INDEX. A ABERCROMBIE, General, supersedes General Shirley, i. 289; commander-in-chief, i. 336; proceeds against Ticonderoga, i. 343; attacks the French works, i. 345; repulsed by Montcalm, i. 347; superseded by Major-General Amherst, i. 368 Abercrombie, Lieutenant-Colonel, attacks American batteries, vi. 379 Ackland, Lady Harriet, with Burgoyne's army, iv. 322; during the action, iv. 368; her distress, iv. 370; seeks her husband, iv. 373; subsequent history, iv. 391 Ackland, Major, commands the Grenadiers, iv. 363; wounded and taken prisoner, iv. 364 Adams, John, birth of American Independence, i. 420; at town meetings, ii. 75; on the General Congress, ii. 78; to his wife about Mr. Duché, ii. 81; opposes petition to the king, ii. 143; proposes Washington as commander-in-chief, ii. 147; on the conduct of Washington, ii. 150; opposed to Lee and Gates, ii. 152; on the act of Massachusetts General Court, ii. 306; to General Thomas, on Schuyler's unpopularity, ii. 342; on the defense of New York, ii. 391; on the Declaration of Independence, iii. 121; concerning sectional jealousies, iii. 159; on committee to confer with Lord Howe, iii. 232; at Adams, John-Continued. Washington's inauguration, vii. 120; on presidential etiquette, vii. 140; his Discourses on Davila, vii. 251; on the British Constitution, vii. 277; concerning Washington's judgment of Genet, vii. 373 ; elected President, viii. 57; inaugural address, viii. 60; convenes Congress, viii. 77; to Washington, asking advice, viii. 85; on the appointment of Washington commander-in-chief, viii. 87 Adams, Mrs., to her husband on the appearance of Washington, ii. 205; description of General Lee, ii. 208; account of party at General Mifflin's, ii. 363 Adams, Samuel, as moderator, ii. 75; proposes Mr. Duché, as chaplain, ii. 80; apprised at the movement of troops, ii. 118; irresolute as to commander-inchief, ii. 146; excepted from proffered pardon, ii. 157; on the united command of Schuyler and Gates iii. 149; meets Washington at Cambridge, vii. 182 Adams, Sir Thomas, i. 408 Adet, M., minister from France, viii. 4; presents the colors of France, viii. 33; complaint against the Government of the United States, viii. 55 Agnew, Brigadier-General, in the expedition against Allen, Ethan, at the head of the Green Mountain Boys, ii. 135; commands expedition to Ticonderoga, ii. 136; expedition against St. John's, ii. 140; rivalry with Arnold, ii. 250; to New York Congress, ii. 253; to Trumbull, ii. 253, 259, 264; designs on Canada, ii. 254; repairs to Congress and to New York convention, ii. 255; superseded by Seth Warner, ii. 264; sent to reconnoiter, ii. 281; report to Schuyler, ii. 282; to Montgomery on Canadian volunteers, ii. 288; meets Major Brown, i1. 288; decides to attack Montreal, ii. 289; taken prisoner, ii. 290; sent to England, ii. 291; memory of, ii. 293; treatment by the British, ii. 321; exchanged for Colonel Campbell, v. 142; visits Valley Forge, v. |