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Waterer, Roger, exile in Amsterdam, 6. 62.
Waterhouse, Goodwife, treasonable speech in Conn. (1662), 5. 291.
Waterhouse, Prof. Benjamin, letter to Levi Lincoln (1829) on neglect of Latin, 6. 168; publishes Latin inaugural, 169; letter to Adams (1836) on Adams's speech, Cuba,
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15. 460; mentioned, 16. 409, 429, 451; biog. note, 409 n.
Waterhouse, David, and Andros (1689), 9. 478.
Waterhouse, Samuel, absentee loyal- ist, 10. 164.
Waterland, Rev. Daniel, Isaac Watts on, 9. 401.
Waterman, Abigail [Mrs. Field], 19. 63.
Waterman, Flavius, killed at Wyo- ming (1778), 3. 345.
Waterman, Foster, exhibition part (1788), 16. 431.
Waterman, Capt. Jedediah, at siege of Boston, 7. 410, 9. 76.
Waters, - (1788), 16. 412.
Waters, Edwin F., gift to M.H.S., 7. 384; bequest to M.H.S., 9. 96.
Waters, Eliza A., gift to M.H.S., 10. 293.
Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert,
Waters-Winthrop map, 1. 211, 7. 338; discovers Maverick's account, 1. 231; aid for, 249, 252; researches on John Harvard, 2. 119, 4. 82; ac- count of his researches, 106; elected a member M. H.S., 5. 264; reprinted M.H.S. paper, 6. 244; Genealogi- cal Gleanings, 15. 478; financial backers, 478.
Waters, Josiah, Jr., purchases con- fiscated Boston estate, 10. 168.
Waters-Winthrop map, discovery and comments on, 1. 211-214, 7. 335- 338; on Wessagusset, 26; on site of Salem, 30.
Waterston, Anna C. L. (Quincy), 8. 294.
Waterston, Helen [Mrs. Deane], 7. 47
Waterston, Robert, gift to M.H.S.
from estate, 3. 254; career, 8. 292. Waterston, Robert Cassie, in M. H. S. group picture (1869), 3. vii; Har- vard A.M. (1844), 5. 245; re- printed M.H.S. papers, 6. 244- 245; PORT. and AUTOG., 8. front .; M. H.S. tribute to, 116-117; be- quest to M.H.S., 171-173; Hymns, 186; MEMOIR by J. P. Quincy, 292-302; parents and birth, 292; education, 292; clerk, 292; Sun- day-school work, 293; at Divinity School, 294; marriage, 294; pas- torate, 294-296; and Parker con- troversy, 295, 298; travel, 296; drawings, 296; later years, 297; decline and death, 297; as Uni- tarian, 297-299; Lowell Lectures,
299; works, 300; and Humboldt centennial, 300; antislavery and polit. preaching, 300; character, 301; library, 302; - library passes to M.H.S., 13. 208; realization from bequests of, 14. 163; port., 16. 145. See also next five titles. Waterston Collection and Library,
bequest and fund, 8. 172, 173; acquisition, 13. 208, 14. 163-164; room for, 15. 25; history, 16. 135, 17. 219, 18. 276, 19. 210, 20. 214; appearance, 17. 232; com. to pub. cat., 235; income account (1904), 18. 284; (1905), 19. 220; (1906), 20. 225; cat. pub., 20. 83.
Waterston Fund, origin, 8. 172; amount received, 14. 164; history, 15. 34, 16. 134, 17. 219, 18. 275, 19. 210, 20. 213; income account (1901), 15. 41; (1902), 16. 142; (1903), 17. 226; (1904), 18. 285; (1905), 19. 221; (1906), 20. 224.
Waterston Fund No. 2, origin, 8. 172; bequest received, 14. 164; history, 15. 34, 16. 134, 17. 219, 18. 276, 19. 210, 20. 214; income ac- count (1901), 15. 41; (1902), 16. 142; (1903), 17. 226; (1904), 18. 285; (1905), 19. 221; (1906), 20. 225.
Waterston Library. See Waterston Collection.
