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Talbot, Major Silas, in Expedition against Rhode Island in 1778, 081; Captures the _Pigot_, 096.

Tallmadge, General James, in Possession of Silver Bullet of a Spy, 116.

Tallmadge, Major Benjamin, Head quarters at North Castle in 1780, 147; Causes AndrÉ to be brought back to North Castle--Escorts him to North Salem, 189; Opposes Petition of Paulding to Congress, in 1817, for increase of Annuity, 206; Biographical Sketch of, 833.

Tammany Societies, Organization of--Still existing in New York--Festivities of--Halls, Dedication of, 247.

Tanacharison (Half King) accompanies Washington to Fort Le Bouf in 1753--Extract from his Speech, 171; In Expedition to Fort Duquesne in 1754, 475.

Tappan, Topography of--Place of Execution of AndrÉ--Encampment of American Army at, in 1777, 195.

Tarieton, General Banastre, personal Appearance of, 309; Sent by Cornwallis to New London, Virginia, to destroy American Stores in 1781--Returns to Portsmouth, 468; At Siege of Yorktown in 1781, 514; In marauding Expedition to Virginia, 547; In Expedition to North Carolina, 592; Anecdote of, and little Rebels, 600; In Skirmish near Reedy Fork, 605; In Battle of Guilford--Biographical Sketch of, 607; Traverses Country on the Wateree, 624; At Battle of Cowpens in 1781, 638; Anecdote of, concerning his Wound, 642; Massacres Buford's Men, 664; In Battle near Camden, 671; Near Charleston, 763, 765.

Tar River, Notice of, 557.

Tarrytown, Recollections of--Origin of its Name, 185.

Tate, Captain, at Battle of Cowpens in 1781, 637.

Tate, Captain, wounded at Guilford in 1781, 607.

Taylor, Bayard, Quotation from, 131.

Taylor, Daniel, Spy--Detected with Dispatch in Silver Bullet-Executed, 116.

Taylor, Major, Notice of, 590.

Taylor, Reverend John, Quotation from, 342.

Taylor, President, at laying of Corner-stone of Washington Monument, at Richmond, in 1850, 437.

Taylorsville, M'Conkey's Ferry, Place where Washington crossed the Delaware, 221.

Taverns on old Lancaster Turnpike, Notice of, 369.

Tazewell, John, Clerk of General Convention of Delegates at Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1776, 505.

Tea, Destruction of, at Providence, in 1773, 058; At Greenwich, 260; Refused at Charleston in 1774, 749; Destruction of, at New York in 1773, 792.

Tea Party, New Jersey, Names of, 260.

Tea Ships, Arrival of, in the Delaware, in 1773, 260; Arrival and burning of, at Annapolis, in 1774, 401; Arrival of, at New York, in 1773, 792.

Teach, famous Pirate "Black Beard," Notice of, 562.

Temple, near New Windsor, for Chapel and other Purposes,117.

Tendyuseung, Notice of, 250.

Tennent, Reverend Gilbert, Memoir of--Sermons used for Cartridge Paper, 367.

Tennent, Reverend William, remarkable Case of--Describes his own Feelings--Loss of his Papers, 367.

Ternay, Admiral De, arrives at Newport in command of French Fleet in 1780, 087; Death of, 088; Succeeded by D'Estouches in 1781, 540.

Territory, American, claimed by English and French, 472.

Thacher, Dr., Quotations from, 132, 335.

Thanksgiving, public, recommended by Congress in 1777, 333; In 1781, 528.

Theater, Richmond, destroyed in 1811, 437.

Thomas, General, takes Possession of Dorchester Heights in 1776, 011.

Thompson, Major (Count Rumford), biographical Sketch of, 023.

Thomson, Charles, Secretary of first Continental Congress--Biographical Sketch of, 267; Reads Letter of Washington on Capitulation of Cornwallis, 527.

Thomson, Colonel William, biographical Sketch of, 650.

Thornton, J, Wingate, Notice of, 025.

Throck's Neck, Origin of Name of--Landing of British at, in 1776, 819.

Tilghman, Colonel, Anecdote of, 429; Bears Dispatches to Congress concerning Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, 527.

Tippett's Creek, Events near, in 1777, 829.

Toast of La Fayette at York, Pennsylvania, 339.

Tobacco, introduced into England, 450; Monopolized in Virginia by Charles I., in 1625, 458; Destroyed by Arnold and Phillips, at Warwick, in 1781, 546; Cultivation of, in North Carolina, 556.

Tombstone, old, at Jamestown, 448.

'Tonomy Hill, Notice of, 068, 069, 080.

