White Plains,
    battle at, i. 173.

  Wilkinson, James,
    brings Gates’s message to Washington at Trenton, i. 180;
    brings news of Saratoga to Congress, 220;
    nettled at Sherman’s sarcasm, discloses Conway cabal, 220;
    quarrels with Gates, 223;
    resigns from board of war, 223, 226;
    leads expedition against Indians, ii. 95.

  Willett, Colonel,
    commissioner to Creeks, his success, ii. 91.

  William and Mary College,
    Washington Chancellor of, ii. 339.

  Williams,
    Washington’s teacher, i. 48, 51.

  Willis, Lewis,
    story of Washington’s school days, i. 95.

  Wilson, James,
    appointed to Supreme Court, ii. 72.

  Wilson, James, “of England,”
    hunts with Washington, i. 115.

  Wolcott, Oliver,
    receives Fauchet letter, ii. 195;
    succeeds Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury, 246.

  Wooster, Mrs.,
    letter of Washington to, ii. 61.

  YORKTOWN,
    siege of, i. 315-318.

  “Young Man’s Companion,”
    used by George Washington, origin of his rules of conduct, i. 52.