Kościuszko: A BiographyGardner, Monica M. (Monica Mary)
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Kościuszko: A Biography
Gardner, Monica M. (Monica Mary)
Kościuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817
his victory at Racławice, 108, 109, 132, 198;
relations with peasant soldiers, 108, 109, 122, 144;
his report on Racławice, 109;
organizes Rising after Racławice, 110;
enthusiasm for him, 110, 121-3, 144;
manifesto to Sandomierz, 111, 112;
appeal to Warsaw, 112;
manifesto on Rising of Warsaw, 113;
Provisional Council of Wilno on, 113, 114;
difficulties of his task, 114, 115;
letters to Mokronowski, 115, 122, 148;
to prince Sapieha, 115, 116;
manifesto to Volhymia, 116;
mandate to churches, 118;
conception of the war, 118, 130;
manifesto regarding Ruthenes, 118, 119;
to Ruthenian clergy, 119;
letter to King, 120, 121;
relations with his officers, 122, 123;
manifesto to Lithuania, 124, 125;
manifesto on his government of state, 126, 127;
regularizes civil government, 127, 128;
reception of Poniatowski, 127;
against Denisov, 129;
description of his camp and person, 130, 131; 131;
defeat at Szczekociny, 132-4;
Austria orders arrest of, 134;
summons to peasant war, 134, 135;
his desperate position, 135;
letter to citizens of Warsaw, 135, 136;
manifesto after Szczekociny, 136;
march to Warsaw, 136, 138;
manifesto on loss of Cracow, 137;
letter to Warsaw on street murders, 138-140;
tact in dealing with men and affairs, 140;
his defence of Warsaw, 141-6;
conduct of affairs from Warsaw, 144, 145;
attitude on Rising in Great Poland, 145;
letter to Zakrzewski, 145, 146;
letter of National Council to, 146, 147;
reply to National Council, 147;
religious tolerance, 148;
conduct to Jews, _ib_.;
and to prisoners of war, 148, 149;
position after deliverance of Warsaw, 149, 150;
journey to Lithuania, 150;
manifesto to Lithuanian army, 150-152;
his last manifesto, 152, 153;
last night in Warsaw, 153;
ride from Warsaw to Sierakowski's camp, 153, 154;
last march, 154. 155;
attitude on Dombrowski's victory, 154;
on eve of Maciejowice, 155, 156;
at Maciejowice, 156-158, 197, 202;
wounded and taken prisoner, 158;
prisoner in the Zamojski manor, 159, 160;
journey to Russia, 160-165;
message and gift from National Council to, 161;
grief in Warsaw for, 161;
Warsaw offers to exchange Russian prisoners for, 161, 162;
Niemcewicz on indignity shown to, 162;
failure and moral effect of his Rising, 163;
imprisonment in Petersburg, 165-168, 170, 171, 173;
subjected to inquisition, 166, 167;
relations with Catherine II, 167;
Rogerson on, 167;
visited by Paul I in prison and freed, 168;
visited by Alexander I in prison, 168, 191;
colloquy with Paul, 168-170;
subsequent interviews with Tsar, 170;
interview with Niemcewicz, 170, 171;
takes oath of allegiance, 171;
farewell audience with Imperial family, 171, 172;
leaves Russia, 172;
journey through Finland, 173, 174;
in Sweden, 174, 175;
Swedish portrait of, 174, 175;
Cosway's portrait of, 175, 176, 200;
leaves Sweden for England, 175;
life in London, 175, 176;
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