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erals Phillips and Riedesel, 318; XII.
299.

Bland's Treatise recommended, II. 124,
III. 154.

Blankets, want of, V. 67, 77. How to
be obtained, 67, 110, 225, 329.
Blazing, a mode of marking trees, II.
171, 242.

BLODGET, named as a superintendent
of the affairs of the Federal City, X.
311.

BLOUNT, WILLIAM, Governor of the
Territory south of the Ohio River,
makes returns, X 261; XII. 117; 419.
Boats, recommendation of flat-bottom-
ed, V. 93, VII. 289, 292.
BOLLMANN, J. ERICK, attempts to effect
Lafayette's escape from the prison at
Olmutz, XI. 111, 492. His letter

respecting the means that may be
used for that purpose, 497.
BOND, WILLIAM, Colonel, detached to
Canada, III. 365.

Bordeaux, compensation demanded for
injury caused by the embargo at, XII.
105.

Bordentown, Navy Board at, V. 116,
117. Vessels destroyed near, 362,
364.

BOSOMWORTH, Captain, II. 279, 284.
Boston, particulars respecting Wash-
ington's visit to, in 1756, II. 132. Oc-
cupied by General Gage, 400. Closely
besieged, III. 18, 28, 40, 85, 95, 122,
511. The light-house at, burned, 36.
Scarcity of fuel and of fresh provis-
ions in, 40, 56, 85, 181, 186. Fleet
sails from, 47. People liberated from,
54. A vessel arrives at, with fresh
provisions, from New York, 57. A
circular respecting an attack on, 80.
An attack on, declared inexpedient,
82. Vessel bound from Quebec to,
with letters, taken, 113, 118. Opin-
ions, purposes, and plans in relation
to an evacuation of, 113. A second
council of officers decides against
attacking, 127. The association for
embodying the citizens to defend, 140.
A plan for shutting up the harbour of,
141. Vessels bound to and from, ship-
wrecked and captured, 150, 155, 183,
194, 203, 281. Attack from expected,
and measures taken, 161, 176. Troops
arrive at, 167, 222. Small-pox in,
177, 188, 195. The resolution of Con-
gress respecting an attack on; Han-
cock's letter cited, 221, 291. The
commander-in-chief's desire to attack,
259, 287, 291, 292. Council of officers
decide against attacking, 290, 292,
297. Indications of an evacuation of,
293, 306, 311. British troops begin
to leave, 304. Plan for attacking, in

case the British make an attempt on
Dorchester Heights, 305. Selectmen
of, send a message to the commander-
in-chief, 307, 311, 531. Evacuated;

consequences in England, 319, 341,
445, 530. See Medal. Stores and
cannon left there by the British, 321,
327, 333, 342. Proclamation on the
evacuation of, 322. See British Fleet.
The number and vocations of the
Refugees who leave; an inquiry in
relation to their property, 325, 327.
Number of British troops that embark,
326. Demolition of the castle at;
327. Preparations for defending, 328.
382. American troops at, ordered to
Canada, 455, 461. Return of troops
at, July 1st, 1776, 456. American
troops at, after its evacuation, 494.
Circumstances attending the Presi-
dent's visit to, in 1789, X. 47, 48, 489.
On the proceedings and resolves of,
in regard to the British treaty, XI.
34-36, 38, 40, 44. Letter to the
selectmen of, respecting the British
treaty, 42, 48. Address to the inhab-
itants of, in 1789, XII. 171.
Boston Port Bill, proceedings of the
Virginia House of Burgesses respect-
ing the, II. 486; III. 486; XII. 400.
BOTETOURT, Lord, arrives in Virginia
as governor, II. 355. Dissolves the
Assembly, 356.

BOUCHER, JONATHAN, II. 361. Author
of a View of the Causes and Conse
quences of the American Revolution,
XI. 291.

BOUDINOT, ELIAS, commissary of pris-
oners, IV. 373. Commissioner respect-
ing prisoners, V. 272, 377. Resigns
his office of commissary-general of
prisoners; elected delegate to Con-
gress, 393. President of Congress,
VIII. 376; XI. 40. Director of the
mint, 72, 74.
BOUILLIE, Marquis de, surprises and
captures St. Eustatia, VIII 225.
Boundbrook, attempt to surprise Lin-
coln at, IV. 391. Washington moves
to, 440.

