Dartmouth, Earl of, Minister of England, [63].
Deane, Silas, envoy to France, [184]-[185].
Declaration of Independence, [75]-[80].
Delaware Bay, British fleet in, [116].
Delaware River, Washington crosses, [102].
Denmark and armed neutrality, [206]-[207].
Detroit (MI), force to check Clark from, [223].
Devonshire, Duke of, costly residence, [18].
Dickinson, John, of Pennsylvania, on Declaration of Independence, [78].
Dilworth, Cornwallis marches on, [119].
Dinwiddie, Governor, Washington and, [16].
Donop, Count von, at Trenton, [102], [104].
Dorchester Heights (MA), American troops on, [47]-[48].
Dumas, French officer with Rochambeau, [231].
Dunmore, Lord, Governor of Virginia, [224].
E
East River (NY), location, [87]; British on, [93].
Edward, Fort, St. Clair retires to, [127]; Burgoyne at, [129], [130]-[141]; Indian raids at, [140]; Burgoyne seeks to return to, [143].
Elkton (MD), Howe at, [116], [118]; American army at, [258].
Emerson, chaplain, diary quoted, [35].
England, in eighteenth century, [16]-[19]; state of society, [19], [59]; Parliament votes tax on colonies, [23]; politics, [24]-[25], [64] et seq., [268]; attitude toward the colonies, [54]-[55], [58]; prosperity, [59]; difficulties in raising army, [178]; France and, [182]-[183], [187]-[188], [191]-[192], [195]-[196], [206], [270]; Whig attitude after French intervention, [189]-[190]; and Spain, [187], [203]-[204], [206]; navy in 1779, [204]; domestic affairs, [207]; treaty of peace, [272]; see also Army, British.
Estaing, Count d', French admiral, [195]; at the Delaware, [196]-[197]; at Sandy Hook, [200]-[201]; at Newport, [201]-[202]; at Savannah, [214]-[215].
Eutaw Springs (SC), battle of, [250].
F
Falmouth (Portland, ME), destroyed, [81].
Ferguson, Major Patrick, [216]; King's Mountain, [221]-[222]; killed, [222].
Fersen, Count, with French army, [232].
Finance, value of continental money, [209]; Franklin procures money in France, [271].
Florida returned to Spain, [273].
Foch, general, quoted, [101].
Fox, C.J., and carelessness of ministers, [68]; urges conciliation, [69].
France, French in Canada, [38]; alliance with, [182] et seq.; and England, [182]-[183], [187]-[188], [191]-[192], [195]-[196], [206], [270]; treaty of friendship with America (1778), [187]; and Canada, [188]; and Spain, [203]; promises soldiers to Washington, [210]; help in 1780, [230] et seq.; bibliography of alliance, [280].
Franklin, Benjamin, on Lexington, [2]; on George III, [25]; member of commission to Montreal, [50]; on committee to meet Howe, [93]; satirizes British ignorance, [138]; in Congress, [164]; induces Hessians to desert, [180]; sent to Paris, [185]; and Loyalists, [225], [270], [271].
Fraser, General, killed, [143].
Frederick the Great, of Prussia, estimate of Washington, [105]; urges France against England, [187].
G
Gage, General Thomas, [72]; at Boston, [3], [4]-[5].
Gates, General Horatio, [98], [110], [172], [173]; in command of Lee's army, [99]-[100]; joins Washington, [100]; discourages Washington, [103]; against Burgoyne, [142]-[145]; intrigue, [149]-[151]; menaces Clinton in New Jersey, [198]; command in the South, [219]; Camden, [219]; Greene supersedes, [247].
George III, American opinions of, [25]; Hamilton on, [39]; character, [60]-[62]; speech in Parliament, [62]-[63]; Washington and, [63], [86]; statue destroyed in New York, [80]; ready to give guarantees of liberty, [115]; effect of news of Ticonderoga on, [127]-[128]; on taxing of America, [190]; and Chatham, [193]; news of Yorktown, [267]-[268].
George, Fort (NY), Burgoyne's supplies from, [129].
