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Accounts, with states, 149; chambers of, 521, 522, 789; commissioners, 504, 506, 682; public, 716; settlement of, 888, 889.
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Active, sloop, 271, 274, 1127, 1188, 1189.
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Adams, Andrew, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 1022.
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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.
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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.
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Admiralty, Board of, 670; money, 1221; seal, 412.
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Adriana, brig, 269, 281.
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Aertson, Guilliame, 202, 343, 521, 846.
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Aid de camp, rank, 182.
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Alcide, ship of war, 909.
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Alexander, 466.
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Alexander, Samuel, 1060.
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All, Isaac, 601.
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Allan, John, colonel, 66, 80, 270.
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Allen, Ira, 820, 828, 839, 840, 864, 868, 909.
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Alliance, frigate, 495, 834, 838, 975, 1050, 1193, 1201.
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Allman, Lawrence, 166.
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Alricks, William, 638, 800, 801.
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America, ship, 467, 468, 1097.
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Anderson, George, 541.
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Anderson, James, 441.
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Anderson, Robert, 647, 711, 728, 729, 730.
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André, John, 918, 1009.
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Andrew, Benjamin, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 427.
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Andrews, --, captain, 466.
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Anmours, Count d', 79.
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Anspach, Peter, 242.
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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.
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Arendt, Henry Leonard Philip, Baron d', 1121.
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Argo, sloop, 211, 221.
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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.
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Armistead, William, 289, 425, 639.
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Armitage, Benjamin, 988.
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Arms, Virginia, 54.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Arnold, Jonathan, 1138.
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Artificers, artillery, 724.
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Atkinson, George, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 816.
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Atlee, Samuel, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 1087; attends, 1121. Committees: Wright, 1132. Votes: 1140.
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Atlee, Samuel J., colonel, 215, 335, 336, 337, 365, 366, 743, 1195.
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Audibert, Philip, 1056.
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Aull & Morson, 1145, 1146.
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Aurora, ship, 1127.
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Avery, David, 225.
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Avery, John, 2, 131.
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Bache, Richard, 12, 413, 425, 518, 553, 716, 862, 893, 998, 1119, 1156, 1223.
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Bailey, Francis, 73, 1022.
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Bailey, John, colonel, 436, 472, 473.
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Baldwin, Jeduthun, 176, 204, 208, 212, 213, 214, 964, 1005.
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Bancker, Evert, 237, 892.
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Bancker, Gerardus, 84, 214, 349, 426, 474, 562, 565, 1060.
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Bank, formed, 542, 548, 549.
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Barney, Joshua, 675.
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Barracks, Philadelphia, 21.
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Basden, Joseph, 559, 694, 695, 722.
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Baylor, George, colonel, 527, 596, 635, 850.
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Baylor, Walker, captain, 596.
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Baynton, Peter, 553, 930, 969.
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Beall, Josiah, 446.
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Bearmore, --, major, 220.
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Beatty, John, colonel, 15, 214, 230, 288, 319, 799, 1221.
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Beaulieu, Louis J. de, 606, 643, 701, 732, 750, 751, 804, 805.
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Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 712, 974.
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Bebee, James, 133.
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Beckley, John, 268, 792.
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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.
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Beekman, G. W., 244.
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Benezet, John, 190, 241.
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Bennett, Jacob, 925.
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Bensey, Peter, 822, 899, 913.
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Benson, Robert, 196, 237, 871.
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Benstead, Alexander, 703, 704.
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Bentley, Thomas, 18.
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Benyowssky, (Benyonsky) Baron de, 418, 561.
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Bermudas, disposition towards United States, 694; flour for, 795.
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Berrien, --, 892.
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Betsey, brigantine, 221.
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Betsey & Nancy, schooner, 795.
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Bible, printing of, 979.
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Biddle, Clement, 257, 716.
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Biddle, John, 254, 1119.
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Biddle, Owen, 238.
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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.
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Bills of exchange, 907, 1145.
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Bingham, William, 164, 190, 241, 415, 490, 507, 517, 531, 533, 534, 708, 834, 849, 850, 890, 899.
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Binney, Barnabas, 910, 1118, 1125.
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Bird, Mark, 243, 338, 339.
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Blacks, levies of, 1133.
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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.
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Blair, Samuel, 433, 434.
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Blake, Edward, 16.
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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.
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Blewar, Joseph, 243, 441.
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Bloomfield, Moses, 910, 1149.
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Board of Treasury, authority, 556.
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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.
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Bond, Thomas, jr., 909, 935, 1005, 1024, 1125.
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Bonds, 674.
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Bon Homme Richard, ship, 522.
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Bonnevalle, Chevalier, 228.
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Booth, James, 95.
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Borden, Joseph, 40, 101, 319, 331, 350, 429, 720, 832, 874, 991, 1024.
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Boreman, John, 1005.
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Boston, frigate, 401, 584, 934.
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Boudinot, Elias, 77.
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Bouillée, François Claude Amour, Marquis de, 401.
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Bourbon, frigate, 316, 838.
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Bowen, Oliver, 988.
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Boyd, James, 719.
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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.
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Bradford, Thomas, 214, 646.
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Bradford, William, 1141.
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Bradley, Stephen R., 116, 130, 820, 828, 839, 840, 864, 868, 909.
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Brag, John, vs. Dove, 416.
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Braxton, Carter, 1003, 1058.
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Bread for army, 244.
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Brétigny, Marquis de, 563.
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Brimmer and Tracy, 526.
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Brodhead, (Broadhead) Daniel, colonel, 313, 322, 372, 373, 821n, 998.
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Brodhead, Daniel, jr., lieutenant, 679, 710, 902.
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Bronvill, Edward, 461.
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Brooke, George, 324, 371, 419, 639, 695.
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Brooks, David, 72.
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Brown, Jabez, 176.
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Brown, Jesse, 28, 282.
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Brown, John, 142.
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Brown, William, 649.
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Browne, Joseph, 663, 669, 679.
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Bryan, Jonathan, 243, 1031, 1053, 1092, 1094, 1099.
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Bryson, James, 553.
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Buchanan, William, 716.
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Budden, James, 331.
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Bull, John, colonel, 77.
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Bulloch, Joseph, 477, 522, 583.
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Bunner, G., 712.
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Bunner, William, 1139.
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Burgoyne, John, 913, 1030.
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Burke, Redmond, 757.
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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.
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Burke, William, 152.
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Burner, William, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1112; attends, 1139. Committees: Fisher, 1157. Votes: 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 910, 1140.
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Burns, Robert, 1060.
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Burrall, Jonathan, 53, 155, 160, 214, 245, 258, 290, 324, 370, 378, 392, 477, 522, 1006.
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Burrows, John, 1145, 1146.
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Bush, Nathan, 872, 913, 934.
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Bush, S., colonel, 1131, 1138n.
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Bushnell, David, 133.
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Butler, Richard, colonel, 1010.
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Butterfield, Benjamin, 863.
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Buymen, Christian, 60.
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Caille, Stephen D'Audibert, 798, 1104.
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Caldwell, James, 832.
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Calender, --, captain, 909.
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Calvert, Joseph, 523.
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Camp, C., 538.
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Campbell, Cooper & Tapp, 311.
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Campbell, Donald, colonel, 999, 1048.
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Canadians, distress of, 1042.
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Cannon, James, 862, 1166.
