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ROCHAMBEAU, Count de, VII. 39.
His correspondence with Vergennes;
with the Commander-in-chief, upon
his arrival in America, sends him a
copy of his instructions, and an ac-
count of his voyage, VII. 110–112,
477-506, 511. His personal inter-
view with Washington at Hartford,
119, 172, 192, 199, 203, 207, 208,
212, 228, 250, 300, 301, 319, 322, 372,
407. Clinton's expedition against,
126-128, 132, 133, 143. Commenda-
tion of his measures, 143. Commends
Heath, 155. On Lafayette's proposed
expedition against New York, 171.
Warned of Clinton's movements, 182.
Visited by Indians, 183; his address
to them, 184. Informed of Arnold's
treason, 218. His disposition of his
troops for the winter, 319. His opin-
ion of Marquis de Castries, 324. De-
clines propositions for cooperating
with the Spanish, 329, 374. Cited
respecting the coming of vessels from
Brest, and a change in the French
ministry, 339. Offers to send land
forces against Arnold, 404. Proposals
to, respecting a combination of forces
against Arnold, 410, 419, 425, 434,
461. Cited about movements against
Arnold, and Tilly's return to New-
port, 426, 428, 429, 444. His inter-
view with Washington at Newport,
446. Consulted about an expedition
against Lloyd's Neck, VIII. 3. Will
furnish troops for an expedition
against Penobscot, 8, 10. On an in-
tercepted letter of the Commander-
in-chief, 29. On Count de Barras
and his arrival, 40, 64. Instructions
to, from France, 41. His interview
with Washington at Weathersfield,
40, 48, 50, 54, 59, 60-62, 64, 77, 120,
517. Displeased with Chastellux's
letter to Luzerne, 60. Despatches
a vessel to Count de Grasse in the
West Indies; Mémoires of, cited re-
specting the proposed operation in the
Chesapeake, 76. His progress toward
the American army and junction with
it, 81, 84, 86, 87, 96, 98-100. On
his recruits, 82. Approves Lafay.
ette's conduct in Virginia, 101. Goes
to Philadelphia, 140. Loans 20,000
hard dollars for the payment of the
American troops, 150. Arrives at
Mount Vernon, 157. Has an inter-
view with Count de Grasse, 162. His
assistance at the siege of Yorktown,
178, 183, 516. Thanks, and two
pieces of field-ordnance voted to, by
Congress, 184, 237, 368. Makes his
head-quarters at Williamsburg, 198.

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Is willing to advance Lauzun's legion
to the southward, 236, 242, 258. Ac-
knowledgments made to, by Virginia,
238. Invited to Mount Vernon, 259.
Officers under, rewarded in France,
289. His interview with Washing-
ton at Philadelphia, 314, 321, 322,
326, 328. His march to Baltimore
and continuance there, 322, 331. His
junction with the American army on
the North River, 332, 340, 345. Ac-
companies the French army to Prov-
idence, 365. His departure from the
United States, 368. Appointed to
the government of Picardy, IX. 56;
149; 359; 465; X. 38. At his coun-
try-seat near Vendôme, 208.
ROCHAMBEAU, Colonel, (son of the
Count,) despatched to France, after
the conference at Hartford, to make
known the result, and the wants of
the Americans, VII. 319. Brings de-
spatches from France to his father,
VIII. 47, 64.

ROCHEFONTAINE, a French officer, dis-
possessed of his quarters, VI. 450.
ROCKINGHAM, Marquis of, political ef
fects of his death, VIII. 344, 349,

359.

RODNEY, CESAR, Brigadier-General,
commendatory letter to, upon his
leaving the service, IV. 34; 526.
Commander of the Delaware militia;
directions to, upon the enemy's land-
ing near the Head of Elk, V. 46.
RODNEY, Admiral, reinforces the Brit-
ish fleet, VII. 239.
ROGERS, DANIEL, XII. 240.
ROGERS, ROBERT, Major, President
Wheelock's statements respecting,
III. 208, 244. His solicitation of a pass-
port from the Commander-in-chief,
209. Suspected, 439. Ordered to
New Hampshire, 440. Joins the Brit-
ish and raises troops on Long Island,
IV. 128, 520. Appointed colonel;
commands the Queen's Rangers;
sends out enlisting orders, 521. Ex-
pedition against, 524, 526.
Rollers used, XII. 332.

