ters, 296. To examine the positions and numbers of the enemy on the North River, 302; 445. His desire of a furlough to go to France, and of promotion, VIII. 194, 202.
Government, military, should be sub- servient to the civil authorities, III. 44. Jealousy and acts of Congress respecting a military, 51. Washing- ton's regard for civil, 336. On putting into operation the acts of, XII. 21. To be respected and obeyed, 222. On opposition to, and innovations, 223. Baneful effects of party spirit in, 224. Effects of, on property in lands, 326. Government, Seat of, statue of Wash- ington to be erected at the, VIII. 472. Difficulty about fixing upon a, 485. On fixing it near the Falls of the Del- aware, 488, IX. 95. New York ob- jectionable for a, 549; X. 82. Fixed upon, surveyed, announced by proc- lamations and a message, 147, 148, 172, XII. 22, 89, 121. Progress of the public buildings there, 111. See Fed- eral City.
Governors, Provincial, have no com- mand of the troops, II. 310. GRAHAM, CATHARINE MACAULAY, vis- its Mount Vernon, IX. 111, 282. Cor. responds with Washington, X. 68- 72. Death of, 169.
Grain, orders sent to Europe for, XII. 286, 292. Rollers used upon, 333. Hints about harvesting and sowing, 397.
GRANT, Major, attacks Fort Duquesne, is made prisoner and sent to Montreal, II. 313. Colonel, repulses the Chero- kees, 335.
Grape vines, forwarded from France to Mount Vernon, IX. 70.
GRASSE, Count de, VIII. 50. Would detach a convoy with troops to unite with the French army at Newport, 64, 74. His destination and short stay on the coast of North America, 76, 78, 134, 162, 523. Communica- tions to, 111, 130. His movements from the West Indies to the Chesa- peake, 127, 134, 152-154. Count de Barras at liberty to join him or not, 134, 135. His arrival in the Chesa- peake, 154 - 156, 158, 160. Joined by Count de Barras, 158 - 160, 516. Captures Lord Rawdon, 158. Cap- tures two English frigates, 159, 160. Sends transports to carry troops, 161. His interview with land officers, 162, 163. His plans after Digby's arrival at New York, 163, 167, 528. De- taches marines to Gloucester, 168. Position of, 169, 170. Requested to
send vessels up York River, and hesi- tates, 170-173. Requested to parti- cipate in the treaty at Yorktown, 181. Thanks and two pieces of field ord- nance voted to, by Congress, 184. Requested to proceed against Charles- ton or Wilmington, 185-188, 192, 206. Visited by the Commander-in- chief, 187. Despatches a frigate to France with intelligence of the sur- render of Cornwallis, 188. Plan of cooperation for the ensuing cam- paign proposed to, 196. Sails from the Chesapeake, 197, 205. Presented with two horses, 198. Misfortunes and death of, IX. 359. Particulars of the cooperation with, in 1781, 402. Grant made by Congress to his daugh- ters, XII. 319.
Grass seeds, ordered from Europe, XII. 284, 292. Rolled, 333.
GRAVES, Admiral, III. 522, VII. 113. Arrives at New York and joins Ar- buthnot, 127.
GRAY, EBENEZER, Lieutenant-Colonel, directions to, after Arnold escapes from West Point, VII. 213. Gray's Hill, near Elk, British advance to, V. 49.
GRAYSON, WILLIAM, Colonel, commis- sioner respecting prisoners, V. 272. In Congress, IX. 124. On the thin representation in Congress, 177. On the Connecticut Reserve, 178. In Con- gress, 446, 459, XII. 270.
Great Britain, policy and conduct of, in regard to commerce, IX. 123, 150, 185, 191. Trade with, compared with France, 192, 338, 416. Private mis- sion of Gouverneur Morris to, X. 43-45. Expectation of a minister from, 168. Appointment of an en- voy extraordinary to, 399, 403, 404, 557. Suspected of intriguing with Algiers and Portugal, 401. Conduct of the agents of, in regard to the west- ern posts and the Indians, 444. Sum- mary of complaints against, XI. 100. Might have liberated Lafayette from confinement at Olmutz, 490. Gouv- erneur Morris's informal conferences with the ministers of; disposition of, about sending a minister to the United States; treaty with, XII. 58, 66, 91. Puts restraints on American com- merce; minister from, 98. Message to Congress upon encroachments of, 104. Approbation of the National Board of Agriculture in, 330. Minis- ters to, during Washington's adminis- tration, 433. See British, and GEORGE THE THIRD.
