INDEX

Hope Park, Stuart estate, 170, 265.

Hopkinson, Joseph, letter to, 274; pamphlet and song, 274.

543

Horry, Charles Pinckney, letter to, 255; reply to Paine, 255, 256; Mount
Vernon, 256.

Horses, advertisement of sale, 35n; stud, payment, 151; riding, needed,
390.

Horticulture, plants from and to Antigua, 426, 427. See also Gardener.
Hotel, federal district, shares, 37, 518.

House of Representatives, Lyon affair, 144n, 164n, 175. See also Con-
gress.

Housekeeper, for Mount Vernon, 7n, 27, 33, 55, 56, 58, 62, 63, 71, 76,
77, 109, 150.

Houses, Alexandria rent trouble, 75, 299; construction of Washington's,
in federal district, 436, 449, 471, 483, 485, 495, 498, 499, 508-510,
521-524; regulations in district, 523.

Howard, John Eager, army command, 331.

Humphreys, David, Algerian negotiations, 203.

Huntington, Ebenezer, as officer, 333; army command, 356n.

Huntington Library, material from, 70, 281, 333, 352n.

Hydrophobia, cure, 97.

Hynes, Andrew, Kentucky land, 160.

Illuminati, in America, 453, 518, 519.

Implements, threshing machine, 37-39, 252; need of blacksmith, 148,
178; chaff machine, 470.

Independence, necessity of self-sufficiency, 239.

Inspector general, appointment, 309, 325, 356n.

International law. See Neutral trade; Neutrality.

Izard, Alice (Delancey), letter to, 353.

Izard, George, army appointment, complaint, 354, 415-417; training in

France, 362; aideship, 417.

Izard, Ralph, Washington, 90; illness, 353.

Jackson, Henry, as officer, 333.

Jackson, Gov. James, French crisis, 274.

Jackson, William, as officer, 334-

James Navigation Company, Washington's gift stock, 293.

Jameson, Andrew, payment, 151.

Jay Treaty, commissions, 20; Jay's appointment, Monroe and Washing-
ton on, 194; instructions, scope of negotiations, 196, 202, 203; French
reaction, Monroe's conduct, 197, 199, 200, 203-214, 218-222, 226,
227, 229-231, 233, 234; character of opposition, 205, 207; Washing-
ton's attitude, 207, 216; neutral rights, contraband, free ships, free
goods, 208, 216, 222, 234, 236; Adet, 221, 222; commercial provi-
sions, 226.

Jefferson, Thomas, Washington's wartime letters, 51; purported in-
trigue, Langhorne affair, 52n, 537, 81, 183, 408, 420 political con-
duct, 182; French negotiations, 206.

Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas [2], letter to, 337; Washington's Maryland
land, 337, 338.

Johnson, George, land, 43.

Johnston, Francis, as officer, 334-

Johnston, Peter, Pickering's letter, 498.

Jones, John, Washington's Maryland land, 180, 127.

Jones, Joseph (Joshua?), land, 46.

Jones, William, letter to, 435.

Judiciary, appointments, 519n.

Keith, James, Colvill estate, 33, 75, 76; letters to, 102, 186; frontier lands,
agreement, 102-104; Potomac Company, 186.

Kentucky, Washington's land, 59, 119-121, 159-161, 192, 193, 250, 338,
339, 350, 502, 510, 511; French crisis, 289; officers from, 479, 490,
492; quota of troops, 492.

Kerr, Joseph, Washington's Miami land, 378 n.

Kidder, Mrs. S. T., jr., acknowledgment to, 241 n.

King,, 435.

King, Rufus, letters to, 98, 261 n; Lafayette, 98, 99; Fairfax, 261 n; Wash-
ington's affairs, 321.

Kinross, Scot., agricultural survey, 321.

Kirk, Grafton, land affairs, 36, 43, 44.

Kirk, James, account, 5.

Kiska Toms, hickory nuts, 175.

Kitt, Frederick, Washington's fugitive slave, 123, 124, 148; letters to,
123, 148; position, 149.

Knox, Henry, major generalship, rank question, declines, letter, 331,
345-347, 347-349n, 356n, 393, 396-401, 426, 426n, 431, 432,
441n, 442, 447, 448, 448n, 452-464, 462n, 463n, 475-477, 479, 496,
500, 502-504, 506–508; letters to, 345, 396, 506, 513; war prepara-
tions, 411, 412; call to service, 503 n; aideship, 508.