Bounty, to Indians for captives, III.
431. For enlistments for three years,
443. To the eastern troops, that re-
main for six weeks after the end of
the year 1776, IV. 253, 254, 256, 546.
Great perplexities in consequence of
the different sums offered for a, 317.
Evil effects of an extravagant, 375.
Objections to the proposition to pay
one half of it in hard money, and its
abandonment; increase of, VI. 54-56,
159. Evils and advantages of in-
crease of the, 196, 471, 495. Perplex-
ities from State bounties, 196, 495.

BOUQUET, HENRY, Colonel, commander
of the advance of the army, in 1758,
concerts measures with Washington,
II. 290. Commands at Raystown,
291. Cited respecting the conduct of
a party of Catawba Indians, 293. Ap-
proves the Indian dress, 294. His
permission to Washington to attend
the election at Winchester, 296. Re-
solves to construct a new road from
Raystown to the Ohio, which is dis-
approved by Washington, 300, 311.
Despatched to Fort Pitt; has a battle
with the Indians near Turtle Creek,
340.
BOWDOIN, JAMES, president of the
council of Massachusetts, IV. 33, V.
287, VII. 24. Procures information
respecting Halifax, 37, 38.

BOWIE, his application for papers for
memoirs of Washington, IX. 28, 102.
BOYD, ALEXANDER, II. 247.

BOYES, his manuscripts returned to
him, V. 223.

BRADDOCK, EDWARD, General, papers
relating to the expedition of, II. 23,
472. Arrives in Virginia; makes pre-
parations for the campaign; invites
Washington to join his family, 68.
Requests a meeting of different gov-
ernors to concert measures, 71. Meets
them at Alexandria, 74. Joined by
Washington at Frederic Town, 75.
Reaches Fort Cumberland; appoints
Washington aid-de-camp, 76. Com-
plains of the contractors, 77, 469.
Aided by Franklin, 78, 469. Calls a
council of war at the Little Meadows,
81. Leaves Washington sick, who
exacts a promise of joining him before
reaching Fort Duquesne, 83, 85. De-
feated at the battle of the Mononga-
hela, 85, 473. Particulars of the battle,
85, 468. Conduct of the Virginia
troops and the regulars under, 87,
470. Mortally wounded, 88, 471, 475.
Troops under, rewarded, 97. News
of the defeat of, reaches England, 122.
Forces of, when at Will's Creek, 469.
Description of his battle-ground, 470,
474. Number of killed and wound-
ed, 471. Particulars taken from
French narratives of his defeat, 472.
The numbers of the enemy, 474.
Causes of his defeat, 475. His death
and burial, 476. Recovery of papers
lost at the defeat of, IX. 102.
Braddock's Road, II. 295, 296, 298.
Condition of, in 1758, 299, 300. His-
tory of, 302; 308.
BRADFORD, WILLIAM, appointed attor-
ney-general, X. 403. Death of, XI.

62.

BRADFORD, commissary of prisoners,
VII. 384.

Brandywine, battle of the, V. 57, 456.
British loss at, 57, 58, 62. Lafayette's
letter respecting, 455. Thanks of
Congress thereupon, 470. Effects of,
in France, 470.

BRANT, JOSEPH, commands Tories and
Indians at Cherry Valley, VI. 112,
114; 266. Action with, at Newtown,
349. Flies towards Niagara, 356
Commits ravages on the Mohawk
River, VII. 281. Arrives in Philadel-
phia, 240; 298, 299.
BRAXTON, CARTER, sent to turn the
Virginia vote in Congress, concern-
ing independence, III. 347.
BREARLEY, DAVID, Lieutenant-Colonel,
appointed chief-justice of New Jersey,
VII. 167. His opinion in the case of
Hatfield and Badgely, VIII. 313, 537.
BREHAN, Marchioness de, her visit to
Mount Vernon, IX. 438, 448, 453.
Her portrait of Washington, X. 117.
Brest, equipment of the French squad-
ron at, VII. 33. Second division of
the French fleet blockaded at, 176,
178, 196, 319.

