Uncas, Indian Chief, Notice of,028,029.
Underhill, Mrs. Sarah, and André,186.
United States, Declaration of Independence of,277,282;Signing of,285;Articles of Confederation adopted by Congress in 1777--Become organic Law of the Land in 1781--Adoption of the Federal Constitution in 1787,289.
Urn, monumental, at Richmond, erected in Memory of those destroyed in Theater in 1811,437.
Valentine's Hill, West Chester, and its Associations,831.
Valley Forge, Village of,331;Washington's Head-quarters at, in 1777, 1778--Old Flour Mill and its Associations,332;Rogers's Observatory--Washington's Camp,333;Its Topography--The Huts and their Occupants,334;Condition of Continental Army--Their Suffering--Number of Soldiers encamped--Toryism,335.
Van Antwerp, Anna, Author's Interview with,800.
Vanbraam, Jacob, accompanies Washington to French Creek, as Interpreter, in 1753,473;Left by Washington as a Hostage at Fort Necessity in 1754--Accused of Treachery as Interpreter,476.
Van Cortlandt, General Philip, on Court-martial of Arnold, at Philadelphia, in 1779,143;Biographical Sketch of,170;In command of Militia at Fredericktown, Maryland, in 1781,526.
Van Cortlandt, General Pierre, Notice of,171.
Vane, Sir Henry, Notice of,069.
Van Tassel, Jacob, Notice of,193.
Van Wart, Isaac, one of the Captors of André--Grave of,192;Awarded Medal by Congress for Fidelity,205.
Varick, Colonel Richard, biographical Sketch of,157.
Varnum, General James M., in command at Red Bank in 1777--Biographical Sketch of,292.
Vaucluse, Notice of,124.
Verplanck, Gulian C., Quotations from,100,125.
Verplanck-, Samuel, Notice of,124.
Verplanck's Point, Skirmish at, between Hudson and Indians, in 1609--Purchased by Stephanus Van Cortlandt in 1683,174;Captured by Sir Henry Clinton in 1779--Topography of,175.
Vessels of War, British, in Boston Harbor, at Bombardment of, 1776,10; British Ship Hope captured by Mugford--American Cruisers Franklin and Lady Washington,015;Built on River Thames, Connecticut, in 1777,042;Names of American, in Service of Connecticut during Revolution,042;Magnifique lost in Boston Harbor--America (seventy-four) presented to French King by Congress,056;British Schooner Gaspee burned in Narraganset Bay in 1772,060;Glasgow (British) off Newport in 1775,072;Scarborough and Scymelar (British) arrive at Newport in 1775, with two Prizes--Engagement with Americans,073;French Ship Languedoc brings Deane and Gerard to United States,078;British destroyed at Newport in 1778, Names of,081;Galley Pigot captured and conveyed by Talbot in 1778,096;British Vessel Formidable, in West Indies,145;Vulture visited by Arnold in 1780,050;American, near West Point, abandoned and burned by their Crews,168;American, Names of, in the Delaware in 1777,293;British, destroyed by Americans in the Delaware in 1777,295,296;Continental Frigate Delaware captured by British at Philadelphia,310;British Ship Trident arrives in the Delaware with Commissioners in 1778,349; British Frigate Roebuck receives Israel Israel as Prisoner of War after Battle of Brandywine,385;British, ascend Rivers of Virginia and levy Contributions in 1781,435;British Frigate Romulus captured by De Tilley in 1781; Frigate Surveillant runs aground in Elizabeth River in 1781,436;Sir Walter Raleigh's, Names of,448;British Ship Magdalen receives military Stores at Williamsburg in 1775,503;British Ship Fowey receives Dunmore and Family at Yorktown in 1755,504;The Headquarters of Dunmore at Norfolk,505;Destruction of British Ship Terrible in Chesapeake Bay in 1781,513;Ville de Paris off Cape Henry in 1781; Queen Charlotte in the Chesapeake,514;British Guadaloupe and Charon destroyed at Siege of Yorktown in 1781,517;Sloop of War Bonetta,522;British, in Chesapeake Bay in 1775,531;British Frigate Liverpool arrives at Norfolk in 1775,536;United States Ships Pennsylvania, Constitution, and Constellation,540;British Frigate Romulus captured by French Fleet in Narraganset Bay in 1781,540;Sloop of War Viper,569;British Sloop Pallas in Cape Fear River in 1776,589;British Ship Scarborough in Tybee Sound in 1776,726;British Sloops Tamar and Cherokee at Charleston in 1775,751;British at Siege of Fort Sullivan in 1775,754;Prison Ship Sandwich conveys Prisoners to St. Augustine in 1780,768;British Ship Asia at New York in 1775,796;British Ship Duchess of Gordon, the Head quarters of Tryon,798;Rose and Phoenix ascend the Hudson,802;Frigate Roebuck approaches Red Hook at Battle of Long Island,809;British Ship Eagle, Attempt to destroy, by infernal Machine,814;British in the North and East Rivers,813.
