movement among soldiers to make him dictator, 337; replies to revolutionary proposals, 337; reality of the danger, 339; causes for his behaviour, 340, 341; a friend of strong government, but devoid of personal ambition, 342; chafes under delay to disband army, 343; tries to secure Western posts, 343; makes a journey through New York, 343; gives Congress excellent but futile advice, 344; issues circular letter to governors, 344; and farewell address to army, 345; enters New York after departure of British, 345; his farewell to his officers, 345; adjusts his accounts, 346; appears before Congress, 347; French account of his action, 347; makes speech resigning commission, 348, 349. _In Retirement_. Returns to Mt. Vernon, ii. I; tries to resume old life, 2; gives up hunting, 2; pursued by lion-hunters and artists, 3; overwhelmed with correspondence, 3; receives letters from Europe, 4; from cranks, 4; from officers, 4; his share in Society of Cincinnati, 4; manages his estate, 5; visits Western lands, 5; family cares, 5, 6; continues to have interest in public affairs, 6; advises Congress regarding peace establishment, 6; urges acquisition of Western posts, 7; his broad national views, 7; alone in realizing future greatness of country, 7, 8; appreciates importance of the West, 8; urges development of inland navigation, 9; asks Jefferson's aid, 9, 10; lays canal scheme before Virginia legislature, 10; his arguments, 10; troubled by offer of stock, 11; uses it to endow two schools, 12; significance of his scheme, 12, 13; his political purposes in binding West to East, 13; willing to leave Mississippi closed for this purpose, 14, 15, 16; feels need of firmer union during Revolution, 17; his arguments, 18, 19; his influence starts movement for reform, 20; continues to urge it during retirement, 21; foresees disasters of confederation, 21; urges impost scheme, 22; condemns action of States, 22, 23, 25; favours commercial agreement between Maryland and Virginia, 23; stung by contempt of foreign powers, 24; his arguments for a national government, 24; points out designs of England, 25; works against paper money craze in States, 26; his opinion of Shays's rebellion, 26; his position contrasted with Jefferson's, 27; influence of his letters, 28, 29; shrinks from participating in Federal convention, 29; elected unanimously, 30; refuses to go to a feeble convention, 30, 31; finally makes up his mind, 31.