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remark of Franklin on the retreat of, i. 172.

Dunmore, earl of, successor of Lord Botetourt as governor of Virginia--dislike of the people of Virginia for, i. 374; unsuited for his position as governor, i. 375; friendly relations of, with Washington, i. 375, 395; claims of the soldiers to bounty-lands urged on, by Washington, i. 375; assembly of Virginia dissolved by, i. 383, 392; court circle of, at Williamsburg, i. 391; ball in honor of the wife of, attended by Washington, i. 394; training of the independent companies in Virginia warmly commended by,