usetts assembly to remove the troops from
Boston--departure of, for England, in 1769, i. 367.

Beverage of Washington, iii. 586.

Beverly, skirmish of the _Nautilus_ with a privateer at, i. 732.

Bigelow, Major, mountain ascended by, in expectation of a distant view
of Quebec, i. 691.

Billy, body-servant of Washington, spurious letters of Washington alleged
to have been found in the possession of, iii. 448.

Bingham, Mr., Jay's treaty burned in front of the house of, in
Philadelphia, iii. 353.

Binney, Horace, conclusions arrived at by, respecting the authorship of
Washington's Farewell Address (_note_), iii. 434.

Birthday of Washington, acrimonious debate in Congress respecting the
celebration of, in 1793, iii. 322;
celebration of, in 1797, iii. 469.

Birthplace of Washington, i. 17, 23.

Bishop, the body-servant of Washington, transferred to him by Braddock,
i. 277.

Blair, John, appointed associate judge of the supreme court in 1789,
iii. 122.

"Blockade of Boston," a farce composed by the British officers during
the siege--not written by Burgoyne (_note_), ii. 49;
turned into a tragedy by Knowlton's attack on Charlestown, ii. 50.

Blount, resolutions offered in Congress by, respecting the treaty-making
power, iii. 397;
resolutions of, adopted, iii. 398.

Board of Trade and Plantations, attempts of, to control the colonies,
i. 314.

Bonaparte, Napoleon, treaty concluded by, with the American envoys,
iii. 530;
honors paid to the memory of Washington by, iii. 570.

Bond, British _charge_, threat and complaint of, in relation to
Jay's treaty, iii. 401.

Boquet, Colonel, letter of Washington to, in relation to a proposed
new road to Fort Duquesne, i. 271.

Boscawen, _Alcide_ and _Lys_ taken by, i. 177;
at the siege of Louisburg in 1758--biographical notice of (_note_),
i. 260.

Boston, reception of Washington in, in 1756--population of, in 1756,
i. 200;
troops landed at, in 1768, under cover of cannon from the ships-of-war,
i. 346;
"massacre" at, i. 366;
troops removed from, after the "massacre"--vengeance threatened
against, for the destruction of tea in the harbor, i. 388;
port of, closed by act of Parliament, i. 389;
sympathy with, in Virginia, i. 392, 395;
money sent from London to assist the suffering poor of, i. 397;
the only spot in Massachus