157,524. At Trenton, 246. At Prince- ton, 259, 262. Of the Brandywine, V. 57, 456. At Germantown, 78, 82, 463. At Monmouth, 421, 425, 431. BAUM, a Hessian colonel, V. 42. BAYARD, JAMES, taken prisoner at Swedes' Ford, V. 219.
BAYLEY, JACOB, Colonel, visits head- quarters with an Indian chief, III. 54. Questions proposed to, respecting Canada, VI. 56; 218.
BAYLOR, GEORGE, III. 166. Joins the artillery, 308. Aid to Washington; distinguished in the affair at Trenton, and despatched to Congress, IV. 248. Presented by Congress with a horse, 249. Appointed to a regiment of horse, and receives instructions, 269, 293. Wounded in a skirmish at Her- ringtown, VI. 75, 76.
BEALE, ALEXANDER, Captain, com- mands at Fort Frederic, II. 243. Beans, a good preparation for wheat, XII. 293. The Eastern Shore, 332. BEATTY, JOHN, Major, elected commis- sary-general of prisoners, V. 393. Di- rections to, in regard to persons who violated their paroles, VI. 294. Re- ports on the subject of exchanges, and receives directions, 351. BEAUJEU, a French captain, projects and commands in the attack on Brad- dock, II. 472. Killed, 473. BECKWITH, Major, an unofficial British agent, his interview with Hamilton, X. 116, 494. His conversation about the republication of the " Rights of Man," 161. BEDEL, TIMOTHY, Captain, stationed with a company at Coos, on Connec- ticut River, III. 65. Appointed colo- nel of a regiment raised by New Hampshire, 262. Defeated at the Ce- dars, 408, 409, 417.
Bedford, destruction of, VI. 63, 66. Bedford, N. Y., skirmish near, V1. 286. Bee, The, a work published by James Anderson, X. 242.
Behaviour, Rules of, II. 411.
Belgic Confederacy, abstract of the, IX.
545. A commissioner for determining the St. Croix River, XII. 66. Berkshire County, letter, and address from, respecting General Schuyler, III. 537, 538.
Bermuda Islands, project for getting powder from the; temper of the in- habitants, III. 47. Letter to the inhabitants of the, 77. Powder ob- tained from; Gage takes away the superfluous provisions from; Con- gress grants a petition from, in part, 78. Their attachment to the colonists, 135. Vessels from the, arrive in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, VI. 228. Privateers of the, capture ves- sels, XI. 10, 13, 100.
BERRY and GETCHELL, reconnoitre on the Kennebec and Dead Rivers, and report, III. 112.
Beverly, the inhabitants of, capture a vessel of supplies, III. 155. Vessels at, unfit for service, 382. BIDDLE, CLEMENT, Washington's cor- respondence with, XI. 227, XII. 289. BIDDLE, NICHOLAS, Captain, V. 77. BIENIEWSKY, Count de, his arrival in America, VIII. 256. His plan for raising troops, 268, 269. BIGELOW, JOHN, Major, sent to Bur- goyne respecting the capitulation at the Cedars, IV. 56.
BILLINGS, Captain, killed at the revolt of the Pennsylvania line, VII. 351. Billingsport, preparations to obstruct the Delaware at, III. 427. British detached to, V. 77. Is taken by the enemy, 84. British repulsed in at- tempting to weigh the chevaux-de- frise there, 84.
Bills, legislative, on the signature of,
BLAIN, EPHRAIM, commissary of pur- chases, V. 222.
BLAIR, ARCHIBALD, proposed nomina- tion of, as associate judge, X. 27. His resignation, XI. 107. Correspondence with, upon the decease of Patrick Henry, 437, 556.
BLAIR, JOHN, president of the Virginia council, acts as governor, 11. 271. BLAIR, SUSAN, one of the successors to Mrs. Reed, in an association of ladies in Philadelphia, VII. 408. BLAND, RICHARD, member of the Wil- liamsburg Convention, and of the first Congress, II. 396. Facts respecting, XI. 240.
BLAND, THEODORIC, Colonel, superin- tends the march of the convention troops to Charlottesville, VI. 105. To take the command at Charlottesville, 177. Directions to, respecting Gen-
BLOUNT, WILLIAM, Governor of the Territory south of the Ohio River, makes returns, X 261; XII. 117; 419. Boats, recommendation of flat-bottom- ed, V. 93, VII. 289, 292. BOLLMANN, J. ERICK, attempts to effect Lafayette's escape from the prison at Olmutz, XI. 111, 492. His letter respecting the means that may be used for that purpose, 497. BOND, WILLIAM, Colonel, detached to Canada, III. 365.
