fanciful story on it,424n.;overlooks M.'s earlier decision on question,427-29;and American Colonization Society,474;and recharter of the Bank,530;on Nullification, M.'s commendation,572.Webster, Ezekiel, on War of 1812,4,46n.Webster, Noah, on Jacobin enthusiasm,2,35n.;on license of the press,530;and biography of Washington,3,225n.Weems, Mason L., biography of Washington,3,225n.,231n.;character,231;career,231n.;soliciting agent for M.'s biography of Washington,231-34,252;his orders for books,252n.,253n.Weld, Isaac, on hardships of travel,1,250;on William and Mary,272;on lack of comforts,274;on drinking,281;on passion for military titles,328n.;on attacks on Washington,2,117n.Wentworth, John, charter for Dartmouth College,4,224.West, and attitude toward Union, Spanish intrigue,3,282-85,297,299,554;Burr turns to,286;M. on internal improvements and (1812),4,43-45;War of 1812 and migration,57;See alsoBurr conspiracy; Frontier; Yazoo lands.West Florida, expected war with Spain over,3,284,285,295,301,306,312,383n.West Virginia, M. anticipates formation,4,571.Western claims, Georgia claim and cession,3,553,569,570,573.Western Reserve, cession,2,446;Granger's connection,3,578.Westmoreland County, Vs., slave population (1790),1,21n.Wharton, Colonel, and Swartwout and Bollmann,3,344.Wheaton, Joseph, and Burr,3,304n.Wheelock, Eleazer, and origin of Dartmouth College,4,223-26;and Bellamy,227.Wheelock, John, President of Dartmouth College,4,226;in Revolution,226n.;troubles and removal,227,228;reëlected under State reorganization,232.Whiskey Insurrection, opposition to Federal excise,2,86,87;outbreak,87;democratic societies and,88,89;M. and,89,90;Jefferson's support,90;political effect,91.Whitaker, Nathaniel, and Dartmouth College,4,223.White, Abraham, in Ratification Convention,1,345.White, Samuel, and Pickering impeachment,3,167,168n.White House, in 1801,3,2.Whitehill, Robert, in Ratification Convention,1,329.Whitney, Eli, cotton gin,3,555.Whittingtonvs.Polk,3,612.Wickham, John, as lawyer,1,173;mock argument with M.,2,184;Warevs.Hylton,188;and Chase impeachment,3,176;Burr's counsel, at preliminary hearing,373,379,407;Burr and M. at dinner with,394-97;on motion to commit Burr for treason,416,418,424;and subpœna to Jefferson,435;on preliminary proof of overt act,485;on overt act,491-94;counsel in Huntervs.Fairfax's Devisee,4,151;practitioner before M.,237n.Wickliffe, Charles A., bill on Supreme Court,4,380.Widgery, William, in Ratification Convention,1,344,345,350.Wilkins, William, and Burr,3,311n.Wilkinson, James, Conway Cabal,1,121-23;as Spanish agent,3,283,284,316,320n.,337n.;and Burr's plans, proposes Mexican invasion,290,294,297,460;and rumors of disunion plans,297;plans to abandon Burr,298,300n.,320;at Louisiana frontier, expected to bring on war,302,308,314;Burr's cipher letter,307-09,614,615;letters to Adair and Smith,314;and Swartwout,320,354n.,465;revelation to Jefferson,321-23,433,518-22;ordered to New Orleans,324;pretended terror,328;appeal for money to Viceroy,329;and to Jefferson,330;reign of terror in New Orleans,330-37;sends Jefferson a version of Burr's letter,334;Jefferson's message on it,339,341;affidavit and version of Burr's letter in Swartwout case,341,352-56;House debate on conduct,358-60;and Burr in Mississippi, denounced there,364,365;attendance awaited at trial of Burr,383,393,415,416,429,431,432,440;arrival and conduct,456,457;Jackson denounces,457;before grand jury, barely escapes indictment,463,464;swallows Swartwout's insult,471;fear, Jefferson bolsters,472,477;attachment against,473-75;andChesapeake-Leopardaffair,476;personal effect of testimony,523;Daveiss's pamphlet on,525.William and Mary College, M. at,1,154;conditions during period of M.'s attendance,155-58,272;Phi Beta Kappa,158;debating,159;fees from surveys,179n.Williams, ——, counsel for Bollmann,3,453.Williams, Isaac, trial and pardon,2,495,3,26.Williams, Robert, in debate on repeal of Judiciary Act,3,73.Williamsburg, and frontier minute men,1,75;"Palace,"163n.Williamson, ——, loyalist, mobbed,1,214.Williamson, Charles, and Burr,3,288,289.Wills, of M.'s putative great-grandfather,1,483,484;of