Opposes an attack on Philadelphia,
168. Is on the council at Valley
Forge, 360. Sent to plan the security
of Philadelphia, 421. His memorial
for the defence of the North River at
Fort Clinton approved, VI. 67. His
various situations, 97; 173; 324. De-
spatched to wait on Count d'Estaing,
378, 379, 380. Receives directions,
398. Returns to camp, 409. Ordered
to survey and report on the grounds
in the environs of the encampment,
419. Usefulness of, 430. Congress
votes to retain him in the service, 431.
Despatched to Charleston, 494. Goes
to the southward, VII. 26. Captured,
141. Measures for effecting the re-
lease of, 210. Exchanged, 288, 290.
His arrival at camp, 433; VIII. 57;
98. Despatched to Count de Grasse,
133. His interview with him, 162.
His furlough to go to France, and
promotion, 194, 202. Letter to, upon
his leaving the country, 489; IX. 36;
XI. 431.

Duquesne, Fort, completed, II. 45.
French reinforcements expected there,
79, 82; 125. Commanded by Con-
trecœur and by Dumas, 137; 157; 181.
Commanded by Delignery; strength
of the garrison at, 239. Reinforce-
ments expected at, 241. Expedition
against, by Forbes in 1758, 276. New
road to, 301, 307, 316. Table of
the distances of, from Carlisle, 304;
312. Major Grant's unfortunate at-
tack upon, 313. Taken possession of
by his Majesty's troops, it having
been burnt, 320. See FORBES.
DWIGHT, TIMOTHY, chaplain to Par-
sons's brigade, dedicates a poem to
Washington, V. 288, 289. Cited re-
specting Nathan Hale, VII. 551.
DYER, ELIPHALET, delegate in Con-
gress, V. 14.

DYSON, JOHN, forwards a letter from
Madame de Lafayette, X. 315.

E.

Early Papers of Washington, account
of the, II. 411

Eastern boundary, measures and pro-
ceedings for settling the, XII. 66, 83.
Eastern lands, purchases of, X. 151.
East Indies, trade to the, X. 91.
EASTON, JAMES, Colonel, III. 207.
East River, British ships pass up the,
IV. 92, 93.

Economy, IX. 482, XII. 339. In agri-
culture, 360.

EDDY, JONATHAN, brings a petition for
troops from Nova Scotia, III. 334.

EDEN, ROBERT, governor of Maryland,
II. 387. Writes to Washington by his
brother, V. 401.

EDEN, WILLIAM, British commissioner,
V. 397, 398, 401.
Education, Foreign, disadvantageous to
American institutions, XI. 3, 22.
Edward, Fort, IV. 491. Army removes
from, to Moses Creek, 503. Express
sent to, fired upon, VII. 269. Saved
by a stratagem of Colonel Living-
ston, 270.

EDWARDS, WILLIAM, Governor of
West Florida, II. 369.

Edwards's Fort, Captain Mercer skir-
mishes near, II. 142. A company
posted at, 293.

Election to the Virginia House of Bur-
gesses, how conducted, II. 297.
Elizabethtown, British attempt to sur-
prise, VI. 173, 191. Attempt to cap-
ture Governor Livingston at, 182.
British expedition against, from Staten
Island, VI. 452.

Elk, Head of, enemy land six miles
below; stores at, V. 45, 49. Wash-
ington visits; stores removed from;
Delaware militia stationed at, 46.
Buildings burnt there by the British,
81. Provisions and stores moved from,
in June, 1778, 406. Troops embark
at, on their expedition against Corn-
wallis, VIII. 158, 160.

ELLIOT, ANDREW, lieutenant-govern-
or of New York, unsuccessful mission
of, to procure André's release, VII.
539. British commissioner in rela-
tion to prisoners, VIII. 278, 342; 428.
ELLSWORTH, OLIVER, on the Senate's
agency in sending ministers abroad,
X. 479-482. Denies the constitu-
tionality of the demand for papers_by
the House of Representatives, XI.
115. Appointed minister to France,

404.

