Colonial Series

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Lacock, Joseph, 9:382

Laden, Patrick, 2:251

The ladies calling, 6:289; 7:347

Ladies New Memorandum Book, 7:166, 168, 195

Laetitia (ship), 7:64, 89, 154, 157, 158, 162, 164

Lafitau, Joseph-François, 8:337, 341

LaFong (Lafong), George, 8:192, 267, 269, 347, 531; 9:21, 370

La Force (Michel Pepin), 1:114; and Indians, 1:68; id., 1:69; 3:351; 6:197; and scouting, 1:94, 105; as a prisoner, 1:110, 112, 115, 118, 119, 120, 121; 3:349, 352, 372, 399, 405; 6:197; reputation of, 1:111, 201, 202; French deserters report on, 1:135; and articles of capitulation, 1:166, 167; letters from: to GW, 6:196-97

Lafort (Latort), James, 9:122, 146

La Gallissonière (La Galissonière), Roland Michel Barrin, marquis de, 3:250

La Grange (Fairfax County), 5:168; 8:55

Laidler, John, 7:314, 438, 496; 8:41; 9:189

Laidler's ferry, 7:314

Lain, Thomas, 3:273

Lake (Leake), Richard, 8:144, 208, 222, 290, 291, 304, 305, 364, 424-25; letters from: to GW, 8:223

Lake Drummond, 7:477

Lake George, Battle of, 2:64

Lake George (New York), 5:173, 174

Laman, James, 6:397, 403; 7:24, 126

Lamar, Hill, Bisset, & Co., 9:245, 271; letters from: to GW, 9:324, 496-97; letters to: from GW, 9:280-82, 281

Lamb's Creek, 2:67

La Mothe, Marie Catherine, countess d'Aulnoy, 6:290

La Mothe-Fénelon, François de Salignac de, archbishop of Cambrai, 7:346

Lancaster, Benjamin, 7:290

Lancaster, Richard, & Co., 10:218

Lancaster County, 4:278, 290

Landlord's law, 6:295

Lane, ----, 9:447, 449

Lane, James, 8:149

Lane, James Hardidge (Hardage), 8:557

Lane, John (Jacob), 5:61-62, 120-21, 129, 130

Lane, Joseph, 7:427, 428; 8:41

Lane, William (of Westmoreland County), 7:428

Lane, William Carr, 8:149, 238, 239; 10:179

Langdon (Langden), Joseph, 5:277, 339

Langfit, John, 8:441, 442

Langfitt, Philip, 9:395, 397; 10:138

Langhorne, William, 10:99-100

Langley, Batty, 6:318, 333; 7:344, 348; 10:343

Langley, Robert, 8:112

Langston, Elizabeth, 6:252

Langston, W., 6:267

Lanphier (Lanphire), Going, 7:380; 8:145, 146; accounts with, 6:331; 7:373; 9:348-50; 10:103, 140, 194, 195, 196, 221, 317; id., 6:332; 7:373; 9:348-49; builds addition to Mount Vernon, 9:349; 10:20; legal matter, 10:249; letters from: to GW, 9:348-50

Lansdowne, George Granville, Baron, 7:346

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

La Péronie, William, 1:236; 2:40; 3:442; 8:451; appointments and assignments, 1:98, 126, 134, 139, 150, 193, 204, 207, 208, 326; 2:39, 45, 261; commended, 1:113, 126, 191, 192, 209; id., 1:115; and capitulation of Fort Necessity, 1:160, 163, 164, 191; requests compensation, 1:189-90; death of, 1:336, 339, 342; 2:302; and deserter, 2:189; and John Johnson, 2:300; letters from: to GW, 1:203-5

"Larboratory--or School of Arts," 7:448, 473

Lardner & Baratty (Barraty), 6:247-49, 396, 403; 7:25, 30, 292-93, 354, 421; 8:48-49, 132, 399

Lare (Leary), Edward, 3:253, 258

Larew, Isaac, 5:342; 8:436, 540; 9:168-69, 170; 10:2

L'Argeau, ----, 9:6, 8

La Roche Guilhem, Mlle de, 6:294, 296

La Saussaye, Douville de, 4:200, 215, 217

Lathrum, Stephen, 4:332

Latin, Thomas, 4:49

Latin dictionary in four parts (Littleton), 6:300

Laubinger (Lawbinger), Michael, 4:62. See also Louwinger, George Michael

Laubinger's (Lawbinger's) ordinary, 4:62

Laughrey, James, 6:63, 91-93, 105

Laurel Hill (Laurel Ridge, Laurel Mountain; Pennsylvania), 5:267; 6:30, 99, 103-4

Laurie (Lowrie), James, 8:147, 148; treats slaves, 6:390; accounts with, 6:417; 7:1, 2, 7, 105, 185, 351; treats Martha Washington, 6:420; and racing, 7:110-11; death of, 8:321; drunk, 8:322

Lavender, Michael, 4:425

Lawrason, James, 10:338, 339

Lawrence, Charles, 7:357; 8:102; id., 6:318, 337; clothing from, 6:335, 397, 461, 464; 7:28, 81, 201-2, 204, 267, 294, 321-23, 328, 341, 356; 8:8, 14, 49, 133; complaints about, 8:502; letters to: from GW, 6:458-59; 7:201-2, 266-67, 321-23, 341; 8:8, 98-99

Lawrence, Daniel, 10:219

Lawrence and Jane (ship), 6:332, 336

Laws of Nations, 9:344, 345

Lawson, Gavin, 7:483, 490

Lawson, John, 8:293

Lawson, John (lieutenant): recommended by Landon Carter, 2:319-20; id., 2:320; 3:456; appointments and assignments, 3:428, 447, 455; 4:205, 206, 432; 5:220, 221; pay for, 5:215, 249; illness of, 5:363, 370; address to GW, 6:178-81; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22

