was aimed at, i. 453; Washington's private secretary at Cambridge, i. 574; letter of Washington to, on the condition of the continental army, ii. 14; letter of Washington to, alluding to the difficulties of his position at Cambridge, ii. 46, 50; sent by Washington to meet Lieutenant Brown, bearing a flag from Lord Howe, ii. 225; despondent letter of, in relation to the prospects of the republic (note), ii. 311; letters of, to General Lee, ii. 338, 339; unfaithfulness of, to Washington, ii. 340; letter of General Lee to, reflecting on Washington—disaffection of, discovered by Washington, ii. 347; explanatory letters of, to Washington, ii. 348; prisoners taken by, near Princeton, ii. 382.

Regulators of North Carolina, in 1770, i. 371; defeated by Governor Try on, and the leaders hanged, i. 372; junction of, with the tories—respect of, for the oath given to Tryon (note), ii. 114.

Reidesel, Baroness, with her husband in the camp of Burgoyne, ii 534; account left by, of the generous conduct of Schuyler, ii. 537.

Religion, Washington's opinion of the importance of, to the well-being of a state, i. 336.

Republican and Federal parties, origin of, iii. 151.

Republicans, Jefferson at the head of the party, iii. 188.

Revere, Paul, people incited by, to seize the fort at Portsmouth, i. 484; bills of the first issue of continental money engraved by (note), i. 550.

Rhode Island, batteries of Newport seized by the people of, i. 484; army voted by the assembly of, after the battle of Lexington, i. 514; complete equipment of the troops from, in the army at Cambridge, i. 596; tories of, quiet after the visit of General Lee, ii. 18; combined efforts of the American and French forces to recapture, ii. 637; singular conduct of D'Estaing at, ii. 638; severe engagement at Quaker hill, on—arrival of Sir Henry Clinton at—irritation caused by the failure to recapture, ii. 639; and New York, the British confined to, ii. 645; refusal of, to ratify the federal constitution, iii. 98; not visited by Washington, in his tour through New England, in 1789, iii. 134; federal constitution adopted by, in 1790—visit of Washington to, in 1790, iii. 162.

Richmond hill, Washington and his military family occupants of the mansion at, in 1776, ii. 172.

Richmond, visit of Washington to, on his southern tour, iii. 180.

Riflemen, American, origin of the Indian-like dress of, i. 389.

"Rights of Man," Paine's, detested by John Adams, but admired by Jefferson, iii. 190; apparently endorsed by Washington and Jefferson, iii. 191; several copies taken by Wellington to Mount Vernon—statement of Paine respecting the sale of (note), iii. 200.

Rivington, the tory printer, type and presses of, destroyed by Sears, ii. 33.

Roberts and Carlisle, Quakers, hanged as spies, i. 462.

Robespierre, fall of, in 1794, iii. 302.

Robinson, Colonel, defence of Boston Neck by, i. 513.

Robinson, Speaker, letters of Washington to, urging the invasion of the Ohio country, i. 206, 244; letter of Washington to, in relation to the conduct of Governor Dinwiddie, i. 218; advice of, to Washington, not to resign his commission, i. 245; address of, on the part of the Virginia house of burgesses, to Washington, i. 288.

Rochambeau, Count de, arrival of French troops under the command of, at Newport, ii. 679; blockaded in Newport by Admiral Arbutbnot, ii. 681; conference of Washington with, at Weathersfield, ii. 722; money borrowed of, by Robert Morris, ii. 726; death of, at the age of eighty-two, iii. 500.

Rockingham, marquis of, speech of, in Parliament, on the evacuation of Boston, ii. 88.

Rocky hill, near Princeton, house engaged by Congress at, for the use of Washington, iii. 28; last general order of Washington dated at, iii. 29.

Roebuck, Doctor, efforts of, to counteract the influence of Franklin in England, i. 485.

Rogers, Major, suspicious conduct of, ii. 18; British army joined by, ii. 19; arrested, by order of Washington, at South Amboy (note), ii. 20; Queen's Rangers embodied by, ii. 309; attack made upon the rangers of, by Colonel Haslet, at Mamaroneck, ii. 314.

Roxbury, description of the fort at (note), i. 589; General Ward's division stationed at, at the siege of Boston, i. 619.

Roxbury Neck, burning of Brown's house at, i. 588.

Royal American regiment, formation of, proposed, i. 229.

Royal Gazette, spurious letters published in, in 1778, charged to have been written by Washington, iii. 448.

Rules of behavior, fifty-four, from an early manuscript volume of Washington, i. 37-41.

Rush, Doctor Benjamin, courage and philanthropy of—biographical notice of (note), iii. 281.

Rutledge, John, Patrick Henry's opinion of, as an orator, i. 450; made governor of South Carolina—biographical notice of (note), ii. 187; military works constructed by, near Charleston, ii. 188; made dictator by the legislature of South Carolina ii. 671; appointed associate judge of the supreme court in 1789, iii. 122; hostility of, to Jay's treaty, iii. 354.

S.

Sabbath, observance of the, by Washington, iii. 112.

Sag Harbor, destruction of British stores at, by Lieutenant-Colonel Meigs, ii. 439.

St. Clair, Colonel Arthur, despatched by General Thompson against Maclean, at Three Rivers, ii. 147; commissioned major-general in the continental army, ii. 403; force under the command of, at Ticonderoga, ii. 463; Ticonderoga evacuated by, ii. 465; pursued by Burgoyne, ii. 466; retreat of, to Fort Edward, ii. 467; superseded in the northern department by Arnold, ii. 470; suspicions excited against, ii. 697; appointed governor of the Northwest territory, iii. 156; expedition of, against the Indians in the Northwest, iii. 176, 193; caution given to, by Washington, iii. 176; surprise and defeat of, iii. 193; considerate conduct of Washington toward, iii. 196.

St. Clair. Sir John, military posts visited by, in 1754, i. 137.

St. John, unauthorized descent upon, by Captains Broughton and Selman, i. 742.

St. John on the Sorel, capture and abandonment of, by Arnold, i. 646; retreat of Ethan Allen from—reinforcements sent to, by Governor Carleton, i. 647; surrender of, to Montgomery—clothing out of the captured stores allowed by Montgomery to the garrison of—Major Andre among the prisoners taken at, i. 680.

St. Leger, Colonel, junction of, with Sir John Johnson, at Oswego, ii. 459.

