.
North, Lord,
receives word of Cornwallis's surrender,
.
North State,
the
Old
, North Carolina,
,
,
.
O
O'Hara,
General, sent by Cornwallis to deliver up his sword,
.
Ohio,
the representation of, in Congress,
.
Ohio River,
the, Clark floats down,
.
Lafayette ascends,
.
Old Dominion,
the, Virginia,
.
Old Hickory's
Christmas,
. See
.
Old Ironsides,
. See
.
origin of the name,
.
Old North State,
the, North Carolina,
,
,
.
Old State House,
the, in Philadelphia, now called Independence Hall,
.
Orang-outangs,
Arnold's men resemble,
.
P
Pakenham,
Sir Edward, arrives at New Orleans on Christmas Day, 1814,
.
takes a look at the Americans,
.
killed in the battle of New Orleans,
.
Palmetto
logs, one way of using,
. See
.
Parker,
Sir Peter, arrives at Cape Fear,
.
takes command of the combined British fleets and sails for Charleston,
.
delays his attack on Charleston,
.
attacks Fort Sullivan,
.
the fleet of, defeated,
.
Pasha
of Tripoli, the,
.
Patriot,
our greatest,
. See
.
spy, the,
. See
.
Peace,
the treaty of, with Great Britain signed in Paris, France, in September, 1783,
,
.
the treaty of, with Great Britain in 1814 was signed at Ghent,
Belgium, on Christmas eve, 1814, about two weeks before the battle of New Orleans,
.
Pennsylvania
called on for volunteers,
.
Perry,
Commodore, the hero of the battle of Lake Erie,
.
Petersburg,
Lord Cornwallis arrives at,
.
Philadelphia,
the first Continental Congress at,
.
the second Continental Congress at,
.
the Constitution drafted at, in the Old State House,
.
the visit of Lafayette to,
.
Philadelphia, the frigate,
the burning of,
.
the events leading to the capture of,
.
towed into the harbor of Tripoli,
.
plans made for retaking,
.
Decatur's plan for the retaking of,
.
Decatur starts for the recapture of,
.
the capture and the burning of,
.
Phillips,
Samuel, carries Ferguson's threat to the backwoodsmen,
.
Pickens,
Andrew, a leader in the South,
.
at the battle of Cowpens,
.
Pinckneys,
the two brilliant, Charles and Thomas, of South Carolina, at the Philadelphia convention,
.
Pirates,
the, on the African coast,
,
.
Pitt, Fort,
. See the map in
.
Point Levi,
the arrival of Arnold at,
.
Pompey,
Wayne's guide at Stony Point,
.
Poor Richard's Almanac,
a quotation from,
.
Portland,
Maine, Lafayette visits,
.
Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, "Old Ironsides" at,
.
Lafayette visits,
.
Preble,
Commodore, in command of our fleet in the Mediterranean,
,
,
.
sails for Sicily,
.
the quick temper of,
.
Prescott, General,
captured by Colonel Barton,
.
Prescott, William,
at the battle of Bunker Hill,
.
Q
Quebec,
an expedition planned against,
.
the "Gibraltar of America,"
.
reached by Arnold's expedition,
.
the siege of,
.
the midnight attack on,
.
the siege of, raised,
.
Morgan at,
,
,
.
Quincy,
Massachusetts, Lafayette visits, to see John Adams,
.
R
Randolph,
Edmund, at the Philadelphia convention,
.
defends the Constitution,
.
Rappahannock River,
the, Washington throws across,
.
Rawdon,
Lord, in South Carolina,
.
Red Jacket,
the Indian chief, meets Lafayette,
.
Rennie,
Colonel, a British commander at the battle of New Orleans,
.
Representatives
in Congress,
.
Revere,
Paul, furnishes the copper used in "Old Ironsides,"
.
Rhode Island,
,
.
sends no delegates to Philadelphia,
.
the representation of, in Congress,
.
"Old Ironsides" at Newport,
.
Rutledge,
John, Governor, the character of,
.
sends powder to Fort Sullivan,
.
rewards Sergeant Jasper,
.
at the Philadelphia convention,
.
S
St. John's
gate at Quebec,
.