Baltimore, Maryland, Captain John Smith eats maize upon
the site of, in 1608, ii., 249. Historical associations of, ii.,
184. Patriotism of, at the time of the Revolution, ii., 186.
Treatment of Loyalists at, ii., 187. Meeting of Congress at,
in 1776, ii., 83, 187. Visited by La Fayette in 1776, ii., 187.
A port of entry, ii., 197. Fort M Henry bombarded by the
British, in 1814, ii., 182, 185. Congress House, ii., 187.
Washington Monument, ii., 184. Battle Monument, ii., 182,
183, 185. Maryland Historical Society; Peale's Museum;
Female College, ii., 185, 186. Case of longevity at, ii., 184.
Population of, in 1850, ií., 184.
BANCROFT, GEORGE, American Minister at the Court of St.
James, ii., 417. Corrected, i., 658. Cited or quoted, i., 448,
620, 622, 638, 660, 662, 664; ii., 48, 49, 243, 250, 255, 372, 438.
Bank, National, of the United States in 1781, ii., 656.
BANKS, Commodore, driven from Boston Harbor in 1776, i.,
583.

Banner, of Columbus, i., 25. British, Endicott cuts out of it
the red cross in 1634, ii., 53. Of Pulaski, ii., 185, 186.
Washington's Life Guard, i., 688.

Baptistry, The old tower at Newport supposed to be a, i., 634.
Baptists, Heavy fines imposed upon, in Virginia in 1676, ii., 254.
Barbadoes, Island of, ii., 219. Planters from the, settle on
Cape Fear River in 1665, ii., 353.

BARBER, FRANCIS, Colonel, Biographical Sketch of, i., 324.
Grave of, i., 326.

BARBER, J. W., his Historical Collections, i., 225, 233, 411,
413, 414, 418, 419, 420, 423, 429, 433, 595, 601, 615, 618.
BARBER, Captain, i., 144, 586.

BAREMORE, Colonel, Tory marauder, ii., 624.

BARFIELD, Captain, Tory leader, routed by Marion, ii., 563.
BARKER, DAVID, of New York, account of his cane, ii., 660.
BARKER, THOMAS, subscribing witness to the Charter of Penn-
sylvania, ii., 50.

Barker's Hill, Topography of, i., 648.

BARKLEY, Mrs., her mansion at Rocky Mount, ii., 451, 455.
BARLOW, ARTHUR, explores the coast of Carolina in 1584
under Raleigh, ii., 243.

BARLOW, JOEL, his Columbiad quoted, i., 404. Anecdote of
him and Oliver Arnold, i., 606, 607. Portrait, Autograph,
and Biographical Sketch of, i., 404, 405.

BARNER, Major, at the Battle of Hubbardton in 1777, i., 146.
BARNES, BENJAMIN, delegate from Maryland to the Colonial
Convention at Albany in 1754, i., 303.

BARNES, WILLIAM, Lieutenant in the American navy in 1776,
ii., 638.

BARNEY, JOSHUA, Lieutenant in the United States navy in
1781, ii., 638. Captain; his bravery and exploits, ii., 644,
645. Portrait, Autograph, and Biographical Sketch of, ii., 644.
BARNEY, Trumpeter, sounds the alarm at Spencer's Ordinary,
ii., 258.

BARNSFARE, Captain, at Quebec in 1775, i., 198.

BARNUM, H. L., Captain, his "Spy Unmasked," i., 690.
BARNUM, P. T., of New York, his valuable collection of por-
traits, ii., 61, 203.

BARNWELL, Captain, his expedition against the Southern In-
dians in 1772, ii., 356.

BARON, JOHN, Lieutenant, killed at the Battle of Concord, i.,
530.

BARRAS, Admiral, Count de, succeeds Ternay in the French
fleet at Newport in 1781, i., 656; ii., 304. Sends an expe-
dition against the Tories at Lloyd's Neck in 1781, ii., 627.
Sends dispatches to Washington concerning De Grasse, ii.,
304, 305. Prevented from meeting Washington at Wethers-
field, i. 436. Portrait of, ii., 305.

BARRE, SIR HENRY, Captain, brother of Colonel Isaac, cap-
tured at the Battle of Eutaw Springs in 1781, ii., 497.
BARRÉ, ISAAC, Colonel, Member of Parliament, advocate of the
repeal of the Stamp Act in 1765, i., 471. The town of Bos-
ton orders a full-length portrait of him for Faneuil Hall, i.,
473. Predicts the result of the Stamp Act; warns the peo-
ple, i., 462, 483. Opposes severe measures toward America,
i., 482, 505. Denounces the Canada Bill in 1774, i., 156.
Votes for the Boston Port Bill, and thus displeases the peo-
ple of Boston, i., 503. His opinion of sending fleets and
armies against the Colonies in 1775, i., 587. His motion in
Parliament respecting the dispatches of Howe and Shuldham
in 1776, i., 590. Anecdote of him and Lord Germain, i., 85.
Portrait and Biographical Sketch of, i., 463. See JUNIUS.
BARREN HILL, La Fayette at, in 1778, ii., 116, 122. Picture
of his quarters at, ii., 116. Topography of, ii., 123. Old
church and school-house at, ii., 116.

BARRETT, JAMES, Colonel, Patriot military stores at Concord
under the charge of; at the Battle of Lexington in 1775, i.,
525. At the Council of War held by General Ward in 1775,
i., 534. Autograph and Biographical Sketch of, i., 525. Pic-
ture of his house, i., 526.

BARRETT, JAMES, Major, grandson of Colonel James, patriot-
ism of, in his boyhood, i., 551.

BARRETT, NATHAN, Captain, at the Battle of Concord, i., 527.
BARRETT, PRESCOTT, of Concord, i., 526, 527.

BARRINGTON, Major, Aid to General Prescott, captured near
Newport in 1777, í., 645.

BARRITT, THOMAS, Antiquary, his letter to his son, in 1818, on
the Coat of Arms of the United States, ii., 656.

BARRON, JAMES, Commodore in the United States Navy;

cruises in the Chesapeake; seizes Lord Dartmouth's dis-
patches to Governor Eden, ii., 547. Duel with Commodore
Decatur, ii., 199.

BARRY, JOHN, Captain in the United States Navy in 1776, ii.,
638. His exploits, ii., 638, 641, 644. Portrait, Autograph,
and Biographical Sketch of, íi., 641.

BARRY, RICHARD, member of the Mecklenburg Committee;
Autograph of, ii., 412, 413.
BARTLETT, JOHN, M.D., Physician and Surgeon General, ii.,
33.

BARTLETT, JOSIAH, of New Hampshire, on the Naval Com-
mittee of Congress in 1775, ii., 637. On the Committee on
Articles of Confederation, ii., 653. Signer of the Declaration
of Independence, ii., 662. Portrait of, ii., frontispiece. Au-
tograph of, ii., 80. Biographical Sketch of, 11., 662.
BARTON, JOHN B., son of Colonel William, i., 644.
BARTON, WILLIAM, Colonel, his exploit in capturing General
Prescott in 1777, i., 643, 644. Congress presents to him a
sword, i., 645. Portrait, Autograph, and Biographical Sketch
of, i., 643.

