DONALDSON'S Hippopotamus for raising mud, XII. 274.
DONOP, Count, retreats from Trenton, IV. 249. Sends a verbal message by O'Riley, 418. His capture and death at Red Bank, V. 110-115. DONVILLE, a French officer, killed in a skirmish, and his instructions found upon him, II. 136, 137. DORCHESTER, Lord, (Sir Guy Carle- ton,) questions proposed in view of his expected expedition from Detroit against the Spaniards in Louisiana, X. 113; 494. Information to be for- warded to, about supplies furnished to the Indians by the British, 152. Facts concerning the spurious speech of, to the Indians, 394. His reception of Lewis, on his mission in relation to the western posts, XI. 132. See CARLETON.
Dorchester Heights, council of war de- cide, on taking possession of, III. 292. Preparations, 295, 302. Taken pos- session of, 303. Intention of the ene- my to attack, 304, 311, 315. Dorchester Neck, houses burnt there by the British, III. 290. DOUGLASS, ASA, III. 539. DOUGLASS, Major, aid to General Lin- coln, in captivity, V. 116. Douw, VOLKERT P., commissioner of Indian affairs, V. 273.
DRAYTON, WILLIAM, cited, IX. 155. Appointed district judge, X. 49, 52. DRAYTON, WILLIAM HENRY, a member of Congress, V. 344. Biographical facts respecting, 439.
Dress, directions respecting, IX. 482;
Drill-plough, value and use of the, XII. 290.
DROUILLON, Major, made prisoner, II. 33. Sent to Governor Dinwiddie, 37, 38. Conveyed to Europe, 467. DRUMMOND, Lord, makes attempts at a reconciliation between Great Britain and the colonies, III. 288, 525. Put on parole; violates it by going on board the Asia; goes to Bermuda ; sends articles for a reconciliation to Lord Howe, 527. Censured for vio- lating his parole, 528, IV. 51. Drummond's Pond, remarks on, XII. 268.
DUANE, JAMES, commissioner of Indian affairs, V. 273. His letter about La- fayette and the Canada expedition of 1778, 533. Cited, VI. 378; on par- ties in Congress in 1780, VII. 93; on a new arrangement of the army, 228. DUBUYSSON, Lieutenant-Colonel, Frenchman, VII. 239. Reply to, 393.
DUCHÉ, JACOв, an Episcopal clergy- man, writes an extraordinary letter to the Commander-in-chief; biographi- cal facts, and letters respecting, V. 94, 476.
DUCOUDRAY, a French officer of artil- lery, perplexities about putting him and his officers into command, IV. 444 446, 450, 490. Decisions of Congress respecting, 452, 491. Su- perintends the works on the Dela- ware, V. 59.
Duelling, condemned, VI. 78, 99. DUER, WILLIAM, IV 10. On a com- mittee in relation to Heath's move- ments towards New York city, 308. Sketches the plan of a descent on Long Island, 354.
DUMAS, a French officer, succeeds Con- trecœur in the command at Fort Du- quesne; his orders to Donville, II. 137. Commands after Beaujeu's death, at Braddock's defeat, 138, 473. DUMAS, a French general, sends a mil- itary pamphlet to Washington, XI. 206, 207. Cited respecting Rocham- beau, 208.
DUNBAR, Colonel, his movements be- fore Braddock's defeat, II. 75, 80, 82, 468. Distressed for horses, 83. His position at Braddock's defeat, and his retreat, 85, 471, 476. DUNDAS, a British commissioner in the capitulation at Yorktown, VIII. 532. DUNMORE, Lord, governor of Vir- ginia, favors the claims of the Vir- ginia troops to lands, II. 359. Cer- tifies Washington's claim to land in Florida, 369. Visits the western country, 373, 375. The power of, to make grants on the Ohio, 378. Dis- solves the House of Burgesses, 486. Removes the powder from Williams- burg, which rouses the people, 507. Promises satisfaction, 508; III. 197, 204. Vessel despatched to Boston with provisions and letters by, taken, 203. Endeavours to transfer the war to the south; expedition against, 216. His mode of secreting Connolly's pa- pers, 271. Arrives at New York, IV. 55. A signer of patents of lands to George Washington, XII. 264. DUPLESSIS, Chevalier de Mauduit, a French officer, appointed captain of artillery, sent to Fort Mifflin, V. 87. Attends Donop in his last illness, 112. In a skirmish near Gloucester, 171. Appointed lieutenant-colonel, 214, 215. DUPORTAIL, Chevalier, from France, appointed colonel of engineers, IV. 491. Chief engineer, V. 141, 448.
