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INDEX. 



Walker, Rev. James, D. D., i. 392, 

 395, 402. 



AVarren. Dr. John C., soiree at his 

 house, i. 348; relics at his house, 

 ii. 72; his letter respecting Dr. 

 Mantell, ii. 231. 



Washington, George, relics of, at Ar- 

 lington House, i. 310; Trumbull's 

 portrait of, ii. 70 ; his letters to the 

 second Gov. Trumbull, ii. 379, seq. ; 

 his remarks on the organization of 

 the new government, ii. 379; on 

 his retirement from the Presidency, 

 ii. 380; on the condition of parties 

 and the character of the Demo- 

 crats, ii. 383-386; declines to be a 

 candidate for the Presidency for a 

 third term, ii. 383, 385. 



Washington, Martha, her letter to 

 Gov. Trumbull, ii. 386. 



Watson, William, i. 313. 



Webster, Daniel, his conversation 

 with Prof. Silliman in Lowell, i. 

 342; his speech in Boston, i. 387; 

 at the Harvard dinner (1846), ii. 

 31 ; Prof. Sillhnan's interview with, 

 ii. 118. 



Webster, Noah, i. 67. 



AVeld, Mason C., i. 319. 



WeUiiiginu, Duke of, ii. 188. 



AVellwood, Sir Jlenry Moncneff, i. 

 187. 



West, Benjamin, his letters to Col. 

 Tnuninill, ii. 391,393; his election 

 to the chair of the Royal Academy 

 (1804), ii. 3!)3, .sry. 



White;, Jud-e, i. 361. 



Whitney, Hi, ii. IV,). 



Whittlesey, Betsey, Prof. Silliman's 

 letter to, ii. 316. 



Wilberl'oive, William, interview of 

 Prof. Silliman with,!. 138; his let- 

 ter to Prof. Silliman, i. 2.VJ. 



Williams, Thomas S., ii. 298. 



Williston, Payson, ii. 236. 



AVinterbotham, Mr., i. 147. 



AVinthrop, Lieut.-Gov., i. 354. 



Wmthrop, Kobert C., ii. 31. 



Wiseman, Cardinal, his work on 

 science and revelation, ii. 144. 



Wistar, Dr. Caspar, his lectures, i. 

 106. 



Wolcott, Oliver, i. 134, 197. 



Woodhouse, Dr. James, his lectures, 

 i. 100, 224. 



Woolsey, Kev. Theodore D., D.D., 

 his letter to Prof. Silliman from 

 Athens, i. 2!); appointed President 

 of Yale College, ii. 80; his letters 

 to Prof. Silliman concerning his 

 resignation, ii. !)2, it!); his be, 

 tion for the tfi/li>iinn Professorakyi) 

 ii. 130; his discourse at the funer- 

 al of Prof. Silliman, ii. 318; his 

 remarks on Prof. Silliman, aa a 

 lecturer, ii. 320; his remarks on 

 Prof. Silliman's usefulness to Yale 

 College, ii. 335; his remarks on 

 the courtesv of Prof. Sillimau, ii. 

 356. 



Woolsey, William A\ r .. i. 134, 197. 



Worcester, Joseph E.', i. 3!io. 



Wy 111:111, Prof, -ietlries, i. 389; his 

 remarks on Prof. Silliman as a lec- 

 turer, ii. tlft^ his remarks on the 

 character /f Prof. Silliman, ii. 369. 



Yale College, religious revival in, in 

 1802, i. 82; its character in the last 

 century, i. !S8 ; origin of geology 

 in, i. 216; its relations to Harvard 

 College, i. 400; growth of the 

 physical sciences in, ii. 274, seq. 

 (/See Sillinmn, Uenjamiii.) 



