Waddell, Henry [1 reference]

Wadsworth, Jeremiah [1 reference]

Wadsworth, John [1 reference]

Wagner, Jacob [7 subentries]

Waldo, John Jones [2 references]

Walker, Peter [2 references]

Wall, Job [1 subentry]

War Department [2 references + 2 subentries + 1 “see also” entry]

Warner, John [1 reference]

Warner, William [1 reference]

Washington, Bushrod [1 reference]

Washington, George [2 references + 3 subentries]

Washington, D.C. [3 references + 5 subentries]

Washington (U.S. brigantine) [2 references]

Washington County, Tenn. [1 reference]

Watson, Benjamin M. [1 reference]

Watson, William [1 reference]

Way, John [1 reference]

Webster, Noah [2 references + 3 subentries]

West, Mr. [1 reference]

West, Cato [1 reference]

West Florida [1 reference + 2 subentries + 1 “see also” entry]

West India Company (Dutch) [1 reference]

West Indies [4 references + 1 subentry]

West Indies, British [4 references + 1 subentry]

West Indies, Danish [3 references]

West Indies, Dutch [1 reference]

West Indies, French [4 references]

Weyman, Edward [2 references]

Whelen, Israel [3 subentries]

White, Samuel [2 references]

White Cliffs (Miss. Territory) [2 references]

Whitelock, John [1 reference]

Whitney, Eli [2 references]

Whitworth, Charles, Earl Whitworth [1 reference]

Wichelhausen, Frederick Jacob [1 subentry]

Wickham, John [2 references]

Wilkins, John, Jr. [2 references]

Wilkinson, James [3 references]

William, duke of Orange (later William I of the Netherlands) [1 reference]

William (British ship) [2 references]

William and Mary, College of [4 references]

William Linsay (U.S. schooner) [1 reference]

Williams, David R. [2 references]

Williams, James [2 references + 1 subentry]

Williams, Samuel [4 subentries]

Willing, James [1 reference]

Willink, Van Staphorst, and Hubbard [3 subentries]

Willis, William [2 subentries]

Willson, Philip [1 reference]

Wilmington, Del. [3 references]

Wilmington Packet (U.S. ship) [2 references]

Wilmot, John [1 reference]

Wilson, Caesar Rodney [1 reference]

Wilson, Elizabeth [1 reference]

Wilson, George [4 references]

Wilson, James [1 reference]

Wilson, Sarah (Mrs. Simon Wilmer) [1 reference]

Wilson, Simon Wilmer [1 reference]

Wilson, Thomas [2 references + 1 subentry]

Wilson v. Mason [2 references]

Windham, William [6 references]

Windsor (British snow) [9 references]

Winston, Isaac [1 reference + 1 subentry]

Winston, Isaac (of Culpeper County, Va.) [1 reference]

Winston, Lucy Coles (Mrs. Isaac) [1 reference]

Wistar, Caspar, Jr. [1 reference]

Wolcott, Oliver, Jr. [2 subentries]

Wollaston, Frederick H. [1 subentry]

Wood, James [1 reference + 1 subentry]

Wood, John [1 reference]

Wood, Richard [1 reference]

Woods, Benjamin [1 reference]

Wormeley, Ralph, Jr. [1 reference]

Worthington, Thomas [3 references]

Wrede, J. F. [1 subentry]

Wright, James [1 reference]

Wright, Robert [2 references]

Wyk, Sir Peter [1 subentry]

Wythe, George [2 references]