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B----, Young (dower slave; York County), 6:217
Bab (slave; Anthony Bacon's and Fielding Lewis's), 7:315
Babb, Joseph, 5:341
Babb, Peter, 5:341
Babb, Philip, 2:119; 4:425; 5:337; 7:5, 11
Babb, Thomas, 5:336
Babb, Thomas, Jr., 5:341
Babb, Thomas (son of Philip), 5:340
Bacchus, 6:399
Bacchus (dower slave; York County), 6:217
Bacchus (slave; at Bridge Quarter), 6:312
Bacchus (slave; Home farm), 9:54, 55, 238; 10:137
Bachus (slave; York County), 6:229
Back Creek (of Cacapon River), 3:40
Back Creek (of Potomac River), 2:160; 3:77, 246; 4:262; 5:393
Backhouse, Jane, 6:248, 334, 337, 395
Backhouse, John, 7:65, 140, 216, 217
Back River (of Jackson River), 3:133
Bacon, Anthony: and invoice of goods, 1:217-19; id., 1:218-19; 2:207; 7:274; accounts, 2:207; 5:74; and GW's tobacco, 4:39, 401; his ship, 7:50; and Dismal Swamp Company, 7:315; letters to: from GW, 2:206-7
Bacon, Anthony, & Co., 4:402; 6:319; 7:271, 273; letters to: from GW, 4:400-401
Bacon, E., 6:307
Bacon, Edmond, 6:225
Bacon, Francis, 6:288
Bacon, John, 2:35, 73, 75, 139-40, 141, 142, 255; letters to: from GW, 2:137, 146
Bacon, Richard, 2:75
Bacon, Thomas, 7:177
Bagent, William, 4:389
Baglivus, Georgius, 6:288
Bailey, Henry, 9:122, 145
Bailey, Mary, 2:140, 259
Bailey, Thomas, 8:145, 146
Bailey, William (soldier), 8:481, 482; 9:122, 145
Bailey (Bayly), John (officer), 5:307, 308
Bailey's ordinary, 8:482
Bain, Gilbert, 7:50
Baker, ----: his quarter, 8:529
Baker, Benjamin, 4:67
Baker, Charles (of Frederick County), 5:336
Baker, Charles (slave; New Kent County), 6:220; 8:589
Baker, Francis, 8:472; 9:301; letters from: to GW, 9:140-41; 10:9
Baker, Frederick, 10:366
Baker, James (landowner), 1:31
Baker, James (officer), 2:14; 3:43, 151, 240, 346, 447; 4:194, 242, 263; appointments and commissions, 2:40, 42, 261; 3:252; 5:180, 201, 204; pay for, 2:191; 5:214; id., 3:43; 4:67; orders to, 3:153, 427; family, 3:190; and Indians, 3:325; 4:65, 72, 77, 124, 125, 213; accounts, 3:369; military service, 3:429; 4:166, 205, 206, 275, 334, 346, 432; 5:67, 272; skirmishes, 4:199, 208-9, 215-16, 240, 261; 5:180-81; dispute with Edmond Atkin, 4:233, 239; death, 5:181; 6:47, 86, 87; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22, 200; 5:120-21; letters to: from GW, 4:210-11
Baker, John (dentist), 9:29, 31-32, 190, 340, 341, 355; 10:76, 139
Baker, John (soldier), 1:221
Baker, John Nicholas, 3:282
Baker, Joshua, 4:292, 294; 5:178, 179, 342; 6:456, 457
Baker, Josias, 2:319; 3:229, 256; 4:277
Baker, Richard, 3:190
Baker, Samuel, 1:20, 34
Baker, Thomas, 7:73, 74
Baker, William (merchant), 8:400
Baker, William (of Hampshire County), 1:20, 36
Baker, William (sergeant), 3:253, 258
Baker's ordinary, 3:282
Baldin (Baldwin), Reginald, 5:336
Baldock, Richard, 4:42
Baldwin, Samuel, 5:339
Baldwin, William, 5:339
Baldwin's fort, 5:67
Baley, John (servant), 10:365
Balfour, James, 1:283, 284, 288; 2:295; 3:364; 7:431, 432; 8:342; 10:209, 210, 336; letters from: to GW, 9:42-43; 10:309-10; letters to: from GW, 1:285-86
Balfour & Barraud, 1:284; 7:432; 10:319, 350, 353; letters from: to GW, 10:210-11
Ball, James, 8:271, 272
Ball, John (author), 7:344
Ball, John (of Fairfax), 7:378, 384; 8:363, 405, 431
Ball, Joseph (GW's uncle), 1:7, 8, 54; letters from: to GW, 2:15-16
Ball, Joseph (c.1649-c.1712), 1:7, 8
Ball, Mary Johnson, 1:7
Ball, Moses, 7:378; 8:146
Ball, William, 4:185; letters from: to GW, 4:164-65
Ballamy, Samuel, 7:127-28, 130, 287-88, 300; 8:48, 130
Ballendine, John, 8:138; 9:43, 303; id., 5:133; and building materials for GW, 5:299-300, 390, 437, 438, 449; criticism of, 6:377, 382-84, 476; 7:48; 9:42; suits against, 7:49; sells Occoquan furnace and mills, 7:180; 8:293; builds mercantile complex at Little Falls, 8:139-40, 285, 290; his dam, 8:288; imprisoned for debt, 8:290; and Potomac navigation, 8:352; 10:194, 196, 242-44, 275, 299, 345; in England, 9:40-42, 305; and George Mercer's affairs, 10:282; recommends Dennis Stephens, 10:325; letters from: to GW, 6:476-78, 478-79; letters to: from GW, 5:132-33
Ballenger, James (of Frederick County), 5:335
Ballenger, Josiah, 5:335
Ballinger, Edward, 8:172
Ballinger, Frances, 8:172
Ballinger, Francis, 8:171-76
Ballinger (Ballenger), James (of Fauquier County), 8:176
Ballinger (Ballenger), William, 7:378; 8:147, 148
Ballman, ----: his draft, 7:33
Balmain, William, 8:222, 223, 268, 270, 455, 456, 487-88, 489; 9:237
Baltice, Leonard, 7:98
Baltimore, Charles Calvert, fifth Baron, 8:493; 9:24
Baltimore, Christopher, 5:369
Baltimore, Frederick Calvert, sixth Baron, 5:236; 8:95; 9:6-7, 18, 22-25; letters to: from Horatio Sharpe, 1:195; 3:382; 4:9
Baltimore, George Calvert, first Baron, 9:465
Baltimore County, Md., 3:382
Banister, John, 9:45, 46, 126, 127, 221, 224, 225, 229, 355
Bank of England stock, 6:276, 451-52; 7:82, 90, 112, 136; 8:205, 463; 9:379-80; 10:82, 84-85
Banks, Gerrard (Girard; 1709-1768), 7:441
Banks, Gerrard (Girard; d. 1787), 7:441
Banks, Henry, 2:224
Banks, John, 6:286
Banyer, Henry, 6:291; 7:346
Barbados, 1:12, 49
Barber, Richard, 5:336
Barbery (slave; Great House plantation), 8:587
Barclay, John, 5:297, 298
Barclay, Robert, 6:286, 297; 7:344
Bare, John, 1:23
Barker, ---- (soldier), 2:12
Barker, Moses, 8:145, 146
Barker, William, 7:378; 8:145, 146
Barkley, Edward, 8:347, 348
Barnes, Abraham (Abram; of Fairfax County), 1:179, 180; 4:308-9; 6:405, 406, 407; 7:235, 236, 378, 491
Barnes, Abraham (of Maryland), 9:40, 111
Barnes, Charles, 5:339
Barnes, John, 9:40, 111
Barnes, Richard, 1:9, 20, 34, 35
Barnes, Sarah Ball McCarty, 1:180; 4:309
Barnet, ----, 2:306
Barr, Hans, 6:81, 82
Barradale, Henry, 4:284
Barrat (Barrett), Jacob, 5:341
Barrat (Barrett), James, 5:340
Barrat (Barrett), William, 5:340
Barrataria (Vandalia), 9:415
Barraud, Daniel, 1:284; 10:210, 309
Barrell, ----: account with, 10:167
Bar Reports, 8:326
Barret, ----: paid for goods, 7:1
Barrett, Benjamin, 3:252, 257
Barrett, Charles, 3:127, 128, 130, 146-47
Barrett, Edward, 7:6, 107
Barrett, John, 3:253, 259
Barrett, Nathaniel, 8:540; 9:122, 145
Barringer, Isaac, 3:252, 256
Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, second Viscount, 6:454, 455
Barry, Eleanor Wade, 5:218; 8:19, 25, 145, 316, 418
Barry, John, 7:378; 8:145, 146; carpentry work done for, 5:217; 6:365; id., 5:218; 6:365; clerk of vestry, 7:429; 8:247; tobacco inspector, 8:141; water rights, 8:325-26; GW buys land from, 8:315, 316, 418, 437, 438; 9:3, 4, 76
Barry, William, 8:316, 438; 9:3, 4, 76, 92
Bartlett, William, 9:74, 505
Bartley, John, 6:253, 280
Barton, William, 4:42
Barwick, James, 7:435
Barzey, Wilkinson, 10:309
Basenton, ----, 1:141, 144
Basque Roads, 5:426
Basset, Thomas, 6:107, 128, 129, 130, 140, 148, 151, 157; letters from: to GW, 5:149-50; letters to: from GW, 5:154
Bassett, Anna Maria (Nancy; 1763-1773), 9:46, 300
Bassett, Anna Maria Dandridge, 6:380; 8:193, 217, 268, 378, 442, 531, 580; 9:178, 244, 300, 390, 425, 436, 470; 10:236; id., 6:340; illness, 9:45, 300; at Mount Vernon, 9:46, 471; family, 9:219-20, 342, 434; letters to: from Martha Washington, 6:420