Knox, Rev. Samuel, letter to, 487; dedication declined, 488.

Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, letters to, 22, 51; return, Washington's greeting,
22; claim, 51.

Labor, uncertainty, 49; conditions of agricultural, 107; necessity of sys-
tematic, 112, 113. See also Slaves.

La Colombe, Louis Saint Ange Morel, chevalier de, letter to, 86; La-
fayette, 86.

Lafayette, George Washington L. G. Motier, return to Europe, risk,
39-41, 86, 88, 90–92, 95-99, 105, 122; funds, 40n; letter to, 95.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph P. Y. R. G. du Motier, marquis de, release, son's
return, possible American trip, 39-41, 86, 88, 91, 95-99, 121, 122;
letters to, 40, 97; proposed visit deprecated, 497.

Land, Pennsylvania, disposal, payment, 23-25, 37, 68, 107, 132, 137, 138,
164, 280, 371, 372, 475, 476, 480; Alexandria lots, 25, 75, 77, 299,
317, 336, 337, 391, 392, 439; adverse claim, 35, 43-45, 57; docking
entail, 44, 57, 64; federal district lots, 46, 256, 257, 436, 470-472;
Suffolk, 46, 47; Kentucky, 59, 119-121, 192, 193, 250, 338, 339, 350,
351, 502, 510, 511; proposed exchange of frontier for Maryland, 59-
61, 71-74,439-441; upper Potomac, protection, 62, 163; foreign offers,
65; reduction in price, 67; frontier, plans for disposal, taxes, 77-79,
82, 83, 99-104, 110, 128-135, 149, 157, 317, 336, 337, 391-393, 414,
415, 439, 487; Maryland, rent, 126, 127, 179, 180, 299, 336, 337, 407;
agency, tenants, rents, 140, 141, 180, 282; Miami River, adverse
claim, described, 142-144, 377, 378n, 440; Fort Necessity grants,
251, 252; Dismal Swamp, payment, 472, 473, 481, 522; value in fed-
eral district, 473. See also Agriculture; Houses; Mount Vernon;
Public lands.

Langhorne, John, letter to, 52; affair, 52, 53, 81, 183, 408, 420.

Law, Elizabeth Parke (Custis), supposed gift, 410, 478.

Law, Thomas, letters to, 37, 114, 256, 518; hotel, 37, 518; movements,
96; Mount Vernon, 96, 246, 522; dog, 114; Cornwallis, 115; favor,
238; Washington's federal district lots, 256, 257; house in district,
483; bears letter, 499.

Lawyers, contingent fee, 14.

Lear, Tobias, Washington's papers, 1; letters to, 30, 54, 69, 299, 300, 316,
380; lease of River Farm, 30, 31; arsenal site, 54; loan refused,
54, 55; Liston to Mount Vernon, 69; Potomac Company, 125, 186,
380; bears letter, 126; young Custis, tutor, 171, 435, 449; Washing-
ton's accounts, rebuked, 180, 299-301, 316, 317; letters written by,
335n, 522n; military secretary, 361, 362, 381, 434; school for step-
children, 381; illness, 505.

Lee, Charles, recall of Monroe, 1, 2; letter to, 2; movements, 23; Wash-
ington's legal affairs, 250.

Lee, Edmond, opening letter, 239, 241; letter to, 241.

Lee, Frederick, Washington's affairs, 322.

Lee, Henry, French news, 19; letters to, 28, 139, 472; Dismal Swamp,
payment, 28-30, 139, 140, 472, 473, 481, 522; Kentucky land to
Washington, 149, 185, 250; movements, 241; army command, 331,
348n, 356n; Whiskey Insurrection command, 399; Mount Vernon,
consultation, 473, 481.

Lee, Richard Bland, letter to, 521; army appointment, 521.

L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, Fort Washington, 466 n.

Letters. See Correspondence.

Lewis, Gen. Andrew, frontier land, 129, 131.

Lewis, Fielding [1], Suffolk land, 46, 47.

Lewis, George, letter to, 70; slave cook for Mount Vernon, 70; uncle's
Kentucky land, 121.

Lewis, Howell, bears letter, 140, 141.

