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Adams, John 3Mar, 4Jul, 16Jul, 30Aug, 3Nov, 13Dec, death
Adams, John Quincy 3Nov
address to Congress 20Feb, 7May
Administration of Justice Act 31Mar, 24Jul
advice. See teenagers & young adults; See business advice;
agriculture. See farming
Alexandria Academy 18Feb, 28Dec
Allegheny River 2Nov
Allen, Ethan 25Jun
American Philosophical Society 23Feb
American Sycamore 5Oct
Anderson, James 23Aug, 12Nov, 31Dec
Annapolis 9Mar, 21Mar, 6Jun, 12Jun, 10Nov, 28Nov, 6Dec, 22Dec, 23Dec
Armand-Tuffin, Charles 9Jun
Armstrong, John 15Mar, 21Apr, 17Oct
Arnold, Benedict 24Aug, 22Sep, 23Sep, 24Sep, 25Sep
arts & sciences 23Feb, 24Feb, 25Feb
Bache, Benjamin Franklin 16Nov, 17Nov
Badge of Military Merit. See Purple Heart
Bailey, William 15May
Ball, Burgess 25Aug
Baltimore 3Mar, 7Apr, 11May, 21Jun, 24Jun, 16Oct, 26Nov, 27Nov
barbecue 7Mar
Bassett, Burwell 6Jan, 18Jun, 19Jun, 12Dec
Bassett (Lear), Frances 6Jan, 21Nov — death 25Mar
Bater, Philip 7Jun
Battle of Fort Duquesne 14Feb
Battle of Fort Necessity 13Aug
Battle of Kip’s Bay 31Aug
Battle of Lexington and Concord 19Apr, 10Jul
Battle of Long Island 1Jan, 24Aug, 27Aug, 28Aug, 29Aug, 30Aug
Battle of Monmouth 21Jun, 28Jun
Battle of Princeton 3Jan
Battle of the Capes 5Sep, 6Sep, 29Sep, 30Sep, 18Oct
Battle of the Monongahela 1Jan, 9Jul, 15Aug
Battle of Trenton 25Dec, 26Dec, 27Dec
Battle of Yorktown 15Feb, 7Sep, 29Sep, 30Sep, 18Oct, 19Oct, 20Oct, 21Oct, 22Oct
Bell Champ 22Jan
Belvoir 23Jan, 13Feb, 15Feb, 13Aug, 7Oct, 8Oct, 30Dec
Bland, Theodorick 21Feb
Boston Tea Party 31Mar
Boucher, Jonathan 8Mar, 9Mar, 10Mar
Bowen, Jabez 13Sep
boycott 24Mar
Braddock, Edward 1Jan, 13Aug, 15Aug
Brissot, Jacques Pierre 12Apr
Brookfield 15Oct
Brunswick 3Jan, 28Apr, 28Jun, 16Oct, 25Dec
Burgin, Elizabeth 16Jan, 17Jan
Bushnell, David 7Sep
business — advice 13Apr, 12Nov
Calvert, Benedict 12Mar
Calvert, Eleanor 12Mar, 13Mar, 27May, 5Nov, 6Nov
Cambridge 31Jan, 7Feb, 8Feb, 9Feb, 10Feb, 17Mar, 2Apr, 25Jun, 26Jun, 27Jun, 6Jul, 7Jul, 8Jul, 10Jul, 11Jul, 12Jul, 13Jul, 19Jul, 15Oct
Canada 9Feb, 26Jun, 24Jul, 24Aug, 21Dec
card playing 23Jan
Carlton, Guy 4Dec
Carpenters’ Hall 5Sep
Carter, Charles 18May
Carter, Landon 12Jun, 16Dec, 21Dec
change 18Dec
Chapman, George 16Feb
charity 28Jan, 29Jan, 30Jan, 17Feb, 18Feb, 19Feb, 3Oct
Chastellux, Chevalier de 12Apr, 12Oct, 13Oct, 14Oct
Chichester, Richard 7Oct, 8Oct
Christmas 7Jun, 6Dec, 20Dec, 23Dec
Churchill, Elijah 8Aug
Cicero 16Jan
classics 10Mar
clothing 3Oct
Cobb, David 17Mar
Cochran, John 26Feb
Coercive Acts 31Mar
commerce 22Aug
common good 26Jan