Great Kenhawa River, lands on the,
reserved for the first Virginia regi- ment, X. 220. Washington's lands there, XII. 264, 301, 318.
Great Meadows, encampment at, in 1754, II. 25. Skirmish near there with Jumonville's party, 26, 32, 447. Situation of the, 457. Washington the owner of land there, XII. 276, 319. See JUMONVILLE, Necessity, and Ohio Expedition.
GREATON, JOHN, Colonel, despatched to Canada, III. 365. Brigadier-gen- eral, VIII. 457, XII. 415. GREEN, JOHN, Major, leads the ad- vance at Mamaronec; dangerously wounded, IV. 524, 526. Lieutenant-
Colonel, sent with a reinforcement to Fort Mifflin, V. 120. GREENE, CHRISTOPHER, Colonel, in the expedition to Quebec, III. 164, 165, 250, 261. To take command at Red Bank; his instructions, V. 86, 91, 120. To cooperate with Baron d'Arendt, 101. His success against Donop; re- ceives directions about prisoners and arms, 110-114. Sword voted to, by Congress, 155. Regiment and levies under, to join the army, VII. 138. Killed in action near Croton River, VIII. 48.
GREENE, EBENEZER, Captain, one of the hostages given at the Cedars, VI. 481, 482.
GREENE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Son of Nathanael Greene, VIII. 381. Facts respecting, IX. 202.'
GREENE, NATHANAEL, brigadier-gen- eral, III. 23. Stationed at Winter Hill, 54.
His humorous account of the examination of four suspected per- sons, IV. 9. Appointed major-general, 32. To assist a committee sent to King's County, 42, 43. Sick at the time of the battle on Long Island, 60, 62, 80, 513. Commends the retreat from Long Island, 80. Advocates the evacuation of New York, 85, 91. On Washington's vexation at the flight of the soldiers near New York, 92. Commands on the Jersey side of the North River, 124. On garrisoning Forts Lee and Washington, 158, 165. On the temper of the militia, 162. On the surrender of Fort Washing- ton, 182. Despatched to Congress; instructions to, 367, 368. To put the North River and the passes of the Highlands in a condition for defence, 414, 434. On a mode for obstructing the North River, 416, 434. Harasses the British on their retreat to Amboy, 471. His letter declining to serve under Ducoudray; resolve of Con-
gress thereon, 490, 491. Cited, before the battle of Trenton, 542. Extract from Hamilton's Eulogy on, 544. His opinion of short enlistments, 545; V. 44. At the battle of Germantown, 78-80, 464. To command a rein- forcement for the support of Red Bank, 163. Does not approve attack- ing Philadelphia, 163. Cited respect- ing Lafayette, 170. Returns from New Jersey, 174. On a council of war at Valley Forge, 360. Com- mands the right wing at the battle of Monmouth, 426. Despatched to Rhode Island to take a command un- der Sullivan, VI. 22, 28. His efforts to induce Count d'Estaing to unite again in an attack on Newport, 40, 41, 45. On the conduct of officers in the action on Rhode Island, 51. Goes to Boston to facilitate the supply of the French fleet, 73. His efficiency and perplexities as quartermaster-gen- eral, and his resignation, 229, 230, 339. Questions to, upon violations of parole by officers, 277. The connexion of his services as quartermaster-general with actual military command, 337. Joined with Duportail in examining the grounds about Morristown, 419. On unfriendly feelings in Congress to- wards the Commander-in-chief, 422, 492. Consults Luzerne in relation to an expedition to Canada, 423. His difficulties about quartering officers, 428, 449-451. Visits Congress about the affairs of his department, 492. Proceedings in Congress about an inquiry into his conduct, VII. 5. On the perplexities of the quartermaster's department, 53; 65. Takes command of the troops at Springfield and its vi- cinity, 83, 85. Opposes the British in their expedition to Springfield, 85, 506. Directions to, on the proposed reduction of New York, 112; 130. His resignation as quartermaster, 145, 150, 512. Commended, 153. То command a foraging party, 173. Takes command of the army while Washington goes to Hartford, 207 - 209. Directions to, and his proceed- ings after the discovery of Arnold's treason, 215, 216, 221, 236, 539, 541 - 543. Solicits and obtains the com- mand on the North River; directions to, 231, 232, 237. His appointment to the command of the southern ar- my, 257-260, 263, 271 - 276, 236, 288. Directions to, about incursions on the frontiers of New York, 261. Invested with the power of negotiat ing an exchange of prisoners, 273,
288, 289. Plans the army, 289. His perplexing situation, 320, 321, 360. Great apprehensions for, 420. Re- treats before Cornwallis, 438, 445, 456, 457. His engagement with Corn. wallis at Guilford Court-House, 466, VIII. 5, 16. Approbation of the move- ments of, 116. Gains a victory at Eu- taw Springs, 173, 188. Asks respect- ing retaliation in the case of Hayne, 217. Compels the enemy to abandon their outposts, 241. Reinforcements to, 242, 259, 267. Letter to, on the campaign of 1782, 317; on the pros- pects of peace, 326; respecting the southern army, 347. Congratulated on having put an end to the hostilities in the southern States, 380; 410. Urged to attend the meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati; his opin- ions respecting a change in it, IX. 22, 27, 495, 500. Death of, 180, 226, 243. Monument voted to, by Congress, 181, 182, 186; 201.
