Albemarle Sound, Sebastian Cabot explores the coast north of, i., 27.
ALBERTSON, THOMAS, Lieutenant-commandant in the Amer- ican Navy in 1776, ii., 638.
ALDEN, ICHABOD, Colonel, killed by Indians at Cherry Valley, in 1778, i., 268.
ALDEN, JOHN, passenger in the May Flower, i., 659. scribes the compact of the Pilgrim Fathers, i., 437, 438, 459. ALDEN, TIMOTHY, Rev., his Collection of American Epitaphs, ii., 328.
ALDEN, Captain, horsewhips General Prescott, i., 603. Pic- ture and account of the Alden Tavern, i., 603. ALEXANDER, ABRAHAM, Chairman of the Mecklenburg Com- mittee, in 1777. Biographical Sketch of, ii., 411. Autograph of, ii., 413.
ALEXANDER, ADAM, CHARLES, EZRA, HEZEKIAH, and JOHN M KNITT, members of the Mecklenburg Committee, ii., 412. Autographs of, ii., 413.
ALEXANDER, CHARLES, Captain in the American Navy in 1776, ii., 638.
ALEXANDER, ELIJAH, brother of Abraham; his longevity. Biographical Sketch of, ii., 411.
ALEXANDER, JAMES, father of Lord Stirling, first Recorder of Perth Amboy, ii., 11.
ALEXANDER, ROBERT, Secretary of the Baltimore Committee on Non-intercourse, in 1774, ii., 186. Son of Liberty, ii., 194. On the Baltimore Committee of Correspondence, ii., 186.
ALEXANDER, SAMUEL, Captain, at Augusta, ii., 512. ALEXANDER, WILLIAM: see STIRLING, Lord. ALEXANDER, W. J., of Charlotte, North Carolina, ii., 393. ALEXANDER, Sagamore of the Wampanoags, i., 658. Alexander's Lake, or Mashapang, legend of, i., 595. Alexandria, Virginia, ii., 207, 208. Colonial Governors con- vene at, in 1755, ii., 271. Museum and Revolutionary relics at. ii., 207.
Allamance River, ii., 388. Battle on the, in 1771, ii., 368-370. Alleghany Mountains, territories west of the, claimed by Spain, ii., 650.
Allegiance, Oaths of: see Oaths.
ALLEN, ETHAN, Colonel, Expedition of, to
Ticonderoga, in 1775, i., 121-123, 153. Interview between him and Delaplace; his order to surrender obeyed; his disagreement with Arnold, i., 125.
St. Johns; preparations to oppose Carleton, in 1775, i., 154. He and Warner appear before the New York As- sembly, i., 155.
Montreal, in 1775, i., 179. Captured, and treated with cruelty by Prescott, i., 180. Anecdote of him and Col- onel M Claghrey, i., 735. Taken to England in chains, i., 180, 735. Exchanged in 1778, i., 735. Historical error concerning him corrected, i., 735.
His Letters to Congress, on the difficulties in Vermont, i., 168. Visits Wyoming, in 1787, i., 375. Anecdote of him and Rivington, i., 508. Biographical Sketch of; autograph of, i., 180. Grave of; picture of the tomb of, i., 161. ALLEN, HUGH, Aid to Colonel Charles Lewis; mortally wounded at Point Pleasant, in 1774, ii., 282. ALLEN, IRA (General), brother of Ethan, i., 168. Biographical Sketch of, i., 161.
ALLEN, WILLIAM, Rev. Dr., his American Biographical and Historical Dictionary, quoted or cited, i., 56, 153, 209, 405, 594, 644; ii., 12.
ALLEN, Lieutenant-colonel, of New Jersey, ii., 530. ALLEN, Lieutenant, sent by Colonel Jameson to Arnold, in charge of Andrè, i., 756, 757.
ALLEN, Rev. Mr., of Pittsfield, his bellicose ardor, i., 396. Allen Family, massacred by Indians, i., 100.
ALLERTON, ISAAC and JOHN, signers of the Pilgrim Covenant, i., 437. Autograph of Isaac, i., 438.
Alliance, Triple, between France, Holland, and the United States, ii., 651. National Alliances, Franklin's letter to Arthur Lee, on, in 1777; difference of views on, in Amer- ica, ii., 648.
ALLING, CHAUNCY, sees Major Campbell buried, i., 423. ALLISON, PATRICK, Rev., of Baltimore, Son of Liberty, ii., 194. Chaplain in the Continental Army, ii., 187. ALLISON, Mr., the author's interview with, at Haverstraw, i., 752.
Almanac, Bickerstaff's, the Frontispiece of, explained, i., 486. Cruikshanks, ii., 158.
Almon's Remembrancer, cited, ii., 639.
ALSOP, JOHN, of New York, Delegate to the first Continental Congress, in 1774, i., 383; ii., 59, 587.
ALSTON, WILLIAM, Colonel, of Charleston, ii., 479.
ALTHOUSE, Captain (British), at the battle of Spencer's Ordi- nary, in 1781, ii, 258.
Amboy, New Jersey, General Mercer in command at, in 1776, ii., 591.
Amboy Bay, Admiral Howe anchors his fleet in, in 1778, i., 647. America, visited by Northmen, before its discovery by Colum- bus, i., 634. Early opinions respecting, i., 19. Discovery of, by Columbus, in 1492, i., 25. John Cabot's voyage to, in 1497, i., 27; he the true discoverer of, i., 29. American Association, Articles of, adopted and circulated, in 1774, ii., 62, 63. Regarded with public favor, ii., 64, 587.
AMERIGO VESPUCCI: See VESPUCCI. AMHERST, JEFFREY, Lord, i., 119, 130. Commander-in-chief of the British forces in America, i., 119, 287. Skill, bravery, and ability of, i., 120. Portrait and autograph of, i., 213. AMIDAS, PHILIP, explores the coast of Carolina, in 1584, under Raleigh, ii., 243,
Ammunition carried out of Boston by patriots, in 1775, i., 522. Captured by patriots, in 1775, off Boston Harbor, i., 570. Of the American army at Bunker Hill, exhausted, i., 545. Re- moved from the Magazine at Williamsburg, in 1775, ii., 297. Supply of, from Africa, in 1775, i., 571.
ANBURY, THOMAS, British officer, in Burgoyne's army; his Travels in America, ii., 315, 340, 345, 346. ANCRAM, Major, Speech of, at the siege of Fort Schuyler, i., 248, 249.
ANDERSON, ALEXANDER. Dr., earliest wood-engraver in Amer. ica, i., 513; ii., 155. His anecdote of Cunningham and the patriotic woman, ii., 633.
ANDERSON, JAMES, of Maryland, Son of Liberty, ii., 194. ANDERSON, JOHN, the assumed name of Major Andrè, i., 714. ANDERSON, Major, of Maryland, killed at the Battle of Guil- ford, in 1781, ii., 406.
