Demagoguery, 650
Democratic Societies, 10, 520, 639, 643, 650, 656, 658–59
Denmark, pact with, 649
Denny, William, 131
Desertions, military, 39, 66–67, 95, 135, 248–49, 256, 268, 281, 290, 295, 299, 301–2, 308, 332, 335–36, 403
Despotism, 203, 207
Destouches, Chevalier Charles, 458–65
Detroit, 144, 152–53, 155, 271, 614, 648–49
Dick, Dr. Elisha Cullen, 751–53
Dickinson, John, 209, 508
Dickinson, Gen. Philemon, 397
Digby, Admiral Robert, 478, 497–98
Dinwiddie, Robert, Governor of Virginia, 30, 34, 36, 38, 41–43, 47–49, 52, 55, 63, 65, 67–73, 75, 77, 87, 91–98, 103–4, 107–9, 112, 115, 117–18, 175, 179, 185
Discipline, military and self, 116, 138, 221, 229–30, 295–97, 280, 327, 336, 364, 453, 457
Dismal Swamp, 151, 153, 620
Dismal Swamp Company, 164, 166–68, 172, 525, 682, 711
District of Columbia, 631, 706. See also Federal City
Dobbs, Arthur, Governor of North Carolina, 67, 76
Dobbs Ferry, 449, 470, 481
Dogue Run Farm, 116, 142, 156, 167, 525, 529–30, 743, 745
Dorchester, Earl of, 583, 646
Dorchester Heights, in siege of Boston, 256–58, 260, 263
Dorchester Neck, 251, 255
Dragoons, troops of, 384, 443, 479, 481, 506–7, 734, 736
Druillon (French officer) , 54
Du Coudray, Phillippe, 339, 342, 346, 364
DuQuesne, Fort, 53–54, 59, 62, 65, 67, 70, 73–74, 77–78, 80, 87, 99, 102–3, 110–11, 113, 121–28, 130–36, 139, 141
Duane, James, 366, 450
Duché, Rev. Jacob, 365, 514
Dudley, Charles, 239
Dumas, Charles, 99
Dumfries, 183, 213
Dunbar, Col. Thomas, 72, 78–80, 84–86, 90
Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, Governor of Virginia, 187, 192–93, 195, 199, 212–16
Dunmore’s War, 209–10
Duportail, Col. Louis le Bèque de Presle. 394, 412, 431, 493
Dutch loans to United States, 629, 661, 663, 720
Duties, import, 579–80
Dyer, Eliphalet, 366
Eagle, 280–81
East India Company, 198, 201
East River, 268, 284–88, 292
Eastern Department, military, 417
Easton, 131
Education, 149, 172, 183–84, 192, 701
Edwards, Fort, 100
Elections, 124, 146, 149, 156, 172, 188, 202,. 557;
writs of, 160. See also Voting
Elizabeth Town Point, 562–63
Ellicott, Andrew, 614
Ellsworth, Oliver, 548, 645, 647, 690–91, 707, 737
Eltham, 178, 180, 185, 189, 196, 495
Embargoes, 646, 648
Embuscade, 624–26, 637
Engineers, Corps of, 256, 325, 339, 475;
American, 317, 482, 484–85;
British, 88, 479;
French, 482, 493
England, John, 4–5
Enlistment. See Recruitment
Enos, Col. Roger, 244–48
Erie, Lake, 26, 34, 37, 39–41, 51, 68, 663
Eskridge, George, 3
Eutaw Springs, battle of, 482
Ewing, Gen. George, 319, 321
Excise taxes, 650, 653, 673
Fairfax, Lord Bryan, 202–3, 205, 742, 746, 754
Fairfax, George William, 18–27, 124, 167, 172, 177, 191, 205, 504, 526, 530–31, 722
Fairfax, Sally Gary, 120, 504, 722
Fairfax, Lord Thomas, 9–10, 14, 15, 18–19, 30, 48, 101, 123, 177
Fairfax, Col. William, 9–10, 16, 18, 35, 68, 116–17, 514
Fairfax Associators Committee, 183
Fallen Timbers, battle of, 654, 658
Fantasque, 462
Farewell Address by Washington, 505, 701–2
Fauchet, Joseph, 644, 665, 672–73, 675, 677, 679–82, 688, 717;
