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Habersham, Colonel Joseph, biographical Sketch of, [726.]
Hale, Captain Nathan, his Case compared with that of Andre, [190;] His Death as a Spy, [815.]
Hale, Sarah J., Quotation from, [558,] [662.]
Halket, Major, wounded in Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1755, [479,] Halket. Sir Peter, killed in Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1755, [479,] Hall, Colonel (British), killed at Battle of Cowan's Ford in 1781, [599.]
Halleck, Quotation from, [697.]
Hamilton, Andrew, appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey in 1708, by Governor William Penn, [257.]
Hamilton, Quotation from, [160.]
Hamilton, Colonel, taken Prisoner at Vincennes, and confined in Irons in Williamsburg Jail in 1779, [497.]
Hamilton, General Alexander, succeeds Washington as President General of Society of the Cincinnati in 1800, [129;] At Valley Forge in 1777--Narrow Escape from British, [332;] Letter to Governor Clinton, inquiring into the Cause of Lethargy of the Americans in 1778, [337;] At Siege of York-town in 1781, [518;] In command of a Battery in Battle of White Plains, [822.]
Hamilton, Mrs. Elizabeth, Author's Interview with, [a]406,] Hamilton, Ninian R, Notice of--Anecdote of, [572.]
Hammond, Samuel, at Battle of Cowpens, in 1781, [639,] Hampton, Virginia, early History of, [531;] Outrageous Attack on by British, under Cockburn. in 1813, [532.]
Hancock, John, appointed Major General in 1776, [010;] Consents to the Destruction of his Property, [013;] In Expedition against Rhode Island in 1778, [080;] Sends Letters of Remonstrance to D'Estaing in 1778, [082;] Eulogized by Raynal, [288.]
Hancock, Judge, massacred by British in 1798, [345.]
Hand-bill, containing Mecklenburg Resolutions, Notice of, [623;]
By M'Dougall, calling Public Meeting in New York, [791.]
Hand, Colonel, in Skirmish at Quintan's Bridge in 1778, [314,] Hand, Colonel, in Battle near Brooklyn, 1776, [806;] in West Chester, [820.]--
Hanger, Major, in Skirmish at Charlotte in 1780, [625.]
Harcourt, Colonel, Notice of--Captures General Lee at Basking Ridge in 1776, [222;] Longevity of his Horse, [223.]
Harden, Colonel, Exploits of, [771.]
Hardy, Commodore Sir Thomas, in command of British Fleet, at New London, in 1813, [045;] Bombards Stonington, [051.]
Hardy, Governor Samuel, Anecdote of, [439.]
Harnett, Cornelius, President of North Carolina Provincial Council, in 1775--Biographical Sketch of, [582.]
Harris, Peter (Indian), Petition of--Granted an Annuity by South Carolina Legislature, [656.]
Harrison, Benjamin, Notice of, [441;] Anecdote of, [442.]
Harrison, President William II., Birth place of, [441.]
Hart, John, Governor of Maryland, Notice of, [399.]
Harvey, Colonel, erects Barracks near Charlottesville for captive Troops, in 1779, [552.]
Harvey, Governor John, succeeds Yeardley as Governor of Virginia in 1628--Deprived of his Office by the People in 1635--Returns to England, [458;] Sent back by the King with full Authority--Succeeded by Wyatt in 1639, [459.]
Harvey, Thomas, Governor of Albemarle Colony in 1692, [561,] Hasell. James, President of Council in North Carolina in 1773, [579,] Hathorn, Colonel, at Battle of Minisink, in 1779, [102,] Hats, Exportation of, from the Colonies, forbidden by Parliament in 1731, [563.]
Hateras Indians, Reduction of, in 1709, [562.]
Hawes, Captain, in Battle of Guilford in 1761, [610.]
Haw River, Notice of, 590 Hawks, John, Notice of, [569,] [570.]
Hawks, Rev, Dr. Francis L., Notice of, [569,] [570,] [623,] Hawthorne, Colonel, in Southern Campaign in 1760, [631,] Hayne, Colonel Isaac, biographical Sketch of, [774,] Hazen, Colonel Moses, at Jones's Ford in 1777--Biographical Sketch of, [380.]
Headley, J., Quotation from, [178.]
