Colonial Series

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---, Bridget: and GW's election expenses, 7:375

----, Catherine, see Catherine

----, Cornelius: to stack tobacco, 6:445

----, Thomas: pays rent, 7:90

----, William: and Custis estate, 7:215, 368

Abbey (slave; New Kent County), 6:220

Abby (slave, girl; New Kent County), 6:220

Abel (slave; Burwell Bassett's), 9:276, 300

Abercromby, James (1706-1781), 2:66-67; 3:57; 4:310, 364; 5:17, 119, 431, 435; 6:62; id., 3:44; 4:365; 5:118, appointments, 3:56, 104, 288; 5:99, 118, arrival in America, 3:109, 116-17, 248; GW recommended to, 3:180; and New England forces, 3:347; and Indians, 5:109, 134; and New York campaign, 5:126, 243, 272, 294, 295, 302; at Fort William Henry, 5:411; replaced as commander, 6:364; letters from: to John Forbes, 5:231; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 3:32, 181; from John Forbes, 5:63, 120, 137, 161, 165-66, 316, 381; 6:121, 145-46, 158; from GW, 6:190

Abercromby, James (1707-1775), 3:56, 57

Abercromby, James (captain), 6:454, 455

Abernethy & Livie, 7:312

Abernithy &ca, 7:312

Abram (slave; Burwell Bassett's), 6:339, 340; 9:470

Abram (slave; Harlow's plantation), 8:590

Abram (slave; Harlow's plantation; child), 8:590

Abram (slave; New Kent County), 6:220

Abram (slave; River farm), 7:434, 443, 516; 8:104, 221, 357, 479; 9:55, 238; 10:137

An abridgement of Sir Walter Raleigh's history of the world, 6:293

Abridgement of the Gardener's Dictionary, 6:297; 7:346

An abridgement of the public laws of Virginia, 6:215, 296

The academie of eloquence, 6:295; 7:347

Acadians, 2:228

Accokeek ironworks, 6:20

Accomack County, 4:290; 8:444-45

The accomplisht midwife, 6:289

Accotink, 8:128

Accotink Creek, 8:128

An acct of the Plague in London, 6:293

Acha (slave; Mill Quarter), 8:588

Acre (slave; York County), 6:229

Acres, William, 8:222

Acts of assembly passed in the colony of Virginia, 6:284, 300; 7:344

Adair, Dr. ----, 1:325

Adair, Robert, 8:212, 215, 216

Adam, ----: GW tries to buy his slave, 7:493

Adam, James, 7:377; 8:146, 147, 527, 528; 9:81

Adam, Robert, 7:493; 8:146-47; 10:219; account with, 6:457; 7:3, 105, 298, 299, 465, 495; 8:136, 207, 266, 405, 425, 473; 9:367, 370, 372, 373, 432; 10:19, 317; id., 6:458; 7:8, 376; 8:168; his partners, 7:360; 9:81; wheat and flour sold to, 7:442, 493; 8:468; and dispute over wheat, 7:482-91; 9:80-81; and GW's bond to Charles Green, 7:514; debt to GW, 8:167; on committee of merchants, 8:354; agent for, 8:439; fish sold to, 8:467, 468; his ship, 8:485; and a gardener for GW, 8:552; 9:64; goods ordered from, 8:552, 554; 9:2; and purchase of bounty land for GW, 8:555; and Thomas Hodge, 9:126, 127, 132; as justice, 9:169; and George William Fairfax, 9:448, 449; 10:96, 132, 156-57, 284; and William Ramsay's taxes, 10:27; praised, 10:111; appointed to committee, 10:128; his mortgage to GW, 10:226-27; contract with GW, 10:227-30; borrows from Martha Parke Custis, 10:229; settles account with paper money, 10:230; and land on Four Mile Run, 10:263; sells slave, 10:319; letters from: to GW, 8:484-85; 9:325, 440-41, 450-51, 452-53, 453, 475-77; 10:60-64, 64-65, 136, 226-30; to John West, 10:60-64; letters to: from GW, 8:550-54; 9:451; from John Ross, 9:520. See also Adam, Robert, & Co.; Carlyle & Adam

