in his last illness, 243 _ff_.; 253.
Critical Period of American History, 151 _ff_.
Custis, Daniel P., 33, 34.
Custis, Eleanor, _W.'s_ affection for, 233, 234.
And _see_ Lewis, Eleanor (Custis).
Custis, George W P., 233, 247.
Custis, John Parke, _W.'s_ step-son, 40-42; 104.
Custis, Mrs.Martha (Dandridge), widow of D.P.Custis, is courted by _W_., 33, 34, and marries him, 35.
And _see_ Washington, Martha (Custis).
Custis, Martha, W.'s step-daughter, 40, 41.
Dandridge, Francis, letter of _W_.

to, 51, 52.
Davis, Rev.Mr., 252, 253.
Deane, Silas, sent to enlist aid of France, 94; his unauthorized promises to Ducoudray, 95, and Lafayette, 99.
Declaration of Independence, 78, 191.
"Declaration of Rights," 60.
Delaware River, _W.'s_ crossing of, 85, 86.
Democracy in the U.S., contrasted with earlier types, 178.
Democratic Party, 186.
Dent, Elizabeth, 31.
Dick, Dr., 245, 247, 248, 252.
Dickinson, John, 161.
Dinwiddie, Robert, sends _W_.

on mission to French, 14; sends expedition under Fry to take Duquesne, 15; 16, 17, 18, 20, 21.
Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Lord, 208.
Dorchester Heights, occupied by Americans, 73.
Ducoudray, M., 95.
Election, first, under Constitution, 175, 176.
Ellsworth, Oliver.

161.
England, expeditions planned by, 19 _ff_.; effect of Chatham's administration on power and prestige of, 27, 28; relations with Colonies in 1763, 47; the Imperial Spirit in, 47 _ff_.; measures imposing taxation on Colonies, 49 _ff_.; division of opinion in, in 1770, 53, 54, 55; Hessians in service of, 76; effect of sea-power of, 84; plans for campaign of 1777, 90, 91; sends Commission to treat for peace, 109, 120; reconstruction of government in, after Yorktown, 130; and _W.'s_ proclamation of neutrality (1789), 204; hatred of, in U.S., and the Jay Treaty, 208 _ff_.; threat of war with, 208, 209; and the U.S.in 1796 and 1914, 227, 228.
And _see_ Paris, Treaty of (1783).
England and France, rivalry between in North America, 12, 13; actually at war, 19; effect of Wolfe's victory at Quebec, 28; war between (1789), 193; difficulty in maintaining neutrality of U.S., 193 _ff_.
"Entangling alliances," authorship of the phrase, 227.
Estaing, Charles H, Count d', brings French fleet to America, 108.
Excise tax, on distilled spirits, 189; and the Whiskey Insurrection, 218.
Fairfax, Bryan, letter of _W_.

to, 62, 63; 253.
Fairfax, Sally, 31.
Fairfax, Thomas, Lord, employs _W_.