Duane, James, letter to, 476
Education, 512, 513, 520, 523 n.,
551
Europe, relations of America
with, 556
Excise law, 339, 444 n., 463
Fairfax, Bryan, letter from, 19
n., 22 n.; letters to, 15, 16,
23, 104, 441
Fairfax County, Virginia, re-
solves of, 17 n., 21 n.
Fairfax, George William, letter
to, 50 n.
Farewell
Address, 440, 441,
520 n., 531; authorship of,
532 n.; Hamilton's part in,
536 m.; Madison's part in,
533 n.; publication of, 537 n.
Farewell Orders to the Armies,
Federal Convention, 272, 276,
Ford, Worthington C., notes by,
60, 76, 88, 346, 407
Foreign influence in America,
554
Foreign policy of America, 555
Foreign relations of United
States, 330, 413, 414
Forged letters of Washington,
108
Fort Duquesne, attempts to
capture, 3, 7
Foster, John W., quoted, 415 n.
Fox, Charles James, 119 n., 176
n., 179
France, alliance with, 113, 119 n.,
122, 160, 167, 170, 405 n.;
assistance of, 168, 390; char-
acter of, 425, 429; relations
with, 293, 381, 383, 387 n.,
390, 392, 405 n., 415, 420, 421,
425, 430, 433, 434, 437, 438,
441; war of, with Great Britain,
369 n., 390, 404, 405
Franklin, Benjamin, 3 n., 8 n.,
59 n., 176 n., 511
Frederick the Great, quoted,
269 n.
French and Indian War, 3
French settlers at Detroit, 483
Gage, General, 20, 25
Gates, General Horatio, 96 n.
Grasse, Count de, 174
Grayson, William, letter to,
261 n.
Great Britain, ability of, to con-
tinue the war, 121; addresses
of, to the American army, 121;
army of, 110; breaks the
treaty of peace, 370; refusal
of, to send minister to the
United States, 368; relations
of American colonies with,
8, 9, 10 n., 11-14, 15, 16, 18,
19 n., 21, 24, 28, 29, 50 n., 51,
57-59, 106-108; relations of,
with the United States, 255 n.,
371, 381, 388, 389, 440, 483,
490; restrains commerce of
United States, 417; treaty of
commerce with, 365, 367, 368
n., 372, 372 n., 380, 383, 420,
423, 544; war of, with France,
369 n., 390, 404, 405
Green, John Richard, quoted,
Greene, General Nathaniel, letter
to, 243 n.; quoted, 42 n., 63 n.,
69 n.
Grenville, Lord, 120 n., 387, 390,
391, 420
Hall, W. E., quoted, 414 n.
Hamilton, Alexander, 211; in
the Annapolis Convention,
260 n., defends the Jay treaty,
372 n., 382; stoned, 372 n.,
letters to, 90, 91 n., 241, 280,
305, 306 n., 341, 372, 380, 400,
444, 446 n., 459 n., 460 n.,
520, 536 n.; relations with
Jefferson, 348, 348 n.; opinion
on relation of House of Repre-
sentives to the treaty-making
power requested, 400; opinion
on the Jay treaty requested,
374; opinion on rules of
neutrality, 408 n.; urges Wash-
ington to accept the Presi-
dency, 306 n., 310 n.
Harrison, Benjamin, letters to,
129, 181, 197, 248, 486
Heath, Major-General, letters to,
158, 427 n.
Henderson, Richard, letter to,
508
Henry, Patrick, quoted, 29 n.;
letters to, 281, 357, 418; urged
to re-enter public life, 361;
offered post of Secretary of
State, 418; comment of Madi-
son on, 420 n.
Hessians, 60, 82
von Holst, Constitutional and
Political History of the United
States, quoted, 508 n.
Howe, General William, 42 n.,
49, 78, 85, 87
Humphreys, David, letters to,
266 n., 282 n., 337, 352, 498
Immigration, 480, 498, 501, 510,
515
Impost law, 181, 228 n.; action
of Virginia on, 181 n., 228 n.