Roman Catholics, address to, XII. 177.
Ross, JAMES, senator in Congress, con-
sulted about the sale of western lands,
XII. 317.

Ross, Major, a British commissioner at
Yorktown, VIII. 532.
Rotheram plough, commended, XII.
284.

ROUERIE, Marquis de la. See ARMAND.
Roxbury Neck, troops at, III. 18, 39, 54.
Royal American Regiment, raised, II.
168; 189. Employed in Forbes's ex-
pedition, 289.

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RUDULPH, JOHN, Captain, VI. 333,
Brevet rank and pay of captain given
to, 377.

RUGGLES, TIMOTHY, Brigadier-General,
commands the Loyal American Asso-
ciators, III. 162.

RUMSEY, JAMES, is engaged in con-
structing a steamboat, IX. 104, X.
139. Dies suddenly in London, 139;
XII. 279.

RUSH, BENJAMIN, sent to take care of
American prisoners after the battle
of the Brandywine, V. 63. Brings
charges against Dr. Shippen, 292.
RUSSELL, BENJAMIN, his letter con-
cerning the President's visit to Bos-
ton, X. 491.

RUSSELL, Lieutenant-Colonel, com-
mands at Fort Mifflin after Smith is
wounded, V. 155. At Germantown,
468.

Russia, Empress of, proposes to act as
mediatress for a general peace, VIII.
71. Her request for an Indian vocab-
ulary, IX. 165, 195, 213, 241, 249,
301, 306.

Russian troops, promised to the British,
but not furnished, V. 159.

RUTHERFORD, ROBERT, Lieutenant, de-
feated, II. 167.

RUTLEDGE, EDWARD, member of the
first Board of War, III. 429. On a
committee of Congress to hold a con-
ference with Lord Howe, IV. 88.
Urges a combined attack on Charles-
ton, VIII. 174. Declines the ap-
pointment of associate judge, X. 165.
Recommended for the Provisional ar-
my, XI. 322.

RUTLEDGE, JOHN, governor of South
Carolina, requested to cooperate in
the reduction of St. Augustine, IV.
366; VI. 201; VII. 201. Vehemently
opposes the release of Cornwallis from
parole, VIII. 334. Appointed asso-
ciate justice of the Supreme Court, X.
51. Resignation of, 164. Appointed
chief justice of the Supreme Court,
XI. 33.

Rye, price of, in Virginia, XII. 294.
Ryswick, treaty of, referred to, II. 430.

S.

Saddles, price of, VI. 80.

Safe conduct granted to the baggage,
surgeons, and medicines for the Hes-
sian prisoners, IV. 268.
SAFFORD, SAMUEL, Lieutenant-Colo-
nel, VII. 270.

Sag Harbour, Meigs's expedition to,
IV. 441.

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ST. CLAIR, ARTHUR, appointed briga-
dier-general, IV. 32. Major-general,
329. Performs the duties of adjutant-
general, 372. At Ticonderoga, 484.
Takes upon himself the responsibility
for the loss of Ticonderoga, 491, 492.
Should justify himself, 499. Inquiry
into the conduct of, V. 23, 25, 61, 86.
To be consulted, 71, 157; 163. Un-
easy about the delay of his trial, 385.
Despatched to Elizabethtown, VI. 452.
A commissioner for exchange of pris-
oners, 483. Effects of his suspension
after the loss of Ticonderoga, VII.
152. Ordered to the command at
West Point, 222, 223, 544, 545. To
move troops to the main army, 233.
Aids against the mutiny in the Penn-
sylvania line, 362-365, 375. Ordered
to aid Lafayette with troops in the
expedition against Arnold, 423; to
march the Pennsylvania line to the
southward, VII. 436; to send the
recruits for the Pennsylvania line
against Cornwallis, VIII. 161. De-
tached to the southward; instruc-
tions to, 193, 198; IX. 127. Gover-

