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Index
Abingdon
Adams, Abigail
Adams, John
Adamses, the
adoptions
Alexander, Sarah Livingston
Alexander, William
Alexandria Academy
Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer
Alexandria Lodge
Alton, John
Amson, John
ancestors, Martha’s
Anglican Church
Annapolis
appearance and style, Martha’s
Arnold, Benedict
Arnold, Peggy Shippen
Articles of Confederation
Aurora
Austin (slave)
Bache, Benjamin Franklin
Bache, Sarah Franklin
Baltimore, Lord
Baltimore, Maryland
Barnes, Abram
Barnes, Sarah
Bartram, John
Bassett, Burwell
Bassett, Burwell, Jr.
Bassett, John
Bassett, Nancy (Martha’s sister)
Bassetts, the
Beauties of Milton, Thomson and Young
Beauties of Nature, The
Belmont
Belvoir
Berridge, John
Berrien, Judge
Betty (slave)
Bible
Biddle, Clement
Biddle, Rebecca Cornell
Bingham, Anne Willing
Bingham, William
birthday celebrations, George’s
Blair, John
Bland, Martha Daingerfield
Bland, Theodorick
books
Bordley, Elizabeth
Boston
Boston Tea Party
Botetourt, Lord
Boucher, Jonathan
boycott of British goods
Braddock, Edward
Brandywine, Battle of
breast-feeding
Breechy (slave)
Brehan, Marquise de
British army
British navy
British Parliament
Bruton Parish Church
Bull-Finch, The
Bunker Hill, Battle of
Burgoyne, John
Bush Hill
business affairs, Martha’s handling of
Byrd, Evelyn
Byrd, Lucy
Byrd, Mary Willing
Calvert, Benedict
Calvert, Charles
Calvert, Eleanor. See Stuart, Eleanor Calvert Custis (Nelly) (Martha’s daughter-in-law)
Calvert, Elizabeth
Cambridge, Massachusetts
camp followers
capital, location of
Carlyle, Sally
Carter, Charles
Carter, James
Carter, Robert “King,”
Cary, Robert
Cato
character and personality, Martha’s
charity
Charleston, South Carolina
Chastellux, Marquis de
Cherokees
Cherry Street
Chestnut Grove
childhood, Martha’s
Children of the Abbey (Roche)
Christ Church
Christian World Unmasked, The (Berridge)
Christopher (slave)
Church, Angelica Schuyler
churchgoing. See religion and churchgoing
class, social
Clinton, George
Clinton, Henry
Cocka Coeska, queen
Coercive Acts
Columbia University
Columbus; of a World Discovered
Commentary on the Book of Psalms (Horne)
common law
Congress, U.S.
Constitution, U.S.
Constitutional Convention
consumerism
contemporary descriptions of Martha
Continental Army
Continental Congress . See also Congress, U.S.
Cornwallis, General
correspondence, Martha and George’s
Craik, John
Creeks
Custis, Daniel Parke (Martha’s first husband)
appearance of
business practices of
Daniel Custis (son) and
death of
father and, relationship between
slaves owned by
wealth of
Custis, Daniel Parke (Martha’s son)
Custis, Eleanor Parke. See Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis (Nelly) (Martha’s grandchild)
Custis, Elizabeth Parke. See Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis (Betsy/Eliza) (Martha’s grandchild)
Custis, Fanny (Martha’s sister-in-law)
Custis, Frances Parke (Daniel’s mother)
Custis, Frances Parke (Martha’s daughter)
Custis, George Washington Parke (Wash) (Martha’s grandchild)
Custis, Jack (Daniel’s illegitimate brother)
Custis, John
Custis, John Parke (Jack) (Martha’s son)
appearance of
boy, desire for a
business responsibilities of
character and personality of
death of
education of
engagement of
home purchased by
illness of
marriage of
political career of
stepfather and
Custis, Martha Parke (Patsy) (Martha’s daughter)
appearance of
birth of
death of
education of
Eleanor Custis and
