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A
Accounts, 2, 11,272, 273, 401, 407, 545; Army, 100, 102, 135, 236, 253, 265, 341, 490n, 505; clerks, 127; commissioners, 490n; of individuals, 400, 606; marine, 161; settlement, 21, 22, 90, 161, 192, 262, 479, 505, 506, 527, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 545n, 546, 556, 566, 590, 594, 606, 672, 690, 692, 699, 707, 720, 723; States, 87, 126, 506.
Adams, John, 23, 24, 28, 144, 342, 345, 356, 373, 471, 480, 618, 623, 674, 675, 677; commission, 362, 530; letters, 579; to negotiate treaties, 579.
Adams, Samuel, 642, 667.
Adelaide, frigate, 598.
Adjournment, 555, 555n, 556, 565, 611, 612, 630, 631, 632, 637, 678, 701, 710.
Admiralty, 510; appeals, 18, 19, 20, 39, 40; State courts, 18, 39.
Agents, Continental, 528, 556.
Albany, N. Y., 54, 615.
Alden, Ichabod, 58, 472.
Alden, Roger, 440.
Alexandria, Va., 224.
Algiers, 362, 391, 608.
Aliens, 360.
Allan, John, letter, 11, 41n, 52, 132, 403.
Allen, Ira, 482, 533.
Allen, John. See Allan.
Allen, --, 165, 262.
Alliance, frigate, 210, 369, 370, 650; officers and crew, 363, 364n; survey of, 171.
Alsop, John, petition, 696.
Amity and commerce, treaties, 180, 357, 362, 369, 372, 650.
Amsterdam, United States consul, 179.
Annapolis, Md., Congress at, 4, 293, 294; entertainment to Washington at, 309; mails at, 6; seat of government at, 697.
Annemours, Chevalier d', 78, 79.
Apothecary General, 699.
Appeals, court of, 12, 19, 39, 151, 174; judges, 126, 127, 343; maritime courts, 401, 402.
Appleton, Nathaniel, 471.
Appointments, 144, 404.
Archives, 27.
Armand-Tufin, Charles (Marquis de La Rouerie), 103, 104, 210, 263, 446; corps, 43, 592; letter, 37, 37n, 44, 65, 66, 66n, 68, 70, 170, 171n, 402; resignation, 67.
Armistead, Henry, 401.
Arms, 493, 494; repairs, 488.
Arms and ammunition, traffic in, 359.
Armstrong, William, 596.
Army, 51,479, 529; accounts, 237, 505, 506, 545; British, 622; bounty lands, 115, 330, 405, 452; clothing, 681; commissioner of accounts, 490n, 594; commutation, 263; debt, 187, 264, 297, 298, 302; discharged, 512, 520, 524; garrisons for western posts, 163, 180, 202, 203, 204, 428, 437, 513, 515; inspector of contracts, 200, 232, 233; medicines, 509n; pay, 14, 100, 101, 102, 173, 203, 204, 205, 206, 269, 388, 400, 411,436, 500, 515, 520, 521, 522, 524, 528, 531, 592; half pay, 135; protection of Indian commissioners, 408, 433, 435; quota, 433; southern, 200, 232, 233; rations, 206, 207, 520, 521, 524; staff, 531; standing, 202, 203, 205,

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380, 428, 428n, 429n, 433, 434, 435, 499, 515, 518, 530, 537, 539; strength, 54, 55; supply contract, 219; troops retained in service, 400; uniform, 525.
Arnold, Benedict, 147, 148, 260.
Arnold, Jonathan, 378, 401.
Articles of Confederation, 100, 102, 142; addition to, 404; amendment, 589, 590; power of Congress under, 266, 267, 268; ratification of alteration, 208, 209.
Artillery, 54, 55, 56, 376.
Assenisipia (State of), 119.
Association of 1774, Second Article, 14.
Attorney, power of, 236.
Auction, military stores, 593, 613, 624.
Auditors, 126, 127, 342, 441, 442, 505.
Avery, John, 419.
Avery, John, jr., 642, 662, 662n, 667; letter 651n.
Aycard, --, letter, 598, 598n.
Ayot, --, petition, 706.
B
Bache, Richard, letter, 163n.
Badlam, Ezra, petition, 399, 528.
Bahama Islands, 332.
Baltimore, French consul, 78.
Bankson, Benjamin, 186n, 506n, 540n, 561n, 577n, 591n, 670n.
Barbary Powers, 608; Mediterranean passport to, 339; treaties, 340, 390, 391, 595.
Barbé-Marbois. See Marbois.
Barclay, Thomas, 369, 400, 401, 566; letter, 144, 686n.
Barney, Joshua, letter, 132.
Barney, --, 400, 528.
Barnwell, John, a delegate from South Carolina, 646.
Barré, --, petition, 692.
Barry, John, 650.
Bartlett, Josiah, letter, 110, 110n.
Bauman, Sebastian, 54; claim, 527.
Bayard, Lewis, 97.
Bayard, -- Sieur, claim, 370, 371, 372.
Baylor, George, 164, 587.
Bayonne, France, 334, 335.
Beattie, John, letter, 578n.
Beatty, Erkurius, 341.
Beatty, John, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 16, 17, 643; attends, 16, 642; letter, 407n, 432. Committees: Superintendent of Finance letter 41, 62, 233, 246, 252; Carleton letter, 44n, 426n, 593; grand, 48, 185; Partridge memorial, 58; Murnand letter, 63; Armand letter, 66, 70n; Luzern letter, 66; Cady memorial, 66n, 177; Sprout claim, 70; week, 72, 162, 163, 171,172, 176, 198, 714; Lillie and others petition, 72n; Howell motion, 75, 84, 108; Superintendent of Finance report, 87n, 540; Osgood motion, 103n; qualifications, 120, 137, 156, 377, 713, 720; Halsted petition, 163n; Livingston memorial, 176n, 362; President of Pennsylvania letter, 216; Gassaway account, 220; Strubing petition, 231; Governor of Massachusetts letter, 244n; Franklin letter, 260; Halsted petition, 273; Franklin petition, 364n; New York motion, 381n; Prentice memorial, 409; application of New York, 487; Credentials, 647; Hopkins letter, 664n; Lafayette letter, 673n; Doughty letter, 681; North letter, 692n, 693n; Smith petition, 720. Motions: 92, 111, 116, 201, 201n, 225, 349, 365, 519, 536--7, 537, 537n, 555n. Votes: 20, 21, 28, 35, 41, 53, 106, 107, 108, 111,112, 116, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 163n, 165, 170, 174, 175, 177, 179, 184, 196, 197, 201, 211, 214, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 231, 237, 244, 256, 257, 258, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 294, 300, 311, 313, 315, 321, 343, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 366, 367, 379, 382, 386, 409, 417, 424, 425, 426, 434, 435, 465, 467, 474, 485, 486, 487, 229, 230, 264, 275, 295, 296, 344, 345, 354, 355, 415, 416, 444, 453, 488, 491,

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492, 498, 499, 500, 501,502, 504, 511, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 420, 521, 536, 537, 538, 540, 552, 554, 681. Mentioned: 23, 37, 38, 41, 45, 51, 56, 58n, 61, 63, 64n, 67, 67n, 68, 73, 83, 87, 88, 89, 91, 99, 116, 116n, 131, 145, 176n, 221n, 225, 253n, 261n, 273n, 313, 345, 347, 349, 415, 485, 537, 649.
Beaulieu, Louis I. de, 43, 65.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Caron de, 566.
Beaumont, Ebenezer, 399.
Beckley, John, 591, 645.
Beden, --, letter, 580n.
Bedford, Gunning, a delegate from Delaware, Credentials, 651, 652; attends, 129, 651; qualification, 138, 139, 140. Committees: Hopkins letter, 664n; Marbois note and navigation of the Mississippi, 665, 665n, 693; Marbois note, 691; revision of War Office, 672; Lafayette letter, 673n; letters from U.S. ministers abroad, 674, 678; Devine petition, 695n; Lewis and Alsop petition, 696; instructions to ministers to Spain, 705; qualifications, 713; week, 714. Votes: 130, 131, 132, 134, 136. Mentioned: 125n.
Bell, Thomas, 2.
Bells, removed from New York, 213, 336, 337.
Bengal, India, 577.
Benson, Egbert, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 656, 657n; attends, 656. Committees: Monroe motion, 658n, 660; revision of War Office, 672; Kaskasies memorial, 677n; Devine petition, 695n; Lewis and Alsop petition, 696; week, 698, 715. Motions: 695. Votes: 681, 694, 697, 700, 701,702, 703. Mentioned: 659, 669, 672n, 697n, 710.
Benstead, Alexander, 557.
Beresford, Richard, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 22. Committees: Week, 66, 471, 472, 714, 715; Cady memorial, 66; Indian Affairs in the Southern Department, 453; Indian Affairs, 722. Votes: 29, 35, 53, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 117, 130, 131, 138, 139, 140, 151, 152, 159, 160, 214, 215, 219, 226, 228, 229, 247, 249, 250, 258, 259, 260, 291, 292, 293, 314, 315, 332, 347, 348, 349, 366, 368, 379, 415, 416, 417, 430, 431, 435, 468, 469, 474, 495, 496, 497, 504, 511, 512, 165, 170, 177, 185, 222, 223, 224, 225, 230, 231, 237, 244, 251, 252, 256, 257, 264, 275, 279, 282, 295, 296, 300, 311, 343, 344, 345, 346, 350, 353, 354, 355, 382, 386, 409, 413, 418, 425, 426, 429, 437, 439, 444, 467, 485, 486, 487, 488, 498, 499, 501, 502, 513, 515, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 523, 524, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 555. Mentioned: 38, 51, 66n, 67, 87, 117, 146, 156, 243, 279, 315, 407, 464n, 472n, 550, 551, 554, 595, 596.
Bernoux (Decbernou), Francis Galvan de, petition, 162, 162n.
Bert, --, de, 66, 68, 69.
Biddle, Clement, 525.
Bird, Benjamin, petition, 445n, 471.
Blaine, Ephraim, letters, 3, 403.
Blair, John, letter, 677n.
Blake, J., memorial, 402.
Blanchard, Jonathan, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 109; attends, 109. Committees: Paschke representation, 121n; week, 124, 162, 163, 171, 172, 176, 179, 198, 363, 364, 587, 588, 714, 715; grand, 172, 356, 394, 465, 472, 506, 720, 722; Otto petition, 348; Woelpper petition, 348; of the States, 477, 561, 564, 713; Marine agent report, 580n; Muhlenberg letter, 625. Motions: 167, 545n. Votes: 111, 112, 116, 117, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 169, 174, 175, 177, 184, 196, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249,

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250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 264, 275, 279, 282, 291, 293, 294, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 320, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 417, 424, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 444, 466, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 510, 511, 513, 514, 516, 517, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554, 591, 605, 612, 630, 632, 633. Mentioned: 124n, 156, 163, 171n, 179n, 198n, 363n, 413, 416, 417, 485, 567, 568, 589n, 604, 611n, 630.
Bland, Theodorick, a delegate from Virginia. Motions: 401, 405.
Blockade, 360.
Board of War. See War, Board of.
Bon Homme Richard, 369, 370.
Bond, William, 472.
Booth, James, 652.
Boston, frigate, 370.
Boston Gazette and Country Journal, the, 584.
Boston, Mass., military stores at, 615; money from, 653; poor of, 545.
Boundaries, 399, 529, 709, 710; eastern, 11, 52; United States, 619.
Bounty lands. See Lands.
Bourne, Shearjashub, remonstrance, 363n.
Bowen, Thomas B., 341.
Boyers, James. See Byers.
Bradford, John, letter, 427n; memorial, 410.
Bradford, William, 604.
Brahm, Frederick J. S. de, 69; letter, 46, 47, 47n, 69.
Brevet commissions, 51; pay, 243; rank, 66n 68, 69.
Brown, Edward Vail, letter, 426n; petition, 410.
Brown, John, 148, 338.
Brun, --, le, 66, 68, 69.
Bryan, Samuel, 644.
Buchanan, W., letter, 402.
Buhler, John, petition, 401.
Buildings, for Congress, 696, 698, 704, 707; expense, 704; payment for use of, 543.
Bull, John, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 646, 647n; attends, 642; Committees: Halsted memorial, 273n; credentials, 647; Thompson letter, 651n; Blair letter, 677n; Stockly letter, 677n. Votes: 681, 694, 695, 697, 701, 702, 703, 704. Mentioned: 649.
Burrall, Charles, 588.
Burrell, Jonathan, letter, 252.
Butler, Pierce, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 646.
Butler, Richard, 124, 135; letters, 198, 279n, 331n, 389, 389n, 598n, 615n, 659, 660n.
Butler, Richard, and Arthur Lee, letter, 679n.
Butler, Zebulon, petition, 45, 45n, 363n.
Butler, Zebulon, and others, petition, 280, 281,400, 526.
Byers, James, 56, 57, 58.
C
Cadwallader, Lambert, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 643.
Cady, Palmer, memorial, 66, 178, 399, 527.
Calonne, --, letter, 333, 334, 471.
Calvet, --, application, 403.
Campbell, Arthur, letter, 680n.
Canada, 556; commissary general in, 163; Congress address to, 75, 76, 86; expedition against (1775), 147, 148; inhabitants' claims, 85, 86; inhabitants' memorial, 402; letter to inhabitants, 147; officers, 99, 244; officers' petitions, 72n, 80; refugees, 76, 400, 402; refugees' memorial, 62n, 75, 76, 86.
Cannon, brass, 56.
Canton, China, 58, 577.
Captures, on high seas, 18, 39, 40.

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Carabasse, --, 566.
Carberry, Henry, 310, 311, 330, 393.
Carbonneaux, Francois, letter, 677n.
Cargoes, 357, 358.
Carleton, Joseph, 52, 93; accounts, 63; letter, 44n, 51, 51n, 63, 63n, 220, 220n, 341, 426n, 527, 613, 624, 635, 650n, 680n, 698n.
Carlisle, Pa., 336, 337; bells removed to, 213; military stores at, 614.
Carmichael, William, 601, 602; letter, 405.
Carrington, Edward, a delegate from Virginia, committees: reduction of public debt, 129n.
Castaing, Peter, 68, 69, 92.
Castries, Charles Eugène Gabriel de la Croix, Marquis de, 334.
Cazeau, Francis, 148, 149, 150, 398; memorial, 147, 410.
Cedars, hostages, 60.
Census, 308.
Certificates, for final pay of army, 165; to replace bills of credit, 396.
Cessions of western lands, 143, 275, 316, 317, 405.
Cette (Sette), France, United States consul, 121.
Chairman, of Congress, 133, 172, 502.
Champlin, Chris., petition, 569n.
Chandler, Charles Church, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 655.
Chaplain, 12, 15, 126, 127, 145, 342, 683; elected, 44, 693.
Chargé d'affaires, United States to foreign countries, 144, 164.
Charles I, 548, 549, 668.
Charleston, S. C., 454, 597.
Chase, Jeremiah Townley, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 636. Committees: Heinekin memorial, 12; Superintendent of Finance letter, 22n, 160, 161; grand, 48, 185; commercial affairs, 50, 269, 317, 320n; Pennsylvania instructions, 50, 71n; Pollock letter, 62n; Carleton letter, 63; Canadian officers' petition, 80; Smith letter, 82n; Shippen letter, 90; Osgood motion, 103n; government of Western Territory, 118, 247, 719; qualifications, 120, 137, 156, 377, 713, 720; Howell motion, 142; Gamble memorial, 237; Patton memorial, 242; Mann claim, 309; seat of government, 444; Indian affairs, 453, 722; of the States, 477, 561, 564, 713; Champlin petition, 569n, 577; rules for committee of the States, 569n, 572; Adams letters, 579; marine agents report, 580n; George Rogers Clark letter, 581; Hazard letter, 582; Shewell petition, 583; Thomson letter, 583; Hand letter, 591n; Pierce letter, 598n; Gerry motion, 608, 595n; Franklin letter, 615; Lee and Butler letter, 615n; Muhlenberg letter, 625; week, 715. Motions: 20, 414. Votes: 20, 29, 35, 41, 53, 63, 67, 111,130, 131, 132, 151, 152, 159, 160, 170, 174, 175, 177, 185, 196, 214, 215, 223, 224, 225, 226, 229, 230, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 300, 315, 321, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 418, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 511, 512, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554, 591, 605, 612, 630, 633. Mentioned: 1, 73, 83, 87, 88, 89, 91, 98, 103, 109, 124, 129, 145, 147, 156, 167, 414, 418, 567, 568, 591, 637.
Chase, Thomas, petition, 509n.
Chaumont, Donatien le Ray de, 369, 370.
Cherokee Indians. See Indians, Cherokees.
Cherronesus (State of), 119.
Chester, sloop, 400, 509, 510, 528.
Chever, John, memorial, 49.
Chickasaw Indians. See Indians.
Chittenden, Thomas, letter, 578n.

