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petitioned by the Massachusetts assembly to remove the troops from Boston--departure of, for England, in 1769, i. 367.

Beverage of Washington, iii. 586.

Beverly, skirmish of the _Nautilus_ with a privateer at, i. 732.

Bigelow, Major, mountain ascended by, in expectation of a distant view of Quebec, i. 691.

Billy, body-servant of Washington, spurious letters of Washington alleged to have been found in the possession of, iii. 448.

Bingham, Mr., Jay's treaty burned in front of the house of, in Philadelphia, iii. 353.

Binney, Horace, conclusions arrived at by, respecting the authorship of Washington's Farewell Address (_note_), iii. 434.

Birthday of Washington, acrimonious debate in Congress respecting the celebration of, in 1793, iii. 322; celebration of, in 1797, iii. 469.

Birthplace of Washington, i. 17, 23.

Bishop, the body-servant of Washington, transferred to him by Braddock, i. 277.

Blair, John, appointed associate judge of the supreme court in 1789, iii. 122.

"Blockade of Boston," a farce composed by the British officers during the siege--not written by Burgoyne (_note_), ii. 49; turned into a tragedy by Knowlton's attack on Charlestown, ii. 50.

Blount, resolutions offered in Congress by, respecting the treaty-making power, iii. 397; resolutions of, adopted, iii. 398.

Board of Trade and Plantations, attempts of, to control the colonies, i. 314.

Bonaparte, Napoleon, treaty concluded by, with the American envoys,