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Warren, General Joseph, orations, ii, 230, 313, 554 ; offices, 237; politics, 237, 250, 472, 540, 557; iii, 67; Suf- folk County congress, ii, 547, 548 ; iii, 155; Provincial Congress, ii, 551 ; iii, 6, 17, 68, opp. 68; military serv- ice, ii, 582-583; iii, 12, 17; Free- mason, iv, 357; portrait, opp. ii, 556. Warren, Langford, iv, 239.
Warren, Mrs. Mercy (Otis), ii, 378; iii, 221, 306, 316; writings, ii, 310, 313, 316, 317; iii, 320; letters, ii,
315, 378; iii, 329; costume, ii, 358; portrait, iii, opp. 316.
Warren, Sir Peter, ii, 421.
Warren, William F., iv, 194; v, 458. Warren Bridge Company, iv, 79, 113. Warrington, Lewis, iii, 487.
Wars of the Roses, i, 50.
Warwick (Mass.), founding, ii, III. Warwick (R. I.), i, 209-211, 238, 550. Warwick, Robert Dudley, earl of, i, 52, 78, 98, 196, 199, 210.
Washburn, Governor Emory, iv, 50, 368, 369; v, 41, 106.
Washburn, Frederic A., v, 621.
Washburn, William Barrett, iv, 565, 567, 595-597, 599, 600.
Washington (D. C.), capital city, iii, 415; captured by British, 460, 487 ; Capitol, iv, 135, 229; monuments, 238.
Washington (Eng.), i, 59.
Washington (Mass.), name, iv, 349.
Washington, Mount, i, 195; iv, 130.
Washington, State of, settlement, v, 146.
"Washington" (brigantine), iii, 33. "Washington" (U. S. sloop), iii, 59. Washington, President George, French and Indian War, ii, 424, 426, 436, 442; in legislature, ii, 499; offer to raise troops, ii, 521 ; commander-in- chief, iii, 18, 31, 78, 160, 161, 223, 229, 234; siege of Boston, iii, 18- 26, 120; secretaries, iii, 22; medal, iii, 26, 144; proclamation of inde- pendence, iii, 106; toasted in Bos- ton, III; in central region, 126-133; difficulty with Congress, 144-146; half-pay for officers, iii, 147-149; li- brary, iii, 238; v, 285; lieutenant general of provisional army, iii, 242, 426; circular letter to governors, iii, 366; federal constitutional conven- tion, iii, 377, 381, 390; presidency, iii, 410, 419; tours, iii, 410, 416; Mount Vernon, iv, 212; Freemason, iv, 357; anniversary celebrations, iv, 357; v, 577; characteristics, iii, 19,
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223, 235; anecdote, iii, 326; writ- ings, iii, 18-19, 32, 33, 41 ; iv, 208 ; views, iii, 256, 261, 368, 377, 417, 5II.
Washington, Mrs. Martha (Dod- dridge), iii, 326.
Washington Benevolent Society, iv, 357.
Washington County (Maine), iii, 446. Washington family, i, 59, 160.
Washington University (St. Louis), v, 142.
Water, metropolitan supply, iv, 604, 617; v, 29, 30, 69, 70, 73, 86, 264, 332, 336; Boston, iv, 614; v, 76, 85; State supervision, 363.
Water power, abundance, i, 44; de- velopment, i, 44; iv, 360, 403, 410; v, 373 ; geologic cause, i, 15; public control, i, 429.
"Wasp" (U. S. sloop), iii, 483, 487. Watch and Ward Society, v, 497. Watchmaking, v, 390.
Watchmen, i, 299; ii, 101 ; Boston, ii, 244, 245. Waterbury (Conn.), Indian raid, ii, 84.
Waterford (Ire.), i, 63.
Waterhouse, Benjamin, v, 541.
Waterman, Robert H., iv, 451.
Waters, Captain, iii, 33.
Watertown, founding, i, 59, 100, 261, 525; ii, 106; taxation, i, 106, 169, 173-174; land, 121; weir, 166; emi- gration, 215; description, 415; Col- ony tax, 436; townmeeting, ii, 116; Boston town meeting, 253; Provin- cial Congress, iii, 65; General Court, 97, 113; industries, 110, 360; v, 385 ; celebration of independence, iii, III; visited by Washington, 417; schools, iv, 166; v, 239; water, 86. Waterways and Public Lands, Com- mission on, v, 30. Watson, Elkanah, iv, 358.
