Wabash River, 369, 373

Wadsworth, Decius, 159, 160n

Wagner, Jacob

health of, 191-2, 293, 294n, 408, 478n

and publication of laws, 437

rumored resignation of, 408-9

as State Department chief clerk, 288, 323, 437

Waite, John, 376

Walker, Dr., 389

Walker, Ezekiel, 561, 563n

Walker, Francis, 386n

Walker, George, 545, 546n, 721

Walker, James (N.C.), 710

Walker, Robert, 711

Walker, Robert (Ga.), 706

Walker, Thomas, 299

Walker, Timothy, 703

Wall, Benjamin, 52, 53n

Wallace, Robert

Dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind, 231

Walter, James

asks to name town after TJ, 22, 89-90

identified, 22n

letter from, 22

letter to, 89-90

Walton, George, 19n

War, U.S. Department of

accountant of, 125, 197n, 390n, 528, 529n

adjutant and inspector general, 120n

arsenals, armories, 108n, 123n, 298, 304, 426, 459-60

articles of war, 54-7

barracks, 123n

bounties and premiums, 123n

bounties for Revolutionary War veterans, 152-3

clerks, 410n

clothing, 123n

courts-martial in, ix, 54-7, 176-7

engineers, 120n, 123n, 251, 325, 349, 656n

expenditures, appropriations, 123-4, 149, 420

fire in offices of, 45, 46n

fortifications, 123n, 143n

letter from cited, 177n

medical department, 120n, 123n, 144, 155, 577

military academy, 120n

military agents, 194-5, 325, 349, 528-9

military pensions, 123n

officers' commissions, xlix

public storekeepers, 107, 108n, 313n, 715

quartermaster department, 120-1n, 195n, 420

recruitment, 121n

regiments of artillery, xlix, 120-1n, 159, 182, 553n

regiments of cavalry, 120n

regiments of infantry, xlix, 54-6, 120-1n, 144, 155, 159, 182, 243, 325, 349

reorganization, reduction, vii, xlix, 120-1, 155-6, 159-60, 167-8, 296, 313, 458-9, 656

salaries and compensations, 410n, 528, 529n

subsistence, 123n

and Vincennes survey, 377

and water purification, 560

See also Dearborn, Henry; Indians: U.S. Indian Affairs

Ward, Robert

Enquiry into the Foundation and History of the Laws of Nations in Europe, 229

Ward, Thomas, 669, 692, 709

Warden (Marine)

letter from cited, 716

Wardlaw, William

letters from cited, 717

letter to, 589-90

payments to, 589-90

Wardle, Thomas, 324n

Warner, John, 678, 705, 709

Warner, Jonathan, 703

War of 1812, 51n

Warren, Henry, 555-6

Warren, James, 555-6

Washington, Bushrod, 165, 166

Washington, George

aides-de-camp, xlvii

appointments by, 99, 314n

Barralet's "Apotheosis," 13-14, 156

biographies of, xii, 401

and Cape Henlopen lighthouse, 503n

and case of Citoyen Genet, 8n

and Clement Biddle, 539n

criticism of, 658

and Ellicott, 45, 46n

family of, 691

godsons of, 205n

and Indian affairs, 29

and L'Enfant, 63-4n, 72

localities named after, 22

and Maréchaussée Corps, 282n

monument to, in Scotland, 537

and neutrality, 8-9n

proclaims day of thanksgiving, 294n

statue of, 73-4, 101-2, 218n, 366

TJ praises, 519

and Washington, D.C., 255

Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis

death of, xlviii, 488-9, 519

portrait of, xlviii, 318 (illus.)

TJ calls on, xlviii

Washington, D.C.

