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A
Abbot, J., 748.
Accounts, ordinance for settling, 206--209, 223n, 258--266, 754, 756.
Adams, John, 176n, 254, 418, 606, 693n, 732; letters, 14, 16n, 174, 177, 306, 307n, 403, 403n, 438n, 441, 444, 446, 646, 664; accounts, 534, 588, 609; Dutch loan, 412, 413, 414, 506n, 555n, 649; instructions, 166, 229--230, 369n, 375n; memorial, 124; return to America, 174n, 403n, 415--416, 446--448, 51--522, 611 615; successor, 417, 520--522, 613--615; thanks of Congress, 518, 611, 613; treaties, 12n, 14, 43n, 106, 356, 363, 749.
Adams, J. Q., 747.
Akarman, Nahum, petition, 42n.
Alden, Richard, 677.
Alden, Roger, 157n, 167n, 168, 204n, 244n, 258n, 270n, 275n, 278n, 279n, 284n, 285n, 287n, 439n, 454n, 467n, 475n, 477, 487n, 514n, 534n, 586n, 593n, 598n, 619n, 623n, 654n, 715n.
Algiers, 394, 419, 451, 506n; prisoners in, 230n, 250, 364--365, 441--443, 639, 664; report on, 42n; treaties, 174n, 413; vessels taken by, 748.
Allaire, Peter, 161, 162, 163.
Allen, Ethan, 86, 107.
Alliance, frigate, 383, 556--569, 645, 659.
Allison, Joseph, petition, 309n.
Allison, Robert, 309n.
Amis, John, 201n.
Amis, Thomas, letters, 148, 200--204.
Anderson, G., 89.
Anderson, Richard Clough, 190n, 191n.
Annapolis, Md., convention, 42n, 71, 723.
Antill, Edward, 92.
Appeals, court of, 548n, 552.
Appleton, Nathaniel, memorial, 107n, 118, 743.
Archer, H. W., letter, 84n; petition, 91, 743.
Armstrong, John, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 294--297, 303. Credentials, 205. Committees: Salary of Governor of Western Territory, 593n, 599; South Carolina--Georgia convention, 467n. Votes: 224, 227, 275, 279, 280, 285, 286--287, 463, 474, 516, 519--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 648, 656--658, 702.
Armstrong, John, petition, 375n.
Armstrong, John, jr., 5, 686, 700n.
Army, accounts, 31n, 305n, 547; clothing, 31n; land bounties, 666, 695--696; pensions, 31n, 332, 344; regimental agents, 75; subsistence, 88n.
Arnold, Jonathan, 745.
Arnold, Peleg, a delegate from Rhode Island. Attends, 244, 251, 258, 270, 274, 288, 292. Credentials, 157--158. Votes: 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 260, 261, 271--272, 275, 279, 285--287.
Arsenals, 112--114.
Articles of Confederation, 71--74, 715, 745.
Artillery, 603, 743.
Ashe, John B., a delegate from North Carolina. Attends, 484--486, 555. Credentials, 131. Votes: 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 260, 261,271, 272, 275, 279, 280, 285, 286, 287, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678, 702. Mentioned: 148, 200n, 238.
Augusta, Ga., 647, 671, 684.
Avery, John, 2, 102, 104, 299, 303n.

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B
Baird, Absalom, petition, 42n.
Baldwin, Abraham, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 715, 715n. Signed Constitution, 500.
Ballard, William, petition, 674--675.
Baltimore, Md., redemptioners, 553--555.
Bankson, Benjamin, 147n, 152n, 184n, 217n, 253n, 254n, 262n, 263n, 288n, 364n, 419n, 477, 549n, 550n, 589n, 604n, 612n, 620n, 630n, 632n, 639n, 649n, 677n, 705, 707n.
Barbary Powers, confederacy against, 451--453; negotiations with, 12n, 441--443, 610, 664, 748. See also Algiers, Morocco, Tripoli, Tunis.
Barclay, David. petition, 548, 552.
Barclay, Thomas, accounts, 536, 563; arrest of, 507n, 509n, 511, 513n, 537--538, 544; letters, 306--307, 535; money advanced to, 441; negotiations with Morocco, 13n, 176, 356, 357, 362, 363, 392--399.
Bassett, Richard, Signer of Constitution, 500.
Beaufort, Count de, 746.
Beaufort, S. C., 467.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 536n, 649n.
Beckford, Ebenezer, 102.
Beckley, John, 77.
Bedford, Gunning, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 8. Signer of Constitution, 500. Mentioned: 81.
Bennet, P., 748.
Benson, Egbert, a delegate from New York. Attends, 292. Credentials, 10, 30. Agent in boundary dispute 13, 619, 622, 627--628. Virginia instructions, 735. Committees: Davis and Baird petitions, 42n; Franklin petition, 80n, 82; Jay's report, 42n; New York instructions, 231; Parsons memorial. 276n, 311, 345, 399; Qualifications, 11, 30; Secretary at War instructions, 45n; Throop petition, 70n. Motions: 259, 260, 265n. Votes: 64, 73, 204, 224, 227, 246n, 260, 261, 271--272, 275, 280, 285, 286--287. Mentioned: 60n, 647.
Berrean (Berrien), 745.
Bethlehem, Pa., 430.
Bethune, Nathaniel, 628.
Betsy, ship, 646, 665.
Betts, William, memorial, 216n.
Beveridge, David, memorial, 749.
Biddle, Charles, 4.
Bingham, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 4n, 30, Bin. Conference with Gardoqui, 725; proposes separate confederacies, 724; letter, 134, 488n, 743. Committees: Dickinson College petition, 381n, 401; Indian affairs, 391n, 455, 758; Newingham application, 80n; suspension of enlistments, 57, 61, 62. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 371, 274, 375, 387. 407, 408, 516, 518--520, 537, 542, 656--658, 600, 602, 662--663. Mentioned: 542.
Bissell, (Bissel), Daniel, 272.
Blagge, John, petition, 82.
Blaine, Ephraim, memorial, 230n, 745.
Blair, C. C., 190n.
Blair, John, signer of Constitution, 500.
Bledsoe, Anthony (?), 200n.
Blodget, William, petition, 59n, 512, 547, 744.
Bloodworth, Timothy, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 7.
Blount, William, a delegate from North Carolina. Attends, 1, 9, 11, 84. Credentials, 7, 30. Signer of Constitution, 500. Committees: Dickinson letter, 42n; Grand, 71; Throop petition, 70n; Transportation of mails, 70n; Virginia and Maryland resolutions, 83n, 114, 271--272. Motion: North Carolina Indian treaties, 238. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 139, 160, 168, 169, 280, 285, 286--287, 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 407--3408,

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420, 447--448, 463, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542. Mentioned: 148, 200, 284, 454, 518.
Bogardus, --, 604.
Bon Homme Richard, 384, 384n, 556--569, 645, 659.
Bond, Phineas, commission of, 25, 29n, 142--145, 249, 253--255, 693, 693n; 732.
Boone, Thomas, 473.
Booth, J., 9, 82.
Bordeaux, 424.
Boundaries, 467--474, 617--630, 710.
Bowdoin, James, 2, 299; speech, 94--100.
Bowers, Henry, 252.
Brandt (Brant), Joseph, 27, 368, 369n, 504.
Brandies, duties on, 522, 676, 678.
Brashears, Richard, 197n.
Brazil, 506n.
Brearley, David, signer of Constitution, 500, 759.
Brewster, Caleb, 745.
Brigden and Waller, 161, 163.
Bristol, Eng., 146.
Bristol, Simeon, 3.
Broadhead, Daniel, 173.
Brooke, H., 77.
Brooks, Samuel, 102.
Broom, Jacob, signer of Constitution, 500.
Brown, --, 704.
Brown, J., 191 n, 197n.
Brown, John, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 716. Credentials, 716n.
Brown, Moses, 62.
Bryan, William, 605.
Buhler, John, 746.
Buildings, Federal, 139, 141n, 284.
Bull, John, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 1. Credentials, 5n, 31. Committees: Dickinson letter, 42n; Grand, 71; Stirling petition, 42n. Votes: 64, 73.
Bull, Jonathan, 3.
Burnet (Burnett), Robert, 548.
Burral, Jonathan, 258.
Burton, Robert, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 7, 486. Motion: 639. Votes: 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678, 702.
Bussaroon, --, 193n.
Butler, John, 214n, 707.
Butler, Pierce, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 449. Signer of Constitution, 500. Motions: 463, 677--678. Votes: 450, 463, 516, 518--520, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678. Mentioned: 467, 470, 473, 474.
Butler, Richard, 77, 166n, 213, 223; letters, 369n, 714n.
C
Cadiz, Spain, 646, 664.
Cady, Palmer, claim, 746.
Cadwallader, Lambert, a delegate from New Jersey. Attends, 1, 9, 81. Credentials, 3. Chairman, 61. Committees: Davis and Baird petitions, 42n; Dickinson letter, 42n; Grand, 71; Ordinance respecting accounts of States, 60n; Pendleton petition, 42n; Qualifications, 11, 30; report on treaty infractions, 43n. Motions: loan of artillery, 137n. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 139, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678, 702. Mentioned: 655, 702, 732.
Cahokia, inhabitants' memorial, 146n.
Calbraith (Calbreath), William, 528n, 534, 698, 748.
Calonne, Charles Alexandre, 306n, 308n, 522, 590.
Campbell, Arthur, 197n.
Campbell, John, memorial, 216n.
Campbell, Donald, memorial, 215, 436--436, 439, 598n, 658, 745.
Campbell, Duncan, letter, 149n; memorial, 151; petition, 251n, 308, 748.
Canada, post offices, 79; refugees, 93n, 308n, 527, 594, 665.