Watts, Isaac, ii, 317. Watts, John, ii, 164. Wauban, i, 538.
Waverley (Mass.), school, v, 239. Wayside Inn (South Sudbury), (illus.) opp. ii, 276.
Wayside Pulpit, v, 466.
Wealth, in 16th century, i, 51; of colonists, 76, 87, 439-440, 465, 488 ; ii, 208, 389; theory, i, 474; fortunes in trade, 273, 425; Boston, 440; ii, 389; depletion by war, 420; iii, 55; effect of Revolution, 85; statistics, 348, 351; governing class, iv, 2; twentieth century, v, 405.
Weathersfield (Conn.), i, 535.
Weaving, household industry, i, 266, 284, 318, 425; ii, 370; iii, 319; iv, 363; journeymen, i, 318; instruc- tion, ii, 409 ; in public, iii, 302; par- ties, 319; devices, iv, 363.
Webb, General, ii, 435, 438-439.
Webb, Isaac H., iv, 442.
Webster (Mass.), foreign-born in, iv, 154.
Webster, Daniel, iv, 103-138, 211, 482, 552; Mass. Constitutional Conven- tion, iii, 4, 12, 59; lawyer, iv, 51, 54; U. S. Congress, iv, 79, 88, 95, 283, 284, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 294, 297, 299, 311, 474, 480; Sec- retary of State, iv, 91, 99, 129, 298, 302; Mexican War, iv, 96, 126; presidential candidate, iv, 97, 121, 126, 130; orations, iv, 91, 104, 106, 108, 114, 118, 121, 124, 128, 135, 137, 210; V, 135; travel by stage, iv, 420; views, iv, 48, 422; portrait, iv, frontispiece, opp. 118. Webster, Ebenezer, iv, 105.
Webster, Fletcher, iv, 117, 126, 134, 5II, 513, 523, 524, 527.
Webster, John, ii, 32.
Webster, John W., iv, 56.
Webster, Noah, ii, 318; iv, 369; spell-
ing book (fac simile), opp. iv, 196. Webster Commission, v, 32.
Webster family, iv, 105, 117, 121, 126.
Weeks, John W., v, 185, 190, 344, 349 ; portrait, opp. v, 344. Weights and measures, standardiza-
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tion, i, 237, 256; State commissioner, v, 30.
Weld, Charles, iv, 239.
Weld, Theodore, v, 147.
Weld, Thomas, i, 177, 345.
Welford, Jane, ii, 34.
Welles, Samuel, ii, 457.
Wellesley College, iv, 191, 617; v, 206, 265; presidents, iv, 194; admis- sion, v, 244; curriculum, 255; li- brary, 284.
Wellfleet, ii, 110; pirate wrecked, ii, 302; whaling, iii, 83; fisheries, iv, 406.
Wellington, Benjamin, ii, 568.
Wells (Me.), founding, i, 199, 201; witchcraft, ii, 39; attacked by In- dians, ii, 71.
Wells. Joseph, iv, 239.
Wells, Wellington, "Political and Gov- ernmental Readjustments (1865- 1889)," iv, chap. xx, pp. 588-618. Wenham, founding, i, 529.
Wentworth, Governor (N. H.), Ben- ning, iv, 351.
Wentworth, Governor (N. H.) Sir John, ii, 467, 529.
Wentworth Institute, v, 254.
Wesleyan Building (Boston), v, 458.
Wessagusset. See Weymouth.
West (U. S.), French claims, ii, 420; settlement, iv, 74; v, 132-138; in-
fluence of Mass., 133, 138-165, 364. West, Benjamin, iv, 230.
West, Admiral Francis, i, 17, 18, 194, 202.
West, Mary, i, 317.
West Brookfield, cheese, iv, 381.
West Indies, conquest, i, 474. See also Commerce; Spain; also names of islands.
West Lynn, shipbuilding, v, 388.
West Newbury, combs, iii, 361.
West Newton, school, iv, 180.
