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banquet given by the merchants of, on Washington's retirement from office, iii. 476; last visit of Washington to, iii. 525.

Philipse family in New York, great landed estates of (_note_), i. 202.

Philipse, Mary, Washington's admiration of, i. 199; undeclared passion of Washington for, i. 201.

Pickens, Colonel, Colonel Boyd defeated by, ii. 651.

Pickering, Colonel, letter of, to Washington, hinting suspicions of Randolph, iii. 360; successor of Randolph, as secretary of state, in 1795, iii. 372; letters of Washington to, iii. 496, 528, 530.

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, hostility of, to Jay's treaty, iii. 354; office of secretary of state offered to, by Washington, in 1795,