ELMORE, SAMUEL, Colonel, ordered to
New York, IV. 27. Countermanded
to the northern army, 42.
ELY, Colonel, comes out of New York
on parole, VI. 435.
Embargo, on the execution of the law
imposing an, XII. 102. At Bordeaux,
105.

EMERSON, WILLIAM, his description of
the American camp a few days after
the arrival of the Commander-in-chief
at Cambridge, III. 491.
EMERY, Count d', Governor of St. Do-
mingo, IV. 144.

Emigrant servants, the enlistment of,
and particulars respecting, II. 168,
169, 189, 199, 201. See Palatines.
Emigration to America, particulars and

books respecting, IX. 384. On the en-
couragement of, XI. 2, XII. 304, 315.
Engineers in the army, imperfect
qualifications and paucity of, III. 18,
22, 138, 427. Four French, engaged
by Congress, IV. 491. The chief
of the, appointed to be officially a
member of the council of war, at
Valley Forge, V. 339. Lafayette cited
respecting, XII. 282.

Enlistments, small progress in, III. 165,
175, 176, 178, 186, 201, 205, 215, 220,
238. Disadvantages of, for a limited
term, 278. Compensation for obtain-
ing, 380. Directions concerning, IV.
177. Ruinous policy of short, 184,
231, 386, 388, 545. Success in, 304.
To fill the army, impossible, V. 202.
Of prisoners, prohibited, 375. Boun-
ties offered for, during the war, VI.
196, 491. Fatal effects of short, 330,
471. To be only of able-bodied and
effective men, 490. Il consequences
of short and temporary, VII. 103, 162,
223, 226, 238, 253, 441. Of men in
one State not to be made by officers
belonging to another, 389. Volun-
tary, will not complete the quotas of
the army, VIII. 255.

ENOS, ROGER, Colonel, with his troops
leaves Arnold; is acquitted by a court-
martial; resigns his commission; re-
moves to Vermont, III. 164, 175, 196.
Episcopal Church, address to the, in
general convention, XII. 162. Wash-
ington's attendance on the, 411.
Erie, Lake, on a communication of,
with the Ohio, IX. 291, 303, 326, 471.
See Western Inland Navigation.
ERSKINE, ROBERT, geographer to the
army, death of, VII. 309.
ERSKINE, THOMAS, I. 495. XI. 209.
ERSKINE, WILLIAM, wounded at the
battle of Germantown, V. 82.
ESTAING, Count d', commander of the
French fleet, V. 440. His arrival on
the coast, VI. 1-5. His unsuccessful
exertions to pass Sandy Hook, 9, 11,
12. Expedition to Rhode Island, VI.
11, 23, 24, 29. Disappointments of;
measures for supplying with water,
26, 27, 29, 35. Sails from Rhode
Island, 29. Re-appears off Newport,
and goes to Boston for repairs, 40, 69.
Evils from his leaving Rhode Island,
42, 52, 53. Protest to, by the Ameri-
can officers, 45, 46, 52, 54, 58, 59.
Provisions sent to, 51. Council held
for providing for; his offer to serve
under Sullivan, 58, 59. A view of af-
fairs communicated to, 60. Presented
with a copy of Washington's portrait,
71. His opinion of Hamilton, 105.

Issues a declaration to the Canadi-
ans, 113. Goes to the West Indies,
179. A correspondence and confer
ence between Washington and Ge-
rard, and letters cited, in regard to
operations for, in 1779, 237. His pro-
posed expedition against Halifax, 239.
Captures Grenada; engages with Ad-
miral Byron, 320, 349, 366. Leaves
the West Indies, and arrives on the
coast of Georgia, 359, 361, 366, 368.
Measures for cooperating with, and
their abandonment, 368, 371, 378,
383, 398, 409. Despatches the Tri-
umph to America with the intelligence
of peace, VIII. 408. Favors the So-
ciety of the Cincinnati, IX. 43. Com-
mends Ternant, X. 187.
ETTWEIN, JOHN, a Moravian clergy-
man, IX. 364.

