Publius, a signature in The Federalist, writings of, commended, IX. 275, 284, 352, 419.
PULASKI, Count, a Polish officer, ap- pointed to the command of the horse, with the rank of brigadier-general, 48. At Trenton, 233, 279. Joins Wayne, 233. Skirmishes with the en- emy, 233. To assist Wayne, 250. Resignation of, 251, 276. Proposition of, to raise an independent corps, 277, 278. Commendation of, 278, 279. Ordered with his corps into New Jer- sey, VI. 75.
Enlists prisoners and deserters, and exceeds his establish- ment, 85, 86. At Cole's Fort, 113. His proposition to leave the country, 123. Congress removes the difficulty about making up his full complement of men, 172. Goes to South Carolina, 173; 236. His corps incorporated
with Armand's, 462. Pumpkins, directions about, XII. 342, 347.
Punishments, inconveniences from the want of a proper gradation of, in the army, VII. 395. See Orderly Book. PUTNAM, ISRAEL, appointed major- general; commands the Connecticut troops at Cambridge, III. 6, 487. Sta- tioned on Prospect Hill, 18. Opinion respecting, 270. Goes to New York; instructions to, 312, 337. Takes com- mand while Washington visits Con- gress; instructions to, 397, 402. Or- ders to, for building fire-rafts, 405. His invention and description of che- vaux-de-frise to obstruct the river at New York, IV. 30, 148. Sent to take the general command on Long Isl- and, 62, 513; to fortify Philadelphia, 208. Ordered to Crosswicks, 262. Deserted by Preston's regiment, 288. Sends Major Stockton in irons to Philadelphia, 356. Commands on the North River, 434. Consulted respect- ing a surprise on the enemy at Kings- bridge, 435. To hold four regiments in readiness to oppose Burgoyne, 466. To call out militia to defend the High- land passes, 476, 480. Orders to, about the movement of troops, V. 4, 8. Reinforcements ordered to, 11; 23. Cautioned against an attack from Clinton, 26. His letter about Ed- mund Palmer, a British spy, 27. Or- dered to detach troops to the main army near Philadelphia, which puts an end to a project of his own, 72, 73. On the loss of Forts Montgomery and Clinton, 91, 471. Retreats from Peeks- kill, 104. Death of his wife, 105. To detach troops to the main army, 123.
Number of his forces, 124. His ad- vance to Red Hook, and return to Fishkill, 130. His wish to move to- wards New York, 130, 131, 161. Com- plains of Hamilton's letter directing him to send troops to the main army, 160. To secure the North River, 177. His excursion towards New York, and return to the Highlands, 211. Goes to Connecticut, 225, 280, 282. Inquiry into his conduct in regard to the loss of Forts Montgomery and Clinton, 280, 283, 284. Ordered to Connecticut to aid in the new levies, 283. To forward troops to the North River, 345, 359. Ordered to West Point, VI. 75. Commands at Dan- bury, 125. Left with the command of the main body of the army, 276. Commands the right wing of the ar- my on the North River, 304. Seized with a paralysis, and never again joins the army, VII. 101, 102. Letter to, after the news of peace, respect- ing his half-pay, VIII. 433; 564. PUTNAM, RUFUS, Colonel, his qualifica- tions as an engineer, IV. 237, 489; VII. 204. Brigadier-General, X. 263. His plan of carrying on the war, 264.
Quakers, exempted from military duty in Pennsylvania, II. 123. Drafted and confined for refusing to serve, 165. Cannot be made to serve, and are released, 169, 170. Difficulty with, about a slave, IX. 158. Appre- hensions of, in regard to the reception of the President elect at Philadelphia, 489. Memorialize Congress to abol- ish the slave-trade, X. 82, 85, 98. De- sire to send a deputation to make presents at the treaty at the Lower Sandusky, 330, 335. Address to, XII.
276. Importance of, 294. Reinforced, and the American army retreats, 392, 401. See ARNOLD, Canada, and MONTGOMERY.
Queen's County, suspected persons in, IV. 44, 45.
Queen's Rangers, a regiment of loyal- ists, IV. 521.
Queries by the President, respecting the system of conduct to be adopted by him in his private intercourse, X. 464. Respecting a proclamation of neutrality, and the reception of a French minister, 533. Respecting the fitting out of French armed vessels in the United States, 542. Proposed to Major-generals Hamilton and Pinck- ney, XI. 341.