West Point Military Academy, first graduate, iii, 474 ; buildings, iv, 245; appointments sold, iv, 582.
West Roxbury, camp, iv, 526; part of Boston, v, 70.
West Rutland, prison camp, v, 52. West Springfield, paper, iv, 361; rail- road, v, 417.
Westborough, name, ii, 104; founding, 105; singing school, iii, 314; nail- ery, 559; Lyman School, v, 52. Westborough, State hospital, v, 59. Western (Mass.). See Warren. Western Railroad, iv, 75, 90, 367, 427, 428, 430; v, 401.
Western Reserve, v, 138, 142.
Western Reserve University, founding, v, 146; buildings (illus.), opp. v, 146.
Westfield (Mass.), founding, i, 222, 531; ii, 105; in Mass., i, 238; name, ii, 104; schools, iv, 180, 194, 389; industries, 362; v, 401; camp, v, 584, 613.
Westfield, State sanatorium, v, 59. Westford, founding, ii, 106; in Rev», olution, 575-577.
Westmoreland (Eng.), i, 57.
Weston (Mass.), founding, i, 530; ii, 103; name, 104; schools, iii, 312. Weston, Francis, i, 210.
Weston, Nathan, iii, 577.
Weston, Thomas, i, 16, 67, 74, 75, 261, 523. "Westward Ho!" (clipper ship), iv, 457 Wetamoo, i, 547.
Wethersfield (Conn.), i, 215.
Weymouth (Mass.), founding, i, 16, 59, 61, 74, 76, 261, 523; population, 431 ; early history, 534; armory, v, 586
Weymouth, George, i, 16, 193, 364. Whale oil, illuminant, i, 36, 263; ii, 403; iii, 532; iv, 404; replaced by petroleum, i, 25; iv, 404; exports, ii, 412; English tax, iii, 528. Whalebone, ii, 412; iv, 404, 405.
Whales, stranded, i, 35; advertise ment, ii, 230.
Whaling causes of decline, i, 25; ii,
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404; industry, 35-37; ii, 403, 404; 404 ; industry, i, 35-37; ii, 403, 404 ; during Revolution, iii, 83; during War of 1812, 482.
Whalley, General Edward, i, 478.
Wharton, Richard, i, 570-571, 584, 596, 599.
Wheatley, Phillis, ii, 317; iii, 317.
Wheaton College, v, 209.
Wheeler, Sir Charles, ii, 71.
Wheelock, Eleazar, iv, 112.
Wheelwright, Edmund March, iv, 240; v, 155.
Wheelwright, John (1592-1679), i, 205, 206, 310.
Wherwell (Eng.), i, 57.
Whidden, William M. W., iv, 240. Whig party, rise, iv, 84, 121 ; strength,
18, 85, 88-91, 93-100, 135, 477, 481- 484, 490; policies, 88-100, 477, 480, 481 ; "cotton Whigs," 93-100; de- cline, 488, 496.
Whipping, servants, i, 267, 299, 318; penalty, 276-278, 403; ii, 228, 266; iii, 347; children, i, 308, 318; Har- vard students, 349; military pen- alty, ii, 437; school children, iv, 182.
Whipping post, iii, 300.
Whipple, Sherman L., v, 182, 185, 635, 641, 642, 662, 665.
Whips, manufacture, iv, 362; v, 391. "Whirlwind" (clipper ship), iv, 456. "Whishaw" (vessel), ii, 302.
Whiskey, iv, 417.
"Whistler" (clipper ship), iv, 460. White, Caleb, iii, 317.
White, John, i, 19, 57, 58, 97; iii, 214. White, Joseph, iv, 51.
White Horse (Boston), ii, 284.
White Plains (N. Y.), battle, iii, 128; maneuvers, v, 584. White Star Line, iv, 463.
Whitefield, George, ii, 306-307, 421 ; iii, 283, 317. Whitfield, Henry, i, 376. Whiting, Lilian, v, 218. Whitinsville, v, 391.
Whitman, Elizabeth, iii, 289.
Whitman, Ezekiel, iii, 575, 577. Whitney, Eli, iii, 359; iv, 312.
Whitney, Henry M., politics, v, 177, 178.
