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popularity of, in New York, i. 515.

"American Continental Army" constituted, i. 531.

Ames, Fisher, letter of, in relation to the Congressional debates on Jay's treaty, iii. 393; speech of, in the house of representatives, on the subject of Jay's treaty, iii. 405; extracts from the speech of, iii. 405-416; powerful impression produced by the speech of, iii 416.

Amherst, Major-General Sir Jeffery, expedition of, against Louisburg, in 1758, i. 260; biographical notice of (_note_), i. 262; appointed to the chief command in America in 1759, i. 290; Ticonderoga taken possession of by, i. 292; fortifications built at Crown Point by, i. 292.

Ancestry of Washington traceable for six hundred years, i. 18.

Anderson, Captain Ephraim, fire-ships constructed by, ii. 236.

Anderson, James, Washington's farm manager, letter of Washington to, iii. 548.

André, Major John, among the prisoners taken at St. John on the Sorel,