QUESADA, Governor of Florida, his in- vitation to foreigners to settle in that territory, X. 162–164. Quibbletown, IV. 472.
QUINCY, JOSIAH, his plan for shutting up Boston harbour, III. 141.
RADIÈRE, from France, appointed lieu- tenant-colonel of engineers, IV. 491; V. 177. Disapproves fortifying West Point, 224; 311; 334; VI. 430. His death, 431.
RADNOR, Earl of, his complimentary letter, XI. 210.
RAGSDALE, Major, recommended for the Provisional army, XI. 273. RAHL, a Hessian colonel, mortally wounded at the battle of Trenton, IV. 247, 272.
Raleigh, a frigate taken by the British, VI. 90.
RAMSAY, NATHANIEL, Lieutenant-Col- onel, VI. 435. Measures for effecting the exchange of, VII. 211. RANDOLPH, BEVERLEY, governor of Virginia, X. 50, 127. Appointed com- missioner for a conference with the western Indians, 314.
RANDOLPH, EDMUND, aid-de-camp to the Commander-in-chief, III. 68. Leaves the camp, 139, 166. A mem- ber of Congress, VI. 314; IX. 116. Governor of Virginia, 219. On Wash- ington's attendance on the Conven- tion, 220, 243. Declines signing the Constitution, 270, 304, 541. Favors a plurality of equal heads in the gov- ernment, 289. His objections to the Constitution, 296; 356. Favors its adoption, 373, 378. Appointed attor- ney-general, X. 27, 34, 58. On George Wythe as district judge, 60. Re-
quested to examine laws, and sug- gest others, with a view to protect the Indians, 195. Urges Washington to be a candidate for a second election, 286, 512. Consulted respecting the Pennsylvania insurrection, 292, 296, 303. On the place and mode of ad- ministering the oath to the President, 322. On changing the place of the meeting of Congress, 373, 375, 384. His purpose of writing a history of the President's administration, 385. Appointed secretary of state, 403, 558. Drafts an answer to the British min-
ister's reply to Pinckney's memorial, 406. On Democratic Societies, 443. His letter about an envoy extraordi- nary to Great Britain, 558. His con- versation with Van Berckel, X1. 27. Consulted on the British treaty, 31. His conversation with M. Adet, 36, 41. On the treatment of Mr. Ham- mond, 42. Implicated by Fauchet's intercepted letter, 52. His interview with the President and cabinet re- specting it; his resignation, 54, 55, 75, 76, 479. His opposition to the ratifi- cation of the British treaty, 57. Pub- lishes an extract from his letter to the President, 85. Further particu- lars respecting, 89. Change of his sentiments, 91.
RANDOLPH, PEYTON, goes to England as agent for the House of Burgesses, about the pistole fee, II. 58. Is at the head of the Associators, 161. Modera- tor of the Williamsburg Convention, and member of the first General Con- gress, 396. Signs as moderator a cir- cular letter from the delegates of the House of Burgesses, 487. President of the first Congress and of the Vir- ginia Convention; sudden death of, III. 139, 140, XII. 420. Rank, military, of Washington and Mackay, II. 41, 48, 49, 50. The King's orders respecting, brought by Braddock, 68. Of the provincials and King's officers, 112, 289. Difficulties about, in the American army, III. 49. On regular gradation in, 108. Mode of settling disputes about, IV. 332. Decision of a board of officers respect- ing, submitted to Congress, V. 141. Discontents respecting the unsettled state of, 435. Delicacy of interfering with, VI. 389. See Commissions, DAGWORTHY, Foreign officers, Offi- cers, and Promotion. RAVEN, an Indian warrior, II. 284. RAWDON, Lord, commands a detach- ment from New York to the south- ward, VII. 6, 18. Writes to Leslie
about a coöperation with Lord Corn- wallis, 347. His transactions in the Carolinas, 552. His letter to Major Rugely, 554. Captured by Count de Grasse, VIII. 158. Proposition to ex- change for Brigadier-General Moul- trie, 238.
RAWLINGS, MOSES, Colonel, IV. 182. His difficulty in enlisting troops, VI. 197. Guards British prisoners at Fort Frederic; ordered to Fort Pitt, VI. 205. RAYNAL, Abbé, his work on the United States, IX. 386.
Raystown, road from Fort Cumberland opened to, II. 296. Camp at, 313. READ, GEORGE, president of Delaware, requested to call out militia to protect Wilmington, V. 190.
