avus III. In 1774
appointed by the king of France, secretary of foreign affairs. Secretly
aided the American Revolution with funds, arms, and stores, and arranged
the treaty of alliance between the United States and France, 1778.
=Index=: =Dr= His letter in regard to Asgill, 199. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am.
Biog._

=Vergor, Duchambon de.= In command of Fort Beausejour, 1745. A
confederate of the intendant Bigot; used his opportunities to plunder
both the people and the government. Betrayed by Thomas Pichon and
compelled to surrender the fort to Monckton. Returned to Quebec and
censured for his actions. In command at Le Foulon, near Quebec, at the
siege by Wolfe, 1759; surprised, and his command cut to pieces. =Index=:
=WM= Placed by Bougainville in charge of Le Foulon, 178, 184; previously
censured for giving up Fort Beausejour, 178; roused from sleep by
Wolfe's soldiers, 181; wounded, 181. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Montcalm and
Wolfe_; Murdoch, _History of Nova Scotia_; _Selections from the Public
Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by Akins; Doughty, _Siege of Quebec_.
_See also_ Siege of Quebec, 1759.

=Vermont.= =Dr= People of, anxious for canal communication with St.
Lawrence, 230; their aversion to entering American union, 244, 245;
annoy British outposts, 285; anxious to bring about war for commercial
reasons, 299; =Hd= Inhabitants of, claim separation from New York,
197-199; efforts to bring them back to their allegiance to Great
Britain, 199-216; Washington's alleged threat, 205; exchange of
prisoners with, 206; intention of inhabitants to join British in event
of their success, 208; duplicity of their policy, 210; trade carried on
with Canada, 216; received into Union as fourteenth state, 217;
emissaries of, reappear as Loyalists, 266.

=Verrazano, Giovanni du.= Born near Florence, Italy, in 1470. Entered
French marine service, 1495. Credited with visiting the coast of
America, 1508. In 1523 sent by Francis I to explore to the westward. The
following year arrived with La Dauphine off the coast of North America,
and explored from Florida to Newfoundland, taking possession of the
latter island in the name of the king of France. Landed at a point near
Cape Fear, and discovered the bays of Narragansett and New York. Nothing
is known of his latter years, beyond the fact that he was in Paris, at
least as late as Dec. 24, 1527, fitting out an expedition of five ships
to sail the following March. Verrazano's claim to the discovery of the