XII. 48. See CADWALADER, GIST,
and SMALLWOOD.
MASON, GEORGE, II. 271. Facts re-
specting, 351. On non-importation,
354. Drafts the non-importation agree-
ment called an Association, in Ï776,
356. Probably drafts the Fairfax
County Resolves, in 1774, 488. His
account of the factions and doings of
the Virginia convention, III. 152.
Favors a taxation of the colonists, 153.
On a paper emission, IX. 120. His
sentiments about the Constitution, IX.
267, 271, 287, 289, 542, 544. Declines
signing the Constitution, 270, 541.
His opposition to it, in the Virginia
convention, 356, 370, 373; X. 250;
XII. 400.

Massachusetts, charter of, proposed as
a model, for a colony on the Ohio
River, II. 484. Furnishes one fifth
of the whole army, in 1779, VI. 197.
Insurrection in, and its progress, IX.
204, 207, 221, 225, 228, 234, 241, 263.
Disfranchisement of citizens in, 235,
236, 240, 241, 249. Parties in, about
the adoption of the Constitution, 310,
312, 329. State of the public mind
there, in 1790, X. 94. Address to the
governor and council of, XII. 170;
to the Grand Lodge of, 200. List of
the chief magistrates of, during Wash-
ington's public life, 416. Members of
the Continental Congress from, 420;
of Congress from, during Washing-
ton's presidency, 428.

Massachusetts Committee of Safety, III.
20, 44.

Massachusetts General Assembly, sum-
moned by Gage, organize themselves
into a Provincial Congress, and at-
tend to the affairs of the Colony, III.
16, 44.

Massachusetts General Court, convenes
at Watertown, III. 16, 44. Acts in
two branches, 44. Applies for a de-
tachment to protect the seacoast, 45,
53. Fits out vessels of marque and
reprisal, and establishes a court to try
captures, 154; 238; 246. Desired to
furnish reinforcements for Canada,
253. Answer to an address from the,
335. Solicited to coöperate in engag-
ing Indians, 460. Sends commis-
sioners to the army, IV. 172. Votes
an advance pay, 173. Its order that
the soldiers pay for public arms, 410.
Votes a gratuity to its troops after
the revolt in the Pennsylvania line,
VII. 356. Feelings in the, towards
the Society of the Cincinnati, IX. 26.
Spirit of insurrection in the, 363. Ad-
dress to the, in July, 1789, XII. 158;

in February, 1797, 243. See Messa-
chusetts Provincial Congress.
Massachusetts Humane Society, IX. 388.
Massachusetts line, in the army, order-
ed to Ticonderoga, IV. 426. Delay
of the, 468. Troops recruited in the,
to be forwarded, without being inocu-
lated, V. 297. Complaint of field-
officers in the, VII. 453.

Massachusetts militia, ordered out, III.
184, 189. Called out, at the taking
possession of Dorchester Heights, 304.
To go to New York, 416. Nearly
one fifth of the, drafted for New York,
IV. 125. Six thousand to be raised,
227. A regiment of, arrives at Mor-
ristown, 322. One third of the west-
ern ordered to Saratoga to prevent
the junction of the British, 500.
Called out, to cooperate with Count
d'Estaing, and dismissed, VI. 368,
409. Turn out with alacrity to op-
pose Clinton; dismissed, VII. 138.
At West Point, 139, 147, 222. To be
dismissed with thanks, 233.

Massachusetts Provincial Congress, re-
solves on measures of defence, and
appoints General Ward commander
of all its forces, III. 6, 486. Its his-
tory; its reception of the Commander-
in-chief, 14, 44, 484. Government
by the, ceases; and the General Court
convenes, 16, 44. Despatches a ves-
sel to England with intelligence of
the Lexington battle, 35. John Han-
cock president of the, and Joseph
Warren, president pro tempore, 37.
Their letter to Kirkland respecting
the Indians, 495. See Massachusetts
General Court.

MASSEY, a British general, arrives at
Halifax with regiments from Ireland,

III. 282.

MATHEW, EDWARD, a British general,
his expedition against Virginia, VI.
261, 262. Makes an excursion against
Springfield, VII. 87.

