North State, the Old , North Carolina, 36 , 37 , 91 .
O
O'Hara, General, sent by Cornwallis to deliver up his sword, 134 .
Ohio, the representation of, in Congress, 149 .
Ohio River, the, Clark floats down, 6 .
Lafayette ascends, 206 .
Old Dominion, the, Virginia, 215 .
Old Hickory's Christmas, 185-198 . See New Orleans .
Old Ironsides, 169-184 . See Constitution, the frigate .
origin of the name, 178 .
Old North State, the, North Carolina, 36 , 37 , 91 .
Old State House, the, in Philadelphia, now called Independence Hall, 145 .
Orang-outangs, Arnold's men resemble, 30 .
P
Pakenham, Sir Edward, arrives at New Orleans on Christmas Day, 1814, 191 .
takes a look at the Americans, 192 .
killed in the battle of New Orleans, 195 .
Palmetto logs, one way of using, 36-49 . See Fort Sullivan .
Parker, Sir Peter, arrives at Cape Fear, 37 .
takes command of the combined British fleets and sails for Charleston, 37 .
delays his attack on Charleston, 41 .
attacks Fort Sullivan, 42 .
the fleet of, defeated, 48 .
Pasha of Tripoli, the, 156 .
Patriot, our greatest, 62-76 . See Washington .
spy, the, 50-61 . See Hale .
Peace, the treaty of, with Great Britain signed in Paris, France, in September, 1783, 138 , 202 .
the treaty of, with Great Britain in 1814 was signed at Ghent, Belgium, on Christmas eve, 1814, about two weeks before the battle of New Orleans, 198 .
Pennsylvania called on for volunteers, 112 .
Perry, Commodore, the hero of the battle of Lake Erie, 202 .
Petersburg, Lord Cornwallis arrives at, 123 .
Philadelphia, the first Continental Congress at, 140 .
the second Continental Congress at, 140 .
the Constitution drafted at, in the Old State House, 145 .
the visit of Lafayette to, 210 .
Philadelphia, the frigate, the burning of, 156-168 .
the events leading to the capture of, 156-159 .
towed into the harbor of Tripoli, 159 .
plans made for retaking, 160 .
Decatur's plan for the retaking of, 161 .
Decatur starts for the recapture of, 162 .
the capture and the burning of, 166 .
Phillips, Samuel, carries Ferguson's threat to the backwoodsmen, 92 .
Pickens, Andrew, a leader in the South, 91 .
at the battle of Cowpens, 117 .
Pinckneys, the two brilliant, Charles and Thomas, of South Carolina, at the Philadelphia convention, 146 .
Pirates, the, on the African coast, 156 , 170 .
Pitt, Fort, 5 . See the map in Chapter I .
Point Levi, the arrival of Arnold at, 29 .
Pompey, Wayne's guide at Stony Point, 84 .
Poor Richard's Almanac, a quotation from, 157 .
Portland, Maine, Lafayette visits, 206 .
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, "Old Ironsides" at, 183 .
Lafayette visits, 206 .
Preble, Commodore, in command of our fleet in the Mediterranean,
158 , 161 , 172 .
sails for Sicily, 160 .
the quick temper of, 173 .
Prescott, General, captured by Colonel Barton, 143 .
Prescott, William, at the battle of Bunker Hill, 213 .
Q
Quebec, an expedition planned against, 20 .
the "Gibraltar of America," 30 .
reached by Arnold's expedition, 30 .
the siege of, 31 .
the midnight attack on, 32 .
the siege of, raised, 35 .
Morgan at, 34 , 111 , 113 .
Quincy, Massachusetts, Lafayette visits, to see John Adams, 209 .
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Randolph, Edmund, at the Philadelphia convention, 147 .
defends the Constitution, 154 .
Rappahannock River, the, Washington throws across, 64 .
Rawdon, Lord, in South Carolina, 126 .
Red Jacket, the Indian chief, meets Lafayette, 204 .
Rennie, Colonel, a British commander at the battle of New Orleans, 195 .
Representatives in Congress, 149 .
Revere, Paul, furnishes the copper used in "Old Ironsides," 172 .
Rhode Island, 142 , 147 .
sends no delegates to Philadelphia, 145 .
the representation of, in Congress, 149 .
"Old Ironsides" at Newport, 183 .
