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Adair, Douglas, 410–11, 415–16
Adams, Abigail “Nabby,” see Smith, Abigail Adams “Nabby”
Adams, Abigail Smith, 125–205
in Braintree, Mass., 143–49, 153, 155–56, 162–63, 166
death of, 202–3
farm managed by, 136, 137, 139, 155, 162–63, 165
as First Lady, 178, 179, 180–81, 182, 183–92, 255, 381
as grandmother, 167–68, 194, 202
health of, 185–88, 194, 202–3
Jefferson’s relationship with, 294, 296, 299, 304–5, 316–17
John Adam’s courtship of, 129–31
John Adams’s correspondence with, xv, 59, 130–38, 142–45, 148–49, 151–57, 175–76, 181, 185, 187, 245, 369
John Adams’s marriage to, xv, xvi, 131–205, 358
John Adams’s temporary estrangement from, 143–45, 148–49, 154–55
in London, 156–61, 163, 167–68, 299, 304–5, 317
Martha Washington as viewed by, 37, 45, 169–70
moral values of, 157–58, 166–67, 371
as mother, 134, 136, 137, 159–61, 166–67, 170–72, 173, 192, 194, 197–98, 199, 200, 201–2, 316
Peacefield home of, 175–76, 199–201, 203
personality of, 129–31, 137, 148–49, 166–67, 185–88, 381
in Philadelphia, 170, 173, 178, 179–85, 187, 189–91, 192, 230
political views of, 130, 132–53, 146, 178, 179, 180–81, 183, 187, 189–90, 196, 296
in Quincy, Mass., 175–76, 185–88, 191–92, 193, 203
reputation of, 147, 169–70, 181–82
social life of, 47, 169–70, 180, 196–97, 371
transatlantic voyage of, 156–57
wedding of, 131
women’s rights as viewed by, 130, 132–35, 196
Adams, Charles, 134, 135, 150, 151–54, 156, 160–61, 163, 166, 168, 169–70, 171, 174–75, 180, 188, 192–93, 316
Adams, George Washington, 202
Adams, John, 125–205
Abigail Adams’s correspondence with, xv, 59, 130–38, 142–45, 148–49, 151–57, 175–76, 181, 185, 187, 245, 369
as ambassador to England, 158–61, 168–69, 294
Anti-Federalist opposition to, 164–65, 172, 177–78, 182, 184–85, 371–72
autobiography of, 193, 194
biographies of, 127
birth of, 126
in Braintree, Mass., 126–27, 138, 139, 149–50, 162–65
as British peace negotiator, 149–52, 154, 158–61, 195
cabinet of, 52, 177–78, 187–90, 239
as commissioner to France, 139–49, 195, 293
at Constitutional Convention (1787), 161, 415
in Continental Congress, 125–26, 132, 134, 135–38, 139, 140, 144, 146, 148, 149–50, 152, 153, 158, 161, 280, 282
death of, 205, 325, 403
diaries of, 127, 128, 132, 143
education of, 127, 128, 129
family dynasty of, 167–68, 170–71
farm owned by, 136, 137, 138, 139, 162–63, 165
as father, 134, 136, 137, 139, 150, 151–56, 159–61, 163, 170–71, 192, 194, 197–201
as Federalist leader, 164–65, 168, 176, 177–78, 182, 184–89, 374
final years of, 194–205
financial situation of, 136, 138–39, 146, 150, 158, 160, 163, 166, 170, 173
Franklin’s relationship with, 103, 114–15, 126, 140, 141, 142, 143, 148, 153, 154, 157–58, 162, 181, 185, 195
French delegation commissioned by, 180–83, 188–89, 191
French policy of, 52, 169, 178–89, 191, 193, 245
general correspondence of, xv, 103, 143, 152, 154, 160–61, 163, 174, 185, 187–88, 195–96, 199, 201, 203–4
as grandfather, 167–68, 194, 202
Hamilton’s relationship with, 164–65, 168, 177–78, 183–84, 185, 189–92, 193, 238, 239, 245, 253, 382
health of, 131, 154
inauguration of, 178
Jefferson’s relationship with, 169, 176, 177–78, 179, 182, 185, 186, 190–92, 193, 195, 205, 245, 278, 280, 282, 308, 316–17, 352, 371
as lawyer, 127, 128, 129, 130, 138–39, 158, 163
love affairs of, 127–29, 204–5
marriage of, xv, xvi, 131–205, 358
military policies of, 179, 183–89, 190, 193, 245
monarchist accusations against, 162, 165–66, 180, 181, 195
moral values of, 126, 130, 132, 142–43, 163–64, 168, 296
naval policy of, 178–81, 183, 193
as New Englander, 125–26, 135, 164, 177
in Paris, 139, 141, 142–45, 148–52, 157–58, 159, 163, 169, 293
personality of, xiv, 125–31, 134–38, 144–45, 148–49, 154, 155–56, 167, 171, 181, 185, 187–88, 195–97, 202, 204–5
in Philadelphia, 125–26, 137–38, 170–88, 189, 190–91, 192, 230, 371–72
physical appearance of, 126, 130, 168–69
political career of, xv, 125–26, 127, 132, 139, 149–59, 161, 162, 163–76, 179, 182–92, 197, 371–72
as president, 52, 176, 177–92, 197, 239, 255, 310, 371–72, 374, 386
as presidential candidate (1796), 163–65, 177–78, 181, 371
as presidential candidate (1800), 190–92, 245, 382
as president of the Senate, 165, 168–69, 172
press coverage of, 158–59, 168–69, 180–81, 182, 183, 184, 191–92, 310
puritanism of, 126, 130, 142–43, 296
in Quincy, Mass., 185–88, 191–92, 193, 253
Republican opposition to, 177, 179, 182–83, 185, 190–92, 193, 245, 371–72
reputation of, 125–26, 128, 132, 139–40, 150–51, 152, 153, 154, 158–59, 162, 164–69, 171, 179, 180–85, 194–97, 205, 310
as revolutionary leader, 125–26, 132, 133–35, 139, 158, 162, 194–97, 415
salary of, 136, 139, 150, 160, 170
Samuel Adams’s relationship with, 125–26, 142, 143
sedition laws supported by, 183, 184–85
social life of, 130, 169–70, 180, 374, 386
speeches of, 126, 180–81, 192
as vice president, 164–76, 181, 197
Washington’s relationship with, 34, 52, 125–26, 131, 168, 169, 173, 179, 180, 181–82, 189
women’s rights as viewed by, 133–35
writings of, 162, 169
Adams, John, Sr., 126–27
Adams, John Quincy:
as ambassador to the Netherlands, 172, 186, 399
in Boston, 171, 199, 200
childhood of, 134, 135, 139
diaries of, 167, 325, 374
financial situation of, 175, 180, 181
at Harvard, 158, 160, 163, 166, 167
marriage of, 180, 199, 201–4, 404
in Paris, 141, 145, 149, 150, 151, 152
political career of, 172, 173, 202
as president, 325
as secretary of state, 203–4
Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson, 180, 201–4, 404
Adams, Sally Smith, 174, 188, 192–93, 199–200
Adams, Samuel, 33, 34, 94, 125–26, 142, 143, 146, 151, 278–79
Adams, Susanna Boylston, xiv, 127, 163, 175, 178
