Is

tures a store-ship, III. 183; two
prizes, 194; the sloop Betsey, de-
spatched to Boston by Lord Dunmore,
203; two transports, 266, 271.
appointed commodore, 267, 519. Nar-
rowly escapes from the enemy, 287.
Ordered to watch the enemy upon
their evacuating Boston, 307. His
success, 520.

Mansion House Farm, XII. 310. Di-
rections respecting the, 346, 354. A
weekly report of the, 351.
Manufactures, domestic, the increase
of, IX. 464, 470. On the encourage-
ment of, XII. 69. Address to the
Delaware Society for promoting, 141.
Manure, on the procuring of, from the
bed of the Potomac River, XII. 274,
310. Plaster of Paris used for, 292.
Buckwheat, 320, 331, 340, 342. Di-
rections respecting, 336, 362 – 364,
370.

MARBOIS, BARBÉ, secretary of legation
from France, VII. 29, 325. Chargé
d'affaires from France, IX. 50. Leaves
the United States, 130. See LONG-

CHAMPS.

MARCHANT, HENRY, member of Con-
gress, recommends Gates, V. 14.
Maréchaussée, a company of cavalry,
duties of, VI. 462. Put upon ordi-
nary field duty, VII. 83.
Marine Committee, irregularities and
want of system in the, VI. 228.
Marine department, established, and a
minister appointed, VII. 399, 400.
Marine hospital, at the seat of govern-
ment, XII. 322.

Marine operations, III. 516. See Navy.
Marines, not furnished from the army,
III. 77. Resolves of Congress about
raising two battalions of, from the ar-
my, 163, 175, 206; 260.

MARION, FRANCIS, General, VIII. 62.
Marriage, letter respecting, II. 370.
Advice respecting, VIII. 486; IX. 190.
Humorous remarks in connexion with,
346.

Marshal, error in the application of the
title of, IX. 89.

MARSHALL, JOHN, cited in relation to
Jay's treaty, XÍ. 32. Declines the
office of attorney-general, 62. Favors
Patrick Henry, 80. Declines the office
of minister to France, 143, 148, 487.
Consulted about persons for a sur-
veyor-general, 148. Cited respecting
the inauguration of John Adams, and
the banquet given to the ex-president
by the merchants of Philadelphia, 194.
Appointed minister to France, 202,
208. His arrival in Europe, 224. His
return, 293. Elected to Congress,

VOL. XII.

424, 425. His account of the recep
tion of Washington at Trenton, in
1789, XII. 148.

MARSHALL, THOMAS, written to, on
the affairs of Kentucky, IX. 485, X.
137.

MARSTELLER, Lieutenant, in the west-
ern expedition, recommended for the
Provisional army, XI. 273.

MARTIN, JOSEPH, governor of North
Carolina, III. 223. Embarks on board
the British fleet for the southern
States, VI. 477.

MARTIN, Colonel, wounded on Long
Island, IV. 66.

MARTINDALE, LION, a naval officer;
captured, III. 219, 518, 519.
Maryland, exertions made by ladies in,
to favor the army, VII. 463. Accedes
to the confederation, 400; XII. 237.
Soil and climate, and value of land in,
325, 326. List of chief magistrates
of, 418. Members of the Continental
Congress from, 423. Of Congress
from, during Washington's presiden-
cy, 430.

Maryland Assembly, II. 11. Votes six
thousand pounds for the defence of
the frontiers, and authorizes the rais-
ing of a military force, in 1755, 112.
Has a temporary reconciliation with
the governor, and raises money and
men, in 1756, 165. Appropriates
money for the Royal Regiment, and
raises men, 168. Refuses means for
supporting Fort Cumberland; denies
Lord Loudoun's authority over the Ma-
ryland forces, 233. Disagrees with the
governor about troops for Forbes's ex-
pedition, 239. Passes a vote of thanks
to the Commander-in-chief after the
capitulation at Yorktown, VIII. 210.
Appoints an intendant, 254. On west-
ern inland navigation, IX. 80, 82, 91,
99, 291. Naturalizes Lafayette, 82.
Agitated by the question of a paper
emission, 226, 232, 234. Declaration
of, respecting the President, XI. 96,
97, 98. Resolutions passed by, after
the publication of the President's
Farewell Address, 176.

Maryland line, in the army, attention
to the raising and equipping of the,
urged, IV. 386. Success in filling
the, V. 399. March of, to the south-
ward, VII. 7, 10, 15, 19, 20. Com-
manded by Baron de Kalb, 8, 15, 19.
Countermanded from the main army,
and ordered to the southward, after
the battle of Camden, 186. Declen-
sion of the, VIII. 23.
Maryland militia, called out to sup-
press the Pennsylvania insurrection,
TT*

XII. 48. See CADWALADER, Gist,
and SMALLWOOD.
MASON, GEORGE, II. 271. Facts re-
specting, 351. On non-importation,
354. Drafts the non-importation agree-
ment called an Association, in 1776,
356.