Bordeaux, compensation demanded for injury caused by the embargo at, XII. 105.
Bordentown, Navy Board at, V. 116, 117. Vessels destroyed near, 362,
BOSOMWORTH, Captain, II. 279, 284. Boston, particulars respecting Wash- ington's visit to, in 1756, II. 132. Oc- cupied by General Gage, 400. Closely besieged, III. 18, 28, 40, 85, 95, 122, 511. The light-house at, burned, 36. Scarcity of fuel and of fresh provis- ions in, 40, 56, 85, 181, 186. Fleet sails from, 47. People liberated from, 54. A vessel arrives at, with fresh provisions, from New York, 57. A circular respecting an attack on, 80. An attack on, declared inexpedient, 82.
Vessel bound from Quebec to, with letters, taken, 113, 118. Opin- ions, purposes, and plans in relation to an evacuation of, 113. A second council of officers decides against attacking, 127. The association for embodying the citizens to defend, 140. A plan for shutting up the harbour of, 141. Vessels bound to and from, ship- wrecked and captured, 150, 155, 183, 194, 203, 281. Attack from expected, and measures taken, 161, 176. Troops arrive at, 167, 222. Small-pox in, 177, 188, 195. The resolution of Con- gress respecting an attack on ; Han- cock's letter cited, 221, 291. The commander-in-chief's desire to attack, 259, 287, 291, 292. Council of officers decide against attacking, 290, 292, 297. Indications of an evacuation of, 293, 306, 311. British troops begin to leave, 304. Plan for attacking, in
case the British make an attempt on Dorchester Heights, 305. Selectmen of, send a message to the commander- in-chief, 307, 311, 531. Evacuated; consequences in England, 319, 341, 445, 530. See Medal. Stores and cannon left there by the British, 321, 327, 333, 342. Proclamation on the evacuation of, 322. See British Fleet. The number and vocations of the Refugees who leave; an inquiry in relation to their property, 325, 327. Number of British troops that embark, 326. Demolition of the castle at, 327. Preparations for defending, 328, 382. American troops at, ordered to Canada, 455, 461. Return of troops at, July 1st, 1776, 456. American troops at, after its evacuation, 494. Circumstances attending the Presi- dent's visit to, in 1789, X. 47, 48, 489. On the proceedings and resolves of, in regard to the British treaty, XI. 34-36, 38, 40, 44. Letter to the selectmen of, respecting the British treaty, 42, 48. Address to the inhab- itants of, in 1789, XII. 171. Boston Port Bill, proceedings of the Virginia House of Burgesses respect- ing the, II. 486; III. 486; XII. 400. BOTETOURT, Lord, arrives in Virginia as governor, II. 355. Dissolves the Assembly, 356. BOUCHER, JONATHAN, II. 361. Author of a View of the Causes and Conse- quences of the American Revolution, XI. 291.
BOUDINOT, ELIAS, commissary of pris- oners, IV. 373. Commissioner respect- ing prisoners, V. 272, 377. Resigns his office of commissary-general of prisoners; elected delegate to Con- gress, 393. President of Congress, VIII. 376; XI. 40. Director of the mint, 72, 74.
BOUILLIE, Marquis de, surprises and captures St. Eustatia, VIII 225. Boundbrook, attempt to surprise Lin- coln at, IV. 391. Washington moves to, 440.
Bounty, to Indians for captives, III. 431. For enlistments for three years, 443. To the eastern troops, that re- main for six weeks after the end of the year 1776, IV. 253, 254, 256, 546. Great perplexities in consequence of the different sums offered for a, 317. Evil effects of an extravagant, 375. Objections to the proposition to pay one half of it in hard money, and its abandonment; increase of, VI. 54-56,
159. Evils and advantages of in- crease of the, 196, 471, 495. Perplex ities from State bounties, 196, 495.
BOUQUET, HENRY, Colonel, commander of the advance of the army, in 1758, concerts measures with Washington, II. 290. Commands at Raystown, 291. Cited respecting the conduct of a party of Catawba Indians, 293. Ap- proves the Indian dress, 294. His permission to Washington to attend the election at Winchester, 296. Re- solves to construct a new road from Raystown to the Ohio, which is dis- approved by Washington, 300, 311. Despatched to Fort Pitt; has a battle with the Indians near Turtle Creek, 340.
BOWDOIN, JAMES, president of the council of Massachusetts, IV. 33, V. 287, VII. 24. Procures information respecting Halifax, 37, 38.