Adam, Robert, & Co., 10:318; and sale of GW's fish, flour, and biscuit, 8:407-8, 473, 474; 9:406; 10:56; accounts with, 8:469, 527, 530; 9:58, 111, 367, 369, 371; 10:180, 315, 316; partners in, 8:528; 9:81; slaves purchased from, 9:35; and Daniel Jenifer Adams affair, 9:158; sundries purchased from, 9:187; and bolting cloth for mill, 9:352. See also Adam, Robert

Adam, Thomas, 8:485

Adam (slave; at Bullskin), 5:452, 453; 6:25

Adam (slave; from estate of John Lee), 8:83

Adam (slave; GW's), 7:173

Adam (slave; Muddy Hole), 7:443, 516; 8:104, 221, 356, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:137

Adam and Eve stript of their furbelows, 6:289

Adams, ----: his muster, 7:375

Adams, Abednego, 5:217, 218, 222-23; 7:104, 107, 478, 515; 9:152; 10:193, 194

Adams, Anna, 9:493; 10:253, 274, 295, 296, 302, 303

Adams, Benjamin, 7:377

Adams, Daniel Jenifer, 8:108; 9:283; 10:210, 275; trading venture with GW, 9:70-71, 71-72; legal action against, 9:71, 174-75, 176-77, 177, 188-89, 208, 240, 387-88, 396, 492, 493; 10:276, 296; sails for Honduras, 9:123; GW's misgivings about, 9:156-57, 158-59, 268; buys brig, 9:158; his attempts to defraud GW, 10:55-58; delays brig's return from Indies, 10:226; his attorney, 10:254; cuts timber on land, 10:274; his debts, 10:295, 296; his land in Maryland, 10:303-4; letters from: to GW, 9:113; 10:253-54, 302-4; letters to: from GW, 9:69-71, 157; 10:294-95

Adams, Elizabeth Mason, 9:493; 10:253, 274, 295, 296, 302, 303, 304

Adams, Francis, 4:347

Adams, Gabriel, 9:410; 10:201, 203-4, 211, 212, 214

Adams, John (corporal), 3:253, 259

Adams, John (private), 4:389

Adams, John (wagoner), 5:253, 366-67, 373, 418, 419; 6:25, 27, 134, 135, 182, 443, 444

Adams, Josias, 9:493; 10:274, 294, 295, 296-97, 302, 304

Adams, Richard, 10:99-100

Adams, Silvester, 7:377

Adams, Thomas, 10:353

Adams, Sir Thomas, 8:354, 355

Adams, Thomas (1730-1788), 1:50

Adams, Thomas (drummer), 4:356, 357

Adams, William, 7:361, 376, 377, 384; 8:306, 355, 356

Adam's Luxury and Eve's Cookery, 6:297

Adams's Outlet (Maryland), 10:304

Adams's Retirement (Maryland), 10:304

Addenbrooke, ---- (mother of Thomas Addenbrooke), 8:576-77; 9:290

Addenbrooke, Thomas: letters from: to GW, 8:576-78; 9:289-90; letters to: from GW, 8:577

Addison, ----, 9:7

Addison, Daniel Dulany, 9:163, 165

Addison, Eleanor. See Boucher, Eleanor Addison

Addison, Henry, 8:96, 125, 127, 129, 167, 184, 361; and Mississippi Company, 7:416, 417, 512; 8:153; and Jonathan Boucher, 8:95, 310, 325; 9:49; family seat of, 8:121; at Mount Vernon, 8:185; and King's College, 9:163; family, 9:165

