Virginia, church and state in, 78-85; on five per cent. impost, 104; paper money in, 170; takes possession of northwestern territory, 188-191; cedes it to the United States, 194; plan for new federal government, 233-242; its reception by the convention, 242; compromise as to representation of slaves, 259-262; resents the compromise between South Carolina and the New England states, 265; debates on the Constitution, 335-337; ratifies it, 337. "Visionary young men," i.e., Hamilton, Madison, Gouverneur Morris, etc., 318. Waddington, Joshua, 127. Walpole, Horace, 16. Walpole, Sir Robert, 296. War, the Civil, 55, 256, 262; contrast with Revolutionary, 101-103; cost of Revolutionary, 166. Washington, George, marches from Yorktown to the Hudson River, 51; disbands the army, 51; resigns his command, 52; goes home to Mount Vernon, 53; his "legacy" to the American people, 54; on the right of coercion, 100; urges half-pay for retired officers, 106; supposed scheme for making him king, 107; his masterly speech at Newburgh, 110; president of the Cincinnati, 115; on the weakness of the confederation, 162; wishes to hang speculators in bread-stuffs, 164; disapproves of Connecticut's reservation of a tract of western land, 193; approves of Ohio Company, 203; his views on the need for canals between east and west, 212; important meeting held at his house, 214; is chosen delegate to the Federal Convention, 221; president of the convention, 229; his solemn warning, 231, 303; his suggestion as to the basis of representation, 252; asks if he shall put the question on the motion of Wilson and Pinckney, 277; disapproves of electing executive by the legislature, 279; sends draft of the Constitution to Congress, 307; called a fool by the Antifederalists, 313; approves of amendments, but opposes a second convention, 329; unanimously chosen president of the United States, 346; his journey to New York, 349; his inauguration, 350. Washington, William, 334. Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, 83. Watt, James, 60, 267. Wayne, Anthony, 50. Wealth as a basis of representation, 257. Webster, Daniel, 56, 206, 276. Webster, Pelatiah, 101, 222. Weems, Mason, 83. Wesley, John, 85. West, Rev. Samuel, 322. West India trade, 138, 164. Whigs, British, sympathize with revolutionary party in America, 2. Whiskey as currency in North Carolina, 165. White, Abraham, 324. Whitefield, George, 85. Whitehill, Robert, 313. Whitney, Eli, 267. William the Silent, 55. Wilson, James, 228, 243, 246, 248, 251, 261, 274, 277, 279, 281, 282, 299, 300, 312, 313, 316. Witenagemot, 66. Worcester Spy, 165. Wraxall's Memoirs, 2. Wyoming, troubles in, 148-150. Wythe, George, 228. Yates, Robert, 225, 242, 244, 246, 254, 340, 341. Yazoo boundary, 33, 208. FOOTNOTES: [1] In recent years Georgia has been one of the first states to abandon this bad practice.