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Fabbey (slave; York County), 6:229
The fables of Aesop and other eminent mythologists, 7:344
Fair, William, 4:42
Fair American (ship), 6:267, 269, 277, 330, 348, 349-50, 378, 448, 450; 7:63
Fairfax, ---- (Miss), 7:298
Fairfax, Ann. See Washington, Ann Fairfax
Fairfax, Bryan, 1:40, 229, 269, 309; 4:100, 102, 310; id., 1:148; 6:19; military service, 3:109-10, 124-26, 168-69, 173, 235, 247-48, 251, 285, 348, 369, 371, 428; 4:77, 100, 124, 226, 236-37, 260, 263, 278, 279; and plan of Fort Loudoun, 3:249; courtship and marriage, 4:98-99, 101, 153; 5:415; 6:43; 7:232; runs away from home, 4:100-101, 152; repays brother's loan, 5:137; gossip about, 5:414; his poor health and depression, 6:18; account with, 6:377; 7:186, 309; 8:146, 147, 156, 263, 368, 369, 432; 9:113; 10:177, 356; land transactions, 7:41, 209, 211, 279, 351; 9:8-9, 68-69, 134-35; 10:107; his homes, 7:70, 233; 8:118; family, 7:300; 9:69; his sale, 7:441; goes to England, 7:442; and the Savage affair, 7:503-5; 8:107-10, 113, 114, 251, 406-7, 408-9, 410, 523-24; 9:4, 10, 101-2, 413; 10:31, 278; his dogs, 8:407; GW lends money to, 9:8-9, 151, 152; debt to William Savage, 9:31, 32; hunting, 9:184; declines to run for Burgesses, 10:105, 107; letters from: to GW, 1:147-48; 4:18-22; 6:18-19; 8:117-18, 119, 261-63, 328, 406-7, 420-21; 9:8-9, 32, 68-69, 77-79, 134-35, 152-53, 183; 10:66-67, 106-9, 114-19, 143-50, 174-75; letters to: from GW, 8:118, 119, 408-9; 10:109-10, 128-31, 154-56
Fairfax, Catherine, Lady, 1:39; 5:70
Fairfax, Deborah Clarke, 1:148, 262; 4:101
Fairfax, Elizabeth Cary, 7:232; 9:78, 134-35, 183; 10:108. See also Cary, Elizabeth
Fairfax, George William, 1:10, 39, 41, 43, 144, 174, 199, 229, 231, 236, 263, 290, 292; 2:133; 3:94, 250; 4:6, 9, 100, 101, 152, 238, 422; 5:2, 5, 102, 342, 380; 6:12, 27, 182, 314, 382, 443, 447, 448, 474; 7:54, 55, 257, 309, 352, 379, 391, 404, 426, 478; 8:30, 58, 67, 144, 210; 9:1, 45, 75, 84, 136, 468; 10:42, 114, 154, 208; his lands, 1:26, 28, 35; 6:315; 8:6; 9:133, 142; id., 1:40; 2:107; 5:329; 7:40; and Ohio Company, 1:59; sponsor for Indian, 1:125; illness of, 1:142, 174; 10:81; and map of Ohio, 1:178; and House of Burgesses, 1:264, 291, 293; 2:227; 5:265; and horses, 1:303, 316, 317, 323, 328, 346; 7:158-59; travels to Fort Cumberland, 1:303; offices held, 3:95; 5:69; 9:447, 449; offers to serve as officer under GW, 3:108; and placement of forts, 3:125-26, 127; and funds for rangers, 3:315, 320, 360; goods for, 4:99; 7:491; 9:475; goes to England, 4:429-30; 5:19, 68-70, 93, 329; 6:451, 452, 460; 7:37, 40-41; 9:299, 328, 446, 474; 10:286; in New York, 5:17, 18; family, 5:56, 373, 408, 438; 6:13, 19; 7:64; 8:432; his ship attacked, 5:69; and GW's election, 5:262, 263, 329, 343; and construction at Mount Vernon, 5:390-91, 450; 7:159; and goods for GW, 5:449-50; marriage, 6:12; as agent for Lord Fairfax, 6:183, 418, 427; 7:103; has key to Mount Vernon, 6:200; and Thomas Dent, 6:332; 7:240; 8:68; and Maurice Pound, 6:369; and the races, 6:370, 406; and Clifton suit, 6:410, 434; accounts with, 6:417; 7:373, 427, 428, 465, 469, 481; 8:20, 21, 41, 60; 9:13, 131, 252, 340, 341, 396, 412, 433, 467; 10:19, 21, 77, 78, 100, 180, 193; and ironworks, 6:458; 9:449; dispute over Belvoir land, 7:40; and a gardener for Mount Vernon, 7:95; desires Lord Fairfax to reside at Belvoir, 7:96; his tobacco, 7:137, 138, 203; 8:51; 10:286; his agents, 7:138; 9:185, 348, 350-51; his return to Virginia, 7:159, 232; renovation of his house, 7:233; and Mississippi Company, 7:260, 261; and Truro Parish, 7:296-97, 361, 384, 428-29; 8:247; 10:100, 140, 317, 319; his groom, 7:319; and Joseph Davenport, 7:406, 408; and the Savage affair, 7:502-3, 506-7, 513, 514; at Warm Springs, 8:5, 18, 21, 240, 243; GW divides Warm Springs expenses with, 8:24; and bills of exchange, 8:51, 52; 10:185, 189; his servants, 8:143, 424; GW's debt to, 8:167; at Mount Vernon, 8:168, 355; Mrs. Posey takes refuge with, 8:255; and bounty lands for John Carlyle, 8:366; GW oversees his affairs, 9:160; 10:234, 316, 352; to buy mourning trinkets, 9:277; his gardener, 9:293; 10:19, 177; and rental of Belvoir, 9:298; 10:94-95, 281-82; and sale of Belvoir land, 9:298; his chancery suit in England, 9:299, 448; list of bonds due to, 9:299; gets discharge of quitrents from Lord Fairfax, 9:300; sale and inventory of furnishings, 9:306-7, 321, 322; 10:139; his crops, 9:325; and the bloomery, 10:25, 132, 136, 156-57; his power of attorney to Craven Peyton, 10:37; management of his affairs, 10:60; his rents, 10:76; blank bonds and bills for, 10:77, 79; his steward, 10:80; his tenants, 10:85-86, 368; and Delaware Lottery, 10:176; and George Mercer's affairs, 10:282; his ledger, 10:282-83; his executor, 10:286; his letters intercepted, 10:286; and John Syme, 10:351; and Robert Morris, 10:357; letters from: to Robert Dinwiddie, 2:3, 32; 3:108; to GW, 3:107-9; 5:18-19, 68-70, 328-29, 371-73, 436-38, 438-39; 6:19-20; 7:39-41, 95-96, 412-13; 8:315-17; 9:142, 153, 165, 183-84, 298-300, 386-87, 445-50; 10:18, 103, 281-86; to Lord Fairfax, 5:69; 7:96; to Sarah Cary Fairfax, 5:70, 93-94; to Charles Green, 7:39-41; to ----, 7:96; to William Savage, 7:506-7; letters to: from GW, 1:302-4; 2:135-36; 5:407, 423; 6:10, 38-41, 481-82; 7:15, 32, 60, 61, 158-59, 231-32, 232-33, 233-35, 260-61; 8:353-55; 9:153, 159-60, 332, 347-48, 421; 10:59, 94-101, 101, 152, 186, 319, 331, 367-68; from George Mason, 7:424-25; from William Savage, 7:506; from George Mercer, 9:304
Fairfax, Hannah, 1:174, 236, 261, 269, 309; 3:418; 4:100, 102, 310; 5:372; 7:233; id., 1:148, 262; 5:373; family, 5:408; and "Matrimonial Scheme," 6:42; marriage, 6:43; visits England, 7:37, 40-41, 159. See also Washington, Hannah Fairfax
Fairfax, Henry, 4:430
Fairfax, Robert, 5:69, 70; 8:190, 354, 355, 432
Fairfax, Sally Cary (b. 1760), 7:300; 9:68, 69; 10:108