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Choctaw Indians. See Indians.
Christianity, for Indians, 660.
Circular letter, to States, 241.
Citizens, 144.
Citizenship, 256.
Civil affairs, 2.
Civil departments, 301; expense, 186, 297.
Civil list, reduction of, 122, 126, 164, 342, 349, 350, 398, 405.
Claims, 2; Canadian, 85, 86.
Clark, Abraham, a delegate from New Jersey. Committee: Lytle memorial, 220. Motions: 235.
Clark, George Rogers, 114, 124, 134, 135, 461; letter, 581, 581n; commissioner to treat with Indians, 581; land grant to officers and men, 626.
Clark, John, 577, 578.
Claypoole, Abraham George, 242.
Clergy. See Episcopal Church.
Clerks, 126, 127.
Clinton, George, 54, 166, 167, 656, 657, 664, 671; letter, 67n, 76, 287n, 493.
Clothier, returns, 52.
Clothier Department, 54, 55.
Clothing, for troops, 54, 55, 400, 525, 529, 681.
Coddington, James, petition, 651.
Coin, Massachusetts instructions, 661n.
Coinage. See Massachusetts, instructions to delegates.
Coit, Benjamin, 655.
Colbert, James, 461, 462, 463.
Coleman, William, petition, 426n.
Commander in chief. See Washington, George.
Commerce, 50, 177, 181, 269, 319, 320, 321, 334, 358, 359, 405; address to States on, 50; Congress power, 270, 271; with France, 77, 79; free ports, 241; injured by Europe, 71; monopoly, 270, 318, 321; negotiations, 471; most favored nation, 369; protection, 171; regulation, 586, 588; report on, 318, 321; resolves, 721; treaties, 169, 176, 180, 342, 345, 356, 357, 362, 375, 529, 530, 579, 650, 674.
Commercial Committee, 21, 22, 672; accounts, 161, 544.
Commissary Department, Commissioner for adjusting accounts, 11.
Commissary General, letter, 597.
Commissary of Issues, department, 234.
Commissary of Military Stores, 52, 57, 58, 494.
Commissary of Purchases, commission allowed, 3.
Commissioners, of accounts, 11, 22, 61, 90, 126, 127, 161, 252, 253, 262, 272, 297, 490n, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545n, 546, 556, 594; Canadian claims, 85; clerks, 126, 127; to negotiate commercial treaties, 342, 343, 345, 373, 375, 674, 675; for erecting public buildings, 704, 707; for loan from Holland, 480; to negotiate with Indians, 123, 124, 125, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 141, 152, 153, 198, 207--8, 238, 273, 274, 282, 389, 408, 458, 459, 460, 464, 553, 581, 582, 599, 625, 659; instructions to Indian, 458, 459, 460; Treasury, 470, 471, 576, 649, 665, 698; troops to protect Indian, 433, 435, 466; to select seat of government, 700, 704; to survey and map New York and Virginia cessions, 658.
Commissions, 3; loan officers, 406, 473; tax receivers, 364.
Commissions, Army, 51, 232; Navy, 7; for Indian commissioners, 599; to negotiate commercial treaties, 365, 373.
Committee, appointments, 3, 7; reports, 2, 528.
Committee, for appeals in Admiralty, 18, 19.
Committee of the States, 2, 4, 45, 74, 84, 226, 244n, 296, 377n, 385, 388, 397, 398n, 399, 400, 411, 438, 438n, 444, 445, 479, 500, 505, 507, 515, 527, 531,554, 555, 565, 566, 567, 582, 584, 585, 587, 589, 593, 594, 596, 597, 600, 601,602, 604, 607, 611, 612, 616, 625, 626, 630, 631, 634, 637, 638, 713;

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adjournment, 566, 612, 631, 632; instructions to, 477; chairman, 443, 475, 561, 562, 577, 579; delegates, 476, 476n; elected, 564; journal, 476, 561, 561n, 562, 624, 724; membership, 477; letter to Virginia executive, 625; powers, 47, 47n, 288, 289, 290, 291, 398, 443, 474, 561, 562, 563, 579; proceedings, 289; procedure, 572; representation in, 476, 476n, 554, 563, 631, 635; to receive mail addressed to Congress, 565; rules for government of, 569, 572, 577n; unfinished business, 649.
Commutation, of half pay, 80, 263, 405.
Comptroller, 127, 161, 261; clerk to, 126, 342.
Comptroller of Accounts, 199, 232.
Comptroller of the Treasury, 440, 441, 442, 443.
Condict, Silas, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 16, 17.
Confederacy, frigate, 691.
Confederation. See Articles of Confederation.
Congress, address to States, 50; addresses to Canada, 75; adjournment, 4, 74, 221, 287, 295, 351, 397, 490, 491, 492, 497, 550, 551, 554, 555, 555n, 556, 565, 611, 630, 678; answer to French minister, 393, 394n; buildings for, 223, 696,698, 704; chairman, 133, 172, 502; convening, 490, 492, 562; court to decide boundary dispute, 547, 549; delegates, 146, 405; delegates' authority to examine records, 105; delegates' election, 102, 103, 156, 157, 160; delegates' qualifications, 156, 157, 158, 159, 377, 378, 379; delegates' term, 385, 389, 390; denial of right of States, 101; files revised, 2; guarantee, 484; jurisdiction over seat of government, 403; journal, 78n; letter announcing British ratification of peace treaty, 616; letters to crowned heads, 675, 676; letter to King of France, 240, 674, 682; mail, 6, 565; message to King of Spain, 688; officers to attend the Committee of the States, 562; at Philadelphia, 223; powers of, 71, 174, 209, 265, 266, 267, 268, 270, 271, 319, 321, 403, 433, 434, 518, 586, 588, 589, 613; presented with statue of King Louis, 598; president, 400, 505, 649; procedure, 397, 398; recess, 505; records open to Dr. Gordon, 427; reports, 527; reports pending, 397; reply to Connecticut House of Representatives, 265, 269n; reply to the Chickasaws, 464; representation, 74, 75, 82, 84, 93, 102, 108, 119, 212, 245, 247, 278, 351,421,422, 424, 641; requisitions on States, 70; secrecy in, 405; secretary, see Secretary; sentiment desired, 503; at Trenton, 288, 295, 554, 567; vote of States in, 350; vote of territory in, 258.
Connecticut, 101, 141, 193, 308; act of legislature, 45, 394, 432n, 722; address of House of Representatives, 100, 102, 135, 265; cession of western lands, 432n; Congress reply to, 265, 269n; claim to Pennsylvania land, 45, 46, 280, 281, 526, 603; credentials of delegates to Congress, 654, 655; court, 280, 281; delegates' motion, 294, 722; expense in Penobscot expedition, 722; French consul, 78, 79; governor, 36n, 375; Indian commissioners, 123; loan officers, 406, 473; military stores in, 594; officers, 531, 539; officers' pay, 256, 266, 267; proclamation, 45; quota of money, 173; quota of the public debt, 128, 266; representation in the Committee of the States, 631; troops, 205, 405, 530, 539, 723.
Connolly, Francis, petition, 399.
Consuls, American, 121, 144, 179, 368; French, 77, 78, 371; French consular convention, 685, 686n, 723; powers, 685; Swedish, 659.
Continental bills. See Currency.
Contraband, of war, 182, 183, 359, 360.

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Contractors, 507, 508.
Contracts, 219; inspector, 200, 232, 233; suit on Gillon's with Laurens, 588; for supplying troops, 436, 479.
Conyngham, Gustavus, memorial, 7.
Cook, Joseph Platt, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 654, 655; attends, 654. Committees: Week, 672, 715; Lafayette letter, 673n. Votes: 681, 702, 703. Mentioned: 661, 663, 672, 683, 685, 686, 696.
Counterfeiting, 165.
Courts, of appeals. See Appeals; for determining captures, 18, 39, on Connecticut's claim to Pennsylvania lands, 45, 46; maritime, 402; martial, naval, 234, 580, 650.
Cowper, John, 21, 22.
Craig, Thomas, 242.
Craigie, Andrew, 593.
Credentials, 137, 642--47, 648, 651,654, 656, 662, 663; committee, 647, 655; report on, 648.
Credit, public, 145, 298, 299.
Creek Indians. See Indians.
Crèvecoeur, Hector St. John de, 78, 79, 584, 585.
Cuba, 385.
Cumberland River, 115.
Cumming, William, a delegate from North Carolina, credentials, 645.
Currency, bills, 395, 396, 722.
Cutting, John Brown, 699.
D
Dalton, Tristram, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 642.
Damages, 401, 543.
Dana, Francis, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 419, 642; attends, 418; Committees: Superintendent of Finance letter, 385n, 471; Sewell petition, 432n; of the States, 477, 561,564, 713; French minister's note, 478; week, 490, 508, 509, 525, 556, 715; Pennsylvania Council letter, 564; Beaumarchais letter, 566; Champlin petition, 569n, 577; rules for Committee of the States, 569n, 572; Adams letter, 579; Shewell petition, 583; Dana motion, 584; St. John's advertisement, 584; Martin letter, 595; Gerry motion, 595n, 608; committee report on order of June 17, (1783), 605; Totten letter, 607; Read motion, 625n, 627. Letter, 4, 122n, 405. Motions: 429, 433, 476n, 489, 497, 511, 511n, 516, 529, 553, 556, 565, 578, 578n, 584, 604, 605n, 611, 630, 632. Votes: 424, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 439, 444, 453, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 510, 511, 513, 514, 516, 517, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554, 591, 605, 612, 630, 633. Mentioned: 438n, 478n, 485, 500, 510, 511, 511n, 517, 519n, 523, 554n, 556n, 567, 568, 580n, 585n, 591, 596n, 605, 607n, 611n, 612, 612n, 632, 633.
Dane, Nathan, a delegate from Massachusetts. Committees: reduction of public debt, 129n.
Dart, John Sandford, 146, 646, 647.
Davis, George, letter, 42n.
Davison, --, 165.
Deane, Silas, 566.
Deany, Samuel, memorial, 508, 508n.
Deare, Jonathan, 201.
De Brahm. See Brahm.
Debt (National or Public), 10n, 32, 33, 108, 110, 119, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 209, 211, 213, 264, 265, 277, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 306, 312, 316, 367, 368, 395, 396, 440, 473, 590, 720; committee on, 34; discrimination against foreign (or French) creditors, 188, 303; domestic, 211, 300, 507; estimate, 403; interest, 48, 186; interest arrears, 263, 296, 297; liquidated certificates, 235, 236; permanent funds for, 241; protection of agents, 410; reduction of, 128; repayment of French and Dutch loans, 241; State quota of, 128, 266, 590, 591.

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Debts, collection in case of war, 358, 359; collection under Definitive Treaty, 26; private, 621.
Decbernou. See Bernoux.
Definitive Treaty, ratification, 2, 4, 5, 6, 6n, 8, 23--28, 29, 31, 34, 35, 36n, 616, 617; text, 617, 623n.
Delaware, delegates, 137, 139, 140, 565, 651; French consul, 77, 79; Indian commissioner, 123; quota of public debt, 128; quota of money, 173; representation in Congress, 74, 351; representation on Committee of the States, 631; troops, 205.
Delaware River, seat of government, 293, 402, 700, 704, 707.
Delegates, appointment, 405, 581; in Committee of the States, 476, 476n; credentials, 137, 642--47, 648, 651, 654, 655, 656; election, 136, 139; qualifications, 136, 137, 137n, 138, 140, 405, 412, 413, 414, 416, 420, 655; term, 385, 389, 390.
Denmark, King, decision on ordination of Americans to Episcopalian orders, 674; minister, 144; treaty with, 180, 357, 405.
Denning, William, 547, 678; letter, 677, 678n.
Depreciation, 32, 43, 56, 253, 261, 335, 336, 351, 371, 395, 396, 401, 402, 410, 592.
Deserters, 164.
Detroit, 204, 207, 657; British evacuation of, 661; British post at, 202; Indian treaty at, 72; lands, 86; troops for, 389.
DeWitt, Charles, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 166; attends, 170. Committees: Grand, 172, 356, 394, 465, 472, 506, 720, 722; week, 216, 714; Schuyler memorial, 216n, 335; Livingston petition, 216n; Evans letter, 216n, 335; of the States, 561, 564, 477, 713. Motions: 481, 504; Votes: 174, 175, 177, 184, 196, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 264, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 321, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 386, 379, 382, 409, 413, 415, 416, 417, 424, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 511, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554. Mentioned: 167n, 170n, 287, 382, 485, 487, 492, 494, 498, 501, 501n, 505n, 513, 532, 547.
DeWitt, Simeon, letter, 97n.
Dick, Samuel, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 16, 17, 643; attends, 97. Committees: Week, 124, 363, 364, 587, 588, 698, 714, 715; Halsted petition, 163, 273; grand, 172, 356, 362, 394, 465, 472, 506, 720, 722; Livingston memorial, 176n, 362; Carleton letter, 220n; McHenry motion, 255n; of the States, 477, 561,564, 713; revision of reports file, 527n; Read motion, 530. Votes: 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 116, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 170, 174, 175, 177, 184, 196, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 264, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 321, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 386, 379, 382, 409, 413, 415, 416, 417, 424, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 511, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537,

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538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554, 591, 605, 612, 630, 633, 681, 694, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 245, 331, 485, 537, 587n.
Dickinson, John, letter, 216n, 399, 502, 529, 706n.
Dickinson, Philemon, 17.
Diesne, Germaine, 99.
Diony, G., petition, 72n.
Diplomacy, letter to United States; Ministers in Paris, 8; secrecy of letters, 331.
Diplomatic corps, secretary's salary, 365.
Discounts, 194.
Divine, Timothy, petition, 695n.
Doane, Elisha, petition, 19, 39, 40.
Donne, J., 462, 463; letter, 461.
Door, John, 331.
Doorkeeper, of Congress, 126, 242, 342.
Doughty, John, 682; letter, 681, 682n.
Dragoons, deserters, 164.
Drew, William, 591.
Duane, James, a delegate from New York. Committees: powers of Committee of the States, 47; Greene letter, 233. Mentioned: 12, 47n, 669, 710.
Du Calvet, Pierre, claim, 260, 261.
Dudley, John, 89, 109.
Duer, William, 681; letter, 62n, 76, 340n, 686n; memorial, 219, 404.
Dulhire, Henry, letter, 374; memorial, 340n.
Dumas, Charles William Frederick, 59, 398, 528; letter, 144; services, 679.
Dunkirk, 241, 334, 335.
Dunlap, John, 724.
Du Pontiere, Louis, 66.
Duportail, Louis Le Beque, 68; letter, 37, 43, 44n, 92.
E
Eastern boundary. See Boundaries.
Eckart, Valentine, memorial, 252, 253n, 402.
Economy, governmental, 126.
Eddy, Jonathan, and others, petition, 377n.
Education of Indian youths, 582.
Elbert, Samuel, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 570.
Elections, delegates to Congress, 136, 156, 157, 160.
Ellery, William, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 647, 648. Committees: Sullivan and New Hampshire letters, 4n; Greenwood petition, 4; Conyngham memorial, 7; Washington letter, 7; Morris letter, 11; Sullivan memorial, 14; New Hampshire legislature letter, 17, 38; ratification of Definitive Treaty, 22; Armand letter, 37n, 170; Duportail letter, 42; Paymaster General letter, 44; Knox letter, 54, 233; Superintendent of Finance letter, 56, 62n, 171, 234, 235, 246, 252; Sprout claim, 70; Howell motion, 75, 84, 108, 271; French minister's note, 77--8; Smith letter, 82n; Shippen letter, 90; settlement of army accounts, 102n; Osgood qualification, 121n; Connecticut address, 135; qualifications, 136; Williamson motion, 162; Greene letter, 199, 200, 232, 233, 233n; Gassaway account, 220; Gamble memorial, 235, 235n; Weiss claim, 253; Franklin letter, 260; Steuben letter, 262; Williams letter, 265; Halsted memorial, 273n; Hand motion, 282n, 387; Butler petition, 363n, 526; Committee of the States, 477, 561, 564, 713; representation of New York delegates, 481; New York-Virginia controversy, 532; Carleton letter, 650n; Thompson letter, 651n; Indian Commissioners letter, 659, 664; Lafayette letter, 673n; Blair letter, 677n, Stockly letter, 677n; Olivier letter, 685n; French chargé note, 690, 691; Fleury letter, 692; Barré petition, 692; North letter, 695n; Jolibois letter, 696n; Divine

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petition, 695n; Fox letter, 699; Ayot petition, 706; White petition, 708. Motions: 4, 5n, 6, 123, 130, 131, 169, 171, 171n, 222n, 346, 377, 403, 702. Right to sit in Congress, 412, 414, 416, 417, 420, 421, 422; vote objected to, 409, 411. Votes: 20, 21, 28, 35, 41, 53, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 116, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 169, 174, 175, 177, 184, 196, 197, 201,211,214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 256, 258, 259, 264, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 320, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 409, 413, 415, 416, 417, 424, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 510, 511, 513, 514, 516, 517, 520, 521, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 551, 552, 554, 681, 694, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 12, 36n, 38, 55, 61, 68, 75n, 123, 132, 137n, 160n, 171n, 201, 211, 214, 229n 230, 233n, 248, 249, 257, 287n, 319, 342, 343n, 346, 354, 409, 417n, 424, 476n, 485, 490n, 526n, 673, 685, 685n, 694, 696n, 697, 702, 703.
Ellery, William, jr., 578.
Ellsworth, Oliver, a delegate from Connecticut, 546, 650, 655; letter, 331n, 650n; resignation, 16.
Elmer, Jonathan, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 16, 17.
Embargo, 319, 320.
Embassy, Secretary of, 127.
Empress of China, ship, sea letters, 58, 59.
Enfant. See L'Enfant.
Engineers, 43, 64, 65.
Episcopal Church, American candidates for ordination, 674, 677.
Estimates, for 1784, 48n, 185, 186, 297,300, 301. See also Expenses.
Etombe. See L'Etombe.
Ettwein, John, letter, 198n.
Europe, Crowned heads, letter to, 675, 676; injures American commerce, 71; treaties with, 169, 176, 180, 184.
Evans, Israel, letter, 216n; memorial, 335.
Ewing, John, 490.
Ewing, Patrick, memorial, 507n.
Expenses (1784), 720.
F
Fay, Jonas, 482, 483, 533, 534.
Few, William, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 569, 571.
Files, revision, 2.
Finance, 173, 297, 396, 403, 406, 541; Continental bills, 383, 395, 404, 722; grand committee report, 722; national, 186, 187; protest of notes, 173; report on, 300--309, 312, 720; requisition on States, 185; requisition for (1783), 190, 191, 192; requisition for (1784), 211; revenue raising, 209; war expenses of States, 395.
Finance, Department of, ordinance, 469. See also Treasury, Board of.
Finance, Superintendent of. See Superintendent of Finance.
Finance Office, clerks, 126; report, 398.
Finney, Walter, 401.
Finnie, William, 179, 179n, 587n; memorial, 587; petition, 663n.
Fisheries, United States rights by Definitive Treaty, 25, 620.
Flagg, Josiah, 399; accounts, 262, 528.
Flagg, Josiah, and Josiah, jr., accounts, 297, 297n.
Flagg, Josiah, jr., 399; accounts, 528.
Fleury, François Louis Teisseydre, 239, 405; letter, 692, 692n.
Florida, 690; limits, 687, 688.
Florimont, Florat de, petition, 445n, 471.
Fontivier (Fontivieux), -- de, 66, 68, 69.
Ford, Standish, 235.
Foreign debt, 301.

