Southern Department, 266, 412, 419, 436, 463–64, 494, 496, 498, 594
Southwest Territory, 663, 690, 698, 715
Spain, King of, 530
Spain, and Caitegena expedition, 6–8;
diplomatic relations with, 416, 426, 502, 577, 583, 585–86, 601–2, 606–7, 610, 615, 618, 620, 623, 628, 630, 641–45, 659, 663, 690, 698, 704, 715;
and France, 148;
and Louisiana, 650;
and the Mississippi, 598–99;
treaty with, 693–94;
war with, 645
Spear, Major, 352
Spencer, Gen. Joseph, 225, 228, 231, 234, 283, 298, 300, 314, 406
Spotswood, Alexander, Governor of Virginia, 6, 115
Spotsylvania, Court of, 32, 142
Springfield, 227–28, 240, 435–36
Sprout, Lt. Col. Ebenezer, 456
Stamford, 253
Stamp Act, 157–61, 163–65, 171
Stanwix, Col. John, 113, 118, 121
Stanwix, Fort, 175;
agreement of, 640
Stark, John, 347
Stark, Lt. William, 100
State, Department of, 575, 636, 645, 670, 689
State debts, 579–80, 583, 605
State Societies, 520, 528, 535
Staten Island, 277, 279, 282–84, 311, 340–41, 348, 415, 429, 436–37, 473, 562–63
Staunton River, 597
Stephen, Capt. (later Gen.) Adam, 49–56, 63, 80, 91–96, 98, 107, 115, 123, 127, 146, 185, 320, 350–51, 358, 364
Steuben, Friedrich, Baron von, 384–85, 391, 394–95, 399, 407, 414, 430, 437, 451, 470, 496, 507, 574, 579
Stewart, Col. Alexander, 81, 399, 434, 479
Stirling, Gen. Lord, 284–86, 289, 298, 303, 307–8, 312, 314–16, 321, 333, 341, 351, 378–79, 402, 414, 423, 429;
death of, 499;
at Monmouth, 394, 397, 399;
at Reading, 368
Stobo, Capt. Robert, 56, 62
Stoddert, Benjamin, 729
Stony Point, 418–19, 421–22, 424, 426
Stringer, Dr. Samuel, 332
Strong, Caleb, 647, 664
Stuart, David, 580, 592, 663, 718, 735, 742
Stuart, Mrs. David, 735, 753
Stuart, Gilbert, 694
Stuart, William, 722
Suffolk Resolves, 206
Sullivan, Gen. John, 225, 231, 246, 254, 261, 268, 270, 274, 276–78, 281, 283–86, 289, 298, 315–17, 319–21, 342, 345–46, 348, 350–53, 356–58, 364, 367, 379, 384, 405, 407–8, 410–11, 413, 417–18, 424–26, 454, 510, 513
Supplies and equipment, problems of, 92, 109, 122, 221, 270, 280, 297–301, 304, 318, 337, 363, 371, 373, 412, 414, 437, 474, 476–77, 495, 510. See also Military stores and administration;
Provisions, military
Supreme Court, 575–76, 580, 633–35, 638, 652, 664, 667, 689
Surveying, 12, 14, 20–21, 187–90
Suspending Act, 171
Swearingen, Thomas, 123–24
Sweden, pact with, 649
Symonds, Thomas, 490
Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de, 720–21, 724, 730, 736–37
Tallmadge, Maj. Benjamin, 446
Tappan, trial of André at, 447
Tarleton, Lt. Banastre, 470, 479, 481
Tarrytown, 443
Taxation, 154–58, 170, 174, 176–78, 181, 198, 528, 555, 579–80, 588, 623, 650, 690, 738;
on tea, 177, 181, 197, 198, 208;
on whiskey, 609, 611, 650
Tayloe, John, 735
Telfair, Edward, Governor of Georgia, 623, 628
Tennessee, 616
Tennessee River, 175, 616
Ternant, Jean Baptiste, 599, 617–18
Ternay, Chevalier de, 438, 439, 441
Thomas, Dr. John, General, 225, 228–29, 231–32, 234, 257–58, 266, 270, 273, 278
Thompson, Col. William, 258, 267, 274, 276, 298
