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Accounts, with states, 149; chambers of, 521, 522, 789; commissioners, 504, 506, 682; public, 716; settlement of, 888, 889.
Active, sloop, 271, 274, 1127, 1188, 1189.
Adams, Andrew, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 1022.
Adams, John, accounts, 368; salary, 476; commission, 535, 536, 1205; money, 701; instructions, 1204, 1206; letters, 288, 335, 428, 595, 653, 685, 691, 749, 798, 803, 817, 841, 853, 911, 913, 948, 1072, 1078, 1116, 1124, 1125, 1147, 1149, 1194, 1195, 1204. Mentioned: 802, 918, 952, 988, 1086, 1095, 1107.
Adams, Samuel, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 2, 130; attends, 571. Committees: Greene's letter, 580; independence, 581; bank, 585; letters from headquarters, 654; Pennsylvania letter, 642; Moultrie's letter, 669; South Carolina and Georgia, 677; general officers, 689; Rochambeau's letter, 723; Mathews's letter, 730; prisoners, 738; Rutledge's letter, 743; Murray's memorial, 780; Washington's letter, 786; Hiltzheimer's letter, 791; Gates's letter, 797; Maryland letter, 802; Adams's letter, 802; Glascock's letter, 804; Nicola, 811; Phillips, 819; neutrality, 867; Lee, 914; thanksgiving, 919; Grayson and Peters's letters; 969; Blaine's letter, 979; loan office certificates; 987; neutral vessels, 1008; Sheftall, 1079; gunship, 1090; salted meat, 1115; De Wulffen, 1121; Pennsylvania, 1138; Board of War letter, 1153; Lee and Jones, 1195; Greene's letters, 1200; Washington's letter, 1203. Votes: 579, 589, 598, 599, 608, 610, 651, 688, 720, 744, 745, 746, 844, 867, 869, 870, 877, 952, 953, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1030, 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 575, 581, 586, 609, 652n, 688, 744, 777, 786, 788, 795, 800, 802, 815, 818, 836, 837, 848, 862, 864, 867, 869, 889, 890n, 899, 907, 907n, 910, 919, 924, 988, 1045, 1100, 1115, 1138, 1152, 1156, 1179, 1182.
Admiralty, Board of, 670; money, 1221; seal, 412.
Adriana, brig, 269, 281.
Aertson, Guilliame, 202, 343, 521, 846.
Aid de camp, rank, 182.
Alcide, ship of war, 909.
Alexander, 466.
Alexander, Samuel, 1060.
All, Isaac, 601.
Allan, John, colonel, 66, 80, 270.
Allen, Ira, 820, 828, 839, 840, 864, 868, 909.
Alliance, frigate, 495, 834, 838, 975, 1050, 1193, 1201.
Allman, Lawrence, 166.
Alricks, William, 638, 800, 801.
America, ship, 467, 468, 1097.
Anderson, George, 541.
Anderson, James, 441.
Anderson, Robert, 647, 711, 728, 729, 730.
André, John, 918, 1009.
Andrew, Benjamin, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 427.
Andrews, --, captain, 466.
Anmours, Count d', 79.
Anspach, Peter, 242.
Appeals, committee on, members, 17.

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Appleton, Nathaniel, 5, 321, 392, 425, 436, 528, 575, 692, 693, 731, 791, 845, 862, 896, 898, 990, 1006, 1025, 1073, 1127.
Arendt, Henry Leonard Philip, Baron d', 1121.
Argo, sloop, 211, 221.
Armand de la Rouerie, Chevalier, 43, 59, 60, 72, 78, 151, 157, 187, 203, 210, 220, 221, 242, 243, 248, 251, 559, 994, 1010, 1011, 1051, 1053, 1058, 1069, 1120, 1139, 1154, 1189.
Armistead, William, 289, 425, 639.
Armitage, Benjamin, 988.
Arms, Virginia, 54.
Armstrong, John, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 477; attends, 471; money, 678. Committees: Washington's letter, 473; quartermaster's department, 528; South Carolina and Georgia, 677; Pettit's letter, 715. Votes: 484, 507, 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 589, 599, 610, 651, 688, 713, 720, 745, 746, 752, 771. Mentioned: 663, 665, 698, 735n, 770, 777, 911.
Army, Continental, ammunition, 658, 667; arrangement, 959; beef for, 826, 828; composition, 894; promotions, 607, 670; pay of, 344, 349, 770; recruiting, 248; reduction, 36, 178, 272, 287, 300, 323, 472; staff, 418; supplies, 143, 283, 437, 515, 670, 1182.
Arnold, Benedict, major general, accounts, 166, 168, 393, 433; courtsmartial, 120, 135, 153, 161; petition, 187; letters, 220, 418, 428, 637. Mentioned: 649, 682, 757, 871, 876, 899, 921, 1009.
Arnold, Jonathan, 1138.
Artificers, artillery, 724.
Atkinson, George, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 816.
Atlee, Samuel, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 1087; attends, 1121. Committees: Wright, 1132. Votes: 1140.
Atlee, Samuel J., colonel, 215, 335, 336, 337, 365, 366, 743, 1195.
Audibert, Philip, 1056.
Aull & Morson, 1145, 1146.
Aurora, ship, 1127.
Avery, David, 225.
Avery, John, 2, 131.
Bache, Richard, 12, 413, 425, 518, 553, 716, 862, 893, 998, 1119, 1156, 1223.
Bailey, Francis, 73, 1022.
Bailey, John, colonel, 436, 472, 473.
Baldwin, Jeduthun, 176, 204, 208, 212, 213, 214, 964, 1005.
Bancker, Evert, 237, 892.
Bancker, Gerardus, 84, 214, 349, 426, 474, 562, 565, 1060.
Bank, formed, 542, 548, 549.
Barney, Joshua, 675.
Barracks, Philadelphia, 21.
Basden, Joseph, 559, 694, 695, 722.
Baylor, George, colonel, 527, 596, 635, 850.
Baylor, Walker, captain, 596.
Baynton, Peter, 553, 930, 969.
Beall, Josiah, 446.
Bearmore, --, major, 220.
Beatty, John, colonel, 15, 214, 230, 288, 319, 799, 1221.
Beaulieu, Louis J. de, 606, 643, 701, 732, 750, 751, 804, 805.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 712, 974.
Bebee, James, 133.
Beckley, John, 268, 792.
Bee, Thomas, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 285; attends, 490; money, 820. Committees: Headquarters, 495; Southern defense, 508; South Carolina letter, 543; Washington's letter, 637; Moultrie's letter, 669; Bunner, 712; prisoners, 738; Rutledge's letter, 743; Gates's letter, 797; Howe's letter, 817; Arthur Lee, 953; loan office certificates, 987; Jefferson's letter, 1049; Treasury, 1063; Commercial, 1100; Pennsylvania letter, 1130; New Hampshire letter, 1140; Greene's letter, 1200; printing, 1217; Commerce, 1229. Votes: 514, 545, 546, 547, 548, 567, 569, 599, 610, 651, 688, 713, 720, 745, 753, 844, 848, 867, 870, 953, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1103n, 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 367n, 498, 508, 525, 528n, 554n, 598, 609,

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662, 677, 712, 727, 738, 752n, 758, 774, 778, 778n, 781, 813n, 818n, 862, 987n, 1042, 1055, 1106, 1113, 1115, 1130, 1136, 1174, 1179, 1200.
Beekman, G. W., 244.
Benezet, John, 190, 241.
Bennett, Jacob, 925.
Bensey, Peter, 822, 899, 913.
Benson, Robert, 196, 237, 871.
Benstead, Alexander, 703, 704.
Bentley, Thomas, 18.
Benyowssky, (Benyonsky) Baron de, 418, 561.
Bermudas, disposition towards United States, 694; flour for, 795.
Berrien, --, 892.
Betsey, brigantine, 221.
Betsey & Nancy, schooner, 795.
Bible, printing of, 979.
Biddle, Clement, 257, 716.
Biddle, John, 254, 1119.
Biddle, Owen, 238.
Bills of credit, in quotas, 41, 205, 782, 1159; redemption of, 216, 981; tender for debts, 253, 269; recalled issues, 312; committee, 586; against further emissions, 784; supplies of, 790; destroyed, 800, 1106; calling in, 815.
Bills of exchange, 907, 1145.
Bingham, William, 164, 190, 241, 415, 490, 507, 517, 531, 533, 534, 708, 834, 849, 850, 890, 899.
Binney, Barnabas, 910, 1118, 1125.
Bird, Mark, 243, 338, 339.
Blacks, levies of, 1133.
Blaine, Ephraim, 18, 20, 21, 28, 47, 75, 84, 85, 101, 271, 317, 322, 345, 349, 401, 402, 426, 432, 553, 562, 592, 611, 695, 732, 874, 954, 958, 966, 970, 971, 979, 980, 982, 986, 988, 997, 1027, 1051, 1054, 1056, 1060, 1062, 1068, 1074, 1075, 1079, 1086, 1096, 1097, 1099, 1105, 1108, 1129, 1222.
Blair, Samuel, 433, 434.
Blake, Edward, 16.
Bland, Theodorick, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 792; attends, 792; letters, 167. Committees: Inspector's department, 796; Washington's letter, 812; medical, 814; White's letter, 824; Dugan, 851; neutrality, 867; Southwick, 893; clothing, 904; André, 918; specie, 935; Pickering's letter, 958; Hodgdon's letter, 970; provisions, 971; Washington and Greene's letters, 982; southern department, 997; Pickering's letters, 1010; finances, 1028; Washington's letter, 1048; Jefferson's letter, 1049; Armand and Bryan's letters, 1053; Greene's letters, 1095; Board of War letters, 1099, 1126; Lee's letter, 1139; Irvine's letter, 1156; medical, 1229. Votes: 844, 848, 867, 870, 877, 878, 916, 953, 954, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1103n, 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 111, 153, 154, 363, 809n, 831, 847, 851n, 863, 867, 869, 876n, 889n, 914, 916, 977n, 992, 997, 1064n, 1028, 1031, 1058n, 1074n, 1085, 1099, 1132, 1133n, 1136, 1137, 1137n, 1148n, 1154n, 1155n, 1174.
Blewar, Joseph, 243, 441.
Bloomfield, Moses, 910, 1149.
Board of Treasury, authority, 556.
Bond, George, 52n, 56n, 81n, 93n, 123, 137, 150n, 186n, 191n, 209n, 227n, 252n, 260, 365n, 384n, 430, 446n, 463n, 535n, 548n, 580, 605, 605n, 672, 701, 721, 966n, 1092, 1092n, 1098, 1120, 1137n, 1146n.
Bond, Thomas, jr., 909, 935, 1005, 1024, 1125.
Bonds, 674.
Bon Homme Richard, ship, 522.
Bonnevalle, Chevalier, 228.
Booth, James, 95.
Borden, Joseph, 40, 101, 319, 331, 350, 429, 720, 832, 874, 991, 1024.
Boreman, John, 1005.
Boston, frigate, 401, 584, 934.
Boudinot, Elias, 77.
Bouillée, François Claude Amour, Marquis de, 401.
Bourbon, frigate, 316, 838.
Bowen, Oliver, 988.
Boyd, James, 719.
Boyer, Peter, 791.

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Bradford, John, 470, 507, 528, 572, 654, 681, 692, 693, 694, 717, 719, 749, 786, 794, 799, 817, 838, 911, 962, 994, 1024, 1025, 1072.
Bradford, Thomas, 214, 646.
Bradford, William, 1141.
Bradley, Stephen R., 116, 130, 820, 828, 839, 840, 864, 868, 909.
Brag, John, vs. Dove, 416.
Braxton, Carter, 1003, 1058.
Bread for army, 244.
Brétigny, Marquis de, 563.
Brimmer and Tracy, 526.
Brodhead, (Broadhead) Daniel, colonel, 313, 322, 372, 373, 821n, 998.
Brodhead, Daniel, jr., lieutenant, 679, 710, 902.
Bronvill, Edward, 461.
Brooke, George, 324, 371, 419, 639, 695.
Brooks, David, 72.
Brown, Jabez, 176.
Brown, Jesse, 28, 282.
Brown, John, 142.
Brown, William, 649.
Browne, Joseph, 663, 669, 679.
Bryan, Jonathan, 243, 1031, 1053, 1092, 1094, 1099.
Bryson, James, 553.
Buchanan, William, 716.
Budden, James, 331.
Bull, John, colonel, 77.
Bulloch, Joseph, 477, 522, 583.
Bunner, G., 712.
Bunner, William, 1139.
Burgoyne, John, 913, 1030.
Burke, Redmond, 757.
Burke, Thomas, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 543; attends, 1154; letters, 755, 774, 784; money, 71, 143, 430, 508. Committees: La Luzerne's memorial, 41; quotas, 68; La Luzerne's letters, 89; Nash's letter, 122; Treasury, 164, 221, 1230; Massachusetts letter, 167; Maryland letter, 188; quotas, 202; New York, 236; committee reports, 243; reports Committee of Whole, 243; Burke's motion, 247; Massachusetts accounts, 277; Eagle, 250; Washington's letter, 313; Letter to States, 328; staff pay, 345; deputy paymasters, 350n; Nell's memorial, 401; New Jersey, 444; Vermont, 452; Rutledge's letter, 477; War Board, 495; Southern defense, 508; defense, 521; Treasury Board, 555; Fisher, 1157; Laurena, 1179; instructions to Franklin, 1193; Adams's letters, 1194; southern department, 1230. Votes: 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 38, 52, 69, 70, 71, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 212, 261, 267, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 357, 360, 363, 366, 371, 374, 375, 389, 390, 411, 432, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 455, 464, 465, 470, 507, 514. Mentioned: 13, 22, 23, 46n, 114n, 128, 146, 147, 151, 165, 168, 185, 188n, 191n, 193, 200n, 207n, 219, 221, 222n, 228, 234, 239, 247, 261, 277, 280, 315, 324, 337n, 391, 348n, 359, 360, 410, 452, 470, 472, 477, 480, 481n, 486, 492, 494, 497, 508, 514, 522, 525n, 785, 1199n.
Burke, William, 152.
Burner, William, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1112; attends, 1139. Committees: Fisher, 1157. Votes: 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 910, 1140.
Burns, Robert, 1060.
Burrall, Jonathan, 53, 155, 160, 214, 245, 258, 290, 324, 370, 378, 392, 477, 522, 1006.
Burrows, John, 1145, 1146.
Bush, Nathan, 872, 913, 934.
Bush, S., colonel, 1131, 1138n.
Bushnell, David, 133.
Butler, Richard, colonel, 1010.
Butterfield, Benjamin, 863.
Buymen, Christian, 60.
Caille, Stephen D'Audibert, 798, 1104.
Caldwell, James, 832.
Calender, --, captain, 909.
Calvert, Joseph, 523.
Camp, C., 538.

