746;
the successor of Thomas in command at the Sorel, ii. 148;
sanguine letter of, from the Sorel, ii. 151;
letter of Washington to Congress respecting, ii. 152;
melancholy words of, in relation to affairs in Canada, ii. 163;
retreat of, before Burgoyne, ii. 164, 166;
demoralization of the troops under the command of, ii. 166;
mortification of, at being superseded by Gates, ii. 168, 244;
departure of, from Crown Point, on the arrival of Gates, ii. 251;
placed in temporary command of the troops on Long Island--superseded by
Putnam, ii. 264;
made prisoner in the battle of Long Island, ii. 272;
verbal message sent by, to Congress, by Lord Howe, ii. 289;
warm reply of Washington to the complaints of, ii. 431;
unsuccessful expedition of, against the British on Staten Island
(_note_), ii. 495;
mischief caused at the battle of the Brandywine by the sensitiveness
of, ii. 506;
expedition of, against the Indians on the Genesee river, ii. 656;
letter of Washington to, in relation to reforms in the army, ii. 700;
letter of Washington to, advocating executive departments, ii. 713.

_Sullivan's Familiar Letters_, personal appearance of Washington
described in, iii. 601.

Sumter, General, movements of, in the South, ii. 682;
total defeat of, by Tarleton, ii. 684;
sent by Greene with light-troops into the neighborhood of Charleston,
iii. 3.

Sunday, custom, in Virginia, of using it for political purposes (_note_),
i. 400.

Sunday-laws of New England offensive to the Quakers, i. 455.

Surveying-expedition, Washington's first, journal of, still
preserved--extracts from the journal of, i. 53;
extracts from a letter of Washington written during, i. 55.

Surveyor, Washington's experience as, a preparation for his high destiny,
i. 52, 56, 58.

Surveys of Washington, correctness of, i. 56.

Swede's ford, General Howe at, ii. 513.

Swords left by Washington to his nephews, iii. 540.

T.

Table kept by Washington before the Revolution, iii. 585;
abstemious habits of Washington at, iii. 586;
Washington's at Philadelphia, iii. 589.

Taft, Mr., letter of Washington to, from Hartford, in 1789 (_note_),
iii. 133.

Talleyrand, M. de, insulting propositions of, to the American envoys in
Paris, iii. 501;
attempts of, to procure a _douceur_ from the American envoys,
iii. 502, 504;
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