BARTON, Colonel (British), surprised by Sullivan and Ogden,
ii., 630.
Basking Ridge, Picture of the house occupied by General Lee
at, ii., 16.

BASSET, Mr., of Fredericksburg, his address on the character
of the mother of Washington, ií., 221.

BASSETT, Colonel, Mr. Custis dies at the house of, ii., 323.
Bastile, Key of the, presented to Washington by La Fayette ;
preserved at Mount Vernon, ii., 209. Model of the building,
ii., 209.

Batten Kill, Burgoyne's encampment at the mouth of the, 1.,
50, 89.

Batteries, American Floating, in 1775, Picture, description, and
history of, i., 575.

BATTEN, JOHN, of New York, Autograph, Portrait, and Bio-
graphical Sketch of, ii., 621, 622.
Batteau, Picture of a, i., 98.
Battle-grounds and battles:

Allamance River, ii., 369, 371, 388.
Barren Hill, ii., 123.

Bemis's Heights, i., 45, 47: see Stillwater.
Bennington, i., 395, 396: see Bennington.
Bladensburg, ii., 199.

Bloody Run, i., 94.

Blue Licks: see Blue Licks.
Boston, i., 566.

Brandywine, ii., 171, 172, 180.

Breed's Hill, i., 540, 543: see Bunker Hill.
Brewton's Hill, near Savannah, ii., 526.
Brier Creek: see Brier Creek.
Brooklyn see Brooklyn.

Bunker Hill, i., 574: see Bunker Hill.
Camden, ii., 466: see Camden.
Charleston, ii., 559: see Charleston.
Cherry Valley: see Cherry Valley.
Chesapeake Bay: see Chesapeake Bay.
Concord, i., 526, 527: see Concord.
Conewawah, i., 274.

Cowan's Ford, i., 392: see Cowan's Ford.
Cowpens, ii., 430: see Coupens.
Eutaw Springs: see Eutaw Springs.
Fish Dam Ford: see Fish Dam Ford.
Fishing Creek: see Fishing Creek.
Fort Anne, i., 141: see Fort Anne.

Fort Duquesne, ii., 272: see Fort Duquesne.
Fort Keyser, i., 280.

Fort M'Henry: see Baltimore.

Fort Necessity: see Fort Necessity.
Fort Niagara: see Niagara.

Fort Ninety-six, ii., 485.

Fort Schuyler, i., 240, 249: see Fort Schuyler.
Fort Stanwix: see Fort Stanwix.

Fort Washington: see Fort Washington.
Germantown, ii., 110: see Germantown.
Great Bridge: see Great Bridge.

Guilford Court House, ii., 402, 405: see Guilford Court
House.

Gwyn's Island: see Gwyn's Island.
Hancock's Bridge, ii., 139.

Hanging Rock: see Hanging Rock.

Harlem Heights: see Harlem Heights.

Ilaw, ii., 387: see Haw.

Hobkirk's Hill, ii., 470, 473: see Hobkirk's Hill.

Hubbardton, i., 144, 146: see Hubbardton.

Jamestown: see Jamestown.

Johnstown, i., 290.

Kegs: see Philadelphia.

King's Mountain, ii., 423: see King's Mountain.
Klock's Field, i., 281.

Lake Champlain, i., 115, 162-164: see Lake Champlain.
Lake George, i., 115: see Lake George.
Lexington, i., 524: see Lexington.

Little Beardstown, i., 276.

Long Island, ii., 603.

Milford Hill, i., 423 see Milford Hill.
Minisink, i., 670: see Minisink.

Mohawk Valley, i., 291.

Monmouth, ii., 150, 156, 159: see Monmouth.
Monocasy Island, i., 356.

Montmorenci: see Montmorenci.

Montreal: see Montreal.

Moore's Creek Bridge: see Moore's Creek Bridge.

Musgrove's Mill: see Musgrove's Mill.

New Dorlach, i., 294.

Newport: see Newport.

North Point: see Baltimore.

Oriskany, i., 245: see Oriskany.

Oswego: see Oswego.

Pequot Hill: see Pequot Hill.

Petersburg, ii., 338, 339: see Petersburg.
Pickaway Plains, ii., 282.

Plains of Abraham, i., 187.
Plattsburgh: see Plattsburgh.

Point Pleasant: see Point Pleasant.

Port Royal Island, ii., 553.

Princeton, ii., 29, 34: see Princeton.
Quaker Hill, i., 657: see Quaker Hill.
Quebec: see Quebec.
Queenstown, i., 226.

Quimby's Creek Bridge, ii., 567, 568.
Quinton's Bridge, ii., 138.
Ramsour's Mills, ii., 391.

Red Bank: see Red Bank.
Richmond, ii., 229.
Ridgefield, i., 409.

Rocky Mount, ii., 452: see Rocky Mount.
Sabbath Day Point, i., 115.

Saratoga, i., 77, 78: see Stillwater.

Savannah, ii., 530.

Schoharie: see Schoharie.

Shantock Point: see Shantoch Point.

Spencer's Ordinary, ii., 258: see Spencer's Ordinary.

Springfield, i., 322: see Springfield.

St. John's: see St. John's.

Stillwater, i., 53: see Stillwater.

Stono Ferry, ii., 555.

Thames: see Thames.

Ticonderoga, i., 118, 127: see Ticonderoga.

Trenton, ii., 21.

Van Schaick's Mills, i., 391.

Wateree Ford, ii., 454.

Waxhaw, ii., 458.

Westbridge, i., 423.

White Plains, ii., 616, 618: see White Plains.
Windmill Point: see Windmill Point.
Wyoming: see Wyoming.
Yorktown, ii., 309, 312.

Bauffet's Point, View at, ii., 614.

BAUMAN, SEBASTIAN, Major, Copy of Artillery Orders by, found
in Andrè's stocking, i., 721. Reports on the condition of
West Point; at Yorktown in 1781; Postmaster at New
York, ii., 310. Autograph of, i., 722.

BAUME, Colonel, his dispatch to Burgoyne in 1777, i., 391.
His foraging expedition to Bennington; Indian allies; skirm-
ish near Cambridge, i., 392. The enemy's movements to op-
pose him, i., 394.

BAXTER, Colonel, at Fort Washington in 1776, ii., 620.
BAYARD, SAMUEL, Captain, on the Committee on Fortifications
at West Point in 1775, i., 703.

BAYARD, WILLIAM, of New York, on the Committee to oppose
the Stamp Act, i., 464. Delegate to the Colonial Congress
in 1765, i., 465.

BAYLIES, cited, i., 437.

BAYLOR, Colonel, ii., 13, 34. Massacre of his corps at Old
Tappan, i., 764.

BEACH, Mrs., converts the leaden statue of George III. into
bullets, ii., 595.

Beacon Hill, Boston, Description of, and of the beacon there in
1635, i., 451.