Fairfax, Sarah. See Carlyle, Sarah Fairfax
Fairfax, Sarah Cary (Sally; c.1730-1811), 1:41, 142, 144, 148, 174, 200, 236, 260, 273, 276, 277, 307; 3:108; 4:100, 101, 310, 311; 5:372, 436; 6:20, 27; 7:96, 159, 233, 234, 412; 8:20, 58, 316, 353; 9:68, 84, 160, 299, 304, 347, 387, 446, 448; 10:368; id., 1:40, 144, 148; 3:250, 419; 4:102; 5:56; family, 1:41, 43; 5:373, 415; 6:20; 7:40; 10:98, 100; and horse for GW, 1:283, 290; goes to Hampton, 2:132; and goods for the Washingtons, 4:405; 6:449; goes to England, 5:329; 6:451; 7:37, 40-41; 9:328, 474; marriage, 6:12; and GW, 6:13; account with, 7:35; 8:329; 9:53; ill health, 7:39, 40, 260; 9:11, 142, 386; 10:81; goods for, 7:64, 256; at Warm Springs, 8:18, 243; Mrs. Posey takes refuge with, 8:255; never returns to America, 9:299; letters from: to GW, 1:346; 5:439; letters to: from GW, 1:261-62, 279-80, 308-9; 3:418-19; 5:56-57, 93-94, 100; 6:10-13, 41-43; from George William Fairfax, 5:70, 93-94
Fairfax, Sarah Walker (wife of William Fairfax), 1:40
Fairfax, William, 1:7, 40, 44, 52, 57, 66, 81, 107, 144, 148, 190, 199, 229, 234, 260, 262, 290, 292, 293, 303, 320; 2:195, 207, 215; 3:108; 4:409; 7:70; helps GW's career, 1:8-9, 10, 99; id., 1:40, 259; 2:351; 3:57; 4:100; 5:329; and frontier defense, 1:66; and council with Indians, 1:99, 100, 106, 142; on disparity of pay for different troops, 1:108, 109; medal for, 1:121; illness and death, 1:142; and independent companies, 1:175; and Robert Orme, 1:247, 249; and recommendations for military offices, 2:35; 4:58; on Denis McCarty, 2:123; 4:53, 63-64; clothing for troops, 2:290-91, 315; and militia, 3:68; county lieutenant of Fairfax County, 3:108; 4:237; and uniforms for officers, 4:98; president and acting commander in chief, 4:118-19, 429; commission for son, 4:392, 397; illness and funeral, 4:392, 425, 430; 5:17, 27, 82; GW's esteem for, 4:408; GW's correspondence with, 4:415; and Belvoir, 7:40-41; his book in Mount Vernon library, 7:344, 349; letters from: to GW, 1:106, 113, 173-74, 177-78, 201-3, 316-19, 345-46; 2:132-33, 351-52; 3:56-58, 94-95, 109-10, 124-27, 167-69, 234-35, 247-50, 284, 346-48, 386-87; 4:98-102, 118-20, 124-26, 152-53, 226-27, 236-37, 263, 278-80, 309-11, 323, 364-65; letters to: from Lawrence Washington, 1:53; from GW, 1:113, 183-88, 187, 257-60, 262-64, 298-302; 3:28, 119, 213; 4:95, 112, 222-23, 260-61, 309, 339; from Robert Dinwiddie, 4:58
Fairfax, William Henry (Billy), 4:430; commissions, 4:310-11, 323, 364, 392, 397, 408-9, 422; 5:17, 71, 130, 136; 6:19, 43; death, 4:311; 5:137; military service, 5:129; 6:42; GW lends money to, 5:137; his land, 9:9, 77, 78; letters from: to GW, 5:70-71; letters to: from GW, 5:136-37
Fairfax (Anne and Elizabeth, Farmer; ship), 9:406, 408; 10:77, 80, 180; carries flour and fish to West Indies, 9:70, 79, 123, 165, 174, 188; GW buys and renames, 9:71; 10:21, 42; insurance on, 9:82-83; purchased by Daniel Jenifer Adams, 9:157, 158; attached, 9:239; bottomry bond on, 9:387; account with, 9:463; 10:104, 105, 106, 195, 196, 317; mate on, 10:19; and GW's sale of, 10:32-33, 56, 58, 336, 356; register for, 10:40; expenses of, 10:194; yawl for, 10:197; sailors desert, 10:209; sails for Lisbon, 10:210; delay in returning from Indies, 10:226; carries salt, 10:318, 332
Fairfax (Indian). See Canachquasy
Fairfax (ship): John West's brig, 8:475
Fairfax County: division of, 1:291, 292, 293; elections in, 2:226, 227-28; 5:265; 7:377-84; 8:144-49, 246; 9:36; 10:105, 308; militia, 3:27, 28, 55, 56-57, 67-69, 71, 76, 80, 83, 88-89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 99, 106, 108, 127, 128, 137, 139, 146, 148, 150, 159, 234, 235, 248, 266, 267, 277-78, 284, 296, 346-47, 386; 4:222-23, 226, 227, 236-37, 243, 247, 253-54, 260, 263, 265, 267, 278, 279, 290, 291, 309, 363; volunteers from, 3:67-69, 71, 80, 91, 99, 106; county lieutenant of, 3:108; 4:237; new commission of the peace for, 3:363; GW's land in, 6:183, 427, 429; 7:103, 174, 228, 278, 313, 350, 377, 516; 8:283; 9:431; court sets levy for, 6:428; old courthouse, 7:179; poll sheets, 7:377-84; 8:144-49; sheriffs of, 8:42, 53, 122, 356, 474, 522; 10:39, 196; murders by slaves in, 8:215; clerks of, 8:223; 9:188; 10:278; petitions from, 9:453; 10:62, 63; court dates, 9:488; 10:215; public tobacco warehouses in, 10:27; organization of militia, 10:254, 255; George Mason chosen as delegate to Convention, 10:364
Fairfax County Associators: letters from: to Peyton Randolph, 8:487-89
Fairfax County Committee, 10:127, 187, 200, 236-37; letters to: from GW, 10:363-65
Fairfax County Resolves, 10:110, 112, 115, 118, 119-28, 127, 128-29
Fairfax family, 1:40, 267, 269, 289; 8:19
Fairfax Independent Company, 10:220, 221, 224, 237, 248, 308; items ordered for, 10:240-41, 338; GW pays toward their expenses, 10:317; tithes collected for weapons, 10:318; size roll, 10:345; letters from: to GW, 10:173-74, 344-45
Fairfax of Cameron, Thomas Fairfax, fifth Baron, 1:39
Fairfax of Cameron, Thomas Fairfax, sixth Baron, 1:18, 221, 262, 346; 2:89, 198, 252, 333, 335, 339, 340; 3:47, 108, 284, 364; 4:417, 429; 5:343, 344, 352, 444, 446; 6:26, 183; 7:240; 8:68, 144; 10:178; surveys for, 1:8, 9, 10, 27, 30, 35, 37, 40, 48; and land grants, 1:16, 35, 47; 8:52, 261, 437, 570; 9:170; quitrents for, 1:16; id., 1:39-40; 3:19; 5:343; appointed justice, 1:40; county lieutenant of Frederick, 1:40, 67, 346; 2:75; 3:267; homes and offices, 1:40; 5:445; 7:95, 233; and militia, 1:41, 48; 2:63, 73, 87, 88, 101, 104, 161; 3:34, 59, 64, 362, 405; and 1748 surveying party, 1:265; loan to GW, 1:265; reports on Indian attacks, 2:90; and rangers, 2:92, 315; 3:315; 5:350, 351; acting county lieutenant of Culpeper, 3:27; and South Branch Manor, 3:52; and Thomas Caton, 3:100; and John Baylis, 3:120; and tippling houses, 3:208, 361; and Lord Loudoun, 3:347; and William Ramsay, 4:355; subscriber to American Magazine, 5:49; inheritance, 5:70; abuse of by soldiers, 5:84; account with GW, 5:112; 7:105, 109; family of, 5:263; 6:43; 7:44; 8:432; proprietor of Northern Neck, 6:427; Bryan Martin a bad influence on, 7:95; his agents, 7:103, 461; 9:440; and land dispute with Hite family, 8:383-84; his proprietary line, 8:388; and George William Fairfax's business, 9:300, 436; and rental of Belvoir, 10:179; letters from: to GW, 3:267, 384-85; 8:190-91; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:33, 67, 266; 3:320; from GW, 1:39-40, 265-66; 3:19-20, 27, 380-82; 9:168-69; from George William Fairfax, 5:69; 7:96
