<a href="/ammem/amlaw/lwjc.html">Journals of the Continental Congress</a> --INDEX

PREVIOUS

NEXT

NEW SEARCH

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

Journals of the Continental Congress --INDEX

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 PREVIOUS SECTION .. NEXT SECTION .. NAVIGATOR

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
INDEX

Page 971 | Page image

A
Abbot (Abbott) Joseph, 335n, 423n, 536.
Accounts, of five great departments, 17--19, 26n, 34, 130, 139n, 144n, 535, 957.
Adams, John, 34, 227, 259, 260, 266, 797; letters, 33, 35, 38, 40n, 61n, 78, 141, 144n, 147, 158n, 197n, 198, 243, 267, 287n, 298n, 307n, 467n, 662n; 667n, 673n, 692n, 710n, 781; approval of his procedure in Great Britain, 38; memorial to Great Britain and reply, 781--797; secrecy of letters, 38, 40; treaties, 42, 111, 284, 590.
Adams, John Quincy, 700n, 874.
Adams, N., letter, 335n, 423n,
Adams, Samuel, 808.
Adams--Jefferson letter, 110.
Address to legislatures, 641n, 747--751, 753--757, 882--885, 966.
Advertisements, 82n.
Akerman, Nahum, petition, 237.
Alden, Roger, 10n, 17n, 21n, 28n, 53n, 61n, 92n, 133n, 141n, 184n, 185n, 197n, 199n, 204n, 213n, 217n, 219n, 222n, 234n, 236n, 238n, 240n, 256n, 258n, 263n, 264n, 269n, 273n, 274n, 310n, 314n, 327n, 335n, 340n, 406n, 491n, 508n, 524n, 528n, 550n, 558n, 560n, 578, 596n, 605n, 622n, 631n, 633n, 655n, 660n, 692n, 751n, 757n, 881n, 885n, 889n, 911n, 960, 967.
Alexander, William, petition, 211n, 217, 508.
Algiers, 144n, 508n, 585, 645n; British consul at, 12; prisoners in, 11, 12, 667n; Spanish negotiations with, 152n; treaty, 259, 395n.
Alliance, frigate, 304, 333, 400, 430n, 879.
Anderson, Culbert, 845, 846.
Anderson, Mary, 846.
Anderson, Robert, 195.
Annapolis, Md., 590, 678, 770n, 918n.
Antill, Edward, memorial, 208n.
Appeals, court of, 910; judges, 291, 563n; judges, salaries, 60; maritime courts, 962.
Appleton, Nathaniel, 22, 242.
Aranda, Pedro Pablo, Count de, 540, 541.
Arbuthnot, Marriot, 836.
Arkanzas, post, 469.
Armand-Tufin, Charles (Marquis de La Rouarie), letter, 198, 245n.
Armistead, William, 24.
Armstrong, John, 77, 123, 931.
Army, accounts, 266n, 306, 358 703--704; agents' commission, 638, 647; auditors, 11, 141; contracts for clothing, 899--906, 912--914; pay, 53n, 225; promotions, 226; provisions, 201; register of certificates, 969.
Arnold, Benedict, 632.
Articles of Confederation, 6, 9, 85, 102, 139n, 226, 408, 494--498, 589, 597, 610, 694, 957--959.
Articles of war and courts martial, 120, 121, 145--6, 290, 316--322, 960.
Artillery, loan of, 199.
Asiatic trade, 502.
Auction, 458.
Autoonachuba, 195.
Avery, John, 185, 808, 929.
Aweecony, 187.
Axes, 563.
B
Baggs, John, 187.
Bailer, G., memorial, 667n.
Baird, A., memorial, 638; petition, 446n, 572.

Page 972 | Page image

Bakers, 183.
Baldwin, Cornelius, 705.
Baldwin, Daniel, memorial, 118, 207, 387n, 419, 777; petition, 28n.
Ballard, William, petition, 344n.
Ball, Blackall William, petition, 211, 217, 508.
Bankson, Benjamin, 11n, 17n, 25n, 28n, 29n, 35n, 61n, 72n, 87n, 141n, 147n, 154n, 258n, 265n, 269n, 272n, 273n, 285n, 316n, 383n, 440n, 461n, 469n, 476n, 484n, 537n, 552n, 630n, 655, 692n, 744n, 874n, 876n, 907n, 963.
Barbary Powers, 66, 74, 78n; influence of Spain, 470, 475; negotiations with, 12, 38, 39, 45, 82, 128, 152, 259, 307n, 311, 312, 692.
Barber, William, 41, 96n, 116, 117n, 430.
Barcelona, Spain, consuls, 641n.
Barclay, Thomas, 259; letter, 76n, 204n, 641n, 923n, 878.
Bayard, John Bubenheim, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 928. Committees: Ackerman petition, 237n; Baird memorial, 638; Board of Treasury letter, 87n; report, 771; Caldwell memorial, 314n, 641n, 659, 661; Chaloner-Shaler petition, 622n, 635; Commercial affairs, 96n; Fox memorial, 528n; Grand, 112n, 131, 151n; Henley memorial, 669, petition, 649n, 681; Hunter petition, 638n; New Jersey resolve, 97; Pierce report, 450; Post Office ordinance, 84n; Printing of Journals, 29; Regulation of militia, 642; Salt works petition 115n; Schott (Shott) petition, 607n, 631, 635; Smith memorial, 486, 646; Wingrove letter, 35; Wyckoff memorial, 29n, 30. Motions: 95, 310n. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 110, 200, 201, 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 368, 375, 370, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 772, 776, 778, 779, 920, 921. Mentioned: 30n, 144, 184, 290, 313, 354, 432, 461, 631n, 642, 659n, 668, 821, 923.
Beatty, John, 202.
Beaufort, Count de, letter, 49n, 53, 61n, 68.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 204n.
Beckley, John, 827.
Bedel, Timothy, 255n, 291.
Bedford, Gunning, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 218.
Bedlow, William, 572, 909.
Beedles, see Bedel.
Bees-wax, 468.
Bendon, Joseph, see Bindon.
Benedict, Thomas, 771.
Bennet (Bennett), Patrick, 231n, 309.
Benson, Egbert, a delegate from New York. Boundary disputes, 652, 693; letter, 740.
Bermuda, 137.
Berrien (Berrian), John, 652, 664, 757.
Betsey (Betsy), brig, 30, 78n, 635.
Beveridge, David, letter, 217n.
Biddle, Charles, 931.
Bilboa, 477, 576.
Bindon (Binden), Joseph, memorial, 135n, 158, 158n, 239.
Blake, Edward, 24, 140n; letter, 148, 202n, 246--248.
Blankets, 358, 563.
Bloodworth, Timothy, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 228, 229, 249. Committees: Bloodworth, motion, 650; Board of Treasury letter, 638n; Fisher memorial, 423n; Grand, 387n, 494; Jay letter, 388n; Powers of Congress, 965; Reprinting of Journals, 639n; Schott (Shott) petition, 607n; 631, 635; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 508; Wheelock memorial, 266n, 290. Motions: 639n, 650, 662n. Votes: 247, 257,

Page 973 | Page image

265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301,302, 303, 304, 308, 311,324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746. Mentioned: 418, 419, 420, 424, 425, 442, 443, 509, 570, 600, 701.
Blount, William, a delegate from North Carolina. Attends, 930, 931; Credentials, 229, 249. Committees: Wheelock memorial, 266n, 290. Votes: 257, 265, 285, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 308, 311, 324. Mentioned: 192, 195, 931.
Boats, 158n.
Bogart, Cornelius I., memorial, 652.
Bond, William, 231n.
Bon Homme Richard, 305, 333, 430n.
Booth, James, 219.
Booth, John, 862.
Borde, Sieur, 16.
Borden, Joseph, 23, 100n, 108n.
Boundaries, eastern, 673n.
Bourbon, alliance with U. S., 542.
Bowdoin, James, 185, 676, 676n, 929; letter, 198, 698--700, 700n.
Bowen, Jabez, 185n.
Boyd, Robert, 21n.
Brant, Joseph, 297, 402.
Broad cloth, 659.
Brown, Abijah, 437, 553.
Bruen, Caleb, petition, 108n, 153, 639.
Brüger, John, petition, 41.
Bruin, Bryan, petition, 43.
Brush, Jesse, 138.
Bryan, Samuel, 821.
Buchanan, John, 42, 450n.
Bull, John, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 928. Credentials, 409, 410, 410n. Agent in boundary dispute, 625. Committees: Accounts of States, 966; Board of Treasury report, 910n; Dickinson letter, 770n; King motion, 508n, 666, 741; Postmaster General's report, 563n; Schott (Shott) petition, 607n, 631, 635, 644n; Stirling memorial, 446n; System of Etiquette, 639n; transportation of mail, 629; Virginia delegates motion, 666. Votes: 416, 417, 421, 432, 442, 443, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 512, 514, 515, 516, 519, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 675, 696, 701, 702, 739, 772, 776, 778, 779, 921. Mentioned: 509, 524, 527, 528, 535, 554, 630n, 771, 920.
Burnside, James, petition, 505n, 535, 771.
Burnside-Sweeny-Underwood, petition, 770n.
Burral, Charles, 771.
Burral-Bindon-Fox, memorial, 202.
Burrall (Burrel, Burrell), Jonathan, 24, 135n, 158, 158n, 239, 677, 703, 737, 763.
Butler, Edward, 211n, 217, 508.
Butler, Richard, 144n, 187, 227n, 327n, 351, 401, 517, 759; letters, 60n, 210, 211n, 212, 213, 213n, 289, 293n, 297, 306n, 396n, 488n, 759n.
Butler, William, 758, 759.
C
Cadiz, Spain, 12.
Cadwallader, Lambert, a delegate from New Jersey. Committees: Board of Treasury report, 906n, 910n, 912. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746, 772, 775, 778, 779. Mentioned: 519, 914n.
Cady, Palmer, memorial, 372n.

Page 974 | Page image

Caldwell, Andrew, memorial, 231n, 313, 641n, 659, 661.
Caldwell, James, 314, 659.
Caldwell, Samuel, 231, 659.
Campbell, Alexander, 161, 187. Campbell, Donald, memorial, 395n, 458n, 676--7, 763.
Campbell, Duncan, petition, 354n, 358, 372n, 632, 660, 668.
Canada, claims, 41; Governor, 640 purchase of goods in, 206; refugees, 198, 202n, 298n, 339n, 395n.
Canary Islands, 579, 580.
Canton, China, 5, 27, 28, 30, 636.
Canton, ship, 1, 5, 27, 30.
Capital punishment, 119, 120, 136.
Carleton, Joseph, 24, 825.
Carmarthen, Francis, G. Osborne, Marquis of, 784, 787, 791--797.
Carmichael, William, 25n, 39, 152n, 541
Carolina, ship, 137.
Carpenter, Increase, memorial, 124, 212n, 213.
Carpenter, John, memorial, 124.
Carrington, Edward, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 93, 930, 931. Committees: Accounts of States, 966; Address to States, 641n; Bloodworth motion, 650; Board of Treasury report, 518n, 524, 554; Burral-Bindon-Fox memorial, 239; Burrall letter, 763; Campbell memorial, 659, 668, 677n, petition, 663n; Carrington motion, 923n, 924; Cone petition, 661n; Dickinson letter, 770n; Georgia Indian affairs, 710n; Grand, 151n; Greene monument, 396n, 504; Henley memorial, 622n, 632, 634, 669, petition, 649n, 681; Hospital accounts, 757; Hutchins letter, 140n, 685; Impost System, 881n; King motion, 666, 741; Knox letter, 676n; Lesure (Lesuer) petition, 661; Lesure-Watkins petition, 638n; Patton petition, 140n, 494, 639; Pendleton petition, 661n; Pinckney motion, 692n; Postmaster General's letter, 673n; Public debt, 673n; Purcell petition, 248n, 258; Regulation of militia, 642; Report on Algerines, 645n; Reprinting of Journals, 639n; Schott (Shott) petition, 644n; Scott memorial, 690n, 705, 710; Secretary at War letter, 155n, 224n, 225, 681; Secretary for Foreign Affairs report, 881n; South Carolina motion, 445n, 465, 761; Virginia delegates motion, 666; Willet (Willett) memorial, 508n, 564. Motions: 488, 489n, 637n, 638, 737, 923n. Votes: 110, 200, 201, 221, 247, 257, 265, 308, 324, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 416, 417, 419, 421, 432, 442, 443, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601,603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746, 772, 776, 778, 779, 920, 921. Mentioned: 92n, 135n, 199, 240, 246, 247, 353, 494n, 515, 564n, 569, 593n, 630n, 632n, 637, 650n, 669n, 686n, 694, 697, 707n, 743, 777, 924n, 931.
Castries, Charles Eugène Gabriel de la Croix, Marquis de, 140n.
Caswell, Richard, 229, 230, 249, 361; letter, 160n, 217n, 910n.
Caswell, Winston, 229, 230, 249.
Cattle, 124, 205.
Cayahoga River, 526.
Cazeau, Francis, 41, memorial, 68n, 288, 293n, 457, 520, 526, 527n; petition, 76n, 514, 528n.
Certificate paper, motion to cancel, 160n.
Certificates, register of army, 969; renewal of, 525.
Chaloner, John, petition, 622n, 635.
Champion, Henry, 205.
Chaplains, 35n, 449, 486.
Chase, Thomas, memorial, 292; petition, 155n, 231n.
Chavalier, Luis, 538.
Chesapeake, ship, 596.
Chester, sloop, 26n, 262n, 423, 964.