Reading, military stores at, V. 70, 71. Recruits, plan for raising; circular let- ter respecting, V. 15. Qualifications necessary in, VIII. 236.
Red Bank, troops ordered to, V. 86. Importance of, 88, 152-154, 163. Battle at, 110-115. Reinforcements ordered to, 162, 163. Evacuated, 166, 180. See GREENE and VARNUM. REED, ESTHER, on the subscription of the Philadelphia ladies for the army, VII. 90 Death of, 408. REED, JAMES, appointed brigadier-gen- eral, IV. 32. Unfitted for military service by the small-pox, 241. REED, JOSEPH, Colonel, secretary to the Commander-in-chief, leaves camp and returns to Philadelphia; impor- tance of his services as secretary, III. 136, 166, 237, 257, 235. On the re- luctance of the colonists to declare independence, 347. Declines receiv- ing a letter directed to Washington, 473. Cited respecting Captain Knight, 501. Directions to, and his remarks on the posture of affairs immediately before the battle of Trenton, IV. 241, 542. Recommended to Congress for a command of horse, 292. Resigns his office of adjutant-general, 371. His correspondence with Lee and the Commander-in-chief, 535. Declines the command of the cavalry, V. 49. Assists General Armstrong in fortify- ing the Schuylkill; appointed dele- gate to Congress, 60. Visits the camp on a committee, 213, 408. Writes to Governor Johnstone, 407. His patri- otic reply when tempted by Governor Johnstone, VI. 32. Elected president of Pennsylvania, 130. His corre- spondence with the Commander-in- chief about Arnold's trial, 230, 247, 260, 516, 519, 524, 528. Writes re- specting Lee's queries, 310, 328. Pro-
poses to lead militia in person, 389. On a commission in the Continental line, 389-392. On the exertions of ladies for the army, VII. 89. Re- quested to exercise his power of de- claring martial law, 99. Written to, about remarks of Arnold, 264, 296. Visits the army, to suppress the revolt of the Pennsylvania line, 359. Reformed Dutch Church, address to the Synod of the, XII. 166.
Refugees, measures connected with the remuneration of the, IX. 177. See Loyalists.
Regiments, sixteen additional, appoint- ed, IV. 271. Their disagreeable situ ation, VI. 242. Detail of what one ought to consist of, VII. 251. Religion, freedom of worship in, II. 481. Toleration in, III. 89, IX. 262, XII. 152, 155, 168, 202, 404, 410. In- crease of fraternal affection among the friends of, 162. Indispensable to po- litical prosperity, 227. The essential pillar of society, 245. Opinions and habits of Washington as to, 399. See Orderly Book.
RENDON, DON FRANCISCO, agent in the United States from the Spanish gov- ernment, VIII. 175.
Rents, considerations and directions concerning, X. 198, XII. 265, 275, 280, 302, 317. At Miller's Run, 287. At Mount Vernon, 312. REPARTI, a French captain on the Ohio, II. 441.
Representatives, the instructing of, by their constituents, IX. 199, 209. Representatives, House of, calls for pa- pers in relation to the British treaty, XI. 115, 122. Proceedings in, about George Washington Lafayette, 118. Discussion in, about the treaty, 127. Resolution of, respecting the public credit, XII. 10. Approves the Presi- dent's proclamation of April 29th, 1793, 43; approves his proceedings in re- lation to the Pennsylvania insurrec- tion, 56. Reasons of the President for not complying with their call for papers, 112. Catalogue of the mem- bers during Washington's administra- tion, 427-432. Republics, correspondence respecting, VIII. 300-302. Ingratitude of, 434. Retaliation, in the treatment of prison- ers, threatened, III. 60. Partly en- forced, 105, 501. Justifiable; practis- ed on Prescott, 202. Declaration re- specting, by Congress, 204. Threat- ened after the affair at the Cedars, IV. 2. Threatened in the case of
Josiah, 51; in the case of Lee, 273, 274, 276, 331. Misapplication of the principle of, in the case of Campbell, 331. The impolicy of, 334, 342. solved on by Congress, 460. countenanced by Howe, 554. cided on, by Congress, V. 24. Threat- ened, 149, 164, 165. Remarks re- specting the case of Hayne, VIII. 217. Recommended in the case of Huddy, 263. The selection of a subject for, in the case of Huddy, 280-283, 291, 292, 296-298, 301, 310. Approved and ordered by Congress, 310, 351. See ASGILL and HUDDY. Returns of the army, and difficulty of obtaining, III. 15, 19, 27, 381. Or- dered to be made monthly, 381. Revenue cutters, X. 114.
