De Grasse, Count, Francois Joseph Paul, arrives with French Fleet in Chesapeake in 1781--blockades Mouth of York River--Biographical Sketch of, [511;] In Engagement off Capes of Virginia, [512;] At Siege of Yorktown in 1781--Refuses to ascend the River, [514.]
De Heister, General, in command at Ney York, 1776, [804.]
De Kalb, Baron, accompanies La Fayette to America in 1778, [323;] Biographical Sketch of--In command of Southern Campaign in 1780, [607;] Death of, [674.]
Delafield, Major, commands military Academy at West Point, in 1838, [138.]
Delancey, General Oliver, biographical Sketch of, [829.]
Delanceys, Movements of, in 1777, [830.]
Delaware, Lord Governor and Captain General of Virginia in 1608--Arrives at Jamestown in 1609, [456;] Sails for England in ill health, [457.]
Delaware River, first Settlements on, by Dutch and Swedes, in 1623-38, [251;] Place where Washington crossed in 1776, [221,] Military Works--Removal of Obstructions on, by British, [292;] Topography, [290,] [296,] [298.]
Delaware, State of, called upon by Congress for Funds to carry on War in 1780, [087;] Origin of Name of, [249;] Early Settlement of, by Dutch and Swedes, in 1623-288, [251,] [252;] Seceded from Pennsylvania in 1691, [255;] Proceedings relative to Declaration of Independence, [276;] Constitution of, adopted in 1776, [289.]
Delegates, Pennsylvania in Continental Congress, in 1774, [261;] Convention of, at Williamsburg, [505.]