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Accounts, adjustment of, 94; Auditor of, 61; commissioners, 74, 94; frauds in settlement of, 915; hospital, 43; of individuals, 21, 62, 92, 215, 473, 536, 537, 579, 580, 621, 695, 708, 739, 750, 754, 912; Monroe's motion on, 930; revision of, 270; settlement, 35, 61, 68, 70n, 74, 107, 113n, 166, 169, 516, 779, 916, 918, 925, 930.
Adams, John, 25n, 98, 122, 187, 242, 451, 474, 555, 679, 868; commission and credentials, 149, 150; Dutch loan, 27, 45, 445; interview with Queen of EngIand, 737n; letters, 5n, 11n, 12, 15n, 113n, 115n, 222n, 226n, 227, 234n, 320, 321n, 324n, 341n, 365n, 374n, 407n, 462, 574n, 663n, 737n, 822n, 857n, 886n, 909n; to negotiate treaties, 140, 142, 144, 145.
Adams, Major John, 427, 440n, 517, 540n.
Adams, Nathaniel, 398, 469, 623.
Adams, William, petition, 163n, 164.
Adams-Franklin-Jefferson letter, 5n, 11n, 12, 12n, 23n, 324n, 341n, 463n.
Admiralty, Board of, 843; State courts, 413, 920.
Advertisements, 663n.
Aertsen, brig, 91n.
Aertson, Guilliem, 447, 621.
Agents, 127; continental, 456, 751; regimental, 70, 71; memorial, 399; to negotiate treaties, 141.
Aitken, Robert, 45n.
Alatamaha River, 409, 410.
Albany, N. Y., 370, 472; mails from, 308n, 527, 528, 529, 541n, 685; troops, 89.
Alden, Roger, 241n, 361n, 416, 474, 478n, 500n, 593, 614, 631n, 632n, 669n, 672n, 719n, 731, 734n, 737n, 771n, 784n, 905, 907n; letters, 522n.
Alexander, William, petition, 321.
Alfred, ship, 77n.
Algiers, captures by, 906, 909n; peace with Spain, 833; prisoners in, 844n; treaty, 65, 116, 140, 142, 834, 838; war with, 833, 842, 857n, 868, 930.
Allaire, Peter, memorial, 904n.
Allan, John, letter, 516n; memorial, 467; petition, 287n, 431, 432n, 456, 780, 928.
Allegheny Mountains, 4n, 220.
Alliance, frigate, 9, 159n, 228, 276, 390, 585n; sale of, 228, 390, 422, 484, 615n.
Allison, Richard, petition, 463n, 620n.
Almiras (Almeras), André, 321, 364n.
Alsop, John, 810n.
Ancona, Italy, 463n.
Anderson, Cornelia, petition, 714n.
Andrew, ship, 557.
Andrew Doria, 232n.
Annapolis, Md., 528, 549.
Anspach, Peter, memorial, 365n.
Antill, Edward, petition, 19n, 20n, 131, 132n, 692.
Appalachian Mountains, 4n.
Appeals, court of, 209n, 413; decree concerning captures, 661; judges, 230, 491, 493; maritime courts, 230.
Armand-Tufin, Charles (Marquis de La Rouerie), 274, 751, 820.
Arms and ammunition, 22, 89.
Armstrong, John, jr., 278, 304, 397, 518, 883, 891.
Army, 16, 18; accounts, 33, 215, 250, 447, 622n, 779n, 930; baking department, 374; cattle for, 831n; claims, 26; clothing, 660n; commissioner of accounts, 26, 99, 779n, 859, 866, 930; contractors, 233, 630n; memorial, 360, 397; register of final settlements, 779n; debt, 216, 448; expense, 620n, 663n; Northern department, 192,

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226, 428, 429; officers and privates not to engage in trade, 348; pay, 334; Southern, 78, 99, 100, 322, 417, 439, 446, 448, 660, 660n.
Arnold, Benedict, 105n, 671.
Arnold, Jonathan, 690n, 890n.
Arsenals, 350n.
Articles of Confederation, 235, 256, 319, 408, 410, 682, 728, 808, 867, 872; addition to, 811, 827, 857; alteration, 63, 201, 577, 849n, 572; power of Congress under, 39.
Artificers, 330, 332, 461, 611, 751, 820; half pay and commutation, 196, 197, 840.
Artillery, 88.
Artson, Guillem, letter, 447, 621.
Askelis,--, 451.
Atayataghronghta, Louis, 133, 185; memorial, 77n, 121n; petition, 132, 181.
Audebert (Audibert), Philip, 19, 188.
Auditors, 73.
Avery, John, 877, 879.
Ayott, Pierre, 11n, 89n, 99; memorial, 47n, 669n, 692, 704; petition, 91n, 98, 619, 619n, 621n, 657n.
Azores, 198n.
B
Baindamon, --, 131n.
Baking department, 456.
Baldwin, Abraham, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 400, 401. Committees: Gardoqui letter, 775n; Grand, 457n, 543, 663n; qualifications, 620n, 669n, 682; Rhode Island delegates' qualifications, 630n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs' letter, 829; State bounties, 257n; week, 432n, 523n; Wetmore petition, 418n; Willing memorial, 459n, 620n. Motions: 831n. Votes: 405, 423, 430, 431,438, 460, 465, 466, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 560, 566, 571, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 609, 633, 700, 727, 729, 730, 731, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 751, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 722, 773, 774, 775, 787, 791,792, 811, 817, 826, 828. Mentioned: 612, 663n, 875.
Baldwin, Loammi, 535n.
Ball, Blackall William, petition, 321.
Baltimore, consul at, 533; mails from, 527, 528.
Bancker, Gerard, 860.
Band of music, 486.
Bank, paper, 218.
Bankson, Benjamin, 68n, 105n, 174, 160n, 220, 257n, 271n, 283n, 287n, 299n, 302n, 308n, 400n, 403n, 408n, 427n, 461n, 467, 474n, 479n, 484n, 485n, 495, 561n, 569n, 570n, 580n, 637n, 658n, 678n, 709n, 771n, 828n, 842n, 851, 906n, 918; memorial, 41, 58; petition, 25n, 41, 41n.
Bankson, Benjamin, jr., 283.
Barbary Powers, presents to, 463n; treaties, 54n, 116, 140, 142, 154, 444, 838, 843.
Barber, William, 447, 671, 725, 732, 911n.
Barcelona, Spain, consul at, 831.
Barclay, Thomas, 535n, 536n, 542; letter, 7n, 12n, 158n, 532n, 535, 725n, 603, 888.
Barré, Sieur, memorial, 680n; petition, 700; letter, 809n.
Barry, John, 9, 10, 98; letter, 751n; memorial, 779n.
Barton, William, memorial, 325n, 344n, 347, 684; plan for mint, 682n.
Bauman, Sebastian, 669n.
Bayard, John Bubenheim, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 876, 883. Committees: Reprinting of Journals, 895n, 909n; Wingrove letter, 904n. Mentioned: 875, 883n, 902.
Baylies, Hodijah, 171n.
Baylor, George, 100.
Bayonne, France, 47n, 61, 917.
Beatty, John, a delegate from New Jersey, Committees: Adams letter, 365n; Army contractors' memorial,

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234n; Clinton letter, 105n, 124, 169; Connolly memorial, 234n, 249, 261; Dericks (Derricks, or Diricks) memorial, 38n, 190, 415, 452, 464; Duchenceaux claim, 195n; Ellery motion, 241n; Franklin petition, 269; Gilliland petition, 383n; Governor of Havana letter, 7n, 53n; Governor of Maryland letter, 20; Grand, 238n, 354, 358n, 499; Griffin-Lowell letter, 128n, 230; Hale memorial, 7n, 15, 16n; Hardy letter, 4n, 7n; Hopkins accounts and letter, 6n, 58; Howell motion, 209n, 230; Hutchins letter, 128n, 454; memorial, 439; Landais memorial, 55n, 257n, 276, 417; Lansing memorial, 97n; Livingston letter, 113n, 166; memorial 78, 129; motion, 30n, 88; petition, 67n; Long Island inhabitants, memorial, 193n; Lush memorial, 91n; McClure memorial, 195n; Meade memorial, 128n; Mercer motion, 66n, 163n; Monroe motion, 28, 59, 88, 106n; Morgan letter, 391n, 410, 467; North letter, 30n, 88, 89n; Pollock letter, 7n; Popham petition, 231n; qualifications, 6n, 158n, 159n; Read motion, 6n; regulation of militia, 90n; Rutgers memorial, 91n; Rutgers-Lush-Lansing memorial, 416; Sayre letter, 241n, 363n, 530; Secretary at War letter, 668; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 127, 249; Smith memorial, 225; petition, 131n; State bounties, 257n; State quotas of troops, 247; Superintendent of Finance letter, 8n, 16n; Unzaga letter, 7n; Virginia delegates' motion, 258; Warren memorial, 85; White letter 7n; Willing memorial, 172n; Wolcott memorial, 13n, 24. Motions: 237 373. Votes: 28, 40, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405. Mentioned: 35n, 54n, 85n, 89n, 135, 165, 183n, 223, 232, 239, 351, 391, 411n, 416n, 669n, 833n.
Beatty, John, 31, 32n; letter, 278n; memorial, 396, 405, 406.
Beaulieu, Louis I. de, 459n, 483, 491.
Bedford, Gunning, a delegate from Delaware. Committees: Buffer petition, 777; Connecticut cession, 246n; Duer letter, 234n, 244, 251; Ellery motion, 241n; Fox letter, 271n, 353; memorial, 340; Franklin-Johnson-Pierce-Butler memorial, 737n; Grand, 214, 231; Hopkins accounts, 6n; Jay letter, 188n; Livingston motion, 210n; Marbois note, 188n; Massachusetts cession, 231n; Massachusetts delegates' motion, 262, 271; Massachusetts instructions, 8n; Morris letter, 231n, 244, 468; motion respecting Indian commissioners, 193n; North letter, 89n; Popham petition, 231n; reprinting Journals, 7n; requisition (1785), 919; Secretary to Congress letter, 226n; report, 238; State quotas of troops, 247; Treasury Department regulation, 8n; U. S. foreign ministers' letters, 187; week, 187n; Winder letter, 195n. Motions: 710, 713, 763. Votes: 174, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 194, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 719, 727, 729, 730, 731, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 774, 775. Mentioned: 6n, 157n, 172, 183, 185, 211, 238n, 247, 285, 286, 681, 689, 709, 710, 711, 743, 763.
Beauman (Bauman), Sebastian, 668.
Beef, 125, 180, 475.
Beers, Nathan, 70.
Benson, Egbert, a delegate from New York. Committees: Carbonneaux (Carbeneaux) memorial, 67, 87; Hale memorial, 7n; Indian trade regulation, 8n; Pentecoast letter, 54n; Rumsey petition, 6n; Superintendent

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of Finance letter, 8n; Treasury Department regulation, 8n.
Bernard, Francis, 782.
Bertholff, Baron do Beelen, 733.
Bessonett, Charles, & Co., 550n.
Betsy, brig, 77n.
Beveridge, David, 715, 715n; letter and memorial, 54n.
Big Cat, 426.
Bilboa, Spain, 831.
Bingham, Elizabeth, 849n.
Bingham, William, 81, 82, 400n, 600.
Bird, Mark, 52n.
Blaine, Ephraim, memorial, 478n, 481.
Blair, John, 71, 656.
Blake, Edward, 833n, 834.
Blanchard, Jonathan, a delegate from New Hampshire. Committees: Superintendent of Finance letter, 267.
Blanchard, Jotham, memorial, 109n, 110n, 116, 116n, 121.
Board of Admiralty. See Admiralty.
Board of Treasury. See Treasury (Board or Department).
Board of War. See War, Board of.
Boat, construction, 349.
Bondfield, John, accounts, 725n; letter, 857n.
Bones, burial of, 320.
Bon Homme Richard, 159n, 778.
Books, Wilson gift, 188.
Boots, 100.
Borde, --, 81, 82.
Borden, Joseph, 827, 846n, 847n.
Boston, Mass., mails, 541n; merchants' petition, 345; Swedish consul at, 393, 394.
Boundaries, 118, 119, 125, 128n, 163, 172, 180, 187n, 236, 243, 252, 286n, 298, 327, 361n, 365n, 703; disputes, 408--410; eastern, 287, 754, 754n, 830n, 921; Spanish, 563, 568.
Bounty lands. See Land.
Bowdoin, James, 637, 641, 647n, 679n, 877, 878, 879; letter, 587n, 644.
Bowen, Jabez, 238n.
Boyd, R., 647n.
Bradley (Bradly), Timothy, petition, 17n, 30n, 434.
Branmuller, --, 110n.
Brant, Joseph, 790n, 806.
Brattle, William, 781.
Braumiller, Godfrey, 350n.
Brevet commissions, 274; pay, 349.
Brewster, Caleb, petition, 263n, 270n.
Bricks, 186.
Bridgden, --, 647n.
Briger, John, petition, 689, 693.
Bristol, Simeon, 567, 879.
Broderick, Anthony, petition, 89n, 102, 102n.
Brotherton, --, 903.
Brown, John, 10n, 165, 333n, 497.
Brown, Joseph, 885n; letter, 906.
Brownson, Gideon, 477.
Bruger, Jacob, petition, 689, 693.
Bruin, Peter Bryan, 69, 69n, 70n, 90n, 619n, 670, 751n.
Buchanan, John, 130n.
Buhler, John, 91n.
Buildings, federal, 8, 9, 10n, 99n, 215, 232, 238, 264, 543; appropriation, 734; lease to Dickinson College, 44; payment for use of, 779.
Bull, John, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 133. Committees: Ayott claims, 11n; memorial, 47n; petition, 98; Beers letter, 70; Blair application, 656; letter, 71; Campbell petition, 66n, 245, 305; Converse memorial, 276; disposition of Western Territory, 251; Fanning letter, 70; Greene letter, 46n; Halsted memorial, 196n, 207; Howell letter, 11n; Lansing memorial, 91n; Lush memorial, 91n; officers' petition, 163n, 232n, 564n; ordinance as to Western lands, 264; Pearce-Thompson letters, 656; Pierce letter, 159n, 635, 656, 657; post office proceedings, 158n; regimental agents' memorial, 399; Rutgers memorial, 91n; Rutgers-Lush-Lansing memorial, 416; Sherman letter, 70; Stockley letter, 166, 656; Story memorial,

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46n, 47n, 313, 434; Thompson letter, 159n; Turner memorial, 71, 94n; week, 17n; Western Territory land ordinance, 165n; Whipple-Converse petitions, 157n memorial, 276; Willing memorial, 620n. Motions: 178. Votes: 14, 40, 49, 50, 51, 55, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 136, 138, 139 160, 165, 168, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 195, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 280, 283, 285, 292, 326, 337, 338, 339, 460, 465, 466, 471, 516, 524, 548, 549, 560, 566, 571, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 609, 633, 687, 700, 709, 711, 713, 714, 717, 718, 719, 727, 729, 730, 731, 735, 811, 828, 851. Mentioned: 71n, 157n, 211, 279, 284, 286, 657, 872, 873.
Burgoyne, John, 344.
Burrall, Jonathan, 207, 446.
Burrows, William, memorial, 128n, 153, 154, 154n.
Butler, Edward, 321.
Butler, Lord, petition, 737n, 777.
Butler, Richard, 101n, 308n, 423, 478n, 735, 736, 737; letter, 822, 822n.
Butler, Zebulon, petition, 726, 727, 728, 731, 777, 891.
Byers, James, memorial, 190n, 261.
Byrne, Michael, petition, 19n, 24n, 30, 41n.
C
Cadiz, Spain, consul at, 831.
Cadwallader, Lambert, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1, ln, 876, 882. Committees: Army contractors' memorial, 109n, 233; Barbary Nations motion, 116; Gerry motion, 594n; Grand, 27, 214, 231, 594n, 615, 695, 926; Howe letter, 166n; memorial, 247; Jay letters, 26n; Johnson motion, 69n; Livingston motion, 154; mayor of New York letter, 4n, 7; motion respecting Treasury, 124; ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n; Popham petition, 620n, 838; Read motion, 154; requisition (1785), 919; Secretary at War letter, 650n; Steuben letter, 60n, 170, 193; Superintendent of Finance letter, 5n, 27; War Department proceedings, 158n; week, 5n, 128n, 574, 576; Wolcott letter, 574, 576. Motions: 194, 198. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 194, 198, 212, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 609, 633, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 727, 729, 730, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 828. Mentioned: 572, 575, 589, 585, 587, 593, 607, 612, 619, 620, 622, 626, 631, 647, 650, 655, 662, 664, 669, 670, 672, 674, 679, 681, 684, 686, 689, 690, 815, 833n, 900.
Cady, Palmer, 689n.
Caille, Etienne D'Audibert, 146, 147, 148.
Calbrath, William, 685n.
Caldwell, Robert, petition, 463n, 620n.
Calonne, Ch. A. de, letter, 60, 518n.
Cammel, Donald, 193.
Campbell, Arthur, 4n.
Campbell, David, memorial, 192, 193n.
Campbell, Donald, memorial, 47n, 241n, 415n, 428, 429.
Campbell, Duncan, petition, 66n, 187n, 245, 245n, 305, 691n.
Campeachy, commerce with, 390n, 475.
Canada, American army in, 130, 193, 207; American settlements in, 680; claims, 317n, 344, 531n; commerce with, 59, 89; imposts, 59; mail, 308n; officers, 78, 130, 131, 234n; prisoners in, 37; rations, 521, 522; refugees, 172, 186, 381, 433, 440n, 531, 651n, 689, 693, 732; volunteers, 498.
Canary Islands, 843, 831.
Candles, 527.
Cannon, 352, 486; brass, 190n.
Canton, ship, 191, 909n.

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Captures, 202; on high seas, 7n, 9, 47n, 77n, 158n, 344, 906.
Carbonneaux, François (Carbeneaux, Carboneaux), petition, 54n, memorial, 67, 68, 87, 90n, 115, 908.
Carleton, Guy, 46, 123.
Carleton, Joseph, appointment, 23, 363n, 374; compensation, 454, 771; letter, 4n, 17n, 36n, 45, 45n, 70, 75, 120n, 148n, 188n, 263n, 308n, 435, 470n, 851; memorial, 453; nomination, 121n.
Carlisle, Pa., rent of public buildings at, 18n, 44.
Carmichael, William, letters, 6n, 7n, 55n, 64n, 67n, 68n, 440n.
Carpenter, Increase, memorial, 476, 484n, 520, 648, 831n.
Carpenter, John, memorial, 831n.
Carpets, 625.
Carrington, Edward, a deIegate from Virginia. Committees: Catherine memorial, 488n; Purcell memorial, 519n. Mentioned: 100.
Carroll, Daniel, 183, 362; letter, 347. 348n.
Carter, John, letter, 432n, 433n, 443.
Castries, Charles Eugene Gabriel de la Croix, Marquis de, 60.
Caswell, Richard, 679n, 788n.
Catherine, alias The Grenadier, memorial, 488, 488n.
Cattle, 565, 831.
Cazeau, Francis, 2n, 344, 649, 671; petition, 386.
Census, 849n.
Ceremonials, revision of, 515n.
Ceronio, --, 9.
Ceronio Brothers & Nicoleau, 556.
Certificates, blank forms, 746; fraudulent practice, 12n, 15n, 26, 32, 33, 84, 35n, 61, 113, 206, 531n, 577; lists of, 117; loss of,404, 530, 648; of final settlement, 62, 74, 93, 264; publication of resolutions respecting, 74, 93.
Chains, for Congressional area, 561, 571n.
Chairs, 625.
Champion, Stephen, petition, 484n.
Chandler, Charles Church, 3.
Chaplain, 11, 125, 307, 408, 480n, 485, 519, 613, 619n, 836, 884, 886n.
Charles II, 409.
Charleston, S.C., 340, 353, 362n, 417; consul at, 345, 346; Indian treaty, 196; ordnance for, 352, 395.
Charters, 409.
Chase, Samuel, a delegate from Maryland.
Credentials, 2, 48. Mentioned: 47.
Chateaufort, Sieur Ignatius Romain Chevalier d'Avistay de, 325, 345.
Chaumont, Donatien LeRay de, memorial, 489n, 517n, 606.
Cheever, Abijah, 413.
Chenaux, S. D., petition, 534.
Cherokee Indians. See Indians, Cherokees.
Chesapeake Bay, French fleet in, 15.
Chester, sloop, 157n, 181n.
Chevallié, P. F., 724, 782, 732n.
Chickasaw Indians. See Indians.
Childs, Francis, & Co., 935, 942,949.
China, trade with, 407, 443.
Chinn, Edward, 227, 447.
Chippawa Indians. See Indians.
Christie, James, 10n.
Church of England. See Episcopal Church.
Circular letters, 113n, 148, 162; to States, 601.
Cist, Charles, 682n.
Citizens, 219.
Citizenship, 572n.
Civil department, 543, 743, 765; appropriation, 215.
Civil list, reduction of, 246n, 564n.
Civita Vecchia, Italy, 463.
Claiborne (Clairborne), Richard, 634, 841.
Clark, Abraham, a delegate from New Jersey. Committees: Hoskins memorial, 892; North Carolina motion, 297. Motions: 186n.

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Clark (Clarke), George Rogers, 155, 308n, 478, 735, 736, 737, 907.
Clark-Wolcott-Butler letter, 308n, 404, 478n.
Clarke, Daniel, 557.
Clarkson, Matthew, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 286, 291n.
Clinton, George, 170, 210, 309, 361n, 881; letter, 105n, 124, 170, 429n.
Clinton, James, 232n.
Clothier General Department, 262, 263, 268, 446, 541,556.
Clothing, for Indian hostages, 400n; for troops, 22, 248, 403.
Clymer, George, 440n.
Coal, 186, 254.
Cobb, David, 171n.
Coffin, Z., letter, 906.
Coin, 500, 647n, 904.
Coinage, Massachusetts instructions, 6n, 8n; propositions respecting, 354--358; 587n.
Colbreath (Colbrath), William, memorial, 690n, 890, 891, 910.
Coles, John, petition, 817n.
Combahee River, 96.
Commander in Chief. See Washington, George.
Commerce, 855; address to States, 202; armed vessels, 843; British restrictions, 46; Congress power, 574n, 816; French West Indies, 572n; Maryland act, 63; Mediterranean, 723; most favored nation, 421; New Hampshire and Massachusetts act respecting, 929; protection of, 765, 843; regulation, 17n 60, 70n, 148n, 198n, 201, 345, 533, 367--369, 919; soldiers' restrictions, 369; treaties, 46, 60, 61, 89, 140, 142, 144, 146, 202, 366, 418; with Canada, 59; with China, 407n, 443; with East Indies, 904n; with France, 61; with Honduras, 475; with Portugal, 742n; with Prussia, 350n; with Saxony, 6n; with Sweden, 847.
Commissary Department, 63, 74, 207, 446, 481, 482; officers, 365n.
Commissary General Department, 719.
Commissary General of Prisoners, 396, 405.
Commissary of Forage, 74, 92.
Commissary of Issues, 74, 92.
Commissary of Military Stores, 348n, 560, 561, 807n.
Commissary of Purchases, 74, 92, 434.
Commissioners, for erecting public buildings, 10n, 37n, 48, 52n, 53, 54, 55, 58, 99n, 101n, 134; instructions, 333, 909, 912; of accounts, 3n, 7n, 20, 21, 42, 43, 58, 62, 63, 92, 93, 97, 99, 103, 108, 207, 243, 224, 263, 268, 270, 313, 340, 353, 434, 447, 468, 470, 536, 550n, 621, 622, 751, 755, 847n, 930; in Europe, 542; monthly returns, 529; not to engage in business, 94; powers, 359; residence, 94, 169, 529; of Dutch loans, 443, 551, 557; protection of, 137, 159, 161, 476, 487; to negotiate with Indians, 66n, 118, 136, 138, 159, 161, 172, 178, 180, 183, 184, 193n, 195, 308n, 330, 340n, 348, 362, 364n, 394n, 423, 424, 431,460, 459, 460, 476, 487, 499n, 574, 576, 612, 613n, 620, 650, 662, 673, 690, 725, 736, 816, 908, 917, 922; to select seat of government, 48; to survey western country, 6n, 8n.
Commissions, for foreign representatives, 140, 150; military officers, 22.
Committee of the States, 104, 248, 257, 635, 728.
Committee of the week, duties of, 664.
Complaints, against individuals, 812.
Comptroller, 63, 92, 97, 130n, 134, 192.
Comptroller of Accounts, 74, 114, 129.
Comptroller of the Treasury, 26, 32, 73, 80, 117, 428, 483.
Comstock, Adam, 576n.
Condy, Thomas H., 635.
Confederacy, frigate, 3n, 81, 82, 154, 155.
Confederation. See Articles.
Congress, acts, 15; address to Province of Quebec, 245; address to States,

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202; adjournment, 114, 211, 344, 351,391, 440, 845, 849, 899, 900, 901; appointments, 20, 21; appreciation of Franklin's services, 824; attendance, 4, 5, 114, 308, 318, 344, 351, 391, 440, 629, 632, 627n, 678, 707n, 845, 848, 873, 874, 875, 888, 889, 899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 926, 927; attitude respecting independent government of particular districts, 810, 822; buildings for, 8, 9; chaplain, 485; commissions to U. S. ministers, 140; committee attendance, 816; complaints against individuals, 812; correspondence with States, 104; decision respecting boundaries, 236; delegates to receive no official appointments under the States, 888, 567; directions to, 648; drafts on President of, 215; furniture for hall of, 625; gift of prints, 868n, 906; Hardy funeral, 836; individuals summoned by committees, 816; interruptions by street noises, 561; letter to Emperor of Morocco, 143, 146; letters of credence, 142; loan of artillery and military stores, 868; Longchamps affair, 99n, 814; ministers and secretaries abroad, 75, 84; mourning, 836; newspapers for, 5, 108; ordinances and resolves, 22, 126, 128, 427; powers of, 4n, 63, 75, 201, 203, 388, 576, 764, 861; precedence of members, 649; president, 21, 39, 60, 66n, 69, 87, 105, 406, 631, 649, 883, 904n; procedure, 23, 39, 83, 558, 594, 662, 826, 872, 884; proclamation, 33; publications, 104, 318; recommendations to States, 8n, 66n, 162, 315; records, 104, 175, 213; remarks, 41, 87; reply to French King, 458; reply to New York address, 86; requisitions on States, 34, 256; supplies for, 625; title and rank of members, 648; trade regulation, 533, 539n, 574n, 816, 884n.
Connecticut, 29, 151, 154; accounts with U. S., 334, 518, 536; acts of legislature, 69, 454n, 721; cession of western lands, 69, 246n, 324n; claim to Pennsylvania land, 18n, 777, 796; commissioner of accounts, 658; credentials of delegates, 2, 3, 566, 876, 879; delegates' motion, 69; governor's letter, 3n, 18n, 454n, 649n, 691n, 721, 725, 766n, 817n; Indians, 365n; individual accounts, 447; inhabitants' petition, 102n; money quota, 450, 586, 745; officers' pay, 66n; quota of officers, 248; quota of public debt, 217, 545, 767; quota of troops, 247; regimental agents, 70; surveyors, 542; taxes, 555; troops, 88, 89, 454n; Wyoming settlers' claims, 3n, 18n, 649n.
Connolly (Conolly), Michael, memorial, 234n, 249, 250, 261.
Consuls, American, 621, 722, 810n, 831--833, 838n, 845, 855, 897, 898, 927, 930; Dutch, 860; duties, 860; English, 860; fees, 724, 832, 860, 861; French, 275, 285n, 325, 345, 673, 702, 860, 911n; French consular convention, 7n, 158n, 285n, 433n, 469n, 480, 500--515, 572n, 825, 832, 924; ministers to act as, 845, 850; ordinance respecting, 845, 850, 851; salaries, 723, 724, 831, 832, 860, 861; Spanish, 860; subject to laws of nations, 361n; Swedish, 393, 394, 812, 821, 847; 832, 861; Vattel on, 887. Vice consuls, 346, 621; United Netherlands, 270n, 275, 533, 631. Consuls general, 723, 724, 855, 886, 888; fees, 724, 846; not to engage in trade, 846; powers, 832, 846, 850; salaries, 846. Consulates, 831, 846, 850.
Continental bills. See Currency.
Contingent expenses, 215.
Contraband goods, 522.
Contractors, 57, 71, 80, 81, 109n, 458, 482, 483; claims, 630n; memorial, 233, 360, 397.
Contracts, 26, 27, 35, 40, 80, 81, 100, 244, 251, 261, 489, 525, 595, 597, 825.

