INDEX

on women of the Roman Republic

as president, 27.1, 28.1

on title for the president, 25.1, 25.2

as vice president, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1

Adams, Samuel, 12.1, 12.2

aides-de-camp of Washington

correspondence and, 12.1, 13.1

Humphreys replacing Hamilton

Martha and

in Morristown

part of the “family,”

rank of lieutenant colonel

Alexander, Robert, 17.1, 17.2

Alexander, William. See Stirling, Lord (William Alexander)

Alexandria, 1.1, 4.1, 28.1

Alexandria Advertiser

Alton, John

Amherst, Sir, Jeffery (after Lord)

Anderson, James, 27.1, 29.1

André, John

army. See army, provisional; Continental army

army, provisional

establishment of

selecting officers for

Arnold, Benedict

military governor of Philadelphia

seizure of Fort Ticonderoga

at siege of Quebec

as traitor

Articles of Confederation

ratification

Washington critical of, 21.1, 24.1

Association for Virginia (nonimportation agreement), 6.1, 6.2

Austin, Ebenezer, 11.1, 12.1

Aylett, Betsy. See Dandridge, Betsy

Aylett, John, 7.1, 9.1

Ball, Joseph

Barras, Jacques-Melchior Saint-Laurent, Comte de

Bassett, Betsy

Bassett, Burwell, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 9.1, 10.1, 15.1, 15.2, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1

advising against Jacky’s grand tour

appraisal of Claiborne

visiting Mount Vernon, 4.1, 11.1, 11.2

Bassett, Burwell, Jr., 15.1, 29.1

Bassett, Frances (Fanny). See also Washington, Frances (Fanny) Bassett

birth

joining the Mount Vernon household

Martha and, 15.1, 19.1, 19.2, 23.1

wedding at Mount Vernon

Bassett, Nancy, 3.1, 5.1, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 13.1, 15.1

children, 4.1, 15.1, 15.2

raising of a regiment in Virginia

Martha and, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Baylor, George

lack of penmanship, 12.1, 12.2

Belvoir, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 9.1, 9.2

Bennet, George

Biddle, Clement, 20.1, 22.1, 22.2

“Black Jack,”

Blair, John

Bland, Theodorick and Martha

Bordley, Elizabeth, 26.1, 27.1, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 29.1

Boston, siege of (1775–1776), 10.1, 12.1. See also Cambridge headquarters

British evacuation of

enlistments during, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

need for funds

Washington on, 11.1, 12.1

Boston Massacre

Botetourt, Norborne, Lord (royal governor of Virginia), 6.1, 6.2

Boucher, Jonathan

on education of Jacky

recommending King’s College

and smallpox inoculation, 8.1, 13.1

suggesting grand tour

on Jacky’s fiancée

schools of

in Annapolis

near Fredericksburg

in St. Barnabas, Maryland, 8.1

sending medicine for Patsy

supervision of Jacky

Boudinot, Elias

Braddock, Edward

Brandywine, defeat at

Britain

importance of maintaining commerce with

peace commissioners

Brookes, Joshua

Buchanan, Walter

Bunker Hill, Battle of

Burgoyne, John, 11.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 16.1

Burnet, Richard

Byrd, Lucy Park, 2.1, 5.1

Byrd, William, II

Byrd, William, III, 3.1, 9.1

Cadwalader, John

Calvert, Benedict

Calvert, Charles

Calvert, Eleanor (Nelly). See also Calvert Custis, Nelly; Stuart, Nelly Calvert Custis

engagement to Jacky

marriage to Jacky

at Mount Vernon

Calvert Custis, Nelly, See also Calvert, Eleanor (Nelly); Stuart, Nelly Calvert Custis

accompanying Martha to Cambridge

birth of second child, 12.1, 13.1

marriage to David Stuart

Mercy Warren on

Cambridge headquarters. See also Boston, siege of

aides-de-camp at

Austin steward of, 11.1, 12.1

French merchants at

Martha in, 11.1, 12.1

worship

Canada. See also Quebec, siege of

Continental army in

Carleton, Guy, 21.1, 22.1

Carlyle, John, 1.1, 6.1, 9.1

Carlyle, Sarah Fairfax, 1.1, 1.2

Carroll, Charles, 28.1, 28.2

Carter, Landon

Cary, Ann, 1.1, 1.2. See also Nicholas, Ann Carter

Cary, Mary, 1.1, 1.2

Cary, Robert, 2.1, 2.2, 9.1

Cary and Co.

informed of Washingtons’ marriage

orders placed by Daniel Parke Custis, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

orders placed by Martha Custis, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1

orders placed by Washington, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1

Washington’s debt to, 4.1, 6.1, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1

Chastellux, François-Jean, Marquis de, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1

