Publius, a signature in The Federalist,
writings of, commended, IX. 275, 284,
352, 419.
PULASKI, Count, a Polish officer, ap-
pointed to the command of the horse,
with the rank of brigadier-general,
48. At Trenton, 233, 279. Joins
Wayne, 233. Skirmishes with the en-
emy, 233. To assist Wayne, 250.
Resignation of, 251, 276. Proposition
of, to raise an independent corps, 277,
278. Commendation of, 278, 279.
Ordered with his corps into New Jer-
sey, VI. 75.
Enlists prisoners and
deserters, and exceeds his establish-
ment, 85, 86. At Cole's Fort, 113.
His proposition to leave the country,
123. Congress removes the difficulty
about making up his full complement
of men, 172. Goes to South Carolina,
173; 236. His corps incorporated
with Armand's, 462.
Pumpkins, directions about, XII. 342,
347.
Punishments, inconveniences from the
want of a proper gradation of, in the
army, VII. 395. See Orderly Book.
PUTNAM, ISRAEL, appointed major-
general; commands the Connecticut
troops at Cambridge, III. 6, 487. Sta-
tioned on Prospect Hill, 18. Opinion
respecting, 270. Goes to New York;
instructions to, 312, 337. Takes com-
mand while Washington visits Con-
gress; instructions to, 397, 402. Or-
ders to, for building fire-rafts, 405.
His invention and description of che-
vaux-de-frise to obstruct the river at
New York, IV. 30, 148. Sent to take
the general command on Long Isl-
and, 62, 513; to fortify Philadelphia,
208. Ordered to Crosswicks, 262.
Deserted by Preston's regiment, 288.
Sends Major Stockton in irons to
Philadelphia, 356. Commands on the
North River, 434. Consulted respect-
ing a surprise on the enemy at Kings-
bridge, 435. To hold four regiments
in readiness to oppose Burgoyne, 466.
To call out militia to defend the High-
land passes, 476, 480. Orders to,
about the movement of troops, V. 4,
8. Reinforcements ordered to, 11; 23.
Cautioned against an attack from
Clinton, 26. His letter about Ed-
mund Palmer, a British spy, 27. Or-
dered to detach troops to the main
army near Philadelphia, which puts
an end to a project of his own, 72, 73.
On the loss of Forts Montgomery and
Clinton, 91, 471. Retreats from Peeks-
kill, 104. Death of his wife, 105. To
detach troops to the main army, 123.
Number of his forces, 124. His ad-
vance to Red Hook, and return to
Fishkill, 130. His wish to move to-
wards New York, 130, 131, 161. Com-
plains of Hamilton's letter directing
him to send troops to the main army,
160. To secure the North River, 177.
His excursion towards New York,
and return to the Highlands, 211.
Goes to Connecticut, 225, 280, 282.
Inquiry into his conduct in regard to
the loss of Forts Montgomery and
Clinton, 280, 283, 284. Ordered to
Connecticut to aid in the new levies,
283. To forward troops to the North
River, 345, 359. Ordered to West
Point, VI. 75. Commands at Dan-
bury, 125. Left with the command
of the main body of the army, 276.
Commands the right wing of the ar-
my on the North River, 304. Seized
with a paralysis, and never again
joins the army, VII. 101, 102. Letter
to, after the news of peace, respect-
ing his half-pay, VIII. 433; 564.
PUTNAM, RUFUS, Colonel, his qualifica-
tions as an engineer, IV. 237, 489;
VII. 204. Brigadier-General, X. 263.
His plan of carrying on the war, 264.
Quakers, exempted from military duty
in Pennsylvania, II. 123. Drafted
and confined for refusing to serve,
165. Cannot be made to serve, and
are released, 169, 170. Difficulty
with, about a slave, IX. 158. Appre-
hensions of, in regard to the reception
of the President elect at Philadelphia,
489. Memorialize Congress to abol-
ish the slave-trade, X. 82, 85, 98. De-
sire to send a deputation to make
presents at the treaty at the Lower
Sandusky, 330, 335. Address to, XII.
