Expedition (British) against New Bedford, in 1778, under Sir Henry Clinton--Landing of Grey on Clark's Neck--Destruction of Shipping in the Harbor--Burns Magazine, Stores, Wharves, Houses, &c.--Grey proceeds to Martha's Vineyard--Destroys Vessels--Makes Requisition for Arms, Money, Oxen, and Sheep,084.
Expedition (British) to Peekskill, under Sir William Howe, in 1777--Scheme and Stratagem to capture and destroy Cattle and military Stores at Peekskill--M'Dougall commences sending Stores to Forts Clinton and Montgomery--Vessels of Enemy arrive at Tarrytown, Haverstraw, and Peekskill Bay--Landing of Enemy at Peekskill--M'Dougall retreats to Gallows Hill--Sends to Fort Constitution for Detachment under Colonel Willett--Skirmish ensues--Destruction of Stores and other Property--Destruction of Continental Village,173;Peekskill repossessed by Americans,174.
Expedition against Trenton, under Washington, in 1776,227;Victory of Americans over the Hessians,229;Good Effect of the Victory at Trenton,231.
Expedition against Princeton, under Washington, in 1777, and its Success,232,--280.
Expedition (Hessian) against Fort Mercer, at Red Bank, in 1777,293;Donop, the Hessian Commander, mortally wounded--Retreat to Haddonfield,294.
Expedition to Barren Hill, under La Fayette, in 1778,328.
Expedition, proposed, against Canada, in 1777, under La Fayette,339.
Expedition to French Creek, under Washington, in 1753--Washington joined by French and Indian Interpreters--Proceeds across the Alleghanies to Fort Duquesne--Descends the Ohio to Logstown--Holds Council with Indian Chiefs,473;Joined by Tanacharison (Half King)--Proceeds to French Camp at Venango--Received with Civility by Joncaire--Thence to Head quarters at Fort Le Bouf--Received with Politeness by M De St, Pierre-- Accomplishes his Mission--Returns to Williamsburg,474.
Expedition, under Washington, against the French at Fort Duquesne, in 1754,475;Erects Fort Necessity--Proceeds to Hiding-place of the French--Assaults them by Surprise, and gains a Victory,475;Succeeds to chief Command on Death of Fry--Holds Council of War--Strengthens his Position at Fort Necessity--Attacked by the French--Capitulates--Loss--Returns to Williamsburg,476,477.
Expeditions (British), marauding, to Bristol and Tiverton in 1778, under Prescott--Boats and Galley on Kickemuet River destroyed--Church and Dwellings at Warren burned--Rob Inhabitants of live Stock, Jewelry, &c..077;Burn Episcopal Church at Bristol and other Buildings, and plunder the Town--Burn Mills at Tiverton--Attempt to fire and plunder the Town--Repulsed by Patriots,078.
Expedition (British) against St, Augustine In 1702,745.
Expedition (British) up Hudson River, under Sir Henry Clinton in 1777--Stratagem of Clinton to mislead Putnam--Landing of his Troops at Tarrytown,165;Skirmishes near Doodletown and Fort Montgomery,166,167;Treachery of Messenger--Putnam deceived--Forts Clinton and Montgomery taken,167;Americans fire their own Vessels and flee--Enemy proceed to Kingston, destroying Obstructions in the River and other Property, burning Towns, &c.--Estimate of Loss of Munitions, Stores, &c., of Americans,168.
Expedition (British), marauding, up the Delaware in 1778--Proceeds to Burdentown and Bile's Island, burning Houses and destroying other Property--Returns to Philadelphia with little Booty and no Glory,220.
Expedition (British), marauding, to Hampton, in 1813, under Cockburn,532.
