Adams, Captain, commands the "War-
ren," 21

Albany, freedom of, presented to Wash-
ington, 266; Washington receives and
answers an address from the Mayor
of, 266

Alden, Col. Ichabod, killed at Cherry
Valley, 144

Allen, Ethan, account of his attack on
Montreal, his capture, 20

Alliance, frigate, arrival of, at Boston,
187

Alliance with France, celebration of
conclusion of treaty of, 128; anni-
versary of, celebrated, 151, 152, 287
American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
Washington elected a member of the,
213

American Philosophical Society, Wash-
ington elected a member of the, 174;
Washington receives and answers ad-
dresses from the, 253, 317
André, Major John, capture, trial, and
death of, 192, 193

Annapolis, reception to Washington at,
249; public dinner given to Wash-
ington at, 319; Washington resigns
his commission at, 320, 321
Appleby, Joseph, Washington's head-
quarters at house of, 226
Appleton, Rev. Nathaniel, 22
Arbuthnot, Admiral, arrives at New
York with troops, 165
Armstrong, Major John, author of the
"Newburgh Addresses," 290
Army, main Continental, strength of, 9,
12, 28, 38, 51, 63, 70, 71, 73, 82, 94,
101, 129, 227, 247; condition of, in
May, 1781, 217; Washington con-
gratulates the, on the successes in S.
Carolina, 222; position of, before
Yorktown, 241, 242; discontent in
the, 279, 289; the last cantonment
of the, 281; gradual falling away of
the, 299; discharged from service,
306, 308

Arnold, Col. Benedict (afterward Gen-

eral), commands the detachment to
penetrate into Canada, 15, 16;

Bache, Mrs. Sarah, 149, 204
Baltimore, reception given to Washing-
ton at, 238, 239; Washington receives
and answers an address from the
citizens of, 318; public dinner given
to Washington at, 318

Barclay, Thomas, note regarding, 60;
house of, 61

Barnes, Major John, Washington's head-
quarters at house of, 64

Barras, Count de, arrives at Newport,
218; joins Count de Grasse, 240
Beers, Isaac, house of, 7

Bennington, account of the victory at,
84

Berkeley house, 60

Berrien, Judge, Washington's head-
quarters at house of, at Rocky Hill,
304

Bethlehem, Pa., during the Revolution,
270

Billings, Capt., killed in the mutiny at
Morristown, 203

Birdsall, Daniel, Washington's head-
quarters at house of, at Peekskill,
185
Blanchard, Claude, opinion of Washing-
ton by, 209; dines with Washington
at Peekskill, 224
Boston, assault on, strongly urged by

Washington, 28, 29; evacuation of,
by the British, 32; small-pox in, 33;
Washington receives and answers an
address from the Selectmen of, 36
Boudinot, Elias, address to Washington,
as President of Congress, 304
Bowdoin, James, Washington dines with,

32

Bowen, Jabez, Washington is enter-
tained while at Providence at house
of, 212

Brandywine battle of, 88

Brinckerhoff, Col. John, Washington's
head-quarters at Fishkill, at house of,

141

Bristol, R. I., an account of Washing-

ton's passing through, 210
Brodhead, Col. Daniel, attacks the
Mingo and Muncy tribes of Indians,
158

Broglie, Prince de, description of the
army at Verplanck's Point by, 277
Broughton, Nicholas, first naval captain
commissioned by Washington, 21
Buck Tavern, location of, 90
Burgoyne, Genl., and his whole army
surrender, 99; anniversary of the
surrender of, celebrated at Fredericks-
burg by the army, 143

Cadwalader, General John, at Cross-
wicks, 65

Caldwell, Mrs. James, shot by a British
soldier, 179

Canada, expedition planned to pene-
trate into, 15; regiments to be raised
for the expedition to, 26; account of
the invasion of, 44; irruption into,
abandoned, 117; invasion of, aban-
doned, 148

