f, from the British at Barren hill, ii. 615;
the honor of leading the advance at Monmouth solicited by, ii. 619;
departure of, for France, to procure aid for the Americans, ii. 648;
letters of Washington to, ii. 662; iii. 38, 75, 83, 164, 526;
fruits of the secret mission of, to the court of Versailles, ii. 679;
escape of Cornwallis prevented by, ii. 730;
return of, to France, in 1781, iii. 7;
visit of, to Mount Vernon, in 1784, iii. 42;
jack sent to Washington by, iii. 51;
conspicuous part taken by, in the French Revolution, iii. 115, 135;
commander-in-chief of the National Guard in Paris, in 1789--language of,
respecting the duke of Orleans, iii. 137;
conservative influence of, iii. 138;
key of the Bastile sent to Washington by--difficult position of, in
France, in 1790, iii. 163;
hopeful letter written by, to Washington, iii. 164;
disappointment of, at the course of the French Revolution, iii. 184;
letters of, in relation to his position in France, addressed to
Washington, iii. 185;
efforts of, to preserve order in France, iii. 224;
acquitted by the National Assembly, of charges made against him by the
Jacobins--attempt of, to escape to the United States, by way of
Holland--in prison at Olmutz, iii. 225;
desire of Washington to befriend the family of, iii. 226;
Washington powerless to aid, iii. 228;
confinement of, in an Austrian dungeon, iii. 372;
incident showing Washington's feelings toward (_note_), iii. 373;
efforts of Washington to obtain the liberation of, iii. 424;
liberation of, from the prison at Olmutz--reply of, to De Chasteler
with regard to proposed conditions of release (_note_), iii. 499;
letter received by Washington from, at the close of 1798, iii. 526;
hounds sent by, to Washington, in 1785, iii. 585.

La Force, a meddlesome French commissary, i. 82;
energy and activity of, i. 132;
escape of, from prison at Williamsburg (_note_), i. 183.

Lake Champlain, efforts of Sir Guy Carleton to create a navy on, ii. 333;
naval engagement on, between Arnold and Captain Pringle, ii. 334.

"Lake of the Dismal Swamp," lines from, i. 311.

Lamb, Captain, severely wounded in the assault upon Quebec, under
Montgomery and Arnold, i. 721;
cannon removed by, from Fort George, in New York, ii. 129.

Lancaster, meeting of recruits at, iii. 26.

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