Forty Fort,358,365.
Fox, Charles James, first Speech of, in Parliament on Boston Port Bill,503; Satirizes George III.,519. _ __
France acknowledges Independence of United States in 1778, 87.
Francis, Colonel, killed at Battle of Hubbardton,146.
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, Christening of,114; Matures Plan for Convention at Albany in 1754,303; Invents Stove in 1742, Advocates Stamp Act in Congress at Albany in 1754,461; Advice to Ingersoll,466; Republishes Letters of "Pennsylvania Farmer" in London and Paris,476; Chosen Agent for Massachusetts,493; Publishes Letters of Hutchinson and others in London,494; Summoned before Privy Council-Vow on dismissal as Post-master General,495; Visits Dissenters in North of England to enlist them in American Cause,517; Sends forth Address to People of England and others,519; Sails for America, abandoning all Hope of Reconciliation,521; Appointed by Congress Post master General in 1775-Post-office Account-book,568; Receives Balance due for Services as Colonial Agent in England-Pays five Hundred Dollars as charitable Donation for Relief of wounded at Lexington and Concord, and Widows and Orphans of the killed,575.
Franklin, Colonel John, invests Wilkesbarre Fort in 1784.372Drives Commissioners from Valley of Wyoming-Arrested for Treason,375; Discharged,376.
Fraser, General, at Battle of Bemis's Heights,50Death of,52Account of Death of, by Baroness Reidesel-Place of Death of-Last Request of granted,65Burial of-Humanity of Americans toward,66Burial-place of, 70.
Free-masonry at Morristown,307.
Freneau. Philip, Quotations from, 37, 43,533. 537,571.
Frey, Major, captured at Siege of Fort Schuyler,248.
Frontenac. Count Louis, Expedition against Five Nations in 1696,216.
Frost, Captain, at Darien in 1781,414.
Fulton, Robert, first Steam boat on Hudson-Price of Passage of, 35.
Gage, General Thomas, Notice of,478,480,483; Arrives in Boston in 1774,507; Becomes a Tyrant in the Eyes of Bostonians.509Attempts to seize Arms and Ammunition at Cambridge in 1774,514; Sends Expedition against Concord in 1775,523; Restrictions and Perfidy of, in Boston after Battle of Lexington.535Soliloquy of.537Summons Council of War on Morning of Battle of Bunker Hill,540; Burus
Charlestown with Carcass,545; Recalled to make Explanation to King George after Battle of Bunker Hill-Biographical Sketch of,573.
Gall, General, at Battle of Bemis's Heights, 50.
Gansevoort, Colonel Peter, appointed to Command Fort Schuyler-Biographical Sketch of,240; Letters to General Schuyler imploring Aid,241; In Expedition against Onondagas,270.
Gardinier, Captain, at Siege of Fort Schuyler,247.
Gardner, Henry, appointed Receiver General of Massachusetts in 1774,516.
Gardner, Colonel, at Battle of Bunker Hill-Death of, dramatized,546.
Garrick's Couplet on Goldsmith,504.
Garth, General, Notice of,427,428.
Gates, General, superseded by Schuyler,38Withdrawal,39Supersedes Schuyler-Arrival at Van Schaick's Island,42Quarters at Bemis's Heights,47Advances to Stillwater,48Increase of Army at Stillwater,59Kindness to British Invalids at Stillwater,73Terms proposed to Burgoyne,78Introduction to Burgoyne,80Awarded Gold Medal,84Letter to Burgoyne relative to Massacre of Women and Children,100; Letter to Burgoyne in 1777,389.
Geake, Samuel, Notice of, 2-12.
Genesee Valley, Destruction of, its Towns and Property in 1779,277.
Genesee River, Notice of,224.
George II., Death of, announced to his Heir,457.
George 111., Accession of,456; Biographical Sketch of,457; Satirized by Fox,519.
Gerard, M., Minister from France, succeeded by Luzerne,311.
German Flats, Origin of Name,253; Stone Church at,254; Expedition against-Destruction of Settlement by Brant in 1778,255; Rencounter at, between Wordsworth and Indians,298.
