and the duty on tea retained by Lord! North, 381, 387. See East India Tea Company.
Telfair, Edward, with Jones and Haber- sham, seizes powder (1775), iv. 181. Temple, John, one of commissioners of customs, iii. 290; accuses Ilutchinson and others in America, and is accused in turn, 424; accused of stealing let- ters, is exculpated by Franklin, 459, 460.
Temple (Richard Grenville), brother-in- law of Pitt, ii. 536, 543; dispute of, with Pitt, iii. 128; speech of, in house of lords, 188; on repeal of the stamp- act, 210, 211; refuses Pitt's offer, 224.
Tenbroeck, Abraham, in the New York assembly, iv. 109.
Tennessee, origin of, iii. 392, et seqq.; emigration to, across the Alleghanies, 402, 403; republic of Watauga found- ed in, 403; cast Tennessee attacked by the Indians, v. 62-64; east Ten- nessee named Washington, 64. Ternay, de, Admiral, brings French ships
to Rhode Island (1780), v. 426. Texas, La Salle occupies (1685), ii. 172. Thacher, Oxenbridge, ii. 532; on writs
of assistance, 547; on colonial rights, iii. 82, 83; on the effect of the stamp- act, 109; on the noble patriots of Virginia, 113; death of, 115, 147. Thayendanegea. See Brant, Joseph. Thayer, Colonel E., of Braintree, Massa- chusetts, iv. 52; in the expedition against Quebec, 298.
Thayer, Major S, at the fort on Mud Island, v. 198; brave defence of fort by, 198, 199.
"Thirteen United Colonies," iv. 244. Thomas, John, and troops at Cambridge,
iv. 173; elected by congress brigadier- general, 235; on Dorchester Heights, 326; goes to Canada, 377; dies of small-pox, 380.
Thompson, Colonel William, and Penn- sylvania ride men, iv. 248. Thomson, Charles (1774), in Philadel
phia, iv. 11; secretary of congress, 62; elected a burgess of Philadelphia, 70.
Thomson, William, at Fort Moultrie, iv. 403; vigilant, 405. Thorne, Robert, and Eliot, visit New- foundland (1502), i. 60; proposes to search for north-east passage, 60. Thurlow, solicitor-general, character of, iii. 384; opinion of, as to colonial rights, 482; opinions of (1774), iv. 20; calls the Massachusetts congress VOL. VI.-36
treasonable, 150; prosecutes Horne Tooke (1775), 187; supports the slave- trade, v. 405; leader of the new tory party (1782), 532. Ticonderoga, Fort, Lake Champlain, large force against, ii. 487; attack repulsed by Montcalm, 490; abandoned by the French, 502; taken by Ethan Allen by surprise (1775), iv. 182, 183; gar- risoned, 194; cannon taken from, to the siege of Boston, 326; St. Clair in command at, v. 157; taken by the enemy, 161; loss of, deplored, 165, 167.
Tilghman, on Washington's staff, in the skirmish at Manhattanville, New York,
Tobacco, use of, learned by the Eng'ish, i. 75; price of, 113; tax on, 116, 133; monopoly in, granted to Vir- ginia, 135; debts paid in, 139; used as coin, 150; a staple in Maryland, ii. 22; legal currency in Virginia, iii. 65; British raid upon plantations of, in Virginia, v. 327, 328.
Tonti, II. de, with La Salle, ii. 162, 163,
167; ever faithful, 174; descends the Mississippi again, 186, 188.
Tooke, Пorne, and the "Public Adver- tiser," iv. 187; fined and imprisoned, 187.
Tories, in America. See Loyalists. Tories, in England, sneer at notion of a general congress in America, iii. 113; the modern tory party, King George III. at the head, with Burke and Rock- ingham founders, 196; creed of, 196, 197; rules the cabinet, 367; Thurlow leader of the new tory party, v. 532. Townshend, Charles, in the board of trade, ii. 850; advice of, 374; in parliament, 409; plan of, as to New England, 412; retires from office, 442; secretary of war, 536, 556; secretary of plantations, etc., 560; first lord of trade, 564; in the cabinet (1763), iii. 30, 31; policy to- ward the colonies, 31, 32; taxation of America proposed, 33, 34; re- signs, 35; advocates large army and navy for America, 95, 96; threatens coercion, 218; wars against the char- ters, 218, 219; usurps the lead in the commons, 236, 237; browbeats the cabinet, 238, 239; Americans are to be in subjection, 243; dismissed, but stays, 244; character of, 245; rules in the ministry, 245, 246; unfit to conciliate, 250; speech of, 250, 251; carries his measures, 256; course of, in the cabinet, 260; death of, 262.
