etter of Washington to Mr. Calvert,
recommending a postponement of the marriage of, i. 377;
at King's college, in New York--Hamilton a fellow-student with--effect
upon, of the death of his sister, i. 378;
marriage of, to Miss Calvert, in 1774--letter of Washington to Doctor
Cooper, in relation to the marriage of, i. 379;
Washington's aid, ii. 730;
death of, at Eltham--children of, adopted by Washington, iii. 5.

Custis, Martha, introduction of Washington to, i. 277;
marriage of, to Washington, in January, 1759, i. 287.

Custis, Miss, daughter of Mrs. Washington, sickness of, i. 375;
death of, at Mount Vernon, in 1773, i. 378.

Customs commissioners mobbed in Boston, i. 345.

D.

Dagworthy, Captain, position of, settled by Governor Shirley, i. 201.

Dallas, Alexander J., hostility of, to Jay's treaty, iii. 353.

Dalrymple, Colonel, reserve of troops left under the command of, at
Staten Island, ii. 263.

Danbury, expedition to destroy stores at, under Governor Tryon, ii. 433;
private as well as public property destroyed at, ii. 435.

Dancing-days of Washington over in 1799 (_note_), i. 310.

Dandridge, Bartholomew, private secretary of Washington--letter of
Washington to, expressing approbation of his conduct, iii. 479;
provision in the will of Washington respecting the heirs of, iii. 538.

Dartmouth, Lord, instructions of, to General Gage, as to his conduct in
Massachusetts, i. 415;
reply of an American to a remark of, as to the number of delegates to
the first Congress (_note_), i. 441.

D'Aubrey, Colonel, defeated and made prisoner by Sir William Johnson near
Fort Niagara, i. 291.

Davenant, Sir William, expedition of, intercepted by Cromwell's fleet
(_note_), i. 20.

Davidson, John, Indian interpreter with Washington on his Ohio
expedition, i. 76, 78.

Davie, Governor William R., associated with Murray as envoy to France in
1799, iii. 529.

Davis, Reverend Thomas, volumes presented to, by Washington, at the
marriage of Nelly Custis, iii. 534;
invited to officiate at the funeral of Washington, iii. 558.

Deane, Silas, sent to Paris as a secret agent of Congress--his unfitness
for the trust, ii. 125;
embarrassing engagements entered into by, ii. 444.

Dearborn, Captain, his dog eaten by famishing soldiers in Arnold's Quebec
expedition (_note_), i. 694;
made prisoner at the