Villefranche, French Engineer--Estimate of Forces at West Point and Dependencies in 1780,153.
Viomenil, Baron De, Notice of,055;Receives public Dinner in Boston in 1782,056;At Siege of Yorktown in 1781,515.
Viomenil, Viscount De, at Siege of Yorktown in 1781,515.
Virginia, holds Convention in 1776, relative to Declaration of Independence,275;Constitution of, adopted in 1776,289;Early History of,432,448;Origin of Name of,449;First colonial Assembly convened at Jamestown in 1619,457;Becomes a royal Government in 1624,458;An Independent State in Time of Cromwell--Refuses to acknowledge Authority of Richard Cromwell--Invites Charles II, to become King--Acknowledged by him an independent Member of the Empire, under the Name of the "Old Dominion,",460;House of Burgesses--Sessions of,482;Revolutionary Proceedings in,483;First to appoint a Committee of national Correspondence--Con curs with Massachusetts Assembly in the Grievances of that Colony in 1773--Dissolved by Dunmore in 1773,485;Great Seal of, described,565;First General Assembly and Officers under new Government in 1776,506;Called upon by Congress for Funds to carry on the War in 1781,515.
Visit of the Author to Boston--Lakes Cochituate and Masha-paug-- Shetuekct Valley,027;Norwich,028,036;Bozrah, Fitchville, Lebanon,033;Greenville and Tory Hill,040;New London.,041,050;Groton Monument,046;Mrs. Anna Bailey, Anecdote of,049;Providence,051,063;Historical Society of Rhode Island,058;Brown University--Gaspee Point,059;Newport,064,096;Quaker Hill,064;Old Tower,065;Old Cemetery-- Perry's Monument,067;'Tonomy Hill--Hubbard's House and Mill,068;Butts's Hill,089;Vaucluse,096;Newburgh--Washington's Head quarters,098;New Windsor,112;Plum Point,113;Head-quarters of Greene and Knox,114;Fishkill,120;Wharton House,124;West Point,130;Constitution Island,139;Buttermilk Falls--Beverly Dock and Robinson House,140,161;Arnold's Willow,140;Buttermilk Falls--Forts Clinton and Montgomery,162;Peekskill,169;Van Cortlandt's House--Soldier's Spring--Gallows Hill,170;Verplanck's Point,174;Stony Point,183;Sampsonville,184;Place of Capture of André,186;Tarrytown--Sleepy Hollow,190;Greenburgh--Grave of Van Wart, one of the Captors of André--Sunnyside, Residence of Irving,192;Dobbs's Ferry,194;Livingston Mansion--Sneeden's Landing--Tappan,195;Ramapo Valley,210;Ramapo Village,211;Perth Amboy,217;Crosswicks,218;Bordentown,219;Trenton,220;Princeton,241;Bucks County--Frankfort,217;Kensington-- Philadelphia,248;Carpenters' Hall,263;State House--Independence Hall,271;Red Bank,289;Germantown,313;Whitemarsh,320;Barren Hill,322;Norristown,330;Valley Forge--King of Prussia Tavern,331;Washington's Head-quarters at Valley Forge,332;Rogers's Observatory,333;Battle-ground of Monmouth--Woodhill's Monument,365;Paoli Monument,372;West Chester,373;Jefferis's Ford--Birmingham,374;Localities at Brandywine,386;Kennet Square--New London and Elkton,387;The Chesapeake--Baltimore,388;Washington's Monument,390;Maryland Historical Society,391;Annapolis,394;Senate Chamber,403;Queen Anne,404;City of Washington,405;Mrs. Hamilton--National Institute--Patent Office,406;Capitol,410;President Polk--G, W, P. Custis,412;Alexandria,413;Mount Vernon,415;Oceoquan,419;Pohick Church,420;Potomac Church,422; Fredericksburg--Westmoreland, Birth-place