Federalists refused to support, 220;
soldiers poorly equipped, 220;
Dearborn commands on Canadian border, 221;
failure of plans, 222;
offers to resign, 222;
cowardice and loss at Queenstown Heights, 222;
valour of Scott, 223;
Armstrong's plans, 223;
valour of Jacob Brown, 223;
battle at York, 223;
dismal failures, 223;
Wilkinson relieves Dearborn, 223;
Hampton ordered to Plattsburgh, 224;
complete failure of plans, 224;
Buffalo burned and Fort Niagara captured, 224;
quarrels of generals and secretary of war, 224;
Perry's victory, 225;
Brown in command, 225;
character and career of, 225-6;
Scott promoted, 225;
battles at Chippewa, Lundy's Lane, Fort Erie, and Plattsburgh, 226;
brilliant leadership, 227;
Federalists talk of disunion, 227;
Washington captured and banks suspend specie payments, 227;
Hartford con. favours New England confederacy, 228;
alarming condition of affairs, 229;
battle of New Orleans, 229;
treaty of peace, 229;
valour of troops, 230.

Warren, Joseph, Buffalo _Courier_, iii. 201;
urges Seymour to accept nomination, 1868, 201;
secures Church's consent to run for gov., 1874, 312;
hot shot at Kelly, 313;
a leading Dem. editor, 420.

Washington, George, on independence, i. 2;
not desired, 2;
on Schuyler, 18;
on George Clinton, 22, 36;
on Hamilton, 26;
inauguration of, 44;
appoints Jay chief justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 114;
on inland navigation in New York, 241.

Watson, James, supports Burr for gov., 1792, i. 50;
elected to U.S. Senate, 70;
service and character of, 71.

Webb, James Watson, leaves Jackson party, 1832, i. 393;
editor of _Courier and Enquirer_, 393.

Career of, ii. 161-2;
duel with Marshall, 161;
challenges Cilley, 161;
appearance of, 161;
unites _Courier_ with _Enquirer_, 162;
supports the Silver-Grays, 162;
defeated for minister to Austria, 162;
candidate for U.S. Senate, 161-2;
endorses Weed's compromise, 337.

Webster, Daniel, on Philip Schuyler, i. 18;
teller at John Q. Adams' election, 343;
defeats Van Buren, 387;
United States Bank, 393.

Weed, Joel, father of Thurlow, i. 317;
could not make a living, 317;
moved five times in ten years, 317.

Weed, Smith M., dispatches sent from South Carolina, 1876, iii. 351.

Weed, Thurlow, on Albany Regency, i. 294;
career, character, and gifts of, 317-19;
precocious, 318;
friends of best p