276. Importance of, 294. Reinforced,
and the American army retreats, 392,
401. See ARNOLD, Canada, and
MONTGOMERY.
Queen's County, suspected persons in,
IV. 44, 45.
Queen's Rangers, a regiment of loyal-
ists, IV. 521.
Queries by the President, respecting
the system of conduct to be adopted
by him in his private intercourse, X.
464. Respecting a proclamation of
neutrality, and the reception of a
French minister, 533. Respecting the
fitting out of French armed vessels in
the United States, 542. Proposed to
Major-generals Hamilton and Pinck-
ney, XI. 341.
QUESADA, Governor of Florida, his in-
vitation to foreigners to settle in that
territory, X. 162–164.
Quibbletown, IV. 472.
QUINCY, JOSIAH, his plan for shutting
up Boston harbour, III. 141.
RADIÈRE, from France, appointed lieu-
tenant-colonel of engineers, IV. 491;
V. 177. Disapproves fortifying West
Point, 224; 311; 334; VI. 430. His
death, 431.
RADNOR, Earl of, his complimentary
letter, XI. 210.
RAGSDALE, Major, recommended for
the Provisional army, XI. 273.
RAHL, a Hessian colonel, mortally
wounded at the battle of Trenton,
IV. 247, 272.
Raleigh, a frigate taken by the British,
VI. 90.
RAMSAY, NATHANIEL, Lieutenant-Col-
onel, VI. 435. Measures for effecting
the exchange of, VII. 211.
RANDOLPH, BEVERLEY, governor of
Virginia, X. 50, 127. Appointed com-
missioner for a conference with the
western Indians, 314.
RANDOLPH, EDMUND, aid-de-camp to
the Commander-in-chief, III. 68.
Leaves the camp, 139, 166. A mem-
ber of Congress, VI. 314; IX. 116.
Governor of Virginia, 219. On Wash-
ington's attendance on the Conven-
tion, 220, 243. Declines signing the
Constitution, 270, 304, 541. Favors
a plurality of equal heads in the gov-
ernment, 289. His objections to the
Constitution, 296; 356. Favors its
adoption, 373, 378. Appointed attor-
ney-general, X. 27, 34, 58. On George
Wythe as district judge, 60. Re-
quested to examine laws, and sug-
gest others, with a view to protect the
Indians, 195. Urges Washington to
be a candidate for a second election,
286, 512. Consulted respecting the
Pennsylvania insurrection, 292, 296,
303. On the place and mode of ad-
ministering the oath to the President,
322. On changing the place of the
meeting of Congress, 373, 375, 384.
His purpose of writing a history of
the President's administration, 385.
Appointed secretary of state, 403, 558.
Drafts an answer to the British min-
ister's reply to Pinckney's memorial,
406. On Democratic Societies, 443.
His letter about an envoy extraordi-
nary to Great Britain, 558. His con-
versation with Van Berckel, X1. 27.
Consulted on the British treaty, 31.
His conversation with M. Adet, 36,
41. On the treatment of Mr. Ham-
mond, 42. Implicated by Fauchet's
intercepted letter, 52. His interview
with the President and cabinet re-
specting it; his resignation, 54, 55, 75,
76, 479. His opposition to the ratifi-
cation of the British treaty, 57. Pub-
lishes an extract from his letter to
the President, 85. Further particu-
lars respecting, 89. Change of his
sentiments, 91.
