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INDEX 



tion of, 129-130; burned by the 

 British, 216-217, 245, 246. 



Washington, George, admiration of 

 British for, 4; Charles Lee's first 

 acquaintance with, 58; receives 

 Charles Lee at Mount Vernon, 67; 

 reasons for appointment as com- 

 mander-in-chief, 70; at battle of 

 Monmouth, 89-92; altercation with 

 Hamilton, 112-113; chooses Hamil- 

 ton and Jefferson for members of his 

 cabinet, 125, 167; termed "the step- 

 father of his country," 135; ap- 

 pointed by Adams commander of 

 army for expected war with France, 

 137; first president of Potomac 

 Company, 196. 



Watkins, Tobias, 290. 



Wayne, Anthony, 89. 



Weathersford, 243-244. 



Webster, Daniel, birth of, 367; gradu- 

 ated from Dartmouth, 368 ; mar- 

 riage, 369; elected to Congress, 

 370; the Dartmouth College case, 

 373-379; Bunker Hill orations and 

 eulogy on Adams and Jefferson, 380- 

 381 ; represents the Boston district in 

 Congress, 381-384; the "free trade 

 speech," 382-383; elected to Sen- 

 ate, 384; attitude on protection, 

 384-386; the "Reply to Hayne," 

 312, 387-391; "The Constitution 

 not a Compact between Sovereign 

 States," 393-394; speech in White 

 murder trial, 397; home at Marsh- 

 field, 397-398; second marriage, 

 398; candidate for presidency, 341, 

 398, 409; Secretary of State in Har- 

 rison-Tyler administration, 351, 356, 

 399-401; attitude on fugitive slave 

 law, 404-409; Seventh of March 

 speech, 404; Fillmore's Secretary of 

 State, 409; death, 409; mode of 

 dress, 270, 389 n. 



Webster, Colonel Ebenezer, 365-367. 



Webster, Ezekiel, 369, 378, 398. 



Wedderburn, David, abuse of Franklin 

 by, 44-45. 



" Westchester Farmer, A," 107. 



Whately, William, 38, 40. 



Whately letters, the, 37-38; published 



in America, 40; effect of, on Hutch- 



inson's reputation, 43-44; Franklin 



publicly abused by Wedderburn on 



account of, 44-45. 

 Wheelock, Rev. Eleazar, 373. 

 Wheelock, John, 373-374. 

 Whigs, beginning of party called, 295, 



339- 



Whiskey rebellion, the, 132-133. 

 White, Hugh Lawson, 340, 341. 

 White murder trial, Webster's speech 



in, 397- 



Whittier, J. G., 309. 

 Wickliffe, "Charles A., 356. 

 Wildcat banking in early New England, 



13-22. 



Wilkes, John, 64, 65. 

 Wilkins, Isaac, 107. 

 William and Mary College, 151, 327, 



328, 333- 

 Williamsburg, state capital of Virginia 



removed from, 162. 

 Wilson, James, 114. 

 Winsor, Justin, 390 n. 

 Wirt, W 7 illiam, 303, 334. 

 Witherspoon, President, of Princeton, 



1 06. 



Wood, Rev. Samuel, 368. 

 Woodbury, Levi, 294. 

 Wormeley, Ralph, on Charles Lee as 



author of " Letters of Junius," 96. 

 Writs of Assistance, 26. 

 Wythe, George, 151, 157, 161, 206. 



X 



X. Y. Z. despatches, the, 210. 



Yates, Robert, 119. 



Yeomanry of England, comparison of, 

 and corresponding class in France, 

 145-148. 



Yorke, Sir Joseph, opinion of, concern- 

 ing Charles Lee, 88. 



