513; on parties in Massachusetts, and the adoption of the Constitution, 310, 332; 458. His opinion as to the place and mode of administering the inaugural oath to the President, 322. His expected resignation, 392. Proposes to join the army against the Pennsylvania insurgents, 441. His resignation, XI. 8. Establishes him- self at St. George's, 70, 189. His nomination as commissioner to ascer- tain the eastern boundary, 119. Ap- pointed to a command in the Provis- ional army, 264, 266, 280, 288, 296, 297, 307, 312, 326, 330, 331, 534. De- clines, 334, 537, 539, 550. KNOX, Lieutenant, commands a forlorn hope at Stony Point, VI. 303, 539. KNYPHAUSEN, Hessian general, crosses Chad's Ford, V. 58, 462. His excur- sion towards Springfield, and retreat to Elizabethtown Point, VII. 74–77, 87. Supports General Mathew in a second excursion against Springfield, 87.
KOLKOWSKI, Count, VI. 123, 124. KOSCIUSZKO, THADDEUS, IV. 503. Ap- pointed engineer; employed in the Northern Department; at Behmus's Heights and West Point, V. 142, 282, 311. Does not agree with Radière, 334. Directs the works at Fort Clin- ton, VI. 67. Goes to the southern army, VII. 141. Commendation of, 148. Commissioned brigadier-general, VIII. 487. Goes to Europe, IX. 46. Returns to America, XI. 213.
LACEY, JOHN, General, succeeds Gen- eral Potter, V. 223. LACOLOMBE, L., XI. 68, 222. LACRETELLE, cited respecting Jumon- ville, II. 447.
Ladies, exertions of, in Philadelphia, for the relief of the army, VII. 89, 90, 376, 408; in New Jersey, 90; in Maryland, 243, VIII. 514. Their re- ception of Washington at Trenton, in 1789, XII. 149.
LAFAYETTE, General, incidents con- nected with his coming to America, and his reception there, V. 10, 11, 445. Wishes for active command, 35, 128, 170. Wounded at the battle of the Brandy wine, 59, 455. Com- mendation of, 129. His skirmish near Gloucester, 170. Succeeds General Stephen in active command, 172. His disappointments and perplexities in the proposed Canada expedition, 264,
530-535. Ordered to return to camp, 291, 314, 535. On the consequences of Lord North's Conciliatory Bills, 325. At a council of war at Valley Forge, 360. Forwards to the Com- mander-in-chief officers' reasons for not taking the oath of allegiance, 366. Instructions to, 368. His march to- wards the enemy's lines, 374. His retreat from Barren Hill, 377, 545. Detached against the enemy in New Jersey; instructions to, 417, 423, 553. Letter to, respecting Lee's regret at having relinquished to him the com- mand at Monmouth, 419; 424. His letter respecting Conway's Cabal, 488. His opinion of Washington, 529. De- tached to join Sullivan in Rhode Isl- and, VI. 8, 11, 24. His honorable conduct, 23, 27. Visits Count d'Es- taing, 24. Accessible to the French officers, 33. His exertions to induce Estaing to unite again in an attack on the enemy, 40, 41, 50. His con- nexion with the action on Rhode Isl- and; his subsequent stations, 50, 58, 59, 73, 501, 502. Holds a conference with the Massachusetts Council and Count d'Estaing, 58. His return to France; circumstances, letters, and correspondence with the President of Congress, connected therewith, 71, 83, 137, 148, 150, 190, 193, 362, 368, 501, 545. Encourages the proposed Cana- da expedition for the year 1779, 72, 106, 110, 149, 190, 216, 548. His challenge to Lord Carlisle, 78, 79, 98, 105. Dangerous sickness of, at Fish- kill, 137. His parting letter to Wash- ington, 190. Receives an appoint- ment in France under Count de Vaux, 362, 554. Presented with a sword by vote of Congress, 505-507. His cor- respondence on American affairs, after his first return from America, 545. Concerts with Paul Jones a plan of an attack on the west coast of England, 546. His arrival in America in 1780, and various particulars respecting, VII. 29, 195, 247, 477. His visit to Con- gress, 31, 33, 38, 43, 44, 47. His cor- respondence with Rochambeau, 33, 501. His proclamation to the Cana- dians, 44, 45, 72. Despatched to New- port and has an interview with the French commanders, 109, 111, 125, 127, 509, 515. Returns and takes command of the light infantry, 134, 135, 171, 281, 518. On Hamilton's qualifications for an adjutant-general, 315. Proposes joining General Greene at the south, 316, 317, 323, 339, 340, 341. His proposition to cooperate