Probably drafts the Fairfax
County Resolves, in 1774, 488. His
account of the factions and doings of
the Virginia convention, III. 152.
Favors a taxation of the colonists, 153.
On a paper emission, IX. 120. His
sentiments about the Constitution, IX.
267, 271, 287, 289, 542, 544. Declines
signing the Constitution, 270, 541.
His opposition to it, in the Virginia
convention, 356, 370, 373; X. 250;
XII. 400.

Massachusetts, charter of, proposed as
a model, for a colony on the Ohio
River, II. 484. Furnishes one fifth
of the whole army, in 1779, VI. 197.
Insurrection in, and its progress, IX.
204, 207, 221, 225, 228, 234, 241, 263.
Disfranchisement of citizens in, 235,
236, 240, 241, 249. Parties in, about
the adoption of the Constitution, 310,
312, 329. State of the public mind
there, in 1790, X. 94. Address to the
governor and council of, XII. 170;
to the Grand Lodge of, 200. List of
the chief magistrates of, during Wash-
ington's public life, 416. Members of
the Continental Congress from, 420;
of Congress from, during Washing-
ton's presidency, 428.
Massachusetts Committee of Safety, III.
20, 44.

Massachusetts General Assembly, sum-
moned by Gage, organize themselves
into a Provincial Congress, and at-
tend to the affairs of the Colony, III.
16, 44.

Massachusetts General Court, convenes
at Watertown, III. 16, 44. Acts in
two branches, 44. Applies for a de-
tachment to protect the seacoast, 45,
53. Fits out vessels of marque and
reprisal, and establishes a court to try
captures, 154; 238; 246. Desired to
furnish reinforcements for Canada,
253. Answer to an address from the,
335. Solicited to coöperate in engag
ing Indians, 460. Sends commis-
sioners to the army, IV. 172. Votes
an advance pay, 173. Its order that
the soldiers pay for public arms, 410.
Votes a gratuity to its troops after
the revolt in the Pennsylvania line,
VII. 356. Feelings in the, towards
the Society of the Cincinnati, IX. 26.
Spirit of insurrection in the, 363. Ad-
dress to the, in July, 1789, XII. 158;

in February, 1797, 243. See Massa-
chusetts Provincial Congress.
Massachusetts Humane Society, IX. 388.
Massachusetts line, in the army, order-
ed to Ticonderoga, IV. 426. Delay
of the, 468. Troops recruited in the,
to be forwarded, without being inocu-
lated, V. 297. Complaint of field-
officers in the, VII. 453.

Massachusetts militia, ordered out, III.
184, 189. Called out, at the taking
possession of Dorchester Heights, 304.
To go to New York, 416. Nearly
one fifth of the, drafted for New York,
IV. 125. Six thousand to be raised,
227. A regiment of, arrives at Mor-
ristown, 322. One third of the west-
ern ordered to Saratoga to prevent
the junction of the British, 500.
Called out, to cooperate with Count
d'Estaing, and dismissed, VI. 368,
409. Turn out with alacrity to op-
pose Clinton; dismissed, VII. 138.
At West Point, 139, 147, 222. To be
dismissed with thanks, 233.
Massachusetts Provincial Congress, re-
solves on measures of defence, and
appoints General Ward commander
of all its forces, III. 6, 486. Its his-
tory; its reception of the Commander-
in-chief, 14, 44, 484. Government
by the, ceases; and the General Court
convenes, 16, 44. Despatches a ves-
sel to England with intelligence of
the Lexington battle, 35. John Han-
cock president of the, and Joseph
Warren, president pro tempore, 37.
Their letter to Kirkland respecting
the Indians, 495. See Massachusetts
General Court.

MASSEY, a British general, arrives at
Halifax with regiments from Ireland,
III. 282.

MATHEW, EDWARD, a British general,
his expedition against Virginia, VI.
261, 262. Makes an excursion against
Springfield, VII. 87.

MATHEWS, JOHN, in Congress, VI. 456,
496. On a committee to effect reforms
and changes in the army, VII. 15.
Recommended for the committee of
cooperation and chosen, 34, 80. Let-
ters of, show high party spirit in Con-
gress, 226. Favors General Greene's
appointment to the command of the
southern army, 258, 277. His request
respecting his wife, VII. 276, 277.
Cited about the state and prospect of
affairs, 277. On a committee to sup-
press a revolt in the Pennsylvania
line, 359.
MATTHEWS, GEORGE, Colonel, wound-
ed, and, with his regiment, captured

at Germantown, V. 466. Comes out
of New York on parole with proposi-
tions for exchange of prisoners, VI.
435; VII. 2.

