Deborre, Pulaski, iii., 219; Huger, Sum-
ner, Hogan, Gist, Irvine, iii., 273; Mor-
gan, iii., 325; Hazen, Williams, iii., 372;
Greaton, Putnam, Dayton, iii., 436.—
Major generals: Ward, Lee, Schuyler,
Putnam, iii., 80; Thomas, iii., 124; Gates,
iii., 129; Heath, Spencer, Sullivan, and
Greene, iii., 146; Sterling, Mifflin, St.
Clair, Stephen, Lincoln, iii., 173; Arnold,
iii., 188; La Fayette, De Kalb, iii., 195;
Howe, M'Dougall, iii., 208; Conway, iii.,
235; Steuben, iii., 243; Smallwood, iii.,
325; Moultrie, Knox, Du Portail, iii., 372.
Continental Congress meets at Philadel-
phia, iii., 42; proceedings of, iii., 42–46;
reassembles at Philadelphia, proceed-
ings of, iii., 76-78, 80, 87-89, 99, 109, 123,
132; adjourns to Baltimore, iii., 161; pro-
ceedings there, iii., 166; returns to Phil-
adelphia, iii., 184; adjourns to Lancaster,
and thence to York, iii., 221; proceed-
ings, iii., 221, 228, 245; returns to Phil-
adelphia, iii., 259; proceedings, iii., 267.
-273, 290-292, 295, 301-304, 309, 324, 325,
337, 338, 359-361, 426-436; powers of, iii.,
400-402; insulted by mutineers, adjourns
to Princeton, iii., 437; proceedings, iii.,
438; meets at Annapolis, iii., 441; pro-
ceedings, iii., 442; meets at Trenton and
adjourns to New York, iii., 454; proceed-
ings, iii., 456, 458-463; expires, iii., 546.
Presidents of:
1774, Peyton Randolph, iii., 42, 76.
1775, John Hancock, iii., 76, 226, 460.
1777, Henry Laurens, iii., 226-227.
1778, John Jay, iii., 266.
1779, Samuel Huntingdon, iii., 292.
1781, Thomas M'Kean, iii., 401.
1781, John Hanson, iii., 402.
1782, Elias Boudinot, iii., 426.
1783, Thomas Mifflin, iii., 442.
1784, R. H. Lee, iii., 454.
1786, Nathaniel Gorham, iii., 460.
1787, Arthur St. Clair, iii., 478.
1788, Cyrus Griffin, iii., 536.
Continental debt, iii., 296, 359, 447, 544.
Continental estimates. See Estimates.
Continental expenditures. See Expend-
itures.
Continental navy, iii., 101, 123, 176, 404.
Convention, Federal, iii., 482-526.
Conventions and Congresses (provincial),
in Massachusetts, ii., 546; iii., 47-48, 51,
66, 89, 375; in New Hampshire, iii., 39, 54,
76, 90, 126; in New York, iii., 71-72, 78,
90-91, 113, 137, 184; in New Jersey, iii.,
39, 76, 92, 135; in Pennsylvania, iii., 39,
54, 137; in Delaware, iii., 40, 161; in
Maryland, iii., 39, 53, 92, 132, 136; in
Virginia, iii., 73, 97, 112, 132; in North
Carolina, iii., 40, 73, 93, 120, 131–132; in
South Carolina, iii., 40, 53, 93, 129; in
Georgia, ii., 56, 95, 120; in Vermont, iii.,
200; in Kentucky, iii., 457, 470, 542; in
Tennessee, iii., 468–469.
Conventions, financial, at Providence, iii.,
181; at Yorktown, fii., 182; at Spring-
field, iii., 227; at New Haven, iii., 232;
at Hartford, iii., 298; at Philadelphia,
iii., 301; second, at Hartford, iii., 360.
Conventions, state, to consider the Federal
Constitution, iii., 536-539.
Convents, at Quebec, ii., 83, 92; at Mon-
treal, ii., 89; at New Orleans, ii., 283.
Convicts sent to America, i., 119; ii., 328.
Conway, iii., 173, 234, 235, 236.
Coode's insurrection, ii., 117.
Cooke, Elisha, ii., 115, 144, 185, 249.