RANDOLPH, PEYTON, goes to England
as agent for the House of Burgesses,
about the pistole fee, II. 58. Is at the
head of the Associators, 161. Modera-
tor of the Williamsburg Convention,
and member of the first General Con-
gress, 396. Signs as moderator a cir-
cular letter from the delegates of the
House of Burgesses, 487. President
of the first Congress and of the Vir-
ginia Convention; sudden death of,
III. 139, 140, XII. 420.
Rank, military, of Washington and
Mackay, II. 41, 48, 49, 50. The
King's orders respecting, brought by
Braddock, 68. Of the provincials and
King's officers, 112, 289. Difficulties
about, in the American army, III. 49.
On regular gradation in, 108. Mode
of settling disputes about, IV. 332.
Decision of a board of officers respect-
ing, submitted to Congress, V. 141.
Discontents respecting the unsettled
state of, 435. Delicacy of interfering
with, VI. 389. See Commissions,
DAGWORTHY, Foreign officers, Offi-
cers, and Promotion.
RAVEN, an Indian warrior, II. 284.
RAWDON, Lord, commands a detach-
ment from New York to the south-
ward, VII. 6, 18. Writes to Leslie
about a coöperation with Lord Corn-
wallis, 347. His transactions in the
Carolinas, 552. His letter to Major
Rugely, 554. Captured by Count de
Grasse, VIII. 158. Proposition to ex-
change for Brigadier-General Moul-
trie, 238.
RAWLINGS, MOSES, Colonel, IV. 182.
His difficulty in enlisting troops, VI.
197. Guards British prisoners at Fort
Frederic; ordered to Fort Pitt, VI. 205.
RAYNAL, Abbé, his work on the United
States, IX. 386.
Raystown, road from Fort Cumberland
opened to, II. 296. Camp at, 313.
READ, GEORGE, president of Delaware,
requested to call out militia to protect
Wilmington, V. 190.
Reading, military stores at, V. 70, 71.
Recruits, plan for raising; circular let-
ter respecting, V. 15. Qualifications
necessary in, VIII. 236.
Red Bank, troops ordered to, V. 86.
Importance of, 88, 152-154, 163.
Battle at, 110-115. Reinforcements
ordered to, 162, 163. Evacuated, 166,
180. See GREENE and VARNUM.
REED, ESTHER, on the subscription of
the Philadelphia ladies for the army,
VII. 90 Death of, 408.
REED, JAMES, appointed brigadier-gen-
eral, IV. 32. Unfitted for military
service by the small-pox, 241.
REED, JOSEPH, Colonel, secretary to
the Commander-in-chief, leaves camp
and returns to Philadelphia; impor-
tance of his services as secretary, III.
136, 166, 237, 257, 235. On the re-
luctance of the colonists to declare
independence, 347. Declines receiv-
ing a letter directed to Washington,
473. Cited respecting Captain Knight,
501. Directions to, and his remarks
on the posture of affairs immediately
before the battle of Trenton, IV. 241,
542. Recommended to Congress for
a command of horse, 292. Resigns
his office of adjutant-general, 371.
His correspondence with Lee and the
Commander-in-chief, 535. Declines
the command of the cavalry, V. 49.
Assists General Armstrong in fortify-
ing the Schuylkill; appointed dele-
gate to Congress, 60. Visits the camp
on a committee, 213, 408. Writes to
Governor Johnstone, 407. His patri-
otic reply when tempted by Governor
Johnstone, VI. 32. Elected president
of Pennsylvania, 130. His corre-
spondence with the Commander-in-
chief about Arnold's trial, 230, 247,
260, 516, 519, 524, 528. Writes re-
specting Lee's queries, 310, 328. Pro-
poses to lead militia in person, 389.
On a commission in the Continental
line, 389-392. On the exertions of
ladies for the army, VII. 89. Re-
quested to exercise his power of de-
claring martial law, 99. Written to,
about remarks of Arnold, 264, 296.
Visits the army, to suppress the revolt
of the Pennsylvania line, 359.
Reformed Dutch Church, address to the
Synod of the, XII. 166.
Refugees, measures connected with the
remuneration of the, IX. 177. See
Loyalists.