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Converse, Josiah, memorial, 276; petition, 157n.
Cook, Jesse, memorial, 291n, 304n.
Cook, Joseph Platt, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 567, 876, 880. Committees. Broderick-Lindsey-Dod petition, 102; Cazeau petition, 386; Desdevans petition, 366; Fowler petition, 374; Gerry motion, 594n; Grand, 27, 214, 231,238n, 354, 358n, 457, 499, 542, 594n, 615, 695, 823n, 926; Harding memorial, 154, petition, 121n; Massachusetts and Virginia delegates' motion, 823n; Morgan letter, 391n, 410, 467; post office proceedings, 158n; requisition (1785), 919; Sands memorial, 456n, 457n, 458, 481; Superintendent of Finance letter, 5n, 8n, 27; Walcutt (Wolcott) petition, 363; Warren memorial, 105; week, 5n, 90n, 102, 105, 363, 363n, 366, 374, 386, 558n, 650n; Wolcott letter, 208n, 226; memorial, 226. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 194, 198, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 279, 280, 283, 285, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 471, 479, 493, 548, 549, 559, 566, 570, 575, 579, 581, 587, 589, 591, 594, 596, 597, 609, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 727, 729, 730, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 827. Mentioned: 106, 114, 133, 227n, 372, 593, 595, 612, 620, 650, 773, 845, 848, 849.
Cooper, --,906.
Copper, coinage, 849n, 922; importation of, 847n; mines, 254, 284, 301, 378.
Cornplanter, 499n.
Cornwallis, Charles Earl, 96.
Cotton, manufacture, 206, 221.
Counterfeiting, 26, 32, 33, 206, 218, 356, 546, 653, 412n; New York act, 577; proclamation, 915.
Courts, of appeals, see Appeals; to determine private right of soil, 728; for determining captures, 202; for punishment of piracies, and felonies, 682; martial, 263n, 370, 620n, 851.
Cox, John, 52n.
Coxe and Frazier, Donaldson & Coxe, memorial, 909n.
Craig, Thomas, 321.
Craig, Bayard & Co., 463n.
Credit, public, 219, 266.
Creutz, Philip de, 825.
Crime, 239; ordinance, 682; punishment of, 164, 682.
Crocco, Giacomo Francisco, letter, 121n, 129n, 147.
Croghan, George, 157n, 341.
Cross of Cincinnati, 701.
Cughnawagas. See Indians.
Cumberland River, 309.
Cumming, William, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 564, 565. Committees: Ayotte (Ayott) petition, 621n; Gerry motion, 595n; Grand, 595n, 615, 695, 823n, 926; Massachusetts delegates' motion, 663n; Massachusetts and Virginia delegates' motion, 823n; ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n; schooner Good Fortune, 619n; State bounties, 257n; Trumbull memorial, 622n; week, 574, 576, 619n, 621n; Wolcott letter, 574, 576. Votes: 566, 575, 580, 581, 597, 598, 633, 687, 700, 712, 717, 718, 719, 740, 741, 742, 756, 757, 758, 759, 761, 791, 811, 826, 828. Mentioned: 564, 572, 575, 582, 593, 595, 607, 619, 620, 626, 631, 632n, 647, 650, 662, 664, 669, 670, 672, 675, 678, 679, 681, 684, 686, 689, 690, 704, 709, 716, 721, 722, 754, 775, 780, 805, 807, 815, 822, 836, 837.
Currency, bills, 94n, 590, 615, 653; depreciation, 14n; destruction of, 670.
Cushing, Thomas, letter, 125n, 412n.
Cuthbert, Seth John, 427n.
Cutting, John Brown, 14n, 42, 43, 44.

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Dana, Francis, 554; memorial, 416n, 569.
Danbury, Conn., 340.
Dane, Nathan, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 876, 878. Committees: Hoskins memorial, 892n; Jay letter, 834n, report, 805n; Pennsylvania delegates' instructions, 909n, 911. Mentioned: 874, 875.
Darby, Daniel, 91n, 230, 413, 920.
Darby, Ephraim, petition, 112n.
Dart, John Sandford, 90.
Dartmouth College, 557.
Dauphin, ship, 906, 909n.
Davidson, J., 157n, 181n.
Davis, George, 833n.
Davison, Benjamin, 197n, 206.
Dean, James, 619n, 790n, 808n.
Deane, Silas, 16n, 87n.
Debt (National or Public), 21, 23n, 29, 46, 62, 64, 92, 107, 123, 167, 168, 331, 552, 585, 743--751; arrearages, 749; domestic, 214, 215, 394n, 443, 448, 473, 544, 547, 744; estimates, 443, 445, 446; foreign, 214, 215, 219, 394n, 443, 448, 543, 604, 744, 766; interest, 216, 264, 265, 443, 446, 447, 448, 543, 577, 604, 607, 697, 738, 744, 765; liquidated certificates, 26, 215, 447.
Deeds of cession, or transfer, 254, 255, 271, 280, 300, 302, 341, 342, 379.
Definitive Articles of Peace, 828, 829.
Delaware, 162; accounts, 195, 317n, 374, 359, 393, 447; commissioner of accounts, 389; interest certificates, 583; loan officer, 827, 835, 836n; quota of money, 586, 745; quota of public debt, 217, 545, 767; status. 450; surveyor, 539; taxes, 555; troops, 29, 88; vice consul, 285n, 346.
Delaware Indians. See Indians.
Delaware River, 43; seat of Government, 48.
Delay, Henry, memorial, 904n, 909.
Delegates, appointment, 105; attendance, 318; credentials, 48, 135; leave of absence, 130; qualifications, 567; title and rank, 649n.
De Neufville, John, & Son, 451, 555.
Denis, William, 206.
Denmark, King, decision on ordination of Americans to Episcopalian orders, 187.
Denning, William, 24n, 208n, 227, 401, 446, 497, 520; letter, 17n, 61, 73, 92, 915; memorial, 206n, 221.
Depreciation, 19n, 20n, 24n, 35, 46, 47n, 64, 131, 132, 199, 225, 263, 268, 270, 284, 313, 361n, 448, 540, 698, 745, 770, 842, 895, 899.
Deputies, lists of, 74, 92.
Dericks (Derricks, Diricks, Diriks), Jacob G., 151, 152, 153, 153n, 190, 304n; memorial, 415n, 452, 453, 464; petition, 38n.
Desdevens (Desdevans), Maurice, letter, 351, 366n, 489n; petition, 366, 497, 519, 577.
Deserters, 158n, 263n, 620n, 851, 854.
Detroit, 425; British forces at, 907, 908.
Dewees, William, petition, 130n.
DeWitt, Charles, a delegate from New York. Committees: Superintendent of Finance letter, 267.
Dick, Samuel, a delegate from New Jersey. Committees: Adam (Adams) letter, 462; memorial, 427n, 440n; Cazeau petition, 386; Chenaux petition, 534; Desdevans petition, 366; Fowler petition, 374, 374n, 399, 417; Grand, 457n, 542; Hale memorial, 7n; Indian trade regulation, 363n; Indian treaty, 463n; McClure memorial, 459n; petition, 534; McHenry motion, 915, 921; post office regulation, 159n, 365n, 488; Superintendent of Finance letter, 267; Twining memorial, 231n; Walcutt (Wolcott) petition, 363; week, 363, 363n, 366, 374, 386, 457n. Votes: 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549,

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559, 566, 570. Mentioned: 462, 520, 523, 535, 558, 559, 564.
Dickinson, John, 18n, 19n, 278, 286n, 303, 304, 397.
Dickinson, Philemon, 10n, 58, 99n; letter, 99n, 333n.
Dickinson College, 18n, 44.
Discounts, 220, 266.
Divine, Timothy, 725n, 732; memorial, 456n; petition, 163, 163n, 186.
Dod, John, petition, 89n, 102.
Doorkeepers, 36, 37, 56, 200.
D'Ordelin, Commodore, 673.
Dorsey, J., 2.
Doughty, John, 540n.
Dowse, Edward, 654, 679n.
Duane, James, 9n, 19n, 571n, 865.
Dubois, Hubert, 651, 692, 693.
Dubois, Mathew, 361n.
Du Calvet (Du Calvert), Pierre, claim, 722, 781; memorial, 679n, 709n; petition, 765n, 766n.
Duchenceaux (Du Cheneau), S. D., 195n, 459n, 534n, 539n.
Ducoudray, --,595n, 610.
Duer, William, 80, 81; letter, 70n, 79, 234n, 244, 251; memorial, 350n, 351n, 352n.
Dumas, Charles William Frederick, 110n, 451, 555; letter, 12n, 86n, 263n, 350n, 810n, 815n, 820n, 835, 886n; petition, 854n.
Dunkirk, France, 47n, 61, 917.
Dunlap, John, 915--931.
Dunscomb (Duncomb), Andrew, 97, 134, 621,779n.
Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 523.
Dutch, coin, 358.
Dutch loans, 12. See also United Netherlands.
Dutour, Pierre, 242n.
E
East Indies, 904n.
Eastern boundary. See Boundaries.
Eddy, Jonathan, petition, 200, 201, 258.
Edward, The, 906.
Edwards, Evan, 613n.
Edwards, Timothy, 576n.
Elbert, S., 401, 406n.
Elholm, Augustus Christian George, 163n, 182n, 229, 231n, 274, 347.
Ellery, William, a delegate from Massachusetts. Committees: Adams letter, 365n, 737n; American Regiment officers' petition, 163n, 232n; Anspach memorial, 365n; artificers memorial, 196; Barclay letter, 158n; Beers letter, 70; Blair application, 656; letter, 71; Board of Treasury letter, 483, 491; Brewster petition, 263n; Byers memorial, 190n, 261; Campbell petition, 66n, 187n, 245, 305; Canadian applications, 20n, 324, 433, 440n, 521; Carleton letter, 17n, 36n, 45, 308n, 771; memorial, 453; Clark-Wolcott-Butler letter, 308n, 404; Consular Convention with France, 469n; Cutting letter and memorial, 14n, 42; Davidson letter, 157n; Desdevan (Desdevens) petition, 366n, 497, 577; Dickinson letter, 286n; Divine petition, 186; Dubois memorial, 361n; Eddy petition, 200, 258; Fanning letter, 70; Foreign Affairs proceedings, 158n; Fox letter, 42; Fraunces (Frauncis) memorial, 163n, 207, 228; Garrigues petition, 365n; Gerry motion, 3, 4n, 45; Governor of Pennsylvania letter, 291; Halsted memorial, 196n, 207; Harding claim, 197n; petition, 228, 238n, 243, 269; Hay applications, 401, 454; memorial, 363n, 391n; Hutchins letter, 291; Indian commissioners' letter, 330; infantry and artillery pay, 325n; Jay letter, 733n; Jollibois petition, 57; Jones petition, 362; Jordan petition, 130n; Jordan-Wylie memorial, 840; July Fourth dinner, 485; King motion, 164n, 239; petitions, 148n; Lafayette letter, 17n; Laurens letters, 13, 121, 122; Leeds memorial, 9, 98; L'Eglize petition, 58; Livingston memorial, 78, 129; petition, 67n; Ludwick memorial, 350n, 374, 456; McKinley memorial

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359n, 392; Marbois letter, 57, 459n; Marine Department proceedings, 158n; Massachusetts delegates' motion, 391n, 567, 620n, 663n; Menard case, 17n; Mercer letter, 232n; Morris letter, 231n, 244, 468; Nicholson letter, 271n, 278n; memorial, 312, 322; North Carolina cession, 369n, 382; North letter, 191; officers' petition, 564n; Oliver case, 17n; Parsons letter, 11n; memorial, 221; petition, 114, 129, 208n, 250; Pearce-Thompson letters, 656; Pellon memorial, 20n; petition, 172; Pennell letter, 157n, 172n, 191; Pierce letter, 159n, 635, 655, 657; Pollock letter, 515n; petition, 531, 924; Postmaster General's letters, 3n; Purcell memorial, 427n, 519; petition, 361n; Read letter, 321n; regimental agents memorial, 399; regulation of consuls, 158n; reprinting Journals, 243n, 412, 471; Sayre project, 390n, 391n, 395; schooner Good Fortune, 158n, 619n; Schuyler letter, 463n, 472; Sherman letter, 70; Smith letter, 130n; South Carolina petition, 361n, 408; State bounties, 257n; Stewart memorial, 185; petition, 37; Stockley letter, 166, 656; Superintendent of Finance letter, 16n; Thompson letter, 159n; Walcott (Wolcott, Walcut) petition, 391n, 412, 427n, 776; War Office letter, 19; Waters memorial, 234n; petition, 340, 469; week, 128n. Motions: 240, 240n, 241, 280, 280n, 293, 294, 394, 520n, 539n, 698, 699. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 194, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 819, 326, 327, 328, 329, 336, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 471, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 566, 570, 579, 581, 587, 589, 591, 594, 596, 597, 609, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 727, 729, 730, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 827, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 10n, 19n, 37n, 39, 57n, 58, 59n, 106n, 121n, 138, 139, 164, 172, 186n, 191n, 198, 201, 207n, 235, 244n, 245n, 280, 291,291n, 296n, 302, 324n, 329, 340n, 341, 344, 345, 351, 362, 363, 365, 386, 391, 395, 401n, 422, 426, 438, 440, 473n, 481, 483n, 491, 497n, 498n, 521, 559, 683, 700n, 758, 772, 773, 811, 812, 826, 827. Ellicott, Andrew, 232n.
Elliot, Daniel, letter, 163; memorial, 163n, 814, 815; petition, 231n, 620n, 779n.
Elliot-Fowler petition, 620n.
Ellis, --, 209n.
Ellis (Elliss), Joseph, petition, 230, 413, 491, 920, 923.
Ellis, R., 7n.
Ely, John, petition, 11n, 86n.
Emery, S., petition, 886n.
Empress of China, ship, 191, 416, 673.
Enfant. See L'Enfant, Pierre Charles.
Engineers, 16, 18.
England, Queen of, 737n.
Engravers, 358.
Enochs (Enoch), Henry, 904n, 909.
Episcopal Church, American candidates for ordination, 187.
Erkelins, Gosuinus, 151, 152.
Ersten, brig, 230, 413, 414, 491, 492, 920.
Erwin, William, 391n.
Estimates, 22, 443, 543--547. See also Expenses.
Ettwein, J., memorial, 381n.
Europe, Commissioner for Accounts in, 542; letter to crowned heads in, 113n; U. S. ministers in, 127, 128.
Evans, John, 393.
Eveleigh, Nicholas, 232n, 535n.
Ewing, James, 440n, 833n, 835.
Ewing, John, 286n, 795n 898.

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Expenses, foreign contingent, 451; of government, 444.
Exports, 201, 576.
F
Fagan, William, petition, 790n.
Fanning, Charles, 70.
Faraser (Fraser?), William Simon, 705.
Ferguson, 704n, 719.
Few, William, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 401.
Finance, Department of, 158n; accounts, 468, 470; clerks, 498; inquiry, 621; ordinance, 498. See also Treasury, Board of.
Finance, Superintendent of. See Superintendent of Finance.
Finley, James, letter, 550n.
Finnie, William, 19n; memorial, 99, 100, 101, 635, 637n; petition, 709n.
Firewood, 527.
Fisher, George, memorial, 278n, 308n, 314n, 320, 624.
Fisher, John, 283.
Fitch, John, 30, 673n; letter, 669n, 672n; petition, 24n 41n.
Fitzsimmons, Thomas, 556, 557.
Fizeaux, Grand & Co., 555.
Flags, Spanish, 911n.
Fleming, William, 441.
Fletcher, Robert, 116.
Florida, boundaries, 775n.
Florida Blanca, Count de, 494, 564, 715, 731n; letter, 807n, 809.
Flour, 124, 125, 170, 180, 495n, 522, 569, 805n.
Flower, Benjamin, 611.
Foreign Affairs (Department or office of), books, 26n, 91n; consular vention with France, 500--515; doorkeeper, 36, 37; duties of Secretary, 35n; expenditures, 127, 166; inquiry, 619n; inspection of letters in post offices, 685; instructions, 658; interprefer, 29, 36, 37n; leave of absence, 868; letter respecting consuls, 722; letter respecting Spanish minister, 495; letter to Congress, 627; letter to Marbois, 676; oaths, 30; proceedings, 158n; records, 29; salaries, 26n; 56, 91n; Secretary, 15, 25, 27, 29, 36, 53, 61, 99n, 102n, 104, 110n, 116, 181, 208, 242, 325, 474, 485, 522, 535, 675, 688, 821n, 846, 922; Seeretary's letters and reports, 36, 37n, 56, 91n, 128n, 147, 222n, 227, 249, 257n, 264. 270n, 304, 318n, 345, 250n, 400n, 427n, 463n, 532n, 536, 561, 572n, 595n, 625n, 645, 648, 651,657, 725n, 742n, 765n, 774n, 777, 797, 815n, 817, 824, 825n, 829, 833n, 844n, 849, 857n, 886n. 895n, 898n, 911n, 928; suspension of office, 151; translations, 36, 55n, 56; transmission of communications, 36, 56; treaties, 65; under Secretaries, 91n, 151, 249. See also Jay, John.
Forest, Antoine de la, 911n.
Forgery, 12n, 15n, 26, 197n; punishment for, 659; revision of States laws respecting, 34. See also Counterfeiting.
Forman, Ezekiel, 404n; letter, 395n, 569, 820n.
Fort Lawrence, 425.
Fort Mcintosh, 125, 126, 173, 180, 332, 540n; treaty, 424, 460, 924; troops, 655n, 700n; troops' pay, 323n, 455n.
Fort Pitt, 163, 197, 231n, 350, 435, 463n, 472, 529, 620n, 814, 815.
Fort Randolph, 488.
Fort Schlosser, 59.
Fort Schuyler, 306, 685n, 808, 890.
Fort Stanwix, 234n, 235, 910; treaty, 423, 633, 706, 806, 923.
Fortune, sloop, 9, 10.
Foster, Abiel, a delegate from New Hampshire. Committees: Atayataghronghta memorial, 121n; petition, 132, 181; Bankson memorial, 58; petition, 25n, 41, 41n; Board of Treasury letter, 493, 491; Elholm ease, 231n; letter, 163n; Elliot memorial, 163n; petition, 620n; Elliot-Fowler petition, 231n; Fisher memorial, 278n, 308n, 320; Fowler memorial, 163n; petition,

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620n; Gerry motion, 594n; Grand, 27, 214, 231,238n, 854, 358n, 457n, 499, 542, 594n, 615, 695, 926; Harding memorial, 154; petition, 121n; Hunter petition, 572n; Marbois letter, 459n; Marine Department proceedings, 158n; ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n Pinckney motion, 274; Purcell, 427n, 519; petition, 361n; qualifications, 620n, 669n, 682; requisition (1785), 919; Superintendent of Finance letter, 5n, 8n, 27; Walcott (Wolcott) petition, 391n, 412, 427n, 776; week, 5n, 109n, 120, 483n. Motions: 54, 297, 426n, 807n. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 194, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 328, 329, 336, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 430, 431, 460, 479, 516. 524, 548, 549, 559, 566, 570, 575, 579, 581, 587, 589, 591, 594, 596, 597, 609, 633, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 727, 729, 730, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 812. Mentioned: 49, 232, 274n, 338, 416, 422, 430, 440, 467, 470, 474, 483n, 559, 564, 572, 575, 587, 593.
Foundry, brass ordnance, 261.
Four Friends, 451, 553, 554.
Fourth of July dinner, 485, 493.
Fowler, Alexander, memorial, 163, 163n, 813, 814, 815; petition, 231n, 620n, 779n.
Fowler, David, petition, 903.
Fowler, Jacob, petition, 364n, 374, 374n, 399, 417.
Fox, Edward, 43, 446, 612n; letter, 14n, 42; 270n, 353, 890n; memorial, 340.
France, answer to Minister's letter, 314; arrêt of July 10, 857n; Chargé d'affaires, 285n, 345, 346, 406, 427n, 485, 599, 610, 651, 898n, 926; coin, 358; commerce, 572n, 818; commercial policy, 420; commissary general, 82; commissioners to, 115; consular convention with, 7n, 158n, 285n, 346, 469n, 480, 500, 515, 572n, 832, 924; consuls in U. S., 285n; coöperation of, 754; debts due subjects of, 595n, 599; exclusion of vessels from certain American ports, 818; Farmers General, 445, 543; forage for Army of, 361n; free ports, 5n, 7n, 47n, 61, 818; friendship, 674; interest on loans, 215, 543, 824; interest due subjects of, 400n; King, 99n, 572n, 825; King's letter, 427n, 433n, 457; King's portrait, 4n, 30n, 57, 359; letter to King, 458; loans, 12, 444, 445, 448, 744, 766; Longchamps affair, 99n; Marine Treasurer General, 82; merchants objection to acts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 661, 817, 929; minister to United States, 99n, 661, 675; monies advanced by, 209n, 222n; officers' heirs, 540; payments due, 218; prizes carried into, 277; post office affairs, 898n; Queen's portrait, 4n, 30n, 57, 359; tobacco contract with Farmers General, 825; treaty with, 754, 818; U. S. consul general for, 888; U. S. minister to, 13, 14, 44, 95, 112, 113, 122, 134, 140, 142, 144, 146, 189, 463n; vice-consuls, 346.
Francis, Tench, 360, 397, 630n.
Franklin, Benjamin, 12, 96, 147, 153n, 276, 433, 480, 552, 555, 824, 843, 862, 882; accounts, 725n; letter, 5n, 11n, 12, 15n, 324n, 341n, 574n, 807n; letter from Count de Vergennes, 825n; papers delivered by, 825; present from King of France, 825; retirement, 13, 122, 189; to negotiate treaties, 143, 142, 144, 145, 825.
Franklin, John, memorial, 721, 737n; petition, 269.
Franklin, W. T., letter, 725n.
Franklin-Jefferson, letter, 672n.

