e_), ii. 259.

Duche, Reverend Jacob, invited to read prayers in the continental
Congress, i. 428, 528;
psalm read by, and prayer of, i. 429;
sermon preached by, on the fast-day, in Christ church, Philadelphia,
before the continental Congress--extract from the sermon of, preached
before Congress (_note_)--tory party subsequently joined by (_note_),
i. 609;
republicanism abjured by (_note_), ii. 564;
letter of, to Washington, advising his abandonment of the Revolution
(_note_)--death of, in Philadelphia, in 1794 (_note_), ii. 565.

Duer, President, incident related by, in connection with the retirement
of Washington from office, iii. 475.

Dumas, General, pamphlet written by, on the military and political
situation of France, iii. 499;
letter of, to Washington, iii. 500.

Dumas, M., letter of Franklin to, requesting him to become a diplomatic
agent--biographical notice of (_note_), ii. 124.

Dumas, successor of Contrecoeur at Fort Duquesne--humane instructions of,
to Donville, i. 209.

Dunbar, Colonel, cowardly conduct of, after Braddock's defeat,
i. 171, 172;
remark of Franklin on the retreat of, i. 172.

Dunmore, earl of, successor of Lord Botetourt as governor of
Virginia--dislike of the people of Virginia for, i. 374;
unsuited for his position as governor, i. 375;
friendly relations of, with Washington, i. 375, 395;
claims of the soldiers to bounty-lands urged on, by Washington, i. 375;
assembly of Virginia dissolved by, i. 383, 392;
court circle of, at Williamsburg, i. 391;
ball in honor of the wife of, attended by Washington, i. 394;
training of the independent companies in Virginia warmly commended by,
i. 471;
expedition of, against the Indians on the Scioto, in 1774, i. 472;
willingness of, to make peace, i. 473;
suspicions excited against, by his conduct of the campaign, i. 474;
powder of the province seized by, i. 517;
flight of, from Williamsburg, i. 520;
enmity of, toward the colonists, ii. 21;
defeat of the forces sent by, to destroy Hampton, ii. 22;
freedom proclaimed by, to slaves--republican printing-press, stolen by,
from Norfolk, ii. 23;
defeat of, by the Virginians, near Norfolk, ii. 24;
Norfolk laid in ashes by, ii. 25;
atrocious plans of, discovered by means of an intercepted letter,
ii. 26;
cruelties of, on the coasts of the southern