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A
Abbot, J., 620.
Accounts, commissioners of, 147--148, 339, 392, 497--498, 502; unsettled, 632.
Adams, John, 112, 176, 507; letters, 22, 29, 42, 48n, 127, 129, 153, 153n, 174, 174n, 543, 617; Dutch loan, 185--186, 198--199, 266, 282--283; return to America, 40--41, 178n, 300n, 315n.
Alden, Roger, 10n, 11n, 25n, 26n, 54n, 62n, 92n, 93n, 105n, 107n, 184n, 242n, 243n, 282n, 285n, 286n, 294n, 295n, 306n, 325n, 326n, 332n, 361n, 386n, 396n, 415n, 433n, 455n, 458n, 467n, 476n, 481n, 486n, 488n, 492n, 498n, 507n, 515n, 529n, 531n, 553n, 576n, 596n.
Algiers, prisoners in, 29n, 382n, 523, 524--525, 617; salaries, 506n, 507.
America, sloop, 90, 111, 116, 169n, 626.
Anderson, Robert, 521n.
Annapolis, Md., 487.
Apollonia, brig, 128n.
Archer, H. W., 620.
Armstrong, John, Lieut., 299, 328.
Armstrong, John, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 4, 12, 613n; declines judgeship Western territory, 9, 44, 50. Committees: Fitch petition, 45n, 80; Hanson-Goldsborough application, 43n 79; Irvine motion, 57n, 202; New York-Massachusetts boundary, 83; Story memorial, 366n, 500. Votes: 71, 359, 368, 385, 386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400, 401,402, 413, 417, 419--421, 488, 517, 522. Mentioned: 1, 502, 597.
Army, accounts, 123n, 150, 407n, 560; clothing, 560; land bounties, 347, 474, 540, 593, 600; recruits, 299, 627.
Arnold, Peleg, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 141, 141n. Committees: Kentucky petition, 198, 198n; Post Office, 300, 462. Votes: 242, 269, 282, 291, 296, 302, 303, 305, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 384, 385, 386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400, 401, 402, 601. Mentioned: 150, 154, 155, 158, 16], 169, 179, 184, 186, 189, 317, 354, 367, 453n, 502, 522, 526, 538, 539, 553, 554, 577, 596, 597, 602.
Arsenals, 588, 591.
Artillery, 617.
Ashe, John B., a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 7; resignation, 187.
Asia, ship, 11.
Atlee, William A., 341.
Austin, David, 598.
Avery, John, jr., 3, 53, 379, 612.
B
Bailey, --, 112.
Baird, Absalom, petition, 538n, 551--552, 627.

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Baldwin, Abraham, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 8, 12. Committees: Army contracts, 211n; Board of Treasury letter, 352n; Burrall letter, 197n, 209, 211; Constitution, 281n, 303, 317, 358, 633; Copper contract, 329; Creek Indians, 13n; Dutch loan, 185; Flint memorial, 410n; Georgia letter, 13n, 202n, 253, 267; Indian affairs, 411--414; instructions tions to Governor Western Territory, 263n, 297; Jarvis contract, 444n, 465n, 535; Jefferson letter, 177n; Kentucky petition, 198, 198n; Land Ordinance supplement, 243n, 277; mail contracts, 273, 294; Martin letters, 432n, 433; Marttings petition, 391n; Morgan memorial, 267n, 275, 327n, 371,431n, 466; Nicholson memorial, 264n, 271, 284; Pease petition, 207n; Pierce memorial, 317n, 327--329; Prosque Isle, 373; requisition (1788), 305, 388, 419--421, 634; sundry letters, 410n; Tardiveau memorial, 267n, 327n, 304n; Vincennes (St. Vincent) claims, 298, 472; Woods memorial, 230n, 240, 241. Motions: 528. Votes: 162, 243, 269, 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 306, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 360, 368, 384, 393, 394, 399, 400, 401, 402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421, 440, 441, 453, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 518, 522. Mentioned: 1, 10, 11, 31, 116--119, 131, 150, 154, 155, 158, 161, 175, 188n, 263, 268n, 269, 328, 383, 429, 523.
Baldwin, Daniel, petition, 197n, 553n.
Baltimore, Md., 384--385, 393, 395.
Bankson, Benjamin, 217n, 306n, 425n, 458n, 481n, 522n, 554n.
Barbary States, 29n, 617.
Barclay, Thomas, 127, 127n, 163, 197, 312, 519, 627.
Barnwell, Robert, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 610n. Mentioned: 605.
Barry, John, 11.
Bean, Samuel, petition, 601n.
Beaufort, Count de, 620.
Bcaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, accounts, 253n, 542--549, 570, 570n, 573, 627.
Bedlow, William, memorial, 553n, 573.
Bennet, P., 620.
Benson, Egbert, a delegate from New York. Attcnds, 317, 317n. Credentials, 56, 317n. Committees: Cherokee Indians, 368; Hay memorial,
383n, 425; Martin letter, 342n. Votes: 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 385, 386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400, 401, 402, 413. Mentioned: 392.
Berreau, --, 617.
Bethlehem, Pa., 485.
Betts, William, memorial, 15, 626.
Beveredge, D., 617.
Biddle, Charles, 5, 161, 613
Bindon, J., 512n.
Bingham, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 161, 367n. Committees: Finance Department, 300n, 554; Georgia letter, 253, 202n, 267; requisition (1788), 305n, 3S8, 419--421, 634. Votes: 162, 243, 269, 282, 283, 291,296, 302, 303, 306, 318, 334, 338, 355,356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400, 401,402, 453, 456, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497. Mentioned: 350, 367, 399, 484, 543.
Blaine, Ephraim, 35--37, 6i7, 626.
Blodget, W., 620.
Bloodworth, Timothy, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 7.
Bloomfield, Joseph, 275.
Bogart, Peter, petition, 10n, 39n, 349.
Bondfield, John, 127n.
Bordeaux, 127n.
Boudinot, Elias, 451n.
Boundaries, 165, 203, 286, 617.
Brearley, David, letter, 82n; memorial, 85, 275, 626.

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Brethren's Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Heathen, 484n, 485.
Brewster, Caleb, 617.
Brigden and Waller, 167.
Brock, J. Vanden, memorial, 20.
Brown, John (of Md.), 157, 164, 165.
Brown, John, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 6, 6n, 12. Committees: Army contracts, 211n; Buchanan petition, 210; Dane motion, 169, 197n; Dayton motion, 116n; foreign affairs, 300n, 425; invalids, 204, 632; Irvine motion, 57n, 202; Kentucky petition, 198, 198n; Medici petition, 89n, 157; New York-Massachusetts boundary, 83; post offices, 116n, 144n; Secretary at War report, 285; Story memorial, 91n; Tardiveau memorial, 304n; unsettled accounts, 632; Western Territory letter, 155n, 164n. Motions: 287. Votes: 34, 71, 162, 243, 269, 282, 283, 291,302, 303, 306, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400, 401, 402, 413. Mentioned: 1, 72n, 84n, 157, 161, 242, 247, 287n, 290, 302.
Browne, Moses, 11.
Buchanan, John, petition, 197n, 210.
Buhler, J., 620.
Bull, John, 201.
Burd, Edward, 61n.
Burr, Aaron, 275.
Burral (Burrall), Jonathan, 142, 148, 197, 209, 211, 217n, 262.
Butler, Richard, 160n, 378n, 410n, 536n.
C
Cady, Palmer, 624.
Campbell, Donald, memorial, 502n; petition, 513--516.
Campbell, Duncan, petition, 537, 627.
Campbell, John, memorial, 15.
Canada, refugees, 347, 512n, 591, 621.
Canfield, Samuel, 70.
Cannon, 158--159.
Carmarthen, Francis G. Osborne, Marquis of, 153n.
Carmichael, William, 23, 29, 43n, 156, 163, 165, 175n, 300n.
Carpenter, I. and J., 621.
Cartington, Edward, a delegate from Virginia. Committees: Beaumarchats accounts, 542n, 573; Catherine memorial, 455n, 536; Constitution, 281n, 303, 317, 633; Dutch loan, 185; Edwards motion, 339; Finance department, 554; French protest, 206n, 212, 218; Georgia motion, 188n, 320, 323; Hay memorial 383n, 425; Hutchins memorial, 165n, 172, 176; Indian affairs, 411--414; Jefferson letter, 177n; land bounties, 471n, 540; Ledyard petition, 428n, 468, 475; Morgan memorial, 177n, 213, 247, 327n, 371n, 633; Reed petition, 572n, 574, 577; Secretary at War report, 285; Shreve memorial, 144n, 211; 8reuben letter, 202n, 448, 452n, 507; sundry letters, 410n; Tardiveau memorial, 327n; Trowbridge memorial, 151n, 172; Walden letter, 178n; War Department report, 300n, 345, 357, 578; Washington letter, 202n, Western Territory letter, 155n, 164n; Williamson motion, 330n, 331; Wilson memorial, 133n, 270. Motions: 141, 147, 199, 242, 302, 384, 399, 515, 527. Votes: 162, 248, 269, 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 306, 318, 329,334, 338, 355, 356, 360, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419--421, 441, 453, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 518, 522. Mentioned: 203n, 262n, 287, 337, 357n, 385, 411n, 412n, 425n, 440, 443n, 479n, 524, 527n.
Caswell, Richard, 7.
Caswell, W., 7.
Catharine, (Indian), memorial, 455n, 536, 618, 627.
Cazeau, Francis, 184, 620.
Census lists, 61n.