Lawson, Matthew, 8:424

Lawson, Thomas (Landon Carter's overseer), 2:320

Lawson, Thomas (manager of iron furnace), 8:42; 9:225; accounts with, 7:4, 106; 8:51, 141, 556; 10:353; id., 7:9; 8:438; sells iron, 7:48-49; manager of Neabsco furnace, 8:413; GW buys watch from, 8:437; and John Price Posey, 8:470, 471, 472; and bloomery, 10:284; letters from: to GW, 7:48-49

Lawson, William, 2:320

Laybrook (Lybrook, Librough), Palser (Balser), 10:152

Laybrook (Lybrook, Librough), Philip, 10:152

Layton's ferry, 6:199; 7:209, 212

Lea, Philip, 6:284, 297

Leak, John, 4:347

Leake, Richard. See Lake, Richard

Leake, Robert, 2:32, 71

Leake, William, 6:481-82

Lear, John, 4:42

Lear, Tobias, 8:72

Leary, Edward. See Lare, Edward

Le Boeuf Creek (Pennsylvania), 1:326

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

Le Comte, Louis Daniel, 6:287

Lee, Ann Fairfax Washington, 6:199, 418; 7:6, 172-73, 433; 8:225; 9:353, 354. See also Washington, Ann Fairfax

Lee, Arthur, 7:224, 416; 8:63, 64, 79, 152-53, 199, 295, 322; 10:365; letters from: to GW, 8:498-99

Lee, Charles, 10:190, 220, 221; his pamphlet, 10:189; his plan for organization of troops, 10:243-44, 275; debt to GW, 10:353

Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 5:265, 288, 315, 316; 6:372; 7:219-22, 224, 416, 512; 8:63, 153, 569, 571; 10:99-100

Lee, George, 1:229, 231, 270; 7:433; and division of slaves, 1:227-31; 7:172; id., 1:227-31; 6:199; and lease of Mount Vernon, 1:232, 233, 234; 6:198, 199, 416, 418; 7:4, 9, 106; and Lawrence Washington's estate, 3:351, 352, 437, 438; 4:195, 198, 365; marriage of, 6:416; land surveyed in his name, 8:568; and his estate, 9:353, 354

Lee, Hancock (1709-1762), 7:173

Lee, Hancock (1740-1819), 9:125-26

Lee, Hannah Philippa Ludwell, 8:295

Lee, Henry (1729-1787; of Leesylvania), 3:117; 8:138; id., 1:34; 2:88; 3:100; 5:185; 7:158; and Prince William militia, 2:252; 3:68, 99, 267; 4:236, 237; 5:229, 230; election challenged, 3:97; council of war, 3:129-31; charters ship for tobacco, 7:157, 163; and Dismal Swamp Company, 7:271; accounts with, 7:434, 495, 496; and the Savage affair, 7:502, 506, 513; 8:110-11; elected burgess, 8:569, 571; and meeting at Raleigh Tavern, 10:99-100; letters from: to GW, 4:272; 7:502-6; letters to: from GW, 2:87-88; 3:28; 4:222-23, 257-58, 275-76; 5:184-85; from John Blair, 5:185

Lee, Henry ("Light Horse Harry"), 2:88

Lee, Henry (surveyor), 1:10

Lee, John (captain), 8:82

Lee, John (colonel; d. 1767), 8:83; 9:35

Lee, John (of 44th Regiment), 1:296

Lee, John, Jr. (of Essex), 8:83

Lee, John (soldier), 1:221

Lee, Lucy Grymes, 7:496

Lee, Mary Smith Ball, 8:82, 83, 103

Lee, Nathaniel, 6:285, 297

Lee, Philip (of Maryland), 1:280

Lee, Philip Ludwell, 3:32; 7:209; 9:353, 354; and Ohio Company, 1:59; and recruiting, 4:58, 100; id., 4:101-2; 5:154; 7:212; 8:571; on council, 4:124, 125-26; recommends French Mason, 5:153; casts illegal votes, 8:569; and soldiers' bounty lands, 9:121; town laid out on his land, 9:340; death of, 10:271

Lee, Philip Richard Francis, 10:35, 78, 215, 346; letters to: from GW, 10:35-36

Lee, Philip Thomas, 8:63, 64

Lee, Richard, 1:59; 7:479

Lee, Richard (Squire; of Lee Hall): election, 5:288; 8:569; carries money, 7:299; account with, 8:221; and Samuel Washington, 8:521; at Mount Vernon, 8:223; id., 8:487, 571; 9:505; 10:27; his difficulties collecting duties, 10:26; confused with Richard Lee of Maryland, 10:197; and second Virginia Convention, 10:308

Lee, Richard (Squire; of Maryland), 9:503, 505; 10:35, 42, 194, 197

Lee, Richard Henry, 7:336; 8:486; 9:183; 10:42; elected to House of Burgesses, 5:288; 8:569; and George Lee, 7:106; 9:354; and Mount Vernon rent, 7:106; and Mississippi Company, 7:219-22, 224, 416, 512; 8:63, 153; id., 7:224; 8:571; and Potomac navigation, 8:289, 294; and the Association, 8:354; account with, 10:41; delegate to Continental Congress, 10:174, 000, 000; acts as justice on ship, 10:148; GW lends money to, 10:160; sends cherry grafts to GW, 10:301; delegate to Virginia Convention, 10:309; accompanies GW to Philadelphia, 10:358; letters from: to GW, 9:353-54; letters to: from GW, 9:354; 10:150-51

