RISE, PROGRESS, AND ESTABLISHMENT, OF THE DA QUID VERUM **** CUBO, ET ROGO, ET OMNIS IN HOC SUM, Horat. 1 Ep, 1 Libe IN FOUR VOLUMES, VOL. III. LONDON: M.DCC LXXXVIII. THE GENERAL CONTENTS OF THE SEVERAL LETTERS IN VOL. III. COUNT Donop repulsed in the attack upon Red-bank, p. I. V The American and British force under Washington and Howe, p. 3. Mud-island, P, 4-reduced, p. 8. The Ame- rican army at White Marsh, p. 10-hut at Valley-forge, p. 11- their distress, p. 12. Complaints of prisoners being ill-used, P. 15. Mr. President Hancock takes leave of congress, p. 18. The confederation, p. 23. Acts of congress, p. 36-resolve to recall Mr. Silas Deane, p. 38-resolve respecting a loan from France and Spain, p. 40-respecting the deputy clothier general at Boston, p. 42. The convention troops at Cambridge, and the resolutions of congress for their detention, p. 44• Naval cap- A design to remove general Washington from the command of the American army, p. 54. . Congress receive a packet of blank papers, p. 60. The distresses of the Americans at Valley-forge, p. 62. Washington's thoughts upon providing half-pay for the officers, p. 63. Defects in the American medical department, p. 70. Acts of congress, p. 73. They receive the treaties concluded between the king of France and the United States, p. 80--address the inhabitants of the United States, p. 83. The South Carolinians new model their temporary form of govern- ment, p. 85. The Randolph frigate blown up, p. 87. The Mischianza in honor of Sir W. Howe, p. 90. The marquis de bien la Fayette, with 2500 men, narrowly escapes being cut off by the LETTER III. P. 92–115. The conduct of the French, p. 93. Upon the news of the Saratoga convention, the American commissioners are received by the court in their public character, p. 96. Preliminaries of a treaty are delivered to them, p. 98. The London merchants raise money for the relief of the American prisoners, p. 99. Mi- nisterial attempts for raising a body of troops, by a voluntary supply from the people, p. 100. The treaties between France and the United States are signed, p. 103. Lord North's conci- liatory propofitions, p. 104. General Gates's letter to the earl of Thanet, p. 106. The French rescript informing the British court of the treaty between France and the United States, and Az in the |