ington family to, in 1735,
i. 24.

Stamp-act, submitted to the house of commons by George Grenville--the
proposal of, how received in the colonies, i. 323:
opposition of William Pitt to, in the house of commons, i. 324;
signed March 22, 1765--letter of Franklin to Charles Thomson in relation
to--provisions of (_note_), i. 325;
signed by the king in the incipient stages of insanity, i. 326;
excitement in the colonies on the news of its becoming a
law--resolutions offered in the Virginia assembly in relation to,
i. 327;
letter of Washington to Francis Dandridge in London, in relation to,
i. 329;
popular action in opposition to, i. 332, 333;
Franklin examined before a committee of Parliament in relation to,
i. 334;
repeal of, i. 335;
Pitt's commendation of the colonists for resisting--declaration of
Charles James Fox in relation to the (_note_), i. 339.

Stamp-officers, refusal of the people of Boston to compensate, for their
losses, i. 341.

Stanhope, Earl, letter of Lord Chatham to, relative to American affairs,
i. 488.

Stanwix, Colonel, Washington placed under the orders of, while at
Winchester, in 1757, i. 241;
letter of Washington to, advocating offensive measures against the
French on the frontiers, i. 245;
letter of Washington to, requesting a favorable mention to General
Forbes, i. 256;
assistance lent by, to Colonel Bradstreet, at the siege of Fort
Frontenac, i. 267;
his share in the campaign of 1759, i. 290.

Stark, John, with Abercrombie at Ticonderoga, i. 262;
body of volunteers assembled by, i. 513;
at Breed's hill, i. 562;
victory at Bennington obtained by militia under the command of, ii. 487;
commission of brigadier given to, by Congress, ii. 489.

State debts, assumption of, recommended by Hamilton, iii. 141;
amount of the several (_note_), iii. 144.

Staten Island, troops landed at, from the British fleet, in 1776,
ii. 179, 181, 217;
large number of troops at, under the command of General Howe, ii. 240;
unsuccessful descent upon, by Lord Stirling, ii. 667.

Stature of Washington (_note_), i. 306, iii. 591, 593, 595, 597.

Stephen, Adam, with Washington at Great Meadows, i. 114;
with Braddock in his expedition against Fort Duquesne, i. 152;
commissioned major-general in the continental army, ii. 403;
biographical notice of (_note_), ii.