Cabinet of the President, the first ap- pointment of the members of, X. 11. Questions proposed to, in view of the expected expedition from Canada against Louisiana, 113. The Presi- dent's route for his southern tour com- municated to, with instructions, 157. Dissensions in the, between Hamilton and Jefferson, 280, 283, 306, 515. On the induction of the President into office, 321. Meeting of, called for instructions to commissioners for a treaty with the Indians, 328. Ques- tions sent to, relating to the proclama- tion of neutrality and the reception of the French minister; and their opin- ions, 337, 533. Consulted respect- ing vessels fitting out as privateers, 345; about a British letter of marque in New York, 354. Proceedings in, on the Little Sarah and M. Genet, 355, 356, 360, 361, 536. Consulted on the expediency of arming and equip- ping vessels, 361; and on an imme- diate convocation of Congress, 362. Prepares eight rules about the equip- ment of vessels in the ports of the United States by belligerent powers, and favors the recall of Genet, 363, 546. Case of the Citizen Genet, a privateer, submitted to, 366. Con- sulted on Van Berckel's request re- specting the Dutch consul Heinaken, XI. 27, 28. Questions proposed to, on the ratification of Jay's treaty, 31. Consulted on the proceedings in Bos- ton relating to the British treaty, 35. Proceedings on the ratification of the British treaty, 57. On a call for papers in relation to the British treaty, 114. On a minister to France, and Mr. Monroe's recall, 132, 483. On a mission to France, 572. List of the members of, during Washington's administration, XII. 432. CABOT, GEORGE, the correspondence with, upon the arrival of George Wash- ington Lafayette, XI. 64, 66, 71, 95. CADWALADER, JOHN, General, direc- tions to, before the battle of Trenton, IV. 241. Prevented by the ice from crossing the Delaware, 247. His movements, 248. Marches to Bor- dentown, 250. Joins the army at
Trenton, 258. Recommended to Con- gress, 292. Declines his appointment as brigadier-general, 329. Despatch- ed to arrange the Maryland Eastern Shore militia, V. 52. His aid solicited at camp, 289. Marches against the enemy's rear, 417. His duel with
Conway, 516. Regrets not having ac- cepted the appointment of Congress, VII. 230, 231; XII. 309. CADWALADER, LAMBERT, Colonel, IV. 180. Taken prisoner and released without parole, 188.
CALDWELL, JAMES, suggests the re- moval of the Jersey troops to Morris- town, VII. 406. CALDWELL, JOSEPH, XII. 213. CALDWELL, Mrs., shot, VII. 76. CALL, MAJOR, conduct of, X. 269, 273. CALLBECK, PHILIP, President of the Council, and acting governor of St. John's, brought away by violence ; presents a memorial to Washington, and is discharged; his letter cited, III. 193, 194.
CALLENDER, JOHN, Captain, court mar- tial respecting, III. 490. CALVERT, BENEDICT, II. 370. Cambridge, troops at, III. 6. Wash- ington arrives there and takes com- mand of the army, 14, 27, 38, 484. Determination of the first council of war at, 16, 18, 19. Provincial Con- gress at, 44. Conference there, be- tween a committee of Congress, dele- gates from four colonies, and the Commander-in-chief, respecting the army, 123. Council of war there, 219, 251, 253. Visited by the Presi- dent in 1789, X. 47, 48, 490, 491. See Army.
CAMDEN, Lord, his remarks in Parlia- ment respecting America, V. 247. Camden, Gates's defeat near, VII. 185, 186, 189, 191, 197, 201, 205, 326. Ad- dress to the inhabitants of; Baron de Kalb buried at, XII. 200. Disappro- bation of the British treaty by the citizens of the District of, 212. CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER, district attor- ney for Virginia, X. 195. CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD, a British lieu- tenant-colonel, taken, III. 432. In Concord gaol; writes to Washington and Howe respecting his treatment, IV. 330 – 333, 556. Resolve of Con- gress respecting; and its impolicy, 334, 342, 350. Unjustifiable treat- ment of, 440, 460, 556, 557, 559. To be treated with kindness, 461. Pro- position to exchange, V. 24, 269, 272, 310, 539. Exchanged, 362. CAMPBELL, a British general, V. 64. At Staten Island, 105, 174. Claims officers from Governor Livingston, 183. Commissioner at the meeting at Tappan, in regard to prisoners, VIII.