Fairfax Parish: vestry elections, 7:361-63, 384-85; created, 7:362-63; GW's tithables in, 7:377, 443, 516; 8:104, 221, 357, 479; 9:55, 238-39; 10:137; GW designates voters from parish on poll list, 7:383-84; collector of levies for, 8:356; churches in, 9:180-83; 10:187; rectors of, 9:191; 10:187
Fairfax Proprietary. See Northern Neck of Virginia
Fairfield, 8:570
Fairley, George, 4:42
Falconer, John, 6:36
Fall Hill, 2:175
Falling Springs, 4:183
Falling Waters, 4:183
Falls Church, 7:296-97; 8:53, 306; 9:181; 10:187
Falls of Potomac warehouse, 10:27
Falls of the Ohio, 1:70; 9:246-48, 251
Falls plantation, 9:376-77, 384, 390, 400, 458-59, 481
Falls warehouse, 9:189
Falman, Henry. See Talman, Henry
Falmouth, Va., 1:153; 3:55; 6:332
Familiar letters (Rochester's), 6:292
The family-dictionary, 6:287
The family physician, 6:295; 7:347
The famous and pleasant history of Parismus, 6:293
Fanney (dower slave), 8:401
Fanny (slave, girl; New Kent County), 6:220
Fanny (slave; Brick House plantation), 8:589
Fanny (slave; Great House plantation), 8:587
Fanny (slave; York County), 6:229
Fanny Murray (horse), 8:193
Farell, Joseph, 6:442, 449
Farell & Jones, 7:104, 108; 8:86; letters to: from GW, 6:441-42, 475
Faret, Nicholas, 6:296
Fargie (Forgie), Winter, 2:40, 41
Farley, Francis, 7:271, 273; 8:50
Farmer, Francis, 4:390
Farmer (ship). See Fairfax (Anne and Elizabeth, Farmer; ship)
The farmer's compleat guide, 7:344, 348
Farrar, George, 5:341
Farrar (Farrer), Richard, 8:46
Farrar (Farrer), Richard, & Co., 6:248, 336, 337, 402; 7:28-29, 124, 198, 353-54, 422-23, 432, 475
Farrar & Garrett, 8:297-98, 398, 560, 565; 9:104
Farrers & Parrett, 8:565
The Farrier's Dispensatory, 6:300
Farriery Improved, 6:300
Farrington, Samuel, 1:29
Fatimer, Little (slave; Mill farm), 10:137, 138
Fatimer (slave; Mill farm), 10:137, 138
Fauntleroy, Apphia Bushrod, 1:50
Fauntleroy, Elizabeth (Betsy; 1736-1792), 1:49, 50
Fauntleroy, Elizabeth (wife of William Fauntleroy, 1713-1793), 1:49
Fauntleroy, Margaret Murdoch, 1:49, 50
Fauntleroy, Moore, 10:23
Fauntleroy, Moore, Jr., 3:187, 188
Fauntleroy, William (1684-1757), 1:49-50
Fauntleroy, William (1713-1793): letters to: from GW, 1:49-50
Fauquier, Catherine Dalston, 6:191, 192, 381
Fauquier, Francis (1703-1768), 3:111; 5:238, 239, 307, 352, 410; 6:26, 39, 41, 70, 88, 134, 160, 173, 182, 184-85, 196, 380-81, 454, 465; 7:58, 113, 171; and Robert Stewart, 2:36; 6:168, 169, 188, 468, 469; 7:71, 72, 161, 162; on Henry Woodward, 2:66; his courier, 2:186; 6:23; arrives in Virginia, 5:60, 82, 213-14, 221; and election decree, 5:263; and Indians, 5:268; 6:82; and House of Burgesses, 5:329; 7:384, 386; and rangers, 5:350-51, 423; and construction at Fort Loudoun, 5:351, 373-74, 423; 6:76; and council, 5:443; funds requested from, 6:3; and military bill, 6:23, 49, 88, 124; speech to assembly, 6:23, 371; well-regarded, 6:81; and commissions for officers, 6:93, 94, 102; and pay for light horse, 6:171; and Adam Stephen, 6:174; 7:114, 115; and command of Virginia Regiment, 6:314; and continuation of Virginia Regiment, 6:391-92, 419-20; and South Carolina Indian war, 6:419; and relief of Fort Loudoun (in Cherokee country), 6:432, 433; and pay for captured soldiers, 6:466; approves officers, 6:470; and orders for new elections, 7:14, 384; and Jacob Van Braam, 7:36-37; proclaims George III king, 7:44; makes brevet appointments, 7:52; and petition of Virginia Regiment, 7:119; and Virginia treasury notes, 7:217; and draft of militia, 7:237; and militia accounts, 7:338; and Ohio Company, 8:32; and the Proclamation of 1763, 9:94; letters from: to Baron Anson, 2:66, 67; to GW, 5:241-43, 303, 397; 6:22-23, 63, 63-65, 111-12, 154-55, 165, 191-92; to William Byrd, 5:314, 444; 6:175; 7:20; to John Forbes, 6:164, 166, 191; to John Buchanan, 6:165; to Jeffery Amherst, 6:190, 197; 7:72, 122; to Board of Trade, 6:314; letters to: from GW, 5:219-22, 229-30, 275-76, 369-71, 439-44; 6:44-47, 52-53, 98-100, 113-14, 158-60, 161-64, 165-66; from William Byrd, 5:443; 6:112, 164; 7:42; from John Forbes, 6:163; from Adam Stephen, 7:52, 72; from Jeffery Amherst, 7:72; from Truro Parish Vestry, 7:428-29
Fauquier, Francis (c.1731-c.1805), 6:191, 192
Fauquier (ship), 7:75, 131, 134, 142, 316, 352, 393, 413, 432, 444, 453, 466
Fauquier County, 5:185; 8:55, 283, 284, 384; 9:431; 10:20
Fauquier Independent Company, 10:263, 264
Faustina, 6:400
Faw, ----: brings beef from Goose Creek, 7:286
Faws, Andrew, 10:283
Fayling, ----: and Bank of England stock, 6:452
Feagin, Edward, 9:439
Fearnaught (horse), 4:243
Fee Bill, 10:97, 158
Fell, Robert, 4:426; military service, 4:296, 297, 298, 319, 336, 339, 340, 423, 432; 5:2; resignation, 5:6; and dispute with John Baylis, 5:97; id., 5:97; letters to: from GW, 4:320
Felts, Aaron, 4:332
Female grievances debated, 6:295
Fendall, Benjamin, 7:62, 65, 209, 212
Fendall, John, 6:329
Fendall's ferry, 7:212
Fent (Feint), Joseph, 4:175, 244, 303, 311, 410; military service, 3:253; 4:277, 303, 305, 340, 359-60, 361, 368, 386, 407, 432; 6:346-47; id., 3:258; acts as surgeon, 3:295, 296, 310; captured, 4:161-62, 163, 164, 170
Fenton, Arthur, 10:281, 301
Fenton, Richard, 7:267
Ferguson, Adam, 9:344, 345
Ferguson, Duncan, 2:145, 147; 9:404, 405
Ferguson, James, 4:42
Ferguson, John, 4:42
Ferguson, Joseph, 6:256
Ferguson, Joshua, 7:362, 379, 384