ANDERSON, Captain, in a Skirmish with Colonel Boyd, near Augusta, in 1779, ii., 506.
ANDERSON, Mr., Editor of the New York "Constitutional Gazette," i., 513.
ANDRE, JOHN, Captain, afterward Major; Aid to Sir Henry Clinton, i., 743. Removes from the house of Dr. Franklin a portrait of him, in 1777, ii., 104. A friend and correspond- ent of Mrs. Arnold, i., 714. Fictitious letter of, to Colonel Sheldon, i., 715. First interview of, with Arnold, i., 710, 720. Clinton's instructions to, i., 718. Papers received by, from Arnold, i., 721. Pass given to, by Arnold, i., 723. Smith refuses to take him to the ship Vulture, i., 723. Dresses as a citizen; crosses the Hudson, i., 724. Arrested, i., 726. Letters of, to Washington, i., 727, 757. Place of his cap- ture, i., 753. Ordered to West Point, i., 729. Account of
the capture of, i., 753-755. Conveyed to North Castle, i., 756; to North Salem, i., 757; and to West Point and Tap- pan, i., 758. His captors, i., 753, 773, 774.
Trial, sentence, and execution of, i., 765-768, 771. Efforts to save him, i., 768; and to exchange him for Arnold, i., 769. His request to be shot, i., 770. His composure of mind, i., 771. Place of his death and burial, i., 772. His remains removed to England, in 1831, i., 773. Monument to, in West- minster Abbey, i., 767, 773. His Will; his three sisters; his brother knighted, i., 767. His watch; his Commission, i., 767.
Biographical Sketch of, i., 765. Portraits of, i., 765, 771. Specimen of his handwriting, ii., 674. His poem, the "Cow Chace," ii., 672-674. Present at the Mischianza; his descrip- tion of it, ii., 97; the chief part of the decorations of it, paint- ed by him, ii., 100. His humorous verses on the duel between Howe and Gadsden, ii., 523. His quarters at Philadelphia, ii., 104.
ANDRE, Lieutenant, brother of Major, his part at the Mischi. anza, ii., 99.
ANDREW, ALEXANDER, servant of General Agnew; his ac count of his master's death, ii., 112, 113.
ANDROS, SIR EDMUND, Governor-general; arrival of, at Bos- ton, i., 420, 434. His unpopularity, i., 420. Empowered to take away their charters from the colonies, i., 451. Tyran- ny of, i., 434. Arrested, and sent to England for trial, i., 435, 451.
Governor of Virginia, in 1692; recalled, in 1698; succeed- ed by Nicholson, ii., 265. ANDRUS, Major, of Maryland, at the battle of Camden, in 1780, ii., 468.
Andrustown, destroyed by Indians under Brant, in 1778, i., 255. Anecdotes:
Allen and Rivington, i., 508.
Arnold and a Prisoner, ii., 339, 340. And Coon, i., 409. Arnold, Mrs., and Washington, i., 726.
Bailey, Mother, i., 617.
Balfour (Colonel) and Mrs. Elliot, ii., 550.
Barré and Manning, ii., 497.
Bennington, the battle of, i., 308.
Boy and British Grenadier, ii., 617.
Braddock and Washington, ii., 272, 273.
Calvert and his Protestant servants, ii., 191.
Coon and Arnold, i., 409.
Cornwallis and the Widow Brevard, ii., 412. And Colonel Tilghman, ii., 223.
Cruger (Colonel) and Eddins, ii., 487.
Daddy Hall and Paymaster Dexter, i., 631. Duponceau and Mr. Huntington, ii., 107.
Dutch Magistrate and Yankee Peddler, i., 292. Dutchman, The, and the Hay-rake, i., 390.
Dyer (Colonel) in the satire of "Lawyers and Bull-frogs," i., 347.
Eddins and Colonel Cruger, ii., 487. Elliot, Mrs., and Colonel Balfour, ii., 550. Ferguson, Mrs., ii., 145.
Ferguson, Captain. and Colonel Horry, ii., 480.
Finch, Mrs., and Mrs. Jenkins, at Forty Fort, i., 362. Fitzgerald, Colonel John, ii., 32.
Folger (Timothy) and General Prescott, i., 603. Ford (Judge) and Colonel Hamilton, i., 315. Forman, Mr., and Colonel Stone, i., 229.
ANSTRUTHER, JOHN, Colonel, at the battle of Stillwater, in 1777, i., 55. Captured, ii., 672.
ANTHONY, Mr., his residence near Newport, i., 651.
Frenchman, Mysterious, and Committee of Congress, i., Anthony's Nose: see St. Anthony's Nose. 590.
Friday, Mr., and Colonel Maxwell, ii., 482.
George III., Statue of, ii., 595. Portrait of, ii. 392. Gist, Mr., and Indian Messenger, ii., 266.
Goffe and a Fencing-master, i., 419.
Greene (General) and a Portrait of George III., ii., 392.
Grenadier, British, captured by a boy, ii., 617.
Grenville, George, nicknamed "Gentle Shepherd," i., 462. Hall (Daddy) and Paymaster Dexter, i., 631. Hamilton (Colonel) and Judge Ford, i., 315. Hamilton, Ninian B., ii., 366.
Hamilton, Mr., at Danbury, i., 403.
Hardy (Governor) and President Monroe, ii., 233.
Harper (Colonel) and Indian Peter, i., 237.
Harrison, Benjamin, ii., 236.
Antilles, The, visited by Amerigo Vespucci, in 1499, i., 28. ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES, triumphal procession of, described by-Montfaucon, ii., 201.
Church at Jamestown, ii., 241.
Dighton Rock, inscription on, i., 634. Pocahontas's Wash-basin, ii., 347.
Runic Inscription on Orkney Isles, i., 635.
Stone Cemetery, on Rainsford Island, i., 634.
Stone Wall at Salisbury, North Carolina, ii., 4C9. Tombstone at Jamestown, ii., 242.
Tower at Newport, i., 633.
Anti-rentism in the State of New York, i., 391.
ANTOINETTE, MARIA, of Austria: see MARIA ANTOINETTE. Anvil Rock, near Hanging Rock, picture of, ii., 455.
Hendrick (Mohawk Sachem) and Sir William Johnson, i., Apollo Room, at Williamsburg, Virginia, ii., 278.
Henry (Patrick) and Hook, ii., 234.
Holcomb (Luther) and General Tryon, i., 403.
Hook and Patrick Henry, ii., 234.
Horry (Colonel) and Captain Ferguson, ii., 480. Huntington, Mr., and Duponceau, ii., 197.
Indian Chief and Washington at Fort Duquesne, ii., 273. Indian Messenger and Mr. Gist, ii., 206.
Indian, Old, and Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, i., 338. Indian Peter and Colonel Harper, i., 237. Israel, Mrs. Hannah J., ii., 179.
