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resolutions of a meeting of officers at, iii. 20; letter of Washington to the president of Congress in relation to the meeting at, iii. 21.

Newburyport, departure of Arnold from, for the invasion of Canada, i. 688.

Newcastle, duke of, his ignorance and incapacity--anecdote of, told by Horace Walpole (_note_), i. 129; Horatio Gates consulted by, in relation to the colonies--advice of Mr. Hanbury to, i. 130.

New England, liberality and heroism of, in colonial times, i. 175; Dieskau defeated by men principally from, i. 184; tour of Washington through, in 1789, iii. 125; demonstrations of respect paid to Washington in, iii. 126, 134.

Newfoundland, measures of Lord North hostile to the New-England fisheries at, i. 496.

New Hampshire, late ratification of the federal constitution in, iii. 78.

New-Hampshire Grants, history of, i. 523.

New Haven, rejection of Washington in, in 1789, iii. 126.

New Jersey, treasury of the province of, taken possession of by the people, after the battle of Lexington, i. 516; measures taken by Washington for the defence of, ii. 323; despondency of the people of, ii. 350; Governor Livingston powerless in, ii. 351; British protections taken by persons in (_note_), ii. 366; indignation of the people of, at the brutal conduct of the Hessians,