by Ron Chernow
Ticonderoga guns transported by
Whiskey Rebellion and
at Yorktown
Knox, Lucy Flucker
Knyphausen, Wilhelm von, Baron
Lafayette, Adrienne de Noailles
Lafayette, George Washington
in America
Lafayette, James Armistead, see Armistead, James
Lafayette, Marquis de
Arnold affair and
in Battle of Brandywine
French Revolution and
on GW
GW’s closeness to
GW’s correspondence with
imprisonment of
invasion of Canada advocated by
in release from prison
in return visit to America
slavery opposed by
in Virginia
at Yorktown
Lake Champlain
Lake Erie
La Luzerne, Chevalier de
Lancaster, Pa.
Langdon, Elizabeth
Langdon, John
Langdon, Samuel
Lansdowne portrait
Lansing, John, Jr.
Latrobe, Benjamin
Laurens, Henry
GW’s correspondence with
Laurens, John
death of
in duel with Lee
slavery opposed by
as special envoy to France
Lauzun, Duke de
Law, Thomas
Lear, Polly Long
Lear, Tobias
GW’s final illness and
marriage of Fanny Bassett Washington and
slavery and
as surrogate son
Lee, Ann Fairfax, see Washington, Ann Fairfax
Lee, Charles (attorney general)
Lee, Charles (general)
at Battle of Monmouth
British capture of
correspondence with Reed
court-martial of
rivalry of GW and
Lee, Frank (slave)
Lee, Henry “Light-Horse Harry,”
funeral oration for GW by
Whiskey Rebellion and
Lee, Mary
Lee, Richard Henry
GW criticized by
Lee, William “Billy” (slave)
portraits of
Leffingwell, Ebenezer
Legaux, Peter
legislative branch
under Articles of Confederation
equality between executive and
supremacy of
Leibiger, Stuart
Le Mayeur, Jean-Pierre
L’Enfant, Pierre Charles
Lengel, Edward G.
Lenox, David
Leslie, Alexander
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies (Dickinson)
Lewis, Betty Washington (sister)
Lewis, Fielding (brother-in-law)
Lewis, Fielding, Jr. (nephew)
Lewis, George W. (nephew)
Lewis, Howell (nephew)
Lewis, Lawrence (nephew)
Lewis, Rachel
Lewis, Robert (nephew)
Lexington and Concord, Battle of
Liberty Hall Academy (Washington and Lee University)
Life of Washington, The (Weems)
Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln, Benjamin
Lippincott, Richard
Lispenard, Leonard
Little Falls
Little Hunting Creek
Little Sarah (La Petite Démocrate)
Livingston, Edward
Livingston, Robert R.
Livingston, William
Lomax, John
Long Island
Loring, Elizabeth Lloyd
Loring, Joshua, Jr.
Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of
Louis XIV, king of France
Louis XV, king of France
Louis XVI, king of France
execution of
Louisiana
Louis-Philippe I, king of France
Lovell, James
Loyalists
in Boston
GW’s policy toward
in mid-Atlantic states
in New Jersey
in New York
in Philadelphia
profiteering and
as refugees
southern
see also Tories
Lynch, Michael
Lynch, Thomas
McCoy, Henry
Maccubin, Martha Rolle
McCullough, David
McCurtin, Daniel
McDougall, Alexander
McGillivray, Alexander
McHenry, James
as secretary of war
Mackay, James
Mackenzie, Frederick
McKnight, John
Maclay, William
Macomb, Alexander
McWhorter, Alexander
Madison, James
on Adams
anonymous assaults on GW’s administration by
anti-British policies of
anti-Hamilton viewpoint of
on Bill of Rights
Constitutional Convention and
deal with Hamilton by Jefferson and
duplicity of
Federalist papers and
on GW
as GW’s adviser
GW seen as manipulated by Hamilton
GW’s falling-out with
GW’s farewell address drafted by
GW’s inaugural address and
honorary French citizenship for
in House of Representatives
as influence on GW
on Jay Treaty
Jefferson’s alliance with
national bank opposed by
neutrality objected to by
Potomac capital site and
and slavery
as states’ rights advocate
Whiskey Rebellion and
Magaw, Robert
Magdalen (ship)
Magowan, Walter
Maine
Manhattan
manufacturing
Marat, Jean-Paul
Marblehead, Mass.