Cooke, Elisha (the younger), ii, 298, 311.
Cornwallis, in New Jersey, iii., 168–170;
in South Carolina, iii., 308, 314, 325; in
North Carolina, iii., 327, 341-348; in Vir-
ginia, iii., 355-358, 369–370.
Coronado, i., 48.
Cortereal, i., 38.
Cotton, John, i., 196; sermons, i., 199, 221,
296, 321; letters, i., 234, 384, 387; in-
clines to Hutchinsonianism, i., 244; pre-
pares to yield, i., 247; yields, i., 253; in-
vited to Westminster, i., 284; bloody
tenet, i., 305; urges a synod, i., 327; his
death, i., 393.
Cotton, John (the younger), i., 491; ii., 212.
Council for life in Massachusetts, i., 233,
Covenanters, Scotch, i., 267; ii., 78.
Coxe, Daniel, ii., 315, 444.
Craig, Dr., iii., 465.
Creeks or Muscogees, i., 53; ii., 228, 269.
277; the Savannah their boundary, ii.,
290; cession, ii., 365; treaty, ii., 376;
new treaties and cessions, ii., 478, 576;
iii., 424; Altamaha and Oconee, their
boundary, iii., 425, 464.
Cromwell, Oliver, i., 305, 361, 387, 388, 389,
390, 392, 394, 399.
Cromwell, Richard, i., 365.
Cromwell, the buccaneer, i., 314.
Cross in the colors, i., 222, 224, 235, 285.
Crozat, Anthony, ii., 280.
Culpepper, Lord, i., 524, 558-562.
Culpepper, ii., 35, 40.
Currency of Virginia and Maryland, i.,
215, 520; of New England, i., 268, 385;
of North Carolina, ii., 233; of Georgia,
ii., 455; regulated by royal proclama-
tion, ii., 257-258; by act of Parliament,
ib. See Paper Money.
Cushman, Robert, i., 156, 157, 158, 163.
Custom-house establishments, royal colo-
nial, i., 474–475, 498, 524, 569; i., 40, 42,
197, 213, 539.
Dablon, ii., 88, 92.
Dane, Nathan, iii., 527.
Daniel, ii., 82, 87.
Davenant, Sir William, i., 354.
Davenport, John, i., 260, 284, 456, 472.
Davidson, iii., 343, 458.
Davie, speech in the Federal Convention,
iii., 500.
Day, Stephen, i., 263.
D'Aulney, i., 299, 313, 315, 376, 389.
Dearborn, Major, iii., 204.
De Grasse, Admiral, iii., 362, 366-370, 416.
D'Ibberville, ii., 194, 220-224, 231.
De Kalb, iii., 195, 312, 315.
De la War, Lord, i., 109, 111, 117.
Delaware Indians, or, Leni-Lenape, i.,
138; ii., 59, 72, 389, 464; migrate, ii., 436;
wars with Pennsylvania, ii., 464-467,
471-472, 504; Christian Delawares em-
igrate, ii., 506; war with Virginia, iii.,
49; Muskingum massacre, iii., 422;
treaty with the United States, iii., 456.
Denison, i., 470; major general of Massa-
chusetts, i., 476, 502.
D'Estaing, Admiral, iii., 251–254, 258, 293–
294.
Detroit, ii., 226; iii., 260, 287.
De Vries, i., 144, 416, 421, 423.
Dickinson, John, ii., 507, 530, 540; iii.,
44, 45, 72, 87, 133, 137, 141; president
of Delaware and Pennsylvania, iii., 405;
motions and speeches in the Federal
Convention, iii., 505, 506, 517.
Dickinson, Philemon, iii., 92, 217.
Diplomatic agents: Dumas, C. W. F., iii.,
110; Silas Deane (see Deane); Arthur
Lee (see Lee); Dr. Franklin (see Frank-
lin); William Lee, iii., 180, 269; Ralph
Izard, iii., 180, 267, 269; John Adams
(see Adams); John Jay (see Jay); Henry
Laurens (see Laurens); John Laurens,
iii., 338, 363; William Carmichael, iii.,
267, 292, 464; William Palfrey, iii., 414;
Thomas Barclay, iii., 414, 455; Thomas
Jefferson (see Jefferson).
