Bache, Mrs. Sarah, affords Relief to Continental Soldiers in 1780--Visited by Chastellux, 310.

Bacon. Andrew, cuts away Draw of Quintan's Bridge--Crippled for Life, 345.

Bacon, Nathaniel, demands popular Flights for Virginians of Berkeley in 1676--His Plantation attacked by Indians--Marches against Invaders with armed Force--Proclaimed and pursued as a Traitor by Berkeley--Receives Sympathy of the People--Insurrection--Berkeley compelled to yield--Appointed Commander-in-chief--Marches to Jamestown, and demands his promised Commission--Granted--Reversed--Declared a Traitor by Berkeley--Returns to Jamestown--Drives Berkeley to the Chesapeake--Takes Women as Hostages--Burns Jamestown--Declares himself Supreme Ruler--Biography, 461; Death of, 462.

Bacon, Mr., Notice of, 447, 558.

Badge of Military Merit, awarded to Sergeant Churchill in 1780, 834.

Bailey, J, Manufacturer of Washington's War Sword, 122, 408.

Bailey, Mrs. Anna, Notice of, 049.

Bailey, Captain Elijah, Escape from Fort Griswold, 049.

Baker, Rum-seller, instigates the Murder of Logan's Family, 489.

Balfour, Colonel, in command at Charleston, S. C., 1781, 613.

Ball, at Head-quarters of Greene and Knox, at New Windsor, in 1777, 115; At Baltimore, in 1776, 393.

Balmanno, Mrs. R. Quotation from, 288.

Baltimore, Lord (Sir George Calvert), receives Patent as Lord Proprietor of Avalon, Newfoundland, in 1621--Returns to England in 1625--Visits Virginia in 1628--Returns again to England-Permitted to frame the Charter of _Crescentia_, himself in 1632--His Death, 395.

Baltimore, Lord (Sir Cecil Calvert), inherits from his Father Charter of Crescentia in 1632, 395; His Policy, 396; His Toleration, 397; Death of, in 1765--Succeeded by his Son, Charles Cecil, 399.

Baltimore. Lord (Charles Cecil Calvert), assents to Penn's Charter in 1681,253.

Baltimore. Battle Monument at, 388, 391; Washington Monument--Bombardment of Fort M'Henry--Population of in 1850--Remarkable Case of Longevity, 390; Female College--Maryland Historical Society, 301; Peale's Museum--Patriotism of Citizens in Revolution--Committees of Correspondence and Observation, 392; Treatment of Loyalists--Meeting of Congress in 1776--Congress House--La Fayette's Visit, 393; Established as a Port of Entry, 403.

Bancroft, George, Quotation from, 093,--Letter to Swain, 578.

Banks, Commodore, driven from Boston Harbor in 1776, 015.

Banner, British, Red Cross cut from, by Endicott, in 1634, 053; Of Washington's Life Guard, 120; Presented to Pulaski by Moravian Nuns--Its History, 392.

Baptists, Fines imposed upon in Virginia in 1693, 460.

Barker's Hill, Topography of, 080.

Barlow, Arthur, explores Coast of Carolina under Raleigh in 1584, 449.

Barlow, Joel. Notice of, 037.

Barnwell, Captain, commands Expedition against Southern Indians in 1772. 562.

Barr, Charles, Notice of, 582.

Barras. Admiral. Count de, succeeds Ternay in French Fleet at Newport in 1781--Sends Dispatches to Washington concerning De Grasse, 510.

Barre. Colonel Isaac, Opinion of British Army in America, 019; Moves in Parliament that Copies of Dispatches of Howe and Shuldham be laid before the House of Commons, 022.

Barren Hill, Notice of--Its old Church and School-house, 322; La Fayette's Quarters at, in 1778, 328; Its Topography, 329.

Barrington, George, first Royal Governor of North Carolina, in 1730; 562.

Barrington. Major. Aid de-Camp to Prescott, captured near Newport in 1777, 077.

Barton, Colonel William. Biographical Sketch of, 075; Daring Exploit in capturing Prescott, 076.

Basking Ridge, Notice of, 222.

Battin, John, Biographical Sketch of, 827.

Battle on the Allamanee in 1771; Encampment of Tryon on the Eno, 575; Waddel crosses the Yadkin--Desertion of his Men--Pursued by Insurgents-- Skirmish ensues--Several captured--Escapes himself to Salisbury--Tryon presses forward toward the Allamanee--Receives Proposals of Accommodation from Regulators--Approaches their Camp--Orders them to Disperse--Thompson detained and Shot--Tyron returns Flag of Truce-- Retaliated by Regulators--Deadly Conflict ensues--Tryon sends second Flag of Truce--The Bearer falls--Conflict renewed--Regulators Retreat, 576; Killed and Wounded, 577.

