Adams, John and Abigail, letters of, compared with those of John and Margaret Winthrop, 49.

Adams, J. Q., 22.

Adams, Samuel,
a pet aversion of the Hartford wits, 99, 100.

"Address to the President of the United States, on the subject of his Address," by N. W., 144.

Advertisement of school at Sharon, 10.

Agricultural life as determining social conditions, 13;
its comprehensive character in New England, 14.

Alexandrian Library, N. W.'s views on its destruction, 4.

Almanac, the, as light literature, 24.

America, condition of literature in, in 1800, 105, 110.

American, an average, as drawn by N. W., 150.

"American Dictionary of the English language, An," first promised, 235;
published, 236;
the earlier and later editions compared, as to orthography, 245-254;
as to pronunciation, 255-257;
as to etymology, 258, 259;
as to definitions, 260;
as to vocabulary, 261-263;
its Americanism, 264-274;
N. W.'s property in the present edition, 275.

Americanism, appeal to, 45;
in politics, 147;
in national morals, 163;
in literature, 241;
N. W.'s estimate of it, 282;
of what it consists, 283-292.

"American Magazine, The," character of, 77;
established by N. W., 78.

"American Spelling Book," by N. W., 38;
cautions in, 39;
first publication of, 69;
contracts concerning, 70;
sales of, 71;
Timothy Pickering on, 72;
the Macon issue, 74.

Ames's Almanac, 25, 26.

Amherst, N. W.'s removal to, 186.

Andrus, Mr., who wrote a dialogue, 48.

Barlow, Joel, N. W.'s classmate, 4;
a classic author, 48;
memorializes Congress on copyright laws, 50;
his poetry lightly esteemed by N. W., 281.

Beers, Isaac, entertains Washington, 6.

Belknap, Jeremy, difficulties of, in securing publication of his history, 69;
measures taken for same, 75;
his opinion of N. W., 79;
his dealings with him, 80-94.

Bible, N. W.'s edition of, 168-181.

"Boston Argus" mocked, 100.

Boston, literary resources in, 22.

Boy that stole Apples, The, 40.

Bradford, William, an ancestor of N. W.'s, 3.

Buckminster, Tutor, 5.

Bushnell, Horace, upon Sunday in his boyhood, 31;
on grasping the handle of one's being, 182.

Cabinet, relative importance of officers in, 136.

Cambridge, England, N. W.'s dispassionate opinion of, 238.

Canfield, John, 54.

Cicero against Verres, 48.

Citizens, training of, in New England, 19.

Clark, L. Gaylord, letter to, from N. W., 112.

Classic writers, respect felt for, in New England, 147.

Clergyman, the position of the, in New England society, 16;
his prominence among college graduates, 17;
his ideal character, 31.

"Collection of Essays and Fugitiv writings on Moral, Historical,
Political, and Literary subjects, A," 187.

"Columbian, The," an early magazine of short life, 80, 81, 82, 88.

"Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, A," 216.

Congress, on copyright laws, 55, 56, 62-67.

Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 161.

Connecticut, legislature of, in connection with copyright laws, 56;
discontents in, written about by N. W., 112.

Connecticut Valley, the, a strong-hold of Puritanism, 12.

Constitution, origin of the, 116;
an examination of its leading principles, 129.

Copyright laws, origin of, 52;
N. W.'s efforts in securing, 53-56;
letter to D. Webster on, 57-61;
reply by D. W., on, 61, 62;
petition by authors for, 63;
movements in Congress concerning, 62-67;
their connection with N. W.'s writings, 67, 68.

"Courant, The Connecticut," started in Hartford, 1764, 24;
N. W. writes for it under signature of Candor, 130.

Curtius, a signature of N. W., 137.

Definitions in N. W.'s Dictionary, 260.

Delaware legislature in connection with copyright laws, 56.

Dictionary, EncyclopÆdic character of the, introduced by N. W., 216, 217.

Dilworth, Thomas, and his New Guide, 34;
compared with N. W. and his Spelling-Book, 36, 87.

Doctor, the, in New England life, 17;
of the Indian school, 18.

Dwight, Timothy, 55.

Dyche and Pardon's Dictionary, 216.

East Windsor, at convenient distance from Hartford, 11.

"Echo, The," 98-104.

"Effects of Slavery on Morals and Industry, On the," by N. W., 139.

