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Upon the dissolution of parliament by Cromwell, though he 
had previously resisted the attempts of the army to govern 
without the parliament, he obsequiously performed the func¬ 
tions of his office under the new establishment. Having 
concluded an advantageous treaty with queen Christina, who 
received him in November, 1653, with distinction, he re* 
turned to his own country, and resumed the office of com¬ 
missioner of the great seal, upon the restoration of the court 
of chancery; and he was returned as a representative for 
three counties in Cromwell’s second parliament. He was 
free and faithful in giving salutary advice to the Protector, 
and, nevertheless, retained his confidence. Declining the 
office of ambassador to Sweden, which was offered him, he 
acted as one of the commissioners to treat with the Swedish 
ambassador in England. He was returned for Buckingham¬ 
shire in Cromwell’s third parliament, and officiated for some 
time as speaker. When Monk proposed to restore the re¬ 
mains of the Long parliament, Whitelock took a commission 
from the committee of safety for raising a regiment of horse, 
and urged Lambert to march against that leader. But the 
design failing, and the parliament meeting, he just appeared 
in pursuance of the speaker’s summons ; and as he had rea¬ 
son for suspecting a design to apprehend him, he returned to 
a friend’s house in the country, and sent the great seal by his 
wife to the speaker;—and thus terminated his public life. 
Upon the Restoration, he had the good fortune to escape a 
bill of pains and penalties in the house of commons, only by 
the negative of a small majority. After having passed fifteen 
years in retirement, chiefly at Chilton-park, in Wiltshire, he 
there died in January, 1676; leaving a numerous family, after 
having been twice married. 
After his death, an anonymous editor, in 1682, published 
his “ Memorials of the English Affairs; or, an historical Ac¬ 
count of what passed from the Beginning of the Reign of 
King Charles I. to King Charles II. his happy restoration,” 
fob; an improved edition of which appeared in 1732. 
From his MSS. were published in 1709, “ Memorials of the 
English Affairs from the supposed Expedition of Brute to this 
Island, to the End of the Reign of King James I.," a chro¬ 
nological epitome of history for his own use. In 1766, Dr. 
Charles Morton, secretary to the Royal Society, published 
“Whitelock’s Notes upon the King’s Writ for choosing 
Members of Parliament, 13 Car. II.; being Disquisitions on 
the Government of England by King, Lords, and Com¬ 
mons,” 2 vols. 4to. The same editor also published, in 1772, 
“ A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 
1654, from the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and 
Ireland; written by the Ambassador the Lord Commissioner 
Whitelock; with an Appendix of original Papers,” 2 vols. 
4to.— Biog. Brit. Gen. Biog. 
WHI'TELY, adj. Coming near to white. 
Now, governor, I see I must blush 
Quite through this vail of night a whitely shame. 
To think I could design to make those free, 
Who were by nature slaves. - Southern. 
WHlTELYSBURG, a post village of the United States, 
in Kent county, Delaware. 
WHITEMARSH, a post township of the United States, 
in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. 
WHITEMARSH, a township of the United States, in 
Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, on the Schuylkill. 
Here are valuable quarries of marble; 12 miles north-west of 
Philadelphia. Population 1328. 
WHITE MOUNTAINS, or White Hills, a range of 
mountains of the United States, in New Hampshire, Id or 
20 miles long, and 8 or 10 broad. In the western pass of 
these mountains there is a remarkable gap, called the Notch. 
These mountains have been ascended by different routes. 
The course which is usually considered as attended with the 
least difficulties, is that which commences at the plain of 
Conway, and follows the course of Ellis river, a northern 
branch of the Saco, having its origin high in the mountains. 
The view from the summit is rendered wonderfully grand 
and picturesque, by the magnitude of the elevation, the 
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extent and variety of the surrounding scenery, and, above 
all, by the huge and desolate pile of rocks, extending to a 
great distance in every direction. These mountains are 
covered with snow nine or ten months in the year, and 
derive their name from their white appearance. They are 
seen many miles off at sea; and a person, when on their 
summit, has a distinct view of the Atlantic ocean, the nearest 
part of which is 65 miles distant in a direct line. The limit 
of forest trees is at the height of 4428 feet. The sides are 
composed of micaceous schistus, and the summit of gneiss. 
The elevation of Mount Washington was formerly estimated 
at 10,000 or 11,000 feet; but late computations, founded on 
barometrical observation, have much reduced it; one making 
it 7108, another 6634, another 6234, another 6225, and 
another 6103. The following table exhibits the elevation of 
the several peaks, according to an accurate measurement. 
Feet above Feet above 
the Sea. the Base. 
Mount Washington,.6234.4464 
2d peak,.5328.3554 
3d peak.5058.3288 
4th peak,.4866.3096 
5th peak, .4711.2941 
6th peak,.4356 .2586 
Base of the mountains, 1770 feet above the sea. The base 
of the mountains is about 25 miles south-east of Lancaster; 
and Mount Washington, the highest summit, is 70 miles in 
a right line north of Concord, and 82 north-by-west of 
Portsmouth. Lat. 44. 15. N. long. 71. 20. W. 
WHI'TEMEAT, s. Food made of milk.—Much saltness 
in whitemeat is ill for the stone. 1'usser. 
To WHI'TEN, v. a. To make white.—The smoke of 
sulphur will not black a paper, and is commonly used by 
women to whiten tiffanies. Brown. 
To WHI'TEN, v. n. To grow white. 
The bark expects its freight; 
The loosen’d canvas trembles with the wind, 
And the sea whitens with auspicious gales. Smith. 
WHFTENER, s. One who makes any thing white. 
WHI'TENESS, s. The state of being white; freedom 
from colour. —Whiteness is a mean between all colours, 
having disposed itself indifferently to them all, so as with 
equal facility to be tinged with many of them. Newton .— 
Paleness. 
Thou tremblest, and the whiteness of thy cheek, 
Is apterthan thy tongue to tell thy errand. Shahspeare. 
Purity; cleanness.—The least spot is visible on ermine; but 
to preserve this whiteness in its original purity, you have, 
like that ermine,, forsaken the common track of business, 
which is not always clean. Dryden. 
WH1TEN-HEAD, a promontory of Scotland, on the 
north coast of Sutherland, in the parish of Durness. 
WHITE OAK, a post village of the United States, in 
Rutherford county. North Carolina.—2. A small river of 
North America, whicli falls into the Ohio, between the 
Little Miami and the Scioto. 
WHITE OAK CREEK, a river of the United States, in 
North Carolina, which runs into the Atlantic, Lat. 34. 39. 
N. long. 77. 26. W. 
WHITE OAK MOUNTAINS, mountains of the United 
States, in the west part of North Carolina. Laf7 36. 10. N. 
long. 82. 30. W. 
WHITE OAK SPRING, a post village of the United 
States, in Gibson county, Indiana. 
WHITEOXMEAR, a hamlet of England, in the parish 
of Wellow, Somersetshire. 
WHITE PLAINS, a post village of the United States, in 
Orange county, Virginia.—2. A post village of Granville 
county. North Carolina.—3. A post village of White county, 
Tennessee.—4. A post township and village of the United 
States, in WestChester county, New York; 14 miles south 
of Bedford, and 30 north-east of New York. Population 
693. 
WHITE 