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Capitaine, M. de, 1105.
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Captures at sea, inquiry, 138; regulations, 672.
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Carabasse, --, 506, 555, 974, 975, 976.
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Carew, Mary, 334, 423.
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Carberry, Henry, 843.
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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.
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Carlisle, post at, 1093.
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Carmichael, William, 401, 423, 737, 931, 1120, 1132.
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Carolina, packet, 1183.
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Carpenter, Increase, 811.
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Carrington, Edward, 1201.
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Caswell, Richard, 4, 124, 134, 258, 260.
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Centurion, schooner, 909.
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Certificates for supplies, 464, 742, 760, 782.
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Chaloner & White, 3, 166, 259, 703, 787, 790.
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Champion, Henry, 75, 79, 334, 362.
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Chapman, Nathaniel, 793.
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Charleston, loss of, 551.
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Charleton, Edward, 967.
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Charlotte, 466.
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Chase, Thomas, 1105.
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Chase, ship, 814.
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Cheasman, Sarah, 1127.
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Checkley, John Webb, 242.
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Cheever, Ezekiel, 672, 793.
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Chevalier, John, 220.
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Chevalier, Peter, 110, 220, 444, 445.
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Chew, Samuel, 1093.
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Chezault, de, French consul, 476.
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Chinn, Edward, 922, 948, 955, 1194, 1196.
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Chittenden, Thomas, 820, 840.
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Christian, --, colonel, 647.
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Church, Reuben, 863.
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Clajon, William, 686, 709.
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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.
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Clarke, Joseph, 3, 74, 214, 341, 367, 370, 425, 1138.
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Clarkson, John Levinius, 202, 314, 424, 917, 1149, 1177.
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Clay, Joseph, 13, 225, 258, 733, 734, 947, 972.
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Claypoole, David C., 136, 666, 781, 989.
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Claypole, Samuel, ensign, 509.
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Clerks, salaries, 189, 724, 1089; memorial, 202.
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Cleaveland, Moses, 133.
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Cleveland, Benjamin, colonel, 1048.
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Clinton, George, governor, 328, 358, 400, 435, 453, 473, 478, 583, 646, 834, 989, 1072.
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Clinton, Sir Henry, 39, 851.
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Clinton, James, brigadier general, 1042.
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Clothier general, money, 1221.
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Clothing, purchases, 35, 570, 835, 845, 1018; supplies, 155, 167, 581, 973, 1199; returns of, 246; accounts, 276; credit for, 367; delivery of, 596.
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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.
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Coan, Conally, lieutenant, 578.
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Cochran, D., 648.
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Cochran, John, 908.
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Coffee, 21.
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Coleman, Robert, 338, 339.
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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.
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Colt, Peter, 211.
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Comegys, Cornelius, 521, 718, 793, 1128.
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Commerce, committee of, members, 506; money, 1221.
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Commissary's department, accounts, 96.
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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.
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Commissions, 674.
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Committee at headquarters, 37, 332; instructions, 354; appointed, 362.
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Comyn, Michael, 637, 983.
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Confederacy, frigate, 348, 369, 603, 651, 652n, 669, 670, 702, 963, 1026, 1050.
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Confederation, Articles of, Maryland on, 559, 580, 586, 592, 806; New York, 580, 586, 806; Virginia resolutions, 560, 580, 586, 806; publication of, 1217.
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Congress, place of sitting, 9, 255, 291; members of, privileges, 762, 774; powers of, 897.
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Connecticut, quota, 118, 126; credentials, 219; supplies, 496; money, 739, 740, 1223; and Pennsylvania, dispute, 1147, 1148.
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Consul in France, 977, 977n, 978, 1009.
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Continental press, 493.
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Convention, troops of, accounts, 38, 39, 40, 90, 94.
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Conway, John, 334.
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Cooke, Thorns, 743.
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Cooper, Leonard, 1005, 1112.
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Cooper, William, 693.
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Corbin, Margaret, 664.
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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.
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Corny, Louis Dominique Ethis de, 487, 488, 489, 496.
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Counterfeit bills, 530.
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Countess of Scarborough, 227.
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Courts of Admiralty, 18, 61.
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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.
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Cox, John, 270, 348, 523, 563.
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Craig, James, 794, 1139.
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Craigie, Andrew, 910.
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Craik, James, 908.
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Cross, William, 683.
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Crothers, George, 641.
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Crothers, Robert, 518.
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Crowly, Charles, memorial, 591, 1022, 1050.
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Cunningham, Joseph, 243, 529.
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Currency, 1088.
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Curson, Samuel, 322.
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Cuyler, Jacob, 323, 328.
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Dana, Francis, letters, 428, 476, 536, 537, 988, 1156, 1166, 1168, 1173, 1194.
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Dandridge, Alexander Spotswood, 363, 364.
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Darrow, Edmund, 1004.
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Dart, John Sandford, 686, 736, 1042, 1200, 1203.
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Dartmouth College, 130, 162.
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Davidson, James, 862, 1166.
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Davis, John, 526.
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Davis, Septimus, captain, 363, 364.
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Dawkins, Henry, 922.
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Dayton, Elias, 732.
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Dean, John, 989.
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Deane, Silas, 53.
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Deane, frigate, 401, 603, 669, 702, 711, 838, 1026.
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Dearborn, Henry, 739, 741.
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Debt of United States, 873; foreign, provision, 1033.
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Declaration of Independence, 1217.
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De Lano, Joseph, 933.
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Delany, --, 1063.
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Delaware, credentials of delegates, 95; quota, 118, 126; embargo, 480, 504; supplies from, 1052; exports from, 1076; money, 1223.
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Denning, William, 142, 388, 397, 649, 721, 752, 754, 756, 1002, 1032, 1044, 1047, 1230.
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Dentzle, George, 477.
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Departments, staff, expense, 75; public, orders, 597; executive, 791.
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Depreciation of continental currency, 57.
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Deshon, John, Admiralty Board, 497.
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De Witt, Simeon, 1118.
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Diriks, Jacob Gerhard, 320, 333, 372, 377, 388, 416, 596, 608, 639, 701, 963.
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Dickinson, John. Credentials, 95. Mentioned, 77.
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Dickinson, Philemon, 500.
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Dickinson, Thomas, 1025, 1073.
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Dohrman, Arnold Henry, 541.
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Donnald, John, 1129.
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Donnel, J., 1065.
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Donnell, Nathaniel, 925.
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Dove, sloop, 416.
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Dover, cutter, 868.
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Dow, Alexander, 609, 989.
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Draper, George, 910.
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Drayton, Stephen, 1018.
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Dresbach, --, 441.
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Drew, William, 268, 792.
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Droit d'Aubaine, 56, 57.
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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.
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Duarti, John Garcia, 498, 505, 529, 749, 794n.
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Dubuysson, Chevalier, 824, 862, 934, 958.
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Duchee, Elizabeth, 368.
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Duckett, J., 509.
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Du Conture, --, 559.
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Duer, William, 958, 985.
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Duff & Welch, 444, 445.
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Dugan, Cumberland, 851, 874.
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DuMaine, --, 601.
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Dumas, Charles W. F., 495, 678n, 798, 802, 898, 1051, 1073, 1095, 1194.
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Dunham, Azariah, 396.
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Dunscomb, --, 891.
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Dunwoody, --, 243.