congress. See President of Congress
conscience 29May
Constitutional Convention 21Apr, 16May, 23May, 24May, 25May, 26May, 14Sep, 15Sep, 16Sep, 17Sep, 18Sep
Constitution, U.S. 5Jan, 13Jan, 15Jan, 1Feb, 24Apr, 22Jun, 23Jun, 24Jun, 28Jul. See also Constitutional Convention
checks and balances 23Jun
executive power 22Apr
need for 8Sep, 9Sep, 10Sep, 11Sep, 26Oct
Continental army. See also soldiers’ conduct
appointment, commander 7Jan, 17Jun
accepts appointment 16Jun
assumes field command 3Jul
regrets 11Jul
distresses 17Mar, 11Jul, 2Sep, 9Sep, 17Oct, 26Oct, 30Nov, 1Dec, 2Dec, 3Dec, 19Dec, 20Dec, 21Dec, 24Dec, 25Dec
honor 29Jun
resignation, commander 23Dec
farewell orders 3Sep
farewell to officers 4Dec
unified army 6Jul
Continental Congress — first meeting 5Sep
Conway Cabal 3Feb, 4Feb, 5Feb, 14Jun, 15Jun, 16Jun, 17Jun, 15Nov, 16Nov
Conway, Thomas 3Feb, 4Feb, 15Jun, 16Jun, 16Nov
Cornwallis, Charles 30Sep, 19Oct
Craik, James 12Jan, 5May, 4Jun, 6Jun, 29Dec, Death
Custis, Eleanor Parke 13Mar, 21Nov
Custis, Elizabeth Parke 12Mar, 13Mar, 15Mar, 9Oct, 10Oct, 11Oct
Custis, George Washington Parke 12Mar, 6Nov, 7Nov, 8Nov, 9Nov, 10Nov
Custis, John Parke 6Jan, 8Jan, 8Mar, 10Mar, 12Mar, 13Mar, 27May, 29May, 25Jul, 6Nov — death 5Nov
Custis, Martha Dandridge 6Jan. See also Washington, Martha
Custis, Martha Parke 6Jan, 8Jan, 12Mar, 5Nov — death 19Jun
Custis (Peter), Martha Parke 9Oct
Darragh, Lydia Barrington 16Jan
death, views on 14Feb, 25Mar, 27Mar, 19Jun, 25Aug, 26Aug, 29Nov, 15Dec
debt 20Mar, 16May, 18May, 19May, 20May, 21May , 30Oct
Declaration of Independence 24Mar, 14Jul, 15Jul, 27Aug, 30Aug, 5Sep
question of independence 12Jul, 13Jul, 22Jul
Delaware 3Jan, 23Jun, 28Jun, 20Jul, 30Aug, 14Oct, 20Dec, 25Dec
Democratic Societies 5Mar
Democrat-Republican Party 16Nov
destiny. See fate
diary entries. See Washington, George
Dinwiddie, Robert 13Aug, 16Aug, 18Aug, 19Aug, 20Aug, 21Aug
dogs. See Foxhound breed
education 16Feb, 17Feb, 18Feb, 19Feb, 20Feb, 12Mar, 28Dec
a national university 20Feb, 28Dec
Ehler, John Christian 14Apr
elected office 5Jan
elections — foreign interference 3Mar
Ellis, John 24Oct
enslavement 13Jan, 1Feb, 2Feb, 28Feb, 29Mar, 30Mar, 1Apr, 1May, 2May, 29May, 1Jun, 3Jun, 23Jul, 1Aug, 4Sep, 1Oct, 13Nov, 12Dec, 28Dec
equal rights 17Dec
excuses 10Aug
exercise. See Washington, George
Fairfax, George William 13Feb, 15Feb, 12Mar, 19Apr, 30Dec
Fairfax, Sarah Cary 13Feb, 14Feb, 15Feb, 30Dec
Falmouth, Maine — burning 2Apr
false teeth 10Jun
farming 10Apr, 16Apr, 26May, 14Oct, 11Nov, 21Nov, 16Dec
faults 10Feb, 9Aug, 19Aug, 20Aug, 24Aug
Federal City. See Washington, D.C.
