letter to, 117, 118 Seeley, 100 Tempy, 107 "Uncle," 117 Fitzhugh, William, xv, xvii Flats, 75 Flax, 88, 152 Flood, Alice, _see_ Jones, Alice (Flood) Dr. William, physician and turfman, 24, 95, 242, 244 Flour, 75, 144, 246 Flowers, artificial, 124, 130 _see also_ Gardens Flutes, 49, 68, 82, 202, 207 _see also_ German flutes Flux, 129, 158 _see also_ Bloody flux Fodder, 81, 112, 114 Foot races, 59 Ford, Mrs., 65 Miss, 155 Forfeits, 88, 201 Forte pianos, 22, 26, 30, 41, 55, 66, 69 Foundries, xvi Fountain Inn, Baltimore, Md., 53 Foxes, 141 Fox hunts, 34 Francks, Dr. Henry, 43, 67, 244 Frederick, Md., 98, 247 Frederick County, 147 Fredericksburg, 35, 69 academy at, 244 races at, 203 Free schools, in Richmond County, 248 French horns, 57 French language, 90 Frets, in decoration of homes, xxii Fried chicken, 208 Friezes, in planters' homes, xxii Frontiers, Indian disturbances on, 187 Funeral hymns, 132, 133 Gage, Governor Thomas, of Massachusetts, 191 Galloway, Nancy, 96 Gambling, 241 _see also_ Betting, Gaming Games, at Nomini Hall, 34 _see also_ All Fours, Billiards, Button, Break the Pope's Neck, Cards, Checks, Seven-Up Gaming, 29, 200 Anabaptists oppose, 72 Garden houses, xx Gardners, xx, 44, 63 Gardening, handbooks on, xix _see also_ titles of catalogue in Appendix Gardens, xix-xx, 106, 110, 112 at Bushfield, 67 at Lee Hall, 175 at Mount Airy, 95 at Nomini Hall, 43-44, 63, 78-79, 83 _see also_ Falling gardens, Gardeners, Garden houses Gargles, 64 Garrot, Miss, 156 Gaskins, Betsy, 136 Colonel Thomas, 248 family, 248 Gauze, 124, 215 Gavottes, 75, 246 _Gentleman's Magazine_, 70, 71 Geography, 194 Georgetown, Md., 18, 98, 108, 240 German flutes, 30 Giberne (Gibbern), Rev. Isaac William, 20, 28, 68, 111, 241, 248 attends ball at Lee Hall, 57 convivial habits of, 200, 241 marries widow of Charles Beale, 241 opposes Anabaptists, 72-73 sketch of, 241 Mary (Fauntleroy Beale), 57, 241 Gibson, John, 16 Gift (horse), 95 Gloucester County, 248 "Golden Age," in Tidewater Virginia, xiii Good Friday, 88 Goodlet, Mr., schoolmaster, 62, 63 barred out of school, 34, 243 Gooseberries, 110 Gordon, Mr., 25, 243 George, C., 243 Gouging, 63, 183 Governesses, 156 from England, xix, 89, 90 Graham, Dr. (oculist), 188, 248 Grain, Virginia counties suited for, 114 Granaries, 82, 145, 189 Great houses, xx, 59 _see also_ Manor houses Great Meadows, Carter tracts, at, 79 Greek language, 54, 106, 163, 190 _Greek Testament_, 101, 103, 128 Green, Rev. Enoch, 4, 25, 46, 100, 101, 102, 149, 159, 240 Fithian studies under, 240 letters to, 21, 26-27 Mary (Beatty), 4, 21, 27, 100, 105 Greenman, Thomas, 100, 102 Greens (vegetables), 90