Adams, Thomas, 134, 135, 156, 160, 161, 163, 166–67, 170–71, 192, 193, 200
Addison, Joseph, 11, 262
Alden, John, 126
Alden, Priscilla, 126
Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), 184–85, 191, 310, 402
Allen, Janet, 68
Allen, Moses, 359
Allen, William “Foghorn,” 333
Ambler, Jacquelin, 263
American Revolution, see War for Independence
American Scripture (Maier), 415
American Sphinx (Ellis), 414
Andrews, Tina, 340
Anglican Church, 74, 94, 211, 215–16, 362, 369
Anti-Federalists, 45, 164–65, 172, 175, 176, 177–78, 182, 184–85, 371–72
Arnold, Benedict, 153, 283–84, 323
Articles of Confederation (1781), 118, 224, 304, 357, 364
Atherton, Gertrude, 215
Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 49, 93–94, 100, 106, 116–17, 118, 180–81, 182, 184, 243
Bache, Richard, 93–94, 101, 106–7
Bache, Sarah Franklin “Sally,” 78, 86–87, 92, 93–94, 99–100, 101, 106, 107–8, 116, 118
Bacon, Edmund, 340, 349, 410, 415–16
Bacon, Francis, 52
Bankhead, Anne Cary Randolph, 318, 319, 323
Bankhead, Charles, 323
Bank of the United States, 46, 47, 229–30, 232–33, 366, 388
Barber, Francis, 215
Barger, Herbert, 337
Bassett, Burwell, 30, 36, 41
Bassett, Fanny, 44, 47
Bassett, Nancy, 36, 44
Bayard, William, 250–51
Beckley, John, 236–37, 239, 252, 253
Beckman, David, 211
Bell, Thomas, 313
Bennett, Winifred, 336–37
Bible, 199, 237, 238, 323
Bill of Rights, 365
Bingham, Anne, 237, 371
Bingham, Marie, 371
Bingham, William, 237
Black Reconstruction (Du Bois), 409
Bland, Martha, 355
Bland, Theodorick, 355
Bland, William, 264
Blunt, Dolley, 97–98
Boston, Mass., 32–33, 34, 58, 74, 82–83, 95, 125, 132–33, 137, 147–48, 161, 162, 171, 187, 199, 200, 360
Boston Gazette, 310–11
Boston Tea Party (1773), 32–33, 95, 360
Boucher, Jonathan, 26–27, 32
Boudinot, Elias, 215, 216
Brackenridge, Hugh Henry, 359
Bradford, William, 360, 361
Bridge, James, 171
Brillon de Jouy, Madame, 104–6, 108–9, 114, 116, 117, 120–21, 143, 229, 422n
British East India Company, 33, 298
Brodie, Fawn, 351, 411–12, 415
Bryan, William Jennings, 335
Bryant, Linda Allen, 68–70
Bunker Hill, Battle of, 59, 217
Burr, Aaron, 177, 234, 239, 240, 247–51, 253, 319, 366–67, 373
Burwell, Rebecca, 261–63, 264
Bush, George W., 341–42
Butler, Pierce, 253
Cabanis, Pierre-Jean-George, 109, 110, 117, 143
Caesar, Julius, 274, 365
Callender, James Thomson, 49, 190–91, 239–41, 252, 310–15, 329, 337, 338, 345, 347, 349, 351, 410, 414
Calvert, Benedict, 27–28
Canada, 83–84, 140, 261, 385, 388, 396
Carr, Dabney, 265–66, 268, 274, 291, 333
Carr, Martha Jefferson, 265–66, 288, 289
Carr, Peter, 276, 295–96, 337, 338, 340, 349–50, 410
Carr, Samuel, 337, 338, 340, 349, 410
Carroll, Charles, 392–93
Carroll, Henry, 397–98
Carter, Charles, 22
Carter, Robert “King,” 8, 22, 261
Cary, Mary, 4
Cary, Robert, 23, 24
Cary, Sarah “Sally,” xiii, 3–5, 6, 7, 22, 32, 33–34, 53–54, 58
Cary, Wilson, 6
Catholics, 105, 252, 294, 297, 305
Cato (Addison), 11
Charles II, King of England, 6, 9
Chase, Samuel, 191
Chase-Riboud, Barbara, 412–13
Church, Angelica Schuyler, 220–21, 225–29, 231, 237, 242, 243, 247, 251
Church, John Barker, 220–21, 225, 243
Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 63–64, 65
Civil War, U.S., 203–4, 328–30, 335, 348, 416
Clay, Henry, 385
Clayford, John, 60, 61
Clingman, Jacob, 234–35, 236, 239, 240
Clinton, DeWitt, 386–87, 395
Clinton, George, 225, 228, 248, 253, 374, 381–82, 386
Clotel, or the President’s Daughter, 329
Cockburn, George, 390, 393
Coercive Acts (1774), 33
Coke, Edward, 262, 275, 360
Colden, Cadwallader, 365
Colden, Henrietta Maria, 365–66
Coles, Catherine, 367
Coles, Isaac, 367
Coles, Sally, 398
College of New Jersey (Princeton College), 51, 99, 214, 215, 358–61, 362, 405
College of William and Mary, 261, 268–69, 281, 346, 358, 362–63
Collins, Eliza, 367, 368, 404, 407
Columbia College, 215–17
“Common Sense” (Paine), 280
Condorcet, Marquis de, 293
Congress, U.S., 46, 165–69, 172, 176, 178–79, 182–87, 189, 192, 193, 200, 202, 228, 229, 231, 234, 235–42, 244, 318, 331, 365, 383, 385, 386, 396, 397, 402, 405
Conqueror, The (Atherton), 215
Constitution, U.S., 45, 164, 165, 168, 185, 191, 224–25, 245–46, 304, 309, 310, 314, 364–65, 371, 397, 401–2, 413, 427n
Constitutional Convention (1787), xvi, 118–19, 161, 304, 364–65, 415
Continental Army, 34–37, 41–43, 57, 63, 64, 107, 108, 112, 125–26, 132–33, 136, 138, 154, 159, 160, 217–18, 220, 222–23, 230, 234–35, 283, 286, 364
Continental Congress, 33, 34, 39, 42–43, 58–59, 96, 97, 99, 100, 103, 106, 112, 125–26, 132, 134, 135, 138, 140, 141–42, 144, 146, 148, 149–50, 152, 153, 158, 161, 218, 220, 277–81, 282, 287, 289, 292–93, 294, 355–58, 361, 363, 415
Cooley-Quille, Michele, 342, 343
Coolidge, Ellen Randolph, 319–20, 324, 327
Coolidge, Joseph, 324
Cooper, Myles, 29, 31, 216–17
Cornwallis, Charles, Lord, 41
Cosway, Maria, 297–302
Cosway, Richard, 297, 298, 301
Craik, James, 13, 41–42, 55–56, 57
Cranch, Mary Smith, 129, 155, 156, 159, 167, 169, 170, 179, 181–82, 184, 189, 192, 199
Cranch, Richard, 129, 170, 199
Cruger, Nicholas, 211, 212–15
Custis, Daniel Parke, 4–5, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21–22
Custis, Eliza, 39–40, 42
Custis, George Washington Parke, 38, 43, 44, 51, 53–54, 255
Custis, John, 21–22
Custis, John “Jack,” 15–16, 24, 25, 26–29, 30–32, 36, 38–42, 46, 53–54
Custis, Martha Dandridge, see Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis
Custis, Nelly, see Lewis, Nelly Custis
Custis, Nelly Calvert, 27–28, 29, 30–32, 36, 37, 38, 39–40, 42, 43
Custis, Patsy, 15–16, 24, 25, 26, 29–30, 31, 64
Cutler, Manasseh, 56–57
Cutts, Anna Payne, 371, 372, 373–74, 375, 378, 383, 384, 385, 394, 400, 403, 404, 405
Deane, Silas, 139–40, 141
“Deathbed Adieu from Th. J. to M.R., A” (Jefferson), 325–26
