38;
an opponent of the Constitution, 71;
urged by Washington to oppose Virginia resolutions, 266-268, 293;
a genuine American, 309;
offered secretaryship of state, 324;
friendship of Washington for, 362.
Hertburn, Sir William de,
ancestor of Washington family, i. 31, 33.
Hessians,
in Revolution, i. 194.
Hickey, Thomas,
hanged for plotting to murder Washington, i. 160.
Hobby,----, a sexton,
Washington's earliest teacher, i. 48.
Hopkinson, Francis,
letter of Washington to, ii. 3.
Houdon, J.A., sculptor,
on Washington's appearance, ii. 386.
Howe, Lord,
arrives at New York with power to negotiate and pardon, i. 161;
refuses to give Washington his title, 161;
tries to negotiate with Congress, 167;
escapes D'Estaing at Delaware, 244;
attacks D'Estaing off Newport, 244.
Howe, Sir William,
has controversy with Washington over treatment of prisoners, i. 148;
checked at Frog's Point, 173;
attacks cautiously at Chatterton Hill, 173;
retreats and attacks forts on Hudson, 174;
takes Fort Washington, 175;
goes into winter quarters in New York, 177, 186;
suspected of purpose to meet Burgoyne, 194, 195;
baffled in advance across New Jersey by Washington, 194;
goes by sea, 195;
arrives at Head of Elk, 196;
defeats Washington at Brandywine, 197;
camps at Germantown, 199;
withdraws after Germantown into Philadelphia, 201;
folly of his failure to meet Burgoyne, 205, 206;
offers battle in vain to Washington, 218;
replaced by Clinton, 232;
tries to cut off Lafayette, 233.
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