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chosen secretary of the second continental Congress, i. 528: letter borne to Washington by, informing him of his election to the presidency, iii. 84.

Three Rivers, disastrous expedition of General Thompson against Maclean at, ii. 162.

Throck's Neck, troops of Lord Howe landed at--transfer of troops from, to Pell's Neck, ii. 311.

Ticonderoga, fort at, erected by the French in 1756, i. 235; attack upon, under Abercrombie and Lord Howe, i. 263; admirable conduct of the troops at the siege of--inactivity and indifference of Johnson's Indians at, i. 265; effect upon Pitt of the news of the disaster at, i. 266; taken possession of by Amherst in 1759, i. 292; expeditions undertaken against, by Colonels Allen and Arnold, i. 524; valuable stores taken at, by Allen, i. 526; resolution of Congress respecting the spoils taken at, i. 529; want of discipline among the troops at, under Colonel Hinman, i. 656; Generals Schuyler, Gates, and Arnold, present at--command of the army at, devolved upon Gates, ii. 254; preparation of a flotilla at, intrusted to General Arnold, ii. 255; apprehended attack upon, by General Carleton--Colonel Wayne in command of, ii. 416: General Heath ordered by Washington to go to, with Massachusetts regiments, ii. 417: invested by the British under Burgoyne, ii. 463; garrison of--the British cannon on Mount Defiance, ii. 464; abandoned by St. Clair, ii. 465; letters of Washington to Schuyler, in relation to the evacuation of, ii. 468, 469, 479.

Tilghman, Colonel, news of the surrender at Yorktown borne to Philadelphia by, ii. 737.

Titles, presidential, discussions in Congress respecting, iii. 103: Washington averse to, iii. 105.

Toilet of Washington, iii. 587.

Toleration, religious, of Washington and John Adams (_note_), i. 451.

Tooke, John Horne, a prominent member of the Constitutional Society of England (_note_), i. 737.

Tories, treatment of, recommended by Washington, i. 747; action of Congress with regard to, ii. 92; conditional pardon offered to, by Congress, ii. 609: embarkation of, for Nova Scotia, in 1783, iii. 22.

_Town-Destroyer_, a name given to Washington by the Seneca Indians, ii. 657.

Townshend, taxation of the colonies announced by, i. 315.

Tracy, of Connecticut, reply of, to the speech of Albert Gallatin, on Jay's treaty, iii. 404.

Trent, Captain, mission of, to the Ohio, in 1754, i. 94; timidity of, i. 97.

Trenton, arrival of Washington at, with his fugitive army, ii. 351; officers' watches set by Washington's before the attack upon, ii. 371; complete surprise of Colonel Ralle and the Hessians in--narrow escape of Washington at (_note_), ii. 373; rapid retreat of Washington from, ii. 375; conduct of the troops at, commanded by Washington, ii. 376; important influence of the victory at, ii. 378; despatch of Washington to Congress, in relation to the affair at,