St. Pierre, Legardeur de, his reception of Washington at Fort Le Boeuf, i. 83; audience given by, to Tanacharisson and his brother-chiefs, i. 84; reply of, to the letter of Governor Dinwiddie, i. 85; efforts of, to detain Tanacharisson and other chiefs of Washington's party, i. 86; death of, i. 181.

Salem, Massachusetts, patriotism of the people of, i. 389; unsuccessful attempt of Colonel Leslie to seize arms at, i. 502.

Salem, North Carolina, visit of Washington to a Moravian settlement at, in 1791, iii. 181.

Sanders's creek, total defeat of Gates at, by Lords Cornwallis and Rawdon, ii. 683.

Santee, Greene on the High Hills of, iii. 3.

Saratoga, militia of Massachusetts and Connecticut desired by Washington to rendezvous at, ii. 471; destruction by Burgoyne of Schuyler's buildings at, ii. 535.

Savannah, seizure of powder in, by the patriots, i. 521; combined attack of Lincoln and D'Estaing upon—Count Pulaski mortally wounded at the siege of, ii. 663; gloom spread through the South by the repulse at, ii. 664; evacuation of, by the British, iii. 11; visit of Washington to, on his southern tour, in 1791, iii. 181.

Sayre, Stephen, letter of the earl of Chatham to, commending the continental Congress, i. 448; biographical notice of (note), i. 449; arrest of, in London (note), ii. 2.

Scalps, prices paid for, in early colonial times (note), i. 209.

School, Washington's application at, i. 45.

Schoolbooks, manuscript, of Washington, still in existence, i. 36.

Schoolfellows, Washington's, their regard for him, i. 36, 46.

Schuyler, Philip, at Oswego in 1756, i. 232; commander at Fort George in 1756, i. 234.

Schuyler, Philip, appointed third major-general under Washington—brief biographical notice of—in the second continental Congress, i. 547; instructions left with, by Washington, on his departure for Cambridge, i. 579; affectionate letter of, to Washington, at Cambridge, i. 597; powers granted to, by the second continental Congress, i. 610; ordered to take possession of St. John and Montreal—command of the northern army taken by, i. 654; alarming letters received by, from Tryon county, i. 655: letter of, to Washington, in relation to affairs at Ticonderoga—return of troops in the colony of New York made by (note), i. 656; letter of sympathy of Washington to, describing affairs in the camp at Cambridge, i. 657; determination of, to invade Canada—efforts of, to secure the neutrality of the Six Nations, i. 661; letter of Washington to, in relation to the invasion of Canada, i. 662; address to the people of Canada issued by, from Isle aux Noix, i. 665; movements of, against St. John, i. 667; sickness of, on his expedition against St. John, i. 668, 669; his commendation of Montgomery to the continental Congress, i. 668; Major Brown and Colonel Ethan Allen sent into Canada by—compelled by sickness to give up his command to Montgomery, i. 669; letter of, to Washington, in relation to the insubordination of troops, i. 676; feeling against, among the Connecticut troops (note), i. 705; letter of, to Washington, expressing his determination to retire from public life, i. 706; ill feeling toward, among the troops from Connecticut, i. 708, 760; directed by Congress to establish his headquarters at Albany, ii. 96; disappointment of, at the disastrous turn of affairs in Canada—cheering words of Washington written to, ii. 103; Sir John Johnson and his Scotch Highlanders disarmed by, ii. 105; calumnies circulated respecting, ii. 153, 155, 245, 421; almost constant bodily sickness of, ii. 244; letter of, to Washington, in relation to Gates's claims of precedence, ii. 248; resentment of Gates disavowed by the generous conduct of, ii. 250; frank and honest character of—resolution of, to resign his commission, ii. 417; indignation of, at a letter written by Colonel Joseph Trumbull, ii. 418; neglect of his letters by Congress—censured by Congress for offensive language, ii. 419; character of, thoroughly vindicated in Congress—fully reinstated in command in the northern department—assiduity of, as military commander in Philadelphia, ii. 422; some of the slanders of, probably originated with Gates, ii. 423; energetic action of, on the approach of Burgoyne, ii. 462; efforts of, to hinder the march of Burgoyne, ii. 470; wonderful forecast of Washington displayed in a letter to, ii. 471; testimony of Irving to the noble qualities of, ii. 472; machinations of Gates and others against, ii. 477; ordered by Congress to the headquarters of the army, ii. 478; retreat of, to Cohoes Falls, ii. 484; "responsibility" taken by, in sending relief to Fort Schuyler, ii. 485; great exertions of, to check the progress of Burgoyne, ii. 488; exclusion of, by Gates, from his first council of war, ii. 521; buildings of, at Saratoga, burned by Burgoyne, ii. 585.

Seabury, Reverend Samuel, carried off to New Haven by Sears, ii. 33.

Seamen, British-born, claimed by England when found on neutral vessels, iii. 272.

Sears, Captain Isaac, scheme of, for disarming tories in New York, ii. 32; type and presses of Rivington, the tory printer, destroyed by, ii. 33; plan of, for disarming the tories in New York, favorably considered by Washington and Lee, ii. 34.

Sears, Captain Robert, entrance of, into New York, at the head of a body of troops—biographical notice of (note), ii. 41; British stores seized by, at Turtle bay, ii. 128.

Sedgwick, Mr., of Massachusetts, motion made by, in Congress, to provide for the execution of certain treaties, in 1796—warm debate on the motion of, iii. 398.

Senate, response of, to Washington's inaugural, in 1789, iii. 97.

Seneca Indians, name given to Washington by, ii. 657.

Seymour, Colonel, troop of horse of, dismissed by Washington, ii. 232; mortification and generosity of, ii. 233; Graydon's description of his troop of Connecticut light horse (note), ii. 242.

Sharpe, Governor, appointed to the command of all the colonial forces—invitation of, to Washington, to re-enter the army, i. 130; his letter to Washington returned, i. 131; remark of the king respecting the honesty of—superseded by General Braddock in the command of the colonial forces, i. 135.

Shenandoah, the valley of, famous for its abundance of winged game, i. 50.

Sherburne, Major Henry, sent to the relief of the fort at the Cedars—Indian ambuscade fallen into by, ii. 149.

Shingis, head sachem of the Delawares, with Washington in 1753, i. 77; active with the French in 1756, i. 225.

