College, Yale, first established at Saybrook, [050;] College of New Jersey, first established at Elizabethtown in 1756--Donation of Books by Governor Belcher--Burned in 1802--Its Planetarium attempted to be carried to England by Cornwallis--Used alternately by British and American Troops during the War, [243;] Its Character as an Institution, [244;] College, William and Mary, at Williamsburg, Virginia, founded in 1692, [468.]
Colleton, Governor, declares Martial Law in Charleston in 1682, [745.]
Collier, Admiral Sir George, returns to New York from marauding Expedition to Virginia in 1779, [212;] Arrives at Hampton Roads in 1779--Attacks Fort Nelson--Takes Norfolk, Gosport, and proceeds to Suffolk--Seizes public Stores--Destroys much Property in Suffolk--Proceeds to Stony Point on the Hudson, [538.]
Colonies, American, Strength and Union of, in 1776, [017;] Placed under British Martial Law in 1775, [020;] Position of, after Siege of Boston, [023;] Nicholson's Flan for uniting them in 1698--For placing them under a Viceroy in 1704, [471.]
Columbia, South Carolina, Notice of, [687.]
Comely, Mary, cuts Piece from Robber's Coat--Causes his Detection, [220.]
Commissioners, resident, appointed by the British in 1775, [020;] Appointed for Detection of the Burners of the Gaspee, [062;] British, Arrival of, in the Delaware, in 1778, with Lord North's conciliatory Bills, [349;] Agents of, recommended by Congress to be seized and imprisoned, [350;] Of Observation, sent to Pittsburgh, by Congress, in 1778, to determine Importance of Detroit as a Rendezvous for hostile Tribes--Represent Necessity of an immediate Expedition, [499;] Appointed by Congress to consult Washington respecting Campaign to Virginia, [509;] Of Washington and Cornwallis to agree on Terms of Capitulation at Yorktown in 1781, [522.]
Committee of Congress confer with mysterious Frenchman relative to Aid from French King, [022;] Of Correspondence at Norwich in 1774, [031;] Of Congress, appointed to consider Memorial of public Creditors in 1782, [105;] Names of, appointed to superintend Erection of Fortifications at West Point in 1776, [135;] Appointed by Congress to act in its Behalf in Philadelphia during its Absence at Baltimore in 1776, [225;] In Congress in 1776, relative to Declaration of Independence, [276;] Of Correspondence and Observation at Baltimore in 1775, [392;] Of Vigilance, formed in Apollo Room at Williamsburg in 1773, to obtain Intelligence of oppressive parliamentary Acts--Resolve to open Correspondence and Communication with other Colonies--Submit Resolutions to House of Burgesses, [485;] Of Safety, in Virginia, in 1776, [505;] Of Delegates convened at Williamsburg to prepare Declaration of Rights and Form of Government for Virginia, [505;] Of Vigilance, appointed by North Carolina Assembly in 1773,579; Of Safety, in North Carolina, in 1775, [582;] Of Mecklenburg Convention, Names of, [618,] [619;] Of One Hundred, organized at New York in 1775, [795;] Of Congress, holds Conference with Lord Howe at Staten Island in 1776, [814.]
Communication, Secret, held by Lieutenant Chapman with Rhode Island in 1779, [086.]
Company, East India, Dutch, Notice of, [782.]