NOAILLES, Marquis de, informs the British ministry of the French treaty, V. 379, 549. Puts a prohibition on Lafayette, VI. 545.
NOAILLES, Viscount de, V. 445, VII. 341. Performs the march from Prov- idence to the North River on foot, to encourage the troops, VIII. 82. A commissioner for settling the terms of capitulation at Yorktown, 184, 532. Proscribed in France and flees to America, X. 341.
Nobility, incompatible with the princi- ples of the American Constitution, IX. 14. Abolition of, in France, X. 141. Non-importation, advisable, IÍ. 351. Proceedings of the Virginia Assem- bly; Washington's directions to his London agent respecting, 356. Norfolk, III. 204. Destroyed, 276. Norridgewock, III. 165.
NORTH, Lord, III. 224, 310. His Con- ciliatory Bills and speech, V. 318,319, 328, 330, 331, 390. Fears for the effects of them, 325, 326, 331. Impressions by them should be counteracted, 328, 332. Great expectations from them, 341. Treatment of them by Congress, and in Rhode Island, 343, 344. His views at different stages of the Amer- ican war, VI. 246, 531.
NORTH, Colonel, appointed adjutant- general of the Provisional army, XI. 299, 301, 330.
North Carolina, unsuccessful expedi- tion against, under General Clinton, III. 223. Troops of, move to the southward, VI. 408, 415, 487. Re- ception and adoption of the Constitu- tion in, IX. 286, 288, 309, 390, 550, X. 39, 67, XII. 7, 88, 157. Addresses to the governor and council of, 157, 195; to the Assembly_of, 238. Soil and climate of, 325. Governors of, during Washington's public life, 418. Mem- bers of the Continental Congress from, 424; of Congress from, during Wash- ington's administration, 431. Northeastern Boundary. See Eastern Boundary.
Northern Department, under General Schuyler, forces in the, III. 43. Num- ber of troops to be increased in the, 443. Troops ordered there from Bos- ton, 455, 461. Sickness and disaffec- tion in the, IV. 6, 12, 47. Army of the, cannot be formed by a mixture of troops, 316. Impartiality towards the, 427, 428. Washington declines ap- pointing a commander of the, in the place of Schuyler, V. 13, 14. Army of the, retreats to Saratoga, 23. See CLINTON, GATES, and SCHUYLER.
North River, communication of the, im- portant, III. 76, 317. Fortifications upon, 375. British vessels sail up the, 462, 468, 469, IV. 16. Engage- ment between the ships and galleys on the, 29. Ships attacked by fire- vessels and pass down the, 54, 55. Indefensible against the passing of British ships, 82, 164. American forces cross the, 172, 174. Thirty flat-boats pass up the, undiscovered, 175. Importance of the, 178. the obstruction of the, 300. Troops to be posted on the mountains west of the, 398. British shipping sent up the, April, 1777, 403. Directions for examining and putting it and the passes of the Highlands in a state of defence, 414-416. Obstructed by a boom and cables, 416, 434. Prepar- ations on, to oppose Howe, 476. Ves- sels and craft on, ordered to New Windsor and Fishkill, 493. British expedition up the, V. 104, 129, 130. Importance of the, 176, 179, 296. Or- der to obstruct the, 177, 178. Forti- fications erected on the, 224, 296. Im- portance of the communication across, to the army and the French fleet, VI. 60, 87. Measures for securing, 60, 64, 67, 70, 87. British expedition up the, to King's Ferry, 130, 131, 269. See CLINTON. Northwestern Boundary. respecting the, X. 151. Northwestern Territory. See ST. CLAIR. Norwalk, burnt by the British, VI. 292, 293, 350, 367.
Norwich, threatened, III. 96. Troops embark at, for New York, 314, 332. NOURSE, JOSEPH, secretary of the Board of War, V. 393.
Nova Scotia, expedition against, dis- couraged, III. 58. Secret mission of Willard and Child to; proclamations of the governor of, cited, 169, 272. Petition from, 335. No relief given to, 336.
Number Four, Charlestown, in New Hampshire, III. 251.
Oath of allegiance, required to be taken, IV. 297. Complained of, 298. Value of, 311. Should be imposed by the States, 312. People of Elizabethtown refuse to take the, 319. Required of the officers in the American army, and administered, V. 352, 552. Ditfi- culties about the, in Woodford's brig- ade, 366. The form of it, 367. Oats, price of, XII. 294. Cultivation
of, 330, 331. Weight of, 331. On sowing, 341, 342, 379, 380. O'BRYEN, RICHARD, his captivity by the Algerines, X. 15.
