Battle at Shantock Point, between Mohegans and Narragansets--Uneas pursues Miantonômoh--Captures and treats him with Kindness,028;Sends him to Hartford--Liberated by Commissioners of the Colonies,029.
Battle at Spencer's Ordinary in 1781--Simcoe marches to Chickahominy to destroy American Stores and collect Cattle--Intercepted by M'Pherson, at Spencer's Ordinary, on his return--Engagement--M'Pherson thrown from his Horse and severely hurt--Stratagem of Simcoe,464;Joined by Cornwallis--Drawn Battle--The Loss--Cornet Jones buried with Honors of War--March of Cornwallis for Jamestown Island,405.
Battle at Stono Ferry in 1779--Defeat of the Enemy--Their Retreat--Loss,731.
Battle at Trenton in 1776--American Army crosses Delaware on Christmas night, and silently proceeds to Trenton--Skirmish,227;Attack on the British--Hall mortally wounded--Capture of Hessians,228;Victory of Americans--Washington visits dying Rall--Parole of Honor signed by Hessian Officers,229;Rall's fatal Carousal,230;Retreat of British from Bordentown to Princeton--Their Line of Posts broken up--Good effect of Victory at Trenton,231.
Battle at Wateree Ford, between Sumter and British,660.
Battle near the Waxhaw, between Buford and Tarleton, in 1780,664.
Battle at White Plains in 1776--Position of the two Armies--British move toward the Village--Attempt to cross the Bronx--Repulsed by Hamilton--Conflict on Chatterton's Hill,822;Retreat of Americans--Loss--Withdrawal to North Castle,823.
Battle-ground at Quaker Hill,089;Minisink,102;Trenton,228;Princeton,236,241;Germantown,314,316;Barren Hill,329; Quintan's Bridge,344;Hancock's Bridge,345;Monmouth,356,362,365;Brandywine.377,378,366;Richmond,435;Spencer's Ordinary in 1781,464;Fort Duquesne, where Braddock fell,478;At Tickawav Plains in 1774,488;Of Siege of Yorktown in 1761,515,518;Near Petersburg in 1781,544,545;Peculator on the Allamance in 1771,577,594;Of the Haw in 1781,593;Near Guilford Court House in 1761,606,611;Near Kina's Mountain,629;At the Cowpens in 1780,638;Rocky Mount,658;Near Camden,672;Hobkirk's Hill,676,679; The Siege of Ninety-six,691;Siege of Savannah in 1779,736; Siege of Charleston in 1760,765; Long Island,809;White Plains,822.
Bauman, Major, at Siege of Yorktown in 1781--Reports of Condition of Artillery at West Point--Ex-postmaster in the City of New York,516.
Baylor, Colonel, Massacre of his Corps at Old Tappan,196.
Beatty, Captain, at Battle of Cowpens in,017.81,639.
Belcher, Governor, presents College of New Jersey with Library,243.
Bell, Liberty, in State House, Philadelphia--Its History--Carried to Place of Safety from British in 1777,272.
Benson. Lieutenant, wounded at Siege of Fort Ninety-six in 1781,694.
Berkeley, Sir William, Notice of,446,559;Succeeds Wyatt as Governor of Virginia in 1641--Biographical Sketch of,459;Flees to Virginia on Death of Charles I.--Proclaims Charles II. King of Virginia--Elected Governor of Virginia in 1659,460;Refuses Virginians Privilege of protecting themselves--Proclaims Bacon a Traitor--Orders Troops to pursue and arrest him--Recalls them to quell Rebellion--Compelled to yield--Promises to sign Bacon's Commission--Publishes Proclamation reversing former Proceedings--Calls upon Aristocracy to join him--Driven from Jamestown to the Chesapeake,461;Returns to Middle Plantation on Death of.
Bacon--Wreaks Vengeance upon insurgents--Rules with iron Hand--Recalled to England--Dies,462.