Townshend, George, "universally able," elder brother of Charles, ii. 409, 410; commands brigade under Wolfe, 503; his report of the taking of Quebec impudent, 513; returns to England, inimical to the colonies, 513; colo- nial system of, iv. 266-268. Townshend, Thomas, in charge of the home department, v. 546; letter to Oswald (1782), 563, 564; instructions to the commissioners, 576, 577. Trade and taxes, American, new combi- nations of, proposed by Grenville (1764), iii. 73, 74.
Transylvania, Kentucky, iv. 195; joins with the colonies to secure rights and liberties, 414.
Treat, Robert, governor of Connecticut, i. 588; resumed position as governor (1689), ii. 47.
Trecothick, interview with Townshend,
iii. 250; friendly to America, 326, 344; proposes repeal of duty on tea, 385; advice as to the duty on tea, 439.
Trenchard, counsels moderation by the home government, ii. 249.
Trenton, New Jersey, declaration of in- dependence received in, v. 3, 4; vic- tory of Washington at, 98, 99; spe- cial honors to Washington by, vi. 470.
Trevor, solicitor-general, ii. 22. Trumbull, Jonathan, deputy governor
of Connecticut, iii. 255, 256, 264; governor, summons the legislature, iv. 170; generous promise to Wash- ington, 239; sends aid to the com- mander-in-chief, v. 25, 26; good cour- age of, 84; recognizes the hand of Providence, 287; cheers Washing- ton, 59; urges the federal constitu- tion and power on the people (1783, 1784), vi. 90, 91. Trumbull, Colonel Joseph, son of Jona- than, commissary-general of the Amer- ican army, v. 36. Tryon, William, governor of North Carolina (1766), iii. 233, 303-305; iniquitous riot act of, 395, 396; marches against the regulators, 400; infamous conduct of, 401, 402; gov- ernor of New York, 396, 402; urges on the ministry to use great force, iv. 27; enters New York, 236; Mont- gomery advises to send him away, 293; foments a secret and deadly plot against Washington, 430, 431; expedition of, against Danbury, Con- necticut, v. 151, 152; favors using the savages, etc., 827; pillaging ex-
pedition into Connecticut, burns New Haven, etc., 329, 330.
Tryon county, New York, begs aid against the enemy, v. 163, 166; brave efforts in, 167; fight in the woods, and victory, 168, 169. Tucker, Josiah, advises to make America free and independent (1774), iii. 472, 473; iv. 290; favors independence of the United States, v. 22; on the future growth and power of the re- public, vi. 50.
Tucker, Samuel, v. 83; in the first con-
gress (1789), vi. 468, 469.
Tupper, Major B., in the West, vi.
Turgot, prior of the Sorbonne, ii. 357; minister of finance under Louis XVI., iv. 41; plans reforms, 42, 43; op- posed to war with England, 364; able reply of, to paper of Vergennes, 366-369; is feared and dismissed, 370; on Burgoyne's surrender, v. 244. Turner, William, gallantly attacks and routs the Indians on the Connecticut river, i. 393.
Tuscany, grand duke of, refuses to have anything to do with the United States, v. 292.
Tuscaroras, Indians, ravages of, in Caro- lina, ii. 203, 204; joined to the Iro-
quois, making the Six Nations, 303. "Twelve United Colonies," the, iv. 204, 237; Georgia joins, and henceforth there are Thirteen United Colonies, 244.
Uchees, southern Indians, ii 96; join other tribes in a massacre, 214. Ulloa, A. De, Spanish governor of Louis- iana, iii. 316-318.
Uncas, sachem of the Mohegans, i. 266; puts Miantonomoh to death, 295. Underhill, John, in the expedition against the Pequods, i. 266; conducts war against the Indians in New Nether- land, 506.
United Colonies of America, early meas- ures toward union (1643), i. 291–293; vi. 7; concert of action (1684), vi. 7; attempt at consolidation, 7, 8; Will- iam Penn's plan of union (1697), ii.
