Reinagle, Alexander
religious toleration
of GW
Report on Manufactures (Hamilton)
Report on Public Credit (Hamilton)
Republican Court
Republicans
in 1800 election
farewell address and coded critique of
France supported by
French Revolution admired by
on GW’s second-term cabinet
on Jay Treaty
Jefferson and Burr as candidates of
slavery and
small government and legislative predominance favored by
on Whiskey Rebellion
see also Jeffersonians
republics, republicanism
Residence Act (1790)
revenue cutters
Revere, Paul
Revolutionary War, see American Revolution
Reynolds, James
Reynolds, Maria
Rhode Island
British domination of
Constitution and
volunteer troops from
Rhode Island Army of Observation
Rhode Island College (Brown University)
Richmond (slave)
Richmond, Va.
Ricketts, John Bill
Ricketts’ Amphitheater
Ridout, Mary
Rights of Man, The (Paine)
Rittenhouse, David
River Farm
Robardet, James
Robert, Mary
Robert Cary and Company
Roberts, William
Robertson, Walter
Robespierre, Maximilien de
Robin, Abbé
Robinson, Beverley
Robinson, John
Robinson, Sally
Rochambeau, Count de
Rodney, Admiral
Rodney, Thomas
Roman Catholic Church
Rome, ancient
Roosevelt, Franklin
Rose (ship)
Ross, David
Ross, James
Roxbury, Mass.
Royal Navy, British
French fleet vs.
impressment and cargo seizures by
in occupation of New York
piracy in wake of withdrawal of
rule of law
Rumney, William
Rumsey, James
Rush, Benjamin
Russia
Rutherford, Robert
Rutledge, Edward
Rutledge, John
St. Clair, Arthur
St. Domingue (Haiti)
St. John’s College
St. Kitt’s
St. Lawrence River
St. Paul’s Chapel
St. Pierre, Jacques Legardeur de
Salem, Mass.
Salem, Peter
Sandwich, Lord
Sandy Hook
Saratoga, Battle of
Sargent, Winthrop
Savage
Savage, Edward
Savannah, Ga.
Sayen, William Guthrie
Scammell, Alexander
School for Scandal, The (Sheridan)
Schuyler, Philip
Schuylkill River
Scotland
Scott, Charles
scrip, scrippomania
Second Continental Congress
in Annapolis
archives of
Brooklyn defeat and
Continental Army and
and criticisms of GW
Declaration of Independence in
driven from Philadelphia
GW in
GW’s compensation for expenses by
GW’s resignation as commander in chief in
as ineffectual
medal struck by
officer revolt and
settlements and
state power vs.
treason and
wartime debt and
and Yorktown victory
Second Virginia Convention
securities
government
Sedgwick, Theodore
Ségur, Count de
Seixas, Moses
Senate, U.S.
advice and consent of
bank bill in
closed-door policy of
equal representation in
excise tax in
foreign relations in
form of address for president discussed in
Jay Treaty in
Seneca nation
separation of powers
September Massacres
Sequeyra, John de
Serapis (ship)
Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson
Serle, Ambrose
Seven Years’ War
see also French and Indian War
Shakespeare, William
Sharpe, Granville
Sharpe, Horatio
Shaw, Samuel
Shaw, William
Shawnee nation
Shays, Daniel
Shays’s Rebellion
Sheels, Christopher (slave)
Shenandoah Valley
Sheridan, Richard
Sheridan, William
Sherman, Roger
Shewkirk, Ewald
Shingas, chief of the Delawares
Shippen, William, Jr.
