Clay, Henry, favors making war on Great Britain, 186.
Cleveland, Colonel, rallies the backwoodsmen, 94. given the supreme command at King's Mountain, 97. leads the left wing at King's Mountain, 101.
Clinton, Sir Henry, 18. sails for the Cape Fear River, 36. at the attack on Fort Sullivan, 44. receives orders to bring "Mr. Washington" to a decisive action, 77. makes raids along the coast, 78. hears of the capture of Stony Point, 87. at Charleston, 90. hoodwinked by Washington, 127. sails for Yorktown, 133, 135.
Coffee, Colonel, and his mounted riflemen at New Orleans, 190.
Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine, 138.
Compromises, the three, in framing the Constitution, 148-151.
Confederation, the Articles of, 141. the defects of the Articles of, 141-144.
Congress, sends General Gates to the South, 90. believed in by the people of the South, 93. calls for ten companies, 112. gives thanks for the surrender of Cornwallis, 136. the national, erects a monument at Yorktown, 137. the weakness of, 139, 142. the first Continental, 140. the second Continental, 140. submits the Constitution to the states, 153.
Constitution, the, the framing of, 138-155. the state of the country before, 142-144. the convention meets to frame, 145. the noted men who helped frame, 146, 147. the three compromises in framing, 148-151. Washington signs, 152. the witty remark of Franklin about, 152. the discussions over the adoption of, by the Federalists and by the Anti-Federalists, 153, 154. the rejoicings over the adoption of, 154. Gladstone's opinion of, 155.
Constitution, the frigate, commanded by Preble, 158. the history of, 169-184. the poem on, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 169. built in Boston, 170. a description of, 171. sport made of, by British naval officers, 172. the launching of, 172. the battle of, before Tripoli, 173. the escape of, from a British fleet, 174. the battle of, with the Guerrière, 176. the battle of, with the Java, 179. the battle of, with the Cyane and the Levant, 182. the after history of, 183.
Cornwallis, Lord, given the command in the South, 90. marches north to Virginia, 91, 123. attempts to crush Lafayette, 124. retreats to Yorktown, 125. attempts to escape from Yorktown, 131. attempts to break through the American lines, 132. forced to surrender, 134. the surrender of, announced in Philadelphia, 136.