CAMPBELL, a British lieutenant-colonel,
killed in the attack on Fort Mont- gomery, V. 105, 474. CAMPBELL, Captain, his proposal to bring off prisoners on parole, from Long Island, VI. 173. CAMPBELL, Major, at the battle of Ger- mantown, V. 468. Canada, expedition to, II. 29. Situa- tion of affairs in, III. 143. The raising of troops for, 249. General Thomas appointed to the command there; ar- tillery ordered to, 333, 348. Officers there think themselves neglected in the new arrangement, 349. Import- ance of securing; detachments sent to, 365, 375. Commissioners sent there from Congress with instruc- tions, 390. Sad condition of affairs at, 390-393, 406, 432. Reinforce- ments voted for, 407. Deplorable condition of the army there, 411. American army driven out of, 423, 445. Alarm and exposure in conse- quence of the army's retreat from, 465. Number of prisoners taken in, IV. 548. Expedition to, proposed, in 1778; troops ordered to the High- lands, V. 281, 285, 286, 291, 300. Importance of its union with the States, 359. Expedition to, in 1778- 9, proposed, VI. 64, 72, 106-121, 135, 145, 165, 214, 544. Plan of the expe- dition to, 106, 160, 215, 342, 307, 308. Objection to introducing French troops into, 107. British troops de- spatched to, from New York, 367, 372, 384. A French missionary offers to visit, as secret emissary, 422. An- other proposition for an expedition to, 423. See LAFAYETTE and WOOSTER. Canadian Refugees, land ceded to, X.
Canadian Regiments, III. 174. See Congress's Own, HAZEN, and LIVING-
Canadians, seem averse to engaging in the war, III. 41. Friendly, 55, 60, 119. Advice to Schuyler respecting, 82. Instructions to Arnold respect- ing, 86, 90. Address to the, circulat- ed by Arnold, 92. Invited to send delegates to Congress; exertions to raise a regiment of, 174. Ill treated and unfriendly, 362. Character of, 425. Dispositions of, after the French treaty, VI. 308. Lafayette's procla- mation to, VII. 44, 72.
CANNON, Colonel, agent in regard to Western lands, XII. 317. CAPELLEN, VAN DER, of Holland, cor- responds with Governor Livingston, VI 414.
Capitol, Blodget's plan of the, X. 278;
XII. 322. On the situation of the, 334.
CAREY, JOHN, publishes Washington's "Official Letters to Congress," XI. 185, 217.
CAREY, MATHEW, letter to, the American Museum, XII. 296. CAREY, Colonel, at New York, IV. 27. CARLETON, SIR GUY, threatens a descent upon Crown Point and Ticonderoga, III. 41. Solicits the Indians' aid, 54. Cited respecting the disposition of the Indians and Canadians, 110. His es- cape from Montreal, 207. Proclama- tion by, forwarded to Congress, 219. His conduct to the captured and wounded, 268. Transmits a copy of his orders, IV. 56; their remarkable character, 57. Made a knight of the Bath, 143. Obliged to return to Can- ada, 173. Succeeds Clinton as com- mander of the British army, VIII. 281, 536. Charged with a commis- sion of peace; forwards papers, 294, 295, 299, 536. Allusions of, to the affair of Huddy, 296, 536. His request for a passport for Morgann to go to Congress, 296, 537. Instructions to, upon his leaving England, 297. His advances respecting peace, 312. Cor- respondence with, about the case of Hatfield and Badgely; a refusal to correspond with, on civil affairs, 312, 317, 537, 539. His proposition to ex- change American seamen for British soldiers, 317, 338, 540. Correspond- ence with, respecting Lippencot's trial; asks a passport for Chief Justice Smith, 324, 336, 537; on the recall of Cornwallis and release of Laurens; his reason for not evacuating New York; ordered to the West Indies, 325. His despatches on negotiations for peace and exchange of prisoners, 325, 326, 540. Reprobates the con- duct of Lippencot, 336, 363. On the incursions of Indians, 343. Written to, and replies, on the liquidation of the accounts of prisoners, 352, 541. Informed of Asgill's release, 363. Communicates official intelligence of peace, 415, 542. Correspondence with, on plans for releasing prisoners and evacuating posts, 427, 431, 543. His interview with the Commander-in- chief, 427, 430, 543. Correspondence with, on the evacuation of Penobscot and New York, 490, 497-502, 545-* 547. His departure, 500 - 502. CARLISLE, Earl of, a commissioner for carrying into effect Lord North's bills, V. 397, 398. Declines Lafayette's challenge, VI. 79.