Chester, Katherine

Chester, Lucy

Chestnut Grove, 2.1, 2.2

residence of Martha’s mother, 4.1, 5.1, 9.1

childlessness of the Washingtons

children of Martha. See also Parke Custis, Jacky; Parke Custis, Patsy

dancing classes

fortune

friends, 5.1, 6.1

horsemanship, 5.1, 7.1

Martha’s worries about

report of Lund on

china of the Washingtons, 17.1, 23.1, 26.1, 28.1

church. See also worship

final arrangements for the new government

Claiborne plantation, 15.1, 17.1

Clinton, George, 16.1, 22.1, 24.1

Clinton, Henry (after Sir Henry), 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 17.1, 17.2

Clinton, James, 13.1, 19.1

clothes of Washington

as president

uniform, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1

Cochran, Gertrude

Cochran, John, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1

Congress

on title for Washington

Connecticut, 12.1, 18.1

Constitution

adoption by Convention

George Mason and, 24.1, 25.1

ratification

Washington on preparation of

Continental army. See also Middlebrook; Morristown; Newburgh; New Windsor; Valley Forge

after cessation of hostilities, 22.1, 22.2

attire

standardization of uniforms

behavior in retreat from New York

consistently on the move

correspondence into British hands

creation

discipline, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1

“free negroes” in

hospital department

John Morgan head of

Shippen head of

inoculation for smallpox, 12.1, 15.1

lack of plans for half-pay

needs

food, 16.1, 18.1

shoes, 15.1, 18.1

numbers at the Delaware

officers

organization

as standing army, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4

Washington as commander-in-chief, 10.1, 11.1, 17.1, 22.1

women’s fund-raising for

Continental Congress

on cessation of trade with Britain

Continental army and

discussion of permanent army

recommendations of army reform

reluctant to providing cash

move from Philadelphia to Baltimore

on need of common authority over militias

political divisions

Virginia delegates, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1

Washington in, 10.1, 13.1

Washington’s complaints about, 13.1, 14.1

Washington’s resignation as commander-in-chief

in York, Pennsylvania

Conway, Henry

Cooper, Myles, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2

Cope, Thomas

Cornwallis, Charles, Lord, 14.1, 15.1, 17.1, 19.1, 19.2. See also Yorktown

at battle of Camden

at battle of Guilford Courthouse

in the south, 18.1, 19.1

correspondence of the Washingtons

burned by Martha

extant postscript to a letter by Lund

surviving items, n

Craik, James, 4.1, 7.1

at birth of Frances Parke Lewis

as escort of Martha

in Greyheads

physician of Washington family, 7.1, 29.1, 30.1

physician of Washington’s slaves

on Washington’s resignation from Virginia Regiment

currencies

colonial, 2.1, 5.1

Continental dollar

depreciation, 17.1n, 17.2

depreciation of Virginia money

United States dollar, n

Currency Act of 1773 (tender laws), n

Custine-Sarreck, Adam-Philippe, Comte de

Custis. See Parke Custis

Custis, John, IV, 2.1, 2.2

Custis Children, The (attr. Pratt)

Cutler, Manasseh

Dana, Francis

Dandridge, Bartholomew, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 9.1, 15.1, 16.1, 19.1, 20.1

Continental army and, 14.1, 14.2

counselor of state, 14.1, 14.2

as Jacky’s executor and administrator

opposed to Jacky’s grand tour

supports Martha in managing Parke Custis estate

Dandridge, Bartholomew (nephew), 26.1, 27.1

Dandridge, Betsy (after Aylett and Henley), 4.1, 5.1, 7.1

Dandridge, Frances Jones, 2.1, 5.1, 16.1

Dandridge, Francis, 3.1, 5.1, 6.1

Dandridge, John

Dandridge, Martha. See Washington, Martha

Dandridge, William

Deane, Silas, 10.1, 15.1, 17.1

Deane, Simeon

Declaration of Independence, adoption of

Declaratory Act (Great Britain)

Delaware, crossing of the

Delaware, retreat to the, 1776–1777, 14.1

Dinwiddie, Robert

drawing-room gatherings

in New York

in Philadelphia

Drinker, Henry and Elizabeth

Dunbar suit, 2.1, 3.1, 8.1, 11.1

Dunlap, William, 22.1, 25.1

Dunmore, John, Earl of (Lord Dunmore), 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 13.1, 14.1

Du Ponceau, Pierre, 16.1, 16.2, 19.1

Du Portail, Louis Lebègue

Du Simitière, Pierre Eugène

education

of Martha’s children, (See also Parke Custis, Jacky: education)

of Martha’s grandchildren, 25.1, 26.1 (See also Parke Custis, George Washington: education)

music lessons, 25.1, 27.1

Ehlers, Catherine

Ellison, William

Emerson, Mrs. Ann (housekeeper), 26.1, 27.1

epilepsy of Patsy Custis

Estaing, Charles Hector, Comte d’, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18.1

Ethiopian Regiment, 11.1, 13.1

etiquette

Adams and

Hamilton’s advice on

Washington’s feelings for

Fairfax, Bryan, 4.1, 5.1, 9.1, 10.1

Fairfax, Deborah

Fairfax, George William, 1.1, 4.1, 9.1, 10.1

Fairfax, Henry

Fairfax, Robert

Fairfax, Sally Cary, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 9.1

Fairfax, Sarah Walker

Fairfax, Thomas, Lord

Fairfax, William, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4

Fairfax, William (Billy)

Fairfax County, Virginia

Committee of Correspondence

defense measures

Fairfax Independent Company

Fairfax Proprietary

Fairfax Resolves

farming at Mount Vernon, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2

Fauquier, Francis, 3.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

Federal City. See Washington, D.C.