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Franklin-Lee-Adams, letter, 147.
Franks, David S., 451, 555.
Fraser, William Simon, 705;
Fraud, 34, 35n, 61, 62, 74, 93, 94, 107, 113n, 117, 120, 169, 193n, 915; prevention of, 62, 220.
Frauncis, Samuel, 208, 709; lease on property of, 228; memorial, 163n, 207, 228; petition, 228n.
Frecky, John, petition, 903.
Free ports. See Ports.
Frontier, protection of, 125, 172, 180, 223, 224.
Fugitives, 239.
Furniture, for hall of Congress, 625.
Fur trade, 528.
G
Galvez, Joseph de, 522, 531, 714, 731n.
Gardner, David (Joseph?), 52n.
Gardner, Joseph, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 278, 278n. Committees: artificers' memorial, 196; Bankson memorial, 58; petition, 25n, 41; Blanchard memorial, 109n, 116, 121; Bruin papers, 670; Carteton letter, 263n; disposition of Western Territory, 251; Governor of Havana letter, 7n, 53n; Grand, 238n, 354, 358n, 499; Howell motion, 5n, 108; invalids, 47n, 159n, 242n; Jordan petition, 130n; Jordan-Wylie memorial, 840; King petitions, 148n; Massachusetts delegates motion, 620n; office revision Secretary to Congress, 26n, 103; ordinance as to Western lands, 264; ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n; Patton memorial, 398; petition, 109n, 200; Pennsylvania Supreme Executive's letter, 20; Phillips petition, 66n, 87; Pollock letter, 7n; post office proceedings, 158n; Remsen letter, 66n; petition, 191; Rundolph (Randolph) letter, 805n; schooner Good Fortune, 619n; Secretary in War Office letter, 619n; Secretary to Congress, office regulation, 174, 916; Smith letter, 130n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 5n; Unzaga letter, 7n; Week, 5n, 17n, 25n, 30, 40, 46n, 297n; Weissenfels petition, 40; Western territory land ordinance, 165n; Williamson motion, 5n, 108. Votes: 28, 40, 49, 50, 51, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 194, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 328, 329, 336, 338, 339, 343, 438, 460, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 559, 566, 571, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 609, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 719, 727, 729, 730, 731, 734, 735, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 774, 775, 787, 811, 812, 826, 828, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 5, 7, 10n, 11, 52n, 70, 101, 114, 133, 195, 242, 284, 678.
Gardoqui, Diego, 403n, 515n, 525, 532, 568, 625, 628, 631n, 658, 715, 809; commission, 494, 562; credentials, 484, 494; letter, 400n, 402, 496, 520, 561, 775n, 849, 911n; reception ceremonial, 406, 440n, 459n, 466.
Gardoqui, Joseph, & Sons, 833n, 849.
Garrigues, Jacob, petition, 350n, 365n.
Gates, Horatio, 10n, 521.
Geddis, William, 396n.
Geographer to the United States, 251, 291, 298, 310, 375, 454, 488; advance of money, 442; memorial, 439; salary, 252, 398; term of office, 398.
George II, 409.
George III, 150n, 781.
Georgia, 285n, 345, 346, 533; accounts, 243, 246n, 830, 835; boundary dispute, 365n, 408; continental agent in, 353; delegates, 426, 430, 830, 833n, 836n; delegates credentials, 400, 401, 876; delegates motion, 830, 835; deputation of Congress to, 162; Governor's letter, 406n; Indian affairs, 138, 139; individual accounts, 447; loan officers, 827, 831, 834;

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money quota, 586, 745; money quota status, 450; petition, 365n; quota of public debt, 217, 545, 767; requisition of men, 159, 161; Supreme Executive, 137, 138, 159; surveyors, 466; taxes, 555; timber, 353, 654; treaties, 160, 161,691; troops, 29, 88; unliquidated accounts, 216; vice consul in, 346.
Germany, controversy with United Netherlands, 129n, 130n; Emperor, 350n; U. S. consuls for, 832.
Gerry, Elbridge, a delegate from Massachusetts. Committees: Adams letter, 737n; Barclay letter, 7n; Calonne letter, 518n; Carleton letter, 36n, 45; Clinton letter, 105n, 124, 169; consular convention with France, 7n; Gardoqui letter, 520n; Gerry motion, 594n, 916; Governor of Havana letter, 7n, 53n; Grand, 594n, 615, 695, 823n, 926; Griffin letter, 91n; Hazen memorial, 46n, 47n, 162n; Howell motion, 5n, 94n, 107, 108, 916; Irish memorial, 621n; Jay letter, 629n, 733n; Jordan memorial, 622n; Leeds memorial, 9, 98; Livingston letter, 113n, 166; motion, 30n, 88; Lowell letter, 91n; Marbois letter, 57; Massachusetts and Virginia delegates motion, 823n; Meade memorial, 11n, 91n; Monroe motion, 17n, 28, 59, 88, 106n; New Hampshire delegates motion, 807n, 808, 866; North letter, 30n, 88; Paine letter, 625n, 650, 662, 774n, 779n, 796; Pinckney motion, 534, 630n, 771; Pollock letter, 7n, 515n; petition, 531, 924; Postmaster General's letters, 3n; post office, 7n, 109; regulation, 110n; public accounts, 166; report on army accounts, 622n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 91n, 127, 150, 249, 561, 657; Steuben claim, 518n; letter, 60n, 170, 193, 534, 771; Superintendent of Finance letter, 267; title and rank of delegates, 649n; Unzaga letter, 7n; Vergennes letter, 518n; Virginia delegates motion, 258; War Department inquiry, 619n; week, 523n; 558n; Williamson motion, 5n, 108; Wylie memorial, 622n; Wylie and Jordan memorial, 112n. Motions: 3, 3n, 4n, 35n, 36n, 45, 93, 94n, 107, 559, 561n, 570, 578, 582, 583n, 588, 589n, 590, 607, 609, 621, 630n, 648, 649n, 698, 734, 738, 775, 796n, 810n, 816, 823, 824n, 857, 858n, 861, 861n, 869n, 893, 916, 929. Votes: 28, 40, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 524, 559. 566, 570, 575, 579, 581, 587, 589, 591, 594, 596, 597, 609, 633, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 727, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 827, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 6n, 10n, 25n, 45n, 53, 54n, 83, 85n, 108n, 113n, 117, 118n, 416n, 532n, 593, 593n, 596, 598, 630n, 631, 632, 641, 685n, 710, 738, 776, 790n, 796n, 808n, 811, 816, 848, 855, 858, 865, 868n
Gervais, John Lewis, 18, 223, 232n, 264n, 535n
Gibbons, William, a delegate from. Georgia. Credentials, 401. Committees: Massachusetts instructions, 8n Gibbs, William, 833nn
Gilbert, Robert, 100.
Gilchrist, James, petition, 321.
Gilliland, James, memorial, 649n, 651n; petition, 383n
Gilman, John Taylor, 531n, 627.
Gilman, Nicholas, 627.
Glasheen, Ireland, 221.
Gnadenhutten, 381.
Gold, 6n, 8n, 254, 284, 301, 354, 378, 922.
Good Fortune, schooner, 7n, 158n, 620n
Gordon, William, 626n
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Gorham, Stephen, 447, 721n.
Government, expenses of, 444; independent establishments in States, 810, 822; permanent seat of, 48, 333n
Governor Clinton, ship, 416.
Govett, William, 391n.
Grand Committee, 5n, 8n, 11n, 12n, 15, 15n, 19n, 27, 45, 94n, 118n, 121n, 188n, 193n, 214, 231,238, 238n, 264, 267, 268n, 271n, 276n, 354, 358n, 359n, 457n, 499, 515, 522n, 539n, 542, 593, 594n, 598 615, 695, 698, 743, 823n, 827, 870, 919, 921, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929.
Grand, Ferdinand, 12, 96, 444, 446, 449, 451, 551, 554, 555, 603, 725n
Grant, Jesse, memorial, 291n, 304n.
Grasse-Tilly, François Joseph Paul, Count de, 15, 649n, 669n.
Graves, Jan Boonen, 533.
Gray, Daniel, 817, 820n, 839.
Grayson, William, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 135; letter, 187n: Committees: Adam (Adams) letter, 462, 737n; memorial, 427n, 440n; appointment of certain officers, 242; Army contractors memorial, 321n, 360, 397; Ayotte petition, 621n; Barton memorial, 325n, 347, 684; Calonne letter, 518n; Carleton letter, 308n, 771; memorial, 453; Chaumont memorial, 489n; Connecticut cession, 324n; Connolly (Conolly) memorial, 234n, 249, 261; Dickinson letter, 286n; disposition of Western territory, 251; Duer letter, 234n, 244, 251; Emery petition, 886n; Gardoqui letter, 775n; Gerry motion, 630n; Governor of Pennsylvania letter, 291; Grand 823n; Harding claim, 197n; petition, 228; Hardy funeral, 836; Harmar letter, 415n, 472, 478; Hay applications, 401, 454; memorial, 363n, 391n; Hillegas memorial, 318n; Hutchins letter, 291; Irish memorial, 621n; Jamison letter, 231n; Jay letter, 733n; Johnson motion, 69n; Jordan memorial, 622n; King motion, 477n, 487; Lewis memorial 613; Lewis-Van Zandt-Tudor memorial, 483, 623; Livingston-Sands letter, 630n; Luckett letters, 462n; Marbois note, 400n, 489n; Massachusetts delegates' motion, 391n, 567; Massachusetts and Virginia delegates motion, 823n; Meade, Ellis, memorial, 489n; motion concerning commissary of military stores, 560; New Hampshire delegates motion, 807n, 808, 866; North Carolina cession, 369n, 381; Obail letter, 498; ordinance as to Western lands, 264; ordinance for regulating post office, 904; ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n; Paine letter, 704n, 774; Paymaster General's report, 541n, 610; Pinckney motion, 353n, 390, 395, 534, 771; Popham petition, 231n, 620n, 838; Postmaster General's letter, 694n, 807; post office regulation, 159n, 243n, 488; qualifications, 325n, 620n; Read letter, 321n; report on Army accounts, 622n; reprinting of Journals, 243n, 412, 471; Rhode Island delegates qualifications, 630n; Robins (Robbins) memorial, 499; Roosevelt-Mercer-Malcom letter, 630n, 860; Rundolph (Randolph) letter, 805n; Sayre project, 390n, 391n, 395; Secretary at War letter, 365n, 542n, 558n, 560, 650n, 904; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 249, 317n, 829; Steuben claim, 518n; letter, 534, 771; Trumbull memorial, 632n; Tuder (Tudor) memorial, 571, 613; Twining memorial, 231n; Van Zandt memorial, 613; Vergennes letter, 518n; War Department inquiry, 619n; proceedings, 158n; War Office letter, 469n; week, 157n, 163, 187n, 619n, 621n, 650n; western territory land ordinance, 165n; survey, 441; Wolcott letter, 208n, 226; memorial, 226; Wooster letter, 334, 334n; Wylie memorial, 622n; Wylie and

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Jordan memorial, 112n. Motions: 232, 302, 327, 327n, 328, 328n, 342, 343, 470, 685n, 760, 791. Votes: 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 195, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 329, 337, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 645, 466, 471, 479, 516, 524, 548, 549, 560, 566, 571, 587, 594, 596, 597, 598, 609, 633, 700, 709, 711, 713, 714, 727, 729, 730, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 774, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 828, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 229n, 256n, 293, 343, 347n, 383, 387, 398, 441, 442, 464, 472n, 481, 488, 489, 541n, 570, 596, 597, 613n, 684, 704, 721, 722, 728, 739, 760, 762, 774n, 805n, 808n, 830n.
Great Britain, Americans detained on war ships, 433n; boundary disputes, 287; captures, 9; coin, 356; colonial agents, 112; commerce, 89, 420, 475; consuls and consuls general, 832, 886, 894, 896, 897; debt, 46, 123, 242; designs against United States, 112; encroachment on Massachusetts, 828; exportation of negroes by, 123; Indian deed of cession to Crown, 341; instructions to U. S. ministers, 45, 123; intercepted letters of officers, 438; letter to U. S. minister, 474; navigation of Mississippi, 46; retention of western posts, 45, 88, 123; Secretary to U. S. legation, 99, 111, 148, 149, 150; trade monopoly, 123, 857n; treaties, 46, 60, 89, 118, 123, 137, 161, 737n, 825, 828, 832; U. S. minister to, 25, 25n, 85n, 98, 98n, 144, 149, 474, 474n, 828. Great Lakes, 118; navigation, 88, 89; posts on, 88; transportation, 59. Great Miami, treaty at, 806, 822.
Great Seal, 104, 175, 214.
Greaton, John, 870n.
Greaton, Sarah, petition, 870n.
Green, James, 837.
Green, John, 191, 416.
Green, Thomas, 775n, 830.
Green River, 309.
Greene, Christopher, 705, 776.
Greene, Job, 622n, 705, 776.
Greene, Joseph, 198n.
Greene, Nathanael, 96, 313, 637n, 652; letter, 19n, 46n, 660n; portrait print, 885n, 906.
Greene, Thomas, 521, 523, 524.
Greene, William, 198n, 679n, 884n.
Greenleaf, Joseph, letter, 77n.
Grenadier, The. See Katherine (Catherine), Nonhelema.
Griffin, Cyrus, letter, 11n, 91n, 128n, 209n, 230, 231n, 263n, 413, 491, 920, 923.
Griffin-Lowell letter, 231n.
Griswold, Matthew, 691, 766n; letter, 4n, 454n, 817.
H
Habersham, John, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 400. Committees. Ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n; Phelon memorial, 606n, 613, 672; War Department, 619n; week, 432n, 457n. Votes: 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 466, 471, 479, 493, 524, 548, 549, 560, 566, 571, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 609, 633, 687, 700, 709, 711, 712, 713, 714, 717, 718, 719, 729, 730, 731, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 751, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 774, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 828, 851. Mentioned: 704, 848.
Hague, The, 27; U. S. minister at, 477, 832, 864.
Hale, Mordecai, memorial, 7n, 15, 16, 16n, 361n, 366.
Hall, Talmage, 684, 855.
Hall, Tatum, 630n.
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Halsted (Hatstead), John, memorial, 196n, 207, 207n, 234n, 429n.
Hamilton, Alexander, a delegate from New York. Committees: Hay memorial, 653n.
Hancock, John, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 876, 879; letter, 904n. Mentioned: 781,883.
Hand, Edward, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Committees: Franklin petition, 269; Phelon memorial, 606; Secretary at War letter, 668; Superintendent of Finance letter, 267. Mentioned: 269n.
Hand, Silas, petition, 394n.
Hannah, sloop, 230, 413, 414, 491,492, 920.
Harding, Seth, 197n, 244, 279; memorial, 154, 155; petition, 121n, 228, 232n, 238n, 243, 269, 276n.
Hardy, Joseph, 4n, 7n, 16n, 555.
Hardy, Samuel, a delegate from Virginia. Committees: Adams letter, 11n, 12, 12n; Adams-Franklin-Jefferson letter, 11n, 12; Army contractors memorial, 109n, 233, 234n; Ayott claims, 11n; memorial, 47n; petition, 98; Barclay letter, 12n, 158n; Blanchard memorial, 109n, 116, 121; Calonne letter, 518n; Campbell memorial, 47n, 192; Carbeneaux (Carboneaux) memorial, 67, 87; Carmichael letters, 6n; Catherine memorial, 487; Clark-Butler-letter, 478n; Clinton letter, 105n, 124, 169; Comptroller of Treasury letter, 25, 26n, 32; consular convention with France, 7n; Davidson letter, 157n; Denning letter, 17n, 24n, 61, 73, 92; Department of Finance proceedings, 158n; Dumas letter, 12n; Elliot memorial, 163n; petition, 231n, 620n; Ely petition, 11n; Finnie memorial, 99; Fowler memorial, 163n; petition, 620n; Gerry motion, 94n, 107, 595n, 916; Grand, 27, 214, 232, 595n, 615, 695, 926; Harmar letter, 633; Howe letter, 166n; memorial, 247; Howell letter, 11n; motion, 94n, 107, 916; Indian trade regulation, 6n, 8n, 363n; Indian treaty, 463n; Irish memorial, 621n; Jay letter, 17n, 26n; Johnson motion, 69n; Jordan memorial, 622n; King motion, 38n, 191, 205, 477n, 486; Landais memorial, 55n; Laurens letters, 13, 121, 122; Lewis memorial, 613; Lewis-Van Zandt-Tudor memorial, 483n, 623; Livingston letter, 113n, 166; memorial, 78, 129; motion, 210n; petition, 67n; Massachusetts instructions, 6n, 8n, 649n; Mayor of New York letter, 4n; Meade memorial, 11n; Mercer letter, 232n; Milligan letter, 12n; Monroe motion, 171n, 205; motion respecting Indian commissioners, 193n; motions for adjourning, 113n; Netherlands minister's note, 6n; New York Chamber of Commerce address, 18n, 42; New York mayor letter, 7; New York merchants memorial, 199; petition, 14n; New York tradesmen and mechanics address, 12n; Obail letter, 498; Patton memorial, 398; petition, 109n, 200; Pennel letter, 13n, 157n, 172n, 191, 353n, 354; Pennsylvania Supreme Executive letter, 61, 73, 92, 915; Pentecoast letter, 54n; Pinckney motion, 534,630n, 771; post office regulation, 110n; Provost memorial, 157n; public accounts, 166; qualifications, 6n, 158n, 159n; Read motion, 6n, 8n, 29, 30n; regulation of consuls, 158n; report on army accounts, 622n; reprinting Journals, 7n; requisition (1785), 919; Robins (Robbins) memorial, 499; Secretary at War letter, 626n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 36, 56, 91n, 121n, 127; schooner Good Fortune, 7n, 158n; Southern Indiana affairs, 118, 134n, 136, 138, 917; Steuben claim, 518n; letter, 60n, 170, 193, 534, 771; Superintendent of Finance letter, 5n,

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8n, 27, 267; Thierot letters, 6n; title and rank of delegates, 649n; Treasury commissioners bonds, 159n; Treasury Department ordinance, 664n; Tuder memorial, 571, 613; Twining memorial, 231n; U. S. foreign ministers letters, 187; Van Zandt memorial, 613; Vergennes letter, 518n; Virginia delegates instructions, 70n, 97, 115, 133; Walker motion, 130n; week, 5n; Williamson motion, 61n, 101; Winder letter, 195n; Wylie memorial, 622n; Wylie and Jordan memorial, 112n. Motions: 33n, 115, 579, 615n, 648n, 735, 757, 762, 772. Votes: 14, 40, 49, 50, 51, 55, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 195, 198, 212, 233, 235, 460, 471, 479, 493, 516, 548, 549, 560, 571, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 609, 633, 700, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 774, 775. Mentioned: 9n, 10n, 14, 33n, 34, 37n, 49, 68n, 75, 79, 83, 99, 101, 101n, 113n, 117, 124n, 128n, 137n, 157n, 184, 193n, 200n, 206n, 235, 474n, 488n, 499n 570, 582, 595, 618, 634, 664, 741, 750, 760, 762. Death, 836.
Haring, John, a delegate from New York. Attends, 243; credentials, 209, 243n, 309, 876, 880, 881. Committees: Grand, 823n; Greene memorial, 622n, 705; Long Island inhabitants memorial, 669n; Massachusetts and Virginia delegates motion, 823n; Meigs memorial, 622n, 705; Meigs-Greene memorial, 776; schooner Good Fortune, 619n; Treasury Department regulation, 257n; week, 246n, 594n. Votes: 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 430, 431, 438, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 609, 633, 708, 711, 727, 729, 730, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 772, 773, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 828, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 575, 845, 848, 849, 850, 872, 873.
Harman (Harmar?), Josiah, 470n.
Harmar, Josiah, 481n, 542n, 555, 558n, 626n, 822; letters, 63n, 69, 134n, 415n, 472, 478, 480n, 481n, 540n, 633, 655n, 700n, 858.
Harpur, Robert, 210, 881.
Harris, Caleb, 398.
Harrison, Benjamin, 135.
Harrison, Robert Hanson, 125, 181n, 441.
Hart, John, 164, 232n, 564n, 636, 657.
Hartford, Conn., 781.
Hartwell, Jonas, 125n, 181.
Harwood, William, 2.
Havana, Governor, 532, 715; Governor's letter, 7n, 53n, 54n; treatment of American citizens at, 53; United States commercial agent at, 53, 522 531.
Hawkins, Benjamin, 183, 184n; letter, 499n, 532n.
Hawley, Joseph, 781.
Hay, Udny, 401, 454, 529; memorial, 284n, 308n, 363n, 391n, 652.
Hazard, Ebenezer, 3n, 529, 550, 556; letter, 242, 246n.
Hazen, Moses, 131, 132, 521, 652, 692; memorial, 46n, 162n, 222n, 285n, 304, 304n, 348, 434; regiment, 751, 820.
Head of Elk, Md., 395.
Healy, Elenor, petition, 72n.
Heard, James, 649n.
Heart. See Hart, 164.
Heineken, Jan Hendrick Christian, 270n, 275, 637n, 661.
Henderson, John, petition, 70n.
Hendrick, Jan, 270n.
Hengue, 426.
Henley, Samuel, 613.
Henry, John, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 136; credentials, 47, 48. Committees: Board of Treasury letter, 365n; Catherine memorial, 487; Clark-Butler letter, 478n; Connecticut

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cession, 246n, 324n; Davidson letter, 157n; Davison examination, 197n, 206; Department of Foreign Affairs proceedings, 158n; disposition of Western Territory, 251; Ellery motion, 241n; Grand, 27, 214; Greene letter, 46n; Jamison letter, 231n; Johnson motion, 69n; Kings motion, 477n, 486; Livingston motion, 30n, 88, 210n; McKinley memorial, 359n, 392; Massachusetts cession, 2 3 1 n; Massachusetts deIegates motion, 262, 271; Mesplet memorial, 246n; Monroe motion, 28, 59, 88; motion respecting Indian commissioners, 193n; North letter, 30n, 88, 89n; Nourse letter, 364n; Obail letter, 498; ordinance as to Western lands, 264; Osgood-Livingston letter, 364n; qualifications, 325n; reduction of civil list, 246n; Robins memorial, 499; Rush petition, 44; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 317n; South Carolina petition, 361n, 408; State bounties, 257n; State quotas of troops, 247; Story memorial, 46n, 47n; Sullivan memorial, 232n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 27; Treasury Department regulation, 257n, 268, 404n; War Office letter, 69n; week, 157n, 163; Western Territory land ordinance, 165n. Motions: 138, 393. Votes: 138, 139, 160, 165, 168, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 195, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 329, 336, 338, 339, 343, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 466, 471, 479. Mentioned: 163n, 232n, 374n, 385.
Henry, Patrick, 902; letter, 77n.
Henry, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 876, 883; petition, 86n, 157n. Committees: American Regiment officers petition, 232n; Beers letter, 70; Blair letter, 71; Elliot-Fowler petition, 231n; Faning letter, 70; Grand, 231; Hale memorial, 361n; Hazard letter, 242; Ludwick memorial, 350n, 374, 456; Morgan letter, 391n, 410, 467; Pierce letter, 159n; post office proceedings, 158n; regimental agents memorial, 399; Rush petition, 18n; Sherman letter, 70; Stockley letter, 166; Story memorial, 313, 434; Superintendent of Finance letter, 16n; Thompson letter, 159n; week, 231n, 242; Western territory land ordinance, 165n; Willing memorial, 172n, 459n. Votes: 28, 40, 49, 50, 51, 54, 67, 83, 84, 110, 111,136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 194, 212, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 280, 283, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 319, 326, 327, 328, 329, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 465, 479, 493. Mentioned: 247, 344, 345, 351.
Henry, "Colonel", Indian, 426.
Hickling, Thomas, 198n; petition, 885n, 906.
Hill, Aaron, 694n, 796n, 808.
Hillegas, Michael, 19, 80, 188, 469, 614; letter, 499n, 651n, 654n, 670; memorial, 318n, 353.
Hillhouse, William, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 567, 876, 880. Hindman, James, 447.
Hindman, William, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 47, 48. Committees: Appointment of certain officers, 348; Atayataghronghta memorial, 121n; petition, 132, 181; Burrows memorial, 128n, 153; Emery petition, 886n; Fisher memorial, 278n, 308n, 320; Gerry motion, 595n; Grand, 238n, 354, 358n, 457n, 499, 542, 595n, 615, 695, 823n, 926; Howell motion, 839n, 905; marine department proceedings, 158n; Massachusetts and Virginia delegates motion, 823n; Meade, Ellis, memorial, 489n; motion concerning Board

