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retreat of Sullivan from, ii. 166.

Character of Washington, iii. 573.

Charleston, arms and ammunition in the magazines of, seized by the patriots, i. 521; activity of the patriots in, ii. 185; Admiral Parker's unsuccessful attack upon, ii. 188; saved by the dilatory movements of the British, ii. 189; siege of, by Sir Henry Clinton, ii. 671; bombardment of--surrender of, to the British--General Lincoln and his army made prisoners at--ill treatment by the British of the prisoners taken at, ii. 673; effect in the South of the fall of, ii. 674; evacuation of, by the British, iii. 12; reception of Washington at, on his southern tour in 1791, iii. 181.

Charlestown, set on fire by order of General Gage--description of the carcass used at (_note_), ii. 565.

Charlotte, General Greene at, ii. 699.

Chase, the, Washington's chief amusement before the Revolution, i. 309.

Chase, Samuel, in the commission appointed to form a union with Canada, ii. 144.

Chastellux, chevalier de, his description of hospitality as it was at Mount Vernon, i. 288; letter of Washington to, respecting his northern tour in 1783, iii. 27.

Chatham, earl of, Revolutionary measures deprecated by (_note_), i. 366; extract from a speech of, on the free spirit of the colonies, i. 371; on the infatuation of government in provoking resistance in the colonies, i. 412; language of, in commendation of the proceedings of the continental Congress, i. 448; his commendation of the state-papers of the first continental Congress,