Battle of Bladensburg in 1814, 405.

Battle of Blue Licks in 1782--Clarke joined by Boone, Trigg, and Todd, at Bryant's Station--Proceed toward Lower Blue Licks--Kentuckians hold Council of War--Pursuit of the Enemy, fall into Ambuscade--Death of young Boone--Kentuckians retreat across the Stream--Pursued by Savages, with great Loss, 501.

Battle of Brandywine in 1777, 291; Landing of British from the Chesapeake, at the Head of Elk--Washington prepares to meet them--His March from Philadelphia--Establishes Head-quarters near Wilmington, 375; Reconnoiters at Head of Elk--Encampment on Red Clay Neck--Proclamation of Howe--Advance of his Forces toward the Brandywine--Skirmishes ensue--Americans take Prisoners--Patriots retreat across the Brandy wine, 376; Approach of British to the Brandywine--Plan of Battle, 377; Position of American Army on the Brandywine, 378; More Skirmishing--Engagement near Chad's Ford, 379; Sullivan deceived by conflicting Intelligence--Suspense of Washington--Passage of the Brandywine by British--Forming of American Lines for Battle near Birmingham Meeting-house--Conduct of Deborre--Commencement of the Battle--Attack by British--General Action ensues--Americans maintain their Position--Great Carnage--Courage and Skill of Militia--Overwhelming Numbers of the British--Flight of Deborre and Sullivan to Chad's Ford--Conway maintains his Ground, 361; Return of Sullivan with Stirling and La Fayette--Hot Contest ensues--Two of Sullivan's Aids killed--La Fayette wounded--Americans compelled to retreat--Relieved by Greene, 382; British checked by Greene--Knyphausen prepares to cross the Brandywine, 383; Bravery of Wayne--Americans retreat to Philadelphia--Result of Battle, 384.

Battle at Brewton's Hill, near Savannah, 732.

Battle on Brier Creek in 1779--Preparation for Action--British approach American Pickets--Elbert and Perkins fire upon British--Confusion of Patriots--Georgians gallantly maintain their Ground, 713; Loss, 714.

Battle near Brooklyn, Long Island, in 1776--March of British toward Brooklyn, 807; Skirmish between Grant and Stirling--Storming of Flatbush Redoubt--Descent of Climon Surrender of Americans, 809; Conflict between Stirling and Cornwallis--Atlee made Prisoner--Defeat and Capture of Stirling--Loss, 810; Capture, Treatment, and Death of Woodhull-- Preparations to besiege Works at Brooklyn, 811; Situation of the two Armies--Washington holds Council of War--Retreat of Americans to New York, 812.

Battle near Camden, South Carolina, in 1780--Cornwallis marches to meet Gates, 671; Both Parties surprised--Skirmish ensues--Gates calls Council of War--Preparations for Battle--Desperate Conflict--Virginia Troops, panic-stricken, flee in confusion--De Kalb and Gist maintain their Ground--British driven across Sanders's Creek--Renewal of Battle--Victory uncertain--Terrible Slaughter--Patriots defeated--Death of De Kalb, 673; Flight of Americans--Loss and wounded, 674.

Battle at Cowan's Ford in 1781--Approach of Cornwallis's Army--Davidson conceals his Men near the Ford--British attacked by Americans while crossing the Stream, 598; Return the Fire on reaching the Shore--Colonel Hall killed. Davidson killed on first Approach, 599; Americans disperse--Loss, 600.

Battle of the Cowpens in 1781--Material of the Army under Morgan, 637; Defeat of Tories by Colonel Washington--Pursuit of Morgan by Tarleton, 638; Disposition of the American Army, 639; Morgan prepared to fight--Addresses his Troops--The Attack--Tarleton's Charge, 640; Bold Maneuver of Howard--Americans victorious, 641; Retreat of the British--Encounter between Colonels Washington and Tarleton--Result of the Battle, 642.

Battle at Eutaw Springs in 1781--Arrangement of Americans for Action, 700; Arrangement of the British--Skirmishes--Commencement of the Battle, 701; Bayonet Charge by Williams--Death of Campbell and Duval--Defeat and Capture of Colonel Washington--Retreat of the British, 702; Folly of the Americans--Bravery of Lee's Legion--Contest at the Citadel--Retreat of Greene, 703; Loss--Retreat of Stuart--Attacked by Marion and Lee, 704; Retirement of Americans to the Santee Hills, 705.