Federalist Papers 27Oct
Federalist Party 8May, 9May, 9Sep, 27Oct, 14Nov, 16Mar, 21Nov
Fenner, Arthur 15Jan
fireworks 4Dec
Fitzgerald, John 17Dec
Fitzhugh, William 11Jun, 13Aug
foreign affairs — intermeddling 11Dec
Fourth of July 1Jul
Foxhound breed 7Mar
Franklin, Benjamin 23Feb, 30Aug, 17Nov, 24Nov, 29Dec
return from France 4Oct
visit to Europe 2Oct
Fraunces Tavern 4Dec
freedom of speech 15Mar
Frencau, Philip 17Nov
French and Indian War 13Aug, 14Aug, 15Aug, 16Aug, 17Aug, 18Aug, 19Aug, 20Aug, 21Aug
distresses 16Aug, 17Aug, 21Aug
offensive operations 21Aug
French Revolution 5Jan, 14Jan, 31Jul, 28Oct, 29Oct, 11Dec
Frestel, Felix 21Nov, 22Nov, 23Nov
friendship 2Jan, 13Jun, 13Oct, 24Oct, 26Oct, 15Nov, 16Nov. See also teenagers & young adults; See also Lafayette, Marquis de (letters)
frugality 28Jan, 14May, 17May, 24Jun
Gage, Thomas 19Apr, 10Jul, 24Jul
gardening 22Jan
Gates, Horatio 3Feb, 4Feb, 4Feb, 15Mar, 16Mar,15Jun
General Orders 18Jan, 7Feb, 9Feb, 11Feb, 14Mar, 3Apr, 15Apr, 18Apr, 29Jun, 6Jul, 7Jul, 14Jul, 20Jul, 21Jul, 26Jul, 7Aug, 27Aug, 29Aug, 6Sep,25Oct
Genet, Edmond Charles “Citizen” 5Mar, 17Nov
Georgetown 15Feb, 13Mar, 15May, 16Jul
Germain, James 9May
God 30Apr, 7Jul, 14Oct, 24Nov, 15Dec. See also religion, providence, heaven
Goddard, William 8Apr
Gordon, William 17Jun
Gorham, Nathaniel 24Jun
government 22Sep, 27Sep, 17Nov
appointments 24Apr, 3May, 28Sep
debt 7May
justice 28Sep
leadership qualities 14Jan
Graham, Catherine Macaulay 4Jan, 5Jan
Grasse, Francois Joseph Paul de 6Sep, 7Sep, 29Sep, 30Sep, 18Oct
Great Meadows 28May
Greene, Nathaniel 31Aug, 13Sep, 22Sep, 2Dec
guardians 8Mar
Hamilton, Alexander 5Mar, 27Mar, 23Apr, 24Apr, 5May, 28Jun, 20Aug, 9Sep, 15Sep, 17Sep, 27Oct, 16Mar, 21Nov
Hancock, John 3Jan, 2Apr, 16Jun, 15Jul, 20Aug, 24Aug, 28Aug, 30Aug, 31Aug, 1Sep, 23Sep, 15Oct, 24Dec, 27Dec
Hanson, Samuel 4Aug
Harrison, Benjamin 24Apr, 30Oct
Harrison, Robert Hanson 28Sep
Haynie, Sally Ball 29Jan, 10May, 29Dec
Heaven 3Jan, 4Jan, 24Apr, 25Apr, 4Jul, 14Jul, 21Jul, 28Jul, 30Jul, 26Aug, 20Oct, 28Oct, 15Dec, 23Dec, Death
Hebrew Congregation 4May
Henry, Patrick 14Jun, 15Jun, 30Oct
Hercules. See Posey, Hercules
Hill, Henry 12May
Holroyd, John Baker 8Dec
honesty 21Feb, 9May, 29May, 27Oct, 10Dec
Hope Park 9Oct
Hopkinson, Francis 24Feb
horse racing 23Jan
hot air balloon 27Sep
House of Burgesses 24Jul, 24Jul, 25Jul
Howe, Robert 27Jul
Howe, William 3Jan, 20Jan, 25Jan, 4Apr, 25Jun, 26Jun, 27Jul, 28Aug, 30Aug, 25Dec
Humphreys, David 5Apr, 27Apr, 16Jul, 2Nov, 7Dec, 9Dec
