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69, 74, 84, 86. Cited respecting the
expedition against Springfield, 86.
Accedes to a proposition to appoint
agents for prisoners, 123. His kind
treatment of prisoners, 123. His ex-
pedition against Rochambeau, 131
146. Lands troops on Long Island,
137, 143, 147. Number of troops un-
der, 197. Correspondence with, about
the treatment of prisoners taken at
Charleston, 234, 552. His exertions
in behalf of André, 236, 534, 538, 539.
His measures to aid the British move-
ments at the south, and detachment
of Leslie, 269. Declines granting
Mathews's request, 277. On an ex-
change of prisoners, 302. Makes an
embarkation for the southward, 325.
Humphreys' attempt to surprise and
seize, 338. Sends emissaries to the
Pennsylvania line, 359, 362, 472.
Cited respecting his numbers, and the
comparative importance of different
southern States, 458. Misconstrues
intercepted letters respecting an at-
tack on New York, VIII. 60. Extracts
from intercepted letters to, 112, 519.
Sends conditional instructions to Lord
Cornwallis to forward a detachment
to New York, 116. His solicitation
of a recall, 119, 281. Proposition to,
for a meeting of commissioners in rela-
tion to prisoners, 215, 245, 247. The
application to, for Lippencot as a sub-
ject for retaliation, 263, 264, 265, 280,
292. His account of the meeting of
commissioners at Elizabethtown, 278.
His return to England, 281. His dis-
approbation of Lippencot's conduct,
33. Measures taken to bewilder him
in the campaign of 1781, IX. 404.
CLINTON, JAMES, Colonel, III. 469.
Appointed brigadier-general, IV. 32.
Commands at the Highlands, in the
Continental service, 149. Wounded
at Fort Montgomery, V. 475. Order-
ed to Albany, VI. 111. Ordered on
the Western expedition, under Sulli-
van, 264, 275. His movements cen-
sured, but prove successful, 280. Di-
rected to march to the northward,
upon the incursion of Sir John John-
son, VII 64; to take the command
of the northern department, 279, 280,
282; to make provision for replacing
troops to be recalled from the fron-
tiers, VIII. 79; to send troops toward
York Island, 89.

Clinton, Fort, repaired by the British,
IV. 104. Inquiry into the loss of,
280. Progress of the works at, VI. 67.
CLOSEN, Baron, aid to Rochambeau,
despatched to Count de Grasse, with

intelligence of Admiral Digby's arri-
val, VIII. 162.

Clothing, want of, in the army, III. 21,
210. Designed for the army, stopped
by the New York Convention, IV.
299. Want of, and measures for pro-
curing, V. 67, 100, 155, 156, 199, 225,
329. Purchases of, 156. Sufficiency
of, VI. 127, 192, 253. Perplexities
about a supply of, 408. Mismanage-
ment in the department of, 201, 397.
Method of providing, condemned, and
a remedy proposed, VII. 298. Want
of 351-355, 388. Non-arrival of, from
France, 360; VIII. 257.

CLOUGH, ALEXANDER, Major, to pro-
cure intelligence from New York, VI.
40. Barbarously and mortally wound-
ed, 75, 76.

Clore, camp at the, IV. 495. Advance
into the, 501.

Clover lots, on the River Farm, XII.
362. On the Union Farm, 370.
CLYMER, GEORGE, on a committee of
Congress to remain in Philadelphia,
IV. 253, 552. Written to, after the
battle at Trenton, 256.

COBB, DAVID, Lieutenant-Colonel, aid
to the Commander-in-chief, despatched
to Rochambeau, VIII. 84. Despatch-
ed again, with a detailed plan of an
attack on the north part of New York
Island, 88. Sent to Sir Guy Carleton,
497; IX. 3.

COBBETT, WILLIAM, XI. 181.
Cobble Hill, near Boston, fortified, III.
172, 175.

COCHRAN, JOHN, commended, VII. 192.
Coinage, plans of, IX. 125.
Coins, scarcity of small, XII. 25.
Cole River, Washington's lands at, XII.
319.