74, 75; vi. 8; Franklin's plan (1754), ii. 386; vi. 8; Lord Halifax's plan (1754), ii. 411; vi. 8, 9; first Ameri- can congress (1765) to this end, ii. 113; vi. 9; first continental congress (1774), iv. 61; vi. 10; the confedera- tion (1776) imperfect, vi. 10; the convention at Boston (1780), 11; measures of New York (1780), 11, 12; Hamilton's effort in this line, 12; Thomas Paine's idca, 12; New York and New England convention at IIart- ford (1720), 13; action in congress, 13, 14; the confederation adopted, 14; Washington's views, 14-16; strong letter of, etc., 16-19; Madi- son's able report on the subject (1781), 19, 20; Earton's views, 20; report of grand committee of congress, 21; Ilamilton's appeal through the press, 21; report of the committee of three, 22; coercion impossible, 23; a new constitution the remedy, 23. Sce United States of America. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, a new na- tion in the world, v. 3, 8; gloomy outlook (1776), 7; impossibility of England's conquering, 22, 23; aid re- ceived from France, 130; want of general government felt in, 199; citi- zenship in, 200; disposition of Euro- pcan states toward (1775-1781), 226; Austria, Italy, Turkey, 226; Russia, Sweden, Denmark, 227, 228; Swit- zerland, Netherlands, 228; Germany, 230; treaty of, with Spain and France, 244, 245; moncy promised to, 245; provisions of the treaty, 246; finally announced by Louis XVI., 248, 249; name of, not in favor, 297, 298; ques- tion as to boundaries of (1779), 322, 825; treaty with Spain proposed, 326; views of Russia, 342, 343; the Neth- erlands refuse to treat, 345; the prin- ciples of armed neutrality approved by, 358; first steps toward a national bank, 445; bank chartered, 556, 557; deplorable condition of the treasury, 561; importune for a French loan through Franklin, 572; the prospect before the nation, 580, 581.
At peace with England, vi. 36; ces- sation of hostilities, 37; shipping of, excluded from the West Indies, 48; a national spirit roused, 49; news of peace received, 68; debt and re- sources of, 79; opportunity and duty of, as urged by Washington, 83-86; universal love of union in, 89; inter- citizenship, 90; voted by congress to be" one nation," 112, 113; principles
of commercial treaties, 113; cost of the war for independence, 119; com- mittee of states, 123; land laws of, as settled upon (1784-1788), 135; ex- cessive importations, injury to trade, remedies proposed, 137, 138; south- ern states object to the navigation act, 144; efforts of, for treaties with Eng- land and France, 148-152; treaty with Russia, 152, 153; treaty with Moroc- co, 153; obstacles to union through religious and other differences, 154, etc.; religious freedom in the new nation, 158; anxiety and hope from the federal convention, 202; anxiety of the country as to the new consti- tution, 276; individuality of Ameri- cans as a people, 442; value of the mother tongue, 442; a continental republic, 447; a federal republic, with complete powers of government, 448; powers of the states by right, 448; who are "the people" of the United States? 449; their power, 450; ne- cessity of revolution provided against, 450 extending influence of the re- public, and philosophy of the people, 450, 451; the nation enters on its career under happy auspices, 474. United Provinces, the, v. 131. See IIol- land.
Ursuline convent at Quebec, ii. 140. Usher, John, lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire, ii. 56. Utrecht, peace of, and results, ii. 206-
Vaca. See De Vaca. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, winter at (1777, 1778), v. 209, etc.; sufferings of the troops, 212-214; alliance with France celebrated at, 269. Van Berckel, envoy from the Dutch re- public (178%), vi. 104.
Van Rensselaer, K., buys domain about Albany, New York, i. 498. Van Twiller, governor of New Nether- land, i. 500, 501.
Van Wart, Isaac, one of André's cap- tors, v. 433, 434; annuity voted to, by congress, 438.
Vane, Sir Henry, in Massachusetts, i. 258; governor of Massachusetts, 260; pleads for toleration, 261; returns to England, 262; kindness of, toward Roger Williams and Phode Island, 298; represents the principles of the independents, 331; trial of, last days, and death, 348-350.
