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Abeel,--, 1040.
Accomac county, Va., 109, 196.
Accounts, auditors of, 14; militia, 59, 297, 298; northern army, 61, 281, 312, 341, 350; states, 112; commissioners, 175, 202, 249; recruiting, 309; payment, 326; money, 331; broadside, 1084.
Ackerly, Lemuel, 703.
Adams, John, a delegate from the Massachusetts Bay. Credentials, 25; attends, 85; leave of absence, 880; motion on pardons, 381n; motion on Bedford, 460n; commissioner to France, 947n, 975, 988. Committees: Franklin, 9; Southouse, 89; New England committee, 94; Washington's proclamation, 95, 166n; post office, 127; appeals, 172, 337, 936; Lancaster, 203; hospital, 219; enemy's advance, 247; enemy's vessels, 266; Pennsylvania, 314; neutrality, 318; Billingsport, 414; Allison, 536; Du Coudray, 554; Ticonderoga, 596, 688; North, 599; frontiers, 648; Sullivan, 689; Trumbull, 720; resolve, 733; intercourse, 783; McIntosh, 788; appeals, 800; Gates, 859; Saratoga convention, 871. War Board, 473n, 474n, 477n, 485n, 492n, 495n, 518n, 550n, 554n, 557n, 560n, 566n, 567n, 571n, 581n, 585, 591n, 592n, 594n, 595, 614n, 639, 656n, 657n, 670, 677n, 681n, 696n, 699n, 711n, 772n, 792n, 799n, 824n. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 665, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 734, 750, 762, 765, 771, 779, 780, 781, 782, 787, 801, 803, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 880. Mentioned, 109n, 159n, 259, 430, 431n, 451n, 644n, 740n, 827n.
Adams, Samuel, a delegate from the Massachusetts Bay. Credentials, 25; leave of absence, 880. Committees: Morgan, 15; impressment, 30; Board of War, 32; Allan, 34; Pennsylvania, 55; Somerset county, 79, 83; Warren memorial, 80; post office, 127; conference with Gates, 189; health of army, 193; applications, 240; supplies at Philadelphia, 254; defence of Pennsylvania, 264; motion, 272; toryisn, 275; reinforcements, 294; Wooster, 369; Hall, 507; Georgia, 579; Deane, 596; Du Coudray, 630; Thanksgiving, 851, 855. War Board, 474n, 477n, 485n, 492n, 495n, 518n, 550n, 554n, 557n, 560n, 566n, 567n, 581n, 591n, 592n, 594n, 595, 614n, 639, 643n, 656n, 670, 677n, 681n, 696n, 698n, 699n, 772n, 792n, 799n, 824n. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 665, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 734, 750, 762, 765, 771, 779, 780, 781, 782, 787, 801, 803, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 880. Mentioned, 94n, 431n, 451n, 715.
Adams, William, 139.
Address to people, 314, 397.
Adjutant generals, 136, 171, 204, 1069, 1074; northern deputy, 391.
Admiral, rear, 541.
Admiralty courts, appeals, 75.
Aids de camp, pay, 197.
Aitken, James, 560.
Aitken, Robert, 101, 468, 502.
Albany, N. Y., 375.
Alexander, Charles, captain, 1032.
Alexander, Francis, 703.
Alexander, Samuel, lieut., 244.
Alexander, Mark, 19.

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Alexander, Morgan, captain, 321.
Alexander, William, captain, 360.
Alfred, 588.
Allan, John, instructions, 38; pay, 39; money, 313; mentioned, 34, 295, 331.
Allegiance, oath of, Washington's proclamation, 95, 165; from loyalists and others, 431.
Allen, Ethan, exchange, 12.
Allen, Heman, 497, 509.
Allen, John, lieut., 1003.
Allen, Thomas, 43.
Allen, William, lieut., 652.
Allison, Francis, 536, 733.
Allison, P., 756.
Alricks, William, 973.
Alsop, Mary, 297.
America, sloop, 603.
American Revolution, privateer, 1052.
Amphitrite, 335, 346, 406.
Anderson, James, lieut., 244.
Anderson, John, 161, 165, 344.
Anderson, Patrick, captain, 533.
Anderson, Robert, 531, 706.
Andrew Doria, 32, 89, 292.
Annapolis, Md., powder, 219.
Anstruther, P., captain, 302.
Antignac, Lewis John Baptist Chambaron d', 615, 673, 681, 702.
Antill, Charlotte, 948.
Antill, Edward, lieut. col., memorial, 10, 60n; letter, 207; mentioned, 41, 113, 228, 230, 671, 948.
Apothecary general, 161, 199, 232.
Appeals, committee, members, 40, 75, 172, 337, 800, 936, 1015; reduced, 336; register for, 348; court of, 607.
Appleton, Nathaniel, Massachusetts loan office, 330, 334, 363, 836, 894, 1005, 1071.
Appleton, Samuel, 303.
Applications, committee on, 240, 273.
Applications, committee on foreign, 184, 347, 713.
Apprentices, enlistment, 262.
Arendt, Baron de, 170, 185, 226, 227, 267, 575.
Armand de Rouerie, 346.
Armistead, William, 1070.
Armitage, James, 573, 574.
Armitage, Shewbart, 673.
Armour, public, 55, 431; regimental, N.C., 540.
Arms, delivery of, 59, 672; continental, 74, 85, 119, 151, 197, 211; for new levies, 74; deserters, 116; borrowed of states, 119, 152; from France, 476, 825, 883; report on, 602; returns, 613; disaffected in Philadelphia, 679; from New Jersey, 696; repair of, 698.
Armstrong, Francis, 429.
Armstrong, John, brigadier general, 50, 79, 91, 94, 119; resigns, 220, 228, 280, 427, 453, 754, 980.
Armstrong, William, captain, 362.
Army, continental, committees to, 14, 546, 577, 972, 1073; report, 608, 690; committee on wants, 1053; supplies, 26, 134, 248, 580, 780, 741, 755, 799, 962, 976, 1043; money, 44, 134, 190, 332, 388, 533, 610, 617, 672, 798, 975; profanity in, 157; health and discipline, 193, 259, 274; inoculation, 110, 292; new, 119, 576; recruits, 262, 608, 805; pay, 214; bounties, 576; auditor, 580, 609; size, 608; clothing, 581, 809; apportionment, 611; winter quarters, 770; necessaries, 701; pay regulations, 1002; subsisting, 1011, 1013; cantonment, 1036, 1067; extra pay, 1068; to be reformed, 1073.
Army, northern, 32, 33, 312; accounts, 61, 281; supplies, 186; chest, 231, 418, 790, 809; command, 604.
Arnell, John, 461.
Arnold, Benedict, major general, horse for, 372; charges against, 382; ordered to Trenton, 432; to command at Bristol, 467; commission, 624; thanked, 861; rank, 981. Letters, 371, 432, 460, 480, 549, 551, 699, 700. Mentioned, 323, 409, 428, 461, 540, 545, 553, 567n, 863.
Arthur, George, 738.
Articles of war, revision committee, 13, 250, 264, 1084.

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Artificers, officers, 753.
Artillery, officers, 753; strengthening regiments, 822.
Ash, Samuel, captain, 627, 1016.
Ashe, John, 714, 737, 761, 791, 803, 860, 1017, 1038.
Atlee, Samuel John, 184.
Auditors, Treasury, 999.
Avery, Elisha, deputy commissary general of issues, 477, 601.
Avery, John, 26, 170, 316, 527, 617.
Avout, --, 593.
Ayes and noes, 676, 687, 688, 689.
Aylett, William, deputy commissary general of purchases, 477. Mentioned, 43, 46, 73, 92, 121, 203, 208, 209, 298, 303, 305, 368, 373, 386, 425, 501, 515, 532, 545, 563, 898.
Babb, Peter, captain, 974.
Babcock, --, 110.
Bache, Richard, 51, 296n, 601, 618, 828, 856, 860.
Bachenstore, Andrew, 80, 847.
Bailey, Francis, 907.
Baker, Henry, 125, 543.
Bakers, superintendent, 323, 574, 638.
Balding [Baldwin?], --, Capt., 159.
Baldwin, John, captain, 213, 480.
Ball, George, lieut., 275.
Ballantine, Hamilton, 56, 73.
Ballard, Robert, 841.
Ballet, du, 765, 877.
Baltimore, committee of inspection, 8; prisoners, 17, 39; paymaster, 39, 43, 48; hospital, 51; powder house, 64, 219; town battalion, 88; treasury at, 665; rendezvous, 667.
Bank, Joseph, 847.
Barbarities of British, committee on, 43, 49, 124, 276; to be published, 565, 1085. Mentioned, 703.
Barber, Nathaniel, Jr., 179.
Barker, John, 82.
Barnard, William, 182, 204.
Barney, John, 108.
Barracks, 50; in Massachusetts, 173, 191; Lancaster, 184, 190; Virginia, 773, 811, 1070; York, 1018; Connecticut, 1047.
Barret, John, 607.
Barrington, William, major, 580.
Barry, Daniel, 547.
Barry, John, 573, 577, 1004, 1066.
Barry, Lavellin, 873.
Bartlett, John, Dr., 254.
Bartlett, Josiah, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 71; mention, 657n.
Bartlett, William, 629.
Barton, Kimber, 479.
Barton, William, lieut. col., 565, 580, 1050.
Bate, --, 523.
Batell, T., 275.
Batson, George, 573, 574.
Battalions, equality of, 270.
Batwell, Daniel, 759, 1055.
Bauer, Jacob, captain, 248.
Baum, Friedrich, lieut. col., 674, 1086.
Baury, de, 189.
Bausman, William, 110.
Bay, John, 174n, 185.
Bayard, Stephen, major, 897.
Baylor, George, colonel, 7, 58, 681.
Bayly, Mountjoy, 23.
Bayly, William, 66.
Baynton, John, 545, 553, 826.
Beackley, Christian, 891.
Beall, William, captain, 553.
Beatty, William, colonel, 872.
Becker, lieut. col., 897.
Beckley, John, 1064.
Bedaulx, Frederick de, 745.
Bedford, Gunning, 331, 458, 459, 461, 466.
Bedlow, William, 901.
Beef, for army, 27; committee on, 280, 293.
Beekman, Gerard William, 547.
Begard, --, lieut., 606, 705, 877.
Bell, David, captain, 899.
Bells, in Philadelphia, 741.
Belton, Joseph, 324, 361, 542, 566.
Benezet, Daniel, 89n.
Benezet, John, 257, 453.
Benezet, Samuel, major, 664, 897.
Bennington, N. H., battle of, 771, 861.
Benson, Egbert, 1020.

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Berlin, Abraham, 461,689.
Berlin, commissioner to, 8, 318, 343, 518.
Bernard, John, 59.
Bethlehem, Pa., stores at, 748, 751.
Betton, James, 105.
Bette, Robert, 584.
Beyer, --, lieut. col., 360.
Bibles, printing of, 733.
Bicking, Frederick, 240, 534.
Biddle, John, 22, 301.
Biddle, Nicholas, captain, 761.
Biddle, Owen, 296n.
Billingsport, works at, 414, 451, 541; defense, 538, 550; plan, 553, 557.
Bills of credit, support of, 28, 35, 107, 136, 167n, 454, 954; signers, 68, 79, 83, 86, 107, 108, 111, 113, 128,131,287, 332, 378, 396; New England proposition, 124; State, 125; circular, 1081; paper, 240; counterfeit, 328; under confederation, 889, 900, 924; depreciation, 1045; issue (5,000,000), 137; issue (5,000,000), 161; issue (5,000,000), 373, 377; issue (1,000,000), 597, 631, 646; issue (1,000,000), 869n, 873; issue (1,000,000), 993.
Bills of exchange on France, 454, 724, 730, 743, 777, 811.
Bingham, William, 66, 148, 506, 820.
Bird, Mark, colonel, 495, 496n.
Bird, William, lieut., 338.
Biscuit, 574.
Blackburn, John, 43.
Blackwell, William, captain, 54.
Blaine, Ephraim, 213, 228, 231, 317, 617, 710, 727.
Bland, Theodorick, 29, 34.
Bland, Theodorick, colonel, 72, 388, 608, 1039.
Blankets, 31, 39, 172, 475, 537, 550, 742, 748, 883, 1011.
Blicker, James, 617.
Blount, Jacob, 517, 547, 568, 637.
Blount, William, 517, 547, 568, 637.
Boards, Executive, corn. members, 26; report, 193.
Bolehard, --, 877. [Bouchard?]
Bois, Pierre François de, major, 679, 681, 692.
Bonds, commisssaries, 432.
Borden, Joseph, 250, 320, 448, 868, 984, 1070.
Bordes, de, 187, 189, 258.
Bordley, William, 665n.
Boreman, John, 161, 936.
Borré, Prudhomme de, 217, 244, 256, 740, 742, 757, 760, 763, 773, 774, 792.
Bouchard,--, lieut., 606, 705.
Bouchet, Dennis John de, 1035, 1048, 1065.
Boudinot, Elias, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1017; commissary of prisoners, 239, 328, 422, 491, 627, 1041, 1042, 1047, 1049.
Boulton, Thomas, 395.
Boundaries, State, under confederation, 841, 916, 925, 926, 927.
Bounties, new levies, 28, 576; land, 171n; Ohio garrison, 231; to crew Andrew Doria, 292; clothing, 716; Virginia troops, 1038.
Bourneuf, --, 189.
Bowdoin, James, 170.
Bowdoin, Preeson, 958.
Bowen, Elijah, lieut., 90.
Bowen, William [Boyce], 187.
Bower, Jacob, captain, 710.
Bowley, Lux and, 533.
Bowman, Abraham, colonel, 237.
Bowyer, Michael, captain, 372.
Boyce, William, 187n.
Boyd, Adam, 540.
Bradford, Henry, 160.
Bradford, John, 59, 179, 525, 778, 809, 893, 929.
Bradford, William, 754.
Bradford, William, Jr., 252.
Bradley, Richard, 590, 618.
Bramall, Thomas, 578.
Branding of cattle, 767.
Brandywine, battle of, 735, 738.
Brannon, Benjamin, 14.
Brattan, James, lieut., 337.
Braxton, Carter, 208, 563.

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Breneisy, Martin, 1006.
Brick, John, 338.
Brigade majors, pay, 256.
Brigham, Clarence S., 1082.
Bright and Pechin, 302.
Bringhurst, John, 370.
Brisben, John, captain, 674, 704.
Bristol militia, 410, 712.
Brodhead, Daniel, colonel, 568, 897.
Brook, Clement, 111.
Brookfield, Mass., magazine, 266.
Brown, Alexander, 711.
Brown, Jesse, 825.
Brown, John, lieut. col., 170, 181.
Brown, --, captain, 715.
Brown, John, 371, 382.
Brown, John, 472.
Brown, John, marine committee, 886, 1003, 1017.
Brown, John, alias John Lee, 374, 382.
Brown, John, 937.
Brown, Nicholas, 480.
Brown, Robert, 186.
Brown, William, 525.
Brownson, Nathan, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 931; leave of absence, 321. Committees: Medical, 13; marine, 26; bills of credit, 107; journals, 212; Schuyler, 280; Gwinnett, 758. Votes, 669, 675, 683, 730, 735, 750, 762, 765, 780 bis. 781, 782, 787.
Bryan, Andrew, lieut., 471.
Bryan, George, 707, 928, 938, 941, 942, 1057.
Bryson, James, 860.
Buchanan, Andrew, brigadier, 688.
Buchanan, James, 100.
Buchanan, William, commissary general of purchases, 134, 477, 536, 607, 617, 724, 1022; money, 637, 672, 728, 748, 806, 852, 859, 868, 894, 974, 983, 1041, 1042, 1058, 1071. Letters, 598, 634, 760, 766, 802, 805, 838, 883, 899, 948, 960.
Buchanan, Andrew, colonel, 96.
Bucklin, Daniel, 493, 602.
Budden, James, 192.
Bull, John, colonel, 482.
Bullitt, Thomas, colonel, 141.
Bunting, William, 673.
Burgoyne, John, lieutenant general, 674, 770, 901; surrender of, 825, 851, 856, 861, 939, 947, 948, 982, 1058. Letters, 741, 1021, 1032, 1034, 1050, 1054, 1058. Orders to Bantu, 1086.
Burke, Edward, captain, 362.
Burke, Bartholomew, 56, 73, 87, 229.
Burke, Thomas, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 85, 411; amendments to Confederation, 328; annotations on address, 397; report on New Hampshire, 513. Committees: Medical, 87; marine, 87; Indians, 92; bills of credit, 107; salt peter, 107; North Carolina prisoners, 128; appeals, 172, 337; hospital, 219, 237n; recruiting, 257, 263n; pay rolls, 266, 283n; Schuyler, 280; beef, 281; address, 314; teams, 395; commissary bonds, 433; Indians, 776. Votes: 624, 636, 641, 675, 682, 684, 750, 801, 804. Notes of debates: 99n, 103n, 106n, 112n, 121n, 132n, 135n, 140n, 150n, 155n, 158n, 262n, 292, 754. Mentioned: 94n, 109n, 195, 259.
Burkhard, Andrew, 361n.
Burlington County, N.J., 250.
Burnel, Jonathan, 259.
Burnet, William, 254.
Burns, Pierce. 704.
Burns, Robert, captain, 244.
Bush, Lewis, major, 325.
Butler, Amon, 622.
Butler, Anthony, 557, 637, 727.
Butler, Jeremiah, 467.
Butler, John, colonel, 995.
Butler, Richard, 897.
Butler, Thomas, 55, 188, 431, 566, 664, 992.
Butler, Walter, 863.
Butler, William, lieut. col., 897.
Button moulds, 471.
Buysson, Chevalier de, 743, 744, 769, 770.
Byers, James, 552.
Byrn, John, 429.
Cabell, William, 72.