MATHEWS, JOHN, in Congresa, VI. 456,
496. On a committee to effect reforms
and changes in the army, VII. 15.
Recommended for the committee of
cooperation and chosen, 34, 80. Let-
ters of, show high party spirit in Con-
gress, 226. Favors General Greene's
appointment to the command of the
southern army, 258, 277. His request
respecting his wife, VII. 276, 277.
Cited about the state and prospect of
affairs, 277. On a committee to sup-
press a revolt in the Pennsylvania
line, 359.

MATTHEWS, GEORGE, Colonel, wound-
ed, and, with his regiment, captured

at Germantown, V. 466. Comes out
of New York on parole with proposi-
tions for exchange of prisoners, VI.
435; VII. 2.

Matson's Ford, skirmish at, V. 185.
Lafayette's retreat from, 377.
MAUBOURG, LATOUR, imprisoned with
Lafayette at Olmutz, Xİ. 492.
MAUDUIT, VI. 34.

MAUROY, a French officer, V. 449.
MAXWELL, WILLIAM, Colonel, remon-
strates against leaving Crown Point,
IV. 6. General; ordered to harass
the enemy after the battle at Trenton,
249. Letter to, upon a refusal of peo-
ple at Elizabethtown to take the oath
of allegiance, 319. Ordered to con-
tinue between Brunswic and Amboy,
471. Does not attack the enemy, 474.
In the battle of Brandywine, V. 57,

59.

At the battle of Germantown, 78,
464. Trial and acquittal of, 165. Fa-
vors an attack on Philadelphia, 168.
Despatched to defend vessels, 362,
365. To harass the army in crossing
Jersey, 386, 387, 422, 423. To hang
on the enemy's left flank, 417. Left
to harass the enemy, 430. At Eliza-
bethtown, VI. 155, 176, 207, 225; 252.
On the western expedition, 264; VII.
83. Resignation of, 115. Position of
his brigade, at the action at Spring-
field, 507.

Mayo River, II. 164.

MEADE, RICHARD K., Colonel, goes to
Virginia, VII. 267.

Meadows, directions respecting, XII.
362, 372. See Great Meadows and
Little Meadows.

MEASE, JAMES, appointed clothier-gen-
eral, IV. 323.

Measures, uniformity in, recommended,
XII. 9, 25.

Medal, in commemoration of the evacu-
ation of Boston, III. 356. Voted, 533.
Other medals voted, VI. 540.
Mediation of foreign powers, VIII. 71,
X. 239.

Medusa, a French frigate, escapes from
Newport with Fauchet on board, XI.

68.
Medway, address to the Congregational
church and society at, XII. 198.
MEEKER, JOHN, V. 219, 231.
MEIGS, RETURN JONATHAN, Lieuten-
ant-Colonel, his spirited enterprise to
Sag Harbour, IV. 441. Sword voted
to, by Congress, 442; V.211; 225. His
bravery at Stony Point, VI. 538. His
exertions in suppressing a mutiny,
VII. 55, 56. To go to West Point,
216, 222. To move to the main army,
233.

Mémoire, &c., published by the French
government, II. 22.

MERCER, GEORGE, II. 45. Appointed
aid-de-camp, 110; 119. Accompanies
Washington to Boston, in 1756, 132.
Requests an exchange of the officers
of the Virginia regiments, 280. Opens
a road from Fort Cumberland to Rays-
town, 296. Commissioner for the
Ohio Company, 482. Extract from
his letter respecting lands for the Vir-
ginia troops, 485.

MERCER, HUGH, II. 507, 508. Order-
ed to Paulus Hook, III. 449. Con-
certs with Livingston the defence of
the Jerseys, 450. Commended, 452;
IV. 73, 75. Opposes the evacuation
of New York, 92. Wounded at
Princeton, and made prisoner, 259,
260. His death and character; mon-
ument to, and the education of his
son, voted by Congress, 260.
MERCER, JAMES, Captain, II. 129; 205
Takes command of Fort Loudoun,
210.

