by Flora Fraser
news of signature of treaty
and reward for military service
Peace of Paris (1763) and frontier land
Peale, Charles Willson
in Continental army, 14.1, 14.2
portraits and miniatures
Martha, 8.1, 8.2, 13.1, 13.2
Patsy and Jacky, 7.1, 8.1
Washington, 8.1, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1
Pearce, William, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3
Pendleton, Edmund
drafting of Washington’s will
lawyer in Dunbar case
on Martha
in Philadelphia Congress, 10.1, 10.2
Penet, Pierre
Pennsylvania Gazette
Peter, Elizabeth (Mrs. Robert)
Peter, Martha Parke Custis, fm1.1, 27.1, 28.1, 28.2, 30.1
Peter, Robert
Peter, Thomas, fm1.1, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 30.1
Philadelphia. See also presidential mansion in Philadelphia
British evacuation of
British occupation
celebrations on July 4, 1776, 15.1
dissipation and extravagance in
Martha given a coach
Martha in, 11.1, 12.1, 19.1
nonimportation association
Washingtons in winter of 1778–1779
during Washington’s presidency
visit to the sights in
yellow fever epidemic in 1793
Pickering, Timothy, 16.1, 28.1
Pinckney, Thomas, 27.1, 28.1
Pintard, John
Pliarne, Emmanuel de
portraits of George Washington
by Houdon
Martha’s criticism of
by Peale, 8.1, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1
by Trumbull
by Wright
portraits of Martha Washington by Peale, 8.1, 8.2, 13.1, 13.2
Posey, Milly, 7.1, 11.1, 19.1
Posey, John
postal service, unreliability of, 11.1, 14.1
Potomac Company, 23.1, 23.2
Powel, Elizabeth Willing, 17.1, 19.1
friendship with Washington, 24.1, 28.1, 28.2
gift from Washington
on possible results of Washington not serving a second term
visit to Mount Vernon
Powel, Samuel
death from yellow fever
helping Washingtons with purchases for Mount Vernon
visit to Mount Vernon
Power, James
Pratt, Matthew
presidency, first term
compensation, 25.1, 25.2
days for visits to the president
inaugural address
drafted before elections
influenza
Martha’s feelings about election
oath of office
observance of birthday
patronage of New York theaters
public dinners, 25.1, 25.2
reelection
Washington informed of his election
Washington’s feelings about being president
presidency, second term
attacks on Washington
and Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic
protests against Jay Treaty
Washington’s reluctance to serve second term
presidential mansion in New York
Friday drawing room hosted by Martha
house on Broadway, 25.1, 25.2
house on Cherry Street, 25.1, 25.2
Tuesday levée for gentlemen
presidential mansion in Philadelphia, 25.1, 26.1
auction of furnishings
description
press, anti-Federalist
Princeton, Washington’s seizing of
private life of the Washingtons
Adams on private life of president
Martha on lack of, in New York
in Philadelphia
return to, after presidency
return to, after war
Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition (Great Britain, 1775), 11.1, 11.2
Proclamation Line
Putnam, Israel “Old Put,” 12.1, 12.2
Quebec, siege of
smallpox in Continental forces
Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg
assembly of burgesses at, in 1769
assembly of burgesses at, in 1774
Ramsay, Elizabeth, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Randolph, Benjamin, 13.1, 14.1
Randolph, Edmund
delegate to the Grand Convention
on slaves claiming their freedom under Pennsylvania law
Randolph, John, 8.1, 10.1
Randolph, Peyton, 6.1, 6.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Reed, Esther, 12.1, 19.1
spearheading campaign to raise monies for the army
Reed, Joseph, 11.1, 14.1, 17.1
during Congress
correspondence with Lee
as host to Martha, 12.1, 19.1
as secretary of Washington in Cambridge
on unreliability of postal service
Reinagle, Alexander, 25.1, 26.1
Residence Act, 25.1, 26.1. See also Washington, D.C., development of
Revenue Act, 6.1, 6.2
Revolutionary War. See also Continental army
cessation of hostilities and truce
importance of British fleet
working to secure an end to
Ritchie, Archibald
Robardet, James
Robinson, John
accusing Patrick Henry of treason
embezzlement by
guardian in legal matters to Custis children
Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste, Comte de, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 25.1
Rocky Hill, headquarters at
Rogers, Nicholas, 16.1, 18.1
Roosevelt, Theodore, n
Rumney, William, 9.1, 10.1, 13.1, 19.1
physician of the Washingtons, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Rush, Benjamin, 14.1, 27.1
Saint-Simon, Claude-Anne, Marquis de (after Duc), 19.1, 20.1
Saratoga, surrender of British troops at
Savannah, 17.1, 18.1, 21.1
Schuyler, Betsy, See also Hamilton, Betsy
Schuyler, Philip, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 18.1, 19.1, 25.1
Secret Committee of Correspondence
Sensible (frigate)
Sequeyra, John
Serle, Ambrose
servants. See also slaves and slavery
in New York presidential mansion
in Philadelphia presidential mansion, 26.1, 26.2
Shaw, William, 23.1, 23.2
Shaw, William S.