Beacons, Construction of, ii., 602.

BEALE, WILLIAM, of Ninety-six, his adventures with Cun-
ningham, ii., 486.

BEAN HILLER, Colonel Durkee, i., 345, 600.
Bear Indians, at Little Falls, i., 258.

Beard's Town, reconnoitered by Lieutenant Boyd in 1779, i.,

276.

BEASLY, Captain, with a British fleet, off New London, i., 610.
BEATTY, Captain, at the battle of Cowpens in 1781, ii., 433.
Killed at Hobkirk's Hill, ii., 474.

BEAUHARNOIS, Governor of Canada, opposes Governor Burnet,
i., 216.

BEAUJEU, Captain de, killed at the Battle of Fort Duquesne in
1775, ii., 272.

BEAUMARCHAIS, CARRON DE, Special Agent of the French Gov-
ernment in 1776, ii., 647. His conference and correspond-
ence with Arthur Lee, i., 86; ii., 647. Character of, ii., 649.
Writings of, i., 86. Biographical Sketch of, i., 86.
BEAUMONT, Mr., herald at the Mischianza, ii., 99.

BEDELL, Colonel, at St. John's, i., 170. Ilis conduct at the
Cedars in 1776, i., 207.

BEDLOW, WILLIAM, Captain, on the Committee on Fortifica-
tions at West Point in 1775, i., 703.

BEE, Lieutenant-governor of South Carolina, ii., 553.
BEEKMAN, HENRY, of New York, ii., 597.

BEEKMAN, JAMES, and JAMES W., of New York, ii., 609. Pic-
ture of the Beekman House; Howe's head-quarters, il.,
611.

BEEMAN, Captain, Tory, i., 525.

BEERS, NATHAN, Paymaster in Scammel's regiment at York-
town, i., 431. Autograph of, ib.

BEERS, Mr., murdered at New Haven, i., 425, 662.

Beetles, fear occasioned by, i., 574, 661.

BELCHER, Governor, presents his library to the College of New
Jersey, ii., 37. Grave of, i., 326.

BELDEN, Mr., of Norwalk, i., 414.

BELESIS, JOHN: see BOLINGBROKE.

BELKNAP, Dr., corrected, i., 658. Cited, i., 111; ii., 191.

Bell, Liberty, in the State House at Philadelphia; its history,
ii., 66. Church bell of St. Regis, i., 210. Church bells of
Christ Church, Philadelphia, ii., 44.

Belleville, South Carolina, the residence of Charles Thomson,
ii., 481.

BELLOMONT, Earl, Governor of New York, ii., 579. The child-
wife of, ii., 588.

Bell's Mills, Deep River, Lord Cornwallis at, in 1781, ii., 400.
Beloeil Mountain, Picture and description of the, i., 174.
BEMAN, NATHAN, Allen's guide at Ticonderoga, i., 124.
Bemis's Heights, origin of the name; topography of; view
from; head-quarters of Revolutionary officers at, i., 45, 49.
Willard's Mountain; fortifications; preparations for the bat-
tle at, i., 49. American Army at, in 1777, i., 55. See Still-
water.

BENEDICT, ELI, one of the guides of the British to Danbury
in 1777, i., 402, 407.

BENJAMIN, PARK, quoted, i., 214.

BENNET, RUFUS, 1., 366.

BENNET, ZIBA, of Wyoming, and his Indian wife, i., 369.
Bennet Family, Account of the, i., 370.

Bennington, Vermont, i., 45. Colonel Baume's expedition to,
in 1777, i., 392. Battle of, i., 390-398. Description of the
battle-ground, i., 391, 392, 396, 397. Map of Bennington
Heights, i., 395.

BENSON, EGBERT, first Attorney General of the State of New
York, i., 387.

BENSON, ROBERT, Secretary of the New York Provincial Con-
gress in 1775, ii., 587.

BENSON, Captain, of Maryland, at the Battle of Iobkirk's Hill,
ii., 472. Wounded at the siege of Fort Ninety-six, ii., 488
and at Nelson's Ferry, ii., 500.
Benson's Memoirs, cited, i., 385.
BENTALON, Captain, of Baltimore, ii., 186.

BENTLY, Captain, American Naval Commander, i., 656.
BERKELEY, NORBORNE: see BOTETOURT.
BERKELEY, SIR WILLIAM, Governor of Virginia, ii., 240, 335.
Succeeds Wyatt in 1641, ii., 253. His residence, ii, 240.
Elected Governor by the people, ii., 254. Refuses permission
to the people to arm themselves against hostile Indians; pro-
claims Bacon, the people's leader, a traitor; compelled to
permit the people to arm themselves; driven from James-
town, ii., 255. Returns to Middle Plantation after Bacon's
death; his vengeance and tyranny; recalled to England; his
death, ii., 256. Lord Berkeley's opinion of the cause of the
death of, ii., 256. Autograph and Biographical Sketch of, i.,
253, 254.

BERKELEY, Lord: see BOTETourt.

Bermuda Islands, ii., 251. The Puritans of Plymouth send
Indian slaves to the, in 1676, i., 663.

BERNALDEZ, his account of the birth of Columbus, i, 18.
BERNARD, SIR FRANCIS, Governor of Massachusetts, opposes
Writs of Assistance, i., 459. Suspected of favoring the Stamp
Act, i., 466. His peremptory conduct, i., 474, 477. Alarmed';
attempts to bribe patriots, i., 478, 479. Proclamation of, to
the gentlemen assembled at Faneuil Hall, in 1768, i., 40. His
baronetcy, i., 483. The Assembly of Massachusetts petition
for his removal in 1769, i., 483. Departure of, to England;
Biographical Sketch of, i., 484.

BERNARD, NATHANIEL, Master of the sloop Liberty, i, 478.
BERRIAN, WILLIAM, Reverend, his History of Trinity Church,
New York, ii., 613.

BERRIEN, JOHN, on the Committee on Fortifications at West
Point in 1775, i., 703.

BERRY, Chief Justice, reprimanded by Tryon, ii., 363.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Moravian settlement at, ii. 176, 185.
La Fayette wounded, receives kind attentions at, in 1777, ii,
176. Nuns of, present a banner to Pulaski in 1778, i., 337;
ii., 185. Account of the settlement, by Chastellux, in 1782,
ii., 185.

BETTS, FREDERICK, J., at the dedication of the Hasbrouck
House, i., 667.

BETTS, STEPHEN, Captain, his skirmish with Tryon's troops
at Grammon's Hill in 1779, i., 414.

Hampton in 1813, ii., 326.

BECRAFT, Tory, his boast and castigation, i., 278.

prominent Whig citizens, i., 300. Biographical Sketch of, i,
164, 165.

Beverly Dock, from which Arnold escaped, i., 708. View at,
i., 729.
BEVIER, LOUIS, Huguenot, in Ulster County, New York, i.,
386.

