irk's hill, defeat of Greene by Lord Rawdon at, ii. 719.

Holland, noble conduct of the states-general of, ii. 6;
sentiments of, toward England and the colonies, ii. 121;
gunpowder shipped from, to America, in gin-bottles, ii. 122.

"_Home_," a term used by Washington when speaking of England, as late as
1769, i. 348.

Homestead of the Washington family in Virginia, i. 23.

Hopkins, Commodore Esek, squadron under the command of--his disobedience
of orders, ii. 108;
dismissed from the service, ii. 109.

Horsemanship of Washington, iii. 596.

Horses, fine stud kept by Washington, iii. 584.

Hotham, Commodore, departure of, for America, with Hessians, ii. 90.

Houdon, the sculptor, at Mount Vernon--the statue of Washington at
Richmond executed by, iii. 50.

Hounds, kennel of, kept by Washington, iii. 584;
sent by Lafayette to Washington in 1785, iii. 585.

Howe, Admiral Lord, sent with a fleet to co-operate with General
Howe--unwillingness of, to serve against the Americans, ii. 89;
powers of, as a peace-commissioner, ii. 222;
efforts of, to communicate with Washington--letter of Dennis de Berdt
to Joseph Reed, brought from England by, ii. 223;
refusal of Washington to receive the letter sent by, ii. 225, 227;
"circular" and "declaration" of, directed by Congress to be published,
ii. 228;
terms of reconciliation offered by, such as could not be accepted,
ii. 229;
no part of his design to attack New York with the shipping (_note_),
ii. 267;
committee appointed by Congress to confer with, ii. 290;
account of the conference with, published in England (_note_),
ii. 294;
letter of Franklin to, in relation to the question of reconciliation
(_note_), ii. 292;
in the Delaware with his fleet, ii. 551.

Howe, Colonel Robert, in command of patriot troops in Norfolk, ii. 24, 25.

Howe, General Sir William, with Wolfe at the siege of Quebec, i. 293;
address of, to his soldiers, at Breed's hill, i. 563;
disposition of, friendly toward the Americans--friendship between
Franklin and, i. 620;
successor to General Gage, i. 730;
confidence of, in the strength of his position in Boston, ii. 48;
evacuation of Boston by, ii. 68, 85;
departure of, from Boston, hastened by the fear of a general assault,
ii. 71;
intentions and movements concealed by, ii. 81, 143, 256, 427, 473,
475, 490;