Marie-Antoinette, queen of France
Marin, Sieur de
Marshall, John
congressional candidacy of
on GW
GW’s death announced in Congress by
Martin, Joseph Plumb
Martin, Thomas Bryan
Marye, James
Maryland
Constitution ratified by
in Potomac and James River navigation schemes
troops from
war debt paid by
Mason, Charles
Mason, George
at Constitutional Convention
Declaration of Rights written by
Fairfax Resolves and
Virginia militias and
Masons (Freemasons)
Massachusetts
charter of
at Constitutional Convention
Constitution ratified in
equality in
militia of
Shays’s Rebellion in
Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Mathews, David
Mauld, John
Mawhood, Charles
Maxwell, William
Mazzei, Philip
Mercer, George
Mercer, Hugh
Mercer, John Francis
Merrick, Samuel
Miami nation
mid-Atlantic states, economy of
Middle Brook, N.J.
Mifflin, Thomas
as president of Congress
Mifflin, Warner
militias
in Continental Army
Indians vs.
New England
romanticization of
standing armies vs.
in wake of Battle of Lexington and Concord
in Whiskey Rebellion
Minerva
Minute Men
Mirabeau, Count de
Mississippi
Mississippi Land Company
Mississippi River
Spain’s blocking of American commerce on
Mohawk nation
Moll (slave)
Monacatoocha
monarchy:
American aversion to
constitutional
French, abolition of
Freneau’s crusade against
GW accused of tendencies toward
GW’s refusal of
Jefferson’s fear of
Madison’s fear of
Republican opposition to
money
America’s lack of
Continental, devaluation of
counterfeit
national bank and
paper
Monmouth, Battle of
Monmouth Court House, N.J.
Monongahela River
Monroe, James
as American minister in France
on GW
GW’s alienation from
and Reynolds scandal
Montgomery, Richard
Monticello
Moore, Bernard
Moore, John
Morgan, Daniel
Morgan, Edmund
Morgan, J. P., Jr.
Morgan, Philip
Morocco
Morris, Gouverneur
as envoy to England
on GW
as minister to France
Morris, Mary White
Morris, Robert
funds raised by
Philadelphia presidential mansion rented by
as superintendent of finance
treasury secretaryship declined by
Morris, Robert Hunter
Morris, Roger
Morristown, N.J.
Mortier, Abraham
Mount Vernon
approach of British Army to
attempt to lease out farms at
Bushrod Washington as heir of
economic self-sufficiency at
entertaining at
fishing at
five farms at
GW comes into possession of
GW’s diversification at
GW’s farming at
GW’s final return to
GW’s funeral at
GW’s inheritance of
GW’s postwar return to
GW’s pre-Yorktown return to
as GW’s refuge
GW’s study at
improvements to
Lawrence Washington’s ownership of
management of
Mansion House at
market economy at
modernization of agriculture at
postwar pilgrimages to
regimentation at
swamp reclamation at
Moustier, Count de
Muddy Hole
Muhlenberg, Henry
mules
Murray, Williams Vans
Murthering Town
Muse, George
Nancy (ship)
National Assembly, French
National Gazette
National Guard of Paris
national university, proposed
Native Americans, see Indians
Navy, U.S.:
need for
origins of
Navy Department
Nelson (horse)
Nelson, Thomas
Nelson, Thomas, Jr.
Neptune (slave)
Neville, John
Newark, N.J.
New Brunswick, N.J.
Newburgh, N.Y.
uprising in
Newcastle, Duke of
New England
abolitionism in
blacks accepted among troops in
British plans for isolation of
economy of
GW’s disdain for
GW’s tour of
militias from
Sabbath in
southern colonies and
winter in
Newfoundland
New Hampshire
Constitution ratified in
volunteer troops from
New Jersey
British domination of
Constitution ratified by
militia of
retreat across
New Jersey Line
New Orleans, La.
Newport, R.I.
New Windsor, N.Y.
New York, N.Y.