"Elementary," N. W.'s, 34.

Ellsworth, Oliver, N. W. lives in the family of, 9.

Epidemic Diseases, N. W.'s Treatise on, 105.

"Errors in Johnson's Dictionary and other Lexicons," by N. W., 219.

"Essay on the Rights of Neutral Nations," by N. W., 142.

Etymology, N. W.'s studies in, 258.

Everett, Edward, lends George Ticknor Meidinger's Grammar, 21.

"Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, An," 129.

Federal Catechism, A, 39.

Federalism, N. W.'s, 46, 113.

Fowler, William Chauncey, quoted, 28-30.

Fox and the Swallow, The, illustration to, 41.

France in American politics, 131.

Franklin, Benjamin, N. W. compared with, 152, 160;
views of, on spelling reform, 190.

French Revolution, The, 131, 133.

Freneau, Philip, 48, 133.

Genet, Citizen, 130, 131, 132.

Gibbon repeated in N. W., 239.

Glastonbury, temporary seat of a section of Yale College, 7;
school at, taught by N. W., 8.

Goodrich, Chauncey, on N. W.'s mental habits, 215.

Goodrich, S. G., describes N. W., 237

Goshen, N. W. conceives his Spelling-Book at, 33;
Spelling-Book revised at, 54.

Goths and Vandals disapproved of in New England, 5.

Grammar, N. W.'s, 41.

"Grammatical Institute, A." N. W.'s earliest work, 34;
compared with Dilworth's New Guide, 35, 37;
meant for the farmers' children, 38;
second part of, a grammar, 41;
third part of, a reader, 46; 182, 183.

Greenleaf, Rebecca, N. W.'s wife, 96.

Hamilton, Alexander, 114;
compared with N. W., 115;
his connection with the French difficulties, 132;
what Jefferson thought of him, 137.

Harrison, Governor, of Virginia, 56.

Hartford, 1;
N. W. teaches school at, 9;
a village only, 13;
North Church in, 48.

Hartford Convention, N. W.'s part in, 146.

Hartford Wits, The, 97, 104.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, and N. W. compared, 289.

Hazard, Ebenezer, 68, 75;
his opinion of N. W., 79;
dealings with him, as brought out in correspondence with Belknap, 80, 94.

Hillard, George Stillman, quoted, 22.

"History of New Hampshire," Belknap's, 69, 75, 76.

"History of the United States," by N. W., 277.

Holst, H. Von, quoted, 116.

Ingersoll, Mr., representative from Connecticut, 62.

Izard, Ralph, 55.

Jackson, Andrew, election of, 145.

Jay's Treaty defended by N. W., 137, 143.

Jefferson, Thomas, 119, 132;
his opinion of N. W.'s anonymous work, 137;
his address attacked by N. W., 144.

Johnson, Samuel, the Magnus Apollo of Lexicographers, 218;
criticised by N. W., 219-225;
N. W.'s preface compared with S. J.'s, 242;
his Dictionary and N. W.'s compared, 246, 260-263, 273.

Jonas, Mr. Jacob Abbott's, a type, 14.

Kent, Chancellor, 137.

King, Rufus, 137, 138.

Language, a national, 202.

Lawyers in Connecticut, 18.

Lee, Charles, 6.

"Letter on the Value and importance of the American Commerce of Great Britain, addressed to a Gentleman of Distinction in London, A," by N. W., 142.

"Letter to the Governors," N. W.'s, quoted, 44.

Litchfield, N. W. reads law at, 9.

Livingston, Governor, of New Jersey, on copyright laws, 53, 83.

Lodge, H. C., quoted, 137.

Lord's Almanac, 25.

Lowth's "Short Introduction to the English Grammar," 41.

Lyman, Joseph, and the Hartford Convention, 146.

McFingal, Trumbull's, 102.

Madison, James, 55;
his correspondence with N. W., 114;
his connection with the French party, 132.

Mahn, Dr., 260.

Mansfield, Lord, on copyright laws, 61.

"Manual of Useful Studies" by N. W., 278.

Massachusetts legislature in connection with copyright laws, 55.

Massachusetts Magazine, The, 89.

Mein, John, and his bookstore, 22.

Mile stones and bridges, requiring toll from belles, 11.

Military life in New England, 20.

