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Lafayette, Marquis de, Washington’s letter to, 164-165.

La Luzerne, Chevalier de, French minister in Philadelphia, 7.

Land, question of ownership of western, 56-57; cession to United States by States, 58-59; American interest in, 59-62; Jefferson and land policy, 62-64; plan for sale under Ordinance of 1785, 65-66.

Land Ordinance of 1785, 64-65, 71.

Lansing, John, 116.

Laurens, Henry, 10.

Lecky, W. E. H., The American Revolution, cited, 32 (note).

Lincoln, General Benjamin, and Shays’ Rebellion, 94; letter to Washington, 152-153.

Lingelbach, W. E., cited, 3 (note).

Loyalists, question of compensation of, 16-17, 19-20; groups comprising, 17; treatment of, 18-19; Commissioners agree to restitution, 20.