Byrd, Evelyn, a Virginia beauty, 11; portrait at Bran- don, Virginia, 21.
CADWALADER, General John, visits Mount Vernon, 171. Cadwalader, Mrs., 230. Call, Mrs. Daniel, letter to, 276, 277.
Calvert, Benedict, of Mount
Airy, Maryland, 73, 74. Calvert, Eleanor, 73, 74 (see Mrs. John P. Custis). Calvert, George, first Lord Bal- timore, 73.
Calvert, George, present at mar- riage of Nelly Custis, 276. Carrington, Colonel Edward, visits Mount Vernon, 276. Carrington, Mrs. Edward, de- scribes visit to Mount Ver- non, 276, 277. Carroll, Charles, Baltimore resi- dence of, 188.
Carroll, Jr., Charles, visits
Mount Vernon, 164, 266; ad- mires Nelly Custis, 275. Carroll, Mrs. Charles, prepara- tions of, to receive Mrs. Washington, 188. Carter, Colonel, dines with the Washingtons, 177. Cary, Mary, early love of Washington's, 38; letters to, 39-42.
Cary, Sally, 37 (see Mrs. G. W. Fairfax).
Cary, Wilson Miles, 4. Chamberlayne, Major, 26, 28, 33.
Chambers, Benjamin, founder
of Chambersburg, 227. Chambers, Charlotte, describes drawing-room in Philadel-
phia, 227, 228; birthnight ball, 230, 231, 255. Chambers, General James, 227. Chapman, Mrs. Nathaniel, rec- ollections of General Wash- ington, 223, 224.
Chase, Samuel, of Maryland, 171. Chastellux, FrançoisJean, Mar- quis de, General Washington writes to, 86, 154; describes Mrs. Washington, 137; at Mount Vernon, 138; visits headquarters at Newburgh, 144, 145.
Chew, Benjamin, Philadelphia house of, occupied by the Washingtons, 140.
Chew, Miss Harriet, marries Charles Carroll, Jr., 258. Chew, Peggy, marriage of, 175, 176.
Christ Church, Alexandria, Washington vestryman in,
Christ Church, Philadelphia, President attends, 232. Clinton, Cornelia, married Citi- zen Genet, 215.
Clinton, George, Governor, at- tends entertainment at West Point, 146, 148; mentioned, 103, 193, 210. Clinton, Mrs. George, at West Point, 145, 148; calls upon Mrs. Washington in New York, 199, 215.
Cochran, Mrs. John, at Mor- ristown, 135, 136. Coffin, Martha, friend of Nelly Custis, 241.
Colden, Maria, opens ball with General Washington,
Colfax, Captain William, great favorite of Mrs. Washing- ton's, 132, 136.
Colles, Julia Keese, writes of sewing-societies in Morris- town, 118.
Condict, Mrs., helps soldiers, 118.
Conway, Captain Richard, loans
money to Washington, 186. Cornwallis, Lord, surrender of, 138, 140, 141.
Cox, Colonel John, assistant quartermaster to General Greene, 118; makes cannon at Batisto, 119.
Cox, Mrs. John. visited by
Mrs. Washington, 118. Craigie, Dr. Andrew, builds house in Cambridge, 96. Craik, Dr. James, attends John Custis, 139; personal friend of Washington's, 268; attends Washington in his last ill- ness, 279.
Craik, Miss Nancy, dines at
Mount Vernon, 180. Cushing, Judge William, 260. Custis, Betsey, visits Mrs. Washington in Philadelphia, 152, 154.
Custis, Colonel John, singular
epitaph of, 17; eccentric gen- tleman, 18; love letter of, 19; marries Frances Parke, 19, 20; opposes marriage of son to Miss Dandridge, 20, 21; consents to marriage, 22, 23. Custis, Daniel Parke, marries Martha Dandridge, 11, 22, 23; ancestry, 16-20; father of, objects to marriage, 20, 21; children of, 24; death of, 24, 25; estate of, 25, 50.
