sed and massacred by
Ferguson, ii. 643;
mortally wounded at the siege of Savannah, ii. 663.

Putnam, Colonel Rufus, appointed brigadier under Wayne in 1791, iii. 197.

Putnam, General Israel, at the defeat of Dieskau, i. 182, 184;
with Abercrombie at Ticonderoga, i. 262;
taken prisoner by the French and Indians in 1758, i. 266;
at Cambridge with a body of Connecticut men, i. 543;
appointed by Congress associate major-general with Philip Schuyler
i. 547;
efforts of, to turn the fugitives at Bunker's hill, i. 569;
"impregnable fortress" of, on Cobble hill, i. 761;
intrenchment on Lechmere's Point begun by, i. 764;
sent to New York to assume the chief command there, ii. 82;
martial law proclaimed by, in New York, ii. 138;
left in command at New York by Washington--instructions of Washington
to, relative to the seizure of Long-Island tories, ii. 157;
obstructions sunk in the Hudson river, near Fort Washington, under the
direction of, ii. 237;
command of the troops in Brooklyn given to, on the approach of the
British, ii. 264;
neglect of, to secure the hill-passes in the neighborhood of Bedford,
ii. 277;
escape of the troops of, from New York, under the guidance of Aaron
Burr, ii. 296;
almost unlimited powers granted to, by Congress in Philadelphia,
ii. 362;
outwitted by Sir Henry Clinton, ii. 543, 546;
narrow escape of, from British dragoons, ii. 658.

Q.

Quakers, adverse to a union of the colonies, i. 455;
opposition of, to the American Association, i. 456, 457;
account of a meeting of, in 1775, from Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
i. 457;
"Testimony" of the, i. 458;
as a body friends of the king to the end of the war, i. 459, 460;
harsh condemnation of the "Testimony" of, by Christopher Marshall
(_note_), i. 459;
the "Testimony" of, repudiated by a large number of--military company
of, called _The Quaker Company_--aid and comfort given to the enemy
by--records of meetings of, found to be treasonable, i. 460;
names of, banished to Fredericksburg (_note_)--spies upon
Washington in camp at Valley Forge--orders issued by Washington
respecting, i. 461;
Roberts and Carlisle, members of the sect of, hanged as spies--apology
for the conduct of, i. 462;
adverse to a day of fasting and prayer appointed by Congress (_note_),
i. 531;
congratulations of, o