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made a prisoner and brutally treated by Sir James Baird (_note_), ii. 277.

Woodhull, Reverend Doctor John, reference to manuscript letters of (_note_)--anecdote respecting (_note_), ii. 281.

Wooster, David, appointed brigadier-general in the continental army--brief biographical notice of, i. 548; invited to the neighborhood of New York by the provincial congress (_note_), i. 582; directed by Washington to join General Schuyler at Lake Champlain--apprehensions of Washington respecting, i. 710; patriotic letter of, to Schuyler--refusal of the officers and men under, to sign the articles of war (_note_), i. 711; fear or jealousy of, with regard to Arnold, ii. 100; testimony of Congressional commissioners as to his unfitness for command (_note_), ii. 147; death of, at Danbury, ii. 436; resolution of Congress to erect a monument to the memory of--biographical notice of (_note_), ii. 437.

Writs of assistance issued in 1761--universal opposition to--speech of James Otis on the subject of, i. 317.

Wyoming massacre, ii. 641.

Y.

Year of trial, Washington's, ii. 594.

Yellow fever in Philadelphia, in 1793, iii. 280; in the autumn of 1798, iii. 525.

York, Congress adjourned to, ii. 514.

Yorke, Sir Joseph, his estimate of General Lee, ii. 358.

Yorktown, perilous position of Cornwallis at, ii. 730; invested by the allies--position of the allies at, ii. 732; desperate effort of Cornwallis to escape from, ii. 733; patriotism displayed by Governor Nelson at--surrender of Cornwallis at, ii. 734; articles of capitulation at (_note_)--imposing scene of the surrender at, ii. 735; loss sustained by the British at (_note_), ii. 737; measures of Congress on receiving news of the surrender at, ii. 738; importance of the surrender at--effect in England of the surrender at, ii. 739.

Youghiogany, attempt of Washington to descend, in 1754, i. 103; Washington left at, sick, by order of General Braddock, i. 159.

Young, Arthur, seeds and implements sent to Washington by, iii. 51.

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