rn to America (1812), ~1~, 80
Wheeler, F.B., on M.'s character, ~2~, 493
at M.'s funeral, 511
at memorial services, 516
Whig Convention (1844), report by telegraph, ~2~, 220
White, Chandler, and Atlantic cable, ~2~, 343
Whitehouse, E.O.W., experiments for Atlantic cable, ~2~, 348, 366
and laying of first cable, 377
log, 378
Whitney. Eli, and M.'s pump, ~1~, 211
Wilberforce, William, and M., ~1~, 89, 94
and War of 1812, 90
and slave-trade, 135
character, 140
and final overthrow of Napoleon, 185
Willard, J.S., death, ~1~, 8
_William Joliffe_, Channel steamer (1845), ~2~, 250
Williams, H.I., from M. (1847) on law suits, ~2~, 272
Willington, R.S., from M. (1835) on Catholic plot, ~2~, 35
Wilson, D.W., and origin of Academy of Design, ~1~, 280
Wilson, J.L., and Civil War, ~2~, 416
Windsor, Vt., M. at and on (1816), ~1~, 207, 208
Winslow, Hubbard, and Civil War, ~2~, 416
Wire, M. and underground, ~2~, 121
experiment with submarine, 183
duplex telegraphy, 185, 187
failure of underground, for experimental line, 205, 209-211, 214, 216
insulation for experimental line, 208, 209, 215
use of naked, 208
overhead, for experimental line, 210, 215
use of ground circuit, 221, 367, 470
Wireless telegraphy, M.'s experiment, ~2~, 186, 187, 242, 243
Wiseman, N.P.S., meets M., ~1~, 377
Women, M. on appearance of English, ~1~, 35
Wood, Fernando, and memorial services for M., ~2~, 513, 515
Wood, George, to M. (1849) on harassments, 2, 303;
and extension of patent, letter to M. (1854), 324, 325
to M. (1865) on slavery argument, 432
from M. (1864) on divine hand in progress of telegraph, 435
on wayward sons, enigma of wealth, 436
(1866) on benevolent uses of wealth from telegraph, 442
death, 482
Woodbury, Levi, and telegraph, ~2~, 71, 187, 244
Woods, Leonard, and Civil War, ~2~, 416
Woolsey, Mary A., engagement, ~1~, 112
Woolsey. T.D., and M. in Italy (1830), ~1~, 338
from M. (1854) on contribution to Yale, ~2~, 321
Wright, C.C., and origin of Academy of Design, ~1~, 280
Wright, Silas, and telegraph, ~2~, 187, 199
refuses vice-presidential nomination over telegraph, 226
Wuerttemberg, medal for M., ~2~, 393
Wyatt, Richard, gift to Academy of Design, ~1~, 384
Wynne, James, anecdotes of Coleridge and Abernethy, ~1~, 96-99

Yale College, M. at, ~1~, 10-23
student's routine (1807), 15
M.'s incidental expenses, 17
"appointments," 26
M.'s gift (1822), 242
(1854), ~2~, 321