MERCER, JOHN, Captain, sent to Din
widdie, II. 117, 120. Goes on a
Scouting party to the Warm Spring
Mountain, skirmishes at Edwards's
Fort, and is killed, 142, 157, 165.
Mercer, Fort, V. 113. Reinforced, 120.
See Red Bank.

MESMER, FREDERIC ANTHONY, reply
to a letter from, on animal magnetism,
IX. 72.

Messages to Congress, XII. 79.
Meteorological Tables, kept at Mount
Vernon, XII. 351.
Method. See System.
Methodist Episcopal Church, address to
the bishops of the, XII. 153.
Miami village and fort, IX. 109. Ta-
ken possession of, by the United
States, XII. 66.

Michilimackinac, taken possession of,
by the United States, XII. 66.
Middlebrook, head-quarters at, IV. 440.
MIDDLETON, HENRY, president of Con-
gress, XII. 420.

Lee

MIFFLIN, THOMAS, appointed quarter-
master-general, III. 68, 104.
cited respecting, 71. Instructions to,
332. Marches thirteen hundred men
to Brooklyn, IV. 68. Visits Philadel
phia to state to Congress the situation
of the army, 190. Ordered to Phila-
delphia, 208. Marches fifteen hun-
dred militia from Pennsylvania to
Trenton, 213. Crosses the Delaware,
249, 251. Joins Washington at Tren-
ton, 258. On confining conscien-
tious loyalists, 321. Appointed major-
general, 329. Tenders his resigna-

His

tion; is chosen member of the new
Board of War, V. 194, 213. Ordered
on a council respecting the campaign
of 1778, 338, 339, 360. Rejoins the
army; the consequent dissatisfaction,
371-373, 406. Inquiry into his con-
duct as quarter-master, 406.
agency in Conway's Cabal, 485, 486,
493, 494, 513, 515, 517; VI. 176. His
disposition towards the Commander-in-
chief, 492. Chosen president of Con-
gress, VIII. 500. His address, upon
the resignation of the Commander-in-
chief, 570. Forwards to Washington
instructions for the Pennsylvania del-
egates in Congress, IX. 10; 539. Ap-
plies for aid to execute the quarantine,
XI. 135, 136.

Mifflin, Fort, V. 71. Forces at, 74,
75, 85. Sickness and unhealthiness
of, 90. Threatened, 92, 94. At-
tacked by the British, 115. Rein-
forced, 120, 131. Measures for guard-
ing in case of an expected surprise,
132. Attacked, 142, 143. Evacuation
of, 151, 154, 173, 180. See FLEURY
and SMITH.

Military Academy, XI. 469, XII. 39, 71.
Military code, defective as to degrees
of punishment and furloughs, VII.

395.

Military power, jealousy respecting,
III. 44, 51.

Military stores, supply of, for the cam-
paign of 1777, IV. 338.
Military treatises, II. 124, III. 154.
Militia, the power of drafting, II. 280.
Leave the army in consequence of
the defeat at Long Island, IV. 72, 86.
Not to be relied upon for a permanent
defence, 72, 104, 113, 137, 204. Per-
nicious influence of, on regular troops,
89, 105. Wasteful habits of, 156, 203.
Dissatisfied, 162. Drafting of, recom-
mended for filling up the Continental
army, V. 97. Commendation of the,
119, 120, 146, 185. Evils of calling
out the, VI. 200. On increasing the
standing pay of the, 244. Objec
tions against employing, and evils
from, VII. 52, 441. Commended, 86,
145. Dismission of, after the block-
ade of the second division of the
French fleet at Brest, 178. How far
valuable, 205, 206. Employment of,
discountenanced, VIII. 143. To be
held in readiness to put down the
Pennsylvania insurgents, XII. 47.
March against them, 48. The devis-
ing and establishing of a well-regu-
lated, urged, 51, 60, 74, 80. To be
called forth if necessary for the de-
tention of vessels, 102.

