conditional exchange of, VIII. 69. Exchange of the, proposed, 125. CONWAY, THOMAS, Colonel, his arrival from France, and recommendation to Congress, IV. 411. Appointed briga- dier-general, 412. In the battle of Germantown, V. 78, 464-466. His importunity, 98. Appointed inspector- general, with the rank of major-gen- eral, 100, 203, 483. Letter to, con- taining an extract from his letter to General Gates, 139, 492. Sends his commission to Congress; writes let- ters about his application for the rank of major-general, 150, 203, 483. His correspondence with the Commander- in-chief upon being appointed major- general, 203, 204, 205, 207. His remonstrance against Baron de Kalb's appointment, 204; 265, 531, 533. Left with the command at Albany; ordered to join McDougall, 292, 372. Resigns; his vexation, and visit to Congress, 372, 373, 516. Dangerously wounded in a duel, 516. Confesses his injury to Washington, 517. Goes to France, 517.
CONWAY, General, his motion that Lord Howe's powers be laid before Parliament, rejected, IV. 40. Conway's Cabal, particulars and papers relating to, V. 483.
COOKE, NICHOLAS, Governor of Rhode Island, III. 47. Cited in regard to the enlistment of the slaves of Rhode Island, V. 245.
COOPER, MYLES, president of King's College, II. 374, 381.
COOPER, SAMUEL, of Boston, III. 20. Cops Hill, III. 17.
Coram, destruction of forage at, VII. 294, 315.
CORBIN, RICHARD, a member of the Governor's Council, II. 3. Remark
of, respecting the mutiny bill, 118. Cork Fleet, V. 440; VI. 2. Corn, particulars about the planting of, IX. 323, XII. 295, 342, 366, 368. Time of gathering, 314. Cornstalks, how to be used, XII. 365. CORNWALLIS, Earl, arrives at New York, IV. 27. Forwards an objection- able paper to Washington, 380. At- tempts to surprise General Lincoln at Boundbrook, 391. His movements at the battle of the Brandywine, V. 57, 460. His expedition against Red Bank, 156, 162, 166. Occupies the heights near Madison's Ford, 185. Embarks for England, 238. Arrives in America, VI. 313. Recommended for the chief command by Clinton, 345, 346. Sails for Jamaica and is ordered VOL. XII.
back to New York, 358, 361, 380, 384. Goes to the Southern States, 486. His transactions in the Carolinas, VII. 197, 552. Retreats precipitately from Charlotte, 283. Retrograde move- ments of, 337. His junction with Leslie, 348. Makes a push against Morgan, and is near recovering pris- oners; advances against Greene, 438, 445. Retreat of, 452. Cited on the importance of making the Chesapeake the seat of war and of reducing Vir- ginia, 458. His engagement with Greene at Guilford Court-House, 466. His letter to Nesbitt Balfour, 555. Summary of his movements and ac- tions, VIII. 5. Retreats before La- fayette, 100, 108. Has conditional instructions to reinforce New York; sends no troops from Virginia, 116, 117. His action at Green Spring, 118. His movements at Portsmouth, 128. Takes possession of York and Gloucester, 129. Deceived by spies, 141, 153. Measures taken to prevent his escape, 141, 152, 156. Capitula- tion of, 181, 195, 207, 209, 210, 212, 220, 226, 530. Parole to be signed by his officers, 195. Restriction upon the exchange of, and the reason for it, 240, 243-246, 265. Particulars con- nected with the proposed exchange of, for President Laurens, 244, 247, 251, 265, 325, 333, 338, 540. Dis- charged from parole, and takes his seat in the House of Peers, 334. CORTLANDT, PHILIP, Colonel, V. 24, 37; VI. 113.
Cotton, the raising of, urged, IX. 470. Inquiry about giving encouragement to, X. 197.
Courts-martial, defect in the Virginia laws respecting, II. 126, 159; and in the commission for calling, 132; 246. The power of appointing, too limited, V. 236.
Cows, price of, XII. 294. Hints re- specting, 364.
Cox, SAMUEL H., on Washington's partaking of the Lord's Supper, XII.
concerning Conway's cabal, V. 493; VII. 192. Applies to Washington for papers to aid Bowie, IX. 28. Invited to go to the Western country, 52; X. 13, 29; XI. 257, 265; XII. 339. CRAMAHÉ, lieutenant-governor of Can- ada, superintends the burial of Mont- gomery, III. 264.
