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lord-mayor of London, address of, to the king, on American affairs--biographical notice of (_note_), i. 604; his contemptuous treatment of a royal proclamation, i. 611; speech of, in Parliament, in relation to the British flight from Boston, ii. 86.

Wilkinson, Captain James, sent by Arnold to the relief of the Cedars (_note_), ii. 161; interview of, with General Lee, at the moment of his capture, ii. 358; connection of, with _Conway's Cabal_, ii. 579.

William and Mary College, chancellorship of, accepted by Washington, iii. 48.

Williams, Colonel Ephraim, surprised by Dieskau, while marching to the relief of Fort Edward--biographical notice of (_note_), i. 181.

Williams, Otho Holland, with the southern riflemen at the camp at Cambridge, i. 619; appointed brigadier under Wayne, in 1791, iii. 197.

Williams, second schoolmaster of Washington, i. 35, 45.

Williamsburg, convention at, proposed, to consider a proposition for a continental Congress, i. 395; resolutions adopted at the convention held at, in 1774, i. 401-405; convention at, in 1774--eloquent speech of Washington at--delegates to the general Congress appointed at, i. 407; preparations made at, by the allies, for the siege of Yorktown, ii. 731.

Will of Washington, true copy of (_note_), iii. 535.

Will's creek, retreat of Washington to, from Great Meadows, in 1754,