Vaudreuil, succeeds Du Quesne in Can- ada, ii. 420; gives up Quebec, 512; surrenders Montreal (1760), 523. Vaughan, Robert, on Kent Island, Mary- land, i. 167; obtains, for the legisla- ture of Maryland, two branches, 169. Vaughan, William, at Louisburg, ii. 307; storms and takes Fort Clinton on the Iludson, burns Kingston, etc., v. 186. Venango, near Fort Pitt, destroyed by the Indians in Pontiac's war, iii. 45. Vergennes, Count de, opinion of, as to cession of Canada to England (1763), ii. 561, 565; foreign minister under Louis XVI., iv. 40; character of, 40, 41; views of, 97, 98; views sent to, by Garnier, in London, 109; forecast- ings of, 190; admires Virginia's state paper, 203; on the battle of Bunker Hill, 260; on King George's procla- mation (1775), 271; views of, as to English affairs, 280; on the course of the English government, 283, 281; presentiments of, 359, 380; in favor of aiding the Americans, 363; "con- siderations," laid before Louis XVI., 364-366; advice to the king in coun- cil, v. 16, 17; paper of, on the course for France to pursue toward the United States, 18-20; on Washing- ton's retreat through New Jersey, 94; interview with Franklin, 127; meets the American commissioners, 128; policy of, toward England, 132-134; insists on Spain deciding to join or not to join, 139; arranges treaty be- tween France and the United States, 244, 245; on subduing the Ameri- cans, 281; active interest of, in Ameri- can affairs, 320-326; sends an agent to Ireland, 341; suggests a league of neutral nations, 346; letter of, to Ge- rard, 440, 441; intercourse of, with Oswald and Grenville, 37-540; de- clines Grenville's proposal, 542; views of, on Oswald's commission, 551, 552; schemes and wishes of, as to the prog- ress of the United States, 562, 563; opens direct negotiations with Shel- burne, 565; letter of, to the French envoy at Philadelphia, 572, 573; mod- eration of, in making peace, vi. 36. Vermont, the territory in dispute (1750),
ii. 361; proposal to annex to New York, iii. 55; unjustly treated, 87; disturbance in, and result, iv. 142, 143; refuses jurisdiction of New York and declares independence (1777), v. 157; convention meets and frames consti- tution, adopts laws, etc., 161, 162; asks for admission into the union as
a free state (1781), not allowed, 408; special provision for admission of, into the union (1787), vi. 324. Vernon, Edward, admiral, captures Por- to Bello and Fort Chagre, ii. 295, 296; attack of, on Carthagena, 296; ill success of, and loss, 296, 297. Verplanck's Point, New York, surren- dered to the British, v. 329. Vincennes, a Canadian hero, ii. 236; death of, 236.
Vincennes, the oldest village in Indi- ana, ii. 186; post at, 225; increase of (1769), iii. 319; how treated, 409; people of, join the United States (1778), v. 311, 312; fort at, taken by Ilamilton, 312; retaken by Clark and the backwoodsmen, 313, 314. Virginia, the name given by Queen Eliza- beth, i. 69; first colony of, 85; first charter of, 85, 86; King James's in- terest in, 86; provisions of the char- ter, 86, 87; colonists arrive in, 88; second colony of, 90; failure of the colony, 91; first colony's sufferings, 91, 92; dissensions in, 92; John Smith's administration, 92-96; sec- ond charter, 99; adventurers under, 99; provisions of charter, 100; sad state of affairs in, 100, 101; restora- tion of the colony, 101, 102; martial law in, 102, 103; treatment of the Indians, 104; Spaniards jealous of, 104; the third charter, its important provisions, 104, 105; stability of the colony, 105; Dale's administration, 107; tenure of lands in, 107; Argall in charge of, 109, 110; Yeardley gov- ernor, 108, 110-113; Sir E. Sandys treasurer, Ferrar counsel, 111, 112; emigration of unmarried women to, 115, 116.
First colonial assembly, acts of, i 112, 113; ordinance securing the lib- erties of Virginia, 117; Wyatt brings free constitution, 118; conditional servitude in, 125; negro slavery in, 126; Wyatt's administration, 126, 127; cotton planted, silk culture at- tempted, ctc., 126; religious teaching in, 127; troubles of, with the red men, whites massacred, 127, 128; war for extermination, 128, 129.