Head-quarters of La Fayette at Providence, in 1778, [057;] General Prescott, near Newport, in 1777, [076,] [080;] Washington, at New Windsor, in 1779, [081;] Washington, at Newburgh, in 1783, [099,] [100,] [104;] Purchased by the State in 1850, [099;] At Peekskill, in 1781, [113;] Generals Greene and Knox, near New Windsor, [114;] Governor George Clinton, at Washington Square, in 1777, [116;] Steuben, near Fishkill Landing, in 1782, [125;] Colonel Sheldon, at Salem, in 1780--Colonel Jameson and Major Tallmadge, at North Castle, [147;] Washington and Baylor, at Tappan, [196;] Washington, near Dobbs's Ferry, [195,] [509;] Washington, at Hopper House, in 1780, [214;] Washington, Greene, and Mercer, at Newtown, New Jersey, [226;] Rail, at Trenton, [228,] [231;] General Howe, at Germantown, [314;] Washington, at White Marsh, in 1777, [321;] Washington, at Valley Forge, in 1777-1778, [332;] La Fayette, near Brandywine, in 1777, [378;] Washington, near Chad's Ford, [386,] [388;] Arnold and Simcoe, at Richmond, [435;] Rochambeau, at Williamsburg, Virginia, [529;] Arnold at Portsmouth, [540;] Arnold and Phillips, in Petersburg, in 1781, [545;] Cornwallis, at Hillsborough, North Carolina, in 1776, [590;] At Charlotte and Winnsborough, in 1780, [626;] General Wayne, at Ebenezer, in 1782, [740;] Cornwallis, at Wilmington, [781;] Of Lee, at New York, in 1776, [798;] Washington, at New York, [800,] [815;] Howe, at Newtown, Long Island, [813;] At New Rochelle, [820;] Washington, at White Plains, [821;] At Rocky Hill, [837.]
Heath, General William, sent to New York in 1776, [015;] In command at Rhode Island in 1780, [087;] Succeeded by General M'Dougall in 1777, at Peekskill, [172;] Biographical Sketch of, [828.]
Hele, Lieutenant (British Spy), supposed Instigator of Treachery of Arnold, [145.]
Hell Gate, Town Records of Newport sunk at, by Sir Henry Clinton, in 1779, [085;] Anecdote, of, [114.]
Henderson, Judge, Richard, Notice of, [572,] [575.]
Henderson, Colonel, wounded in Battle of Eutaw Springs in 1781, [703.]
Henry, Patrick, Eloquent Speech of in first Continental Congress at Philadelphia, in 1774, [267;] Prediction relative to Declaration of Independence, [273;] Formerly a Bar Tender, [429;] Early Years of--Employed in Parson's Cause--His Début as an Orator described by Wirt, [430;] At Constitutional Convention at Richmond, in 1788, [438;] Biographical Sketch of, [439;] Eloquence--Anecdote of, [440;] Submits Resolutions to House of Burgesses of Virginia in 1784--Opposes Stamp Act, [482;] Effect of his Resolutions--Skill as an Orator, [483;] Speech of, in House of Burgesses of Virginia, in 1775--Proposes Resolutions in favor ol military Preparation--Eloquently defends them, [502;] Effect of his Speech--Assembles Corps of Volunteers and marches for Williamsburg--Meets Receiver General at Doncaster's Ordinary-Demands and receives Value of military Stores--Disbands--Departs for Philadelphia as Delegate to Congress, [503,] Hessians, at Battle of Long Island in 1776, [022;] Imprisoned in old Church at Fishkill, [124;] Captured at Crosswicks in 1778, [218;] Captured at Battle of Trenton in 1776, [228;] Officers sign Parole of Honor, [229;] Use White Hall for Barracks at Trenton, [244;] Expedition of, against Forts Mercer and Mifflin in 1777. under Sir William Howe, [293;] Hessian Sergeant's Account of Massacre near Lancaster Road, [370;] At Battle of Guilford in, [781,] [609;] Land on Long Island in 1776, [804;] Re-enforcement of, at New York, [820.]
Hewitt, Mary E., Quotation from, [288.]
Highlanders at Cross Creek, North Carolina, [580;] Friendship of courted by Patriots in 1775--Martin attempts to enlist them in favor of the King, [583;] General Donald M'Donald, [565,] [583;] Dispersed and made Prisoners at Moore's Creek Bridge in 1776, [588;] Settle in Georgia in 1733, [722.]
Hill, Colonel, in Southern Campaign in 1780, [631,] Hillsborough, North Carolina, early History of, [558,] Hinchcliffe, D., identified in American Cause, [019.]
Historical Society of Maryland--Author's Visit to--Relics contained in its Library, [391.]
Historical Society of New York, Notice of, [116;] Leaf from Church Record at Pohick, [421.]
Historical Society of North Carolina, old Bible in Possession of, [559.]
Historical Society of Rhode Island, Notice of, [058.]