Custis, Eleanor Parke (Nelly Custis), adopted by the Washingtons, 139; the child of Mount Vernon, 161; did not stand in awe of Wash- ington, 163; beauty of, 180, 273, 275; accompanies Mrs. Washington to New York, 183; in Philadelphia, 224, 242, 254, 257, 258; friends of, 241-243; at inauguration of Mr. Adams, 260, 261; re- turns to Mount Vernon, 262- 264; letters to Mrs. Wolcott, 263, 273, 274; described by Mr. Latrobe, 266, 267; Stuart's portrait of, 273; mar- ries Lawrence Lewis, 275, 276, 284; home at Wood- lawn, 276.
Custis, Elizabeth, granddaugh- ter of Mrs. Washington's, 119; much at Mount Vernon, 119, 161, 183, 264, 266; mar- ries Mr. Law, 222, 242, 258; Stuart's beautiful portrait of, 242.
Custis, Frances Parke, beauti- ful and eccentric, 17; marries Colonel Custis, 18-20; buried at Bruton church, 24. Custis, G. W. P., grandson of Mrs. Washington, 29; quoted with regard to Woolaston portrait of Mrs. Washing- ton, 31, 32; relates anecdotes of courtship and wedding of Mrs. Washington, 34, 45, 47; Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington by, 86, 138; adopted by the Washingtons, 139, 161; ac- companies Mrs. Washington to New York, 183; at Prince-
ton College, 264; desires his sister to marry Mr. Carroll, 275.
Custis, John, in Bacon's Rebel- lion, 16.
Custis, John, of Rotterdam, 16. Custis, John Parke, son of Mrs. Washington, 24, 53, 64; portrait by Woolaston, 32; inoculated for small-pox, 54; London orders for, 59, 60; characteristics, 72; courtship, 73, 74; marriage, 77, 78; lives at Abingdon, 79, 107, 108, 124; accompanies his mother to Cambridge, 91; at headquarters, Craigie House, 100, 103; daughter Elizabeth born, 105; aide-de- camp to Washington, 138; death of, 138, 139; children adopted by Washington, 139. Custis, Mrs. John Parke, beauty and charm, 73, 97, 100; mar- riage, 77; Mrs. Washing- ton's letter to, 78; lives at Abingdon, 79, 107, 108; ac- companies Mrs. Washington to Cambridge, 91, 99, 103, 104; in Philadelphia, death of husband, 139; at- tentions of Dr. Stuart, 149; second marriage, 149. Custis, Joseph, settles in Vir- ginia, 16.
Custis, Martha, see Martha Washington.
Custis, Martha, daughter of Martha Washington, 24, 25; portrait of, 32; affection of Washington for, 53, 66, 75; London orders for, 59, 60; illness and death, 67, 72, 75. Custis, Martha, granddaughter
of Mrs. Washington, 119, 183; marries Mr. Thomas Peter, 242.
Custis, William, settles in Vir- ginia, 16.
Cutler, Dr. Manasseh, impres- sions of New York, 193; de- scribes honors to dead Indian, 236; visits Mount Vernon after General Washington's death, 283-285.
DALTON, Hon. Tristram, in New York, 210.
Dalton, Mrs. Tristram, 199. Dancing Assembly of Phila- delphia, the President's toast to, 229.
Dandridge, Anna Maria, 48 (see Mrs. Burwell Bassett). Dandridge, Bartholomew, neph- ew of Mrs. Washington, 168.
Dandridge, Colonel John, set- tles in New Kent County, 3-5; death of, 549. Dandridge, Elizabeth (Mrs. Henley), 49, 253, 254. Dandridge family, of Worces- tershire, England, 5. Dandridge, Hon. William, con- nection with West family, 4, 5.
Dandridge, Judge Bartholo- mew, brother of Martha Washington, 49, 127, 128; death of, 168. Dandridge, Martha (see Mar- tha Washington). Dandridge, Martha Washing- ton, niece of Mrs. Washing- ton, 127; much at Mount Vernon, 164, 165; marriage, 168.
Dandridge, Mrs. John, mother
of Martha Washington, 3. Dandridge, Mrs. John, Mrs. Washington's stepmother, 49, 77, 168. Dandridge, Nathaniel West, 2. Dandridge, William, brother of
Martha Washington, 49. Davenport, Mr., at Mount Ver- non, 283.
Davies, Rev. Mr., at Mount Vernon, 276, 285.
