President of the Council of Massachusetts Bay, 7 August, 1775, III., 55.

Officers of the Navy, 7 August, 1775, III., 519.

Committee on Long Island, 16 May, 1776, III., 391.

Captain of Governor Franklin's Guard, 30 June, 1776, III., 446. Officer Commanding at Morristown, 30 December, 1776, IV., 253. Council of Massachusetts Bay, 13 March, 1777, IV., 361. Officer Commanding Sheldon's Dragoons, 14 April, 1778, V., 315. Board of Admiralty, 15 March, 1780, VI., 484.

Board of Officers for the Examination

of Major André, 29 September, 1780, VII., 535.

Officer Commanding the New Jersey Line, 26 January, 1781, VII., 385. Officer Commanding the New Jersey Line, 7 February, 1781, VII., 406.

Officer Commanding H. B. M. Ships of War at New York, 21 August, 1781, VIII., 146.

Yankee Club, Ireland, 20 January, 1784, IX., 13.

Trustees of the Alexandria Academy, 17 December, 1785, IX., 151. Committee of Congress, 20 April, 1789, X., 461.

Associate Justices, Supreme Court, 30 September, 1789, X., 35. Associate Justices, Supreme Court, 3 April, 1790, X., 86.

Poetical Society of Leyden, 30 June, 1790, X., 102.

Secretary of the Treasury, pro tem.,
28 August, 1790, X., 110.
President of the National Assembly of
France, 27 January, 1791, X., 133.
Governors of Pennsylvania, North
Carolina, and South Carolina, 29
September, 1792, X., 533.
Provisional Executive Council of
France, 24 May, 1793, X., 347.

A.

ABERCROMBY, JAMES, Major-General.
Dinwiddie writes to, respecting
Washington, I. 284. Succeeds
Lord Loudoun, II. 31.
ABINGDON, Earl of, protest of, V. 396.
Academy, Military, suggested, XIV.

241.

Accounts, Army, III. 372; IV. 59,

On

239; V. 360, 497; VI. 343.
ADAMS, JOHN. Quotations from his
Diary, II. 437-439. In Second
Congress, 477. On choice and
offices of a commander-in-chief,
479, 483; III. 2, 142, 327.
local jealousies, 279. Attends a
council of officers, 356. Meets the
Indians, 375. Favors a bounty,
411. On Lord Drummond's mis-
sion, 423. On receiving the British
Commissioners, 491. On Board of
War, IV. 165. Favors Gates, 173;
VI. 4. On Lord Howe's sugges-
tion, IV. 401. Criticises discipline
of the army, 438. On Articles of
War, 452. Desires an annual elec-
tion of general officers, V. 218.
On Lee's proposed conference, 239.
Praises Washington's letter
prisoners, 318. On quarrels of
officers, 363-405. Appointed to
France, VIII. 87. Commended by
Vergennes, X. 16. A candidate
for the Vice-Presidency, XI. 337,
355. On titles, 409. On Paine's
Rights of Man, XII. 37. In the
election of 1792, 256. Consulted
by Washington on Genet, 402.
Election to Presidency, XIII. 380.
Nomination of ministers to France,
390. Remarks on speech, 390,
392. Negotiations with France
fail, 494.
Invited to Mount Ver-

on

non, XIV. 13. Command of the
provisional army, 15, 20, 37, 60.
Arrangement of major-generals,

On

89, 93, 114, 115. Difference
with Washington, 91, 94, 105.
Dr. Logan's mission, 132. Nomi-
nation of ministers to France
(1799), 156. Announces the death

of Washington, 259.
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, Minister to
the United Netherlands, XIII. 91,

99. Inquiries on a sword, 269.
ADAMS, SAMUEL, in Second Congress,
II. 477, 479, 481. On army, III.
14, 103, 148. Pay of militia, 304.
Favors bounties, IV. 439. Favors
Gates, VI. 4. Receives Conway,
VII. 19. Delays appointment to
War Office, IX. 132. Votes against
Robert Morris, 132. Defeated,
XI. 354.

ADDISON, ALEXANDER, charge, XIV.
135.

"Additional" Regiments, V. 163;
VII. 472.

Address, British, to soldiers, VIII. 292.
Addresses to the Army, IV. 202, 283,
342, 346, 363, 377, 383, 405, 415,
419, 495.

