Conway resigns.... The Baron Steuben
appointed Inspector General.... Congress forbids the embarkation of
Burgoyne's army.... Plan of reconciliation agreed to in Parliament....
Communicated to congress and rejected.... Information of treaties
between France and the United States.... Complaints of the treatment of
prisoners.... A partial exchange agreed to.

NOTES

Footnotes

ILLUSTRATIONS

Wakefield--the Birthplace of George Washington
The Washington Family Burial Ground
The Historic Washington Elm at Cambridge, Massachusetts
Independence Hall, Philadelphia
Washington's Headquarters at White Plains
Washington Crossing the Delaware
The Saratoga Battle Monument
Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge

LIFE OF WASHINGTON, Volume III.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

Incursion into Jersey.... General Lacy surprised.... Attempt on
Lafayette at Barren hill.... General Howe resigns the command of
the British army.... Is succeeded by Sir H. Clinton.... He evacuates
Philadelphia, and marches through the Jerseys.... A council of war
which decides against attacking the British on their march.... Battle of
Monmouth.... General Lee arrested.... Sentenced to be suspended for one
year.... Thanks of Congress to General Washington and his army.

CHAPTER II.

Count D'Estaing arrives with a French fleet.... Meditates an attack on
the British fleet in New York harbour.... Relinquishes it.... Sails
to Rhode Island.... Lord Howe appears off Rhode Island.... Both fleets
dispersed by a storm.... General Sullivan lays siege to Newport....
D'Estaing returns.... Sails for Boston.... Sullivan expresses his
dissatisfaction in general orders.... Raises the siege of Newport....
Action on Rhode Island.... The Americans retreat to the Continent....
Count D'Estaing expresses his dissatisfaction with Sullivan in a letter
to congress.... General Washington labours successfully to heal these
discontents.... Lord Howe resigns the command of the British fleet....
Colonel Baylor's regiment surprised.... Captain Donop defeated by
Colonel Butler.... Expedition of the British against Egg Harbour....
Pulaski surprised.

CHAPTER III.

Arrival of the British commissioners.... Terms of conciliation
proposed.... Answer of congress to their propo[Pg iv]sitions....
Attempts of Mr. Johnson to bribe some members of congress....
His private letters ordered to be published.... Manifesto of the
commissioners, and