biographical notice of (_note_), i. 262;
appointed to the chief command in America in 1759, i. 290;
Ticonderoga taken possession of by, i. 292;
fortifications built at Crown Point by, i. 292.

Ancestry of Washington traceable for six hundred years, i. 18.

Anderson, Captain Ephraim, fire-ships constructed by, ii. 236.

Anderson, James, Washington's farm manager, letter of Washington to,
iii. 548.

Andre, Major John, among the prisoners taken at St. John on the Sorel,
i. 680;
correspondence of Mrs. Arnold with, ii. 689;
sent by Sir Henry Clinton to confer with Arnold--arrest of, at
Tarrytown, ii. 690;
condemned to the death of a spy, ii. 693;
execution of, ii 694;
names of the captors of, ii. 695.

Annapolis, Irving's description of fashionable society in, before the
Revolution, i. 307;
first theatrical performance in America at, in 1752, i. 308;
journey of Washington to, from New York, in 1783--ball given at, in
honor of Washington, iii. 35;
short stay of young Custis at the college at (_note_), iii. 533.

Anthrax, malignant, Washington attacked by, in 1789, iii. 116.

Appearance, personal, of Washington, i. 46, iii. 584, 590, 595, 597, 601.

Arbuthnot, Admiral, arrival of, in New York, with troops, ii. 661;
fleet of, damaged off Cape Hatteras, ii. 671;
French blockaded by, in Newport, ii. 681.

Armstrong, Colonel John, Kittanning destroyed by, in 1756, i. 226;
medal presented to, i. 227.

Armstrong, Major John, addresses to the continental army written by, in
1783, iii. 16, 18.

Arnold, Benedict, expedition undertaken by, against
Ticonderoga--disappointment of, at finding Allen in the field
before him, i. 524;
a volunteer in Allen's expedition, i. 525;
protest sent by, to the provincial congress of Massachusetts, i. 526;
St. John on the Sorel captured and afterward abandoned by, i. 646;
experience of, at sea in early life, i. 647;
proposition of, to the continental Congress, for the invasion of
Canada, i. 648;
dislike of, for Allen (_notes_), i. 648, 652;
commission thrown up by, i. 649;
friendly reception of, by Washington, i. 682;
letter of General Gates to, at Watertown (_note_), i. 682;
expedition against Quebec intrusted to, i. 683;
instructions of Washington to, on his departure for Quebec, i. 683;
address of, to the inhabitants of Canada (_note_), i. 684;