Colerain, unsuccessful meeting of dep-
uties at, from the Creek nation, XII.

65.

COLERUS, Major, IV. 429.
Cole's Fort, in the Minisink settle-
ment, VI. 113, 123.
COLLIER, SIR GEORGE, VI. 294. Goes
to Penobscot, 307, 350.
COLLINS, JOHN, Governor of Rhode
Island, states grounds of opposition to
the Federal Constitution, X. 39, 487.
COLLINS, apprehended, and sent to Phil-
adelphia for trial, IV. 374.

Columbia, District of, proclamation and
particulars respecting the limits, and
establishment of, as a permanent seat
of government, X. 147. See Federal
City and Government.
Combahee River, British detachment
sent to the, VIII. 357.
Commander-in-chief of the American

army, circumstances, and political
motives connected with the choice of
a, III, 1, 479. His arrival in Cam-
bridge to take command of the army,
14, 454. Three aids-de-camp allowed
to, 269. Guard of the, IV. 407. His
commission and his instructions, 482,
483, IX. 16, 17. List of his aids-de-
camp, XII. 415.

Commerce, the enlargement of the pow-
ers of Congress for the regulation of,
IX. 122, 125, 145, 501. Advantages
or evils of foreign, 140, 194. Curtail-
ed for want of credit, 464. On the
formation of a treaty of, with Great
Britain, X. 43. A navy necessary for
the protection of, XII. 68. British
ministry avoid direct answers about a
treaty of, 91. General policy in re-
gard to, 232. See Trade.

Commissary, in the French war, some
of the duties of, in Virginia, II. 259.
In the American army, recommended,
III. 21. Pay of, recommended to be
increased, 414.

Commissioners to France, instructed to
procure engineers, IV. 491. Disagree,
V.383. See British Commissioners.
Commissions, retained by the Comman-
der-in-chief, III. 22. Issued, who
may apply for, 102; 108; 387. Per-
sons holding, under the crown, 145,
159. Comparative pecuniary value
of, in the two armies, V. 322. See
Foreign Officers, Officers, and Rank.
Committee from Congress, to the army,
III. 123. To the Northern Depart-
ment, 174. To the main army, IV.
117, 130. To remain in Philadelphia,
253. Sent to camp, V. 212, 231. At
Philadelphia, consults and corresponds
with the Commander-in-chief, VI.
153, 167. To the army, with exten-
sive powers, VII. 14. To promote
a cooperation with the French fleet
and army, 33, 34, 47, 50. Addresses a
circular to the different States, 50, 70,
80; 179. Importance of the measures
recommended by, 93. The powers of,
121. Reception of, on their return
to Congress, 226.

Common Sense, a pamphlet, commend-
ed, III. 276. Effects of, 347, IX. 49.
Commutation, opposition to, in Con-
necticut, IX. 6. Not approved, 210,
280, 285. See Specific supplies.
Company, rules and directions respect-
ing, II. 411, IX. 482. The reception
of, by the President, X. 18, 99.
Conciliatory Bills. See NORTH.
Concord, remarks on the march of the
British troops to, II. 406. Provincial
Congress adjourned to, III. 44.

Confederacies, abstract of the general
principles of ancient and modern, IX.
521.

Confederation of the United States, com-
pleted, VII. 456. Defects and neces-
sity of a reform in the, VIII. 410.
Impotency of the, IX. 140, 167, 187,
298. A paper drawn up with a view
to reforming it, 249, 521.
Confiscation, on restitution for, VIII.
542.