Shirley, Governor, Washington's respect for, i. 145; failure of his expedition against Niagara, i. 185; visit of Washington to, in New England, in 1756, i. 196; his reception of Washington in Boston, i. 200; biographical notice of (note), i. 200.

Shuldham, Admiral, alarm of, on seeing the Americans on Dorchester Heights, ii. 65.

Silliman, General, militia collected by, to resist Tryon in his expedition against Danbury—joined by Wooster and Arnold, ii. 484.

Simcoe, Lieutenant-Colonel, Queen's Rangers commanded by, ii. 309.

Singleterry, arrest of, for enlisting on the privateer Citizen Genet, iii. 259.

Six Nations, seduced from the English interest after the destruction of the forts at Oswego, i. 235; efforts of General Schuyler to secure the neutrality of—hostile attitude assumed by, through the influence of Sir John Johnson (note), i. 661; induced to throw off their neutrality by the Johnsons, ii. 104.

Skene, Major Philip, a noted loyalist, with Burgoyne, ii. 480.

Skenesborough, expedition of Captain Herrick against, i. 645; galleys destroyed at, by the British, ii. 467.

Slavery, action of several states in relation to, before 1790—petitions in relation to, laid before Congress in 1790, iii. 152; resolutions reported by a Congressional committee in relation to, iii. 153; remark of Washington on the action of Congress in relation to, iii. 154; anxiety of Washington for the abolition of (note), iii. 535.

Slaves, Washington charged by Jasper Dwight with being a dealer in, iii. 477; provision made by the will of Washington for the liberation of, iii. 535, 538.

Slave-trade, resolution adverse to the, adopted at the Williamsburg convention, in 1744, i. 405; the American Association agree to discontinue the, i. 441; action of various states in relation to the, before 1790, iii. 152.

Slocum, Lieutenant, in the battle at Moore's-creek bridge—anecdote of the wife of, told by Mrs. Ellett (note), ii. 118.

Small-pox, Washington attacked by, in Barbados—permanent traces of, on the countenance of Washington, i. 63; precautions taken against, in the camp at Morristown, ii. 401.

Smallwood, Colonel, regiment of, sent by General Mercer to reinforce the army in New York, ii. 241.

Smallwood's regiment, admirable conduct of, in the battle of Long Island, ii. 275.

Smith, Adam, unfriendly to American freedom, i. 485.

Smith, Colonel, sent by General Gage to seize stores at Concord, i. 503; courthouse at Concord set on fire by troops under—retreat of, from Concord, i. 507; wounded in the leg near Lexington—command of, saved by the arrival of Lord Percy—extreme exhaustion of the soldiers of, i. 508.

Societies, democratic, in 1793, condemnation of, by Washington, iii. 264; excise laws denounced by, iii. 311; letter of Washington to General Henry Lee, in relation to, iii. 313; Washington's opinion of (note), iii. 322; denounced by Washington in his sixth annual message—debates in Congress, in relation to, iii. 324; gradual dissolution of, iii. 328; hostility of, to Jay's treaty, iii. 354.

Sons of Liberty, associations of, i. 324.

Sorel, condition of the republican army at the, after the flight from Quebec, ii. 146.

South Carolina, money sent to London from, in support of the Bill of Rights, i. 370; royal power abdicated in, by Lord Campbell, ii. 186; changes in the civil government of—happiness caused among the people of, by the change of government (note), ii. 187; comparative quiet in, after the repulse of the British at Charleston, ii. 197; citizens of, in the northern army, ii. 198; invasion of, by Sir Henry Clinton, ii. 664; hostility in, toward Jay's treaty, iii. 354.

South-Carolinians, inactivity of, at Great Meadows, i. 118, 119.

Southern tour of Washington in 1791, iii. 178; equipage and attendants of Washington during, iii. 179; plan of (note)—honors paid to Washington during, iii. 180.

Spain, king of, asses sent to Washington by, iii. 51; unpleasant relations with, threatened in 1789, iii. 115; relations of the United States with, iii. 157, 274.

Spencer, Joseph, appointed brigadier-general in the continental army, i. 548; offence taken by, at the promotion of General Putnam, i. 593; sent to New York with a brigade, ii. 82.

Stable of Washington before the Revolution, i. 307.

Stafford county, Virginia, removal of the Washington family to, in 1735, i. 24.

Stamp-act, submitted to the house of commons by George Grenville—the proposal of, how received in the colonies, i. 323: opposition of William Pitt to, in the house of commons, i. 324; signed March 22, 1765—letter of Franklin to Charles Thomson in relation to—provisions of (note), i. 325; signed by the king in the incipient stages of insanity, i. 326; excitement in the colonies on the news of its becoming a law—resolutions offered in the Virginia assembly in relation to, i. 327; letter of Washington to Francis Dandridge in London, in relation to, i. 329; popular action in opposition to, i. 332, 333; Franklin examined before a committee of Parliament in relation to, i. 334; repeal of, i. 335; Pitt's commendation of the colonists for resisting—declaration of Charles James Fox in relation to the (note), i. 339.

Stamp-officers, refusal of the people of Boston to compensate, for their losses, i. 341.

Stanhope, Earl, letter of Lord Chatham to, relative to American affairs, i. 488.

Stanwix, Colonel, Washington placed under the orders of, while at Winchester, in 1757, i. 241; letter of Washington to, advocating offensive measures against the French on the frontiers, i. 245; letter of Washington to, requesting a favorable mention to General Forbes, i. 256; assistance lent by, to Colonel Bradstreet, at the siege of Fort Frontenac, i. 267; his share in the campaign of 1759, i. 290.

Stark, John, with Abercrombie at Ticonderoga, i. 262; body of volunteers assembled by, i. 513; at Breed's hill, i. 562; victory at Bennington obtained by militia under the command of, ii. 487; commission of brigadier given to, by Congress, ii. 489.

State debts, assumption of, recommended by Hamilton, iii. 141; amount of the several (note), iii. 144.

Staten Island, troops landed at, from the British fleet, in 1776, ii. 179, 181, 217; large number of troops at, under the command of General Howe, ii. 240; unsuccessful descent upon, by Lord Stirling, ii. 667.

Stature of Washington (note), i. 306, iii. 591, 593, 595, 597.