Waterston Publishing Fund, origin, 8. 172; bequest received and ap- propriated, 9. 241, 14. 163; history, 10. 129, 560, 11. 323, 12. 179, 13. 70, 14. 133, 15. 33, 16. 133, 17. 218, 18. 275, 19. 209, 20. 213; in- come account, (1895), 10. 135; (1896), 566; (1897), 11. 330; (1898), 12. 186; (1899), 13. 77; (1900), 14. 140; (1901), 15. 41; (1902), 16. 142; (1903), 17. 226; (1904), 18. 283; (1905), 19. 219; (1906), 20. 223; use, 18. iii.
Watertown, Mass., ministers ordained (1697, 1709), 1. 152, 14. 34; on early map, 1. 211; Maverick's ac- count (1660), 237; in 1650, 2. 47; Browne house, 14. 291.
Watkins, Thomas, milit. watch (1689), 1. 162.
Watkins, Walter K., gift to M.H.S., 8. 197. Watson, Abigail (Saltonstall), 3.
401 n. Watson, Benjamin Marston [1], 3.
387. Watson, Benjamin Marston [2],
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records of Old Colony Club owned by, 3. 382; note on the club, 382; communicates letter of Jos. Lord (1733), 4. 311; elected a member M. H.S., 6. 350; M. H.S. tributes to, 10. 468-470; MEMOIR by E. E. Hale, 12. 253-258; PORT. and AUTOG., 253; birth, 253; ancestry, 253; in college, 253-254; as nursery- man, 255, 257; variety of interests, 255, 258; correspondents, letter from Emerson (1859), 256; mar- riage, 256; death, 258.
Watson, Sir Brook, 3. 81; letter on Declaratory Act (1766), 11. 446.
Watson, Elizabeth [Mrs. Clarke], 3. 403 n.
Watson, Elizabeth [Mrs. Russell, Lady Temple], 3. 401 n.
Watson, Elizabeth (Marston), 2.
240 n., 3. 403 n.
Watson, Elizabeth (Oliver), 3. 401 n. Watson, Elkanah, of Plymouth, 3. 387, 403 n.
Watson, Capt. Elkanah, grandson, biog. notes, 2. 240 n., 3. 403 n .; guest of Old Colony Club, 390, 392, 396-401, 406-414, 419, 420, 433; on Plymouth Com. of Corresp., 441 n.
Watson, Elkanah, on Ed. Wins- low, Jr., 3. 386, 414 n .; biog. note, 403 n.
Watson, Ellen [Mrs. Davis], 3. 403 n. Watson, Eunice (Marston), 3. 387.
Watson, Col. George [1], 3. 387; biog. note, 401 n .; guest of Old Colony Club, 401, 411, 414, 433, 435; letter from Ed. Bacon (1775) on Lexington, 12. 345.
Watson, George [2], 3. 401 n.
Watson, John, of Roxbury, protest against students' long hair (1673), 9. 99.
Watson, John [1], of Plymouth, 3. 403 n.
Watson, John [2], 3. 387
Watson, John [3] [H. C. 1766], biog. notes, 2. 240 n., 3. 387; member of Old Colony Club, 382, 389; record of attendance, 389-444.
Watson, Rev. John L., 3. 403 n .; Commencement part (1815) and biog. note, 5. 179, 179 n.
Watson, Mayor Joseph, letter from Wm. Duane (1827) on Philadelphia affairs, 20. 387.
Watson, Lucia (Marston), 2. 240 n., 3. 387.
Watson, Lucretia B. (Sturges), 12.253.
Watson, Marston, biog. note, 3. -
403 n .; memoir, 7. 125.
Watson, Mary [Mrs. Hutchinson], 3. 401 n.
Watson, Mary (Russell), 12. 256.
Watson, Patience (Marston), 2. 240 n., 3. 403 n.
Watson, Phebe (Marston | Scott), 3. 401 n.
Watson, Sarah [Mrs. Brimmer], 3. 401 n.
Watson, Sarah [Mrs. Dana], 6. 264.
Watson, Sarah (Rogers), 3. 403 n.
Watson, Rev. Thomas, Body of Divinity, 19. 389.