Ferguson, Thomas, 3:118, 253, 258; 4:276
Ferguson, William (of Amelia County), 4:42
Ferguson, William (of Fairfax County), 7:379; 8:145, 146
Ferries. See individual volumes
Ferry farm (Mount Vernon), 8:401, 402, 479; 9:54, 238
Ferry Farm (Upper Quarter; King George County), 1:129; 2:352; 3:4; 4:237; 9:30; deed for, 1:5, 7; id., 5:79; purchase of land at, 5:244; owned by GW, 7:103, 331; Mary Washington moves from, 8:455; GW surveys, 8:522; GW takes over management of, 8:522, 532; overseer, 9:138; William Fitzhugh rents part of, 9:138; sale of, 9:150; 10:2-3, 23, 27-28; name of, 10:3, 349; valuation of stock at, 10:348-49
Field, George, 3:408
Field, John, 5:248, 249; his militia company, 3:106, 137, 267; id., 3:143; 5:233; 7:340; volunteers to remain on frontier, 3:340-41, 344, 351, 373; his company in Forbes expedition, 5:193, 266, 268, 289, 367, 371; 6:32, 108, 127; in Forbes expedition, 5:215; 6:128, 129, 132, 133; complaint against, 5:232-33; praised, 7:338; and settlement of militia accounts, 7:338-39; letters to: from GW, 3:142-43, 147-48
Field, William, 2:344, 347
Fielding, Henry, 7:345
Fife, John, 5:341
Fifteenmile Creek (Maryland), 1:45
58th Regiment, 6:455
55th Regiment, 5:98, 294, 295, 396
Fincastle County, 9:418, 502, 512; 10:71, 152, 280-81, 291, 363
Finch, Gascoigne, & Co., 7:430
Findley, William, 6:122-23
Finney, ----: and Custis estate, 6:266
Finnie, ---- (Alexander Finnie's son), 9:365
Finnie, Alexander, 1:204; 3:55; 5:203, 277; id., 1:205; 4:235; 5:182; and adjutancy of militia, 1:207, 208; 6:384, 385; his accounts, 2:304; 3:324; and bounty money, 3:325, 331, 332, 376; and Edmond Atkin, 4:233; 5:22; and Forbes campaign, 5:182; 6:364; his taverns, 7:190, 191; and bounty lands, 9:365
First Continental Congress, 10:143, 174, 000, 000
First Highland Battalion. See 77th Regiment
Fish, John, 8:295, 299
Fisher, George, 1:3
Fisher, John, 4:323-33, 390
Fisher, William, 4:152
Fithian, Philip, 8:73
Fitzgerald, John, 9:396, 399, 463; 10:173, 191, 248, 249; letters to: from GW, 10:200-201
Fitzgerrald, James, 4:391
Fitzgerrald, William, 4:391
Fitzhugh, ----: and Strother land dispute, 7:308
Fitzhugh, Ann Frisby Rousby, 1:51
Fitzhugh, Daniel: letters to: from GW, 3:28
Fitzhugh, George, 1:51
Fitzhugh, Henry (1723-1783), 4:259; 10:255, 300; military service, 3:117, 129-31; county lieutenant of Stafford, 3:118; 4:281; and Strother land, 5:79; and Mississippi Company, 7:219-23, 224, 416, 512; 8:153; id., 7:224; letters to: from GW, 4:258, 281-82
Fitzhugh, John, 3:28
Fitzhugh, William, 2:219-23, 224
Fitzhugh, William (1650-1701), 10:300
Fitzhugh, William (1721-1798; of Maryland), 2:1; 9:193, 194; and militia adjutancy, 1:50, 51, 53, 55; id., 1:51; 2:239; 6:178; 7:65, 442; and Braddock campaign, 1:270, 271; and expedition against Indians, 2:2; and Dagworthy controversy, 2:238; suggested to command Virginia Regiment, 6:178; slaves purchased from, 7:62; his skipper, 7:441; and GW's whaleboat, 9:25, 91; letters from: to GW, 1:223-25; letters to: from GW, 1:225-27
Fitzhugh, William (captain; 1729-1785), 7:224, 513; 8:153
Fitzhugh, William, Sr. (of Marmion; 1725-1791), 7:224, 513; 8:153
Fitzhugh, William, Jr. (of Somerset and Chatham; 1741-1809), 10:292, 297; id., 7:224; 8:571; 9:312; and Mississippi Company, 7:416, 512; 8:63, 153; and Byrd lottery, 8:194; election, 8:569; rents Ferry Farm, 9:138, 149-50; 10:27; account with, 10:76, 352; his quarters in Fairfax County, 10:255, 300; letters to: from GW, 10:353
Fitzpatrick, ---- (widow), 4:426
Fitzpatrick, James, 4:333, 390
Fitzpatrick, John C., 1:4, 71
Flat Run, 1:9, 36
Fleecen, ---- (of Philadelphia), 10:190, 191
Fleeson, Plunket, 10:191
Fleet Prison (London), 7:337
Fleets Bay, 8:570
Fleming, ----: account with, 8:23
Fleming, ----s: petition for land grant, 8:31
Fleming, Thomas (officer), 5:268, 279, 289, 363, 364; 6:32; 8:31
Fleming, Thomas (shipwright), 7:379; 8:146, 147, 329, 377; 9:463; 10:77
Fleming, William, 2:182, 220, 272, 302, 330; 3:132, 134, 204, 362, 395, 397; 4:185, 327, 328, 358; 6:8, 95; 10:247; appointments and commissions, 2:3, 40, 42, 260; 3:251; military service, 2:14, 150, 181, 188, 224, 237, 271, 302; 3:114, 131, 428; 4:17, 122, 166, 167, 205-6, 329, 340, 346, 406, 432; 5:135; surgeon, 2:80, 143, 145, 319; 3:325; 4:17, 102-3, 287, 347-48; id., 2:143; 3:277; misconduct of, 2:144; accounts, 2:319; 3:369, 402-3; 4:273, 274; complaints against Peter Hog, 4:326; address to GW, 6:178-81; petition for land grant, 8:31; and western lands, 8:41; visits GW, 8:573; petition for pension, 10:245-47, 311; letters from: to GW, 2:181; 3:222; 5:14-15; letters to: from GW, 2:143-44; 3:276-77
Fletcher, John, 6:400
Fletcher, Philip, 7:107, 110
Fling, Matthew, 3:76, 195, 409
Flint, ----: GW buys horse from, 8:21
Flint, John, 8:23
Flint, Thomas, 8:23
Flood, William, 7:219-22, 224, 512; 8:153
Flora (slave; Dogue Run), 7:228, 313, 377, 443
Flora (slave; River farm), 7:139, 313
Flora (statue of), 6:399
Florence, Italy, 7:277
The florist's vade-mecum, 6:295, 299
Flougherty (Flairty), Patrick, 3:369, 371
Flowerdewe, Thomas, 5:172
Flowerdewe & Norton, 5:172
The flower garden display'd, 6:299
The flower Piece, 6:291
Flowing Springs, 7:415
Floyd, John, 9:511, 512; 10:320; surveys bounty lands, 10:70, 71, 151, 245, 280, 281, 311, 332-33; flees from Kentucky, 10:152; account against GW, 10:247, 248; letters from: to William Preston, 10:88
Foley, James, 1:84
Foley, Richard, 5:335
Fonblanque, John & Anthony, 6:402, 404; 7:130
Fontaine, Peter, 4:367
Forbes, Duncan, 6:299
