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158; reproaches Jefferson, 158;
remains in America, 158; threatens
to appeal from Washington to Mas-
sachusetts, 159; demands denial
from Washington of Jay's state-
ments, 159; loses popular support,
160; tries to raise a force to invade
Southwest, 161; prevented by state
and federal authorities, 162; his ar-
rival the signal for divisions of par-
ties, 237; hurts Democratic party
by his excesses, 241; suggests
clubs, 241.

George IV., Washington's opinion of,
ii. 346.

Georgia, quarrels with Creeks, asks
aid of United States, ii. 90; becomes
dissatisfied with treaty, 91; disre-
gards treaties of the United States,
103.

Gérard, M., notifies Washington of
return of D'Estaing, i. 246.
Germantown, battle of, i. 199.
Gerry, Elbridge, on special mission to
France, ii. 284; disliked by Wash-
ington, 292.

Giles, W. B., attacks Washington in
Congress, ii. 251, 252.

Gist, Christopher, accompanies Wash-
ington on his mission to French,
i. 66; wishes to shoot French Indi-
ans, 68.
Gordon,

letter of Washington to,

i. 227.
Graves, Admiral, sent to relieve Corn-

wallis, i. 312; defeated by De
Grasse, 312.

Grayson, William, hunts with Wash-
ington, i. 115; letter to, ii. 22.
Green Springs, battle of, i. 307.
Greene, General Nathanael, com-
mands at Long Island, ill with
fever, i. 164; wishes forts on Hud-
son held, 174; late in attacking at
Germantown, 199; conducts retreat,
200; succeeds Mifflin as quarter-
master-general, 232; selected by
Washington to command in South,
268; commands army at New York
in absence of Washington, 282;
appointed to command Southern
army, 295; retreats from Cornwal-
lis, 302; fights battle of Guilford

Court House, 302; clears Southern
States of enemy, 302; strong posi-
tion, 304; reinforced by Washing-
ton, 322; letter to, 325; his mili-
tary capacity early recognized by
Washington, ii. 334; amuses Wash-
ington, 374.
Greene,

Mrs.
dances three
hours with Washington, ii. 380.
Grenville, Lord, denies that ministry
has incited Indians against United
States, ii. 175; receives Jay, 180;
declines to grant United States
trade with West Indies, 181.
Griffin, David, commissioner to treat
with Creeks, ii. 90.

Griffin, -, fails to help Washington
at Trenton, i. 180.
Grymes, Lucy, the "Lowland
Beauty," love affair of Washing-
ton with, i. 95; marries Henry Lee,
96.

HALDIMAND, Sir Frederick, leads Indi-
ans against colonists, i. 325.
Hale, Nathan, compared with André,
i. 288.

Half-King, kept to English alliance
by Washington, i. 68; his criticism
of Washington's first campaign, 76.
Hamilton, Alexander, forces Gates to
send back troops to Washington, i.
216, 217; remark on councils of
war before Monmouth, 234; in-
forms Washington of Arnold's trea-
son, 284; sent to intercept Arnold,
285; writes letters on government
and finance, 298; leads attack at
Yorktown, i. 316; requests release
of Asgill, 329; aids Washington in
Congress, 333; only man beside
Washington and Franklin to real-
ize American future, ii. 7; let-
ters of Washington to on necessity
of a strong government, 17, 18;
writes letters to Duane and Morris,
19; speech in Federal Convention
and departure, 35; counseled by
Washington, 39; consulted by
Washington as to etiquette, 54;
made secretary of treasury, 66;
his character, 67; his report on the
mint, 81; on the public credit, 107;

upheld by Washington, 107, 108;
his arrangement with Jefferson,
108; argument on the bank, 110;
his success largely due to Washing-
ton, 112; his report on manufac-
tures, 112, 114, 116; advocates an
excise, 122; fails to realize its un-
popularity, 123; accompanies expe-
dition to suppress Whiskey Rebel-
lion, 128; comprehends French
Revolution, 139; frames questions
to cabinet on neutrality, 147; urges
decisive measures against Genet,
154; argues against United States
being bound by French treaty, 169;
selected for English mission, but
withdraws, 177; not likely to have
done better than Jay, 183; mobbed
in defending Jay treaty, 187; writes
Camillus letters in favor of Jay
treaty, 206; intrigued against by
Monroe, 212; causes for his breach
with Jefferson, 224; his aristocratic
tendencies, 225; attacked by Jef-
ferson and his friends, 228, 229;
disposes of the charges, 229; retorts
in newspapers with effect, 230;
ceases at Washington's request,
230, 234; resigns from the cabi-
net, 234; desires Washington's re-
election, 235; selected by Washing.
ton as senior general, 286; appeals
to Washington against Adams's
reversal of rank, 286; fails to
soothe Knox's anger, 288; report
on army organization, 290; letter
of Washington to, condemning Ad-
ams's French mission, 293; fears
anarchy from Democratic success,
295; approves Alien and Sedition
Acts, 296; his scheme of a military
academy approved by Washington,
299; Washington's affection for,
317, 362; his ability early recog-
nized by Washington, 334, 335;
aids Washington in literary points,
340; takes care of Lafayette's son,
366.