Battle at Fish Dam Ford and Blackstock's Plantation in 1780--Attack upon Wemyss, 651; His Defeat--Sumter pursued by Tarleton, 652; Flight of Tarleton--Sumter wounded--His Retreat, 653.

Battle at Fishing Creek, between Sumter and British, and Defeat of former, 660.

Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1755--Braddock passes the Monongahela, 477; Alarm of French--Conflict ensues--Confusion of both Parties--Washington adopts provincial Mode of Fighting--Awful Carnage--Braddock killed, 478; Utter Defeat of British--Loss and wounded, 479.

Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1758--Boquet exceeds his Instructions--Grant's attempt to capture Fort Duquesne--Retreats, with great Loss--French pursue and attack Boquet's Camp--Battle ensues, with Loss of British--French burn Fort Duquesne, and escape down the Ohio, 480.

Battle at Fort Necessity in 1754--Washington strengthens his Position at Fort Necessity--Places his Men outside the Trenches on approach of French--Orders his Men to reserve their Fire--Trenches Hooded by Rain--Desultory Fire all Day by both Parties--Washington capitulates, 476; The Loss, 477.

Battle at Fort Washington, New York, in 1776--Howe orders Magaw to surrender Fort Washington--Refused--British commence Cannonade, 825; Disposition of the Garrison-Plan of Attack--Knyphausen's Assault, 826; Attack of Stirling and Percy--Surrender of Magaw--Loss, 827.

Battle of Germantown in 1777--Maneuvers of the two Armies on the Schuylkill--Washington's Plan of attacking Germantown--Calls Council of Officers, 315; Americans approach the Village--Sullivan attacks British Pickets at Mount Airy--Enemy retreat--Engagement ensues near the Schuylkill--Enemy retreat to Chew's stone House, 316; Discharge of Musketry upon Americans from within--Lieutenant Smith sent with Flag, demanding Surrender--Shot by British--Chew's House attempted to be tired--The Incendiary shot--Approach of General Greene--Severe Conflict ensues, 317; Colonel Mathews surrenders--Americans deceived--Abandon the Field--Loss, and Names of Officers killed, 318.

Battle at Great Bridge, near Norfolk, in 1775--Dunmore constructs Batteries and Intrenchments at Norfolk--Arms Tories and Blacks--Virginians fortify western End of Causeway--Attack of Fordyce--Repulsed by Patriots--Attack of Negroes and Tories, under Leslie, at Great Bridge--Assailants driven off in Confusion to Norfolk Side, 535; The killed and wounded, 536.

Battle near Guilford Court House in 1781--Greene invites Cornwallis to Battle, 606; Approach of Tarleton's Troops--Action ensues near New Garden Meeting-house--Tarleton retreats to the main Army--Lee orders general Retreat--Greene prepares for Battle, 607; Disposition of his Forces, 608; Approach of Cornwallis--General Engagement--Flight of the Carolinians--Bravery of Virginians and Marylanders, 609; Retreat of Marylanders--Colonel Washington puts British to flight--Colonel Stuart slain--O'Hara wounded--British victorious, 610; Retreat of Americans-- Loss, 611.

Battle at Gwyn's Island in 1776--Landing of Enemy--Intrenchments--Lewis erects Batteries opposite Enemy's Camp--Gives Signal of Attack, 537; Discharges successive Shots into the Dunmore--Boatswain killed--Lord Dunmore wounded--Attack on Enemy's Fleet and Works--Ships attempt to escape--Colonel M'Clenahan crosses to the Island--British flee to Ships, leaving their killed and wounded--Loss of British, 538.

Battle at Hanging Rock in 1780--Attack upon British--Approach of Sumter--Tories disperse, 662; Patriots victorious--M'Clure killed--Sumter's Retreat--Loss, 663.

Battle on Harlem Plains in 1776--Americans encamp on Harlem Heights--Battle on Harlem Plains--Death of Knowlton and Leitch, 818; Loss--Departure of British for West Chester, 819.

Battle on the Haw in 1781--Americans cross the Haw--Lee determines to surprise the Enemy--Pursues them to Plantation of O'Neil--Captures two of Tarleton's Officers--Resorts to Stratagem, 592; Surprises the Enemy--Colonel Pyle, the Commander, wounded, and escapes--The killed and wounded, 593.