Eutaw Springs, VIII. 173, 174.
EVANS, ISRAEL, his Thanksgiving Dis-
course before General Poor's brigade,
V. 275. Delivers a discourse upon
occasion of the death of General Poor,
VII. 208.

EVERETT, EDWARD, on Lafayette's
efforts to raise an army in France,
VII. 478. Cited respecting Lafayette
in Virginia, VIII. 515.
EWING, General, prevented by the ice
from crossing the Delaware, IV. 247.
Crosses afterwards, 249.

Excise Law, X. 250. Opposition to, in
Pennsylvania, 291, 426, 428. Pro-

ceedings of the Executive in conse-
quence of the violation of the, 526.
Further particulars in relation to it,
XII. 20, 21. Proclamation, 30. Meas-
ures for prosecuting offenders against
the, 31. Insurrection, 44. See Ar-
dent Spirits.

Expenses of the Commander-in-chief,
during the war, III. 2, VIII. 571, IX.
3. Of the President, XII. 5.
EYRE, a British lieutenant, his treat-
ment while prisoner, V. 218.

In England, V. 267, IX. 107, 175.
Death of, 299. Owner of Belvoir seat,
XII. 327; 400.

FAIRFAX, JOHN, manager of farms, in-
structions to, XII. 300.

FAIRFAX, Lord, II. 103, 134. Orders
out militia, 143, 144, 154. Particu-
lars respecting; successors to his title,
182, V. 268.

FAIRFAX, THOMAS, an officer in the
navy, II. 53.

FAIRFAX, WILLIAM, Colonel, H. 18, 28.
On the pay of officers, 30. Life, char-
acter, and descendants of, 51. On
public prayers in the camp, 54. Wash-
ington takes leave of, 74; 77. On a
captain's selfishness at the time of an
alarm, 107. Writes an encouraging
letter to Washington, 145. On the
militia, 160. Respecting Washington's
entering the navy, in 1746, 415.
FAIRFAX, WILLIAM, Jun., killed at
Quebec; Wolfe's remark to, II. 53.
Fairfax County Resolves, in 1774, II.
390, 488. Cited respecting indepen-
dence, 497.

Fairfax family, in America, II. 51,
182. Connected with Washington, X.
339.

Fairfax parish, list of vestrymen for,
XII. 400.

Fairfield, burnt by the British, VI. 292,
293, 350, 367.

Falmouth, destroyed, III. 129, 134, 520.
Letters to the committee of, 130, 144.
Menaced by the Cerberus, 144, 149.
The destruction of, not approved by
the British government, 520.
FANEUIL, attempts to raise and officer
a corps of Frenchmen, IV. 327.
Farewell Address of the President, XI
173, 175, 176, XII. 214. Words en-
dorsed on it, 235. History of the;
letter to Madison, 383. Madison's
reply, 385. His draft for it, 387, 391.
Hamilton's note respecting, in 1796,
391. Jay's letter to Peters, 395. Par-
ticulars pertaining to the manuscript
copy of the, 396.

Farmer's Letters. See CRÈVECŒur,
and DICKINSON.

Farming, importance of attending to
minuti in, XII. 360; to instruc-
tions pertaining to, 367. See Agri-
culture.

Farm-yards, information requested in
relation to, XII. 287.

Fast, appointed in Virginia, in 1774, II.
486. Appointed by Congress in 1776,
III. 392; by the President of the
United States, XI. 239; XII. 400.
See Orderly Book.
FAUCHET, minister from France, X.
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VOL. XII.

400. Condemns his predecessor's
conduct, 401. Several particulars re-
specting, 474-478. His intercepted
letter implicating Randolph, XI. 52,
54, 55, 75. Returns to France, 68.
Defends Randolph, 90.