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Certificates, lost, 569--570, 618.
Chaplains, 71.
Charles III, 178n.
Charleston, S.C., military stores, 104, 105, 366, 588.
Chase, Thomas, 620.
Chester, John, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 3.
Chevallié, P. F., 253n, 542n.
Chiappi, Joseph, 197, 519, 520.
China, trade, 300n.
Circular letter, 234.
Civil department, 123n, 389, 438, 559n.
Clark, Abraham, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 4, 611. Committees: Beaumarchais accounts, 542n, 573; Cherokee Indian affairs, 368; Clark motion, 494n, 599; Constitution, 358; copper coin, 208n, 329; Duane letter, 572n, 575, 577; Ettwein memorial, 484n, Finance Department, 300n, 554; Fitch petition, 45n, 80; Georgia cession, 320, 323; Georgia motion, 188n; Gore memorial, 189n; Hay memorial 273n, 276, 350; Hutchins memorial, 165n, 172, 176, 391n, 405, 406; instructions to Governor Western Territory, 263n, 297; Irvine motion, 57n, 202; Jarvis letter 444n, 465n, 535; Jefferson's accounts, 494n, 596n; Kentucky petition, 198, 198n; La Lande & Fynje debt, 193; land bounties, 86n, 471n, 540; Land Ordinance supplement, 55n, 95n, 243n, 277; Ledyard petition, 428n, 468, 475; Martin letter, 342n; Mason memorial, 144n, 149; May memorial, 328; New York-Massachusetts boundary, 83; Northrop memorial, 598, 598n; Pennsylvania motion, 350n, 353, 354; qualifications, 9n, 12; requisition (1788), 305n, 388, 419--421, 634; Spencer claim, 444n, 570; sundry letters, 407n; Tardiveau memorial, 267n, 304n, 538n, 540--542; Trumbull memorial, 352n, 357, 360; Van Staphorst letter, 430n; Vincennes (St. Vincents) claims, 298, 472; Virginia matters, 77n, 134, 444n, 475; Walton memorial, 345n, 358, 360; Wilson memorial, 270; Woods memorial, 230n, 240, 241. Motions: 44, 102, 102n, 149, 209, 234, 281, 285, 329n, 391n, 392, 474, 474n, 481, 497, 498, 572, 572n, 594, 599, 600. Votes: 71, 162, 242, 269, 282, 283, 291, 302, 303, 306, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384, 385, 386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 439, 441, 456, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 517, 522, 601. Mentioned: 1, 48, 50, 54n, 56, 83, 93, 114n, 116, 117, 148, 149n, 179, 192, 202, 209n, 233, 240n, 263, 302, 333, 353n, 367, 429, 455, 468, 475, 482n, 485n, 487n, 526, 553, 554, 605.
Clark, James, 70.
Clark and Nightingale, 111--113, 116n, 169n.
Clarke, G. R., letter, 536n.
Clarke, Weston, 620.
Clinton, George, 57, 615.
Coffin, T., 130n, 620.
Coinage, 166--169, 178n, 208n, 329, 391n, 444n, 535, 567, 617.
Coit, Benjamin, 70.
Collegnon (Colignon)--, 129, 132.
Collins, John, 131n, 141, 193, 614.
Collins, Thomas, 6, 10n, 151n.
Commerce, 130n, 407n.
Commissary Department, 148.
Commissioners of accounts, 89, 92n, 141, 147, 154, 260, 322, 339, 392n 407n, 468, 480, 481n, 497, 502, 523, 594--595, 599, 600.
Commissioners to treat with Indians, 570--572.
Congress, acts, 82, 151, 473, 476, 540; appropriations, 492--493; attendance, 601--605; chaplains, 71; consideration of new Constitution, 358--360, 367--368, 383--388, 392--402, 415--419, 455--457, 481--484, 487--488, 495--497, 515--519, 521--523; doorkeeper, 151--154; messenger, 149, 153, 154, 171; public audience, 54, 62, 626; repairs

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on house of, 572n, 575, 575n, 577; reports, 617--625; 626--627; representation in, 632.
Connecticut, accounts, 557, 558; 568; delegates attendance, 192n, 616n; credentials, 3, 3n, 12, 69, 70, 70n; 208, 208n, 273; invalids, 592; loan officers, 430; money quota, 439; ratifies Constitution, 10n; recruits, 299; troops, 236, 578--579.
Constitution, organization of Government under, 315n, 317--318, 358--360; 367--368, 383--388, 392--404, 415--419, 455--457, 481--484, 487--488, 495--497, 515--519, 521--523; ratification of by States, 10n, 25, 25n, 50, 140n, 149n, 208n, 281--282, 303--04, 317--318, 323, 323n, 358--360, 378n, 387--88.
Consuls, 127n, 618; French consular convention, 207, 212.
Constable, Rucker & Co., 559.
Contee, Benjamin, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 6, 12, 613. Memorial, 131n, 142, 627. Committees: Kentucky petition, 198n. Votes: 34, 71, 243, 269, 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 306, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 360, 368, 384386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421, 601. Mentioned: 1, 217, 233, 234, 247, 253, 262, 263, 267, 273, 277, 287, 417, 596, 597, 601--04.
Contingent expenses, 123n, 389, 438, 560.
Convicts, 494n, 528--530.
Cook, Joseph Platt, a delegate from Connecticut. Attends, 69. Credentials, 69, 70.Votes: 71.
Coon, Captain (Indian), 299.
Copper coins, 166--169, 178n, 208n, 329, 391n, 444n, 535, 567, 617.
Counterfeiting, 620.
Cox, Albion, 240.
Cox, John, 275.
Coxe, Tench, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 613n. Mentioned: 605.
Cransburry (Cranbury), Francis, 151,154.
Cransbury (Cransburry), Mary, petition, 131n, 150.
Cruger, N., petition, 34.
Currency, mode of redeeming, 618, 620.
Curry, Joseph, 114.
Cushing, Thomas H., memorial, 39, 46, 48n, 49, 102, 211, 620, 626.
Cutler and Sargent, 339.
Cuyler, Jacob, memorial, 526, 618.
D
Dalley (Dally), Gifford, 152n, 153.
Dane, Nathan, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 53. Committees: Board of Treasury letter, 352n; Buchanan petition, 197n, 210; Canadian matters, 512n, 528n; Cherokee Indian affairs, 368; copper coin, 208n, 329; Dane motion, 169; Dayton motion, 116n; Dutch loan, 185; finance report, 300n, 554; foreign affairs report, 116n; French protest, 206n, 212, 217; Georgia matters, 202n, 253, 267, 320, 323; Georgia motion, 188n; Gore memorial, 189n; instructions to Governor Western Territory, 263n, 297; invalids, 204, 632; Jefferson letter, 177n; Kearney motion, 471; Kentucky petition, 198, 198n; La Lande & Fynje debt, 193; land bounties, 86n, 471n, 540; Land Ordinance supplement, 55n, 95, 243n, 277; Lawrence memorial, 454n, 460--462; mail contracts, 273; Martin letter, 342n; Martlings petition, 391n; Mason memorial, 144n, 149; Mississippi question, 527; Morgan memorial, 177n, 213, 247, 633; Nicholson memorial, 264n, 271, 284, 330n, 335, 337; North Carolina motion, 502n, 534; Pease petition, 207n; Pennsylvania annexing proposition, 480n, 499; Postmaster General's

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letter, 232n, 239; post offices, 144n, 300n, 453n, 462; Presque Isle reservation, 373; requisition (1788), 305n, 338, 419--421, 634; Roosevelt letter, 75n; Secretary at War report, 285; Seney letter, 178n; Tardiveau memorial, 267n, 304n; Trumbull memorial, 352n, 357, 360; unsettled accounts; Van Staphorst letter, 430n; Vincennes (St. Vincents) claims, 298, 472; Virginia matters, 77n, 134, 444n, 475; Western Territory, 155n, 164n; Williamson motion, 330n, 331; Wilson memorial, 133n, 270; Woods memorial, 230n, 240, 241. Motions: 57, 159, 162, 170, 199, 282, 289, 302, 305, 332, 392, 474, 632. Votes: 71, 162, 242, 269, 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 305, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421, 439, 441, 453, 456, 457, 482, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 517, 522. Mentioned: 148, 166, 210, 234, 239, 271n, 277n, 281n, 282n, 289n, 295n, 302, 317, 339n, 368n, 393, 466, 493n.
David, brig, 212, 218.
Davis, Samuel, 621.
Dawson, John, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 610n. Mentioned: 604.
Dawson, William Johnston, 156, 187, 609.
Dayton, Jonathan, a delegate from New Jersey. Credentials, 4, 12, 611, 611n. Committees: Canadian matters, 512n, 528n; Dayton motion, 116n; Edwards motion, 339; French protest, 206n, 212; Indian affairs, 391n, 423; mail contracts, 52n, 273, 294; Pease memorial, 207n, 576n, 595; Post Office, 116n, 144n, 599n: Shreve memorial, 144n, 211; War Department, 300n, 345, 357, 578; Woods memorial, 230n, 240, 241. Motions: 52n, 116n, 367, 383. Votes: 71, 162, 242, 269, 282, 283, 291, 302, 303, 306, 329, 355, 356, 359; 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 439, 441, 453, 456, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 517, 522, 601. Mentioned: 9, 39, 119, 285, 303, 392, 448, 539, 602--604.
Deane, Silas, accounts, 621; Beaumarchais accounts, 542--549, 573; letter, 128n.
Debt (national or public), domestic, 618; Survey of, 433--42.
De Grasse, Count Auguste, 410n.
De Haas, John P., memorial, 27, 626.
Delaware, act of legislature, 152n; accounts, 557--558, 568; delegates attendance, 616n; credentials, 5, 5n, 12; motions, 163, 420; mails, 174; money quota, 420, 439; ratifies Constitution, 10n.
Delegates, attendance, 1, 604--605; credentials, 1--9, 12, 53, 56, 69, 70, 141, 156, 161, 179, 186, 193, 208, 233, 273n, 378, 604, 609--616.
Demerest (Demarest), Jacobus, petition, 10n, 14, 39n, 349.
Demerest (Demarest), John, petition, 10n, 39n, 349.
Demerest and Bogart, 627.
De Nys, Adrian, 620.
De Toussard, Anne Louis, 104n, 106, 113.
Diricks, J. B., memorial, 20.
Dodge, I., 14.
Dolphin, sloop, 271--273, 284, 335, 338.
Donnellan (Donellan), Thomas, petition, 39n, 446, 627.
Doorkeeper, 151n, 152n, 153, 154.
Dorchester, Lord, 238n.
Dort, Arnold, 617.
Doughty, John, 206, 206n.
Douglas (Douglass), H., 618.
Droomgoole, Alexander, 10n, 14, 31n, 59, 626.
Drysdal, --, 112.
Duane, James, 109, 110, 422n, 508n, 572n, 575, 577.
Du Calvet (Du Calvert), 621.
Du Coudray, Philippe Charles, 619.

