nt Mowatt,
i. 733;
conduct of Mowatt at, disapproved of by the British ministry, i. 734.

Farewell Address, Washington's, iii 427;
authorship of, according to Horace Binney (_note_), iii. 434;
sensation produced by, iii. 449;
strictures upon, by Jasper Dwight, of Vermont, iii. 477.

Farewell dinner of Washington on the eve of his retirement from office,
iii. 471.

Farms of Washington, admirably managed by him, iii. 586.

Farnum, Jonathan, body of Doctor Warren identified by, i. 572.

Fauchet, M., appointed by the French government to succeed
Genet--intercepted papers written by, placed in the hands of
Washington--suspicion thrown on the integrity of Randolph by the
papers of (_note_), iii. 361;
a mercenary spirit charged upon Americans by, iii. 362.

Fauquier, Governor, arrival of, from England, i. 258;
letter of Washington to, in relation to the abandonment of Fort
Duquesne, i. 285;
Washington resigns his commission to, after the capture of Fort
Duquesne, i. 286;
opposed to the stamp-act--adverse to a colonial Congress, i. 331.

Febiger, at the battle of Breed's hill, i. 568;
with Arnold at Quebec, i. 697.

_Federal_ and _Republican_ parties, origin of, iii. 151.

_Federalist_, a series of essays by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, iii. 77;
Washington's opinion respecting (_note_), iii. 78.

_Federalists_, Hamilton their leader, iii. 188.

Ferguson, Captain Patrick, party of infantry under Count Pulaski surprised
by--expedition of, against Little Egg Harbor, ii. 643;
dependence placed upon, by Cornwallis--body of tories raised by, in aid
of Cornwallis--encampment of, at King's mountain, ii. 702;
defeat and death of, at King's mountain, ii. 703.

Field-sports, fondness of Washington for, iii. 584.

Finances, deplorable state of, in 1789, iii. 100.

Flatbush, halt of the British at, on the way to Brooklyn, ii. 264.

Fleury, Louis, a captain in the continental army, ii. 497;
bravery displayed by, at the battle of the Brandywine, ii. 510.

Folsom, Nathan, commander of New-Hampshire forces, i. 515.

Fontanes, Louis de, funeral oration pronounced by, in Paris, in honor of
Washington, iii. 570.

Forbes, General, appointed by Pitt to command the expedition against Fort
Duquesne in 1758, i. 253;
an early commencement of the campaign urged upon, by Washington--
excessive caution of, i. 256;