of (_note_), i. 300.
Woodhull, General, commissioned to drive the live stock to Hempstead,
ii. 266;
made a prisoner and brutally treated by Sir James Baird (_note_),
ii. 277.
Woodhull, Reverend Doctor John, reference to manuscript letters of
(_note_)--anecdote respecting (_note_), ii. 281.
Wooster, David, appointed brigadier-general in the continental
army--brief biographical notice of, i. 548;
invited to the neighborhood of New York by the provincial congress
(_note_), i. 582;
directed by Washington to join General Schuyler at Lake
Champlain--apprehensions of Washington respecting, i. 710;
patriotic letter of, to Schuyler--refusal of the officers and men
under, to sign the articles of war (_note_), i. 711;
fear or jealousy of, with regard to Arnold, ii. 100;
testimony of Congressional commissioners as to his unfitness for
command (_note_), ii. 147;
death of, at Danbury, ii. 436;
resolution of Congress to erect a monument to the memory
of--biographical notice of (_note_), ii. 437.
Writs of assistance issued in 1761--universal opposition to--speech of
James Otis on the subject of, i. 317.
Wyoming massacre, ii. 641.
Y.
Year of trial, Washington's, ii. 594.
Yellow fever in Philadelphia, in 1793, iii. 280;
in the autumn of 1798, iii. 525.
York, Congress adjourned to, ii. 514.
Yorke, Sir Joseph, his estimate of General Lee, ii. 358.
Yorktown, perilous position of Cornwallis at, ii. 730;
invested by the allies--position of the allies at, ii. 732;
desperate effort of Cornwallis to escape from, ii. 733;
patriotism displayed by Governor Nelson at--surrender of Cornwallis
at, ii. 734;
articles of capitulation at (_note_)--imposing scene of the
surrender at, ii. 735;
loss sustained by the British at (_note_), ii. 737;
measures of Congress on receiving news of the surrender at, ii. 738;
importance of the surrender at--effect in England of the surrender
at, ii. 739.
Youghiogany, attempt of Washington to descend, in 1754, i. 103;
Washington left at, sick, by order of General Braddock, i. 159.
Young, Arthur, seeds and implements sent to Washington by, iii. 51.
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