nor of the Northwestern Territory, X.
91; 122, 125. Expedition of, against
the western Indians, 142, 154. His
defeat, 222, 225. Inquiry respecting
the failure of the expedition of, order-
ed, 228. Resigns his command, 248.
Permitted to go to Pennsylvania on
private business, 261. President of
Congress, XII. 420.
ST. CLAIR, SIR JOHN, II. 129. Quar-
termaster of Forbes's army, 282. De-
spatches Washington to the Virginia
Council to represent the wants of the
troops, 285. Wounded at Braddock's
defeat, 471.

St. Croix River, commissioners meet
for determining the, XII. 66.
St. Domingo. See Hispaniola.
St. Eustatia, surprised, and recaptured
by France, VIII. 225.

ST. JOHN, HECTOR. See CRÈVECœur.
St. John's, III. 41. Preparations against,
60. Americans land near, and are
driven back, 110. Invested, 132. Sur-
renders, 165. Prisoners taken at, IV.

548.

St. John's Island, descent upon, by
Broughton and Sellman, III. 193.
St. Lucia, V. 550, VI. 60.
ST. OUARY, a French volunteer, made
prisoner, V. 184.

ST. PIERRE, LEGARDEUR DE, com-
mander of the Fort at Le Boœuf, II.

441. Uses artifice to detain the In-
dians, 443.

ST. SIMON, Marquis de, commander of
troops from the West Indies, VIII.
156, 523. Commended for his as-
sistance in the siege at Yorktown,
178. Leaves the Chesapeake with his
troops, 197. Writes on the business
of the Society of Cincinnati, IX.
129.

St. Vincent's, Fort, capitulation of, VI.
316.

Salem, address to the inhabitants of,
XII. 204.

Salt springs, discovered in the western
country, II. 377.

SALTONSTALL, DUDLEY, a naval captain,
summoned before Congress, III. 353.
Sandusky, Lower, Indian treaty at, X.
328, 335.

Saratoga, militia ordered to rendezvous

at, IV. 500. Northern army retires

to, V. 23. See BURGOYNE.

SARGENT, PAUL DUDLEY, Colonel, at
Boston, III. 456.

SARTINE, French minister of marine,
resignation of, VII. 324, 339.
SAVAGE, EDWARD, takes a portrait of
Washington for Harvard College, X.
64.

Savannah, British expedition against,
VI. 101, 191. Americans and French
attack, are repulsed, and raise the
siege of, 400, 409, 410, 415. Address
to the Hebrew congregation of, XII.
185; to the mayor and aldermen of, 197.
SAYRE, STEPHEN, letters of, found by
General Howe, III. 186.
Is com-

mitted to the Tower, bailed, and ac-
quitted, 242.

SCAMMELL, ALEXANDER, Colonel, his
resignation of the office of adjutant-
general; takes command of his regi-
ment, VII. 314, 321, 347. Ordered
to disperse a party of refugees at Fort
Lee, VIII. 46, 47; 90.

Schoharie, destruction of, VII. 271,
286. Destruction of grain at, 286.
SCHUYLER, PHILIP, appointed major-
general, III. 6; 8. Appointed to the
command of the New York depart-
ment, 11. Orders to, respecting St.
John's and Montreal, 41. His dis-
couragements, 60, 62, 132. Leaves
Crown Point, 85. Sick, and leaves
the army, 119. Importance of his
expedition, 134. His conduct in re-
gard to Wooster, approved, 143. On
the state and impatience of his troops,
191. Purposes to retire from the
army, 191, 209, 243. Visited by Cagh-
nawaga Indians, 245. His proposi-

tion for reinforcements laid before a
council of war at Cambridge, 249.