Regiments, sixteen additional, appoint-
ed, IV. 271. Their disagreeable situ
ation, VI. 242. Detail of what one
ought to consist of, VII. 251.
Religion, freedom of worship in, II.
481. Toleration in, III. 89, IX. 262,
XII. 152, 155, 168, 202, 404, 410. In-
crease of fraternal affection among the
friends of, 162. Indispensable to po-
litical prosperity, 227. The essential
pillar of society, 245. Opinions and
habits of Washington as to, 399. See
Orderly Book.
RENDON, DON FRANCISCO, agent in the
United States from the Spanish gov-
ernment, VIII. 175.
Rents, considerations and directions
concerning, X. 198, XII. 265, 275,
280, 302, 317. At Miller's Run, 287.
At Mount Vernon, 312.
REPARTI, a French captain on the
Ohio, II. 441.
Representatives, the instructing of, by
their constituents, IX. 199, 209.
Representatives, House of, calls for pa-
pers in relation to the British treaty,
XI. 115, 122. Proceedings in, about
George Washington Lafayette, 118.
Discussion in, about the treaty, 127.
Resolution of, respecting the public
credit, XII. 10. Approves the Presi-
dent's proclamation of April 29th, 1793,
43; approves his proceedings in re-
lation to the Pennsylvania insurrec-
tion, 56. Reasons of the President
for not complying with their call for
papers, 112. Catalogue of the mem-
bers during Washington's administra-
tion, 427-432.
Republics, correspondence respecting,
VIII. 300-302. Ingratitude of, 434.
Retaliation, in the treatment of prison-
ers, threatened, III. 60. Partly en-
forced, 105, 501. Justifiable; practis-
ed on Prescott, 202. Declaration re-
specting, by Congress, 204. Threat-
ened after the affair at the Cedars,
IV. 2. Threatened in the case of
Josiah, 51; in the case of Lee, 273,
274, 276, 331. Misapplication of the
principle of, in the case of Campbell,
331. The impolicy of, 334, 342.
solved on by Congress, 460.
countenanced by Howe, 554.
cided on, by Congress, V. 24. Threat-
ened, 149, 164, 165. Remarks re-
specting the case of Hayne, VIII. 217.
Recommended in the case of Huddy,
263. The selection of a subject for,
in the case of Huddy, 280-283, 291,
292, 296-298, 301, 310. Approved
and ordered by Congress, 310, 351.
See ASGILL and HUDDY.
Returns of the army, and difficulty of
obtaining, III. 15, 19, 27, 381. Or-
dered to be made monthly, 381.
Revenue cutters, X. 114.
Rhode Island, votes reinforcements to
the army, III. 33. Fits out two arm-
ed vessels, 77. Exempted from rais-
ing troops after Montgomery's defeat,
253. Distressed situation of, repre-
sented to Congress, 378. Impolitic
in raising troops for its own defence,
IV. 285. Troops of, ordered to join
the main army, 376. Called on for
men to cooperate with Count d'Es-
taing, VI. 6. Promptness of the mili-
tia of, VII. 138. Proceedings in, re-
specting the Constitution, 1X. 292,
340, 391, 392, 407, 420, X. 39, 67, 91,
93, 103, 487. Visited by the Presi-
dent, 110. Address to the corpora-
tion of the College of, XII. 194; to
the legislature of, 194, 241. List of
governors of, during Washington's
public life, 417. Members of the Con-
tinental Congress from, 421; of Con-
gress from, during Washington's ad-
ministration, 428.
Rhode Island, the Island of, expedition
proposed against, by Spencer and Ar-
nold, IV. 313. Sullivan's expedition
against, VI. 6, 7, 8, 68. Attack on
Newport, 29. Battle on, 41, 50, 51.
British force at, 160. British troops
arrive there from New York, 209.