BREWER, JONATHAN, Colonel, his hon-

orable conduct towards Colonel Whit-
comb; appointed barrack-master, III.
161.

BRICE, Major, aid to Lafayette, V. 454.
Bricks, hints respecting, XII. 338.
BRINLEY, an engineer, XII 21.
British Army, its situation and strength
in and about Boston, III. 17, 28, 30,
39, 40. See Boston. Reinforced, 40.
Inactive, 53, 57. Prepares for winter,
103, 126. Measures for cutting off
its supplies, 117. Reinforced in 1776,
222. Arrives at Staten Island, 463.
Prepares for the campaign of 1777.
IV 386, 392, 437, 442. Importance of
annoying, upon its first landing, 443.
Advances to Somerset Court-House,
and retreats, 462, 469, 479. Harassed
in retiring to Amboy, 470. Excursion
of, to Westfield, 474, 475, 479. See
Staten Island. Embarkation of the,
481, 485. Lands near Elk, V. 45,
53. Desertions from the, 50. Passes
the Schuylkill on the way to Philadel-
phia, 69, 71, 72, 102. Forces of the,
124, 127. Wants bread, 178. Their
excursion to Chestnut Hill, 180.
Forces in the; proposed campaign for
1778, 360, 361, 548. Evacuates Phil-
adelphia and crosses Jersey, 409, 410,
414. Desertions from the, 420, 430,
434, 435. Leaves Monmouth, 427
429, 432. Its loss in crossing the
Jerseys, 434. Quits the Jerseys, 435-

437. Forces of the, in America, at
different stages of the war; regula-
tions for the Provincials, 542. Opera-
tions of the, in the campaign of 1779,
VI. 367. Advance of, towards the
borders of North Carolina, VII. 268.
Force of the, VIII. 275. Evacuates

New York, 501. See CARLETON,
GAGE, HOWE, and Staten Island.
British Commissioners, expected; de-
signs of the, III. 310. A resolve of
Congress respecting the, 329. Inju-
rious effects to be apprehended from
their mission, 347. Other commis-
sioners expected, V. 340, 383. The
expectations of the British ministry
therefrom, 341, 548. Virtually re-
jected, 344, 397, 412. Their arrival
and names; their papers forwarded
to Congress, 397, 398. Disposal of
private letters commendatory of the,
400, 401, 403, 412. Their second
letter to Congress, and the treatment
of it, VI. 16. Their objectionable
address to Congress after Governor
Johnstone's resignation, and the con-
sequences, 79. Their seditious papers,
proclamation, and manifesto; and
measures thereupon, 96. See CAR-
LISLE, EDEN, HOWE, and JOHNSTONE.
British Debts, an objectionable bill re-
specting, IX. 275, 288.

British Fleet, cannot stay in Boston,
III. 311. Remains in the outer har-
bour, after the evacuation, 324, 326,
330, 342. Number of the vessels that
sail for Halifax, 326. Driven out of
Nantasket Road, 432. Sails from Hal-
ifax for Sandy Hook, 441. Arrives,
443. Sails from the Hook, V. 3, 4.
Arrives in the Chesapeake Bay, 41,
42, 44. Measures against the expect-
ed reinforcements to, from Cork, 440.
The sailing of, from Sandy Hook, VI.
95, 100, 102. Sustains damage in the
blockade of the French fleet at New-
port, VII. 403, 431, 434, 435. Sails
for the Chesapeake, 449, 457.
British Ministry, their incorrect infor-
mation respecting America, and im-
practicable aims at the commence-
ment of the revolutionary war, dis-
cernible in Lord Dartmouth's and
General Gage's correspondence, III.
506. Did not approve the affair at
Lexington, nor the burning of Fal-
mouth, 520, 522. Their expectations
from the commissioners for carrying
into effect Lord North's bills, V. 341,
548. Constantly deceived respecting
America, VI. 271. Reject the medi-
ation of Spain, 320, 343. The im-
probability of their deriving succour

VOL. XII.

from other powers, 343. Their little
success in obtaining succours from
Germany, 457. Their impressions
respecting the condition of things in
America, VII. 30. Morris's informal
conferences with the, XII. 91. See
DARTMOUTH, GERMAIN, NORTH, and
TOWNSHEND.