Carlisle, fixed on, for a laboratory, IV. 319. Address to the inhabitants of the borough of, XII. 210. CARLYLE, JOHN, would furnish sup- plies to the soldiers, II. 3. Neglect of the deputies of, 42, 43. His the governor on business, 62. willingness to contract for clothing, 100. A witness, 132. CARLYLE AND ADAM, contract for wheat, XII. 259.
CARMARTHEN, Lord, on the infraction of the treaty of peace, IX. 179. CARMICHAEL, WILLIAM, Secretary to John Jay, VI. 385. Refusal of the Spanish Court to receive, as Chargé d'Affaires, VIII. 413, X. 74. Neglects to forward information, 278, 369. In- structions sent to, by David Hum- phreys, XII. 92.
CARR, a British colonel, wounded, IV. 160.
CARRINGTON, EDWARD, Lieutenant- Colonel, a commissioner for exchange Consulted of prisoners, VI. 483.
about persons to fill offices, XI. 78, 80, 83, 90. Declines the office of Sec- retary of War, 106. On the British treaty, 121. Recominended for quar- termaster-general for the Provisional army, 265, 269, 299. His aid soli- cited in relation to officers for the Pro- visional army, 429.
CARROLL, CHARLES, of Carrollton, a commissioner to Canada, III. 390. Visits the camp on a committee from Congress, V. 71, 213. His sentiments at the time of Conway's cabal, 373. Declines the appointment of Indian commissioner, X. 313.
CARROLL, JOHN, a Catholic clergyman, accompanies the commissioners to Canada, III. 390. Archbishop; reply to his memorial about instructing the Indians, X. 228.
Carrots, on raising, IX. 324, XII. 343, 344.
CARTER, CHARLES, his statements to Captain Peachey, II. 254. The pub- lishing of a letter to, IX. 308, 313. CARTER, LANDON, complains that Eng- land neglects Virginia, II. 145; V.
Carthagena, unsuccessfully besieged, 11. 421.
CARY, ROBERT, instructions to, on bu- siness, II. 328-331, 337, 341; re- specting tobacco, XII. 251, 257, 260. Invoices sent to, 253, 262. Sends to Virginia for tobacco, 257, 258. His sales not approved, 258, 260. CASSATY, JAMES, despatched from Fort 63
Rensselaer to Detroit, to prepare for Baron Steuben's arrival, VIII. 471. Castle William, III. 54, 114. On sur- prising, 162.
CASTRIES, Marquis de, opinions re- specting, VII. 324.
CASWELL, RICHARD, Colonel, captures General McDonald, IV. 78. Gover- nor of North Carolina, 305. Visited by Lafayette, V. 454.
Catawba Creek, Fort William at the head of the, attacked, and the settle- ment there broken up, II. 190. Wash- ington meets Colonel Buchanan at,
Catholics. See Roman Catholics. Cattle, price of, XII. 294. Number of, at Mount Vernon, 314. On penning and feeding, 363, 364. See Stock. Cavalry, sent from Connecticut to New York, and cannot be kept, III. 453, 465. American army destitute of, 454. First return of, 494. Proposi- tion for forming a company of, IV. 14. A body of, equipped by the British, 152. Pulaski appointed to command the, V. 48, 49. Under the exclusive direction of Congress; to be credited to the quotas of States, VI. 197. Scar- city of, VII. 82. Substitute recom- mended for regiments of, 252. See Maréchaussé and Orderly Book. Cayenne, Lafayette's plantation at, IX. 163.
Cedars, defeat of Bedel at the, III. 408. Cowardly conduct at, 417. Ameri- cans taken prisoners, killed and plun- dered at; capitulation; the conse- quent proceedings of Congress, IV. 1-3, 56, 549. Virtual refusal of Congress to confirm the capitulation, communicated to the British officers in Canada; and their conduct, 56. Hostages given at, VI. 481. Meas- ures for exchanging prisoners taken at, 512, VIII. 71, 125–127. CELERON, a French officer, deposites metallic plates near the banks of the Ohio River, II. 430. Cements, experiments relative to, IX.
CENIS, recommended by Franklin and Turgot, V. 32.
Census, on the first taking of the, in the United States, X. 176, 185, XII.
22. Cerberus, a British man-of-war, threat- ens Falmouth, III. 144. Chain of Forts. See Forts. CHALMERS, GEORGE, his assertion re- specting the early purpose of Ameri- can Independence, II. 496.
CHALMERS, raises loyalist troops, IV. 523.
Chamblee, Fort, surrenders, III. 142. Number of prisoners taken at, IV.
