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Absentee officers, 1351.
Accounts, chambers of, 907; foreign agents, 1114, 1126; commissioners, 435, 445n, 518, 631, 697, 1206, 1252, 1300; army, 664; with States, 1416.
Active, sloop, 86, 136, 281, 393, 424, 435, 472, 507, 527, 1028, 1122, 1166, 1194.
Adams, Andrew, a delegate from Connecticut. Resigns, 378.
Adams, Daniel S. J., 919.
Adams, John, charges against, 368, 484; for peace treaty, 1107, 1113, 1141; to Spain, 1110; journey to Europe, 1133, 1137, 1183; to Holland, 1186; accounts, 1212, 1383. Letters, 10, 245, 251, 272, 296, 567, 581, 981, 1009, 1122, 1138, 1231, 1297. Mentioned, 363, 456, 966n.
Adams, John, 515.
Adams, Peter, lieutenant-colonel, 1384.
Adams, Samuel, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 17; money, 421, 734; leave of absence, 708. Committees: Flour, 52; departments, 114; compensation for supplies, 119; A. Lee, 195; Pennsylvania, 390; open doors, 489; French princess, 543; Steiner & Cist, 550; address to States, 562; Southwick-Sullivan, 685; consuls, 696; marine, 972; post office, 1149. Votes, 18, 23, 53, 54, 76, 77, 101, 160, 161, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 262, 285, 297, 308, 323, 360, 361, 372, 375, 377, 380, 381, 382, 383, 389, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416, 423, 424, 441, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461, 462, 470, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 507, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 531, 538, 542, 545, 546, 547, 551, 552, 555, 565, 572, 587, 589, 590, 591, 593, 594, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 642, 647, 668, 672, 680, 681, 682, 684, 693, 700, 701--707, 711, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730. Mentioned, 25n, 74n, 101n, 177, 322, 323, 360, 405, 409, 415, 447, 449, 451, 452, 457, 461, 462, 466n, 471, 473, 485, 488, 498, 526, 528, 534, 538, 589, 627, 646, 688, 696, 704, 706, 712.
Adams, Thomas, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 31; resigns, 862. Committees: Medical, 51; Morris, 86; Stewart, 192; Trumbull's letter, 297; salt, 319. Votes, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 102, 132, 139, 142, 161, 162, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 254, 255, 258, 262, 285, 286, 298, 309, 314, 315, 323, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 362, 370, 371, 373, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 417, 418, 424, 448, 450, 452, 458, 461, 462, 463, 475, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 531, 532.
Adams, William, 554.
Address to States, 59, 562, 626, 643, 649, 1019, 1155, 1158, 1452, 1456.
Adjutant-general, 600, 758.
Admiralty, Board of, 1217, 1261, 1269, 1271, 1277; commissioners, 1318, 1330, 1339, 1344, 1360; money, 1431.
Agents, commercial, 1077.
Aid de camp, brigadiers, 198; allowance, 978; memorial, 1400.
Aikin, John, 745.
Aitken, Robert, 179, 295.
Albouy, Leonard, 501, 545, 555, 579, 595, 608.
Algiers, regency of, 223.
Allain, --, 57.
Allan, John, 688, 756, 855, 916, 941, 1188.
Allen, Ethan, 741, 794, 823.

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Allin, John Baptist, captain, 527, 584.
Allison, Robert, 842.
Amelie, 690.
Amendments, procedure on, 389.
Americans, distressed, 1180.
Amphitrite, 33, 55, 690.
Amsterdam, letters from, 1302, 1361, 1366.
Anderson, James, 1151, 1193, 1310.
Andover iron works, 406.
Andrews, Aaron, 419.
Annemours, Sieur d', 899.
Annuities, 497, 520, 1289.
Appeals, committee on, members, 297, 896, 953, 1004, 1171, 1360; powers, 97, 134, 183, 253, 270, 281, 508; Massachusetts on, 941; courts of, 626, 1002, 1220, 1271, 1349, 1356, 1360, 1458; State laws, 1413.
Appleton, Nathaniel, 73, 210, 286, 686, 821, 824, 1260, 1310.
Appropriations of Treasury, 185.
Arbaud, Count d', 1022.
Arbuthnot, Marriot, admiral, 1037, 1075.
Archer, Henry Waldgrave, 939.
Archer John, 890, 1102.
Ardent, 51.
Argo, 900, 1008.
Armand de la Rouerie, chevalier, 57, 67, 143, 144, 148, 179, 180, 191, 192, 745, 755.
Armistead, William, 862, 1140, 1392.
Armitage, Benjamin, 474, 782, 1275.
Armor, Thomas, 679.
Arms, factory of, 17, 304, 426; from d' Estaing, 149; for Virginia, 623; lost, 1345.
Armstrong, John, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 1263; attends, 253; leave of absence, 1162. Committees: Reed's letter, 303; Greene's letter, 306; Southern States, 336; South Carolina and Georgia, 436; quartermaster, 490; Connolly, 514; French princess; 543; Knobelauch, 544; Indian, 545; Southwick-Sullivan, 685; Clinton's letter, 721; Washington, 740; Jefferson's letter, 778; Washington's letter, 822; Stony Point, 887; Mary and Elizabeth, 898; King's birthday, 988; western expedition, 989; Sullivan's orders, 1010, 1164; Washington-Simms, 1018; Steuben, 1035, 1196; Indians, 1155. Votes, 254, 258, 262, 285, 297, 309, 314, 315, 323, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 362, 369, 370, 373, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 442, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461, 462, 463, 475, 477, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 532, 538, 542, 545, 547, 552, 556, 559, 566, 572, 587, 590, 591, 593, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 672, 675, 681, 682, 683, 684, 693, 701, 707, 711, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 750, 751, 752, 761, 765, 772, 797, 798, 800, 813, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 884, 885, 886, 897, 902, 909, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 929, 930, 949, 967, 975, 976, 977, 987, 994, 995, 996, 998, 1007, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1074, 1081, 1082, 1088, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1132, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169. Mentioned, 447, 530, 532, 576, 616, 646, 701, 707, 739n, 757, 902, 987, 1028, 1037, 1075, 1115, 1165.
Armstrong, --, 1100.
Army, Continental, arrangement, 143; recruiting, 293, 298, 757, 789, 1358, 1376, 1393; battalions, 298, 740, 780, 789; necessaries, 430, 1421, 1424; further provision, 721, 826; bread for, 1130; needs for one year, 1343, 1371, 1377, 1391.
Arndt, John, 685.
Arnold, Benedict, major-general, trial, 184, 324, 414, 416, 842; war board, 1027; accounts, 1181, 1366. Letters, 184, 188, 323, 324, 337, 378, 379, 415, 457, 511, 513, 1126, 1134, 1147, 1149, 1193. Mentioned, 131, 206, 263, 326n, 360, 391, 454n, 530, 575, 576.
Arnold, packet, 52.
Arrearages of clothing, 266, 1452.
Artificers, 602, 1091, 1216, 1261, 1276, 1398.
Artillery, captains' memorial, 537.

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Ashe, John, 209, 210, 1244.
Ashmead, John, 394n.
Atkinson, --, 935.
Atlee, Samuel, 1276.
Atlee, Samuel John, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Money, 514, 943. Committees: Connecticut officers, 10; Crossing, 24; Henry, 155; Thompson, 191; Hart, 427; Board of War, 430, 1300; Thompson-Webb, 623; Vermont, 676; Charles Harrison, 983; western expedition, 989; Paulus Hook, 1003; quotas, 1149; Morgan, 1155; officers' allowance, 1188, 1274; Steuben, 1196; Washington's letter, 1207. War Board, 600, 933, 1028, 1164, 1185. Votes, 28, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 131, 139, 142, 161, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 254, 258, 262, 285, 297, 423, 424, 442, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461 462, 463, 475, 477, 479, 480, 482, 483 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521 522, 528, 529, 530, 532, 538, 542, 547 590, 591, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616 625, 633, 634, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647 648, 672, 675, 681, 683, 813, 923, 925 926, 928, 930, 939, 949, 957, 975, 976 977, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1007, 1064, 1074, 1081, 1088, 1090, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1132, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1173, 1199, 1205, 1251, 1254, 1258, 1259. Mentioned, 177, 217, 440, 514, 823, 1101, 1115, 1165, 1220n.
Atlee, William, 894.
Aubaine, droit d', 224, 1041.
Audiences to foreign ministers, 180.
Audibert, Philip, 582, 631.
Auditor of accounts, 445n, 905, 1165, 1202, 1206, 1216, 1251, 1380, 1390.
Auditors of army, 99, 112, 156, 177, 515, 630, 666, 907.
Aurora, 166, 170.
Austin, Jonathan Loring, 567, 582, 776.
Avery, James, 756, 1184, 1188.
Avery, John, 18, 781, 941, 981.
Avery,--, captain, 698.
Aylett, William, 391, 979, 1010.
Babcock, George Wait, 579.
Bache, Richard, 26, 74, 275n, 1149, 1204.
Bahama Islands, 388.
Bailey, Francis, 391, 549.
Baker, Christopher, 881.
Baker, George A., 822.
Baker, Jeremiah, 788.
Baldesqui, Joseph, captain, 598, 895, 1368, 1414, 1417.
Baldwin, Loammi, colonel, 72.
Ball, Samuel, 856.
Baltimore, merchants, 178.
Bancke, John Valentine, captain, 811, 816, 847.
Bancker, Gerardus, 1303, 1379, 1401.
Banister, John, a delegate from Virginia. Resigns, 527.
Barbarities of enemy, 627, 640, 655, 851, 915, 968.
Barbary States, 223, 245.
Barberry, schooner, 1262.
Barclay, Thomas, 1040.
Barge and Syng, 557.
Barnitz, Jacob, 723.
Barr, James, 1110, 1173, 1177.
Barracks, Albemarle County, Va., 39, 42; Yorktown, 407; master, 602; Winchester, 786; Charlottesville, 1012n; Rhode Island, 1031.
Barrett, Philip, lieutenant-colonel, 804.
Barrett, Chiswell, 331.
Barry, John, 861.
Bartlett, Josiah, a delegate from New Hampshire. Resigns, 755.
Basden, Joseph, 555, 608.
Bates, Daniel, 150.
Battalions, allotment among States, 108, 298.
Baxter, Elizabeth, 550.
Baxter, William, colonel, 345, 550.
Bayard, Stephen, lieutenant-colonel, 601.
Baylor, George, colonel, 560, 659, 1351.
Baynton, John, 685, 1031, 1068, 1071.
Baynton, Peter, 275n.
Beale, --, captain, 698.
Beatty, John, colonel, 16, 43, 104, 122, 191, 410, 474, 606, 819, 847, 980, 1268, 1273, 1310, 1337, 1410. Beaulieu, Louis I. de, 263.

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Beaumarchais, Caron de, 29, 70, 146, 185, 569, 679, 690, 746, 829, 831.
Beaven, William, 213n.
Bedaulx, Charles Frederick, lieutenant-colonel, 1324.
Bedford, --, 852.
Bedford County, Pa., volunteers, 156, 295.
Bedlow, William, 113, 156, 1242, 1252.
Bee, Thomas, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 891; excused, 892. Mentioned, 300, 512, 664.
Benbury, Thomas, 1361.
Benedict, Thaddeus, 1237.
Benezet, John, 1036, 1384.
Benner, Martin, 346.
Benson, Egbert, 158.
Benson, Robert, 1273, 1294.
Bensted, Alexander, 1166.
Bentley, Thomas, 1406, 1419.
Benyonsky, Baron de, 1020, 1373, 1407.
Bergen, Jacob, 1158.
Berkenhout, John, 836.
Bermuda, brig, 619.
Bermudas, cession, 242, 925; memorial, 471, 501, 553, 555, 595, 608.
Bethlehem, Single Brethren, 1209, 1373.
Betsy, schooner, 1341.
Betsy, sloop, 15.
Bicker, Walter, 337, 1181.
Bicking, Frederick, 112, 295, 437, 756, 1124, 1407.
Biddle, Clement, 1374.
Biddle, Edward, 269.
Biddle, John, 270, 556, 848, 981, 1212, 1239, 1425.
Bigelow, Timothy, colonel, 148, 684.
Billingsport, 430, 541.
Bills of credit, in quotas, 11, 18; recalled issues, 11, 21, 52, 64, 74, 98, 129, 255, 259, 262, 302, 392, 440, 557, 695, 732, 774, 776, 795, 816, 820, 846, 881, 943, 1138, 1186, 1202, 1436, 1451; signing, 57, 96, 523, 585, 631, 677, 955; counterfeits, 59, 1368; redemption, 60, 158, 299, 782; emissions, 139, 185, 209, 408, 548, 557, 687, 848, 901, 1076, 1171, 1285, 1324; crossings, 256; against further emissions, 492, 719, 1013, 1019, 1036, 1049; support of, 614, 892; returns, 1003; depreciation, 1054; tender for debts, 1292.
Bingham, William, 147, 150, 153, 218, 236, 439, 458, 579, 912, 942, 1002, 1021, 1036, 1302, 1332.
Black, Henry,156.
Blaine, Ephraim, 1211, 1269, 1311, 1326, 1343, 1349, 1362.
Blair, Archibald, 1255.
Blair, John, 597.
Blake, Edward, 1123.
Bland, Theodorick, colonel, dispute, 1010. Mentioned, 512n, 560, 744, 1028, 1127n, 1367.
Blankets, 1032.
Blewar, Joseph, 1271, 1330.
Bloodgood, Abraham, 969.
Bloyds, Dave, 1421.
Board, executive, 1242.
Bois, Pierre François de, major, 51, 265, 432, 554, 570, 1104.
Bond, George, 19, 41, 44, 120n, 155n, 238, 277n, 354n, 408, 433n, 443, 463n, 488n, 474, 546n, 572, 774, 779, 974n, 983, 987n, 1003n, 1129, 1165n, 1167, 1193n, 1205n, 1239, 1267, 1277, 1415n, 1422.
Bondfield, John, 52, 1161.
Bonn, John, 1373.
Bonstellen, Baron de, 1287, 1298.
Booth, James, 188.
Borden, Joseph, 339, 689, 1140, 1171.
Boreman, John, 1071, 1124, 1173, 1296, 1331.
Boston, flour for, 55; fortifying, 56, 125; merchants' petition, 808, 892.
Bouchard, Julien, 861n, 951.
Boudinot, Elias, 331n, 339, 436, 476, 688.
Bouillée, François Claude Amour, Marquis de, 950.
Boundaries of United States, 241, 263, 329, 339, 563, 920, 958.
Bounties for service, 108, 298, 758, 1348; Rhode Island, 471, 476, 504, 546.
Bourne, Stephen, 677.
Bowen, Ephraim, 993.
Bowen, Oliver, 1193, 1215, 1277.

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Bowles, Leonard, 1035.
Bowley, Daniel, 82.
Box, David, 677, 942.
Boyd, Matthew, 426.
Bradford, John, 275, 883, 1131, 1151, 1238, 1249, 1342, 1367.
Bradford, Thomas, 514.
Bradford, Thomas, 158, 516, 1268.
Bradford, William, 158.
Bradford, William, jr., 79, 403, 425.
Bradford, --, captain, 1100.
Bratton, William, captain, 559.
Braxton, Carter, 838, 857.
Bread for army, 1130.
Brearley, David, jr., lieutenant-colonel, 861.
Brétigny, marquis de, 26, 31, 51, 93, 103, 114, 117, 118, 149, 239, 443, 445, 466, 533.
Brevet commissions, 216, 936.
Brewer, Jonathan, 159.
Bridges, Robert, 211.
Briffault, Augustin, 57.
Brigades major, 978.
Brigadiers-general, 466, 574, 580.
Bright, George, 631.
Brodhead, Daniel, colonel, 601, 1034, 1111, 1162, 1207, 1209, 1212, 1249.
Brooke, H., 825.
Brooks, David, 614.
Brown, James, 41.
Brown, Jesse, 323, 346, 347, 803.
Brown, John, captain, 294, 788, 822, 842.
Brown, John, 296.
Brown, John, 81, 165, 1344.
Brown, Jonathan, captain, 114.
Brown, Nicholas, 993, 1153.
Brownson, Nathan, 599.
Brush, --, 579.
Bryan, George, 1339, 1344, 1357.
Bryson, James, 1203.
Buchanan, Archibald, 81, 82, 169, 178.
Buchanan, Thomas, captain, 638, 1177.
Buchanan, William, 393.
Budd, Levy, 631.
Budden, James, 130, 431.
Buildings, public, 867, 883.
Bull, John, colonel, 888, 1086.
Burchardt, Daniel, 781, 788, 794.
Burgin, Elizabeth, 1424.
Burgoyne, John, 582.
Burke, Thomas, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 1361; attends, 1360; on Pennsylvania council, 417; money, 514, 943, 1400. Committees: Ward, 10; quota of taxes, 25; medical, 51; Gambier, 51; Schuyler, 63; foreign affairs, 94; appeals, 97; Reed's letter, 115; A. Lee, 195; Barbary States, 245; Temple, 260; Pennsylvania appeals, 286; Reed's letter, 303; Moultrie's letter, 307; Southern States, 336; South Carolina and Georgia, 436; Arnold, 511; Bee, 512; Knobelauch, 544; Indian, 545; address to States, 562; Spanish ships, 617; commissions on purchases, 662; Segond, 708; finance, 709; Greene' s letter, 787; provision for officers, 952; Virginia troops, 1365; southern department, 1365; Arnold, 1366; Greene, 1389; provisions, 1391; necessaries for army, 1421; Holy Martyrs, 1424. Votes, 19, 23, 28, 35, 48, 53, 54, 76, 77, 102, 132, 139, 142, 161, 162, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 254, 255, 258, 262, 285, 286, 298, 309, 314, 315, 333, 334, 335, 347, 350,351, 352, 361, 362, 370, 371, 373, 375, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 417, 418, 424, 442, 448, 450, 452, 458, 461, 462, 463, 470, 471, 475, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 531, 532, 538, 543, 546, 547, 548, 552, 553, 556, 559, 566, 572, 588, 590, 591, 592, 594, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 673, 675, 681, 682, 683, 693, 700, 701--708, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 751, 752, 761, 765, 772, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850, 853, 856, 858, 859, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 884, 985, 886, 889, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 924, 925, 926, 939, 957, 967, 1364, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1408, 1417, 1421, 1427. Mentioned, 11, 18, 24n, 29n, 36n, 37n,

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75n, 101, 127, 137n, 142, 145n, 210, 246, 248, 257n, 282n, 289n, 299n, 316, 332, 349, 369, 371, 380, 388n, 389, 398, 401, 414, 416, 431n, 432, 444n, 447, 450, 457n, 461, 471, 473, 504, 507, 523, 528, 534, 538, 552, 555, 560n, 563, 576n, 578n, 580, 594, 600n, 609, 633, 634, 636n, 646, 658, 661, 662, 695, 708, 711, 720n, 731, 747, 752, 764, 766, 767, 790, 793, 796, 798, 844n, 863, 864, 880n, 884, 888, 896, 911, 918, 925, 926, 938, 949, 956, 1390, 1424n.
Burke, William, captain, 1357.
Burkhaut, Andrew, & Co., 40.
"Burning Report," 915.
Burrall, Jonathan, 1154, 1208, 1379, 1392.
Burrell, Daniel, 126.
Burrows, John, 1302.
Burton, Robert, 432.
Bush, Solomon, major, 455.
Butler, Anthony, 1066.
Butler, Pierce, 300.
Butler, Richard, colonel, 437, 1005, 1067.
Butler, Zebulon, lieutenant-colonel, 419.
Byers, Robert, 337.
Cabot, Andrew, 219. Cabot, Samuel, 1159.
Cadwalader, Lambert, colonel, 100, 287, 294n.
Caldwell, Andrew, 867.
Caldwell, James, 670.
Caldwell, Mease and, 181.
Caldwell, Samuel, 815, 1091.
Calhoon, William, 157.
Calhoun, James, 627.
Calvert, Joseph, 822.
Cambray, Chevalier de, 129, 133, 192, 353.
Cameron, --, lieutenant, 882.
Camp, Caleb, 812.
Campaign operations, 142, 568, 830.
Campbell, Richard, lieutenant-colonel, 601.
Campbell, Robert, captain, 182, 972, 1041.
Campbell, --, colonel, 936.
Canada, proposed invasion, 11; cession, 925, 959.
Cannon for North River, 537, 541; Hughes's contract, 548.
Captures by sea, 135, 245, 283, 509, 635, 1194, 1220.
Carabasse, --, 690.
Carleton, Joseph, letters, 1104, 1111; money, 1431. Mentioned, 20, 128, 140, 144, 238, 255, 275, 293, 331, 338, 342n, 362, 392, 474, 511, 514, 515, 549, 557, 582, 629, 644, 667n, 671, 686, 740, 746, 810, 820, 846, 862, 943, 1040, 1067, 1068, 1140, 1156, 1207, 1212, 1260, 1298, 1347, 1371.
Carlton, --, lieutenant, 824.
Carmichael, William, a delegate from Maryland. On foreign affairs, 542; secretary, 1115, 1127, 1172, 1183. Committees: Treasury, 65, 1132; Barbary States, 245; bills of credit, 262; Holker, 345; Francy, 569; British proclamation, 852. Votes, 23, 28, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 101, 132, 139, 161, 162, 189, 208, 246, 248, 249, 250, 254, 258, 262, 285, 286, 298, 314, 315, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 362, 369, 370, 373, 375, 377, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 400, 401, 415, 416, 423, 424, 442, 451, 461, 462, 463, 470, 471, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 530, 532, 543, 545, 547, 552, 556, 559, 566, 572, 588, 590, 591, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 673, 675, 681, 682, 683, 693, 700, 701--708, 711, 713, 714, 718, 730, 751, 752, 761, 766, 772, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850, 853, 854, 856, 858, 859, 863, 864, 865, 897, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 939, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 977, 987, 994, 995, 996, 1006, 1001, 1012, 1014, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1083, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1101, 1110, 1113. Mentioned, 78n, 365, 366, 457, 475, 488, 625, 638, 639, 674, 688, 768, 917, 923, 949, 977, 1028.
Carr, Job, 856.
Carrington, Edward, 207.
Carruthers, Samuel, 507.
Carson, John, 845.
Carter, John, 443, 940.
Cary, Archibald, 195, 527, 618, 862.
Caswell, Richard, 15, 942, 1244, 1257, 1401.
Cather, Robert, 238.
Cavey, George, 1257, 1276.
Celeron, Lewis, captain, 162, 215.