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Foreign affairs, 2, 108.
Foreign affairs, committee report, 404.
Foreign Affairs, Department or Office of, building for, 704; clerks, 686; regulations, 686; revision of, 477, 563 632, 634; Secretary, Deputy or Under Secretary, 50, 64, 65, 74, 77, 93, 98, 104, 105, 122, 126, 127, 144, 342, 369, 401, 632, 674, 677, 686, 687; election of Secretary, 354, 355, 356; instructions to, 688; letter, 405; pay, 355, 687; records or papers, 50, 64, 65, 74, 104, 105, 122.
Forgery, 165.
Fort Erie, 204, 207; British post at, 202.
Fort Lee, 525.
Fort McIntosh, troops for, 389.
Fort Pitt, 203, 204, 436, 512, 520, 524; garrison, 403.
Fort Rensselaer, 660, 664, 681.
Fort Schuyler, 541.
Fort Stanwix, 664; Indian speech at, 660n; Indian treaty at, 658; troops at, 660.
Forts, for protection of western frontier, 64.
Foster, Abiel, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 89, 654; attends, 654. Committees: Greenwood petition, 4, 4n; Eastern boundary, 11; Week, 37, 121, 364, 374, 407, 714, 715; grand, 48, 185; Cady petition, 66n, 177; Superintendent of Finance letter, 62n, 233, 246; Sprout claim, 70; Lafayette letter, 673n. Motions: 99, 156, 163. Votes: 20, 21, 28, 35, 48, 53, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 116, 117, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 169, 174, 175, 177, 184, 196, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 264, 275, 279, 282, 291, 293, 294, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 320, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 417, 424, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 510, 511, 513, 514, 516, 517, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554, 681, 694, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 1, 6, 15, 20, 22, 37, 38, 41, 50, 53, 56, 61, 63, 67, 70n, 73, 87, 88, 89, 91, 98, 103, 151, 152, 156, 174, 175, 246n, 436, 521, 523, 659, 661, 663, 673, 683, 685, 686, 696.
Fosters, brothers, 369.
Foundry, cannon, 56.
Fowler, Alexander, memorial, 403.
Fox, Edward, letter, 699.
France, Chargé d'affaires, 690, 691. See also Marbois; citizens discriminated against, 188, 303; commerce, 77, 79; commissioners or ministers to, 8, 32, 104, 357; consular convention with, 685, 723; consuls, 77, 78, 79, 597; Farmers General, 297, 301, 334; most favored nation, 369; free ports, 145, 333, 334; friendship, 369; king, 598, 674; loans, 186, 241, 246, 297, 301; mail from, 584; minister from, 188, 240, 241, 303; letter from the minister, 68, 77, 239, 376, 393, 394, 398, 399, 528, 564, 597, 597n; answer to letter from, 393; memorial of minister, 240. See also La Luzerne; treaties with, 361, 369, 530.
Francis, Tench, 246, 652, 653.
Franklin, Benjamin, 23, 24, 28, 144, 261, 334, 342, 345, 355, 369, 373, 403, 404, 471, 618, 623, 674, 723; commission, 362, 530; instructions to, 368; letter, 143, 145, 260, 369, 615; retirement, 171, 377, 403; to negotiate commercial treaties, 579.
Franklin, John, petition, 364, 364n.
Franklin, armed schooner, 340; officers petition, 226n.
Franks, David S., 34, 35, 36n; letter, 124n, 578.

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Fraud, in troops pay, 592.
Frederick, Maryland, 49.
Free ports. See Ports.
French officers. See Officers.
Frontier, western. See Posts.
Frothingham, Richard, petition, 49.
Fuller, Nathan, petition, 472, 490n.
G
Galvan, William, 162.
Galvez, Joseph de, 689; letter, 687, 690.
Gamble, James, memorial, 235, 235n, 237, 400.
Gardner, Joseph, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 641; credentials, 644. Committees: Carleton letter, 220n; French chargé letter, 690, 691; Fleury letter, 692; Barré letter, 692; Dickinson letter, 706; week, 715. Votes: 681, 694, 695, 700, 701, 702. Mentioned: 649, 702.
Gardner, Nicholas, 650.
Gardoqui, Diego, 706n.
Gassaway, Henry, 330.
Gassaway, John, account, 220, 221.
Gayron, Hugh, letter, 556n.
Genoa, treaty with, 180, 357.
George III, 624.
Georgetown, Md., seat of government near, 223, 292, 293, 294, 445, 700; surveyor, 445.
Georgia, 371, 580; assembly proceedings, 95, 96; claims against Indians, 454; council resolves, 94, 95; delegates, 565, 569, 570, 571; French consul in, 78, 79; executive, 528; Indian commissioner, 123; proceedings against McIntosh, 399; quota of public debt, 128; quota of money, 173; representation in Congress, 74; troops, 205.
Germany, treaty with, 180.
Gerry, Elbridge, a delegate from Massachusetts. Attends, 661; credentials, 642. Committees: Revision of files, 2; ratification of Definitive Treaty of Peace, 5, 22; Postmaster General letter, 8; Eastern boundary, 11; commercial affairs, 50, 269, 317, 320n; Heinekin memorial, 12; Van Berckel letter, 59; Canadian refugees' memorial, 62n, 76, 86; week, 66, 714; Cady memorial, 66; Pennsylvania's instructions, 71n; Read's motion, 72n, 73, 317, 321; Schuyler letter, 73; Monroe motion, 75, 86; Morris letter, 86n, 93n; Superintendent of Finance report, 87, 235, 236n, 540; Tarrasson petition, 97n; reduction of civil list, 125--6, 164, 342; Franklin and Barclay letters, 143--4; Lee motion, 163n; North letter, 163n, 693n; Inspector General department, 168; letters from U. S. ministers abroad, 169; report on the Alliance, 171n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 172n, 209, 332, 471, 480, 594; grand, 172, 356, 394, 465, 472, 506, 720, 722; possession of western posts, 180n, 201, 376, 428, 720; Superintendent of Finance and Marine Office letters, 209; Gerry motion, 212n, 245, 339n; Steuben letter, 230; King of France letter, 239--40; payment to Mercer, 309; western lands, 324, 356; Otto petition, 348; Woelpper petition, 348; sea letters, 339n; French Minister's letter, 376, 393, 394, 478; qualifications, 377, 713; Mediterranean passports, 390; reports pending, 397; Connecticut cession, 432n; seat of government, 444; Marbois' note and navigation of the Mississippi, 665, 665n; Lafayette letter, 673n; Department of Foreign Affairs, 686; Barclay letter, 686n; instructions to Minister to Spain, 705; Pennsylvania accounts, 720, 723; Smith petition, 720. Motions: 4, 5n, 18, 34, 35, 36n, 44, 50, 64, 98, 104, 122, 124, 124n, 125n, 130, 133, 141, 158, 212, 212n, 218, 218n, 245, 251, 256, 257, 272, 272n, 273, 274, 339, 340n, 353, 354, 358, 365, 382, 398, 430, 433, 436,

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438n, 468, 477, 477n, 488, 490, 490n, 492, 500, 500n, 503, 507, 510, 515, 517, 518, 519n, 520, 527, 553, 553n, 555, 555n, 595, 595n, 608, 700. Votes: 20, 21, 28, 35, 41, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 116, 117, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 169, 174, 175, 177, 184, 196, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 275, 279, 282, 291, 293, 294, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 320, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439,444, 453,465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 510, 511, 513, 514, 516, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554, 681,697, 700, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 8n, 11n, 13n, 18n, 44n, 82n, 105, 105n, 108, 122, 124n, 130, 131, 133, 142, 143, 145n, 150n, 154, 154n, 155n, 157n, 159n, 176n, 210n, 228, 229, 241, 246n, 251, 258, 274n, 275, 287, 287n, 351, 355, 356, 358n, 394n, 398n, 429, 430, 434, 439n, 443, 445n, 446, 466n, 469, 471n, 475n, 489, 492, 497, 500, 501, 504, 507n, 510, 514, 516, 517, 547n, 600, 665, 685, 698, 707, 710.
Gervais, John Lewis, a delegate from South Carolina, 3n.
Gibbons, William, a delegate from Georgia. Attends, 641, 642; credentials, 569, 571. Committees: Week, 672, 715; Fox letter, 699. Votes: 681, 694, 695, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704. Mentioned, 649.
Gilbert, Robert, 587.
Giles, Edward, 243.
Gilfillan, T., letter, 596.
Gill, Nicholas, 411.
Gillon, Alexander, a delegate from South Carolina, 588; credentials, 646, 647n.
Gimat, Major, 239.
Gladden, Major, 162, 162n, 372.
Glasscock, William, 94, 95.
Glover, Jonathan, 340.
Gold, 661.
Goldsborough, Robert, 310.
Gordon, William, 428; petition, 427, 428n.
Gosselin, Clement, 98; petition, 80, 80n.
Government, establishment of permanent seat of, 292, 293, 402, 403, 444, 445, 445n, 696, 697, 698, 699--700, 701, 702, 704, 707, 708; commissioners, 700, 704; ordinance, 704.
Grand Committee, 48, 62n, 143n, 172, 185, 195, 211, 296, 297, 300, 311, 315, 356, 364, 394, 395, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 439n, 465, 506, 661n, 720; instructions to, 48n; report, 186, 263, 722.
Grayson, William, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 645n; credentials, 645, 645n; mentioned, 710.
Great Britain, 596; withdrawal of forces from the U. S., 27; trade monopoly, 50, 270, 318, 321; encroachment on Massachusetts, 52; treaty with, 180, 357, 405, 616, 617, 625, 627, 719; U. S. Minister to, 356, 675; debts due U. S., 368; slaves and other property carried off by, 368; relinquishment of frontier posts, 376, 380, 404, 420, 428, 499, 515, 526, 530, 538, 635, 657, 658, 661; cession of navigation of the Mississippi, 689.
Great Kanhawa River, 275.
Green, John, 58, 59.
Green, Timothy, petition, 226n.
Green, William, 577, 578, 643, 648; letter, 664.
Green, --, claim, 234.
Green, --, 528. Green River, 115.
Greene, Christopher, 253, 271.
Greene, Nathanael, 124, 135, 200, 274, 282; letter, 198, 200, 220n, 232, 226n, 233, 233n, 401; expenses, 198, 199.

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Greene, --, 400.
Greenwood, Nathaniel, 401; petition, 4, 14, 61, 62, 262.
Griffin, Cyrus, letter, 340n, 341n.
Griswold, Matthew, letter, 569n, 651n, 697.
Groton, Connecticut, defense of, 722.
H
Habersham, James, 570, 571.
Habersham, Joseph, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 569, 570.
Hague, The, 579; United States agent at, 126, 342.
Halfpay. See Pay.
Halsted, John, petition, 163, 163n, 273, 400.
Hamburg, treaty with, 180, 357.
Hamilton, Alexander, a delegate from New York, motion, 402.
Hamtramck, Henry, letter, 383, 383n.
Hamtramck, John Francis, letter, 403.
Hancock, John, 419, 662, 667; letter, 399, 528.
Hand, Edward, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 170, 174, 175, 177. Committees: Sullivan and New Hampshire letters, 4n, 14, 17, 38; Greenwood petition, 4; Sullivan memorial, 14; New Hampshire letter, 17, 38; week, 15, 262, 363, 364, 587, 588, 714, 715; Carleton letter, 44n, 63, 426n, 593, 613, 624; de Brahm letter, 46, 69; Hand's motion, 47, 52; Knox letter, 54; Canadian refugee memorial, 62n, 76; Murnand letter, 63; Armand letter, 65, 66, 68, 70n; Luzerne or Minister of France letter, 66, 68; Cady memorial, 66n, 177; Armand resignation, 67n; Read motion, 72n, 73, 625, 627; Schuyler letter and Read motion, 73; Jackson memorial, 83; Phelon memorial, 84n; Duportail letter, 92; Mcintosh letter, 94; grand, 72, 356, 394, 465, 467, 472, 506, 720, 722; Weise letter or memorial, 172n, 238, 253; Finnie letter, 179n; Schuyler memorial, 216n, 335; Livingston petition, 216n; Evans letter, 216n, 335; Gassaway account, 220; Hand motion, 238; Governor of Massachusetts letter, 244n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 252, 385n, 594, 600; Marcellin and Le Roy memorial, 262n, 386; Howell motion, 271; Gerry motion, 272, 488; Clinton letter, 287n; Read motion, 317, 321; Paine motion, 336; Harwood memorial, 363n, 383; Prentiss memorial, 364n, 409; Franklin petition, 364n, 615; Hodgdon letter, 375; New York motion, 381n; Hamtramck letter, 383, 383n; Wolcott and Butler letter, 389; Johnson memorial, 426; Bradford letter, 427n; Pierce letter, 427n, 591n, 598; States, 477, 561, 564, 713; application of New York, 487, 493; Dana's motion, 489, 529, 584; Fuller's memorial, 490n; Paymaster General letter, 505; revise file of reports, 527; Massachusetts letter and motion, 545; rules for Committee of the States, 569n; George Rogers Clark letter, 581; Hazard letter, 582; Shewell petition, 583; Thomson letter, 583; St. John's advertisement, 584; Martin letter, 595; Aycard letter, 598; Totten letter, 607; Lee and Butler letter, 615n. Motions: 47, 52, 238, 250, 263, 280, 282n, 314, 314n, 341, 428, 428n, 429n, 438n, 503, 521, 603, 604n, 632, 632n, 634, 635n. Votes: 20, 21, 28, 35, 41, 53, 177, 185, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 260, 264, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355, 366, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 418, 425, 426, 429, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 511, 512, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524,

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536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554, 591, 605, 612, 630, 633. Mentioned: 47n, 48n, 52n, 53, 66n, 70n, 77, 200, 214, 222, 223, 238n, 263, 264, 272n, 273, 282, 282n, 335n, 336n, 337n, 341n, 364n, 383n, 387n, 410n, 420n, 429, 485, 489n, 503, 505, 529n, 553, 567, 568, 577n, 581n, 583n, 593n, 598n, 602, 607, 613n, 615n, 637, 638. Allowance to, 387; instructions to, 71; letter, 387, 388n, 399, 529; memorial, 525.
Hardy, Samuel, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 642; credentials, 645, 645n. Committees: Superintendent of Finance letter, 56, 509n, 556; week, 121, 364, 714, 715; Pierce letter, 198n; Patton memorial, 242; Franklin letter, 260; Howell motion, 262; Gerry motion, 272, 488; Perit memorial, 351; grand, 394, 472, 506, 722; Indian affairs, 464n; States, 477, 561, 564, 713; representation of New York delegates, 481; Dana motion, 489, 529; Fuller memorial, 490; Netherlands minister letter, 509; New York-Vermont controversy, 532; Massachusetts letter and motion, 545; Carleton letter, 650n; Read motion, 658n; Indian Commissioners letter, 659, 664; Finnie petition, 663n; Marbois note and navigation of the Mississippi, 665, 665n, 693; Lafayette letter, 673; letters from U. S. Ministers abroad, 674, 678; Kaskasia memorial, 677n; department of Foreign Affairs, 686n; Barclay letter, 686n; instructions to Minister to Spain, 705; Dickinson letter, 706n; qualifications, 713. Motions: 164, 293, 341, 345, 346, 347, 351, 356, 436, 592, 593n, 657, 660, 664, 664n, 700, 702. Votes: 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 170, 175, 177, 185, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 264, 265, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 300, 311, 314, 315, 332, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355, 366, 368, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 418, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 435, 437, 439, 444, 468, 469,474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 501, 502, 504, 511, 512, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 555, 591, 605, 612, 630, 633, 681, 694, 695, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704. Mentioned: 115, 121n, 174, 222, 242, 287, 294, 294n, 344, 350n, 354, 356, 407, 467, 484, 485, 567, 568, 587n, 589, 599, 602, 616, 626, 629, 637, 649, 700. Elected chairman of Committee of the States, 561; letter, 616, 626.
Harmar, Josiah, 29; letter, 97n, 650n.
Harpur, Robert, 167, 657, 664.
Harrison, Benjamin, 645n; letter, 279n.
Harrison, Charles, 411.
Harrison, James, 9.
Harrison, Robert Hanson, 709.
Harrison, --, 365.
Hart, Thomas, memorial, 198, 198n.
Hartley, David, 24, 28, 618, 623.
Harwood, Benjamin, 404; memorial, 363, 363n, 383.
Harwood, Thomas, 383.
Havana, treatment of American merchants at, 384, 399, 601; governor's order, 601, 602; United States commercial agent, 385. See also Pollock, Oliver.
Hawkins, Benjamin, a delegate from North Carolina. Committees: Ratification of Definitive Treaty, 22.
Hazard, Ebenezer, 583; letter, 42n, 582, 582n, 650n.
Hazen, Moses, 80, 91, 92, 99, 260, 399, 528; letter, 72n, 172n, 242, 243, 594; regiment, 402, 592.
Head of Elk, Md., 615.
Heard, James, petition, 672, 672n.
Heer, Bartholomew von, petition, 508, 508n, 509.

