Slaves, W.'s relations with, 38, 237-239;
number of, in Colonies, in 1775, 68.
South Carolina, population of, in 1775, 68;
British victories in, 122; 165.
Sparks, Jared, his Life of Washington, defects of, 3;
quoted, 113,116 and n., 146.
Spearing, Ann, 31.
Stamp Act, 49, 51, 52, 66.
Stark, John, defeats Burgoyne at Bennington, 92.
State debts, assumption of, by national government, how secured,
182-185;
favored by W., 188.
State rights, problem of, 167;
a fundamental subject of difference, 187.
States of the Confederation, W.'s farewell letter to governors of, 135; after the Revolution, 152, 156; their relations to one another, 152, 153; lack of coherence among, 154, 155; foreign relations of, ignominious, 155; delegates of, in Constitutional Convention, 160-162; ratification by, 175, 174. And see Paris, Treaty of (1783).
Statues of W., 148.