Expedition (British), marauding, against Lower Virginia, under Dunmore, in 1775--Sends Soldiers ashore at Norfolk to seize Holt's printing Establishment--Corporation sends aboard Letter of Remonstrance to Dunmore--Attack upon Hampton and other Points on Elizabeth and James Rivers--Penetrates Princess Anne County to plunder and lay waste--Declares open War against Lower Virginia--Attempts to bring Indians against Colonies--Norfolk Comity called to Arms under Woodford and Bullitt--Dunmore constructs Batteries and Intrenchments at Norfolk--Arms Tories and Blacks--Orders country People to send in Cattle,534;Fortifies Passage of Elizabeth River at Great Bridge-- Battle at Great Bridge--British driven off in Confusion to the Norfolk Side--The killed and wounded--Treatment of Prisoners--Dunmore greatly exasperated--Woodford enters Norfolk in Triumph--Joined by General Howe-- Dunmore abandons his Intrenchments--Distress prevails in his Ships-- Fired upon by Americans--Arrival of British Frigate _Liverpool_-- Commences bombarding Norfolk,536;Lays Town in Ashes--Distress of the People--British driven back to their Ships with Loss,537;Operates at Gwyn's Island, and then joins naval Force in New York--Sails to England-- Amount of Property destroyed,538.
Expedition (British), marauding, to Virginia, in 1781, under Cornwallis-- Reaches Roanoke at Halifax--Tarleton's Corps sent forward as Advance Guard--Commits Outrages on Inhabitants and Property--Arrives at Petersburg--Joined by Arnold--Cornwallis assumes chief Command,547;Receives Re-enforcements from New York at Westover--Marches to ward Richmond--Attempts to intercept Wayne and La Fayette--Sends Simcoe to Point of Fork to surprise Stuben--Dispatches Tarleton and Champagne to attempt Capture of Jefferson and Members of Virginia Legislature at Charlottesville--Attempts to destroy American Stores at Albemarle Old Court House--Hastens to Williamsburg,550.
Expedition (British), marauding, to North Carolina, under Sir Henry Clinton, in 1776,587.
Expedition (British), under Mawhood, against military Posts in New Jersey, in 1778--Skirmish between Simcoe's Rangers and Americans, under Smith, at Quintan's Bridge--Enemy foiled,344;Simcoe proceeds to Hancock's Bridge--Massacre of all the inmates of Hancock's House--Return to Philadelphia,345.
Expedition (British) to Virginia, under Arnold, Philips, and Cornwallis, in 1780--Departure of Arnold from New York-Detained by contrary Winds--Enters Hampton Roads--Proceeds to Jamestown and Westover,433;Lands his Forces--Marches toward Richmond,434;Takes Possession of the Town--Destroys the Cannon Foundery and Magazine--Plunders Houses,435;Burns public and private Buildings and other property--Withdraws to Westover--Re-embarks--Commits other Depredations on the River and Shores of Virginia Bays--Pursued by Americans--Establishes Head quarters at Portsmouth,436;Skirmish of Simcoe's Rangers at Long Bridge with American Videttes,443;At Charles City Court House--Simcoe collects his Prisoners and joins Arnold at Westover,444;Cornwallis arrives, in 1781, at Petersburg, from North Carolina--Proceeds to Portsmouth-Pursued by La Fayette and Wayne--Battle at Spencer's Ordinary--Stratagem of Simcoe,464;March of Cornwallis for Jamestown Island,465;Battle at Jamestown Ford,467;Americans retreat to Point near Jamestown--Cornwallis to Portsmouth--Tarleton dispatched to destroy American Stores at New London (Va.)--Meets Cornwallis at Suffolk--Whole Army return to Portsmouth--Number of killed and wounded in Battle,468.
Expedition, under Braddock, against the French at Fort Duquesne in 1755--Marches from Alexandria to Will's Creek--Destruction of Fort Cumberland--Braddock separates his Army into two Divisions--Joins Washington at Junction of Youghiogheny and Monongahela Rivers--Leaves Dunbar in command of Fort Cumberland--Proceeds to Fort Duquesne,477;Alarm of the French--Conflict ensues--Confusion of both Parties-Washington adopts provincial Mode of Fighting--Awful Carnage--Braddock killed,478;Utter Defeat of the British--Loss and wounded,479.
