congress of, ii. 130;
batteries in and near, in March, 1776 (_note_), ii. 137;
placed under martial law by General Putnam, ii. 138;
headquarters of Washington in--society broken up in, ii. 139;
communications between the people of, and the king's ships, ii. 140;
measures of Congress for the defence of, ii. 170;
schemes of the tories in, under the direction of Tryon, ii. 172, 173;
inadequacy of the force at, for its defence, ii. 179, 180;
Declaration of Independence read to the troops in--statue of George III.
in, destroyed by a party of soldiers and citizens, ii. 214;
excitement caused in, by broadsides from British ships, ii. 218;
arrival of Lord Howe at--tories in prison in, removed to the interior,
ii. 221;
sectional jealousies in the camp at, ii. 230, 242;
backwardness of recruits in joining the camp at, ii. 231;
defensive works in the neighborhood of, ii. 233;
the abandonment of, by Washington, recommended by the state convention,
ii. 234;
fire-ships constructed to destroy British vessels in the harbor of,
ii. 236;
deficiency in numbers and discipline of the army of Washington at,
ii. 241;
alarm occasioned in, by the firing in the battle of Long Island,
ii. 273;
destruction of, proposed by Washington, and urged by General Greene,
ii. 286, 287, 289;
desertions from the American army at, after the battle of Long Island,
ii. 285, 287;
Washington directed by Congress not to destroy--rumors respecting the
burning of, in the British camp, ii. 287;
letter of Washington respecting the designs of the British
against--evacuation of, proposed by Washington, ii. 288;
inhabitants of, recommended by Washington to remove from, ii. 262;
evacuation of, commenced under the superintendence of Colonel Glover,
ii. 294;
more than seven years in the possession of the British, ii. 297;
great fire in, immediately after its occupation by the British--origin
of the great fire in (_note_), ii. 300;
New York and Rhode Island, the British confined to, ii. 645;
harbor of, frozen over in the winter of 1779-'80, ii. 665;
movements of the allies in the neighborhood of, ii. 722-724;
relief to the southern states by the movements at, ii. 725;
evacuation of, by the British, iii. 32;
legislature of, in favor of a closer federal union, iii. 56;
journey of Washington to, in 1789, iii. 85;