History, Early, of Stonington, [051;] Rhode Island, [070;] Newburgh, [100;] Peekskill, [169;] Perth Amboy, [217;] Crosswicks, [218.]
Virginia, [507;] Hampton--Old Point Comfort, Virginia, [531;] Norfolk, [532;] Petersburg--Blandford, [542;] Chowan and Cape Fear Country, Carolina, [559,] [561;] Charlotte, North Carolina, [616;] Orangeburg, South Carolina, [696;] Of New York, [782.]
History of Trinity Church, New York, [819.]
Hoffman, C, F., Quotation from, [130.]
Hohkirk's Hill, Notice of, [676.]
Holland, issues Edict against carrying warlike Articles to America in 1775--Edict violated--Large Quantities of Powder carried to America, [019.]
Hollanders refuse to allow their Soldiers to fight against Freedom, [020.]
Holly, Mrs., Notice of, [a]406.]
Holt, Jolie, Quotation from, [432;] Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia--Establishes Printing-office at Norfolk--Publishes severe Articles against Dunmore--His Establishment seized by Dunmore in 1775--Publishes New York Gazette and Post Boy in 1765--Establishes New York Journal in 1768--Removes Journal to Æsopus and Poughkeepsie--Biographical Sketch of, [534;] Appointed Postmaster at New York in 1775, [793.]
Holt, Dr., Notice of, [590.]
Holt, Colonel Michael, Notice of, [593.]
Honors, military, Burial with, defined, [465.]
Hood, Admiral Sir Samuel, proceeds against French Fleet in 1781, [512.]
Hood, Mr., appointed Stamp-master at Baltimore in 1765--Burned in Effigy--Escapes to New York, [399.]
Hooker, Reverend Mr., appointed to dispute religious Points with Reverend Roger Williams, in Boston General Court, in 1653, [053.]
Hooper, William, Notice of, [582.]
Hopkins, Admiral, in naval Engagement oft' Block Island in 1776, [072.]
Hopkins, Stephen, Monument of, [056;] Biographical Sketch of (See Biography of Signers of Declaration of Independence, Supplement.)
Hopkins, Tory, tarred and feathered at Savannah in 1774,725.
Hopkinson, Francis, Quotation from, [310.]
"Hornet's Nest," applied to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, [600;] To Rowan County, [615.]
Horse, Harcourt's, Longevity of, [223.]
Horseshoe, Silver, miniature, presented to Spottswood by George I., [472.]
Horseshoe Robinson, Notice of, [635.]
Hotchkiss, Mr., Notice of, [595,] [613.]
House, Residence of General Huntington, [032;] Governor Trumbull's War Office--Trumbull, [034;] Alden Tavern, Williams's, [035;] Birth-place of Benedict Arnold, [036;] Governor Huntington's Mansion, [038;] Residence of Governor Gibbs, [064;] Prescott's Head quarters, [067,] [076;] Hubbard's. [068;] Mr. Brindley's, [083;] Washington's Head quarters, at Newburgh, [099;] Headquarters of Greene and Knox, [114;] Mrs. Falls's, [116;] The Temple, [117;] Wharton's, [122;] Verplanck's, [125;] Robinson's, [140;] Smith's, [152;] Birdsall's, [170;] Colonel Jameson's Head-quarters, [188;] "Sunnyside," Residence of Washington Irving, [193;] Livingston Mansion, [195;] Washington's Headquarters, at Tappan, [196;] Hopper's, [214;] Burr's Head-quarters, [215;] Friend's Meetinghouse, [219;] White's Tavern, [222;] Rail's Head-quarters, [228;] At Trenton Bridge, [233;] Friend's Meeting-house, [234;] In which General Mercer died, [236;] Nassau Hall, Princeton College, [238;] Morven, [242;] White-Hall, [244;] Old block, at Wicaco, converted into Church ill 1677--Converted into Fuel by British. [255;] Carpenters' Hall, [263;] Thompson's Residence, [267;] State House, Philadelphia, [272,] [288;] Whitall's, [294;] Slate-roof, [301;] Penn's--Loxley's, [301;] Howe's Head quarters, [302;] Wharton's Mansion, [303;] Chew's, [314;] Washington's Head-quarters, near Whitemarsh, [321;] King of Prussia Tavern, [331;] Washington's Head-quarters, at Valley Forge, [332;] Steuben's