dispatches of, 658, 676–77, 688
Fauntleroy, Elizabeth, 31
Fauquier, Francis, Governor of Virginia, 126, 141, 145–47, 149–53, 157, 159–62, 165–66, 171
Fayette, Fort, 651
Federal City, establishment of, 575, 583, 591–92, 610, 614, 620, 631, 638, 649, 659, 660, 663, 672, 681–82, 687, 699, 702, 707, 710, 716–17, 722, 732, 734–35, 738–39, 743, 746, 748
Federal debt. See Public debts, federal and state
Federal Hall, 564, 566
Federalism and Federal Party, 556–57, 574, 576, 597, 611, 613, 617, 623, 636–37, 643–48, 659, 664–66, 670, 674, 680, 686–96, 698, 700, 704–5, 708, 721, 725, 727, 730–32, 737, 747
Fellows, General, 292
Fenno, John, 604, 607
Ferguson, Dr. Adam, 391
Ferguson, Mrs. Elizabeth Graeme, 365
Fermoy, Gen. M. A. de Roche, 326
Ferry Farm, 6–11, 16–17, 22–23, 32–33, 71, 187
Findley, William, 654–55
Fishbourne, Capt. Benjamin, 420, 452–53
Fisheries and fishing, 167, 180, 184–89, 531, 722, 740
Fishkill, 442
Fitzgerald, Col. John, 333, 377, 401, 442
Fitzhugh, William, 463, 722, 746–47
Fitzhugh family, 32–33, 68
Five Nations Indian Confederation, 13–14
Fleming, John, 155
Floridas, the, 199, 426, 598, 615;
east, 644;
west, 193, 195, 615–16
Flying Camp, 272, 282, 290, 303, 308, 333
Foraging parties, 331, 337, 372, 374, 414, 430–31, 439, 471, 499, 745
Forbes, Gilbert, 275
Forbes, Gen. John, 121–27, 130–37, 152, 168
Ford, Mrs. Jacob, 426
Foreign officers, in American service, 338–39, 345–46, 364–65
Forman, Gen. David, 340, 441, 494
Forrest, Capt. Thomas, 326
Four Mile Creek, 143, 743
Fowey, 262
France, in Canada, 245;
forts of, 39, 128, 134;
government of, 120, 130, 132, 156, 493, 502, 576, 581, 590, 602, 609, 616, 625, 629, 634, 637, 639–42, 645–48, 662, 665, 667, 674, 696, 699, 703, 706, 708, 723–24, 732, 740, 747;
and Indian allies, 82, 87, 99, 110, 114, 129, 141, 152;
influence of, 617, 689, 720–21, 733;
navy of, 390–91, 404–6, 409–10, 414, 424–25, 433, 438, 440–42, 458–61, 463, 466–68, 471–72, 477–79, 483–84, 493, 495, 497–98;
in Newport, R. I., 410, 432–33, 455, 458, 464;
on Ohio Valley frontier, 25–26, 33, 36–37, 39, 42–43, 47, 50–51, 54, 59, 67–68, 70–71, 73–74, 90, 114, 150;
recognizes American independence, 389;
and Spain, 149;
treaties and alliances of, 335, 394, 403, 410–11, 471, 510, 515, 598, 621, 624, 629, 664, 703;
troops of, 459–61, 468, 470, 472, 476, 479, 484–87, 491, 493–94, 499
France, (Republic), 618, 622, 624, 626–27, 637, 673, 720, 736
Franklin, Benjamin, 74–75, 77, 163, 200, 242, 250, 267, 360, 413, 520, 526, 539, 542, 546–50, 578, 742
Franks, Maj. David, 442, 445
Fraunces’ Tavern, Washington’s farewell at, 507, 563
Frazier, John, 36–37, 40, 47
Frederick, 20, 25–28, 48, 74, 101, 124, 131, 146–47, 149, 151
Fredericksburg, 5, 8, 14, 16, 19, 26, 31, 33, 37, 91, 93, 96, 112, 120, 182, 187, 190, 196, 212, 214, 216, 495, 538, 574, 593, 597
Freeholders, 146, 210
Freeman’s Farm, battle of, 356, 361
Freemasons. See Masonic Order
French Directory, 697, 703, 713, 716, 719, 721, 733, 735, 740
