spirit pervading, i. 757;
early departure of the Connecticut troops from, i. 758;
weakness of, in January, 1776, ii. 13, 14;
letter of Washington to Colonel Reed on the condition of, ii. 15;
names of officers of the new regiments of (_note_), ii. 403;
excellent footing of, in the spring of 1777, ii. 404;
kind of punishments inflicted in (_note_), ii. 501;
personal popularity of Washington in, ii. 604;
committee appointed by Congress to inquire into the condition of,
ii. 667;
great reduction in the force of, ii. 668, 699;
destitution of, ii. 669;
necessities of, supplied by Pennsylvania, ii. 670;
measures adopted by Congress to increase the efficiency of, ii. 699;
winter-quarters of the various divisions of, in 1780-'81, ii. 702;
discontents in, in 1782, iii. 7, 15;
gradual disbandment of, in 1783, iii. 22;
circular letter of Washington to state governors in relation to the
disbandment of, iii. 23;
last general order of Washington to (_note_), iii. 29.

Continental money, great depreciation of--the whole country flooded with
counterfeits of, ii. 666.

Continental Village, destruction of, by Governor Tryon (_note_), ii. 548.

_Continentalist_, a series of papers written by Alexander Hamilton,
iii. 56.

Contrecoeur, French commandant at Fort Le Boeuf, in 1754, i. 97.

Convention, commercial, suggestion of Washington concerning, iii. 55, 56.

Convention, National, of France, pen-picture of (_note_), iii. 387.

Convention to amend the confederation proposed, iii. 59;
Washington placed at the head of the Virginia delegation to, iii. 60;
circumstances which induced Washington to attend, iii. 61;
books read by Washington before attending, iii. 62;
meeting and organization of--Washington elected president of, iii. 63;
names of the delegates to (_note_), iii. 64;
Franklin a conspicuous member of--distinguished men in, iii. 65;
resolutions of Edmund Randolph in, iii. 66;
warm debates in--part taken by Hamilton in, iii. 68;
apprehensions of Washington as to the final result of, iii. 70;
influence of Washington in, iii. 71;
adjournment of, iii. 73.

Conway, General, letter of Washington to Congress, adverse to his
appointment as major-general, ii. 575;
supposed author of a pamphlet injurious to the character of
Washington--anonymous letters in disparagement of Washington written
by, ii.