Delancey, James, ii., 358, 359, 399, 409, Discovery, title by, i., 37.
Delancey, Oliver, iii., 150, 152, 243.
Delaware Bay and River, name, i., 117;
exploration, i., 137, 139; posts on, i., 140,
144, 147, 287, 385, 413, 418, 431, 434, 438,
442, 446.
Delaware settlements annexed to New
York, ii., 54; counties, ii., 56; sold to
Penn, ii., 65; annexed to Pennsylvania,
ii., 67; disannexed, ii., 121, 206, 242.
DELAWARE, province and state-Bounda-
ries, ii., 342; constitution, iii., 377, 379,
381, 384, 385, 391.-Governors (provin
cial, same as Pennsylvania), Presidents:
1777, John M'Kinley, ii., 161, 219.
1777, George Read (acting), iii., 220.
1778, Cæsar Rodney, ib.
1781, John Dickinson, iii., 405.
1783, John Cook (acting).
1783, Nicholas Van Dyke.
1786, Thomas Collins.
1787, John Davis (acting).
1789, Joshua Clayton.
Divorce, power of granting, i., 192; iii.,
380.
Dormer, Captain, i., 139, 159.
Drake, Sir Francis, i., 79, 84.
Drayton, William Henry, iii., 94, 129.
Dreuillettes, ii., 84, 88.
Drummond, William, i., 516, 532, 533, 545,
549; ii., 27.
Drummond, Sarah, i., 553.
Duche, iii., 42, 221.
Dudley, Thomas, i., 179, 183, 189, 280, 281;
governor of Massachusetts, i., 199, 264,
307; his epitaph, i., 329.
Dudley, Joseph, i., 503; ii., 105, 109, 139,
185; governor of Massachusetts, ii., 219,
249, 253, 258, 259.
Dummer, Richard, i., 225, 246.
Dummer, Jeremiah, ii., 265, 288, 296, 300,
Dummer, William, ii., 296, 302, 309.
Dunster, Henry, i., 263, 393.
Du Portail, iii., 193, 325, 372.
Dustin, Hannah, ii., 195.
Dutch Reformed Church, i., 415, 416, 445; | FLORIDA, i., 40, 44, 47; Huguenot settle-
Dyer, Mary, i., 257, 407, 408.
Dyer, William, i., 394, 398.
EAST JERSEY, ii., 58, 59, 61, 208.
Edict of Nantes, i., 89; ii., 37, 126.
Education, provisions respecting, in New
England, i., 370-371, 393-394; in Mary-
land, ii., 182, 325; in the states, iii., 386.
Edwards, Jonathan, ii., 386, 387, 389.
Eliot, John, i., 194, 263, 313, 324, 373, 409,
450, 477, 482, 491.
Elkins, Jacob, i., 138, 145.
Ellsworth, iii., 435; motions and speeches
in the Federal Convention, iii., 495, 501,
506, 507, 508, 514, 516, 518.
Endicott, John, i., 177, 178; cuts the cross
from his colors, i., 222; censured, i., 224;
committed, i, 228; sent against Block
Island and the Pequods, i., 240; mem-
ber of the standing council, i., 307; ma-
jor general, i., 312; governor of Massa-
chusetts, i., 302, 329, 371, 380, 444, 469.
Espejio, i., 76.
Estimates, Continental: for 1781, iii., 359;
for 1782, iii., 372; for 1783, iii., 425; for
1784, iii., 451; for 1785, iii., 459; for 1786,
iii., 462; for 1787, iii., 530; for 1788, iii.,
544.
Evans's Map, ii., 447.
Expenditures, Continental: for 1775 and
1776, iii., 230; for 1777, ib.; for 1778, iii.,
265; for 1779, iii., 299; for 1780, iii., 331;
for 1781, iii., 402; from 1784 to 1788 in-
clusive, iii., 544.
Fayette, De la, iii., 194; major general,
iii., 195; at Barren Hill, iii., 248; at
Monmouth, iii., 250; in Rhode Island,
iii., 253; challenges Carlisle, iii., 257;
procures aid from France, iii., 309;
member of the court on Andre, iii., 323;
sent to Virginia, iii., 340, 354-358, 362,
367, 369.
