"In the Hands of a Good Providence": Religion in the Life of George Washington

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Abercrombie, Rev. James, 79 abolition and abolitionists, 81–82, 84–88, 134, 218n36 Adams, Abigail Smith, 4, 8, 131 Adams, John, 8, 128, 130–31, 135, 144, 149, 166 Adams, John Quincy, 154 Adams, Samuel, 4, 143–44 Addison, Rev. Walter Dulany, 31 African Church, 138 Alfred the Great (king of England), 63–64 Allen, Ethan, 4 American Revolution, 16, 24–25, 26, 31, 32, 35, 37, 44–45, 52, 56–57, 58, 61, 72, 76, 77, 78, 80–82, 84, 88, 91, 92, 97, 98, 101–2, 104, 106, 112, 113, 115, 117, 118, 119, 120, 124–25, 128, 129, 130, 131–33, 134, 135, 137, 138, 141, 142–54, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 162, 164, 171, 172, 179, 180, 181, 185, 186; Articles of War, 148; “Conway Cabal,” 103; espionage, 83; torpedo, 83 Anabaptists, 127 Andrews, Rev. John, 55, 56 Anglicans and the Anglican Church, 4–5, 13, 14– 18, 20–21, 30–31, 33, 34–35, 40–41, 42, 43–45, 50–51, 52, 53, 56–58, 62, 65, 68, 73, 75–76, 77, 79–81, 82, 84, 92, 95, 96, 98, 103, 104, 107, 109, 127, 128, 137, 141, 142, 143, 146, 171, 175–76, 182, 185–86, 220n11; All Saints Church (Purleigh, Essex, England), 12; St. Giles’s in the Fields (London, England), 20 Arlington Plantation (Arlington County, Va.), 98, 99–100 Arminianism, 11, 62, 190n1 Arnold, Benedict, 146–47 artwork, religious, 62–71, 121, 184, 203n55 Asbury, Bishop Francis, 134 atheism and atheists, 1, 22, 133, 136 Ball, Burgess, 118 Ball, Mildred Thornton, 39 Baptists, 16, 82, 99, 105, 128, 130, 137, 162–63, 164; First Baptist Church (New York City), 32; Great Valley Baptist Church (Chester County, Pa.), 83 Bard, Dr. Samuel, 114 Barlow, Joel, 166, 223n92 Bassett, Burwell, 52, 121, 200n11 Bassett, Frances (Fanny). See Lear, Frances (Fanny) Bassett Washington Battle of Brandywine, 83, 93 Battle of Monmouth, 46, 111 Battle of Morristown, 83 Battle of Paoli, 83 Battle of Saratoga, 110 Battle of Springfield, 83 Battle of Stoney Point, 126 Battle of Ticonderoga, 83 Battle of Yorktown, 83 Bell, John, 147 Belvoir Plantation (Fairfax County, Va.), 54, 55, 140, 171, 172 Benedict, Chaplain Abner, 83 Bible, 15, 16–18, 20, 23, 25, 28, 39, 47, 60, 62, 71, 94, 96, 99, 104, 105, 137, 148–49, 166, 171, 173, 176 bigotry, 159, 162, 172 Bill of Rights, U.S., 165 Blackhall, Offspring, 21 Blair, Chaplain Samuel, 148 Blanchard, Claude, 97 Boller, Paul, 183 Books: etiquette, 22; religious, 15, 18, 50, 61–62, 76, 92, 95–96, 133, 184, 185, 192n38, 203n53. See also Bible Boston Athenaeum, 21, 62, 171 Boucher, Rev. Jonathan, 37–38, 52, 58, 142, 155 Boudinot, Elias, 4 Bowyer, Robert, 71 Boydell, John, 63, 64–68 Boyle Lectures, 21 Index Index 244 Braddock, Gen. Edward, 126 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.), 14, 146, 180 Buchanan, Walter W., 33 Burgoyne, Gen. John, 110 Butler, Frances Parke Lewis, 170, 224n3 Byrd, Col. William, II, 53, 57–58 Caldwell, Chaplain James, 83–84 Calvinism and Calvinists, 11, 131–32, 135, 172 Cambridge University: St. Catherine’s College, 21; St. John’s College, 30 Canada, 146–47 Carlyle, John, 55, 172 Carlyle, Sarah (Sally) Fairfax, 55, 172 Carriera, Rosalba, 63 Carroll, Rev. John, 129, 130, 168 Carroll family, 130 Cayenne (French colony), 86 chaplains, 21, 31, 32, 46, 80–81, 82–84, 97, 109, 111, 127, 129, 131, 132, 140, 141, 144, 145, 146– 48, 151, 166, 180–81, 209n27, 212n19, 217n31 charity and charities, 25, 32, 40–41, 42, 45, 46, 49, 69, 84, 102, 105, 124–27, 130, 135, 138, 153, 163, 167, 184, 186, 216n4, 216n5, 216n7, 221n26 Charles I (king of England), 11, 12, 13, 21, 23 Charles II (king of England), 65, 66 Chichester, Daniel McCarty, 33 Christianity and Christians, 2–3, 4, 22, 84, 93, 99, 101, 105, 107, 108, 110, 113, 114–15, 129, 133, 135, 136–37, 139–40, 147, 149, 152, 153, 156, 157, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 173, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 213n24. See also specific denominations by name Christian Stoics, 171 Church, Dr. Benjamin, 83 church offices: bishops, 44, 46, 49, 76, 77, 80– 81, 129, 134, 167, 173–74, 180, 182; churchwardens , 30, 40–41, 46, 171, 195n2; vestries and vestrymen, 13, 16, 30, 40–42, 44, 46, 55, 80, 171, 178, 195n2, 197n35, 200n11. See also ministers church rituals: baptism, 32, 33, 34, 135, 141; christening, 33–36, 76; church attendance, 15, 53...