Shirley, William
Short, William
Sierra Leone
Silla (slave)
Sills, Isaac and Hannah
Six Nations
Six Per Cent Club
Sketches of American Policy (Webster)
slaves, slavery
abolitionism and
British promises of freedom to
Constitutional Convention on
construction of capital and
Continental Congress’s opposition to
dower
Federalist opposition to
GW and
GW’s plan for emancipation of
Hamilton’s opposition to
and ideals of the American Revolution
Jefferson and
John Laurens on
Lafayette’s opposition to
Madison and
marriages of
Martha Washington and
Mary Washington and
northern termination of
overseers and
Pennsylvania and abolition of
in population
runaway
runaway, British refusal of restitution for
St. Domingue rebellion and
suspension of importation of
trade in
trades taught to slaves in
Virginia law and
smallpox
Smallwood, William
Smith, Adam
Smith, William
Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures (SEUM)
Society of the Cincinnati
New York
Sons of Liberty
Sons of St. Patrick
South
abolitionism feared by
abolitionism in
discontent in
divide between North and
fighting in
French interest in invading
GW’s tour of
GW’s weakness in
national bank feared in
and projected war with France
push for capital in
shift of war toward
slavery in
solidarity with New England of
South Carolina
at Constitutional Convention
Constitution ratified by
slaves in
South Carolina Independents
Spain
diplomatic breakthrough with
England’s military confrontation with
Florida as possession of
Mississippi River commerce blocked by
possessions of
in War of Jenkins’ Ear
Sparks, Ja
red
Spear, Joseph
speculation
in government bonds and bank shares
opposition to
Spencer, Joseph
Spotswood, Alexander (nephew)
Staines, John
Stamp Act (1765)
Stamp Act Congress
Stanwix, John
State Department
Freneau at
State House (Independence Hall)
Staten Island
states, shortsighted behavior of
states’ rights
state vs. federal power
Stephen, Adam
Steuben, Frederick William August von
in GW’s farewell
Stevens, Edward
Stevens, Elisha
Stewart, Robert
Stewart, Walter
Stirling, Lady
Stirling, Lady Kitty
Stirling, William Alexander, Lord
stock exchanges
Stockton, Annis Boudinot
Stony Point
Stuart, David
Stuart, Gilbert
Stuart, Jane
Stuart, William
Sullivan, John
in Battle of Germantown
Summary View of the Rights of British America, A (Jefferson)
Supreme Court, U.S.
building not planned for
implied powers doctrine and
role of
Susquehanna River
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles-Maurice de
Tallmadge, Benjamin
Tappan, N.Y.
Tarleton, Banastre
taxes, taxation:
customs
excise
federal
in France
GW on need for
GW’s difficulty in payment of
on Loyalists
national bank and
representation and
to restore American credit
Shays’s Rebellion and
states’ hesitation in raising of
suspicion of
on whiskey
Taylor, Zachary
tea:
boycott of
taxation of
Telfair, Edward
Temple of Minerva, The
Tennessee
Ternay, Chevalier de
textile industry
Thacher, James
Thanksgiving Day
Third Massachusetts Regiment
Thomas, John
Thomas, Margaret
Thompson, Benjamin
Thompson, Josiah
Thompson, Mary
Thomson, Charles
Thornton, Edward
Thornton, William
Thoughts of a Freeman, The
Tilghman, Tench
Tilton, James
Time Piece
tobacco
Toledo, Ohio
Tom (slave)
Tories
see also Loyalists
Toussaint Louverture, François-Dominique
Townshend Acts (1767)
Trask, Israel
Treasury Department
controversy surrounding
investigation of
Treaty of San Lorenzo
Trenton, Battle of
Trenton, N.J.
Trevelyan, George
Trinity Church, New York
Tripoli
Troup, Robert
Trumbull, John
Trumbull, Jonathan
Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr.
Tryon, William
Tucker, St. George
Tudor, William
Tuileries, storming of
Tunis
Twohig, Dorothy
Union, fear of dissolution of
Union Farm
United States:
British recognition of
commerce of
credit crisis in
European view of
foreign fears of chaos in
internal improvements in
interstate cooperation in
military power of
national unity in
neutrality proclamation of
new democratic culture of
political parties in
postwar debt of
regulation of trade by
treaty power of
western frontier of
University of Pennsylvania (College of Philadelphia)
Valley Forge, Pa.