Thomson, Charles, 509, 559–60
Thornton, Dr. William, architect, 614, 632, 634, 663
Thruston, Lt. Charles Mynn, 180–81
Ticonderoga, Fort, 121, 217, 233, 237, 249, 254, 281, 335–36, 338, 342–44, 362, 366, 388, 504
Tidewater, 10–11, 13, 164
Tilghman, Tench, aide to Washington, 333, 399, 460, 465, 488, 492, 569;
death of, 531
Tobacco, 1, 17, 70, 116, 119, 140, 142–45, 147–50, 152–56, 166–67, 170, 172, 174–75, 180, 186, 188, 194, 594
Tories, 239, 251, 266, 269, 274, 276, 280, 290, 299, 308, 317, 348, 534. See also Loyalists
Townshend Acts, 170–71, 175, 198
Trade, 13, 174–76, 182, 186, 198–99, 616;
Commissioners for, 14;
frontier, 26, 34;
between United States and Great Britain, 662;
with West Indies, 30
Transportation, 136, 428, 439, 473, 510
Treason, 100, 131, 176, 240, 276, 316, 445–47, 449–50
Treasury, 181, 191, 430;
Department of, 508, 529, 569–71, 576, 613, 625, 653, 661;
Secretary of, 575
Trent, William, 47, 49–50
Trent River, 594
Trenton, 312–13, 318, 356, 393, 454, 511, 562;
attack at, 319–22, success of, 324
Trial, Fort, 107
Trumbull, Jonathan, Governor of Connecticut, 260, 285;
death of, 531–32
Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr., 466, 475, 488, 492, 515, 634, 707, 739
Trumbull, Joseph, Commissary General, 231, 338, 342–43, 345, 374–76
Truro Parish, 150, 167, 173, 518
Tryal, 279
Tryon, William, Governor of New York, 226, 276, 387, 418
Tyranny, 211, 216
Tucker, Robert, 151
Turtle Creek, 133
Union Farm, 748, 750
United Colonies, 218, 220, 250, 267, 271, 279
United States, capital of, 614, 631–32, 634, 638, 687, 706–7;
census of, 602;
Department of Foreign Affairs, 563, 567, 569–71, 573, 576, 610, 614;
idea of liberty in, 171, 174;
loans to, 629, 661, 663, 720;
navy of, 691;
postal system of, 569, 575, 580, 604. See also Congress, U.S.; State, Department of; Treasury, Department of; War, Department of
Unity, 148
Valentine, Joseph, 120, 188
Valley Forge, 372, 374, 382–83, 389–92, 414, 544
Varick, Lt. Col. Richard, 444–45
Varnum, James M., 334, 399, 406
Vassall, John, 230
Vaudreuil, Marquis de, 498–99
Vaughan, Samuel, 559
Vause, Fort, 106, 114
Venango, 39–45
Verplanck’s Point, 418–21, 426, 436
Vermont, 602
Veterans, pensions of, 178–82, 187–90, 193
View of the Conduct of the Executive of the United States (James Monroe) , 717
Ville de Paris, 477
Villiers, Coulon de, 61
Vindication (Edmund Randolph), 688–89
Vioménil, General the Baron de, 485
Virginia, 154, 218, 272, 303, 312;
boundary disputes, 14;
and Braddock’s campaign, 76;
and Cartegena expedition, 6;
and Committee of Correspondence, 192–93;
and Constitution, 551–52;
Council of, 2, 6–7, 12, 14–15, 32, 36, 47, 52, 65, 109, 151, 153, 160–61, 168, 179, 188–90, 308, 347;
currency of, 172;
defense plans of, 211, 213;
in disaffection, 731;
frontier of, 10, 13, 25, 33, 90–91, 98, 107–8, 113–14, 139;
General Assembly of, 12, 24, 36, 48, 66, 90, 95, 99–101, 103, 105, 108, 111–12, 115–16, 121, 141, 144–47, 149, 151, 153, 155, 158–59, 165–66, 168, 172, 174, 178, 186, 188, 192, 199–201, 210, 217, 264, 523–24, 526, 536, 551, 556, 731, 749;