Beverly Dock, Notice of,140,161.
Bethlehem, Moravian Establishment at, Notice of--The Recipient of La Fayette while recovering from Wounds in 1778,382,391.
Billingsport, Capture of, by British in 1777,292.
Bills, drawn on Franklin and Jay by Government in 1780,087;Proposed conciliatory Passage of Lord North's relative to Disorders in America,346;Rejected by Americans,349.
Biographical Sketch of Major John Armstrong,166;General Benedict Arnold,142;James Robertson Arnold,158;Major John André,197;Reverend James F. Armstrong,246;General John Armstrong,315;General James Agnew,318;Charles Armand (Marquis de la Rouarie),466;Abraham Alexander--Elijah Alexander,617;General John Ashe,714;William Alexander (Earl of Stirling),807;Colonel William Barton,075;Major Robert Burnet,118;William Bradford,258;Colonel Theodorie Bland,380;Governor William Berkeley,459;Nathaniel Bacon,461;Norborne Berkeley (Baron de Botetourt),469;General Henry Boquet,347;Colonel Daniel Boone,491;Dr. Ephraim Brevard,618;Governor Thomas Burke,777;John Battin,827;Governor Nicholas Cooke,057;Captain Benjamin Church,095;General James Clinton,112;Enoch Crosby (Harvey Birch),123;General John Cadwallader,226;Dr. Craik,241;Benjamin Chew,314;Colonel Cresap,490;Colonel George R. Clarke,493;Lord Cornwallis,510;Marquis De Chastellux,513; Count De Custine,517;Anthony A. Cooper (Earl of Shaftesbury),560;Governor Richard Caswell,585;Colonel Edward Carrington,604;Colonel William Campbell,632;Robert Cunningham,649;Colonel Cruger,690;Captain John Coffin,699;Lord William Campbell,750;Sir Henry Clinton,762;Dr. Cadwallader Colden,786;General George Clinton,838;Lieutenant-colonel De Fleury,181;General Dickinson,220;Reverend Mr. Duché,208;Count De Grasse,511;Count Mathieu Dumas,520;Lord Dunmore,538;General William Davidson,599;William H. Drayton,649;Baron De Kalb,667;Colonel John Dooly,712;General Oliver Delancey,829;Martha Dandridge (Mrs. Washington),840;Count D'Estaing,078;Reverend John Eliot,091;General James Ewing,229;General Samuel Elbert,711;Mrs. Faugeres,130;Governor William Franklin,217;Colonel Frederic Frelinghuysen,219;Colonel Joshua Fry,475;General John Forbes,479;Edmund Fanning,574;Major Patrick Ferguson,634;Daniel Gookin,092;Joseph Galloway,269;Colonel Christopher Greene,294;Colonel William Grayson,355;General John Gibson,490;General Nathaniel Greene,595;Captain Joseph Graham,598;George Graham,626;General Horatio Gates,669;General Mordecai Gist,671;Governor Christopher Gadsden,748;Stephen Hopkins (see Biography of Signers of Declaration of Independence, Supplement); Benjamin Huntington,032;General Jabez Huntington,039;Governor Richard Howell.245;Colonel Moses Hazen,380;Patrick Henry,439;John Holt,534;Cornelius Harnett,582;Colonel John E. Howard,639;Colonel Joseph Habersham,726;General Robert Howe,729;Colonel Isaac Hayne,774;Richard Earl Howe,814;General William Heath,820;Reverend David Jones,371;Samuel Jenkins,421;John Harvey,579;Governor Janies Jackson,739;Usual Knapp,119;Simon Kenton,494;Ruloff de Kype,803;General Henry Knox,838;Duke De Lauzun,034;Colonel Henry Livingston.152;John Laurance,197;General Charles Lee,221;James Logan,313;General La Fayette,324;Colonel Fielding Lewis,427;Logan,490;General Andrew Lewis,537;Joint Locke,560;General John Alexander Lillington,585;General