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Cables, 387.
Cadwalader, John, brigadier general, 141, 238; declines, 176; rank, 142.
Cadwallader, Lambert, colonel, 623, 897.
Caghnawaga Indians, 670, 715.
Caldwell, Andrew, 723, 891, 1055.
Caldwell, James, Rev., 93, 182, 266, 393.
Caldwell, James, 1055.
Caldwell, Samuel, 320, 429, 655.
Caldwell & Company, 538.
Calhoun, James, 100, 167, 290n, 332.
Calmes, Marquis, 768.
Cameron, Allen, 692.
Camp, committee to, see Army, committee.
Camp, west side Delaware, 251.
Campaign, committee on, 972, 1029, 1034, 1035, 1036.
Campbell, Archibald, lt. col., 16, 571; treatment, 135, 179, 412, 421, 621, 653.
Campbell, Donald, colonel, 29. 45, 68, 114, 132, 239.
Campbell, James, 49.
Campbell, John, 216.
Campbell, John, 1067.
Campbell, Peter, 427, 472, 473.
Campbell, Richard, major, 52, 351, 376.
Campbell, Robert, lieut., 244.
Campe, Pierre de, 1011, 1058, 1065.
Canaan, Conn., 315.
Canada, officers, 170; British advance, 273; under confederation, 880, 924; invitation to join, 981. 982.
Canadians, regiment, 671, 986, 1037.
Canyjette, --,877.
Candon, --, 743, 744.
Cannon, Sterling Wade, 204.
Cannon, contracts, 15, 119, 193, 381, 572, 772; price of, 111; foundry at Springfield, 139, 561; in Pennsylvania, 495; purchase, 171, 228, 272; imported, 602; loan from Pennsylvania, 677; ball, 828.
Cantonment of army, 1036.
Cape May, 367.
Carleton, Guy, Sir, 1062.
Carlisle, John, captain, 244.
Carlisle, Penn., powder, 219; stores, 774, 824; gaol, 840.
Carman, Charles, 83.
Carmichael, William, 975.
Carnaghan, John, ensign, 55.
Carpenter, Richard, 32.
Carrington, Edward, lieut. col., 655, 675.
Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 131. Committees: Board of War, 337; foreign applications, 347; Charlestown, 354; Indians, 384. War Board, 473n, 474n, 477n, 485n, 492n, 518n, 554n, 560n, 772n, 792n, 799n. Votes, 762, 765, 771, 780 bis, 781, 782, 787, 801, 804, 807, 808, 810. Mentioned, 334, 382, 430, 451n, 958.
Carroll, Daniel, 131.
Carson, Samuel, 66.
Carswell, John, 294.
Cartel, prisoners, 197, 421.
Carter, John, 327, 341, 705, 744.
Carter, Robert, 832.
Cary, John, 372.
Caswell, Richard, 411, 450, 515, 532, 861, 965.
Cattle, purchase of, 316, 438, 1028; price, 504; allowance for purchase, 523; branding, 767.
Cavalry, composition of regiment and pay, 178; rank, 869, 872.
Celeron, Lewis, 66, 68, 210.
Chambers, Benjamin, captain, 244.
Chambers, James, colonel, 585, 897.
Chamfer, Daniel, 290.
Champion, Henry, 1022.
Champlin, Samuel, 351, 1052.
Chaplains, regimental, pay, 256; brigade, 390, 609; returns, 421; North Carolina, 557n; hospitals, 754; Congress, 756.
Charleston, S.C., convention on prices, 125.
Charlestown, Mass., 354, 365.
Chase, Samuel, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 131; attends, 131, 568. Committees: Franklin's commission, 9; Kennon, 11; barbarities, 43; provisions, 45; Bingham, 66; appeals, 75; impressment, 78; Southouse, 89; New England committee, 94; bills of credit, 107; desertions, 108; internal enemies, 128; arms,

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602; Franklin, 607; Jay, 624; frontiers, 648; South Carolina and Georgia, 660; Pennsylvania militia, 666; army, 701; resolve, 733; intercourse, 783. Motions, 164n, 168n, 644n, 763n. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 665, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 730, 735, 750, 762, 765, 771, 780 bis, 781, 782, 787, 801, 804, 807, 808, 810. Mentioned, 23, 145n, 157n, 745, 770n.
Chase, Thomas, 478, 481.
Checkley, Samuel, lieut., 451.
Cheeseborough, John, 605.
Chester, Pa., 667.
Chew, Benjamin, 633, 634, 641, 695.
Chittenden, Thomas, 497, 509.
Christman, Matthias, 370.
Church, Benjamin, 626, 758.
Cilley, Joseph, colonel, 535.
Cist, Charles, and Melchior Steiner, 325.
Claims, commissioners of, 175, 249, 257, 832.
Clairborne, Bullet, captain, 98.
Clajon, William, 23, 351.
Clap, S., 1021.
Clapham, Josias, colonel, 759, 839.
Clark, Abraham, a delegate, from New Jersey. Credentials, 1017; leave of absence, 267; attends, 1017. Committees: Articles of war, 13; barbarities, 43; Georgia, 67; Caldwell, 93; commissaries, 177, 501n; marine, 186; health of army, 193; hospitals, 206; enemy's advance, 247; supplies at Philadelphia, 254; Trumbull, 395; shoes, &c., 414; Putnam, 724; officer prisoners, 1021; Pennsylvania, 1052; loyalists in office, 1053; Washington, 1065. Reports: 58n, 78n, 95, 165, 200n, 267n. Votes, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 734, 1056. Mentioned, 109n, 470n, 524n, 692, 708n, 869, 1041.
Clark, Elijah, 476.
Clark, --, 744.
Clarke, Joseph, Rhode Island loan office, 330, 340, 836, 937, 1005.
Clarke, Thomas, colonel, 590.
Clarkson, G., Dr., 287.
Clarkson, Levinus, 394, 542.
Clay, Joseph, 616, 632, 646.
Clay, Slator, 220.
Clerk, hospital, 233.
Clingan, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 746, 1027; attends, 854. Votes, 867, 868, 879, 881, 896, 904, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980.
Clinton, George, brigadier general to command Highlands, 203; letters, 386, 825, 882; mentioned, 867, 936, 1010.
Clinton, tort, loss of, 975.
Clothes and clothing, for army, 41, 120, 126, 152, 220, 426, 535, 611, 614, 690, 716, 809, 893, 905, 906, 929, 957, 969, 1011, 1044; deserters, 117; from Harts mills, 333; intercepted by States, 478; imported, 602, 905, 968; officers, 672; secrecy, 761; for sick, 941; extortion, 1072.
Clothier general, 609, 690; pay of assistants, 697; committee on, 966.
Clothing, commissary of, 41.
Clotz, Jacob, colonel, 633.
Clough, Alexander, major, 58.
Clowes, John, 507n.
Cloyd, Joseph, 1007, 1009.
Clymer, Daniel, 828.
Clymer, George, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 169; leave of absence, 367; attends, 427; superceded, 746; excused from Treasury, 337; commissioner to west, 1018, 1026. Committees: Williamson, 186; Board of War, 204; enemy's advance, 247; Sherburne, 260; Schuyler, 280; army, 546. War Board, 473n, 474n, 477n, 518n, 560n, 567n, 585, 591n, 595, 643n, 657n, 670, 681n, 699n, 711n. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 665, 669, 682, 684, 725, 726. Letter, 11. Mentioned, 33, 216, 380n, 413, 451n, 587, 718.
Coale, Samuel Stringer, 79.
Coats, John, 534.
Cobbs, Samuel, lieut., 371.
Cochran, John, physician general, 161, 254.
Cockayne, Thomas, 643.
Cockran, John, 187.

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Coffin, Alexander, 188.
Coffin, Charles, 271.
Coffin, --, 33.
Coins, value of gold and silver, 59; power of Congress, 841, 919.
Colhoon, Andrew, 824.
Colonnes, Chevalier de, 189.
Colt, Peter, 627, 724, 766, 790, 793, 1022, 1033, 1041.
Colvin, Patrick, 319.
Combs, 473.
Commanders, navy, allowance, 581.
Commerce, committee of, 533, 632, 749, 761, 972, 1023.
Commerce, treaty of, 520.
Commissaries, committee on conduct of, 177, 279, 281,384; proceedings, 177, 266, 292, 301, 354, 366, 384, 386, 394, 405, 406, 409, 410, 414, 427, 433; report, 434; bonds, 432; complaints against, 546, 608; elective officers, 599, 603; regulations, 766, 831, 962, 1085.
Commissaries of issues, 441, 608, 765; appointment, 477, 610, 858; wages, 524, 621; districts, 871; western department, 884, 890.
Commissaries of purchases, 434; regulations, 434, 620; account books, 435; settlements of accounts, 440; compensation, 448, 469; appointments, 448, 477, 620, 858; location, 452; commission, 491, 524; western frontiers, 805, 838, 884, 890, 948.
Commissary for western frontiers, 22; of hides, see Hides.
Commissary of military stores, 63, 84, 248; officers commission, 753, 890; commissary of musters, 1083. Commissary of prisoners, 41, 289, 422, 777.
Commissioners to France, 10, 825, 947.
Commissioners to Vienna, &c., 8, 318; commission, 346, 368.
Commissions to foreign officers. 177.
Commissions, continental, 821.
Committees, standing, 1077.
Con, Hughes, 429, 453.
Confederation, articles of, considered, 240, 287, 300, 328, 351, 490, 492, 497, 501, 525, 648, 704, 760, 872, 879; Burke's amendment, 328; voting, 776, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782; taxation, 785, 788, 793, 797, 800, 801; art. iv, 826; art. v, 826; art. vi, 826, 827, 833; art. vii, 833; arts. viii, ix, x, xi, 834; art. xiv, 803, 805, 806, 834, 835, 837, 839, 840, 841, 844, 845, 846, 848, 915; art. xv, 879; additional articles, 885, 887, 893, 895, 899; bills of credit, 889, 900; committee on arrangement, 900, 902; printing, 907, 928, 1087; police, internal, 908; rights of citizens, 908; fugitives from justice, 909; delegates, 909; vote in Congress, 910; foreign relations, 911; imposts and duties, 911; army and navy, 912; war powers, 912; expenses, 913; boundaries, 916; powers of Congress, 919; committee of States, 919, 923; journals, 923; Canada, 924; approval of, 925; letter of transmittal, 932; date of signing, 934; translation into French, 981, 985.
Congress's own regiment, 270.
Confiscation of loyalist property, 971.
Congress, unfinished business, 51, 58; representation of States, 61, 98n, 498n, 559, 1013; privilege of members, 17, 459, 460, 887, 894, 910, 922; adjournment to Philadelphia, 103n, 127, 157, 164, 168; money appropriated generally, 190, 193; proceedings printed daily, 474n; power of, 509; dignity of, 537; entries in journal, 599, 689; standing rule on reports, 642; ayes and noes, 676; doors of lobby, 720; to meet at Lancaster, 742, 754; at York, 755; chaplains, 756; time of meeting, 756, 940, 1031; supplies for, 760; under confederation, 803, 805, 806, 834, 835, 837, 915; president's allowance, 806; papers to be addressed to, 820; thanks to president, 853; distribution of letters, 906; time of meeting, 909; contingent expenses, 940.
Congress, president of, insulted, 17.

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Congress, privateer, 188.
Connecticut, credentials of delegates, 11; money for, 46, 70, 143, 226, 321, 508, 858,1041; frigates built, 58; light house, 98; Wooster memorial, 472; arms for, 518; militia, 600; commissaries, 858; salted provisions, 1033.
Conner, John, 868.
Connolly, John, 227, 229, 800, 1004.
Conspiracy against United States, 745.
Convention, troops of, embarkation, 982.
Conway, Thomas, brigadier general, 347, 349, 420, 468, 570, 755, 762, 838, 958, 1023, 1048, 1057, 1071; inspector general, 1026.
Cooke, William, colonel, 897.
Cooke, Nicholas, governor, 59, 134, 409, 988, 1074.
Cooke, Noah, 754.
Coor, James, 317.
Copper, to be coined, 138; from Pennsylvania, 707.
Corn, Indian, 92; stalks, sugar, and spirits, 929.
Cornwallis, Charles, Earl, 468.
Council of State, 848. See States, committee of.
Council of War, Washington not bound, 196.
Court of Appeals, 607.
Courts martial, sentences, 265; in Georgia, 783; authorized, 784.
Cowan, Edward, lieut., 80, 668.
Cowperthwaite, Joseph, 302.
Cox, Daniel Powell, lieut., 337.
Cox, James, captain, 156.
Cox, John, 673.
Coyete, --, lieut., 606, 705.
Craig, Charles, capt., 348, 353, 677.
Craig, John, 13.
Craig, Robert, lieut., 244.
Craig, Thomas, 897.
Cravath, Lemuel, 28.
Crawford, James, major, 897.
Crawford, William, colonel, 128, 229, 230, 344, 944.
Creek Indians, 224.
Creery, Hans, 108.
Crenis, Chevalier de, 837, 930, 948.
Cresap, Thomas, 70, 114.
Criminals, extradition of, 887, 895, 899, 909.
Criswell, Robert, 362.
Crocket, Benjamin, 113.
Crocket, Vanbibber and, 298.
Crohon, Margaret, 673.
Croix, Monsieur, 67.
Crook, Charles, 362.
Cruise, Walter, 32.
Culbertson, Samuel, 547.
Cumberland, Fort, N. S., 20.
Cumberland county, Pa., supplies, 213.
Cummings, David, 225.
Cummings, Robert, 95, 280, 352.
Cummings, Thomas, 92, 110.
Cunningham, James, colonel, 393.
Curle, Wilson, 71.
Curren, Isaac, 891.
Currency, Continental. See Bills of credit.
Currie, William, Dr., 255, 275.
Curtis, Frederick, 416.
Cushing, Thomas, 59, 211, 1055.
Cuthbert, James, 238.
Cuthbert, Seth John, major, 567, 676.
Cutter, Ammi Ruhamah, 254.
Cuyler, Jacob, deputy commissary general of purchases, 477, 894, 1041.
Dagworthy, John, brigadier general, 595, 604.
Dallam, Richard, 190, 249, 258, 320, 429.
Damages, compensation, 366, 390.
Dana, Francis, a delegate from the Massachusetts Bay. Credentials, 25; attends, 931. Committees: Marine, 935; appeals, 936; Board of War, 936, 994; Burgoyne, 939; Fort Mercer and Rhode Island, 976; royal money, 985; loan, 988; treasury, 994; Washington-Varnum, 1001; Jones, 1005; army, 1011; pardons, 1012; Otis, 1022; Rhode Island, 1027; Gates, 1034; Ticonderoga, 1053; camp, 1074. War Board, 960n, 967n. Nominated to France, 947n. Votes, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980, 1010, 1056. Mentioned, 1021n, 1052n.

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Danbury, march upon, 314, 319.
Dandridge, Alexander Sportswood, lieut., 31.
Dandridge, Spottswood, captain, 98.
Darrell, John, 79.
Davenport, Franklin, 503.
Davidson, John, captain, 376.
Davies or Davis, --, 534, 565.
Davis, Nicholas, 534.
Davitt, Charles M., 776.
Dayton, Elias, colonel, 878.
Dean, Richard, colonel, 407.
Deane, Barnabas, 330, 757, 758.
Deane, Benjamin, 302.
Deane, James, 73, 350.
Deane, Joseph, 296n.
Deane, Silas, letters, 148, 186, 412, 508, 595, 601, 607; committee on letters, 596; recall, 605n, 946; authority to engage officers 721; mentioned, 256, 336, 347, 525, 539, 548n, 553, 558, 559, 588, 760, 875, 902, 975, 1008.
Deane, --, captain, 625.
Dearborn, Henry, capt., 81.
Dearing, Anthony, 100.
Debts, soldiers, 262; under confederation, 889, 900; action for, 895.
De Goy, --, 877.
De Haas, John Philip, brigadier general, 141, 468.
Delaware, representation short, 61, 183; money, 180, 275; to guard Lewestown, 203; credentials, 219; militia, 273, 299, 805, 843, 369, 390, 432, 470, 493, 582, 592, 667; loyalists. 529, 644, 678, 991; Indians, 943; live stock, 1028.
Delaware river, camp on west side, 251; defence of, 464, 538, 629, 630, 739; fire ships, 584, 616; live stock, 588; British fleet, 726. See Billingsport.
Delaware, frigate, 1032.
Demere, Raymond, 1053.
Dennis, William, 603.
Dennison, Nathan, colonel, 255.
Department, Northern, report on, 84, 375; committee, 599; reports, 600, 614; militia for, 614; committee, 648, 649, 659.
Department, executive, 26, 193, 259, 424.
Derby, Richard, jr., 428.
Derby, Conn., 315.
Derby, Pa., 712.
Derford, Chevalier. See Du Portail.
Des Epiniers, --, 663, 877, 902, 903.
Deserters, 154, 594, 813, 837, 965; pay due, 283; from British, 340, 348, 353, 417.
Desertions, committee, 108, 115; circular, 1082.
Deshon, John, 331.
Destruction of property by British, 277.
Detroit, 942.
Devermond, --, 189.
Dewees, William, 1007, 1009.
De Witt, Thomas, 392.
Dickinson, John, a delegate from Delaware, retired, 220.
Dickinson, Philemon, major general, 736, 740, 744, 747, 750, 893.
Dill, Robert, 10.
Discipline of army, 193, 259, 274.
Distilleries, 656.
Donaldson, Joseph, 487.
Donnel, Nathaniel, 87, 325.
Dorland, George, 503.
Dorset, Chevalier, 804, 845, 885, 902, 930, 931, 932.
Dorsey, Caleb, 53.
Dorsey, Daniel, captain, 407.
Dorsey, John, 28, 361.
Dorsey, Larkin, 18.
Dorsey, Richard, 18.
Dorsey, Robert, 19.
Dorsey, Thomas, captain, 572, 614, 677.
Dorsius, John, 394, 542, 548, 759, 761.
Doughty, John, 17.
Douglass, William, 704.
Dowdell, Gamal [Gamaliel], 188.
Downe, Samuel, 14, 15, 632.
Downingtown, Pa., 667.
Doyle, John, captain, 321.
Draughts, from militia for army, 263; for stock, 282.
Driesbach, Jost, captain, 729.
Drinker, Henry, 694, 695, 714, 718.
Drummers, 670.
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Dry, William, 737, 791, 1038.
Duane, James, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 396; leave of absence, 994; to confer with the Indians, 999. Committees: Commissaries, 281; appeals, 337; Indians, 384; Hall, 507; Indians, 508; North, 599; Du Coudray, 630; Putnam, 724; New England committee, 731; Indians, 776; McIntosh, 788; President's allowances, 806; Saratoga convention, 871; additional articles of confederation, 885; French officers, 886; articles of confederation, 900; royal money, 985; loan, 988; Washington-Varnum, 1001. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 669, 725, 734, 762, 765, 779, 780, 781, 782, 787, 801,804, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 881, 896, 904, 934, 935, 970, 980. Mentioned, 345n, 376n, 392n, 410n, 453n, 457n, 476n, 478n, 557n, 587n, 614n, 646n, 672n, 693n, 728n, 765n, 775n, 786n, 790, 803n, 806n, 840n, 847n, 852n, 878n, 887n, 888n, 889n, 890n, 906, 907n, 918n, 925n, 958n.
Dubois, Lewis, Colonel, 360, 710.
Du Bois, Martin, 743.
Duché, Jacob, 822.
Du Coudray, Philippe Charles John Baptist Tronson, 410, 452, 469, 497, 507, 525, 528, 537, 544, 545, 546, 548, 549n, 552, 553, 554, 557, 558, 559, 563, 569, 571, 583, 595,602, 606, 615, 675, 705, 719, 738, 739, 740, 796, 799, 875, 885, 902, 932; drowned, 751, 845.
Dudley, John, 365.
Dudley, see Thomas Nichols.
Duer, William, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 230, 396. Committees: Supplies at Philadelphia, 254; Sherburne, 260; defense of Philadelphia, 264, 264n; a motion, 272; army discipline, 274; toryism, 275, 286n, 291; Schuyler, 280; reinforcements, 294, 296n, 300; Danbury, 314; address, 314; Pennsylvania, 314; expenses, 1777, 362; teams, 395; Billingsport, 414; intelligence, 428; A. Morris, 468; war, 525; Franklin, 607; frontiers, 648; Sullivan, 689; army, 701, 1011; Trumbull, 720; recruiting. 805; Gates, 863; Burgoyne, 939; Buchanan, 948; clothier general, 966; Fort Mercer and Rhode Island, 976; Canada, 981; royal money, 985; Washington-Varnum, 1001; Jones, 1005, 1008; pardons, 1012; Otis, 1022; Gates, 1034; Pennsylvania, 1052; Washington, 1054; camp, 1074. War Board, 541n, 550n, 557n, 560n, 567n, 571n, 581n, 592n, 594n, 614n, 643n, 657n, 698n, 699n, 711n, 772n, 792n, 799n, 824n, 871n, 883n, 960n, 966n, 967n, 1002n, 1006, 1008n, 1026n, 1037n, 1047, 1048n, 1073n. Reports, 308n, 352n, 459n, 513n, 549n, 831. Votes, 624, 636, 641,669, 675, 762, 765, 771, 779, 780, 781, 782, 787, 801,804, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 881, 950, 951,970, 980, 1010, 1056. Mentioned, 410, 687, 695n, 751n, 770n, 901n, 906, 926n, 927n, 960n, 969n, 987n, 1015n, 1020n, 1021n.
Duff, Henry, lieut., 337.
Duffield, George, Rev., 756, 822, 882.
Duffield, Samuel, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 746.
Dugan, Cumberland, 829, 833.
Dugan, Jeremiah, colonel, 105,107, 713, 728, 826.
Duggan, Mrs., 1011.
Dull, Christian, 308.
Dumfries, Va., 37, 39.
Duncan, James, lieut., 244.
Duncan, Matthew, captain, 227.
Duncan, Seth, 430.
Dunham, Azariah, 504.
Dunlap, John, 376.
Du Plessis, Mauduit. chevalier, 269, 272, 885, 967.
Duportail, Lewis Le Bègue, chevalier Derford, 532, 539, 558, 559, 571, 574,637, 639, 760, 798, 900, 932, 937; inspector general of ordnance, 630.
Duties on imports, state, 826, 833.
Duvall, Gabriel, 131.
Dwight, Timothy, 777.
Dyer, Eliphalet, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 11; attended, 496.