Bible, Dr. Caldwell's, burnt by Cornwallis, ii, 400. Durant's,
brought from Europe in 1662, ii., 353. Copy of the, used by
Washington at his inauguration, ii., 658. Sir William John-
son's, i., 236. General Herkimer's, i. 261. The copy used
in administering the Oath of Allegiance at Valley Forge, ii.,
146. The thirty-fifth Psalm, read at the opening of the first
Continental Congress, ii., 62. Words from the, on Liberty
Bell, ., 66.

Bible Society, American, John Jay, President of the; Richard
Varick, President of the, i., 725.
Bickerstaff's Boston Almanac, i., 486.

BIDDLE, EDWARD, of Pennsylvania, Delegate to the first Con-
tinental Congress in 1774, ii., 53, 59.

BIDDLE, NICHOLAS, Captain in the American Navy in 1775,
ii., 638. His exploits; Portrait of, ii., 639. Biographical
Sketch of, ii., 640.

Biddle's Tower, at Niagara Falls, i.. 227.

BIDLOCK, Captain, burnt alive at Wintermoot's Fort, i., 357.
Bier, Washington's, Picture of, ii., 208.

BIGELOW, Major, in Arnold's Canada Expedition, in 1775, i.,
192.

Big Swamp, Historic association of, i., 93.
Bill-

Boston Port, i. 504; ii., 280.
Canada, i., 156, 157.

Conciliatory, i., 520; ii., 143.
Fisheries', i., 520.

Proclaiming Martial Law, i.,

588.

Prohibiting trade with the
Colonies, in 1775, i., 588.

BILLENGER, Colonel, captured at Fort Schuyler, i., 248.
Billerica, Tarring and feathering of a citizen at, 1775, i., 522.
BILLINGE, EDWARD, Quaker, his interest in the province of
New Jersey, iì, 46.

BILLINGS, Captain, killed by a mutineer, at Morristown, in
1781, i., 312.

Billing sport, or Billinge's Point, Capture of, by the British in
1777, ii., 86, 109.

BILLINGTON, JOHN, signer of the Pilgrim Covenant, i., 437.
BILLOP, Colonel, the house of, Conference of the Committee with
Lord Howe at, in 1776, i., 609; ii., 608. Picture of the house,
ii., 609.

Bills, of Credit, issued at New York in 1769, ii., 585; issued
by Congress in 1775, i., 316, 317, 318, 534.

Bills drawn on

Franklin and Jay, by Congress, in 1780, i., 655. Fac simile
of a Massachusett's Treasury Note, i., 534.

Bills, Parliamentary: see Bill.

BINGLEY, Lord, father of Burgoyne, i., 37.

BINNING, BENJAMIN, of Maryland, Son of Liberty, ii., 194.
Biographical Sketches:

Abercrombie, General James,

i., 119.

Adams, John, ii., 662.

Adams, Samuel, ii, 662.
Agnew, General James, ii.,
112, 113.

Alexander, Abraham, ii., 411.)
Alexander, Elijah, ii., 411.
Alexander, William (Lord
Stirling), ii., 601.
Allen, Ethan, i., 180.
Allen, Ira, i., 161.
Andre, Major John, i., 765.
Armand, Charles, ii., 260.
Armstrong, Reverend James
F., ., 40.
Armstrong, General John, ii.,
109, 110.
Armstrong, Major John, i.,
674.

Arnold, Benedict, i., 710.
Arnold, James R., i., 726.
Ashe, General John, ii., 508.
Bacon, Nathaniel, ii., 255.
Barber, Colonel Francis, i.,
324.

Barlow, Joel, i., 404, 405.
Barney, Captain Joshua, ii.,
644.

Barré, Colonel Isaac, i., 463.
Barrett, Colonel James, i.,

525.

Barry, Captain John, ii., 641.
Bartlett, Josiah, ii., 652.
Barton, Colonel William, i.,|
643.
Battin, John, ii., 621, 622.
Beaumarchais, Carron de, i.,
86.

Berkeley, Norborne, ii., 263.
Berkeley, Sir William, i.,
253,254.

Bernard, Sir Francis, i.. 484.
Bettys, Joseph, 1., 164, 165.
Bland, Theodoric, i., 174.

Boone, Daniel, ii., 285.
Bouquet, Henry, ii., 281.
Bradford, William, Pilgrim,
i., 444.

Bradford, William, Printer,
ii., 52.

Bradstreet, Colonel, i., 215.
Brainerd, Reverend David, i.,
336.

Brant, Joseph, i., 256.
Braxton, Carter, ii., 666.
Brevard, Dr. Ephraim, i.,
412.

Brown, Colonel, i., 280.
Burgoyne, General, i., 37.
Burke, Edmund, i., 503.
Burke, Thomas, ii., 571.
Burnet, Major Robert, i., 686.
Butler, Colonel John, i., 285.
Butler, Colonel Zebulon, i.,
355.

Cadwallader, General John,
ii., 19.
Caldwell, Reverend James,
i., 326.

Camden, Earl of, ii., 194, 195.
Campbell, Lord William, ii.,
544.
Campbell, Colonel William,
ii., 426.

Carleton, Sir Guy, i., 181.
Carrington, Colonel Edward,
il., 398.

Carroll, Charles, ii., 665.
Carver, John, i., 444.
Caswell, Governor Richard,
ii., 379.
Champe, John, i., 775.
Chase, Samuel, ii., 665.
Chastellux, Marquis de, ii.,
307.

Chew, Benjamin, ii., 108.
Church, Benjamin, i., 663.
Clark, Abraham, ii, 664.
Clarke, George R., ii., 287.

Biographical Sketches:
Clinton, Charles, i., 255.
Clinton, George, ii., 632
Clinton, Sir Henry, ii., 556.
Clinton, James, i., 272.
Clymer, George, ii., 664.
Cochran, Dr., i., 221.
Coffin, Captain John, ii., 493.
Colden, Cadwallader, ii., 581.
Columbus, Christopher, i.,

18. 19.

Connolly, John, ii., 291.
Cooke, Governor Nicholas,
i., 625.

Cooper, Anthony A., ii., 354.
Copley, John Singleton, ii.,
142.

Cornwallis, Lord, ii., 304.
Craik, Dr., ii., 34.
Cresap, Colonel, ii., 284.
Crosby, Enoch, i., 690.
Cruger, Colonel, ii., 484.
Cunningham, Robert, ii., 443.
Custine, Count de, ii., 311.
Dagget, Naphthali, i., 424.
Dale, Richard, ii., 642.
Dandridge, Martha. ii., 634.
Davidson, General William,
ii., 392, 393, 407.
Davie, William Richardson,
ii., 418, 419.
Dayton, Colonel Elias, i., 323.
Dean, James, i., 273.
Deane, Silas, i., 85.

De Fleury, Colonel, i., 749.
De Grasse, Count, ii., 305.
De Kalb, Baron, ii., 461.
Delancey, Etienne, ii., 624.
Delancey, General Oliver, ii.,
624.

Denison, Colonel Nathan, i.,
361.