Page 975 | Page image

Chevallié, P. F., memorial, 357, 372n.
Childs, Francis, 969.
Church, Thomas, memorial, 155n.
Church, Timothy, memorial, 196.
Circular letters, 40n.
Civil department, 82; appropriation, 462; expenses, 84n, 663, 696, 958.
Civil list, 50; reduction of, 115n, 418, 667n.
Clark (Clarke), George Rogers, 60n, 161, 185, 187, 198, 336n.
Clark, Jeremiah, 412.
Clark (Clarke), John, memorial, 29n, 140n, 141.
Clark, Joseph, 23.
Clark, Weston, 198, 203, 349.
Clarkson, Gerardus, memorial, 331, 385.
Clarkson, M., 11.
Clerk, see Clark, George Rogers.
Clinton, George, 92n, 96n, 124, 196, 422, 556, 556n, 596n.
Clinton, Sir Henry, 836.
Clothier General Department, 203, 288, 240, 313, 535; contract for clothing, 899--906, 912.
Cochran, John, 228, 239, 262n.
Codfish, 212, 468, 471, 541, 961.
Coffin, Tristram, memorial, 144n, 150.
Cognac, 588.
Coinage, 876--878, 921n, 961, 965, 967, 968.
Colcock, Job, 705.
Colden, Cadwallader, 862.
Cole, Ebenezer, petition, 487, 488n.
Cole, James, 192, 195.
Collectors, appointment of, 7.
Colonization, 49n, 53.
Commerce, 78, 93; acts respecting, 907--909; commissioners to consider, 678; Congress power over, 969; interruption of, 56; Mediterranean, 470; national importance of, 88; protection of, 152; regulation of, 40n; report on, 677--680, 959; State laws respecting, 969; unfavorable state of, 618; with Asia, 502n; with Canaries, 470; with Indies, 243; with Spain, 469--472, 475--476.
Commissary Department, 293, 239, 240n.
Commissary of Purchases, 205.
Commissary General of Military Stores, 331.
Commissary General of Prisoners, 202.
Commissioners, of accounts, 34--35, 131, 135n, 158, 237, 239, 246, 267, 268, 288, 382, 508n, 524n, 535, 636, 666, 880; to treat with Indians, 327, 349--351, 398, 399, 410, 506; to report on trade and commerce, 677--680.
Cone, Joseph, petition, 639n, 661, 662n, 673n.
Confederacy, ship, 16.
Congress, acts, 7, 10, 116, 202, 225; Address to States, 613--619, 753--757, 967, 968; adjournment, 264, 264n, 298; appeal respecting the fate of the Union, 613--619; appointments to foreign service, 35; Beaufort letter, 68; cessions of land, 310; chairman of, 264; control of post offices, 918n; copies of State acts for, 831; debates in, 473--483, 933--948, 951--953; decision on British grievances, 923n; delegates, 29, 197, 338, 963; doorkeeper, 494; messenger to, 139n; motion, 100; power over commerce, 7, 10, 39, 47, 87, 144n, 243, 424, 439, 495, 517, 532, 558--561, 613, 614, 617, 703, 907--909, 969; power over States, 285, 286, report on powers, 965; power respecting offences against United States, 497; precedence, 85; President, 1, 330, 666, 923; procedure, 264, 265, 609--610, 620--621, 696; recommendations to States, 9, 44, 49, 63, 70, 87, 93--94, 100, 102; requisitions on States, 50, 55; resolutions, 34, 75--76, 366, 383, 964; secrecy, 697; seerct committee of commerce, 327; sessions of, 498;

Page 976 | Page image

Statement respecting United States funds, 44--49; systems of revenue, 497.
Conkling, Cornelius, 138.
Connecticut, acts of legislature, 9, 21, 22n, 62, 63, 70, 71, 78, 93, 94, 103, 360, 361, 518, 523, 749, 907, 908, 909; appointment of collectors, 8; cession of Western lands, 158n, 160, 160n, 204n, 256, 256n, 295, 296, 296n, 299, 307--308, 310, 507, 649n, 654, 961; commissioners to report on commerce, 678; committee to attend legislature, 516; delegates, 158n, 654, 655; delegates' credentials, 396, motions, 21, 160, 256, 295, 299, 961; destruction of money, 23; Governor's letter, 355n; loan officers, 23; money quota, 462, 517, 894; number of inhabitants, 103; requisitions, 360, 363, 749, 751, payment, 46; trade regulation, 10; troops, 329, 892.
Connolly, Michael, 355, 355n.
Consuls, 477; at New Orleans, 592; Chinese, 25n, 28, 30; French consular convention, 209n, 216, 394n, 395n, 528n, 647--649; 710n, 715, 764--769; 776; Spanish, 576.
Continental bills. See Currency.
Contingent expenses, 82.
Contracts, advertisement of, 900; for clothing, 899--906; 912--914.
Conyngham, Gustavus, 53n.
Cook, Jesse, memorial, 96n, 204n, 325, 387n, 388, 959.
Corn, 562.
Cornplanter, 210, 225, 234, 758, 759, 759n, 963. See also O'Beel.
Cornwallis, Charles Earl, 836, 837.
Coromandel, 635.
Counterfeiting, 335n, 337, 379n, 536.
Couper, Edward, petition, 344n.
Courts, of Appeals, see Appeals; for trial of piracies, 224n; martial, 108n, 119, 120, 145--6, 290, 316, 960, articles for the administration of justice, 316--322, oaths, 318; of admiralty claims, 291, 355; of inquiry, 121.
Coxe, William, jr., memorial, 5. Craig, Major, 161.
Craig, Bayard & Co., 117n, 135n.
Craig, Thomas, 217.
Credit, public, 366.
Crime, 316.
Crown Point, 223.
Cruzat, Francisco, 539.
Cshecoopoohoomoch, 195.
Cshunangchabba, 195.
Cumming, William, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 229.
Cunningham, William, 138.
Cunningham, Andrew, 845, 846.
Cunningham, Margaret, 845.
Cunnopoie, 195.
Currency, destruction of, 11, 22--25, 26, 41; paper, 364, 615.
Cuyahoga River, 526.
Cuyler, Jacob, memorial, 676n, 736.
D
Damry, Richard, petition, 565.
Dana, Francis, 700n, 874.
Dane, Nathan, a delegate from Massachusetts. Committees: Accounts of Five Great Departments, 957; Agent in boundary dispute, 693; Board of Treasury report, 19n, 26n, 34, 130; Dane motion. 85, 102; Dickinson letter, 770n; Finney (Finnie) memorial, 700n, 739, 746; Georgia Indian Affairs, 710n; Government of Western Territory, 418n, 667n, 669, 967, 700; Governor of Virginia, letter, 315, 330, 372; Grand, 112n, 131, 387n, 494; Grant-Cook memorial, 959; Hutchins letter, 140n, 685; Kaskaskia petition, 667n; Kean motion, 150n; Knox letter, 676n; Lee motion, 662n, 916; Monroe motion, 444n; Oliphant memorial, 888; Patton petition, 140n, 494, 639; Pierce letter, 96n, 382; Postmaster General's

Page 977 | Page image

letter, 673n; Powers and duties of Secretary at War, 343; Powers of Congress, 965; Public debt, 673n; Reduction of civil list, 667n; Report on Algiers, 144n; Requisition, (1786), 389n; St. Clair motion, 885n, 916; Secretary at War letter, 681; Secretary for Foreign Affairs report, 152, 224n, 881n; Surveyors' memorial, 686n, 687; Walker report, 881n. Motions: 85, 102, 149, 149n, 214, 214n, 219, 230, 231, 248, 251, 307, 308n, 382n, 402, 697n, 738, 738n, 771, 772, 773, 959, 962. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 110, 200, 201, 221, 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746, 772, 775, 778, 779, 920, 921, 108n, 112n, 153n, 240, 247, 344n, 502n, 505n, 681n, 687n, 739n.
D'Argaynarats, Sieur, memorial, 19, 21n.
Dauphin, ship, 11, 259.
Davis, Samuel, petition, 335n, 337, 622n.
Dayton, Elias, 118, 153, 207.
Deane, Silas, 204n.
Debates in Congress, Pinckney's speech, 933--948; Johnson's notes of, 951--953.
Debt (national or public), 124; domestic, 44, 47, 50, 83, 366, 455, 462, 521--523, 966; foreign, 44, 50, 82, 461, 615, 616, 617.
Decker, Cornelius, memorial, 250, 646; petition, 96n, 251n.
Declaration of Independence, anniversary, 368.
Delaware, accounts, 246; acts of legislature, 9, 62, 63, 70, 71, 93, 103, 147, 224n, 361, 442, 443, 518, 523, 563n, 750, 907, 908; commerce, 678--680; commissioner of accounts, 227n, 240, 241n; delegates' attendance, 29, 225, 328, credentials, 218, 219n; destruction of money, 24; extracts from Adams letters, 78; Governor's letter, 224n; loan officer, 24; militia, 240, 246; money quota, 462, 517, 894, payment, 46; president, 227n; presidents' accounts, 240, 246; requisitions, 360, 363, 750, 751. Delay, Henry, memorial, 7n. Del Campo, Bernardo, 540.
Delegates, appointment, 408; communication with legislatures, 697n; credentials, 123, 228, 229, 352, 929, 930; election of, 498; instructions, 698n; money advanced to, 668, 692, 753n, 967; non-attendance, 29; power of Congress over, 197, 963; privileges, 338; resolves on, 964; responsibility, 408.
De Neufville, John, 488n.
Denmark, prize claims, 430n; treaty, 261.
Denning, William, 135n, 326n.
De Nys, Adrian, 215, 232.
Depreciation, 43, 47, 53n, 54, 84n, 203, 205, 309, 314, 414, 416, 417, 464.
Desdevens, Maurice, petition, 396n, 397, 413n, 423n.
Desertion, 115n, 119, 120, 136, 322, 433.
D'Estaing, Charles Henry, letter, 315n.
Detroit, 782.
Devine, Timothy, petition, 430, 435n.
Dickinson, John, 225, 652, 677, 680, 770n.
Dickinson, Philemon, 652.
Dionne, Germain, petition, 339n.
Doleman, William, 350.
Donaldson and Coxe, memorial, 5.
Doorkeeper, 494.
Dorhman, A. H., memorial, 415.
Doughty, John, 68n, 115n, 396n.
Douw, Volckert P., 208.
Dowse, Edward, 355, 660, 687.
Doyle, Thomas, 187.
Drummers, pay, 225.
Duane, James, 652, 693.

Page 978 | Page image

Dubois, Hubert, petition, 41.
Dubois, Walter, 862.
Du Calvet (Du Calvert), Pierre, petition, 87n, 90n.
Duer, William, 117n.
Dumas, C. W. F., 309n, 312, 430n, 770n.
Dunlap, John, 957--969.
Duplessis Mauduit, 445.
Dutch loans, 65, 73, 366, 461, 462, 616, 958, 616. See also United Netherlands.
E
East Indies, 198, 396n.
Easton, James, memorial, 553.
Edgar, John, 349.
El Rey de Prussia. See King of Prussia.
Eleturno, 538.
Ellery, William, 198, 245n, 658, 885, 916.
Elligood, Jonathan, 635.
Elliot, Daniel, 350.
Elliot, James, memorial, 382.
Emigration, 365.
Enoch, Henry, memorial, 7n.
Ermano, Pedro, 287, 293n.
Erwin, James, 78n.
Estimates, 25, 44, 82--84, 234. See also Expenses.
Etiquette, system of, 639n, 665--666.
Etting, Rolef, 862.
Etting, Solomon, 862.
Ettwein (Etwein), J., letter, 505n, 526, 562.
Europe, American funds in, 38; proposed regiment for U.S. service in, 232.
Ewing, James, letter, 326, 326n.
Expenses, 462.
F
Fennie, William, memorial, 739.
Fenwick, Edward, 847.
Few, William, a delegate from Georgia. Attends, 928, 930, 931; credentials, 238. Agent in boundary dispute, 627. Committees: Board of Treasury letter, 638n; Conveyance of mail, 501, 518; Dickinson letter, 770n; Grayson motion, 411n. Motions: 418, 419n, 424. Votes: 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 512, 514, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 702, 739, 742, 743, 746, 772, 776, 778, 779, 920, 921. Mentioned: 313, 336, 339, 340, 345, 346, 352, 419, 485, 488, 489, 519, 620, 621.
Fifers, pay, 225.
Finances, public, 508; report on, 958. See also Treasury, Board of.
Finney, Jonathan, 337.
Finnie (Finney), William, 26n, 187; memorial, 40, 673n, 688, 700n, 746.
Fish, Nicholas, 488, 488n.
Fish (Fisk), Moses, 337, 338n.
Fisher, George, memorial, 423n, 573n, 645n; petition, 647, 647n.
Fisher, John, 154n.
Fisk (Fish), Moses, 337, 338n.
Fitch, John, petition, 158n.
Fitzgerald, Gerald, petition, 227n.
Five great departments, abolition of, 203, 239; accounts, 771, 957; estimates, 234; salaries, 237, 771.
Flags, 13, 618.
Fleming, William, 963.
Florat de Florimond, 68n, 76n.
Florida Blanca, Count de, 332n, 540; letter to Lafayette, 542--3.
Florida, boundaries, 400, 567, 644; Spanish claim to, 537, 545.
Flour, 468, 471, 478.
Flower (Flowers), Benjamin, 68n, 87n, 331, 386.
Flynt, Royal, 231n.