American retreat from
British evacuation of
British invasion and occupation of
financial panic in
as first capital
GW’s Broadway residence in
GW’s Cherry Street residence in
GW’s defense of
hopes for French-American invasion of
recovery from wartime of
New York Bay
New York Harbor
New-York Journal
New York Manumission Society
New York Provincial Congress
New York State
at Constitutional Convention
Constitution ratified in
dissent on Constitution in
militia from
Nicholas, Robert Carter
Nicola, Lewis
Niemcewicz, Julian
Norfolk, Va.
North:
divide between South and
financial revolution in
greater income equality in
GW’s tour of
North, Lord
North Carolina
Constitution and
Northwest Territory
Nova Scotia
Ogden, Matthias
O’Hara, Charles
Ohio Company
Ohio Country
bounty lands in
Ohio River
Ohio Valley
Olney, Stephen
Oneida nation
Orme, Robert
Orre, William
Osborne, William
Osgood, Samuel
Otis, Sally Foster
“Pacificus,”
pacifism
Paine, Thomas
and French Revolution
on GW
Paoli massacre
Paris (slave)
Parker, Daniel
Parkinson, Richard
Parks, Andrew
Parliament, British
opposition to war in
taxation by
Paterson, James
Paterson, William
Paulus Hook (Jersey City)
Peale, Charles Willson
Peale, James
Peale, Raphaelle
Peale, Rembrandt
Peale, Titian
Pearce, William
Pendleton, Edmund
Pendleton, Patrick
Penn, Richard
Pennington, Isaac
Pennsylvania
abolition of slavery in
Constitution ratified by
legislature of
militia of
Supreme Executive Council of
troops from
western
Whiskey Rebellion in
Pennsylvania, Executive Council of
Pennsylvania, University of (College of Philadelphia)
Pennsylvania Abolition Society
Pennsylvania assembly
Pennsylvania Council for Safety
Pennsylvania Gazette
Pennsylvania Line
Pennsylvania Senate
Pennsylvania State House
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Pennypacker’s Mill
Peros (slave)
Perseverance
Petite Démocrate, La
Philadelphia, Pa.
Arnold as military commandant of
British departure from
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as capital
civilian life in
Constitutional Convention held in
Continental Army in march through
Continental Congress’s retreat from
fears of British advances on
First Continental Congress in
GW’s postretirement visit to
GW’s visit to Congress in
presidential mansion in
Second Continental Congress in
yellow fever outbreak in
Philipse, Mary “Polly,”
Phoenix (ship)
Pickering, Timothy
as secretary of state
as secretary of war
Piel, Jakob
Pierce, William
Pinckney, Charles
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney, Thomas
as Adams’s running mate
Pine, Robert Edge
Pintard, John
Piper, Harry
pirates, Barbary
Pitt, William
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pleasants, Robert
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (Wheatley)
Pope’s Creek
Pope’s Day
populism
Porterfield, Robert
Portsmouth, N.H.
Portugal
postmaster general
Post Office
Potomac River
federal district by
navigation schemes for
Potomac River Company
Potts, Isaac
Powel, Elizabeth Willing
Powel, Samuel
Power, James
Prager, Mark, Sr.
Pratt, Matthew
Presbyterian Church
Prescott (horse)
President’s House, see White House
press:
Alien and Sedition Acts and
democracy and
GW and his administration criticized by
Hamilton criticized in
transformations of
Price, Ezekiel
Princeton, Battle of
Princeton, N.J.
Princeton University (College of New Jersey)
Principio Company
privateers
Citizen Genet and
Proclamation Line
promissory notes, government
Prussia
France’s war with
public credit
public debt
Publius (Hamilton, Madison, and Jay)
Purple Heart
Putnam, Israel
Quakers
Quebec
Quesnay, Alexander
Quincy, Josiah
Quincy, Mass.
Raleigh Tavern
Rall, Johann Gottlieb
Ramage, John
Ramsay, David
Ramsay, Elizabeth
Ramsay, William
Randolph, Edmund
as attorney general
on bank bill
Fauchet allegations and resignation of
as secretary of state
on Whiskey Rebellion
Randolph, Peyton
Rappahannock River
Raritan River
Rawdon, Lord
Rawlins, Albin
Rawlins, George
Redick, David
Reed, Joseph
as aide to GW
criticism of GW by
Reed family
Reflections on the Revolution in France (Burke)