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Ceronio, Stephen, 217.
Certificate, ship, in Holland treaty, 235.
Certificates for supplies, payment of, 275.
Chaloner and White, 570, 722, 811, 940, 1026, 1125, 1177, 1303, 1374, 1379, 1385, 1392, 1397.
Chambers, Stephen, 189n, 326.
Champion, Henry, colonel, 596, 1340, 1374.
Champion, 1017.
Channing, William, 627.
Chaplain, light dragoons, 659.
Chariol, --, colonel, 15, 472.
Chase, Thomas, 854.
Chase, 692.
Chaumont, Donatien Le Ray de, 367.
Cherokees, 810, 1034.
Cheevers, Ezekiel, 1371.
Chester, sloop, 1406.
Child, Caleb, 855.
Child, Cromwell, 855.
Child, Francis, 209.
Chilloway, Job, 645.
Chinn, Edward, 72, 518, 549, 969.
Chittenden, Thomas, 823, 992.
Cist, Charles, Steiner and, 421, 550, 754, 881, 1241.
Citizens, as prisoners, 1032.
Civil authority and military, 250, 413, 446.
Claims, commissioners of, 52, 827.
Clark, Abraham, 23, 129, 968.
Clark, David, 87.
Clark, George Rogers, 778, 809.
Clark, John, major, 99, 113, 155, 342, 1100, 1237, 1255.
Clark, Thomas, colonel, 1138.
Clarke, Joseph, 811, 821, 1189, 1260, 1379.
Clarkson, John Levinus, 95, 881, 928, 993, 1125, 1239, 1385.
Clarkson, Matthew, 87, 91, 131, 206, 248, 249, 360, 362, 363, 391, 1253.
Clay, Joseph, 134, 629n, 631, 917, 1006, 1296, 1331.
Claypoole, David C., 434, 678, 882, 920, 1189, 1241, 1325, 1379, 1462.
Cleaver, Nathaniel, 195.
Cleland, Stephen, 1159.
Clerks, salaries, 342.
Clingan, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Votes, 101, 131, 139, 142, 161, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 254, 258, 262. Mentioned: 269.
Clinton, George, governor, 124, 190, 192, 261, 309, 478, 667, 721, 741, 793, 912, 944, 992, 1048, 1153, 1255, 1272.
Clinton, Sir Henry, 122, 679, 996.
Clinton, James, brigadier-general, 1161, 1181.
Cloth, seized, 1157.
Clothier general, allowance, 404, 422; regimental, 356, 404; relations with hide department, 870; advertised, 423. Mentioned, 354, 404, 586, 757, 765, 815, 819, 836, 853, 883, 1275.
Clothing, for North Carolina, 15, 1091; arrearages, 266, 970; purchases of, 273, 460, 810, 1017, 1038, 1077, 1298, 1381; conference report, 348, 353, 358, 804, 1453; high prices, 358; for Virginia, 560, 1125; state, 1044; medical staff, 1214, 1313; defined, 1304; prices of soldiers', 1457.
Clough, Gibson, 195.
Cluggage, Robert, major, 256.
Cluggage, Thomas, captain, 156.
Clymer, George, 157, 1391.
Coats, William, 631.
Codman, John, 788, 793, 838.
Colt, Joshua, 238, 275, 342n, 443, 474, 774, 943.
Colbert, Joseph, 1194.
Colladay, William, 667.
Collier, Sir George, 851, 968.
Collins, John, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 725; leave of absence, 1137; neglect of State, 539; money, 920, 1092, 1139; for admiralty, 1271. Committees: Quota of taxes, 25; La Fayette, 149; Rogers, 472; marine, 708. Votes, 23, 27, 35, 47, 76, 77, 101, 131, 138, 142, 160, 189, 237, 246, 250, 254, 258, 285, 314, 323, 333, 334, 347, 349, 350, 351, 369, 370, 372, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 389, 394n, 398, 399, 410, 415, 416, 418, 441, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461, 462, 470, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489--491, 499, 500, 502, 504,

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505, 506, 507, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 531, 538, 542, 545, 546, 547, 551, 552, 555, 558, 565, 572, 587, 593, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 642, 647, 668, 672, 680, 681, 682, 684, 693, 702--706, 711, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 750, 751, 752, 760, 764, 772, 791--794, 800, 813, 818, 850, 852, 853, 860, 863, 864, 865, 871, 883, 884, 885, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 938, 949, 957, 962, 966, 975, 976, 977, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1081, 1082, 1087, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1109, 1112, 1142. Mentioned, 546, 1140.
Collins, Thomas, 187.
Collins, Thomas W., 1275.
Colombe, P., captain, 781, 896, 924, 936, 1102.
Colonel, as brigadier, 473.
Colt, Peter, 968, 1402.
Comegys, Cornelius, 238, 275, 342n, 437, 583n, 585, 670, 774, 1026.
Commerce, Committee of, money, 72,185, 217, 255, 274, 287, 1433; criticised, 390; instructions, 508, 532, 699, 707, 1176; members, 1297.
Commerce, exclusive privileges, 243. Commissaries, issuing, 321, 571.
Commissary-general, confidence expressed, 695.
Commissary of military stores, field, 202; traveling expenses, 439; salaries, 604.
Commissary of Purchases, frauds, 822; deputy, 990; regulated, 1312, 1370, 1421, 1423, 1426; nomination, 1326; return of employed, 1334; election, 1343.
Commissioners to Europe, committee upon, 93, 715; instructions to, 114; accounts, 247; private letters, 380; allowance, 928.
Commissions, military, 113, 217, 290, 721; brevet, 216.
Commissions on purchases, committee, 662, 1426.
Committee of Whole, election of chairman, 667.
Committees, standing, 1445.
Compensation to individuals, 394.
Compty, de, 511, 583.
Comyn, Michael, 192.
Conand, Joseph, 1161.
Confederacy, frigate, 1137, 1183, 1204. Confederation, articles of, Maryland on, 29, 619; Delaware, 150, 186, 236; engrossing, 295; Virginia resolutions, 617; Connecticut, 624; recognition of, 1058.
Conference committee, 332, 449, 664, 889; proceedings, 7; report on Canada, 11; campaign, 92; wagoners, 320; clothing, 348, 804; rations, 438, 444.
Congress, place of sitting, 26n; evening session, 53; reading of reports, 134; newspapers for, 158; audiences to foreign ministers, 180; resolutions and States, 207; Connecticut's vote, 249, 250; roll of members, 258; procedure, 313, 314, 316, 389, 476, 523, 597, 637, 696, 1230; Good Friday, 409; Burke incident, 417; open doors, 488, 1267; order of day, 490; order of business, 520; Rhode Island delegates to, 539; Laurens's letter, 588, 592, 610, 611; to serve in militia, 835; pay of officers, 982; Laurens-Thomson, 1008; members and appointments, 1105, 1269, 1307; Presidents' letters, 1249; assistant secretary, 1267, 1277; historiographer, 1318; removal from Philadelphia, 1339, 1344, President's house, 1374.
Conkling, Edward, 619, 699.
Connecticut, memorial of officers, 10; money, 71, 629, 802, 1437; representation by one, 249, 250, 513; acts, 273; on confederation, 624; credentials 1301; quota, 1416.
Conner, Morgan, lieutenant-colonel, 1340. Connolly, John, 425, 514, 623, 825, 990, 1170, 1231.
Conquerant, sloop, 150.
Consuls, French, Boston, 97, 391; powers of, 696, 760, 1002; protection of, 913. Contraband, 227, 232, 752.
Convention, troops of, accommodations, 216; accounts, 699, 996; deserters, 862; supplies, 1010, 1185; visit New York, 1028, 1114; safety, 1126, 1366.
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Conyngham, David H., 782.
Conyngham, Gustavus, captain, 25, 236, 676, 844, 849, 895, 1373.
Corbin, Margaret, 805.
Cordell, John, 126.
Coren, captain, 867.
Cornet of horse, 1026.
Corning, David, 1341.
Corning, Ebenezer, 1341.
Cornthwait, John, 82, 169.
Corps, unattached, 316.
Cortilow, Felix, 312.
Conloux, Penet and, 16, 134.
Count d' Estaing, schooner, 195.
Counterfeits, regulations, 11, 1451; issues recalled, 21; prevention, 64, 1368.
Courter, Harman, 1422.
Courts-martial, witnesses, 1277, 1409; challenging, 1375.
Cowperthwaite, Joseph, 1015.
Cox, John, 744, 779, 804, 807, 809, 815, 930, 981.
Cox, Paul, 238.
Crane, John, colonel, 845.
Crawford, Samuel, 306.
Crenis, Chevalier de, 44.
Cropper, John, lieutenant-colonel, 968.
Crossing, William, 24.
Crump, Abner, captain, 1100.
Culbertson, Samuel, 192, 319.
Cumberland county, 1036, 1078, 1090, 1094.
Cunningham, Joseph, captain, 838, 857.
Curson, Richard, 178.
Curson, Samuel, 74, 100, 140.
Custis, Edmund, 488, 1021.
Daily, Gifford, 96, 295, 984.
Damages, allowances for, 194.
Dana, Francis, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 17; secretary, 1115, 1128, 1172, 1183. Mentioned, 1297.
Danbury, Conn., 64.
Dartmouth, Earl of, 511.
Dashiel, Benjamin, captain, 81, 159, 164.
Dashiell, Joseph, 919.
Davidson, William Lee, lieutenant-colonel, 126, 157, 177n.
Davies, John, colonel, 256.
Davies, William, colonel, 566, 939, 1252.
Davis, John, 150.
Davis, Joseph, 419.
Davis, Samuel, 299.
Deane, James, 733, 753.
Deane, Joseph, 151, 516, 549.
Deane, Joseph, captain, 672.
Deane, Silas, Paine upon, 30, 32; charges, 365; not to leave, 712; excused, 929; allowance, 997. Letters, 25, 26, 93, 237, 315, 391, 411, 473, 511, 513, 637, 638, 695, 711, 979, 1021, 1041, 1199, 1319. Mentioned, 363, 456, 481, 646, 785, 843, 929, 1162.
Deane, frigate, 458, 466, 899.
Debts, recovery of, 1310.
Decatur & Fordick, 1262.
Defence, 805.
Delap, Samuel, 189n.
Delap, Samuel and J. H., 365. Delaware, articles of confederation, 150, 186, 236, 548; defense of river, 514, 541; Indians, 544, 676n, 1163; ferry, 786; embargo, 1007; money, 1200, 1439; letter, 1219; flour, 1398.
Denison, Nathan, 1413.
Denning, William, 1040, 1165.
Departments, public, abuses, committee, 114; in foreign countries, 114; economy, 492, 661. Committee, 661, 812, 872, 944, 1186, 1187, 1349, 1457.
Depreciation of bills of credit, 1054.
Dereville, Pierre, 579.
Des Epiniers, Auguste, 756, 1102.
Deserters, 663, 1455; German, 754; convention troops, 862.
Deshler, David, 685.
Deshon, John, 1271, 1384.
Des Isnard, Joseph, count, 207.
Dick, James, 191.
Dickinson, John, a delegate from Delaware. Attends, 501; leave of absence, 1287; signs confederation, 548. Committees: French princess, 543; Francy, 569; address to States, 626; departments, 662; commissions on purchases, 662; foreign loan, 663; consuls, 696; marine, 708; Killen, 726; peace commission, 744; Conyngham, 844; Du Simitière, 861; peace instructions, 922; letter to States,

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942; king's birthday, 988; western expedition, 989; courts of appeal, 1002; Paulus Hook, 1003; Gerard's leave, 1018: finance, 1020, 1155; New Jersey, 1196; post-office, 1202; Morgan, 1208; La Luzerne's reception, 1238, 1262. Votes, 502, 504, 505, 506, 528, 529, 538, 543, 547, 552, 566, 588, 615, 616, 625, 637, 639, 641, 668, 693, 700, 701--707, 718, 730, 743, 748, 751, 752, 761, 765, 772, 791, 850, 853, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 884, 885, 886, 897, 910, 923, 928, 930, 977, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1007, 1026, 1029, 1030, 1064, 1074, 1081, 1101, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1258, 1259. Mentioned, 187, 587, 615, 657n, 696, 708, 728n, 754n, 766, 768, 809n, 810, 815, 829n, 831n, 835, 864, 885, 942, 945n, 998, 999, 1002, 1019, 1041, 1042, 1086n, 1100n, 1117n, 1200, 1213n, 1219, 1348.
Dickinson, Philemon, 669.
Dickinson, --, captain, 698.
Dircks, Jacob Gerhard,lieutenant-colonel, 1167, 1180, 1382, 1417.
Disher, Charles, 41.
Doane, Elisha, 677.
Dodge, John, 192, 623, 1154.
Dolphin, 1341.
Donaldson, John, & Co., 95.
Donnell, John, 16, 305, 698.
Donnell, Nathaniel, 238.
Donnelly, Felix, 549.
Douglass, John, captain, 508, 951.
Downe, Samuel, 114, 670, 697, 783, 1067, 1152.
Doz, Andrew, 440, 1202.
Drafts, on Franklin, 715.
Dragoons, light, 1453; chaplain, 659; memorial, 720.
Drayton, William Henry, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 891; on vacating seat, 301; report on foreign affairs, 534; money, 940; death, 1020. Committees: Ward, 10; Crossing, 24; Gambier, 51; Georgia, 125; Henry, 155; Scull, 184; Adams's letter, 272; appeals, 297, 1171; European intelligence, 324; Steiner & Cist, 550; address to States, 626; Duarti, 749, 803; Boston merchants, 808; Bingham, 912; marine, 977. Votes, 19, 28, 35, 48, 53, 54, 76, 77, 102, 132, 139, 142, 161, 162, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 254, 255, 258, 262, 285, 286, 298, 309, 314, 315, 323, 333, 334, 335, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 362, 370, 371, 373, 375, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 417, 418, 424, 442, 452, 458, 461, 462, 463, 470, 471, 475, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 531, 532, 538, 543, 546, 547, 548, 552, 553, 556, 559, 566, 588, 590, 591, 592, 594, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 673, 675, 681, 682, 683, 684, 693, 701--708, 712, 713, 714, 743, 748, 751, 752, 761, 765, 772, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850, 853, 854, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 884, 885, 886, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 924, 925, 926, 928, 930, 939. Mentioned, 37n, 53, 54, 62n, 78n, 86, 103n, 121n, 140, 250, 253, 254, 264n, 297, 300, 323, 350, 352n, 361, 363, 369, 375, 379, 389, 394n, 423, 457, 459, 466n, 479, 480, 485, 490, 498, 499, 510, 528, 529, 530, 531, 537, 538, 587, 646, 657n, 661, 667, 702, 706, 724, 733, 750, 764, 767, 768, 790, 791, 793, 835, 850, 852, 884, 885, 896. Drinker, James &, 1244.
Droit d' Aubaine, 224, 1041.
Duane, James, a delegate from New York. Money, 628, 969. Committees: expedition, 13n, quota of taxes, 25; flour, 52; foreign affairs, 94; information, 124; Thompson, 191; bills of credit, 262; conference, 449; Arnold, 511; Low, 543; French princess, 543; Indian, 545; Spanish ships, 617; address to States, 626; finance, 709; Greene's letters 787; public grounds, 883; provision for officers, 952; treasury, 1006. Votes, 23, 35, 47, 53, 54, 101, 138, 142, 250, 253, 254, 258, 262, 297, 308, 314, 315, 323, 333, 334,

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350, 351, 360, 361, 369, 370, 375, 377,415, 416, 451, 461, 462, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 508, 517, 530, 531, 542, 545, 546, 547, 552, 555, 558, 565, 572, 587, 589, 591, 594, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 641, 642, 643, 668, 672, 675, 681, 683, 693, 701--707, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 750, 751,752, 760, 766, 772, 791, 813, 818, 850, 852, 853, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 883, 885, 866, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 930, 949. Mentioned, 7, 24n, 33n, 34n, 43n, 98n, 101n, 102n, 105n, 109n, 110n, 111n, 122n, 143n, 147n, 184n 190n, 252n, 280n, 298n, 299n, 321n, 322n, 323, 327, 335, 336n, 357n, 360n, 403n, 411, 420n, 434n, 462, 478, 480, 481,488, 504, 580, 587, 590, 636, 676n, 701, 720n, 731n, 747, 752, 753n, 757, 760, 804, 810, 820n, 844n, 854, 859, 893, 908, 911, 917, 918, 941, 943n, 946n, 978, 979n.
Duarti, Juan Garcia, 78, 115, 137, 158, 749, 777, 793, 803, 838, 855, 856, 883, 1021.
Dubois, Lewis, colonel, 637, 694, 1400.
Duckett, J., 622.
Du Condray, Philippe Charles Jean Baptiste Tronson, 365, 710, 1041, 1164.
Duer, William, 158, 455n.
Dufau, John Peter André, 597.
Duffield, George, 95, 1171.
Dundas, James, 238.
Dunlap, John, 30, 31, 180, 295, 393, 516, 799, 846.
Dunmore, Earl of, 512, 825.
Du Ponceau, Peter S., 411, 459.
Du Portail, Louis Le Bàgue, Chevalier Derford, employment of, 9. Letters, 93, 125, 539, 570, 607. Mentioned, 58, 1244.
Du Simitiàre, Pierre Eugàne, 861, 1316, 1410.
Du Tetre, Joseph Jacob, 861n, 951.
Duvivier, Chevalier Sureau, 472.
Dyer, Eliphalet, a delegate from Rhode Island. Committees: Schuyler, 63; appeals, 97; Smith, 114; provisions for Rhode Island, 130; Henry, 155; Scull, 184; Thompson, 191; Hart, 213; foreign affairs, 247; Pennsylvania letter, 292; Greene's letter, 306; Southern States, 336. Votes, 19, 23, 27, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 101, 131, 138, 142, 189, 246, 250, 253, 254, 258, 262, 285, 297, 308, 314, 323, 333, 334, 347, 349, 350, 351, 360, 361, 369, 370, 372, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 389, 405, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424. Mentioned, 37n, 78n, 331, 332, 333, 346, 372, 409, 420.
Eagle, sloop, 699.
East India trade, 242, 742.
Easton, James, colonel, 842.
Economy in departments, 661.
Edison, Thomas, 19, 41, 44, 201n, 238, 408, 443, 474, 619, 774, 812n, 983, 1129, 1269, 1402.
Edmonston, Archibald, captain, 934.
Edward, Fort, 549.
Edwards, Evan, major, 402.
Edwards, Pierrepont, 676, 823, 1191, 1202.
Edwards, Timothy, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 17.
Effingham, frigate, 432.
Eichelberger, Martin, 384.
Elderkin, Elisha, 533, 1191.
Elizabeth and Mary, 806, 898, 919.
Ellery, Christopher, 1241.
Ellery, William, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 725; leave of absence, 799; attends, 1330; on neglect of state, 539. Committees: Crossing, 24; post-office, 26, 1149; Morris, 86; foreign affairs, 94; provisions for Rhode Island, 130; Temple, 260; Washington's letter, 261; appeals, 297, 896; Bermudas, 472; open doors, 489; French princess, 543; Duarti, 749; Wadsworth-Champion, 1340; commissary, 1343; appeals, 1360; admiralty, 1366; Morgan, 1400; Holy Martyrs, 1424. Votes, 19, 23, 27, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 101, 131, 138, 142, 160, 161, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 254, 258, 297, 308, 314, 323, 333, 334, 349, 350, 351, 360, 361, 369, 370, 372, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416,