Addison, John, 6:409, 410, 423, 425, 434, 437-38, 443, 444, 450; 7:63

Addison, Joseph, 6:43, 290, 291, 293, 400; 7:345

Addison, Rachel Dulany, 9:163

Addison, Thomas (c.1714-1770), 7:416, 417, 511; 8:63

Addison, Thomas (d. 1774), 10:358

An Address from the Clergy of New-York and New-Jersey, 9:24, 25

Adeneyachea (Indian), 5:432

Adventure (ship; Robert Necks, master), 6:375, 376

Adventure (ship; Thomas Adams, master), 8:484, 485

The adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 7:345

The adventures of Telamachus, the son of Ulysses, 7:346

Advice to a Son, 6:300; 7:347

Advice to the People in General, 7:348; 8:511, 563

Aeneas, 6:399

Aesop (play), 2:234

Aesop's Fables, 6:284, 296; 7:344, 349

Agar, Edward, 7:164, 204

Aggy (slave; Brick House plantation), 8:589

Aggy (slave; Jackson's plantation), 8:587

Agincourt, Battle of, 4:242

Aitcheson, William, 6:407; 10:161, 162

Aitchison (Aitcheson) & Parker, 6:406, 407; 7:7; 10:162

Albemarle, George Keppel, third earl of, 7:158; letters to: from Thomas Gage, 1:326

Albemarle, William Anne Keppel, second earl of, 3:127

Albemarle County, 3:55, 432-33, 438; 4:290

Albemarle Independent Company: letters from: to GW, 10:349-50; letters to: from GW, 10:350

Albery (Alsberry), Charles, 6:5

Albery (Alsberry), Thomas, 4:49; 5:394; 6:5

Alce (dower slave, Doll's child; New Kent County), 6:217

Alce (dower slave; Hanover County), 6:218

Alce (dower slave; house servant), 8:401, 402, 479; 9:55

Alce (slave), 8:557

Alce (slave, girl; New Kent County, 1), 6:220

Alce (slave, girl; New Kent County, 2), 6:220

Alce (slave; New Kent County), 6:220

Alderson, John, 5:341

Alexander, ----: his deed, 9:467

Alexander, ---- (of Edinburgh), 5:113; 6:319

Alexander, Charles (of Fairfax County), 7:361, 377, 384; 8:146, 148; 9:505; 10:65, 128, 193, 263

Alexander, Charles (of Gloucester County), 9:468

Alexander, Frances, 1:47

Alexander, Garrard (Gerard; d. 1761), 1:27, 290, 293; 6:329; 8:244, 568, 570

Alexander, George Dent, 8:321, 322

Alexander, John, Sr., 7:377, 490

Alexander, John, Jr. (1735-1775), 7:486, 490-91; 8:153, 569, 571; 10:61-62, 65

Alexander, John (of King William County), 4:43

Alexander, Mariamne Stoddert, 8:218-20

Alexander, Lady Mary, 10:240

Alexander, Morgan, 10:196, 245

Alexander, Philip, 7:377; 8:146, 147, 186; 9:433; 10:128

Alexander, Robert, 7:377, 417; 8:146, 147; and breeding of horses, 6:328; id., 6:329; 8:244-45; purchases horse, 7:104, 108, 186; and vestry election, 7:384; account with, 7:428; 8:143, 169, 170; and proposed land swap, 8:218-20, 250, 268, 269, 311-12, 313, 314, 317, 318, 319, 320, 380-81, 384-85; and his sister's fortune, 8:244-45; hunts, 8:307; 9:184; family, 8:322; and Fairfax Independent Company, 10:345; letters from: to GW, 8:245

Alexander, Sarah, 7:305

Alexander, Lady Sarah, 10:240

Alexander, William, & Co., 6:319

Alexander & Lochard, 5:300

Alexander & Shrimpton, 6:401, 404

Alexander the Great, 6:226, 305, 355, 358, 400

Alexandria: plat drawn by GW, 1:33; Braddock's troops rendezvous at, 1:245; conference at, 1:258; called Belhaven, 1:113; 2:85, 108; 4:358; lottery of, 6:481; races at, 7:5, 11, 107, 111; expansion of, 7:490; GW buys lots in, 7:490; ball at, 8:137; 10:177; work done on GW's house in, 8:290, 291, 323, 364, 424-25, 512; church at, 9:180-83; 10:187; plan for enlargement of, 10:60-61, 64-65; petitions from, 10:62-63, 64-65; independent company at, 10:345; ferry at, 10:358

