in
Portsmouth, i. 746.

Pall-bearers at the funeral of Washington, iii. 559.

Paris, a Virginian, defeat of Donville by, i. 209.

Paris, treaty of, vast extent of territory given to England by, i. 313.

Parker, Captain, minute-men at Lexington under the command of, i. 504.

Parker, Captain, sent up the Hudson river in the _Phoenix_ by General
Howe, ii. 218, 309.

Parker, Sir Peter, arrival of, with a British fleet, off Charleston bar,
ii. 188;
attack of the fleet of, upon Fort Sullivan, ii. 190;
wounded in the attack upon Fort Sullivan, ii. 193.

Parliament, accordance of, with the king, in measures against
Massachusetts, i. 449;
confidence of, that the "rebellion" would soon subside, ii. 395.

Parsons, General, biographical notice of (_note_), ii. 548.

Paterson, Judge, office of secretary of state offered to, by Washington,
in 1795, iii. 371.

Paulus's Hook, capture of, by Captain Henry Lee, ii. 660.

Peace, negotiations for, commenced at Paris, iii. 10;
commissioners appointed to negotiate a treaty of, iii. 15;
treaty of, signed by Franklin, Adams, Jay, and Henry Laurens, iii. 15;
news of the treaty of, iii. 21;
definitive treaty of, when signed, iii. 29.

Peace of 1763, Washington introduced into a wider field of action by,
i. 321.

Peale, Angelica, civic crown placed upon the head of Washington by,
iii. 86.

Peale, Charles Willson, earliest portrait of Washington painted by,
iii. 476.

Peekskill, unsuccessful attempt of the British to seize stores at,
ii. 426;
recommended by Washington as a point for the concentration of troops,
ii. 428;
eight regiments of the forces from Massachusetts ordered by Washington
to, ii. 429.

Pemberton, Israel, objection of, to the Sunday-laws of New England,
i. 455;
warm answer to the objections of, by John Adams, i. 456.

Pendleton, Edmund, Washington's journey to the first continental Congress
in company with, i. 417.

Penn, Governor, friendly to the patriots (_note_), i. 457;
banished to Fredericksburg, in Virginia, i. 461;
petition intrusted to, for presentation to the king, i. 606.

Pennibecker's Mill, Washington's army encamped at, ii. 551.

Pennsylvania, early popularity of Washington in, i. 197;
Indian depredations on the frontier of, in 1756, i. 225;
peace secured on the frontier of, by the destruction of Kittanning by