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418, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461, 462, 470, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 507, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 531, 542, 545, 546, 547, 555, 565, 572, 587, 589, 590, 591, 593, 594, 611, 615, 616, 625, 637, 639, 641, 642, 647, 668, 672, 675, 680, 681, 682, 693, 700, 701--706, 711, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 750, 751, 752, 760, 764, 772, 794, 1348, 1364, 1377, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1408, 1409, 1417, 1425n, 1426. Mentioned, 36n, 62n, 78n, 86, 152n, 154n, 212n, 236, 311n, 351, 383, 416, 430, 439n, 451, 470, 471, 481, 490, 498, 501n, 540n, 545, 546, 555, 681, 714, 739n, 750, 757, 769, 1339, 1344, 1348, 1364, 1391.
Elliot, James, 15, 291.
Ellis, Richard, 1244.
Ellsworth, Oliver, a delegate from Connecticut. Leave of absence, 212; attends, 1384; letter, 819. Committees: Morris, 86; foreign affairs, 94, 247; information, 124; Bingham, 150; provisions, 155, 1391; Vermont, 676; marine, 678; Greene, 1389. Votes, 19, 23, 101, 131, 138, 142, 160, 161, 189, 208, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1408, 1409, 1425n, 1426. Mentioned, 21n, 86, 155n, 177, 209, 1405n.
Ely, John, 1129.
Embargo, repeal recommended, 130, 152, 257, 449; regulation, 815; advised, 954, 979, 984, 986, 993, 996, 1036, 1383; Delaware, 1007; Maryland, 1137. Emerson, Lydia, 1067, 1078.
Emerson, Moses, 670, 723, 1027, 1067, 1078.
Emmes, John, 1017, 1237.
Engineers, for southern department, 133; corps, 305, 570.
Enlistment, regulations, 108, 757.
Ensign, Samuel, 296.
Epple, Henry, 881.
Erwin, Robert, 295.
Estaing, count d', supplies for fleet, 97, 154, 327; to aid South Carolina and Georgia, 102, 119, 149, 153; arrival, 1108, 1146. Mentioned, 118, 328, 536, 580.
Europe, intelligence from, 324, 380; supplies, 1174.
Eustace, John Skey, 585.
Eustis, Nathaniel, 73.
Evans, Evan, 842.
Evans, George, 1359.
Evans, --, colonel, 882.
Ewing, George, 478, 510.
Ewing, Thomas, 67.
Ewing, --, Dr., 440.
Exchange, bills of, 699, 707, 715, 900, 1288, 1299, 1315, 1326, 1381, 1404, 1412, 1442.
Exchange, rate of, with France, 138, 320, 327, 497; British officers, 476.
Expenses, public, 1051; year 1779, 1429.
Express riders, 1412.
Eyre, Benjamin G., 1015.
Failly, Chevalier de, 310.
Fairfield, Conn., 852.
Falconer, Nathaniel, 270, 556, 848, 982, 1212, 1239, 1425.
Fame, schooner, 188.
Faribault, Joseph, 785.
Farmer, 81, 159, 164.
Fast day, 272, 342, 1453.
Fay, Jonas, 794, 992, 1003n, 1008.
Featherstone, William, captain, 744.
Fell, John, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1324; money, 943, 1166, 1335. Committees: Ward, 10; Donnell, 16; Schuyler, 63; foreign affairs, 94; marine, 247; Bermudas, 472; prisoners, 1268; Moore, 1374. Votes, 19, 28, 35, 47, 53: 54, 131, 138, 142, 189, 208, 246, 249, 250, 254, 258, 262, 297, 308, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 360, 362, 369, 370, 373, 375, 377, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 415, 416, 418, 448, 458, 461, 462, 470, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 532, 542, 545, 546, 547, 556, 559, 566, 572, 587, 589, 591, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 634, 635, 637, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648,

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675, 681, 693, 700, 701, 705, 711, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 750, 751, 752, 760, 765, 772, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850, 852, 853, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 884, 885, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 928, 930, 938, 949, 957, 967, 1007, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1112, 1132, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1173, 1199, 1205, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1274, 1293, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348, 1364, 1377, 1378, 1389, 1408, 1409, 1417, 1421, 1425n, 1427. Mentioned, 156, 411, 433, 697, 812, 929, 1016, 1040, 1064, 1134, 1165, 1187, 1199, 1232, 1233, 1258, 1271, 1338n, 1348, 1393n, 1414.
Fell, Peter, 210n, 212, 757, 854.
Ferrill, Patrick, 928, 1124, 1390.
Ferry, continental, on Delaware, 786.
Fier Roderique, 691.
Finance, discussion of, 11, 18, 597; preamble, 20; letter to States, 59, 562, 649, 1452; resolutions, 74, 444, 491, 1147; report, 519, 522, 533, 561, 586, 625, 672, 678, 688, 727, 742, 747, 760, 787, 807, 894, 1013, 1456; petition from Pennsylvania, 648; committee on plans, 709, 716; Gerry's resolves, 882, 900, 940, 1005; ways and means, 1019, 1050, 1069, 1071, 1080, 1092, 1136, 1136, 1146, 1186, 1187, 1285, 1288, 1297, 1299, 1396; appeal to States, 1354, 1404.
Finnie, William, 190, 216, 585.
Fisher, James, 213n.
Fishing rights in treaty, 241, 330, 348, 371, 563, 580, 586, 661, 680, 749, 765, 790, 850, 863, 884, 896, 921, 960, 963, 1042.
Fitzhugh, William, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 861; attends, 1048. Committees: South Carolina and Georgia, 1049; Arnold, 1181. Votes, 1075, 1081, 1083, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1132, 1142, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1174, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229.
Fitzsimons, Thomas, 806n, 898.
Flaake, Coenradt, 1319.
Flag, regulations for sending, 110,
Flamand, 690.
Fleming, William, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 527; attends, 527; leave of absence, 1115. Committees: marines, 678, 1115; Connolly, 825; Du Simitiàre, 861. Votes, 528, 529, 531, 532, 538, 543, 545, 547, 552, 553, 556, 559, 566, 572, 588, 590, 591, 594, 595, 611, 615, 610, 625, 633, 634, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 673, 675, 681, 682, 683, 684, 693, 700, 701--708, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 751, 752, 761, 765, 772, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850, 853, 854, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 884, 885, 886, 888, 889, 897, 902, 907, 909, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 939, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 977, 987, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1007, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1037, 1064, 1081, 1083, 1101, 1110. Mentioned, 618, 658, 797, 826n, 860.
Fleury, Francis, 778.
Fleury, François Louis, lieutenant-colonel, 26, 411, 440, 459, 890, 972, 1111, 1129, 1134.
Flint, --, 596.
Florida, East, 69, 244, 1387; cession, 243, 925, 1042, 1046, 1048, 1082.
Flour, French squadron, 52, 97, 103, 138, 327, 837, 898, 913; Boston, 55; for Eastern States, 151, 257, 258; for Martinique, 153; in eastern magazines, 163; for army, 518, 556; purchases, 1157, 1209; from Delaware, 1398.
Flower, Benjamin, 39, 155, 176, 288, 311, 461n, 474, 735, 1066, 1274, 1276, 1366, 1378, 1398, 1402, 1434.
Floyd, William, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 1359; attends, 15, 1339; leave of absence, 708; money, 266, 582, 1353. Committees: Reed's letter, 115; provisions for Rhode Island, 130; Temple, 260; journals, 395: Parson's letter. 669; admiralty, 1344, 1365; Arnold,

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1366; treasury, 1374; Flower, 1403. Votes, 19, 23, 101, 131, 138, 142, 161, 189, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 262, 285, 297, 308, 314, 315, 323, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 369, 370, 372, 375, 377, 389, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 416, 418, 423, 441, 448, 449, 451, 458, 475, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 538, 542, 545, 546, 547, 552, 555, 558, 565, 587, 589, 591, 594, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 672, 675, 681, 683, 684, 693, 700, 701--707, 1348, 1364, 1377, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1408, 1409, 1417, 1421, 1425n, 1427. Mentioned, 438, 498, 1365, 1403.
Fogg, Jeremiah, 251, 1380.
Folsom, Nathaniel, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 1423; attends, 1422. Votes, 1425n, 1426. Mentioned, 284.
Fontevieux, John, jr., 57, 191.
Fooks, Paul, 801, 1384, 1402.
Foot, Zachariah, 1341.
Forage, commissary of, 574.
Forbes, James, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 819; money, 1239; to buy flour, 1408. Committees: Marine, 972; allowance to officers, 979; embargo, 980; memorial navy board, 1028; Bradford, 1151; New Jersey, 1162; Arnold, 1181; navy letters, 1188; Massachusetts, 1196: Indians, 1201; Adams's accounts, 1212; quartermasters, 1242; treasury, 1257; Sullivan, 1264; admiralty, 1344; Pennsylvania, 1384; Washington, 1396. Votes, 850, 853, 854, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 884, 885, 886, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 939, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 977, 987, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1007, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1075, 1081, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1132, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1174, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1251, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1271, 1274, 1293, 1300, 1307, 1808, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348, 1364, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1408, 1409, 1417, 1421 1425n, 1427. Mentioned, 866, 977, 1027, 1102, 1115, 1137, 1138, 1246n, 1247, 1258, 1270, 1292, 1299, 1314, 1321, 1322, 1326, 1348, 1364, 1377, 1388, 1394, 1408, 1414, 1417, 1425n.
Ford, Benjamin, colonel, 596.
Ford, Hezekiah, 116.
Fordick, Decatur &, 1262.
Foreign affairs, special committee, 93, 247, 322, report, 363, 455, 479, 489, 499, 512, 532, 533, 542, 607, 643, 700, 711; directions, 636; members, 1302.
Forman, Ezekiel, 1165, 1251.
Forestalling, 498, 520.
Forster, Isaac, 73, 515, 661, 722, 1237, 1240, 1310.
Forsyth, Robert, captain, 1100.
Fosset, David, 669.
Fouquet, Mark, 1152, 1161, 1164.
Fouquet, Nicholas, 1152, 1161, 1164.
Fowkes, Chandler Dinwiddie, 1269.
Fowler, Alexander, captain, 79, 177, 217, 392, 433, 1242, 1252.
Fox, Edward, 126, 1103, 1343.
France, cooperation with, 12, 149, 1104; Maryland on treaty, 29; supplies from, 30, 48, 55, 146, 154, 578, 737; flour for fleet, 52, 97, 103, 138, 326, 806, 1311; treaties, 29, 62, 120n, 352, 654, 696, 752, 765; loan, 146; privateer regulation, 219; house of minister, 669, 745.
Francis, Tench, 825.
Francisca de Paula, 1159.
Francy, Jean Baptiste Lazarus Thevenot, 70, 146, 569, 679, 690, 691, 746.
Franklin, Benjamin, Canada expedition, 13; loan of France, 146; charges, 367, 481, 499; instructions, 963, 1182. Letters, 245, 272, 567, 581, 972. Mentioned, 363, 455, 830, 853, 934, 1069, 1166, 1402.
Franks, David S., 123, 391.
Frauds, shippers and masters, 919.
Frazer, Persifor, 836, 853.
Freeman, Mark, 71.

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Frelinghuysen, Frederick, a delegate from New Jersey. Attends, 103. Committees: Treasury, 247; salt, 319. Votes, 131, 138, 142, 161, 189, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 254, 258, 308, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 369, 370. Mentioned, 176, 331.
French corps, 583.
Frey, Charles de, captain, 1139, 1190, 1209, 1213, 1225, 1271.
Friendship, brig, 73.
Fromberger, John, 1027.
Frontiers, western, troops for, 130, 251, 313, 601.
Frost, George, a delegate from New Hampshire. Votes, 18, 27, 47, 101, 138, 237, 250, 253, 254, 258, 262, 285, 297, 323, 333, 334, 847, 349, 350, 351, 369, 370, 372, 375, 377, 389, 394n, 405, 410, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 448, 449, 458. Mentioned, 423.
Führer, Carl Friedrich, captain, 41.
Fund, redemption, 20.
Furloughs, 1382, 1385.
Furman, M., 804.
Gaine, Elisha, 1021.
Galatea, 501.
Gallies, Maryland, 68.
Galvan, --, 337, 417, 1334, 1414, 1419.
Gambier, James, admiral, 51, 78, 179, 191, 293, 424, 437.
Gamble, William, 238.
Gansevoort, Peter, colonel, 490, 510, 694.
Garanger, --, 683, 710.
Gardiner, Henry, 1379.
Gardner, Joseph, 255n, 256, 326, 452, 1122.
Gardner, Rufus, 1351.
Gardoqui, Joseph, & Sons, 86, 144, 836.
Gaspar, Francis, 1158.
Gates, Horatio, major-general. Letters, 10, 49, 52, 134, 163, 419, 544, 554, 613, 694, 778, 805, 816, 900, 919, 1015, 1020, 1072, 1156, 1170, 1241, 1277, 1368. Mentioned, 215, 569, 710, 786, 982, 1398, 1419.
Geddes, George, 1005, 1012.
Geddes, William, 257n, 301, 821, 927n, 1125, 1165, 1241, 1252, 1325, 1402.
Geiger, Henry, colonel, 549.
General Gates, brig, 458.
General Greene, 778.
General Mifflin, 245.
Georgia, military chest, 94, 598; relief for, 100, 120n, 125, 132, 1256, 1315, 1362; defense, 436, 443, 465, 559; committee, 807, 1049; money, 991, 1006, 1440; reduction of British, 1388.
Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, Canada expedition, 13; southern expedition, 102, 119, 149, 152; attends Congress, 185; conference report, 326, 818, 821, 827; house, 669; leave taking, 1018, 1032, 1035, 1065, 1072, 1085; portrait, 1019; intelligence, 1034, 1104. Memorials, 29, 30, 48, 54, 97, 138, 179, 180, 184, 239, 260, 263, 272, 297, 302, 306, 318, 320, 322, 329, 332, 508, 554, 568, 636, 659, 759, 760, 805, 807, 894, 912, 923, 940. Letters, 52, 61, 93, 96, 103, 391, 429, 545, 617, 634, 638, 898, 950, 984, 990, 1018, 1078, 1108, 1132. Mentioned, 10, 367, 534, 580, 623, 699, 837, 1133, 1279.
German battalion, 392, 436; deserters, 754.
Gerry, Elbridge, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 17; resolutions on finance, 882, 900, 940, 1005; money, 421, 939. Committees: foreign affairs, 93, 322, 488; bills of credit, 262; finance, 709; Washington, 740; finance, 882; letter to States, 942; provision for officers, 952; allowance to officers, 979; king's birthday, 988; finance, 1020; treasury officers, 1027; instructions on Spain, 1085; Jay's commission, 1118; ministers' salaries, 1118; quotas, 1149; foreign loans, 1186; executive board, 1242; salaries, 1261; Jewell, 1264; ways and means, 1286; bills of exchange, 1300; Washington's letter, 1312; Pulaski, 1324; Greene, 1389; provisions, 1390; necessaries for army, 1421. Votes, 18, 23, 27, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 101, 131, 138, 142, 160, 161, 189, 208, 246, 248, 249, 250, 308, 314, 333, 334, 349, 350, 351, 360, 361, 369, 370, 372, 416, 441, 451, 462, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 507, 516,

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521, 522, 530, 531, 542, 558, 565, 572, 587, 589, 590, 591, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 637, 639, 641, 642, 647, 668, 672, 675, 680, 681, 682, 700, 701--707, 711, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 742, 748, 750, 751, 752, 760, 766, 772, 791, 794, 796, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850, 852, 853, 856, 858, 859, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 884, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 928, 930, 938, 949, 957, 967, 975, 976, 977, 987, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1064, 1082, 1087, 1090, 1106, 1107, 1109, 1112, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1173, 1205, 1224, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1251, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1273, 1292, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348, 1377, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1408, 1409, 1417, 1425n, 1426. Mentioned, 34n, 86, 144, 156, 251n, 302n, 332, 371, 372, 409, 417n, 475, 480, 481, 521, 524n, 581, 586, 625, 642, 672, 678, 680, 682, 712, 739n, 747, 749, 751,756, 760, 765, 766, 767, 771, 772, 790, 792, 793, 796, 798, 799, 807, 824, 850, 857, 861, 863, 889, 893, 902, 903, 904, 906, 909, 911, 938, 942, 966, 970, 984, 988, 1019, 1051n, 1082, 1090, 1105, 1106, 1112, 1115, 1135, 1141, 1144, 1147, 1150, 1159n, 1169, 1177n, 1206, 1219, 1241, 1242, 1248, 1250, 1253, 1255n, 1263, 1264, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1273, 1277, 1292, 1307, 1309, 1322, 1327, 1230, 1333, 1348, 1359, 1374, 1376n, 1383, 1390, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1425n.
Gervais, John Lewis, 140, 338, 631, 882, 1111, 1123, 1435.
Getteys, William, 94, 299.
Geyer, Adam, 439.
Gibbons, James, lieutenant, 890, 1102.
Gibbs, William, 150, 1123.
Gibson, George, colonel, 115, 124, 445.
Gibson, John, 598, 1002, 1165, 1303, 1307, 1313.
Gibson, John, colonel, 7, 570.
Gilbank, John, 979.
Gill, Joseph Louis, 1263.
Gilman Joseph, 1165.
Gilman, Nicholas, 821, 1067, 1078, 1260, 1379.
Girard, --, 143.
Gist, Mordecai, brigadier-general, 46.
Glascock, William, 990, 1006n.
Glasgow, J., 764.
Gleason, Oliver, 856.
Glover, John, brigadier-general, 259, 786, 919.
Godridge, --, 69
Gooch, John, 1264.
Good Friday, adjournment, 409.
Goodwin, George, 162.
Gostelow, Jonathan, 846.
Gotz, Bernard, 393.
Gouvion, Jean Baptiste de, major, 9.
Govett, William, 40, 144n, 275n, 310, 667, 677, 896, 927, 1125, 1152, 1165, 1241, 1252, 1375.
Graff, Jacob, jr., 881.
Graff, John, jr., 667.
Graham, William, 323.
Grain, distilling, 103.
Grand, Ferdinand (?), 365, 1041.
Gratz, Bernard, 145.
Gray, Isaac, 238.
Gray, William, 667.
Grayson, William, colonel, 56, 1255, 1360.
Great Britain, treaty of commerce, 960.
Greaton, John, colonel, 428.
Green, Ebenezer, captain, 338.
Greene, Nathanael, major-general, money, 39, 72, 176, 270, 420, 570, 682, 757, 880, 982, 1078, 1139, 1171, 1189, 1261, 1303, 1359, 1392, 1401, 1432. Letters, 79, 133, 150, 260, 306, 315, 321, 384, 444, 467, 472, 490, 502, 527, 573, 748, 787, 803, 808, 819, 854, 916, 944, 1034, 1103, 1128, 1368, 1389.
Greene, William, governor, 24, 238, 444, 513, 554, 725, 855, 1050, 1272, 1330.
Greyhound, 1356, 1372.
Gridley, Joseph, 836.
Grief, Joseph, 734.
Griffin, Cyrus, a delegate from Virginia. Money, 1335. Committees: Treasury, 263, 1039; post-office, 1149; appeals, 1171; Hewes, 1252; New Jersey, 1254; entertainment, 1267; commerce, 1297; officers' allowance, 1323; Virginia troops, 1365; provisions, 1391. Votes, 23, 28, 47, 53, 54, 132, 139, 142, 161, 162,