Fell, John

Field, Robert

Fitzgerald, John, 16.1, 17.1

Fitzhugh, William

Forbes, Eleanor, 28.1, 29.1

Forbes, John, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1

forks of the Ohio, campaigns for, 1.1, 4.1

Fort Lafayette, British capture of

Fort Washington

France, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1

Franco-American alliance

British reaction to

Congress’s reaction to

first anniversary of

first joint military attack

French and attack in Canada

French troops blockaded in Brest

ships and troops in 1790

Washington on importance of French in the war

Franklin, Benjamin, 5.1, 11.1, 12.1, 16.1, 17.1

Fraunces, Samuel “Black Sam”

steward at Philadelphia presidential mansion

during yellow fever epidemic, 27.1, 27.2

steward in New York presidential mansion

tavern of

Fredericksburg, New York, 17.1, 17.2

Fredericksburg, Virginia, 10.1, 14.1

Free Masons’ Lodge, Washington part of

French and Indian War

Frenchmen. See also French officers by name

arrival of troops at Sandy Hook

in Continental army (See also Lafayette, Marquis de)

in Morristown

campaign to replace Washington with

merchants in Cambridge

Fugitive Slave Act

Gage, Thomas, 6.1, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1

Garth, Thomas

Gates, Betsy, 12.1, 12.2, 21.1

Gates, Horatio, 16.1, 17.1, 21.1

arrival in New York City

commander of the army in the north

defeat at the battle of Camden

professional soldier

Gazette of the United States, 25.1, 25.2

General Advertiser

Gérard, Conrad-Alexandre, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4

German mercenaries in British army

Germantown, Pennsylvania

Martha during summer of 1776

as retreat from yellow fever

Washington’s attack on

Gibbs, Caleb

captain of Washington guard

household accounts

in Morristown

procuring clothing and household help

Godwin, Thomas

Gouvion, Jean Baptiste

Gradual Abolition Act (Pennsylvania)

grandchildren of Martha

elder, 26.1, 27.1

part of Washington’s household, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 25.1 (See also Parke Custis, George Washington; Parke Custis, Nelly (granddaughter))

worries about

Grand Convention, 24.1, 24.2

Grasse, François-Joseph-Paul, Comte de, 19.1, 20.1

Green, Charles, 1.1, 4.1

Green, Margaret

Greene, Caty (after Miller), 15.1, 17.1, 25.1

children, 15.1, 19.1

Martha writes to

in Middlebrook, 17.1, 17.2

in Valley Forge

visit to New York

Greene, Nathanael, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 25.1

in Morristown, 1779–1780, 18.1, 18.2

as quartermaster general, 16.1, 16.2

on relationship of the Washingtons

taking command in the south

visit at Mount Vernon

on winter in Middlebrook

Greyheads (Silver Greys) home guard

gunpowder

in Fairfax County companies

patriot forces lacking

in siege of Boston, 11.1, 12.1

Hamilton, Alexander

advice on presidential etiquette

calling for a convention

in Continental army, 15.1, 19.1

useful knowledge of French

working to secure an end to the war

with Washington in Philadelphia, 1778–1779, 17.1

engagement to Betsy Schuyler

Federalist

inspector general

Jay Treaty and

on necessity of Washington as first president

on power of federal government

at Treasury

Hamilton, Betsy, 25.1, 27.1. See also Schuyler, Betsy

Hancock, John, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 15.1

Harrison and

president of Continental Congress, 11.1, 11.2

Hanson, John

Harrison, Benjamin

in Congress

disliked by Yankees

host of Martha in Germantown

on low spirits of Washington

in Secret Committee of Correspondence

Harrison, Robert Hanson, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 21.1

Henley, Betsy. See Dandridge, Betsy

Henley, David

Henry, Patrick

as American

on defense of Virginia

delegate to Grand Convention

governor of Virginia

in Philadelphia Congress

signatory of Association

and Virginia Regiment

Virginia Resolutions

Hercules (cook), 26.1, 26.2, 28.1, 29.1

Hill, James

Hoban, James

Home House, 1.1, 1.2, 5.1, 9.1

Hope Park

hospitality

at headquarters to engender confidence

Martha as hostess

in Morristown, 1779–1790, 18.1

at Mount Vernon (See Mount Vernon: hospitality at)

at West Point

Houdon, Jean-Antoine

House of Burgesses, Virginia

address, memorial, and remonstrance to George II, the House of Lords, and the Commons

assembling in May 1783

denouncing British government

dissolution and prorogation by Fauquier, 6.1, 6.2

dissolution by Botetourt

on June 1 as day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer

summons to meet in November 1766

Washington and, 3.1, 4.1, 9.1

Howe, Richard, Admiral Lord

Howe, Robert

Howe, William (after Sir William and Lord), 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 16.1

