George Washington

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ISBN: 9781576070826 | 1576070824
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Copyright: 5/1/2002

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This encyclopedia offers an A-Z retrospective of George Washington's life, career, and historical significance, based in large part on Washington's own words and those of his contemporaries.

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction

A Note about Primary Sources

xix

George Washington: A Biographical Companion

Adams, John (1735-1826)

(1)

Alexander, Robert (d. 1793)

(1)

Alexandria Academy

(1)

Ancestry

(2)

The Two James Andersons

(2)

Andre, John (1751-1780)

(3)

Appointment as Commander in Chief

(2)

Arnold, Benedict (1741-1801)

(5)

Asgill Affair

(3)

Balloons

(1)

Barbados

(2)

Bassett, Burwell, Sr. (1734-1793)

(2)

Belvoir

(1)

Biddle, Clement (1740-1814)

(1)

Birthday

(3)

Boston, Siege of

(1)

Boucher, Jonathan (1738-1804)

(1)

Braddock's Defeat

(3)

Brandywine, Battle of

(2)

Bullskin Lands (Mountain Quarter)

(1)

Bushnell, David (1742-1824)

(4)

Carlyle, John (1720-1780)

(2)

Cherry Tree

(2)

Chotank

(1)

Clinton, George (1739-1812)

(2)

Clinton, Henry (d. 1795)

(1)

Coat of Arms

(1)

Colvill Estate

(2)

Commander in Chief's Guard

(1)

Conotocarious

(1)

Constitutional Convention

(2)

Conway, Thomas (1735-1800)

(1)

Cornwallis, Charles, Second Earl Cornwallis (1738-1805)

(2)

Craik, James (1734-1814)

(2)

Crawford Brothers

(1)

Cresap, Thomas (1694-1790)

(1)

Croghan, George (d. 1782)

(1)

Custis, George Washington Parke (1781-1857)

(3)

Custis, John Parke (``Jacky''; 1754-1781)

(3)

Custis, Martha Parke (``Patsy''; 1756-1773)

(3)

Dagworthy Controversy

(1)

Death

(4)

Declaration of Independence

(2)

Delaware Crossing

(1)

Descriptions of Washington

(5)

Dinwiddie, Robert (1693-1770)

(1)

Dismal Swamp Company

(1)

Distillery

(1)

Duer, William (1747-1799)

(1)

Dunmore, John Murray, Fourth Earl of (1732-1809)

(4)

Education

(4)

Fairfax, William (1691-1757)

(1)

Fairfax Independent Company

(1)

Fairfax of Cameron, Bryan Fairfax, Eighth Baron (1736-1802)

(3)

Fairfax of Cameron, Thomas Fairfax, Sixth Baron (1693-1781)

102

(1)

False Teeth

103

(2)

Father of His Country

105

(2)

Federal City

107

(2)

Ferry Farm

109

(1)

``First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen,''

110

(1)

Fisheries

111

(1)

Fitzgerald, John (d. 1799)

112

(1)

Forbes Campaign

113

(1)

Fort Loudoun

114

(1)

Fort Necessity Campaign

115

(4)

Fort Washington (New York)

119

(1)

Fraunces, Samuel (``Black Sam'')

120

(1)

Freemasonry

121

(4)

Gage, Thomas (c.1719-1787)

125

(1)

Gates, Horatio (c.1728-1806)

126

(3)

Germantown, Battle of

129

(1)

Gibbs, Caleb (c.1750-1818)

130

(2)

Gist, Christopher (c.1706-1759)

132

(1)

Graham, Catharine Sawbridge Macaulay (1731-1791)

132

(2)

Grayson, William (c.1736-1790)

134

(1)

Great Kanawha Tracts

135

(2)

Greene, Nathanael (1742-1786)

137

(4)

Greenway Court

141

(2)

The Half-King (c.1700-1754)

143

(1)

Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804)

143

(3)

Hancock, John (1737-1793)

146

(1)

Harlem Heights, Battle of

147

(1)

Heath, William (1737-1814)

148

(2)

Houdon, Jean-Antoine (1741-1828)

150

(1)

Howe, William (1729-1814)

151

(1)

Humor

151

(3)

Humphreys, David (1752-1818)

154

(3)

The Indian Prophecy

157

(2)

James River Company

159

(1)

Jay, John (1745-1829)

160

(2)

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)

162

(5)

Kip's Bay, New York

167

(1)

Knox, Henry (1750-1806)

168

(5)

La Force (Michel Pepin)

173

(1)

Lafayette (1757-1834)

173

(4)

Last Will and Testament

177

(3)

Laurens, Henry (1724-1792)

180

(1)

Laurens, John (1754-1782)

180

(1)

Lear, Tobias (1762-1816)

181

(1)

Lee, Charles (1731-1782)

182

(4)

Lee, Richard Henry (1732-1794)

186

(1)

Lee, William (``Billy'')

187

(1)

L'Enfant, Pierre-Charles (1754-1825)

188

(1)

Lewis, Andrew (1720-1781)

189

(2)

Lewis, Betty Washington (1733-1797)

191

(1)

Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis (``Nelly''; 1779-1852)

192

(3)

Lewis, Fielding, Sr. (1725-1782)

195

(1)

Lewis, Howell (1771-1822)

196

(2)

Lewis, Lawrence (1767-1839)

198

(1)

Lewis, Robert (``Bob''; 1769-1829)

199

(2)

Liberty Hall Academy

201

(1)

Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810)

201

(2)

Livingston, William (1723-1790)

203

(1)

Long Island, Battle of

204

(3)

McDougall, Alexander (1732-1786)

207

(1)

McHenry, James (1753-1816)

208

(1)

Madison, James (1751-1836)

209

(2)

Mason, George (1725-1792)