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Dupee, --, Captain, 466.
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Du Portail, Louis le Bègue, Chevalier Derford. Letters, 111, 133. Mentioned, 54, 55, 228, 234, 316, 319, 331, 563, 609.
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Durant, William, 401.
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Durkee, John, colonel, 791, 805.
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Durry, John, 1183.
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Du Simitiè]e, Pierre Eugène, 606, 613, 648.
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Duties on captured vessels, 759.
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Du Veil, --, Captain, 133.
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Dyer, Eliphalet, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 219.
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Eagle, brig, 279, 286, 322.
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Eayres, Joseph, 793.
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Eberly, Henry, 801.
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Edison, Thomas 162, 184n, 202, 219n, 324, 404n, 430, 611, 824, 654n, 878n, 850n, 1098n, 1105, 1151.
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Edwards, John, 791.
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Edwards, Thomas, 1037, 1044.
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Elbert, Samuel, 156.
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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.
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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.
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Ely, John, colonel, 85, 89, 760, 1156.
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Embargo, 759, 1075, 1124, 1160; in Delaware, 446, 480, 504; in Pennsylvania, 1063.
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Embezzlement of stores, 756.
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Erkelens, Gosuinus, 42.
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Erskine, Robert, 1118.
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Estaing, Charles Henri Théodat, Comte d', 658; supplies for fleet, 16, 314.
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Eustace, John Skey, 96, 429, 462.
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Eustis, William, 910.
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Evans, John, 800.
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Eveleigh, Nicholas, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 636.
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Exchange, bills of, 474, 498, 591, 601, 662, 733, 907.
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Exports, tax on, 758.
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Express riders, 56, 585, 758.
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Faesh, Jno. I., 369.
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Fair American, privateer, 801.
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Falconer, (Faulkner) Nathaniel, 254, 1118.
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Farrell, Thomas, 994, 998, 1000, 1001.
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Fast day, 252.
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Fay, Jona, 116, 130.
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Febiger, Christian, 739, 1112.
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Fechem, George, 986.
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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.
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Ferguson, Patrick, colonel, 963.
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Ferrall, Patrick, 202, 338, 521, 717.
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Ferret, schooner, 925.
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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.
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Finance, Letter to States, 576; discussion of, 256.
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Finances, report on, 262, 1157.
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Finley, Thomas, 798, 819.
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Finnie, William, 635, 968.
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Fisher, --, 1139.
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Fisher, George, 1157, 1189.
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Fisher, George & Co., 1144.
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Fitch, Jonathan, 1022.
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Fleming, Charles, 910.
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Fletcher, Samuel, 1113.
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Fleury, François Louis Tesseydre, Marquis de, 443, 652.
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Flint, Royal, 41, 46.
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Florida, East, 901.
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Florida, West, 901.
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Florida, 115.
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Florimont, Florat de, 1116, 1189, 1201, 1202.
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Flour, 244, 251, 906, 907; in Pennsylvania, 100; supplies of, 144, 145n; prices, 171; quotas of, 907.
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Flower, Benjamin, 8, 201, 223, 290, 338, 369, 491, 609, 680, 696, 701, 716, 718, 740, 793, 1025, 1073, 1221.
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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.
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Fly, sloop, 140, 461.
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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.
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Fontevieux, John, jun., 242.
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Forage, commissary of, 619.
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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
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Forman, Ezekiel, 552, 721, 779, 780, 791, 811, 814, 983, 1033, 1044, 1049, 1063, 1070, 1091, 1117, 1165
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Foster, Isaac, 317, 330, 935, 1222.
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Forsyth, Robert, 1075, 1123.
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Fort Frederick, prisoners at, 1123.
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Foster, John, 161.
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Fowke, Chandler D., 71, 202.
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Fox, Edward, 448.
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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.
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Francy, Jean Baptiste Lazarus Thevenot, 712, 811, 814.
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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
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Franks, David, 1054.
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Freeman, Charles, 517, 555, 584, 682
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French fleet, 489
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Fuller, Benjamin, 653.
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Furman, Moore, 493, 643, 653, 655.
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Galbraith, --, 1063.
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Galvan, --, 44.
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Galvez, Bernardo de, 490, 600, 871, 1028, 1106, 1107.
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Gamble, James, 1059.
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Gansevoort, Leonard, 1197, 1203.
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Garanger, Lewis, 687, 863, 872, 1062.
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Gardiner, Henry, 3, 74, 330, 345, 367, 419, 425.
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Gardner, Theophilus, 508, 815, 1128.
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Gardoqui, Joseph, & Sons, 335, 423, 466, 595, 749.
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Garrigues, Jacob, 242.
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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.
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Geddes, William, 271, 394, 429, 472, 718, 729, 984, 1069, 1079, 1085.
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Geiger, Henry, 1195.
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General Mercer, ship, 800.
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George, 466.
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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.
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Gerrish, --, captain, 466.
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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.
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Gervais, John Lewis, 16, 283, 314, 315, 403, 1222.
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Gibbes, William, 16, 663, 696.
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Gibson, John, 98, 429, 663, 780, 811, 814, 983, 1033, 1044, 1059, 1063, 1070, 1090, 1091, 1117, 1139.
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Gibson, --, 235.
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Gill, Joseph Louis, 334.
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Gillam, A., 515.
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Gillon, Alexander, 72.
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Gilliland, James, 133.
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Gilman, Nicholas, 3, 4, 358, 367, 521, 1100.
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Gilman, John Taylor, 521.
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Gist, Nathaniel, colonel, 18, 25.
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Gist, Mordecai, brigadier general, 573, 924, 1027.
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Glasgow, J., 543.
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Glascock, William. 588, 804, 812, 839, 861.
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Godfrey, William E., 793, 862.
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Gouverneur, --, 322.
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Gouvion, Jean Baptiste de, major, 54, 55.
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Governors, rank of, 777.
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Govet, William, 314, 446, 472, 718, 983.
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Grain, Peter Philip de, 513.
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Grantham, Lord, 102.
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Gray, Isaac, 1119.
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Gray, James, 412, 424, 1059, 1060.
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Gray, Joseph, 966, 967.
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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.
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Green, Ebenezer, captain, 170, 176, 187, 209.
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Green, F., 487.
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Green, James, 215, 425.
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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.
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Greene, William, governor, 41, 485, 486, 637, 708, 730, 731, 735, 932.
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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.
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Griffith, Joshua, 72.
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Gurney, Francis, 136, 136n, 1139.
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Gurney, Henry, 223, 317.
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Haffner, George, 164.
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Hagan, Francis, 910.
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Hale, Daniel, 1129.
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Half pay for officers, 958, 1100.
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Hall, George Abbott, 16, 233, 314, 315, 1222.
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Hall, John, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 509.
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Hall, Lyman, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 427.
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Halling, Solomon, 964, 1067.
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Halstead, John, 54, 994.
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Hamilton, Alexander, 1138, 1156.
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Hamilton, James, brigadier general, 289, 317.
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Hamilton, John, 841, 902, 903.
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Hancock, Ebenezer, 716.
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Hancock, John, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 2, 130. Mentioned, 131, 1093.
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Handy, Levin, captain, 509.
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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.
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Harding, Seth, captain, 171, 348, 369, 603, 963, 1050, 1148.
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Hardy, John, 967.
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Harper, Andrew, 8.
