The Project Gutenberg eBook of Washington and the American Republic, by Benson J. Lossing.

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Valedictory address, Washington's, iii. 202, 473, 476.
Valley Forge, chosen by Washington as a place for winter-quarters, ii. 569;
sufferings of the patriot army on its march to, ii. 570;
huts constructed at, by the army, ii. 570, 571;
forcible means used by Washington to obtain supplies for the army at (note), ii. 570, 598;
extreme hardships endured by the patriot army at, ii. 571;
committee of arrangements appointed by Congress to visit Washington at, ii. 595;
Mrs. Washington and other ladies at—Washington's headquarters at, at the house of Isaac Potts—name of, derived from the foundry and forge of Isaac Potts (note), ii. 602;
desertions from the camp at, ii. 604;
arrival at, of the news of the treaty with France, ii. 611;
oath of allegiance administered by Washington to the officers at, ii. 613;
camp at, broken up on the departure of the British from Philadelphia, ii. 618.
Van Braam, Jacob, Washington's fencing-master, i. 46, 62;
with Washington on his expedition to the Ohio in 1753, i. 76, 88;
with Washington at Great Meadows, i. 114;
alleged treachery of, i. 122, 124;
detained a prisoner by the French, i. 132, 134;
subsequent adventures of, i. 134.
Vaudreuil, Marquis de, successor of Duquesne—characteristic anecdote of (note), i. 177;
capitulation of, at Montreal, i. 301.
Vault, family, of Washington, wish of Washington to have it rebuilt, iii. 542;
new family, spot indicated for, by Washington, a few days before his death, iii. 550.
Vealtown, troops of General Lee at, ii. 357.
Vernon, Admiral, notice of, i. 26.
Verplanck's Point, fort on, captured by the British, ii. 658;
junction of the French and American troops at, iii. 11.
Veto-power, first exercise of it by Washington, iii. 198.
Vose, Major, lighthouse destroyed by, on Nantasket Point, i. 618.
Virginia, condition of, in the time of Charles II., i. 20;
Washington in charge of one of the military districts of, in 1751, i. 61;
Washington appointed, in 1755, commander of all the forces of, i. 188;
difficulty of raising troops in, to protect the frontier, after Braddock's defeat, i. 191;
Governor Dinwiddie's estimate of the population of (note), i. 222;
defenceless condition of the frontiers of, i. 225, 244;
substantial character of breakfast in, before the Revolution (note), i. 306;
indignation of the people of, at the right claimed by Parliament to tax the colonies, i. 368;
early efforts made in, to cast off the burden of negro slavery—instructions of the king to the governor of, in relation to the slave-trade, i. 379;
address of the assembly of, to the king, on the slave-trade, i. 380;
successive prorogations of the house of burgesses of, by Lord Dunmore, i. 381;
short but memorable session of the house of burgesses of, in 1773, i. 382;
intercolonial committees of correspondence originated in, i. 382, 383;
dissolutions of the house of burgesses of, by Lord Dunmore, i. 384, 392;
warlike spirit pervading, in 1775, i. 470;
troops of, reviewed by Washington in the winter of 1774-'75, i. 471;
effect in, of the news of the battle of Lexington—powder of the province of, seized by Lord Dunmore, i. 517;
royal power ended in, i. 520;
invasion of, by Cornwallis, ii. 720;
legislature of, in 1794, adverse to British creditors recovering their just debts, iii. 301;
disunion threatened in, in case Jay's treaty should be ratified, iii. 355;
property owned in, by Washington, at the time of his death, iii. 542.
Virginia convention proposed, to consider a proposition for a continental Congress, i. 395;
resolutions adopted at, i. 401-405;
eloquent speech of Washington at—delegates to the general Congress appointed at, i. 407.
Virginia convention, the second, held at Richmond in 1775, i. 476;
resolutions offered at, by Patrick Henry, i. 477;
eloquent speech of Patrick Henry at, i. 479, 481;
delegates to the second continental Congress elected at, i. 482.
Virginia Gazette, slanders of Washington in, in 1756, i. 211.
Virginia house of burgesses, Washington a candidate for, in 1758, i. 275;
cost of Washington's election to, i. 276;
Washington for fifteen years a member of, i. 308;
distinguished members of, in 1769, i. 353;
sympathy of, with Massachusetts—resolutions adopted by, in opposition to those of Parliament—dissolved by Lord Botetourt, i. 354.
Virginia planters, life of, before the Revolution, i. 305.
Virginia troops, letters of Washington in relation to the command of, i. 188;
commission as commander of, resigned by Washington—flattering address to Washington by the officers of, i. 286.
Visitors, Washington annoyed by, at Mount Vernon, iii. 483;
how received by Washington when president, iii. 603.

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Waldeck, prince of, mercenaries furnished by, ii. 6.