GREENE, WILLIAM, governor of Rhode Island, VII. 138. Desired the de- struction of the fortifications at New- port, VIII. 270, 289.
Grenada, captured by Estaing, VI. 320. GRENVILLE, Lord, VIII. 327, 540. Sends Fauchet's intercepted letter to the British minister in America, XI. 52, 55, 76. Representations to be made to, 99. Gives a special permit for shipments for the President, 129. GREY, a British general, destroys Bed- ford, VI. 63, 66.
GRIDLEY, RICHARD, Colonel, facts re- specting, III. 50, 148, 219.
GRIFFIN, CYRUS, appointed a commis- sioner to make a treaty with the southern Indians, X. 29, 57. pointed district judge, 58, 59. dent of Congress, XII. 420. GRIFFIN, SAMUEL, Colonel, advances towards the British head-quarters in New Jersey, IV. 542; IX. 328, 361. Griswold, Fort, carnage at, VIII. 179, 180.
Guard of the Commander-in-chief, cir- cular respecting the formation of the, IV. 407.
GUICHEN, Count de, VII. 42, 154; 481. Requested to furnish assistance, 195, 199. Goes to France, 199, 239, 330. Proceedings upon the expectation that he is on the coast, 203, 208. Guilford Court-House, action there, VII. 466.
Gullies, hints on, XII. 361, 366.
Hackinsac River, position of the Amer- ican forces at, 188, 189. Haerlem, troops at, III. 75, 77. Head- quarters; position of the army at, IV. 93, 95. Skirmish at, 98, 104, 136. Removal from, 151-155. Decision of a council of war at, 155. HALDIMAND, FREDERIC, a British lieu- tenant-general, III. 29. Requests troops, VI. 307, 367; VII. 179. Cor- respondence with, VIII. 428, 459, 461 465, 472.
HALE, NATHAN, Captain, biographical facts respecting; executed by the British as a spy; comparison of, with André, VII. 549–552. HALF-KING, a sachem, whose Indian name was Tanacharison, a speech in reply to a friendly message from; is consulted by Ensign Ward, before his surrender at the Fork of the Ohio, in 1754, II. 7, 16. A short speech to, 20. His message about the approach of the French army, 25, 451. Present in the skirmish with Jumonville's party, 32, 452; his opinion of their intent; sends a message to the gover- nor, 35. Sends to the Indians for warriors, 44. Receives the name of Dinwiddie, 47. Washington ordered to visit, in 1753, 428. His speech, 434. The French general's haughty reply, 435. His speech favoring the mission in 1753, 437. Accompanies the agent, 439. Offers the speech belt to Joncaire, 441. Is cautioned against Joncaire, 444. Half-pay for officers after the termina- tion of the war, V. 312, 313, 322, 351, 352. Morris cited respecting the pros- pects of, in Congress, 340. Finally settled, 370, 381. Again recommend- ed, VI. 169. Established in Pennsyl- vania, VII. 166, 247. Agreed to, by Congress, 247, 255, 256, 297. Lincoln cited respecting the, VIII. 356. Re- marks on the, in connexion with the Newburg Addresses," 398, 403. Not to be viewed in the light of a pension, 448. Opposed in Connecticut, IX. 6. Halifax, proclamations respecting stran- gers coming to, III. 169. Irish regi- ments arrive at, 282. British fleet sails from, for Sandy Hook, 441. Pro- posed destruction of, by the French, VII. 33, 36. Successful measures ta- ken to procure information respecting, 36-38.
HALKET, FRANCIS, Major, II. 277. Wounded at Braddock's defeat, 471. HALKET, SIR PETER, II. 79. Acts as
brigadier under Braddock, 82, 463. Killed, 88, 471.