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of Treasury, 871; motion concerning commissary of military stores, 560; Nourse letter, 364n; ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n; Osgood-Livingston letter, 364n; reprinting of Journals, 243n; 412, 471; Roussi memorial, 128n; Secretary at War letter, 365n, 560; week, 66n, 69, 109n, 120. Motions: 571n, 584n. Votes: 49, 50, 51, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 189, 160, 165, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 195, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 317, 319, 326, 327, 329, 336, 338, 389, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 466, 471, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 559, 566, 571, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 609, 687, 700, 709, 711, 713, 714, 717, 718, 719, 727, 729, 730, 731, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 774, 775, 787, 791, 826, 828, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 69n, 133n, 314n, 412n, 437n, 438, 491, 497, 515, 518, 520, 587, 622, 775, 780, 795, 805, 807, 815, 822, 872, 873, 874, 875.
Hinman, Benjamin, 567.
Hoge, R., letter, 77n.
Hole (Holes), John, 904n, 909.
Holker, John, 77n.
Holland. See United Netherlands.
Holten, Samuel, a delegate from Massachusetts. Committees: Board of Treasury letter, 469; Bruin papers, 670; Carleton letter, 17n, 70, 263n, 308n, 485, 771; memorial, 458; Carmichael letter, 6n; Connecticut cession, 246n, 324n; Comptroller of Treasury letter, 25, 32; Davidson letter, 157n; Department of Foreign Affairs proceedings, 158n; Diricks (Dericks) memorial, 415n, 452, 464; Dubois memorial, 361n; Fox letter, 271n, 353; memorial, 340; Gardoqui letter, 406; Governor of Maryland letter, 20; Greene memorial, 622n, 705; Halsted memorial, 196n, 207; Hardy letter, 4n, 7n; Hazen memorial, 46n, 162n, 222n, 304, 348, 434; Healy petition, 73n; Howell motion, 820n; invalids, 47n, 242n, 435; Jay letters, 26n; Johnson motion, 69n; July Fourth dinner, 485; Kirkland memorial, 285n, 407; Laurens memorial, 95, 111; McHenry motion, 52n, 310; Massachusetts delegates motion, 276n, 620n, 663n; Meigs memorial, 622n, 705; Meigs-Greene memorial, 776; Mercer letter, 232n; motion, 8n, 162n; Mesplet memorial, 148n, 246n; Milligan letters, 12n; motion respecting Treasury, 124; Netherlands minister note, 6n; Osgood-Livingston letter, 427n; Pennell letter, 13n, 353n, 354; Postmaster General's letter, 694n, 807; post office regulation, 159n, 488; Read letter, 321n; reception of Gardoqui, 440n; schooner Good Fortune, 7n, 158n, 619n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 407n, 440n; Secretary in War Office letter, 619n; Southern Indian Affairs, 118, 134n, 136, 138, 917; State bounties, 257n; Thierot letters, 6n; Twining memorial, 231n; U. S. foreign ministers letters, 187; Vincent petition, 134n, 224, 242; Virginia instructions, 70n, 97, 115, 133; War Office letter, 19, 157n; week, 25n, 30, 40; Weissenfels petition, 40; White letter, 7n; Wolcott memorial, 13n, 24, 24n. Motions: 185, 596. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 194, 198, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 328, 329, 336, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 471, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 559, 566, 575, 579, 581, 587, 589, 591, 594, 596, 597, 609. 633, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717,

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718, 727, 729, 730, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 827. Mentioned: 18, 34, 98n, 111, 115, 127n, 158n, 172, 194, 271, 281, 282, 283, 323, 337, 370, 391, 441, 459n, 481n, 497, 518, 533, 539, 576, 576n, 586, 589, 613, 621, 631, 641, 688, 689, 689n, 865.
Home Department, 103, 174, 177.
Honduras, commerce with, 390n, 475.
Hooe, Robert, 77n.
Hoops, Adam, letter, 198n, 398, 418n.
Hope, brig, 11n, 91n, 128n, 413, 414, 886n.
Hopkins, John, 6n, 31, 58.
Hopkins, William, 361n, 839, 892.
Hopkinson, Francis, 10n.
Hornblower, Josiah, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 876, 882. Mentioned: 872, 873, 874, 875.
Hornet, sloop, 86n.
Horton, Azariah, memorial, 623n, 634 841, 842.
Hospital, accounts, 43, 363, 413, 468, 690n, 776; commissioner of accounts, 43, 340, 353, 890n; Southern, 417.
Houdon, Jean Antoine, 861, 868, 869.
House of Commons, print, 868n.
House of Lords, print, 868n.
Houston, William Churchill, a delegate from New Jersey. Committees: Blaine memorial, 478n, 481; Governor of Havana letter, 7n, 53n; Grand, 823n; Jay letter, 188n; McMachen memorial, 349; Marbois note, 188n; Massachusetts and Virginia delegates motion, 823n; Pollock letter, 7n; Postmaster General's letter, 807; reprinting of Journals, 7n; Rumsey petition, 6n; schooner Good Fortune, 7n; Southern Indian affairs, 917; Superintendent of Finance letter, 8n; U. S. foreign ministers letters, 187; Unzaga letter, 7n; Whipple and Converse petitions, 157n. Votes: 471, 479, 493, 826, 828. Mentioned: 6n, 18, 157n, 176, 182, 550n, 833n, 835, 836.
Houstoun, John, 663n.
Houstoun, William, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 400. Committees: Carpenter memorial, 476; Converse memorial, 276; disposition of Western Territory, 251; Fisher memorial, 278n, 308n, 320; Gerry motion, 595n; Grand, 27, 214, 232, 238n, 354, 358n, 499, 595n, 615, 695, 823n, 926; Hutchins letter, 128n, 454; memorial, 439; Leeds memorial, 9, 98; Lopez memorial, 403; Marbois letter, 73n; Marehesseau memorial, 476; Massachusetts and Virginia delegates motion, 823n; Monroe motion, 17n, 201, 533; ordinance as to Western lands, 264; Postmaster General's letter, 694n; post office, 7n; regulation, 110n, 159n, 488, 904; President of Pennsylvania letter, 8n; Read motion, 8n; reprinting of Journals, 243n, 412, 471; requisition (1785), 919; Sayre case, 73n; Secretary at War letter, 403, 904; Smith petition, 476; Southern Indian affairs, 118, 134n, 136, 138; Superintendent of Finance letter. 5n, 8n, 27; trade regulation, 148n; Treasury Department regulation, 8n; Turner memorial, 71, 94n; Twining memorial, 231n; Vincent petition, 476; week, 5n, 46n, 278n, 279, 325n, 391n, 403, 469n, 476; Western Territory land ordinance, 165n; Whipple memorial. 276; Young petition, 105n. Motions: 426, 426n, 483, 489, 684, 685n. Votes: 28, 40, 49, 50, 51, 55, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 168, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 195, 198, 233, 273, 275, 283, 285, 292, 294, 295, 296, 317, 319, 327, 329, 337, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 386, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 465, 466, 471, 479, 493, 516, 524, 566, 571, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 609, 687, 711, 712, 713, 714, 717, 718, 719, 727, 729,

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730, 731, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 751, 751n, 756, 757, 758, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 774, 775, 791, 792, 811, 812, 828, 851, 858, 859, 862. Mentioned: 11, 25, 47, 53, 54, 70, 79, 101, 106, 114, 133, 135, 137n, 195, 199, 211, 234, 242, 243, 247, 258, 267, 271, 276n, 279, 284, 286, 291, 297, 298, 322, 339, 341, 345, 351, 362, 363, 365, 386, 388, 391, 391n, 392, 395, 396, 427n, 440, 772, 854, 872, 873, 874, 899, 900, 901, 903.
Howe Robert, 72, 237, 576n, 620, 650, 735, 737, 864n; letter, 166n, 224, 721, 865; memorial, 237, 247, 871, 871n.
Howell, David, a delegate from Rhode Island. Committees: Adam (Adams) letter, 462; memorial, 427n, 440n; Allison-Caldwell petition, 463n; Antill petition, 19n, 20n, 131; Army contractors memorial, 321n, 360, 397; Barton memorial, 325n, 347, 684; Beatty letter, 278n; memorial, 396, 405; Board of Treasury letter, 365n, 564n; Butler letter, 822, 822n; Byers memorial, 190n, 261; Calonne letter 518n; Campbell memorial 47n, 192, 415n, 428; Carbeneaux (Carboneaux) memorial, 67, 87, 90n, 115; Chenaux petition, 534; Clairborne memorial, 634; Commissioners for Indian Affairs letter, 66n; Connolly (Conolly) memorial, 234n, 249, 261; Davison examination, 197n, 206; Dean letter, 790n; Department of Finance proceedings, 158n; Derricks (Dericks, Diricks) memorial, 190, 415n, 452, 464; petition, 38n; Desdevens petition, 519; disposition of Western Territory, 251; Duchenceaux claim, 195n; Finnie memorial, 635; Foreign Affairs department inquiry, 619n; frigate Alliance, 422; Gardoqui letter, 466; Gerry motion, 594n; Governor of Maryland letter, 20; Grand, 27, 214, 231, 238n, 354, 358n, 457n, 499, 542, 594n, 615, 695, 926; Greene letter, 46n; memorial, 622n, 705; Harding petition, 238n, 269; Hardy letter, 4n, 7n; Harmar letter, 415n, 472, 478; Hazen memorial, 46n, 222n, 304, 348, 434; Healy petition, 73n; Hillegas memorial, 318n, Hopkins accounts, 6n; letter, 58; Horton memorial, 634; Howe letter, 166n; memorial, 237, 247; Howell motion, 209n, 564n, 820n, 839n, 905; Hunter petition, 572n; Hutchins letter, 128n, 454; memorial, 439; Indian commissioners letters, 125, 172; Indian trade regulation, 6n, 8n, 363n; Indian treaty, 463n; invalids, 47n, 242n, 435; Irwin (Irwine) petition, 488n, 703; Jay letter, 733n; Kaskaskia inhabitants petition, 155; King motion, 164n, 191, 239, 477n, 486; Kirkland letter, 790n; memorial, 285n, 407; Landais memorial, 55n, 257n, 276, 417; Lee letter, 106n, 112, 114; L'Eglize letter, 531; L'Enfant letter, 3n, 16, 18; Livingston memorial, 323n; Luckett letters, 462n; McClure memorial, 195n, 459n, 534; McHenry motion, 310; Mackay letter, 463n; Massachusetts cession, 231n; Massachusetts delegates motion, 262, 271, 620n, 663n; Meigs memorial, 622n, 705; Meigs-Greene memorial, 776; Mercer motion, 8n, 162n; Miller memorial, 415n, 416; Morgan memorial, 109n; petition, 468; Morris letter, 231n, 244, 468; motion concerning Board of Treasury, 871; motion respecting half-pay, 106; motion respecting Indian commissioners, 193n; motion respecting Treasury, 124; motion to reduce civil list, 564n; Nicholson letter, 271n, 278n; memorial, 312, 322; North letter, 191; Nourse letter, 364n, 564n; Obail letter, 498; ordinance as to Western lands, 264; ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n; Osgood-Livingston letter,

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364n; Paine letter, 704n, 774, 774n, 779n, 796; Parsons letter, 11n; petition, 114, 129; Partridge motion, 93n; Paschke memorial, 17n, 78, 101; Paymaster General's report, 541n, 610; Pentecoast letter, 54n; Phelon memorial, 606, 606n, 613, 672; Pinckney motion, 6n, 15n, 25n, 37, 534, 621n, 649n, 771; Postmaster General's letter, 694n, 807; post office regulation, 159n, 488; Prevost memorial, 157n, 341; qualifications, 6n, 158n, 159n, 325n, 620n; Read motion, 6n, 8n; reception of Gardoqui, 440n; reduction of civil list, 246n; reprinting of Journals, 7n, 243n, 412, 471; requisition (1785), 919; Robins (Robbins) memorial, 499; Rush petition, 18n, 44; sale of frigate Alliance, 390; Sands memorial, 456n, 458, 481; Schuyler letter, 463n, 472; Secretary at War letter, 542n, 558n, 560; report, 790n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 249, 407n, 440n, 777; Secretary to Congress letter, 226n; report, 238; Secretary to Congress, office regulation, 26n, 103, 174, 916; settlement of accounts with U. S., 689; Southern Indian affairs, 134n, 136, 138; State bounties, 257n; Steuben claim, 518n; letter, 60n, 170, 193, 333n, 455, 534, 771; Story memorial, 46n, 47n, 313, 434; Sullivan memorial, 232n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 5n, 8n, 27, 267; Tolman petition, 471n, 477; Treasury Department ordinance, 523n, 664n; regulation, 6n, 8n, 257n, 268, 404n; Tudor letter, 463n; Twining memorial, 231n; Vergennes letter, 518n; Vincent petition, 134n, 224, 242; Von Hoer petition, 24n, 64; memorial, 66; Walker memorial, 17n, 245, 270; War Office letter, 469n; Warren memorial, 85; Waters memorial, 234n; petition, 340, 469; week, 5n, 128n, 499n, 531, 625n, 634; Western Territory land ordinance, 165n; survey, 441; White letter, 7n; Winder letter, 195n; Wolcott letter, 208n, 226; memorial, 226; Wooster letter, 334, 334n. Motions: 5, 5n, 15, 15n, 16, 16n, 23, 23n, 49, 53, 57, 94, 94n, 99, 107, 108, 125n, 135, 135n, 185, 185n, 188, 188n, 209n, 223, 228, 228n, 230, 231n, 235, 239, 243, 243n, 270, 270n, 280, 283n, 285, 285n, 286, 287n, 290, 291, 292, 326n, 335, 336n, 413, 491, 500n, 516, 529, 530n, 536, 539n, 564n, 682n, 687, 687n, 717, 742, 776, 787, 811, 812, 816, 820n, 823n, 826, 826n, 827, 835, 838, 839n, 847n, 865n, 872, 905, 916, 920, 923, 925. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 194, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 328, 329, 336, 338, 339, 405, 430, 431, 460, 465, 471, 479, 516, 524, 548, 549, 566, 570, 575, 579, 587, 589, 591, 594, 596, 597, 609, 633, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 727, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 827, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 2, 10n, 20n, 24n, 25n, 28, 38n, 39, 44n, 65n, 75, 78n, 82, 98, 99n, 113n, 120n, 121n, 132n, 133n, 134, 162n, 211, 220, 221, 224n, 233, 236, 245n, 250n, 262n, 280, 284, 307n, 314n, 318, 319, 325, 326, 327, 334n, 336, 429n, 432n, 440, 440n, 443, 453, 470, 471, 477n, 478n, 480n, 484, 485n, 497n, 500, 520, 521, 524, 531n, 534, 572n, 575, 576n, 590, 591, 610, 612, 614n, 619, 620, 629, 626, 631, 650, 655, 662, 664, 669, 670, 672, 674, 678, 679, 681, 683, 684, 705n, 716, 734, 756, 777, 778n, 787, 796n, 812, 823, 826, 827, 833n, 845, 866, 872, 929.
Howell, Joseph, 11n, 89n.
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Hübner, A., memorial, 381n.
Huggs, --, memorial, 128, 209n.
Humphreys, David, 205, 412, 555; letter, 11n, 323n, 411, 457n.
Hunter, Banks & Co., 660n.
Hunter, Elijah, petition, 572n.
Hunting grounds, 297.
Huntingdon, Countess of, 77n.
Hutchins, Thomas, 286n, 291, 442, 455, 795n, 898; letter, 128n, 287, 291, 454, 817n, 884n; memorial, 439, 904n.
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Illinois settlement, 54n, 87, 89n, 90, 112n; inhabitants, memorial, 68.
Imlay, William Eugene, 394n, 447.
Imports, 576.
Imposts, 47n, 59, 61, 63, 89, 162, 201, 203, 420, 422, 818, 847, 917.
Indians, affairs, 705; agents, 120, 706, 806, 929; at Princeton, 391n; Christianity, 374, 399; clothing, 407, 411, 463n, 467, 472; commissioners to negotiate with, 125, 136, 137, 160, 172, 183, 193, 308n, 340n, 348, 362, 364n, 404, 411, 423, 424, 431, 459, 460, 476, 487, 499n, 574, 576, 576n, 612, 620, 650, 662, 673, 690, 725, 736, 816, 908, 917, 922; Eastern Department, 287n, 431, 456, 574, 780, 928; education. 317, 364n, 374, 391n, 399, 410, 467, 903; expedition against, 269; food, 407, 411, 463n, 468, 472; friendship, 306; hunting grounds, 297; land, 119, 381, 405, 341, 431, 460, 765, 777, 890n, 903, 908; Middle Department, 404, 459, 736, 917; missionary to, 306; Northern Department, 118, 232n, 404, 459, 574, 736, 917; officers' accounts, 55, 576; ordinance for regulating trade, 363n; peace, 136, 156, 161, 195, 424; petition, 895n, 903; plan for civilizing, 77n; presents, 137, 160, 162, 688, 706, 707; prisoners, 118, 137, 161, 423, 424, 477n, 480n; prohibiting soldiers to trade with, 366n; Southern Department, 118, 138, 139, 159, 162, 184, 195, 297, 348, 362, 499n, 690, 917; speeches, 516n, 626n, 633; trade, 6n, 8n, 330, 332; treaties, 63n, 66n, 118, 125, 131n, 138, 139, 159, 162, 169, 172, 178, 180, 196, 215, 235, 297, 330, 332, 394n, 405, 423, 424, 425, 426, 460, 463n, 476, 543, 574, 633, 691. 766n, 806, 820, 822, 890, 910, 917, 922, 923. Tribes--Cayogons, 806; Cherokees, 4, 4n, 118, 136, 161, 183, 297, 364n, 404; Chickasaws, 297; Chippewas, 424; Cughnawagas, 690n, 705; Delawares, 410, 424, 426, 467; Hurons, 134n, 224, 242; Micmacs, 516; Mohawks, 423, 694n, 796n, 806, 837; Mohecaunie, 688; Montauks, 399, 417; Oneidas, 55, 132, 306, 307, 407, 423, 619n, 690n, 691n, 705, 790n, 806, 890n, 903; Onondagas, 423, 619n; Ottawas, 424; Penobscot, 516; Piankishaws, 125, 172, 180; Potowatamas, 125, 172, 180; Senecas, 423; Shawnese, 478n, 488; Six Nations, 306, 341, 408, 619n, 633, 706, 736, 806, 890, 910, 929; Tuscaroras, 55, 423; Twieghtwees, 125, 172, 180; Wyandots, 424, 426. Western Department, 88, 405, 576n, 612, 620, 626n, 650, 662, 673, 725, 806, 816, 820n, 822, 908.
Interest, due French subjects, 400n; on foreign and domestic debt, 214, 215, 216, 264, 265, 443, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 451, 452, 543, 604, 607, 697, 738, 744, 765, 777; on loan office certificates, 216, 264, 446, 448, 449, 738, 744, 766, 771.
Interpreters, 29, 36, 37n, 330, 332, 461.
Invalids, 47n, 51, 52, 73n, 154, 159n, 242n, 310, 366, 435, 436, 437, 673, 790n, 915, 921; invalid corps, 747n, 751, 764n, 788, 820, 855; expenses, 682n, 742; oath, 312; officers, 789; ordinance, 788; pay, 311, 788.
Inventions, 6n, 19n, 30, 349, 669n.
Ireland, 60, 221; consuls for, 832.
Irish, Nathaniel, memorial, 593n, 611, 621n.

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Irvine, William, 350n, 488n, 613n.
Irwin (Irwine), William, petition, 488n, 703.
Izard, Ralph, 655n.
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Jackson, David, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 286, 291n. Committees: Blair application, 656; Carpenter memorial, 476; Clairborne memorial, 634; Finnie memorial, 635; Grand, 823n; Horton memorial, 634; Lopez memorial, 403; Marchesseau memorial, 476; Massachusetts and Virginia delegates' motion, 823n; officers'petition, 564n; Pearce-Thompson letters, 656; Pierce letter, 635, 655, 657; Secretary at War letter, 403; Smith petition, 476; Stockley letter, 656; Vincent petition, 476; week, 391n, 403, 469n, 476, 625n, 634. Motions: 791. Votes: 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 471, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 559, 566, 571, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 609, 633, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 719, 727, 729, 730, 731, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 774, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 828, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 391, 391n, 396n, 403n, 613n, 634, 635, 791, 842, 845, 848.
Jackson, Jeremiah, 308n, 321.
Jackson, John, 733, 778.
Jamison, John, 231n, 484n.
Jay, James, 77n.
Jay, John, 7n, 8n, 17n, 46n, 54n, 121n, 152, 153n, 441, 917; letters, 17n, 26n, 29, 35n, 53n, 64n, 73n, 91n, 121n, 148n, 188n, 190n, 209n, 234n, 317n, 318n, 321n, 323n, 341n, 350n, 361n, 390n, 400n, 407, 427n, 463n, 480, 564n, 572n, 663n, 679n, 775n, 857n, 909n; negotiations with Spain, 562, 567, 627; reports, 61, 234n, 369n, 403n, 480, 495n, 500, 535n, 598, 626, 661, 674, 678, 679, 715, 722, 731n, 733,753, 809, 817, 821, 824, 833, 844, 847, 860, 862, 865, 868, 869, 887, 888, 894.
Jefferson, Thomas, a delegate from Virginia, 25n, 674, 888; elected minister to France, 134; commission and credentials, 189; letters, 5n, 11n, 12, 15n, 324n, 341n, 574n, 672n, 733; notes on money, mint and coinage, 358n, 359n; to negotiate treaties, 140, 142, 144.
Jersey, prison ship, 320.
Johnson, Ebenezer, memorial, 737n.
Johnson, F., 396.
Johnson, Robert, 466.
Johnson, Samuel, 441.
Johnson, Thomas, 25n, 125n, 181, 232n, 441,707n.
Johnson, William, 891.
Johnson, William Samuel, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 2, 3, 567, 876, 880. Committees: Adams letter, 737n; Barclay letter, 7n, 158n; Board of Treasury letter, 365n, 564n; Bradley petition, 17n, 434; Brewster petition, 263n; Butler petition, 777; Carmichael letters, 6n; Chaumont memorial, 489n; Clark-Wolcott-Butlet letter, 308n, 404; College in Providence memorial, 778; Commissioners for Indian Affairs letter, 66n; Comptroller of Treasury letter 25, 32; Connecticut cession, 246n, 324n; consular convention with France, 7n; Davidson letter, 157n; Department of Finance proceedings, 158n; disposition of Western Territory, 251; Elholm case, 231n; letter, 163n; Ellery motion, 241n; Ellis petition, 491, 923; Ely petition, 11n; Emery petition, 886n; Fowler petition, 374n, 399, 417; Franklin-Johnson-Pierce-Butler memorial, 737n; Gardoqui letter, 520n, 775n; Griffin letter, 91n; Griffin-Lowell letter, 263n, 413, 491, 923; Harding claim, 197n; petition, 228, 238n, 243, 269; Hazen memorial,

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46n, 222n, 304, 348, 434; Hopkins accounts, 6n; letter, 58; Howell motion, 16n, 57, 413, 491, 564n, 923; Indian commissioners' letters, 125, 172, 330; instructions to commercial treaty commissioners, 418; invalids, 242n; Irwin (Irwine) petition, 488n, 703; Jay letter, 733n, 834n, 888n; report, 805n; Johnson motion, 69n; Kean motion, 890n, 905; Kirkland memorial, 285n, 407; Lamb petition, 64n; Livingston memorial 323n; motion, 30n, 88, 210n; Lowell letter, 91n; Marbois letter, 73n, 489n; note, 400n; marine accounts, 3n; Massachusetts cession, 231n; Massachusetts delegates motion, 262, 271, 391n, 567, 620n, 663n; Massachusetts instructions, 6n, 649n; Meade memorial, 11n, 91n, 263n, 491; Meade, Ellis, memorial, 489n; Mercer motion, 66n, 162n, 163n; Milligan letters, 12n; Monroe motion, 17n, 28, 59, 88, 201,229n, 489n, 533; motion to reduce civil list, 564n; Netherlands minister's note, 6n; New York merchants memorial, 199; petition, 14n; North Carolina cession, 369n, 381; North Carolina motion, 297; North letter, 30n, 88, 89n; Nourse letter, 364n, 564n; ordinance as to Western lands 264; ordinance for regulating post office, 904; ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n; Osgood-Livingston letter, 364n; Parsons letter, 11n; petition, 114, 129; Pennell (Pennel) letter, 13n, 353n, 354; report, 81; Pennsylvania delegates, instructions, 909n, 911; Pinckney motion, 274; President of Pennsylvania letter, 8n; Providence College petition, 432n; qualifications, 158n, 159n, 325n, 620n, 669n, 682, 884n; Rawlings memorial, 895n; reduction of civil list, 246n; regulation of consuls, 158n; Rhode Island delegates, motion, 71; Rumsey petition, 6n; Sayre case, 73n; letter, 241n, 363n 530; memorial, 489n; Secretary at War letter, 904; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 91n, 317n, 346, 407n, 442, 561, 829; report, 285n, 324, 491; Secretary to Congress letter, 226n; report, 238; State bounties, 257n; State quotas of troops, 247; Sullivan memorial, 232n, 895n; Thierot letters, 6n; Tolman petition, 471n, 477; trade regulation, 148n; Turnbull, Marmie & Co. memorial, 197; War Office letter, 157n; Western Territory land ordinance, 165n; Wetmore petition, 210n; Willing memorial, 172n, 459n, 620n; Wooster letter, 334, 334n; memorial, 519; petition, 499n. Motions: 69n, 296, 296n, 325, 326, 326n, 372, 518. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 194, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 328, 329, 336, 338, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 471, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 559, 566, 570, 575, 579, 581, 587, 589, 591, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 727, 729, 730, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 827. Mentioned: 34, 169, 173, 232n, 286, 291, 297, 298, 309, 322, 335, 370, 396n, 440, 442, 461n, 497, 515, 518, 520, 523, 572, 576n, 582, 674, 678, 725, 726, 729, 777n, 796, 826, 875, 888, 889, 890, 901, 902, 903, 917, 918, 923, 925.
Johnston, Robert, letter, 482n.
Johnston, Samuel, letter, 582.
Jolibois (Jollibois), Jaque or John, petition, 57, 433.
Jones, Cornelius, memorial, 418.
Jones, Daniel, letter, 480n.
Jones, David, petition, 362, 362n.