Gerrish, Colonel, at Battle of Bunker Hill,544.
Gerry, Elbridge, at Head of Massachusetts Committee of Supply,522.
Getman, Captain, at Schell's Bush,299,
Gibbon, Edward, takes Sides with Americans on Eve of Revolution-Biographical Sketch of. 519.
Gi-en-gwa-tah, Seneca Chief, at Battle of Wyoming,354.
Girty, Simon, Tory,264.
Glen's Falls, Scenery and Incidents of,105.
Glover at Battle of Bemis's Heights, 50.
Gnadenhutten, Destruction of,343.
Gotfe, General, English Regicide, concealed at New Haven,419,420.
Goldsmith, Oliver, Extracts from "Retaliation"-Epitaph for Burke,504.
Gore, Governor Christopher, wounded in Riot at Boston when Boy,489.
Gould, Colonel, Death of,409.
Government, British, caricatured,158.
Grafton, Duke of, Augustus Henry-Policy of-Biographical Sketch of,482.
Grasshopper, Field-piece, Notice of,279.
Grave of M Richardson Stoddard,148; Ethan Allen,161; Near Fort Jenkins, Wyoming, of Victims scalped,353; Colonel Zebulon Butler,367; Huguenots at Kingston,389; General Wooster-Its Marks obliterated,406; Colonel Humphreys at New Haven-Major Campbell,424; Arnold's Wife,429; Vault of Mather Family,561.
Graves, Admiral, in Command of British Fleet at Battle of Bunker Hill,540.
Great Tree, Seneca Chief, Treachery of, at Schoharie,267.
Greene, General, charged with enriching himself at public Expense,321; In Command at Springfield in 1700.323Headquarters near Middlebrook, with Washington, in 1778,332; At Bunker Hill,566.
Greenland and Iceland, mild Climate of, in former Times, 21.
Green Mountain Boys. Regiment of, at Ticonderoga,155; Captured Crown Point in 1775,153.
Greenfield Hill, Notice of,417.
Gregg, Captain, Adventure of,252.
Gregg, Colonel, at Battle of Bennington,394.
Grenville, George, biographical Sketch of-Originator of Stamp Act,460; Speech of,471.
Gridley, Captain Samuel, at Battle of Bunker Hill,539,543.
Gridley, Colonel Richard, wounded at Battle of Bunker Hill-Biographical Sketch of,546.
Gross, Captain, Expedition to Currytown,294.
Grummon's Hill described,415.
Gunn, Abel, Notice of,384.
Guy, Park,234.
Haddin, Lieutenant, at Battle of Stillwater, 54.
Haldimand, Sir Frederick, Threat of, executed against the Oneidas in 1779,278.
Hale, Captain Nathan, Notice of,425.
Hale, Colonel, at Battle of Stillwater,51at Battle of Hubbard-ton-Censured for Cowardice-Death of,145..
Halleck, Quotation from,337,364.
Hamilton, Brigadier General (English), at Battle of Bemis's Heights, 50.
Hamilton, General Alexander, Anecdote of,315; Advocate of the Constitution-Suppresses Doctors' Mob in New York,384.
Hamilton, Gerard (Single-speech Hamilton), Notice of,476.
Hamilton, Mr., Anecdote of, at Expedition to Danbury,403.
Hamilton, Mrs. (Miss Schuyler), Notice of,315.
llammell, Major, Notice of,242.
Hammond, Lebbeus, Notice of,358,370.
Hand bills issued at Boston,496,507,572.
Hancock, John, Liberality of,473; Member of Boston Committee of Correspondence in 1774,513; Captain of Governor's Independent Cadets-Dismissal from, by Gage,514; Chosen President of Provincial Congress at Concord in 1774,515; Biographical Sketch of (see Biography of Signers of Declaration of Independence, Appendix)-Retires to Woburn for Safety,523; Anecdote of, on signing Declaration of Independence,537; Mementoes of,561; On Committee to draught Instructions for and Commission of General Washington,563.
Hancock, John, Nephew of the Patriot, Notice of,561.