Office, letters and sentiments in regard to nominations and appointments to, IX. 371, 460, 476, 478, X. 2, 3, 6, 7, 23, 24, 57, 66, 136, 319, 397, 399, 432. On the mode of communicating to the Senate nominations to, 25, 484. Ro- tation in, 71. Principles in regard to appointments to, XI. 74, 78, 392, 393. Rotation in, XII. 383.
Officers, appointment of, by the Com- mander-in-chief, II. 95, 127. Dissatis- faction about the appointment of, III. 22, 32, 108, 349. The appointment of, should not be left to the provin- cial governments, 68. Difficulties about the arrangement of, 150, 180. Men of suitable character to be ap- pointed, IV. 135, 149, 269. Want of, urged on Congress, 290, 311. Embarrassments by the, 396. Resig- nations of, and the consequent evils, 399, V. 312. On parole, except Bur- goyne, VI. 139. Inadequate pay of, in the American army, and their in- clination to resign, 167. Difficulties of, with the citizens, 180. Qualifica- tions required of, 419. Difficulties in procuring quarters for, at Morris- town, 428, 449. Their inadequate compensation, VII. 9, 11, 53, 151. The suspension of, considered, 150. Irregular appointments of, 167. Treat- ment of those who are prisoners at Quebec, 179. Deficiency of, in the army, 246.
Promotion of, on the principle of State proportion, consid- ered, 308, 332. Rules for the promo- tion of, 342, VIII. 37, 69. Number of the, should not be reduced, 145. Their inadequate pay, and hardships, 351, 399, 401, 403. Combine to re- sign at given periods in a body, 369. Consulted about a peace establish- ment, 417.
Reply to their address through General Heath, respecting pay and furloughs, VIII. 435. Names and rank of, during the revolution, XII. 412. See Half-pay, Newburg Addresses, Public Officers, and Rank. OGDEN, MATTHIAS, Colonel, directions to, about procuring provisions, VI. 437; 443. His desire to continue in service, VII. 335. Detached to sup- port Lee at Springfield, 507. Instruc- tions to, for capturing Prince William Henry and Admiral Digby, VIII. 261. On a committee from the army to Congress, 551, 554.
OGLE, BENJAMIN, presents deer to Washington, IX. 176. OGLETHORPE, JAMES, General, a letter about his lands in Georgia, X. 76. Ohio Company, sends Christopher Gist on a tour of discovery, in 1751; par- ticulars respecting the, II. 15, 478. Opens Braddock's road, 302. Makes a treaty with the Indians at Logs town, 480. A project for settling the lands of the, 481. Appoints Gist sur- veyor; its operations suspended by the French war; appoints George Mercer agent, 482. Termination of the, 483.
Ohio expedition, in 1754. Preparations for the, II. 1, 4, 219. Washington marches to Will's Creek, and calls a council of war after the capitulation of Captain Trent's company, 7, 15. How far aided by the different colo- nies, 11. Their laborious progress to the Little Meadows, 14. French and Indians opposing the, 16, 22, 45, 51. Officers in the, dissatisfied, on account of pay, 17, 28, 61. Intrenchment at the Great Meadows; defeat of Jumonville's party, 25, 26, 32, 447. The colonel dies, and the command devolves on the lieutenant-colonel, who is reinforced, 27. Colonel Innes appointed commander-in-chief, and Washington commander of the Vir- ginia regiment in the, 41. In want of provisions, 43. Joined by Captain Mackay, which leads to difficulty about rank, 48. The stay of Mackay, the advance of Washington to Gist's house, and the action of the Great Meadows, 51, 456. The project of crossing the Alleganies, and its aban- donment, 52, 58. Great desertion from the, 60. Fort Cumberland built, 63. A new military arrangement, and Washington resigns, 64. See Great Meadows, JUMONVILLE, Necessity, and Virginia Regiment.
Ohio River, advantages for a fort at the fork of the, II. 432, 433. Virginia relinquishes her claim to the land west of the, VII. 400. Plan suggest- ed for a State beyond the, VIII. 483. A project for connecting, by inland navigation, with the Potomac and Lake Erie, IX. 30, 64, 80, 119, 291, 303, 327, 471. Military men propose to settle there, 320. Message to Con- gress respecting the territory south of the, XII. 116. Washington's lands on the, 264, 301, 318. See Walpole's Grant and Western Inland Naviga tion.
Ontario, Fort, taken possession of, XI. 159.
