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of, neglected, 179. Should be few
and strong, 186, 187, 220.
FOUCHE, DE LA, Captain, VII. 47.
Fox, HENRY, one of his Majesty's sec-
retaries of state, directs the Virginia
colony to pay masters for enlisted ser-
vants, II. 168.

France, IV. 396, V. 22, 169. Treaty of,
with the United States, 324, 325, 330,
365; communicated to the British
ministry, 330, 342, 549. News there-
of, and consequent rejoicings in Amer-
ica, 353. Proclamation of it, to the
army, 355. Anticipated consequences
thereof, 357, 359, 387. War with
Great Britain inevitable, 365, 366, 376,
400. Change in the ministry of, VII.
324, 339, 429. Colonel Laurens sent
to solicit succours from, 340. Fur-
nishes a loan, 379, 380. Money and
despatches arrive from, in the frigate
Astrée, 429. Grants six millions of
livres to the United States, VIII. 150,
525. Money solicited from, 224. Six
millions of livres loaned by, to the
United States, 230, 273. Annunciation
of the birth of the Dauphin of, 299.
Celebration of the anniversary of the
treaty with, 381. On the trade with,
IX. 192, 338, 413, 415. Birth of the
Dauphin of, noticed in America, 337.
Change in the administration of, 466.
Death of the Dauphin of, X. 36. The
Revolution in; apprehensions for the
consequences of it, 38, 39, 46, 89. On
the proceedings and government of,
71. Assumes a favorable aspect, in
1790, 90, 106. Excesses in, 118. Part
of the American debt to, paid, 194.
War with Great Britain; measures
taken in the United States to effect
neutrality, 336, 337, 342, 533. Con-
duct of, toward the United States,
XI. 186, 196, 213, 232, 234, 275, 380,
442. The prospect of a war with,
235, 242, 325. Willing to receive a
minister from the United States to
put an end to difficulties, 403. Mis-
sion to, 572. Acceptance of the con-
stitution of, by the King; message to
Congress respecting Genet, and the
relations with; trade suffers from the
cruisers and agents of, XII. 73, 94, 96,
117. Desire of a good understanding
with the Republic of, 73, 118. Urged
to make compensation, 105. Repub-
lic of, presents colors to the United
States, 110. Ministers to, during
Washington's administration, 433.
See LAFAYETTE, LOUIS THE SIX-
TEENTH, and VERGENNES.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, draws up the
celebrated Plan of Union, adopted by

the Albany convention, II. 18. Aids
Braddock, 78, 469. Vote of thanks to,
by the Pennsylvania Assembly, 79;
109. On the Proprietaries' conduct,
122. Drafts a bill for a voluntary
militia, and superintends the building
of forts on the Pennsylvania frontiers,
123. Originates the idea of a General
Congress, 396. A proprietor of Wal-
pole's Grant; replies to Lord Hillsbo-
rough's Report, 485. On total eman-
cipation or independence, 496; III.
35. Visits the army on a committee,
123, 133. Letters of, found by Howe
and sent to England, 186. Commis-
sioner to Canada, 390. His ingenious
mode of distributing papers among
the Hessian troops, IV. 67. On a

committee to confer with Howe on
Staten Island, 88. Commissioner in
France; his recommendation of Cenis,
V. 32, 447. Cited respecting Count
Pulaski, 49. His letter recommend-
ing Baron Steuben, 528; VI. 107; 385.
Presents Lafayette with the sword
voted by Congress, 506, 507. Pur-
chases a fifty-gun ship, 543; 551,
552. On the opinions as to Washing-
ton's operations, VII. 377. Party
against, in Congress; Vergennes's
opinion of; solicits and obtains a loan,
379. Letter to, and his reply, after
the capitulation of Lord Cornwallis,
VIII. 188. Directs a medal to be
struck in relation to Burgoyne and
Cornwallis, 189. Cited respecting

to

French officers on their return
France, 277. Commended by Count
de Vergennes for his conduct in rela-
tion to the proposed treaty, 298. Dis-
charges Lord Cornwallis from parole,
334. His laconic description of the
temper of the British nation, 349.
Cited respecting Broglie, 358; 372.
His return to America, IX. 131, 149.
Reengages in public business, 144,
149, 533. A speech of, published

with alterations, 289. His "Informa-
tion for those who would wish to re-
move to America," 386. On the can-
didate for the presidency, 556. His
letter to the President, X. 33. His
death, 133, 497; letter from the Na-
tional Assembly of France thereupon,
497.