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189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 254, 255, 258, 262, 298, 309, 314, 350, 351,352, 361, 362, 370, 371,373, 375, 377, 380, 381, 382, 383 390, 398, 399, 400, 401, 415, 417, 442, 448 450, 452, 461, 462, 463, 470, 471, 475, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 499, 500, 516, 517, 521,522, 531, 532, 543, 547, 559, 566, 572, 590, 591, 595, 609, 610, 611, 625, 637, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 673, 675, 681, 682, 683, 684, 693, 700, 701--708, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 751, 752, 761, 766, 772, 791, 794, 797, 800, 813, 818, 850, 853, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 884, 885, 886, 888, 889, 905, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1037, 1064, 1075, 1081, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1132, 1142, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1174, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1251, 1254, 1293, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1333, 1348, 1364, 1378, 1395, 1396,1408, 1409, 1425n, 1427. Mentioned, 420, 531, 594, 618, 857, 998, 1126n, 1144, 1155, 1223, 1227, 1229, 1324, 1338, 1412n, 1415n, 1422.
Griffith, Joshua, 614.
Guiger, George, 256.
Guijon, de, 584.
Gunpowder, 1381.
Gurney, Francis, 151.
Guyon, Michel Personne de, 606.
Hackett, John, 744.
Hackett, William, 744.
Hagerman, John, 299.
Hahn (or Kahn), Michael, 407.
Halbrand, Poteins du Bois, 883.
Half pay to officers, 638, 771, 908, 946, 952, 971, 973, 977, 1276, 1335.
Hall, John, 345.
Hall & Sellers, 158.
Hamilton, Alexander, 596; secretary to France, 1391.
Hamilton, James, 810, 933, 985.
Hancock, Ebenezer, 265, 287, 362, 569, 629, 686, 1435.
Hancock, John, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 17. Mentioned, 781.
Hand, Edward, brigadier-general, 157, 575, 577.
Handy, George, captain, 1100.
Haner, James, 927.
Haner, John, 927.
Hanna, schooner, 258.
Hanson, --, captain, 589.
Hardie, Robert, 128.
Harding, Seth, captain, 1204.
Harley, Felix, 1242.
Harnage, Henry, major, 448.
Harnett, Cornelius, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 764; attends, 886; leave of absence, 1360; money, 927, 1124, 1238, 1371. Committees: King's birthday, 988; Drayton's funeral, 1020; South Carolina and Georgia, 1049; quotas, 1149; Hewes, 1252; salaries, 1261; Sullivan, 1264; Jewell, 1264; commerce, 1297; Pulaski, 1324. Votes, 889, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 924, 925, 926, 928, 930, 939, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 977, 987, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1007, 1011, 1013, 1014, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1075, 1081, 1083, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1132, 1142, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1174, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1251, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1271, 1274, 1293, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348, 1364, Mentioned, 1091, 1253, 1258, 1263, 1287, 1361, 1364.
Harper, Andrew, 1368.
Harper, John, & Co., 941.
Harper, Thomas, 213n.
Harridan, Jonathan, 1330.
Harris, Francis, 79.
Harris, John, 374.
Harris, Robert, 676, 678.
Harrison, Benjamin, 195, 527, 618, 862.
Harrison, Benjamin, jr., 192, 559, 643, 671, 723, 917.
Harrison, Charles, colonel, 432, 845, 971, 983, 1048.
Harrison, Robert Hanson, colonel, 566.
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Hart, John, 213, 427, 1158.
Hart, Joseph, 550.
Hart, Samuel, 695.
Hartford convention on prices, 1254, 1272, 1287, 1289.
Hartley, Thomas, colonel, 58, 180, 247, 384, 694, 1353.
Hartley, --, 189n.
Hartshorn, James, 373.
Harvie, John, 125, 195, 453n, 1008, 1012n.
Harwood, Thomas, 847, 1140, 1375, 1401.
Haslam, William, 94.
Haussegger, Nicholas, colonel, 44.
Hawke, 86, 144.
Hawker, Earle, major, 448.
Hay, Samuel, 181.
Hayes, Samuel, major, 1138.
Hazard, Ebenezer, 781, 819, 1203, 1238.
Hazelwood, John, 667. Hazelwood, John, & Co., 1007.
Hazen, Moses, colonel, 790, 1263, 1393n.
Heath, William, major-general, specie, 163; for Board of War, 430, 757; declines, 893. Letters, 513, 537, 669, 699, 739, 806.
Heilman, Adam, 1194.
Hele, Christopher, 31, 179, 410, 424, 614, 838, 941, 1086, 1373.
Helm, John, 299, 523.
Henderson, Alexander, 773, 801.
Henderson, Anthony, 430.
Henderson, John, 44, 96, 251.
Henderson, Samuel, 430.
Henderson, Thomas, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1324.
Henly, Otis &, 1040.
Henry, John, a delegate from Maryland. Leave of absence, 920. Committees: Pennsylvania brigadiers, 117; appeals, 297, 953; Beatty's letter, 819; Bingham, 912; marine, 972. Votes, 19, 23, 28, 35, 53, 54, 101, 132, 139, 161, 162, 189, 208, 237, 246, 250, 254, 258, 262, 285, 286, 309, 314, 315, 323, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 362, 369, 370, 373, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 442, 448, 450, 451, 471, 475, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 532, 538, 543, 545, 547, 552, 556, 559, 572, 588, 590, 594, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 634, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 673, 675, 681, 682, 683, 684, 693, 700, 701-708, 711, 713, 714, 743, 748, 761, 765, 772, 791, 794, 797, 800, 813, 818, 853, 854, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 884, 885, 886, 888, 889, 897, 910. Mentioned, 78n, 86, 469, 490, 674, 854.
Henry, Patrick, 155, 190, 207, 216, 344, 568, 597, 622, 664, 694, 744.
Henry, William, 210, 734, 815, 983, 1434.
Henry, 1357.
Heslip, Thomas, 318.
Heth, William, colonel, 659.
Hewes, Joseph, a delegate from North Carolina. Attends, 860; money, 1030; death, 1252. Committees: finance, 882; marine, 972; treasury, 1005, 1242; treasury officers, 1027; memorial navy board, 1028. Votes, 860, 864, 865, 866, 871, 884, 885, 886, 889, 897, 909, 910, 911, 925, 926, 949, 957, 962, 967, 975, 976, 977, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1132, 1142, 1169, 1174, 1199, 1205, 1224. Mentioned, 452, 764, 1091, 1114, 1115, 1140, 1202, 1287.
Hewes, Josiah, 1287.
Hewes & Co., 353.
Heyward, Thomas, 300.
Hides, commissary of, money for, 128, 208,1207,1211, 1269; department regulated, 870.
Hill, Hugh, 219, 439, 608.
Hill, Joshua, 419.
Hill, Whitmill, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 1361; money, 514. Committees: Smith, 114; Hart, 213, journals, 395. Votes, 19, 23, 28, 35, 48, 53, 54, 76, 77, 102, 132, 139, 161, 162, 208, 246, 250, 254, 255, 258, 262, 285, 286, 298, 309, 314, 315, 323, 333, 334, 335, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 362, 370, 371, 373, 375, 378, 390, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 415, 417, 418, 442,

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458, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487. Mentioned, 127, 313n, 316, 764.
Hillegas, Michael, 275n, 1241, 1251, 1260.
Hiltzheimer, Jacob, 1167.
Historiographer, 1318.
Hoaglandt, Okey, 1009.
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1398, 1403.
Hodge, William, 365, 366, 1199.
Hogan, James, brigadier-general, 14, 46, 337, 1065, 1091, 1355.
Hogeland, Benjamin, 165.
Hogg, Thomas, major, 126, 157, 177n.
Holker, John, 16, 156, 217, 260, 261, 310, 328, 342, 344, 366, 508, 630, 778, 781, 799, 837, 894, 899, 913, 919, 942, 1423.
Holker, 1005, 1012.
Holland, plan of treaty, 219; resolution, 836; loan, 1180, 1186, 1196, 1210, 1230, 1250; commissioner for treaty, 1198, 1210, 1230, 1278n.
Hollenback, Matthew, 299.
Hollingsworth, Henry, 589, 614.
Holloway, Ichabod, 44, 96, 251.
Holten, Samuel, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 17; money, 421, 939, 1344. Committees: Quota of taxes, 25; Reed's letter, 115; salt, 319; Rogers, 472; Segond, 708; South Carolina and Georgia, 807; marine, 972; Charles Harrison, 983; Vermont, 1036; Arnold, 1134; post-office, 1149; New Jersey, 1162; thanksgiving, 1171. Votes, 18, 23, 27, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 131, 138, 142, 160, 161, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 253, 254, 258, 262, 285, 297, 308, 314, 323, 333, 334, 347, 349, 350, 351, 360, 361, 369, 370, 372, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 389, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 441, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461, 462, 470, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 504, 505, 506, 507, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 531, 538, 542, 545, 546, 547, 551, 552, 555, 558, 565, 572, 587, 589, 590, 591, 593, 594, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 641, 642, 647, 668, 672, 675, 680, 681, 682, 684, 693, 700, 701-707, 711, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 742, 748, 750, 751, 752, 760, 764, 772, 791, 794, 796, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850, 852, 853, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 883, 884, 885, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 938, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 977, 987, 994, 995, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1006, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1037, 1064, 1074, 1081, 1082, 1087, 1088, 1090, 1101, 1112, 1132, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1173, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1273, 1292, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1348, 1364, 1377, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1408,1409, 1417, 1421, 1425n, 1426. Mentioned, 382, 423, 452, 538, 572, 713, 786n, 902, 930, 969, 970, 992, 1017, 1027, 1115, 1187, 1214, 1234, 1243, 1309, 1378, 1381n, 1393.
Holy Martyrs, 618, 1159, 1423.
Honduras, Bay of, 1168, 1179.
Honeyman, William, 1103.
Hooe & Harrisons, 673.
Hooghkirk, John, lieutenant, 56.
Hooper, Robert Lettis, colonel, 107, 453n.
Hope, sloop of war, 1330.
Hopkins, Esek, 627.
Hopkins, James, 971, 993.
Hopkins, Stephen, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 725.
Hopkins, David, captain, 988.
Hopkinson, Francis, 19, 157, 275n, 293, 440, 550, 822, 862, 1202, 1239, 1330, 1339, 1424.
Horn Snake, 1036.
Horseneck, 303.
Horses of Members of Congress, 1167.
Horton, Azariah, 404, 425, 734, 770, 1329.
Hoskins, William, 177, 395, 422, 474.
Hospitals, memorial of officers, 455, 1366; returns, 1211; regulations, 1214, 1216, 1277, 1293, 1294, 1297; clothing, 1214, 1313; advances, 1435.
Hotchkiss, John, 1208, 1219.
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Hotham, sloop, 1075.
Houden, Michael Gabriel, 148.
Houston, William Churchill, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 811, 1324; attends, 811. Committees: Beatty's letter, 819; Du Simitière, 861; finance, 882; Deane, 979; journal, 1002; Laurens-Thomson, 1008; Gérard's intelligence, 1034; intelligence, 1128; Reed's letter, 1129; Massachusetts, 1139; quotas, 1149; post-office, 1149; Washington's letter, 1207; Hollandloan, 1211; Adams's accounts, 1212; La Luzerne's reception, 1238, 1262; treasury, 1252; Trumbult's letter, 1254; foreign affairs, 1302; Washington's letter, 1312; intelligence, 1314; Wadsworth-Champion, 1340; Henry wreck, 1357; provisions, 1390. Votes, 813, 818, 850, 852, 853, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 884, 885, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 938, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 977, 987, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1112, 1132, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1251, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1293, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348, 1364, 1377, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1408, 1409, 1417, 1421, 1425n, 1427. Mentioned, 908, 940, 980n, 1013, 1105n, 1150, 1166, 1178n, 1213n, 1214, 1252, 1274n, 1292n, 1318n, 1321, 1332, 1353n, 1374, 1383, 1390, 1416n.
Houstoun, John, governor, 149, 588, 593.
Houstoun, Thomas, 86.
Howe, Robert, major-general, 123, 345, 435, 511, 559, 988.
Howell, Isaac, 270, 556, 848, 981, 1212, 1239, 1425.
Howell, Joseph, jr., 177, 217, 515, 1242, 1252.
Hudson, Jonathan, 82.
Huger, Isaac, brigadier-general, 46, 385.
Hughes, Daniel, 541, 548n, 549.
Hughes, Samuel, 541, 548n, 549.
Humberger, Henry, 1194.
Humpton, Richard, colonel, 271n.
Hunt, Charles, 78.
Hunt, John, 452, 1361.
Hunter, Adam, 95.
Hunter, James, 95.
Hunter, Matthew, 125.
Hunter, Samuel, 1004.
The Hunter, schooner, 508, 951.
Huntington, Samuel, a delegate from Connecticut. Attends, 619; money, 801, 1066; president, 1114; letter, 1318n. Committees: Commissions on purchases, 662; Parsons's letter, 669; marine, 678, 1115; Boston merchants, 808; Beatty's letter, 819; Washington's letter, 822; Duarti, 855; American prisoners, 867; finance, 882; public grounds, 883; Stony Point, 887; Gérard-Reed, 894; peace instructions, 922; Phillips, 934; King's birthday, 988; courts of appeal, 1002; Bingham, 1002; Laurens-Thomson. 1008; finance, 1020; Gérard's intelligence, 1034; Vermont, 1036. Votes, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 641, 642, 647, 668, 672, 675, 680, 681, 682, 684, 693, 700, 701--707, 711, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 750, 751, 752, 760, 765, 791, 794, 796, 797, 800, 813, 818, 850, 852, 853, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 883, 884, 885, 897, 902, 909, 910, 911, 925, 926, 928, 930, 938, 949, 957, 975, 976, 977, 987, 994, 995, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1006, 1011, 1012, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1074, 1081, 1087, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1109, 1112, 1132, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1173, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1273, 1292, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348, 1364, 1377, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1408, 1409, 1417, 1421, 1425n, 1426. Mentioned, 739n, 817, 850, 851, 857n, 896, 929, 1032n, 1045, 1082, 1112, 1172, 1193, 1203n, 1253n, 1271, 1284, 1408n, 1418n, 1421n.
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Hurtle Mary, 310.
Hurrie, William, 41, 257, 421, 846, 1090, 1126, 1152, 1240, 1400, 1408.
Hutson, Richard, a delegate from South Carolina. Committees: Georgia, 125; flour, 142. Votes, 19, 28, 35, 48, 53, 54, 76, 77, 102, 132, 139, 142, 161, 162, 189, 208, 246, 248, 249, 250, 254, 255, 258, 285, 286. Mentioned, 78n, 327.
Hyndman, Michael, captain, 1138.
Impressing of citizens, 1204.
Independence and peace, 62, 240, 563, 828, 833, 909, 918, 920, 956; French print on, 1174.
Independence, declaration of, celebration, 764.
Indiana, 1063.
Indians, presents, 335; supplies, 363; ravages against New York, 402; commissions for chiefs, 411, 693, 733; expenses, 516, 671, 676, 1434; committee, 545; speech, 597, 607; peace, 600, 1320; prisoners, 753; eastern department, 756; affairs, 1201; treaties, 1237; lands, 1249, 1321.
Infantry, Steuben's regulations, 384, 411, 459.
Inglis, Samuel, 211.
Ingraham, Timothy, 419.
Inspector-general, regulated, 111,196, 459; brigade, 758, 805.
Intelligence, from Europe, 324; committee, 1408.
Interest, loan office certificates, 441, 729, 747, 762, 784, 820, 927, 969, 1459.
Invalids, advances, 1440. Ireland, 966n, 967.
Irvine, William, colonel, 559, 578, 580, 595.
Irwin, John, 507.
Irwin, Thomas, 130, 1015.
Irwin, W., captain, 1104.
Irwine, Matthew, 130, 195, 1015, 1043.
Ives, --, captain, 86.
Izard, Ralph, 363, 367, 456, 827, 892; charges, 367, 483, 619, 700, 703.
Jackson, David, 1366.
Jackson, John, 1213.
Jackson, John W., 1402.
Jackson, P., 155.
Jails, in Philadelphia, 129, 140.
James & Drinker, 1244.
Jamison, John, captain, 345.
Jane, sloop, 669.
Jason, 512.
Jay, John, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 260; letter, 568n; for peace treaty, 1107; for Spain, 1110, 1113, 1141; resigns as president, 1114; thanked, 1134; supplies for, 1137; letter of credence, 1161, 1178; allowance, 1167, 1179; to sail, 1183; letters, 1139, 1173. Committees: French princess, 543; letter to king, 544; money, 1065. Votes, 19, 23, 27, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 101, 131, 138, 142, 161, 189, 208, 227, 246, 248, 249, 250, 253, 254, 258, 262, 285, 297, 308, 314, 315, 323, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 360, 361, 369, 370, 372, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 389, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 441, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461, 462, 470, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 531, 538, 542, 545, 546, 547, 552, 555, 558, 565, 572, 587, 589, 591, 593, 594, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 672, 675, 681, 683, 684, 693, 700, 701--707, 711, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 750, 751, 752, 760, 765, 772, 813, 818, 850, 852, 853, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 883, 885, 886, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 928, 930, 938, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 994, 995, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1006, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1074, 1081, 1082, 1087, 1088, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1112. Mentioned: 38n, 55n, 63n, 100n, 102n, 125, 141n, 240n, 277n, 283n, 330n, 344n, 346, 361, 364n, 377, 405, 417n, 421n, 449, 462, 488n, 501,

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507, 517, 534n, 538, 551, 555, 558, 501n, 609n, 637, 641, 715n, 752, 772, 845, 869n, 888, 930, 976n, 991n, 1006n, 1012, 1016, 1024, 1027, 1029, 1070n, 1082, 1099n, 1101, 1288, 1293, 1299, 1414.
Jefferson, Thomas, 778, 786, 809, 841, 1149. 1254, 1357, 1366.
Jenifer, Daniel, of St. Thomas, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 513, 1063; leave of absence, 781, 1202. Committees: Clinton's letter, 721; Gérard's farewell, 1072; quartermaster's department, 1109; quotas, 1149; Morgan, 1155; Jay's allowance, 1167. Votes, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 532, 538, 543, 545, 547, 552, 556, 559, 566, 572, 588, 590, 591, 594, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 673, 675, 681, 682, 683, 684, 693, 700, 701--708, 711, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 751, 752, 761, 765, 772, 791, 800, 1064, 1075, 1081, 1083, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1132, 1142, ]143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1174, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229. Mentioned, 742, 1085, 1092, 1094, 1115, 1136, 1146, 1165, 1168n, 1181, 1186, 1187.
Jenkins, James, 1004.
Jenks, Thomas, 1157.
Jennings, Edmund, 1115.
Jewell, Joseph, 1122.
Jewell, Robert, 271, 339, 801, 1133, 1152, 1264, 1425.
John and Sally, schooner, 96.
Johnson, James, 155, 177, 342, 664, 667, 677, 1242, 1252.
Johnson, Joshua, 1115, 1126.
Johnson, Thomas, 207, 237, 510, 518, 556, 589, 598, 614, 638, 854.
Johnston, Francis, colonel, 502, 557.
Johnston, --, captain, 66, 168.
Jones, Allen, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 1361; attends, 1360; money, 1425. Votes, 1364, 1378, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1408, 1409, 1417, 1421, 1425n.
Jones, David, 623, 685.
Jones, Frederick, 452.
Jones, Gabriel, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 861.

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La Close,--, 263.
La Colombe,--, 281, 310.
Lafayette, Marquis de, Canada expedition, 13. Letters, 143, 148, 1050, 1231. Mentioned, 57, 1102.
La Luzerne, Chevalier de, credentials and reception, 1238, 1247, 1250, 1262, 1266, 1267, 1278; memorials, 1318, 1356, 1372, 1403, 1423; mentioned, 1072, 1331.
Lamb, John, colonel, 845, 1048, 1318.
Land, bounty of, action of Virginia, 116; muster department, 771.
Landais, Pierre, 288, 323.
Lands, western, 620; bounties, 1295, 1336.
Lane, Edward, 927.
La Neuville, Noirmont de, 143, 159, 407, 989, 1170, 1177, 1184, 1201.
Lungdon, John, 755, 1301, 1423.
Lungdon, Woodbury, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 755, 1301; attends, 1018; leave of absence, 1278; money, 1167, 1275; to Holland, 1186. Committees: Marine, 1115; Jay's allowance, 1167; prisoners, 1268; muster department, 1274. Votes, 1029. 1030, 1037, 1064, 1074, 1112, 1132, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1173, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1248, 1251, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1273, 1292. Mentioned, 1144, 1168n, 1202, 1235, 1278.
Languedoc, 1023.
Langworthy, Edward, a delegate from Georgia. Money, 441; complaint, 888. Committees: Quotas of taxes, 25; foreign affairs, 94; treasury, 677. Votes, 19, 23, 28, 35, 48, 53, 54, 76, 77, 102, 132, 161, 162, 189, 208, 246, 248, 249, 250, 254, 255, 258, 262, 298, 309, 323, 333, 334, 335, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 262, 370, 371, 373, 375, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 394n, 398, 399, 410, 415, 417, 418, 424. Mentioned, 333, 336, 360, 379, 1086.
La Nos, Francis, Chevalier de, 508, 860, 950.
Laporte, Francis, 754.
Laporte, Peter, 754.
La Radière, Bailleul, colonel, 9, 539.
Laugeay, Jean, 793n, 882n.
Laumagne, Viscount, 468.
Laumon, de, 57.
Laumoy, de, 9.
Laurens, Henry, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 891; leave of absence, 144; informs Paine, 37; charges Morris, 46, 49, 79, 158, 163; letter to Houston, 588, 592, 610, 611; complains of Thomson, 1008; to Holland, 1186, 1198, 1230, 1232, 1235; money, 1220, 1243, 1259; secretary, 1235, 1242, 1247. Committees: Quota of taxes, 25; post-office, 26, 1202; foreign affairs, 94; southern department, 113, 1253; compensation for supplies, 119; provisious for Rhode Island, 130; southern expedition, 149; Holker, 262: Moultrie's letter, 307; Southern States, 336; Pennsylvania, 390; Bermudas, 472; open doers, 489; Bee, 512; French princess, 543; Knobelauch, 544; Indian, 545; Francy, 569; Albany, 579; foreign loans, 663; consuls, 696; finance, 709; musters department, 734, 1274; Washington, 740; Duarti, 803, South Carolina and Georgia, 807; Gérard-Reed, 894; peace instructions, 922; Franklin's letter, 972; Deane, 979; King's birthday, 988; Gérard's leave, 1018; finance, 1020; Drayton's funeral, 1020; treasury officers, 1027; Gérard's farewell, 1072; Active, 1122; intelligence, 1128; Arnold, 1134, 1366; Sal Tortuga, 1141; quotas, 1149; Indians, 1155; Jay's allowance, 1167; commerce, 1297. Votes, 19, 28, 35, 48, 102, 132, 139, 161, 162, 250, 254, 255, 258, 262, 285, 286, 309, 314, 315,323, 333, 334, 335, 350, 352, 361, 362, 370, 371, 373, 375, 378, 379, 381, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 417, 424, 448, 450, 452, 458, 461, 462, 463, 470, 471, 475, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487,489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 531, 532, 538, 543, 546, 547, 548, 552, 553, 556, 559, 566, 572, 588, 590, 591, 592, 595, 609, 610, 611,615, 616, 633, 634, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 681, 682, 683, 684, 693,