Evacuation of, 358, 361, 362, 388, 393,
397. Threatened by Clinton, VII.
119, 121, 125, 126, 138. Measures
taken for the security of, 127, 128,
130, 192. Unimportance of, 128. See
Newport, ROCHAMBEAU, and SULLI-
RICHARDSON, Colonel, V. 52.
Richmond, Convention at, in 1775, II.
405. Address to the inhabitants of,
XII. 206.
Ridgefield, skirmish at, IV. 405.
RIEDESEL, Baron de, goes to New
York on parole, VI. 318, 382. De-
tained at Elizabethtown, 381. Propo-
sition to exchange, VII. 194, 210.
RIEDESEL, Madame de, "Letters and
Memoirs" of, cited, VI. 94. Goes to
New York, 318.
Rifle Companies, eight, the first troops
ordered to be raised by Congress,
march to head-quarters, III. 100, 101.
Claim exemption from the command
of provincial field-officers, 111, 112.
Measures for reenlisting, 367. Six
companies of, ordered, and raised, 444.
See MORGAN.
RITZEMA, RUDOLPHUS, Colonel, III.
294; 365; 472.
RIVARDI, Major, XI. 322, 431, 433.
River Farm, XII. 312, 316. Directions
about the, 344. A weekly report of
the, 352. Directions for crops and
operations thereon, for the year 1800,
361;
for 1801, 1802, and 1803, 366.
RIVINGTON, publishes an intercepted
letter of the Commander-in-chief, VIII.
20-22. Publisher of Spurious Let-
ters, XI. 184.
Roads, XII. 278.
ROBERDEAU, DANIEL, in reference to
Conway's Cabal, V. 510, 511.
ROBERTSON, ARCHIBALD, takes a por-
trait of Washington, X. 229.
ROBERTSON, JAMES, a British lieuten-
ant-general on Staten Island, watch-
ing the discontent in the Jersey line,
VII. 389, 390. Exerts himself in be-
half of Major André, 537-539, 541.
The command of the British troops
devolves on; informed of the order
to select a British officer for retalia-
tion in Huddy's case, VIII. 281, 289,
292. Passport requested for, to visit
Washington on the affair of Hatfield
and Badgely, 312, 538.
ROBESPIERRE, X. 449, 476.
ROBIN, Abbé, author of Nouveau Voy
age dans l'Amérique Septentrionale,
VIII. 155.
ROBINSON, BEVERLY, Colonel, corre-
sponds with Arnold on board the Vul-
ture, VII. 525-527. Desires Wash-
ington to set André at liberty, 533.
Endeavours to procure André's re-
lease, 539.
ROBINSON, JOHN, speaker of the Vir-
ginia House of Delegates, II. 72. His
letter to Washington in 1756, cited,
161; 171. Opposes the maintaining
of Fort Cumberland, 216. His opin-
ion of Governor Dinwiddie, 268.
Communicates the thanks of the Vir-
ginia Assembly to Washington upon
his quitting the army, in 1758, 327.
ROBINSON, SIR THOMAS, Secretary of
state, II. 97.
ROCHAMBEAU, Count de, VII. 39.
His correspondence with Vergennes;
with the Commander-in-chief, upon
his arrival in America, sends him a
copy of his instructions, and an ac-
count of his voyage, VII. 110-112,
477-506, 511. His personal inter-
view with Washington at Hartford,
119, 172, 192, 199, 203, 207, 208,
212, 228, 250, 300, 301, 319, 322, 372,
407. Clinton's expedition against,
126-123, 132, 133, 143. Commenda-
tion of his measures, 143. Commends
Heath, 155. On Lafayette's proposed
expedition against New York, 171.
Warned of Clinton's movements, 182.