Alexandria (ship; James Mackie, master), 4:358, 401, 402; 5:74

Alexandria (ship; John Crawford, master), 7:138, 141

Alexandria (ship; John Montgomerie, master), 7:458, 459; 8:69

Alexandria citizens: letters from: to GW, 10:63; to John West, 10:63

Alexon, Thomas, 8:146

Aley (slave; Brick House plantation), 8:589

Alford (Alfred), Thomas, 9:395, 397, 463; 10:141, 196, 317

Alice (slave; Great House plantation), 8:587

Alice (slave; Hanover County), 6:231

Alice (slave; house servant), 9:54, 55; 10:196

Alice (slave; house servant, 1), 9:238; 10:137

Alice (slave; house servant, 2), 9:238; 10:137

Alice (slave; John Custis's), 9:233

Alice (slave; Mill Quarter), 8:588

Alice (slave; York County, 1), 6:229

Alice (slave; York County, 2), 6:229

Allan, ---- (of Dumfries), 6:378; 7:229, 230, 261, 279, 342, 367

Allan, Andrew, 8:145

Allan, James (of Fredericksburg), 1:311, 313; 2:205; 6:365, 377; 9:395, 397

Allan, John (of Frederick County), 5:336, 343

Allan, John (of Fredericksburg), 6:365

Allan, Richard, 6:256

Allan, Robert, 5:336

Allan (Allen), Francis, 7:171

Allanby, William, 7:283; 8:163

Allan's ordinary, 7:230, 261

"Allegany Indians," 3:361

Allegheny Mountain, 5:397, 405, 406

Allegheny River, 6:16

Allen, ----, 2:301

Allen, ---- (of Pennsylvania), 10:49-50

Allen, Andrew (of Pennsylvania), 10:50

Allen, Bennett, 8:95, 165-66; 9:418

Allen, James (ensign), 2:303

Allen, James (of Pennsylvania), 10:50

Allen, John (ensign), 3:446; 4:392, 394; 5:159, 161, 194, 249, 409, 412, 417; 6:46

Allen, William (of Pennsylvania), 1:174, 175; 3:314, 320; 10:50

Allen (Allan), ---- (gardener), 6:418, 419, 431; 7:169, 171

Allestree, Richard, 6:288, 289, 296

Alligood (Allegood), James, 7:2, 7

Alliquippa (Allaquippa), Queen, 1:135, 140

Allison, Thomas, 10:317, 342

Allison (Alliston), ----: carries money, 7:310

Allison (Alliston), Bryan (Bryant), 7:377; 8:147, 148; account with, 6:378, 444; 7:2, 106, 219, 236, 298, 309, 310, 499; 8:41, 67, 424; 9:253, 462; id., 6:379; 7:7; and Custis estate, 7:86, 213, 301; 8:457; and George William Fairfax's accounts, 10:282

Allison (Alliston), John, 8:145, 146; 10:104

All Saints Parish (Maryland), 8:166

Allsbery, ----: pay for, 6:4

Allsbery (Albery), Charles, 5:393

Allumapees (Indian), 2:55

Alsop, ----, 3:303

Alston, Philip, 5:434; 6:341; 7:436

Alton, John, 1:324; 3:418; 4:430-31; 5:436; 8:26; 9:55; 10:109, 110; id., 1:259; 3:419; 6:200; 7:10, 139; 8:19, 357; and GW's horses, 5:367, 418, 419, 422; 6:328; account with, 6:182, 198, 199, 416, 417, 457; 7:4, 106, 268, 304, 332, 342, 375, 417, 478, 515; 8:60, 78, 136, 177, 222, 290, 355, 424, 527; 9:30, 76, 208, 293, 462; 10:140; tithable, 6:428; 7:139, 227, 313, 377, 443, 516; 8:104, 221, 356, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:137; his crops, 8:18, 19, 25, 528; illness of, 8:20; petition for land grant, 8:31; overseer of Muddy Hole, 10:138; letters to: from GW, 6:200