Humphreys, David, 19.1, 24.1, 25.1

Huntington, Samuel

Hyde, John, 26.1, 26.2

Jay, John, 12.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 18.1, 18.2, 25.1, 27.1

Jay Treaty, 27.1, 28.1

Jefferson, Martha Skelton, 19.1, 19.2

Jefferson, Thomas, fm1.1, 10.1, 10.2, 20.1, 23.1, 27.1

critical of Washington

Declaration of Independence, 13.1, 13.2

election as vice president

encouraging anti-Federalist press

governor of Virginia

on Patrick Henry

persuaded not to retire

resignation

signatory of Association

visit to Martha

Jenkins, Bennet

John Hanbury and Co., 2.1, 3.1

Johnson, John

Johnson, Thomas

Jones, Joseph, 21.1, 21.2

Journal of Major George Washington,…

Judge, Oney (maid; later Staines), 26.1, 29.1n

efforts to recover

running away

July 4 celebrations, 15.1, 17.1

Knox, Henry, 12.1, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 21.2, 22.1, 28.1

and government during yellow fever epidemic

refusal of third senior command

regular guest of Washingtons in New York

during Revolutionary War

on British evacuation of Boston

on Jacky at siege of Yorktown

in New Windsor

obtaining money and clothes from eastern governors

in Pluckemin

siege artillery for Yorktown

working to secure an end to the war

and Society of the Cincinnati, 23.1, 27.1

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 12.1, 12.2, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2

at Mount Vernon during siege of Yorktown, 20.1, 20.2

in Newburgh, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3

regular guest of Washingtons in New York

Kryphausen, Wilhelm von

Lady Washington (row galley), 12.1

Lafayette, George Washington Motier, 28.1, 28.2

Lafayette, Gilbert, Marquis de

on Continental army, 15.1, 18.1

correspondence with Washington

announcing signing of peace agreement

on critics of Washington

sent a copy of the Constitution

return of

sent south in 1780

on slavery

La Luzerne, Angran d’Alleray, Madame de

La Luzerne, Anne-César, Chevalier de, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1, 21.1, 21.2, 22.1, 23.1

Languedoc (flagship)

Latrobe, Benjamin

Laurens, Henry, 11.1, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2

Laurens, John, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 18.1, 18.2, 22.1

Law, Eliza Parke Custis, 27.1, 27.2

Lear, Polly Long, 26.1, 27.1

Lear, Tobias

at Friday drawing-room visits

marriage proposal to Fanny

on need for a second term

presidential household responsibilities, 25.1, 26.1, 27.1, 28.1

secretary of Washington, 23.1, 25.1, 28.1

on slavery

as tutor, 23.1, 28.1

and Washington’s affairs after his death

Lee, Arthur, 17.1, 19.1

Lee, Charles

in the Carolinas

command at Medford

correspondence with Reed

court-martial

following British army from Philadelphia

leaving with Washington for Cambridge

opposed to attack on enemy at Hopewell

return to Continental army

sent to New York

taken prisoner

funeral oration for Washington

Lee, Francis Lightfoot

Lee, Frank, 23.1, 26.1

Lee, Henry “Light Horse Harry”

agent for Washingtons

reception of French in Newport

at review of army by Gérard

Lee, Richard Henry

Declaration of Independence and

discovery of fund embezzlement by Robinson

in House of Burgesses

march against Stamp Act

respected by John Adams

signatory of Association

speeches at Philadelphia Congress

on unanimity at second Congress

Lee, Will (Billy), 13.1, 15.1, 16.1

Legardeur de Saint Pierre, Jacques

L’Enfant, Pierre, 26.1, 27.1

levées, 25.1, 27.1

in New York

in Philadelphia

Lewis, Betty Washington, 5.1, 9.1, 28.1

Lewis, Robert (Bob)

Lewis, Fielding, 5.1, 9.1, 15.1

and Washington’s affairs after his death

gun manufactory, 11.1, 14.1

Lewis, Frances Parke

Lewis, George, 11.1, 15.1

Lewis, Howell

Lewis, Lawrence

marriage to Nelly Custis, 28.1, 29.1

in new army

poor health

Lewis, Nelly Parke Custis, 29.1, 30.1. See also Parke Custis, Nelly (granddaughter)