Continues in the service, 250. False
charges against him and others, 396,
535. Despatches Colonel Dayton to
secure Sir John Johnson, 410. Ad-
vised to make an alliance with In-
dians, 417, 419. Orders to, after the
defeat of General Thompson, 436.
To employ Indians, IV. 24. To keep
Burgoyne and Carleton at bay, 156.
To send troops to New Jersey, 192.
Leaves Philadelphia to resume the
command of the Northern Depart-
ment, 453. Has small forces to op-
pose Burgoyne, 486. Inability to
grant his requests, 488, 491. On the
evacuation of Fort Anne, and his in-
ability to oppose the enemy, 492. On
the evacuation and condition of Fort

George, 494. Impedes Burgoyne's
march, V. 2. Is superseded; his pa-
triotism and unwearied services, 14.
Has the command of the northern
army at the time of the battle of Ben-
nington, 15. His conduct in the
Northern Department inquired into,
23, 25, 244. Commissioner of Indian
affairs, 273. His trial and acquittal,
VI. 84, 145. On the Canada expedi-
tion of 1778-9, 114, 145. Requested
to command the northern army, 153.
Resignation of, 167. Takes his seat
in Congress, 378, 409. On proceed-
ings in Congress about an inquiry
into Greene's conduct, VII. 5. On
a committee to effect reforms and
changes in the army, 15. On a com-
mittee of coöperation in regard to the
American and French forces, 34, 47,
50, 80. Questions to, respecting op-
erations against the enemy, 48. Ef-
fects of his suspension after the loss
of Ticonderoga, 152. On the appoint-
ment of a minister of war, 460. On
the understanding between the lead-
ers of Vermont and British officers,
and the independence of that State,
VIII. 42, 43. His success against an
attempt made to seize him, 129. Is
furnished with a guard, 129, 231. His
sentiments as to the conduct to be
pursued towards the Indians, after the
war, 477; IX. 15; 42. Written to, by
Washington, at the time of entering
upon the presidency, X. 2.
Schuyler, Fort, V. 3. Reinforced, siege
raised, 37, 38. Provisions ordered to,
265; 286; VI. 236. Importance of;
provisions thrown into, VII. 64, 65,
82, 262, 280, 282. Troops ordered to,
131. Well garrisoned, 271. Aban-
doned, VIII. 56, 57. Visited by the
Commander-in-chief, 467, 469, 488.
Formerly Fort Stanwix, 488. Indian
treaty at, IX. 448.

Schuylkill, redoubts on the, V. 60.
Enemy's redoubt at the mouth of, at-
tacked, 90.

SCOLLAY, JOHN, III. 531.
SCOLLAY, WILLIAM, XI. 42.
Scotch Highlanders, III. 409, 411. Ta-
ken in transports, 432, 439. Make
good settlers, XII. 304.
Scotch Plains, question about occupy-
ing, considered, IV. 304.
SCOTT, CHARLES, appointed brigadier-
general, IV. 373. Detached to hang
on the flank of the enemy, 475. Fa-
vors an attack on Philadelphia, V.
168. To gall the enemy's left flank
and rear, 417, 423. Stationed at Bed-
ford; officers under, threaten to re-
sign, VI. 102. Recruits in Virginia;
ordered to Carolina, 261, 262. Check
against the liberation of, VIII. 240.
SCOTT, JOHN MORIN, general of mili-
tia, leads a division of Heath's army
toward New York, IV. 280, 308.
SCULL, PETER, brigade-major, his qual-
ifications for the office of adjutant-
general, V. 158.

Scythes, militia ordered to arm them-
selves with, IV. 42.
SEAGROVE, JAMES, charged with a ne-
gotiation in Florida respecting fugi-
tive slaves, X. 162. His despatches
to the President, 265, 267, 278, 291.
Seamen, act passed by Congress for the
relief of, and agents appointed, XII.
67. See Marines.

De-

SEARS, ISAAC, Captain, III. 226.
spatched to Connecticut for volun-
teers to secure New York, 232. Tem-
porary adjutant-general to collect vol-
unteers in Connecticut, 295.
Seeds from Europe, XII. 284, 286, 292,
355. Should be procured in season,
290. On sowing and planting, 291.
Should never be put into the hold of
a vessel, 332. Sowed, 380.
SEGUR, Count de, V. 445, 447. Visits
the Commander-in-chief, VIII. 358.
French minister at the court of St.
Petersburg, X. 103.