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Campbell, Cooper & Tapp, 311.
Campbell, Donald, colonel, 999, 1048.
Canadians, distress of, 1042.
Cannon, James, 862, 1166.
Capitaine, M. de, 1105.
Captures at sea, inquiry, 138; regulations, 672.
Carabasse, --, 506, 555, 974, 975, 976.
Carew, Mary, 334, 423.
Carberry, Henry, 843.
Carleton, Joseph, 3, 189, 224, 275, 324, 358, 370, 371, 385, 419, 421, 422, 424, 430, 437, 500, 553, 558, 584, 611, 644, 666, 703, 731, 788, 845, 904, 930, 1008, 1032, 1053, 1054, 1067, 1114.
Carlisle, post at, 1093.
Carmichael, William, 401, 423, 737, 931, 1120, 1132.
Carolina, packet, 1183.
Carpenter, Increase, 811.
Carrington, Edward, 1201.
Caswell, Richard, 4, 124, 134, 258, 260.
Centurion, schooner, 909.
Certificates for supplies, 464, 742, 760, 782.
Chaloner & White, 3, 166, 259, 703, 787, 790.
Champion, Henry, 75, 79, 334, 362.
Chapman, Nathaniel, 793.
Charleston, loss of, 551.
Charleton, Edward, 967.
Charlotte, 466.
Chase, Thomas, 1105.
Chase, ship, 814.
Cheasman, Sarah, 1127.
Checkley, John Webb, 242.
Cheever, Ezekiel, 672, 793.
Chevalier, John, 220.
Chevalier, Peter, 110, 220, 444, 445.
Chew, Samuel, 1093.
Chezault, de, French consul, 476.
Chinn, Edward, 922, 948, 955, 1194, 1196.
Chittenden, Thomas, 820, 840.
Christian, --, colonel, 647.
Church, Reuben, 863.
Clajon, William, 686, 709.
Clark, Abraham, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 84, 1112. Committees: Holker's letters, 116, 787; Massachusetts letter, 167; Maryland letter, 188; secret contract, 255; Massachusetts accounts, 277; Spencer's memorial, 318; New York letter, 325; Champion's letter, 334; Letter to States, 379; Arnold's accounts, 396, 433; allowances, 398; loan office certificates, 403; Board of War letter, 415; Pennsylvania, 416; chamber of accounts, 472; Wax Board, 495; quartermaster's department, 519; New Hampshire, 527; Jones's petition, 566; medical, 592, 1229; Pennsylvania letter, 642; Furman's letter, 643; letters from headquarters, 654; Bradford's letter, 681; general officers, 689; Pickering, 698; Shippen's letter, 755; Trumbull's letter, 788; Jay's letter, 803; Glascock's letter, 804; McDougall's letter, 831; Arthur Lee, 953; Blaine's letter, 958; loan office certificates, 987; Post-office, 998; Pickering's letters, 1010; Crowly, 1022; finances, 1028; New York letter, 1032; Washington's letters, 1048, 1203; Wright, 1132; rum, 1155. Votes: 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 175, 177, 178, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 212, 227, 261, 267, 274, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 356, 360, 361, 363, 366, 371, 374, 375, 390, 411, 432, 440, 441, 464, 465, 484, 507, 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 566, 569, 598, 599, 610, 651, 688, 745, 746, 771, 952, 953, 957, 959, 961, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1103n, 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 180, 185, 188, 241, 242, 242n, 292, 319, 363, 363n, 502, 503n, 642n, 670, 732, 745, 747n, 770, 795n, 979, 981, 986, 1042, 1047n, 1126n, 1140, 1153n, 1197.
Clarke, Joseph, 3, 74, 214, 341, 367, 370, 425, 1138.
Clarkson, John Levinius, 202, 314, 424, 917, 1149, 1177.
Clay, Joseph, 13, 225, 258, 733, 734, 947, 972.
Claypoole, David C., 136, 666, 781, 989.

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Claypole, Samuel, ensign, 509.
Clerks, salaries, 189, 724, 1089; memorial, 202.
Cleaveland, Moses, 133.
Cleveland, Benjamin, colonel, 1048.
Clinton, George, governor, 328, 358, 400, 435, 453, 473, 478, 583, 646, 834, 989, 1072.
Clinton, Sir Henry, 39, 851.
Clinton, James, brigadier general, 1042.
Clothier general, money, 1221.
Clothing, purchases, 35, 570, 835, 845, 1018; supplies, 155, 167, 581, 973, 1199; returns of, 246; accounts, 276; credit for, 367; delivery of, 596.
Clymer, George, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 1087. Committees, Our Lady, etc., 694n; Board of War letter, 1090; Jay's letter, 1094; Sullivan's letter, 1098; commercial, 1100, 1229; finance, 1114; salted meat, 1115; De Wulffen, 1121; rum, 1155; Forman's letters, 1165; Southwick's letter, 1166; Washington's letter, 1203. Votes: 1137, 1178.
Coan, Conally, lieutenant, 578.
Cochran, D., 648.
Cochran, John, 908.
Coffee, 21.
Coleman, Robert, 338, 339.
Collins, John, a delegate from Rhode Island. Attends, 122; money, 255, 359; Admiralty Board, 497. Votes: 123, 127, 134, 135, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 175, 177, 178, 183, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 261, 267, 274, 279, 292, 293, 325, 339, 340, 341, 342, 356, 360, 361, 363, 366, 371. Mentioned: 422.
Colt, Peter, 211.
Comegys, Cornelius, 521, 718, 793, 1128.
Commerce, committee of, members, 506; money, 1221.
Commissary's department, accounts, 96.
Commissary of Issues, 7, 99; of Prisoners, money, 1221; of Purchases, salary, 5; assistants, 5; accounts, 6, 7, 66, 1109, 1222; General of Military Stores, 692, 724, 793, 1221.
Commissions, 674.
Committee at headquarters, 37, 332; instructions, 354; appointed, 362.
Comyn, Michael, 637, 983.
Confederacy, frigate, 348, 369, 603, 651, 652n, 669, 670, 702, 963, 1026, 1050.
Confederation, Articles of, Maryland on, 559, 580, 586, 592, 806; New York, 580, 586, 806; Virginia resolutions, 560, 580, 586, 806; publication of, 1217.
Congress, place of sitting, 9, 255, 291; members of, privileges, 762, 774; powers of, 897.
Connecticut, quota, 118, 126; credentials, 219; supplies, 496; money, 739, 740, 1223; and Pennsylvania, dispute, 1147, 1148.
Consul in France, 977, 977n, 978, 1009.
Continental press, 493.
Convention, troops of, accounts, 38, 39, 40, 90, 94.
Conway, John, 334.
Cooke, Thorns, 743.
Cooper, Leonard, 1005, 1112.
Cooper, William, 693.
Corbin, Margaret, 664.
Cornell, Ezekiel, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 485; attends, 485; memorial, 1150; money, 678; War Board, 1075, 1093, 1096, 1113, 1116, 1197, 1203, 1230. Committees: rations, 503; quartermaster's department, 528; Jones's petition, 566; Furman's letter, 643; commissary, 712; Pettit's letter, 715; supplies, 723; Mathews's letter, 730; Palfrey's letter, 743; Southwick's letter, 749; Washington's letters, 786, 1048, 1049, 1108; Trumbull's letter, 788; inspector's department, 796; McDougall's letter, 831; Garauger, 863; New York, 891; Southwick, 893; clothing, 904, 1000; Wilkinson's letter, 932; Pickering's letters, 958, 1010; Grayson and Peters's letters, 969; Hodgdon's letter, 970; White's accounts, 980; Washington and Greene's letters, 982; Bowen, 988; Southern department, 997; Jones's letter, 1051; Armand and Bryan's letters

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1053; Greene's letters, 1095; Tallmadge's letter, 1116; Board of War letter, 1166. Votes: 507, 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 566, 569, 579, 589, 598, 599, 608, 651, 688, 713, 720, 744, 745, 746, 752, 771, 844, 847, 848, 867, 869, 870, 877, 916, 957, 959, 961, 981, 993, 1000, 1137, 1140. Mentioned: 607, 723, 733n, 789n, 798, 805, 827n, 848, 873n, 898, 914, 956, 1165.
Corny, Louis Dominique Ethis de, 487, 488, 489, 496.
Counterfeit bills, 530.
Countess of Scarborough, 227.
Courts of Admiralty, 18, 61.
Court of Appeals, 29, 322, 458, 721, 779; report on, 13, 56; sessions of, 17, 22; considered, 19, 21; regulations, 61; trials, 62; expense, 63; judges, 64, 79; commissions, 100, 116, 121.
Cox, John, 270, 348, 523, 563.
Craig, James, 794, 1139.
Craigie, Andrew, 910.
Craik, James, 908.
Cross, William, 683.
Crothers, George, 641.
Crothers, Robert, 518.
Crowly, Charles, memorial, 591, 1022, 1050.
Cunningham, Joseph, 243, 529.
Currency, 1088.
Curson, Samuel, 322.
Cuyler, Jacob, 323, 328.
Dana, Francis, letters, 428, 476, 536, 537, 988, 1156, 1166, 1168, 1173, 1194.
Dandridge, Alexander Spotswood, 363, 364.
Darrow, Edmund, 1004.
Dart, John Sandford, 686, 736, 1042, 1200, 1203.
Dartmouth College, 130, 162.
Davidson, James, 862, 1166.
Davis, John, 526.
Davis, Septimus, captain, 363, 364.
Dawkins, Henry, 922.
Dayton, Elias, 732.
Dean, John, 989.
Deane, Silas, 53.
Deane, frigate, 401, 603, 669, 702, 711, 838, 1026.
Dearborn, Henry, 739, 741.
Debt of United States, 873; foreign, provision, 1033.
Declaration of Independence, 1217.
De Lano, Joseph, 933.
Delany, --, 1063.
Delaware, credentials of delegates, 95; quota, 118, 126; embargo, 480, 504; supplies from, 1052; exports from, 1076; money, 1223.
Denning, William, 142, 388, 397, 649, 721, 752, 754, 756, 1002, 1032, 1044, 1047, 1230.
Dentzle, George, 477.
Departments, staff, expense, 75; public, orders, 597; executive, 791.
Depreciation of continental currency, 57.
Deshon, John, Admiralty Board, 497.
De Witt, Simeon, 1118.
Diriks, Jacob Gerhard, 320, 333, 372, 377, 388, 416, 596, 608, 639, 701, 963.
Dickinson, John. Credentials, 95. Mentioned, 77.
Dickinson, Philemon, 500.
Dickinson, Thomas, 1025, 1073.
Dohrman, Arnold Henry, 541.
Donnald, John, 1129.
Donnel, J., 1065.
Donnell, Nathaniel, 925.
Dove, sloop, 416.
Dover, cutter, 868.
Dow, Alexander, 609, 989.
Draper, George, 910.
Drayton, Stephen, 1018.
Dresbach, --, 441.
Drew, William, 268, 792.
Droit d'Aubaine, 56, 57.
Duane, James, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 399, 892; money, 552, 965. Committees: Wilson's memorial, 401; loan-office certificates, 403, 987; reports, 414; Treasury Board, 420, 1230; Connecticut, 423; foreign affairs, 428; New Jersey, 444; Wilson, 459n; Tilghman, 460; Board of War, 471; chamber of accounts,

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472; Washington's letters, 473, 889, 1022, 1049; War Board, 493; bank, 542, 550, 585; South Carolina letter, 543; Basden, 559; western frontier, 560; taxes, 565; Greene's letters, 572, 580; Our Lady, etc., 694n; Glascock's letter, 804; Howe's letter, 817; Dugan, 851; Galvez, 872; New York, 873, 891; Ways and Means, 891; Instructions on Mississippi, 908; specie, 935; Grayson and Peters's letters, 969; provisions, 971; Blaine's letter, 979; Bible, 980; neutral vessels, 1008; New York letter, 1032; Jones's letter, 1051; Blaine's letter, 1051; David Mason, 1069; Instructions to France, 1080; New Jersey memorial, 1089; gunship, 1090; balances from States, 1100; salted meat, 1115; De Wulffen, 1121; Pennsylvania, 1138; Lee's letter, 1139; Board of War letter, 1153; Minister to Russia, 1155; Laurens, 1179, 1193; Instructions to Franklin, 1193; Adams's letters, 1194. Votes: 411, 440, 441, 455, 464, 465, 470, 484, 507, 514, 544, 566, 569, 916, 952, 953, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1030, 1103n, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 77, 414, 416, 428, 432, 435, 445, 447, 452, 458n, 462, 470, 480, 492, 507, 512n, 544, 550n, 551, 557n, 559, 566, 807n, 852, 861n, 908, 919, 928n, 929n, 951, 953, 954, 958, 971, 977, 980n, 982, 988n, 1024n, 1038n, 1042n, 1053n, 1057, 1058n, 1085n, 1090, 1091n, 1097n, 1098n, 1100, 1101, 1104n, 1107n, 1115, 1122n, 1140, 1156, 1168n, 1172n, 1174n, 1176, 1176n, 1177, 1177n, 1178, 1181n, 1182, 1182n, 1192.
Duarti, John Garcia, 498, 505, 529, 749, 794n.
Dubuysson, Chevalier, 824, 862, 934, 958.
Duchee, Elizabeth, 368.
Duckett, J., 509.
Du Conture, --, 559.
Duer, William, 958, 985.
Duff & Welch, 444, 445.
Dugan, Cumberland, 851, 874.
DuMaine, --, 601.
Dumas, Charles W. F., 495, 678n, 798, 802, 898, 1051, 1073, 1095, 1194.
Dunham, Azariah, 396.
Dunscomb, --, 891.
Dunwoody, --, 243.
Dupee, --, Captain, 466.
Du Portail, Louis le Bègue, Chevalier Derford. Letters, 111, 133. Mentioned, 54, 55, 228, 234, 316, 319, 331, 563, 609.
Durant, William, 401.
Durkee, John, colonel, 791, 805.
Durry, John, 1183.
Du Simitiè]e, Pierre Eugène, 606, 613, 648.
Duties on captured vessels, 759.
Du Veil, --, Captain, 133.
Dyer, Eliphalet, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 219.
Eagle, brig, 279, 286, 322.
Eayres, Joseph, 793.
Eberly, Henry, 801.
Edison, Thomas 162, 184n, 202, 219n, 324, 404n, 430, 611, 824, 654n, 878n, 850n, 1098n, 1105, 1151.
Edwards, John, 791.
Edwards, Thomas, 1037, 1044.
Elbert, Samuel, 156.
Ellery, William, a delegate from Rhode Island. Admiralty Board, 490, 555, 558, 811, 1229; money, 314; letter, 424. Committees: Luzerne's memorial, 41; quotas, 68; Massachusetts letter, 167; secret contract, 255; Eagle, 280; Blaine's letter, 317; Diriks's letter, 320; Cuyler's letter, 323; cartel, 333; Greene's letter, 358; Letter to States, 379; Wilson's memorial, 401; reports, 414; Tilghman, 460; Fly, 461; Board of War, 471; Treasury, 487. Votes; 2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 37, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 175, 183, 185, 186, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 274, 277, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 356, 360, 361

