110
Wells, William, to M. (1793) on money, 1, 2
West, Benjamin, interest in M., 1, 42, 44, 46, 47, 62, 73, 85, 102, 103,
    114, 179
  anecdote of George III and Declaration of Independence, 42, 43
  Christ healing the Sick, 44
  Christ before Pilate, 44, 47
  activity and powers in old age, 44
  M. on, as artist, 63, 68, 69
  on Philadelphia as art centre, 73
  gout, 85
West.  W.E., and M., 1, 309
Western, Mass., tavern (1805), 1, 9
Western Union Telegraph Company, passes a dividend (1867), 2, 460
“What hath God wrought” message, 2, 222
Wheatstone, Sir Charles, and relay, 2, 42
  telegraph, 50
  M. on telegraph and his own, 90, 92, 93, 100-102, 242
  opposes patent to M., 93
  progress of telegraph, 150
  proposition to M. rejected. 158
  gets American patent, 166
  Henry on telegraph, 171, 173
  and ground circuit, 243, 250
  telegraph displaced by M.’s, 313, 350
Wheeler, ——­, return to America (1812), 1, 80
Wheeler, F.B., on M.’s character, 2, 493
  at M.’s funeral, 511
  at memorial services, 516
Whig Convention (1844), report by telegraph, 2, 220
White, Chandler, and Atlantic cable, 2, 343
Whitehouse, E.O.W., experiments for Atlantic cable, 2, 348, 366
  and laying of first cable, 377
  log, 378
Whitney.  Eli, and M.’s pump, 1, 211
Wilberforce, William, and M., 1, 89, 94
  and War of 1812, 90
  and slave-trade, 135
  character, 140
  and final overthrow of Napoleon, 185
Willard, J.S., death, 1, 8
William Joliffe, Channel steamer (1845), 2, 250
Williams, H.I., from M. (1847) on law suits, 2, 272
Willington, R.S., from M. (1835) on Catholic plot, 2, 35
Wilson, D.W., and origin of Academy of Design, 1, 280
Wilson, J.L., and Civil War, 2, 416
Windsor, Vt., M. at and on (1816), 1, 207, 208
Winslow, Hubbard, and Civil War, 2, 416
Wire, M. and underground, 2, 121
  experiment with submarine, 183
  duplex telegraphy, 185, 187
  failure of underground, for experimental line, 205, 209-211, 214, 216
  insulation for experimental line, 208, 209, 215
  use of naked, 208
  overhead, for experimental line, 210, 215
  use of ground circuit, 221, 367, 470
Wireless telegraphy, M.’s experiment, 2, 186, 187, 242, 243
Wiseman, N.P.S., meets M., 1, 377
Women, M. on appearance of English, 1, 35
Wood, Fernando, and memorial services for M., 2, 513, 515
Wood, George, to M. (1849) on harassments, 2, 303;
  and extension of patent, letter to M. (1854), 324, 325
  to M. (1865) on slavery argument, 432
  from M. (1864) on divine hand in progress of telegraph, 435
  on wayward sons, enigma of wealth, 436
  (1866) on benevolent uses of wealth from