Toronto (ON), Loyalists in, 228. Transportation, need of military engineers for, 152. Trenton (NJ), Howe at, 100; attack on, 101-107, 109; Greene at, 171. Tryon, Governor of New York, 225. V Valley Forge (PA) Washington at, 148 et seq.; Washington leaves, 196. Vergennes, French Foreign Minister, 182-183, 184, 197, 271. Vincennes, Clark at, 223. Virginia, choice of a commander from, 8; state of society, 19-20, 32-33; on independence, 73; Convention changes church service, 79; Burgoyne's force in, 146; covets lands in Northwest, 222; Steuben in, 247; Cornwallis in, 251. Vulture (sloop of war), 241, 242, 243. W Walpole, Horace 59, 64, 73-74; Gates godson of, 142; quoted, 217. Ward, General Artemus, and siege of Boston, 3. Washington, George, at second Continental Congress, 1, 259; champion of colonial cause, 1-2, 23-24, 59; chosen Commander-in-Chief, 8-9; journey to Boston, 9-11; personal characteristics, 11, 13-16, 109; life, 11; as a landowner, 12; education, 13; contrasted with English country gentlemen, 17-20; wealth; 20, 56; as a farmer, 20-21; a slave-owner, 21; with Braddock, 22-23; opinion of George III, 25, 63; not a professional soldier, 27; reorganizes army, 30-35; favors conscription, 34; at Boston, 36; plans against Canada, 40-43; mourns Montgomery, 47; hated of British, 57-58; Coke and, 71, 72, 189; advocates independence, 75; headquarters in New York, 82, 87; Howe's letter to, 86-87; at Brooklyn Heights, 88-91; exposed to enemy in New York, 93; and Congress, 96, 146, 163-164; Lee and, 98-99, 199; retreats across New Jersey, 100; attack upon Trenton, 101-107, 109; on Howe's dilatoriness, 109; in New Jersey, 110; and Sullivan, 111; policy toward Loyalists, 111; on plundering, 111; need of maps, 111; and Howe, 113-115, 118, 120, 142; and Burgoyne, 116; at the Brandywine, 118-119; Germantown, 121-122; at Valley Forge, 148 et seq.; religion, 161; relations with staff, 167-168; as military leader, 170; volunteers come to, 174; distrustful of France, 188-189; celebrates French alliance, 193; army occupies Philadelphia, 196; follows Clinton across New Jersey, 197-198; Monmouth Court House, 199; despair of, 1779-1780, 208-209; guards Hudson, 209-210; French under, 210; opinion of Tories, 227; and Rochambeau, 234, 236, 237, 255; reprimands Arnold, 239-240; and Andre, 243; plan differs from French, 255; march to Yorktown, 255 et seq.; and Carleton, 269; believes self-interest dominant in politics, 271-272; bids farewell to army, 274; gives up command, 275; at Mount Vernon, 275; influences upon future, 275-276; bibliography, 278. Washington, Fort (NY), held by Americans, 96-97; British take, 97. West Indies, conquests restored, 273. West Point (NY), fortification, 236, 237-238; Arnold in command, 238; plot to surrender, 240-244. White Plains (NY), battle of, 96. Wight, Isle of, plan to seize, 204. Wilkes, John, introduces bill into Parliament, 191. Wilmington (NC), British fleet reaches, 82; Cornwallis in, 250.