Ambler, ----: and Robert Adam's debt, 10:227

Ambler, Edward, 1:41; 2:133; 5:437, 438

Ambler, Jacquelin, 10:141

Ambler, Mary Cary, 1:41; 2:132, 133; 5:438

Ambrose, ----, 2:69

Amelia (slave; Mill Quarter), 8:588

Amelia County, 4:290

America (ship), 7:21, 143, 151, 189, 238-39, 316, 341, 498

American Company of Comedians, 8:417, 425, 487, 528

American Magazine, or Monthly Chronicle for the British Colonies, 5:48-49, 59

Amey (slave, girl; New Kent County), 6:220

Amey (slave; Brick House plantation), 8:482, 589

Amey (slave; Mill Quarter), 8:588

Amey (slave; York County), 6:229

Amherst, Jeffery, 1:202; 2:36, 71; 3:44; 6:191, 440; and Virginia Regiment officers, 2:47, 77, 167; 6:362, 420, 454, 479; 7:16, 35, 114, 115, 180, 237, 240-41; 10:161, 162; and Probart Howarth, 4:375; captures Louisburg, 5:302, 426; 6:43; and Pennsylvania military bill, 6:88; and plans for new campaign, 6:189; appointments and promotions, 6:364, 455; 7:46; and surrender of Vaudreuil, 6:467, 470; and expedition against Cherokee, 6:470; requests Virginia raise troops, 7:36; and Robert Monckton, 7:48; meets with Governor Fauquier, 7:72; opposes dissolution of Virginia Regiment, 7:113, 115, 121; and plan to put Virginia Regiment on British establishment, 7:161; never visits Virginia, 7:188-89; returns to England, 7:226, 227, 284; and Pontiac's War, 7:238, 242; criticized, 7:282; letters from: to William Byrd, 6:455; to Francis Fauquier, 7:72; to William Johnson, 7:227; letters to: from Henry Bouquet, 6:185; from Francis Fauquier, 6:190, 197; 7:72, 122; from William Byrd, 7:58

Amhurst, Nicholas, 6:290

Ammunition. See Ordnance

Amos (slave; John Robinson's), 7:315

Ampthill, 10:151

Amson, John, 5:102; 6:252, 264, 271, 370

Amy (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:588

"Anacreon," 7:168

The anatomy of the humane body abridged, 6:292

Anchises, 6:399

The ancient physician's legacy to his country, 6:289

Anderson, ----: property owner, 1:27, 28; his sale, 6:445

Anderson, Capt. ----, 2:280, 281, 293, 295, 315, 316

Anderson, Bartholomew, 1:26, 27, 28, 35; 6:446

Anderson, Edward: letters from: to GW, 9:305-6; letters to: from GW, 9:321

Anderson, George, 6:54

Anderson, Harriot Rebecca, 9:305, 306, 321

Anderson, Isaac, 4:43

Anderson, Jacob, 5:184

Anderson, John (of Fairfax County), 7:377; 8:147

Anderson, John (of Frederick County), 1:26; 5:335

Anderson, John (ship captain), 7:392; 8:17, 60

Anderson, John (soldier), 6:46

Anderson, Rebecca, 9:305, 321

Anderson, Robert (of Louisa County), 3:128, 130

Anderson, Robert (of Williamsburg), 8:453, 454; 9:20, 117, 351; 10:76, 77

Anderson, Thomas, 2:244

Anderson, William, 9:305

Anderson's tavern, 8:454; 9:351

Andrews, John, 7:429

Andrews & Middleditch, 7:356, 357, 420, 472; 8:46

Angliae Notitia, or the present state of England, 6:291

Anna (ship), 6:268, 270, 322, 324, 366, 411; 7:21

The annals of King George, 6:286; 7:345

Annapolis, Md., 8:523

Annapolis (ship), 9:193, 194, 352

Annapolis merchants: letters from: to Philadelphia merchants, 8:183-84

Anne (ship), 8:487

Annual Register, 7:166, 167, 195, 344, 348, 349

Ansdale, Daniel, 8:329

Anson, George Anson, Baron, 4:99, 101; 7:345, 349; letters to: from Francis Fauquier, 2:66, 67

