188 Angleterre, 1776 
lcle of rumor that Deane has obtained permission to arm 
privateers in France (f . 365) . 
Events in U.S.: capture of New York (ff. 17, 68, 
99) ; rejection of English proposals for reconciliation 
(ff. 29, 181, 197, 249, 258, 336, 347, 399); interview 
of Franklin, Adams, and Rutledge with English commis- 
sioners (f . 52) ; situation of Americans (f . 52) ; de- 
parture of Burgoyne, to cross Lake Champlain (f . 52) , his 
plan of operations (f . 95) ; naval captures made by Ameri- 
cans (ff. 119, 382, 388, 422); military abilities dis- 
played by Americans (f . 197) ; destruction of American 
flotilla on Lake Champlain (ff. 197, 227); misunderstand- 
ing between Burgoyne and Carleton (ff. 227, 268, 331); 
advance on St. Augustine of army corps under Lee (f. 231); 
impossibility of reconciliation with England (ff . 258, 
268); operations of General Howe (ff. 296, 319, 382, 388, 
422) ; retirement of Canadian army into winter quarters 
(f. 298); Burgoyne's account of situation in Canada (f. 
319) ; situation of English troops at Crown Point (f . 336) ; 
Washington's operations (ff. 347, 357, 373, 399); inter- 
ception of Washington's despatches to Congress (f. 357); 
Clinton's expedition against Rhode Island (ff. 357, 388, 
422) ; junction of armies of Washington and Lee (f . 357) ; 
capture of forts Washington and Lee by royalists, retreat 
of provincial forces at Brunswick (f . 422) . 
Attitude of England towards U.S.: plan of American 
campaign (f . 7) ; convention between England and Russia for 
use of Russian troops in America (ff . 29, 268) ; military 
preparations (f . 34) ; ministerial policy (ff . 38, 52, 99) ; 
parliamentary proceedings (ff . 52, 63, 76, 173) ; General 
Howe's plan of operations (ff . 52, 181, 249) ; armament and 
despatch of vessels for America (ff. 181, 190, 207, 214, 
231, 258, 319, 330, 365, 380, 382, 386); ministerial sur- 
prise at American resistance (f . 197) ; negotiations for 
augmentation of German mercenary troops (ff. 197, 27!>, 296); 
ministerial conviction that France and Spain are aiding 
Americans (f . 207) ; bill to accord letters of marque for 
privateering against Americans (ff. 231, 258, 275, 319, 336, 
365, 382, 388) ; powder furnished Americans by three ships 
belonging to private English individuals (f . 298) ; return 
of Burgoyne to London (ff . 298, 331, 347) ; opinion that only 
means available to English ministers for extricating them- 
selves from their difficulties is a foreign war (ff. 319, 
347, 422, 434); uneasiness caused in London by arrival of 
Franklin in France (ff. 347, 357, 399, 434); Stormont's 
opinion on this subject (f . 355) ; arrival of Lord Dunmore 
at Portsmouth (f . 357) ; ministerial discovery of aid sent 
to insurgents by English (f . 365) . 
Newfoundland fisheries (ff. 119, 177, 278, 290, 298, 
317, 336, 357, 365, 388) . 
Attitude of Vergennes towards England with respect to 
U.S. (ff . 372, 397) . 
Memoir of Saint Germe et Cie., which they request Ver- 
gennes to transmit to Franklin (ff. 377, 421). 