Ontario, Lake, on the purchase of a vessel there, XI. 160. Orangeburg District, inhabitants of, disapprove the British treaty, XII. 212.
Orderly Book, extracts from, II. 100; respecting discipline, 149; profane- ness, 167; Washington's taking com- mand of the army; the condemnation of Callender, and the burning of the effigy of the Pope, III. 144, 490; the mode and qualifications for enlist- ments, 154; Colonels Whitcomb and Brewer's honorable conduct, 161; gaming and cowardice, 296; the de- fence of Boston after the evacuation, 328; a riotous behaviour in the army, and legal modes of relief, 372; the observance of a fast, 392; the execu- tion of Hickey, 441; an attack on New York city, 446, 448; chaplains, 456; the declaration of Independence, 458; Lee's success in South Carolina, IV. 15; jealousies and divisions, 26; fatigue duty on Sundays, profaneness, and swearing, 28; the report that Howe has made propositions of peace, and an expected attack, 52; the land- ing of the British on Long Island, 60; the skirmish at Haerlem, 99; plun- dering, and bravery, 119; Major Hen- ly, 137; contending with cavalry, and a bounty for captured troopers, 153; the burning of the houses at White Plains, 160; appropriating plun- der to scouting parties, and condemn- ing private plunder, 288; public wor- ship on week days when interrupted on the Lord's day, V. 88; offering a reward for a substitute for shoes, 167. On the treaty with France, 355; upon going into winter-quarters at Valley Forge, 523, 524; the arrival of the French forces, in 1780, VII. 119; the mutiny in the Jersey line, 565; Duke de Lauzun's march, and the American army after the attempted attack on York Island, VIII. 96; Rochambeau's march and junction with the American army, 100; the disposition of New York troops under Hamilton, 117; divine service, after the capitulation at York- town, 189; the celebration of the an- niversary of the treaty of alliance with France, 381; the Commander-in- chief's visit to Congress at Princeton, 474; the Newburg Addresses, 558, 565; cessation of hostilities, 567. Il- lustrative of Washington's religious opinions and habits, XII. 400, 401. Names of the aids-de-camp of the
Commander-in-chief, taken from the,
O'RILEY, a Hessian captain, IV. 418. ORME, ROBERT, aid to General Brad- dock, Washington's correspondence with, about joining Braddock's family, II. 68-72, 84. Wounded; cited re- specting Braddock's defeat, 86, 88, 471.
Orphan children, annual donation for the education of, X. 393. OsGOOD, SAMUEL, a member of the Board of the Treasury Department, X. 11.
OSGOOD, captain of one of three New Hampshire companies on Connecticut River, at Coos, III. 65. OSWALD, RICHARD, empowered to treat on peace, VIII. 371. OSWALD, Colonel, IX. 377. Oswego, enemy taking post at, and fortifying, VIII. 316, 319. Failure of an expedition against, 385. Taken possession of, by the United States, XII. 66.
OTIS, JAMES, III. 20.
OTTO, L. W., Chargé d'Affaires from France, IX. 150.
Oren, XII. 314. Hints respecting, 364. Oyster shells to be bought, XII. 338.
PACA, WILLIAM, appointed district judge, X. 56, 66. PAINE, ELIJAH, senator from Vermont, XI. 174, XII. 237. PAINE, THOMAS, author of "The Cri- sis," VIII. 345. His remarks on the period of seven years, 346. Measures for the relief of, IX. 49. Transmits the key of the Bastille to the President; his iron bridge, X. 104, 139. Republi- cation of his "Rights of Man," 159; its extensive circulation in Europe, 232. Palatines, from Holland, inquiries re- specting, II. 382. Plan for importing, with a view to settle lands on the Ohio, 383. See Emigrant servants. PALFREY, WILLIAM, biographical no- tice of, III. 158. Aid to the Com- mander-in-chief, 309. Appointed pay- master-general, 351.
Paper money, emission of, II. 338. Con- sented to and ordered by Congress, III. 6. Emitted by Virginia, 153. Will not procure intelligence respect- ing the enemy, VI. 53. Depreciation of, to one-fourth or one-fifth of its nominal value, 55. Diminution of the value of, 127, 162, 211, 229, 315, 330-332, 394, 471. Private letter of UU*
the Commander-in-chief about receiv- ing and paying, 321. Speculators withhold, from the public, 394. The enemy's measures to depreciate, 413. Depreciation of, VII 56, 57, 90, 197, 504. Some corps decline receiving, 165. Remedying the evils of, recom- mended, 184. Its emission condemn- ed, IX. 120, 186, 187. Agitation as to, in the Maryland Assembly, 226,
Papers of Washington, the early, II. 411. His habits in regard to, 505. Re- moved from New York for safety in expectation of a battle, IV. 45. The arranging and registering of, VII. 468, IX. 2, 103; X. 473. The build- ing of a house for, XI. 198. Paramus, attempt of the Tories to cut off the militia at, IV. 423. PARIS, has a skirmish with Donville's party, II. 136.