Jackson (President) and Lieutenant Randolph, ii., 221. Johnson (Sir William) and Mohawk Sachem, i., 106. Johnson (Sir William) and Servant Girl, i., 287. La Fayette and Washington's dining-hall, i., 668. Larvey, James, i., 727.
Manning and Barré, ii., 497
Marion and a young British Officer, ii., 565. Maurepas, Count, i., 654.
Maxwell (Colonel) and Mr. Friday, ii., 482.
Meeker (Timothy) and a Standing Army, i., 325. Messer (Boy) and General Tryon, ii., 371.
Monroe (President) and Governor Hardy, ii., 233. Montague (Admiral) and Pitts, i., 499. Morgan, Spy, ii., 305.
Mother Bailey, i., 617.
Negro Hostler and a Goat, ii., 335.
North (Lord) and Sir N. W. Wraxall. ii., 322 Otis (James, Jr.) and the Clerk, i., 493. Payne, Mrs., and Washington, ii., 207. Peters (Judge) and Washington, ii., 303. Pitts and Admiral Montague, i., 499.
Prescott (General) and Timothy Folger, i., 603. Prescott, Colonel, at Bunker Hill, i., 541. Preston (Senator) and an Old Lady, ii., 426. Putnam, General, after the Battle of Bunker Hill, i., 547. Raleigh (Sir Walter) and his Servant, ii., 244. Rambo (Mauritz) and a Wounded Deer, ii., 124. Randolph (Lieutenant) and President Jackson, ii., 221 Rivington and Ethan Allen, i., 508.
Robinson (Speaker) and Washington, ii., 275. Scotchman, The, and Hell-gate, i., 682.
Speculating Daughter and the Author, i., 730. Stamp Act, in South Carolina, ii., 541.
Steuben (Baron) and Fishkill Landing, i., 693.
Stone (Colonel) and Mr. Forman, i., 229.
Tarleton and Little Rebels, ii., 394.
Tarleton and two American Ladies, ii., 436. Tennent (Rev. Gilbert), his Sermons, ii., 159. Tilghman (Colonel) and Cornwallis, ii., 223. Tryon and boy Messer, ii., 371.
Washington, and Mrs. Arnold, i., 726. And Braddock, ii.,
272, 273. And Indian Chief at Fort Duquesne, ii., 273. And Judge Peters, ii., 303. And Mrs. Payne, ii., 207. And Speaker Robinson, ii., 275. His dining-hall, i., 668. Whitall, Mrs., ii., 85.
Widow Brevard and Cornwallis, ii., 412. Wraxall, Sir N. W., concerning Lord North, ii., 322. Yankee Doodle and Chevy Chase, i., 528. Yankee Peddler and Dutch Magistrate, i., 292. Annapolis, Maryland, described, ii., 188. Early history of, ii., 189. Historical associations of, ii., 197. Colonial Govern- ors convened at, in 1755, ii., 271. Revolutionary movements at, in 1765, ii., 193. Tea destroyed at, in 1774, ii., 195. Mil- itary displays at, in 1781 and 1783, ii., 196. Washington at, in 1783, ii., 196. Washington resigns his commission at, ii., 197, 635. Continental Congress meets at, in 1783, ii., 196, 634. Convention at, in 1786, ii., 656; names of the members of the Convention, ii., 197.
Picture of the State House at, ii., 196. Portraits in the Senate Chamber at, ii., 197. An-na-ta-kau-les, the Indian name given to Washington, i.,
ANNAWAN, one of King Philip's chief captains; his sign man- ual, i., 659,
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, ii., 191.
Appomator River, ii., 337, 347.
Aquia Creek, Virginia, ii., 216.
Aquitneck, or Rhode Island, granted to Clarke and Coddington, by Miantonomoh, i., 638.
ARANDA, Count d', Spanish Embassador at Paris, ii., 648, 652. ARBUTHNOT, MARRIOTT, Admiral, commands the British squadron on the coast of America, in 1780, i., 655. Meets the French fleet at the entrance of the Chesapeake, in 1781, ii., 334. Invades Charleston, ii., 556, 558, 643. Gives warn- ing to Arnold, ii., 230, Portrait of, ii., 560. ARCHDALE, JOHN, a Quaker, Governor of the Carolinas, in 1695, ii., 355, 539. His policy, ii., 539.
ARCHER, Aid to General Wayne, at Stony Point, i., 747, 749. ARCHER, STEPHEN, residence of, i., 763.
Archer's Hill, Virginia, Pocahontas's Wash-basin near, ii., 347. ARDEN, RICHARD D., and Lieutenant THOMAS, i., 708. ARGALL, SAMUEL, Governor, sails with a fleet to Maine, in 1613, to protect the fisheries; makes conquest of Acadia; enters New York Bay, and compels the Dutch there to ac- knowledge the supremacy of England, ii., 251. Keeps Poca- Succeeds Yeardley, as Gover- hontas as a hostage, ii., 248.
nor of Virginia, in 1617, ii., 241, 251. Aristocracy, loyal, of Virginia, Sir William Berkeley appeals to, in 1676, ii., 255.
ARISTOTLE, his opinion as to the breadth of the Atlantic Ocean, i., 20.
Arkansas, explored by De Soto, in 1540, i., 31. ARLINGTON, Earl of, his right to Virginia for thirty-one years, ii., 254, 265. Assigns his interest to Lord Culpepper, ii., 265. Arlington House, seat of G. W. P. Custis, ii., 206. ARMAND, CHARLES, Marquis de la Rouarie (Colonel, afterward General), ii., 261. With La Fayette in New Jersey, in 1777, With Gates ii., 260. Captures Baremore, in 1779, ii., 624.
in the South, in 1780, ii., 463. His opinion of Gates, ii., 469. Auto- In the battle near Jamestown Island, in 1781, ii., 269. graph and Biographical Sketch of, ii., 260. Armed Neutrality of European States, account of the, ii., 468, 651.
Armonica, musical instrument, invented by Dr. Franklin, ii., 104.
Arms, manufacture of, by Americans, in 1774, i., 586. Seized by Sons of Liberty at New York, in 1775, ii., 587. ARMSTRONG, EDWARD, member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, ii., 171.
ARMSTRONG, JAMES F., Reverend, receives from Washington his letter to the ladies of Trenton, in 1789, ii., 39. Biograph- ical Sketch of, ii., 40. Grave of, ib.
ARMSTRONG, JOHN, General, of Pennsylvania, at the Battle of Brandywine, in 1777; stationed at Pyle's Ford during the battle, ii., 178.
Charleston, in 1776, ii., 110, 547.
Germantown, in 1777, ii., 109, 110, 169.