Hammond, George, protests against
violations of neutrality, ii. 151; his
arrival as British minister, 169; his
offensive tone, 173; does not disa-
Vow Lord Dorchester's speech to

with

Indians, 176; gives Fauchet letters
to Wolcott, 195; intrigues with
American public men, 200.
Hampden, John, compared
Washington, ii. 312, 313.
Hancock, John, disappointed at
Washington's receiving command
of army, i. 135; his character, ii.
74; refuses to call first on Wash-
ington as President, 75; apologizes
and calls, 75, 76.
Hardin, Colonel, twice surprised and
defeated by Indians, ii. 93.
Harmar, Colonel, invades Indian coun-
try, ii. 92; attacks the Miamis, 93;
sends out unsuccessful expeditions
and retreats, 93; court-martialed
and resigns, 93.
Harrison, Benjamin, letters of Wash-
ington to, i. 259, 261; ii. 10.
Hartley, Mrs.

admired by Wash-

ington, i. 95.
Heard, Sir Isaac, Garter King at
Arms, makes out a pedigree for
Washington, i. 30, 31.

Heath, General, checks Howe at
Frog's Point, i. 173; left in com-
mand at New York, 311.
Henry, Patrick, his resolutions sup-
ported by Washington, i. 119; ac-
companies him to Philadelphia,
128; his tribute to Washington's
influence, 130; ready for war, 132;
letters of Conway cabal to against
Washington, 222; letter of Wash-,
ington to, 225; appealed to by
Washington on behalf of Constitu-
tion, ii. 38; an opponent of the
Constitution, 71; urged by Wash-
ington to oppose Virginia resolu-
tions, 266-268, 293; a genuine Amer-
ican, 309; offered secretaryship of
state, 324; friendship of Washing-
ton for, 362.

Hertburn, Sir William de, ancestor
of Washington family, i. 31, 33.
Hessians, in Revolution, i. 194.
Hickey, Thomas, hanged for plotting
to murder Washington, i. 160.
Hobby, a sexton, Washington's
earliest teacher, i. 48.
Hopkinson, Francis, letter of Wash-
ington to, ii. 3.

Houdon, J. A., sculptor, on Washing-|
ton's appearance, ii. 386.
Howe, Lord, arrives at New York
with power to negotiate and par-
don, i. 161; refuses to give Wash-
ington his title, 161; tries to nego-
tiate with Congress, 167; escapes
D'Estaing at Delaware, 244; at-
tacks D'Estaing off Newport, 244.
Howe, Sir William, has controversy
with Washington over treatment of
prisoners, i. 148; checked at Frog's
Point, 173; attacks cautiously at
Chatterton Hill, 173; retreats and
attacks forts on Hudson, 174; takes
Fort Washington, 175; goes into
winter quarters in New York, 177,
186; suspected of purpose to meet
Burgoyne, 194, 195; baffled in ad-
vance across New Jersey by Wash-
ington, 194; goes by sea, 195; ar-
rives at Head of Elk, 196; defeats
Washington at Brandywine, 197;
camps at Germantown, 199; with-

livan, 269; policy toward, early
suggested by Washington, 344; re-
commendations relative to in Wash-
ington's address to Congress, ii.
82; the "Indian problem" under
Washington's administration, 83-
105; erroneous popular ideas of,
84, 85; real character and military
ability, 85-87; understood by Wash-
ington, 87, 88; a real danger in
1788, 88; situation in the North-
west, 89; difficulties with Chero-
kees and Creeks, 89, 90; influence
of Spanish intrigue, 90; successful
treaty with Creeks, 90, 91; wisdom
of this policy, 92; warfare in the
Northwest, 92; defeats of Harmar
and Hardin, 93; causes for the fail-
ure, 93, 94; intrigues of England,
92, 94, 175, 178; expedition and de-
feat of St. Clair, 95-97; results, 99;
expedition of Wayne, 100, 102; his
victory, 103; success of Washing-
ton's policy toward, 104, 105.

Court, ii. 73.

draws after Germantown into Phil-Iredell, James, appointed to Supreme
adelphia, 201; folly of his failure to
meet Burgoyne, 205, 206; offers
battle in vain to Washington, 218;
replaced by Clinton, 232; tries to
cut off Lafayette, 233.

