sition in the
provisional army, iii. 518;
mortification of, at the preference given to Hamilton and Pinckney--warm
reply written by, to Washington, iii. 519;
esteem of Washington for--second letter of Washington to, in relation to
his appointment as major-general, iii. 521;
President Adams petitioned by the friends of, to reverse Washington's
order of the major-generals, iii. 522;
letter of Washington to, urging his acceptance of the appointment
proffered, iii. 524;
determination of, not to serve under Hamilton and Pinckney, iii. 525.

Knyphausen, General, garrison at New York left under the command of,
ii. 664;
Springfield, in New Jersey, set on fire by, ii. 678.

Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, first interview of, with Washington, ii. 448;
subsequent history of, ii. 449;
at the siege of Ninety-Six, iii. 2.

L.

La Colombe, M. de, letter of Washington to, announcing the liberation
of Lafayette, iii. 499.

Lacy, General, orders of Washington to, for the arrest of Quakers near
Valley Forge, i. 461.

Lafayette, George Washington, asylum sought by, in the United States,
iii. 229;
arrival of, in the United States, in 1795, iii. 372;
letter of Washington to Senator Cabot, of Boston, in relation to the
reception of, iii. 373;
attempted _incognito_ of, under the name of Motier--letter of
Washington to, iii. 375;
official notice taken of, by Congress--letter of a committee of Congress
addressed to, iii. 376;
the guest of Washington at Philadelphia and Mount Vernon--letter of
Washington respecting, to his father, iii. 377;
with Washington at Mount Vernon in 1797, iii. 479.

Lafayette, Madame, invited by Washington to visit Mount Vernon, iii. 38;
letter of Washington to, in 1792, iii. 226;
letter of, to Washington, iii. 227;
second letter of, to Washington--shares the prison of Lafayette at
Olmutz, iii. 229.

Lafayette, Marquis de, Washington's first acquaintance with, ii. 491;
vessel fitted out at the expense of, ii. 492, 493;
visit of, to London, ii. 492;
voyage of, to America, in company with De Kalb and other
officers--commissioned major-general of the continental army, ii. 493;
impatience of, for actual command (_note_), ii. 496;
appointed to the command of an expedition against Canada, ii. 586;
hostility of Gates toward Washington discovered by, ii. 591;
escape o