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course of conduct of Washington censured by members of the legislature of, ii. 401; Americans left in possession of, by General Howe, ii. 453; remonstrance of troops from, with the legislature--mediation of Washington in favor of troops from, ii. 657; sum of money raised by the ladies of, for the army, ii. 679; mutiny of troops of, at Pompton, ii. 709.

Newport, threatened by Captain Wallace, ii. 16; tories of, deprived of their arms by General Lee--oath administered by General Lee to the tories of, ii. 17; the French blockaded in, by Admiral Arbuthnot, ii. 681; voyage of Washington to, in 1790, accompanied by Jefferson, iii. 162.

New Rochelle, post taken at, by Lord Howe, ii. 312.

New York, population of, in 1756, i. 198; powers of the governor and legislature of, suspended--sympathy of all the other colonies with, i. 342; British ministers misled by the loyal bearing of the assembly of, i 487; loyalty of, in 1775, i. 496; refusal of the assembly of, to sanction the proceedings of the first continental Congress--provincial congress assembled in, i. 515; functions of government assumed by the provincial congress of--large proportion of troops furnished by, for the continental army (_note_),