alterations to plan of, 224-5, 235-6, 255-60

architects, 611n

banks, 61, 604n

Baptists in, 720

beautification of, 256, 259

black meetinghouse in, 719

bottlers, 332n

bridges, 604n

buildings in, 611n

canals, 126-7, 259-60

capital punishment in, 207-8, 212-14, 214-17, 283-4

city council, 556

commissioners of bankruptcy, 702, 709

Connecticut Ave., 64n

cost of living in, 467-8n

debts due to, from, 604n

descriptions of, 400-1, 544-6

education in, 604n

election of 1800 in, 284n

elections in, 556

enumeration of houses in, 546n

Federalists in, 556n

framers, 134n, 361

gangs in, 284n

government relocates to, 681n

grocers, 536n

hotels, boardinghouses, 227n, 696n

incorporation of, 72-3, 531n

jail, x, 138-40, 141-3, 145-6, 151, 174, 284n, 521-2, 553, 665-6, 694-6

land development, speculation, 448

laws of Maryland adopted in, 207-8, 212, 216, 217n, 256

L'Enfant's plan of, 63-4

maps of, 224-5, 235-6, 255, 260n, 544-6, 666

market gardeners, 100

Massachusetts Ave., 64n

mayor, 530-1, 697

measles in, 534

meridian line at, 46

New Jersey Ave., 127

newspapers in, 312, 317

Pennsylvania Ave., 126-7

physicians, 151-2n

population, 400

postal service, 50n, 603n

Republicans in, 556n

reputation as unhealthy, 255-60, 626, 660, 693

society, 400, 476

stage service to, from, 660

streets and roads in, 64n, 126-7, 258-9, 544-6, 586-7

superintendent of, 302, 553, 603-4n, 697

surveyors, 544-6, 553-4, 611n

Tiber Creek, 127, 259

warrant executions in, 138-40, 141-3

Washington Navy Yard, 586-7, 604n, 682-3

water street in, 224-5, 235-6, 255-60

wharves, 256-9

See also Anacostia River; District of Columbia

Washington, Fort, 8n

Washington Bridge Company, 604n

Washington Canal Company, 126-7, 259-60

Washington Federalist

prints accusations against H. Putnam, 388-9, 391, 409

prints anonymous letters, 19n

prints "Claudius" article, 410n

and sale of D.C. lots, 612n

TJ's opinion of, 119

watches

gold, 388

regulation of, 107, 108n

repair of, 13, 193-4

sold, 77

theft of, 388-9

watchmakers, 14n, 194n, 490n

Waterhouse, Benjamin, 443n

waterproofing, 533, 668-9

water purification

European experiments with, 431-5, 559-61

Raphaelle Peale's experiments with, 221, 254-5, 328, 432-3, 552, 560, 563n

TJ's interest in, x

Watkins, George, 711

Watson, Elkanah

identified, 527n

letter from, 526-7

recommends aspirants for office, 526-7, 538, 539

Watson, James (boatswain), 24

Watson, John, 131n, 699, 710

Watson, Thomas, 133n

Watson, William (Mass.), 555-6

Watson, William (N.J.), 324n, 325, 345-6, 348

Watson & Higginbotham

advise on Milton postmastership, 131

letter from cited, 131n, 716

letter to, 131

Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith), 231

weather

drought, xiii, 77n, 196, 479

frost, 483, 485n

Webb, John (S.C.), 450n, 513n, 706

Webber, Thomas, 710

Wedderburn, William

letter from cited, 716

seeks appointment, 579n, 716

Weisger, Daniel, 402, 578, 698, 706, 710

Welcome Return (ship), 599n

Wells, William, 627

Welscher, Joseph, 711

Welsh, David

letter from, 491

recommends aspirants for office, 491

West, Benjamin, xlvii

West, Edward, 490

West, Joseph, 577

West Indies

Charribs, 26

cotton production in, 25-6

Dutch West Indies, 310n

and France, 265

immigrants from, l

merchants in, 47, 48-9

physicians, 235n

privateering in, 26-7

removal of condemned slaves to, 469, 532

slavery in, 14-15, 25-6, 93

and Spain, 495

trade with U.S., 25-6, 133n, 365, 404, 453, 456

See also Guadeloupe, W.I.; Saint-Domingue, W.I.

West Point, N.Y.