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363, 366, 371, 374, 375, 388, 390, 410, 432, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 454, 464, 465, 470, 484. Mentioned: 3, 22, 68n, 77, 146, 165, 167, 171, 192, 201, 205, 218, 221, 273, 277, 278, 279, 291, 292, 326, 350, 360, 414, 439, 440, 442, 451n, 452, 453, 459n, 464, 465, 470.
Ellsworth, Oliver, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 219, 1022; money, 208, 378, 525. Committees: Court of Appeals, 32, 1229; La Luzerne's memorial, 41; La Luzerne's letters, 89, 527; Court of Appeals, 100; Treasury, 164; Maryland letter, 188; Steuben, 216; committee reports, 243; reports Committee of Whole, 243; Burke's motion, 247; Massachusetts accounts, 277; Letter to States, 313, 379; Spencer's memorial, 318; instructions to committee at headquarters, 333; Champion's letter, 334; preparing bills, 357; Greene's letter, 358; allowances, 398; loan office certificates, 403; Diriks, 416; Pennsylvania, 416, 442; headquarters, 423; French memorial, 433; quartermaster's department, 457; Tilghman, 460; Fly, 461; Board of War, 471; Washington's letter, 473; headquarters, 495; rations, 503; southern defense, 508; letter from headquarters, 510; Trumbull's letter, 515; bank, 542, 550, 535; South Carolina letter, 543; taxes, 565; Greene's letters, 572, 580. Votes: 2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 37, 52, 62, 63, 64, 83, 91, 92, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 175, 177, 178, 183, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 274, 277, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 356, 360, 361, 363, 366, 371, 374, 375, 388, 390, 410, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 454, 464, 465, 470, 484, 507, 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 566, 569. Mentioned: 17, 22, 32, 62n, 127, 146, 175, 207n, 217n, 219, 266n, 292, 342n, 366, 374n, 403, 409n, 439n, 445, 446n, 457, 465n, 480n, 489n, 497, 497n, 505n, 521, 569n, 576n.
Ely, John, colonel, 85, 89, 760, 1156.
Embargo, 759, 1075, 1124, 1160; in Delaware, 446, 480, 504; in Pennsylvania, 1063.
Embezzlement of stores, 756.
Erkelens, Gosuinus, 42.
Erskine, Robert, 1118.
Estaing, Charles Henri Théodat, Comte d', 658; supplies for fleet, 16, 314.
Eustace, John Skey, 96, 429, 462.
Eustis, William, 910.
Evans, John, 800.
Eveleigh, Nicholas, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 636.
Exchange, bills of, 474, 498, 591, 601, 662, 733, 907.
Exports, tax on, 758.
Express riders, 56, 585, 758.
Faesh, Jno. I., 369.
Fair American, privateer, 801.
Falconer, (Faulkner) Nathaniel, 254, 1118.
Farrell, Thomas, 994, 998, 1000, 1001.
Fast day, 252.
Fay, Jona, 116, 130.
Febiger, Christian, 739, 1112.
Fechem, George, 986.
Fell, John, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 84; money, 71. Committees: quotas, 68; Denning's letter, 643; Bingham, 834; Garanger, 863; Galvez, 872; Southwick, 893; Blaine's letter, 979. Votes: 3, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 175, 177, 178, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 330, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 356, 360, 361, 363, 371, 374, 375, 388, 411, 432, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 455, 465, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 566, 569, 579, 589, 598, 599, 608, 610, 651, 688, 720, 745, 746, 752, 771, 844, 847, 848, 869, 870, 877, 916, 952, 953, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1103n. Mentioned: 77, 91, 92, 93, 210, 342, 388, 431, 452, 454, 503, 589, 607, 643, 789, 805, 847, 877, 907, 920, 986, 1044, 1048, 1054.

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Fell, Peter R., 416, 521, 731, 1001.
Ferguson, Patrick, colonel, 963.
Ferrall, Patrick, 202, 338, 521, 717.
Ferret, schooner, 925.
Few, William, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials 427; attends, 426; money, 478, 678, 839, 991, Committees: McDougall's letter, 1200. Votes: 432, 507, 514, 545, 546, 547, 548, 567, 569, 580, 590, 599, 651, 688, 720, 745, 753, 771, 848, 884, 870, 877, 878, 916, 953, 954, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1103n, 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 566, 677, 697, 1070.
Finance, Letter to States, 576; discussion of, 256.
Finances, report on, 262, 1157.
Finley, Thomas, 798, 819.
Finnie, William, 635, 968.
Fisher, --, 1139.
Fisher, George, 1157, 1189.
Fisher, George & Co., 1144.
Fitch, Jonathan, 1022.
Fleming, Charles, 910.
Fletcher, Samuel, 1113.
Fleury, François Louis Tesseydre, Marquis de, 443, 652.
Flint, Royal, 41, 46.
Florida, East, 901.
Florida, West, 901.
Florida, 115.
Florimont, Florat de, 1116, 1189, 1201, 1202.
Flour, 244, 251, 906, 907; in Pennsylvania, 100; supplies of, 144, 145n; prices, 171; quotas of, 907.
Flower, Benjamin, 8, 201, 223, 290, 338, 369, 491, 609, 680, 696, 701, 716, 718, 740, 793, 1025, 1073, 1221.
Floyd, William, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 399, 892; attends, 1120; Treasury Board, 221, 1230. Committees: Post-office, 1156, 1229; Forman's letter, 1165; Lee and Jones, 1195; Washington's letter, 1203. Votes: 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 83, 34, 37, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 175, 178, 183, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 277, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 8n, 175, 319, 322, 397, 1197.
Fly, sloop, 140, 461.
Folsom, Benjamin, a delegate from New Hampshire: Money, 143, 378. Committees: quotas, 68; Moore, 80; Knox's letter, 198; Connecticut, 423; Pennsylvania letter, 642; Sheftall, 749. Votes: 2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 37, 52, 62, 63, 64, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 175, 177, 178, 183, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 277, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 339, 340, 341, 351, 352, 356, 360, 361, 363, 366, 371, 374, 375, 388, 390, 410, 432, 440, 441, 451, 454, 464, 465, 470, 484, 507, 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 566, 569, 579, 589, 598, 599, 608, 610, 651, 688, 713, 720, 744, 745, 746, 752, 771. Mentioned: 23, 62, 77, 90, 141, 222n, 291, 293, 371, 390, 403, 470, 490, 499, 506, 507, 513, 521, 547, 598, 698, 745, 746, 752, 758, 816, 831.
Fontevieux, John, jun., 242.
Forage, commissary of, 619.
Forbes, James, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 509; money, 231. Committees: Bache's letter, 12; quotas, 68; Washington's letter, 85; Pennsylvania, 100; Treasury letter, 241; Pennsylvania resolution, 243. Votes: 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 125, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212. Mentioned: 2, 9, 13, 17, 52, 69, 70, 127, 128, 135, 141, 146, 152, 161, 183, 192, 210, 273, 277, 368; dies, 285.

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Foreign Affairs, department, 505, 1156
Forman, Ezekiel, 552, 721, 779, 780, 791, 811, 814, 983, 1033, 1044, 1049, 1063, 1070, 1091, 1117, 1165
Foster, Isaac, 317, 330, 935, 1222.
Forsyth, Robert, 1075, 1123.
Fort Frederick, prisoners at, 1123.
Foster, John, 161.
Fowke, Chandler D., 71, 202.
Fox, Edward, 448.
France, coöperation with, 87, 106, 111, 468, 589; letter from King, 238; supplies for army, 443, 971; supplies from, 910, 975; memorial, 818; letter to, 1048; loan from, 1068; aid from, 1080, 1101; minister to, 1177, 1178.
Francy, Jean Baptiste Lazarus Thevenot, 712, 811, 814.
Franklin, Benjamin. Letters, 186, 226, 227, 428, 798, 1107, 1116. Mentioned: 474, 475, 476, 701, 712, 713, 733, 748, 763, 794, 796, 848, 935n, 1034, 1071, 1086, 1101, 1128, 1143, 1181, 1193, 1197
Franks, David, 1054.
Freeman, Charles, 517, 555, 584, 682
French fleet, 489
Fuller, Benjamin, 653.
Furman, Moore, 493, 643, 653, 655.
Galbraith, --, 1063.
Galvan, --, 44.
Galvez, Bernardo de, 490, 600, 871, 1028, 1106, 1107.
Gamble, James, 1059.
Gansevoort, Leonard, 1197, 1203.
Garanger, Lewis, 687, 863, 872, 1062.
Gardiner, Henry, 3, 74, 330, 345, 367, 419, 425.
Gardner, Theophilus, 508, 815, 1128.
Gardoqui, Joseph, & Sons, 335, 423, 466, 595, 749.
Garrigues, Jacob, 242.
Gates, Horatio, major general. Letters, 558, 595, 612, 613, 691, 797, 817, 818, 849, 888, 908, 911, 917, 920, 923, 963, 985, 997, 1048, 1049, 1119. Mentioned: 205, 508, 510, 518, 699, 706, 707, 709, 713, 723, 778, 802, 809, 810, 812, 817, 837, 851, 906, 908, 995, 1042, 1122.
Geddes, William, 271, 394, 429, 472, 718, 729, 984, 1069, 1079, 1085.
Geiger, Henry, 1195.
General Mercer, ship, 800.
George, 466.
Georgia, regiments, 26; quota, 117; troops, 155; money, 156, 157, 161, 1224; credentials of delegates, 426; certificates, 665; loan offices, 690; enemy in, 699; articles of confederation in, 807; land cessions, 808.
Gerrish, --, captain, 466.
Gerry, Elbridge, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 2, 130; letters, 178, 184, 324, 369, 436; money, 254, 466, 474. Committees: Headquarters, 38; bills of credit, 41; quota, 68; at headquarters, 73; La Luzerne's letters, 89; Washington's letter, 110; bills of credit, 165. Votes: 2, 7, 33, 34, 37, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 83, 92, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 165, 169, 170, 172. Mentioned: 33, 37, 46n, 53, 56, 63, 64, 69, 73, 76n, 77, 83, 99n, 10(O, 110n, 123, 134, 147, 148, 169, 171, 172, 202, 204, 368, 414, 434.
Gervais, John Lewis, 16, 283, 314, 315, 403, 1222.
Gibbes, William, 16, 663, 696.
Gibson, John, 98, 429, 663, 780, 811, 814, 983, 1033, 1044, 1059, 1063, 1070, 1090, 1091, 1117, 1139.
Gibson, --, 235.
Gill, Joseph Louis, 334.
Gillam, A., 515.
Gillon, Alexander, 72.
Gilliland, James, 133.
Gilman, Nicholas, 3, 4, 358, 367, 521, 1100.
Gilman, John Taylor, 521.
Gist, Nathaniel, colonel, 18, 25.
Gist, Mordecai, brigadier general, 573, 924, 1027.
Glasgow, J., 543.
Glascock, William. 588, 804, 812, 839, 861.

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Godfrey, William E., 793, 862.
Gouverneur, --, 322.
Gouvion, Jean Baptiste de, major, 54, 55.
Governors, rank of, 777.
Govet, William, 314, 446, 472, 718, 983.
Grain, Peter Philip de, 513.
Grantham, Lord, 102.
Gray, Isaac, 1119.
Gray, James, 412, 424, 1059, 1060.
Gray, Joseph, 966, 967.
Grayson, William, 173. Letters, 969. War Board: 14, 25, 26, 66, 78, 133, 153, 157, 162, 163, 178, 180, 182, 215, 228, 238, 239, 248, 267, 272, 276, 317, 372, 376, 383, 430, 461, 462, 472, 518, 559, 606, 609, 612, 643, 664, 670, 675, 676, 680, 709, 710, 732, 753, 764, 793, 805, 837, 917, 1022, 1035, 1065, 1067, 1072.
Green, Ebenezer, captain, 170, 176, 187, 209.
Green, F., 487.
Green, James, 215, 425.
Greene, Nathanael, major general, 9, 20, 40, 311, 312, 634, 649, 653, 654, 656, 658, 665, 681, 682, 687, 690, 691, 692, 694, 697, 716, 736, 738, 747, 756, 783, 794, 799, 832, 987, 995, 1061, 1105, 1201; money, 4, 55, 74, 101, 136, 189, 190, 214, 258, 260, 289, 362, 376, 384, 397, 474, 496, 525, 532, 552, 614, 615, 644, 1027, 1223, 1224, letters, 13, 42, 79, 80, 86, 109, 120, 124, 133, 184, 228, 257, 325, 326, 333, 357, 527, 571, 572, 680, 683, 684, 841, 842, 867, 868, 876, 982, 992, 994, 999, 1004, 1005, 1022, 1023, 1095, 1199, 1201.
Greene, William, governor, 41, 485, 486, 637, 708, 730, 731, 735, 932.
Giffin, Cyrus, a delegate from Virginia. Money, 189, 258, 343; Court of Appeals, 254, 366, 397; letters, 411, 558. Committees: Quotas, 68; La Luzerne's letters, 89; Nash's letter, 122; Brodhead's letter, 313; Fly, 461; Post-office, 554, 1229. Votes: 3, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 146, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 183, 184, 135, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 212, 228, 261, 267, 274, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 339, 340, 341, 342, 360, 361, 363, 366, 374, 375, 389, 432, 455, 484, 507. Mentioned: 8, 9, 29, 194, 202, 211, 277, 324, 792, 803.
Griffith, Joshua, 72.
Gurney, Francis, 136, 136n, 1139.
Gurney, Henry, 223, 317.
Haffner, George, 164.
Hagan, Francis, 910.
Hale, Daniel, 1129.
Half pay for officers, 958, 1100.
Hall, George Abbott, 16, 233, 314, 315, 1222.
Hall, John, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 509.
Hall, Lyman, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 427.
Halling, Solomon, 964, 1067.
Halstead, John, 54, 994.
Hamilton, Alexander, 1138, 1156.
Hamilton, James, brigadier general, 289, 317.
Hamilton, John, 841, 902, 903.
Hancock, Ebenezer, 716.
Hancock, John, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 2, 130. Mentioned, 131, 1093.
Handy, Levin, captain, 509.
Hanson, John, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 509; attends, 509; money, 678; Committees: Bradford's letter, 685; Court of Appeals, 721; Pendleton, 908; salaries, 969; provisions, 971; Washington's letter, 982; clothing, 1000; Admiralty Board, 1027, 1229; gun ship, 1090; Votes: 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 567, 569, 580, 590, 599, 608, 610, 651, 688, 713, 720, 745, 746, 752, 844, 848, 887, 869, 870, 877, 878, 916, 953, 954, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1140. Mentioned: 578, 979, 1092.
Harding, Seth, captain, 171, 348, 369, 603, 963, 1050, 1148.