Miller, Ashur, N. W.'s class-mate, 4.

Miller v. Taylor, case of, 6.

"Minerva, American," N. W.'s paper, 130;
amount of work done on it by N. W., 142.

Mirabeau, quoted by N. W. 47.

Monarch, The, a title given to N. W. by two of his contemporaries, 79, 115.

Neutrals, N. W. on, 142-144.

New England in its educative influences, 12.

New England Primer, The, as a work of art, 40.

New Haven, visited by Washington and Lee, 6.

New Jersey in connection with copyright laws, 53, 55.

New Rochelle, 12.

Newspaper, the, in N. W.'s youth, 24;
its condition when he engaged in it, 111.

"New York Commercial Advertiser," 130.

New York legislature in connection with copyright laws, 54.

Orthography, N. W.'s supposed innovations in, 245-254.

Otis, Harrison Gray, 146.

Pardee, Rebecca, a friend of N. W., 11.

"Peculiar Doctrines of the Gospel explained and defended, The," by N. W., 167.

Perkins, Nathan, N. W.'s teacher, 4;
what books he found at Yale College Library, 23.

Pickering, John, is to be instructed in N. W.'s speller, 73;
later in life, appears as a critic of N. W., 225;
goes to him for Americanisms, 264.

Pickering, Timothy, sits up late at night to read N. W.'s Spelling-Book, 72.

"Porsenna in pursuit of the Kingdom of Felicity," 25.

Priestley, Joseph, lectures the young America, 104;
and draws down upon himself a letter by N. W., 105.

Princeton, N. J., visit to, by N. W., 53.

"Prompter, The," by N. W., 153;
extracts from, 154-160.

Pronunciation, in different parts of the United States, 209;
N. W.'s treatment of in his Dictionary, 255-257.

Quincy, Josiah, letter to, by N. W., 185.

Ramsay, Dr., draws down N. W.'s criticism of Johnson, 219.

"Remarks on the Manners, Government, and Debt of the United States," by N. W., 163, 202.

Revision Committee's work and N. W.'s compared, 173, 175, 176, 181;
the American company and N. W., 291.

Revolution, The, and its connection with American history, 283, 284.

Roman precedents, 49.

Rousseau, 119.

Rowan, Mr., 66.

Sabbath, the, as the shrine of Puritanism, 30.

Sabbath-Day Houses, 27;
description of, by W. C. Fowler, 28-30.

Savage, James, and his sarcastic remarks on N. W., 95.

School-teaching by N. W., at Glastonbury, 8;
at Hartford, 9;
at Sharon, 10;
at Goshen, 33.

Schuyler, Philip, 55.

Sharon, N. W. teaches school at, 9;
advertisement of school there, 10.

"Sketches of American Policy," 113;
N. W.'s publication of, 115;
a specimen of political thought, 119;
analyzed, 120-126.

Slavery, N. W. on, 139.

Sleighing parties, 11.

Smith, Samuel Stanhope, examines N. W.'s manuscript, 53.

Smith, Zephaniah, N. W.'s classmate, 4.

South, literature at the, in the War of 1861-1865, 74.

Spelling-reform, hints of by N. W., 40;
his pioneer efforts at, 187;
his formal views on, 192-202.

Stiles, Ezra, President of Yale College, 4;
his impressive scholarship, 5.

Strong, Jedediah, 9.

Sunday, observance of, in New England, 27, 31.

Tetard, M., N. W.'s French teacher, 12.

Thomas, Isaiah, 89.

Ticknor, George, quoted, upon the difficulties in the way of a student, 21.

"Times, The," a series of papers by N. W., 134.

Tooke, Horne, N. W.'s teacher in grammar, 43;
in derivations, 258.

Trumbull, Governor, of Connecticut, 95.

Trumbull, John, on N. W.'s prospects, 97.

Unabridged, The, 275.

Union, The, and its connection with social and individual life, 293.

Verplanck, Mr., 63, 66.

Washington, George, passes through New Haven, 5;
is escorted by N. W., 6;
his virtues commemorated in a spelling-book, 39;
Mirabeau, conscious of his own defects, wishes children early taught the name of, 47;
visited by N. W., 56;
defended by N. W. against the Republicans, 131;
his connection with the French difficulties, 132.

Waterston, R. C., 184.

Watson, James, 130.

