to the southern army, VIII. 2, 16, 17,
23. Causes of the mutiny in the, 17,
520. Difficulty in the, 26. Mutiny in
the, at Philadelphia, in 1783, 454 - 459.
Pennsylvania militia, organized against
the French, II. 123. Dissatisfaction
of the, IV. 37. Fifteen hundred rein-
force the army at Trenton, 213. One
half of the, called out, 282. Turn out
with spirit, 482. Ordered to join the
army, V. 44, 45. Recommended to
hold themselves in readiness, 54.
Called out, 95. Their bravery at
Matson's Ford, 185. The quota of,
never kept up, 301. Fifteen hundred
called for, to coöperate with Count
d'Estaing, VI. 368. Ordered out to
suppress the insurrection, XII. 48.
Penobscot, expedition to, in 1779, VI.
307, 350, 540. Application from Mas-
sachusetts for an expedition against,
and objections to it, VII. 20; 408.
Proposed expedition against, by Ro-
chambeau, VIII. 8, 10. Number of
troops at, 276. Vaudreuil's proposed
expedition to, 329. Removal of the
British troops from, 497, 544. Refu-
gees desirous of settling at, 521.
Pensions, provided in Virginia, VI. 198.
PERCY, Lord, at Lexington battle, is
ordered to England, III. 118. Pre-
pares to attack Dorchester Heights,
311, 315.

PETERS, RICHARD, secretary of the
first Board of War, III. 429. Mem-
ber of the new Board of War, V. 194.
On a committee to visit head-quarters,
VIII. 142; XII. 295.

PETTIT, CHARLES, letter to, about the
Constitution, IX. 411.

PEYROUNY, Captain, II. 37. Recom-
mended for an adjutancy, 46. Wound-
ed at Fort Necessity, 60, 458. Killed
at Braddock's defeat, 87.
Philadelphia, military companies at,
reviewed, III. 8. Armed vessels fitted
out there, under Hopkins, 226, 275.
Threatened, IV. 199, 207, 244, 282,
392. Directions to fortify, 207. To
be defended, 222. Troops ordered to,
V. 3, 4, 8. Threatened, 42, 44. The
British army gain possession of, and
begin to erect batteries, 76, 77. Ex-
pedition from, under Cornwallis, 156.
Propositions for attacking, 167, 361.
British army reinforced at, 173. A
chain of redoubts secures, 179. For
age and provisions removed from the
vicinity of, 187, 206. Provisions going
into, to be intercepted and seized, 223.
The British army there supplied with
horses and other necessaries, 300.
Transports sail from, 353, 357. Prep-

arations for evacuating, 369, 371, 374,
376, 377, 380, 381, 387, 393, 395, 398,
403, 407. Disposition of the stores
and private property found there, 393,
394, 412, 413. Evacuation of, 395,
398, 403, 407, 409, 410, 431. Arnold
appointed to command at, 412. Meas-
ures for securing, 421. Spirited exer-
tions of the ladies of, for the army,
and correspondence connected there-
with, VII. 89, 376, 408. Congress
meets there, in 1790, X. 121. Malig-
nant fever at, 368, 372, 375, 378, 379,
384, 387. Great mortality, 381. On
charity to the needy of, 389. Pro-
ceedings there in relation to the Brit-
ish treaty, XI. 41. The entertain-
ment of Washington there, upon his
retiring from the presidency, 195.
Public offices removed from, to Tren-
ton, 288. Address to the mayor, re-
corder, aldermen, and common coun-
cil of, XII. 144; to German Lutherans
in and near, 147; to the Convention
of the Universal Church at, 193; to
the merchants and traders of, on neu-
trality, 202; on the treaty with Great
Britain, 211; to the clergy in and
near, 245. See ARNOLD, Delaware, and
HAZELWOOD.