Autograph and Biographical Sketch of, ii., 109, 110. 1784, i., 373. ARMSTRONG, JOHN, Colonel, his expedition to Wyoming, in
ARMSTRONG, JOHN, Major, son of General John, i., 674; ii., 110. Author of the Newburgh Addresses, i., 61, 674. Wash- ington's opinion of the motives of, i., 674, 679. Portrait, Au- tograph, and Biographical Sketch of, i., 674. ARMSTRONG, MARK, Captain, at
Fort Ninety-six; killed at the siege, in 1781, ii., 488. Quinby's Creek Bridge, at the battle, in 1781, ii., 507. Stony Point, in command, in 1779, i., 743.
In the Southern campaign under Greene, in 1781, ii., 396, 401. Watches Rawdon while Lee attacks Fort Granby, ii., 482, 483. Autograph of, ii., 397.
nary, in 1781, ii., 257. ARMSTRONG, Major (British), at the battle of Spencer's Ordi- Army, British, at
Bemis's Heights; its position at the battle, in 1777, i., 51. Boston, i., 521; its officers, i, 521; increase of, in 1775; experienced officers of, i., 537; insecurity of, in 1776, i., 580; its effective force on evacuating the city, i., 582. Bunker Hill; encampment on the hill, i., 530; its condition after the battle, in 1775, i., 571.
Charlotteville; its march to, in 1778, ii., 345.
Fort Ontario; takes the fort, in 1757, i., 219. Fort Washington; captures the fort, in 1776, ii., 14. Hudson River, under Clinton, in 1777, i., 733. Newport, under Clinton and Percy, in 1776, i., 641. New York; its departure for, in 1776, i., 582; its arrival at, in 1776, ii., 607; evacuation of the city by, in 1783, ii., 632.
North Carolina, under Cornwallis, in 1781, ii., 390. Quebec Royal Highland Regiment, how raised, i., 159. Saratoga; humiliating review of it there, i., 81. Stillwater; its condition after the battle, in 1777, i., 57; its melancholy condition after the second battle, i., 73; deserters from it, i., 75.
Proposed increase of it by employing foreign troops, i., 588. Its removal from America, and its dispersion, in 1782, ii., 347.
Army, Continental, organized in 1775, i., 316, 563. Command- r-in-chief appointed, i., 563. Return of the, made by Gates, in July, 1775, i., 565. At
Bemis's Heights; its condition, in 1777, i., 47. Boston, under Washington, in 1775, i., 563; punishments adopted, i., 565, Washington's "General Order," i., 565; organized by him, in 1775; its condition at the close of 1775, i., 565.
Cambridge, under General Ward, in 1775, i., 534; under Washington, in 1776, i., 577, 578, 586.
Canada; its retreat from, in 1775, i., 172.
Champlain; its condition there, under Schuyler, in 1775, i., 155; and in 1777, i., 39.
Charleston, under Lincoln, in 1778, ii., 552. Cohoes; position of the, in 1777, i., 41. Cowpens, in 1781, ii., 433.
Delaware River; weakness of the, when crossing the river, in 1776, ii., 17.
Guilford Court House, in 1781, ii., 400.
Hudson Highlands, its march toward the, in 1777, i., 780. Long Island, after the battle, in 1776, 11., 607. Middlebrook; its encampment, in 1777, i., 779. Morristown, with small-pox, in 1777, i., 307; encamped, in 1779, 1780, i., 309; its sufferings from the severity of the winter, in 1780, i., 310.
Moses's Creek, attacked by Indians, i., 101.
Newburgh, cantonment, in 1780, i., 671, 672; discontents of, in 1783, i., 673, 674; ii., 631; proceedings in relation to grievances, i., 674-679.
New Jersey, retreat across, in 1776, ii., 15.
New York, in 1781, ii., 303; enters the city after its evac- uation by the British, in 1783, ii., 633.
North Carolina; its partial organization there, in 1780, ii., 470 its reorganization under Greene, in 1780, íi., 390. Philadelphia, reorganized by Washington, in 1776, ii., 18; its distress from scarcity of clothing, in 1780, ii., 105; mutiny of Pennsylvania troops, in 1783, ii., 631. Point Levi, in 1775, i., 195.
Quebec, with small-pox, in 1776, i., 202.
Rocky Hill, New Jersey; Washington's Farewell Address to, ii., 632.
Smith's Clove, encamped, in 1779, i., 781. Stillwater, after the battle, in 1777, i., 101. Tappan, encamped, in 1780, i., 713.
Valley Forge, in 1778, ii., 128: sufferings of. ii., 129, 130. Virginia, marches from the Hudson to, in 1781, i., 781. Williamsburg, Virginia, encamped, in 1781, ii., 240, 262 Number of soldiers furnished by each State during the Revo- lution, ii., 631. Discontent in the, i., 673. Sufferings of the, in 1778, i., 705.
Boston, embarked for the West Indies, in 1782, ii., 323. Hudson River, in 1781. i., 656; joins the Continental Army there, in 1782, ii., 323.
Newport, encamped, in 1780, i., 655; a burden to the Americans, i., 656.
Providence, encamped, in 1782, i., 623, 624. Virginia, in 1779, i., 781.
Williamsburg, encamped, after the capture of Yorktown, in 1781, ii., 323.
Army Hospital established by Congress, in 1775, i., 568. ARNOLD, BENEDICT, his birth-place, i., 604, 710. His early years, i., 605, 710. Ringleader in mischief, i.. 605. Attempts to commit a murder; his duel with a young Frenchman; his mother, her letter to him, i., 605. An apothecary, i., 710. A druggist and bookseller at New Haven, in 1763-1767, i., 422,710. Picture of his house there, i., 421. Captain of the Governor's Guards there, in 1775, i., 421. The day after the battle of Lexington he raises a company to march to Cam- bridge, i.. 421. Demands and obtains from the Select-men of the town the keys of the powder-house, i., 422. Marches to Cambridge; is joined on the way by Putnam; takes pos- session of Governor Oliver's house at Cambridge; conspicu- ous among the revolutionists, i., 422. Marries Margaret Mansfield, in 1775, i., 429.
Joins Allen, at Castleton, in 1775, i., 124. Disputes with Allen as to rank, i., 124, 125. In the expeditions against St. John's, in 1775; his preparations to oppose General Carle- ton, on Lake Champlain, i., 154. Place of his first naval bat- tle; wounded at Isle Aux Noix, i., 162. His bravery in the
Congress galley, i., 164, 165. Retreats to Crown Point, i., 165. His expedition to Canada, in 1775, i., 190. His troops on the Plains of Abraham, i., 196. His knowledge of Que- bec, i., 195. His summons to M'Lean, at Quebec, to surren- der, i., 196. His junction with Montgomery, his quarrel with Brown and Hanchet, i., 197. His operations after Mont- gomery's death, i., 199. Wounded, i., 199. Promoted to the rank of Brigadier-general, at Quebec, i., 201. His attempt to release American prisoners taken at the Cedars, i., 208. Overlooked in the appointment of general officers, in 1777, ii., 35. In the expedition to Danbury, in 1777, i., 402. At Ridgefield, i., 408. His bravery; his narrow escape after shooting the Tory, Coon, i., 409. Congress presents to him a horse, in consideration of his valor, i., 410. Recommended by Washington, i., 136. At Fort Dayton; his proclamation; describes St. Leger's character, i., 251. Anecdote of him and General Schuyler, i., 41. Returns from Fort Schuyler to Stillwater, i., 252.
