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
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.
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.
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,
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.
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- VOL. VI.-38
land to surrender to the English fleet,
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.
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,
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.
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