Lincoln, Benjamin, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 23.1, 23.2

in attack on Savannah

at Williamsburg, 20.1, 20.2

Liston, Henrietta and Robert, 27.1, 28.1, 29.1, 30.1

Livingston, Philip

Livingston, William

luxury goods, ban on importation of

Macaulay, Catherine

Maclay, William, 25.1, 25.2

Madison, Eleanor

Madison, James, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 26.1

Magowan, Walter, 4.1, 5.1

Marshall, Christopher, 12.1, 12.2

Marshall, John

Mason, George, 3.1, 6.1

anti-Federalist

criticism of the Constitution

delegate to Philadelphia Congress

delegate to the Grand Convention

delegate to the Virginia General Assembly

drafting an Association for Virginia

Fairfax Resolves and

resistance to Stamp Act

Virginia declaration of rights

Massachusetts Bay harbor, closing of

Massachusetts Centinel

Massachusetts Provincial Congress

Massachusetts Spy

Massey, Lee, 9.1, 24.1

McHenry, James, 18.1, 25.1, 28.1, 28.2

McKean, Thomas

measles, at Mount Vernon

Mercer, George

description of Washington

resignation

stamp distributor for Virginia, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

Mercer, Hugh

consultation with Rumney about Patsy Custis

in Fredericksburg volunteer forces

purchase of Home House

wounded at Princeton

Mercer, James

Mercer, John

influence of

on Lee’s protest march against Stamp Act

Parke Custis lawyer in Dunbar suit

uncle of George Mason

Middlebrook, New Jersey, winter cantonment (1778–1779), 17.1, 17.2

Mifflin, Thomas, 10.1, 12.1, 25.1

quartermaster general, 11.1, 12.1

Miller, Phineas

Miralles, Juan de, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2

Mitchell, John, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3

Monmouth Courthouse battle

Monroe, James

Montgomery, Janet, 26.1, 30.1

Montgomery, Richard

Moody, Matthew

Morgan, John, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2

Morgan, Mary, 12.1, 12.2

Morris, Charles

Morris, Gouverneur, 24.1, 24.2

Morris, Maria

Morris Mary, 26.1, 28.1

Morris, Robert

in charge of forwarding supplies

in debtors’ prison

invitation to the Washingtons

leasing house for presidential mansion

on political divisions in Congress

regular guest in New York

summer retreat in Germantown

visits of Washingtons to

Morristown, winter cantonment (1777)

Martha at

reduced state of Continental army

spring outings for officers

worship in

Morristown, winter cantonment (1779–1780), 18.1, 18.2

assemblies at

early and severe winter, 18.1, 18.2

Greene on lack of money at

lack of food and mutiny

lack of shoes, tents, wagons

Martha at, 18.1, 18.2

Washington on state of the army

Mortier, Abraham

Mossom, David

Mount Vernon. See also farming at Mount Vernon

alterations and extensions to, 9.1, 14.1, 16.1

Washington’s managing from afar, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

daily distribution of provisions

description

family vault, 9.1, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2

Greene on

as headquarters of Continental army, 19.1, 20.1

hospitality at

in absence of Washington

after Washington’s death, 30.1, 30.2

between 1784 and 1786, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3

family visiting after the war

La Luzerne on visitors

in retirement, 28.1, 28.2

to those who had helped Washington

management (See also Washington, Lund: managing Mount Vernon)

difficulty due to postal service

Martha and, 10.1, 18.1, 19.1, 25.1

problems in absence of Washington

during second presidency

by Whitting, 26.1, 26.2

Martha’s choice to stay in 1775, 11.1, 11.2

Martha’s move to

neglect after Washington’s death

Potomac ships honoring Washington when passing, 30.1, 30.2n

preparing for retirement, 27.1, 28.1

refurbishing after the war

stewards

difficulty of finding steward

Frank Lee in charge of mansion

John Alton

Moustier, Elénor François Elie, Comte de

Moylan, Stephen

arrival in New York City

Washington’s secretary, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

music

lessons for Nelly (granddaughter), 25.1, 27.1

taught to Martha’s children

Native Americans

Amherst and claims of

Cagnawawa Indians

Iroquois in French and Indian War

Mingos as allies of Virginians

reaction to Peace of Paris

visit of Delaware chiefs in Middlebrook

Nelson, Thomas, 13.1, 15.1

in Congress

gift of horse to Washington

in siege of Yorktown

Neutrality Proclamation (1793)

Newburgh, winter cantonment (1782)

Martha at, 21.1, 21.2

party in honor of birth of French dauphin

New Haven, British and

New Jersey. See also Morristown

Continental army in, 14.1, 14.2

New Windsor, winter cantonment

lacking pay and clothing

Martha at, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3

New York City, See also presidential mansion in New York

British delay in attacking

decision to evacuate

first engagement

fortification of

landing of British on Long Island

officers’ farewell to Washington

plans to defend

transfer to American civil government

Washington on situation in

Washington’s arrival in

Nicholas, Ann Carter, 1.1, 1.2. See also Cary, Ann

Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 6.1, 10.1, 10.2

Niemcewicz, Julian Ursyn

nonimportation agreement, See also Association for Virginia (nonimportation agreement)