Ap-

British Treaty, reception of the, by the
United States Senate, XI. 32. The
President's views of the, 42. Mis-
represented, 47, 50, 71. Ratified. 57.
Opposed by seaport towns, 58 Rat-
ified in London; papers in relation to,
called for by the House of Represen-
tatives, 115, 122, 123, XII. 112.
proved at Philadelphia, 211. Disap-
proved in Camden and Orangeburg
Districts, and at Georgetown, 212.
Approbation of the, in Frederic Coun
ty, 213. See Great Britain and JAY.
BRODHEAD, DANIEL, Colonel, at Fort
Pitt; directions to, respecting the
western Indian expedition, VI. 205,
224. His success, 384, 387. Proposes
expeditions, 433. Wants supplies,
VII. 270. To render aid to Colonel
Clark in an expedition against Detroit,

343.

BROGLIE, Count de, discourages La-
fayette's coming to America, V. 446.
BROGLIE, Prince de, visits head-quar
ters, VIII. 358.

BRONAUGH, WILLIAM, Captain, ordered
to Fort Cumberland, II. 208.
BROOKE, ROBERT, Governor of Vir-
ginia, X. 22.

Brookfield, Massachusetts, fixed on for
a laboratory, IV. 319.

BROOKS, ELEAZER, at the battle of
Chatterton's Hill, IV. 528.
BROOKS,JOHN, Lieutenant-Colonel, cho-
sen inspector, V. 348. On a commit-
tee from the army to Congress, VIII.
551, 552, 554, 564; X. 185. Cam-
mands troops at Cambridge, at the
time of the President's visit, 490. Re-
commended for brigadier-general in
the Provisional army, XI. 265.
BROOME, Colonel, IV. 10.
BROUGHTON, NICHOLSON, his instruc-
tions; with Captain Selman, sails to
the St. Lawrence, III. 125, 135, 517.
Their descent upon St. John's, 197.
BROWN, MONTFORT, Governor of Prov-
idence Island, captured, III. 353.
Exchanged for Lord Stirling, IV. 105,
143, 148.

BROWN, Colonel, with thirty men, kill-
ed by the Indians, VII. 281.
BRUFF, Captain, at Fort Ontario, XI.

159.

Brunswic, the British army marches

PP

to, after the battle at Princeton, IV.
261, 264. Skirmishes near, 264, 301.
Evacuation of, 470, 472.

BUCHAN, Earl of, requests a portrait of
Washington, X. 229. Sends him a
box made of the oak that sheltered
William Wallace, 231.

BUCHANAN, Colonel, visited by Wash-
ington, and accompanies him to Vass's
Fort, II. 190, 194; 203.

Buchanan's Island, British troops trans-
ported to, IV. 92.

BUCKNER, Colonel, does not aid Colo-
nel Parker; ordered under arrest, IV.
301.

Buck-wheat, cultivation, and the use
made of, at Mount Vernon, XII. 320,
331, 340, 347. When to be sown, 342.
BULLEN, a Catawba warrior, proposes
a plan for bringing in the Creek and
Chickasaw Indians, II 237.
BULLITT, THOMAS, Captain, commands
at Fort Cumberland, II. 196.
duct of, at Grant's defeat, 313; 376.
Bull's Ferry, near Fort Lee, expedition
to, under Wayne, VII. 116.