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Duet, William, 508n, 509, 621.
Dumas, C. W. F., letters, 24, 38, 38n, 42, 48n, 128n, 130, 130n, 186, 186n, 300n, 406, 406n, 410n, 603; protection of, 23n, 24n; salary, 26, 39n.
Dunham, Aaron, 275.
Dunlap, John, 631--635.
Dunmore, Lord, 495.
Dunscomb, Andrew, letters, 203, 253, 262.
Dutch loan, 121, 133--134, 185--186, 198--199, 266--67, 282--283, 409, 443, 559--561.
E
Ebert, John Henry, memorial, 521n.
Eckart (Eckharts), Val, 621.
Edgar, William, 275.
Edwards, Pierpont, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 208. Committees: Army contracts, 211n; Constitution, 281n, 303, 317, 358, 633; Georgia letters, 202n, 253, 268; Hay memorial, 217n, 233, 273n, 276, 350; Kentucky petition, 198n; Land Ordinance supplement, 243, 277; Mississippi question, 527; Nicholson memorial, 264n, 271, 284; North Carolina motion, 502n, 534; Northrop memorial, 598, 598n; Pease memorial, 576n, 595, 595n; Pennsylvania motion, 350n, 353, 354. Motions: 317, 319, 339, 352n, 357, 359, 482n, 483, 487, 495, 496. Votes: 242, 282, 283, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 482, 484, 487, 496, 497, 516, 517, 601. Mentioned: 208, 209, 212, 217, 233, 234, 247, 253, 262, 263, 267, 281, 595n, 602.
Ellery, William, 201.
Ellicott, Andrew, 603n.
Elliot and Williams, 586.
Elmer, Jonathan, a delegate from New Jersey. Attends, 273. Credentials, 4, 12, 611. Committees: Creek Indians, 13n; Georgia letter, 12n. Votes: 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 306, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421. Mentioned: 1, 31, 345, 407, 411.
Ely, John, 618.
Etiquette, 621.
Ettwein, John, memorial, 484n, 485--487.
Evans, Charles, 631n, 632, 633, 634, 635.
Evans, Israel, memorial. 10n, 14, 32--34.
Eveleigh, Nicholas, a delegate from South Carolina. Attends, 604. Credentials, 610, 610n.
F
Fagel, H., 489.
Faunt Le Rey (Fauntleroy), Moore petition, 84n, 120, 144n, 331n.
Ferrier (Fermier), Joseph Marie Anne, 206, 206n, 212, 217--222, 407n.
Few, William, a delegate from Georgia. Credentials, 179. Committees: Edwards motion, 339; Lawrence memorial, 454n, 460--462; Postmaster General's letter, 232n, 239; Walton memorial, 345n, 358, 360; War Department, 300n, 345, 357, 578. Motions: 383, 458. Votes: 269, 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 306, 318, 334, 338, 355, 356, 360, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 421, 440, 441, 453, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 518, 522. Mentioned: 358, 381.
Finney, Walter, 34.
Fisher, John, 9n, 149n, 194n, 213n, 217n, 247n, 277n, 279n, 285n, 306n, 323n, 331n, 339n, 355n, 356n, 357n, 361n, 381n, 408n, 411n, 412n, 415n, 458n, 466n, 472n, 485n, 488n, 524n, 529n, 578n.
Fitch, John, petition, 39n, 45n, 80; letters, 26, 199, 626.
Flint, Royal, 177, 410n, 414n.
Flint and Parker, 181, 275, 372.
Flower, Benjamin, 61n, 69n, 379.
Florat de Florimont, 621.

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Folger, John, 545.
Ford, Paul L., 631n, 632, 633, 634, 635.
Foreign Affairs, cypher, 427; French protest, 206--207, 212; Gardoqui letter, 550; Jefferson's accounts, 312, 447, 494, 596n; Luzerne, 93, 194--196; Netherlands complaint, 109--111, 422--423; office procedure, 425--428; Portugal matters, 91--92, 361--362; Quadruple Alliance,129n; recall of John Adams, 40--41, 178n, 300n, 315n; redemption of captives, 523--525; Van Berckel, 109--111, 128, 422, 470--471, 488--492, 620, 626.
Forrest, Uriah, 618.
Fort Clinton, 591.
Fort Franklin, 582.
Fort Harmar, 583, 585, 586.
Fort Herkimer, 590.
Fort McIntosh, 94n, 108, 114, 583, 585, 586, 623.
Fort Pitt, 583, 585, 586.
Fort Steuben, 583.
Fort Venango, 585, 586.
Foster, William, petition, 48n.
Fowler, A., 621.
Fowler and Elliot, 618.
France, commerce with, 132, 184; consular convention with, 207, 219--222; letters to and from King, 62--65, 196; ministers from, 51, 51n, 52, 54, 62--65, 93, 194--196, 414; officers pay, 409; protest, 206, 212, 217--231; United States minister to, 339.
Francis, Tench, 618.
Franklin, Benjamin, 5, 161; accounts, 603n; arrival in America, 618; letters, 128, 128n, 543.
Franklin, State of, 10n, 14, 31n.
Franks, D., 512n.
Frauncis (Fraunces), Samuel, 445, 618, 621.
Freeman, Constant, 618.
Frelinghuysen, Frederick, 275.
French and Co., petitions, 618.
Freneau, Peter, 8, 6ll.
Frontier, protection of, 140, 206, 411--414.
Fuller, Nathaniel, 621.
Furman, Moore, 275.
G
Gansevoort, Leonard, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 56. Committees: land bounties, 86n. Votes: 71, 453, 456, 457, 482, 484, 496, 497, 516, 517, 522, 601. Mentioned: 75, 77, 82n, 85, 102, 113, 116--119, 515, 596.
Gardner, John, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credential, 614, 614n. Mentioned: 605.
Gardner, William, memorial, 119, 140n, 315--317, 328.
Gardoqui, Diego, admission to public audience, 52, 54; letters, 43, 178, 550.
Gardoqui and Sons, 156n.
Gaudin, Elizabeth, 621.
Gelston, David, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 614. 614n. Mentioned: 605.
Geographer, 172, 180, 331.
Georgia, accounts, 567, 569; acts, l88, 188n; cession, 14, 188, 320--326; delegates attendance, 616n; credentials, 8, 8n, 12, 179; motions, 128, 296, 320, 323, 326; frontier protection, 362--366; fugitive negroes, 188n, 430--431; Governors' letters, 9n, 13, 13n, 202n, 253, 267--269; Indian affairs, 9n, 253, 326, 423--425; mails, 296; money quota, 420, 439; ratification of Constitution, 140n; resolutions, 430--431, 444n; troops, 364.
Gerry, Elbridge, 508n, 510.
Geyer, de la Lande & Fynje (Finje), 189--191.
Gibbs, Joel 275.
Gillon, Alexander, 23n.
Gilman, John Taylor, 502.
Gilman, Nicholas, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 2, 12. 615. Committees: Edwards motion, 339; Georgia letter, 202n, 253, 267; Hanson-Goldsborough case, 43n, 79;

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Kentucky petition, 198, 198n; mail contracts, 273, 294; Pease petition, 207n; Reed petition, 572n, 574, 577; Steuben claims, 13n, 202n, 448; War Department, 300n, 345, 357, 578; Washington letter, 202n. Votes: 34, 71, 162, 242, 269, 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 305, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419--421, 439, 441, 453, 456, 457, 496, 497, 516, 517, 522, 601. Mentioned: 1, 10, 11, 31, 452, 497, 515, 522, 526, 538, 539, 553, 554, 577, 596, 597, 601, 602, 605. G
Glover, John, 17.
Gnadenhutten, Pa., 485, 486.
Goadsby, Thomas, memorial, 149n, 240, 627.
Goldsborough, Robert, 43, 79.
Gooch, James, petition, 603n.
Gore, Christopher, memorial, 155n, 189--191.
Gore, Obadiah, 106.
Gorham, Nathaniel, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 612n. Mentioned, 605.
Government, organization of, under Constitution. See Constitution, organization of government under.
Grand, Ferdinand, 133, 163, 561.
Grantham, Isaac, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 5.
Gray, Daniel, memorial, 621.
Great Britain, convicts, 529--530; deserters, 560; Eastern boundary, 617; King's Speech, 129n; Lawrence affair, 222--230; on navigation of Mississippi, 300n; treaties with, 22n, 273n.
Greaton, John, 351, 627.
Greaton, Sarah, memorial, 351.
Greene, Nathanael, 16, 58.
Greenleaf, Thomas, newspaper, 58.
Gridley, Richard, 621.
Griffin, Cyrus, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 6n, 12, 610, 610n. President of Congress, 9, 9n, 169n. Votes: 34, 71, 162, 243, 269, 282, 291, 296, 302, 303, 306, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 360, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421, 440, 441, 453, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 518, 522, 601. Mentioned: 1, 61n, 85, 152n, 178n, 306n, 506n, 596, 601--604.
Griswold, Matthew, 10n.
Griswold, Solomon, 70.
Guadeloupe, 23.
Gunn, --, 376.
H
Half King (Indian), 94n.
Halsted (Halstead), John, memorial, 201, 619.
Hamilton, Alexander, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 56. Committees: Buchanan petition, 197n; 210; Canadian matters, 512n, 528n; Dane motion, 169; foreign affairs, 458; French protest, 206n, 212, 217; Georgia matters, 188n, 444n; Gore memorial, 189n; Hay memorial, 217n; Indian affairs, 411--414; invalids, 204, 632; Jarvis contract, 444n, 465n, 535; Jefferson's expenses, 596n; Kentucky petition, 198, 198n; La Lande & Fynje debt, 193; Martlings petition, 391n; Mississippi question, 527; North Carolina motion, 502n, 534; Northrop memorial, 598, 598n; Roosevelt letter, 75n; Spencer claim, 444n, 570; Steuben claim, 452n, 507; sundry letters, 407, 410n; unsettled accounts, 632; Williamson motion, 432n. Motions: 393, 403, 403n, 452. Votes: 71, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 439, 441, 453, 456, 457, 482, 484, 522, 601. Mentioned: 158, 178n, 458n.
Hancock, John, 3, 53, 379, 612.
Hand, Edward, 618.
Hanging Man (Indian), 455n.
Hanson, Alexander Contee, 31n, 42, 43, 79, 618.

