THOMPSON, CHARLES—Secretary of first Continental Congress, and his correspondence with Franklin noticed, 13, 16 Ticonderoga taken by Ethan Allen, 30 retaken by Burgoyne, 182 TOWERS, ROBERT, of Philadelphia, to receive and pay for arms, 141 TRUMBULL, JONATHAN—gov. Conn.; statesman; the original Brother Jonathan; _b._ 1710, _d._ 1788. anxious about sea-coast exposure, 56 his correspondence with Washington, 56 always Washington’s fast friend, 56 furnishes troops for New York city, 83 sends nine more regiments to Washington, 102 TRUMBULL, JONATHAN JR.,—col., statesman; _b._ 1740, _d._ 1804. commissary at Long Island, 110 becomes secretary to Washington, 300 TRYON, WILLIAM—gov. N.C.; _b._ 1725, _d._ 1788. his relation to the British Stamp Act, 13 his career in North Carolina, New York, and Connecticut, 84 holds a conference with Gen. Howe, 98 invades Connecticut, 166 fights Worcester and Arnold at Ridgefield, 166 again invades Conn., 256 resisted by Yale College students at New Haven, 256 in the Battle of Springfield, 278 TULLY, _Monsieur_ DE—sails for the Chesapeake, 323 is obliged to return, 323 his reasons satisfactory to Washington, 326 Union of the Colonies advocated in 1697, 1722, 1754 by Penn, Coxe, and Franklin, 12 United States of America, a “stupendous fabric of freedom and empire,” as predicted by Washington, and the fulfilment, 365, 366, 368 “asylum for the poor and oppressed of all nations,” as predicted by Washington, and comments, 365, 368 respect for law and religion the basis of Washington’s character, and of the confidence he inspired in the American people, 367–8 shares with Great Britain bequests under Magna Charta, 371 harmony in that fruition, the possible future, 371 three hundred millions of treasure, her free-will offering to man, 374 her alms, recorded in the census of 1890, the gauge of her maturing sympathy with humanity, 374 Valley Forge established as headquarters, 206 special Council of War noticed, respecting “On to Philadelphia!”, 212 French alliance announced in camp, 213 a grand parade ordered, 214 a Thanksgiving proclamation made, 214 special Council of War, April 20, 1777, 217 its ordeal made soldiers, 231 VARNUM, JAMES MITCHELL—brig.-gen.; _b._ 1749, _d._ 1789. his brigade reports for duty, 203 in Battle of Monmouth, 233 enters Congress, 315 VAUGHAN, _Sir_ JOHN—_Br._ maj.-gen.; _b._ 1738, _d._ 1795; burns Kingston, N.Y., 179 VERGENNES, CHARLES GRAVIER, _Count_ DE—_Fr._ minister of foreign affairs; _b._ 1717, _d._ 1787. comments on the Battle of Germantown, 197 proclaims the French alliance and the active support of American Independence, 209 is advised by Rochambeau of American conditions, 287 regards the American Congress as too exacting, 308 guarantees a loan from Holland, 348