FRANKLIN, WILLIAM, Governor of
New Jersey, and others, propose the
settlement of a colony on the Ohio,
II. 483. Written to, by Brook Wat-
son, III. 142. Guarded as a prisoner
to Connecticut, 446. Designs to es-
cape, 447. Decision of Congress
respecting, 448. Requested to give

publicity to a declaration by Howe,
IV. 3. Confined in Litchfield jail,
V. 6. His request to see his wife,
denied, 7. President of the Board of
Directors of the Associated Loyalists,
VIII. 218, 337.

FRANKS, DAVID S., Colonel, aid to Ar-
nold, ignorant of Arnold's treasonable
designs, VII. 217, 220, 533. His trial
and acquittal, 267.

FRAUNCIS, SAMUEL, XII. 273.
FRAZIER, GEORGE, Lieutenant, absent
at the time of Ensign Ward's capitu-
lation, II. 7. Court-martial ordered
respecting, 46. His conduct excusa-
ble, 47. Recommended for promo-
tion, 62.

Frederic, Fort, built, II. 166. Com-
manded by Captain Beale, 243. Un-
advisable place of rendezvous in
Forbes's expedition, 277. British
prisoners at, VI. 205.

Frederic County, Virginia, address to
the citizens of, XII. 213.
Fredericktown, Washington's reception
at, IX. 118.

FREEMAN, THOMAS, superintendent of
Washington's affairs on the Western
waters, directions to, XII. 275.
Free-masonry, XI. 314, 337.
Free-masons, address to King David's
Lodge, at Newport, XII. 190; to the
Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 200.
FRELINGHUYSEN, FREDERIC, Colonel,
VII. 381; 561.

FRENCH, CHRISTOPHER, a British offi-
cer on parole, III. 105-108, 131, IV.
33. Exchange of, proposed for Major
Meigs, 52.

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French army, arrives at Newport;
numbers of the, VII. 113. Disposi-
tion of, for the winter, 319. De-
tachment from, against Arnold, 426.
Its junction with the American ar-
my, with a view to an attack on
New York, VIII. 48, 50, 63-74, 81
86. Reinforced by an arrival at Bos-
ton, 74, 82. Movements of, towards
the south, 130, 134, 139, 140. Recep-
tion of, at Philadelphia, 154. Pro-
gress of, to Virginia, 155, 161. It
arrives before Yorktown, 168, 516.
Remains in Virginia through the
winter of 1781-2, 198. Its junc-
tion with the American army on the
North River, 332, 340, 345. Ordered
to Boston, and sails to the West In-
dies, 365, 367.

French fleet under Count d'Estaing,
arrival of, from Toulon, with Gerard,
V. 437, 439, 440, VI. 1-6. Brings
French troops, 7. Various circum-
stances injuring the operation of the,

35. Under Ternay; equipment of, at
Brest, VII. 32, 33, 493, 500. Measures
and plans preparatory to its arrival on
the coast, 32-51, 59, 71, 73, 80, 105 -
108. Compared with the English, 59,
113, 127. Its arrival at Newport, 107 -
113, 137, 500, 505. Plans and pro-
ceedings for coöperating with, and
with the French army, 107-109, 113,
114, 120, 135, 136. Blockaded at
Newport, 131, 196, 239, 290. Conti-
nental frigates to join the, 145. Sails
for the Chesapeake, 447, 449, 457.
To remain at Newport after Rocham-
beau's departure, VIII. 64, 65. Sails
from Boston for the West Indies, 367.
See BARRAS, ESTAING, GRASSE, Or-
derly Book, ROCHAMBEAU, and TER-

NAY.

