ii. 238;
property destroyed on, by British vessels-of-war, ii. 547.

Huguenot settlers, descendants of, on the side of the patriots in the
Revolutionary struggle, i. 464.

Humphreys, Colonel, subject of presidential etiquette intrusted to,
iii. 109;
letter of Washington to, after his southern tour, in 1791, iii. 182;
letter of Washington to, speaking of his love of retirement, iii. 235;
appointed a commissioner to treat with the dey of Algiers--formation
of a navy recommended by, iii. 293;
appointed minister to Spain in 1796, iii. 423.

Hunting-costume of Washington before the Revolution, iii. 585.

Hunting-days at Mount Vernon before the Revolution, iii. 585.

Hunting-shirts recommended by Washington for the continental army, i. 592.

Huntington, countess of, papers transmitted to Washington by, in relation
to the Christianization of the Indians, iii. 49.

Husbands, Herman, arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the Whiskey
Insurrection (_note_), iii. 320.

Hutchinson, Governor, an enemy to free institutions, though a
native--duplicity of, discovered by Doctor Franklin--letters of, read
in secret session of the Massachusetts assembly, by Samuel Adams,
i. 385;
removal of, petitioned for--excitement in England on the publication
of the letters of (_note_), i. 396;
superseded by General Gage, i. 396;
hung in effigy at Boston, i. 397.

I.

Illness of Washington in 1789, iii. 116;
in 1790, iii. 162.

Improvements, internal, attention of Washington given to, iii. 46.

Inauguration, Washington's first, iii. 92;
solemnity of the scene at, iii. 94;
address of Washington at, iii. 95;
ball given at, in honor of Washington's, iii. 109.

Inauguration. Washington's second--address of Washington at, iii. 233;
description of, by an eye-witness (_note_), iii. 234.

Independence, not aimed at by the first continental Congress--sentiments
of delegates in regard to (_note_), i. 452;
letter of Joseph Reed to Dartmouth, in relation to, i. 453;
the idea of, not prevalent out of New England, i. 536;
not aimed at by the second continental Congress, i. 607;
advocated by Thomas Paine, in his "Common Sense," ii. 11;
growing desire for, in the public mind, ii. 52, 199, 202;
subject of, brought before Congress by Richard Henry Lee--testimony of
Doctor Dwight, as to the popular feeling on the subje