Bassett, Burwell, 6:309, 340, 380, 406; 8:170, 267, 453, 460, 480, 519; 9:29, 31, 88, 118, 399, 426, 437, 479; 10:22, 77, 102, 316; commissioner of Custis estate, 6:209, 215-17; id., 6:217; and Custis estate, 6:256, 260, 261, 276, 277, 425, 437; 8:82, 200, 203, 204, 205, 463, 585; 9:52, 366, 370, 371, 372, 373; and horses, 6:338; 8:83, 454; GW visits, 6:415; 8:442; 9:376; and George Purdie, 8:50, 52; GW's agent, 9:33, 46, 473, 511; at Mount Vernon, 9:38; family, 9:48, 166, 219-20, 300, 342, 434; 10:236; illness, 9:178; intends to go down Ohio with GW, 9:444-45; Mrs. Black visits, 9:455; letters from: to GW, 8:579-80, 581, 586; 9:45-46, 171; letters to: from GW, 8:217, 378, 575; 9:178-79, 219-20, 243-44, 276, 300, 470-71; 10:236
Bassett, C., 10:370
Bassett, Elizabeth (Betcy; 1758-1773), 9:45, 46, 219-20, 300
Bassett, Frances, 9:46, 471
Bassett, Robert, 6:47
Bassett, William (Billy), 8:79; 9:341, 342, 471; 10:236
Bastford, Alexander, 4:43
Bat (slave, boy; New Kent County), 6:220
Bate, George, 6:288
Bateman, Philip, 9:190, 202, 222, 224, 227, 238, 239, 289; 10:137
Bater, Philip, 9:202
Bates, Edward, 8:146, 147
Bates, William, 6:271
Bath (slave; Dogue Run), 8:356, 357, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:138
Bath (slave; River farm), 10:137, 138
Bath and Wells, bishop of. See Kidder, Richard, bishop of Bath and Wells
Batson, Mordecai, 9:512
Batt (slave; Harlow's plantation), 8:590
Batten, Thomas, 3:20
Bawn, William, 8:468, 531
Baxter's Bay, 3:203
Bayley, William (of England), 9:65-66, 67
Baylis, Capt. ----, 2:252
Baylis, John, 1:37; 2:230, 252; 3:120, 267, 278; 5:86, 95-96, 97, 342; 8:110; letters from: to GW, 5:83-85
Baylis, William (of Prince William County), 2:252; 3:120, 266, 267; letters to: from GW, 3:277-78
Bayliss, Thomas, 8:486, 527
Baylist (Baylest), William (of Fairfax County), 4:391; 6:47
Baylor, George, 10:198, 205-6, 208, 250, 251
Baylor, John, 2:132; 6:182, 377; id., 2:83; 3:199; 4:243; 5:113; 6:182; 8:347; residence of, 2:83; county lieutenant of Caroline, 3:111; and council of war, 3:129-31; and GW's shoes, 5:112; 6:318, 374; horse racing, 8:42, 346; and Mississippi Company, 8:63, 153; account with, 8:199; 9:225, 234-35, 373; 10:353; and Bernard Moore's estate, 9:44, 221, 235; family of, 10:206; his debt, 10:351; letters from: to GW, 3:199; 4:242-43; letters to: from GW, 4:191
Bayly, Peirce, 8:121, 122, 208, 270-71, 474, 522; 9:53
Bayly (Bailey, Baily), William, 6:321
Bayne, John (of Virginia), 4:102
Baynes, John (of Maryland), 8:128; 9:9, 35, 68, 153, 340, 364, 365, 462; letters from: to GW, 9:124
Bazell, Hosea, 6:430, 431, 457
Be-- (slave; York County), 6:229
Beach, Thomas, 8:145, 147
Beale, William, Jr., 8:63
Beall, ---- (lieutenant), 6:119
Beall, Alexander, 3:210; 4:228, 229, 270; 6:119, 138; letters from: to GW, 4:235-36; to John Stanwix, 4:251; letters to: from GW, 4:239-40
Beall, George, 4:324, 325; letters to: from GW, 3:193-94
Beall, Joshua, 5:296, 368, 403, 404; 6:119; letters from: to GW, 5:35; letters to: from GW, 5:37-38
Beall, Levin, 6:119
Beall, Mary Stevens, 5:245-46
Beall, Ninian, 3:194
Beall, Rezin, 6:119; 9:478
Beam, Samuel, 5:336
Beamer, James, 4:5, 8
Bear Camp (Maryland), 3:182, 183; 4:214
Beard, John, 2:225; 3:79
Bear-grass Creek, 9:247
Beasly, Gawen, 6:47
Beatly, William, 4:331
Beattie, James, 9:344
Beatty, Charles, 9:493
Beaufremont, marquis de, 4:282
Beaujeu, Daniel Hyacinthe Marie, Lienard de. See Lienard de Beaujeu, Daniel Hyacinthe Marie
Beaumont, ----, 2:177
Beaumont, Francis, 6:400
Beaver, Samuel, 5:294, 295
Beck, Little (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:589
Beck (dower slave; house servant), 6:217
Beck (slave, girl; James City County), 6:228
Beck (slave, girl; New Kent County), 6:220
Beck (slave; Brick House plantation), 8:589
Beck (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:588
Beck (slave; scullion), 6:282
Beck (slave; York County), 6:229
Beckett, John, 5:340
Beckford Parish, 8:190-91
Beckwith, John, 5:395, 396
Beckwith, Marmaduke, 8:142
Bedford, John Russell, fourth duke of, 2:326; 8:7
Bedford County, 3:435; fort to be built in, 3:361; troops from, 3:431; 4:290; formation of, 3:435; Indian depredations in, 4:366; 5:141, 184, 195, 196, 197; county lieutenant of, 5:197; inhabitants enrage Indians, 6:81-82
Bedgood, Joseph, 4:42
Beedy, John, 8:170
Beeler, Christopher, 1:29, 31, 35, 37; 4:405; 5:310, 338
Beeler, Joseph, 2:233, 234; 5:310
Beeler (Beilor), ---- (of Frederick County): and corn for horses, 5:310
Beevers, Joseph: letters from: to GW, 10:352
The Beggar's Opera, 8:347
Behn, Aphra, 6:290, 294
Belestre, François-Marie Picot de, 3:260
Belestre, Picot de, 4:200, 215-17, 232-34, 239-40, 244, 247, 252, 261, 267
Belford (Belfour), Jane, 3:379
Belford (Belfour), John, 3:252, 256, 306-7, 379, 380
Belhaven, 1:113; 2:85. See also Alexandria
Bell, Bob, 8:406
Bell, David, 2:25, 181, 243, 260, 299, 301; 3:113, 341; 4:203, 207, 232, 271, 358; 5:41-42; assignments, 2:14, 143, 230, 272, 288, 302; 3:235, 334; id., 2:38; 4:198; commissions and appointments, 2:40, 42, 232, 261; 3:242-46, 252; 4:136, 155, 166; orders to, 2:56; 3:177, 191, 192, 333, 334-35, 336, 337; company of, 2:105, 108, 109, 229, 251, 271; 3:157, 240, 253, 258, 311, 429; 4:77; criticism of, 2:106, 144; 4:195; 5:41, 42; provisions for, 2:225; commands troops at Winchester, 2:229; accounts, 2:237; 3:402-3; 4:357; apprehension of deserters, 2:269, 271; company payrolls and returns, 3:81, 100-101, 156, 193, 209, 336, 341; company size rolls, 3:114, 212, 263; and construction of Fort Loudoun, 3:161; and William Fleming, 3:276-77; letters from: to GW, 3:354, 375; 4:151; letters to: from GW, 2:38, 71, 144, 271, 342-43, 347, 348-49, 350; 3:35-36, 52-53, 394-95
Bell, Henry, 8:31
Bell, Jacob, 4:41
Bell, John: letters to: from GW, 4:258-59
Bell, Joseph, 3:278
Bell, Nathaniel, 4:363
Bell, Philip, 6:249, 334, 337, 399-400
Bell, Southy, 10:18
Bella (slave; New Kent County), 6:220
Bella (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:588; 9:258
Belle Air (Prince William County), 6:370
Beller (slave; spinner), 9:257, 258
Belleview (Stafford County), 5:288
Bell's fort, 4:363; 5:67, 120, 121
Belmont (North Carolina), 5:23
Belt of Wampum (Tohashwughtonionty; Indian), 1:87, 91; 2:120-21, 125, 309
Belvale, 5:78
Belvoir, 10:193; land office at, 1:48; id., 7:40; rental of, 9:298, 299, 412, 446, 447; 10:86, 94-95, 198, 209, 281-82; sale of furnishings, 9:306-7, 321, 322; 10:86-87, 100, 198-99; fisheries at, 9:447; caretaker at, 10:60; and Lord Fairfax, 10:179; new roof for, 10:282
Ben (dower slave; York County), 6:217
Ben (slave; Brick House plantation), 8:589
Ben (slave; Bridge Quarter), 6:312
Ben (slave; Dogue Run), 8:104, 220, 357
Ben (slave; Home farm), 8:104, 220, 357
Ben (slave; Mill farm), 9:238; 10:137
Ben (slave; River farm), 8:104, 221, 357, 479; 9:55, 238; 10:137
Bendick, ---- (of Frederick County), 3:244, 246
Benedict, Md., 6:444
Benge, James, 4:42
Bennet (Bennett), Sarah, 8:48
Bennett, Joseph, 8:145
Bennett, William, 6:402, 404
Bentley, ---- (officer), 1:78
Bentley, Amos, 3:222
Bentley, John, 5:336
Bentley, Thomas, 1:53, 80
Berkeley, Edmund, 8:31; 10:99-100
Berkeley, Edward, 9:201
Berkeley, William, 1:71
Berkeley (Virginia), 6:466
Berkeley County, 8:191; 9:38, 431, 432, 453; 10:22, 62
Berkeley Springs, W.Va., 5:58
Bernard, Sarah Savin, 8:65-66; 9:36, 262
Bernard, William, 8:65-66; 9:36
Berrie, James and Robert, 6:276, 319
Berry, Benjamin, 10:193, 195, 202, 205
Berry, John, 2:253, 275; 5:159, 161
Berry, John, Jr., 5:161
Berry, Joseph, 8:176, 436
Berry, Thomas, 10:195
Berry's ferry, 1:40
Berwick, Thomas, 3:246, 284, 289
Best, Richard, 3:98
Betcy (ship; John Thompson's), 9:175