French fleet, second division, expected,
VII. 131, 135, 136, 143, 146, 148, 154.
Blockaded at Brest, 176, 178, 182, 196,
319. Never comes to America, 319,
520.

French officers, how to be provided for,
IV. 146. Difficulty of employing, in
the service, 328, 446, 450. Decis-
ions of Congress respecting, 329, 452.
Embarrassments from, VI. 33. Their
differences with the American offi-
cers, 37, 47, 58. See DUCOUDRAY,
Foreign officers, and MALMEDY.
Frenchmen, an attempt to raise a corps
of, IV. 327. See ARMAND.
FRESTEL, FELIX, tutor to George
Washington Lafayette, arrives with
him in America, X1. 64, 96. Invited
to Philadelphia, 118. Goes to Mount
Vernon, 197, 208. His care of his
protégé; sails for France, 215, 223.
Frigates, Continental, employment of,
in 1780, VII. 145, 154. See Vessels.
Frog's Point, the enemy land at, IV.
151, 154. British troops embark at,
VII. 131, 137.

FRY, JOSHUA, appointed to command
the expedition to the Ohio, in 1754,
II. 4. Death of; facts respecting, 27.
Virginia commissioner at the Logs-
town treaty, in 1752, 480.
FRYE, JOSEPH, appointed brigadier-
general, III. 73, 310, 319. His resig-
nation, 329, 389.

Fuel, scarcity of, in the American
camp; a committee appointed by the
Massachusetts General Court respect-
ing, III. 164, 165. Want of, in Boston,
186. Howe's order respecting, 187.
Fur trade, queries concerning, IX. 302,
327. Two vessels fitted out to the
Northwest Coast for the, X. 91.
Furloughs, suggestions respecting de-
fects in, VII. 396, 397.

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GAGE, THOMAS, Lieutenant-Colonel in
Braddock's expedition, commands the
advanced party at his defeat, and is
wounded, II. 82, 470, 471. His letter
to Washington, in 1755, 116. His

conduct and proclamation at Boston,
in 1774, 393. Disconcerted at the
quiet and steady conduct of the colo-
nists, 399. His official return of the
loss at Bunker's Hill; extracts from
his correspondence with Lord Dart-
mouth, III. 25, 113, 506, 511. His
official report of the affair at Concord
and Lexington reaches England, and
is replied to, 35, 512. Dismisses
Hancock from the command of the
Boston Cadets; further remarks in
connexion with his proclamations, 37,
507, 509, 510. Correspondence with
the

American Commander-in-chief
about the treatment of prisoners; his
reason for not penetrating the coun-
try, 59, 65, 67, 127, 500. Writes to
Lord Dartmouth about taking posses-
sion of New York and Rhode Island,
113, 513. Is recalled, 113, 118, 511.
GALLOWAY, JOSEPH, IV. 205, 522.
Galphinston, treaty at, in 1785, XII.
86.

GALVAN, Major, VI. 457. Despatched
to Cape Henry in anticipation of the
arrival of the French fleet, VII. 35,
36, 41. Sent to Virginia; conse-
quences thereof, 454, 471, VIII. 23,
26.

GALVEZ, DON Bernardo de, General,
governor of Louisiana, captures the
British forts at Natchez and Baton
Rouge, VI. 476, 478. His offer to
concert operations against the com-
mon enemy, VIII. 176.

GAMBLE, Captain, letters of, intercept-
ed, III. 113. Captured, 245. State-
ment of, respecting the ill usage of
American prisoners, IV. 274; Lord
Howe's reply thereupon, 552.
Gaming in the camp condemned, II.
130, 132, 141, III. 296, IV. 436, VIII.
374.

GANNO, JOHN, officiates on occasion
of the proclamation of the cessation
of hostilities, VIII. 425.
GANSEVOORT, PETER, VII. 284.
Gardiner's Bay, British fleet blockad-
ing Newport, sustains damage there,
VII. 403.