PARISH, JOHN, Consul at Hamburg, XI. 156.
PARKER, B. C. C., XII. 407. PARKER, DANIEL, a commissioner to superintend the embarkation at New York, VIII. 431, 545.
PARKER, SIR PETER, and his fleet re- pulsed at Sullivan's Island, IV. 26. PARKER, Colonel, IV. 301.
PARKER, a British naval captain, threat- ens New York, III. 292. PARKER, captain of a New Hampshire company at Coos, III. 65. PARKINSON, RICHARD, his visit to Amer- ica, and publication of a Tour, XI. 338. Paroles, persons violating, given up, IV. 24, 431. Violations of, condemn- ed, 511. Violation of, inquired into, and measures taken respecting them, VI. 277, 294, 334, 352.
PARSONS, SAMUEL H., Colonel, requests the murderer of his brother, III. 437. Appointed brigadier-general, IV. 27. Moves towards New York, 280. Pro- poses an expedition to Long Island, 314, 427, 440. Ordered to Peekskill, 426, 442, 478, 481. Takes possession of Peekskill, V. 104; 177. His expe- dition to Long Island, 211. Takes command at the Highlands, 225, 282. Plan proposed to, for capturing Clin- ton, 261, 262. Cited respecting Presi- dent Dwight, 288. Discourages an expedition against New York city, 303; 471. Subscribes Neuville's cer- tificate, VI. 15, 17. Stationed opposite to West Point, 276. Written to, about procuring intelligence from New York, 423.
To form a junction with Shel- don, for the protection of the High- lands, VII. 181. Superseded by Small-
wood, 308; 385. Commands an ex- pedition against Morrisania, 392, 393, 415. Appointed major-general, 415. To put an effectual stop to a com- bination of Tories, 423. Possesses the heights commanding Kingsbridge, VIII. 98; 109.
Partisan corps, recommended, and plan proposed for, VII. 252, 253. Party spirit, baneful effects of, XII. 224.
Pasture grounds, XII. 362, 370. PATTERSON, JOHN, Colonel, detached to Canada, III. 365. Appointed brig- adier-general, IV. 329; V. 167, 168; VII. 336; VIII. 457. PATERSON, WILLIAM, appointed asso- ciate justice, X. 318, 319. Declines the office of secretary of state, XI. 78. PATERSON, a British lieutenant-colonel, adjutant-general of the British army, has an interview with Washington re- specting the mode of addressing let- ters to him; the treatment of prison- ers; officers' breaking their paroles; the commissioners for dispensing par- dons; the exchange of Governor Skene for Mr. Lovell, III. 524, IV. 14, 25, 509. Is introduced to the American officers, 511.
Patterson's Creek, two forts built on, II. 125. Fort at the mouth of, attack- ed, 145.
Patriotic Society, the, IX. 200, 209. PAULDING, JOHN, one of the captors of Major André, VII. 220, 236, 529. Paulding, the signature of a writer against the administration, XI. 150. Paulus Hook, proposition for an attack on, VI. 317, 336. Expedition to, by Major Lee, 326, 332, 333, 336, 349. Loss at, 333. Compensation voted to those engaged in the attack, 376. PAWLING, LEVI, Lieutenant-Colonel, VI. 275, 276.
Pay, of the Virginia forces in 1756, compared with others, II. 173. Is in- sufficient in itself, 174. Of the sol- diers, ought to be the same in all the States, IV. 170, 173. Inquiry into the private appropriation of, by the officers, 402. Not made to the troops, VII. 56, 57, 351, 352, 388. See Officers. PEABODY, NATHANIEL, on a committee of Congress to effect reforins and changes in all the departments of the army, with the advice of General Washington, VII. 15; 50, 80. Peace, prospect of, viewed with sus- picions, VIII. 266, 287, 293, 294, 296, 299, 306, 326, 331, 344. Proceedings in the House of Commons respecting, forwarded to the Commander-in-chief,
294, 536. Despatches forwarded to the Commander-in-chief respecting the negotiations for, 325, 327, 331, 540. Prospect of, affected by the death of the Marquis of Rockingham, 344, 349, 359. Commissioners ap- pointed to negotiate a treaty of, 371, 372. Arrival of the Preliminary Ar- ticles of, 402, 406, 542. Official ac- counts of, received, 416, 542. Com- mendation of, IX. 139. Measures for perpetuating with foreign powers, recommended, XII. 31. See War. Peace establishment, requests made and memoirs presented for a, VIII. 417, 468, 482, 485. Necessity of a proper, 443, 450. The objects to be had in view, IX. 25.
