INDEX

By DAVID M. MATTESON

Accounts, claims, and warrants, presidential, 85; Mount Vernon, obser-
vations, 110, 111, 151-155, 254, 257, 258; irregular payment, 294;
Lear and Washington's, 299-301, 316. See also Estates; Finances.
Adams, Abigail (Smith), illness, 501.

Adams, Pres. John, Coxe, 1457; public buildings in federal district, 190;
X Y Z crisis, message, 191, 239; letters to, 291, 312, 327, 453, 501;
Mount Vernon, 291, 292; public support, 292, 312n, 328; Washing-
ton's command of army, letter, 311-315, 312n, 326n, 327–329;
rank of major generals, letters, 324n, 330, 426n, 432, 441n, 442,
447-449, 448n, 453–464, 462n, 463n, 475-477, 500, 502, 503, 503n;
Washington's relations, 479; Works, 448 n; illness, 501; appointment
of Bushrod Washington, 519n.

Addison, Judge Alexander, letters to, 297, 370; pamphlet and oration,
280; Washington's land affairs, 370–372.

Addresses and replies, to Washington Academy, 283; militia, 428, 517;
on French crisis, 428-430, 517; localities, 429.

Adet, Pierre Auguste, X Y Z mission, 108; Jay Treaty, 221, 222.

Adjutant general, required character, 309; appointment, 331, 356 n, 375,
403, 410, 426n, 433, 442, 454, 456, 462, 463n, 501.

Adriana, 322.

Advice and admonitions, young Custis, college, study, routine, 20-22,
117, 118, 187, 188, 245, 259, 288, 363; manager, 111-114, 151–155,
266-270, 284-287; on early rising, 118; bank employee, 149; poor
relation, 162.

Africa, H. M. S., Medusa affair, 234.

Agriculture, reports of British Board, 20, 322; satisfaction, 65; Ander-

son's essays, 66; Sinclair's surveys and pamphlets, 66, 68, 321; Park-
inson's work, 80; labor conditions, 107. See also Animals; Imple-
ments; Mount Vernon; products by name.

Aides. See Military secretary.

Alderson, George, sheriff, Washington's taxes, 110, 129.
Alexander, William, as officer, 334.

Alexandria, Va., Washington's lots and house, rent, acquirement, 25, 75,
77, 299, 317, 336, 337, 391, 392, 439; charity, 137n; growth, 264;
colors for Silver Greys, 368, 380, 418, 418n, 503, 503n; inefficiency
at post-office, 386; dinner to Marshall, 420 n.

529

Alexandria Academy, young Custis, 170; Washington's subscription,

317.

Alexandria postmaster, letter to, 386.

Almonds, order, 175.

American Revolution, Boucher's book on causes, 413.

American Philosophical Society, Bucknall's work, 66.
Ames, Fisher, Bent, 404.

Ammunition, for French war, 425.

Anderson, James, manager, and lease, 31; advertisement, 35n; letters to,
77, 110, 153, 266, 283; plan for frontier land, 77-79; accounts,
Washington's observations, 110, 111, 151-155; commendation and
criticism, 111-114, 277, 278, 284-287; distillery, 112, 139, 141, 154,
177, 302; resentment, proposed retirement, 266-269, 279; proposed
new arrangement, 269, 270, 283-287; Alexandria lots, 337; hiring
overseers, 450, 451.

Anderson, Dr. James, letters to, 64, 364; gardener for Mount Vernon,
64, 365; new abode, 65; Washington's land, 65; gift of agricultural
works, 66; health, literary work, 364.

Anderson, John, son of James, 6; distillery, 154, 177.

Anderson, Richard Clough, as officer, 334; letter to, 377; Washington's
Miami land, 377, 378, 378 n.

Antigua, sheep and plants from and to, 426, 427.

Ariss, John, draft, 282.

Armed neutrality, free ships, free goods, 236.

Arms, for provisional army, importation, 443; character, 479. See also
Arsenals; Artillery.

Armstrong, Edward A., acknowledgments to, 64 n, 379n, 409n, 422n.
Armstrong, James, army command, 493.

Army, memoranda on provisional, 279; necessary character, 307-310;
preparations, 335, 395, 403, 406, 410-412, 417, 424; quotas, 491. See
also Artillery; Cavalry; Military stores; Officers; Recruiting; Staff.
Arsenals, Potomac River site, 54, 253, 318.

Artillery, of provisional army, command, 360; officers, 366, 488; importa-
tion, 443.

Ashe, James, letter to, 372; army appointment, 372.

