George Washington

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Subject Index Adam, 30 Adams, 6o8, 609 Adams, John, 430 Adet, P. A., 65I-53 Agriculture, 342, 42 I, ss8-6 I best regions for, 559-60 calling out the militia as injurious to, I22 deficiencies in management of, 652-53 in eighth annual message (I 796), 508-9 in Great Britain, 56I Indian, 646 low productivity of American farmers, 56 I peas from England, 637, 642 proposal for an agricultural institution, 652 seeds for France, 307 survey on (I79I), ss8-s9 technical discussion of, 64I-43 Alarm posts, 72 Alcoholic beverages, taxes on. See Distilled spirits, duties on Alexander, William (Lord Stirling), 235 Alexander the Great, 397 Alexandria, 292 academy in, will provision on, 668-69 Algiers, 3I8, 40I, 500,507, 6I6 Allegheny Mountains, Indians of, 3I Allegheny River, 288 Ambition, as greatest enemy of United States, 455 Amendments to the Constitution, 373-75, 378, 384, 420, 52 I adoption of Constitution should not depend on, 38788 in first draft on first inaugural address ("discarded inaugural"), 45I-52 Pennsylvania antifederalists and, 4I5 premature, apprehension about, 4IS-I6, 424 ratification of the Constitution should precede, 39I American empire, foundation of, 240-4I American Revolution, 449-50. See also Army, Continental accommodation with Great Britain rejected, 66-67 Bermudans urged to take American side in, 45-46 blessed effects of, in the rest of the world, 456 contributions of different states, I49 critical time for. See also state of affairs of below I776, 7I I778, I I8-I9 I783, 24I-42 end of war. See also Peace treaty (I 783) not in sight, I24-25 order for cessation of hostilities, 236 prospects for (I 779), I2I-22 American Revolution Index rejoicing in, 22g-3o, 236-37, 238 European balance of power and, 135-36 European negotiations and (1778), 10()-1 explained to Canadians, 46-47 federal government's defects in prosecution of war, 248 financial aspects of, 111-12, 144, q6, 182-85, 212, 44g-50. See also Army, Continental, supplies for; Trade as determining factor, 147-48 errors in administration of finances, 182 foreign aid, 182, 185 French finances, 148 loans needed, 183, 184 public dissatisfaction with, 183 France and, 144, 146, 406 alliance with France, 92, 100, 107n, 184-86 finances, 148 French troops needed, 18485 gratitude for French cooperation at Yorktown (1781), 194-97 naval operations, 107-11, 138-39, 142, 143 in historical perspective, 208, 282 Indians and, 131-33, 261 indifference and lethargy of the public, 146 naval warfare during, 114 British superiority, 109 captured ships, 67-68 d'Estaing's role in, 107-11 need for superiority in, 184 new plan to conduct war needed, 176 persistence of the enemy, 11617 political dissolution, danger of, 212 public discontent with conduct of war, 169, 185-86 records and papers of W. and writing history of, 260 recovery of nation from war, 538 review of war, 267-68 state of affairs of. See also critical time for above in q8o, 175-76 in 1781, 182-86 in 1783, 212 vigorous offensive needed (1781), 184 weariness of war, American people's, 9g-1oo Ames, Fisher, 636 Amusements, advice to nephew on, 432 Annapolis Convention (1786), 349, 352, 353 Annual addresses of W. as President, 442-43 first (1790), 467-70 second (1790), 47o--74 third (1791), 474-80 census, 477 currency, 479-80 duties on distilled spirits, 476-77 Indians, 475-76, 478 loan from Holland, 477-78 militia, 479 permanent seat of the government of the United States, 477 Post Office and post roads, 479 public debt, 477-78 weights and measures, uniformity in, 480 fourth (1792), 48o--86 duties on spirits, 483 Indians, 48o--83, 485 the mint, establishment of, 484 peace with other nations, 483-84 Index Post Office, 484 public debt, 484-85 fifth (I 793), 486-g I defense policy, 488-8g Indians, 48g-go public debt, 490-91 tax on the transportation of public prints, 491 war in Europe, 487-88 sixth (I 794), 492-99 democratic societies, 492, 497 foreign affairs, 499 Indians, 497-98 Mint of the United States, the, 498-gg public debt, 498 tax revolt in Pennsylvania, 492-95 seventh (1795), 499-504, 6I 5 general welfare and prosperity, 50 I-2 Great Britain, relations with, 500-I Indians, 499-50 I, 503, 504 military establishment, 502-3, 504 public debt, 504 Spain, relations with (1795), 500 eighth (I796), 505-I2 agriculture, 508-g Barbary states...