of, i. 222; ii. 281, 286, 303, 353, 415;
panic in Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment of, at White Plains, ii. 317;
refusal of, to man the lines at Fort Washington, ii. 331;
complaint of Washington at having to depend upon, ii. 415;
President Adams authorized to call out eighty thousand, iii. 496.

Militia, Virginia, unrestricted power given to Washington to draft, in
1758, i. 256.

Mint, national, establishment of, iii. 174, 176.

Minute-men, origin of the, i. 399; many enrolled in Massachusetts in
1775, i. 470;
monument to the memory of, at Lexington (_note_), i. 506;
summoned to supply the place of Connecticut troops, i. 759;
proposal to enroll eighty thousand in 1794, iii. 297.

Mirabeau, remarks of, on the Declaration of Independence, ii. 216.

"_Mischianza_," the, a fete at Philadelphia, in honor of the brothers
Howe, ii. 614.

Mississippi river, control of, in the hands of the Spaniards in 1789,
iii. 99;
claims to the free navigation of, urged upon Spain, iii. 157;
free navigation of, demanded by the people of Kentucky in 1794,
iii. 304;
free navigation of, secured by treaty with Spain in 1795, iii. 380.

Mohawk river, land owned by Washington on, at the time of his death,
iii. 543.

Monacatoocha, captured while with Braddock's army, i. 160;
a son of, killed by mistake--son of, buried with military honors,
i. 161.

Money, continental, measures of Congress in relation to the issue of,
i. 549;
form of the bills of (_note_), i. 550.

Monmouth, account of the battle of, ii. 619-626;
bad conduct of General Lee at, ii. 623;
death of Colonel Monckton at--losses of the British and Americans at,
ii. 625;
advance of Washington from, to Brunswick, ii. 626.

Monongahela, fort built at the fork of, by the advice of Tanacharisson,
i. 72;
battle of the, miraculous escapes of Washington at, i. 168;
consequences of the battle of the, i. 173;
reputation of Washington increased by his conduct at the battle of the,
i. 174;
the defeat at the, balanced by the victory at Lake George, i. 183.

Monro, Colonel George, his brave defence of Fort William Henry against
Montcalm, i. 251;
capitulation of, to Montcalm, i. 251.

Monroe, James, sent as minister to France in 1794--letter of, on his
arrival in Paris, to the president of the National Convention,
iii. 301;
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