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Committees: Trumbull, 517; Ticonderoga, 596; treasury, 631; New England committee, 731; army provision, 962; clothier general, 966; Lancaster, 978; army, 1011; pardons, 1012; officer prisoners, 1021; Rhode Island, 1027; Pennsylvania, 1052; camp, 1074. Votes, 624, 686, 641, 665, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 734, 750, 762, 765, 771, 779, 780, 781, 782, 787, 801, 803, 807, 808, 810, 885, 848, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 880, 896, 904, 934, 935, 970, 980, 1010, 1056.
Eagle, schooner, 86.
Easton, Pa. Indian meeting, 62,166, 461; prisoners, 302.
Edgar, Thomas, 158.
Edmeston, William, 570.
Edwards, David, 540.
Edwards, Simon, 346.
Effingham, frigate, 1066.
Eichelberger, Adam, captain, 416, 567, 775.
Elaboratory at Springfield, 139, 266, 618.
Elder, Andrew, 320.
Elder, Joshua, 534.
Ellery, William, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 408; attends, 931. Committees: Appeals, 13, 75, 936; unfinished business, 51; bills of credit, 107; hospitals, 208; applications, 240; Schuyler, 280; marine, 935; Jones, 1008; army, 1011; officers prisoners, 1021; commerce, 1023; Rhode Island, 1027; Ticonderoga, 1053; loyalists in office, 1053. Reports, 59n, 202n, 1020n. Votes, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980, 1010, 1056. Mentioned, 259, 352, 719n, 1050n.
Ellis, John, lieut., 308.
Ellis, Richard, 532.
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1020.
Elmer, Jonathan, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1017; leave of absence, 122. Committees. Medical, 13; treasury, 94; saltpeter, 107; Schuyler, 280. Votes. 624, 686, 665, 675, 682, 750, 801, 804, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 881,896, 904, 934, 935. Mentioned, 94n, 254, 637,869, 937.
Elmore, Samuel, colonel, 181, 308.
Emerson, George, 711.
Enemies, internal, 58, 128, 140.
Enemy, conduct of. See Barbarities. Intercourse with, 783, 784; emissaries of, 1045.
Engineer, for Maryland, 692; engrossing of supplies, 1043; enquiries on losses of ports, 976.
Erkelen, Gosuinus, 276.
Erskine, Robert, 580.
Erskine, William, lieut., 244.
Erving, Thomas, 118.
Erwin, Robert, 174, 246, 325, 385, 463.
Erwing, John, 890.
Etting, Elijah, 886.
Eustace, John, major, 875.
Evans, David, 640.
Evans, Evan, colonel, 308.
Evans, Israel, 1055.
Evans, John, a delegate from Delaware, retired, 220.
Eveleigh, Nicholas, 575.
Everson, George, 729, 892.
Ewell, Jesse, colonel, 898.
Ewing, Alexander, 139.
Ewing, George, 607, 656, 739, 789, 796.
Ewing, John, 536.
Ewing, Samuel, 341.
Expenses for year, committee, 362; report, 453, 480.
Exports of produce, 457, 542.
Extortion, 1071.
Extradition of criminals, 887, 895, 899, 909.
Eyre, Benjamin, 385.
Fabricy, Michael, 384.
Failly, Chevalier de, 607, 618, 638, 663, 672, 679, 1008, 1018, 1049.
Fairlamb, Samuel, 387.
Faneuil, Mens., 170, 177, 184, 189, 196.
Fanning, John, 573, 574.
Fantz, Jacob, captain, 411, 560.
Farrer, Christian, 479.
Farry [Furrer, Michael?], captain, 871.
Fauquier county, Va., militia, 82.
Fay, Jonas, 497, 507, 508, 509, 511.
Fayolle, Chevalier de, 743, 744.

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Febiger, Christian, lieut. col., 250.
Feebucker [Febiger, Christian?], colonel, 680.
Fells Point, shipwright, 89.
Feltman, William, lieut., 80, 847.
Fermoy, Mathieu Alexis Roche de, 65, 201, 596, 602, 681, 700, 958, 974, 1048, 1069, 1074.
Fernee, John, 22.
Ferriage, regulated, 146.
Ferries, Hudson's river, 273.
Fields, William, 432, 484.
Fifers, 670.
Finnie, William, 229, 501, 515, 570, 586, 1026.
Fire ships, 554, 584,701; rewards, 616, 662, 701; Rhode Island, 661.
Fisher, Henry, 184, 224, 260, 304, 369, 425, 507n, 591.
Fisher, James, 694.
Fisher, Joshua, 694.
Fisher, Samuel, 694.
Fisher, Samuel R., 714, 719.
Fisher, Thomas, 694, 714, 718.
Fitzsimons, Thomas, 257, 832. Flag, continental, 464.
Fleet, British, 578, 588, 591; at Rhode Island, 661; Chesapeake bay, 665, 668, 701; Delaware river, 726.
Fleming, Charles, captain, 405.
Fleming, John, 139.
Fleury, Louis, 380, 606, 739, 885, 904, 967.
Flints, 884.
Flour, purchase of, 208, 316, 563, 898; for eastern states, 373; biscuit, 574; for army, middle district, 960.
Flower, Benjamin, colonel, 196, 225, 256, 753, 890; money, 228, 452, 532, 556, 590, 693, 984.
Flowers, David, 415, 463.
Floyd, William, thanked, 397.
Folger, George, 188.
Folger, Timothy, 105, 372, 383.
Folsom, Nathaniel, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 365; attends, 568; on confederation, 947n; leave of absence, 981. Committees: Ticonderoga, 596; treasury, 631; officers' rations, 710; marine, 802, 1040; loan, 988. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 665, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 734, 750, 762, 765, 771, 779, 780, 781, 782, 787, 801, 803, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 880, 896, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980, 1010, 1056. Mentioned, 963, 1048.
Fonfrede, --, lieut., 606, 705, 877.
Forage, commissary of, 355.
Ford, Paul Leicester, 1084, 1085, 1089.
Foreign Affairs, committee of, 274, 417; secretary, 274; members, 276, 385.
Foreigners, discouraged, 174.
Forgue, Francis, Dr., 254.
Forman, David, brigadier general, 394, 570, 578, 733.
Forman, --, colonel, 726.
Forrest, Uriah, major, 334.
Forster, Isaac, 254.
Forster, Nathaniel, 367.
Fort Pitt Indian treaty, 478, 493; magazine, 494.
Fortune, sloop, 231.
Foster, Robert, 297, 348.
Fountaine, Charles Adrian, 268.
Fouquet, --, 765, 877, 882.
Fouquet, --, Jr., 765, 877, 882.
Fowkes, Yelverton, 472, 486.
Fragneau, John, 1017.
France, supplies from, 92, 211, 336; volunteers, 131; loan, 454, 989; commissioners to, 10, 825, 947; tobacco for, 983.
Franklin, Benjamin, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 169, 1027. Commissioner to Spain, 8. Commission, 9, 10, 521n; on barbarities of enemy, 1085. Letters, 184, 412, 601, 607, 648, 687. Mentioned, 525, 539, 559, 760.
Franklin, James, 107.
Franklin, William, 291, 583, 828n.
Franval, Chevalier de, 697, 743.
Frazer, Alexander. 210.
Frazer, Persifer, lieut. col., 897.
Frazer, Simon, brigadier, 741, 1060.
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Frederick town, Md., prisoners at, 152; powder, 219; rendezvous, 667.
Freedom of speech in Congress, 887, 893, 910, 922.
Freeman, Samuel, 26.
French, Robert, 573, 574.
French, Samuel, 892.
Frict, Henry, 362.
Frigates, continental, construction, 58; manning of, 125; scuttling, 863.
Frolock [Froelich], Christian, lieut., 324.
Frontiers, western, defence, 114, 252; committee, 648, 649, 659; supplies, 805, 838, 884, 890.
Frost, George, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 365; leave of absence, 753. Committees: Salt, 413; marine, 496, 1040. Votes, 636, 641, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 734, 1056.
Fry, Baron de, 1006.
Fry, --, 59.
Frye, Peter Pickman, 410, 428, 483.
Fulford, --, capt., 58, 90.
Fullerton, Humphrey, 835.
Furloughs, 118.
Furnace, Mary Ann, 828.
Furrer, Michael, captain 371.
Gadsden, Christopher, brigadier general, 757.
Gaither, Joseph, 86.
Galbraith, William, captain, 107, 159, 168.
Galbreath, Robert, 537.
Galloway, Peter, 22, 159.
Galphin, George, 223, 224.
Gamble, Thomas, capt., 344.
Gamble, William, 573, 574.
Ganot, -- de, 606, 681, 877, 903.
Gansevoort, Peter, colonel, 699, 709, 710, 771, 1050.
Gaol, Carlisle, 840.
Garde, Coppin de la, 385.
Garland, Edward, captain, 449.
Garnett, William, 186.
Garret, Nicholas, lieut., 647, 664.
Garvin, Elizabeth, 17.
Gassaway, John, 100.
Gater, Edward, 28.
Gates, Horatio, major general, on Campbell trial, 45; to remain adjutant general, 136; committee of conference, 175, 191, 218; ordered to Ticonderoga, 202; relations with Schuyler, 364; ordered to headquarters, 540; to command northern army, 604; message on Burgoyne's surrender, 856; and militia, 616; operations, 859, 863, 864; thanked, 861; proposed comee on Saratoga conven., 950; for war board, 959, 971. Letters, 170, 171, 187, 198, 304, 306, 329, 344, 375, 417, 670, 699, 700, 715, 741, 755, 756, 757, 798, 820, 851, 882, 936, 939, 980, 1004, 1008, 1034, 1050. Mentioned, 10, 29, 32, 62, 172, 185, 210, 211, 217, 227, 273, 281, 282, 351, 391, 410, 475, 503, 615, 621, 766, 770, 774, 776, 840, 873, 884, 897, 982, 986, 1035, 1051, 1054.
Gay, de, captain, 705.
Gehr, -- colonel, 486.
General Washington's Life Guard, 270.
Geographer, 580.
Georgetown, Md., 667.
Georgia, recommendation to, 8; magazines of provisions, 19, 26; money, 28, 39, 156, 275, 385, 567, 568, 645, 699, 702, 749, 786, 973, 1027; state of, 67, 87, 96, 579, 590, 596; artillery companies, 97; votes with Connecticut, 123, 151 commissioners, 394, 821; committee, 660; accounts, 598, 761, 820; clothing, 697, light horse, 791; 4th battalion, 792; Indian war, 823.
Germain, George, Lord, 8.
German battalion, 185, 664; chaplain, 284.
Germantown, Pa., printing presses, 754; battle of, 785.
Gerrish, Cabot, captain, 748.
Gerry, Elbridge, a delegate from the Massachusetts Bay. Credentials, 25. Committees: provisions, 45; unfinished business, 51; Pennsylvania, 55; internal enemies, 128; army contract, 134; hosposital, 219; applications, 240; army discipline, 274; commissaries, 281; Danbury, 314; commissary bonds, 433;

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commissary, 534; army, 546; arms, 602; officers' rations, 710; Trumbull, 720; Putnam, 724; New England committee, 731; provisions, 794; recruiting, 805; Gates, 859; postoffice, 898; cornstalks, 929; Buchanan, 948; army provisions, 962; campaign, 972; clothier general, 966; Otis, 1033; army, 1053; Washington, 1065. Reports, 50n, 103n, 175n, 181n, 195n, 249n, 299n, 332n, 458n, 610n, 613n, 620n, 816, 827n, 831n, 839n, 859n, 909n, 953n, 963n, 978. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 734, 750, 762, 765, 779, 780, 781, 782, 787, 801, 803, 807, 808, 810, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 880, 896, 904, 934, 935, 970, 980, 1056. Mentioned, 94n, 310n, 311n, 436n, 441n, 447n, 637, 715, 795n.
Gezeau, --, 18.
Gibson, George, colonel, 114, 593, 736, 755.
Gibson, James, 891.
Gibson, John, auditor general, 115, 143, 181, 190, 225, 238, 240, 299n, 333, 386, 424, 425, 448, 449, 493, 505, 532, 568, 583, 701, 826, 839, 968, 972, 973, 981, 983, 992, 1003, 1038, 1058.
Gibson, John, lieut., 244.
Gibson, William, 19, 107.
Giddens, John, 588.
Giddens, Mary, 588.
Gilbert, George, 407.
Gilbert, Michael, lieut., 244.
Gilchrist, Anthony, 395.
Gillingham, James, 338.
Gillon, Alexander, 944, 978, 1023.
Gilman, Andrew, 23.
Gilman, Nicholas, New Hampshire loan office, 330.
Girardeau, John Bohun, 616.
Gist, Mordecai, colonel, 517, 667, 736, 755.
Gist, Nathaniel, 50, 81, 89, 126, 860.
Glasgow, James, 411.
Glasgow, 588.
Glentworth, George, 321.
Glover, John, brigadier general, 141.
Glover, John, 367.
Glover, Jonathan, 629.
Goddard, William, 28, 385.
Godet, Henricus, 89.
Godfrey, William E., 891.
Gold coins, value, 59.
Good, Adam, 729.
Gore, Simeon, 480.
Gornell, Richard, 567.
Gostelow, Jonathan, 891.
Gotwalt, Jacob, 872.
Gouvion, Obry, major, 525, 539, 574, 637, 639, 932.
Govett, William, 393, 425, 974, 975, 1081.
Graeff, George, 393.
Graham, William, 297.
Grain, distilling, 165.
Granaries, 168n.
Grannis, John, 202n.
Grant, Daniel, 115.
Graverod, & Visgar, 167.
Gray, Neigal, lieut. col., 897.
Gray, Samuel, 617.
Gray, William, captain, 680.
Graydon, Mrs., 367.
Grayson, William, colonel, 51, 185, 471, 832.
Great Britain, treaty with commissioners, 951.
Green, Timothy, captain, 652.
Green, James, jr., 86.
Green, John, colonel, 617, 647, 862, 1031, 1047.
Greene, Jacob, 171n, 427, 467.
Greene, Nathanael, major general, conference, 189, 191, 196, 218, 221. Letters, 386, 531, 535, 537, 575. Mentioned, 187.
Greene, William, 527.
Greenholm, Lawrence, 653.
Greenway, Joseph, 573, 574.
Gridley, Richard, colonel, 119.
Grier, David, lieut. col., 375, 897.
Grier, James, captain, 503.
Griffin, Seth, 543.
Griffin, --, colonel, 503.
Griffith, Dennis, 102.
Griffith, Charles Greenberry, colonel, 204n.

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Griffith, Samuel, captain, 325.
Griffiths, John, 51, 70, 115, 165, 338.
Groh, John, 479.
Gross, Jacob, 208.
Guion, Isaac, 589, 632.
Gurney, Francis, lieut. col., 897.
Gwinnett, Ann, 757.
Gwinnett, Britton, 96.
Gun, repeating, 324.
Gunby, John, colonel, 381, 517.
Hains, Thomas, 968.
Haite, Nicholas, 622.
Hale, Nathan, colonel, 535, 757, 758.
Hall, David, colonel, 325, 452, 507, 528.
Hall, John, a delegate from Maryland. Committees: unfinished business, 51; brig Joseph, 86; Caldwell, 93.
Hall, Josias Carvill, colonel, 331, 337, 407, 462, 474, 517, 534, 861.
Hall, Lyman, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 931.
Hall, William, 503.
Hall and Horner, 874.
Haller, Henry, colonel, 291, 302, 320, 325, 476, 502, 652.
Hallet, James, 757.
Hamel, Samuel, 680.
Hamilton, Alexander, colonel, 754.
Hamilton, Henry, 942.
Hammond, Thomas, 19.
Hammond, William, 111.
Hancock, Ebenezer, 28, 65, 373, 388, 561, 893, 898, 938, 1050.
Hancock, John, a delegate from the Massachusetts Bay. Credentials, 25; drafts, 12; on adjournment, 157n; accounts, 839; leaves Congress, 846; speech, 852; thanks, 853. Mentioned, 83n, 110n, 169, 176n, 190n, 192n, 299n, 313n, 392n, 431n, 451n, 565n, 591n, 694n, 715, 769n, 770n, 771n, 772, 794n, 873n, 893, 1040.
Hancock, Simon, captain, 839.
Hancock & Adams, 59.
Hand, Edward, colonel, 164; brigadier general, 213, 220, 252, 256, 270, 272, 308, 623, 648, 649, 689, 723, 831, 872, 886, 936, 943, 944, 958, 999.
Hand, Elihu, 540.
Hand, --, captain, 398.
Handy, George, 429.
Hannah, schooner, 295.
Hanover, brigantine, 182, 317.
Hanson, Thomas, capt., 338.
Harbeson, Benjamin, 240.
Harbors to be fortified, 59.
Hardy, John, lieutenant, 647.
Hardy, William, 730.
Harford town, Md., 667.
Harmar, Josiah, major, 897.
Harnett, Cornelius, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 411; attends, 570. Committees: treasury, 631; South Carolina and Georgia, 660; Gwinnett, 758; Indians, 928; commerce, 1023; Washington, 1065. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 665, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 735, 762. 765, 771, 780 bis, 781, 782, 787, 801, 804, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 881, 896, 904, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980, 1010, 1056. Mentioned, 86, 869, 978, 1021n.
Harris, John, 19.
Harrison, Benjamin, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 628; attends, 628. Comittees: bills of credit, 107; Georgia, 579. War Board, 473n, 474n, 518n, 541n, 550n, 566n, 567n, 594n. Votes, 636, 641, 665, 669, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 735, 750, 762, 765, 780 bis, 781, 782, 787. Mentioned, 40, 149, 481, 497, 507, 508, 526, 544, 545, 548, 552, 570, 586, 623, 648, 652, 654, 681, 696, 697, 702, 706, 709, 712.
Harrison, Benjamin, jr., 75, 205, 514, 532, 533n, 657, 671, 826, 938, 1026, 1058.
Harrison, Charles, colonel, 396, 514, 561, 655.
Harrison, Charles, 427, 472, 473.
Harrison, Robert, 540.
Harrison, Robert Hanson, 719, 731, 735. War Board, 874; declines, 945, 971.
Harrison, William, 394.
Hart, John, 333.
Hart, John, Rev., 625.