of Washington,423;Bowling Green--Hanover Court House,429;Newcastle, Virginia,431;Richmond,432;Old City Tavern,435;Capitol-- Monumental Church,436;John's Church, Richmond Hill,436,437;Westover,441;Charles City Court House,442;Old Tavern--Sherwood Forest, the Seat of Ex president Tyler,441;Jamestown Island--Green Spring Plantation,446;Coke's Plantation,447;Spencer's Ordinary,463;Williamsburg--William and Mary College--Lord Dunmore's Palace--Brenton Church--Old Magazine,469;Site of old Capitol of Virginia,470;Apollo Room in Raleigh Tavern,484;Yorktown,507;Old Church--Nelson Tombs-- Cornwallis's Cave,508;Moore's House,529;Place where British laid down Arms,530;Hampton, Virginia--Old Point Comfort,531;Norfolk,532,540;St. Paul's Church--Great Bridge,533;Deep Creek and Dismal Swamp-- Drummond's Lake,539;Portsmouth, Gosport,540;City Point--Blandford-- Old Church,542;Petersburg,543;Archer's Hill--Pocahontas's Basin-- Bollingbrook--Dinwiddie Court House,553;Gee's Bridge--St. Tammany,555;North Carolina--Tobacco Plantations--Nut Bush,556;Oxford-- Williamsborough,557;Hillsborough,558,589;Pyle's Pond,593;Cotton Factory--Regulator Battle-ground, on the Allainance--Greensborough,594;Martinsville--Guild-lord Battle-ground,595;New Garden Meeting-house,613;Quaker Wedding--Boarding-school--Jamestown-- Lexington,614;Trading Ford--Salisbury,615;Charlotte,616;Polk's Mill,617;Tuckesege Ford,627;Crowder's Creek,628;King's Mountain Battle-ground,629;Thicketty Mountain--Cowpens Battle-ground,636;Cherokee Ford--King's Creek,654;Yorkville--Catawba Indians,655;Fishing Creek,656;Falls of the Catawba, Rocky Mount,657;Rocky Mount Battle-ground,658;Hanging Rock.,662;Rugeley's,665;Sanders's Creek,667;Hobkirk's Hill,676;Camden,681;Fort Motte,683;Fort Granby,688;Columbia, South Carolina,689;Orangeburg,695;Four-hole Swamp,697;Eutaw Springs,699;Nelson's Ferry,705;Fort Watson,706;Hamburg--Augusta,709;Liberty Hill--Site of Fort Cornwallis,719;Savannah--Jasper's Spring,742;Charleston, South Carolina,743;Revolutionary Localities near Charleston,779;Wilmington,780;Revolutionary Localities at New York,799.
Voight, Henry, Notice of,243.
Waddell, Colonel, Notice of,570.
Wadsworth, General Peleg, biographical Sketch of--In Expedition against Penobscot in 1779,026.
Wadsworth, Lieutenant Henry, blown up in Fire-ship at Tripoli, in 1804,026.
Wagons, Virginia Market,431.
Wahab, Captain, Notice of,625.
Wake, Esther, Notice of,570.
Wakfield Estate,423.
Waldeckers, arrive at New York in 1776,820.
Walker, Henderson, succeeds Harvey as Governor of Albemarle Colony in 1694,561.
Walker, Captain John, whipped, and detained as Prisoner in Expedition against Regulators, in 1771,570.
Wall, ancient, at Salisbury, North Carolina,615.
Wallace, Admiral, in command of British Fleet at Newport, in 1775--Forces the Inhabitants to furnish him with Supplies--Plunders Kingston and other Towns on the Hudson--Commissioned Pirate in Narraganset Bay--Captures American Vessels--Destroys Houses on Canonicut and Providence Island,072.
Wallace, William R., Quotation from,313.
Walloons, settle at Brooklyn in 1625,783.
Wanton, Governor Joseph, biographical Sketch of--Letter to Admiral Montague,060;Receives insolent Reply--Rejoinder,061.
War of England, France, and Spain, in 1706,745.