Stephen, Adam, with Washington at Great Meadows, i. 114; with Braddock in his expedition against Fort Duquesne, i. 152; commissioned major-general in the continental army, ii. 403; biographical notice of (note), ii. 558.

Steuben, Baron von, arrival of, in the camp at Valley Forge, ii. 599; office of inspector-general accepted by—unacquainted with the English language, ii. 601; American regulars never beaten after having been drilled by, ii. 602.

Stevens, Colonel, Norfolk, Virginia, destroyed by republicans under, ii. 109.

Stillwater, battle of, ii. 524.

Stirling, Lord, command in New York devolved upon—biographical notice of (note)—British store-ship taken by (note), ii. 135; measures of, for the defence of New York, ii. 136; Highland fortifications visited and inspected by, ii. 170; skirmish of, with General Grant, near Gowanus bay, ii. 271; made prisoner by De Heister at the battle of Long Island, ii. 275; appointed major-general in the continental army, ii. 403; agency of, in exposing Conway's Cabal, ii. 581.

Stobo, Captain Robert, engineer at Fort Necessity, i. 119; detained a prisoner by the French at Quebec and Montreal, i. 132, 134; information sent by, from Fort Duquesne to the English camp, i. 133; letter of, afterward found by the French in Braddock's cabinet— subsequent career of (note), i. 134.

Stock, United States and other, held by Washington at the time of his death, iii. 544.

Stoddart, Benjamin, appointed secretary of the navy in 1798, iii. 123.

Stono ferry, engagement at, ii. 652.

Stony brook, bridge at, made impassable by Major Kelly—forded by the troops of Cornwallis, ii. 390.

Stony Point, fort on, captured by the British, ii. 658; plan of Washington for the capture of—capture of, by Wayne, ii. 659; guns of, opened on Fort Lafayette and British shipping—dismantled and abandoned by the Americans—reoccupied by Sir Henry Clinton, ii. 660.

Strahan, Mr., an eminent London printer, remarkable letter of Franklin to (note), i. 605.

Strength of arm of Washington, iii. 593.

Stuart, Doctor David, letters of Washington to, iii. 70, 145, 161, 463.

Suffolk county, in Massachusetts, convention held in, i. 427; resolves of the convention of, laid before the continental Congress, i. 432.

Sulgrave, domain of, granted by Henry VIII. to Lawrence Washington, in 1538, i. 19.

Sullivan, John, appointed brigadier-general in the continental army, i. 548; biographical notice of, i. 549; ordered by Washington to seize certain tories in Portsmouth as hostages, i. 746; the successor of Thomas in command at the Sorel, ii. 148; sanguine letter of, from the Sorel, ii. 151; letter of Washington to Congress respecting, ii. 152; melancholy words of, in relation to affairs in Canada, ii. 163; retreat of, before Burgoyne, ii. 164, 166; demoralization of the troops under the command of, ii. 166; mortification of, at being superseded by Gates, ii. 168, 244; departure of, from Crown Point, on the arrival of Gates, ii. 251; placed in temporary command of the troops on Long Island—superseded by Putnam, ii. 264; made prisoner in the battle of Long Island, ii. 272; verbal message sent by, to Congress, by Lord Howe, ii. 289; warm reply of Washington to the complaints of, ii. 431; unsuccessful expedition of, against the British on Staten Island (note), ii. 495; mischief caused at the battle of the Brandywine by the sensitiveness of, ii. 506; expedition of, against the Indians on the Genesee river, ii. 656; letter of Washington to, in relation to reforms in the army, ii. 700; letter of Washington to, advocating executive departments, ii. 713.

Sullivan's Familiar Letters, personal appearance of Washington described in, iii. 601.

Sumter, General, movements of, in the South, ii. 682; total defeat of, by Tarleton, ii. 684; sent by Greene with light-troops into the neighborhood of Charleston, iii. 3.

Sunday, custom, in Virginia, of using it for political purposes (note), i. 400.

Sunday-laws of New England offensive to the Quakers, i. 455.

Surveying-expedition, Washington's first, journal of, still preserved—extracts from the journal of, i. 53; extracts from a letter of Washington written during, i. 55.

Surveyor, Washington's experience as, a preparation for his high destiny, i. 52, 56, 58.

Surveys of Washington, correctness of, i. 56.

Swede's ford, General Howe at, ii. 513.

Swords left by Washington to his nephews, iii. 540.

T.

Table kept by Washington before the Revolution, iii. 585; abstemious habits of Washington at, iii. 586; Washington's at Philadelphia, iii. 589.

Taft, Mr., letter of Washington to, from Hartford, in 1789 (note), iii. 133.

Talleyrand, M. de, insulting propositions of, to the American envoys in Paris, iii. 501; attempts of, to procure a douceur from the American envoys, iii. 502, 504; interview of, with the American envoys, iii. 503; declaration of war against the United States threatened by, iii. 504; indirect efforts of, toward bringing about a reconciliation with the United States, iii. 527; copy of a letter of, transmitted by William Vans Murray to the government at Washington—letter of Washington respecting the "fast and loose game" of, iii. 528.

Tallmadge, Major, Fort George, at Coram, surprised by, ii. 701.

Tanacharisson, remonstrance of, with Duquesne, against the aggressions of the French—interview of, with Franklin, in Pennsylvania, i. 73; belt of wampum presented to, at Great Meadows, i. 114; desertion of, on the approach of the French—subsequent history of (note), i. 120.

Tarleton, Colonel, massacre by, of a body of troops under Colonel Buford, ii. 676; defeated by Morgan at the Cowpens, ii. 714; total defeat of General Sumter by, ii. 682.

Tarrytown, arrest of Major Andre at, ii. 690.

"Taxation no Tyranny," by Doctor Johnson, remarkable passage struck out of (note), ii. 113.

"Taxation without representation tyranny," i. 323.

Tea, universally proscribed in the colonies in 1770, i. 369; thrown overboard in Boston harbor, i. 388.

Tenbroeck, General, opportune arrival of, at the second battle near Bemis's Heights, ii. 532.

Ternant, M., successor of Count de Moustier, as French minister to the United States, iii. 223; arrival of, at Newport, ii. 679.

Thacher, Doctor, personal appearance of Washington described by, i. 585; testimony of, as to the skill of the southern riflemen, i. 618.

Thanksgiving, day of, recommended by Washington in 1789, iii. 124.

