Jay, John, on Peace Commission, 130; concludes treaty with Spain, 155; appointed Chief Justice, 186; mission of, to England in 1794-95, 207; his character, 207; prejudice against, in U.S., 208; Secretary of State, 228; letters of _W_. to, 142, 157; 59, 162, 180, 258. And _see_ Jay Treaty. Jay Treaty, the, negotiated, 207, 208, 209; opposition of Anti-Federalists to, 209; ratified by Senate, 210; violent struggle over, in House, 210-213; how the controversy was settled, 213; effect of, 214; and the Federalist Party, 228. Jefferson, Thomas, _A Summary View_, 60; Secretary of State, 181, 186, 192, 228, 229; interview with Hamilton on Assumption, etc., 183-185; most aggressive of Democrats, 187, 191; rivalry with Hamilton, 192; and the French Revolution, 193; and Citizen Genêt, 194, 195, 198; _W_. seeks to keep peace between Hamilton and, 199, 200; and Freneau's attacks on _W_., 200, 219, 220, 221; intrigues against Hamilton, 200, 201; urges _W_. to accept second term, 201, 202; resigns as Secretary of State, 206; 155, 160, 161, 162, 180, 181, 207, 227, 258. Johnson, W.S., 168. Joncaire, M., 14. Jones, John Paul, 120, 121. Jumonville, M. de, 15, 18. Kalb, Baron Johann de, 95, 100. King, Rufus, 161, 167, 168. Knox, Henry, Secretary of War, 181, 229; letters of _W_. to, 170, 171, 203; 95, 123, 124, 136, 217, 231, 258. Kosciuszko, Tadeusz, 95. Lafayette, Gilbert Motier, Marquis de, joins _W_.'s staff, 99; and Charles Lee, at Monmouth, 115; letters of _W_. to, 143, 144, 145, 170, 171, 172; 110, 123. Lansing, John, 161. Laurens, Henry, letters of _W_. to, 101-103, 117, 118. Lear, Tobias, secretary to _W_., 148; quoted, 242; his account of _W_.'s last hours, 243-249; notes on _W_.'s funeral, 252, 253; 232, 241, 250. Lee, Billy (slave), 238, 239. Lee, Charles, appointed Major-General, 70, 71; at Monmouth, 106, 115; censured by _W_., 106, 115, 116; early career of, 114, 115; court-martialed, and leaves the army, 116; anecdote of, 116 _n_.; 65, 128. Lee, Charles, Attorney-General, 229. Lee, Henry, author of phrase, "First in war," etc., 251; letter of _W_. to, 221, 222. Lee, Richard H., letters of _W_. to, 96, 147; 163. Lewis, Mrs. Eleanor (Custis), 242. Lewis, Lawrence, and Miss Custis, 232, 233; 247. Lexington, Battle of, 63. Lillo, George, _George Barnwell_, 10, 11. Lincoln, Abraham, 149. Lincoln, Benjamin, surrenders Charleston, S.C., 122; receives surrender of British at Yorktown, 125; 123. Livingston, Robert R., 177. Lodge, H.C., _George Washington_, quoted, 15, 17, 220, 235, 236. Long Island, Battle of, 77, 78. Louis XVI, execution of, 193; 94, 99. Low-Land Beauty, the, 30. Loyalists, in the Colonies, 61, 62; during and after the war, 127, 128. McClellan, George B., 82. McClurg, James, 162. McHenry, James, Secretary of War, 229; letter of, to _W_., 217; 161, 231, 232. McKean, Thomas, 59.