Whittemore, Benjamin F., iv, 582.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, ii, 38; iv, 193, 217; V, 151 ; public interests, iv, 179, 183, 294; abolitionist, iv, 319, 322, 327, 328, 335; politics, iv, 501, 555; suffragist, v, 221 ; views, iv, 319.
Wickford (R. I.), i, 213.
Widener, Harry Elkins, v, 280.
Widgery, William, iii, 558-561.
Widows, i, 228, 279, 280, 285, 430; ii, 299; iii, 289; seats in church, 299; State aid, v, 51.
Widows Society, iii, 520.
Wigglesworth, Michael, i, 377; iii, 288.
Wilbraham, founding, ii, III.
Wilde, Samuel Sumner, iii, 552, 578; iv, 54.
Wilder, Charles B., iv, 579.
Wilder, Marshall P., iv, 385, 386, 390.
Wilderness campaign, iv, 538.
Wildes, Sarah, ii, 38, 40.
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.), library, v, 267. Willard, Mrs. Emma, v, 200.
Willard, Frances, v, 205.
Willard, John, ii, 38, 40.
Willard, Levi, ii, 446.
Willard, Samuel (1640-1707), ii, 25,
49, 55, 273, 278, 299, 333.
Willard, Samuel (1775-1859), iv, 259. Willett, George F., v, 125.
Willett, Thomas, i, 89.
William III and Mary (Eng.), i, 406; ii, 6, 7, 9, 10, 98, 135.
Williams, Ephraim, ii, 427; iv, 368.
Williams, George, iii, 44, 46, 54.
Williams, George Fred, v, 170, 173, 174, 179. Williams, Rev. John (1644-1729), ii. 309
Williams, Nathaniel, ii, 242. Williams, Nathaniel, ii, 246.
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Williams, Roger, i, 80, 133, 142, 178, 179, 207-208, 211-212, 214, 232, 274, 309, 369, 372, 392-395; ii, 337; "The Bloody Tenent yet more Bloody" (fac simile), opp. i, 394.
Williams, Mrs. Rufus P., v, 217.
Williams College, founding, ii, 427; iii, 504; iv, 368; v, 265, 501, 544; subsidies, iii, 568; presidents, iv, 185, 368; character, 185; officials, 368 ; buildings, 232; summer activi- ties, v, 255; library, 284.
Williamsburgh (Mass.), iv, 362.
Williamsburg (Va.), fast day, ii, 524. Williamstown, vote for independence,
iii, 102; "haystack prayermeeting," iv, 356.
Willoughby, Charles C., "The Wilder- ness and the Indian," i, chap. vi, pp. 127-158.
Wilmington, founding, ii, 106. Wilmot Proviso, iv, 97.
Wills, probating, i, 236; ii, 14, 193; v, 116; intestacy, i, 236; probate fees, ii, 193; breaking, v, 122; uni- form legislation, v, 44 ; trust compa- nies as executors, v, 343.
Wilson, Edmund R., iv, 240.
Wilson, Henry, Mass. Constitutional Convention, iv, 59; politics, iv, 98, 186, 474-475, 483-484, 489, 490, 552; U. S. Senator, iv, 98, 283, 491, 494, 516, 553, 559, 562, 567-569, 572, 576, 581, 583, 592, 597; Vice President, iv, 98, 491, 597; General Court, iv, 99; schools, iv, 183; portrait, opp. iv, 490.
Wilson, James, iii, 94, 374, 382, 384, 386, 387.
Wilson, James F., portrait, opp. iv, 558.
Wilson, John, i, 82, 114, 344, 393, 395, 396, 578.
Wilson, President Woodrow, v, 184, 189, 222, 600, 603, 633; views, v, 191.
Wiltshire (Eng.), i, 56-57, 58.
Winchendon, independence supported, iii, 102.
Wincob, John, i, 66.
Windows, i, 263; breaking, ii, 280.
Winds, Maury's discoveries, iv, 451 459.
Windsor (Conn.), i, 84, 86, 215, 217. Wine, i, 275.
Wing, John, ii, 277.
"Winged Racer" (clipper ship), iv, 457.
Winnenpesaukee, Lake, v, 332.