GARDOQUI, DON DIEGO, Chargé d'af

VOL. XII.

faires from Spain, IX. 215; X. 73.
His return to Spain, 74.
GARTH, a British general, his expedi-
tion to New Haven, VI. 291.
GATE ORATIO, a captain in Brad-
dock's expedition, II. 469. Appoint-
ed adjutant-general; arrives in Cam-
bridge; facts respecting, III. 6, 7, 481.
Sent to Congress on affairs pertaining
to Canada; appointed major-general,
394, 395. Ordered to Canada; in-
structions to, 433, 435. Popularity
of, in Congress, 436. His misunder-
standing with Schuyler about com-
mand, 462. Supersedes Sullivan, IV.
4. Cited respecting the evacuation
of Crown Point, sickness in the ar-
my, fitting out the fleet on the Lake;
animadverts on officers, 12. Mis-
take of, corrected, 47. Joins the main
army, on the Delaware, 241. Urged
to become adjutant-general, 355. Or-
dered to Ticonderoga, 356. Returns
to Philadelphia, V. 7. Recommended
by the New England delegates in
Congress; takes command of the
Northern Department, 14, 16, 23, 37.
His conduct about sending Morgan to
the main army, 74. Favorable pros-
pects of, in relation to Burgoyne, 74 -
76. Despatches Wilkinson to Con-
gress, 114. To aid the main army,
121-125, 127. His communication
to Washington of the capture of Bur-
goyne, 125. To secure the North
River, 178. Chosen member of the
new Board of War, 194, 213. Pro-
jects an expedition into Canada under
Lafayette, 228, 530. Ordered to re-
sume the command of the Northern
Department; is invested with exten-
sive powers, 333, 334, 338; to call
at camp for consultation in regard to
the campaign, 338, 345, 360; to re-
tain all the eastern recruits on the
North River, 374, 381. Wants rein-
forcements, 385, 386. See Conway's
Cabal. Transmits letters about sus-
pected persons in Vermont, VI. 7, 8.
Marches to Danbury, 61; 87. Goes
to Boston, 95, 106. Declines the
command of the western expedition
against the Indians, 189. Takes com-
mand at Providence, 189, 190, 274.
Cited in regard to the Canada ex-
pedition and his unfriendly feelings
towards Washington; remarks there-
on and treatment of, by Congress,
214-224. His proposition to attack
New York, 273. Directions to, upon
Estaing's return from the West In-
dies, 369. Cited respecting the evac-
uation of Newport, 388. To march

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to Peekskill or King's Ferry, 395,
400. Ordered to halt at Danbury,
401. Declines the command at West
Point and goes to Virginia, 409. Ap-
pointed to the command in the South-
ern Department, VII. 72. Defeated
near Camden, 185, 186, 189, 191, 197,
201, 205, 237, 555. Court of inquiry
ordered respecting, 258, 259, 271.
Retires to Berkeley County in Vir-
ginia, 275. Delay and final omission
of a decision respecting, VIII. 69,
331. On his rejoining the army, 330.
Presides at a meeting occasioned by
the Newburg Addresses, 560, 565.
Visits the Maryland Assembly re-
specting the western internal naviga-
tion, IX. 82.

Genealogy of the Washington family,
1.552.

General Orders. See Orderly Book.
GENET, minister of the French Repub-
lic, his proceedings in regard to the
Little Sarah, X. 355, 536. Proceed-
ings in relation to, 360, 368, 387. His
recall, 400, 548. Conduct of, con-
demned by Fauchet, 401. The first
mover of the Democratic Societies,
430, 438, 440. Message to Congress
respecting, XII. 96.

Genera, on the transplanting of the
university of, to the United States,
XI. 1, 19, 473.

George, Fort, III. 43. Threatened, IV.
492. Propriety of its evacuation con-
sidered, and approved, 494, 504. Ca-
pitulation of, VII. 269.'