Tooke, John Horne, imprisoned for Libel on British Troops--His Letter to Counselor Dunning--"Diversions of Purley,", 017.

Tories, of Rhode Island, arrested by General Lee in 1775, 072; With Brant at Battle of Minisink in 1779, 101, 102; Joshua H, Smith, 148; Strickland, Executioner of AndrÉ, 203; Near Valley Forge in 1778, 335; Uniform of, in 1778, 344; Girty, Elliot, and M'Kee, Notice of, 497; Ephraim Cooke, 592; Barbarity of a Tory to a dying Whig--Hanged before his own Door, 609; Gathering of, near King's Mountain, in 1780, 630; Execution of, 635; Faithlessness of, in Carolina, in 1776, 650; Captured at Rugeley's Mill in 1780, 666; Of South Carolina, 711; Dispersion of, 712; Of Georgia, take Refuge in Florida in 1776--Organize under Title of "Florida Rangers,", 727; In Charleston, 766; Disarmed in the vicinity of New York, 799.

Torpedo, Bushnell's, 814.

Tory Hill, Notice of, 040.

Tower, Stone, in Providence River, 060; Ancient, at Newport--Its former Appearance--Attempted to be destroyed by British--Obscurity of its Origin, 065.

Trading Ford, Notice of, 601.

Travis, Lieutenant, at Battle of Great Bridge, near Norfolk, in 1775, 535.

Treaty of Penn with Indians, 253; Between Dunmore and Cornstalk, in 1774, at Camp Charlotte, 489; Between Pickens and Creeks in Georgia, in 1782, 741; Of Peace between Great Britain and the United States in 1783, 837.

Tree, Liberty, Boston, 015; Norwich, 031; Ancient Sycamore, Rhode Island, 085; Arnold's Willows, near West Point, 140; Aged Black Walnut, between Haverstraw and Stony Point, where Wayne received his Black Pilot, 184, 185; White Wood, under which AndrÉ was searched, 185, 186; Penn's Treaty Elm, 254; Picture of, in Independence Hall, 272; Hickory, at Red Bank, used as Flag-staff in 1777, 290; Council, at Jamestown, 447; Linden, imported from Scotland by Lord Dunmore in 1772, 469; Laurel, 521; Tulip Poplars, at Place of Cornwallis's Surrender, near Yorktown, 530; Dead Pines, in Virginia and North Carolina, 554; Apple and Persimmons, on Battle field of the Haw, 593; Sassafrases, on Grave of Craighead, at Charlotte, North Carolina, 616; Great Tulip, near King's Mountain, upon which Tories were hanged, 629; Pride of India, at Orangeburg, South Carolina, 696; Liberty, at Charleston, in 1765, 748,757; Palmetto, described, 754; Magnolia, near Charleston, under which Lincoln held Council in 1780, 779; Destruction of, 780; Stuyvesant's Pear, 784.

Trent, Captain, in Expedition to Fort Duquesne in 1754, 475.

Trenton, Notice of, 220; Topography of, 228,238; Rail's Headquarters, 228.

Triplet, Captain, at Battle of Cowpens in 1781, 637.

Tripp, William, receives Letters from his Family in Loaves of Bread, 075.

Troops, British, evacuate Boston in 1776, 014; Marauding Expedition up the Hudson--Rendezvous near Dobbs's Ferry in 1776, 195; Marauding Expedition up the Delaware in 1778, 220; Injudicious disposition of, in New Jersey, in 1776, 226, Retreat from Whitemarsh to Philadelphia, 322; Sent out from Philadelphia, in 1778, on Expedition to plunder American Posts, 343, 344; Queen's Rangers, 343, 464; Evacuate Philadelphia in 1778--Pursued by Americans across New Jersey, 353; At Battle of Brandywine in 1777, 382; Checked by Greene, 383; At Bladensburg in 1814, 405; Near Jamestown in 1781, 464, 465, 466; Retreat to Portsmouth, 468; Under Braddock, 477; At Yorktown, 510; Surrendered, 524; Under Phillips, at Petersburg, 543; At Charlottesville, 552; Under Cornwallis, in the Carolinas, 596; In pursuit of Greene, 600; At Guilford, 608; At the Cowpens, 639; Near Camden, 670, 677; At Ninety-six, 694; At Eutaw, 701; At Brier Creek., 713; At Savannah, 731, 736; At Charleston, 754, 760, 762; Depredations of, on Carolina Coast, in 1779, 761; Retreat from Eutaw in 1781, 775; Land at Staten Island in 1776, 800; On Long Island, 804; March toward New York, 807; Land at New York, 817; At Throck's Neck, 819; Re-enforcement of, at New York, 820; Encampment of, near King's Bridge, 825; Evacuation of New York City, 838.