FAUQUIER, FRANCIS, lieutenant-gover-
nor of Virginia, II. 289. Replies to
a congratulatory letter, 290.
FEBIGER, CHRISTIAN, Colonel, his
bravery at the storming of Stony
Point, VI. 538.

Federal City, surveyed, X. 147, 172.
On the laying out of the, 206. Sale
of lots, 290. On the superintendence
of the affairs of the, 311, 423. Plan
forwarded to the Earl of Buchan, 338.
Hints about the commissioners of the,
423. On the establishment of a uni-
versity at; Washington's will cited,
XI. 1, 3, 14 - 23, 476. Its growth,
233. Importance of expediting the
works there; on the importation of
laborers therefor, XII. 305. Growth
and prospects of the, 310, 327. Uni-
versity; marine hospital there, 322.
Federal Gazette, a newspaper published
by Fenno, X. 23.

Federalist, The, a work on the Consti-
tution, by James Madison, John Jay,
and Alexander Hamilton, IX. 284,
285. Republication of, 285, 314.
Federalist, The, a miniature ship built
for a celebration at Baltimore and sent
to Mount Vernon, IX. 375.
FELLOWS, JOHN, General, to dismiss
the Massachusetts militia, VI. 409.

To detach militia to Fort Schuyler,
VII. 131.

Fences, style of, in Virginia, condemn
ed, XII. 332, 356. Directions about,
365, 371.

FENNER, ARTHUR, Governor, congratu-
lated on the adoption of the Constitu-
tion by Rhode Island, X. 93.
FENNO, JOHN, publisher of the Federal
Gazette, X. 23.

FERGUSON, ADAM, secretary of the
commissioners for carrying into effect
Lord North's bills, V. 397, 401, 402.
Approbation of the conduct of the
Commander-in-chief towards, 411.
FERGUSON, Colonel, defeat of, VII. 283,
285,347, 415. To pursue Sumpter, 555.
FERMOY, General, IV. 411.
FERSEN, aid to Rochambeau, VIII. 95.
Despatched to hasten on troops against
Cornwallis, 159, 160.

Finances, American, in 1779, VI. 251,
410; in 1780, 466, 482, VII. 32, 42,
171, 197, 288. Derangement of, ow-
ing to short enlistments, 163. Loan
to meet, 289, 300, 337, 370, 371, 379,

380. Establishment of a department,
and election of a minister of, 399, 400,
VIII. 39, 60, 67. Money solicited to
relieve the, 224. Embarrassments in
the state of the, 378, 389.
Fire Ships, IV. 19.

FISH, NICHOLAS, Major, his appoint-
ment as adjutant-general, and non-
acceptance, X. 275, 299, 301.
FISHBOURN, aid to Wayne, bravery of,
at Stony Point, VI. 297, 539. Com-
municates information of the mutiny
in the Pennsylvania line, VII. 348.
FITZGERALD, JOHN, aid to the Com-
mander-in-chief, his letter respecting
Conway's Cabal, V. 510.

FITZHUGH, WILLIAM, Colonel, urges
Washington's return to the service, in
1754, II. 65. Denies Dagworthy's
right to the command, 120.

Flag, detention of a, VI. 335. Rules
for granting a, VII. 149.
FLAGG, Major, killed in an action near
Croton River, VIII. 48.

FLASSAN, cited respecting Jumonville,
II. 447.

Flat-boats, importance and utility of,
V. 93, VII. 289, 292.
Flax, XII. 263, 345, 347.
Fleet. See Navy.

FLEMING, Adjutant under Montgomery,
III. 413.