D'Estaing, Count, i., 646.
Dickinson, John, i., 476.
Dickinson, Philemon, ii., 13.
Dooly, Colonel John, ii., 506.
Drayton, William H.,ii., 443.
Duché, Reverend Mr., ii., 62.
Dumas, Count, i., 314.
Dunmore, Lord, ii., 332.
Durkee, Colonel, i., 345, 600.
Elbert, Samuel, ii., 505.
Eliot, Reverend John, i., 659.
Ellery, William, ii., 663.
Estaing, Count d', i., 646.
Ewing,General James, ii., 22.
Fanning, Edmund, ii., 368.
Faugeres, Mrs., i., 698, 699.
Ferguson, Major Patrick, ii.,
428.

Fleury, Colonel de, i., 749.
Floyd, William, ii., 663.
Forbes, General John. ii., 273.
Ford, William, ii., 663.
Franklin, Benjamin, ii., 664.
Franklin, William, ii., 11.
Frelinghuysen, Frederick, ii.,
11.

Fry, Colonel Joshua, ii, 269.
Gadsden, Christopher, ii.,
542.

Gage, General Thomas, i.,)
573.

Galloway, Joseph, ii., 63.
Gansevoort, Colonel Peter, i.,
240.

Gates, General, ii., 463.
George III., i., 457, 458.
Gerry, Elbridge, ii., 663.
Gibbon, Edward, i., 519.
Gibson, General John, ii.,
284.
Girty, Simon, ii., 293.
Gist, Mordecai, ii., 465.
Gookin, Daniel, i., 660.
Grafton, Duke of, i., 482.
Graham, George, ii., 420.
Graham. Joseph, ii., 392.
Grasse, Count de, ii., 305.
Gravier, Charles, 11., 648.
Grayson, William, ii., 149.
Greene, Colonel Christopher,
ii., 88.
Greene, General Nathaniel,
ii., 389.

Grenville, George, i., 460.

Gridley, Richard, i., 546.
Gwinnet, Button, ii., 666.
Habersham, Joseph, ii., 520
Hall, Lyman, i., 667.
Hamilton, Alexander. ii., 658
Hancock, John, ii., 662, 663
Hand, General, i., 274.
Harnett, Cornelius, ii., 376.
Harrison, Benjamin, ii., 666.
Hart, John, ., 664.
Harvey, John, ii., 373.
Hayne, Colonel Isaac, ii., 568.
Hazen, Moses, ii., 174.
Heath, General William, ii.,
614.

Hendrick, i., 106.

Henry, Patrick, ii., 233.
Hewes, G. R. T., 1., 502.
Hewes, Joseph, ii., 666.
Heyward, Thomas, Jun., ii.,
666.

Holt, John, ii, 328.
Hooper, William, ii., 666.
Hopkins, Stephen, ii., 663.
Hopkinson, Francis, ii., 664.
Howard, Colonel John E., ..
433.

Howe, George (Lord), i., 119
Howe, Richard (Earl), 11, 608.
Howe, Robert (General), ii..
523.

Howe, Sir William, ii., 608.
Howell, Governor Richard,
ii., 39.

Hudson, Henry, i., 300.
Hull, Major, i., 55.
Humphreys, Colonel, i., 429.
Huntington, Benjamin, i.,600
Huntington, Jabez, i., 607.
Huntington, Jedediah, i., 599,
600.

Huntington, Samuel, ii., 663
Huntington, Zachariah, i.,
607.

Husband, Herman, ii., 372.
Isabella of Castile and Leon,
i., 22.
Jackson, Governor James, ii.,
533.

Jay, John, ii., 650.
Jefferson, Thomas, ii., 665.
Jenkins, Samuel, ii., 215.
Jenner, Edward, i., 307.
Johnson, John, i., 285.
Johnson, Sir William, 1., 232,
287.

Jones, Reverend David, ii.,
165, 166.

Jones, Captain John Paul, it,
642.

J-n, Mrs., i.. 88.
Kalb, Baron de, ii., 461.
Kenton, Simon, ii., 268.
Kinnison, David, i., 500.
Kirkland, Samuel, i., 234.
252.

Knapp, Usual, i., 687.
Knox, Henry, ii., 632.
Knyphausen, General, i., 321.
Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, i., 48
Kype, Ruloff de, ii., 597.
La Fayette, Marquis de, ii.,
118.

Lamb, John, ii., 585.
Langdon, Governor, i., 393.
Langdon, Reverend Samuel.
i., 569.

Laurance, John, i., 765.
Laurens, Henry, ii., 651.
Laurens, John, ii., 572.
Lauzun, Duc de, i., 602.
Lee, Mother Ann," i., 383
Lee, Arthur, i., 85.
Lee, General Charles, ii., 16,
17.

Lee, Francis Lightfoot, ii..
666.

Lee, Henry, ii., 385.
Lee. Richard Henry, ii., €65
Leisler, Jacob, ii.. 599.
Lewis, Andrew, ii., 331.
Lewis, Fielding, ii., 221.
Lewis, Francis, ii., €64.
Lillington, John Alexander,
ii., 379, 380.

Biographical Sketches:

Lincoln, Benjamin, ii., 527.
Livingston, Colonel Henry,
i., 729.

Livingston, Henry A., i., 385.
Livingston, Philip, ii., 663.
Livingston, Robert R., ii.,
665.

Livingston, Governor Will-
iam, i., 330.

Locke, John, ii., 354.
Logan (Mingo chief), ii., 107,
283, 284.

Lynch, Thomas, Jun., ii., 666.
M'Clure, Captain John, ii.,
457.

M'Dougall, Alexander, i,740.
M'Intosh, Lachlin, ii., 522.
M'Kean, Thomas, ii., 665.
Maham, Colonel Hezekiah,
ii., 501.

Marion, General Francis, ii.,]
477, 478.

Martin, Governor, ii., 382.
Maxwell, General William,
ii., 152.

Mercer, General, ii., 30.
Mercer, Colonel Hugh, ii., 30.
Middleton, Arthur, ii., 666.
Mifflin, General Thomas, ii.,
635.

Miner, Charles, i., 340.
"Molly," Captain, ii., 155,
156.

Monckton, Colonel, ii., 157.
Montcalm, Marquis de, i.,188.
Montgomery, Richard, i., 200.
Montour, Catharine, i., 357.
Morgan, General Daniel, ii.,
431.

Morgan, Dr. John, ii., 33.
Morris, Gouverneur, ii., 657,
658.

Morris, Lewis, ii., 664.
Morris, Robert, ii., 664.
Morton, John, ii., 664.
Motte, Mrs. Jacob, ii., 479.
Moultrie, General William,
ii., 545.

Muhlenberg, General, ii., 177.
Munson, Dr., i., 308.
Murphy, Timothy, i., 62, 267.
Nash, Governor Abner, ii.,
469.

Nash, General Francis, ii.,|
114..

Nelson, Governor, ii., 302,
666.

Nicholson, James, ii., 644.
Nixon, General, i., 76.
North, Lord, i., 483.
North, General W., ii., 136.
Ogden, Colonel Aaron, i., 768.
Oglethorpe, General James,
ii., 515.

