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expensive habits of, in Philadelphia--marriage of, to Miss Shippen--charges preferred against, by the people of Philadelphia--sentenced by a court-martial to a reprimand, ii. 688; cautious advances made by, to Clinton, ii. 689; command at West Point solicited by, ii. 689; price of the treason of, ii. 690; letter of Jameson received by, while at breakfast--escape of, from West Point, ii. 692; attempt to abduct, made by Sergeant Champe, ii. 694; hated and despised by the British, ii. 695; persons suspected of complicity with, ii. 697; predatory excursion of, to Virginia--efforts of, to capture Governor Jefferson, ii. 711; ravaging expedition of, on the shores of Connecticut, ii. 727.

Arnold, Mrs., early correspondence of, with Major André, ii. 689, 695; ordered by the executive council of Pennsylvania to leave the state, ii. 695.

_Articles of Confederation_, adoption of, ii. 710; substance of (_note_), ii. 710; considered defective by Washington as a system of government--letter of Washington to James Warren, in relation to, iii. 54; letters of Washington and Jay in relation to a revision of, iii. 56; convention to amend, proposed by commissioners at Annapolis, iii. 59.

Asgill, Captain, selected by lot for execution--sympathies of Washington excited for, iii. 14.

Ashe, General, surprised by Prevost, at Brier creek, ii. 651.

Asses, sent to Washington by the king of Spain and by Lafayette, iii. 51.

Atlee, Colonel Samuel J., made prisoner at the battle of Long Island--biographical notice of (_note_), ii. 274.

_Aurora_, abstract of Jay's treaty sent to the editor of, by Senator Mason, iii. 347; libel of Washington published in, iii. 369; confidential questions of Washington to his cabinet relating to the reception of Genet, published in, iii. 420; extraordinary letter of Adet addressed to, in 1796, iii. 452; malignant language of, in 1796, in relation to Washington--malignant letter of Paine to Washington issued from the press of, iii 461; a pamphlet issued from the press of, by Adet, iii. 463; virulent attacks upon the character of Washington, published in, in 1797, iii. 477; public indignation excited against--editor of, severely beaten,