Wabash Company, 11n
Wabash melons, 275
Wabash River, 244n, 274-5, 285n, 286n, 288, 514, 517, 525n
Wagner, Jacob
compiles list of interim appointments, 310, 322n
and D.C. justices of the peace, 314-15n, 317n, 531-2
letter from, 531-2
memorandums on midnight appointments, 314-15n, 327n
rumored as TJ's private secretary, 312-13n
sends list of salaries and compensations, 232n
as State Department chief clerk, 495n, 593n
Waldo, John J., 326, 327n, 334, 575
Walker, David
forwards letter to TJ, 134-5
letter from, 134-5
Walker, Thomas, 107, 692
Wanscher, Martin, 98, 260, 568, 693, 696
Wapikinamouk (Delaware Indian), 244n, 441n
War, U.S. Department of
accountant of, 659
adjutants and inspectors, 46-7, 48n
aides-de-camp, 46-7, 48n, 417n
arsenals, armories, 43, 89-91, 125, 378, 499, 500n
artillery, 294-7, 500n
bounties for Revolutionary War veterans, 24-5, 273-4, 396, 512
cantonments, 499, 501n
clerks, 200n, 278, 441-2n, 659
engineers, 44-5, 47-8n, 297n
expenditures, appropriations, 49n, 233n, 440n, 499-501
fire in offices of, 25, 418
fortifications, 63, 66n, 95, 297n, 499-501
generals, 46-7, 48n, 416, 417n
inspections and musters, 45-6
inspectors, 95
iron sources for, 89-91, 499, 501n
letter from cited, 682
letters to, from, 89-91
list of posts and garrisons, 42-3, 47n, 61-2, 66n
M. Lewis's classification of army officers, 53, 297n
and mathematical education, 180n
medical department, 45, 48n, 215-16, 263, 395n, 566-7
military agents, 46, 48n, 496n
military pensions, 49n
military returns, 47n, 499-501
military stores, 62, 66n
musicians, 48n
organization of army, 213, 214n, 570
paymasters, 45, 47, 48n
procurement agents, 215-16
provisional army, 247
purveyor of public supplies, 307, 308n
quartermaster department, 45, 48n, 489n
regiments of artillery, 43-4, 47-8n
regiments of cavalry, 47n
regiments of infantry, 43-4, 47-8n
reorganization, reduction, viii, 42-8, 60-2, 66n, 388, 416, 417n
superintendent general of military supplies, 437n
use of soldiers as laborers, 191n
warrants drawn on Treasury, 182n
and western posts, 25n
See also Dearborn, Henry; Indians: U.S. Indian Affairs
Ward, Matthias
and Wood's History, 228, 229n, 472-4, 476, 478n
Wardlaw, William
letters from cited, 482n, 682
letter to, 482
payments to, 482, 530
Warfield, William, 691
Waring, Marsham, 314
War of 1812, xlviii, 227n, 244n, 428n, 489n
Warren, Joseph, 350
Warsaw, 99
Washington, George
and Anna Young's claim, 406, 408n
appointments by, 240n, 328-9, 393n, 433, 434n
contingent expenses, 627-8
criticizes Democratic-Republican societies, 228-9
declines third term, 128, 131
and Indian affairs, 275, 634n
and Isaac Story, 357, 358n
and Jay Treaty, 228-9
levees held by, xlvi
and O'Neale, 380, 381n
proclaims day of thanksgiving, 358n
silk presented to, 484n
statue of, 612, 663
TJ hailed as successor to, 397
and Tousard, 297n
and Washington D.C., 306, 415, 541n, 564
Washington, D.C.
booksellers, ix, 122n, 446-7, 611n, 655
bridges, 217n
building regulations in, 415-16
burning of, in 1814, xlviii
canal, xlv
carpenters, 418n
Christ Church, 225n
Commercial Company, 217n
council, 33, 217n
dancing assemblies, 696
descriptions of, 13-14, 16
enumeration of houses in, 16
Episcopalians in, 225n
fires in, 418
hotels, boarding houses, 83, 381n, 392
incorporation of, 33-4
jail, 557-8
land development, speculation, 13-16
libraries, ix, 447
Mall, xlv
manufacturing in, 222
map of, xlv, 000 (illus.)
