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70. Green, Reverend Ashbel, his personal reminiscences of Washington, iii. 587. Greenway Court, hospitality of Lord Fairfax at, i. 48; letter of Washington from, at the age of fifteen, i. 49; library at, accessible to young Washington, i. 57. Grenville, George, the stamp-act submitted to the house of commons by, i. 322; reply of Pitt to an interrogatory of--christened "the gentle shepherd," i. 324. Grey, General, party of horse under Colonel Baylor surprised by, ii. 643. Gridley, Captain Samuel, inefficiency of (_note_), i. 562. Gridley, Colonel, good discipline of his corps of artillery, i. 553; lines of the intrenchments on Breed's hill drawn by, at night, i. 557; wounded at Breed's hill, i. 569; lines of fortification upon Dorchester Heights drawn by, ii. 64. Grier, Mrs., fortitude displayed by, while accompanying Arnold's Quebec expedition, i. 693. Griffiths, David, warning of Lee's treachery at Monmouth given by, on the eve of the battle, ii. 623. Grimes, Miss, afterward Mrs. Lee, supposed youthful passion of Washington for, i. 47. Guilford courthouse, battle of, ii. 717. Guizot, encomium pronounced by, upon the character of Washington, iii. 580. Gulligher, Mr., one sitting given to, by Washington, at Portsmouth, in 1789, iii. 133. Gunpowder, Gage's seizure of, at Cambridge, i. 426. H. Habits of Washington, iii. 584. Hale, Captain Nathan, sent by Washington as a spy to Long Island, ii. 294; manner of the death of, ii. 297. Hale, Colonel, apology for the surrender of, to an inferior force (_note_), ii. 466. Halifax, General Howe at, ii. 84. Halket, Major, letter of Washington to, in relation to the route to Fort Duquesne, i. 273. Halket, Sir Peter, death of, at the battle of the Monongahela, i. 168. Hamilton, Alexander, concerned in the seizure of cannon at Fort George, in New York, ii. 129; commencement of Washington's acquaintance with (_note_)--high commendation of, by General Greene, ii. 301; at the battle of White Plains, ii. 318; false information put into the hands of a spy, by a trick of (_note_), ii. 415; admitted to the military family of Washington at Middlebrook--confidence of Washington in--Captain Graydon's recollections of, ii. 456; saved by the speed of his horse--letter of, to Congress, giving warning of the ra
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