Ashton, Burdett, position, 171; wife, 171n.

Askins, John, land case, 44.

Asses, advertisement of sale, 35n.

Athill, James, letter to, 426; exchanges, 426, 427; Mount Vernon, 426.

Atkinson, Guy, dog, 114.

INDEX

Aurora. See Bache, Benjamin Franklin.

531

Bache, Benjamin Franklin, spurious letters, 50; charges against Picker-
ing, reply, 156; Monroe's mission and View, 194 n, 225; French
crisis, 249, 254, 299; Washington's sarcasm, 368.

Ball, Burges, as officer, 334.

Baltimore Telegraph, political character, 7.

Bank of Alexandria, Washington's proposed loan, 482, 483, 486.

Bank of Columbus, Washington's stock, 28–30.

Bank of Pennsylvania, letter to, 480; bond, 480.

Barbary Powers, Algerian negotiations, 203; France and American rela-

tions, 221, 229.

Barker, —, Washington's affairs, 107.

Barlow, Joel, Barbary affairs, 204.

Barns, lumber for new, 237, 238, 251, 294.

Barry,, letter to, 55; flour, 55; Law, 115.

Barton, Benjamin Smith, debt to Washington, 146, 147, 411.

Bassett, Burwell [1], Washington's frontier land, 130, 131.

Bassett, Burwell [2], letters to, 122, 159; corn for Mount Vernon, 122,

Belknap, Andrew Elliot, letter to, 485; subscriptions to father's work,
485.

Belknap, Rev. Jeremy, letters to, 290, 327; X Y Z address, 290; work on
American biography, subscriptions, 290-293, 295, 296, 327, 485;
death, 362.

Bent, Lieut. Lemuel, army appointment, 379, 404; service, 379n.
Beres, Pierre, letter possessed by, 297 n.

Berkeley County, W. Va. (Va.), Washington's land, 282; recruiting,

379.

Biddle, Clement, letters to, 9, 15, 17, 27, 32, 47, 79, 123, 145, 174, 177,
188, 241, 276, 294, 373, 411, 434; Washington's affairs, supplies,
accounts, 9-11, 15-17, 27, 32, 47, 79, 108, 123, 145-148, 155, 174, 175,
177, 178, 188, 241, 242, 276, 294, 295, 373, 386, 411, 434; financial
condition, 109, 139, 139n; fugitive slave, 123, 124, 146, 148.

Bills of exchange, foreign, 67.

Biography, Belknap's work on American, subscriptions, 290–293, 295,
296, 327, 485.

Bioren, John, imprint, 33n.

Blacksmith, at Mount Vernon, need, 148; accounts, 152; redemptioner,

178.

Blagdin, George, Washington's houses in the District, 471, 483, 495,
498, 499, 508-510, 521-524; at Mount Vernon, 522.

Bland, Richard, projected history of Virginia, 290.

Blodget, William, as officer, 333.

Bloomfield, Joseph, as officer, 333.

Blount, William, intrigue, before Congress, 8.
Bonaventure, E. F., acknowledgment to, 326n.

Booker, William, threshing machine, 37, 38, 247, 252; letters to, 247, 252.
Bookkeeping, study, 422.

Books, for Washington, 8, 11, 17, 20, 27, 66, 84, 90, 146, 155, 156, 178,
181, 188, 281, 322, 373, 411, 413, 452; Washington and subscrip-
tions, 9.

Bordley, John Beale, gift of work, 8.

Botetourt County, Va., Washington's land, 131, 132.

Boucher, Rev. Jonathan, letter to, 413; work, dedication to Washington,

413.

Bradley, Philip Burr, as officer, 333.

Brigadier generals. See General officers.

Brooke, John, housekeeper for Mount Vernon, 76.

Brooke, Robert, letter to, 55; housekeeper for Mount Vernon, 55, 56, 58,
76, 77; slave cook, 70.

Brookes,, carpenter for Mount Vernon, 446, 450.

Brooks, John, army command, 331, 356n.

Broome, William Temple, letter to, 361; aideship, 361.

Brown,

cook for Mount Vernon, 149.

Brown, Dr. Gustavus Richard, military position, 385; Washington's last
illness, 385n.

Brown, Matthew, letter to, 35 n; advertisement, 35 n.

Brown, Dr. William, 385n.

Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, earl of, letter to, 261 n; Fairfax, 261 n.

Bucknall, Thomas Skip Dyot, Orchardist, 66.

Buildings. See Barns; District of Columbia; Houses.