War, civil, in Maryland, in 1655,398;in Virginia, in 1676,461;At Charleston, in 1706,746.
War commences between England and France in 1778,078.
War, King Philip's, in 1675--Assassination of Sassamon--Philip's Men suspected, tried, and hanged by English--Philip tramples Treaties under his Feet, and kindles the Flame of War--Calls on other Tribes to arouse,092;His Appeal--Condition of Indians--Omens of War--Commencement of Hostilities,093;Indian Mode of Warfare--Destruction of New England Villages--Retaliation of the Whites--Canonchet taken Prisoner by English--Put to Death,094;Connecticut Indians and Narragansets charge their Misfortunes upon Philip--Dispersion of Tribes--Hunted down by Captain Church--Philip seeks Aid from Mohawks--Returns to his own Tribe--Imprisonment of his Wife and Son--Shot by one of his Tribe, and beheaded with Church's Sword--His Son transported to an Island of the Ocean--Sold as a Slave to toil in Bermuda--Amount of Disbursements of the War--Loss of Men,095.
War, new Board oil appointed by Congress, in 1778, without Washington's Consent--Names of the Officers,339.
War, Pequod,047,048;Its Cause,048.
Ward, Ensign, in Expedition to Fort Duquesne in 1754,475.
Ward, General Aaron, Notice of,192.
Ward, General Artemas, marches into Boston on Evacuation of British in 1776,014;Left in command on Departure of Washington for New York,015.
Warren, General James, appointed by Washington in 1776,010.
Warren, Mrs. Mercy, Opinion of General Lee,224;Apologizes for Samuel Adams,337,338.
Wars, Indian, in Carolina previous to the Revolution,643;Peril of the Whites--Defeat and Conquest of the Savages,644;Embassy to the Indians--Erection of Forts--War with the Cherokees,645;Montgomery's Expedition--Peace--Renewal of War--Grant and Middleton's Expedition,646;Treaty of Peace--Influence of Royal Emissaries--Hostilities renewed,647;Desolation of the Cherokee Country--Expeditions under Rutherford and Pickens,648.
Wars, Indian, Notice of, in State of New York,101;On the Carolina Coast in 1711,562.
Waterhouse, Dr. Benjamin, Notices Rhode Island in 1824,071.
Wateree River, Notice of,630.
Watson, Quotation from,313.
Watson, J, F., erects Marble Slab to the Memory of Agnew, Bird, Turner, Irvine, and others, killed at Battle of Germantown,319.
Washington, City of--Its History and Description--The Capitol--Library of Congress--Burned by the British in 1814,405;National Institute,406;Memorials of General Washington,407,408;Franklin's Printing-press,409;Greenough's Statue of Washington--Other Statuary and Paintings in the Capitol,409,410,411,412,413.
Washington Square, New Windsor, New York,115;At Philadelphia,307,308.
Washington Family, Genealogy and Biography of,423.
Washington, Elizabeth, Marriage of,427.
Washington, General George, Extract of Letter from, relative to Union Flag,009;Apprises Congress of his Weakness prior to bombarding Boston,010;Receives Orders from Congress to destroy Boston in 1775,013;Marches into Boston on Evacuation by the British,014;Orders his Army to New York--Proceeds to New York himself in 1776,015;Letter of, introducing Colonel Menonville to Governor Huntington in 1781--Letter to Count De Rochambeau on Subject of Expedition to Penobscot,038;Directs General Sullivan to call upon Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, for Militia,080;Letter to General Nelson,085;Appointed Lieutenant General of the Armies of France, and Vice Admiral of its Fleets, in 1779,086;Orders his Officers to wear black and white Cockades, in compliment to France,087;Holds Conference at Newport with Rochambeau, in 1781,088;llis Headquarters at Newburgh purchased by the State of New York,100;Rebukes Nicola for proposing him as King for America--His Patriotism,105;His Counteraction to Newburgh Addresses,108,109;Farewell Address in 1799,111;His Opinion of Armstrong's Motives in writing anonymous Addresses--Tour to Northern Battle-fields in 1783,112;Leaves Army, in 1783, to attend upon Congress at Princeton--Congress unanimously votes him an Equestrian Statue in Bronze--Never Executed,112;Head-quarters