Fendal, Josiah, i., 362, 367, 442, 567.
Fenelon, ii., 99.
Fenwick, i., 262, 287.
Fine arts, ii., 513.
Fisher, Mary, i., 399, 400.
Five Nations, Maquas or Iroquois, i., 138,
527, 557; ii., 86, 91-92, 100, 102-103, 183,
187, 193, 247, 261. See Six Nations.
Flag, national, iii., 177.
ment in, i., 71; Spanish settlement in, i.,
72-73; ceded to the English, ii., 502; di-
vided into East and West Florida, ii.,
502-503, 511; ceded to Spain, iii., 433;
disputes as to the boundaries of, iii.,
464.
Fontainebleau, treaty of, iii., 433.
Foreign affairs, secret committee of, iii.,
110, 178; superintendents of, iii., 404, 453.
Fox, George, i., 401, 473, 474; ii., 29.
FRANKLAND, state of, iii., 469, 539.
Franklin, Benjamin, ii., 305, 403, 412, 413,
420, 460, 467; goes to England as agent,
ii., 474, 494; speaker, 505; agent a sec-
ond time, 507; for Massachusetts, &c.,
ii., 560; iii., 32; in Congress, iii., 63,
73, 89, 124, 151, 395; commissioner to
France, iii., 178, 179; minister, iii., 265,
414, 447, 454; President of Pennsylva-
nia, iii., 482; speeches and motions in
the Federal Convention, iii., 490, 495,
496, 506, 507, 524, 525; opinion of John
Adams, iii., 429.
Franklin, John, iii., 471.
Franklin, William, ii., 530; iii., 54, 125,
135-136, 303.
Free Thinkers, ii., 147, 307.
Frobisher, i., 78.
Frontenac, Count, ii., 95, 99, 129, 134, 193.
Gadsden, Christopher, ii., 530; iii., 42, 46,
53-54, 146, 317.
Gage, General, commander-in-chief in
America, ii., 506, 546, 548; governor of
Massachusetts, iii., 34, 82; superseded,
iii., 85.
Galloway, ii., 507; iii., 42, 46, 73, 222.
Gardiner, Sir Christopher, i., 193.
Gardiner, Lyott, i., 230, 241.
Gardoqui, iii., 464.
Gates, Sir Thomas, i., 99, 109, 111, 112.
Gates, Horatio, ii., 461, 500; iii., 80, 129,
200; takes command of the northern
army, 204-214; correspondence with
Conway, iii., 234; president of the Board
of War, iii., 235, 236; at Boston, iii., 258,
287; takes command of the southern
army, iii., 313–316; superseded, iii., 325;
at Newburgh, iii., 423.
GEORGIA, colony and state-Boundaries,
ii., 363, 502; iii., 532; charter, iii., 363,
453; constitution, iii., 185, 378, 380, 381,
384, 385, 387, 390; counties, iii., 185.
1754, John Reynolds, ii., 453.
1757, Henry Ellis, ii., 477.
1760, James Wright, ii., 511.
1776, Arch. Bullock (acting), iii., 120.
1777, Button Gwinnet (acting), iii., 185.
1777, John A. Trueitlen, ib.
1778, John Houston, iii., 264.
1779-1781, Georgia in the hands of
the British, iii., 276—royal govern-
ment re-established under Sir James
Wright, iii., 279.
1782, John Martin, iii., 373.
1783, Lyman Hall, iii., 533.
1784, John Houston, ib.
1785, Samuel Elbert, ib.
1786, Edward Telfair, ib.
1787, George Matthews, ib.
1788, George Handley, ib.
1789, George Walton, ib.
Judicial system, ii., 453-454; iii., 378;
laws, ii., 368, 385, 418, 422, 455; iii., 373.
Gerard, M., iii., 251, 268, 290.
German immigrants to Virginia, i., 106; to
Pennsylvania, ii., 75, 264; to New York,
ii., 263; to North Carolina, ii., 264,268;
to South Carolina, ii., 511; to Georgia,
ii., 366.
German mercenaries, iii., 111.
