Farril, Roger, overseership, 450.

Fast Day, addresses, 280, 281, 290.

Fauchet, Jean Antoine Joseph, X Y Z mission, 108; defense, 126, 145,
156; Medusa-Africa affair, 234.

Fayette County, Pa., Washington's land, payment, 23–25.

Federal district. See District of Columbia.

Federal Gazette and Baltimore Advertiser advertisements, 7 n, 35 n.

Fendall, Dr. B., letter to, 182; Mrs. Washington's teeth, 182.

Fenno, John, Hamilton's pamphlet, 337.

Fenwick, James, conduct as consul, 232.

Fevot, Ferdinand, letter to, 247; complaints, 248; Mount Vernon, 248 n.
Field, ———, Washington's Kentucky land, 161, 338.

Field officers, appointment, 335, 363.

Finances, contingent fees, 14; Washington's straitened condition, 37, 54,
139, 153, 171, 257, 280, 300; hotel shares, 37, 518. See also Ac-
counts; Bank; Bill of credit; Debts; Land; Prices; Salaries; Taxes;
Wages.

Fincastle County, W. Va. (Va.), Washington's land, 130.

Finnie, William, slave cook, 122.

Fish, Nicholas, as officer, 333.

Fish, salt, for Mount Vernon, 47.

Fisheries, accounts, 152.

Fitzgerald, John, letters to, 75, 167; Alexandria house rent, 75, 77;
draft, 137; Washington's affairs, 167, 168; bears letter, 258; Pearcy,

379.

Fitzhugh, William, letters to, 277, 296, 390; farm manager, 277; infor-
mation for Belknap, 296; horse for Washington, 390.

Florida, and Franco-American crisis, 202, 272.

Flour, foreign relations and sale, price, 55, 240. See also next title.
Flour mill, distillery at, 141; accounts, 152; purchase of staves, 173;
miller, sought, reengaged, 242-245, 249, 289, 352; special arrange-
ment, 269, 270.

Folwell, Richard, Democratic printer, 298 n.

Forbes, Mrs., Mount Vernon housekeeper, 55, 56, 58, 62, 63, 71, 76,
77, 109.

Foreign relations, policy, Monroe and Washington, 215, 219, 220. See
also Consuls; Neutral trade; Neutrality; State, secretary of; nations
by name.

Fort Necessity, expedition land grants, Washington's labor, 251, 252.

Fort Warburton, Md., 466n.

Fort Washington, Md., 466n.

Foster & May, accounts, 254, 257, 258; letter to, 257.

Fourth of July, oration, 386.

France. See "French" titles.

Francis, John, letter to, 449; Washington's houses in the District, 449,
524.

Frank, Washington's, as ex-president, 161.

Franklin stoves, for Mount Vernon, 15, 16, 32, 47.
Frederick County, W. Va. (Va.), recruiting, 379.
Fredericksburg, Va., French crisis, 273.

Free ships, free goods, Jay Treaty, 236.

French alliance, demands and neutrality, 195, 196, 199, 223-226, 228,
232; consultation, 217.

French crisis, preparatory acts, 298n; prospect of invasion, field, 313,
350, 352, 384, 497; politics, French partisans, 384, 389, 420, 451, 474,
475, 498 516; McHenry's unfitness as secretary of war, results, Wash-
ington's criticism, 394, 402-404, 410, 441; French embargo on
American ships, 494; and visit by Lafayette, 497; Pickering's cor-
respondence with state executives, 520. See also Army; Commander
in chief; General officers; Officers; X Y Z.

French Directory, French public opinion, 18; attitude of government,
and American politics, 18, 19, 90, 93, 94, 176, 183; war not expected,
19; spoliations, Monroe, 67, 197, 18, 200, 201, 205, 211, 212, 217,
218, 221, 224, 228, 229, 231, 232, 235, 236, 260; alteration, 89, 94;
Monroe as minister, 138, 145, 183, 184, 194-237; suspected treason-
able correspondence with, 191; reaction to Jay Treaty, 197, 199, 200,
202-214, 218-222, 226, 227, 229–231, 233, 234; American relations
with Spain and Barbary, 202, 221, 229; Monroe's recall, 214–216,
237; Pinckney, 237. See also French crisis; X Y Z.

