297; aided by his uncle, 299. 
Washington, Harriot, helped by her uncle, 299. 
Washington, John A., manages Mount Vernon, 177, 178. 
Washington, John A., inherits books and relics of Washington, 85. 
Washington, John C, sells Washington papers to the nation, 85. 
Washington, Lawrence:  inherits Mount Vernon, 8; influence of upon
     George, 9; biography of, 10; mentioned, 76. 
Washington, Lund:  directed to set out trees at end of Mansion House,
     151; manages Mount Vernon during the Revolution, 179; Washington’s
     generous dealings with, 187; will inform owner of delinquencies of
     Roberts, 189; opinion of Washington’s charity, 230, 231; is dead,
     233; fox hunting with Washington, 256, 263; instructions to
     concerning the poor, 298. 
Washington, Martha:  marriage of Washington to, 12, 13; family of by
     first husband, 14; her financial affairs, 14, 15; remembers when
     there was but one coach in Virginia, 49; “broke out with the
     Meazles,” 79; tradition concerning her authority over the flower
     garden, 160; Bishop threatens to tell of Colonel Smith’s escapade,
     172; gives a quilt to her niece, 177; on the required work of the
     sewing servants, 199; chapter about, 219-238; keeps open house,
     239; “Vulcan” steals one of her hams, 260; Parkinson’s mention of,
     274, 279, 280; her husband’s care of her grandchildren, 298;
     drinks a glass of wine, 300. 
Washington, Mary:  death of, 33; son visits, 112; son sends money to,
     114, 298. 
Washington, Samuel, financial assistance received by from General
     Washington, 299. 
Washington, William:  has charge of “Royal Gift” in South Carolina, 139,
     140; visits Mount Vernon, 314. 
Washington, William A., George Washington buys corn from, 69, 70. 
Watson, Elkanah, anecdote of visit to Mount Vernon, 244. 
Weather record, kept by Washington, 77, 80. 
Webster, Noah:  says toast at Mount Vernon was “Success to the mud,”
     103; explains how fertility can be obtained from the air, 118,
     119; visit of mentioned, 175, 240. 
Webster, William, indentured servant, runs away, 168. 
Western Lands, history of Washington’s, 18-36. 
Wheat:  how reaped and threshed, 51; Washington turns to cultivation of,
     69; Washington rolls in spring, 95; his sales of before the
     Revolution, 96, 97; grinds into flour, 97; excellent quality of
     Washington’s wheat before the Revolution, 99; experiments with
     Cape of Good Hope and Siberian, 105; opinion as to proper time for
     sowing, 106; acreage in 1787, 113. 
White, Alexander, pays General Lee’s debt to Washington, 82. 
White Chariot, history of, 303, 304. 
Whiting, Anthony:  writes concerning worn-out horses, 133, 134;
     instructed to cull out the unthrifty sheep, 136, 137; manager of
     Mount Vernon, 180. 
“Wilderness”:  Washington sets out, 154; many trees dead in, 156. 
Wine coasters, invented by Washington, 301. 
Witherspoon, John, Washington describes his western lands to, 25. 
“Woodlawn,” home of Nelly Custis, 63, 227.