Wages in Western New-York in 1804, rates of, 1185.

Walley, Major, Leisler's letter to, 252.

Wandelaer, Johannes de, deacon at Albany, 202.

War proclaimed between France and England, 36.

Wanant to arrest Matthew Plowman, 44, 74; Nicolas Bayard, Peter I. Marius, Wm. Nicolls and Robert Reed, 60; John Jennings, Samuel Palmer, Thomas Bedient, Colonel Thomas Willet, Capt. Hicks, Daniel Whitehead and Edward Antil, 70; Anthony Brokholst and Stephen V. Cortland, 60, 74; Col. Dongan, 70, 74; Richard

Townley, Emmet, 74; to fetch

Lafleur and Villeroy from Sarachtoge, 81 ; to arrest Matthys Brockholst, 190; of forcible entry into Wm. Teller's house, 220; to seize on all kettles in Albany, 221 ; to provide Indian shoes, canoes, boxes for his Majesty's service, 222; to seize pork, 243; to arrest T. de Key, Jerry Tothill, D. Lambert, Edward Tailor, John Crooke, Elias Boudinot, Thos. Wenham, Wm. Taylor, L. Kiersted, Brant Schuyler, J. de Key, et al., 263; to seize a brigaatine, kc, 264;

to convey Laforay, a Frenchman, to Plymouth colony, 265; to arrest Peter Dumont, Andrew ffalourdell, and Michael Antony, 274, 5; to pay Col. Johnson, 641.

Warren, Sir Peter, nature of his legacy to Sir Wm. Johnson's relatives, 813; debts due by the Cosby family to, 814; Sir Wm. Johnson's remarks on the will of, 815, 825, 828.

Washington, Gen., certificate of, in favor of James Rumsey's invention, 1046, 1089; extract of a letter from James Rumsey to, 1076.

Weiser, Mr., speech of, to the Six Nations, 585.

Welles, destruction of, by the French, 260.