PHILLIPS, WILLIAM, & British major-
general, commands the Convention
Troops, VI. 94. Letter to, about march-
ing them to Charlottesville, 105. On
the unsuccessful attempt to exchange
the Convention Troops, 140. His im-
proper conduct on the march, 257.
Writes to Jefferson about Governor
Hamilton, 317, 407. Permitted to go
to New York on parole, 318, 382.
His vexation at being detained at Eliz-
abethtown, 381, 382. His conference
with Magaw and others respecting an
exchange of prisoners, 435, 458. Cit-
ed about a negotiation for exchanges,
VII. 4. His interview with Lincoln,
122, 193, 195, 209, 210, 212. On the
treatment of the Convention Troops,
124. His application for a passport
for supplies, 291. Commands a de-
tachment to coöperate with Arnold,
457, 465, VIII. 24, 514. Death of, 61.
PHILLIPS, Captain, a volunteer at the
taking of General Prescott, IV. 495.
PHINNY, Colonel, III. 131, 144. Com-
mands a regiment at Boston, 456.
PICKENS, ANDREW, General, X. 225;
279. Invited to Philadelphia to com-
municate information, 366.
PICKERING, TIMOTHY, Colonel, invited
to become adjutant-general, IV. 371.
Declines and afterwards accepts, 372,
433. Member of the Board of War,

V. 157, 194, 213. His account of the
battle of Germantown, 470. Superin-
tends the publication of Steuben's
work on military tactics, VI. 177. Ap-
pointed quartermaster-general, VII.
147, 150. Directions to, about the
proposed expedition to York Island,
305. His report for a peace establish-
ment; cited respecting a military
academy at West Point, VIII. 417.
To meet Seneca chiefs and warriors,
X. 114. His plan for improving the
Indians, 129, 132. Declines the su-
perintendence of the northern Indians,
132. Appointed commissioner for a
conference with the western Indians,
314. Secretary of war, XI. 9. Ob-
tains Fauchet's intercepted letter, 52.
Secretary of state, 93. On Monroe's
reply to complaints of the French
government, 156, 488. Written to,
about instructions to Pinckney, 163,
178, 181. List of spurious letters,
and a statement of facts, sent to, 192.
Correspondence with, on the appoint-
ment of generals, and the Provisional
army, 257, 297, 320, 341, 344, 530,
540; on a mission to France, 572.
PIGOT, a British admiral, VIII. 325.
PIKE, NICHOLAS, IX. 174.
PINCKNEY, CHARLES, governor of South
Carolina, on a treaty with Spain, and
with the southern Indians, X. 73;
146; 219; 224.

PINCKNEY, CHARLES COTESWORTH, de-
clines the appointment of associate
judge, X. 165; of secretary of war,
392; of secretary of state, XI. 61, 78.
Appointed minister to France, 142,
144, 163. The instructions to, 163,
171, 173, 178, 181, 186. Joined with
Marshall and Gerry, 202, 208. His ap-
pointment in the Provisional army,
258, 264, 265, 268, 283, 298, 307, 323.
His arrival from France, 294, 324, 326.
Is commissioned, 330, 331. Accepts,
334, 551. In a consultation as to the
arrangement of the Provisional army,
346; 375; 401. Reconnoitres the sea-
board and visits posts, 414; XII. 118.
PINCKNEY, THOMAS, declines the office
of district judge, X. 49, 51. His ap-
pointment to the court of London,
215; 405. Exerts himself for Lafay-
ette, 341. His negotiations with Spain,
XI. 83. Concludes a treaty; his re-
turn, 110, 201; 468.

PINE, R. E., a painter from England,
his labors and success, IX. 106, 175,
282.

PINKNEY, WILLIAM, in the Maryland
House of Delegates, XI. 98.
PINTARD, LEWIS, proposed as agent for

prisoners to reside in New York, IV.
287.
Pistole fee, the governor's perquisite,
creates uneasiness in Virginia, II. 58.
PITT, WILLIAM, Earl of Chatham, his
zeal and exertions for America, II.
239, III. 88.

PITT, son of Lord Chatham, in Canada,
III. 88. Returns to England, 220.
Pitt, Fort, formerly Fort Duquesne,
Colonel Bouquet marches to, II. 340.
Visited by Washington, in 1770, 518;
V. 361, 382; VI. 90; 205, 206; 434.
Threatened; in want of provisions;
remonstrance of officers at, VII. 270.
Assistance furnished at, for an expe-
dition against Detroit, 342–345. Re-
ported movements against, VIII. 25.
Measures taken for the security of,
248, 275. Recommended for a post of
deposit, IX. 109. See BRODHEAD and
MCINTOSH.

