MacKenzie, Robert, letter of _W_. to, 63. Machiavelli, Niccolo, _The Prince_, and _W_.'s Farewell Address, 226. Madison, James, opposes Jay Treaty, 210; and the Farewell Address, 224; letter of _W_. to, 158; 156, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 168, 194, 242. Marie Antoinette, execution of, 193. Marshall, John, _Life of Washington_, quoted, 28, 136, 137-139; on X.Y.Z. mission to France, 215; 47, 251, 258. Mason, George, plan of association, 52, 53; letter to _W_. 56; letter of _W_. to, 56; 161, 168, 169. Massachusetts, leads in opposing acts of British Crown, 49; charter of, suspended, 58, 59; population of, in 1775, 67, 68; and Virginia, jealousy between, 64; freed from British troops, 74. Mather, W., _The Young Man's Companion_, 4. Meil, Mrs., 30, 31. Mifflin, Thomas, of the Conway Cabal, 116; 138, 139, 161. Military dictatorship under _W_., fear of, 141, 142, 154. Militia, _W_. quoted on, 81. Miner, Rev. James, 252. Mississippi River, Lower, closed to Americans by treaty with Spain, 155. Moffatt, Rev. Mr., 252. Monarchy, fears of reversion to, 142. Monmouth, Battle of, 106. Monongahela River, 13. Monroe, James, Minister to France, recalled by _W_., 216; his letter to Committee of Public Safety, 116; 242. Montcalm, Louis Joseph, Marquis de, 28. Montgomery, Richard, at Quebec, 71, 72; 77. Morgan, Daniel, 122. Morris, Gouverneur, 161, 167, 168, 207. Morris, Robert, letter to _W_., 88; 161. Morris, Roger, 32, 80. Morristown, winter quarters at, 89. Mossum, Rev. Peter, 35. Mount Vernon, inherited by Lawrence Washington, 5; hospitality of, 7, 45; _W_. manager of, 12; inherited by _W_., 33; a model plantation of Its kind, 39, 43, 44; _W_. returns to, after the war, 139; his life at, 146; his last days at, 232 _ff_.; his funeral at, 251-253. Napoleon I, 218, 240. _National Gazette_, 220, 222. Neal, John, quoted, 3. Neutrality, Proclamation of, gives offense to both England and France, 204; the only rational course, 205. New England, manufacturing in, 68; freed from British troops, 74. New Jersey, 155. New York City, _W_.'s headquarters at, 76; Howe's fleet arrives at, 76; loyalist sentiment in, 78, 79, 121; British troops return to, 105,106; _W_.'s farewell to officers at, 136, 137; _W_. inaugurated as President at, 176, 177; ceases to be national capital, 182 _ff_. New York State, fails to choose electors in 1788, 175. North, Frederick, Lord, Prime Minister, 54; his subservience to the King, 54, 55; retires after Yorktown, 130; 60, 61. North Carolina, British victories in, 122. Northwest, the, _W_.'s vision of development of, 144, 145. Office-seekers, _W_. and, 180. O'Hara, General, 125. Ohio River, 13. Oriskany, Battle of, 92. Osgood, Samuel, 229. Otis, James, 49. Pall-holders at _W_.'s funeral, 252. Paris, Treaty of (1763), 28, 29. Paris, Treaty of (1783), 130, 131; _W_. quoted on, 131.