To the Hebrew Congregation of Savannah, To the People of South Carolina,
To the Freemen of the Town of Newport, To the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of King David's Lodge in Newport, Rhode Island,
To the Corporation of Rhode Island Col- lege,
To the Inhabitants of Providence, To the Convention of the Universal Church, To the Legislature of Rhode Island,
To the Governor and Council of North Carolina,
To Cornplanter, Halftown, and Great-tree,
Chiefs of the Seneca Nation of Indians, To the Intendant and Wardens, Repre- sentatives of the Citizens of Charleston, To the Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah, To the Congregational Church and So- ciety at Medway, in Georgia,
To the Governor of Georgia,
To the Inhabitants of Camden, South Car- olina,
To Cornplanter, Halftown, and Great-tree, Chiefs and Counsellors of the Seneca Nation of Indians,
To the Inhabitants of Carlisle,
To the Selectmen of the Town of Boston, To the Merchants and Traders of Phila- delphia,
To the Inhabitants of Camden and Or- angeburg Districts, in South Carolina,. 14 September, To the Inhabitants of Georgetown, South Carolina,
To the Citizens of Frederic County, Vir- ginia,
To the Council and Assembly of New Jersey,
To the Senators in Congress from Vermont, To the General Assembly of Virginia, To the House of Representatives of South Carolina,
To the Assembly of North Carolina, To the Senate of Pennsylvania, To the Senators and Representatives of Delaware,
To the Assembly of Rhode Island,
To the House of Representatives of Penn- sylvania,
To the Senate and House of Representa- tives of Massachusetts,
To the Clergy of different Denominations, in and near Philadelphia,
To the Citizens of Alexandria and its Neighbourhood,
from intercepted letters of, in 1775, 499. Remarks on them, 500. On the early intention of the colonists to become independent; on a form of government, 501. On the choice of a commander-in-chief; on Lee's plan of securing New York; inter- cepted letters of, III. 230, 481, 513. His opinion of the extent of the au- thority of the commander-in-chief, 230. Attends a council of officers, 249, 251. His introduction of Dana to the commander-in-chief, 356. Mem- ber of the first Board of War, 429. His letter, after the evacuation of Boston, respecting the device for a medal, 534. On a committee of Con- gress to confer with Howe, IV. 88. Favors General Gates, V. 14. Re- turns from his first mission to France; minister plenipotentiary for negotia- ting peace; Luzerne's opinion of, VI 365, 385. Commended by Vergennes, VIII. 298. Commissioner to nego- tiate a treaty of peace, 372. Candi- date for the Vice-Presidency, IX. 459, 469, 557. Reports respecting; an- swers queries of the President, X. 20, 464-468. His opinion of Paine's "Rights of Man," 160–162. Gives
the casting vote about the affair of neutral vessels, 410. Advised not to withhold promotion from his son, XI. 188. His election and inauguration as President of the United States, 194. Convenes Congress, 198, 202. Makes nominations of ministers to France, 202. Remarks on his speech, 202, 204. Appoints a fast, 239. His correspondence with Washington, and nomination of him to the com- inand of the Provisional army, 242, 246, 261, 264, 282, 304, 532. His visit to Massachusetts, 288, 543. His ar- rangement and appointment of major-
generals, 296, 301, 305, 307, 330, 331, 542, 548. His non-compliance with the conditional acceptance of Wash- ington, 303, 305, 315, 320, 542. A letter from Joel Barlow communi- cated to, 398, 404.
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, minister to the United Netherlands, X. 415; XI. 56, 188. Makes inquiries about a sword, 170. In Berlin, 391.
ADAMS, SAMUEL, proscribed by Gen- eral Gage, III. 37. Favors General Gates, V. 14, 373; VII. 399; IX. 468. ADAMS, Captain, captures a vessel, III. 150.
ADAMS, Captain, a volunteer at the seizing of General Prescott, IV. 495. Addresses to and by Washington, XI. 173, 175, 176; XII. 137 to 247. ADET, his conversation with the Secre- tary of State, about the British treaty, XI. 36, 41. Explanations demanded of, 131, 483. Issues a pamphlet, 179,
Adjutant-General, pay of the, IV. 372. Persons proposed to fill the office of, V. 158. Importance of the office, XI. 251, 252.
Admiralty, Court of, recommended, III. 155, 184, 217. Board of, requests troops from the army for a naval enterprise, VI. 484. Their report respecting Paul Jones, VIII. 45. ADOLPHUS, his History cited and cor- rected, in regard to the commissioners for carrying into effect Lord North's bills, V. 398.
AFFLECK, EDMUND, a British naval commander, writes respecting marine prisoners, VIII. 146, 523.
AGNEW, a British general, killed at Germantown, V. 82.