At the Battle of Stillwater, i., 51, 52. Testimony of histo- rians concerning him, i., 55. Letter of Colonel Varick re- specting the conduct of, at Stillwater. i., 56. His rupture with Gates; desires to join Washington, i., 56. His impet- uosity, i., 61, 63. Wounded, j., 61, 63.
At Philadelphia, in 1778; appointed Military Governor of the city, i., 709, 715. Proposes to leave the army and enter the navy, i., 709. Marries his second wife, Margaret Ship- pen, daughter of a Tory, i., 430, 710; her friendship with André, i., 712. His house, ii., 95. His extravagant style of living; pecuniary embarrassments; fraudulent dealings, i., 709, 710. Charged with malfeasance; tried by a Court- martial reprimanded by the Commander-in-chief, i., 711. Indignities offered to him by the people; his schemes to re- lieve himself from his pecuniary embarrassments, i., 711. His application to M. Luzerne for a loan, i., 712.
Deceives Washington, and obtains the command at West Point, in 1780, i., 712. Correspondence and proposed inter- view of, with Andrè, i., 715. His letter to Washington; his conference with Smith, i., 716. His correspondence with Robinson, í., 717. His first interview with Andre, i., 719. Applies to La Fayette for the names of American spies, i., 715. Arrives at Smith's house; supplies André with im- portant papers, i., 720-724. His Pass given to André, i., 723. Weakens the chain across the Hudson, i., 706. tempts to surrender West Point to the enemy, i., 435. Dis- concerted by La Fayette, i., 717. Deceives Washington again, i., 718. His composure in presence of his Aids, i., 725. His flight to the enemy, i., 726. His passage to the ship Vulture, i., 727. Place from which he escaped to the ship, i., 708. Effect of his departure on his wife, i., 726. His letters from the Vulture, imploring Washington to pro- tect Mrs. Arnold and her infant, i., 728.
Ogden's proposition to receive him in exchange for André, i., 769. His letter to Washington respecting Andrè, i., 769. Champe's attempt to abduct him, i., 775, 777. His quarters
in Broadway, New York, i., 777. Colonel Brown's predic- tion of the treason of, i., 280. Held in contempt by British officers, i., 777.
Colonel in the British army, with the brevet rank of Brig. adier, i., 710. His expedition to Virginia, in 1780, 1781, ii., 227, 228. Commits depredations, ii., 229, 230, 339, 340. Takes possession of Richmond, ii., 229. His head-quarters at Portsmouth, ii., 230. Defeat of the plan to capture him, ii., 334. Takes chief command of the army on the death of Phillips, i., 341. Joined by Cornwallis, in 1781; sends Simcoe to the Nottaway and Meherrin rivers, ii., 341. His expedition against New London, in 1781, i., 610; ii., 307. His landing-place there, i., 611. His infamy, i., 612. His dispatch to Sir Henry Clinton, i., 613.
At St. John's, New Brunswick, engaged in trade, from 1786 to 1793. i.,710. His frauds, is hung in effigy by a mob, in 1792, i., 710. In the West Indies, in 1794; at London, where he dies, in 1801, i., 711. Singular coincidence con- nected with his death, i., 754. Account of his wives and children, i., 429, 710. Acrostic on, i., 605.
Picture of the building occupied by, at Bemis's Heights, i., 46, 47. Portrait of, i., 710. Autograph of, i., 723. Bio- graphical Sketch of, i., 710.
ARNOLD, HANNAH, Mrs., her piety; her letter to her son Ben- edict, i., 605.
ARNOLD, HANNAH, sister of Benedict, her account of the evil influence of his wife, i., 728. ARNOLD, JAMES ROBERTSON, General, son of Benedict, Bio- graphical notice of, i., 726.
ARNOLD, MARGARET, Mrs., first wife of the traitor; her grave, i., 429. Margaret, second wife, i., 710. Her friendship with Andrè, i., 712. Her parting with her husband at West Point, i., 712. Her distress, described by Hamilton; opin- ions concerning her case, i., 728.
ARNOLD, OLIVER, of Norwich, cousin of the traitor; acrostic by, i., 605, 606. Anecdote of him and Joel Barlow, i., 606. ARNOLD, RHODES, Lieutenant in the American navy in 1775, ii., 638.
Arnold's Path, at West Point, i., 727. Arnold's Willow, at West Point, picture of. i., 708. ARROWSMITH, THOMAS, Captain, in Bradstreet's expedition, i., 215.
Artillery Company of Boston; their cannons," Hancock" and | "Adams," i., 559.
ARUNDEL, Captain, killed in the Battle of Gwyn's Island, in 1776, ii., 332.
ASGILL, Captain, son of Sir Charles, case of, ii, 160, 161. Set at liberty by order of Congress, ii., 160.
ASGILL, Lady, mother of Captain, her letter to Washington, ii., 160.
ASHBURTON, Lord, his treaty with Daniel Webster, i., 167. ASHBY, Captain, captured at Augusta, ii., 510. ASHE, JOHN, General, ii., 362, 369, 375. Member of the North Carolina Committee of Correspondence, ii, 373. pedition against the Regulators, in 1771, ii., 369. Tied and whipped by Regulators, ii., 370. Demolishes Fort Johnson, in 1775, ii., 375. With Lincoln, in 1779, ii., 552. At Brier Creek, in 1779, ii., 506, 507. At Eutaw Springs, in 1781, ii., 494. Autograph and Biographical Sketch of, ii., 508. ASHE, SAMUEL, Member of the North Carolina Provincial Council, ii., 376.
ASHE, Mrs, anecdote of her and Colonel Tarleton, ii., 436. ASPINWALL, Mr., persecution of, i., 638.
Assanpink River, New Jersey, ii., 13, 20, 25, 26, 27. Assemblies, dissolution of, i., 483, 493.
Assembly. For Colonial, Provincial, and Legislative Assem- blies, see the names of Colonies, Provinces, and States. Assistance, Writs of, issued in 1762, i., 459. Association, American, ii., 519, 587.
upon, in Congress, in 1774, ii., 62. Eulogized by Abbé Ray- nal, ii., 82. Associated Loyalists, i., 522; íì., 627. Associations, Non-importation: see Non-importation. Athenaise: see St. Athenaise.
ATKINSON, THEODORE, of New Hampshire, i., 303. Atlantis, Plato's account of, i, 19.
