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Volume 1: 1748 to August 1755
Volume 2: August 1755 to April 1756
Volume 3: April 1756 to November 1756
Volume 4: November 1756 to October 1757
Volume 5: October 1757 to September 1758
Volume 6: September 1758 to December 1760
Volume 7: January 1761 to June 1767
Volume 8: June 1767 to December 1771
Volume 9: January 1772 to March 1774
Volume 10: March 1774 to June 1775

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

----, Catherine. See Catherine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Abernethy & Livie, 7:312

Abernithy &ca, 7:312

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acadians, 2:228

Accokeek ironworks, 6:20

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

The accomplisht midwife, 6:289

Accotink, 8:128

Accotink Creek, 8:128

An acct of the Plague in London, 6:293

Acha (slave; Mill Quarter), 8:588

Acre (slave; York County), 6:229

Acres, William, 8:222

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

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

Adair, Robert, 8:212, 215, 216

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

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

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

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

Adam, Thomas, 8:485

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

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

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

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

Adam and Eve stript of their furbelows, 6:289

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

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

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

Adams, Benjamin, 7:377

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

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

Adams, Francis, 4:347

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

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

Adams, John (private), 4:389

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

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

Adams, Richard, 10:99-100

Adams, Silvester, 7:377

Adams, Thomas, 10:353

Adams, Sir Thomas, 8:354, 355

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

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

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

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

Adams's Outlet (Maryland), 10:304

Adams's Retirement (Maryland), 10:304

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

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

Addison, ----, 9:7

Addison, Daniel Dulany, 9:163, 165

Addison, Eleanor. See Boucher, Eleanor Addison

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

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

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

Addison, Rachel Dulany, 9:163

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

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

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

Adeneyachea (Indian), 5:432

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

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

The adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 7:345

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

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

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

Aeneas, 6:399

Aesop (play), 2:234

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

Agar, Edward, 7:164, 204

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

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

Agincourt, Battle of, 4:242

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

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

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

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

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

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

Albery (Alsberry), Charles, 6:5

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

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

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

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

Alce (slave), 8:557

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

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

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

Alderson, John, 5:341

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

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

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

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

Alexander, Frances, 1:47

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

Alexander, George Dent, 8:321, 322

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

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

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

Alexander, Mariamne Stoddert, 8:218-20

Alexander, Lady Mary, 10:240

Alexander, Morgan, 10:196, 245

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

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

Alexander, Sarah, 7:305

Alexander, Lady Sarah, 10:240

Alexander, William, & Co., 6:319

Alexander & Lochard, 5:300

Alexander & Shrimpton, 6:401, 404

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alexon, Thomas, 8:146

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

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

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

Alice (slave; Hanover County), 6:231

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

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

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

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

Alice (slave; Mill Quarter), 8:588

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

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

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

Allan, Andrew, 8:145

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

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

Allan, John (of Fredericksburg), 6:365

Allan, Richard, 6:256

Allan, Robert, 5:336

Allan (Allen), Francis, 7:171

Allanby, William, 7:283; 8:163

Allan's ordinary, 7:230, 261

"Allegany Indians," 3:361

Allegheny Mountain, 5:397, 405, 406

Allegheny River, 6:16

Allen, ----, 2:301

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

Allen, Andrew (of Pennsylvania), 10:50

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

Allen, James (ensign), 2:303

Allen, James (of Pennsylvania), 10:50

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

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

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

Allestree, Richard, 6:288, 289, 296

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

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

Allison, Thomas, 10:317, 342

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

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

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

All Saints Parish (Maryland), 8:166

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

Allsbery (Albery), Charles, 5:393

Allumapees (Indian), 2:55

Alsop, ----, 3:303

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

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

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

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

