the enemy, 242. Arrives at Raystown with troops in Indian dress, 294. taken at Fort Duquesne and sent to Montreal, 313; 340. Appointed briga- dier-general and ordered to the South- ern Department, III. 294, 319. Let- ter to, upon his non-promotion, IV. 345. Resignation of, 347. Acts as commissioner at Fort Pitt, VI. 90. Superseded and resigns, 92. LEWIS, GEORGE, Major, sent on a mis- sion to Canada, XI. 132. His services, 434.
LEWIS, LAWRENCE, captain of cavalry, XI. 397. Aid to General Wayne, 398. LEWIS, ROBERT, his statements re- specting Washington's private devo- tions, XII. 407.
LEWIS, STEPHEN, XII. 240.
LEWIS, THOMAS, Colonel, declines be- ing agent about western land, XII. 301.
LEWIS, WARNER, II. 94. LEWIS, Colonel, at the battle of Ger- mantown, V. 468.
Lexington battle, III. 35. Officers at, ordered home, 118. Gratuity to the sufferers by the, 133. Effects of, 487. Citation from Lord Dartmouth's letter to Gage respecting, 512. The affair not approved by the British govern- ment, 520.
Leyden, in Holland, Poetical Society of, X. 102.
LIANCOURT, Duke de, on Lafayette's imprisonment at Olmutz, XI. 163, 489. Light-horse. See Cavalry. Light Infantry, organization of, VII. 135, 137. Broken up, 316. LIGUERY, a French captain at Brad- dock's defeat, II. 473.
LINCOLN, BENJAMIN, appointed by the Assembly of Massachusetts to com- mand the troops destined to New York, IV. 125. To concert an expe- dition against Long Island, 125 – 129. Commended, 229, 240, 294. Ordered to Morristown, 263. His move to- wards New York, 266, 280. Recom- mended for the Continental line, 294. Arrives at Morristown with Massa- chusetts militia, 322. Appointed ma- jor-general in the Continental service, 329. Retreats from Boundbrook, 391. Letter to, respecting the officers ap- propriating to themselves the pay of the soldiers, 402. Ordered to join Schuyler, and take command of the eastern militia, 505. His influence over the militia, V. 2. To join Gates; commendation of, 2, 10, 19, 61. Join- ed by Stark, 30. Wounded, 115, 217. Epaulettes and sword-knots presented
to, 361. Ordered to Charleston, to command the Southern Department, VI. 74, 83, 101, 191. Asks to retire from command, 230. Insufficient force under, 342. His attack upon Stono Ferry, 357. Directed to di- vert the enemy in order to favor the Spaniards, 474; VII. 10. Made prisoner at Charleston, 69, 102. In- quiry ordered respecting, 102. Meas- ures for effecting his exchange, 104, 122, 193, 209, 210, 212, 287. His interview with General Phillips, 122, 193, 195, 209, 210, 212. Exchanged, 287, 290. Advised to exert his influ- ence in Massachusetts in behalf of the army, 290, 466. Completes the crew of the Alliance, 438. Requested to join the army, VIII. 40. Instructions to, for an attack on the north end of York Island, 90, 97-99, 109. Has the immediate command of the army in its progress to the southward, 140, 150. Takes command of the troops on their march to the northward, 199. His appointment as secretary of war, 214, 215, 225. Written to about Knox's promotion, 214. Presents two standards taken at Yorktown to the Commander-in-chief, 220. His que- ries answered respecting a reduction of the army, 308, 319. On the half- pay establishments, 356. Authorized to concert with the Commander-in- chief a plan for the liberation of pris- oners, 425, 428. Recommends Lear, IX. 155. His operations against the insurgents in Massachusetts, 234, 239. His opinion of the disfranchising act in Massachusetts, 240. Correspond- ence with, respecting the adoption of the Constitution, 310, 322, 334, 391; respecting the first meeting of Con- gress, and its members, under the Federal Constitution, and the candi- dates for the presidency and vice- presidency, 417, 439, 468, 555. Ap- pointed commissioner for a treaty with the southern Indians, X. 28; for a conference with the western Indians, in 1793, 314. LINDSAY, lieutenant under Captain Lee, wounded, V. 220, 221. LINN, JAMES, vice-president of the Council of New Jersey, XII. 236. LIPPENCOT, RICHARD, Captain, unwar- rantably executes Joshua Huddy, VIII. 263 Is demanded of Sir Henry Clin- ton, 265. Court-martial ordered for the trial of, 291,311. Papers respect- ing the trial of, forwarded, 324, 336, 363, 539. A second trial of, 336-338, 363.