with the Spanish generals, 322. His remark on De Castries, 324. Takes command of a detachment to Virginia against Arnold; instructions to, 417- 423, 430, 435, 444, 469. His advance to Annapolis, 452, 469. Ordered to reinforce Greene, and receives direc- tions, 469-471. Further particulars in regard to his expedition to Vir- ginia, VIII. 2, 6, 8, 10, 16, 24, 509, 513. Drives the British ships from Annapolis, 11. The temper of his detachment, and desertions from it, 22, 34, 35, 513. Refuses to hold inter- course with Arnold, 60. His perplexi- ties and disappointments, 86. Changes his retreat into a pursuit of Cornwal- lis, 100. The action at Green Spring, 118. Forwards information to the Commander-in-chief, 128. Sends spies to the enemy, 141, 152. His vigilance in preventing the escape of Cornwal- lis, 152, 156. His interview with Count de Grasse, 166. Cited respect- ing the storming of the redoubts at Yorktown, 179. His proposed expe- dition to the southward, 187, 190, 193. His second return to France, 204, 208. Resolves and proceedings of Congress in regard to, 207. Resolves of Virginia, 225. Receives the rank of field-marshal in France, 226. His arrival in France, 260. Communicates the intelligence of the treaty of peace, 407, 411. His successful exertions at Madrid, 413. His visit to America in 1784, IX. 37, 44, 55, 59, 71, 73, 74. Busts of, voted by the legislature of Virginia, 51. His departure for Europe, 74, 77, 82. Naturalized by Virginia and Maryland, 82. The Memoir of, by James McHenry, 121. Renders ser- vices to the commercial interests of the United States, 130, 193. His journey through Prussia and Austria, 144, 160. His project in regard to slavery on his plantation at Cayenne, 163. His ex- ertions for toleration, 242, 262. The Federal Constitution and an Indian vocabulary forwarded to, 305, 309. Po- litical letters to, 354, 379, X. 45; 71. His perplexing situation at the head of the French revolution, 88. Sends to Washington the key of the Bastille, 105. Cited about his situation and the affairs in France, 141, 177, 189, 234, 502. His captivity, 315, 316, 324. Instructions to foreign ministers respecting, 322, 326. McHenry's pro- position concerning, 397. Joined by his family in prison, XI. 30, 496. Unofficial measures taken by the Pres- ident for the release of, 111, 125, 128,
162, 173; 206, 208. Papers relating to his imprisonment and liberation, 163, 214, 489. His answer to the proposal for his release from prison, 223, 502. His proposed voyage to America, 325, 377, 459. Citation from, about engi- neers, XII. 282. See BOLLMANN and HUGER.
LAFAYETTE, Marchioness de, intercedes with the French ministry for Presi- dent Laurens, V. 456. Particulars concerning, VI. 363, 368, 386, 552, IX. 20; 38, 165; 449. Money re- mitted to her, X. 314, 323, 324. Money advanced to; joins her hus- band in prison, XI. 30, 111, 496. Her treatment there, 490, 496. LAFAYETTE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, IX. 39, 165, XI. 31. His arrival in America, 64, 71, 161, 214. The pro- position that he should enter Harvard University, 66, 67, 72. Requested to repair to Colonel Hamilton, 95. In- vited to Philadelphia; proceedings in Congress respecting, 118, 119. Goes to Mount Vernon, 197; 208, 214. Sails for France, 215, 223, 225; 325. Lafayette, Fort, at Verplanck's Point, VI. 269.