of, at New Windsor, in 1779,081;At Peekskill in 1781,113;Opinion of Dancing,115;Camp ground near Cornwall in 1783,117;Extract from Letter to General Greene,119;His Life Guard, Names ol, Banner of,120;Letter to Rochambeau relative to King of Sweden,127;First President General of Society of the Cincinnati,129;Alleged Proposition to marry Miss Phillipse,141;Pronounces Sentence on Arnold,143;Deceived by Arnold,145;Journey from Hudson Highlands to Hartford in 1780,149;Arnold's Duplicity,150;Return from Hartford to Hudson Highlands,157;Anecdote of, relative to Mrs. Arnold,158;Discovery of Arnold's Treason,159;His Presence of Mind--Confers with Knox and La Fayette,160,Dis position of his Troops on the Hudson in 1779,176;Headquarters near Dobbs's Ferry,195,509;Headquarters at Tappan,196;Orders Court of Inquiry in Case of André,197;Approves Decision of the Court,198;Dispatches Ogden on Embassy to Paulus's Hook, relative to Exchange of André for Arnold,200;Proposition to Exchange André for Arnold--Declined,201;Plan to Abduct Arnold--Its Execution committed to Major Henry Lee,206;Head-quarters, near Ramapo, in 1777,211;Sends Montagnie to Morristown with Dispatches,213;Head-quarters at Hopper House in 1780,214;Place of crossing the Delaware,221;Crosses the River in 1776--Weakness of his Forces--His Faith in ultimate Triumph,224;Resolves to defend Philadelphia--Places Putnam in command--Reorganizes his Army,225;Augmentation of his Forces--Head quarters at Newtown,226;Recrosses the Delaware with his Army--Success nt Attack of Trenton,227,232;Visits the dying Rail,229,231;Made military Dictator by Congress,232;Withdraws from Trenton, and proceeds toward Princeton in 1777,234;Battle of Princeton,239;Estimate of his Character in Europe after Battles of Trenton and Princeton,240;His Portrait by Peale,244;Floral Arch at Trenton Bridge in Honor of, in 1789--His triumphal Journey,245;llis Note to Ladies of Trenton,246;Statue of, in Independence Hall,272;Receives News of Declaration of Independence at Head quarters, New York,285;His Efforts to re-enforce Continental Army,297;At tempted Attack upon by British, at Whitemarsh--Apprised of their Movements by Mrs. Darrah,302;Retreats from Brandywine to Philadelphia, and encamps at Germantown in 1777,314;Proposes to attack the British on Lancaster Road--Prevented by Storm--Calls Council ol Officers,315;Result of Battle at Germantown,318;Medal ordered to be struck by Congress for his Attaek upon the British near Germantown--Never executed--His Encampment at Skippack Creek--Holds Council of War--Removes to Whitemarsh,320;Head quarters,321;Departure from Whitemarsh to Valley Forge,322;Head quarters in 1777-78,332;Holds Council of War relative to Place of Cantonment of Troops--Decides upon Valley Forge--Directs preparation of Huts for Comfort of Soldiers--Engages in Religious Services as a Day of public Thanksgiving,333;Condition and Suffering of his Troops--Empowered by Congress to demand Sup plies--Number of Soldiers in his Camp, 335 In Prayer at Valley Forge--Conspiracy to deprive him of chief Command--Persons named as Malcontents,336;Congress attempts to weaken his Power--Gates and Lee his Rivals,337;Apprised of their Secret Machinations--Correspondence with Lord Stirling, Conway, and Gates,338;Congress appoints new Board of War without consulting him,339;Receives penitent Letter from Conway in 1778,340;Appoints Steuben Inspector General,341;His Efforts in behalf of his Soldiers,342;Independence of the Colonies acknowledged by France--Issues general Order for Thanksgiving,346;Retort upon Governor Tryon,349;Directed by Congress to administer Oath of Allegiance to Officers of Army--Anecdote of General Lee,352;Holds Council of War, and breaks up Encampment at Valley Forge--Pursues Enemy across New Jersey,353;Battle at Monmouth,355;Conduct of Lee,359;Causes Lee to be Court-martialed for Disobedience, &c.,360;Prepares to meet British at the Head of Elk,375;His Suspense--Establishes Head-quarters, in 1777, at Wilmington--At Brandywine,380;Again made military