Log, [342;] Hancock's, [345;] Freehold Meeting-house.359; Huddy's Residence, [362;] Wayne's Residence, [373;] At Jefferis's Ford, [374;] Birmingham Meeting-house, [375;] Howe's Head-quarters--La Fayette's Quarters, [378;] Chad's, [386;] Washington's Head-quarters, [387;] Congress, at Baltimore, [393;] State House of Maryland described, [402;] Mount Vernon. [414,] [418;] Residence of the Washington Family at Westmoreland, [425;] Hanover Court House, [429;] Birth-place of Henry Clay, [431;] Old City Tavern at Richmond, [435;] Old Stone, Richmond, Reminiscences of, [438,] [439;] Seat of Patrick Henry--Old Court house in New London, [440;] Birth place of President Harrison, [441;] Charles City Court House, [442;] Old Tavern, [444;] Dumnore Palace, at Williamsburg, [469;] Old Magazine--Old Capitol of Virginia--Baptist Meeting-house, [470;] Old Raleigh Tavern, at Williamsburg, Virginia, [486;] Nelson Mansion, at Yorktown, [521;] Moore's, [530;] Head-quarters of Arnold, at Portsmouth, Virginia, [540;] Bolingbrook, Petersburg, Virginia, [545;] Residence of President Jefferson, at Monti-celio, [547;] Tryon's Palace, at Newborn, North Carolina, [570;] Harnett's, Wilmington, North Carolina, [582;] Lillington Hall, [587;] Cornwallis's Headquarters--Offices, [590;] Log-house, at Battle-ground of Guilford Court House, till; New Garden Meeting-house, [613;] Court-house, at Charlotte, [617;] Log-house, at Cowpens, [636;] At Rocky Mount, [638;] At Hubkirk's Hill, [676;] At Fort Motte, [681;] At, Fort Granby, [688;] Old Court-house, Orange District, South Carolina, [696;] Southern School house, [698;] Residence of General Marion, [708;] White House, near Hawk's Greek, [715;] Telfair House, at Savannah, [726;] Dwelling of General M-lntosh, Savannah, [741;] Episcopal Church--Head quarters of Cornwallis. Wilmington, [781;] Old Store house, Forty-sixth Street, New York, [795;] Kennedy House, Broadway, [798;] Washington's Headquarters, Pearl Street--Rose and Crown Tavern, Staten Island, [800;] Kip's House, Kip's Bay, New York, [803;] Howard's Half-way, East New York, [807;] Cortelyon's House, Brower's Mill, Brooklyn, [810;] Church at Jamaica--House where Woodbull died, at New Utrecht, [811;] Billop's House, Staten Island--Green-house, New York, [815;] Morris's House, near Harlem River. [816;] Beckman's Mansion, at Turtle Bay.817; Ruins of Trinity Church, New York, [819;] Howe's Headquarters, near New Roehelle, [820;] Washington's Headquarters, near White Plains, [821;] Phillipse's Manor-house, Yonkers. [832;] Townsend House, Oyster Bay, [833;] Middle Dutch Church--French Church--Hessian Hospital--Old Walton House, New York, [835;] Washington's Head-quarters, Princeton, [837;] Fraunce's Tavern, Pearl Street, New York. [839.]
Houseman, Captain, issues Hand bills at Rocky Mount in 1780, [657.]
Houseman, William C., Notice of, [184.]
Houstoun, John, succeeds Trueitlen, as Governor of Georgia, in 1778, [710.]
Howard, Colonel John E., in Southern Campaign under Greene, in 1781, [602,] [605;] At Battle of Guilford, [610;] Biographical Sketch of, [639;] At Battle of the Cowpens in 1781, [637;] Wounded in Battle of Eutaw Springs, [703.]
Howard, Judge Martin, Notice of, [572.]
Howard, Lord, succeeds Culpepper, as Governor of Virginia in 1684--Recalled in 1688--Reinstated to remain in England--Sends Nicholson, as Deputy, to Virginia in 1690, [471.]
Howe, General Robert (American), sent to attack Fort La Fayette In 1779-- Abandons the Enterprise, [180;] Joins Wondford, at Norfolk, in 1775, [536;] At Bombardment of the Town in 1776--Stations his Troops at Kemp's Landing, Suffolk, and Great Bridge, [537;] Notice of, [582,] [589;] Expedition to Florida--Biographical Sketch of, [729;] At Savannah in 1778, [731.]