BOWIE, his application for papers for memoirs of Washington, IX. 28, 102. BOYD, ALEXANDER, II. 247. BOYES, his manuscripts returned to hiin, V. 223.
BRADDOCK, EDWARD, General, papers relating to the expedition of, II. 23, 472. Arrives in Virginia; makes pre- parations for the campaign; invites Washington to join his family, 68. Requests a meeting of different gov- ernors to concert measures, 71. Meets them at Alexandria, 74. Joined by Washington at Frederic Town, 75. Reaches Fort Cumberland; appoints Washington aid-de-camp, 76. Com- plains of the contractors, 77, 469. Aided by Franklin, 78, 469. Calls a council of war at the Little Meadows, 81. Leaves Washington sick, who exacts a promise of joining him before reaching Fort Duquesne, 83, 85. De- feated at the battle of the Mononga- hela, 85, 473. Particulars of the battle,
85, 468. Conduct of the Virginia troops and the regulars under, 87, 470. Mortally wounded, 88, 471, 475. Troops under, rewarded, 97. News of the defeat of, reaches England, 122. Forces of, when at Will's Creek, 469. Description of his battle-ground, 470, 474. Number of killed and wound- ed, 471. Particulars taken from French narratives of his defeat, 472. The numbers of the enemy, 474. Causes of his defeat, 475. His death and burial, 476. Recovery of papers lost at the defeat of, IX. 102. Braddock's Road, II. 295, 296, 298. Condition of, in 1758, 299, 300. His- tory of, 302; 308.
BRADFORD, WILLIAM, appointed attor ney-general, X. 403. Death of, XI. 62.
BRADFORD, commissary of prisoners, VII. 384. Brandywine, battle of the, V. 57, 456. British loss at, 57, 58, 62. Lafayette's letter respecting, 455. Thanks of Congress thereupon, 470. Effects of, in France, 470.
BRANT, JOSEPH, commands Tories and Indians at Cherry Valley, VI. 112, 114; 266. Action with, at Newtown, 349. Flies towards Niagara, 356. Commits ravages on the Mohawk River, VII. 281. Arrives in Philadel- phia, 240; 298, 299. BRAXTON, CARTER, sent to turn the Virginia vote in Congress, concern- ing independence, III. 347. BREARLEY, DAVID, Lieutenant-Colonel, appointed chief-justice of New Jersey, VII. 167. His opinion in the case of Hatfield and Badgely, VIII. 313, 537. BREHAN, Marchioness de, her visit to Mount Vernon, IX. 438, 448, 453. Her portrait of Washington, X. 117. Brest, equipment of the French squad- ron at, VII. 33. Second division of the French fleet blockaded at, 176, 178, 196, 319.
BREWER, JONATHAN, Colonel, his hon- orable conduct towards Colonel Whit- comb; appointed barrack-master, III. 161.
BRICE, Major, aid to Lafayette, V. 454. Bricks, hints respecting, XII. 338. BRINLEY, an engineer, XII 281. British Army, its situation and strength in and about Boston, III. 17, 28, 30, 39, 40. See Boston. Reinforced, 40. Inactive, 53, 57. Prepares for winter, 103, 126. Measures for cutting off its supplies, 117. Reinforced in 1776, 222. Arrives at Staten Island, 463. Prepares for the campaign of 1777, IV. 386, 392, 437, 442. Importance of annoying, upon its first landing, 443. Advances to Somerset Court-House, and retreats, 462, 469, 479. Harassed in retiring to Amboy, 470. Excursion of, to Westfield, 474, 475, 479. Sce Staten Island. Embarkation of the, 481, 485. Lands near Elk, V. 45, 53. Desertions from the, 50. Passes the Schuylkill on the way to Philadel phia, 69, 71, 72, 102. Forces of the, 124, 127. Wants bread, 178. Their excursion to Chestnut Hill, 180. Forces in the; proposed campaign for 1778, 360, 361, 548. Evacuates Phil- adelphia and crosses Jersey, 409, 410, 414. Desertions from the, 420, 430, 434, 435. Leaves Monmouth, 427, 429, 432. Its loss in crossing the Jerseys, 434. Quits the Jerseys, 435-
437. Forces of the, in America, at different stages of the war; regula- tions for the Provincials, 542. Opera- tions of the, in the campaign of 1779, VI. 367. Advance of, towards the borders of North Carolina, VII. 268. Force of the, VIII. 275. Evacuates New York, 501. See CARLETON, GAGE, HOWE, and Staten Island. British Commissioners, expected; de- signs of the, III. 310. A resolve of Congress respecting the, 32). Inju- rious effects to be apprehended from their mission, 347. Other commis- sioners expected, V. 340, 383. The expectations of the British ministry therefrom, 341, 548. Virtually re- jected, 344, 397, 412. Their arrival and names; their papers forwarded to Congress, 397, 398. Disposal of private letters commendatory of the, 400, 401, 403, 412. Their second letter to Congress, and the treatment of it, VI. 16. Their objectionable address to Congress after Governor Johnstone's resignation, and the con- sequences, 79. Their seditious papers, proclamation, and manifesto; and measures thereupon, 96. Sec CAR- LISLE, EDEN, HOWE, and JOHNSTONE. British Debis, an objectionable bill re- specting, IX. 275, 288.
