trust of, 379; letters to Stuart and
Carter, 379, 380; letter as to a second
federal convention, 401; influence of,
and advice, 410, 411; letter to La-
fayette, 414; views of, as to foreign
affairs, 424; vast and beneficial in-
fluence of, in favor of the constitu-
tion, 437; unanimously elected presi-
dent of the United States, 468; sces
danger to the union from the South,
469; resolution of, on leaving Mount
Vernon, 469; reception of, on the
way to New York, at Alexandria, Bal-
timore, Philadelphia, Trenton, 470;
inauguration of, as president, 471;
address to the two houses of congress,
471; prayers in St. Paul's church,
New York, 472; description of, by the
French minister, 472; addresses of
the senate and representatives in re-
ply to Washington's inaugural ad-
dress, 472.

Washington, Captain William, at Tren-
ton, New Jersey, v. 98; colonel of
regiment under Morgan in Carolina,
477; routs a body of tories, 480;
bravery of, at the Cowpens, 482, 483;
at battle of Guilford Court-House,
492, 493; at Hobkirk's Hill, 499;
wounded and taken prisoner at Eutaw
Springs, 503.

Washington, city of, action on selecting
site for, vi. 97, 98.
Watauga, republic of, iii. 403, 467; help
of, against the Indians, iv. 86; Shel-
by and party in, 86, 87; great vic-
tory of, 87; pledges help for the
union of the states, 414.
Waterbury, of Connecticut, on Lake
Champlain, v. 59, 61.

Watson, George, a mandamus councillor,
resigns, iv. 50.

Waymouth, George, voyage and explora-

tions of, among the St. George Isl-
ands on the coast of Maine, i. 81, 82.
Wayne, Anthony, ii. 493; in Canada, iv.
380; at Ticonderoga, v. 84; meets
Hessian yagers, 180; attacked by the
British, 180; with Washington, 181;
at Germantown, 193, 194; disparages
Washington, 211; good conduct of,
at Monmouth, 276, 277; brilliant ex-
ploit at Stony Point on the Hudson,
331; makes junction with Lafayette,
509; rash movement and result, 512;
goes to the South, under General
Greene, 525; excellent service there,
555, 556.

Weas, Indians. See Piankeshaws.
Webb, General, at Fort Edward (1757),
cowardly conduct of, ii. 466.

Webb, of Connecticut, colonel, at White
Plains, v. 74; at Trenton, New Jer
sey, 96.
Webster, Noah, tract of, on American
policy (1784), vi. 136, 137.
Webster, Pelatiah, on union, and the
constitution of the United States, vi

66.

Wedderburn, Lord Loughborough, self-
ish, unscrupulous, unrelenting, iii.
195, 219, 323; attack on Hills-
borough, 385, 386; solicitor-general,
397; burnt in effigy in Philadelphia,
iv. 10; opinions of, 20; calls the
Massachusetts congress treasonable,
150; in parliament, v. 55, 56; Lord
Loughborough, condemns treaty of
peace, vi. 40.
Wentworth, B., governor of New Hamp-
shire, ii. 252.

Wesley, Charles, in Georgia, ii. 288.
Wesley, John, in Georgia, ii. 288; makes
a stay of two years, 288; favors the
court views, iv. 136, 137; letter to
Dartmouth and North, 187, 188; pre-
dicted revolution, 372; founder of the
American Methodists, vi. 160-163.
West, Benjamin, the painter (1758), ii.

498.

West, Francis, governor of Virginia, i.
136; appointed admiral of New Eng-
land to restrain unlicensed fishing,
216; resigns, 216.

West Indian colonies, ii. 242.
West, John, secretary to Andros, i.
585.

West, Joseph, leads colonists to South
Carolina (1670), i. 429.

West New Jersey, bought by the Quak-
ers, i. 546; constitution of govern-
ment, 547, 548; taxation by the duke
of York resisted, 549; progress of
the settlement, 550; after the revolu-
tion united with East New Jersey into
one province (1702), ii. 32, 33.
Western Company, sends out second
colony of Virginia, i. 89, 90; failure
of the enterprise, 91.
Western lands ceded by New York and

Virginia to the United States, vi. 14.
Weston, Thomas, tries to colonize on
Boston harbor, near Weymouth
(1622), i. 211; failure of attempt in
a year, 212.
Wethersfield, Connecticut, and other
towns, send men to camp (1775), iv.
170, 171.

Weymouth colony, Massachusetts, i.
216, 221.
Weymouth, Lord, in parliament, iii.
267, 346, 367; leaves the ministry,

397; succeeds Rochford as secretary |
of state (1775), iv. 284.
Whale fishery offered to the colonies by
Grenville (1764), iii. 71, 72.
Whalley, E. See Regicides.
Whately, Thomas, secretary to Gren-
ville, iii. 89; secretary of the treas-
ury, 73; under-secretary to Lord Suf-
folk, 397; death of, 424.
Whately, banker to the treasury, Lon-
don, course of, iii. 459, 460.
Wheelwright, John, advocates Mrs.
Hutchinson's views, i. 260-262; is
exiled, 262, 319; sentence of exile
rescinded, 301.
Whig party, in England, the old, Lord
Somers at the head, ii. 4, 13; must
be renovated or dissolved (1754), 410;
the party and its work (1765), iii.
225, 226; the new whig party, its
work finished, v. 263; vi. 44.
Whitaker, Alexander, "the apostle of
Virginia," labors of, i. 104.
White, John, governor of Raleigh colo-
ny in Virginia, i. 75, 76; fate of his
grandchild, Virginia Dare, and the
colony, 77, 78.