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Hardy, John, 967.
Harper, Andrew, 8.
Harris, I., 243.
Harris, John, 1176.
Harris, Robert, 1113.
Harrison, Benjamin, 324, 1066.
Harrison, Richard, 968.
Harrison, Robert Hanson, colonel, 709.
Hartley, Thomas, 804, 835.
Harwood, Benjamin, 578.
Harwood, Thomas, 4, 5, 74, 136, 349, 350, 419, 578, 972, 991, 1058, 1070.
Havana, provisions for, 593.
Hawk, 466.
Hay, Udny, 728, 790.
Hayes, --, 243, 441.
Hazard, Ebenezer, 211, 518.
Hazard, Stephen, 721.
Hazen, Moses, 896, 1062.
Headquarters, committee at, reports, 582; letter, 669; discharged, 720; authority, 1061.
Hele, C., 72.
Heer, Bartholomew von, 157, 260, 1179.
Henderson, John, 1027, 1106.
Henderson, Joseph, 575, 791.
Henderson, Samuel, 1105.
Henderson, Thomas, 84.
Henley, David, 454, 461, 523, 569.
Henry, James, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 268, 792; attends, 381, 1230; Treasury Board, 420, 592. Committees: allowances, 398; Wilson's memorial, 401; medical, 412, 592, 1229; reports, 414; Pennsylvania, 442; Vermont, 452; quartermaster's department, 457; Wilson, 459n; Southern defense, 508; Trumbull's letter, 515; Sidney Paul, 533; Western frontier, 560; captures at sea, 674; South Carolina and Georgia, 677. Votes: 411, 432, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 455, 464, 465, 484, 507, 514, 545, 546, 547, 548, 567, 569, 580, 590. Mentioned: 494n, 560n, 566, 916.
Henry, John, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 551; money, 678. Committees: taxes, 565; Pennsylvania letter, 642; Greene's letter, 680; Adams's letters, 685; Rutledge's letter, 743; Holker's memorial, 755; Massachusetts letter, 759; privileges, 762; departments, 791; Gates's letter, 797; Dumas' letter, 798; western lands, 816; White's letter, 824; Bingham, 834; De Kalb, 849; ways and means, 891; French supplies, 910; Blaine's letters, 958, 1051; Letter to States, 963; Post-office, 998, 1229; New York letter, 1032; Treasury, 1045; Washington's letter, 1049; Jones's letter, 1051. Votes: 651, 688, 720, 745, 752, 771, 844, 848, 869, 870, 877, 916, 953, 954, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000. Mentioned: 566, 569, 691n, 697n, 744n, 747n, 777, 810n, 825, 837, 869, 889, 890n, 924n, 992, 1067.
Henry, Patrick, 504, 538, 541, 542.
Henry, William, 97, 1224.
Henry, ship, 53, 152.
Hewes, Josiah, 260.
Hides, purchase of, 1117.
Hill, Whitmill, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 543; attends, 485; Admiralty Board, 490, 1026, 1027, 1229; money, 666, 874. Committees: French letter, 663; western lands, 816, salaries, 821; clerks, 823n; White's letter, 824; de Kalb, 849; Washington's letter, 948. Votes: 514, 545, 547, 548, 567, 569, 580, 590, 599, 608, 610, 651, 688, 713, 720, 745, 746, 753, 844, 848, 867, 870, 916, 953, 954, 959, 977n, 981, 1000. Mentioned: 651, 906, 908.
Hillegas, Michael, 124, 155, 392, 402, 422, 436, 528, 597, 606n, 740, 1225.
Hillegas, Samuel, 721.
Hiltzheimer, Jacob, 170, 209, 280, 378, 433, 532, 666, 791, 799, 898, 1932, 1055.
Hinchinbrook, brigantine, 825.
Hinman, Benjamin, 1022.
Hite, Joseph, 25.
Hodgdon, Samuel, 142, 153, 671, 700, 718, 740, 969, 1032.
Hodges, --, captain, 466.
Hogan, James, brigadier general, 8.
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Holker, John, 116, 175, 225, 231, 251, 337, 402, 420, 595, 605, 606n, 687, 755, 787, 790, 893, 933.
Holker, privateer, 801.
Holland, loan from, 1068; plan of treaty, 1204, 1206.
Hollingsworth, Henry, 286, 320, 586, 647, 685, 711, 728, 729, 734, 742.
Holmer, Christian, major, 473, 755, 764.
Holten, Samuel, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 2, 130; money, 154, 331, 437, 474. Committees: memorial from auditors, 202; New York, 236; committee reports, 243; reports Committee of Whole, 243. Spencer, 318; Champion's letter, 334; staff pay, 345; deputy paymasters, 350n; Neil's memorial, 401; New Jersey, 444; Treasury, 487, 598, 683; Duarti's letter, 498; Treasurer of loans, 585; Post-office, 685, 1229; medical, 814, 1229. Votes: 2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 37, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152. 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 175, 177, 178, 183, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192. 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 274, 277, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 356, 360, 361, 363, 366, 371, 374, 375, 388, 390, 410, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 454, 464, 465, 470, 484, 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 566, 569, 579, 589, 598, 599, 608, 610, 615. Mentioned: 24, 29, 32, 63, 77, 127, 128, 146, 201n, 204n, 207n, 225, 227, 340, 410, 418n, 440, 457, 484, 544, 589, 598.
Holy Martyrs, brigantine, 933.
Honeyman, William, lieutenant, 326, 353.
Hope, vessel, 533, 534.
Hopkins, John, jr., 986.
Hopkinson, Francis, 16, 154, 429, 460, 741, 779, 814, 983, 984, 1091.
Hopper, John, 480, 481.
Hornblower, Josiah, 1089.
Horses for cavalry, 850, 851; forage, 1047; killed, 1106,
Hortalez, Rodrigue & Co., 974.
Horton, Azariah, 47.
Hosmer, Titus, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 1022. Mentioned: 77, 79, 411, 779.
Hospital department, money, 1222.
Hospitals, commissaries, 99, 447, 708; regulations, 876, 878; officers, 889.
Houston, William Churchill, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 84, 1111, 1112; Court of Appeals, 357; Treasury Board, 683, 1045, 1073, 1120, 1230. Committees: Bache's letter, 12; Court of Appeals, 32, 721; bills of credit, 41, 165; headquarters, 73; fast, 225; committee reports, 243; reports Committee of Whole, 243; cartel, 333; building for Congress, 279; Great Seal, 287; Letter to States, 384; Diriks, 416; headquarters, 423; foreign affairs, 428; Pennsylvania, 442; Vermont, 452; quartermaster's department, 457; Otis & Henley, 462; Treasury, 487; War Board, 493; Treasurer of Loans, 585; Treasury, 598; Trumbull's letter, 610; accounts, 717; supplies, 723; certificates, 742; Bingham, 834: New York, 891; Slade, 899; rations, 503; Thanksgiving, 919; Palfrey, 1042; Sheftall, 1079; instructions to France, 1080; New Jersey memorial, 1089; balances from States, 1100; Adams's letter. 1107; Parsons, Alston & Co., letter, 1112. Votes: 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 149, 152, 162, 165, 177, 227, 261, 267, 274, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 340, 341, 342, 351, 356, 360, 361, 363, 366, 371, 374, 375, 388, 390, 432, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 455, 464, 465, 484, 507, 514, 644, 545, 546, 547, 548, 589, 598, 599, 608, 713, 720, 745, 746. 844, 847, 848, 867, 869, 870, 877, 916, 977n, 1103n. Mentioned: 32, 134, 202, 207n, 227, 288n, 368, 387n, 389, 390, 416, 434n, 435, 440, 442, 448, 452, 457n, 465n, 476n, 503, 506, 521 536n, 546, 571n, 586, 588n, 590n, 606n, 721, 721n,

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723, 744, 823n, 850n, 876, 877, 889n, 919, 920, 925n, 1056n, 1059n, 1070n, 1079, 1096, 1101, 1125n, 1192n.
Houstoun, John, governor, 122, 129, 825.
Howe, Robert, major general, 817, 819, 956, 964, 986, 1060.
Howell, George, a delegate from Rhode Island, 795, 796. Letters, 797, 1074. Mentioned: 591, 853n.
Howell, Isaac, 254, 1118.
Howell, Joseph, 245.
Howly, Richard, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 588. Money, 965, 1143; Committees: captures at sea, 674; French supplies, 910; Washington's letter, 1022; Adams's letter, 1072; Board of War letter, 1099; Greene's letter, 1200. Votes: 590, 599, 608, 610, 651, 771, 870, 877, 878, 916, 953, 954, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1103n, 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 426, 861, 967, 1071, 1138, 1156, 1193.
Hubley, Bernard, captain, 704.
Huger, Isaac, brigadier general, 129.
Hunt, John, 391.
Hunt, Jonathan, 452.
Huntington, Benjamin, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 219; attends, 476; Admiralty Board, 490, 1026, 1027, 1029; money, 614, 796. Committees: French letter, 663; Southwick's letter, 749; Trumbull's letter, 788; salaries, 821; clerks, 823n; New York, 891; Slade, 899. Votes: 325, 330, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 356, 360, 361, 363, 366, 371, 374, 375, 388, 390, 589, 598, 599, 610, 651, 688, 713, 744, 745, 746, 752, 771, 844, 847, 848, 867, 869, 870, 877, 916, 952, 953, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981. Mentioned, 497, 752, 914, 914n, 922, 971.
Huntington, Samuel, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 219, 1022. Votes: 2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 37, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 175, 177, 178, 183, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 274, 277, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 410, 432, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 454, 464, 465, 470, 484, 507, 514, 545, 546, 547, 548, 566, 569, 579, 589, 598, 599, 608, 610, 651, 688, 713, 720, 744, 745, 746, 752, 771, 844, 847, 848, 867, 916, 952, 953, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1103n, 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 121, 536, 537, 757n, 961, 1085, 1173, 1188, 1199, 1205, 1206.
Hurrie, William, 676.
Hutchins, --, captain, 1107.
Hysler, Peter, 688, 703.
Illinois land company, 862.
Imlay, William Eugene, 513n, 919.
Impost, 1162.
Inard, Miguel Lorenzo y, 315.
Independence, celebration, 580.
Indiana and Vandalia, 868.
Indians, education, 162; treaty, 180; hostilities, 372; supplies, 532; friendly, 1067.
Ingersol, --, captain, 466.
Ingersoll, Jared, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 477; attends, 486. Committees: counterfeits, 494; Duarti's letter, 498; Basden, 559; taxes, 565; captures at sea, 674; headquarters, 684; Post-office, 685, 1229; Jay's letters, 803, 1094; French supplies, 910; Pickering's letter, 958; Letter to States, 963; loan office certificates, 987; Blaine's letter, 1051. Votes: 507, 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 567, 569, 589, 599, 610, 651, 688, 713, 844, 847, 848, 869, 870, 916, 959, 961, 981, 993, 1000, 1030. Mentioned: 530n, 578n, 604n, 609, 662, 691n, 1085, 1085n.
Innis, Enoch, 841.
Inspector-general, regulations, 764, 853, 855, 1118.
Irish, Nathaniel, 680, 681, 696.
Iron-masters, pay of, 659.
Irvine, James, brigadier general, 1156.
Irvine, William, brigadier general, 41, 46, 110, 215.

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Ivis, --, captain, 466.
Izard, Ralph, 227, 701, 714, 722, 759, 1086, 1145.
Jackson, David, 910, 1120
Jackson, John M., 202, 359, 611.
Jackson, William, 964, 1066.
Jacobs, John, 652.
James, John, 1060.
Jameson, John, major, 596.
Jay, Sir James, 638, 666, 667, 791, 803, 1152, 1153, 1182.
Jay, John. Money, 137, 376, 445, 639, 645. Letters, 171, 400, 435, 727, 737, 749, 754, 931, 1120. Mentioned: 27, 195, 381, 389, 421, 474, 475, 712, 752, 755, 762, 802, 834, 850, 868, 873, 890, 899, 900, 908, 934, 935, 1034, 1070, 1071, 1086, 1143, 1189.
Jefferson, Thomas, governor, 72, 550, 574, 579, 582, 584, 585, 595, 691, 730, 758, 787, 809, 813, 817, 818, 824, 837, 874, 889, 890, 899, 911, 912, 916, 920, 921, 956, 957, 963, 997, 1004, 1048, 1049, 1053, 1066, 1073, 1095, 1120.
Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 481; attends, 481; letters, 445. Committees: French minister, 485; Dugan, 851. Votes: 484. Mentioned: 844, 867.
Jennings, Richard Downing, 164.
Jewell, Robert, 2, 391, 676, 677.
Joel, Beesly Edgar, 646, 917.
John, 466.
Johnson, Guy, 125.
Johnson, Joshua, 798.
Johnson, John, 520.
Johnson, Robert, 562.
Johnson, Thomas, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 509.
Johnston, James, 925.
Johnston, Samuel, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 543; attends, 1203; mentioned, 20.
Johonot, William, 910.
Jones, Allen, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 543; money, 110, 245, 359, 446. Committees: Staff departments, 244; Forbes's funeral, 285; Cuyler's letter, 323; defense, 52; Southern department, 1230. Votes: 3, 7, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 24, 29, 30, 34, 52, 62, 63, 69, 70, 71, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 228, 261, 267, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 357, 360, 363, 366, 374, 375, 389, 390, 411, 432, 440, 441, 451, 452, 45, 3, 455, 464, 465, 470, 507, 545. Mentioned: 161, 168, 194, 234, 261, 267, 292, 340, 356, 359, 360, 361, 386, 397, 452, 472, 486, 507.
Jones, Edward, 427.
Jones, Gibbs, captain, 363, 364.
Jones, John Coffin, 1195.
Jones, John Paul, 227, 475, 495, 522, 1051.
Jones, Joseph, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 268, 792; attends, 384. Committees: Arnold's accounts, 396, 433; Board of War letter, 415; French memorial, 433; chamber of accounts, 472; Pollock's letter, 490; headquarters, 495, 684; western frontier, 560; La Luzerne's note, 580; Pennsylvania letter, 642; South Carolina and Georgia, 677; general officers, 689; Rutledge's letter, 743; Jay's letter, 754; Washington's letter, 786, 812; departments, 791; Maryland letter, 802; Adams's letter, 802. Votes: 411, 432, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 455, 464, 465, 470, 484, 507, 514, 545, 546, 547, 567, 569, 580, 590, 599, 608, 610, 651, 688, 713, 720, 745, 746, 771, 954, 957, 1103n. Mentioned: 402, 417n, 427, 509n, 551, 683n, 699n, 708n, 758, 787, 791, 795, 808, 808n, 816.
Jones, Nathan, 989, 1151.
Jones, Thomas, 95, 566, 604, 641.
Jones, Willie, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 543; attends, 543; money, 731. Committees: western frontier, 560; South Carolina and Georgia, 6771 Gates's letter, 797; Washington's letter, 819; Hodgdon's letter, 970;