Rutledge, John, Governor, the character of, 40 .
sends powder to Fort Sullivan, 46 .
rewards Sergeant Jasper, 48 .
at the Philadelphia convention, 146 .
S
St. John's gate at Quebec, 35 .
Saratoga, New York, the monument at, 18 .
Burgoyne defeated at, 114 .
Morgan at, 114 .
Sartigan, Canada, Arnold reaches, 28 .
Arnold's men arrive at, 29 .
Schoolmaster, Hale disguised as a, 56 .
Schuyler, General, the statue of, at Saratoga, 18 .
left the army for a time, 115 .
Scotch-Irish in the South, 92 , 93 .
Senate, the, or upper house of Congress, 148 , 155 .
Senators in Congress, 149 .
Sevier, Colonel, rallies the backwoodsmen, 93 .
uses the county funds to buy supplies for the riflemen, 94 .
leads the right wing at King's Mountain, 101 .
Shannon, the, a British frigate, 174 , 175 .
Shawnees, the, Clark meets, 10 .
Shelby, Colonel, rallies the backwoodsmen, 92 , 93 .
leads a column of the riflemen at King's Mountain, 101 .
Sherman, Roger, at the Philadelphia convention, 146 .
Sicily, Commodore Preble sails to, 100 .
Siren, the brig, accompanies Decatur to Tripoli, 162 , 163 .
Slave question, the, in framing the Constitution, 149-151 .
South, the, a blow aimed at, by the British, 36 .
British success in, 90 .
the patriot leaders in, 91 .
the brutality of the British in, 91 .
South Carolina, overrun by the British, 90 .
protests against abolishing slavery, 150 .
Spy, the patriot, 50-61 . See Hale .
Stark, John, defeats the British at Bennington, Vermont, 105 .
leaves the army for a time, 115 .
Stewart, Charles, in command of the frigate Constitution, 182 .
the death of, 184 .
Stony Point, on the Hudson River, the capture of, by Wayne, 77-89 .
the British capture and fortify, 78 .
Washington plans to attack, 79 .
a description of, 79 .
a description of the fortifications of, 80 .
the "little Gibraltar," 80 .
Wayne appointed commander of the expedition against, 80 .
Wayne's march to, 82 .
Wayne's plan of attack on, 84 .
the attack on, 85 .
the capture of, 86 .
the capture of, announced to Washington, 88 .
Sullivan, Fort, the defense of, 36-49 . See Fort Sullivan .
Sumter, Fort, 43 .
Sumter, Thomas, General, a leader in the South, 91 .
still alive in 1824, 203 .
Surprise, a midnight, 77-89 . See Stony Point .
Sycamore Shoals, 94 .
the backwoodsmen meet at, 95 .
Syracuse, Sicily. Commodore Preble sails to, 160 .
Decatur sails from, 162 .
T
Tallmadge, Major, questions André, 61 .
Tarleton, Colonel, the brutality of, in the South, 91 .
defeated at Cowpens, 118 , 119 .
and the two young ladies, 120 .
in the Yorktown campaign, 124 .
Teamster, the old, 105-122 . See Morgan .
Thaxter, Rev. Joseph, at Bunker Hill, 213 .
Thompson, Colonel, and his sharpshooters aid Moultrie, 41 , 44 .
Tilghman, Colonel, informs Congress of Cornwallis's surrender, 136 .
Tompkins, Daniel, Vice President of the United States, entertains Lafayette in 1824, 203 .
Tories, the, at "Mother Chick's," 57 .
in the South, 91 , 92 ,
97 , 99 , 100 ,
102 .
Trade, free, between the states, 151 .
Trenton, New Jersey, the British defeated at, 77 .
Tripoli, 156-168 , 173 , 180 ,
184 .
Trumbull, "The Surrender of Cornwallis" painted by, 133 .
Tryon, William, the hated, a British general, 78 .
Tunis, 156 .
Twelve Mile carrying place, the, 22 .
Enos reaches the, 23 .
U
United Colonies, the, 141 .
United States, the frigate, commanded by Decatur, 158 .
United States of America, the, 154 .
the Constitution of, 155 . See Constitution .
the growth of, 202 .
University of Virginia, the, Lafayette entertained at, 214 .
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Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Lafayette at, 200 .
the patriots suffer greatly at, 200 .
Vernon, Mount, Washington's home, 68 .
the slaves at, 70 .
the hospitality at, 71
, 76 .