SEGUR, Marquis de, succeeds Mont-
barrey in the French ministry, VII.
429. His letter on Lafayette's ap-
pointment as field-marshal after the
capitulation at Yorktown, VIII. 226.
Seizures, evil consequences of, V. 209.
SELMAN, Captain. See BROUGHTON.
Senate of the United States, organization
of the, IX. 491. Proceedings in, re-
specting titles, X. 20. Conference
of a committee of, with the President,
on the mode of communication in the
formation of treaties and appointments
to office, 25, 484. On the agency it

ought to have in judging of the ex-
pediency of sending ministers abroad,
479. Proceedings of, in relation to
Jay's treaty, XI. 32. Ratifies the
Spanish treaty, 112. Approves the
President's proclamation of Neutral-
ity, XII. 43; their approbation of
his conduct in relation to the Penn-
sylvania insurgents, 54. Message to
the, respecting the British treaty;
their conditional ratification of it, 58,
90. Messages to, about Indian hos-
tilities, 79; Indian treaties, 81; the
eastern boundary, 83; the treaty with
the Creek Indians, 84, 86, 108; the
Cherokee Indians, 87; transmitting
questions relative to Algiers, 95.
SENF, Colonel, XI. 431, 433.
Servants. See Emigrant Servants.
Seven years, Paine's remarks on the
period of, VIII. 346.

SEYMOUR, THOMAS, Colonel, arrives at
New York with light-horse from Con-
necticut, III. 453. Commended, 454,
465. Returns home, IV. 3.
SHAACH, Captain, held as a subject for
retaliation, IX. 197.

SHARPE, HORATIO, governor of Mary-
land, II. 59. Appointed Command-
er-in-chief against the French, 64.
Requests Washington to return to the
service, 65. Favors Dagworthy, 112,
128. Is reconciled with the Assem-
bly, and builds Fort Frederic, 165.
His difference with the Assembly, in
1757, 233. His military rank, 310.
Commands at Fort Cumberland, 313,
316.

Shawanese Town, its situation; unsuc
cessful expedition against, II. 125,

135.

SHEE, JOHN, Colonel, III. 414.
Sheep, the policy of increasing the
number of, IX. 455, X. 50. Price of,
XII. 294. Number of, at Mount Ver-
non, 314. On folding, 363. Feeding,
368, 373.

SHEFFIELD, Lord, writes Observations
on the Commerce of the American
States, XI. 11.

SHELBURNE, Earl, appointed first lord
of the treasury, VIII. 344, 359.
SHELDON, ELISHA, appointed com-
mander of a regiment of dragoons,
IV. 249, 293. Condition of his horses,
V. 315. Skirmish of, at Pound Ridge,
VI. 287; VII. 134; 149; 168. Rein-
forced with Connecticut regiments,
181. Put under the command of
Greene, 234. His connexion with the
capture of André, 235, 522 - 524, 528.
Dismounted dragoons of, detached on
an expedition to Long Island, 293.

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His cantonment at Northampton, in
Massachusetts, 330-332. To form a
junction with Waterbury, in a pro-
posed attack on Delancey's corps,
VIII. 88, 93, 95, 97. Legion of, put
under Heath's cominand, 136.
Shenandoah River, increase in the value
of lands at the, XII. 313.
SHERBURNE, HENRY, aid to Sullivan;
his bravery applauded; killed at Ger-
mantown, V. 466.

SHERMAN, ROGER, member of the first
Board of War, III. 429. On a com-
mittee of Congress to go to the camp,
IV. 117. On the agency of the Senate
in sending ministers abroad, X. 481.
SHINGISS, King of the Delaware In-
dians, at the council at Logstown, II.
433; 438.

SHIPPEN, WILLIAM, to inoculate the
troops, IV. 311.
Director-general,

charged with mal-practice and neg-
lect, V. 292.
Ships. See Vessels.