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Hart, --, colonel, 632.
Hartley, Thomas, colonel, 94, 204, 210, 324, 350, 361, 567.
Harvie, John, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 628; attends, 804. Committees: war, 813; Indians, 928; appeals, 936; army provision, 962; clothier general, 966; Washington-Varnum, 1001; Jones, 1005, 1008; Rhode Island, 1027; Marine, 1034; Pennsylvania, 1052; Washington, 1054. War Board, 824, 87n, 883n, 960n, 966n, 1002n, 1006n, 1008n. 1026n, 1037n, 1047, 1048n, 1073n. Votes, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 881, 896, 904, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980, 1010, 1056. Mentioned, 978n, 1021n.
Hastings, Jonathan, 184.
Hats, committee, 414, 487.
Hausegger, Nicholas, colonel, 107, 185, 302, 503.
Hawk, George, 426.
Hay, Samuel, captain, 326, 362, 897.
Hay, Udney, lieut. col., 23.
Haymaker, Jacob, 152.
Haynes, Eaton, 586.
Hays, James, 761.
Haywood, William, 176, 181, 195, 213, 811.
Hazard, David, lieut., 304.
Hazard, Ebenezer, 346, 347, 811.
Hazard, John, 304.
Hazard, --, captain, 430.
Hazelwood, John, commodore, 813, 841, 862.
Hazen, Moses, colonel, 41, 60, 61, 113, 208, 228, 243, 531, 589, 595, 596, 663, 671, 678.
Health of army, 193.
Heath, William, major general, 149, 484, 881, 950, 977, 982. Letters, 330, 410, 871, 893, 1021, 1027, 1034, 1037, 1047, 1054, 1058.
Hedrick, Philip, captain, 371.
Helms, R. J., 724.
Henderson, Alexander, 892.
Henderson, William, 449.
Hendrey, Thomas, Dr., 338.
Hendricks, James, colonel, 1058.
Hendricks, William, captain, 294.
Hendrickson, Jacob, 343, 498.
Henegan, Thomas, 184.
Henry, James, captain, 564.
Henry, Patrick, governor, 547, 643, 671 937, 1070. Letters, 123, 170, 239, 468, 501, 514, 515, 551, 570, 593, 595, 643, 650, 655, 719.
Henry, Robert, 1056.
Henry, William, 803, 937, 963.
Herbach, Yost, captain, 487.
Herkimer, Nicholas, brigadier general, 709, 770.
Heron, James, captain, 244.
Hessian officers. Exchange, 10, 12, 16, 621; sent to Virginia, 37, 39, 102, 108; confined, 135, 412; paymaster, 73; prisoners, 175, 248; paroled, 653.
Herrick, see Hedrick.
Hewes, Joseph, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 85.
Hewes, Josiah, 480.
Heydshaw, Catharine, 159.
Heyward, Thomas, jr., a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 129; leave of absence, 824. Committees: Articles of war, 13; executive boards, 26; barbarities, 43; intelligence, 44; Warren memorial, 80; Washington's proclamation, 95; post office, 127, 154; applications, 185; Williamson, 186; Sherburne, 260; Schuyler, 280; Charlestown, 354; Wooster, 369; foreign affairs, 385; commerce, 534, 632; Du Coudray, 554, 569, 630; Washington medal, 785. Votes, 636, 641, 665, 669, 683, 684, 725, 726, 730, 735, 762, 765, 771, 780 bis, 781, 782, 787, 801, 804, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854. Mentioned, 159n, 276, 461n, 796.
Hides, 447, 487, 489, 607, 656, 794.
Hier, Jacob, 48.
Higgins, Robert, captain, 494.
Highlands, defense of, 149, 202.
Hill, Thomas, 673.

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Hill, Whitmill, 586.
Hillegas, Michael, 143,176, 238, 240, 287, 328, 354, 425, 538, 540, 578, 627, 647, 680, 687, 718, 874, 973, 984, 993, 1003.
Hillegas, Samuel, 143, 354.
Hillery, Regnal, ensign, 478.
Hiltzheimer, Jacob, 860, 993.
Hindman, John, Dr., 81.
Hinkle, Jacob, 664.
Hite, Jacob, 892.
Hite, Thomas, 892.
Hockhocking, 2,1.
Hockley, Thomas, colonel, 407.
Hodge, Andrew, 496.
Hodge, Hugh, 623.
Hoffman, Valentine, 891.
Holliday, Clement, 382, 540.
Hollingsworth, Henry, colonel, 29, 95, 110, 670, 675.
Hollingsworth, Levi, 302, 674.
Holmes, Abraham, 652.
Holmes, David, 824.
Holmes, James, captain, 506.
Holmes, Joseph, 811.
Holmes, Margaret, 410.
Holt, James, 72.
Holtzendorf, Lewis Casimir de, baron, 559, 588, 674, 679.
Hooper, Robert Lettis, 541, 543.
Hooper, Stephen, 291.
Hooper, William, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 85; excused, 87.
Hoops, Robert, 517, 617.
Hopkins, David, captain, 703.
Hopkins, Esek, commodore, 202, 204, 210, 352, 588.
Hopkins, Gerard, 14, 34,100, 126, 225, 940.
Hopkins, James, 655.
Hopkins, Richard, 14, 34, 126.
Hopkins, Stephen, 650, 781, 841,899, 953, 968, 971.
Horn, James, 105n, 126.
Hornby, William, 785.
Horner, Hall and, 874.
Horse, commander of, 711, 745.
Horses, continental, 46, 47, 363; purchase of, 565; allowance, 587, 656, 1047.
Horses, impressing, committee, 30, 56, 75, 144.
Hospital, returns of furnishings, 25, 237; report on, 161, 197, 206, 219, 225, 227; adopted, 231, 244; supplies by commissaries, 162, 613, 699; director general, 232; commissary, 233; election of officers, 247, 253; places, 289; inspection, 300; bedding, &c., 533; difficulties, 609; establishment, 754; South Carolina, 823; stoves, 941; broadside, 1083.
Hostler, hospital, 233.
Hotham, William, commodore, 257.
House, John, 231.
Houston, Thomas, lieut., 338.
Houston, William, captain, 370.
Houston, William Churchill, 202, 775, 874, 974.
Howard, John Eager, colonel, 534, 668.
Howe, Richard, Lord, 54, 95, 173, 291, 450, 563.
Howe, Robert, major general, 130, 476, 575, 597, 616; allowance, 269; major general, 823. Letters, 196, 471,570, 757, 759, 823, 1048, 1064.
Howe, Sir William, provisions for prisoners, 12, 1036; exchange of prisoners, 571, 582; proclamation, 773; retreat, 825. Letters, 308, 468, 970, 982, 1006, 1009. Mentioned, 13, 16, 18, 41, 54, 95, 124, 135, 150, 291, 374, 395, 417, 421, 449, 623, 687, 692n, 703, 938, 939, 991, 1045.
Howell, David, 171n.
Howsome, Richard, 173.
Hubley, Adam, lieut. col, 25, 370, 897.
Hubley, Lowman and, 228.
Hudson, Jonathan, 44, 48, 58, 89, 112, 133, 155, 165, 167, 238, 328, 368, 514, 631, 700, 703, 709.
Hudsons River, defense of, 42, 659, 742, 774, 863, 865; ferries, 273; gallies, 383; army marched to, 663, 666.
Hugg, Joseph, 283.
Hughes, Daniel and Samuel, 381,663, 756, 772.
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Hughes, Samuel and Daniel, 381, 663, 756, 772.
Hughes, Timothy, captain, 249.
Hume, Robert, 573, 574.
Humpton, Richard, colonel, 568, 897.
Hunter, James, 173, 345, 376, 706.
Hunter, John, captain, 314, 425.
Huntington, Jedidiah, brigadier general, 347.
Huntington, Samuel, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 11.
Huntington, --, 46.
Hurrie, William, 338, 604, 625, 1018.
Hurt, John, 1057.
Hussey, Paul, captain, 471, 486.
Hutchinson, Joseph, 430.
Imbert, Jean Louis, 258.
Imlay, William, 722.
Imposts, State, 826.
Impressment, wagons and horses, 30, 56, 75, 144, 774; carriers, 396; supplies, 752, 905, 1014.
Independence, Declaration of, authenticated copies, 48.
Indians, Nova Scotia, 30, 34, 38; missionaries, 59; Pennsylvania, 62, 384, 392, 928; incursions, 69, 230, 942; committee, 92, 508, 770, 776; Floridas, 96; southern, 96; chiefs' expenses, 100; Penobscot, 101; Virginia frontier, 166, 201; presents, 127, 542, 550; treaties, 130, 166, 461; Creek, 224, 997; Oneidas, 308; middle department, 391; Fort Pitt treaty, 478, 493, 648; South Carolina, 823; Georgia, 823; Stockbridge, 757, 770, 840; confederation on, 844, 919; six nations, 62, 127, 166, 994; Shawanese, 943, 997; Delawares, 943, 977; employment of, 943, 1002; Chickasaws, 997; Choctaws, 997; instructions to northern commissioners, 998.
Indigo, green, 1029.
Industry, 271.
Ingraham, Winslow and, 963.
Innes, James, lieut. col., 51.
Inoculation of army, 110, 292, 317; in Virginia, 1016, 1039.
Inspector general, 162, 1023.
Intelligence, committee of, members, 44, 428; false, 784.
Intercourse with enemy, 783, 784, 1086.
Interest on loans, 102, 138, 158, 724, 730, 777; bills of credit, 124; bills of exchange, 457; circular, 1082.
Invalids, corps of, 288, 485, 554, 585, 690; money, 587; paymaster, 690.
Irish, Nathaniel, 891.
Ironhill, 709.
Irvine, William, colonel, 326, 897.
Irving, Thomas, 9.
Irwin, Matthew, captain, deputy commissary general of issues, 347,429, 464, 477, 498, 504, 505, 506, 517, 553, 651,702, 886.
Izard, Ralph, commissioner to Tuscany, 334, 502, 507, 519, 520.
Jack, William, lieut., 55.
Jackson, David, 490, 491.
Jackson, Henry, colonel, 490.
Jackson, James, 325.
Jacobs, John, 169.
Jamaica, 73.
James, Abel, 694, 695.
James, John, 694.
James, Thomas, 622.
Jameson, David, Dr., 759.
Jamison, John, captain, 29.
Jarvis, John, 341.
Jarvis, Leonard, 59.
Jauncey, James, jr., 52.
Jay, John, 397, 624.
Jefferson, Thomas. 71.
Jenkins, Seth, 188.
Jenkins, William, captain, 532.
Jewell, Robert, 23, 115, 231,337, 407, 479, 487, 587, 680, 692, 844.
Johns, Richard, 19.
Johnson, Henry, captain, 90.
Johnson, Horatio, 113.
Johnson, John, Sir, 462, 995.
Johnson, Rinaldo, 79.
Johnson, Thomas, jun., governor, 205, 219, 301, 312, 318, 368, 374, 429, 474, 622, 668, 738, 793.
Johnston, Francis, colonel, 200, 255, 568, 897.
Johnstown, treaty of, 462.

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Jolly, John, 209.
Jones, Charles, 108, 110.
Jones, Gabriel, 945.
Jones, Isaac, 598, 602, 603.
Jones, John Paul, 183, 465.
Jones, Jonathan, lieut. col., 640.
Jones, Joseph, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 628; attends, 628. Committees: New England committee, 650; Pennsylvania militia, 666; resolve, 733; Indian, 776; appeals, 800; war, 813; Saratoga convention, 871; campaign, 972, 1031n; treasury, 994. War Board, 824n, 871n, 883n, 960n, 966n, 967n, 1002n, 1047, 1048n. Votes: 636, 641, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 735, 750, 762, 765, 771, 780 bis, 781,782, 787, 801, 804, 807,808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879,881, 896, 904, 970, 980.
Jones, Lewellyn, Captain, 31, 133.
Jones, Nathaniel, 680.
Jones, Owen, Jr., 708n, 719n, 1005, 1008, 1012.
Jones, Reuben, 497, 509.
Jones, Walter, 258, 490, 518.
Jones, Wyllie, 586.
Jones, captain, 173.
Jones, --, Dr. (chaplain), 569.
Jordan, John, 395, 891.
Jordan, Thomas, 462.
Joseph, brig, 86.
Journals, committee on, 101,212; to note time of attendance, 118; motion on entries, 164n, 599; distribution of, 412; daily printing, 474n; cost, 502; expunged, 674; ayes and noes, 676, 687, 688, 689; printed, 1089.
Joy, Daniel, 86, 639, 649.
Joynes, Levin, 148.
Judge Advocate, pay, 256; northern deputy, 391; rank of deputies, 421.
Justice, administration of, 956.
Kachlein, Peter, colonel, 422.
Kalb, Henri Jules Alexandre von Robaii, Baron de, services declined, 185, 721: thanked, 638; major general, 746, 769; expenses, 733, 743, 744, 937. Letters, 596, 687, 755, 756, 762.
Kearsley, John, 840.
Kearsly, Samuel, captain, 260, 464, 651.
Keeppenhover, Simon, 872.
Kelhopper, Frederick, 332.
Kemp, Peter, 125.
Kendrick, John, 1050.
Kennedy, captain, 387.
Kennedy, David, colonel, 981.
Kennedy, Edward, 1028.
Kennedy, William, colonel, 1070.
Kennon, William, colonel, 11, 19, 415, 464, 471, 932, 958, 992.
Kent, Nicholas, 546, 550.
Kermovan, Jean de, 65, 1048.
Kern, captain, 422.
Kerr, David, 320.
Kerr, James, 829.
Kirkbride, colonel, 338, 341, 360.
Kirkland, Moses, 240.
Kirkland, Samuel, 72.
Kittanning, Pa., 55, 260.
Klein, Heinrich, 615.
Klein, Leonard, 351.
Klose, Gotlieb, 89.
Klyne, M., 382.
Knight, John, 376.
Knight, Peter, 617, 647.
Knox, Henry, brigadier general, 386, 490, 516, 548n, 569, 847. Letters: 427, 531, 585, 537.
Krumrun,--, captain, 407.
Kuntz, Elizabeth, 302.
La Balme, Mottin de, lieut. col., 385,468, 539, 551, 568, 572, 797, 864, 878, 1035, 1055.
La Colombe, Chevalier de, 728, 930, 931, 963.
Ladeveze, Chevalier de, 579.
Ladich [Ladig], Jacob, captain, 486.
La Falconer, Panatière de, 761.
Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Joseph Roche Yves Gilbert du Metier, Marquis de, 592, 634, 673, 738, 747, 769, 804n, 930, 947n, 983.
Lake Champlain, pay of officers, 672, 674.
Lake George, N. Y., boats for, 33, 307.
Lamar, Marion, major, 897.

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Lancaster, Pa., prisoners, 8, 46, 592, 665; barracks, 184, 190; committee, 203, 208; rendezvous, 667; Congress to meet, 742, 752; committee to, 978, 1010.
Land, bounty, 171n.
Lands, disputed, by States, 890, 900.
Lang, James, captain, 344, 370.
Langdon, John, 71, 225, 330, 336, 465.
Langdon, Jonathan, 481.
Langworthy, Edward, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 931. Votes, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980, 1010, 1056.
Lansdale, Thomas, 534.
Lansing, John, jr., 317n, 359n, 435n.
La Playne, --, de, captain, 821.
Laporte, Bajieu, 333, 342.
La Radière, Bailleul, lieut. col., 525, 539, 574, 579, 637, 639, 932.
Lardner, John, 376.
La Rocatelli, Flobergue, 1040.
Latour, John Conrad, 305.
Laumagne, Viscount de, 1048.
Laumoy, --, de, 525, 639, 760, 932.
Laurance, John, judge advocate general, 381, 395.
Laurens, Henry, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 129; attends, 570; president, 854, 1053; illness, 1022. Committees: Georgia, 579, Deane, 596; Ticonderoga, 596, 686, 688; north, 599; treasury, 631; commerce, 632; New England committee, 650; South Carolina and Georgia, 660; Gwinnett, 758; Washington medal, 785; appeals, 800, 936; marine, 802; President's allowance, 806. Votes, 636, 641,665, 669, 675, 683, 684, 725, 726, 730, 735, 750, 762, 765, 771, 780 bis, 781, 782, 787, 801, 804, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 881, 896, 904, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980, 1010, 1056. Mentioned, 823n, 870n, 882n, 884n, 888n, 906n, 941n, 947n, 954n, 968n, 1001n, 1038, 1055.
Lavien, Peter, & Co., 1054.
Law, Richard, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 11, 628; attends, 496; leave of absence, 994. Committees: Marine, 508; north, 599; Indian, 776; provisions, 794; appeals, 800; Morgan, 831; additional articles of confederation, 885, 887n, 888n, 889n; corn stalks, 929. Votes, 636, 641, 665, 669, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 734, 750, 762, 765, 771, 779, 780, 781, 782, 787, 801, 803, 897, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 880, 896, 904, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980. Mentioned, 968.
Lawrence, John, colonel, 393, 560.
Lawrence, John, Connecticut loan office, 176, 330, 599, 632, 758, 1041, 1042, 1065.
Lawrence, Thomas, 301, 992.
Lawrie, John, 343, 498.
Laws, State, 291.
Lawson, Robert, lieut. col., 556, 1033.
Lead, Pittsburgh, 247; mine, 622, 884; spouts, in Philadelphia, 677; New York mines, 847.
Leakage, allowance, 610.
Leard, James, 429.
Learned, Ebenezer, brigadier general, 218.
Leather, purchase of, 939; in North Carolina, 965.
Lebanon, Pa., 231, 405.
Le Blanc, lieut., 606, 705, 877.
Lebrun, Augustin, captain, 705, 877.
Lebrun, Charles Louis, captain, 606, 705, 751n, 759, 778, 796, 845, 875, 877, 879, 882, 902, 903.
Ledlie, James, 1067.
Lee, Arthur, commissioner to Spain, 318, 409, 420, 514, 522n.
Lee, Charles, major general, treatment of, 16, 197, 411, 621; exchange, 10, 12, 582; converse with enemy, 140, 207. Letters, 105, 114, 134, 207. Mentioned, 8, 18, 19, 52, 135, 227, 269, 302, 875.
Lee, Francis Lightfoot, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials: 628; attends, 628. Committees: Articles of war, 13; Fort Mercer and Rhode Island, 976; Canada, 981; army, 1011; Otis, 1022; Gates, 1034. War Board, 473n, 474n, 477n, 495n, 554n, 557n, 560n, 566n, 581n, 594n, 595, 614n, 639, 656n, 670, 677n,