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Harris, I., 243.
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Harris, John, 1176.
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Harris, Robert, 1113.
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Harrison, Benjamin, 324, 1066.
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Harrison, Richard, 968.
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Harrison, Robert Hanson, colonel, 709.
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Hartley, Thomas, 804, 835.
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Harwood, Benjamin, 578.
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Harwood, Thomas, 4, 5, 74, 136, 349, 350, 419, 578, 972, 991, 1058, 1070.
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Havana, provisions for, 593.
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Hawk, 466.
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Hay, Udny, 728, 790.
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Hayes, --, 243, 441.
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Hazard, Ebenezer, 211, 518.
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Hazard, Stephen, 721.
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Hazen, Moses, 896, 1062.
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Headquarters, committee at, reports, 582; letter, 669; discharged, 720; authority, 1061.
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Hele, C., 72.
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Heer, Bartholomew von, 157, 260, 1179.
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Henderson, John, 1027, 1106.
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Henderson, Joseph, 575, 791.
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Henderson, Samuel, 1105.
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Henderson, Thomas, 84.
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Henley, David, 454, 461, 523, 569.
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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.
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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.
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Henry, Patrick, 504, 538, 541, 542.
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Henry, William, 97, 1224.
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Henry, ship, 53, 152.
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Hewes, Josiah, 260.
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Hides, purchase of, 1117.
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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.
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Hillegas, Michael, 124, 155, 392, 402, 422, 436, 528, 597, 606n, 740, 1225.
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Hillegas, Samuel, 721.
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Hiltzheimer, Jacob, 170, 209, 280, 378, 433, 532, 666, 791, 799, 898, 1932, 1055.
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Hinchinbrook, brigantine, 825.
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Hinman, Benjamin, 1022.
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Hite, Joseph, 25.
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Hodgdon, Samuel, 142, 153, 671, 700, 718, 740, 969, 1032.
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Hodges, --, captain, 466.
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Hogan, James, brigadier general, 8.
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Hoge, Jonathan, 1176.
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Holker, John, 116, 175, 225, 231, 251, 337, 402, 420, 595, 605, 606n, 687, 755, 787, 790, 893, 933.
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Holker, privateer, 801.
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Holland, loan from, 1068; plan of treaty, 1204, 1206.
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Hollingsworth, Henry, 286, 320, 586, 647, 685, 711, 728, 729, 734, 742.
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Holmer, Christian, major, 473, 755, 764.
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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.
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Holy Martyrs, brigantine, 933.
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Honeyman, William, lieutenant, 326, 353.
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Hope, vessel, 533, 534.
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Hopkins, John, jr., 986.
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Hopkinson, Francis, 16, 154, 429, 460, 741, 779, 814, 983, 984, 1091.
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Hopper, John, 480, 481.
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Hornblower, Josiah, 1089.
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Horses for cavalry, 850, 851; forage, 1047; killed, 1106,
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Hortalez, Rodrigue & Co., 974.
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Horton, Azariah, 47.
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Hosmer, Titus, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 1022. Mentioned: 77, 79, 411, 779.
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Hospital department, money, 1222.
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Hospitals, commissaries, 99, 447, 708; regulations, 876, 878; officers, 889.
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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.
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Houstoun, John, governor, 122, 129, 825.
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Howe, Robert, major general, 817, 819, 956, 964, 986, 1060.
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Howell, George, a delegate from Rhode Island, 795, 796. Letters, 797, 1074. Mentioned: 591, 853n.
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Howell, Isaac, 254, 1118.
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Howell, Joseph, 245.
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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.
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Hubley, Bernard, captain, 704.
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Huger, Isaac, brigadier general, 129.
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Hunt, John, 391.
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Hunt, Jonathan, 452.
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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.
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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.
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Hurrie, William, 676.
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Hutchins, --, captain, 1107.
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Hysler, Peter, 688, 703.
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Illinois land company, 862.
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Imlay, William Eugene, 513n, 919.
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Impost, 1162.
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Inard, Miguel Lorenzo y, 315.
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Independence, celebration, 580.
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Indiana and Vandalia, 868.
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Indians, education, 162; treaty, 180; hostilities, 372; supplies, 532; friendly, 1067.
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Ingersol, --, captain, 466.
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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.
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Innis, Enoch, 841.
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Inspector-general, regulations, 764, 853, 855, 1118.
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Irish, Nathaniel, 680, 681, 696.
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Iron-masters, pay of, 659.
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Irvine, James, brigadier general, 1156.
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Irvine, William, brigadier general, 41, 46, 110, 215.
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Ivis, --, captain, 466.
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Izard, Ralph, 227, 701, 714, 722, 759, 1086, 1145.
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Jackson, David, 910, 1120
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Jackson, John M., 202, 359, 611.
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Jackson, William, 964, 1066.
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Jacobs, John, 652.
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James, John, 1060.
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Jameson, John, major, 596.
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Jay, Sir James, 638, 666, 667, 791, 803, 1152, 1153, 1182.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jennings, Richard Downing, 164.
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Jewell, Robert, 2, 391, 676, 677.
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Joel, Beesly Edgar, 646, 917.
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John, 466.
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Johnson, Guy, 125.
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Johnson, Joshua, 798.
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Johnson, John, 520.
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Johnson, Robert, 562.
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Johnson, Thomas, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 509.
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Johnston, James, 925.
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Johnston, Samuel, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 543; attends, 1203; mentioned, 20.
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Johonot, William, 910.
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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.
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Jones, Edward, 427.
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Jones, Gibbs, captain, 363, 364.
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Jones, John Coffin, 1195.
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Jones, John Paul, 227, 475, 495, 522, 1051.
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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.
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Jones, Nathan, 989, 1151.
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Jones, Thomas, 95, 566, 604, 641.
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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.
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Jones, --, 243, 441.
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Journals of Congress, printing, 69, 563; postage, 837; binding, 989; distribution, 1099.
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Kalb, Henri Jules Alexandre yon Robaii, Baron de, 849, 917, 923; letters, 682.
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Kelly, --, lieutenant, 25.
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Kennedy, George, 164.
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Kent, James, 810.
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Kentucky, petition, 760, 763.
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King's Mountain, victory, 1048.
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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.
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Kinman, William, 520, 735, 1128, 1143.
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Kirkbridge, Joseph, 721.
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Kitty, sloop, 695, 722.
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Knight, Peter, 20.
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Knight, --, captain, 466.
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Knobelauch, B. de, colonel, 486.
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Knoulton, Luke, 839, 840, 864.
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Knox, Henry, brigadier general, 658, 802, 810, 816, 1063, 1202; letters, 433, 798, 817, 982, 1069.
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La Clause, Henry, 606, 643, 664, 685.
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Lady Washington, letter of marque, 332.
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Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Joseph Roche Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, letters, 226, 432, 442, 1187n,
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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.
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Lamb, John, colonel, 671.
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La Motte, Hyacinthe, 66.
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Land cessions, 915.
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Lands, western, 808, 808n.
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Landa, Lewis, 315.
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Landais, Pierre, 685, 834.
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Lane, Joseph, major, 225.
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Langdon, John, 129, 816.
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Langdon, Woodbury, 316.
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Lansing, Abraham G., 751.
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Lansing, John, 892, 1183.
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La Radière, Bailleul, colonel, 54.
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Lard, David, 1105.