hunting 6Oct
buffalo 5Oct
duck 7Mar
fox 23Jan
Huntington, Samuel 17Jan, 30 Nov
hurricane 24Jun
immigration 22Feb, 25Nov, 26Nov
inauguration — first inaugural address 30Apr
industry 10May
in-laws 22Mar
Intolerable Acts. See Coercive Acts
Jackson, Robert 9Jul
Jay, John 10Sep
Jefferson, Thomas 3Mar, 21Mar, 24Mar, 27Mar, 7Sep, 14Sep, 14Nov, 21Nov, 6Dec
betrayal of 14Nov, 15Nov, 16Nov
Jersey Line — mutiny 20Jan
Jersey Militia 3Jan
Johnston, Archibald 6Oct
Jones, Walter 14Nov
Journey over the Mountains 11Mar
Journey to the Ohio 5Oct
Judge, Ona “Oney” 1Apr, 1May, 2May
Jumonville Glen Skirmish 28May, 13Aug
Kanawha River, Great 5Oct, 2Nov
King of Prussia 2Jan
Knox, Henry 12Feb, 27Mar, 25Apr, 23May, 24May, 26Jun, 16Sep, 4Dec
Lafayette, Adrienne de 27Feb, 22May
Lafayette, Anastasie de 27Nov
Lafayette, Georges Washington 21Nov, 21Nov, 22Nov, 23Nov
Lafayette, Marquis de 5Jan, 22May, 2Oct, 12Oct, 2Nov, 21Nov, 22Nov, 23Nov, 27Nov, 28Nov, 3Dec
arrives in America 13Jun
final farewell to Washington 1Feb, 28Nov
key to the Bastille 29Oct
letters from Washington 1Feb, 4Feb, 27Feb, 28Feb, 22Apr, 13Jun, 23Jun, 30Jun, 22Aug, 18Sep, 21Sep, 29Oct, 28Nov, 6Dec
letters to Washington 1Feb, 4Feb, 13May, 22Nov, 27Nov
release from prison 22Nov
tour through Prussia & Germany 2Jan
Langdon, John 26Apr
Langhorne letter 14Nov
Latrobe, Benjamin 21Nov
Laurens, John 25Sep
Lawson, John 30Mar
Law, Thomas 18Jul
leadership 12Apr. See also soldiers’ conduct
Lear, Tobias 25Mar, 26Mar, 1Apr, 21Jun, 17Jul, 23Jul, 16Oct, 21Nov, 29Dec, Death
Lee, Charles 6Apr, 7Apr, 8Apr, 17Jun, 28Jun
Lee, Henry 19Jan, 23Jan, 5Mar, 6Mar, 29Mar, 11Sep, Death
Lewis, Charles 15Aug
Lewis, Elizabeth Washington 25Aug, 26Aug
Lewis, Fielding 30May
Lewis, Lawrence 12Aug, 1Oct, Death
Lewis, Robert 31May, 5Jun, 13Nov
Lewis, Warner 14Aug
Lincoln, Benjamin 19Oct, 22Oct
Lloyd, Amelia Leigh 21Jan
love 13Feb, 14Feb, 27Feb, 12Mar, 13Mar, 9Oct, 10Oct
lust 9Jun
Luzac, Jean 20Nov
Luzerne, Marquis de La 14Jan, 16Jul, 18Oct
Mackenzie, Robert 2Jul
Maidenhead 3Jan
mankind 26Jun
marriage 6Jan, 12Mar, 22Mar, 27May, 9Jun, 9Oct, 11Oct, 14Oct, 17Nov
Marshall, John Death
Mason, George 24Mar
Massachusetts Government Act 31Mar, 24Jul
Mazzei letter 14Nov
McHenry, James 24Jan, 3May, 6Jul, 9Aug, 16Oct
McKean, Thomas 20Oct
meazles 11Jan
Mechanical Society of Baltimore 26Nov
Mercer, Hugh 3Jan
Middlebrook 3Feb, 6Apr, 15Apr, 16Apr
Mifflin, Thomas 3Jan, 15Jun, 31Aug
Minor, William 17Feb
money. See currency
Monroe, James 11Dec
Montgomery, Richard 26Jun
