milton's higher rank, 290;
Washington's friendship with, 363.

Pinckney, Thomas,
sent on special mission to Spain, ii. 166;
unsuccessful at first, 166;
succeeds in making a good treaty, 167;
credit of his exploit, 168;
letter of Washington to, 325.

Pitt, William,
his conduct of French war, i. 93, 94.

Princeton,
battle of, i. 181-3.

Privateers,
sent out by Washington, i. 150.

"Protection"
favored in the first Congress, ii. 113-115;
arguments of Hamilton for, 114, 115;
of Washington, 116-122.

Provincialism,
of Americans, i. 193;
with regard to foreign officers, 193, 234, 250-252;
with regard to foreign politics, ii. 131, 132, 163, 237, 255.

Putnam, Israel,
escapes with difficulty from New York, i. 169;
fails to help Washington at Trenton, 180;
warned to defend the Hudson, 195;
tells Washington of Burgoyne's surrender, 211;
rebuked by Washington, 217;
amuses Washington, ii. 374.

RAHL, COLONEL,
defeated and killed at Trenton, i. 181.

Randolph, Edmund,
letter of Washington to, ii. 30, 39;
relations with Washington, 64;
appointed attorney-general, 64;
his character, 64, 65;
a friend of the Constitution, 71;
opposes a bank, 110;
letter of Washington to, on protective bounties, 118;
drafts neutrality proclamation, 147;
vacillates with regard to Genet, 154;
argues that United States is bound by French alliance, 170;
succeeds Jefferson as secretary of state, 184;
directed to prepare a remonstrance against English "provision order,"
185;
opposed to Jay treaty, 188;
letter of Washington to, on conditional ratification, 189, 191, 192,
194;
guilty, apparently, from Fauchet letter, of corrupt practices, 196;
his position not a cause for Washington's signing treaty, 196-200;
receives Fauchet letter, resigns, 201;
his personal honesty, 201;
his discreditable carelessness, 202;
fairly treated by Washington, 203, 204;
his complaints against Washington, 203;
letter of Washington to, concerning Monroe, 213;
at first a Federalist, 246.

Randolph, John,
on early disappearance of Virginia colonial society, i. 15.

Rawdon, Lord,
commands British forces in South, too distant to help Cornwallis,
i. 304.

Reed, Joseph,
letters of Washington to, i. 151, 260.

Revolution, War of,