British Fleet, cannot stay in Boston. III. 311. Remains in the outer har- bour, after the evacuation, 324, 326, 330, 342. Number of the vessels that sail for Halifax, 326. Driven out of Nantasket Road, 432. Sails from Hal- ifax for Sandy Hook, 441. Arrives, 443. Sails from the Hook, V. 3, 4. Arrives in the Chesapeake Bay, 41, 42, 44. Measures against the expect- ed reinforcements to, from Cork, 440. The sailing of, from Sandy Hook, VI. 95, 100, 102. Sustains damage in the blockade of the French fleet at New- port, VII. 403, 431, 434, 435. Sails for the Chesapeake, 449, 457. British Ministry, their incorrect infor- mation respecting America, and im- practicable aims at the commence- ment of the revolutionary war, dis- cernible in Lord Dartmouth's and General Gage's correspondence, III. 506. Did not approve the affair at Lexington, nor the burning of Fal- mouth, 520, 522. Their expectations from the commissioners for carrying into effect Lord North's bills, V. 341, 548. Constantly deceived respecting America, VI. 271. Reject the medi- ation of Spain, 320, 343. The im- probability of their deriving succour
from other powers, 343. Their little success in obtaining succours from Germany, 457. Their impressions respecting the condition of things in America, VII. 30. Morris's informal conferences with the, XII. 91. See DARTMOUTH, GERMAIN, NORTH, and TOWNSHEND.
British Treaty, reception of the, by the United States Senate, XI. 32. The President's views of the, 42. Mis- represented, 47, 50, 71. Ratified, 57. Opposed by seaport towns, 58 Rat- ified in London; papers in relation to, called for by the House of Represen- tatives, 115, 122, 123, XII. 112. proved at Philadelphia, 211. Disap- proved in Camden and Orangeburg Districts, and at Georgetown, 212. Approbation of the, in Frederic Coun- ty, 213. See Great Britain and JAY. BRODHEAD, DANIEL, Colonel, at Fort Pitt; directions to, respecting the western Indian expedition, VI. 205, 224. His success, 384, 387. Proposes expeditions, 433. Wants supplies, VII. 270. To render aid to Colonel Clark in an expedition against Detroit,
BROGLIE, Count de, discourages La- fayette's coming to America, V. 446. BROGLIE, Prince de, visits head-quar- ters, VIII. 358.
BRONAUGH, WILLIAM, Captain, ordered to Fort Cumberland, II. 208. BROOKE, ROBERT, Governor of Vir- ginia, X. 22. Brookfield, Massachusetts, fixed on for a laboratory, IV. 319. BROOKS, ELEAZER, at the battle of Chatterton's Hill, IV. 528. BROOKS,JOHN, Lieutenant-Colonel, cho- sen inspector, V. 348. On a commit- tee from the army to Congress, VIII. 551, 552, 554, 564; X. 185. Cam- mands troops at Cambridge, at the time of the President's visit, 490. Re- commended for brigadier-general in the Provisional army, XI. 265. BROOME, Colonel, IV. 10. BROUGHTON, NICHOLSON, his instruc- tions; with Captain Selman, sails to the St. Lawrence, III. 125, 135, 517. Their descent upon St. John's, 197. BROWN, MONTFORT, Governor of Prov- idence Island, captured, III. 353. Exchanged for Lord Stirling, IV. 105, 143, 148.
BROWN, Colonel, with thirty men, kill- ed by the Indians, VII. 281. BRUFF, Captain, at Fort Ontario, XI.
Brunswic, the British army marches
to, after the battle at Princeton, IV. 261, 264. Skirmishes near, 264, 301. Evacuation of, 470, 472. BUCHAN, Earl of, requests a portrait of Washington, X. 229. Sends him a box made of the oak that sheltered William Wallace, 231.