Rhode Island, votes reinforcements to the army, III. 33. Fits out two arm- ed vessels, 77. Exempted from rais- ing troops after Montgomery's defeat, 253. Distressed situation of, repre- sented to Congress, 378. Impolitic in raising troops for its own defence, IV. 285. Troops of, ordered to join the main army, 376. Called on for men to cooperate with Count d'Es- taing, VI. 6. Promptness of the mili- tia of, VII. 138. Proceedings in, re- specting the Constitution, 1X. 292, 340, 391, 392, 407, 420, X. 39, 67, 91, 93, 103, 487. Visited by the Presi- dent, 110. Address to the corpora- tion of the College of, XII. 194; to the legislature of, 194, 241. List of governors of, during Washington's public life, 417. Members of the Con- tinental Congress from, 421; of Con- gress from, during Washington's ad- ministration, 428.
Rhode Island, the Island of, expedition proposed against, by Spencer and Ar- nold, IV. 313. Sullivan's expedition against, VI. 6, 7, 8, 68. Attack on Newport, 29. Battle on, 41, 50, 51. British force at, 160. British troops arrive there from New York, 209. Evacuation of, 358, 361, 362, 388, 393, 397. Threatened by Clinton, VII. 119, 121, 125, 126, 138. Measures taken for the security of, 127, 128, 130, 192. Unimportance of, 128. See Newport, ROCHAMBEAU, and SULLI-
RICHARDSON, Colonel, V. 52. Richmond, Convention at, in 1775, II. 405. Address to the inhabitants of, XII. 206.
Ridgefield, skirmish at, IV. 405. RIEDESEL, Baron de, goes to New York on parole, VI. 318, 382. De-
tained at Elizabethtown, 381. Propo- sition to exchange, VII. 194, 210. RIEDESEL, Madame de, "Letters and Memoirs" of, cited, VI. 94. Goes to New York, 318.
Rifle Companies, eight, the first troops ordered to be raised by Congress, march to head-quarters, III. 100, 101. Claim exemption from the command of provincial field-officers, 111, 112. Measures for reenlisting, 367. Six companies of, ordered, and raised, 444. See MORGAN. RITZEMA, RUDOLPHUS, Colonel, III. 294; 365; 472.
RIVARDI, Major, XI. 322, 431, 433. River Farm, XII. 312, 316. Directions about the, 344. A weekly report of the, 352. Directions for crops and operations thereon, for the year 1800, 361; for 1801, 1802, and 1803, 366. RIVINGTON, publishes an intercepted letter of the Commander-in-chief, VIII. 20-22. Publisher of Spurious Let- ters, XI. 184. Roads, XII. 278. ROBERDEAU, DANIEL, in reference to Conway's Cabal, V. 510, 511. ROBERTSON, ARCHIBALD, takes a por- trait of Washington, X. 229. ROBERTSON, JAMES, a British lieuten- ant-general on Staten Island, watch- ing the discontent in the Jersey line, VII. 389, 390. Exerts himself in be- half of Major André, 537-539, 541. The command of the British troops devolves on; informed of the order to select a British officer for retalia- tion in Huddy's case, VIII. 281, 289, 292. Passport requested for, to visit Washington on the affair of Hatfield and Badgely, 312, 538. ROBESPIERRE, X. 449, 476. ROBIN, Abbé, author of Nouveau Voy age dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, VIII. 155.
ROBINSON, BEVERLY, Colonel, corre- sponds with Arnold on board the Vul- ture, VII. 525-527. Desires Wash- ington to set André at liberty, 533. Endeavours to procure André's re- lease, 539.
ROBINSON, JOHN, speaker of the Vir- ginia House of Delegates, II. 72. His letter to Washington in 1756, cited, 161; 171. Opposes the maintaining of Fort Cumberland, 216. His opin- ion of Governor Dinwiddie, 268. Communicates the thanks of the Vir- ginia Assembly to Washington upon his quitting the army, in 1758, 327. ROBINSON, SIR THOMAS, Secretary of state, II. 97.
