Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln (61 page)

Washington, Augustine,
28–30
,
59

Washington, Bushrod,
34

Washington, George,
6–7
,
18
,
45
,
85
,
97
,
175–176
,
205
,
233
,
287
,
293

     
during childhood and youth,
28

     
death of,
83

     
descendants of,
34

     
Farewell Address of,
210

     
as father of his country,
25–28
,
33–34
,
44
,
46
,
140
,
146
,
184
,
267

     
First Inaugural Address of,
31–33
,
152

     
military talents of,
30
,
39

     
as model of virtues,
28–30
,
33–34
,
78–79
,
178

     
See also
The Life of Washington
;
Whiskey Rebellion

Washington, Martha,
27
,
34

Washington, Mary,
28
,
30

“Washington Crossing the Delaware” (Leutze),
250

Washington, DC,
31

Weed, Thurlow,
145
,
253

Weems, Mason Locke (Weems, Parson),
7
,
33
,
230
,
241

     
career and income of,
27

     
writings of,
27–28
,
44
,
65
,
78–79

Welles, Gordon,
182

West.
See
American West

West Indies,
86–88

West Virginia,
255

Western Citizen
,
101

Western Department,
222

Whigs,
46
,
125

     
demise of,
107

     
Democrats and,
46–49
,
69–71
,
78–84

     
partisanship towards,
62

Whiskey Rebellion,
202–203

Wigfall, Louis,
252–253

Wills, Garry,
241–242

Winthrop, Robert,
84
,
123
,
188

Wisconsin,
122

Women,
7

Wythe, George,
90

Young Indians,
93

Young Men’s Lyceum,
3–4
,
8–9
,
13
,
61–66
,
77
,
87
,
244–245
,
255
,
281

Yulee, David,
252

Zebedee riddle,
15
,
20
,
22