HALL, JOSIAS C., Colonel, his disobe- dience of orders, V. 304. Cited, 305; X. 150, 154.
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, Captain of a New York artillery company, III. 368. Extract from his Eulogy on Greene, IV. 544. Despatched to Congress with the result of a council of war, V. 40. Sent to Philadelphia to procure blan- kets and clothing, 67. Sent to Gates and Putnam, 122, 123, 125, 127. Meets with obstacles, 156. Orders Putnam to send troops to the main army, and is sustained by the Commander-in- chief, 160-163. A commissioner re- specting prisoners, 272. On the con- duct of Congress in regard to prison- ers, 306; 502. His letter respecting Conway's Cabal, 508; 525. Sent to Count d'Estaing, upon his arrival on the coast, VI. 5, 9, 11. Estaing's opinion of, 105. Meets British com- missioners respecting the Convention troops, 139. Despatched to Count d'Estaing, 378-380. Receives direc- tions, 398; 409. Commissioner to exchange prisoners, 483. Despatched to Verplanck's Point, to intercept and seize Arnold, VII. 215. Recommend- ed by Lafayette and Greene for the office of adjutant-general, 315, 321, 322. His qualifications to go as spe- cial minister to France, 341. Com- mended, 399; VIII. 22. Applies for employment in a light corps in the army, 26. Takes command of a bat- talion and joins the advanced corps under Scammel, 117, 118. His brav- ery at the storming of the redoubts at Yorktown, 179. In Congress, 179, 379, 338, 410, 418. Chairman of a commit- tee for a Peace Establishment, 417; IX. 260; 541. Disagrees with Clinton, 272. A writer in The Federalist, 284. Cited about Washington's being Pres- ident, 421, 434, 437. Appointed Sec- retary of the Treasury, X. 11. To make investigations of the accounts against the British prisoners, 63. His interview with Major Beckwith, and preparations for the opening of Con- gress, 116, 494. On the powers of
the national government, 156; 161. On the reelection of the President, 258, 510. His disagreement with Jef. ferson, 280, 283, 306, 515. On an act making provision for the debt of the United States, 288. On the insurrec- tion in Pennsylvania, 291, 297, 526. His opinion as to the place and mode of administering the inaugural oath to
the President, 321, 323. On a loan in Holland, and about the Indians, 349, 352. Gives notice of his resolution to resign, 351. Sick with the malig- nant fever, 368. Inquiry into his management of the Treasury Depart- ment, 370, 396, 554. His opinion as to the power of the Executive to change the place of convening Congress, 378, 550. Remarks on his nomination to the court of Great Britain, 399, 557. His continuance in oflice, 413, 414. On compensation for captured vessels, 421. Goes with the ariny against the Pennsylvania insurgents, 448. Let- ters from, 450. His resignation, XI. 16; 95. Opposes the call of the House of Representatives for papers in relation to the British treaty, 116. Cited respecting Rufus King's quali- fications for minister to London, 128. On the conduct of France, 187; on Washington's taking command of the Provisional army, 236, 532. His ap- pointment in the Provisional ariny, 258, 264, 265, 268, 278, 282, 283, 297, 304, 307, 312, 530, 537. His commission given to, 330. Queries to, about the Provisional army, 341, 344. Drafts the arrangements for raising and organizing it, 346; 375. On the disposition of military forces and posts, 422. Instructions to, 417, 563. Cited respecting a letter from Mr. King, 436. Recommends Wil- kinson's promotion, 439; 452. His note to the President respecting his Farewell Address, XII. 391. His agency in it, 394.
HAMILTON, HENRY, lieutenant-gover- nor of Detroit, capitulates, and is made in a degree a subject for retaliation, VI. 315. Released from imprison- ment, 407; VII. 240. Permitted to go to New York, 291. HAMILTON, JAMES, governor of Penn- sylvania, II. 11, XII. 417. HAMILTON, a British brigadier-general, proposition for exchanging, V. 358. HAMMOND, SIR ANDREW, arrives, with British reinforcements, at New York, VI. 350.
HAMMOND, GEORGE, British minister, complains of indignities; is recalled, XI. 42. His conduct in regard to Fauchet's intercepted letter, 52, 55. HANBURY, a merchant of London, prominent in the Ohio Company, II. 479; 481.