Wallace, Captain, legalized piracy of—Newport threatened by, ii. 16;

sent in the Rose up the Hudson river, ii. 218.

Walpole, Horace, on young Washington's love of the “whistling of bullets" (note), i. 105.

Wanton, Governor, blunt answer of, to Sir James Wallace, i. 484.

War-dance, Indian, witnessed by Washington and Fairfax, at Colonel Cresap's, in 1748, i. 54;

in the camp of Braddock at Will's creek, i. 151.

War, directions as to the mode of declaring, given by Dinwiddie to Washington (note), i. 228.

Ward, Ensign, capitulation of, to Contrecœur, in 1754, i. 98.

Ward, General Artemas, in command of troops in the neighborhood of Boston after the battle of Lexington, i. 513;

inefficiency of, i. 532;

appointed first major-general under Washington, i. 545.

Warren, Doctor Joseph, stay of, in Boston, to watch the British army and the tories, i. 503;

warning sent by, to Adams and Hancock, at Lexington, i. 504;

narrow escape of, at Cambridge, i. 509;

letter of, to General Gage, in relation to his want of good faith, i. 514;

a volunteer at Breed's hill, i. 562;

death of, at the close of the battle of Breed's hill, i. 569;

lament of the wife of John Adams for—Everett on the death of—biographical notice of, i. 571;

remains of, buried by the British, with proper honors—subsequent disposition of the remains of, i. 572.

Warren, James, appointed major-general of Massachusetts militia, ii. 60;