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Heinekin, Jan Hendrick, memorial, 12, 12n.
Heintz, Chevalier Jean de, 7.
Hellstedt, Charles, 659.
Henry, John, a delegate from Maryland. Committees: Davison information, 165n; Massachusetts instructions, 661.
Henry, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania, attends, 642; credentials, 644. Committees: Thompson letter, 651n; Monroe motion, 660; Lafayette letter, 673n; Blair letter, 677n; Stockly letter, 677n; North letter, 693n; week, 715. Votes: 681, 694, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 649, 663.
Heron, James, 525.
Hester, armed sloop, 351, 352.
Hewes, Joseph, 504.
Hewes, Josiah, 48.
Hibernia, furnace, 55.
Higginson, Stephen, 124, 134, 135, 273, 282; letter, 279n.
Hillegas, Michael, 9, 708, 709.
Hillhouse, William, a delegate from Connecticut, credentials, 16; mentioned, 16, 485.
Hodgden, William, 144.
Hodgdon, Samuel, letter, 41, 375, 375n.
Holland. See United Netherlands.
Holten, Samuel, a delegate from Massachusetts. Attends, 641, 642; credentials, 642, 647. Committees: Carleton letter, 220n, 650n, 698n; Halsted memorial, 273n; Indian affairs, 464n, Indian commissioners letters, 659, 664; revision of War Office, 672; letters from United States Ministers abroad, 674, 678; Ayot petition, 706; White petition, 708. Votes: 681, 694, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 648, 710.
Hoops, Adam, memorial, 490, 490n.
Hope, ship, 340.
Hopkins, John, letter, 664n.
Hortalez & Co., Roderique, 566.
Hospital, returns, 52, 54, 55, 437; department accounts, 90; school used as, 410; stores auctioned, 593.
Houdin, Michael Gabriel, 68, 69; memorial, 13.
Houston, William Churchill, a delegate from New Jersey. Attends, 642; credentials, 643. Committees: Morris letter, 653; Monroe motion, 658n; Read motion, 658n; Swedish consul, 659; Marbois note and navigation of Mississippi, 665, 665n; Rumsey petition, 672; letters from U. S. Ministers abroad, 674, 678. Motion: 701. Votes: 681, 694, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 649, 688n, 701.
Houstoun, John, 570.
Houstoun, William, a delegate from Georgia. Attends, 568, 641, 642; credentials, 568, 569, 570. Committees: Superintendent of Finance letter, 385n, 600; Indian affairs in Southern department, 464n; States, 568, 713; rules for Committee of the States, 569n, 572; Totten letter, 607; Monroe motion, 658n; Lafayette letter, 673n; Marbois letter, 687, 693; instructions to Minister to Spain, 705; week, 857. Votes: 591, 605, 612, 630, 633, 681, 694, 695, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704. Mentioned: 587n, 601n, 637, 638, 647, 649, 695, 706.
Howe, Robert, letter, 62, 76.
Howell, David, a delegate from Rhode Island. Attends, 642; credentials, 643. Committees: Ratification of definitive treaty, 5, 31n; Postmaster General letter, 8; Quaker address, 13; Paschke memorial, 15n, 36, 37n, 42, 698n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 22n, 86, 160, 161, 471; grand, 48, 172, 185, 356, 394, 465, 472, 506, 720, 722; Washington's commission, 54; Reed letter, 60, 585; Armand letter, 65; week, 72,

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364, 373, 407, 714, 715; Lillie and others petition, 72n; Monroe motion, 75, 658n, 660; Canadian refugees memorial, 76, 86; Howell motion, 82, 142, 262, 217, 297, 319, 319n, 436, 465, 478; Selin petition, 82n, 91; irregularities of post office, 84; Phelon memorial, 84n; government of western territory, 118, 247, 719; Indian treaty, 124--5, 152, 154; Cazeau memorial, 147; instructions to Indian commissioners, 152; North letter, 163n, 695n; Davison information, 165n; Lee letter, 167, 168n; Inspector General department, 168; Weise letter, 172n, 238, 253; Steuben letter, 178, 230; Finnie letter, 179n; possession of western posts, 180n, 201, 376, 428, 720; Schuyler memorial, 216n, 335; Livingston petition, 216n; Evans letter, 216n, 335; Steuben resignation, 217; Hand motion, 238; disposal of western lands, 324, 356; Beatty letter, 407n; French Minister's note, 478; Read motion, 658n; Swedish consul, 659; Hopkins letter, 664n; revision of War Office, 672; Kaskasia memorial, 677n; qualifications, 713. Motions: 12, 28, 38, 48, 74, 75, 82, 84, 99, 108, 113, 116n, 117, 122, 123, 130, 136, 138, 142, 160, 163, 214, 248n, 253, 257, 262, 271, 282, 287, 291, 297, 339n, 342, 343, 345, 354, 399, 424, 428, 431, 436, 437n, 443, 478, 485, 649, 655, 677n, 696, 696n, 697, 703, 707, 707n. Votes: 20, 21, 28, 35, 41, 53, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 116, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 169, 174, 175, 177, 184, 196, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 264, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 320, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 409, 413, 415, 416, 417, 424, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 466, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 510, 511, 513, 514, 516, 517, 520, 521, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554, 694, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 6, 12n, 28, 53, 60n, 67, 75n, 82, 82n, 85n, 91n, 98, 100n, 106, 122, 130, 133, 138n, 155n, 160, 160n, 161n, 162n, 163, 163n, 168n, 169, 196, 198,199, 218, 222, 230n, 247,250, 253n, 257, 262n, 273, 288n, 297n, 309n, 343, 349, 353, 355, 365, 366, 374n, 378, 385, 386, 407, 407n, 409, 411n, 417n, 418, 438, 440, 453, 476n, 477, 477n, 486, 486n, 499, 511, 528, 556, 649, 650, 694, 700, 701,702, 703, 707, 708, 723. Letter, 341n; right to sit in Congress, 412, 414, 416, 417, 420, 421, 422; vote objected to, 409, 411.
Howley, Richard, 95.
Hull, Joseph, 351, 352.
Hull, William, 556.
Humphreys, David, 375; letter, 220n.
Humpton, Richard, letter, 374, 386, 387n, 400.
Hundreds, division of States, 446, 447.
Huntington, B., letter, 594, 600.
Huntington, Samuel, a delegate from Connecticut. Resignation, 16. Committees: Powers of Committee of the States, 47. Mentioned: 93.
Huron & Belzoen, letter, 567n.
Hutchins, Anthony, memorial, 401.
Hutchins, Thomas, letter, 255n.
Hutchins & Elliott, memorial, 402.
Hydra, ship, 577, 578.
I
Illinoia (State of), 120.
Illinois, land grant, 626.
Illinois River, post at mouth, 207.
Imports, 400.
Impost, 187, 209, 270, 271, 298, 302, 319; act, 221; New Hampshire act, 110. See also Tariff.

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Independence, acknowledged by Great Britain, 24.
Indiana, claim to, 110.
Indiana Company, 110.
Indians, 122, 123, 154, 155, 171, 465, 528, 550; affairs, 625; agent, 462; British influence with, 463; Christianity, 660; claims against, 454; commissioners to negotiate with, 123, 124, 125, 129, 130, 131,133, 134, 141, 152, 153, 154, 155, 198, 207--8, 238, 273, 274, 282, 433, 435, 464, 466, 552, 553, 581, 582, 599, 659; Committee on Indian Affairs, 461, 595, 596; conference at Charleston, 454; deputies, 73; Eastern, 11; education of youth, 404, 582; friendly, 461, 463; goods for, 389, 408, 460, 553; land cession, 153; lands, 186, 297, 301, 404, 625, 626; map of lands, 658; Middle Department, 134, 135, 453; missionary, 660; Northern Department, 134, 135, 453; peace, 84, 108, 153, 581; Superintendents of, 464; Southern Department, 398, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 461, 528, 550, 596, 722; trade, 461, 462; traders, 72; treaties, 71, 74, 123, 124, 125, 129, 135, 152, 153, 154, 238, 273, 274, 282, 389, 407, 408, 551, 552, 553, 599, 625, 658, 659, 723. Tribes--Cherokees, 134, 454, 625; Chickasaws, 461, 464; Choctaws, 463; Creeks, 463; Delawares, 153; Moravians, 402; Oneidas, 660n; Shawanese, 153; Six Nations, 71, 72, 153, 659, 723, War, 454, 626, 634; Western Department, 72, 625.
Infantry, 54, 55.
Inspector General department, 168.
Inspector of Army, 230.
Inspector of Contracts, 200.
Interest, 194, 302, 507, 720; arrears, 185, 186, 213, 263, 296, 297, 299, 300, 301, 303, 311; certificates, 543; on Continental bills, 395, 396; on loan office certificates, 32, 33; on the public debt, 48; payment, 188.
Invalids, 253, 254, 255, 403, 528.
Invention, 401.
Iron-master, 41.
Izard, Ralph, a delegate from South Carolina. Mentioned: 7n. Committees: Washington letter, 7.
J
Jackson, Henry, 54; memorial, 399.
Jackson, Michael, memorial, 83, 527.
Jail, 126.
James I, grant to Roswell and others, 547, 667--8.
Jay, John, a delegate from New York. Attends, 661; credentials, 656, 657n. Committees: Marbois note and navigation of the Mississippi, 665, 665n; Lafayette letter, 673, 673n; Barclay letter, 686n; French chargé note, 690, 691, 691n, 692n, 693; Fleury letter, 692; Barré petition, 692; instructions to ministers to Spain, 705. Motions: 683, 685, 698n. Votes: 694, 697, 701. Mentioned: 23, 24, 28, 144, 342, 345, 355, 356, 362, 618, 623, 669, 672n, 673n, 680n, 683n, 685n, 686n, 691n, 692n, 696, 697, 698, 705, 706n. Instructions to, 405, 489.
Jefferson, Thomas, a delegate from Virginia. Committees: Revision of files, 2; ratification of Definitive Treaty, 5, 6n, 22n; New Hampshire legislature letter, 17, 38; Williams and Jefferson letters, 21n; Allan letter, 41n, 52; powers of Committee of the States, 47n, 288, 443, 447; grand, 48, 172, 185, 356, 465, 720; Gerry motion, 49, 50, 340n, commercial affairs, 50, 269, 317, 320n; Pennsylvania instructions, 50; Carleton letter, 51; Washington commission, 54; Pollock letter, 62n; Canadian refugees memorial, 62n, 76; Schuyler letter, 62n; French Minister's note, 77, 78, 393, 394; Tarrasson petition, 97n; De Witt

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letter, 97n; Connecticut letter, 100; Osgood motion, 103n; government of Western Territory, 118, 246, 719; qualifications, 120, 137, 156, 713, 720; Indian treaty, 124--5; reduction of civil list, 125--6, 164, 342; Franklin and Barclay letters, 143; instructions to Indian commissioners, 152, 154; letters from U.S. Ministers etc., 169; Greene letter, 198; Hand motion, 282n; payment to Mercer, 309; King of Franco letter, 239--40; locating and disposing of western lands, 324, 356; Superintendent of Finance letter, 332, 384, 480n; sea letters, 339n; Butler petition, 363n; Wolcott and Butler letter, 389n; Mediterranean passports, 390; Indian affairs in Southern department, 453; Indian affairs, 722. Motions: 105, 106, 213, 222, 224, 226, 227, 227n, 228, 263, 309n, 331, 331n. Votes: 20, 21, 29, 35, 41, 53, 105, 107, 108, 111, 112, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 170, 175 177, 185, 211, 214, 215, 222, 223, 224; 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 297, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 264, 265, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 300, 311, 314, 315, 332. Mentioned: 3n, 20n, 35, 36n, 38, 46, 48n, 50n, 53n, 73, 115, 116n, 120n, 127n, 141, 143, 154n, 256, 257, 279n, 287n, 309n, 316n, 330n, 373, 397n, 471, 477n, 674. Elected chairman of Congress, 172; elected minister to England, 356; commission, 362, 530; salary advance to, 365; journey to Europe, 365; to negotiate commercial treaties, 579.
Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas, 546, 649.
Johnson, B., petition, 410, 426n.
Johnson, Thomas, 710.
Johnson, William Samuel, a delegate from Connecticut. Committees: North letter, 693n.
Johnston, Gershom, 582, 583.
Jolibois, Jaque or John, 233; letter, 695n.
Jones, Daniel, 44, 145; letter, 677n, 695n; elected chaplain, 693.
Jones, David, letter, 171, 185n.
Journals of Congress, 48, 528, 724.
K
Kalb, Henry Jules Alexandre yon Rebaii, Baron de, 239, 399, 528; accounts, 376.
Kaskaskia, 144; inhabitants, memorial, 677n.
Keith, Robert, 148.
Kendall, Joseph, memorial, 407, 407n.
Kentucky, petition from, 3n.
Kilty, John, jr., 542n, 561n, 567n, 568n, 573n, 588n.
King, Rufus, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 661, 662, 662n. Committees: Davison information, 165n; Beatty letter, 407n; Morris letter, 653n; French chargé note, 691n, 692n; North letter, 693n; week, 715. Motions: 707, 708. Votes: 681, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 707, 707n, 710.
Kirk, John, memorial, 404.
Kirkland, Samuel, 660.
Knights of Divine Providence, 7.
Knox, Henry, 44n, 55, 230, 499, 500, 515, 556; letter, 54, 164, 400, 419, 420n; Congress appreciation, 55.
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Lady Washington, packet, 165.
Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Roche Yves Gilbert du Metier, Marquis de, 333, 335, 680n; letter, 144, 145n, 332, 471, 672n, 673, 673n, 685n; Congress letter to, 332; reception by Congress and sense of his services, 673, 674, 680, 682, 683; on leaving America, 673; presented with standard captured at Yorktown, 679; reply to Congress, 684.
La Foêt, Sieur de, 78, 79, 597.