Declaration of Independence, 135, 228, 280, 295, 297, 298, 309, 324, 335, 346, 352, 362, 392–93, 395, 412, 415
Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, A (Adams), 162
Democratic Party, 331, 333, 335–36, 345, 346
Demosthenes, 274
Discourses on Davila (Adams), 169
Domestic and Confidential Epistles, 62–63
Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson, The (Randolph), 330, 346
Donald, David Herbert, 411
Douglas, David, 344
Du Bois, W. E. B., 409
Duer, William, 231
Dunglison, Robley, 324–25
Eacker, George, 245–46
Ebony, 409, 412
Eden, Robert, 27–28, 31
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 7
Ellis, Joseph, 336, 414
Episcopalians, 250–51, 252, 324
Eppes, Elizabeth, 289, 290–91, 292, 293, 303, 306, 308
Eppes, Francis (grandfather), 269, 279, 288, 292
Eppes, Francis (grandson), 315, 322
Eppes, Jack, 308, 309, 316, 317, 318
Eppes, Mary Jefferson “Polly,” 282, 283, 302–4, 305, 306, 308, 310, 313–17, 325–26, 332, 352, 412
Fairfax, Anne, 7, 9–10
Fairfax, Bryan, 12, 53
Fairfax, George William, 4, 6–7, 9, 10, 11, 17, 32, 33–34, 53
Fairfax, Lord, 6, 9, 10, 32
Fairfax, Sarah Cary “Sally,” xiii, 3–5, 6, 7, 22, 32, 33–34, 53–54, 58
Fairfax, William, 6–7, 12, 13
Fame and the Founding Fathers (Adair), 410–11
Federalist Papers, The, 226
Federalist Party, 164–65, 168, 175, 176, 177–78, 182, 184–89, 191–92, 193, 200, 239–40, 241, 244, 245, 247–48, 252, 309, 310–11, 314, 315, 318, 371–72, 374, 378, 381, 382, 386–87, 389, 397
First Amendment, 191, 413
Fitzpatrick, John C., 5, 16, 66–67, 70
Fleming, Edward, 217
Fleming, William, 264
Floyd, Kitty, 356–58, 363–66
Floyd, William, 356
Ford, West, 68–70, 420n–21n
Foster, Eugene, 336–37, 338, 339, 341, 343, 416
Founding Fathers, xiii–xvi, 3–5, 114, 132, 181–82, 194–97, 205, 308, 309, 328–30, 352, 370; see also specific individuals
Fourth of July, 135, 187, 205, 245–46, 248, 255, 324–25, 374, 403
Franklin, Abiah Folger, 74, 76
Franklin, Benjamin, 73–121
as ambassador to France, 38, 100, 102–15, 116, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 148, 150, 152, 153, 154, 157–58, 165–66, 281, 292, 294–95, 364
autobiography of, 74, 77, 79
British negotiations of, 92–93, 95–96
at Constitutional Convention (1787), 118–19, 415
in Continental Congress, 126, 140, 415
death of, 116, 120
electricity experiments of, 73–74, 87, 142, 261
family dynasty of, 86, 89, 91, 93–94, 116–17
as father, 89–90, 93, 96–101, 117, 118, 119
final years of, 115–21
as founding father, 94–96, 114–15, 162, 165–66, 195, 261, 294–95
health of, 86, 87, 115–16, 117, 119, 120, 158
John Adams’s relationship with, 103, 114–15, 126, 140, 141, 142, 143, 148, 153, 154, 157–58, 162, 181, 185, 195
in London, 75, 76, 81, 85–89, 91–96, 261
love life of, 75, 76–77, 82–83, 103–6, 114–15, 119–21, 142, 143, 229, 422n
marriage of, xv, 73–81, 82, 83, 84, 86–88, 90, 92–93, 94, 95, 97, 110
in Paris, 102–17
in Pennsylvania Assembly, 84, 90
personality of, 77–80, 81, 102, 116
in Philadelphia, 73–85, 90–93, 96–101, 118–20
political career of, 73, 77, 80, 83, 84–85, 86, 90, 91–92, 95–97, 103, 107, 112–15, 126, 153–54, 165–66
as postmaster, 79, 80, 82, 95
as printer, 73, 74–77, 78, 79, 117
reputation of, 82, 86, 92–93, 100, 102, 103, 106, 114–15, 118, 126, 142, 154, 162, 165–66, 195, 261, 294–95
as revolutionary leader, 85, 90, 91–115
as scientist, 73–74, 78, 80, 83, 85, 87, 88, 92, 102, 142, 261
writings of, 79, 81, 85, 91
Franklin, Deborah Read, xv, 73–81, 82, 83, 84, 86–88, 90, 92–93, 94, 95, 97, 110
Franklin, Elizabeth Downes, 89–90, 94, 98–101, 113, 118, 119
Franklin, Francis Folger “Frankie,” xv, 78
Franklin, Jane, 83, 120
Franklin, John, 79, 82
Franklin, Josiah, 74, 76, 86
Franklin, Sarah “Sally,” see Bache, Sarah Franklin “Sally”
Franklin, William (Benjamin Franklin’s son), xv, 73–74, 78, 80, 83–89, 93, 94, 95, 96–101, 107, 112–14, 117, 118, 119, 126
Franklin, William Temple, 88, 89–90, 93, 96–97, 98, 100, 106, 107, 113–14, 118, 119, 154, 295, 399
Frazier, Mary, 171–72, 201
Free Some Day (Stanton), 340
French and Indian War, 6, 11, 12, 16, 17–18, 92, 261, 314
French Revolution, 48–49, 52, 62, 169, 174, 175, 178–79, 184, 186, 188–89, 228, 241, 306, 309–10, 312
Freneau, Philip, 359
Fries’s Rebellion, 187, 188
Gage, Thomas, 29, 33, 60
Gallatin, Albert, 388, 397
Galloway, Joseph, 84, 90
Gates, Henry Louis, 343
Gates, Horatio, 218
Gates, Jane, 343
Gaylord, Levi, 329, 331
George III, King of England, 34, 45, 89, 93, 94, 95, 103, 158, 159, 170, 186, 216, 231, 261, 267, 274, 280
Georgia, 150, 151, 253, 283
Gerry, Elbridge, 147, 388
Gettysburg Address, 415
Gibbon, Edward, 365
Gibbons, Mary, 60–62
Gillon, Alexander, 153–54
Gordon-Reed, Annette, 415, 416, 437n
Graeme, Elizabeth, 84, 85, 86, 89
Grant, Ulysses S., 331
Greene, Nathanael, 38
Greene, William, 120
Group, The (Warren), 196–97
Hall, David, 80
Hamilton, Alexander, 209–55
background of, 209–16, 427n
biographies of, 210–11, 212, 226, 232, 253
Burr’s duel with, 248–51, 253
congressional investigation of, 235–42
corruption charges against, 231, 235–42, 251–52
death of, 251–53
education of, 214–17
essays written by, 218, 224–27, 228, 229
extramarital affair of, xvi, 230–43, 244, 245, 247, 252, 310
as father, 227, 242, 243, 245–46
as Federalist leader, 164–65, 168, 175, 177–78, 191–92, 193, 225, 239–40, 241, 244, 245, 247–48, 252, 309, 314, 382
financial situation of, 212, 221, 226, 230, 238–39, 251–52
as founding father, 226, 233–34, 240–41, 252–54, 370
funeral of, 251, 252
as illegitimate child, 209–12, 221, 229
love life of, xvi, 215, 218–20, 225–43, 244, 245, 247, 252, 310
Madison’s opposition to, 224, 231, 241, 366, 370
