h, New Hampshire, fort at, taken possession of by Sullivan and
Langdon, i. 484;
Sullivan sent to prepare the fort at, for the defence of the town,
i. 734;
visit of Washington to, in 1789, iii. 133.

Post, Christian Frederick, an emissary of General Forbes among the western
Indians (_note_), i. 284.

Post-office department, Franklin placed at the head of, by the second
continental Congress, i. 612.

Potomac, barge kept on, by Washington, at Mount Vernon, i. 310.

Potomac Company, fifty shares in, offered to Washington by the Virginia
legislature--Washington president of, iii. 47.

Pott's Grove, Washington at, ii. 516.

Potts, Isaac, the house of, the headquarters of Washington at Valley
Forge, ii. 602;
iron foundry and forge of, called "Valley Forge" (_note_)--Washington
seen by, in the woods, at prayer (_note_), ii. 602.

Pownall, Governor, statement of, of the number of troops in the French
forts and settlements (_note_), i. 282.

Prayers read by Washington in camp near Fort Necessity, i. 117.

Presbyterian Church, abolition of slavery recommended by, in 1788,
iii. 152.

Presbyterians almost all whigs during the progress of the Revolution,
i. 403.

Prescott, Colonel William, fortification of Bunker's hill intrusted
to--personal appearance of--Breed's hill chosen by, instead of
Bunker's, i. 556;
voluntary exposure of, at Breed's hill (_note_), i. 558;
narrow escape of, at Breed's hill, i. 569.

Prescott, General, capture of, by Rhode-Island republicans, ii. 473;
exchange of, for General Lee, ii. 474, 613.

Preston, Captain, Boston mob fired upon by the soldiers of--and his men
tried for murder, and acquitted, by a Boston jury, i. 368;
his obstinate defence of the fort at St. John on the Sorel, i. 678;
honorable terms of surrender granted to, by Montgomery, i. 680.

Prevost, General, invasion of South Carolina by, ii. 651.

Price, Mr., assistance rendered by, to Montgomery, at Montreal, i. 712.

Priestley. Doctor, letters of Franklin to (_note_), i. 605, 641.

Princeton, troops left at, by Washington, under Lord Stirling and General
Adam Stephen, ii. 351;
night-march of Washington upon--advance led by Mercer in the night-march
on, ii. 386;
troops at, animated by the presence of Washington, ii. 388;
defeat of the British at, ii. 389;
strong impression produced on the publi