LA FORCE, seen at Gist's, in 1754, re- connoitring, II. 16. There with a detachment, 25. Made prisoner, 33. Sent to Dinwiddie, 37, 38. Facts re- specting; his imprisonment, escape, and recapture, 178, 467. Accompanies Washington in a part of his tour in 1753, 441.
LAMB, JOHN, major of artillery, III. 349. Colonel, V. 4. Ordered to take command at Verplanck's and Stony Points, VII. 212, 213. A witness at Smith's trial, 261. Artillery of, re- lieves Captain Brown's, 262. LAMBERT, an Englishman, furnishes the President with sundries for his plantations, XII. 355.
Lamb's Dam, in Roxbury, III. 302. LAMONT, NEAS, in error as to the application of the title of marshal, IX. 89.
Lancaster, removal of stores from, V. 41, 43. Congress adjourns to, V. 69. Lance-men, proposition to raise, V. 277. Land, the King's proclamation respect- ing, II. 348, 369, 375. Promised to the Virginia troops; difficulties in regard to, 355-361, 365. Apportion- ments of, 367, 369. Provision for the sale of vacant, urged, XII. 25. Pledged for the reimbursement of the public debt, 26. Description of Wash- ington's, west of the Allegany Moun- tains, 264. Proclamations concerning;
rents, 265. On the settlement of, 266, 275. On the sale of public, 270. Washington's determination to sell his western, 317. Errors of foreign- ers in purchasing, 329. Too much, cultivated by farmers, 330. LANE, Captain, his mission to the Pe- nobscot Indians, 111. 496.
LANGDON, JOHN, chosen president pro tempore of the Senate, and officially notifies the President of the United States of his election, IX. 491, X. 1, 459, 481.
Langhorne, John, a letter with the fic- titious signature of, XI. 218, 220, 289, 293, 387, 501.
LANSDOWN, Marquis of, his introduc- tory letter for his son, X. 203. His introductory letter for Talleyrand- Périgord, 412, 436.
LAPÉROUSE, commands a ship de- spatched from Newport to France, VII. 319. Brings money and de- spatches from France, 429.
LA SALLE, the French claim the Ohio, from its being discovered by, II. 440. LAUMOY, Lieutenant-Colonel of engi neers, IV. 491, V. 171. Vote of Con- gress to retain in the service, VI. 430, 431. Sent to the Delaware, VI. 98. Ordered to South Carolina, 173. LAURENS, HENRY, President of Con- gress, V. 139. Opposed to the half- pay establishment, 384. Replies to Lord North's commissioners, 397. Cit- ed respecting a motion in Congress calling for private letters, 401. congratulatory letter after the battle of Monmouth, 436. His kindness to Lafayette long remembered, 456. Cit- ed in regard to Conway's Cabal, 487, 497, 503, 504, 510, 511. His letter concerning prisoners, 539. On the second message of the British Com- On the Can- missioners, VI. 17. ada expedition and money borrowed from France, 110. Resigns the pres- idency of Congress, 140.
Cited as to arming the blacks, 204. Appoint- ment of, as minister to Holland, 396. His correspondence with Lafayette, 501. Confined in the Tower of London, VIII. 15, 246. Propositions to exchange, for Burgoyne and Corn- wallis, 125, 240, 251, 265. liberty, 325, 327, 333, 540. Appoint- ed a commissioner to negotiate a trea- ty of peace, 372.
LAURENS, JOHN, Lieutenant-Colonel, aid to the Commander-in-chief, de- spatched to Count d'Estaing, upon his arrival on the coast, VI. 2, 4. His return, 9, 10. Sent to Rhode Island, VOL. XII.