Dictator,385;Head quarters near Chad's Ford,387;His Monument at Baltimore,390;Disbanding of his Army, and Resignation at Annapolis in 1783,402;Letter to Dr. Cochran,407;His Memorials at Washington City,408;Incident at Annapolis,413;His Tomb at Mount Vernon,416;His Sarcophagus--New Family Vault,417;Retombing of, in 1837,418;His Place of Worship--Pastor and Biographer--Pew,420;His Office as Vestryman in 1705,421;Biography,423;Birth-place--Ancestors--Anns--Monument,424;His last Interview with his Mother,420;Censures his Nephew for supplying British with Provisions,435;Statue of, in Capitol at Richmond,430;Initiated Free-mason in 1752,437;Expedition to Fort Le Bouf in 1753,473;Expedition to Fort Duquesne in 1754--Joins Captain Steven at Will's Creek--Proceeds to Red Stone Creek--Erects Fort Necessity at Great Meadows--Skirmish with the French--Sends Prisoners to Eastern Virginia,475;Succeeds to chief Command on Death of Fry--Holds Council of War--Strengthens his Position at Fort Necessity--Attacked by the French--Capitulates--Promises to restore Prisoners--Returns to Williamsburg,476;Vilified by the French--His Conduct justified,475;Leaves the Service in 1753--Consents to become Bradock's Aid--In Expedition to Fort Duquesne,477;His proposals an Mode of Warfare rejected by Braddock--Adopts it nevertheless--Describes the Appearance of British Troops on Morning of Battle,478;Assumes chief Command on Death of Braddock--Providential Escape in Battle--Never wounded in Battle--Commander-in-chief of Virginia Forces,479;Marches against Fort Duquesne, under General Forbes, in 1758--Returns to Williamsburg--Resigns his Commission in feeble Health,480;Development of his military Character,481;In Virginia House of Burgesses in 1774,486;Delegate to Continental Congress at Philadelphia, in 1774,488;Conceives Expedition to Virginia in 1781,509;Arrives at Williamsburg.513;At Siege of Yorktown,516;False Allegation against--Refuted,519,Orders all Prisoners in Jail at Yorktown to be set at Liberty,527;Holds Conference with Admiral De Grasse, relative to Designs upon Charleston--Presents him with two Horses as Token of Esteem--Hastens to Death-bed of John Parke Custis--Proceeds to Philadelphia,529;Devises Plan for capturing Arnold--Holds Interview at Newport with Rochambeau,540;Concerts early Measures to prevent Subjugation of Virginia--Dispatches La Fayette to Virginia in 1761,543;Letter to General Heath, relative to captive Army of Burgoyne,550;Head-quarters at New York in 1776--Aids in Survey and Plan of Fort Washington,800;Tryon's Plot to destroy him,801;Receives Letter from General Howe,802;His Dispatches at New York,810;Holds Council of War,812;Makes Arrangements for evacuating New York,813;Headquarters on Harlem Heights,815; His Mortification on landing of British,817;Calls Council of War--Head-quarters at White Plains,821;Holds Council of War--Retreats to New Jersey--Head-quarters at Hackensack,825;Blamed for yielding to the Opinions of Greene,827,Disappointment on Surrender of Fort Washington--Abandons Fort Lee,828;Attempts to invade New York in 1781,831;Establishes honorary Badges of Distinction in 1781,834;Issues circular Lettter to Governors of States on Subject of disbanding the Army in 1783--His Residence at Rocky Hill,837;Farewell Address to the Army--Holds Conference with Officers at Dobbs's Ferry,838;Parts with his Officers,839;Departure from New York for Annapolis--His Account current of Expenses during Revolution,840;Resignation of his Commission at Annapolis,841;Addresses on the Occasion,841,842.
Washington, Lund, supplies British with Provisions in 1781--Censured by his Uncle,435.
Washington, Lady Martha, at Newburgh in 1783--Her Fondness for Gardening,100;At New Windsor in 1780,113;At Ball, at Head quarters of Greene and Knox,115;Tomb of,418;Intended Capture of, by Dunmore, in 1776,419;Biographical Sketch of,840;Accompanies her Husband to Annapolis and Mount Vernon in 1783,841.
Washington, Mrs. Mary (Mother of General), Grave of,423,427;Last Interview with her Son--Her Death--Unfinished Monument,427,428.