JACKSON, MAJOR, accompanies Wash-
ington to opening of Congress, ii.
78.

Huddy, Captain, captured by English, Jameson, Colonel, forwards André's
hanged by Tories, i. 327.
Humphreys, Colonel, letters of Wash-
ington to, ii. 13, 339; at opening of
Congress, 78; commissioner to
treat with Creeks, 90; anecdote of,
375.
Huntington, Lady, asks Washington's

aid in Christianizing Indians, ii. 4.

IMPRESSMENT, right of, maintained by
England, ii. 181.

Independence, not wished, but fore-
seen, by Washington, i. 131, 156;
declared by Congress, possibly
through Washington's influence,
160.
Indians, wars with in Virginia, i. 37,
38; in French and Indian war, 67, 68;
desert English, 76; in Braddock's
defeat, 85, 86, 88; restless before
Revolution, 122; in War of Revo-
lution, 266, 270; punished by Sul-

letter to Arnold, i. 284; receives
orders from Washington, 285.
Jay, John, on opposition in Congress,
to Washington, i. 222; consulted by
Washington as to etiquette, ii. 54;
appointed chief justice,72; publishes
card against Genet, 159; appointed
on special mission to England, 177;
his character, 177; instructions
from Washington, 179; his recep-
tion in England, 180; difficulties in
negotiating, 181; concludes treaty,
182; burnt in effigy while absent,
186;
execrated after news of
treaty, 187; hampered by Monroe in
France, 213.

Jay treaty, ii. 180-184; opposition to

and debate over signing, 184-201;
reasons of Washington for signing,
205.
Jefferson, Thomas, his flight from
Cornwallis, i. 307; discusses with

Washington needs of government,
ii. 9; adopts French democratic
phraseology, 27; contrast with
Washington, 27, 28, 69; criticises
Washington's manners, 56; made
secretary of state, 68; his previous
relations with Washington, 68; his
character, 69; supposed to be a
friend of the Constitution, 72; his
objections to President's opening
Congress, 79; on weights and mea-
sures, 81; letter of Washington to
on assumption of state debts, 107;
makes bargain with Hamilton, 108;
opposes a bank, 110; asked to pre-
pare neutrality instructions, 146;
upholds Genet, 153; argues against
him publicly, supports him pri-
vately, 154; notified of French pri-
vateer Little Sarah, 155; allows
it to sail, 155; retires to country
and is censured by Washington, 156;
assures Washington that vessel will
wait his decision, 156; his un-Amer-
ican attitude, 157; wishes to make
terms of note demanding Genet's
recall mild, 158; argues that United
States is bound by French treaty,
170, 171; begs Madison to answer
Hamilton's "Camillus " letters,
206; his attitude upon first enter-
ing cabinet, 223; causes for his
breach with Hamilton, 224; jeal-
ousy, incompatibility of temper,
224; his democratic opinions, 225;
skill in creating party catch-words,
225; prints "Rights of Man" with
note against Adams, 226; attacks
him further in letter to Washing-
ton, 226; brings Freneau to Phila-
delphia and gives him an office,
227; denies any connection with
Freneau's newspaper, 227; his real
responsibility, 228; his purpose to
undermine Hamilton, 228; causes
his friends to attack him, 229;
writes a letter to Washington at-
tacking Hamilton's treasury mea-
sures, 229; fails to produce any ef-
fect, 230; winces under Hamilton's
counter attacks, 230; reiterates
charges and asserts devotion to Con-
stitution, 231; continues attacks

and resigns, 234; wishes reëlection
of Washington, 235; his charge of
British sympathies resented by
Washington, 252; plain letter of
Washington to, 259; Washington's
opinion of, 259; suggests Logan's
mission to France, 262, 265; takes
oath as vice-president, 276; re-
garded as a Jacobin by Federalists,
294; jealous of Washington, 306;
accuses him of senility, 307; a gen-
uine American, 309.
Johnson, William, Tory leader in
New York, i. 143.
Johnstone, Governor, peace commis-
sioner, i. 233.

Jumonville, De, French leader, de-
clared to have been assassinated by
Washington, i. 74, 79; really a scout
and spy, 75.

KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS, condemned
by Washington, ii. 266-268.
King, Clarence, his opinion that
Washington was not American, ii.
308.

King, Rufus, publishes card exposing
Genet, ii. 159.