Litter for stables and pens, materials to be used for, XII. 364. Little Kenhawa, Washington's lands near the, XII. 264, 301, 318. Little Meadows, II. 14, 15. Fort pro- posed at, 79. Council held at, 81. Little Sarah, a vessel in the Delaware, in 1793, X. 355, 366, 536. LITTLEPAGE, his difficulty with John Jay, IX. 157, 166, X. 173. LIVINGSTON, EDWARD, XI. 119. LIVINGSTON, HENRY B., Colonel, ap- pointed to protect the well-affected at the east end of Long Island; re- treats, IV. 123. Commended by Greene for his conduct in the action on Rhode Island, VI. 52.
LIVINGSTON, HENRY BROCKHOLST, cap- tured; set at liberty by Sir Guy Carle- ton, VIII.537.
LIVINGSTON, JAMES, colonel of a Cana- dian regiment, III. 250. Regiment of, garrisons Verplanck's and Stony Points, VII. 139, 525. Laconic letter to, after Arnold's flight from West Point, 213. Ordered to West Point, 222, 234. A witness at Smith's trial, 262.
LIVINGSTON, ROBERT R., cited respect- ing the King's proclamation, as to western lands, II. 348. A member of the committee for drafting the Decla- ration of Independence, III. 468. Chancellor of New York; cited re- specting Putnam, V. 284. Recom- mends Arnold for the command at West Point, VII. 94, 95, 266. Sec- retary of foreign affairs, VIII. 277. Letter to, respecting the prospects of Declines the office of peace, 371. minister to France, X. 406. Disap- proves the British treaty, XI. 49, 57. LIVINGSTON, WALTER, X. 11. LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM, brigadier-gen- eral of the New Jersey militia, order- ed to send troops to New York city, III. 446. Plans the defence of the Jerseys, 450. Governor of New Jer- sey; written to, for troops, IV. 189. Writes about the oath of allegiance, 320. Requested to send militia to protect the Highlands, V. 89. Design against, detected, 231. Requested to send cavalry to camp, 243, 279. His opinion respecting deserters attending flags, 342. Opposes the half-pay es- tablishment, 386. An unsuccessful attempt to capture, VI. 182. Calum- niated; his exertions with Holland, 414. Written to, about the complaints of soldiers, 469. Requested to send troops against New York, 132. Is warned of an attempt to take or as- VOL. XII.
sassinate him, 472. Written to, about retaliation in the case of Huddy, VIII. 290.
Lloyd's Neck, expedition against, VIII. 114. See Long Island.
Loans, importance and necessity of, urged, VII. 289, 300, 337. Obtained from France, 379, 380. Acts of Con- gress for, X. 110, 208. Obtained, 161. Further, recommended, and obtained in Holland, 349, 351, 352, 414, XII. 13, 22, 33, 107. Subscriptions to, 23. Instalments on, 41.
Locks in canals, plans of substitutes for, XI. 7.
LOGAN, GEORGE, XI. 383. Memoran- dum of an interview with him, 384. LOGAN, Major, at Fort Montgomery, V. 473.
Logstown, II. 44, 54. Council at, in
1753, 433. Treaty made there, 480. LONG, Colonel, evacuates Fort Anne, contrary to orders, IV. 492. LONGCHAMPS, assaults Marbois, and thus embarrasses Congress, IX. 121, 128.
Long Island, Wooster stationed on; three companies, raised there, are or- dered to the northward, III. 75. Move- ments of the Tories on, 230. Con- gress countermands two regiments destined against the Tories of, 255. Tories on, seized, 391. Scheme against the Tories on, 397. Tories on, take up arms, 441. Committee sent to King's County on, IV. 42. Landing of the British on, 59, 61. Putnam takes command there while Greene is sick, 62, 513. Skirmishing on, 66, 68. Battle on, 68, 79, 513. Retreat from, 69, 70, 80, 102. Effects of the battle of, particularly on the militia, 72, 86. Communication with, cut off, 74. People of, generally go over to the enemy, 88. The enemy raising recruits on, 127. Expedition against, proposed and abandoned, 128. Par- sons's proposed expedition to, 314, 427, 440. Duer's proposed descent on, 354. Meigs's expedition to Sag Harbour, 441. Campbell's proposal to attempt to bring prisoners on pa- role from, VI. 174. Plundering par- ties prohibited from going to, 361. Tallmadge's successful expedition to, VII. 292. Proposed expedition against the Refugees at Lloyd's Neck, VIII. 4. See SULLIVAN.