211

(2)

Mercer, George (1733-1784)

213

(2)

Mercer, Hugh (c.1725-1777)

215

(1)

Mercer, James (1736-1793)

216

(1)

Mercer, John (1704-1768)

217

(1)

Mifflin, Thomas (1744-1800)

218

(1)

Millers Run (Chartiers Creek) Tract

219

(2)

Mississippi Adventure

221

(1)

Monmouth Courthouse, Battle of

222

(2)

Morris, Gouverneur (1752-1816)

224

(2)

Morris, Robert (1734-1806)

226

(1)

Morristown, New Jersey

226

(1)

Mount Vernon

227

(3)

Muse, George (1720-1790)

230

(3)

Natural Bridge, Virginia

233

(2)

New England Tour

235

(1)

Newburgh Conspiracy

236

(2)

Nicola, Lewis (1717-1807)

238

(3)

Papers

241

(3)

Peale, Charles Willson (1741-1827)

244

(3)

Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829)

247

(1)

Pohick Church, Truro Parish

248

(2)

Popes Creek

250

(1)

Potomac River Navigation

251

(1)

Powel, Samuel (1739-1793), and Elizabeth Willing (1742-1830)

252

(1)

Presidency

253

(6)

Princeton, Battle of

259

(2)

Putnam, Israel (1718-1790)

261

(2)

Quasi-War

263

(2)

Ramsay, David (1749-1815)

265

(1)

Rawlins, Albin (b. 1775)

266

(1)

Reed, Joseph (1741-1785)

267

(1)

Religious Beliefs

268

(5)

Robert Cary & Co.

273

(1)

Rochambeau (1725-1809)

273

(2)

Royal Gift

275

(1)

Rumsey, James (1743-1792)

276

(3)

St. Clair, Arthur (1737-1818)

279

(1)

Schuyler, Philip (1733-1804)

280

(2)

Slavery

282

(4)

Society of the Cincinnati

286

(4)

Southern Tour

290

(1)

Spirituous Liquors

290

(6)

Spurious Letters

296

(2)

Stephen, Adam (c.1718-1791)

298

(1)

Stirling, Lord (William Alexander; 1726-1783)

299

(2)

Sullivan, John (1740-1795)

301

(4)

Thompson, Elizabeth (b. c.1704)

305

(1)

Thornton, William (1759-1828)

306

(1)

Tilgham, Tench (1744-1786)

307

(1)

Trenton, Battle of

308

(2)

Trumbull, John (1756-1843)

310

(2)

Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr. (1710-1785)

312

(2)

Tucker, St. George (1752-1827)

314

(5)

Valley Forge

319

(1)

Van Braam, Jacob (1725-1784)

320

(2)

Varick, Richard (1753-1831)

322

(1)

``Vine and Fig Tree''

322

(3)

Ward, Artemas (1727-1800)

325

(1)

Washington, Augustine (1694-1743)

326

(2)

Washington, Augustine (``Austin''; 1720-1762)

328

(1)

Washington, Bushrod (1762-1829)

328

(1)

Washington, Charles (2738-1799)

329

(1)

Washington, George Augustine (c.1758-1793)

330

(1)

Washington, John Augustine (``Jack''; 1736-1787)

331

(1)

Washington, Lawrence (c.1718-1752)

331

(2)

Washington, Lund (1737-1796)

333

(1)

Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis (1731-1802)

333

(2)

Washington, Mary Ball (c.1708-1789)

335

(2)

Washington, Samuel (1734-1781)

337

(1)

Washington Elm

338

(1)

Washington's Bottom Tract

339

(2)

Wayne, Anthony (1745-1796)

341

(4)

Webb, Samuel Blachley (1753-1807)

345

(1)

Weedon, George (c.1734-1793)

346

(1)

Wheatley, Phillis (c.1753-1784)

347

(2)

Whiskey Rebellion

349

(2)

``Whistling Bullets,''

351

(1)

White Plains, Battle of

351

(2)

Whitting, Anthony (d. 1793)

353

(1)

Wills Creek

354

(3)

Yorktown, Battle of

357

(1)

Young, Arthur (1741-1820)

358

(3)

Selected Writings

361

(38)

Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation

361

(4)

To Lawrence Washington

365

(1)

To Robin

365

(1)

Memorandum

366

(1)

To Richard Corbin

366

(1)

To Robert Dinwiddie (1754)

366

(4)

Account of the Capitulation of Fort Necessity

370

(1)

Notes on the Navigation of the Potomac River above the Great Falls

371

(1)

To Robert Hunter Morris

371

(1)

To Robert Dinwiddie (1756)

372

(1)

To Thomas Knox (1756)

373

(1)

Recipe for Small Beer

374

(1)

To Thomas Knox (1757)

374

(1)

To the Officers of the Virginia Regiment

374

(1)

To Robert Cary & Co.

375

(2)

To George Muse

377

(1)

Address to the Continental Congress

377

(1)

General Order on Profanity

378

(1)

To take Officers of the Army

378

(2)

Farewell Address to the Army

380

(2)

Resignation Address to the Continental Congress

382

(1)

To James Craik

383

(1)

Advertisement for Royal Gift

384

(1)

To Annis Boudinot Stockton

384

(1)

Washington's Thanks giving Proclamation

385

(1)

Advertisements for Royal Gift and the Knight of Malta

386

(1)

Address to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island

386

(1)

Opinion of the General Officers

386

(3)

Farewell Address

389

(10)

Chronology

399

(4)

Ties That Bind

403

(10)

Familial Relationships

403

(8)

Revolutionary War Military Family

411

(1)

Principal Executive Officers during Washington's Administrations

412

(1)

Bibliography

413

(6)

Index

419

(18)

About the Author

437

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George Washington

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