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Latimer, Henry, 910.
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Laumoy, -- de, 54, 55.
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Laurance, John, 257, 1010, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1042, 1043.
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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.
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Laurens, John, lieutenant colonel, 598, 988, 1138, 1141, 1177, 1179, 1184, 1188, 1188n, 1189, 1193, 1197, 1198, 1201, 1203, 1204.
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Laury, T., 716.
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La Vauguyon, Paul François de Quélen, Duc de, 522.
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Law, Richard, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 1022.
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Lawrence, Augustine, 985.
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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.
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Lawrence, Thomas, 331.
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Leaming, Thomas, 1139.
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Le Comite, schooner, 890.
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Ledyard, Issac, 909.
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Lee, Arthur, 72, 186, 226, 466, 951, 953, 994, 1024, 1025, 1114, 1115, 1139, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1201.
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Lee, Charles, major general, 33, 157, 914, 1190.
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Lee, Charles, secretary, Board of Treasury, 315, 326, 430, 478, 703, 1005.
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Lee, Henry, major, 159, 164, 348, 435, 492, 528, 572, 653, 997, 1023, 1035, 1036, 1116.
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Lee, Richard Henry, 326.
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Lee, Thomas, 1195.
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Lee, Thomas Sim, governor, 188, 445, 506, 561, 578, 676, 682, 702, 947, 972.
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Lee, William, 115, 454, 926, 927.
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Lee, --, captain, 466.
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Legras, P., 362, 416.
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Lenox, Hugh, 1139.
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Leon, Peter Joseph, 601.
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Leslie, Alexander, general, 1066.
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Lesten, Michael Hendrick, 1093.
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Letter to the States, 326, 337, 345, 385, 515, 563, 576, 637, 962, 1031, 1035, 1038.
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Letters of marque, 1043.
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Le Vern, John Tucker versus, 175.
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Lewis, Francis I, 273, 490, 506, 645, 989, 1027.
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Lewis, William, 271, 375.
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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.
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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.
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Lively, 466.
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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.
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Livingston, Abraham, 689, 698, 980, 1066.
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Livingston, John R., 871.
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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.
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Livingston, William, governor, 1, 400, 444, 459, 480, 502, 503, 505, 538, 587, 655, 656, 1089.
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Livingston, schooner, 852.
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Lloyd, Edward, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 509.
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Lloyd, John, jun., 275, 1116.
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Loan office certificates, 281, 287, 389, 420, 455, 538, 542, 544, 563, 566, 567, 640, 689, 804, 955, 1026.
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Loan, French, 1103.
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Loans, returns, 403n; value, 567.
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Lockwood, David, 596, 685, 700, 717.
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Lopez, Aaron, 375.
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Loring, J., 1004, 1152.
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Lotbinière, Louis, 702, 754, 757, 968.
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Lottery, 20; expense, 101; second class, 137; tickets, 459, 460.
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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.
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Lower, Christian, junior, 800.
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Ludiman, --, lieutenant, 59, 60, 388.
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Lukens, Charles, 793.
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Lydia, 466.
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Lynch, John Patrick, 255, 732, 738, 742.
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Lyon, Philip, 1099.
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McAllister, John, 471.
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McCalester, James, 978.
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McCall, James, 652, 682, 1006.
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McCarthy, Charles, 643, 845, 873, 979.
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McCaskey, Alexander, 1049.
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McClenachan, Blair, 1127, 1139, 1144, 1145, 1146.
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McComb, Eleazer, 53, 375, 521.
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McComb, James, 506, 799.
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McComber, Mathew, 810.
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McConnell, Mathew, 911, 1060, 1189.
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Maccubbin, James, 481.
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McDonald, Archibald, 259.
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McDougall, Alexander, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 892; major-general, 737, 750, 776, 777, 786, 796, 797, 811, 831, 1005, 1037, 1138, 1200.
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McDowell, --, colonel, 1048.
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McGuire, John, 466.
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McHenry, James, 992.
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McIntosh, Lachlan, brigadier general, 156, 169, 170, 551, 861.
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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.
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McKesson, John, 237, 892.
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McKnight, Charles, 908.
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McLane, Allen, captain, 415n, 963, 1023.
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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.
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McMurdie, Robert, 615.
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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.
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Magill, Charles, 815.
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Magro John B., 791.
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Mallebois, Count, 226.
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Mallet, Peter, 947.
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Malmedy, François, Marquis de, 837, 871, 903, 917.
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Mancke, Christian, 157.
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Mangnall, John, 760, 868.
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Manuel, Thomas, 729.
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Marbois, Françis de Barbé-, Marquis de, 836, 837, 866, 911, 918, 993.
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Marchant, Henry, 211n, 798.
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Marines, allowance, 28.
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Marsh, Daniel, 532.
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Marsh, Joseph, 131, 486, 686, 840.
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Martin, -- 441.
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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.
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Mason, David, 672, 793, 1069.
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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, George, colonel, 85, 89, 1156.
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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.
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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.
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Maus, Matthew, 910, 1118, 1125, 1132.
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Maxwell, William, brigadier general, 663, 670, 710, 732.
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Mayberry, Thomas, 259, 272, 280, 319, 1224.
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Mead, Amos, 1022.
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Mead, Joseph, 18.
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Measam, George, 461, 506, 521, 984, 1050, 1059, 1070.
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Mease, James, 667, 716, 1152, 1153.
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Medical committee, report, 10.
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Medical department, regulation, 10; pay, 847.
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Mercer, Hugh, brigadier-general, 290.
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Mercier, John D., 330, 472, 520, 821, 984.
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Mercury, packet, 344, 645, 1189.
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Miklasrewiez, Baron de, 41, 78.
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Middleton, Colonel, 1201.
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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.
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Miles, S., 909.
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Militia, account, 151.
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Milligan, James, 38, 39, 429, 824, 1149.
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Millward, William, 654, 675.
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Minott, Samuel, 453.
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Mirailles, Don Juan de, 270.
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Mississippi, navigation of, 114, 900, 908, 935, 1070, 1131.
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Mitchell, Henry, 702, 711, 722.
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Mitchell, John, 235, 584, 665.
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Mitchell, T., 204.
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Mitchell, William, 1.
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Monbos, --,790.
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Monroe, James, colonel, 582.
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Montgomery, Joseph, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 1087; attends, 1126. Committees: Bradford's letter, 1141; Lee and Jones, 1195. Votes: 1140, 1178. Mentioned: 1193.
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Montgomery, Richard, brigadier-general, monument, 226.
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Montgomery, --, 243.
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Moore, John, 811.
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Moore, Stephen, 80, 86, 87n, 109, 124, 133, 134.
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Morgan, Daniel, 518, 519, 612, 613, 720, 721, 1011.
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Morgan, George, colonel, 18, 38, 532, 560, 561, 561n, 997, 1025.
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Morgan, James, 259, 272, 280, 319, 1224.
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Morgan, John, Dr., 1, 326, 417.
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Morocco, consul at, 1104.
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Morris, Gouverneur, 638, 791.
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Morris, Jacob, 203.
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Morris, Robert, 136, 137, 334, 852, 1190.
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Morris, Thomas, 506, 708.
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Morris, schooner, 1130.
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Morse, Charles, 202, 838, 611, 904, 1095, 1096.
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Mess, John, 9.
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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.