Van Braam, Jacob
Van Cortlandt, Philip
Vancouver Island
Vandalia
Van Swearingen, Captain
Varick, Richard
Varnum, James Mitchell
Vassall, Darby (slave)
Vassall, John
Vaughan, Samuel
Venango
Venus (slave)
Vergennes, Count de
Vermont, admitted to Union
Vernon, Edward
veterans, wartime promissory notes and
veto, presidential
Victoire, La
Vietnam War
View of the Conduct of the Executive in the Foreign Affairs of the United States, A (Monroe)
Ville de Paris
Villiers, Louis Coulon de
Vindication, A (Randolph)
Virginia
British threats to
capitol building of
at Constitutional Convention
Constitution as controversial in
constitution of
Constitution ratified in
currency restrictions in
farming in
Federalists in
fighting in
free blacks in
GW’s distancing from
hierarchical universe of
militia of
moral climate of
New England and
in Potomac and James River navigation schemes
riflemen from
slaves in
as slave state
Tidewater
travel and hospitality in
troops from
vulnerability to attack of
war debts paid by
Virginia, University of
Virginia Association
Virginia Convention
Virginia Gazette
Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia legislature
Virginia Plan
Virginia Ratifying Convention
Virginia Regiment
Virginia Resolves
Vogels, Gerard
Voltaire
Vulture
Wabash nation
Waggener, Thomas
Waldo, Albigence
Walker, Benjamin
Wallis, George
Walpole, Horace
Walpole, Robert
Walton, Moses
Wansey, Henry
Ward, Artemas
Ward, Joseph
War Department
War of Jenkins’ Ear
Warren, James
Warren, Joseph
Warren, Mercy Otis
Warville, Brissot de
Washington, Anne Pope
Washington, Ann Fairfax
Washington, Augustine (father)
death of
Washington, Augustine, Jr. “Austin” (half brother)
death of
GW’s relationship with
Washington, Bushrod (nephew)
GW’s papers and
Mount Vernon inherited by
on Supreme Court
Washington, Charles (brother)
Washington, Corbin (nephew)
Washington, D.C.
naming of
see also Federal District
Washington, Elizabeth
Washington, Fanny Bassett (niece)
marriage to George Augustine Washington of
marriage
to Tobias Lear of
portraits of
Washington, George:
active leadership style of
at Adams’s inauguration
address to rebellious officers by
as adjutant general for Northern Neck of Virginia
adopted children of
aging of
aides of
ambitious nature of
annual addresses (State of the Union speeches) of
appearance and clothing of
appearances important to
approval sought by
aristocratic tastes and habits of
athleticism and vigor of
bank bill and
with biographers and historians
birthday celebrations for
birth of
as born joiner
boycott of British goods supported by
bravery and heroism of
British attacks at Lexington as viewed by
burial place of
business behavior of
cabinet of
capacity to learn from mistakes of
celebrity and image of
childlessness of
and command of new army
as Constitutional Convention president
Continental Army commanded by
Continental Army inspired by
as convivial
cordial and correct nature of
correspondence of
criticisms of
deafness of
death of
in Delaware crossing
delegation of authority difficult for
deliberate nature of
democratic manner and republican simplicity of
dental problems of
departure from presidency of
diaries of
dignity of
dining and drinking habits of
discipline and
discomfort with public speaking and celebrations by
dislike of being touched
disorder disliked by
as distant
as distrustful
domestic manufactures encouraged by
as dutiful but distant son
as early riser
economic policies of
education of
egalitarianism not natural to
in election of 1789
in election of 1792
emotional nature of
enthusiasm for Constitution of
ethical standards of
exercise prescribed for
eyesight of
on fair treatment of civilians
family dynamics of
family history of
farewell address of
“Farewell Address to the Armies of the United States” of
farewell to his officers by
farming by
fastidiousness and breeding of
as Father of His Country
final address to Congress by
financial troubles of
in First Continental Congress
first inaugural address of
as first lame-duck president
first presidential inauguration of
flirtations and romances of
on foreign policy
formal and austere manner of
in French and Indian War
French charmed by
friendships of
in frontier life and warfare
frustrations of, with Continental Army
funeral and memorial of
on gambling