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Harding, Seth, 622.
Harmar (Harmer), Josiah, 21, 37, 55, 55n, 94, 94n, 108, 114, 126, 150, 150n, 173, 175, 299, 448n, 579, 583, 597, 598n.
Harpur, Robert, 615.
Harris, Robert, petition, 197n.
Harrison, William, a delegate from Maryland. Credentials, 6.
Hart, R., 621.
Harwood, B., 622.
Hastings, Jonathan, petition, 601n.
Hathorn, John, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 614.
Hawkins, Benjamin, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 7.
Hay, Uduy, 15, 618; memorial 217n, 233, 273n, 276, 350, 383n, 425, 429, 460n, 512n.
Hazard, Ebenezer, 66, 76, 81, 142--144, 174, 232, 315, 627.
Hazard, Jonathan, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 193. Votes: 269, 282, 291, 296, 302, 303, 305, 329, 334, 338, 384--86, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402.
Hazen, Moses, 376--378, 603n, 627.
Hazen and Hay, memorial, 528n, 621.
Heart, Jonathan, 28.
Heinckin, Jan Hendrick Christian, 622.
Hendrick (Hendricks), James, 621.
Henley, David, letter, 178n, 180; memorial, 20, 201.
Henry, John, 475, 508, 509n.
Henry, Patrick, 450.
Henry, McClellan and Henry, 621.
Hercules, ship, 11.
Heth, William, letters, 178n, 150.
Heth and Henley, 180.
Hide, Elijah, 70.
Hillhouse, James, a delegate from Kentucky. Credentials, 70, 70n. Resigned, 3.
Hollis, Silas, 49.
Holten, Samuel, 201.
Hopewell, treaty, 153, 476.
Hospital, clothing and marine department, 123n, 148, 560.
Howard, John Eager, a delegate from Maryland. Credential, 6, 12. Committees: Board of Treasury letter, 352n; Cushing case, 39n, 46, 48n, 49; Edwards motion, 339; War Department, 300n, 345, 357, 578. Votes: 34, 71, 302, 303, 306, 318, 334, 338. Mentioned: 1,339n.
Howell, David, 111, 116n, 169n.
Howell, Joseph, jr., 151, 407n, 468, 481.
Hubbard, Elijah, 70.
Hubley, Joseph, memorial, 341, 349.
Huff, John, 66.
Huger, Daniel, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 8, 8n, 12. Committees: Lynch petition, 34; Story memorial, 366n, 500. Motions: 54. Votes: 34, 71, 162, 269, 282, 283, 291, 296, 306, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 360, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421, 440, 441, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 518. Mentioned: 1, 72, 282, 367, 387, 392, 495, 497, 603.
Huntington, Benjamin, a delegate from Connecticut. Attends, 273; Credentials, 3, 273. Letters, 278n, 601n. Committees: Pierce memorial, 317n, 327--329. Votes: 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 305, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421, 439, 441, 453, 456, 457, 482, 484, 487, 496, 497, 516, 517, 522, 601. Mentioned: 287, 296, 460, 471, 601, 602.
Huntington, Jedediah, 618.
Huntington, Samuel, 192n.
Hurd, John, petition, 19, 626.
Hutchins, Anthony, 622.
Hutchins, Thomas, 180, 603n; letters, 26n, 238n, 391n, 405, 406, 431; memorial, 165n, 172, 176.
I
Imlay, William, petition, 430.
Impressment, 22n.
Indents, issue of, 442.

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Indian affairs, 13, 28, 94, 344, 347, 527, 592, 619, 622, 627; Christianity, 485--487; commissioners, 503; depredations, 411--414; expenses, 123n, 560; instructions to Superintendents, 619; land claims, 124, 126; messages, 10n, 31n, 59, 299, 455, 597n, 626; Northern Department, 94, 160, 285, 299, 378, 381, 382, 411--414; presents, 38; Southern Department, 54, 57, 72, 175n, 176, 176n, 253, 383, 391, 423--425, 455n, 465, 503, 521, 570--572, 624; treaties, 105, 164, 285, 286, 369, 381, 389, 438, 476, 553n, 570--572; tribes--Cherokees, 14, 31n, 59, 131n, 182, 241, 247, 310, 368--371, 410, 432, 433, 455n, 476--479, 521, 635; Chickasaws, 433, 521; Chippewas, 447; Creeks, 131n, 202n, 362--364; Wyandots, 160, 597n.
Invalids, 204--206, 209--210, 347, 389, 438, 501, 592, 632.
Irvine, William, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 4, 4n, 12. Committees: Board of Treasury letter, 352n; Canadian matters, 512n, 528n; Catherine memorial, 455n, 536; Cherokee Indian affairs, 368; Cushing case, 39n, 46, 48n, 49; Dane motion, 169; Gardner memorial, 140n, 315; Indian affairs, 411--414; Land Ordinance, 55n, 95n; Langlois letter, 30n; Martin letter, 342n; New York--Massachusetts boundary, 83; Pennsylvania motion, 350n, 353, 354; Presque Isle reservation, 373; qualifications, 9n, 12; Russell petition, 11; Secretary of War report, 285; Shreve memorial, 144n, 211; Steuben claims, 13n; sundry letters, 410n; Tardiveau petition, 44n, 60, 135--139; unsettled accounts, 632; Vincennes (St. Vincents) petition, 55n, 83, 115n, 632; Virginia matters, 77n, 134; Western Territory, 155n, 164n; White memorial, 455n; Williamson motion, 432n. Motions: 57, 57n, 65n, 83, 161, 202, 381, 484. Votes: 34, 71, 162, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419--421, 439, 441, 453, 456, 457, 483, 484, 496, 497, 516, 517, 522, 601. Mentioned: 1, 85, 116--119, 328, 355, 401, 502, 554, 601--603.
Irwine, W., 622.
J
Jackson, John, 127, 127n, 134, 622.
Jarvis, James, contract, 167, 444n, 465, 465n, 535, 567, 627.
Jay, John, 22--25, 29--30, 38, 43--44, 48--49, 90, 106, 111--113, 127--130, 153, 174, 186, 192, 206, 407, 414, 429--431, 454, 494, 603n, 604n. Attendance at New York Constitutional convention, 207; Barclay letter, 519--521; Jefferson's accounts, 447; Netherlands complaint, 109--111, 422--423; Portugal matters, 91--92, 361--362; prisoners in Algiers, 523--525; recall of Van Berckel, 470; return of John Adams, 40--41.
Jefferson, Thomas, 184, 507. Letters, 122n, 127, 127n, 128, 402n, 604n; on accounts, 312, 447, 494, 494n, 596n; commerce with France, 132; Dutch loan, 134, 174, 174n, 175, 176, 177, 185, 198--199, 283, 409, 443; European affairs, 23n, 29, 130, 130n, 382n, 622; negotiations with Algiers, 26, 29, 39n, 382n, 523--525; with Morocco, 23; South Carolina claim, 43n.
Jenny, ship, 34.
Jobbers Son (Indian), 455n.
Johnson, WiLliam, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 70. Committees: McLane accounts, 475. Mentioned: 208.
Johnson, Capt., 271--273, 284, 338.
Johnston, Samuel, 131n, 156, 187, 526n, 609.