Con-

Bunker's Hill, the number of killed and
wounded at the battle of; an official
account forwarded to England, III.
10, 25, 36, 38, 113, 511. Occupied
by the British, 17, 28, 30, 43, 126.
Houses burnt near, by Major Knowl-
ton, 241. An attack on, unadvisable,
287. Left by the British in 1776,
319, 321; 328; 341; 343.
BUNNER, Lieutenant-Colonel, killed at
Monmouth, V. 428, 429.
BURGOYNE, JOHN, III. 114. Going to
England, 177, 181. Returns with an
army, 432. Expected by way of the
lakes, 464. Replies to General Lee
and proposes an interview, 498. In-
formation received respecting, IV. 466,
467. His intention to join Howe, 475,
476, 480. Means for opposing, 486,
489. Success of, 493. Brings mer-
cenaries and savages, 500, 501. Moves
in detachments, 503. His progress
impeded, V. 2. Preparations for op-
posing, 3, 8, 18, 28, 31. Forces of, 19.
His wants, 42. Success against; his
capitulation, 74, 91 125, 137. His
requests respecting embarkation, not
granted, 186, 521. His opinion about
the conquest of America, 186. Not to
visit the seaport towns, 189. Friendly
letter to, and his reply, upon leaving
the country, 266, 267. His departure,
346, VI. 105. Resolve passed for his
recall, countermanded; proposal made
for his exchange, VIII. 15. Proposal
to exchange for President Laurens,
125, 240. See Convention Troops.

BURKE, EDANUS, his pamphlet on the
Society of the Cincinnati, IX. 28.
BURKE, EDMUND, on Indian alliances,
V. 275.

BURKE, THOMAS, his sketch of a warm
debate in Congress respecting the
army, IV. 326. Brings charges against
General Sullivan, V. 457.

BURNABY, ANDREW, facts taken from
his "Travels in America," II. 182,

421.

after

BURR, AARON, Lieutenant-Colonel, V.
64. Has permission to retire from the
army, VI. 101. His resignation, 213.
BURRELL, appointed colonel of the
Connecticut regiment raised
Montgomery's defeat, III. 262.
BURTON, Colonel, II. 82. Wounded at
the battle of the Monongahela, 86, 471.
BUSHKIRK, a British lieutenant-colonel,
IV. 423. Expedition of, against Eliz-
abethtown, VI. 452.

BUSHNELL, and his projects for the
destruction of ships, IX. 134.
Business, maxims for, XI. 148.
Busts of Lafayette, voted by the Gen-
eral Assembly of Virginia, IX. 51.
BUTLER, RICHARD, Colonel, commend-
ed for his conduct at the revolt of
the Pennsylvania line, VII. 349, 351.
Appointed superintendent of Indian
affairs; agency of, in procuring an
Indian vocabulary, IX. 213, 301, 306,
341. Queries proposed to, respecting
western inland navigation, 302. Com-
mands the levies against the western
Indians, X. 151.

BUTLER, THOMAS, Colonel, at the battle
of Monmouth, V. 425.
BUTLER, WALTER, an officer at the
attack on Cherry Valley, VI. 112,
114; 266. Action with, at Newtown,
349. Flies toward Niagara, 356.
BUTLER, WILLIAM, a veteran soldier,
his remarks respecting Braddock's de-
feat, II. 475.

BUTLER, WILLIAM, Lieutenant-Colo-
nel, sent against Indians and Tories
on the frontiers, VI. 38, 39. Destroys
the Anaquaga and Unadilla settle
ments, 98.

BUTLER, ZEBULON, Colonel, at Wyo-
ming, VII. 345, 346.

BYRD, WILLIAM, Colonel, appointed a
commissioner to the southern Indians,
II. 114. Commands the new Vir-
ginia regiments, 281. Posts a com-
pany at Edwards's and Pearsall's
Forts and arrives at Fort Cumberland,
293.

BYRON, Admiral, arrival of the fleet of,
VI. 59, 237, 238. Engagement of
with Count d'Estaing, 320

C.

