New Haven, Conn., invaded by Tryon, 256 New Jersey seizes the Provincial treasury and raises troops, 28 the chief battleground, 161 more than meets her quota, 272 her noble women, 272, 285 a continuous battlefield and the strategic center, 285 Newport, R.I.; Howe’s strategic objective, 1776, 118 occupied by the British, 150 besieged by Franco-American forces, 241 abandoned by the British, 262 occupied by Rochambeau, 286 New York city as a British base, 94 New York Committee of Public Safety aroused, 27 its assembly becomes a Provincial Congress, 27 Nook’s Hill fortified, March 10, 1775, 60 evacuation of city a necessity, 60 Norfolk, Va., laid waste by Matthews, 253 North Carolina “will resist Stamp Act to the death”, 13 defies its Provincial governor, 28 adopts the cause of Boston, 28 a convention meets at Charlotte, May 20, 1775, 29 the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, 29 sends Gen. Moore with two battalions to New York, 115 two companies in storming of Stony Point, 257 NORTH, FREDERICK, _Lord_—Earl of Guilford; _b._ 1733, _d._ 1792. British Prime Minister, 1769, 15 abolishes all duties except on tea, 15 the consequences noted, 15 Norwalk, Conn., raided by Tryon, 256 OGDEN—_Am._ col.; as to panic at Monmouth, 231 O’HARA, CHARLES—_Br._ maj.-gen.; _b._ 1756, _d._ 1791. makes the surrender of army of Cornwallis, 360 Onondaga Indians near Syracuse, N.Y., punished, 252 “On to Philadelphia,” like the “On to Richmond” of 1861, ill-judged, 198 Panic at Brooklyn controlled by Washington, 112 at Kipp’s Bay, noticed, 119, 237 at Toulon, compared, 120 at Princeton, controlled by Washington, 154 at Monmouth, turned by Washington into victory, 231 at Camden, 292 Paoli, birthplace of Wayne, visited by British, 193 Paris, Treaty of, 1763, and its terms, 11 PARKER, _Sir_ PETER—_Br._ admiral; _b._ 1716, _d._ 1811. sails from Ireland, 97 repulsed by Moultrie, 97 joins Howe in New York, 99 Parliament of Nations, 1892, noticed, 372 PARSONS, SAMUEL H.—brig.-gen.; _b._ 1737, _d._ 1789. his brigade at Kipp’s Bay, 119 were trusted by Washington, 119 redeemed their good name, 119 a parallel case cited under Napoleon, 120 before Fort Independence, 157 on duty in Connecticut, 163 joins Washington, 168 in the Highlands, 179 PEABODY, NATHANIEL—statesman; _b._ 1741, _d._ 1823; on special War Commission, 273 PENN, WILLIAM—_b._ 1644, _d._ 1718; urged a Colonial Union, 1697, 12 PENNINGTON, WILLIAM—gov. N.J., and speaker U.S. House; _b._ 1717, _d._ 1791; as to Washington’s language at Monmouth, on meeting Lee, 236 Pennsylvania appropriates money for troops, 28 her Assembly corresponds with Washington, 207 Penobscot, Me., a British post 270