Watson, William, of Brookfield (1762), 7. 399.
Watson, William [H. C. 1751], of Plymouth, biog. notes, 2. 240 n., 3. 403 n .; guest of Old Colony Club, 390, 391, 401, 406, 409, 410, 412, 415, 419, 433, 435; present to club, 435; on Plymouth Com. of Corresp., 441 n.
Watson, William, of Hartford (c. 1840), 6. 264.
Watts, George F., exhibit of pictures, 1. 362.
Watts, Rev. Isaac, letters to Benj. Colman (1723-47) on interchange of books, sermons, health, etc., 9. 331-334, 336-410; to Elisha Wil- liams (1738), 334-336; on Belcher, 331, 337, 347, 350, 353, 382, 388, 390, 404; on Trinity, 332, 336, 340, 409; on Cotton Mather and Har- vard, 332, 343; sends books to Yale, 332, 336, 347, 356, 361, 376, 396, 409; and to Harvard, 333, 341, 346, 347, 355, 376, 396, 409, 12. 150, 151; inmate of Abney's house, 9. 334; on Edwards's Nar- rative, 335, 353, 356, 360, 364; on Indian missions, 335, 349, 351, 354, 357, 363, 375, 407; on Thos. Hutch- inson in London, 337, 382, 386; on baptism and treatises of Judah Monis, 339, 401; on subscribing and nonsubscribing, 339; on Shute and Mass., 339, 344, 345; on oppo- nents, 341; on Christ's human soul, 342; on Gov. Burnet, 344, 345; on Great Awakening, 349, 386, 389, 391, 392, 396-404, 406, 407; on Major Mason, 349, 354; sends port. to Harvard, 351; catholicism, 351; on paper money, 354, 369; on Isaac Hollis, 354; on Mrs. Rowe's works, 357, 361; on coincidence of Doddridge's and Guyse's para-
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phrases, 358; on Edmund Quincy, 359; on toleration in R. I., 364; paralytic stroke, 364; on Hillhouse controversy, 364, 369, 372, 377, 384, 391; sends books to Conn. libraries, 364, 368, 377, 379; on Psalms, 365, 368; on Thompson's poetry, 366; on circulating libra- ries, 368; on estab. church, 371; on support of country dissenting churches, 373, 377; on Whitefield, 374, 379, 381, 383, 387, 391, 392, 394, 397, 401, 404, 407; on Metho- dists, 375, 381, 383, 398; on Coward Bequest, 381, 386; on Scougal's work, 385; on original sin, 389; on Edwards's Distinguishing Marks, 389, 392, 395; and Wilson's work on Indian instruction, 393; on Moravians, 398, 402; on Hymns, 401, 408; preface to account of Boston Conven. (1743), 404; on Warburton's work, 408; other N. Eng. correspondents, 410; - letters to Pres. Holyoke (1738) congratula- tory and on Col. Quincy, 12. 149; (1739-42) on health, works, Brack- stone, 150-152.
Watts, Jane (Smyth) [Mrs. Preston], exile in Amsterdam (1606), 6. 62.
Watts, Jenny C., and J. Q. Adams's diary, 16. vi; and Chamberlain's "Chelsea," 20. 145.
Watts, Richard, exile in Amsterdam (1606), 6. 62.
Watts, Samuel, exile in Amsterdam, 6. 62.
Wawwankhawneck, at Ft. Dummer (1724), 6. 367.
Way, Aaron, land in present Revere, 7. 138.
Way, Lieut. Richard, Boston house burned (1676), 13. 411.
Way, Sir Samuel, gift to M.H.S., 13. 423-424.
Way, William, certificate of church membership (1678), 11. 226.
Wayland, Francis, Harvard D. D.
(1829), 5. 201; at Harvard Com- mencement (1836), 217; ¢ BK prayer (1826), 9. 120; biog. note, 120 n .; oration (1836), 126; at Plymouth anniversary. (1845), 10. 395 n., 396.
Wayman. See also Weighman, Wiman, Wyman.
Wayman, Richard, in Va. (1651), 3.6. Waymouth, George, kidnaps Indians,
3. 36, 36 n .; extant copies of
Rosier's True Relation, 9. 182, 12. 160.