Benjamin Lincoln,733;John Laurens,778;Jacob Leisler,785;Colonel John Lamb,791;General Alexander M'Dougall,172;Robert Morris (see Biography of Signers of Declaration of Independence. Supplement); General Mercer,237;Dr. Morgan,240;General William Maxwell,358;Captain Molly,361;General John P. G. Muhlenberg,383;Governor Josiah Martin,598;General Daniel Morgan,637;Captain John M'Clure,663;General Francis Marion,683;Mrs. Jacob Motte (Rebecca Brewton),685;Colonel Hezekiah Maham,707;General Lachlin M'Intosh,728;General William Moultrie,751;General Thomas Mifflin,841;General Francis Nash,320;General W. North,342;Governor Thomas Nelson,508;Governor Abner Nash,675;Colonel Aaron Ogden,200;Colonel Eleazer Oswald,357;General James Oglethorpe,721;General Samuel H. Parsons,174;William Penn,253;General Enoch Poor,328;William Pitt,348;Charles Pratt (Earl of Camulin),400;Charles W. Peale,409;General William Phillips,546;Colonel Thomas Polk,624;Colonel William Polk,700;General Andrew Pickens,717;Count Casimir Pulaski,735;General Thomas Pinckney,758;General Charles C. Pinckney,763;General Israel Putnam,805;Dr. David Rittenhouse,243;Peyton Randolph,266;Mrs. Esther Reed,312;James Rees,313;General Joseph Reed,351;Sir Walter Raleigh,451;Count De Rochambeau,527;General Rutherford,597;Colonel Richard Richardson,650;Lord Francis Rawdon,677;Governor John Reynolds,723;Judge John Rutlege,752;James Rivington,796;Thomas Short,050;Hannah Sabine,057;General Joseph Spencer,080;Beverly Robinson,140,481;Joshua II. Smith,184;Claudius Smith,210;Dr. Shippen,241;Richard Stockton (see Biography of Signers of Declaration of Independence, Supplement); Colonel Samuel Smith,295;General Adam Stephen,320;Baron Steuben,342;General Charles Seott,353;Captain John Smith,453;Colonel Alexander Seammell,515;Colonel Ebenezer Stevens,516;General Edward Stevens,535,536;Colonel Isaac Shelby,631;Colonel John Sevier,633;John Stuart,647;General Thomas Sumter,651;General William Smallwood,673;General Jethro Sumner,607;Governor Petrus Stuyvesant,784;Colonel Micah Smith,791;Captain Isaac Sears--Bishop Samuel Seabury,797;General John Morin Scott,805;Major Thompson (Count Rumford),023;Jonathan Trumbull,033;Charles Thomson,266;Reverend William Tennant--Reverend Gilbert Tennant,365;Governor William Tryon,567;General Banastre Tarleton,607;Colonel William 'Thompson,650;Major Benjamin Tallmadge,833;Colonel Richard Varick,157;General Philip van Cortlandt,170;General James Varnum,292;William Williams (see Biography of Signers of Declaration of Independence, Supplement); General Joseph Williams,040;Reverend Roger Williams,055;Governor Joseph Wanton,060;David Williams,205;Captain White Eyes,250;Baron Do Woedtke,329;General George Weedon,382;General Woodford,363;Washington Family,423;Ensign Robert Wilson,524;General Otho II. Williams,602;Colonel James Williams,632;Major Joseph Winston,633;Colonel William Augustus Washington,641;William Winn,658;General Nathaniel Woodhull,811;Elizabeth Zane,498.
Bill, Boston Port, Effect of, on Colonies,486.
Bills of Credit, issued at New, York in 1769,791.
Bills, Parliamentary, prohibiting Intercourse and Trade with the Colonies till they' should submit--Placing the Country under Martial Law,020.
Birch, Harvey, Identity of, authenticated as Enoch Crosby,122,123.
