Index: Papers of John Adams, Volume 16, W
- Waldhauer, Jacob (of Ebenezer, Ga.)
- Wallis, John
- Walterstorff (Waltersdorff), Ernst Frederik von (chamberlain to the king of Denmark)
- Ward, Joseph (Boston land speculator)
- Warner, Cornelis (wine merchant)
- Warren, Charles (son of James)
- Warren, James (Mass. politician)
- Warren, Mercy Otis (historian, wife of James)
- Warren, Winslow (son of James)
- Washington, George
- Waterhouse, Dr. Benjamin (Harvard professor)
- Watson, Elkanah, Jr. (Amer. merchant)
- Watson, Rev. Richard (bishop of Llandaff)
- Watson & Cossoul (Nantes mercantile firm)
- Weather
- Weems, Mason Locke (of Md.)
- Wentworth, John (former royal gov. of N.H. and surveyor general)
- Wentworth, Paul (loyalist)
- West, Benjamin (artist)
- Western lands (U.S.)
- West Indies
- Westminster, England
- West Point, N.Y.
- Weymouth, Mass.
- Whale fishery
- Whale oil
- Wheat
- Wheelock, James (brother of John)
- Wheelock, John (pres. of Dartmouth)
- Whist
- White, Capt. Benjamin (Brit., father of Elizabeth)
- White, Elizabeth (sister-in-law of Timothy Pickering)
- White, Rev. William (of Phila.)
- Whitefoord, Caleb (secy. to Richard Oswald)
- Wibird, Rev. Anthony (of Braintree)
- Wigglesworth, Edward (Harvard professor)
- Wight, Isle of
- Wildick, R. (Penn. shipowner)
- Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange
- Willard, Rev. Joseph (pres. of Harvard)
- William V, Prince of Orange and Stadholder of the Netherlands
- Williams, Jonathan (Nantes merchant)
- Williams, Samuel (Harvard professor)
- Williamsburg, Va.
- Williamson, Hugh (N.C. member of Congress)
- Willink, Jan (Amsterdam banker)
- Willink, Wilhem (Amsterdam banker)
- Willink, Wilhem & Jan (Amsterdam banking firm)
- Wills and estates
- Wilson, Philip (of London)
- Windward Islands
- Wines and spirits
- Witherspoon, Rev. John (of N.J., president of Princeton)
- Wood
- Woodward, Capt. (of the Prince William Henry)
- WSS
- Wyandot Nation
- Wythe, George (of Va.)