Theatre, first visit of Washington to, made in Barbados, i. 63.

Thomas, John, appointed brigadier-general in the continental army, i. 548; Dorchester Heights taken possession of by, ii. 64; appointed to command the army in Canada, ii. 97; weakness of the Americans before Quebec on his arrival in camp—council of war called by, decide upon a retreat toward Montreal, ii. 101; death of, of small-pox, at Chamblee, ii. 147.

Thompson, Colonel, Sir Henry Clinton held in check by, at Fort Sullivan, in Charleston harbor, ii. 189; Sir Henry Clinton driven back by the riflemen of, ii. 192, 195.

Thompson, Colonel William, the British driven to their boats by, from Lechmere's Point, i. 761; commissioned a brigadier-general, ii. 96; chief command in New York assumed by, ii. 137; troops sent toward Canada under, ii. 143; defeated and made prisoner in Canada, ii. 163.

Thomson, Charles, chosen secretary of the continental Congress—biographical notice of (note), i. 421; opinion of, as to the superiority of the first Congress (note), i. 423; chosen secretary of the second continental Congress, i. 528: letter borne to Washington by, informing him of his election to the presidency, iii. 84.

Three Rivers, disastrous expedition of General Thompson against Maclean at, ii. 162.

Throck's Neck, troops of Lord Howe landed at—transfer of troops from, to Pell's Neck, ii. 311.

Ticonderoga, fort at, erected by the French in 1756, i. 235; attack upon, under Abercrombie and Lord Howe, i. 263; admirable conduct of the troops at the siege of—inactivity and indifference of Johnson's Indians at, i. 265; effect upon Pitt of the news of the disaster at, i. 266; taken possession of by Amherst in 1759, i. 292; expeditions undertaken against, by Colonels Allen and Arnold, i. 524; valuable stores taken at, by Allen, i. 526; resolution of Congress respecting the spoils taken at, i. 529; want of discipline among the troops at, under Colonel Hinman, i. 656; Generals Schuyler, Gates, and Arnold, present at—command of the army at, devolved upon Gates, ii. 254; preparation of a flotilla at, intrusted to General Arnold, ii. 255; apprehended attack upon, by General Carleton—Colonel Wayne in command of, ii. 416: General Heath ordered by Washington to go to, with Massachusetts regiments, ii. 417: invested by the British under Burgoyne, ii. 463; garrison of—the British cannon on Mount Defiance, ii. 464; abandoned by St. Clair, ii. 465; letters of Washington to Schuyler, in relation to the evacuation of, ii. 468, 469, 479.

Tilghman, Colonel, news of the surrender at Yorktown borne to Philadelphia by, ii. 737.

Titles, presidential, discussions in Congress respecting, iii. 103: Washington averse to, iii. 105.

Toilet of Washington, iii. 587.

Toleration, religious, of Washington and John Adams (note), i. 451.

Tooke, John Horne, a prominent member of the Constitutional Society of England (note), i. 737.

Tories, treatment of, recommended by Washington, i. 747; action of Congress with regard to, ii. 92; conditional pardon offered to, by Congress, ii. 609: embarkation of, for Nova Scotia, in 1783, iii. 22.

Town-Destroyer, a name given to Washington by the Seneca Indians, ii. 657.

Townshend, taxation of the colonies announced by, i. 315.

Tracy, of Connecticut, reply of, to the speech of Albert Gallatin, on Jay's treaty, iii. 404.

Trent, Captain, mission of, to the Ohio, in 1754, i. 94; timidity of, i. 97.

Trenton, arrival of Washington at, with his fugitive army, ii. 351; officers' watches set by Washington's before the attack upon, ii. 371; complete surprise of Colonel Ralle and the Hessians in—narrow escape of Washington at (note), ii. 373; rapid retreat of Washington from, ii. 375; conduct of the troops at, commanded by Washington, ii. 376; important influence of the victory at, ii. 378; despatch of Washington to Congress, in relation to the affair at, ii. 379; Washington joined by Cadwalader and Mifflin at, ii. 388; Washington attacked by Cornwallis at, ii. 384; left at night by Washington, ii. 385; reception of Washington at, in 1789, iii. 87.

Trumbull, Governor Jonathan, of Connecticut, kind words of, to Washington—biographical notice of—correspondence of, with Washington, in 1775—extract from the Travels of De Chastellux in relation to (note), i. 598; Connecticut levies detained by, for coast-defence, ordered to camp by Washington, i. 729; mortification of, at the conduct of the Connecticut troops in the continental army, i. 760; letter of, expressive of sympathy with General Gates, ii. 250; tories sent to the care of, by Washington, ii. 261; letter of Washington to, acknowledging the finger of Providence, iii. 79; chosen speaker of the house of representatives, in 1791, iii. 192.

Trumbull, John, lines from a poem written by, i. 502; in the family of Washington at Cambridge, i. 616; eminence opposite Ticonderoga fortified on the recommendation of, ii. 254; secretary of John Jay on his mission to England in 1794, iii. 300.

Trumbull, Joseph, appointed commissary-general of the continental army, i. 591; his resignation of the office of commissary-general, ii. 404.

Tryon county, New York, savages and tories in, in 1775, i. 655.

Tryon, Governor, arrival of, in New York, on the same day as Washington, i. 577; unscrupulous character of, i. 580; machinations of, in New York, ii. 31; refuge taken by, on board the sloop-of-war Halifax, ii. 130; proclamation issued by, from on board the Duchess of Gordon, ii. 137; schemes of New-York tories under the direction of, ii. 172, 173; expedition undertaken by, to destroy stores at Danbury, ii. 433; retreat of, from Danbury, harassed by Wooster, Arnold, and others, ii. 436; escape of, aided by Sir William Erskine, ii. 437; indignation aroused by the atrocities of, ii. 438; copies of Lord North's bills sent by, to Washington—resolutions of Congress relating to—tories sent to, by Washington, ii. 609; ravages of, in Connecticut, in conjunction with Collier—biographical notice of (note), ii. 654.

Tucker, Dean, proposal of, that Parliament should separate the colonies from the empire—biographical notice of (note), i. 487.

Tuckerman, Henry T., extract from the writings of, in relation to Washington's trials at Cambridge, i. 754.

Tupper, Major, lighthouse in Boston harbor destroyed by, i. 639; row-galleys under the command of, sent up the Hudson to annoy the Rose and Phoenix, ii. 238.