Page 979 | Page image

Fonda, Jellis, 208.
Ford, P. L., 962, 969.
Foreign Affairs (Department or office of), clerks, 388; consular convention with France, 712--735; Secretary, to attend Congress, 457, 467; inspection of letters, 909; instructions, 510, 566--570; leave of absence, 349; schedule of foreign loans, 958; Western posts and British debts, 781--874. See also Jay, John.
Forest, Antoine de la, 13, 14.
Forster, George, 356.
Fort Harmar, 68n.
Fort McIntosh (Macintosh), 15, 119, 121, 136, 137, 157, 286, 297, 347, 401, 433, 562.
Fort Nelson, 117n.
Fort Pitt, 117n, 135n, 157, 161, 210, 297, 342, 346, 414, 423n, 758, 759.
Fort Quenassie, 549.
Fort Schuyler, 286.
Fort Toulouse, 549.
Fort Washington, 140n, 325.
Foster, Abiel, a delegate from New Hampshire, Votes: 268.
Fowler, Alexander, letter, 68n, 76n, 85, 553n.
Fowler, Samuel, 862.
Fox, Edward, 135n, 240n, 741; letter, 886n; memorial, 158, 158n, 239, 527, 528n; petition, 524.
Foxcroft, John, 15.
France, bounty on codfish, 212, 961; chargé's letter, 13, 14, 19, 80, 768, 776, 918n, memorial, 90; consular convention with, 209n, 216, 394n, 395n, 528n, 647--649, 710n, 764--769, 776--777; consuls and vice consuls, 13, 14, 918n; influence with Barbary powers, 39; instructions to United States ministers to, 40n; King's gift to Franklin, 95; King's letter, 911n; loans and interest on loans, 54--59, 59n, 64, 65, 73, 90n, 366, 461, 462, 616, 958; port expenses, 641n; postal convention with, 80, 90n, 142--144; prize money, 140n; sentiments respecting navigation of Mississippi, 509, 537, 544--552; treaty with, 39, 127.
Franklin, Benjamin, 77, 111, 123, 590, 647, 712, 725, 735, 762, 879; letter, 90n, 396n, 398n; picture from King of France, 95; present from King of Spain, 90n; treaty with Prussia, 284.
Fraunces, Samuel, memorial, 112n, 125.
Frazier and Coxe, memorial, 5.
Freeman, Constant, petition, 115n; memorial, 918n.
Freneau, Peter, 623, 626.
Frontier, protection of, 66, 340, 346--349, 381, 425, 439n.
Fuller, Nathan, memorial, 309n; petition, 231n.
G
Galloway, Kagy, 187.
Galvez, Joseph de, 298n, 312.
Gardner, Nicholas, 635.
Gardoqui, Diego, 39, 293n, 323, 467, 469n, 538, 540, 543, 570, 574, 593, 593n, 597, 610--613; letter, 90n, 256n, 262n, 298n, 396n, 400, 413n, 467--472, 503, 563n.
Gardoqui, Joseph & Sons, 312, 503.
Garrison, Jost, 862.
Garvis, Charles, 771.
Gates, Horatio, 291, 421, 677, 763.
Geographer to the United States, 82, 230, 248, 324, 398, 685, 687; appropriation, 462; assistant, 382.
Georgia, acts of legislature, 48, 50, 51, 63, 71, 93, 94, 107, 245, 361, 364, 518, 523, 626--628, 703, 703n, 710, 750, 790, 830, 889, 907, 908, 969; agents' credentials, 622; boundary dispute, 622--629, 642, 650--654, 740n, 745n; commissioners of accounts, 639n, 880; commissioners to report on commerce, 678; delegates attendance, 29, credentials, 238, motions, 628, 651, 653, 759n; extracts from Adams

Page 980 | Page image

letters, 78; Governor's letter, 245n; Indian affairs, 372, 396n, 662, 710n, 753n, 759--760, 917; land cessions, 507; loan officers, 891n; money quota, 462, 517, 894, payment, 46; recommendations, 48, 50, 51; repeal of Jay's instructions, 695; requisitions, 361, 364, 750, 751; treatment of Spaniards, 644.
Gerard, Conrad Alexandre, 544, 551.
Gerry, Elbridge, a delegate from Massachusetts. Motions: 36, 639n.
Gibbon, James, petition, 622n.
Gibbons, William, 628.
Gibbes, William, 24.
Gilchrist, James, 211n, 217, 508.
Giles, James, petition, 686n.
Gilliland, James, petition, 43.
Gilman, Nicholas, 22.
Glen, Henry, petition, 116, 117n.
Gold, 577.
Goldsborough, Robert, 652.
Gorham, Nathaniel, a delegate from Massachusetts. Attends, 20, 928. Credentials, 929. Agent in boundary dispute, 693. Chairman of Congress, 264, 285, 298, 311, 329, 343, President, 330. Thanks of Congress, 923. Committees: Adams letter, 40n, 78; Ackerman petition, 237n; Board of Treasury letter, 87n; Burral-Bindon-Fox memorial, 202, 239; Commercial affairs, 87, 93, 96n; Grand, 151n; Hooe letter, 78n; Indian trade ordinance, 118n; Mercer motion, 29n; New Jersey resolve, 97; Post office ordinance, 84n; Recommendations to States, 44; Regulation of militia, 642; Secretary at War letter, 155n, 224n, 225; Wyckoff memorial, 29n, 30. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 200, 201, 221, 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746, 772, 775, 778, 779, 920, 921. Mentioned: 29, 38, 96, 135n, 213n, 638, 642, 646.
Gorham, Stephen, 24, 25.
Gosselin, Clement, petition, 339n.
Government, dismemberment of, 586--589.
Govy, Henry, 187.
Graham, Andrew, 862.
Graham, Daniel, 250.
Grain, 468, 471.
Grand Committee, 84n, 112n, 131, 133, 151n, 387n, 390, 494, 642, 960, 965.
Grand, Ferdinand, 83.
Grant, Jesse, memorial, 96n, 204n, 325, 387n, 388, 959.
Grasshopper, memorial, 564.
Grayson, William, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 930, 931. Credentials, 61, 62. Committees: Admiralty claims, 291, 355, 962; Akerman petition, 237n; Board of Treasury letter, 87n, 526n; Caldwell memorial, 314n; Commercial affairs, 87, 93, 96n; Connecticut act, 158n; Connecticut motion, 22, 160, 256, 295; Conveyance of mail, 518; Dane motion, 85, 102; Governor of New York letter, 524n, 528, 532, 558, 966; Governor of Virginia letter, 315n, 330, 372; Grayson motion, 411n; Griffin letter, 26n, 60; Hooe letter, 78n; Jay letter, 388n; Kean motion, 150n; Mail contract, 501; Miller motion, 505n; New Jersey resolve, 97; Post office ordinance, 84n; Powers and duties of Secretary at War, 343; Report on Algerines, 505n; Rubsamen memorial, 354n, 397; Secretary at War letter, 15, 155n, 224n, 225; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 508, report, 413n, 644. Motions: 263, 263n, 324, 324n, 325,

Page 981 | Page image

325n, 327, 327n, 340, 346, 353, 354n, 376, 390, 411, 413n, 455, 509, 509n. Votes: 200, 201, 221, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 490, 511, 512, 516, 519, 520, 535, 569, 570, 594, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621. Mentioned: 267, 310, 330n, 347, 348, 349, 353, 375, 376, 377, 379, 391, 392, 393, 416, 424, 432, 437n, 502n, 602.
Great Britain, alleged violations of treaty with, 184, 784--830; attitude respecting American commerce, 87, 243, 468, 474; boundaries, 547; conduct respecting negroes, 353, 387, 389, 508, 782, 825--827, 863--866, 867, 872; consul general, 3; failure of plans to aid South American revolt, 692n; grievances of British subjects, 784--797, 923n; King and ministers of, 243; Mediterranean passports, 351; memorial to and reply, 781--797; merchants' memorial, 791--797; money paid on account of British debts, 796; move against Mississippi country, 692n; packet postage, 15, 81; Postmaster General's broadside, 82n; prisoners in New York, 184n; retention of Western posts, 40, 127, 141, 147, 155, 197n, 244, 781--782, 867--874, 917; treaties with, 42, 562; Western posts and British debts, 781--874; woolen manufactures, 468.
Great Lakes, 156.
Green, Frederick, 918n.
Green, John, 862.
Greene, Nathanael, 153, 258; letter, 26n; monument, 395, 398n, 504.
Greene, William, 228, 407.
Gregg (Grig), James, memorial, 645n, 656.
Gridley, Richard, memorial, 437; petition, 409n.
Griffin, Cyrus, letter, 26n, 60.
Grigg, James, memorial, 645n, 656.
Grimke (Grinke), John Fauchereaud, 625, 847.
Grinnell (Grenell), John, 138.
Guest, Sarah, 846.
Guest, William, 846.
Guipusca (Guipuzcoa), 477, 576.
H
Hacker, Hoysted, petition, 882n.
Hall, Talmage, 140.
Hall, Talmage, 922.
Hamilton, Alexander, 138, 691.
Hamtramck, John F., 119, 297.
Hancock, John, 1, 285, 328, 328n, 808.
Hanson, Alexander Contee, 652.
Haring, John, a delegate from New York, Attends, 928, 930. Credentials, 123. Votes: 27, 200, 201, 247, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 702, 742, 743, 746, 772, 775, 778, 779, 920, 921. Mentioned: 240n, 339, 345, 414, 513, 557, 693, 701.
Harmar (Harmer), Josiah, 233, 257, 298; letter, 505n, 526, 526n, 562.
Harper (Harpur), William, 21.
Harris, Caleb, letter, 130n, 294.
Harrison, Benjamin, 823.
Harrison, Richard, 862.
Harrison, William, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 130, 931. Credentials, 20. Committees: Baird memorial, 638; Bloodworth motion, 650; Chaloner-Shaler petition, 622n, 635; Desdevens petition, 413n; Grand, 151n; Lesure petition, 661; Lesure-Watkins

Page 982 | Page image

petition, 638n; Regulation of militia, 642; Reprinting of Journals, 639n; Rhode Island act, 662, 662n; Rubsamen memorial, 354n, 397. Votes: 200, 201, 221, 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675. Mentioned: 159, 397n, 411n, 661n, 931.
Hart, Noah, 208n.
Hart, Rachel, memorial, 292; petition, 208n.
Hartley, Thomas, 224.
Harwood, Thomas, 24.
Havana, 538; governor, 217n.
Hawkins, Benjamin, 187, 190, 192, 195, 339.
Hay, Udny, memorial, 202n, 208, 298n, 326n, 339n, 514n, 767n.
Hayden, John, petition, 446n, 498.
Hayes, Samuel, 153.
Hazard, Ebenezer, 16, 81, 142, 531, 692, 912n, 923; letter, 346n, 673n, 911n, 918n.
Hazen, Moses, memorial, 202n, 298n; regiment, 372n, 740.
Hazzard, William, 192.
Heath, William, 669.
Henley, David, memorial, 563n, 565, 565n, 570, 622n, 632, 634, 669; petition, 649n, 681.
Henry IV, 587.
Henry, John, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 339, 928, 930, 931. Committees: Accounts of States, 966; Dickinson letter, 770n; Georgia act, 710n, 889, 907, 969; Henley memorial, 622n, 632, 634; Impost system, 881n; Lee motion, 916; powers of Congress, 965; St. Clair motion, 885n, 916; Secretary at War letter, 888n, 891n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs report, 881n; Thompson petition, 705n, 707, 711; War Office letter, 891, 895, 968. Votes: 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746, 772, 776, 778, 779, 920, 921. Mentioned: 703, 707, 890n, 896n.
Henry, Moses, 349.
Henry, Patrick, 36, 62; letter, 312n, 330, 330n, 409n, 963.
Henry, Robert, memorial, 204n, 205.
Henry, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Committees: Address to States, 641n, Baird memorial, 638n; Board of Treasury report, 524, 554; Consular convention with France, 649n; Government of Western Territory, 667n, 669, 700, 967; Grand, 387n, 494; Kaskaskia petition, 667n; King motion, 666, 741; McLean accounts, 649n; Schott petition, 644n; Virginia delegates motion, 666. Mentioned: 637n.
Hichborn, Benjamin, letter, 328, 328n.
Hillegas, Michael, letter, 41
Hindman, William, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 20. Admiralty claims, 291, 355, 962; Board of Treasury letter, 135, report, 84n; Caldwell memorial, 314n, 641n, 659, 661; Cone petition, 661n; Connecticut act, 158n; Connecticut motion, 22, 160, 256, 295; Grand, 112n, 131; Griffin letter, 26n, 60; Howell motion, 115n; Jamison memorial, 92n. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 110, 200, 201, 221, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 409,

Page 983 | Page image

489, 490, 652, 653, 772, 776. Mentioned: 20, 30, 36, 61, 77, 79, 85, 95, 108, 109, 116, 117, 122, 228, 237, 930.
Hindman, James, 621, 638n.
Hobart, John Sloss, 220.
Hodgdon, Samuel, 161.
Hodge, Robert, 969.
Hoes, 563.
Hole, John, memorial, 7n.
Hooe, Richard, letter, 78n.
Hooper, William, 693, 693n.
Hope, ship, 26n, 27, 636.
Hopewell, treaty at, 187, 193, 960, 961.
Hopkins, John, 24.
Hopkins, John B., 344n.
Hopkinson, Francis, 22.
Hornblower, Josiah, a delegate from New Jersey. Attends, 928. Committees: Baldwin claim, 387n, 419, 777; Fox memorial, 528n; Grand, 112n, 131; Miller motion, 505n; Report on Algerines, 505n, 645n. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 110, 200, 201, 221, 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746, 772, 775, 920, 921. Mentioned: 262, 294, 298, 299, 420, 668, 742, 916.
Horse, gift to John Jay from King of Spain, 90n, 95; tax, 9.
Horst, John Vander, see Vander Horst.
Hoskins, William, memorial, 37.
Hospital, clothing and marine department, 240, 288, 323n, 330, 367, 535, 664--665, 757, 888.
Houstoun, William, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 238. Agent in boundary dispute, 627. Committees: Carrington motion, 923n, 924; Davis petition, 622n; Grand, 387n, 494; Powers of Congress, 965; Secretary at War letter, 15. Motions: 48, 256, 257, 257n, 294, 294n, 376, 387n, 420, 485, 515, 519, 923. Votes: 27, 49, 257, 265, 268, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 512, 514, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 702, 739, 742, 743, 746, 772, 776, 778, 779, 920, 921. Mentioned: 15n, 20, 36, 49, 264, 264n, 265, 295, 324, 421, 485, 515.
Howe, R., 149n, 258.
Howell, David, a delegate from Rhode Island. Motion: 115n.
Howlet, James, 138.
Hubley, Joseph, memorial, 400, 400n.
Huger, Daniel, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 928, 930. Credentials, 352. Votes: 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 419, 432, 442, 443, 452, 453, 454, 455, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 512, 514, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 702, 739, 742, 743, 746, 772, 776, 778, 779, 920, 921.
Hulett, Charles, petition, 562.
Hulett, John, petition, 562.
Humphreys, Charles, 435.
Humphreys, David, letter, 298n, 311.
Hunt, D., 149n.
Hunt-De la Mater-Bogart, memorial, 652.
Hunt, Leake, memorial, 652, petition, 664.
Hunt, William, memorial, 90n, 100, 562.
Hunter, Elijah, petition, 638n.
Huntington, Andrew, memorial, 413, 415n.