letter of Washington to, in relation to the Articles of Confederation, iii. 54.
Warren, Mrs. Mercy, remarks of, on the personal appearance of Washington and General Lee, i. 586.
Washington, Augustine, brother of George, the family homestead at Pope's creek bequeathed to, by his father, i. 28;
marriage of, with Anne Aylett—George an inmate in the family of, when at the school of Mr. Williams, i. 35;
letter of George to, in 1755, in relation to his ill-requitted service of the state, i. 186;
independent Virginia company trained by, i. 482.
Washington, Augustine, father of George, character of, i. 24, 28;
death of, in 1743, i. 28.
Washington, Bushrod, papers and property bequeathed to, by Washington, iii. 539, 540.
Washington, Captain William, division of General Greene led by, at Trenton, ii. 373.
Washington, Charles, Franklin's gold-headed cane bequeathed to, by Washington, iii. 539.
Washington city, lots owned by Washington in at the time of his death, iii. 543.
Washington family in Virginia, early history of, i. 22.
Washington, George, birthplace of, i. 17, 23;
lineage of, i. 18;
early education of, i. 24;
maxims of, in youth, i. 37;
marriage of, i. 287;
stature of (note), i. 306, iii. 591, 597;
dress of, i. 306, iii. 589, 600, 603;
style of living of, before the Revolution, i. 307;
devotion of, i. 337, iii. 112, 602;
table of, i. 616, iii. 585-589;
will of, iii. 535;
estate of, iii. 541;
death of, iii. 556;
funeral of, iii. 558;
fondness of, for field-sports, iii. 584;
toilet of, iii. 587;
strength of arm of—weight of, iii. 593;
frame of, iii. 594;
great size of hands of, iii. 595;
awe inspired by the presence of, iii. 597, 598.
Washington, George A., death of, in 1793—affection of Washington for (note)—kindness of Washington to the widow of (note), iii. 235;
carriage presented to, by Washington (note), iii. 236.
Washington, George Fayette, property bequeathed to, by Washington, iii. 540.
Washington, John and Lawrence, emigrate to Virginia in 1657, i. 20.
Washington, Joseph, the “Defensio pro Populo” of Milton translated by—a friend of the “Commonwealth,” and author of several works—damage done by, to the cause of the Stuarts, i. 20.
Washington, Lawrence Augustine, property bequeathed to, by Washington, iii. 540.
Washington, Lawrence, brother of George, educated in England, i. 24, 25;
in the British attack upon Carthagena in 1741, i. 26;
marriage of, to Miss Fairfax, i. 35;
affection of, for his brother George, i. 25, 43;
a member of the Virginia house of burgesses, i. 61;
attacked by consumption—visit of, to Barbados, in company with his brother George, in 1751, i. 62;
death of, at Mount Vernon, in 1752, i. 64.
Washington, Lawrence, mayor of Northampton in the reign of Henry VIII., i. 19.
Washington, Lund, the general's agent at Mount Vernon—letter of Washington to, in relation to remuneration of his services, i. 765;
instructions of Washington to, in relation to charity and frugality, i. 766.
Washington, Mrs., sickness of the daughter of, i. 375;
death of the daughter of, in 1773, i. 378;
letter of Washington to, respecting his election as commander-in-chief—letters of Washington to, destroyed by (note), i. 539;
invited by her husband to join him at Cam>bridge, i. 765;
mode of travelling of, i. 766;
ball proposed in honor of, i. 767;
arrival of, in the camp at Cambridge, i. 768;
inoculated for the small-pox, in Philadelphia (note), ii. 157;
considerate conduct of Washington toward, iii. 52;
honors paid to, on her way to New York in 1789, iii. 110;
first levee of, iii. 111;
levees of, in Philadelphia, iii. 170;
property left to, by Washington, iii. 535;
resignation of, at the death of her husband, iii. 556;
letter of, to President Adams, in relation to proposed national funeral honors to her husband, iii. 565.
Washington, Samuel, provisions of the will of Washington respecting the heirs of, iii. 538.
Washington, Sir Henry, colonel under Prince Rupert in 1643, i. 19;
defender of Worcester against Cromwell's general, Fairfax, in 1646, i. 20.
Washington, Sir Lawrence and Anne, monument of, in the parish church of Garsdon, i. 19.
Washington, Sir William, brother-in-law of Villiers, duke of Buckingham, i. 19.
Washington, William Augustine, property left to, by Washington, iii. 538.
Washington, William, invitation of, at Charlestown, declined by Washington, iii. 180.
Waterbury, General, gallantry of, in a naval engagement on Lake Champlain, ii. 334.
Watertown, address of James Warren to Washington, on his arrival at, in 1775, i. 583.
Waxhaw, body of republicans surprised and massacred by Tarleton on the banks of the, ii. 676.
Wayne, General Anthony, shabby regimentals of, at Middlebrook, ii. 458;
sent by Washington to annoy the rear of Howe's army—night-attack upon, by the British under General Grey, ii. 514;
court-martial demanded by, ii. 515;
attack led by, at the battle of Germantown, ii. 553;
exploits of, in New Jersey, ii. 598;
capture of Stony Point by, ii. 659;
efforts of, to quell the mutiny of the Pennsylvania troops—picture drawn by, of the sufferings of the army at Morristown (note), ii. 707;
Cornwallis attacked by, at Old Jamestown, ii. 721;
Savannah taken possession of by, iii. 11;
appointed commander-in-chief of the army in the Northwest, iii. 197;
operations of, against the northwestern Indians, iii. 328;
results of his treaty with the Indians in the Northwest, iii. 378.
Weathersfield, conference of Washington with Rochambeau at, ii. 722.
Webb, General, cowardly conduct of, at Fort Edward, i. 250.
Weight of Washington, iii. 593.
Wessington, John de, prior of a convent in 1426, i. 19.
West Indies, American vessels excluded from, iii. 100;
depredations on American vessels in, committed by French cruisers, iii. 466;
complaints of the conduct of Commodore Barney in, iii. 467.
West Point, fortifications at, commenced by Bernard Romans, ii. 127;
headquarters of Washington at—letter of Washington to Doctor Cochran, showing the style of living at (note), ii. 660;
information given to the British by Arnold, respecting, ii. 698;
the military academy at, suggested by Washington, iii. 456.
Wheatley, Phillis, a slave, biographical notice of, ii. 54;
her correspondence with Washington, ii. 55, 56;
poem written by, addressed to Washington, ii. 57.
Whipple, Captain, the schooner Gaspé taken and burned by a party under—threat of Sir James Wallace to hang, i. 381;