M.'s grandfather,485;M.'s,4,525n.Wilson, James, and Ratification in Pennsylvania,1,329,332;and in Virginia,401;and common-law jurisdiction,3,24-26;and British precedents,28n.;on declaring acts void,115n.,117;and Yazoo lands,548,555;in Federal Convention, on obligation of contracts,558n.Wilsonvs.Mason,3,17n.Wine, M. as judge,4,79.See alsoDrinking.Wirt, William, on William and Mary,1,156n.;on frontiersmen,236n.;on M.'s appearance,2,168,169;on M. as lawyer,192,193,195,196;on social contrasts (1803),3,13;Letters of a British Spy,13n.;in Callender trial,38-40,190,203;prosecutes Burr,407;dissipation,407n.;on motion to commit Burr for treason,417;on subpœna to Jefferson,438,439;on preliminary proof of overt act,485;on overt act,495-97,616-18;on M. at trial,517,521;in trial for misdemeanor,522;on M.'s personality,4,91n.;as practitioner before M.,95,135n.;on long arguments,95n.;on Pinkney,131n.,134n.;counsel in Dartmouth College case,239,253;and Kent,256n.;counsel in M'Cullochvs.Maryland,284;and in Cohensvs.Virginia,357;on importance of Supreme Court,369n.;on Oakley,424;counsel in Gibbonsvs.Ogden,424,427;and in Brownvs.Maryland,455;and in Cherokee Nationvs.Georgia,541,544,547;and in Worcestervs.Georgia,549.Wolcott, Alexander, and Justiceship,4,110.Wolcott, Oliver [1], on Giles,2,84n.Wolcott, Oliver [2], on support of new government (1791),2,61n.,148;on French Revolution,92;on M. and new French mission,433;on M.'s reply to Adams's address (1799),434;on M.'s position in Congress,436,437;underhand opposition to Adams,488n.,493,517n.;Auroraon,491;on M. as Secretary of State,492,493;on Federalist defeat in M.'s district,515;on Republican influence over Adams,518;and Hamilton's attack on Adams,527n.;and M. and Jefferson-Burr contest,536;banquet to,548;on enlargement of Federal Judiciary,548;appointment as Circuit Judge,559,560;on Washington (1800),3,4,8,8n.;on Jefferson and popularity,19n.;on M.'s biography of Washington,233.Women, education in colonial Virginia,1,18n.,24n.;M.'s attitude,198,4,71,72.Wood, John, attacks on Federalists,2,379,409;book suppressed by Burr,380n.;character,3,316n.Woodbridge, Dudley, testimony in Burr trial,3,489.Woodbury, Levi, hears Dartmouth College case,4,234.Woodford, William, battle of Great Bridge,1,76;in battle of Germantown,103.Woodward, William H., and Dartmouth College case,4,233,239n.,273.Woodworth, John, opinion on Livingston steamboat monopoly,4,449.Worcester, Samuel A., arrest by Georgia,4,547;pardoned,552n.See alsoCherokee Indians.Worcester, Mass., and Ratification,1,341.Worcestervs.Georgia.SeeCherokee Indians.Workman, James, and Burr,3,295;and Wilkinson's reign of terror,335.Wright, John C., counsel in Osbornvs.Bank,4,385.Wright, Robert, at Chase trial,3,183n.;on Yazoo claims,600.Wylly, Thomas, and Yazoo lands act,3,546,547.Wythe, George, M. attends law lectures,1,154;as professor,157;as judge,173;candidacy for Ratification Convention,359;in the Convention: Chairman,368;appearance,373;and recommendatory amendments,469;and Judiciary Act of, 1789,3,129;Commonwealthvs.Caton,611.X. Y. Z. Mission, M.'s financial reason for accepting,2,211-13,371-73;Auroraon M.'s appointment,218,219;M. in Philadelphia awaiting voyage,214-18;Adams on M.'s fitness,218;M.'s outward voyage,219-21,229;as turning point in M.'s career,221;task,221;French depredations on neutral trade,223-25;Pinckney not received as Minister,224;Adams's address to Congress, French demand for withdrawal,225,226,255,262,316;wisdom of appointment,226;selection of envoys, Gerry,226-29;envoys at The Hague, Gerry's delay,230,231;influence of 18th Fructidor,244;Washington on expectations,244;journey to Paris,245;M.'s pessimistic view of prospects,246;venality of French Government,247-49;and victims of French depredations,249;Talleyrand's opinion of United States,250;Talleyrand's position and need of money,251;Gerry's arrival,251;Talleyrand's informal reception, meeting visualized,251,253;Talleyrand's measure of the envoys,252;Talleyrand and King's conciliatory letter,252,253;Church's hint,254;Paine's interference,254;American instructions,255;origin of name,256,339;depredations