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Washington chosen Commander-in-chief 

 of the Continental Army, i. 290 ; enters 

 Boston, i. 294 ; the guards and head- 

 quarters of General, i. 301, 313. 



Washington, D. C, addresses and 

 speeches in the House of Representa- 

 tives at, ii. 215, 216 (2). 



Washington enters New York and bids 

 farewell to his comrades, i. 330. 



Washington Guards of Bingham, forma- 

 tion and discontinuance of the, i. 339. 



Washingtonian reform, the, ii. 198. 



Washington, sermons occasioned by the 

 death of General George, ii. 227 



Washington, William, Colonel, i. 313. 



Water Company, Act of the Legislature 

 incorporating the Bingham ; corporate 

 members, list of officers first chosen, 

 and present government of the, ii. 265- 

 270. 



Water from Accord Pond ; first person to 

 receive it in his house faucet, and first 

 stream thrown near the railroad sta- 

 tion; pipes extended to Bull and Jeru- 

 salem road ; pumping station erected 

 at Weir River ; number of miles, number 

 of hydrants, and number of customers 

 supplied by the, ii. 268-270. 



Waterman, David, i. 263, 265. 



Waterman, Thomas, Jr., i. 278, 291, 315. 



Waters, Elijah, Jr., i. 291 ; Lieut., Capt., 

 332. 



Waters, Isaac, Lieut., i. 337. 



Waters, Isaac G., i. 341, 352. 



Waters, Jesse (?), i. 298. 



Waters' Taverns, i. 186. 



Waterston, Robert C, § ii. 230. 



Water-works, committees appointed by 

 the town submit reports on, giving an 

 estimate of the cost, and recommending 

 the carrying on to completion the pro- 

 posed works; the town by its votes 

 refuses to adopt the recommendations, 

 and the Bingham Water Company sub- 

 sequently commence the work of con- 

 structing the, ii. 261-270. 



Watson, John A., i. 361. 



Wealth of the early settlers, the relative, 

 i. 203. 



Weary-all Bill, i. 177. 



Webber, Percy C* ii. 72. 



Webb, John C, i. 338. 



Webb, regiment of Colonel, i. 322, 325. 



Weir River, and Bay, i. 1, 171, 185. 



Weir River Lane, i. 194. 



Welch, John, i. 359 (2). 



Welles, ordination at Sanford of Rev. 

 Noah, ii. 210. 



Wells, Charles L , * ii. 72. 



Wells, the general unfitness of to supply 

 pure water for house use, ii. 262. 



Welsh. Joseph W., i. 362. 



West Bridge, i. 182. 



West Dedham, sermon preached at the 

 ordination of Rev. Calvin S. Locke at, 

 ii. 225. 



West End, i. 180. 



West Indies, expeditions to the, i. 251, 252. 

 Weston, Thomas (Middleborough), Capt., 

 Major, Lieut. -Colonel, Commander of 

 Post 104 G. A. R., Representative, 

 other reference to, i. 345, 367 ; ii. 158, 

 159. 



West Point, military operations near, i. 

 328. 



Weymouth, an oration delivered in the 

 South Parish of, ii. 221. 



Weymouth attacked, and seven houses 

 destroyed by Indians, i. 239. 



Weymouth Back River, i. 5, 179. 



Weymouth, Bingham men in Capt. 

 Moses French's, and Capt. John Bol- 

 brook's companies of, i. 237, 309. 



Weymouth Military Company at the 

 defence of Grape Island, i. 288, 289, 

 °73 



Whale's Valley, i. 160. 



Whaling business, notice concerning the, 

 ii. 173. 



Wharves and piers, names of and refer- 

 ences to, ii. 174. 



Wheaton, Christopher, i. 237. 



Wheelock, Albert B., * ii. 68. 



Wheelwright, Gershom, i. 283, 298. 



Wheelwright, John, i. 263. 



Wheelwrights and carriage makers, ii. 

 166. 



Whiskey tax, speech at Washington, D. 

 C, concerning the, ii. 215. 



Whiston, , i. 310. 



Whitcomb, John, i. 283. 



White, Benjamin, i. 301. 



White, Elijah, i. 258, 259. 



Whitehead, i. 158. 



White-Borse Pond, i. 195. 



White, James, i. 254. 



White Oak Neck, i. 184. 



White Oak Plain, i. 185. 



White, William, Paymaster, i. 338. 



Whiting, Memoir of Martha, ii. 198. 



Whitman, Benry, i. 357. 



Whitney, Benry Austin, § ii. 231. 



Whitnev, Nicholas Bowes, * § ii. 45, 46, 

 231. 



Whitney, Peter, * § ii. 231. 



Whitney, Phineas, * § ii. 231. 



Whitney, Regiment of Colonel Josiah, i. 

 299, 300, 301. 



[Note. — The surnames, Whiten, Whi- 

 ting, Whitten, Whiton, and Whitton, 

 which often refer to one person in the 

 Military chapter, are all indexed Whi- 

 ton ; it being by far the most numer- 

 ous spelling of the descendants of 

 James Whiton found in this history.] 



Whiton, Abel, i. 279, 282, 284, 311, 316, 

 317,318. 



Whiton, Abijah, i. 263, 279, 282, 284, 

 311. 



Whiton, Abraham, i. 279, 292. 



Whiton, Alfred B., Mas.-at-Arms U. S. N., 

 i. 365. 