CRANE, Major, convoys a ship in Tur- tle Bay, IV. 74. Colonel, V. 4; VII. 356, 389.
CRAWFORD, WILLIAM, Colonel, facts respecting, II. 346. Recommended to accompany Dunmore in the west, 373; 375. Goes to Congress to re- ceive commands, V. 169.
CREVECŒUR, HECTOR ST. JOHN DE, facts respecting, IX. 259, 386. Letter to, 490.
Crisis, The, by Thomas Paine, VIII. 345.
CROGHAN, GEORGE, Colonel, an Indian trader, II. 42. Contracts to supply flour, 43, 59. Brings Indians, 318. Comes to General Braddock with one hundred Indians, but is coolly receiv- ed, 475. Visits Fort Pitt, 518. Crops, general method with, in Vir- ginia, XII. 293. First statement of the Mount Vernon, in 1789, 347. Second statement, 348. Third state- ment, 350. Lambert's remarks on, 356. Directions respecting, for the year 1800, 361, 368. Rotation of, 362, 374. Instructions in regard to, for 1801 and 1802, 366, 373, 374. Croton Bridge, IV. 169. Croton River, Colonel Greene surpris- ed and defeated near, VIII. 48. Crown Point, III. 41. Schuyler leaves, 85. Northern army retreats to, 450. Sullivan fortifies, 472. Opinions on the propriety of the retreat from, IV. 3, 5, 11, 25, 47. Decision of a council of officers respecting the retreat, 6. Number of prisoners taken at, 548. Visited by the Commander-in-chief, in 1783, VIII. 467, 469, 488. CRUGER, NICHOLAS, XII. 205. Culper, a fictitious name given to spies in New York; measures recommend- ed for their forwarding information, VI. 354, 355, 460, 461; VIII. 30. Cumberland, Fort, at Will's Creek, II. 63; 75. Left in command of Colonel Innes, 86; 101; 109. Dagworthy assumes the command of, 112; 115; 119. See DAGWORTHY. Bad situation and inconveniences of, 126, 186. Or- ders for a new road to, from Win. chester, 131. Is barely manned, 142. Of no use, 151. Stores there, ordered to New York, 163. A council held
at, respecting the chain of forts, 166. Indefensible, and stores should be moved from, 171, 186. Opinions and reasons for and against the mainten- ance of, 172, 200. Excluded from the scheme of the chain of forts, 198. Two spies taken at, 201. Washing- ton ordered to, with one hundred men, 202, 205, 214. Compared with Fort Loudoun, as to importance, 205. Dinwiddie's confused and inconsist- ent orders respecting, and their bad effects, 210, 214, 215. The Maryland forces garrison, 233, 313. Two Ca- tawba Indians killed near, 234. Threatened, and troops called to the aid of, 240, 241. Sickness at, 309, 311. Magazine at, blown up, 316. CUNINGHAM, JAMES, aid-de-camp to Lord Loudoun, II. 230. Currency, uniformity in the, recom- mended, XII. 9. Disorders in the,
CUSHING, WILLIAM, administers the oath to the President upon his induc- tion into office in 1793, X. 322, 323. CUSTINE, Count de, a French officer, visits head-quarters, VII. 316, 319. CUSTIS, G. W. P., author of the "In- dian Prophecy," a drama, II. 476. CUSTIS, JOHN PARKE, son of Mrs. Washington by her first marriage, II. 361, 370. Enters King's College, in New York, 374. Leaves College and marries Miss Calvert, 381. Accom- panies Mrs. Washington to Cam- bridge, III. 168, 196. Washington's directions about settling the affairs of his estate, 383, 384. Cited respect- ing General Greene, VIII. 18. Death of, 204, 210, IX. 39, 95. CUSTIS, MARTHA, widow of Daniel Parke Custis, marries George Wash- ington, II. 327; XII. 251.
CUSTIS, Miss, daughter of Mrs. Wash- ington, death of, II. 378. Letters about the settlement of her estate, III. 383, 384.
CUSTIS, Mrs., VIII. 486. CUYLER, Colonel, commands Refugees at Bull's Ferry, VII. 116.
DAGWORTHY, JOHN, Captain, assumes the command of Fort Cumberland, and refuses to obey the orders of pro- vincial officers, II. 112. Washington refuses to serve under, 117, 128. Claims provisions from the Virginia supplies, 127. General Shirley de- cides against his clain to command,
Ordered to Fort Cumberland, 233. Joins Forbes's expedition, 311. DAGWORTHY, MARY, cited on trans- mitting a contribution from ladies for the army, VII. 90.