Bethel Congregation, 3:196
Betsey (Betsy; ship; John Sanderson's), 8:295-99, 371, 507
Betty, Mill (slave; York County), 6:229
Betty (Bettey; dower slave), 8:401, 402
Betty (Bettey; slave; Ferry farm), 8:479, 480
Betty (dower slave; house servant), 6:217
Betty (dower slave; New Kent County), 10:41
Betty (dower slave; wife of Anthony; New Kent County), 6:217
Betty (ship), 8:160
Betty (slave), 8:527
Betty (slave, girl; New Kent County, 1), 6:220
Betty (slave, girl; New Kent County, 2), 6:220
Betty (slave; at Ship Landing), 6:312
Betty (slave; Dogue Run), 6:428; 8:104, 221, 356, 479; 9:55, 238; 10:137
Betty (slave; Ferry farm), 9:54, 238; 10:39. 137
Betty (slave; Great House plantation), 8:587
Betty (slave; house servant), 6:428; 8:104, 220, 356, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:20, 137
Betty (slave; mill), 6:428
Betty (slave; Muddy Hole), 6:428
Betty (slave; New Kent County, 1), 6:220
Betty (slave; New Kent County, 2), 6:220
Betty (slave; New Kent County, 3), 6:220
Betty (slave; Old Quarter, 1), 8:590
Betty (slave; Old Quarter, 2), 8:590
Betty (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:589
Betty (slave; seamstress), 6:282
Betty (slave; York County, 1), 6:229
Betty (slave; York County, 2), 6:229
Bevan, Timothy, & Son, 8:45, 134-35, 297, 398, 560-61; 9:106
Bevans, Daniel, 3:374, 375
Beven, Peter, 4:41
Beverley, Robert, 8:102, 132
Beverley, William, 3:32
Bey, Andrew, 5:348; 6:15, 46
Bibb, Thomas, 3:137, 145, 150
Biber, Henry, 5:337
Bibles, 6:296, 299, 300
Bickley, Sir William, 2:128, 206, 243, 280
Big (Great) Sandy Creek, 10:1-2
Big Bone Lick, 9:96, 99
Biggs, James, 9:259; account with, 6:253, 266, 268, 273; 9:19; and crops, 8:106; 9:139, 284; dispute with John Stratton, 8:481; 9:86; overseer on Eastern Shore, 8:482; agreement regarding Mockhorn Island, 9:89; James Hill wants to replace him, 9:285; death, 9:287; letters from: to GW, 6:320
Biggs, William, 9:89
Bigham (Bingham), Samuel, 3:210
Bigham (Bingham's) fort (Pennsylvania), 3:210
Big Kettle (Canajachrera, Broken Kettle), 1:123, 125
Big Sandy (Tatteroy) Creek (River), 8:279
Bil (dower slave; King William County), 6:218
Billey (dower slave; child), 8:401
Billey (slave), 9:286
Billy (slave, boy; New Kent County, 1), 6:220
Billy (slave, boy; New Kent County, 2), 6:220
Billy (slave, boy; New Kent County, 3), 6:220
Billy (slave; carpenter), 6:428
Billy (slave; Home farm), 6:428
Billy (slave; house servant), 8:104, 356, 479
Billy (William Lee, Mulatto Will; slave), 8:104, 220, 356, 479, 529, 585, 586; 9:208, 287; id., 8:83, 104; clothing for, 8:127, 329, 522; 9:1, 117; 10:39, 160, 370; his tooth drawn, 8:528
Binks, Charles, 10:370
Bishop, John, 9:122, 146
Bishop, Susanna: acts as midwife, 8:5, 70, 169, 222, 250, 521, 527, 557; 9:53, 58; 10:20, 39, 168, 196; account with, 8:60, 431; 9:1; 10:19, 194; knits, 8:329
Bishop, Thomas, 6:388; 8:70, 104, 221, 305, 329, 356, 377, 479; 9:54, 155, 238, 294; 10:39, 137, 168, 194, 221, 318; id., 4:168; 5:308, 376; 6:182; and GW's hanger, 5:306; acts for GW, 5:373-74, 453; GW gives money to, 6:182, 321, 329, 365; borrows money, 6:184; 8:207, 250, 290; returns to Mount Vernon from army, 6:389, 412, 436, 437; overseer, 8:5, 18, 357; his wife, 8:5, 60, 521, 527; his crops, 8:18, 19, 25; illness of, 8:20; petition for land grant, 8:31; account with, 8:112, 143, 329, 376, 424, 441, 474, 557; 9:29, 30, 53, 92, 238, 367, 395; 10:104, 178, 316, 317; his inventory of goods in New Kent County, 8:585; and Custis plantations, 8:586; and William Skilling, 10:356
Bishop, William, 4:103
Black, Anne Dent, 9:384
Black, ---- Dent, 9:384
Black, Frances: and land sold to GW, 9:376-78, 386, 400, 423-26, 458-59, 472-73, 479, 480, 481; 10:22; and lawsuit over William Black's land, 9:384; GW takes her to Burwell Bassett's, 9:426, 455, 458; her reluctance to leave Pleasant Hill, 9:455-58; 10:33-35
Black, Frances Taylor, 9:384, 424
Black, Martin, 5:337
Black, William: buys Falls plantation, 9:376-77, 400; GW buys lands from, 9:376-79, 385-86, 394, 396, 397, 399, 401, 402 423-26, 427, 428; 10:84; lives at Pleasant Hill, 9:378; 10:35; id., 9:384; GW's penalty bond to, 9:389-90; buys Gooches, 9:393; refuses to move from Pleasant Hill, 9:424-25, 435, 457, 458-59; 10:33-35; delays in transferring land, 9:426, 478-81; mills on his land, 9:429, 456, 458; his bond, 9:470, 471-73; gives up possession of land, 10:22; his lands, 10:41; letters from: to GW, 9:383-84; 10:33-35; to Bartholomew Dandridge, 9:480; letters to: from GW, 9:385, 400-401, 455-58
Black, William, Jr., 9:376, 383, 384; 10:33
Black, William (laborer), 8:5, 112
Black Boys, 8:243
Blackburn, Andrew, 5:335
Blackburn, Benjamin, 5:339
Blackburn, Edward, 8:146, 147
Blackburn, Samuel, 5:335
Blackburn, Thomas, 10:99-100, 215
Black Creek, 6:426
Blacks, 2:104, 188, 189, 236, 300; 10:182, 231-32, 291. See also Slaves
Black's Grove, 9:384
Blacksmiths. See Smiths
Blackstone, Sir William, 8:326
Blackwater River, 4:10
Blackwater River fort. See Terry's fort
Blackwell, William, 10:20
Blagg, John, 2:45, 191, 355; 3:18, 74, 301, 384; commissions and appointments, 2:40, 42, 53, 260; 3:76, 77-79, 251; 4:166, 205, 206, 432; 6:95; id., 2:46; 6:96; military service, 2:136, 149, 307; 3:428; 5:144, 179; 6:146; orders to, 2:192, 289, 313, 331; 3:22, 281, 343; 4:128; and skirmish with enemy, 3:78; and theft of stores, 3:211-12; pay for, 5:214, 364; account, 5:300-301; address to GW, 6:178-81; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22; 5:179; letters to: from GW, 2:313, 332; from George Mercer, 2:342
Blair, Alexander, 8:363; 10:201, 203, 204, 212
Blair, James (author), 6:286
Blair, James (of Frederick County), 5:336
Blair, John, 2:186; 4:27; 5:88, 100, 128, 132, 136, 198, 220, 241; 8:106; id., 5:82; illness, 5:116; instructions from, 5:122, 141-44, 148; and recruiting, 5:135, 144, 145, 146-47, 170; and rangers, 5:141; urges exchange of officers between Virginia regiments, 5:142; and militia, 5:142-43, 151-52, 229, 230; and French Mason, 5:153, 167; sends commissions, 5:153-54; and conference in Winchester, 5:169, 170, 181; and Maryland troops, 5:182-83; criticism of, 5:192-93, 203; and goods for troops, 5:204, 221-22, 239; and military bill, 6:178; and Custis estate, 6:246, 253, 254, 258, 259, 268; 9:370, 372; and William Black's penalty bond, 9:481; letters from: to GW, 5:81-82, 89-92, 103, 103-4, 116, 133, 153, 153-54, 180-81, 181-83, 194-97; to John Forbes, 5:109, 143; to Abraham Bosomworth, 5:139; to John St. Clair, 5:169, 182, 182-83, 203, 211, 212; to Henry Lee, 5:185; to George Mercer, 5:187; letters to: from GW, 4:375; 5:82-83, 86-87, 95, 110-11, 113-15, 129-31, 139-41, 146, 156-62, 199-204; 8:87-88; from John Forbes, 5:104-5, 138-39, 139, 143, 169, 182; from William Pitt, 5:115; from Clement Read, 5:141; from Peter Hog, 5:160; from William Nelson, 5:180; from John St. Clair, 5:192-93, 197, 203, 211; from Horatio Sharpe, 5:194-95, 196
Blair, John, Jr., 9:140; and Custis estate, 6:228, 229; 8:197; account with, 6:254; 9:117; clerk of council, 8:279, 390; and the Walpole Company, 8:380, 388; and bounty lands, 9:122, 147-48; council minutes, 9:364; letters from: to GW, 9:364-65, 365; letters to: from GW, 9:137
Blakeney, William, 3:229, 249, 347
Bland, Humphrey, 2:209, 257, 258; 3:229
Bland, John, 8:140, 141, 507
Bland, Richard, 3:437; 6:82; 10:000, 000; letters from: to GW, 4:187-89; 10:174
Bland, Theodorick (1742-1790), 8:529