CHAMPE, JOHN, Sergeant, his adven- ture to seize the person of Arnold in New York, VII. 545-549. Champlain, Lake, III. 41. Fleet on, IV. 12. Destruction of the fleet on,
Chaplaincy in the army, advised, II. 188, 200, 203, 278. Dinwiddie's re- marks on a, 200, 201. Is provided for, 278. Inadequacy of the pay; impor- tance of, III. 220. Advance of the pay of; officers ordered to fill the, 456. Number of persons allowed, IV. 436. Washingon's agency in regard to the, XII. 399.
CHAPMAN, Major, II. 78. Left by Brad- dock, 82.
Chargé d'Affaires, non-concurrence of Portugal in the grade of, XII. 93. Charleston, Lafayette's account of, V. 452. Apprehensions for its safety, VII. 10, 19, 22, 42. Capitulation of, 69, 326. Gazette published at, by the British, 92. Inquiry into the loss of, 102. Considerations about the reduc- tion of, 326, 328, 329, 408. Leslie arrives at, 348. Importance of, to the enemy, VIII. 130. Rutledge's propo- sition for a combined attack on, 173, 200. Proposition to Count de Grasse to attack, 185. British evacuation of, 340, 359. Visited by the President, X. 144, 146, 152, 157, 161. Donation to sufferers there by a fire, XI. 164. Address and resolutions passed at, sustaining the Executive, 236. Pres- ident's address to the citizens of, in 1791, XII. 196.
CHASE, SAMUEL, a commissioner to Canada, III. 390. On a committee of Congress to inquire into the con- duct of the British and Hessian offi- cers towards Americans, IV. 309. On a committee reporting a plan for the government of the Western Ter- ritory, IX. 47. Appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, XI. 107; 240. CHASTELLUX, a French major-general, visits head-quarters and Philadelphia, VII. 308, 319, 325. Commended, 336; VIII. 4. To command a proposed ex- pedition to Penobscot, 10. Present at the Wethersfield interview, 54. His intercepted letter, 60; 87.
Has an interview with Count de Grasse, 162. Letter to, on leaving the country, 366;
488. Humorous letter to, about his marriage, IX. 346.
CHASTELLUX, Madame de, her applica- tion for aid, XII. 319.
Chatterton's Hill, battle at, IV. 526. Chaudière River, III. 112. CHEESMAN, Captain, death and burial of, at Quebec, III. 264. Cheraw Neck, action at, VIII. 357. Cherry Valley, attack upon, Vl. 111, 114, 122, 185.
Chesapeake Bay, threatened and desert- ed, III. 339. British expedition in the, VI. 261. Arrival of the French fleet in the, VIII. 148, 154, 155, 156, 158, 160. French fleet leaves the,
Chestnut Hill, Howe's expedition to, and loss, V. 180, 182, 238. CHIAPPE, FRANCO, American agent at Mogadore, X. 61.
CHILD, MOSES, III. 169, 170, 289. CHIPMAN, JOHN, Captain, detaches men to Fort Edward; skirmish, loss, and capitulation of, at Fort George, VII. 269, 270.
CHITTENDEN, THOMAS, governor of Vermont, letter to, about the jurisdic- tion of the State and its negotiations with the enemy; its effects, VIII. 220, 384. Letter respecting his re- monstrance to Congress, 382. CHOISY, a French brigadier-general, commands at Newport, VIII. 64, 65. Arrival of, in the Chesapeake, 161. Commands the American and French troops at Gloucester, 168. Directions to, in regard to the surrender of Gloucester, 182. His march with troops to Charlotte County, 259. Sent to Governor Hancock about Vau- dreuil's proposed expedition to Penob- scot, 329. Sails for France, 369. CHOUIN, Major, despatched by Count d'Estaing to Congress; visits the Commander-in-chief, VI. 4, 13. CHURCH, BENJAMIN, recommended; on a committee of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress to accompany the Commander-in-chief to Cambridge, III. 20, 484. His letter in cipher to Major Cane; his trial, 115, 502. Im- prisoned in Connecticut, 167, 505. Biographical notice of, 502. Cincinnati, Society of the, meeting of, at Philadelphia, in 1784, IX. 21, 42, 47,495. Particulars of the institution of the, 22, 216, 252. Jealousy of the, 26, 28, 35, 216, 495. Judge Burke's pamphlet, 28. The wearing of the order of, not permitted in Sweden, 56. Alterations in its rules, 47, 127, 217,
Mirabeau's "Considera- tions," 147. Washington, president, 212, 256. Meeting of, in 1787; cir- cumstances connected with it and with Washington's attendance, 212, 216, 219, 222, 229, 236, 245, 251, 253, 254. Extract from the Encyclopédie respect- ing, 255. Address to the State So- ciety of the, in Pennsylvania, in 1789, XII. 142. Address to the, in 1790, 183. Unreasonable prejudices against it, 298.