Long Island Sound, British ships pass up, IV. 74, 151, 501. Proposition to clear of ships, 90. British transports pass up, VI. 207. LORING, JOSHUA, British commissary- TT
Loriot's cement, experiments with, IX. 456.
LOUDOUN, Lord, II. 161. Succeeds Shirley; raises the Royal American Regiment, 168. Favors the maintain- ing of Fort Cumberland, 211. Prej- udiced against Washington, 212, 215, 217. Meets the governors of the southern colonies at Philadelphia, 230. Does not put the Virginia regiment upon the same footing as the regular army, 231. Protests against the de- nial of his power over the Maryland troops, 233. Is succeeded by General Abercromby, 289.
Loudoun, Fort, commenced at Win- chester, II. 162. Should be garrison- ed, 183. The importance of, 205. Captain Mercer appointed to com- mand at, 210. Virginia troops order- ed to, 233. Head-quarters fixed at, 235. Attacks in the vicinity of, 264; 268; 275; 277. Posture of affairs at, in 1758, 285.
Loudoun, Fort, in the Cherokee coun- try, capitulates, II. 333.
LOUIS, Colonel, an Indian of the Cagh- nawaga tribe, visits head-quarters, III. 260.
LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH, King of France, sends a message to the court of Lon- don respecting the treaty of France with America, V. 363, 399, 549. Loans money to the United States, VIII. 230, 273, 525. Endeavours to check liberty, IX. 332. His character and conduct, 381; 466. Letter to, on the death of the Dauphin, X. 36. At the head of the revolution, 104, 106. Accepts the constitution presented by the National Assembly, 209; 234. Sends a private message to the President about the advances made to Britain, 238. His choice of a council, 503. His accept- ance of the constitution communicated to Congress, XII. 94. Louisiana, Lord Dorchester's expected expedition against, X. 112. LOVELL, JAMES, case of, referred to Congress, III. 206, 522. Proposition to exchange Governor Skene for, 269, 281, 523. Resolve of Congress con- cerning, 523. His imprisonment and exchange for Governor Skene, 524, IV. 23, 108, 143, 511, 512. Chairman of the committee of foreign affairs; opposes the half-pay establishment, V. 370, 454.
LOVELL, general of militia, his conduct on Rhode Island, VI. 51. Low, Major, to march troops to the landing opposite to West-Point, VII. Reached by
Loyal Hanna, II. 304.
Forbes's expedition, and a council of war called. 316.
Loyalists, American, recommended to be seized, III. 159. Three companies of, embodied for the defence of Bos- ton, 162. Acts of Connecticut re- specting, 228; 263. Seizure and dis- arming of, 273, 391, 397, 415. Civil power to take cognizance of, 382. Their arts and schemes, 396, 535. Re- moved by the Virginia Convention, 404. Encouraged by Tryon, 414, 440, 535. Tried and executed, 441. Howe's expectations from, 452. Confined at Litchfield, 471. Circulate reports about Schuyler, 535. Plots and con- spiracies of, IV. 15, 17, 151, 152. To serve as fatigue-men, 42. Measures respecting, 44, 45. Property of, plun- dered, 118, 289. Should be disarmed, 223. Enemy strengthened by, 234. Attempt to cut off militia at Paramus, 423. Pardon recommended for, 447. In the British service, 519. Executed, V. 12. Taken in arms to be tried as traitors, 309. Proclamation of pardon to, by Congress, 331, 343. Treatment of, in Vermont, VI. 8. Plundering of, prohibited, 361. Two companies of, in the attack on Forts George and Anne, VII. 270. Plot of, in Stratford and Fairfield County, 423. Board established at New York for the direc- tion of the Associated, VIII. 4, 218, 521. Inquiry ordered into the Board of Directors of the, 218, 252. Lippen- cot considers himself as acting under the Board of Directors, 338. Meas- ures connected with the remuneration of them, IX. 177. See Albany, BUT- LER, King's County, Long Island, New Jersey, and Queen's County. LUDLOW, G. J., a British captain, de- spatched to Sir Guy Carleton in be- half of Asgill, VIII. 303–305. LUDWELL, PHILIP, cited, II. 94. Lutheran. See German. LUTTERLOH, HENRY EMANUEL, a for- eign officer, IV. 196. LUZAC, JOHN, professor in the Univer- sity of Leyden, a zealous friend of America, XI. 221.