Matson's Ford, skirmish at, V. 185.
Lafayette's retreat from, 377.
MAUBOURG, LATOUR, imprisoned with
Lafayette at Olmutz, XI. 492.
MAUDUIT, VI. 34.

MAUROY, a French officer, V. 449.
MAXWELL, WILLIAM, Colonel, remon-
strates against leaving Crown Point,
IV. 6. General; ordered to harass
the enemy after the battle at Trenton,
249. Letter to, upon a refusal of peo-
ple at Elizabethtown to take the oath
of allegiance, 319. Ordered to con-
tinue between Brunswic and Amboy,
471. Does not attack the enemy, 474.
In the battle of Brandywine, V. 57,
53. At the battle of Germantown, 78,
464. Trial and acquittal of, 165. Fa-
vors an attack on Philadelphia, 168.
Despatched to defend vessels, 362,
365. To harass the army in crossing
Jersey, 386, 387, 422, 423. To hang
on the enemy's left flank, 417. Left
to harass the enemy, 430. At Eliza-
bethtown, VI. 155, 176, 207, 225; 252.
On the western expedition, 264; VII.
83. Resignation of, 115. Position of
his brigade, at the action at Spring-
field, 507.

Mayo River, II. 164.

MEADE, RICHARD K., Colonel, goes to
Virginia, VII. 267.

Meadows, directions respecting, XII.
362, 372. See Great Meadows and
Little Meadows.

MEASE, JAMES, appointed clothier-gen-
eral, IV. 323.

Measures, uniformity in, recommended,
XII. 9, 25.

Medal, in commemoration of the evacu-
ation of Boston, III. 356. Voted, 533.
Other medals voted, VI. 540.
Mediation of foreign powers, VIII. 71,
X. 239.

Medusa, a French frigate, escapes from
Newport with Fauchet on board, XI.

68.
Medway, address to the Congregational
church and society at, XII. 198.
MEEKER, JOHN, V. 219, 231.
MEIGS, RETURN JONATHAN, Lieuten-
ant-Colonel, his spirited enterprise to
Sag Harbour, IV. 441. Sword voted
to, by Congress, 442; V.211; 225. His
bravery at Stony Point, VI. 538. His
exertions in suppressing a mutiny,
VII. 55, 56. To go to West Point,
216, 222. To move to the main army,
233.

Mémoire, &c., published by the French
government, II. 22.

MERCER, GEORGE, II. 45. Appointed
aid-de-camp, 110; 119. Accompanies
Washington to Boston, in 1756, 132.
Requests an exchange of the officers
of the Virginia regiments, 280. Opens
a road from Fort Cumberland to Rays-
town, 296. Commissioner for the
Ohio Company, 482. Extract from
his letter respecting lands for the Vir-
ginia troops, 485.

MERCER, HUGH, II. 507, 508. Order-
ed to Paulus Hook, III. 449. Con-
certs with Livingston the defence of
the Jerseys, 450. Commended, 452;
IV. 73, 75. Opposes the evacuation
of New York, 92. Wounded at
Princeton, and made prisoner, 259,
260. His death and character; mon-
ument to, and the education of his
son, voted by Congress, 260.
MERCER, JAMES, Captain, II. 129 ; 205.
Takes command of Fort Loudoun,
210.

MERCER, JOHN, Captain, sent to Din-
widdie, II. 117, 120. Goes on a
scouting party to the Warm Spring
Mountain, skirmishes at Edwards's
Fort, and is killed, 142, 157, 165.
Mercer, Fort, V. 113. Reinforced, 120.
See Red Bank.

MESMER, FREDERIC ANTHONY, reply
to a letter from, on animal magnetism,
IX. 72.

Messages to Congress, XII. 79.
Meteorological Tables, kept at Mount
Vernon, XII. 351.
Method. See System.

Methodist Episcopal Church, address to
the bishops of the, XII. 153.
Miami village and fort, IX. 109. Ta-
ken possession of, by the United
States, XII. 66.

Lec

Michilimackinac, taken possession of,
by the United States, XII. 66.
Middlebrook, head-quarters at, IV. 440.
MIDDLETON, HENRY, president of Con-
gress, XII. 420.
MIFFLIN, THOMAS, appointed quarter-
master-general, III. 68, 104.
cited respecting, 71. Instructions to,
332. Marches thirteen hundred men
to Brooklyn, IV. 68. Visits Philadel-
phia to state to Congress the situation
of the army, 190. Ordered to Phila-
delphia, 208. Marches fifteen hun-
dred militia from Pennsylvania to
Trenton, 213. Crosses the Delaware,
249, 251. Joins Washington at Tren-
ton, 258. On confining conscien-
tious loyalists, 321. Appointed major-
general, 329. Tenders his resigna-

Monarchical government, remarks on,
IX. 189, 247.

MONCKTON, a British colonel, killed at
Monmouth, V. 428, 429.

