ABERCROMBY, JAMES, Major-General, Dinwiddie writes to, respecting Wash- ington, II. 161, 262. Succeeds Lord Loudoun as commander in America, 239; III. 202.
Achæan Confederacy, abstract of the, IX. 523.
ADAMS, JOHN, II. 405. Quotations
from intercepted letters of, in 1775, 499. Remarks on them, 500. On the early intention of the colonists to become independent; on a form of government, 501. On the choice of a commander-in-chief; on Lee's plan of securing New York; inter- cepted letters of, III. 230, 481, 513. His opinion of the extent of the au- thority of the commander-in-chief, 230. Attends a council of officers, 249, 251. His introduction of Dana to the commander-in-chief, 356. Mem- ber of the first Board of War, 429. His letter, after the evacuation of Boston, respecting the device for a medal, 534. On a committee of Con- gress to confer with Howe, IV. 88. Favors General Gates, V. 14. Re- turns from his first mission to France; minister plenipotentiary for negotia ting peace; Luzerne's opinion of, VI 365,385. Commended by Vergennes, VIII. 298. Commissioner to nego tiate a treaty of peace, 372. Candi-
date for the Vice-Presidency, IX. 459, 469, 557. Reports respecting; an- swers queries of the President, X. 20, 464-468. His opinion of Paine's "Rights of Man," 160-162. Gives the casting vote about the affair of neutral vessels, 410. Advised not to withhold promotion from his son, XI. 188. His election and inauguration as President of the United States, 194. Convenes Congress, 198, 202. Makes nominations of ministers to France, 202. Remarks on his speech, 202, 204. Appoints a fast, 239. His correspondence with Washington, and nomination of him to the com- mand of the Provisional army, 242, 246, 261, 264, 282, 304, 532. His visit to Massachusetts, 288, 543. His ar rangement and appointment of major-
generals, 296, 301, 305, 307, 330, 331, 542, 548. His non-compliance with the conditional acceptance of Wash- ington, 303, 305, 315, 320, 542. A letter from Joel Barlow communi- cated to, 398, 404.
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, minister to the United Netherlands, X. 415; XI. 56, 188. Makes inquiries about a sword, 170. In Berlin, 391. ADAMS, SAMUEL, proscribed by Gen- eral Gage, III. 37. Favors General Gates, V. 14, 373; VII. 399; IX. 468. ADAMS, Captain, captures a vessel, III. 150.
ADAMS, Captain, a volunteer at the seizing of General Prescott, IV. 495. Addresses to and by Washington, XI. 173, 175, 176; XII. 137 to 247. ADET, his conversation with the Secre tary of State, about the British treaty, XI. 36, 41. Explanations demanded of, 131, 483. Issues a pamphlet, 179, 186.
Adjutant-General, pay of the, IV. 372. Persons proposed to fill the office of, V. 158. Importance of the office, XI. 251, 252.
Admiralty, Court of, recommended, III. 155, 184, 217. Board of, requests troops from the army for a naval enterprise, VI. 484. Their report respecting Paul Jones, VIII. 45. ADOLPHUS, his History cited and cor- rected, in regard to the commissioners for carrying into effect Lord North's bills, V. 398.
AFFLECK, EDMUND, a British naval commander, writes respecting marine prisoners, VIII. 146, 523.
AGNEW, a British general, killed at Germantown, V. 82.
Agriculture, Washington's habits in regard to, II. 329. Society for, at Philadelphia, IX. 141. Washington chosen honorary member of the South Carolina Society for promoting, 155. Commended, 323. Approbation of societies for, 326. Effects of manu- factures on, 464. Experiments in; machines for, X. 68. Farm for, pro- posed, 81. Works on, and societies commended, 242, 340, XI. 17. On encouraging, XII. 70. Washington's correspondence on, 251. State of, in
America, 283, 330. Young's Annals of, commended, 286, 292. Condition of, in Virginia, 293. Importance of contrivance and system in, 300, 359, 363, 367. The United States favor- able to, 304. Washington reëngages in, 329. National Board of, in Great Britain, 330. Washington's papers on; his habits, 336, 351, 361. Lam- bert's remarks on, 356. Economy in, 360, 367. Extract from a diary on, 379.
Aids-de-camp, number and rank of, III 269. Their responsibility and labors; pay of, increased, 368 - 370. Qualifications, and want of, IV. 18. Names of the commander-in-chief's, during the Revolution, XII. 415. Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, referred to, II. 11, 13, 430.