ATLEE, Colonel, at the Battle of Long Island, in 1776, ii., 601, 602, 603. Captured, ii., 604.
ATTAWAUHOOD, son of Uncas, his signature, i., 597.
ATTUCKS, CRISPUS, rioter at Boston, shot by a soldier, in 1770, i., 490. Funeral of, i., 491.
ATYATARONGHTA, LOUIS, Colonel, Oneida chief, at the Battle of Klock's Field, i., 281.
AUBERTEUIL, M. HILLIARD D', his story of Seymour and his bride, ii., 178.
AUCHMUTY, Rev. Dr., supporter of Episcopacy in America, i., 460.
AUCHMUTY, ROBERT, Judge of the Vice-admiralty Court; on the Committee of Inquiry respecting the Gaspee, i., 630. His letters to Whately, i., 494. Autograph of, i., 630. AUCHMUTY, Miss, bride of Captain Montresor; honored at the Mischianza, ii., 98, 100.
Augusta, Georgia, panoramic beauty of, ii., 503. Local his- tory of, ii., 504. Occupied by the British in 1779, ii, 505 Siege of, in 1780, ii., 511. Proposed monument at, in honor of the Georgia Signers of the Declaration of Independence, ii, 513.
Aurora Borealis, seen by the author at Montreal, in 1848, i, 176.
AUSTIN, ANN, Quakeress, comes from Barbadoes to America, i., 450.
AUSTIN, DAVID, Rev., plants elms at New Haven, i., 428. AUSTIN, SAMUEL, takes part in measures for the evacuation of Boston, in 1776, i., 581.
AUSTIN, Colonel, burns buildings at White Plains, in 1776, ii. 617.
Austria, William Lee sent as Commissioner from the United States to, in 1776, ii., 648.
Abraham, Little, i., 256. Adams, John, ii., 80.
Adams, Samuel, i., 510; ii., 80.
Agnew, James, ii., 113. Alexander, Abraham, Adam, Charles, Ezra, Hezekiahı, and John M., ii., 413. Alexander, William, Earl of Stirling, ii., 146, 602, 603. Allen, Ethan, i., 180. Allerton, Isaac, i., 483. Amherst, Lord, i., 213. Anderson, John (André), i..
Archduchess of, ii., 104.
Baltimore, C., ii., 190. Barlow, Joel, i., 405. Barney, Joshua, 11., 644. Barrett, Col. James, i., 525. Barry, John, ii., 641. Barry, Richard, ii., 413. Bartlett, Josiah, ii, 80. Barton, William, i., 643. Battin, John, ii, 621. Bauman, S., i., 722. Beers, Nathan, i, 431. Berdt, Esther de, ii., 106. Berkeley, Sir William, ii., 253.
Biesenrodt de, ii., 23. Bland, Theodoric, Jun., ii., 174. Boone, Daniel, ii.. 285. Braddock, General, ii., 271. Bradford, John, i., 438. Bradford, William, i, 438. Brant, Joseph, i., 256. Braxton, Carter, ii., 81. Bretthauer, ii., 23. Brevard, Ephraim, ii., 413. Brewster, William, i., 438. Brown, John, ii., 637. Brúbach, ii., 23. Buford, Colonel Abraham, ii, 458.
Buncombe, Edward, ii.. 469.] Burgoyne, General, i., 79. Burke, Governor Thomas, ii., 571.
Burnet, Robert, i., 686. Butler, John, i., 285; ii., 418.
Butler, Walter, i., 270. Butler, Zebulon, i., 355. Cadwalader, Lambert, ii., 620.
Campbell, William, ii., 428. Carleton, Sir Guy, ii., 632. Carlisle, ii., 144.
Carrington, Edward, ii., 398. Carroll, Charles, of Carroll- ton, ii., 80.
Caswell, Richard, ii., 380. Chase, Samuel, ii., 81. Chastellux, Marquis de, ii., 307.
Clajon, William, ii., 462. Clark, Abraham, ii., 80. Clarke, Alured, ii., 534. Clarke, George R., ii., 287. Cleaveland, Benjamin, ii., 428.
Cleve, Frederic, ii., 345. Clinton, George, ii., 632. Clinton, Sir Henry, ii, 144. Clinton, James, i., 680. Clymer, George, ii., 81. Cochran, Catharine, i., 223. Colden, Cadwallader, ii., 581. Colden, Maria, i., 683. Colfax, William, i., 688. Columbus, Christopher, i.,
Conway, Thomas, ii., 131. Cornwallis, Lord, ii., 317. Cortlandt, Philip Van, i,738. Craig, James H., ii, 574. Craik, James, ii., 34. Crosby, Enoch, i., 690. Dale, Richard, ii., 642. Daniel, i., 256.
Davidson, John, ii., 413. Davidson, General William, ii., 394.
Davie, William R., ii., 418. Deane, Silas, i., 85; ii., 648 De Berdt, Esther, ii, 106. De Borre, General, ii., 630. Declaration of Independence, Signers of the, ii., 80, 81. De Kalb, ii., 461.
De Peyster, Captain A., ii. 428.
Dibble, Joseph, i., 406. Dickinson, John, i., 476. Dievendorff, Jacob, i., 293. Downs, Henry, ii., 413. Drach de, ii., 23. Du Condray, ii., 179. Dunmore, ii., 279. Du Ponceau, ii., 102. Duportail, i., 704. Eden, William, ii., 144. Edmonstone, Archibald, ii., 345.
Eliot, John, i., 660. Ellery, William, ii., SO. Eppes, Francis. ii., 237. Erskine, Sir William, ii., 616. Estaing, Count d', i., 646. Fairfax, Edmund, ii., 367. Ferguson, Adam, ii., 143. Few, Colonel B., ii., 505. Finley, Samuel, ii., 512. Fischer, F., ii., 23. Fitzgerald, Colonel John, ii.,
Freneau, Philip, ii., 659. Führer, Carl Fried., ii., 23. Gadsden, Christopher, .. 542.
Gage, General Thomas, i.. 573.
Galloway, Joseph, ii. 64. Gamble, William, i., 317. Gansevoort, Peter, i., 240. Garison, Beverley, i., 732. Gates, Horatio, i., 79; .. 418.
George III., ii., 652. Gerard, Conrad Alexandre, ii., 649.
Gerlach, J. D., ii., 345. Gerry, Elbridge, ii., 80. Gibbs, Caleb, i., 688. Gibson, W., i., 317. Gist, Mordacai, ii., 465. Glover, John, íi., 609. Gookin, Daniel, i., 660.
Goymes, Benjamin, i., 688. Graebe, ii, 23.