continue, protests of envoys,257,258,270,271-277,283,284,310,313,331;Gerry's opposition to action,258;Federalist opinions of Gerry,258n.,295,296,363-65;first unofficial agent's proposal of loan and bribe,259-61;division of envoys on unofficial negotiations and bribe,260,261,264,314-17;second unofficial agent,261;other French demands,262;further urging of loan and bribe,263,265-67,273-76,291,313,314,315,317,318;proposed return for instructions,265;and British-American and British-French relations,271,283,295,312,321,322;and treaty of Campo Formio,271-73;third unofficial agent,276;intrigue and private conferences with Gerry,276-78,287,294,295,310,311,313,333;intimidation,278,311;threat of overthrowing Federalists,278-81,283,286,311;decision against further unofficial negotiations,281;threat to asperse envoys in United States,281,312,318-20,327;division on addressing Talleyrand directly,282;newspaper calumny,282,331;Talleyrand's refusal to receive envoys,284;female agent to work on Pinckney,290;attempt to use debt to Beaumarchais,292-94;desire of M. and Pinckney to terminate, demand for passports,296,309,310,314,326,327,331,332;preparation of American memorial,296,297;its importance,297;its contents,297-309;necessity of American neutrality,298-301;review of Genêt's conduct,301-03;free ships, free goods, and Jay Treaty,303-05;defense of Jay Treaty,305-08;memorial ignored,310;French plan to retain Gerry,312,315,317,320,323,324,326,331;meetings with Talleyrand,315,317;dissension,316,328;M.'s assertion of purely American attitude,319;M. on loan as ultimatum,321;Talleyrand's reply to memorial,323-26;complaint against American newspaper attacks,324;insult to M. and Pinckney,325,332;American rejoinder,326,328-31;Gerry stays,327,328,333,363;reply on complaint about newspapers,329-31;departure of M. and Pinckney,332;M.'s farewell to friends,333;Pinckney on Gerry and M.,333,365;conditions in United States during,335;French reports in United States,335;arrival of first dispatches, Adams's warning to Congress,336;Republican demand for dispatches,336-38;effect of publication, war spirit, Republican about face,338-43,363;M.'s return and reception,343-55;Jefferson's call on M.,346,347;origin of "millions for defense" slogan,348;M.'s addresses on,350,352,353,571-73;Adams's statement of policy,351;effect on Federalist Party,355-57,361;Jefferson's attempt to undo effect,359-61,368;effect of dispatches in Europe,363;Talleyrand's demand on Gerry for the X. Y. Z. names,364,366;M.'s fear of Gerry's stay,365;Adams and M.'s journal,366;Gerry's defense, M. and question of rejoinder,367-69;Giles's sneer and Bayard's answer (1802),3,77,80.Yates, Joseph C., on Livingston steamboat monopoly,4,406.Yazoo lands, Rutledge on (1802),3,88;and Chase impeachment,174;sale act (1795), graft,546-50;provisions,550,551;popular denunciation of act,551,559-62;and Indian titles,552,569,570,592;earlier grant,554;character of second companies,554;and invention of cotton gin,555,556;matter before first congresses,560,569,570;repeal of grant, theatricalism,562-66;Hamilton's opinion on validity of titles,562,563;resale, "innocent purchasers" and property rights,566,578-80,586,588-90,598;National interest, pamphlets,570-72;and cession of Georgia's Western claim,574;report of Federal Commission,574;claim before Congress, Randolph's opposition,574-83,595-602;memorial of New England Mississippi Company,576;popular support of Randolph,581;obstacles to judicial inquiry,583;friendly suit, Fletchervs.Peck before Circuit Court,583,584;case before Supreme Court, first hearing,585;question of collusion, Johnson's separate opinion,585,592,601;second hearing,585;M.'s opinion,586-91;legality of grant, effect of corruption,587,598,599;unconstitutionality of repeal, impairment of obligation of contracts,590,591;attitude of Administration,592;importance of opinion,593-95,602;congressional denunciation of opinion,595-601;popular support of denunciation,599;local influences on settlement,601;settlement,602.York, Me., and Ratification,1,341.Young, Daniel, and disestablishment in New Hampshire,4,230n.Zubly, John J., denounced by Chase,3,185n.