King's Bridge, fight at, i. 170.
Kip's Landing, fight at, i. 168.
Kirkland, Rev. Samuel, negotiates

with Six Nations, ii. 101.
Knox, Henry, brings artillery to Bos-
ton from Ticonderoga, i. 152; ac-
companies Washington to meet De
Rochambeau, 283; at West Point,
285; sent by Washington to confer
with governors of States, 295;
urged by Washington to establish
Western posts, ii. 7 ; letters of Wash-
ington to, 30, 39; made secretary
of war, 65; his character, 65; a
Federalist, 71; deals with Creeks,
91; urges decisive measure against
Genet, 154, 155; letters of Wash-
ington to, 260; selected by Wash-
ington as third major-general, 286;
given first place by Adams, 286;
angry at Hamilton's higher rank,
288; refuses the office, 289; his
offer to serve on Washington's staff
refused, 289; Washington's affec-
tion for, 317, 362.

LAFAYETTE, MADAME DE, aided by
Washington, ii. 366; letter of Wash-
ington to, 377.

Lafayette, Marquis de, Washington's
regard for, i. 192; his opinion of
Continental troops, 196; sent on
fruitless journey to the lakes by
cabal, 222, 253; encouraged by:
Washington, 225; narrowly escapes
being cut off by Clinton, 233; ap-
pointed to attack British rear, 235;
superseded by Lee, 235; urges
Washington to come, 235; letter of
Washington to, regarding quarrel be-
tween D'Estaing and Sullivan, 245;
regard of Washington for, 249; de-
stres to conquer Canada, 254; his
plan not supported in France, 256;
works to get a French army sent,
264; brings news of French army
and fleet, 274; tries to get De Ro-
chambeau to attack New York,
280; accompanies Washington to
meet De Rochambeau, 283; told
by Washington of Arnold's treach-
ery, 285; on court to try André,
287; opinion of Continental soldiers,
293; harasses Cornwallis, 307; de-
feated at Green Springs, 307;
watches Cornwallis at Yorktown,
308; reinforced by De Grasse, 312;
persuades him to remain, 315;
sends Washington French wolf-
hounds, ii. 2; letters of Washing-
ton to, 23, 26, 118, 144, 165, 222, 261;
his son not received by Washington,
253; later taken care of, 277, 281,
366; his worth, early seen by Wash-
ington, 334; Washington's affection
for, 365; sends key of Bastile to
Mt. Vernon, 365; helped by Wash-
ington, 365, 366.

Laurens, Henry, letter of Conway ca-

Lee, Arthur, example of Virginia
gentleman educated abroad, i. 23.
Lee, Charles, visits Mt. Vernon, his
character, i. 132; accompanies Wash-
ington to Boston, 136; aids Wash-
ington in organizing army, 140;
disobeys orders and is captured,
175; objects to attacking Clinton,
234; first refuses, then claims com-
mand of van, 235; disobeys orders
and retreats, 236; rebuked by
Washington, 236, 237; court martial
of and dismissal from army, 237;
his witty remark on taking oath of
allegiance, ii. 375.

Lee, Henry, marries Lucy Grymes,
Washington's "Lowland Beauty,"
i. 96.

Lee, Henry, son of Lucy Grymes,
Washington's "Lowland Beauty,"
i. 96; ii. 362; captures Paulus Hook,
i. 269; letters of Washington to,
ii. 23, 26, 149, 235, 239, 242, 252;
considered for command against
Indians, 100; commands troops to
suppress Whiskey Rebellion, 127;
Washington's affection for, 362.
Lee, Richard Henry, unfriendly to
Washington, i. 214; letter of Wash-
ington to, ii. 160.

Lewis, Lawrence, at opening of Con-
gress, ii. 78; takes social duties at
Mt. Vernon, 280.
Liancourt, Duc de, refused reception
by Washington, ii. 253.
Lincoln, Abraham, compared with
Washington, i. 349; ii. 308-313.
Lincoln, Benjamin, sent by Washing-
ton against Burgoyne, i. 210; fails
to understand Washington's policy
and tries to hold Charleston, 273,
274; captured, 276; commissioner
to treat with Creeks, ii. 90.

bal to, making attack on Washing-Lippencott, Captain, orders hanging

ton, i. 222; letters of Washington
to, 254, 288; sent to Paris to get
loans, 299.

of Huddy, i. 327; acquitted by Eng-
lish court martial, 328.

Little Sarah, the affair of, 155–157.

Lauzun, Duc de, repulses Tarleton at Livingston, Chancellor, administers
Yorktown, i. 317.

Lear, Tobias, Washington's secretary,
ii. 263; his account of Washing-
ton's last illness, 299-303, 385; let-
ters to, 361, 382.

oath at Washington's inauguration,
ii. 46.
Livingston, Edward, moves call for
papers relating to Jay treaty, ii. 207.
Logan, Dr. George, goes on volunteer

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