Lee, Robert (ship captain), 4:99

Lee, Thomas, 1:45, 58, 59; 4:101; 5:265; 7:224; 8:547

Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 5:288; 7:219-22, 223, 224, 416, 512; 8:63, 153; 10:140, 141

Lee, William, 7:219-22, 224, 250, 416, 512; 8:63-64, 83, 152, 153; letters from: to GW, 8:294-95, 299-300

Lee (Leigh), John (soldier), 3:239, 241

Leeds (ship), 7:392; 8:17

Leed's Castle (England), 1:39; 5:70; 8:190

Leedstown, 7:219, 223

Lee Hall, 5:288; 9:505

Leesburg, 3:69; 6:458; 7:8; 8:263; 10:29

Leesylvania, 1:34; 3:100; 4:237; 7:158; 8:138

Leet, Daniel, 9:330, 331; 10:93

Leeward Islands, 6:212

Legg, Leaver, 6:335, 337, 394; 7:294, 422; 8:49, 133, 399, 560

Legge (Legg) Julian: letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:155

Leghorn, Italy, 7:277

Lehman & Smith, 10:371

Leitch, Andrew, 8:453; 10:316, 319, 369

Leitch & Stewart, 10:317

Leith, John, 5:340

Lemart, Lewis, 9:167, 505

Lemen (Lemon), James, 2:94, 130, 256; 3:338, 340, 374, 375, 430; 5:334

Lemen (Lemon), John, 5:339

Lemen (Lemon), Nicholas, 5:341

Lemen (Lemon), Robert, 5:342

Lemen (Lemon), Thomas, 2:193; 3:266; 5:334; military career, 2:94, 107, 108, 195; 3:73-74, 77-78, 335; id., 3:18, 336; 5:334, 343; and GW's election, 5:333, 343; letters to: from GW, 2:100-101, 109

Lemen's ordinary, 3:338, 340

Le Mercier, François, 1:85, 163

Lemley (Lumley), Johannes (John), 4:425

Lenear, Clement, 4:42

Leopold I, grand duke of Tuscany, 7:365-66

L'Epreuve (ship), 6:196-97

Le Roy, Abraham, 1:334, 335

Lesley, James, 4:42

Leslie, Matthew, 1:275

Lester, Thomas, 8:146

L'Estrange, Roger, 6:284, 296; 7:344

Lett (slave; John Posey's), 8:34

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, 8:192, 194; 10:337

Letters of wit, politicks, and morality, 6:287

Letters writ by a Turkish spy, 6:290, 293, 297-98

A Letter to the Clergy of New York and New Jersey, 9:24, 25

Leuthen, Poland, 5:99

Levern & Stuart (Savern & Stuart), 7:181, 207, 391

Levingston, James. See Livingston, James

Levisa River, 10:71

Lewey (slave; Anthony Bacon's and Fielding Lewis's), 7:315

Lewis, ---- (1): his plantation, 7:169, 171

Lewis, ---- (2): buys bill of exchange, 7:261

Lewis, Andrew, 1:134, 141, 144, 154, 207, 210; 2:47, 57, 112, 138, 161, 198, 211, 223-24, 272, 273, 299, 301, 336; 3:134, 228, 295, 361, 455; 4:17, 103, 122, 255, 274, 297-98, 325, 326, 329, 358; 5:15, 90, 230; 8:451; 9:483; 10:1; id., 1:139-40; and construction of road, 1:143; and capitulation of Fort Necessity, 1:156, 162; movements of, 1:206, 207, 223; 2:58, 76, 77, 90, 105, 107, 113; 4:132, 190, 191, 354, 361; 5:195, 197, 273, 279, 364, 383; 7:51, 56; commissions and appointments, 1:208; 2:7, 40, 119, 122, 124, 136, 147, 173, 286; 4:328, 362; 5:63, 91, 135, 140, 328; 6:470; 7:35, 52, 121; commended, 1:209; accounts of, 1:222; 4:357; and Peter Hog, 2:17, 29, 59; 3:194; 5:114, 115; company of, 2:18, 19, 44, 113, 142, 177, 189; 3:133, 135, 203, 256, 269, 275-76, 313; 4:155, 277, 345, 346, 351, 392, 394-95, 406-7; 5:6, 15, 67, 124, 135, 161, 251, 258, 286, 290; 6:46-47, 146; and Sandy Creek expedition, 2:18, 214, 216, 235, 236, 278, 280, 299, 302, 319, 330, 334, 343; 3:110; 5:277; and supplies, 2:23, 110, 186, 187, 220, 300; 4:313, 397, 407; 5:285, 389; orders to, 2:25, 119; 3:44; 4:7, 77, 102, 105, 178, 184-85, 193, 241, 247, 248, 265, 268, 287, 303-4, 326, 345, 350-51, 360, 369; 7:57; orders from, 2:118; 4:395; and pay, 2:189-90; builds forts, 2:190; 3:42, 43, 388; 10:305; wounded, 2:221; and court of inquiry, 2:231, 232; and Indians, 3:56, 59, 66, 318, 388, 391, 401, 405, 406, 426, 428, 430; 4:5, 8, 25, 52, 105, 119-20, 124, 132, 139, 142, 144, 169, 194, 197, 199, 225, 229; 5:161; and Augusta militia, 3:233; 4:4, 8, 25, 30, 222, 394; illness of, 3:434; memoranda concerning, 4:272-73, 286-87; returns of, 5:4, 5, 66; 6:7; and rangers, 5:21, 91, 115; and Alexander Boyd, 5:68; military service, 5:85, 189, 300, 390, 456; and recruiting, 5:134; troops under, 5:135; captivity of, 5:161; 6:40, 46, 52, 53, 96, 101, 102, 127, 181, 470; admonished by GW, 5:189; prisoner escapes from, 5:213; appraises wagons, 5:246; and Indian garb for troops, 5:259, 278, 279; and dispute between John St. Clair and Adam Stephen, 5:455; and James Grant's defeat, 6:38-39, 41-42, 44; reported killed, 6:39, 40; and Indian war in South Carolina, 6:412; called Paddy, 6:413; 7:36; and Robert Stobo, 6:468; and Robert Stewart, 6:470; and petition to king, 7:117-19; and Pontiac's War, 7:237; and Hot Springs scheme, 8:54; as Indian commissioner, 8:276, 308; and bounty lands, 8:277, 451, 521, 540; 9:116, 122, 128-31, 144, 359, 361, 364, 366, 392, 482, 500, 505, 510, 511; 10:39, 311; and William Crawford as surveyor, 8:279; 9:481, 482; sent to protect frontier, 8:452; petitions for Greenbrier Company, 9:503; family of, 9:512; 10:164; moves home to Richfield, 9:515; and Dunmore's War, 10:44, 164, 169, 183, 246; and Transylvania Company, 10:247; letters from: to GW, 2:80; 3:445-46; 4:132, 392-96; 6:101-2; 8:307-9; 9:512-16; to Raymond Demeré, 3:371-72; to Robert Dinwiddie, 4:367; to William Preston, 5:21; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:223; 3:371; 4:26-27, 54, 73, 395; 5:21; from GW, 2:19-20, 20, 23-24, 86-87, 140-41, 235; 4:178, 179, 221-22, 277-78, 346-48; 5:134-35, 146-47, 188-89, 193-94; 8:281; 10:310-11; from George Mercer, 2:81, 123-24; from William Withers, 4:393-94