Hand, General Edward, biographical Sketch of-In Sullivan's Expedition,274. ^
Han Yerry, Oneida Sachem, Notice of,278.
Hare, Capture and Execution of,273.
Hardenburg, Lieutenant, in Expedition against Oswegatchie,
Harnage, Major, at Battle of Stillwater, 55.
Harper, Captain Alexander, Capture of, by Tories and Indians,
2/8.
Harper, Colonel John, sent to Oghkwaga-Returns to Harpers-field,237; Destroys Schoyere in 1779,275; In Mohawk Valley,289.
Harrington, Jonathan, Caleb, and Abijah. Notice of,553,554.
Harrison, Robert H., succeeds Joseph Reed as Secretary to Washington,567.
Hartford, Convention at, in 1779,321,432; First Settlement of-Organized as one of the United Colonies of New England in 1643,433; Incidents of,434,435.
Hartley, Colonel, at Wyoming,363.
Harvard, Reverend John, endows University bearing his own Name in 1638,555.
Haynes, John, first Governor of Connecticut,433.
Head quarters of Revolutionary Officers at Bemis's Heights in 1777,45Of Officers of Northern Army at Albany,304; Of Washington at Morristown,306,309,310; At New Windsor, on the Hudson,313; At White Plains in 1778,331; At Fredericksburgh-Middlebrook,332; Of Steuben at Middlebrook in 1779,333; Of Colonel Butler at Wintermoot's Fort in 1778,353; Of Agnew and Erskiue on Expedition to Danbury in 1777,403; Of Putnam at Reading in 1779,411; At Fairfield,427; At Cambridge in 1775,555. 556.
Heath, General, in Command of Hudson Highlands in 1777,307; Receives his Appointment in 1775,516; At Battle of Bunker Hill,566.
Hendrick, Mohawk Sachem, Notice of-Anecdote of,106; His Eloquence,107; Rebuke to Governor Delaney,109.
Henry, Patrick, Eloquence and Revolutions of, against Stamp Act in 1765,466.
Henry, Judge, Notice of-In Expedition to Canada in 1775,198.
Herkimer, Abraham and George, appointed to shoot Brant's Attendants,238.
Herkimer, General, sent to Oshkwaga-Interview with Brant,238; At Siege of Fort Schuyler.245Wounded,246; Residence of-His Grave,260; Incidents of his Death,261.
Herrick, Colonel, at Battle of Bennington,397.
Hessians, Origin of Name of-At Battle of Stillwater,51Ludicrous Appearance of, after the Surrender of Saratoga-Advent into Cambridge-Kindness of the People toward,82Encampment of, near Bennington in 1777,396.'
Hewett, Captain, at Wyoming,353.
Howes, George R. T" Member of " Boston Tea Party"-His Character-Patriotism-Death,509.
Hill, George, Quotation from,485.
Hill, Thomas, Notice of,554.
Hillhouse, Captain, at Battle of Milford Hill,423.
Hillhouse, Honorable James, plants Elms at New Haven,428.
Hillsborough, Earl of, circular Letter to Colonies,484.
Historians, Local, of Central New Y'ork,292.
Historical Society of Connecticut, Relics in Collection of,437,438,439; Of Massachusetts, Relics in Collection of. 562.
History, early, of America, Testimony of. relative to Benedict Arnold,55Of Skenesborough or Whitehall,137; Of Montreal,178; Of Quebec,183,184; Of Syracuse,229; True Aim of,248; Of German Flats,253; Of Tryon County,292; Of Albany,301; Of Wyoming,340; Of Kingston,385,386; Of the Huguenots,386; Of Salem,416; Of New Haven.418Of Puritans,440; Of Boston,445; Of Quakers,450; Of Cambridge,555.
Hobart, John Sloss, one of the first Judges of New Y'ork Supreme Court in 1777,367.
Holcomb, Luther, at Expedition to Danbury,403.
Holderness, Lord, Notice of,302.
Hollenback, Mr., Notice of,360.
Hompasch. Baron, Daughter of, elopes to America with Boling-broke,329.
Honeywood, Quotation from,485.
Hooker, Reverend Thomas, Notice of,433.