LUZERNE, minister of France, recep- tion of, at Boston; visits head-quar- ters, VI. 350, 362, 364, 540. Cited respecting John Adams, 365. Con- sulted by Greene respecting an expe-
dition to Canada, 423. Upon the importance of the most favorable terms in the exchange of prisoners, 458. Writes to Vergennes about Miralles, 477; on the proceedings of Congress in electing a committee to make changes and reforms in the army, VII. 15. His visit to camp; his opin- ion of Washington, 10, 27, 28, 32. His letter to France after Lafayette's arrival, 32. A committee of Congress confers with, about supplies for the French, 47. His free correspondence solicited by the Commander-in-chief, 73. Cited about the British treatment of the southern people, 92. Sends out cruisers to meet the second division of the French fleet, 143. Writes to France about Izard's views of alarin- ing the French, 175. Sends a letter in cipher to Count de Guichen, 198, 200. Cited about the establishment of separate departments by Congress, and respecting Samuel Adams, 400. Solicits ships to oppose Arnold, 404, 435. Solicited to desire Count de Grasse to bring land forces, VIII. 78. Visits camp, 99; 155. Favors a plan of cooperation against Charleston, 174; 268; 273. Cited respecting French officers' opinions of Washington, 277. Cited about Sir Guy Carleton's ad- vances in regard to peace, 312; on Colonel Laurens's zeal in France, 527. His return to France, IX. 50, 57. On Washington's visiting France, 77. On the sentiments at Versailles about the powers of Congress, 183. Made a marquis; goes to the court of London; cited, X. 87. Death of, 188. Lycian Confederacy, IX. 521. LYMAN, Major, IX. 27.
LYNCH, THOMAS, on a committee of Congress respecting the army, III. 123, 185. Cited as to a reconciliation, 525, 526.
MCALLISTER, Lieutenant, despatched to Congress with the standard taken at Paulus Hook, VI. 332, 333. Brevet rank and pay of captain given to, 377. MCCARTY, DENNIS, II. 127. MCCORMICK, GEORGE, XII. 287. MCDONALD, DONALD, a British officer, made prisoner, IV. 78. Difficulty about exchanging, on account of his rank, 106.
MCDONALD, captain of the enemy at Newtown, VI. 349.
MCDOUGALL, ALEXANDER, III. 62. Ap-
pointed colonel; patriotism of, 256. Appointed brigadier-general, IV. 32 Retreats from Peekskill, 370. Letter to, about cutting off the British, 403. Ordered to fortify Fort Montgomery, 409; to introduce uniformity of dis- cipline, 430. His position at the ac- tion on Chatterton's Hill, 528. Or- dered into New Jersey, V. 64; 70. Number of his corps, 72. In the bat- tle of Germantown, 78, 464. Recom- mended for a major-generalship, 85. To take command at the Highlands, 280, 283, 235. Discourages an expe- dition against New York, 303. Cited respecting the works at West Point, 311. To rejoin the main army, 333. Forwards information of the treaty with France, 353. Ordered to join General Gates at Hartford, VI. 96. Commands in the Highlands, 125, 131; at West Point, 276, 304. His misconception at the storming of Sto- ny Point, 299, 303. To join Howe, VII. 79. Commended, 94. Takes command at West Point, 221; 234; 259. Appointed a delegate in Con- gress, 278. Appointed minister of marine, 400. At West Point, VIII. 95. Unprovided with command, 121. On a committee from the army to Congress, 551, 554. Death of, IX. 186. MCGILLIVRAY, X. 75. Visits Congress with Indians, 107. Stimulates the southern Indians to hostility, 267, 278. Death of, 335.
MCHENRY, JAMES, letter to, about the prospects of peace, after the death of the Marquis of Rockingham, VIII. 344. Cited about a visit of the Com- mander-in-chief to Congress, 469. On a committee of Congress to make ar- rangements for the last audience of the Commander-in-chief, 569. Writes a memoir of Lafayette, IX. 121. On the enlargement of the powers of Congress, 122, 501. On the appoint- ment of judicial officers, X. 56. De- sires an appointment to procure the release of Lafayette, 398. On Pink- ney's support of a Declaration of the General Assembly of Maryland, XI. 98. Appointed secretary of war, 107. On Washington's taking com- mand of the Provisional army, 246, 255. His visit to Mount Vernon, 259, 261, 263, 281, 531, 532. On the rank of officers in the Provisional army, 297, 331, 318, 542. Suggests matters for consideration in relation to the war, 344, 552. On the affairs of the army, 413, 420, 532. His instructions
to General Hamilton, 417, 563. His plan in regard to officers for the twen- ty-four additional regiments, 427, 429. On the promotion of General Wilkin- son, 440, 445. On a mission to France, 573.
