delegate to Provincial Congress,35,36;report and speech,37,38;objects to eighth article of report,41;at head of patriotic party,46,47,53;able speech in favor of new governments,53-58;member of committees,59;position in regard to the Tories,60,61;formation of State Constitution,62-67;at Schuyler's headquarters,68-71;efforts in behalf of Schuyler,72;secures reinforcements for Gates,73;letters to Schuyler,74,75;elected to Continental Congress,76;visits Valley Forge,77;a good financier,78,80,86;endeavors to secure approval of Washington's plans,78,79,83,85;letter to Washington,84;friendship with Greene,86;report on Lord North's conciliatory bills,88;prepares "Observations on the American Revolution,"88;drafts instructions to Franklin,89;reply to French minister,91;"Observations on the Finances of America,"91;his loyalist relatives,92,93;controversy with Thomas Paine,93,94;drafts instructions to our foreign ministers,94,95;dispute of New York with Vermont,96,97;fails of reëlection,98;life in Philadelphia,99;publishes essays on the finances,100,101,102;assistant financier,103;founder of national coinage,104,105,106,107;enjoyment in society,108,110;serious injury,109;want of insight into the future,112,113;foresees final success of Greene,113;letters to Jay,118,120,127;advocates a firmer Union,129,130;in Constitutional Convention,133,139,140;has no regard for States-rights,142-145;jealousy of the West,146,147;views on the suffrage,149-153;on the power of the President,153,154;on the judiciary,155;on Congress,156;speeches on the slavery question,158,159;a warm advocate of the Constitution,166;return to New York,167;acts in behalf of loyalists,167;residence in France,169;letters and diary,170,175,176,183;hostile to spirit of French Revolution,170-175;at home in Parisian society,176;opinion of Jefferson,177;of Lafayette,178,181;views on French politics,183-186;distrust of French character,185,186,188,189;National Assembly,190,191;a true republican and American,193,194;minor services to Washington,195;correspondence with Paul Jones,196;life in Paris,197,198,199;opinion of Madame de Staël,199-204;intimacy with Madame de Flahaut,204-207;acquaintance with the Duchess of Orleans,207-211,245,246;literary life of the salon,213-215;judgment of his contemporaries,216,219-223;of French people,224;advice to a certain painter,226;mission to British government,227,228;English not congenial,229,230;impatience at delay,233;interview with Pitt,234;is blamed for failure of negotiations,236;trip through Netherlands and up the Rhine,237;speculations of various kinds,238,239;advice to Lafayette,240-243,260;letter to Washington,243-245;fondness for the theatre,247;dislike to priesthood,248,249;interest in home affairs,250;made minister to France,252;is advised by Washington,252,253;plans for escape of the king and queen,254,255,256;his, a brilliant chapter in American diplomacy,257,258;horror of the mob,260,261;his house a place of refuge,263,264;picture of the French,265-268;generosity to Lafayette family,274,275;remains in Paris,276,277;spirited conduct when harassed,278,279;payment of American debt,280,281;irritates the executive council,281,282;French privateers,283;commentary on passing events,283-291;is recalled,292,293;as foreign minister to be honored,264,294;accurate forecast of events,295;clear views of French Revolution,298;journeys in Europe,302;no longer an impartial judge,303;estimate of Napoleon,303,304;in Switzerland,304;in Great Britain,305;opinion of royalist refugees,306,307;in Berlin,308,315;in Vienna,310-315;dealings with Louis Philippe,317,318;return to New York,320;elected to Senate,328;disapproves of Burr,330;opinion of Jefferson,331;speech in favor of occupying Louisiana,337,338;fails of reëlection,339;leader in project of Erie canal,339,340;life at Morrisania,340;marriage,340;formality,341;compares