Expeditions of Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh to colonize Virginia,448,449,450,451.
Expedition to Virginia by Gosnold, Weymouth, and Pring,451.
Expedition, under Forbes, against Fort Duquesne in 1758--Washington and Byrd proceed to Will's Creek--Boquet exceeds his Instructions--Grant attempts to capture Fort Duquesne--Retreat with Loss--French pursue and attack Boquet's Camp--Battle--French burn Fort Duquesne on approach of Forbes--Escape down the Ohio--Forbes takes Possession of Ruins of the Fort--Establishes a Garrison, and names it after Pitt--Returns, with principal Officers, to Williamsburg,480.
Expedition to the Scioto, under Dunmore, in 1774--Lewis follows the Great Kenawha to the Ohio--Dunmore crosses the Mountains to the Ohio, above Wheeling--General Andrew Lewis encamps at Point Pleasant--Attacked by Cornstalk,487;Colonel Charles Lewis and Hugh Allen mortally wounded--Lewis's Line gives way--Fleming attacks the Enemy's Right-- Sustained by Colonel Field--Indians driven back--Cornstalk cheers his Men--Indians retreat at Night--The killed and wounded--Lewis receives Orders to proceed to the Scioto--Leaves Shelby in command at Point Pleasant--Dunmore erects Fort Gower at Mouth of Great Hockhocking,488;Treaty with Indians at Camp Charlotte,489;Returns to Virginia,491.
Expedition to Red Stone Old Fort, Monongahela River, in 1774,489.
Expedition, under Clarke, against British Forts on Western Rivers and Lakes, in 1778--Proceeds to Corn Island, at Falls of the Ohio--Joined by Kenton,494;Descends to Mouth of the Tennessee--Accepts services of Hunters as Guides--Marches for a distance down the Ohio--Thence by Land to Kaskaskia--Takes Fort by Surprise--Captain Bowman proceeds to Cahokia,495;Captures two small Towns, and takes Cahokia by Surprise--Inhabitants take the Oath of Allegiance to American Cause--Prepares to besiege Fort Vincennes--Joined by Father Gibault and Inhabitants of the Town--Expels Garrison from the Fort, and plants the American Flag,496.
Expedition, under Clark, against Vincennes, in 1779--Sends Captain Rogers to Mouth of White River--Traverses drowned Lands of Illinois--Encamps near Vincennes--Demands immediate Surrender of Place and Fort,496;Resisted by Hamilton--Conflict ensues--Victorious--Garrison made Prisoners of War--Hamilton sent to Virginia,497,Expedition, under Byrd, against Kentucky Forts, in 1780--Proceeds, with Canadians and Indians, to Falmouth and Ruddell's Station, on the Licking--Surrender of Ruddell--Indians capture Men, Women, and Children--Destroy Property--Army proceeds to and captures Martin's Station--Returns to Detroit,500.
Expedition, under Boone, to Blue Licks, in 1782--Joined by Trigg and Todd at Bryant's Station--Proceeds toward Lower Blue Licks--Kentuckians hold Council of War--Pursue the Enemy, falling into Ambuscade--Nearly surrounded by Indians in Concealment--Death of young Boone--Kentuckians retreat across the Stream--Pursued, with great Loss,501,Expedition, under Clarke, against Indian Towns on the Scioto, in 1782--Assembles at Mouth of the Licking--Crosses the Ohio, and proceeds to the Scioto, accompanied by Kenton as Pilot--Natives escape--Americans burn Villages, Corn-fields, and Orchards--Return to Mouth of Licking,501.