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Jones, John Paul, 733n, 778, 910, 930; letter, 159n, 833, 834n, 842, 844n.
Jones, Daniel, 185, 613.
Jordan, John, memorial, 112n, 197n, 622n, 840, 841n; petition, 130n.
Jourdain, Nicholas, petition, 790n.
Journals of Congress, 103, 175, 212, 931; for delegates, 318; reprinting of, 7n, 243n, 412, 471, 486, 663n, 895, 909n.
K
Kahiktotow, Cornelius, 55.
Kalb, Johann, Baron de, 541, 610.
Kaskaskia, 87, 89n, 90, 112n, 115, 155--157, 330, 332, 461, 487, 907; inhabitants' memorials and petitions, 68, 155, 156, 907, 908, 918.
Katherine (Catherine), Nonhelema, 478n, 488.
Kayhnatsho, Nicholas, 55.
Kean, John, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 392, Committees: Barry-Read memorial, 779n; Board of Treasury letter, 702; Gardoqui letter, 775n; Gerry motion, 630n; Hardy funeral, 836; Harmar letter, 633; Humphreys letter, 411; Jay letter, 733n; 834n; report, 805n; Jones memorial, 418; Livingston-Sands letter, 630n; Lopez memorial, 403; New Hampshire delegates motion, 807n, 808, 866; New York Catholics petition, 415; ordinance for regulating post office, 904; ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n; Purcell memorial, 519n; qualifications, 669n, 682, 884n; Rhode Island delegates qualifications, 630n; Roosevelt-Mercier-Malcom letter, 630n, 860; Sayre memorial, 489n; Secretary at War letter, 403, 626n, 904; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 777, 829; War Department inquiry, 619n; week, 391n, 403, 404n, 411, 415, 418, 432n; Wingrove letter, 904n. Motions: 515, 846n, 884, 890n, 905. Votes: 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 466, 471,479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 560, 566, 571, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 609, 633, 687, 700, 709, 711, 712, 713, 714, 717, 718, 719, 727, 729, 730, 731, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 751, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 774, 775, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 828, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 684, 712n, 738, 775, 790n, 860n, 872, 873, 874, 875, 883.
Keesar, Sic, 909n, 911.
Kelelamand, or Colonel Henry, 426.
Kentucky, Indians, 4n.
Keran, Edward, petition, 854n, 899.
Killbuck (Kilbuck), John, 410, 467, 474n.
Killbuck (Kilbuck), Thomas, 410, 467.
King, Joseph, 148n, 197.
King, Rufus, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 876, 877, 879. Committees: Allison-Caldwell petition, 463n; Anspach memorial, 365n; appointment of certain officers, 348; Barclay letter, 158n; Barry-Read memorial, 779n; Beatty letter, 278n; memorial, 396, 405; Blaine memorial, 478n, 481; Board of Treasury letter, 365n, 469, 564n; report, 606n; Butler letter, 822, 822n; Chaumont memorial, 489n; College in Providence memorial, 778; Cutting letter, 14n, 42; memorial, 42; Davison examination, 197n, 206; Dean letter, 790n; Department of Finance proceedings, 158n; disposition of Western Territory, 251; Duer letter, 234n, 244, 251; Elholm case, 231n; letter, 163n; Ellery motion, 241n; Ellis petition, 491, 923; Ely petition, 11n; Emery petition, 886n; Fitch letter, 669n; Foreign Affairs Department inquiry, 619n; Fox letter, 42; Fraunces (Frauncis) memorial, 163n, 207, 228; frigate Alliance, 390, 422; Gardoqui letter, 775n; Garrigues petition, 365n; Grand, 214, 231,238n, 354, 358, 457n, 499, 542: Griffin-Lowell letter,

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128n, 230, 263n, 413, 491, 923; Harmar letter, 415n, 472, 478; Hazen memorial, 46n, 222n, 304, 348, 434; Howe letter, 224n; memorial, 247; motion, 228, 230, 270n, 413, 491, 564n, 839n, 905, 923; Hutchins memorial, 904n; Indian trade regulation, 6n, 363n; instructions to commercial treaty commissioners, 418; Jay letter, 188n, 629n, 888n; report, 805n; King motion, 38n, 477n; Kirkland letter, 790n; Landais memorial, 55n, 257n, 276, 417; Livingston motion, 30n, 88, 210n; Long Island inhabitants memorial, 193n, 669n; Luckett letters, 462n; Mackay letter, 463n; Marbois letter, 489n; memorials, 599n; note, 188n, 400n; marine accounts, 3n; Massachusetts delegates motion, 391n, 567; mayor of New York letter, 4n; Meade memorial, 11n, 128n, 263n, 491; Meade, Ellis, memorial, 489n; Miller memorial, 415n, 416; Monroe motion, 28, 59, 88, 106n, 201, 229n, 489n, 533; motion concerning Board of Treasury, 871; motion concerning commissary of military stores, 560; motion to reduce civil list, 564n; New York mayor's letter, 7; New York merchants' memorial, 199; petition, 14n; North Carolina cession, 369n, 381; North letter, 30n, 88, 89n; Nourse letter, 364n; memorial, 564n; Obail letter, 498; ordinance as to Western lands, 264; ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n; Osgood-Livingston letter, 364n, 427n; Otis memorial, 262, 268; petition, 130n; Paine letter, 625n, 650, 662; Paymaster General's report, 541n, 610; Pennel (Pennell) report, 81; Pennsylvania delegates instructions, 911, 909n; Pinckney motion, 15n, 274, 353n, 390, 395, 621n, 649n; post office, 7n, 109; President of Pennsylvania letter, 8n; Provost (Prevost) memorial, 157n, 341; Providence College petition, 432n; qualifications, 6n, 158n, 159n, 325n, 620n, 884n; Rawlings memorial, 895n; Rhode Island delegates qualifications, 630n; reduction of civil list, 246n; regulation of consuls, 158n; regulation of militia, 90n; reprinting of Journals, 895n, 909n; requisition (1785), 919; Robins (Robbins) memorial, 499; Rundolph (Randolph) letter, 805n; Sayre letter, 241n, 363n, 530; memorial, 489n; Secretary at War letter, 365n, 542n, 558n, 560; report, 790n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 317n, 346, 407n, 442, 657, 829; report, 285n, 324, 491; settlement of U. S. accounts, 689; South Carolina petition, 361n, 408; State quotas of troops, 247; Steuben letter, 333n; Stewart (Stuart) memorial, 621n, 637n; Sullivan memorial, 895n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 5n, 158n; Talbot memorial, 126; petition, 113n, 129; Thompson letter, 77n, 84, 85, 85n; trade regulation, 148n; Treasury commissioners' bonds, 159n; Treasury Department ordinance, 523n, 664n; Tudor letter, 463n; Turnbull, Marmie Co. memorial, 197; Virginia delegates motion, 258; Walker memorial, 17n, 245, 270; War Office letter, 469n; week, 5n, 246n; Western Territory land ordinance, 165n; Young petition, 105n, 192, 362. Motions: 38, 38n, 122, 122n, 164, 191n, 194, 205, 236, 239, 278n, 309, 320, 321n, 337, 337n, 338, 348, 348n, 364n, 366n, 369, 370, 370n, 388n, 393n, 464, 476, 477n, 487, 488, 492, 523, 542n, 576, 586, 647, 681, 681n, 682n, 726, 726n, 727n, 729, 738, 776, 777, 786n, 795n, 796, 796n, 816, 870, 883, 898n, 920. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111,136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 177, 178, 179, 184, 194, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303,

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317, 319, 326, 327, 328, 329, 336, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 471, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 559, 566, 570, 575, 579, 581, 587, 589, 591, 594, 609, 633, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 717, 718, 727, 729, 730, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 827, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 6n, 82n, 164n, 188, 192n, 197n, 199, 206n, 211, 239n, 240, 241, 244n, 246n, 257n, 263n, 267n, 271, 273, 277n, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 294, 296, 304n, 325n, 342, 347, 353, 365n, 383, 383n, 384, 385, 389, 390n, 396n, 441, 443n, 465, 468, 469n, 483, 516, 522n, 531n, 560n, 561n, 567n, 578, 588, 590, 607, 641, 650n, 655n, 674, 690n, 700n, 779n, 806n, 822n, 829, 845, 857, 865, 865n, 872, 873, 874, 875, 884, 897, 911n, 923, 925.
Kirkland, Samuel, 890; letter, 790n, 806, 808n, 822n, 929; memorial, 285n, 407; petition, 297n, 306.
Knox, Henry, 54n, 148n, 370n, 453, 454; elected Secretary at War, 129; letter, 195, 304n, 365n, 403, 558n, 650n, 790; powers and duties, 5; reports, 551, 653, 693, 694, 705, 851, 904; salary, 28, 110, 111, 115.
L
La Caze & Mallet, 557.
La Lande & Finje, 679n, 681n, 687n, 691n, 702, 820n.
La Luzerne, Anne César, Chevalier de, 600, 675.
La Radière, Lewis de, 360n, 540.
Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Roche Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, 47n, 862; letter, 17n, 60, 131n, 318n, 495n, 564n, 680n.
Lake, Richard, 413, 414, 491, 492.
Lake, Thomas, 413, 414, 491,492.
Lake, W. C., 413, 414, 491, 492.
Lake, Messrs., 886n.
Lake Erie, 88, 252, 376, 424, 425.
Lake Ontario, 88, 272, 424.
Lake St. Clair, 425.
Lamb, John, 15, 824, 843, 868; memorial, 54n, 651n; petition, 55n, 64n, 67n.
Land, bounty, 256, 257, 302, 303, 309, 316, 380, 381; grants to soldiers, 201, 255, 301, 350; intrusion on, 232n, 481n; sale of, 29, 300, 335, 370, 377. See also Western Territory.
Land office, 163, 220.
Landais, Pierre, memorial, 55n, 257n, 276, 417, 921.
Lane, Derick, 370.
Langdon, John, 707n, 889, 900.
Lansing, Jacob John, memorial, 91n, 416.
Lansing, John, a delegate from New York. Committees: Carpenter memorial, 476; Marchesseau memorial, 476; Smith petition, 476; Vincent petition, 476; week, 457n, 469n, 476, 483n. Votes: 460, 465, 479, 524, 548, 549, 566, 570. Mentioned: 455, 467, 520.
Laurens, Frances Eleanor, 95, 111.
Laurens, Henry, 451; letter, 13, 121, 122; memorial, 95, 96, 111.
Laurens, John, 95, 96, 97, 111, 112, 602.
Lawrence, H., 555.
Lawrance, John, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 209, 308, 309, 876, 880, 881. Committees: Anspach memorial, 365n; Board of Treasury report, 606n; Campbell memorial, 415n, 428; Catherine memorial, 487; Chenaux petition, 534; Clark-Butler letter, 478n; Foreign Affairs Department inquiry, 619n; Garrigues petition, 365n; Gerry motion, 594n; Gilliland petition, 383n; Grand, 594n, 615, 695, 926; Humphreys letter, 411; instructions to commercial treaty commissioners, 418; Jones memorial, 418; July Fourth dinner, 485; Kean motion, 890n, 905; Knox report, 854n; Lewis memorial, 613; Lewis-Van

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Zandt-Tudor memorial, 483n, 623; Livingston memorial, 323n, 410n; Ludwick memorial, 350n, 374, 456; McClure memorial, 459n; petition, 534; Marbois memorials, 599n; Massachusetts delegates motion, 620n; Miller memorial, 415n, 416; Monroe motion, 229n, 489n; New York Catholics petition, 415; Popham petition, 620n, 838; Purcell memorial, 427n, 519; petition, 361n; qualifications, 884n; Rawlings memorial, 895n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 317n; South Carolina petition, 361n, 408; Stewart (Stuart) memorial, 637n, 621n; Sullivan memorial, 895n; Tolman petition, 471n, 477; Tuder (Tudor) memorial, 571, 613; Van Zandt memorial, 613; Walcott (Walcut, Wolcott) petition, 391n, 412, 427n, 776; week, 325n, 404, 411, 415, 418. Motions: 426n, 470. Votes: 317, 319, 326, 327, 328, 329, 336, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 405, 423, 430, 431, 460, 465, 471, 479, 493, 575, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 609, 633, 717, 718, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 328, 375n, 413n, 418n, 423, 464, 576n, 596, 613n, 623n, 787, 874, 875, 902, 905.
Lawrence, Jonathan, jr., memorial, 550; petition, 406n.
Laws, State, 925.
Laws of nations, punishment for infraction of, 655.
Lead, 254, 284, 301, 378.
Leary, Dennis, petition, 232n, 276n, 279.
L'Eclise. See L'Eglise.
Lecouteul & Co., 451, 554, 557.
Lee, Arthur, commissioner in Board of Treasury, 232n, 582, 593, 613, 613n, 814; Indian affairs, 423, 736, 891; letters, 106n, 112, 113, 115, 131n, 394, 394n, 766, 810, 910, 911n. Mentioned: 317n, 531, 626n, 662, 720, 721n, 722n, 725, 752n, 764n, 817n.
Lee, Richard Henry, a delegate from Virginia. Committees: Ettwein Hübner-Schweiniz memorial, 381n; Knox report, 854n; thanks of Congress, 872. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 51, 55, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 195, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 329, 337, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 466, 471, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 560, 566, 571, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 609, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 828, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 1, 2, 33n, 141, 149, 150, 189, 211, 381, 568, 737, 809n, 836, 837, 838, 845.
Leeds, Jedediah, & Co., 9, 10, 10n, 98.
Leertouwer, Diederik, 631.
Leffingwell, Christopher, 567, 879.
L' Eglise, Dominique, letter, 531; memorial, 663n; petition, 58, 433, 839n, 848.
Le Grand, Ferdinand, 12.
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 37n; letter, 3n, 16, 17n, 18.
Lentz, Martin, petition, 689, 693.
Letters, franked, 685; intercepted, 438; of marque, 202.
Lewis, Francis, memorial, 483n, 613, 623, 817; petition, 810n.
Lewis-Van Zandt-Tudor, memorial, 626n.
Lincoln, Benjamin, 31, 215, 362n, 446, 453, 724n, 725, 732, 736.
Lindsey, Matthew, petition, 89n, 102.
Liquor, sale of, 891.
Littlepage, Lewis, 895n.
Livermore, Samuel, a delegate from New Hampshire, Credentials, 899, 900. Committees: Mercer motion, 163n. Mentioned: 910.
Livingston, Brockholst, memorial, 323n, 401n.
Livingston, James, 64; memorial, 78, 130; petition, 67n.

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Livingston, Robert R., a delegate from New York. Letter, 113n, 166. Committees: Army contractors memorial, 109n, 233, 234n; Barbary nations motion, 116; Bradly petition, 17n; Carbeneaux memorial, 90n, 115; Department of Foreign Affairs proceedings, 158n; Dickinson letter, 19n; disposition of Western Territory, 251; Ellery motion, 241n; Ellis petition, 491, 923; Fraunces (Frauncis) memorial, 163n, 207, 228; Griffin letter, 91n; Griffin-Lowell letter, 128n, 230, 491, 263n, 413, 923; Howell motion, 209n, 230, 413, 491, 923; Kaskaskia inhabitants petition, 155; King motion, 205; Lamb petition, 64n; Lee letter, 106n, 112, 114; Lowell letter, 91n; Marbois letter, 73n; Meade memorial, 91n, 128n, 263n, 491; Monroe motion, 28, 59, 88, 171n, 205; motions for adjourning, 113n; North letter, 30n, 88, 89n, 103; ordinance as to Western lands, 264; Otis memorial, 262; Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council letter, 18n; President of Pennsylvania letter, 8n; Read motion, 154; regulation of militia, 90n; reprinting of Journals, 7n; Sayre ease, 73n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 91n, 222n, 227; report, 491; Secretary to Congress office revision, 26n, 103, 174, 916; State quotas of troops, 247; Walker motion, 130n; Western Territory land ordinance, 165n. Motions: 25, 25n, 30, 30n, 65, 88, 116, 154, 169, 173, 210, 242,916, 919. Votes: 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 102, 138, 139, 160, 167, 168, 177, 178, 179, 194, 198, 212, 233, 240, 431. Mentioned: 25n, 60n, 66n, 85n, 89, 98n, 117n, 154n, 157n, 208, 242n, 248n, 315n, 441, 485n, 781.
Livingston, Walter, a delegate from New York.
Letter 242, 427n, 445, 630n, 860; memorial, 19n. Committees: Bradly petition, 434; Broderick-Lindsey-Dod petition, 102; Phillips petition, 87, 87n; Secretary in War Office letter, 90n; Warren memorial, 105; week, 90n, 102, 105. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 67, 70, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 198, 212, 233, 285, 236. Mentioned: 18, 37n, 39, 55, 80n, 85n, 98n, 306n, 322n, 335, 359n, 360n, 364n, 404n, 432, 441, 457n, 498n, 530n, 539n, 553n, 569, 573n, 581n, 584n, 585n, 599n, 606n, 611, 622n, 624n, 627n, 654n, 660n, 668, 670n, 672n, 720, 721n, 722n, 738, 752n, 764n, 840, 848n, 849, 850, 857n, 859, 870, 871n, 886n, 891, 892n, 893, 894, 899.
Livingston, William, letter, 431, 481. Committees: Duet letter, 70n, 79; Otis memorial, 268; petition, 130n; Phillips petition, 66n; post office, 7n, 109; Remsen letter, 66n; petition, 191; War Office letter, 69n. Mentioned: 10n, 11, 235, 474, 637n, 882.
Livingston-Sands, letter, 630n.
Loan office, 34, 267, 480; establishment and effects of, 665; report on, 926; certificates, 62, 64, 74, 93, 121n, 188, 215, 216, 217, 228, 264, 266, 278, 292, 545, 578, 600, 607, 696, 746, 758, 760, 823, 893.
Loan officers, 253, 665, 698; administration of oath, 713, 716; duties, 792--795, 928; election of, 827, 834; instructions to, 571, 583; nominations, 833n, 836n; suspension or dismissal of, 710, 712; to detect frauds, 34, 62, 117, 746.
Lock, Alexander, 454n.
Logan, John, petition, 40, 182n, 454n.
Logwood, 475.
Lloyd, Richard, 630n, 751, 820.
Long, Pierse, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 1, 2n, 889. Committees: Adams letter, 365n; Antill

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petition, 19n, 20n, 131; Blanchard memorial, 109n, 116, 121; Bruin papers, 670; disposition of Western Territory, 251; Gilliland petition, 383n; Grand, 823n; Hale memorial, 7n, 15; Hay applications, 401, 454; memorial, 363n, 391n; Hazard letter, 242; Hutchins memorial, 904n; Jay letter, 733n; Long Island inhabitants' memorial, 669n; McMachen memorial, 349; Marine accounts, 3n; Massachusetts and Virginia delegates motion, 823n; Mesplet memorial, 246n; ordinance as to Western lands, 264; Paine letter, 704n, 774, 774n, 779n, 796; Patton memorial, 398; petition, 109n, 200; Pennell letter, 157n, 172n, 191; report, 81; Pinckney motion, 6n, 25n, 37, 621n; Rawlings memorial, 895n; Rumsey petition, 6n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 777; Secretary in War Office letter, 90n, 619n; Smith memorial, 225; petition, 131n; Sullivan memorial, 895n; Treasury Department ordinance, 523n, 664n; regulation, 257n, 268, 404n; Vincent petition, 134n, 224, 242; Von Heer (Van Heer) memorial, 66; petition, 24n, 64; War Office letter, 69n; week, 5n, 25n, 30, 40, 66n, 69, 231n, 242, 278n, 279, 279n, 483n, 523n; Weissenfels petition, 40; Western Territory land ordinance, 165n. Motions: 23n, 866, 867, 910, 910n. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 194, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 328, 329, 336, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 587, 596, 597, 609, 633, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 727, 729, 730, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741,742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811,826, 827, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 41n, 54, 116n, 200n, 224n, 279n, 297, 297n, 393, 393n, 491, 492, 613n, 626, 662, 670n, 775, 807, 815, 822, 836, 838, 842, 845, 848, 849, 850, 854, 888, 889, 890, 899, 901.
Long Island, Indians, 365n; inhabitants' memorial, 669n.
Longchamps, Chevalier de, affair, 8n, 60n, 64n, 76, 99n, 314, 318n, 564n, 598, 651.
Lopez, Toussaint, letter, 390n; memorial, 403, 707n, 720; petition, 361n, 366, 366n, 751n.
L'Orient, 47n, 61, 917.
Lott, Abram, 860.
Lottery, 656.
Louis XV, 869.
Louis XVI, birth of son, 433n, 457, 458; portrait, 4n, 30n, 57, 359.
Louis, "Colonel", 224.
Lovell, James, 635.
Lovell, John, 657.
Low, Richard, 443.
Lowell, John, 11n, 91n, 128n, 209n, 230, 231n, 263n, 413, 441, 491, 920, 923.
Loyalists, 680, 911n.
Luckett, David, letter, 70, 435, 462n, 463n, 620n.
Ludlow, Cornelius, memorial, 904n, 909.
Ludwick, Christopher, memorial, 350n, 374, 375n, 456.
Lumber, 186.
Lush, Richard, memorial, 91n, 416.
M
McCall, Mark, 539, 618.
McClary, schooner, 2n.
McClenachan, Blair, letter, 47n, 59n.
McClure, Marianne, memorial, 195n, 459n; petition, 534, 539n.
McCormick, William, memorial, 206n, 221.
McCrea, John, petition, 297n.
McDougall, Alexander, a delegate from New York. Mentioned, 121n.
McHenry, James, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 2, 48. Committees: American Regiment officers

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petition, 163n; Ayotte petition, 621n; Bankson memorial, 58; petition, 25n, 41; Barton memorial, 325n, 347, 684; Board of Treasury letter, 483, 491, 564n; Bradly (Bradley) petition, 17n, 434; Campbell petition, 66n, 187n; Carbonueaux (Carboneaux) memorial, 90n, 115; College in Providence memorial, 778; Commissioners for Indian Affairs letter, 66n; Desdevan petition, 366n, 497, 577; Dickinson letter, 286n; Divine petition, 186; Duer letter, 70n, 79; Elliot memorial, 163n; Fitch letters, 669n; Fowler memorial, 163n; Gardoqui letter, 466; Gerry motion, 630n; Governor of Pennsylvania letter, 291; Grand, 27, 214, 231; Hale memorial, 366; Harmar letter, 415n, 472, 478; Healy petition, 72n; Howell motion, 564n; Hutchins letter, 291; Indian commissioners letters, 125, 172; infantry and artillery pay, 325n; invalids, 47n, 435; Jay letter, 188n, 629n, 888n; Kaskaskia inhabitants petition, 155; Livingston-Sands letter 630n; Luckett letters, 462n; McHenry motion, 52n, 673n, 764, 915, 921; Marbois note, 188n, 459n; motion respecting Treasury, 124; New York Chamber of Commerce address, 18n, 42; New York merchants memorial, 199; petition, 14n; New York tradesmen and mechanics address, 12n; North Carolina cession of Western lands, 369n, 882; Nourse memorial, 564n; Parsons letter, 11n; memorial, 221; petition, 114, 129, 208n, 250; Paschke memorial, 17n, 78,101; Pellon petition, 172; Pinckhey motion, 6n, 25n, 37; Post office, 858n, 927; Providence College petition, 432n; reception of Gardoqui, 440; reduction of civil list, 564n; reprinting Journals, 7n; requisition (1785), 919; Roosevelt-Mercier-Malecru letter, 630n, 860; Rush petition, 18n, 44; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 121n, 407n, 440n, 442, 657; Secretary in War Office letter, 90n; Secretary at War letter, 650n; Stuart (Stewart) memorial, 621n, 637n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 5n, 8n, 27; Thompson letter, 76n, 84, 85; title and rank of delegates, 649n; Treasury Department regulation, 6n, 257n; Trumbull memorial, 622n; War Department inquiry, 619n; proceedings, 158n; War Office letter, 469n; week, 5n, 297n, 619n, 621n; Wolcott memorial, 13n, 24. Motions: 49, 50, 51, 52n, 139, 287n, 292, 310, 318, 318n, 323, 323n, 335, 337, 339, 394, 471, 542, 542n, 587, 595, 595n, 598n, 673n, 681, 716, 741,756, 758, 759, 764, 862, 915, 921, 927. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 51, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 195, 198, 212, 279, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326--327, 329, 336, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 466, 471, 524, 548, 549, 559, 566, 571, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 609, 633, 687, 700, 709, 711, 713, 714, 717, 718, 719, 727, 730, 731, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 774, 775, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 3, 5, 7, 11, 18, 25, 42n, 47, 80n, 106n, 111, 126n, 131n, 136n, 138, 139, 173, 183, 245n, 287, 323, 373, 394a, 464, 483n, 559, 566, 579, 596, 619n, 664, 678, 681, 708, 713, 714. 716, 717, 735, 741, 757, 759, 763, 765n, 775, 858, 862, 872, 873, 874, 875, 895n.
Mcintosh, Lachlin, 362, 364n.
McKean, Thomas, 687n.
McKinley, John, memorial, 359, 359n, 374, 393.
McLean, James, memorial, 658n, 788.
McMachen, James, memorial, 349.
Macao Island, 673.