Winnicumet. See Hampton.
Winnisimmet. See Chelsea.
Winship, Abiel, iv, 299.
Winship, Albert E., "Education (1820- 1890)," iv, chap. vi, pp. 172-198.
Winship, Jonathan, iv, 299.
Winslow, Anna Green, iii, 308, 311, 313. 1
Winslow, Governor (Plymouth Col- ony) (1595-1655) Edward, i, 18, 72, 73, 128, 175, 208, 220, 228, 369, 376, 470; portrait, opp. 82.
Winslow, Edward (1714-1784), iii, 253.
Winslow, Isaac, ii, 410.
Winslow, Isaac, iv, 331.
Winslow, General John, ii, 428, 433.
Winslow, Joshua, iii, 308, 311.
Winslow, Governor (Plymouth Col- ony) Josiah, i, 74, 253-254, 256, 540. Winslow,' Samuel, i, 428.
Winslow, Sidney W., v, 377.
Winslow Guards, iv, 358.
Winsor, Justin, v, 271, 279, 291 ; por- trait, opp. v, 290. Winter, John, i, 198, 267.
Winthrop (Mass.), water supply, v, 86; shipbuilding, 398.
"Winthrop" (sloop), iii, 35, 59.
Winthrop, Madam Catherine (Brat- tle), ii, 299, 363. Winthrop, Fitz-John, ii, 68.
Winthrop, Governor John, i, 53, 159- 188, 168, 183, 338, 473; ii, 157, 242 ; offices, i, 112, 113, 116, 161, 168, 172, 174, 228, 256; governor, 99, 100, 108,
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112, 163, 165, 166, 172; public life, 82, 106, 107, 199, 504-505; deputy governor, 112, 168, 396; influence, 172, 214; characteristics, 106, 160, 172, 176-188, 397, 207; wealth, 162, 166, 183, 413, 415; land, 166, 181, 415, 525; shipowner, 184, 265, 447; Harvard College, 342, 344, 346, 351 ; labor, 265; library, 284 ; writer, 164, 366, 370; views, 122, 165, 167, 179, 186, 297, 342, 387, 474; ii, 33; iii, 87; anecdotes, i, 182, 294; portrait, i, frontispiece.
Winthrop, John (1606-1676), emigra- tion, i, 56, 161, 166, 526; assistant, i, 112; in Conn., i, 166, 213, 217, 247; business man, i, 184, 428, 505; commissioner, i, 256; education, i, 338, 342.
Winthrop, John (1714-1779), General Court, iii, 107, 108.
Winthrop, Mrs. Margaret, i, 161, 297, 317; iii, 330.
Winthrop, Robert Charles, editor, i, 164; U. S. Congress, iv, 283, 284, 289, 296, 299, 473, 474 ; politics, 489, 501, 509, 597 ; views, 476, 485; por- trait, opp. iv, 284.
Winthrop, Samuel, ii, 187.
Winthrop, Wait Still, i, 584; ii, 18, 80, 170, 246, 572; portrait, opp. ii, 170.
Winthrop family, i, 160, 161, 162, 166, 184.
Winthrop papers, ii, 314.
Winthrop v. Lechmer, ii, 169.
Wiscasset, admiralty court, iii, 39. Wise, John, i, 593; ii, 233; iii, 228.
"Witch of the Wave" (clipper ship), iv, 468.
Witchcraft, ii, 32-60; capital punish- ment, i, 276, 312; ii, 32; extent, i, 276; ii, 29-34; books concerning, i, 374; scepticism, 385; Quakers, 402 ; in England, ii, 29-32; in Massachu- setts, 34-60, 163 ; 297, 298, 328.
"Witchcraft" (clipper ship), iv, 445, 446, 468, 470.
Wither, George, i, 363.
Witnesses, parties to a suit, iv, 58. Wituwamat, i, 74. Wives. See Marriage; Widows; Women.
Woburn (Mass.), founding, i, 58, 417, 529; land allotment, 417; taxes in kind, 437; in Revolution, ii, 579; school, iii, 293; library, v, 282; 250th anniversary, 577.
Woedtke, Frederick William, Baron v, 8, 23, 173, 174, 578.
