Index: Papers of John Adams, Volume 20, W
- Wadsworth, Col. Jeremiah (Conn. representative)
- Wadsworth, John (son of Peleg)
- Wadsworth, Gen. Peleg (U.S.)
- Wallachia (Ottoman province)
- Walton, George (Ga. politician)
- War Department, U.S.
- Warren, James (1726–1808, Mass. politician)
- Warren, Dr. John (Harvard professor)
- Warren, Dr. Joseph (1741–1775, of Boston)
- Warren, Mercy Otis (historian, wife of James)
- Warren, Mass.
- Warsaw, Poland
- Warwick, R.I.
- Washington, George
- Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis (wife of George)
- Washington, D.C.
- Washington (ship)
- Waterhouse, Dr. Benjamin (Harvard professor)
- Watertown, Conn.
- Watson, Elizabeth Oliver (wife of George)
- Watson, Elkanah, Jr. (Amer. merchant)
- Watson, George (brother of Elkanah, Jr.)
- Watson, Marston (of Marblehead, Mass.)
- Watson & Greenleaf (N.Y. mercantile firm)
- Weather
- Webb, Col. Samuel Blachley (N.Y. merchant)
- Webster, Noah
- Welch, Lt. Hezekiah (of Boston)
- Welsh, Dr. Thomas (of Boston)
- Wendell, Oliver (Mass. judge)
- West, Benjamin (artist)
- Westford, Mass.
- West Indies
- West Nottingham, Md.
- Wethersfield, Conn.
- Weymouth, Mass.
- Whale oil
- Whigs (Amer.)
- Whipple, Abigail Gardiner (wife of Oliver)
- Whipple, Oliver (Portsmouth, N.H., lawyer)
- White, Alexander (Va. representative)
- Whitehall Evening Post (London)
- Wight, Isle of
- Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands
- Wilberforce, William (M.P.)
- Wild, Bartholomé (Dutch bookseller)
- Willard, Rev. Joseph (pres. of Harvard)
- William III, King of England and Stadholder of the Netherlands
- William I (the Silent), Prince of Orange
- William V, Prince of Orange and Stadholder of the Netherlands
- Williams, Capt. John Foster (Amer. sailor)
- Williamsburg, Va.
- Williamsport, Md.
- Willink, Hester Bierens (wife of Wilhem)
- Willink, Hester van Lennep (wife of Jan)
- Willink, Wilhem & Jan (Amsterdam banking firm)
- Willis, Dr. Francis (Brit. physician)
- Wills and estates
- Wilmington, N.C.
- Wilson, James (Penn. lawyer and jurist)
- Winchester, England
- Wingate, Paine (N.H. senator)
- Winthrop, John (1588–1649, colonial gov. of Mass.)
- Winthrop, John (1714–1779, Harvard professor)
- Winthrop, Samuel (former clerk of Suffolk Superior Court)
- Wiscasset, Maine
- Wiseman, Sir Robert
- Witherspoon, Rev. John (of N.J.)
- Wolcott, Oliver, Sr. (1726–1797, lt. gov. of Conn.)
- Wolcott, Oliver, Jr. (1760–1833, U.S. comptroller)
- Wolf, Friedrich August (Prussian philologist)
- Women
- Wood, Thomas
- Woodfall, William (Brit. journalist)
- Woodward, Joseph (of Braintree)
- Worcester, Mass.
- Worcester County, Mass.
- World (London)
- Worsley, Capt. James (of the Sebastian)
- Worthington, Dr. John (of Baltimore, Md.)
- Wright, Sir James (former governor of Georgia)
- WSS
- Wyandot Nation
- Wyck, Netherlands
- Wynkoop, Henry (Penn. representative)
- Wynkoop, Dr. James (Baltimore physician)
- Wythe, George (of Va.)