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L'Aimable Elizabeth, brig, 411, 583. Lake Champlain, 207.
Lake Superior, 207.
La Luzerne, Anne Cesar, Chevalier de, 240; letter, 66, 394, 394n, 478.
Lamb, John, memorial, 400.
Lamberton, New Jersey, 700.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, military stores at, 614.
Land, western cessions, 89, 90, 196, 275, 432n, 586, 658; bounty, 115; cession by Indians, 153; purchases, 186, 404, 448; divided into states, 275, 276; grants to soldiers, 330, 405, 452; ordinance for locating etc., 356, 446, 722; office, 374; Indian, 404, 626; titles, 450; warrants, 447, 448, 449, 450; records, 448, 449, 450, 451; sale, 449, 450, 451; Illinois grant, 626; western, 650n, 722; squatters, 626; map, 658; commissioners, 658.
Landais, Pierre, 369.
Lanenville, Brigadier-general, memorial, 651n.
Langle, Chevalier de, 246, 652, 653.
Lansing, John, jr., a delegate from New York. Credentials, 166, 656.
La Radière, Lewis de, 239.
La Rouerie, Charles Armand-Tufin, Marquis de. See Armand-Tufin.
Laurens, Henry, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 646, 647n; letter, 405.
Laurens, John, 588.
Law, Richard, a delegate from Connecticut, resignation, 16.
Lawrence, Jonathan, letter, 97n.
Lee, Arthur, a delegate from Virginia. Committees: Philip Moore memorial, 1; Blaine letter, 3; Conyngham memorial, 7; Washington letter, 7; letter to United States ministers to Paris, 8; Heinekin memorial, 12; Sudler petition, 12; Quaker address, 13; Paschke memorial, 15n, 36, 37n, 42; New Hampshire legislature letter, 17, 38; Williams and Trumbull letters, 21n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 22n, 93n, 160, 161, 172n, 388, 480, 594; ratification of Definitive Treaty, 35; Butler petition, 45, 526; powers of Committee of the States, 47; Gerry motion, 49, 50, 212n, 245; commercial affairs, 50; Carleton letter, 51; Van Berckel letter, 59; Reed letter, 60, 585; Schuyler letter, 62n, 73; Clinton letter, 67n, 93; Read motion, 72n, 73; Hazen letter, 72n, 242; Howell motion, 75, 84, 108; French minister's note, 77, 78, 239; Superintendent of Finance report on Pennsylvania, 87, 540; Connecticut letter, 100, 135; settlement of army accounts, 102n; Indian treaty, 124--5; loan office certificates, 128; Indian affairs, 154; Williamson motion, 162; Lee motion, 163n; deserters, 164; Armand letter, 170; Ellery motion, 171, 377; report on the Alliance, 171n; Steuben letter, 178, 179n; possession of western posts, 180n, 201, 376, 428; Greene letter, 199, 200, 232, 233n; Superintendent of Finance and Marine Office letter, 209; Paine motion, 213, 336; President of Pennsylvania letter, 216; Steuben resignation, 217; Secretary at War letter, 233; Williams letter, 265; Wolcott and Butler letter, 389, 389n; seat of government, 444; Beaumarchsis letter, 566. Motions: 125n, 163n, 365, 407, 551. Votes: 20, 21, 29, 35, 53, 106, 107, 108, 112, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 170, 177, 185, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 343, 344, 345, 349, 353, 354, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 429, 437, 439, 444, 465, 467, 468, 469, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 511, 512, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 523, 524, 536, 537, 550, 551, 552, 555. Mentioned: 7n, 12n, 36n, 44, 48, 51n, 60n, 73, 74n, 77, 84n, 93n, 102n, 109, 115, 123, 125n, 129n, 135, 162n, 163, 171n, 211, 212n, 213, 213n, 217n, 233n, 282, 372n, 385, 389n, 390n, 408n, 413, 414, 467, 552, 600. Letter, 167,

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399, 529, 598, 650n, 659, 660n, 679n; U.S. agent abroad, 167, 168; claim, 168.
Lee, Arthur, and Richard Butler, letter, 615n.
Lee, Charles, 708, 709.
Lee, Henry, legion, 592; settlement of dragoons account, 672.
Lee, Richard Henry, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 641, 642; credentials, 645, 645n. Committees: Smith petition, 720; western posts, 720; Pennsylvania accounts, 723. Votes: 681, 694, 695, 697, 700, 701,702, 703, 704. Mentioned: 649, 677, 683, 696n. Elected President of Congress, 649.
Leghorn, United States consul at, 121.
Leibert, Philip, petition, 80, 80n.
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 66.
Le Roy, Nicholas George, 66, 68, 69, 374; memorial, 386, 387; petition, 262.
Letombe, --, Sieur de, 77, 79.
Lewis, Francis, petition, 696.
Libert, --, 98.
Library Company, of Philadelphia, 48.
Liebert, L., memorial, 87n.
Lillie, Liebert, Gosselin, Diony, and Selin, petition, 72n.
Lincoln, Benjamin, 44n, 282, 401; letter, 242.
Lisbon, Portugal, American prisoners of war at, 372.
Livingston, Henry Brockholst, memorial, 176, 176n, 362, 363, 63n, 399, 528.
Livingston, James, petition, 216, 216n, 401.
Livingston, Robert R., a delegate from New York. Attends, 663; credentials, 663, 664n. Committees: Lee letter, 168n; Doughty letter, 681; department of Foreign Affairs, 685n; North letter, 692n, 693n; Dickinson letter, 706. Votes: 681, 700, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 104, 669, 687n, 710.
Livingston, Walter, a delegate from New York. Attends, 663; credentials, 166, 656, 657n. Votes: 681, 700, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 669, 710.
Livingston, William, 201, 644; letter, 170.
Lloyd, Edward, a delegate from Maryland. Committees: Week, 72, 714; Lillie petition, 72n. Votes: 20, 21, 29, 35, 41, 53. Mentioned: 38, 72.
Loan office, 406, 472, 473, accounts, 407; certificates, 32, 34, 128, 129, 195, 300, 312, 313, 326, 403, 471; debt, 187, 188, 211, 264, 298, 302; receipt, 406.
Loan officers, 396; appointed, 406; commission, 406, 473.
Loans, 440.
Long, Pierce, a delegate from New Jersey. Committees: 672.
Longchamps, Chevalier de, assault on Marbois, 478.
L'Orient, 241, 333, 334.
Loudon, Samuel, 724.
Louis XVI, Congress letter to, 241, 683; letter to Congress, 239, 240, 674; portrait, 239, 240, 241; statue, 598.
Louisiana, 687, 688, 690.
Lowell, James, 710.
Loyalists, property, 26, 30, 31, 621, 719.
Lucas, John, memorial, 401.
Lusannah, brig, 17, 18, 19, 38, 39, 40, 53, 151, 156, 163, 167, 174, 363n.
Lytle, Andrew, 557; memorial, 402, 546, 556.
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McClary, brig, 17, 18, 39.
McClenachan, Blair, memorial, 121n.
McComb, Eleazer, a delegate from Delaware. Committees: letter from Postmaster General, 8; ratification of Definitive Treaty, 35. Votes: 20, 21, 29, 35.
McDougall, Alexander, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 166. Mentioned: 485, 493.

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McHenry, James, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 170,635. Committees: Washington letter, 7; powers of Committee of the States, 47; reduction of civil list, 125--6, 164, 342; week, 216, 490, 508, 509, 525, 556, 714, 715; Carleton letter, 220n; Strubing petition, 231; Secretary at War letter, 233; Mann claim, 309; McHenry motion, 255n; Netherlands minister's letter, 509; Superintendent of Finance letter, 509n, 556; revision of files, 527n; Read motion, 530; of the States, 635; Massachusetts instructions, 661n; Paschke petition, 698n. Motions: 50, 176, 197, 253, 255n, 288, 292, 505, 508n, 509n, 525n, 551, 556n. Votes: 174, 175, 177, 185, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 300, 311, 314, 315, 485, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 511, 512, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554. Mentioned: 177, 197, 216n, 223, 259, 290, 291, 292n, 293, 296, 314, 485.
McIntosh, Lachlan, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 569, 571. Mentioned: 96, 399. Letter, 94, 95, 97n, 528.
McMechan, James, 401.
Madison, James, a delegate from Virginia. Committees: 233.
Madrid, 693; United States chargé d'affaires at, 126, 164, 342.
Magazines, 402.
Mail, robbery, 9, 10, 34, 201, 402; southern, 82, 84; northern, 84; franking privilege, 314; irregularity, 399, 527; foreign, 584.
Mann, George, account against Congress, 309, 310, 310n.
Manning, James, 672.
Manning, Phineas, petition, 651n.
Marbois, Francois de Barbé, Marquis de, 77, 78, 79, 394, 597, 688, 692; assault upon, 478, 502, 564; letter, 665, 687, 688, 693.
Marcellin, --, 66, 68, 69, 374; petition, 262, 386, 387.
Marcellin, --, and -- LeRoy, memorial, 400.
Marchant, Henry, a delegate from Rhode Island, 378.
Marie Antoinette, portrait, 239, 240, 241.
Marine, Agent of, 14, 62, 126, 127, 132, 171, 226n, 340, 342, 365, 410, 426n, 432n, 567n, 580; letter, 209, 210, 234, 234n, 342.
Marine Committee, 340.
Marine department, 297, 410; accounts, 21, 22, 545, 556, 692; expense, 186.
Marine, merchant. See Merchant marine.
Marine, Secretary, 127, 704.
Marseilles, France, 241, 334; United States consul at, 121.
Martin, Alexander, 392, 645, 646, 686n.
Martin, James, 9.
Martin, John, 586n; letter, 595, 595n, 596.
Martindale, Lyon, 61.
Maryland, 402, 537; French consul, 78, 79; Indian commissioner, 123; quota of public debt, 128, 173; ratification of Confederation, 142; troops, 205; money for Government buildings, 223, 294; bills of credit, 383; motion, 521.
Maryland Gazette, The, 624, 624n.
Massachusetts, 11, 144, 152, 484, 662, 663, 666; governor, 36n, 52; governor's letter, 244, 394, 395, 545, 722, 723; governor and company, 668; British encroachments on, 52; French consul, 77, 79; delegates, 120, 121; delegates' qualifications, 158, 159; delegates' motion, 226, 356, 465, 537, 545; delegates' letter, 587n; delegates' credentials, 419, 642, 648, 662;

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instructions to delegates, 661n; Indian commissioner, 123; quota of public debt, 128, 173, 508; troops, 202, 203, 204, 205, 500, 515; accounts, 272, 398, 545, 546; and the New Hampshire grants, 283; expenses in Penobscot expedition, 395, 722; act, 399, 613; letter, 404; pay for troops, 436, 500, 515; ox teams, 507, 508; coast guard, 545; petition, 547; boundary, 547, 549, 666, 678, 709, 710; Roswell's grant, 548, 549; vests powers in Congress, 613; representation on Committee of the States, 635, 636; credentials of agents, 666, 667n.
Massachusetts Bay, Company of, 549.
Matthews, --, 645.
Measam, George, 400, 404.
Medicines, 509n.
Mediterranean Sea, passports, 340, 390, 595, 608; free entry ports for United States, 145.
Melcher, Isaac, letter, 578n.
Menard, Jean, petition, 685.
Mennonites, petition, 374.
Mentges, Francis, 200, 232, 233.
Mercer, Hugh, son of, 309.
Mercer, John Francis, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 150; credentials, 645, 645n. Committees: Lee motion, 163n; possession of western posts, 180n, 201, 376, 428, 720; Superintendent of Finance letter, 255n; week, 261, 715; New York motion, 381n; application of New York, 487; Lafayette letter, 673n; Devine petition, 695n; Lewis and Alsop petition, 696. Motions: 184, 211, 297, 379, 411, 414, 424n, 484, 674. Votes: 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 170, 175, 177, 185, 197, 201, 219, 222, 223, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 249, 250, 251, 256, 257, 258, 264, 265, 275, 279, 282, 291, 295, 296, 300, 311, 321, 332, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 355, 366, 368, 386, 379, 382, 224, 225, 244, 247, 259, 260, 292, 293, 343, 344, 353, 354, 409, 413, 415, 416, 418, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 511, 512, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 555, 681, 694, 695, 696, 701, 702, 703, 704. Mentioned: 184, 207n, 292, 300, 409, 413n, 414n, 418, 432, 436, 485, 486, 512, 521, 527n, 551, 555.
Merchant marine, 319.
Mercier, --, de, letter, 400.
Mesplet, Fleury, memorial, 385.
Messengers, 127.
Metropotamia (State of), 120.
Michigania (State of), 119.
Michilimackinac, 202, 204, 207; Indian treaty, 72; British retention of, 661.
Mifflin, Thomas, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Committees: Deputy Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 50n. Votes: 20, 21, 28, 35, 41, 53, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 116, 117, 130, 131, 132, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 170, 177, 185, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 260, 264, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 321, 331, 343, 344, 345, 347, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 418, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 552, 554. Mentioned: 28, 29, 50, 83, 135, 156, 373, 418, 505, 551, 719. Instructions to, 71; thanked by Congress, 553.
Military department, 186, 297, 298, 301.
Militia, 537, 552.
Millar, William, memorial, 411.
Milligan, James, 525.
Milton, J., 570.
Minerva, ship, 12.

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Ministers, United States, abroad, 126, 127, 144, 357, 405, 674, 693, 694, 695; letters, 169, 331, 367, 405, 674; salaries, 342, 349, 350, 353, 354, 404, 405; number in Europe, 345; instructions, 361, 405, 674, 676; secretary, 365; discontinuance of, 367; to negotiate commercial treaties, 529; to Netherlands, 674; to Great Britain, 676; to France, 685.
Mint, 71, 404. See also Massachusetts, instructions to delegates.
Missionary, for Indians, 660.
Mississippi River, navigation, 27, 489, 490, 530, 623, 665, 665n, 687, 688, 689, 690, 693, 705, 706.
Money, Continental, 404; signing of, 363, 383; receivers, 406; brought from Boston, 652, 653.
Monroe, James, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 641, 642; credentials, 645, 645n. Committees: Houdin and Thacher memorials, 13; week, 15, 82, 84, 364, 374, 407, 714, 715; Superintendent of Finance letter, 41, 86, 653n; Ward and Frothingham memorial, 48; Chever memorial, 49; sea letters, 58; Monroe motion, 75, 658n; Canadian refugee memorial, 76, 86; Pierce letter, 80; Selin petition, 82n, 91; Duportail letter, 92; McIntosh letter, 94; Howell motion, 99; Cazeau memorial, 147; Gamble memorial, 237; reports pending, 397; Connecticut cession, 432n: seat of government, 444; Gerry motion, 488; Dana motion, 489, 529; revision of files, 527; Fuller memorial, 490n; Read motion, 530; Massachusetts petition, 547; credentials, 647; Carleton letter, 650n, 698n; Swedish consul, 659; indian commissioners letter, 659, 664; Marbois note and navigation of the Mississippi, 665, 665n, 687, 693; revision of War Office, 672; Doughty letter, 681; Olivier letter, 685; Barclay letter, 686n; North letter, 692n, 693n; Jolibois letter, 695n; Devine petition, 695n; instructions to minister to Spain, 705; Ayot petition, 706. Motions: 75, 75n, 86, 223, 223n, 413, 439n, 499, 500n, 512, 515, 519, 657, 658, 658n, 660. Votes: 20, 21, 29, 35, 41, 53, 107, 108, 111, 112, 115, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 170, 175, 177, 185, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 300, 314, 315, 321, 332, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355, 366, 368, 379, 382, 386, 413, 415, 416, 429, 430, 431, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 501, 502, 504, 511, 512, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 552, 555, 681, 694, 695, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704. Mentioned: 36n, 59n, 83, 138, 150n, 224, 428, 477n, 649, 659n, 661n, 665, 682n, 688n, 700, 706n, 710.
Montgomery, James, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 44. Committees: Grand, 48, 185; week, 66, 84, 471, 472, 714, 715; Cady memorial, 66; Read motion, 310. Motions: 111, 141, 222. Votes: 53, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 116, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 141, 142, 151, 170, 174, 175, 177, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 260, 264, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 321, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 379, 380, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 418, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 511, 512, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536,

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537, 538, 540. Mentioned: 98, 116, 125n, 132, 133, 137, 256, 257, 280 282, 341, 428, 428n, 438n, 503. Instructions to, 71.
Montgomery, Richard, 260; monument, 504.
Montgomery, Robert, 144.
Montgomery, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 644.
Moore, James, 1, 2.
Moore, Philip, memorial, 1; letter, 97n.
Morant, --, 399; commission, 528.
Moravian Indians. See Indians.
Morgan, George, 582; petition, 110, 112, 121n; letter, 287n.
Morocco, Emperor of, 144, 391, 608; Mediterranean passport, 339; treaty, 340, 361,362, 390, 595.
Morris, Cadwalader, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 642.
Morris, Charles, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Committees: Philip Moore memorial, 1; Superintendent of Finance report, 171; week, 37, 714. Votes: 28, 35.
Morris, Robert, 14n, 86, 220, 480, 708, 709; letter, 11, 93, 650--51, 653, 653n; report, 61; management of finances, 465; resignation, 653. See also Superintendent of Finance.
Moses, Isaac, 179, 179n.
Motions, out of order, 495, 498.
Moultrie, William, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 646.
Mount Hope, furnace, 55.
Murnand, Jean Bernard de, 66; letter, 63, 64n; resignation, 64.
Murray, Reuben, petition, 588, 589n.
Myers, Moses, 179.
N
Nancy, schooner, 162, 162n, 372.
Naples, treaty with, 357.
Nash, Clement, 94.
Natchez, inhabitants, memorial, 401.
National debt. See Debt, public.
Navy, British, 399.
Navy, pay, 160, 161, 234, 580; officers, 234, 404, 580.
Navy Board, supplies for, 410; accounts, 545.
Negroes, 596, 622.
Netherlands. See United Netherlands.
New England Council, 668; Roswell's grant, 548.
New Hampshire, 39, 151, 175; legislature, 3n, 4n; letter, 17, 18n, 38, 53, 151, 156, 163, 167, 174; act, 39, 110; courts, 18, 19; representation in Congress, 74, 109, 654; French consul, 77, 79; credentials of delegates, 89, 654; Indian commissioner, 123; quota of public debt, 128, 173; troops, 202, 203, 204, 205; census, 383; pay for U. S. troops, 436, 500, 515; Congress guarantee to, 484, 533; representation on Committee of the States, 635, 636.
New Hampshire grants. See Vermont.
New Jersey, 193, 226, 308, 537, 678, 680; representation in Congress, 74; French consul, 78, 79; land controversy with Virginia, 110, 111, 112; Indian commissioner, 123; quota of public debt, 128, 173; troops, 205, 526, 530, 539; act, 208; bells removed to, 213; governor, 365; representation on the Committee of the States, 636; credentials of delegates, 643, 648; newspapers, 657; legislature, 707.
New London, Conn., defense of, 722.
New York, 110, 350, 352, 662, 663, 666; governor, 55; governor's letter, 62n, 93, 398, 493; representation in Congress, 74; Indian commissioner, 123; quota of public debt, 128, 173; cession of western lands, 143, 658; frontier posts in, 179, 381; troops, 180, 248, 381; delegates, 247, 283; delegates motion, 364, 379, 380, 381, 381n, 382, 425, 437, 481n, 496; act, 247; controversy with New Hampshire, 283, 284, 285, 286, 481, 482,