Lewis, Andrew, Jr.: letters to: from GW, 10:315

Lewis, Ann (Nancy) Alexander, 8:244-45

Lewis, Benjamin, 3:142

Lewis, Betty Washington, 1:337; 4:108; 9:397; residence of, 1:269; family of, 1:333; 8:244, 528; 9:228; id., 2:352; ship named for, 7:285; GW spends Christmas with, 8:270; Jane Boucher visits, 8:365

Lewis, Charles (captain), 2:41, 207, 211, 234; 3:72, 76, 77-79, 95, 152-53, 447; 4:136, 182; 5:206, 244; id., 1:358; 4:418; 5:39; commissions and assignments, 2:14, 40, 42, 86, 136, 261, 288; 3:198; 4:155, 166; company of, 2:77, 86, 307, 332; 3:212, 252, 253, 258, 263, 429; 4:77; 5:179; 6:103; his journal, 2:78-79; describes Indian massacre, 2:137; at Ashby's fort, 2:288; and court of inquiry, 2:289, 297; orders to, 3:191, 253; letters from: to GW, 1:357-58; 2:296-97; 4:18-22, 151, 418; 5:38-39; letters to: from GW, 1:364; 2:297-98; 3:198-99; from William Taliaferro, 4:419

Lewis, Charles (of Albemarle County), 10:350

Lewis, Charles (of Augusta County), 3:134; 9:490

Lewis, Charles (of The Byrd), 6:475, 476

Lewis, Charles (son of Fielding Lewis), 8:527, 528; 9:227, 228, 229; 10:318

Lewis, David, Jr., 4:3; letters to: from GW, 3:438-39

Lewis, David (wagoner), 10:195

Lewis, Eleanor Bowles Gooch, 10:355

Lewis, Fielding, 1:218, 269, 333, 337, 357, 358; 3:95, 198; 4:284, 418, 431; 5:214, 334; 7:171, 208, 262, 276, 410, 441, 469; 8:64, 78, 96, 170, 364, 430, 531, 532; 9:48, 231, 243, 390, 479; 10:36, 151, 177, 279, 333; survey for, 1:31, 36; and purchase of slaves for GW, 2:276; and GW's tobacco, 2:277; 4:133, 284; reports on Indians, 2:351; id., 2:352; and Gentlemen Associators, 3:109; and goods for GW, 4:39, 269, 284, 430; 5:435; 6:473; 7:105, 140, 331; as GW's agent, 4:133, 380; 5:206; 6:331; 9:33, 36, 73, 79, 82, 126-27, 132, 192, 202, 219, 227, 232, 242; 10:80, 210, 345, 355; and Strother estate, 5:79, 80; 7:308; 8:84; and bills of exchange, 5:106, 112, 113; 6:319; 7:299, 305; 9:224; accounts with, 5:244; 6:430; 7:229, 261, 298, 369, 418, 438, 477, 499, 500; 8:83, 140, 169, 192, 195, 266, 268, 453; 9:58, 225-26, 230; 10:76, 78; and GW's election, 5:263, 343; and House of Burgesses, 5:308, 309; 7:44; family of, 5:436; 8:528; 9:228; and ironworks, 6:457, 458; GW buys lots from, 7:4, 9-10; 8:258; sells slaves, 7:106, 110; 8:112; GW orders chariot for, 7:119-20, 230; and Dismal Swamp Company, 7:209, 211, 269-70, 271-72, 274-75, 298, 315, 342, 496, 496; 8:51, 454; and Walter Magowan, 7:235, 236; sells rum, 7:262; attorney for Anthony Bacon, 7:271, 315; borrows money, 7:280, 285; his ship, 7:285; and James Wright's land, 7:342, 440; shingles for, 7:417; and Marmaduke Norfleet's land, 7:436-37; 8:51, 53, 137, 141, 266; 9:134; and Hot Springs scheme, 8:51-52, 53-54, 433; trustee of George Carter estate, 8:55; lends GW money, 8:191; and Custis estate, 8:203, 456, 458; land in Frederick County, 8:244; GW visits, 8:270, 330; visits GW, 8:303; Jane Boucher visits, 8:365; medical expenses, 8:376, 454; criticized, 8:545; and sale of Ferry Farm, 9:150; 10:10, 27-28; carries money, 10:75, 193; and George William Fairfax's affairs, 10:98, 100, 101; and Philip Mazzei, 10:178, 179; scythes bought for, 10:221; and Spotsylvania committee, 10:297; and plasterer and painter for Kenmore, 10:343, 366; and Mary Washington, 10:347, 348; and appraisal of livestock at Ferry Farm, 10:349; memorandum of moneys to pay and receive, 10:350-54; power of attorney to pay GW's debts, 10:352; letters from: to GW, 4:107-8; 5:206, 244; 8:245-46; 9:149-50, 229-30, 235, 267-69; 10:297, 343-44 letters to: from GW, 9:221-26