Expedition (British) to Portsmouth, under Leslie, in 1780,539.Expedition (British) to Petersburg, under Arnold and Phillips, in 1781--Land at City Point--March for Petersburg--Simcoe attacks Patriots at Williamsburg, and takes Yorktown--Phillips lands near Burwell's Ferry--Virginians flee on approach of Simcoe,543;British proceed to Blandford--Attack Steuben--Americans retreat--Pursued by Enemy to Blandford Church--British fired upon by Steuben, from Archer's Hill--He retires to Chesterfield Court House--Loss--Destruction of Property,541;Arnold proceeds to Osborne's--Phillips marches to Chesterfield Court House--Virginians driven from the opposite Shore at Osborne's--Whole Fleet and Stores captured or destroyed,545;Marauders proceed toward Richmond--Destroy Tobacco and other Property at Manchester--March to Warwick--Destroy Ships on the Stocks, Flour, Tobacco, &c., and burn the Town--Return to Petersburg,546.
Expeditions, under Barnwell and Moore, against Southern Indians,562.
Expedition, under Tryon, against Regulators in North Carolina, in 1771--Encampment of Tryon, on the Eno,575;Waddel crosses the Yadkin--Desertion of his Men--Pursued by Insurgents--Skirmish ensues--Several taken Prisoners--Escapes himself to Salisbury--Tryon presses forward toward the Allainance--Battle with the Regulators,576;Killed and wounded,577;Tryon returns to Newberne, exhibiting Prisoners on the Way--Exacts Oath of Allegiance from People--Levies contributions of Provisions--Offers reward for Husband and other Regulators--Burns Houses--Destroys Crops--Holds Courts Martial for trying civil Cases--Condemns twelve, and Executes six Prisoners,578.
Expedition, under Colonel Moore, against Highlanders in North Carolina, in 1776--Marches toward Cross Creek--Fortifies Camp--Cuts off Communication between M'Donald and Martin--Highlanders approach,584;Pursued by Moore,585;Patriots cast up Breast-work near Moore's Creek Bridge,587;Conflict--Highlanders routed, dispersed, or made Prisoners--The killed and wounded,588.
Expedition, under Lee, to the Haw, in pursuit of Tarleton, in 1781--Americans cross the Haw--Lee determines to surprise the Enemy--Resorts to Stratagem,592;Attacks and defeats a Band of Tories--Resumes his March in pursuit of Tarleton--Pursues him to the Haw--Tarleton escapes to Hillsborough,593.
Expedition to King's Mountain, against Ferguson, in 1780--Account of, by Gates,631;March to the Cowpens,632;Pursuit of Ferguson--The Battle,633;Surrender of the British and Tories--Loss--Death of Ferguson,634;Execution of Tories--Character of the Battle-ground,635.
Expeditions against Cherokees, under Montgomery, Grant, and Middleton, in 1760-61,646.
Expedition against Cherokees, in 1776, under Rutherford and Pickens,648.
Expedition against Tories, in Carolina, in 1780, under Williams,650.
Expeditions of Huck and Cunningham in South Carolina,659.
Expedition agains St, Augustine, under Oglethorpe, in 1740,743.
Expedition of Spaniards into Georgia in 1742,723.
Expedition against Tories, at St, Augustine, in 1776-7,727,728.
Expedition to Florida, under Howe, in 1778,729;Failure,730.
Expedition (British) against Savannah in 1778, under Campbell,730.
Expedition of Marion against Tories in 1780,769;Pursued by Wemyss--Retreat of the latter--Defeat of Tyne--Skirmish near Georgetown,770.
Expedition against Georgetown, under Mariun and Lee, in 1781--Its Failure,771.
Expedition against Pirates, under Captain Kidd, in 1699,785.
Expedition of British to Staten Island in 1777,836.
Extortion of public Officers in North Carolina, in 1768,571.
Eyre, Colonel, lands at Groton in 1781,043;Takes possession of Fort Griswold,044.
Fair Haven plundered by British in 1778,084.