Gerry, Elbridge, iii., 66, 295; motions and
speeches in the Federal Convention, iii.,
487, 488, 489, 490, 499, 501, 505, 507, 514,
517, 523, 524, 525.
Gibbons, i., 312, 313; major general of Mas-
sachusetts, i., 329; in Maryland, i., 389.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, i., 78, 80.
Gilbert, Raleigh, i., 150.
Godfrey, ii., 413.
Gookin, Daniel, i., 341; Indian superin-
tendent, i., 392, 481, 482; major gener-
al, i., 502.
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, i., 93, 139,144,150,
168, 200, 226, 265, 266, 374, 375.
Gorges, Robert, i., 169, 177.
Gorges, Thomas, i., 266, 285.
Gorges, William, i., 265.
. Gorges (grandson of Sir Ferdinando, and
claimant of Maine), i., 462, 467, 494, 495.
Gorham, president of Congress, iii., 460;
motions and speeches in the Federal
Convention, iii., 499, 518, 519, 525.
Gorton, Samuel, i., 290, et seq., 323, 398,
400, 462.
Greene, Nathaniel, before Boston, iii., 70;
brigadier, iii., 81; major general, iii.,
146; at Long Island, iii., 148; in the
Jerseys, iii., 155; at Trenton, iii., 167;
letter to Congress - apology required,
iii., 193; at Germantown, iii., 223; quar-
ter-master, iii., 243, 298, 312; at Rhode
Island, iii., 253; at Springfield, iii., 310;
one of the court on Andre, iii., 323; com-
mands the Southern army, iii., 325, 328,
344-350, 364, 373, 424-425, 434.
Habersham, ii., 386, 417.
Hakluyt, i., 87-88.
Hale, Sir Matthew, ii., 148.
Hale, Nathan, iii., 150-151.
Half pay, for seven years, iii., 245; for life,
iii., 324; commutation of, iii., 430-433,448.
Half-way covenant, i., 455, 472.
Ham, cursed race of, i., 283; ii., 505.
Hamilton, Andrew, ii., 359.
Hamilton, Alexander, in the army, iii., 91,
167, 221, 226, 369; in Congress, iii., 427,
430, 435; at the bar, iii., 465; motions
and speeches in the Federal Conven-
tion, iii., 491, 493, 526; joint author of
the Federalist, iii., 535; in the New
York Convention, iii., 538.
Hancock, John, ii., 542; iii., 27, 47, 48, 67,
82, 252; president of Congress, iii., 76,
226, 460; governor of Massachusetts, iii.,
375, 477, 537.
Harford, Henry, proprietary of Maryland,
ii., 568-569; iii., 389.
Harriot, i., 82.
Harrison, Robert H., iii., 86, 325.
Hartley, David, iii., 64, 112, 240, 257, 438.
Harvard, John, i., 263.
Hathorne, i., 279, 281, 469.
Hawkins, Sir John, i., 73.
Hawley, Joseph, ii., 543; iii., 139.
Heath, William, iii., 52; brigadier, iii., 81;
major general, iii., 146, 155, 187, 368.
Henderson, Richard, iii., 97, 162.
Hennepin, ii., 96, 222.
Henry, Patrick, ii., 509; his resolutions,
ii., 525; member of Congress, iii., 42, 44;
his march on Williamsburg, iii., 73; col-
onel, iii., 93; governor of Virginia, iii.,
135, 235, 470; his opinion of slavery, iii.,
393; opposes the Federal Constitution,
iii., 534, 538.
Hibbins, Anne, executed for witchcraft, i.,
399.
Highlanders, Scotch, in Georgia, ii., 368; | Independents, i., 311, 452.
in North Carolina, ii., 416; in New York, Indian Department (Continental), iii., 88,
iii., 115.
Highlands of the Hudson, fortified, iii., 79,
212; taken by the British, iii., 213; re-
fortified, iii., 244, 282; posts at King's
Ferry taken, iii., 282.
Hillegas, Michael, iii., 89.
Hillsborough, Lord, ii., 544.
Holderness, Lord, ii., 437, 442.
Holland Land Company, iii., 542.
Holmes, Obadiah, i., 380.
Holt, Sir John, ii., 125, 214.
