Washington [618]
court-martial of
rivalry of GW and
Lee, Frank (slave)
Lee, Henry “Light-Horse Harry,”
funeral oration for GW by
Whiskey Rebellion and
Lee, Mary
Lee, Richard Henry
GW criticized by
Lee, William “Billy” (slave)
portraits of
Leffingwell, Ebenezer
Legaux, Peter
legislative branch
under Articles of Confederation
equality between executive and
supremacy of
Leibiger, Stuart
Le Mayeur, Jean-Pierre
L’Enfant, Pierre Charles
Lengel, Edward G.
Lenox, David
Leslie, Alexander
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies (Dickinson)
Lewis, Betty Washington (sister)
Lewis, Fielding (brother-in-law)
Lewis, Fielding, Jr. (nephew)
Lewis, George W. (nephew)
Lewis, Howell (nephew)
Lewis, Lawrence (nephew)
Lewis, Rachel
Lewis, Robert (nephew)
Lexington and Concord, Battle of
Liberty Hall Academy (Washington and Lee University)
Life of Washington, The (Weems)
Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln, Benjamin
Lippincott, Richard
Lispenard, Leonard
Little Falls
Little Hunting Creek
Little Sarah (La Petite Démocrate)
Livingston, Edward
Livingston, Robert R.
Livingston, William
Lomax, John
Long Island
Loring, Elizabeth Lloyd
Loring, Joshua, Jr.
Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of
Louis XIV, king of France
Louis XV, king of France
Louis XVI, king of France
execution of
Louisiana
Louis-Philippe I, king of France
Lovell, James
Loyalists
in Boston
GW’s policy toward
in mid-Atlantic states
in New Jersey
in New York
in Philadelphia
profiteering and
as refugees
southern
see also Tories
Lynch, Michael
Lynch, Thomas
McCoy, Henry
Maccubin, Martha Rolle
McCullough, David
McCurtin, Daniel
McDougall, Alexander
McGillivray, Alexander
McHenry, James
as secretary of war
Mackay, James
Mackenzie, Frederick
McKnight, John
Maclay, William
Macomb, Alexander
McWhorter, Alexander
Madison, James
on Adams
anonymous assaults on GW’s administration by
anti-British policies of
anti-Hamilton viewpoint of
on Bill of Rights
Constitutional Convention and
deal with Hamilton by Jefferson and
duplicity of
Federalist papers and
on GW
as GW’s adviser
GW seen as manipulated by Hamilton
GW’s falling-out with
GW’s farewell address drafted by
GW’s inaugural address and
honorary French citizenship for
in House of Representatives
as influence on GW
on Jay Treaty
Jefferson’s alliance with
national bank opposed by
neutrality objected to by
Potomac capital site and
and slavery
as states’ rights advocate
Whiskey Rebellion and
Magaw, Robert
Magdalen (ship)
Magowan, Walter
Maine
Manhattan
manufacturing
Marat, Jean-Paul
Marblehead, Mass.
Marie-Antoinette, queen of France
Marin, Sieur de
Marshall, John
congressional candidacy of
on GW
GW’s death announced in Congress by
Martin, Joseph Plumb
Martin, Thomas Bryan
Marye, James
Maryland
Constitution ratified by
in Potomac and James River navigation schemes
troops from
war debt paid by
Mason, Charles
Mason, George
at Constitutional Convention
Declaration of Rights written by
Fairfax Resolves and
Virginia militias and
Masons (Freemasons)
Massachusetts
charter of
at Constitutional Convention
Constitution ratified in
equality in
militia of
Shays’s Rebellion in
Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Mathews, David
Mauld, John
Mawhood, Charles
Maxwell, William
Mazzei, Philip
Mercer, George
Mercer, Hugh
Mercer, John Francis
Merrick, Samuel
Miami nation
mid-Atlantic states, economy of
Middle Brook, N.J.
Mifflin, Thomas
as president of Congress
Mifflin, Warner
militias
in Continental Army
Indians vs.
New England
romanticization of
standing armies vs.
in wake of Battle of Lexington and Concord
in Whiskey Rebellion
see also specific colonies
Minerva
Minute Men
Mirabeau, Count de
Mississippi
Mississippi Land Company
Mississippi River
Spain’s blocking of American commerce on
Mohawk nation
Moll (slave)
Monacatoocha
monarchy:
American aversion to
constitutional
French, abolition of
Freneau’s crusade against
GW accused of tendencies toward
GW’s refusal of
Jefferson’s