Pittsburg, well situated for a fort, II.
6, 432, 433. Meeting of Pennsylva-
nia insurgents at, X. 292, 293, 443.
PLANTIER, VI. 462.

Plaster of Paris, used as manure, XII.
292.

Plates, iron and lead, deposited in the
earth by the French near the western
streams, II. 430.

PLIARNE. See PENET.
Ploughed Hill, taken possession of, III.
71, 73, 74, 84. Loss at, 73, 84.
Ploughing, remarks on, XIÍ. 355, 357,

374.

Ploughs, and a mould sent for, to Eu-
rope, XII. 284, 292, 293. Value and
use of drill, 290.
Pluckemin, head-quarters of the Ameri-
can army, IV. 258.
Plundering, common in the army near
New York, IV. 118. General orders
respecting, 119, 289.

Pocoson, meaning of the word, XII. 363.
POELLNITZ, makes agricultural experi-
ments, X. 68. His proposition in re-
lation to a farm, 81.

Poland, its advance towards liberty, X.
173.

POLSON, WILLIAM, Captain, killed at
Braddock's battle; annuity to his
widow, II. 87.
Pompton, Sullivan at, IV. 483. Head-
quarters at, 488.

POMROY, SETH, declines a brigadier-
generalship; facts respecting, III. 23.
POMROY, sent as a spy through New
Jersey by Reed, and reports, IV. 542.
POOR, ENOCH, Colonel, despatched to
Canada, III. 365. Remonstrates
against a retreat from Crown Point,
IV. 6. Appointed brigadier-general,

329; V. 167; 168, 275; 392. His de-
tachment ordered against the army
crossing New Jersey, 417. In the
battle of Monmouth, 426, 427; VI.
261. Commands a brigade of light-
infantry, VII. 135. Death of, and fu-
neral discourse upon, 207, 208. His
brigade ordered to West Point, 233.
POPE, ISAAC, Captain, wounded at Ma-
maronec, IV. 526.

Pope, burning the effigy of the, con-
demned, III. 144.

PORTER, Colonel, III. 49. Commands
a Massachusetts regiment, III. 262.
Portland. See Falmouth.
Portrait, Washington's, taken by Pine,
IX. 106; by Savage for Harvard Uni-
versity, X. 64; by Madame de Bre-
han, 117; by Robertson for the Earl
of Buchan, 229; 249.
Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, threat-
ened; Sullivan despatched to, III.
129. Resolutions passed there in re-
gard to the British treaty, XI. 44; 49.
Address to the inhabitants of, XII. 174.
Portsmouth, in Virginia, sacked by the
British, VI. 261. The enemy leave,
VII. 291. Arnold at, 411. British
movements at, VIII. 128, 129.
Portugal, message to the Senate re-
specting, XII. 92. Diplomatic inter-
course with; minister from, to the
United States, 93. Performs friendly
acts for the United States, 106. Min-
isters to, during Washington's admin-
istration, 434.

Post-office, XII. 9. Importance of, 25.
Laws relating to, said to operate
against the transmission of newspa-
pers, 32.

Post-roads, XII. 9. Importance of, 25.
Posts, military, on the establishment
of, X. 276.

Potatoes, mode of planting, IX. 324,
XI. 18, XII. 295. Cultivation of,
benefits the soil, 321. How and when
to be planted, 342, 343.

Potomac Company, fifty shares in the,
given to Washington, and appropriat-
ed, IX. 83, 108, 116, 133, 142. Busi-
ness of the, withheld from the Mary-
land Assembly, 284. On the appro-
priation of fifty shares in the, XI. 3,
15, 19, 25, 473, XII. 271.
Potomac River, a project for connect-
ing, with the west by inland naviga-
tion, IX. 30, 64, 80, 115, 172, 471.
Minute inspection of the, 117, 124,
126. Operations on the, 118, 126,
307, 423, X. 338. Progress in open-
ing the navigation of, XI. 234. Names
of various fishes in the, XII. 311.
Value of lands on the, 325, 326.

