Van Braam, Jacob, friend of Lawrence Washington, trains George in fencing, i. 65; accompanies him on mission to French, 66. Vergennes, requests release of Asgill, i. 329, 330; letter of Washington to, 330; proposes to submit disposition of a subsidy to Washington, 332. Virginia, society in, before the Revolution, i. 15-29; its entire change since then, 15, 16; population, distribution, and numbers, 17, 18; absence of towns, 18; and town life, 19; trade and travel in, 19; social classes, 20-24; slaves and poor whites, 20; clergy, 21; planters and their estates, 22; their life, 22; education, 23; habits of governing, 24; luxury and extravagance, 25; apparent wealth, 26; agreeableness of life, 27; aristocratic ideals, 28; vigor of stock, 29; unwilling to fight French, 71; quarrels with Dinwiddie, 71; thanks Washington after his French campaign, 79; terrified at Braddock's defeat, 88; gives Washington command, 89; fails to support him, 89, 90, 93; bad economic conditions in, 104,105; local government in, 117; condemns Stamp Act, 119; adopts non-importation, 121; condemns Boston Port Bill, 123; asks opinion of counties, 124; chooses delegates to a congress, 127; prepares for war, 132; British campaign in, 307, 315-318; ratifies Constitution, ii. 40; evil effect of free trade upon, 116, 117; nullification resolutions, 266; strength of its aristocracy, 315. WADE, COLONEL, in command at West Point after Arnold's flight, i. 285. Walker, Benjamin, letter of Washington to, ii. 257. Warren, James, letters of Washington to, i. 262, ii. 118. Washington, ancestry, i. 30-40; early genealogical researches concerning, 30-32; pedigree finally established, 32; origin of family, 33; various members during middle ages, 34; on royalist side in English civil war, 34, 36; character of family, 35; emigration to Virginia, 35, 36; career of Washingtons in Maryland, 37; in Virginia history, 38; their estates, 39. Washington, Augustine, father of George Washington, birth, i. 35; death, 39; character, 39; his estate, 41; ridiculous part played by in Weems's anecdotes, 44, 47. Washington, Augustine, half brother of George Washington, keeps him after his father's death, i. 48. Washington, Bushrod, refused appointment as attorney by Washington, ii. 62; educated by him, 370.