Forbes, John, 1:79; 2:167; 4:177, 196, 294; 5:110, 124, 133, 155, 158, 168, 181, 238, 242, 243, 264-65, 276, 279, 285, 289, 291, 295, 314, 318, 324, 347-48, 376, 385, 397, 398, 409, 421; 6:6-7, 17, 19, 37, 54, 58, 70, 75, 151, 153, 161, 162, 165, 174, 188, 194; and Fort Duquesne expedition, 2:36; 5:102, 115, 118; 6:30, 120, 123; 8:33, 73, 88, 92, 289, 304, 545; 9:308, 309; and commission for Robert Stewart, 5:63, 137, 380; opinion of John Smith's scheme, 5:104; to replace Stanwix, 5:117; id., 5:118; relations with GW, 5:118, 138, 148, 320; 6:24, 187; officers under, 5:119, 143, 377; and route to Fort Duquesne, 5:119, 247, 272, 345, 371, 375, 441; and Indians, 5:122, 127, 131, 134, 139, 164-66, 175, 241, 243, 303; 6:71, 103, 145, 158, 159; his brigade major, 5:125; and troops, 5:132, 136, 182, 236, 330, 344; 6:39, 44, 118-19, 160, 172; orders from, 5:142-43, 169, 197-98, 201, 231, 251, 287, 322, 364-65, 394, 427, 434; 6:1, 56, 78, 103, 108, 117, 132, 152; John Blair disobeys, 5:192; and allowance for officers, 5:200; meetings, 5:203, 325, 446; 6:6, 24, 60; and supplies, 5:211, 299, 311; 6:45, 64, 82, 90, 99, 104, 105, 120, 152, 153; movements of, 5:223, 304, 319, 321, 346, 382, 429; 6:6, 10, 21, 31, 35, 37, 93, 94, 99, 101, 103, 106, 107, 108, 112, 113, 137, 145, 152, 160, 189; plan of march, 5:227; illness, 5:244, 347, 362, 370, 395, 406, 411, 416, 431, 441; 6:8-9, 14, 21, 161; road construction, 5:252; 6:104, 150; and Indian garb for troops, 5:257-58, 259, 286, 290; and brigade major for Virginians, 5:309, 313, 362, 442; and returns, 5:374, 374, 407; 6:128, 140; appoints commander of light horse, 5:382; disappearance of express to, 5:428, 431; criticism of, 5:433, 442; 6:12; discovers "Scheme" in GW's unguarded letter, 5:434; and fortifications and camps, 6:1-2, 133; is medical doctor, 6:24; his general orders, 6:27-31, 106-8, 152; and court-martials, 6:36, 37, 62-63, 92, 93, 105; releases all prisoners, 6:51; and skirmishes at Loyalhanna, 6:78, 122; his physician, 6:91; his levee, 6:105, 106; and council of war, 6:119-20; and brigading of troops, 6:125-28; chimneys built for, 6:134, 142; strength of his army, 6:149-50; his aides-de-camp, 6:157; sends GW with news of victory, 6:160; death, 6:185, 345, 440; and Treaty of Easton, 6:364; and James Glen, 7:14; letters from: to James Abercromby, 5:63, 120, 137, 161, 165-66, 316, 381; 6:121, 145-46, 158, 190; to John Blair, 5:104-5, 138-39, 139, 143, 169, 182; to Horatio Sharpe, 5:119, 182, 429; to William Pitt, 5:119, 227; to Henry Bouquet, 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; to John St. Clair, 5:231-32, 234, 236; to William Byrd, 5:425-26; to GW, 6:23-24, 141, 144-46; to James Burd, 6:146, 160; to Francis Fauquier, 6:163; to William Denny, 6:163; letters to: from John Blair, 5:109, 143; from William Byrd, 5:115, 210, 236, 254, 259, 418, 434; from John St. Clair, 5:123, 127-28, 132, 149, 169, 177, 179, 198, 213-14, 234; 6:169; from Robert Stewart, 5:126; 6:189; from GW, 5:138-39, 224-27; 6:14, 66-70, 129-30, 130-31, 135-37, 138-39, 141-43, 184-85; from James Abercromby, 5:231; from Henry Bouquet, 5:234, 247, 261, 266-67, 269, 270-71, 278, 316, 321, 346, 360, 364, 365, 369, 378, 379, 383, 396, 405, 422, 431, 432; 6:3, 6, 45, 46, 92, 92-93, 96, 100, 103-4; from Abraham Bosomworth, 5:283, 293, 302; from James Glen, 5:283, 298, 316, 361; from George Turner, 5:305; from James Grant, 5:411; from Horatio Sharpe, 5:429; from Francis Fauquier, 6:164, 166, 191
Ford, James, 9:122, 145
Ford, John, 7:361, 379
Ford, Richard, & Co., 10:352
Ford, Thomas, 7:361, 379, 384, 428-29; 8:146, 148, 248
Ford, Worthington C., 1:71
Forde, Emanuel, 6:293
Fordyce, David, 9:344, 345
Foreman, George, 3:111
Forks of the James River, 4:395
Forks of the Ohio, 1:65, 68, 75, 83, 84-85, 98; 4:80; 7:242. See also Fort Duquesne; Fort Pitt
Forks of the Road (Pennsylvania), 1:88, 91, 92
"The Forrest," 10:299
Fort Allen (Pennsylvania), 2:316, 317
Fort Ashby. See Ashby's fort
Fort Augusta (Pennsylvania), 2:152, 317; 4:242, 299
Fort Beauséjour (Nova Scotia), 5:71
Fort Bedford (Pennsylvania). See Raystown
Fort Blair, 10:88, 261, 262, 361, 362, 366
Fort Chartres (Illinois Country), 9:98
Fort Chiswell, 7:51, 52, 57
Fort Cocks. See Cocks's fort
Fort Cumberland (Maryland), 1:83, 173, 273, 299, 325; 2:285, 329; 3:210; troops at, 2:39-40; 5:259, 269, 429; 6:32, 65, 99; ordnance at, 2:51-53, 69; orders concerning defense of, 2:56-57; hospital at, 2:57; controversy over command at, 2:63, 72, 210-11, 213, 283-86, 291-92, 294-95, 323, 324-25; 3:14, 15, 16, 17, 165; reinforcing garrison at, 2:71, 78, 105; 4:63, 67, 94; conditions at, 2:72-73; GW's opposition to, 2:184, 186, 283; 3:349, 388; construction at, 2:194; Christmas at, 2:233-34; id., 3:3; 5:119, 312; GW concedes Dagworthy was in command, 3:16, 17; misconduct at, 3:42-43, 188; disadvantages of, 3:45, 49-50, 245, 314, 319-20, 326, 349, 366, 414-15, 422, 424, 440-41, 443, 447-53; stores at, 3:173; 4:50; expected attack on, 3:350, 373; not to be abandoned, 3:359, 388; war proclaimed at, 3:397; plot to capture, 3:449, 452; controversy over garrisoning of, 4:4, 7, 11, 17, 26, 28, 51, 55, 63, 67, 72, 74, 94, 127; council of war at, 4:5, 26, 136-38; spies taken at, 4:6; strategic importance of, 4:17; strengthening works at, 4:21, 49-50, 64, 68, 71, 93, 99, 101, 107; inadvisability of GW's residing at, 4:34-35; Indian goods at, 4:51, 54, 157; turned over to Maryland troops, 4:101, 125, 128, 130, 131, 135, 137, 147, 149, 345; controversy over provisions at, 4:131, 149, 190, 194-95, 197, 198, 255, 256, 259-60, 266, 304, 312, 360, 368, 385, 387, 396, 397, 399, 408, 422, 428-29; monument erected at, 4:163; alarm at, 4:191, 211-15, 218, 219, 221, 224, 228, 243, 251, 252, 294-95; returns of supplies at, 4:387, 408; Cherokee at, 5:7; provisions at, 5:27, 60, 259, 269, 273; as base in Fort Duquesne expedition, 5:119; roads to, 5:120, 161; assistant commissary at, 5:174; returns of wagons at, 5:269; Indian attack near, 5:283, 317; distances to, 5:357; explosion at, 6:64, 65, 99; commanders at, 6:65, 99; destruction of medicines at, 6:172, 173; fort major, see Livingston, James; governors of, see Dagworthy, John; Innes, James. See also Fort Mount Pleasant (Fort Innes); Stephen, Adam
Fort Defiance. See Waggener's Upper Fort