White, Jesuit missionary, with others,

in Maryland, i. 159; treatment of the
red men by, 161.

White Plains, New York, occupied by
Washington, v. 71, 72.

Whitefield, George, in America, ii. 289.
Whitehill, R., in Pennsylvania state
convention, opposes new constitution,
vi. 386, 387.

Whitgift, archbishop of Canterbury,
prosecutes nonconformists in Eng-
land, i. 189, 190, 197.

Whiting, S., agent of Connecticut, ii.

47.

Wilbore, of Taunton, Massachusetts,

imprisoned for protesting against tax,
i. 585.

Wilberforce, William, in parliament, vi.
39.

Wilkes, and parliament, iii. 69; re-
elected to be expelled, 286; further
struggle, 345; gets into parliament,
iv. 9; on American resistance, 118,
119; on conquering America, v. 54.
Wilkins, commandant in Illinois (1768),
iii. 320.

Willard, Abijah, of Lancaster, Massa-
chusetts, a mandamus councillor, gives
up, iv. 50.

Willard, John, hanged for witchcraft, ii.
63.

Willett, Colonel Marinus, v. 169; brav-
ery of, 169-172; among the Onon-
dagas, 332.

William and Mary college, Virginia,
founded, ii. 18.

William of Orange, lands in England
(1688), i. 598; character and policy
of, ii. 4-6; aim of, as to the colonies,
54, 71; death of, 78.
Williams, David, one of André's cap-
tors, v. 433, 434; congress votes an
annuity to, 438.

Williams, Ephraim, bequest of, to estab-
lish a school, ii. 436.

Williams, Eunice, and family, ii. 196;
killed by the Indians, 196.
Williams, Colonel James, v. 378; active
patriotism of, 394; death of, at battle
of King's Mountain, South Carolina,
400.

Williams, John, husband of Eunice, ii.
196.

Williams, Otho, at Camden, South Caro-
lina, v. 388; adjutant-general of south-
ern army, 477; with light troops, 489,
490; in the battle of Eutaw Springs,

503.

Williams, Roger, i. 241; free and lib-
eral sentiments of, 241, 242; minister
at Salem 249; opposes Massachusetts
theocratic ideas, 249, 250; strife of,
with the magistrates, 250, 251; is
exiled, 252; goes among the red men,
253; welcomed by Massasoit, 253;
founds Providence, Rhode Island, 254;
services of, as a law-giver, 255, 256;
obtains the island of Rhode Island as
a present, 263; goes to England, ob-
tains a charter, 296–298; kindly of-
fices of, to New Netherland, 508.
Williams, William, of Lebanon, Con-
necticut, patriotic words of, iii.
293.

Williams college. See Williams, Ephra-
im.

Williamson, of North Carolina, in the
federal convention, vi. 264; on the
slave-trade, 319; on the election of
president of the United States, 827;
one of the committee of eleven, 334,
337, 338; declares a vice-president
useless, 341, 342; on the number of
representatives in congress, 354; on
juries, 358.

Williamson, of South Carolina, repulses
Indian attacks, v. 63, 64; surrenders
Ninety-Six, 378.

Willing, James, of Philadelphia, brings
before congress Lord North's offer, iv.
200, 201; success against the British
on the lower Mississippi, v. 315; loy-
alists driven out, 315, 316.
Will's creek (Cumberland, Maryland),
path by, to the Ohio, ii. 362; the Ohio

Company opens a road by (1753), 377;
Washington at, 420.
Willoughby, Francis, deputy governor
of Massachusetts, i. 379.
Willoughby, Sir Hugh, voyage and fate
of, i. 62.

Wilmot, of the Maryland line, the
last one who fell in the war, v.

556.

Wilson, James, iv. 50; in congress,
moves for committee to set forth
reasons for independence, 316; re-
port not accepted, 335; on American
commerce, 335; holds back against
suppressing the royal authority, 344;
opposes the declaration of independ-
ence, 423; in favor of independence
(July, 1776), 440; on the articles of
confederation, v. 12, 13; in congress,
debate on revenue, vi. 63, 64; in the
federal convention, 217, 219, 220, 221,
234; on Hamilton's views, 239; on
general and state governments, 244,
245; on the rule of representation,
267, 268; on federal legislation, 270;
one of the committee of detail, 274;
on the slave-trade, 318; speech on
choice of the president of the United
States, 337, 338; on ratifying the con-
stitution, 355; in the Pennsylvania
state convention, argument for ratify.
ing the constitution, 384-386; further
share in the debate, 388, 390.
Wilson, John, minister of First Church,
of Boston, i. 238.

Wingfield, E. M., in the first colony of
Virginia, i. 85; president of Virginia,
deposed, 92.

