Chapter 264

plan of the British ministry for taking possession of, ii. 30; measures recommended by Congress for the defence of--machinations of Tryon in, ii. 31; alarm occasioned in, by the action of Lee against the tories, ii. 39; flight of tories from, ii. 39, 41; effect in, of the news of the evacuation of Boston, ii. 78; measures of Washington for the defence of, ii. 82; respect paid to Washington on his way to, from Boston--fortified by Lord Stirling, ii. 84; extreme caution of the provincial congress of, ii. 127; list of names of the vigilance committee appointed by the whigs of,