Lewis, Fielding, Jr., 8:246; letters from: to GW, 8:244-45

Lewis, Freeman, 1:126

Lewis, George, (of Loudoun County), 9:36

Lewis, George (soldier), 4:391

Lewis, George (son of Fielding Lewis), 8:527, 528; 9:227-29; 10:318

Lewis, Henry, 4:41

Lewis, Jacob, 6:145, 146

Lewis, Jane Strother, 8:78

Lewis, John (of Augusta County), 3:434

Lewis, John (ship captain), 7:21, 151, 200, 239, 316

Lewis, John (son of Fielding Lewis), 7:9, 10, 437

Lewis, John (son of Zachary Lewis), 3:142

Lewis, Johnston, 4:42

Lewis, Joshua, 2:232, 243, 289; 3:352; 4:60, 136, 230, 231, 232; 5:2, 5; promoted to captain, 2:40, 42; company of, 2:45, 49, 64, 116, 213, 261; 3:156, 212, 251, 253, 258, 263, 341, 429; 4:77, 93-95, 156, 201, 277, 346, 364, 409; 5:37-38, 66, 67, 103, 104, 124, 144, 159, 161, 181, 190, 201, 271, 394; 6:5, 96, 137; id., 2:48-49; military service, 2:54, 152, 243; 3:224, 225; 4:60, 128, 130, 153, 155, 166, 190, 345, 349, 432; 5:2, 130; resignation of, 2:117; 3:43; 5:129, 130, 180, 204, 216; pay of, 2:191; scouting mission, 2:306; ambitions of, 2:327; and officers' uniforms, 4:97; supplies for, 4:340; and Indians, 4:403; 5:9, 10, 12, 13, 21; and complaints about soldiers, 5:37-38; letters from: to GW, 4:363; letters to: from GW, 2:48-49, 191-92; 4:179-83, 362-63, 363-64; 5:28, 38; from George Mercer, 3:227

Lewis, Lucy Taliaferro, 4:419

Lewis, Meriwether, 10:350

Lewis, Nathan, 3:18, 75-80, 84, 103, 105-6, 154, 158, 172

Lewis, Robert, 1:313; 8:431

Lewis, Samuel, 9:148, 418, 511-13, 515; 10:164, 197, 280, 310-11

Lewis, Sarah, 6:330

Lewis, Thomas (d. 1749), 6:330

Lewis, Thomas, Sr. (d. 1771), 6:330; 7:380; 8:145, 149

Lewis, Thomas (of Augusta County), 10:307, 308; and Strother estate, 5:80; 8:77-78, 84; and Hot Springs scheme, 8:54; id., 8:149; 9:483; as county surveyor, 8:279; 9:418; and William Crawford, 9:483, 487; 10:1; and GW's bounty lands, 10:36, 40, 48, 53-54, 55, 93, 310, 343; letters from: to GW, 10:18; to Virginia delegates, 10:000; letters to: from GW, 9:481-83; 10:46-48; from Virginia delegates, 10:000

Lewis, Thomas (of Fairfax County), 10:128

Lewis, Thomas (of Loudoun County), 8:145, 146, 149

Lewis, Thomas (son of S.), 8:145, 146, 149

Lewis, Thomas (son of Thomas Lewis, Sr.), 8:149

Lewis, Vincent, 8:253-54

Lewis, Waller, 3:142

Lewis, Warner, 1:364; 2:2; 3:198; 10:225; id., 1:358, 359; 3:95; 5:166; and Gentlemen Associators, 3:94, 170; and Custis estate, 6:259; 8:456, 459, 530; 9:368, 369; and bill of exchange, 7:253; family of, 8:64; 10:355; GW visits, 8:193; account with, 9:221, 224, 225, 226, 229; 10:353; letters from: to GW, 1:358-59; 5:166, 166-67; letters to: from GW, 1:360-63; 10:355

Lewis, Warner, Jr., 8:31, 63, 64, 153

Lewis, Warner (son of Fielding Lewis), 1:333

Lewis, William, 4:347; 6:329, 330

Lewis, Zachary, Jr., 3:137, 148; letters to: from GW, 3:142

Lewis, Zachary, Sr. (1702-1765), 3:142; 5:308, 309

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

Lewis (slave; Home farm), 7:313, 376, 443, 515; 8:479; 9:54, 238; 10:137

Lewis (slave; Sarah Alexander's), 7:305

Lewis (slave; tradesman), 8:104, 220, 356

Leybourn, William, 1:3

Liberty (ship), 8:86, 89, 299, 300, 371, 397-400, 503; 9:165; 10:286

Lick Run, 1:29

Lienard de Beaujeu, Daniel Hyacinthe Marie, 2:337

The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 6:287

The life of Mr. Thomas Firmin, 6:291

Lightfoot, ----: and Bernard Moore's debt, 8:429

Lightfoot, Armistead, 8:430

Lightfoot, Philip, 8:430

Lightfoot, William (of Culpeper County), 4:248; letters to: from GW, 4:262

Lightfoot, William (of York County), 8:430

Ligneris, François-Marie Le Marchand, sieur de, 4:215, 217; letters from: to Henry Bouquet, 6:53

