rations at the death of Washington, iii. 566, 570.

G.

Gadsden, Colonel Christopher, control of troops in Charleston assumed by,
ii. 187;
confinement of, in the castle of St. Augustine, ii. 673;
hostility of, to Jay's treaty, iii. 354.

Gage, Colonel Thomas (afterward General), with Braddock in his expedition
against Fort Duquesne, i. 152;
friendly letter of, to Washington, i. 197;
troops of, brought into Boston, to awe the inhabitants, i. 345;
governor of Massachusetts in 1774, i. 396;
received in Boston with respect, i. 397;
contest of, with the Massachusetts assembly--fortifications built by,
on Boston Neck, i. 398;
instructions of Lord Dartmouth to, as to his conduct in Massachusetts,
i. 415;
fruitless attempts of, to prevent political assemblages, i. 416;
letter of Doctor Warren to, in relation to an agreement violated by him,
i. 514;
martial law declared by, i. 552;
Charlestown set on fire by order of, i. 565;
anxiety of, to escape to New York, i. 627;
had been a personal friend of Washington, i. 630;
letters of Washington to, in relation to his treatment of prisoners,
i. 631, 683;
verses on the cattle-stealing of, i. 638;
summoned to England by the king--biographical notice of (_note_),
i. 730.

Gallatin, Albert, secretary of a convention in opposition to the excise
laws in 1794, iii. 316;
resolution of Edward Livingston, demanding papers relating to Jay's
treaty, sustained by, iii. 392;
conspicuous part taken by, in the debates on Jay's treaty, iii. 401;
remarks of Hildreth on the speech of--replied to, by Tracy, of
Connecticut, iii. 404;
regard of Jefferson for, iii. 417.

Galloway, Joseph, dangerous plan of union of, i. 435;
plan of union of, opposed by Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams, i. 437;
plan of, rejected by a majority of one, i. 438;
subsequently a violent loyalist (_note_), i. 445;
agents of, hanged as spies and traitors, i. 462.

Gardner, Colonel, death of, while marching to the help of Prescott, at
Breed's hill, i. 568.

_Gaspe_, account of the burning of the, i. 381.

Gates, Captain Horatio (afterward General), with Braddock in his
expedition against Fort Duquesne, i. 152;
chosen by Congress adjutant-general--biographical notice of, i. 546;
at the camp at Cambridge, i. 587;
appointed by Congress to the command of the army in Canad