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| 591-593 ; cession promised, 604; campaigns in, 607-608; Yorktown, 615. — See also South, Slavery, and Vol. I. |
| Virginia Historical Society, Collections, 191, 320. |
| Von Reck, Commissary, Journal, 116. |
| Voting in First Continental Congress, 434-436; in Second Continental Congress, 525-530, 539-543. — See also Election. |
| WAGES, in Pennsylvania, 66-67. |
| Waldegrave, Earl of, The Character of George Third, 373-374; Memoirs, 374. |
| Waldo, Albigence, Life at Valley Forge, 568-573. |
| Walpole, Horace,Townshend's Revenue Scheme, 413-415; Memoirs, 415. |
| War, Queen Anne's, 324, 340-341; intercolonial, 337-351; French and Indian, 352-372; Revolution, 373-632; other expedients, 423-426. — See also Army, French, Indians, Officers, Revolution. |
| Warren, Mercy, History of the American Revolution, 16. |
| Washington, George, Writings, 21, 311, 488, 492, 518, 545, 562, 597; colonial labor system, 24; letters forged, 30; Desire of Importing Palatines, 310-311; aid for soldiers, 469 ; The Inconveniences of Militia, 490-492; enforces discipline, 493-494; visit from
Chastellux, 495-497; Mrs. Adams's impression of, 55; The Game is Pretty Near Up, 559-562 ; appeals for a standing army, 560-562 ; Thacher's opinion of, 571-572; Revolutionary Finance,594-597; resignation of his command, 627-629. — See also Army, Officers, Revolution, War. |
| Waterman, Richard, Proceedings of a Town-Meeting, 214-219. |
| Watertown, records as sources, 14. |
| Watson, Elkanah, Men and Times of the Revolution, 18. |
| Wayside Inn, at Sudbury, 4. |
| Weare, Meshech, Difficulties in Framing a State Constitution, 534-537. |
| Weeden, W. B., use of records, 22; Economic and Social History of New England, 22. |
| Wells, W. V., Life of Samuel Adams, 20. |
| Wendell, Barrett, Cotton Mather, 20, 21. |
| Wentworth, John, The Condition of New Hampshire, 55-58. |
| Wesley, John, on colonial churches, 24; An Evangelist in Georgia, 283-287; leaving Georgia, 286-287; Journal, 287. |
| West, Daniel Boone in,383-385; Ohio colony discouraged, 386-387; early settlements,
387-391; frontier, 392-393; Virginia's claim, 579-582; Maryland's stand, 590-593. — See also Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi River, Ohio River. |
| West, Benjamin, in London, 478. |
| West Indies, productions of, scarce in Revolutionary times, 552; naval operations in, 612-615. |
| Westover (Virginia), Byrd mansion at, 4. |
| Wharton, Francis, Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence, 13, 21. |
| Whig, A, Vengeance on the Tories! 474-476. |
| Whitefield, George, Journal, 18 ; builds orphan-house in Georgia, 122-124; Governor Belcher's letter to, 287-289. |
| Whitehead, William A., Documents relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey, 13,
21, 84, 161, 179, 254, 289, 298. |
| Wilkes, John, Opposition to Arbitrary Power,378-380; The North Briton, 380. |
| Wilkinson, Eliza, Letters, 18. |
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William III, Creation of the Board of Trade, 129-131. |
| Williams, Stephen, value of diary, 2; narrative colored, 31; A Troublous Year in a Country Village, 455-457. |
| Williamsburg, named, 93; Cornwallis at, 608. |
| Winslow, John, hard-hearted, 31; Deportation of the Acadians, Journal, 365. |
| Winsor, Justin, Narrative and Critical History, 5, 11, 23, 30, 32; use of records, 22; Memorial History of Boston, 23; Reader's Handbook of the Revolution, 23. |
| Winthrop, John, petitions the Privy Council, 200. |
| Wisconsin Historical Society, library, 10. |
| Wise, John, Englishmen Hate an Arbitrary Power, 131-132; The Churches Quarrel Espoused, 132. |