morality 2Mar
Morris, Gouverneur 6May
Morris, Israel 11Jan
Morristown 3Jan, 17Jan, 26Jan, 6Feb, 23Feb, 22Sep, 23Sep, 15Nov,30Nov, 2Dec, 3Dec, 18Dec
Continental army arrives 1Dec
Mount Vernon
Brissot’s visit (narrative) 12Apr
Lafayette’s visit 1Feb, 27Nov, 28Nov
Latrobe’s visit 21Nov
management 28Jan, 30Jan, 15Feb, 18Mar, 23Mar, 11Apr, 12Apr, 13Apr, 16May, 17May, 19May, 5Jun, 23Jul, 26Sep, 12Nov, 13Nov, 31Dec
agreement with gardener 7Jun
labor 2Jun
problem tenants 31May
typical day 24Jan
Muir, James 19Feb
Muse, Battaile 29Jan
Muse, George 4Jun
Nelson & Blueskin 6Jun
Neptune 30Mar
Newburgh 1Feb, 14Mar, 15Mar, 16Mar, 14May, 29May, 2Aug, 7Aug, 9Sep, 3Oct, 13Oct, 23Oct, 25Oct, 26Oct
Newenham, Edward 22Jan, 27Sep, 10Dec
Newtown 27Dec
New Windsor 19Jan, 20Apr, 25Jul, 17Oct, 18Oct, 25Oct
Nicola, Lewis 23Oct
Oath of Allegiance Proclamation. See proclamations
old age 24Jun
Paine, Thomas — Common Sense 13Jul
parole & countersign 18Jan
Passaic Falls 25Sep
Passy 2Oct
patent law 13Jan
Pearce, William 30Jan, 11Apr, 12Apr, 13Apr
Pendleton, Edmund 8Dec
Pennsylvania Line — mutiny 20Jan
philosophy — life 21Feb
Pickering, Timothy 18Nov
Pike, Nicholas 25Feb
Pinckney, Charles 1Jun
plays. See theatrical performances
Pluckamin 3Jan
plundering. See Revolutionary War
poetry 9Apr
political appointments. See government appointments
political parties 15Jan, 5May, 16Nov, 18Nov, 19Nov, 20Nov, 13Dec. See also Federalist Party & Repbulican Party
politics 24Apr, 25Jul, 30Jul, 23Aug, 20Nov. See also political parties
portrait painters. 24Feb
Posey, John 11Jan, 17Feb, 29May
Potomac Company shares 30Oct
precedents 27Sep
presidency
entourage 16Oct
final days 22Feb, 1Mar, 2Mar, 24Mar, 27Mar
first election 25Apr, 26Apr, 27Apr, 28Apr, 29Apr
on becoming president 21Apr, 22Apr, 23Apr, 24Apr, 25Apr, 27Oct
retirement 16Dec
third election 13Dec
President of Congress 3Jan, 17Jan, 2Apr, 15Jul, 24Aug, 28Aug, 30Aug, 31Aug, 1Sep, 23Sep, 30Nov, 24Dec, 27Dec
Princeton 3Jan, 18Jan,28Apr, 3Sep, 6Nov, 10Nov, 26Dec
proclamations
Oath of Allegiance 25Jan, 26Jan
Thanksgiving 29Jul
procrastination 24Jan
providence 1Jan, 2Jan, 7Jan, 9Jan, 16Jan, 26Jan, 22Feb, 24Mar, 25Mar, 26Mar, 27Mar, 16Apr, 17Apr, 10May, 18Jun, 20Jun, 21Jun, 28Jun, 10Jul, 11Jul, 15Jul, 3Sep, 21Sep, 25Sep, 17Oct, 21Dec, 23Dec, Death. See also God, religion
Quasi War 15Feb, 27Mar, 11Jun, 5Jul, 12Aug, 10Nov, Death
commissioned commander in chief 4Jul
Queries, the 7Apr
Questions submitted by the President 16Mar
Rall (Rahl), Johann Gottlieb 27Dec
