British prisoners and store-ships taken in Boston harbor through the
negligence of, ii. 83;
retirement of, to Halifax, ii. 84:
defence of, in Parliament, by the duke of Manchester, ii. 87;
arrival of, in the harbor of New York, ii. 178;
assistance expected by, from the loyalists, ii. 179;
Colonel Patterson sent to Washington by, with a letter from Lord Howe,
ii. 226;
large and well-appointed army under the command of, at Staten Island,
ii. 240;
proclamation issued by, to the people of Long Island, ii. 266;
misgivings of, as to ultimate success, ii. 300;
humanity of--efforts of, to recruit his army with tories, ii. 309;
advances of, on the East river, ii. 311;
movements of, at White Plains, ii. 316;
houses in New Jersey burned by, ii. 452;
landing of, at the head of Chesapeake bay, ii. 497;
march of, hindered by the want of horses and wagons--proclamation
issued by, ii. 499;
dilatoriness of--humanity of (_note_), ii. 512;
marching and counter-marching of, along the Schuylkill, ii. 515;
march of, upon Philadelphia, ii. 516;
supplies from the country cut off from, ii. 597;
resignation of, accepted by the British ministry--Sir Henry Clinton the
successor of--fete at Philadelphia, in honor of, on his departure,
ii. 614.

Howe, Lord Edward, in the expedition against Ticonderoga, under General
Abercrombie, i. 262;
death of--money appropriated in Massachusetts for a monument to, in
Westminster Abbey, i. 264.

Howe, Richard and William, commissioners for restoring peace to the
colonies, ii. 90.

Howell, David, appointed commissioner for ascertaining the true river
St. Croix, iii. 423.

Howell, Governor, third in command in the force sent to put down the
Whiskey Insurrection in 1794, iii. 315.

Hubbardton, battle at, ii. 466;
Major Ackland wounded at, ii. 467.

Huddy, Captain, hanged by loyalists under Captain Lippincott, iii. 13.

Hudson Highlands, account of the capture of, by Sir Henry Clinton,
ii. 542-545.

Hudson's river, commencement of fortifications on, ii. 126, 127;
measures of General Howe for taking possession of, ii. 218;
vessels sent up, by General Howe, anchored in Tappaan sea, ii. 221;
movements of the _Rose_ and _Phoenix_ on, ii. 235;
obstructions placed in, ii. 237, 440;
attempt of Captains Fosdyke and Thomas to destroy the _Rose_ and
_Phoenix_,