History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2 / With Notices of Its Principle Framers

by George Ticknor Curtis

West Point, academy at, suggested, I. [218].

Western Lands, claims of the States to, I. [131]. Conflicting interests of the States concerning, [132]. Surrender of claim to, by New York, [133]. Cessions of, urged by Congress in 1780, [134]. Motives of the cession of, [137]. Surrender of claim to, by Virginia, [137]. Become the bond of the Union, [140]. Power of Congress over, under the Confederation, [141].

Western Posts. See Military Posts.

Western Settlements, position of, after the peace, I. [309]. Connection of, with the Atlantic coast, [310]. Alarm of, about the Mississippi, [318].

Western States, prospective character of, II. [300]. Vast resources of, [310].

Western Territory, controversy respecting, before the adoption of Articles of Confederation, I. [291]. Cessions of, invited, [292]; Congress declares certain trusts respecting, [293]. States to be formed in, [293]. Power of Congress to deal with, [293]. Cession of, by New York, [293]; by Virginia, [295]. Further legislation respecting, and further trusts declared, [296]. Admission of States from, [298]. Further cessions of, urged, [299]. Proposition by Rufus King to exclude slavery from, [299]. Cession of, by Massachusetts, [299]; by Connecticut, [300]. Ordinance for disposing of lands in, [300]. Cessions of, by Virginia, modified, [300]; by South Carolina, [301]; by North Carolina, [301]; by Georgia, [301]. See Northwestern Territory.

West Indies, trade with, II. [309].

Whale Fishery in Massachusetts before the Revolution, I. [135].

Williamsburg, convention at, I. [12].