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700, 701--708, 712, 713, 714, 718, 743, 748, 751, 752, 761, 765, 772, 791, 794, 797, 800, 818, 850, 853, 854, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 805, 871,884, 889, 897, 902, 909, 910, 911, 924, 925, 926, 928, 939, 957, 975, 976, 977, 987, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1007, 1011, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1075, 1081, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1132, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1199. Mentioned, 7, 14, 61, 66n, 78n, 94, 133n, 177, 210, 300, 322, 336, 360, 363, 383, 405, 423, 438, 443, 449, 459, 475, 491, 498, 499, 526, 528, 529, 532, 541, 545, 590, 591, 593, 640, 641, 661, 662, 680, 712, 733, 739n, 771, 790, 793, 799, 815, 821, 827, 835n, 856, 858, 859, 860, 883, 887, 893, 902, 908, 928, 942, 946, 984, 991, 999, 1001, 1002, 1006, 1010, 1013, 1019, 1027, 1029, 1043, 1075, 1085, 1088, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1115, 1123, 1128, 1140, 1141, 1147, 1165, 1168n, 1183n, 1187, 1202, 1203n, 1215, 1216, 1250, 1288, 1299.
Laurens, John, 388, 1115, 1128, 1160n, 1172, 1183, 1366, 1381.
Laurens, schooner, 73.
Lawrance, John, 507, 1397.
Lawrence, John, 72, 238, 748, 846, 1140, 1189, 1219, 1359, 1379, 1401.
Lawrence, Rufus, 342.
Lawrence, T., 130.
Leacock, John, 238.
Lead mines, 256; spouts, 842.
Leather, 1215.
Lee, Arthur, charges, 366, 482, 533, 542, 843; recall, 712; may return, 1166; minister to Spain, 1110. Letters, 16, 116, 194, 235, 239, 245, 260, 567, 581, 836, 863, 989, 1008, 1012, 1016, 1028, 1161, 1165, 1166, 1361. Mentioned, 363, 455.
Lee, Charles, major-general, 218, 253, 259, 295, 442, 517, 644, 659, 1348.
Lee, Francis Lightfoot, a delegate from Virginia. Resigns, 862. Committees: Quartermasters, 103, 490; southern department, 113; Boardof War, 430. War Board, 10n, 111, 181n, 182, 268n, 1184n. Votes, 19, 23, 28, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 102, 132, 139, 142, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 254, 255, 258, 262, 298, 309, 314, 315, 347, 361, 362, 370, 371, 373, 375, 377, 379, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 399, 400, 401, 405, 415, 417, 418, 448, 450, 452. Mentioned, 119n, 183, 185, 266, 263, 302, 306, 318, 322, 329, 420.
Lee, Henry, major, 815, 823, 1003, 1049. 1099, 1187, 1193.
Lee, James, captain, 1318.
Lee, Richard Henry, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 214; leave of absence, 643; resigns, 862. Committees: Marine, 247, 678; Holker, 262; Pennsylvania appeals, 286; Pennsylvania, 390; open doors, 489; Bee, 512; Connolly, 514; post-office, 1149. Votes, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 254, 255, 258, 262, 285, 286, 298, 309, 323, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351,352, 361, 362, 370, 371, 373, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 417, 418, 424, 442, 448, 450, 452, 458, 461, 462, 463, 470, 471, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 531, 532, 543, 552, 553, 556, 566, 572, 588, 590, 591, 592, 594, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 638, 641, 649, 643. Mentioned, 171, 365, 369, 370, 372, 379, 391, 414, 443, 464n, 481, 488, 507, 531, 561n, 581, 586, 589, 618, 715.
Lee, William, 363, 455, 934, 1069; charges, 368, 483, 703. Letters, 219, 979, 1006, 1067, 1161.
L'Eglise, Dominique, 1103, 1149, 1184, 1341.
Le Fièvre, -- ,57.
Le Moine, Jules Anne, 861n, 950.
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 411, 459.
" Leonidas," 799.
Le Tourneau, --, 57.
Letter to States, 942, 953, 1051, 1457.
Letters, intercepted, 1049.
Levis, Thomas, 145, 393.
Levy, Eleazer, 1003.
Levy, --, Miss, 105, 131.

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Lewis, Francis, a delegate from New York. Attends, 678; leave of absence, 523; on Morris, 49, 61, 65, 79, 158, 164; money, 1166; admiralty, 1271, 1360, 1361. Committees: Elizabeth and Mary, 806; commerce, 1297. Votes, 19, 27, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 131, 138, 142, 161, 189, 208, 237, 246, 249, 250, 262, 297, 308, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 361, 372, 375, 377, 389, 398, 399, 405, 415, 416, 418, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 531, 681, 683, 684, 693, 701--707, 711, 718, 743, 750, 751, 752, 760, 765, 772, 791, 794, 796, 797, 798, 800, 813, 850, 852, 853, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 883, 885, 886, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 938, 949, 957, 975, 976, 977, 998, 999, 1000, 1006, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1074, 1081, 1082, 1087, 1088, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1112, 1142, 1144, 1148, 1169, 1199, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1251, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1273, 1292. Mentioned, 78n, 100n, 899n, 1238, 1329n.
Lewis, Morgan, colonel, 518, 1303. Lewis, William, 1028.
Lexington, brig, 66, 168.
L'Hommedieu, Ezra, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 1339; attends, 1339; money, 1359. Committee: Appeals, 1360. Votes: 1348, 1364, 1377, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1408, 1409, 1417,1425n, 1427. Liberty, schooner, 941.
License, for selling foreign merchandise, 498, 520.
Lillington, Alexander, 452.
Lincoln, Benjamin, major-general, 132, 297, 389, 407, 553, 854, 882, 1006, 1049, 1069, 1087, 1089, 1123, 1256, 1315, 1351, 1418; leave of absence, 465, 466, 586, 942. Letters, 93, 94, 100, 113, 123, 307, 431, 453, 455, 464, 597, 807, 950, 990, 1003, 1133, 1253, 1296, 1324, 1338, 1368.
Lithgow, --, major, 419.
Livingston, Abraham, 95, 210.
Livingston, Henry Beekman, colonel, 58.
Livingston, Henry Brockhoist, lieutenant-colonel, 1173.
Livingston, James, colonel, 67, 182, 310, 438, 583, 584, 709, 723, 846, 1068, 1152, 1239, 1359.
Livingston, Musco, 1008, 1075.
Livingston, Robert R., a delegate from New York. Credentials, 1293; attends, 1293; money, 1400. Committees: Bills of exchange, 1300; board of war, 1300; Bingham, 1302; foreign affairs, 1302; Pulaski, 1324; Wadsworth, champion, 1340; commissary, 1343; Washington, 1367; Moore, 1374, Pennsylvania, 1384; provisions, 1391; Washington, 1396. Votes, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348, 1364, 1377, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1408, 1427. Mentioned, 1307, 1316n, 1321, 1332, 1334, 1355n, 1365, 1376, 1381, 1393n, 1403, 1411n, 1413n, 1421n.
Livingston, William, 40, 378, 511, 568, 779, 1007, 1008, 1103, 1236, 1244, 1366, 1382.
Livingston, William S., 669.
Llano, Joseph de, 508, 608.
Lloyd, James, 177. Lloyd, John, 365.
Lloyd, Thomas, 1239.
Loans, treasurer of, 421, 441.
Loan office commissioners, allowance to, 11; regulation, 494; certificates, 441, 772, 798, 10t5, 1225; issue, 523, 1458. Loans, proposed, 112, 141, 146, 440, 493, 497, 520, 672, 7]7, 728, 731, 771, 783, 901, 1288, 1319; foreign, committee, 662; returns, ]002, 1045; Holland, 1180, 1186, 1196, 1210, 1250.
Lockhart, Patrick, 746, 1433.
Logwood, 1141, 1168, 1179.
Loizeau, Augustin, 689, 709.
Longhammer, Elizabeth, 271n.
Longhammer, George, 271n.
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Lotbinier, Louis, 67, 182, 310, 438, 583,723, 846, 973, 1017, 1068, 1152, 1239, 1359.
Lottery, to receive certain bills of credit, 40; interest on prizes, 441; tickets for Europe, 460; sale of third-claas, 1225; draft, 1375; scheme, 1455; prizes, second-class, 1459.
Louis XVI, 736, 1279; portrait, 737; representation, 737; birthday, 988, 989; letters to, 1041, 1085.
Lovell, James, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 17; money, 939,1202, 1400; secretary, etc., France, 1391. Committees: Duarti, 78, 749, 803, 855; Lafayette, 149; open doors, 489; Spanish ships, 617; Pettit, 745; entertainment, 765; Franklin's letter, 972; Reed's letter, 1129; Jay's allowance, 1168. Votes, 18, 27, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 131, 138, 142, 160, 161, 208, 237, 253, 254, 258, 285, 297, 308, 314, 323, 333, 334, 349, 350, 351, 360, 361, 369, 370, 372, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381,382, 383, 389, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416, 418, 441, 448, 449, 451, 458, 470, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 507, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 531,538, 542, 545, 546, 547, 551, 552, 555, 565, 587, 589, 590, 591, 593, 594, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 641, 642, 647, 668, 672, 675, 680, 681, 682, 684, 700, 701--707, 712, 713, 714, 742, 748, 750, 751, 752, 760, 764, 772, 791, 794, 796, 797, 798, 800, 818, 852, 856, 858, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 883, 884, 885, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 977, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1037, 1088, 1106, 1107, 1[09, 1112, 1132, 1145, 1148: 1169, 1199, 1205, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1273, 1292, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1322, 1323, 1333, 1348, 1364, 1377, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1417, 1421, 1425n. Mentioned, 27, 52n, 76, 332, 333, 379, 429n, 485, 522, 672, 702, 777n, 989, 1089n, 1114, 1165, 1180, 1236n, 1266, 1267, 1277, 1365, 1396, 1408.
Low, Cornelius P., 543.
Low, Nicholas, 941.
Lowell, John, 630.
Lowndes, Rawlins, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 892. Mentioned, 149.
Luca, Joachim, 508, 607.
Luce, William de, captain, 952, 973.
Lucena, Samuel de, 734, 844.
Ludwig, Christopher, 40.
Lutterloh, Henry Emanuel, 1249.
Lynch, John, 1351.
Lynn, Robert, 607.
Lyon, John, 419.
Lyon, Samuel, 238.
Lyons, William, 408.
McCallister, Archibald, 1100.
McCallister, John, 756.
McCarahcr, Alexander, captain, 1104.
McCay, James, 614.
McComb, Eteazer, 827, 896, 1165, 1241, 1252, 1407.
McConnel, Archibald, 695, 736.
McDonald, Henry, 156.
Mcintosh, Lachlan, brigadier-general, 93, 115, 213, 570, 585, 606, 670, 671, 673, 683,
McIntyre, Thomas, 291.
McKallaher, Alexander, 523.
McKean, Thomas, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Committees: Quotas of taxes, 25; foreign affairs, 94; Scull, 184; Pettit, 745; Greene's letter, 787; Boston merchants, 808; American prisoners, 867; Gérard-Reed, 894; Mary and Elizabeth, 898; Bingham, 912; peace instructions, 922; consuls, 1002; Vermont, 1036; droit d'aubaine, 1041; executive board, 1242; Trumbult's let. ter, 1.254; salaries, 1261; Morgan, 1400; Holy Martyrs, 1424. Votes, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 101, 132, 139, 142, 161, 162, 237, 246, 248, 249, 499, 500, 718, 730, 743, 748, 751, 752, 761, 765, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850, 853, 854, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 884, 885, 886, 888, 889, 897, 902, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 939, 949, 957, 967, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000,

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1001, 1007, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1016, 1037, 1064, 1110, 1251, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1274, 1408, 1409, 1427. Mentioned, 77, 186, 236, 498, 752, 780n, 798, 815, 836, 851, 885, 893n, 896, 924, 929, 949, 992, 994, 996, 1002, 1012, 1013, 1024, 1032n, 1037, 1048, 1080n.
Mackey, William, captain, 986.
Mackinnon, Lachlan, 208n.
McKinny, Abraham, 125.
McKissack, William, 159, 488, 584.
McLane, Allen, captain, 58, 119, 537, 598, 606, 822, 1100.
McLean, Archibald, 452.
McLene, James, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 270, 1263; attends, 271, 1293; money, 927. Committees: Flower, 1403. Votes, 285, 297, 309, 314, 315, 323, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, '362, 369, 370, 373, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 672, 675, 681, 682 683, 684, 693, 700, 701--707, 711, 713, 714 718, 730, 743, 748, 750, 751, 752, 761, 765 772, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850 852, 853, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865 866, 871, 884, 885, 886, 888, 889, 897, 902 905, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 939 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323 1327, 1333, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1408, 1409, 1417, 1421, 1425n, 1427. Mentioned, 815, 837, 885, 888, 1426.
Macleod, Donald, 208n.
McLure, John, 178.
McMurdie, Robert, 759, 773.
McMurtrie, David, 592n.
McMurtrie, W., 213n.
McMyer, Andrew, captain, 342.
McMyer, Mary, 342.
McNeil, Daniel, captain, 245.
McNeil, Hector, captain, 69, 214.
McNutt, Alexander, 52, 326, 428, 430.
McNutt, Joseph, 430.
Macpherson, John, 739, 794, 855, 859, 944, 971.
Macpherson, William, lieutenant, 43, 425, 1069, 1211.
McSparran, Archibald, 822.
Magaw, Robert, colonel, 373, 577.
Mahogany, 1168, 1179.
Majastram, de, 57.
Majors, brigade, 198, 758.
Malcom, William, colonel, 58, 274, 755, 844, 1187.
Malmedy, Francis, colonel, 16, 238, 296, 1048.
Manifestos, British, 78.
Manly, John, captain, 1193.
Map, 1027; St. Clair's trial, 67.
Maquechee Indians, 1163.
Marchant, Henry, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 725; attends, 725; money, 1026, 1298; leave of absence, 1334. Committees: Military supplies, 739; peace commission, 744; Jefferson's letter, 778; Duarti, 803; South Carolina and Georgia, 807, 1365; Washington's letter, 822; American prisoners, 867; appeals, 896, 1360; Bingham, 912; King's birthday, 988; Harvie, 1008; Washington-Simms, 1018; Knobclauch, 1021; treasury, 1039; droit d'aubaine, 1041; Palpey, 1122; quotas, 1149; Anderson, 1151; New Jersey, 1162; Washington's letter, 1207; Frey, 1225; entertainment, 1267; Bingham, 1302; southern department, 1332, 1381. Votes, 743, 748, 750, 751, 752, 760, 764, 772, 791, 794, 796, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850, 852, 853, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 865, 866, 871,883, 884, 885, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 938, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 987, 994, 995, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1006, 1011, 1012, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1074, 1106, 1107, 1109, 1112, 1132, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1173, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1282, 1233, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1251, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1292, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333. Mentioned, 764, 807, 810n, 837, 853, 855, 859, 871, 889, 910, 928, 929, 946, 952, 966, 998, 1007, 1028, 1036, 1045, 1109, 1141, 1142, 1144, 1170, 1173, 1186, 1198, 1202, 1208, 1241, 1260, 1286, 1309, 1312, 1322, 1330, 1334, 1370.

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Marie Catharine, 690.
Marine committee, members, 247, 678, 708, 972, 976, 1115; instructions, 133, 212, 443; Jay on, 511n; committee on new, 708; naval affairs, 1133; to appoint advocates, 1278; closed, 1360; money, 1431.
Marr, John, 895.
Marsteller, Philip, 1194.
Martin, Robert, 985, 1004, 1138, 1318.
Martin, --, 189n.
Martinique, provisions, 153.
Marven, Richard, 627.
Mary and Elizabeth, 806, 898, 919.
Maryland, on articles of confederation, 29, 619; on French treaties, 29; gallies, 68; money, 628, 915, 1439; arms for, 638; flour for Virginia, 1137.
Mason, Thomson, 617, 623.
Masoner, Jacob, 667.
Massachusetts, credentials of delegates, 17, 980; powers of delegates, 780; money, 73, 421, 1437; provisions, 257, 449; assembly, 819; on appeals, 941; officers, 950, 1033; quota, retention of, 1273; council, 55, 50, 391, 916, 1049, 1090, 1139, 1196, 1231, 1249; board of war, 56, 115.
Masts, for Spain, 244, 1043.
Malker, James, 138, 393.
Mathews, John, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 891; attends, 891; money, 940, 1220, 1340. Committees: Phillips, 934; marine, 977; allowance to officers, 979; embargo, 980; western expedition, 989; Harvie, 1008; Sullivan's orders, 1010; Washington-Simms, 1018; Drayton's funeral, 1020; Gérard's intelligence, 1034; Virginia arms, 1030; instructions on Spain, 1085; Jay's commission, 1118; minister's salary, 1118; Palpey, 1122; Bradford, 1151; New Jersey, 1162; Tyler, 1184; foreign loans, 1186; navy letters, 1188; Massachusetts, 1190; Holland loan, 1211; Adam's accounts, 1212; Frey, 1225; executive board, 1242; southern department, 1253; Trumbull's letter, 1254; La Luzerne, 1266; ways and means, 1286; bills of exchange 1300; Miralles, 1302; Washington's letter, 1312; Henry wreck, 1357; Virginia troops, 1365; Washington, 1367; South Carolina and Georgia, 1381; Morgan, 1400; necessaries for army, 1421. Votes, 897, 902, 907, 909, 910, 911, 924, 925, 926, 939, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 977, 987, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1007, 1011, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1075, 1081, 1083, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1132, 1142, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1174, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1251, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1271, 1274, 1293, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321,1322, 1323, 1348, 1364, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1408, 1409, 1417, 1421,1425n, 1427. Mentioned, 300, 893, 903, 925, 942, 978, 986n, 991, 1012, 1017, 1029, 1036, 1041, 1042, 1082, 1105, 1118, 1120n, 1134, 1137, 1142, 1163n, 1167, 1179n, 1186, 1191n, 1211n, 1232, 1233, 1236n, 1242, 1243, 1249, 1253, 1257, 1259n, 1262, 1264, 1271, 1278, 1292, 1314, 1315n, 1342n, 1343, 1349, 1364, 1388, 1391, 1418n, 1421.
Mauleon, --, captain, 25, 121, 138,238, 303.
Maxwell,William, brigadier-general, 261,270; censure of, 23, 129, 207.
May, Benjamin, 747.
Meade, Everard, major, 453, 465.
Measure, George, 815.
Meuse, James, 210, 698.
Mease & Caldwell, 181.
Medals, Stony Point, 890; striking of, 893;Paulus Hook, 1100.
Medical committee, members, 51, 1018;staff, 1187, 1200; report, 1213.
Medical department, instructions, 110; petitions, 917; clothing, 1214; regulated, 1214, 1277.
Meek, James, 1003.
Melchoir, Isaac, 56, 293, 629, 645, 1220, 1433.

