speech of, in Parliament, ii. 608.
(See _William Pitt_.)

Chatham, Lady, unwillingness of, that Lord Pitt should bear arms against
the colonists (_note_), i. 686.

Chaudiere, valley of the, reminiscences of the "good Bostonians" still
preserved in, i. 696.

Cherokees, Colonel Montgomery sent against in 1760--subdued by Colonel
Grant in 1761, i. 302.

Cherry Valley desolated by Butler and Brant, ii. 642.

Chesapeake bay, arrival of the British fleet in--movements of his army
directed toward, by Washington, ii. 495;
landing of Sir William Howe and his army at the head of, ii. 497;
night of peril passed on, by Washington, on his southern tour,
iii. 178.

Chester, retreat of the American army to, from the Brandywine, ii. 507.

Chew, Chief Justice, banishment of, to Fredericksburg, i. 461.

Chew's house, loss of the battle of Germantown owing to the delay at,
ii. 554.

Childhood, frame of Washington precociously large in, i. 57.

Christ church, in Philadelphia, divine service attended at, by the second
continental Congress, i. 609.

Christianity, Washington a sincere believer in, iii. 576.

Church, Doctor Benjamin, placed by Congress at the head of the army
hospital, i. 612;
convicted of treasonable correspondence (_note_), i. 613.

Church of England, Washington a communicant of, i. 336.

Cilley, Colonel, captured cannon turned upon the British by, at Bemis's
Heights, ii. 531.

_Cincinnati, Society of_, instituted--deep interest felt by Washington
in--Washington and Hamilton successive presidents of, iii. 23;
address from the members of the, in Boston, iii. 131.

_Citizen Genet_, a privateer fitted out at Charleston by Genet--the
arrest of American citizens on board, iii. 259;
irritation of Genet at the arrests on, iii. 260.

City Tavern, Philadelphia, meeting at, of delegates to the first
continental Congress, i. 454;
convention to form the constitution adjourn to, iii. 73;
Washington and suite entertained at, in 1789, iii. 86.

Clarke, Major George Rogers, operations of, in the West, ii. 652;
biographical notice of, ii. 653.

Clergy, sides taken by the various denominations of, during the progress
of the Revolution, i. 463.

Clinton, Colonel James, at Fort Constitution, ii. 219;
bayonet-wound received by, ii. 545.

Clinton, General George, energy and activity of, in defence of New