MILLER, Lieutenant Colonel, his exer-
tions to suppress the mutiny in the
New Jersey line, VII. 564.
Miller's Run, private difficulties with
settlers on, XII. 287.

MILNE, an Englishman, encourages
cotton manufactures in America, IX.

470.

MINGO. See WHITE MINGO.
Mingo Town, II. 520, 521, 522, 532.
Miniature engravings of military char-
acters, IX. 100.

Minisink settlement, VI. 113.
Ministers to foreign countries, on the
Senate's agency in sending, X. 479
On the President's power to appoint.
during the recess of Congress, XI.
131, 484, 486. List of, during Wash-
ington's administration, XII. 433.
MINOT, GEORGE RICHARDS, his History
of the Insurrections in Massachusetts,
IX. 417, 422, XII. 297.

Mint, importance of the, XII. 24.
Measures taken respecting the, 32
Coinage commenced at, 53. Further
legislative provisions for the, neces-
sary, 63.

Minute-men, the Virginia militia exer
cised as, III. 152. In Massachusetts,
486.

MIRABEAU, Count de, IX. 147, 255
Addresses the National Assembly of
France upon the death of Franklin,
X. 133. Charges against, 142.
MIRALLES, DON JUAN DE, an unofficial
agent of the Spanish government, VI.
186. Ordered to exert his influence
with Congress against Fast Florida,
424, 475. Facts respecting his au-
thority, 477. Death of, VIÏ. 27, 30.
Mississippi River, French fortifications
on the, in 1753, II. 434. Difficulties
about the navigation of the, IX. 115,
119, 473. Emigration to the, 119
The navigation of, as connected with
a treaty with Spain, 172, 180, 205,
215, 261, 340, 473, X. 74, 191, 426;
483. Unfounded suspicions as to the
policy in regard to the, XII. 221.
Settlement on the, not desirable, 303.
Mogadore, American vessel released at,

X. 61.

Mohawk River, V. 37. Ravages com-
mitted there, by Indians and Tories,
VII. 281, 286. Visited by the Com-
mander-in-chief; enemy's incursion
down the, in 1782, VIII. 316.
MONACATOOCHA, an Indian sachem, II.
24. Assists in the action with Jn-
monville's party, 32. Goes to gain
over four tribes of Indians, 44. Visit
ed in the tour to the Ohio, in 1753,
426, 433, 438.

Monarchical government, remarks on,
IX. 189, 247.

MONCKTON, a British colonel, killed at
Monmouth, V. 428, 429.

Money, wanted for the troops, III. 21,
167. Entire deficiency of, 104. Delay
in signing, 173, 178. Borrowed for
the army, 283. Scarcity of, IV. 77,
V. 142, 244, VII. 9, 65, 323, 325.
Want of, for secret services, VIII.
136. Solicited from France, 224. To-
tal want of, and consequent discon-
tents in the army, 353. See Loans.
Monmouth, loss of a militia guard at,
IV. 326. Position of the British army
at, V. 419, 424. Battle at, 421, 425,
431, 432, 552. Loss at, 428, 429, 433,
436.

Monocosy River, II. 183. The country
above the, exposed to the Indians, 187.
Monongahela, battle of the. See BRAD-

DOCK.

MONROE, JAMES, Major, his letter to
Lord Stirling, cited, VI. 263. On the
appointment of an envoy extraordi-
nary to the court of Great Britain,
X. 400, 557. Appointed minister to
France, 406. His reception there, 449.
Purport of letters written to, as pre-
pared by the President, 474. His
communications to the National Con-
vention, XI. 5. Cited respecting
Madame de Lafayette, 29. Instruc-
tions to, about the Medusa, 68. His
recall from France, 130, 140-144, 163,
212, 483, 485, 519, 526. His repre-
sentations in reply to complaints of
the French government, 157, 488.
Written to, about a letter to Gouver-
neur Morris, 164; 212. Remarks on
his" View of the Conduct of the Ex-
ecutive," 228, 504.

MONTAGU, British captain of the ship
Mercury, V. 27.

MONTGAILLARD, quoted respecting Ju-
monville, II. 448.