11, 13, 23. Cited respecting the Pro- test and Estaing's departure from Newport, 46. Commendation of, by Greene, 52. Recommendation of, to Governor Rutledge, 201. Declines a secretaryship to Franklin, 385; 398. Comes to head-quarters with a letter from General Lincoln, 411, 415; VII. 22. Taken prisoner at Charleston, 256. Cited respecting André's fate, and Arnold's mental torment, 257. Exchange of, 257, 288, 289. Appoint- ed to go to France and solicit suc- cours for the campaign of 1781, 340, 341. On the mutiny in the Pennsyl- vania line, 363. His conferences with the Commander-in-chief before going to France, 365, 368. Recommenda- tion of, to Franklin, 378. Sails from Boston for France, 438; VIII. 5. His conduct there, and return with money, 150, 526, 527. Turns the redoubt at Yorktown, 179. A commis- sioner for settling the treaty of capit- ulation at Yorktown, 184, 247, 532. Joins the southern army, 241. Inter- ests himself to effect the exchange of his father, 247, 265. His project of raising a regiment of black levies, 322, 323. His action and death at Chehaw Neck, 356, 357; IX. 100. LAUZUN, Duke de, number of the corps under, VII. 113; 289. Legion of, cantoned at Lebanon, 319. Commu- nicates with the Commander-in-chief about the disposition of the French fleet, VIII. 64. His advance towards the American army, 84, 87, 96-98. His rapid march and proposed attack on Delancey's corps at Morrisania, 92-99 His march to White Plains and his position, 95, 99, 109. Sta- tioned near Gloucester, 168. The le- gion of, is despatched to join General Greene, 237, 242, 258, 267. His return to Europe, 259. His legion embarks subsequently, 367, 433. Letter to, upon his departure from the country, 432. LAVAL, Marquis de, a French officer under Rochambeau, visits the Ameri- can camp, VII. 319. LAWRENCE, JONATHAN, Captain, com- mands levies at Dobbs's Ferry, VIII. 46. Joins Scammell in an expedition to Fort Lee, 47. Laws should be established in the af- fections rather than fears, XII. 211. Should be complied with, 222. Evils of obstructions to their execution, 223. See Government. LEAR, TOBIAS, his narrative of the last illness and death of Washington, I. 555. Facts respecting; secretary
to Washington, IX. 154, 158; 196; 214; accompanies him to New York, 487; and on his tour through the eastern States, in 1789, X. 46. Cited about the republication of the "Rights of Man," 160; concerning the re- ception and inauguration of the Presi- dent, 463; XI. 6. Invited to become Washington's secretary in the Pro- visional army, 280, 300, 333; XII. 288, 309.
LEARNED, EBENEZER, appointed brig- adier-general, IV. 373. Leases. See Rents.
Leaves, use made of, XII. 364.
Le Bœuf, fort at, taken by the Indians. II. 340. Visited by the governor's agent in 1753; commanded by Le- gardeur de St. Pierre, 441. Its situ- ation, 442.
Lechmere's Point, British land on, and are routed; bomb-battery commenced there, III. 157. Fired upon, 205. Progress of the works at, 213, 287. Strongly fortified, 293, 296. LEE, ARTHUR, succeeds Franklin as Massachusetts agent in England, III. 35; IV. 395. Commissioner to France; his unsuccessful embassy to the court of Berlin, V. 169, 447. Efforts in Congress for renewing the commis- sion of, VI. 385, 388; VII. 381; X. 11.