Graham, William, ii., 413. Grasse, Count de, ii., 305. Greene, Nathaniel, ii., 389. Gustavus (Arnold), i., 714. Gwinnet, Button, ii., 81. Habersham, Joseph, ii., 520. Hall, Lyman, ii., 81. Hamilton, Alexander, ii., 658 Hamilton, Elizabeth. ii., 200. Hancock, John, ii., 80. Hans see Kanadagea Harnett, Cornelius, ii., 376. Harrington, Jonathan, i., 554. Harris, James, ii., 413. Harris, Robert, ii., 413. Harrison, Benjamin, ii., 81. Hart, John, ii, 80. Harvey, John, ii., 373. Hasell, James, ii., 373. Hawks, John, ii., 361. Hazen, Moses, ii., 174. Heath, William, ii., 614. Hendrick, Great, i., 256. Hendrick, Little, i., 256. Henry, Patrick, ii., 233. Hessian Officers, captured at Trenton, ii., 23.
Hewes, G. R. T., i., 501. Heyward, Thomas, Jr., i.. Hewes, Joseph, ii., 81.
Howard, John E, ii, 433. Howe, Robert, ii., 523. Howe, William, ii., 608. Huger, Isaac, i, 418. Humphreys, David, i., 429. Huntington, Samuel, ii.. 80. Hutchinson, Elisha, i., 452. Hutchinson, Thomas, i., 408. Irwin, Robert, ii., 413. Izard, Ralph, ii., 648. Jackson, D., ii., 671. Jackson, James, ii., 534. Jansen. Sally, i., 683. Jay, John, ii., 650.
Jefferson, Martha, ii., 236. Jefferson, Thomas, ii., 75, 81, 237.
Johnson, Sir John, i., 286.
Johnson, Sir William, i., 232.
Jones, Allen, ii., 418. Jones, David, ii., 165. Jones, Paul, ii., 642.
Kalb, Baron de, ii, 461. Kanadagea, or Hans, i., 256. Keller, ii., 23.
Kennon, William, ii., 413. Kenton. Simon, ii., 288. Kinen, ii., 23. King Philip, i., 659. Kinnison, David, i., 499. Kleinschmit. ii., 23. Knapp, Usual, i., 687.
Knox, Henry, i., 696; ii., 633. Knyphausen, ii., 619. Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, i., 701.
La Fayette, ii., 118. Lamb, John, ii., 585. Landais, Peter, ii., 641. La Radiere, i., 704. Laurens, Henry, ii., 651. Lee, Arthur, ii., 648. Lee, Charles, ii., 16. Lee, Francis L., ii., 81. Lee, Henry, ii., 385.
Lee, Richard Henry, ii., 81. Leech, Joseph, ii., 369. Leisler, Jacob, ii., 579. Lewis, Andrew, ii., 331. Lewis, Francis, ii., 80. Life Guard of Washington, ii., 669.
Lillington, Alexander, ii., 381.
Lincoln, Benjamin, ii., 527. Livingston, Henry P., i., 688. Livingston, Philip, ii., 80. Livingston, Robert R., ii., 656.
Livingston, William, i., 330. Locke, John, ii., 354. Loudoun, Lord, ii., 273. Luzerne, ii., 633.
Lynch, Thomas, Jun., ii., 81. M'Dougall, Alexander, i.,740. M'Intosh, Lachlin, ii., 522. M'Kean, Thomas, ii., 81. M'Neil, Hector, ií., 640. Malmedy, Colonel, ii., 494. Malthaus, J. J., ii., 23. Manley, John, ii., 640. Marbois, Francis, ii., 478. Martin, Joseph, ii., 382. Mason, George, ii., 215. Mather, Cotton, i., 562. Maxwell, William, ii., 152. Mecklenburg Committee, ii., 413.
Mercer, General Hugh, ii., 668.
Mercer, Colonel Hugh, ii., 668.
Middleton, Arthur, ii., 81. Millin, Thomas, ii., 635. Möller, ii., 23.
Montgomery,
Moore, Colonel James, ii.,
Moore, Maurice, ii., 366. Morgan, Daniel, ii., 431. Morgan, John, ii., 33.
Morris, Gouverneur, ii., 658. Morris, Lewis, ii., 80. Morris, Robert, ii., 80.
Morrison, Neill, ii., 413.
Morton, John, ii., 80.
Motte, Rebecca, ii., 479.
Moultrie, William, ii., 545. Muhlenberg, General Peter, ii., 177.
Munashum, i., 659. Munson, Eneas, i., 430. Murray, John (Earl of Dun- more), ii., 279. Nash, Abner, ii., 469. Neale, Christopher, ii., 369. Nelson, Thomas, Jun., ii., 81.
Nicholson, James, ii., 644. Nicola, Lewis, i., 672. Noailles, Viscount de, ii., 316.
North, General, ii., 136.
Oswald, Eleazer, ii., 151. Otis, James, i., 492. Owaneko, i., 597. Paca, William, ii., 80. Paine, Robert Treat, ii., 80. Paine, Thomas, ii., 647. Parsons, Samuel H., i., 742. Patton, Benjamin, ii., 413. Peale, Charles Wilson, ii.,
203. Penn, John, ii., 80.
Penn, William, ii., 50. Person, Thomas, ii., 383. Peters, Richard, ii., 662. Pfifer, John, ii., 413. Phillip, King, i., 659. Phillips, John, i., 452. Phillips, William, ii., 340. Pickens, Andrew, ii., 511. Pickering, Timothy, i., 374. Piel, ii., 23.
Pilgrim Fathers, i., 438. Pinckney, C. C., ii., 557. Pinckney, Thomas, ii., 552. Polk, Thomas, ii., 413. Polk, William, ii., 494. Poor, Enoch, ii., 123. Prescott, William, ii., 614. Prince, Thomas, í., 438. Proctor, Thomas, ii., 169. Pulaski, Casimir, ii., 529. Putnam, Israel, ii., 600. Randolph, Peyton, ii., 61. Read, George, ii., 81. Reed, Esther, ii., 106. Reed, Joseph, ii., 145. Reese, David, ii., 413. Rice, Isaac, i., 122. Riedesel, Baroness, i., 558. Rispess, Thomas, ii., 375. Ritzema, ii., 616.
Rivington, James, ii., 591. Robinson, Beverly, i., 709. Rodney, Cæsar, ii., 81. Romans, B., i., 703. Ross, George, ii., 81. Rosset, Lewis Henry de, ii., 375.
Rosset, Moses John de, ii., 362.
Rudolph, John, ii., 496. Rush, Benjamin, ii., 81. Rutherford, Griffith, ii., 391. Rutledge, Edward, ii., 81. Rutledge, John, ii., 547. St. Clair, Arthur, í., 132. Scammell, Alexander, ii.,309. Scheffer, F., ii., 23. Schroeder, ii., 23. Schuyler, Philip, i., 38. Scott, Charles, ii., 147. Scott, John Morin, ii., 599. Sears, Isaac, ii., 591. Shelby, Colonel Isaac, ii., 428.