Opposes an attack on Philadelphia, 168. Is on the council at Valley Forge, 360. Sent to plan the security of Philadelphia, 421. His memorial for the defence of the North River at Fort Clinton approved, VI. 67. His various situations, 97; 173; 324. De- spatched to wait on Count d'Estaing, 378, 379, 380. Receives directions, 398. Returns to camp, 409. Ordered to survey and report on the grounds in the environs of the encampment, 419. Usefulness of, 430. Congress votes to retain him in the service, 431. Despatched to Charleston, 494. Goes to the southward, VII. 26. Captured, 141. Measures for effecting the re- lease of, 210. Exchanged, 288, 290. His arrival at camp, 433; VIII. 57; 98. Despatched to Count de Grasse, 133. His interview with him, 162. His furlough to go to France, and promotion, 194, 202. Letter to, upon his leaving the country, 489; IX. 36; XI. 431.
Duquesne, Fort, completed, II. 45. French reinforcements expected there, 79, 82; 125. Commanded by Con- trecœur and by Dumas, 137; 157; 181. Commanded by Delignery; strength of the garrison at, 239. Reinforce- ments expected at, 241. Expedition against, by Forbes in 1758, 276. New road to, 301, 307, 316. Table of the distances of, from Carlisle, 304; 312. Major Grant's unfortunate at- tack upon, 313. Taken possession of by his Majesty's troops, it having been burnt, 320. See FORBES. DWIGHT, TIMOTHY, chaplain to Par- sons's brigade, dedicates a poem to Washington, V. 288, 289. Cited re- specting Nathan Hale, VII. 551. DYER, ELIPHALET, delegate in Con- gress, V. 14.
DYSON, JOHN, forwards a letter from Madame de Lafayette, X. 315.
Early Papers of Washington, account of the, II. 411. Eastern boundary, measures and pro- ceedings for settling the, XII. 66, 83. Eastern lands, purchases of, X. 151. East Indies, trade to the, X. 91. EASTON, JAMES, Colonel, III. 207. East River, British ships pass up the, IV. 92, 93.
Economy, IX. 482, XII. 339. In agri- culture, 360.
EDDY, JONATHAN, brings a petition for troops from Nova Scotia, III. 334.
EDEN, ROBERT, governor of Maryland, II. 387. Writes to Washington by his brother, V. 401.
EDEN, WILLIAM, British commissioner, V. 397, 398, 401. Education, Foreign, disadvantageous to American institutions, XI. 3, 22. Edward, Fort, IV. 491. Army removes from, to Moses Creek, 503. Express sent to, fired upon, VII. 269. Saved by a stratagem of Colonel Living- ston, 270.
EDWARDS, WILLIAM, Governor of West Florida, II. 369. Edwards's Fort, Captain Mercer skir- mishes near, II. 142. A company posted at, 293.
Election to the Virginia House of Bur- gesses, how conducted, II. 297. Elizabethtown, British attempt to sur- prise, VI. 173, 191. Attempt to cap- ture Governor Livingston at, 182. British expedition against, from Staten Island, VI. 452.
Elk, Head of, enemy land six miles below; stores at, V. 45, 49. Wash- ington visits; stores removed from; Delaware militia stationed at, 46. Buildings burnt there by the British, 81. Provisions and stores moved from, in June, 1778, 406. Troops embark at, on their expedition against Corn- wallis, VIII. 158, 160.
ELLIOT, ANDREW, lieutenant-govern- or of New York, unsuccessful mission of, to procure André's release, VII. 539. British commissioner in rela- tion to prisoners, VIII. 278, 342; 428. ELLSWORTH, OLIVER, on the Senate's agency in sending ministers abroad, X. 479-482. Denies the constitu- tionality of the demand for papers by the House of Representatives, XI. 115. Appointed minister to France, 404.
ELMORE, SAMUEL, Colonel, ordered to New York, IV. 27. Countermanded to the northern army, 42. ELY, Colonel, comes out of New York on parole, VI. 435. Embargo, on the execution of the law imposing an, XII. 102. At Bordeaux, 105.
EMERSON, WILLIAM, his description of the American camp a few days after the arrival of the Commander-in-chief at Cambridge, III. 491. EMERY, Count d', Governor of St. Do- mingo, IV. 144.
Emigrant servants, the enlistment of, and particulars respecting, II. 168, 169, 189, 199, 201. See Palatines. Emigration to America, particulars and
books respecting, IX. 384. On the en- couragement of, XI. 2, XII. 304, 315. Engineers in the army, imperfect qualifications and paucity of, III. 18, 22, 138, 427. Four French, engaged by Congress, IV. 491. The chief of the, appointed to be officially a member of the council of war, at Valley Forge, V. 339. Lafayette cited respecting, XII. 282.