Anthony (dower slave, husband of Betty; New Kent County), 6:217

Anthony (slave; carpenter), 6:282; 7:45, 139, 227, 233, 235

Anthony (slave; David Meade's), 7:315

Anthony (slave; Great House plantation), 8:587

Anthony (slave; Home farm), 9:35, 36, 54, 55

Anthony (slave; mill), 6:428

Anthony (slave; New Kent County), 6:220

Anthony (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:588

Anthony (slave; tradesman), 9:238; 10:137

Anthropologia nova, 6:286, 297

Antietam (Frederick) ironworks (Maryland), 8:290, 294

Antigua, 6:436-37

The aphorisms of Hippocrates, 6:288

Apollo Room, 8:181

An apology for the discourse of humane reason, 6:295; 7:347

An apology for the true Christian divinity, 6:286, 297

The Appeal Farther Defended, 9:24, 25

Appleton, James, 8:144

Aquia Creek, 1:270-71

Arbah (Arba; slave; Claiborne's plantation), 8:584, 591

Arber (slave; Brick House plantation), 8:589

Arber (slave; York County), 6:229. See also Harbour

Arbor (slave, girl; New Kent County), 6:220

Arbor (slave; New Kent County), 6:220

Arbuthnot, Margaret, 6:342

Archelogia philosophica nova, 6:285

Archer, J., 8:50

Arell, David, 9:263

Arell (Arrol), Richard, 8:320; account with, 7:309, 357, 367, 373, 375, 439, 441, 452, 482, 515; 8:67, 70, 78, 91, 121, 201, 222, 556; 9:31; 10:104, 177, 194, 195; id., 7:310; voter, 7:377; 8:147, 148; and GW's election, 8:143; his tavern, 8:557; 9:1

Arell's (Arrol's) tavern, 7:310; 8:557

Argo (ship), 6:473; 7:35, 53, 54, 64, 86, 89, 155

The arguments of the books and chapters of the Old and New Testament, 6:287

Argyle (slave; at Claiborne's), 6:311

Ariel (horse), 7:109, 159

Ariss, John, 8:169, 170; 9:93

Aristotle, 6:400

Arlington (dower slave; York County), 6:218

Arlington (slave, boy; at Bridge Quarter), 6:312

Arlington (slave; Home farm), 8:104, 220, 356, 479; 9:54

Arlington (slave; River farm), 9:238; 10:137

Arlington (slave; York County, 1), 6:229

Arlington (slave; York County, 2), 6:229

Arlington plantation (Eastern Shore plantation), 6:218, 230, 253, 268, 273, 320; 8:156, 482, 591; 9:1, 285-87

Armat, Thomas, 10:40, 42, 104, 105, 317

Armat & Watson, 10:42

Armistead, ----: and Custis estate, 6:266

Armistead, Gill, 7:386

Armistead, Henry, 6:254

Armistead, John, 6:269; 9:33, 221, 229, 234, 235; 10:351, 352

Armistead, William: and Custis estate, 6:254, 259, 269; bills of credit, 7:326; account with, 7:366; id., 8:581; his estate, 9:33, 34, 127, 131, 133, 221, 223, 225, 235; 10:351, 352, 353; letters from: to GW, 8:581

Armstrong, George, 5:312, 365, 409, 412; 6:55, 56, 121, 156; letters from: to Henry Bouquet, 5:396

Armstrong, James, 8:321-22; 9:309, 416-17

Armstrong, John (of Frederick County), 5:339

Armstrong, John (of Pennsylvania), 3:426; 4:228; 5:411; 6:92, 119, 129, 135, 138, 145; 8:73; Kittanning expedition, 2:162, 309; and conference with Indians, 4:196; id., 4:229; 8:33; 9:308; appointments, 6:56, 150, 155; movements of, 6:80, 141; orders to, 6:121, 136, 137; his camps, 6:123, 130, 132-33, 137, 138-39, 140; supplies and tools, 6:130, 133; and land for GW, 8:27, 39; family, 8:33, 321-22; letters from: to William Denny, 4:271; to GW, 8:55-58, 299; 9:307-9, 415-17; letters to: from Richard Pearis, 4:195-96; from George Croghan, 4:246, 266; from GW, 8:32-33, 240-41, 241-43, 321-22; 9:337, 345-46