ROCHAMBEAU, Count de, VII. 39. His correspondence with Vergennes; with the Commander-in-chief, upon his arrival in America, sends him a copy of his instructions, and an ac- count of his voyage, VII. 110-112, 477-506, 511. His personal inter- view with Washington at Hartford, 119, 172, 192, 199, 203, 207, 208, 212, 228, 250, 300, 301, 319, 322, 372, 407. Clinton's expedition against, 126-123, 132, 133, 143. Commenda- tion of his measures, 143. Commends Heath, 155. On Lafayette's proposed expedition against New York, 171. Warned of Clinton's movements, 182. Visited by Indians, 183; his address to them, 184. Informed of Arnold's treason, 218. His disposition of his troops for the winter, 319. His opin- ion of Marquis de Castries, 324. De- clines propositions for cooperating with the Spanish, 329, 374. respecting the coming of vessels from Brest, and a change in the French ministry, 339. Offers to send land forces against Arnold, 404. Proposals to, respecting a combination of forces against Arnold, 410, 419, 425, 434, 461. Cited about movements against Arnold, and Tilly's return to New- port, 426, 428, 429, 444. His inter- view with Washington at Newport, 446. Consulted about an expedition against Lloyd's Neck, VIII. 3. Will furnish troops for an expedition against Penobscot, 8, 10. On an in- tercepted letter of the Commander- in-chief, 29. On Count de Barras and his arrival, 40, 64. Instructions to, from France, 41. His interview with Washington at Weathersfield, 40, 48, 50, 54, 59, 60-62, 64, 77, 120, 517. Displeased with Chastellux's letter to Luzerne, 60. Despatches a vessel to Count de Grasse in the West Indies; Mémoires of, cited re- specting the proposed operation in the Chesapeake, 76. His progress toward the American army and junction with it, 81, 84, 86, 87, 96, 98-100. On his recruits, 82. Approves Lafay- ette's conduct in Virginia, 101. Goes to Philadelphia, 140. Loans 20,000 hard dollars for the payment of the American troops, 150. Arrives at Mount Vernon, 157. Has an inter- view with Count de Grasse, 162. His assistance at the siege of Yorktown, 178, 183, 516. Thanks, and two pieces of field-ordnance voted to, by Congress, 184, 237, 368. Makes his head-quarters at Williamsburg, 198. VOL. XII.
Is willing to advance Lauzun's legion to the southward, 236, 242, 258. Ac- knowledgments made to, by Virginia, 238. Invited to Mount Vernon, 259. Officers under, rewarded in France, 289. His interview with Washing- ton at Philadelphia, 314, 321, 322, 326, 328. His march to Baltimore and continuance there, 322, 331. His junction with the American army on the North River, 332, 340, 345. Ac- companies the French army to Prov- idence, 365. His departure from the United States, 368. Appointed to the government of Picardy, IX. 56; 149; 359; 465; X. 38. At his coun- try-seat near Vendôme, 208. ROCHAMBEAU, Colonel, (son of the Count,) despatched to France, after the conference at Hartford, to make known the result, and the wants of the Americans, VII. 319. Brings de- spatches from France to his father, VIII. 47, 64.
ROCHEFONTAINE, a French officer, dis- possessed of his quarters, VI. 450. ROCKINGHAM, Marquis of, political ef fects of his death, VIII. 344, 349, 359.
RODNEY, CESAR, Brigadier-General, commendatory letter to, upon his leaving the service, IV. 34; 526. Commander of the Delaware militia; directions to, upon the enemy's land- ing near the Head of Elk, V. 46. RODNEY, Admiral, reinforces the Brit- ish fleet, VII. 239. ROGERS, DANIEL, XII. 240. ROGERS, ROBERT, Major, President Wheelock's statements respecting, III. 208, 244. His solicitation of a pass- port from the Commander-in-chief, 209. Suspected, 439. Ordered to New Hampshire, 440. Joins the Brit- ish and raises troops on Long Island, IV. 128. 520. Appointed colonel; commands the Queen's Rangers; sends out enlisting orders, 521. Ex- pedition against, 524, 526. Rollers used, XII. 332. Roman Catholics, address to, XII. 177. Ross, JAMES, senator in Congress, con- sulted about the sale of western lands, XII. 317.
Ross, Major, a British commissioner at Yorktown, VIII. 532. Rotheram plough, commended, XII.
ROUERIE, Marquis de la. See ARMAND. Roxbury Neck, troops at, III. 18, 39, 54. Royal American Regiment, raised, II. 168; 189. Employed in Forbes's ex- pedition, 289.
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