Ambler, Jacquelin, 10:141

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

Ambrose, ----, 2:69

Amelia (slave; Mill Quarter), 8:588

Amelia County, 4:290

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

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

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

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

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

Amey (slave; Mill Quarter), 8:588

Amey (slave; York County), 6:229

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

Amhurst, Nicholas, 6:290

Ammunition. See Ordnance

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

Ampthill, 10:151

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

Amy (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:588

"Anacreon," 7:168

The anatomy of the humane body abridged, 6:292

Anchises, 6:399

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

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

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

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

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

Anderson, George, 6:54

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

Anderson, Isaac, 4:43

Anderson, Jacob, 5:184

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

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

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

Anderson, John (soldier), 6:46

Anderson, Rebecca, 9:305, 321

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

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

Anderson, Thomas, 2:244

Anderson, William, 9:305

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

Andrews, John, 7:429

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

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

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

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

Annapolis, Md., 8:523

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

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

Anne (ship), 8:487

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

Ansdale, Daniel, 8:329

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anthony (slave; mill), 6:428

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

Anthony (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:588

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

Anthropologia nova, 6:286, 297

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

Antigua, 6:436-37

The aphorisms of Hippocrates, 6:288

Apollo Room, 8:181

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

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

The Appeal Farther Defended, 9:24, 25

Appleton, James, 8:144

Aquia Creek, 1:270-71

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

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

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

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

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

Arbuthnot, Margaret, 6:342

Archelogia philosophica nova, 6:285

Archer, J., 8:50

Arell, David, 9:263

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

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

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

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

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

Ariel (horse), 7:109, 159

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

Aristotle, 6:400

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Armat & Watson, 10:42

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

Armistead, Gill, 7:386

Armistead, Henry, 6:254

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

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

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

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

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

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

Armstrong, Joseph, 6:92

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

Armstrong, Robert, 3:131, 133

Armstrong, William, 3:425, 426

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

Arnold, Andrew, 1:23

Arnold, John, 1:29; 5:339

Arnold, Jonathan, 1:23

Arnold, Josiah, 1:23

Arnold, Richard, Sr., 1:22

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

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

Arrans, Jacob, 1:221

Art of contentment, 6:289; 7:347

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

Asbury, Thomas, 7:377

Ascanius, 6:399

Ash, Thomas, 10:200

Ashbrook, Aaron, 1:30

Ashbrook, Elizabeth, 1:22

Ashbrook, John, 1:30

Ashburner, John, 7:372, 397

Ashburner & Plaes, 10:249

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

Ashby, Benjamin, 10:248, 249

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

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

Ashby, Nimrod, 1:26

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

Ashby, Stephen, 5:341

Ashby, Thomas, 5:335

Ashby's ferry, 2:77

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

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

Ashford, Butler, 7:377; 9:35

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

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

Ashford, Michael, 7:110, 377

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

Ashford's quarter, 7:148

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

Ashwell, John, 6:246, 273

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

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

Askins, Philip, 4:390

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

Association of Gentlemen. See Gentlemen Associators

Astell, Mary, 6:292

Astro-Theology, 6:300

Astry, James, 6:300

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

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

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

Athol, duke of, 9:23

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

Attakullaculla. See Little Carpenter

Atticus, 8:183

Aubry, George, 10:363

Aughwick, 1:69

Augsburg, Congress of, 7:37, 55

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

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

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

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

Augusta Springs. See Hot Springs

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

Austin, Benjamin, 6:47

Austin, John, 7:348

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

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

Austin (slave), 10:40

Austin (slave; mulatto), 10:41

Austin (slave; waiter), 10:41

Austria, 6:81

Autemy (slave; Mill Quarter), 8:588

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

Avera, Thomas, 9:172, 174

Avery, William, 6:47

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

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

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

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

Aylett's warehouse, 10:277

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

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

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

Ayscough, Anne, 8:192, 194

Ayscough, Christopher, 8:192, 194

Ayscough, Martha, 7:24, 30

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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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Cacapon River, 1:10, 45; 2:92; 3:11; 4:10

