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.
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
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.
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,
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.
Brunswic, the British army marches
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.
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,
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
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.
CAMPBELL, a British lieutenant-colonel,
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