Union, The, and its connection with social and individual life,293.
Verplanck, Mr.,63,66.
Washington, George, passes through New Haven,5;is escorted by N. W.,6;his virtues commemorated in a spelling-book,39;Mirabeau, conscious of his own defects, wishes children early taught the name of,47;visited by N. W.,56;defended by N. W. against the Republicans,131;his connection with the French difficulties,132.
Waterston, R. C.,184.
Watson, James,130.
Webster, Daniel, letter to, from N. W.,57;his part in passing copyright law,66.
Webster, Mercy,3.
Webster, Noah, born,2;his ancestry,3;his early education,4;at Yale College,4;escorts Washington and Lee through New Haven,6;serves as private in the Revolutionary Army,7;graduates and takes up school-teaching,8;studies law and teaches in Hartford,9;is admitted to the bar,9;resumes teaching at Sharon,9;has a tender regard for R. P.,11;goes on sleighing parties,11;the influences about his youth,13-32;enters upon the making of school-books,33;his Grammatical Institute,34;his portrait,35;his aim in his early writings,38;his hints at orthographic reform,40;his early conversion in the matter of grammars,42;issues a new grammar,43;his views on usage,44;appeals to the pride of his countrymen,45;his Federalism,46;his attention to the political interests of America in his reading-book,47;not a mere Anglo-phobian,50;his weakness and strength,51;sets out to secure copyright laws,52;makes a journey to Southern States,56;writes a letter to Daniel Webster on copyright laws,57-61;his publication of his Spelling-Book,69;his contracts with book-sellers,70;his venture in the American Magazine,78;his magazine projects,80-93;his enterprise,94;his publication of Winthrop's Journal,95;marries Rebecca Greenleaf,96;is outside of the Hartford Wits,97;writes a letter to Priestley,104;contributes to the*"Connecticut Courant,"111;publishes a pamphlet entitled "Sketches of American Policy,"113;the product of certain forces,118;goes to Philadelphia at Franklin's request,128;writes "An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution,"129;editor of "The Minerva,"130;his defense of the administration,133;discusses the French Revolution,134;writes "The Times,"134;publishes a pamphlet on the French Revolution,136;defends Jay's Treaty,137;mistaken for Hamilton by Jefferson,138;his editorial skill,138;what he thought of slavery,139;closes his connection with "The Minerva,"142;publishes further political works,142;his attack on Jefferson,144;at the polls,145;is concerned in the Hartford Convention,146;the ephemeral character of his political writings,148;his general average,151;his likeness to Franklin,152;writes "The Prompter,"153;his interest in the people,161;his taste for statistics,162;his theological writings,167;his revision of the Bible,168-181;is discouraged about his prospects,184;his pecuniary resources,186;his pioneer efforts in spelling reform,187;his sympathy with Franklin,190;his formal views on spelling reform,192-202;his doctrine of usage,208;his varied method of disseminating his views,213;his mental habits,215;his Compendious Dictionary,216;introduces new features,217;criticises Dr. Johnson,219-225;replies to J. Pickering,226-232;the improvement in his style,233;his announcement of his great work,235;his labor upon it,236;visits Europe,237;completes his work with Gibbonian emotion,238;his individuality,275;his proprietorship in the present edition of the Dictionary,276;his industry after publication of the first edition,277;his personal appearance, family life, and death,278,279;his place in history,280;what he attempted,282;and what he did,286;a representative American,289;his career illustrative of the individuality resident in early national life,294.
Webster, Noah, Sr., a Connecticut farmer,2;his character and offices,3;captain in the alarm list,7.
Webster, William G.,70.
West Hartford, N. W.'s birth-place,1,279.
Wethersfield, within driving distance of Hartford,11.
"Whistle, The,"160.
Williamson, Hugh,55.
Winthrop, John: his letters compared with those of Adams,49.
Winthrop's Journal, published by N. W.,83,85,95,96.
Wolcott, Oliver, N. W.'s classmate,4;written to by Trumbull on N. W.,96.
Yale College, N. W.'s alma mater,4;its impoverished condition during the war for independence,8;distinctions in rank at,16;proportion of ministers among the graduates of,17;condition of its library in 1765,23.
Yates, Mr. Justice,61.