Impressment of seamen by
Great Britain, 388
Inaugural Address, first, 320;
replies of Senate and House
to, 326 n., 328 n.; second, 350
Independence, 28, 29, 50 n., 51,
59, 60, 115, 122, 169, 170,
177, 217, 218
Indians, relations with, 330,
340, 370, 387, 388, 389, 475,
476, 477, 478, 481, 482, 485
Innes, Colonel, report of, 387,
422
International attachments and
antipathies, 553
International relations of Amer-
ica, 552
Irvine, Brigadier-General, letter
to, 144 n.
James River, projects for im-
proving its navigation, 493,
501, 503
Jay, John, letters to, 260, 261,
275, 368, 460, 472 n.; opinion
of, on French invasion of
Canada, 128 n.; negotiates
peace with Great Britain,
177 n.; appointed to negotiate
a treaty of commerce with
Great Britain, 369 n.
Jay Treaty, see Commerce,
treaty of, with Great Britain.
Jealousies among the States,
216, 360
Jefferson, Thomas, letters to,
278 n., 300, 348, 354, 404, 513;
Notes on Virginia, 511; rela-
tions with Hamilton, 348, 348
n.; relations with Washing-
ton, 355, 357 n.; opinion of, on
rules of neutrality, 407 n.;
account of Whiskey Insurrec-
tion, 470 n.
Johnson, Governor of Maryland,
urges Washington to accept
the Presidency, 311 n.
Jones, Joseph, letters to, 157 n.,
191
Judiciary, 413
Justice, public, 216, 219, 552
Kentucky, discontent in, 448
Kirkbride, Joseph, letter to,
120 n.
Knox, Henry, letters to, 271,
282, 316 n.; opinion of on
rules of neutrality, 408 n.
Knowledge, promotion of, 331
La Fayette, Marquis of, 89, 127,
128 n., 178; desires conflict
with America averted, 437;
letters to, 243, 255 n., 257,
290, 293, 294 n., 297, 305 n.,
317, 436, 500, 506 n., 525 n.
Laurens, Henry, letters to,
123; quoted, 128 n.
Laurens, Lieutenant-Colonel
John, letters_to, 162, 164;
mission to France, 164 n.,
164-171
Laws, obstruction of, 545
Lee, General Charles, 58
Lee, Henry, letters to, 259 n.,
265, 313 n., 350, 450, 457,
504, 506 n.
Lee, Richard Henry, letters to,
502 n., 507
L'Enfant, Major, 340
Lewis, Fielding, letter to, 154
Liberty Hall Academy, 520 n.
Lincoln, Benjamin, letter to, 311
Livingston, Robert R., letter
to, 196 n.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, quoted,
35 n., 128 n., 373 n.
Long Island, battle of, 62
Long Island, retreat from, 62-
65
Lowell, James Russell, quoted, 1
Loyalists ("government-men "),
55
Luzerne on the weakness of
Congress, 250 n.
Mackenzie, Captain Robert, let-
ter to, 26
Madison, James, letters to, 267,
533 n.; on Washington and
the Newburg addresses, 184n.;
on Washington's inviting P.
Henry into his cabinet, 420 n.
Manufactures, encouragement
of, 319, 331
Martial law, 153
Maryland votes supplies for the
army, 143; interest of, in
western trade, 488; action on
the Constitution, 294 n., 298
Mason, George, 10 n., 284, 342;
letters to, 10, 135
Massachusetts, disorders in, 266,
268, 273; manufactures in,
319; revocation of charter of,
15, 20, 29; action on the
Constitution, 295
McHenry, James, letters to, 176,
181 n., 251
Meigs, Colonel, 148, 149
Memorial of the army to Con-
gress, 123
Mercer, General, death of, 86
Mercer, John Francis, letter to,
525 n.