BUCHANAN, Colonel, visited by Wash- ington, and accompanies him to Vass's Fort, II. 190, 194; 203. Buchanan's Island, British troops trans- ported to, IV. 92.
BUCKNER, Colonel, does not aid Colo- nel Parker; ordered under arrest, IV. 301.
Buck-wheat, cultivation, and the use made of, at Mount Vernon, XII. 320, 331, 340, 347. When to be sown, 342. BULLEN, a Catawba warrior, proposes a plan for bringing in the Creek and Chickasaw Indians, II. 237. BULLITT, THOMAS, Captain, commands at Fort Cumberland, II. 196. Con- duct of, at Grant's defeat, 313; 376. Bull's Ferry, near Fort Lee, expedition to, under Wayne, VII. 116. Bunker's Hill, the number of killed and wounded at the battle of; an official account forwarded to England, III. 10, 25, 36, 38, 113, 511. Occupied by the British, 17, 28, 30, 43, 126. Houses burnt near, by Major Knowl- ton, 241. An attack on, unadvisable, 287. Left by the British in 1776, 319, 321; 323; 341; 343. BUNNER, Lieutenant-Colonel, killed at Monmouth, V. 428, 429. BURGOYNE, JOHN, III. 114. Going to England, 177, 181. Returns with an army, 432. Expected by way of the lakes, 464. Replies to General Lee and proposes an interview, 498. In- formation received respecting, IV. 466, 467. His intention to join Howe, 475, 476, 480. Means for opposing, 486, 489. Success of, 493. Brings mer- cenaries and savages, 500, 501. Moves in detachments, 503. His progress impeded, V. 2. Preparations for op- posing, 3, 8, 18, 28, 31. Forces of, 19. His wants, 42. Success against; his capitulation, 74, 91 - 125, 137. His requests respecting embarkation, not granted, 186, 521. His opinion about the conquest of America, 186. Not to visit the seaport towns, 189. Friendly letter to, and his reply, upon leaving the country, 266, 267. His departure, 346, VI. 105. Resolve passed for his recall, countermanded; proposal made for his exchange, VIII. 15. Proposal to exchange for President Laurens, 125, 240. See Convention Troops.
BURKE, ÆDANUS, his pamphlet on the Society of the Cincinnati, IX. 28. BURKE, EDMUND, on Indian alliances, V. 275.
BURKE, THOMAS, his sketch of a warm debate in Congress respecting the army, IV. 326. Brings charges against General Sullivan, V. 457.
BURNABY, ANDREW, facts taken from his "Travels in America," II. 182,
BURR, AARON, Lieutenant-Colonel, V. 64. Has permission to retire from the army, VI. 101. His resignation, 213. BURRELL, appointed colonel of the Connecticut regiment raised after Montgomery's defeat, III. 262. BURTON, Colonel, II. 82. Wounded at the battle of the Monongahela, 86, 471. BUSHKIRK, a British lieutenant-colonel, IV. 423. Expedition of, against Eliz- abethtown, VI. 452.
BUSHNELL, and his projects for the destruction of ships, IX. 134. Business, maxims for, XI. 148. Busts of Lafayette, voted by the Gen- eral Assembly of Virginia, IX. 51. BUTLER, RICHARD, Colonel, commend- ed for his conduct at the revolt of the Pennsylvania line, VII. 349, 351. Appointed superintendent of Indian affairs; agency of, in procuring an Indian vocabulary, IX. 213, 301, 306, 341. Queries proposed to, respecting western inland navigation, 302. Com- mands the levies against the western Indians, X. 151.
BUTLER, THOMAS, Colonel, at the battle of Monmouth, V. 425. BUTLER, WALTER, an officer at the attack on Cherry Valley, VI. 112, 114; 266. Action with, at Newtown, 349. Flies toward Niagara, 356. BUTLER, WILLIAM, a veteran soldier, his remarks respecting Braddock's de- feat, II. 475.
BUTLER, WILLIAM, Lieutenant-Colo- nel, sent against Indians and Tories on the frontiers, VI. 38, 39. Destroys the Anaquaga and Unadilla settle- ments, 98.
BUTLER, ZEBULON, Colonel, at Wyo- ming, VII. 345, 346.
BYRD, WILLIAM, Colonel, appointed a commissioner to the southern Indians, II. 114. Commands the new Vir- ginia regiments, 281. Posts a com- pany at Edwards's and Pearsall's Forts and arrives at Fort Cumberland, 293. BYRON, Admiral, arrival of the fleet of, VI. 59, 237, 238. Engagement of, with Count d'Estaing, 320
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