Wolcott, Oliver, iii, 147, 240, 423. Wolcott, Roger (1678-1767), ii, 309. Wolcott, Governor Roger (1847-1900), Wolfe, General James, ii, 304, 440, 442.
Wollaston, Captain, i, 85, 524.
Wolves, bounties, i, 104; troublesome,
ii, 407; necklaces of teeth, iii, 285. Women, i, 293-322; ii, 354-333; iii, 288, 306-337; v, 199-232; Indian, i, 132; veiling, 167, 309-310; property, 301, 302; iii, 334; intellect, i, 167; domestic occupations, 266; iv, 363 ; wages, i, 270; dress, 272; ii, 358; iii, 283; domestic status, i, 280; pro- tection, 280, 302; whipping, 267, 299, 403 ; stocks, 276; single, i, 301 ; ii, 367, 371, 372; veils, i, 309; trades, 318; ii, 371 ; iii, 114; v, 201 ; captured by Indians, i, 549; cha- peronage, ii, 361; centenarian, 373; anti-British spirit, ii, 484; minority age, iii, 306; schoolteachers, 326; iv, 188; editors, iii, 326; helpmates of famous men, 328 ; factory operatives, 513; iv, 417; on State committee, 184; ten-hour day, 419 ; in Civil War, iv, 518, 521, 528 ; office holding, v, 10; lawyers, 101, 109 ; separate sup- port, 116; professions, 214; Galatea Collection, 271 ; in World War, 613; notaries, 650. See also Education ; Prisons ; Red Cross Society ; Suffrage. "Woman Citizen" (periodical), v, 203. Woman's Education Association, v,
277.
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Women's Educational and Industrial Union, v, 221.
"Woman's Journal," v, 203, 206.
Women's Republican Club. See Busi-
ness and Professional Women's Re- publican Club.
Women's rights movement, iii, 334; iv, 319, 591, 605, 611.
Wood, Jethro, iv, 374.
Wood, William, i, 367, 414; quoted, i, 127, 133, 136, 137, 141, 142, 147, 151, 152, 155, 367; "New England's Prospect," title page (fac simile), opp. i, 414.
Wood, William M., v, 384, 438.
Wood Creek (N. Y.), ii, 68.
Wood engraving, iv, 231.
Woodbridge, John, i, 319; ii, 194.
Woodbury, John, i, 529.
Woodbury, William, i, 529.
Woods Hole, fisheries, iii, 531. de, iii, 143.
Woodward, Charles F., v, 579, 580.
Woodward, Richard, ii, 305.
Woodworking, iii, 367; iv, 408; carv- ing, iv, 231.
Wool, General John Ellis, iv, 579.
Wool, export, prohibited, ii, 18; prep- aration, ii, 370; production, iv, 377, 413; tariff, v, 393-395. See also Textiles.
Woolen Act (1699), ii, 18.
Woolman, John, ii, 310.
Wooten, W. P., v, 620.
Worcester (Eng.), battle, i, 62.
Worcester (Mass.), in Conn., i, 216;
abandoned, 416; allotment of land, 418; founding, 532; ii, 259; nonim- portation of English goods, 543; riot- ing, 547; opposition to revision of charter, iii, 71; Mass. Constitution, 204; population, 408; iv, 281; vis- ited by Washington, iii, 416; possi- ble State capital, 564; foreign-born element, iv, 154; colleges, 186; v, 241, 544; railroads, iv, 367, 427, 428; industries, 409; v, 371, 386, 389, 391, 392, 393, 394, 400; canals,
iv, 422; State normal school, 617; State hospital, v, 55, 58, 59; pas- tors, 462, 463, 467, 470, 522 ; militia, 574.
Worcester, Alfred, v, 551, 555. Worcester, Samuel, iv, 261.
Worcester County (Mass.), settlement, ii, 103, 104, 110, 112; convention (1774), 550; wealth, iii, 348; fron- tier, 548 ; cotton mills, iv, 281 ; pro- slavery sentiment, 332; map (1801), iii, inside cover.
Worcester Medical College, v, 544.
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Ry., v, 402.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, found- ing, iv, 186; v, 261; private sup- port, 240; library, 283.
Worcester Safe Deposit and Trust Company, v, 342.
