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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.

527.

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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,

X. 371.

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-

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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,

364.

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

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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.

Ap-

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,

343.

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.

159.

Brunswic, the British army marches

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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,

421.

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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