558.

Steuben, Baron von, arrival of, in the camp at Valley Forge, ii. 599;
office of inspector-general accepted by--unacquainted with the English
language, ii. 601;
American regulars never beaten after having been drilled by, ii. 602.

Stevens, Colonel, Norfolk, Virginia, destroyed by republicans under,
ii. 109.

Stillwater, battle of, ii. 524.

Stirling, Lord, command in New York devolved upon--biographical notice of
(_note_)--British store-ship taken by (_note_), ii. 135;
measures of, for the defence of New York, ii. 136;
Highland fortifications visited and inspected by, ii. 170;
skirmish of, with General Grant, near Gowanus bay, ii. 271;
made prisoner by De Heister at the battle of Long Island, ii. 275;
appointed major-general in the continental army, ii. 403;
agency of, in exposing _Conway's Cabal_, ii. 581.

Stobo, Captain Robert, engineer at Fort Necessity, i. 119;
detained a prisoner by the French at Quebec and Montreal, i. 132, 134;
information sent by, from Fort Duquesne to the English camp, i. 133;
letter of, afterward found by the French in Braddock's cabinet--
subsequent career of (_note_), i. 134.

Stock, United States and other, held by Washington at the time of his
death, iii. 544.

Stoddart, Benjamin, appointed secretary of the navy in 1798, iii. 123.

Stono ferry, engagement at, ii. 652.

Stony brook, bridge at, made impassable by Major Kelly--forded by the
troops of Cornwallis, ii. 390.

Stony Point, fort on, captured by the British, ii. 658;
plan of Washington for the capture of--capture of, by Wayne, ii. 659;
guns of, opened on Fort Lafayette and British shipping--dismantled and
abandoned by the Americans--reoccupied by Sir Henry Clinton, ii. 660.

Strahan, Mr., an eminent London printer, remarkable letter of Franklin to
(_note_), i. 605.

Strength of arm of Washington, iii. 593.

Stuart, Doctor David, letters of Washington to, iii. 70, 145, 161, 463.

Suffolk county, in Massachusetts, convention held in, i. 427;
resolves of the convention of, laid before the continental Congress,
i. 432.

Sulgrave, domain of, granted by Henry VIII. to Lawrence Washington, in
1538, i. 19.

Sullivan, John, appointed brigadier-general in the continental army,
i. 548;
biographical notice of, i. 549;
ordered by Washington to seize certain tories in Portsmouth as
hostages, i.