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Mentz, William, 845.
Mercer, James, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 861; attends, 1038. Committees: Quartermaster's department, 1109; marine, 1115; Reed's letter, 1129; Arnold, 1134, 1366; Massachusetts, 1139; quotas, 1149; Bradford, 1151; Indians, 1155; New Jersey, 1162, 1254; appeals, 1171. Votes, 1064, 1074, 1081, 1083, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1132, 1142, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1174, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229. Mentioned, 1074,1092, 1102, 1110, 1136, 1155, 1168, 1178n, 1205, 1219, 1223.
Mercer, John Francis, 644, 659.
Mercier, John Dyer, 631, 896, 1165, 1241, 1252, 1341.
Mercury, 33, 55, 72.
Mercure, 690.
Mere Bobie, 690.
Meredith & Clymer, 1391.
Mermaid, 856.
Middleton, Arthur, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 891. Mentioned, 300.
Mifflin, Thomas, major-general, money, 1432. Mentioned, 106, 251, 287, 644, 927, 972, 1066, 1158.
Mifflin, --, 189n.
Mifflin, Fort, 541.
Miklaszewicz, Baron de, 1400, 1406, 1410.
Miles, Samuel, colonel, 68.
Military stores, department, 785.
Militia, special call, 835; use discouraged, 1416.
Miller, Henry, 933.
Miller, John, estate of, 95.
Miller, John, 440.
Milligan, James, 275n, 296n, 301, 348n, 775, 1165, 1216, 1241, 1251, 1368, 1380, 1390.
Miners, 570.
Minerva, brig, 785.
Mingo Indians, 1213.
Ministers, foreign, audiences, 180; plenipotentiary to Europe, 364, 456, 705; secretaries, 1115; salaries, 1118, 1128, 1135, 1143; commissions, 1141.
Miralles, Don Juan de, 459, 508, 617, 624, 634, 785, 1194, 1238, 1301, 1318, 1331, 1370, 1386, 1413.
Mississippi, navigation of, 242, 244, 330, 369, 926, 1047, 1048, 1080, 1168.
Mitchell, Henry, 1040.
Mitchell, John, colonel, 345, 1374.
Monopolies, 650.
Montfort, Julius tic, count, 107, 239.
Montgomery, Hugh, 440, 1202.
Monthieu, --, 690.
Moor, Ralph, 1036, 1138.
Moore, Stephen, 1374, 1393.
Moore, William, 419, 895, 927.
Morgan, Daniel, colonel, 854.
Morgan, George, colonel, 131, 275, 596, 597, 607, 645, 1063, 1154, 1213, 1223, 1230; report on, 524; resigns, 669.
Morgan, John, 313, 688, 724, 733, 854,1208, 1277, 1302, 1400, 1409.
Morocco, 223.
Morris, Gouverneur, a delegate from New York. Money for, 16, 697, 1207; leave of absence, 993; attends, 1146; secretary in France, 1391; letter, 1406, 1424. Committees: Gambler, 51; departments, 114; southern expedition, 149; Bingham, 150; provisions, 155; A. Lee, 195; Adams's letter, 272; Reed's letter, 303; European intelligence, 324; Holker, 345; South Carolina and Georgia, 436; Clinton, 478; Kitty, 488; letter to King, 544; Steiner & Cist, 550; peace commission, 744; New Jersey remonstrance, 759; Conyngham, 844; British proclamation, 852; Duarti, 855; Stony Point, 887; Gérard-Reed, 894; peace instructions, 922; letter to states, 942; King's birthday, 988; quotas, 1149; finance, 1155; New Jersey, 1162; Sullivan's orders, 1164; thanksgiving, 1171; foreign loan, 1186; officers' allowance, 1188,1323; Indians, 1201; Holland loan, 1211; La Luzerne's reception, 1238,1262, 1266; treasury, 1257; Sullivan, 1264; ways and means, 1286. Votes: 27, 35, 47, 53, 54, 161, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 262, 314, 315, 323, 347, 350, 351, 360, 361,

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369, 370, 372, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 394n, 398, 399, 410, 423, 424, 451,458, 461, 462, 470, 475, 476, 477,479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 516, 517,521,522, 530, 531, 542, 546, 547, 555, 565, 572, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 672, 675, 681, 683, 700, 701-705, 743, 748, 750, 751, 752, 761, 765, 850, 852, 853, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 883, 885, 886, 902, 910, 911,923, 925, 926, 938, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 977, 994, 995, 1148, 1169, 1224, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1251, 1258, 1259, 1264,1270,1273. Mentioned: 33n, 35, 38n, 47, 55n, 63n, 154n, 158, 244n, 248, 262, 265, 314, 323, 330n, 341n, 344n, 349, 350, 360, 361, 372, 374, 375, 387, 409, 423, 430, 440, 447, 450, 451, 453n, 457, 461, 469, 473, 477, 478, 479, 481, 499, 503, 504, 505, 506, 512, 521,522, 523, 526, 529, 546, 547, 555, 563, 565, 581, 615, 616, 633, 636, 638, 640, 641, 646, 647, 653n, 667, 672, 678, 706, 747, 750, 751, 752, 756, 762, 763, 764, 806, 820n, 837n, 883, 887, 891n, 915n, 923, 924, 938, 941, 946n, 947n, 948n, 953n, 966, 969, 988, 994, 996, 1147, 1150, 1160n, 1165, 1168, 1169, 1178n, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1198n, 1209, 1223, 1226, 1228, 1230, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1242, 1243, 1246n, 1247,1248,1249, 1256n, 1258, 1262, 1264,1266,1270,1271, 1278, 1285, 1289n, 1320n, 1321n.
Morris, Hannah, 342.
Morris, Joseph, major, 342.
Morris, Israel, 742, 774n, 775.
Morris, Robert, 82, 86, 158, 159, 163, 210, 217, 310, 326, 365, 837, 1123; defense, 167; Phoenix, 838.
Morris, Thomas, 82, 164, 368.
Morris, 787.
Morse, Charles, 774, 993, 1213, 1379.
Mosely, Benjamin, jr., 845.
Mosely, David, 71, 498.
Mosely, John, 432.
Moses, Isaac, 894.
Moss, John, 630, 991, 997, 1125.
Motion, proposer and seconder, 316; amendment, 389; withdrawing, 637.
Moultrie, William, brigadier-general, 307, 442, 465, 585, 807.
Mountflorence, James Cole, 916, 944.
Moylan, Stephen, 430.
Mud Island fort, 431.
Muhlenberg, Frederick A., a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 269, 1263; attends, 269; money, 735, 1077. Committees: Journals, 395; Connolly, 825; medical, 1018; Kuobelauch, 1021; thanksgiving, 1171; treasury, 1267. Votes: 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 362, 369, 370, 373, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 398, 399, 405, 410, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 442, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461, 462, 463, 470, 471, 475, 477, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489,491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 532, 538, 542, 545, 547, 552, 556, 559, 566, 572, 587, 590, 591,593, 595, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 672, 675, 681, 682, 683, 701--707, 711, 713, 714, 743, 748, 750, 751, 752, 761, 765, 772, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 818, 850, 852, 853, 856, 858, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 884, 885, 888, 889,897,902,907, 909, 910, 911, 928, 939, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 977, 994, 995, 996, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1081, 1082, 1088, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1169, 1173, 1199, 1205, 1927, 1228, 1229, 1232,1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248,1251, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1271,1274, 1293,1321, 1322, 1323, 1333, 1348,1364, 1378. Mentioned, 481,1070n, 1271.
Muhlenberg, Peter, brigadier-general, 490,1382,1418.
Mullen, Robert, 238.
Mumford, David, 1277.
Mumford, Nathaniel, 1241, 1252.
Munsey Indians, 1163, 1213.
Murfree, Hardy, 1244.
Murnand, John Bernard de, 57.
Murphy, A., 614.
Muskets, Penet's offer, 17, 134.
Musters, commissary of, 403, 425, 734, 771, 1329.
Nairn, John, 807.
Nancy, 579.

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Naples, 245.
Nash, A., 1361.
Nash, Clement, captain, 599.
Navy board, eastern district, money, 72, 140, 210, 570; censured, 1342; letter, 1080, 1091, 1188. Middle district, 177, 217, 294, 345, 671, 968, 1375.
Neff, Jacob, 1194.
Negroes, insurrection, 386; regiments,386, 418.
Nelson, Thomas, jr., a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 195; attends, 195; resigns, 862. Committees: Barbary States, 245; Pennsylvania letter, 292; Greene's letter, 306; Southern States, 336; South Carolina and Georgia, 436. Votes, 208, 237, 246, 250, 254, 255, 258, 262, 298, 309, 314, 315, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 362, 370, 371, 373, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 417, 418, 424, 452, 458, 471, 475, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 499, 500. Mentioned, 370n, 409.
Neustra Seniora de Merced, 1159.
Neufville, John de, 235, 1034.
Neufville, Chevalier de, 508, 861n, 950.
Nevers, Phineas, 326n, 429.
Nevill, Thomas, 238.
Newark, Thomas, 218, 299.
Newfoundland, fisheries, 242.
New Hampshire, money, 293, 1436; credentials of delegates, 755, 1301, 1423; letter, 1249, 1413, 1423. Grants, see Vermont.
New Jersey, representation by legislature, 568, 623; brigade, 596; remonstrance, 759, 778; taxes, 779, 808, 931, 1198; credentials of delegates, 811, 1323; prize agent, 1009; representation, 1162, 1196, 1272, 1287, 1289; money, 1438.
Newspapers, 158.
New York, credentials of delegates, 260, 1272, 1293, 1339; legislature, 402, 1209, 1254; Indian ravages, 402; embarkation of British, 1103, 1410, 1424; money for delegates, 1151, 1438; Indian treaties, 1237.
Nicholas, Samuel, 667.
Nichols, Bela, 1398.
Nichols, Noah, 1398.
Nicholson, James, captain, 207, 458.
Nicholson, John, 238, 275, 342n, 346.
Nicholson, John, captain, 589, 614.
Nicholson, John, 420, 968, 983, 1162, 1242, 1252, 1422.
Nicholson, S., captain, 1080.
Nicola, Lewis, colonel, 40, 68, 96, 157, 177, 392, 438, 567, 583, 723, 726, 739, 881, 940, 1040, 1171, 1239, 1347.
Niles, Robert, captain, 1087.
Nixon, John, 440, 1330.
Noarth, William, 403, 425.
Norman, John, 67.
North Carolina, money for, 38, 128, 436, 826, 915, 1078, 1439; supplies from, 100; troops, 132, 560, 819, 942, 1087, 1093, 1256, 1315; prisoners, 208; assembly, 760; clothing, 1091; draft on, 1385.
North River, cannon, 538, 541.
North Star, 836.
Northumberland County, Pa., 189, 1138.
Norwalk, Conn., 852.
Nostra Senhora, etc. See Our Lady.
Nourse, Joseph, 318, 666, 881, 927n, 955, 993, 1156, 1165, 1212, 1241, 1251, 1340, 1371.
Nova Scotia, cession of, 242, 348, 925, 959;petition, 428.
Oath, quartermaster's, 814. "Observations on American Revolution," 421, 1452.
Officers, Connecticut memorial, 10; prisoners, breaking parole, 122; supernumerary, 271, 630, 978, 1456; warrant, and arrests, 321; clothing, 359, 844; rations, 438, 445; subsistence money, 450, 947, 978; postage, 463; staff, commissions, 721; vacancies, 779; further provision, 721, 826, 908, 946, 952, 971, 973, 977; omitted in arrangement, 844; allowance for unprovided, 1188, 1335, 1426; recall, 1219; memorial, 1286; absentee, 1351.
O'Hara, William, 726, 754.
Oliphant, David, 991.
Olmstead, Gideon, 86, 320, 424, 435, 472, 507, 527, 1122, 1166, 1194.
Olney, Joseph, captain, 606.

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Oneidas, 332, 363, 411, 1161, 1182.
O'Neil, Alexander, 26, 263.
Onondagas, 332, 567, 753.
Order of day, 490, 696.
Ordnance, Department of, regulation, 201, 602; board of, secretary, 1140.
Oswald, Eleazer, colonel, 24, 114, 294.
Otis & Henly, 1040.
Ottendorf, Nicholas Dietrich, 179n.
Our Lady or Mount Carmel and St. Antonio, 56, 73, 78, 115, 158, 749, 777, 838, 856, 860, 1021.
Owen, Robert, 971.
Oxford, 170.
Paca, William, a delegate from Maryland. Report on foreign affairs, 534; leave of absence, 1202. Committees: Quota of taxes, 25; post-office, 26, 1202; Morris, 86; foreign affairs, 94; appeals, 97, 297, 896, 1171; Reed's letter, 115; Pennsylvania brigadiers, 117; compensation for supplies, 119; provisions for Rhode Island, 130; Washington's letter, 261; Adams's letter, 272; Pennsylvania appeals, 286; Pennsylvania, 390; South Carolina and Georgia, 436; Clinton, 478; Kitty, 488; Arnold, 511; A1bouy, 579; Segond, 708; Pettit, 745; entertainment, 765; King's birthday, 988, courts of appeal, 1002; Bingham, 1002; Paulus Hook, 1003; appeals, 1004; Laurens-Thomson, 1008; Gérard's leave, 1018; Virginia arms, 1035; Vermont, 1036; Jay's commission, 1118; Palfrey, 1122; Active, 1122; Arnold, 1134; Sal Tortuga, 1141; Anderson, 1151; Tyler, 1184; Morgan, 1208. Votes, 19, 28, 35, 47, 76, 77, 101, 132, 139, 161, 162, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 254, 262, 286, 298, 309, 314, 315, 323, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 369, 370, 373, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 410, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 450, 451, 458, 461, 462, 463, 475, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 528, 529, 530, 532, 538, 543,566, 588, 590, 684, 693, 700, 701--708, 711, 713, 714, 748, 751, 761, 765, 772, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1007, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1199, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229. Mentioned, 47n, 76, 120n, 167, 326n, 345n, 364n, 368n, 409, 415, 416n, 435n, 440, 513n, 530, 532, 703, 735, 775, 1007, 1016, 1019, 1109, 1110, 1137, 1138, 1141, 1186, 1198, 1223n, 1226.
Packet, schooner, 804.
Page, John, 455, 1190.
Paine, Thomas, article in newspaper, 30, 54; dismissed, 32; and the journals, 36; heard, 49; to attend, 75; salary, 393; inquiry, 500n. Letters, 30, 31, 36, 47, 48, 75, 337, 394, 412, 487, 501, 617, 646, 742, 1263.
Palpey, John, captain, 1296.
Palpey, William, 71, 128, 331, 339n, 438, 515, 582, 644, 664, 688, 689, 723, 782, 847, 917, 1026, 1047, 1071, 1122, 1124, 1240, 1257, 1266, 1268, 1287, 1296, 1302, 1330, 1379, 1392.
Palmer, Joseph, 319, 786.
Papley, --, 1075, 1424.
Parker, William, 1123.
Parole, broken, 122.
Parsons, Samuel Holden, 159, 669, 758,851, 968.
Partridge, George, a delegate from Massachusetts Bay. Credentials, 980; attends, 980; money, 1124. Committees: Journal, 1002; musters department, 1274; Meredith, 1391. Votes, 987, 994, 995, 1006, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1037, 1064, 1074, 1081, 1082, 1087, 1090, 1101, 1109, 1112, 1132, 1142, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1173, 1198, 1205, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1247, 1248, 1251, 1264, 1270, 1273, 1292, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348, 1364, 1377, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1408, 1417, 1421. Mentioned, 1141, 1165, 1250, 1330n.
Passern, Lewis D., 214.
Passes into enemy's lines, 447.
Passport, ship, in Holland treaty, 234.
Patten, Jonathan, 1199, 1209.
Patterson, Eleazer, colonel, 667.
Patterson, Samuel, 821, 1375, 1402.

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Patton, John, colonel, 58, 694.
Patton, Robert, 41, 583, 941, 1126, 1152, 1240, 1400, 1408.
Patton, Thomas, 1398.
Paulus Hook, 1003, 1099.
Pawling, Henry, major, 274.
Paymaster-General, regulations, 665; pay,1259; advances, 1434, 1440.
Paymasters', regimental, accounts, 176; south, 598, 631; deputy, 687, 698; subsistence money, 1261.
Peabody, Nathaniel, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 755, 1301; attends, 755; money, 969, 1124, 1313. Committees: Journal, 1002; medical, 1018; Arnold, 1134; quotas, 1149; Morgan, 1155; New Jersey, 1162; intelligence, 1314; Meredith, 1391; Flower, 1403. Votes, 760, 764, 772, 791,794, 796, 797, 798, 813, 818, 850, 852, 853, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 883, 884, 885, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 923, 925, 928, 930, 938, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 977, 994, 995, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1006, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1074, 1081, 1082, 1087, 1088, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1109, 1112, 1132, 1142, 1148, 1169, 1173, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1251, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1273, 1292, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348, 1364, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1408, 1409, 1421, 1426. Mentioned, 861, 871., 883, 888, 999, 1037, 1106, 1112, 1115, 1131, 1135, 1165, 1167, 1232, 1250, 1258, 1308, 1333, 1334, 1344, 1353n, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1408, 1409.
Peace, no separate, with Great Britain, 62, 240, 564, 830; ultimata, 241, 920, 957; commission for minister, 744, 922; English commissioners, 828; instructions, 922, 956, 1116; minister, 1107, 1109.
Peale, Charles Willson, 888, 1086.
Peele, Margaret, 446.
Peery, William, captain, 141, 144, 346, 392.
Pell, --, 1294.
Pendergast, Martin, 145.
Pendleton, Daniel, 1091.
Penet, Pierre, 304, 1015, 1071, 1174.
Penet, Pierre, and Couloux, 16, 134.
Penet, Pliarne, & Co., 82, 170, 776.
Penet, Wendel & Co., 303.
Penn, John, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 764; attends, 764, 1374; money, 895, 950; leave of absence, 972. Committees: French princess, 543; marine 972; provisions, 1390. Votes, 19, 28, 35, 48, 53, 54, 76, 77, 102, 139, 142, 161, 162, 189, 2087 237, 246, 248; 249, 250, 254, 255, 258, 262, 285, 286, 298, 309, 314, 315, 323, 333, 334, 335, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 362, 370, 371, 373, 375, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 393, 399, 400, 401, 410, 415, 417, 418, 424, 448, 450, 452, 458, 461, 462, 463, 470, 471, 475, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 499, 500, 502, 506, 507, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 531, 538, 543, 547, 548, 572, 588, 590, 591,592, 594, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 673, 675, 681, 682, 683, 684, 693, 700, 701--708, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 751,752, 761, 765, 772, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 818, 850, 853, 854, 800, 863, 804, 865, 866, 871, 884, 886, 889, 897, 910, 911, 924, 925, 926, 928, 930, 939, 962, 967, 975, 976, 1378, 1389, 1395, 1396, 1408, 1409, 1417, 1427. Mentioned, 33n, 77, 377, 379, 400, 411, 414, 458, 461n, 474, 489, 521, 526, 587, 594, 609, 610, 611, 616, 706, 799, 824, 852, 860, 1361.
Pennell, Joseph, 177, 345, 1111.
Pennsylvania, credentials of delegates, 269, 1263; battalion, 58; money, 74,433, 1438; brigadiers, 117, 574, 580; court of admiralty, 86, 136, 282, 1195; frontiers, 189, 251, 313, 1004; letters of council, 247, 950, 1174; bills of credit, 262; tax law, 275; third regiment, 294; assembly, 326, 392; loan, 335, 344; harmony, 374, 375, 389, 390, 409, 412, 439, 453, 530; petition on finance, 648; citizens impressed, 1204; boundary dispute, 1411.

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Penny, Timothy, 217, 671.
Penobscot expedition, 1413.
Penobscot River, road, 429.
Pensacola, 787.
Perry, James, 676.
Person, --, 452
Peters, Richard, 275n, 1225; War Board, 10n, 111, 181n, 182, 214, 215, 238, 268n, 296, 321, 403, 411n, 433n, 464, 467, 473n, 524, 570, 584n, 586n, 600, 601n, 645, 663, 711n, 757, 786n, 788, 823n, 826n, 843n, 844n, 867n, 869n, 872n, 933, 936, 970, 973, 1102, 1129, 1164, 1184n, 1185, 1265, 1306n, 1341, 1344, 1351, 1367n.
Petitions, Congress welcomes, 648.
Pettit, Charles, 213, 511, 570, 614, 686, 744, 757, 779, 804, 807, 809, 815, 880, 930, 950, 982, 1078, 1139, 1171, 1174, 1189, 1198, 1261, 1286, 1303, 1359, 1392, 1401.
Phelps, Charles, 1138.
Philadelphia, property of merchants, 71, 86, 94, 213, 307, 309; letter, 676: rations, 1187, 1389.
Philbrick, Joseph, 299.
Phillips, Jonas, 213n.
Phillips, Richard, 1066, 1155, 1162, 1225, 1275, 1309, 1401.
Phillips, William, major-general, 104, 679, 699, 744, 912, 933, 985, 992, 996, 1031, 1114, 1266.
Phoenix, 803, 838, 857.
Phripp, --, 838.
Pickering, John. 18.
Pickering, Timothy, 39, 275n; War Board, 111, 181n, 182, 214, 215, 238, 268n, 296, 321, 403, 411n, 433n, 464, 467, 473n, 524, 570, 584n, 586n, 600, 601n, 645, 663, 711n, 757, 786n, 788, 800n, 823n, 826n, 843n, 844n, 867n, 869n, 872n, 933, 936, 970, 973, 1102, 1129, 1185, 1265, 1306n, 1341, 1344, 1351, 1367n.
Pierce, George, 425, 426.
Pierce, John, jr., 319, 331, 464, 468, 687, 847, 1047, 1266, 1392, deputy paymaster-general, 696.
Pierce, Thomas, 1170.
Pilgrim, 219, 439, 608, 1332.
Pilots, 1111.
Pinckney, Thomas, 431.
Pine, white, 1138.
Piper, Henry, 63.
Pitcairn, Thomas, 667, 715, 815.
Pitt, brig, 1422.
Plater, George, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 160, 1161; leave of absence, 675; money, 1370. Committees: Washington's letter, 261; Pennsylvania letter, 292; French princess, 543; prisoners, 1268; intelligence, 1314. Votes, 161, 162, 189, 208, 246, 250, 262, 285, 286, 298, 309, 314, 315, 323, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 362, 369, 370, 373, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 448, 450, 451, 458, 462, 463, 470, 471, 475, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 532, 538, 545, 547, 552, 556, 559, 566, 572, 588, 590, 591, 594, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 673, 675, 681, 682, 683, 684, 693, 701--708, 1169, 1174, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1251, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1271, 1274, 1293, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348, 1364, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1408, 1409, 1417, 1421, 1425n, 1427. Mentioned, 272, 336n, 607, 1226, 1299, 1314, 1349, 1353, 1360, 1391, 1394, 1396, 1399, 1403, 1404, 1408.
Pliarne, Penet & Co., 82, 170, 776.
Pitt, Fort, 104, 109.
Plombard, J., 1108.
Plunder, prevention of, 758.
Plunket, --, captain, 589.
Pollard, Benjamin, 1015, 1040.
Pollock, Oliver, 291, 787.
Polly, schooner, 150.
Poor, Enoch, colonel, 251, 1380.
Pope, Charles, lieutenant-colonel, 15, 1373.
Porter, Moses, 845.
Porter, Andrew, captain, 1318.
Portmanteaus, officers', 214.
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Post-Office, 26; report, 463, 633, 1149,1203, 1338, 1357, 1411, 1415, 1436.
Potts, Jonathan, 255, 287, 301,460, 1123,
Potts, Thomas, 1087.
Powder, 1045.
Powell, Jeremiah, 130, 151, 163, 195, 274,378, 595, 739, 855.
Preble, John, 916.
Prescott, Richard, major-general, 78.
President, information by, 123, 124.
Preston, Elizabeth, 157, 1007.
Preston, William, 157, 1398.
Prevost, James Mack, lieutenant-colonel,431.
Prices, provision, 450, 727, 809; Hartford convention, 1254, 1272, 1287, 1289.
Pringle, John, 72.
Printer, copperplate, 881.
Prisoners, commissary-general of, clerk, 46; instructions to, 110; deputy, 431; regulation, 980; advances, 1436.
Prisoners, exchange of, regulations, 104, 1288, 1451, 1456; cartel, 280, 431, 566; southern department, 307n; citizens for disaffected, 636; Featherstone's case, 744; marine, 837; privileges, 985.
Prisoners, provision for American, 44, 687, 698, 1018; French, 320; memorial of American, 472, 867, 1032, 1268; English, for American ships, 829, 831; Spanish, 1273.
Prison ships, 837, 1262.
Privateers, 849; French, regulated, 219; in Holland treaty, 229.
Privates, clothing allowance, 359.
Prizes, French regulations, 219; in Holland treaty, 229; goods, 532, 1031, 1342, 1367; New Jersey, 1009.
Proctor, Francis, captain, 627.
Proctor, Thomas, colonel, 96, 127, 159, 303, 430, 541, 607, 726.
Proctor, William Lewis, 179.
Promotion, rule of, 577, 1414.
Property, public, 867.
Providence, R. I., 993.
Providence, 1342.
Prowell, Joseph, major, 694, 800.
Prudden, Nathaniel, 555.
Pugh, Jonathan, 1103.
Pulaski, 26, 107, 132, 138, 143, 144, 148, 179, 181, 183, 190, 192, 200, 215, 238, 263, 274, 419, 598, 867, 895, 1020, 1133, 1139, 1190, 1414, 1418; death and monument, 1324, 1357.
Purdy, --, 1294.
Pursell, John, 126.
Purviance, Samuel, jr., 178.
Putnam, Benjamin, 1022.
Putnam, Daniel, 1030.
Putnam, Israel, major-general, 43, 303.
Quarles, James, captain, 685, 697.
Quartermaster's Department, committee, 103, 490, 812, 971, 1109, 1242; payment for articles taken, 133; commissions, 492, 503, 573, 662; conditions, 503; confidence expressed, 695; oath, 814; regulated, 872, 1312; return of employed, 1334.
Queen of France, 532, 1342. Question, postponed, 476.
Quotas of money, 21, 28, 614, 626, 652, 1050, 1136, 1147, 1150, 1245; committee, 25, 1149; of provisions, 1391.
Raiford, John, 210.
Raleigh, frigate, 1193.
Ramsey, William, 238, 421, 928, 1124,1242, 1252, 1390.
Randolph, Benjamin, 788, 1004, 1410, 1414.
Randolph, Edmund, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 861; attends, 861. Committees: Public grounds, 883; appeals, 896, 1004; Bingham, 912; Phillips, 934. Votes: 865, 866, 871, 884, 885, 886, 897, 902, 907, 909, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 939, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967. Mentioned, 956, 985n.
Ranger, 532, 1074, 1342.
Rangers, Pennsylvania frontiers, 252.
Rank, under brigadiers, 143; petitions for, 145, 510; rules, 575, 576, 660.
Rapalje, Garret, 1007.
Rations, back, 115, 119, 127; officers, 438, 444; in Pennsylvania, 945, 1004; Philadelphia, 1187, 1389.
Rawlings, Moses, colonel, 104, 896.