Enlistments, small progress in, III. 165, 175, 176, 178, 186, 201, 205, 215, 220, 238. Disadvantages of, for a limited term, 278. Compensation for obtain- ing, 380. Directions concerning, IV. 177. Ruinous policy of short, 184, 231, 386, 388, 545. Success in, 304. To fill the army, impossible, V. 202. Of prisoners, prohibited, 375. Boun- ties offered for, during the war, VI. 196, 491. Fatal effects of short, 330, 471. To be only of able-bodied and effective men, 490. Ill consequences of short and temporary, VII. 103, 162, 223, 226, 238, 253, 441. Of men in one State not to be made by officers belonging to another, 389. Volun- tary, will not complete the quotas of the army, VIII. 255.
ENOS, ROGER, Colonel, with his troops leaves Arnold; is acquitted by a court- martial; resigns his commission; re- moves to Vermont, III. 164, 175, 196. Episcopal Church, address to the, in general convention, XII. 162. Wash- ington's attendance on the, 411. Erie, Lake, on a communication of, with the Ohio, IX. 291, 303, 326, 471. See Western Inland Navigation. ERSKINE, ROBERT, geographer to the army, death of, VII. 309. ERSKINE, THOMAS, I. 495. XI. 209. ERSKINE, WILLIAM, wounded at the battle of Germantown, V. 82. ESTAING, Count d', commander of the French fleet, V. 440. His arrival on the coast, VI. 1-5. His unsuccessful exertions to pass Sandy Hook, 9, 11, 12. Expedition to Rhode Island, VI. 11, 23, 24, 29. Disappointments of; measures for supplying with water, 26, 27, 29, 35. Sails from Rhode Island, 29. Re-appears off Newport, and goes to Boston for repairs, 40, 69. Evils from his leaving Rhode Island, 42, 52, 53. Protest to, by the Ameri- can officers, 45, 46, 52, 54, 58, 59. Provisions sent to, 51. Council held for providing for; his offer to serve under Sullivan, 58, 59. A view of af- fairs communicated to, 60. Presented with a copy of Washington's portrait, 71. His opinion of Hamilton, 105.
Issues a declaration to the Canadi- ans, 113. Goes to the West Indies, 179. A correspondence and confer- ence between Washington and Ge- rard, and letters cited, in regard to operations for, in 1779, 237. His pro- posed expedition against Halifax, 239. Captures Grenada; engages with Ad- miral Byron, 320, 349, 366. Leaves the West Indies, and arrives on the coast of Georgia, 359, 361, 366, 368. Measures for coöperating with, and their abandonment, 368, 371, 378, 383, 398, 409. Despatches the Tri- umph to America with the intelligence of peace, VIII. 408. Favors the So- ciety of the Cincinnati, IX. 43. Com- mends Ternant, X. 187. ETTWEIN, JOHN, a Moravian clergy- man, IX. 364.
Eutaw Springs, VIII. 173, 174. EVANS, ISRAEL, his Thanksgiving Dis- course before General Poor's brigade, V. 275. Delivers a discourse upon occasion of the death of General Poor, VII. 208.
EVERETT, EDWARD, on Lafayette's efforts to raise an army in France, VII. 478. Cited respecting Lafayette in Virginia, VIII. 515.
EWING, General, prevented by the ice from crossing the Delaware, IV. 247. Crosses afterwards, 249.
Excise Law, X. 250. Opposition to, in Pennsylvania, 291, 426, 428.
ceedings of the Executive in conse- quence of the violation of the, 526. Further particulars in relation to it, XII. 20, 21. Proclamation, 30. Meas- ures for prosecuting offenders against the, 31. Insurrection, 44. See Ar- dent Spirits.
Expenses of the Commander-in-chief, during the war, III. 2, VIII. 571, IX. 3. Of the President, XII. 5. EYRE, a British lieutenant, his treat- ment while prisoner, V. 218.
Fabius, writings of, commended, IX.
FAIRFAX, BRYAN, II. 53. Declines be- ing candidate for the House of Bur- gesses, 388. Disapproves the Fairfax County Resolves, 391. Comments on the resolve denying the authority of Parliament, 392; on the resolve for petitioning the King, 394; 396. His correspondence with the Commander- in-chief, V. 246.
FAIRFAX, GEORGE WILLIAM, III. 37.
In England, V. 267, IX. 107, 175. Death of, 299. Owner of Belvoir seat, XII. 327; 400.
