Nelson (servant), 78, 91, 96, 157, 185, 200, 208 New England Town, N. J., 102 "New grounds," _see_ Agriculture New Jersey, contrasted with Virginia, 60-61, 100, 159-164, 167-168 Fithian returns to, 208-210 _see also_ names of towns in Newington, Pa., 77, 127 New York, Lady Dunmore arrives at, 63, 245 Newspapers, 40, 131 irregular delivery of, 203 _see also_ _Pennsylvania Gazette_, _Pennsylvania Packet_, _Virginia Gazette_ Newton, Md., 108, 247 Nomini Church, Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, 20, 23, 29, 31, 144, 148, 172, 241 advertisement at door of, 29 Carter family attends often, 31 "Nomini Hall," Westmoreland County, Carter home, xxiv-xxv, xxvii, xxviii, xxix, xxxii area, the, at, 44, 81 ball at, 35 Carter family returns from Williamsburg to, xxix, 44 center of Carter estate, xxvii-xxviii clerks at, 38, 177 _see also_ Francks, Dr. Henry; Randolph, Mr. compared to Mount Airy, 94 dancing school at, 32-34, 87-88, 123-125, 178-179 description of, xxix-xxx, 80-82, 110, 115-116 fire destroys great house, 246 Fithian arrives at, 19 gardeners at, 44, 63 gardens at, 67, 78-79, 81, 83, 112, 116, 118, 123, 125, 145, 150, 156, 178 graves at, 61, 245 guests at, _passim_ housekeeper at, 55, 134, 185, 243 _see also_ Stanhope, Sarah library catalogued, 119, 247 life at, described by Fithian, 31-32, 116 music at, _see_ Music offices at, 80-82 orchards at, 90 owned by descendants of Robert Carter, 246 park planned for, 44 plans of residence, 59-60, 146, 181 poplar avenue at, 73, 81, 142 postillion at, 42, 70, 146 provisions consumed at, 75, 199 quarters of Fithian at, 81 school at, 20, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 70, 81, 111, 112, 116, 118, 119, 120, 122, 127, 128 sketches of, made by Fithian, 146, 148, 181 stables at, 59, 81, 86 storehouses at, 81 study of Robert Carter, 64, 80 terraces at, 81 wood fires at, 61, 73 Nomini River, 67, 68, 77, 80, 90, 125, 143, 145, 152, 192, 206 mills on, 81-82 Norfolk, 138, 145 North, Lord Frederick, burnt in effigy in Richmond County, 122 Northern Neck, xxv, xxx-xxxi, 21, 241, 242, 245 Fithian describes life in, 21 gay and hospitable society in, xxx-xxxi Presbyterian Church in, 73, 245 Northumberland County, 201, 243, 245, 246, 248 Norton, John, 237 Nurses, 131 _see also_ Mrs. Oakley _see also_ Wet nurses Oakley, Mrs., nurse, xxx, 131, 133, 135, 137, 141, 142, 146 Oaks, 144 Oats, 97 Occoquan River, 240 Oculists, 248