Cacapon Valley, 1:9

Cadell, J., 8:102

Cadell, Thomas, 8:102

Cadwalader, John, 10:189, 190

Caesar, Julius, 3:125; 6:305, 355, 358, 400

Caesar (dower slave), 8:401, 402

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

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

Caesar (slave; Dismal Swamp), 7:314

Caesar (slave; Dogue Run), 6:428; 7:45, 139, 228

Caesar (slave; Ferry farm), 8:479, 480; 9:54, 238; 10:137

Caesar (slave; Northampton County, 1), 6:230

Caesar (slave; Northampton County, 2), 6:230

Caesar (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:589

Caesar (slave; York County), 6:229

Cahoon (Colhoon), James, 1:31, 36; 7:239, 240

Cailliaux (Collieux), Charles, 1:222; 3:253, 258; 4:276, 277

Cairns, Harry. See Gaines, Henry

Calder, James, 2:227, 228

Call, ----, 10:178

Call, William, 10:178

Callaham, John, 4:41

Call & Henly, 10:106

Callaway (Calloway), Richard, 3:435

Callaway (Calloway), Thomas, 3:435

Callaway (Calloway), William, 3:435; 5:196; letters from: to GW, 5:183-84

Callender, Robert, 1:94, 95, 141; 2:159, 160; 6:100, 154; 8:58; letters to: from GW, 2:129

Calloway, ---- (captain), 4:6

Calman, Matthew, 5:337

Calmes, Marquis, 1:26

Calmes, William, 1:26; 5:342

Calvert, ----: account with GW, 7:105

Calvert, Benedict, 9:91, 193, 219, 347, 491, 493; 10:19, 31, 38, 103, 275; and wine for GW, 7:298; 10:20, 41; id., 7:300, 513; and Mississippi Company, 7:512; 8:153; visits GW, 8:573; 9:203-4, 210; and Jonathan Boucher, 9:6, 213, 294; family, 9:8; asks GW for sheep, 9:50, 51; member of Maryland upper house, 9:216; the Washingtons visit, 9:295; 10:41; collector of customs, 9:314; buys joiner for GW, 9:462; letters from: to GW, 9:215-16, 313-14; letters to: from GW, 9:209-11

Calvert, Cecilius: letters to: from Horatio Sharpe, 2:75, 161, 285; 3:210, 400; 5:6, 429

Calvert, Charles, 8:550; 9:6, 8

Calvert, Eleanor, 9:295, 394, 395; courtship and marriage, 8:550; 9:209-11, 219-20, 326, 467, 480, 485, 491; her character, 9:212, 442; her parents approve marriage, 9:215-16; visits Mount Vernon, 9:314, 396; home to be at Pleasant Hill, 9:378; Peale paints miniature of, 9:433. See also Custis, Eleanor Calvert

Calvert, Eleanor Calvert, 9:210

Calvert, Elizabeth (daughter of Benedict Calvert), 9:211, 213

Calvert, John, 10:31

Calvert family, 7:109

Calvin, Andrew, 5:335

Calvin, Joseph, 5:338

Cam, Joseph, 6:289

Camden, Charles Pratt, first Earl, 9:465, 466; 10:160

Camden, William, 6:285

Cameron, 8:122, 195

Cameron, Alexander: letters from: to Aaron Penson, 9:207

Cameron, Allan, 6:14, 15

Cameron, John, 7:114, 116

Cameron Parish, 7:362

Camm, ---- (Mrs. John), 8:282

Camm, John, 7:298, 299; 8:282; 9:163, 164

Campbell, ---- (of Norfolk), 7:335, 336, 438

Campbell, ---- (ship captain), 8:160

Campbell, Alexander (major), 6:48, 58, 61, 71, 74, 118, 119, 120, 123, 148

Campbell, Alexander (merchant), 9:395, 397

Campbell, Allan, 7:227

Campbell, Archibald, 7:337

Campbell, Charles, 4:347

Campbell, Christiana: account with, 7:2, 106, 209, 210, 268, 280, 304, 342, 366, 438, 478, 496; 8:50, 51, 83, 141, 193, 266, 268, 347, 453, 454, 455, 456, 460, 486; 9:20, 21, 29, 30, 32, 190; 10:40, 77, 139; her tavern, 7:7; 8:455, 532