epilepsy of
estate of
Custis, Martha Parke (Patty) (Martha’s grandchild)
dancing
Dandridge, Anna Maria (Martha’s sister)
Dandridge, Bartholomew (Martha’s brother)
Dandridge, Bartholomew (Martha’s nephew)
Dandridge, Elizabeth. See Henley, Elizabeth Dandridge (Betsy) (Martha’s sister)
Dandridge, Frances Jones (Martha’s mother)
Dandridge, Frances (Martha’s sister)
Dandridge, Jack (Martha’s father)
Dandridge, John (Martha’s brother)
Dandridge, John (Martha’s nephew)
Dandridge, Mary (Martha’s sister)
Dandridge, Patsy
Dandridge, Unity West
Dandridge, William (Martha’s brother)
Dandridge, William (Martha’s uncle)
Dandridges, the (Martha’s parents)
day trips
death customs
Declaration of Independence
Delaware, Lord
Delaware River, George’s crossing of
Digges, Ann
Digges, William
Dinwiddie, Rebecca
Dinwiddie, Robert
dollar
Dorchester Heights
Drinker, Elizabeth Bowen
Drinker, Henry
Dunlap, William
Dunmore, Lady
Dunmore, Lord
Duponceau, Pierre-Etienne
eating customs
Eden, Robert
education, Martha’s
Elsing Green
engagement, Martha and George’s
epilepsy
Episcopal Church
etiquette, Martha’s training in
Fairfax, George
Fairfax, Sally
Fairfax County
Fairfaxes, the
farewell addresses, Ge
orge’s
Fauntleroy, Betsy
Federalist Papers, The (Hamilton and Madison)
Federalists
financial situation, Martha and George’s
financial situation, Martha’s
First Kings, book of
first lady, Martha as
duties of
emotional health of
Flourney, John James
Fluckers, the
food supplies
Ford, Theodosia
foreign affairs
Fort Ticonderoga
France/French
Franklin, Benjamin
Franks, Isaac
Fraunces, Samuel
Frederick County
French and Indian War
French Revolution
Freneau, Philip
furnishings, home
Gálvez, Bernardo de
Gates, Elizabeth Phillips
Gates, Horatio
Gazette of the United States
Genêt, Edmond Charles
George III, king of England
Germantown, Battle of
Germantown, Pennsylvania
gift giving
Giles (slave)
Gloucester, Duke of
Goldsmith, Oliver
government, federal, development of
Governor’s Palace
Graham, Catherine Macaulay
Graham, William
Grand (Masonic) Lodge
grandmother, Martha as
Grasse, Admiral de
Grays pleasure garden
Great Britain
France and
Martha and George’s loyalty to
United States and
Green, Charles
Green, Margaret
Greene, Catherine Littlefield (Kitty)
Greene, George Washington
Greene, Nathanael
Guildford Courthouse
“Hail, Columbia”
Hale, Nathan
Hamilton, Alexander
during Adams administration
as aide-de-camp
character and personality of
engagement of
George and
split with other advisers
Thomas Jefferson and
as treasury secretary
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler
Hamiltons, the
Hancock, John
Hartley. P.
Harvard University
Hayfield
health and illness
George’s
Martha’s
Patsy Custis’s
Henley, Bartholomew (Martha’s nephew)
Henley, Elizabeth Dandridge (Betsy) (Martha’s sister)
Henley, Fanny (Martha’s niece)
Henley, Samuel (Martha’s nephew)
Henry, Patrick
Hercules (slave)
History of England (Macaulay)
home furnishings
honeymoons
Hope Park
Horne, George
horseback riding
household, running a
Howe, Richard
Howe, William
Humphreys, David
Hunter, John
illness. See health and illness
Inchbald, Elizabeth
Independence Day celebrations
inoculation
Isaac Potts house
Jamestown
Jay, John
Jay, Sarah
Jay’s Treaty (1795)
Jefferson, Martha
Jefferson, Thomas
Johnson, Samuel
Jones, John Paul
Jones, Lane
Jones, Martha Macon
Jones, Mary Elizabeth Williams
Jones, Orlando
Jones, Rowland
Judge, Oney (slave)
Julius (slave)
Kentucky
King, Dr.