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Canfield, John, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 3.
Canniff, James, petition, 26n, 35.
Cannon, William, 604.
Canton, China, 508, 550.
Carlisle, Pa., 112, 113, 139, 141n; military stores at, 244; public buildings, 375n, 380, 401, 691.
Carmichael, William, letters, 13n.
Carpenter, I. and I., 743.
Carrington, Edward, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 715. Credentials, 132. Salary of Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 729. Committees: Carrington motion, 238; Dickinson College petition, 381n, 401; Douglas memorial, 608n; government of western territory, 310n, 313; half pay, 445n; Indian affairs, 369n, 370, 391n, 445n, 455, 477, 611, 758, 759; Jamison memorial, 453n, 482, 549; Jones letter, 555n, 645, 659; land bounties, 246n, 666, 695; military establishment, 153, 158; Parsons memorial, 276n, 311, 345, 399; sundry motions, 141n; survey and sale of western territory, 167n, 438n, 753. Motions: 167n, 228, 238, 286, 406, 542, 659, 662, 687, 694, 755. Votes: 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 260, 261, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 287, 343, 346, 351, 375--377, 380, 387, 407, 408, 420, 447--448, 450, 463, 474, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 702. Mentioned: 226, 284n, 285, 287, 376, 380, 450, 684, 691, 695n, 705, 713.
Carroll, Daniel, signer of Constitution, 500.
Castries, Charles Eugène Gabriel de la Croix, Marquis de, 556, 563.
Caswell, Richard, 7, 45, 132, 200n, 487.
Catharine, (Indian), 745.
Cazeau, Francis, 747.
Ceré, Gabriel, 146n.
Certificates, renewal of, 747.
Chamiliad, -- de, 559.
Chaplains, 12, 547.
Charles river, 620.
Charles II, 468.
Charleston Gazette, 507.
Charlong, Pierre, petition, 84n, 86, 107, 122n, 123n; memorial, 127.
Chase, T., 748.
Chaumont, Donatien Le Ray de, 556, 563, 566, 567, 660.
Chevallié, P. F., 649n.
Chiappi, Francisco, 397, 398.
Chiappi, Girelamo [Girolamo], 397.
Chiappi, Joseph, 397.
China, Emperor of, 422; seamen, 438n, 444; trade, 508, 508n.
Church, T., 748.
Circular letters, 166, 508n, 754.
Civil department, 481, 509; appropriation, 579, 582, 633, 652; expenses, 31n, 88n, 149n, 305n, 488, 578, 583; memorial, 147n, 149; reduction of, 42n, 127n, 128, 453n, 728--729, 753; report, 759; salaries, 128.
Clark, Abraham, a delegate from New Jersey. Attends, 1, 175, 176, 205, 293--297, 454, 485--487, 716. Credentials, 3, 30, 716n. On admission of Phineas Bond, 732; negotiations with Spain, 732, 735, 738; salary of Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 729. Committees. Cahokia memorial, 146n; Carrington motion, 238; civil department, 42n, 122n, 128, 453n, 509, 759; coinage, 160n, 221, 223; Dickinson College petition, 381n, 401; Douglas memorial, 608n; half pay, 445n; Hanson-Goldsborough letters, 438n, 440; Indian affairs, 216n, 238n, 374n, 410, 706n--713; issue of indents, 320n; Jones letter, 555n, 645, 659; land cessions, 690n, 692; Legras letter, 170n; Massachusetts-New York controversy, 231n, 483; ordinance respecting accounts of States 60n; Porter memorial, 170, 137n; requisition on States, 313n, 345; St. Vincents and Illinois settlements, 266; salary of

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governor of Western Territory, 393n, 599; sale of lands, 438n, 755; Stirling memorial, 42n; Symmes petition, 512n, 593n; transportation of mail, 70n; Treasury Department, 464n, 481, 759; United Netherlands protest, 453n, 522; Virginia credit for Indian expenses, 449; Virginia letter, 441n; Western Territory commissioners, 698, 698n; Western Territory ordinance, 167n, Motions: 541, 542, 555, 708n, 714. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 139, 160, 168--169, 224, 227, 261, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 285--287, 343, 346, 351, 377, 380, 387, 407--408, 420, 447--448, 450, 463, 474, 516, 518--520, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678, 702. Mentioned: 225n, 447, 618, 656, 705, 724.
Clark (Clarke), George Rogers, 28, 60n, 141n, 146n, 197n, 430n; seizure of Spanish property, 190--199, 729.
Clarke, -- 444.
Clarke, W., 748.
Clinton, George, 10, 28, 527.
Clothier General Department, 28, 392.
Clymer, George, signer of Constitution, 500.
Cochran, John, 365; letter, 382; memorial, 443--444, 589.
Coffin (Tristram?), 747.
Coinage, 160--164, 221, 223--225, 236, 243n, 301--302, 303, 404, 409, 573 631, 744, 755.
Colbreath (Calbraith), 528n, 534, 698.
Coleman, Sam, 191n--194n, 197.
Columbia, ship, 216.
Columbian Herald, 507n.
Collins, John, 43, 44, 158, 420n; letters, 508n, 528n.
Collins, Thomas, 8, 9, 26n, 82.
Commerce, 725, 749.
Commissary Department, 351, 392, 643.
Commissary of Purchases, 230n.
Commissioners of accounts, 26n, 29n, 36, 87, 91, 92, 107, 171, 173, 206--209, 248, 258--266, 333, 383, 446, 545, 546, 547, 555n, 586, 686, 743, 748; oaths, 266; pay, 266, power, 259; salary, 165, 172.
Commissioners to treat with Indians, 708--713.
Confederacy, with European powers, 419--420.
Congress, acts, 19, 153, 253, 556; address to, 369n; adjournment, 29, 167, 171, 279--280, 692, 733; chaplains, 12, 547; consideration of new Constitution, 540--544, 549; Indian visits to, 353--355; medals, 422; notes of debates in, 719--739; permanent seat of, 284; President, 1, 11, 128, 223, 297, 688; removal to Philadelphia, 167--170, 733--734; representation in, 756; rules respecting procedure, 736--738; Secretary's salary, 128; thanks of, 638.
Connecticut, absence of delegates, 508n, 509n; acts of legislature, 26n, 80n, 353n; attitude respecting the Confederacy, 724; constitutional convention, 501; credentials of delegates, 3, 30; courts, 748; Governor's letter, 26n, 508n, 509n; loan office salaries, 130; money quota, 580, 634, 653; requisitions, 570, 572; on Spain and the Mississippi, 735; signers of Constitution, 500; troops, 39--40, 153, 154, 159, 256, 349, 544, 603.
Constable, Rucker & Co., 413.
Constitution of the United States, 488--503, 540--544, 723--724, 759, 760.
Constitutional Convention, delegates, 26n, 71--74, 116--117; free postage for, 228; report, 488--503; consideration of by Congress, 540--544; submission to States, 549; salaries of Secretary and attendants, 488n.
Consuls, 25, 29n, 146, 749; appointment of, 18--19, 21; at Canton, 508; British, 142--145, 253--255, 616, 693,

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732; exemption from duties on imports, 549, 550--555; French consular convention, 223n, 291, 423--427, 536n; prosecution of, 538, 685.
Contingent expenses, 88n, 149n, 578, 579, 582, 583, 633, 652.
Convention of States. See Constitutional Convention.
Convicts, 511.
Cook, Joseph Platt, a delegate from Connecticut. Attends, 485, 673, 684. Credentials, 3. Committees: Land bounties, 246n, 666, 695; Secretary at War letter, 647n. Votes: 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678.
Copper, 272, 578.
Corntassel (Indian), 216n.
Counterfeiting, 140, 306n.
Coupar, Edward, petition, 674--675.
Court of appeals, 548n, 552.
Courts martial, 172, 666, 667, 747.
Cowell, William, 467.
Cox, Daniel, 623.
Craig, John, 191n, 193n.
Crump, Josiah, 482.
Cunningham, Gustavus, memorial, 509n; petition, 512.
Currency, continental, 745.
Curry, Joseph, 117n.
Cushing, Thomas, H., memorial, 668--670; petition, 617n, 744.
Cutler and Sargent, 427--429, 509n, 512, 695, 697, 701.
Cutting, Nathaniel, letter, 287n.
Cuyler, J., 745.
D
Dalton, Valentine T., 192n.
Dana, Francis, 588.
Dane, Nathan, a delegate from Massachusetts. Attends, 1, 11, 294--296, 483--487, 691--692, 707. Credentials, 2n, 30. On Annapolis convention, 724; Massachusetts-Near York controversy, 231. Committees: Cahokia memorial, 147n; Civil department, 42n, 128, 453n, 509, 759; Dickinson letter, 42n; Douglas memorial, 608n; Fraunces letter, 290; Grand, 71; half pay, 445n; Hanson-Goldsborough letters, 438n, 440; Illinois papers, 214n; Indian affairs, 216n, 369n, 370, 374n, 391n, 410, 445n, 455, 477, 611,758, 759; instructions to John Adams, 369n; issue of indents, 320n; Jones letter, 555n, 645, 659; land bounties, 246n, 666, 695; Norris petition, 121n; Parsons memorial, 276n, 311, 345, 399; paying and renewal of certificates, 42n; Pintard letter, 514n, 516; piracy trials, 42n; Postmaster General's letter, 349n; requisition on States, 313n, 345, 616, 632, 649; sale of land, 438n; Symmes petition, 512n, 593; transportation of mails, 401, 409; Treasury department, 464n, 481, 759; treaty infractions, 43n; United Netherlands protest, 453n, 522; Vincennes and Illinois settlements, 171n, 266; Virginia credit for Indian expenses, 449; Virginia letter, 441n; Western Territory government, 242, 310n, 313. Motions: 287, 334n, 350, 374, 376, 380, 385n, 392, 406, 445n, 447, 455, 464, 474, 481,509, 543--544, 617, 619, 649, 698, 713, 759. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 260, 261, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 285--287, 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 407, 408, 420, 447--448, 456, 463, 474, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678, 702. Mentioned: 73n, 286, 314n, 375, 408, 662, 757.
Davis, Caleb, 102.
Davis, Samuel, petition, 42n.
Dawson, Joshua, memorial, 150, 151, 154.
Day, --, 248, 269.
Dayton, Jona., signer of Constitution, 500.
Dean, frigate, 547.
Dean, John, jr., memorial, 252.

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Dean, John, petition, 251n, 252.
Deane, Silas, 745.
Debates, Madison's notes of, 717--739.
Debt (national or public), domestic, 224, 225, 569--580, 633, 634, 636n, 650--658, 745, 761; foreign, 569, 580, 632, 633, 634, 650--658, 761.
De Haas, John P., petition, 714n.
Delaware, 253; Constitutional Convention, 501; credentials of delegates, 8, 30, 81n; loan office salaries, 130; money quota, 580, 634, 653; negotiations with Spain, 289--290; removal of Government to Philadelphia, 732; President's letter, 26n; requisitions, 570, 572; signers of Constitution, 500.
Delaware River, 112.
Delegates, attendance, 304, 403n, 508n, 528n; credentials, 1--10, 29, 30, 43--44, 57, 60, 81, 122, 131--132, 157, 205, 251, 298, 310, 449, 486, 529--530.
Denmark, prize claims, 419n, 636--639, 646, 705n, 706, 713.
De Nys, Adrian, 750.
Desertion, 630.
D'Estaing, Charles Henry, 423.
Detroit, Indian confederation, 388.
De Witt, Simeon, 628.
Dickinson College, memorial, 375n, 380, 401.
Dickinson, John, letter, 14, 42n, 43n, 45n, 66n, 71; signer of Constitution, 500.
Dickinson, Philemon, 4.
Diricks, J. G., 241.
Dobrée, --, letter, 12n.
Dohrman, Arnold Henry, 89; letter, 122; memorial, 119--121, 216n, 291, 586--588.
D'Oigney, Rigoley, letter, 507n.
Doorkeeper, 488n.
Doughty, John, 503.
Douglas (Douglass), Hannah, memorial, 608, 673n, 744.
Dowse, Edward, petition, 93n.
Droomgoole, Alexander, 311n, 353.
Duane, James, 12n, 13, 619, 622, 628.
Dublin, Ireland, 146, 553.
Dubois, Lewis, 628.
Du Calvet (Du Calvert), Pierre, 748.
Du Coudray, Philippe-Charles, 747.
Duer, William, 429, 745.
Dumas, C. W. F., letters, 014, 17--18, 24, 310, 332n, 404--405, 535.
Duncan, John, 302.
Dunlap and Claypoole, 488n, 759, 760.
Dunlap, John, 753--754, 757--762.
Dutch, loan, 412--415, 506n 555n, 579, 580, 582--583, 610, 649, 652, 691n; objections respecting vessels of Philippine Co., 13n; proposal to purchase U.S. debt to France, 12n.
E
East Indies, 444.
Eckharts, Val, 746.
Eden, William, 507n.
Edgar, John, petition, 80n.
Edwards, John, 191n.
Elliot, Daniel, 747.
Elliott, Robert, 197n.
Elmer, Jonathan, a delegate from New Jersey. Attends, 716. Credentials, 716n.
Ely, John, 745.
Enlistments, suspension of, 719--722, 729.
Erwin, James, 438n.
Erwing, James, 646, 665.
Estimates. See Treasury (Board or Department).
Etiquette, 745.
Evans, Charles, 753n, 762.
Ewing, Charles, 191n.
F
Fallan, --, 248, 269.
Farlie, James, 504.
Fennish (Tennish), Taller, 362, 363.
Few, William, a delegate from Georgia. Attends, 1, 9, 29, 43, 75, 303, 448, 454, 588, 617, 639, 649, 673, 684, 691, 692, 715; credentials, 6, 31. Signer

