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Wanton, Benjamin, 1. 162, 181 ; death, I86.
Wanton, Gideon, governor of Rhode Island, to Gov. Clinton, 1746, inter- colonial commission, I. 406; to Par- tridge, 1745, boundary, remittance, plan of fort, superscription of letters, 350 ; Rhode Island and the Louisbourg expedition, 363; to Gov. Shirley, 1747, Iroquois Indians, 2. 50; prisoners of war, 54.
From Gov. Clinton, 1746, inter- colonial commission, I. 404, 416 ; from Capt. Fones, 1745, Louisbourg expedition, 349, 355, 378, 381 ; from Col. Kinnicutt, 1748, pay of Cana- dian expedition levies, 2. 60; from Gov. Law, 1745, garrison at Louis- bourg, law-suit, I. 381 ; 1746, joint cruise of sloops, 408; from Capt. Mumford, 1745, Louisbourg expedi- tion, French prize, 361 ; from Par- tridge, 1745, greeting, boundary,
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naval officer, paper money, war news, I. 342; Louisbourg expedi- tion, 353; Rhode Island and Louis- bourg expedition, fidelity to colony's interests, 357, 370, 380; boundary, Hopkins affair, war news, paper money, 389, 399; 1746, reimburse- ment, boundary, 408; 1748, reim- bursement, 2. 62 ; from Pepperell, 1745, recruits for Louisbourg, I. 384 ; from Lieut .- Gov. Phips, Indian war, 374, 383, 395 ; recruits for Louis- bourg, 385; from Gov. Shirley, 1745, Louisbourg expedition, 333, 346, 348; 1747, Iroquois Indians, 2. 51; accounts of Canadian expedi- tion, 56; 1748, project to call in paper money, 61; from Admiral Warren, 1745, French prize, 1. 362 ; recruits for Louisbourg, 387; from Sec. Willard, 1747, prisoners of war, 2. 53.
As governor, I. xxviii ; suggested for governor, 2. 324; deputy, 359. Wanton, J. G., 2. 419.
Wanton, John, governor of Rhode Is- land, to Gov. Belcher, 1739, counter- feit paper money, Sugar Bill, I. 122; to Partridge, 1735, boundary, can- non, royal veto, 74; 1736, bound- ary, 80; 1739, boundary, Sugar Bill, paper money, 123; to Gov. Tal- cott, 1739, Mason affair, Sugar Bill, I24.
From Gov. Belcher, 1738, bound- ary, I. 96; 1740, illicit trade, 163 ; from W. Jencks, 1734, boundary, 54; from Col. Gooch, 1740, Carta- gena expedition, 165; from Par- tridge, 1732, Jencks's veto, I. 20; Sugar Bill, Jencks's veto, 25; 1734, boundary, 61 ; 1735, bill against manufactures, 67 ; 1736, boundary, 78, 80; 1737, boundary, Iron Bill, 82; Solicitor Paris, 84; 1738, bound- ary, Sugar Bill, Iron Bill, war ru- mors, 86; Iron Bill, 90; boundary, 94, 95, 97; 1739, boundary, 100, 103; Iron Bill, 105; Paris's bill, 106; Spanish crisis, 113; boundary, Sugar Bill, paper money, war news, 115, 117, 118, 121 ; 1740, boundary, Sugar Bill, paper money, 125, 138, 142, 147, 148, 161, 178.
Career, I. xxv-xxviii ; death, 179; Partridge on, 180.
Wanton, John, deputy, 2. 359.
Wanton, Joseph, governor of Rhode Island, from John Sherwood, 1774, threat against the charter, 2. 438; from Joseph Sherwood, 1770, reim- bursement, 415.
As governor, I. xxxii-xxxiv; cap- tured on a slaver, xxxvii ; collector at 'Newport, 96.
Wanton, Joseph, Jr., to M. Brown, 1770, Ward-Hopkins feud, 2. 418. Wanton, William, governor of Rhode Island, to the General Assembly, 1733, election reform, I. 37 ; to the House of Deputies, private bills of credit, 33; to Sec. Willard, issue of paper money, 41.
From Partridge, 1732, Jencks's veto, I. 30; 1733, Sugar Bill, 34 ; ac- count, 35; 1734, Jencks's veto, Iron Bill, 46 ; Iron Bill, War of the Polish Succession, 55 ; from Surveyor-Gen- eral Peagrum, 1734, 1738, customs appointments, 42, 46, 53, 96.