King’s College. See Columbia University
knitting
Knox, Henry
Knox, Lucy
Lafayette, George Washington Motier
Lafayette, Marquis de
Landsdowne
Lane, Anne
Laurens, Henry
Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis (Betsy/Eliza) (Martha’s grandchild)
Law, Thomas
Lear, Benjamin
Lear, Fanny Bassett Washington
Lear, Mary Long (Polly)
Lear, Mrs. (Tobias Lear’s mother)
Lear, Tobias
Lears, the
Lee, Billy
Lee, Charles
Lee, Henry
Lee, Nancy Fairfax
Lee, Richard Henry
Lewis, Betty (George’s sister)
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis (Nelly) (Martha’s grandchild)
Lewis, Fielding (George’s brother-in-law)
Lewis, Frances Parke (Martha’s great-grandchild)
Lewis, George Washington (George’s nephew)
Lewis, Howell (George’s nephew)
Lewis, Lawrence (George’s nephew)
Lewis, Martha Betty (Martha’s great-grandchild)
Lewis, Robert (George’s nephew)
Liston, Henrietta
London, items ordered from
Long Island, Battle of
Louis XVI, king of France
Ludwell, Jane
McGillivray, Alexander
McHenry, James
McHenry, Margaret Caldwell
Macomb mansion
Macon, Gideon
Macon, Martha. See Jones, Martha Macon
Macon, Martha Woodward
Madison, Dolley Todd
Madison, James
magazines
Magowan, Walter
maiden name, Martha’s
Market Street
marriage, generally
George’s views on
Martha’s views on
marriage, Martha and George’s
post-Revolutionary War
during presidency
during Revolutionary War
marriages, Martha’s
to Daniel Custis
to George Washington. See marriage, Martha and George’s
Marshall, John
Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser
Mason, George
Massey, Lee
medical treatments
Micah, book of
Middlebrook, New Jersey
military affairs, Martha’s knowledge of
Mrs. Graham’s school
Molly (slave)
Monmouth, Battle of
Moody, Anne
Moody, Matthew
Moodys, the
Morgan, Daniel
Morris, Gouverneur
Morris, Maria
Morris, Mary
Morris, Robert
Morris house
Morristown, New Jersey
Mortier, Martha
mother, Martha as
Mount Clare
Mount Vernon
daily life at
deterioration of
disposition after George’s death
furnishings of
George’s returns to
managers of
Martha and George’s returns to
Martha’s first arrival at
renovation and enlargement of
during Revolutionary War
as shrine
mourning
Moustier, Comte de
Mulatto Jack (slave)
musical education
naming customs
national debt
National Gazette
Native Americans
Neutrality Proclamation (1793)
Newburgh, New York
New Jersey
New Kent County, Virginia
newspapers
New Theatre
New Windsor, New York
New York City
as British strong
hold
as capital
entertainments in
Martha and George’s departure from
Martha’s move to
New Year’s celebration in
reoccupation of
revolutionary battles in
North Carolina
novels
obituary, Martha’s
Old American Company
Old Doll (slave)
Pamunkey River
Pamunkeys
Pantheon
Paris (slave)
Parke, Daniel
Peale, Charles Willson
Peale’s museum
Pendleton, Edmund
Penn, Anne Allen
Penn, John
Penn, William
Pennsylvania, University of
Pennsylvania Packet
Peter, Columbia
Peter, Elizabeth Scott (Patty)
Peter, John Parke
Peter, Martha
Peter, Robert
Peter, Thomas
Peters, Richard
pets
Philadelphia
as capital
entertainments in
Martha and George’s move to
memorial service for George in
during Revolutionary War
size of
yellow fever epidemic
Phillipse, Polly
Pickering, Timothy
Pintard, John
plantations and plantation life
Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous
Pohick Church
Pohick Parish
political customs
political parties
politics, Martha’s knowledge of
popularity, Martha and George’s
portraits
Posey, John
Posey, Martha
Posey, Millie
Powel, Eliza
Powel, Samuel
Powels, the
Power, James
pregnancies, Martha’s
presidency, George’s
difficulties of second term
disagreements among advisers
farewell address
Native Americans, dealings with
northern tour
public opinion, attention to
salary during
second term accepted
southern trip
“President’s March, The”
Prince of Abyssinia (Rasselas) (Johnson)
Princeton, New Jersey
properties, Martha and George’s . See also Mount Vernon; other specific properties
prostitutes
Quakers
Queen’s Creek
Ramsay, Ann
Ramsay, William
Randolph, Edmund
Randolph, Susan
reading habits, Martha’s
Reed, Esther DeBerdt
Reed, Joseph
Reinagle, Alexander
religion and churchgoing
Report on the Public Credit (Hamilton)
Republican party