Turtle bay, British stores seized at, by Sears, ii. 128.

Twigtwees, described by Mr. Gist (note), i. 110.

U.

Union flag, when unfurled, ii. 1.

Union of the colonies, Franklin's plan of, i. 127.

University, national, anxiety of Washington for the establishment of, iii. 48, 331, 332, 333, 455, 537.

V.

Valedictory address, Washington's, iii. 202, 473, 476.

Valley Forge, chosen by Washington as a place for winter-quarters, ii. 569; sufferings of the patriot army on its march to, ii. 570; huts constructed at, by the army, ii. 570, 571; forcible means used by Washington to obtain supplies for the army at (note), ii. 570, 598; extreme hardships endured by the patriot army at, ii. 571; committee of arrangements appointed by Congress to visit Washington at, ii. 595; Mrs. Washington and other ladies at—Washington's headquarters at, at the house of Isaac Potts—name of, derived from the foundry and forge of Isaac Potts (note), ii. 602; desertions from the camp at, ii. 604; arrival at, of the news of the treaty with France, ii. 611; oath of allegiance administered by Washington to the officers at, ii. 613; camp at, broken up on the departure of the British from Philadelphia, ii. 618.

Van Braam, Jacob, Washington's fencing-master, i. 46, 62; with Washington on his expedition to the Ohio in 1753, i. 76, 88; with Washington at Great Meadows, i. 114; alleged treachery of, i. 122, 124; detained a prisoner by the French, i. 132, 134; subsequent adventures of, i. 134.

Vaudreuil, Marquis de, successor of Duquesne—characteristic anecdote of (note), i. 177; capitulation of, at Montreal, i. 301.

Vault, family, of Washington, wish of Washington to have it rebuilt, iii. 542; new family, spot indicated for, by Washington, a few days before his death, iii. 550.

Vealtown, troops of General Lee at, ii. 357.

Vernon, Admiral, notice of, i. 26.

Verplanck's Point, fort on, captured by the British, ii. 658; junction of the French and American troops at, iii. 11.

Veto-power, first exercise of it by Washington, iii. 198.

Vose, Major, lighthouse destroyed by, on Nantasket Point, i. 618.

Virginia, condition of, in the time of Charles II., i. 20; Washington in charge of one of the military districts of, in 1751, i. 61; Washington appointed, in 1755, commander of all the forces of, i. 188; difficulty of raising troops in, to protect the frontier, after Braddock's defeat, i. 191; Governor Dinwiddie's estimate of the population of (note), i. 222; defenceless condition of the frontiers of, i. 225, 244; substantial character of breakfast in, before the Revolution (note), i. 306; indignation of the people of, at the right claimed by Parliament to tax the colonies, i. 368; early efforts made in, to cast off the burden of negro slavery—instructions of the king to the governor of, in relation to the slave-trade, i. 379; address of the assembly of, to the king, on the slave-trade, i. 380; successive prorogations of the house of burgesses of, by Lord Dunmore, i. 381; short but memorable session of the house of burgesses of, in 1773, i. 382; intercolonial committees of correspondence originated in, i. 382, 383; dissolutions of the house of burgesses of, by Lord Dunmore, i. 384, 392; warlike spirit pervading, in 1775, i. 470; troops of, reviewed by Washington in the winter of 1774-'75, i. 471; effect in, of the news of the battle of Lexington—powder of the province of, seized by Lord Dunmore, i. 517; royal power ended in, i. 520; invasion of, by Cornwallis, ii. 720; legislature of, in 1794, adverse to British creditors recovering their just debts, iii. 301; disunion threatened in, in case Jay's treaty should be ratified, iii. 355; property owned in, by Washington, at the time of his death, iii. 542.

Virginia convention proposed, to consider a proposition for a continental Congress, i. 395; resolutions adopted at, i. 401-405; eloquent speech of Washington at—delegates to the general Congress appointed at, i. 407.

Virginia convention, the second, held at Richmond in 1775, i. 476; resolutions offered at, by Patrick Henry, i. 477; eloquent speech of Patrick Henry at, i. 479, 481; delegates to the second continental Congress elected at, i. 482.

Virginia Gazette, slanders of Washington in, in 1756, i. 211.

Virginia house of burgesses, Washington a candidate for, in 1758, i. 275; cost of Washington's election to, i. 276; Washington for fifteen years a member of, i. 308; distinguished members of, in 1769, i. 353; sympathy of, with Massachusetts—resolutions adopted by, in opposition to those of Parliament—dissolved by Lord Botetourt, i. 354.

Virginia planters, life of, before the Revolution, i. 305.

Virginia troops, letters of Washington in relation to the command of, i. 188; commission as commander of, resigned by Washington—flattering address to Washington by the officers of, i. 286.

Visitors, Washington annoyed by, at Mount Vernon, iii. 483; how received by Washington when president, iii. 603.

W.

Waldeck, prince of, mercenaries furnished by, ii. 6.

Wallace, Captain, legalized piracy of—Newport threatened by, ii. 16; sent in the Rose up the Hudson river, ii. 218.

Walpole, Horace, on young Washington's love of the "whistling of bullets" (note), i. 105.

Wanton, Governor, blunt answer of, to Sir James Wallace, i. 484.

War-dance, Indian, witnessed by Washington and Fairfax, at Colonel Cresap's, in 1748, i. 54; in the camp of Braddock at Will's creek, i. 151.

War, directions as to the mode of declaring, given by Dinwiddie to Washington (note), i. 228.

Ward, Ensign, capitulation of, to Contrecoeur, in 1754, i. 98.

Ward, General Artemas, in command of troops in the neighborhood of Boston after the battle of Lexington, i. 513; inefficiency of, i. 532; appointed first major-general under Washington, i. 545.

Warren, Doctor Joseph, stay of, in Boston, to watch the British army and the tories, i. 503; warning sent by, to Adams and Hancock, at Lexington, i. 504; narrow escape of, at Cambridge, i. 509; letter of, to General Gage, in relation to his want of good faith, i. 514; a volunteer at Breed's hill, i. 562; death of, at the close of the battle of Breed's hill, i. 569; lament of the wife of John Adams for—Everett on the death of—biographical notice of, i. 571; remains of, buried by the British, with proper honors—subsequent disposition of the remains of, i. 572.