O’Hara, Charles

Paine, Thomas

on Continental army

on retreat through New Jersey

Palfrey, William, 12.1, 13.1

Parke, Daniel

Parke Custis, Daniel, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2

marriage to Martha Dandridge

Washington compared to

Parke Custis, Daniel, II, 2.1, 2.2

Parke Custis, Elizabeth (Bet, Betsy), See also Law, Eliza Parke Custis

1795 visit to Philadelphia

painting by Peale

projected marriage

Parke Custis, Frances, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Parke Custis, George Washington (Wash)

birth

education, 25.1, 26.1

College of St. John in Annapolis, 28.1, 28.2

end of

in Princeton

at Mount Vernon, 19.1, 28.1

in new army

recollection of Hercules the cook

visit to his mother

Parke Custis, Jacky (John), 2.1, 8.1

character

delegate to Virginia General Assembly

education

in Annapolis

at King’s College, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

move to St. Barnabas with Boucher

plans for a grand tour, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

wish to stop studies

in Fairfax Independent Company

friendship with Charles Calvert

managing Abingdon

marriage to Eleanor Calvert, 8.1, 9.1

as Martha’s escort to Cambridge

painting by Peale

at siege of Yorktown, 20.1, 20.2

smallpox inoculation

wealth, 8.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18.1

Parke Custis, Jacky and Nelly

Parke Custis, Martha (Pat, Patty), 15.1, 27.1. See also Peter, Martha Parke Custis

Parke Custis, Martha Dandridge, See also Washington, Martha

children of

fortune of, 2.1, 3.1

management of White House plantation

marriage to Washington

suitors for

Parke Custis, Nelly (granddaughter). See also Lewis, Nelly Parke Custis

companionship for

education

music lessons, 25.1, 27.1

marriage to Lawrence Lewis

at Mount Vernon

deputy hostess for Martha

help with household management, 27.1, 28.1

on Mount Vernon

raised by Martha

visit to her mother

Parke Custis, Patsy (Martha)

death and burial

division of estate

health, 7.1, 7.2

painting by Peale

Parke Custis estate. See also Dunbar suit

assessment of

management by Martha

management by Washington

parrot, 7.1, 9.1, 30.1

peace

negotiations in Paris

news of signature of treaty

and reward for military service

Peace of Paris (1763) and frontier land

Peale, Charles Willson

in Continental army, 14.1, 14.2

portraits and miniatures

Martha, 8.1, 8.2, 13.1, 13.2

Patsy and Jacky, 7.1, 8.1

Washington, 8.1, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1

Pearce, William, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3

Pendleton, Edmund

drafting of Washington’s will

lawyer in Dunbar case

Peter, Elizabeth (Mrs. Robert)

in Philadelphia Congress, 10.1, 10.2

Penet, Pierre

Pennsylvania Gazette

Peter, Martha Parke Custis, fm1.1, 27.1, 28.1, 28.2, 30.1

Peter, Robert

Peter, Thomas, fm1.1, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 30.1

Philadelphia. See also presidential mansion in Philadelphia

British evacuation of

British occupation

celebrations on July 4, 1776, 15.1

dissipation and extravagance in

Martha given a coach

Martha in, 11.1, 12.1, 19.1

nonimportation association

Washingtons in winter of 1778–1779

during Washington’s presidency

visit to the sights in

yellow fever epidemic in 1793

Pickering, Timothy, 16.1, 28.1

Pinckney, Thomas, 27.1, 28.1

Pintard, John

Pliarne, Emmanuel de

portraits of George Washington

by Houdon

Martha’s criticism of

by Peale, 8.1, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1

by Trumbull

by Wright

portraits of Martha Washington by Peale, 8.1, 8.2, 13.1, 13.2

Posey, Milly, 7.1, 11.1, 19.1

Posey, John

postal service, unreliability of, 11.1, 14.1

Potomac Company, 23.1, 23.2

Powel, Elizabeth Willing, 17.1, 19.1

friendship with Washington, 24.1, 28.1, 28.2

gift from Washington

on possible results of Washington not serving a second term

helping Washingtons with purchases for Mount Vernon

Powel, Samuel

death from yellow fever

days for visits to the president

Power, James

Pratt, Matthew

presidency, first term

compensation, 25.1, 25.2

inaugural address

drafted before elections

influenza

Martha’s feelings about election

oath of office

observance of birthday

patronage of New York theaters

public dinners, 25.1, 25.2

reelection

Washington informed of his election

Washington’s feelings about being president

presidency, second term

attacks on Washington

and Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic

protests against Jay Treaty

Washington’s reluctance to serve second term

presidential mansion in New York

Friday drawing room hosted by Martha

house on Broadway, 25.1, 25.2

house on Cherry Street, 25.1, 25.2

Tuesday levée for gentlemen

presidential mansion in Philadelphia, 25.1, 26.1

auction of furnishings

description

press, anti-Federalist

Princeton, Washington’s seizing of

private life of the Washingtons

Adams on private life of president

Martha on lack of, in New York

in Philadelphia

return to, after presidency

return to, after war

Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition (Great Britain, 1775), 11.1, 11.2

