Parkinson, James: description of American live stock, 54-58; considers
     renting one of Washington's farms, 127; on Washington's tone toward
     his slaves, 202; his account of Mount Vernon and Washington's
     farming operations, 270-280.
Patterson, John, paid for carpenter work, 153.
Peaches, Washington raises, 149.
Pearce, William: letters of Washington to, 86; describes poor condition
     of the sheep, 137; letter to about Bishop, 171; manages Mount
     Vernon, 181; overseers described to, 183; letter from about the
     dead miller's family, 187; direction to about Cyrus, 209.
Perkins' Tavern, Washington stays over Sunday at, 116.
Peters, Richard: quoted regarding wolves, 56; sends plan of drill to
     Washington, 107.
Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, founded, 91.
Phillipse, Mary, Washington's alleged infatuation with, 170.
Piney Branch, turned into Dogue Run, 97.
Pitt, William, a contributor to the Annals of Agriculture,74.
Plow: Washington invents one, 94; buys a Rotheran, 99.
Poelnitz, Baron, Washington inspects threshing machine belonging to, 126.
Pohick Church, Washington a vestryman of, 100.
Poland oats, sown in experimental plot, 112.
Pond, Rev., "lame discourses" of, 116.
Poole, William, letter of regarding want of water in mill stream, 97.
Posey, Captain John: fox hunting with Washington, 256; Washington's
     relations with, 294; bankrupt and in jail, 295, 296.
Posey, Milly: member of dancing class, 248; stays at Mount Vernon, 295.
Posey, St. Lawrence, Washington helps to educate, 295.
Posey plantation, bought by Washington, 17.
Potatoes: method of growing under straw, 112; quantity raised in 1788,
     113.

Randolph, Edmund, slaves of in Pennsylvania refuse to return to
     Virginia, 216.
Redemptioners, a class of indentured servants, 166.
Richey, Matthew, Washington sells part of his western lands to, 32.

River Farm: described, 61, 62; financial return from in 1798, 287.
Robert Gary & Company: English agents of Washington, 46, 47; Washington
     falls in debt to, 48.
Roberts, William M., amusing letter of, 188.
Roosevelt, Theodore, transfers Washington papers to Library of
     Congress, 85.
Ross, Doctor, Washington asks him to buy him some white servants, 167.
Rotation of crops: how practised in America, 52; Washington's elaborate
     plans for, 120 et seq.
"Royal Gift," a jackass, his history, 138-141.
"Rules of Civility," quoted, 202.
Rumney, Dr. William, physician to Mount Vernon, 195.
Ryan, Thomas, indentured servant, bought, 167.

"Samson," a stallion, 131.
Seed: Washington anxious to have the best, 110; counts number of grains
     in a pound of several varieties, 111; obtains some from England,
     116, 117.
Serpentine drive, laid out by Washington, 154.
Shag, Will, a runaway, 203.
Shaw, William, tutor to the Custis children, 175.
Sheep: raising of not much attempted, 55; breeds of, 55; much troubled
     by wolves and dogs, 55, 56; Washington's, 135 et seq.; number lost
     in twenty months, 142; he suspects an overseer of stealing lambs,
     206; Parkinson's opinion of, 278, 279.
Siberian wheat, experiment with, 105.
Simpson, Gilbert, one of Washington's western agents, 23, 24, 29, 30,
     31.
Sinclair, Sir John: Washington corresponds with, 83, 91: helps obtain
     seeds for Washington, 117; Washington sends some American products
     to, 118.
Sixteen-sided barn, mentioned, 62.
Slaves: Washington inherits from his father, 8; some sent to the west
     to Simpson's, 23, 25; steal fruit, 156; as solution of labor
     problem, 165; detailed account of Washington's, 191-218.
Smith, Colonel, adventure with Sally Bishop, 171-174.
Smith, Thomas, Washington's attorney in case against the squatters, 32.
Spears, Thomas, indentured servant, runs away, 168.

Spotswood, Gen. Alexander,
     Washington's letter to apropos of slavery, 214.
Sprague, William B., is given some of the Washington papers, 85.
Squatters: on Washington's western land, 22, 23; delegation from meet
     Washington at Simpson's, 31; dispossessed, 32.
Stallions, list of those kept by Washington, 131.
"Steady," a stallion, 131, 284.
Stephens, Richard, his laziness, 186.
Stewart, Robert, Washington's loan to, 293.
Stuart, overseer, 183.
Sullivan, Captain, interpreter of directions regarding "Royal Gift,"
     138.
Swearingen, Captain van, accompanies Washington on mission to
     squatters, 31.
Sycamores, enormous ones measured by Washington, 22, 255.

Thackeray, William M., quoted regarding Washington, 87, 88.
Thomson, Charles, notifies Washington of his election to the
     presidency, 240.
Threshing machine: Washington experiments with, 126, 127; owns one at
     time of death, 128; Parkinson says General has two, 275; uses one
     of Booker's model, 308.
Tobacco: place of in Virginia agriculture, 42-52; Washington's
     experience with, 68; discontinues growing of, 69.
Tom, sent to West Indies, 204, 216.
Toner, J.M.: his transcripts of Washington papers, 79, 86; opinion of
     regarding inspection of Washington's flour in the West Indies, 98.
"Traveler": a stallion, 131; stud fee of, 287.
Triplett, William, constructs outbuildings, 153.
Tull, Jethro: his book on horse-hoeing abstracted by Washington, 71,
     73; some of his ideas, 75; quoted by Washington, 92.
Turkeys: Washington raises, 131, 147; wild variety mentioned, 253.

