McCracken, Washington buys land from, 9. McKoy,--, overseer, 183. Madison, Dolly, did not invent ice cream, 302, 303. Madison, James: story of his ice house, 302; opposed to slavery, 215. "Magnolia": a blooded Arabian stallion, 131, 132; in a race, 252. Magowan, Rev. Mr., sells lottery tickets, 251. _Maid of the Mill_, Washington witnesses performance of, 246. Mansion House: view from porch of, 64; bequeathed to Bushrod Washington, 84; Bishop starts for, 172; grounds of overrun with negro children, 191; hospital for slaves built near, 195; mentioned, 63, 267, 268; Bernard visits, 312. Mansion House Farm: described, 61; Washington will not rent, 127; bequeathed to Bushrod Washington, 178; financial loss on in 1798, 287. Manure, _see "Fertilizer"_. Marl, Washington experiments with, 95, 99, 105. Mason, George: description of industry upon estate of, 40-43; is dead, 233; deer hunting at, 257, 258. Matilda's Ben, misbehavior of, 205. Meade, Colonel, visits Washington, 309. Mercer, John F., Washington's letter to about slavery, 213. Meteorological table, manager required to keep, 83. Michaux, André, botanist, brings pyramidical cypress from the king of France, 158. Military Company of Adventurers, Washington a member of, 19. Mill: Washington's mill on the Youghiogheny, 24, 30; his mill on Four Mile Run, 97; that on Dogue Run, 97, 98, 182. Mississippi Company, Washington interested in, 10. Morgan, General Daniel: talks over inland waterways question with Washington 28; mentioned, 317. Morris, Gouverneur: sends Washington Chinese pigs and geese, 146, 147; goes fishing with him, 265. Mosquitoes, prevalence of about Mount Vernon, 65. Mount Vernon: Washington retires to, 4; given to Lawrence Washington, 8; George Washington spends part of youth at, 9; early history of, 10; life interest of Anne Lee in bought by Washington, 11; estate, 16, 17, 20, 32; bequeathed to Bushrod Washington, 33; description of, 60 et seq.; visit of owner in 1781, 78; seeds sent by Young reach, 117; Booker builds threshing machine at, 126, 127; Washington attempts to rent, 127; Washington's care for the lands of, 129; number of horses on in 1785, 132; number of sheep on, 135; resounds with jubilant sounds, 140; number of oxen on, 144, 208; house rebuilt, 151-153; successive managers of, 178-182; employment of white labor at, 186; slaves seen at, 191; number of slaves on in 1786, 193; lot of slaves at, 211, 212; Edmund Pendleton at, 221; managed by Mrs. Washington, 229; larders of kept well filled, 230; Custis grandchildren reside at, 231; visitors at, 240-242; dancing class meets at, 248; tea served on portico of, 252; fox hunting dinners at, 258; the fisherman of, 267; described by Parkinson, 271 et seq., 291; Washington's estimate of probable crops on, 286; land of poor, 288; value of in