Militia, 66, 71, 73, 87, 225
Mississippi, navigation of, 448,
491, 495, 499, 502 n., 505,
506, 506 n., 507, 508 n., 544
Money, Continental, deprecia-
tion of, 121, 133, 139, 146,
149, 165; emissions of, 129
Monmouth, battle of, lviii
Monroe, James, letter to, 421
Morality and religion, 550
Morgan, Major-General Daniel,
450; letter to, 455
Morris, Gouverneur, letters to,
121, 365, 366, 386; made
unofficial agent to Great
Britain, 365
Morris, Robert, 206, 207, 208;
letter to, 523
Mutiny of Connecticut troops,
148
Naturalization laws, 331
Navy, use of, in the Revolution,
168
Nelson, Thomas, letter to, 130 n.
Neutrality, American, motives
of, 359, 391, 404, 412, 419,
420, 424, 427 n., 437, 438, 558,
559; questions concerning sub-
mitted to the Cabinet, 405;
opinion of the Cabinet on,
407 n.; proclamation of, 408;
Washington's relation to law
of, 415 n.; rules of, 409
Neutrality, Armed, of 1780,
161 n.
Newburg Addresses, 183-191,
195, 198-200; authorship of,
185 n.
New Jersey, disaffection in, 79 n.
New York, disaffection in, 79 n.;
evacuation of, 181 n.; and the
Six Nations, 479; interest of in
western trade, 488
Non-importation
agreements,
10 n., 11-14, 14 n., 16, 21
North, Lord, speech of, 116, 119
North Carolina, action of, re-
garding army officers, 101 n.;
action on the Constitution,
286 n.
Officials, abuse of, 347, 351, 353,
356
Oswald, British commissioner,
176 n., 180
Paine, Thomas, 59 n., 426, 426 n.
Parties, danger of, 547; influence
of, 548
Patriotism insufficient to sup-
port a long war, 111
Peace establishment, 216
Peace with Great Britain, ex-
pectation of, 158, 176, 178,
179, 180; offers of, 111; nego-
tiation of, 176 n., 180 n.; viola-
tion of treaty of, 262 n., 274
Pendleton, Edmund, letter to,
472
Pennsylvania Council of Safety,
letter to, 80 n.
Pennsylvania, disaffection
79 n.; powers vested in
Pennsylvania-(Continued)
president, 151; manufactures
in, 319; interest of, in western
trade, 488, 494, 496
Petitions to Parliament, 15, 18
Pickering, Timothy, letter to,
420
Pinckney, Charles, letter to,
525 n.
Plundering by the army, in
the Revolution, 75-77; in
the Whiskey Insurrection,458,
459 n.
Potomac River, projects for im-
proving its navigation, 493,
501, 503
Presidency of the United States,
reluctance of Washington to
accept, 306 n., 308, 309, 313,
318, 321; Hamilton suggests
Washington's election, 306 n.;
La Fayette on Washington's
election, 305 n.; re-election to,
346; third term declined, 531
President of Congress, letters to,
37, 42 n., 66 n., 67, 80, 84, 88,
96, 144, 147, 173, 180 n., 183,
235, 473
President of the United States,
duties of, 323; salary of,
declined by Washington, 325;
term, 296
Princeton, battle of, 84-87, 88 n.
Purviance, Samuel, letter to,
502
Quakers, attempts to free slaves,
334 n., 336, 336 n.; in the mi-
litia, 462
Randolph, Edmund, letters to,
288, 346, 373 n., 383, 384,
471 n.; opinion of, on rules of
neutrality, 407 n.; refuses to
sign the Constitution, 283
Raynal, Abbé, 511
Reed, Joseph, letters to, 40, 42,
47, 58, 135 n., 151
Religion essential to political
prosperity, 550
Remonstrance of the Pennsyl-
vania legislature, 100, 101 n.
Representatives, House of, mes-
sage to, 395
Requisition of supplies for the
army, 80 n., 90, 166
Requisitions on the States, 156,
157 n., 171 n., 226, 232
Revolutionary War, ability of
America to continue, 121, 164,
167; causes of, 10, 15, 18-22,
24, 25, 28, 29, 50 n., 51; ex-
pense of, 139, 155, 166; pro-
longation of, 139, 155, 226;
termination of, 213, 230, 238
Rhode Island, conduct of, 277;
refuses to ratify the Constitu-
tion, 286 n.