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of Constitution, 500. Committees: Algiers report, 42n; Coinage, 405n, 409; Dickinson College petition, 381n, 401; Dickinson letter, 42n, 43n; Dohrman memorial, 119n; Foreign Affairs letter, 292n; Grand, 71; Jay letter, 299; Massachusetts instructions, 105n; Military establishment, 153, 158; Newingham application, 80n; Qualifications, 11, 30; Requisitions, 313n, 345; Sundry motions, 141n; Twining memorial, 531. Motions: 288, 454, 713. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 260, 261, 279, 280, 285, 286, 287, 343, 346, 351, 371--377, 380, 387, 407, 408, 420, 447, 448, 450, 463, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 678. Mentioned: 60, 62, 104, 106, 152, 224, 278, 289, 406, 648.
Finlay, Hugh, 79n.
Finney, --, 28.
Fish and fisheries, 403n, 506n, 507n, 625.
Fisher, George, memorial, 22--23.
Fisher, John, 225n, 238n, 253n, 254n, 288n, 334n, 355n, 364n, 378n, 393n, 427n, 610n, 611n, 659n, 666n, 686n, 695n, 696n, 697n, 698n, 709n, 714n.
Fitz Simons, Thomas, signer of Constitution, 488n, 500.
Flag, 438n.
Fletcher, William, 201n.
Flint, Royal, 695n, 697--698.
Florat de Florimond, 746.
Florida Blanca, Count de, 13n, 174n.
Flour, 351, 673, 707.
Ford, Paul L., 753n, 754, 755, 757, 758, 759, 761, 762.
Foreign Affairs (Department or office of), letters, 65, 166, 174, 214, 223n, 254, 257, 306, 310, 364, 384, 403, 420, 506--508, 535--536, 597, 693; Adams letter, 444; instructions, 229--230, 369n, 378--380; return to America, 415--416, 446--448, 517--522, 611--615; Bond commission, 25, 142--145, 249, 253--255, 693, 732; Confederacy against Barbary States, 451--453; Coinage, 236; Consular affairs, 88--90, 291, 616; Dumas pension, 17--18, 24; Forrest letter, 145; French affairs, 15, 91; Hancock letter, 553--555; Jefferson letters, 421--427, 685, 690; John Paul Jones and prize claims, 636--639, 689--690, 703; Lafayette letter, 65, 65n; Lamb letter, 66; Lawrence petition, 115, 743; leave of absence, 276; letter to States, 177--184, 754; medals, 344; Mediterranean passports, 277; Morocco affairs, 176, 273, 355--364, 392--399; negotiations with Spain, 176n, 184--189, 217--220, 277, 288n, 292n, 610, 725--727; 734; Norton memorial, 539; Pintard letter, 78; piracy trials, 42n; Portugal matters, 14, 16--17; Reade and Bogardus letter, 540; Secretary's salary, 129, 728--729; Stephens petition, 250; Temple letter, 540, 550; United Netherlands protest, 83, 116, 453n, 522--526, 678--683; United States house at The Hague, 404--405; Virginia and North Carolina papers, 189--204, 744.
Foreigners, in Massachusetts, 508n.
Forrest, Uriah, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 57, 74, 75, 84; credentials, 58, 60, 251; letters, 107n, 145, 743. Committees: Dickinson letter, 43n; Grand, 71. Votes: 64, 73. Mentioned: 43n, 61.
Fort Harmar, 27.
Fort Le Boeuf, 329.
Fort McIntosh, 93n, 105, 328, 330.
Fort Montgomery, 136.
Fort Natchez, 147, 148; seizure of merchandise at, 200--204.
Fort Pitt, 27, 28, 56n, 113, 167n, 173, 175, 213, 329, 330, 504, 747.
Fort Schuyler, 87.
Fort Vincennes, seizure of Spanish property at, 189--199.