King James and the London Com- pany, i. 129, 130; the order to give up the charter refused, 131; commission- ers sent to Virginia, 131, 132; spirit of the people, 132; the assembly's acts of legislation, 132, 133; patents can- celled, 133: Wyatt governor, 133, 134; Charles I. and Virginia, 135;
Yeardley governor, 136; Harvey suc- ceeds, 136, 137; the Puritans invited to Virginia, 136; Harvey impeached, sustained by privy council, 138, 139; Wyatt governor, 139; Berkeley's ad- ministration, 139, 140; course of the legislature, 140, 141; second massa- cre by Indians, 142; prosperity and loyalty of, 143.
The Long Parliament asserts its su- premacy in, i. 143; change in Eng- land's commercial policy, 144–146; Virginia yields to pressure, etc., 146, 147; course pursued by Cromwell to- ward, 148; the assembly claims its rights, 148, 149; Berkeley again elected, 150; inhabitants of, 150, 151; religious liberty for all except Quakers, 151; climate and native at- tractions of, 151; mode of living, hospitality, etc., 152, 153.
The colony badly used by Charles II., i. 365, 452; people of, elections, aristocracy, democracy, etc., 442, 443; servants in, 443; negro slaves, 444; two parties in, 445; royalist assembly in, 446; navigation acts oppressive, 446, 447; persecutions in, 448; reve- nue of, 449; salaries, taxation in, 44); assembly's action, suffrage in, 451; means of education. 451; Virginia given away by Charles II., 452, 453; agents sent to protest against this, 453; the king orders a charter, but recalls the order, 454; the colony in 1674, 455; reform movements in, 456, 457; contests with the Indians, 457, 458; Berkeley's course, consequences, 458; the new assembly and its acts, 460, 461; Bacon's rebellion, 461-464; Jamestown burned, 466; rebels and others from abroad sent to Virginia, 471, 472; despotic measures resisted, 473, 474; movements for union with New England colonies, 474.
Form of government, burgesses, etc. (1689), ii. 17; the church and people, 18-20; disfranchises negroes, mulattoes, and Indians, 256, 257; op- poses the slave-trade, 279, 280; inde- pendent spirit of, 341; condition of (1754), 393, 394; slavery in, 394; supplies troops for Forbes's expedi- tion, 493; opposes the slave-trade, 549; address of, to the king, iii. 92; memorial to the lords, 93; remon- strance to the commons, 93; resolve of, as to the stamp-act, 110; debate on Patrick Henry's resolutions, 111, 112; "rang the alarum bell" (1765), 112; the assembly not allowed to
meet, 120; votes a statue to King George, 213; opposes the slave-trade, 248; the assembly approves of course of Massachusetts, 285; urges on the other colonies to hold liberty firm, 285, 286; claim of, to the West, 320; opposes Stuart and the Cherokee line, S20, 321; western boundary question, 322; resolves of, and circular, 847, 348; the governor dissolves the house, 348; non-importation covenant in, 348-350; the western boundary of, 392; Lord Dunmore governor, 396; protests against the slave-trade, 409, 410; the king orders continuance of the trade, 410; address of, to the king, 411; proposes intercolonial committees, 436, 437; effect of the proposition, 437.
Spirit of the house cf burgesses (1774), iv. 16, 17; day of fasting and prayer appointed, 17; the house dis- solved, meets directly after, 17; con- vention called, 18; backwoodsmen of, help Boston, 29, 30; convention of, 34; denounces slavery, 34; decision reached, 35, 36; opposes the Quebec act, 82; Lord Dunmore governor, 82; disobeys the act, 88; the people in West Virginia assert American rights, 89, 89; Presbyterian resolve in council, 100, 101; the assembly prorogued, 108; spirit of West Vir- ginia, 131; conservative character of, dislikes prospect of war, 144; second convention and its acts, 144; P. Henry proposes measures of defence, 144, 145; is opposed by Bland, Har- rison, and others, 145; measures adopted, 145; the people threaten to rise against Dunmore, 146; moderat- ing counsels prevail, 147; rising in, Dunmore's course, 179, 180; conven- tion in Richmond, clear and judicious course, 254; money voted, 255; war is begun by Dunmore, 317; effect of burning Norfolk, 321; moves to open the ports of the colonies for free trade, 321; house of burgesses meets and dissolves, 412; constituent con- vention (May, 1776), 412; the people unanimous, 413; instructions to dele- gates, 414; E. Pendleton president, 414; resolutions on independence and confederation, 415; declaration of rights, 416; quoted, 417-419; form of government adopted, 426; gover- nor, privy council, general assembly in two branches, 427; Patrick Henry elected governor, 428.
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