Winnebagoes, Indians, ii. 94.
Winslow, Edward, agent for Massachu-
setts in England, i. 30.

Winslow, General J., address to the
Acadians, ii. 431.

Winslow, Josiah, leads troops against

the Narragansetts (1675), i. 390.
Winthrop, Fitz John, governor of Con-
necticut, ii. 48.

Winthrop, John, covenants with others
to settle in New England, i. 231; gov-
ernor of Massachusetts, 232; high
character of, 232-234; spirit and con-
duct of, 238-240; differs with Hooker,
269; president of the United Colonies
of New England, 294; opposition to,
302-304; less severe toward heretics
before his death, 311.
Winthrop, Junior, spirit of, i. 231; char-
acter and merits of, 356, 357; obtains
charter for Connecticut, 358; elected
governor annually for fourteen years,
358; advises the Dutch in New Nether-
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land to surrender to the English fleet,

519.

Wise, John, and free speech in Massa-
chusetts, i. 585, 586.

Witchcraft, in Pennsylvania, i. 568; in
Massachusetts, ii. 51; in Salem, Mas-
sachusetts, 58-60; hanging of witches,
61; increase of victims, 62-65; cnd
of the delusion, 66.
Witherspoon, Rev. John, president of
Princeton college, New Jersey, iv. 33;
able helper to New Jersey, 431; in
favor of declaration of independence,
440; on the articles of confederation,
v. 12, 13; on Howe's message, 41;
proposes to invest congress with power
over commerce, etc., 453.
Woccoons, Indians, ii. 94.
Wolfe, James, ii. 484; at Louisburg,
485; in command on the St. Law-
rence, 498; at Quebec, 504, 505;
fords the Montmorenci, 506; pro-
poses to land above the town, 507;
plan of attack, 508; death of, on the
Plains of Abraham, 510.
Woodford, Colonel, iv. 319.
Woodhull, N., president of the New
York convention, v. 4.

Woods, Henry, major at Breed's Hill,
iv. 224.

Woolman, John, denounces slavery, ii.
398, 399.

Wooster, David, elected brigadier-gen-
eral, iv. 235; with Montgomery in
Canada, 296; in command for Cana-
da, 374, 375; disputes of, with Schuy-
ler, 376; difficulties in his way, 376;
death in battle at Ridgefield, Con-
necticut, v. 151.

Wright, Sir James, governor of Georgia,
iv. 181; under guard, escapes, 391,
392; returns to Georgia, v. 375.
"Writs of assistance," ii. 531; Otis ar-
gues against, 547; illegal, iii. 249;
legalized by parliament, 256.
Wyandots, Indians. See Iroquois.
Wyatt, Sir Francis, governor of Vir-

ginia, brings free constitution, i. 118;
second administration of, 139.
Wyllis, Samuel, with Deane and Par-
son's enterprise, iv. 181, 182.
Wyoming valley, occupied by Connecti-
cut men, iii. 63, 355; terrible slaugh-
ter in, by Indians and rangers, v. 279,
280; Sullivan's march into, 332, 333.
Wythe, George, author of the Virginia
remonstrance, iii. 93; on Patrick
Henry's resolutions, 111; in congress,
iv. 316; discusses the question of
American commerce, etc., 335; charges
on the king all American grievances,

337, 338; signs the declaration of in-
dependence, v. 16; commissioner with
Jefferson for codifying the laws of
Virginia, vi. 118.

Y.

Yale college, founded, i. 361.
Yamassees, in Carolina, war with, ii. 214,
215.

Yates, R., appointed delegate to the
federal convention by New York, vi.
200; in the convention, 219; leaves
the convention, 259, 260; in the state
convention, opposes the federal con-
stitution, 456; Hamilton's candidate
for governor of New York, 467.
Yeamans, Sir John, governor of Claren-
don colony, North Carolina, i. 411,
412; landgrave, 430; brings negro
slaves, 430; is governor, 434.
Yeardley, George, administration of, in
Virginia, i. 110; reappointed gover-
nor, 135; excellent service of, to the
colony, 136; death of, 136.
Yonge, Sir William, ii. 243.
Yorke, Charles, brother of Philip, so-

licitor-general, ii. 529; in parliament,
defends the stamp-act, iii. 103; of-
fered the chancellorship by the king,
366; strange conduct of, and suicide,
366.

Yorke, Sir Joseph, opinion of, as to
Charles Lee, iv. 233; minister to
Holland, v. 131; on the value of Lee,
148.

Yorke, Sir Philip. See Hardwicke.
Yorktown, Virginia, occupied by Corn-
wallis, v. 514; surrender at, of Corn-
wallis and the British army, 522, 523;
news of the surrender reaches France
and England, 523, 524.

Young, Thomas, of Pennsylvania, ad-
dress of, to the people of Vermont,

v. 162.

Z.

Zealand, i. 476, 477.

Zenger, John Peter, arrested for libel
in New York, ii. 254; tried, and de-
fended by Andrew Hamilton of Phila-
delphia, 254; acquitted, 254, 255.
Zinzendorf, Count, among the Indians,
iv. 85.