, i. 259;
effect upon, of the news of the disaster at Ticonderoga, i. 266;
design of, to complete the conquest of Canada in 1759, i. 289;
his plan of the campaign in America in 1759, i. 290;
on the American "_subjects_," i. 321;
opposition of, in the house of commons, to the stamp-act--reply of,
to an interrogatory of Grenville, i. 324;
his commendation in Parliament of the colonists for resisting the
stamp-act, i. 339;
his denial of the right of England to tax the colonies, i. 340;
made earl of Chatham--medley cabinet of, in 1766, described by Burke
(_note_), i. 342;
various oppressive measures toward the colonies attempted by the
cabinet of, i. 343;
declining popularity of, as earl of Chatham--foolish fondness of, for
display (_note_), i. 363;
astonishing effect of the return of, to public life, in 1770, i. 364;
opposition of, to Lord North, i. 364, 365.
(See _Lord Chatham_.)

Pitt, William (the younger), liberal commercial policy of, in 1783,
iii. 100.

Pittsburgh, a noble monument to the memory of William Pitt, i. 284;
resolution adopted at, in 1792, in relation to the excise law (_note_),
iii. 216;
resistance in, to the excise law, iii. 308.

Ploughed hill, occupied by Washington at the siege of Boston, i. 640.

Poacher, Washington's chastisement of a, i. 309.

Pohick Church, in Truro parish, Virginia, history of--characteristic
anecdote of Washington in connection with, i. 337;
condition of, when visited by the author in 1848 (_note_)--extract
from the record-book of (_note_), i. 338.

Polson, William, with Braddock in his expedition against Fort Duquesne,
i. 152.

Pomeroy, Seth, appointed brigadier-general in the continental army--brief
biographical notice of, i. 548;
courage displayed by, at Breed's hill, i. 562;
retirement and death of, i. 593.

Pondevez, Viscount de, reception of Washington by, on board the
_Illustrious_, in 1789, iii. 132.

Pontiac, hostile confederation brought about by, among the Indian
tribes--frontier forts seized by Indians under the direction of,
i. 319;
Detroit besieged by, in 1768--death of, at Cahokia, i. 320.

Pope's creek, domain of Washington's ancestors on, i. 17, 35.

Poplopen's creek, fortress erected at the mouth of, ii. 170.

Porterfield, Captain, with Arnold in his expedition against Quebec,
i. 697.

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