Page 984 | Page image

Huntington, Samuel, 355n, 357.
Hutchins (Hutchings), Thomas, 236; letter, 139n, 140n, 298n, 423n, 645n, 685, 736n, 921n; memorial, 660, 687.
I
Imposts, 112n, 144n, 147, 263, 365, 439--441, 442--444, 478, 505n, 508n, 511--515, 532--535, 963, 969. See also Revenue, General System of.
India, 35.
Indian affairs, 373--381, 656--658, 767--768, 963; appropriation, 462; axes, 563; blankets, 563; combination to prohibit survey, 917; commissioners to negotiate with, 60n, 185, 208, 210, 211, 244, 245, 326n, 327, 339, 344, 345n, 349--351, 398; complaints against State of Georgia, 396n; corn, 562; depredations, 340, 346--7, 350, 373--381; friendship, 212, 235--6, 306n; 0hoes, 563; hostility, 315, 336n, 342, 345, 371, 891, 895, 968; interpreters, 258; land, 910n, medals, 213; messengers, 396n, 398n; Middle Department, 286, 344, 347, 488n; monies requisite for, 82; Northern Department, 286, 344, 347, 395, 410, 488n; presents, 213, 257, 396n, 399; proclamation, 657; Southern Department, 286, 339, 485, 767n; Speeches, 211n, 227n, 235--236, 289, 293n, 297, 306n, 398n, 429, 520n; Superintendents, 369, 420, 426, 503, 517, 747, 747n, 759, 767; taxes, 103, 107; trade, 118, 332n, 370, 420, 424, 425, 427; treaties, 78n, 144n, 155, 286, 297, 373, 396, 418, 657, 662, 758, 917, 960, 961. Tribes-Cherokees, 160n, 185, 286, 343, 346, 351, 891, 961; Chickasaws, 160n, 185, 286, 961; Chippewas, 286, 891, Choctaws, 160n, 185, 286, 961; Creeks, 409n, 770n; Delawares, 286, 350, 401, 414, 429; Hurons, 429. Miamis, 349, 429; Mingoes, 891; Mohawks, 20, 21, 240; Moravians, 505n, 526, 562; Oneidas, 208, 564; Otaguos, 538; Ottawas, 286; Putuatamis, 538, 891; Senecas, 210, 213, 234n; Shawanese, 144n, 185, 286, 350, 414, 429, 891, 961; Six Nations, 286, 758; Sotus, 538; Tawas, 891; Tweightwees, 891; Western Nations, 68n, 286, 312n, 399, 736; Wyandots, 286, 350, 401, 414, 428, 429, 507.
Indian Department, 45, 330, 374; districts, 369, 426; ordinance, 332n, 368--372, 418, 419, 420, 424--428, 439n, 485, 488--493, 747, 964, 965.
Interpreters, 258, 289.
Invalids, 112n, 144n, 645n, 656; invalid corps, 140.
Irvine, --, 342.
Irvine, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 929. Letter, 342. Memorial, 115n.
Irwin, Matthew & Thomas & Co., 259.
J
Jackson, Jeremiah, petition, 211n, 217, 508.
Jackson, Pallin, petition, 28n.
Jamison, Adam, memorial, 92n.
Jane, sloop, 312n.
Jarvis, James, letter, 921n.
Jay, George, petition, 690n.
Jay, John, 42, 82, 87, 158, 641; gift of horse from King of Spain, 95; instructions, 574, 595, 597--606, 610--613; letters, 2, 25n, 40, 68n, 87n, 89, 184n, 212, 215, 222, 264, 307n, 309n, 323, 323n, 388, 501, 509, 673n, 692n. 768, 777, 911n; negotiations with Spain, 467--484, 510, 566--570, 574--596, 597--607, 610--612, 694--697; reports, 31--34, 110--112, 126--130, 142--144, 259--262, 537--552, 640, 647--649, 781--874; request to attend Congress, 457, 467; Speech, 473--484, 484n, 524n, 566.
Jefferson, Thomas, 305; consular convention with France, 216, 648, 713; instructions to Mr. Lamb, 260; letter, 61n, 140n, 259, 298n, 307n,

Page 985 | Page image

430n, 467n, 488n, 552; treaty with Prussia, 111, 284; treaty with Spain, 590, 592; with other powers, 261.
Johnson (Johnston), Robert, 660, 687; memorial, 323n, 330, 357n, 367.
Johnson, S. W., 140n, 267.
Johnson, Samuel, 693.
Johnson, Thomas, 693.
Johnson, William Samuel, a delegate from Connecticut. Notes of Debates, 951--953. Committees: Accounts of Five Great Departments, 957; accounts of States, 966; Address to States, 641n; Admiralty claims, 291, 355, 962; Akerman petition, 237n; Board of Treasury letter, 135, 526n, report, 19n, 26n, 34, 130, 770n, 771; Burral--Bindon-Fox memorial, 202, 239; Butler-Parsons letter, 144n; Connecticut act, 158n; Connecticut motion, 21, 160, 256, 295; Consular Convention with France, 649n; Dane motion, 251, 402, 406n; Davis petition, 622n; Domestic debt, 966; Ettwein letter, 505n; Georgia acts, 245; Georgia Indians, 710n; Government of Western Territory, 667n, 669, 700, 967; Grand, 112n, 131, 387n, 494; Griffin letter, 26n, 60; Harmar letter, 505n, 562; Henley memorial, 669, petition, 649n, 681; Howell motion, 115n; Impost, 518n; Indian Affairs, 160n; Indian treaties, 286, 396; Kaskaskia petition, 563, 667n; King motion, 508n, 741; Knox letter, 676n; Lee motion, 662n; Lucket letter, 135n; McLean accounts, 649n; Maryland acts, 211n; Mercer motion, 29n; Moravian Indians, 526; New York act, 263n, 439, 963; New York Governor's letter, 524, 527, 532, 558, 966; Pennell report, 16; Pierce report, 450; Pinckney motion, 521, 523, 692n; Post Office ordinance, 84n; Powers of Congress, 965; Qualifications, 122n; Rawlings memorial 383; Recommendations to States, 44; Reduction of civil list, 418n, 667n; report on Algiers, 144n; report on Kaskaskia, 139n; Requisition (1786), 389n; Rhode Island acts, 144n; Salt works petition, 115n; Schott petition, 644n; Scott memorial, 705, 710; Secretary at War letter, 15, 681; Secretary for Foreign Affairs report, 26n, 152, 224n; Smith memorial, 486, 646; South Carolina acts, 139n; Sullivan letter, 16n, 415, memorials, 53; Treaties with Algerines, 395n; Turnbull Marmie & Co. petition, 117n; Virginia delegates motion, 666. Motions: 310, 494, 494n. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 110, 200, 201, 221, 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 311, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746, 772, 775, 778, 779. Mentioned: 160n, 203n, 205n, 267, 311, 336, 384, 395, 423, 654, 655, 771, 778, 965.
Johnston, Charles, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 229, 249.
Johnston (Johnson),. Robert, 660, 687; memorial, 323n, 330, 357n, 367.
Jones, John Paul, 78n, 140n, 304, 333, 430n.
Journals of Congress, 30, 520, 639n, 650, 969.
Joy, George, memorial, 914.
K
Kakawipilathy, 187.
Kaskaskia, 139n; inhabitants' petitions, 561n, 563, 667n; temporary government, 563.
Kaylelamund, 910n.

Page 986 | Page image

Kean, John, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 928, 930. Agent in boundary dispute, 625. Committees: Accounts of States, 966; Adams letters, 40n, 78; Address to States, 641n; Akerman petition, 237n; Articles of Confederation, 408; Board of Treasury report, 59n, 61n, 84n; Butler letter, 211n, 212, 293n, 297; Butler-Parsons letter, 144n; Commercial affairs, 87, 93; Congress power over members, 197n; Connecticut cession, 649n; Dane motion, 85, 102, 251, 402, 406n; Delegates' privileges, 338; General revenue system, 62, 70; Grand, 151n; Indian affairs, 160n; Indian treaties, 286, 397; Kean motion, 150n; King motion, 666, 741; O'Beal (O'Beel) Speeches, 227n; Pepin petition, 154n, 209n; Post office ordinance, 84n; Powers and duties of Secretary at War, 343; Purcell petition, 248n, 258; Qualifications, 122n; Regulation of militia, 642; Report on Algiers, 144n, 645n; Report on Kaskaskia, 139n; Revenue system, 958, 959; Schott petition, 644n; Secretary at War letter, 15, report, 158n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs report, 152, 224n; Wingrove letter, 35; Virginia delegates motion, 666. Motions: 150, 150n, 213, 246, 247, 248n, 264, 655. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 110, 200, 201, 221, 247, 257, 265, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 391, 392, 393, 652, 653, 675, 921. Mentioned: 37, 40n, 48n, 78n, 88n, 114, 135n, 248, 259n, 418n, 637n.
Keep, Samuel, petition, 211n, 222.
Keigler, Andrew, 845.
Kelly, William, 706.
Kenny, James, memorial, 76n.
Kentucky, Indians, 374, 917; Settlements, 349.
Koran, Edward, petition, 37.
King, Rufus, a delegate from Massachusetts. Attends, 928, 930. Letter, 896. Committees: Accounts of Five Great Departments, 957; Acts of South Carolina, 139n; Admiralty claims, 291, 355, 962; Articles of Confederation, 408; Board of Treasury letter, 135, report, 19n, 26n, 34, 59n, 61n, 92n, 130, 518n, 524, 554; Buchanan memorial, 42n; Burral-Bindon-Fox memorial, 202, 239; Butler letter, 293n, 297; Butler-Parsons letter, 144n; Congress power over members, 197n; Conveyance of mail, 501, 518; Dane motion, 251, 402, 406n; Delegates' privileges, 338; Finney (Finnie) memorial, 700n, 739, 746; General revenue system, 62, 70; Georgia acts, 245; Grayson motion, 411n; Griffin letter, 26n, 60; Hooe letter, 78n; Howell motion, 115n; Hutchings memorial, 660; Indian Affairs, 160n, 351n; Indian Department ordinance, 332n, 368, 964; Indian trade ordinance, 118n; Indian treaties, 286, 396; Jay letter, 90n, 323; Kaskaskia petition, 563; King motion, 508n; Knox letter, 402n; Lucket letter, 135n; Maryland acts, 211n; Massachusetts quartermaster department petition, 29n; Möller petition, 35n; New York act, 263n, 439, 963; New York Governor's letter, 524n, 527, 532, 558, 966; Nichols memorial, 84n; O'Beal (O'Beel) speeches, 227n; Pennell report, 16; Pinckney motion, 108n, 692n; Postmaster General's report, 563n; Printing of Journals, 29; Qualifications, 122n; Rawlings memorial, 383; Reduction of civil list, 418n, 667n; report on Kaskaskia; Requisition (1786), 389n; Revenue system, 958, 959; Rhode Island acts, 144n; Scotosh matter, 414, 428; Secretary for Foreign Affairs report, 26n, 224n, 413n, 644; South Carolina

Page 987 | Page image

motion, 445n, 465, 761; Stark petition, 217n; Stirling memorial, 446n; Sullivan letter, 16n, 415, memorial, 53; to confer with Pennsylvania legislature, 515, 687; Transportation of mail, 629; Treaties with Algerines, 395n; Turnbull Marmie & Co. petition, 117n. Motions, 1, 6, 7n, 95, 114, 199n, 227, 237, 237n, 247, 248, 248n, 262, 262n, 264, 296n, 314, 327, 327n, 344, 345n, 374n, 380, 398n, 406n, 508n, 510n, 520n, 568, 597, 692, 609n, 631, 631n, 636, 636n, 711, 741, 909, 910, 919, 966. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 110, 200, 201, 221, 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 920, 921. Mentioned: 48n, 136n, 137n, 203n, 248, 263, 285, 287n, 290, 292n, 300n, 307, 308, 312n, 327, 367, 411, 414, 415n, 455, 524, 524n, 569, 601, 630n, 688n, 693, 920, 962.
King of Prussia, sloop, 256n, 262n.
Knowlton, Luke, 155n, 197.
Knox, Henry, 21, 121, 139, 146n, 162, 676, 700, 702, 753, 875; advance of money to, 702; letter, 68n, 78, 257, 298, 315n, 751, 875, 886, 901, 923n; reports, 20, 118, 153, 232, 423, 740, 960.
Knox, William, 100n.
L
La Fitte, --, 19.
La Lande & Finje (Fynje), 76n, 89, 315n, 562.
La Mater, John de, memorial, 652.
Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Roche Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, letter, 19, 287n, 315n; letter to Florida Blanca, 540--542.
Lake, Champlain, 223, 395.
Lamb, John, 152n, 259, 692.
Land, grants, 68; ordinance for sale of, 325. See also Western Territory
Landais, Peter, 304, 333, 466, 514
Langdon, John, letter, 139n.
Lansing, John, 91, 219.
Lapham, Benjamin, 862.
Latimer, George, 241.
Latopoia, 190, 192.
Laurence, John, 23.
Lawrance, John, a delegate from New York. Attends, 928, 930. Credentials, 123. Committees: Board of Treasury report, 92n, 59n, 84n; Connecticut act, 158n; Desdevens petioitn, 413n; Grand, 151n; New York act, 263n, 439, 963; Pepin petition, 154n; Pinckney motion, 108n; Purcell petition, 248n, 258; Qualifications, 122n; Rawlings memorial, 383; Regulation of militia, 642; Rights of Congress over members, 92n; Secretary at War report, 108n, 145, 290, 960; Sullivan letter, 16n, 415, memorials, 53. Motions: 92n, 202n, 414, 630, 631, 631n. Votes: 37, 39, 52, 110, 221, 257, 265, 324, 416, 417, 419, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 653, 920, 921. Mentioned: 219, 228, 239, 240, 264, 314.
Lawrance (Lawrence), Jonathan, jr., memorial, 41.
Lawrance (Lawrence) & Morris, 710n, 899--906, 910n, 912--914.
Lawrence, Benjamin, 195.
Lawrence, Hunt & Mullenox, memorials, 184n.
Lawrence, Richard, memorial, 90n, 100; petition, 562.
Laws of Nations, respecting fugitive offenders, 640.
Leda, ship, 635.
Lee, Arthur, commissioner in Board of Treasury, leave of absence, 136, 266n; letter, 524n, 527, 528n; Mentioned:

Page 988 | Page image

19n, 22n, 27n, 59n, 80n, 84, 96, 99n, 109n, 114n, 125n, 126n, 149n, 151n, 242n, 292n, 293n, 305n, 314n, 315n, 326n, 332n, 334n, 335n, 342n, 366n, 437n, 438n, 439n, 445n, 501n, 505n, 506n, 521n, 526n, 536n, 537n, 574n, 619, 622, 643n, 658n, 685n, 689n, 690n, 770n, 875n, 879n, 885n, 894n, 899n, 906n, 916n, 927n.
Lee, Henry, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 36. Committees: Articles of Confederation, 408; Beaufort letter, 61n, 68; Board of Treasury letter, 638n, report, 84n, 906n; Burrall (Burrell) letter, 763; Campbell claim, 677n; Congress power over members, 197n; Consular Convention with France, 649n; Delegates' privileges, 338; Elliot memorial, 382; Grand, 387n, 494; Grant-Cook memorial, 959; Greene monument, 396n, 504; Knox letter, 402n, 676n, 888n; Lee motion, 662, 916; Lesuer petition, 661; Lesure-Watkins petition, 638n; O'Donnell memorial, 596n; Pierce letter, 96n, 382; Powers of Congress, 965; Rights of Congress over members, 92n; St. Clair motion, 885n, 916; Scotosh matter, 414, 428; Secretary at War letter, 681, 891n, report, 108n, 145, 290, 960; Surveyors' memorial, 686n, 687; System of Etiquette, 639n; War office letter, 891,895, 968. Motions: 125, 149, 149n, 150n, 197, 348, 368, 379, 380, 396n, 398n, 511, 662, 882, 885n, 916n, 923. Votes: 37, 49, 52, 110, 200, 201, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 452 453, 454, 455, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746, 772, 776, 778, 779, 920, 921. Mentioned: 77, 139n, 390, 507, 610, 692, 737, 910, 911, 918n.
Lee, Richard Henry, 524n, 527.
Leeward Islands, 961.
Legionary corps, expence, 450n.
Legrace (Legrass), J.M.P.,--, 917, 918.
Lesure (Leseur, Lesuer), John, petition, 562n, 571, 638n, 661.
Letters, inspection of, 909. Lewis, Morgan, 528n, 531n.
Lincoln, Benjamin, 357, 486.
Lindsly, Eleazer, petition, 336n.
Lintz, Martin, petition, 41.
Livermore, Samuel, a delegate from New Hampshire. Committees: Board of Treasury report, 84n; Connecticut motion, 22, 160, 256, 295; Grand, 387n, 494; Indian affairs, 354n; Mercer motion, 29n; Miller motion, 505n; Monroe motion, 444n; Pennsylvania imports act, 511; Powers of Congress, 965; Recommendations to States, 44; report on Algerines, 505n; Secretary for Foreign affairs report, 26n. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621. Mentioned: 354, 416n, 417, 423, 441, 609. Livingston, James letter, 130n, 201, 238. Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 224n.
Livingston, James, letter, 130n, 201n, 238.
Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 224n.
Livingston, Walter, commissioner in Board of Treasury, leave of absence, 521; mentioned: 19n, 22n, 27n, 80n, 84, 96, 99n, 109n, 114n, 125n, 126n, 149n, 151n, 197n, 202n, 204n, 205n, 207n, 208n, 209n, 214n, 217n, 224n, 234n, 241n, 245n, 250n, 251n, 266n, 292n, 293n, 305n, 315n, 326n, 332n, 334n, 335n, 338,n 342n, 366n, 399n, 413n, 437n, 439n, 445n, 501n, 505n,

Page 989 | Page image

506n, 521n, 526n, 689n, 770n, 875n, 879n, 885n, 890n, 894n, 899n, 906n, 916n, 927n.
Livingston, William, letter, 96n, 112n, 336n.
Lloyd, John, 625, 830, 847.
Lloyd, Peter Z., 816.
Lloyd, Richard, memorial, 740, 745; petition, 647.
Loan office, certificates, 36, 463--465, 673n, renewal of certificates, 498--500, 525; debt, 83; ordinance, 148.
Loan officers, 148, 198, 262, 262n, 420n; oath, 113; ordinance respecting, 248.
Loans, 45, 46; foreign, 616, 617.
Logie, Charles, 12.
Long, Pierse, a delegate from New Jersey. Committees: Accounts of States 966; Beauford letter, 61n, 68; Buchanan memorial, 42n; Burral-Bindon-Fox memorial, 202, 239; Grand, 112n, 131, 151n; Hutchings memorial, 660; King motion, 508n, 666, 741; Massachusetts quartermaster department petitions, 29n; Möller petition, 35n; Nichols memorial 84n; Pennell report, 16; Rawlings memorial, 383; Regulation of militia, 642; Schott petition, 644n; Sears Smith petitions, 26n, 27; Stark petition, 217n; Sullivan letter, 16n, 415, memorials, 53; Virginia delegates motion, 666; Wheelock memorial, 266n, 290. Motions: 199, 607. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 110, 200, 201, 221, 257, 265, 285, 290, 295, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653. Mentioned: 77, 109, 116, 117, 135n, 155, 159, 184, 198, 204, 212, 218, 219, 224, 228, 232, 237, 245, 264, 267, 287, 289, 291n, 294, 298, 299, 310, 312, 316, 328, 329, 336, 339, 340, 345, 346, 352, 368, 380, 494, 608, 608n, 622, 638, 642, 642n, 646, 650, 660n, 662, 668.
Lottery tickets, 413, 415n.
Louisiana, Governor, 538.
Loyalists, claims, 2--5.
Lucket, D., letter, 135n.
Ludlow, Cornelius, memorial, 7n.
Ludwick, Christopher, 183. Lumber, 468.
Lupton, William, 862.
Luyster, Cornelius, 862.
Luzerne, Anne César, Chevalier de la, 544, 551.
Mc
McClallen, Robert, memorial, 204n, 205.
McDonald, Donald, memorial, 333; petition, 227n.
McDowell, James, memorial, 116.
McDowell, John, 223.
M'Dowell, Nathan, 187.
McFarlan (McFarlane), Andrew, petition, 204n, 208, 650n.
McGillivray, Alexander, letter, 770n.
McIntosh, Lachlan, 187, 190.
McKean, Thomas, 652, 745n.
McKennon, John, petition, 217n.
McKinley, John, 227n, 240, 246.
McLean, Allen, 649n, 889.
McWhorter, Alexander, 153.
M
Mabbitt, Joseph, 862.
Madeira Islands, 553n; commercial agent at, 76n, 184n; Governor's letter, 332n.
Madison, James, 652.
Madrid, Spain, Gazette, extract from, 538--9; treaty, 588.
Magazines, 39, 45, 66, 74, 345n.
Magee, James, 27.
Mail, irregularity of, 690--692; routes 15, 197, 530, 629--630; transportation

Page 990 | Page image

of, 411, 501--2, 518--520, 524n, 529--531, 563n, 629--630, 909, 912, 918--924.
Malabar, 635.
Malcolm (Malcom), William, memorial, 336n, 421.
Malunthy, 187.
Manning, James, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 228. Committees: Ettwein letter, 505n; Fisher memorial, 423n; Grand, 387n, 494; Harmar letter, 505n, 562; Moravian Indians, 526; Powers of Congress, 965. Votes: 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 348, 349, 353, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 696, 697, 701, 702, 772, 775, 778, 779. Mentioned: 232, 237, 245, 267, 287, 289, 294, 298, 299, 310, 316, 333, 336, 339, 340, 345, 346, 352, 372, 377, 384, 395, 396, 446.
Manufacture, 53, 69.
Marbois, François de Barbé, Marquis de, 14, 19, 92n, 160n.
Maria, schooner, 11.
Marine Department, 152, 203; accounts, 99, 288, 488n; commissioners, 16, 240; ordinance, 153.
Marnay, Lewis, petition, 357n.
Marseilles, consulate, 891n.
Marselius, Gysbert, 861.
Martin, Absalom, 660, 687.
Martin, Joseph, 187, 190, 192, 195.
Martinique, 16; U.S. agents in, 16, 17.
Martlings, Barent, petition, 662n.
Maryland, acts of legislature, 8, 9, 63, 71, 93, 103, 211n, 212n, 360, 361, 516, 518, 523, 750, 787, 822, 907, 908, 909; address to legislature, 516; claims against U.S., 341; commissioner of accounts, 112n; commissioners to report on commerce, 678; control of post office, 918n; delegates' attendance, 29, 130, credentials, 20, 354, 354n; destruction of money, 24; extracts from Adams letters, 78; inhabitants, 103; loan officer, 24; money paid on account of British debts, 796; money quota, 462, 517, 894, payment, 46; officers' pay, 761; repeal of Jay's instructions, 695; requisitions, 360, 364, 750, 751; trade regulation, 10; troops, 892.
Massachusetts, acts of legislature, 9, 62, 63, 70, 71, 93, 103, 184, 359, 361, 362, 390--394, 518, 523, 748, 784, 806--809, 907, 908; appointment of collectors, 8; cessions of land, 132, 134, 300n, 390--394, 507; commissioners to report on commerce, 678; controversy with New York, 184, 265, 693; delegates' credentials, 20, 929; delegates' motion, 199, 510, 516, 531, 568n, 882n, 897; destruction of money, 22; extracts from Adams letters, 78; Governor's letter, 12n, 31, 198; letter to delegates, 12; loan officers, 22; money quota, 462, 517, 894, 897; payments, 46; quartermaster department accounts, 292; petitions, 158n; request for artillery, 199; requisitions, 748, 751, 897--899; Shays' rebellion and military stores, 457, 675--676, 698--700, 710n, 739--740, 751--753, 875, 886--888, 891n, 895--897; taxes, 362; trade regulation, 10; troops, 892.
Masts, 468, 478, 577.
Mathers, James, 655.
Meanymsecah, 187.
Mease & Caldwell, 313.
Medals, 213.
Mediterranean Sea, counterfeit passports, 351n, 379n.
Meigs, Return J., petition, 117n, 505.
Mercer, Grace, memorial, 41.
Mercer, Hugh, 240, 329.
Mercer, John Francis, a delegate from Virginia. Motions: 29.

Page 991 | Page image

Mercereau (Mersereau), Joshua, memorial, 149n, 202, 630.
Merchants, European, 690.
Mercury, ship, 673n.
Meredith, Samuel, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 930, 931. Credentials, 929, 930.
Meyer, Gotlieb, petition, 183, 184n, 198.
Miami River, treaty at, 78n, 157, 185, 961.
Michillimackinac, 782.
Mifflin, Thomas, letter, 687, 688n.
Military academy, 215n.
Military department, 45; appropriation, 462; salaries, 82; stores, 203.
Militia, arrangement, 959--960, regulation, 151n, 642.
Miller, Nathan, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 407, 408n. Committees: Dickinson letter, 770n. Fisher memorial, 423n; Willet memorial, 508n. Motions: 505n, 508n; Votes: 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 772, 775, 778, 779. Mentioned: 455, 707, 746, 753, 772, 775, 911.
Milligan, James, 767n.
Milton, John, 626, 628.
Mingatushka, 190, 192.
Mingohoopoie, 195.
Ministers, foreign, from Portugal, 261; from United Netherlands, 76n, 89, 262n, 315n; salaries, 56.
Ministers, United States, abroad, instructions, 40n, 127--130; to France, 305; to United Netherlands, 140n, 264; salaries, 266, 384.
Mint, establishment of, 22n, 162--182, 503--504, 682--685, 760, 876--878, 882, 961, 967, 968.
Miralles (Miralie), Juan, 551.
Mississippi River, navigation, 86, 86n, 263, 469--472, 509, 510, 537, 540, 541, 544--552, 566, 576, 578, 585--586, 591, 596, 598--606, 610--613, 695; sentiment of France respecting, 509; settlements, 545.
Mitchell, Stephen Mix, a delegate from Connecticut. Committees: Board of Treasury letter, 87n, 135, report, 84n; Buchanan memorial, 42n; Butler letter, 211n, 212, 293n, 297; Commercial affairs, 96n, Dane motion, 85, 102; Grand, 151n; Howell motion, 115n; Indian trade ordinance, 118n; Jamison memorial, 92n; Massachusetts quartermaster department petitions, 29n; Möller petition, 35n; New Jersey resolve, 97; Nichols memorial, 84n; Printing of Journals, 29; Regulation of Militia, 642; Stark petition, 217n. Motions: 38, 267. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 110, 200, 201, 221, 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 311. Mentioned: 77, 78, 79, 85, 96, 140n, 213n, 237, 268, 297, 310, 313.
Möller, Henry, petition, 35n.
Money, destruction of, 22--25; means of obtaining, 45; money unit and division of coins, 162, 503--504.
Monroe, James, a delegate from Virginia. Letter, 265, 266n. Committees: Accounts of Five Great Departments, 957; Board of Treasury report, 19n, 26n, 34, 59n, 61n, 130, 518n; Butler letter, 211n, 212; Buffer-Parsons letter; 144n; Dane motion, 85, 102, 251, 402, 406n; General revenue system, 62, 70; Governor of New York letter, 524n, 527, 532, 558, 966; Governor of Virginia letter, 315n, 330, 372; Grand, 112n, 132; Hutchings memorial, 660; Indian Affairs, 160n, 351n; Indian Department Ordinance, 332n, 368, 964; Indian trade ordinance, 118n; Inian treaties, 286, 396; Jay letter, 323;

Page 992 | Page image

Kaskaskia petition, 563; Mercer motion, 29n; Monroe motion, 444n; New York act, 263n; 439, 963; Pennsylvania impost act, 511; Recommendations to States, 44; Report on Algiers, 144n; Report on Kaskaskia, 139n; Rights of Congress over members, 92n; Requisition (1786), 389n; Revenue system, 958, 959; Secretary at War report, 158n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs report, 152, 224n; to confer with Pennsylvania legislature, 515, 687; Willett memorial, 564. Motions: 61n, 85, 112n, 132, 133, 141, 240, 367, 377, 390, 406, 441, 602, 960. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 110, 200, 201, 221, 247, 265, 268, 285, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 324, 348, 340, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 370, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 535, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 697, 702, 742, 743, 746. Mentioned: 20, 48n, 237, 255n, 287n, 300n, 327, 344, 376, 378, 379, 380, 508n, 563n, 593n, 597, 693.
Montgomery, Samuel, 210; memorial, 256n.
Monuments, 395, 398n.
Moore, Stephen, memorial, 336n, 411, 413.
Morgan, John, petition, 26n.
Morlin, William, 536.
Morocco, 476; Emperor, 39, 470; treaty, 259, 923n.
Morris, Jonathan F., petition, 344n.
Morris, Robert, memorial, 634.
Morris, William W., petition, 351n, 498, 660, 687.
Moultrie, William, 245n, 352, 384, 410, 623, 625, 626.
Muhlenberg, Frederick A., 816.
Mullenox, Thomas, petition, 562.
Mulligan, H., 138. Mumford, Robert, 705.
Muskingum River, 157, 526.
Musquauconocah, 187.
N
Naples, Italy, treaty with, 261.
Naquigen, 538.
Nash, Abner, a delegate from North Carolina. Funeral rites for, 931.
Navigation, 618.
Negroes, 353, 387, 389n, 508, 703, 782, 825--827, 863--866, 867, 872.
Neufville (Neuville), John, 40n, 262, 263n.
Newark, N. J., 118.
New Brunswick, N. J., 329.
Newenham, Sir Edward, 891n, 910n.
Newfoundland, 468.
New Hampshire, acts, 62, 63, 70, 71, 93, 107, 139n, 359, 361, 516, 518, 523, 748, 908, 909, 911n; address to legislature, 516; appointment of collectors, 8; commissioners to report on commerce, 678; delegates' motion, 355, 612; destruction of money, 22, 26; extracts from Adams letters, 78; land grants, 92n; loan officers, 22, 25, 245n; money quota, 359, 462, 517, 894, payment, 46; President's letter, 139n, 446n, 501, 911n; report of lands and buildings, 102; requisitions, 53, 748, 751; surveyor, 355; taxes, 362; trade regulation, 10; troops, 892.
New Jersey, acts, 9, 62, 63, 70, 71, 93, 96n, 103, 361, 518, 523, 749, 907, 908; appointment of collectors, 8; commissioner's report on commerce, 678--680; committee to attend legislature, 516; destruction of money, 23; extracts from Adams letters, 78; inhabitants, 103; invalids, 112n; loan officer, 23; loan office commissioner's letter, 326; money quota, 462, 894, payment, 46; paper currency, 658, 663; requisitions, 95, 96n, 97, 122, 360, 361, 363, 663, 751; resolves, 95, 97, 122; trade regulation, 10; troops, 226, 329.