French and Indian War, 161, 168, 180, 193, 217, 222, 514
French Revolution, 610, 617, 619, 623, 628, 643
Freneau, Philip, newspaper editor, 604, 607, 613, 629, 636
Frontier, life on
, 12, 19, 26, 37, 66–67, 99, 101–2, 104, 107, 109, 111, 115, 122, 152, 154, 157, 169, 215, 451, 584, 606, 623, 654. See also Artillery, Casualties, Indians, Recruitment, Settlers, Trade, specific states by name
Fry, Col. Joshua, 34, 49, 51, 56, 68, 75
Gage, Gen. Thomas, 76, 81–82, 84, 88, 153, 170, 194, 204, 230, 233, 235–36, 241, 263
Gale, George, 2
Gallatin, Albert, 652–53, 694–95, 719
Galloway, Joseph, 205, 208
Gardiners’ Island, 458, 460, 462
Gates, Gen. Horatio, 124, 214–15, 221, 230, 236, 246, 249, 271–74, 277–78, 280, 282–83, 313–17, 335, 338, 348, 356, 361, 364, 366, 369–70, 376, 378–83, 388, 391, 393, 403, 411–13, 417, 419, 422, 425–26, 436–37, 440, 450, 498, 500–01 508, 513, 596, 596
Gazette (Williamsburg), 5–6, 34–35, 71–72, 106
Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia) , Federalist newspaper, 604, 607
Gazettes, 186, 730, 749. See also Newspapers
General Advertiser (Philadelphia) , 637
Genet, Edmond Charles, 618, 622, 624–27, 629–33, 636–37, 639, 641–44, 650, 665, 675, 629–30, 639, 704
Genn, James, surveyor, 18–20, 22
George II, King of England, 146
George III, King of England, 25, 146, 159, 211, 250, 393, 413, 510, 646–47
George, Fort, 249, 270
George, Lake, 120, 217
Georgia, 427, 528, 650, 661;
and Constitution, 551, 554, 582;
frontier of, 628, 659;
liberation of, 416
Gerard, Conrad Alexandre, 416
Germantown, battle of, 356, 359, 361–62, 366, 469, 544–45
Germany and Germans, in Pennsylvania, 143;
settlers, 21, 28;
treaties with, 271;
troops of, 101, 270, 488–89, 511. See also Hessians
Gerry, Elbridge, 218, 232, 296, 520, 546–47, 713, 719–21, 724, 730, 735
Giles, William, 612, 645–46, 705
Gill, Moses, 227–28
Girondist Party, 618
Gist, Christopher, 36–40, 42, 44–47, 51, 53, 56–57, 59, 68, 80, 113
Gist, Col. Nathaniel, 424, 522
Gloucester Point, 479, 481–83, 490
Glover, Gen. John, 299, 334, 405
Godoy, Manuel de, 690
Gooch, Sir William, Governor of Virginia, 6
Gordon, Harry, 82
Gorham, Judge Nathaniel, 540–41
Goshen, 450
Governor’s Palace, 12, 36, 101, 213
Graeme, Dr. Thomas, 365
Grand Battery (French), 487
Grange, 624–25
Grant, Maj. James, 127–30
Granville, Earl of, 150
Graves, Admiral Thomas, 438, 470, 473–74, 494
Grayson, William, 333, 556
Great Britain, 162, 581, 583, 588, 601, 606–7, 609, 614, 616, 620, 625, 627–28, 630, 633, 640–42, 644–45, 658, 662, 668, 674, 691, 716;
animosity towards, 712;
blockade by, 346;
in Canada, 598;
colonial diplomacy of, 34;
constitution of, 154–55;
impressment of seamen by, 680–81;
national debt of, 154;
and France in Ohio Valley, 33, 37, 47, 71, 73–74, 147;
Parliament of, 154–56, 163–66, 170–71, 174–78, 181–82, 193, 199–200, 205, 207, 250;
peace offers of, 387, 412;
schools in, 5, 7;
trade with, 26, 200, 202, 528, 577;
treaties with, 131, 270, 501–2, 648, 661, 680, 688, 690, 696–97, 712