Bird, Colonel, killed at Battle of Germantown in 1777,318.
Birdsall, Daniel. Notice of,169.
Blackstone, William, first White Settler of Rhode Island,054.
Blackstone, Nathaniel. Governor of Maryland,399.
Bladensburg, Maryland, Battle of, in 1814--Noted for Duelling,405.
Blake, Joseph, Governor of South Carolina,562.
Bland, Colonel Theodorie, at Jones's Ford in 1777--Biographical Sketch of,380;Superintends March of Burgoyne's captive Troops to Charlottesville in 1778,551;His Kindness and Hospitality,552.
Blandford, Virginia, early History of--Its aneient Church,542.
Bleecker, Mrs., Quotation from,131.
Boyd, John, killed at Battle of King's Mountain in 1780,634.
Bolling, Colonel, Notice of,542.
Bolling. Mrs., furnishes Mead-quarters to Phillips and Arnold at Petersburg in 1781--Noticed by Chastellux,544;A Descendant of Pocahontas,545.
Bombardment of Boston in 1776,009;Of Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1775,072;Of Fort La Fayette in 1779,180;Of Fort M'Henry, near Baltimore, in 1814,388;Of Norfolk in 1775,537;Of Yorktown in 1781,517;Of Governor Nelson's Mansion,521;Of Savannah in 1779,737;Of Charleston in 1780,766.
Bonaparte, Joseph, Residence at Bordentown,220.
Boudinot, Elias, Quotation from,367.
Bonner, Colonel, killed at Battle of Monmouth,365.
Boone, Colonel Daniel, Biographical Sketch of--Capture and Massacre Iff his Family by Indians,491,492.
Boote, Benjamin, inimical to Patriot Cause,621.
Boquet, General Henry, in Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1758,480;Besieges Detroit in 1774--Compels Indians to agree to Treaty--Biographical Sketch of,487.
Bordentown, Notice of,219;Revolutionary Events of,220.
Bose, Colonel, at Battle of Guilford in 1781,609.
Boston, Siege of in 1776,009;Bombardment of,012;People of, short of Provisions in 1774--Poor of, receive Provisions from Norwich,031;Hold Town Meeting relative to Declaration of Independence in 1776,275;Contributes to Relief of Sufferers at Savannah in 1774,725.
Botetourt, Baron de (Norborne Berkeley), Governor of Virginia in 1768.469,473,484;Biographical Sketch of,469;His Character,484;Death of, in 1774,485.
Botta, Charles, Quotation from,240.
Bourke, Betsey. Notice of,584.
Bowen, William, taken Prisoner by Turks in 1724--Money raised for his Ransom,091.
Boyd, Captain, Vigilance of, in relation to Andre,186;In Expedition to Petersburg in 1781,544.
Boyd, Tory, in Georgia,',712.
Boyer (President of Hayti), brought to Norwich as French Prisoner in 1797,039.
Braddock. General E. arrives in Virginia, from Ireland, with five hundred Men, in 1755--Commands Expedition to Fort Duquesne,477;Death of,478;Supposed to have been shot by Faucett. One of his own Men,479.
Bradford, Andrew. Notice of,258.
Bradford, William, Proprietor of Pennsylvania Journal--Biographical Sketch of,258;Publishes Journal in New York in 1726,786.
Brainerd, Quotation from,098.
Brandywine, Topography of Battle ground and River,377.
Brant, Joseph, at Battle of Minisink in 1779,102;His Defense--Saves Major Wood,103.
Bratton, Captain, in Battle at Rocky Mount in 1780,659.
Bratton, Mrs. Martha, Fortitude of,659.
Breakfast-room of Arnold at Robinson House,158.
Brevard, Dr. Ephraim, reputed Author of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and Constitution of Government--Biographical Sketch of,618.
Brewster, Anna, dwarf Maiden at New Windsor--Declines visiting Lady Washington--Acrostic on,113.