Page 993 | Page image

New Orleans, 591, 601, 602, 605; U.S. consul at, desired, 592.
New York, accounts, 96n, 109, 116; acts, 9, 48, 50, 51, 63, 71, 93, 103, 263, 345n, 360, 361, 439--441, 513, 518, 523, 532--535, 555--561, 558, 596n, 749, 785, 809--813, 855--862, 907, 908, 963; alleged violations of treaty with Great Britain, 855--862; Canadians, 381; commissioners of accounts, 41; controversy with Massachusetts, 184, 265, 693; convening of legislature, 513, 555, 596n; delegates' commission, 122; delegates' credentials, 123; delegates' instructions, 96n, 109; delegates' motion, 90, 97, 555; destruction of money, 23; extract from Adams' letters, 78; gift of land for refugees, 395n; Governor, 124; Governor's letter, 524n, 528, 532, 555, 558, 596n, 966; Indians, 210; land cessions, 132, 507; loan officers, 23, 91, 113, 206, 214, 219, 224n, 228, 239, 240n, 250; money quota, 92, 462, 517, 894, payment, 46; paper currency, 749; redemption and appropriation of new emission money, 91, 97; report on commerce, 678--680; requisitions, 48, 50, 51, 360, 363, 749, 751; resolutions, 108n, 109; treaty with Indians, 662; troops, 226, 329.
New York City, postmaster at, 909, 911, 912.
Niagara, 758, 782.
Nichols, Francis, memorial, 84n.
Nicholson, John, 385, 386n.
Nicola, Lewis, 140.
Nihipeewa, 187.
Nikinessicoe, 187.
Norfolk, Va., 636.
North, --, 520n.
North Carolina, acts, 9, 62, 70, 71, 93, 94, 103, 217n, 361, 518, 523, 750, 787, 827, 889, 908, 909; appointment of collectors, 8; boundary dispute, 623--629, 642, 650--654; claims against U. S., 341; commissioners of accounts, 621, 880; commissioners to report on commerce, 678; committee to attend legislature, 516; delegates' attendance, 29; delegates' credentials, 228, 229, 230n, 249; delegates' delay, 160n, 217n; delegates' motion, 516; extracts from Adams letters, 78; Governor, 229; Governor's letter, 910n; Indian affairs, 372, 662, 759--760, 917; land cessions, 507; money quota, 462, 517, 894, payment, 46; repeal of Jay's instructions, 695; requisitions, 9, 360, 364, 750, 751; tobacco, 361; trade regulation, 10.
Nourse, Joseph, 24, 25, 115n, 242, 964.
Nova Scotia, 825.
Noyes, Paul, petition, 60n.
Nutting, Jonathan, petition, 312n.
O
Oaths, of fidelity and office, 19, 35, 113, 114, 131, 219, 700--702.
Oats, Edward, 846.
Oats, Elizabeth, 846.
O'Bail, see O'Beal, 210.
O'Beal, (O'Beel, Cornplanter), 210, 211n, 212, 213, 225, 227n, 234, 236, 289, 293n, 314. 328n; Speech, 297, 306n, 327n, 963.
O'Bryen (O'Bryan), Richard, letter, 11, 259.
O'Donnell (O'Donnel), John, letter, 396n, 502n; memorial, 596, 596n.
Officers, foreign, 64, 73; made prisoners, 96n, 382; pay, 225, 444, 632, 761--763; promotions, 226; rank, 916n.
Ogden, Mathias, 118, 197, 207; letter, 22n.
Ohio River, Indian depredations, 353, 374; protection of inhabitants, 340, 347; survey, 917; troops, 157, 374.
Oil, 471.
Okanconnooba, 195.
Oliphant (Olyphant), David, 486, 758; memorial, 759, 880, 888.
Olney, George, 185n.

Page 994 | Page image

Olney, Jeremiah, 198.
Osborn, Adlai, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 230, 249. Resignation, 229.
Osgood, Samuel, Commissioner in Board of Treasury. Mentioned: 19n, 59n, 80n, 84, 96, 99n, 109n, 114n, 125n, 126n, 149n, 151n, 197n, 202n, 204n, 205n, 207n, 208n, 209n, 214n, 217n, 224n, 234n, 241n, 245n, 250n, 251n, 266n, 292n, 293n, 305n, 326n, 332n, 334n, 335n, 338n, 342n, 366n, 399n, 413n, 437n, 438n, 439n, 445n, 465n, 501n, 505n, 506n, 521n, 526n, 536n, 537n, 574n, 619, 622, 643n, 658n, 685n, 689, 690n, 770n, 875n, 879n, 885n, 890n, 894n, 899n, 906n, 916n, 927n.
Oswegatchy, 782. Oswego, 782.
Otis, Samuel Allen, 150, 808.
Otto, Louis Guillaume, 209n, 216, 217n, 769; letter, 160n, 224, 394n, 911n; memorial, 54, 208n.
Overton, P. Seth, 138.
Owen, Robert, petition, 266n.
Ox teams, 363, 749.
P
Palfrey, William, 24.
Pangehooloch, 195.
Pannill, Joseph, 387n.
Parker, Alexander, 660, 687.
Parker, John, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 930, 931. Credentials, 384. Votes: 391, 393, 409, 416, 417, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 452, 453, 454, 459, 460, 461, 485, 512, 514, 515, 516, 520, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 739, 742, 772, 776, 921.
Parker, William, 24.
Parson, Thomas, 705.
Parsons, Samuel Holden, 144n, 187, 351, 631n, 694n, 710n, 741; letter, 396n; resignation, 737.
Patten, John, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 218. Votes: 247. 257, 265, 268, 285, 290. Patterson, Samuel, 24.
Patterson, William, 693.
Patton, Robert, petition, 139n, 140n, 639.
Paulint, Anthony, 183, 198, 298n.
Paymaster General's Department, 24.
Pearse (Pierce), Benjamin, petition, 298n, 304, 333.
Peery, William, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 218, 328n. Mentioned: 328, 329, 336, 340.
Pelbon (Pelong), Joseph B., petition, 521. Pemberton, Robert, letter, 520n, 526n, 885n.
Pendleton, Daniel, petition, 457, 661n.
Pennell, Joseph, 16, 135n, 144n.
Pennsylvania, accounts with U. S.,514n, 645, 924--927, 964; acts, 9, 62, 63, 70, 71, 93, 103, 147, 360, 430, 442, 443, 508, 511--515, 518, 523, 554, 688n, 750, 786, 813--822, 907, 908, 909; appointment, of collectors, 8; boundary, 299--300; commissioners to report on commerce, 678--680; committee to attend legislature, 511, 512, 515, 687; delegates' attendance, 122; delegates' credentials, 77, 123, 929, 931n; delegates' motion, 29n, 225, 327n, 339n, 340, 612, 924; destruction of money, 23, 24; extracts from Adams letters, 78; issue of indents to, 518n, 524, 554; loan officers, 23, 24, 420n, 430; money quota, 462, 517, 894, payment, 46; officers, 225, traveling expenses, 508; President's letter, 77, 225, 396n, 398n; requisitions, 9, 360, 363, 385, 430--432, 750, 751; Speaker's letter, 687, 688n; supplies, 635; trade regulation, 10; troops, 226.
Pepin, Andrew, petition, 149n, 154n, 209n, 212n.
Peters, Richard, a delegate from Pennsyvania Committees: Elliot memorial, 382.

Page 995 | Page image

Pettit, Charles, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 928. Credentials, 929. Committees: Adams letters, 40n, 78; Board of Treasury report, 59n, 61n; Dickinson letter, 770n; Domestic debt, 966; General revenue system, 62, 70, 518n, 881n, 958, 959; Grand, 387n, 494; Greene Monument, 396n, 504; Jay letter, 323; Knox letter, 888n; Lee motion, 916; Monroe motion, 444n; New York act, 963, 263n, 439; O'Beal (O'Beel) speeches, 227n; Oliphant memorial, 888; Pennsylvania impost act, 511; Pepin petition, 209n; Pinckney motion, 521, 523; Powers of Congress, 965; St. Clair motion, 885n, 916; Secretary of War letter, 15, 891n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs report, 26n, 881n; Treaties with Algerines, 395n; Walker report, 881n; War Office letter, 891, 895, 968; Wingrove letter, 35; Wyckoff memorial, 29n, 30. Motions: 1, 52, 301, 374, 387, 432, 452, 455, 461, 880. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 221, 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746, 772, 776, 778, 779, 920, 921. Mentioned: 35n, 48n, 256, 302, 340, 376, 461, 512, 741, 753, 759, 893, 896n.
Phelon, John, 634n, 640.
Philadelphia, Indians, 210; merchants' and traders' letter, 84n; stores at, 458, 910n.
Philippines, 479.
Phillips, Samuel, 185.
Phipps, David, memorial, 90n, 99.
Pickens, Andrew, 187, 190, 192, 195.
Pierce (Pearse), Benjamin, petition, 298n, 304, 333.
Pierce, John, Commissioner of Army accounts, letter, 96n, 112n, 358, 372n. Mentioned: 135n, 144n, 154n, 266n, 306, 355, 357, 417, 450, 508n, 571, 572, 573, 633, 640, 705, 959, 969.
Pinckney, Charles, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 928, 931. Agent in boundary dispute, 625. Speech, 524n, 935--948. Committees: Adams letters, 40n, 78; Admiralty claims, 291, 355, 962; Board of Treasury letter, 87n, 135, report, 19n, 26n, 34, 59n, 92n, 130, 906n, 910n, 912; Butler letter, 759n; Butler-Parsons letter, 144n; Carrington motion, 923n, 924; Commercial affairs, 87, 93, 96n; Connecticut cession, 649n; Consular convention with France, 649n; Dane motion, 251, 402, 406n; Domestic debt, 966; General revenue system, 62, 70, 958, 959; Georgia act, 710n, 889, 907, 969; Georgia motion, 759n; Government of Western Territory, 667n, 669, 700, 967; Grand, 112n, 132, 387n, 494; Griffin letter, 26n, 60; Howell motion, 115n; Impost, 518n, 881n; Indian affairs, 160n; Indian Department ordinance, 332n, 368, 964; Indian treaties, 286, 397; Indian trade ordinance, 118n; Jay letter, 90n, 388n; Kaskaskia petition, 563, 667n; Knox letter, 888n; Lee motion, 662n, 916; Miller motion, 505n; Monroe motion, 444n; New Jersey resolve, 97; New York Governor's letter, 524n, 527, 532, 558, 966; O'Donnell memorial, 596n; Oliphant memorial, 888; Pennsylvania impost act, 511; Pierce report, 450; Pinckney motion, 108n, 521, 523; Postmaster General's letter, 673n, report, 563n; Powers of Congress, 965; Rawlings memorial, 383; Reduction of civil list, 418n, 667n; Report on Algires, 144n, 505n, 645n; Report on Kaskaskia, 139n; Requisition (1786), 389n; Rhode

Page 996 | Page image

Island act, 662, 662n; St. Clair motion, 885n, 916; Sears-Smith petition, 26n, 27; Secretary of war letter, 891n; Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 508, report, 26n, 152, 413n, 644; Smith memorial, 486, 646, 889, petition, 886n; South Carolina motion, 445n, 465, 761; Sullivan letter, 16n, 415, memorial, 53; transportation of mail, 629; Walker report, 881n; Wax office letter, 891, 895, 968; Willet (Willett) memorial, 508n, 564. Motions: 28, 29, 30, 49, 54, 61n, 79n, 108n, 147, 160n, 230, 230n, 267, 267n, 290, 302, 312n, 327, 327n, 353, 392, 418n, 424, 507, 507n, 517, 518n, 521, 523, 569, 597, 600n, 610, 620, 639n, 644n, 668, 692, 694, 696n, 697, 697n, 703, 743, 744, 745, 747, 747n, 777, 882, 920, 966. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 512, 514, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701 702, 739, 742, 743, 746, 772, 776, 778, 779, 920, 921. Mentioned: 28, 31, 35n, 48n, 52, 53n, 122n, 135n, 263n, 267, 289, 292n, 298, 310, 313, 316, 354n, 372n, 406n, 408, 451, 453, 454, 459, 460, 466n, 487n, 490, 498n, 503n, 523, 593n, 604, 606, 610n, 620, 645n, 664n, 673n, 696, 745, 760n, 778, 890n, 921, 931.
Pintard, John, letter, 76n, 184n, 224n, 293n, 332n, 735.
Pinto, Luis de, 261, 710n.
Piomingo, 190, 192.
Piracies, 224n.
Pitchlynn, John, 195.
Platt, Zephaniah, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 123. Committees: Georgia acts, 245; Jay letter, 90n; Maryland acts, 211n; Rhode Island acts, 144n; South Carolina acts, 139n. Votes: 110. Mentioned: 117.
Pollard, Richard, 845.
Pollock, Oliver, 312, 563n, 565n, 690n, 711.
Pool, Thomas, petition, 137, 639.
Pooshahooma, 195.
Pooshanaltla, 195.
Pooshemastuby, 195.
Port au Prince, Hayti, 215n, 222.
Portsmouth, N. H., mail, 519.
Portugal, 474, 692; treaty, 260; U.S. resident for, 79.
Postage, 15, 346, 673n, 674, 923n.
Postmaster General, instructions, 629--630; opinion, 80; report, 563n, 918--923; retention of salaries, 911, 912.
Post Office, convention with France, 80, 90n, 142--144; dead letters, 80; ordinance, 84n, 344n, 674--675, 963; postmasters' compensation, 911. See also Mail.
Posts (frontier forts), retention by British, 40, 127, 147, 781--782; 867--874; 917.
Potts, Jonathan, 330.
Pourré, Eugenio, 538, 539.
Precedence, at the Court of the United States, 639n, 665--666.
President of Congress, 330, 923; levee, 368.
Presqueisle, 782.
Prisoners, 119, 125, 138, 202, 259, 325.
Prize money, 304, 333, 430n.
Proclamations, 657, 793, 823--824.
Property, destruction of, 116, 223.
Prow, Peter, 845.
Prussia, treaty, 110--112, 114, 268--285, 962.
Pruyn, Harman, 862.
Purcell (Purcells), Henry, petition, 248n, 258, 263.
Purre, Eugenio, see Pourré.
Putnam, Rufus, memorial, 372n.
Pynchon, William, 652.

