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improvements, 1.85; opposing counsel to Wm. Wirt, 129; debate with Hayne, 155, 307, 309; private A. S. appeal from G., 214; invited to Faneuil Hall meeting, 487, does not attend, 499; construes Constitution like abolitionists, 499; addressed under cover by Clay, 501; dodges vote on Arkansas, : 80; preferred to Harrison by G., 82; silent at Preston's threat, 247.
Weld, Theodore Dwight [b. Hampton, Ct., November 23, 1803], drops Colon.
Soc., 1.299; leaves Lane Seminary, 454, 2.327; tribute from G., 51; discourse to 70 agents, 116; to colored people, 117; ill, 148; wants Grimkes silent on woman question, 160; engagement to A. E. Grimke, 211, marriage, 213; injunction to A. Kelley, 216; cor. sec. Am. A. S. S., 299.
Wellington, Duke of [1769-1852], 1.379.
Wells, Charles B., 2.8, 31.
Wells, E. M. P., Rev., V. P. Mass. A. S. S., 2.85, 87; stops his Lib., 54, 85; part in Boston Evangelical A. S. Soc., 252.
Wesley, John, on American slavery, 1.139.
West India Emancipation, last stages, 1.334; bill introduced in Commons, 348, opposed by Peel, 355, first reading in House, 366, passage, 379; celebrated by Am. abolitionists, 450, 2.209; completed, 209.
Western Reserve A. S. Convention, 2.313.
Westminster Review, 2.97.
Weston, Misses, 2.49, 68, 96, 105.
Weston, Anne Bates, 2.49.
Weston, Anne Warren, at mobbed A. S. meeting, 2.2; conversation with E. Bailey, 26; at Penn.
Hall, 217; officer of Non-Resistance Society, 229; proposes Non-Resistant, 240.— Letter to G., 2.240.
Weston, Warren, 2.49.
Whig (Richmond), on Walker's Appeal, 1.160, 161; favors State abolition, 251, 252; wants Northern abolitionists put down, 486, and hung, 503.
Whiggism anti-abolition, 1.456, 519.
Whipple, Charles [b. Uxbridge, Mass., Mar. 21, 1781; d. Newburyport, Mass., July 28, 1859], 1.305.
Whipple, Charles King [b. Newburyport, Mass, Nov. 17, 1808], 2.326.
Whitby, Daniel, Rev., 2.110.
White, Adams, 1.391.
White, Elipha, Rev., pro-slavery, 2.138, 163.
White, Hugh Lawson [1773-1840], mail tampered with, 1.500; election opposed by Lib., 2.81.
White, James C., Rev. [b. Lancaster, Mass., 1806], 1.221.
White, Lydia, free-produce store, 1.264; attends Nat. A. S. Convention, 398.
White, Nathaniel H., 1.80.
‘White slaves,’ Northern, 1.134.
Whiting, Nathaniel H., 2.293.
Whitman, Benjamin, 2.28.
Whitson, Thomas [b. July 2, 1796; d. Nov. 24, 1864], 1.398.—Portrait in Smedley's “ Hist.
Underground R. R.,” p. 67.
Whittier, Elizabeth Hussey [b. Dec. 7, 1815; d. Sept. 3, 1864], 2.12.
Whittier, John Greenleaf [b. Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 17, 1807], poem printed by G., 1.66; discovered and encouraged by G., 67-69, 86; enlarges his education, 69, 86; poems in Journal of the Times, 115; edits American Manufacturer, 115; at G.'s Park St. church address, 126; writes to Clay on G.'s behalf, 190; edits New England Weekly Review, 183, 273; home in Haverhill, 331, visited by G., 332; poem to G., 332, 401; pamphlet, “Justice and expediency,” 330, 418; praise of G.'s Exeter Hall speech, 369; delegate to Nat. A. S. Convention, 394, 395, and late survivor, 397, committeeman, 397, 399, secretary, 399, appearance, 399; ‘Stanzas’ inspired by Follen, 442; prose style, 461; mobbed with Thompson, 517, 520; at end of Boston mob, 2.34, 38, 46, visits G. in jail, 27; ‘Stanzas for the Times,’ 38; portrait painted, 68; meets J. H. Noyes, 144; committeeman on political A. S. action, 130; opposes Clerical Appeal, 158; news from N. Y., 159; wants Grimkes silent on woman question, 160, and Mass.
A. S. S. to drop Lib., 177; visits J. Q. Adams, 196; goes to Philadelphia, 211, debarred from Weld-Grimke wedding, 213, loss by burning of Penn.
Hall, 217; opposes female A. S. membership, 221; withdraws political support from Clay, 1.190; proposed editing of Mass.
Abolitionist, 2.276, belittles the division, 276, resolutions on political duty, 299, at Albany Convention, 309; on absurdity of non-political action, 310; succeeds Lundy and edits Penn.
Freeman, 323; aid to Third Party, 343; poem on World's Convention, 352; poem ‘At Port Royal,’ 103.— Letters to G., 1.369, 393.—Portrait (best for this period) in Bryant's Hist. U. S., 4.331.
Wilberforce, William [1759-1833], 1.146, diminutive stature, 92, 351, 357; his wife's person, 358; made hon. member New Eng. A. S. Soc., 283; succeeded by Buxton in Parliament, 351; deceived by Cresson, 359; turns from colonization, 356; interview with G., 357-360; catechism for Cresson, 359; signs protest against Colon.
Soc., 361, 365; death and burial, 1.379; cited against G., 2.110, 111.—For portrait, see 1.359.
Willard, Sidney [1780-1856], member of Cambridge A. S. S., 1.463; V. P. of Am. Union,
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