Webster, Daniel, letter to, from N. W., 57;
his part in passing copyright law, 66.

Webster, Mercy, 3.

Webster, Noah, born, 2;
his ancestry, 3;
his early education, 4;
at Yale College, 4;
escorts Washington and Lee through New Haven, 6;
serves as private in the Revolutionary Army, 7;
graduates and takes up school-teaching, 8;
studies law and teaches in Hartford, 9;
is admitted to the bar, 9;
resumes teaching at Sharon, 9;
has a tender regard for R. P., 11;
goes on sleighing parties, 11;
the influences about his youth, 13-32;
enters upon the making of school-books, 33;
his Grammatical Institute, 34;
his portrait, 35;
his aim in his early writings, 38;
his hints at orthographic reform, 40;
his early conversion in the matter of grammars, 42;
issues a new grammar, 43;
his views on usage, 44;
appeals to the pride of his countrymen, 45;
his Federalism, 46;
his attention to the political interests of America in his reading-book, 47;
not a mere Anglo-phobian, 50;
his weakness and strength, 51;
sets out to secure copyright laws, 52;
makes a journey to Southern States, 56;
writes a letter to Daniel Webster on copyright laws, 57-61;
his publication of his Spelling-Book, 69;
his contracts with book-sellers, 70;
his venture in the American Magazine, 78;
his magazine projects, 80-93;
his enterprise, 94;
his publication of Winthrop's Journal, 95;
marries Rebecca Greenleaf, 96;
is outside of the Hartford Wits, 97;
writes a letter to Priestley, 104;
contributes to the
*"Connecticut Courant," 111;
publishes a pamphlet entitled "Sketches of American Policy," 113;
the product of certain forces, 118;
goes to Philadelphia at Franklin's request, 128;
writes "An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution," 129;
editor of "The Minerva," 130;
his defense of the administration, 133;
discusses the French Revolution, 134;
writes "The Times," 134;
publishes a pamphlet on the French Revolution, 136;
defends Jay's Treaty, 137;
mistaken for Hamilton by Jefferson, 138;
his editorial skill, 138;
what he thought of slavery, 139;
closes his connection with "The Minerva," 142;
publishes further political works, 142;
his attack on Jefferson, 144;
at the polls, 145;
is concerned in the Hartford Convention, 146;
the ephemeral character of his political writings, 148;
his general average, 151;
his likeness to Franklin, 152;
writes "The Prompter," 153;
his interest in the people, 161;
his taste for statistics, 162;
his theological writings, 167;
his revision of the Bible, 168-181;
is discouraged about his prospects, 184;
his pecuniary resources, 186;
his pioneer efforts in spelling reform, 187;
his sympathy with Franklin, 190;
his formal views on spelling reform, 192-202;
his doctrine of usage, 208;
his varied method of disseminating his views, 213;
his mental habits, 215;
his Compendious Dictionary, 216;
introduces new features, 217;
criticises Dr. Johnson, 219-225;
replies to J. Pickering, 226-232;
the improvement in his style, 233;
his announcement of his great work, 235;
his labor upon it, 236;
visits Europe, 237;
completes his work with Gibbonian emotion, 238;
his individuality, 275;
his proprietorship in the present edition of the Dictionary, 276;
his industry after publication of the first edition, 277;
his personal appearance, family life, and death, 278, 279;
his place in history, 280;
what he attempted, 282;
and what he did, 286;
a representative American, 289;
his career illustrative of the individuality resident in early national life, 294.

Webster, Noah, Sr., a Connecticut farmer, 2;
his character and offices, 3;
captain in the alarm list, 7.

Webster, William G., 70.

West Hartford, N. W.'s birth-place, 1, 279.

Wethersfield, within driving distance of Hartford, 11.

"Whistle, The," 160.

Williamson, Hugh, 55.

Winthrop, John: his letters compared with those of Adams, 49.

Winthrop's Journal, published by N. W., 83, 85, 95, 96.

Wolcott, Oliver, N. W.'s classmate, 4;
written to by Trumbull on N. W., 96.

Yale College, N. W.'s alma mater, 4;
its impoverished condition during the war for independence, 8;
distinctions in rank at, 16;
proportion of ministers among the graduates of, 17;
condition of its library in 1765, 23.

Yates, Mr. Justice, 61.