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484, 532, 533--4, 535, 536; pay depreciation, 336; instructions to delegates, 336, 379; resolves, 403, 493; delegates memorial, 481; agents in New Hampshire controversy, 482; Congress guarantee to, 484; troops, 487, 513, 514, 526, 528, 530, 539; return of arms to, 493, 494; committee, 519; officers, 531, 539; disorders in, 535, 536; boundary dispute with Massachusetts, 547, 549, 666, 669, 678, 709, 710; Congress notice to, 547; representation on the Committee of the States, 631; credentials ofdelegates, 656, 663, 667; newspapers, 657.
New York City, troops at, 54, 55; French consul at, 78, 79; bells, 213, 336, 337; British ordnance left in, 400.
Newfoundland fisheries, 620.
Newport, R. I., Congress at, 221, 222, 293; seat of government, 702.
Newspapers, for delegates, 657.
Niagara, 204, 207, 501; British post at, 202; troops for, 389.
North, William, 230; letter, 163n, 692n, 695n.
North Carolina, 152, 345; French consul at, 78, 79; Indian commissioner, 123; quota of public debt, 128, 173; troops, 205; delegates, 372, 391, 434, 586; act, 586; cession of western lands 586; credentials of delegates, 645, 648.
Northwest frontier, protection of, 428.
Northwestern posts, British withdrawal, from, 657, 658, 661.
Northwest Territory, 90, 113, 116, 650n; States formed from, 114; county lands, 115; plan of government, 719.
Nourse, Joseph, memorial, 405, 410, 426n.
Nova Scotia, encroachment on Massachusetts lands, 52.
O
Oaths, of fidelity and office, 442, 479, 480.
Officers, 505; foreign, 37, 43, 66, 68, 72, 91, 92, 170, 210, 377, 386; accounts, 44, 505, 506; pay and half pay, 49, 51, 80, 100, 101, 135, 166, 161, 234, 265, 266, 267, 268, 377, 404, 580; Canadians, 80, 99, 244; memorials and petitions, 80, 234, 242, 404; French, 170, 210, 690; not to hold two commissions, 232; naval, 234, 404, 580; land for, 405, 452; staff, 531; for standing army, 531, 539. Engineers, see Engineers.
Ohio, land grant, 374; lands northwest of, 650n. See also Northwest Territory.
Ohio River, post at mouth, 207; rapids, 275.
Olden, Joseph, 201.
Olivie, Lawrence, 98; petition, 80, 80n.
Olivier, Laurens, letter, 685n.
Oneida Indians. See Indians, Tribes.
Ordinances, 573, 608.
Ordnance, for western posts, 180; left in New York, by British, 400.
Osborn, Adlai, a delegate from North Carolina, credentials, 645.
Osgood, Samuel, a delegate from Massachusetts. Committees: Memorial of public creditors, 10n, 32; Morris letter, 11n; Sudler petition, 12; Quaker address, 13; Philip Moore memorial, 1; Armand letter, 37n; Allan letter, 41n, 52; Duportail letter, 42; Postmaster General letter, 44; powers of Committee of the States, 47n, 288, 443, 474; Gerry motion, 49, 50; deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 50n; Carleton letter, 51; Knox letter, 54; Superintendent of Finance letter, 56; Partridge memorial, 58; week, 82, 84, 714; Smith letter, 82n; Jackson memorial, 83,

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83n; De Witt letter, 97n; settlement of army accounts, 102n; Connecticut address, 135; Superintendent of Finance report, 171; Williams letter, 265. Motions: 64, 103n, 269n. Votes: 20, 21, 28, 35, 41, 53, 106,107,108,111, 112, 116, 117. Mentioned: 13n, 18, 33n, 37, 44n, 58n, 82n, 84n, 103, 103n, 120, 121, 269n, 405. Qualifications, 121, 136, 158, 159.
Oster, --, Sieur, 78, 79.
Oswego, 204, 207, 501; British post at, 202.
Otis, Samuel A., 642, 666.
Otto, Bodo, petition, 124, 348, 348n, 528.
Ottoman Porte, treaty with, 180, 357.
Ox teams, 507, 508.
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Paca, William, letter, 690.
Packet boats, French, 584.
Paine, Ephraim, a delegate from New York. Attends, 165; credentials, 166 Motions: 180n, 198, 213, 213n, 229, 248, 336, 481, 481n, 492, 493n, 494, 498, 498n, 501, 513, 514, 514n, 524, 532. Committees: Western posts, 180n, 201, 376, 428, 720; Paine motion, 213, 336; Gamble memorial, 237; week, 262, 715; Marcellin and Le Roy memorial, 262n, 386; Harwood memorial, 363n, 383; Prentice memorial, 364n, Hamtramck letter, 383. Votes: 170, 174, 175, 177, 184, 196, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 264, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 321, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 417, 424, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554. Mentioned: 167n 237n, 287, 426, 474, 494, 495n, 496, 498, 498n, 502, 540.
Paine, Thomas, letter, 403.
Palfrey, William, 236.
Papal Nuncio, application, 368.
Partridge, Calvin, memorial, 58, 58n.
Partridge, George, a delegate from Massachusetts. Attends, 642; credentials, 642. Committees: Letter to United States ministers in Paris, 8; grand, 48, 185; sea letters, 58; Sullivan petition, 60; Hazen letter, 72n, 242; Canadian officers petition, 80; Patton petition, 242; Steuben letter, 262; Hand letter, 387; Superintendent of Finance letter, 388; week, 410, 411, 698, 715; representation of New York delegates, 481; New York-Vermont controversy, 532. Motions: 125n, 243. Votes: 20, 21, 28, 35, 41, 53, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 117, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 169, 174, 175, 177, 184, 196, 197, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249 250, 251, 256, 257, 258, 259, 264, 275, 279, 282, 291, 293, 294, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 320, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 417, 424, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 474, 488, 491, 492, 494, 495, 496, 497, 500, 501, 502, 504, 510, 511, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554, 681, 694, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 38, 67, 124, 141, 158, 162n, 251, 258, 263n, 287n, 382, 410n, 411n, 417, 418, 492, 520, 648, 649, 660, 698n, 710.

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Paschke, Frederick, memorial, 15, 15n, 42, 36, 37, 37n, 121, 121n, 698, 698n.
Passports, 339, 390.
Pateson, Archibald, petition, 432n.
Patterson, Robert, 490.
Patterson, Samuel, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 651, 652.
Patterson, William, 710.
Patterson, William A., letter, 411, 411n.
Patton, Robert, petition, 242, 242n, 445n.
Patty, brig, memorial from owners, 405.
Pay, 43, 51, 173, 203, 204, 205, 206, 269, 403, 404, 411,436; depreciation, 14, 99, 410, 592; half pay, 37, 49, 80, 100, 101, 135, 265, 266, 267, 268, 377, 404; foreign officers, 37; commutation, 100, 405; navy, 160, 161, 234; brevet rank, 243; frauds, 388; to furloughed troops, 400; troops, 500,515, 520, 521,522, 524, 528, 531; to naval officers on court-martial duty, 580.
Paymaster, 126, 342; dishonesty, 388; deputy, 403, 506.
Paymaster General, 102, 388, 410, 528, 545, 691; letters, 44, 505; pay, 236; conduct, 594.
Peace with Great Britain, 27, 403, 622; negotiations, 405; with Indians, 581; ratification, 616, 617, 627; proclamation, 719.
Pearson, Joseph, 89, 109, 654.
Pelisipia (State of), 120.
Pellon, Joseph Boyer, petition, 569n.
Penhallow, John, 18, 19, 39, 40; petition, 151.
Pennell, Joseph, letter, 61, 528, 556, 556n.
Pennsylvania, 193, 308, 678; act, 32, 221; land claimed by Connecticut, 45, 46, 280, 281, 526, 603; instructions to delegates, 50, 70, 280; boundaries, 70, 216, 399, 529; lands, 70; French consul in, 77, 79; accounts, 87, 179, 252, 541, 720, 723; extract from legislative journals, 87; Indian commissioner, 123; quota of public debt, 128, 173; troops, 205, 526, 530, 539; President's letter, 216; property tax, 221; officers, 242, 531, 539; court, 280, 281; pay of soldiers, 341; delegates to Congress, 393, 564, 644, 648; orders arrest of Longchamps, 478; Supreme Executive Council, 503; Supreme Executive Council letter, 502, 564; action on Marbois assault, 564; petition in Connecticut land claim, 603; credentials of delegates, 644, 648; newspapers, 657; General Assembly resolves, 706n; State House offered to Congress, 706n, 708.
Penobscot, expedition, 394, 395, 722.
Pensions, 101. See also Invalids.
Pepin, Andrew, petition, 690.
Pequet, Sieur John Baptist, 372.
Perit, Peter, memorial, 351, 352, 352n.
Perkins, William, claim, 399, 527.
Person, Thomas, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 645.
Peters, Richard, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Committees: Blaine letter, 3; Washington letter, 7; Eastern boundary, 11; powers of Committee of the States, 47; Lytle memorial, 220, 233. Mentioned: 220n.
Petry, --, Sieur, 78, 79.
Pettit, Charles, observations on treasury, 442.
Phelon, Edward, memorial, 84, 84n, 398, 527.
Philadelphia, 567, 638, 708; public creditors memorial, 10n, 32; Congress at, 223; military stores at, 613; seat of government, 702. See also Pennsylvania.
Pickering, Timothy, letter, 401.
Pierce, John, 61, 236, 399, 400; letter, 80, 198n, 374n, 427n, 591n, 594, 595n, 650n.
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Pinckney, Charles, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 641, 642; credentials, 647, 647n. Committees: Marbois note and navigation of Mississippi, 665, 665n; week, 672, 715; Kaskasia memorial, 677n; Marbois letter, 687, 693; instructions to Minister to Spain, 705. Motions: 697, 707. Votes: 681, 694, 695, 697, 700, 701,702, 703, 704. Mentioned: 649, 661, 672n, 707n.
Pintard, John, 723.
Pitkin, William, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 655.
Platt, Richard, memorial, 402.
Platt, Zephaniah, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 656. Committee: Dickinson letter, 706n.
Pollock, Oliver, 384, 385, 600, 601, 602, 607; letter, 62n, 399, 600, 601, 607.
Polypotamia (State of), 120.
Ponthière, --, 43.
Pontière, --,65.
Ports, free, 145, 241, 333, 334.
Portsmouth, N. H., French consul, 79.
Portugal, treaty with, 180, 357.
Postmaster, at Philadelphia, 6n; at Princeton, 9.
Postmaster General, 6, 10, 85, 201, 565, 585; letter, 8, 10n, 34.
Post Office, 399; mails, 6, 9, 10, 34, 82, 84, 85; investigated, 82, 84, 85; regulation of, 314, 582; robbed, 365; suit against Johnston, 582, 583; revenues, 584; ordinance violation, 584, 585. See also Mail.
Post riders, 582.
Posts (western frontier forts), 64, 67n, 93, 179, 248n, 376, 380, 398, 433, 435, 490, 501,720; possession of, 114, 163, 179,201,202, 203, 204, 205, 432, 529, 720; evacuated by British, 248, 376, 380, 420, 428, 499, 515, 527, 530, 538, 635; garrison, or troops for, 163, 180, 207, 248, 380, 428, 428n, 429, 434, 436, 466, 487, 499, 513, 514, 515, 519, 527, 530, 538; British possession of, 376, 380, 404, 420, 428, 720; exchange of stores, 420.
Potomac River, seat of government on, 223, 293, 444, 445.
Potts, Stacey, 401.
Powder, 597.
Prayer and Thanksgiving proclamation, 625, 627, 630.
Prentice, Samuel, 645; memorial, 364, 364n, 409, 410.
President, 475, 704; absent, 133; expense of household, 400; continuance, 505; elected, 649.
Princeton, N.J., Congress at, 4; mail robbery, 9, 34, 201, 365; Indian youth educated at, 404, 582.
Princeton College, 404.
Prisoners of war, 403; British, 49; naval, 70, 338, 403; commissary of, 126, 342; in Great Britain, 144; care of, 337, 338; at Lisbon, 372; exchange of, 405.
Privateers, 182, 359.
Prizes, 360.
Proclamations, 52; reward for capture of mail robbers, 10, 34; ratification of peace treaty, 29; prayer and thanksgiving, 625, 627, 630; of treaty, 719.
Property, loyalist, 26, 30, 31, 719; confiscation, 27, 30, 31, 622; public, 93, 600; tax, 221; alien rights, 360; carried away by British, 622.
Providence, Bahamas, 332.
Providencia, ship, 144.
Provisional treaty, 405.
Provisions, for Canadian refugees, 400.
Provost marshal, 253, 271, 272.
Prussia, treaty with, 180, 357, 579, 674, 675; minister at The Hague, 579.
Pulaski's legion, 42, 43, 65, 121.
Q
Quakers, address, 13.
Qualifications, of delegates, 136, 137, 138, 156, 157, 158, 159, 377, 378, 379, 379n, 385, 405, 412, 416, 420, 422, 423, 424, 655; committee, 98,

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120, 137, 137n, 713, 720; report on, 723.
Quartermaster Department, 54, 55, 401, 404, 405.
Quartermaster General, 507; returns, 52; letter, 404, 597.
Quartermaster, stores, 593, 664.
Quebec, Inhabitants, Congress's address to, 86.
Quotas, of money, 33, 213, 301, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 312, 313; state, 70, 84, 301, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 312, 313, 425, 426; troops, 428, 433, 436, 519, 537; (1785), 508; public debt, 108, 128, 590, 591.
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Rank, brevet, 92.
Rations, 44, 51, 219.
Ravenhorst, Christian, 579.
Read, George, 710.
Read, Jacob, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 641, 642; credentials, 646, 647. Committees: Ratification of Definitive Treaty, 5, 22, 31n; grand, 48, 172, 185, 356, 394, 465, 472, 506, 720, 722; Van Berckel letter, 59; Pollock letter, 62n; Gerry motion, 64, 595, 608; Armand resignation, 67n, 68; French Minister's letter, 68, 239; Sprout claim, 70n, 337; Clinton letter, 67n; Pennsylvania instructions, 71n; Monroe motion, 75; Canadian refugees memorial, 76, 86; Howell motion, 82; Morris letter, 86, 172n, 255n, 384, 653; Schuyler letter and Read motion, 73; irregularities of the post-office, 84; Virginia cession, 89; Duportail letter, 92; Governor of New York letter, 93; McIntosh letter, 94; Osgood qualification, 121n; loan office certificates, 128; qualifications, 136, 713; Franklin and Barclay letters, 143--4; deserters, 164; Ellery motion, 171, 377; report on the Alliance, 171n; Greene letter, 198; Superintendent of Finance and Marine Office letter, 209; Strubing petition, 231; King of France letter, 239--40; Governor of Massachusetts letter, 244n; commercial affairs, 269, 320n, 317; Mann claim, 309; Read motion, 310, 317, 321, 530, 625n, 627, 658; location and disposal of western lands, 324, 356; Otto petition, 348; Woelpper petition, 348; New York motion, 381n; Connecticut cession, 432n; Indian affairs, 453, 464n, 722; of the States, 477, 561, 564, 713; representation of New York delegates, 481; application of New York, 487; week, 490, 508, 509, 525, 556, 715; New York-Vermont controversy, 532; revision of files, 527, 527n; Massachusetts petition, 547; Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council letter, 564; Champlin petition, 569n, 577; rules for Committee of the States, 569n, 572; Adams letters, 579; Marine agent's report, 580n; George Rogers Clark letter, 581; Hazard letter, 582; Shewell petition, 583; Thomson letter, 583; Pierce letter, 591n, 598n; Martin letter, 595; Gilfillan letter, 596; Aycard letter, 598; committee report on order of June 17, 1783, 605; Carleton letter, 613, 624, 698n; Franklin letter, 615; Lee and Butter letter, 615n; Muhlenberg letter, 625; credentials, 647; Olivier letter, 685; Lafayette letter, 673n; letters from U.S. Ministers abroad, 674, 678; Jolibois letter, 695n; Devine petition, 695n; Paschke petition, 698n; Ayot petition, 706. Motions: 6, 6n, 31, 34, 71, 72, 73, 78, 79n, 98, 103, 106, 125n, 151, 174, 199n, 200, 259, 269n, 273, 274, 331n, 310, 311, 317, 322, 332n, 399, 417, 417n, 432, 435, 446, 467, 527n, 528, 530, 550, 554, 554n, 566, 567n, 569, 569n, 582n, 584n, 591, 598, 599, 602, 607, 624, 625, 625n, 627, 647, 658, 658n, 665,