POTTER, JAMES, General, V. 45. His
bravery at Matson's Ford, 185; 223.
Desired to return to the army, 301.
POTTER, Colonel, killed at Princeton,

IV. 259.

Powder, want of, III. 9, 10, 70, 128,
215. Arrival of, at Sheepscot, 129.
Wanted in the American army, and
solicited of the French, VII. 118, 407.
Brought from France, 176. See Am-
munition and Bermuda Islands.
POWELL, JEREMIAH, president of the
Council of Massachusetts, V. 137,375.
Requested to cause the return of vio-
lators of parole, VI. 334.

Power, conferred by Congress on Wash-
ington, IV. 232, 254, 257, 550, 552.
His mode of exercising, 233, 257, 551.
See Congress.
POWNALL, THOMAS, his letter respect-
ing Walpole's Grant, II. 484. Pro-
poses to Parliament a plan for the
neutrality of the Indians, V. 276.
Favors American Independence in
Parliament, 324.

Prayers, in the camp, II. 54.
Presbyterian Church, address to the
General Assembly of the, XII. 152.
PRESCOTT, ROBERT, a British general,
his treatment of Ethan Allen; is cap-
tured and imprisoned, III. 202, 207.
Capture of, on Rhode Island in the
night, IV. 495, 497. Proposition to
exchange for General Lee, 495, 496.
To be strongly guarded, 497. On the
treatment of, 510. To receive the
same usage as General Lee, V. 24.
Proposition to exchange for Lee, 54,
263, 272, 310, 538, 539. Ordered to
evacuate Rhode Island, VI. 362.
President of the United States, on the
first election of, IX. 350, 358, 361,
371, 421, 430, 434-438, 440, 450, 452,
457, 460, 463, 476, 479, 488, 552, 556.
Rotation in the office of, 358. Wash-
ington's acceptance and inauguration,
IX. 487, 491, X. 1, 459. Proposes
queries respecting the system of con-
duct to be pursued by him in his pri-
vate intercourse, 3, 5, 17, 464. His
second election and inauguration, 321,
XII. 382, 390.

President's House, in New York, IX.
487. In Philadelphia, X. 119. A bill
in the Legislature of Pennsylvania
for erecting one, 151; XII. 334.
Presqu'Isle, settlement at, suspended,
XII. 52.

Press for supplies, on the resolution of
Congress to stop the, V1. 396.
PRESTON, Lieutenant-Colonel, desertion
of his regiment, IV. 288.
PRICE, JAMES, a merchant of Montreal,

III. 125. Appointed deputy commis-
sary-general in Canada, 126.
PRICE, RICHARD, on the importance of
the American Revolution, IX. 90.
Prince George, Fort, Colonel Grant
takes post in, II. 336.

Princeton, Lord Stirling left at, with
troops, IV. 200. Preparations for an
attempt on the British army at, 255,
256. Head-quarters of the British
forces, 258. Surprised by the Ameri-
can army, 259, 262. Losses in the
battle of, 262. Congress meets at,
VIII. 457.

Prince William County, resolves, and
request of the cadets in, that Wash-
ington would take command of them,
in 1774, II. 506.