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681n, 696n, 699n, 711n, 772n, 792n, 799n, 824n, 871n, 883n, 960n, 966n, 967n, 1002n, 1006, 1008n, 1026n, 1037n, 1047, 1048n, 1073n. Votes, 636, 641, 669, 675, 682, 684, 735, 762, 765, 780 bis, 781, 782, 787, 801, 804, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 881, 896, 904, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980, 1010, 1056. Mentioned, 80, 87, 93, 122n, 159n, 304, 306, 417, 420, 1054, 1058.
Lee, Henry, jr., captain, 24, 388.
Lee, Isaac, captain, 748.
Lee, James, captain, 238, 426, 516.
Lee, John (alias John Brown), 374.
Lee, Richard Henry, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 628; attends, 631; leave of absence, 420, 928; nominated to France, 947n. Committees: Morgan, 15; impressment, 30; Bingham, 66; Georgia, 67; Somerset County, 79; New England committee, 94; Washington's proclamation, 95; deserters, 109; post office, 127, 347n; enemy's advance, 247: recruiting, 257; Sherburne, 260; defense of Philadelphia, 264; a motion, 272; beef, 281,294n; reinforcements, 294; neutrality, 318; Trumbull, 395, 720; frontiers, 648; South Carolina and Georgia, 660; Ticonderoga, 688; Sullivan, 689; officers' rations, 710; intercourse, 783; recruiting, 805; Morgan, 831; Thanksgiving, 851; Gates, 859; Saratoga convention, 871; additional articles of confederation, 885; French officers, 886, 930; articles of confederation, 900; Burgoyne, 939; royal money, 985; Washingotn-Vannum,,1001; marine, 1034. Motion, 343n. Votes, 665, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 750, 762, 765, 771, 780 bis, 781, 782, 787, 801, 804, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 896, 904, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980. Mentioned, 122n, 123n, 186n, 159n, 289n, 729, 755, 762, 768n, 773n, 817n, 827n, 888n, 937, 941, 948.
Lee, William, commissioner to Berlin and Vienna, 343, 502, 507, 518; letters, 824.
Lee, William, colonel, 204.
Leche, John, captain, 187.
Lees, Joseph, captain, 542.
Leesburg, Va., 32, 39.
Lefferty, Bryan, 589, 595, 605.
Legion, French, 986, 1037, 1049.
Leiper, Thomas, 376.
Le Maire, James, 563, 622.
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 765, 877, 903.
Lennox, David, captain, 705.
Lennox, William, 380.
Leonard, Thomas, major, 504.
Lesser, Chevalier de, 651, 743, 744.
Letters of marque issued by South Carolina, 224; Rhode island, 226; sent to France, 317; revision of regulations, 318, 339: commissions, 792; under confederation, 913.
Letters, dead, 817.
Levant, --, colonel, 360.
Levely [or Lavely] William, 108, 125.
Levers, Robert, 257, 496.
Levies, new, bounties, 28.
Lewes town, Del., 203, 224, 253, 275, 304, 369, 426.
Lewis, Andrew, brigadier general, 43, 109, 133, 213, 633; resigns, 270.
Lewis, Francis, a delegate from New York. Attends, 1004; thanked, 397. Committees: barbarities, 42; medical, 1016; commerce, 1023. Votes, 1010, 1056. Mentioned, 42, 66, 100, 295, 382, 906.
Lewis, Warner, 72.
Lewis, William, captain, 1058.
Lewis William, 1052.
Lexington, brig, 9, 17, 58, 90, 128, 173, 838; bounty, 127; duffels, 133; medicines, 274.
Light horse, 386, 391, 393, 407.
Lightfoot, Thomas, 643.
Lignet, J. F. C., 17.
Lilly, Robert, 192.
Lincoln, Benjamin, major general, 133; thanked, 861. Letters, 170, 649, 656, 674.
Lindenberger, George, 102.

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Lindenmuth, Michael, colonel, 486.
Linn, John, 833.
Lion, sloop, 206; ship, 1004, 1067.
Lisle, Henry, 694.
Lisle, Romand de, 258.
Livingston, Abraham, 220, 291, 363, 619, 1011, 1058, 1065.
Livingston, Henry Brockholst, 643, 665, 769.
Livingston, James, colonel, 249, 392, 475, 710, 967.
Livingston, Philip, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 396, 906. Committees: marine, 313; commerce, 534; army, 546, 577. Votes, 624. Mentioned, 337.
Livingston, Robert, foundry, 111.
Livingston, Robert R., 225, 397.
Livingston, Walter, 349.
Livingston, William, governor, 696, 729, 738. Letters, 101, 184, 207, 335, 406, 428, 460n, 493, 712, 719, 747, 750, 798, 945, 1032, 1069.
Livingston and Turnbull, 609.
Loan office, advantage of, 956; returns, 1082.
Loan office certificates, 36, 40, 143, 225; paper for, 69; printing, 578; interest on, 103, 724, 730, 777, 1066; accounts, 201; bills of exchange, 456.
Loans, interest on, 102, 138, 158, 724, 730, 777; recommended, 137, 143; in France, 454, 989; motion on, 988; report, 988; in Spain, 989.
Long, James, 167.
Long, Robert, 290.
Long Island, N.Y., tories on, 109.
Loring, Joshua, 758.
Loring, Jotham, lieut. col., 586.
Lotbinier, Louis, 69, 176, 430, 543, 633, 740, 1016.
Lothrop, Isaac, 212.
Lott, Zephaniah, captain, 360.
Lottery tickets sent to States, 119, 214; interest on, 158; money appropriated, 172, 588; managers, 188,192, 506; manner of drawing, 192, 224; prizes, 353; South Carolina, 543; postponed drawings, 619, 775.
Lovell, James, a delegate from the Massachusetts Bay. Credentials, 25; attends, 85. Committees: Indians, 92; journals, 101; conference with Gates, 175; applications, 185, 349; Schuyler, 280; foreign affairs, 385; Du Coudray, 554; articles of confederation, 900; Canada, 981; Rhode Island, 1027. Reports, 380n, 384n, 526n, 539n, 571n, 605n, 638n, 722n. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 665, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 734, 750, 762, 765, 771, 787, 801, 803, 807, 808, 810, 835, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 880, 904, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980, 1010, 1056. Mentioned, 109n, 190n, 276, 559, 978n.
Lowman and Hubley, 228.
Lowry, Thomas, 250, 712n.
Loyalists, Maryland, 82, 87, 97, 275, 284, 528, 905; committee on, 212, 291; Delaware, 85, 275, 284, 643, 678, 905, 991; crown officers, Penn., 591,678; Virginia and Pennsy. frontiers, 944; confiscation of property, 971; employment of, 1053.
Loyeauté, --, captain, 606, 705, 877.
Luce, Guillaume de, 9, 10n, 44, 189.
Ludwig, Christopher, 175, 248, 323, 505, 575, 578, 602, 638.
Lukens, Charles, 892.
Lunn, Robert, 655.
Lutes, Samson, 462.
Lutterloh, Henry Emanuel, colonel, 776, 895.
Lutz, Nicholas, lieut. col., 291, 451.
Lux, Darby, 131, 622.
Lux, William, 167, 168, 1053.
Lux, --, 99, 533.
Lydia, 480.
Lyndon, J., 724.
Lyne, George, major, 345, 372.
Lyon, James, 295.
Lyon, William, 19.
McArthur, Nell, 205.
McArthur, Thomas, 534, 565.
McAustan, Alexander, 171.
McCallister, James, 680.
McCandles, George, 114, 360.
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McCann, Thomas, 476.
McCastle, Murdock, 100.
McClenaghan, Blair, 973.
McCloskey, Patrick, 1040.
McClure, James, captain, 503.
McComb, John, 615.
McConnel, Matthew, captain, 244.
McCroskey, Samuel Allen, 824.
Maccubbin, Zachariah, 99.
McClenaghan, Alexander, colonel, 110.
McConnel, James, captain, 486.
McCoy, Thomas, 630, 652.
McCreigh, William, 567.
McCulloch, James, 543.
McCurdy, John, 824.
McDonald, Alexander, 182, 408, 451, 463, 706, 839.
McDonald, Allen, 182, 250, 408, 410, 451, 463, 570, 605, 625, 660, 706, 797, 839.
McDonald, Allen, jr., 182, 408, 463, 625, 706, 839.
McDonald, Angus, 53.
McDonald, Archibald, 182, 408, 410, 425, 463, 706, 797, 839.
McDonald, Frederick, 984.
McDonald, James, 485.
McDonald, Rennel [Ronald], 182, 408, 410, 463, 706, 797, 839.
McDougall, Alexander, major general, 226, 314, 315, 375, 383, 386. 823.
McDowell, John, captain, 461.
Macfarlane, Andrew, lieut., 55.
McGaw, Robert, colonel, 623.
McGee, Robert, 139.
McGuire, Matthew, 583.
McHenry, James, 623, 758.
McIntire, Thomas, 705.
McIntosh, George, 9, 764, 765, 787, 788, 789.
McIntosh, Lachlan, brigadier general, 597. 616.
McKay, Æneas, colonel, 15, 46.
McKay, Alexander, 205.
McKean, Thomas, 905, 972.
Mackenzie, John, capt., 24, 728.
McKennan, William, lieut., 337.
McKesson, John, 230, 397.
Mackinzie, Samuel, Dr., 70, 81, 139, 143.
McKinly, John, president, 60, 275, 343n, 344, 369, 390, 643, 654. Letters, 253, 301, 333, 372, 493, 556, 582, 585, 593, 599, 681.
McKinzie, John, 48.
McKnight, Robert, 503.
McLeod, Alexander, 100.
McLeod, Daniel, 100.
McMichael, William, lieut., 244.
McMurdie, Robert, 393, 633.
McNair, Andrew, 640.
McNutt, Susannah, 430.
McPherson, John, captain, 344.
Madison, Rowland, 505.
Maess, Jacob, lieut., 533.
Magaw, Robert, colonel, 664, 897.
Magazines, of Provisions, 15, 45, 395, 445, 1015; director of, 120; inspection, 280.
Magruder, Alexander Howard, colonel, 53.
Majority, 849.
Mallet, Daniel, 671, 791.
Mallet, Peter, 671.
Malmedy, François, 288, 346.
Mancke, Christian, lieut., 324.
Marbury, James, captain, 517.
Marchant, Henry, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 408; leave of absence, 932; commissioner, 1020. Committees: salt, 413; marine, 420; commissary bonds, 433; New England committee, 731; appeals, 800, 936; French officers, 886; post office, 898. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 665, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 734, 750, 762, 765, 771, 779, 780, 781,782, 787, 801, 803, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 880, 896, 904, 934, 935; mentioned; 662n, 884.
Marine committee, members, 10, 87, 186, 312, 420, 496, 508, 802, 935, 1034, 1040; board of assistants, 281, 327; accounts, 423; money, 701, 715, 786, 789, 886, 898.
Marks, Levy, 188.
Marlet, --, major, 174.
Marquisie, Bernard Moissac de la, 51.
Marsh, Ephraim, 1029.
Marshall, Benjamin, 361.
Marshall, Charles, 321, 1013.
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Marshall, Thomas, colonel, 331.
Marshall, William, 536.
Marsteller, Philip, 479.
Martin, Alexander, 372.
Martin, Ephraim, colonel, 506.
Martin, Hudson, lieut., 148.
Martin, Luther, 79.
Martin, Robert, 573, 574.
Martinique, French regiment, 342.
Mary, 387, 622.
Mary Ann Furnace, 828.
Maryland, council of safety, 17, 65, 86, 97, 114; provisions, 26; money, 28, 164, 301, 323, 653, 078, 737, 1051; militia, 44, 53, 255, 273, 370, 474, 530, 592, 666; continental stores, 49; to appoint officers, 53, 375; cloth for troops, 81; rations, 92; insurrection, 104, 105; Eastern shore, 128; assembly, 139; cannon, 663; arms, 679, 763; damaged by Georgia troops, 792; artillerists, 822.
Mason, David, colonel, 51, 424, 471, 574, 712, 822, 825, 958, 1048, 1050.
Mason, George, 628.
Mason, Littlebury, 424.
Mason, Stevens Thomson, 846.
Massachusetts Bay, credentials of delegates, 25, 169; Nova Scotia expedition, 20, 313, 348; assembly, 59; money, 75; prices, 112; barracks, 173, 191; arms, 211; Roach, 464; militia, 600; officers, 897. Letters, 25, 65, 134, 229, 579, 601, 719, 871.
Massey, Margaret, 479.
Massey, William, 823.
Masts, timber for, 1004.
Mathiot, --, 877.
Matigny, Charles Melchior Gaude de, lieut., 606, 705, 877, 903.
Matlack, Timothy, 483, 633, 1028.
Matron, hospital, 233.
Matthewman, Luke, 573, 574, 578, 584.
Matthews, Sampson, 899.
Matthews, Thomas, captain, 556.
Matthie [or Matthis], --, lieut., 606, 705.
Mauroy, Viscomte de, 628, 637, 638, 721, 733, 743, 744, 1011.
Maxwell, William, brigadier general, 692, 706.
May, George, captain, 652.
Meeting, Michael, 479.
Mears, Sampson, 298.
Mease, James, clothier general, 221; money, 240, 325, 474, 514, 697, 899, 1005, 1016, 1071. Letters, 229, 851, 420, 472, 514, 689. Mentioned, 172, 180, 190, 249, 251, 255, 257, 269, 287, 290, 320, 341, 363, 429, 619, 655, 1058.
Mease, William, 40.
Medal for Washington, 785; Gates, 862.
Medical Committee, members, 13, 87, 1016; to visit hospitals, 237.
Medici, Cosmo, captain, 627, 1016.
Medicines, for northern army, 34; purchase of, 91; for inoculation, 140.
Mehs, Jacob, see Maess.
Meigs, Return Jonathan, lieut. col., 565, 579.
Melchior [Melcher], Isaac, 759, 968, 1051.
Melton, Philip, 345.
Meng, Wollory, 891.
Mentges, Francis, major, 897.
Mercer, Hugh, brigadier-general, 79, 84, 242, 258, 692.
Mercer, John Francis, 1049.
Mercer, Fort, evacuation, 975, 976.
Merckle, Charles, lieut., 143.
Mercury, 211.
Merlet, Hardouin, 204.
Messes, officers', 732.
Meyer, Lawrence, lieut., 248.
Meyer, William, 560.
Michael, Everhart, 664.
Middleton, Arthur, a delegate from South Carolina, credentials, 129. Committees: bills of credit, 107; teams, 395; Billingsport, 414. Votes, 636, 641, 665, 669, 725, 735, 762, 765, 780 bis, 781, 782, 787, 801, 804, 807, 808, 810. Mentioned, 53, 94n.
Mifflin, Samuel, 1052.
Mifflin, Thomas, major-general, 133; money, 192, 299, 359, 460, 812, 984; pay, 359; to join Washington, 415; resigns, 874, 882; War Board, 874, 936, 960n. Letters, 184, 250, 415, 631, 792, 825, 941.

