willing to accept the office of inspector-general in 1798 (_note_),
iii. 509;
letter of, to Washington, urging his acceptance of the commission of
commander-in-chief, iii. 514;
placed by Washington at the head of his list of generals, in
1798--Washington's high appreciation of, iii. 517;
conference of, with M'Henry and Pinckney, in relation to the provisional
army in 1798, iii. 525;
executive department of the provisional army left by Washington in the
hands of, iii. 526;
adverse to Adams's hasty sending of envoys to France, iii. 530;
last letter written by Washington addressed to, iii. 549.

Hamilton, Robert, minute-guns fired from the schooner of, at Washington's
funeral, iii. 559.

Hammond, Mr., minister plenipotentiary from England to the United States
in 1792, iii. 223;
attention paid to the complaints of, iii. 256;
unsettled relations with England on the arrival of, iii. 271;
intercepted papers of M. Fauchet's placed by, in the hands of Mr.
Wolcott, iii. 362.

Hampton, unsuccessful attempt of Lord Dunmore to destroy, ii. 22.

Hancock, John, desire of, to be appointed commander-in-chief, i. 533, 534;
outlawed by General Gage, i. 552;
appointed major-general of Massachusetts militia--desirous of military
distinction (_note_), ii. 60;
the Declaration of Independence first printed with his name
alone--letter of, to Washington, enclosing the Declaration of
Independence, ii. 213;
official pride of, iii. 129;
visit paid by, to Washington, in Boston, iii. 130.

Handbills, incendiary, dispersed in the British camp at Boston, i. 637.

Hand, Colonel, Hessian chasseurs attacked by, near Eastchester, ii. 315;
stationed near the present site of Fort Hamilton, with riflemen,
ii. 261;
stacks of wheat and hay burned by--biographical notice of, ii. 262;
march of the British checked by, at Flatbush, ii. 264;
appointed adjutant-general in the force sent against the whiskey
insurgents, in 1794, iii. 315.

Hands, great size of Washington's, iii. 595.

Harlem heights, fortified camp of Washington upon, ii. 297;
letters of Washington from, to Congress, on the state of the army,
ii. 301.

Harlem plains, battle on, ii. 299.

Harmar, General, expedition of, against Indians on the Scioto, in 1790,
iii. 156;
ill success of the expedition of, in the Ohio country, in 1790,
iii. 1