Bridge over Sleepy Hollow Creek,191;At M'Conkey's Ferry,221;Above Trenton,233;At Worth's Mill,234;Over Stony Brook in 1777, cut away by Kelly,238;Quintan's Skirmish at, in 1778,344;Hancock's Massacre at,345;Mayo's, over James River,438;Great, over Elizabeth River, above Norfolk,533;Gee's,555;Near Rugeley's Mill, South Carolina,666;Quimby's Creek, Battle at in 1781,773;King's (New York), Notice of,794;King's, Battle of in 1777,829.
Bristol, Rhode Island, bombarded by Wallace in 1775,072.
Broadwater, Captain Charles, Notice of,421.
Bromfield, Major, left in command of Fort Griswold on Death of Montgomery,044.
Brooklyn, settled by Walloons in 1625; Birth of first white Child,763;Topography and Fortifications,806;Preparations to besiege its Works,811.
Brooks, James G., Quotation from,216.
Brooks, Colonel. Notice of,549.
Brown, J. Carter, Notice of,058.
Brown, John, projects Plan for burning schooner Gaspee,061.
Brown, General Jacob, erects Monument at West Point to the Memory of Colonel Wood,131.
Brown, Nicholas, founds Brown University,059.
Brown, Colonel Thomas, sentenced to be tarred and feathered in 1775.710;His cruelty at Augusta,714;At Savannah,740.
Brown, Governor, of New Providence, exchanged as Prisoner for Stirling,814.
Brunswick. North Carolina, Notice of,568.
Brush, Clean, Tory. Notice of,011,013.
Bryant, John G., Quotation from,216.
Bryant. William Cullen. Quotations from,059,463,684.
Bucklin, Thomas, discharges Musket at Duddington on board the Gaspee,062.
Buford. Colonel Abraham, Men of, massacred by Tarleton,664.
Bugler Boy, Lee's, murdered by Miller,603.
Bullit, Captain, in Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1758,480;At Battle of Great Bridge, near Norfolk, in 1775,534.
Bullock, John H, Notice of,556.
Bunker Hill, taken Possession of by Putnam in 1776,014.
Burgesses, Virginia, House of, Session of, &c. See Assembly, Virginia.
Burgoyne, General, Picture of his Captives--Leaves Boston for England in 1777,025,551;His captured Army retained,550.
Burke, Edmund, proposes conciliatory Bill in Parliament, in 1775, to repeal Boston Port Bill--Not to tax America--Recommending general Amnesty, &c.,019;His Eloquence in Parliament, denouncing measures of Government, in 1776.
Burke, Mr., Notice of,429.
Burke. Governor Thomas, Abduction of Biographical Sketch of,777.
Burke, Judge Ædanus, attacks Constitution of Society of the Cincinnati,127.
Burletta, a Farce, "Boston Blockaded,",011.
Burnet, Major Robert, Recollections of,109;Describes Temple near New Windsor--Biographical Sketch of,118.
Burton, Colonel, wounded in Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1755,479.
Burr, Colonel Aaron, Head-quarters of, near Sufferns, in 1777,214;His attack upon British Pickets, near Hackensack,215.
Burwell, acting Governor of Virginia in 1750,473.Bushnell, Mr., Inventor of Torpedoes,310,814.
Bushnell, Richard, Quotation from,030.
Butler, Colonel Percival, at Battle of Spencer's Ordinary in 1781,464.
Butler, General, joins Greene at Troublesome Creek in 1781,606;At Battle of Guilford,609.
Buttermilk Falls, Notice of,139.
Butts's Hill, Notice of,083,089.
Byrd, Colonel William, Notice of,432,441,452;In Expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1758,479;Against Kentucky Forts in 1780,500.
Byrd, Mrs., visited by Do Chastellux,441.
Byrd's Warehouse at Richmond,432.
Byron, Admiral, sails for America with British Fleet in 1778,078.
Byron, Lord, Quotation from,492.