Prisoners, commissaries recommended
for, III. 147, 387. Exchange of, pro-
posed by the American Commander-
in-chief, 203. Requested by the New
York Committee of Safety, 366. Prin-
ciples of exchanging fixed by Con-
gress, IV. 23. Exchange of, 105, 108,
140, 147, 166, 198, 214, 227, 273, 275.
Commissaryship for, recommended,
122, 235. On immediate and frequent
exchanges of, 166, 529. Pay, duties,
and appointment of a commissary for,
372. Letter to Congress respecting,
438. Propositions and principles for
exchanging, V. 24, 136, 147, 165, 173,
210, 235, 254, 272, 334, 518. Embar-
rassments respecting, by the violation
of a flag of truce, 253. Postponements
of the meeting of commissioners re-
specting, 263, 272, 316, 538, 539. Ex-
traordinary proceedings of Congress
in regard to, 306, 539. The meeting
of commissioners at Germantown and
Newtown respecting, 316, 317, 537 -
539. Foreign, think themselves par-
tially treated by General Howe, 358.
On the treatment of, 519. Powers
vested in the American Commander-
in-chief respecting; meeting of com-
missioners at Amboy, April 12th, 1779,
and their instructions, VI. 195, 213,
508-514. What are military, 244,
277. Beatty's and Loring's
agreement about the principles of
exchanging, 351. Phillips's confer-
ence with Magaw and others, upon an
exchange of, and the consequences,
435. Considerations on the States,
436. Meeting of commissioners for
exchanging, at Amboy, March 9th,
1780, VII. 1-4. Impolicy of a gen-
eral exchange of, 103. Meeting for ex-
changing at Elizabethtown, 193, 209.
Greene invested with the power of
exchanging, at the South, 273. Ex-

dis-

change of, effected; and proposals for
enlarging the number, 287-289. Prop-
osition for a general exchange of, 301,
302. Extensive exchange of, 361.
On exchanging Burgoyne and others,
and circumstances connected there-
with, VIII. 15, 71. A meeting for
exchanging, 125. Private individuals,
how regarded, 126. Meeting at Eliza-
bethtown, and instructions in relation
to, 215, 244, 247, 249, 260, 271, 277,

280, 292. General regulations for,
suggested to the president of Con-
gress; recent treatment of, 218. On
exchanging British military for Amer-
ican naval, 240, 253, 317, 327, 334,
338, 540. Commander-in-chief vest-
ed with powers for an exchange of,
accompanied with a secret resolve,
243. On intercourse and traffic from
New York, during a negotiation for
exchanging, 260. On employing Ger-
man, in the service of the United
States, 271. Meeting at Tappan for
a general cartel, 338, 342, 352. Spir-
ited correspondence respecting the ac-
counts of, 352, 531. Pardon granted
to military, on the anniversary of sign-
ing the treaty with France, 381. Ar-
rangements for the liberation of, upon
receiving intelligence of peace, 425,
541. See Convention Troops, CORN-
WALLIS, and Howe.

Prisoners, American, treatment of, III.
59, 500, IV. 276, 454, 552. Proposi-
tions to Howe for the comfort of, 287.
Proposition for rescuing, 427. First
taken to be first exchanged, 477. Ta-
ble of, taken in the campaign of 1776,
547. Kind treatment of, after the
battle of the Brandywine, V. 62. On
the treatment of, 93, 149, 163, 165,
520, 536. Measures for relieving the,
175. Confined in the State-house in

Philadelphia, 184. To be victualled
by the Americans, 232. On regard-
ing citizens as, 269, 538. On the ex-
change of inhabitants, VI. 243. Treat-
ment of, improved under Clinton,
407. Directions to commissioners re-
specting, 483. Treatment of, at Que-
bec, and measures for effecting their
exchange, VII. 179. Correspondence
respecting the treatment of those ta-
ken at Charleston, 234, 552-558.
Correspondence with Arbuthnot, re-
specting the ill-treatment of naval,
383, 384. Ill-treatment of marine, at
New York, and an officer permitted to
visit, on certain conditions, VIII. 146,
218, 241, 523. Befriended by Reuben
Harvey, in Ireland, 453.
Prisoners, British, on the treatment of,

III. 60, 108. Recommended to inland
towns, 147, 382, 387. The treatment
of, IV. 106, 167, 273, 276, 332, 380,
454, 510, 530, 554, 556, 557. Enlist-
ment of, condemned, 196, 523. Num-
ber of, taken in the campaign of 1776,
548. Furnished with money, V. 130.
On the treatment of, 148, 176, 519,
520. British officers going to, with
medicine and clothing, confined, 226,
227, 306. On the resolution of Con-
gress respecting their expenses, 254,
263. On the resolution of Congress
respecting the enlistment of, 270, 298.
Mischief done by the officers who are,
301. Not to be enlisted, VI. 85. Ta-
ken at the south, released, VII. 361.
Taken at Yorktown, how disposed of,
VIII. 200. Preparatory inquiries or-
dered respecting the accounts of the,
X. 63. See Convention Troops and
Retaliation.