Hoosick Falls, Description of,391.
House, Reidesel, at Saratoga,89Block, Fort Plain,262; Butler. in Mohawk Valley,285; Sir John Johnson (Hall),286; Mansion of General Schuyler. Albany,304; Washington and Schuyler's Head-quarters, Morristown,315; Mathews,323; Old Tavern, Elizabethport,328; Liberty Hall-Elizabethtown Point,329; Steuben's Head-quarters, Middle-brook.333Wintermoot's Fort,351; Red,375; Van Kleek, Poughkeepsie,383; Livingston, near Poughkeepsie,385; Constitution, Kingston, New York,387; Putnam's Head-quarters, Reading, Connecticut,411; Buckley, Norwalk,416,426; Residence of Arnold in New Haven.421First Meeting, in Connecticut,433; Webb, Wethersfield,436; Province, Boston,474; Faueuil Hall, Boston,479; Old South Meeting, Boston, described,490; Hancock, Boston,507; Clark, Lexington, Massachusetts,523,553; Barrett, Concord, Massachusetts,526; Washington's Headquarters, Cambridge,555; Reidesel, Cambridge,557.
Howe, Lord Viscount George, Expedition of, under Abercrombie,112; Bravery of, at Ticonderoga,118; His Death-Biographical Sketch of,119.
Howe, Admiral, Return of Fleet of, from Newport to New York in 1778,332; Arrives off Sandy Hook in 1776,386.
Howe, General Robert, ordered to Pompton by Washington to quell Rebellion in 1781,314.
Howe. General Sir William, Duplicity of, concerning the Troops of Burgoyne,82Sent with his Brother Richard on Commission to American Congress in 1777-Their Proclamation,308; Kits out Expedition to Danbury,402; Arrival of, at Boston in 1775, after Battle of Lexington,537; In Command at Battle of Bunker Hill,541; llis Esteem of Dr. Warren,548; Left in Command of Boston on recalling of Gage,573; Issues Proclamations exciting Indignation of Washington,574.
Hubhardton, first Settlement of-Battle-ground of,144; Battlefield of, described,146.
Hubley, Colonel, Notice of,278.
Huddlestone, Spy, Execution of,384.
Hudson River, Steam-boats of,35Difficulty in crossing, in 1777
Hudson, Hendrick, explores North River in 1609,300.
Huguenots, Colony of, destroyed by Spaniards, in Florida, in 1564,History of,386; Graves of, at Kingston, New York,389.
Hull, Major, at Battle of Bemis's Heights,50Biographical Sketch of, 55.
Huntington, Colonel, in Expedition to Danbury,403.
Humphreys, Colonel David. Quotation from,427,428; Soldier-poet of the Revolution,428,431; Biographical Sketch of-His Monument,429.
Hurd, Nathaniel, copper-plate Engraver, Notice of,317.
Hutchinson, Thomas, biographical Sketch of-His House attacked,467; His other Property attacked in Boston in 1765,468; appointed Governor of Massachusetts in 1771,493.
Immigrants. Pilgrim, Influx of, in 1634,448;
Incursion of Sir John Johnson into Schoharie Country in 1780-Attack on Schoharie Forts-Boldness of Murphy,279; Johnson's March to Fort Hunter-Destruction of Property,280.
Incursion of Sir John Johnson with Indians and Tories into Mohawk Valley in 1780,288; Captures Sammons's Family-Destroys their Dwelling-Cruelties and Crimes of Invaders-Recovery of hidden Plate-Retreat to Canada,289.
Incursion of Ross and Butler into Mohawk Valley in 1781-Action of Willett-Battle at Johnstown-Adventures of Sammons,290: Retreat of British-Flight on West Canada Creek-Death of Walter Butler-Last Battle near the Mohawk,291.
Independence of United States acknowledged by France in
1778. 87.
Independents or Separatists,441.
