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