Sheels, Christopher, 26.1, 27.1, 29.1, 29.2
Shippen, William, Jr., 10.1, 13.1, 15.1
Shippen, William, Sr.
slaves and slavery
depreciation and sale of
impact of Pennsylvania’s Gradual Abolition Act
at Mount Vernon
discontent
doctors for
house slaves
inoculation for smallpox
sales
offered freedom if crossing over to the British
rotation of Washingtons’ slaves in and out of Pennsylvania
sales in Alexandria
Washington and
health of slaves
provision for manumission
treatment of
wish to no longer have slaves
slave trade, Fairfax Resolves on
smallpox
around Boston during siege
in Continental army
during siege of Quebec
in Valley Forge
in Ethiopian Regiment
inoculation for
of the army, 12.1, 15.1
of Jacky
of Martha, 13.1, 13.2
of new recruits
of sons of Nancy Bassett at Mount Vernon
Smith, Mary, 13.1, 13.2
Society of the C
incinnati, 23.1, 24.1
Spain, alliance with France
Springfield, New Jersey, battle at
Stamp Act
reference to in Virginia Resolves
repeal (1766)
Virginia’s protest against announcement of
Washington on, 5.1, 6.1
Stamp Act Congress (New York)
Stanwix, John, 1.1, 1.2
Stedlar, John
Steuben, Friedrich von
naming of Society of the Cincinnati
regular guest in New York
during Revolutionary War
on men in 1779 Morristown
at Middlebrook
and regulations
at Valley Forge, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
visit to Mount Vernon
Stewart, Robert, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1
Stirling, Lord (William Alexander), 13.1, 15.1, 15.2
Stony Point, British capture of
Stuart, David, 21.1, 24.1, 25.1, 27.1
commissioner under Residence Act
complaints about education of Wash
engaged to Nelly Calvert Custis
Virginia elector
Stuart, Gilbert
Stuart, Nelly Calvert Custis. See also Calvert, Eleanor (Nelly); Calvert Custis, Nelly
children with David Stuart
Sullivan, John, 17.1, 17.2
Summary View of the Rights of British America, A (Jefferson)
Tea Act, reaction to
Ternay, Charles-Henri-Louis d’Arsac, Chevalier de
Thacher, John, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1
Thomas, John
Thompson, Elizabeth (housekeeper), 13.1, 15.1, 15.2
Thomson, Charles, 5.1, 22.1, 24.1
Thornton, Edward, 27.1, 27.2
Thornton, William, fm1.1
plan for house of Nelly and Lawrence Lewis
on Washingtons’ remains
winning competition to build the Capitol
Thurston, Charles Minn
Tilghman, Tench
aide and assistant secretary of Washington
on effect of criticism on Washington
escort of Martha
on siege of Yorktown
at Valley Forge
working to secure an end to the war
tobacco
different prices for
Virginia trade in London
Townshend Act, 6.1, 6.2
Trenton, Washington’s attack on
Trisobio, Filippo
Trumbull, John
Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr., 20.1, 20.2
Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr. (governor of Connecticut), 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 18.1
Trumbull, Joseph, 11.1, 14.1
Tryon, William, 8.1, 13.1, 14.1, 18.1
uniforms
“buff and blue” uniform of Fairfax Independent Company
standardization
of Washington, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1
Valentine, Joseph
Valley Forge, winter cantonment (1777–1778), 15.1, 16.1
construction of cabins
councils of war
deaths
discipline
governors’ answers to army’s needs
lack of food
and desertions
Martha at, 16.1, 16.2
poor state of the army
receiving news of alliance with France
sickness at
supplies needed by
Vardill, John
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de
Virginia, See also House of Burgesses, Virginia
Assembly
delegates in siege of Yorktown
fighting in southern
fund-raising by women of
nonimportation association
Washington on arming
Virginia Convention
declaration of independence
declaration of rights and constitution for Virginia
directing delegates to introduce a motion of independence in Congress
and proposed convention in Philadelphia
vote in favor of arming colony
Virginia Gazette, 18.1, 19.1
Virginia Regiment
acres promised to members of, 4.1, 5.1, 9.1
Washington colonel of, 1.1, 1.2
Washington’s resignation from
Virginia Resolves (Resolutions), 6.1, 6.2
volunteers, European. See also Frenchmen
on sociable terms with Washingtons
Walker, Sarah
Wallace, John
Ward, Artemas, 10.1, 11.1
Warm Springs, Virginia, Washingtons’ trips to, 6.1, 7.1
Warren, James
Warren, Joseph
Warren, Mercy Otis
correspondence with Martha, 23.1, 25.1
inviting Martha to Watertown
letter from John Adams on Martha
on Martha