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Mackay, William, 463n, 620n.
Madeira Islands, commerce, 843; commercial agent at, 536; consul at, 831. Madison, James, 25n, 100.
Madrid, U. S. chargé d'affaires at. See Spain.
Magazines, 22, 89, 173, 180, 350n. Magna Charta, prints of, 868n. Mahogany, 475.
Mail, contracts to carry, 231n, 308n, 489; from overseas, 528; lines of communication, 527--529, 684; transportation of, 525--529, 541, 550, 550n, 685n.
Malaga, 831.
Malcolm, William, 360, 397, 459, 482, 860; letter, 630n, 870.
Malmedy, François, 540.
Manifold, Peter, 312, 322.
Manning, James, 779n.
Map engraver, 817n.
Marbois, Pierre François de BarbS, jr., 285n.
Marbois, François de Barbé, Marquis de, 598, 599, 651, 686n, 688, 691n, 926; letter, 4n, 30n, 57, 64n, 73n, 188n, 314, 346, 400, 459n, 483, 489n, 491, 517n, 610, 675, 676, 680n; memorials, 595n, 598.
Marbury, Joseph, 814, 815.
Marchant, Henry, 106n.
Marchesseau, Nicholas, memorial, 476, 484n.
Maria, schooner, 906, 909n.
Marie Antoinette, portrait, 4n, 30n, 57, 359.
Marine, agent of, 559.
Marine, Secretary, 104.
Marine department, 81; accounts, 3n, 13n, 191, 232n, 277, 279, 340n, 353, 354, 418, 446, 456; appropriation, 215, 543; inquiry, 158n.
Marseilles, France, customs duties at, 47n, 61, 917.
Marsh, Joshua, 206.
Martin, Absalom, 412n, 466.
Martin, Alexander, 565. Martin, Joseph, 184, 499n, 532n.
Martin, Luther, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 48. Mentioned: 47.
Martinique, 3n, 9, 11n, 81, 82, 221, 250, 600.
Maryland, accounts, 4n, 7n, 20, 447; acts, 63; cattle, 565; census, 849n; consul for, 533; delegates, 63, 317; delegates' credentials, 2, 48, 876; delegates' motion, 136, 559, 565; Governor's letter, 20, 690n, 849n; money quota, 586, 745; money quota status, 450; quota of public debt, 217, 545, 767; requisitions, 565; surveyor, 398; taxes, 555; troops, 29, 88; unliquidated accounts, 216.
Massachusetts, 77, 206, 243n; act, 572, 650, 817, 929; British encroachments on, 753, 828; controversy with New York, 13, 19n, 20n, 38, 39, 125n, 181, 181n, 182, 187n, 199, 211, 320, 352, 440, 582, 650, 707n, 777, 781, 795n, 860n, 865, 898; debts, 649n; delegates, 182, 626n, 753, 851; delegates' credentials, 876; delegates' instructions, 6n, 8n, 387, 359n, 572, 649n, 910n; delegates' motion, 13, 256, 262, 271, 276n, 391n, 393, 394, 542, 567, 591, 620n, 663n, 781, 810, 812, 822, 827, 828; Governor's letter, 94n, 125n, 412n, 626n, 637, 638, 642, 644, 679n, 877, 878; Governor's proclamation, 394; Indian petitions, 688; interest certificates, 583; land cessions, 231n, 262, 266, 271, 280, 382, 386, 387, 749; money quota, 586, 745; money quota status, 450; quota of public debt, 217, 545, 767; recognition of Söderström, 361n; requisition, 246; surveyor, 398, 542; troops, 29, 88.
Maxwell, William, 540.
Meade, George, memorial, 11n, 91n, 128n, 209n, 263n, 413, 489n, 491, 492.
Medals, 411, 457n.
Medical Department, 446.

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Medicines, 43.
Mediterranean Sea, commerce, 843; U. S. consuls for islands, 723, 832; navigation of, 116.
Meigs, Return J., memorial, 622n, 776.
Menard, Jean, 17n.
Menard, John, petition, 854n.
Mercer, Hugh, 441.
Mercer, John Francis, a delegate from Virginia. Committees: Post Office, 7n; President of Pennsylvania letter, 8n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 344. Motions: 8n, 66n, 159n, 162n, 163n. Mentioned: 25n, 232.
Merchandise, seized by British, 910n.
Merchant marine, 204, 843.
Merchants, and the mails, 527; armed vessels, 843; petition, 345.
Mercier, John D., 360, 390n, 397, 459, 482, 639n, 860, 870.
Mercury, frigate, 637, 638, 641, 643, 644.
Merwin, Israel, 477.
Mesplet, Fleuryde, memorial, 148n, 246n, 271n, 305, 306, 398; petition, 418n.
Mesplet, Henry, 398.
Messengers, 330, 332, 461.
Mexico, viceroy, 532.
Miami River, 310, 316, 381.
Michilimackinac, 425.
Middleton, Arthur, 35n.
Mifflin, Thomas, 151, 350n.
Military department, 215, 543, 743, 765, 859, 866.
Militia, 61n, 91n, 159, 161, 240, 362n, 370.
Miller, Asher, 567, 879.
Miller, Christopher, memorial, 415n, 416.
Milligan, James, letter, 12n, 15n, 35n.
Milton, J., 402.
Minerals, 254, 284, 301, 378.
Miners, 751, 820.
Minerva, ship, 637n, 661.
Mines, 284, 301, 378.
Ministers, foreign, privileges and immunities, 655; reception ceremonials, 402, 406, 440n, 466, 515n.
Ministers, United States, abroad, 116, 127, 128; chargé des affaires, 845, 855; commissions, 140, 189; instructions, 45, 116, 123, 154, 500, 828; letters, 157n, 187, 647n; salaries, 226n, 444, 552, 556; secretaries, 75, 76, 84, 45n; term of office, 45n, 75, 84; to invest with consular powers, 724, 831, 845, 855, 861, 888, 897; to France, 112, 463n; to Great Britain, 98, 149, 477; to United Netherlands, 122, 474, 497, 655; to negotiate treaties, 65, 89, 139, 202, 366.
Mint, 5n, 6n, 19n, 350n, 356, 358n, 647n, 682n, 922. See also Massachusetts instructions to delegates.
Mississippi River, 281, 409, 410; floods, 907; navigation of, 46, 349, 658.
Mitchell, Nathaniel, 364n.
Mitchell, Stephen Mix, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 567, 876, 879, 880. Committees: Reprinting Journals of Congress, 895n, 909n. Mentioned: 903.
Money, 357, 499.
Moñino, Joseph, 494, 564. See Florida Bianca,
Monroe, James, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 901, 902; letter. 182. Committees: Adams letter, 11n, 12; Adams-Franklin-Jefferson letter, 11n, 12; Barclay letter, 7n, 12n, 158n; Campbell petition, 187n; Canadian applications, 324, 433, 440n, 521; Carbonneaux (Carboneaux) memorial, 90n, 115; Carleton letter, 70, 435; Clark-Wolcott-Butler letter, 308n, 404; Commissioners for Indian Affairs letter, 66n; consular convention with France, 7n; Foreign Affairs proceedings, 158n; inquiry, 619n; Desdevan (Desdevens) petition, 366n, 497, 577; Divine petition, 186; Dumas letter, 12n; Eddy petition, 200, 258; Ellery motion, 241n; Ellis petition, 491, 923; Gardoqui letter, 520n; Grand, 238n, 354, 358n, 457n, 499, 542; Griffin-Lowell letter, 128n, 230, 263n, 413. 491. 923; Hale

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memorial, 361n, 366, 499n; Howell motion, 209n, 230, 413, 491, 923; Hutchins memorial, 904n; Indian commissioners letter, 125, 172, 330; infantry and artillery pay, 325n; instructions to commercial treaty commissioners, 418; Jamison letter, 231n; Jay letter, 17n, 26n, 629n, 834n; report, 805n; Jollibois petition, 57; Kaskaskia inhabitants' petition, 155; King motion, 205; Lafayette letter, 17n; Lamb petition, 64n; L'Eglize petition, 58; Livingston motion, 30n, 88; Massachusetts instructions, 6n, 8n, 649n; Massachusetts delegates motion, 391n, 567, 620n; Meade memorial, 128n, 263n, 491; Menard case, 17n; Mercer letter, 232n; motion, 8n, 162n, 163n; Monroe motion, 17n, 59, 205, 533; motion respecting Treasury, 124; New York merchants' memorial, 199; petition, 14n; North letter, 30n, 88, 89n; Olivier case, 17n; Pellon memorial, 20n; petition, 172; Pinckney motion, 621n; Providence College petition, 432n; Provost memorial, 341; Read motion, 29, 30n; regulation of consuls, 158n; regulation of militia, 90n; Sayre project, 390n, 391n, 395; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 36, 56, 91n, 317n, 346, 561, 657; report, 285n, 324, 491; Secretary to Congress, office revision, 26n, 103, 174, 916; South Carolina petition, 361n, 408; State bounties, 257n; State quotas of troops, 247; Steuben letter, 333n, 455; Stewart memorial, 185; petition, 37; Sullivan memorial, 362n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 8n, 158n; Talbot memorial, 128; petition, 113n, 129; trade regulation, 148n; Treasury Department ordinance, 523n; Virginia delegates instructions, 97, 70n, 115, 133; Walker memorial, 17n, 245; motion, 130n; War Office letter, 157n; week, 157n, 163; Wooster memorial, 519; petition, 499n. Motions: 17n, 28, 29n, 59, 60n, 70n, 88, 103, 103n, 106n, 110n, 171n, 201, 205, 229, 229n, 284, 370, 387, 437n, 438n, 441, 441n, 473, 474n, 479, 489n, 515n, 533, 575, 912n, 916, 919, 924, 930. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 51, 55, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 329, 337, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 466, 471, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 560, 566, 571, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 609, 633. Mentioned: 10n, 12n, 25, 113n, 117, 129, 158n, 245n, 248n, 260, 260n, 327, 328, 335, 337, 342, 366n, 371, 422, 441, 442, 455n, 497n, 523, 548, 549, 658n, 806, 903.
Montauk Indians. See Indians.
Montgomery, Richard, 64, 65, 193, 207, 245, 498; monument, 321, 895n.
Montreal, 245, 305, 398.
Monuments, 320, 321.
Mooers, 191.
Moore, Henry, 782.
Moore,--, 795n, 860n.
Moors, 77n.
Moose Island, 753.
Morales, Captain, 534, 626.
Morgan, George, letter, 391n, 410, 467.
Morgan, John, memorial, 109n; petition, 224, 468.
Morocco, Emperor, 147, 148; letter to Emperor, 143, 146; treaty, 65, 116, 121, 139, 140, 824, 838.
Morris, Gouverneur, 358n.
Morris, Lewis, jr., 396n.
Morris, Richard, 45n.
Morris, Robert, 8n, 10, 10n, 45, 58, 80, 96, 101, 158n, 554, 636; claim against Holker, 77n; letter, 231n, 244, 333n, 344n, 358n, 468, 820n; memorial, 885, 886n.
Morris, Staats, 498.
Morris, William, 398, 412n, 904n.

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Morris Town, 64.
Morrison, James, 69, 130n, 469.
Morrow, David, 312, 322.
Motions, question respecting, 39.
Mould, Walter, 647n.
Moultrie, William, 183, 352, 392, 780n; letter, 539n, 885.
Muhlenberg, Peter, 613n, 637n.
Muskingum River, 381.
N
National debt. See Debt, public.
Navy, architecture and gunnery project, 364n; officers, 192, 276; officers' commutation and half-pay, 751n; officers' land bounty, 751n; paymaster, 556; power, 844.
Navy Board, 833n, 849.
Negroes, 123, 137, 161, 317n, 648.
Netherlands. See United Netherlands.
Neufville, John de, and Son, 339n.
New Brunswick, island claims, 721n, 753.
New Hampshire, 206; act, 4n, 816, 817, 929; commissioner of accounts, 447, 721n; delegates, 816; delegates' credentials, 1, 889, 899, 900; delegates' motion, 806, 808, 866; Governor's letter, 900; loan officers, 531n, 627; money quota, 586, 745; money quota status, 450; President's letter, 1, 4n, 707n, 889; quota of public debt, 217, 545, 767; request for artillery, 806, 808, 866; surveyors, 398, 623, 654; taxes, 555; troops, 29, 88.
New Jersey, court of admiralty, 230; delegates' credentials, 876, 882; Governor's letter, 431n, 637n; inhabitants' petition, 102n; loan officers, 827, 835, 846n; money quota, 586, 745; money quota status 450; quota of public debt, 217 545, 767; regimental agents, 71; representation in Congress, 637n; taxes, 555; troops, 29, 69, 88, 247, 431n, 560; United Netherlands Consul for, 270n, 275; U. S. lottery debt, 656.
New London, Conn., 9, 10, 98.
New York, act, 573, 575, 576, 577, 781; addresses, 12n, 18n, 42, 86; cession of Western lands, 236, 387; commissioner of accounts, 324, 433, 469, 732; controversy with Massachusetts, 13, 19n, 20n, 38, 39, 125n, 181, 181n, 182, 187n, 199, 211, 320, 352, 440, 582, 707n, 777, 781--786, 795n, 860n, 865, 898; delegates, 576, delegates' credentials, 308, 876, 880, 881; delegates' motion, 13, 485; deputation of Congress to, 162; fire, 85; Governor, 210, 485; Governor's letter, 880, 881; Indian officers' accounts, 55; interest certificates, 583; loan officer, 124, 128; merchants' memorial, 121n, 199, 550n; petition, 14n; money quota, 573, 586, 745; money quota status, 450; newspapers, 663; quota of officers, 248; quota of public debt, 217, 444, 545, 767; quota of troops, 247, 429n; rations, 80; requisitions, 573; resolves, 55; surveyor, 398; taxes, 555, 573; troops, 29, 88, 234n, 249, 250.
New York City, act of council, 571n; buildings for Congress, 8, 9; mails, 527, 528, 541n, 685; mayor, 4n, 8, 9n, 485, 561; removal of government records to, 35n; Roman Catholic inhabitants' petition, 415; United Netherlands consul at, 270n, 275.
Newspapers, for Congress, 5, 108, 663.
Niagara, 272, 282, 424.
Nicola (Nichola), Lewis, 630n, 647n, 751, 820, 855.
Nicholson, James, letter, 271n, 278n, 323n; memorial, 312, 322.
Nicholl, William, 781.
Nonhelema, Katherine, 478n, 488, 488n.
Normandy, Duke of, 433n, 457.
North, William, letter, 30n, 88, 89, 127n, 191, 916.
North Carolina, cession of Western lands, 369n, 382, 383, 386, 387; delegates, 183, delegates' motion, 297; French consul for, 285n, 345;

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Governor's letter, 679n, 788n; hunting grounds, 297; Indian affairs, 138, 139; loan officers, 837; money quota, 586, 745; money quota status, 450; officers' pay, 308; quota of public debt, 27, 545, 767; repeal of land cession, 220; requisition, 159, 161, 691; Supreme Executive, 137, 138, 159; Surveyor, 398; taxes, 555; treaty, 160, 161; troops, 29, 88; United Netherlands consul for, 533; unliquidated accounts, 216.
Norway, 277.
Nourse, James, 447.
Nourse, Joseph, 192, 449, 450, 558; letter, 364n; memorial, 365n, 564n.
Nova Scotia, refugees, 200, 201, 258, 381.
O
Oaths, 34, 52, 117, 312, 437, 487, 716, 852; of fidelty and office, 22, 30, 36, 56, 105, 107, 156, 176, 252, 291, 331, 375, 461, 538, 793.
Obail, John, 477n.
O'Bryen, Richard, letter, 906, 909n; petition, 844n.
O'Bryen, William, 836n.
Officers, accounts, 55, 69; detection of deserters, 854, 60, 65, 171, 215, 264, 274, 277, 304n, 323n, 517, 540; land grants, 301; not to engage in trade, 348; orphans' half pay, 541; pay and half-pay, 93, 96, 106, 107, 126, 129, 151, 164, 196, 225, 248, 308, 322, 330, 332, 334, 369; petitions, 164, 564, 635, 656; promotion of, 650n; reduction in pay, 243; State quotas, 248; subsistence, 17n, 19, 188; suspension, 852; widows' half pay, 106, 541.
Ogden, Abraham, 527, 684.
Ohio River, 106n, 163, 298, 341, 376, 381, 424, 476; bounty lands, 256, 302, 303, 309; inhabitants' petition, 333n; navigation, 349.
OKoniota, Cornelius, 55.
Oliphant, David, petition, 362n, 373n, 417.
Olivier, Laurent, 17n, 131n, 317n.
Olmstead, David, 567, 879.
Olney, George, 584, 584n.
Oneida Indians. See Indians.
Onondaga Indians. See Indians.
Orphans, 93, 95, 96, 97, 107, 111, 610.
Osgood, Samuel, elected Commissioner of the U. S. Treasury, 18; letter, 134n, 241, 427n, 445n. Mentioned: 306n, 322n, 335n, 359n, 360n, 364n, 381n, 404n, 432, 457n, 498n, 530n, 539n, 553n, 569, 573n, 581n, 584n, 585n, 599n, 606n, 611, 622n, 624n, 627n, 654n, 660n, 664, 668, 670n, 672n, 720, 814, 817n, 840, 848n, 849, 850, 857, 859, 871n, 886u, 891, 892, 893, 894, 899n.
Osgood-Livingston letter, 364, 445.
Otaawighton, John, 55.
Otis, Samuel A., 263, 268, 653n; memorial, 262, 268; petition, 130n.
Otis and Andrews, 130n, 262, 263, 268.
Otis and Henley, 262, 263, 268.
Ottawa Indians. See Indians.
Otto, Louis Guillaume, 675, 676, 680n, 822n, 911n.
Ox teams, 16, 57, 71.
P
Paca, William, 48, 690n, 849n.
Packets, or dispatch vessels, 765. Paine, Thomas, letter, 625n, 650, 662, 704n, 774, 779n, 796; services to United States, 662.
Palyart, Ignace, 742n.
Papal Nuncio, 463n.
Parker, Alexander, 398, 669n.
Parker, Daniel, & Go., 556.
Parsons, Samuel, letter 11n; memorial, 221; petition, 114, 129, 208n, 250.
Parsons, Samuel Holden, 396n, 414, 442, 576n, 725, 736, 737, 816, 820n; letter, 550n, 884n.
Parsons, Theophilus, 441.
Partridge, George, a delegate from Massachusetts. Committees: Ayott claims, 11n; memorial, 47n; petition, 98, 99n;

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Deane accounts, 16n; Governor of Havana letter, 7n, 53n; Grand, 27; Howell letter, 11n; Lansing memorial, 91n; Lush memorial, 91n; motion respecting half pay, 106; Pollock letter, 7n; Rutgers memorial, 91n; Rutgers-Lush-Lansing memorial, 416; schooner Good Fortune, 7n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 8n, 27; Unzaga letter, 7n; Young petition, 105n, 192, 362. Motions: 93, 93n. Votes: 14, 28, 49, 50, 54, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102. Mentioned: 107n.
Paschke, Frederick, memorial, 17n, 78, 101.
Passamaquoddy, 516n.
Paton, A., 623n.
Patterson, William, 211, 441, 827.
Patton, Robert, 283; memorial, 200n, 398; petition, 109n, 200.
Paulding, William, 124, 170.
Pay, 22, 89, 248, 249, 334; brevet rank, 349; commanding officers, 369; half pay, 93, 106, 107, 126, 129, 192, 197, 840, 841; infantry and artillery, 325n; invalids, 51; reduction, 243.
Paymaster General, 34, 37, 64, 71, 117, 132, 164, 237, 250, 540, 556, 656, 670n, 691n, 751n; letter, 657, 774n.
Pearce. See Pierce.
Pearson, Joseph, 2, 900.
Peery, William, a delegate from Delaware. Mentioned: 183.
Peirce, John, 117.
Pellon, Joseph Boyer, 172, 186, 242n, 657n.
Pellon, Solomon, memorial, 20n.
Pemberton, Robert, 363n, 374.
Pennell, Joseph, 232n, 279, 446; letter, 13n, 157n, 172n, 191, 276n, 340n, 353, 354, 354n, 456.
Pennsylvania, accounts, 18n, 92; act, 21; boundary, 128n, 163, 286n, 703; commissioner of accounts, 18n, 74; Connecticut claims, 18n; delegates' application, 626; delegates' credentials, 278, 286, 291n, 303, 397, 876, 882, 883; delegates' instructions, 534, 909n, 911; delegates' motion, 725, 751n; French consul for, 285n, 346; Governor's letter, 291; hospital accounts, 340; interest certificates, 584; lands, 341; loan office, 64; money quota, 586, 745; money quota status, 450; officers' memorial and petition, 308n, 321; President's letter, 8n, 18n, 19n, 287n; quota of officers, 248, quota of public debt, 217, 545, 767; resolves, 21, 885; supplies, 885; Supreme Executive's letter, 21, 61, 73, 92, 915; Supreme Executive Council letter, 18n, 19n, 24n; surveyor, 398; taxes, 555; troops, 29, 69, 88, 247, 518n, 560.
Pensions, 764n, 924. See also Invalids.
Pentecost (Penticost, Pentecoast), Dorsey, letter and petition, 54n, 134n, 232n.
Perkins, William, 668.
Petersburgh, mail, 527, 528, 541n, 685n.
Pettit, Charles, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 397, 876, 882, 883. Committees: Adams letter, 737n; Allison-Caldwell petition, 463n; Barry-Read memorial, 779n; Blaine memorial, 478n, 481; Board of Treasury letter, 469, 687n, 702; Elliot petition, 620n; Foreign Affairs department inquiry, 619n; Fowler petition, 620n; Gerry motion, 595n; Grand, 457n, 542, 595n, 615, 695, 926; Harmar letter, 415n, 472, 478, 633; Humphreys letter, 411; Irwin (Irwine) petition, 488n, 703; Jay letter, 629n, 733n, 888n; Jones memorial, 418; July Fourth dinner, 485; Luckett letters, 462n; McHenry motion, 673n, 764; Mackay letter, 463n; Monroe motion, 489n; New York Catholics' petition, 415; North Carolina motion, 297; ordinance for regulating post office, 904; Osgood-Livingston letter, 427n; Paine letter,

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625n, 650, 662; Pinckney motion, 621n; post office, 858n, 927; Providence College petition, 432n; qualifications, 669n, 682, 884n; Rhode island delegates' qualifications, 655n; Secretary at War letter, 626n, 904; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 657; title and rank of delegates, 649n; Treasury Department ordinance, 523n, 664n, 404n; Tudor letter, 463n; War Office letter, 469n; week, 404n, 411, 415, 418, 594n; Western Territory survey, 441; Wingrove letter, 904n. Motions: 535n, 590. Votes: 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 471, 493, 516, 524, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 609, 633, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 719, 727, 729, 730, 731, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 774, 775, 787, 791, 792. Mentioned: 404n, 412n, 415n, 482n, 675, 704n, 727, 776, 791, 875, 883n.
Phelon, Edward, memorial, 606, 613, 672.
Philadelphia, mail, 528, 541n, 549, 685n; merchants' memorial, 539n; United Netherlands Consul at, 270n, 275.
Phillips, Jonathan, memorial, 535n. Phillips, Richard, 839; petition, 66n, 87.
Pickens, Andrew, 184, 184n; letter, 499n, 532n.
Pickering, Timothy, 57n, 350n, 576n, 737n, 763, 780.
Pierce, Benjamin, petition, 535n.
Pierce, John, 32, 34, 46n, 185, 206, 232n, 447, 448, 541, 556, 564n, 624, 635, 637n, 659, 691n, 751, 779n, 836, 841n; letter, 159n, 163n, 635, 656, 657, 847n, 859, 930.
Pierce, Phineas, memorial, 721, 737n.
Pinckney, Charles, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 133. Committees. Board of Treasury letter, 365n, 564n; report, 606n; Byers memorial, 190n, 261; Campbell memorial, 47n, 192, 415n, 428; Carbonneaux (Carbeneaux) memorial, 67, 87; Converse memorial, 276; Desdevens petition, 519; Ellis petition, 491, 923; Emery petition, 886n; frigate Alliance, 390, 422; Governor of Havana letter, 7n, 53n; Grand, 214, 232, 238n, 354, 358n, 457n, 499, 543; Griffin letter, 91n; Griffin-Lowell letter, 128n, 230, 263n, 413, 491, 923; Howell motion, 209n, 228, 230, 413, 491, 564n, 820n, 923; Indian trade regulation, 6n, 8n, 363n; Indian treaty, 463n; instructions to commercial treaty commissioners, 418; Jay letter, 834n, 888n; King motion, 38n; L'Eglize letter, 531; Livingston motion, 210n; Lowell letter, 91n; McKinley memorial, 359n, 392; Marbois memorials, 599n; Marine Department proceedings, 158n; Massachusetts cession, 231n; Massachusetts delegates' motion, 262, 271; Massachusetts instructions, 6n, 8n, 649n; Meade memorial, 11n, 91n, 128n, 263n, 491; Meade, Ellis, memorial, 489n; Monroe motion, 229n; motion to reduce civil list, 564n; Nourse letter, 364n; memorial, 564n; Osgood-Livingston letter, 364n; Pentecoast letter, 54n; Pinckney motion, 353n, 630n, 649n; Pollock letter, 7n; Rawlings memorial 895n; reduction of civil list, 246n; requisition (1785), 919; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 91n, 121n, 150, 249, 317n; report, 491; secretary to Congress, office regulation, 26n, 103, 174, 916; Sullivan memorial, 232n, 895n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 5n; Thompson letter, 77n, 84, 85; Treasury commissioners' bonds, 159n; Unzaga letter, 7n; Warren memorial, 85; week, 5n, 66n, 69, 499n, 531; Whipple and Converse petitions, 157n; Whipple memorial, 276. Motions:

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6n, 8n, 15, 15n, 25, 25n, 28, 37, 75, 75n, 77, 82, 176, 178, 183, 211, 211n, 229, 229n, 233, 235, 274, 293, 294, 337, 347, 347n, 352, 353n, 359n, 383, 390, 395, 398, 423, 426n, 464, 478n, 484, 484n, 517, 518n, 534, 570, 580, 594, 598, 621, 629, 630n, 631, 632, 649, 649n, 655n, 662, 663, 664, 664n, 669n, 682, 682n, 685, 686n, 687n, 690, 691n, 708, 729, 739, 771, 838, 838n, 842, 844n, 846n, 855, 858, 872, 884, 884n, 926, 930. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 51, 55, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 168, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 195, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 327, 329, 337, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 386, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 466, 471, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 560, 566, 571, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 609, 633, 687, 700, 709, 711, 712, 713, 714, 717, 718, 719, 727, 729, 730, 731, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 751, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 826, 828, 851, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 5, 10n, 14, 25, 25n, 28, 35n, 110, 122, 171n, 177, 179, 183n, 184, 185, 198, 211, 212, 232n, 291, 293n, 294, 297, 298, 310, 328, 337, 339, 345, 351n, 391n, 405, 414n, 426, 430, 431, 460, 470, 479, 535n, 590, 609, 612, 613n, 687, 708, 740, 755, 757, 855n, 862, 872, 873, 874, 875.
Pine, Robert Edge, 868n.
Pintard, John M., 102n, 532n, 536, 536n.
Piracies, ordinance respecting, 682, 797--805, 928.
Platt, Zephaniah, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 1, ln, 876, 880; memorial, 148n. Committees: Adams letter, 11n, 12, 12n; Adams-Franklin-Jefferson letter, 11n, 12; Army contractors memorial, 109n, 233; Barclay letter, 12n; Broderick-Lindsey-Dod petition, 102; Dickinson letter, 19n; Dumas letter, 12n; Franklin letter, 11n, 12; Grand, 27, 214, 231; Hale memorial, 7n, 15; Jay letter, 17n, 26n; Jefferson letter, 11n, 12; Long Island inhabitants' memorial, 193n; Massachusetts instructions, 6n, 649n; New York Chamber of Commerce address, 18n, 42; New York tradesmen and mechanics' address, 12n; Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council letter, 18n; Pennsylvania Supreme Executive's letter, 20; Pinckney motion, 6n, 25n, 37; post office proceedings, 158n; Read motion, 29, 30n; requisition (1785), 919; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letters, 36, 56, 91n; Superintendent of Finance letter, 5n, 27; Treasury Department regulation, 6n; Warren Memorial, 105; week, 5n, 46n, 90n, 102, 105. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 194 Mentioned: 2, 246n, 873.
Platt, Richard, 692.
Point Levi, 692.
Pollock, Oliver, 7n, 8n, 53n, 54n, 523, 598, 715n, 777; letter, 515n, 593, 594n, 735n, 776, 780n; petition, 531, 532, 924.
Pomeroy, Ralph, 737n, 780.
Pool, Thomas, petition, 805n.
Popham, William, petition, 231n, 620n, 805n, 838.
Pork, 475.
Porter, Andrew, letter, 187.
Ports, free, 5n, 7n, 47n, 61, 463n, 818.
Portsmouth, N. H., 684.
Portugal, alliance with, 834, 843; ambassador's letter, 324n; commerce, 421,742n, 843; U. S. resident, 831.
Postage, 764.
Postmaster General, 104, 541n; contracts, 684, 685n; instructions, 684; letters, 3n, 109, 242, 550, 694n, 805n, 807; office records, 3, 45; report, 549.

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Post Office, 109, 158n, 556, 680, 858n; committee, 3n, 7n; complaints, 109; cross posts, 808; debt, 764; inquiry, 231n; inspection of letters, 685; investigation, 7n, 109; mails, 525--529; ordinance, 109, 110n, 243n, 528, 365n, 904; receipts and expenditures, 550n; regulation, 159n, 308n, 764, 898n; removal of records, 35n; report, 862, 927; revenue, 673n, 764. See also Mail.
Post riders, 529, 549, 550n.
Posts (western frontier forts), 30, 173, 180, 330, 919, 922; chaplain, 307; commanding officers' pay, 369; evacuation by British, 45, 88, 679; Loyalists at, 680; report on, 916; troops, 173, 429n, 431n.
Potts, Stacy, petition, 106n, 120, 120n.
Powder, 173.
Prager, 91n, 128n, 209n.
Pratt, Daniel, 541n.
Pratt, Jedidiah, 541n.
Presbyterians, petition, 297n.
Prescott, Robert, 347.
Presents, 411, 463n.
Prevost, Augustin, jr., 157n, 324n, 341.
Princess Ulrica, 451, 554.
Princeton, N. J., Indians at, 391n.
Printers, 305, 398, 412, 418n, 486, 663n, 895, 915--931.
Printing, accounts, 931.
Prints, presented to Congress, 868n.
Prisoners, 37, 72, 118, 161, 181, 208, 228, 229, 242, 243, 284n, 306, 312, 320, 423, 424, 428, 443, 477n, 556, 622n, 669n, 705, 776, 790n, 837, 844n; commissaries and deputy commissaries, 31, 278n, 427, 462, 517.
Prizes, 155, 202, 277, 456, 910.
Proclamations, 26, 33, 394; counterfeiting of army certificates; printing, 931; respecting settlements on Western lands, 331.
Procter, Thomas, 64.
Property, destruction of, 85, 130n, 200, 297n, 307.
Providence, R. I., 206, 340; college petition and memorial, 432n, 778.
Providence, ship, 77n.
Provoost, Samuel, 11, 884. See also Prevost.
Prussia, minister from, 463n; trade with, 350n; treaty, 725n, 807n.
Pulaski's legion, 78, 229, 347.
Purcell, Henry, memorial, 427n, 519; petition, 361n, 363.
Purviance, Samuel, 4n.
Pushees, 426.
Putnam, Rufus, 398, 542; letter, 469n.
Q
Quakers, address, 19n.
Qualifications, committee, 883, 884n, 682, 927; of delegates, 6n, 159n.
Quartermaster Department, abolition of office, 561, 574; accounts, 17n, 63, 92, 263, 268, 428, 435, 446, 520, 763, 780; officers, 348n.
Quartermaster General, 74, 262, 313, 374.
Quebec, British regiment for, 680; government, 680; mail, 528; prisoners in, 776.
Quotas of money, 52, 217, 516, 540, 545, 929; of troops, 88, 240, 247, 256.
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Radiere, Louis de la, 610.
Ramsay, David, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 351, 352. Committees: Cazeau petition, 386; Connecticut cession, 324n; Desdevans petition, 366; Fowler petition, 374, 374n, 399, 417; Hawkins-Pickens-Martin letter, 499n; Phelon memorial, 606n, 613, 672; Walcott (Walcut) petition, 363; week, 363, 363n, 366, 374, 386; Wooster memorial, 519, petition, 499n. Motions: 438, 438n. Votes: 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 386, 389, 405, 423, 431, 438, 460, 465, 466, 471, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 560, 566, 571, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 596, 597, 598, 609. Mentioned: 363n, 366n, 374n, 386n, 391, 400n, 441, 493, 493n, 515, 612n, 614n, 875, 883, 889, 895, 901, 906.

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Rations, 80, 81, 131, 173, 180, 248, 324, 360, 403, 521, 522.
Rawlings, Moses, 895n.
Read, George, 320.
Read, Jacob, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 133, 183, 183n. Committees: Adams letter, 11n, 12, 12n; Adams-Franklin-Jefferson letter, 11n, 12; Barclay letter, 12n; Barbary nations, 116; Butler letter, 822, 822n; Canadian refugees' applications, 324, 433, 440n, 521; Carbonneaux memorial, 90n, 115; Carleton letter, 70, 435; Carmichael letters, 6n; Catherine memorial, 488n; Comptroller of Treasury letter, 26, 32; Dumas letter, 12n; Eddy petition, 200; Fitch letter, 669n; Franklin letter, 11n, 12; Gerry motion, 595n; Grand, 27, 595n, 615, 695, 823n, 926; Griffin letter, 91n; Hardy funeral, 836; Healy petition, 73n; invalids, 47n, 435; Jay letter, 17n, 26n; Jefferson letter 11n, 12; Jollibois petition, 57; Lafayette letter, 17n; Laurens letter, 13, 121, 122; memorial, 95, 111; L'Eglize petition, 58; Livingston motion, 154; Lowell letter 91n; McHenry motion, 52n, 310, 673n, 764; Massachusetts and Virginia delegates' motion, 823n; Meade memorial, 11n, 91n; Menard case, 17n; Milligan letters, 12n; motions for adjourning, 113n; Netherlands minister note, 6n; Olivier ease, 17n; Paschke memorial, 17n, 78, 101; Pelion memorial, 20n; Pennell letter, 13n, 353n, 354; post office, 7n, 109, 110n, 858n, 927, President of Pennsylvania letter, 8n; qualifications, 6n; Read motion, 6n, 154; regulation of militia, 90n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 36, 56, 91n, 150, 249; Southern Indian affairs, 118, 917; Stewart memorial, 185; petition, 37; Superintendent of Finance letter, 8n, 27, 267, 344; Thierot letters, 6n; title and rank of delegates, 649n; Turner memorial, 71, 94n; U. S. foreign ministers' letters, 187; week, 574, 576; Williamson motion, 61n, 101; Wolcott letter, 574, 576. Motions: 6n, 8n, 29, 30n, 37, 44, 75, 83, 83n, 101, 154, 262n, 590, 612, 728, 729n. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 51, 55, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 598, 633, 687, 700, 729, 730, 731, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 751, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 826, 828. Mentioned: 15, 15n, 18, 28n, 34, 38, 49, 52n, 70n, 72n, 76, 114, 116n, 117n, 120n, 121n, 122n, 130, 131n, 157n, 158n, 159n, 221, 574n, 590, 594, 620, 633, 655n, 662, 690, 833n.
Read, James, 159n, 321n, 556.
Read, Thomas, 751, 779n.
Real estate, holdings, in U. S. by French subjects, 688.
Reciprocity, 202, 203, 420.
Records, 3, 4n, 22.
Reed, Bowes, 882.
Reed, George, 441.
Reed, Jacob, 705.
Refugees, 200, 201, 258, 324, 381, 531.
Register of the Treasury, 448, 449, 450, 452, 550n.
Reid, James Randolph, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Committees: Hay memorial, 653n.
Religion, 255, 293, 294, 295.
Remsen, Henry, jr., 66n, 87n, 191, 281n, 333n, 868.
Requisitions, (1781), 617; (1784), 16, 185, 265, 432, 573, 780; (1785), 214, 237, 271n, 457n, 517, 522n, 549, 585, 607, 629, 698, 708, 709, 716, 734, 738, 743, 756, 765, 776, 848, 919, 921, 925, 927, 928; for troops, 256, 866; on States, 15, 214, 221n, 223, 232, 260, 544, 588, 592, 615, 686, 687, 761, 762, 823, 843. 857, 919.
Returns, military, 22.
Revenue, system, 162, 219, 266, 546, 749; from post office, 673n; Rhode Island act, 198n.

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Revolutionary War, 42, 86; intercepted
British letters, 438.
Rewards, 26, 32, 33, 200, 201, 498, 854.
Rhode Island, 95, 122n, 126, 169, 173, 206, 235, 237, 238n, 347; accounts, 16, 57, 71, 447, 521, 523; act, 198n; commissioner of accounts, 16; contractors, 16, 57, 71; delegates, 683, 846n; delegates' credentials, 620n; delegates' motion, 57n, 71, 520, 524, 850; delegates' qualifications, 630n, 655n, 669n, 682; deputation of Congress to, 162; Governor, 198n; Governor's letter, 679n, 884n; Indians 365n; interest certificates, 584; money quota status, 450; quota of public debt, 16, 57, 71, 217, 545, 586, 745, 767; representation in Congress, 679n; surveyor, 398; taxes, 555; troops, 29, 88.
Rhode Island College, 432n, 778.
Rittenhouse, David, 795n, 898.
Roach, William, 191n.
Robes, of office, 649, 649n.
Robins, Obediah, & Co., 499, 478n.
Robins,--, 626n.
Rogers (Rodgers), John, 613, 619n, 884, 886n.
Roman Catholics' petition, N. Y., 415.
Roosevelt, Isaac, 360, 397, 459, 482, 860; letter, 630n, 870.
Roosevelt-Mercier-Malcom letter, 630n.
Ross, Andrew, 862.
Rotch, William, 191.
Rousille, Pierre, memorial, 257n, 535n.
Roussi, Pierre Regnier de, memorial, 128n, 284, 613n, 619, 619n, 622n; petition, 623, 812n.
Rowe, John, 910n.
Roy, Herman C., 270, 275.
Rum, 890.
Rumsey (Rumsay), James, invention, 349; land grant, 350; memorial and petition, 6n, 350n.
Rundolph, Richard, letter, 805n.
Runyon, John, letter, 234n.
Rush, Benjamin, petition, 18n, 44.
Rutgers, Henry, memorial, 91n, 416.
Rutgers-Lush-Lansing, memorial, 91n.
Rutledge, John, 25n, 114, 129, 441,481n; elected minister to United Netherlands, 497; letter, 351, 654, 655n.
S
Sabatier & Despres, 400n, 600, 602.
Sackett, Nathaniel, letter, 909; memorial, 651, 788n.
St. Clair, Arthur, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 876, 883. Committees: Knox report, 854n; Turnbull, Marmie & Co., memorial, 197. Mentioned: 350n, 883n.
St. Croix River, 118.
St. Domingo, 675, 676.
St. John, mail, 529.
St. Mary's River, 118, 409, 410.
St. Saphorin, Mens. de, 187.
St. Vincent. See Vincennes.
Salaries, 31, 157, 285, 453, 482, 564n; commissioners of accounts, 438, 442, 538; consuls, 832; court; of appeals judges, 230, 414; geographer, 252; interpreter, 36, 56; missionary to Indians, 306; Secretary at War, 28, 110, 111, 115; Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 29, 127; under secretaries, 26n, 151; Secretary to Congress, 105, 176; Superintendent of Finance, 364; Superintendent of Indian Affairs, 432; U. S. ministers abroad, 226n, 444.
Salem, 381.
Sally, ship, 451, 553, 554. Salt, 116, 125, 180, 254.
Salt works, 488, 703.
Sands, Comfort, 360, 397, 482, 860, 870; letter, 630n; memorial, 456n, 457n, 458, 481.
Sands, Joshua, memorial, 456n, 457n, 458, 481, 482.
Sands, Richardson, 482.
Sappers, 751. 820.
Saratoga, sloop, 362.
Sarsaparilla, 475.
Savannah, Ga., 401, 528, 541n, 550n, 685.
Savannah River, 409, 410.
Saxony, commerce with, 6n.

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Sayre, Stephen, 73, 364n, 531; letter, 91n, 241n, 363n, 530; memorial, 373n, 489; project, 390n, 391n, 395.
Schoenbrunn, 381.
Schools, 254, 293, 296, 301.
Schott, John P., 694.
Schrine, Johannes, petition, 837, 837n.
Schuyler, Philip, 37n, 55, 134, 135, 165, 226, 497, 736, 837; letter, 134n, 400n, 463n, 472.
Schweiniz, H. C. de, memorial, 381n.
Sciota River, 310, 316, 381, 488.
Scotland, consuls for, 832.
Scott, Gustavus, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 2, 47, 48.
Sea coal, 186.
Sea letters, 6n, 68n, 116, 191, 415n, 416, 863, 864, 909n.
Seamen, disabled, 51.
Sears & Smith, 121n, 691n, 702.
Secrecy, 12, 23n, 30, 44, 182.
Secret Committee (1776), 810n.
Secretary at War. See War, Secretary at. See also Knox, Henry.
Secretary for Foreign Affairs. See Foreign Affairs. See also Jay, John.
Secretary to Congress, 17, 18, 22, 26n, 56, 86, 238, 485, 688; letter, 226n; ordinance, 103, 174--176; 211, 212, 916, 919; robes of office, 649. See also Thomson, Charles.
Sedgwick, Theodore, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 876, 879. Mentioned: 900, 902.
Seraphis, 733, 778.
Serrano, Don Luis, 532.
Seward, William Wenman, 885n.
Shallus, I., 286.
Shaw, Samuel, letter, 407n.
Shaw, William, 407n, 474, 673; letter, 442, 463n.
Shelburne, Earl of, 782.
Sherman, Isaac, 542, 574n.
Sherman, J., letter, 70.
Sherman, Roger, 267, 269.
Shields, Thomas, 534, 535.
Shipbuilding, 59, 89, 120.
Ships, armed, 843; Sayre's project, 390, 391n, 395.
Shipwreck, 59; English relief fund, 861.
Shoes, 428.
Silk, 407, 443, 474n.
Silver, 6n, 8n, 254, 284, 301, 354, 378, 922.
Simpson, James, 398, 462n.
Simpson, John, petition, 148n.
Simpson, Solomon, 350n.
Sitgreaves, John, a delegate from North Carolina. Letter, 776. Committees: Campbell petition, 245, 305; Jones petition, 362; Marine Department proceedings, 158n; week, 5n. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 51, 55, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 329, 337, 338, 339, 343. Mentioned: 5, 48, 65, 167, 195, 234, 441.
Six Nations. See Indians.
Skinner, William, 837.
Slavery, 19n, 164, 239, 920.
Slaves, exportation of, 46.
Smallwood, William, 10n.
Smith, Belcher P., memorial, 225; petition, 131n, 476, 476n.
Smith, Isaac, 89n, 199, 441, 833n.
Smith, James, 130n, 148n, 186.
Smith, John, 287, 365.
Smith, Joseph, 322.
Smith, Melancton, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 209, 309, 876, 880, 881. Committees: Army contractors memorial, 234n, 321n, 360, 397; Brewster petition, 263n; Butler petition, 777; Clairborne memorial, 634; Dean letter, 790n; Dubois memorial, 361n; Finnie memorial, 635; Franklin-Johnson-Pierce-Butler memorial, 737n; Grand, 238n, 354, 358n, 457n, 499, 542; Hale memorial, 361n, 366; Hazard letter, 242n; Horton memorial, 634; Hunter petition, 572n; July Fourth dinner,

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485; Kirkland letter, 790n; Massachusetts delegates' motion, 663n; ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n; Sands memorial, 456n, 457n, 458, 481; Secretary at War report, 790n; State bounties, 257n; week, 231n, 242, 246n, 625n, 650n; Wetmore petition, 210n. Motions: 239, 295, 426n, 485, 493, 710, 727, 897. Votes: 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 328, 329, 336, 338, 339, 343, 372, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 479, 493, 516, 524, 548, 549, 559, 566, 570, 575, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 592, 594, 596, 597, 609, 633, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 727, 729, 730, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812, 826, 828, 858, 859, 862, 867. Mentioned: 236, 243n, 273, 292, 293, 294, 323, 362, 386, 392, 395, 396, 396n, 426n, 440, 459, 492, 515, 558, 559n, 686, 687, 689, 872, 873, 874, 875.
Smith, William Stephens, 106n, 112n; letter, 5n, 163, 663n; mission abroad, 111, 148, 149, 150, 222n, 232n, 781.
Smock, Hendrick, memorial, 395n, 404, 648.
Smuggling, 53, 522.
Söderström, Richard, 121n, 393, 396n; letter, 234n, 361n, 394, 691n, 702, 796n, 807n, 812, 922, 821,847n.
Solomon, Levy, 911n.
Soulantes, --, letter, 833, 834n, 842, 844n, 857n, 930.
South Carolina, 72, 96, 97, 347, 733; act, 780n; boundary, 361n, 365n, 408--410; commissioner of accounts, 621; delegates, 87, 130, 133, 591, 750, 780n, 833n; delegates' credentials, 87, 90, 90n, 183, 351, 352, 392, 876; delegates' motions, 83, 585, 586, 686, 754, 827; French consul for, 285n, 345; Governor, 129, 183; Governor's letter, 780n, 885n; Indian affairs, 138, 139; loan officers, 827, 834; money quota, 586, 686, 745; money quota status 450; petition, 408; quota of public debt, 217, 545, 762, 767; request for ordnance, 395; requisitions, 120, 159, 161, 229, 274, 691, 885n; Supreme Executive, 137, 138, 159; Surveyor, 398; taxes, 555; treaties, 160, 161; troops, 29, 72, 88; United Netherlands consul for, 533; unliquidated accounts, 216,
Spaight, Richard Dobbs, a delegate from North Carolina. Committees: Adams letter, 11n, 12, 12n; Adams Franklin-Jefferson letter, 11n, 12, 12n; Burrows memorial, 128n, 153; Campbell petition, 187n; Canadian refugees applications, 324, 433, 440n, 521; Carmichael letters, 6n; Desdevan (Deadevens) petition, 366n, 497, 577; Devine petition, 186; Dumas letter, 12n; Eddy petition, 200, 258; Franklin letter, 11n, 12; Jay letter, 17n, 26n; Jefferson letter, 11n, 12; Jollibois petition, 57; Lafayette letter, 17n; Lee letter, 106n, 112, 114; L'Eglize petition, 58; Menard case, 17n; Mesplet memorial, 148n; Monroe motion, 17n, 201, 533; Netherlands minister's note, 6n; Olivier case, 17n; Pellon memorial, 20n; petition, 172; Phillips petition, 66n, 87; Read motion, 29, 30n; Remsen letter, 66n; petition, 191; Roussi memorial, 128n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 36, 56, 91n; schooner Good Fortune, 7n, 158n; Stewart memorial, 186; petition, 37; Talbot memorial, 126; petition, 113n, 129; Thierot letters, 6n; trade regulation, 148n; Treasury Department regulation, 268, 404n; War Department proceedings, 158n. Motions: 167, 388. Votes: 14, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 160, 165, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 195, 198, 389, 405, 423, 430. Mentioned: 25n, 59n, 127n, 160, 168,

