siege of Quebec, i. 721.

Death of Washington, iii. 556;
why no clergyman was present at, iii. 557;
action of Congress on receiving intelligence of, iii. 562;
sensation produced in Europe by the news of (_note_), iii. 570.

De Beaujeu, Captain, intrusted with the ambuscade at the battle of the
Monongahela, i. 166;
death of, in the battle, i. 167.

De Berdt, Dennis, letter of, brought from England by Lord Howe, ii. 223;
a copy of the letter of, sent to Washington and to Congress, ii. 224.

Deborre, General, disaster brought upon the American army by, at the
battle of the Brandywine, ii. 510.

Debt, foreign, of the United States in 1790, according to
Hamilton--domestic, in 1790, iii. 140.

Declaration of Independence, ii. 209;
copies of, signed only by John Hancock, distributed throughout the
country--signed on the second of August, 1776, ii. 213;
proofs of the allegations contained in, where to be found
(_note_),--names of the delegates who signed (_note_),--original
parchment of, much injured by a writing-master in 1818 (_note_),
ii. 213;
order issued by Washington to the troops in New York in relation to,
ii. 214;
publicly read in New York on the tenth of July--influence of, upon the
popular mind in Europe, ii. 215;
comments of Mirabeau and Napoleon upon, ii. 216;
read to the army of the north at Fort Independence, ii. 254.

Declaration of Rights adopted by the first continental Congress, written
by Samuel Adams (_note_), i. 453.

Declaratory act, why supported by William Pitt--condemnation of, by
Gadsden, i. 340;
apprehensions of Washington respecting, i. 341;
right claimed by, denied by the colonial assemblies, i. 343.

Decoudray, Major-General, his expectations of rank in the American
army--letter of Washington to Congress in relation to the claims
of--biographical notice of (_note_), ii. 445.

De Fermoy, folly of, at Ticonderoga, ii. 465.

De Grasse, arrival of the fleet of, in the Chesapeake, ii. 729;
Admiral Graves attacked by, off the capes of Virginia, ii. 730;
visit of Washington to, ii. 731.

De Heister, part taken by, in the battle of Long Island, ii. 272.

De Kalb, Baron, slow march of, to the relief of Charleston, ii. 676;
mortally wounded in the battle at Sanders's creek--biographical notice
of (_note_), ii. 683.

Delaplace, Ticonderoga surrendered by, to