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679 680n, 697. Votes: 21, 29, 35, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 170, 175, 177, 185, 197, 201, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 264, 265, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 300, 311, 314, 315, 321, 332, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355, 366, 368, 379, 382, 386, 415, 416, 417, 418, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 501, 502, 504, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 555, 591, 605, 612, 630, 633, 681, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704. Mentioned: 1, 6, 15, 20, 31n, 34, 37, 50, 87n, 92n, 97n, 98, 105, 106, 107, 112, 125n, 130, 132, 133, 140, 141, 146, 169, 185, 186, 198, 200, 211, 218, 237, 247, 249, 250, 287n, 293, 310n, 311, 317n, 324n, 338n, 348n, 349n, 365, 366, 385n, 418, 435, 439n, 464, 466, 466n, 485, 488, 490n, 491, 519, 520, 527n, 531n, 540n, 550, 554, 565, 567, 568, 574n, 584, 587, 592, 596n, 607n, 611n, 616, 624, 626n, 630, 630n, 632, 637, 637n, 638, 638n, 649, 649n, 655, 674, 677n, 678, 679n.
Receivers, of Continental taxes, 364.
Reciprocity, 319, 320, 358.
Records, 612, 630, 632, 634, 637, 638.
Reed, Bowes, 644; letter, 657n.
Reed, Joseph, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 644; letter, 60, 399, 529, 585.
Register of the Treasury, 127, 405, 440, 441, 442, 443.
Register, western lands, 324, 325, 328, 329, 447, 450, 451.
Remsen, Henry, jr., 10n, 41n, 50n, 114n, 122; letter, 143n, 248n; leave of absence, 624.
Rendon, Francisco, 688; petition, 405; letter, 687, 689.
Reports, procedure, 573.
Representation, in Congress, 245, 247, 351, 421, 423, 424, 641; in Committee of the States, 554, 563, 631.
Requisitions (1784), 186, 213; noncompliance with, 298, 299, 300; on States, 301, 302, 305, 306, 807, 308, 309, 312; for troops, 519.
Returns, military, 51, 52, 400, 593.
Revenue, annual, 187.
Revolutionary War, history of, 427.
Rhode Island, 99, 101, 141, 253, 294, 391, 484; governor, 36n; French consul at, 77, 78, 79; Indian Commissioner, 123; quota of public debt, 128, 173; troops, 205; resolves, 221; offer of seat, of government, 221; Congress at, 222; delegates motion, 221, 287, 293, 338, 390, 399, 484, 527; commissioner of accounts, 262, 272, 297; delegates qualifications, 377, 378, 379n; delegates term, 385, 389, 390; delegates request, 401; delegates right to sit in Congress, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 420, 421, 422, 424; military stores at, 615; representation on the Committee of the States, 631; credentials of delegates, 643, 648.
Richmond, French consul, 78, 79.
Ripley, Jeremiah, 655.
Robinson, Moses, 483, 534.
Rome, treaty with, 180, 357.
Ross, John, memorial, 401, 529, 556, 556n; letter, 508.
Ross, Robert, jr., petition, 651n.
Roswell, Sir Henry, and others, 548, 549, 668, 669.
Rum, 404.
Rumsey, James, petition, 672n.
Russell, Edward, 655.

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Russell, Thomas, petition, 226n.
Russia, mission to, 4; treaty with, 180, 357.
Rutledge, John, 710.
S
St. Clair, Arthur, letter, 402.
St. John, --, See Crèavecoeur, St. John de.
St. Saphorin, Mons. de, 674.
St. Vincents. See Vincennes.
Salaries, 365, 404, 436, 441, 442, 443, 470; reduced, 126; increased, 405.
Salisbury, furnace, 55.
Sanford, Samuel, 99; petition, 100n.
Saratoga (State of), 120.
Sardinia, treaty with, 180, 357.
Sartine, Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert Gabriel de, 370.
Savannah, French consul, 78, 79.
Saxony, treaty with, 357.
School, public, used as hospital, 410.
Schuyler, Nicholas, memorial, 216, 216n, 335, 336.
Schuyler, Philip, 208; letter, 62n, 73.
Scioto River, post on, 207.
Sea letters, 1, 58, 338, 339, 577, 578, 595.
Seal, Great, of the United States, 578.
Seamen, prisoners, 372.
Seas, freedom of, 182, 183.
Seconde. See Segond.
Secrecy, 331, 405.
Secret Committee, 21, 22, 59, 161.
Secretary at War. See Knox, Henry.
Secretary to Congress, 48, 104, 105, 124, 127, 374, 393, 427, 565, 578, 598, 612, 624, 632, 637, 641, 657; department of the, 82, 127, 565; contingent expenses, 705.
Secretary, to commissioners for commercial treaties, 375.
Sedgwick, John, 655.
Seegar, George, 95.
Seeley, Isaac, 242.
Segond, James, 43, 65, 66; memorial, 710n.
Selin (Seling), Anthony, 92; petition, 82, 82n, 91, 109.
Sergeants, Connecticut line, memorial, 405.
Sette. See Cette.
Sewell (Shewell), Robert, 584; petition, 411, 432n, 583.
Sharp, James, 146.
Sheldon, Pardon, 338, 339, 391.
Shells, 410.
Sherman, Roger, a delegate from Connecticut. Attends, 15; credentials, 15, 16. Committees: Superintendent of Finance letter, 11n, 41, 86, 374n, 480, 594. Paymaster General letter, 44, 505; powers of the Committee of the States, 47n, 288, 443, 474, 477; grand, 48, 172, 185, 356, 394, 465, 472, 506, 720, 722; Deputy Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 50n; Sullivan petition, 60; Carleton letter, 63; Gerry motion, 64, 212n, 245; Clinton letter, 67n; Monroe motion, 75; Canadian refugees' memorial, 76, 86; Pierce letter, 80, 198n, 374n, 427n; Superintendent of Finance report, 87n, 234, 540; Virginia cession, 89; Shippen letter, 90; Governor of New York letter, 93; Osgood motion, 103n; qualifications, 120, 137, 156, 377, 713, 720; loan office certificates, 128; Howell motion, 142, 262, 297, 436, 478; Franklin and Barclay letters, 143--4; Cazeau memorial, 147; Halsted petition, 163n, 273; Lee letter, 167; Livingston memorial, 176n; President of Pennsylvania letter, 216; Gamble memorial, 235, 235n; Steuben letter, 262; Clinton letter, 287n; payment to Mercer, 309; Perit memorial, 351; Livingston memorial, 362; Franklin petition, 364n; Hodgdon letter, 375; Hand letter, 387; Wolcott and Butler letter, 389, 389n; Beatty letter, 407n, 432; Prentice memorial, 409; Johnson memorial, 409; Gordon petition, 427; Bradford

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letter, 427n; Sewell petition, 432n, 583; of the States, 477, 561, 564, 713; representation of New York delegates, 481,493; revised file of reports, 527n; Read motion, 530; New York-Vermont controversy, 532; Massachusetts petition, 547; Minister of France letter, 596--7; Pennsylvania accounts, 720; Smith petition, 720. Motions: 125n, 145, 145n, 154, 229, 229n, 248, 264, 365, 415, 492, 522, 522n. Votes: 20, 21, 28, 35, 41, 53, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 116, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 169, 174, 175, 177, 184, 196, 197, 201,211,214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 264, 275, 279,282, 291,292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 320, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 417, 424, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431,434, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 510, 511, 513, 514, 516, 517, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554. Mentioned: 16, 34, 38, 61n, 65n, 90n, 91n, 104, 121n, 137n, 143n, 157n, 158n, 167n, 168n, 171, 216n, 225, 287n, 297, 346, 349, 363n, 366n, 379n, 388, 430, 436, 439n, 466n, 468, 480n, 484n, 485, 490, 507n, 545n.
Shewell, Robert. See Sewell.
Shippen, William, letter, 90, 91n, 402.
Ships' passports, 390, 391, 608, 610.
Sicily, treaty with, 180.
Silver, Massachusetts instructions, 661.
Sitgreaves, John, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 645.
Six Nations. See Indians, tribes.
Slavery, in Western Territory, 119, 247, 277.
Slaves, carried off, 368.
Smith, Benjamin, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 645.
Smith, Isaac, 710.
Smith, James, 544; letter, 82; petition, 541, 720, 723.
Smith, Melanchton, a delegate from New York. Committees: Reduction of public debt, 129n.
Smith, Thomas, 32.
Smith, William, petition, 410, 432n.
Smith & Storer, 340.
South Carolina, 152, 193, 308, 511; Indian commissioner, 123; quota of public debt, 128, 173; delegates, 146, 420; resolve, 146; troops, 205; delegates' motion, 332, 434, 678; claims, 332, 454; Admiralty, 510; acts, 588; credentials of delegates, 646, 647n, 648.
South Carolina, frigate, 332.
Spaight, Richard Dobbs, a delegate from North Carolina. Attends, 642; credentials, 392, 645. Committees: Sullivan and New Hampshire letters, 4n; Sullivan memorial, 14; New Hampshire letter, 17, 38; week, 15, 364, 410, 411, 714, 715, 720; Brahm letter, 46, 69; grand, 48, 185; Sprout claim, 70n, 337; Superintendent of Finance report, 87, 540; Virginia cession, 89; Paschke representation, 121n; Lee letter, 167, 168; Greene letter, 199, 200, 232, 233n; French Minister's letter, 376; Indian affairs, 453, 722; of the States, 477, 561, 564, 713; Netherlands Minister's letter, 509; revised file of reports, 527; St. John's advertisement, 584; Aycard letter, 598; Superintendent of Finance letter, 600; committee report on order of June 17, 1783, 605; Carleton letter, 613,624; Olivier letter, 685n; Jolibois letter, 695n; Divine petition, 695n; White petition, 708; Pennsylvania accounts, 720, 723; Smith petition, 720. Motions: 125n, 140, 197, 247, 297, 315, 366, 491, 520,

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550, 565, 566n, 584. Votes: 26, 21, 29, 35, 41, 53, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 170, 175, 177, 185, 197, 201, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 264, 265, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 300, 311, 314, 315, 321, 332, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355, 366, 368, 379, 382, 415, 416, 417, 418, 429, 430, 431, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 502, 504, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 555, 591, 605, 612, 630, 633, 681, 694, 695, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704. Mentioned: 15n, 38, 87n, 90n, 113, 125n, 140, 140n, 151, 184, 226, 274, 288, 297, 315, 331, 341, 343n, 347, 350, 364, 379, 411, 411n, 417, 430, 468, 485, 491, 491n, 516, 519, 545n, 551, 551n, 566, 568, 569, 585, 598, 599, 625, 627, 634, 637, 638, 649, 693, 695, 697, 702, 703, 709n. Letter, 341n.
Spain, treaty with, 180, 357; loan, 186, 297, 301; claim against, 332; United States Minister to, 384, 693, 694, 695, 705, 706; protest to, 384, 601, 602; King, 404, 665, 688; negotiations with, 529, 689, 690; friendship, 665; navigation of the Mississippi, 690.
Span, James, memorial, 155n, 651n.
Spooner, Paul, 483, 534.
Springfield, military stores at, 54, 615.
Sproat, David, 403; claim, 70, 337, 338.
Starr, Ezra, 655.
States, Committee of the. See Committee of the States.
States, Congress' recommendation to, 18, 39; quota of money, 33, 84, 108, 128, 173, 185, 187, 213, 301, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 312, 313, 425, 590; address to, 50; requisitions on, 70, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 213; power over commerce, 71; right denied by Congress, 101; representation in Congress, 108, 119, 212, 245, 385; formed from Northwest Territory, 114, 118, 275, 276, 277, 278; names in Western Territory, 119; accounts with United States, 126, 395, 396, 398, 506, 507, 541, 542, 545, 546, 590, 720; delegates to Congress, 136, 156, 157, 160, 641; cessions of western lands, 143, 195, 196, 316, 317; circular to, 172, 241; revenue from, 187, 188, 298, 299, 300; discrimination as to debt, 188; payment to troops, 269; powers to Congress, 270, 271, 319, 320, 321; admission to Union, 277, 278; urged to repay sums advanced to prisoners of war, 337; powers, 368, 385, 421; war expenses, 395; number of, 404; quota of troops, 428, 433, 436; representation on Committee of the States, 476, 476n; urged to offer reward for arrest of Longchamps, 478, 564; arms furnished United States, 494; quota of troops for western posts, 515, 519, 537, 538; militia, 519; charges against, 541; supplies from, 542; inquiry to, 595; report on public property, 600; failure to comply with recommendation of Congress, 606; certification of ships' passports, 610; urged to send delegates to Congress, 641.
Steel, 401.
Steel, John, 179; application of, 403.
Stelle (Stille), Benjamin, 87, 398, 545n, 720; queries, 405.
Steuben, Frederick Wilhelm Augustus Henry Ferdinand, Baron von, 43, 65, 216, 217, 218, 228, 229; letter, 178, 179n, 185n, 227, 230, 248n, 262, 263n; thanks of Congress, 178, 217, 227; payment to, 179; resignation, 217, 227.
Stevens, John, a delegate from New Jersey. Attends, 417. Committees: Week, 471, 472, 715. Votes: 424,

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425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 511, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 554. Mentioned: 537.
Stewart, Archibald, a delegate from New Jersey. Committees: Dickinson letter, 706n. Votes: 681, 694, 697, 700, 701, 702, 703.
Stewart, Charles, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 643.
Stewart, Charles, 235; letter, 11.
Stockly, Charles, letter, 677n.
Stoddart, Luther, 375.
Stone, Thomas, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 169. Committees: Grand, 172, 356, 394, 465, 472, 506, 720, 722; week, 216, 261, 262, 714, 715; Marcellin and Le Roy memorial, 262n; Clinton letter, 287n, 386; Read motion, 310; sea letters, 339n; Gerry motion, 340n; Harwood memorial, 363n, 383; Prentice memorial, 364n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 374n; Pierce letter, 374n; Hodgdon letter, 375; New York motion, 381n; Hamtramck letter, 383; Mediterranean passports, 390; reports pending, 397; Beatty letter, 407n, 432; Gordon letter, 427; Connecticut cession, 432n; application of New York, 487, 493; Massachusetts petition, 547; Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council letter, 564; Gilfillan letter, 596; Beaumarchais letter, 566; Minister of France letter, 596. Motions: 296. Votes: 170, 174, 175, 177, 185, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 264, 265, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 300, 311, 314, 315, 321, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 418, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 511, 512, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 554. Mentioned: 262, 262n, 269n, 295, 311, 340n, 345, 364n, 365, 391, 397, 407n, 414, 415, 418, 468, 487n, 492, 508n, 509, 522, 547n. Elected chairman of Congress, 502.
Stores (supplies), military, 44, 47, 51, 204, 400, 494, 527, 529, 544, 593, 594, 600; returns, 52, 399, 613, 614; preservation, 54, 55; in western posts, 420; furnished by States, 542; in the States, 595; auction of, 613, 624; sale of, 664.
Stricker, John, 242.
Strong, Jedidiah, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 655.
Strubing, Philip, petition, 231, 231n.
Stubag, --, 598.
Subsistence, 54, 55, 244.
Sudler (Sudle), Thomas, petition, 12, 13n, 261.
Sullivan, Ebenezer, 61; petition, 60, 61n.
Sullivan, James, 710.
Sullivan, John, letter, 3n, 4n, 17, 18n, 37n, 62n; memorial, 14, 15, 15n.
Superintendent of Finance, 15, 35, 36, 36n, 29, 43, 47, 51, 57, 61, 65, 72, 91, 92, 98, 99, 130, 145, 145n, 150, 154, 155, 178, 179, 186, 188, 190, 195, 196, 197, 200, 205, 210, 217, 218, 219, 220, 220n, 226n, 227, 228,229,231,232, 233, 234, 235, 239, 273, 300, 303, 309, 310, 311, 317, 323, 330, 331n, 338, 348, 364n, 365, 375, 385, 386, 388, 389, 396, 400, 401, 402, 406, 408, 437, 438, 438n, 442, 470, 473, 479, 489, 504, 506, 507, 508, 509, 521, 524, 540, 544, 553, 556, 566, 588, 594, 597, 600, 601, 602, 603, 607; letter, 21, 41, 41n, 56, 57, 58n, 62n, 70, 76, 137, 160, 161, 170, 172, 172n, 209, 220n, 233--4, 246, 252, 253n, 255n, 332, 333n, 337, 338n, 374n, 384, 385n, 387, 399, 400, 401,