General Court of, 12, 143, 162, 172, 174, 192;<
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House of Burgesses of, 2, 10, 18, 23, 36, 48, 67, 92, 99, 103, 108, 115, 119, 123, 135, 139–40, 144–46, 150–51, 155, 157–58, 160–61, 166, 168, 171, 173–74, 176–77, 182, 186, 188, 193, 201–2, 222, 569;
and Indians, 13;
and Maryland, 290;
and Pennsylvania, 14, 125, 199;
plantations of, 3;
politics in, 12;
proprietors of, 14–15, 19, 24;
society in, 1, 11, 23, 119;
troops of, 62–67, 70, 78, 91–92, 94–102, 104, 106, 110, 112, 115–16, 122, 132, 142, 147–49, 153, 221, 296, 318, 363, 373, 418, 426, 433;
specific units of: First Virginia Regiment, 123, 128, 132, 134, 141, 190, 328, 423, Second Virginia Regiment, 123, 131, 423, Third Virginia Regiment, 294, 321, 333, Fifth Virginia Regiment, 320, Ninth Virginia Regiment, 359, Sixteenth Virginia Regiment, 424, Militia, 48, 51, 476–77, 479, 569, 753. Volunteers, 334
Virginia Capes, 28, 476, 494, 626
“Virginia Centinel, The,” 106, 108–9
Virginia Convention, 211
Virginia Gazette, 5–6, 34–35, 71–72, 106
“Virginia Plan,” 540–41
Virginia Resolutions, 731
Virginia Resolves, 157–59
Volunteers, 135–36, 211, 214, 248, 252, 444
Voting, 206, 572. See also Elections
Vulture, 443, 445
Wadsworth, Maj. Gen. James, 300
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 376, 532
Wagons, 51, 74–75, 77–78, 109, 233, 471
Wainwood, Godfrey, 239–40
Wakefield estate, 3
Walker, Benjamin, 508–9
Walker, Charles, 7
Walker, John, 333
Walker, Dr. Thomas, 179
Wallace, Capt. James, 239
“Walpole Grant,” 178, 183–84
Walthoe, Nathaniel, 176
War, Department of, 242, 311, 336, 384, 443, 569–71, 573, 575, 653, 661, 733–34
Ward, Gen. Artemas, 218, 221, 228–29, 240, 256–57, 261, 269, 334
Ward, Edward, 50
Warm Springs, 28
Warren, James, 228–29, 236, 252
Warren, Dr. Joseph, 215, 218, 226
Warren, Mercy, 479
Washington, 501
Washington, Anne Aylett (Mrs. Augustine) , 10
Washington, Anne Brett (Gerrard), 2
Washington, Anne Fairfax (Mrs. Lawrence) , 142, 146
Washington, Anne Pope, 1
Washington, Augustine (father of George), 2, 4, 6–8, 22–23
Washington, Augustine (Austin, brother of George), 4–5, 7–8, 10, 23–24, 106, 264
Washington, Augustine (son of Lawrence), 743
Washington, Betty (sister of George), 4, 8, 16, 26–27, 196;
married Fielding Lewis, 538, 574, 711, 742–43
Washington, Bushrod (nephew of George), 727, 742–44
Washington, Catherine (Lewis), 26
Washington, Charles (brother of George), 5, 8, 181, 187
Washington, Charles Augustine (son of George Augustine), 742–43, 745
Washington, Frances Bassett (married Tobias Lear), 519, 527, 536, 682, 743
Washington, George
—Biographical Data: ancestry, 1–3;
birth, 4;
childhood, 5–6, 12;
education, 6–7, 10, 16;
young manhood, 26;
influence on, 6, 9, 18, 22, 27;
inheritance, 8, 24, 31–33;
relations with mother, 514, 538, 573–74. as a Freemason, 32, 638–39, 754;
