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George Washington

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_See_ Jones, John Paul.
Boston, port of, transferred to Salem, 58; blockaded by _W_., 69; evacuated by Howe, 72, 73; _W.'s_ visit to, as President, 189, 190.
Boston Tea Party, 58.
Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, Lord, 53.
Boucher, Rev.Jonathan, 41.
Braddock, Edward, his career, 19, 20; in America, 20; attacks Fort Duquesne, and is defeated and killed, 21, 22; 255.
Bradford, William, 229.
Brant, Joseph, 92.
British troops, position of, at end of 1776, 83, 84, 85; confined to New York City and Long Island, 86; _W_.

on maltreatment of prisoners by, 98; field of operations of, transferred to South, 107, 121-123; surrender of, at Yorktown, 123 _ff_.
Brown, Dr., 244, 245, 247, 248.
Bunker Hill, Battle of, 65, 68.
Burgoyne, John, takes Ticonderoga, 91; defeated at Bennington, 92; surrenders to Gates at Saratoga, 93.
Burke, Edmund, 55, 62, 120.
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 29, 49.
Butler, Pierce, 162.
Byrd, William, letter of _W_.

to, 20, 21.
Calvert, Nelly, 42.
Cambridge, _W_.

takes command of army at, 65; _W.'s_ headquarters at, 69.
Canada, and Wolfe's victory at Quebec, 28.
Canova, Antonio, statue of _W_.

by, 148.
Capital, national, question of location of, 182-185.
Carlyle, Thomas, 17.
Carroll, Daniel, 161.
Cavour, Camillo, Count di, 30, 251.
Chamberlayne, Major, 33.
Charming, Edward, _History of the U.S._, 111 _n_.
Chantrey, Sir F.L., statue of _W_., 148.
Cherry-tree story, absurdity of, 2.
Cincinnati, Society of the, public feeling against, 159; _W_.


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