vessels placed under the command of, by the assembly of Rhode Island, i. 739.
"Whiskey Insurrection,” language of Washington in relation to the, iii. 305;
history of the, iii. 307-320;
sympathy of Jefferson with those engaged in the, iii. 327.
White, Bishop, present at the opening of the continental Congress, i. 423;
present at Washington's farewell dinner, iii. 471.
Whitemarsh, encampment of Washington near, ii. 559;
efforts of Howe to draw the Americans out of their position at, ii. 568;
retreat of Howe from, to Philadelphia—Washington blamed by his enemies in Congress for not fighting at, ii. 569.
White, Philip, a “pine robber,” killed by the Jersey people, iii. 13.
White Plains, adjournment of the provincial congress of New York to (note), ii. 127;
headquarters of Washington in the neighborhood of, ii. 314;
account of the battle at, ii. 316-319;
losses sustained by the British and Americans at the battle of, ii. 319;
sufferings of the American army after the battle of, ii. 321;
disgraceful conduct of some of Washington's troops at (note), ii. 323.
Wilkes, John, conspicuous part taken by, in favor of the Americans, i. 494;
lord-mayor of London, address of, to the king, on American affairs—biographical notice of (note), i. 604;
his contemptuous treatment of a royal proclamation, i. 611;
speech of, in Parliament, in relation to the British flight from Boston, ii. 86.
Wilkinson, Captain James, sent by Arnold to the relief of the Cedars (note), ii. 161;
interview of, with General Lee, at the moment of his capture, ii. 358;
connection of, with Conway's Cabal, ii. 579.
William and Mary College, chancellorship of, accepted by Washington, iii. 48.
Williams, Colonel Ephraim, surprised by Dieskau, while marching to the relief of Fort Edward—biographical notice of (note), i. 181.
Williams, Otho Holland, with the southern riflemen at the camp at Cambridge, i. 619;
appointed brigadier under Wayne, in 1791, iii. 197.
Williams, second schoolmaster of Washington, i. 35, 45.
Williamsburg, convention at, proposed, to consider a proposition for a continental Congress, i. 395;
resolutions adopted at the convention held at, in 1774, i. 401-405;
convention at, in 1774—eloquent speech of Washington at—delegates to the general Congress appointed at, i. 407;
preparations made at, by the allies, for the siege of Yorktown, ii. 731.
Will of Washington, true copy of (note), iii. 535.
Will's creek, retreat of Washington to, from Great Meadows, in 1754, i. 124;
Indian war-dance at, in Braddock's camp, i. 151;
fatal delay of Braddock at, i. 156.
Wilmington, headquarters of Washington at, ii. 497;
visit of Washington to, on his southern tour, in 1791, iii. 181.
Wilson, James, appointed associate judge of the supreme court in 1789, iii. 122.
Winchester, headquarters of Washington at, in 1755, i. 189;
Fort Loudoun erected by Washington at, i. 214;
irksomeness of Washington's duties at, i. 240;
property owned by Washington in the town of, iii. 543.
Winter hill, Lee's division stationed at, at the siege of Boston, i. 619.
Woedtke, Baron de, commissioners to Canada accompanied by, ii. 145;
intemperate habits of—biographical notice of (note), ii. 165.
Wolcott, Oliver, letter of, to his wife, in relation to the frugal habits of Washington, iii. 170;
letter of, in relation to Washington's declining the presidency for a third term, iii. 450;
letter of Washington to, after his retirement to private life, iii. 481.
Wolfe, Brigadier-General James, at the taking of Louisburg in 1758, i. 260;
reliance of the English people upon, in the expedition against Quebec—character of, as described by Walpole (note)—names of men, afterward distinguished, in the expedition of, against Quebec, i. 293;
Monckton sent by, to occupy Point Levi, i. 294;
unsuccessful attempt of, to storm Montcalm's intrenchments, i. 295;
on a sick-bed concerts with Saunders, a plan for scaling the Heights of Abraham—news of the repulse and subsequent success of, received by Pitt on the same day (note)—presentiment of death upon the mind of, i. 297;
impromptu stanzas composed by, on the eve of the attack—Gray's Elegy quoted by, on his way to the Heights of Abraham, i. 298;
last words and death of, i. 299;
and Montcalm, joint monument erected to the memory of—biographical notice of (note), i. 300.
Woodhull, General, commissioned to drive the live stock to Hempstead, ii. 266;
made a prisoner and brutally treated by Sir James Baird (note), ii. 277.
Woodhull, Reverend Doctor John, reference to manuscript letters of (note)—anecdote respecting (note), ii. 281.
Wooster, David, appointed brigadier-general in the continental army—brief biographical notice of, i. 548;
invited to the neighborhood of New York by the provincial congress (note), i. 582;
directed by Washington to join General Schuyler at Lake Champlain—apprehensions of Washington respecting, i. 710;
patriotic letter of, to Schuyler—refusal of the officers and men under, to sign the articles of war (note), i. 711;
fear or jealousy of, with regard to Arnold, ii. 100;
testimony of Congressional commissioners as to his unfitness for command (note), ii. 147;
death of, at Danbury, ii. 436;
resolution of Congress to erect a monument to the memory of—biographical notice of (note), ii. 437.
Writs of assistance issued in 1761—universal opposition to—speech of James Otis on the subject of, i. 317.
Wyoming massacre, ii. 641.

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Year of trial, Washington's, ii. 594.

Yellow fever in Philadelphia, in 1793, iii. 280;
in the autumn of 1798, iii. 525.
York, Congress adjourned to, ii. 514.
Yorke, Sir Joseph, his estimate of General Lee, ii. 358.
Yorktown, perilous position of Cornwallis at, ii. 730;
invested by the allies—position of the allies at, ii. 732;
desperate effort of Cornwallis to escape from, ii. 733;
patriotism displayed by Governor Nelson at—surrender of Cornwallis at, ii. 734;
articles of capitulation at (note)—imposing scene of thesurrender at, ii. 735;
loss sustained by the British at (note), ii. 737;
measures of Congress on receiving news of the surrender at, ii. 738;
importance of the surrender at—effect in England of the surrender at, ii. 739.
Youghiogany, attempt of Washington to descend, in 1754, i. 103;
Washington left at, sick, by order of General Braddock, i. 159.
Young, Arthur, seeds and implements sent to Washington by, iii. 51.

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