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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