Ligonier, Sir John, 5:69, 70

Lilburn, Francis, 5:339

Lilly, Thomas, 8:50, 52

Limekilns (Scotland), 7:358

Lindo, Elias, 10:203, 204

Lindors, ----: account with, 8:24

Lindsay, Andrew, 6:246

Lindsay (Lindsey), ----: and GW's horses, 5:452; 6:4

Lindsay (Lindsey), Edmund, 5:334

Lindsay (Lindsey), James, 5:337, 453

Lindsay (Lindsey), John, 1:27, 30, 36; 4:424, 426; 5:7-8, 11, 343, 452, 453; 6:4, 75

Lindsay (Lindsey), Robert, 1:23; 8:21, 22, 145

Lindsey, Thomas, 1:28

Linn, ----: member of court-martial, 2:53

Linn, William, 2:54

Linton, ----: and iron for GW, 5:299

Linton (Lynton), William, 7:362, 384, 428-29, 478, 479; 8:248

Linton's tavern, 7:479

Lisle, Edward, 6:333, 337; 7:344, 348

Lithgow, John, 8:258

Little, Thomas, 4:42

Little, William (of Frederick County), 7:414, 415, 438, 440

Little Cacapon River, 1:10, 45; 3:120, 137

Little Carpenter (Attakullaculla; Indian): and his warriors, 5:115, 210, 304-5; 6:72, 145-46; saluted, 6:103; and John Forbes, 6:104, 160; misconduct of, 6:146, 159, 163; delivers speech, 7:56, 57; GW's comments on, 7:56

Littledale, Isaac, 6:442

Little England (plantation), 1:282, 284; 10:210

Little Falls of the Potomac, 8:139, 290

Little Falls quarter, 8:522; 9:14, 112, 138; 10:348-49

Little Ferry, 7:219

Little Hunting Creek, 1:7

Littlejohn, Marcellus, 7:383; 8:147

Little Meadows (Maryland), 1:325; 5:358

Littlepage, ----: and Custis estate, 6:253

Littlepage, James, 4:276, 389

Littlepage's warehouse, 9:257

Littler, Mary Ross, 1:263

Littler, Samuel, 5:338

Littleton, Adam, 6:300

Littleton, Farrell, 7:319, 320; 8:121, 122

Little Warm Springs. See Hot Springs

The lively oracles, 6:296; 7:347

Liverpool (ship), 7:97

The lives of the twelve Caesars, 6:288; 7:347

Livings, Thomas, 3:98

Livingston, George, 3:53

Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 10:240

Livingston, Philip, 10:240

Livingston (Levingston), James (adjutant), 2:325; 3:312; 4:34, 37, 40, 66, 200; 5:8; as fort major and adjutant, 2:41, 201, 214; 3:118, 163, 428; 4:429; 5:10, 348; id., 2:139-40, 326; 5:71, 322; to investigate deserters, 2:227; orders to, 2:310; 3:157, 281, 301, 383; 4:24; and marquee for GW, 3:160; and General Braddock's bedstead, 3:161; to read articles of war, 3:212; dispute with Robert Rutherford, 3:230; and alarm at Fort Cumberland, 4:218, 219, 221, 244; confers with Loudoun, 5:71; praises Virginia Regiment, 5:71; and extra rations, 5:321, 325; letters from: to GW, 4:213-15

Livy, 8:120, 121, 417

Lloyd, ----: carries letters, 10:337

Lloyd, Edward, III, 1:154

Lloyd, John, 4:43

Lloyd, Joseph, 1:145

Lloyd, Thomas (of Pennsylvania), 6:92, 118; and St. Clair-Stephen dispute, 5:454; at Loyalhanna, 5:456; appointments, 6:89, 98, 104, 116, 150, 153; id., 6:90; and guards reports, 6:98, 102-3, 104; and bounty lands, 10:337; letters from: to John Stanwix, 6:346, 346-47

Lobb, Theophilus, 6:287

Lochmiller, George, 5:340

Lock, Robert, 1:317, 319

Locke, John, 6:291, 400; 9:344, 345

Lockhart, Archibald, 4:390

Lockheart, Andrew, 3:185, 206, 239

Lodwick, William, 6:390

Loffman, Edward, 4:42

Loffman, John, 4:42

Loftin, Thomas, 1:26, 28, 36

Loftin, William, 1:28

Logan, Thomas, 9:208, 225, 226, 252, 253

Logan, William, 2:309

Logan (Indian), 10:53, 91

Logstown (on Ohio River), 1:59, 60, 61; 4:124, 197

Loimologia; or, an historical account of the plague in London, 6:293

Lomax, John, 8:556

Lomax, John Edward, 2:211; 3:18, 71-75, 77-79, 152-53, 341, 342, 373; 4:207, 231, 329, 346; appointments and assignments, 2:14, 40, 42, 76, 86, 261; 3:153, 157, 252; 4:179-80, 358, 407; id., 2:77; relieved, 2:265, 287, 289, 311, 313; and theft of stores, 3:211; military service, 3:429; 4:166, 182, 205, 206, 432; 5:135; court-martialed, 4:208; pay stoppages from his company, 4:357; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22; 5:14-15

Lomax, Lunsford, 2:276, 277; 3:56, 58

"Londn Vocabularry," 7:300, 302

London, bishop of, 4:9, 26, 336; 7:60, 451; 8:72; letters to: from Truro Parish vestry, 7:429