Visited by Indians, 183; his address
to them, 184. Informed of Arnold's
treason, 218. His disposition of his
troops for the winter, 319. His opin-
ion of Marquis de Castries, 324. De-
clines propositions for cooperating
with the Spanish, 329, 374.
respecting the coming of vessels from
Brest, and a change in the French
ministry, 339. Offers to send land
forces against Arnold, 404. Proposals
to, respecting a combination of forces
against Arnold, 410, 419, 425, 434,
461. Cited about movements against
Arnold, and Tilly's return to New-
port, 426, 428, 429, 444. His inter-
view with Washington at Newport,
446. Consulted about an expedition
against Lloyd's Neck, VIII. 3. Will
furnish troops for an expedition
against Penobscot, 8, 10. On an in-
tercepted letter of the Commander-
in-chief, 29. On Count de Barras
and his arrival, 40, 64. Instructions
to, from France, 41. His interview
with Washington at Weathersfield,
40, 48, 50, 54, 59, 60-62, 64, 77, 120,
517. Displeased with Chastellux's
letter to Luzerne, 60. Despatches
a vessel to Count de Grasse in the
West Indies; Mémoires of, cited re-
specting the proposed operation in the
Chesapeake, 76. His progress toward
the American army and junction with
it, 81, 84, 86, 87, 96, 98-100. On
his recruits, 82. Approves Lafay-
ette's conduct in Virginia, 101. Goes
to Philadelphia, 140. Loans 20,000
hard dollars for the payment of the
American troops, 150. Arrives at
Mount Vernon, 157. Has an inter-
view with Count de Grasse, 162. His
assistance at the siege of Yorktown,
178, 183, 516.
Thanks, and two
pieces of field-ordnance voted to, by
Congress, 184, 237, 368. Makes his
head-quarters at Williamsburg, 198.
VOL. XII.
Is willing to advance Lauzun's legion
to the southward, 236, 242, 258. Ac-
knowledgments made to, by Virginia,
238. Invited to Mount Vernon, 259.
Officers under, rewarded in France,
289. His interview with Washing-
ton at Philadelphia, 314, 321, 322,
326, 328. His march to Baltimore
and continuance there, 322, 331. His
junction with the American army on
the North River, 332, 340, 345. Ac-
companies the French army to Prov-
idence, 365. His departure from the
United States, 368. Appointed to
the government of Picardy, IX. 56;
149; 359; 465; X. 38. At his coun-
try-seat near Vendôme, 208.
ROCHAMBEAU, Colonel, (son of the
Count,) despatched to France, after
the conference at Hartford, to make
known the result, and the wants of
the Americans, VII. 319. Brings de-
spatches from France to his father,
VIII. 47, 64.
ROCHEFONTAINE, a French officer, dis-
possessed of his quarters, VI. 450.
ROCKINGHAM, Marquis of, political ef
fects of his death, VIII. 344, 349,
359.
RODNEY, CESAR, Brigadier-General,
commendatory letter to, upon his
leaving the service, IV. 34; 526.
Commander of the Delaware militia;
directions to, upon the enemy's land-
ing near the Head of Elk, V. 46.
RODNEY, Admiral, reinforces the Brit-
ish fleet, VII. 239.
ROGERS, DANIEL, XII. 240.
ROGERS, ROBERT, Major, President
Wheelock's statements respecting,
III. 208, 244. His solicitation of a pass-
port from the Commander-in-chief,
209. Suspected, 439. Ordered to
New Hampshire, 440. Joins the Brit-
ish and raises troops on Long Island,
IV. 128. 520. Appointed colonel;
commands the Queen's Rangers;
sends out enlisting orders, 521. Ex-
pedition against, 524, 526.
Rollers used, XII. 332.
Roman Catholics, address to, XII. 177.
Ross, JAMES, senator in Congress, con-
sulted about the sale of western lands,
XII. 317.
Ross, Major, a British commissioner at
Yorktown, VIII. 532.
Rotheram plough, commended, XII.
ROUERIE, Marquis de la. See ARMAND.
Roxbury Neck, troops at, III. 18, 39, 54.
Royal American Regiment, raised, II.
168; 189. Employed in Forbes's ex-
pedition, 289.
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