Randolph, Edmund 11May, 25May, 19Nov
Reed, Joseph 3Feb, 10Feb, 23Feb, 6Apr, 7Apr, 11Jul, 12Jul, 13Jul, 20Sep
religion 2Mar, 7Mar, 25Mar, 27Mar, 15Apr, 1Jul, 7Jul, 14Jul, 26Jul, 23Aug, 15Oct, 24Nov
retirement 16Jan 22Apr, 22May, 26May, 5Jul, 1Oct
presidency 27Mar, 20Nov, 6Dec, 8Dec, 10Dec
Revolutionary War. See also soldiers’ conduct
British depart NY Harbor 4Dec, 6Dec
British government and press 27Jul
British occupy Philadelphia 20Jul
causes 22Mar, 24Mar, 31Mar, 2Jul, 2Jul, 10Jul, 12Jul, 24Jul
cessation of hostilities 1Feb, 18Apr, 25Oct
female patriots 16Jan
writing a history 16Jul
Richmond 6Jan, 21Mar, 1Apr, 21Jun, 1Aug, 21Nov, 12Dec
Ringwood 20Jan
Robert Cary & Company 27Jan, 18Mar, 20Mar
Robinson, John 17Aug
Rochambeau, Comte de 24Sep, 30Sep, 18Oct, 28Oct
Rumsey, James 8Jun
Rush, Benjamin 14Jun, 15Jun, 16Jun, 30Aug
Rutledge, Edward 29Apr, 30Aug, 15Oct
Sanpinck Creek 3Jan
Schuyler, Philip 26Jun
Secretary for Foreign Affairs 10Sep
Secretary of State 21Mar, 11May, 16Mar
Secretary of the Navy 4Nov
Secretary of the Treasury 1May, 5May
Secretary of War 24Jan, 12Feb, 5Mar, 27Mar, 5Jul, 13Aug, 18Nov. See also Secretary at War
selfishness 21Jan
Shays’ Rebellion 23May, 11Sep, 12Sep
ship launch 23Jan
Siege of Boston 17Mar, 27Mar, 13Jul
Siege of Yorktown. See Battle of Yorktown
slavery. See enslavement
Slough, Matthias 1Mar
Smith, Alexander 19May
soldiers’ conduct 7Feb, 8Feb, 9Feb, 11Feb, 14Mar, 6Jul, 15Aug, 29Aug, 24Dec
Spotswood, Alexander 10Apr, 1Aug
Stamp Act 22Mar, 23Mar,, 13Aug
steam-powered boat 8Jun
Stephen, Adam 1Jan
Steuben, Baron von 25Sep, 18Dec, 22Dec
Stewart, Robert 19Mar
Stirling, Lord, William Alexander 6Feb, 30Aug
Stockton, Annis Boudinot 16Jan, 9Apr
Stoddert, Benjamin 4Nov
Strong, Anna Smith 16Jan
Stuart, David 13Jan, 12Mar, 27May, 9Aug, 12Sep, 10Nov, 29Dec
success 2Aug
Sullivan, John 2Apr, 24Aug, 30Aug, 15Nov
Tallmadge, Benjamin 2Aug — eyewitness account 4Dec
teenagers & young adults. See also love
antisocial behavior 10Nov
council 9Mar, 4Aug, 6Aug, 7Nov
friendship 9Mar,, 6Aug, 4Jan, 3Oct, 10Oct, 7Nov
needs & wants 15May
rising early 9Nov
traveling 10Mar
womanhood 10Aug
theatrical performances 23Jan
Thomas, John 19Jul
Thomson, Charles 27Apr
Thruston, Charles Mynn 4Mar
Tilghman, Tench 26Oct
Townshend Acts 24Mar
Treaty of Paris 13Aug, 3Sep, 25Oct
Trenton — Triumphal Arch 28Apr
Trumbull, Jr., Jonathan 24Mar, 8May, 5Nov, 13Dec
Trumbull, Sr., Jonathan 8Jul, 3Dec
Turtle (submarine) 7Sep