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Read, James, 275n, 1028.
Recall of officers, 1219.
Recruiting service, money, 128; allowance, 597, 1358; report, 1385.
Read, Bowes, 1324.
Reed, James, brigadier-general, 309.
Reed, John, 631.
Reed, Joseph, 26n, 125, 415; letters, 105, 115, 117, 131, 188, 207, 218, 263, 303, 315, 324, 374, 379, 391, 453, 529, 574, 626, 716, 755, 803, 825, 836, 893, 894, 942, 944, 976, 979, 992, 1129, 1138, 1201, 1384, 1397.
Reed, Thomas, 71, 515, 582, 687, 698.
Reed, --, captain, 1100.
Regnier de Roussi, Pierre, 237.
Reports, reading of, 134; consideration of, 1314.
Resolution, reconsideration, 313.
Retaliation, 640, 831, 849, 852, 915.
Revenge, cutter, 25, 236, 307, 466, 1199.
Rhode Island, distressed for provisions, 130, 151; asks for reduction of quota, 212, 269; defence, 468, 477, 504, 546, 554; protest of delegates, 539; credentials of delegates, 725; money, 782, 1437; barracks, 1031; evacuated by enemy, 1241.
Rice, Christian, 882.
Rice, exports of, 154.
Rice, George, captain, 39.
Rice, Nathan, 882, 1406.
Rice, Patrick, 123.
Richardson, Addison, captain, 195.
Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf, Baron de, 679, 1031, 1114n, 1266.
Risberg, Gustavus, 571.
Rittenhouse, David, 319, 982n, 984, 1375, 1401.
Ritter, William, 303.
Rivington, James, 588.
Roach, Patrick, 247.
Roberdeau, Daniel, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Committees: Donnell, 16; Smith, 114; departments, 114. Votes, 19, 23, 35, 76, 77, 101, 131, 139, 142, 161, 189. Mentioned, 131, 160, 161, 188, 206n, 256, 269, 788.
Roberts, Henry, 1034.
Roberts, John, 238, 455.
Roberts,
Robert, 238.
Robeson, Andrew, 90, 91.
Robinson, --, 589.
Rodgers, John, 67.
Rodney, Caesar, 150, 186, 188, 987, 1007, 1348, 1403.
Rogers, James, 144.
Rogers, Samuel, 326n, 429, 472, 1392.
Rogers, William, 627, 759, 773.
Rolston, Isaac, 1244.
Root, Jesse, a delegate from Connecticut. Committees: Connecticut officers, 10; Donnell, 16; quota of taxes, 25; Duarti, 78; appeals, 97, 1360; southern department, 113; departments, 114; Reed's letter, 115; Pennsylvania brigadiers, 117; appeals, 297; Pennsylvania, 390; Board of War, 430, 1109, 1202; conference, 449; Vermont, 676; attends, 951; provision for officers, 952; appeals, 953; quartermaster-general, 971; allowance to officers, 979; embargo, 980; Bingham, 1002; Sullivan's orders, 1010, 1164; money, 1017, 1211, 1313; Steuben, 1035; Virginia arms, 1035; droit d'aubaine, 1041; marine, 1115; ministers' salaries, 1118; Active, 1122; Anderson, 1151; Thanksgiving, 1171; officers' allowance, 1188, 1323; War Board, 1202; Treasury, 1257; entertainment, 1267. War Board: 111, 181n, 182, 214, 238, 268n, 321, 1164, 1185. Vote, 19, 23, 27, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 101, 131, 138, 142, 160, 161, 189, 208, 237, 246, 249, 250, 253, 254, 258, 262, 285, 297, 308, 314, 323, 333, 334, 347, 349, 350, 351, 360, 361, 369, 370, 372, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 389, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416, 423, 424, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 977, 987, 994, 995, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1006, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1074, 1081, 1082, 1087, 1088, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1109, 1112, 1132, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1173, 1199, 1224, 1227, 1128, 1229,

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1232, 1233, 1234, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1292, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309. Mentioned, 7, 34n, 38n, 76n, 331, 346, 391, 404, 1118, 1132n, 1170, 1188, 1193n, 1196n, 1200n, 1209n, 1246n, 1258, 1266, 1277, 1311n, 1312.
Rose, Alexander, 95.
Ross, George, 88.
Round, Hampton, 583n, 585.
Rowe, John, 893.
Rowe, --, captain, 1398.
Rudolph, Michael, 1100.
Ruggles, Joseph, 1199, 1209.
Rum, 1131, 1274, 1342.
Rumford, Jonathan, 898.
Rumsdale, Aquilla, 87, 507, 527.
Rush, Jacob, 1188.
Rutgers, Henry, jr., 404, 425.
Rutledge, Edward, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 891; excused, 892. Mentioned, 300.
Rutledge, John, 300, 322, 344, 596, 807, 854, 991.
Safford, Jacob, 1286.
Safford, Samuel, lieutenant-colonel, 843, 1286.
St. Augustine, expedition against, 68, 120.
St. Clair, Arthur, 67, 575, 576.
St. Elme, Gérard de, 182.
St. Francisco de Paula (El Valenciano), 607.
St. Hilaire, Sieur de, 759.St. John's River, road to, 429.
Saint Pierre, Le, 754.
Sales, board of, 1175.
Salisbury, Conn., furnace, 391, 405, 420.
Salaries, increased, 19; adjustment, 1261.
Sally, sloop, 15, 941.
Salt, 319, 786, 1130, 1132, 1141, 1168, 1179, 1291.
Saltonstall, Dudley, 1334.
Santos y Martyros, 608, 1159, 1423.
Sappers, 570.
Sartine, Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert Gabriel de, 182, 245, 417.
Saunders, Thomas, 614.
Savage, Henry, 845.
Savage, Samuel P., 137.
Savannah, Ga., 93.
Say, John, 545.
Schott, John Paul, 179n, 300, 432, 607.
Schreiner, Jacob, 881.
Schuyler, Philip, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 1272, 1294; attends, 1272; leave of absence, 1334; money, 1331; resigns, 27, 332, 473. Committees: Officers' allowance, 1274; Miralles, 1302; Washington's letter, 1312; southern department, 1332. Votes, 1273, 1292, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333. Letters, 27, 63, 124, 129, 151, 332, 335, 363, 411, 473, 553, 566, 567, 600, 733, 745, 753, 1201, 1237, 1296. Mentioned, 427, 514, 549, 582, 671, 699, 720n, 1292n, 1308, 1314, 1321, 1337n, 1339, 1343, 1344, 1370.
Schuyler, Fort, 1182.
Scott, Charles, brigadier-general, 893, 1256, 1418.
Scott, Thomas, captain, 599.
Scudder, Joseph, 1269.
Scudder, Nathaniel, a delegate from New Jersey. Money, 39, 810, 1066, 1303; attends, 512, 923, 1193; leave of absence, 815. Committees: Quota of taxes, 25; Low, 543; Albouy, 579; Thompson-Webb, 623; departments, 662; Southwick-Sullivan, 685; musters department, 734; New Jersey remonstrance, 759; Elizabeth and Mary, 806, 898; quartermaster-general, 971; King's birthday, 988; Harvie, 1008; Steuben, 1035; Massachussetts, 1196; New Jersey, 1196. Votes, 19, 23, 28, 35, 47, 517, 528, 529, 530, 532, 538, 542, 545, 546, 547, 552, 566, 587, 589, 591, 593, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 634, 637, 639, 64], 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 675, 681, 682, 683, 684, 693, 701--705, 711, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 750, 751, 759, 760, 765, 772, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 813, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 938, 949, 957, 962, 966, 975, 976, 977, 987, 994, 995, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1007, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1074, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1251, 1254,

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1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1274, 1293,1300, 1307. Mentioned, 31n, 32n, 49n, 522, 526, 596n, 609n, 646, 682. 684, 692, 739n, 757, 762, 806, 812, 962, 989, 994, 1000, 1019, 1043, 1045, 1064, 1214, 1216, 1234, 1235, 1271.
Scudder, William Smith, 669.
Scull, Peter, 184, 607, 687, 1009, 1115.
Sea Horse, brig, 1351.
Searle, James, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 1263; money, 1189. Committees: Quota of taxes, 25; Duarti, 78, 803; foreign affairs, 94; Stewart, 192; marine, 247; Francy, 569; entertainment, 765; Elizabeth and Mary, 806, 898; navy letters, 1188; provisions, 1391. Votes, 28, 35, 47, 76, 77, 101,131,139,142, 161, 237, 246, 948, 249, 254, 262, 285, 297, 309, 333, 334, 350, 351, 352, 369, 370, 373, 375, 377, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 418, 448, 451, 458, 461, 462, 463, 475,477, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485,486, 487, 489, 499, 500, 502, 508, 516, 517, 528, 529, 530, 532, 542, 545, 547, 556, 566, 572, 587, 590, 591,593, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 634, 647, 648, 681, 682, 683, 684, 693, 700, 701--707, 711, 713, 714, 718, 730, 748, 750, 751, 752, 765, 772, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 813, 897, 902, 907, 909, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 949, 957, 975, 976, 977, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1007, 1016, 1037, 1064, 1074, 1113, 1199, 1205, 1227, 1228,1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1247, 1248, 1270,1271, 1274, 1293, 1300, 1321, 1322, 1323,1327, 1333, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1396,1408, 1409, 1417, 1421, 1425n, 1427. Mentioned, 248, 284, 285, 369, 374, 380, 461, 507, 512, 646, 707, 99, 1006,1115, 1271, 1307, 1326.
Sears, Peter, 1398.
Secret committee, 49.
Secret service, 218, 526; foreign, 1180.
Secretaries to ministers, 1115; commissions and salaries, 1118, 1128, 1134, 1143, 1159, 1234, 1391, 1402; letter of credence, 1160.
Segond, --, captain, 274, 708.
Seine, 33, 55, 690.
Sellers, Nathan, 96, 141.
Sellers, Hall & 158.
Senecas, expedition against, 402, 1162.
Sensible, frigate, 1133, 1183.
Sergeant, --, 312.
Sermon, July 4, 764.
Settlements, outside of United States, 242.
Sewell, Richard, 121, 129, 378.
Shaffer, David, jr., 881.
Sharpe, Joseph, 177.
Sharpe, William, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 452; attends, 452; money, 518, 944, 1139, 1268, 1353. Committees: Clinton's letter, 721; New Jersey, 1162; Arnold, 1181; Indians, 1201; Frey, 1225; treasury 1242, 1252, 1374; Hewes, 1252; Jewell, 1264. Votes, 458, 461, 462, 463, 470, 471, 475, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 531, 532, 543, 546, 547, 548, 552, 553, 556, 559, 566, 572, 588, 590, 591, 592, 594, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 673, 675, 681,682, 683, 684, 693, 700, 701--708, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 765, 772, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850, 853, 854, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 865, 866, 871,884, 885, 889, 897, 902, 905, 909, 910, 911, 924, 928, 930, 939, 949, 957, 967, 987, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1007, 1011, 1013, 1014, 1029, 1030, 1064, 1075, 1081, 1083, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1132, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1174, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1247, 1248, 1254, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1271,1274, 1293, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348. Mentioned, 695, 764, 796, 798, 799, 808, 923, 987, 1000, 1080, 1087, 1136, 1165, 1186, 1228, 1255,
1308, 1322, 1338, 1361.
Shaw, Samuel, 627.
Shawanese, 1163.
Shee, John, 440, 1202.
Sheetz, Henry, 144, 393.
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Sheldon, Elisha, colonel, 300, 316, 822.
Sheppard, William, colonel, 786, 803.
Sherman, Roger, a delegate from Connecticut. Attends, 513, 1122; money, 569, 801, 1189, 1255. Committees: Connolly, 514; French princess, 543; Indian, 545; departments, 662; finance, 709; New Jersey remonstrance, 759; intelligence, 1128; treasury, 1132; Massachusetts, 1139; Sal Tortuga, 1141; quotas, 1149; Morgan, 1155, 1208; New Jersey, 1162; Tyler, 1184; post office, 1202; ways and means, 1286; Miralles, 1302; Bingham, 1302; Washington's letter, 1312; officers' allowance, 1323; commissary, 1343; Washington, 1367, 1396; Moore, 1374; Pennsylvania, 1384; Meredith, 1391. War Board: 10n, 1184n. Votes, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528,529, 530, 531,538, 542, 545, 546, 547,551,552, 555, 558, 565, 572, 587, 589, 590, 591, 593,594, 609,610, 611,615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639,641, 642, 647, 668, 672, 675, 680, 681,682, 684, 693, 701--707, 711,712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 750, 751, 752, 760, 765, 772, 791, 794, 796, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 1132, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148, 1169, 1173, 1199, 1205, 1224, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1258, 1259, 1264, 1270, 1273, 1292, 1300, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348, 1364, 1377, 1378, 1389, 1394, 1395, 1408, 1409, 1417,1421, 1425n, 1426. Mentioned, 17n, 522, 531, 581, 586, 680, 702, 704, 728n, 731, 762, 771, 772, 779n, 790n, 808, 815, 817,1150n, 1187, 1208, 1228, 1232, 1236n, 1269, 1271, 1307, 1339, 1342n, 1348, 1377n, 1391, 1393n.
Sherman, William, 843.
Shields, John, 213n.
Shippen, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 24; credentials, 1263. Votes, 28, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 101, 131,139, 142, 161, 189, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 258, 262, 285, 297, 314, 315, 323, 361, 362, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 405, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 448, 449, 451, 458, 470, 471, 475, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 506, 508, 521, 522, 528, 542, 545, 556, 559, 566, 587, 590, 591, 593, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 641, 647, 648, 668, 672, 681, 682, 683, 693, 701--706, 711, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 751, 752, 761, 765, 792, 794, 798, 813, 850, 852, 853, 863, 864, 866, 884, 888, 889, 907, 909, 910, 923, 926, 930, 939, 987, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1007, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1016, 1064, 1081, 1088, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1270, 1271, 1293, 1300, 1307, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1327, 1333, 1348, 1364, 1378, 1417, 1421, 1425n. Mentioned, 825, 853, 1330.
Shippen, William, Dr., 51, 151, 524, 733, 854, 917, 1303, 1373n.
Shipyard, continental, 443; at Portsmouth, 1406.
Ships, free, free goods, 231.
Ships' papers, 246.
Shrupp, Henry, 801.
Shubart, Michael, 881.
Sick on march, provision for, 1345.
Silliman, Gold Selleck, brigadier-general, 1268.
Simmons, Luson, 238.
Simms, Charles, lieutenant-colonel, 933, 1018, 1025, 1357.
Simpson, Thomas, 1074.
Single Brethren, of Bethlehem, 1209, 1373.
Sinking fund, 1051.
Sitgreaves, John, 1361.
Six Nations, 753, 1063.
Skely, Michael, 256.
Skinner, James, 773.
Skinner, Jonathan, 670.
Slave trade, 242, 743.
Sloan, --, 189n.
Smallwood, William, brigadier-general, 259, 276, 695, 735, 775, 917.
Smilie, John, 326, 1122.
Smith, B., 257n.
Smith, Barzilla, captain, 86, 144.
Smith, Belcher Peartree, 19, 44, 67, 184, 213, 238, 337, 342n, 392, 427, 437, 498, 637, 1297.

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Smith, George, Dr., 549.
Smith, Gregory, colonel, 8.
Smith, Isaac, 1021.
Smith, James, 726.
Smith, John, 82.
Smith, Johnston, 114, 311.
Smith, Josiah, 25.
Smith, Matthew, 1004.
Smith, Meriwether, a delegate from Virginia. Leave of absence, 1115; on commercial affairs, 390; on Laurens, 588, 610, 611. Committees: Connecticut officers, 10; quota of taxes, 25; flour, 52; Morris, 86; foreign affairs, 94; appeals, 97; departments, 114; Bingham, 150; provisions, 155; A. Lee, 195; marine, 247; Holker, 262; Moultrie's letter, 307; Clinton, 478; Kitty, 488; French princess, 543; Francy, 569: foreign loan, 663; finance, 709; military supplies, 739; Jefferson's letter, 778; finance, 882; Gérard-Reed, 894; provision for officers, 952; Franklin's letter, 972; allowance to officers, 979; Deane, 979; Charles Harrison, 983; King's birthday, 988; finance, 1020, 1155; Knobelauch, 1021; Vermont, 1036; instructions on Spain, 1085. Votes, 19, 23, 28, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 102, 161, 162, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 254, 255, 258, 262, 285, 286, 309, 314, 315, 323, 333, 334, 347, 350, 351, 352, 361, 362, 370, 371, 373, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390. 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 417, 418, 424, 442, 450, 452, 458, 461, 462, 463, 470, 471, 475, 477, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 531, 532, 543, 546, 547, 552, 553, 556, 559, 566, 572, 588, 590, 591, 592, 594, 595, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 668, 673, 675, 681, 682, 683, 684, 693, 700, 701--708, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 751, 752, 761, 765, 791, 794, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850, 853, 854, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 884, 885, 886, 888, 864, 897, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 939, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 977, 987, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1007, 1011, 1012, 1014,1016, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1064, 1074, 1081, 1083, 1089, 1090, 1101, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113. Mentioned, 7, 23, 31n, 37n, 70n, 75n, 78n, 116,154,167, 207, 217n, 333, 349, 370n, 374, 377, 380, 381, 382, 389, 395, 400, 440, 441,457, 469, 477, 481, 490, 498, 500, 505, 506, 513n, 515, 528, 542, 581, 586, 589, 590, 594, 618, 640, 661, 699, 700, 703, 704, 718,732n, 733n,751,761,797, 813, 818, 820n, 863, 864, 865, 888, 889, 897, 926, 930, 940, 966, 967, 974n, 975, 976, 978n, 989, 991n, 994, 995, 999,1000, 1002, 1013, 1014, 1045, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1084, 1092, 1106, 1107, 1109.
Smith, Patrick, 582.
Smith, Ralph, 1199, 1209.
Smith, Resolve, 94, 275n, 296n, 301, 348n, 881, 927n, 1025, 1165, 1241, 1252, 1271, 1375.
Smith, Thomas, 189, 211, 275n, 302, 549, 881, 1040, 1067, 1078, 1122, 1123, 1171, 1194, 1207, 1220, 1359, 1392, 1407.
Smith, Thoroughgood, 1021.
Smith, William, 178, 837, 895, 927, 1207.
Smith, --, captain, 1100.
Smock, Hendrick, 1216.
Smyser, Michael, captain, 408, 1338.
Snowden, Isaac, 270, 556, 848, 981, 1212, 1239, 1425.
Snowden, Jedediah, 238.
South Carolina, relief for, 100,125, 132, 151, 1093, 1256, 1315, 1362; quota increased, 269; defence, 436, 443, 465, 559, 819; French corps, 443; committee, 807, 1049; credentials of delegates, 891; reimbursed, 946; money, 1067, 1440; ships, 1088, 1093,1253, 1257,1302; leather, 1215.
Southern department, regulation, 113, 1253; supplies, 1296; committee confer, 1331, 1365.