Union Farm: described, 61, 62; fishery on, 65; gully upon, 66; new
     brick barn after Young's plans built upon, 117; financial return
     from in 1798, 287.

Virginia, agriculture and life in, 37-59.
Virginia Almanac, weather record kept by Washington in, 80.

Virginia Gazette, Washington advertises escaped servants in,
     167.
Voilett, Edward, agrees to avoid stills, 169.
"Vulcan," raid of on kitchen, 260.

Waggoner Jack, sold in West Indies, 204.
Walker, Ann, daughter of John Alton, receives a bequest from Washington,
     174.
Walpole Grant, Washington interested in, 10.
Washington, Augustine, bequests of to George, 8.
Washington, Augustine, Jr., daughter of describes Martha Washington's
     activities, 234, 235.
Washington, Bushrod: accompanies Washington on western trip, 28;
     inherits Mansion House and papers, 84; fails to safeguard papers
     properly, 85; educated by his uncle, 178; asked to make inquiries
     about Mrs. Forbes, 189; assisted by his uncle, 299.
Washington, George A.: brings mahogany seeds from West Indies, 157;
     widow of marries Tobias Lear, 177; manages Mount Vernon, 179, 180;
     course of approved, 184; fox hunting, 263, 264; ill health of,
     297; aided by his uncle, 299.
Washington, Harriot, helped by her uncle, 299.
Washington, John A., manages Mount Vernon, 177, 178.
Washington, John A., inherits books and relics of Washington, 85.
Washington, John C, sells Washington papers to the nation, 85.
Washington, Lawrence: inherits Mount Vernon, 8; influence of upon
     George, 9; biography of, 10; mentioned, 76.
Washington, Lund: directed to set out trees at end of Mansion House,
     151; manages Mount Vernon during the Revolution, 179; Washington's
     generous dealings with, 187; will inform owner of delinquencies of
     Roberts, 189; opinion of Washington's charity, 230, 231; is dead,
     233; fox hunting with Washington, 256, 263; instructions to
     concerning the poor, 298.
Washington, Martha: marriage of Washington to, 12, 13; family of by
     first husband, 14; her financial affairs, 14, 15; remembers when
     there was but one coach in Virginia, 49; "broke out with the
     Meazles," 79; tradition concerning her authority over the flower
     garden, 160; Bishop threatens to tell of Colonel Smith's escapade,
     172; gives a quilt to her niece, 177; on the required work of the

     sewing servants, 199; chapter about, 219-238; keeps open house,
     239; "Vulcan" steals one of her hams, 260; Parkinson's mention of,
     274, 279, 280; her husband's care of her grandchildren, 298;
     drinks a glass of wine, 300.
Washington, Mary: death of, 33; son visits, 112; son sends money to,
     114, 298.
Washington, Samuel, financial assistance received by from General
     Washington, 299.
Washington, William: has charge of "Royal Gift" in South Carolina, 139,
     140; visits Mount Vernon, 314.
Washington, William A., George Washington buys corn from, 69, 70.
Watson, Elkanah, anecdote of visit to Mount Vernon, 244.
Weather record, kept by Washington, 77, 80.
Webster, Noah: says toast at Mount Vernon was "Success to the mud,"
     103; explains how fertility can be obtained from the air, 118,
     119; visit of mentioned, 175, 240.
Webster, William, indentured servant, runs away, 168.
Western Lands, history of Washington's, 18-36.
Wheat: how reaped and threshed, 51; Washington turns to cultivation of,
     69; Washington rolls in spring, 95; his sales of before the
     Revolution, 96, 97; grinds into flour, 97; excellent quality of
     Washington's wheat before the Revolution, 99; experiments with
     Cape of Good Hope and Siberian, 105; opinion as to proper time for
     sowing, 106; acreage in 1787, 113.
White, Alexander, pays General Lee's debt to Washington, 82.
White Chariot, history of, 303, 304.
Whiting, Anthony: writes concerning worn-out horses, 133, 134;
     instructed to cull out the unthrifty sheep, 136, 137; manager of
     Mount Vernon, 180.
"Wilderness": Washington sets out, 154; many trees dead in, 156.
Wine coasters, invented by Washington, 301.
Witherspoon, John, Washington describes his western lands to, 25.
"Woodlawn," home of Nelly Custis, 63, 227.

Young, Arthur: letters of Washington to about his interest in farming,
     1, 2; astonished that wolves and dogs hinder sheep raising in
     America, 55; Washington explains differences between American and
     European agriculture to, 58; describes his estate to, 60 et seq.,
     127; his Annals of Agriculture used by Washington, 71, 74;
     Washington's correspondence with, 83, 85, 91; sends inquiries
     regarding American agriculture, 84; obtains seeds for Washington,
     116, 117; sends plan for barn, 117; Washington sends agricultural
     information to, 118; Washington inquires of regarding a threshing
     machine, 126; influence of upon Washington, 128; letter of
     Washington to about his sheep, 136; about his mules, 141;
     mentioned by Parkinson, 277.