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Mentioned, 68, 70, 106, 191, 276, 287, 294, 296, 305, 452, 476, 478, 481, 557, 637, 720, 727, 775, 776, 808, 948, 993.
Mifflin, Fort, 862, 975.
Militia, accounts of, 59, 297, 298; pay of officers, 74; proportion of officers, 191; abuse of privilege, 343; paymasters, 470; State quotas, 616; motion, 696; regulation, 698; supplies to be imported, 708; under confederation, 912; substitutes, 1002.
Milligan, James, 341, 705, 715; auditor, 999.
Milligan, William, 345.
Miller, Conrad, 673.
Miller, Henry, major, 897.
Miller, Henry, chaplain, 284.
Miller, Jacob, 453.
Mills, flour, 961.
Minerva, brig, 297.
Minis, Philip, 630.
Minnis, Francis, 1058.
Mint, to be established, 138.
Minyer, Edmund, 208, 230.
Missionaries, Indian, 59.
Mitchell, James, 680.
Mitchell, Joseph, captain, 301.
Mitchell, Nathaniel, captain, 471.
Mobile, 566.
Moeballe, Nicholas George, 423.
Molasses, 610, 929.
Molesworth, James, 210, 219, 361n.
Molliston, William, 631.
Money, paper, issued under King, 985, 990.
Monopoly, broadside, 1083.
Montgomery, --, colonel, 320, 362.
Montgomery, John, 100, 790.
Montgomery, Michael, lieut., 244.
Montgomery, Richard, brigadier-general, 81n, 349,1059.
Montgomery, William, 824.
Montgomery, sloop, 297, 493.
Montgomery, fort, 774, 975.
Monthieu, --,876.
Moody, Thomas, 276.
Moon, Jacob, 389.
Moore, James, brigadier general, 90, 130, 535, 992.
Moore, Robert, 48.
Moore, Thomas, 946.
More, John, 822, 828.
Morehead, Samuel, capt., 55, 260.
Morgan, --, captain, 125.
Morgan, Daniel, colonel, 188, 294, 295, 303, 608, 650, 865.
Morgan, George, colonel, 22; commission, 202; West Florida, 566; enquiry, 831, 944; money, 502, 503, 679, 982, 992. Letters, 14, 20, 148, 161, 184, 201, 229, 230, 288, 303, 460, 478, 508, 523, 647, 659, 670, 719, 723, 755, 801, 936, 948. Mentioned, 165, 167, 228, 247, 256, 301, 344, 494, 539, 805, 811, 839, 893, 899, 942.
Morgan, John, Dr., dismissed, 24; papers from, 44; supplies, 91; letters, 593; report on, 623, 626; money, 728.
Morris, Appolos, major, 428, 450, 468, 489.
Morris, Israel, 283.
Morris, Gouverneur, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 397; mentioned, 375, 383, 624, 906.
Morris, Jacob, 227.
Morris, James, 838.
Morris, John, Jun., 482, 746.
Morris, Lewis, a delegate from New York. Committees: conference with Gates, 175; commissaries, 177; treasury, 192; beef, 281. Mentioned, 179, 397.
Morris, Lewis, Jr., 406.
Morris, Robert, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 169, 1027; leave of absence, 806. Committees: expenses, 1777, 362; commissary, 384; A. Morris, 468, 489n; commerce, 534; Du Coudray 558; army, 701; New England committee, 731; president's allowance, 808; campaign, 972. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 675, 682, 725, 726, 730, 750, 781, 782, 801, 804, 807, 808, 835, 867, 868, 879, 980. Mentioned, 11, 33, 89n, 147n, 208, 210, 216, 257, 291, 363, 394, 428, 495n, 533, 619, 816, 860, 979n, 1058.
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Morton, John, 1042.
Mosely, Emperor, 86.
Moson, James, 422.
Mount Michael, 343, 498.
Mountford, count de, 189.
Mount Hope, 686.
Mount Independence, evacuation, 569, 585,596, 653, 659,669, 674, 681; committee, 688, 787, 901, 1053; evacuation by British, 1004.
Mourgues [Mourgens], Jean Baptiste, lieut., 673, 967.
Mourren, Viscount, 595.
Moylan, Stephen, colonel, 158, 168, 238, 365, 374, 382, 406, 449, 567, 593, 608.
Mucer, John, 351.
Muhlenberg, Peter, colonel, 52,238; brigadier general, 141; letter, 579.
Mullen, --, captain, 624.
Mullens, Thomas, 1048, 1057.
Mumford, William Green, deputy commissary general of issues, 477.
Murdock, John, colonel, 44.
Murray, John, 463, 464.
Muskets, imported, 602.
Musters, commissary general of, regulation, 221, 247, 308, 322, 619; rank, 252; election, 252, 253; difficulties, 609; pay, 619.
Myers, Jacob, 115.
Nagle, George, 897.
Nail rods, for northern army, 33.
Nash, Abner, 737.
Nash, Clement, 702.
Nash, Francis, brigadier general, 90, 141, 538, 549, 551, 608; monument, 861.
Navy board, continental, money, 592, 749, 869; letters, 615, 739; rules, 1083.
Navy, commissioners, eastern department, 281, 327, 331, 833, 836; petition of lieutenants, 361; salary of clerk, 837; middle department, 1040.
Navy, continental, commanders' allowance, 581; lieutenants' conduct, 573, 574, 578, 584; Lake Champlain, 672; suspension of officers, 833; recognition of civil authorities, 1066.
Neal, Ludwick, 43.
Neff, Jacob, 503.
Neil, William, 28.
Neilson, James, 394.
Nelson, John, 578.
Nelson, Thomas, a delegate from Virginia. Leave of absence, 335. Committee: Danbury, 314. Mentioned, 18, 28, 32, 35, 40, 61.
Nelson, John, captain, 200.
Neptune, 748.
Nesbit, David, 714.
Neutrality, laws of, 318.
Navelling, John, 295.
Neville, John, lieut. col., 458.
Newcomb, Silas, brigadier-general, 503, 664.
New England States, committee, 65, 66, 80, 87, 93, 97, 111, 118, 121; approved, 88, 124; proceedings, 650, 731,841,953, 968, 971.
New Hampshire, credentials, 71, 365; committee of safety, 134; money, 50, 255, 474, 736, 746, 1051; grants, 239, 491, 497, 507, 508; bills of credit, 579; militia, 600; instructions to Stark, 656; expenses of prisoner, 1021; clothing for troops, 1048.
New Jersey, money for, 46, 164, 184, 505, 1051, 1070; militia, 244, 300, 452, 470, 550, 592, 600, 659, 676, 712, 750; sulphur, 249; college of, 558, 566; blankets, 742; ammunition for, 747; credentials, 1017; protection, 1036.
Newman, Wingate, 723.
New Orleans, 566.
New York, credentials of delegates, 230, 396; letters of convention, 31, 42, 202, 230, 244, 296, 381; address to people, 42, 94, 210, 1081; money, 84; resolutions, 348; gallies, 383; committee of safety, 130, 230, 583, 937; salt, 465; New Hampshire grants, 491, 497, 507, 508; passes into city, 563; militia, 600; lead mines, 847.
Niagara, surprise of, 999, 1002.
Nicholas, Martin, 1066.

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Nichols, Francis, captain, 341.
Nichols, Samuel, 624.
Nichols, Thomas, alias Dudley, 99.
Nicholson, George Chardin, 210, 475.
Nicholson, James, captain, 312, 318, 665.
Nicholson, Thomas, 89.
Nicola, Lewis, colonel, 429, 485, 552, 554, 556, 587, 640, 655, 880, 706, 710, 757, 799, 868, 968, 985.
Nimham, Abraham, 757, 770, 840.
Niveau, --, lieut., 705.
Nivard, --, 765, 877.
Nixon, John, 615.
Noarth, George, 102, 253.
Noel, --, 705
Norman, John, 40.
Norris, Aquila, 128.
Norris, George, 891.
Norris, James, 364.
North, Caleb, major, 897.
North, John, 209.
North, William, 209.
Northampton county, Va., 109, 461.
North Carolina, credentials of delegates, 85, 411; beef, 26; money, 51, 92, 176, 394, 538, 712, 714, 791, 869, 1003, 1038; brigadier-general, 90; militia, 90, 223; arms, 292; troops, 317; commissions, 394; memorial, 415; battalions, 450, 475; artillery company, 544, 567; chaplains, 557; naval stores, 660; State of, 688; light horse, 696, 720; leather, 965. Prisoners: petition, 24, 89,142, 432, 477; committee, 128, 152; references, 107, 115, 168, 195, 205.
Northward, expedition to, 50.
Nourse, Joseph, 48, 248n, 361,473,974.
Nova Scotia, expedition against, 18, 20, 313; situation, 73, 313, 348; Indian agent, 30, 34, 38; petition, 297, 348.
Nure, Francis, lieut., 860.
Nurse, hospital, 163, 233.
Oath of allegiance. Maryland loyalists,83.
Oath of fidelity, 43, 431; secretary's office, 193; board of war, 242; commissioners of claims, 258; clerk committee of foreign affairs, 274; inspectors of press, 378; commissaries, 448, 603.
Officers, elections, 98, 131, 132n, 133, 138, 141, 213, 218, 323, 324, 347, 746; redress for injuries, 265; vacancies, 561; absent, 595; complaints, 609; rations, 710, 711, 732; Washington's powers, 752; under confederation, 846, 913; rewards, 965; opinions, 1035; number of, 1073. Foreign: commissions refused, 174, 177; French, 185, 759, 799, 876, 885, 902; certificates, 189; by Amphitrite, 336; commissions, 406, 451; list, 557; employment, 562, 740; Deane's authority, 721; British, prisoners, 267. Hessian: exchange, 10, 12; to Virginia, 102, 412; Canadian, 170; paroles, 653. Pay, Virginia and Maryland, 109; militia, 74, 190, 218; lists appointed by States, 217; on parole, 623, 651; power to suspend, 642; behavior towards States, 656; navy, Lake Champlain, 672. Rank, Virginia and Maryland, 109, 217, 375, 413, 415, 562.
O'Hara, James, captain, 872.
Ohio, forts on, 231.
Oil, curry, 488.
Olive Branch, brig, 66.
Ommensetter, John, 407.
Oneidas, 308.
Ord, John, 192.
Orth, Adam, 479.
Oswald, Eleazar, lieut. col., 449.
Oswegatchie, 308.
Otis, Samuel Alleyne, 893, 1022, 1031, 1033, 1042, 1071.
Ottendorff, Nicholas Dietrich, major, 11, 29, 119, 143, 159, 186, 260, 305, 345, 710.
Oury, Wendel, 697.
Owings, Nathaniel, 622.
Oxen, continental, at Philadelphia, 47.
Paca, William, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 131. Committees: appeals, 40; Hall, 507. Votes, 636, 641. Mentioned, 48, 462, 478, 665n, 815n.
Page, John, 170.
Page, Mann, jr., a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 71. Committees: Warren memorial, 80; Indians, 92; Caldwell, 93; treasury, 94; saltpetre, 107; Schuyler,

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280; Wooster, 369. Mentioned, 71, 122n, 125.
Paine, Robert Treat, a delegate from the Massachusetts Bay. Credentials, 25. Mentioned, 13, 40n, 119, 225, 1020.
Paine, Thomas, elected clerk, 274.
Painter, Elisha, 28, 47, 48, 288, 298.
Palfrey, William, 14, 52, 102, 148, 192, 205, 229, 239, 314, 320, 425, 547, 617, 900, 901, 940, 941, 975, 1038, 1041, 1042.
Pancoast, David, 891.
Paper, for loan office certificates, 69; bills of credit, 115.
Papers, public, removal of, 744, 974.
Pardon, power of, 381n, 390, 477; on return to allegiance, 1012.
Parisy, --, lieut., 606, 705, 877.
Parks, --, 892.
Parrison, --, captain, 705, 877.
Parsons, Beersheba, 673.
Parsons, Elizabeth, 674.
Parsons, Samuel Holden, 777, 1040.
Paschal, Stephen, 479.
Passengers on continental vessels, 582.
Patapsco River, 665.
Paterson, John, brigadier general, 141, 596, 1055.
Patten, Robert, 139.
Patterson, Christopher, 370.
Patterson, Ezra, 632.
Patterson, George, 33.
Patterson, Robert, 711.
Patterson, Samuel, col., 10.
Patterson, William, 97.
Patton, George, 186.
Patton, John, colonel, 362, 974.
Patton, John, captain, 423.
Patton, Robert, 205, 422, 739.
Paxton, James, 973.
Pay, of staff, 50, 121; officer, 74; unpaid troops, 171; militia officers, 190; army, 214, 489; post-office, 154; hospital corps, 163, 245; cavalry, 178; assistant paymasters, 216, 458, 657; regulations, 218, 282, 1002; prisoners of war, 215, 289; commissary of musters, 222; discharged regiments, 252; rolls, committee, 266, 282, 311; deceased officers and soldiers, 282; regimental surgeons, 289; withholding pay, 342; quartermasters, 359; stoppages, 369; by abstract, 391; General's secretary, 475; commissaries, 603; muster commissaries, 610; deputy paymasters, 693; assistant clothiers, 697; paroled prisoners, 1052.
Payenneville, James, 737.
Paymasters, regimental, 33, 209, 309, 426, 470, 730; Hessian, 73; northern department, 84, 392; pay of assistants, 216, 458, 657, 693; regulation, 248, 552, 576; pay and rank, 458, 526; difficulties, 609; invalids, 690.
Peace commissioners, British, 400.
Peale, Saint George, 83, 84.
Pearl, frigate, 173.
Pearson, Jonathan, 673.
Pechin, Bright and, 302.
Peck, William, 561.
Peekskill, Rhode Island battalion at, 742.
Peery, William, captain, 304, 425, 507, 654, 990, 992, 1005.
Pelissier, Christopher, 60.
Pemberton, Israel, 694, 714, 718, 719n, 798, 1052.
Pemberton, James, 694, 714, 718.
Pemberton, John, 694, 714, 718.
Pemberton, John, 1067.
Pemberton, Joseph, 694.
Penn, John, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 411; attends, 490. Committees: marine, 802; Lancaster, 978; medical, 1016. Votes: 636, 641, 669, 675, 682, 730, 750, 762, 765, 771, 780 bis, 781, 782, 787, 801, 804, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 881, 896, 904, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980, 1056.
Penn, John, governor, 633, 634, 641, 695.
Pennel, Joseph, 15, 504, 813.
Pennsylvania, credentials, 169, 746, 1027; council letters, 31, 54, 62, 108, 171, 658, 753, 863, 985, 1033, 1048, 1052; money, 113, 164, 184, 240, 314, 475, 483, 557, 592, 741; accounts, 229; defense, 246, 263, 268; navy board, 250; authority, 263, 268; militia, 273, 370, 414, 470, 550, 583, 584, 592, 600, 649, 658, 666, 711; board

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of war, 287, 368, 388, 451; 7th battalion, 296; condition of, 314; 4th battalion, 345; Indian complaints, 384, 392; State regiments, 482; Proctor's regiment, 564; crown officers, 591, 592n; cannon, 677; address to people, 774; memorial of officers, 882; rank of field officers, 896; militia substitutes, 1002.
Penobscot Indians, 23.
Penrose, --, colonel, 503.
Pensacola, 566.
Percy, Lord, 150n.
Peters, Thomas, 376.
Peters, Richard, secretary war board. 14, 42n, 46n, 110n, 121n, 186n, 209n, 217n, 248n, 289n, 382n, 383n, 396n, 506n, 639n, 649, 653n, 770n, 772n, 778, 796n, 869n, 883n, 897n, 940, 1078n; continued in office, 959; war office, 971.
Petitions to King and Parliament, 341.
Pettit, Charles, 1018.
Phelps, Othniel, 541.
Phifer, Martin, captain, 627, 1016.
Philadelphia, removal of stores, 66, 254, 271, 747; defense of, 246, 250, 263, 410; militia, 296, 736; light horse, 376; guards, 552: public bells, 741; supplies in, 751; printing presses, 754. Committee of Congress at: 11, 14, 18, 25, 31, 32, 46, 49, 50, 54, 60, 64, 68, 88, 101, 126, 130, 134, 148, 168; orders to, 32, 33, 66, 86; money, 102, 216; accounts, 259.
Philbrick, Joseph, 577.
Phile, Frederick, Dr., 139, 322.
Philips, Peter, 489, 585, 607.
Phillips, William, 629, 836.
Philpot, Brian, 28.
Philpot, John, 19.
Phoenix, brig, 30, 79, 427, 467.
Physician & surgeon general, 162, 234, 257.
Picard,--, captain, 705.
Pickering, Timothy, colonel, war board, 874, 945, 1069.
Pierce, Job, 30, 79, 427, 467.
Pierce, John, jr., 327.
Pierpont, John, 101.
Pierre, --, captain, 606, 877.
Piey, Thomas, lieut., 244.
Pigot, R., 1050, 1062.
Pigot, William, 105.
Pillier, --, 60n.
Pilots, reward, 219, 361n.
Pinckney, Charles, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 130.
Pinkham, John, 182.
Pitt, fort, provisions, 21, 161, 247, 256, 502, 539; powder, 256; carpenters, 301; supplies, 872; commissioners to, 943, 944, 1018; troops, 975.
Pittsburg, 69, 247, 270.
Platt, Ebenezer S., 676.
Pleasants, Samuel, 694, 714, 719.
Pluggy's town, 166, 201, 999.
Plundering by troops, 793.
Plunket, David, captain, 169.
Plunket, Thomas, 338.
Poe, David, 939.
Polhoos, Thomas, 302.
Polk, Thomas, colonel, 992.
Polke, Robert, 213.
Pollard, William, 503.
Polly, sloop, 171, 617, 647.
Pomeroy, R., 573, 574.
Pommereuil, --, lieut., 606, 705, 877.
Pond, Charles, captain, 385.
Pool, William, 429.
Poor, Enoch, brigadier general, 141, 417, 596, 1055.
Popham, William, captain, 244.
Pork for army, 27, 961.
Porter, Stephen, captain, 341.
Porter, --, colonel, 429.
Porter, --, captain, 624.
Porterfield, Charles, captain, 303.
Portugal, King of, against American ships, 318.
Postlethwaite, Samuel, captain, 774.
Postmasters and postriders, disaffected, 29; exempt from militia, 347.
Post office, delay in organizing, 30; committee on, 127, 153, 258; report, 816; obstructions, 898.
Potatoes for army, 439.
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Potts, Jonathan, 34, 254, 527, 870.
Powder, Baltimore, 37, 64; for Schuyler, 64; for Lion, 206; from France, 211; at Annapolis, 219; Fort Pitt, 256; house rent, 534; from states, 584; imported, 860.
Powell, Jeremiah, 410, 758, 1074.
Powell, Lawrence, 292.
Powell, Levin, lieut. col., 832.
Power, Alexander, 892.
Prahl, Lewis, 174, 185, 202.
Prentis, Joseph, 71.
Prescott, Richard, major general, 564, 571, 580, 582, 621, 1050.
President of Congress, allowance, 806.
Press, superintendents, 332, 378; printing, for army, 581, 609, 613; in Philadelphia and Germantown, 754; in Yorktown, 817.
Pressman, George, 156.
Preston, William, 891.
Price, George, captain, 650.
Price, Henry Yelverton, 493.
Price, James, 178, 181,195,213, 811, 1058.
Price, Thomas, colonel, 422n.
Prices, conventions, 112n, 124, 956; labor, &c., 124; Middle States, 267; in New Jersey, 499. See New England convention.
Prime, Leonard, 674.
Princeton, battle of, order of no quarter, 278.
Priscilla, 472, 486.
Prisoners, sent to Lancaster, 8, 46, 592, 665; to Lexington, 9, 10; provisions, 12, 494, 977; at Baltimore, 17; North Carolina, see under that title; Leesburg, 32; commissary, 41,289, 422, 777; treatment, 42, 49, 430, 431, 449, 627, 939, 1006, 1008, 1029, 1036; barracks, 191, 773; exchange of, 197, 253, 421, 571, 621, 970; lists, 209; pay, 215, 363, 371, 623, 651; Reading, 302; Easton, 302; York, 325, 592, 665; enlistment of British, 348, 353; dismissed from parole, 350n; motion, 423; delivered by states, 492; Cadada, 502, 986, 1037; expenses of states, 643, 1050; wages of seamen, 776; used as laborers, 797; money for support, 846; at Sharpsburg, 946; officers on parole, 1021, 1052; in New Hampshire, 1021; enlisted in British army, 1069.
Privateers, commissions, 792.
Prizes, condemnation of, 802, 804.
Proctor, Thomas, colonel, 482, 551, 552, 564, 583, 608.
Profanity in army, 157.
Property, destruction of, by British, 277; public, 777.
Providence, sloop, 284.
Provisions for American prisoners, 12, 1036; magazines, 15, 45, 395, 405, 504; safety of, 46, 315; for enemy's ships, 105; commissary general, 120; purchases, 280, 305; for army, 794, 829, 976.
Pugh, --, colonel, 482.
Pulaski, Casimir, count, 631, 673, 687, 698, 711, 745.
Purcell, Henry, 575.
Purveyors, hospital, 162, 198.
Purviance, Robert, 37, 167, 295, 533.
Purviance, Samuel, 99, 156, 167, 295, 533.
Putnam, Israel, major general, 564, 608, 720, 736, 858, 865; allowance, 704. Letters, 14, 25, 64, 89, 187, 229, 246, 253, 260, 365, 527, 703, 724, 754, 766, 773, 793, 805, 824, 899, 900.
Pyot, William, 653.
Quakers, 688n, 693, 707, 713, 718, 720, 722.
Quartermaster's department. Mifflin's plan, 191, 273, 292, 355, 941; money, 192; pay of, 255, 359; regimental, 566; accounts and officers, 728; regulation, 831, 962, 1085.
Quotas, States, of tax, 137. See Confederation, articles of, art. 9, 848, 955.
Quick, Mary, 673.
Quorum, defined, 840.
Racehorse, 292.
Rae, James, 616.
Raimbeaux, Recules de Basmeireen, 623.
Raleigh, brig, 607.
Ralston, Robert, 791.
Ramsay, John, 193.
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Ramsay, --, lieut. col., 376.
Ramsey, Nathaniel, captain, 294.
Randolph, Benjamin, 376, 387, 640.
Randolph, 761.
Randolph, Fort, 21.
Rank, Virginia and Maryland, 109; brigadiers general, 141; officers, 217, 413, 418, 451; disputes, 383; difficulties of, 609; cavalry, 869, 872; Pennsylvania field officers, 896.
Ranger, 464, 465.
Rathbun, John, captain, 284.
Rations, returns of, 222, 672; extra in Canada, 413; allowance for, 446, 884; regulation, 629, 710, 711, 732, 829, 1068.
Rawlins, Moses, colonel, 54, 1029, 1032, 1038.
Read, George, a delegate from Delaware. Committees: appeals, 172; Delaware militia, 300. Votes, 725, 726, 730, 735, 750. Mentioned, 220.
Reading, Pa., prisoners, 302.
Recruiting, committee on, 257, 261, 805, 813; accounts, 309; advances, 552, 576; arrangements, 593; Washington on, 837; broadside, 1084.
Recruits, States to report success, 25; subsistence allowance, 55.
Red Bank, defense, 862.
Redick, David, 782.
Reed, Joseph, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 746, 1027; brigadier general, 347: declines, 428; commissioner, 945, 1001, 1016, 1018; nominated to France, 947n. Mentioned, 14, 59, 972.
Register, committee on appeals, 348.
Reid, John Rodolph, captain. 244.
Reiley, William, lieut., 331.
Reinforcing Washington's army, committee, 294, 296, 299.
Reiss, John, lieut. col., 371.
Repulse, 1067.
Retaliation, 135, 430, 449.
Retaliation, sloop, 598.
Revenge, 602.
Rewards, destruction of British ships, 266;deserters from British, 340, 417.
Reynolds, --, lieut., 883.
Rhoades, Abiathar, 396, 418.
Rhode Island, credentials, 408, 724; defense of, 124, 272; accounts, 171; money, 172, 329, 533; letters of marque, 226; attempt against British fleet, 662; British forces withdrawn, 742; expedition, 975, 976, 988, 1018, 1027.
Ricault, --, 572.
Richards, John, 874.
Richardson, Holt, major, 405.
Richardson, William, colonel, 81, 319, 323, 382, 530, 536, 540, 564, 643, 706.
Richmond, Christopher, 132.
Richmond, brig, 13.
Rickman, William, 570, 626, 1039.
Ridgely, R., 131.
Riflemen, 649.
Riorden, John, 563.
Ripper, William, captain, 326, 345.
Ritchie, Robert, 192, 257, 506, 832.
Rittenhouse, David, 296n.
Rivaud, --, lieut., 606, 877.
Roach, John, captain, 464, 465.
Roberdeau, Daniel, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 169, 1027; leave of absence, 343; attends, 1027. Committees: conference with Gates, 175; applications, 185; health of army, 193; enemy's vessels, 266; pay rolls, 266; commissaries, 277; Delaware militia, 300; Trumbull, 517; Allison, 536; Ticonderoga, 596; Pennsylvania militia, 666; provisions, 794; Morgan, 831; thanksgiving, 851; post office, 898; Indians, 923; corn stalks, 929; Buchanan, 948; army provisions, 962; clothier general, 966; Lancaster, 978; pardons, 1012; loyalists in office, 1053. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 665, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 735, 750, 762, 765, 771, 780 bis, 781, 782, 787, 801, 804, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 881, 896, 904, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980, 1010, 1056. Mentioned, 206, 1023, 1057n.
Roberts, William, major, 974.
Robinson, Burton, 644.
Robinson, Cornelius, 604.