Great Britain, army of, 126, 144, 170, 227, 232, 262, 271, 284, 292–93, 299, 326, 331–32, 337, 341, 357, 393, 400, 423, 443–44, 450–51, 467, 473, 479, 481, 586;
units of: Fourth, 434, Eighth, 434, Tenth, 259, Seventeenth Foot, 121, Twenty-second Foot, 71, Forty-eighth, 75, Sixtieth, 113, Seventy-seventh, 127, 133, 300, Scottish Highlanders, 123
Great Britain, navy of, 110, 228, 231–32, 243, 260–61, 266, 271, 275, 277–78, 282, 284, 299, 344–45, 349, 356, 408–9, 425, 438, 440–42, 452, 458, 462–63, 466–67, 473–74, 477, 493, 499, 595, 620, 640, 704
Great Dismal Swamp. See Dismal Swamp
Great Falls of the Potomac River, 3, 5, 23, 143, 525, 532
Great Kanawa River. See Kanawha River
Great Lakes, 141, 144
Great Meadows, skirmish at, 53, 57, 59–60, 63, 85
Green, Dr. Charles, 118, 167
Green Spring, 30, 470
Greenbrier River, 92
Greene, Col. Christopher, 245
Greene, Gen. Nathanael, 225, 231, 239–40, 250, 254, 276, 279, 283, 290–91, 298, 303–7, 314, 319–321, 334, 342, 346, 351, 357, 359, 364, 368, 375, 379, 381, 385, 394, 397, 399, 406, 409–11, 417, 426–27, 430–31, 437–38, 441–42, 444, 447–52, 458, 461, 463, 466–67, 470, 482, 494, 496, 498, 502, 504, 507, 510, 513, 531–32, 595, 597, 604
Greene, William, 276–77
Greenlcaf, James, 669
Greenwood, Dr. John, 706
Grenadiers, 461
Grenville, George, 154
Grenville, Henry, 29
Grenville, Lord William W., 640, 661, 664, 668, 679
Griffin, Col. Samuel, 323
Guadeloupe, 484, 489
Guichen, Comte de, 442
Guilford Court House, 363–64
Hackensack, 305, 307, 422, 429
Hackensack River, 307, 440
Hadfield, Joseph, 527
Half King, Indian chief, 38–39, 42–45, 51–54, 57, 66
Halifax, 244, 260, 262, 267, 273, 277, 416
Halkett, Francis, 79, 82, 126
Hallet, Stephen, 632, 634
Hamilton, Alexander, 124, 347, 397, 399, 402, 405, 443–45, 451, 460, 465, 472, 486, 500, 528, 533, 543, 546, 556, 568, 569, 576, 579, 583, 586–91, 603–8, 612, 615, 617, 621–38, 641–42, 645, 647, 649, 652–53, 656, 659–60, 666, 668, 670, 673, 680, 688, 692, 697–704, 708, 713, 721, 723, 725, 728–29, 732–36, 740, 746, 748
Hammond, George, 601, 624–25, 629–31, 640, 644, 646, 648, 668, 671–74, 676–77, 679–80, 682
Hampton Roads, 13, 71–73, 76, 161, 460, 462, 472, 479, 482
Hanbury, John, 25
Hancock, John, 217, 219–20, 240, 261, 269, 271, 273–74, 278, 342, 346, 366–67, 411
Hand, Gen. Edward, 318, 321, 326–29, 334, 436, 451, 476, 508, 654
Hannah, 236
Hanover, 159
Hanson, Alexander Contee, 283
Hanson, John, 495
Harcourt, Lt. Col. William, 316
Hard Labour, Treaty of, 175
Harlem Heights, battle of, 292–95, 297–99, 506
Harlem River, 291, 295, 470
Harmar, Gen. Josiah, Indian expedition of, 584–87, 654
Harper, Robert G., 725
Harrison, Benjamin, Governor of Virginia, 155, 204, 208, 242, 250, 346, 465, 523, 550
Harrison, Col. Robert Hanson, 254–55, 368–70, 398, 420, 444, 576
Hartford, 440, 442, 466
Harvard College, 228, 230, 236, 263, 266, 529, 681
Harvie, John, 376
Hawkins, Benjamin, Governor of the Southwest Territory, 666, 715
Hawley, Joseph, 229
Hazelwood, Commodore John, 362
Hazen, Moses, 267, 350, 352