George, Lake, fort at, finished, II. 117.
GEORGE THE THIRD, his proclamation;
proceedings of Congress thereupon,
III. 204. His speech sent out from
Boston; its consequences, 223 – 225.
His address to Parliament respecting
the French treaty, V. 363, 400. Ex-
tracts from his letters to Lord North
in relation to the American war, VI.
531. Warlike character of his speech
at the opening of Parliament, VIII.
243, 254, 294. Character of his pro-
roguing speech, 344. Effects of the
order of, respecting neutral vessels,
X. 406, 408. See British Ministry,
and Great Britain.
Georgetown, surprised by Lieutenant-
Colonel Lee, VII. 439. British treaty
disapproved at, XII. 213.
Georgia, accedes to the measures of
Congress, III. 55. Project of Con-
gress for recovering, VI. 179.
defenceless condition; measures for
its security, 411. Land relinquished
to, by the Creek Indians, XII. 86.

Its

Address to the General Assembly of,
179. Extract from their address
exposed and embarrassed situation of,
180. Slaves of, cross the Spanish
line, 181. Address to Edward Tel-
fair, governor of, 199. Soil and cli-
mate of, 325. Chief magistrates of,
416. Members of the Continental
Congress from, 425; and during Wash-
ington's administration, 432.
GERARD, Minister Plenipotentiary from
France to the United States, V. 440,
VI. 9, 16. Discourages the applica-
tions of French officers, 33
Made
acquainted with the protest to Es-
taing, 46. Interprets the French
treaty as to the proposed expedition
against Georgia, 179-181; 228. His
visit to head-quarters, 229, 239, 249,
259. His opinion of Washington,
241, 259. On the effects of Spain's
declaration of war, 341. His visit to
the camp before his departure, 347,
378, 383.
His return to France, 347,
348, 383, 469. His agency in forming
the French treaty, 348.
Cited re
specting the election of Adams and
Jay as ministers to Europe, 385. His
opinion of Lafayette, 506.

GERMAIN, GEORGE, Lord, cited respect-
ing trying General Lee as a deserter,
and expected assistance from the Pro-
vincials, IV. 276, 277; respecting the
loyalists, 520. Justifies in Parlia-
ment the employment of Indians, V.
275. On the conciliatory propositions,
341, 551. His instructions to General
Clinton, 548. Cited, about harassing
the seacoast, VI. 207; on the in-
gratitude of the Americans, 258; on
Tryon's expedition into Connecticut,
293; on bringing the American war
to a conclusion, 327; on the meeting
of the commissioners at Amboy for
exchange of prisoners, 513; on the
condition of affairs in America in
May, 1780, VII. 30. Writes about
the destination of the French arma-
ment at Brest, 33. Extracts from his
intercepted letters to Sir Henry Clin-
ton, VIII. 112, 519.
German Flats, treaty with the Six Na-
tions and other Indians at, IV. 62.
Stores removed to, from Fort Schuy-
ler, VIII. 56. See Herkimer.
German Lutheran Congregation in and
near Philadelphia, address to the min-
isters, church-wardens, and vestry-
men of the, XII. 147.
German Reformed Congregations, ad-
dress to the ministers and elders of
the, XII. 156.

German troops, III. 389. Resolve of
Congress for raising, in Pennsylvania
and Maryland, III. 444. See Hessians.
Germanic Confederacy, abstract of the,
IX. 533.

Germantown, battle at, V. 78, 82, 102,
118, 463. Loss at, 82, 83, 90, 103.
Letter of approbation and thanks from
Congress thereupon, 83, 470.
Germany, the Emperor of, written to
about Lafayette, XI. 125, 128. Meas-
ures for procuring laborers from, for
the Federal District, XII. 305.
GERRY, ELBRIDGE, III. 20, 463. Cited
respecting the choice of a commander-
in-chief, 479. Deciphers Church's
letter and sends it to Congress, 504.
Cited, IV. 117; VI. 455; VIII. 569.
Declines signing the Constitution, IX.
270, 541. Appointed minister to the
French Republic, XI. 203, 208; 325.
GETCHELL, NEHEMIAH, reconnoitres
on the Kennebec and Dead Rivers,
and reports, III. 112.