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Bowen, 988; Crowly, 1022; Adams's letter, 1072; Jay's letter, 1094; Sullivan's letter, 1098. Votes: 545, 546, 547, 548, 567, 569, 580, 590, 599, 608, 610, 651, 688, 713, 720, 745, 746, 753, 844, 848, 867, 870, 877, 878, 953, 954, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1140. Mentioned: 957, 1030.
Jones, --, 243, 441.
Journals of Congress, printing, 69, 563; postage, 837; binding, 989; distribution, 1099.
Kalb, Henri Jules Alexandre yon Robaii, Baron de, 849, 917, 923; letters, 682.
Kelly, --, lieutenant, 25.
Kennedy, George, 164.
Kent, James, 810.
Kentucky, petition, 760, 763.
King's Mountain, victory, 1048.
Kinloch, Francis, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 285; money, 343, 553, 923. Committees: preparing bills, 357, 585; Rutledge's letter, 477; Independence, 581; Hiltzheimer's letter, 791; White's accounts, 980. Votes: 292, 293, 325 330, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 357 360, 361, 363, 366, 371, 374, 375, 389 390, 411, 432, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453 455, 464, 465, 470, 484, 507, 514, 545 546, 547, 548, 567, 569, 580, 590, 599 608, 610, 651, 688, 713, 720, 745, 746 753, 771, 844, 848, 867, 876, 916, 953, 954, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 1030. Mentioned: 368, 377, 492n, 498, 613n, 614, 652, 682, 832, 996, 1036.
Kinman, William, 520, 735, 1128, 1143.
Kirkbridge, Joseph, 721.
Kitty, sloop, 695, 722.
Knight, Peter, 20.
Knight, --, captain, 466.
Knobelauch, B. de, colonel, 486.
Knoulton, Luke, 839, 840, 864.
Knox, Henry, brigadier general, 658, 802, 810, 816, 1063, 1202; letters, 433, 798, 817, 982, 1069.
La Clause, Henry, 606, 643, 664, 685.
Lady Washington, letter of marque, 332.
Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Joseph Roche Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, letters, 226, 432, 442, 1187n,
La Luzerne, Anne Cæsar, Chevalier de, 443, 447, 831; letters, 79, 111, 527, 538, 580, 592, 670, 684, 736, 801, 830, 831, 836, 1009; conference report, 466; memorials; 41, 56, 67, 87.
Lamb, John, colonel, 671.
La Motte, Hyacinthe, 66.
Land cessions, 915.
Lands, western, 808, 808n.
Landa, Lewis, 315.
Landais, Pierre, 685, 834.
Lane, Joseph, major, 225.
Langdon, John, 129, 816.
Langdon, Woodbury, 316.
Lansing, Abraham G., 751.
Lansing, John, 892, 1183.
La Radière, Bailleul, colonel, 54.
Lard, David, 1105.
Latimer, Henry, 910.
Laumoy, -- de, 54, 55.
Laurance, John, 257, 1010, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1042, 1043.
Laurens, Henry, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 285; commission as minister, 535, 536, 537; money, 372, 608, 639, 645, 890; letters, 129, 234, 254, 269, 596, 640, 648. Committees: Headquarters' letters, 654; Moultrie's letter, 669; Bradford's letter, 681; general officers, 689. Mentioned: 281, 334, 583, 587, 590, 594, 599, 645, 677, 694n, 722, 754, 951.
Laurens, John, lieutenant colonel, 598, 988, 1138, 1141, 1177, 1179, 1184, 1188, 1188n, 1189, 1193, 1197, 1198, 1201, 1203, 1204.
Laury, T., 716.
La Vauguyon, Paul François de Quélen, Duc de, 522.
Law, Richard, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 1022.
Lawrence, Augustine, 985.
Lawrence, John, 4, 75, 79, 83, 345, 367, 370, 426, 497, 526, 531, 898, 990, 1006, 1024, 1120, 1150, 1151.

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Lawrence, Rhoderick, 497.
Lawrence, Thomas, 331.
Leaming, Thomas, 1139.
Le Comite, schooner, 890.
Ledyard, Issac, 909.
Lee, Arthur, 72, 186, 226, 466, 951, 953, 994, 1024, 1025, 1114, 1115, 1139, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1201.
Lee, Charles, major general, 33, 157, 914, 1190.
Lee, Charles, secretary, Board of Treasury, 315, 326, 430, 478, 703, 1005.
Lee, Henry, major, 159, 164, 348, 435, 492, 528, 572, 653, 997, 1023, 1035, 1036, 1116.
Lee, Richard Henry, 326.
Lee, Thomas, 1195.
Lee, Thomas Sim, governor, 188, 445, 506, 561, 578, 676, 682, 702, 947, 972.
Lee, William, 115, 454, 926, 927.
Lee, --, captain, 466.
Legras, P., 362, 416.
Lenox, Hugh, 1139.
Leon, Peter Joseph, 601.
Leslie, Alexander, general, 1066.
Lesten, Michael Hendrick, 1093.
Letter to the States, 326, 337, 345, 385, 515, 563, 576, 637, 962, 1031, 1035, 1038.
Letters of marque, 1043.
Le Vern, John Tucker versus, 175.
Lewis, Francis I, 273, 490, 506, 645, 989, 1027.
Lewis, William, 271, 375.
L'Hommedieu, Ezra, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 399, 892; money, 208. Committees: Quotas, 68, 202; Moore, 80; Holker's letters, 116. Votes: 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 37, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 175, 183, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 274, 277, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293. Mentioned: 87n, 109n, 125, 195, 322.
Lincoln, Benjamin, major general, 154, 156, 163, 280, 316, 552, 588, 589, 597, 695. 741, 820, 873, 874, 921, 1018, 1066; letters, 1, 26, 129, 167, 230, 259, 269, 349, 384, 400, 514, 551, 558, 595, 719, 741.
Lively, 466.
Livermore, Samuel, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 129; attends, 129. Votes: 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 212. Mentioned: 132.
Livingston, Abraham, 689, 698, 980, 1066.
Livingston, John R., 871.
Livingston, Robert R., a delegate from New York. Credentials, 195, 236, 892; money, 402; Court of Appeals, 787; War Board, 333. Committees: Court of Appeals, 32, 100; headquarters, 38, 73, 333, 510; bills of credit, 41; La Luzerne's letters, 89, 527, 580; Pennsylvania, 100, 243; Treasury, 164; bills of credit, 165; Massachusetts letter, 167; Steuben, 216; fast, 225; committee reports, 243; reports Committee of Whole, 243; building for Congress, 279; Eagle, 280; Letter to States, 328; French memorial, 433; counterfeits, 494; rations, 503; Greene's letter, 580; Independence, 581; bank, 585; Trumbull's letter, 610; prisoners, 738; certificates, 742; Peters's letter, 747; Holker's memorial, 755; taxes, 759; privileges, 762; departments, 791; Howe's letter, 817; de Kalb, 849, neutrality, 867; ways and means, 891. Votes: 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 19, 22, 23, 247 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 37, 52, 62, 63, 64, 83, 91. 123, 127, 128. 134, 135, 146, 147, 148, 152, 162, 165, 261, 267, 274, 277, 278, 279, 282, 352, 356, 360, 363, 371, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 455, 464, 465, 507, 514, 579, 589, 608, 610, 745, 746, 752, 771, 844, 847, 848, 869, 870. Mentioned: 10, 14, 17, 21n, 28, 33, 36, 37n, 41, 73, 73n, 77, 80, 90, 100, 111, 128, 145n, 146, 207n, 222, 233n, 266n, 277, 278, 332. 356n, 360, 364, 364n, 368, 432, 433, 439n, 485, 497, 499, 506, 517n, 525, 534n, 538, 540n, 581, 85, 594n, 742, 758, 759n, 762, 770, 777, 756, 791, 836, 848, 852, 866, 867, 870, 897n, 906, 929, 965.
Livingston, William, governor, 1, 400, 444, 459, 480, 502, 503, 505, 538, 587, 655, 656, 1089.

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Livingston, schooner, 852.
Lloyd, Edward, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 509.
Lloyd, John, jun., 275, 1116.
Loan office certificates, 281, 287, 389, 420, 455, 538, 542, 544, 563, 566, 567, 640, 689, 804, 955, 1026.
Loan, French, 1103.
Loans, returns, 403n; value, 567.
Lockwood, David, 596, 685, 700, 717.
Lopez, Aaron, 375.
Loring, J., 1004, 1152.
Lotbinière, Louis, 702, 754, 757, 968.
Lottery, 20; expense, 101; second class, 137; tickets, 459, 460.
Lovell, James, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 2, 130; money, 230, 385, 474. Committees: Fast, 225; Pennsylvania resolution, 243; Great Seal, 287; Board of War letter, 415; Foreign Affairs, 428; Pollock's letter, 490; Basden, 559; Washington's letters, 637, 889; Adams's letters, 685, 1095, 1107; Izard's letter, 701; Lotbinière's letter, 702; Rochambeau's letter, 723; Palfrey's letter, 743; Massachusetts letter, 759; departments, 791; Dumas' letter, 798, 1073; Palfrey, 1042; Treasury, 1045; Parsons, Alston & Co. letter, 1112. Votes: 2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 52, 69, 70, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 134, 135, 152 165, 169, 175, 178, 188, 191, 192, 193 194, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 274, 277 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 339, 340 341, 342, 351, 352, 356, 360, 361, 363 366, 371, 374, 375, 388, 390, 410, 432 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 454, 464, 465 470, 484, 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548 566, 569, 589, 610, 688, 713, 720, 744 745, 746, 752, 771, 809, 870, 916, 952 953, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1103n, 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 77, 253n, 261, 277n, 332, 377, 388, 417n, 575, 594, 639, 640, 640n, 695n, 715n, 722, 757n, 870, 951, 953, 957, 988, 988n, 999n, 1056n, 1123n, 1206n, 1217n.
Lower, Christian, junior, 800.
Ludiman, --, lieutenant, 59, 60, 388.
Lukens, Charles, 793.
Lydia, 466.
Lynch, John Patrick, 255, 732, 738, 742.
Lyon, Philip, 1099.
McAllister, John, 471.
McCalester, James, 978.
McCall, James, 652, 682, 1006.
McCarthy, Charles, 643, 845, 873, 979.
McCaskey, Alexander, 1049.
McClenachan, Blair, 1127, 1139, 1144, 1145, 1146.
McComb, Eleazer, 53, 375, 521.
McComb, James, 506, 799.
McComber, Mathew, 810.
McConnell, Mathew, 911, 1060, 1189.
Maccubbin, James, 481.
McDonald, Archibald, 259.
McDougall, Alexander, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 892; major-general, 737, 750, 776, 777, 786, 796, 797, 811, 831, 1005, 1037, 1138, 1200.
McDowell, --, colonel, 1048.
McGuire, John, 466.
McHenry, James, 992.
McIntosh, Lachlan, brigadier general, 156, 169, 170, 551, 861.
McKean, Thomas, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 95; memorial, 220; money, 331, 332; Court of Appeals, 357, 597; Treasury Board, 1032. Committees: Court of Appeals, 32, 100; quotas, 68; La Luzerne's letters, 89, 527, 663; memorial from auditors, 202; Steuben, 216; Fast, 225; Treasury letter, 241; building for Congress, 279; counterfeits, 494; Duarti's letter, 498; Trumbull's letter, 515; quartermaster's department, 519; New Hampshire, 527; Treasurer of Loans, 585; Treasury, 598; Denning's letter, 643; letters from headquarters, 654; captures at sea, 674; Greene's letter, 680; Bradford's letter, 681; Adams's letters, 685; general officers, 689; Izard's letter, 701; accounts, 717; Peters's letter, 747; Jay's letter, 754, Holker's memorial, 755, 787; privileges, 762; Murray's memorial, 780; Washington's letter, 786; specie, 935; Bible,