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Fourqueux, -- de, 306n.
Fowler, A., 745, 747.
Fox, Edward, 26n, 43n, 165, 172.
France, address of King, 306n; affairs in, 306n, 536n; birth of princess, 15, 15n; commerce with, 91, 507n; exemptions in commerce, 522--526, 551; finances, 506n; letters to and from King, 506n, 638, 689; loans and interest on loans, 12n, 26n, 579, 580, 582, 583, 652, 747; merchants' complaints, 749; port expenses, 307n; post office convention, 511, 513n, 685--686; prize claims, 383, 384, 645, 660--664, 705; proposed transfer of United States debt, 536n, 589--593; supplies to fleet, 334n; treaty with, 174n, 464; United States ministers to, 419, 451--453, 665, 688, 749.
France, T., 745.
Francis, -- 704.
Francis, Samuel, letter, 744, 748. See also Fraunces.
Frankland, 197.
Franklin, Benjamin, 19, 25, 161, 206, 610; letters, 26n, 29n, 405n, 749; Morocco treaty, 356; prizes, 556, 562, 563, 566, 567, 636; signer of Constitution, 500.
Franklin, Samuel & Co., petition, 80n, 82.
Franks, David S., memorial, 176, 214n, 273.
Fraunces, Samuel, letter, 290--291. See also Francis.
Frauncis, --, 35n.
Fredericksburg, Va., mails, 402n, 418.
Freeman, Constant, 747.
French Creek, 105, 329.
French, Val and Pat, 509n, 511, 537, 685, 744.
Freneau, Peter, 123, 449.
Friendship, ship, 252.
Frontier, protection of, 327--332, 372--376, 410--411, 544, 602--604.
Fuller, Nathaniel, 746.
G
Gardner, William, 212; petition, 453n.
Gardoqui, Diego, 65n, 210, 217, 219, 300, 507; conferences and negotiations with, 176n, 184--189, 725--727, 730, 733, 734, 736--739, 743; letters, 597, 610.
Garrard, James, 191n.
Gates, Horatio, 70; medal for, 306n, 308n, 506n.
Gaudin, Elizabeth, petition, 147n, 148, 152n, 743.
Gelston, D., memorial, 216n.
General Washington, ship, 704.
Generous Friend, The, schooner, 62.
Geographer's Department, 579; appropriations, 633, 652; estimate, 578; expenses, 149n; requisition, 583. Geographer. 373, 598, 696; salary, 129.
George II, 468.
Georgetown, proposed seat of Congress, 284.
Georgia, 195n, 196n; boundary dispute, 12n, 13, 438n, 440, 463; commissioners of accounts, 36--37; Constitutional Convention, 501; consul, 616, 693; delegates' credentials, 6, 31; letter to, 514n; delegates' motion, 391n, 407, 455, 758; governor, 6, 311n, 514n, 586; Indian affairs, 366, 411, 454--463, 514n, 706; land cession, 690, 692; loan office salaries, 130; military stores for, 530--531; money quota, 580, 634, 653; removal of government, 733; on negotiations with Spain, 289--290; resolves, 311n; signers of Constitution, 500.
Germantown, inhabitants' memorial, 649n.
Gibault, Clark and Penticoste, 146n.
Gibault, Pierre, 147n.
Giles, James, petition, 41, 127n, 750.
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Gilman, Nicholas, a delegate from New Hampshire. Attends, 555, 586, 588, 617, 639, 649, 673, 684, 691, 692, 707, 715; credentials, 529--530; signer of Constitution, 500. Committees: Steuben letter, 617n. Votes: 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 658, 662--663, 678. Mentioned: 703.
Gnadenhutten, 429.
Goldsborough, Robert, Jr., 13, letter, 438n, 440, 744.
Gourlade and Moylan, 563.
Government, views of delegates respecting, 723--724.
Grand committee, 66n, 71, 723.
Grand, Ferdinand, 563.
Grandpré, Charles de, 201n
Grasse-Tilly, François Joseph Paul, Count de, 423.
Gray, Daniel, 351, 352, 353, 707, 748.
Grayson, William, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 26, 29; credentials, 30, 30n; Chairman of Congress, 297, 333; on admission of Phineas Bond, 732; salary of Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 729. Committees: Akarman petition, 42n; Charlong--Son memorial, 127; civil department, 453n, 509, 759; coinage, 405, 409; Dean petition, 251n, 252; Dickinson letter, 42n, 43n; Foreign Affairs letter, 292n; Franklin-Blagge petition, 80n, 82; Grand, 71; Indian Affairs, 374n, 410, 713; land cessions, 690n, 692; newspaper, 450n; Norris petition, 121n; Ogden memorial, 123n, 127; Public Printer, 465; Putnam petition, 248n; memorial, 269, 586; Randolph letter, 673n; renewal and payment of certificates, 42n; requisition on States, 616, 632, 649; Son petition, 123n, 127; South Carolina--Georgia convention, 467n; Steuben letter, 617n; Symmes petition, 512n, 593n; transportation of mail, 70n; Treasury Department, 464n, 481, 759; Twining memorial, 508n, 531; United Netherlands protest, 453n, 522; Virginia and Maryland resolutions, 83n, 114, 271--272; Western Territory commissions, 698, 698n; Governor's salary, 593n, 599. Motions: 59, 85, 109, 275, 289, 405, 409, 419, 420, 438n, 449n, 450, 647, 655, 690, 692, 702, 724. Votes: 64, 73, 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 260, 261, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 285, 286--287, 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 407, 408, 420, 447--448, 450, 463, 474, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678, 702. Mentioned: 46n, 170, 259, 260, 290, 314n, 334n, 371, 376, 379, 406, 661.
Gorham, Nathaniel, a delegate from Massachusetts. On Massachusetts-New York controversy 231; memorial, 467; negotiations with Spain, 736; signer of Constitution, 500. Committees: Dean petition, 251n, 252; Fraunces letter, 290; Lee letter, 534. Motion: 226. Votes: 227, 260, 261, 271--272, 275, 280, 285, 286--287, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663. Mentioned: 29n, 289.
Great Britain, alleged violations of treaty with, 229, 416, 521, 732; attitude toward United States, 308n; consuls, 12n, 616, 693, 732; claim to exemption from duties on importations by representatives, 551; convention with, 229--230; Eastern boundary, 12n, 416, 521; King and ministers of, 415, 416, 417, 422, 732, 749; merchants' claim, 174n; prizes, 705; rations to refugees, 528; relations with, 520--522; retention of Western posts, 378--380, 726; ships under American flag, 438n; trade with, 306n; treaties with, 353n, 439n, 528n, 749.
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Green, Thomas, letter, 194--196, 196n, 197n.
Greene, Christopher, 747.
Greene, Nathanael, 432, 512, 547, 643; medals, 306n, 308n, 421, 713.
Greenup, Christopher, 191n, 192n, 197n.
Grey, Charles, 539
Gridley, R., 748.
Griffin, Cyrus, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 716, 716n.
Guadeloupe, trade, 536n.
H
Habersham, John, 467, 470, 474.
Hackinsack Ferry, 78.
Hague, The, 174n, 307n, 332n, 404--405.
Half King (Indian), 369n.
Hall, Enoch, petition, 274n.
Halstead (Halsted), John, 746.
Hamilton, Alexander, signer of Constitution, 500, 501.
Hamtramck, John F., 302.
Hancock, Ebenezer, 247.
Hancock, John, letters, 508n, 511, 513n.
Hand, Edward, 173.
Hands, G., 746.
Hang'ery, Captain (Indian), 347.
Hanging Man (Indian), 216n.
Hanson, Alexander Contee, 13; letter, 438n, 440, 744.
Harding, Seth, 747.
Haring, John, a delegate from New York. Attends, 84, 205, 303, 692. Credentials, 10, 30. Agent in boundary dispute, 231, 619, 622, 627, 628. Votes: 105, 139, 160, 168, 169, 260, 261, 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 407, 408, 447--448, 450, 463, 474, 516, 518--520, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 664, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678, 702.
Harmar (Harmer), Josiah, 28, 213, 272, 306, 307n, 333, 370, 371, 385, 437--438, 440, 448, 503, 505, 513n.
Harpur, Robert, 10, 629.
Harris, Robert, petition, 552.
Harrison, Richard, 307n, 438n, 646, 664.
Harrison, William, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 58, 251.
Hart, R., 748.
Hartford, Conn., 622.
Harwood, B., 746.
Harwood, Thomas, 511.
Hastings, Warren 174n.
Hawkins, Benjamin, a delegate from North Carolina. Attends, 205, 292, 303. Credentials, 44. Committees: Carrington motion, 238; coinage, 405n, 409; Foreign Affairs letter, 292n; Indian Affairs, 66, 369n, 370; 445n, 477, 611, 759; Jay letter, 299; Massachusetts instructions, 105n--newspaper, 450n; Postmaster Gen, eral's letter, 349n; Public Printer, 465; Secretary at War instructions, 45n; transportation of mails, 401, 409; Western Territory Ordinance, 167n; sale of land, 755. Motion: 387. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 260, 261, 271--272, 275, 279, 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 407, 408, 420, 447--448, 463. Mentioned: 148, 200n, 204, 346.
Hawley, William, 3.
Hay, Udny, 216n, 433, 434, 748, 750.
Hazard, Ebenezer, 56n, 59, 79, 80, 116, 147n, 247, 349, 513, 673, 694n.
Hazen, Moses, 93n, 107, 109, 127, 748.
Heinckin, Jan Hendrick Christian, memorial, 749.
Helme, Arthur, 82.
Henderson, Michael, 512, 546.
Hendricks, James, 80n, 93n, 743.
Heneagua Island, 604.
Henley, David, petition, 308n.
Henry, McClellan and Henry, 748.
Henry, Patrick, 30, 89, 122n, 132, 310, 430n, 704.
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Higgins, Cornelius, 3.
Hillhouse, James, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 3.
Hindman, William, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 58, 251.
Hobbs's Hole, mails, 402n, 418.
Hodge, Robert, 762.
Holder, John, 193n.
Holker, John, 86n.
Holton, Samuel, a delegate from Massachusetts. Attends, 296. Credentials, 296n, 298. Committee: Coinage, 301n, 303--304. Votes: 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 407, 408, 420, 447--448, 450, 463, 474 Mentioned: 304, 374, 377, 392.
Hooper, Robert Lettice, 623.
Hope, ship, 550.
Hopkins, Esek, 148, 674.
Hopkins, Joseph, 162n.
Hoskins, William, 352.
Hospital, clothing and marine department, 258, 392, 581.
Houstoun, John, 470.
Howe, Robert, 173.
Howell, Joseph, 171n, 249.
Hudson River, 112, 621, 628.
Huger, Daniel, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 1, 137, 152, 157, 171, 175, 176, 270, 274, 288, 292, 294, 485, 487, 715. Credentials, 5n, 31, 122. Committee: Stark petition, 42n. Votes: 64, 73, 139, 160, 204, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 285--287, 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 447448, 450, 463, 474, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 702. Mentioned: 284, 430, 475, 476, 477, 647.
Huling, James, 197n.
Humphreys, D., 40, 111, 628.
Hunter, Elijah, petition, 71n, 746.
Huntington, Benjamin, 3.
Huntington, Jedidiah, memorial, 528n, 744; petition, 545.
Huntington, Samuel, letters, 26n, 80n, 353n, 403, 508n, 509n.
Hurd, John, petition, 647n.
Hutchins, A., 746.
Hutchins, Thomas, 26n, 149n; letters, 80n, 118, 214n, 278, 308n, 528n, 683; memorial, 595, 598.
Hutchinson's Island, 472.
Hyder (or Hydrea), ship, 444.
I
Illinois River, 701.
Imlay, William, 628.
Imposts, exemptions, 550--552; on seamen's wages, 639; ordinance, 43n.
Indents, issue of, 574--575, 632, 634--635, 651, 653, 654, 744.
India, 444, 705.
Indian affairs, 26n, 28, 66, 136n, 237, 302, 307n, 311n, 334n, 478, 503, 712. Attacks on, 410--411, 478, 744; boundaries, 710--712; Christianity, 429--430; commerce, 68, 750; commissioners, 189n, 190n, 698 conference with Brandt, 27; depredations, 327--332, 369n, 370--376, 385387, 596; expenses, 31n, 88n, 305n, 511; instructions to Superintendents, 23, 45n, 66--69, 77, 355, 381, 599, 601, 743, 753; interpreters, 68; lands, 429, 582, 626, 710; medals, 387; Northern Department, 27, 66, 166, 223, 369, 385, 388--391, 406, 410--411, 477--481, 504, 665, 714, 758, 759; peace, 67; petition, 750; presents, 479; report on settlements, 266--269; requisitions, 583; Southern Department, 365--369, 391n, 407, 445n, 454--463; speeches, 194n, 311n, 369n, 445n, 514n; towns, 429; treaties, 189n, 190n, 191n, 194n, 330, 367, 368, 370, 370n, 385--391, 406, 445n, 454--463, 477n, 480, 504, 534, 611, 626, 666, 696, 706n, 707n, 708--713, 714. Tribes--Cherokees, 214n, 237, 311n, 353, 365, 709; Chickasaws, 237, 311n, 353, 367; Choctaws, 311n, 363, 367; Creeks, 311n, 365, 407, 454, 514n, 709; Delawares, 69, 430, 504; Five

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Nations, 385, 504; Oneidas, 347; Senecas, 504; Shawanese, 69, 328, 330, 370, 385; Six Nations, 28; Wabash, 328, 370, 385, 410; Wyandots, 69, 503, 504. Visits to Philadelphia, 353--355.
Indien, ship, 511.
Ingersoll, Jared, signer of Constitution, 500.
Innes, Harry, 191n, 197n.
Invalids, pensions, 578, 579, 652.
Ireland, 18, 511.
Irvine, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 1, 484, 486, 716n. Credentials, 4, 30, 31n. Petition, 167n, 173, 175. Committees: Cahokia memorial, 146n; Dickinson letter, 42n; Dickinson College petition, 381n, 401; Grand, 71; Hanson-Goldsborough letters, 438n, 440; Illinois papers, 214n; Indian Affairs, 66, 445n, 477, 611, 759; Legras letter, 170n; sale of land, 438n; Secretary at War instructions, 45n; Steuben letter, 617n. Motions: 93n, 139, 374, 376, 691. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 351, 371, 374--377, 387, 407, 408, 420, 447--448, 450, 463, 474, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678, 702. Mentioned: 171n, 374, 694, 696, 747.
J
Jackson, Michael, 40.
Jackson, J., 747.
Jackson, William, 488n, 500.
James, M. Lane, petition, 750.
Jamison, Adam, memorial, 453n, 482, 549.
Jarvis, James, 161, 163, 164, 221, 223, 225.
Jay, John, 12n, 13n, 214, 236, 299, 307, 308n, 310, 384, 403, 420n, 444, 453, 506--508, 535--536, 598, 734; Adams instructions and return, 229--230, 415--418; commission of Phineas Bond, 249--250; consular convention, 291n; consulate at Lisbon, 8890; Hancock letter, 553--555; Jones letter, 636--639; medals, 344; Mediterranean passports, 277--278; Morocco negotiations, 273--274, 393; negotiations with Spain, 277, 744; Norton memorial, 539--540; treaty of peace, 727. See also Foreign Affairs.
Jay, ship, 704.
Jefferson, Thomas, 176n, 306n, 522. Letters, 91, 114n, 174, 214, 291n, 230n, 236, 308n, 344n, 364, 383, 421427, 506, 507, 555n, 685, 749; on consular convention with France, 423--427; Dutch loan, 412; European affairs, 536, 536n; foreign officers' pay, 598n; French loan, 12n, 65; Jones affair, 636, 646, 663, 705, 713; Minister to France, 665, 688, 689; negotiations with Algiers, 250, 442; with Morocco, 356, 363, 398; with Spain, 216--220, 734, 735; post office convention with France, 511, 513n; stamp and land tax, 690, 690n; tour of Southern France, 424, 426; transfer of French debt, 65, 65n, 589--593.
Jenifer, Daniel, of St. Thomas, signer of Constitution, 500.
Jervis, Charles, 171n.
Jervis, Clocy, petition, 171n.
John Carter Brown Library, 754, 756.
Johnson, Charles, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 7. Resignation, 131.
Johnson, John, memorial, 93n.
Johnson, Robert, memorial, 123n.
Johnson, William Samuel, a delegate from Connecticut. Attends, 1, 118, 205, 228, 244, 617. Credentials, 3, 30. Signer of Constitution, 500. Committees: Akarman petition, 42n; coinage, 160n, 221, 223; Davis and Baird petitions, 42n; Indian affairs, 66, 238n; Jay's report respecting piracy trials, 42n; Jones letter, 555n,