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Jones, John Paul, 127n, 134; and prize money, 560, 561; in Copenhagen, 130n; in Russia, 382n.
Jones, Sam, petition, 197n.
Jones, Samuel, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 614--615.
Journals of Congress, 622, 635--636.
Joy, G., 619.
Judges, 9n; pay, 310--311.
K
Kaskaskia, 10n, 43n, 61n.
Kearny, Dyre, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 5, 12. Committees: Creek Indians, 13n; Dutch loan, 185; foreign affairs, 116n; Georgia letter, 13n, 202n; Jefferson letter, 177n; Kentucky petition, 198, 198n; mail contracts, 273, 294; May memorial, 328; Morgan memorial, 177n, 213, 247, 633; Moustier's reception, 51, 51n; Pease petition, 207n; Post Office, 300, 453, 462n, 599n; Roosevelt letter, 75n; sea letters, 39, 631; Steuben claims, 13n, 202n; Virginia matters, 77n, 134; Washington letter, 202n. Motions: 417, 420, 420n, 453, 456, 466, 466n, 469, 469n, 471, 503, 516, 517, 570, 595, 595n. Votes: 34, 71, 162, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421, 439, 441, 453, 456, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 517, 601. Mentioned: 1, 10, 71, 75, 85, 102, 105, 107n, 113, 116--119, 131, 163n, 233, 407, 417n, 418, 441n, 498, 522, 526, 538, 539, 553, 554, 577, 596, 597, 601.
Keene, Samuel Young, 466n.
Keep, Samuel, 622.
Keesar, Sic, 622.
Kennedy, Samuel, 47.
Kennedy, Thomas R., memorial, 46, 626.
Kentucky, 72, 72n; petition, 189, 198; erection into State, 194, 287--294.
King, Joseph, petition, 525, 538n, 551, 627.
Kingsbury, Ephraim, 70.
Knox, Henry, letters, 21, 28, 37, 55, 86--89, 94, 104--105, 113, 127, 150, 158, 160, 183, 206, 299, 328, 344, 378, 382, 391, 406, 410, 432, 447, 465, 521, 597, 627; reports, 31n, 34, 59, 86--89, 107--08, 114, 123--127, 139, 182, 211, 236--238, 241, 327n, 342344, 362--366, 376, 379--381, 476--479, 619. See also Knox, William; War, Secretary at.
Knox, William, letters, 410, 432, 447, 466, 521, 528.
Koseiuszko, Thaddeus, 133, 133n.
L
La Buxiere, Joseph Antoine, 43n.
Lacy, Elizabeth, 235n.
Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Roche Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, 24.
La Lande & Finje (Fynje), 48n, 155n, 193--194, 566.
Lamb, John, 129, 129n, 132, 507, 524--525.
Lambert, --, 132, 132n.
Lancaster, Pa., 384, 397n, 484.
Land, bounties, 86--89, 471, 474, 540, 600; donations, 473, 541--542; offer for seat of Government, 151n; Ordinance supplement, 95--100, 105, 107, 180, 184--185, 187, 241--246, 277--281, 297, 301--303, 305--310, 620, 631, 633--634; sale of land, 100--101, 151--152, 176, 181, 432, 564--566.
Langdon, John, 543, 616.
Langlois, Pierre, letters, 10n, 14, 30n, 44, 61n.
Laurens, Henry, 13, 508.
Lawrence, Jesse, memorial, 454, 460--462.
Lawrence, Richard, petition, 106, 106n, 186, 222--230, 619.
Lawrence and Morris, 622.
Leary, Dennis, 622.
Ledyard, Ann, petition, 428n, 468, 475.
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Lee, Arthur, commissioner in Board of Treasury, 86, 101,103, 115, 120--123, 146, 147n, 164, 169, 173, 178, 182, 199, 200, 232, 236, 240, 260, 266, 311, 312, 323, 330, 337, 340, 342, 349, 351, 352, 374, 376, 391, 428, 446, 465, 470, 501, 506, 514, 526, 543, 549, 572, 576.
Lee, F. L., 450.
Lee, Henry, a delegate from Virginia. Credentials, 367, 367n. Committees: White memorial, 455n. Motions: 367, 492, 492n, 515, 597. Votes: 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421, 440, 441, 453, 484, 496, 497, 516, 518, 522. Mentioned: 396, 400, 452.
Lee, J. L., 509.
Legrace (Legras), J. M. P., 61n.
Le Roy, J., and Sons, 27, 68.
Lewis, Joseph, 619.
Lewis, Van Zandt and Tudor, 622.
Lexington, brig, 271--273, 284, 335, 338.
L'Hommedieu, Ezra, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 56, 233, 233n. Committees: foreign affairs, 300n, 425; Kentucky petition, 198n; Steuben letter, 202n, 448; Washington letter, 202n. Votes: 242, 269, 282, 253, 291, 296, 302, 303, 306, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421.
Library of Congress, 631--635.
Lincoln, B., 377.
Lindsey, Eleazer, 622.
Livingston, H. B., 622.
Livingston, Muscoe, 597.
Livingston, Walter, commissioner in Board of Treasury, leave of absence, 423; 16, 18--21, 28, 37, 47, 59, 68, 69, 74, 75, 79, 86, 101, 103, 115, 120--123, 146, 147n, 164, 169, 173, 178, 182, 199, 200, 231, 232, 236, 240, 260, 266, 267, 311, 312, 323, 330, 337, 340, 342, 349, 351, 352, 374, 376, 391, 409, 428.
Livingston, William, 4, 611.
Loan officers, accounts, 567--570.
Lotbinier (Lotbiniere), Louis, 152, 152n.
Lottery, 598, 598n.
Lucas, John, 622.
Ludlow, Israel, memorial, 335--337.
Ludlow, T., petition, 34.
Luzerne, Anne César, Chevalier de la, recall of, 24, 29n, 30, 45, 93, 67n, 62, 62n, 93, 194--196.
L'Vaigneur, --, 542n.
Lynch-Stoughton-Cruger-Ludlow, petition, 34.
Mc
McDonald, Donald, 621.
McDowell, Samuel, 72n, 293.
McFarlance, Andrew, 622.
McKean, Thomas, 450, 509n.
McLane, Allen, 475, 619.
McLean, --, 619.
Macomb, Alex., 275.
Macpherson, John, 188n.
M
Madcira Islands, 130n.
Madison, James, a delegate from Virginia. CredentiaLs, 6, 6n, 12, 367n. Committees: Cherokee Indians, 368; Clark motion, 594n, 599; Creek Indians, 13n; Ettwein memorial, 484n; foreign affairs, 458; Georgia matters, 13n, 444n; Hanson letter, 43n, 79; Land Ordinance, 55n, 95n; mails, 52n; Martin letter, 342n; Mississippi question, 527; North Carolina motion, 502, 534; Pennsylvania annexing proposition, 480n, 499; qualifications, 9n, 12; sea letters, 39, 631; Steuben claims, 13n, 452n, 507; Tardiveau memorial, 538n, 540--542; Virginia letter, 444n, 475. Motions: 466n, 524. Votes: 71, 334, 338, 355, 356, 360, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 440, 441, 453, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 518, 522, 601. Mentioned: 1, 84n, 515.

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Mail, contracts, 66, 174, 207n--208n, 273--274, 294--296, 312--315, 453; transportation, 65--67, 76, 81--82, 143, 161--163, 172, 174, 294--296, 453, 471, 626.
Malcom (Malcolm), W., 622.
Manchester, Va., 588, 590.
Marbois, François de Barbé, Marquis de, 619.
Marine department, accounts, 123n, 322, 560.
Marmie & Co., 627.
Martin, Alexander, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 7. Resigns, 156.
Martin, Joseph, letters, 165n, 182, 241, 247, 304n, 310, 342--344, 345, 368, 410, 410n, 432, 521, 521n.
Martlings, Barent, petition, 391n.
Maryland, accounts, 558, 569; delegates, credentials, 6, 6n, 12, 613; Governor's letters, 149n; money quota, 439; motions, 50, 73, 163, 165, 175n, 626; ratification of Constitution, 149n; troops, 585.
Mason, Hale, 149.
Mason, John, 144n, 149.
Mason, William, 468, 480, 627.
Masachusetts, accounts, 557--558, 568; boundary, 25, 57, 203; cannon, 158--159; delegates' credentials, 2, 2n, 12, 53, 378, 378n; motion, 622; Governor's letter, 158; invalids, 592; mails, 81--82, 162, 295; money quota, 439, petition, 81; ratification of Constitution, 50; troops, 237.
Mather (Mathers), 153, 154.
Mathews, George, 9, 9n, 179.
Mathewson, Jeffery, petition, 553n.
Matthewman, William, 604n.
May, John, letter, 113n; memorial, 146, 328, 627.
Measam, G., 619.
Medici, Cosimo de', petition, 89, 91n, 157, 323n.
Meigs, Jonathan, 619.
Mentges, Francis, memorial, 443, 622.
Mercer, Hugh, 199.
Mercier, J. D., 211n, 512n.
Meredith, Samuel, a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 367, 367n. Votes: 368, 384--386, 388, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419--421, 453, 456, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 517, 522.
Merlet (Mortet), Hardouin, 202n, 235, 627.
Mifflin, Thomas, 58, 613.
Military department, appropriations, 389, 438.
Militia, plan, 619.
Miller, Patrick, 127n.
Milton, J., 9, 179.
Minerva, ship, 622.
Ministers, United States, abroad, 564, 619; foreign, from France, 62--65, 414; from United Netherlands, 422.
Mississippi River, 24n, 213--217, 247--252, 297, 300n, 467--468, 473--474, 493, 527, 529n, 530--535.
Mitchell, Nathaniel, a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 5, 12. Committees: Lawrence memorial, 454n, 460--462; qualifications, 9n, 12. Votes: 34, 71, 162, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421, 439, 441, 453, 456, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 517. Mentioned: 1, 95, 209, 456, 517.
Mitchell, Stephen Mix, a delegate from Connecticut. Attends, 69. Credentials, 69--70. Committees: foreign affairs, 116n; Medici petition, 89n, 157; Secretary at War report, 285; Story memorial, 91n; Trowbridge memorial, 151n, 172; Western Territory, 155n, 164n; Wilson memorial, 133n, 270. Votes: 71. Mentioned: 107, 116--119, 131, 150, 154, 475n.
Mogador, 197, 519.
Mohawk river, ordnance, 588.
Moñino, Joseph (Floridablanca), 178n.
Montgomery, Samuel, memorial, 373, 352n, 445.
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Morgan, George, 152; letter, 525--526; memorial, 151n, 177, 181n, 213--217, 246n, 247--252, 267n, 275, 327n, 371--373, 410n, 414n, 431n, 466--468, 633.
Morlet. See Merlet.
Morocco, duties on American importations, 197, 519--521; treaty, 23n.
Morris, Robert, 272--273, 284.
Morris, Thomas, 252, 271--273, 284.
Morris, William W., memorial, 335--337.
Moustier, F., Count de, complaint of, 407n, 429; letters, 30, 67n, 192, 192n, 219--222, 414; reception of, 44--45, 46n, 51, 5le, 52, 62--65, 195--196.
Moylan, Stephen, 121.
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus, letter 10n.
Muhlenberg, P., 409.
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Navigation, experiments in, 127n.
Negroes, 188n, 444n, 458--460, 550n.
Netherlands, see United Netherlands.
New London, Va., military stores, 588, 590.
Newbold, Clayton, 275.
Newbold, Jos., 275.
Newbold, William, 152, 152n, 275.
New Hampshire, accounts, 557--558, 568; delegates credentials, 2, 2n, 12, 32, 615, 615n; invalids, 592; money quota, 439; ratification of Constitution, 281--282.
New Jersey, accounts, 558, 569; delegates credentials, 4, 4n, 12, 611; invalids, 592; Land Society, 151n, 267n, 525n; money quota, 439; ratification of Constitution, 25n; recruits, 299; troops, 236, 578, 579, 585.
Newspapers, 58, 144, 623, 627.
New York, accounts, 557--558, 568--569; boundary, 25, 57, 83, 203; delegates credentials, 56, 179, 233, 614; invalids, 592; mails, 295; mayor's letters, 572n, 575, 577; money quota, 439; proposed seat of new government, 367, 383, 397, 416--417, 456; ratification of Constitution, 378n; repairs to City Hall, 572n, 575, 577; troops, 237, 578--579.
Nicholson, Samuel, memorial, 240n, 252, 271--273, 284, 330n, 335, 337.
Nightingale, Clark and, 169n.
North Carolina, accounts, 558, 569; cession, 14; delegates credentials, 7, 7n, 12, 156, 186--187, 609; motions, 319, 328, 392, 419, 493, 500, 502n, 527, 530; Governor's letter, 13ln, 526n; imposts, 526n; Indian affairs, 423--425; Mississippi question, 527, 530--535; money quota, 419, 439; on ratification of Constitution, 404; resolves, 526n; treaties, 273n, 526n, 571; troops, 364.
Northrop, Joel, memorial, 598, 627.
Norton, B., 623.
Notoly, Prince of (Indian), 455n.
Nourse, Joseph, 123n, 623.
Nova Scotia, refugees, 621.
Noyes, Paul, 18, 626.
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Oaths of allegiance, 598n, 603n.
Obail and Robins, 623.
Officers, memorial, 379--381.
O'Hara, Jamcs, 584, 585.
Ohio River, troops, 585--586.
Oliphant, David, 448, 623.
Osgood, Samuel, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 37, 47, 59, 68, 69, 74, 75, 79, 86, 101, 103, 115, 120, 121, 122, 123, 146, 147n, 164, 169, 173, 178, 182, 199, 200, 231, 232, 236, 260, 266, 267, 311, 312, 323, 330, 337, 340, 342, 349, 351, 352, 374, 376, 391, 409, 428, 446, 465, 470, 501, 506, 514, 526, 538, 549, 572, 576.
Otis, Samuel Allyne, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 2, 2n, 12, 612, 612n. Committees: Constitution, 281n, 303, 317, 359, 633; copper contract, 329n; Dutch loan, 185; Flint memorial, 410n; foreign