Bland, Theodorick (of Cawsons), 8:140, 141, 507, 527, 529
Bland, William, 9:39
Bland (ship), 6:473
Bland (slave), 5:452, 453
Bland's warehouse, 8:504, 507
Blane (Blaine), Archibald, 6:188, 190
Blare (Blair), James (of Frederick County), 5:339
Blassingame (Blasingham), William, 9:48
Blecker, Abraham, 6:46
Bledsoe, Joseph, 3:253, 258; 4:276-77
Bleekny, ----. See Blakeney, William
Blenheim (Charles County, Md.), 9:505
Blenheim (Prince George's County, Md.), 9:39
Blinking Woman (Indian), 9:248
Bloomery, 9:447, 449-50; 10:25, 97, 132, 156-57, 284, 286
Blount, Thomas, 6:295
Blount (Blunt), Tom (Indian), 4:125; letters to: from GW, 3:308-9
Blues (Virginia troops): in Braddock campaign, 2:12
Bluncall, William, 4:49
Board of Trade, 1:175; letters from: to Robert Dinwiddie, 1:64; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:57, 63, 114-15, 224, 357; from Francis Fauquier, 6:314
Bob, Little (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:588
Bob, Old (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:588
Bob, Prince (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:588
Bob (dower slave; Hanover County), 6:218
Bob (slave, boy; New Kent County), 6:220
Bob (slave; Claiborne's plantation), 8:583, 591
Bob (slave; Dogue Run), 8:104, 220, 356, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:137
Bob (slave; Hanover County), 6:231
Bob (slave; Jackson's plantation), 8:587
Bob (slave; Mill Quarter), 8:588
Bob (slave; New Kent County, 1), 6:220
Bob (slave; New Kent County, 2), 6:220
Bodenham, John, 6:294
Bodker, Henry, 6:334, 337
Bodmore, Phill, 2:306, 307
Boerhaave, Herman, 6:285, 297
Boggess, Robert, 5:167, 168; 6:428; 8:52, 55
Bog houses, 3:239, 241
Bolar Run (Wilson's Mill Run), 3:133
Bolling, John, 8:31; letters from: to Robert Bolling, 1:341; 2:12
Bolling, Robert: letters to: from John Bolling, 1:341; 2:12
Bolton (Boltan), Richard, 5:392-94; 6:4, 5; 9:122, 146
Bombgardner, Christian, 9:122, 145
Bomford, Isaac, 9:77, 78, 100, 336; 10:158; letters to: from GW, 9:413
Bomford, Sarah, 9:101; 10:186; letters from: to GW, 9:335-36; 10:67-68; letters to: from GW, 9:99-100, 412-14; 10:157-59
Bompar (Bourparr), ----, 4:301-2
Bond, Matthew, 3:35-36, 195
Bond, William, 2:344
Bonet, Theophile, 6:284
Bonnell, Alexander, 4:423, 425
Bonny, Alexander, 9:359, 360, 364, 365, 422
Book lists, 6:283-300; 7:343-50
Boone, Daniel, 10:312
Boonesborough (Kentucky), 10:312
Booth, John Cooke, 8:579, 580
Booth, William, 8:153
Bording, John, 8:481, 482
Boscawen, Edward, 1:317, 318; 2:66; 5:42, 43, 173-74
Bosman, John, 4:42
Bosomworth, Abraham, 5:288; id., 4:46; 5:383; and Indians, 5:124, 138, 139, 176, 177-78, 383; 6:104; movements of, 5:283, 291; appointments, 5:443; 6:157; letters from: to GW, 5:260-61, 270-71, 278, 301-2, 319-20, 382-83, 410-11; to John Forbes, 5:283, 293, 302; to Henry Bouquet, 5:304-5; letters to: from GW, 4:45-46; 5:261; from John Blair, 5:139
Bosomworth, Mary Musgrove, 4:46
Bosomworth, Thomas, 4:46
Boson (slave; Charles Green's), 6:339
Boson (slave; Home House), 10:137, 138
Boson (slave; John Augustine Washington's), 7:172, 174
Boson (slave; Williamson's farm), 6:405, 406, 428, 444
Bossu, Jean Bernard, 7:348; 9:116, 118
Boston, 6:430, 431; 10:127, 170
Boston (frigate), 8:355, 356, 526
Boston Port Bill, 10:95, 96, 99, 102, 144, 145
Boswell, Alexander, 9:395
Boswell, Pangranparobo, 9:398
Boswell, William, 9:132
Bosworth, Samuel, & Griffiths, 6:259, 451; 7:63, 229, 253
Botanologia. The English herbal or history of plants, 6:284
Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, baron de: and petition for Powells River land, 8:31; issues writs of election, 8:144; dissolves Burgesses, 8:181, 246, 275; and GW's petition to rent dower lands, 8:195-97; and ball given by Burgesses, 8:269; and list of petitions for land, 8:275-76, 300, 303; and bounty lands, 8:277-79, 280, 483, 533-41; 9:195; sends message to settlers on Monongahela not to settle lands, 8:308; ordered not to make grants in west, 8:308-9; death, 8:380, 393; and Walpole Company, 8:380; GW buys his horses, 8:453; his estate, 9:33; letters to: from GW, 8:272-77, 378-80, 388-93
Botetourt County, 8:281; 9:418, 502, 512, 516; 10:164, 291, 311, 363
Botner, Elias, 10:370, 371
Boucher, Charles, 8:50. See also Bouchier & Co.
Boucher, Eleanor Addison, 9:49, 82, 113, 141, 154, 164, 295, 297, 478
Boucher, Jane (Jenny), 8:128, 184, 226, 251, 259; 9:39, 49, 113, 141, 154, 295, 297, 478; comes to Virginia, 8:125, 467; illness, 8:129; refuses to go to springs, 8:227, 238; at Fielding Lewis's, 8:365; moves to Annapolis, 8:387; invited to Mount Vernon, 8:426
Boucher, John Thomas, 9:347, 348, 475, 489; 10:74
Boucher, Jonathan, 8:137, 360, 375, 376, 380; 9:91, 220; correspondence with GW, 8:90; id., 8:90; has little formal training in classics, 8:97; GW asks for special care of John Parke Custis, 8:120; his school, 8:125; 9:179; his opinion of Walter Magowan, 8:167; account with, 8:201, 222, 347, 348, 456, 457, 473; 9:14, 15, 27, 29, 31, 227, 297, 298, 366, 367; comes to America, 8:227; supports American cause, 8:227-28; and Mrs. Campbell's misfortunes, 8:309-11; and a European tour for John Parke Custis, 8:332-41, 348-49, 432, 466, 467-77, 489-92, 494-97; 9:164; and Potomac navigation, 8:349; moves to Annapolis, 8:387; his lodgings, 8:417; angry with John Parke Custis, 8:463-64; GW visits, 8:519, 523; 9:215; 10:223; defends his education of John Parke Custis, 8:548-50, 571-72; recommends John Parke Custis not go to Princeton, 8:550; made rector of Queen Anne's Parish, 8:572; supports American episcopacy, 9:38-39, 164-65; marriage, 9:49; and sheep, 9:51; seeks medical attention, 9:164; and controversy over clergymen's salaries, 9:165; political activities, 9:194; and John Parke Custis's engagement, 9:211-13; Robert Eden visits, 9:216; letters from: to GW, 8:94-95, 96-97, 116, 122-25, 129, 159, 184, 226-28, 309-11, 324-25, 332-33, 336-41, 364, 367-68, 386-87, 413-17, 443-45, 446-48, 463-64, 464-67, 489-94, 548-50, 571-73; 9:4-8, 16-19, 22-25, 50-51, 161-65, 211-15, 294-95, 468; to John James, 8:167, 228, 341; letters to: from GW, 8:89-91, 120-21, 127, 128-29, 138, 166-67, 184-85, 226, 237-38, 250-51, 258-59, 270, 305-6, 333-35, 348-49, 361-62, 365, 411-12, 425-26, 432-33, 435-36, 442-43, 448-49, 469, 476-78, 494-98; 9:38-39, 40-42, 49-50, 51-52, 82, 113, 141-42, 154-55, 295-96, 297, 478; from Myles Cooper, 9:213-14
Boucherville, ----: id., 1:114; prisoner, 1:120; mentioned in articles of capitulation, 1:166, 167
Bouchier & Co., 8:49. See also Boucher, Charles
