powder, 522; distractive bombardment, 522; British destiny, 522;
fleet in roads, precautions, 523; salvage after, 524; American de-
fenses, possible British return, 525.

Boston Athenæum, Washington's library, 284 n.

Boston Public Library, material from, 480 n, 486n, 487 n.

Botetourt, Gov. Norborne Berkeley, baron de, letter to, 494; Fort Neces-
sity land grants, 494; Walpole and Necessity grants, 495.

Boucher,, shipment, 502.

Boucher, Rev. Jonathan, letters to, 496, 497; Washington's visit, 496;
Custis's education, 497.

Bounty, commander in chief and land, 2997.

Bouquet, Col. Henry, letter to, 481; Forbes route, 481.

Bowcock,, shipmaster, 211, 213.

Bowling Green, Va., rendezvous, 181.

Boyds Hole, Va., 491.

Boyes,, shipmaster, 485.

Braddock Road, Forbes route, 481; postbellum settlements and transpor-

tation, 487.

Bribery, Aurora's charges against Adams's administration, 323, 326, 328.
Bricks, making, 6.

Bridge Branch of Difficult Run, 431.

Brigade inspectors, appointment, 335, 336, 393, 409.

Briscoe, Dr. John, letter for, 497; Washington's Ohio River land, 497.

British Board of Agriculture, reports for Washington, 96; president, 96.
British Museum, material from, 481 n.

Brooke, John, Mercer affair, 406.

Brooklyn, battle, British march and feint, 530, 531.

Brooks, John, declines army command, 60.

Brown, Dr. Gustavus Richard, Washington's last illness, 474 n.

Bruno, Eleanor, acknowledgment to, 422n.

Brunswick, 485.

Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, earl of, Wallace Box, 285.

Buckner,- account, 499.

Buckwheat, as fertilizer, 463.

Bullett, Capt. Thomas, Grant affair, 482.

Bullskin Run, W. Va. (Va.), Washington's land, value, 295, 296; litiga-

tion, 567.

INDEX

Bunker Hill, battle, Trumbull's print, 125; casualties, 513.

595

Burgoyne campaign, expected Howe cooperation, 539; Ticonderoga
evacuation, inquiry, 540; delay in information, 543; criticism of con-

vention, 544.

Burning Spring, land, 297, 298.

Burrows,, Smith affair, 31, 32.

Burwell, Lewis, New York land tour, introduction, 581, 582.

Bush, Philip, favor, 340, 340n.

Business. See Agriculture; Distillery; Fisheries; Flour mill; Potomac

Company.

Butler, Maj. Lawrence, army appointment, 203.

Butter, at Mount Vernon, 462.

Buxton, Dr. Charles, letter to, 217; Revolutionary prints, 217.

Byrd, Col. William, land lottery, 284; Forbes route, 481.

Cabell, Samuel J., affair, 227.

Cabinet, French mission (1799), 428n.

Cadwalader, Gen. John, inspector general department, 548.

Calbiac, Baron de, foreign volunteer, 524.

Callahan, as miller, 237, 347.

Calvert, Benedict, favor, 501.

Calvert, George, Nellie Custis's wedding, 135n.

Cambridge, Mass., letters from, 512–523.

Campaign of 1777, American dilemma, Hudson or Philadelphia, 539;
American movement toward Hudson, 539.

Campaign of 1782, without events, 558.

Campbell, Arthur, son's application, 255.

Campbell, John, army appointment, 255.

Campbell, Maj. William, inspectorship, 393, 409; government land pur-

chase, 452.

Canadian expedition, reenforcement, 526.

Canals, coast projects, 455.

Candles, order, 426.

Cane, Franklin's, in Washington's will, 285; bequest to Washington,
285n.

Cape Fear River, artillery company for defense, 39.

Carlisle, Pa., winter quarters, 402, 409, 412, 417.

Carlyle, John, Mrs. Fairfax, 480.

Carpentry, and joining, instructions, 4-6; need, 580.

Carpets, Mount Vernon, 577–579.

Carr,―, account, 500.

Carriages, postilion hats, 451; chariot from England, complaint, 492;
presidential, harness, 571.

Carrington, Edward, favor, 182, 184 n; letters to, 184n, 205, 450; selection
of officers, 205-207, 227, 228, 234, 242n; Mount Vernon, 448; plaster
of Paris, 448, 450, 455.

Carroll, Charles, of Carrington, letter to, 310; Potomac Company, 310.
Carroll, Charles [2], letter to, 30; cavalry or volunteer aideship, 30, 63,
136.

Carroll, Daniel, of Duddington, federal district lots, 334, 335, 344, 371.
Carter, Charles, Washington's bequest, 283.

Carter, Elizabeth (Lewis), uncle's bequest, 292.

Carter, John. See Church, John Barker.

Carter, Landon, Washington's regards, 517n.

Cary, Robert, & Co., letters to, 485, 490. See also Invoices; Tobacco.
Casualties, Bunker Hill, 513.

Cattle, schedule of Mount Vernon, 302; pens, 466, 474; feeding, 467.

Cavalry, selection of officers, 30, 33, 63, 102, 161–163, 178, 204; regimental
organization, 46; uniform, 52, 114; officer's equipment, 231; horses,
243; regulations, 352; pay, 438; joint campaign (1781), 553.

