_Blackwood's Magazine_, 3. Blair, John, 161. Bland, Theodorick, letter of _W_. to, 131, 132. Bonhomme Richard, the. _See_ Jones, John Paul. Boston, port of, transferred to Salem, 58; blockaded by _W_., 69; evacuated by Howe, 72, 73; _W.'s_ visit to, as President, 189, 190. Boston Tea Party, 58. Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, Lord, 53. Boucher, Rev. Jonathan, 41. Braddock, Edward, his career, 19, 20; in America, 20; attacks Fort Duquesne, and is defeated and killed, 21, 22; 255. Bradford, William, 229. Brant, Joseph, 92. British troops, position of, at end of 1776, 83, 84, 85; confined to New York City and Long Island, 86; _W_. on maltreatment of prisoners by, 98; field of operations of, transferred to South, 107, 121-123; surrender of, at Yorktown, 123 _ff_. Brown, Dr., 244, 245, 247, 248. Bunker Hill, Battle of, 65, 68. Burgoyne, John, takes Ticonderoga, 91; defeated at Bennington, 92; surrenders to Gates at Saratoga, 93. Burke, Edmund, 55, 62, 120. Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 29, 49. Butler, Pierce, 162. Byrd, William, letter of _W_. to, 20, 21. Calvert, Nelly, 42. Cambridge, _W_. takes command of army at, 65; _W.'s_ headquarters at, 69. Canada, and Wolfe's victory at Quebec, 28. Canova, Antonio, statue of _W_. by, 148. Capital, national, question of location of, 182-185. Carlyle, Thomas, 17. Carroll, Daniel, 161. Cavour, Camillo, Count di, 30, 251. Chamberlayne, Major, 33. Charming, Edward, _History of the U.S._, 111 _n_. Chantrey, Sir F.L., statue of _W_., 148. Cherry-tree story, absurdity of, 2. Cincinnati, Society of the, public feeling against, 159; _W_. resigns presidency of, 159. Clark, Major, 10. Clinton, George, Governor of New York, 136, 199. Clinton, Sir Henry, succeeds Howe as Commander-in-Chief, 105; takes troops to New York, 106; was he responsible for bribing Arnold? 109, 110; _W.'s_ criticism of, 118, 119; 93, 121, 123. Clive, Robert, Lord, 28. Clymer, George, 161. Colonies, effect of Seven Years' War on, 29; opposition to taxation in, 49 _ff_.; at outbreak of war, 67; diversity in origin and customs, 67, 68; increasing urgency of demand for independence in, 75; relations of, with England, in 1763, 47; how affected by the Imperial Spirit, 47, 48; in 1770, 53, 54; at beginning of Revolution, 66; lack of ardor for Independence, 84. Committees of Correspondence, 57, 58. Compromises of the Constitution. _See_ Representation, Slave trade, Slavery. Concord, Battle of, 64. Congress of the U.S.: _First: W.'s_ first address to, 179; votes to assume state debts and change location of capital, 182-185. _Fourth_: Jay Treaty ratified by Senate, 210; bill to carry out treaty provisions passed by House, 210-213. _Sixth_: revives rank of Commander-in-Chief for _W_., 217; and _W_.'s death, 251, 253, 254. Connecticut, population of, in 1775, 68.