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Moultrie, William, brigadier general, 668, 686, 697, 698, 704, 723.
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Moylan, James, 509n.
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Moylan, John, 509n.
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Moylan, Stephen, 363, 364, 509n, 716.
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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.
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Muhlenberg, Peter, brigadier general, 415, 711.
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Mumford, Nathaniel, 130, 521.
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Murray, John, 1139.
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Murray, William, 780, 792, 795, 845.
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Murray, --, captain, 133.
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Mustering and inspecting department, regulations, 855.
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Musters, commissary of, 47.
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Nancy, 466.
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Nash, Abner, governor, 415, 486, 543, 582, 730, 812, 813, 818, 948, 997.
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Nash, Clement, 122, 157, 161.
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Navy, supplies for, 12, 912; continental commissions. 380; funds, 1035; pay, 602; regulations, 661, 662, 672; tax for, 759.
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Navy board, accounts, 142; eastern district, 838; middle district, 71, 110, 823.
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Neil, William, 401.
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Neilson, John, 1031, 1036, 1045.
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Nelson, John, major, 850, 851.
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Neptune, 466.
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Nesbitt, John Maxwell, 743, 744.
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Neufville, John de, & Sons, 817, 1072, 1094, 1121, 1179, 1180, 1181.
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Neutral trade, regulations, 1097.
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Neutral vessels, rights of, 1008.
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Neutrality, 864, 899, 905.
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Nevin, Daniel, 133, 228.
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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.
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New Jersey, representation by legislature, 18; supplies, 111, 145; memorial, 1087, 1191; credentials of delegates, 84; letter, 271; money, 1223; quota, 118, 126.
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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.
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Nichols, William, 1165.
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Nicholson, James, captain, 603, 964, 1026, 1050, 1138.
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Nicholson, John, 220, 275, 315, 424, 477, 675, 814, 1085.
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Nicholson, Samuel, 401, 603.
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Nicola, Lewis, colonel, 811, 814, 910.
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Niles, Thomas, 1022.
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Nixon, John, 743, 744, 819, 921.
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North, Caleb, 704.
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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.
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Nostra Senhora de Carmel et Saint Antonio, ship. See Our Lady, etc.
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Nourse, Joseph, 122, 271, 388, 429, 508, 815.
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Oconostota, Indian chief, 957.
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Officers, general, memorial, 725, 771; pay, 726, 770, 811, 814; land for, 726; staff, accounts, 785.
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Ogden, Gabriel, 478, 491, 495.
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Ogden, Matthias, 732.
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Olcott, Peter, 131, 686, 839, 840, 872.
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Oliphant, David, 204, 551.
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Olmsted, Gideon, 65, 271, 273.
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Orde, J., captain, 289.
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Ormsbury, Amos, 353.
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Orr, --, 441.
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Otis & Andrews, 1152, 1153.
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Otis & Henley, 454, 461, 523, 569, 719, 831, 835, 845, 846, 904, 974.
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Ottendorf, Nicholas Dietrich, Baron, 157.
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Otto, Bodo, 441, 910.
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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Antonio, 528, 692, 693.
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Paca, William, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 481; judge, 79; Court of Appeals, 143, 1229. Letters, 558. Mentioned, 17, 77, 210.
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Packets to France, 117.
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Paine, Robert Treat, 77.
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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.
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Parker, William, 16.
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Parks, Theophilus, 609.
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Parsons, Samuel Holden, major general, 921, 922, 965.
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Parsons, Alston, & Co., 415, 1112, 1124.
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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.
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Paschke, Frederick, captain, 430, 431, 433.
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Passports, 874.
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Paterson, William, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1112.
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Patterson, Samuel, 4, 75, 136, 166, 214, 286, 332, 377, 397, 496, 611, 1120.
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Patton, John, 337, 338, 339, 1139.
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Patton, Robert, 314, 380, 676, 913, 983.
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Paul, Sidney, 490, 532, 533, 560.
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Paulding, John, 1009.
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Paymaster General, pay, 379.
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Paymaster General department, money, 1222.
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Paymasters, allowance, 409.
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Payne, --, lieutenant, 1130.
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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.
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Peace, false reports, 554; treaty of, 948.
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Peale, Charles Willson, 441.
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Pearson, J., 816.
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Peck, William, 1182, 1200.
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Peggy, brigantine, 393.
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Pell, --,195.
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Pemberton, Joseph, 235, 317.
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Pendleton, Henry, 908, 914, 965.
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Penet, Inacice, 1154.
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Penet, Pierre, du Costa, Brothers, & Co., 890.
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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.
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Pennell, Joseph, 110, 1130, 1131.
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Pennington, Catherine, 824.
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Pennington, Miles, 824.
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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.
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Pennsylvania line, enlistments, 642.
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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.
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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.
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Peyton, Henry, 1023.
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Phillips, John Shoman, 819, 822, 899, 913.
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Phillips, Richard, 41, 137, 223, 242, 254, 314, 330, 370, 414, 519, 582, 614, 735, 820, 1001, 1055, 1151.
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Phillips, William, major general, 39, 705, 706.
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Phoenix, schooner, 529.
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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.
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Pickles, William, 523, 600, 700, 1130, 1131.
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Pierce, John, 42, 53, 155, 225, 286, 1042, 1129, 1142, 1222.
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Pike, --, 872.
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Pilgrim, ship, 533, 534.
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Pinckney, Thomas, 377, 1106.
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Pintard, Lewis, 383, 460, 912.
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Pitkin, William, 1022.
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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.
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Platt, Ebenezer S., 230.
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Platt, --, 892.
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Pocohuntus, ship, 909.
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Pollock, Oliver, 389, 490, 600, 700, 1027, 1072, 1086, 1106, 1130.
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Pomeroy, Ralph, 276, 932, 1007, 1024.
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Pontchartrain, Lake, 600.
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Poor, Enoch, brigadier general, 924.
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Popkin, John, colonel, 810.
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Porterfield, Charles, 924.
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Portugal, 542.
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Postmaster General department, money, 1223.
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Post Office, report, 19, 21, 413, 579, 781, 823.
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Post riders, 1142.
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Posts, 467.
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Potts, Jonathan, 143, 166, 260, 442, 562, 589, 648, 716, 935, 1125.
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Powder, supply of, 1063.
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Powell, --, 441.
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President, house for, 317; rank of, 777; election, 869, 870, 871.
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Prices, provision, 6, 59.
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Prisoners, American, memorial, 14; provision for, 14, 381, 834; at Charleston, 753, 851; distress of, 906; disposition of, 1073; relief of, 1108.
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Prisoners, exchange of, regulations, 47, 48, 89, 704, 1028, 1204; supplies for, 317, 706, 762; commissary of, 383, 770; relief, 738.
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Privateers, commission, 403; bond, 405; instructions, 406.
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Prizes, agents for, 101,475; Pennsylvania, 744.
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Procter, Thomas, colonel, 164, 166, 243.
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Providence, frigate, 584, 934.
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Pryor, Charles, 925.
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Pulaski, Casimir, Count, 187, 203, 559, 643, 664, 750, 1051.
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Purcell, Henry, 129.
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Purdy, --,195.
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Putnam, Israel, major general, 777, 921.
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Pyne, James, 643, 979.
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Quartermaster General, pay, 589.
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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.
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Queen of France, frigate, 584, 934.