Georgia, British in, [211]-[212], [217].
Germain, Lord George, failure to send orders to Howe, [68], [125]; instructions to Burgoyne, [112]; plans campaign from England, [130]-[131]; censures Howe, [194]; in Seven Years' War, [230]; news of Yorktown, [267].
Germans, hold line of the Delaware, [102]; plundering, [111]; at Bennington, [131]-[132]; with Burgoyne, [144], [145]; Steuben's part in Revolutionary War, [174]-[176]; benefit to British, [179]-[180]; desertions, [180]-[181], [199].
Germantown (PA), Howe's camp at, [121]; battle of, [122], [148]; Greene at, [171].
Gibraltar, Spain besieges, [270]; not returned to Spain, [273].
Gloucester, Cornwallis holds, [263].
Gordon, Lord Adam, on Philadelphia, [215]; opinion of Charleston, [215].
Gordon, Lord George, leads London riot, [208].
Grasse, Comte de, commands French fleet, [256]; at Chesapeake Bay, [260], [261]-[262]; sails south, [265]; Rodney captures, [266], [270].
Great Britain, see England.
Greene, General Nathanael, [110]; at Bunker Hill, [4]; advocates independence, [75]; commands Fort Washington, [96]-[97]; harasses Cornwallis, [105]; at Germantown, [122]; at Valley Forge, [170]-[171]; in Rhode Island, [201]; on Congress, [236]; supersedes Gates in South, [247]; Guilford Court House, [249]; at Hobkirk's Hill, [250].
Grey, Sir Charles, Howe and, [115].
Guilford Court House (NC), [249].
H
Hamilton, Alexander, [238]; and Washington, [16], [168]; on Quebec Act, [39].
Hancock, John, desires post as Commander-in-Chief, [8].
Harlem River (NY), location, [87].
Hastings, Marquis of, [6]; see also Rawdon, Lord.
Henry, Patrick, speech, [57].
Henry, Cape (VA), naval battle off, [261].
Herkimer, General Nicholas, battle of Oriskany, [135].
Hessians, see Germans.
Hillsborough (NC), Cornwallis issues proclamation at, [249].
Hobkirk's Hill (SC), Rawdon defeats Greene at, [250].
Holkham, Lord Leicester's residence at, [18]; Coke's residence at, [69]-[70], [71].
Holland joins England's enemies [206], [246].
Hood, Sir Samuel, British admiral, [261].
Howe, Richard, Lord, commands fleet reaching New York, [84], [86]; Whig sympathy, [85]; personal characteristics, [85]; letter to Washington, [86]-[87]; seeks peace, [92]-[93]; takes fleet to Newport, [100]; proclamation, [101]; and evacuation of Philadelphia, [196]-[197]; expects naval flight off Sandy Hook, [200]-[201]; at Newport, [202]; refuses to serve Tory Admiralty, [207].
Howe, General Sir William, at Bunker Hill, [5]; succeeds Gage in command, [5], [36]; evacuates Boston, [47]-[48]; and Burgoyne, [68], [112], [116]-[117], [130], [142]; personal characteristics, [84]; attitude toward Revolution, [84]; lands army on Staten Island, [86]; battle of Long Island, [87]-[90]; in New York, [93]-[95]; plans to meet Carleton, [95]; battle of White Plains, [96]; Fort Washington, [96]-[97]; takes Fort Lee, [98]; and Lee, [99], [112]-[113]; at Trenton, [100]; proclamation, [101], [111]; goes to New York for Christmas, [102]; dilatoriness, [109], [110]; takes Philadelphia, [109], [112], [120], [149]; plan for 1777, [112]-[113]; sails for Chesapeake Bay, [115]-[116]; at the Brandywine, [118]-[119], [133]; and Pennsylvanians, [120]-[121]; at Germantown, [121]-[122]; leaves Philadelphia, [194]; Clinton succeeds, [195].
Hudson River (NY), advantages of plan to sail up, [82]; location of mouth, [87]; British on, [93], [96]-[98]; Washington guards, [209]-[210], [211], [236], [237]-[238], see also West Point.