Proclamation Line

Putnam, Israel “Old Put,” 12.1, 12.2

Quebec, siege of

smallpox in Continental forces

Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg

assembly of burgesses at, in 1769

assembly of burgesses at, in 1774

Ramsay, Elizabeth, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

Randolph, Benjamin, 13.1, 14.1

Randolph, Edmund

delegate to the Grand Convention

on slaves claiming their freedom under Pennsylvania law

Randolph, John, 8.1, 10.1

Randolph, Peyton, 6.1, 6.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3

Reed, Esther, 12.1, 19.1

spearheading campaign to raise monies for the army

Reed, Joseph, 11.1, 14.1, 17.1

during Congress

correspondence with Lee

as host to Martha, 12.1, 19.1

as secretary of Washington in Cambridge

on unreliability of postal service

Reinagle, Alexander, 25.1, 26.1

Residence Act, 25.1, 26.1. See also Washington, D.C., development of

Revenue Act, 6.1, 6.2

Revolutionary War. See also Continental army

cessation of hostilities and truce

importance of British fleet

working to secure an end to

Ritchie, Archibald

Robardet, James

Robinson, John

accusing Patrick Henry of treason

embezzlement by

guardian in legal matters to Custis children

Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste, Comte de, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 25.1

Rocky Hill, headquarters at

Rogers, Nicholas, 16.1, 18.1

Roosevelt, Theodore, n

Rumney, William, 9.1, 10.1, 13.1, 19.1

physician of the Washingtons, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

Rush, Benjamin, 14.1, 27.1

Saint-Simon, Claude-Anne, Marquis de (after Duc), 19.1, 20.1

Saratoga, surrender of British troops at

Savannah, 17.1, 18.1, 21.1

Schuyler, Betsy, See also Hamilton, Betsy

Schuyler, Philip, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 18.1, 19.1, 25.1

Secret Committee of Correspondence

Sensible (frigate)

Sequeyra, John

Serle, Ambrose

servants. See also slaves and slavery

in New York presidential mansion

in Philadelphia presidential mansion, 26.1, 26.2

Shaw, William, 23.1, 23.2

Shaw, William S.

Sheels, Christopher, 26.1, 27.1, 29.1, 29.2

Shippen, William, Jr., 10.1, 13.1, 15.1

Shippen, William, Sr.

slaves and slavery

depreciation and sale of

impact of Pennsylvania’s Gradual Abolition Act

at Mount Vernon

discontent

doctors for

house slaves

inoculation for smallpox

sales

offered freedom if crossing over to the British

rotation of Washingtons’ slaves in and out of Pennsylvania

sales in Alexandria

provision for manumission

health of slaves

treatment of

wish to no longer have slaves

slave trade, Fairfax Resolves on

smallpox

around Boston during siege

in Continental army

during siege of Quebec

in Valley Forge

in Ethiopian Regiment

inoculation for

of the army, 12.1, 15.1

of Jacky

of Martha, 13.1, 13.2

of new recruits

of sons of Nancy Bassett at Mount Vernon

Smith, Mary, 13.1, 13.2

Society of the Cincinnati, 23.1, 24.1

Spain, alliance with France

Springfield, New Jersey, battle at

Stamp Act

reference to in Virginia Resolves

repeal (1766)

Virginia’s protest against announcement of

Washington on, 5.1, 6.1

Stamp Act Congress (New York)

Stanwix, John, 1.1, 1.2

Stedlar, John

Steuben, Friedrich von

naming of Society of the Cincinnati

regular guest in New York

during Revolutionary War

on men in 1779 Morristown

at Middlebrook

and regulations

at Valley Forge, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3

Stony Point, British capture of

Stewart, Robert, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1

Stirling, Lord (William Alexander), 13.1, 15.1, 15.2

Stuart, David, 21.1, 24.1, 25.1, 27.1

commissioner under Residence Act

complaints about education of Wash

engaged to Nelly Calvert Custis

Virginia elector

Stuart, Gilbert

Stuart, Nelly Calvert Custis. See also Calvert, Eleanor (Nelly); Calvert Custis, Nelly

children with David Stuart

Sullivan, John, 17.1, 17.2

Summary View of the Rights of British America, A (Jefferson)

Tea Act, reaction to

Ternay, Charles-Henri-Louis d’Arsac, Chevalier de

Thacher, John, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1

Thomas, John

Thompson, Elizabeth (housekeeper), 13.1, 15.1, 15.2

Thomson, Charles, 5.1, 22.1, 24.1

Thornton, Edward, 27.1, 27.2

Thornton, William, fm1.1

plan for house of Nelly and Lawrence Lewis

on Washingtons’ remains

winning competition to build the Capitol

Thurston, Charles Minn

Tilghman, Tench

aide and assistant secretary of Washington

on effect of criticism on Washington

escort of Martha

on siege of Yorktown

working to secure an end to the war

tobacco

different prices for

Virginia trade in London

Townshend Act, 6.1, 6.2

Trenton, Washington’s attack on

Trisobio, Filippo

Trumbull, John

Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr., 20.1, 20.2

Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr. (governor of Connecticut), 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 18.1