Peach trees, XII. 369, 373.
PEACHEY, WILLIAM, Captain, sent to Dinwiddie, II. 146. Details a conver- sation about Washington, 254. Opens Braddock's road, 298, 299. Pearsall's Fort, on the South Branch, II. 208, 209. Troops posted at, 293. Peas, brought from England, XI. 129. Hints about, XII. 370, 380. Pedigrees of the Washington family, I. 552.
Peekskill, importance of, IV. 359, 362, 413. Troops ordered to, 361, 362. Successful expedition of the British against, 369. McDougall's retreat from, 370. Willett's skirmish, and the embarkation of the British at, 371. Eastern troops ordered to, 413. Troops ordered from, to New Jersey, 463, 464. Ten pieces of artillery ordered from, 488; V. 9; 12. Buildings burnt there by the British, 104. See PAR- SONS and PUTNAM.
PENDLETON, EDMUND, chosen to the first General Congress by the_Wil- liamsburg Convention, II. 396. Drafts Washington's will, III. 4; VI. 392. Chairman of the Virginia Convention for the adoption of the new Constitu- tion, IX. 370, 373; 548. His nomi- nation for the judiciary, X. 27, 58, 59. On the treasury department, 369. On the Pennsylvania insurrection, and a tribute to the Indians, XI. 10. PENET, with Pliarne, furnishes sup- plies for the American army, III. 198, IV. 145. Receives the title and rank of aid-de-camp, 145.
PENN, RICHARD, examined before the House of Lords, in 1775, respecting Independence, II. 498.
Pennsylvania, Washington's influence there, in 1755, II. 109. Disaffection in, IV. 223. Inactivity of, V. 95, 96. Disaffection and internal distraction
of, 120, 146, 300. Chief dependence of the army on, for flour, VII. 62. Makes a half-pay establishment, 166. Pro- poses to reward Washington, IX. 10. Address to the State Society of the Cincinnati of, XII. 142; to the presi dent and executive council of, 143; to the president and faculty of the University of, 146; to the represen- tatives of, 165, 242; to the Senate of, 239. The general receptacle of foreigners, 324. List of the chief magistrates of, during Washington's public life, 417. Members of the Con- tinental Congress from, 422; of Con- gress from, during Washington's ad- ministration, 429.
Pennsylvania Assembly, II. 11; 13; 109. Insists that the Proprietaries' estates shall be taxed for the common de- fence, in 1755, II. 122. Votes money and organizes a voluntary militia, 123. Cooperation of, requested, 289. Pennsylvania Association, a volunteer company of militia, dissatisfied and returning home, IV. 37. Pennsylvania Board of War, their inis- understanding with Washington about the appointment of officers, IV. 374. Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, pre- pares to obstruct the Delaware at Bil- lingsport, III. 427. Forwards the as- sociated militia, 458. Pennsylvania insurrection, preliminary steps for suppressing, X. 291. Pro- ceedings of the executive respecting it, 292, 297, 305, 526. Proclamations, 295, 297, 427, 532. General opinion of it, 429, 437. Army, joined by the President, marches to suppress it, 438, 439, 442, 448. The army left by the President, 446. Further particulars of the operations against, 448, 454. Expense and advantages of suppress- ing the, XI. 10, 11. Proclamation granting pardon to persons engaged in it, 44. Historical account of it, XII. 45. Proclamations of August, 1794, 47, 125; of September, 48, 129. Indemnification for losses by it, rec- ommended, 50. Reflections drawn from it, 50, 60. Pardons granted, 60, 134. Regretted, 209-211. Pennsylvania line, in the army, diffi- culty in the, from the promotion of an officer, VII. 188. Marched to West Point, 234. Mutiny in, 348, 357-367, 397. Reject overtures of the enemy; accommodation with, 359, 362, 382, 386, 387, 405. Their mode of releas- ing themselves from enlistments, 387, 398, 405. Ordered to the southward, 434, 436, 451, 465, 472, 473. March
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