Falls, Yantic, destroyed by public Improvements,036.
Falls of the Catawba, Notice of,657.
Falls, Mr., Notice of,628.
Faneuil Hall converted into a Theater by the British,015.
Fanning, David, Leader of Tories in North Carolina in 1781,777.
Fanning, Edmund, Notice of,571,572;Legal Trial of--Fined,572;Outrages upon--Biographical Sketch of,574.
Farr, Mr., and Family, murdered by Pine Robber Fenton,368.
Fast-day in Virginia in 1774,486.
Faucett, Thomas, supposed to have shot Braddock,479.
Faugeres, Margaretta V., Quotation from--Biographical Sketch of--Sufferings,130,131.
Fauquier, Francis, Deputy Governor of Virginia in 1758,473,479;Dissolves House of Burgesses in 1764--Refuses to call House together,483;Death of, in 1768,484.
Fay, Theodore, S., Quotation from,098.
Fendail, Josiah, succeeds William Stone as Governor of Maryland in 1656--Arrested by Protestants,398;Surrenders his Trust to Lord Baltimore--Accepts a new Commission as Governor--Succeeded by Philip Calvert--Arrested and found guilty of treason, Pardoned but declared forever uneligible for office.
Fenton, Pine Robber, Notice of--His Death,368.
Ferguson, Adam, Notice of,349.
Ferguson, Major Patrick, Grave of, near King's Mountain,629,In Skirmish at Greene's Spring in 1780,630;Biographical Sketch of--Death of,634.
Ferguson, Colonel, killed in Battle at Rocky Mount in 1780,659.
Ferguson, Mrs., Notice of,350;Anecdote of,351.
Fersen, Count, at Siege of Yorktown in 1781,514.
Few, James, hung by Tryon after Battle on the Allainance in 1771,577.
Field, Colonel, in Expedition to the Scioto in 1774,488.
Fishing Creek--Its Associations,656.
Fish, Colonel Nicholas, Notice of,100.
Fish kill, Notice of--Described by Chastellux in 1780--Scene of Barnum's "Spy Unmasked"--Place of Encampment of American Army--Of Session of New York Legislature,122;Ancient Dutch Church,123;Trinity Church,124;Place of printing the first Constitution of New York State--Headquarters of Baron Steuben--Place where Society of Cincinnati was formed,125.
Fire-arms manufactured in America prior to Revolution,018;Antiquity of,066.
Fish, Preserved, Notice of,521.
Fitzgerald, Colonel John, Aid-de-camp to Washington in Battle of Princeton--Anecdote of,239.
Flag, British, surrendered to Washington at Yorktown,528,Replaced by American at Fort George in 1783,839.
Flag of the Union unfurled for the first time at Cambridge in 1776--Washington's Letter relative to,009;Color of, changed--Adopted by Congress in 1777,010;Ordered to be taken down in New York by Cunningham,839.
Flag of Truce, Violation of, at Teller's Point,150.
Flag of Morgan's Rifle Corps,637.
Flag, Republican, of South Carolina in 1775,751.
Fleet, American, Names of Vessels of, in the Delaware in 1777--Under Command of Captain Hazlewood,293.
Fleet, British, driven from Boston Harbor by Lincoln in 1776,015;Blockades New London in 1813,045;Arrives at Newport in 1775,073;Sails for America in 1778, under Admirals Byron and Hyde Parker,078;Arrives at Sandy Hook from the Delaware, under Lord Howe, in 1778,079,081;Proceeds to Newport with twenty five Sail--Encounters severe Gale,081;Engagement with French Fleet,082;Proceeds to Boston--Returns to New York,084;On American Coast re-enforced in 1780 by Admiral Graves,087;Blockades Narraganset Bay,088;Enters Chesapeake and Delaware Bays in 1777, under Lord Howe,293;In James River, under Arnold, in 1781,431;In Chesapeake Bay in 1781,512,540;Rendezvous of, at Norfolk Harbor in 1775,534;Arrives at Hampton Roads in 1779,533;In Gardiner's Bay in 1781,540;Arrives at Charleston, in Command of Admiral Parker, in 1770,753;At Siege of Charleston in 1780,764;Arrives at Sandy Hook, under Lord Howe, in 1776,800.
