Washington [617]
Instructions to His Generals
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) (1774)
Ireland
revolutionaries from
settlers from
Irish Americans
Iroquois Confederacy, see Six Nations
Irving, Washington
Izard, Ralph
Jack (slave)
Jack “Mulatto Jack” (slave)
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson, James
Jackson, Robert
Jackson, William
Jacksonian era
Jacobins
Jameson, John
James River
James River Company
Jay, James
Jay, John
as chief justice
Constitutional Convention and
in election of 1789
as envoy to Britain
Federalist papers and
as governor of New York
as president of Continental Congress
resignation as chief justice by
Jay, Sarah
Jay Treaty
Jefferson, Thomas
on Adams
as agrarian
ambivalence of, toward Constitution
anti-British policies of
appearance and personality of
bank bill opposed by
cabinet resignation of
on capital city
deal with Hamilton by Madison and
Declaration of Independence and
diplomatic assignment to Paris of
in election of 1796
in election of 1800
on First Continental Congress
France and French Revolution supported by
as governor of Virginia
on GW
GW deceived by Hamilton in view of
GW’s falling-out with
Hamilton’s rivalry with
in House of Burgesses
on Lafayette
Madison’s alliance with Martha Washington and
and Mazzei letter scandal
monarchy feared by
as populist
powerful national government feared by
as Republican presidential candidate
in resignation from cabinet
retirement desired by
as secretary of state
and slavery
Society of the Cincinnati opposed by
as states’ rights advocate
as vice president
as Virginia aristocrat
on Whiskey Rebellion
Jeffersonians
attempt to oust Adams by
see also Republicans
Jenkins, Robert
Jews, Judaism
Johnson, John
Johnson, Samuel
Johnson, Thomas
Johnson, Thomas, Jr.
Johnston, Samuel
Joncaire, Philippe Thomas de
Jones, John
Jones, John Paul
Jones, Joseph
Jones, Thomas
Journal of Major George Washington, The
“Journal of My Journey over the Mountains, A” (Washington)
Judge, Andrew
Judge, Ona (slave)
judicial branch
Judiciary Act (1789)
Julius (slave)
Jumonville, Joseph Coulon de Villiers, Sieur de
Kalb, Johann de, Baron
Kanawha Canal
Kelly, Nelson
Kentucky
admitted to Union
Ketchum, Isaac
King, Boston
King, Rufus
King’s Chapel (Stone Chapel)
King’s College (Columbia University)
Kip’s Bay
Kitt, Frederick
Knight, Humphrey
Knowlton, Thomas
Knox, Henry
as acting president
in Battle of Germantown
in Battle of Princeton
in Battle of Trenton
as bookseller
character and personality of
and Constitution
in defense of New York
in Delaware crossing
GW’s correspondence with
GW’s disappointment in
in GW’s farewell
GW’s trust and friendship for
as Hamilton ally
Indian policy of
in new army
in resignation from War Department
as secretary of war
Shays’s Rebellion and
Society of the Cincinnati founded by
standing army supported by
Ticonderoga guns transported by
Whiskey Rebellion and
at Yorktown
Knox, Lucy Flucker
Knyphausen, Wilhelm von, Baron
Lafayette, Adrienne de Noailles
Lafayette, George Washington
in America
Lafayette, James Armistead, see Armistead, James
Lafayette, Marquis de
Arnold affair and
in Battle of Brandywine
French Revolution and
on GW
GW’s closeness to
GW’s correspondence with
imprisonment of
invasion of Canada advocated by
in release from prison
in return visit to America
slavery opposed by
in Virginia
at Yorktown
Lake Champlain
Lake Erie
La Luzerne, Chevalier de
Lancaster, Pa.
Langdon, Elizabeth
Langdon, John
Langdon, Samuel
Lansdowne portrait
Lansing, John, Jr.
Latrobe, Benjamin
Laurens, Henry
GW’s correspondence with
Laurens, John
death of
in duel with Lee
slavery opposed by
as special envoy to France
Lauzun, Duke de
Law, Thomas
Lear, Polly Long
Lear, Tobias
GW’s final illness and
marriage of Fanny Bassett Washington and
slavery and
as surrogate son
Lee, Ann Fairfax, see Washington, Ann Fairfax
Lee, Charles (attorney general)
Lee, Charles (general)
at Battle of Monmouth
British capture of
correspondence with Reed