LEE, CHARLES, appointed major-gen- eral, repairs to head-quarters at Cam- bridge; facts respecting, III. 6, 480, 481, 484, 515. Stationed at Winter Hill; corresponds with Burgoyne, 43, 498. Sent to Newport to point out a plan of defence, 213, 214, 220. En- gages in a plan for the security of New York; instructions to, 230, 234, 292. His conduct approved; his sug- gestions in regard to Tories, 274. Or- dered to the command in Canada, afterwards to the Southern Depart- ment, 294. Cited about Sears, 295. His congratulation upon the evacua- tion of Boston, 345. His indemnifi- cation for the loss of half-pay, 499. Success of, in South Carolina, IV. 15, 26. Arrives at Charleston, 27. Pro- poses the employment of cavalry in the Southern Department, 43. His opinion of Congress and the army, 132. Instructions to, at the time the troops pass from New York into New Jersey, 168. Appointed to command the division on the east side of Hud- son's River, 168. Ordered to cross the Hudson, 186, 530. Cautioned to take the western route, and delays, 192.530. Ordered to join the main
army, 199, 200. Messengers despatch- ed to, 201, 207. Proposes to hang on the rear of the enemy, 208, 531. Made prisoner, 221, 231, 534. His division joins the army, 239. Threatened to be tried as a deserter, 272, 273, 276. Resolves of Congress respecting the treatment of, 273, 331, 334, 337. Ex- change or parole of, demanded, 275. Requests Congress to receive a com- munication from him while a pris- oner; his subsequent letter, 324. Washington and Morris favor the meeting solicited by, 342, 343. A particular reason why this meeting was not granted, 343. Sends for his aid-de-camp and renews his request for a meeting, 349. Cited respecting his kind treatment by Howe, 461. Proposition to exchange him for Pres- cott, 495, 496,V. 54, 229, 263, 269, 272, 309, 310, 539. Letters of, immediately before his capture, discovering his in- tentions, IV. 530. Describes his con- dition as a prisoner, V. 228. His return on parole, 310, 335, 345. Approves the decision of the council of war at Valley Forge, 360. Directions to, at the evacuating of Philadelphia, 392, 411. Free communication of his sen- timents requested, 404, 406. His opin- ion as to the views of the British upon evacuating Philadelphia, 407. Dis- approves an attack on the enemy; crosses the Delaware, 414, 415, 552. Regrets having yielded the command to Lafayette, and is despatched with another detachment, 418, 419, 424, 554. Ordered to attack the enemy at Monmouth, and retreats, 425, 431, 555. Put under arrest. 428. 432. Trial of, 432, 434, 555-558. Proceedings of the court-martial sent to Con- gress, VI. 68. Publishes an article concerning the affair at Monmouth and his trial; letter thereupon, 132. His "Queries Political and Military," and their effects, 309, 330. Death of, IX. 40. The publication of the pa- pers of, 107.
LEE, CHARLES, (of Virginia,) IX. 275, 343. Attorney-general of the United States, XI. 92. Advises the recall of Mr. Monroe, 140, 485. LEE, FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT, favors the new constitution, IX. 304. LEE, GEORGE, Colonel, marries the widow of Lawrence Washington, II. 53, 181, 427.
LEE, HENRY, captain of the light-horse, takes twenty-four British prisoners near Elk, V. 50. His successful op- position to an attack from the enemy,
220. Commendation and promotion of, 303, 304, 393. Enlargement of his troop, 304, 393. Procures information in regard to Stony Point, VI. 280, 296. His expedition against Paulus Hook, 317, 326, 332, 333, 336, 376. Stationed at Monmouth with a letter for Count d'Estaing, 369. Gold medal present- ed to, 376. To hold himself in readi- ness to go to South Carolina, 497. Under marching orders for the south- ward, VII. 8. Stopped, 48. Takes post in the rear of the army, and en- gages in the action at Springfield; commendation of the corps of, 77, 506. Ordered to Monmouth, to pro- vide for the arrival of the French fleet; his subsequent correspondence with the Commander-in-chief, and his ex- ertions to get Arnold from New York, 105, 544. A continuance of his par- tisan corps recommended, 252. His marching to the south, 272, 277, 285. Surprises Georgetown, 439; VIII. 62; 348.