horsemanship abilities, 33, 138, 141, 747;
marksmanship of, 33;
as a fox hunter, 173, 193, 210;
courtship and marriage of, 31, 119–20, 140, 142, 223;
portraits and statues of, 189, 416, 504, 526–27, 694;
honors and awards, 66, 141, 263, 269, 404, 495–97, 515, 538, 597, 718, 732–33;
personal religion, 17, 138, 150, 167, 202, 210, 223, 515;
retirement of, 606;
final illness and death, 749–54;
will and testament of, 741, 744, 754
—Civilian Career: business affairs, 140, 145–46, 148, 150, 177, 180, 184, 191, 743;
financial status, 145, 164, 167, 172, 180, 185, 195, 197, 199, 528–29, 531–32, 530, 555, 558, 706, 735, 738;
land speculations, 26–27, 33, 151–53, 166, 173, 175, 180–81, 184, 190–91, 195–96, 521, 523, 529, 591, 716–17, 738;
mill of, 722;
naval career possibility, 15–17, 28;
plantation activities, 146, 148, 150–52, 167, 177, 195, 212, 518, 527, 530, 597, 600, 631–32, 638, 642, 660, 699, 702, 710, 716, 722–23, 745, 748;
as private citizen, 708–9;
on slavery, 715;
surveying profession, 17–19, 22, 24, 26–28, 30, 33
—Military Career: ambitions, 33, 50, 66–68, 70–73, 88, 90, 136, 138, 140, 221, 271;
commissioned Major, 33;
Lt. Col., 49, 52;
Colonel, 56, 68;
Commander-in-Chief, 219;
“discipline is the soul of an army,” 92, 105, 107, 135, 138, 235, 268, 348, 517;
General’s Personal Guard, 275–76, 385, 473;
staff aides, 235, 283, 333, 475, 512;
reputation, 111, 150, 215, 219, 300, 366, 496–97, 512, 538;
resignations, 67, 70, 72, 139–40, 509–10. See also specific military campaigns and Commanders
—Personal Characteristics: administrative abilities, 121, 345, 451, 512, 534;
ambition, 138, 72–73, 140;
character, 137, 223, 231, 514, 516–17;
code of noblesse oblige, 26, 33, 139, 168, 424;
confidence, 137;
cooperativeness, 136;
dedication, 227, 264, 513;
dignity, 231;
discouragement, 115, 297, 301;
emotionalism, 507, 514;
fatalism, 111;
hospitality, 706;
humor, 222;
independent spirit, 67;
justice, 135, 139, 634;
judgment, 260, 634;
leadership qualities, 135;
patience, 136, 223, 247, 274, 302, 314, 376, 513;
patriotism, 513;
personality, 111, 134, 222, 515, 526;
philanthropy, 173, 642, 741;
principles, 138;
resoluteness, 312;
sensitiveness, 98, 106, 115, 138, 223;
shortcomings, 137, 263;
social graces, 23, 33, 73, 116, 142, 148, 153, 171, 173, 187, 189, 194, 210, 337, 411, 415, 497, 504, 506, 508, 519, 529, 543, 567, 568, 574, 591, 595, 644, 706, 736;
temper, 636
—Physical Characteristics: 141, 504, 698, 752;
health: battle fatigue, 65–66, 85, 90, 135, 303, bloody flux, 116, cold, 146, defective teeth, 141, 189, 706, dysentery, 116, inflammatory quinsy, 750–51, malaria, 24–25;
minor illnesses, 78–81, 118, 171, 334, 531, 571, 582, 598, 629, 649, 739, pleurisy, 30, rheumatism, 535–36, smallpox, 29, 33;
spectacles, 499, 501
—Political Career: offices: Burgess, 124, 135, 141–42;