marriage of, xvi, 218–22, 224–25, 227–28, 229, 230, 232, 233, 237–38, 241, 242–43, 244, 245, 248–55, 406
military career of, 52, 164, 183–84, 185, 186, 188, 189, 191, 217–18, 220, 222–23, 224, 244–46
pamphlets written by, 216, 240–41
pen names used by, 218, 226–27, 229
personality of, 211, 212–16, 217, 218–23, 243, 248–50
political career of, xv–xvi, 224–27, 228, 229–42, 244, 245, 247–53, 366, 370
political opponents of, 224, 226–27, 228, 231, 235–42, 247–53, 366, 370
press coverage of, 228, 229, 239–41, 243, 244, 310
religious views of, 215, 237–38, 248–51, 252, 253
Republican opposition to, 232, 235, 236–37, 238, 239, 241, 242, 243, 244, 252–53, 366, 370
reputation of, 214, 218, 222, 224–27, 228, 229, 230–54, 310
as Treasury secretary, 46, 47, 229–42, 251–52
Washington’s relationship with, 48, 164, 183–84, 189, 217–18, 220, 222–23, 224, 231, 233, 235–36, 238–39, 241–42, 244, 245, 253
will of, 251–52
writings of, 191–92, 213–14, 216, 218, 224–27, 228, 229, 240–41
Hamilton, Angelica, 246
Hamilton, Eliza, 254
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler “Betsey,” xvi, 218–22, 224–25, 227–28, 229, 230, 232, 233, 237–38, 241, 242–43, 244, 245, 248–55, 406
Hamilton, James (father), 210–11, 214, 219, 221, 222, 223
Hamilton, James (son), 210, 211, 212, 249
Hamilton, John Church, 253
Hamilton, Philip, 227, 243, 245–46, 249
Hancock, John, 162, 281
Harrison, Benjamin, 40, 58–60, 61, 70
Hartford Convention, 396, 397
Harvard College, 5, 36, 127, 128, 155, 156, 166–67, 170, 187
Helvetius, Madame, 108–10, 114, 116, 117, 119–20, 143, 157–58
Hemings, Beverly, 323, 332, 345
Hemings, Elizabeth, 275, 289, 293, 304, 312, 327, 340, 347, 349, 429n
Hemings, Eston, 323, 327, 328, 332, 337, 339, 340, 341, 342, 344, 345, 348, 351
Hemings, Harriet, 323, 332, 345
Hemings, James, 293, 305–6, 311, 340
Hemings, John, 323
Hemings, Madison, 323, 327, 331–33, 335, 336, 345–48, 349, 351, 409, 412, 415
Hemings, Mary, 313, 409
Hemings, Peter, 312
Hemings, Robert, 312
Hemings, Sally, xv, 304, 305–6, 310–15, 323, 327, 328–52, 409–16, 437n
Henry, Patrick, 34, 273–74, 278–79, 280, 284, 286, 287, 361, 363, 364–65
Hewson, Polly Stevenson, 86, 88, 89, 91, 95–96, 98, 110–11, 120
History of the Republic as Traced in the Writings of…Hamilton (Hamilton), 253
History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution, Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations (Warren), 195–97
Homer, 128, 291
Hosack, David, 243, 250, 251, 428n
Howell, Samuel, 273, 275, 429n
I Cannot Tell a Lie (Bryant), 68–70
Irving, Washington, 4–5, 384
Izard, Ralph, 141–42, 150, 153, 165–66
Jackson, Andrew, 396–97, 401, 402, 404
Jay, John, 62, 150, 244
Jefferson, Field, 328, 337
Jefferson, Isaac, 350
Jefferson, Israel, 333–35, 346, 351
Jefferson, Jane, 259–60, 274, 276
Jefferson, Jane Randolph (granddaughter), 276, 278, 279
Jefferson, Jane Randolph (grandmother), xiv, 260–61, 262, 266, 278, 279
Jefferson, Lucy Elizabeth, 283, 284, 287
Jefferson, Lucy Elizabeth “Lu,” 283, 287, 294, 302
Jefferson, Martha “Patsy,” see Randolph, Martha Jefferson “Patsy”
Jefferson, Martha Wayles Skelton, xiii, 266–93, 298–99, 302, 304, 315, 325–26, 352, 429n–30n
Jefferson, Mary “Polly,” see Eppes, Mary Jefferson “Polly”
Jefferson, Peter, 260, 261, 262, 307
Jefferson, Randolph, 261, 340, 350–51
Jefferson, Robert, 409–10
Jefferson, Thomas, 259–352, 407–16
Abigail Adams’s relationship with, 294, 296, 299, 304–5, 316–17
as ambassador to France, xiv, 281–82, 292–306, 364
as anti-Federalist leader, 175, 176, 177, 185
as architect, 268–69, 272, 276, 282–83
biographies of, xiii–xiv, 330, 333, 346, 351, 409–10, 412, 414–16
cabinet of, 372, 374, 380
in Continental Congress, 278–81, 287, 289, 294
death of, 205, 324–26, 346, 403
Declaration of Independence drafted by, 135, 280, 295, 297, 298, 309, 324, 335, 346, 352, 362, 412, 415
DNA testing for, 328–44, 351, 416
Dolley Madison’s relationship with, 332, 345–46, 347, 372–80
economic policies of, 228, 233, 234, 315, 370, 379–80
education of, 261, 262, 268–69, 273–74, 275, 281, 336, 346
as father, 271, 276, 278, 279, 282, 290–94, 302–8, 313–18, 352
Federalist opposition to, 310–11, 314, 318, 371–72, 378
final years of, 316–27, 346–47
finances of, 260, 261, 274, 306–7, 320–22, 323, 326–27, 405, 413
as founding father, 308, 309, 328–30, 352
Franklin’s relationship with, 115, 278, 294–95
French policy of, 247, 309, 314–15, 373, 377, 379
as governor of Virginia, 283–88, 292, 295, 323, 355, 363
as grandfather, 259, 318, 319–20
grave site of, 325–26, 327, 335–36
Hamilton as rival of, xiv, 175, 228, 229–30, 231, 234, 235–36, 238, 239, 244, 245–46, 247, 248, 252–53, 309, 352, 370
health of, 263, 279, 286, 288–93, 293, 294, 295, 297, 299–300, 323–25, 346–47
“heart and head” letter of, 300–302
James Madison’s relationship with, 182, 185, 292–93, 294, 295, 297, 308, 310, 313, 316, 323, 347, 355, 356–57, 362, 366, 370, 371–80, 402
John Adams’s correspondence with, 201, 282, 316–17
John Adams’s relationship with, 169, 176, 177–78, 179, 182, 185, 186, 190–92, 193, 195, 205, 245, 278, 280, 282, 308, 316–17, 352, 371
library of, 289–90
Louisiana Purchase negotiated by (1803), 247, 314–15, 377, 379
love life of, 228, 261–63, 264, 265, 266–70, 271, 297–302, 311, 313, 378
marriage of, xiii, 266–93, 298–99, 302, 304, 315, 325–26, 352, 429n–30n
military policies of, 379–80, 388
Monticello estate of, 259, 268–69, 270, 271–73, 275, 276, 277, 279, 281–86, 287, 289–91, 292, 293, 306–7, 310–27, 329, 333, 334–35, 336, 339–40, 342, 345–52, 380, 400, 405, 413
moral values of, 228, 239, 265, 295–96, 300–302, 310–15, 328–52, 409–16
musical interests of, 259, 260, 267, 269, 278, 298
papers of, 260, 266, 279, 285, 310–11, 411
in Paris, 293–306, 341, 364, 410, 412, 414
