Corn, 75, 88, 94, 110, 129, 133, 142, 144, 146, 150, 152 Cornices, xxii "Corotoman," Lancaster County, Carter home, xxvi Corvin, Mr., 95, 247 Cotton, 185 Counterpanes, 42 Counting-rooms, xxi Country dances, 33, 34, 57, 123, 125, 243 Courtyards, xxi, 238 Cowslips, 78 Cox, Mr., 37, 122 Crabs, 110, 141, 171, 185, 186 Craftsmen, skilled, on Carter's estate, xxix "Crandall," Richmond County, Fauntleroy home, 19, 241 Cunningham, Mr., merchant, 23, 29, 37, 54, 56, 59, 90, 91, 110, 137, 242 dines at Nomini Hall, 23, 75, 242 Miss, 173 Currency, of Philadelphia, not accepted, 54 of Virginia and Maryland, value compared, 74, 75 Cursing, 190 _see also_ Swearing Custis, Jacky, xvii Custom mills, 246 Dairies, xxi, 81, 240 Damon, James, 210 Dancing, xvii, xxx, xxxi, 33, 57, 58, 120, 125, 161, 163 Anabaptists oppose, 72 of slaves, 62 Virginians addicted to, 177 _see also_ Assemblies, Balls, Country dances, Dancing masters, Dancing schools, Gavottes, Jigs, Minuets, Reels Dancing masters, xix, xxiii, xxxi, 19, 33-34 _see also_ Christian, Francis Dancing schools, 19, 21, 25, 168, 242 at Bushfield, 66, 111, 245 at Chantilly, 202, 248 at Nomini Hall, 32-34, 87, 88, 123-125, 178 at Stratford Hall, 50, 142, 190, 191 Debow, John, 3, 240 Deerfield, New Jersey, 6, 10, 15, 27, 100, 102, 103, 104, 240 Fithian studies at, 9, 240 Delaware River, 112 Dennis, (servant boy), 40, 51, 56, 135, 157, 182, 208 Dennis, Capt., of the _Peggy_, 110, 111 Samuel, 16 Diabetes, 149 Diaries, xxiii of Jonathan Boucher, 245 of Landon Carter, 245 of Robert Wormeley Carter, 245 Dice, 29 Digges (Diggs), Edward, of "Bellfield," 248 Mr., 97 family, 247 Dobby, Capt., of the _Susannah_, 122, 150, 152, 153 Doctors, 39, 51, 67, 68, 69, 86, 88, 122, 156, 157, 205, 243, 244, 246 Donaldson, Mr., 107 Donnald, Nathaniel, Jr., 175 letter to, 173-174 Dotterell (horse), 52, 244 Dovecots, xx Drinking and Drunkenness, 65, 70, 153, 172, 200, 241 _see also_ Bitters, Brandy, Cider, Cordials, Grogg, Porter, Punch, Toddy, Wine Ducks, 76 Duffield, John, 179, 248 Dulaney, Daniel, 239 Dumfries, Va., 56, 69, 79, 196 as shipping center, 18, 240 Dunlap, John, 122, 247 Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 110, 187, 245 Charlotte Murray, Lady, 63, 65, 79, 245 Durham, Bishop of, 241 Dysentery, xxxii, 137-138, 171 Earrings, 130 Earthquakes, 69 East India College, Hertford, England, 245 East India Company, 169 Eclipse (horse), 244 Eclipses, 117 Edmundson, Dolly, 154 Dorothy, 248 Thomas, 248 family, 248