Warren, James, appointed major-general of Massachusetts militia, ii. 60; letter of Washington to, in relation to the Articles of Confederation, iii. 54.

Warren, Mrs. Mercy, remarks of, on the personal appearance of Washington and General Lee, i. 586.

Washington, Augustine, brother of George, the family homestead at Pope's creek bequeathed to, by his father, i. 28; marriage of, with Anne Aylett—George an inmate in the family of, when at the school of Mr. Williams, i. 35; letter of George to, in 1755, in relation to his ill-requited service of the state, i. 186; independent Virginia company trained by, i. 482.

Washington, Augustine, father of George, character of, i. 24, 28; death of, in 1743, i. 28.

Washington, Bushrod, papers and property bequeathed to, by Washington, iii. 539, 540.

Washington, Captain William, division of General Greene led by, at Trenton, ii. 373.

Washington, Charles, Franklin's gold-headed cane bequeathed to, by Washington, iii. 539.

Washington city, lots owned by Washington in at the time of his death, iii. 543.

Washington family in Virginia, early history of, i. 22.

Washington, George, birthplace of, i. 17, 23; lineage of, i. 18; early education of, i. 24; maxims of, in youth, i. 37; marriage of, i. 287; stature of (note), i. 306, iii. 591, 597; dress of, i. 306, iii. 589, 600, 603; style of living of, before the Revolution, i. 307; devotion of, i. 337, iii. 112, 602; table of, i. 616, iii. 585-589; will of, iii. 535; estate of, iii. 541; death of, iii. 556; funeral of, iii. 558; fondness of, for field-sports, iii. 584; toilet of, iii. 587; strength of arm of—weight of, iii. 593; frame of, iii. 594; great size of hands of, iii. 595; awe inspired by the presence of, iii. 597, 598.

Washington, George A., death of, in 1793—affection of Washington for (note)—kindness of Washington to the widow of (note), iii. 235; carriage presented to, by Washington (note), iii. 236.

Washington, George Fayette, property bequeathed to, by Washington, iii. 540.

Washington, John and Lawrence, emigrate to Virginia in 1657, i. 20.

Washington, Joseph, the "Defensio pro Populo" of Milton translated by—a friend of the "Commonwealth," and author of several works—damage done by, to the cause of the Stuarts, i. 20.

Washington, Lawrence Augustine, property bequeathed to, by Washington, iii. 540.

Washington, Lawrence, brother of George, educated in England, i. 24, 25; in the British attack upon Carthagena in 1741, i. 26; marriage of, to Miss Fairfax, i. 35; affection of, for his brother George, i. 25, 43; a member of the Virginia house of burgesses, i. 61; attacked by consumption—visit of, to Barbados, in company with his brother George, in 1751, i. 62; death of, at Mount Vernon, in 1752, i. 64.

Washington, Lawrence, mayor of Northampton in the reign of Henry VIII., i. 19.

Washington, Lund, the general's agent at Mount Vernon—letter of Washington to, in relation to remuneration of his services, i. 765; instructions of Washington to, in relation to charity and frugality, i. 766.

Washington, Mrs., sickness of the daughter of, i. 375; death of the daughter of, in 1773, i. 378; letter of Washington to, respecting his election as commander-in-chief—letters of Washington to, destroyed by (note), i. 539; invited by her husband to join him at Cambridge, i. 765; mode of travelling of, i. 766; ball proposed in honor of, i. 767; arrival of, in the camp at Cambridge, i. 768; inoculated for the small-pox, in Philadelphia (note), ii. 157; considerate conduct of Washington toward, iii. 52; honors paid to, on her way to New York in 1789, iii. 110; first levee of, iii. 111; levees of, in Philadelphia, iii. 170; property left to, by Washington, iii. 535; resignation of, at the death of her husband, iii. 556; letter of, to President Adams, in relation to proposed national funeral honors to her husband, iii. 565.

Washington, Samuel, provisions of the will of Washington respecting the heirs of, iii. 538.

Washington, Sir Henry, colonel under Prince Rupert in 1643, i. 19; defender of Worcester against Cromwell's general, Fairfax, in 1646, i. 20.

Washington, Sir Lawrence and Anne, monument of, in the parish church of Garsdon, i. 19.

Washington, Sir William, brother-in-law of Villiers, duke of Buckingham, i. 19.

Washington, William Augustine, property left to, by Washington, iii. 538.

Washington, William, invitation of, at Charlestown, declined by Washington, iii. 180.

Waterbury, General, gallantry of, in a naval engagement on Lake Champlain, ii. 334.

Watertown, address of James Warren to Washington, on his arrival at, in 1775, i. 583.

Waxhaw, body of republicans surprised and massacred by Tarleton on the banks of the, ii. 676.

Wayne, General Anthony, shabby regimentals of, at Middlebrook, ii. 458; sent by Washington to annoy the rear of Howe's army—night-attack upon, by the British under General Grey, ii. 514; court-martial demanded by, ii. 515; attack led by, at the battle of Germantown, ii. 553; exploits of, in New Jersey, ii. 598; capture of Stony Point by, ii. 659; efforts of, to quell the mutiny of the Pennsylvania troops—picture drawn by, of the sufferings of the army at Morristown (note), ii. 707; Cornwallis attacked by, at Old Jamestown, ii. 721; Savannah taken possession of by, iii. 11; appointed commander-in-chief of the army in the Northwest, iii. 197; operations of, against the northwestern Indians, iii. 328; results of his treaty with the Indians in the Northwest, iii. 378.

Weathersfield, conference of Washington with Rochambeau at, ii. 722.

Webb, General, cowardly conduct of, at Fort Edward, i. 250.

Weight of Washington, iii. 593.

Wessington, John de, prior of a convent in 1426, i. 19.

West Indies, American vessels excluded from, iii. 100; depredations on American vessels in, committed by French cruisers, iii. 466; complaints of the conduct of Commodore Barney in, iii. 467.

West Point, fortifications at, commenced by Bernard Romans, ii. 127; headquarters of Washington at—letter of Washington to Doctor Cochran, showing the style of living at (note), ii. 660; information given to the British by Arnold, respecting, ii. 698; the military academy at, suggested by Washington, iii. 456.

Wheatley, Phillis, a slave, biographical notice of, ii. 54; her correspondence with Washington, ii. 55, 56; poem written by, addressed to Washington, ii. 57.