personality of, xiii–xiv, 228, 229, 260, 261–63, 264, 279, 288–91, 293, 294, 295–302, 323, 330, 376, 410–12, 413, 414
in Philadelphia, 278–81, 289, 292, 308, 310, 371–72
poetry written by, 259–60
political career of, 175, 176, 177, 185, 228, 229, 265, 271, 273–74, 277–91, 306–15, 318, 371–72, 378, 402, 414
as president, 56, 198, 245–48, 309, 310, 313–20, 321, 352, 372–80
as presidential candidate (1796), 177, 371
as presidential candidate (1800), 190–92, 245
press coverage of, 228, 229, 280, 301, 306, 309–15, 328–52, 378, 409–16
reading by, 259, 260, 261, 276–77, 288–89, 299
religious views of, 228, 297, 324
reputation of, 195, 228, 277–78, 280, 287–88, 294–95, 308, 309–15, 321, 323 325, 328–52, 365, 378, 407–16
as revolutionary leader, 260–61, 267, 273–74, 277–91, 295, 308
Sally Hemings’s relationship with, xv, 304, 305–6, 310–15, 323, 327, 328–52, 409–16, 437n
as secretary of state, 46, 47, 49, 172, 235–36, 306, 307, 308, 309
slaves freed by, 305–6, 312–13, 321, 323, 409–16
slaves owned by, 267, 268, 271, 273, 274–75, 285, 289, 290, 293, 305–6, 310–15, 323, 326–52
social life of, 261–68, 292, 293–302, 313–14, 370–79, 382, 383
as vice president, 177, 179, 310
as Virginian, 260, 271, 273–74, 277–78, 280–88, 299
Washington and, 48, 125, 235–36, 278, 295, 306, 307, 308, 309–10, 315, 352
as widower, xiii, 289–93, 298–99, 302, 304, 313–14, 383
writings of, 277, 278, 327
Jefferson Family Association, 337
Jefferson Foundation Research Committee, 350–51
Jefferson Image in the American Mind, The (Peterson), 409–10
Jefferson in Paris, 414, 415
Jefferson Legacies Conference (1993), 413
Jefferson Memorial, 336
“Jefferson Scandals, The” (Adair), 410–11
Jennings, Paul, 403, 406
Johnson, Samuel, 216
Jones, John A., 333
Jones, John Paul, 103
Jones, William, 399
Jordan, Daniel P., 339
Jordan, Winthrop, 410, 415
Jouett, Jack, 284–85
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare), 178
Kennedy, John F., 352
Key, Francis Scott, 395
Kidd, Kenneth, 342–43
King George’s War, 83–84
King’s College (Columbia College), 28–31, 215–17
Knox, Henry, 37, 164, 187
Knox, Hugh, 214–15
Knox, Lucy, 51
Lafayette, Adrienne, 157, 297
Lafayette, Marquis de, 48, 157, 222, 295, 297
Latrobe, Benjamin, 383, 403
Laurens, Henry, 141
Laurens, John, 218–20
Lavien, John Michael, 209–10, 211
Lavien, Peter, 209, 210, 211
Lavien, Rachel Fawcett, xiii, 209–12, 213, 215, 216, 219, 221, 222, 223, 426n
Lawrence, John, 174–75
Lear, Tobias, 54–56
Lee, Arthur, 103, 114, 139, 140, 150, 153, 154
Lee, Billy, 61
Lee, Charles, 218
Lee, Eliza Collins, 367, 368, 404, 407
Lee, Henry, 189, 233, 323–24
Lee, Richard Bland, 367, 368
Lee, Richard Henry, 62, 97, 103, 148, 280–81, 282
“Letters from George Washington to Several of His Friends in the year 1776,” 61–62
Lewis, Lawrence, 51, 56
Lewis, Meriwether, 319
Lewis, Nelly Custis, 43, 44, 50–51, 53–54, 57
Lewis, Warner, 264
Lexington and Concord, Battles of, 96, 98, 125, 278
Library of Congress, 66, 393
“Life Among the Lowly” (Wetmore), 331–35
Life of Thomas Jefferson (Parton), 330
Lincoln, Abraham, 255, 336, 415
Lincoln, Bela, 129
Livingston, Kitty, 215, 218
Livingston, Susannah, 218
Livingston, William, 215, 216, 217
Lossing, Benjamin, 17, 68
Louisiana, 177, 327, 396
Louisiana Purchase (1803), 247, 314–15, 319, 377, 379
Louis XIV, King of France, 298
Louis XVI, King of France, 48, 49, 112, 117, 304
Lovell, James, 138, 139, 151, 153
Lytton, Ann, 212, 215
McHenry, James, 190, 196, 237, 239
McKean, Sally, 371, 376, 377
McPherson, James, 276–77
Madison, Dolley Payne Todd, 355–407
death and funeral of, 406–7
dresses worn by, 370, 371, 382
final years of, 403–7
as First Lady, 382–99
health of, 377, 378, 379, 403, 406–7
James Madison’s correspondence with, 368, 369, 377, 389–90
James Madison’s courtship of, 366–68
James Madison’s marriage to, xv, xvi, 368, 369–404
Jefferson’s relationship with, 332, 345–46, 347, 372–80
Martha Washington’s relationship with, 367, 370–71, 434n
moral values of, 371, 376–77
as mother, 368, 399
personality of, 366–70, 376, 377–79, 389, 403, 404, 405–7
in Philadelphia, 366–68, 370–71, 377, 394–95
political views of, 370, 375, 378–79, 381, 382–83, 385, 386–90
portraits of, 384, 393
press coverage of, 381, 383
reputation of, 370–79, 381, 383, 395, 398–99, 405–7
slaves owned by, 405, 406
social life of, 366–67, 370–79, 381, 382–85, 396, 398–99, 400, 404, 405–7
War of 1812 heroism of, 385, 386, 387, 388–95, 397, 406
Washington Monument fundraising by, 255, 406
Wednesday receptions of, 384–85, 386, 388–89
White House renovated by, 383–85, 386
as widow, xv, 366–68, 381
Madison, James, 355–404
ancestry of, 358
as anti-Federalist, 182, 185
background of, 358–61, 362, 369
biographies of, 355, 357
British policy of, 382–83, 385–98
congressional relations of, 386, 388, 395, 398–99
at Constitutional Convention (1787), 364–65
in Continental Congress, 292–93, 355–58, 361, 363
correspondence of, 294, 316, 323, 355–56, 357, 360, 364, 402
death of, 403
Dolley Madison’s correspondence with, 368, 369, 377, 389–90
economic policies of, 233, 234, 355, 357, 362–63, 366, 370, 401–2
final years of, 400–403
as Founding Father, 304, 364–65, 401–2
French policy of, 382–83, 385, 387, 390
Hamilton opposed by, 224, 231, 241, 366, 370
health of, 358, 360, 370, 388, 394, 400, 403
in House of Representatives, 46, 166, 365, 385
inauguration of, 382–83
Jefferson’s relationship with, 182, 185, 292–93, 294, 295, 297, 308, 310, 313, 316, 323, 347, 355, 356–57, 362, 366, 370, 371–80, 402
leadership of, 355–56, 364–65, 385–99
love life of, 356–58, 363–66
marriage of, xv, xvi, 368, 369–404
military policies of, 357, 363, 385, 388, 389, 390–95, 396
papers of, 357, 391, 400, 404–5