Fleet, French, sails for St, Domingo in 1782,056;Sails for America in 1778, under Count D'Estaing,073;Arrives at Delaware Bay--Sails for Sandy Hook--Anchors at Mouth of Shrewsbury River--Arrives at Newport to co-operate with Sullivan,080;Leaves Newport Harbor to attack Admiral Howe--Receives Injury from the Storm--Attacked by Howe's Fleet,081;Contest ended,082;Arrives off Coast of Virginia, and enters Newport Harbor in 1780, under Admiral De Ternay--Names and Rate of Vessels,087;In West Indies, designed to join Ternay,088;In Chesapeake Bay, under M, He Tilley, in 1781,436;In West Indies in 1781,509;Arrival of, in the Chesapeake, under De Grasse,511;Sails for West Indies after Siege of Yorktown, under De Grasse,529;Sent to the Chesapeake to intercept British in 1781--Captures the Romulus and ten small Vessels--Engagement with Arbnthnot,540;Appearance near Tybee Island, Savannah, in 1779,734;Approaches Charleston in 1730,767.
Fletcher, Governor, takes Provincial Government of Pennsylvania in 1692,256.
Forbes, General John, biographical Sketch of--Commands Expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1758,479;Proceeds to Scene of Action--Holds Council of War--Takes Possession of Ruins of Fort,480.
Forbes, Capt, John, mortally wounded in Battle of Guilford,609.
Force, Peter, Notice of,524.
Fordyce, Captain, at Battle of Great Bridge, near Norfolk, in 1775,535.
Fort Fayette, Bombardment of, in 1779,180.
Fort M Henry, near Baltimore, Bombardment of, in 1814,389.
Fortifications, on Dorchester Heights, in 1776,011;Revolution ary. Remains of, near Boston, described,023,024;Fort Trumbull, New London,041,042;Fort Griswold,041,042,043,044,045,046;Pequot Fort,047;Of Rhode Island,080;Indian Fort, near Kingston, Rhode Island,094;Cannaient or Dumpling Fort,097;At Plum Point, Hudson River,113;At West Point, Fort Arnold, Fort Clinton,133;Fort Putnam,133,131,135,139; Fort Constitution,135,139;Fort Webb--Fort Willis,139;At Vor-planck's Point,175;Stony Point,176;Near Dobbs's Ferry,194;Forts Hamilton and La Fayette, at Narrows,217;Fort Washington and Fort Lee, near New York, Capture of,221;Fort Nassau, at Cape May--Fort Oplandt, near Lewiston,251;Fort Mercer, at Red Bank, on the Delaware,290,291;In Philadelphia,309;At Quintan's Bridge,314;Fort Charles, near Richmond, Virginia,432;Ruins of, at Jamestown,463;French, established in the Valley of the Ohio,472;Fort Duquesne, erected in 1754,475;Fort Cumberland, at Will's Creek, built in 1755,477; Fort Pitt, at Pittsburgh, built in 1758,480;At Point Pleasant, on the Great Kenawha--Fort Gower, on the Great Hockhocking,488;Fort Boone, Kentucky River, Topography of,492;Fort Logan, Kentucky,493;At Kaskaskia and Vincennes,496;Fort Henry, at Wheeling Creek, Erection of, in 1774,497;Fort M lntosh and Fort Laurens, in Ohio County,500;At Yorktown,509,510;On Governor's Island, New York, constructed in 1800,517;At Mouth of James River,531;Near Norfolk,535,541;At Craney Island,541;Fort Henry, at Petersburg,512;Fort Frederick, Maryland,553;Fort Johnson, on Cape Fear River, destroyed in 1775,581;Forts Prince George, Moore, and Loudon, erected in Georgia and Carolina in 1755,645;Fort Motte, South Carolina,683;Fort Granby, Capture of, in 1781,688;Fort Golphin, Capture of--Fort Ninety-six, Fortifying of,690;Fort Watson, South Carolina,706;Fort Augusta, Georgia--Fort Moore, near Sand-liar Ferry,710;Forts Cornwallis and Grierson, South Carolina,715;Ruins of Oglethorpe's Barracks, at Frederica,722;Remains of French Lines near Savannah,737;Spring Hill Redoubt,728;At Charleston,752,757;At New York,799,806,816;On Long Island,806,807;Forts Washington and Lee,821;Fort Washington, New York, menaced by the British in 1776,825;Cock hill Fort--Fort Tryon,826;Fort George,826,834;At Paulus's Hook (Jersey City),828;Lee, abandoned by Americans,828;Fort Franklin, at Lloyd's Neck,833;Fort Slongo,834.
