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camp at, broken up, ii. 442; sufferings of the republicans at, ii. 666, 706; meeting of the Pennsylvania troops at, ii. 707.

Mother of Washington, character and habits of--her single weakness, i. 29; Sir Matthew Hale's "Contemplations" a favorite book of, i. 30; opposition of, to George's entering the navy, i. 44; fondness of, for fine horses, i. 46; her son's visit to, on his return from Great Meadows, i. 124; opposition of, to her son's joining Braddock, i. 140; opposed to her son's taking any part in the frontier wars, i. 188; visit of Washington to, at Fredericksburg, in 1789, iii. 85; death of, in 1789, iii. 117.

Moultrie, Colonel, fort on Sullivan's island, in Charleston harbor, taken possession of by--national flag made under the directions of (_note_),