akes a journey through New York, 343;
gives Congress excellent but futile advice, 344;
issues circular letter to governors, 344;
and farewell address to army, 345;
enters New York after departure of British, 345;
his farewell to his officers, 345;
adjusts his accounts, 346;
appears before Congress, 347;
French account of his action, 347;
makes speech resigning commission, 348, 349.

_In Retirement_.
Returns to Mt. Vernon, ii. I;
tries to resume old life, 2;
gives up hunting, 2;
pursued by lion-hunters and artists, 3;
overwhelmed with correspondence, 3;
receives letters from Europe, 4;
from cranks, 4;
from officers, 4;
his share in Society of Cincinnati, 4;
manages his estate, 5;
visits Western lands, 5;
family cares, 5, 6;
continues to have interest in public affairs, 6;
advises Congress regarding peace establishment, 6;
urges acquisition of Western posts, 7;
his broad national views, 7;
alone in realizing future greatness of country, 7, 8;
appreciates importance of the West, 8;
urges development of inland navigation, 9;
asks Jefferson's aid, 9, 10;
lays canal scheme before Virginia legislature, 10;
his arguments, 10;
troubled by offer of stock, 11;
uses it to endow two schools, 12;
significance of his scheme, 12, 13;
his political purposes in binding West to East, 13;
willing to leave Mississippi closed for this purpose, 14, 15, 16;
feels need of firmer union during Revolution, 17;
his arguments, 18, 19;
his influence starts movement for reform, 20;
continues to urge it during retirement, 21;
foresees disasters of confederation, 21;
urges impost scheme, 22;
condemns action of States, 22, 23, 25;
favours commercial agreement between Maryland and Virginia, 23;
stung by contempt of foreign powers, 24;
his arguments for a national government, 24;
points out designs of England, 25;
works against paper money craze in States, 26;
his opinion of Shays's rebellion, 26;
his position contrasted with Jefferson's, 27;
influence of his letters, 28, 29;
shrinks from participating in Federal convention, 29;
elected unanimously, 30;
refuses to go to a feeble convention, 30, 31;
finally makes up his mind, 31.

_In the Federal Convention_.
Speech attributed to Washington by Morris on duties