Richmond, Duke of, 177
Rittenhouse, David, 178
Rochambeau, Count de, 174
Rockingham, Marquis of, death
of, 176
Rumsey's invention for propel-
ling boats, 497
Russia and the Armed Neutral-
ity, 160, 161 n.
Shay's Rebellion, 266 n., 268
Sheffield, Lord, 473
Shelburne, Earl of, prime minis-
ter, 176, 179
Slavery, 334 n., 523, 525 n.;
relation of Quakers to, 334 n.,
336, 336 n., 523
Smith, Sydney, 270 n.
South, tour of, 337
Spain, assistance from, 122, 160,
167; condition of, 337; rela-
tions with, 418, 490, 492, 544
Sparks, Jared, notes by, 10, 17,
19, 21, 38, 67, 88, 101, 104,
106, 111, 113, 119, 120, 163,
164, 235, 310, 333, 345, 349,
357, 407, 425, 508
Stamp Act, 8, 9, 19 n.
States, formation of, in the West,
484, 485, 499
Steuben, Baron, letters to, 144 n.,
236
Stirling, Lord, 62
Stuart, David, letters to, 277,
333, 424
Surgeons in the army, 74
Taxation of the American col-
onies, 8, 9, 10 m., 12, 14 n.,
15, 18, 19 n., 21, 25, 106
Taxes as a public necessity, 551
Tea Act, 106
Third term in the Presidency
declined, 531
Thruston, Charles M., letter to,
447
Tilghman, Colonel Tench, 175;
letter to, 178
Tories, treatment of, in America,
120 n.
Treaty-making power, 378; re-
lation of House of Represen-
tatives to, 393, 394 n., 395,
399 n., 400, 403; Hamilton's
opinion on, requested, 400
Trenton, battle of, 80-83, 88 n.
Trumbull, Colonel Jonathan,
urges Washington to accept
the Presidency, 311 n.
Trumbull, Governor Jonathan,
141 n.; letter to, 141
Tucker, Dean Josiah, quoted,
269 n.
Tyler, Moses Coit, quoted, 31,
60 n.
Union of the States, 216, 217,
241, 243 n., 252, 335, 539;
causes of disturbance of, 270
n., 335, 360, 543; government
of, 544; perpetuity of, 543
University, national, 512, 514,
518, 520, 522 n.; gift to, 513,
514, 518, 522
Valley Forge, condition of the
army at, 96-103
Vice-Presidency,
attitude of
Washington towards, 315
Virginia and Kentucky Resolu-
tions, 358, 358 n.
Virginia, declares for indepen-
dence, 60 n.; action of, on the
impost law, 181 n., 197; action
of, on the Virginia and Ken-
tucky Resolutions, 358; in-
terest of, in western trade,
489, 492
War, abolition of, 498; between
France and the Powers, 558;
preparations for, 414
Warren, James, letters to, 138,
255
Washington, the capital, 340
Washington and Lee University,
520 n.
Washington, Bushrod, letter
to, 284
Washington, John Augustine,
letters to, 5, 52, 60, 61, 78,
79 n., 92
Washington, Lund, letters to,
79 n., 195
Washington, Mrs. Martha, let-
ters to, 6, 35
Washington, William Augus-
tine, letter to, 523 n.
Wayne, General Anthony, 89
Weights and measures, 331
West, settlement of, 221, 474,
477, 481, 503, 509; advan-
tages of settlement by soldiers
475; method suggested, 477–
480; commerce with, 486, 500,
502, 505, 507; water-ways
leading to, 487, 488, 493, 499;
their political importance, 490
499, 502, 505, 507
Western posts held by Great
Britain, 366
Whiskey Insurrection, causes,
444, 463; Jefferson's account
of, 470 n.; proclamation
against, 446 n., 466; suppres-
sion of, 447, 455, 457, 461, 467,
473; how viewed, 451, 453,
461, 472 n.; recompense to
injured officers recommended,
469
Wirt, William, quoted, 7 n., 30 n.
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