Trumbull, Joseph, 11.1, 14.1

Tryon, William, 8.1, 13.1, 14.1, 18.1

uniforms

“buff and blue” uniform of Fairfax Independent Company

standardization

of Washington, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1

Valentine, Joseph

Valley Forge, winter cantonment (1777–1778), 15.1, 16.1

construction of cabins

councils of war

deaths

discipline

governors’ answers to army’s needs

lack of food

and desertions

Martha at, 16.1, 16.2

poor state of the army

receiving news of alliance with France

sickness at

supplies needed by

Vardill, John

Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de

Assembly

delegates in siege of Yorktown

fighting in southern

fund-raising by women of

nonimportation association

Washington on arming

Virginia Convention

declaration of independence

declaration of rights and constitution for Virginia

directing delegates to introduce a motion of independence in Congress

and proposed convention in Philadelphia

vote in favor of arming colony

Virginia Gazette, 18.1, 19.1

Virginia Regiment

acres promised to members of, 4.1, 5.1, 9.1

Washington colonel of, 1.1, 1.2

Washington’s resignation from

Virginia Resolves (Resolutions), 6.1, 6.2

volunteers, European. See also Frenchmen

on sociable terms with Washingtons

Walker, Sarah

Wallace, John

Ward, Artemas, 10.1, 11.1

Warm Springs, Virginia, Washingtons’ trips to, 6.1, 7.1

Warren, James

Warren, Joseph

Warren, Mercy Otis

correspondence with Martha, 23.1, 25.1

inviting Martha to Watertown

letter from John Adams on Martha

visit to Martha before departure from Cambridge

Washington, Ann Fairfax

Washington, Augustine

Washington, Bushrod, 22.1, 30.1

Washington, Charles, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 29.1

Washington, D.C., development of, 26.1, 27.1, 28.1

Washington, Frances (Fanny) Bassett. See also Bassett, Frances (Fanny)

lack of housekeeping skills

loss of first child

marriage to Tobias Lear

Washingtons’ advice to

Washington, George

adjustment to civil life

anger

birth

farewell address to the army

effect of aging, 21.1, 21.2, 25.1

farmer’s journal

finances after the war

funeral

marriage to Martha, 3.1, 4.1

matrimonial advice, 22.1, 23.1, 27.1, 27.2

mourning for death of his mother

organizational skills

physical strength

reputation concerns, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 24.1, 27.1

requesting his commission as keepsake

retirement after presidency

friends in

retirement from the army

silences of

wedding anniversary, twentieth

worries about leaving Martha at beginning of war

Washington, George Augustine

aide to Lafayette

replacing Lund as factor of Mount Vernon

declining health, 26.1, 26.2

marriage to Fanny Bassett, 23.1, 23.2

Washington, George Steptoe

Washington, Hannah Bushrod, 1.1, 5.1

Washington, Harriot, 26.1, 26.2

Washington, John Augustine, 1.1, 4.1, 5.1

Washington, John Augustine, II

Washington, Lawrence (half-brother), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4

Washington, Lawrence (nephew)

Washington, Lund

in Fairfax Independent Company

instructions in case of unfavorable events

on joiner used for work at Mount Vernon

managing Mount Vernon, 6.1, 11.1, 14.1

encouraged to take some initiative

with Martha

Washington’s instructions

worried about corn eaten by guest horses

relationship with Martha, 11.1, 11.2

Washington, Martha. See also Parke Custis, Martha Dandridge

after death of Washington

receiving all mail free

and wish of Congress to move Washington’s body

as businesswoman

charity, 14.1, 17.1

courted as wife of “His Excellency,”

departure for New York at beginning of presidency

descriptions, 11.1, 12.1

by Du Ponceau

effect of aging

Eliza Parke Custis’s recollection

by Lear

by Thacher

by Warren

ideas on diet of children

possible danger to during Revolutionary War, 11.1, 11.2

reaction to Washington’s death

reading material

relationship with Washington

devotion to George

Greene on

recipient of George’s confidences

Washington’s letter before departing for New York

and slaves

poor opinion of slaves

possessive of her slaves by dower right

smallpox inoculation, 13.1, 13.2

wish to remain at Mount Vernon at end of war

Washington, Mary Ball, 1.1, 5.1

Washington, Richard, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Washington, Samuel, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 11.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 19.1

Washington, Thornton, 15.1, 15.2

Washington Monument

Watson, Elkanah

Wayne, Anthony, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 19.1

Webb, Samuel Blachley

Weems, Mason Locke (“Parson”)

Welch, Wakelin

Westmoreland Association, 5.1, 6.1

West Point

Wharton, Thomas

Whipple, Joseph

White House plantation, 1.1, 2.1. See also Parke Custis estate

White Plains, Continental army in

Whitting, Anthony