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].