Indians, At Battle of Still water,59Hendrick, the Mohawk Sachem, Account of-Anecdote of,106; Eloquence of,107; Six Nations, described.109In Ambush, near Fort Ann,140; Mo-lang rescues Putnam from,141; War-Feast of, on Bouquet River,159; Interview of, with Burgoyne at Bouquet River-Speech of an Iroquois,160; Jealousy of, near Montreal in 1760,178; Norridgewockor Abenakes,191: Natanisand Sabatis,join Arnold's Expedition to Canada,194; Massacre of Sherburne's Corps, near Cedar Rapids-Caughnawagas-The seven Nations of Canada-Brant,208; St. Regis Village,210; Five Nations of New York attacked by Frontenac in 1696,216; War Feast, under Brant, at Oswego in 1777,219; Capture at Fort Niagara in 1759,225; Onondagas-Hostility toward Dupuys, near Syracuse,229; Massacre French and Spanish, near Oswego, in 1669,230; Councils of, in Mohawk Valley,234; In Valley of Charlotte River,237; Council of Six Nations at Oswego to form Alliance against Bostonians-Seduced by Promises of Rewards by Guy Johnson-Their Coalescence,239; At Siege of Fort Schuyler,242; Amusement of,252; Incursion of Oneidas into Unadilla Settlement-Five Nations, Division of, according to Colden,256; Caughnawagas and other Tribes threaten Destruction of all the Settlements in Mohawk and Schoharie Valleys in 1778-Oneidas and Tuscaroras neutral-Faithful to their Pledge-Fidelity of White Eyes,264; Council of, at Johnstown-Disposition of different Nations,265; Treachery of Great Tree,267; Onondagas, Expedition against, in 1779,270; Council of Six Nations
Genesee Valley,1769,276; Of Genesee Valley-Com Planter, Notice of-Address to President at Philadelphia-An early Temperance Lecturer,277; Attack on Schoharie Settlements in 1780-Rendezvous,279; Colonel Lewis Atyataronghta, an Oneida Warrior, at Battle of Klock's Field,281; Method of Scalping,293; Plunder and Burn Currytown,294; Scalp Mary Miller,295; Skirmish with Captain Woodworth at German Flats,298; Six Nations, Convention of, at Albany, in 1754,303; Council of, at Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1758, Diplomatist, at Easton, Pennsylvania,336; Anecdote of Old Indian at Wind Gap, Pennsylvania,338; Early Tribes of Wyoming Valley, Notice of,341; Jealous of Count Zinzendorf-Attempt to murder him,342; Quarrel between Shawnees and Delawares about Grasshopper,343; Speech of Messenger John in Wyoming Valley in 1775,349; Brant not engaged in Invasion of Wyoming,354; Of Esopus, massacre and capture Whites in 1663-Driven back to Mountains by Crygier,386; Skirmish near Cambridge,392; Panic and Flight of, at Battle of Bennington, in 1777,397; Pequots and other Connecticut Indians,416; Destruction of Pequots, near Fairfield, in 1637,417; War of Pequots in 1637,433; Attack on Pilgrims in 1620,443; Defy Pilgrims,444: Measures adopted by Congress for securing Neutrality in 1775,568.
Inglis, Reverend Charles, writes Letter to Joseph Galloway in Cipher,320.
Inman Family, at Battle of Wyoming,366.
Irishmen, enlistment of, in American Army in 1775,565.
Islands, Thousand, in River St. Lawrence,214; In Boston Harbor, Skirmishes at, after Battle of Lexington,537.
Isle Aux Noix, proposed attack of British on French,152; Fortified,162; Historic Associations of,167.
Jackson, Colonel, at Battle of Stillwater. 51: At Battle of Springfield,324.
Jarvis, Stephen, in Expedition to Danbury,402.
Jay, John, Delegate to first Continental Congress,383; Advocate of Constitution-Wounded by Stone in Doctor's Mob. New Y'ork.384Chairman of Committee for draughting and reporting State Constitution in 1776,386; First Chief Justice of State of New York,387.
Jeffries, Dr., at Battle of Bunker Hill,544.
Jenner, biographical Sketch of,307.