Wayne, Gen. Anthony, Stony Point, 2. 461; in Philadelphia campaign, 3. 111; at Ticonderoga (1776), 6. 87; in Va. campaign (1781), 141, 144, 19. 126, 129, 132; wounded, 6. 149; Savage's port., 19. 8, 16; anec- dote (1782), 159.
Weare. See also Ware.
Weare, Peter, and Sewall, 1. 323.
Weare, Capt. Richard, death in Burgoyne's campaign, 3. 103, 104. Weather, drought in Mass. (1697), 1. 150, 151; storm in Europe (1703), 157; thunder-storm in Feb., 158; severe winters in Mass. (1703), 156; (1804-5), 2. 17, 21, 24; (1779-80), 8. 113; (1764-65), 16. 196; "dark day," 8. 114; great hail storm (July, 1797), 114-115; near Boston (1714), 221-225; storms in Boston (1765-78), 10. 58-59; winter at St. Petersburg, 386; storms in Mass. (1701-3), 14. 20-23; snow in Boston (Sept., 1703), 33; storm at Middletown (1708), 34; sudden changes in N. Eng., 16. 318.
Weatherby. See also Wetherbee.
Weatherby's Inn, Menotomy Pond, 10. 46.
Weathersfield, Conn., in 1795, 3. 49. Weathersfield, Vt. (1776), 6. 82.
Weaver, Edward, death (1717), 8. 216.
Webb, maltster in Boston (1714), 8. 222.
Webb, Captain, of Sandwich, Mass. (1778), 2. 238.
Webb, Abner, 3. 170.
Webb, Alexander S., port. of Webster owned by, 2. 262.
Webb, Alice (Goodfellow), 6. 52.
Webb, Alice L. [Mrs. Lothrop], 3. 170. Webb, Benjamin, of Braintree, 6. 488. Webb, Catharine (Sedgwick), 3. 170. Webb, Edmund, exile in Amsterdam (1607), 6. 62.
Webb, Elisha, works on Boston defences (1814), 14. 152; charac- terized, 153.
Webb, Foster, candidacy (1782), 19. 151.
Webb, Capt. George, of Mass., in Am. army, 6. 126; in Va. campaign (1781), 135, 141, 145; at siege of Yorktown, 151.
Webb, George, of Va. (1782), 19. 151. Webb, Mrs. Grace, 12. 246.
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Webb, Henry, agreement as Win- throp's creditor, 11. 186.
Webb, Sergeant Henry, in Am. army (1779), 6. 129.
Webb, Lieut. James, of R. I., cap- tured at Quebec (1775), 2. 295.
Webb, Ensign James, of Mass., fur- lough (1778), 6. 106.
Webb, James Watson, challenge of Cilley, 12. 287.
Webb, John [1], of Braintree, 1. 159; chosen representative, 159, 160.
Webb, Rev. John [2], ordained (1714),
8. 225; and Council's fast proc- lamation (1715), 15. 354.
Webb, Jonathan, death (1711), 14. 27.
Webb, Joseph [1], AUTOG., 12. 245; career, 245-246.
Webb, Rev. Joseph [2], 12. 246.
Webb, Nathaniel, journal of Sulli- van's expedition, 2. 439.
Webb, Peter, of Braintree, death of wife, 14. 19; of child (1711), 27.
Webb, Mrs. Ruth, death (1699), 14. 19.
Webb, Samuel, letter from Adams (1839), 15. 467.
Webb, Seth, and Mellen Chamberlain, 20. 120.
Webb, Thomas Hopkins, and note- book of Rob. Keayne, 4, 313; in
M.H.S. group picture (1858), 6. 78.
Webb, Mrs. William, Apostle Eliot on, 18. 343.
Webber, Pres. Samuel [1], at Brown Commencement (1795), 3. 42; biog. note, 42 n .; at Harvard Commencements (1806, '07), 5. 170, 173; Harvard D.D. (1806), 171; appointed tutor, 16. 304; as preacher, 423.
Webber, Dr. Samuel [2], Commence- ment part (1815) and biog. note, 5. 180 n.