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980; gun ship, 1090; Instructions to Franklin, 1193. Votes: 13, 14, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 62, 63, 64, 83, 91, 92, 140, 141, 147, 148, 149, 162, 165, 172, 173, 183, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 212, 228, 261, 267, 278, 279, 282, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 579, 589, 590, 608, 610, 688, 713, 720, 745, 746, 752, 953, 957. Mentioned: 12, 33, 77, 90, 99n, 121n, 147, 164, 165, 201n, 203, 217, 219, 261, 428, 494, 519, 530n, 546, 547, 554n, 579, 589, 594, 598n, 602, 605n, 607, 640, 719, 734n, 738, 762, 774n, 780, 786n, 953, 1063.
McKesson, John, 237, 892.
McKnight, Charles, 908.
McLane, Allen, captain, 415n, 963, 1023.
McLene, James, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 477; money, 136, 815. Committees: Moore, 80; Burke's motion, 247; Southwick's letter, 749; Sheftall, 749; Massachusetts letter, 759; Nicola, 811; Phillips, 819; Bible, 980. Votes: 3, 7, 9,11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 274, 278, 279, 282, 746, 752, 771, 844, 847, 848, 867, 870, 877, 916, 952, 953, 959, 961, 977n. Mentioned: 16, 24, 29, 33, 41, 66, 77, 161, 184, 188, 218, 225, 227, 274, 951, 979, 979n.
McMurdie, Robert, 615.
Madison, James, jun., a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 268, 792; attends, 268; Admiralty Board, 277, 490, 1229; money, 331, 343. Committees: New York letter, 325; Connecticut, 423; Rutledge's letter, 477; Greene's letter, 572; Adams's letters, 685; Izard's letter, 701; Rochambeau's letter, 723; Western lands, 816; Mississippi, 908; Arthur Lee, 953; Southern department, 963; instructions to France, 1080; New Jersey memorial, 1089; New Hampshire letter, 1140; Laurens's commission, 1141; Bradford's letter, 1141; Pennsylvania letter, 1113; Minister to Russia, 1155; Laurens's mission, 1193. Votes: 274, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 357, 360, 361, 363, 366, 371, 374, 375, 389, 390, 411, 432, 440, 441, 470, 484, 507, 514, 545, 546, 547, 548, 567, 569, 580, 590, 599, 608, 610, 870, 877, 878, 916, 953, 959, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 132n, 329, 374, 658n, 680n, 723n, 808, 816, 818, 832, 833n, 916, 956, 987, 1035n, 1101, 1174, 1177, 1184n, 1187n, 1191n.
Magill, Charles, 815.
Magro John B., 791.
Mallebois, Count, 226.
Mallet, Peter, 947.
Malmedy, François, Marquis de, 837, 871, 903, 917.
Mancke, Christian, 157.
Mangnall, John, 760, 868.
Manuel, Thomas, 729.
Marbois, Françis de Barbé-, Marquis de, 836, 837, 866, 911, 918, 993.
Marchant, Henry, 211n, 798.
Marines, allowance, 28.
Marsh, Daniel, 532.
Marsh, Joseph, 131, 486, 686, 840.
Martin, -- 441.
Maryland, on articles of confederation, 792, 806, 807, 833, 1158; bills by, 578; credentials of delegates, 481, 509; defense of, 842; instructions, 802; letter, 526; money, 524, 1223; officers, 573; provisions, 813; quota, 118, 126, 578; tobacco, 1034; supplies, 843, 1052.
Mason, David, 672, 793, 1069.
Massachusetts, accounts, 276, 739; bills emitted, 792; credentials of delegates, 2, 130; jurisdiction, 827; money, 1223; pay of militia, 340, 341, 342; provisions, 828; quota, 118, 123, 126; council, letters, 167, 168, 237, 353, 637, 759, 786, 994; and New York, 821.
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Mathews, John, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 285; money, 208, 315, 343, 923; letters, 719, 730, 749, 759; War Board, 333, 555, 1203, 1230. Committees: headquarters, 38, bills of credit, 41; quotas, 68; Washington's letter, 85; La Luzerne's letters, 89; Nash's letter, 122; memorial from auditors, 202; Pennsylvania resolution, 243; Forbes's funeral, 285; Blaine's letters, 317, 958; Diriks's letter, 320; New York letter, 325; instructions to committee at headquarters, 333; at headquarters, 362; Lee, 914; André, 918; Letter to States, 963; Southern department, 997; finances, 1028; David Mason, 1069; Adams's letters, 1072, 1095; Greene's letters, 1095; Board of War letter, 1099; Parsons, Alston & Co., letter, 1112; Tallmadge's letter, 1116; Bradford's letter, 1141; Laurens's commission, 1141; Irvine's letter, 1156; Board of War letter, 1166; Laurens's mission, 1193. Votes: 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 183, 184, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 228, 261, 267, 274, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 357, 360, 361, 363, 371, 374, 375, 440, 610, 844, 848, 867, 870, 878, 916, 953, 954, 957, 959, 961, 971n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1103n, 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 8, 10, 13, 16, 18, 23, 32, 41, 44, 77, 156n, 168, 169, 170, 202, 203, 204, 205, 210, 221, 223, 227, 234, 234n, 278, 292, 313, 313n, 328n, 329, 344, 364, 368, 371, 377, 403n, 442, 453, 614, 732, 862, 866, 869, 906, 910, 951, 956, 962, 987, 997, 1010n, 1018, 1062, 1078n, 1103n, 1106, 1156, 1174, 1177, 1187, 1190n.
Matlack, Timothy, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 477; attends, 476. Committees: War Board, 493, 495; commerce, 506, 1229; Southern defense, 508; letter from headquarters, 510; Trumbull's letter, 610; Denning's letter, 643; Treasury, 684; Bradford's letter, 685; Lotbinière's letter, 702; commissary, 712; supplies, 723; Mathews's letter, 730; Rutledge's letter, 743; Murray's memorial, 780; departments, 791; salaries, 821; clerks, 823n; Galvez, 872; New York, 873; Slade, 899; Washington's letter, 982; clothing, 1000; finances 1028, 1114. Votes: 484, 507, 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 567, 569, 579, 589, 599, 610, 651, 688, 713, 720, 745, 746, 844, 847, 867, 869, 870, 877, 952, 993, 1000. Mentioned: 477, 506n, 545, 650, 651, 708, 722, 738, 744, 757n, 797, 854n, 867, 869, 871, 876, 909n.
Maus, Matthew, 910, 1118, 1125, 1132.
Maxwell, William, brigadier general, 663, 670, 710, 732.
Mayberry, Thomas, 259, 272, 280, 319, 1224.
Mead, Amos, 1022.
Mead, Joseph, 18.
Measam, George, 461, 506, 521, 984, 1050, 1059, 1070.
Mease, James, 667, 716, 1152, 1153.
Medical committee, report, 10.
Medical department, regulation, 10; pay, 847.
Mercer, Hugh, brigadier-general, 290.
Mercier, John D., 330, 472, 520, 821, 984.
Mercury, packet, 344, 645, 1189.
Miklasrewiez, Baron de, 41, 78.
Middleton, Colonel, 1201.
Mifflin, Thomas, major general, letters, 65, 242, 243, 244; money, 259, 1223; on staff departments, 79. Mentioned: 77, 95, 311, 364, 657, 716, 1063, 1176.
Miles, S., 909.
Militia, account, 151.
Milligan, James, 38, 39, 429, 824, 1149.
Millward, William, 654, 675.
Minott, Samuel, 453.
Mirailles, Don Juan de, 270.
Mississippi, navigation of, 114, 900, 908, 935, 1070, 1131.
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Mitchell, John, 235, 584, 665.
Mitchell, T., 204.
Mitchell, William, 1.
Monbos, --,790.
Monroe, James, colonel, 582.
Montgomery, Joseph, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 1087; attends, 1126. Committees: Bradford's letter, 1141; Lee and Jones, 1195. Votes: 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 1193.
Montgomery, Richard, brigadier-general, monument, 226.
Montgomery, --, 243.
Moore, John, 811.
Moore, Stephen, 80, 86, 87n, 109, 124, 133, 134.
Morgan, Daniel, 518, 519, 612, 613, 720, 721, 1011.
Morgan, George, colonel, 18, 38, 532, 560, 561, 561n, 997, 1025.
Morgan, James, 259, 272, 280, 319, 1224.
Morgan, John, Dr., 1, 326, 417.
Morocco, consul at, 1104.
Morris, Gouverneur, 638, 791.
Morris, Jacob, 203.
Morris, Robert, 136, 137, 334, 852, 1190.
Morris, Thomas, 506, 708.
Morris, schooner, 1130.
Morse, Charles, 202, 838, 611, 904, 1095, 1096.
Mess, John, 9.
Motte, Isaac, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 636; attends, 636; money, 690, 923; Treasury Board, 1073, 1099, 1230. Committees: Hailing, 964; medical, 964, 1229; Palfrey, 1042; Armand and Bryan's letters, 1053; Adams's letter, 1107; Southwick's letter, 1166. Votes: 651, 688, 713, 720, 745, 746, 753, 771, 916, 953, 954, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1103n, 1140. 1178. Mentioned: 738, 1086, 1094n.
Moultrie, William, brigadier general, 668, 686, 697, 698, 704, 723.
Moylan, James, 509n.
Moylan, John, 509n.
Moylan, Stephen, 363, 364, 509n, 716.
Muhlenberg, Frederick A., a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 477. Committees: letter to States, 313; Pennsylvania, 416; headquarters, 423; rations, 503; Jones's petition, 566; Lotbiniàre's letter, 702; Shippen's letter, 755. Votes: 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 32, 34, 63, 64, 83, 91, 92, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 169, 170, 172, 173, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 274, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 356, 360, 361, 363, 366, 374, 375, 389, 390, 411, 432, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 455, 464, 465, 484, 507, 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 567, 569, 579, 599, 608, 610, 713, 720, 745, 752, 771, 847, 848, 867, 869, 870, 877, 916, 952, 953. Mentioned: 274, 388, 389, 442n, 447n, 544, 545, 648n, 649n, 787n, 847, 919.
Muhlenberg, Peter, brigadier general, 415, 711.
Mumford, Nathaniel, 130, 521.
Murray, John, 1139.
Murray, William, 780, 792, 795, 845.
Murray, --, captain, 133.
Mustering and inspecting department, regulations, 855.
Musters, commissary of, 47.
Nancy, 466.
Nash, Abner, governor, 415, 486, 543, 582, 730, 812, 813, 818, 948, 997.
Nash, Clement, 122, 157, 161.
Navy, supplies for, 12, 912; continental commissions. 380; funds, 1035; pay, 602; regulations, 661, 662, 672; tax for, 759.
Navy board, accounts, 142; eastern district, 838; middle district, 71, 110, 823.
Neil, William, 401.
Neilson, John, 1031, 1036, 1045.
Nelson, John, major, 850, 851.
Neptune, 466.
Nesbitt, John Maxwell, 743, 744.
Neufville, John de, & Sons, 817, 1072, 1094, 1121, 1179, 1180, 1181.
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Neutral vessels, rights of, 1008.
Neutrality, 864, 899, 905.
Nevin, Daniel, 133, 228.
New Hampshire, money, 223, 314, 739, 741, 1223; credentials of delegates, 129; letter, 527; claims, 554; quota, 117, 126; frontiers, 479; jurisdiction, 827. See Vermont.
New Jersey, representation by legislature, 18; supplies, 111, 145; memorial, 1087, 1191; credentials of delegates, 84; letter, 271; money, 1223; quota, 118, 126.
New York, on articles of confederation, 806, 807; credentials of delegates, 195, 399, 891; letters, 230, 325, 682, 1032; money, 275, 565, 739, 852, 1223; quota, 118, 126; defense of, 327, 929; supplies from, 927, 928; jurisdiction, 827, 841; and Massachusetts, 821.
Nichols, William, 1165.
Nicholson, James, captain, 603, 964, 1026, 1050, 1138.
Nicholson, John, 220, 275, 315, 424, 477, 675, 814, 1085.
Nicholson, Samuel, 401, 603.
Nicola, Lewis, colonel, 811, 814, 910.
Niles, Thomas, 1022.
Nixon, John, 743, 744, 819, 921.
North, Caleb, 704.
North Carolina, arms, 486, 492; credentials of delegates, 543; Articles of confederation in, 807; certificates in, 665; defense, 527; land cessions, 808; money 1224; provisions, 813; quota, 118, 126, 234; reinforcements, 523; troops, 239, 809.
Nostra Senhora de Carmel et Saint Antonio, ship. See Our Lady, etc.
Nourse, Joseph, 122, 271, 388, 429, 508, 815.
Oconostota, Indian chief, 957.
Officers, general, memorial, 725, 771; pay, 726, 770, 811, 814; land for, 726; staff, accounts, 785.
Ogden, Gabriel, 478, 491, 495.
Ogden, Matthias, 732.
Olcott, Peter, 131, 686, 839, 840, 872.
Oliphant, David, 204, 551.
Olmsted, Gideon, 65, 271, 273.
Orde, J., captain, 289.
Ormsbury, Amos, 353.
Orr, --, 441.
Otis & Andrews, 1152, 1153.
Otis & Henley, 454, 461, 523, 569, 719, 831, 835, 845, 846, 904, 974.
Ottendorf, Nicholas Dietrich, Baron, 157.
Otto, Bodo, 441, 910.
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Antonio, 528, 692, 693.
Paca, William, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 481; judge, 79; Court of Appeals, 143, 1229. Letters, 558. Mentioned, 17, 77, 210.
Packets to France, 117.
Paine, Robert Treat, 77.
Palfrey, William, 13, 16, 53, 155, 160, 214, 245, 258, 290, 324, 370, 378, 392, 419, 422, 425, 491, 542, 562, 605, 639, 644, 743, 815, 922, 967, 978, 1011, 1041, 1056, 1068, 1102, 1108, 1134, 1135, 1141, 1151, 1152, 1222.
Parker, William, 16.
Parks, Theophilus, 609.
Parsons, Samuel Holden, major general, 921, 922, 965.
Parsons, Alston, & Co., 415, 1112, 1124.
Partridge, George, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 2, 130; money, 65, 272. Votes: 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 33, 37, 52, 63, 64, 69, 70, 83, 91, 92, 123, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146,147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 169,170, 172, 175, 177, 178, 183, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 227, 261, 267, 274, 277, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 339, 340, 341, 342. Mentioned: 14, 123, 182, 191, 192, 193, 319, 322, 324, 340.
Paschke, Frederick, captain, 430, 431, 433.
Passports, 874.
Paterson, William, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1112.
Patterson, Samuel, 4, 75, 136, 166, 214, 286, 332, 377, 397, 496, 611, 1120.
Patton, John, 337, 338, 339, 1139.

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Patton, Robert, 314, 380, 676, 913, 983.
Paul, Sidney, 490, 532, 533, 560.
Paulding, John, 1009.
Paymaster General, pay, 379.
Paymaster General department, money, 1222.
Paymasters, allowance, 409.
Payne, --, lieutenant, 1130.
Peabody, Nathaniel, a delegate from New Hampshire. Letters, 558; money, 101, 271, 371, 402. Committees: Washington's letter, 110; staff pay, 345; deputy paymasters, 350n; at headquarters, 362. Votes: 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 37, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 91, 92, 93, 94, 127, 128, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 175, 177, 178, 183, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 274, 277, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 356, 361, 363, 371, 374, 375. Mentioned: 13, 24, 28, 29, 37, 62, 70, 94, 140, 151, 166n, 169, 172, 175, 177, 182, 185, 192, 212, 222, 222n, 315, 324, 325, 374, 375, 379n, 1062.
Peace, false reports, 554; treaty of, 948.
Peale, Charles Willson, 441.
Pearson, J., 816.
Peck, William, 1182, 1200.
Peggy, brigantine, 393.
Pell, --,195.
Pemberton, Joseph, 235, 317.
Pendleton, Henry, 908, 914, 965.
Penet, Inacice, 1154.
Penet, Pierre, du Costa, Brothers, & Co., 890.
Penn, John, a delegate from North Carolina. Money, 12, 208. Votes: 7, 11, 13, 14,17, 19, 23, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 148, 149, 150, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 183, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 212, 228. Mentioned: 13, 23, 28, 29, 33, 34, 77, 80, 90, 111, 134, 167, 168, 184.
Pennell, Joseph, 110, 1130, 1131.
Pennington, Catherine, 824.
Pennington, Miles, 824.
Pennsylvania, credentials of delegates, 477; assembly, 441; thanks, 480, 669; letters of council, 65, 348, 642, 750; bills of credit, 455; money, 136, 349, 526, 590, 740, 1223; petition from freemen, 1031; provisions, 145, 479, 687, 1052; quota, 118, 126, 1174.
Pennsylvania line, enlistments, 642.
Peters, Richard, 173; letters, 747, 969; War Board, 14, 25, 26, 59, 60, 66, 78, 133, 153, 157, 162, 163, 178, 180, 182, 215, 228, 238, 239, 248, 267, 272, 276, 317, 372, 376, 383, 430, 461, 462, 472, 518, 559, 573, 606, 612, 643, 664, 670, 676, 680, 709, 710, 732, 753, 764, 793, 805, 837, 917, 1023, 1035, 1065, 1067, 1093, 1096, 1113, 1116, 1200.
Pettit, Charles, 4, 9, 20, 34, 40, 55, 74, 101, 136, 189, 190, 214, 224, 238, 258, 2200, 286, 289, 342, 357, 362, 376, 384, 385, 397, 412, 422, 474, 496, 525, 532, 552, 563, 573, 576, 614, 615, 644, 646, 647, 649, 653, 663, 665, 715, 735, 736, 738, 756, 794, 799, 832, 990, 1100, 1101; 1105, 1120.
Peyton, Henry, 1023.
Phillips, John Shoman, 819, 822, 899, 913.
Phillips, Richard, 41, 137, 223, 242, 254, 314, 330, 370, 414, 519, 582, 614, 735, 820, 1001, 1055, 1151.
Phillips, William, major general, 39, 705, 706.
Phoenix, schooner, 529.
Pickering, Timothy, quartermaster general, 698, 702; money, 740, 990, 991, 1223; staff departments, 77; War Board, 14, 26, 59, 60, 66, 78, 153, 157, 162, 163, 178, 180, 215, 228, 239, 248, 267, 372, 376, 383, 430, 461, 462, 472, 518, 559, 573, 606, 609, 612, 664, 670, 675, 676, 680, 700, 709, 1203. Mentioned: 77, 173, 246, 311, 364. 728, 757, 760, 982, 1031, 1197.
Pickles, William, 523, 600, 700, 1130, 1131.
Pierce, John, 42, 53, 155, 225, 286, 1042, 1129, 1142, 1222.
Pike, --, 872.
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Pinckney, Thomas, 377, 1106.
Pintard, Lewis, 383, 460, 912.
Pitkin, William, 1022.
Plater, George, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 509; attends, 844; money, 2, 84, 280. Committees: Forbes's funeral, 285; Neil's memorial, 401; neutral vessels, 1008; Treasury Board, 1032; Board of War letters, 1090, 1126. Votes: 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 261, 267, 278, 279, 282, 325, 330, 339, 340, 357, 360, 366, 371, 374, 375, 390, 411, 440, 878, 916, 953, 954, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1103n. Mentioned: 44, 68, 224, 242, 255, 256, 315, 318, 320, 391, 397, 412, 1058, 1079.
Platt, Ebenezer S., 230.
Platt, --, 892.
Pocohuntus, ship, 909.
Pollock, Oliver, 389, 490, 600, 700, 1027, 1072, 1086, 1106, 1130.
Pomeroy, Ralph, 276, 932, 1007, 1024.
Pontchartrain, Lake, 600.
Poor, Enoch, brigadier general, 924.
Popkin, John, colonel, 810.
Porterfield, Charles, 924.
Portugal, 542.
Postmaster General department, money, 1223.
Post Office, report, 19, 21, 413, 579, 781, 823.
Post riders, 1142.
Posts, 467.
Potts, Jonathan, 143, 166, 260, 442, 562, 589, 648, 716, 935, 1125.
Powder, supply of, 1063.
Powell, --, 441.
President, house for, 317; rank of, 777; election, 869, 870, 871.
Prices, provision, 6, 59.
Prisoners, American, memorial, 14; provision for, 14, 381, 834; at Charleston, 753, 851; distress of, 906; disposition of, 1073; relief of, 1108.
Prisoners, exchange of, regulations, 47, 48, 89, 704, 1028, 1204; supplies for, 317, 706, 762; commissary of, 383, 770; relief, 738.
Privateers, commission, 403; bond, 405; instructions, 406.
Prizes, agents for, 101,475; Pennsylvania, 744.
Procter, Thomas, colonel, 164, 166, 243.
Providence, frigate, 584, 934.
Pryor, Charles, 925.
Pulaski, Casimir, Count, 187, 203, 559, 643, 664, 750, 1051.
Purcell, Henry, 129.
Purdy, --,195.
Putnam, Israel, major general, 777, 921.
Pyne, James, 643, 979.
Quartermaster General, pay, 589.
Quartermaster's department, 244; abuses, 80; accounts, 96, 501, 686; committee, 522, 579,607; certificates, 603; demands of, 398; inquiry: 604; money, 1223; plan, 615; regulated, 293; report, 587, 589; supplies, 508.
Queen of France, frigate, 584, 934.
Quotas of money, 45, 111, 144; of troops, 81, 117, 123, 125, 150, 894; of provisions, 234, 1011.
Raguet, C. P., 798.
Ramsdill, Aquila, 65.
Ramsey, Nathaniel, colonel, 85, 89, 239.
Ramsey, William, 202, 331, 521, 674.
Randolph, Benjamin, 27.
Ranger, frigate, 584, 934.
Rathburne, John Peck, 934.
Rawlins, --, colonel, 1122.
Read, George, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 95; declines, 95.
Read, Thomas, 214.
Read, William, 498.
Reed, James, 1150.
Reed, Joseph, President, letters, 416, 477, 712, 715, 1075.
Renaudet, Adrian, 220.
Resistance, brigantine, 1093.
Reynolds, John, 789.
Rhoads, --,243.