Fort de la Rivière au Boeuf. See Fort Le Boeuf
Fort Detroit, 6:177; 7:249. See also Detroit
Fort Dinwiddie (Hog's fort), 2:17, 19; 3:322-23, 349, 350; 4:394; description of, 2:58; orders concerning, 2:60; report on conditions at, 2:79-80, 110-11, 154-55; proposal for, 4:10; companies stationed at, 4:76; troops at, 4:128; 5:67; Andrew Lewis given command of, 4:326. See also Hog, Peter
Fort Dobbs (Waddell's fort, North Carolina), 5:24
Fort Dudgeon (Pennsylvania), 6:85
Fort Dunmore, 10:43, 44, 169, 170. See also Fort Pitt; Fort Duquesne
Fort Duquesne, 1:115, 185; 3:352; 4:210; construction of, 1:98, 133; strength of French garrison at, 5:6, 155, 433; Loudoun's proposed attack on, 5:99; expedition against, 5:114, 118, 119; scouting near, 5:151, 155, 156, 409; distances to, 5:356-57; Colby Chew's journal of scout to, 5:409; drawing of fort made by Indian, 5:432; Grant's defeat near, 6:3, 10, 38-39, 40, 41-42, 65, 73, 87, 110-11; 7:52; burned and abandoned, 6:27, 130, 158; forced march to, 6:70, 133; weak condition of, 6:123; British take possession of, 6:157, 158, 163; need for strong British garrison, 6:159; Virginia troops to garrison, 6:162, 163. See also Fort Dunmore; Fort Duquesne; Forks of the Ohio; Fort Pitt; Pittsburgh
Fort Edward (New York), 2:180; 3:286; 4:368
Fort Edwards. See Edwards's fort
Fort Enoch. See Enoch's fort
Fort Fincastle, 10:44, 135
Fort Frederick (Maryland), 3:215, 237, 382; 4:196, 236; construction of, 3:209, 210, 214, 224, 232, 233, 305; GW at, 3:269; as rendezvous for troops, 5:118, 132, 158; location, 5:119; roads to, 5:119, 120, 149, 251; distances to, 5:357; Governor Sharpe at, 5:429
Fort Frederick (on New River), 2:216, 235, 331
Fort Frontenac (on Lake Ontario), 6:9, 9-10, 102
Fort George (New York). See Fort William Henry
Fort George (on Bullpasture River), 4:395
Fort George (on James River), 3:52
Fort George (on Savannah River), 7:52
Fort George (on South Branch), 8:243
Fort George (Powers mill), 5:67, 162, 163
Fort Gower (on Ohio River), 10:44, 135, 163, 164, 169, 183
Fort Granville (Pennsylvania), 2:308, 309, 316; 3:305, 381
Fort Greenbrier, 2:188, 190
Fort Henry (Pennsylvania), 2:316, 317
Fort Holland (on South Branch), 4:350; 5:67. See also Errata
Fort Hopewell, 3:46, 47; 4:350; 5:150, 228
40th Regiment, 5:129
Fortin (slave; Bullskin plantation), 6:420-21, 445
Fort Johnson (New York), 3:233
Fort Johnson (South Carolina), 4:375
Fort Lebanon (Pennsylvania), 2:316, 317
Fort Le Boeuf (Pennsylvania), 1:61; 6:18, 343, 346, 433
Fort Lewis (on Patterson Creek), 2:288
Fort Lewis (on Roanoke River), 2:140; 4:395; 6:433; 7:116
Fort Ligonier (Pennsylvania), 1:125; 5:267, 386; 6:137-138, 346-47, 372. See also Loyalhanna
Fort Loudoun (in Cherokee country), 5:41, 82; 6:419-20, 432, 433, 453, 467; 7:20
Fort Loudoun (in Cherokee country), commander of: letters to: from Edmond Atkin, 4:354
Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania), 4:236; 5:193, 209, 248, 356
Fort Loudoun (Virginia), 2:28; 4:7; reasons for building at Winchester, 3:60-61; construction of, 3:132, 138, 160, 168, 189, 190, 226, 291-92, 297, 335, 348, 379, 403, 422, 425, 443; 4:21, 24, 32, 41, 48, 55, 72, 77, 94, 99, 107, 166, 173, 179-80, 182, 184, 241, 244, 257, 260, 264-65, 279, 304, 334, 357, 421; 5:10, 21, 97, 131-32, 133, 157-58, 160, 201-2, 306-7, 373-74; 6:5, 167; overseer of workmen at, 3:198, 199; GW's plan of, 3:235, 247, 249; called Fort Washington, 3:247, 249; troops at, 3:321; 4:55, 76; 5:67, 207, 208, 238, 239, 305, 308; 6:118, 135; declaration of war at, 3:354; proposals for troops at, 4:10, 128, 154, 220-21; orders concerning, 4:26, 50, 51, 55, 63; stores lodged in Frederick County courthouse, 4:34; GW protests abandonment of, 4:34-36; reinforcement of garrison, 4:55, 71, 94, 252, 300; 5:92, 155, 308; attack expected at, 4:218, 219, 223-24, 227; ordnance for, 4:266, 309, 420; list of artificers working on fort, 4:276, 405; fortifications praised, 4:279; Indians jailed at, 4:365; misconduct of soldiers at, 5:7-8, 11-12; commanders at, 5:111; 6:364; GW resumes active command at, 5:127; as rendezvous for troops, 5:132, 161; well at, 5:253; 6:5, 76; returns of arms at, 5:352. See also Winchester
Fort Lyttleton (Pennsylvania), 2:308, 309, 316; 5:209, 248, 356
Fort Lyttleton (Virginia). See Vause's fort
Fort Machault (Pennsylvania). See Venango (Fort Machault)
Fort Mount Pleasant (Fort Innes, Fort Cumberland; Maryland), 1:213, 214; 3:249. See also Fort Cumberland
Fort Necessity, 3:111, 332, 391; 4:29, 322; description of, 1:105, 125-26; construction of, 1:113, 118, 158; capitulation of, 1:157, 177, 191, 202, 214, 215, 257, 270; 2:82; 6:163; 7:171; printing of documents regarding, 4:126; battle at, 5:251; Frenchmen captured near, 6:197; first gun fired at, 10:339
Fort Necessity campaign, 1:75; pay, 1:66, 72, 75-76, 91, 95, 96, 99, 102-4, 107-9, 121, 153, 154; provisions, 1:66, 72, 73-74, 82, 121, 131, 138, 140, 141, 143, 149, 150, 155, 157, 174, 177; appointments, 1:67, 71, 74, 78, 79, 93, 120, 121, 126, 127, 128, 129, 139, 148, 149, 150-51; funds for, 1:67, 74, 129; militia, 1:67; interpreters, 1:69, 120; recruiting, 1:71, 73, 80; Indians, 1:72, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 94, 96-97, 98, 101, 105, 106, 110, 112, 113, 114, 120, 121, 122-25, 130, 132-33, 143, 146, 155, 156, 185; uniforms, 1:72, 75, 96; reports on progress of, 1:73-76, 78, 81, 82, 83-84, 85-86, 87-90, 93-95, 96-97, 100-101, 102-4, 104-6, 110-13, 116-17, 118, 119, 121-25, 126-27, 129-38, 140-42, 146-49, 150, 153-54, 173-74, 177-78, 180-81; independent companies, 1:75, 91, 126-27, 144-45, 148, 152, 157, 158; marches, 1:76-77, 78, 82, 84, 86, 143, 144, 156, 157, 223; controversies over rank, 1:77, 130, 135, 136, 137, 148-49; horses, 1:82, 93, 131-32, 157; transport, 1:82-83, 88, 93, 97, 141; couriers, 1:83; surrender of fort at Forks of the Ohio, 1:83, 86, 87, 93; intelligence, 1:84, 86, 94, 96, 101, 102, 110, 156; roads, 1:86, 89, 90, 94, 97, 101, 137, 141, 150, 156, 157; councils of war, 1:87, 90, 155; armament, 1:89, 95; impressment, 1:91; court-martials, 1:93, 134, 151; weather, 1:98; rations, 1:100; prisoners, 1:110, 111, 113, 115-17, 118, 119, 120, 121, 152, 201; Jumonville's defeat, 1:110-11, 113, 114, 116-17, 118; casualties, 1:111-12, 163, 164, 172, 173, 208-9; medals, 1:121, 130, 135; paymaster for, 1:132; French deserters, 1:133, 139, 152, 153, 155; supply, 1:141, 154; officers commended, 1:219; accounts for, 1:221-23; John Fraser at, 10:49-50. See also Virginia military forces: Virginia regiments; Virginia military forces: militia; Washington, George: and Fort Necessity campaign
