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various opinions respecting the capture of--suspicions of the fidelity of, ii. 359; capture of, providential, ii. 360; rigorous confinement of, by the British, as a deserter, ii. 405; letter of, to Congress, professing to have important matter to communicate--captivity of, not hard to be borne, ii. 406; treacherous conduct of, ii. 407; letter of Washington to General Howe, offering Hessian officers in exchange for, ii. 410; perplexity of Howe as to what should be done with (_note_), ii. 411; exchanged for General Prescott--hesitation of, to take the oath of allegiance, ii. 613; adverse to an attack upon Sir Henry Clinton in New Jersey, ii. 618; the command of the corps of, given to Lafayette, ii. 619; command of his corps resumed by, ii. 620; unaccountable retreat of, before the British--mysterious warning given to Washington with respect to Lee, ii. 623; extreme irritation of Washington at the conduct of, ii. 624; disrespectful letters of, to Washington, ii. 627, 628; placed under arrest, ii. 628; great ability of his defence, ii. 629; suspended from all command for a year--"Queries, Political and Military," published by (_note_)--letter of Washington to Joseph Reed respecting, ii. 630; his expulsion from the army--duel fought by, with Colonel Laurens (_note_)--impudent letter of, to Congress (_note_)--curious will of (_note_)--death of, in 1782, ii. 631; proved to have been a traitor, by a document recently discovered--his plan for the subjugation of the colonies, ii. 632; willing to be a traitor to both parties, ii. 634; guarantied against loss by Congress (_note_), ii. 635.

Lee, General Henry, letter of Washington to, in relation to democratic societies, iii. 313; commander-in-chief of the force sent to put down the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794, iii. 315; instructions of Washington to--proclamation issued by, after crossing the Alleghanies, iii. 319; enmity of Jefferson toward, iii. 421; funeral oration pronounced by, on the occasion of the death of Washington, iii. 566.

Lee, Richard Henry, letter of Washington to, seeking statistical information as to Virginia, i. 413; resolutions of sympathy with Massachusetts offered by, in the continental Congress, i. 432; non-importation resolution offered by, in the continental Congress,