DALBY, his case with the Quakers about a slave, IX. 158.
DALLING, Governor at Jamaica, re- quests succour from Clinton, VI. 358. DAMAS, Count de, a French officer, his visit to head-quarters, VII. 319, 341. DANA, FRANCIS, III. 356. Visits the camp on a committee from Congress, V. 213; 344. Secretary to John Ad- ams, VI. 385. Declines an appoint- ment as minister to France, XI. 203. Danbury, British expedition against, IV. 404.
DANDRIDGE, FRANCIS, of London, II. 342.
DANDRIDGE, JOHN, father of Mrs. Washington, II. 327.
DANE, NATHAN, IX. 542.
DARKE, JOHN, Colonel, X. 153, 183, 244-248.
DARTMOUTH, Lord, suggests to Gage the taking possession of Rhode Island and occupying New York, III. 113. Advises Gage to abandon Boston and go to New York, 114. His correspond- ence with Gage at the commencement of the revolutionary war, largely cited, 506-514. Advises the arrest of mem- bers of the Provincial Congress, 507, 509.
Dartmouth College, Eleazer Wheelock, president of, III. 207. Address to the Board of Trustees of, XII. 164. DAVIE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON, ap- pointed brigadier-general in the Pro- visional army, XI. 323. Written to, about the selection of officers, 334. Appointed envoy to France, 405. DAVIES, SAMUEL, II. 40. His notice of Washington in a sermon after Braddock's defeat, 89.
DAVIES, WILLIAM, Colonel, American commissioner to effect an exchange of prisoners; instructions to, VI. 213, 508.
DAVIS, JOHN, attorney for the district of Massachusetts, XI. 135, 158. DAVIS, Captain, pursues and harasses the British from Springfield to Eliza- bethtown, VII. 508.
DAVISON, JOSEPH, Lieutenant, takes four prizes; gives information of the sailing of the British fleet from Hali- fax for Sandy Hook, III. 441. DAYTON, ELIAS, Colonel, ordered to Canada, III. 372. Despatched against Sir John Johnson, 410. Represents the condition of the New Jersey regi-
ment at Ticonderoga, IV. 278, 279; V. 219; VII. 335. Aids in suppress- ing the revolt in the Jersey line, 381, 561. Opposes the enemy at Spring- field, 506. To put his brigade under marching orders, VIII. 58. Direc- tions to, respecting the treatment of Captain Asgill, 304; IX. 171, 196. DAYTON, JONATHAN, recommended for the Provisional army, X1. 265, 299, 327, 330, 548.
DEANE, JAMES, Indian interpreter and missionary, VI. 122. Visits Newport with Indians, VII. 183, 184. DEANE, SILAS, his negotiations injured by commissioners meeting Lord Howe at Staten Island, IV. 343. Recom- mends Conway, 412. Treaty of, with Ducoudray, not ratified by Congress, 491. Sends engineers from France, 491; V. 353. His interview with La- fayette, 446.
DEANE, SIMEON, bearer of the de- spatches of the treaty between France and the United States to Congress, V. 353. Transmits the news to Wash- ington, 353, 355. DEARBORN, HENRY, Captain, his ex- change proposed, IV. 52. DEBORRE, Chevalier, IV. 411. pointed brigadier-general, 412. Exe- cutes a Tory, V. 12. His conduct at the battle of the Brandywine disap- proved, and he resigns, 60, 61, 463. DECHAMBAULT, prisoner, released at the interposition of D'Emery, gov- ernor-general of St. Domingo, IV.
Deer, procured for Mount Vernon, IX. 176.
DEHAAS, JOHN PHILIP, appointed brig- adier-general, IV. 329.
DEHART, WILLIAM, Lieutenant-Colo- nel, written to, about an expedition to Staten Island, VI. 445. DELANCEY, JAMES, Lieutenant-Gover- nor of New York, II. 5, XII. 417. DELANCEY, OLIVER, appointed briga- dier-general; to raise loyalists on Long Island, IV. 129, 520, 522. Expedition against his corps, at Morrisania, VII. 356, 357, 385, 392. His expedition to Croton River against Colonel Greene, VIII. 48. Proposed attack on, 92- 99. Expedition against, 109. Delaware, address to a society in, for promoting domestic manufactures, XII. 141. Address to the legislature of, 240. Chief magistrates of, during Washington's public life, 418. Mem- bers of the Continental Congress from, 423; of Congress during Washing- ton's administration, 430.