Bouquet, Henry, 2:77; 5:92, 212, 224, 236, 249, 295, 387, 391, 409; 6:6-7, 12, 22, 23, 41, 59, 62-63, 97, 119-120, 135, 139, 144, 145, 153, 175, 437; 7:227, 242; 9:469; and Muskingum expedition, 2:182; 10:73, 74; takes troops to South Carolina, 4:129-30, 177; and dispute over batmen, 4:176, 193; and Virginia troops, 5:41; letters, 5:42-43, 258, 321, 378, 396; appointments and promotions, 5:119, 443; 6:125, 148, 155; id., 5:119, 377; John St. Clair disobeys, 5:198-99; 6:6-7; meets with GW, 5:208, 220, 252, 325, 326, 347, 348, 350, 370, 441; arrives at Raystown, 5:246-47; and route to Fort Duquesne, 5:247, 319, 344-45, 346, 360-61, 364-65, 371, 405; and fortifications at Raystown, 5:248, 298; builds roads, 5:252; 6:34, 35, 133; and Indians, 5:261, 270, 303; 6:160; and leave for GW, 5:264, 296-97, 300, 312; returns of troops, 5:266; and Indian garb for troops, 5:278, 279, 290; and military supplies, 5:284, 310, 444; 6:14, 15, 21, 23, 133, 142; praised, 5:298; appoints brigade major, 5:309; movements of, 6:3, 10, 30, 31, 32, 79, 80, 101, 103, 137, 149, 150, 152; and Stephen-St. Clair dispute, 6:17; his general orders, 6:27-31, 96; and James Grant's expedition, 6:40, 44, 52; meets with John Forbes, 6:60; his opinion of American officers, 6:92-93; his brigade, 6:126, 127, 150, 152; his division, 6:127; and James Riley, 6:143; relations with GW, 6:187; his battalion, 6:190; and Robert Stewart, 6:413, 468; refortifies Presque Isle, 6:454-55; and Battle of Bushy Run, 7:237, 238; letters from: to Lord Loudoun, 4:46; to John Stanwix, 4:374; to GW, 5:208-10, 246-47, 251-52, 261, 271-73, 279, 286-88, 297, 302, 318-19, 320-22, 344-46, 360, 364-65, 367, 384-86, 394-96, 406-7, 412, 421-22, 427-30, 430; to John Forbes, 5:234, 247, 261, 266-67, 269, 270-71, 278, 316, 321, 346, 364, 365, 369, 378, 379, 383, 405, 422, 431, 432; 6:3, 6, 45, 46, 92, 92-93, 96, 100, 103-4; to John St. Clair, 5:411, 455; to Adam Stephen, 5:455; to Hugh Mercer, 6:6, 21; to Hance Hamilton, 6:17-18; to James Burd, 6:100; to Jeffery Amherst, 6:185; letters to: from John Forbes, 5:120, 252, 258, 259, 266, 296-97, 299, 321, 377, 396, 429, 455, 456; 6:3, 24, 72, 88, 91, 94, 101, 110-11, 115, 145, 146, 150, 154; from Adam Stephen, 5:193, 455; from John St. Clair, 5:204, 272, 455; from GW, 5:207-8, 256-59, 260, 267-69, 273, 281-82, 282-83, 291-93, 296-97, 311-12, 324-26, 347-49, 353-60, 376-78, 378-79, 389-90, 397-99, 403-4, 405-6, 416-18, 424-26, 445-47; 6:115-16, 137-38, 160-61; from James Sinclair, 5:299; 6:21, 35, 74; from Abraham Bosomworth, 5:304-5; from George Armstrong, 5:396; from James Burd, 5:432, 455-56; 6:78, 92; from François-Marie Le Marchand, sieur de Ligneris, 6:53; from Hance Hamilton, 6:92; from Hugh Mercer, 6:178; from Adam Hoops, 6:185; from Edward Hubbard, 6:314; from George Mercer, 6:347, 389; from John Joseph Schlosser, 6:413; from William Byrd, 6:413; from Robert Stewart, 6:470
Bouquetsburgh, Pa. See Raystown
Bouquet's Camp (Pennsylvania), 6:31, 134, 149, 150, 154, 156
Boutwell (ship), 3:55
Bow, Dennis, 5:337
Bowdoin, John, 8:482
Bowdoin, Preston, 9:449
Bowdon (Bowden), George, 4:97, 98; letters from: to GW, 7:21-22. See also Errata
Bowen, ----, 3:185
Bowen, Henry, 5:341
Bower, George, 5:336
Bowie, Fielder, 10:336
Bowie, James, 1:290, 292
Bowie, John, 1:292
Bowler, ----: GW at his home, 7:285
Bowler, William, 6:255, 259; 7:190, 191
Bowles, Doctor, 4:275, 276
Bowling, Edmond, 4:282
Bowling, John, 7:378
Bowling (Bolling), Gerrard (Garrard), 6:456, 457; 7:186, 235, 319, 378, 385
Bowman, ---- (ship captain), 7:81
Bowman, George, 5:338
Bowman, Jacob, 5:336; 7:98
Bowyer, Matthew, 3:109, 110, 125
Bowyer, William: letters to: from William Preston, 10:246
Box, Edward, 6:402, 404
Box, John, 6:402, 404
Boyce, Roger, 4:337, 338
Boyd, ----: express from, 7:5
Boyd, Alexander, 2:139, 169, 185, 205, 239, 312, 318; 3:135, 140, 161, 237, 377; 4:185, 204, 225, 238, 268, 273, 384, 422; 5:94, 290, 300, 309; 6:170, 172, 173, 187, 193, 468; id., 1:333; 2:140; 3:205; 5:13; 7:11; movements of, 2:175, 312; 5:291; 6:168; illness of, 2:189, 190; funds for Virginia forces, 2:192; 3:158; 4:244, 249, 266, 274, 288, 357, 408; 6:22-23; pay for troops, 2:195, 223-24, 254; 3:123, 192, 334; 4:157, 184, 244, 249, 274, 288, 304, 316, 383, 386, 396-97, 415; 5:55, 59, 147, 150, 392; 6:26, 99, 112; and stoppages from pay, 2:315; 3:42, 81, 154, 180; accounts, 2:327, 328-29; 3:324, 331, 332, 366, 376, 387-88, 402; 4:45, 47, 190, 210, 325; 5:285; 6:184, 193, 406; orders to, 3:154, 242; and discrepancies in pay, 3:336, 337; appointments, 3:368; 4:305; 5:393; his subsistence, 3:429; pay for workmen, 4:101; pay for construction of Pearsal's fort, 4:340; and payment for scalps, 5:12; and pay for Indian agent, 5:53; pays settlers' losses, 5:53; and pay for recruits, 5:146; and payment for imprisoned soldiers, 6:466; letters from: to GW, 5:68; letters to: from GW, 2:152-53, 171, 196-97, 274; 3:155-57
Boyd, Catherine, 7:508; 8:19. See also Catherine
Boyd, Samuel, 2:244
Boyd (Boyls), James, 8:527, 528; 9:111; 10:141, 317
Boyd's Hole, 7:286
Boyer, Abel, 6:287, 292
Boyes, John, 7:253, 385; his ship, 6:414; 7:35, 312; tobacco carried in his ship, 7:34, 50, 53, 63, 64, 89, 136, 142-43, 152, 250, 252, 306, 325, 400, 415, 445, 447, 464, 509; 8:10, 44; id., 7:54; goods carried in his ship, 7:86, 130, 198, 287, 323, 326, 353, 497, 498, 509; refuses GW's tobacco, 7:153-54; ship delayed, 7:231; persuades Robert Cary to employ old ship, 7:311; tobacco damaged in his ship, 8:9
Boyle, James (died c.1758), 3:284
Boyle, James (of Fairfax County), 8:22
Boyle, James (of Frederick County), 7:434
Boyle, Robert, 6:294
Boyle, Roger, 6:293
Boylston, William, 7:378
Boyse, Samuel, 7:350
Bracey, Thomas, 4:42
Bracken, Henry, 6:300; 7:346
Bradbeary, James, 6:47
Braddock, Edward, 1:83, 115, 144, 258, 262, 286, 317, 352; 2:155, 156, 174, 198, 214, 301, 325, 343; 3:15; 4:80, 103, 112, 215, 223, 303; 5:231; 8:284; arrives in Virginia, 1:120, 244; 7:176; and GW's appointment, 1:241, 243-44, 246, 249, 250, 253, 255-56, 278, 279; id., 1:242; illness of, 1:246; headquarters of, 1:247; leaves Alexandria, 1:259; criticizes colonists, 1:264, 298-99, 316; and marches, 1:264, 310, 315; relations with GW, 1:267, 268, 272; GW joins, 1:274; and funds from John Hunter, 1:281-82, 284, 285, 287; and contribution of horses, 1:298; GW's opinion of, 1:300; relations with Pennsylvania, 1:301; criticism of, 1:316, 361; 2:9-11, 15, 165-66, 320; 5:431; and GW's illness, 1:319; requests GW's opinion, 1:321; death of, 1:332, 334, 335, 336, 340, 344, 345; orders to Virginia troops, 1:341; defended, 2:9-11, 165-66, 321; appoints James Innes, 2:74, 291, 294; 4:54; and John Dagworthy's rank, 2:284; his bedstead, 3:161; opinion of GW, 3:181; and establishment of Winchester-Philadelphia post, 3:364; and GW, 4:89; allowance of batmen, 4:193; attitude toward Virginia officers, 4:372; his defeat, 5:48, 125; officers under, 5:129; plan of march, 5:227; and John St. Clair, 5:316; and Robert Stewart's troop of light horse, 5:362; his campaign, 6:130; 8:274, 484; 9:169; letters from: to Robert Napier, 1:259, 272, 275, 301, 314; to Sir Thomas Robinson, 1:260, 264, 300; to GW, 1:281-82; to Robert Hunter Morris, 1:301; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:272, 288; from Sir John St. Clair, 1:273. See also Braddock campaign and Braddock Road