personality of, xv, 355–58, 359, 361–62, 365–66, 369–70, 371, 374–75, 376, 385, 394–95, 398–99
in Philadelphia, 355–58, 360, 366–68, 370–71, 394–95, 401
physical appearance of, 358, 361, 389
political career of, xvi, 355–56, 360–66, 371–72, 374, 380–402
as president, 382–99
as presidential candidate (1808), 380–82
as presidential candidate (1812), 386–87
press coverage of, 381, 395, 397
as Republican leader, 241, 308, 366, 370, 385, 386–87, 389
reputation of, 355–58, 364–66, 367, 380–82, 395, 398–99, 406
as revolutionary leader, 292–93, 355–58, 360–65
as secretary of state, 198, 347, 372–80
social life of, 359, 370–79, 383–85
as Virginian, 358, 361–62, 370, 402
War of 1812 supported by, 385–98
in Washington, D.C., 372–99
Washington’s relationship with, 48, 364–65, 366, 370–71
will of, 405
Madison, James (cousin), 362–63
Madison, James, Sr., 358, 360, 361, 372
Madison, Nelly Conway, 358
Madison, William, 361
Marie Antoinette, 48, 117
Maryland, 27–28, 64, 391, 392
Mason, George, 53
Mason, John M., 250
Massachusetts, 32–33, 34, 95, 129, 137, 161, 162, 168, 388, 396
Mazzei, Phillip, 309
Merchant of Venice, The (Shakespeare), 132
Merry, Anthony, 377, 383
Merry, Elizabeth, 377–79
Milton, John, 128
“Minutes of the Trial and Examination of Certain Persons in the Province of New York,” 60–61
Missouri Compromise (1820), 414
Moncure, Henry W., 406
Monmouth, Battle of, 283
Monroe, James, 203, 235, 236–37, 240, 287–88, 314, 372, 380, 381
Monticello, 259, 268–69, 270, 271–73, 275, 276, 277, 279, 281–86, 287, 289–91, 292, 293, 306–7, 310–27, 329, 333, 334–35, 336, 339–40, 342, 345–52, 380, 400, 405, 413
Moore, Benjamin, 250–51
Moore, Thomas B., 338
Morgan, J. P., 5
Morris, Gouverneur, 225, 247, 251, 252
Morris, Robert, 48, 173, 224
Mother and Wife of Washington (Lossing), 17
Muhlenberg, Frederick A. C., 235, 236, 240
Murray, William Vans, 186
Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 188–89, 314, 373, 385, 388
National Intelligencer, 375, 383, 391, 398
Native Americans, 65, 174, 265, 363, 390
Nature, 328, 337, 338
Navy, U.S., 52, 144, 178–81, 183, 193, 379–80
Neiman, Fraser D., 339, 341, 344
New England, 34, 47, 60–61, 125–26, 247–48, 278, 380, 382, 385, 388, 394, 396, 397
New Jersey, 89, 90, 94, 96–101, 112, 118, 188–89, 215, 217, 246, 250, 251, 385–86
New York City, 29, 44–47, 60–61, 100, 112, 150, 163, 164–70, 181, 224–33, 241–51, 254, 307, 308, 372, 386
New York Herald, 3–5, 16
New York State, 60–61, 134, 174, 179–80, 199, 230, 234, 246, 247–48, 254, 381, 385–87
New York Times, 328, 338, 412, 413
Notes on Virginia (Jefferson), 288
Onuf, Peter, 352, 413
Ossian, 276–77
Page, John, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265–66, 316
Paine, Thomas, 49, 253, 280, 311
Palladio, Andrea, 268–69
Paradise Lost (Milton), 128
Parke, Daniel, 27
Parliament, 33, 34, 92–93, 94, 95, 96, 118, 225–26, 360, 361
Parton, James, 330, 413
Pascal, Blaise, vii
Payne, Anna, see Cutts, Anna Payne
Payne, John C., 401
Payne, Lucy, see Washington, Lucy Payne
Peale, Charles Willson, 38
Peabody, Elizabeth Shaw, see, Elizabeth Smith Shaw
Pendleton, Edmund, 34, 281, 283, 419n
Penn, William, 85
Pennsylvania, 73, 97, 118, 134
Peterson, Merrill D., 409–10, 413
Philadelphia, 36–37, 43, 46, 47–51, 52, 59, 62, 73–85, 90–93, 96–101, 106–7, 118–20, 125–26, 137–38, 170–92, 230–39, 243, 245, 278–81, 289, 292, 308, 310, 355–58, 360, 366–72, 377, 394–95, 401
Philadelphia Aurora, 180–81, 182, 191–92, 243
Philipse, Mary, 14
Pickering, Timothy, 62–63, 184, 188, 189–90, 239, 253
Pierce, William, 364
Pike County Republican, 331–35, 345, 348, 409, 412
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 191, 382
Pinckney, Thomas, 177, 178, 191
Plato, 203
Plumer, William, 380
Plutarch, 319
Polk, James K., 255
Polk, Martha, 255
Polk, Sarah, 406
Poor Richard’s Almanac, 79, 81, 91
Pope, Alexander, 128
Porter, Susanna, 261
Posey, John, 64–65, 67
Posey, Martha Harrison, 67
Posey, Milly, 64
Posey, Thomas, 63–67, 347
Potter, Sukey, 264
Powel, Eliza, 51–52, 54
Presbyterians, 215–16, 360–61, 362
Price, Richard, 246
Priestley, Joseph, 238
Princeton College, 51, 99, 214, 215, 358–61, 362, 405
Prospect Before Us, The (Callender), 190–91
Quakers, 74, 79, 102, 175, 229, 367, 369, 371, 382, 389
“Quasi-War,” 52, 183–89, 193, 244–45
Quincy, Esther, 128–29
Quincy, Hannah, 127–29, 130, 204–5
Quincy, Josiah, 204
Ralph, James, 75
Ramsay, Allen, 146
Randall, Henry S., 333
Randolph, Anne Cary, 318, 319
Randolph, Cornelia, 320, 401
Randolph, Edmund, 172, 275, 280, 287, 290, 292, 364
Randolph, Ellen, 319–20, 324, 327
Randolph, George Wythe, 324
Randolph, John (Virginia congressman), 381, 383
Randolph, John (attorney general of colonial Williamsburg), 62, 278
Randolph, Martha Jefferson “Patsy,” 271, 276, 290–91, 293–94, 296, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307–8, 313, 317–18, 322, 325–26, 327, 336, 350, 352, 356, 404, 412–13
Randolph, Mary, 319–20
Randolph, Mary Isham, 260
Randolph, Nancy, 261
Randolph, Sarah Nicholas, 330, 346
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, 322, 323, 324, 325, 327, 334–35, 338, 345, 347, 349, 351, 410
Randolph, Thomas Mann, 307–8, 315, 317–18, 320, 322, 323, 325, 356
Randolph, Virginia, 324
Randolph, William, 260, 270, 307
Ray, Catherine “Katy,” 82–83, 88, 120
Reed, Joseph, 36–37
Republican Party, 49, 177, 179, 182–83, 185, 190–92, 193, 232–45, 252–53, 308, 309, 310, 331, 333, 366, 370, 371–72, 373, 377, 385, 386–87, 389
Revere, Paul, 284–85
Reynolds, James, 230, 234–35, 236, 239, 241
Reynolds, Maria, xvi, 230–43, 244, 245, 247, 252, 310
Rhode Island, 59, 120, 150
Richardson, Samuel, xiv
Rivington, James, 62
Rochambeau, Comte de, 40
Rochefoucauld d’Anville, Comtesse de la, 293