FAIRFAX, JOHN, manager of farms, in- structions to, XII. 300.
FAIRFAX, Lord, II. 103, 134. Orders out militia, 143, 144, 154. Particu- lars respecting; successors to his titel, 182, V. 268.
FAIRFAX, THOMAS, an officer in the navy, II. 53.
FAIRFAX, WILLIAM, Colonel, II. 18, 28. On the pay of officers, 30. Life, char- acter, and descendants of, 51. On public prayers in the camp, 54. Wash- ington takes leave of, 74; 77. On a captain's selfishness at the time of an alarm, 107. Writes an encouraging letter to Washington, 145. On the militia, 160. Respecting Washington's entering the navy, in 1746, 415. FAIRFAX, WILLIAM, Jun., killed at Quebec; Wolfe's remark to, II. 53. Fairfax County Resolves, in 1774, II. 390, 488. Cited respecting indepen- dence, 497.
Fairfax family, in America, II. 51, 182. Connected with Washington, X. 339.
Fairfax parish, list of vestrymen for, XII. 400.
Fairfield, burnt by the British, VI. 292, 293, 350, 367.
Falmouth, destroyed, III. 129, 134, 520. Letters to the committee of, 130, 144. Menaced by the Cerberus, 144, 149. The destruction of, not approved by the British government, 520. FANEUIL, attempts to raise and officer a corps of Frenchmen, IV. 327. Farewell Address of the President, XI. 173, 175, 176, XII. 214. Words en- dorsed on it, 235. History of the; letter to Madison, 383. Madison's reply, 385. His draft for it, 387, 391. Hamilton's note respecting, in 1796, 391. Jay's letter to Peters, 395. Par- ticulars pertaining to the manuscript copy of the, 396.
Farmer's Letters. See CRÈVECEur, and DICKINSON.
Farming, importance of attending to minutiæ in, XII. 360; to instruc- tions pertaining to, 367. See Agri- culture.
Farm-yards, information requested in relation to, XII. 287.
Fast, appointed in Virginia, in 1774, II. 486. Appointed by Congress in 1776, III. 392; by the President of the United States, XI. 239; XII. 400. See Orderly Book. FAUCHET, minister from France, X. 65
400. Condemns his predecessor's conduct, 401. Several particulars re- specting, 474-478. His intercepted letter implicating Randolph, XI. 52, 54, 55, 75. Returns to France, 68. Defends Randolph, 90.
FAUQUIER, FRANCIS, lieutenant-gover- nor of Virginia, II. 259. Replies to a congratulatory letter, 290. FEBIGER, CHRISTIAN, Colonel, his bravery at the storming of Stony Point, VI. 538.
Federal City, surveyed, X. 147, 172. On the laying out of the, 206. Sale of lots, 290. On the superintendence of the affairs of the, 311, 423. Plan forwarded to the Earl of Buchan, 338. Hints about the commissioners of the, 423. On the establishment of a uni- versity at; Washington's will cited, XI. 1, 3, 14 – 23, 476. Its growth, 233. Importance of expediting the works there; on the importation of laborers therefor, XII. 305. Growth and prospects of the, 310, 327. Uni- versity; marine hospital there, 322. Federal Gazette, a newspaper published by Fenno, X. 23.
Federalist, The, a work on the Consti- tution, by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton, IX. 234, 285. Republication of, 285, 314. Federalist, The, a miniature ship built for a celebration at Baltimore and sent to Mount Vernon, IX. 375. FELLOWS, JOHN, General, to dismiss the Massachusetts militia, VI. 409. To detach militia to Fort Schuyler, VII. 131.
Fences, style of, in Virginia, condemn- ed, XII. 332, 356. Directions about, 365, 371.
FENNER, ARTHUR, Governor, congratu lated on the adoption of the Constitu- tion by Rhode Island, X. 93. FENNO, JOHN, publisher of the Federal Gazette, X. 23.
FERGUSON, ADAM, secretary of the commissioners for carrying into effect Lord North's bills, V. 397, 401, 402. Approbation of the conduct of the Commander-in-chief towards, 411. FERGUSON, Colonel, defeat of, VII. 283, 285,347, 415. To pursue Sumpter, 555. FERMOY, General, IV. 411. FERSEN, aid to Rochambeau, VIII. 95. Despatched to hasten on troops against Cornwallis, 159, 160.
Finances, American, in 1779, VI. 251, 410; in 1780, 466, 482, VII. 32, 42, 171, 197, 288. Derangement of, ow- ing to short enlistments, 163. Loan to meet, 289, 300, 337, 370, 371, 379,
380. Establishment of a department, and election of a minister of, 399, 400, VIII. 39, 60, 67. Money solicited to relieve the, 224. Embarrassments in the state of the, 378, 389. Fire Ships, IV. 19.
