for when at Mount Vernon he invariably attended the
election, rain or shine, though it was a ride of ten miles to the polling
town.

Both his enemies and his friends bore evidence to his honesty. Jefferson
said, "his integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have
ever known, no motives of interest or consanguinity or friendship or
hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was indeed in every sense of
the words, a wise, a good, and a great man." Pickering wrote that "to the
excellency of his _virtues_ I am not disposed to set any limits. All his
views were upright, all his actions just" Hamilton asserted that "the
General is a very honest Man;" and Tilghman spoke of him as "the honestest
man that I believe ever adorned human nature."

Index.

ADAMS, John, opinion of Washington,
use of appointing power,
deal arranged by,
dislike of Washington,
quoted,

----, Samuel, opposed to Washington,

Agriculture, Washington's fondness for,
Ague, Washington's attacks of,

ALEXANDER, Frances,

Alexandria, assemblies at,
Washington builds in,
lots in,

ALIQUIPPA, Queen,

Alton, John,

Ames, Fisher, quoted,

Appleby school,

ARMSTRONG, John, quoted,

ARNOLD, B.,

Asses, breeding of,

_Aurora_,

BACHE, B.F., writes against Washington,

BALLS, maternal ancestors of Washington,

Balls,

Bank-stock, holdings of,

Barbadoes, Washington's visit to,

BARD, Dr., quoted,

BASSETT, Burwell,

----, Frances,

Bath, Virginia, lots in,

_Battle of Brooklyn_, a farce,

Billiards,

BISHOP, Thomas,

BLAND, Mary,

----, T., criticises Washington's bow,

"Blueskin,"

Books,

Boston, siege of,

BOUCHER, Rev. J., quoted,
mentioned,

Bounties,

BRADDOCK, Edward, Washington and,
defeat of,
march of,
mentioned,

Brasenose College, Lawrence Washington a fellow of,

BRISSOT de Warville, quoted,

British forgeries,

Brixted Parva, Lawrence Washington rector of,

BROGLIE, Prince de, quoted,

Brooklyn, battle of,

CALLENDER, James Thomson, publications of,

CALVERT, Eleanor, marriage with Jack Custis,
visit to Cambridge,
remarriage,

Cambridge, head-quarters at,
mentioned,

CAMPBELL, A., portrait of Washington by,

Cancer, George Washington's,
Mary Washington's,

Capital. _See_ Washington City.

Cards,

CARLYLE, Washington's friendship for,

----, Major,

----, Sally,

CARROLL, Charles,

CARY, Mary,

"Cato,"

"Ce