Pinckney, Thomas,
sent on special mission to
Spain, ii. 166;
unsuccessful at first, 166;
succeeds in making a good
treaty, 167;
credit of his exploit, 168;
letter of Washington to, 325.
Pitt, William,
his conduct of French war,
i. 93, 94.
Princeton,
battle of, i. 181-3.
Privateers,
sent out by Washington, i.
150.
“Protection”
favored in the first Congress,
ii. 113-115;
arguments of Hamilton for,
114, 115;
of Washington, 116-122.
Provincialism,
of Americans, i. 193;
with regard to foreign officers,
193, 234, 250-252;
with regard to foreign politics,
ii. 131, 132, 163, 237, 255.
Putnam, Israel,
escapes with difficulty from
New York, i. 169;
fails to help Washington at
Trenton, 180;
warned to defend the Hudson,
195;
tells Washington of Burgoyne’s
surrender, 211;
rebuked by Washington, 217;
amuses Washington, ii. 374.
RAHL, COLONEL,
defeated and killed at Trenton,
i. 181.
Randolph, Edmund,
letter of Washington to, ii.
30, 39;
relations with Washington,
64;
appointed attorney-general,
64;
his character, 64, 65;
a friend of the Constitution,
71;
opposes a bank, 110;
letter of Washington to, on
protective bounties, 118;
drafts neutrality proclamation,
147;
vacillates with regard to
Genet, 154;
argues that United States
is bound by French alliance, 170;
succeeds Jefferson as secretary
of state, 184;
directed to prepare a remonstrance
against English “provision order,”
185;
opposed to Jay treaty, 188;
letter of Washington to, on
conditional ratification, 189, 191, 192,
194;
guilty, apparently, from Fauchet
letter, of corrupt practices, 196;
his position not a cause for
Washington’s signing treaty, 196-200;
receives Fauchet letter, resigns,
201;
his personal honesty, 201;
his discreditable carelessness,
202;
fairly treated by Washington,
203, 204;
his complaints against Washington,
203;
letter of Washington to, concerning
Monroe, 213;
at first a Federalist, 246.
Randolph, John,
on early disappearance of
Virginia colonial society, i. 15.
Rawdon, Lord,
commands British forces in
South, too distant to help Cornwallis,
i. 304.
Reed, Joseph,
letters of Washington to,
i. 151, 260.
Revolution, War of,
foreseen by Washington, i.
120, 122;
Lexington and Concord, 133;
Bunker Hill, 136;
siege of Boston, 137-154;
organization of army, 139-142;
operations in New York, 143;
invasion of Canada, 143, 144;
question as to treatment of
prisoners, 145-148;