Rochefoucauld d’Anville, Louis-Alexandre, Duc de la, 293, 296
Rogers, John, 76, 77, 78, 80
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 335–36
Ross, Robert, 390, 393
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 102, 365
Royal Navy, 180–81, 273, 283, 379–80, 385, 388, 389, 390
Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company, 8
Rush, Benjamin, 199
“Sage of Monticello,” 310–11
St. Asaph, Bishop of, 160
St. Croix, 209–15, 229, 249, 254
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 65, 66
Sally Hemings, A Novel (Chase-Riboud), 412–13
Saratoga, Battle of, 138
Savage, William, 61
Scholars Commission, 341–42
School for Scandal, The (Sheridan), 46
Schuyler, Angelica, see Church, Angelica Schuyler
Schuyler, Elizabeth “Betsey,” see Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler “Betsey”
Schuyler, Margarita, see Van Renssalaer, Margarita Schuyler
Schuyler, Philip, 220, 221, 223, 230, 234, 252, 254
Scribner’s, 4, 66
Sedgwick, Theodore, 186
Seven Years’ War, 6, 11, 12, 17–18, 92, 261, 314
Sewall, Jonathan, 129
Shakespeare, William, 132, 178
Shaw, Elizabeth Smith, 158, 160–61, 171, 172, 202
Shaw, William, 183, 185
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 46
Shippen, Alice Lee, 153
Short, William, 296
Skelton, Bathhurst, 266
Skelton, John, 266, 269–70, 287, 429n
Skelton, Martha Wayles, see Jefferson, Martha Wayles Skelton
Skipwith, Robert, 268
slaves, 7, 21, 32, 61, 68–70, 203–4, 211, 212, 213, 214, 255, 273, 275, 282, 303, 305–6, 310–13, 314, 321, 323, 329, 331, 367, 401, 405, 406, 409–16
Smith, Abigail, see Adams, Abigail Smith
Smith, Abigail Adams “Nabby,” 134, 135, 139, 149, 155–60, 163–64, 167–70, 171, 173, 175, 179–80, 183, 188, 197–201
Smith, Caroline, 199
Smith, Elizabeth, see Shaw, Elizabeth Smith
Smith, Jim, 393
Smith, Margaret Bayard, 375, 382, 383
Smith, Mary, see Cranch, Mary Smith
Smith, Nancy, 200
Smith, Robert, 380
Smith, Samuel Harrison, 375
Smith, William (father), 129, 131
Smith, William (son), 160
Smith, William Stephens, 159–60, 163–64, 167–68, 170, 173–75, 179–80, 183–84, 188, 197–200
Smith, William Steuben, 160, 163, 167, 168
Social History of the American Family, A (Calhoun), 409
“Songs of Selma, The” (MacPherson), 276–77
Sons of Liberty, 216–17
South Carolina, 151, 211, 218, 283, 327, 401–2
Spain, 148, 149, 150–51, 153–54, 177, 198, 312, 314, 377
Spring, Samuel, 359
Stamp Act (1765), 92–93, 186, 274
Stanton, Lucia C., 340
Stanwix, John, 14
Sterne, Laurence, 266–67, 269, 276
Steuben, Friedrich von, 160, 227
Stevens, Edward, 212
Stevens, Thomas, 212
Stevenson, Margaret, 86, 87, 88, 91–98, 110–11, 120
Stevenson, Polly, 86, 88, 89, 91, 95–96, 98, 110–11, 120
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 331
Strahan, William, 86–87, 98
Stuart, David, 43
Stuart, Gilbert, 49–50, 384, 392, 395
Stuyvesant, Peter, 217
“Summary View of the Rights of British America, A” (Jefferson), 277, 278
Supreme Court, U.S., 191, 331, 383
Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de, 182, 183, 185
Tarleton, Banastre, 284–85
Taylor, Zachary, 407
Thaxter, John, 137
Thomas Jefferson, An Intimate History (Brodie), 411–12
Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings (Gordon-Reed), 415, 437n
Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 339–42, 349
Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society (TJHS), 341–42
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 335, 339–40, 413
Thornton, Anna Maria, 375
Thornton, William, 375
Tilghman, Tench, 220, 222
Todd, Dolley Payne, see Madison, Dolley Payne Todd
Todd, Payne, 366, 368, 372, 399, 400–401, 404–5
Trist, Cornelia Randolph, 320, 401
Trist, Eliza, 356, 357
Trist, Nicholas, 324, 401
Trist, Virginia Randolph, 324
Tristram Shandy (Sterne), 266–67, 276, 288–89
Trollope, Frances, 329
Troup, Robert, 216–17, 231, 238, 244, 246, 247
Truman, Harry S., 352
Trumbull, John, 154, 297, 298
Turgot, Anne-Robert, 109
Turreau, Louis Marie, 376–77, 383
Turreau, Marie-Angelique de, 376–77
Tyler, Royall, 155–56, 159, 197
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe), 331
University of Virginia, 322, 326, 335, 405
Valley Forge, 37, 62
Van Buren, Martin, 405–6
Van Ness, John Peter, 376
Van Ness, Marcia Burns, 375–76
Van Renssalaer, Margarita Schuyler, 220, 221–22
Van Renssalaer, Stephen, 221
Venable, Abraham, 235, 236, 240
Vergennes, Comte de, 102, 151, 152, 153, 154
Virginia, xiv, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 22, 24, 26, 32–33, 38, 40, 97, 125–26, 231, 267, 271, 273–74, 277, 283–89, 292, 297, 305–6, 312, 323, 327, 358, 361, 363, 364–65, 381, 401–2
“Virginia Plan,” 364–65
Volney, Comte de, 348–49, 351
Walker, Betsey Moore, 265, 311, 313
Walker, John, 265, 311, 313
Wallenborn, White McKenzie, 339, 340, 342, 349
War for Independence:
armed conflict in, 40–43, 96, 98, 102, 112, 150, 154, 159, 217–18, 224, 281, 282, 283–86, 356, 363
British defeat in, 41, 42, 43, 112, 154, 224, 286, 356
finances of, xv–xvi, 102–3, 106–7, 152–53, 161, 229–30
French alliance in, 102–3, 139–45, 218, 281, 283
loyalists in, 60–61, 77, 98–100, 112–14, 118, 216–17
monarchy overthrown by, 162, 165–66, 180, 181, 195, 215–16, 267
naval warfare in, 103, 286
peace treaty for, 111, 114–15, 149–52, 158–61, 195, 292
War of 1812, 385–98
Warren, James, 37, 148, 168, 194
Warren, John Collins, 199
Warren, Mercy Otis, 37, 47, 134, 147, 168, 194–97, 199
Washington, Anne Fairfax, 7, 9–10
Washington, Augustine, 7–8, 260
Washington, Bushrod, 68, 70
Washington, Charles, 44
Washington, Corbin, 70
Washington, D.C., 46, 170, 192–93, 203–4, 230, 254–55, 312–15, 334, 336, 347, 355, 372–99, 405–7
Washington, George, 3–70
account books of, 65, 69