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Robinson, Peter, 644.
Robinson, Thomas, major, 897.
Robsamen, Jacob, 113.
Roche, --, 184.
Rock Hall, 665.
Rodeg, John, 615.
Rodgers, John, 673.
Rodney, Caesar, brigadier general, 337, 591.
Rodney, Thomas, captain, 337.
Roe, Jesse, 891.
Roebuck, 257.
Rogers, Nicholas, captain, 606, 751.
Romanet,--, 765, 877, 903.
Rosanna, 472.
Rose, Amos, 703.
Ross, Alexander, 542, 548.
Ross, George, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Committees: barbarities, 43; Campbell, 45; unfinished business, 51. Mentioned, 41, 48, 68, 828.
Ross, James, lieut. col., 897.
Ross, John, 192.
Ross, Richard, 1065.
Rouerie, Armand de la, 543.
Rouilhac, --,1058, 1065.
Roussi, Regnier de, lieut. col., 142, 156.
Rowan, Stephen, 195.
Rudolph & Co., 738.
Rum, 738.
Rumsey, Benjamin, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 131; leave of absence, 329. Committees: North Carolina prisoners, 128; Sherburne, 260; pay rolls, 266; toryism, 275; beef, 281; Pennsylvania, 314; treasury, 994; appeals, 1015. Votes: 867, 868, 879, 881,896, 904, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980, 1010. Mentioned, 1021n, 1051.
Rumsey, Nathaniel, 80.
Rush, Benjamin, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Committee: Warren memorial, 80, 243. Surgeon general, 254; physician general, 518. Mentioned, 156, 164n, 394, 525.
Rush, Jacob, 176n, 872, 875.
Rusk, Nicholas, 674.
Russell, William, colonel, 543, 544.
Rutherford, Thomas, 142, 482, 477.
Rutledge, John, governor, 9, 224, 415, 464, 471, 758, 823, 932, 958.
Rutter, Thomas, 108.
Ruttenburgh, Thomas, 297.
Sacket, Nathaniel, 547.
Sailors, maimed and incurable, 164; advance money, 207.
St. Aubin, St. Pierre Auguste de, 37.
St. Clair, Arthur, major general, 133; ordered to Ticonderoga, 217, 307; leave of absence, 280, 901; ordered to headquarters, 590; command, 727n. Letters, 346, 531, 546, 569, 600, 672, 700.
St. Leger, Barry, colonel, 995.
Saint Domingo, French regiment, 342.
St. Johns, Indians, 38; attack planned, 999.
St. Ouary, Baron de, 991.
Salisbury, Conn., furnace, 111, 847; provisions, 315.
Sally, brig, 1052.
Salt, 316, 446, 560, 562, 610, 961; for North Carolina, 27; for Fort Pitt, 272, 478; committee, 413, 458, 461; New York, 465; importation, 829; transportation, 830, 977, 1010.
Salt Springs, 109, 244, 733.
Saltonstall, Gurdon, 536.
Saltpetre, committee, 107, 113.
Sappenfield, Matthias, 432, 484.
Saratoga, convention of, 851, 871, 880, 881; stores under, 949, 1059; not to be altered, 1032; list, 1034; broadside, 1089.
Sargent, Winthrop, 836.
Sassafras, Md., 667.
Scammell, Alexander, colonel, 535.
Schennectady, N.Y., 84.
School, military, 485.
Schuyler, Philip, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 397; attends. 230; leave of absence, 901; to use salt springs, 109; reprimanded, 180; conduct of, 279; to send troops, 289, 300; accounts, 326, 349; memorial, 333, 334, 336; motion, 347; ordered to north, 364, 375; to headquarters, 596; militia assembling, 659; succeeded by Gates, 604;

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charges, 787. Letters, 31, 49, 51, 65, 66, 101, 126, 170, 186, 203, 385, 468, 490, 492, 527, 546, 569, 582, 600, 621, 628, 647, 649, 659, 663, 670, 674, 785, 1053. Mentioned, 15, 29, 32, 33, 62, 64, 73, 84, 242, 251, 255, 259, 271, 273, 279, 294, 297, 298, 311, 317, 344, 362, 374, 376, 391, 436n, 437n, 447n, 462, 475, 549, 550, 561, 562, 769.
Schuyler, sloop, 385.
Schuyler, fort, 771.
Scott, Charles, brigadier general, 213, 623,981.
Scott, James, captain, 82, 479.
Scott, John Morin, 381.
Scott, Joseph, captain, 98.
Scott, Thomas, 702.
Scudder, Nathaniel, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1017.
Seal, public, 59.
Seamen, 16, 776; advertisement, 1082. Search, Thomas, 361.
Secrecy, Secretary's office, 194; board of war, 242.
Secret committee, to report, 45; money for, 216, 590, 728; accounts, 423; members, 533.
Secret correspondence, committee, money for, 98; clerk, 274; name altered, 274; correspondence with Deane, 596.
Secretary, office organization, 193; deputy, 195, 202, 874; to brigadier, 475.
Seely, --, colonel, 338.
Seitz, Charles, 260, 710.
Selin [or Selim], Antoine, 119, 324.
Semple, William, 240.
Seneca Indians, 22.
Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson, a delegate from New Jersey. Leave of absence, 156, 219; Bedford incident, 458, 459, 461, 466. Committees: Marine, 10, 186; appeal, 13; intelligence, 44; appeals, 75, 337; brig Joseph, 86; Washington's proclamation, 95; deserters, 109; Delaware militia, 300; Trumbull, 517; Jay, 624. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 669, 675, 682, 684. Mentioned, 94, 95, 259, 524n.
Sergeant, Samuel, 892.
Servants, enlistment, 262, 369, 391; soldiers, 670.
Sever, William, 211, 601, 618.
Severs, Frederick, 968.
Seydett, --, captain, 486.
Shaeffer, Conrad, lieut. col., 422.
Shaler, Timothy, 188, 206.
Shallus, J., 739, 746.
Shappel [Shable, Jacob], captain, 486.
Sharon, Conn., 315.
Sharpsburg, 946.
Shaw, Nathaniel, 177.
Shaw, William, 411.
Shawanese Indians, 943.
Sheaff, Henry, captain, 115.
Shee, Walter, 351.
Sheldon, Elisha, colonel, 70, 178, 608, 861, 869.
Shelly, Daniel, 828.
Sheppard, Abraham, colonel, 450, 475.
Sherburne, 259, 384.
Sherer, Henry, 673.
Sherman, Roger, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 11; leave of absence, 508. Committees: Kennon, 11; executive boards, 26; impressment, 30, 78; provisions, 45; appeals, 75; Southouse, 89; New England committee, 94; Washington's proclamation, 95; bills of credit, 107, 138; army contract, 134; conference with Gates, 175; Lancaster, 203; beef, 281; reinforcements, 294; shoes, &c., 414, 489n; marine, 420, 508; A. Morris, 468. War Board, 473n, 474n, 477n, 485n, 492n, 495n, 518n, 541n, 554n. Mentioned, 23, 77n, 78n, 101, 159n, 246n, 259, 359n, 430, 431n, 435n, 451n, 928n, 941n.
Ship carpenters, 186.
Shippen, William, Jr., 161, 193, 219, 371, 490, 1039; director general hospital, 253; money, 257, 517, 547, 560, 618, 739, 838, 894, 983. Letters, 670, 727, 821, 980.
Shipwrights, petition, 89.
Shirts, committee, 414, 487.
Shitz, Henry, 295, 362.
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Shoffner, George, lieut., 324.
Short, John Paul, captain, 324, 325.
Shrop, John, lieut., 186.
Sick, commissary of the, 198, 290.
Sigismund, Ernst, baron, 305.
Silver coins, value, 59.
Simms, Charles, major, 543, 544.
Simon, Joseph, 886.
Simons, Abraham, 43.
Simons, Joseph, 302.
Simpers, John, 966.
Simpers, Thomas, 966.
Simpson, Joseph, 386.
Simpson, Southy, 104, 105,109.
Singleton, Anthony, captain, 98.
Six Nations, 62, 127, 166, 994.
Skinner, Cortlandt, colonel, 504.
Skinner, John, 255.
Smallpox inoculation, 110.
Smallwood, William, brigadier general, 39, 83, 96, 100, 105, 132, 667, 736.
Smith, Belcher P., 692, 704, 710, 836n, 868.
Smith, Brazilla, 86.
Smith, Calvin, 586.
Smith, Daniel, 625.
Smith, Isaac, 628, 836.
Smith, James, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 1027; attends, 1028; vote, 1056.
Smith, John, 484.
Smith, John, 729.
Smith, John, lieut., 798, 1070.
Smith, Johnson, 892.
Smith, Jonathan Bayard, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 169, 1027; resigns, 746; attends, 1034. Committees: Commissaries, 177; Williamson, 186; treasury, 192; journals, 212; conference with Gates, 218; provisions report, 294n; reinforcements, 294; Charlestown, 354, 366n; Trumbull, 395; salt, 413, 462; shoes, &c., 414; Allison, 536; rations, 629; War Board, 936; Gates, 1034; army, 1053. War Board, 966n, 1006, 1008n, 1026n, 1037n. Votes, 636, 641, 665. Mentioned, 188, 240.
Smith, Joseph, captain, 860.
Smith, Matthew, major, 897.
Smith, Patrick, 776.
Smith, Reuben, 338.
Smith, Robert, 19, 586.
Smith, Robert, captain, 680.
Smith, Samuel, 862.
Smith, Stephen, 174n, 185.
Smith, Thomas, Pennsylvania loan office, 14, 69, 106, 190n, 335, 460, 532, 886, 937, 968, 973, 983,1005, 1016, 1041, 1042, 1049, 1058.
Smith, Thomas, 416.
Smith, William, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 131. Committees: barbarities, 43; army contract, 134; treasury, 144; Schuyler, 280; commissaries, 281; marine, 313; commerce, 534; rations, 629; army provisions, 962. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 665, 669, 675, 682, 684, 750, 765, 780 bis, 781, 782, 801, 804, 807, 808, 810, 835, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 881, 896, 904, 950, 951, 970, 980. Mentioned, 1023.
Smith, William, continental druggist, 274, 538.
Smith, William, captain, 326.
Smith, William, copper plate printer, 578.
Smith, --, captain, 38.
Smythers, James, 225.
Snevely, Casper, captain, 479.
Snicker, Edward, 294.
Snowdon, Isaac, 711.
Soap, 473, 580, 609, 796.
Soldiers, maimed and incurable, 164, 390; as servants, 670.
Somerset County, Md., 79, 82, 87, 97, 110, 196, 275, 284, 528.
South Carolina, credentials of delegates, 129; magazines of provisions, 19, 27; money, 165, 227, 568; letters of marque, 223; committee, 660; hospital, 823.
Southouse, Edward, 89.
Spain, commissioners to, Franklin appointed, 8; commission, 521n; Lee's commission, 522n; loan, 989.
Spear, William, 157.
Specie, northern department, 84; to be coined, 138; from provisions, 1037, 1049.

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Spencer, Elihu, 558n, 822.
Spencer, Joseph, captain, 165.
Spencer, Joseph, major general, 497, 561, 564, 662, 988, 1020.
Spencer, Thomas, 73.
Spicer, John, 589.
Spingler, -- captain, 486.
Spirits, manufacture from corn stalks, 929.
Spotswood, Alexander, colonel, 371, 482, 551, 676, 981.
Spring, -- (widow), 534.
Springfield, Mass., elaboratory and cannon foundry, 139, 266, 561; arms from, 672.
Sproat, William, 192.
Sprogle, Ludowic, 666.
Stable, continental, 46.
Staff, pay of, 50.
Stanley, John Wright, 1053.
Stanton, Joseph, 351.
Stanwix, Fort, 375.
Stapleton, --, Dr., 344.
Stark, John, brigadier general, 656, 657, 665, 709, 770, 866, 999.
Staten Island, incursions from, 676;expedition against, 700, 808, 823.
States, to withdraw bills of credit, 36; policy in Congress, 106; accounts against the continent, 112; sovereignty, 122n; quota of tax, 137, 955; laws of, 291; petitions to King, 341; representation in Congress, 498n, 559; committee of, 848, 879, 919, 923. See Confederation, articles of.
Stedman, James, lieut., 244.
Steel, Archibald, 936.
Steel, John, captain, 427, 464.
Steel for northern army, 33.
Steiner, Melchior, and Charles Cist, 325.
Stephen, Adam, major general, 133, 173, 1008.
Stephens, Robert, 351.
Stephenson, Hugh, captain, 351.
Sterret, William, 69.
Stevens, Ebenezer, captain, 391.
Stevens, Edward, colonel, 269.
Stevens, John, 1018.
Stevens, Richard, 269.
Stevenson, George, jr., 824.
Stevenson, James, 182, 386, 1065.
Steward, hospital, 233.
Stewart, Archibald, 617, 629.
Stewart, Charles, commissary general of issues, 477n, 546, 598, 629, 763, 973.
Stewart, David, 167.
Stewart, John, 1067.
Stewart, Stephen, 590.
Stewart, Walter, colonel, 8, 533, 680, 897.
Stewart, William, lieut., 244.
Stewart, --, colonel; 110, 111, 170, 189.
Stiles, Joseph, 160.
Stirling, Lord, 64; major general, 133; no compensation for loss, 185. Letters, 170, 1048.
Stock, live, removal of, 283, 667.
Stockbridge Indians, 757, 770, 840.
Stockton, Richard, a delegate from New Jersey. Prisoner, 12. Mentioned, 156, 380n, 413, 558n, 587.
Stockton, Richard W., 840.
Stone, John Hawkins, colonel, 96, 322, 426. 478.
Stone, Thomas, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 131.
Stoppages of pay, 369.
Storer, Ebenezer, 628, 836.
Stores, military, removal of, 711.
Stormont, Lord, 601, 607.
Stringer, Richard, 53.
Stringer, Samuel, Dr., 24, 34, 92, 180.
Subalterns, arms for, 670.
Subsistence. allowance, Navy, 581.
Substitutes in army, 262, 1002.
Success, 748.
Sugar Hill, 986.
Sullivan, James, 112.
Sullivan, John, major general, resigns, 528, 537; directions to march, 677; recall, 727n, 742, 749; Staten Island, 808, 823. Letters, 176, 191, 409, 415, 527, 551, 688, 700, 707, 789, 798, 825, 856, 938, 1047. Mentioned, 385, 406, 693, 875, 967.
Sulman, John, 861.
Sulphur, sale, 249, 337; manufacture, 884.
Sumner, John, 946, 1047.
Surgeon general, 162, 234, 257.