Campbell, Colin (adjutant), 1:193-94, 207, 208; letters to: from GW, 1:355-56

Campbell, Colin (merchant), 9:7

Campbell, Daniel: letters from: to GW, 1:151-53; letters to: from GW, 1:81

Campbell, Dougald, 3:253, 257

Campbell, Duncan, 7:74

Campbell, Henry: desertion of, 2:212, 229, 231, 233; id., 2:225; court-martialed, 3:151-54, 158, 171-72, 178-80, 189, 206, 222, 226; letters to: from George Mercer, 2:212

Campbell, Hugh, 2:226; 3:253, 257

Campbell, James (captain), 3:322-23

Campbell, James (drummer), 3:262, 263, 279, 306-7; 4:389; 6:433; 7:337; 8:475

Campbell, James (of Augusta County), 4:102, 347, 348, 393, 395

Campbell, James (of Royal American Regiment), 4:102. See also Campbell, Thomas

Campbell, John (Gist's company), 2:225, 240

Campbell, John (James; sergeant), 3:253, 259

Campbell, John (lieutenant), 2:144, 289, 348; 3:209, 276-77, 428; 4:201, 219, 220, 230, 329; 5:9, 109, 142, 162-63, 170-71, 214, 350-52; military service, 2:14, 112, 114, 136, 174, 227, 288; 3:101, 114; 4:128, 166, 205, 206, 415-16, 424, 432; 5:10, 143, 161, 382; appointments and commissions, 2:40, 42, 261; 3:251; id., 2:109, 229, 349; 5:352; and tippling house, 3:214; accuses Griffin Pert, 4:202; his court of inquiry, 4:204, 207-8; and search for route to Fort Duquesne, 5:272; killed, 5:383; 6:47, 86, 87; letters from: to GW, 3:454-56; 4:151

Campbell, John (of Fort Pitt), 9:416, 417, 419, 420

Campbell, John (of Jamaica), 6:13, 193, 198, 199, 371; 8:310-11

Campbell, Mary Dandridge Spotswood, 8:309-11. See also Spotswood, Mary Dandridge

Campbell, Matthew, 8:146, 147; 10:96; account with, 8:78, 457; 9:462; and Carlyle & Adam, 8:79, 439; id., 8:385; 9:81; and shipping of fish, 8:485; lends GW money, 9:35, 36; GW dissatisfied with his bargain, 9:80-81; and the bloomery, 9:447, 449; 10:132, 156-57, 284; and George William Fairfax's business, 9:448; and Robert Adam's mortgage, 10:227; letters from: to GW, 8:439; 9:79; 10:132; letters to: from GW, 9:80-81

Campbell, Thomas, 4:58, 100, 102. See also Campbell, James (of Royal American Regiment)

Campbell's tavern, 7:7

Camperlin, Jacob, 1:26

Camperlin, Samuel, 1:26

Camp Rea (Pennsylvania). See Raystown

Canachquasy (Captain New Castle; Indian), 1:135, 140, 175, 177

A Candid Examination of the Mutual Claims of Great-Britain, and the Colonies, 10:294

A Candid Refutation of the Heresy Imputed by Ro. C. Nicholas Esquire to the Reverend S. Henley, 10:76, 78

Candide, 8:341

Cannon, John, 7:441, 461, 499; 8:304, 362, 456; 9:252, 253

Canterbury, archbishop of, 10:84

Canterbury, Prerogative Court of, 10:82

Canute, Nicolas, 3:132

Cape Breton Island. See Louisburg

Cape Henry lighthouse, 9:38, 39

Capper, Michael, 1:31, 35

Captain, Old (dower slave; at Ship Landing), 6:218, 312; 7:463, 464

Carberry (Carbury), Philip, 8:486, 487

Care, Henry, 6:296

Carlane, William, 8:146, 148

Carlin, William, 8:149; account with, 7:319, 368, 438, 439, 440, 481, 499; 8:22, 136, 149, 201, 207, 355, 441, 455, 457, 460; 9:14, 92, 367; id., 7:319-20

