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York, ii. 219; troops assembled by, at Fort Montgomery, ii. 220; at Fort Montgomery with New York militia, ii. 235; efforts of, to prevent the passing of the _Rose_ and _Phoenix_, ii. 236; three thousand men under the command of, at Kingsbridge, ii. 241; silver bullet taken by, from a spy--silver bullet still in possession of the family of (_note_), ii. 547; letter of Washington to, communicating the news of the signing of the treaty of peace, iii. 21; northern tour of Washington in company with, in 1783, iii. 27; reception of Washington by, in New York, in 1789, iii. 89; a candidate for the vice-presidency in 1792, iii. 222. Clinton, General Sir Henry, a volunteer at Breed's hill, i. 567; biographical notice of, i. 620; placed in command of a redoubt on Bunker's hill, i. 744; arrival of, in the harbor of New York--peaceful professions of, and departure, ii. 42; Robert Howe and Cornelius Harnett excepted from the proclamation of pardon by, ii. 185; proclamation offering pardon laughed at by the people of Charleston, ii. 190; night-march of, from Flatlands to the heights overlooking Bedford, ii. 269; capture of the fortresses in the Hudson Highlands by, ii. 542, 545; messenger of, bearing a silver bullet to Burgoyne, hanged as a spy, ii. 547; activity of, in New York--scheme of Washington for the abduction of, ii. 606; Washington dissuaded by Hamilton from attempting the abduction of, ii. 607; reduction of the force under the command of, ii. 617; evacuation of Philadelphia admirably managed by, ii. 617; slow march of, through New Jersey, ii. 619; emissaries of, to the Pennsylvania mutineers, hanged as spies, ii. 709. Clothes of Washington, before the Revolution, obtained from London, i. 306. Coach, fine one kept by Washington in 1789, iii. 113. Cobble hill, intrenchments cast up on, by troops under Generals Putnam and Heath, i. 761. Cochran, Captain, powder-receiver at Charleston (_note_), i. 521. Cochran, Doctor John, letter of Washington to, on the style of living at West Point (_note_), ii. 660. Coffin of Washington, inscriptions on, iii. 558. Cohoes falls, retreat of Schuyler to, ii. 484. Collier, Sir George, ravages by the squadron of, on Elizabeth river, ii. 653; assistance rendered by, to Sir Henry Clinton on the Hudson--ravages of
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