Delaware, a frigate, taken by the Brit- ish, V. 77.
Delaware River, obstructed, III. 427. Situation and condition of the Amer- ican and British armies near, IV. 213, 15, 218, 224, 230. Boats and vessels on, secured or destroyed for seventy miles, 230, 239. Crossed be- fore the battle of Trenton, 246. Pre- cipitate retreat of the British from, 251. Lookouts to be stationed at the Capes of, 502. Military works on, V. 59. Importance of obstructing, 71. Enemy's attempts to remove the ob- structions of, 92, 104, 115, 116. American vessels in, disposed of, 116, 139, 140. Transports arrive there, 142. British ships arrive, 302, 310. Continental frigates in, destroyed, 362, 364. See Mifflin and Red Bank. Delaware Regiment, the march of, to the southward, VII. 7. DELIGNERY, a French officer, com- mands at Fort Duquesne, II. 239. Democratic Societies, X. 426, 454. The Pennsylvania insurrection, the first formidable fruit of, 429, 437. Insti- tution of, 429, 438, 440. The name of" Madisonian" given to one of the, 443; 444; XI. 337.
DERBY, JOHN, Captain, carries the news of the Lexington battle to Eng- land; examined before the Privy Council, III. 35.
DERBY, RICHARD, fits out a vessel to
carry intelligence of the Lexington battle to England, III. 35.
Deserters, American, laws should be passed against persons who favor, IV. 305. Proclamation respecting, 379. Bounty offered to, by General Howe, 409. Frequently leaving the Ameri- can vessels on the Delaware, V. 84. Proclamation respecting, 133. From the army, 240, 245. Coming with flags from the enemy, to be seized and punished, 294, 341. Inefficacy of proclamations of pardon to, VII. 439. Deserters, British, bounty paid to, V. 42. Not to be enlisted, 270, 298, 346. To go at large, 279. Not to be enlist- ed, VI. 85, 490.
Deserters in the French war, numerous; punishment of, by death, advised, II. 60, 61, 126, 179, 250. Assembly pass an act respecting, 113, 119. Should be made examples of, 126; 160. Dif- ficulty of securing them, 172, 219, 225. From the Virginia Regiment invited by proclamation to join the Royal American Regiment, 226. Two, executed, 245.
DESTOUCHES, Chevalier, succeeds Ter-
nay in the command of the French fleet, VII. 330, 374. Sends ships to blockade Arnold in the Chesapeake, 404, 410, 418, 435, 461. Sets on foot an- other expedition, with his whole naval force, 425, 426, 439, 440, 444, 447, 449, 464. His interview with the Com- mander-in-chief at Newport, 446. His action with Arbuthnot and return to Newport, 463, 468. Resolve of Con- gress respecting, 465. Recapitulation of his exertions against Arnold, VIII. 6. Ready for an expedition to Pe- nobscot, 8, 10.
Detroit, expedition to, proposed VI. 120, 156, 225. Importance of the re- duction of, and measures for effecting it, VII. 341-345. Measures in regard to the fortifications at, VIII. 463, 470; 482; IX. 59. Taken possession of, XII. 66.
DEUXPONTS, a French officer, visits the American camp and Philadelphia, VII. 319.
DEWITT, SIMEON, appointed geographer to the army, VII. 309. Declines the appointment of surveyor-general, XI. 168.
Diary, Washington's, extracts from, while on a tour of discovery on the Youghiogany in 1754, II. 21; re- specting Jumonville, 34; while on a surveying tour among the Allegany mountains in 1748, 416; at Barba- does in 1751, 424; on his agency for Governor Dinwiddie to the French on the Ohio, in the winter of 1753-4, 432; while attending the House of Burgesses in 1774, 486; during his attendance at the first Congress in Philadelphia, in 1774, 503; about his affairs in 1760, 509. Of a tour to the Ohio in 1770, for viewing lands, 516. Commenced May 1st, 1781, and con- tinued, VIII. 31, 48, 54, 98, 109, 114, 134, 162. Extracts from, about his reception at Fredericktown, IX. 118. Of proceedings at the Federal Con- vention, 538. His journey to New York to take upon himself the Presi dency, X. 461. Agricultural, in 1785, XII. 379; in December, 1799, 381. DICK, CHARLES, Commissary in the army, II. 100, 109, 163. DICKINSON, JOHN, author of the "Far- mer's Letters," opposed the declara- tion of independence; extract from his letter after being superseded in Congress, IV. 291. President of Del- aware, VIII. 310. Author of letters signed "Fabius," IX. 354. Author of the address to the King by the first Continental Congress, XII. 398.