London (slave), 7:173

London (slave; blacksmith), 6:428; 7:45, 139

London (slave; Dogue Run), 7:228, 313, 366

London (slave; Home farm), 9:35, 36, 54, 55, 185, 186, 291, 293

The London practice of physick, 6:288

The London spy, 6:292; 7:344

Lonem, John, 1:12, 22, 34

Long, James, 5:383-84, 385, 388

Long, Solomon, 4:390

Long (Large, Big) Island of Holston River, 7:57

Longacres, Andrew, 5:339

Longdon, Ralph, 10:80

Longdon, Robert, 9:122, 145

Longdon, Thomas, 4:191

Longdon (Longden), Abel, 8:441, 442

Longman, ----: his land, 6:456

Long Marsh, 9:169

Long Meadows (Maryland), 3:210

Long roll, 3:353

Longueuil, Charles Le Moyne, second baron de, 1:56

Longworth (Langsworth), Samuel, 3:252, 256, 306-7; 4:389

Loo (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:588

Looney (Luney), Peter, 3:260-61

Looney's (Luney's) ferry, 4:7, 431

Lord, Mary, 10:194

Lord Baltimore (ship), 8:52, 85

Lord Cambden (ship), 4:98; 7:470; 8:11, 44-50, 94, 130-36

Lorraine, Claude, 5:51

Lost Mountain, 9:505

Lost River, 1:10

Louden, Thomas, 5:336

Loudoun, John Campbell, fourth earl of, 1:282; 2:71, 116; 3:57, 88, 109, 168, 248, 260, 287, 353, 393, 397; 4:14-15, 26, 27, 29, 57, 71, 99, 116, 119, 267, 268, 279, 365; 5:34, 41, 55, 62-63, 100, 102, 103, 126; as commander in chief, 1:357; 3:56, 104, 116, 126, 166; 4:29; 5:17; named governor of Virginia, 3:44; aid sought by Virginia, 3:102-3; and GW, 3:110, 126, 180, 181, 347, 385, 436; 4:64-65, 68, 105-6, 111, 124, 132; and Robert Stewart, 3:181; 5:47, 59, 137; 7:161, 281; movements of, 3:261, 288, 360, 386, 405; 5:190; and proposed expedition against French, 3:261, 317, 361; and enlistment of servants, 3:319, 404; and Fort Cumberland, 3:359, 366, 388, 440-41, 443, 449-50; 4:51, 53, 72, 74, 99, 345; and fall of Oswego, 3:385; and Virginia-Centinel No. X, 3:410; and Royal American Regiment, 3:424; 4:55, 58, 159, 161; and Virginia troops, 3:425, 427; 4:19, 104-5, 114-15, 120-21, 127-28, 130, 131-32, 146, 168, 255, 303; 5:25, 42-43, 92; and northern campaigns, 4:101, 177, 178, 227, 251-52, 298, 301-2, 312, 323, 367, 415-16; 5:16, 18; and conference of governors, 4:107, 125, 126, 160; 5:36, 98; and John Hall, 4:150, 177; 5:94; and Edmond Atkin, 4:156, 309; 5:177; and allowance of batmen, 4:176, 193, 254; and British establishment for Virginia troops, 4:303; and William Henry Fairfax, 4:310, 364; 5:70-71; 6:19; and Christopher Gist, 4:319; and South Carolina regiment, 4:373; recalled, 4:416; 5:19, 98, 104, 118; orders of, 5:18, 36; rumors of return, 5:18; criticism of, 5:19; and Indians, 5:22, 90, 114, 139; and plan of operations, 5:43; and John Young, 5:92; and Fort Duquesne, 5:99; and John Smith's scheme, 5:99, 104; letters to: from GW, 2:3; 3:293-94; 4:79-93; from Officers of Virginia Regiment, 3:364; from Robert Dinwiddie, 3:444; 4:53-54, 107; from Henry Bouquet, 4:46

Loudoun County, 3:69; 5:316; id., 7:8; GW's land in, 7:279, 313, 350, 377, 516; 8:55, 283, 284; 9:431; county seat of, 8:263; court meetings in, 8:263; petitions from, 9:453; 10:62; surveyor of, 10:29; orders gunpowder, 10:265; elects county committee, 10:267

Louisa Company, 10:312

Louisa County, 3:55, 127, 137, 145, 150

Louisa River, 10:70, 71

Louisburg (Cape Breton Island), 4:101, 178; 5:437; campaign against, 5:18, 19, 71, 128, 174; capture of, 5:128-29, 301-2, 304, 405, 406, 410, 412-13, 426, 427, 429, 431, 435, 438, 446, 455; 6:42, 43; id., 5:436

Louisville, Ky., 9:251

Louis XV, 5:18; 7:99

Louwinger, George Michael, 5:339. See also Laubinger, Michael

Love, Philip, 6:119

Lovell, Thomas, 3:118

The lover's watch, 6:294; 7:348

Lovet, Josiah, 4:405

Lovett, ----: sells GW supplies, 6:480-81

Lovett, Thomas, 3:118

Low, James (soldier), 3:185

Low (Lou), James (servant), 10:134, 136

Lowe, ---- (Mrs.), 10:105, 106

Lowe, Samuel, 7:294, 295

Lower Cedar Point, 7:428

Lower Church. See Pohick Church

Lower Counties of Delaware. See individual volumes

Lower Marlboro, Md., 2:277; 7:65

Lower Shawnee Town (on Ohio River), 1:69; 2:293

Lowery, James, 6:47

Lowes, James (ship captain), 7:310, 311

Lowndes, Christopher, 7:177; 9:38, 39

Lowry, Thomas, 10:198, 205-6, 208, 250, 251; letters from: to Francis Willis, Jr., 10:199; to GW, 10:199, 206