Carlisle, Pa., 2:152, 308, 309, 317; 4:160; 5:119, 164-66, 244, 356; 8:33

Carlos, ---- (Mrs.): and Custis estate, 6:253

Carlyle, Anne (John Carlyle's daughter), 8:254

Carlyle, George: letters to: from John Carlyle, 1:66, 306-7, 342, 348

Carlyle, John, 1:65, 78, 137, 147, 148, 174, 175, 178, 191, 193, 198, 199, 207, 212, 229, 231, 273, 277, 291, 346; 2:15, 17, 69, 81, 214, 277, 295; 3:69, 70, 109, 125, 127, 320, 367; 4:65, 212, 225, 226, 278, 279, 280, 309, 324, 376, 404; 5:52, 93, 331, 334, 418, 438, 449; 6:347, 371, 480; 7:155, 227, 234; 8:20, 331; 9:253, 325, 370, 446; land grant to, 1:25; and Ohio Company, 1:59; appointed commissary, 1:63; 4:31, 57, 58, 62, 100; id., 1:66, 293; 2:88; 3:413; 4:33; 5:219, 380; 7:7; his ships, 1:71; 5:448, 449; soldiers' pay, 1:74, 75, 95; supplies troops, 1:74, 82, 129, 131, 150, 150, 174, 177, 178, 180-81, 184, 187, 188, 206; 2:7, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 43, 107, 147, 201, 204, 214, 215, 216, 217, 275-77, 290-91; 3:68; contract with George Croghan, 1:122, 131, 143; and deputy paymasters, 1:132, 139; his deputy commissaries, 1:138-39, 143, 144; at Winchester council, 1:142; pay for workmen, 1:188; criticism of, 1:201; and goods for GW, 1:217; accounts, 1:221, 222; 2:206; 3:204; 4:38, 283, 289, 290, 316; 5:112, 113, 327, 436; 6:331; 7:1, 332, 366, 367, 378, 469; 8:145; 9:238, 252, 397, 462; his partners, 1:229; 5:288; 7:146, 360; residence of, 1:247; commissary accounts, 1:275; Robert Orme's baggage, 1:347, 348; 2:166; his returns, 2:31; and Rawley embezzlement, 2:315; buys slaves, 3:58; colonel of militia, 3:108; store in Alexandria, 3:110; purchases goods for GW, 4:49, 72, 95, 99, 133, 189, 380, 402; 5:51; 6:134; ships GW's wheat and tobacco, 4:133, 402; 5:217, 219; and Bryan Fairfax, 4:152; buys shares in mine, 4:308; and Lawrence Washington's estate, 4:323; 6:415; 9:354; his servant, 4:365; and contract to supply troops, 4:413; family, 5:94, 408; 7:358; 9:317; and money for William Henry Fairfax, 5:137; and GW's election, 5:263, 288, 329, 343; and Hannah Guley, 5:414; and horse racing, 7:11; and suit over Belvoir, 7:40; and George William Fairfax, 7:138; 9:447; and Potomac navigation, 7:177; 10:243; agreement regarding wheat, 7:359; dispute with GW over wheat, 7:482-91; his counting house, 8:19; at Mount Vernon, 8:254; on committee of merchants, 8:354; attempts to get bounty lands, 8:366; on 1754 roll of soldiers, 8:451; paymaster of troops, 8:451; and Daniel Jenifer Adams, 9:70, 157, 239; 10:57, 58; acts as justice, 9:135; builds Alexandria church, 9:182; his Four Mile Run land, 9:410; 10:204, 211; and the bloomery, 9:449; 10:25; and enlargement of Alexandria, 10:65; appointed to committee, 10:128; and the Colvill estate, 10:195; letters from: to George Carlyle, 1:66, 306-7, 342-7, 348; to GW, 1:140-45, 143, 153-55; 2:122-23, 269, 275-77; 4:37-39, 96-98; 5:288, 326-27, 367, 379-80, 407-8, 430, 434-36; 6:382, 441; 7:334; 8:360; 9:71-72; 10:219-20; to Lund Washington, 9:72; letters to: from GW, 1:129, 131, 139, 274-76, 306; 2:70-71, 88, 118, 133; 3:207, 293; 4:33, 96; 5:235, 382, 405, 423; 8:366; from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:144. See also Carlyle & Adam; Carlyle & Dalton