visit to Martha before departure from Cambridge
Washington, Ann Fairfax
Washington, Augustine
Washington, Bushrod, 22.1, 30.1
Washington, Charles, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 29.1
Washington, D.C., development of, 26.1, 27.1, 28.1
Washington, Frances (Fanny) Bassett. See also Bassett, Frances (Fanny)
death
lack of housekeeping skills
loss of first child
marriage to Tobias Lear
Washingtons’ advice to
Washington, George
adjustment to civil life
anger
birth
death
effect of aging, 21.1, 21.2, 25.1
farewell address to the army
farmer’s journal
finances after the war
funeral
marriage to Martha, 3.1, 4.1
matrimonial advice, 22.1, 23.1, 27.1, 27.2
mourning for death of his mother
organizational skills
physical strength
reputation concerns, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 24.1, 27.1
requesting his commission as keepsake
retirement after presidency
friends in
retirement from the army
silences of
wedding anniversary, twentieth
worries about leaving Martha at beginning of war
Washington, George Augustine
aide to Lafayette
death
declining health, 26.1, 26.2
marriage to Fanny Bassett, 23.1, 23.2
replacing Lund as factor of Mount Vernon
Washington, George Steptoe
Washington, Hannah Bushrod, 1.1, 5.1
Washington, Harriot, 26.1, 26.2
Washington, John Augustine, 1.1, 4.1, 5.1
Washington, John Augustine, II
Washington, Lawrence (half-brother), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Washington, Lawrence (nephew)
Washington, Lund
in Fairfax Independent Company
instructions in case of unfavorable events
on joiner used for work at Mount Vernon
managing Mount Vernon, 6.1, 11.1, 14.1
encouraged to take some initiative
with Martha
Washington’s instructions
worried about corn eaten by guest horses
relationship with Martha, 11.1, 11.2
Washington, Martha. See also Parke Custis, Martha Dandridge
after death of Washington
receiving all mail free
and wish of Congress to move Washington’s body
as businesswoman
charity, 14.1, 17.1
courted as wife of “His Excellency,”
death
departure for New York at beginning of presidency
descriptions, 11.1, 12.1
by Du Ponceau
effect of aging
Eliza Parke Custis’s recollection
by Lear
by
Thacher
by Warren
ideas on diet of children
possible danger to during Revolutionary War, 11.1, 11.2
reaction to Washington’s death
reading material
relationship with Washington
devotion to George
Greene on
recipient of George’s confidences
Washington’s letter before departing for New York
and slaves
poor opinion of slaves
possessive of her slaves by dower right
smallpox inoculation, 13.1, 13.2
wish to remain at Mount Vernon at end of war
Washington, Mary Ball, 1.1, 5.1
Washington, Richard, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Washington, Samuel, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 11.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 19.1
Washington, Thornton, 15.1, 15.2
Washington Monument
Watson, Elkanah
Wayne, Anthony, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 19.1
Webb, Samuel Blachley
Weems, Mason Locke (“Parson”)
Welch, Wakelin
Westmoreland Association, 5.1, 6.1
West Point
Wharton, Thomas
Whipple, Joseph
White House plantation, 1.1, 2.1. See also Parke Custis estate
White Plains, Continental army in
Whitting, Anthony
death
managing Mount Vernon, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3
will and testament
of 1798
sent to Martha in 1775
Williamsburg
fortification by British, 19.1, 20.1
powder removed by Lord Dunmore
reaction to new royal governor’s arrival
Washington joining Lafayette at
Willing, Thomas, 10.1, 24.1, 28.1
Wolfe, James
Wollaston, John, 2.1, 2.2
worship
in Cambridge
in Morristown
Wright, Joseph
Wythe, George
yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793, 27.1, 27.2
Yorktown
British in defensive position in, 19.1, 20.1
British surrender at
Martha departs home for
siege of
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George Washington wearing the uniform of the colonial Virginia Regiment. Painted by Charles Willson Peale at Mount Vernon in 1772. (Credit ins.1)
Martha Parke Custis two years before she married George. Painted in 1757 by John Wollaston. (Credit ins.2)
Mount Vernon, aerial photograph, showing the distinctive piazza and extensive grounds high above the Potomac. (Credit ins.3)
View of the mansion from the north showing the servants’ hall. Painted in 1857 by Eastman Johnson. (Credit ins.4)
