Chapter V: Valangin, liturgy of, 291

Valentine, E. V., 175, 176

Valentine, Mann S., 275

Valentine Museum, 175

Valley Forge, 85

Van Buren, Martin, 464, 492

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, endows Vanderbilt University, 498

Vanderbilt University, 500

Vanderlip, Frank A., on Washington, 101-150

Van Scheliha, 369

Vaudreuil, 341

Vick, Wm., 438

Vicksburg, xxx;
H. F. Simrall on, 433-447;
late origin of, 433-438;
description of, 438-440;
siege of, 440-447

Vincennes, G. R. Clark captures, 510, 514

Vine and Olive Company, the, 357

Vining, Thomas, 111, 112

_Viper_, the, 239, 240

Virginia, and the national capital, 108, 116;
gives bust of Lafayette to France, 173;
English colonization of, 249;
legislature of, and Louisville, 514;
_see also_ Richmond and Williamsburg.

W

Waddell, Hugh, 238, 239

Wagner, massacre of, 284

Wakefield, Ala., 353

Walker, Percy, 361

Wallace, Gen. Lew, defends Washington, 141

Walnut Hills, Vicksburg, 433, 438

Walter’s _Flora Caroliniana_, 272

War of 1812, Southern cities in, _see_ individual cities

War, the Civil, _see_ individual cities

War Office, U. S., 126

Warrenton, Mississippi, 433

Washburn, Rev. Cephas, 544

Washington, City of, xxix;
F. A. Vanderlip on, 101-150;
prediction of, 103-106;
selection of site, 106-115;
Washington’s influence, 115-119;
Act of 1790, 116;
planning of, 119;
naming of, 120;
the Capitol, 121;
the White House, 125;
seat of government removed to, 126;
agitation for removal of capital, 130;
War of 1812, 131-136;
rebuilding, 137;
ante-bellum days, 138-141;
the Civil War, 141;
the reforms of Shepherd, 142-146

Washington, George, 85, 87, 101, 150, 168, 303, 340, 492;
in Baltimore, 24;
at Annapolis, 59, 72;
at Frederick, 96;
in French and Indian War, 78-80, 85;
quoted, 80, 148;
nominated to command of Continental armies, 87;
and the genesis of Washington City, 103-119;
lays corner-stone of Capitol, 122;
retirement of, 125;
Houdon’s statue of, 165;
Crawford’s statue of, 166, 167;
in Richmond, 173;
at Yorktown, 187;
at Williamsburg, 196, 214;
in Charleston, 286;
in Savannah, 299, 320, 325;
and William Blount, 452, 453

Washington, Wm. A., 84

Washington College, Pa., 208

Washington Monument, the, 36, 44

Watauga, settlement of, 450, 479, 480, 484, 486

Watters’s Battery, 364

Watterson, Henry, 506, 534

Watkins, George C., 548

Wayne, Gen. Anthony, at Savannah, 318

Weatherford, 355

Webster, Daniel, xxiii, 140, 141, 464;
quoted, 117

_Weehawken_, the, 324

Wegg, Atty.-Gen. E. R., 343

Weld’s _Travels_, 214

Wellington, xxx, 132;
in Spain, 357

Wells, W. C., _Theory of Dew_, 272

Wesley, John, in Georgia, 298, 308-310

Wesley Monumental Church, Savannah, 310

West, Benjamin, 274

West, Joseph, 252

West Florida, 344, 346, 352

Westminster Abbey, 271

Whetstone Point, Md., 6, 11,
22

White and the national capital, 115

White House, the, 125, 126, 482;
of the Confederacy, 178, 179

White, Hugh L., 463-465

White, James, founds Knoxville, 449, 451, 452

Whitefield, George, in Georgia, 287, 298, 308, 310, 311

“White’s Fort,” 451

Whitney and the cotton-gin, 298, 306

Whittier, 98

Wilkinson, Gen. James, takes Mobile, 352, 353

William III., 54, 57

William and Mary College, 194, 199, 201, 206-208, 214-216;
_see also_ Williamsburg

William of Orange, 61

Williamsburg, xxix, 162, 296;
Lyon G. Tyler on, 185-217;
its site, 185-188;
settlement of, 190;
Bacon’s Rebellion, 191;
capital removed to, 194;
before the Revolution, 196-201;
the Convention of 1776, 201-204;
capital removed to Richmond, 206;
William and Mary College, 206-208;
social life in, 208-213;
the Civil War, 215;
since the war, 216

Williamson, Hugh, 228

Wills, Rev. John, 233

Wilmington, N. C., xxx;
Bishop J. B. Cheshire on, 219-247;
physical background, 219-222;
neighboring towns, 223-234;
founding of, 234;
early history, 235-238;
resists Stamp Act, 238-240;
in the Revolution, 240-244;
in the Civil War, 244-247

Wilson, Alexander, 504, 518

Wilson, Augusta Evans, 376, 377

Winder, General, at Bladensburg, 132

_Winona_, the, 368

Wirt, Wm., quoted, 174

Wise, Henry A., 168

Wolseley, Lord, on the siege of Charleston, 280

Woodbine, 355

Woodward, Captain, quoted, 380, 388

Wragg, Wm., 271

Wright, General, 315

Wright, Gov. Sir J., 294, 312

Wright’s Ferry and the national capital, 108

Wythe, George, 160, 213, 214

Y

Yale College, 208

Yancey at Montgomery, 379, 399-404, 408

Yarborough, John W., xxviii

Yeamans, Sir John, 229, 231, 251

Yell, Archibald, 548

Yerger, Senator George, 440

York, Pa., 10, 11

Yorktown, xix, 24, 165, 186, 188, 244, 299

Z

Zogbaum, Rufus Fairchild, 276

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Page ix: “PROVINCIAL FORCES 6” “PROVINCIAL FORCES 9”
Page 67: “Royal, Republican,” “Royal, Republicans,”
Page 107: “City was indentified with” “City was identified with”
Page 122: “which the Commisioners” “which the Commissioners”
Page 138: “with woful languor” “with woeful languor”
Page 220: “Immmediately in its front” “Immediately in its front”
Page 273: “and icthyologist” “and ichthyologist”
Page 275: “300 portraits dur a” “300 portraits during a”
Page 300: “But it w reserved” “But it was reserved”
Page 386: “the vocifferous patriot” “the vociferous patriot”
Page 397: “was ready in in the fall” “was ready in the fall”
Page 530: “contents was discharged” “contents were discharged”
Page 558: “siempre fiel cuidad” “siempre fiel ciudad”