Webster, Rev. Alexander, and revival in Scotland (1743), 9. 401.
Webster, Daniel [Letters follow], Lodge's biog., 1. 169; MS. on expan- sion, 224; on date of signing of Declaration, 273, 294 n., 297 n .; and Rich. Frothingham, 392; and Wil- lard's United States, 2. 150; John- son's crayon port., 217-219; Healy's port., 217; Harding's port., 261; cat. of ports., statues, busts, 261- 265, 3. 221; and David Sears, 2. 415, 416 n .; dedication of statue at Concord, 3. 279; and maps of
Northeastern boundary, 362, 367; Plymouth oration (1820), 387, 10. 394; and quotation of "lion in the lobby roar," 4.817-318; engravings, 350, 5. 451; as member M.H.S., 5; and Levi Lincoln's refusal of senatorship (1827), 6. 166, 15. 236; subscription to Boston dinner (1830), 6. 341; address on Mo. Compromise, 7. 119; as typical N. Eng. man, 9. 322; sends baron of beef to Plymouth (1845), 10. 396; Harvey's biog. considered, 484; and Choate, 11. 131; and Mass. address against annex. of Texas, 12. 426-428; Boston speech on Nullification, 14. 353 n .; phrase resembling Lincoln's, 15. 92; debt to Story, 166; use of quotations, 167; and Everett's memoir of Story, 207-209; "refutation of Calhoun" (1832), 208 n .; influ- ence of reply to Hayne, 237; and J. Q. Adams (1836), 453; defini- tion of orator, 503; conception of Union, 16. 155, 17. 111 n .- 112 n., 19. 277, 20. 481-484; papers, 18. 337; as industrial statesman, 377; on Jas. Savage, 458; and tariff (1832), 19. 522, 523; Lyman libel suit, 20. 148.
Letters: to T. B. Curtis (1843) foreign mission, 18. 325; - to Everett (n. d.) memoir of Story, 15. 208 n .- 209 n .; to Jas. Lyons (1848) introducing Warren and Curtis, 280; - to Story (1816) judiciary bills, 14. 399; (1819) Dartmouth and McCulloch cases, 400-401; (1822) contest for mayor- ship, Roane's successor, current cases, wine, 401-404; Justice Liv- ingston's successor, 404; (1825) bankruptcy and judiciary bills, 405; (1827) navigation of St. Lawrence, 405; (1829) speech at Story dinner, 406; (1830) Senate affairs, politics, Knapp case, Story's health, 406-408; (1832) bank veto, Justice Baldwin, Nullifica- tion proclamation, 408-409; (1838) Northeastern boundary, 409; (1842) Creole case, McLeod case, 410-412; from Story (1827) election to Sen- ate, Oakley, domestic affairs, 412 ;- to C. H. Warren (1840) campaign, 15. 278-280; (1852) ancestors, Salisbury, 280.
Webster, Mrs. Daniel, of New York, port. of Webster owned by, 2. 264.
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Webster, Ezekiel, school, 18. 94.
Webster, Fletcher, Commencement part (1833) and biog. note, 5. 211, 211 n.
Webster, Mrs. Fletcher, ports. of Webster owned by, 2. 262, 263.
Webster, G. Watmouth, photog. by, 6. 416.
Webster, Sir Godfrey, 19. 461.
Webster, James, of Boston (1686), 13. 275.
Webster, John, of Ipswich, petition (1637), 3. 199.
Webster, Noah, and Priestley, 3. 34, 36; and Winthrop's journal, 7.
459; reply to Abr. Bishop (1800), 19. 195, 196.
Webster, Pelatiah, on Ratification, 4.66.
Webster, Redford, subscription to Boston dinner (1830), 6. 342.
Webster, Rosalie E. (Stuart), descent, 1. 255.
Webster, Rev. Samuel, as preacher, 16. 423, 448; mentioned, 426; biog. note, 426 n.
Webster, Lieut. (?) Stephen, at siege of Louisburg (1745), 11. 434.
Wednesday Night Club, Boston, 10. 38.