Fort Niagara (New York), 6:18
Fort Pearsal. See Pearsal's fort
Fort Pitt, 4:225; 10:43, 93, 234; construction of, 6:130, 360; 8:73; conference of Indians at, 6:361; relief of, 7:238, 241; Indian disturbances at, 8:241; ruins of, 9:249; bought by Ross and Thompson, 9:309; justices appointed from area of fort, 9:414-15; John Connolly takes over, 9:466; renamed Fort Dunmore, 9:466. See also Fort Dunmore; Fort Duquesne; Pittsburgh
Fort Pleasant. See Waggener's Lower Fort
Fort Prince George (in Cherokee country), commander of: letters to: from Edmond Atkin, 4:307-8, 317, 354
Forts, 2:75; chain of, 2:18, 334; 3:38, 48-51, 62-63, 84, 102, 105, 125-27, 172, 222-23, 228, 232, 243-45, 264, 273, 299, 309, 311, 312, 321-23, 333, 334, 342, 349-50, 358, 415-16, 421, 435; 4:10, 15; on Patterson Creek, 2:137, 146, 278, 287, 289; 3:34-35; 4:10; GW's proposal for fort on Virginia side of Potomac, 2:194, 196, 223, 224, 263, 265, 270-71; on South Branch of Potomac River, 2:263, 264, 265-66, 280; 3:47; 4:10, 350; 5:58, 150, 160, 163, 185, 387; in Pennsylvania, 2:308, 309; 3:210, 305, 332, 352; 4:160, 210, 236, 242, 299; 5:193, 199, 209; on Tonoloway Creek, 2:309; GW's opinion on chain of, 2:334; in Maryland, 3:3, 210, 215, 249; 4:236; 5:37-38; of rangers, 3:11, 295; on Little Cacapon River, 3:24, 120, 121; fortified houses, 3:47; money for construction of, 3:105; construction of, 3:120, 121, 144, 149, 223-24, 228, 232, 233, 243-45, 263, 264, 273-74, 278-80, 282-83, 289, 299, 322, 338, 344, 349, 358-59, 371, 395, 422, 431, 434, 435, 441; plans of, 3:121, 247, 249, 273-74, 278-80, 282, 289, 291, 297, 322; in New York, 3:215, 233, 286; in Augusta County, 3:321-23; in Halifax County, 3:435; on Blackwater River, 3:435; 4:10; on Mayo River, 3:435; 4:10; on Smith River, 3:435; 4:10; on Cacapon River, 4:10; 5:420; on Catawba River, 4:10, 395; on Craig Creek, 4:10, 395; on Jackson River, 4:10, 395; 5:15; on Potomac River, 4:10; 5:119, 130; on Roanoke River, 4:10; 5:194; to be retained, 4:127; at Johns Creek, 4:395; on Bullpasture River, 4:395; on Carvin Creek, 4:395; on Rentfroe Creek, 4:395; on Cedar Creek, 4:416-17; in North Carolina, 5:24; in Cherokee country, 5:41, 82; at Wills Creek, 5:119; on Ohio River, 5:119; 10:44, 88; at Winchester, 5:160; on Wagon Road, 5:161; in Halifax (Nova Scotia) harbor, 5:174; on Shenandoah River, 5:205-6; at Loyalhanna, 5:386, 439. See also individual fort names
Fort Seybert, 5:160
Fort Shirley (Pennsylvania), 2:308, 309, 316
Fort Stanwix, Treaty of, 10:298, 299
Fort Stanwix (Pennsylvania), 5:81; 8:30, 276
Fort Stephens. See Stephens's fort
Fort St. Joseph (Michigan), 7:227
Fort Ticonderoga (Fort Carillon; New York), 3:44; 5:98, 294-95, 302, 319, 411; 10:358-59
Fort Trial (Galloway's fort, Smith River fort), 3:432, 435; 4:10
Fort Triall (Pennsylvania), 10:45, 153
Fortune (slave; GW's), 7:173
Fort Venango. See Venango
Fort Washington. See Cocks's fort; Fort Loudoun (Virginia)
Fort William (Preston's fort, Catawba fort), 3:321-23, 434-35; 4:1, 6-7, 10, 395
Fort William Henry (Fort George; New York), 2:180; 3:215, 287; 4:367-68, 369-70, 416; 5:19, 295
48th Regiment of Foot, 3:286, 287, 296
45th Regiment, 5:17; 6:420
44th Regiment, 3:287, 297; 5:16, 71, 94, 125, 231, 294, 295, 396; 6:87
Fort Young. See Dickinson's fort (on Jackson River)
42d Regiment, 3:286, 288; 5:396
46th Regiment, 5:294, 295
43d Regiment, 6:455
Fosset, John, 5:336, 342
Fosset, Richard, 5:339
Foster, Francis: and Custis estate, 6:225, 255, 260, 263, 264, 276, 371, 474; 8:82, 191, 202, 203, 267, 346, 453, 458, 459; 9:189, 368, 369; account with, 7:1, 190, 366, 369, 438, 495, 500; 9:34, 46, 138, 226, 231
Foster, Isaac, 1:26, 30; 5:341
Foster, James, 6:296
Foster, John, 6:341, 377, 382, 386, 428; 7:4, 9, 45, 68
Foster, Richard, 3:253, 258
Fourcroy, abbé de, 6:294
Four discourses on the four last things, 6:296
Four Mile Run, 10:263
Four Mile Run tract, 9:409-11; 10:201-4, 211-12
Fout, George, 1:31
Fowey (ship), 10:341
Fowler, Andrew, 9:359, 360, 364, 365, 421
Fowler, George, 10:307, 308; letters from: to GW, 10:38-39
Fowler, John & George, 9:110; 10:39, 78, 317
Fox, Henry, 3:116; 4:101, 350; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:175; 3:104, 105; from William Shirley, 3:288
Fox, John, 9:360, 364, 365, 422
Fox, Joseph (of King William County), 9:172, 174
Fox, Joseph (of Louisa County), 2:110, 111; 3:145
Fox, Joseph (of Pennsylvania), 2:309
Fox, Robert, 1:26
Fox, Thomas, 6:226
Fox, William, 7:466
Foxcroft, John, 9:318, 319
Foxworthy, Thomas, 7:379
Foy, Edward, 9:160
Frame, Thomas, 6:253
France. See individual volumes
Francis (ship), 7:372, 397
Frank (dower slave; King William County), 6:218
Frank (dower slave, woman; York County), 6:218
Frank ("French Negro"), 5:213, 214
Frank (slave, girl; New Kent County), 6:220
Frank (slave, woman; at Bridge Quarter), 6:312
Frank (slave; bought from T. Moore), 8:347
Frank (slave; from estate of John Lee), 8:83
Frank (slave, girl; Great House plantation), 8:587
Frank (slave; GW's), 7:173
Frank (slave; Home farm), 8:104, 220, 356, 479; 9:54; 10:137, 138
Frank (slave; house servant), 7:442, 515; 9:53, 54, 55, 238; 10:137
Frank (slave; house servant, 1), 8:479