Cape's Tavern, situation of, 314
Cards, see Gaming

Carleton, Sir Guy, attacks General
Arnold on Lake Champlain, 54; in-
forms Washington of his arrival in
New York, 262; in conference with
Washington at Dobbs' Ferry, 295
Caswell, Col. Richard, 35

Champe, John, sent to capture Arnold,

196

Charleston, the surrender of, to Sir
Henry Clinton, 179; evacuation of,
by the British, 286

Chastellux, Marquis de, visits Washing-
ton at Preakness, 197; his impression
of Washington, 197, 198; entertained
by Washington at dinner, 198; pen-
portrait of Washington by, 198, 199;
entertained by Washington at New
Windsor, 201; bids a final farewell to
Washington at Newburgh, 283; de-

Clinton, General Sir Henry, lands on
Staten Island, 46; capture of, de-
sired by Washington, 121; Charles-
ton surrenders to, 179; failure of an
attempt to capture, 202

Clinton, General James, joins General
Sullivan against the Indians, 158
Cobble Hill, fortifications at, 21; can-
nonade commenced at American works
on, 30

Coit, Captain, commands the "Harri-
son," 21

College of New Jersey, Washington at-

tends the annual commencement of,
305; makes a contribution to the,
305
Conciliatory Bills of Lord North, 126,
127

Concorde, frigate, arrives at Newport
from Count de Grasse, 231
Congress, committees of, in camp, 19,
52, 118, 178, 203; Washington attends,
39, 147, 148, 150, 252, 304; Washing-
ton receives and answers an address
from the President of, 251, 252, 304;
proclamation of, for a cessation of
hostilities, 294

Constitution Island, 55, 56
Continental Army, first raised, 25
Conway Cabal, earliest public record
bearing on the subject of the, 104
Cooke, Governor Nicholas, 20, 36
Cornwallis, Lord, lands on Staten Island,
46; sails from Philadelphia to Eng-
land, December 19, 1777, 118; re-
turns to America June 6, 1778, 118;
returns from a visit to England, 164;

expedition determined upon to cap-
ture, and his army, 232
Council of War, at Cambridge, 10, 13,
17, 19, 26, 28, 29; at Roxbury, 32; at
Brooklyn, 48; at New York, 49, 50; at
Kingsbridge, 53; at White Plains, 55;
at Trenton, 65; at Neshaminy Camp,
84; at Pennybacker's Mills, 94; at
Whitpain, 101; at Whitemarsh, 106;
at Valley Forge, 128, 131; at Hope-
well, N. J., 133; at West Point, 203
Cowpens, battle of, 206

Crown Point, General Sullivan arrives
at, 43

Culper, a spy employed by Washington,

160

Custis, John Parke, arrives with Mrs.
Washington at Cambridge, 22; death
of, 247

Danbury, the British set fire to stores
and dwellings in, 72

Dauphin of France, birth of, celebrated
at West Point, 264, 265; at Philadel-
phia, 268

Day's Tavern, Harlem, Washington's
head-quarters at, 311, 312

Deane, Silas, Washington at house
of, 8

Deane, Simeon, bearer of despatches
containing the treaties between France
and the United States, 127
Declaration of Independence proclaimed
before the army, 43; anniversary of,
celebrated by the army at New Bruns-
wick, 136; at New Windsor, 160; at
West Point, 267

Delaware, the frigate, captured by the
British, 95

D'Estaing, Count, arrival of the fleet of,
138; opinion given by, of Washing-
ton, 139
Destouches, Chevalier, sails from New-
port for the Chesapeake, 213; returns
to Newport after an engagement with
Admiral Arbuthnot, 214

De Wint House, Washington's head-
quarters at Tappan, 186

Dey, Col. Theunis, Washington's head-
quarters at Preakness, at house of, 181,

194

Digby, Admiral, Washington authorizes
an attempt to capture, 259
Donop, Count, wounded and taken pris-
oner, 100