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affairs, 116n, 300n, 425; French protest, 206n, 212, 218; Hay memorial, 217n, 233, 273n, 276, 350; Jefferson letter, 177n; Lynch petition, 34; Mason memorial, 144n, 149; Morgan memorial, 267n, 275, 327n, 371,431n, 466; Nicholson letter, 330n, 335, 337; Post Office, 599n; qualification, 9n; Rooseveltletter, 75n; Steuben claims, 13n, 202n, 448; Tardiveau memorial, 327n; Trowbridge memorial, 151n, 172; Washington letter, 202n. Motion, 33. Votes: 34, 71, 162, 242, 269, 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 305, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 417, 419, 420, 421,601. Mentioned: 1, 77, 162, 189, 194, 577, 596, 602, 605.
Otto, Louis Guillaume, 114, 416, 619.
Outerbridge, Leonard White, 494.
P
Pannill (Pannel), Joseph, petition, 192n, 208n, 623.
Parker, John, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 8n, 12, 12n. Committees: Duane letter, 572n, 575, 577. Votes: 34, 71, 162, 243, 282, 283, 291, 302, 303, 306, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 417, 419--421, 440, 441, 453, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 518, 522. Mentioned: 1, 95n, 117, 175, 202, 448, 538, 539, 596, 601, 603.
Parker, Joseph, 177.
Parr, John, 461.
Parsons, Samuel Holden, judge for Western Territory, memorial, 262n, 263n, 310.
Parsons, Simeon, 70.
Passports, 6.20.
Patton, Robert, 149, 153, 154, 169n, 171, 231, 263n.
Paymaster General's Department, combination of duties, 498; expenditures, 123n, 560.
Pearson, Joseph, 2, 616.
Pease, Levi, petition, 207n; memorial, 576n, 595, 595n, 627.
Pell, Philip, a delegate from New York. Credentials, 614. Mentioned: 605.
Pendleton, Edmund, letter, 323n.
Pennsylvania, accounts, 557--558, 568--569; annexation proposition, 480, 493, 493n, 499; boundary, 203; delegates, credentials, 4, 4n, 12, 161, 613; motions, 350, 353, 354, 499, 623; Indian affairs, 411--414; invalids, 560, 592; mails, 163, 295; money quota, 439; ratifies Constitution, 10n; recruits, 299; riots, 350, 354--356; troops, 236, 408--409, 578--579, 585.
Pensions, 123n, 560.
Pepin, A, 623.
Perine, Henry, 131n.
Perry, William, 503, 570--572, 595, 627.
Pesters, W. N., 489.
Phelon, John, 623.
Philadelphia, Pa., 359, 400, 588--590.
Philips (Phillips), R., 623.
Phip (Phipps), D., 623.
Pickens, Andrew, 455n, 465n, 466.
Pickering, Timothy, 408, 446.
Pierce, John, 89, 150--151, 551--553; memorial, 317n, 327--329; death of, 392, 392n.
Pierce, Hannah, petition, 106, 192n.
Pike, Captain (Indian), 150n.
Pinckney, Thomas, 8, 54n, 391n, 455n, 610, 611.
Pintard, John Marsden, 39n, 130, 130n, 623.
Pipe, Captain, 94, 94n.
Pittsburgh, Pa., mails, 65, 76, 295.
Platt, Richard, 623.
Polk, Thomas, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 7.
Pollock, O., 275, 623.
Porter, John, petition, 175n, 623.
Portland, Mass. (Maine), petition. 67n.
Portugal, letters to and from Queen, 30, 91; treaty with, 91--92, 361--362.

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Postmaster General, letters, 66, 76, 81, 142--144, 174, 232, 315, 627; on privilege to open letters, 232, 239; powers and duties, 462--465.
Post Office, convention with France, 618, 619; free postage, 144, 209, 211, 498, 595, 600; on accounts, 197n; on letters from Treasurer, 553n; ordinance, 116n, 619; receipts and expenditures, 463--465, 623; reports on, 462--465, 572n, 599n.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 207.
Powell, Loyd, petition, 234.
Prairie du Rocher, 61n.
Prentice, Samuel, 623.
President of Congress, 623.
Presque Isle, reservation, 352, 352n, 373, 444n.
Printers, 627, 631, 631n.
Prize money, 271--273, 284, 331n, 335, 337, 560, 561.
Providence, R. I., 587, 590.
Provost, Samuel, 71.
Q
Qualifications, committee, 9n.
Quartermaster Department, 123n, 346, 560, 586--587, 623.
R
Randall, Paul R., memorial, 506n, 507.
Randolph, Edmund, 7, 610; letters, 140n, 165n, 182, 241, 304n, 429n.
Ranger, ship, 603n.
Rankin, James, 160, 160n.
Ransom, E., 624.
Rapalje, Garret, petition, 91n, 100, 113n, 133, 177.
Rapalje and Woods, petition, 146n.
Read, J., memorial, 27.
Reed, Bowes, 4, 611.
Refugees, 347, 512n, 591, 621.
Reid (Reed), James, memorial, 78, 572n, 574, 577, 626.
Reid, James R., a delegate from Pennsylvania. Credentials, 4, 4n, 12, 613. Committees: Catherine memorial, 455n, 536; Cushing memorial, 39n, 46, 48n, 49; foreign affairs, 300n, 425; Hay memorial, 217n, 233, 273n, 276, 350; Hutchins memorial, 165n, 172, 176; Kearny motion, 471; Kentucky petition, 198, 198n; Pease memorial, 576n, 595; Post Office, 300n, 453n, 462, 599n; Reed petition, 572n, 574, 577. Votes: 71, 162, 243, 269, 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 306, 318, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 439, 441, 456, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 517, 522, 601. Mentioned: 1, 31, 202, 253, 397, 400, 538, 539, 553, 605.
Remsen, Henry, jr., 283n, 425n.
Reprisal, 271--273, 284, 338.
Requisitions (1788), 123n, 388--390, 419--421, 634; general survey (1784--1788), 433--441.
Rey, M., 603n.
Reynolds (Reynold), David, 526, 624.
Rhode Island, accounts, 558, 568; attitude on Constitution, 131n, 404; delegates' credentials, 141n, 193, 614, 614n; Governor, 131n, 141; money quota, 439.
Rogers, William, 71.
Roosevelt, Isaac, letters, 75n, 113n.
Ross, David, a delegate from Maryland Attends, 85. Credentials, 6, 85n, 613, 613n. Votes: 162, 329, 343, 338, 355, 356, 360--368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419--421, 439, 441, 453, 456, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497. Mentioned: 85, 93, 95, 102, 105, 113, 116--118, 383, 487, 605.
Ross, J., 624.
Roy, J. L., and Sons, 27, 626.
Rubsamen, J., 619.
Rutgers, Lush & Lansing, 624.
S
Sable Island, 454, 461.
St. Clair, Arthur, Governor of Western Territory, 29, 94n, 410n, 411, 475, 549n, 597n, 603n.