Albany, committee of, provides for hold- ing Ticonderoga, III. 62. Conspira- cies of the Tories there, IV. 15. A plot discovered, 24. One fifth of the militia drafted from the county of, to go to Kingsbridge, 42. Albany Convention, why Virginia did not send delegates to the, II. 18. ALDEN, ICHABOD, Colonel, killed at Cherry Valley, VI. 111, 114, 122. Alderton, Point, III, 69, 141. Alexandria, reply of the Independent Company of, to the commander-in- chief, offering their services, III. 5. Alarmed and deserted, 339. Ad- dress to the citizens of, after the capit- ulation of Cornwallis, VIII, 209. Fes- tivities at, upon the adoption of the Federal Constitution by Virginia, IX. 389. Prosperity of, XI. 233. Ad- dress to the mayor, corporation, and citizens of, in April, 1789, XII. 136. Extract from their address, 137. Meas. ures in regard to neutrality, approved at, 204. Address to the citizens of, and of its neighbourhood, in March, 1797, 246. See Fairfax County Resolves. Alexandria Academy, one thousand pounds given to, IX. 151. Corre- spondence concerning a donation to, X. 393.
Algiers, on the treatment of, IX. 242, 380. American prisoners at, X. 15, 357. Vessels captured by, 15. The building of a frigate for, XI. 146, 151. Consul received at, 158. Treaty with, XII. 57, 95, 101. Restoration of cap- tives at, 58, 68, 101, 107. Arrange. ments for fulfilling the engagements with, 68.
Alien and Sedition Laws, remarks on the, XI. 345, 387.
ALIQUIPPA, an Indian queen, makes
requests for her son, II. 47. Visited in 1753, 446.
Allegany Mountains, surveys made there, in 1748, II. 416, 420. Allegiance. See Oath of Allegiance. ALLEN, ETHAN, III. 63. His defeat and subsequent treatment, 133, 142, 201, IV. 548. Proposition to ex change, V. 272, 310. Question as to his rank, 293, 539. Exchanged; vis- its camp, 362. Receives a brevet com- mission, 373. Writes to Stark about suspected persons in Vermont, VI. 7. ALLEN, IRA, cited as to the effects of Washington's letter to Chittenden, VIII. 384.
ALLEN, SOLOMON, Lieutenant, conducts André to Lower Salem, and goes to head-quarters, VII. 530, 532. ALLEN, WILLIAM, appointed a British colonel; raises loyalists, IV. 523. Alliance, a frigate, carries Lafayette to France; mutiny on board the, VI. 193, 194. Arrives in Boston with arms and powder for the United States, VII. 176, 438.
ALTE, THEOPHILUS, forwards a sword to Washington, XI. 171.
American, on the name of, XII. 218, 392. American character, importance of, and exertions for establishing, XI. 83, 139. American Museum, by Mathew Carey, XII. 296.
American Philosophical Society, Wash- ington elected into the, VI. 467. AMES, FISHER, IX. 468. His speech on the British treaty, XI. 127. AMHERST, JEFFERY, General, II. 334. Ammunition, great want of, III. 22, 47. Want of prevents an attack on the enemy, V. 126. See Powder. Amphictyonic Confederacy, abstract of the, IX. 521.
AмSBURY, WILLIAM, examined as a spy, reports the approach of the Brit- ish forces under Burgoyne from Can- ada, IV. 466, 467. Brings a canteen with a false head to Sullivan, 468. ANDERSON, EPHRAIM, employed in con- structing fire-ships at New York, IV.
ANDERSON, JAMES, author of works on agriculture, X. 242, 339, 410; cited, XI. 274.
ANDERSON, JAMES, principal manager of Washington's farms, XI. 338. Di- rections to, XII. 359.
ANDRÉ, JOHN, British commissioner to effect an exchange of prisoners, VI. 213, 509. His letter proposing the terms of capitulation at Verplanck's Point, 269. Author of the "Cow Chase," VII. 117. Circumstances and
letters connected with his apprehen- sion, trial, conviction, and execution as a spy, 205, 212, 214 - 221, 235, 241, 256, 257, 521. Comparison of his case with Nathan Hale's, 549. ANDRIANI, Count, X. 138. ANGELL, ISRAEL, Colonel, ordered to Red Bank, V. 86. Makes a brave opposition at Springfield bridge, VII. 87,507.