Cabinet of the President, the first ap-
pointment of the members of, X. 11.
Questions proposed to, in view of
the expected expedition from Canada
against Louisiana, 113. The Presi-
dent's route for his southern tour com-
municated to, with instructions, 157.
Dissensions in the, between Hamilton
and Jefferson, 280, 283, 306, 515. On
the induction of the President into
office, 321. Meeting of, called for

instructions to commissioners for a
treaty with the Indians, 328. Ques-
tions sent to, relating to the proclama-
tion of neutrality and the reception of
the French minister; and their opin
ions, 337, 533. Consulted respect-
ing vessels fitting out as privateers,
345; about a British letter of marque
in New York, 354. Proceedings in,
on the Little Sarah and M. Genet,
355, 356, 360, 361, 536. Consulted on
the expediency of arming and equip
ping vessels, 361; and on an imme-
diate convocation of Congress, 362.
Prepares eight rules about the equip-
ment of vessels in the ports of the
United States by belligerent powers,
and favors the recall of Genet, 363,
546. Case of the Citizen Genet, a
privateer, submitted to, 366 Con-
sulted on Van Berckel's request re-
specting the Dutch consul Heinaken,
XI. 27, 28. Questions proposed to,
on the ratification of Jay's treaty, 31.
Consulted on the proceedings in Bos-
ton relating to the British treaty,
35. Proceedings on the ratification
of the British treaty, 57. On a call
for papers in relation to the British
treaty, 114. On a minister to France,
and Mr. Monroe's recall, 132, 483.
On a mission to France, 572. List of
the members of, during Washington's
administration, XII. 432.

CABOT, GEORGE, the correspondence
with, upon the arrival of George Wash-
ington Lafayette, XI. 64, 66, 71, 95.
CADWALADER, JOHN, General, direc-
tions to, before the battle of Trenton,
IV. 241. Prevented by the ice from
crossing the Delaware, 247. His
movements, 248. Marches to Bor-
dentown, 250. Joins the army at

Trenton, 258. Recommended to Con-
gress, 292. Declines his appointment
as brigadier-general, 329. Despatch-
ed to arrange the Maryland Eastern
Shore militia, V. 52. His aid solicited
at camp, 289. Marches against the
enemy's rear, 417. His duel with

Conway, 516. Regrets not having ac-
cepted the appointment of Congress,
VII. 230, 231; XII. 309.
CADWALADER, LAMBERT, Colonel, IV.
180. Taken prisoner and released
without parole, 188.

CALDWELL, JAMES, suggests the re-
moval of the Jersey troops to Morris-
town, VII. 406.
CALDWELL, JOSEPH, XII. 213.
CALDWELL, Mrs., shot, VII. 76
CALL, MAJOR, conduct of, X. 269, 273.
CALLBECK, PHILIP, President of the
Council, and acting governor of St.
John's, brought away by violence;
presents a memorial to Washington,
and is discharged; his letter cited,
III. 193, 194.

CALLENDER, JOHN, Captain, court mar-
tial respecting, III. 490.
CALVERT, BENEDICT, II. 370.
Cambridge, troops at, III. 6. Wash-
ington arrives there and takes com-
mand of the army, 14, 27, 38, 484.
Determination of the first council of
war at, 16, 18, 19. Provincial Con-
gress at, 44. Conference there, be-
tween a committee of Congress, dele-
gates from four colonies, and the
Commander-in-chief, respecting the
army, 123. Council of war there,
249, 251, 253. Visited by the Presi-
dent in 1789, X. 47, 48, 490, 491. See
Army.

CAMDEN, Lord, his remarks in Parlia
ment respecting America, V. 247.
Camden, Gates's defeat near, VII. 185,
186, 189, 191, 197, 201, 205, 326. Ad-
dress to the inhabitants of; Baron de
Kalb buried at, XII. 200. Disappro-
bation of the British treaty by the
citizens of the District of, 212.
CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER, district attor-
ney for Virginia, X. 195.
CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD, a British lieu-
tenant-colonel, taken, III. 432. In
Concord gaol; writes to Washington
and Howe respecting his treatment,
IV. 330-333, 556. Resolve of Con-
gress respecting; and its impolicy,
334, 342, 350. Unjustifiable treat-
ment of, 440, 460, 556, 557, 559. To
be treated with kindness, 461. Pro-
position to exchange, V. 24, 269, 272,
310, 539. Exchanged, 362.
CAMPBELL, a British general, V. 64.
At Staten Island, 105, 174. Claims
officers from Governor Livingston,
183. Commissioner at the meeting at
Tappan, in regard to prisoners, VIII.

342.

CAMPBELL, a British lieutenant-colonel,

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