Armstrong, Joseph, 6:92

Armstrong, Rebecca Lyon, 8:33, 57, 58, 241

Armstrong, Robert, 3:131, 133

Armstrong, William, 3:425, 426

Armstrong's New Camp (New Camp, Three Redoubts Camp), 6:30, 133, 134, 137, 138, 140-41, 143, 144

Arnold, Andrew, 1:23

Arnold, John, 1:29; 5:339

Arnold, Jonathan, 1:23

Arnold, Josiah, 1:23

Arnold, Richard, Sr., 1:22

Arnold (ship), 5:105-6, 219, 448, 449; 6:453

Aroas (Silver Heels; Indian), 2:309, 317

Arrans, Jacob, 1:221

Art of contentment, 6:289; 7:347

Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, 8:509, 511, 563

Asbury, Thomas, 7:377

Ascanius, 6:399

Ash, Thomas, 10:200

Ashbrook, Aaron, 1:30

Ashbrook, Elizabeth, 1:22

Ashbrook, John, 1:30

Ashburner, John, 7:372, 397

Ashburner & Plaes, 10:249

Ashby, ---- (son of Robert Ashby), 8:170

Ashby, Benjamin, 10:248, 249

Ashby, Jean (Jane) Combs, 2:241, 242

Ashby, John, 2:243, 288; 3:141; 4:206; 5:340; company of, 2:75, 90-92, 94, 99, 134, 137, 141, 142, 147, 244, 282, 344; 3:161, 202, 266, 295, 320, 389, 418, 423; 5:393-94; id., 2:92; his fort, 2:135, 138; 3:11, 142, 244; his returns, 2:142; and deserters, 2:227, 328; company size roll, 3:163; furlough, 3:317; accounts, 3:365, 369, 371; letters from: to GW, 2:104, 107; to Henry Van Meter, 3:23-24; to Thomas Waggener, 3:23-24; letters to: from GW, 2:111-12, 134, 141-42, 241-42, 243; 3:34, 120

Ashby, Nimrod, 1:26

Ashby, Robert, 1:26; 5:334, 343; 8:55, 170; 9:36, 505; 10:248, 249

Ashby, Stephen, 5:341

Ashby, Thomas, 5:335

Ashby's ferry, 2:77

Ashby's fort, 2:137, 223-24, 269, 278, 280, 288; 3:265, 310, 391; construction of, 2:137; besieged by Indians, 3:23-24; proposals for, 3:127, 137, 146, 159; 4:10; on GW's map, 5:207

Ashby's Gap, 2:77; 3:69

Ashford, Butler, 7:377; 9:35

Ashford, George, 7:106, 110, 151, 174, 228, 278, 309, 350; 8:144, 283; 9:431

Ashford, John, 7:9, 110, 228; 8:144; 9:432

Ashford, Michael, 7:110, 377

Ashford, William, 7:4, 174, 278, 350; 8:283; 9:431, 432

Ashford's quarter, 7:148

Ashton (Aston), George, Jr., 6:58

Ashwell, John, 6:246, 273

Askew, ---- (Mrs.), 6:341

Askew, John, 6:457, 481; 7:342, 364; GW's indenture with, 6:340-41; id., 6:341; account with, 6:377, 390, 416, 429, 441; 7:304, 309, 332, 439, 452, 458, 481; tithable, 6:428; 7:45, 443; agreement with GW, 7:93-94; list of his tools, 7:94; GW's poor opinion of, 7:233-34; record of days worked, 7:235; and GW's schooner, 7:418

Askins, Philip, 4:390

Askins (Askin), John, 4:390; 7:377; 8:145, 149

Association of Gentlemen. See Gentlemen Associators

Astell, Mary, 6:292

Astro-Theology, 6:300

Astry, James, 6:300

Athawes, Edward, 5:69; 7:137, 138, 203; 9:328

Athawes, Samuel, 9:449; 10:98, 351, 352; letters from: to GW, 9:474-75; 10:25, 113-14, 286-87; letters to: from GW, 9:328, 347; 10:80-81