MONTGOMERY, RICHARD, III. 8. Brig-
adier-general, 23. His troubles with
his troops, 132, 180. Takes Montreal;
exertions of, to ally Canada to the
Colonies; to enlist Canadians, 174.
Complains of the want of a committee
from Congress, 180. Inclined to quit
the service, 209. Joins Arnold; troops
under, 219, 220. The death and bu-
rial of, 248, 264. Removal of his re-
mains to New York, 265. Behaviour
of the men under, 277. Principal
cause of the defeat of, 278. Succeed-
ed by Wooster, 322.
MONTGOMERY, Colonel, in Forbes's ex-
pedition, II. 318, 319. His successes
and defeat, 333.

Montgomery, Fort, on the Hudson
River, III. 469. To be put in a
strong state for defence, 1V. 409.
River obstructed at, by a boom; ta-
ken, 416; V. 28. Captured with Fort
Clinton, 91, 104, 105, 471. Vessels
lost at, 92, 475. Evacuated by the
British, 123, 131. Called Fort Vaugh-
an, 131. Inquiry respecting the loss
of, 280, 283, 284, 413. Inconvenience
about the command there, 24. See
PUTNAM.

MONTOUR, ANDREW, an Indian agent
and interpreter, II. 42, 43, 108, 110.
Montreal, orders to General Schuyler
respecting the taking of, III. 41.
Preparations against, 60. Surrenders,
207. Hazen left with the command
at, 361. Commissioners arrive at, 390.
MONTRESOR, aid to Lieutenant-General
Howe, IV. 105.

Montresor's Island, British troops trans-
ported to, IV. 92, 94. Unsuccessful
descent upon, by an American party,

136.

MOORE, JAMES, appointed brigadier-
general, and ordered to the Southern
Department, III. 294, 319. Com-
mands at the action of Moore's Creek
Bridge, IV. 78.

Moore's Creek Bridge, action at, IV. 78.
MORGAN, DANIEL, captain of a Virginia
rifle company; expeditious march of,
III. 100. In Arnold's expedition, 111,
Recommended to Congress, IV. 124.
Colonel; ordered to take post at Van
Vechten's to watch and annoy the
enemy, 461. Drives the Hessian
picket at Brunswic; bravery of, com-
mended, 471. Ordered to hang on
the flank of the enemy, 475. To join
the Northern army, V. 29, 30, 37.
Joins the main army, 74, 124. Part
of his corps reinforces Greene, and the
remainder prevented by want of shoes,
167.

Harasses the enemy at Ches-
nut Hill, 181. Pursues the enemy
from Philadelphia, 415. To gain the
enemy's right flank, 417, 420-424.
Left to harass the enemy, 428, 430.
General; his victory over Colonel
Tarleton, VII. 415. Escapes from
Cornwallis, and crosses the Yadkin
with his prisoners, 438. Thanks to,
omitted, VIII. 18. Commended, X.
427. Goes against the Pennsylvania
insurgents, 439. Directions to, about
the army, XI. 25. Assistance of, soli-
cited, 427; XII. 213.

MORGAN, JOHN, Dr., director of the
hospital, III. 167.

MORGAN, a patriotic soldier, anecdote
of, VIII. 152.

MORGANN, M., Congress refuses a pass-
port for, VIII. 296, 537.
Morocco, Emperor of, treaty with, X.
60. Death of, 144.

Morocco, Emperor of, (the son,) X. 144.
Treaty negotiating with; presents
made to, XI. 84, XII. 57, 101, 107.
MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR, III. 8. Mem-
ber of Congress; on a committee to
confer with the Commander-in-chief,
398. Visits camp on a committee, V.
213.

