WADE, Sir Claude M. his account of the East India Fakeer, who was
restored, after a suspension of consciousness, for six weeks, 137,
138.
WAGER OF BATTEL, the law of England, so late, as 1819, 145.
WAKES, their origin:--some account of, 91.
WARREN, Gen. Joseph, manner of discovering his remains:--the bullet, by
which he was killed, in possession of the Montague family, 17.
WASHINGTON, George, illustration of the reverence for his memory, in New
England:--opinion of, by Lords Erskine and Brougham:--national
neglect of his monument:--sale of some of his effects, 26.
WATERHOUSE, Dr. Benjamin, anecdote of, 111.
"WEEL THEN sing as mony as there be," 99.
WEBSTER, Dr. John White, his trial for the murder of Dr. Parkman, 72:
--his case stated, at the close of, 89.
WEEVER'S funeral monuments, 24.
"WHAT that boy says is true," 113.
WIDOWS, Numa severe upon:--marrying within ten months accounted
infamous, 32:
--unjustly censured, 98:
--"with the great fan," 119.
WIGS, scratches, bobs, and full bottomed:--their antiquity, 142, 143:
--periwigs in N. England, 142:
--Roman, 143.
WILLS, ANCIENT, 155, 156, 160:
--superstitious dread of making, 155:
--Andrew Faneuil's, 127.
WITCHES, their right to travel through the air, decided by Lord
Mansfield, 29.
WOODBRIDGE, Benjamin, killed in a duel on Boston Common, 133 to 137:
both inclusive.
WRAXALL'S MEMOIRS, inaccurate, 149.