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Salaries, Secretary at War, 839.
Salem, Pa., 485, 486.
Sargent and Cutler, 181, 565--566, 603n.
Sargent, Winthrop, 598n, 603n.
Sayre, Stephen, 624.
Secretary to Congress, reports, 13, 42, 44, 132--134, 142, 152, 155, 171, 176, 180, 197, 234.
Schmyser, --, 624.
Schoenbrunn, Pa., 485, 486.
Scot (Scott), Charles, 624.
Scott, Lewis A., 57.
Sea letters, 11, 34, 39--40, 144n, 149, 619, 631.
Secretary at War. See War, Secretary at. See also Knox, Henry.
Secretary for Foreign Affairs. See Foreign Affairs. See also Jay, John.
Sedgwick, Theodore, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 378. Committees: foreign affairs, 458; Georgia resolution, 444n; Jefferson's expenses, 494n; Ledyard memorial, 428n, 468, 468n, 475; Pennsylvania annexing proposition, 480n, 499; Steuben claim, 452n, 507. Motions: 455. Votes: 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419--421, 439, 441, 453, 456, 457, 482, 484, 488. Mentioned: 417, 457, 481, 483, 487, 495.
Secretary to Congress, 26, 105, 252, 310, 429--430, 573.
Seney, Joshua, a delegate from Maryland. Attends, 118. Credentials, 6, 118n, 613. Committees: Hay memorial, 383n, 425; Morgan memorial, 327n, 371n; Tardiveau memorial, 327n; Virginia letter, 444n, 475; Walden letter, 178n. Motions: 156, 156n, 337, 487. Votes: 162, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 360, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421, 439, 441, 456, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497. Mentioned: 184, 186, 189, 359, 384, 393.
Serapis, ship, 134.
Sevier, John, 10n, 14, 31n, 479, 479n.
Shallus, Jacob, 28.
Shattuck and Church, 620.
Shaw, Samuel, letter, 300n.
Sherman, Isaac, letter, 553n; memorial, 61, 335--337, 627.
Shipbuilding, 624.
Short, William, 132n, 184.
Shreve, Israel, memorial, 144n, 211.
Simmons, Jas. M., 459.
Skinner, Abraham, 341.
Slaves, in Western Territory, 541;
fugitive, 430--431.
Smallwood, W., 6, 149n.
Smart, Thomas, 624.
Smith, B. P., 624.
Smith, Isaac, 275.
Smith, R., 624.
Smith, Thomas, 405n.
Smith, William Stephens, 29, 29n, 38, 42, 174n, 361--362, 626.
Soper, Edmund, 469, 472.
South Carolina, accounts, 558, 560, 567, 569; claims, 23n, 43n; controversy with Georgia, 31n, 42, 79; delegates credentials, 8, 8n, 12, 610; Governor's letter, 54n; Indian affairs, 54n, 423--425, 571; loan officers, 448; military stores, 627; money quota, 419, 439; ratifies Constitution, 208n; troops, 364.
Spain, fugitive negroes, 458--460; minister from, 54; naval affairs, 300n, 382n; negotiations with, 43, 178, 319, 493, 530--535, 619.
Spear, Edward, 300.
Spencer, Joseph, 394n, 444n, 570, 627.
Spencer, Josiah, memorial, 428.
Springfield, military stores at, 588--590, 624.
Sproat,. D., 624.
Stagg, J., 299, 391.
States, accounts with United States, 159--160, 170--171, 253--260, 497, 557--558; requisitions on, 388--390, 419--421, 433--441.
Steamboat, 199n.
Steel (Steele), Archibald, petition, 50n, 58, 69n, 238n, 260--262, 626.

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Steele, R., memorial, 627.
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus Henry Ferdinand, Baron von, claims, 9n, 13, 357, 448--453, 507--512, 627; letters, 300n, 315n.
Stevens, John, petition, 61n; memorial, 102, 626.
Stewart, Archibald, memorial, 15.
Stewart, W., 624.
Stiles, Reuben, memorial, 140n, 142, 374, 627.
Stirling, Lord, 17, 21, 107, 624.
Stockton, R., 275.
Stockton, Samuel W., 275.
Stoddert, Benjamin, 73.
Stoughton, --, petition, 34.
Stockley, C., 619.
Stores (supplies), military, 47, 104, 105, 183, 366, 560, 619.
Story, John, 16, 91n, 107, 107n, 366n, 500.
Sturges, Jonathan, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 70, 70n. Resigns, 3, 70n.
Sullivan, John, 2, 21, 32, 328, 550n.
Sumner, J., 624.
Superintendent of Finance, 554.
Surveyors, 330n, 331, 335--337.
Swarm, John, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 186--187. Committees: Kearny motion, 471; Post Office Department, 300n, 453n, 462, 599n. Votes: 243, 269, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 306, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 360, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 899, 400--402, 413, 420, 421, 440, 441, 453. Mentioned: 419n, 420n.
Swett, Jonathan, 152n, 153, 153n.
Symmes, John Cleve, 50, 95n, 106, 181, 566.
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Tardiveau (Tardivo), Bartholomew, 14, 37, 43n, 44, 55, 60n, 61n, 83, 95n; petition, 115n, 135--139; memorial, 160n, 267n, 304n, 327n, 538n, 540--542.
Taxes, 123n.
Taylor, George, memorial, 15, 460n.
Temple, Sir John, 25, 106, 222--225, 454, 494, 530, 624.
Thatcher, George, a delegate from Massachusetts. Credentials, 2n, 12, 612n. Committees: land bounties, 86n; Russell petition, 11. Motions: 58. Votes: 34, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419--421, 439, 441, 453, 456, 457, 482, 484, 496, 497, 516, 517, 522, 601. Mentioned: 1, 33, 44, 71, 602, 605.
Thompson, James, 61n.
Thompson, William, 34, 624.
Thomson, Charles, 1, 10n--13n, 31n, 54n, 61n, 95n, 118n, 141n, 171n, 176n, 194n, 217n, 230n, 243n, 281n, 286n, 296n, 306n, 308n, 310n, 326n, 328n, 337n, 355n, 396n, 403n, 415n, 433n, 452n, 458n, 460n, 471n, 475n, 481n, 482n, 485n, 487n, 496n, 500n, 521n, 522n, 524n, 529n, 530n, 554n, 572n, 602n, 617n, 634, 635.
Thomson, John, 361n, 624.
Tipton, Jonathan, 521n.
Todd, Thomas, 72n.
Townsend, Samuel, petition, 217n, 340.
Treadwell, John, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 70.
Treasury (Board or Department), accounts, 253--260, 503--506, 542--549; cancellation of securities, 572--573; estimates, 209; on copper coins, 166--169; on Dutch loan, 198--199; receipts and expenditures, 554--570; requisition (1788), 388--390; survey of expenditures and arrearages (1784--1788), 433--441. Letters, 67, 121--123, 266, 352, 465; reports, 15--16, 18--20, 27, 35, 46, 50n, 55n, 68, 73--74, 78, 85, 100--102, 113n, 114, 119--120, 123, 145--147, 153, 163, 165--169, 173, 175, 177, 181, 189--191, 206--201, 208n, 230, 231,235, 240, 253--260, 264--266, 271,310, 312, 322, 330, 335, 340--341, 349, 351, 373--375, 388--391, 409, 428, 442, 446, 469, 501, 513--515, 525, 537, 570, 618.

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Treaties, of amity and commerce, 184n, 618; with Indians, 164, 286, 423--425, 553n, 570--572; with Portugal, 91--92; with Spain, 319.
Trent, William, 270n.
Troops, clothing of, 345, 581; discipline of, 346, 584; in Pennsylvania, 408--409; in service, 236--238, 578; Inspector's office discontinued, 263; on frontier, 346, 362--365, 582--583; payment of, 346, 582; subsistence of, 173, 584--586.
Trowbridge, Isaac, memorial, 131n, 142, 151n, 172, 234.
Trumbull, Jonathan, memorial, 352n, 357, 360, 620.
Tucker, Thomas Tudor, a delegate from South Carolina. Credentials, 8n, 12, 610n. Committees: Army contracts, 211n, Canadian matters, 512n, 528n; Constitution, 281n, 304, 317, 359, 633; copper coins, 208n, 329; Dayton motion, 116n; Duane letter, 572n, 575, 577; Fitch memorial, 45n, 80; foreign affairs, 116n, 300n, 425; Gardner memorial, 140n, 315; Indian affairs, 391n, 423; instructions to Governor Western Territory, 263n, 297; Kentucky petition, 198, 198n; Nicholson letter, 330n, 335, 337; post office, 116n, 144n, Steuben claims, 452n, 507; Tardiveau memorial, 267n; Vincennes (St. Vincents) claims, 298, 472; Williamson motion, 432n; Woods memorial, 230n, 240, 241. Motions: 387, 392, 396, 396n, 448, 468, 468n, 480, 495. Votes: 34, 71, 162, 243, 269, 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 306, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 360, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 420, 421, 440, 441, 453, 457, 483, 484, 488, 496, 497, 516, 518, 522, 601. Mentioned: 1, 54, 209n, 289, 290n, 345, 350, 452n, 496, 603, 604.
Turnbull, Marmie & Co., 113n, 173, 175, 585, 624.
Turnbull, William, letter, 169n.
Twining, Nathaniel, 463.
U
United Netherlands, loan, 67, 121, 133--134, 185--186, 198--199, 266--267, 282--283, 559--561, 620; minister's complaint, 24, 26, 54, 109--111, 128, 422; reception, 52; recall, 470--471, 488--492; on recall of John Adams, 315n; political affairs 24n, 29n, 130n.
V
Van Berckel, Pieter Jan, 471n.
Van Berckel, Peter Francis, 52, 109--111, 128, 422, 470, 471, 488--492, 620, 626.
Vance, Mary, 114, 114n.
Vandyke, Heary, 275.
Van den Brock (Brock), R. J, 626.
Van Ingen, Dirk, 625.
Van Staphorst, N. & J., 422, 430.
Van Wickle, E., 275.
Vardon, Daniel, Jr., 275.
Varnum, James M., 262n, 263n, 310.
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 174n.
Vincennes (St. Vincent), 538n, 583, 586, 624; memorial, 55n, 60n, 61n, 83, 95n, 115n, 135--139, 160n, 213, 246n, 298, 472--473, 632; treaty, 38.
Vincent, Captain (Indian), 123.
Vinton, John, memorial, 469, 472.
Virginia, accounts, 140n, 145, 178n, 203, 253--260, 262, 443, 503--506, 557, 558, 569; acts of legislature, 72, 134, 287, 407n; cessions, 77n, 83, 134, 180, 201, 246, 280, 287, 332--334, 469, 476, 624; delegates' credentials, 6, 6n, 12, 610; motions, 72, 77n, 203, 354, 443--444, 503; emission money, 74, 558; Ferrier affair, 212, 218--222; frontier protection, 412--414; Governor, 140n, 145, 241, 310, 407, 429, 444n, 469, 476, 550; indents for interest, 624; Indian affairs, 165n, 182, 310, 410--414,

