Chesapeake frigate, attack upon, 292; captured 317.

D.

Discoveries, early, by whom made, 6; of San Salvador, 6;
of Newfoundland, St. Johns, Continent of America,
9; of Cape Cod, Nantucket, &c. 10.

Delaware, Lord, appointed governour of Jamestown, 20.
Delaware settled, 36.

Dustan, Mrs. story of, 87.

Dunmore, Lord, censurable conduct of, 163.
Danbury burnt, 176.

De Reidesel, baroness of, adventures of, 182, 189.
De Estaing, count, arrival of, with a French fleet, 194.
De Kalb, baron, death of, 312.

Debt, U. States, at the close of the war, 241.

Decatur, heroic conduct of, at Tripoli, 287.

Decree, Berlin, 292; Milan, 296; Rambouillet, 302; repeal
of, 302.

Detroit, fort, surrender of, 309; retaken, 320.

E.

Education, 67, 110, 141, 239, 250, 274, 283, 298, -343,

375.

Eaton, Gen. enterprise of, 288.

Embargo, laid, 296; repealed, 300; renewed, 306.

England, war with, 306.

Essex frigate, captured, 322.

F.

Fort William Henry, brave defence of, 125.

Fort Washington, capture of, 173.

France, revolution in, noticed, 264; prospect of war with,

278.

Florida, East and West, cession of, 357; territorial gov-
ernment formed for, 362.

G.

Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, grant to him, 22.

Georgia settled, 99; charter of, surrendered, 102; falls
into the power of the British, 195.

Gates takes the army under Burgoyne, 181; appointed to
the southern command, 211; defeated at Camden,
212; superseded, 224.

Greene, Gen. appointment of, to the southern department.

Government, seat of, fixed at Washington, 255; removed,
281.

Genet, M., censurable conduct of, 265.

H.

History, uses of, 1, 2; division of, into periods, 3, 4, 5.
Hudson river, discovery of, 20.

Hartford, settlement of, 27.

Hooker, Rev. Mr., bold address of, 29.

Hamilton, Col., appointed Secretary of the Treasury, 253;
report of, on publick credit, 254; resignation of,

270; death of, 286.

Hartford Convention, 332.

Harmar, defeat of, 259.

Hull, surrender of Detroit by, 309.

Hull, naval achievement of, 309.

J.

Jamestown, settlement of, 12.

James I., abdication of, 53.
Indians, account of, 54--59.

Jasper, sergeant, anecdote of, 165.

Independence, declaration of, 169; signers of, 170.
Insurrection, Shays', 243; Pennsylvania, 269.

Jay, John, appointment of, as Chief Justice, 253; treaty
of, 268.

Jefferson, Thomas, appointment of, as Secretary, 253; re-
signation of, 267; vice-president, 272; president,
282; re-election of, 287; resignation of, 297.
Jackson, Gen. defence of New Orleans by, 334; conduct
of in the Seminole war, 350-356.

Indiana erected into a state, 341.

Illinois erected into a state, 349.

K.

Kniphausen, Gen. infamous conduct of, 213.

Knox, Gen. appointment of, as Secretary of War, 253.
Kentucky, settlement of, 260.

Lenox, duke of, grant to, 22.

L.

Leisler, Jacob, usurpation of, 73.

Louisburg, expedition against, 102; restored, 106; taken

by the English, 127.

Lee, Richard Henry, address of, 168.

Lincoln, Gen. defeat of, 203; superseded, 212.

Laws, alien and sedition, notice of, 281.

Louisiana erected into a state, 304.

Lawrence, Capt. death of, 318.

M.

Massachusetts Bay, settlement of, 26.

Maryland, settlement of, 27.

Manners of the colonists, 59, 107, 139, 236, 248, 272, 282,

297, 341, 366.

Montcalm, death of, 134.

Massacre of citizens of Boston, 152.

Montgomery, Gen. death of, 162.

Montreal, capture of, 161.

Moultrie, Col. his brave defence of Fort Moultrie, 165.
Morgan, Gen. bravery of, at the battle of the Cowpens, 225
Michigan, territorial government for, 289.

Madison, James, elected president, 297; inducted into of-
fice, 300; retires, 341.

Monroe, James, elected president, 341; inducted into of-
fice, 343; tour of, 345; second tour of, 350; third,
358; re-elected, 360.

Mississippi erected into a state, 346.

Maine erected into a state, 359.

N.

New-York, settlement of, 20; taken from the Dutch, 35;
commotions in, 72.