Carlyle, Sarah (John Carlyle's daughter), 8:254

Carlyle, Sarah Fairfax, 1:142, 229, 273, 274, 279, 306; 2:276; 3:127; 4:98, 226; 5:367, 380, 435; 6:347, 382; id., 1:66; 4:98; 5:408; marriage, 5:94; letters from: to GW, 1:145; letters to: from GW, 1:96, 276-77, 307-8

Carlyle, William, 7:357, 358

Carlyle, William (of Limekilns), 7:358

Carlyle & Adam, 7:493, 508, 514; dispute over wheat, 7:359-61; wheat contract with GW, 7:360-61; 9:156; accounts, 7:495; 8:78, 79, 249, 405, 460; and bills of exchange, 8:141, 193; slave purchased from, 8:357; agent for, 8:385; 9:81; fish sold to, 8:468; letters from: to GW, 7:482; letters to: from GW, 7:359-61. See also Carlyle, John, and Adam, Robert

Carlyle & Dalton, 3:368; 6:477; accounts, 5:223; 6:443; 7:7, 332, 368, 370; 8:67, 169, 556; 9:252; and mortgage of Hughes's tavern, 6:481; id., 7:146; and Daniel Jenifer Adams, 9:70; and the bloomery, 9:449; letters from: to GW, 5:408; 9:453; 10:60-64; to John West, 10:60-64; letters to: from GW, 7:482-91. See also Carlyle, John

Carmichael, James, 3:253, 258

Carnan, John, 8:464

Carnan, Prudence, 8:464

Carnes, William, 9:122, 145-46

Carney, John, 6:378, 379, 480; 7:261, 262-63, 329-30, 331, 352, 414, 417, 418, 451

Carney, Thomas, 1:27; 5:339

Caroline County: militia, 3:55, 56-57, 111, 127, 137, 144, 146, 150, 236, 292, 300, 301, 313; 4:243; county lieutenant of, 10:251

Caroline Court House, 6:199

Carpenter, Solomon, 1:29, 35

Carr, Nathaniel, 5:337

Carr, Overton, 8:125, 550; 9:213, 214

Carr, William, 4:414; 9:59, 222, 224; 10:259; letters from: to GW, 8:412-13; letters to: from GW, 8:408

Carrel, William, 5:341

Carren, Henry, 4:276

Carrier, Henry, 3:253, 258

Carrier, Thomas, 3:253, 258

Carrington, Paul, 10:99-100

Carrol, John, 4:391

Carroll, Charles (of Annapolis), 6:409, 410, 422-25; 8:523; 10:287, 288

Carroll, Charles (of Carrollton), 6:410; letters from: to GW, 10:287-88

Carroll, Daniel (1730-1796; of Rock Creek), 7:512, 513; letters from: to GW, 9:318-19

Carroll, Joseph, 5:331, 334

Carroll (Carrol), Ann, 1:48-49

Carson, James, 3:258; 4:230-31, 232, 276, 277

Carson, Simon, 5:335

Cartagena campaign, 1:176, 224

Carter, ----: and George Mercer's lands, 10:202, 203

Carter, Charles, 3:170, 181

Carter, Charles (of Cleve; 1707-1764), 6:82, 379; id., 1:129, 198; 3:32, 38, 170; 4:280, 384; 6:380; service in House of Burgesses, 1:129; 3:353; and GW's Potomac trip, 1:179; account with, 1:221; 9:394; county lieutenant, 4:280; Virginia Regiment at his plantation, 7:162; manager of Byrd lottery, 8:194; William Byrd's trustee, 9:377; and William Black's lands, 9:400; family, 9:439; letters from: to GW, 1:128-29; 3:36-38, 64-65; letters to: from GW, 1:196-98; 3:36; 4:280-81

Carter, Charles (of Corotoman and Shirley; 1732-1806), 3:170; 4:382, 384; 7:438, 439; 9:417; and meeting at Raleigh Tavern, 10:99-100