Drafts instructions for Gates,
334. Cited respecting Gates's powers,
338; respecting a council of war,
and keeping secrets, 339; on the
affairs of the army and the half-pay
establishment, 340, 370. Drafts the
report in relation to the Conciliatory
Bills, 344. Remarks on his three
questions about the enemy's prose-
cuting the war, their continuing on
the continent, and the impeding of
their departure, VI. 80. Writes es-
says on the finances of the United
States, 251. His appointment to meet
commissioners in relation to prisoners,
VIII. 216, 249, 260, 264, 277, 334.
On coinage, IX. 125. Desires Wash-
ington to attend the general conven-
tion, 239. Goes to Europe, 448, 449.
Cited respecting the candidate for the
presidency, 451. To make inquiries
about the non-fulfilment of the treaty
with Great Britain and about the for-
mation of a commercial treaty, X 43.
His appointment as minister plenipo-
tentiary to France, 216, 503. On the
politics of the King and Queen of
France, 238. Directions to, concern-
ing the French debt, and about La-
fayette, 322

His recall from France,
404, 406, 416. Letter to, on political
affairs, XI. 99, 165, 172, 206. Solicits
the release of Lafayette, 491; XII.
91. His agency in forming the Fed-
eral Constitution, 398.

MORRIS, ROBERT, cited on local preju-
dices in the army, IV. 237. Member
of a committee to remain in Phila-
delphia, 253, 256, 552. Cited on fu-
ture prospects, 339; on Lee's request
respecting a committee, 343. His
agency at the battle of Trenton, 545.
Cited upon the French treaty, and
independence, V. 353. His appoint-
ment as Superintendent of Finance,
and first exertions in behalf of the
army, VII. 399, VIII. 66, 67, 71. Is
vested with power to dispose of the
specific supplies, 103. Requested to
furnish information about transports
for the army for Virginia, 122. On a
committee to consult for the cam-

paign of 1782, 142. Requested to
aid in obtaining vessels for the trans-
portation of troops, and to procure
stores and money, 148; to furnish La-
fayette with a conveyance to France,
207. His circulars to the States as
financier, 227. Persuades Thomas
Paine to revive "The Crisis," 345. On
three months' pay to the army, 436.
Cited respecting Tench Tilghman,
IX. 169. Purchases lands, X. 151.
MORRIS, ROBERT HUNTER, governor
of Pennsylvania, II. 79. Differs with
the Pennsylvania Assembly; has no
power to sanction bills taxing the
Proprietaries' estates, 122. Commis-
sions Franklin to superintend the
building of forts on the Pennsylvania
frontiers, 123.

See

MORRIS, ROGER, aid to General Brad-
dock, II. 83. Wounded at Braddock's
defeat, 86, 88, 471.
MORRIS, General, IV. 42.
MORRIS, Major, wounded in the skir-
mish near Chesnut Hill, V. 181.
Morrisania, expedition against, VII.
356, 357, 385, 392, 393, 415.
DELANCEY and HULL.
Morris's House near Haerlem, situation
of; head-quarters at, IV. 93.
Morristown, head-quarters of the Amer-
ican army, IV. 264. Becomes again
the head-quarters, 482. New Jersey
troops moved to, VII. 406.
Moses Creek, near Fort Edward, North-
ern army moves to, IV. 503.
MOULTRIE, WILLIAM, Colonel, com-
mands on Sullivan's Island, IV. 27.
General, V. 453. Proposition to ex-
change, for Lord Rawdon, VIII. 238.
Governor of South Carolina, X. 366,
XII. 281.

Moultrie, Fort, IV. 27.
Mount Vernon. See Vernon.
MOUSTIER, Count de, successor of Lu
zerne, arrives in America, IX. 314,
320. On the etiquette observed to-
wards, 336, 439, 448. His visit to
Mount Vernon, and travels in Ameri-
ca, IX. 438, 448, 453. On the mode
of intercourse to be pursued between
him and the President, X. 11, 469.
His return to France, 38, 46. Cited,
118. Minister from France to the
Prussian court, 186.

MowAT, H., Lieutenant, a British offi-
cer, burns Falmouth, III. 130. Prob-
able cause for doing it, 522.
MOYLAN, STEPHEN, III. 166. Com-
missary, 257. Aid to the Command-
er-in-chief, 309. To command a regi-
ment of dragoons, IV. 293. To make
inquiry respecting officers, V. 315.