Privateers, excitement about, in 1793,
X.343. Cabinet consulted respecting,
345. Rules in regard to the equip-
ment of, in ports, 364, 546.
Prizes, on the disposal of, brought into
the ports of the United States, XII.
37, 38. See Vessels.

Proclamations, in 1763, by the King,
establishing new colonies and grant-
ing lands to persons who had been in
the French war, II. 369, 375. By
Gage, III. 37. Two by Howe, 140.
Two by the governor of Nova Scotia,
169. By George the Third, 204. Of
1763, respecting lands, VI. 92, XII.
265. See Lands.

Proclamations, by Washington, III. 322,
IV. 297, 379, X. 148, 532, 535, XII.
119. List of, 478.

PROCTER, THOMAS, Colonel, ordered to
halt at Trenton, IV. 495. Ordered to
Chester, V. 43. Desertions from his
corps, 245.

PROCTOR, Captain, his captivity and
release by the Emperor of Morocco,

X. 61,
62.
Profaneness in the camp, highly cen-
sured, II. 141. Penalty against, 167.
See Orderly Book.

Promotion, mode of, recommended, IV.
22. Should be in the regimental line,
238.

See Rank.

Proprietaries of Pennsylvania, prohibit
the governor from sanctioning bills
taxing their estates; appropriate five
thousand pounds for the security of
the province, II. 122.

Providence, address to the inhabitants
of, XII. 192.

Providence Island, descent upon, and
capture of the governor, by Commo-

dore Hopkins, III. 352. Number of
prisoners taken at, IV. 548.
Province Island, V. 59, 90.
Provisional army, the President author-
ized to raise and organize a, XI. 242.
Washington's appointment to the com-
mand of, 242, 245, 246, 254, 261, 275,
281, 530. Appointment of officers for
the, 246, 249, 281, 283, 324, 396, 426,
427, 445, 450, 534, 542, 550. The
general staff for the, 251, 255, 256,
263, 301, 306, 311, 550. Officers rec-
ommended for the, 264, 272, 322, 544.
On the recruiting for the, 300, 314,
401, 406, 408, 420, 422, 435, 439.
Meeting at Philadelphia, and arrange-
ments, 338, 346-376. Measures for
hutting the, 460, 464, 466. Relative
rank of major-generals in the, 542.
Quotas of troops to be furnished by
the southern States, 549.
Provisions, magazines of, VI. 120, 466.
Forestalling of, condemned, 127, 132.
Sufferings in the army for want of,
VII. 25, 56, 178, 185, 229. The gen-
eral system of providing, condemned,
158. Circular issued, on account of
the want of, 178. Measures for pro-
viding, at the south, 207. Want of,
and consequent remonstrance, at Fort
Pitt, 270. Penalties for furnishing
to the enemy, 287. Want of, in the
army, in 1781, 352, 358, 370, 382, 388.
Scarcity of, and measures for procur-
ing, from the inhabitants, 432, 433,
437-442, 448, 456, 466. New plan for
procuring, 482, 489. Distresses, for
want of, VIII. 36. See Army.
Provision vessels, repeal of the order of
the British government for seizing,
XI. 99.

Prussia, King of, his character, IX.
160. His treaty with the United
States, 182, 194.

Public buildings, at the seat of govern-
ernment, X. 151, XII. 322, 334.
Public credit of the United States, state
of the, in Europe, X. 88, 98, 140, 172,
176, 181, 189. Importance of an ade-
quate provision for its support, XII.
10. Improvement of the, 12. Meth-
ods of preserving, 227.

Public debt, X. 110, 161, 288. Com-
plaints respecting the, 250. On the
reduction and extinction of the, XII.
16, 33, 62, 74, 228. Lands pledged
for the reimbursement of it, 26.
Public officers, indemnification for their
losses by the Pennsylvania insurrec-
tion, recommended, XII. 50. Defec-
tive provision for, 72. Mode to be
pursued with, 394. See Officers.
Public prints, XII. 42.