Troops, Continental, in Expedition against Rhode Island in 1778, under La Fayette, 080, 339; Land on Rhode Island--Encampment at Quaker Hill--Condition of, after great Gale at Newport, 082; Destitution of, in Hudson Highlands, 137; At Valley Forge, 137, 322, 335; Cross the Delaware, under Washington, in 1776, 221; Offered Bounties of Land and Money, 225; Destitution of, relieved by confederate Ladies of Philadelphia, 312; Departure from Whitemarsh, in 1777, to Valley Forge, 322; At Barren Hill, under command of La Fayette (for the first Time), in 1778, 328; Whole Number of, at Valley Forge, 335, 352; Promised La Fayette at Albany, 339; Number and Condition of, in Summer of 1778, 352; Encampment on Red Clay Neck in 1777, 376; Retreat of, at Battle of Brandywine, 384; March toward Germantown after Battle of Brandywine, 386; Destitution of, at Baltimore, 394; Under Steuben, in Virginia, 435, 436; Under La Fayette, in Virginia, 463, 466; On their way South in 1781, 509, 513; At Yorktown, 515; At Petersburg, 543; Under Greene in the Carolinas, 600, 608; At the Cowpens, 639; At Hanging Rook, near Camden, 662; Under Gates, Sufferings of, 670; At Camden, under Greene, 677; At Ninety-six, 694; At Eutaw, 701; At Brier Creek, 713; At Savannah, 721, 731, 736; At Charleston in 1776, 754; In 1780, 760; At New York, under Lee, in 1776, 798; On Long Island, 805; Condition of, 821; In West Chester, 820; Retreat through the Jerseys, 825.

Troops, Carolina, in Virginia in 1755, 567.

Troops, German, Reasons for employing them for British Service-Sail for America in 1776, under Lord Howe, 021.

Troops, Hessian, at, Charlottesville, Virginia, 553; At Battle of Long Island in 1776, 022; At Fort Washington, 825.

Troops, Irish, hired to come to America, 020; Sail under Lord Howe in 1776, 021.

Trueitlen, John A., first Governor of Georgia under new Constitution, 710.

Trumbull, Captain Joseph, Notice of, 031.

Trumbull, Jonathan G, W., Notice of, 032.

Trumbull, Colonel, Notice of Paintings of, in Rotunda at Washington, 410, 412, 517, 530.

Trumbull, Governor Jonathan, biographical Sketch of, 032; Washington's confidential Adviser--Noticed by Chastellux, 033; His Character--Services--Dwelling--War Office, 034; Tomb of, 035.

Trumbull, John, Notice of, 036.

Trumbull, John, LL.D., Quotations from, 174, 265, 270, 351, 364, 507.

Tryon, Governor William, Burns Continental Village, 173; Incloses Copies of Conciliatory Bill to Washington, 349; Biographical Sketch of--His Seal, 567; Unpopularity of, in 1766, 569; Builds Palace in North Carolina in 1767, 570; Styled "The Great Wolf" of North Carolina by the Cherokees--His Proclamation against the Regulators, 571, 572; Expedition to the Allamanee, 575; Returns to Newbern--Succeeded by Martin as Governor of North Carolina--Called to New York in 1771, 578; Made Doctor of Laws in 1774, 793; Operations at New York, 795.

Tryon, Lady, Notice of, 570.

Tuckerman, Henry T., Quotation from, 411.

Tutkesege Ford, Notice of, 627.

Turgot, Quotation from, 288.

Turkey Hill, Topography of, 080, 083, 089.

Turnbull, Colonel, in command at Rocky Mount ill 1780, 659.

Turtle Bay, Notice of, 795.

Turtle, Marine, Bushnell's, 814.

Tuscaroras, hostile to white Settlers in Carolina in 1711--Attacked by Cherokees, Creeks, Catawbas, and Yamasees, under Barnwell, in 1712--Join Six Nations in New York in 1762, 562.

Tusten, Dr., at Battle of Minisink, 101, 102; Slain, 102.

Twightwees, Notice of, 473.

Tyler, Captain, at Battle of Minisink in 1779, 102.

Tyler, Ex-president John, Birth place of, 442; Seat of (Sherwood Forest), near Charles City Court House--His Person described, 444; Former Residence of, at Williamsburg, 470.

Tyng, Reverend Stephen II., Notice of, 394.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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