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Quotas of money, 45, 111, 144; of troops, 81, 117, 123, 125, 150, 894; of provisions, 234, 1011.
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Raguet, C. P., 798.
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Ramsdill, Aquila, 65.
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Ramsey, Nathaniel, colonel, 85, 89, 239.
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Ramsey, William, 202, 331, 521, 674.
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Randolph, Benjamin, 27.
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Ranger, frigate, 584, 934.
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Rathburne, John Peck, 934.
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Rawlins, --, colonel, 1122.
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Read, George, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 95; declines, 95.
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Read, Thomas, 214.
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Read, William, 498.
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Reed, James, 1150.
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Reed, Joseph, President, letters, 416, 477, 712, 715, 1075.
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Renaudet, Adrian, 220.
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Resistance, brigantine, 1093.
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Reynolds, John, 789.
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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.
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Rice, George, 40.
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Rice, Joseph, 854, 864.
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Rice, Nathan, 811.
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Richards, William, 604.
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Richardson, J., 415.
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Richmond magazine, 680.
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Rickman, William, 415n, 425, 962, 1066.
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Ridley, Mrs., 391.
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Ridley, M., 1182.
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Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf, Baron de, 705, 706.
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Rittenhouse, David, 4, 8, 426.
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Robertson, James (or Robinson) 140, 925.
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Robinson, Josiah, 800.
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Robinson, Moses. 116, 130.
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Rochambeau, Daniel, 723.
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Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donation de Vimeur, Count de, 742.
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Rodney, Caesar, President, 400, 428, 486, 558, 583, 638, 672, 719.
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Rogers, William, chaplain, 906.
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Rogers, William, 906.
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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.
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Roussi, Pierre Regnier de, 372, 376.
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Russia, Empress, neutrality, 864.
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Russia, minister to, 1155, 1164, 1166.
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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.
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Ryan, W., 72.
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Safford, Samuel, 121.
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Salaries, 75; adjustment, 97, 240, 822, 854, 924, 930, 931; civil list, 1055; navy, 821; report, 797.
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Salt, supply of, 980, 1051.
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Sappers and miners, return of, 1052.
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Sandwich, packet, 401, 410, 457, 459.
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Saratoga, frigate, 353, 468, 469, 603, 650, 652, 661, 666, 669, 670, 702, 748, 1026, 1138.
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Sartine, Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert Gabriel de, 522.
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Sayres, John, colonel, 290.
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Schott, John Paul, captain, 384.
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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.
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Schweighauser, John D., 289.
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Scollay, John, 980, 1006.
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Scorpion, 466.
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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.
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Scott, Moses, 910, 1149.
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Scudder, Joseph, 53, 202, 343, 520, 835.
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Scudder, Nathaniel, 743.
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Seal, Great, of United States, 287, 423, 434, 986.
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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.
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Secret contract, 270.
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Seegar, George, 427, 588, 861.
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Semple, William, 800.
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Senf, --, colonel, 812, 815.
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Serapis, ship, 227, 522.
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Sergeant, John, 840.
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Sevier, John, colonel, 1048.
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Sexton, George, 863.
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Shaffer, David, 828, 847.
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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.
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Sheftall, Mordecai, 572, 573, 592, 749, 824, 825, 846, 854, 955, 1069, 1074, 1079, 1112, 1113, 1183.
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Shelby, Isaac, colonel, 1048.
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Shepherd, James, 685.
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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.
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Shields, Francis (?), doctor, 578.
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Shiell, H., 715.
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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.
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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.
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Ships of war, cost of, 786.
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Shoheken, post, 478.
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Shot and shells, payment, 929, 1202.
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Shreve, Israel, 732.
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Shuker, Thomas, 460.
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Simpson, Thomas, 934.
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Sinclair, --, captain, 466.
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Skinner, Abraham, 770, 789, 828, 832, 898, 907, 932, 947.
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Slade, Benjamin, 899, 909.
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Slagle, Henry, 902.
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Sloan, --, 441.
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Slough, --, 1063.
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Smallwood, William, brigadier general, 573, 675, 676, 717, 825, 828, 921, 924, 1201.
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Smith, Alexander Lawson, 807.
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Smith, John, 791.
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Smith, Meriwether, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 792.
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Smith, Resolve, 324, 472, 530, 1149, 1164.
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Smith, Thomas (of Bedford), a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 1087.
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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.
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Smith, William, 67, 186, 231, 354.
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Smith, Mrs. (N. Y.), 400.
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Smith, --, (Penna.), 441.
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Smith, --, captain, 466.
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Smith, --, lieutenant, 922.
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Snowden, Isaac, 254.
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Sommers, Richard, 1139.
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South Carolina, credentials of delegates 285; enemy in, 699; loan offices, 690; money, 160, 533, 741, 841, 1224; quota, 118, 126; troops, 239.
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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.
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Southwick, Solomon, 749, 763, 789, 893, 1165, 1189.
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Spain, peace propositions, 102; alliance with, 114; loan from, 1068.
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Spaulding, Simon, captain, 238.
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Specie from Virginia, 1003, 1057.
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Specie, rate of, 1174.
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Spencer, Caleb, 318, 362.
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Spencer, Elihu, 1035.
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Spencer, William, 1005.
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Spitfire, privateer, 925.
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Sprague, John, 1150.
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Sproat, David, 203.
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Sproat, James, 1035.
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Staff departments, regulations, 89.
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Stark, John, 800, 1156.
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Sterrett, Samuel, 1063, 1087.
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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.
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Stevens, John, 349, 532, 1054, 1060, 1112.
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Stevenson, James, 202, 378, 553, 735.
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Steward, S., 254.
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Stewart, Charles, 716, 1059.
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Stewart, William, 602, 607.
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Stewart, --, colonel, 1058.
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Stillwell, Encoh, 1139.
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Stirk, Samuel, 967.
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Stirling, William Alexander, Lord, 74, 502, 503, 505.
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Stith, John, 596, 637.
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Stockton, Samuel W., 372, 454, 926, 927, 1115.
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Stoddert, Benjamin, 55.
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Stone, --, pilot, 1007, 1008.
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Story, William, 98, 544, 562.
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Strang, John, 1037, 1044.
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Streeper, John, 20.
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Stump, Henry, 729.
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Sturgis, Jonathan, 1131.
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Success, 466
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Sugar, 21, 402, 651.
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Sullivan, Ebenezer, 872, 991.
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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.
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Sumner, Job, captain, 1099, 1150.
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Sumter, Thomas, brigadier general, 1122,1201.
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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.
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Sutter, James, 604.
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Swan, sloop, 925.
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Tabby, 466.
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Taggart, John, 1099, 1154.
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Talbot, Silas, captain, 204, 211, 221.
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Tallmadge, Benjamin, major, 1116, 1122.
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Tarleton, Banastre, 1201.
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Taxes, apportionment of, 206, 564.
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Taylor, John, 683.
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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.
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Ten Broek, Derrick, 565.
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Tents for army, 640.
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Ternant, Jean Baptiste, 703, 898, 932, 933.
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Ternay, Chevalier de, 669, 702.
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Terry, Jeremiah, 1085.
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Thanksgiving day, 919, 934, 950.
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Thomas, Hannah, 321.
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Thomas, John, major general, 321.
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Thompson, E., 129, 816.
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Thompson, William, brigadier general, 921.
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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.