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645, 659; Lee letter, 534; McLean accounts, 42n; Massachusetts--New York controversy, 231n, 483; motion respecting troops, 57n; Norris petition, 121n; Pendleton petition, 42n; Putnam petition, 248n, 269, 586; qualifications, 11, 30; recruiting, 61--62; reduction of civil list, 42n, 128; renewal of certificates, 42n; report on treaty infractions, 43n; Russel petition, 61; Secretary at War instructions, 45n; Symmes petition, 512n, 593n; Western Territory Government, 242. Votes: 64, 73, 139, 160, 168--169, 204, 224, 227, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663. Mentioned: 617n, 759.
Jones, Cornelius, memorial, 80n.
Jones, John Paul, and prize money, 383--384, 514n, 555--569, 636--639, 645--646, 659--664, 687, 689, 703, 706, 713, 747.
Jones, John Rice, 192n, 193n.
Journals of Congress, 450, 464, 744, 761, 762.
Joy, G., 745.
Judah, Samuel, memorial, 147n.
Judges, 486, 694; oaths, 728; pay, 438n, 440.
K
Kaskaskia, 80n, 267.
Kean, John, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 1, 294--296, 406407, 466, 484. Credentials, 5n, 31, 298. Committees: Akarman petition, 42n; coinage, 301n, 303--304; Indian affairs, 369n, 370, 445n, 477, 611, 706n, 713, 759; instructions to John Adams, 369n; issue of indents, 320n; Jay's report respecting piracy trials, 42n; Pintard letter, 514n, 516, 704; Randolph letter, 673n; report on Algerines, 42n; requisition on States, 313n, 345, 616, 632, 649; Rutgers-Lush-Lansing memorial, 607--608 United Netherlands protest, 453n, 522. Western Territory Government, 310n, 313, 698, 698n; Motions: 27, 304, 346, 588, 616, 632, 650, 694, 701, 701n, 761. Votes: 64, 73, 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 407--408, 420, 447--448, 450, 463, 474, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 702. Mentioned: 14, 403, 406, 419, 475--477, 652, 666, 677.
Kearny, Dyre, a delegate from Delaware. Attends, 84, 176, 205, 228, 244, 251, 292, 484. Credentials, 81. Committees: Carrington memorial, 482; Foreign Affairs letter, 292n; Indian Affairs, 391n, 455, 758; Jamieson memorial, 453n, 549; Jay letter, 299; Pintard application, 704; Rutgers-Lush-Lansing memorial, 607--608. Motions: 279, 284, 657, 733. Votes: 105, 139, 160, 168--169, 204, 224, 227, 260--261, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 285--287, 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 407--408, 420, 447--448, 450, 463, 474, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 656658, 662--663, 678, 702. Mentioned: 167n, 169, 228, 515, 714.
Keep, S., 748.
Keesar, Sic, 747.
Kendrick, John, 517.
Kennedy, Thomas R., memorial, 430n.
Kentucky, 330.
Kentucky, Indians, 430n, 441; militia, 372, 373n, 386.
Killbuck (Indian), 430.
King, Rufus, a delegate from Massachusetts. Attends, 1. Credentials, 2, 30. Agent in boundary dispute, 231, 619, 627, 628; on negotiations with Spain, 730, 732--733, 735--737; on salary for Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 728--729; opposes suspension of enlistments, 719; signer of Constitution, 500. Committees: Carrington motion, 238; Charlong-Son

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memorials, 122n, 127; coinage, 160n, 221, 223; Dohrman memorial, 119n; Franklin-Blagge petition, 80n, 82; Irvine petition, 173n, 175; Jay's report respecting piracy trials, 42n; land bounties, 246n, 666, 695; Lee letter, 534; military establishment, 153, 158; motion respecting troops, 57n; ordinance respecting accounts of States, 60n; Parsons memorial, 276n, 311, 345, 399; Porter memorial, 137n, 170; Randolph letter, 673n, recruiting, 61--62; reduction of civil list, 42n, 128; report on Algerines, 42n; report on treaty infractions, 43n; Russel petition, 61; Rutgers-Lush-Lansing memorial, 607, 608; Son petition, 123n, 127; Stark petition, 42n; Steuben letter, 617n; Stirling petition, 42n; sundry motions, 141n; survey and sale of Western territory, 167n, 755. Motions: 11, 106, 106n, 168, 169, 171, 210, 272, 288, 289, 586, 648, 665, 666, 684n, 729, 735. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 285--287, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678. Mentioned: 11, 12, 64, 73n, 104, 159n, 204, 258, 280, 518, 519, 649, 658.
Knox, Henry, letter, 23, 24, 39--42, 213, 223, 235, 243, 256, 274, 333, 349, 437, 438, 448, 503--505, 527--528, 544; 695n, reports, 222, 327--332, 347--348, 388--391, 596. See also War, Secretary at.
L
La Croix, J. B., 146n.
Lady Washington, sloop, 516--517.
Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Roche Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, 114n; letters, 65, 174; medal for, 423; services of, 536n.
Lagoanere and Co., 307n, 535n, 544.
Lake Champlain, 70, 594, 665.
Lake Erie, 329, 330, 390, 504, 624, 625.
Lake Ontario, 624, 625.
Lamb, Gideon (?), 135.
Lamb, John, accounts, 307n, 441; letters, 13n, 66, 506, 507n.
Land, bounties, 20--21, 242--243, 246, 666, 695--696; grants, 57--58, 546, 626--627; motion to sell in Europe, 588; reservations, 429; sale of, 427--430, 438n; usurpation of, 213.
Lande, D. L., 749.
Langdon, John, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 529. Signer of Constitution, 500. Votes: 533, 537, 542.
Lansing, Jacob John, memorial, 607, 608.
Lansing, John, Jr., a delegate from New York. Credentials, 10. Petition, 744. Mentioned: 622.
Laurens, Henry, 704.
Lawrence and Morris, 746.
Lawrence, John, a delegate from New York. Attends, 1.
Lawrence, Richard, petition, 115, 251n, 309, 743.
Leafy, Dennis, 747.
Lecture, on natural philosophy, 382n.
Lee, Arthur, commissioner in Board of Treasury, leave of absence, 108; letter, 528n, 534. Mentioned: 23, 32--37, 65, 75, 85, 87, 88, 119, 273, 301, 302, 327, 332n, 344, 347, 353, 365, 384, 436, 443, 444, 509, 581, 594, 596, 608, 610, 647, 675, 698.
Lee, F. L., 704.
Lee, Henry, Jr., a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 293. Credentials, 215. Committees: military stores, 236, 244; South Carolina-Georgia convention, 467n. Motions: 284, 285, 518, 661, 684, 686, 696, 705, 706. Votes: 224, 227, 260, 261, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 285--287, 351, 371, 376, 450, 474, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 618, 629,

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644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678. Mentioned: 285, 586, 665, 694, 698, 701.
Lee, Richard Henry, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 310. Committees: Civil list, 453n, 509, 757; instructions to John Adams, 369n; issue of indents, 320n; Treasury Department motion, 464n, 481, 759; Twining memorial, 508n, 531; Western Territory government, 310n, 313. Motions: 540, 593. Votes: 343, 346, 377, 380, 387, 407, 408, 420, 447--448, 463, 516, 518--520, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 678, 702. Mentioned: 350, 455, 541, 655, 713.
Legras, J. M. P., 170n.
Lewis, Joseph, memorial, 171n, 176n, 743.
Lewis, Morgan, 433.
Lewis, Vandizant & Tudor, 748.
L'Hommedieu, Ezra, memorial, 216n.
Library of Congress, 307n, 488, 753--761.
Lincoln, Benjamin, 39, 97, 98.
Lindsey, Eleazer, memorial, 750.
Lisbon, consul at, 78, 88; commercial agent, 90, 108; agent's memorial, 119--121.
Little Robert, The, sloop, 453, 604--606.
Littlepage, Lewis, letter, 25n.
Livingston, H. B., 747.
Livingston, James, 504.
Livingston, Robert R., 619, 622, 627, 628.
Livingston, Walter, commissioner in Board of Treasury, 23, 32--37, 65, 75, 85, 87, 88, 119, 126, 135, 136, 141, 150, 155, 157, 164, 166, 209, 211, 213, 228, 235, 247, 273, 292, 301, 302, 509, 581, 594, 596, 608, 610, 647, 675, 698.
Livingston, William, 4; request for artillery, 137--139. Signer of Constitution, 500.
Lloyd, John, 476.
Loan office, 149n, 579; certificates, 42n, 579, 634, 654.
Loan officers, salaries, 130, 589, 640--644.
Logan, B., 430n.
Logan, John, 191n.
Loretto, frigate, 598n.
L'Orient, 424.
Lotbiniere, Louis, petition, 26n.
Louisiana, rumor respecting, 13n.
Lowell, John, 619, 627, 628.
Lucas, J., 747.
Ludlow, Israel, memorial, 123n, 514n.
Lyne, Edmund, 191n.
Lyon, Joseph, 78, 79.
Lush, Richard, memorial, 607, 608, 744.
Luzerne, Anne César, Chevalier de la, 536n.
M
McDonald, Don, 748.
McDonald, William, 546.
McFarlan (McFarlane), Andrew, petition, 216n, 369n, 381, 514n, 534, 608, 744, 748.
McDougall, Alexander, 691n.
McG'illivray, Alexander, 311n.
McHenry, James, signer of Constitution, 500.
Machias, 553.
Machias, schooner, 467.
Machin, Thomas, memorial, 80n, 135--136, 171n.
McIntosh, Lachlan, 173, 467, 470, 474.
McKean, Thomas, 13, 704.
McLane, Allan, 42n, 746.
McLean, John, 753n, 760.
Macon, Nathaniel, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 7.
Macpherson, John, memorial, 382.
Madeira Islands, commercial agent at, 88.
Madison, James, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 43, 716. Credentials, 29, 30, 716n. Leaves New

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York for Philadelphia, 739; Notes of Debates, 719--739; negotiations with Spain, 216, 725, 733--734; on admission of Phineas Bond, 732; removal of government to Philadelphia, 733; salary of Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 728--729; signer of Constitution, 500; South Carolina-Georgia boundary dispute, 13; suspension of enlistments, 720--722. Committees: Accounts of States, 60n; Cahokia memorial, 146n; Cherokee matter, 216n; Indian affairs, 66; land bounties, 246n, 666, 695; Legras letter, 170n; military establishment, 153, 158; motion respecting enlistments, 62; Newingham application, 80n; Parsons memorial, 311, 276n, 345, 399; Pintard application, 704; recruiting, 61; reduction of civil list, 42n, 128; report on treaty infractions, 43n; requisition on States, 616, 632, 649; St. Vincents and Illinois settlements, 266; Secretary of War instructions, 45n; sundry motions, 141n; troops, 57n. Motions: 64, 204, 210, 224, 618, 735, 736, 744. Votes: 64, 73, 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678, 702. Mentioned: 759, 760.
Magazines, 112.
Magnet, discoveries, 382.
Mail, contracts, 402, 409, 508n, 531533, 593, 672; transportation, 57--60, 70n, 401--402, 409, 418, 647--649, 671--673, 684, 747.
Malcolm (Malcom), William, memorial, 750.
Malta, 419n.
Marbois, François de Barbé, Marquis de, 747.
Marine Department, accounts, 176n, 232--235, 333, 383, 384, 392, 446, 555n, 582, 645, 743; prize money, 555--569.
Marseilles, France, 19, 506n.
Marshall, Thomas, 189n, 190n, 191n.
Martha's Vineyard, 539.
Martin, Absalom, memorial, 123n, 514n.
Martin, Joseph, 136n, 214, 307n, 483n.
Martinique, U.S. agent in, 134.
Mary, brig., 82.
Maryland, 253; acts of legislature, 439; Constitutional Convention, 501; credentials of delegates, 57, 58, 60, 251; Indian affairs, 354, 511; loan office salaries, 130, 511; money quota, 284, 580, 634, 653; negotiations with Spain, 289--290; resolutions, 76, 271; signers of Constitution, 500; troops, 39, 154, 256.
Mason, Thomas, 192.
Massachusetts, Constitutional Convention, 501; controversy with New York, 231, 483, 617--630; delegates credentials, 2, 30, 298, 716n; delegates motion, 73, 93--105, 169, 176n, 231, 746, 747; desertions, 544; foreigners in, 508, 553--555; Governor, 94--102, 110, 508n, 511, 513n; Indian affairs, 626; loan officers, 107n, 118, 130; money quota, 580, 634, 653; on negotiations with Spain, 289, 735; requisitions, 26n, 570, 572, 575; Shays's rebellion and military stores, 24, 38--39, 85, 93--105, 110--111, 176n, 719--722, 724, 729; signers of Constitution, 500; surveyors, 123n; troops, 39--40, 153, 158, 255, 256.
Masters of vessels, petition, 308n.
Mathews, George, letter, 514n.
Measam, G., 746.
Medals, 306n, 344, 506n, 687, 713; distribution of, 421--423; for Indians, 387.
Medici, Cosimo, petition, 403n.
Mediterranean, navigation of, 419, 451--453; passports, 277.
Meigs, R. J., 747
Mentges, Francis, memorial, 83n, 211, 744.
Mercer, Hugh, 288.