assassination and kidnapping plot against, 60–61
background of, 7–10, 63–67
biographies of, 4–5, 66–67
birth of, 126, 181–82, 358, 370
British slander against, 58–63
cabinet of, 52, 168, 177–78, 239, 307, 309
as childless, 25
as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, 34–37, 41–43, 57, 63, 64, 107, 108, 112, 125–26, 132–33, 138, 154, 159, 160, 217–18, 220, 222–23, 283, 286, 364
at Constitutional Convention (1787), xvi, 118–19
in Continental Congress, 33, 34, 355
correspondence of, xvi, 3–5, 11, 12–13, 16–18, 24–25, 28, 30–31, 34–35, 38, 39, 43, 50–52, 57, 58–63, 64, 65, 67, 217–18
dancing as pastime of, 15, 22–23
death of, 55–57, 70, 189, 245
education as viewed by, 26–27, 31, 44, 65, 67
fame of, xvi, 29, 36–38, 52–53, 56, 70, 114, 179
family background of, 7–8, 43–44
farewell address of, 48
finances of, 9–10, 19–20, 65, 69, 261
forged letters ascribed to, 58–63
as founding father, xvi, 3–5, 181–82, 352, 370
as grandfather, 43–44, 47–48, 51
Hamilton’s relationship with, 48, 164, 183–84, 189, 217–18, 220, 222–23, 224, 231, 233, 235–36, 238–39, 241–42, 244, 245, 253
health of, 9, 11, 12–13, 15, 25, 45, 46–47, 48, 54–56
at House of Burgesses, 22, 24, 27, 33
James Madison’s relationship with, 48, 364–65, 366, 370–71
land owned by, 19–20, 23–24, 30, 54, 63, 68
lifestyle of, 22–24, 169
love letter of (1758), 3–5, 16–18
love life of, xiii, 3–5, 10–18, 58–63, 66–70, 310
marriage of, xvi, 18, 19–20, 22–25, 30, 34–37, 41–43, 55–57, 58, 61, 245, 261
military career of, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17–18, 22, 52, 54, 63, 64, 179, 183–84, 244, 278
monument to, 255, 336, 406
moral values of, 13–14, 50–51, 58–63, 66–70, 132
Mount Vernon estate of, 7, 9–10, 11, 12–13, 17, 27–30, 32, 34, 39, 40–44, 47–48, 51–56, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69–70, 174, 179, 261
neutrality policy of, 48–49, 62, 172, 240, 309–10, 366
personality of, xiv, 13–14, 16, 17–18, 27, 42–43, 47–50, 62–63, 67, 222–23, 238–39
in Philadelphia, 47–51, 59, 231, 233
physical appearance of, 16, 18, 46, 49–50, 54, 65–66, 67
political career of, xvi, 22, 24, 27, 33, 44–51, 61
popular support for, 45, 46–47, 49
portraits of, 38, 49–50, 65–66, 384, 392, 395
as president, 19, 44–51, 62, 119, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169–70, 173, 181, 224, 235–36, 238–39, 241–42, 255, 304, 307, 308, 309–10, 371, 374, 386
press coverage of, 3–5, 16, 46, 49, 58, 63–64, 310, 347
religious views of, 238
reputation of, xvi, 3–5, 13–14, 15, 29, 36–38, 44–45, 52–53, 56, 58–63, 70, 114, 179, 181–82, 222–23, 278, 295, 309–10, 365, 370–71
retirement of, 51–56
as revolutionary leader, 32–43, 58–60, 63, 64, 107, 108, 114
second term of, 19, 48–51, 62–63
smallpox contracted by, 9, 25
social life of, 22–24, 31, 39, 45, 69, 107, 169–70, 374, 386
social position of, 8, 9, 15, 19–20
spectacles of, 43
staff of, 63, 64, 159, 190
as stepfather, 15–16, 24, 25, 26–32, 39, 41–42
third term rejected by, 52–53
Thomas Posey’s relationship to, 63–67, 347
at Valley Forge, 37, 62
verse written by, 8–9, 10
West Ford’s relationship to, 68–70, 420n–21n
in Williamsburg, Va., 14–15, 22, 24–25, 27, 31, 41
at Yorktown siege, 41, 42, 43, 286
Washington, George Steptoe, 367, 368
Washington, Hannah, 29, 68, 69–70
Washington, Harriot, 44
Washington, John Augustine “Jack,” 12, 13, 43, 44, 66, 68–69, 70
Washington, Lawrence, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 19
Washington, Lucy Payne, 367, 373–74, 384, 391–92
Washington, Lund, 40
Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis:
Abigail Adams’s views on, 37, 45, 169–70
apparel of, 20, 23–24
background of, 21–22
biographies of, 16–17, 20
children lost by, xv, 25, 29–30, 31, 41–42
correspondence of, xvi, 24–25, 29, 34–35, 41, 51–54, 57, 61–62
death of, 57, 68
Dolley Madison’s relationship with, 367, 370–71, 434n
education of, 22
as First Lady, 19, 44–51, 169–70, 237, 241, 255
furniture owned by, 23, 34
George Washington’s courtship of, 4–5, 15–16
George Washington’s engagement to, 16, 19
George Washington’s marriage to, xvi, 18, 19–20, 22–25, 30, 34–37, 41–43, 55–57, 58, 61, 245, 261
as grandmother, 43–44, 47–48, 51
health of, 42, 57
land owned by, 15–16, 19–20, 31
lifestyle of, 22–24
as mother, xv, 15–16, 22, 24, 25, 26–32, 41–42
at Mount Vernon, 20, 22–23, 29–30, 32, 44, 47–48, 51–57, 62, 68
personality of, 15–16, 19–22, 24, 37, 42, 45
physical appearance of, 20–21, 22
portraits of, 20
reputation of, 15, 19–22, 36–37
social life of, 15, 22–24
wealth of, 15, 19–20
White House home of, 15–16
as widow, 4–5, 15, 18, 21–22, 56–57
Washington, Mary Ball, 7, 8, 9, 14, 24, 40, 43, 49, 260
Washington, Richard, 24
Washington, Samuel, 43–44
Washington, William Augustine, 70, 420n–21n
Washington Monument, 255, 336, 406
Washington Post, 328
Waverly Watchman, 333, 412
Wayles, John, 267–68, 271, 274–75, 278–79, 347, 349, 429n
Wayles, Tabitha, 268
Webster, Daniel, 402, 406
West, Benjamin, 92, 224
Wetmore, Josiah, 348
Wetmore, Samuel F., 331–35, 336, 345–48, 351, 415
Whig Party, 132, 163–64, 168
White House, 192, 254, 255, 313, 372, 377, 382–85, 386
White Over Black (Jordan), 410, 415
Wilkins, William, 369
Will, George, 413
Williamsburg, Va., 6, 14–15, 16, 19, 21, 22–25, 27, 31, 38–39, 41, 263, 271
“William Tell,” 226–27
Wills, Garry, 411
Wilson, George, 65–66
Winder, William, 390–91, 392
Witherspoon, John, 99, 215, 359
Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 183, 235, 238–39
Wollaston, John, 20
Woodson, Thomas, 337, 338, 339, 341, 342–43, 349
Wythe, George, 281, 336
XYZ Affair, 182–83, 185
“Yankee Doodle,” 310–11
Yates, Betsey, 264
Yorktown, Battle of, 41, 42, 43, 112, 154, 224, 286, 356
Yrujo, Carlos Fernando Martinez de, 376, 377