Citizen Genet, a privateer, X. 360, 366. CLANDENEN, GEORGE, requests made of, about western lands, XII. 301. CLARK, GEORGE ROGERS, his spirited enterprise against Fort St. Vincent's and capture of Governor Hamilton, VI. 316. His proposed expedition against Detroit, VII. 342.
CLARKE, ABRAHAM, censures the proc- lamation imposing the oath of allegi ance, IV. 298.
CLAYPOOLE, printer of the Farewell Address, XII. 235. Cited respecting it, 396.
Clergy, Assessment Bill of Virginia, in relation to the support of the, IX. 136. Influence of, in Massachusetts, 330. CLIFTON, Colonel, enlists loyalists, IV. 523.
CLINTON, GEORGE, brigadier-general of the militia on Hudson's River, III. 469. Appointed to command the levies on Hudson's River, IV. 10, 35. Opposes the evacuation of New York, 92. Ordered to concert with Lincoln and others an expedition against Long Island, 126. Commands the New York militia attached to the general army, 149. Ordered to fortify Fort Montgomery, 409; to call out militia, 478, 480. Chosen governor of New York, V. 20. Resumes the command of Fort Montgomery, 27. Provides forces to oppose the enemy, 28. His presence at the northward recommended; his account of the storming of forts Montgomery and Clinton, 31, 472. Letter of, trans- mitted to Congress, 129. Declines
taking the direction of the works on the Hudson, 177, 178, 281. Discoun- tenances an enterprise against New York city, 303; 387; VI. 121. Re- quested to dismiss the New York mili. tia, 409; to befriend Major Ballard, 416. Goes to Schenectady; is fur- nished with troops, VII. 271, 281. His safe return; inquiries made of, 281. Invested with powers for com- pleting the army, 283. Threatened with capture or assassination, 472.
Consulted about a Peace Establishment, VIII. 417, 485. At the conference be- tween the Commander-in-chief and Sir Guy Carleton, 427; 485. His dif- ficulty with Hamilton, IX. 272. Writ- ten to, about the western posts, X. 192; about the nomination of a super- visor, 221; about Lord Dorchester's speech, 394.
CLINTON, SIR HENRY, British general, III. 114. Goes to North Carolina, 223, 256, 301. Arrives at New York; Lord Germain cited, respecting his expedition to the south, IV. 27. Visits England, is knighted; returns; claims a spy of General Putnam, V. 27, 64. His incursion into New Jersey, 64; 114. Commands the expedition against Fort Montgomery, 105, 475. Fails to join Burgoyne, 119. His letter to Burgoyne, taken out of a bullet, 131. Plan for taking the person of, 261. Succeeds Sir William Howe in the command of the British army; in- structions to, 337, 395, 548. An interview proposed by, 394. His re- quest of a passport for Ferguson, 397, 404, 411. Takes the place of Howe with Lord North's commissioners, 397. Evacuates Philadelphia, 409. His route, 420. Ordered to despatch men to the West Indies, VI. 60. Writes to Lord Germain about the diminution of his army, and detachments, 88. Gives no passports for transporting flour and fuel to the convention troops, 94, 96. Cited respecting expeditions to St. Augustine and Savannah, 101. Pro- poses a meeting of commissioners for an exchange of the convention troops; calls for officers on parole, 139. Let- ters to and from, respecting an ex- change of prisoners, 194, 213, 507, 509, 513. To keep the seacoast alarmed, 208. On Long Island, 209. His expedition against Stony and Verplanck's Points, 269, 270, 272. Dissatisfied with his instructions, 270, 271. His situation, July 28th, 1779, 307. Disappointed in not receiving reinforcements; his proposed expedi- tion to South Carolina and Georgia, 327, 341, 358, 426, 486. Weary of the service; solicits a recall; recom- mends Lord Cornwallis as his succes- sor; is commended by the King, 345, 346. Sends troops to Jamaica, 358. His arrival at the southward and pro- gress to Stono, VII. 18. Number of troops and ships engaged in his expe- dition to Carolina, 40. Cited about Lafayette's proclamation to the Cana- dians, 45. His return to New York,
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