Frank (slave; house servant, 2), 8:479
Frank (slave; King William County), 6:225
Frank (slave; River farm), 9:239; 10:137
Frank (slave; tradesman), 9:54, 238; 10:138
Frank (slave, woman; York County), 6:229
Frankey (Franky; slave; Claiborne's plantation), 8:584, 591
Frankie (slave; Brick House plantation), 8:589
Franklin, Benjamin, 1:264, 275, 301; 2:115-16; 3:297; 4:388, 400; 7:367; 8:368; 9:99, 415; letters from: to GW, 3:363-64; to Deborah Franklin, 3:364; letters to: from GW, 3:285, 312
Franklin, Deborah: letters to: from Benjamin Franklin, 3:364
Franklin, John, 9:122, 146
Franklin, Sampson, 3:253, 258
Franks, David: letters from: to GW, 5:247-48; letters to: from GW, 5:152-53, 223
Franks (Frank), Andrew, 6:253, 271-72, 280-81
Frankstown (Pennsylvania), 6:35
Fraser, ----: and adjutancy, 1:191
Fraser, George, 2:327, 328; 4:166; resignation of, 2:18, 50, 273, 299; 3:272, 314, 319; appointments and commissions, 2:40, 42, 150, 260; id., 2:150; sent to Fort Dinwiddie, 2:273; declines to serve under Peter Hog, 2:299; letters to: from GW, 2:170, 175, 204-5, 298-99
Fraser, Jane (Jenny) McLane. See McLane, Jane (Jenny)
Fraser, Simon, 1:192; 3:229
Fraser (Frazier), John, 1:207; 2:138, 307; 4:210; 5:273, 318; conduct criticized, 1:92, 93; appointments and commissions, 1:93; 5:247, 422; id., 1:93; 2:73; 5:272; and surrender of fort at Forks of the Ohio, 1:93, 192; to be court-martialed, 1:134-35, 150, 151; and Indians, 2:72, 305; his list of guides, 5:247, 326; and the route to Fort Duquesne, 5:272, 355; movements of, 5:421, 425; claim against Virginia, 10:48-50
Frazer, John Gizzage (Grizzage), 9:48; 10:276-77, 288; letters from: to GW, 9:201-2
Frazer's warehouse, 9:174
Frazier, Joshua, 8:417; 9:4-5, 7, 17, 19
Frazier, Thomas, 4:419
Frazier, William, 8:41, 83, 454
Frazier's ferry, 8:41, 42
Freake, H., 6:403
Frederick, John, 5:342
Frederick, Md., 1:267-68
Frederick (slave), 7:110
Frederick (slave; River farm), 7:443, 516; 8:104, 221, 357, 479; 9:55, 238; 10:137
Frederick County, 4:7; county lieutenants, 1:40; 3:267; 7:338; divisions of, 1:67; 8:190-91; 9:38, 432; courthouse, 2:39; 3:44, 281, 409; 4:34; first court meets, 2:39; Indian depredations in, 3:3, 45, 47, 53, 54, 304; 4:183, 264, 266, 417, 419; 5:9, 12-13, 43-44, 45; depredations by whites, 3:47; deplorable state of, 3:48, 50-51, 59, 63-64; troops from, 3:55, 59, 362, 380-81, 382, 384, 405; 4:13, 18, 38, 243, 267, 291, 422, 423; 6:164-65; new commission of the peace for, 3:361, 397; criticism of settlers, 3:397; petition from, 4:53; troops in, 5:5, 6, 19, 141; removal of court records, 5:6; contractor for troops in, 5:29, 30-32; Burgesses elections in, 5:60, 262-63, 322-23, 334-44; 7:12-13, 14; clerk of, 5:96; 8:570; sheriff of, 5:114; 6:314; 9:440; GW's lands in, 6:183, 427, 429; 7:103, 174, 278, 313, 350, 377, 516; 8:283; GW's taxes and levies for, 6:314; map by Moffett, 8:190; GW's Frederick County lands now in Berkeley County, 9:432
Frederick Parish (Frederick County), 2:244; 4:336; 5:436; 7:451; 8:190-91; 9:198
Fredericksburg, 5:309; fair at, 1:43, 49; 7:3; draftees rendezvous at, 3:102, 158, 174; 4:244, 255, 265, 277, 288, 361, 394; court days, 7:308; horse races at, 10:23; town clerk of, 10:59
Frederick the Great, 4:374; 5:69, 98, 99; 6:80, 81, 355, 358, 400, 453; 8:492-93
Freehold, Abraham, 6:36
The free-holder, 6:291; 7:346
Freeman, Douglas Southall, 5:301; 7:148
Freeman, Samuel, 7:28, 31
Freeport, Pa., 6:143
The free-thinker, 6:291; 7:345
French, ----: buys GW's slaves, 7:492
French, Captain (Indian), 4:117, 118; 5:417, 442
French, Daniel, 6:379; land transactions, 6:341, 342, 438, 439; 8:37, 216, 246, 313; and Maurice Pound, 6:369; id., 6:370, 379; 7:9; account with, 6:378; 7:4, 178, 263, 308-9; 9:191; elected to Fairfax vestry, 7:361, 384; to build new Pohick Church, 8:246-48; executor of, 8:528; death, 9:11; family, 9:179
French, Elizabeth, 9:170-71, 178, 179, 412
French, James, 1:30
French, Penelope Manley, 8:546; 9:341, 468
French, Samuel, 3:252, 257
French Broad River, 2:59; 7:58
"The French Memorial," 5:49
French Warrior. See French, Captain
Friend, Nicholas, 1:23
A Friendly Address to All Reasonable Americans, 10:189, 190
Friendship (ship), 4:99; 7:460, 462
Frogg, Elizabeth, 8:78
Frogg, John, 8:78
Frontier. See individual volumes
Frost, William, 5:340
Frouman, Paul, 5:334
Fry, Abraham, 5:335
Fry, Benjamin, 4:418; 5:335
Fry, Henry, 8:436; 9:191, 192
Fry, Jacob, 5:335; 9:170, 171, 189
Fry, John, 9:221, 225, 229; 10:353; letters to: from GW, 9:191-93
Fry, Joseph, 5:335
Fry, Joshua, 1:79, 91, 97, 106, 108, 119, 121, 144, 147, 149, 153, 154, 207, 221, 254; 9:197; id., 1:74; 3:58; and Fort Necessity campaign, 1:75, 76, 81, 84, 86, 94, 106, 112; death of, 1:77, 127; 3:15; and Trent and Fraser court-martials, 1:92, 134; pay and perquisites, 1:95, 103; medal for, 1:121; as paymaster, 1:132; his copper mine, 3:56; date of commission, 8:451; and bounty lands, 8:539; 9:122, 145, 191, 192, 196, 358, 360, 364, 366, 392; letters from: to Robert Dinwiddie, 1:93; 2:35; to GW, 1:98; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:77, 92, 92-93, 93, 98, 104; from GW, 1:100-102, 117-18
Fry, Samuel, 5:205, 336
Fry (dog), 8:262
Fryer, Alexander, 8:436, 437; 9:189, 503, 504
Fryer, Jacob, 9:74
Fryer (ship), 7:454, 455, 456, 460; 8:69-70, 105
Fry-Jefferson map, 3:52; 5:91
Fry's fort, 4:417
Fugate, John, 4:281
Fulgin, John, 4:41
Fuller, Thomas, 6:284, 287, 291, 344
Fullin, Levin, 9:504
Fulton, ----: carries letter, 8:241
Fulton, David, 8:243
Fulton, Richard, 8:243
Fulton, William, 3:301
The funeral, 6:294
Funk, Henry, 5:335
Funk, John, 5:49, 332-33, 342; 7:98; 8:190-91
Funk, Joseph, 5:337
Funk, Martin (1), 5:342
Funk, Martin (2), 5:336
Funk, Mathias, 5:340
Funkhouser, Jacob, 2:253, 275
Funkhouser, John, 5:338
Furber, Robert, 6:299
Furman, Moore, 5:93
Fury, Henry, 3:195
Fushee, Nathaniel, 4:42
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