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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.]
Gerard, M., first French Minister to United States, arrives in the Delaware with French Fleet in 1778, [078,] [070;] Presents himself to Congress, [070.]
Germaine, Lord George, succeeds Lord Dartmouth as Colonial Secretary, [019.]
German Princes, Treaty of, with George III., for Mercenaries against Americans, [020,] [021.]
Germans (Palatines), Settlement of, in South Carolina, in 1718, [786.]
Germantown, Notice and early Settlement of--Described in 1700, [313;] Residence of government Officers at various Periods--Head quarters of General Howe--Chew's House, [314;] In Possession of British in 1777, [315;] Topography of, [316.]
Ghost's Complaint, Stanzas from, [241.]
Gibault, Father, favors Design of Clarke for capturing Vincennes in 1778, [496.]
Gibbons, Lieutenant, at Storming of Stony Point in 1779, [181.]
Gibbs, Caleb, Captain Commandant of Washington's Life Guard, [120,] [127;] Notice of, [334.]
Gibbs, Governor, Notice of, [064.]
Gibson, Colonel George, mortally wounded at St, Clair's Defeat in Ohio, [490.]
Gibson, General John, marries Logan's Sister--Provides for her Infant after her Massacre, [489;] Biographical Sketch of, [490;] Left in Command of Fort Laurens in 1778, [500.]
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, receives Lands in North America in 1578, [448;] Arrives at Newfoundland in 1583--Sails southward in the Squirrel--Perishes, with all his Crew, in a Tempest, [449.]
Gimat, Colonel, at Siege of Yorktown in 1781, [518.]
Girty, Simon, and his Tory Associates--Attacks Fort Henry at Wheeling Creek with Indians in 1777; Demands unconditional Surrender--Refused by Colonel Sheppard, [498;] Burns Houses--Kills Cattle--Commits other Depredations, and departs--Character of, [499.]
Gist, General Mordecai, biographical Sketch of, [671.]
Glenn, Governor of South Carolina, causes Forts to be erected on the Savannah, in 1755, [567.]
Gloucester invested by Americans, [515.]
Godfrey, Thomas, Glazier of Pennsylvania State House, [271.]
Gold Region of North Carolina, [616,] [627.]
Gooch, William, Deputy Governor of Virginia, in 1727, [473.]
Gordon, Dr., Error of, concerning great Chain across the Hudson, [138;] Quotation from, [340.]
Gookin, Daniel, biographical Sketch of, [092.]
Gosnold, Bartholomew, sails for Virginia, in 1606, under Newport, [451;] Explores Coast of New England in 1602, [452.]
Gosport, taken by British in 1779, [538.]
Gould, Hannah F., Quotation from, [121,] [254.]
Gouvion, French Engineer at West Point in 1778, [136.]
Government, British, issues Proclamation for suppressing Rebellion, preventing seditious Correspondences. &c., [017.]
Governors, colonial, convened at Annapolis and Alexandria to plan Expeditions against the French in 1755, [477.]
Governor's Island, refortified in 1800, [517;] Fortified by the Americans in 1776--A racing Ground, [802.]
Goymes, Benjamin, one of Washington's Life Guard, [120.]
Grabowski, Count, killed at Siege of Forts Clinton and Montgomery in 1777--Grave of, [168.]
Grieme, Dr. Thomas, Notice of, [350.]
Grafton, Duke of, denounces the British Policy, and resigns, [019;] Proposition to address the King negatived, [022.]
Graham, William A., Notice of, [592,] [599.]
Graham, Major, Joseph, in Expedition to the Haw in 1781, [592;] Biographical Sketch of--At Battle of Cowan's Ford, [598;] Wounded in Skirmish at Charlotte in 1780, [626.]
Graham, George, Biographical Sketch of, [626.]
Grant, Colonel, in Expedition against Cherokees in 1761, [646.]
Grant, Colonel, attempts to surprise La Fayette at Barren Hill, in 1778. [328;] In command at New York in 1776, [804.]
Grant, Major, in Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1758, [480.]
Grants of Land extending from Atlantic to Pacific, [559.]
Grass, Timothy, Origin of, [550.]
Grave of Miantonômoh, [029;] Uncas, [030;] Trumbull, [035;] Huntington, [030;] Governors John and William Cranston, at Newport, [067;] Ternay, at Newport, [088;] Soldiers, at Fishkill, [122;] Count Grabowski, at Fort Montgomery, [168;] John Dean, a Captor of Andre, at Sleepy Hollow, [187;] Rev, James F. Armstrong, at Trenton, [246;] St, Tammany, [247;] Dr. Benjamin and Deborah Franklin--General Mercer--General Charles Lee, [249;] Colonel Donop, [290;] General Agnew and Colonel Bird, [318;] La Fayette, [326;] Philip Livingston, at York, Pennsylvania, [330;] Colonel Monkton, at Freehold, [359,] [363;] Rev Robert Roy--Rev, Mr. Woodhull, [359;] Patriots, at Paoli, [372;] Washington, at Mount Vernon, [417;] Lady Washington, [418;] Mary Washington, at Fredericksburg, [423,] [427;] Brad dock, near Fort Necessity, Great Meadows, [479;] Nelson family, at Yorktown, [508;] Major Gooch, near Yorktown, [530;] General Stevens, near Culpepper Court House, Virginia, [535;] General Phillips, near Blandford, Virginia, [543;] Jefferson, at Monticello, [548;] Of the Slain in Regulator Battle, [593;] John Phifer, [616;] Rev, Alexander Craighead, at Charlotte, North Carolina, [616;] Ferguson and others, near King's Mountain, [629,] [634;] De Kalb, [668;] General Nath, [675;] Of the Slain at Chatterton's Hill, [822;] Of John Battin, [827.]