Lewis, John, Suffolk land, 46, 47.

Lewis, Lawrence, letter to, 2; fugitive slave, 2; Mount Vernon as home
service, 2; at cousin's wedding, 92; bears letter, 256; army appoint-
ment, 405.

Lewis, Robert, of Philadelphia, miller, 242.

Lewis, Robert, nephew, letters to, 62, 140, 162, 282; uncle's land affairs,
agency, 62, 140, 141, 162-164, 282; crops, 282.

Lewis, Rev. Zechariah, letters to, 7, 472; sermons, 7; Custis, 7; route to
Natural Bridge, 472.

Liberty Hall. See Washington Academy.

Library of Congress, Hamilton Papers, 15n; William Thornton Papers,
39n; Washington Photostats, 47n; McHenry Photostats, 54; Toner
Transcripts, 266n.

Linen. See Osnaburgs.

Liston, Robert, Mount Vernon, 69.

Liston, Mrs. Robert, Mrs. Washington's letter, 1697.

Little, Charles, army appointment, 370.

Lloyd, James, calf from Washington, 5; letters to, 246, 288, 298, 303;
French crisis, 246, 288, 299; Washington's army command, 3267;
brother, 358.

Logan, George, French affairs, 225, 407.

Long Island Historical Society, Memoirs, material from, 12n, 255 n.
Louisiana, French designs, 236, 272.

Lumber, cutting up-country trees, walnut, 163; order, 237, 238, 251, 294.
Luzac, John, letter to, 84; work, gift, 84, 90; compliments, 84.

Lynn, Rev. William, letter to, 281.

Lyon, Matthew, affair in House, 144n, 164n, 175.

Lyons, Peter, Rawlins, 166.

McCarty, Daniel, letters to, 59, 71, 439; land exchange, 59-61, 71-74,
439-441.

McClean, Archibald, letters to, 317, 336, 392; exchange of land, 317, 336,
337, 391-393, 439.

McCormick-Goodhart, Leander, acknowledgment to, 391n, 393 n.
McCrea, Mrs. James W. T., acknowledgment to, 108n.

MacDonald, Thomas, letter to, 20; agricultural reports, 20; Jay Treaty
commission, 20; Mount Vernon, 20 n.

McDowell, John, young Custis, 169, 180, 181, 187, 289, 376, 421, 422,
449; letters to, 180, 289, 376, 421, 449; Carter, 484.

MacHarg, Anthony, letter to, 369; training of cavalry, 369, 370, 375.
McHenry, James, secretary of war, letters to, 8, 53, 117, 144, 158, 179, 191,
253, 298, 303, 304, 318, 326n, 349n, 356, 366, 368, 37o, 373, 375,
378, 379, 380, 385, 402, 404, 410, 411, 418, 423, 426m, 441, 447,
448n, 463, 474, 476, 477, 488, 502, 503, 514, 520; Bordley, 8; presi-
dential table ornaments, 9; wine cooler, 9; Cobbett, 9; son's accident,
54; arsenal site, 54, 253, 318; land claim, 117; Washington's Miami
land, 144; on affairs in House, letter, 1447; on Monroe's vindication,
letter, 145n; on X Y Z mission, letters, 145n, 298n; Washington's
coach, 158; illness, 158, 404n, 412; edition of congressional journals,
letter, 179, 297, 297n; Mount Vernon, conference on provisional
army, 2797, 325, 326n, 329, 340, 347, 396, 502; Washington and
army command, letter, 298n, 304-312, 318-320, 325-327; appoint-
ment of army officers, letter, 334n, 356, 356n, 479, 488-491, 504,
512, 515; queries on officers, 335; applicants, 358, 360, 366, 370, 372,
375, 378, 379, 385, 404, 405, 410, 418; colors for Alexandria com-
pany, 368, 380, 418, 418n, 503, 503n; military secretary, letter, 374,
375, 375n; staff appointments, 375, 380; unfitness for position,
Washington's criticism, 394, 402-404, 441-443; war preparations,
recruiting, supplies, 410-412, 477-479, 511n; rank of major gen-
erals, letters, 426n, 441n, 447-449, 448m, 454, 455, 476, 477, 502-
504, 503n; conference of major generals, 514.

McHenry Photostats, material from, 54n, 426n.