Election, first, under Constitution, 175, 176.
Ellsworth, Oliver. 161.
England, expeditions planned by, 19 ff.; effect of Chatham's administration on power and prestige of, 27, 28; relations with Colonies in 1763, 47; the Imperial Spirit in, 47 ff.; measures imposing taxation on Colonies, 49 ff.; division of opinion in, in 1770, 53, 54, 55; Hessians in service of, 76; effect of sea-power of, 84; plans for campaign of 1777, 90, 91; sends Commission to treat for peace, 109, 120; reconstruction of government in, after Yorktown, 130; and W.'s proclamation of neutrality (1789), 204; hatred of, in U.S., and the Jay Treaty, 208 ff.; threat of war with, 208, 209; and the U.S. in 1796 and 1914, 227, 228. And see Paris, Treaty of (1783).
England and France, rivalry between in North America, 12, 13; actually at war, 19; effect of Wolfe's victory at Quebec, 28; war between (1789), 193; difficulty in maintaining neutrality of U.S., 193 ff.
"Entangling alliances," authorship of the phrase, 227.
Estaing, Charles H, Count d', brings French fleet to America, 108.
Excise tax, on distilled spirits, 189; and the Whiskey Insurrection, 218.
Fairfax, Bryan, letter of W. to, 62, 63; 253.
Fairfax, Sally, 31.
Fairfax, Thomas, Lord, employs W. to survey his estate, 5; 7.