Oliver, Judge Peter, i., 506.
Oswald, Colonel, ii, 151.
Otis, James, i., 492, 493.
Paca, William, ii., 196, 665.
Paine, Robert Treat, ii, 663.
Paine, Thomas, ii, 647.
Parsons, General Samuel H.,
i., 742.

Peale, Charles W., ii., 203.
Penn, John, ii., 666.
Penn, William, i., 47.
Phillips, General, ii., 340.
Phillis (Wheatley's slave), i.,
556, 557.

Pickens, Andrew, ii., 511.
Pickering, Timothy, i., 374.
Pinckney Charles C., ii., 557.
Pinckney, Thomas, ii., 552.
Pitt, William, íi., 142, 143.
Pocahontas, ii., 248.

Polk, Colonel Thomas, ii.,
411, 418.

Polk, Colonel William, ii.,
494.

Poor, General, ii., 122, 123.
Pratt, Charles (Earl), ii., 194,

195.

Prescott, Colonel William,

ii., 614.

Pulaski, Count, ii., 529.
Putnam, Israel, ii., 599.

Queen Esther, i., 357, 358.
Quincy, Josiah, i., 498.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, ii., 245.
Randolph, Peyton, ii., 60.
Rawdon, Lord, ii., 471.
Read, George, ii., 665.
Reed, Esther, ii., 106.
Reed, Joseph, ii., 145.
Rees, James, ii., 107.
Reynolds, Governor, ii., 517.
Rice, Isaac, i., 122.
Richardson, Colonel Richard,
ii., 444.

Rittenhouse, Dr. David, ii.,
36.

Rivington, James, i., 590,

591.

Robinson, Beverly, i., 709;
ii., 275.
Rochambeau, Count de, ii.,
321.

Rodney, Cæsar, ii., 665.
Rogers, Major, i., 116.
Ross, George, ii., 665.
Rumford, Count, i., 591.
Rush, Benjamin, îi., 664.
Rutherford, General, ii., 391.
Rutledge, Edward, ii., 666.
Rutledge, Judge John, ii., 546.
St. Clair, General Arthur, i.,
132.

St. Veran, Joseph de, i., 188.
Scammel, Alexander, ii., 309.
Schuyler, Philip, i., 38.
Scott, General Charles, ii.,

147.

Scott, General John Morin,
ii., 599.

Seabury (Bishop), ii., 591.
Sears, Captain Isaac, ii, 591.
Sevier, Colonel John, ii., 427.
Shelby, Colonel Isaac, ii.,
425.

Sherman, Roger, ii., 663.
Shippen, Dr. William, ii., 34.
Short, Thomas, i., 618.
Smallwood, General, ii., 467.
Smith, Adam, i., 517.
Smith, Claudius, i., 778.
Smith, James, ii., 664.
Smith, Captain John, ii., 247.
Smith, Joshua H., i., 752.
Smith, Colonel Michael, ii.,
585.

Smith, Samuel, ii., 89.
Spencer, General Joseph, i.,
566, 648.

Standish, Myles, i., 445.
Stark, General John, i., 394.
Stephen, General Adam, ii,
104.

Steuben, Baron, ii., 136, 137.
Stevens, Colonel Ebenezer,
ii., 310.

Stevens, General Edward,
ii., 329, 330.

Stockton, Richard, ii., 664.
Stone, Thomas, ii., 665.
Stuart, John, ii., 441.
Stuyvesant, General, i., 272.
Sumner, General, ii., 491.
Sumter, General, ii, 445.
Talbot, Captain, ii., 643.
Tallmadge, Major Benjamin,
ii., 627.

Tarleton, General, ii., 401.
Taylor, George, ii., 664.
Tennent, Reverend Gilbert,
ii., 159.

Tennent, Reverend William,
ii., 159.

Thomas, General, i., 202.
Thompson, Major (Count
Rumford), i., 591.
Thomson, Charles, ii., 60, 61.
Thomson, Colonel William,
ii., 444.

Thornton, Matthew, ii., 662.
Trumbull, John, i., 401.
Trumbull, Jonathan, i., 603.
Tryon, Governor, ii., 361.

Van Cortlandt, General Phil-
ip. i, 738.

Varick, Colonel Richard, i.,
725.

Biographical Sketches:
Varnum, General James, ii.,
86.

Vergennes, Count de, ii., 648.
Vespucci, Amerigo, i., 28.
Wadsworth, General Peleg,
i., 594.

Walton, George, ii., 667.
Wanton, Governor Joseph,
1., 628.

Ward, Artemas, i., 190.
Warner, Colonel Seth, i., 153.
Warren, James, i., 494.
Warren, Dr. Joseph, i., 548.
Warren, Mrs. Mercy, i., 464.
Washington family, ii., 217-

219.
Washington, Mrs. Martha,
ii., 634.
Washington, William A.,
435.

ii..

Wayne, Anthony, i., 745.
Weedon, General, ii., 176.
Whipple, General, íi., 662.
White Eves, Captain, ii., 44.
Whitefield, Reverend George,
i., 336.

Willett, Colonel, i., 244.
Williams, David, i., 773.
Williams, Edwin, i., 608.
Williams, Ephraim, i., 107.
Williams, James, ii., 426.
Williams, Joseph, i., 608.
609.

Williams, Otho H., ii, 396.
Williams, Roger, i., 623.
Williams, William, i., 603;
ii., 663.

Wilson, James, ii., 665.
Wilson, Robert, ii., 318.
Winn, William, ií., 452.
Winslow, Edward, i., 445.
Winston, Major Joseph, ii..

427.

Witherspoon, John, ii., 663.
Woedtke, Baron de, 11,

123.

Wolcott, Oliver, ii., 663.
Wolfe, General, i., 188.
Woodford, General, ii., 157.
Woodhull, General, ii., 605.
Wooster, General, i., 408.
Wythe, George, ii., 665.
Yest, Francois, i., 175.
Zane, Elizabeth, ii., 292.
Zinzendorf, Count, i., 342.
BIRCH, HARVEY, the Spy in Cooper's "Tale of the Neutral
Ground," i., 690, 691. See CROSBY, ENOCH.

Wilkes, John, i., 520.
Wilkinson, Colonel James,
i., 84.

BIRD, Lieutenant-colonel, killed in the Battle of Germantown
in 1777, ii., 112.

BIRDSALL, DANIEL, one of the founders of Peekskill, i., 737.
Picture of the "Birdsall House," i., 737, 738.
Birmingham Meeting House, Picture and associations of the,
ii., 169.

Bishop. Description of the print published in 1769, entitled
"An Attempt to land a Bishop in America," i., 459, 460.
Carleton's attempt to seduce the Roman Catholic Bishop of
Quebec, i., 158.

BLACK BEARD, the famous pirate, ii., 356.
Black Mountain, near Lake George, i., 114.
Blackstock's, Battle at, in 1780, ii., 446.

BLACKSTONE, NATHANIEL, Royal Governor of Maryland, be-
fore 1720, ii., 193.

BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM, first white settler of Rhode Island, i.,
622.

BLADEN, THOMAS, Proprietary Governor of Maryland, ii., 193.
Bladensburg, Maryland, ii., 198. Place of resort for duelists,
ii., 199. Battle of, in 1814, ii., 199
BLADGELY, SAMUEL, Captain in Bradstreet's expedition, i,

215.

BLAIR, JOHN, Counselor of State, in Virginia, in 1776, ii., 300.
Blair's Mill, a post at, in 1780, established by Cornwallis, ii,
419.

BLAKE, JOSEPH, Governor of South Carolina, ii., 356, 539.
Blake's History of Putnam County, i., 384.
BLANCA, FLORIDA, Count, Spanish Premier, ii., 468, 650. His
negotiations with John Jay, ii., 650.

BLAND, RICHARD, of Virginia, opposes Patrick Henry's five
resolutions in 1765, ii., 273. Delegate to the first Continent-
al Congress in 1774, ii., 60, 281. On the Virginia Commit-
tees of Vigilance and Safety, ii., 279, 299.

BLAND, THEODORIC, Jun., Colonel, ii., 34. Member of the Vir-
ginia House of Burgesses; opposes taxation, i., 461. At the
Battle of Brandywine, in 1777, ii, 169, 174, 175. Superin-
tends the march of British captives in 1781, ii., 345, his
kindness to them, ii., 346. Member of the Virginia Consti-
tutional Convention in 1788, ii., 232. Autograph and Bio-
graphical Sketch of, 11., 174.

Blandford, Virginia, its early history, ancient church, and
cemetery, ii., 336.

Blasphemy, punishable with death, in Maryland, in 1649, ii,

191.

BLEECKER, ANNE ELIZA, Mrs., her sufferings at Albany, i.,
698. Her poems quoted, i., 699.

Block House at Fort Plain, Picture and description of the, i.,
262.

Block Island, Admiral Arbuthnot off, in 1781, i., 436.
BLOEMART, SAMUEL, Dutch Patroon, settles on the Delaware,
ii., 45, 577.

Bloody Brook, Lathrop's company butchered at, í., 662.
Bloody Defile, near Fort Edward, i., 111.
Bloody Pond, or Lake Sinnipink, i., 731.
Bloody Run, Picture and tragedy of, i., 94.
Bloody Scout, Account of the, ii, 447, 486.

BLOUNT, Major, at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, ii., 494.
Blue Licks, Daniel Boone at, in 1778, ii., 285. Battle of, in
1782, ii., 295.

Board of Trade and Plantations, in 1696, i., 453.

Board of War: see War, Board of

BOARDLEY, S., Jun., of Maryland, Son of Liberty, ii., 194.

BOBADILLA, his cruel treatment of Columbus, i., 26.
BOKUM, Professor, quoted, i., 299.

BOLINGBROKE, Lord, elopes to America with the daughter of
Baron Hompasch; his property in New Jersey, i., 329.
BOLLING, Colonel, resides at Fort Henry in 1728, ii., 336.
BOLLING, Mrs., of Petersburg, her mansion the head-quarters
of Phillips and Arnold in 1781, ii., 338. Phillips dies at the
house of, in 1781, ii., 340. Picture of the house; account of
the family, by Chastellux, ii., 338. Her son marries a de-
scendant of Pocahontas, ii., 339.

Bolling Family, of Virginia, descended from Pocahontas, ii.,
248.

BOLTON, JOHN, of Maryland, Son of Liberty, ii., 194.

Bolton's History of West Chester, i., 737, 753; ii., 88, 616, 617,
623, 626.

Charleston, in 1780, ii, 560. Yorktown, in 1781, ii., 311.
BONAPARTE, JOSEPH, Ex-King of Spain, his mansion, park,
and grounds at Bordentown, New Jersey, ii., 14.
BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON, his opinion of the Declaration of In-
dependence, ii., 82; and of a free press, ii., 254. His forged
notes of the Bank of Austria, ii., 630. Count Segur accom-
panies him to Moscow in 1812, ii., 117. A copy of his book
on Egypt in the library of the Athenæum at Providence, i.,

631.

BONNER, Lieutenant-colonel, of Pennsylvania, killed at the
Battle of Monmouth, in 1778, ii., 155, 159.

BOONE, DANIEL, Colonel, i., 264; ii., 285. His fort, ii., 285,
286. His daughter captured by Indians, and rescued, in
1775, ii., 285-287. At the Battle of Blue Licks in 1782; his
son killed in the battle, ii., 295. Portrait, Autograph, and
Biographical Sketch of, ii., 285, 286.

BOONE, WILLIAM, Governor of South Carolina, Disputes of the
people with, ii., 541.

BOOTE, BENJAMIN, opposes the Mecklenburg Resolutions; ar-
rested, ii., 415.

BORDEN, JOSEPH, of New Jersey, delegate to the Colonial
Congress in 1765, i., 465. Early settler of Bordentown, ii.,
12. His house burned by the British, ii., 13.
Bordentown, New Jersey, Situation, name, and historical asso-
ciations of, ii., 12, 13. ́ ́Hessians under Donop at, ii., 12, 13.
The mansion of Joseph Bonaparte at, ii., 13.
BORDLEY, WILLIAM, of Maryland, Son of Liberty, ii., 194.
BORDLEY, Painter, his full-length portraits of Samuel Chase
and William Paca, ii., 197.

Borne's Letters from Paris, i., 86.

BOSCAWEN, Admiral, sails from Halifax in 1758, i., 119.
BOSCAWEN, Captain, at the Mischianza, ii., 99.
BOSE, Colonel, with his Hessian regiment, at the Battle of Guil-
ford in 1781, ii., 403, 404.

Boston, Massachusetts, Origin and names of, i., 445. View of,
from Dorchester Heights, i., 511. Settlement of; ancient
map of the harbor of, in 1667, 1., 446. Topography of, i., 512,
513, 551, 561, 566, 574. First settlers of. i., 447-450. First
fort; beacon on Beacon Hill; Doric column, i., 451. First
act of oppression by Parliament, in 1688, i., 453, 454. First
open resistance, i., 459.

Arrival of Stamps, in 1765; popular tumult, i., 466-469.
Destruction of Liberty Tree, i., 467. Attack on Hutchinson's
House, i., 468. Non-importation Associations, i., 469. Re-
peal of the Stamp Act; popular rejoicings, i., 473. Province
House, liberality of Hancock and Otis, i., 473, 474. Seizure
of the sloop "Liberty," public meeting at Faneuil Hall in
1768, i., 478. Convention, i., 479, 480.

Arrival of British troops in 1768; popular indignation;
Associations, i., 480, 481. Meeting held by Daughters of
Liberty, arrival of General Gage; dissolution of Assemblies,
i., 483. Otis assaulted, i., 487. Patriotism of women and
boys, murder of the boy Snyder; riot, i., 488, 489. British
troops attacked by a mob; Attucks, Gray, and Caldwell shot;
trial of Captain Preston, i., 490-492. Hutchinson, Governor,
independence of Assemblies asserted, i., 493.

