ure of the British from Philadelphia,
ii. 618.

Van Braam, Jacob, Washington's fencing-master, i. 46, 62;
with Washington on his expedition to the Ohio in 1753, i. 76, 88;
with Washington at Great Meadows, i. 114;
alleged treachery of, i. 122, 124;
detained a prisoner by the French, i. 132, 134;
subsequent adventures of, i. 134.

Vaudreuil, Marquis de, successor of Duquesne--characteristic anecdote of
(_note_), i. 177;
capitulation of, at Montreal, i. 301.

Vault, family, of Washington, wish of Washington to have it rebuilt,
iii. 542;
new family, spot indicated for, by Washington, a few days before his
death, iii. 550.

Vealtown, troops of General Lee at, ii. 357.

Vernon, Admiral, notice of, i. 26.

Verplanck's Point, fort on, captured by the British, ii. 658;
junction of the French and American troops at, iii. 11.

Veto-power, first exercise of it by Washington, iii. 198.

Vose, Major, lighthouse destroyed by, on Nantasket Point, i. 618.

Virginia, condition of, in the time of Charles II., i. 20;
Washington in charge of one of the military districts of, in 1751,
i. 61;
Washington appointed, in 1755, commander of all the forces of, i. 188;
difficulty of raising troops in, to protect the frontier, after
Braddock's defeat, i. 191;
Governor Dinwiddie's estimate of the population of (_note_), i. 222;
defenceless condition of the frontiers of, i. 225, 244;
substantial character of breakfast in, before the Revolution (_note_),
i. 306;
indignation of the people of, at the right claimed by Parliament to tax
the colonies, i. 368;
early efforts made in, to cast off the burden of negro
slavery--instructions of the king to the governor of, in relation to
the slave-trade, i. 379;
address of the assembly of, to the king, on the slave-trade, i. 380;
successive prorogations of the house of burgesses of, by Lord Dunmore,
i. 381;
short but memorable session of the house of burgesses of, in 1773,
i. 382;
intercolonial committees of correspondence originated in, i. 382, 383;
dissolutions of the house of burgesses of, by Lord Dunmore,
i. 384, 392;
warlike spirit pervading, in 1775, i. 470;
troops of, reviewed by Washington in the winter of 1774-'75, i. 471;
effect in, of the news of the battle of Lexington--powder of the
province of, seized by Lord Dunmore, i. 517;
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