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cruelties of, on the coasts of the southern states, ii. 108; movements of, on the Elizabeth river, ii. 109; ravages of, ii. 109, 110; driven from Gwyn's island by General Andrew Lewis--Mount Vernon threatened by--slaves kidnapped by, from Virginia plantations--final departure of, from America, ii. 110.

Duquesne, French and English civilization contrasted by (_note_), i. 72.

Dwight, Doctor, on the popular feeling with regard to independence (_note_), ii. 200.

Dwight, Jasper, severe strictures by, upon Washington's Farewell Address--extract from a pamphlet by, charging Washington with being a slaveholder (_note_), iii. 477.

Dysentery, Washington attacked by, in 1757, i. 245.

E.

_Eagle_, Lord Howe's flag-ship, attempt to destroy (_note_), ii. 285.

Eastchester, Hessian chasseurs attacked near, by Colonel Hand, ii. 315.

East India Company, proposition of, to Parliament, in relation to the tea-tax--brief notice of (_note_), i. 386; tea from the vessels of, not allowed to be sold, i. 387; tea of, thrown overboard in Boston harbor--compensation offered to, by the colonies, for the destruction of their tea, i. 388.

Easton, Colonel, despatched by Montgomery to the mouth of the Sorel, to intercept Carleton, i. 699; capture of Carleton's fleet by, with prisoners and stores--General Prescott taken prisoner by--escape of Carleton from, to Quebec, i. 700.

Echard, Mrs. Susan, interesting record left by, of the scene at the reading of Washington's Valedictory in 1797, iii. 473.

Eden, Governor, of Maryland, government of Maryland abdicated by--treasonable correspondence of, ii. 184.

Education, early, of Washington, i. 24.

Education, interest taken by Washington in the cause of, iii. 48.

Elizabeth river, ravages of Sir George Collier on, ii. 653.

Elizabethtown Point, reception of Washington at, in 1789, by members of Congress, iii. 88.

Ellicott, Andrew, surveys of the federal city made by, iii. 178.

Embargo laid on British shipping in 1794, iii. 297.

Enos, Colonel, his desertion of Arnold on the march to Canada, i. 692.

Episcopacy, proposed by Bute and others to be established in the colonies (_note_), i. 314.

Episcopal clergy, generally loyal during the Revolutionary struggle, i. 463.

Estate of Washington, portions directed by his will to be sold, iii. 541.

Etiquette, queries of Washington in relation to, addressed to Adams, Jay, Hamilton, and Madison, iii. 105.

Eulogy, anonymous, on the character of Washington, on the back of a likeness by Sharpless, iii. 582.

Eutaw Springs, battle at, iii. 3.

Everett, Mr., remarks of, in relation to Washington's expedition to the Ohio, i. 92.

Excise act, passed in 1791, iii. 174, 307; opposition made to, at Pittsburgh and elsewhere, in 1792, iii. 216; measures of Washington for the enforcement of, iii. 217; modification of, in 1792, iii. 309; resistance to, in western Pennsylvania, iii. 307-320; further efforts in Congress to amend, iii. 310; denounced by the Democratic societies--proclamation of Washington in support of (_note_), iii. 311.

Executors of the will of Washington, iii. 542.

F.

Fairfax, Bryan, urged by Washington to become a candidate for the Virginia house of burgesses--much attached to the British government (_note_), i. 399; letters of Washington to, urging the uselessness of petitions to the throne, i. 400, 405, 406; conservative and timid, i. 400; letter of, to Washington, in relation to the Revolutionary agitation,