Century Magazine, material from, 545 n.

Chaff machine, 85.

Chapin Library, material from, 27 n, 534 n.

Chaplains, provisional army, 406, 413.

Charity, demands, 72, 73; Weems on philanthropy, 347-
Charles County, Md., Washington's land, value, 298.
Charleston, S. C., artillery companies for defense, 39.

Chattins Run, Va., Washington's land, value, 295.

Cheese, gift to Washington, 350.

Cherokee Indians, escort home, 478.

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, importance, 455.

Chester, Pa., letters from, 59, 576.

Chestnuts, trees for Thornton, 148.

Chicago Historical Society, material from, 581 n.

Chichester,, land survey, 180; letter to, 194; hunting deer at Mount

Vernon, 194, 195.

Christopher, slave. See Sheels, Christopher.

Church, Angelica (Schuyler), letter to, 26n; army appointment for son,

26n.

Church, John Barker, letter to, 26; army appointment for son, 26.

Church, Philip, army appointment, 26; service, 26n; letter to, 26n.

Church, Washington and later attendance, 323.

Church of England, colonial presentment, 484; Washington's humor on
attendance, 484; quality of tobacco for salaries, 492.

Cincinnati, Ohio, garrison, 364.

Citron, shipment, 425.

Claibornes Tavern, Va., letter from, 503.

Clark, David, coachmaker, harness, 571.

Clements Library, material from, 219, 275n, 488.

Clerk, for Mount Vernon, 438.

Clinton, Gov. George, land held with Washington, 298; Albany armory,

552.

Clinton, Sir Henry, threat against West Point (1780), 551.

Clinton, Gen. James, letter to, 529; brigade strength, militia, 529.

Closter Seven, convention, 544.

Cloth, for slaves, 268, 390, 438, 443; shipment, moth eaten, 491.

Clothing, military, supply, magazines, 44, 54, 229, 242, 334; shirts, 57;
Washington's traveling list (1769), 489; boots, 557; livery, 576;
Stockings, 579. See also Uniforms.

Clover, white, seed, 96, 119; culture, 133, 134, 464; seed, purchase, poor
quality, price, 135, 185, 196, 428, 458; failure of imported seed, 458.
See also Fodder.

Coast defense, artillery companies for, 39.

Cobb, David, army command, 60; Yorktown to Mount Vernon, 555.
Cobbett, William. See Porcupine's Gazette.

Cockade, for provisional army, 16, 53, 111.

Cockburne, Dr. James, Mississippi Company, 487.

Coffee, order, 426.

Colchester, Va., possible land purchase near, 152, 153.

Collingwood, Va., bequest to Lear, 287.

Colonel, as office, 48.

Colson, Warren H., letter possessed by, 557 n.

Colville Branch of Difficult Run, 431.

Commander in chief, provisional army, Philadelphia, conferences, 1, 9,
12, 25, 32, 94; Logan interview, 18-20; relations with secretary of
war, papers, substitute liaison, 21, 22, 60–62, 138; Washington and

appointment, 25, 63, 69, 75, 92, 99, 165; uniform, 51, 110–112, 127–
129, 152, 206, 230, 254, 304; expense account 84; ignorance of ad-
ministration's policy, 157-159, 209; authority and responsibility,
271; pay, 360, 361, 363; cantonment instructions, 413, 414, 417, 419;
Revolutionary, and bounty land, 299n.

Commerce, negotiations, 132n. See also Transportation.
Commissary. See Clothing; Provisions.

Commissioners of District of Columbia, letters to, 324n, 346, 429. See

also District of Columbia.

Committee of Safety, Fairfax County, Va., letter to, 510.

Compound, jackass, death, 103, 172.

Congress, fifth: alien and sedition acts, 23, 72; reply to presidential
address, 72; Logan act, 72n.

Connecticut, officers from, 34, 363; British raid feared (1780), 552.

Connecticut, governor of. See Trumbull, Jonathan [2].

Connecticut brigade, joint campaign (1781), 554-

Connecticut Historical Society, material from, 580.

Connecticut State Library, material from, 555n.

Constable, William, Smith affair, 31.

Constellion, U.S. S., print of Insurgente fight, 255.

Continental army, riflemen, 513.

Continental Congress, secrecy, 511; conditions (1775), 511; Moses
Kirkland, 5177; British deserters, 527; forbids burning of New
York, 532; Howe reconciliation mission, 532; committee at head-
quarters, 548n.

Convoys, tobacco ships, 486.

Conway, Gen. Thomas, Washington's opposition to promotion, 541.

Conway Cabal, Henry, 245.

Cook, James, shipmaster, 425.

Cooper, John, army appointment, 124.

Cooper, William, letter to, 202n; army appointment, 202n; Cotton, 203.

Cope, Thomas, military land grant, 299n.

Corbin, John, Unknown Washington, material from, 4797.

Corn, fertilizer for crop, 1; culture, in rotation, 1, 463, 464, 469; meas-

urement, 2; storage, 3; prospects, crop, 95, 341; contract, 131, 211,
214, 232, 233; purchase, 184.

Cornelius, slave(?) carpenter, 80.

Cornell University Library, material from, 97.

Cotton, Rowland, army appointment, 203.