FLEURY, LEWIS, an engineer, ordered
to Fort Mifflin, V. 136. His journal of
events antecedent to the evacuation of
Fort Mifflin; is wounded, 154. Made
lieutenant-colonel; a horse given to,
for his merit at the battle of the Bran-
dywine, 155. Appointed inspector,
349. Accompanies Hamilton on his
first visit to Count d'Estaing, VI. 5.
His bravery at Stony Point, 302, 538.
His proposed return to France; com-
mendation of, 304, 307. Suspends his
voyage, 383. His visit to the Ameri-
can camp, after joining the French
army, VII. 320.

Florida, proposed British expedition to,
V. 550. Spanish expeditions against,
VI. 475, 542, VII. 323, 324, 327. A
negotiation in consequence of foreign-
ers being invited to settle there, X.
162. Slaves pass into, from Georgia,
XII. 181. See Spain.
Flour, price of, VÍ. 80.

Flying-Camp, established in the mid-
die colonies, III. 416. Troops raising
for the, 451. Militia in motion to form
the, 458.

FOLSOM, NATHANIEL, member of Con-
gress, V. 14. Visits the camp on a
committee, 213.

Forage, commissary of, to be appointed,

IV. 300. Destruction of, 314. Price
of, VI. 80. Want of, in the army,
VII. 25, 158. Expedition to Bergen
for, 173. Burnt at Coram, 292. De-
stroyed at West Chester, 393.

FORBES, JOSEPH, Brigadier-General, II.
275. His expedition to the Ohio, in
1758, 276. Joined by Indians, 279.
Number of troops employed under;
slow progress, 289. Reasons against
dividing the army of, into two routes,
305. Plan of the advance of, by de-
posits, 306. Proceeds by a new road
from Raystown, which dissatisfies the
Virginia Assembly, 307, 308. Dis-
couragements of; advances money to
Dagworthy's troops, 311. Arrives at
Raystown; plan for the march of,
313. Takes Fort Duquesne, 320.
Death of, 322.

Foreign Affairs, the delay to appoint a
minister of, and its effects, VIII. 39.
Livingston, secretary of, 277. The
department of, takes the name of De-
partment of State, X. 11.

Foreign influence, to be particularly
guarded against, XII. 230, 392.
Foreign nations, the President's policy
in regard to, XII. 52, 231, 232, 392.
Message to Congress relative to the
intercourse with, 105. On the impor-
tation of people from, to labor in the
Federal District, 305.

Foreign officers, perplexities about em-
ploying. IV. 423, 446. Should be dis-
couraged from coming to America, V.
32. Embarrassinents from, 33, 36,
VI. 14, 18. Complain of non-pay-
ment, IX. 426. Appropriations for
the payment of, XII. 33. See French
officers.

Fork of the Ohio, an important place
for a fort, II. 6, 432, 433.
FORMAN, DAVID, General, joins the
army with New Jersey troops, V. 75.
At the battle of Germantown, 78. His
brigade of militia leaves the army, 84;
136. Discourages the pursuit of the
enemy from Monmouth, 430. Sta-
tioned at Monmouth and intrusted
with a letter for Count de Grasse,
VIII. 111. Examines into the case of
the murder of Captain Huddy, X. 63,
263.

FORREST, THOMAS, Lieutenant-Colo-
nel, at the action of Springfield, VII.
508.

Forts, Chain of, upon the Virginia fron-
tiers, II. 135. Washington's idea and
plan of, 149. Dinwiddie's plan for
erecting, 153. Commenced, 164, 166.
Council held concerning, and the di-
rection of, fixed, 166. The building

of, neglected, 179. Should be few
and strong, 186, 187, 220.
FOUCHE, DE LA, Captain, VII. 47.
Fox, HENRY, one of his Majesty's sec-
retaries of state, directs the Virginia
colony to pay masters for enlisted ser-
vants, II. 168.