District Adjutant of the Northern Neck, 32–34, 47, 90, elections to public office, 146, 557, 612, Continental Congress, 205, 207–8, 211, 221, 225, 230, 258, 269, 271, 273, 282, 285, 291, 310, 313, 315, 318, 325, 330, 332, 339, 347, 369, 371, 378, 383–84, 388, 390, 394, 404–5, 415–16, 440, 446, 457, 492, 494–95, 500–1, 504, 508–9, 513, 516, 528, Articles of Confederation, 528, 533, Constitutional Convention, 538, 540, 544–45, 547, 549–52, 566, Presidency, 556–57, 565–66, relations with Congress, 567, 569, 572–73, 580, 587, 590, 604, 609–11, 641–43, 646, 656, 658, 682, 691, 704, 707;
Addresses to Congress, 564, 600, 611, 614, 642, 654–55, 658, 688, 703–4;
on Civil Authority, 217, 325, 333, 440, 455, 500, 510, 515, 655;
continental view of, 209;
farewell addresses of, 505, 507, 701
–2, 704;
and Federalism, 556;
foreign affairs, 578, 598, 606, 623, 625, 628–30, 643, 645, 647, 659, 721, 724, 733;
good-will tour, 578, 591–92, 596;
neutrality policy, 621–22, 624;
and party politics, 535, 608, 611, 636, 693, 736–37. See also political leaders and major events
—Miscellaneous: advisors to, 5, 458, 510–11, 569, 590, 655;
in Barbados, 28–30;
in Boston, 97, 203, 228–29, 233, 242, 245, 253, 256–57, 264–65, Braddock’s campaign, 66–67, 72–77, 81–85, 88–90, 125–26, 128, 130;
Canadian campaign, 237–38, 267, 277;
Conway Cabal against, 379, 382–83;
criticism of, 106, 117, 274, 310, 637, 648, 655, 686;
on education, 660, 741;
emergency powers of, 333;
on foreign military adventurers, 407;
and France, 442, 469, 474, 478, 617, 619, 633;
frontier defense by, 20, 62, 90–96, 99, 103–4, 107, 112, 114, 122;
Indian affairs of, 36–38, 42, 45–46, 59, 68, 112, 122, 663, 688;
Indian name of “Caunotaucarius,” 45;
Jay’s Treaty, 664, 666–68, 676, 691;
legacy of, 503;
establishment of Military Academy, 748;
on military bounties, 324;
on naval warfare, 264;
Ohio expedition, 35, 49, 52, 78–79;
out-generaled, 352;
in Philadelphia, 110, 204, 214, 255, 496, 520, 539, 598–99;
Proclamation of, 333;
reaction to mutineers, 52, 453, 455, 651;
salary of, 112, 115, 220;
and Spain, 599;
on Stamp Act, 160;
testing of, 106, 112, 122, 125, 265, 278, 286, 291, 312–13, 318, 326, 358, 374, 380, 392, 397, 399, 400, 411, 417, 441, 449, 467, 479–82, 485, 493, 505, 516, 518, 553, 683–85, 688;
and wagons, 233
Washington, George Augustine (nephew of George), 527, 529, 531, 538, 559, 585, 597, 743;
ill health of, 600–1, 605;
death of, 613, 620
Washington, George Steptoe (nephew of George), 742, 744
Washington, Hannah, 742
Washington, Harriet (niece of George), 620
Washington, Jane (half-sister of George), 3–4
Washington, John, the immigrant, 1–3
Washington, John Augustine (Jack, brother of George), 5, 8, 106, 116, 143, 194, 264, 266, 306, 536
Washington, Lawrence (half-brother to George), and Cartegena expedition, 7;
estate of, 70, 105, 116, 146;
ill health of, 22–24, 27–29;
land speculations of, 15, 25–26;
marriage of, 9;
mentor to Washington, 2–4;
and Ohio Company, 28;
death of, 31–32
Washington, Lund, overseer of Mount Vernon, 156, 181, 183, 295, 463, 465, 495, 514, 519, 529, 531, 536
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