Ethan Allen, i. 525.

Delaware river, baggage and stores of Washington removed across, ii. 353;
army sent across by Washington during the night--boats on, destroyed by
order of Washington, ii. 354;
weakness of Washington's army at the time of his retreat over, ii. 361;
gravity of Washington after his retreat over, ii. 366;
Washington's plan for attacking the British posts on, ii. 368;
Christmas-day appointed by Washington for attacking the British on,
ii. 369;
troops ferried over by Colonel Glover and Marblehead fisherman,
ii. 370, 371;
letter of Gates presented to Washington at, by Wilkinson, ii. 370;
voice of Knox heard across, ii. 371;
passage of the American army to the Jersey side, ii. 381;
attempt of Sir William Howe to destroy the obstructions in, ii. 551;
efforts of Howe to get possession of the forts on, ii. 559;
loss of the forts on, owing to the selfish ambition of General Gates,
ii. 561, 563;
destruction of the American fleet on--full possession of, obtained by
the British, ii. 563;
crossed by Washington in pursuit of Sir Henry Clinton, ii. 618;
rapid march of the allies toward, ii. 726.

De Levi, march of, upon Quebec, i. 300;
rapid retreat of, to Montreal, i. 301.

Departments, executive, not organized in 1789, iii. 102;
when established by Congress, iii. 118.

Desertions, frequency of, from the continental army, ii. 416.

D'Estaing, Count, arrival of the fleet of, in the Delaware--departure of,
for Sandy Hook, ii. 686;
correspondence of, with Washington--attempt to destroy the British fleet
in Raritan bay abandoned by, ii. 637;
arrival of, at Newport--departure of, from Newport, to meet the fleet of
Lord Howe--return of, to Newport, and subsequent departure for Boston,
ii. 638;
exasperation caused by the conduct of, ii. 639;
letter of, to Congress, relative to his abandonment of Rhode
Island--soothing letter written to, by Washington, ii. 640;
departure of, for the West Indies, ii. 644.

Detroit, relieved by Colonel Bradstreet in 1764, i. 267.

Devotion, private, of Washington, iii. 602.

De Wessingtons, knights of the palatinate of Durham, i. 18.

De Yrujo, Spanish embassador, dress of, iii. 599.

Diary of Washington, extract from, in relation to his visit to Boston in
1789 (_note_), iii. 128, 129;
extract from, describing the opening of Congress in 1790