Page 997 | Page image

Q
Qualifications, committee, 122, 203.
Quartermaster Department, 203, 239, 240n, 673n.
R
Ramsay, David, a delegate from South Carolina. Chairman of Congress, 1, 158, 233, 235, 264. Committees: Connecticut act, 158n; Connecticut motion, 22, 160, 256, 295; Henley memorial, 622n, 632, 634. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 110, 200, 201, 221, 247, 257. Mentioned: 77, 257n, 263n.
Ramsay, Nathaniel, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 354, 928, 930, 931. Credentials, 354n. Committees: Campbell memorial, 659, 668, petition, 633n; Fox memorial, 528n; Knox letter, 676n, 681; O'Donnell memorial, 596n; Smith petition, 886n, 889. Votes: 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 772, 776, 778, 779, 920, 921. Mentioned: 694, 906.
Randal (Randall), Thomas, 30, 31.
Ranney, Stephen, petition, 59, 61n, 79, 155.
Ransom, Elisha, 423n, 622n.
Rattoon, Thomas, 138.
Rawlings, Moses, memorial, 354n, 383.
Rea, William, 862.
Read, George, 693; letter, 563n, 910.
Read, Thomas, 24.
Remsen, Henry, jr., 40n, 130n, 133n, 236n, 240n, 255n, 307n, 338n, 345n, 372n, 383n, 498n, 610n, 660n, 673n, 751n, 757n, 760n, 764, 768n, 769n, 777n.
Requisitions on States, 39, 45, 48n, 39, 55, 65, 614--619, 964, 969; (1781) 554, 754; (1782) 754; (1783) 754; (1784) 124, 364, 554, 754; (1785) 124, 339, 516, 658, 754; (1786) 359--366, 389n, 430n, 451--456, 459--466, 755, 882, 964, 965, 967, 968.
Revenue, General System of, 7--10, 44--49, 62--68, 70--76, 102--108, 364, 517, 521--523, 614--619, 957, 958, 959. See also Imposts.
Rewards, 335n, 337, 338n, 423n, 536, 622n, 641.
Reynolds, David, memorial, 151n, 250, 736.
Rhode Island, acts, 8, 9, 63, 71, 93, 94, 107, 144n, 360, 361, 518, 523, 658, 662--664, 749, 885, 907, 908; appointment of collectors, 8; commissioners to report on commerce, 678; delegates' attendance, 29; delegates' credentials, 228, 228n, 407; destruction of money, 23; extracts from Adams letter, 78; governor, 228; inhabitants, 103, 107; loan officers, 23, 185, 198, 916; money quota, 8, 462, 517, 894, payment, 46; ox teams, 363; paper currency, 658, 663, 885, 916, 966; requisitions, 9, 363, 749, 751; surveyors, 294; suspension of issue of indents, 658; taxes, 8, 9; trade regulation, 10; troops, 892.
Rice, 468, 471.
Richardson, James, 647.
Richardson, Jane, 647.
Ridgely, Richard, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 20.
Rinkin, James, 350.
Roach, William, 845.
Robes of State, 666.
Rodney, Thomas, a delegate from Delaware. Attends, 225. Credentials, 218, 225n. Votes: 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290.
Ross, John, letter, 215, 222.
Rousi (Roussi), Pierre Regnier de, petition, 43.
Rubsamen, Jacob, memorial, 354n, 397, 415n, 435--437.
Russell, Nathaniel, 845.
Rutledge, Hugh, 830.

Page 998 | Page image

S
Sacket (Sackett), Nathaniel, letter, 7n.
Saffenger, John, 187.
St. Clair, Arthur, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 77, 929. Letter, 759n. Committees: Board of Treasury letter, 526n, report, 84n; Caldwell memorial, 641n, 659, 661; Campbell memorial, 659, 668, petition, 633n; Connecticut cession, 649n; Consular convention with France, 649n; Davis petition, 622n; Grant-Cook memorial, 959; Hospital accounts, 757; Impost system, 881n; Jamison memorial, 92n; Lee motion, 662n; Lucket letter, 135n; McLean accounts, 649n; Petition respecting salt works, 115n; Pierce letter, 96n, 382; Rhode Island act, 662, 662n; Scott memorial, 690n, 705, 710; Secretary at War Report, 108n, 145, 158n, 290, 960; System of etiquette, 639n; Thompson (Thomson) petition, 705n, 707, 711; Turnbull, Marmie & Co. petition, 117n. Motions: 256n, 296, 601, 602n, 633, 634n, 656, 885n, 916. Votes: 110, 221, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746. Mentioned: 116, 117, 135n, 294, 299, 302, 658n, 687, 710n, 743, 747, 758n.
St. Joseph, 538.
St. Lawrence River, 263.
St. Luis, 538.
St. Ubes, Setubal, 11.
St. Vincent. See Vincennes.
Salem, Mass., 19.
Salisbury, Conn., 457, 675.
Salmon, 468, 471.
Salt-petre, 397, 435.
Salt works, 115n.
Sandusky, 782.
Sargent (Sergeant), Winthrop, 355.
Scheurman, James, a delegate from New Jersey. Mentioned: 931.
Schmyser, Michael, petition, 140n.
Schott (Short) John Paul, petition, 528n, 607n, 631, 635, 642, 649n.
Schrine, Johannes, petition, 20, 240.
Schuyler, Philip, 20, 21, 24. 198, 206, 208, 244, 410, 506.
Schweighauser & Dobree, 400, 400n, 878--880.
Scioto River, 157.
Scotosh, 398n, 401, 414, 428, 446n, 507.
Scott, Charles, memorial, 673n, 689--690, 705--707, 710; petition, 758n.
Scott, Thomas, petition, 466.
Sea letters, 1, 5, 26n, 27, 29n, 30, 596, 622n, 635.
Seagraves, John, 693.
Sears, Isaac, petition, 26n, 27, 312n.
Secrecy, 488n.
Secret service, compensation for, 208.
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. See Thomson, Charles.
Sedgwick, Theodore, a delegate from Massachusetts. Committees: Desdevens petition, 413n; Impost ordinance, 505n; Pennsylvania impost act, 511; Reduction of civil list, 418n. Votes: 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535. Mentioned: 346, 347, 374, 493n, 510n.
Senf, Christian, 215, 215n.
Sergeant, see Sargent.
Shaler, Nathaniel, petition, 635.
Shaler, Nicholas, petition, 622n.
Shattuck, William, memorial, 92n, 155n, 196.
Shaw, Samuel, 28, 100n, 146n.
Shays' rebellion. See Massachusetts.

Page 999 | Page image

Sheaf, Jas. & Wm., memorial, 446n.
Shells, 457.
Sheppard (Shepard), William, 698--700, 710n, 739, 740n, 751, 752.
Sherlock, James, 350.
Sherman, Isaac, 660, 687.
Shinshomastuby, 195.
Shoes, 358.
Shot, 457.
Short (Schott), John Paul, petition, 528n, 607n, 631, 635, 642, 649n.
Shrine, Johannes, petition, 20, 240.
Simmons, William, 771.
Simpson, James, 660, 687.
Sitgreaves, John, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 229, 249.
Slaves, see Negroes.
Smallwood, W., 20.
Smart, Thomas, 418n, 438.
Smith, Isaac, 693.
Smith, James, 862; memorial, 769, 889; petition, 753n, 886n.
Smith, Melancton, a delegate from New York. Attends, 928, 930. Credentials, 123. Committees: Accounts of States, 966; Adams letters, 40n, 78; Address to States, 641n; Baldwin claim, 387n, memorial, 419, 777; Board of Treasury report, 770n, 777; Butler letter, 759n; Chaloner-Shaler petition, 622n, 635; Commercial affairs, 87, 93; Dickinson letter, 770n; Finney (Finnie) memorial, 700n, 739, 746; Georgia act, 710n, 889, 907, 969; Georgia motion, 759n; Government of Western Territory, 502n, 667n, 669, 967, 700; Grand, 112n, 131, 387n, 494; Hunter petition, 638n; Kaskaskia petition, 563, 667n; King motion, 508n, 666, 741; Knox letter, 888n; Miller motion, 505n; Pendleton petition, 661n; Powers of Congress, 965; Public debt, 673n; Report on Algerines, 505n, 645n; Schott petition, 644n; Sears--Smith petitions, 26n 27; Secretary of War letter, 891n; Smith memorial, 889, petition, 886n; Thompson (Thomson) petition, 705n, 707, 711; Virginia delegates motion, 666; War office letter, 891, 895, 968. Motions: 219, 220n, 221, 347, 349, 515, 701, 742. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 200, 201, 221, 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746, 772, 775, 778, 779, 920, 921. Mentioned: 27, 28, 48, 52, 212, 224n, 237, 298, 304, 381, 452, 511, 516, 519, 556, 556n, 558, 568, 597, 601, 607, 630, 631, 667n, 693, 702, 711, 738, 771, 778, 882, 919.
Smith, Paschal N., petition, 26n, 27, 312n.
Smith, Robert, 407; memorial, 449, 486--7, 646.
Smith, Thomas, 23, 24, 242, 386n, 420n, 430; attachment of property, 925--926.
Smith, William, petition, 60n, 631.
Smith, William M., petition, 26n, 28n.
Smith, William Stephens, letter, 641n, 692.
Smyser, Michael, petition, 334, 335, 633.
Snowden, John, memorial, 928.
Soldiers, disabled, 227n, 333.
South America, failure of British plan of revolt, 692n.
South Carolina, 264; acts, 62, 63, 70, 71, 93, 107, 139n, 144n, 245n, 518, 523, 787--790, 803--806, 827--830, 834--854, 907, 908, 909; agents' credentials, 622, 623; appointment of collectors, 8; Army supplies, 459; boundary controversy, 288, 622--629, 642, 650--654, 740n, 745n; claims against U.S., 341;

Page 1000 | Page image

commissioners to report on commerce 678; delegates, 238; delegates' credentials, 352, 352n, 384, 385n, 409, 410; delegates' motion, 444, 451, 452, 459, 460, 465, 531, 609, 628, 651, 653, 761; destruction of money, 24; extracts from Adams letters, 78; Governor's letter, 245n, 293n; Indians, 372, 759; land cessions, 507; loan officers, 24, 140n, 246--248, 262, 891; money quota, 452, 462, 517, 894, payment, 46; officers' pay, 417, 444, 466, 761; ordinance for disposing of estates, 840; repeal of Jay's instructions, 695; requisitions, 361, 362, 364, 452, 459, 465, 750, 751.
Spaight, Richard Dobbs, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 230, 249. Resignation, 229.
Spain, boundaries, 400, 540, 592, 593, 644; commerce, 467--469, 470, 585; consuls, 576; flags, 13; friendship, 129, 470, 476, 541, 578, 591, 644--645; impost, 577; influence with Barbary powers, 39; Jay's speech on treaty, 473--483; Johnson's notes on treaty, 951--955; King's gift to John Jay, 90n, 95; loans and interest on loans, 56, 57, 59n, 64, 65, 73, 83, 462, 470, 472, 616; negotiations with, 323, 400, 467--484, 510, 524n, 565--570, 574--607, 610--613, 644, 694--697, 935--948, 951--955; Pinckney's speech on treaty with, 935--948; territorial claims, 509, 537--552.
Sparhawk, J., memorial, 358, 398n.
Spencer, Oliver, 422.
Spies, 153.
Springfield, Mass., military stores, and Shays' rebellion, 457, 675--6, 698--700, 710n, 739--740, 751--753, 875, 886--888, 891n, 895--897.
Sproat, Ebenezer, 294.
Staats, Henry, 861.
Stagg, John, 100n, 753.
Stanhope, Henry, 673n.
Stark, Caleb, 154, 217n.
States, accounts with individuals, 327n, 340--342; accounts with United States 109, 636, 741--751, 771--776, 777--781, 967, 968, 966; acts respecting revenue system, 7--10, 62--68, 70--76, 907--909; acts respecting Western lands, 132; address to, 466n, 641n, 747--751, 753--757, 882--885, 966; appeal to respecting the fate of the Union, 613--619; appointment of collectors, 7; assumption of debts, 643; cession of Western lands, 46, 47, 51, 132--135; commissioners of accounts, 643; communications to executives of, 39, 40n; compensation for damages, 116; compliance with requisitions, 495--497; demands upon, 45; election of delegates, 498; extracts from Adams letters, 78; failure to comply with requisitions, 615--619; inefficiency of revenue laws, 615; inhabitants, 107; lists of negroes, 508; money advanced to delegates, 668; money borrowed by, 61, 79n; paper payments, 831; powers respecting treaties, 797--799; recommendations of Congress to, 7, 9, 44--53, 102, 147, 907, 909; redemption of new emission money, 927; report on commerce, 677--680; requisitions on, 44--49, 521--523, 748--751, 754--757, 882, 899, 964; responsibility respecting delegates, 408; sovereignty of, 589; support of, 366; taxes, 959.
Steabee, 195.
Stelle, Benj., 24.
Stephens, Isaac, 11.
Stevens, John, petition, 351n, 356, 493, 494.
Stevenson, John. 861.
Stewart, John, 826.
Stiles, Benjamin, memorial, 7n.
Stirling, Sarah, Countess of, memorial, 446.
Stirling, William Alexander, Lord, 446n, 573n.
Stonakoohoopoie, 195.
Storer, Ebenezer, 457--458.