MCINTOSH, LACHLAN, General, appoint- ed to command at Fort Pitt and in the west, V. 361, 382. His situation, VI. 91, 92. Head-quarters of, at Pitts- burg, 154. Disappointed as to assist- ance, 156. MCINTOSH,
WILLIAM, forwards a scheme of governinent for the United States, IX. 300. MACKAY, JAMES, commands an Inde- pendent Company, II. 41. Arrives at the Great Meadows, 48. Doubts the superiority of Dinwiddie's commis- sions, 49. Takes the command of Fort Necessity; cited respecting its capitulation, 51, 465. Facts respect- ing, XII. 303.
MCKAY, SAMUEL, a British captain, a prisoner, III. 352.
MCKEAN, THOMAS, chosen president of Congress; forwards to the Com- mander-in-chief extracts from inter- cepted letters of Lord George Ger- main to Sir Henry Clinton, VIII. 112, 114, 519. Retires from Congress, 209. MACKENZIE, ROBERT, Captain, recom- mended to General Amherst, II. 334. On the condition of the Massachu- setts Bay; wounded at Bunker's Hill, 399. Facts respecting, IV. 129. MCKINLY, JOHN, Governor, a prisoner, V. 191.
McKonkey's Ferry, IV. 246. MACLEAN, a British colonel, takes pos- session of Penobscot, VI. 307, 350. MCNEILL, JOHN, Captain, II. 190, 191, 211. Recommended for promotion,
252. His confinement of a commis- sary, 327.
MACPHERSON, DUNCAN, Captain, III. 146, 150. Killed and buried at Que- bec, 264.
MACPHERSON, W., Major, VIII. 25, 26. His action with Simcoe, 101. MCVICKAR, JOHN, cited, X. 13. MCWHIR, WILLIAM, X. 37. Machias, III. 58, 97.
MADISON, JAMES, on the early inten- tions of the Colonists to become inde- pendent, II. 497; VII. 465; VIII. 270. On the policy and objects of the dif- ferent States, VIII. 334, 547. On a bill for the relief of Thomas Paine, IX. 50. On propositions for invest- ing Congress with powers for com- mercial purposes, 145, 508. On paper money and a general convention, 208,
218. On a form of government, 230, 516. On the embarrassments in Con- gress about acting in relation to the proposed convention in 1787, 247. Correspondence with, about the Con- stitution, 267, 542, 547. A writer in The Federalist, 284. On Richard Hen- ry Lee's objections to the Constitution, 288. On parties in Massachusetts in regard to the adoption of the Constitu- tion, 312. A candidate for the state convention on the new Constitution, 313, 331. Cited about the convention, 369. Advocates the adoption of the new Constitution, 374, 378. On the first meeting of Congress under the new Constitution, 407, 549, 554. Should be in the Assembly, 430. Loses an election, 447. Queries sent to, by the President respecting a system of con- duct, X. 4, 5, 464. Consulted about nominations to the judiciary, 26. Cit- ed about Jefferson's appointment as secretary of state, 43; 82, 85, 95. On the power of the executive to change the place of convening Congress, 379, 552. A Democratic Society takes its name from, 443. Written to about a Farewell Address, in 1792, XII. 382. His reply, 385. His draft for one, 387.
MAGAW, ROBERT, appointed lieuten- ant-colonel of one of the Pennsylva- nia battalions, III. 315. At Philadel phia, 414. Appointed to hold Fort Washington; his reply to the sum- mons to surrender, IV. 179. Ordered to defend the fort, 180. Surrenders, 181. Comes out of New York on parole with propositions for exchange of prisoners, VI. 435; VII. 2. MAGILL, CHARLES, XII. 213. Major-Generals, in the army at New York, needed, IV. 30. Appointed, 32. List of the, during the war, XII. 412. MALCOLM, WILLIAM, Colonel, station- ed at Ramapo, V. 64; 73; 388. Com- manding officer at Fort Arnold, West Point, VI. 8. His regiment, being united to Spencer's, mutinies, 242. To join the main army, VII. 139. A letter from, forwarded to Arnold, 144. Opposes savages, 262. Expiration of the service of, 263. MALMEDY, a French officer, his dissat- isfaction with his rank, IV. 419, 422. Mamaronec, loss at, IV. 160, 526, 548. Managers at Mount Vernon, qualifica- tions wanted in, XII. 308. Their weekly reports, 351. MANDRILLON, JOSEPH, author of works on America, IX. 72, 421, 450. MANLY, WILLIAM, Commodore, cap-
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