Money, wanted for the troops, III. 21,
167. Entire deficiency of, 104. Delay
in signing, 173, 178. Borrowed for
the army, 283. Scarcity of, IV. 77,
V. 142, 244, VII. 9, 65, 323, 325.
Want of, for secret services, VIII.
136. Solicited from France, 224. To-
tal want of, and consequent discon-
tents in the army, 353. See Loans.
Monmouth, loss of a militia guard at,
IV. 326. Position of the British army
at, V. 419, 424. Battle at, 421, 425,
431, 432, 552. Loss at, 428, 429, 433,
436.

Monocosy River, II. 183. The country
above the, exposed to the Indians, 187.
Monongahela, battle of the. See BRAD-

DOCK.

MONROE, JAMES, Major, his letter to
Lord Stirling, cited, VI. 263. On the
appointment of an envoy extraordi-
nary to the court of Great Britain,
X. 400, 557. Appointed minister to
France, 406. His reception there, 449.
Purport of letters written to, as pre-
pared by the President, 474. His
communications to the National Con-
vention, XI. 5. Cited respecting
Madame de Lafayette, 29. Instruc-
tions to, about the Medusa, 68. His
recall from France, 130, 140 - 144, 163,
212, 483, 485, 519, 526. His repre-
sentations in reply to complaints of
the French government, 157, 488.
Written to, about a letter to Gouver-
neur Morris, 164; 212. Remarks on
his" View of the Conduct of the Ex-
ecutive," 228, 504.

MONTAGU, British captain of the ship
Mercury, V. 27.

MONTGAILLARD, quoted respecting Ju-
monville, II. 448.

MONTGOMERY, RICHARD, III. 8. Brig-
adier-general, 23. His troubles with
his troops, 132, 180. Takes Montreal;
exertions of, to ally Canada to the
Colonies; to enlist Canadians, 174.
Complains of the want of a committee
from Congress, 180. Inclined to quit
the service, 209. Joins Arnold; troops
under, 219, 220. The death and bu-
rial of, 248, 264. Removal of his re-
mains to New York, 265. Behaviour
of the men under, 277. Principal
cause of the defeat of, 278. Succeed-
ed by Wooster, 322.
MONTGOMERY, Colonel, in Forbes's ex-
pedition, II. 318, 319. His successes
and defeat, 333.

Montgomery, Fort, on the Hudson
River, III. 469. To be put in a
strong state for defence, 1v. 409.
River obstructed at, by a boom; ta-
ken, 416; V. 28. Captured with Fort
Clinton, 91, 104, 105, 471. Vessels
lost at, 92, 475. Evacuated by the
British, 123, 131. Called Fort Vaugh-
an, 131. Inquiry respecting the loss
of, 280, 283, 284, 413. Inconvenience
about the command there, 234. See
PUTNAM.

MONTOUR, ANDREW, an Indian agent
and interpreter, II. 42, 43, 108, 110.
Montreal, orders to General Schuyler
respecting the taking of, III. 41.
Preparations against, 60. Surrenders,
207. Hazen left with the command
at, 361. Commissioners arrive at, 390.
MONTRESOR, aid to Lieutenant-General
Howe, IV. 105.

Montresor's Island, British troops trans-
ported to, IV. 92, 94. Unsuccessful
descent upon, by an American party,

136.

MOORE, JAMES, appointed brigadier-
general, and ordered to the Southern
Department, III. 294, 319. Com-

mands at the action of Moore's Creek
Bridge, IV. 78.

Moore's Creek Bridge, action at, IV. 78.
MORGAN, DANIEL, captain of a Virginia
rifle company; expeditious march of,
III. 100. In Arnold's expedition, 111,
Recommended to Congress, IV. 124.
Colonel; ordered to take post at Van
Vechten's to watch and annoy the
enemy, 461. Drives the Hessian
picket at Brunswic; bravery of, com-
mended, 471. Ordered to hang on
the flank of the enemy, 475. To join
the Northern army, V. 29, 30, 37.
Joins the main army, 74, 124. Part
of his corps reinforces Greene, and the
remainder prevented by want of shoes,
167. Harasses the enemy at Ches-
nut Hill, 181. Pursues the enemy
from Philadelphia, 415. To gain the
enemy's right flank, 417, 420-424.
Left to harass the enemy, 428, 430.
General; his victory over Colonel
Tarleton, VII. 415. Escapes from
Cornwallis, and crosses the Yadkin
with his prisoners, 438. Thanks to,
omitted, VIII. 18. Commended, X.
427. Goes against the Pennsylvania
insurgents, 439. Directions to, about
the army, XI. 25. Assistance of, soli-
cited, 427; XII. 213.

MORGAN, JOHN, Dr., director of the
hospital, III. 167.

MORGAN, a patriotic soldier, anecdote
of, VIII. 152.