Weed, Thurlow, unofficial mission to Europe (1861), 1. 202-209, 13. 193, 16. 465; error regarding Peabody Education Fund, 1. 209-210.
Weeden, William Babcock, elected a corresp. member M.H.S., 11. 156; paper on Gov. Andrew and Butler, 17. 87; remarks, 20. 525.
Weeks, Amiel, of Brookfield, 7. 385. Weeks, Jonathan, killed at Wyoming (1778), 3. 345.
Weeks, Joshua Wingate, at funeral of Ed. Winslow, 3. 93.
Weeks, Philip, killed at Wyoming (1778), 3. 345.
Weenbuck, Scatacook Indian, 6. 378. Wehasse, Conn. Indian, 8. 9.
Weightman, Roger C., letter from Wm. Duane (1808), 20. 312.
Weiner, Theodore, and Pottawatomie Massacre, 14. 6 n.
Weisenfels, Col. Frederick, at Lake Otsego, 2. 459, 460.
Weiss, J. A., school, 20. 180.
Welby, Robert, of Eng., loses benefice (1633), 8. 507, 511-517.
Welch. See also Walsh, Welsh.
Welch, Captain, pirate, executed, 1. 157.
Welch, Charles A., Commencement
part (1833), 5. 211; card on Gilchrist (1860), 14. 85 n .; index commissioner, 97 n.
Welch, Edward H., Commencement part (1840), 5. 229; study abroad, 20. 528.
Welch, Francis, 16. 296; biog. note, 296 n.
Welch, Francis C., and Franklin Fund, 12. 28, 29.
Welch, Harriet [Mrs. Phillips ], 4. 33. Welch, James, purchases confiscated Boston estate, 10. 168.
Weld. See also Wells.
Weld, - (1788), 16. 412.
Weld, Master, of Marlborough (c. 1685), 4. 300.
Weld, Rev. Ezra, 16. 307; biog. note, 307 n.
Weld, James, works on Boston de- fences (1814), 14. 152.
Weld, Silas, juror (1789), 19. 180.
Weld, Rev. Thomas [1], of Roxbury, charges against Anne Hutchinson,
4. 163, 184-187; version of Psalms,
5. 244; printing of Short Story, 8. 404; Savage's opinion, 20. 243.
Weld, Rev. Thomas [3], of Dunstable, death, 14. 21.
Weld, Thomas, of London, Jetter to Winthrop (1645) on iron works, 8. 15.
Welde, Bridget van der [Mrs. Tilley], 17. 176.
Welds. See also Wells.
Welds, Samuel, of Providence, 6. 119; married (1779), 120.
Welds, Susannah (Walker), 6. 120.
Weld's Tavern, Wilmington, 19. 382.
Welles. See also Wells.
Welles, -, of Stamford (1754), 7. 344.
Welles, Abigail (Welles), 3. 98. Welles, Arnold [1], 3. 98.
Welles, Arnold [2], exhibition part (1780), 18. 222.
Welles, Charles, works on Boston de- fences (1814), 14. 151; character- ized, 152.
Welles, George, in Russia, 20. 191.
Welles, Gideon, and Forbes-Aspin- wall mission, 13. 186-188; prepara- tion for war with Eng., 16. 467; and Craven court-martial, 467.
Welles, John, MEMOIR by A. P. Pea- body, 3. 98-100; ancestry, birth, education, 98; business, 98; mar- riage, 98; banking interest, 98; public offices, 99; politics, 99; in- terest in agriculture, 99; and town
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of Wellesley, 99; death, 100; old- | Wells, William, Harvard D.D. (1818), 5. 185.
est graduate of Harvard, 100; sub- scription for M.H.S. building, 291; at Harvard Commencement (1842), 5. 237; nonagenarian, 9. 93.
Welles, Samuel [1], director of Mer- chants' Notes (1733), 17. 189, 196, 207.
Welles, Samuel [2], 3. 98; and Mass. excise (1765), 10. 61.
Welles, Samuel [3], business, 3. 98; banker in Paris, 98.
Welles, Gov. Thomas, 3. 98.
Wellesley, Arthur. See Wellington.