Athawes, Samuel, & Co., 8:51, 52

Athol, duke of, 9:23

Atkin, Edmond, 4:141, 192, 216, 268, 279, 285, 298-99, 306, 318, 336, 357, 366, 397, 398; 5:2; disagreement with Nathaniel Thompson, 2:230; and Richard Smith, 4:144; appointed superintendent of Indian affairs, 4:148, 154, 156, 157; 5:177; deputies of, 4:153, 157, 174, 175, 183-84, 209-10, 288, 290, 292-93; 5:6, 123, 134; id., 4:156; 5:6; and Richard Pearis, 4:157, 193; and Indians, 4:158, 163, 170, 178, 179, 196, 206, 229, 254, 261, 271, 386, 403; 5:20, 29, 52-53, 81-82, 176, 182; complaints against, 4:171, 198-99, 239, 309, 426; and Indian goods, 4:196, 297, 304-5; 5:82, 89; and French prisoner, 4:209, 215, 240; and Alexander Finnie, 4:235; and payment for scalps, 4:244, 249; arrest of Indians, 4:306-7, 353-56, 365; accounts, 5:20, 22; instructions to deputy, 5:20; and recruitment of Cherokee, 5:99, 114; and "French Negro," 5:214; letters from: to George Croghan, 4:158-59, 169, 170, 173; to GW, 4:232-35, 321-22; to commander of Fort Prince George, 4:307-8, 317, 354; to commander of Fort Loudoun, 4:354; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 4:251, 256, 261

Attakullaculla. See Little Carpenter

Atticus, 8:183

Aubry, George, 10:363

Aughwick, 1:69

Augsburg, Congress of, 7:37, 55

Augusta, Princess (George III's mother), 1:318

Augusta, Princess (George III's sister), 7:37, 39, 282-83

Augusta County: county lieutenant of, 1:67; 4:7; 10:246; formation of, 1:207-8; courthouse fortified, 3:44; date of court in, 3:135; Indian depredations in, 3:260-61, 431, 432, 435; 4:88, 354, 360, 366-67, 393, 395, 396; 5:155, 156, 160, 168; troops from, 3:260-61, 274, 425, 431-32, 434; 4:1-4, 12-14, 18, 27, 30, 46, 392-94, 422-23; line of forts proposed for, 3:321-23, 361, 363; criticism of people in, 3:361; regulation of militia, 4:4, 8, 12-13, 25, 394; council held in, 4:7, 395; surveyor of, 4:222; 8:279; 9:418, 483; in Pontiac's War, 7:237; clerk of, 9:487

Augusta Court House, 2:182; 3:321-23. See also Staunton

Augusta Springs. See Hot Springs

Augusta County freeholders: letters from: to GW and others, 10:000; letters to: from GW and others, 10:000

Austin, Benjamin, 6:47

Austin, John, 7:348

Austin (dower slave; Betty's child; New Kent County), 6:217, 220; 10:41

Austin (Ostin), Francis (John), 3:252, 257; 4:277; 6:176, 178

Austin (slave), 10:40

Austin (slave; mulatto), 10:41

Austin (slave; waiter), 10:41

Austria, 6:81

Autemy (slave; Mill Quarter), 8:588

An authentic narrative of the success of tar water, 7:348

Avera, Thomas, 9:172, 174

Avery, William, 6:47

Awbrey, ----: and Custis estate, 8:460

Aylett, Elizabeth Dandridge, 9:425, 426; 10:277, 288

Aylett, John, 9:244, 479, 481; letters from: to GW, 9:433-34; letters to: from GW, 9:434

Aylett, William, 9:201; letters from: to GW, 10:276-77; letters to: from GW, 10:288

Aylett's warehouse, 10:277

Ayres, ---- (of London), 7:30

Ayres, Captain (Indian), 4:170-71

Ayres, James, 7:23, 30; 8:561

Ayscough, Anne, 8:192, 194

Ayscough, Christopher, 8:192, 194

Ayscough, Martha, 7:24, 30

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