De Glouvay, Alexander, enter- tains the Washingtons, 141. Digges, George, neighbor of the Washingtons, 63, 177. Dinwiddie, Governor, 24. Donald, Alexander, at Mount Vernon, 178, 179. Drawing-rooms of Mrs. Wash- ington in New York, 197, 198; costumes worn by men and women, 214-216. Drayton, William, at Mount Vernon, 171.
Drinker, Mrs. Henry, describes
the Washingtons at Valley Forge, 125, 126; writes of yellow fever, 242.
Duane, Mrs. James, in New York, 215.
Duché, Mrs. Jacob, 92. Duer, Lady Kitty, in Morris-
town, 114, 135; in New York, 199.
Dunlap, William, author of Darby's Return, 211. Dunmore, Lady, reception in Virginia, 11, 80. Dunmore, Lord, arrives in Virginia, 11, 79-81 ; on Virginia coast, 89, 90, 106, 107.
Du Ponceau, Peter, describes
Washington at Valley Forge, 123, 124.
Durdin, Mrs. Richard, marries William Lewis, 239.
ECHARD, Susan R., describes inauguration of John Adams, 260, 261.
Ellet, Mrs., describes Mrs. Washington, 112.
Ellison, Colonel Thomas, house of, at Newburgh, 143. Ellsworth, Chief Justice, ad- ministers oath to John Ad- ams, 260.
Everett, Edward, quoted, 40, 96.
FAIRFAX, George William, a friend of Washington's, 37, 156.
Fairfax, Lord Thomas, friend and patron of Washington, 29, 65, 70.
Fairfax, Mrs. G. W., supposed
love affair with Washington, 37, 38; letter from Mrs. Washington to, 269, 270. Fairfax, Rev. Bryan, much at Mount Vernon, 63, 70; at Valley Forge, 124; after- wards Lord Fairfax, 269, 277. Fairfax, Thomas, son of Rev. Bryan, 277.
Fontleroy, Rebecca, early love of Washington's, 43. Fauquier, Francis, Governor of Virginia, 11; at Wash- ington's wedding, 47. First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, escorts the General and Mrs. Washington, 92. Fisher, Myers, 240.
Fox, Gilbert, first sang "Hail Columbia" at Chestnut
Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 211.
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, desires daughter to dance well, 7; mentioned, 45, 121. Franklin, Walter, the Washing- tons occupy New York resi- dence of, 193. Franklin, William, Tory Gov- ernor of New Jersey, 114. Fraunces, Samuel, sends house- keeper to Mrs. Washington, 159; superintends Washing- ton's household, 200, 220. French Alliance celebrated at Valley Forge, 125; at Pluck- amin, 128. French, Walter H., discovers Mrs. Washington's last let- ter, 283.
Fresnel, M., tutor to G. W. Lafayette, 235, 252, 262.
GATES, Mrs. Horatio, accom- panies Mrs. Washington to Cambridge, 94.
Genet, Citizen, first minister from French Republic to United States, 215. Gérard, Conrad Alexander, re-
view in honor of, 129, 130. Gerry, Mrs. Elbridge, 199. Gibbs, Colonel Caleb, in com- mand of Life Guard, 115. Gibson, Mrs. James, 241 (see Elizabeth Bordley). Goddard, Mr., at Mount Ver- non, 283.
Goodrich, Chauncey, marries Miss Wolcott, 215. Graham, Mr., at Mount Vernon, 172, 173.
Graham, Mrs. Macaulay, guest at Mount Vernon, 171, 172. Grasse, Comte de, anecdote of, 138.
Graydon, Alexander, describes General Mifflin, 98. Grayson, Rev. Mr., 169. Green, Dr. Ashbel, remarks on Washington's punctuality,
Greene, General Nathaniel,
quarters in New Jersey, 114; Quartermaster-General in New Jersey, 119; describes dancing of Washington, 128, 129; at Morristown, 135. Greene, Mrs. Nathaniel, dances
with General Washington, 129; witnesses review in New Jersey, 129, 130; at Morris- town, 135; politeness of Gen- eral Washington to, 209, 210. Greenleaf, Daniel, recollections of, 96.
Griffith, Dr. David. guest at Mount Vernon, 169. Grymes, Benjamin, at Morris- town, 132.
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