Chapter 111

Dieskau defeated, severely wounded, and made prisoner, while marching to the defence of, i. 182; fortifications erected on, by Amherst, in 1759, i. 292; surrender of, to Colonel Warner, in 1775, i. 526; remains of the army of the north assembled at, ii. 250; wretched condition of the troops at, ii. 250, 251; Sullivan informed of his being superseded by General Gates at--efforts of Schuyler and Gates to reorganize the army of the north at--dilapidated condition of the fort at, ii. 251; Washington unfavorable to the abandonment of--letters of Washington to Schuyler and Gates, in relation to the abandonment of, ii. 252; possession taken of, by General Carleton, ii. 336.

Cully, old, his recollections of Washington's courtship, i. 278.

Culpepper county minute-men, description of the dress of, ii. 23.

Currency, continental, i. 549; form of the bills of (_note_), i. 550.

Currency, decimal, origin of the, iii. 175.

Curtis, remarks of, on the convention to amend the federal confederation, iii. 65.

Cushing, William, appointed associate judge of the supreme court in 1789, iii. 122.

Custis, Daniel Parke, father of Martha Custis, i. 278.

Custis, Eleanor Parke, adopted by Washington, iii. 5; Washington accompanied by, to Mount Vernon in 1797, iii. 479; precepts inculcated by Washington into the mind of--letter of Washington to, on love and marriage, iii. 484; a son of Charles Carroll of Carrollton a suitor for the hand of,