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Southwick, Solomon, 685n.
Spain, alliance with, 239; subsidy from, 243, 938, 1043, 1084; vessels captured, 635; treaty, offensive, 924, 938, 1042, 1046, 1109; minister for treaty, 1110, 1112; commission, 1118, 1120; instructions, 1118, 1140, 1168, 1179; prisoners, 1273; declares war against Britain, 1340; cooperation, 1387.
Spaulding, Simon, captain, 296, 342, 607, 788.
Specie, 163, 218, 526, 671, 740, 756.
Spencer, Joseph, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 378; attends, 378; money, 433, 983, 1077. Committees: Board of War, 430, 1109; Thompson-Webb, 623; musters department, 734, 1274; western expedition, 989. War Board, 586n, 600, 711n, 933. Votes, 372, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 389, 394n 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 441, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461, 462, 470, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 507, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 531, 538, 542, 545, 546, 547, 551, 552, 555, 558, 565, 572, 587, 589, 590, 591, 594, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 641, 642, 647, 675, 680, 681, 682, 684, 693, 700, 701--707, 711, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 750, 751, 752, 760, 765, 772, 791, 794, 796, 797, 798, 800, 813, 818, 850, 852, 856, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 866, 871, 883, 884, 885, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 909, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 930, 938, 949, 957, 962, 966, 967, 975, 976, 977, 987, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1006, 1011, 1012, 1016, 1029, 1080, 1037, 1064, 1074, 1081. Mentioned, 679n, 680, 722, 999.
Spies, 1006n.
Spooner, Paul, 992, 1003n, 1008.
Spotswood, Alexander, colonel, 544.
Springfield, Mass., laboratory, 448, 1371.
Sprogell, Ludowick, 238.
Spy, schooner, 1087.
Stanwix, Fort, treaty of, 1063.
Starr, John, 916.
State, respect of military for, 206.
States, resolutions of Congress, 207; southern defence, 336, 374, 385; quotas of money, 493; address to, 59, 562, 626, 643, 649, 1019, 1155, 1158, 1457; new, 621; territory of, 632; letter to, 942, 953; trade between, 994, 996; accounts with Continent, 1416; evacuation by British, 330, 341, 743, 959.
Stediford, Garret, 1181.
Steele, Archibald, 213, 353, 436.
Stein, F., major, 1133.
Steiner, Melchior, and Charles Cist, 421, 550, 754, 1241.
Steinmetz, John, 213n.
Stelle, Benjamin, 362, 384, 569, 629, 686.
Stephenson, William, 365.
Sterrett, Samuel, 270.
Steuben, Baron de, 199, 337, 440, 989, 1035, 1196, 1420; regulations, 384, 411, 420, 459, 1454; letters, 739, 1334.
Stevens, John, jr., 1375, 1397.
Stevens, --, 1203.
Stevenson, James, 114, 637, 670, 697, 723, 815, 1067, 1165.
Steward, John, 967.
Stewart, Charles, 346, 540, 1156, 1326, 1433.
Stewart, John, major, 890.
Stewart, Walter, 192, 206, 1391.
Stirling, William Alexander, Lord, 987, 1099, 1189.
Stockton, Samuel W., 235.
Stoddard, Josiah, captain, 117, 690.
Stoddert, Benjamin, captain, 472, 1009.
Stoever, Caspar, 1194.
Stokes, Hezekiah, 1001.
Stone, John Hawkins, colonel, 1027, 1314.
Stono Ferry, 854.
Stony Point, 851, 886, 890.
Story, William, 544, 735.
Stotesbury, John, captain, 126, 145.
Stretch, William, 238.
Strettle, Amos, 95.
Strong, Matthew, 667.

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Stroud, Jacob, colonel, 310.
Subsidy from Spain, 243.
Subsistence money, 450, 947, 978, 1156, 1187, 1214, 1261, 1276, 1295, 1397, 1403.
Success, schooner, 608.
Sugar, 1131, 1274, 1342.
Sullivan, John, major-general, 788, 889, 941, 954, 1182, 1333; western expedition, 989, 1004, 1170; Board of War, 1009, 1163, 1344. Letters, 24, 29, 78, 626, 685, 887, 900, 988, 1049, 1146, 1161, 1169, 1263, 1319.
Sullivan, Fort, 442.
Sulphur, mine of, 734, 844.
Sumner, Jethro, brigadier-general, 46.
Sumner, Job, captain, 411, 427, 968.
Sunbury, 954.
Supplies, purchased in New York, 124; certificates for, 275; money for, 1045; committee, 1343, 1371, 1377.
Surgeons, navy, 754.
Surveyor of ordnance, 205.
Susannah, 281.
Sutton, John, captain, 433.
Swaine, Francis, 881.
Sweers, Cornelius, 118.
Sweers, Hannah, 554.
Swoope, Michael, colonel, 510, 723.
Syng, Barge &, 557.
Talbot, Silas, captain, 900, 924, 1008, 1075, 1330.
Tam Ploy, 151.
Tannehill, Adamson, 896.
Tarrant, Manlove, 1244.
Taxes, apportionment of, 25, 28; anticipation of, 662, 719, 1245; returns, 725; necessity, 493, 519, 652.
Taylor, Claver, 311.
Taylor, Timothy, 427, 1157.
Taylor, Yelverton, 188.
Taylor, --, captain, 217.
Temple, Robert, 260, 288.
Ten Broek, Derick, 293, 847, 1140, 1211, 1260.
Ternant, John, 1030, 1123.
Thanksgiving, 1170, 1191, 1458.
Therèse, 690.
Thomas, Hannah, 1133.
Thomas, John, major-general, 1133.
Thomas, J. A., 607, 726.
Thompson, Alexander, 845.
Thompson, E., 755, 1301, 1423.
Thompson, James, 1066.
Thompson, Thomas, captain, 1193.
Thompson, William, brigadier-general, 191, 279, 575, 623, 679.
Thomson, Charles. Mentioned: 25n, 33n, 36n, 55n, 66n, 76n, 78n, 128, 241n, 264n, 281n, 283n, 344, 352n, 362n, 370n, 394n, 418n, 464n, 539, 565n, 574n, 618n, 622n, 725n, 730n, 731n, 780, 815n, 829n, 922, 976n, 978n, 981, 992n, 1092n, 1137n, 1193, 1350n, 1352, 1421n; instructions to, 117; and Pennsylvania, 454n; and Paine, 500n; Laurens complains, 1008.
Thomson, John, 427, 1157.
Thomson, Peter, 270, 295, 556, 848, 981, 1212, 1239, 1425.
Thorn, 1342.
Thorpe, William, 421.
Thuliers, Randerode de, Baron, 113, 121, 149.
Ticonderoga, 549.
Timothy, Peter, 891.
Tobacco, public shipments, 49, 66, 70, 165, 692; price, 186.
Todd, John, 676.
Topham, Daniel, captain, 256.
Tortuga, 1141, 1168, 1179.
Tousard, Lewis, lieutenant-colonel, 981.
Tracy, Nathaniel, 1159.
Trade, between States, 994, 996; board of, 1174, 1327.
Trask, Philip, captain, 608.
Traversie, Joseph, captain, 951, 982.
Treasurer, 906, 1206, 1251, 1401.
Treasury, Board of, members, 65, 247, 263, 677, 1005, 1039, 1132, 1242, 1252, 1267, 1374; regulation, 444, 445, 491, 903, 1204, 1257, 1380, 1390, 1457; officers, 1027, 1165, 1190, 1241, 1251; commissioners, 1040, 1165, 1307.
Treaty, with France, 29, 352n, 696. 830; with Holland, 219, 1198, 1210, 1230, 1278n; Indian, 600; Fort Stanwix, 1063.
Trent, William, 1064, 1155, 1213, 1223, 1230.

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Treusson, Victor, Chevalier de, captain, 57, 207.
Treviss, Bartholomew, 1122.
Trexler, Jeremiah, 516.
Trickett, William, 95, 295, 550, 583, 972, 1027.
Tripoli, 223.
Troup, Robert, 666, 774, 847, 927, 982, 1030, 1156, 1242, 1251, 1325, 1340, 1371.
Trout, Hilkiah, 992.
Trowbridge, Elihu, 151, 162, 1091.
Truax, Isaac, 1343.
Truce, prohibited, 243.
True Blue, 533n.
Trumbull, John, 1115.
Trumbull, Jonathan, governor. Letters, 10, 190, 272, 297, 310, 391,395, 405, 422, 513, 787, 802, 822, 851, 1048, 1167, 1254, 1299, 1357.
Trumbull, Jonathan, jr., 395, 429, 441, 445, 487, 490, 544, 550, 775, 811, 1115, 1165, 1251.
Trumbull, Joseph, 395, 422, 550, 775, 811.
Tryon, William, major-general, 851, 968.
Tunis, 223.
Turnbull, William, 67, 95, 210.
Turner, Moses, 855.
Tuscaroras, 411.
Tyler, Isaac, 1184, 1341.
Ugglaa, George Gustave d', 265, 269.
Uniforms, regulated, 357.
United States, boundaries, 241, 263, 329, 339, 563, 920, 958; buildings, 867, 883; name adopted, 1310.
El Valenciano, 608, 1159.
Vallance, lieutenant, 579.
Valnais, --, 97.
Van Berckel, Engelbert Francis, 235.
Van Cortlandt, Philip, colonel, 490, 510, 694.
Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 992, 1294.
Vandalia, 1063.
Van der Capellan, John Dirck, Baron, 1299.
Van Dyke, John, 1240, 1246.
Van Dyke, Nicholas, a delegate from Delaware. Attends, 353, 1138; signs confederation, 548. Committees: Quotas, 1149; New Jersey, 1162, 1196. Votes, 361, 362, 369, 370, 373, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 390, 394n, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 442, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461, 462, 463, 470, 471, 538, 543, 545, 547, 552, 556, 559, 566, 850, 853, 854, 884, 885, 886, 888, 889, 897, 902, 905, 907, 909, 910, 911, 923, 925, 926, 928, 930, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148. Mentioned, 187.
Van Horne, William, 786.
Van Loon, Albartus, 1319.
Van Schaick, Goose, colonel, 566.
Van Schaick, --, 1294.
Varick, Richard, 151, 425.
Varley, Felix, 177, 217, 1252.
Varner, Frederick, 159.
Varnum, James Mitchell, brigadier-general, 274, 698, 993.
Verdie (or Verdier), Baptiste, 57, 263.
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 245, 365, 536, 543, 836, 1231, 1279.
Vermont, controversy, 631, 667, 668, 673, 741, 819, 823, 992, 1036, 1078, 1090, 1094, 1095, 1135; committees, 676, 678; laws, 794.
Verner, Frederick, 315.
Verney, Peter J. F., 239.
Verplanck's Point, 694.
Victoria, 1159.
Villefranche, Chevalier de, 539.
Viper, 883, 1188.
Virginia, credentials of delegates, 527, 861; barracks in, 39, 42; battalion, 42; advances to, 99, 515, 991, 997, 1125, 1439; land bounties, 116; money for delegates, 209, 1040, 1124; lean of arms, 444, 623; on confederation, 617; memorial of line, 939; arms, 1035, 1190; sale of lands, 1224, 1226; troops for south, 1362, 1369; furlough for troops, 1382; boundary dispute, 1411; one delegate to vote, 1422.
Virginia, 501.
Vleet, David, 125.
Vowles, Henry, 432.
Wade, F., 150, 419.

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Wadsworth, Jeremiah, money, 40, 56, 176, 287, 373, 570, 722, 810, 940, 1026, 1269, 1374, 1379, 1385, 1392, 1397, 1408, 1432; resignation, 1200, 1326, 1349. Letters, 43, 103, 150, 596, 695, 748, 944, 971, 1031, 1065, 1125, 1138, 1151, 1177, 1184, 1200, 1274, 1340, 1347, 1424.
Wagoners, 320, 444. 467, 503, 726.
Wales, Eleazer, 72, 518.
Walker, Benjamin, captain, 411, 459.
Wallace, William, 845.
Walpole, Thomas, 1064, 1155.
Walton, Elisha, major, 1111, 1127n, 1146, 1166.
War, Board of, money, 39, 140 144, 686, 1017, 1431; seal, 290; members, 430, 747, 1027, 1109, 1187, 1202, 1252, 1255, 1261, 1300, 1344, 1360; secretary, 687, 698, 1009, 1212; and Sullivan, 1009, 1163, accountability, 1038, 1068, 1077; paymaster, 1140; salary, 1244: power, 1312.
War expenses, 444, 519.
Ward, Henry, 725.
Ward, Joseph, 195, 425, 1368.
Ward, Stephen, 10.
Wardwell, John, 839.
Waring, Thomas, 1271, 1318.
Warner, Philip, 178.
Warner, Seth, colonel, 579, 843, 1286.
Warrants, extra service, 628.
Warren, James, 63, 72, 1271.
Warren, John, 782.
Warren, Joseph, 782.
Warren, frigate, 532, 1334.
Washington, George, general, committee of conference, 7; powers extended, 109; to pass on inspector's regulation, 111: to return to army, 125; secret service money, 218; campaign, 568; western expedition approved, 1004; thanked, 1099, 1212; conduct approved, 1286. Letters, 9, 52, 63, 104, 117, 123, 124, 125, 129,130, 159, 218, 259, 261, 270, 289, 292, 303, 309, 315, 332, 353, 384, 391, 402, 419, 472, 511, 537, 539, 544, 553, 562, 566, 596, 597, 600, 606, 613, 614, 644, 661, 694, 739, 740, 778, 803, 804, 822, 851, 854, 886, 887, 898, 915, 916, 919, 934, 950, 967,988, 989, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1016, 1018, 1028, 1049, 1050, 1072, 1086, 1094, 1102, 1103, 1111, 1128, 1138, 1139, 1151, 1156, 1169, 1170, 1201, 1207, 1208, 1237, 1240, 1249, 1263, 1266, 1286, 1312, 1334, 1347, 1351, 1357, 1367, 1368, 1374, 1376, 1381, 1389, 1396, 1397, 1410, 1424. Mentioned, 23, 27, 43n, 115, 117, 151, 213, 279, 302, 374n, 438, 448, 607, 637, 699, 780, 985, 1034, 1069, 1108, 1256, 1331, 1340.
Washington, William, lieutenant-colonel, 1351.
Washington, frigate, 130, 432, 1043.
Waters, Daniel, captain, 458.
Waterson, --, captain, 679.
Watkins, Joseph, captain, 143, 238, 842.
Wayne, Abraham, 353.
Wayne, Anthony, brigadier-general, 575, 851, 886, 890, 989.
Ways and Means. See Finance.
Weare, Meshech, 78, 299, 419, 437, 725, 755, 967.
Webb, George, 1385, 1401.
Webb, Samuel Blatchley, 623, 679, 1264.
Weedon, William, brigadier-general, 1027, 1418.
Weiss, Lewis. 1209, 1269, 1349, 1373.
Wellbank, --,1075.
Welles, John, 72, 518, 549, 709, 969, 1241.
Wendel, or Windel, 303, 426.
Wentworth, John, jr., a delegate from New Hampshire. Resigns, 755.
Wereat, John, 95.
Wert, George, 339.
Wert, Mary, 339,
West, George, 68.
West, Stephen, 673.
West, William, major, 96.
West Friesland, 836.
Wetherell, Samuel, jr., 238.
Wharton, James, 1225.
Wharton, John, 275n, 1028, 1271.
Wheat, fly, 154; export, 953.
Wheelock, Eleazer, 579.

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Whipple, William, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 1423; money, 628, 969, 1067: admiralty, 1271, 1318. Committees: Quota of taxes, 25; foreign affairs, 93; Lafayette, 149; Rogers, 472, French princess, 543; marine, 708,1115; military supplies, 739; Conyngham, 844; British proclamation, 852; King's birthday, 988; memorial navy board, 1028; quartermaster's department, 1109. Votes, 18, 23, 27, 35, 47, 53, 54, 76, 77, 101, 131, 138, 142, 160, 161, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 253, 254, 258, 262, 297, 308, 314, 323, 333, 334, 347, 349, 350, 351, 360, 361, 369, 370, 372, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 389, 398, 399, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416, 423, 441, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461, 462, 470, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 505, 506, 507, 516, 517, 528, 529, 530, 531, 538, 542, 545, 546, 547, 551, 552, 555, 558, 565, 572, 587, 589, 590, 591, 593, 594, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 641, 642, 647, 668, 672, 675, 680, 681, 682, 684, 693, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 711, 712, 713, 714, 718, 730, 743, 748, 750, 751, 752, 760, 764, 772, 791, 796, 797, 798, 813, 850, 853, 858, 859, 860, 863, 864, 865, 883, 884, 885, 889, 897, 902, 907, 909, 910, 911, 925, 926, 930, 957, 975, 976, 977, 987, 994, 1000, 1006, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1037, 1074. Mentioned, 70n, 78n, 133n, 394n, 504, 646, 859.
White, Anthony Walton, 745.
White, Artemas, 87, 320, 424, 472, 507, 527.
White, Joseph, 627.
White, Thomas, 917.
White, William, Rev., 1020, 1252, 1275.
White, Chaloner &, 570, 722, 811, 940, 1026, 1125, 1177, 1303, 1374, 1379, 1385, 1392, 1397.
Whiteside, Peter, 165.
Whiting, William, 406, 420, 851.
Whitney, Ephraim, 299.
Widdersheim, Ernst Ludwig de, 1048, 1070, 1104, 1219.
Wigglesworth, Edward, colonel, 259, 302, 569, 684.
Wikoft, Peter, 757, 765, 816.
Wilcox, Mark, 157.
Wilie, Thomas, 312.
Wilkie, John, captain, 900.
Wilkinson, Amos, 694.
Wilkinson, James, 854, 884, 887, 968, 983, 1025, 1207, 1211, 1269.
Williams, Edward, 1422.
Williams, John, 631.
Williams, Jonathan, 365, 366, 367, 368, 836, 1166.
Williams, Thomas, 1244.
Willing, James, captain, 51, 65, 291, 411, 623.
Willing, Morris & Co., 47, 49, 61, 65, 80, 158, 165.
Wilmot, --, captain, 1100.
Wilson, James, 881, 1028, 1065.
Wilson, Robert, 582.
Winchester, Va., 786.
Windel, --, 134.
Winder, William, 1028.
Wine, 1093.
Wistar, Daniel, 667.
Witherspoon, John, a delegate from New Jersey. Money, 997, 1310. Committees: Stewart, 192; A. Lee, 195; Philadelphia merchants, 213; Hill, 213; European intelligence, 324; French princess, 543; letter to King, 544; Parsons's letter, 669; Vermont, 676; Morgan, 1155; finance, 1155; New Jersey, 1162, 1196; Sullivan's orders, 1164; Jay's allowance, 1168; ways and means, 1286. Votes, 19, 23, 28, 35, 189, 208, 237, 246, 248, 249, 285, 297, 308, 314, 323, 333, 334, 400, 401, 405, 410, 415, 416, 418, 423, 424, 458, 461, 462, 470, 476, 477, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 532, 538, 542, 546, 547, 552, 556, 559, 566, 615, 616, 672, 675, 681, 682, 683, 818, 994, 995, 1007, 1074, 1081, 1169,

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1224, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1293, 1300. Mentioned: 323, 331, 440, 454n, 457, 473, 528, 537, 541, 672, 680, 681, 682, 715, 741n, 811, 823, 1006, 1158, 1168, 1285, 1292.
Witherspoon, --, 1018.
Witmer, Peter, 1194.
Wolcott, Jacob, 1111, 1127n.
Wood, Joseph, 599.
Wood, want of, 1398.
Woodford, William, brigadier-general, 1374, 1382, 1418.
Woodruff, Aaron D., 1287.
Woods, George, 157, 189n, 295.
Woodward, Joseph, 992.
Worrell, James, 842.
Wyandots, 1163.
Wyllys, George, 378, 513, 624, 1301.
Wynkoop, Henry, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 270; attends, 426; money, 983, 1129, 1157, 1189. Committees: Low, 543; Treasury, 677, 1267; New Jersey, 1162; quartermasters, 1242. Votes, 448, 449, 451, 458, 461, 462, 463, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 491, 499, 500, 502, 504, 505, 506, 508, 516, 517, 521, 522, 528, 529, 530, 532, 542, 545, 547, 552, 556, 559, 566, 572, 587, 590, 591, 593, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616, 625, 633, 634, 637, 639, 641, 642, 643, 647, 648, 672, 675, 681, 682, 683, 701--707, 718, 730, 949, 957, 975, 976, 977, 994, 995, 996, 998, 999, 1000, 1012, 1014, 1016, 1113, 1132, 1148, 1173, 1224, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1243, 1251, 1254, 1258, 1259.
Wynkoop, Jacobus, captain, 544.
Yard, Archibald William, 759, 775.
Yorktown, barracks, 407.
Young, John, 861.
Young, Moses, 85, 238.
Young, William, 38, 286, 437, 629, 847, 919, 1194.
Zedtwitz, Herman, 93, 402, 773, 826.
Zinard, Count de, major, 57.

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