Braddock campaign, 2:11; 4:32, 39; 5:123, 126, 210, 248; GW's letter book for, 1:xvii-xix, 236-40, 348; casualties, 1:79, 248, 251, 297, 326, 327, 328, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 339, 340, 341, 342; 2:54; organization of, 1:241, 245, 302, 314; colonial officers' rank in, 1:242; disposition and movement of troops, 1:245, 248, 272, 294, 295, 298, 306, 320, 321; Alexandria conference, 1:247-48, 257, 259-60; armament, 1:259, 274, 277, 321, 322, 327; marches, 1:259, 262, 263, 264, 266, 271, 272, 274, 275-76, 294, 295, 296, 297, 301, 304, 311, 313, 314, 322-23, 325, 326, 327, 332, 334; seamen in, 1:259, 295-96, 326; servants on, 1:259; transport, 1:259, 262, 274, 277, 298, 303, 312, 314, 320, 321, 322, 325, 327; strategy and tactics, 1:260, 321; horses, 1:261, 265, 294, 298, 302, 313, 321, 323, 334; Indians, 1:263, 325, 338, 342; roads, 1:263, 264, 275, 293, 296, 301, 307, 327; supply, 1:263-64, 272, 275, 299, 305, 328; impressment, 1:264, 303, 314, 346, 363; intelligence, 1:272, 299, 302, 321; northern campaign, 1:276; review of troops, 1:278, 280; uniforms, 1:278; funds for, 1:281, 283, 284, 285, 286-87, 288, 292; GW used as courier, 1:282; memoranda on, 1:282-83, 293-94, 331; weather, 1:287, 289, 321, 326; councils of war, 1:294, 297, 320, 325; provisions, 1:298, 299, 305, 335; 3:47; illness, 1:299, 301, 310; comments on, 1:314; articles of war, 1:317; women on, 1:321, 327; physicians on, 1:325; "Old Standers," 1:326-27; pay, 1:333; prospects for army's recovery after, 1:353; reports concerning, 2:10-11, 15; Virginians in, 2:12, 15, 16, 173, 178, 179; ordnance, 2:52; 3:86; 4:169; hospital for, 2:57; orderly books for, 2:155, 156; Virginia recruits for Irish regiments, 2:203; payment to civilians for military purchases, 2:280; commissaries on, 3:162; bounty for service in, 3:240. See also Braddock, Edward; Washington, George: and Braddock campaign
- Battle of the Monongahela, 1:332, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341; 7:159; Virginians in, 1:339, 341; comments on, 1:344, 345, 347, 348, 350, 351, 353; James Innes's circular on, 1:345, 346, 351; loss of artillery, 1:351, 353, 354; bounty for service in, 3:241-42, 332; Francis Halkett comments on, 5:125
- camps: Grove (Spendelow's) Camp, 1:296, 325; Bear Camp, 1:313, 325, 327; Martin's plantation, 1:313, 324; camp east of Great Meadows, 1:314, 316; Squaw's fort, 1:314, 324, 329, 330; Jacob's Cabin, 1:325; Stewart's Crossing, 1:327; Scalping Camp, 1:328, 330; beyond Great Meadows, 1:330; Gist's Settlement, 1:330; 3:166; Sugar Run, 1:331; Dunbar's camp, 1:332
Braddock Road, 1:91; 3:163, 246; 5:210, 354, 386-87, 394, 396; 6:364; 8:406; building of, 1:264, 275, 293, 296, 301, 307, 327; reopening and repairing of, 5:119, 120; 6:364, 432; 8:87-88; GW to march by, 5:427; 6:3, 45; too dangerous to travel, 10:92
Bradford, William, 5:49
Bradley, William, 9:94-95
Bradshaw, John, 9:61
Bradshaw, John, & James Davidson, 8:46, 50, 131, 297, 399, 559; 9:61, 64, 275; letters to: from GW, 9:60-61
Bradstreet, John, 3:286, 288; 5:411; 6:9, 102
Bradstreet, Lyonel, 10:336, 356, 367
Brady, Nicholas, the Elder, 6:285; 7:344; 8:511
Brady, Nicholas, the Younger, 6:297
Brady, Owen, 7:378
Brafferton, The, 9:487
Braford (slave; Robert Tucker's), 7:315
Bragg, Philip, 5:136, 137
Braisse, ---- (ship captain), 7:257
Bramley, William, 6:47
Branch, Matthew, 8:31
Brandon, 9:473
Brasenton (Brazington), ---- (Mrs. Samuel), 6:329; 7:7, 179, 190, 276, 308, 352
Brasenton (Brazington), Samuel, 6:328, 329; 7:3, 7, 105, 106, 352
Braser, W. (servant), 10:365
Brawner, John, 7:378
Braxton, Carter, 3:401; GW buys chair from, 6:198; id., 6:199-200; 7:319; and Custis estate, 6:256, 261; 7:91; 8:462, 463, 530; 9:116, 371, 372, 373; 10:75; elected burgess, 7:59, 60; and subscription to races, 7:107, 111; tobacco sold to, 7:318; and Thomas Moore's bond, 7:469; 8:81-82, 532; and GW's petition to rent dower lands, 8:197; GW's memo to, 8:430; recommends James Hill, 8:574; and Bernard Moore's estate, 9:221, 429; and William Black's lands, 9:386, 428; letters from: to GW, 8:575
Braxton, George, Jr., 3:398, 401; 6:381
Braxton, George (d. 1748), 3:401
Braxton, Judith Robinson, 6:199, 200
Brazier, Francis, 8:297, 299; 9:107
Brazier, John, 7:472, 476
Brazier, William, 8:111
Brazil, William, 4:43
Breckenridge, Robert, 3:321-23, 453-54
Breckenridge's fort, 3:323; 4:10
Breechy (dower slave; house servant), 6:217, 428; 7:45, 139, 227, 313, 376, 442, 515; 8:104, 220, 356, 479; 9:54, 238; medical expenses, 7:268; runs away, 7:268; buckles for, 7:332; leather breeches for, 7:352
Breechy (slave; house servant), 10:137
Breechy (slave; New Kent County), 6:220
Breechy (slave; waiter), 6:282
Bremo, 1:50
Brémond, Sébastien de, 6:295
Brent, ----: account with, 7:434
Brent, Anne Carroll, 7:513
Brent, George (1703-1778): and Custis estate, 6:277; id., 6:339; his slaves, 6:339; land transactions, 6:451, 455-56, 466; 7:65, 228, 278, 350; 8:283; 9:431; and bill of exchange, 6:471; 7:61, 64
Brent, George (c.1640-1700), 6:451, 456
Brent, Henry (1709-1769), 6:409, 410
Brent, Robert (1670-1722), 6:450, 451
Brent, Robert (of Woodstock), 6:465, 466; 7:219-22, 224, 225, 512, 513; 8:63; 9:343; 10:41; letters from: to GW, 9:487-89
Brent, William (of Richland): and Ignatius Edwards, 4:330, 334-35; his horses, 7:109, 159; id., 7:225, 300; 9:489; and Mississippi Company, 7:225, 512; 8:63, 153; and Williamsburg purse, 7:298; and James Mercer, 9:167, 303, 305, 462; 10:203, 351, 353; letters to, 9:487-88
Brereton, Thomas: letters from: to GW, 7:503
Brett, Anne Gerrard Broadhurst, 9:289
Brett, George, 6:252
Brewster, ---- (widow), 8:285, 288
Brickay, John, 9:294
Brick House (Williamsburg), 8:61, 62; 9:435, 436
Brick House ferry, 7:299
Brick House plantation, 7:427; 8:585, 590; 9:89
Brickner, Rudolph, 8:539; 9:122, 145
Bridge, John, 4:390
Bridge, Joshua, 4:333
Bridge Quarter: id., 6:217, 219; 8:126, 196; stock at, 6:218; overseer, 6:219; 7:109, 313; 9:48; slaves at, 6:312; 7:67, 463, 464; advertised for sale, 7:497; rental to John Parke Custis, 8:195-97, 401; combined with John Parke Custis's lands, 8:591-92
Bridger, Robert, 2:181; 3:132-33, 134, 194
Bridge's Creek, 1:6, 7
Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, third duke of, 9:40-42
A brief account of some travels (Browne), 6:285
Briggs, D., 7:439
Briggs, David, 8:362, 363, 461
Briggs, Gray, 3:170
Briggs, Howell, 3:170
Briggs, James, 7:308, 309
Briggs, Joseph (Josiah, Joshua), 3:306-7; 4:389
Briggs, Lucy Gray, 3:170
Brilliant (ship), 8:482, 507
Brindley, James, 9:41-42
Brinker, ----: as courier, 5:43
Brinker, Henry, 3:338, 340, 380; 4:235, 423; 5:44, 53, 332, 339
Brinker's ordinary, 3:338, 340; 4:234, 235
Briscoe, John, 1:27; 5:340; 8:514; 9:136, 330, 334, 335; 10:47; letters to: from GW, 9:135
Bristol, Augustus John Hervey, third earl of, 7:99, 100
Bristol (slave; Home farm), 10:137, 138
Bristol (slave; New Kent County), 6:220
Bristol (slave; Old Quarter), 8:590
Bristow, Dyer, 6:256
Britain (Briton), Joseph, 1:30
Britaine, William de, 6:294
Britannicus (horse), 8:42
British establishment, 3:110
British King (ship), 7:284, 306
Broad, John, 9:314, 462; 10:137, 138
Broadhurst (Broddhurst, Broaddus), Gerrard, 8:577; 9:290
Broadhurst (Broddhurst, Broaddus), Walter, Jr., 8:576-78; 9:289, 290
Broadhurst (Broddhurst, Broaddus), Walter (d. 1659), 8:577, 578; 9:289
Broadneck plantation, 8:580
Broad River, 7:57
Broad Run, 1:37
Broadwater, Charles, 3:70; 7:378; 8:146, 147; 10:316; and militia, 3:67, 68-69; and Fairfax County elections, 5:265; 10:105, 108; id., 5:265; 7:373; and Fairfax Parish, 7:361, 384; 8:53; 9:182; account with, 7:373; and Truro Parish, 8:51; criticism of, 10:109; elected to Convention, 10:127; appointed to committee, 10:128; and money raised for delegates, 10:280; and Fairfax Independent Company, 10:345
Broadwater, Charles, Sr., 3:69
Broadwater, Guy, 3:69; 8:144
Broadway (Broadaway), Joseph, 1:210, 211
Brockenbrough, Austin, 2:15, 17, 67, 82, 191, 192, 224; 3:161, 206; recruiting, 2:14; commissions and appointments, 2:40, 42, 261; 3:251, 341; 4:166; commended to GW, 2:65-66; id., 2:66; 3:163; enlistment of, 2:68; and play at Fort Cumberland, 2:234; oath, 2:243; impresses horses, 2:258; his company, 3:253, 257, 428; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22; letters to: from GW, 2:170