Carter, Charles, Jr. (of Nanzatico and Ludlow; 1733-1796), 3:170

Carter, George, 8:52, 55, 170, 171, 176, 195, 283, 284; 9:33

Carter, James, Jr., 5:341

Carter, James (doctor), 7:437; and medicines for James Craik, 6:173; and Custis estate, 6:253, 255, 257, 260, 266, 271; 7:91, 92; 8:82, 191, 200, 204, 329, 452, 461, 462, 463; 9:74, 371, 372; accounts with, 7:105, 190; 8:193, 453; 9:34, 220, 226, 231; 10:39; id., 7:109; and Joanna McKenzie's bond, 7:366, 507; rents Custis house, 8:225; buys corn, 9:259-60; letters to: from GW, 9:33, 220

Carter, James (of Frederick County), 5:338

Carter, John (brother of Thomas Carter), 9:116, 132

Carter, John (farrier), 6:370

Carter, John (merchant), 6:253; 8:269, 453, 460, 461, 462, 531, 532; 10:139

Carter, John (of Corotoman; 1690-1743): id., 3:170-71; 4:384

Carter, John (soldier; enlisted in 1758), 5:103-4

Carter, John (soldier; of Prince William County), 4:42

Carter, Landon (c.1738-1801), 3:185, 187-88

Carter, Landon (of Sabine Hall; 1710-1778), 1:171; 2:66; 3:456; 5:161, 221; 6:82; 7:298, 299; 8:73; letters from: to GW, 2:61, 81-82, 319-20; 3:30-32, 185-88

Carter, Robert (King), 1:129; 3:32, 401; 8:546, 547; 9:121

Carter, Robert (of Nomini Hall), 1:59; 8:73, 453

Carter, Robert Wormeley, 8:569, 571; 9:121; 10:99-100

Carter, Thomas (ensign), 2:14, 211; 4:166; 9:117; appointments, 2:40, 42, 150, 261; death of, 2:113, 150; 3:18, 37, 74; id., 3:18; claim to bounty land, 9:116

Carter, Thomas (sergeant), 1:222; 2:289; 3:252, 256

Carter, William, 6:271

Carteret, George, 7:437

Carter's Grove, 1:148, 253; 3:32

Carthew, Thomas, 8:326

Cartmell, Edward, 5:341

Cartmell, Nathaniel, 5:342

Cartony, Joseph & Sons, 6:247, 248, 397, 403; 7:126, 195, 354

Cartony, Robert, 7:422, 472; 8:46, 134

Carvin Creek, 4:395

Cary, ----: and the price of hemp, 7:414

Cary, Archibald, 4:185, 188, 189; 8:31, 54, 433; 10:151; letters from: to GW, 4:271-72

Cary, Edward (b. 1737), 5:167, 171-72

Cary, Edward (d. 1750), 5:167

Cary, Elizabeth, 1:148, 174; 4:101; 5:372, 373, 415; 6:42, 43. See also Fairfax, Elizabeth Cary

