Adams, Jay,
Hamilton, and Madison, iii. 105.
Eulogy, anonymous, on the character of Washington, on the back of a
likeness by Sharpless, iii. 582.
Eutaw Springs, battle at, iii. 3.
Everett, Mr., remarks of, in relation to Washington's expedition to the
Ohio, i. 92.
Excise act, passed in 1791, iii. 174, 307;
opposition made to, at Pittsburgh and elsewhere, in 1792, iii. 216;
measures of Washington for the enforcement of, iii. 217;
modification of, in 1792, iii. 309;
resistance to, in western Pennsylvania, iii. 307-320;
further efforts in Congress to amend, iii. 310;
denounced by the Democratic societies--proclamation of Washington in
support of (_note_), iii. 311.
Executors of the will of Washington, iii. 542.
F.
Fairfax, Bryan, urged by Washington to become a candidate for the
Virginia house of burgesses--much attached to the British government
(_note_), i. 399;
letters of Washington to, urging the uselessness of petitions to the
throne, i. 400, 405, 406;
conservative and timid, i. 400;
letter of, to Washington, in relation to the Revolutionary agitation,
i. 414;
visit of, to Valley Forge--biographical notice of (_note_), ii. 603.
Fairfax county courthouse, resolutions adopted at, by Washington and
others, in 1774, i. 401-405;
resolutions adopted at, readopted at the Williamsburg convention,
i. 406.
Fairfax, George William, educated in England, i. 49;
Washington's first surveying expedition undertaken in company with,
i. 53;
departure of, for England, to take possession of estates, i. 454.
Fairfax, Honorable William, father-in-law of Lawrence Washington, i. 43;
biographical notice of (_note_), i. 49.
Fairfax, Mrs., letter of Washington to, from Mount Vernon, in 1798,
iii. 489.
Fairfax, Thomas, the sixth lord, antiquity of the family of--brief
biographical notice of, i. 47;
personal appearance of, i. 48;
splendid fortune and large estates of, i. 48, 52, 220;
liberality and mode of living of, i. 49;
young Washington his companion in hunting, i. 50;
regard of, for young Washington, i. 51;
a contributor to the _Spectator_ (_note_), i. 220.
Fairfax, Thomas, the tenth lord, at Woodburne, Maryland, in 1855 (_note_),
i. 49.
Falls of the Potomac, hurt received by Washington at, iii. 303.
Falmouth, bombarded and burnt by a squadron under Lieutena
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