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George Washington

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to survey his estate, 5; 7.
Farewell Address, the, 224 _ff_.; declarations of, how far applicable in 1914, 227, 228.
Fauchet, Joseph, 229.
Fauntleroy, Betsy, 30.
Fauquier, Francis, 35.
_Federalist, The_, 162.
Federalist Party, break-up of, 228; 186, 187.
Fitzsimmons, Thomas, 161.
Fort Duquesne, built by French, 13; unsuccessfully attacked by Braddock, 21 _ff_.; renamed Fort Pitt, 34, 255.
Fort Necessity, surrender of, 16, 17.
Fox, Charles James, 55.
France, steps toward alliance with, 94 _ff_.; effect of victory at Saratoga in, 99; treaty with, 99 and _n_.; results of alliance on American commerce and privateering, 108; sends fleet to America, 108; effect in England of alliance with, 119; and _W.'s_ proclamation of neutrality, 204; effect of feeling of gratitude to, in U.S., 205; later relations with, 215, 216; and the U.S.in 1796 and 1914, 227, 228.
And _see_ England and France.
Franklin, Benjamin, on committee to confer with Howe, 79; on Peace Commission, 130; quoted, 173; 21, 155, 160, 161, 201, 236.
Frederick the Great, 259.
Freedom of speech, _W_.

and, 222, 223.
Freemasons, at _W.'s_ funeral, 253.
French, westward and southward progress of, 13; build Fort Duquesne, 13.
French Committee of Public Safety, Monroe's letter to, 216.
French and Indian War.

_See_ Seven Years' War.
French Revolution, reaction of, in U.S., 193 _ff_.
Freneau, Philip, and his _National Gazette_, encouraged by Jefferson, 200, 201, 219, 220.
Fry, Colonel, 15.
Gage, Thomas, military and civil governor of Boston, 61; _W_.

quoted on his conduct, 63; recalled, 72.
Gallatin, Albert, opposes Jay Treaty, 210, 211.
Gates, Horatio, Adjutant-General, 71; defeats Burgoyne at Saratoga, 92, 93; ambitious to supplant _W_., 114; 112.
Genet, Edmond Charles, mission of, to U.S., 194 _ff_.; would appeal to people over government, 198,205; snubbed by Jefferson, 198; his recall requested, 199.
George II, 18.
George III, dismisses Pitt, 29; and the British Empire, 48; makes North Prime Minister, 54; effect of events of 1778 on, 119; and of the failure of the Commission on Reconciliation, 120; 60, 130, 153, 259.
Georgetown, proposed as seat of national capital, 184.
Georgia, only colony unrepresented in First Continental Congress, 59; British victories in, 122; 165.
Gerry, Elbridge, on X.Y.Z.mission to France, 215; 161, 168, 169.
Giles, William B., and newspaper attacks on _W_., 219, 221.
Gist, Christopher, 14.
Gladstone, W.E., quoted, 173.
Gorham, Nathaniel, 161.
Great Britain.

_See_ England.
Great Meadows.


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