e yellow fever in 1793,
iii. 281;
banquet given by the merchants of, on Washington's retirement from
office, iii. 476;
last visit of Washington to, iii. 525.

Philipse family in New York, great landed estates of (_note_), i. 202.

Philipse, Mary, Washington's admiration of, i. 199;
undeclared passion of Washington for, i. 201.

Pickens, Colonel, Colonel Boyd defeated by, ii. 651.

Pickering, Colonel, letter of, to Washington, hinting suspicions of
Randolph, iii. 360;
successor of Randolph, as secretary of state, in 1795, iii. 372;
letters of Washington to, iii. 496, 528, 530.

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, hostility of, to Jay's treaty, iii. 354;
office of secretary of state offered to, by Washington, in 1795,
iii. 371;
letter of Washington to, urging his acceptance of the mission to France,
iii. 443;
refusal of the French government to receive, iii. 492;
ordered to leave France, iii. 493, 504;
notified by the French government to leave Paris, iii. 494;
special envoy to France in 1798, iii. 496;
indignant reply of, to the agents of the French Directory, iii. 503;
appointed major-general in the provisional army, in 1798 (_note_),
iii. 515;
encomium passed by Washington upon the character of, iii. 518;
willingness of, to serve as major-general under Hamilton--conference of,
with M'Henry and Hamilton, respecting the provisional army, in 1798,
iii. 525.

Pinckney, Thomas, minister to the court of St. James in 1792, iii. 223;
a candidate for the vice-presidency in 1796, iii. 451;
letter of Washington to, in relation to the troubles with France,
iii. 495.

Pine, Robert Edge, portrait of Washington painted by, iii. 50.

Pitcairn, Major, sent by General Gage to seize stores at Concord, i. 503;
attack made by the soldiers of, upon the minute-men at Lexington,
i. 505.

Pitt, Lord, unwillingness of Lady Chatham that he should bear arms against
the colonists (_note_), i. 686;
instructions of Washington to Arnold respecting, i. 686.

Pitt, William, placed at the head of the British ministry--Lord Loudoun
recalled by--expeditions proposed by, against Louisburg, Ticonderoga,
and Fort Duquesne--General Forbes appointed by, to lead the expedition
against Fort Duquesne, i. 253;
measures of the Virginia assembly in response to the wishes of, i. 255;
conquest of Canada aimed at by