Sheldon, Elisha, i., 715. Sherman, Roger, ii., 80. Simcoe, Colonel, ii., 646. Smallwood, William, ii., 467. Smith, Abraham, ii., 367. Smith, James, ii., 81. Smith, Joshua H., i., 724. Smith, Samuel, ii., 90. Smyth, Frederic, i., 630. Southworth, C., i., 438. Southworth, Thornas, i., 438. Standish, Myles. i., 438. Stark, John, i., 394. Stedingi, A. C., ii., 23. Steuben, Baron de, ii., 135. Stevens, Ebenezer, ii., 310. Stevens, Edward, ii., 329. Stirling, Lord, ii., 146. Stockton, Richard, ii., 80. Stone, Thomas, ii., 80. Stuyvesant, Petrus, ii., 577. Sullivan, John, i., 272. Sumner, Jethro, ii., 491. Sumter, Thomas, ii., 445. Symonds, Thomas, ii., 317. Talbot, Silas, ii., 643. Tallmadge, Benjamin, ii., 627. Tarleton, Banastre, ii., 401. Taylor, George, ii., 81. Teyendagages, or Little Hen- drick, i., 256. Thomson, Charles, ii., 61. Thornton, Matthew, ii., 80. Tinyahasara, i., 256. Trescott. Lemuel, ii., 628. Trumbull, Jonathan, i., 601. Tyler, John, ii., 236. Tryon, William, ii., 361.
Van Hanstein, J. A., ii., 23. Van Hobe, ii., 23. Van Loewenstein, ii., 23. Van Zengen, ii., 23. Varick, Richard, i., 725. Varnum, James M., ii., 86. Vaughan, John, i., 736. Villefranche, i., 721. Wallace, J. S., i., 736. Walton, George, ii., 81. Wanton, Joseph, i., 630. Warren, Joseph, i., 548. Washington, George, i., 696 ;| ii., 146, 470, 634. Washington, Martha, ii., 634. Washington, William A., ii., 435.
Waterbery, David, ii., 626. Wayne, Anthony, i., 747. Wesson, James, ii., 152. Aux Noir: see Isle Aux Noix.
Whipple, William, ii., 80. Willett, Colonel Marinus, i, 244.
Williams, Otho H., ii., 396. Williams, Roger, i., 623. Williams, William, ii., 80. Wilson, James, ii., 81. Winkoop, Gitty, i., 683. Winslow, Edward, i., 438. Winslow, J., i., 438. Winston, Joseph, ii., 427. Witherspoon, John, ii., 80. Woedtke, Baron de, ii., 123. Wolcott, Oliver, ii., 80. Wonckompawhan, i., 659. Woodford, William, ii., 157. Woodhull, Nathaniel. ii., 605. Wooster, David, i., 408. Wythe, George, ii., 81. Yorke, ii., 368.
Avalon, Newfoundland, Lord Baltimore the lord and proprietor of, in 1621, ii., 189.
AVERY, JOHN, Jun., Son of Liberty, i., 466.
AVERY, WAIGHTSTILL, member of the North Carolina Pro- vincial Council, ii., 376. Member of the Mecklenburg Com- mittee; Autograph of, ii., 412, 413.
AYLMAR, Lord, Governor of Canada, his monument to Wolfe, i., 188, 189.
AYSCUE, Sir GEORGE, sails with a fleet to James River, to en- force the claims of Cromwell, ii., 253. Azore Islands, Discovery of the, i., 18, 20. Aztecs, Notice of the, i., 16.
BACHE, SARAH, Mrs., daughter of Dr Benjamin Franklin, ii., BABCOCK, LUKE, Reverend, ii., 626. 43, 104. Her patriotism and benevolence in relieving the Continental soldiers, during their distress, in 1780, ii., 106. Visited by Chastellux, ii., 106. Her letter to her father, on the depredations by the British at Philadelphia, ii., 104. Por- trait and Autograph of, ii., 106.
Backus's History of New England, i., 622. BACON, ANDREW, his bravery at Quintan's Bridge, in 1778, ii.,
BACON, NATHANIEL, leader of the Virginia planters, in 1676, ii., 253, 255. Adventures of, with Indians, and with Govern- or Berkeley, ii., 254, 255. Death of, ii., 256. Biographical Notice of, ii., 255.
BACON, ROGER, his knowledge of gunpowder, i., 634.
BACON, Mr., his cottage opposite Jamestown Island, ii., 240, 241.
BACON, Mr., his log-house near Hillsborough; notice of him and his family, A., 352.
Badge of Military Merit conferred by Washington, ii., 628, 629. Bahama Indians, Account of, on the visit of Columbus, in 1492, i., 25, 26.
Bahama Islands, Commodore Hopkins's exploits at the, ii., 638. BAILEY, ANNA, "Mother Bailey," i., 617, 618.
BAILEY, ELIJAH, Captain, his escape from Fort Griswold, i., 617.
BAILEY, J., manufacturer of Washington's war-sword, i., 690; ii., 202.
BAILEY, Colonel, at the Battle of Stillwater, in 1777, i., 50, 51. Bailey's Records of Patriotism, i., 519.
BAIRD, SIR JAMES, General Woodhull smitten by, with his broadsword, ii, 605. In the Expedition against Savannah, in 1778, ii., 526.
BAKER, AMOS, of Lincoln, i., 554.
BAKER, REMEMBER, joins Warner at Crown Point, i., 153, 154. BAKER, Colonel, at the siege of Augusta, ii., 511. Companion of Colonel Harden, ii., 565.
BAKER, his cabin on the Ohio; murder of Logan's family there, ii., 283.
BAKER, Mr., of Crown Point, i., 151.
Bakery, The, at Ticonderoga, picture of, i., 128.
BALCARRAS, Earl of, at the Battle of Stillwater, in 1777, i., 44, 50.
BALCH, HEZEKIAH, J., Reverend, member of the Mecklenburg Committee, ii., 412.
BALDWIN, EBENEZER, his letter to the President of Yale Col- lege, i., 771.
BALDWIN, J., Lieutenant-commandant in the American navy in 1776, ii., 638.
BALDWIN, Captain, of Brookfield, Engineer, constructs mili- tary works at Boston, i., 593.
BALFOUR, Colonel, in command at Charleston in 1781, ii., 407, 568. Anecdote of him and Mrs. Elliot, ij., 550. His cruelty to Colonel Hayne, ii., 568.
BALL, MARY, daughter of Colonel, marries Augustine Wash- ington; mother of General George Washington, ii., 220. Ball at Baltimore in 1776, ii., 187. i., 683. At New Windsor in 1777, BALLIOTT, STEPHEN, Commissioner to Wyoming, i., 375. BALMANNO, Mrs., her poems quoted, ii., 82.
Van Cortlandt, Philip, i., 738. | BALTIMORE, Lord: see CALVERT.
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