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defeated by Morgan at the Cowpens, ii. 714; total defeat of General Sumter by, ii. 682.

Tarrytown, arrest of Major André at, ii. 690.

"Taxation no Tyranny," by Doctor Johnson, remarkable passage struck out of (_note_), ii. 113.

"Taxation without representation tyranny," i. 323.

Tea, universally proscribed in the colonies in 1770, i. 369; thrown overboard in Boston harbor, i. 388.

Tenbroeck, General, opportune arrival of, at the second battle near Bemis's Heights, ii. 532.

Ternant, M., successor of Count de Moustier, as French minister to the United States, iii. 223; arrival of, at Newport, ii. 679.

Thacher, Doctor, personal appearance of Washington described by, i. 585; testimony of, as to the skill of the southern riflemen, i. 618.

Thanksgiving, day of, recommended by Washington in 1789, iii. 124.

Theatre, first visit of Washington to, made in Barbados, i. 63.

Thomas, John, appointed brigadier-general in the continental army, i. 548; Dorchester Heights taken possession of by, ii. 64; appointed to command the army in Canada, ii. 97; weakness of the Americans before Quebec on his arrival in camp--council of war called by, decide upon a retreat toward Montreal, ii. 101; death of, of small-pox, at Chamblée, ii. 147.

Thompson, Colonel, Sir Henry Clinton held in check by, at Fort Sullivan, in Charleston harbor, ii. 189; Sir Henry Clinton driven back by the riflemen of, ii. 192, 195.

Thompson, Colonel William, the British driven to their boats by, from Lechmere's Point, i. 761; commissioned a brigadier-general, ii. 96; chief command in New York assumed by, ii. 137; troops sent toward Canada under, ii. 143; defeated and made prisoner in Canada, ii. 163.

Thomson, Charles, chosen secretary of the continental Congress--biographical notice of (_note_), i. 421; opinion of, as to the superiority of the first Congress (_note_),