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
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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
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
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