Graves, Admiral, arrives at Newport with Fleet in 1780, [087;] Proceeds against French Fleet in 1781--In Engagement off Capes of Virginia, [512.]
Gravesend Bay, Notiee of, [804.]
Gray, David, claimed to be the Reality of "Harvey Birch,", [123.]
Gray, T., Quotation from, [654.]
Grayson, Colonel William, Commissioner to treat with Howe respecting Prisoners at Valley Forge--At Battle of Monmouth--Biographical Sketch of, [355.]
Great Meadows described, [476.]
Greene, Albert G., Notice of, [058.]
Greene, Colonel Christopher, at Defense of Fort Mercer in 1777, [293;] Presented with Sword by Congress for Bravery--Biographical Sketch of--Murdered near Croton River by To ries, [294;] Monument at Red Bank, [295.]
Greene, General Nathaniel, in Expedition against Rhode Island in 1777, [080;] Visits French Fleet off' Newport in 1778, [082;] At Battle of Quaker Hill, [083;] Head-quarters of at New Windsor, [114;] Crosses the Hudson to Tappan in 1781, [145;] Deputed by Washington to confer with Robertson relative to release of André, [201;] Retreats from Fort Lee in 1776, [221;] At Battle of Trenton in 1776, [226;] At Battle of Germantown in 1778, [317;] At Battle of Monmouth, [362;] At Battle of Brandywine in 1777, [382;] Cheeks British at Brandywine, [383;] In command of Southern Army in Virginia in 1781, [463;] Appointed by Washington in command of the Southern Army in 1780--Biographical Sketch of, [595;] Arrival in Carolina--Takes formal command of the Army, [596;] Anecdote of, and Portrait of George III., [598;] Pursued by Cornwallis--His Retreat to Guilford Court House, [600;] Joined by General Lee, [601;] Calls Council of War--Pursued across the Dan, [602,] [604;] His Dispatch to Jefferson, [604;] Reerosses the Dan, [605,] Joined by Lee and Pickens--His whole Force crosses the Aliamance--Encamps between Troublesome Creek and Reedy Fork, [605;] Falls back across Head waters of the Haw--Encamps at Speedwell's Iron-works--Joined by Lawson, Butler, and Eaton--Reerosses the Haw and Reedy Fork--Encamps near Guilford Court House--Invitee Cornwallis to Battle, [606;] Engagement ensue=--Prudently retreats to Reedy Fork--Pursues Cornwallis to Deep River, [612;] Approach to Camden, [613;] Arrival at Charlotte in 1780--Takes command of Southern Army, [676;] His Movements toward South Carolina in 1781--Encamps near Camden, [677;] Withdraws to Hobkirk's Hill--Joined by Carrington, [678;] Defeated in Battle at Hobkirk's Hill, [680;] Movement toward Fort Ninety-six, [689;] Siege of Ninety-six, [691;] Retreats, [694;] Marches against Rawdon at Orangeburg--Retires to High Hills of Santee, [695;] In Battle at Eutaw Springs, [701;] Again on the High Hills--Attacks British Posts near Charleston, [705,] [775;] Encampment near Jacksonborough, [776;] Refuses to treat with Leslie, [777;] Enters Charleston a Victor, [779;] At Brooklyn, before the Battle there in 1776, [805;] In command at Fort Lee, [825.]
Greene, Rev, Zachariah, wounded in Skirmish at Whitemarsh in 1777, [321.]
Green, Roger, Notice of, [559.]
Greensborough, North Carolina, Fire at, in 1849, [595.]
Green Spring Plantation, Notiee of, [446.]
Green, Timothy, Successor to Thomas Short as Colonial Printer to Connecticut in 1711, [050.]
Green, Thomas, succeeded by William Stone as Governor of Maryland in 1640, [398.]
Greenwich, New York, Notice of, [795.]
Gregory, Dr. Notice of, [555.]
Grenville, Sir Richard, attempts to colonize North Carolina, under Raleigh, in 1585, [449.]
Gretna Green, Dismal Swamp, Notice of, [539.]
Grey ("No-flint General"), Attacks Baylor's Corps at Tappan, [196;] Notice of, [196;] At Battle of Germantown, [317,] [318;] Attempts to surprise La Fayette at Barren Hill in 1778, [328;] Massacres Americans near Lancaster Road, [370.]
Gridley, Colonel, refortifies Noddle's Island after Evacuation of Boston by the British, [015.]
Grimes, Captain, in naval Engagement at Newport in 1776, [072.]
Groton Hill, Notice of, [043.]
Gum Swamp, Notice of, [666.]
Gunby, Colonel, at Battle of Guilford in 1781, [610.]
Gustavus, assumed Name of Arnold in Correspondence with Clinton and André, [146.]
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, projects Scheme for planting Colony in America--His Idea of Slavery--Recommends the great Scheme at his Death as the Jewel of his Kingdom, [251.]
Gustavus Adolphus III., King of Sweden, refuses Permission to his Subjects in French Army in America to become Members of the Society of the Cincinnati, [127.]
Gwinnett, Button, Signer of Declaration of Independence--Killed in Duel by M'lntosh, [728.]
Gwyn's Island, Battle at, in 1776, [537.]