Chapter V

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 150
Vergennes, Count Charles Gravier de, 134, 135, 145, 146, 151,
152, 153, 154
Versailles, France, 104, 145, 154
Virginia Resolves, 94
Voltaire, 157, 168

W
Walking Purchase, the, 61-62
Warwick, Rhode Island, 130
Washington, General George, 64, 65, 66, 71, 124, 126, 130, 135,
137, 139, 148, 150, 162, 178, 179, 183, 185
Watt (London printer), 25
“Way to Wealth, The,” 74, 110, 147
Wedderburn, Alexander, 117-18
Wentworth, Paul, 152-53
Whately, William, 115, 116, 117
Whig Club, 80
“Whistle, The,” 171
Whitehead, Paul, 114-15
William and Mary College, 45, 60
Williamsburg, Virginia, 45, 94
Wilson, Benjamin, 150, 162
Wilson, James, 180
Wygate (Benjamin’s London friend), 25-26
Wyndham, Sir William, 26