Brockenbrough, William, 2:68; 7:219-23, 224, 512; 8:153; letters from: to GW, 2:65-67
Brodie, Samuel, 9:58, 70, 71, 72, 79, 82, 156, 158, 188, 239
Brodrick, Thomas, 5:43
Bromley, Henry, 1:311
Bromwich, Thomas, 7:293
Bronaugh, John, 7:378
Bronaugh, John W., 10:239
Bronaugh, William, 2:25, 41, 196, 211, 232, 289; 4:66, 136; 7:378; appointments and commissions, 1:208; 2:42, 43, 45, 47, 99, 191, 260; commended, 1:209; id., 1:210; 2:46; company of, 2:53, 123, 128, 136, 226, 261, 305, 347; 4:77, 327, 349, 350; military service, 2:149, 229, 244, 306, 306-7; 4:60, 155, 166, 350, 362; oath, 2:243; and De Keyser's court of inquiry, 2:255; and camp kettles, 4:351; GW buys land from, 8:364; 9:455; 10:78, 80, 193; on 1754 roll of soldiers, 8:451; bounty lands, 9:359, 360, 364, 366; 10:225; and sale of Mercer land, 10:29; deed to Leven Powell, 10:239; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22; letters to: from GW, 2:192-93; 4:59-60; 10:238-39
Broocke (Brookes), Bibby, 3:253, 258, 353; 4:277
Brooke, ----, 8:362, 417
Brooke, Baker, 10:138
Brooke, George, 8:346, 347; 9:45, 46; 10:75; letters from: to Bartholomew Dandridge, 9:399
Brooke, Richard, 3:353; 5:102; 8:363, 417; 9:447, 449
Brooke, Robert, 8:261
Brooke, Walter, 9:2, 115
Brooke, Zebulon, 10:319
Brookes, ----, 3:352; 4:98
Brookes (horse), 8:83
Brooks, Francis, 4:281-82
Brooks, William, 8:406, 445-46
Brothers, Francis, 4:338-39
Brothers (ship), 7:309
Brotherton, James, 7:473, 476; 8:132
Brough, Mary, 7:210, 212
Brough's tavern, 7:212
Broughton, ----: supports GW's election, 7:46
Broughton, William, 2:139-40, 169, 229, 230; 3:252, 257; 4:277; 7:47; 9:122, 145
Brounly (Brownley), Thomas, 8:145, 146
Brown, ---- (bathman), 8:21
Brown, ---- (express rider), 10:133
Brown, ---- (ship captain), 3:377
Brown, Basil, & Righton, 8:400
Brown, Charles, 6:397, 403; 7:127, 194, 291, 354, 422, 474; 8:131, 296
Brown, Edward (soldier), 4:391
Brown, Eleanor, 8:399, 559; 9:106
Brown, Gustavus, 5:64-65, 220, 221; 9:75
Brown, James, 8:303, 304; 10:194
Brown, John (1744-1780; of Massachusetts), 10:357, 358-59
Brown, John (author), 9:344, 345
Brown, John (died c.1744; of Fairfax County), 8:210, 316
Brown, John (of Augusta County), 3:321-23
Brown, John (of Isle of Wight County), 4:42
Brown, Sarah, 9:75
Brown, Thomas (of Shifnal), 7:347
Brown, Thomas (soldier), 3:306-7; 4:230-32, 389
Brown, William, 10:128
Brown & Tinley, 9:395
Browne, Edward (author), 6:285
Browne, Judith Carter, 9:439
Browne, Richard, 6:295
Browne, Sir Thomas, 6:285, 291, 292, 293, 298
Browne, William Burnet, 9:438, 439
Browning, John, 9:25
Browning, Louisa, 9:22-25
Brownley (Bromley, Brumley), Thomas, 6:182; 7:4, 10, 107, 378
Brownsville, Pa., 6:163
Bruce, George, 5:341
Bruce, Normand, 10:237-38, 359
Bruin, Bryan, 1:30; 5:238, 239, 341; 7:296; 8:24, 238, 239
Bruin's ordinary, 7:296
Brummit, Jesse, 10:137, 138, 318
Brummitt, William, 8:244; 9:395
Bruner, John, 2:344
Brunswick, Old (dower slave), 8:401
Brunswick (dower slave), 8:401, 402
Brunswick (dower slave; Ship Landing), 6:312; 7:318, 319, 320, 463, 464
Brunswick (dower slave; York County), 6:218
Brunswick (ship), 7:143, 152, 153
Brunswick (slave, Moll's child; York County), 6:229
Brunswick (slave; New Kent County), 6:220
Brunswick County, 4:290
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of, 7:37, 39, 282-83
Bruton Parish Church, 8:281; 9:260
Bryan, Thomas, 7:378
Bryan, William, 4:10; 6:412, 413
Bryant, James, 4:42; 7:239; 8:47, 50, 132
Bryant, LeRoy, 4:334
Buchanan, ---- (Messrs.): and bills of exchange, 8:453
Buchanan, George, 8:376
Buchanan, James, 4:107, 108
Buchanan, John, 3:232, 233, 260, 321-23, 363, 431-32, 433, 434; 4:1, 7, 13, 30; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 3:406; 4:367; from Francis Fauquier, 6:165
Buchanan, Thomas, 7:106, 110
Buchanan, William, 2:151, 152
Buck, Charles, 5:342; 7:98
Buck, The, 1:91
Buckler, Benjamin, 8:437, 438, 441, 474, 486, 522, 527, 556; 9:58
Buckles, Robert, 5:338
Buckley, John, 5:341
Buck Marsh Run, 7:8
Buckner, ----: Jane Boucher lodges with, 8:467
Buckner, ---- (captain), 9:387
Buckner, ---- (Mrs.), 8:465, 467
Buckner, Baldwin, 9:133, 134, 229
Buckner, Baldwin & John, 9:134, 221, 223-24, 225, 235
Buckner, John, 9:134
Buckner, Mary Timson, 4:107-8; 8:467
Buckner, Mordecai, 2:41, 47, 54, 275; 3:342, 447; 4:219, 220, 345, 391, 392; 5:109, 142, 162-63, 170-71; 6:95; appointments and commissions, 2:40, 42, 49, 261; 3:251; 4:166, 202, 205, 206, 432; 6:470; id., 2:45-46, 253; recruiting, 2:191; activities as quartermaster, 2:244-45, 253, 264, 266; 3:239; purchases house, 2:306; and Rawley embezzlement, 2:315; military service, 3:162, 250-51, 255, 428; 5:143; 9:387; at Harness's fort, 3:341; accuses Griffin Pert, 4:202; and John Hamilton's embezzlement, 4:424, 426; and leave of absence, 6:176; and address to GW, 6:178-81; his family, 8:467; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22; letters to: from GW, 2:217; from George Mercer, 2:282-83
Buckner, Richard, 8:547
Buckner, Samuel, 4:108; 7:304-5; 8:467
Buckner, Thomas, 4:108; 8:467
Buckner, William, 1:313; 9:94-95
Buckner, William (of Port Royal), 9:189, 191
Buckner's tavern, 9:191
Bucktrout, Benjamin, 8:267, 269
Buddicum (Buddecome), William, 7:387; 8:100, 105, 115; 10:103, 105, 177
Buffington, William, 7:229, 230; 8:394; 10:2
Bull, Edward, 3:222
Bull, William, 6:419
Bullen, Captain Jimmy (Indian), 4:117, 118, 170, 172-73, 175, 184, 323; 5:417, 418, 421, 435, 442
Bullfinch, 9:371
Bull Hall, 3:187
Bullitt, Benjamin (1700-1766), 2:118, 127
Bullitt, Benjamin (d. 1757), 2:126, 127; 4:123-24, 205, 206, 415; 5:54
Bullitt, Cuthbert, 8:153; 9:502; 10:7, 160, 215, 241
Bullitt, Elizabeth Harrison, 2:118
Bullitt, Thomas, 2:191, 192, 221, 232; 3:72, 76, 77-79, 157, 206, 257, 285, 402-3, 438; 4:357, 358; 5:116, 131, 142, 161, 184, 214; 6:343-44, 359; 9:331, 404; appointments and commissions, 1:208; 2:40, 42, 260; 3:251; 5:85, 108, 129, 159, 180, 201, 204; 6:146; 8:451; accounts, 1:222; 4:46, 185, 273, 274, 347, 404; military service, 2:18, 117, 122, 259; 3:151, 153, 169, 191, 271, 274, 282, 314, 321, 428; 4:3, 7, 166, 205, 206, 326, 346, 347, 392, 406, 432; 5:85, 143; 7:171-72; id., 2:117-18; 3:153; 7:44, 225; supplies for, 3:281; conflict with Peter Hog, 3:319; 4:326; and Baylis-Wodrow quarrel, 5:84; and Indians, 5:109, 111, 123; company of, 5:266; 6:5, 47, 102; and Grant's defeat, 6:38-39, 42, 44, 46, 52; praised, 6:42; and skirmish at Loyalhanna, 6:121, 123; and address to GW, 6:178-81; criticized, 6:343-44; 9:315, 486; his defeat, 6:346-47, 360, 363; his court of inquiry, 6:347, 360; as surveyor, 6:387-88, 389; 7:44; 9:250, 251, 307-8, 309, 323, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331-32, 346, 392, 417, 502, 510, 511; 10:162; and officers' address to king, 7:170; and Mississippi Company, 7:219-22, 416, 512; and Hot Springs scheme, 8:53-54, 433; family, 8:153; petitions council on unfair land distribution, 8:280; and bounty lands, 9:94-95, 359, 360, 364, 366; GW gives offense to, 9:332; promises William Crawford a surveying district, 9:381; recalled by governor, 9:391; Wilper accompanies on survey trip, 9:392; letters from: to GW, 2:126-27; 4:110-11, 122-23, 123-24; 5:14-15, 189-90; 8:433; to William Denny, 5:109, 109-10, 111; to Archibald Cary, 8:433; to Fielding Lewis, 8:433; to Gabriel Jones, 8:433; letters to: from GW, 4:78, 327-29; from John St. Clair, 5:127-28
