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complaints of the conduct of Commodore Barney in, iii. 467.

West Point, fortifications at, commenced by Bernard Romans, ii. 127; headquarters of Washington at--letter of Washington to Doctor Cochran, showing the style of living at (_note_), ii. 660; information given to the British by Arnold, respecting, ii. 698; the military academy at, suggested by Washington, iii. 456.

Wheatley, Phillis, a slave, biographical notice of, ii. 54; her correspondence with Washington, ii. 55, 56; poem written by, addressed to Washington, ii. 57.

Whipple, Captain, the schooner _Gaspé_ taken and burned by a party under--threat of Sir James Wallace to hang, i. 381; vessels placed under the command of, by the assembly of Rhode Island, i. 739.

"Whiskey Insurrection," language of Washington in relation to the,