A delegate in Congress, IX. 156. On the navigation of the Mis- sissippi River, 173, 205. On the death of General Greene, 180. On the new government and the election of a President, 428, 551. Declines the command of a regiment against the western Indians, X. 150, 154. On a commander of the western expedition, 244. On the proclamation of neutral- ity, 343, 357, 540. His proposition to enter the French service, 344. On Democratic Societies, the Pennsylva- nia rebellion, and Jefferson's and Henry's remarks, 433, 560. Com- mander of the forces to oppose the Pennsylvania insurrection, 439, 446. In the list of officers for the Provis- ional army, XI. 264, 265.
of, requested in regard to officers for the twenty-four additional regiments, 429, 432; XII. 49.
LEE, RICHARD HENRY, chosen by the Williamsburg Convention to the first General Congress, II. 396; III. 26. Recommends Randolph, 63. Cited respecting Peyton Randolph's death, 139. Commends General Gates, 436. His letter on Conway's promotion, and a new Board of War, V. 99. Cited re- specting the "Spurious Letters," 237. Favors Gates, 373; 484; 493; VI. 55. Wishes Washington may be sent to Virginia with dictatorial powers, VIII. 106. His aid solicited in behalf of Thomas Paine, IX. 49. President of Congress, 79. Opposed to the issu- ing of paper money, 120. Objects to the Constitution, 288, 542. Senator
in Congress, 446, 459; X. 21. His motion for opening the doors of the Senate, 95. Cited, 400.
LEE, RICHARD HENRY, deposits manu- script papers in Harvard College Li- brary, III. 35.
LEE, MISS SIDNEY, her request for a copy of the will of her brother, Gen- eral Charles Lee, IX. 40.
LEE, THOMAS, of his Majesty's Coun- cil in Virginia, projects the Ohio Company, II. 479.
LEE, THOMAS SIM, governor of Mary- land, VII. 186; X. 376; 423. LEE, WILLIAM, Colonel, invited to become adjutant-general, IV. 372, 433. His qualifications for the office of adjutant-general, V. 158.
Lee, Fort, IV. 158, 162, 163, 165. Ta- ken by the British, 185, 187. Loss at, 547. A party of refugees attempts to repair, VIII. 46, 47.
Legionary corps, recommended as a substitute for cavalry, VII. 252. LEITCH, Major, wounded near Haer- lem, IV. 98, 104. Death of, 109. L'ENFANT, Major, IX. 44. Surveys a city for the permanent seat of gov- ernment, X. 147, 172, 204, XII. 322. LEONARD, ARIEL, a chaplain in the army, III. 198.
LESLIE, A., British General at the skirmish near Haerlem, IV. 99. Sails from New York to Virginia to create a diversion in favor of Lord Cornwal- lis, VII. 264, 268, 269, 283, 285. His movement from the Chesapeake, arri- val at Charleston, and junction with Cornwallis, 347, 348, 435, VIII. 521. Letters, Intercepted, at Bristol, IV. 198; one to Mrs. Washington, returned un- opened, by General Howe, 198, 529; one to Lund Washington, published, and creates difficulty, VIII. 20, 21, 27; to Sullivan and Lafayette, published, 60, 61, 69, 108. Of Lord George Ger- main to Sir Henry Clinton, VIII. 112,
Letters, Spurious, ascribed to Washing- ton, II. 405, V. 237, 378, 379, 39Ĭ, IX. 444. Inquiries and facts respect- ing, XI. 183, 184, 217. A list of the, ac- companied by a statementof facts, 192. LEVIUS, Judge, IV. 468. LEWIS, ANDREW, appointed major, II. 97, 98; 108. His expedition against the Shawanese Town, and his suffer- ings, 125, 135. Attributes his misfor- tunes to his guides, 136. Returns from the Cherokees with but few war- riors, 189. Refuses assistance to Lieu- tenant Bullitt, 196. Ordered to send up the Cherokees, 201. Sent to watch
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