Whipple, Captain, the schooner Gaspe taken and burned by a party under—threat of Sir James Wallace to hang, i. 381; vessels placed under the command of, by the assembly of Rhode Island, i. 739.

"Whiskey Insurrection," language of Washington in relation to the, iii. 305; history of the, iii. 307-320; sympathy of Jefferson with those engaged in the, iii. 327.

White, Bishop, present at the opening of the continental Congress, i. 423; present at Washington's farewell dinner, iii. 471.

Whitemarsh, encampment of Washington near, ii. 559; efforts of Howe to draw the Americans out of their position at, ii. 568; retreat of Howe from, to Philadelphia—Washington blamed by his enemies in Congress for not fighting at, ii. 569.

White, Philip, a "pine robber," killed by the Jersey people, iii. 13.

White Plains, adjournment of the provincial congress of New York to (note), ii. 127; headquarters of Washington in the neighborhood of, ii. 314; account of the battle at, ii. 316-319; losses sustained by the British and Americans at the battle of, ii. 319; sufferings of the American army after the battle of, ii. 321; disgraceful conduct of some of Washington's troops at (note), ii. 323.

Wilkes, John, conspicuous part taken by, in favor of the Americans, i. 494; lord-mayor of London, address of, to the king, on American affairs—biographical notice of (note), i. 604; his contemptuous treatment of a royal proclamation, i. 611; speech of, in Parliament, in relation to the British flight from Boston, ii. 86.

Wilkinson, Captain James, sent by Arnold to the relief of the Cedars (note), ii. 161; interview of, with General Lee, at the moment of his capture, ii. 358; connection of, with Conway's Cabal, ii. 579.

William and Mary College, chancellorship of, accepted by Washington, iii. 48.

Williams, Colonel Ephraim, surprised by Dieskau, while marching to the relief of Fort Edward—biographical notice of (note), i. 181.

Williams, Otho Holland, with the southern riflemen at the camp at Cambridge, i. 619; appointed brigadier under Wayne, in 1791, iii. 197.

Williams, second schoolmaster of Washington, i. 35, 45.

Williamsburg, convention at, proposed, to consider a proposition for a continental Congress, i. 395; resolutions adopted at the convention held at, in 1774, i. 401-405; convention at, in 1774—eloquent speech of Washington at—delegates to the general Congress appointed at, i. 407; preparations made at, by the allies, for the siege of Yorktown, ii. 731.

Will of Washington, true copy of (note), iii. 535.

Will's creek, retreat of Washington to, from Great Meadows, in 1754, i. 124; Indian war-dance at, in Braddock's camp, i. 151; fatal delay of Braddock at, i. 156.

Wilmington, headquarters of Washington at, ii. 497; visit of Washington to, on his southern tour, in 1791, iii. 181.

Wilson, James, appointed associate judge of the supreme court in 1789, iii. 122.

Winchester, headquarters of Washington at, in 1755, i. 189; Fort Loudoun erected by Washington at, i. 214; irksomeness of Washington's duties at, i. 240; property owned by Washington in the town of, iii. 543.

Winter hill, Lee's division stationed at, at the siege of Boston, i. 619.

Woedtke, Baron de, commissioners to Canada accompanied by, ii. 145; intemperate habits of—biographical notice of (note), ii. 165.

Wolcott, Oliver, letter of, to his wife, in relation to the frugal habits of Washington, iii. 170; letter of, in relation to Washington's declining the presidency for a third term, iii. 450; letter of Washington to, after his retirement to private life, iii. 481.

Wolfe, Brigadier-General James, at the taking of Louisburg in 1758, i. 260; reliance of the English people upon, in the expedition against Quebec—character of, as described by Walpole (note)—names of men, afterward distinguished, in the expedition of, against Quebec, i. 293; Monckton sent by, to occupy Point Levi, i. 294; unsuccessful attempt of, to storm Montcalm's intrenchments, i. 295; on a sick-bed concerts with Saunders, a plan for scaling the Heights of Abraham—news of the repulse and subsequent success of, received by Pitt on the same day (note)—presentiment of death upon the mind of, i. 297; impromptu stanzas composed by, on the eve of the attack—Gray's Elegy quoted by, on his way to the Heights of Abraham, i. 298; last words and death of, i. 299; and Montcalm, joint monument erected to the memory of—biographical notice of (note), i. 300.

Woodhull, General, commissioned to drive the live stock to Hempstead, ii. 266; made a prisoner and brutally treated by Sir James Baird (note), ii. 277.

Woodhull, Reverend Doctor John, reference to manuscript letters of (note)—anecdote respecting (note), ii. 281.

Wooster, David, appointed brigadier-general in the continental army—brief biographical notice of, i. 548; invited to the neighborhood of New York by the provincial congress (note), i. 582; directed by Washington to join General Schuyler at Lake Champlain—apprehensions of Washington respecting, i. 710; patriotic letter of, to Schuyler—refusal of the officers and men under, to sign the articles of war (note), i. 711; fear or jealousy of, with regard to Arnold, ii. 100; testimony of Congressional commissioners as to his unfitness for command (note), ii. 147; death of, at Danbury, ii. 436; resolution of Congress to erect a monument to the memory of—biographical notice of (note), ii. 437.

Writs of assistance issued in 1761—universal opposition to—speech of James Otis on the subject of, i. 317.

Wyoming massacre, ii. 641.

Y.

Year of trial, Washington's, ii. 594.

Yellow fever in Philadelphia, in 1793, iii. 280; in the autumn of 1798, iii. 525.

York, Congress adjourned to, ii. 514.

Yorke, Sir Joseph, his estimate of General Lee, ii. 358.

Yorktown, perilous position of Cornwallis at, ii. 730; invested by the allies—position of the allies at, ii. 732; desperate effort of Cornwallis to escape from, ii. 733; patriotism displayed by Governor Nelson at—surrender of Cornwallis at, ii. 734; articles of capitulation at (note)—imposing scene of the surrender at, ii. 735; loss sustained by the British at (note), ii. 737; measures of Congress on receiving news of the surrender at, ii. 738; importance of the surrender at—effect in England of the surrender at, ii. 739.

Youghiogany, attempt of Washington to descend, in 1754, i. 103; Washington left at, sick, by order of General Braddock, i. 159.

Young, Arthur, seeds and implements sent to Washington by, iii. 51.

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