New-England receives its name, 21; settlement of, 21;
Union of the colonies of, 33.

New-Hampshire, settlement of, 24; separation of, from
Massachusetts, 49.

New-Haven, settlement of, 31; Colony of, united to Con-
necticut, 34.

New-Jersey, settlement of, 36; division of, 47; reunion of,

Ocherlony, Capt. story of, 134.

Ohio, settlement of, 286.

Orders in council, British, 291, 292, 295.

Officers and soldiers, revolutionary, provision for, 349.

Powhatan, account of, 19.

P.

Pocahontas, her story, 19.

Puritans, account of, 21; setttlement of, 22.
Providence, settlement of, 28.

Pequots, war with, 29.

Philip, king, war with, 38.

Province of Maine, settlement of, 32; dispute respecting,
terminated, 48; erected into a state, 359.

Pennsylvania, settlement of, 50.

Phipps, Sir Wm. life of, 80.

Population, 66, 110, 141, 239, 250, 274, 283, 298, 343,

374.

Port Royal, capture of, 93.

Putnam, Gen. adventure of, 198.

Pitt, his friendship to America, 149; conciliatory bill of,
156.

Peyton, Ensign, story of, 134.

Patrick Henry, resolutions of, 147.

Philadelphia, occupation of, by the British, 178.
President, frigate, attack upon, 303; capture of, 338.

Pike, Gen. death of, 316.

Prevost, Sir George, defeat of, 331.

Pirates, provision against, 368.

Q.

Quesne, Fort du, capture of, 129.

Quebec, successful expedition against, 130; similar expe-
dition under Montgomery, 162.

R.

Rhode-Island, settlement of, 29.

Religion, 61, 106, 140, 236, 248, 272, 282, 297, 342, 368.
Revolution, causes of, 143.

Randolph, Peyton, president of Continental Congress, 154
Rochambeau, Count de, arrival of, 214.

Representatives in Congress, ratio of, fixed, 259.

Ross, Gen. death of, 328.

S.

Smith, Capt. John, life of, 13-20.

Settlement of Jamestown, 12; of New-England, 21; of
New-York, 20; of New-Hampshire, 24; of Mas-
sachusetts Bay, 26; of Maryland, 27; of Connec-
ticut, 27; of New-Haven, 32; of Province of
Maine, 32; of New-Jersey, 35; of Delaware, 36;
of Carolina, 37; of Pennsylvania, 50; of Georgia,
99; of Vermont, 256; of Kentucky, 260; of Ten-

nessee, 271; of Ohio, 286; of Michigan, 289; of
Louisiana, 304; of Mississippi, 346; of Illinois,
349; of Arkansas, 357; of Alabama, 359; of Mis-
souri, 360; of Florida, 368.

Stamp Act, account of, 145; resistance to, 148.
Stark, Gen. success of, at Bennington, 180.
Savannah, capture of, by the British, 195.
Stoney Point, capture of, 199.

Sumpter, Gen. spirited conduct of, 204.

Shays, insurrection of, 243.

Slave trade, account of, 267.

Seminole war, 350.

T.

Treaty, of the Plymouth colony, with Massassoit, 23; of
Utrecht, 97; of Aix la Chapelle, 105; of Paris,
139 ; between Great Britain and the U. States,
234; with the Wabash Indians, 262; with the Mi-
amis, 271; with Algiers, 271; with Spain, 271;
with Great Britain, 336; with Algiers, 336; with
Sweden, 350 ; with Great Britain, 356; with
Spain, 356.

Trade and Commerce, 64, 107, 140, 238, 248, 274, 282,
297, 342, 369.

Ticonderoga, unsuccessful attack upon, 128; capture of,
129; secured by Ethan Allen, 188; retaken by
the British, 179.

Tea, fate of a quantity sent to America, 153.

Thompson, Charles, Secretary to Continental Congress, 154
Tryon, Gov. expedition of, into Connecticut, 197.

Ternay, M. de, arrival of, with a French fleet, 214.
Troops, Pennsylvania, revolt of, 223.

Tennessee, settlement of, 271.

Tompkins, D. D. elected vice president, 341; re-elected,

360.

U.

Union of New England Colonies, 33; proposed by the
British ministry, 117.

V.

Virginia, rebellion in, 45; spirited conduct of, during the
revolution, 147–152; proposes a convention, 244.
Vermont, settlement of, 256.

Victory, naval, of the Constitution, 309; of the Wasp, 312;