HANCOCK, JOHN, proposes joining the army, III. 36. His election to the presidency of Congress, 37. Letters of, eited, respecting an attack on Bos-
ton, 221; on the inactivity of the fleet and conduct of the officers, 353; on the visit of the Commander-in- chief to Philadelphia, 395, 406; or- dering Wooster's recall from Canada, 411; respecting reinforcements for the Northern Department, 443; on the loss of Canada, 445; on commu- nicating the Declaration of Independ- ence to the Commander-in-chief, 457; respecting General Lee's situation as prisoner, IV. 273; respecting the re- solve of Congress pertaining to Lee, 337. Retires from Congress; furnish- ed with an escort, V. 106, 107, 133. Presents a copy of Washington's por- trait to Count d'Estaing, VI. 71. Re- quested to favor a proposed expedition against Penobscot, VIII. 329; to aid Vaudreuil, 350; IX. 557. His recep- tion of the President at Boston, X. 47, 48, 489.
HAND, EDWARD, Lieutenant-Colonel, recommended for a colonelcy, III. 315. Promoted, 319. Retreats before the British on Long Island, IV. 60. Appointed brigadier-general, 373; V. 382. Ordered to succeed Stark, VI. 93; 111; to repair to Minisink, 122, 124; 264. Commands a brigade of light infantry, VII. 135. Recommend- ed for the office of adjutant-general, 314, 321; 336; VIII. 564. His faith- ful discharge of his duties, IX. 9. Recommended for brigadier-general in the Provisional army, XI. 265, 299. Handbills, dispersed among the troops in New York, in July, 1775, III. 30. Hanoverian troops, III. 382. HANSON, JOHN, chosen president of Congress, VIII. 209, 214. His ad- dress to the Commander-in-chief upon his visiting Congress, and the reply, 212. Will not serve as district judge,
HANSON, SAMUEL, Colonel, 366, 409, 460.
HARMAR, JOSIAH, Brigadier-General, his expedition against the Wabash Indians, X. 119.
Harper's Ferry, advantages of, for a public arsenal, XI. 69, 231. Meas- ures for stationing troops at, 457 – 467. HARRIS, engaged in getting powder from Bermuda, III. 47.
Harrisburg, address to the citizens of, XII. 209.
HARRISON, BENJAMIN, member of the Williamsburg Convention and of the first General Congress, II. 396; II. 123.
Member of the first Board of War, 426; V. 35. Speaker of the House of Delegates in Virginia, VI.
142. Letter to, respecting the Conven- tion troops and General Phillips, 257. Written to, for militia, VIII. 290, 321. His visit to Mount Vernon, IX. 13, 19, 26, 30. Approves a plan for Western internal navigation, 68. On shares in the Potomac and James River Companies given to Washing- ton, 83. On the Federal Constitution, 266; 475.
HARRISON, CHARLES, appointed colo- nel of a regiment of artillery, IV. 191. HARRISON, HENRY, Captain, receives orders, II. 144. HARRISON, ROBERT HANSON, appointed aid-de-camp to the Commander-in- chief; acts as secretary; confidential and serviceable, III. 136, 166, 257. His account of the battle of Long Isl- and, IV. 68, 513. Cited respecting the removal of the troops from Haer- lem, 154. Instructions to, investing him with powers relative to prisoners, 348. Has interviews with Colonel Walcott, the British commissioner, and declines accepting a paper for the Commander-in-chief, 380, 557. the operations of the army near White Plains before the battle, 524. His account of the action on Chatterton's Hill, 526. His letter, written at the battle of the Brandywine, V. 57; 99, 100. Chosen member of the new Board of War, but declines, 194. Com- missioner about prisoners, 272. Meets British commissioners at Perth Am- boy respecting an exchange of the Convention troops, VI. 139. A com- missioner at Amboy, 213, 508. Ac- cepts an appointment in Maryland, VIII. 14. Does not accept the ap- pointment of associate justice, X. 53. Death of, 92. Harrows, XII. 295.
HART, Captain, attacks boats on Long Island, V. 212.
HARTLEY, THOMAS, Lieutenant-Colo- nel, stationed at Crown Point with the sixth battalion of the Pennsylva- nians, IV. 12; V. 422. HARTSHORNE, WILLIAM, wishes for the interference of the President elect at Philadelphia, IX. 489.
Harvard College, occupied by the troops, III. 20. Manuscript papers deposited in the library of, by R. H. Lee, 35. Savage takes a portrait of Washington for, X. 64. Address to the President and Fellows of, XII. 173.
Harvesting, hints about, XII. 337. HARVEY, REUBEN, a merchant in Ire-
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