Page 1001 | Page image

Stores (supplies), military, 39, 117n, 149, 161, 326n, 331, 343, 457, 675, 681, 698, 752.
Story, John, 514n.
Stringer, Jacob, 736.
Strong, David, 119, 136.
Stuart, William, memorial, 372n.
Sturges, Jonathan, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 396n. Committees: Board of Treasury report, 770n; Butler letter, 759n; Connecticut cession, 654, 655; Dickinson letter, 770n; Georgia motion, 759n; Hospital accounts, 757; Pendleton petition, 661n; Reduction of civil list, 418n; Scott memorial, 690n. Votes: 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746, 772, 775, 778, 779.
Sullivan, John, 355, 355n, 608; letter, 16n, 415, 911n; memorial, 53, 53n, 54n, 307n.
Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, due de, 587.
Sumner, Job, 639n, 641n, 667n.
Supplies. See Stores.
Superintendent of Finance, 38n, 40n, 55, 358, 488n, 634, 636.
Surveyors, 130, 230, 248, 262, 294, 324, 355, 399, 429, 685; memorial, 686n, 687; pay, 139n, 140n.
Swain, John, 963.
Sweeney (Sweeny), Doyle, petition, 505n, 535, 770n, 771.
Swords, 311.
Symmes, John, a delegate from New Jersey. Committees: Baldwin memorial, 387n, 419, 777; Beaufort letter, 61n, 68; Board of Treasury report, 84n; Cone petition, 661n; Ettwein letter, 505n; Grand, 151n, 387n, 494; Harmar letter, 505n, 562; Hunter petition, 638n; Hutchins letter, 140n, 685; Knox letter, 402n; Mercer motion, 29n; Moravian Indians, 526; Patton petition, 140n, 494, 639; Pepin petition, 154n, 209n; Powers of Congress, 965; Recommendations to States, 44; Regulation of militia, 642; Rubsamen memorial, 354n, 397; Scotosh matter, 414, 428; Stirling memorial, 446n, Motions: 382, 382n. Votes: 27, 37, 49, 52, 110, 200, 201, 221,247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 652, 653, 696, 697, 701, 702, 742, 743, 746, 772, 775, 778, 779. Mentioned: 40n, 49, 70n, 117, 324, 327, 328, 345, 392, 395, 415n, 429n, 526n.
T
Tapp, William, petition, 686n.
Taxes, 55, 56, 74, 85, 102--108, 618, 959.
Taylor, Samuel, 192, 195.
Tayon, Carlos, 538.
Tehakuhbay, 195.
Telfair, Edward, 245n, 626.
Temple, John, 184n; letter, 2, 3, 90n, 130n, 351n, 379n.
Ten Broeck (Ten Brook), Derrick, 23, 250.
Tenctehinna, 195.
Teshuhenochloch, 195.
Teuinese, Captain, 891n.
Thaxter, John, 44n, 70n; memorial, 266, 384; salary, 227.
Thompson, George, 690n, 703.
Thompson (Thomson), William, 690n, 703, 707--710.
Thomson, Charles, 10n, 11n, 15n, 19n, 22n, 25n, 28n, 34n, 35n, 36n, 37n, 38n, 49n, 53n, 59n, 61n, 68n, 77n, 90n, 92n, 139n, 141n, 146n, 154n, 159n, 184n, 185n, 197n, 200n, 213n, 222n, 225n, 239n, 246n, 248n, 256n, 258n, 262n, 263n, 264, 264n, 281n,

Page 1002 | Page image

284n, 287n, 289n, 307n, 312n, 314n, 327n, 338n, 339n, 354n, 357n, 368n, 406n, 411n, 428n, 437n, 441n, 457n, 465n, 467n, 488n, 493n, 509n, 510n, 514n, 520n, 521n, 524n, 526n, 527n, 528n, 534n, 553n, 560, 565n, 568n, 588n, 631n, 638n, 647n, 655, 674n, 692n, 693n, 696n, 697n, 703n, 711n, 736, 745n, 751n, 767n, 775n, 777n, 876n, 885n, 889n, 893n, 896n, 907n, 909n, 916n, 931n, 957, 958, 959, 963, 964, 965, 968.
Thulemeier, Baron de, 111, 284.
Thurman, John, 862.
Ticonderoga, 126.
Tilebein, Christian Andrew, 641n.
Tillier, Thomas, 15.
Tillotson, Thomas, 228.
Tilton, James, 242.
Timber, 478, 577.
Tobacco, 468, 477, 488n, 541, 577, 579, 580, 581, 584.
Tobocoh, 195.
Toobenohoomoch, 195.
Tootehooma, 195.
Trade. See Commerce.
Train oil, 468.
Translations, 89n, 215, 538, 735, 911n.
Traversie, Jos., memorial, 910n.
Treasurer of the United States, 41.
Treasury (Board or Department), abolition of assistant's office, 135; accounts, 17--19, 26n, 34, 108n, 130, 152n, 327, 573; agents' commission, 638; contract for clothing, 899--906, 912--914; estimates, 82--84, 234, 242; loan, 893, 894; renewal of certificates of debt, 525; registered certificates, 914--916; reports, 17, 22--25, 54--59, 82--84, 87n, 92n, 242, 246, 359--366, 430n, 498--501, 525, 638, 751n, 914--916, 924--927, 964; retrenchment, 514n; salaries, 82, 115n; state of, 242, 750; umpire, 645.
Treaties, of amity and commerce, 10, 87--88, 268--285; Treaty of Paris, 547, 548; infraction of, 781--874; with Barbary powers, 259, 395n, 923n; with Denmark, 261; with France, 583; with Great Britain, 42, 234n; with Indians, 144n, 155, 160n, 185--195, 286, 306n, 373, 397, 418, 917; with Naples, 261; with Portugal, 260; with Prussia, 61n, 110--112, 114, 268--285, 962; with Russia, 583; with Spain, 323, 469--472; with Sweden, 583; with United Netherlands, 583.
Trenton, N. J., 300.
Troops, 923n, 968; disposition of, 155--158; government of, 316; payment of, 458, 892, 893.
Trumbull, Jonathan, 24.
Truxton, Thomas, 1.
Tuckerman, Edward, petition, 647.
Tupper, Benjamin, 660, 686n, 687.
Turnbull, Marmie & Co., 117n, 901, 912--914.
Tuscoonoohoopoie, 195.
Tushkahoomoch, 195.
Tushkeheegohta, 195.
Tushkementahock, 195.
Tushtalla, 195.
Twining, Nathaniel, memorial, 923n, 928.
U
Umpire, 645n.
Underwood, Robert, petition, 505n, 535, 770n, 771.
United Netherlands (Holland), interest on loan, 54; minister's letter, 76n, 89, 315n, 423, 562; U. S. minister to, 140n, 264.
United States, accounts of individuals with, 340; defense of, 39; lottery, 24; prevention of dismenberment of, 39; regulation of trade, 139; support and prosperity of, 66--68, 75--76.
Utrecht, 232.
V
Vanallen, John, 861.
Van Berckel, P. J., letter, 76n, 89n,
262n, 315n.
Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 92.
Vander Horst, John, 352, 410, 623, 625.

Page 1003 | Page image

Van Dyck, Henry, 861.
Van Dyke, Nicholas, 218, 224n.
Van Ingen, Dirk, 209n, 314, 413n.
Vanschaack, David, 862.
Vanschaack, Henry, 861.
Vanvlect, Dirck, 862.
Van Voohis, Daniel, petition, 910n.
Van Vorhees, John, 650n.
Vattel, Emerich de, 587.
Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de, 548.
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 725, 735.
Viele, Myndert, 862.
Vigilant, schooner, 151.
Villers, Baltazar de, 469.
Vincennes (St.
Vincent), Illinois, 349, 917.
Vining, John, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 218.
Virgen de Carmen, Sloop, 256n, 262n, 287.
Virginia, acts, 9, 62, 63, 70, 71, 93, 103, 360, 361, 364, 390--394, 518, 523, 738, 750, 787, 822--827, 907, 908; adjustment of claims, 631; appointment of collectors, 8; British debts, 787, 796, 822--827; cessions of land, 132, 134, 300n, 390--394, 402, 507; commissioner of accounts, 886n; commissioner's report on commerce, 678--680; compact with, 586; delegates' attendance, 29, 93; delegates' credentials, 36, 61, 62; delegates' motion, 327n, 339n, 340, 574, 594, 595, 609, 612, 636, 666, 741; depreciation, 43; destruction of money, 24; extracts from Adams letters, 78; Governor's letter, 312n, 315, 330, 373, 409n; governor's proclamation, 793, 823--824; Indian affairs, 372--381, 656--658; loan officers, 24; military stores, 117n, 161, 458; money quota, 462, 517, 894; payment, 46; officers' pay, 444, 466, 761; repeal of Jay's instructions, 695; requisitions, 360, 364, 466, 750, 751; resolutions, 825--826; trade regulation, 10; troops, 892.
W
Walke, Thomas, 825.
Walker, Benjamin, 139n, 240n, 288, 331n, 622n, 665, 763n, 881.
Walker, Levi, 607n, 622n.
Walton, George, 627.
War, (Board, Office, Department), 24, preparedness for, 244; secretaries in, 100n.
War, Secretary at, advance of money to, 703; leave of absence, 446; letter, 15, 68n, 100n, 115n, 262n, 345n, 959; plan for modeling militia of U.S., 151n; powers and duties, 121, 149, 343--344; promotions, 224n; quarterly return, 150; reports, 145, 155--158, 160--162, 450n, 960. See also, Knox, Henry.
Ward, A., 185.
Ward, Henry, 228, 408.
Washington, George, 118, 138, 207, 825.
Watkins, Nathan, 638, 661.
Waupaucowela, 187.
Wells, Rachel, petition, 309n.
Western Territory, 301--304, 307--308, 132--135, 390--394, 507, 960; geographer, 248, 262; Indians, 736, 918, 921n; new States, 402, 586; ordinance as to land, 125, 230, 248, 262, 969; report of conditions, 645n; sale of land, 65, 68, 73, 365; survey, 47, 51, 382, 398, 399, 423n, 736n, 921n, 962; surveyors, 130, 139n, 248, 294, 660, 685--686; surveyors' memorial, 686n, 687; temporary government of, 132, 139n, 251--255, 402--406, 407, 502n, 561n, 667n, 669--673, 686n, 700--702, 738, 962, 967; troops, 329, 927, 968.
West Indies, trade, 243, 467, 908.
West Point, 414; garrison at, 329; lands, 336n, 411, 413; retention of, 447--449; 467.
Wheelock, John memorial, 266n, 290; petition, 255n.

Page 1004 | Page image

Whipple, Abraham, 753n; memorial, 418n; petition, 761, 777n, 875n, 882n, 890.
Whitcomb's Independent corps, 565n.
White, Alexander, a delegate from Virginia. Committees: Surveyors' memorial, 686n, 687.
White, James, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 228, 229. Votes: 247, 257, 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 324, 348, 349, 353, 368, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 391, 392, 393, 409, 416, 417, 419, 421, 425, 432, 442, 443, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 485, 489, 490, 512, 513, 515, 516, 519, 520, 535, 556, 557, 558, 569, 570, 594, 595, 600, 601, 603, 604, 607, 608, 609, 613, 620, 621, 652, 653, 675, 696, 697, 701, 702, 738, 742, 743, 746, 747, 767n, 770n.
White, John, 112n
White Eyes, 401.
Wilcox, John, memorial, 331, 385.
Wilkie, James, letter, 11.
Wilkin, Robert, 211n, 217, 508.
Willett, Marinus, memorial, 298n, 305, 508n, 564, 565n.
Williams, Judah, petition, 198n, 205.
Williamson, Hugh, a delegate from North Carolina. Committees: Elliot memorial, 382.
Wilmington, Delaware, 241.
Wilson, James, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 122. Credentials, 123. Committees: Indian affairs, 351n; Qualifications, 122n Motions: 299, 300n. Votes: 265, 268, 285, 290, 295, 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 348, 349, 353. Mentioned: 296, 301, 303, 354n.
Winder, William, 227n, 241n.
Wingrove, John, letter, 35, 40n.
Windward Islands, 961.
Wirtirg (Witig), Peter, 183, 184n, 198.
Wisner, Henry, 435.
Witig (Wirtirg), Peter, 183, 184n, 198.
Woelpper (Woelper), John David, petition, 7n, 11.
Wolcott (Woolcut), Giles, memorial, 126, 141; petition, 78n.
Wood, Jos., 358.
Woods, John, 195, 770n.
Woodward, Ebenezer, petition, 312n.
Wright, James, 845.
Wyckoff, Hendrick, memorial, 29n, 30.
Wyllys, John Palsgrave, 115n, 119, 136, 137, 210, 297, 423n, 433--435, 485.
Wythe, George, 435, 693.
Y
Yards, 468.
Yates, Abraham, 23, 91, 214, 219.
Yates, Peter, a delegate from New York. Attends, 20. Credentials, 123. Votes: 37.
Yauncey, Robert, petition, 693, 700n.
Yockehoopoie, 195.
Yockenahoma, 195.
Yoopahooma, 195.
Yoostenockha, 195.
O

PREVIOUS SECTION .. NEXT SECTION .. NAVIGATOR

PREVIOUS

NEXT

NEW SEARCH

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789INDEX

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
INDEX