French language, study, 421.

French Revolution, Washington-Pretender libel, 156; Morris as min-
ister, 201, 219, 227; American-Algerian negotiations, 203, 204; com-
mercial treaty, 209; Parrish incident, 210; consular courts, 233. See
also French Directory.

Frestal, Felix, return, fears letter, 37, 39; young Lafayette, 41; letter to,
91; Washington on relations, 92.

Frignet,

and army office, 341.

Frontier lands, Washington's, proposed division, 69, 71; proposed ex-
change, 59-61, 71-74, 439-441; Anderson's plan for rental and set-
tlement, 77-79; Welch affair, 82, 83, 99-104, 133-135, 487; taxes,

110, 128-130, 149, 157; described, 130–132; disposal, 133, 135, 317,
336, 337, 391-393, 414, 415, 439. See also Kentucky; Miami.

Frontier posts, France and American recovery, 229.

Fugitive slaves, prevention and danger, 2; Mount Vernon cook, 70, 123,
124, 146, 148.

Gallatin, Albert, Addison's pamphlet on speech, 280.

Ganges, 56.

Gardener, new, from Scotland, 26, 34, 35, 64, 365.

Garrett,, overseership, 450, 451.

Gassaway, John, letter to, 419; aideship, 419.

Gauvain, —, Monroe, 231.

Geneaology, Washington's family, 173, 239, 482.

General officers, for provisional army, essential character, 308, 310, 312n,
314, 318, 319; appointment, Washington's list and criticism, 330,
331, 335, 356, 356n, 358, 375, 433, 442; rank of major generals, 323-
325, 331, 332, 345-347, 347n, 349n, 356n, 393, 396–401, 426, 426n,
431, 432, 441, 442, 447-449, 452-464, 462n, 463n, 475-477, 479,
496, 500, 502-504, 506–508, 514, 519, 520; conference of major gen-
erals, 504, 505, 514. See also Commander in chief.

Georgia, French crisis, 273; army officers from, 424, 469, 479, 490, 492,
504.

Georgia, governor of. See Jackson, James.

Gerry, Elbridge. See X Y Z mission.

Gibbs, Caleb, as officer, 333.

Gifts, to Washington, 5, 8, 16, 20, 45, 47, 66, 84, 90, 181, 320, 322,
367, 413, 452, 470.

Gilchrist, Adam, letter to, 499 n.

Giles, Aquila, as officer, 334.

Gilpin, George, letter to, 75; Alexandria house rent, 75, 77; Washing-

ton's affairs, 174.

Gird, Henry, sr., Washington's frontier land, 414, 415.

Gird, Henry, jr., letter to, 414.

Goodhue, Benjamin, letter to, 47; fish, 47.

Goodwin, Benjamin(?), claim, 143.

Gordon, Rev. William, letter to, 48; Washington's papers, 50.

Gough, Henry (Harry) Dorsey, letters to, 6, 16; sheep, 6, 17; bull calf

for Mount Vernon, 16.

Graham, Edward, letter to, 251; Fort Necessity land grant, 251, 252.
Graham, George, Washington's Miami land, 377.

INDEX

Grain, short crop, 67. See also grains by name.

Grass, seed, 62; prospects, 282.

Gray, Vincent, office, 244.

Great Britain, agricultural reports, 20. See also Jay Treaty.

541

Great Kanawha River, Washington's land, disposal, taxes, description,
59-61, 69, 71-74, 77-79, 100-104, 110, 128-131, 133-135, 439.

Green River, navigability, 121.

Greenbrier County, W. Va. (Va.), Washington's land, 131.
Greene, Catherine (Littlefield), Mrs. Miller, 189.

