ord, i. 506.

Barry, William T., placed at the head of the post-office department in
1829, iii. 123.

Barton, Lieutenant-Colonel William, General Prescott made prisoner by,
ii. 474.

Baskingridge, surprise and capture of General Lee at, ii. 358.

Bassett, Colonel, death of J. P. Custis at the house of, at Eltham,
iii. 5.

Bastile, in France, destruction of, iii. 136;
key of, sent to Washington by Lafayette, iii. 163.

Bath, buildings owned by Washington in, at the time of his death,
iii. 543.

Baume, Colonel, sent by Burgoyne to seize provisions at Bennington,
ii. 486;
death of, at the battle of Bennington, ii. 487.

Baylor, Colonel, party of horse under, surprised by General Grey,
ii. 643.

Beckwith, Major, mission of, to the United States, in 1790, iii. 158;
Washington's opinion of the mission of--action of Washington's cabinet
with regard to, iii. 159.

Bedell, Colonel, fort at Chamblee captured by a party under the command
of, i. 677;
stationed at the Cedars with New Hampshire troops, ii. 148;
cowardice of, ii. 148, 149.

Beekman, James, headquarters of General Howe in New York, at the house
of, ii. 297.

Belvoir, seat of Honorable William Fairfax, i. 43;
mansion of, destroyed by fire, i. 454;
regret of Washington for the destruction of, iii. 490.

Bellamy, Mr., agent of Talleyrand in the attempt to extort money from
American envoys, iii. 502;
astonishment of, at the boldness of the envoys, iii. 503.

Beman, Nathan, Ethan Allen's guide at Ticonderoga, surviving in 1846
(_note_), i. 525.

Bemis's Heights, entrenched camp established on, by Gates, by the advice
of Kosciuszko, ii. 522;
force and position of the army of Gates at--arrival of Burgoyne in the
neighborhood of, ii. 523;
inactivity of Gates at, ii. 524;
anxiety of Arnold to renew the battle at--comparative loss of the
British and Americans in the battle at, ii. 525;
retirement of Burgoyne from, ii. 526;
second battle near, begun by Morgan and his riflemen, ii. 530.

Bennington, Colonel Baume sent by Burgoyne to seize provisions at,
ii. 486;
disastrous consequences to Burgoyne, of Colonel Baume's defeat at,
ii. 487.

Bequests left by Washington to various persons as mementoes, iii. 539.

Bernard, Governor, attempts of, to bribe the leading men of Boston,
i. 345;
petitioned by the Massach