Career, I. xxV.
Ward, Henry, secretary of Rhode Island, 2. 359, 390 ; electioneering, 419.
Ward, Richard, governor of Rhode Island, to Col. Blakeney, 1740, Car- tagena expedition, I. 168; to Col. Gooch, 1740, Cartagena expedition, 167, 174; to House of Deputies, 1742, emolument, 217; to Mas- sachusetts General Court, 1731, boundary, 18; to Newcastle, 1740, Rhode Island loyalty, 183; 1741, Cartagena expedition, 199 ; 1742, Cartagena recruits, paper money, 212; to Partridge, 1740, paper money, 186, 189; 1741, account, pa- per money, 200; boundary, 214; 1742, Dr. Hull, 215; to the sheriff of Providence County, 1741, Thorn- ton affair, 194; to Gen. Wentworth, recruits for Cartagena expedition, 205.
From Col. Blakeney, 1740, Car- tagena expedition, 1. 180; from Lieut .- Gov. Clarke, Cartagena ex- pedition, 171; from D. Jencks and others, 1741, Thornton affair, 192 ; from Partridge, 1740, J. Wanton, boundary, war news, 180; 1741, pa- per money, boundary, 197, 207; 1742, Walpole's fall, 210; boundary, 218; 1743, boundary, 223; naval officer, 226; from Gov. Shirley, 1742, Span-
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ish prisoners, 222; from Admiral Vernon, 1740, exportation of pro- visions, 185; from E. Warren and others, 1741, Thornton affair, 191 ; from Gen. Wentworth, 1741, 1742, Cartagena expedition, 202, 209, 220 ; from Sec. Willard, 1740, private currency, 169.
Career, I. xxxviii.
Ward, Samuel, governor of Rhode Island, to the General Assembly, 1757, 1761, 1762, Ward-Hopkins feud, 2. 250, 311, 323; to the Lords of the Treasury, 1765, Robinson's complaint, 373; to London mer- chants, 1766, thanks, 391; to N. Mumford, 1762, billeting rolls, 326; to Robinson and Nicoll, customs officers, 1765, protection, 372; to Col. Rose, 1762, instructions, 325 ; Rhode Island troops, 337 ; to Sher- wood, 1762, financial distress, 334; 1763, reimbursement, Temple affair, 343 ; 1765, Quartering Act, St. John affair, colonial trade, reimbursement, 365; 1766, Stamp Act, reimburse- ment, 391.
From Gov. Botetourt, 1768, greet- ing, 2. 412; from Capt. Cornell, 1762, reenlistments, 340 ; from Gov. Fauquier, 1765, kidnapping of ne- groes, 368; from Lieut. Newland, 1762, recruiting, 333; from Robinson and Nicoll, 1766, complaint against Vice-Admiralty Court, 376, 394; from Col. Rose, desertions and re- cruiting, 329; from Sherwood, 1762, reimbursement, 331; 1763, reim- bursement, 342, 346; 1765, Rocking- ham's ministry, 367; 1766, reim- bursement, Stamp Act, 381 ; colonial trade resolution in Commons, re- imbursement and riot, 384, 393. See also Ward-Hopkins feud.
Ward, Thomas, secretary of Rhode Island, from H. Babcock, 1755, ar- tillery company, 2. 148 ; from Sec. Willard, 1749, boundary, 95. Ward-Hopkins feud, underlying causes, I. xxxix ; Hopkins's action for defamation, 2. 250-253 ; propos- als of mutual retirement, 311, 323- 325; activity, 418-420.
Warner, Ezekiel, to Gov. R. Ward, 1741 ; Thornton affair, I. 191.
Warren, Moses, lieutenant in French and Indian War, 2. 329.
Warren, Admiral Sir Peter, to Gov. Greene, 1746, Canadian expedition, I. 429, 2. 3; convoy, 3; Anville's fleet, 15; to Admiral Lestock, An- ville's fleet, 16; to Gov. G. Wanton, 1745, capture and condemnation of French East India ship, I. 362 ; gar- rison for Louisbourg, 387 ; from Ad- miral Townsend and Gov. Knowles, 1746, Anville's fleet, 2. 10.