Washington retires to, 138 .
Lafayette's visits to, 202 , 211 .
Verplanck's Point, on the Hudson River, the British fortify, 78 .
Victory, the final, 123-137 . See Yorktown campaign .
Ville de Paris, the flagship of De Grasse, 129 .
Villeré, Major, informs Jackson of the approach of the British, 188 .
Vincennes, the hero of, 1-17 . See Clark .
Virginia, in the struggle with Great Britain, 2 , 5 .
aids Clark, 3 , 5 .
called on for volunteers, 112 .
takes the lead in sending delegates to Philadelphia, 145 .
the University of, Lafayette visits, 214 .
Vulture, the, a British war ship at Stony Point, 87 .
W
Wabash River, the Little, Clark crosses, 12 .
Wabash River, the, Clark crosses, 13 .
Wagoner, the old, 105-122 . See Morgan .
Warner, James, and his wife with Arnold's expedition to Quebec, 22 , 26 .
Washington, Lafayette received by President Monroe at, 204 .
Lafayette's farewell dinner at, 215 .
Washington, George, in the Revolution, 2 .
takes command of the patriots at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 19 .
meets Benedict Arnold, 19 .
confers with his officers at the Murray mansion, 50 .
gives Hale his orders, 53 .
informed of Hale's execution, 61 .
our greatest patriot, 62-76 .
the personal appearance of, 63 .
the strength of, 64 .
likes dancing, 65 .
eats simple food, 66 .
fond of fine clothes, 66 .
a fine horseman, 67 .
methodical in business, 68 .
owns much land, 69 , 70 .
dislikes slaves, 70 .
the generosity of, 71 .
attends the meeting at Newburgh, New York, 72 .
the appearance of, on his first visit to Congress, described by an eyewitness, 73 .
the formal receptions of, 74 .
the state dinners of, 75 .
the greatness of, 76 .
a hard nut to crack, says General Clinton, 77 .
plans an attack on Stony Point, 79 , 81 .
visits Stony Point, 88 .
famous men gathered about, in the siege of Boston, 105 .
meets Daniel Morgan, 112 .
in the Yorktown campaign, 123-136 .
bids farewell to his generals, 138 .
retires to Mount Vernon, 138 .
the "legacy" of, to the American people, 140 .
works at the problem of our national existence, 143 .
attends the Philadelphia convention, 145 .
made president of the Philadelphia convention, 147 .
holds the Philadelphia convention to its duty, 148 .
signs the Constitution, 152 .
the first President of the United States, 155 .
Lafayette serves under, 200 .
Lafayette visits, at Mount Vernon, 202 .
tomb of, at Mount Vernon, 211 .
Washington, William, at the battle of Cowpens, 117-119 .
in a hand to hand fight with Tarleton, 120 .
"knows how to make his mark," 120 .
Wayne, Anthony, the personal appearance of, 80 .
chosen to attack Stony Point, 80 .
at Germantown and at Monmouth, 82 .
the march of, to Stony Point, 82 .
reads his order of battle at Stony Point, 83 .
writes to a friend at Philadelphia, 83 .
leads the attack on Stony Point, 85 .
wounded in the head, 86 .
captures the fort, 87 .
writes a letter to Washington, 88 .
in the Yorktown campaign, 121 , 124 .
Webster, Daniel, speaks at the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument, 214 .
Wellington, the Duke of, a British general, 186 .
called the "Iron Duke," 187 .
West Point, the Americans at, 78 , 125 .
Washington's headquarters at, 127 .
Wilson, James, the learned lawyer, at the Philadelphia convention, 146 .
Winchester, Virginia, 108 .
Wolfe captures Quebec in 1759, 30 .
Worcester, Massachusetts, Lafayette visits, 206 .
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Yorktown, the monument at, 137 .
the visit of Lafayette to, 207 .
Yorktown campaign, the, 123-137 .
the state of affairs in the South before, 123 .
the first move of Cornwallis in, 124 .
made possible by the aid of a French fleet, 125 .
planned by Washington, 126 .
Washington's first move in, 128 .
the Continental and French troops march to take part in, 128 .
Clinton awakens to the importance of, 130 .
De Grasse aids in, with a large fleet, 130 .
the siege in, 132 .
Cornwallis surrenders in, 134 .
the effect of the victory in, upon King George and his ministers, 136 , 137
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