land, 153;
his pessimism over the outlook for the future, 156, 157;
reluctantly consents to sit in Constitutional Convention, 158, 159;
and the Society of the Cincinnati, 159;
President of the Convention, 163, 164, 168, 169, 170;
his view of the Constitution, 170 _ff_.;
unanimously elected first President of the U.S., 175;
the journey to New York and inauguration, 176, 177.

His receptions as President, 178, 179, 180, 181;
his inaugural address, 179;
dealings with office-seekers, 180;
his first Cabinet, 181, 186;
serious illness of, 185, 186;
appoints Justices of Supreme Court, 186;
a Federalist, 187, 199, 215;
favors Assumption, 187, 188;
his tariff views, 189;
his visit to Boston, 189, 190;
sends expeditions against Indians, 191;
approves Hamilton's centralizing measures, 192;
determined to maintain neutrality as between France and England, 193;
deals firmly with Genet, 198;
open criticism of, 199, 200, 201, 219 _ff_.;
his sympathies generally with Hamilton against Jefferson, 199;
effect on, of newspaper abuse, 201, 223;
disinclined to serve second term, 201;
reelected, 202, 203, 204;
issues Proclamation of Neutrality, 204;
its effect, 204, 205;
appoints Randolph to succeed Jefferson, 206;
and the Jay Treaty, 207 _ff_.;
sends C.C. Pinckney to replace Monroe in Paris, 215;
why he recalled Monroe, 215, 216;
consents to act as Commander-in-Chief in 1799, 217, 240;
puts down Whiskey Insurrection, 218, 219;
favors maintenance of free speech, 222;
declines to consider a third term, 223;
effect in later years of the precedent set by him, 223, 224;
his "Farewell Address," 224-227;
what would he have done in 1914? 228;
changes in his Cabinet, 228, 229;
and the charges against Randolph, 229, 230.

Again in retirement at Mt. Vernon, 231 _ff_.;
and Nelly Custis, 233;
his career reviewed, 234, 254-260;
Bernard quoted on, 234-236;
his detractors, 236, 237;
his religious beliefs, 239, 240;
declines all public undertakings, 240;
his last illness, 241 _ff_.;
the last hours described by T. Lear, 243-249;
his death, 249;
action of Congress and President Adams, 251;
his funeral at Mt. Vernon, 252, 253;
project for memorial of, abandoned, 254;
his rank as a soldier, 256, 257;
as President, 258;
the most _actual_ statesman of his time, 258;
his example made the world change its mind about republics, 259