DICKINSON, PHILEMON, General, defeats a foraging party of the British, IV. 289, 290. Congress requests that he may command the New Jersey mili- tia, V. 54. Stations militia at Eliza- bethtown and Amboy, 64; 70. Pro- poses a simultaneous attack on Long Island, New York, and Staten Island, 134, 135. His descent upon Staten Island, 174, 175, 211; 362. To harass the enemy in crossing New Jersey, 387, 395, 396, 397, 424. To procure guides; informed of the disposition of the detachments, 416, 417; 425. Op- poses the British in their expedition against Springfield, VII. 85; 133;
DICKINSON, Major, killed at Monmouth, V. 428, 429.
Dickinson College, IX. 353.
Dickinson's Fort, surprised by the In- dians, II. 196. Men to be posted at, 249.
Dictatorial powers conferred on Wash- ington, IV. 232, 254, 257, 550. See Powers.
DIGBY, ROBERT, Admiral, VIII. 162, 192. His proposal to exchange land prisoners for seamen, inadmissible, 253; 261. With Sir Guy Carleton charged with a commission of peace, VIII. 299, 536.
DINWIDDIE, ROBERT, lieutenant-gov- ernor of Virginia, his instructions, commission, and passport to Washing- ton in 1753; communicates his pro- ceedings, and sends Washington's journal to the Board of Trade; re- solves to enlist two companies to con- struct a fort on the Ohio, in 1754; gives instructions for the expedition, II. 1, 428. Commissions Joshua Fry as colonel, and George Washington as lieutenant-colonel, 4. Obliged to rely on volunteer enlistments; issues a proclamation to encourage enlist- ments; his orders from the King, 5, 358, 359. Writes to several of the governors, pressing for assistance, without much success, 10. Severely tried about the ten thousand pounds' grant of the legislature; laments their republican way of thinking, 12. Goes to Winchester to meet Indian chiefs; communicates to Lord Halifax a scheme for colonial government, 18; 29. Prisoners sent to him, 37, 33. Appoints Innes commander of the Ohio expedition, and Washington of the Virginia regiment, 41. Orders Indian goods; refuses to ratify one of the articles of the capitulation at Fort Necessity, 42, 467. Orders the
forces to cross the Alleganies, 52. Has a misunderstanding with the House of Burgesses, 58. Proposes an act of Parliament to compel obedi- ence, 59. His plans for taxing the colonists, 63, 153, Makes a change in the military arrangement, which causes Washington to resign, 64, 67. In a new arrangement appoints him commander-in-chief of the Virginia forces, and expresses his opinion of him, 97, 161. Dissolves the Assem- bly, 113; 120. Permits Washington to visit General Shirley respecting his command; discourages gaming, 130. Orders out militia, 145. Projects an extensive chain of forts, 153. Is ad- vised to stop militia, 157. Gives instructions about enlisting servants, 169. Proposes an expedition to the Ohio, 170. Generally gives ambigu- ous instructions; insists on maintain- ing Fort Cumberland, 172, 210, 215, 216. Describes the mode of declaring war, 181. Censures Washington, 201. Orders him to go to Fort Cumberland, and send out parties to watch the enemy, 202. Confusion and incon- sistency in his orders, 210, 215. luctantly consents to Washington's meeting Lord Loudoun and the south- ern governors at Philadelphia, 230, 262. Orders the evacuation of Fort Cumberland by the Virginia troops, 233. Rebukes the Maryland Assem- bly for denying Lord Loudoun's pow- er, 234. Concerts a new arrange- ment for the troops, 235. His dispo- sition towards Washington, 238, 244, 248, 256, 261, 262, 266, 268. Sails for Europe in January, 1758; brief sketch of his character and five years' administration, 270. Dinwiddie, Fort, on Jackson's River, II. 101, 109, 125, 178. Discipline, regular system of, contem- plated and recommended, IV. 430. Necessity of, in an army, XI. 414. Dismal Swamp, company chartered and measures taken for draining, and mak- ing fit for cultivation, XII. 267, 277. Examined, 268, 277. Meeting held, 270.
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