FISH, NICHOLAS, Major, his appoint- ment as adjutant-general, and non- acceptance, X. 275, 299, 301. FISHBOURN, aid to Wayne, bravery of, at Stony Point, VI. 297, 539. Com- municates information of the mutiny in the Pennsylvania line, VII. 348. FITZGERALD, JOHN, aid to the Com- mander-in-chief, his letter respecting Conway's Cabal, V. 510.
FITZHUGH, WILLIAM, Colonel, urges Washington's return to the service, in 1754, II. 65. Denies Dagworthy's right to the command, 120.
Flag, detention of a, VI. 335. Rules for granting a, VII. 149.
FLAGG, Major, killed in an action near Croton River, VIII. 48.
FLASSAN, cited respecting Jumonville, II. 447.
Flat-boats, importance and utility of, V. 93, VII. 289, 292. Flax, XII. 263, 345, 347. Fleet. See Navy.
FLEMING, Adjutant under Montgomery, III. 413.
FLEURY, LEWIS, an engineer, ordered to Fort Mifflin, V. 136. His journal of events antecedent to the evacuation of Fort Mifflin; is wounded, 154. Made lieutenant-colonel; a horse given to, for his merit at the battle of the Bran-
dywine, 155. Appointed inspector, 349. Accompanies Hamilton on his first visit to Count d'Estaing, VI. 5. His bravery at Stony Point, 302, 538. His proposed return to France; com- mendation of, 304, 307. Suspends his voyage, 383. His visit to the Ameri- can camp, after joining the French army, VII. 320.
Florida, proposed British expedition to, V. 550. Spanish expeditions against, VI. 475, 542, VII. 323, 324, 327. A negotiation in consequence of foreign- ers being invited to settle there, X. 162. Slaves pass into, from Georgia, XII. 181. See Spain. Flour, price of, VÍ. 80.
Flying-Camp, established in the mid- dle colonies, III. 416. Troops raising for the, 451. Militia in motion to form the, 458.
FOLSOM, NATHANIEL, member of Con- gress, V. 14. Visits the camp on a committee, 213.
Forage, commissary of, to be appointed,
IV. 300. Destruction of, 314. Price of, VI. 80. Want of, in the army, VII. 25, 158. Expedition to Bergen for, 173. Burnt at Coram, 292. De- stroyed at West Chester, 393. FORBES, JOSEPH, Brigadier-General, II. 275. His expedition to the Ohio, in 1758, 276. Joined by Indians, 279. Number of troops employed under; slow progress, 289. Reasons against dividing the army of, into two routes, 305. Plan of the advance of, by de- posits, 306. Proceeds by a new road from Raystown, which dissatisfies the Virginia Assembly, 307, 303. Dis- couragements of; advances money to Dagworthy's troops, 311. Arrives at Raystown; plan for the march of, 313. Takes Fort Duquesne, 320. Death of, 322.
Foreign Affairs, the delay to appoint a minister of, and its effects, VIII. 39. Livingston, secretary of, 277. The department of, takes the name of De- partment of State, X. 11.
Foreign influence, to be particularly guarded against, XII. 230, 392. Foreign nations, the President's policy in regard to, XII. 52, 231, 232, 392. Message to Congress relative to the intercourse with, 105. On the impor- tation of people from, to labor in the Federal District, 305.
Foreign officers, perplexities about em- ploying, IV. 423, 446. Should be dis- couraged from coming to America, V. 32. Embarrassments from, 33, 36, VI. 14, 18. Complain of non-pay- ment, IX. 426. Appropriations for the payment of, XII. 33. See French officers.
Fork of the Ohio, an important place for a fort, II. 6, 432, 433. FORMAN, DAVID, General, joins the army with New Jersey troops, V. 75. At the battle of Germantown, 78. His brigade of militia leaves the army, 84; 136. Discourages the pursuit of the enemy from Monmouth, 430. Sta- tioned at Monmouth and intrusted with a letter for Count de Grasse, VIII. 111. Examines into the case of the murder of Captain Huddy, X. 63,
FORREST, THOMAS, Lieutenant-Colo- nel, at the action of Springfield, VII. 508.
Forts, Chain of, upon the Virginia fron- tiers, II. 135. Washington's idea and plan of, 149. Dinwiddie's plan for erecting, 153. Commenced, 164, 166. Council held concerning, and the di- rection of, fixed, 166. The building
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