Forts Mercer and Mifflin, Topography of,290,296;Stormed by British in 1777,293,295.
Four-hole Swamp, described,697.
Fox, Opinion of the British Army, in America, in 1775,019.
Fox, George, Character of,255.
France, warns her People that what they do for Americans they must do at their own risk,019;Issues Orders to seize British Vessels in French Ports in 1778,078;Acknowledges Independence of United States in 1778,346.
Francisco, Feats of, at Battle of Guilford,610.
Frankfort, attempt to surprise by British in 1777--Withdrawn of Americans to Philadelphia,248.
Frankford Mills, celebrated for their Flour,248.
Frankland, Organization of,633.
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, receives Funds from "Constitutional Society," to be applied to the Relief of Widows, Orphans, and others,017;On Committee of Congress in 1775,022;Grave of--Epitaph of,249;Contends that Proprietary Estates of Pennsylvania should be taxed in common with other Property in 1764--Appointed Provincial Agent to urge the Measure before the King,257;Favors Stamp Act, lampooned by Caricatures and Placards, in Philadelphia, in 1765,258;Eulogized by Abbé Raynal,288;House of, in Philadelphia, plundered by British in 1778--Inventor of the Armonica,310;Bequeaths his Walking-stick to Washington,407;His Printing press,409;Appointed by Georgia a Provincial Agent in Great Britain in 1768,721;In Committee of Congress, to confer with Howe, in 1776,814.
Franklin, Governor William, biographical Sketch of,217.
Franklin, Mrs. Deborah, Grave of,249;Courageously remains at her Dwelling during Mob in Philadelphia in 1765,258.
Franks, Major David S., Notice of,157.
Fraser, Colonel, in Battle of Guilford in 1781,609.
Fraser, Major, killed in Battle at Musgrove's Mill in 1780,650.
Frazier, Lieutenant, in Expedition to Fort Duquesne in 1754,475.
Frederica, Georgia, Foundation of--Ruins of Oglethorpe's Barracks,702.
Fredericksburg, Virginia, Notice of,423;Formerly the Residence of Washington's Mother,426.
Frelinghuysen, Colonel Frederick, biographical Sketch of,218.
Frelinghuysen, Hon, Theodore, Notice of,219.
Frenchman, Mysterious, appears before Committee of Congress in 1775--Declares that King of France would render Aid to Cause of American Liberty,022.
Freneau, Philip, Quotation from,351,366,482,506,573,699.
Friday, Mr., Anecdote of,690.
Frohock, John, Notice of,567,571.
Fry, Colonel Joshua, in Expedition to Fort Duquesne in 1754--Biographical Sketch of,475.
Gadsden, Governor Christopher, biographical Sketch of,748;Sent to St. Augustine as Prisoner in 1780,768.
