A.

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.

19.

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