America and England,342;loses his satisfaction with the people and the government, and becomes soured,345;advocates northern secession,347;loses his loyalty to the nation,352-359;closing acts of his career unworthy of him,352-355;after the peace,361;gives sound and patriotic counsel,362,363;death,363;character and services,363,364.Morris, Robert,102,103,133.Morris, Staats Long,15,61,167.Morrisania,1,167,340.Morrises, the,2.Narbonne, Chevalier de,202,203.National Union,126,140.Nationalists,141.Necker,199,200,218,219,220.New England,11,161,324;Puritans,5;militia,69;members of Continental Congress,71,79,80.New Rochelle,3.New York city,1;society in,26;exposed positions,43;entered by Continental forces,46;left by peaceable citizens,48;held by British,116.New York colony,1,3;battles in,3,4;claim of liberty as a right,6;loyalty,7,8;many nationalities,9,10;churches,9;ethnic type,11;rivalries,14;government,14;three parties,19;in debt,23;not in full sympathy with the patriots,35,36;soldiers in royal armies,44;famous Tory leaders,45;second Provincial Congress,46;third Provincial Congress,47;Declaration of Independence ratified, and State Constitution organized,47;adoption of the national Constitution,165,167.New York State,48;party contests,326.New Yorkers,13,33,96.North Carolina,165.North, Lord, conciliatory bills of,87.Officers, in trade,81;foreign,85;French, in American Revolution,264.Oriskany, fight at,10,12,72.Orleans, Duchess of,207,208,209,245,246.Orleans, Duke of (Egalité),207,216,275,288.Otis, Harrison Gray,353.Paine, Thomas,93,208,289.Paris,266,267;factions in,269;changed,270.Paul Jones,196.Pennsylvania,28,157,166,324.Philadelphia,110.Pinckney,145,326,328,329.Pitt,233,234,237.Presbyterians,14,18,21.Prisoners, exchange of,125.Provincial Congress,34,35,38,39,43,46,47,53,58.Proviso regarding toleration,66.Prussia,308,309.Quebec,10;bill,41.Queen's County,44,46.Randolph,292.Representation of slave states,157,158,164.Republican party,141.Republicanism, extreme,20.Revolution, enemies in,49,68;two sides of,30;officers of,79;men of,81,82;influence of, compared with that of French,298,299.Revolutionary armies compared with those in Civil War,50,51,81.Rhode Island,126,165,189.Riedesel, "America,"308;General,316.Rodney,116,117.Rohan, Cardinal de,249.Roman Catholics,9,39,64,65.Royalist party,19,20.Rumford, Count,316.Russia,168.Schuyler, Philip,10,68,69,71;replaced by Gates,71,72,73;his noble behavior,74.Scott, General,349.Sherman, Roger,71.Sieyès, the Abbé,136,246.Six Nations,3.Slavery, question of,66,67,157-165.Sons of Liberty,31,43.South Carolina,80,145,160,325.Southern States,115,147,148,158,161,162,163.Spain,90,91,112,115,120,121,122,123,148.Spanish-Americans,131,132.St. Clair, General,69.St. Patrick's Day,21.Stamp Act,4.Stark,69.States General,134,184,224.Statesmen,51,52,134.Suffrage not an inborn or natural right,149,150,157.Taine,183.Talleyrand,204,221,247,277.Tarleton, Colonel,247.Tessé, Comtesse de,181,182.Toleration,39,64,65,66.Tories,35,44,50,60,61,68,92,167.Tory leaders,45.Treaty,124;obligations of, unfulfilled,227,228;Jay's,327.Trio, great American,133.Tryon, royal governor,44.Valley Forge,49,76.Vergennes,121,237.Vermont,70,96,98.Virginia,114,160,161,165;her statesmen and warriors,325.War of 1812,148,349,350.Warriors,51,52,325.Washington,33,44,47,48;statesman, soldier, patriot,52;difficulties,78,79;confidence in Morris,83;dislike to foreign officers,85;letter to Jay,118;delegate in National Convention,133;letter to Morris,189,190;views with regard to French Revolution,191,192,252,292,293;a watch for,195;statue by Hudon,196;kind advice,252,253;recalls Monroe,300;reply to letter of Morris,306;distrust of Jefferson, and Madison,321.West, the,146,147,148.Whig families,20,21.White Plains,53.Wisdom of many worth more than wisdom of one,136,137.Yorktown,76,116.