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.

Wessels, Dirck, Leisler's letter approving the conduct of, 266.

Westchester, the election of a new member ordered for the county of, 283; letter of the magistrates of, against Leisler's partizans, 330.

Western New-York, papers relating to, 1103.

Weyman, John, appointed to command a vessel against the French, 275.

Wheat, price of, in Western New- York, in 1791, 1799, 1119, 1148.

Whiskey, In Western New-York, price of, in 1799, 1149; distilled there in larg:e quantities in 1804, 1184.

Whitehead, Daniel, ordered arrested, 70, 263.

Whitestown in 1792, 1105; population of, 1106; road to, in 1792, 1131.

Willet, Col. Thomas, ordered arrested, 70, 263; Sec'y Clarivson desires him to bring in aid against Leisler, 332.

William and Mary, Leisler's declaration in favor of, 4; proclaimed in Albany, 7; Leisler's order to proclaim, 50; petition of Leisler's son to, 422.

Williamsburgh, 1107 ; a road made from Lycoming creek to, 1133.

Williamson, Col., a description of the settlement of the Genesee country by, 1127; some particulars of, 1168.