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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.

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.