Agriculture, Washington's habits in regard to, II. 329. Society for, at Philadelphia, IX. 141. Washington chosen honorary member of the South Carolina Society for promoting, 155. Commended, 323. Approbation of societies for, 326. Effects of manu- factures on, 464. Experiments in ; machines for, X. 68. Farm for, pro-
posed, 81. Works on, and societies commended, 242, 340, XI. 17. On encouraging, XII. 70. Washington's correspondence on, 251. State of, in
America, 283, 330. Young's Annals of, commended, 286, 292. Condition of, in Virginia, 293. Importance of contrivance and system in, 300, 359, 363, 367. The United States favor- able to, 304. Washington reëngages in, 329. National Board of, in Great Britain, 330. Washington's papers on; his habits, 336, 351, 361. Lam- bert's remarks on, 356. Economy in, 360, 367. Extract from a diary on,
Aids-de-camp, number and rank of, III. 269. Their responsibility and labors; pay of, increased, 368 - 370. Qualifications, and want of, IV. 18. Names of the commander-in-chief's, during the Revolution, XII. 415. Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, referred to, II. 11, 13, 430.
Albany, committee of, provides for hold- ing Ticonderoga, III. 62. Conspira- cies of the Tories there, IV. 15. A plot discovered, 24. One fifth of the
militia drafted from the county of, to go to Kingsbridge, 42. Albany Convention, why Virginia did not send delegates to the, II. 18. ALDEN, ICHABOD, Colonel, killed at Cherry Valley, VI. 111, 114, 122. Alderton, Point, III, 69, 141. Alexandria, reply of the Independent Company of, to the commander-in- chief, offering their services, III. 5. Alarmed and deserted, 339. Ad- dress to the citizens of, after the capit- ulation of Cornwallis, VIII, 209. Fes- tivities at, upon the adoption of the Federal Constitution by Virginia, IX. 389. Prosperity of, XI. 233. Ad- dress to the mayor, corporation, and citizens of, in April, 1789, XII. 136. Extract from their address, 137. Meas- ures in regard to neutrality, approved at, 204. Address to the citizens of, and of its neighbourhood, in March, 1797, 246. See Fairfax County Resolves. Alexandria Academy, one thousand pounds given to, IX. 151. Corre- spondence concerning a donation to, X. 393.
Algiers, on the treatment of, IX. 242, 380. American prisoners at, X. 15, 357. Vessels captured by, 15. The building of a frigate for, XI. 146, 151. Consul received at, 158. Treaty with, XII. 57, 95, 101. Restoration of cap- tives at, 58, 68, 101, 107. Arrange- ments for fulfilling the engagements with, 68.
Alien and Sedition Laws, remarks on the, XI. 345, 387.
ALIQUIPPA, an Indian queen, makes
requests for her son, II. 47. Visited in 1753, 446.
Allegany Mountains, surveys made there, in 1748, II. 416, 420. Allegiance. See Oath of Allegiance. ALLEN, ETHAN, III. 63. His defeat and subsequent treatment, 133, 142, 201, IV. 548. Proposition to change, V. 272, 310. Question as to his rank, 293, 539. Exchanged; vis- its camp, 362. Receives a brevet com- mission, 373. Writes to Stark about suspected persons in Vermont, VI. 7. ALLEN, IRA, cited as to the effects of Washington's letter to Chittenden, VIII. 384.
ALLEN, SOLOMON, Lieutenant, conducts André to Lower Salem, and goes to head-quarters, VII. 530, 532. ALLEN, WILLIAM, appointed a British colonel; raises loyalists, IV. 523. Alliance, a frigate, carries Lafayette to France; mutiny on board the, VI. 193, 194. Arrives in Boston with arms and powder for the United States, VII. 176, 438.
ALTE, THEOPHILUS, forwards a sword to Washington, XI. 171. American, on the name of, XII. 218, 392. American character, importance of, and exertions for establishing, XI. 83, 139. American Museum, by Mathew Carey, XII. 296.
American Philosophical Society, Wash- ington elected into the, VI. 467. AMES, FISHER, IX. 468. His speech on the British treaty, XI. 127. AMHERST, JEFFERY, General, II. 334. Ammunition, great want of, III. 22, 47. Want of prevents an attack on the enemy, V. 126. See Powder. Amphictyonic Confederacy, abstract of the, IX. 521.
AMSBURY, WILLIAM, examined as a spy, reports the approach of the Brit- ish forces under Burgoyne from Can- ada, IV. 466, 467. Brings a canteen with a false head to Sullivan, 468. ANDERSON, EPHRAIM, employed in con- structing fire-ships at New York, IV.
ANDERSON, JAMES, author of works on agriculture, X. 242, 339, 410; cited, XI. 274.
ANDERSON, JAMES, principal manager of Washington's farms, XI. 338. Di- rections to, XII. 359.
ANDRE, JOHN, British commissioner to effect an exchange of prisoners, VI. 213, 509. His letter proposing the terms of capitulation at Verplanck's Point, 269. Author of the "Cow Chase," VII. 117. Circumstances and
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