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name of, presented to the British government in a bill of attainder (_note_), i. 481; chosen president of the second continental Congress, i. 528; biographical notice of (_note_), i. 534.

Rappahannock, house and lands on the, bequeathed to George Washington by his father, i. 29; stone thrown across the, by Washington, at Fredericksburg, iii. 593.

Raritan, bridge of boats over the, constructed by General Howe, ii. 450

Rawlins, Mr., Washington bled by, in his last sickness, iii. 553.

"Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington." by G. W. P. Custis, extracts from (_note_), iii. 531.

Red Hook, Long Island, redoubt erected upon, ii. 84.

Reed, Colonel Joseph, of Philadelphia, letter of, to the earl of Dartmouth, in relation to the general Congress, i. 411; extract from a letter of, on the continental Congress, i. 419; letter of, in relation to the unanimity of feeling in the colonies in opposition to the claims of Parliament, i. 447; letter of, to Lord Dartmouth, denying that independence was aimed at,