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Meredith, Samuel, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 1. Credentials, 4n, 30, 31n. Committees: McLean accounts, 42n; Russel petition, 61. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 224, 227, 260--261, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 285--287. Mentioned: 271, 279.
Mesier, Peter, 604.
Mexico, 506n.
Miami River, 329, 330, 702.
Mifflin, Thomas, signer of Constitution, 500.
Milcher, Isaac, memorial, 147n.
Military Department, appropriations, 149n, 579, 633, 652; estimates, 578; requisitions, 582, 583.
Militia, plan, 746; for frontier protection, 372--376.
Miller, George, 616, 693.
Miller, Hunter, 355n.
Miller, Patrick, 306n.
Milton, J., 6.
Minerva, ship, 749.
Ministers, United States, abroad, instructions, 229--230, 398; to France, 161, 551, 665; to Great Britain, 177, 229--230, 378--380, 446--448; to Spain, 507n.
Minor, Stephen, 201n.
Mississippi River, navigation, 65n, 185--189, 194, 197n, 200--204, 216--220, 403n, 725, 727, 730, 731, 734, 736--739.
Mitchell, Nathaniel, a delegate from Delaware. Attends, 9, 11, 29, 43, 45, 74, 75, 485, 639. Credentials, 8, 30. Committees: Dickinson letter, 42n; Forrest commission, 60; Grand, 71. Motions: 106. Votes: 73, 105, 139, 160, 168, 169, 260, 261, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 285, 286--287, 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 407--408, 420, 447--448, 450, 463, 474, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678, 702. Mentioned: 541, 639, 644, 657.
Mitchell, Stephen Mix, a delegate from Connecticut. Attends, 1, 74, 75, 81, 84, 93, 106. Credentials, 3, 30. On negotiations with Spain, 730, 735; salary for Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 729. Committees: Dickinson letter, 42n, 43n; Grand, 71; McLean accounts, 42n; Ogden memorial, 123n, 127; Stark petition, 42n. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227. Mentioned: 59.
Mogador, agent at, 397, 467.
Monroe, James, 746.
Montgomery county, N. Y., officers petition, 381.
Montgomery, John, 197n.
Montgomery, Richard, monument, 243n, 270, 287n.
Montgomery, Samuel, memorial, 123n.
Moravians, 430.
Morehead, Samuel, 534.
Morgan, David, 197n.
Morgan, Enoch, petition, 698n.
Morgan, G., 513, 513n.
Morocco, American agent at, 397; Emperor, 393--394, 422; treaty, 13n, 176, 273, 355--364, 392--399, 413, 441--443, 538, 757.
Morris, Gouverneur, signer of Constitution, 500.
Morris, Richard, 628.
Morris, Robert, 32, 33; memorial, 140, 234, 413, 743; signer of Constitution, 500.
Morris, William W., petition, 83n.
Morrison, Isaac, memorial, 609.
Moultrie, William, 5, 173.
Moustier, F., Count de, 536n.
Muir, John, 306n.
Mumford, William, memorial, 150, 151, 154.
Muse, Lawrence, 197n.
Musicians, 603.
Muskets, 235.
Muskingum River, 27, 311, 330, 429, 503.
Muter, George, 191n.

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N
Nantes, 424, 507n.
Nash, Abner, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 7.
Nathaniel, brig, 62.
Neeves, Daniel, 191n--192n.
Negroes, 229.
Newenham (Newingham), Edward, 14, 25, 80n, 18--21.
Newenham, Robert O'Callaghan, 18--21.
New Hampshire, Constitutional Convention, 501; delegates, 116, 508n, delegates' credentials, 529; Governor, 26n, 29n, 508n; loan office salaries, 130; money quota, 580, 634, 653; signers of Constitution, 500; troops 39, 154, 256.
New Jersey, artillery, 137--139; Constitutional Convention, 501; delegates credentials, 3, 30, 716n; delegates motion, 4; Governor, 4; loan office salaries, 130; money quota, 580, 634, 653; negotiations with Spain, 289--290; removal of Government, 733; signers of Constitution, 500; troops, 544, 603.
Newspaper, 450, 465.
New York, brig, 413.
New York, convention of Congress in, 280; mails, 402, 409.
New York Public Library, 754.
Nicholson, Samuel, memorial, 131n, 232--235, 333n, 446.
Norris, Nathaniel, petition, 121n, 647n.
North, Lord, 308n.
North American Journal, 465.
North Carolina, 36--37; Constitutional Convention, 501; consul, 616, 693; counterfeit, 306n; delegates credentials, 7, 30, 44, 131, 486; delegates instructions, 147, 200--204, 242, 536, 744; Governor, 7, 45; Indian affairs, 237--238, 366, 411, 454--463, 706, 708--709; land cession, 690, 692; loan office salaries, 130; military stores, 113; money quota, 580, 634, 653; negotiations with Spain, 289290, 732; removal of Government, 733; signers of Constitution, 500.
Norton, Beriah, memorial, 513n, 539, 744.
Nourse, Joseph, 31n, 88, 149n, 488, 747.
Nunez, Isaac Cardoza, 362, 363.
O
Oakly, Cornelius, petition, 512n.
Oaths of allegiance, 70n, 266, 482, 510.
Obail (Indian), 747.
O'Donnel, John, 749.
Officers, foreign, 579, 580, 583; pay, 173, 285--287, 598n, 633; half pay, 673n; petition, 381; table supplies, 173; thanks of Congress, 154.
Ogden, Mathias, 78, 79, 123n, 127, 162, 163, 164.
Ohio River, 311, 330, 333, 345, 695, 701, 702; letter from Falls of, 197n199n.
Oliphant, David, 34--35.
Osgood, Samuel, 23, 32--37, 65, 75, 85, 87, 88, 119, 126, 135, 136, 141, 150, 155, 157, 164, 166, 209, 211, 213, 228, 235, 247, 273, 292, 301, 302, 327, 332n, 344, 347, 353, 353n, 365, 384, 436, 443, 444, 509, 594, 596, 608, 647, 675, 698.
Ostend, 444.
Oswego, 87.
Otis, Samuel Allyne, a delegate from Massachusetts. Attends, 716. Credentials, 716n.
Otto, Louis Guillaume, letter, 13n, 747.
P
Palfrey, William, 247.
Pannil (Pannill), Joseph, 747.
Paris, treaty, 468.
Parker, John, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 1. Credentials, 5n, 31. Votes: 64, 73.
Parker, Joseph, 598n, 695, 697--698.

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Parsons, Samuel Holden, judge for Western Territory, 686; memorial, 276, 311--313, 345--346, 350 376--377, 399--401, 757.
Parsons, T., 619, 627, 628.
Passports, 749.
Patterson, John, 762.
Patton, James, 197n.
Paymaster General's Department, combination of duties, 129; expenditures, 31n, 88n, 305n; requisition, 581.
Pearson, Joseph, 117, 530.
Peek, George, petition, 691n.
Pellon, Joseph, petition, 251, 309.
Pendleton, D., petition, 42n.
Pennell, Joseph, 233--234.
Pennsylvania, accounts, 150; Constitutional Convention, 501; credentials of delegates, 4, 30, 205, 716n; import duties, 76; Indian affairs, 69, 354, 372, 386, 411; loan office salaries, 130; money quota, 580, 634, 653; on negotiations with Spain, 289--290; pensions, 332--344; removal of Government, 733; requisitions, 570, 572, 573, 575; signers of Constitution, 500.
Pensions, 88n, 305, 332, 344, 633.
Penticoste, Dorsey, 146n.
Pepin, A., 747.
Peru, 506n.
Petersburg, Va., mails, 402, 647, 648, 671, 684.
Pettit, Charles, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 160n, 205. Credentials, 160n. Committees: Coinage, 160n, 221, 223; Dean petition, 251n, 252; Foreign Affairs letter, 292n; Indian affairs, 238n; Jay letter, 299; military stores, 236, 244. Motion: 36. Votes: 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 260, 261, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 285, 286--287. Mentioned: 258.
Phelon, John, 749.
Philadelphia, Constitutional. Convention at, 71--74, 147n, 279, 284; Indian visits to, 353--355; mails, 402, 409; military stores, 112, 113, 245; removal of Government to, 167--170, 733.
Philippine company, 13n.
Phillips, Richard, 352, 747.
Phillips, Samuel, jr., 102, 104.
Phipps, D., 748.
Pickens, Andrew, 467, 470, 473, 474.
Pierce, John, 92, 93n, 107, 108, 174, 249, 546, 547, 548.
Pierce, William, a delegate from Georgia. Attends, 1, 11, 84, 127, 205, 292--293, 485--487. Credentials, 6, 30. On negotiations with Spain, 733. Committees: Charlong-Son memorials, 122n, 127; coinage, 160n, 221, 223, 301n, 303--304; Pendleton petition, 42n; Porter memorial, 137n, 170; Postmaster General's letter, 349n; Putnam petition, 248n, memorial, 269, 586; requisition on States, 313n, 345; Son petition, 123n, 127; transportation of mails, 401, 409. Motions: 152, 171n, 278, 288n, 313n, 345, 391n, 376--377, 403. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 260, 279, 280, 285--287, 343, 346, 351, 371,375--377, 380, 387, 407, 408, 420, 447--448, 516, 518--520, 533, 537. Mentioned: 138, 171, 288, 408.
Pike, Captain, (Indian), 369n.
Pinckney, Charles, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 1. Credentials, 5, 31. Signer of Constitution, 500. Committees: Accounts of States, 60n, 107n; motion respecting troops, 57n, 61; qualifications, 11, 30; reduction of civil list, 42n, 122n; report on Algerines, 42n; Western territory government, 242. Motions: 11, 14, 57, 62--63, 719. Votes: 64. Mentioned: 12, 64.
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 467, 470, 473. Signer of Constitution, 500.
Pinckney, Thomas, 123, 298, 449.
Pintard, John Marsden, 78, 88, 108, 516, 514n, 704.