And the Louisbourg expedition, I. 327, 330, 334, 338, 354, 358; gov- ernor of Cape Breton Island, 377, 388 ; victory over the French fleet, 2. 48, 49; asked to defend Rhode Island Canadian expedition bill, 93. Watts, Capt., 2. 47.
Webb, Gen. Daniel, to Gov. Greene, 1757, condition of the troops, 2. 255.
To be colonel, 2. 175; and the plan of campaign in 1756, 226; re- treat, 233.
Wells, John, boundary commissioner, I. 102.
Wentworth, Gen. Thomas, to Capt. Hopkins, 1741, recruits for Carta- gena expedition, I. 203 ; 1742, expe- dition abandoned, 220 ; to Gov. R. Ward, 1741, 1742, Cartagena expe- dition, 202, 209, 220.
West, Admiral, 2. 245.
West, J., to A. Stone, 1748, Rhode Island bill for Canadian expedition, 2. 67.
West Indies, illicit trade, I. 163, 184, 2. 352 ; squadrons to, I. 127, 182, 185 ; Commons resolution on trade, 2. 385-387. See also Cartagena ex- pedition, Sugar Bill.
Westerly, R. I., artillery company, 2. 148, 149.
Wheat, price in England in 1757, 2. 254.
Whipple, Com. Abraham, prizes, 2. xxxvii.
Whipple, Joseph, deputy-governor of Rhode Island, to Shirley, 1746, Crown Point expedition, 2. 8 ; rein- forcement for Annapolis, 33; from Sec. Willard, powder, 9; from Par- tridge, 1744, boundary, I. 291.
Whipple, Joseph, Jr., to Partridge, 1749, account, 2. 91.
Whiting, Ebenezer, captain in the French and Indian War, 2. 328.
Whiting, John, officer in the French and Indian War, 2. 205, 328.
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Whiting, Col. Nathan, to Committee of War, 1756, quartermaster affairs,
2. 237 ; to Gov. Hopkins, forces at Fort Edward, 180.
Wilkinson, Lieut., 2. 34.
Wilkinson, William, privateer, I. 230, 250.
Wilks, Francis, agent for Connecticut and Massachusetts, opposition to the Sugar Bill, 1. 19; and the bound- ary, dispute, 87, 89, 94, 98 ; ill, 118. Willard, Josiah, secretary of Massa- chusetts, to P. Bours and others, 1739, boundary, I. 115; to Gov. Greene, 1744, intercolonial commis- sion, 259; counterfeit paper money, 269 ; riot and extradition, 283 ; 1745, extradition, 325; to Gov. G. Wan- ton, 1747, prisoners of war, 2. 53 ; to Gov. R. Ward, 1740, paper money, I. 169; to Sec. T. Ward, 1749, bound- ary, 2. 95 ; to Dep .- Gov. Whipple, 1746, powder, 9; From Sec. Cog- geshall, 1745, riot and extradition, I. 323 ; from Gov. W. Wanton, 1733, issue of paper money, 41.
Willes, Chief Justice, and the boundary dispute, I. 291, 316, 410.
William, Capt., I. 163.
William Henry, Fort, captured, 2. 261. Williams, William, speaker of the Connecticut House, 2. 443.
Wilmington, Lord, I. 21I.
Wilmot, Jonathan, West Indian agent, to Partridge, 1751, Sugar Bill, 2. I33.
Wilson, Alexander, I. 220.
Winchelsea, Earl of, in Rockingham's ministry, 2. 367.
Wingfield, Capt., I. 46.
Winslow, Gen. John, to Gov. Hop- kins, 1756, strength of Rhode Island forces, 2. 219; plan of campaign, 222, 226; from Gen. Wentworth, 1741, recruits for Cartagena expedi- tion, I. 203.
Commands provincial army, 2. 204 ; demand on the colonies, 293, 297.
Winthrop, John, governor of Connect- icut, and the Connecticut charter, I. 3.
Wolcott, Roger, to Gov. Greene, 1745, Louisbourg expedition, I. 328.
Commissioner to Albany, I. 267 ; command in Louisbourg expedition, 324, 326, 328.
Wood, Robert, 2. 259. Wraxall, Capt. 2. 160.
Years, John, prisoner of war, 2. 54. Yorke, Mr., attorney-general, 2. 323. Young Pretender. See Charles Ed- ward.
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