Worcester Wire Co., v, 383.
Worcestershire (Eng.), i, 58, 61.
Workhouses, i, 284; ii, 267.
Workingmen's party, iv, 83-85.
Workmen's compensation, v, 114, 120, 169, 632; act of 1911, 120, 359; State authorities, 30; insurance, 360. World Peace Foundation, v, 499.
World War, v, 322, 598-630; service by women, 219, 226; bonuses for service, 334; financing, 349, 601, 602, 603, 613.
Wormely, Katherine Prescott, v, 498. Woronoak. See Westfield.
Worthen, Ezra, iv, 410.
Worthington, John, ii, 457.
Wren, Sir Christopher, iv, 227.
Wrench, v, 380.
Wrentham, founding, i, 530.
Wrentham, State school, v, 59.
Wright, Carroll Davidson, iv, 379; v, 234.
Wright, Elizur, v, 358.
Wright, Mrs. Martha (Coffin), iii, 336.
Wright, Governor (N. Y.) Silas, iv. 369. Writs, in the king's name, i, 592-593.
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Writs, of assistance, ii, 18, 147, 468, 505; case, ii, 175-177, 468-471.
Writtle (Eng.), i, 60. Wycliffe, John, i, 58. Wyman, Mrs. Mary, i, 301.
Wyoming, suffrage, v, 202, 205.
X -Y-Z CORRESPONDENCE, iii, 424.
Y ALE COLLEGE, RELIGION, ii, 308; support by Cotton Mather, 333; naming, 333; buildings, iv, 232; influence, v, 146; medical school, 544.
"Yale" (vessel); v, 580.
Yale, David, i, 122, 167.
Yale, Elihu, ii, 333.
Yancey, William Lowndes, iv, 128.
Yankee Division (U. S. A.), v, 175, 615.
Yankee, type, iv, 363. Yarmouth (Eng.), i, 59.
Yarmouth (Mass.), i, 83, 287, 526, 530.
Yarmouth (N. S.), iii, 48.
Year, political, iv, 7; fiscal, v, 336.
Yellow fever, v, 541.
York (Me.), founding, i, 195, 197; offenders, i, 315; pillaged, ii, 70.
York (Ontario), iii, 484.
York County, i, 201; iii, 548.
Yorkshire (Eng.), i, 57, 60, 526.
Yorktown (Md.) battle, iii, 133.
"Young America" (clipper ship), iv, 467.
Young, Alse, ii, 33. Young, Benjamin Loring, v, 43.
Young Men's Christian Association, v, 109, 262, 612. Youngman, William S., v, 24, 641, 645.
"Youth's Companion," v, 489.
Z AKRZEWSKA, MARIE, v, 216. Zenger libel case, ii, 171. "Zephyr" (schooner), iv, 440. "Zion's Herald," v, 458; v, 493.
SAYINGS
A steel pen made out of a bayonet, iv, 566.
God Save the Commonwealth of Mass- achusetts, first used, opp. iii, 116.
I do not choose to run for President, v, 192.
Independence forever, iii, 249. Inter arma silent literae, ii, 313.
Let us have peace, iv, 595.
Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable, iv, 212.
Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute, iii, 424.
Salus populi est seprema lex, i, 558. She's good enough to marry an East India cap'n, iv, 438.
Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my heart and hand to this vote, iv, 211.
Suicide is confession, iv, 110.
Sympathize with the Pilgrim Mothers, who had to live with the Pilgrim Fathers, v, 325.
There can be no constitutional instruc- tion to do an unconstitutional act, V, 191.
There is no right to strike against the public safety, v, 190.
We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately, ii, 527. When law and order is the issue, all Americans stand together, v, 191.
SOBRIQUETS
American Farmer, iii, 388.
Atlas of American Independence, iii, 234.
Duke of Summersetts, iii, 562.
Father of American commerce to In- dia, iii, 538.
Father of his Country, iii, 235.
Father of Ohio, v, 138.
Great Incendiary, ii, 528.
Holy Alliance (banks), iii, 578.
John Bull, ii, 534.
John Codline, ii, 534. Middling Interest, iii, 445. Six-tailed bashaw, iii, 578.
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