market for fish, 175
Massachusetts Ave., 14
mayor, 33
meridian line at, 629
militia, 33
navy storekeeper at, 211n
newspapers in, 72, 73n
packet service to, from, 572, 573
postal service, 610
printers, 352n, 417n, 446-7
prospects for, 222
quarries in, 381n
register of wills, 318, 325, 333
Republicans in, 72
reputation as unhealthy, 618
roads to, from, xlv
sale of liquor in, 529-30, 555-6
smallpox vaccination at, 361n, 387-8, 482
society, xlvii, 676
stationers, 122n
sugar manufacturing in, 106n
tailors, 181n
Tiber Creek, xlv
voting requirements in, 33
Washington Navy Yard, 62-3, 197, 211n
wharves, 14
See also Anacostia River; District of Columbia
Washington Federalist, xlix-l, 196-7n, 205n
Washington Printing and Bookselling Company, 446-7
watches
gold, 668n, 688
purchased by TJ, 688
repair of, 240n, 565, 695
seized at customs, 353-5, 384
watchmakers, 240n
Waterhouse, Benjamin
letters from, 359-61, 454-5
letters to, 203-4, 373
letter to, misdirected, 341, 359, 370, 373
and methods of vaccination, 454
publication of TJ's letters, 80, 454-5
reports vaccination of Indians, 522n
successful spread of vaccination, 359-61
supplies vaccine matter to TJ, 203-4
Waterman, John
letter from, 249-51
letter to, 252
and presentation of Mammoth Cheese, 249-51
thanked by TJ, 252
waterproofing
clothing, 20, 181, 262, 484-5n
paper, 233, 338-9, 485n
publications on, 20, 21n, 233, 262
Watkins, Dr. John, 547-8
Watson, Richard (Bishop of Llandaff)
Apology for the Bible, 31n
Watson, William, 681
Way, Andrew, 73n
Way, George, 73n
Way & Groff, 27, 29-30, 72, 73n
Wayles, John (TJ's father-in-law), 157-8, 677
Wayles estate, 157-8, 677
Wayne, Anthony, 275, 284n, 514
Wayne, Caleb P., 393
weather
floods, 207
hail, 28, 29n
Webb, Mr. (Charleston), 267
Webster, Noah
Grammatical Institute, 617
weights and measures
salmas, 533
Wells, John, Jr.
letter from, 249-51
letter to, 252
and presentation of Mammoth Cheese, 249-51
thanked by TJ, 252
Wells, William
appointed Indian agent, 285n, 682
criticized by Black Hoof, 514, 518, 524
identified, 284n
as Miami interpreter, viii, 274-6, 278-80, 283n, 284n
Wendell, Hermanus H., 318, 324, 333
West, Cato, 401n
West Indies
as asylum for emancipated slaves, 582-6
cotton production in, 562
packet service in, 110
trade with U.S., 502-3, 664-5
See also Saint-Domingue, W.I.
Weston, Nathan
congratulates TJ, 198-200
identified, 200n
letter from, 198-200
letter to, 384-5
thanked by TJ, 384-5
West Point, N.Y., 43-5, 180n, 499
wheat, 124, 268, 503n
Wheaton, Joseph
letter from, 489-90
seeks appointment, 489-90
Whelen, Israel
purveyor of public supplies, 516, 594, 596n, 597n
resignation of, 307, 308n
Whipple, Joseph, 319, 323, 328, 334
whips, 692-3, 697
Whiskey Insurrection, 128, 131, 132n, 229n
White, Alexander
as D.C. commissioner, 13-17, 88, 166-7, 305-7, 337, 346-8, 356-7, 361-2, 415-16, 542, 551-2, 564
and L'Enfant's claim, 88
letter from cited, 17n
and removal of Fenwick's houses, 551-2
and repayment of Md. loans, 346-8, 356-7, 361-2, 542
White, Hugh
letter from cited, 680
White, Jacob, 469n
White River, 514
Whittlesey, Chauncey, 319, 323, 329, 335
whooping cough
TJ's grandchildren suffer from, 20, 106, 263, 656
Wickham, John
and D. Ross arbitration, 9, 97, 436
letter from cited, 582n, 683
letter to, 455-7
and Short's salary claim, 455-7, 504, 581-2, 609
Wiley, Allen
letter from cited, 682
Wiley, David, 435
Wilkins, John, Jr., 513, 522n
Wilkins, Nathaniel, 324, 329, 330n, 334
Wilkinson, James
appointed Indian commissioner, 319, 326, 332, 543
and Indian treaty negotiations, 93, 94n, 190-2, 543-5n
letter from, 394-5
sends water samples to TJ, 394-5
Wilkinson, Fort, 42, 144, 155n
Wilkinsonville, Cantonment (army post), 155n
Willard, John
appointed marshal, 101n, 317, 323, 334, 575
Willcox, Joseph, 95
Willett, Marinus, 84, 87n
William (schooner), 10
William and Mary, College of, 75, 127n, 497n
Williams, Jeremiah, 685
Williams, Jonathan, 47n, 95
Williams, Richard
identified, 175n
letter from, 175
sends fish to TJ, 175
Williams, Samuel
removal of, 320, 327, 329, 330n, 335
Willing & Francis, 596n
Wills, Colin C., 690
Wills, John S., 468
Willson, Richard
letter from, 436
seeks appointment, 436, 683
Wilmington, Del.