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570; invalids, 592; Kentucky compact, 287--294; loan officers, 405n; mails, 295; money quota, 439; ratifies Constitution, 323n.
W
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 3, 12. Committees: copper contract, 329n; Dayton motion, 116n; Hutchins letler, 391n, 405, 406; Indian affairs, 411--414; Irvine motion, 57, 202; Jarvis contract, 444n, 465n, 535; Land Ordinance, 55n, 95n; Langlois letter, 30n; Lynch petition, 34; mails, 52; Martin letters, 432n, 433; Moustier's reception, 51, 51n; New York--Massachusetts boundary, 83; Postoffice, 116n, 144n; Roosevelt letter, 75n; Russell petition, 11; Spencer claim, 444n, 570; Steuben claims, 13n, 84n; sundry letters, 410n; Tardiveau letter, 44n, 60, 135--139; Vincennes (St. Vincents) claims, 55n, 83, 115n, 632; Virginia resolutions, 77n; Walton memorial, 345n, 358, 360; Williamson motion, 432n; Votes: 34, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421, 439, 441, 453, 456, 457, 516, 517, 522. Mentioned: 1, 10, 11, 31, 39, 50, 56, 62, 71.
Wait, John, 625.
Walden, Fred H., 178n.
Walker, John, 625.
Walker, Levi, 625.
Wallace, Elizabeth, petition, 169n, 171, 231, 263n.
Wallingford, Lydia, 625.
Walton, Robert, petition, 192n, 330, 345n, 358, 360.
Wandall, Oliver, 470.
War (Board, Office, Department), reports on, 345--348, 352n, 572n, 578--594.
War, Secretary at, absence of, 381; military stores, 47, 104, 366, 624; powers of, 619; reports, 86--89, 124--127, 342--344, 362--366, 476--479; salary, 319, 339, 348, 352n, 857, 593, 627; troops, 236--238.
Ward, Henry, 141, 614.
Warren, John, 199.
Warren, Joseph, 199.
Warren, ship, 144n, 149.
Washington, George, 9n, 13, 202n, 450, 450n, 508n, 509, 625.
Waters, E., 92n.
Watts, John, 455n.
Weeks. See Wickes.
Weiss, John, 625.
Weissenfels, Frederick, petition, 151n, 153.
Wereat, John, 140n.
Wessel (Wessels), John, 109, 422.
West Point, 75n, 183, 346--347, 580, 588--591.
Western Territory, donations of land, 473, 541--542; Governor, 29, 94, 105, 124, 285n, 297, 299, 344, 406, 406n, 411, 412, 447, 473, 597, 598n, 603n; Indians, 124--126, 164, 285--286, 406, 406n, 447, 528, 549, 603n, 406, 406n; judges, 9n, 44, 50, 310--311; Land Ordinance supplement, 55n, 95--100, 105, 107, 180, 184--185, 187, 241--246, 277--281, 297, 301--303, 305--310, 620, 631, 633--634; mines, 328; Monroe motions, 625; ordinance as to government, 541--542; religion, 542; sale of land, 100--101, 151--152, 176, 181, 432, 564--566; salt works, 622; schools, 542; slavery in, 541; Spanish property in, 620; surveys, 335--337, 389, 438; treaty, 164.
Wheelock, John, 560.
White, James, a delegate from North Carolina. Resigns as Superintendent Indian Affairs, 13, 26. Credentials, 7, 12. Committees: Creek Indians, 13n; Georgia letter, 13n; instructions

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to Governor Western Territory, 297, 297n; land bounties, 86n; Langlois letter, 30n; Moustier's reception, 51, 51n; Tardiveau letter, 44n, 60, 135--139; Vincennes claims, 55n, 83, 115n, 632. Votes: 34, 71, 601. Mentioned: 1, 10, 11, 31, 39, 48, 50, 56, 62, 69, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 93, 95, 102, 105, 113, 116--118, 432.
Whitmore, H., 620.
Whipple, A., 625.
White, Anthony W., memorial, 155, 157, 375, 455n, 502n.
White, John, 61n.
Wickes, Lambert, 271--273, 284, 338.
Wiley, John, 109, 128.
Williams, Ezekiel, 538n, 575, 627.
Williams, H. H., 390, 627.
Williams, Ebenezer, 49.
Williamson, Hugh, a delegate from North Carolina. Credentials, 155--156, 609. Committees: army contracts, 211n; Beaumarchais accounts, 542n, 573; Burrall letter, 197n, 209, 211; Clark motion, 594, 599; copper contract, 329n; Dane motion, 169; Ettwein memorial 484n; Finance Department, 300n, 554, 554n; Flint memorial, 410n; Georgia matters, 188n, 320, 323; Hay memorial, 273n, 276, 350; Hutchins letter, 391n, 405, 406; Indian affairs, 391n, 423; instructions to Governor Western Territory, 263n; Jarvis contract, 444n, 465n, 535; Jefferson accounts, 494n, 596n, Kentucky petition, 198, 198n; Land Ordinance supplement, 243n, 277; Lawrence memorial, 454n, 460--462; Martin letters, 432n, 433; Mississippi question, 527; Morgan memorial, 177n, 213, 247, 267n, 275, 327n, 371, 431n, 466, 633; Nicholson memorial, 264n, 271, 284; North Carolina motion, 502n, 534; Pierce memorial, 317n, 327--329; Postmaster General's letter, 232n, 239; requisition (1788), 305n, 388, 419--421, 634; Steuben letter, 202n, 448; sundry letters, 407n; Tardiveau memorial, 267n, 304n, 327n, 538n, 540--542; Trumbull memorial, 352n, 357, 360; Van Staphorst letter, 430n; Vincennes (St. Vincents) claims, 298, 472; Virginia letter, 444n, 475; Washington letter, 202n; Williamson motion, 330n, 331, 432n. Motions: 176, 184, 184n, 330n, 331, 339, 396n, 397, 397n, 419n, 501, 501n. Votes: 162, 243, 269, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 306, 329, 334, 338, 360, 368, 384--386, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 420, 421, 440, 441, 453, 601. Mentioned: 158, 161, 175, 179, 180, 184, 189, 197, 202, 208, 209, 212, 217, 233, 234, 253, 262, 263, 273, 285n, 298n, 305, 332, 338, 339n, 359, 392, 399, 404, 460, 466, 528, 559, 572, 600, 601--604.
Willing, Morris, 625.
Willinks & Van Staphorst, 68n, 121n.
Wilmington, Del., 453, 456.
Wilson, James, 133, 270, 276n.
Wilson, William, 94, 160, 160n.
Wilson and Rankin (Rinkin), 299, 549n, 597n.
Wingate, Paine, a delegate from New Hampshire. Credentials, 32. Committees: Burrall letter, 197n, 209, 211; Gardner memorial, 140n, 315; Georgia matters, 188n, 320, 323; Kearny motion, 471; Lawrence memorial, 454n, 460--462; May memorial, 328; Medici petition, 89n; Morgan memorial, 177n, 213, 247, 633; Nicholson memorial, 264, 271, 284; Post Office, 300n, 453n, 462; Story memorial, 91n, 366n, 500; White memorial, 455n. Motions: 71, 264, 322, 439, 627. Votes: 34, 71, 162, 242, 269, 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 305, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 417, 419--421, 441, 453, 456, 457, 482, 488, 496, 497, 516, 517, 522. Mentioned: 178n, 315n, 460, 466, 471,475, 485, 502.

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Winn (Winne), Richard, 72, 175n, 176, 176n, 391n, 410n, 465n.
Witherspoon, John, 450, 508, 509n.
Wotcott, Erastus, a delegate from Connecticut. Credentials, 70, 70n. Resigns, 3. Mentioned: 70, 501, 501n.
Woods, I., 177.
Woods, John, petition, 55n, 74, 91n, 100, 131n, 133, 151n, 153--154, 192n, 200, 208n, 230--231, 240, 405n.
Worcester, Mary, 625.
Wyllys, George, 3, 70, 209.
XYZ
Yates, Abraham, jr., a delegate from New York. Credentials, 56, 179, 614. Votes: 242, 269, 282, 283, 291, 296, 302, 303, 305, 318, 329, 334, 338, 355, 356, 359, 368, 384--386, 388, 393, 394, 399, 400--402, 413, 419--421, 439, 441, 453, 488, 496, 497, 625. Mentioned: 217, 282, 283, 291, 413, 485, 539.
Zespedes, Vincente Manuel de, 188n. 431, 458--459.

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