Battle on Hobkirk's Hill in 1781--Rawdon prepares to attaek Greene, 678; Disposition of the two Armies--Skirmish--Severe Conflict ensues--Yielding of Maryland Troops, 679; Greene retreats--Colonel Washington's Charge upon Pursuers--Loss and wounded, 680.

Battle near Jamestown Ford in 1781--Cornwallis resorts to Stratagem--La Fayette marches from Green Spring to British Outposts--Directs Wayne to make attack, to be followed by M'Pherson, 466; Halts, after crossing Morass--Steuben remains at Green Spring--Attack on Outposts--Sanguinary Battle, 467; Americans retreat to Point near Jamestown--Cornwallis proceeds to Portsmouth--Number of killed and wounded, 468.

Battle of the Kegs, at Philadelphia, in 1777, Hopkinson's Facetious Toemon, 310.

Battle at King's Mountain in 1780--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, 635.

Battle of Minisink in 1779--Brant, with Tories and Indians, attack the Village--The Inhabitants fly to the Mountains--Destruction of the Settlement--Doctor Tusten raises Volunteers--Holds Council of War, 101; Proceeds to Half-way Brook--Sends out Scouts--Skirmishes ensue--Bloody Conflict--Turten and most of his Men slain, 102; Brant's Defense--Effect of the Massacre--Major Wood saved by masonic Sign--Interment and Names of the slain--Monument to their Memory, 103.

Battle of Monmouth in 1778--Clinton evacuates Philadelphia--Proceeds to Mount Holly--Pursued by Americans, 353; Opposition of Lee--Washington determines to light--British Encampment at Monmouth, 354; Enemy move toward Sandy Hook--Lee ordered to attaek, 355; Approach of American advanced Corps--Preparations for Battle--Plan of Action, 356; British attacked by Wayne--Latter checked by Lee--Strange Conduct of Lee toward La Fayette, 357; Lee's Orders misunderstood--Retreat of Scott and Maxwell's Brigades--General retreat ordered by Lee, 358; Forward Movement of Washington's Division--He meets Lee--Harsh Words ensue, 359; Pursuing British checked--Courage and Skill of Washington, 360; Fierceness of Battle--Picture by Custis--Bravery of Captain Molly, 361; Gallant Conduct of Lee--Forming of the second Line--View of Battleground, 362; Advance of Royal Grenadiers under Monckton--Death of Monekton--Close of Battle, 363; Retreat of Clinton toward Sandy Hook--Character of Battle--Loss, 364; Sufferings of Soldiers--Names of Officers slain--Spoils, 365.

Battle at Moore's Creek Bridge in 1776--M'Donald pursued toward Moore's Creek, 585; Peril of Highlanders--Preparations for Battle--Patriots cast up Breast-work near Moore's Creek Bridge, 587; Approach of Highlanders-- Conflict ensues--M'Leod killed--Campbell mortally wounded--Highlanders routed, dispersed, or made Prisoners--The killed and wounded, 588.

Battle at Musgrove's Mill in 1780--Collection of the Tories--Stratagem of Williams--Conflict--Colonel Innis wounded--Major Fraser killed, 560; Loss and wounded, 651.

Battle, Naval, off Newport, in 1778, between Howe and D'Estaing, 081; in the Savannah in 1779, 734.

Battle, Naval, off Newport, in 1775--American Galleys arrive from Providence, commanded by Captains Elliot and Grimes--Admiral Wallace leaves the Harbor, with his Fleet--Arrival of British Ship of War _Glasgow_--Repulsed from the Battery at Brenton's Point--Puts to Sea, 072; Arrival of British Ships of War, _Scarborough and Scymetar_, with American Prizes, at Rose Island--Americans attempt to rescue Prizes--Attack the _Scarborough_--Captain Grimes recovers a Prize--The _Scarborough_ and a Schooner attempt to recapture--Arrested in their Progress by Land Batteries--Schooner captured and sent to Providence--The _Scarborough and Scymetar_ put to Sea--Terribly battered from Brenton's Point and Castle Hill, 073.

Battle, Naval, in the Thames, in 1781--Appearance of British Fleet at Mouth of River, 042; Landing of Enemy--March toward New London--Destruction of the Town and other Property, 043; Infamy of Arnold--Attack on Fort Griswold--Its Defense and Capture--Murder of Colonel Ledyard, 044; Cruelties at Fort Griswold--Miss Ledyard mitigates suffering of Prisoners--Departure of Enemy, 045.