Wellesley, Mass., origin of name, 3. 99.
Wellesley College, services of H. E. Scudder, 17. 159.
Wellington. See also Willington.
Wellington, Ambrose, enters Harvard 14. 205.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1 st duke of, port., 2. 261; and George IV., 5. 161; on Pakenham, 13. 416; and opening of Liverpool railway, 19. 466.
Wellington, James L., Commence- ment part (1838), 5. 223.
Wellington, William W., on Henry Wheatland, 9. 298.
Wells. See also Weld, Welde, Welds, Welles, Wills.
Wells, Arnold, in Boston society, 10. 31; on com. on non-importation (1768), 65.
Wells, Charles, aided by Franklin Fund, 12. 21.
Wells, David A., and levitation, 20. 445.
Wells, Eleazer M. P., school, 7. 320.
Wells, Francis, subscribes to Mer- ehants' Notes (1733), 17. 208.
Wells, J., gift to M.H.S., 7. 373.
Wells, James, killed at Wyoming (1778), 3. 345.
Wells, Capt. John, of Cherry Valley, 7. 391.
Wells, John D., Commencement part (1817) and biog. note, 5. 182 n.
Wells, Capt. Levi, at siege of Boston, 7. 401, 402, 9. 75, 89.
Wells, Samuel, gift to M.H.S., 5. 452.
Wells, Samuel A., letter from Jeffer- son (1819), 1. 277, 278.
Wells, Thomas, of Ipswich, petition (1637), 3. 199.
Wells, Me., Maverick's account (1660), 1. 233; question of Cleeve's claim (1648), 2. 157; Indian attack (1703), 14. 29.
Wells-Adams house, Boston, 14. 295. Welsh. See also Walsh, Welch.
Welsh, -, loyalist, captured, 3.
86.
Welsh, Abigail (Kent), 16. 310 n., 431.
Welsh, Nathaniel, graduates (1687), 17. 58.
Welsh, Dr. Thomas, 4. 63, 16. 310, 435, 453; biog. note, 310 n.
Welsted, William, constable of Charlestown (1690), 7. 152; goes to Eng., 154.
Wendell, an eccentric (1788), 16. 382, 383.
Wendell, Miss (1788), 16. 421, 424.
Wendell, Barrett, elected a member M.H.S., 8. 274; on Library Com. (1894), 504; report, 9. 37; list of publications (1893-1905), 24, 14. 129, 15. 30, 17. 215, 19. 206; ME- MOIR OF E. L. BYNNER, 9. 173- 179; remarks, 10. 490, 11. 385, 12. 456, 13. 121, 129, 14. 103, 149, 296, 360, 15. 95, 16. 125, 150, 18. 263, 20. 411; on Adams's Law of Civili- zation and Decay, 11. 169-177; elected to M.H.S. Council (1898, '99), 12. 190, 13. 80; on com. on meeting of Am. Hist. Assoc., 208; on Dieri translation of New Testa- ment, 423-424; on M. C. Tyler, 393-394; MEMOIR OF W. W. GREEN- OUGH, 14. 468-482; on Yale bicen- tenary, 15. 323; on Empress Eugénie, 16. 19; presents various papers, 19-20; and J. C. Dyer's memoirs, 18. 444; moves resolve on E. J. Young, 20. 2; on com. on Nomination Book, 427; on Mather and witchcraft, 443; on Nominating Com. (1907), 587.
Wendell, Edward, in Boston society, 10. 39.
Wendell, Jacob, paper-money scheme (1731), 12. 438; director of Mer- chants' Notes (1733), 17. 189, 196, 207; false story of, in Grant's Memoirs of Am. Lady, 18. 309.
Wendell, John, at funeral of Faneuil, 1. 43.
Wells, William, testimony (1663), 5. Wendell, Katharine [Mrs. Cooper], 16. 291. 103.
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Wendell, Katherine [Mrs. Davis], 3. | Wesson, Ephraim, in campaign of 403 ».
Wendell, Oliver, and Vassall's estate, 1. 324; characterized, 12. 140. Wendell, Sarah [Mrs. Holmes], 11. 48.
