a,
ii. 153, 246;
sent to Philadelphia by Washington, to confer with Congress, ii. 156;
appointed major-general by Congress, ii. 157;
ambitious character of, ii. 245, 367, 420;
insinuations of, calculated to injure Schuyler, ii. 249;
extraordinary powers granted to, by Congress--unpleasant feelings
produced in the army by the unusual powers granted to (_note_),
ii. 246;
surprise of Schuyler at the conduct of--duplicity of, ii. 247, 420;
letter of Schuyler to Washington in relation to the claims of, ii. 248;
letter of, to Washington, in relation to the abandonment of Crown Point,
ii. 253;
order and discipline restored by, to the army of the North, ii. 254;
appointed by Congress to the command of the army at Ticonderoga,
ii. 420;
slanders of Schuyler written by--impertinent letter written by, to
Washington, ii. 423;
refusal of, to act under Schuyler--admitted to the floor of Congress
through the instrumentality of Roger Sherman, ii. 424;
machinations of, against Schuyler, ii. 477;
chosen by Congress to command the northern army, ii. 479;
literary vanity of (_note_), ii. 483;
military movements of, criticised by John Adams, ii. 516;
courteous reception of, by Schuyler, ii. 520;
estimate of the character of, by Gouverneur Morris, ii. 521;
force and position of the army of, at Bemis's Heights, ii. 523;
jealousy of, greatly excited against Arnold, ii. 526;
inactivity of, until after the capture of the Hudson highlands, ii. 528;
letter of Washington to, requesting the aid of Morgan's corps, ii. 549;
desire of, to see Washington entirely defeated, ii. 550;
conspiracy in Congress and the army to elevate, over Washington,
ii. 564;
correspondence of, with Washington, in relation to a letter of Conway,
ii. 582;
challenge sent to, by Wilkinson (_note_),--placed at the head of a new
board of war, ii. 584;
intention of the friends of, to have him made
commander-in-chief--expedition against Canada planned by, to detach
Lafayette from Washington, ii. 585;
appointed by Congress to command the army of the South--prophetic
warning of General Lee to, ii. 681;
great things expected from, in the South, ii. 682;
combined attack of Cornwallis and Rawdon upon--total defeat of, at
Sanders's creek, ii. 683;
letter of, to Washington, after his defeat, ii. 684;
inquiry into the