Tea ships, Reception of, in 1773, i., 496-498. Boston "Tea
Party," i., 499. Port Bill, i., 503, 507, 518. Arrival of Gen-
eral Gage in 1774; excitement produced by the Port Bill, i.,
507.
The port closed in 1774, i., 511; consequent distress
of the people, i., 511, 599. Provisions and other relief fur-
nished from Norwich, i., 599; from Savannah, i., 511, ii.,
519, from Schoharie and London, i., 511. Courts of Justice
suspended, i., 512. State of affairs, spirit of the press, 1.,
513. Fortification of Boston Neck," by Gage; the people's
Committee of Correspondence, i. 513.

British troops arrive at, from the Jerseys, New York, and
Quebec, in 1774, i, 521. Patriots assemble, after the Battle
of Lexington, Patriot Army organized by General Ward
in 1775, i., 190, 534. Gage and the Select-men, interview of,
Gage's perfidy, i., 535. Preparations to blockade the city, i.,
538 Population of, in 1775, i., 571. Scarcity of provisions
among the British troops, many of the people leave the city
in 1775, i., 571, 572. Women take away with them silver
spoons and money quilted in their garments, i., 572.

Siege of, in 1776, i, 577. Map of, with its environs, in

1776, i., 566. Plan of attack, i., 578. Bombardment of, i.,
579-581. Evacuation of, i., 582. Americans enter, i., 582,
583. Sensation caused by the evacuation, i., 584, 591. Of
ficial announcement of the evacuation in London, i., 590.
Fortifications, i., 591, 592. Town-meeting, relative to the
Declaration of Independence, in 1776, ii., 69. Burgoyne and
captive troops at, in 1777, i., 593.

Boston newspapers, in 1774: News-Letter; Post, i., 513.
Journal of the Times, i., 480. Gazette and Country Journal,
i., 513. Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Post Boy and
Advertiser, Massachusetts Spy, i., 513.

"Boston Blockaded," a farce, performed for the entertain-
ment of the British at Boston, to ridicule Washington and
the American army, i., 579.

BOTETOURT, Baron de (Norborne Berkeley), ii., 353. Suc-
ceeds Fauquier as Governor of Virginia in 1768, ii., 263,
267, 268. Character of, ii., 278. His purchase of New Jer-
sey, ii., 46, 578. His opinion of the cause of the death of his
brother, Sir William, ii., 256. Death of, in 1774, ii., 279.
Statue of, at Williamsburg, Virginia, ii., 278. Biographical
Sketch of, ii., 263.

BOTTA, CHARLES, corrected, i., 201, 542. His remarks on the
character of the first Continental Congress, ii., 60. His opin-
ion of the Conway cabal, ii., 134. Quoted or cited, i., 50, 56,
80, 159; ii., 33.

BOUCK, WILLIAM C., Governor of New York, i., 62.
BOUDINOT, ELIAS, President of Congress in 1782; at the fu-
neral of the Reverend Mr. Caldwell, i., 327. His Life of Will-
iam Tennent, ii., 161. Picture of his vault at Elizabeth-
town, i., 326.

BOUGAINVILLE, Count, at Quebec, i., 186.
Boundary Lane between the United States and Canada, in 1842,
i., 167.

Boundbrook, New Jersey, i., 331.

BOUQUET, HENRY, Colonel, at the Battle of Fort Duquesne in
1758, ii., 274. Disperses Indians besieging Detroit in 1764,
ii., 281. Biographical Sketch of, ii., 281.
Bouquet River, War-feast on the, in 1777, i., 159, 160.
"Bourke, Betsey," the Pretender Charles Edward, ii., 378.
BOWDOIN, JAMES, i., 557. Delegate to the first Continental
Congress in 1774, i., 511. Member of the Boston Committee

of Correspondence, i., 513.
BOWEN, ELIJAH, Lieutenant in the United States Navy in
1777, ii., 638.

BOWEN, EPHRAIM, Colonel, in the expedition against the Gas-
pce; his account of the affair, i., 629, 630.
BOWEN, WILLIAM, captured by Turks in 1724, i., 659.
BowEN, Commodore, seizes powder at Savannah, ii., 520. At
Fort Tonyn, ii., 524.

Bowen and Tuthey's Plan of the Brandywine battle-ground, ii.,
168, 171.

BOWLER, METCALF, Delegate to the Colonial Congress in
1765, i., 465.

BOWMAN, JOSEPH, Captain, surprises Cahokia, ii., 289, 290.
Bor of heart of oak presented to John Dickson, i., 477.
BOYD, ADAM, his newspaper, ii., 360.
BOYD, JOHN, killed at the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780,
ii., 428.
BOYD, JOHN, M.D., member of the Baltimore Committee of
Correspondence, ii., 186.

BOYD, Colonel, Loyalist, head of the Tories of South Carolina,
ii., 444, 505, 506. Killed at Kettle Creek, ii., 506.
BOYD, Captain, his vigilance in relation to Smith and Andrè,
i., 754. In the expedition to Petersburg, ii., 338.
BoyD, Lieutenant, reconnoitres Beard's Town; captured and
beheaded, i., 276.

BOYD, Sergeant, deserter from the British army; his fate, i.,
359, 360.
BOYER, President of Hayti, carried to Norfolk among French
prisoners, in 1797; his gratitude to Manning, i., 607.
BOYLE, ROBERT, edits the Boston News-Letter, i., 513.
Boys, Patriotism of, in the Revolution, i., 296, 468, 489, 512.
Capture of a British grenadier by an American boy, ii., 617.
Deputation of, to General Gage, i., 488.

Bozrah, Connecticut, Origin of the name, i., 601.*
BRADDOCK, EDWARD, General, arrives at Alexandria, Virginia,
in 1755; unfortunate expedition of, to Fort Duquesne, ii.,
271. Death of; shot by one of his own men, ii., 272, 273.
Anecdote of him and Washington, ii., 272. Autograph of,
ii., 271.
BRADFORD, ANDREW, son of Colonel William; printer at Phil-
adelphia, ii., 52.
BRADFORD, JOHN, pilgrim, Autograph of, i., 438.
BRADFORD, THOMAS, Son of Colonel William, ii., 52.
BRADFORD, WILLIAM, Governor of Plymouth Colony; signs
the Pilgrim Covenant, i., 437. Autograph of, i., 438. Bio-
graphical Sketch of, i., 444.

BRADFORD, WILLIAM, Governor of Rhode Island, his house
burned by Admiral Wallace in 1775, i., 640.
BRADFORD, WILLIAM, Colonel, proprietor of the Pennsylvania
Journal, ii., 52. Publishes the New York Gazette in 1726,
ii.. 50. Biographical Sketch of. ii., 52.
BRADLEY, PHINEAS, Captain, i., 424.
BRADSTREET, JOHN, Colonel, takes Fort Frontenac in 1758,
i., 215. At Oswego, i., 218. At Ticonderoga, i., 119. Bio-
graphical Sketch of, i., 215.