ADET, PIERRE AUGUSTE, succeeds
Fauchet, XIII. 59. Conversation
with Secretary of State on British
treaty, 70, 476. Sounded on the
Lafayettes, 138. Did not visit Mt.
Vernon, 214. His letter, 326, 338.
Issues a pamphlet, 359, 370.
Adjutant-General, V. 207, 279, 299,
386; VI. 208, 254, 274; IX. 42, 53.
Admiralty Courts. See Prizes.
AGNEW, JAMES, VI. 99, 113, 127.
Agriculture, in Virginia, X. 468; XI.
178, 222, 301, 340; XIII. 328,
406. Society for, at Philadelphia,
XI. 3.
Commendation of works
on, XII. 136, 440. Experiments
in, XIII. 112, 231. Correspond-
ence and directions regarding Mt.
Vernon, XII. 222, 358, 374; XIII.
6, 154; XIV. 217, 222. Thresh-
ing machine, XII. 341.

Aides-de-camp, abilities of, III. 229,
249, 367. Rank of, 385; IV. 39;
VI. 320; VIII. 166. Pay of, IV.
40; increase asked for, 297;
granted, VI. 282. In 1798, XIV.
57, 67. Names of the commander-
in-chief's, during the Revolution,
432.

Alarm Posts, IV. 86, 99, 200, 336, 494.
Albany, committee of, provides for
holding Ticonderoga, III. 87.
Conspiracy of Tories, IV. 286,
310. Draft of militia, IV. 338.
Alderton Point, III. 99, 197.
ALEXANDER, ROBERT, a land trans-
action, V. 293; VII. 27, 145, 215;
XI. 315. A hard creditor, XI. 112.
Alexandria, trustees, II. 211. Reply
to Washington, offering their ser-
vices, II. 490. Alarmed, III. 502.
Celebrates the adoption of Consti-
tution by Virginia, XI. 285. Acad-
emy, 16; XIV. 275. Growth and
prosperity, XIII. 499. Grey-
heads," XIV. 55.

Algiers, treaty recognized, XIII. 141,
346. Building of a frigate for, 240,

244.

Alien and Sedition Laws, XIV. 121,
135.

ALIQUIPPA, an Indian queen, visited

by Washington, I. 39. Arrives in
camp, 91. Requests for her son,
104, 118.

ALLAN, DAVID, visits Mt. Vernon, II.
387.

ALLEN, ETHAN, III. 87. Capture,

185, 198. Exchange proposed,
276; IV. 310; V. 88. Harsh
treatment, 282, 287, 289, 349; IV.
285. Sent to England, 309; IV.
15. Rank of, VI. 438. Ex-
changed, 463. Visits camp, VII.
The Vermont conspiracy, IX.

20.

247.
ALLEN, IRA, meets the British Com-
missioners, IX. 249. In Philadel-
phia, 440. Cited on Washington's
letter to Chittenden, X. 157.
ALLEN, JAMES, on Philadelphia races,
1770, II. 285.
Alliance, frigate, carries Lafayette to
France, VII. 358. Arrives at Bos-
ton, with supplies, VIII. 414.
ALT, THEOPHILUS, sends sword,
XIII. 271.

ALTON, JOHN, a servant, sickness, I.
170. Accompanies Washington to
Boston, 231. Mentioned in the
will, XIV. 288.

American, to counteract local attach-
ments, V. 117. On the name,
XIII. 203, 287.

American Character, importance of,
XIII. 120, 231.

AMES, FISHER, elected to Congress,
XI. 354.
On Hancock's gout, 446.
Speech on the British treaty, XIII.
208.

AMHERST, JEFFREY, General, cap-
tures Ticonderoga, II. 171. Un-
acquainted with Washington, 177.
Commands Virginia, 193. Is suc-
ceeded by Botetourt, 272. Said to
be a commissioner, VI. 497. Con-
quest of Canada recalled, VII. 249,
269, 304.

intelligence

to

Ammunition. See Powder.
AMSBURY, WILLIAM,
from Canada, V. 441.
ANDERSON, EPHRAIM, schemes
destroy British fleet, IV. 251, 303.
ANDERSON, JAMES, writings acknowl-
edged, XII. 136. Consulted on
renting Mt. Vernon, XIII. 168.
ANDERSON, JAMES, overseer, consid-
ered for engagement, XIII. 258.
Intention to withdraw, XIV. 1.
Directions to, 217.

ANDERSON, RICHARD, bequest, XIV.
369.

ANDRÉ, JOHN, a commissioner on
exchange of prisoners, VII. 363.
Demand on the garrison of Fort
Lafayette, 466. Capture, trial, and
execution, VIII. 449, 451-453, 456,
458, 472, 494.

ANDRIANI, Count, strictures on the
United States, XII. 19.

