belonging to, 126. 
Pohick Church, Washington a vestryman of, 100. 
Poland oats, sown in experimental plot, 112. 
Pond, Rev., “lame discourses” of, 116. 
Poole, William, letter of regarding want of water in mill stream, 97. 
Posey, Captain John:  fox hunting with Washington, 256; Washington’s
     relations with, 294; bankrupt and in jail, 295, 296. 
Posey, Milly:  member of dancing class, 248; stays at Mount Vernon, 295. 
Posey, St. Lawrence, Washington helps to educate, 295. 
Posey plantation, bought by Washington, 17. 
Potatoes:  method of growing under straw, 112; quantity raised in 1788,
     113.

Randolph, Edmund, slaves of in Pennsylvania refuse to return to
     Virginia, 216. 
Redemptioners, a class of indentured servants, 166. 
Richey, Matthew, Washington sells part of his western lands to, 32. 
River Farm:  described, 61, 62; financial return from in 1798, 287. 
Robert Gary & Company:  English agents of Washington, 46, 47; Washington
     falls in debt to, 48. 
Roberts, William M., amusing letter of, 188. 
Roosevelt, Theodore, transfers Washington papers to Library of
     Congress, 85. 
Ross, Doctor, Washington asks him to buy him some white servants, 167. 
Rotation of crops:  how practised in America, 52; Washington’s elaborate
     plans for, 120 et seq. 
“Royal Gift,” a jackass, his history, 138-141. 
“Rules of Civility,” quoted, 202. 
Rumney, Dr. William, physician to Mount Vernon, 195. 
Ryan, Thomas, indentured servant, bought, 167.

“Samson,” a stallion, 131. 
Seed:  Washington anxious to have the best, 110; counts number of grains
     in a pound of several varieties, 111; obtains some from England,
     116, 117. 
Serpentine drive, laid out by Washington, 154. 
Shag, Will, a runaway, 203. 
Shaw, William, tutor to the Custis children, 175. 
Sheep:  raising of not much attempted, 55; breeds of, 55; much troubled
     by wolves and dogs, 55, 56; Washington’s, 135 et seq.; number lost
     in twenty months, 142; he suspects an overseer of stealing lambs,
     206; Parkinson’s opinion of, 278, 279. 
Siberian wheat, experiment with, 105. 
Simpson, Gilbert, one of Washington’s western agents, 23, 24, 29, 30,
     31. 
Sinclair, Sir John:  Washington corresponds with, 83, 91:  helps obtain
     seeds for Washington, 117; Washington sends some American products
     to, 118. 
Sixteen-sided barn, mentioned, 62. 
Slaves:  Washington inherits from his father, 8; some sent to the west
     to Simpson’s, 23, 25; steal fruit, 156; as solution of labor
     problem, 165; detailed account of Washington’s, 191-218. 
Smith, Colonel, adventure with Sally Bishop, 171-174. 
Smith, Thomas, Washington’s attorney in case against the squatters, 32. 
Spears, Thomas, indentured servant, runs away, 168. 
Spotswood, Gen. Alexander,