Head of Elk, 473–78, 481, 495, 544
Heath, Gen. William, 225, 228–31, 262, 266, 283, 290, 298, 303–4, 307–10, 314–16, 331, 334, 338, 356, 384, 413, 417, 419–20, 438, 455, 458, 478, 496–98, 510, 513
Hendrick, William, 238
Henfeld, Gideon, 629
Henry, Patrick, Governor of Virginia, 156–59, 162, 175, 192, 204–5, 208–11, 216, 220, 296, 381, 524, 537, 549–56, 593, 683, 687, 689, 731, 737, 739, 746
Hessians, mercenary troops of Great Britain, 282–83, 286–87, 292–93, 301, 307, 313, 318–30, 327, 363, 492
Heyward, Thomas, 595
Hickey, Thomas, 275–76
Highlands, Hudson River defense area, 152, 273, 279–80, 301, 303, 309, 335–36, 342, 353, 419
Hilary, Dr. William, 28
Hill, James, 188
Hillsborough, Lord, 178, 185
Hinman, Col. Benjamin, 238
Hitchcock, Col. Daniel, 329
Hite, Jost, 24
Hoban, James, architect, 632, 634, 687
Hog, Capt. Peter, 106, 185
Holland, 620, 630, 649, 699
Hood, Sir Samuel, 460, 473
Hoops, Maj. Robert, 343
Hope Park, 734
Hopkins, Commodore Esek, 335
Hopkinson, Francis, 526
Hospitals, military, 262, 332
Houdon, Jean Antoine, 526–27
House of Representatives. See Congress, U.S.
Howe, Admiral Viscount Richard. 261, 267, 279–81, 332, 335, 340–41, 349, 355, 358, 394, 404, 408–9
Howe, Gen. Robert, 364, 371, 412, 415, 419–21, 437, 447, 455, 457, 472, 503–4, 561
Howe, Gen. Sir William, 231, 241, 247, 249–55, 258–59, 262–63, 267, 270, 273, 277–79, 282, 287, 289–90, 299, 301, 303, 307–8, 312–15, 317–18, 323, 326, 332, 371, 387–88, 413
Howell, Gen. David, 504, 654
Howell, Richard, Governor of New Jersey, 652
Hudson River, strategic position of, 216, 233, 253, 260–62, 267–73, 277, 279, 283, 297–99, 301, 303, 313, 322, 334, 340, 342, 349, 361, 387, 389, 404, 418, 425, 469, 471, 496, 498
Humphrey, David, aide to Washington, 434, 507–9, 515, 527, 533, 535–36, 550, 554, 560–61, 568, 570, 585, 634, 663, 698;
in Lisbon, 619
Hunting Creek Farm, 159, 167
Hussars, French, 491
Import and Navigation Acts, 529
Impressment, of seamen, 609, 640–41, 662, 680–81, 703;
of supplies, 50, 76
Indentured servants, 77, 136, 210
Independence, Fort, 291, 331, 381
Independent Chronicle (Boston), 686
Independent Companies, military, 67, 70, 72, 210, 212, 215
Independent Gazetteer (Philadelphia), 548, 667
Indians, 145, 147–48, 153, 169, 209, 221, 237, 271–72, 277, 280, 425, 498, 567, 601, 614, 653, 688, 715;
alliances and treaties with, 34, 43, 70–71, 75–77, 87–88, 94, 108, 111–12, 155, 175, 581, 585, 598, 611, 694;
and France, 37, 40, 82, 87, 99, 110, 114, 129, 141, 152;
friendly, 52–53, 55, 585–86, 588;
frontier, 10, 13, 21–22, 25, 34, 48, 59–60, 62, 66–67, 107, 522, 578, 599;
in Ohio Valley, 37–38, 40–45, 81, 86–87, 93–94, 155;
peace negotiations with, 573, 602, 607;
problems of, 171, 220, 587, 599, 606, 623, 628, 634–35, 658, 681–82, 704;
warfare of, 92, 99–100, 102–4, 109–10, 113, 120–28, 131–34, 199, 415, 584, 599, 608, 615–16, 640. See also Five Nations Indian Confederation, Six Nations Indian Confederation
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