WASHINGTON, George, taxed with the cares of office........vol. xv. 388 return to Mount Vernon........ correspondence with Lafayette.... ..vol. xv. 384 .vol. xv. 385 surprise at the appointment of minister to France.....vol. xv. 387 the conflict in Europe.... solicitude for the army.. life at Mount Vernon... plan for the management of his estate.. to Hamilton on military academy. remedies. his last hours. his death... his funeral.. his will... to John F. Mercer on slavery. ....vol. xv. 389 ...vol. xv. 390 .vol. xv. 390 .vol. xv. 391 .vol. xv. 393 .vol. xv. 398 .vol. xv. 398 ....vol. xv. 399 ...vol. xv. 399 ..vol. xv. 400 .....vol. xv. 401 ..vol. xv. 402 public testimonials of grief... discharge of his civil functions.. his fame. WASHINGTON, Major George A..... ...vol. xv. 402 ...vol. xv. 206 WASHINGTON, John Augustine, raises an independent com- pany. vol. xii. 402 entreats Mrs. Washington to leave Mount Vernon....vol. xii. 569 .... campaign in the West Indies.... marries Miss Fairfax..... his attachment to George. becomes manager of the Ohio Company.. letters home. return...... death. his character. his will..... WASHINGTON, Lund, on the danger at Mount Vernon. compromises with the enemy........ WASHINGTON, Martha, death and character of.. WASHINGTON, Mrs., at Mount Vernon.. arrival at Cambridge..... celebration of Twelfth Night.... ....vol. xii. 403 .vol. xiv. 523 ..vol. xii. 569 .vol. xii. 571 ..vol. xii. 572 at New York..... arrival at Valley Forge.. journey to New York.... death of Washington. WASHINGTON, Mary..... .vol. xiii. 76 .vol. xiv. 138 .vol. xv. 59 .vol. xv. 133 .vol. xv. 135 WASHINGTON, Colonel William A., leads the advance at WATERBURY, Colonel, raises and disbands a regiment......vol. xii. 593 gallant conduct. taken prisoner. .vol. xiv. 500 .vol. xiv. 584 vol. xiv. 584 .vol. xiv. 588 .vol. xiii. 259 ...vol. xiii. 261 .vol. xiii. 498 .vol. xiii. 500 .vol. xiv. 314 WATSON. Elkanah, picture of Washington in retirement....vol. xv. 79 WATTS, Major, at Oriskany.. wounded. Waxhaw, Tarleton's butchery at. WAYNE, Anthony..... in command at Ticonderoga.. at Chester..... ..vol. xiii. 125 .vol. xiii. 373 examines the defenses of the Highlands. ..vol. xiii. 415 .vol. xiii. 484 WEBSTER, Lieutenant-colonel, to break up American posts.vol. xiv. 308 at Guilford Court House..... .....vol. xiv. 483 .vol. xiv. 501 WEEDON, Colonel, conducts Hessian prisoners to Newtown.vol. xiii. 277 WESHINGTON, William, of Weshington. WESSYNGTON, De, origin of the name..... WEST, Major. West Point, decided to be fortified. Westchester County, British inroad..... Wetzell's Mill, affair at...... ....vol. xii. 43 ..vol. xiv. 146 .vol. xiv. 275 .vol. xiv. 493 WHIPPLE, Commodore, commands fleet at Charleston......vol. xiv. 288 WILKES on the appointment of the Earl of Carlisle........vol. xiv. 163 WILKINSON, General, interview with General Lee.. hastens to Sullivan.. joins Washington.. takes a letter from Gates to Washington. watches Burgoyne.. at Burgoyne's surrender.. .vol. xii. 146 ..vol. xiii. 280 ..vol. xiii. 282 ..vol. xiii. 285 .vol. xiii. 292 .vol. xiii. 558 .vol. xiv. 566 .vol. xiv. 38 dispatched by Gates to Congress.... relative to the Conway correspondence.. correspondence with Stirling on the Conway letter resigns position as Secretary of the Board of War expedition against Indians..... WILLARD, Counselor.......... ..vol. xiv. 57 .vol. xiv. 112 ......vol. xiv. 123 WILLET, Lieutenant-colonel Marinus, defeats British scout- .vol. xiv. 126 vol. xv. 134 .vol. xiii. 380 .vol. xiv. 235 .....vol. xii. 202 .vol. xiii. 140 ..vol. xiv. 429 .vol. xiv. 488 .vol. xiv. 498 ..vol. xiv. 588 .vol. xiv. 567 ..vol. xii. 237 ..vol. xii. 99 WILLS, Major, killed in battle.... Wilmington taken by the British.. ...vol. xv. 118 .vol. xiv. 480 WILSON, James, member of the Board of War and Ordnance..vol. xiii. 89 WILSON, James, Judge of Supreme Court... WOLCOTT, Oliver, Secretary of the Treasury. WOLFE, military services..... surprises Light House Point.... to besiege Quebec.......... debarks on the Isle of Orleans.... .vol. xv. 70 .vol. xv. 242 ..vol. xii. 263 ....vol. xii. 264 vol. xii. 287 crosses the St. Lawrence and encamps below the Mont- morency... crosses the Montmorency. illness...... changes plan of operations.. his health........ Gray's Elegy, anecdote... descends the river..... takes possession of the Plains of Abraham. attacked by Montcalm... his last words and death... WOOSTER, David, appointed Brigadier-general. before Quebec.... recalled.... hastens to Danbury.. attacks the British rear-guard... death..... Writs of Assistance.. .vol. xii. 288 .vol. xii. 288 .vol. xii. 289 ...vol. xii. 290 ..vol. xii. 291 ..vol. xii. 291 ....vol. xii. 292 ..vol. xii. 292 ..vol. xii. 293 .vol. xii. 294 .vol. xii. 295 ...vol. xii. 427 .vol. xiii. 80 .vol. xiii. 95 ..vol. xiii. 398 ..vol. xiii. 400 ...vol. xiii. 401 .......vol. xii. 319 |