Wendover, Peter H., port., 12. 189. Wengren, Olof, prize case (1748), 5. 89.
Wenham, Mass., Maverick's account (1660). 1. 235; in 1650, 2. 47; re- moval of church to Chelmsford, 12. 320, 322-324; Rev. John Fiske's note-book, 321-322.
Wensley. See Winsley.
Wentworth, Benjamin, death (1760), 5. 379.
Wentworth, Benning, and. loyalist corps, 3. 66.
Wentworth, Charles W. See Rock- ingham.
Wentworth, Capt. John, of Bermuda (1659), 5. 264; Gov. of New Providence, 13. 10.
Wentworth, Capt. John, of Mass., in campaign of 1760, 4. 393.
Wentworth, Judge John, of N. H., circular on election of delegates to Congress (1774), 2. 484.
Wentworth, Gov. John, letters to Ed. Winslow (1779) on loyalist corps, 3. 66; to Ward Chipman (1785) on grant to refugees, 67, 20. 559; at Winslow's funeral, 3. 93.
Wentworth, Joseph, in Boston (1776), 10. 99; of Portsmouth, 101.
Wentworth, Mark, of Portsmouth, 10. 102.
Wentworth, Moses, on Indian scout (1748), 6. 431.
Wentworth, Philip, purchases con- fiscated Boston estate, 10. 170.
Wentworth, Ruth (Starbuck), letter (1745), 14. 385.
Wentworth, Samuel, in Boston soci- ety, 10. 33.
Wentworth, Thomas. See Strafford. Wequashcock, Niantick chief, 8. 11.
Werden, Joseph, commissioner of customs (1703), 4. 148.
Wesley, Rev. John, Isaac Watts on, 9. 375, 383.
Wessagusset, on early map, 1. 211, 213; site, 7. 23-30; Weston's settlement, 25; Gorges at, 25; date of Gorges's arrival, 25 n .; Standish's fight, 20. 576-578. See also Weymouth.
Wesson. See also Weston.
1758, 6. 21, 24; biog. note, 30. Wesson, Sally [Mrs. Morse], 6. 21. West, -, in Boston society (1770), 10. 76.
West, sutler in Am. camp (1775), 9. 86.
West, Benjamin, ports. in picture of Penn's treaty, 15. 365; reputation, 18. 314; and Savage, 19. 6, 7.
West, Edward W., gifts to M.H.S., 2. 71, 20. 228.
West, John, 4. 287; sent to Eng. (1690), 7. 152; and Registry of Probate, 16. 24 n.
West, Nicholas, grant of Bahamas (1650), 13. 5; career, 55-56.
West, Rer. Samuel [H. C. 1754], of New Bedford, in decline (1801), 4. 134; in 1788, 16. 438; biog. note, 438 n.
West, Rev. Samuel [1] [H. C. 1761], call to Boston, 19. 430, 437.
West, Samuel [2], graduates (1788), 16. 440.
West, Thomas. See Delaware.
West, contemp. map of Ordinance of 1784, 4. 60; territorial questions in peace negotiations (1782), 17. 410, 414, 419-420, 427, 434; un- rest of Southwestern Indians (1787), 460; Pendleton on Va. claim (1780), 19. 113-114, 143; and Am. Rev., 142; Crawford's expedition (1782), 159; Burr conspiracy, 20. 286, 291- 292, 296, 297, 301. See also North- western, and States by name.
West Florida, and peace negotiations (1782), 17. 410-413, 418, 438.
West Indies, French fleet in (1778), 3. 121; naval campaign (1782), 130, 19. 152-157, 166; Cromwell's expedition, 3. 194, 13. 42 n., 14. 211-212, 16. 499-502; illicit trade with Eng. colonies (1708), 4. 152- 155; Boston trade (1692-94), 7. 164-166; illicit Portuguese trade (1565), 8. 443-445; trade with, and peace negotiations (1782), 17. 416-418. See also islands by name.
West Point, N. Y., troops at (1779), 2. 477; Wm. Duane on (1820), 20. 377.
West Point, Va., Am. troops at (1781), 6. 147.
West Street, Boston, early name, 1. 318.
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