Valley Forge 4Feb, 4Feb, 5Feb, 14Jun, 21Jul, 22Jul, 15Sep, 3Dec, 18Dec , 19Dec, 20Dec, 21Dec, 22Dec —Continental army arrives 19Dec
Verplanks Point 21Jan
Virginia Regiment 13Aug, 14Aug, 15Aug, 16Aug, 17Aug, 18Aug, 19Aug, 20Aug, 21Aug
Warville, Jacques Pierre Brissot de 12Apr
Washington, Bushrod 3May, 22Jun, 3Oct, 12Dec, 29Dec
Washington, Charles 14Dec, 29Dec
Washington, D.C. 2May, 11May, 12May, 17Ju, 18Jul, 21Nov, 9Dec, 28Dec
Laying of the Corner-Stone 16Jul
Residence Act 16Jul
Washington, George
accidents
carriage 17Sep
fire 11Mar
horse 11May
river 1Nov
admonishment 29May, 30May, 12Sep
as described by Jefferson 14Nov
birthday 22Feb
bravery 1Jan, 28Jun, 31Aug, 31Oct
death 14Dec, Death — Funeral Oration Death
diary entries 11Jan, 13Jan, 23Jan, 22Feb, 24Mar, 7Mar, 11Mar, 21Mar, 28Mar, 27Apr, 6Jun, 24Jun, 1Jul, 15Sep, 17Sep, 5Oct, 15Oct, 31Oct, 1Nov, 31Dec
final farewell to Lafayette 28Nov
happiest moments of life 15Feb, 30Dec
horses 11Jun
humorous 11Jan, 26Feb, 28Mar, 15Oct, 21Nov, 29Nov
illness
pneumonia 12May
preserving health 12Jun
last letter 31Dec
last will and testament 28Dec, 29Dec
last writing 31Dec
letters from others 4Jan, 10Jan, 1Feb, 4Feb, 27Mar, 4Apr, 26Apr, 13May, 4Jul, 12Aug, 25Aug, 24Sep, 2Oct, 9Oct, 19Oct, 22Oct, 24Oct, 28Oct, 22Nov, 23Nov, 24Nov, 27Nov, 4Dec
on being king 23Oct
on dislike of ceremony 15Oct, 16Oct
on kings 2Jan
on looking back 17Oct
on receiving gifts 9Dec
on war 5Apr, 17Apr, 22Aug, 23Aug, 14Oct, 7Dec
Washington, George Augustine 6Jan, 26Mar, 14Sep, 5Dec, 6Dec, 7Dec, 15Dec
Washington, Harriot 10Aug
Washington, John Augustine 1Jan, 17Mar, 3May, 14May, 28May, 28Jun, 3Oct, 25Dec
Washington, Lawrence Augustine 15May, 3Aug, 4Aug
Washington, Lund 7Jan, 10Jan, 28Jan, 16Apr, 20Apr,16May, 27May, 20Jun, 2Sep
Washington, Martha 7Jan,8Jan, 9Jan, 23Jan, 15Feb, 25Mar, 26Mar, 27May, 29May, 19Jun, 9Oct, 5Nov, 6Nov, 21Nov, 14Dec, 28Dec. See also Custis, Martha Dandridge
illness 14Dec
letters to others 29Nov, Death
postscript to George 10Jan
Washington, Mary Ball 14May — death 25Aug
Washington, Samuel 20May, 3Aug, 25Dec, 29Dec
Weedon, George 18Dec
Welch, James 21May
Western world 2Jan, 4Jan
West Point 111, 27Feb, 7Apr, 30Jun, 27Jul, 24Sep, 25Sep
Wheatley, Phillis 31Jan
Whipple, Joseph 2May
Whiskey Rebellion 24Mar, 4Mar, 5Mar, 6Mar, 7May, 8Dec
Whiting, Anthony 17May, 3Jun, 11Aug, 26Sep
Williamsburg 18Mar, 24Jul, 5Sep
Williamson, Hugh 8Jun
wine 12Oct
winter 1779-80 3Dec
Winter, Lucretia Wilhelmina van 22Feb
Woodford, William 8Feb
writing 13Mar
advice 11Aug
Yorktown. See Battle of Yorktown