556 INDIANA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 



Weights and measures, arpent, 

 172; bale, 41, 383; barrel, 41, 

 228; boxes versus barrels, 99- 

 lOln; bushel, 129, 352; casks, 

 352; hogshead, 164; 

 land measures: Canada, 405; 



Louisiana, 172; 

 "quarter of wheat," 41. 



Weldon (N. C), 452. 



Welland Canal, 402-3. 



Wells, Henry, 53-54, 61, 66, 79. 



Wells, Lyman, 54, 56, 57, 73. 



Wells, William, death, 74. 



Westchester County (N. Y.), 

 farming, 437-40. 



Western and Atlantic Railroad, 

 356n. 



West Point (Ind.), county seat 

 contest, 70. 



Wheat, Alabama, 206, 467; Can- 

 ada, 405, 409, 511; Delaware, 

 326, 330; Georgia, 30, 356n, 

 482; growing season, 35-36; 

 Illinois, 121-22; Indiana, 335; 

 Maryland, 246; measures, 41; 

 New Jersey, 321, 324; North 

 Carolina, 226-29, 378; 

 prices: Chicago, 75, 335; Del- 

 aware, 327n; Indiana, 59; 

 New York, 38; North Caro- 

 lina, 227, 229; Virginia, 

 232, 373-74; 

 profits to western farmer, 

 393-96; rolling, 91; smut, pre- 

 vention of, 24 ; threshing, 366 ; 

 Virginia, 231, 232-34, 373-77, 

 384, 485. 



Whiskey, manufacture, Canada, 

 407, 410. 



White, J. L., sugar planter, 180- 

 81. 



White, Col. Maunsel, sugar 

 planter, 181-82. 



Wilcox, Dr. W., sugar planter, 



146. 

 Wildman, Dr. (Columbus, Ga.), 



467-68. 

 Wiles, Thomas, 61. 

 Wilkins, Dr. William F., 173. 

 Wilkinson, Benajah, 54, 65. 

 Wilkinson, Joseph Biddle, 182. 

 Wilkinson, Robert, 54, 58, 60, 



62, 65, 66, 79. 

 Wilkinson, Robert Andrews, 



sugar planter, 182-83. 

 Williams, Ambrose, 63. 

 Williams, David Rogerson, 



241n. 

 Williams, Dr. J. C, 158n-59n. 

 Williams, Madame J. C, 158. 

 Williams, Col. John Nicholas, 



cotton plantation, costs, 240- 



41, 241-44. 

 Williams, Robert White, plant- 

 er, 460-61, 463. 

 Wilmington (Del.), 449. 

 Wilmington (N. C), 452-53. 

 Wilson, Charles, 73. 

 Wilson and Sanders, gristmill, 



76, 78. 

 Winchet (Winchell?), , 



53. 

 Windmills, 94, 121, 182, 185. 

 Witherel, Orrin, 67. 

 Wolves, 75, 82. 

 Wood, John, 65, 66, 73, 78. 

 Woodchucks, 95. 

 Woodville (Miss.), 144-45, 146, 



147. 

 Wool, 8, 34, 94, 161. 

 Woolfolk, John, 468. 

 Wright, (Cheraw, S. 



C), 466. 

 Wright, Frances, 265. 



Yaupon tea, 370-72. 



