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warm answer to the objections of, by John Adams, i. 456.

Pendleton, Edmund, Washington's journey to the first continental Congress in company with, i. 417.

Penn, Governor, friendly to the patriots (_note_), i. 457; banished to Fredericksburg, in Virginia, i. 461; petition intrusted to, for presentation to the king, i. 606.

Pennibecker's Mill, Washington's army encamped at, ii. 551.

Pennsylvania, early popularity of Washington in, i. 197; Indian depredations on the frontier of, in 1756, i. 225; peace secured on the frontier of, by the destruction of Kittanning by Colonel Armstrong, i. 227; conduct of the troops from, ii. 347, 500, 708; weakness of Washington's army in, ii. 365; necessities of the continental army supplied by, ii. 670; mutiny at Morristown of the troops from, ii. 707; proposal of the executive council of, to bestow a pecuniary reward on Washington, iii. 41; resistance in the western parts of, to the excise laws, in 1792,