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Pinto, Luis de, 16n.
Piracies, on high seas, 553, 554, 604--606.
Platt, Ebenezer S., 197n, 747.
Polk, William, (?), 202n.
Pollock, O., 747, 749.
Pope, The, 419n.
Porter, John, memorial, 137n, 170, 741.
Portland, Mass. (Maine),mails, 402, 409, 684.
Portugal, 419n; letter to Queen of, 14, 16--17; treaty with 12n, 89, 174n.
Postmaster General, assistants, 46--47; cross--posts, 51--52, dead letters, 52--53; exemptions, 56; franking privilege, 56; handling of mail, 48--56; letters, 78, 349, 409, 418, 513; newspapers and magazines, 55--56; oaths, 49--50; postage rates, 48, 53--55; posts with Canada, 79; powers and duties, 47--54; reports, 58--59, 401, 671--673; salaries, 47, 54, 56.
Post Office, convention with France, 511, 513n, 685--686, 749; franking privilege, 228; ordinance, 45--56; postage rates, 106, 116, 694; revenue, 746. See also Mail.
Posts (western frontier forts), 141n, 746.
Poten, Mathew, petition, 132--134, 181.
Potomac River, 112, 402n, 418.
Pownall (Pownal), Thomas, memorial, 274n, 309, 333.
Prentice, Samuel, 747.
President of Congress, 1, 11, 128, 223, 297, 688, 747.
Pringle, John Julius, 476.
Printers, 475, 606, 744, 753, 753n.
Prisoners, in Algiers, 639; money to redeem, 441--443, reimbursement for relief of, 587--588.
Prize money, 383, 555--569, 636--639, 645--646, 659--664, 705, 706, 713. See also Jones, John Paul.
Provost, Samuel, 12.
Prussia, treaty with, 12n, 14--15.
Pulaski, Casimir, Count, 127.
Putnam, Israel, petition, 248; memorial, 269--270, 555n, 586.
Pynchon, William, 13.
Q
Qualifications, committee, 11, 30, 60.
Quartermaster Department, 31n, 38, 88n, 258, 305n, 392, 431, 581, 643.
Quebec, seminary, 146n--147n.
R
Ramsay, David, 437n.
Ramsay, Nathaniel, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 58, 251. Votes: 260, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 285--287.
Randolph, Beverley, 215; letter, 307n, 483n.
Randolph, Edmund, 197n, 483n; letter, 26n, 214n, 430n; speech, 214n.
Randolph, Richard, letter, 673n.
Ranger, ship, 212.
Ransom, E., 748.
Read, George, signer of Constitution, 500.
Reade (Read), --, 604.
Reade and Bogardus, 453, 453n, 604.
Redemptioners, 553.
Reed, James R., a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 716; credentials, 716n.
Refugees, 527--528, 594, 746.
Reid, George, 108.
Reilly, --, 553--555.
Reports (1786), 745--750; (1786--1787), 743--744.
Reprisal, sloop, 552.
Requisitions (1782), 570--572, 575, (1784), 570--572, 575, 582; (1785), 570--573, 575, 578; (1786), 80n, 150, 571, 572, 575, 583, 756; (1787), 313n, 569--585, 616, 632--636, 761.
Rewards, 20--21.
Reynolds, D., 748.

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Rhode Island, 147n; acts of legislature, 85n; delegates' credentials, 43, 61, 157; Governor, 43, 158, 420, 508n, 528n; issue of indents, 83, 85; loan office salaries, 130; money quota, 580, 634, 653; refusal to send delegates to Constitutional Convention, 147, 528n; removal of Government, 733, 734; troops, 39, 154, 256.
Rice, 506n.
Ringlispeur, Henry, petition, 137.
Roberts, Josiah, 252.
Robertson, James, 202n.
Robins, Obediah, 747.
Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 423.
Rodan, John, 605.
Rodney, Thomas, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 8.
Rogers, John, 12.
Romans, Bernard, 248, 269.
Root, Jesse, 628.
Ross, David, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 292, 485, 486, 514, 529, 548, 555, 586, 588, 617, 639, 649, 673, 684, 691, 692. Credentials, 58, 251. Committee: land cessions, 690n, 692. Motion: 511. Votes: 260--261, 271--272, 275, 279--280, 285--287, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678.
Ross, John, 749.
Rubsamen, J., 748.
Russel, Thomas, petition, 61.
Russell, William, petition, 308n.
Russia, 419n, 536n.
Rutgers, Henry, memorial, 607--608.
Rutgers-Lush-Lansing, memorial, 744.
Rutledge, J., signer of Constitution, 500.
S
St. Clair, Arthur, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Attends, 484, 555; credentials, 9n, 30, 31n; accounts, 69; elected Governor of Western Territory, 610; elected President of Congress, 11. Motions: 125, 265n. Votes: 105, 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 260, 261, 271--272, 275, 279, 280, 285, 286--287, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 407, 408, 420, 447--448, 450, 463, 474, 516, 542, 518--520, 533, 537, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678, 702. Mentioned: 16, 17, 84n, 223, 266n, 363, 508n, 598n, 688, 746.
St. Mary, 469.
St. Petersburg, 588.
Salaries, 128--131, 147n, 586, 589; Governor of Western Territory, 593, 599--602; Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 129, 728--729.
Sally, sloop, 421.
Sandusky Lake, 329.
Sargent and Cutler, 509n.
Sargent, Winthrop, 429; memorial, 123n; Secretary, Western Territory, 610.
Savannah, Ga., mails, 402, 409, 684.
Savannah River, 468, 469, 471, 472.
Sayre, Stephen, 750.
Scheurman, James, a delegate from New Jersey. Attends 1, 244; credentials, 3, 30. Committees: Carrington memorial, 482; Jamison memorial, 453n, 549. Votes: 64, 73, 105, 139, 160, 168, 224, 227, 261, 271--272, 275, 279--280, 285--287, 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 408, 420, 447--448, 450, 474, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602.
Schmyser, M., memorial, 125, 743.
Schoenbrunn, 429.
Schott, John Paul, petition, 40, 750.
Schuyler, Peter, 369n, 381.
Schweighauser, letter, 12n.
Sconetayah (Indian), 353.
Scott, Charles, 34--35, 743.
Sea letters, 61--62, 80n, 82, 252, 467, 514n, 516, 704, 705, 744.

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Seamen, foreign, on American vessels, 444--445; wages, 639.
Secrecy, 64.
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, expenses, 487; letter to governors, 305; reports, 132--134, 137, 148, 151, 246, 308, 380--382, 441,511, 534, 552, 607, 609, 683.
Seymour, Thomas, 628.
Shattuck, W., 748.
Shaw, Samuel, 508.
Shays's rebellion. See Massachusetts.
Shelby, Isaac, 190n.
Shepard, William, 38, 102, 110, 111.
Sherman, Isaac, memorial, 123n.
Sherman Roger, signer of Constitution, 500.
Ships, signals, 396; timber, 747; under American flag, 438n.
Short, William, letters, 306.
Simpson, James, memorial, 123n, 514n.
Skinner, Thomas, 3.
Slavery, 746.
Smallwood, William, 251, 439n.
Smart, Thomas, 748.
Smith, Belcher P., 747.
Smith, Charles, memorial, 123n, 514n.
Smith, George, petition, 230n.
Smith, Jacamiah, 78.
Smith, James, memorial, 703, 746.
Smith, Melancton, a delegate from New York. Attends, 1, 8, 10; credentials, 30; agent in boundary dispute, 231, 619, 622, 627--628. Committees: Dickinson letter, 42n; Fraunces letter, 290; Grand, 71; Indian Affairs, 369n, 370, 391n, 455, 756; Irvine petition, 173n, 175; issue of indents, 320n; Jones letter, 555n, 645, 659; Pendleton petition, 42n; Pintard letter, 514n, 516; report on Algerines, 42n; report on paying certificates, 42n; requisition on States, 616, 632, 649; Steuben letter, 617n; Symmes petition, 512n, 593n; Throop petition, 70n; Western Territory government, 242, 310n, 313. Motions: 138--139, 265n, 371, 379, 408, 656--658, 704--705. Votes: 64, 73, 139, 160, 168--169, 204, 224, 227, 260--261, 271--272, 275, 279--280, 285--287, 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--377, 380, 387, 407--408, 420, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629, 644, 648, 656--658, 662--663, 678, 702. Mentioned: 27, 259, 380, 403, 532, 540, 617, 618, 629.
Smith, R., 746.
Smith, Simeon, 3.
Smith, William Stephens, 12n, 308n, 417.
Snowden, John, petition, 29n, 38, 84n, 85.
Son, Anthony, petition, 123n, 127.
Soper, Edmund, 241.
South America, disturbances in, 12n.
South Carolina, acts of legislature, 466, 475; cession, 466; claims of individuals, 507n, 511, 513n, 685; Constitutional Convention, 501; consul, 616, 693; controversy with Georgia, 12n, 13, 438n, 440, 467--474; counterfeit, 306n; delegates' credentials, 5, 31, 122, 298, 449, 716n; delegates' instructions, 466, 467; Governor, 5, 449; hospitals, 34; Indian affairs, 708--709; loan--office salaries, 130; military stores, 113; money quota, 580, 634, 653; on negotiations with Spain, 289--290; signers of Constitution, 500; troops, 331, 544, 603.
Spain, confiscation of American property by, 148; friendship of, 394--395; loan and interest on loan, 579, 580, 582, 583, 633, 652; negotiations with, 152, 184--189, 197n--199n, 210, 216--220, 277, 288--290, 292n, 299, 725--727, 733, 735--736, 738; relations with