GIBBONS, Lieutenant, commands a for-
lorn hope, at Stony Point, VI. 303,
539.

GIBBS, CALEB, Major, the case of, in
connexion with the Provisional army,
XI. 410, 420.

GIBSON, Colonel, VI. 205, X. 184.
GILL, MOSES, on a committee of the
Massachusetts Provincial Congress for
the reception of the Commander-in-
chief, III. 484.

GIMAT, Chevalier, V. 171. Detached
to the south, VII. 454, 471, VIII. 23,
26. Leads the van in the attack on a
redoubt at Yorktown, 179. His return
to France, 224.

GINNINGS, Sergeant, to be promoted
for his bravery in Meigs's expedition,
IV. 441.

GIST, CHRISTOPHER, cited about a re-
quest of an Indian to know where the
Indians' land lay, II. 15; respecting
the Twigtwee Indians, 37. Council
of war at the house of, decides upon a
retreat, 51, 456. Goes agent to Phila-
delphia, 108. His remarks on the
estimation of Washington in Penn-
sylvania, 109. His qualifications, and
appointment to manage Indian affairs,
and his embarrassments, 236, 251,
269, 282-284. Attends Washington to
the Ohio, in 1753, 432. The remnant
of Braddock's army reaches the plan-
tation of, 476. His agency for the
Ohio Company, 479, 482. At the
Logstown Treaty, 480. His settle-
ment beyond the Alleganies, 482.
GIST, NATHANIEL, Colonel, receives
instructions, IV. 271. Is directed to

raise a body of five hundred Indians,
272. Bringing forward Maryland mi-
litia, V. 52, 61, 66. Skirmishes with
the enemy near Chesnut Hill, 181.
Sent to enlist Indians, 274. Informs
the Commander-in-chief of the arrival
of Count de Grasse, VIII. 154. De-
tached against the British at Com-
bahee River, 357.

Gloucester, troops stationed near, VIII.
168. Surrender of, 182. See Yorktown.
GLOVER, JOHN, Colonel, commands a
regiment at Boston, III. 456. Ap-
pointed brigadier-general, IV. 329.
Declines the appointment, 399. Ac-
cepts it, 400. To reinforce Schuyler,
503; V. 163, 167. Detached to join
Sullivan in Rhode Island, VI. 8, 11,
190, 286. To coöperate with the mili-
tia, 286; 305. To superintend the for-
warding of the Massachusetts drafts,
VII. 83; 336.

GODDARD, WILLIAM, publishes "Que-
ries," by General Lee, and afterwards
a recantation, VI. 309. Proposes to
publish the manuscript papers of Lee,
IX. 108.

GOODWIN, SAMUEL, a surveyor, assists
Arnold by plans and a journal, III. 90.
GORDON, JAMES, a British major, an
attendant on Captain Asgill, VIII.
303, IX. 170, 196.

GORDON, WILLIAM, the historian, his
account of a conversation between
Franklin and Pratt respecting inde-
pendence, II. 496. In error respect-
ing advance pay for riflemen, III.
101. On the Commander-in-chief's
conduct at the flight of the troops
from New York, IV. 95. Mistake of,
respecting Lafayette's orders at York-
town, VIII. 180. His application for
papers for a history of the revolution,
IX. 29. Information sent to, respect-
ing Fort Washington, 100. Memoir
of Lafayette transmitted to, 121. His
publication of his "History of the
Revolution," 295, 467.

GORDON, a British brigadier-general,
wantonly shot by an American scout,
IV. 56, 59.

GORE, CHRISTOPHER, XI. 130.
GORHAM, NATHANIEL, president of
Congress, XII. 420.

GOUVION, from France, appointed ma-
jor of engineers, IV. 491. Commend-
ed; measures for retaining, in the ser-
vice, VI. 430. To repair to the main
army, VII. 26; 204. Accompanies
the Commander-in-chief to Hartford,
208. Despatched to arrest Joshua H.
Smith, 214. To join Greene at West
Point, 233. Required at head-quar-

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