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402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407n, 471, 471n, 472, 480, 480n, 509n, 527, 528, 531, 556, 594, 597, 600, 635n, 650n; report on Pennsylvania accounts, 87; assistant, 126, 342; salary, 126, 127, 342; secretary, 127; clerks, 127, 342; report on the Alliance, 171; reports, 399, 401, 402, 404, 541, 546, 556n, 652; records, 438; resignation, 653. See also Morris, Robert.
Supplies. See Stores.
Surveyors, 324, 326, 329, 446, 447.
Sutlers, 388.
Sweden, treaty with, 361, 530, 650; consul, 659.
Swift, Josiah, 588.
Sylvania (State of), 119.
T
Tariff, 209, 357, 358; power, 586, 588. See also Impost.
Tarrasson Bros., petition, 97n, 121, 121n.
Taxes, 257, 259, 277, 308; Continental receivers, 364, 406, 473; power, 586.
Taylor, James, memorial, 161.
Tazewell, Lyttleton W., 645.
Telfair, Edward, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 569, 570.
Temple, J., 405.
Ten-mile squares, of States, 446.
Tennessee River, 115.
Ternant, Jean Baptiste, 262, 263, 446.
Territories, vote in Congress, 258; representation in Congress, 278; claims, 405.
Thacher, Nathaniel, memorial, 13.
Thacker, --, memorial, 399.
Thanksgiving, proclamation, 625, 627, 630.
Thompson, Benjamin, letter, 651n.
Thompson, E., 89, 109.
Thomson, Charles, 46, 48, 78n, 121n 150n, 165n, 179n, 196n, 269n, 321n, 500n, 508n, 545n, 550, 555n, 556n, 563n, 564n, 578, 584n, 599n, 602n, 604, 612, 671, 683, 719, 720, 723; letter, 583, 599.
Thornbury, Francis, 242.
Three Friends, prize, 369.
Thulemeyer, Baron de, 675.
Tichenor, Isaac 483, 534,
Tilton, James, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 651, 652. Committees: Memorial of public creditors, 10n, 32, Sudler petition, 12; Houdin and Thacher memorials, 13; Paschke memorial, 15n, 36, 42, 37n; Carleton letter, 44n; Hand motion, 47, 52; week, 37, 121, 714; grand, 48, 185; Ward and Frothingham memorials, 48; Cheever memorial, 49; Reed letter, 60, 585; Sullivan petition, 60; Murnand letter, 63n; Armand letter, 66, 70n; Luzerne letter, 66; Brahm letter, 69; Sprout claim, 70n, 337; Jackson memorial, 83; Howell motion, 99; reduction of civil list, 125--6, 164, 342; qualifications, 140. Motions: 125n, 130. Votes: 20, 21, 29, 35, 41, 53, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136. Mentioned: 37n, 38, 42n, 45, 51, 56, 61, 63, 63n, 67, 68, 73, 83, 83n, 87, 88, 91,98, 100n, 103, 106, 109, 121n, 123, 124, 138.
Titles, hereditary, 250, 277.
Tobacco, 334.
Toscan, -- Sieur, 78, 79.
Totten, Robert, 384, 601, 602; letter, 600, 601, 607.
Trade. See Commerce.
Treadwell, John, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 655.
Treasurer, of the United States, 127, 440, 441.
Treasury (Board or Department), 219, 356, 357, 438n, 439n, 443, 479, 509n, 556n, 557; requisition, 11; reorganization, 172, 465, 466, 632, 634; certificates, 235, 236; ordinance, 437, 438, 440, 467, 469, 477; observations on ordinance creating, 442; salaries, 438, 440, 442, 467; commissioners, 438, 439, 440, 442, 466, 467, 470, 546, 649, 660, 665, 677, 678, 685, 698; clerks, 438, 440, 441, 442, 443, 470; oaths,

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442; powers, 563; reports, 573; building for, 704. Treasury, Comptroller,87, 525.
Treaties, 405, 595, 608; Indian, 71, 74, 123, 124, 125, 129, 135, 152, 153, 154, 238, 273, 274, 282, 389, 407, 408, 551, 552, 553, 599, 625, 658, 659, 723 commerce, 169, 176, 180, 184, 345 356, 357, 358, 362, 365, 369, 372, 375, 529, 530, 579, 650, 674, 675; amity or amity and commerce, 180, 184, 357, 362, 369, 372, 650; instructions, 180, 580, 674; commissioners, 342, 343, 345, 433, 435, 466, see also under Indians; with Europe, 377; with Morocco, 390; expense, 553; plan of, 579; peace ratification, 615, 617, 625, 627; proclamation, 719; collection of (1776--1783), 724.
Trenton, N. J., 490, 491, 707; seat of government, 224, 697, 698; Congress, 288, 293, 295, 554, 555, 556, 565, 567, 611, 630, 637, 701; Committee of the States at, 554, 612, 632, 638.
Tripoli, 391, 608; treaty with, 362.
Troops, returns, 51; pay depreciation, 592. See also Army.
Trumbull, Jonathan, 45; letter, 21n;memorial, 401.
Tucker, Samuel, memorial, 578n.
Tunis, 391, 608; treaty with, 362.
Turner,--, 179.
Tuscany, treaty with, 180, 357.
U
Ultimatum, 405.
Uniform, 525.
United Netherlands (Holland), loan, 186, 241, 297, 301, 480; treaty 361, 530; minister's letter, 409, 509, 511, 528; minister, 510; Prussian minister to, 579; United States minister to, 674.
United States, domestic affairs, 2; boundaries by the Definitive Treaty, 24, 705, 706; reliance on own exertions, 145; nationality, 169; seat of government, 221, 223, 224, 225; commerce, 269, 270, 271. See also Commerce; tax on land or property, 277; admission of States, 277, 278; compact with Western States, 278; union, 358; chargeable for war expenses of States, 395; accounts with States, 395, 396, 398, 506, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 590; claims, 405; right of navigation of Mississippi, 489; arms furnished by States, 493, 494; accounts with Virginia officers, 505; great seal, 578; accounts of individuals with, 606; boundaries, 619; protest to Great Britain, 657, 660--61; friendship for his Catholic Majesty, 665; claim to territory, 705, 706.
United States, ship, 1, 2.
V
Vaigneur, --, Le, 566.
Valnais, --, 370, 371.
Van Berckel, Pieter Jan, letter, 59.
Van Dyke, Nicholas, 651, 652.
Van Ingen, Dirk, petition, 364, 364n. Vandeburgh, --, 383.
Venice, treaty with, 180, 357.
Verdier, --, 66, 68, 69.
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 334, 369, 723; letter, 333.
Vermont (New Hampshire grants), 401, 402; New York controversy, 283, 284, 481, 482, 483, 484, 532 533, 536; troops raised by, 285, 286; union with U.S., 482, 483, 484, 532--33, 535; agents, 482, 483, 534; disorders in, 535, 536.
Versailles, Court of, United States ministers at, 357. See also France.
Vienna, Court of, 357.
Villefranche, --, Chevalier, 66.
Vincennes (St. Vincent), Illinois, 114.
Vining, John, a delegate from Delaware. Attends, 651; credentials, 651, 652. Committee: Finnie petition, 663n. Vote: 681. Mentioned: 685.

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Virginia, 521; act, 50, 589; French consul, 78, 79; mail from, 82; cession of western lands, 89, 90, 112, 113, 116, 117, 143, 405, 658; land controversy with New Jersey, 110, 111, 112; land for Virginia troops, 114, 115, 452; Indian commissioner, 123; quota of public debt, 128, 173; troops, 114, 115, 205, 452, 592, 593; money for buildings for Congress, 223, 294; motion in Congress, 345, 420; boundary, with Pennsylvania, 399, 529; magazines in, 402; legislative resolve, 403; delegates in Congress, 420, 644, 645n, 648, 665n; officers' accounts, 505; legislation on public debt, 590, 591; executive, 625; lands in the west, 626.
W
Wadsworth, James, a delegate from Connecticut. Attends, 15; credentials, 15, 16, 655. Committees: Ratification of Definitive Treaty, 35; Partridge memorial, 58; Howell motion, 99; week, 124, 162, 163, 171, 172, 176, 179, 198, 261, 410, 411, 714, 715. Motions: 264. Votes: 20, 21, 28, 35, 41, 53, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 169, 174, 175, 177, 184, 196, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 264, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 300, 311, 313, 315, 320, 331, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 366, 367, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413, 415, 416, 417, 424, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 437, 439, 444, 453, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 510, 511, 513, 514, 516, 517, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 554. Mentioned: 16, 164, 228, 229, 231, 269n, 354, 436, 444, 547.
Waiter, 127.
Wallace & Muir, letter, 7n.
Walton, George, 94, 95.
War, contraband, 182, 183; expense, 208, 209, 395; settlements of accounts, 358; commerce, 359; shipments of war material, 359, 360; prizes and blockade, 360; expenses of States, 395.
War (Board, Office, Department), 52, 55, 56, 57, 405; accounts, 63, 479; secretary in, 126, 403, 408, 539, 552, 553, 592, 593, 594, 613, 660, 664, 679, 681; letter, 399, 403, 527; clerk, 436; revision of, 477, 563, 632, 634, 672; reports, 573.
War, Secretary at, 127, 393, 437, 479, 488, 494, 530, 531, 539, 660; assistant clerks, etc., 127, 479; letter, 233, 402, 403, 650n; report, 242, 263; building for, 320; salary, 436, 479; election, 437, 672; oath of fidelity, 479.
Ward, Henry, 378, 643, 648.
Ward, Joseph, memorial, 49.
Warrant, land form, 327.
Warren, James, memorial, 672.
Warren, Judith, petition, 578n; letter, 587.
Warren, merchant ship, 338, 339.
Washington, George, 54, 55, 62; letter, 7; commission, 54; letter to inhabitants of Canada, 147; entertainment at Annapolis, 310; expenses, 317, 323; letter, 402; papers of, 427, 428; allowance to, 528.
Washington (State of), 120.
Washington, brig, 61, 62.
Washington, frigate, 170, 171.
Washington, ship, 210, 402.
Waters, Daniel, petition, 410, 432n.
Watkins, William, 645.
Way, Nicholas, petition, 432n.
Weare, Meshech, 654; letter, 381n, 382, 404.
Weise, Jacob, 402; letter, 172, 172n; memorial, 238, 398, 527; claim, 253, 271, 272.
Wells, Jonathan, 655.

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West Indies, 333; trade, 270, 318, 321, 588, 675.
West Point, N.Y., 54, 55, 76, 204, 376, 400, 434, 436, 512, 519, 520, 524, 597, 660, 682.
Western posts. See Posts.
Western Territory, 2, 84, 108, 171, 315; New Jersey-Virginia dispute, 110; cessions, 112, 113, 116, 117, 118, 143, 195, 196, 405; government, 117, 118, 120, 247, 248, 255, 256, 259, 274, 276, 277, 278, 279n; states formed from, 118, 119, 277; representation in Congress, 119, 278; Howell's motion, 142; affairs, 195; defense of, 202; slavery in, 247, 277; taxes, 257, 259, 277; vote in Congress, 258; ordinance for government of, 279n; ordinance to locate and dispose of lands, 324, 356, 398, 446, 722; grants to soldiers, 330.
White, Alexander, 645, 709; petition, 708, 709n.
White, Anthony Walton, 587.
White, Philip, 402; memorial, 400.
Whiting, Joseph, 375.
Wilkinson, James, letter, 461, 464n.
Wilkinson, John, 570, 571.
Williams, William, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 16, 655. Mentioned: 16.
Williams, William, letter, 21n, 135, 265.
Williams, W., 646.
Williamsburg, Va., inhabitants, 403.
Williamson, Hugh, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 641, 642; credentials, 392. Committees: Revision of files, 2; Blaine letter, 3; ratification of Definitive Treaty, 5, 31n; Conyngham memorial, 7; letter to United States minister in Paris, 8; Williams and Trumbull letters, 21n; Butler petition, 45; Armand letter, 37n, 65, 67n, 68, 170; Allan letter, 41n; Duportail letter, 42, 52; memorial of public creditors, 10n, 32; Morris letter, 11n, 93n; Houdin and Thacher memorials, 13; Hand's motion, 47, 52, 238, 282n; Ward and Frothingham memorials, 48; Cheever memorial, 49; commercial affairs, 50, 269, 317, 320n; Pennsylvania instructions, 50, 71n; Washington's commission, 54; sea letters, 58; Schuyler letter, 62n, 73; minister from France letter, 68, 239, 376, 393, 394, 596; Read's motion, 72n, 73, 658n; Hazen letter, 72n, 242; Canadian officers' petition, 80; Pierce letter, 80, 198n, 374n, 427n; Howell motion, 82, 436, 472, 478; Selin petition, 82n, 91; irregularity of post office, 84; Phelon memorial, 84n; Tarrasson petition, 97n; DeWitt letter, 97n; Connecticut letter, 100; Osgood motion, 103n; qualifications, 120, 136, 137, 156, 377, 713, 720; Osgood's qualifications, 121n; reduction of civil list, 125--6, 164, 342; Franklin and Barclay letters, 143--4; instructions to Indian commissioners, 152; Williamson motion, 162; North letter, 163n; deserters, 164; Inspector General's department, 168; letters from United States ministers, 169; Ellery motion, 171, 377; Weise letter, 172n, 238; grand, 172, 356, 394, 465, 472, 506, 729, 722; Steuben letter, 178, 217, 230; Finnie letter, 179n, 663n; Greene letter, 198; Lytle memorial, 220, 233; Carleton letter, 220n, 426n, 593, 650n; Superintendent of Finance report or letter, 234, 235, 255n, 332, 374n, 384, 388, 509n, 556, 594; Gamble memorial, 235, 235n; McHenry motion, 255n; locating and disposing of western lands, 324, 356; Perit memorial, 351; Butler petition, 363n, 526; week, 363n, 715; Beatty letter, 407n, 432; Johnson memorial, 426; Gordon petition, 427; Bradford letter, 427n; Sewell petition, 432n, 583; Connecticut cession, 432n; seat of government, 444; Indian affairs, 464n; Paymaster General letter, 505; Massachusetts letter and

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motion, 545; Massachusetts petition, 547; Gilfillan letter, 596; Indian commissioner's letter, 659, 664; Monroe motion, 660; Massachusetts instructions, 661n; Rumsey petition, 672n; Lafayette letter, 673, 673n; Kaskaskia memorial, 677n; Olivier letter, 685n; Barclay letter, 686n; North letter, 695n; Jalibois letter, 695n; Devine petition, 695n; Fox letter, 699; Ayot petition, 706; Dickinson letter, 706n. Motions: 54, 98, 112, 125n, 162, 162n, 186, 244, 244n, 249, 251, 272, 291, 349, 354, 466, 468, 488, 512, 512n, 516, 517, 624n, 649, 650. Votes: 21, 29, 35, 41, 53, 106, 107, 111, 112, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159, 160, 165, 170, 175, 177, 185, 211, 214, 215, 219, 222, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 264, 265, 275, 279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 300, 315, 321, 332, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355, 366, 368, 379, 382, 409, 413, 416, 417, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 435, 444, 453, 465, 467, 468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 501, 502, 504, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 536, 537, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 555, 694, 695, 697, 701, 702, 703, 704. Mentioned: 8n, 13n, 37, 44, 44n, 49n, 54n, 69n, 81n, 87, 88, 89, 91n, 98, 106n, 112, 117n, 121n, 138, 139, 164n, 234n, 235n, 236n, 238n, 239n, 243, 243n, 249n, 252, 255n, 269n, 271n, 274, 291, 291n, 320n, 349, 354, 365, 377n, 407, 418, 428, 432n, 466, 468, 476n, 486, 503, 505n, 506n, 512, 545n, 546, 546n, 556n, 584n, 594n, 595n, 597n, 600, 649, 654, 660n, 664, 699n.
Wilmington, Del., public school trustees, 410.
Wilmington, N. C., French consul at, 78, 79.
Witmore, Hezekiah, memorial, 506.
Woelpper, John David, petition, 124, 348, 349n, 404.
Wolcott, Oliver, a delegate from Connecticut. Resignation, 16. ... Mentioned: 124, 134, 135; letter, 279n, 389, 389n, 659, 660n.
Wood, James, letter, 198n.
Woodward, Bezaleel, 483, 533.
Wooster, David, 260.
Wright, Joseph, letter, 680n.
Wright, Dr., memorial, 399.
Wyllys, George, 16, 655, 710.
Y
Yorktown, Va., demolition of works at, 403.

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