ANGELL, ISRAEL, Colonel, ordered to
Red Bank, VI. 104, 124.
Annapolis, races, 1771, II. 339.
Convention of States at, 1786, XI.
27, 87, 101, 105.
ANTILL, EDWARD, Lieut.-Col., en-
gages in recruiting, V. 156.
ARBUTHNOT, MARIOT, Admiral, ex-
pected to arrive, VIII. 2. Number
and condition of reinforcements
under, 39, 45, 50, 51, 96. Pro-
poses to visit Rhode Island, 61.
Convoys reinforcements for Can-

ARBUTHNOT, MARIOT-Cont.

ada, 71. Goes to the south, 219;
return, 319. Joined by Graves,
345, 350. Differs from Clinton,
369. Blockades the French fleet,
370; IX. 26. On treatment of
prisoners, 120. Pursuit of French

fleet, 140, 180. Engagement with
French, 191.

ARCHER, HENRY W., at Stony Point,
VII. 500.

ARENDT, Baron d', in command at
Fort Island, VI. I. At Fort Mif-
flin, 124. Retires for health, 168.
Originates inspectorship, 277.
ARMAND, Marquis de la Rouerie,

commissioned a colonel, V. 367.
Wishes to raise a new corps, VI.
434. Covers the frontier of Penn-
sylvania, VII. 423. Continuance
of corps recommended, VIII. 489.
Joins Greene, IX. 485; X. 74. To
winter in Virginia, 86.
Armorers, rebuked, IV. 150, 170.
Arms, manufacture of, in Virginia,
III. 178. Bad quality, 216. To
be examined, 253. Appraisement
of, 233, 303. Great want of,
336, 337, 343, 405. Attempts to
purchase, 352, 364, 372, 383, 390,
418, 433. Poor condition of, IV.
87. Taken in Scotch transports,
222. Scandalous waste, V. 119,
192, 256. A supply from France,
262, 301. Deficiency of, 261, 269,
457, 471. Public property, 352.
Great economy required, VIII. 259.
A loan from the French, 352, 363.
Arrivals from France, 415.
ARMSTRONG, JOHN, I. 445. Message
from Washington, 451. In Bouquet's
expedition, II. 54, 111-113.
nected with Land Office, 220, 224,
270. Claims land on the Ohio,
390, 394. Brigadier-General, III.
104, 438. Ordered to Virginia,
463. Recruiting, V. 90. Resigna-
tion, 300. In command of Penn-
sylvania militia, VI. 51, 52. At
Brandywine, 69, 71. A false move,
86. Opposed to attacking Phila-
delphia, 91, 218. At Germantown,
94. Solicited to return to the army,
448. In council of war at Valley
Forge, VII. 8. On Sullivan's ap-
pointment, 457. On national ten-

Con-

dencies, XI. 250. Recommendation
to office, XII. 16. On St. Clair's
defeat, III.

ARMSTRONG, MARK, captured at Fort
Lafayette, VII. 466.

Army, American, conception of, II.
478. Washington takes command,
III. I. Character of, 3, 4, 18, 49.
Profanity forbidden, 5. Strength
of, in July, 5, 22, 45, 61; with the
new levies, 60. Disposition before
Boston, 8, 44. In want of tents,
II. Augmented, 28. Arrangement
into divisions and brigades, 32, 66.
Cannot be detached on provincial
service, 51, 108, 135, 292. Dissolu-
tion, December, 1775, 138. The
new army, 161, 173, 189, 191.
Obstacles to re-enlistments, 204,
208, 215. Enlisting regulations,
189, 220.

The army for 1776, 311, 318, 330.
Slow growth, 339, 342, 356. Militia
called out, 366. Accounts, 372. An
army for the war, 106, 410. Evil
situation, 413. Marches for New
York, 475, 477, 486, 494, 505; IV.
18, 55. Deficiency in arms, 10, 64.
Is thanked by Congress, 28. Mur-
murs at distinctions in pay, 45.
Riotous behavior, 52, 175, 226, 298.
Paymaster-general's accounts, 59.
Weakness, 190, 195. Office for
auditing accounts, 239. Regulations
for health, 236, 288, 316. Uniform,
297. Pay in arrears, 324. Return
of, August, 326, 334. Prevalence
of sickness, 346, 394, 405. Army
for the war urged, 380, 442. Regu-
lation of, 355. Arrangement at
Harlem, 409. Real and feigned
sickness, 423. Dissolution, 421, 439,
466. Difficulty of recruiting, 440.
The army of 1777, 451, 475, 486,
491. Brigading, 496, 500. Militia
called in while new army forming,
V. 5, 19. Recruiting service, 17,
20, 31. Crosses into New Jersey,
20, 24. Slow arrival of recruits
or militia, 38, 56. Crosses the
Hackensack and Passaic rivers, 50.
Reinforcement from the northern
army, 52.
Retreats before Howe,
55, 64, 66. Decreased in numbers,
57, 62.
Retreat to Trenton, 71.

Unable to make a stand, 77. Weak-