Animal Magnetism, IX. 72. Annals of Agriculture, XII. 286, 292. Annapolis, convention of States at, IX. 162, 223, 226, 513. Address to the citizens of, upon neutrality, XII. 208. Anne, Fort, enemy repulsed at, evacua- tion of, IV. 492. Surrender of, VII. 269, 270.
ANSTEY, an agent to ascertain the claims of the Refugees, IX. 177. ANTASITY, a Cherokee Indian warrior, arrives at Fort Loudoun, with follow- ers, II. 244.
ANTILL, EDWARD, Lieutenant-Colonel in the regiment called "Congress's Own," engages in recruiting, IV. 267. ARBUTHNOT, M., Admiral, VI. 307, 313. Number and condition of the rein- forcements under, 340, 345, 350. Pro- poses to visit Rhode Island, 358. Goes to the South, 486. Joined by Admiral Graves, VII. 113, 127. Differs from Clinton; blockades the French fleet at Newport, 131, 137, 290. His reply to a complaint of ill treatment of naval prisoners, 384. Cited, about sailing to the Chesapeake, 457. His action with Destouches; enters Chesapeake Bay, 464, 465, 468.
ARCHER, HENRY W., a volunteer aid to Wayne; his bravery at the storm- ing of Stony Point, VI. 303, 539. Ardent Spirits, VI. 181. Condemned, IX. 454, 455. Duty imposed on home-made, X. 171, 259. Measures for checking opposition to the collec- tion of the duties thereon, 259, 426. See Excise Law.
ARENDT, Baron d', appointed to the command of Fort Island, V. 69, 100, 107, 108; of the German battalion, 101. Retires for his health, 131. ARMAND, Marquis de la Rouerie, Colo- nel, commissioned to raise a corps of Frenchmen, IV. 422; V. 171; 298. His recruits to be credited to the quo- tas of the respective States, VI. 172; 236. In Sullivan's expedition, 276. At Ridgefield, 305. Commended, but discouraged as to promotion, 429. The incorporation of his corps, with Pulaski's, 462. A certificate recom- mendatory of, 463. A continuance
of a partisan corps under, recommend- ed, VII. 252. Commendation of, 252, 309. Dissatisfied with the pro- motions of officers, 309, 310; 399. Goes to France, 394, 422. His return from France; ordered to join General Greene, VIII. 238, 242. Appointed brigadier-general, 391. Recommended for promotion in France, IX. 44; 138. Congratulated on his marriage, 190. Armed Vessels. See Navy.
Armies should be brought to a central point at the commencement of a cam- paign; fall a sacrifice by injudicious division, IV. 358.
Arms, manufacture of, III. 127. Ex- ceedingly bad in the army, 156. Great want of, 239, 283, 365. Expedients for obtaining, 259, 283, 381. Taken in Scotch transports, ordered to New York, 455. Diminution of, by the troops, IV. 332, 477. Letter respect- ing, 337. Important supply of, 335, 375. Measures to prevent the soldiers from carrying off, VII. 26. Wanted in the army, and solicited of the French, 118, 125, 407. Arrive from France, 176. Manufactories of, should be encouraged, XII. 8.
Arms of the Washington Family, I. ARMSTRONG, JOHN, a colonel in Forbes's expedition, II. 317 319. Facts respecting; is recommended, and ap- pointed brigadier-general, III. 72, 73, 294, 319. Ordered to the southern department, 294, 309, 310. Resigna- tion of, IV. 373. Major-general of the Pennsylvania troops, 483, V 45. His position at the battle of the Bran- dywine, 58. At Germantown, 78, 464. Stationed along the Schuylkill, 59. Opposes attacking Philadelphia, 168. Solicited to return to the army, 301.. In the council of war at Valley Forge, 360. Cited on the adoption of the Constitution, and the first President, IX. 350; X. 136; on St. Clair's de- feat, 223.
ARMSTRONG, JOHN, aid to General Gates, author of the "Newburg Addresses,' VIII. 555, 566.
ARMSTRONG, Captain, taken at Ver- planck's Point, VI. 269. Army, the American, circumstances connected with the appointment of its commander-in-chief and with its ori- gin, III. 1, 479, 486. See Boston and Cambridge. Washington arrives at Cambridge and takes the command of; its state at that time; army returns during the years 1775 and 1776, 14, 484,486, 493. In a dangerous situation, 27. Reinforcements to, voted, 33.
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