collector at, 182-3, 392-3
printers, 220n
Wilmington, N.C.
care of sick and disabled seamen in, 590
collector at, 226-7, 231, 488
harbor defenses at, 500n
merchants, 227n
Wilson, Thomas (Va. state senator), 492n
Wilson, William, 90-1
wine
Brazil, 674
for British army, 533
Champagne, 308
claret, 269, 383, 697
lágrima, 381-3
Madeira, 163, 482, 483, 573n
Malaga, 381-3
ordered by TJ, 163, 269, 339, 343, 351, 381-3, 482, 483, 512, 572-3, 674, 690, 693-8
pajarete, 351, 482, 483, 572, 573n
Pedro Ximenes, 381-3
port, 691, 694
prices, 383, 572, 573n
promotion of viticulture in U.S., 373-6
sherry, 572, 573n, 698
Spanish, 381-3
"tent" (tinto), 381-3
Wingate, Joshua
congratulates TJ, 198-200
identified, 200n
letter from, 198-200
letter to, 384-5
thanked by TJ, 384-5
Wingate, Joshua, Jr., 200n, 441-2n, 520n
Wingate, William
letter from cited, 681
Winn, Richard, 262n
Wirt, William, 490, 492n
Wise, Peter, Jr.
appointed justice of the peace, 314, 316-17, 326, 335
Wistar, Caspar
letter from, 264-6
letter to, 22
letter to cited, 201n
and mastodon skeleton, 264-6
and the megatherium, 549n
TJ transmits papers, specimens to APS, 22, 201n
witchcraft, 520n, 635n
Witherill, James, 101n
Witherspoon, John, 28n
Wolcott, Alexander, 319, 323, 335, 336n
Wolcott, Oliver, Jr.
biographical sketch of, 476
as Ga. claims commissioner, 201-2, 303
invited to dine with TJ, xii, 220
letter to, 220
and Short's salary, 163n, 456, 457n
Wolcott, Fort, 43
women
childbirth, 142, 420, 676, 677
education of, 223, 408, 472
French, 550
as merchants, 215-16
widows, widowhood, 215-16, 273-4, 405-8, 418, 512
Wood, John
background, 472
Correct Statement, 478n
Elements of Perspective, 478n
General View of the History of Switzerland, 472, 478n
History of the Administration of John Adams, 228-9, 387, 472-80
as teacher, art instructor, 472, 478n, 657n
Woodhouse, James, 29n
Woodside, John, 557n
Woodward, Augustus Brevoort
identified, 380-1n
letter from, 380-1
recommends O'Neale, 380-1
Woolwich, England, 198n
Workman, James
letter to cited, 679
World's Doom; or the Cabinet of Fate Unlocked, 349, 350n
Worsley, William W.
identified, 547n
Worsley & Murray
letter from, 547
proposal to publish Ramsay's History, 547
Worthington, Charles, 397
Worthington, Thomas
appointed supervisor of Northwest Terr., 204-5, 310, 320
and charges against St. Clair, 458-70, 579n
identified, 464n
letters from, 461-5, 466-70
Wortman, Tunis
Annals of the Corporation, 479n
and suppression of Wood's History, 474, 478-9n
Treatise Concerning Political Enquiry, 479n
writings, 474, 477, 479n
Wright, Robert
advises on appointments, 436
as committee member, 357n
letter from cited, 436n, 683
Wuibert, Antoine Félix
identified, 115n
letter from, 114-15
letters from cited, 115n
letter to, 340
seeks TJ's assistance, 114-15, 340
Wylly, Richard, 311, 319, 325, 331
Wythe, George, 498n