Congregational Church and Society of
Medway, address to the, XII 198.
Congress, Continental, first suggest-
ed by Franklin, II. 396. Appoints
Washington commander-in-chief of
the American army, III. 1-6, 481.
Consents to a Continental currency;
votes a Continental army; appoints
officers, 6, 23. John Hancock chosen
president of, 37. Resolves by, respect-
ing Canada, 41. Recommends to Mas-
chusetts the old form of an Assem-
bly for a form of government, 44.
Jealous of military power, 51. Raises
rifle companies, 100. Appoints a
committee respecting the army, 123.
Orders vessels to intercept brigan-
tines, 125. Resolves of, respecting
Nova Scotia, 169. Sends a committee
to the Northern Department, having
instructions to invite delegates from
Canada to Congress, and to raise a
regiment of Canadians, 174. Decla-
ration of, respecting the proclamation
of the King, 204. Resolves on nine
battalions for the defence of Canada,
250. Their resolve respecting the
mode of receiving the expected com-
missioners, 329. Jealousies and party
feelings in, about independence, 347,
357. Orders naval officers before
it, to answer for their conduct, 353.
Votes thanks after the evacuation of
Boston, 360, 533. Sends commis-
sioners to Canada, 390. Appoints a
fast, 392. Visit to, by the Comman-
der-in-chief, 395, 402-406. Votes to
employ Indians, 407, 431. Recalls
Wooster from Canada, 411. Offers
a bounty for captures by Indians, 431.
Votes to augment the forces in the
Northern Department, 443; to raise
companies of Germans and riflemen,
444. Declares Independence, 455.
Resolution of, respecting the letter
addressed to " George Washington,
Esq.," 474. Measures taken by, in
regard to the Indians, 496. Appoints
officers, IV. 32. Public papers con-
fided to the care of, 46. Proceed-
ings of, respecting the affair at the
Cedars, 56; in relation to the mission

of Sullivan by Howe, 87. Reorgan-
izes the army, 116. Committee of,
visits camp, 117, 130. Resolutions of,
respecting the appointment of officers,
enlistments, and bounties, 134. Warm
debate in, respecting the army; hostile
feelings to the Commander-in-chief,

327.

Appoints five major-generals
and ten brigadiers, 329. Their resolve
before their adjournment to Baltimore,
210, 222. Confers extraordinary pow-
ers on Washington, and issues a cir-
cular to the governors of the States,
232, 256, 550. Appoints a committee
to remain in Philadelphia, 253. Val-
uable men absent, 341. Authorizes
the States to fill military vacancies,
393. Condemns the distinctive ap-
pellations of regiments, 394. Ap-
points Lafayette major-general, V. 10,
454. Their plan for raising recruits
under the direction of the State au-
thorities, 15. Yeas and nays first
entered in the journals of, in the ques-
tion about Arnold's rank, 25. Con-
fers extraordinary powers on
the
Commander-in-chief, 65. Adjourns
to Lancaster, and afterwards to York,

69.

Hancock retires from, 106, 133.
Henry Laurens appointed President,
139. Disposition of, towards Wash-
ington, 203, 390, 483. Sends a com-
mittee to camp to mature a new sys-
tem of arrangements, 212, 213, 231.
Appoints commissioners to confer
about prisoners, 272, 294, 317. Au-
thorizes the Commander-in-chief to
call out five thousand militia, 311, 317.
Numbers, and able men absent from,
326, 327, 350, 496, 508. Indecision
and delay of, 328, 508. Spurious re-
solves attributed to, 332, 333, 336.
Proceedings of, in relation to Lord
North's bills and commissioners, 344,
397, 398, 401. Their reception of the
news of the French treaty, 353, 357.
Adjourns to Philadelphia, 436. Votes
thanks after the battle of Monmouth,
438. Proceedings of, in regard to
Governor Johnstone, VI. 32. Rec-
ommends to young men to organize
themselves into cavalry, 35. Visited
by the Commander-in-chief; the mode
of his reception, 137. Henry Laurens
leaves the presidency of, 140. John
Jay chosen President, 141, 378. Able
men withdrawn from, 142-144, 151,
152. Consultation and correspond-
ence of a committee of, with the Com-
mander-in-chief, 153, 158, 167. Em-
powers him to negotiate a cartel of
exchange for all prisoners, and renews
the same, 195, 436. Authorizes him