Hooker, i., 196, 229, 232, 248, 284.
Hopkins, Commodore, iii., 123, 176.
Hopkins, Dr. Samuel, ii., 579.
Hopkinsians, ii., 579.
Howe, Sir William, ii., 490; iii., 82, 83;
commander-in-chief of the British for-
ces, iii., 111, 121, 142, 191, 216, 221, 230,
248.
Howe, Robert, iii., 93, 124; major gener-
al, iii., 208, 339; commands in the south-
ern department, iii., 264, 275, 276.
Hudson's Bay Company, ii., 128.
Huguenots, i., 71; ii., 37, 132-133, 210, 212,
Humphrey, John, i., 177, 217; major gen-
eral of Massachusetts, i., 280, 290.
Hutchinson, Anne, i., 242; banished, i.,
255; excommunicated, i., 257; her death,
i., 288, 424.
Hutchinson, Thomas, ii., 405, 499, 520, 523;
mob destroys his house, ii., 528; govern-
or of Massachusetts, ii., 551, 560, 563, 572;
iii., 28, 31, 32, 38.
Huron, Lake, explored, ii., 82.
Huron missions, ii., 82, 87.
Hurons, ii., 88.
ILLINOIS, ii., 97, 284, 434; county of, iii.,
261..
Impressment of seamen in America, ii.,
258, 401; iii., 112.
Indented servants in Virginia, i., 99, 115,
337, 509, 519; ii., 236; in Massachusetts,
i., 193, 277; in Connecticut, i., 372; iii.,
395; in New York, ii., 48; in Pennsyl-
vania, ii., 264; in the colonies generally,
ii., 428 iii., 395; enlistment of, ii., 378,
469; iii., 189-190.
Independent companies (standing force),
in New York, ii., 138, 183, 186, 360; in
South Carolina, ii., 289, 473.
Indians, general account of, i., 51-70; of
Virginia, i., 102, 341; of New Nether-
land, i., 138; of New England, i., 161,
164, 179, 236, 476, 491; of Carolina, ii.,
35, 37, 228; of New Jersey, ii., 52; of
Pennsylvania, ii., 72; of Canada and the
West, ii., 82-88, 94.
Indians, laws relating to, in Virginia, i.,
128, 134, 337, 364, 515; ii., 237; in Ma-
ryland, i., 348; in Massachusetts, i., 410,
412; in Connecticut, i., 372; in New
York, ii., 48.
Indian missions in New England, i., 324,
373, 409-412, 461, 477, 491; ii., 389; in
Acadie and Canada, i., 114; ii., 82-88,
92; in New York, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania, ii., 389; in Ohio, ii., 506;
iii., 423.
Indian treaties with the United States,
iii., 456, 461.
Indian wars-with the Powhatans of Vir-
ginia, i., 125, 130, 340; with the Pe
quods, i., 237-241, 247-251; French wars
with the Iroquois, ii., 83, 86-88, 90, 100-
103, 193; with the Nanticokes and Sus-
quehannas, i., 344, 527; with the Narra-
gansets, i., 311, 485; with the Indians
of New Netherland, i., 419, 422, 424;
with the Virginia Indians, i., 527, 541,
556; with the Niantics, i., 390; with
Philip of Mount Hope and the New En-
gland tribes, i., 478; first war with the
Eastern Indians, i., 483; second with
the Eastern Indians, ii., 112, 128, 136;
third with the Eastern Indians, ii., 251;
with the Tuscaroras, ii., 269; with the
Yamassees, ii., 276; French war with
the Natchez and Chickasaws, ii., 332,
335; fourth, fifth, and sixth with the East-
ern Indians, ii., 302-304, 395, 446; with
the Delawares and Shawanese, ii., 466;
first Cherokee war, ii., 491, 497; with
the confederated Western Indians, ii.,
504, 506; with the Delawares and Shaw-
anese, iii., 49; second Cherokee war,
iii., 161; war with the Six Nations and
Western Indians, iii., 260, 261-263, 285,
287-289, 422-424, 471; third Cherokee
war, iii., 424.
Indians, slavery of, in New England, i.,
239, 251, 489, 490; ii., 271; in Virginia,
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