SHIRLEY, WILLIAM, Governor, intro-
duction to, and opinion of, II. 74; 76;
79; 93; 98; 112. Commander of his
Majesty's forces in America, 113;
115; 117; 120; 128. Visited by
Washington in Boston, 130, 132. De-
cides against Dagworthy's claim, 133.
Gone to England, 229.

SHIRLEY, W., Secretary, shot at Brad-
dock's battle, II. 471.

Shoes, deplorable want of, in the army,
V. 71, 77, 126, 167, 199, 225, 329.
Price of, VI. 80.

SHORT, WILLIAM, negotiates a loan at
Amsterdam, X. 161; 191; 278.
SHREVE, ISRAEL, Colonel, VII. 335.
His exertions to suppress the revolt
in the Jersey line, 381, 561 - 464.
In the action at Springfield, 507.
SHULDHAM, a British admiral, III. 220.
Arrives at Boston, 222, 225.
SIEYES, President of the National As-
sembly of France, X. 133, 497.
SILLIMAN, G. SELLECK, general of the
Connecticut militia, pursues the Brit-
ish on their return from Danbury, IV.
405.

SIMCOE, a British colonel, his engage-
ment with Macpherson, VIII. 101.
SIMITIÈRE, his likenesses of military
characters, IX. 100.

SIMPSON, negotiating a treaty with the
Emperor of Morocco, XI. 84.

SINCLAIR, SIR JOHN, letter to, respect-
ing the soil and agriculture of various
parts of the United States, XII. 323.
SINCLAIR, ROBERT, XII. 303.

SKENE, PHILIP, Governor, proposition
to exchange for Lovell, III. 269, 524.

Exchanged; biographical sketch of,
524, IV. 23. See LOVELL.
SKINNER, ABRAHAM, deputy-commis-
sary of prisoners, goes to Elizabeth-
town to effect an exchange of prison-
ers, receives directions, VII. 194, 209.
Despatched to Congress; instructions
to, about citizens who are prisoners,
VIII. 126.

SKINNER, CORTLAND, general of New
Jersey, with his corps adheres to the
British, IV. 326. Appointed briga-
dier-general to enlist Loyalists, 522;
V. 64; 174.

Slavery, captives sold into, II. 137.
Opinions and exertions respecting,
IX. 159, 163. Laws for the abolition
of, XII. 326.

Re-

Slaves, Dinwiddie's apprehensions from,
II. 154. Trade in, condemned, 494,
495. Not enlisted, III. 218. Ques-
tionable policy of arming, VI. 204.
Project for raising a regiment of,
VIII. 323. Lafayette on the emanci-
pation of, 414, IX. 163. Proceedings
in Congress in regard to the trade in,
X. 82, 85, 94, 98. Measures in regard
to fugitive, to Florida, 163. Proceed-
ings in the South Carolina legislature
about the importation of, 224, 225.
From Georgia cross the Spanish line,
XII. 181. See Negroes.
Smallpox, in Boston, III. 177.
ported as to Howe's design to send it
into the American camp, 188, 195.
In the army at Ticonderoga, IV. 12;
at Morristown, 311. Troops inocu-
lated with the, 311, 314, 362. Estab-
lishments for inoculating with the,
364, 376. Destructiveness of, to an
army, 390.
Inoculation for, in Vir-
ginia, prohibited by law, V. 22.
SMALLWOOD, WILLIAM, Colonel, ar-
rives with his battalion at New York,
IV. 41. In the action at White Plains,
528. General, and despatched to take
command of the Maryland western
shore militia, V. 52; 53. Coming for-
ward with militia, 66; 70. Joins the
main army, 75. In the battle of Ger-
mantown, 78. Opposes an attack on
Philadelphia, 168. To take post at
Wilmington, 190, 191, 196. Desired
to return Dr. Boyes's manuscripts, 223.
His advance towards Elizabethtown,
VI. 176. Appointed major-general,
VII. 308. His misunderstanding with
Steuben, about command, 360.
SMITH, JOSHUA HETT, his connexion
with Arnold's treason; his arrest and
trial, VII. 214, 216, 220, 221, 261, 529,
533, 536, 540.

SMITH, ROBERT, Captain, does not ac-

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