about me. Let me go off quietly. I cannot last long. 6 P. M. I am just going. Have me decently buried. And do not let my body be put into the vault, in less than three days after I am dead. Do you understand me? [Addressing Mr. Lear.] 10 P. M. [Mrs. Washington was at the bedside, where she had often been seen kneeling" with "her head resting upon the Bible;" Mr. Lear and Dr. Craik were leaning over the bed; and four of the domestics were in the room. "He raised himself up, and casting a look of benignity on all around him, as if to thank them for their kindly attention, he composed his limbs, closed his eyes, and, folding his arms upon his bosom," expired, saying.] FATHER OF MERCIES, TAKE ME TO THYSELF. Feb. 22. Apr. 12. His birth, in Westmoreland county, Virginia. river. Military Inspector, with the rank of Major, to protect the frontiers of Virginia against the French and Indians. Ile sailed for Barbadoes, with his brother Law rence. Adjutant General. Commissioner to the French on the Ohio. Lieutenant-Colonel, for the defence of the colony of Virginia. Aid-de-camp to General Braddock, at the battle Commander-in-chief of the Virginia forces. His marriage Member of the Virginia House of Commissioner for settling the military accounts of His tour to the Ohio and Great Kenawha rivers. Commander of the army at Cambridge. Battle of Trenton. Congress invested him with dictatorial powers. Battle of the Brandywine. Battle of Germantown. Jan. 1. Oct. 19. Apr. 19. Nov. 2. Nov. 25. Dec. 23. Mar. 4. Apr. 80. His inauguration, at New York. 57 Aug. 25. 59 64 65 66 July 3. 67 Dec. 14 Arnold's treason. Mutiny of the Pennsylvania troops. Surrender of Yorktown and Gloucester. His farewell to the army New York evacuated by the British army. His tour to the Western Country. May 14. Delegate to the General Convention at Philadel Death of his mother, at the age of 82 years. His tour through the Southern States. M. Genet, Minister from France to the United Sept. 17. His Farewell Address to the people of the United He retired to private life. Difficulties with France. Commander-in-chief of the Armies of the United States. His death, at Mount Vernon. INDEX. A. Abbey, Dryburgh, 338. CONTRACTION: W., for Washington. Abolition of slavery, see Slavery. Accommodation, Spirit of, 63. Adams, John, President; his tributes to Address, Inaugural, of W., 355. Adversity, Friendship in, 242. Its salu- Advice, friendly, 289. American. The common name of all Americans. Their influence on other na- Ames, Fisher. His tributes to W., 267, Amity, and concession, 247. Aged, infirin, and infant slaves, 259. André, Major John, 251. His tribute to Fund for them, 261. Agents, Indian, 207. Agreeable recollections, 302. Agreements, 313. Agriculture, 83, 132. Its importance, Alliances, Foreign, 91. Permanent Na- Ally, excessive confidence in, 218. W., 334. band of brothers, 168. Character and 342. B. Bailey, Philip James, 396. Baltimore, 138. Cadwallader, General John, 806. Bancroft, Rev. Aaron, his tribute to W., Calvert, Benedict, 297. Barney, Captain, 137. His miniature Bastille, 24. Picture and key of, pro- Battle, the three incentives in, 154. Benevolence, 244 ss. Comprehensive, 266. National, 266, 353. Pleasures of, 265. Bengal, 219. Bereavement, 400. Bethlehem, in Pennsylvania, 388. Bodin, Felix, his tribute to W., 236. Boreas, rude. An epithet applied to Boston, 363. Attack upon the liberty and 297. Cambridge, army at, 409. Canaan, Conquest of, a poem, dedicated Canada, 250. Emancipation of, 213. Ac- 213. Candor, national, 111. Cares of life, 402. Carlisle, Lord, 263, 265. Catharine the Second, of Russia, 889. Censure. Gratuitous, 321. The shadow Chancellorship of William and Mary Channing, Rev. Wm. E., his tribute to |