Howe, General Sir William (British), leaves Munitions at Castle Island, on evacuating Boston in 1776, [014;] His Course approved by the King--Sends Dispatches to England by the Hands of Major 'Phompson (Count Rumfurd) in 1775, [023;] Stratagem to capture and destroy Cattle and military Stores, near Peekskill, in 1777, [173;] Designs sending Force up Hudson to meet Burgoyne--Consents with Cornwallis to capture Philadelphia, [226;] Sails from New York with his Brother Richard, to Chesapeake Bay, in 1777, [291,] [374;] Marches in Triumph to Philadelphia. [291;] Determines to destroy American Works on the Delaware, [292;] Sends Expedition of Hessians to capture Forts Mercer and Mifflin, [293;] Attempted attack on Washington's Camp--Foiled by Mrs. Darrah, [301;] His Quarters in the City, [302;] Winters in--Honored by a Fête at, [303;] Personal Appearance of--Appropriates Mary Pemberton's Coach and Horses to his own Use, [309;] Marches toward Philadelphia, [315;] Marches to Head of Elk in 1777, [375;] Proclamation to People of Pennsylvania in 1777. [376;] Requests surgical Aid from Washington for wounded Americans, after the Battle of Brandywine, [385;] In command at New York in 1776, [800;] Takes Possession of the City..817; Proceeds to West Chester, [819;] In Battle at White Plains, [822;] Takes Fort Washington, [827.]
Howe, Lord Admiral, hesitates before accepting command of Fleet destined for America--Opposed to civil War, [021;] Succeeded by Admiral Byron, in command on American Coast, in 1778, [078;] Leaves Delaware Bay, and Anchors in Raritan Bay--Strength of his Fleet, [079;] Naval Engagement with D'Estaing off Newport, in 1778, [081;] Departs for Block Island--Proceeds to Boston--Returns to New York, [084;] Off Capes of Virginia in 1777, [165;] Sails from New York with naval Armament, to Chesapeake Hay in 1777,291; Enters the Delaware with Captain Hammond--sails past Chevaux de-Frise, and anchors near Fort Miflin, [292;] Authorized to treat with Colonies for Reconciliation in 1776--Unheeded by Americans, [346;] His Proposition for a Conference--Meets Committee of Congress in 1776--Biographical Sketch of, [814.]
Howell, Governor Richard, biographical Sketch of--Quotation from, [245.]
Howell, Rednap, Notice of, [572;] Quotation from--Lampoons Fanning, [573.]
Howland, John, Notice of, [058,] [234;] His military Career in Revolution, [063.]
Hubbard, Mr., Notice of, [069.]
Hubbard, Mrs. Russel, Notice of, [040.]
Hubbard's Mill, Rhode Island, [068.]
Hack, Captain Christian, killed in Battle at Rocky Mount, in 1780, [659.]
Hudly, Captain, Capture and Execution of, in 1782, [366.]
Hudson Henry, Arrival of, at Verplanck's Point in 1609, [174;] Cape May in 1609, [251.]
Hudson's River, Depth of, near Murderer's Creek in 1776, [114.]
Hutt; Englbert, extraordinary Longevity of--Woos a young Girl at the Age of one hundred and twenty, [124.]
Huger, Isaac, in Expedition against Cherokees in 1760, [646.]
Huger, Major Benjamin, Death of, [761.]
Huguenots, Settlment of, in Orange County, New York, [101;] In South Carolina, [562;] Found Charleston in 1679, [744;] First settlment at New Rochelle, New York, [820.]
Humphreys, Colon., at Hudson Highlands in 1777, [167.]
Hunter, James, Notice of, [572.]
Hunter, William, arrested in North Carolina in 1768--Legal Trial of--Fined and imprisoned, [572.]
Huntington, Benjamin, biographical Sketch of, [032.]
Huntington, Captain Joshua, [042.]
Huntington, Christopher, first white Male born in Norwich, [032.]
Huntington, Colonel Eboneezer, Notice of, [032.]
Huntington, Colonel Jedediah, biographical Sketch of, [032.]
Huntington, General Jabez, Notice of, [031,] [032;] Tomb--Biographical Sketch of, [039.]
Huntington Governor Samuel, Notice of, [030,] [031;] His Mansion, [038;] Tomb. [039;] Anecdote of, [313.]
Huntington, Lieutenant Joshua, Notice of, [032.]
Huntington, Mrs. Martha, Notice of, [039.]
Huntington, Zachariah, Notice of, [039.]
Husband, Herman, Patriotism of, [569;] Arrested in 1768--Legal Trial of--Acquitted, [572;] Member of North Carolina Legislature in 1771, [575;] Flees to Pennsylvania in 1771--Biographical sketch of, [578.]
Hutchinson, Mrs. Anne, discusses religious Dogmas, [060;] Persecution of--Joins her Friends in Rhode Island--Murdered by Savages in 1638, [070.]
Huts of American Troops at Valley Forge, in 1777, described, [324.]
Hymn of Moravian Nuns at Consecration of Pulaski's Banner, [393.]