Bullitt, Thomas Walker, 6:123
Bullitt, William Marshall, 6:123
Bullock camp, 6:30, 138
Bullpasture River, 3:133
Bull Run tract, 9:302, 439, 471, 507-8
Bullskin plantation (quarter), 2:352; 4:358; 5:410; crops, 1:145; 6:319, 352, 430, 445; id., 5:219; GW's campaign luggage arrives at, 6:166-67; taxes on, 6:183, 417, 429; tithes for, 6:314, 457; overseers at, 6:380, 386, 420-21; 7:9, 10, 67, 143, 146, 185, 240, 407; 8:582; 9:93; stock at, 6:380, 386, 390, 420, 445, 457; smallpox at, 6:415, 417, 420-21, 470; quitrents on, 6:417-18, 427; quarters at, 6:421; slaves at, 7:67, 174
Bullskin Run (Creek), 3:53; 4:414; 7:43
Bull Swamp mill, 9:429
Bulstrode, Richard, 6:286; 7:345
Bulwer, John, 6:295
Bumgardner, John, 5:335
Bunker Hill, Battle of, 10:368
Burbidge, ----: and Custis estate, 6:252
Burbidge, Julius King, 8:203, 580, 581, 586; 9:473, 474; letters from: to GW, 8:581-82
Burch, ---- (sea captain), 8:222, 223
Burck (Buck, Burk), Holferd, 7:332, 333, 334, 376
Burd, James, 5:430-31; 6:85, 119; describes Fort Necessity, 1:126; builds road, 2:17, 18, 309; military service, 2:308; 5:411; 6:127, 145; id., 2:309; 5:360; and route to Fort Duquesne, 5:355, 360, 365; letters from: to Henry Bouquet, 5:432, 455-56; 6:78, 92; letters to: from William Trent, 2:73; from Henry Bouquet, 6:100; from John Forbes, 6:146, 160
Burden (Borden), Benjamin, 1:27
Burden (Borden), John, 5:338
Burden (Borden), Joseph, 5:339
Burgess Glover & Strothoff. See Glover & Strothoff
Burk, John, 6:47
Burk, Tobias, 5:334
Burk, William, 8:145
Burkitt, William, 7:350
Burk's Bridge, 10:280
Burn, Edward, 7:146
Burn, Edward, & Sons: letters from: to GW, 7:371, 375
Burn, Richard, 7:348; 8:509, 511, 563
Burnaby, Andrew, 9:475; 10:81, 114; letters from: to GW, 6:380-81, 439-41; 7:37-39, 98-100, 276-78, 364-66; letters to: from GW, 7:58-60, 238, 320
Burnaby, Anna Edwyn, 10:114
Burne, James, 5:337
Burner, Jacob, 5:335
Burnet, Gilbert, bishop of Sarum, 6:285-86, 295; 7:409, 410
Burnet, Thomas, 6:285
Burney, Thomas, 1:107, 113, 119
Burning Spring tract, 10:310, 311
Burns, John, 4:391
Burns's tavern (Philadelphia), 10:371
Burris (Burrus, Bhurras), Thomas, 4:424; 5:392, 393, 435, 436, 437, 449; 6:13, 20, 26; wounded, 2:62; id., 2:63; 4:426; 5:278, 376; accused of robbery, 3:358; misconduct of, 3:389; 6:19; military service, 3:391; 5:277; and GW's horses, 6:4, 5, 25, 27, 75, 77
Burroughs, Newburgh, 10:159; letters to: from GW, 7:505
Burton, Jacob, 4:43
Burton, Ralph, 1:294, 296-298, 321, 334, 335, 340, 341, 347; 2:10; 3:287-88
Burton, Samuel, 4:42
Burwell, ----: and Dunbar suit, 6:436
Burwell, Carter, 1:252-54, 256; 3:32; 6:254, 259, 381
Burwell, Lewis, 7:217, 440, 501; 8:194
Burwell, Lewis, Jr., 8:31
Burwell, Lewis (1710-1756; of Gloucester County), 3:32
Burwell, Lewis (1737-1779), 10:99-100
Burwell, Lewis (of Kingsmill; 1716-1784), 7:470; 9:20, 21, 33, 131, 133
Burwell, Lucy Grymes, 6:381
Burwell, Nathaniel, 6:259; 7:190
Burwell, Robert, 5:180; id., 5:181; 7:274; 9:113; and Dismal Swamp Company, 7:269-70, 272, 274-75, 315, 316; trustee of George Carter estate, 8:55; bond assigned to, 10:193, 196
Burwell, Thacker, 9:21
Burwell, Thomas, 1:45
Bush, Charles, 10:366
Bush, Daniel, 7:304, 305
Bush, Philip, 1:22; 4:95; id., 4:96; 5:60, 179; 6:315; 7:8; and artillery supplies, 5:59; his ordinary, 5:178, 179; account with, 6:314; 7:240; 8:436; and GW's election expenses, 7:3; buys land, 10:37
Bushby, William, 7:452; 8:424-25, 512; 10:104, 105, 220
Bushfield, 2:352; 4:108
Bushrod, ----: and George William Fairfax, 9:447
Bushrod, Hannah. See Washington, Hannah Bushrod
Bushrod, John, 4:108; 7:280
Bushrod, Mildred Washington, 7:280; 8:185
Bush's ordinary (Alexandria), 7:305
Bush's tavern (Winchester), 5:178, 179; 7:8, 240
Bushy Run, 6:30, 132, 135
Bushy Run, Battle of, 7:238, 241, 242
Bussy, François de, 7:99, 100
Buston, John, 6:280
Butcher, Richard, 10:188-89
Bute, John Stuart, third earl of, 7:38, 39, 161, 180
Butler, ----: carries letter, 2:16
Butler, James, 4:332
Butler, John, 3:28, 95
Butler, Richard, 6:113
Butler, Samuel, 6:292
Butler, Thomas, 6:113
Butler, William, 10:53
Buttermilk fort, 4:147, 149, 154, 221, 350
Buxey, John, 4:42
Buxton Wells, England, 7:40, 41
Byerly, ---- (Mrs. Andrew), 5:163
Byerly, Andrew, 5:162-63
Byng, John, 3:249-50, 377; 4:101
Bynkershoek, ----: his book ordered, 9:344
Byrd, ---- (children of William Byrd), 3:353
Byrd, Elizabeth Hill Carter, 3:353
Byrd, John, 9:365
Byrd, Lucy Parke, 8:43
Byrd, Mary Willing, 7:16
Byrd, The, 6:476
Byrd, William, III, 1:79, 80; 2:49, 232, 323, 333; 4:27, 294; 5:128, 214, 232, 240, 251, 261, 267, 287, 298, 317, 321, 369, 396, 399, 407, 411, 421, 429, 441; 6:22, 24, 82, 86, 87, 88, 98, 111, 119, 163, 347; 7:36, 46, 48, 447; 8:11, 453; 9:365; id., 1:251; 3:242, 353; invites GW to Westover, 1:251; his regiment, 2:117, 128; 3:311; 4:374; 5:136, 166, 167, 186-87, 198, 204, 207, 208, 223, 244, 257, 275, 344, 382-83, 398; 6:13, 32, 87, 107; 8:396; 9:198, 477, 502, 518; 10:248; and Robert McKenzie, 2:167; 6:480; 7:36; and Indians, 2:172, 174, 195, 215; 3:43; 4:141, 171; 5:98, 99, 114, 115, 139, 209, 224, 267, 270, 283, 286, 293, 305, 311, 348; 7:56, 57; and lead mine, 3:58; and Henry Timberlake, 3:259, 260; abandons wife, 3:352; goes as volunteer to New York, 5:17-18; appointments and commissions, 5:118; 6:65, 72, 148, 153, 156, 175, 190, 314; 7:56; surgeon of his regiment, 5:145; and commission for French Mason, 5:187; his movements, 5:199, 267, 283; 6:3, 24, 27, 66, 93; 7:47, 51; orders to, 5:211, 212, 231, 246-47, 443; 6:3, 103, 107, 121; supplies for troops, 5:211, 212-13, 221, 235, 244, 256, 260, 299, 347-49; and Indian garb for troops, 5:259; returns of regiment, 5:268-69, 279, 326; 7:57; and route to Fort Duquesne, 5:298, 361; 6:24; to command in GW's absence, 5:345; illness, 5:425, 433, 443, 446; 6:2, 20, 23-24, 66; at Raystown conference, 5:429; and Robert Stewart, 5:442; 6:362, 384-85, 468; 7:14, 36, 162; company of, 6:32; his slave, 6:313; his horse, 6:407; 7:479; 8:42; and Thomas Bishop, 6:412; and half-pay scheme, 6:419; attempts to relieve Fort Loudoun in Cherokee country, 6:420, 432, 433, 467, 470; his secretary, 6:420; his second in command, 7:14, 44; his military accounts examined, 7:15; consults with Jeffery Amherst, 7:16; marriage, 7:16; and Cherokee expedition, 7:35, 58, 59; builds Fort Chiswell, 7:52; resigns command, 7:58, 121, 122; and rental of Custis house, 7:190, 191, 298, 299, 426, 427, 437; 8:62; his debts, 7:480; his lottery, 8:192, 194; sale of his Falls plantation, 9:376-77, 384, 390, 400, 457, 458, 472-73, 479; his trustees, 9:377, 458-59; and William Hughes, 10:66, 101; and Charles Lee, 10:221, 353; letters from: to GW, 2:212-13; 3:242; to John Forbes, 5:115, 210, 236, 254, 259, 418, 434; to George Turner, 5:210; to Francis Fauquier, 5:443; 6:112, 164; 7:42; to Henry Bouquet, 6:413; to Jeffery Amherst, 7:58; letters to: from GW, 1:249-51; 5:237; from George Turner, 5:210, 304, 305; from Francis Fauquier, 5:314, 444; 6:175; 7:20; from John Forbes, 5:425-26; from Jeffery Amherst, 6:455
Byrd, William, II, 8:43
Byrd (Bird), Thomas, 8:329, 330, 355
Byrn, James, 7:219
Byrne (Byrn, Bryn), George, 1:31, 36-37, 47, 48; 7:412, 413; 9:439
Byrnley, 1:48
Byron, John, 9:116, 118
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