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Rhode Island, 739; quota, 118, 126; credentials of delegates, 485; balance due, 502; instructions, 601; disbursements, 736; money, 1223.
Rice, George, 40.
Rice, Joseph, 854, 864.
Rice, Nathan, 811.
Richards, William, 604.
Richardson, J., 415.
Richmond magazine, 680.
Rickman, William, 415n, 425, 962, 1066.
Ridley, Mrs., 391.
Ridley, M., 1182.
Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf, Baron de, 705, 706.
Rittenhouse, David, 4, 8, 426.
Robertson, James (or Robinson) 140, 925.
Robinson, Josiah, 800.
Robinson, Moses. 116, 130.
Rochambeau, Daniel, 723.
Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donation de Vimeur, Count de, 742.
Rodney, Caesar, President, 400, 428, 486, 558, 583, 638, 672, 719.
Rogers, William, chaplain, 906.
Rogers, William, 906.
Root, Jesse, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 219, 1022, attends, 1085; Court of Appeals, 792. Committees: Board of War letter, 1090; Adams's letters, 1095; Sullivan's letter, 1098; balances from States, 1100; Commercial, 1100, 1229; Pennsylvania letters, 1113, 1130, 1138; Bradford's letter, 1141; rum, 1155; Fisher, 1157; Southwick's letter, 1166; McDougall's letter, 1200; Peck, 1200; Washington's letter, 1203. Votes: 1103n, 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 513, 1149, 1176, 1177, 1190n.
Roussi, Pierre Regnier de, 372, 376.
Russia, Empress, neutrality, 864.
Russia, minister to, 1155, 1164, 1166.
Rutledge, John, governor, 12, 16, 160, 258, 286, 477, 486, 491, 543, 554, 636, 734, 741, 742, 743, 748, 752, 762, 763, 778, 802n, 921, 1036, 1057.
Ryan, W., 72.
Safford, Samuel, 121.
Salaries, 75; adjustment, 97, 240, 822, 854, 924, 930, 931; civil list, 1055; navy, 821; report, 797.
Salt, supply of, 980, 1051.
Sappers and miners, return of, 1052.
Sandwich, packet, 401, 410, 457, 459.
Saratoga, frigate, 353, 468, 469, 603, 650, 652, 661, 666, 669, 670, 702, 748, 1026, 1138.
Sartine, Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert Gabriel de, 522.
Sayres, John, colonel, 290.
Schott, John Paul, captain, 384.
Schuyler, Philip, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 195, 399; attends, 236; money, 358, 370, 402, 552, 574, 989, 990; letters, 125, 175, 180, 210, 326, 334, 454, 522, 595, 603, 639, 956, 1157. Committees: staff departments, 77; Treasury letter, 241; committee reports, 243; reports Committee of Whole, 243; staff departments, 244; loan office certificates, 273; Letter to States, 313; Brodhead's letter, 313; Greene's letter, 358; at headquarters, 362; Treasury, 487; quartermaster's department, 528. Votes: 261, 267, 274, 277, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 356, 360, 361, 363, 371, 374, 375, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548. Mentioned: 207n, 277, 312, 328, 336, 340, 344, 368, 373n, 461, 473, 545, 546, 547, 574, 1062n, 1150.
Schweighauser, John D., 289.
Scollay, John, 980, 1006.
Scorpion, 466.
Scott, John Morin, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 399, 892; attends, 230; money, 402, 574, 965; War Board, 333, 376, 518, 606, 664, 1230. Committees: Great Seal, 287; Cuyler's letter, 323; cartel, 333; Diriks, 416; quarter-master's departments, 519; bank, 542, 550; Washington's letters, 637, 786; Adams's letters, 685, 802; supplies, 723; Peter's, letter, 747; Palfrey's letter 798 Maryland letter 802; Letter to States. 963. Votes:

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261, 267, 292, 293: 325, 330, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 356, 360, 361, 363, 371, 390, 411, 432, 440, 441, 451, 452, 455, 464, 465, 470, 484, 507, 589, 598, 599, 720, 745, 746, 771, 877, 952, 953, 957, 959, 961, 981, 993. Mentioned: 329n, 447, 451, 451n, 499, 506, 521, 598, 599, 608n, 688, 706n, 720, 744, 992, 1040n.
Scott, Moses, 910, 1149.
Scudder, Joseph, 53, 202, 343, 520, 835.
Scudder, Nathaniel, 743.
Seal, Great, of United States, 287, 423, 434, 986.
Searle, James, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 477; money, 78; Committees: La Luzerne's memorial, 41; quotas, 68; Washington's letter, 313; Otis & Henley, 462; Pollock's letter, 490. Votes: 3, 9, 11, 13, 14, 19, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 38, 52, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 165, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 274, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 340, 351, 352, 356, 360, 361, 371, 374, 375, 389, 390, 411, 432, 440, 455, 464, 465, 470, 484, 507, 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 567, 569. Mentioned: 9, 24, 77, 241n, 274, 292, 332, 389, 390, 428, 439, 440, 442, 477, 513, 522, 556n, 585, 594, 595.
Secret contract, 270.
Seegar, George, 427, 588, 861.
Semple, William, 800.
Senf, --, colonel, 812, 815.
Serapis, ship, 227, 522.
Sergeant, John, 840.
Sevier, John, colonel, 1048.
Sexton, George, 863.
Shaffer, David, 828, 847.
Sharpe, William, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 543, 898; attends, 898; money, 948; Admiralty Board, 1027, 1229. Committees: Pendleton, 908; Lee, 914; Wilkinson's Letter, 932; Southern department, 963; Washington and Greene's letters, 982; Washington's letter, 1022; Jefferson's letter, 1049; Treasury, 1063; gun ship, 1090; Pennsylvania letter, 1113; Georgia resolution, 1119. Votes: 916, 953, 954, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 1074n, 1137.
Sheftall, Mordecai, 572, 573, 592, 749, 824, 825, 846, 854, 955, 1069, 1074, 1079, 1112, 1113, 1183.
Shelby, Isaac, colonel, 1048.
Shepherd, James, 685.
Sherman, Roger, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 219; attends, 526; money, 136, 208, 343, 582; Treasury Board, 555, 1230. Committees: Bache's letter, 12; bills of credit, 41; quotas, 68; Washington's letters, 85, 313; Pennsylvania, 100; Massachusetts letter; 167; memorial from auditors, 202; supplies, 222; Fast, 225; New York, 236, 873; Pennsylvania resolution, 243; staff departments, 244; secret contract, 255; Blaine's letters, 317; Diriks's letter, 320; New Hampshire, 527; quartermaster's department, 528; western frontier, 560; Trumbull's letter, 610; Furman's letter, 643; letters from headquarters, 654; general officers, 689; Our Lady, etc., 694n; Pickering, 698; commissary, 712; Pertit's letter, 715; Court of Appeals, 721; supplies, 723; certificates, 742; Shippen's letter, 755; Holker, 787; Hiltzheimer's letter, 791; Knox's letter, 798; Nicola, 811; Western lands, 816; McDougall's letter, 831; ways and means, 891; Post office, 998, 1229, Votes: 2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 37, 52, 63, 64, 69, 70, 83, 91, 92, 93, 94, 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 162, 165, 169, 170, 172, 175, 177, 178, 183, 185, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 201, 205, 212, 227, 261, 267, 274, 277, 278, 279, 282, 292, 293, 325, 330, 339, 340, 341, 342, 351, 352, 356, 360, 361, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 566, 569, 579, 589, 598, 599, 608, 651, 688, 713, 720,

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744, 745, 746, 867, 869, 870, 877. Mentioned: 11, 12, 14, 22, 24, 28, 56, 66, 69, 90n, 170, 184, 192, 207n, 211, 218, 218n, 228, 241n, 273, 282, 283n, 312, 312n, 322, 323n, 339, 559, 592, 594, 602, 656n, 708, 713, 719, 727n, 735, 742, 773n, 784n, 786n, 788,788n, 792, 800, 802, 814n, 818n, 862n, 867, 869, 876, 877, 891, 893, 916n, 998.
Shields, Francis (?), doctor, 578.
Shiell, H., 715.
Shippen, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Votes: 3, 9, 11, 17, 19, 23, 24, 38, 52, 62, 91, 92, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 146, 165, 173, 178, 183, 184, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 205, 227, 261, 267, 274, 278, 279, 282, 330, 351, 352, 357, 360, 361, 363, 371, 374, 375, 390, 432, 440, 441.
Shippen, William, jun., Dr., 1, 417, 638, 646, 648, 654, 676, 677, 680, 684, 716, 737, 738, 742, 744, 745, 746, 755, 787, 814, 819, 837, 854n, 871, 908, 1090, 1091, 1095.
Ships of war, cost of, 786.
Shoheken, post, 478.
Shot and shells, payment, 929, 1202.
Shreve, Israel, 732.
Shuker, Thomas, 460.
Simpson, Thomas, 934.
Sinclair, --, captain, 466.
Skinner, Abraham, 770, 789, 828, 832, 898, 907, 932, 947.
Slade, Benjamin, 899, 909.
Slagle, Henry, 902.
Sloan, --, 441.
Slough, --, 1063.
Smallwood, William, brigadier general, 573, 675, 676, 717, 825, 828, 921, 924, 1201.
Smith, Alexander Lawson, 807.
Smith, John, 791.
Smith, Meriwether, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 792.
Smith, Resolve, 324, 472, 530, 1149, 1164.
Smith, Thomas (of Bedford), a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 1087.
Smith, Thomas, commissioner of Pennsylvania loan office, 130, 136, 137, 166, 189, 190, 209, 260, 338, 369, 402, 419, 421, 425, 445, 469, 491, 495, 718, 748, 762, 794, 801, 903, 926, 947, 968, 987, 988, 1045, 1047, 1055, 1059, 1065, 1068, 1070, 1079, 1086, 1095, 1108, 1114, 1119, 1127, 1128, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1177, 1195.
Smith, William, 67, 186, 231, 354.
Smith, Mrs. (N. Y.), 400.
Smith, --, (Penna.), 441.
Smith, --, captain, 466.
Smith, --, lieutenant, 922.
Snowden, Isaac, 254.
Sommers, Richard, 1139.
South Carolina, credentials of delegates 285; enemy in, 699; loan offices, 690; money, 160, 533, 741, 841, 1224; quota, 118, 126; troops, 239.
Southern department, defense, 523, 527, 707, 809, 818, 889, 964, 997, 1078; supplies, 391, 513, 706, 734, 787, 812; organization, 995; coöperation, 996; committee, 1230.
Southwick, Solomon, 749, 763, 789, 893, 1165, 1189.
Spain, peace propositions, 102; alliance with, 114; loan from, 1068.
Spaulding, Simon, captain, 238.
Specie from Virginia, 1003, 1057.
Specie, rate of, 1174.
Spencer, Caleb, 318, 362.
Spencer, Elihu, 1035.
Spencer, William, 1005.
Spitfire, privateer, 925.
Sprague, John, 1150.
Sproat, David, 203.
Sproat, James, 1035.
Staff departments, regulations, 89.
Stark, John, 800, 1156.
Sterrett, Samuel, 1063, 1087.
Steuben, Frederich Wilhelm Augustus, Baron yon, 80, 110, 204, 215, 231, 271, 272, 287, 764, 860, 993, 995, 1064, 1179, 1180; letters, 242, 333, 353, 727, 988; money, 237, 257, 1224.
Stevens, John, 349, 532, 1054, 1060, 1112.
Stevenson, James, 202, 378, 553, 735.
Steward, S., 254.
Stewart, Charles, 716, 1059.