Dorchester Heights, Americans take pos-
session of, 31

Douglas House, council of war held at
the, 65

Doylestown, Pa., location and description
of, 133

Drinker, Mrs. Henry, record of a visit
to Valley Forge, April 6, 1778, 125
Dumas, Count, quoted, 204; account of
Washington's reception at Providence
by, 211

Dunlap, William, Washington sits to,
for his portrait, 306

Dunmore, Lord, cannonades the town of
Norfolk, 28; arrives in New York, 47
Du Ponceau, Peter S., impressions of,
upon first seeing Washington, 120
Dutch Reformed Church at Raritan,
Washington receives and answers an
address from the, 158

Elizabethtown, the British destroy prop-
erty at, 173

Ellison, William, house of, Washington's
head-quarters at New Windsor, 160,

200

Emlen, George, Washington's head-
quarters at house of, at Whitemarsh,
103

Enlistment of deserters and prisoners,
Washington's disapproval of, 261
Enlistments, the duration of the war
attributed to temporary, 195

Enos, Col. Roger, 16

Erving, Mr., Washington dines at the
house of, 32

Eutaw Springs, battle of, 242

Fairfield, the British destroy, 162
Falmouth, Maine, account of the de-
struction of, 19

Farewell Address, Washington's, to the
armies of the United States, 308
"Father of his Country," earliest ap-
plication of the epithet, applied to
Washington, 211

Ferguson, Major Patrick, killed, 197
Fersen, Count de, description of Wash-
ington by, 190

First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry,
escorts Washington, 6, 7, 258, 316, 318;
letter from Washington to, 67, 68

Flag, Union, displayed for the first time,

25

Flagg, Major, killed by Tories, 218
Ford, Col. Jacob, Washington's head-
quarters at house of the widow of,
169

Fort Clinton, taken by Sir Henry Clin-
ton, 103; abandoned by order of Genl.
Howe, 103

Fort Lee, Washington present at the
laying out of, 45; abandoned by the
Americans, 57

Fort Mercer, attack on, by the Hessians,
100; evacuated by the Americans,
105

Fort Mifflin, evacuated by the Ameri-
cans, 105

Fort Montgomery, taken by Sir Henry
Clinton, 103; abandoned by order of
Genl. Howe, 103
Fort Moultrie, 46

Fort Sullivan, the British attack, 46
Fort Washington, surrender of, 56, 57
France, treaty with, celebration of the
conclusion of the, 128; anniversary
of, celebrated, 151, 152, 287
France donates money to the United
States, 221, 222

Franklin, Benjamin, 19
Fraunce's Tavern, Washington's quarters

in New York at, 313; Governor Clin-
ton gives a public dinner at, 313;
Washington takes leave of the officers
of the army at, 315

French army leaves Newport, 225;
joins the American army at Phillips-
burg, 226; at Verplanck's Point, 273;
sails from Boston, 284

French fleet, arrival of Count d'Estaing
with the, 138

Friends, committee of, from Phila., pre-
sent Washington with the Society's
"testimony," against war, 96; Wash-
ington's objections to the general
meetings of the, 122

Frog's Point, British land at, 52, 53
Furloughs, resolution of Congress in
reference to, 297

Gage, Genl. Thomas, returns to Eng-
land, 18

Gaming, Washington issues orders
against all kinds of, 29, 52, 72, 73
Gates, Genl. Horatio, 36; supersedes
Genl. Sullivan, 44; appointed to com-
mand the army in the northern de-
partment, 81; appointed to the com-
mand of the southern army, 196;
defeated by Cornwallis at Camden,
S. C., and removed from command,
196; rejoins the army at Verplanck's
Point, 279

Gérard, M., visits the camp at Middle-
brook, 155; his opinion of Washing-
ton, 157

Germantown, battle of, 95; Congress
thanks the officers and men who were
at the, 97

Gill, Moses, 8

Gleason, Capt., killed at battle of Harlem
Heights, 50

Goddard, William, publisher of the
"Queries, Political and Military," 164
Grasse, Count de, arrival of, in Chesa-
peake Bay, 237; Washington visits,
240, 246