Lowry, William (soldier), 9:122, 146

Lowry (Loury), John, 2:43; 3:25-26, 38-39, 76, 77-79, 152-53; appointments and assignments, 2:14, 15, 40, 42, 119, 136, 260; 3:227, 252, 429, 454; 4:65, 67, 77, 166; id., 2:25; 3:191; enlists soldiers, 2:64; desires to resign, 2:233; leave for, 4:72

Loxham, ---- (captain), 7:1, 6, 105

Loxham, Edward, 6:396, 403

Loxham, William, 1:218, 219

Loxham, William & Edward, 8:562

Loyal Company, 9:503

Loyalhanna (Pennsylvania), 1:125; 5:395, 404, 406; 6:78; encampment at, 5:365, 386; id., 5:368; skirmishes at, 5:368; 6:30, 78, 85, 121-23; forced march from, 5:386; 6:70; as depot, 5:429, 441; distances from, 5:433; fort at, 5:439; 6:137, 346; road from, 6:3; troops at, 6:7, 32, 80, 117-18, 127-28; GW at, 6:30; John Forbes arrives at, 6:101; council of war at, 6:119-20; Indians at, 6:146. See also Fort Ligonier

Loyalhanna Creek (Pennsylvania), 1:125; 6:16

Loyd, Henry, 5:342

Loyd, James, 5:339

Loyd, Thomas (of Fauquier County), 8:176

Lucas, ----: carries letter, 7:115

Lucas, Barton, 6:119; 7:116

Lucas, Edward, 5:338

Lucas, Theophilus, 6:294

Lucas, Thomas, 7:362, 380; 8:145, 147

Lucket, ---- (ferry keeper), 7:279

Luckett, ---- (adjutant of Maryland troops), 6:65

Luckett, ---- (captain), 8:21, 24

Luckett's ferry, 7:280

Lucretius, 6:289

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

Lucy (dower slave; Ferry farm), 8:401, 402

Lucy (dower slave; King William County), 6:218

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

Lucy (slave; Dogue Run), 7:45, 139, 228, 313, 377, 443; 8:356, 479; 9:55, 238; 10:137

Lucy (slave; Ferry farm), 8:480; 9:238; 10:137, 138

Lucy (slave; Ferry farm, 1), 8:479; 9:54

Lucy (slave; Ferry farm, 2), 8:479; 9:54

Lucy (slave; house servant), 9:238; 10:138

Lucy (slave; King William County), 6:225

Lucy (slave; Mill farm), 7:377, 443, 516; 8:104, 221, 356

Lucy (slave; River farm), 8:221, 357

Lucy (slave; York County), 6:229

Ludlow, James, 9:122, 146, 363

Ludwell, Philip, 4:27; and Virginia Council, 1:57; id., 1:71, 357; 3:105; 7:39; and Winchester council, 1:106; medal for, 1:121; and Lord Loudoun, 3:103, 180, 294, 295, 348; poor health of, 7:37; his racehorse, 8:42; family of, 8:295; letters from: to GW, 1:356-57

Luke, John, 10:104; letters from: to John West, Jr., 10:63-64

Luke, Peter, 9:504, 506; 10:77, 80, 105

Lukens, John, 10:94

Lumley, John. See Lemley (Lumley), Johannes (John)

Lunan, Alexander: letters from: to GW, 4:95-96

Lunenburg County: troops from, 3:432; 4:13, 290, 368, 369, 384, 396, 405-6, 421; partitioned, 3:435; Indian depredations in, 4:141; 5:184; county lieutenant of, 5:197

Lunice (Luney's) Creek, 3:137, 246

Lunn and Lloyd (ship), 8:342, 374, 375, 433-34, 474; 9:12, 201

Lupton, Joseph, 5:335

Lupton, William, 5:337

Lusk, ----: sells blocks to GW, 6:441

Lutener, Middleton, 8:145, 147

Lux, William, & Bowly, 9:519

Lybrook, Palser. See Laybrook, Palser

Lybrook, Philip. See Laybrook, Philip

Lyde, Lyonel, 7:301, 302

Lyde, Lyonel and Samuel, 5:112, 113; 7:216, 217

Lyde & Cooper, 6:252

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

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

Lydia (slave; Home farm), 8:104, 112, 220, 356, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:138

Lydia (slave; Samuel Washington's), 7:172, 174

Lydia (slave; York County), 6:229

Lyle (Lile), James, 3:253, 258

Lynch, Patrick, 10:75

Lynch, Thomas, 9:20, 367

Lyne, William (lieutenant), 9:427

Lynn, Adam, 10:139

Lynn, Mary, 7:375

Lynn, William (ferry operator), 1:8; 2:54

Lynn's ferry, 1:8

Lynton, William. See Linton, William

Lyon, ----, 3:185

Lyon, Louis Charles, 1:212, 213, 214

Lyon, William, 6:117, 126

Lyons, J., 6:292

Lyons, Judith Bassett, 9:48

Lyons, Peter: and Custis estate, 6:253; id., 9:48; and John Gizzage Frazer, 9:201; 10:276-77, 288; John Robinson's trustee, 9:377, 378, 399, 481; and William Black, 9:386, 402, 429, 479; 10:22; and Bernard Moore, 9:481

Lyttelton, William Henry, 4:5, 125, 129, 375; 5:23, 40, 195, 197; 6:81, 82; letters to: from Raymond Demer, 3:446; 4:8, 355; from Robert Dinwiddie, 4:130; from Paul Demeré, 5:82

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