France, IV. 396, V. 22, 169. Treaty of,
with the United States, 324, 325, 330,
365; communicated to the British
ministry, 330, 342, 549. News there-
of, and consequent rejoicings in Amer-
ica, 353. Proclamation of it, to the
army, 355. Anticipated consequences
thereof, 357, 359, 387. War with
Great Britain inevitable, 365, 366, 376,
400. Change in the ministry of, VII.
324, 339, 429. Colonel Laurens sent
to solicit succours from, 340. Fur-
nishes a loan, 379, 380. Money and
despatches arrive from, in the frigate
Astrée, 429. Grants six millions of
livres to the United States, VIII. 150,
525. Money solicited from, 224. Six
millions of livres loaned by, to the
United States, 230, 273. Annunciation
of the birth of the Dauphin of, 299.
Celebration of the anniversary of the
treaty with, 381. On the trade with,
IX. 192, 338, 413, 415. Birth of the
Dauphin of, noticed in America, 337.
Change in the administration of, 466.
Death of the Dauphin of, X. 36. The
Revolution in; apprehensions for the
consequences of it, 38, 39, 46, 89. On
the proceedings and government of,
71. Assumes a favorable aspect, in
1790, 90, 106. Excesses in, 118. Part
of the American debt to, paid, 194.
War with Great Britain; measures
taken in the United States to effect
neutrality, 336, 337, 342, 533. Con-
duct of, toward the United States,
XI. 186, 196, 213, 232, 234, 275, 350,
442. The prospect of a war with,
235, 242, 325. Willing to receive a
minister from the United States to
put an end to difficulties, 403. Mis-
sion to, 572. Acceptance of the con-
stitution of, by the King; message to
Congress respecting Genet, and the
relations with; trade suffers from the
cruisers and agents of, XII 73, 94, 96,
117. Desire of a good understanding
with the Republic of, 73, 118. Urged
to make compensation, 105. Repub-
lic of, presents colors to the United
States, 110. Ministers to, during
Washington's administration, 433.
See LAFAYETTE, LOUIS THE SIX-
TEENTH, and VERGENNES.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, draws up the
celebrated Plan of Union, adopted by

the Albany convention, II. 18. Aids
Braddock, 78, 469. Vote of thanks to,
by the Pennsylvania Assembly, 79;
109. On the Proprietaries' conduct,
122. Drafts a bill for a voluntary
militia, and superintends the building
of forts on the Pennsylvania frontiers,
123. Originates the idea of a General
Congress, 396. A proprietor of Wal-
pole's Grant; replies to Lord Hillsbo-
rough's Report, 485. On total eman-
cipation or independence, 496; III.
35. Visits the army on a committee.
123, 133. Letters of, found by Howe
and sent to England, 186. Commis-
sioner to Canada, 390. His ingenious
mode of distributing papers among
the Hessian troops, IV. 67. On a
committee to confer with Howe on
Staten Island, 88. Commissioner in
France; his recommendation of Cenis,
V. 32, 447. Cited respecting Count
Pulaski, 49. His letter recommend-
ing Baron Steuben, 528; VI. 107; 385.
Presents Lafayette with the sword
voted by Congress, 506, 507. Pur-
chases a fifty-gun ship, 543; 551,
552. On the opinions as to Washing-
ton's operations, VII. 377. Party
against, in Congress; Vergennes's
opinion of; solicits and obtains a loan,
379. Letter to, and his reply, after
the capitulation of Lord Cornwallis,
VIII. 188. Directs a medal to be
struck in relation to Burgoyne and
Cornwallis, 189. Cited respecting
French officers on their return to
France, 277. Commended by Count
de Vergennes for his conduct in rela-
tion to the proposed treaty, 298. Dis-
charges Lord Cornwallis from parole,
334. His laconic description of the
temper of the British nation, 349.
Cited respecting Broglie, 358; 372.
His return to America, IX. 131, 149.
Reengages in public business, 144,
149, 539. A speech of, published
with alterations, 289. His "Informa-
tion for those who would wish to re-
move to America," 386. On the can-
didate for the presidency, 556. His
letter to the President, X. 33. His
death, 133, 497; letter from the Na-
tional Assembly of France thereupon,

497.