Battle, Naval, between Howe and Muglord, in 1776, 015.

Battle, Naval, in Chesapeake Bay, between British and French Fleets, in 1781, 436, 512, 540.

Battle, Naval, at Charleston, in 1706,745; in 1776, 754.

Battle of North Point and Fort M'Henry, near Baltimore, in 1814, 388; Names of Officers and Privates slain--Monument erected to their Memory, 389.

Battle on Pequot Hill in 1637--Landing of Captain Mason--March toward the Mystic--Joined by Miantonomoh's Men, 047; Destroy the Fort--Terrible massacre of Men, Women and Children--Departure of English for Saybrook--Arrival of Settlers from Massachusetts--Pequots flee to Saseo Swamp--Pursued by Settlers--Destruction of Corn-fields, Men, Women and Children--Sassacus escapes to the Mohawks--Pequots surrender, disperse, and become extinct, 048.

Battle near Petersburg in 1781--Arnold proceeds to Osborne's to destroy American Flotilla and Stores--Whole Fleet and Stores captured or destroyed, 545.

Battle at Point Pleasant in 1774--Lewis attacked by Cornstalk, 487; Colonels Clark, Lewis and Hugh Allen mortally wounded--British Line gives way--Right Line of Indians attacked by Fleming and Field--Driven 'back--Cornstalk cheers his Men--Battle continues unabated; Indians retreat at Night--The killed and wounded, 488.

Battle of Princeton in 1777--Approach of Cornwallis toward Trenton--Battles at Trenton Bridge and the Ford--Americans in Peril, 233; Cornwallis outgeneraled--March of Americans toward Princeton--British discover their Approach, 234; First Skirmish near Princeton--Effect of British Bayonets--Dispersion of the Americans-- Washington on the Field, 235; Mercer mortally wounded--His Bravery, 236 Loss of Americans--Death of Mercer--Skirmish near Nasau Hall, in Princeton, 237; Destruction of the King's Portrait in Nassau Hall-- British taken Prisoners--Skirmish at Worth's Mills, 238; Disappointment of Enemy--Their Loss--Washington's Pursuit--Description of his bringing Militia and Riflemen into Action--Fatigue of Americans, 239. Capture of British Baggage-wagons--Evacuation of New Jer sey by British, 240.

Battle on Port Royal Island in 1779, 759.

Battle on Quaker Hill in 1778--Encampment of the Americans on Butts's Hill--Hold Council of War--The Enemy allowed to collect on Quaker and Turkey Hill--British open Canonade--Returned by Americans--Skirmishes ensue--Arrival of British Vessels of War--Furious Engagement--Cessation of the Battle--Skirmishes--The killed and wounded, 083; Rhode Island evacuated by the Americans, 084.

Battle at Quimby's Creek Bridge in 1781, 773; Loss, 774.

Battle at Ramsour's Mills in 1780--The killed and wounded, 597. .

Battle at Red Bank in 1777--Arrival of British Fleet in the Delaware, 291; Removal of American Obstructions in River--Capture of Billingsport, 292; Storming of Fort Mercer--Bravery-of Colonel Greene, 293; Repulse of Hessians--Count Donop mortally wounded, 294; Attack on Fort Mifflin--Enemy kept at bay by American Batteries and Galleys--Bravery and Vigilance of Colonel Smith--Destruction of British Vessels, 295; Successful Defense of the Fort--Preparations for another attack by British, 276; Storming of the Fort by Bombs and Shot--Narrow Escape of Colonel Smith---Destruction of American Battery, 297; Gallant Defense of the Fortress--Destructive effect of Cannons and Bombs, 298; Captain Talbot wounded--Americans set fire to Barracks--Evacuate the Fort--Escape to Red Bank--Fort Mercer abandoned by Americans--American Fleet attempt to escape--Vessels burned by their Crews--Defenses on the Delaware scattered to the Winds, 299.

Battle at Rocky Mount--Huck sent out against Patriots--Destroys Hill's Iron-works--Burns Dwellings at Fishing Creek Church--Murders young Man on way to Church--Returns to Rocky Mount--Approach of Neil, Bratton, and M'Clure--Their attack on Huck--Fierce Conflict ensues--Huck and Ferguson killed--Tories dispersed--Sumter proceeds to Scene of Action, 659; Attacks British--Unsuccessful--Withdraws--The killed and wounded, 660.

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.