military academy at, 120n, 553n, 656n

Weyer, Michael

claims discovery of silver mine, 451

letter from, 451

whaling, 539-40n

wharves, 256-9

wheat, 127, 473, 474, 503-4, 662

Wheaton, Joseph, 219

Wheaton, Seth, 602-3, 700, 704, 708

Whistler, John, 55-6, 144, 155-6

White, Alexander

and alterations to plan of Washington, D.C., 224-5, 235-6

as D.C. commissioner, 523

and dissolution of board of commissioners, 523

letters from, 224-5, 523, 586-7

letter to, 235-6

and Marine barracks, 586-7

White, Anthony Walton, 23, 53, 324

White, Enrique, vii, 7, 8n, 12

White, James (N.J.), 324n

White, William

Ashby and White, 231

White Eyes (Delaware Indian), 585n

White Eyes, George, 584, 585n

Whitman, Kilborn, 556n

Whitney, Thomas

identified, 598-9n

letter to, 598-9

TJ orders astronomical instruments from, 596, 598-9

Whitworth, Charles, 481, 484n

whooping cough, 390n, 647

Wickham, John, 50-1, 291n

Wicquefort, Abraham de

Ambassadeur et ses fonctions par monsieur de Wicquefort, 229

Widgery, William, 703, 707

Wilberforce, William, 533n

Wilkins, John, Jr., 32, 40, 41n

Wilkinson, James

and defense of Miss. Terr., 129n

and Indian treaty negotiations, 51-2, 132, 651-2n, 661n

seeks new appointment, 651-2, 660-1

Wilkinson, John, 626n

Wilkinson, Fort, 651n

Wilkinsonville, Cantonment (army post), 489, 551

Willets, Richard, 324n, 346n

William and Mary, College of, 241-2, 567

Williams, Benoni

letter from cited, 717

Williams, John (N.Y.), 460, 461n

Williams, Jonathan

and E. Watson, 527n

letter from, 486-8

observations on magnetism, 487

promotion of, 120n, 159, 160n

relationship to Franklin, 487n

Thermometrical Navigation, 486-8

at West Point, 656n

Williams, Robert, 342, 420n

Williams, Samuel, 245-6n

Williamson, John Postel, 711

Willing & Francis, 293n

Willis, John (Md.), 388n

Willock, Thomas, 549, 668, 690, 691n

Wilmington, Del.

Brandywine Village, 507n

collector at, 116-18, 509, 510n, 518, 542-4, 549, 567-8, 601-2, 628-30, 631n, 660, 677, 705

commissioners of bankruptcy, 602, 678-9, 709

flour milling in, 507n

inspector at, 503n

merchants, 678

newspapers, 386, 387n, 630, 631n

tanners, 678

Wilmington, N.C., 710

Wilson, Philip

claim on Congress, 242

identified, 226-7n

letter from cited, 226-7n

letters from, 226-7, 242

sends ship designs to TJ, 226-7, 242

Winchester, Stephen, 710

wine

Brazil, 524

burgundy, 655

claret, 242

damaged by frost, 483, 485n

Dufour's vineyards, 185, 186

duties on, 306, 307

grape varieties, xi, 159n

Lisbon, xiii, 201n

ordered by TJ, 61, 80, 90, 200-1, 244, 290, 306, 307, 404, 441, 674n

pajarete, 61, 118

promotion of viticulture in U.S., 12n

sauterne, 201n, 655

sherry, 61, 201n, 655

transportation of, 655

wine glasses, 508, 509

Wingate, Joshua, Jr., 52n, 120n

Wirt, William

letters to, from cited, 717

Wise, Peter, Jr., 154

Wistar, Caspar

advises on appointments, 112-13, 205-7, 564-5

as anatomist, 221-2

interest in scientific discoveries, 489, 565-6

letters from, 205-7, 564-6

letters to, 112-13, 227

and New Orleans marine hospital, 620n

TJ transmits papers, specimens to APS, 227

witchcraft, 30

Witt, Jan de

Lettres et negociations de Jean de Witt, 229

Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., xi, 50, 409-10

Wolff, Christian

Institutions du droit de la nature et des gens, 229

women

adultery, 392

black, 506-7

childbirth, 283n, 513n, 525, 619n

divorce, separation, 441, 443, 476

education of, 506-7

mantua-makers, 76

milliners, 76

murder of, ix, 283-4

rape, 88-9

slaves, 619n

widows, widowhood, 76, 204

Wood, Anthony à

Athenæ Oxonienses, 232

Wooddeson, Richard

Systematical View of the Laws of England, 230

Woodruff, George, 52, 53n, 391n

Woodward, Augustus Brevoort, 284n, 556

Wormeley, Hugh Wallace, 121

Worthington, Thomas

appointed supervisor of Northwest Terr., 211, 323, 325, 349

and charges against St. Clair, 355, 359, 360n

letter from, 514

sends tax receipts to TJ, 514

Wrede, John Frederic

letter from cited, 718

Wren, James, 385, 534, 535

Wright, Robert, 340n

Wyatt, Charles, 559

Wythe, George, 51n, 190, 191n