Greene County, Tenn., reply to address on French crisis, 429.
Grice, Cornelia (Johns), acknowledgment to, 1377.
Grice, W. S., acknowledgment to, 1377.

Grimké, John Faucheraud, letter to, 499n.

Griswold, Roger, Lyon affair, 144n, 164n, 175.

Grosvenor, Thomas, as officer, 333.

Guérard de Nancrede, Paul Joseph. See Nancrede.

Hall, Josias Carvel, as officer, 334-

Hambly, William, letter to, 369; gift, 369, 369n.

Hamburg, American consul, 121n.

Hamilton, Alexander, letters to, 15, 39, 271, 329, 393, 452, 500; Wash-
ington's gift of wine cooler, 15; Reynold's Pamphlet, 33, 337; young
Lafayette, 39; reply to Monroe, 138, 156; army command, appoint-
ment, rank question, 273 n, 323–325, 330-332, 345, 348n, 349n, 356n,
375, 393, 396-401, 426, 426n, 431, 432, 441n, 442, 447, 448n, 452-
464, 475-477, 479, 496, 500, 502-504, 506-508, 514, 519, 520; Wash-
ington and French crisis, letter, 271, 271 n; on McHenry, 394; war
preparations, 395, 403, 411, 412; call to service, 5037; conference of
major generals, 504, 505, 514.

Hamilton, John C., and Washington papers, 271n, 395n.

Hamilton Papers, material from, 15n, 4on, 272n, 332n, 395n, 452n,

500n.

Hams, gift to England, 369, 3697.

Hand,, shipmaster, Potomac Run, 18.

Hand, Edward, army command, 331, 356n, 433.

Harper, Robert Goodloe, aideship, 395.

Harpers Ferry, arsenal site, 54, 253, 318.

Harpsichord, strings, 123, 145.

Harrison, Carter Barrett, information for Belknap, 291.

Harrison, James, letter to, 25; Alexandria

rent, 25.

Harrison County, W. Va. (Va.), Washington's land, 158.

Hartshorne, William, Potomac Company, 276.

Harvard College, Washington on, 136.

Harvard College Library, material from, 237.

Hay, prospects, 12. See also Grass.

Haynie, Sally Ball, letter to, 162; admonition, 162.

Hayward, Martha (Washington), 482.

Hayward, Samuel, wife, 482n.

Health, Washington's jocular letter, 109n; cure of dog bite, 187; Wash-
ington's weight, 390; his illness, 419, 420, 435, 444, 446, 505; old
age, 484. See also Yellow fever.

Heard, Sir Isaac, Washington family, 173.

Hedges, neglected, 286.

Henry, Gov. John, letters to, 238, 4847; lumber, 238; Mount Vernon,
238; Carter, 484, 484n.

Herbert, William, letters to, 75, 258, 482, 486; Alexandria house rent,
75, 77; bears letter, 119; Washington's donation, 1377; Washing-
ton's accounts, 258; Washington's loan, 482, 483, 486; Belknap's
work, 485.

Hercules, fugitive slave cook, 70, 123, 148.

Hessian fly, as pest, 12, 282.

Heth, William, selection of army officers, 312; as officer, 334; letters to,
351, 388; army appointment, aideship, 351, 352n, 388, 395, 433.
Heusler, Anthony, letter to, 34; hiring as gardener, 26, 34, 35.
Hickman, William, letter to, 341; Frignet, 341.

Hickory nuts, order, 175.

Hill, Henry, letter to, 342.

Historical Magazine, material from, 122n.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania, material from, 242, 280, 312n, 353n,

380, 412, 472.

Hite, Abraham, jr., Kentucky land, 160.

Hite, Isaac, Kentucky land, 160, 192, 193.

Hite, Joseph, Kentucky land, 160.

Hodgdon, Samuel, letter to, 486; paper for commander in chief, 486.

Hollingsworth, Henry, letter to, 238; cloth, gift, 238.

Honors, book dedications, declined, 155, 316, 317, 413, 488.

Hoops, Adam, army appointment, 418.