the union of the colonies,
i. 128;
ill feeling toward General Schuyler among the troops from, (_note_),
i. 705;
minute-men summoned to supply the place of troops from, i. 759;
Governor Trumbull and General Greene on the conduct of the troops of
(_note_), i. 760;
arrival in the camp at New York of a troop of light-horse from, ii. 231;
refusal of the troop from, to do duty, ii. 232;
bad conduct of troops from, at Kip's bay, ii. 295.

Connolly, Doctor John, the side of the crown taken by, ii. 20;
imprisoned at Baltimore, ii. 21.

Constitutional Society of England, money sent by, by the hand of Franklin,
for the sufferers at Lexington--John Horne Tooke, the philologist, a
prominent member of (_note_), i. 737.

Constitution, federal, convention to form, iii. 56-73;
names of the signers of (_note_), iii. 72;
anecdote of Franklin in connection with the signing of, iii. 73;
submitted by Congress to the state legislatures, iii. 74;
Henry, Mason, and Lee, adverse to, iii. 77;
when ratified by the several states (_note_), iii. 78;
backwardness of some of the states in ratifying, iii. 98;
subject of the amendment of, before Congress, in 1789, iii. 119;
adopted by Rhode Island in 1790, iii. 162;
considered by Hamilton inadequate to its functions, iii. 187.

Contemplations, Moral and Divine, extracts from, i. 30-34.

Continental army, condition and discipline of--dress and accoutrements of
(_note_), i. 553;
position and numbers of, when adopted by Congress, i. 554;
command of, formally taken by Washington, i. 586;
letters of Washington to Congress respecting the condition and position
of, i. 587-595;
first general order issued by Washington to (_note_), i. 588;
hunting-shirts recommended by Washington for the use of, i. 592;
dissatisfaction produced in, by several appointments of general
officers--returns of, presented by General Gates (_note_), i. 593;
deficiency in the numbers, discipline, and stores of, i. 594;
details respecting its condition, by a chaplain, i. 595;
great deficiency in its supply of ammunition, i. 596, 625;
disposition of, by Washington, at the siege of Boston, i. 619;
want of powder in, i. 625;
trouble caused in, by sectional jealousies--petty conspiracies among the
subordinate officers of, i. 756;
letter of Washington to Colonel Reed, complaining of the mercenary