to conduct the military operations as
shall appear to him most expedient,
241. Projects and parties in, 271,
341, 551. Discordant spirit in, dimin-
ished, 364. Invests the Commander-
in-chief with an unqualified power to
cooperate with Count d'Estaing, 368.
Jay leaves the chair of, 377. Samuel
Huntington, president of, 80. Pro-
ceedings of, in the election of Adams
and Jay as ministers plenipotentiary,
385, 36. Faction in, respecting the
Commander-in-chief, 421, 492. On
Greene's request for an inquiry into
his conduct, VII. 5. On a commit-
tee to visit head-quarters, 14. Jealous
of the power of the Commander-in-
chief, 15. A committee of, sent to
the army, 33, 34, 47, 50. Incompe-
tent powers of, 55, 67-69, 391, 442.
Parties in, 92, 93. Confers powers on
the Commander-in-chief for exchang-
ing prisoners, 104. Proceedings in,
relative to Greene's resignation as
quartermaster, 150. Enlarges the pow-
ers of the Commander-in-chief, 156,
157, 189. Party-spirit in, 226. Ap-
points Colonel Laurens to go as
special minister to solicit succours of
France, 340, 341, 379. Measures
adopted by, in regard to the revolt
in the Pennsylvania line, 359. Dis-
position of, towards Franklin, 379,
380. Establishes departments of war,
finance, and foreign affairs, 399, 400.
Should be vested with legislative or
controlling powers, 401, 442, 463.
Resolve of, respecting Washington's
public letters and documents, 468.
Orders the recall of Burgoyne, and
countermands the order, VIII. 15.
The resolutions of, to establish separ-
ate departments, and the not filling
of them, 39. Thomas McKean cho-
sen to succeed Huntington as presi-
dent of, 112, 114. Resolves of, after
Lord Cornwallis's surrender at York-
town, 184. Appoints a day of public
prayer and thanksgiving, 207. Pro-
ceedings and resolves of, in relation
to Lafayette, upon his second return
to France, 207. John Hanson chosen
president of, 209. Reception of the
Commander-in-chief by, 211. Orders
an inquiry respecting the Board of
Directors of the Associated Loyalists,
218, 252. Gives the Commander-in-
chief powers for exchanging prison-
ers, with a secret instruction as to
Cornwallis, 243. Committee of, re-
ports on Bieniewsky's plan of raising
troops in Germany, 270. Their treat-
ment of Sir Guy Carleton's advances

in regard to peace, 296. Approves and
orders retaliation in the case of Hud-
dy, 310, 351. Repeals the resolution
for an inquiry into Gates's conduct
at Camden, 331. On the release of
Cornwallis and exchange of prisoners;
state of opinions in, 334, 547. Delay
of, in the case of Huddy and Asgill,
350. Elias Boudinot chosen Presi-
dent of, 376. Resolves of, about the
operations of 1783, 379. A committee
of, recommended for the arrangements
in the army after the intelligence of
peace, 420, 422. Orders the cessation
of hostilities, 421, 425. Resolves of,
respecting the times of service, fur-
loughs, and gratuities of arms and
accoutrements to soldiers, 424. In-
structs the Commander-in-chief to
make arrangements with Sir Guy
Carleton, 428. Sends to Washington
about the mutinous temper of the
troops in Philadelphia; adjourns and
re-assembles at Princeton, 457. At-
tendance on, by the Commander-in-
chief, and his reception, 468, 469,
473, 474. Resolves of, respecting a
statue of him, 472. Delays to act on
the peace establishment, and on a seat
of government, 485. Thomas Mifflin
chosen President of; adjourns, to meet
at Annapolis, 500. Washington re-
signs his commission to, 504, 569.
On the enlargement of the powers of,
for commercial and other purposes,
IX. 5, 11, 36, 122, 125, 140, 145, 161,
183, 187, 243, 246, 501. Suggestions
respecting delegates to, 12. Opposes
knighthood, 14. Non-attendance of
members, and frequent adjournments
of, 33, 177. Annual, preferable to
constant sessions of, 34. Richard
Henry Lee chosen President of, 79.
Different opinions in, about the navi-
gation of the Mississippi, 173, 180,
205. On the Connecticut Reserve, 178.
On a general convention for revising
the federal constitution, 236, 237, 242,
243, 246. Approves the proceedings
of the general convention of 1787, and
takes measures for putting the new
system of government into operation,
267, 428, 542, 551, 554. List of its
Presidents and Members, XII. 420.
Congress under the Federal Constitu-
tion, meeting, and the election of
members of, IX. 406, 418, 440, 452,
459, 462, 467, 555. The place for the
meeting of, 407, 418, 427, 428, 433,
550. Early proceedings of, 486, 487,
488, 491, X. 1, 459. Proceedings of,
in regard to slavery, 82, 85, 94, 98.
Shortness of their daily sittings, 95.