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183, 245n, 246n, 386, 392, 396, 400, 404, 407, 416, 422, 430, 497n.
Spain, 125n, 181; boundaries, 563, 568; chargé d'affaires, 466, 484, 485, see also Gardoqui; claims against, 715; commerce, 475, 843; friendship, 563, 568, 809; Hartwell case, 182; interest on loan, 215, 448, 543, 744, 766; King, 484, 494, 532, 564, 911n; King's letter, 525; letter to King, 525, 624; minister from, 494, 522, 532, 561, 568, 626, 627, 829; minister's letter, 496; navigation of Mississippi, 46; negotiations with, 562, 567, 627, 658, 830; Pennsylvania delegate's application, 534; U. S. chargé d'affaires, 181, 182; U. S. consuls, 831; U. S. minister to, 25n, 35n, 846.
Squatters, 415n.
Stanhope, E. H, 626n, 638, 642, 647n; letter, 637, 641--645.
States, accounts with individuals, 62, 473, 584, 754, 912; accounts with United States, 62, 256, 473, 516, 520n, 536--539, 584, 588, 590, 592, 615, 695, 750, 870; acts respecting navigation and commerce, 818; admission to Union, 811; adoption of Revenue System by, 266; bounties, 256, 257; cession of Western lands, 28, 220, 221, 262; Committee of, 104, 248, 257, 635, 728; delinquent money quotas, 516; Governors to receive copies of instructions to ministers abroad, 116; Indian affairs, 426; legislative acts, 582, 925; letters to, 162, 202; letters to Executives, 187; loan-office vacancies, 833n; military returns, 22; militia, 240, 241; payment to troops, 249, 250, 261; power over commerce, 201; provision for invalids, 51; quota of money, 52, 312, 450, 695, 696, 718, 749, 767, 796n, 823, 929; quota of troops, 29, 240; recommendations of Congress to, 8n, 66n, 382, 386, 387, 649, 655, 660, 667, 764, 847; representation in Congress, 318, 629, 632; requisitions on, 15, 214, 216, 221n, 223, 232, 266, 450, 473, 544, 577, 583, 585, 588, 592, 615, 629, 686, 687, 698, 708, 738, 745, 760, 761. 767, 776. 823; revenue from, 162; settlement of accounts, 925; slavery in, 164, 239; status of public debt, 450; suspension of recruiting men, 866; taxes, 218, 444, 739; trade regulation, 203.
Stearns, Samuel, 574n.
Steele, Benjamin, 447.
Stephens, J., letter, 906.
Stirling (Sterling), Lord, 314, 435.
Steuben, Frederick Wilhelm Augustus Henry Ferdinand, Baron yon, 10n, 788; grant of money, 171, 194, 517, 774; letter, 170, 193, 198, 333n. 455, 534, 771; memorial, 60n; report on, 918.
Stevens, John, 54.
Stewart, Alexander, 37, 186.
Stewart, Charles, a delegate from New Jersey. Committees: Atayataghronghta memorial, 121n, 132; petition, 181; Denning letter, 17n, 24n, 61, 73, 92, 915; Benny memorial, 221; disposition of Western Territory, 251; Duer letter, 70n, 79; Howell motion, 16n, 57; L'Enfant letter, 3n, 16, 18; McCormick memorial, 221; Morgan memorial, 109n; petition, 224, 468; ordinance as to western lands, 264; Pennsylvania Supreme Executive letter, 61, 73, 92, 915; Rhode Island delegates' motion, 57, 71; Schuyler letter, 463n, 472; week, 17n, 109n, 120, 208n, 221; Western Territory land ordinance, 165n; Young petition, 105n. 192, 362. Motions: 185, 185n. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 54, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 110, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 165, 167, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184,

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194, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 405, 423, 430, 431, 438, 460, 465, 471, 479, 493, 516, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 727, 729, 730, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 750, 755, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 772, 773, 775, 787, 791, 792, 811, 812. Mentioned: 10n, 18, 58, 264n, 267, 440n, 474, 710.
Stewart (Stuart), James, memorial, 621n, 637n, 647n, 649n, 693.
Stiles, Ezra, letter, 796n.
Stites, Benjamin, memorial, 904n, 909.
Stockbridge, Mass., 688.
Stockings, 428.
Stockley, Charles, letter, 166, 656.
Stoddard, D., letter, 518.
Stone, Thomas, a delegate from Maryland. Committees: Superintendent of finance letter, 267.
Stores (supplies), military, 22, 125, 214, 237, 277, 332, 458, 461, 468, 477, 560, 561, 795; returns, 681.
Story, John, memorial, 46n, 47n, 313, 434.
Sturges, Jonathan, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 567, 876, 880.
Subsistence, 17n, 19, 160, 162, 164, 188.
Sullivan, Ebenezer, 623, 654; memorial, 721.
Sullivan, James, 441.
Sullivan, John, 69, 269, 670; memorial, 232n, 362n, 613n, 895n, 904.
Sumner, Job, 447.
Supplies. See Stores.
Supreme Court, judges, 485.
Superintendent of Finance, 10, 16n, 19n 20, 21, 45, 47n, 51, 73, 80, 87n, 92, 96, 127, 131, 134, 158n, 207, 218, 233, 450 451, 468, 470, 480, 483, 551, 554, 556, 603, 885; accounts, 244; assistant, 364; contract with, 360; expenditures, 231n; letter, 5n, 6n, 7n, 16n, 27, 60, 158n, 266, 267, 344, 581; resignation, 244; salaries, 364; Secretary, 364. See also Morris, Robert.
Surveyors, 6n, 8n, 24n, 30, 251, 298, 375, 376, 393, 398, 412n, 418n, 441, 466, 469n, 539, 542, 574n, 618, 623, 623n, 669n, 679n.
Swanwick, John, 581.
Sweden, ambassador from, 825; commerce, 421, 847; consul, 393, 394, 812, 821, 832; King, 825, 847; King's letter, 394; merchants, 821; treaty with, 202, 825.
Swords, 457n.
Symmes, John Cleve, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 876, 882. Committees: Kean motion, 890n, 905; Mercer motion, 163n. Mentioned: 872, 873, 874, 875.
T
Tables, 625.
Talbot, Silas, memorial, 126; petition, 113n, 129.
Tariff. See Impost.
Tate, William, 398, 623n.
Tatum, Absolom, 398.
Taxes, 218, 443, 555, 571; Continental receivers, 266, 478, 480, 500, 573, 581, 664, 787, 790, 792, 857.
Taylor, James, 35.
Taylor, Thornton, memorial, 807n.
Tazewell, Littleton W., 100.
Telfair, Edward, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 401.
Temple, John, commission, 886, 887. 894, 896, 897, 898n; letter, 911n.
Tennessee River, 309.
Tewahangahkan, Hangury, 55.
Thaxter, John, 556.
Thierot, Philip, letters, 6n.
Thompson, Benjamin, 159n, 447.
Thompson, Elizabeth, 76n, 84, 85, 889.
Thompson, Stewart, 74n.
Thompson, William, 447; letter, 656; memorial, 531n, 658.
Thomson, Charles, 15n, 16n, 23n, 33n, 35, 41n, 63n, 74n, 85n, 94n, 98n, 120n, 122n, 128n, 137n, 148n, 150n, 162n, 163n, 164n, 169n, 176n, 184n, 189, 195n, 220, 223n, 239, 243n,

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245n, 257n, 260n, 317n, 318n, 327n, 328n, 333n, 335n, 343n, 344n, 361n, 370n, 381, 381n, 410, 410n, 413n, 415n, 432n, 443n, 454n, 459n, 462n, 474n, 478n, 483n, 486n, 500n, 679n, 731n, 743, 787n, 895n, 906, 906n, 916, 918, 920, 921, 923, 925, 928; Hale memorial, 16n; letter, 561n.
Thomson, Pd., 230.
Thulemeyer, Baron de, letter, 324n.
Tillotson, Thomas, 232n.
Tilton, James, a delegate from Delaware. Committees: Secretary at War letter, 668. Mentioned: 834, 836n.
Timber, 353, 654.
Tisdale, M. Elkanah, 567, 879. Toasts, 486.
Tobacco, 451, 553, 554, 556, 557 605; contract with Farmers General of France, 825.
Tolman, Thomas, 471n, 477. Trade. See Commerce.
Translations, 29, 36, 56, 341n.
Treadwell, John, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 567, 876, 880.
Treasurer of the United States, 469, 614.
Treasury (Board or Department), 34, 62, 92, 93, 94, 108, 117, 125, 334, 485, 710, 769, 793, 884, 886, commissioners, 18, 20, 21, 22, 26, 44, 57, 104, 124, 131, 134n, 219, 223, 232n, 241, 242, 582, 593, 612n, 664; commissioners' bond, 6n, 8n, 25n, 38, 158; contracts, 595, 597; estimates, 443, 457n; inquiry, 471; letter, 364, 365n, 491, 664, 687n, 721n, 833n; motion respecting, 124; officers' conduct, 905, 871, 838; ordinance, 6n, 8n, 38, 257, 268, 278n, 404n, 523n, 559, 647, 664n; payment of public monies, 426; powers, 559, 769, 871, 905; receipts and expenditures, 551--558, 595--597; removal of records, 3, 35n, 45; respecting mint, 359n; requisition, 137; salaries, 365n, 564n; State of, 850.
Treaties, of amity, or amity and commerce, 46, 60, 61, 89, 140, 142, 144, 202, 229, 366--369, 418--422, 725, 733, 737n, 825, 832, 863; appropriation for, 215; Congress power, 201, 816; definitive, 6n 8n, 649n, 825; expense, 330, 332, 460, 691; in two languages, 480; infraction of, 46, 123, 648, 706; instructions, 229, 418--422, 460--462; Treaty of Paris, 409; with Barbary Powers, 65, 116, 121, 139, 154, 444; with France, 688, 754; with Indians, 63n, 66n, 118, 131, 137, 159, 172, 178, 180, 196, 235, 297, 330, 332, 362, 394n, 405, 423--426, 431, 460, 463n, 476, 487, 543, 633, 766n, 806, 820n, 822, 890, 910, 917, 922, 923; with Prussia, 463n, 725n, 807n; with Spain, 658; with Sweden, 825.
Tripoli, 65, 116, 140, 142, 838.
Troops, 22, 248; discharge of, 102 185; New York act, 577; payment of, 815; returns, 63n. See also Army.
Trumbull, Jonathan, 152; memorial, 619, 622n, 725n, 892.
Tudor, Samuel, letter, 463n; memorial, 483n, 571, 613, 623, 664, 817, 849; petition, 620n.
Tunis, 65, 116, 142; treaty with, 140, 838.
Tupper, Benjamin, 542, 904n.
Turnbull, Marrote & Co., memorial, 197, 350n.
Turner, George, memorial, 71, 72n, 94n.
Turner, Zephaniah, 447; resignation, 97, 133.
Tuscany, minister's letter, 463n.
Twining, Nathaniel, 527, 528, 684, 685n; memorial, 231n.
U
United Netherlands (Holland), consuls, 270n, 275, 631, 832; controversy with Germany, 129n, 130n; Erkelins scheme for loan, 152, 153n; interest on loan, 215, 448, 449, 543, 551, 693;

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loan, 5n, 7n, 27, 45, 65, 226n, 265, 394n, 444, 445, 451, 544, 553, 681, 744, 766; minister, 157n, 181n; minister's letter, 6n, 68n, 129n, 136n, 275, 532, 631, 863; treaty, 202, 863; U. S. minister to, 27, 122, 144, 187, 478, 481, 481n, 485, 497, 654, 655n.
United States, accounts of individual with, 93, 107, 167, 169, 547, 579, 580, 601, 621; accounts with States, 4n, 7n, 256, 433, 438, 469, 912; accounts with Virginia, 97, 100, 103, 391n, 393n, 396n, 440n, 442; admission of new States, 811, 827; faith and dignity of, 219; maritime power, 844; oath of allegiance to, 331; seat of Government, 48.
Unzaga, Luis de, 7n, 714.
V
Valinière, Peter Huet de la, 837.
Valk, Adriaan, 533.
Van Berckel, Pieter Jan, letter, 7n, 70n, 82n, 864n.
Van Heer (Von Herr), Bartholomew, petition, 24n, 64--67.
Van Schaick, Goose, 221.
Van Schoonhoven, Jacobus, petition, 499n, 530, 530n.
Van Seyver, Nancy, petition, 297n.
Van Staphorst, N. and J., 897.
Van Zandt, Jacobus, memorial, 483n, 613, 623, 817.
Vander Heyden, 227;
Vanderhorst, John, 183, 352, 392.
Vattel, Emerich de, 887.
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 12, 433n, 458, 680n, 825; letter, 518n, 825n.
Versailles, Court of, U. S. ministers at, 13, 14. See also France.
Vieillard, (consul), 673.
Vincennes (St. Vincent), Illinois, 115, 125, 131, 173, 180, 330, 332, 394n, 405, 431, 461, 487, 904, 908; treaty at, 172, 922.
Vincent, John, petition, 134n, 224, 242, 476, 480n.
Vining, John, a delegate from Delaware. Committees: Board of Treasury letter, 687n, 702; Denny memorial, 221; Duchenceaux claim, 195n; Finnie memorial, 99; Gerry motion, 595n; Grand, 238n, 354, 358n, 499, 595n, 823n; McClure memorial, 195n; McCormick memorial, 221; Massachusetts and Virginia delegates' motion, 823n; ordinance respecting public accounts, 779n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 222n, 227; Superintendent of Finance letter, 5n, 8n; week, 5n, 187n, 208n, 221, 278n, 279, 558n. Motions: 321, 321n. Votes: 184, 194, 198, 212, 233, 235, 236, 240, 260, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 294, 295, 296, 319, 326, 327, 329, 336, 338, 339, 524, 548, 549, 566, 589, 591, 596, 597, 598, 609, 687, 700, 708, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 719, 727, 729, 730, 731, 734, 735, 739, 740, 741, 742, 755, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 703, 772, 773, 774, 775. Mentioned: 194, 227n, 232n, 237, 297, 308, 322, 329, 339, 518, 520, 523, 535, 558, 559, 564, 572, 582, 587, 595, 607, 698, 700, 702, 712, 775, 780, 795, 805, 807, 815, 822, 835, 836n.
Virginia, 54; accounts, 92, 106n, 258, 261,447, 584; act of cession, 103, 473, 907, 908; boundaries, 128n; bounty lands, 256, 309, 316, 381; cession of Western land, 103, 106n, 236, 258, 259, 261, 302, 309, 330, 387, 461, 548, 908; commissioners of accounts, 74, 103, 550n, 621, 653; delegates, 754, 810; delegates' credentials, 135; delegates' instructions, 70n, 97, 115, 133; delegates' motion, 258, 259, 316, 547, 750, 822; Governor, 77n; Indian affairs, 138, 139; militia, 487; money quota, 586, 605, 745; money quota status, 450; officers' accounts, 69; quota of public debt, 217, 444, 545, 767; requisitions, 103, 159, 161, 260, 691; Supreme Executive, 137, 138,

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159; surveyor, 398; taxes, 556; treaty, 161, 160; troops, 29, 88, 477; United Netherlands consul for, 533.
Vry van Dwinglandy, brig, 557.
W
Wabash River, 125, 173.
Wade, Nehemiah, 836n.
Wadsworth, James, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 567, 876, 880.
Wakarantharaw, James, 55.
Walcott, Thomas, memorial, 518; petition, 363, 372n, 386n, 391n, 412, 427n, 776.
Walden, Frederick H., letter, 587n.
Walker, Benjamin, 121n, 130n, 171n, 159n, 205, 918.
Walker, Thomas, memorial, 17n, 245, 270.
Walterstorf, Baron, letter, 324n.
War, Articles of, 370; benefits of naval warfare, 834.
War (Board, Office, Department), appointment of Secretary, 363n; inquiry, 158n, 619n; letter, 131n, 157n; removal of records, 3, 4n, 24, 35n, 45, 75; Secretary in, 3, 4n, 19, 23, 45, 75, 88, 89, 90n, 102, 120n, 148n, 157, 188, 208, 435.
War, Secretary at, 485; appointments, 374; election, 129; nominations, 121n; letter, 304n, 323n, 334, 360n, 403, 540n, 542n, 558n, 560, 650n, 764n, 858, 904n; oath, 22, 291; office location, 22; ordinance, 5, 21; report, 790n; requests leave of absence, 363; return of military stores, 681; salary, 28, 110, 111, 115. See also Knox, Henry.
Warley, Felix, 90.
Warner, Seth, 471, 477.
Warren, James, memorial, 35, 85.
Warren, John, 413.
Warren, Samuel, memorial, 105, 105n.
Washington, George, 95, 130n, 374, 428, 439, 648; address to Congress, 205; correspondence with Carleton, 46, 123; design upon his life, 208; domestic's letter, 85; equestrian statue, 862, 869; household expenses, 884, 890, 890n, 905; Journal of Congress, 931; letter, 317; personal officers, 205; portrait bust of, 226n, 238, 861; portrait print, 885n, 906; private secretary, 890; secretary's salary, 905.
Washington, State, 89, 102.
Waters, Edward, memorial, 234n; petition, 321n, 340, 469.
Watts, John, 781.
Waupie, Robert, petition, 890n, 903.
Wayne, Anthony, 350n.
Weare, Meshech, 1, 2; letter, 4n.
Webb, Samuel B., 125n, 127n, 444.
Weights and measures, 647.
Weissenfels, Frederick, 65; petition, 40, 40, 182n, 455n.
Wereat, John, letter, 353.
Wernecke, Frederic, letter, 595n.
West Indies, flour, 495n; trade, 60, 420, 421.
West Point, N. Y., 89, 458, 483; artillery pay, 455; discharge of troops at, 540n; invalids at, 788; officers' conduct, 635, 657; troops' pay, 323n.
Western posts. See Posts.
Western Territory, Canadian inhabitants, 330, 332; cessions, 220, 231n, 236, 266, 271; defense of, 68, 88, 223, 239, 241, 247; French inhabitants, 330, 332; geographer, 298; grants to soldiers, 255, 258, 301, 379; minerals, 254; new States, 765; religion, 293, 294, 295; ordinance as to government, 239n; ordinance as to land, 114, 165n, 173, 251--256, 264, 268, 284, 290, 292, 293, 298, 309, 316, 319, 323, 326, 335--339, 342, 365, 370, 375--381, 442, 488, 547, 749, 771, 917, 918, 920, 923; reservations, 254, 284, 381; schools, 254, 293, 296; slavery in, 164, 239, 920; survey, 6n, 8n, 251, 262, 299, 327, 342, 375, 488, 547.

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Wetmore, Hezekiah, 210n, 418n, 457n.
Wheat, 124, 170, 344.
Wheelock, John, 451, 557.
Whipple, Job, 157n, 276.
White, Anthony W., 100.
White, John, 7n, 20.
White Eyes, George, 411, 426, 468.
Whiteside, Peter, & Co., 556.
Wicocalind, 426.
Widows, 870n; half-pay, 93, 106, 107, 192, 541, 610.
Wikoff, William, letter, 91n.
Wildrich, R., letter, 572n.
Wilkie, James, letter, 906, 909.
Wilkin, Robert, petition, 321.
Willard, E., 413.
Willett, Marinus, memorial, 849n.
Williams, Edward, 243, 246n.
Williams, W., 565.
Williamsburg, Va., 13, 20n 100, 441, 865.
Williamson, Hugh, a delegate from North Carolina. Committees: Antill petition, 19n, 20n, 131; Army contractors' memorial, 109n, 233, 234n, 321n, 360, 397; artificers' memorial, 196; Barclay letter, 7n; Beatty letter, 278n; memorial, 396, 405; Burrows memorial, 128n, 153; Campbell petition, 187n; Canadian refugees' applications, 324, 433; Carbonneaux (Carbeneaux) memorial, 67, 87; Carleton letter, 17n, 36n, 45, 263n; commissioners of Indian Affairs' letter, 66n; Comptroller of Treasury letter, 25, 32; Connecticut cession of Western lands, 246n; consular convention with France, 7n; Cutting letter, 14n, 42; memorial, 42; Denning letter, 17n, 24n, 61, 73, 92, 915; Denny memorial, 221; Department of Finance proceedings, 158n; Derricks memorial 190; petition, 38n; disposition of Western Territory, 251; Divine petition, 186; Eddy petition, 200, 258; Ettwein-Hübner-Schweiniz memorial 381n; Finnie memorial, 99; Fox letter, 42, 271n, 353; memorial, 340; Gerry motion, 4n, 45, 94n, 107, 916; Grand, 27, 214, 232, 238n, 354, 358n, 499; Harding memorial, 154; petition, 121n; Hazen memorial, 46n, 222n, 304, 348, 434; Healy petition, 72n; Hillegas memorial, 318n; Hoskins memorial, 892n; Howe letter, 166n; memorial, 247; Howell motion, 5n, 16n, 57, 94n, 107, 108, 185n, 270n, 916; Indian commissioners' letters, 125, 172; Indian trade regulation, 6n, 8n; invalids, 47n, 242n, 435; Jay letters, 26n, 188n; Johnson motion, 69n; Jollibois petition, 57; Jones petition, 362; Jordan petition, 130n; Jordan-Wylie memorial, 840; King petitions, 148n; Lafayette letter, 17n; Laurens memorial, 95, 111; L'Eglize petition, 58; L'Enfant letter, 3n, 16, 18; Livingston memorial, 323n; McCormick memorial, 221; McHenry motion, 52n, 310, 915, 921; McMachen memorial, 349; Marbois letter, 57, 188n; Menard case, 17n; Mercer letter, 232n; Milligan letters, 12n; Morgan memorial, 109n; petition, 224, 468; motion respecting half pay, 106; motion respecting Indian commissioners, 193n; Nicholson letter, 271n, 278n; memorial, 312, 322; North letter, 191; Olivier case, 17n; ordinance as to Western lands, 264; Otis memorial, 252, 268; petition, 130n; Parsons letter, 11n; memorial, 221; petition, 114, 129, 208n, 250; Partridge motion, 93n; Pellon memorial, 20n; petition, 172; Pennell letter, 13n, 353n, 354; Pennsylvania Supreme Executive letter, 20, 61, 73, 92, 915; Pentecoast letter, 54n; Phelon memorial. 606; Pinckney motion, 6n, 25n, 37; Postmaster General's letter, 3n; post office, 7n, 109, 110n; public accounts, 166; Read motion, 6n, 8n; requisition (1785), 919; Rhode Island delegates' motion, 71; Roussi memorial, 128n; Rumsey petition, 6n; schooner Good Fortune, 7n, 158n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs

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letter, 222n, 227; Secretary in War Office letter, 19; settlement of accounts with U. S., 689; Smith letter, 130n; memorial, 225; petition, 131n; Southern Indian affairs, 118, 134n, 136, 138, 917; State bounties, 257n; Steuben letter, 60n, 170, 193, 333n, 455; Stewart memorial, 186; petition, 37; Superintendent of Finance letter, 5n, 8n, 27, 267, 344; Treasury Department regulation, 6n, 8, 257n; Twining memorial, 231n; Van Hoer memorial, 66; petition, 24n, 64; Waters memorial, 234n; petition, 340, 469; week, 5n, 208n, 221; Western territory land ordinance, 165n; Wetmore petition, 210n; Williamson motion, 5n, 61n. Motions: 5, 5n, 14, 38, 40n, 48, 48n, 53, 53n, 61n, 102, 108, 148, 160, 195, 196n, 234, 235n, 250, 250n, 280, 291n, 308, 318, 335n, 353, 371, 371n, 522, 774n. Votes: 14, 28, 40, 49, 50, 51, 55, 67, 76, 77, 83, 84, 102, 111, 136, 138, 139, 160, 168, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 198, 212, 235, 236, 240, 273, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 303, 317, 319, 326, 327, 329, 337, 338, 339, 343. Mentioned: 1, 10n, 21, 23, 34, 44n, 49, 57n, 63n, 67, 102, 108n, 109n, 114n, 132n, 153n, 154n, 155n, 171n, 185, 201, 221n, 222n, 225, 226n, 234n, 239, 245n, 247, 256n, 264n, 275, 279, 284n, 290, 293n, 302, 304n, 312n, 313n, 326, 340n, 344, 344n, 345, 349, 350n, 351,353n, 354n, 358n, 360n, 396n, 401n, 418n, 453, 606n.
Willing, James, memorial, 172n, 459n, 620n, 663n.
Willing, Morris, & Stanwick, 650n.
Willink, van Staphorst, de la Lande & Finje, 27, 451, 553, 554, 897n.
Wilson, James, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 303, 876, 883. Committees: Army contractors' memorial, 321n, 360, 397; Calonne letter, 518n; Desdevens petition, 519; Hawkins-Pickens-Martin letter, 499n; L'Eglise letter, 531; Pinckney motion, 534, 771; Pollock letter, 515n; petition, 531, 924; Steuben claim, 518n; letter, 534, 771; Vergennes letter, 518n; week, 325n, 499n, 531, 594n. Motions: 319n, 328, 593, 726n. Votes: 317, 319, 326, 327, 328, 329, 336, 338, 339, 587, 589, 591, 594, 609, 711, 712, 714, 717, 718, 719, 727, 729, 730, 731, 734, 735, 739. Mentioned: 718, 726, 729, 730, 883n.
Wilson, Thomas, 188, 796n.
Winder, William, 447; letter, 195n, 317n, 359, 389.
Wingrove, John, letter, 904n.
Wolcott, Giles, letter, 208n, 226; memorial, 13n, 24, 30, 41n, 63, 226, 227.
Wolcott, Oliver, 308n, 423, 736; letter, 574, 576.
Wolcott, Roger, 531n, 659.
Woodruff, Joseph, petition, 480n.
Woodward, Captain, 451,553, 554. Wool, Alderman, 206.
Wooster, David, 325, 334, 334n, 519, 692.
Wooster, Mary, 334, 334n, 499n, 519.
Wright, Joseph, 238.
Wyandot Indians. See Indians, 424.
Wylie, Thomas, memorial, 112n, 622n, 840, 841.
Wylly, Richard, 833n, 834.
Wyllys, George, 3, 567, 880.
Wympoh, Elijah, petition, 903.
Wyoming, inhabitants' memorial. 18n, 649n, 721, 725; settlers' claims. 3n, 4n, 18n, 709n, 721, 725.
Wythe, George, 181, 181n, 441.
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Yates, Peter, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 876, 880, 881.
Yorktown, Va., 96.
Young, Joanna, 105n, 106n, 192, 362.
Young, John, 362.
Young, William, 650n.

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