War of 1812, preparations for, 208-09; motives for, 208-10; vote for, 210; political aspects of, 212-13, 216-17, 223-27; land operations of, 213-14, 217-18, 220-23; naval operations, 215-16, 218-19, 221-22; in the Southwest, 219-20; end of, 228; results of, 231-244, 282. Washington, George, on the prospects of the United States, 1; on Tories, 3; resigns commission, 6; on the West, 16; on Shays' Rebellion, 23; in the Federal Convention, 29; on the growth of industry, 46-47; elected President, 48; inauguration, 48-50; appointments of, 54-55; and the Bank Bill, 62-63; levees of, 65; reelected President, 66-67; proclaims neutrality, 73; sends Jay on mission to England, 79; and the Whiskey Insurrection, 82-83; censures Democratic Clubs, 83-84; and the Jay Treaty, 86-88; Farewell Address, 91-92; appointed head of provisional army, 102. Wasp, American sloop-of-war, 215. Watauga settlement, 14. Wayne, Anthony, wins battle of Fallen Timber, 80-81; secures Treaty of Greenville, 87. Webster, Daniel, on the principle of protection, 237; on universal suffrage, 305; and the Tariff of 1828, 330; influence at the federal bar, 333; counsel for Dartmouth College, 342. Wellington, Duke of, 214, 228-29. West, Benjamin, 285. West, the, social aspects, 252, 299-300; political aspects, 298, 303-04; intellectual aspects, 300-01, 302; religious aspects, 301-02; education in, 302-03. Western lands, speculation in, 26. West Florida, claimed by the United States, 151, 158-59; revolt in, 203-04; annexed in part, 204. Whiskey Insurrection, the, 81-83. Whitney, Eli, 127. Wilkinson, James, in Kentucky, 68; his relation to Burr's conspiracy, 172-75, 177; in the campaign of 1813, 218; occupies West Florida, 219. Wilson, James, in the Federal Convention, 31; appointed Associate Justice, 54. Wirt, William, 333, 345. Wolcott, Oliver, 89. Woolen manufacturing, beginnings of, 235; after the War of 1812, 235-36. X Y Z affair, 98-100. Yazoo land controversy, 168-70, 342.