Gage, Colonel, wounded in Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1755,479.
Gage, General, secretly concerned in exciting Indians against Whites.497.
Gainey, Major, joins Marion's Ranks,777.
Gaine, Hugh, Quotation from,796.
Gallows Hill, Notice of,172.
Galloway, Joseph, Notice of,224;Biographical Sketch of,269.
Galphin, Milledge, Claim of,690.
Galvan, Major, at Battle near Jamestown Island in 1781,467.
"Game Cock," French (La Fayette), Notice of,466.
"Game Cock," Carolinian (General Sumter),653.
Gammel, Professor, Notice of,058.
Garden, Major, Quotation from,365.
Garrison, Beverley, Notice of,159,163;Recollections of,164.
Gaspee, British Schooner, burned in Narraganset Bay in 1772,060;History of her Destruction in Doggerel Verse,063.
Gaspee Point, described,059,060.
Gaston, Judge Joseph, Patriotism of,647.
Gaston, William, Quotation from,565,656.
Gatenois, Colonel, at Siege of Yorktown, in 1781,519.
Gates, General Horatio, treats orders of Washington with Indifference--Expects to supersede Washington as Commander-in-Chief,297;Conspires against Washington in 1778,336;Letter to Washington, accusing Wilkinson of Deceit--His Quarrel with the latter,338;Deceives La Fayette,339;His Disclaimer,340;Courtesy to Greene on his Arrival in Carolina in 1780,596;Retreats to Charlotte after Battle of Camden,623;Retires to Salisbury,624;Account of Expedition against Ferguson,631;Appointed to Command of Southern Campaign in 1780,668;Biographical Sketch of,669;En camps near Rugely's Mill,670;Marches toward Camden,671;Censured for Defeat of Americans at Sanders's Creek--Retreats to Hillsborough,675;Reception of Greene--Issues Parole,676.
Gates, Sir Thomas, Deputy Governor of Virginia in 1608--Returns to England,456;Arrives again at Jamestown with Emigrants and Supplies,457;Assumes Functions of Government-Delegates his Authority to Dale, and returns to England in 1614,457.
Gee, Colonel, Capture of,555.
Gee, Mr., Notice of,555.
Geiger, Emily, conveys Message to Sumter from Greene,694;Her Courage and Arrest,695.
Generals, Pomp of,407;Revolutionary, all Master Masons,437.
George I, knights and presents with Silver Horseshoe, Spottswood,472.
George II., Portrait of, at Nassau Hall, Princeton, pierced by American Cannon-ball in 1777,238,243.
George III., irritated by Wilkes's Address--Proclaims his Prerogative to choose _where_ he should receive Communications from his Subjects,017;Speech in Parliament in 1775, 018 His false Hopes--Makes application to Maritime Powers of Europe to prevent Intervention in America,019;Writes an autograph Letter to States General of Holland, to dispose of their Scotch Brigade--Enters into Treaty with German Princes for Mercenaries to tight Americans--Opposed by Chapelle in Assembly of States of Overyssel,020,021;Speech in Parliament in 1778, relative to Alliance of France and United States,079;Erection of Equestrian Statue in Bowling Green, New York, in 1770--Destroyed in 1770,285,817.
Georgetown, South Carolina, captured by Marion in 1781,773.
Georgia, exempted by Congress from Requisition of Funds in 1780,087;Leaves Delegates free to vote relative to Declaration of Independence,276;Curious Legislative Act of--Republican Legislature and Governor of.710;Charter for,721;Early History of,722;Invaded by Spaniards in 1742--Governed by President and Council in 1713--Becomes a royal Province in 1752,723;Committee of Correspondence in 1768; Opposes Stamp Act in 1770,721;Elects Delegates to Continental Congress in 1770--Passes Resolution to raise Continental Troops--Issues Bills of Credit,727;Organization of its Civil Government,728;Royal Government re-established in 1770,734.