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Stewart, William, 602, 607.
Stewart, --, colonel, 1058.
Stillwell, Encoh, 1139.
Stirk, Samuel, 967.
Stirling, William Alexander, Lord, 74, 502, 503, 505.
Stith, John, 596, 637.
Stockton, Samuel W., 372, 454, 926, 927, 1115.
Stoddert, Benjamin, 55.
Stone, --, pilot, 1007, 1008.
Story, William, 98, 544, 562.
Strang, John, 1037, 1044.
Streeper, John, 20.
Stump, Henry, 729.
Sturgis, Jonathan, 1131.
Success, 466
Sugar, 21, 402, 651.
Sullivan, Ebenezer, 872, 991.
Sullivan, John, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 816; attends, 816; letters, 1098; money, 1195. Committees: Washington's letters, 819, 893, 1108; instructions on Mississippi, 908; André, 918; Wilkinson's letter, 932; Letter to States, 963; Howe's letter, 965; Washington and Greene's letters, 982; finances, 1028; David Mason, 1069; Tallmadge's letter, 1116; Georgia resolution, 1119; Pennsylvania letter, 1130, Wright, 1132; New Hampshire letter, 1140; Laurens's commission, 1141; Irvine's letter, 1156; Lansing's letter, 1183; Laurens's mission, 1193; Peck, 1200. Votes: 869, 877, 916, 952, 953, 957, 959, 961, 993, 1140. Mentioned: 817, 907n, 908, 910, 924, 951, 958, 961n, 962, 1021, 1028, 1030n, 1065, 1099, 1113, 1118n, 1130, 1130n, 1134n, 1137, 1138, 1140, 1150, 1152, 1164n, 1187n, 1193, 1197, 1204.
Sumner, Job, captain, 1099, 1150.
Sumter, Thomas, brigadier general, 1122,1201.
Supplies, committee, 171, 172, 175, 177, 182, 188, 196, 336; resolutions, 525; payment, 44, 480, 784, 971; for French army, 487, 593, 786; quotas, 463, 540; for enemy, 1052.
Sutter, James, 604.
Swan, sloop, 925.
Tabby, 466.
Taggart, John, 1099, 1154.
Talbot, Silas, captain, 204, 211, 221.
Tallmadge, Benjamin, major, 1116, 1122.
Tarleton, Banastre, 1201.
Taxes, apportionment of, 206, 564.
Taylor, John, 683.
Telfair, Edward, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 427; attends, 426; money, 478, 820; Treasury Board, 592, 1230. Committees: Arnold's accounts, 396, 433; commerce, 506, 1229; Sidney Paul, 533. Votes: 432, 440, 441, 451, 452, 453, 455, 464, 470, 484, 507, 567, 569, 580, 590, 599, 608, 610, 651, 688, 713, 720, 753, 771. Mentioned: 519, 697, 721, 727.
Ten Broek, Derrick, 565.
Tents for army, 640.
Ternant, Jean Baptiste, 703, 898, 932, 933.
Ternay, Chevalier de, 669, 702.
Terry, Jeremiah, 1085.
Thanksgiving day, 919, 934, 950.
Thomas, Hannah, 321.
Thomas, John, major general, 321.
Thompson, E., 129, 816.
Thompson, William, brigadier general, 921.
Thomson, Charles, money, 314, 477. Mentioned: 19n, 62n, 75n, 83n, 94n, 109n, 110n, 114n, 161n, 222n, 233n, 236n, 312n, 399, 409n, 411n, 433n, 434n, 437n, 459n, 460n, 465n, 480n, 485n, 487n, 491n, 494n, 525n, 536n, 537, 580n, 582n, 583n, 597n, 598n, 613n, 642n, 646n, 648n, 691n, 703n, 752n, 774n, 780n, 800, 803, 823n, 844, 851n, 861n, 866n, 888n, 916n, 947n, 972n, 973n, 977n, 991, 1018n, 1021n, 1040n, 1085, 1111n, 1125, 1140n, 1149, 1164n, 1168, 1173, 1180n, 1188, 1199, 1205, 1206.
Thomson, Peter, 254, 1118.
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Tilton, James, 910, 1049.
Timberlake, John, 863, 864.
Timothy, Peter, 285.
Tinicum Island, 1075.
Tobacco, for taxes, 1034.
Torbett (Torbert), Nathaniel, 1105.
Towles, Oliver, 796.
Townshend, David, 910.
Tracy, Nathaniel, & Co., 831, 835, 836, 845, 846, 890, 899, 974, 976.
Tracy, Brimmer and, 526.
Trapier, Paul, 1036.
Traversi, Joseph, captain, 1042, 1072, 1086.
Treadwell, John, 1022.
Treasury Board, offices of, 235, 750, 1054; business of, 598; charges, 779.
Treasury, commissioners of, authority, 1091.
Treat, Malachi, 908.
Treaty with France, 56, 602.
Treaty of peace with Great Britain, 948.
Trent, William, 868, 922.
Troup, Robert, 77, 122, 138.
Truce proposed, 949.
Trumbull, Jonathan, governor, 275, 282, 422, 423, 436, 447, 514, 531, 591, 610, 638, 680, 755, 774, 784, 788, 790, 792, 795, 1022, 1142.
Trumbull, Jonathan, jun., 275, 1138, 1144.
Trumbull, Joseph, 1144.
Trumbull, frigate, 603, 669, 702, 838, 1026, 1097, 1138.
Tryall, sloop, 1145.
Tucker, John, vs. Le Vern, 175.
Tucker, Samuel, 934.
Tucker, --, captain, 401.
Tuder, Samuel, 985.
Tudor, William, 1036.
Tupper, Benjamin, colonel, 1049, 1090.
Turnbull, William, 591, 689.
Turner, George, 698.
Turner, Philip, 220, 910.
Turner, William, 507.
Tyler, Dudley (?), 652.
Udree & Co., 338, 339.
Ugglas, George Gustavus d', 460, 486.
Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 196.
Vandalia and Indiana companies, 922.
Van Dyke, Abraham, captain, 612, 650, 661, 662.
Van Dyke, Nicholas, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 94, 95. Committees: Holker's letters, 116; supplies, 222; captures at sea, 674; Banner, 712; accounts, 717; Knox's letter, 798; Jay's letters, 803, 1094; Phillips, 819; Washington's letters, 889, 893; French supplies, 910. Votes: 123, 127, 128, 134, 135, 140, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 688, 713, 720, 877, 878. Mentioned: 810n, 815, 876, 913n.
Van Schaick, Goose, 195.
Van Wert, Isaac, 1009.
Varick, Richard, 824, 871, 1120.
Varnum, James Mitchell, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 1165; attends, 1165; letters, 797. Committees: Lansing's letter, 1183; Peck, 1200. Votes: 1178.
Vaudoré, Chevalier de, 38, 220, 221.
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 244, 1194.
Vermont, agents, 116.
Vermont controversy, 132, 222, 222n, 273, 447, 448, 453, 471, 481, 482, 499, 821, 827, 832, 839, 840, 842, 843, 864, 868, 876, 908, 909; committees, 833.
Vickory, --, captain, 466.
Virginia, Accomack and Northampton memorial, 774; Articles of Confederation, 806, 807; defense, 494, 524, 527, 842; instructions to delegate, 755; land cessions, 808; money, 101, 1223; provisions, 812; quota, 118, 126, 234, 692, 774; tobacco from, 1034; troops, 42, 239, 809.
Virginia, ship, 289.
Wabash land company, 862.
Wade, Francis, 614.
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, money, 3, 166, 259, 290, 291, 362, 367, 377, 680, 687, 716, 1222; letters, 833.
Wagon master, 623.
Wagons, 665.
Wales, Eleazer, 513.

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Walker, Benjamin, 993.
Walker, John, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 268; attends, 443. Committees: Otis & Henley, 462; Sidney Paul, 533; Post office, 554, 1229; Treasury, 684; Gates's letter, 797; Washington's letter, 982. Votes: 484, 507, 514, 545, 546, 547, 548, 567, 569, 580, 590, 599, 608, 610, 651, 688, 713, 720, 745, 746, 753, 773, 844, 848, 867, 870, 877, 878, 916, 953, 954, 957, 993, 1000. Mentioned: 978, 998, 1092n.
Walley, Thomas, 791.
Walton, George, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 427; attends, 426; memorial, 812; money, 478, 839, 1002. Committees, La Luzerne's note, 580; Bunner, 712; Sheftall, 749; Jay's letter, 754; White's accounts, 980; Washington and Greene's letters, 982; Bowen, 988; Crowly, 1022; Georgia resolution, 1119; Board of War letter, 1166. Votes: 440, 441, 455, 484, 545, 546, 547, 548, 580, 599, 610, 651, 713, 720, 753, 844, 957, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 499, 697, 712, 713n, 778, 825n, 839, 861, 996n, 1070, 1071, 1071n.
War Board, duties, 511; money, 1221.
Ward, Andrew, 1022.
Ward, Artemas, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 2, 130; attends, 509. War Board, 555, 573, 643, 664, 670, 675, 680, 1035, 1067, 1113, 1116, 1200, 1230. Committees: quartermaster's department, 528; taxes, 565; Greene's letter, 680; Pickering, 698; inspector's department, 796; western lands, 816; Garanger, 863; clothing, 904; Pendleton, 908; Treasury, 1063; Washington's letter, 1108; Lansing's letter, 1183. Votes: 514, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 566, 569, 579, 589, 598, 599, 610, 688, 713, 720, 744, 745, 746, 752, 771, 844, 847, 848, 867, 869, 870, 877, 916, 952, 953, 957, 959, 961, 977n, 981, 993, 1000, 1030, 1103n, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 738, 964, 965n, 1045, 1049.
Ward, Henry, 486, 1165.
Ward, Joseph, 133, 286, 319, 366, 435.
Waring, Thomas, senior, 256.
Warner, John, 398.
Warner, Seth, colonel, 863.
Warren, James, 466, 1100.
Warren, John, Dr., 430, 910, 1194.
Warren, Joseph, 430.
Warren, Joseph, major general, children, 581, 980, 1006.
Watson, George, 283.
Watson, Jacob, 1099, 1105, 1116.
Watson, William, 572, 596, 654, 655.
Wayne, Anthony, brigadier general, 837.
Washington, George, general. Letters, 12, 41, 43, 46, 47, 54, 66, 72, 74, 79, 80, 85, 89, 111, 120, 133, 151, 157, 176, 178, 180, 210, 242, 257, 274, 283, 286, 288, 313, 316, 322, 329, 332, 333, 336, 343, 348, 378, 400, 415, 432, 445, 473, 479, 486, 531, 544, 551, 571, 574, 578, 582, 595, 606, 609, 636, 637, 638, 640, 648, 654, 663, 668, 679, 681, 684, 701, 760, 786, 802, 817, 819, 824, 825, 828, 831, 836, 837, 839, 843, 849, 871, 876, 889, 893, 899, 905, 907, 918, 919, 924, 931, 934, 951, 956, 958, 964, 982, 985, 994, 997, 999, 1009, 1022, 1026, 1028, 1031, 1042, 1048, 1049, 1051, 1068, 1089, 1108, 1116, 1118, 1154, 1156, 1182, 1201, 1203, 1217. Mentioned: 60, 76, 78, 90, 93, 110, 110n, 153, 156, 182, 239, 242, 290, 383, 417, 503, 506, 528, 563, 572, 609, 656, 669, 687, 698, 700, 704, 705, 706, 710, 715, 778, 790, 812, 817, 823, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1093.
Washington, William, colonel, 810.
Weare, Meshech, president, 328, 400, 471, 553, 554, 664, 730, 741, 817, 888, 1140, 1195.
Webb, George, 4, 161, 214, 258.
Webb, Forster, 910.
Weedon, William, brigadier general, 518, 596.
Wells, John, 922, 948, 955, 1194, 1196, 1197, 1203.
Welsh, John, 133.
Welsh, William, 814.
Wemyss, Francis, major, 1122.
Wennesly Deal, 466.
West, Edward, 1149.
West Florida, sloop, 492, 600, 1130, 1131.

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Westcott, Richard, 53, 1224.
Westcott, Ziba, 53.
Westfall, Abel, 663, 675, 717.
Weymouth, Lord, 102.
Wharton, John, 522.
Wheelock, Eleazar, Dr., 130.
Wheelock, John, 130, 162, 163.
Whipple, Abraham, 566, 572, 584, 934.
Whipple, William, Admiralty Board, 237.
White, Anthony Walton, lieutenant colonel, 130, 173, 182, 210, 527, 635, 810, 824, 850, 851, 872.
White, Charles, 1060.
White, John, colonel, 956, 966, 967, 980, 992, 994, 996.
White, William, 286.
Whiteside, Peter, 136, 137.
Wilkinson, James, 209, 370, 429, 436, 474, 509n, 716, 932, 988, 1021, 1221.
Wilkinson, William, 835.
Williams, Bedford, 747, 788.
Williams, David, 1009.
Williams, Ezekiel, 319.
Williams, James, colonel, 849, 1048.
Williams, William, lieutenant colonel, 369.
Williams, Jonathan, jun., 277, 289, 428, 1126, 1141.
Williamson, Andrew, 466, 825.
Willing, James, 334, 1195.
Wilmington, grammar school, 141.
Wilson, James, 271, 375, 401, 410, 413, 457, 459.
Wilson, Lewis F., 256.
Winder, William, 1121.
Winslow, Nathaniel, 321.
Winston, --, major, 1048.
Witherspoon, John, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1112; attends, 1132. Committees: Lee's letter, 1139; Bradford's letter, 1141; Board of War letter, 1153; Minister to Russia, 1155; Post office, 1156, 1229; Forman's letter, 1165; Laurens, 1179, 1193; Adams's letters, 1194; printing, 1217. Votes: 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 1140, 1178, 1193.
Wolcott, Oliver, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials. 219, 1022; attends, 1105. Committees: Treasury Board, 1120, 1230; printing, 1217. Votes: 1137, 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 513n, 1138.
Wood, James, colonel, 1095.
Woodberry, --, captain, 466.
Woodford, Thomas, Admiralty Board, 497, 555.
Woodhull, --, 892.
Woodruff, Aaron D., 202, 359, 611.
Woodward, Bezaleel, 131, 163, 686, 834, 840.
Wooster, David, major general, 321.
Worral, James, 1105.
Worthington, Asa, 35, 65.
Wright, Benjamin, captain, 375.
Wright, Edward, jun., 520, 647.
Wright, Enoch, 704.
Wright, George, 1132.
Wright, Jacob, 80.
Wright, William, 810.
Wulffen, Baron de, 1121, 1179, 1180.
Wykoff, Henry, 986.
Wylie, Thomas, 1032, 1074.
Wyllys, George, 220, 1022.
Wynkoop, Gerardus, 243, 441, 1063, 1176.
Wynkoop, Henry, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 1087; attends, 1165. Votes: 1178.
Wynkoop, Jacobus, 286, 320.
Wythe, George, 77, 79, 254, 322, 397.
Wyoming, garrison at, 1147, 1148.
Yates, Abraham, jun., 4, 101, 137, 562, 751, 989, 991, 1054, 1129, 1158, 1156.
Yeaton, --, 872.
Young, John, captain, 603, 1138, 1139.
Young, Samuel, 412, 925, 926.
Young, William, 122.
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