Adjourns, 107, 109. Assembles at
Philadelphia, 121; 139. The ques-
tion of an immediate convocation of,
in August, 1793, 362. Opinions about
the Executive's changing the place of
meeting, 373, 374, 375, 378, 379, 384,
549. Assembles, 387. Proceedings
of, respecting neutral vessels, 409.
Authorizes the raising of a Provisional
Army, 242. Speeches to, by the Pres-
ident, XII. 1-77. Passes an act for
the relief of seamen, 67. Messages to,
on Indian hostilities, 79; on estab-
lishing a permanent seat of govern-
ment, 89; relative to Great Britain,
90; on the acceptance of the Consti-
tution by the King of France, 94;
on Genet and the relations with
France, 96; relative to transactions
with Spain, 99; to Morocco and Al-
giers, 101; on the execution of the
law imposing an embargo, 102; rel-
ative to hostile proceedings against
the territories of Spain, 103; con-
cerning British and Indian encroach-
ments, 104; intercourse with foreign
nations, 105; on the presentation of
the colors of the French Republic,
110; public buildings at the seat of
government, 111; the territory south
of the Ohio River, 116; on the injury
sustained by commerce from French
cruisers, 117. Makes a grant to the
daughters of Count de Grasse, 319.
Measures for obtaining a loan from,
for the city of Washington, 334. List
of the members of, during Washing-
ton's administration, 427.
Congress's Own, a regiment so called;
its history, IV. 267. To consist of
two thousand men, 318. See HAZEN.
Connanicut Island. Descent on, III.
197.

Connecticut, votes reinforcements to the
army, III. 33. Sends troops under
Colonel Hinman to Ticonderoga, 63;
198. Summary of acts of, 228.
Light-horse sent from, to New York,
and discharged, 453, 459, 465, IV. 3.
Sends commissioners to the American
camp; mistaken policy of, in voting
advanced pay for enlistments, 170,
173. Called on for militia to coöpe-
rate with D'Estaing, VI. 368. Pro-
ceedings of, in relation to Governor
Trumbull's address, declining a re-
election, IX. 5. Address to the
legislature of, XII. 169. Names of
governors of, 417. Members of the
Continental Congress from, 421; of
Congress from, during Washington's
administration, 428.

Connecticut line, in the army, III. 33,

176. Reprehensible conduct of the,
183, 243. Misunderstanding about
the payment of the; called to the
defence of New York, 300. Two
regiments of, mutiny, VII. 55. See
WOOSTER.

Connecticut militia, two thousand or-
dered to New York, III. 313. Return
home unpaid, 367. Solicited for New
York, 374, 416. Fourteen regiments
of, ordered there, IV. 35. Arrival
there of nine regiments, 66. Two
thousand wanted and ordered out, 352,
405. One third of the western, to be
sent to Saratoga to oppose the junc-
tion of the British armies, 500. Put-
nam to be reinforced by, at the High-
lands, V. 11. Four thousand called for,
to cooperate with D'Estaing, VI. 368.
Connecticut State regiments, VII. 181.
Connecticut Reserve, near Lake Erie,
compromise in Congress respecting
the, IX. 178.

CONNOLLY, JOHN, II. 532. With his
associates, taken, III. 197. Instruc-
tions to, concealed in his saddle, 211,
212, 269, 271. Facts respecting, 212.
Measures for effecting the exchange
of, VII. 211; VIII. 25. In Kentucky,
IX. 474, 485.