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Surgeons, regimental, 197, 289; naval, 554.
Surveyors of post office, 816, 817.
Sussex County, Del., loyalists, 83, 275, 284, 528, 644, 991.
Sweers, Cornelius, 590, 892.
Sweetser, Seth, 354.
Sweiney, James, 891.
Swope, Michael, colonel, 835.
Sword to, John Green, 862; Samuel Smith, 862; John Hazelwood, 862.
Sykes, James, a delegate from Delaware Credentials, 219. Committee: Schuyler, 280.
Taarling, Peter, 778.
Talbot, Jeremiah, captain, 326, 345.
Talbot, Robert, 160.
Talbot, Silas, captain, 787, 793, 794, 796.
Tallow, 447, 795.
Tar, at Wilmington, 660.
Tarney, Michael, 1067.
Taxation, States, 137, 731; motion on, 167n; basis for voting, 781; under confederation, 785, 788, 793, 797, 800, 801, 947n; committee on quota, 797.
Taylor, George, 63, 101, 130, 166.
Taylor, Gillam, 360.
Taylor, James, & Co., 874.
Taylor, John, 113.
Taylor, John, paymaster, 618.
Taylor, John, major, 60, 61.
Taylor, Reuben, lieut., 244.
Taylor, Robert., colonel, 387.
Taylor, Thomas, 873, 984.
Tazewell, Henry, 71.
Tazewell, John, 535, 628, 1064.
Teams, number, 395.
Teas, Alexander, lieut., 244.
Telfair, Alexander, 586.
Ten Broek, Abraham, 230, 497.
Ten Broek, Derk, 984.
Tender, lawful, 36.
Tenet, --, captain, 673.
Tennet, John, 704.
Tents, 352, 481.
Terrill, Abraham, 692.
Terry, Rebecca, 502.
Thanksgiving for Burgoyne's capture. 851, 854, 873.
Thomas, snow, 89.
Thompson, Eben, 71, 365.
Thompson, James, 243.
Thompson, John, captain, 244.
Thompson, William, brigadier general, 238, 332, 631.
Thomson, Charles, 85n, 88n, 167n, 299n, 359n, 498n, 531n, 548n, 591n, 594n, 605n, 639n, 640, 662n, 695n, 751n, 769n, 773n, 782n, 800n, 802n, 808n, 840, 858n, 869n, 884n, 907n, 925n, 969n, 974, 979n, 1003n, 1068. Officiates as president, 846.
Thornburg, Joseph, 476, 993.
Thornton, Matthew, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 71; leave of absence, 321. Committees: Morgan, 15; Allan, 34; saltpeter, 107; Schuyler, 280. Mentioned, 94n.
Throop, Amos, 464.
Throop, Josiah, 73, 74.
Tibbs, Matthew, 573, 574.
Ticonderoga, 111, 375; cannon, 15, 119; return of garrison, 31, 181; Gates ordered to, 202; defense, 304, 306; evacuation, 569, 585, 596, 653, 659, 669, 674, 681; committee, 688, 758, 787, 900, 1053; reduction of, 866; fortifications, 987; evacuation by British, 1004.
Tillinghast, Daniel, 59, 330, 341, 618, 937.
Tilton, James, Dr., 254, 292.
Timothy, Peter, 130.
Tobacco for France, 983.
Tonyn, Patrick, governor. Intercepted letter, 8.
Tooker, Charles, 692.
Tories. See Loyalists.
Tousard, Louis, captain, 606, 705, 877, 902, 963.
Towers, Robert, 303, 578, 754, 851, 1006.
Trade, resolves on, 1089.
Transports, reward for destroying British, 266.
Trapier, Paul, jr., a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 130.
Travis, Edward, 607.
Treason, 644.
Treasurer, continental, 40, 755.

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Treasury, Board of, members, 94, 144, 192, 337, 631, 994.
Treasury, state of, 28; removed to Baltimore, 665.
Treat, Malachi, 254.
Treaty with Germany, 519; Tuscany, 521; State duties, 826, 833; reported, with Great Britain, 951.
Trenton, N. J., removal of stores, 748, 751, 753.
Trentlen, John Adam. 757, 764, 776, 790.
Trickett, William, 360, 503.
Triesback, Just, captain, 143.
Troup, Robert, major, 770.
Trumbull, Francis, 195.
Trumbull, John, 176, 185, 187, 281.
Trumbull, Jonathan, governor. Letters, 31, 65, 66, 80, 87, 98, 134, 176, 187, 288, 347, 497, 518, 599, 719, 825, 856, 858, 1021, 1050. Mentioned, 9, 46, 70, 111, 291, 369, 396n, 418, 535, 847, 1047.
Trumbull, Jonathan, jr., money, 75, 240, 284, 492, 505, 618, 809; pay, 73, 940, 952. Letters, 31, 758, 808, 837. Mentioned, 327, 349, 382, 705, 894, 940, 1051.
Trumbull, Joseph, commissary general of purchases, 477; to remain in office, 620; on War Board, 971; money, 12, 181, 299, 323, 334, 367, 386, 505, 756, 886. Letters, 65, 176, 335, 371, 395, 412, 432, 482, 508, 514, 517, 523, 527, 538, 541, 545, 546, 575, 585, 598, 610, 687, 755, 988, 1021. Mentioned, 27, 70, 276, 279, 292, 305, 368, 380, 404, 429, 464, 491, 505, 543, 599, 634, 702.
Tryon, William, 1040.
Tucker, Samuel, captain, 183.
Turnbull, William, auditor, 220, 291, 363, 619, 999, 1011, 1058, 1065.
Turnbull, Livingston and, 809.
Turner, Philip, 254.
Turner, Robert, 803.
Tuscany, commissioner to, 318, 334, 519.
Two Brothers, schooner, 351.
United Provinces of Holland, commissioner, 523, 527, 531.
Valcourt, Chevalier de, 651.
Valfort, --, 628, 743, 744.
Vallenais, --, 539, 551, 568.
Vanbibber, Isaac, 298.
Vanbibber and Crocket, 298.
Van Cortland, Philip, colonel, 710.
Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 397, 490, 491, 497, 703.
Van Dyke, Nicholas, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 219; attends, 409. Committees: Marine, 420; Hall, 507; arms, 602. Votes, 624, 636, 641.
Van Heer, Bartholomew, 186, 260.
Van Orden, Hezekiah, 936.
Vantassel, John, 1040.
Vantassel, Philip, 1040.
Varick, Richard, 31, 252, 557, 1034, 1035.
Vareigne, --, captain, 606, 705, 877.
Varnum, James Mitchel, brigadier general, 141, 1001.
Vaughan, Joseph, major, 430.
Vaughan, John, major general, 851.
Vaughan, Thomas, 573, 574, 577.
Vegetables, for army, 439, 609.
Vermilion, 84.
Vermont, 491.
Vernejous, Jean Louis de, 176, 191, 885.
Vernis, --de, 189.
Vernon, Frederick, captain, 655.
Vernon, William, 331.
Vessels, armed, of States, 93, 129; in Massachusetts, 182; South Carolina, 223; reward for destroying British, 266; cost of construction, 581; in Virginia, 964; purchase, 973; circular orders, 1082.
Viellon, James, 704.
Vienna, commissioners to, 8, 318, 343, 519.
Villefranche, --, captain, 765, 875.
Vinegar, 439, 609.
Virginia, credentials, 71, 628; light-horse, 15, 34; defense of frontiers, 21, 247; provisions, 26, 46, 516; 8th regiment, 52; arms for, 68, 173; cloth for troops, 80; 2d battalion, 97, 155; clothes for 7th, 345, 353; troops for Washington's army, 133, 973; Indian expedition, 166, 201; money, 231, 1051; warrants, 377; field pieces, 664; militia, 667; ships in, 964; recruiting regiments, 967, 1038; inoculation, 1016, 1039; expences for prisoners, 1050; representation in Congress, 1064; field pieces, 1069.

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Virginia, frigate, 16, 312, 535.
Visgar, Graverod and, 167.
Visscher, John, 170.
Volunteers, foreign, 174.
Voting under confederation, 776, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 910.
Vrecourt, Chevalier de, 253, 258, 269.
Vrigny, --, de, 628, 651, 743, 744, 870.
Wadding, --, 59.
Wade, Francis, captain, 196, 343, 498, 869.
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, deputy commissary of purchases, 477, 617, 627.
Wagons, impressing committee, 30, 56, 75, 144.
Walker, Benjamin, 790.
Walker, Charles, 83.
Walker, Jacob, captain, 98.
Walker, James, 113.
Walton, George, a delegate from Georgia, credentials, 931. Committees: treasury, 337; Indian, 508, 776; Georgia, 579. Votes, 624, 641, 669, 750, 765, 771, 780, 781, 782, 787. Mentioned, 33, 63, 101, 130, 148, 166, 216, 598n.
Walton, George (loyalist), 643.
War, Board of, members, 32, 204, 337, 525, 563, 571, 813, 936, 971, 994; order to, 91; money, 126, 207, 361, 572, 688, 778; organization, 241; resolves, 252n, 474n; on quartermaster, 941; war office 809, 819, 874, 959; procedure, 946, 953, 960.
Ward, Artemas, major-general, 134, 320, 389. Letters, 148, 184, 246.
Ward, Henry, 409.
Ward, Joseph, 246, 252, 320.
Ward, Samuel, 841.
Wardmaster, hospital, 163.
Warner, Seth, colonel, 47, 230, 298, 510, 536.
Warrants for payments, 350, 377; southern department, 574.
Warren, James, speaker, 170, 373, 389.
Warren, James, paymaster, 212, 216, 388.
Warren, James, navy board, 331.
Warren, John, Dr., 729.
Warren, Joseph, major-general, 79, 242, 258.
Warren, 202n.
Washington, George, prisoners, 12, 13, 571, 797; reinforcements for, 15, 149, 202, 294, 296, 299; proclamation on allegiance, 95, 165, 1081; rank of officers, 109; French officers, 131; Lee's request, 141; councils of war, 196; appointments, 251; removal of live stock, 283; retaliation, 449; defense of Philadelphia, 549; printing press, 581; on recall of brigadiers, 601; commissaries, 620; powers, 668, 752, 784, 1068; reinforcements from Putnam, 720, 736; intelligence, 726; impressing clothing, 752, 905, 1014; medal, 785; proclamation on deserters, 816; scuttling frigates, 863. Letters, 11, 14, 31, 49, 51, 54, 64, 65, 68, 86, 101, 121, 130, 134, 170, 177,184, 187, 205, 210, 213, 217, 218, 226, 244, 253, 267, 270, 287, 288, 308, 314, 319, 329, 330, 347, 348, 352, 365, 367, 381, 386, 395, 406, 409, 417, 419n, 421, 427, 428, 431, 468, 480, 490, 492, 498, 508, 514, 527, 536, 538, 545, 546, 551, 557, 558, 564, 469, 575, 577, 582, 583, 591, 593, 595, 601, 615, 621, 627, 628, 629, 631, 634, 647, 649, 653, 656, 659, 663, 664, 668, 670, 674, 675, 687, 695, 696, 697, 699, 703, 709, 714, 727, 735, 740, 747, 749, 755, 756, 773, 782, 798, 808, 822, 824, 837, 841, 870, 893, 896, 900, 906, 945, 970, 982, 1001, 1006, 1023, 1032, 1054, 1065. Mentioned, 7, 15, 20, 32, 38, 41, 42, 44, 45, 50, 52, 53, 66, 68, 70, 74, 82, 87, 89, 90, 94, 97, 98, 107, 110, 114, 119, 124, 125, 133, 148, 160, 161, 168, 171n, 177, 179, 181, 186, 190, 203, 204, 221, 229, 238, 251, 260, 272, 298, 300, 324, 333, 336, 344, 346, 351, 362, 364, 380, 385, 391, 395, 396, 416, 427, 430, 450, 453, 475, 537, 540, 547, 562, 567, 581, 594, 599, 600, 603, 604, 608, 624, 651, 667, 668, 683, 686, 696, 698, 701, 706, 710, 726, 738, 749, 751, 753, 762, 763, 770, 774, 785, 793, 828, 831, 836, 851, 873, 883, 929, 939, 944, 965, 966, 972, 976, 981, 991, 1009.
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Washington, Fort, 371.
Washington, 863.
Wasp, 480.
Wastage, allowance, 610.
Waterbury, David, brigadier-general, 102, 109.
Waters, Daniel, 183.
Watkins, Josiah, 891.
Watman, Michael, 115.
Watts, Frederick, colonel, 371, 393, 487.
Watts, Henry, 845.
Wayne, Anthony, brigadier general, 49, 134, 141, 882n, 1017. Letters, 180, 260, 386, 531.
Ways and Means, 648, 652, 654, 689, 696, 697, 702, 706, 709, 724.
Weare, Meshech, 49, 50.
Weaver, Jacob, captain, 80, 204, 482, 506, 554, 668, 768, 847.
Webb, Thomas, captain, 367.
Weedon, George, brigadier general, 141, 633, 711, 1057.
Weiss, Lewis, 325.
Wells, John, 341.
Welsh, Enoch, 556, 693.
Welsh, Michael, 1008.
Wentworth, John, governor, 187.
Wesley, John, lieut., 304.
West, Edward, 906.
West, William, jun., major, 52, 598, 604, 623.
West Augusta, Va., 21, 100.
Westcot, Richard, 476.
West Florida, expedition against, 566.
West Indies, supplies from, 466.
West Indies, French, corps to be raised, 177.
Westmoreland, Pa., 70, 100, 113, 229, 246, 255.
Weyman, Edward, 738.
Wharton, Carpenter, 14, 15, 27, 41, 70, 177, 180, 255, 268, 272, 280, 303, 499.
Wharton, John, 615.
Wharton, Thomas, jr., 227n, 406, 469, 483, 623, 713, 714, 720, 740, 744.
Wharton, Thomas, sr., 694, 714, 718.
Wheat, to be laid up, 168n; removed, 316; for flour, 769; to be threshed, 1015.
Wheeler, Samuel, 193, 228, 272, 361n.
Whetstone, Jacob, captain, 486.
Whipple, William, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 71. Committees: Campbell, 45; conference with Gates, 175. Mentioned, 255, 465, 496, 1020.
Whitcomb, Benjamin, captain, 561.
White, James, 41.
White, John, major, 568, 617, 647, 749, 783, 792, 984.
White, John, 541.
White, Joseph, 602.
White, Robert, 640, 700, 744.
White, Thomas, 860.
White, William, Rev., 756, 824.
White Eyes, Captain, 825.
Whitmore, Edward, 101.
Whittlesy, Charles, 541.
Widows, provision for soldiers', 177.
Wikoff, Isaac, 1038.
Wilcox, Mark, 302.
Wilkins, John, captain, 453.
Wilkinson, James, brigadier general, 851, 856, 870.
Willet, Marinus, lieut. col., 709, 772.
Willets, Amos, 540.
Williams, John, colonel, 1071.
Williams, Otho H., 553.
Williams, William, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 11; attended, 496; leave of absence, 994. Committees: McIntosh, 788; war board, 813. War Board, 824n, 871n, 883n, 960n, 966n. Votes, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 734, 750, 762, 765, 771, 779, 780, 781, 782, 787, 801, 803, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 853, 854, 867, 868, 879, 880, 896, 904, 934, 935, 950, 951, 970, 980. Mentioned, 968.
Williams, William, major, 897.
Williams, --, captain, 1070.
Williamson, Hugh, Dr., 186, 371.
Willing and Morris, 210, 542, 548, 706, 816.
Wilmot, Simon, lieut., 424.

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Wilson, James, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 169; leave of absence, 367; superseded, 746; nominated to France, 947n. Committees: Franklin's commission, 9; Bingham, 66; Campbell, 68; appeals, 75, 337; impressments, 78; Somerset County, 79; brig Joseph, 86; New England committee, 94; Williamson, 186; conference with Gates, 189; Lancaster, 203; enemy's advance, 247; recruiting, 257; enemy's ships, 266; toryism, 275; reinforcements, 294; address, 314, 404n; neutrality, 318; Trumbull, 381; Indians, 384; Hall, 507, 531n; Du Coudray, 558, 630; Georgia, 579; Deane, 596; North, 599; pay, 624; rations, 629; frontiers, 648; South Carolina and Georgia, 660; Trumbull, 720. Reports, 88, 208n, 361n, 511, 727n. War Board, 518n, 550n, 554n, 557n, 560n, 566n, 567n, 571n, 581n, 585, 591n, 592n, 595, 614n, 639, 656n, 657n, 670, 677n, 681n, 698n, 699n, 711n. Votes, 624, 636, 641, 665, 669, 675, 682, 684, 725, 726, 730, 735. Mentioned, 123n, 155n, 159n, 245n, 259, 391n, 591n.
Wilson, James, captain, 360.
Wilson, James Armstrong, major, 630, 774, 790, 832, 1049.
Wilson, William, 228.
Wilson, --, 1020n.
Wiltner, --, 302.
Winans, Jacob, captain, 393.
Winder, Lewis, capt., 23.
Winslow, John, captain, 238, 475.
Winslow and Ingraham, 963.
Winster, John, captain, 98.
Winters, Elisha, 174.
Winthrop, William, 212.
Wirtz, Christian, 407, 422.
Wisner, Henry, 337, 397.
Witherspoon, John, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1017; leave of absence, 156; attends, 1032. Committees: Baltimore prisoners, 17; barbarities, 42; journals, 101; post-office, 127; North Carolina prisoners, 128; Williamson, 186; conference with Gates, 189; health of army, 193; a motion, 272; expenses, 1777, 362; Franklin, 607; New England, 650; war, 813; Gates, 1034; army, 1053; Ticonderoga, 1053; Washington, 1054. Votes, 665, 669, 725, 726, 730, 734, 780 bis, 781, 782, 787, 801, 804, 807, 808, 810, 835, 843, 849, 850, 1056. Mentioned, 48, 159n, 335, 558n.
Wolcott, Oliver, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 11; leave of absence, 321. Committees: Marine, 10; Allan, 34; Pennsylvania, 55; Georgia, 67; health of army, 193; Schuyler, 280. Report on Indians, 166.
Wood, James, colonel, 21, 207, 216, 301, 332, 481, 505.
Wood, James, jr., 931.
Wood, Joseph, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 931. Committee: Marine, 935. Votes, 934, 935, 970, 1056.
Wood, Joseph, colonel, 251, 370, 753, 897, 1016.
Wood, Robert, 207, 458.
Woodford, William, brigadier-general, 141; question of rank, 142, 981.
Woodson, Samuel, captain, 148.
Woolford, Thomas, lieut. col., 323.
Woollens for army, 152; appraisal, 167.
Wooster, David, brigadier-general, 368, 472, 833.
Worcester County, Md., 79, 82, 87, 97, 110, 196, 275, 284.
Worcester County, Mass., barracks, 173, 191.
Wright, Anthony, 891.
Wylie, Thomas, 891.
Wyllys, George, 11.
Wynkoop, Henry, 424.
Wynkoop, J., 650.
Wythe, George, 13, 72.
Yancey, Robert, 1039.
Yates, Thomas, captain, 39, 139, 474.
Yates, Robert, 350.
Yates, William, 253.
Yauncey, --, captain, 160.

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Yeates, Jasper, 100.
York, Pa., 105; convention on prices, 124; petition, 220; prisoners, 592, 665; treasury at, 755; Congress removes to, 755; printing press, 817; barracks, 1018.
York County, Pa., 325.
Young, Hugh, 28.
Young, James, 303.
Young, John, 388, 687, 698.
Young, Thomas, Dr., 87.
Young, Thomas, 491, 497, 510, 513.
Young, William, 33, 332.
Zantzinger, Paul, 946, 984, 1017.
Zedwitz, Herman, colonel, 287, 552, 566.
Zedwitz, Juliana, 673.
Zeigler, David, lieut., 585.

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