Johnson, Sir John, strengthens Johnson Hall by Scotch Highlanders,235; Perfidy of, toward Schuyler-Flight from Canshnawaga,236; In Command of Indians at Oswego.241At Siege of Tort Schuyler,245; Recruits Tory Refugees on St. Lawrence,264; In Western New York,274; Incursion of, into Schoharie Country-Attack on Schoharie Forts,279; March of, to Fort Hunter,280; Flight toward Onondaga Lake-Escape to Canada by Oswego,282; Flight toward Canada-Invasion of Mohawk Valley in 1780,288; Retreats from Johnstown-Recovers buried Plate, and conveys it to Montreal,289; Flight to Canada,290.
Johnson, Lady of Sir John, conveyed to Albany and kept as Hostage,236. ?
Johnson, Sir William, Anecdote of, and Mohawk Sachem,106; Attack on his Camp in 1755,108; Captures French and Indians at Fort Niagara in 1759,225; Biographical Sketch of-Scat of-Dark Deeds of, in Mohawk Valley-Effect of his Movements on People-Formation of Parties,232; Indian Diploma-Amusements-Death. 268.
Johnson, Guy, Residence of, in Mohawk Valley,234; Summons Grand Council of Six Nations at Oswego,239.
Johnson, Captain Edward, quaint Sayings of,448.
Johnson Greens,236,241,244,246.
Johnson, Thomas, nominates Washington for Commander-in-chief,563.
Johnstone, Reverend Mr., of Johnstone Settlement,237.
Johnstown. Battle of, in 1781. 290.
Jones, Major, at Battle of Stillwater, 54.
Jones, Lieutenant David, retirement to Canada in consequence of Murder of Jane McRea,100.
Junius, Letters of-Joint Authorship attributed to Colonel Barré, Marquis of Landsdowne, and Counselor Dunning,463.
Kalm's Description of Albany in 1749,301.
Kean, John, Notice of,329.
Keats, Quotation from, 44.
Kimble's Mountain,306.
Kine-pox, Discovery of. by Jenner-Introduction of, by Lady Montague, in 172],307.
Kingston, New York, Place of holding Legislature in 1777,358; Description and early History of,385; Indian Troubles-Asylum for Huguenots,366; Place of holding Convention of Representatives of State of New York, and of draughting and reporting Constitution of State in 1777,387; Burning of,368; Scene of Execution of Tories in Revolution,389; Scenery near-Birth-place of Vanderlyn the Painter,390.
Kingston, Lieutenant, at Battle of Bemis's Heights,050
Kingston, Upper Canada, Notice of,214.
Kinnison. David, only Survivor of Boston Tea Party,499; Life and Adventures of,500; Speech at Free Soil Meeting in 1643,501.
, Kirke, Tide-waiter-Confinement in Sloop Liberty,478
Kirkland. Samuel, biographical Sketch of,234.
Klock, Colonel Jacob, at Siege of Fort Schuyler,245; Descent of Son of, upon Palatine,298.
Knapp, Benjamin, Notice of 403.
Knickerbocker Magazine, Quotation from,533.
Knowlton, Captain Thomas, at Battle of Bunker Hill,539.
Knox, General Henry, Head-quarters of, near Middlebrook, with Washington, in 1778,332; At Battle of Bunker Hill,545.
Knyphanaen, General Baron, biographical Sketch of,321; Invasion of Elizabethtown and Springfield,322.
Kosciusko, biographical Sketch of, 48.
Labrador, Discovery of, by Cabot, 27.
La Fayette, Marquis De, accompanies Commissioner Duane to Indian Council at Johnstown in 1778-Mans Forts of Schoharie Creek,265; Escorted by Revolutionary Dragoons in 1825,413; At Laying of Corner Stone of Bunker Hill Monument,559.
Lake George, Discovery and Description of,108; Scene of Massacre in 1757,110.
Lake, Silver-bottomed, fabled, near Syracuse,230.
Lamb, Colonel John, Notice of,459.
Lands, Grants of, extending to Pacific,123,343,399; New Hampshire Grants declared Free and Independent in 1777,168.
Langdon, Governor John, biographical Sketch of,393.
Langdon, Dr., Notice of,459.
Langdon, President, Notice of,539; Reads Declaration of Congress before Army at Cambridge in 1775,569.