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Great Britain, 726--727; seizure of property of, 189--199, 729--730; Sullivan affair, 666--668, 675, 677; thanks of King, 598n.
Sproat, D., 747.
Sproat, E., 123n.
Stark, Caleb, petition, 42n.
States, accounts with United States, 206--209, 258--266; acts respecting treaties, 124--125; attendance of, 8, 9, 11, 29, 43; delinquencies of, 635, 654; letter to, 177--184, 754; loan officers' salaries, 130; Military Establishment, 153--154; money quota, 580, 634, 653; powers of, 124--125, 170, 177, 199, 526, 682, 721; requisitions on, 39, 585, 597, 632--636; settlement of questions between, 403n.
Stelle, Benjamin, memorial, 141n, 154, 246, 589.
Stephens, Hannah, petition, 230n, 250, 364.
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus Henry Ferdinand, Baron von, letter, 617n; conference with, 704.
Stewart, Richard, 216n.
Stuart (Stewart), William, 746.
Stirling, Lady, 42n, 746.
Stirling, Lord, 137, 242.
Stockley, Charles, 746.
Stores (supplies), military, 111--114, 274; at Springfield, 109--114, 724, 743; expenditures for, 31n, 88n, 305; for Georgia, 530--531; on the Ohio, 750; sale of, 235, 244--246, 750.
Stribbling, Thomas, 197n.
Sturges, Jonathan, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 3.
Suffolk, Va., mails, 402, 409, 647n, 671, 672, 684.
Sullivan, James, 619.
Sullivan, John, 26n, 29n, 116n, 117, 508n, 530, 627, 628, 630, 668, 675.
Sumner, J., 748.
Superintendent of Finance, 576.
Surveyors, 83n, 93n, 278n, 503; memorial, 123n, 514n, 595--596, 598.
Swain, John, 754.
Swanwick, John, memorial, 140, 743.
Sweden, 419n, 535n.
Symmes, John Cleve, 448, 697; letter, 307n, 328; petition, 509n, 512, 593.
T
Taher, Ben Abdelkack Tennish, 362, 363, 398--399.
Tangier, American agent in, 397.
Tapp (Tap), William, petition, 41, 750.
Taxes, 31n, 88n, 305n, 572, 573, 625, 690n.
Taylor, G., memorial, 216n.
Taylor, Richard, 191n.
Taylor, William, petition, 107n.
Telfair, Edward, 6.
Temple, John, 277, 732, 749; letter, 506, 513n, 540, 550--552, 744.
Tennish, see Fennish.
Thacher, George, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 716n.
Thomson, Charles, 4n, 7n, 26n, 80n, 85, 104, 106n, 108--109, 136n, 177n, 189n, 205n, 216n, 225n, 226n, 238n, 242n, 253n, 254n, 255, 262n, 275n, 287n, 288n, 296n, 297n, 303n, 314n, 332n, 334n, 343n, 347, 355n, 363n, 364, 364n, 370n, 378, 379, 380, 387n, 391n, 393n, 399, 403n, 405, 405n, 419n, 420, 421, 423, 427, 438n, 439n, 445n, 446n, 472n, 477, 508n, 514n, 517n, 549n, 550n, 552, 589n, 593, 604n, 606, 612n, 615, 630, 630n, 644n, 647, 655n, 661n, 663n, 664n, 665n, 668n, 677n, 687n, 688n, 696n, 697, 705, 709n, 745n, 754, 755, 756, 757, 760, 761.
Thomson, James, 743.
Thomson, John, petition, 83n, 92.
Thompson, W., 545, 748.
Throop, Josiah, petition, 70n.
Thulemeier, Baron de, 14.
Tilden, Daniel, 3.
Tobacco, 322.
Todd, Thomas, 193n.
Townsend, Sylvanus, petition, 214n, 351, 707.

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Townsend, Underhill, and Butler, memorial, 351, 707.
Traversie, Joseph, letter, 70.
Treasury (Board or Department), abolition of certain offices, 481; accounts, 31, 34--37, 88, 141; certificates, 743; estimates, 149--150; reports, 33--35, 37, 86, 118--121, 125--126, 160--164, 225--228, 262--266, 305, 320--327, 332, 344, 351,353--355, 412--415, 430--436, 482, 555--569, 569--585, 589--593, 609--610, 650, 674--675, 756; salaries, 129; transfer of Finance Department, 509--510.
Treaties, of amity and commerce, 12n, 124--125, 142--145, 727--728, 745; infractions, 43n, 93n, 106, 229, 378; with Barbary powers, 174n, 176, 273, 355--364, 441--443, 664, 757; with France, 174n, 464n; with Great Britain, 177, 353n, 378--380; with Indians, 190n, 191n, 194n, 330, 445n, 454--463, 480, 611, 706, 707n; with Portugal, 12n, 89; with Prussia, 12n, 14; with Spain, 184--189, 194n--196n, 197n, 725--727.
Trenton, N. J., 113.
Trimble, James, 206.
Tripoli, 394, 419, 451.
Troops, clothing of, 581, 604; discharge of, 255--256; government of, 754; on frontier, 327--332, 602--604, 761; payment of, 158--159, 581, 604; requisitions for, 39, 57, 210, 603, 719; subsistence of, 581, 604; suspension of enlistments, 719--722.
Trumbull, Jonathan, 351, 352.
Tucker, Thomas Tudor, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 716. Credentials, 716n.
Tunis, 394, 419, 451.
Tupper, Benjamin, memorial, 123n.
Turin, 419n.
Turnbull, J., 748.
Turnbull, Marmie & Co., 28, 747.
Tuscany, 419n.
Twining, Nathaniel, memorial, 508n, 514n, 531--533, 536, 593.
U
Underhill, Amos, petition, 214n, 707.
Union, The [North American Journal], 450--451.
United Netherlands, 310, 536n; loan, 403n, 649; minister's letter, 116, 453n, 749; passports, 749; prisoners in, 563; proposed purchase of French loan, 65, 65n, 589--593; protest respecting commerce, 522--526, 678--683.
V
Valentine, Henry, 70.
Van Berckel, Pieter Jan, letter, 83, 453; Memorial, 744.
Vance, Mary, petition, 117n.
Van den Broek, R. J., petition, 241.
Vaningen, Dirk, 748.
Venango, 93n, 105, 328, 330.
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 15n.
Vickery, Eli, 62.
Vigilant, schooner, 604--606.
Vincennes (St. Vincent), Ill., 222, 231, 329, 330, 333, 370, 371, 385, 503, 505, 744, 755; memorial, 171n; report, 189--199, 266--269; treaty, 504.
Varnum, James Mitchell, a delegate from Rhode Island. Attends, 43, 45, 61, 75, 81, 84, 93, 106, 118, 122, 127, 137, 149, 152, 293, 294, 407, 439, 448, 454, 466, 483, 684, 692; credentials, 43, 60; on admission of Phineas Bond, 732; elected judge for Western Territory, 686; memorial, 230n; on negotiations with Spain, 735, 738; on removal of Government to Philadelphia, 734; Secretary for Foreign Affairs salary, 729. Committees: Carrington motion, 238, 453n, 509, 759; Dickinson letter, 43n, 45n; Dohrman memorial, 119n; Grand, 71; Irvine petition, 173n, 175; Massachusetts instructions,

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105n; Massachusetts-New York controversy, 231n, 483; Military Establishnent, 153, 158; military stores, 236, 244; newspaper, 450n; Ogden memorial, 123n, 127; ordinance respecting accounts of States, 60n, 107n; Public Printer, 465; sale of land, 438n; sundry motions, 141n; Treasury Department, 464n, 481,759; United Netherlands protest, 453n, 522; Virginia credit for Indian expenses, 449; Virginia letter, 441n; Virginia and Maryland resolutions, 83n, 114, 271--272; Western Territory survey and sale of land, 167n, 755. Motions: 83, 85, 104, 450, 465. Votes: 64, 105, 139, 160, 168, 169, 204, 224, 227, 408, 420, 447--448, 450, 463, 702. Mentioned; 430.
Vincent, Captain, (Indian), 714n.
Vinton, John, petition, 241.
Virginia, accounts, 26n, 43n; acts of legislature, 26n, 141n, 190, 321--327, 453n, 522, 678--683; cessions, 319, 342; Constitutional Convention, 501; delegates credentials, 29, 30, 132, 215, 310, 716n; delegates instructions, 189--199, 307n, 726, 735; duties on brandies, 676, 678; Governor, 26n, 89, 147n, 189n, 197n, 214n, 251, 320, 430n, 441, 449, 483n, 746; indents for interest, 251n, 320--327, 349n, 744; Indian affairs, 307n, 327--332, 353, 370, 372, 385--387, 411, 449--450, 483n; loan office salaries, 130; military stores, 246; money quota, 580, 634, 653; negotiations with Spain, 289--290, 732, 735; papers, 189--199, 729, 730, 744; removal of government, 733; requisitions, 34, 284, 320--327, 414, 572, 573, 719; resolves, 76, 80n, 83n, 86, 114, 216n, 271; signers of Constitution, 500; taxes, 323, 573; troops, 39--40, 69, 153, 256, 331, 373.
Virginia, frigate, 309.
Vose, Joseph, 668--670.
W
Wabash River, 329, 330, 333, 448, 695, 701, 702.
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 24, 32, 33, 628, 643.
Wait, John, petition, 243n, 246, 300.
Walker, Benjamin, 152n, 176n, 258, 334.
Walker, Levi, 747.
Wallace, Caleb, 191n.
Wallingford, Lydia, petition, 117n, 212, 744.
Wallingford, Samuel, petition, 117n, 212.
War (Board, Office, Department), estimates, 149n; requisition (1787), 581--582.
War, Secretary at, absence of, 302; contracts, 513n; military stores, 109--114; powers of, 746; reports, 332, 365--369, 370--376, 388--391; troops, 39--40, 255--256, 333, 349, 596, 602--604.
Ward, Artemas, 102, 104.
Ward, Henry, 44.
Warren, James, 241n, 748.
Warren, John, 288.
Warren, Joseph, 288.
Washington, George, 87, 122n, 248, 269, 423, 487, 502--503, 704, 746, 749, 759, 760.
Webb, Joseph, 628.
Weiss, John, 746.
Wells, William, 196.
Westchester farmers' petition, 509n, 512.
Western posts. See Posts.
Western Territory, cessions, 466, 475--477, 690, 692; discontent in, 732, 734; formation of States, 319, 342; Geographer, 312, 595, 598; Governor, 599--602, 610, 694, 698--700, 711--713; Indians, 329, 711--713, 477--481, 611, 696, 697, 707n; judges, 686, 694, 698, 700; ordinance as to government, 242, 274--275, 281--283, 313--320,

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334--343, 701, 746, 756, 757; permits to enter, 410--411; religion, 312, 318, 340; sale of land, 123n, 155--157, 225, 238--241, 276, 311--313, 514, 578, 588, 695n, 697, 701--702, 714, 755; schools, 312, 318, 340; Secretary of, 610, 694, 698--699; slavery in, 343; Spaniards in, 729; survey, 26n, 214n, 227, 238--241, 311--313, 595, 598, 695, 755.
West Point, 111--113, 245, 349.
Whipple, A., 748.
White Eyes (Indian), 430, 513.
White, James, a delegate from Virginia. Attends, 715. Credentials, 715n. Mentioned: 311n.
Whitmore, H., 746.
Whitney, Abel, 38, 38n.
Willett, Marinus, memorial, 71n, 87, 123, 746.
Williamson, Hugh, signer of Constitution, 500.
Willink, van Staphorst, de la Lande & Finje, 412, 413.
Wilson, James, signer of Constition, 500.
Witherspoon, John, 704.
Woods, John, 353, 511.
Wooster, Mary, 746.
Wyllys, George, 3, 628.
Wyllys, John P., 213, 222.
Y
Yates, Abraham, jr., a delegate from New York. Credentials, 10, 84n. Agent in boundary dispute, 619, 622, 627--628. Views on treaty of peace, 727. Votes: 105, 343, 346, 351, 371, 374--376, 377, 380, 387, 407--408, 447--448, 450, 463, 474, 516, 518--520, 533, 537, 542, 600, 602, 618, 629. Mentioned: 343, 371, 374, 387, 536, 599, 601, 619.

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