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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