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Thomson, Peter, 254, 1118.
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Tilghman, Tench, 460, 462.
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Tilton, James, 910, 1049.
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Timberlake, John, 863, 864.
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Timothy, Peter, 285.
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Tinicum Island, 1075.
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Tobacco, for taxes, 1034.
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Torbett (Torbert), Nathaniel, 1105.
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Towles, Oliver, 796.
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Townshend, David, 910.
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Tracy, Nathaniel, & Co., 831, 835, 836, 845, 846, 890, 899, 974, 976.
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Tracy, Brimmer and, 526.
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Trapier, Paul, 1036.
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Traversi, Joseph, captain, 1042, 1072, 1086.
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Treadwell, John, 1022.
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Treasury Board, offices of, 235, 750, 1054; business of, 598; charges, 779.
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Treasury, commissioners of, authority, 1091.
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Treat, Malachi, 908.
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Treaty with France, 56, 602.
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Treaty of peace with Great Britain, 948.
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Trent, William, 868, 922.
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Troup, Robert, 77, 122, 138.
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Truce proposed, 949.
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Trumbull, Jonathan, governor, 275, 282, 422, 423, 436, 447, 514, 531, 591, 610, 638, 680, 755, 774, 784, 788, 790, 792, 795, 1022, 1142.
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Trumbull, Jonathan, jun., 275, 1138, 1144.
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Trumbull, Joseph, 1144.
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Trumbull, frigate, 603, 669, 702, 838, 1026, 1097, 1138.
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Tryall, sloop, 1145.
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Tucker, John, vs. Le Vern, 175.
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Tucker, Samuel, 934.
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Tucker, --, captain, 401.
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Tuder, Samuel, 985.
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Tudor, William, 1036.
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Tupper, Benjamin, colonel, 1049, 1090.
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Turnbull, William, 591, 689.
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Turner, George, 698.
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Turner, Philip, 220, 910.
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Turner, William, 507.
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Tyler, Dudley (?), 652.
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Udree & Co., 338, 339.
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Ugglas, George Gustavus d', 460, 486.
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Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 196.
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Vandalia and Indiana companies, 922.
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Van Dyke, Abraham, captain, 612, 650, 661, 662.
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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.
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Van Schaick, Goose, 195.
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Van Wert, Isaac, 1009.
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Varick, Richard, 824, 871, 1120.
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Varnum, James Mitchell, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 1165; attends, 1165; letters, 797. Committees: Lansing's letter, 1183; Peck, 1200. Votes: 1178.
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Vaudoré, Chevalier de, 38, 220, 221.
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Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 244, 1194.
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Vermont, agents, 116.
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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.
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Vickory, --, captain, 466.
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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.
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Virginia, ship, 289.
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Wabash land company, 862.
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Wade, Francis, 614.
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Wadsworth, Jeremiah, money, 3, 166, 259, 290, 291, 362, 367, 377, 680, 687, 716, 1222; letters, 833.
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Wagon master, 623.
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Wagons, 665.
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Wales, Eleazer, 513.
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Walker, Benjamin, 993.
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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.
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Walley, Thomas, 791.
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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.
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War Board, duties, 511; money, 1221.
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Ward, Andrew, 1022.
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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.
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Ward, Henry, 486, 1165.
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Ward, Joseph, 133, 286, 319, 366, 435.
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Waring, Thomas, senior, 256.
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Warner, John, 398.
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Warner, Seth, colonel, 863.
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Warren, James, 466, 1100.
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Warren, John, Dr., 430, 910, 1194.
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Warren, Joseph, 430.
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Warren, Joseph, major general, children, 581, 980, 1006.
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Watson, George, 283.
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Watson, Jacob, 1099, 1105, 1116.
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Watson, William, 572, 596, 654, 655.
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Wayne, Anthony, brigadier general, 837.
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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.
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Washington, William, colonel, 810.
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Weare, Meshech, president, 328, 400, 471, 553, 554, 664, 730, 741, 817, 888, 1140, 1195.
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Webb, George, 4, 161, 214, 258.
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Webb, Forster, 910.
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Weedon, William, brigadier general, 518, 596.
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Wells, John, 922, 948, 955, 1194, 1196, 1197, 1203.
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Welsh, John, 133.
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Welsh, William, 814.
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Wemyss, Francis, major, 1122.
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Wennesly Deal, 466.
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West, Edward, 1149.
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West Florida, sloop, 492, 600, 1130, 1131.
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Westcott, Richard, 53, 1224.
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Westcott, Ziba, 53.
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Westfall, Abel, 663, 675, 717.
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Weymouth, Lord, 102.
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Wharton, John, 522.
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Wheelock, Eleazar, Dr., 130.
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Wheelock, John, 130, 162, 163.
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Whipple, Abraham, 566, 572, 584, 934.
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Whipple, William, Admiralty Board, 237.
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White, Anthony Walton, lieutenant colonel, 130, 173, 182, 210, 527, 635, 810, 824, 850, 851, 872.
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White, Charles, 1060.
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White, John, colonel, 956, 966, 967, 980, 992, 994, 996.
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White, William, 286.
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Whiteside, Peter, 136, 137.
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Wilkinson, James, 209, 370, 429, 436, 474, 509n, 716, 932, 988, 1021, 1221.
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Wilkinson, William, 835.
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Williams, Bedford, 747, 788.
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Williams, David, 1009.
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Williams, Ezekiel, 319.
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Williams, James, colonel, 849, 1048.
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Williams, William, lieutenant colonel, 369.
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Williams, Jonathan, jun., 277, 289, 428, 1126, 1141.
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Williamson, Andrew, 466, 825.
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Willing, James, 334, 1195.
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Wilmington, grammar school, 141.
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Wilson, James, 271, 375, 401, 410, 413, 457, 459.
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Wilson, Lewis F., 256.
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Winder, William, 1121.
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Winslow, Nathaniel, 321.
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Winston, --, major, 1048.
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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.
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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.
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Wood, James, colonel, 1095.
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Woodberry, --, captain, 466.
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Woodford, Thomas, Admiralty Board, 497, 555.
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Woodhull, --, 892.
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Woodruff, Aaron D., 202, 359, 611.
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Woodward, Bezaleel, 131, 163, 686, 834, 840.
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Wooster, David, major general, 321.
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Worral, James, 1105.
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Worthington, Asa, 35, 65.
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Wright, Benjamin, captain, 375.
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Wright, Edward, jun., 520, 647.
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Wright, Enoch, 704.
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Wright, George, 1132.
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Wright, Jacob, 80.
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Wright, William, 810.
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Wulffen, Baron de, 1121, 1179, 1180.
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Wykoff, Henry, 986.
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Wylie, Thomas, 1032, 1074.
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Wyllys, George, 220, 1022.
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Wynkoop, Gerardus, 243, 441, 1063, 1176.
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Wynkoop, Henry, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 1087; attends, 1165. Votes: 1178.
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Wynkoop, Jacobus, 286, 320.
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Wythe, George, 77, 79, 254, 322, 397.
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Wyoming, garrison at, 1147, 1148.
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Yates, Abraham, jun., 4, 101, 137, 562, 751, 989, 991, 1054, 1129, 1158, 1156.
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Yeaton, --, 872.
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Young, John, captain, 603, 1138, 1139.
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Young, Samuel, 412, 925, 926.
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Young, William, 122.
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