Cary, John, 7:177

Cary, Mary. See Ambler, Mary Cary

Cary, Mary Randolph, 4:272

Cary, Miles (1766-1774), 10:98, 100

Cary, Robert, 6:451-52

Cary, Robert, & Co., 2:208; 6:374, 404-5, 434, 458-59; 7:250-51; 8:17, 306; 9:269, 287, 346; 10:81; goods from, 6:196, 317-18, 327-28, 332-37, 352-58, 392-404, 461-65; 7:22-31, 77-80, 111-12, 124-30, 164-68, 191-98, 198-99, 201, 253-56, 266, 287-95, 300-301, 321, 322, 327-28, 341, 343, 349, 353-57, 402-4, 409, 418-23, 432-33, 444, 447-50, 457-58, 470-76; 8:11, 12-14, 44-50, 100-102, 130-36, 160, 231-32, 270, 295-99, 372-73, 397-400, 500, 508-11, 558-66; 9:2, 60-61, 62, 64-67, 103-10, 232-33, 273-76, 277, 289; and Custis estate, 6:247-49, 251, 254, 260, 267, 269, 271, 277, 315-18, 437; 7:84, 86, 301; 8:202, 203, 205, 459; 9:367, 369, 372, 374; correspondence with Martha Custis, 6:316; goods for Custis children, 6:316; 7:92, 130, 197, 199, 295, 328-29, 400, 423; tobacco shipped to, 6:322; 7:32, 89, 142-43, 201, 415, 464; 8:43-44; 9:74, 173, 231, 256; principal agent for the Custises, 6:323; 7:137; and tobacco duties, 6:351; GW transfers patronage to, 6:442; accounts, 7:35, 62-65, 83, 88, 93, 152, 202-4, 205-7, 212, 213-16, 305-6, 369, 395; 8:7-8; 10:197; goods ordered for other people, 7:79, 119, 230; 8:363; and bank stock, 7:82; 8:463; 9:380; 10:84; GW opens account for John Parke Custis with, 7:82; and goods for York River, 7:96-97, 167, 332-33; and wine for GW, 7:116, 146, 208, 285, 459; 8:68; and price of tobacco, 7:123; GW sends Potomac tobacco to, 7:137; their ships, 7:158, 311; and bills of exchange, 7:262, 299; 8:51; 9:7, 33, 131, 133, 226, 236, 297, 377, 390, 394, 497; GW orders engine to uproot trees, 7:286-87; complaints against, 7:323-24; 8:11, 502-3; all GW's tobacco consigned to, 8:85, 423; and loan to Robert Stewart, 8:92; GW orders chariot from, 8:92-93; no ships available for tobacco, 8:401; Custis estate money in their hands, 8:458; to pay for bounty land rights purchased in England, 8:551-52; and a gardener for GW, 8:554; drafts on, 9:128, 281, 397; Hanbury pays Custis money to, 10:142, 199; letters from: to Martha Dandridge Custis, 6:259, 323, 350, 351, 351-52; to GW, 6:332, 427, 441, 481-82; 7:45, 49, 65, 70, 72, 80, 111, 132, 137, 146, 147, 160, 168, 189, 287, 297, 353, 405, 412, 413, 425, 427, 433, 454, 461, 470, 482, 492; 8:65, 67-68, 77, 126, 171, 396, 526; 9:510; 10:269-70; letters to: from Martha Dandridge Custis, 6:260; from GW, 6:315-18, 326-28, 330, 348-58, 373, 375-76, 414, 437-38, 448-52, 459-65, 471-73, 475-76; 7:33-35, 49-51, 53-54, 61-65, 73-74, 76-80, 96-97, 111-12, 119-20, 135-37, 138, 140-41, 152, 153-55, 157-58, 162-68, 202-5, 207, 228-29, 250, 251-57, 264, 267-68, 284-85, 286-87, 305-6, 323-28, 332-33, 334-35, 335, 337, 341, 398-404, 409-10, 411-12, 433, 444-50, 451, 456-58, 460, 497-98, 509, 514; 8:9-14, 59, 72-73, 85-86, 92-94, 99-102, 115, 159-60, 229-33, 368-73, 503-11, 516-17, 553-54; 9:2, 15-16, 27, 52, 63-67, 115-16, 127-28, 150-51, 237, 271-76, 276-77, 282, 289, 297-98, 343-45, 374-80, 400; 10:82-85, 199-200, 000; from Mr. Stevens, 10:84. See also Tobacco; Errata

Cary, Sarah (of Ceelys and Richneck), 2:133; 6:13; 9:299

Cary, Wilson (1703-1772; of Ceelys and Richneck), 1:40; 2:133; 4:355; 6:13, 43; 7:39, 40; 9:299

Cary, Wilson Miles, 7:217; 8:453, 454; 9:446; 10:98, 100, 286

Cary (ship), 6:349, 376; tobacco shipped in, 6:269, 270, 350, 352, 373, 375, 376, 448, 450, 459, 471; id., 6:316; tobacco lost in, 7:63, 158

Case, John, 6:252

Cash, Joseph, 7:385; 9:340, 341

Cash, William, 4:42; 7:378; 8:146, 148, 192; 9:167, 168

Castle Hill, 3:231; 4:9; 5:392; 7:113