Conococheague, magazine at, II. 137,
163. Murders in the neighbourhood
of, by the Indians, 169. Inhabitants
flee from, 183.

Constitution, Federal, IX. 265, 267, 269,
301, 543. Reception of the, by the peo-
ple, 267, 272, 275, 277, 283, 290, 292,
295, 298, 401, 411. Its reception and
adoption in Virginia, 272, 273, 274,
275, 287, 293, 303, 309, 311, 339, 367,
370, 372, 377, 388, 389, 392, 396, 397,
420; in Maryland, 275, 333, 345,
363, 369, 375, 376, 382, 407. Letters
in favor of the, 277, 283, 316, 349,
542. Referred to conventions, 286,
301. Its reception and adoption in
Pennsylvania, 286, 290, 292, 296, 312,
319, 341, 342, 348; in Delaware, 286,
290, 292, 319, 348; in South Caro-
lina, 256, 333, 345, 348, 372, 376, 389;
in Georgia, 286, 312, 348; in New
Jersey, 290, 292, 319, 348; in New
York, 293, 312, 340, 372, 379, 391,
392, 393, 406, 408, 420, 549. On a
proposition for a second convention
in reference to the, 296, 319, 420.
Its reception and adoption in Mas-
sachusetts, 310, 312, 323, 329, 331,
332, 357; in Connecticut, 319, 397;
in New Hampshire, 333, 334, 339,
340, 345, 372, 382, 390, 395.

On

a concerted and organized combina
tion against the, 405. New York cir-
cular requesting a general convention

for amendments to the, 418, 420, 429,
549. George Mason's objections to
the, 544. Secures religious toleration,
XII. 155. To be maintained, 217.
Gouverneur Morris's agency in form-
ing the, 398. See Convention, North
Carolina, and Rhode Island.
Constitution, Fort, opposite West Point,
III. 469. Demolished by the British,
V. 104.

CONTRECŒUR, a French officer, sum-
mons and captures Captain Trent's
men at the Fork of the Ohio, II. 6.
Succeeded by Dumas in the command
at Fort Duquesne, 137. Letter of,
respecting Jumonville, 449. Com-
manded at Fort Duquesne at the time
of Braddock's defeat, 472.
Convention, at Annapolis, IX. 162, 223,
226, 513. Forwards papers to Con-
gress, 246.

Convention for revising the Federal
Constitution, proposed, IX. 162, 167,
226. Circumstances and opinions con-
nected with Washington's attendance
on it, 208, 212, 218, 219, 220, 222, 228,
236-239, 243, 251, 253, 254, 349, 514.
Evils of an abortive attempt for a, 224.
On the legality of the, 230, 512, 513,
542. Approved and recommended by
Congress, 236, 237, 242, 243, 246, 542.
Washington's election to the presi-
dency of the, 237, 540. Delegates
appointed to attend the, 242. Ends
its session, 265; 267. Diary cited
respecting the, 539. List of the mem-
bers, XII. 426.

Convention Troops, exchange of, not
to be hastened, V. 138, 143, 171.
Their supplies to be paid for before
embarkation, 187, 536, 537. Not to
embark till the ratification of the con-
vention in Great Britain, 213, 221;
358. Concerns of, referred to Con-
gress by the Commander-in-chief, 234.
Deserters from, and prisoners, not to be
employed or enlisted in the American
service, 287, 288, 297, 346, 375, 376.
Marched to Charlottesville, VI. 94,
96, 105, 122, 124. Negotiations for
exchanging, 139, 194, 508. Troubles
in their barracks, 178. The source of
great perplexity and trouble, 256.
Measures for exchanging the officers
of the, VII. 103, 104, 211, 245, 288.
Treatment of, at Charlottesville, 123,
124. Partial exchange of, 287, 288.
General exchange of, proposed, 288.
Good policy to remove the, 291.
Flag-vessel permitted to proceed to,
with supplies, 291. Proposition for a
general exchange of, and for the ad-
justment of their accounts, 301, 302.
Suggestions respecting a removal and

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