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Justices, 157, 164, 180, 240, 307, 344, 357, 370, 465, 517. Elec- tions, 236, 563. Representatives, 236. Sheriffs, 236, 567. Coun- cil, 236. Coroners, 236, 567. Commissioners, 236. Eighteen penny tax, 267. Militia, 400. Deputy Surveyors, 441. 442, 444, 445, 449. Lieutenant William Sterret, 482. Contested election, 485. Lieutenant John Wilkins, Jr., 551. President of Court C. P., &c., Samuel Laird appointed, 553. Road from Miller's spring to Pittsburg, xv., 13. John Wilkins resigns as Lieutenant, 87. George Gibbons appointed, 89. Collector of excise, 93. Election, 102, 300, 577. Sheriff, 102, 300, 577, 578. Coroner, 102, 300, 577, 578. Resignation of Justice Beale, 105. Justices, 90, 131, 154, 213, 570, 644. Militia, 178, 229. Election of town officers at Carlisle, 218. Execution or- dered, 218. Collector of excise, 221, 222. Road from Miller's spring to Fort Pitt, 273, 274. Road by Burnt Cabins, 322, 371. Contested election. 325, 326. Western road to Bedford, 327, 330. Pension to Captain Walker Denny's widow, 345 William Elliott paid as a member of confer- ence of committees, 353. Road between Clark's Gap and Burnt Cabins, 371, 393, 399, 486, 519. Riots, 415. Nol pros., 417. Pay to Colonel Gibson for printing, 457. Pension, 464. Election set aside, 520. Road to Pittsburg, 594. Sureties for officers, xvi., 32. Neglect charged on Commission- ers, 39. Allen McGeechan, agent of confiscated estates in, 73. Road to Pittsburg, 73. Colonel George Gibson, Lieutenant, 73. Road through Black's Gap, 102. Militia roturns, 149. Sheriffs, 193, 509. Coroners, 193, 509. Deputy Surveyer, 214. Militia, 319, 363, 445. Prothonotary, J, Agnew, deceased, 328. Pay and bounty for a detachment under command of Captain Samuel Hol- liday against the Indians, 363. Taxes received, &c., 380. Excise,
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408. Pensions, 412. Militia, 22. [ Customs, how raised, i, 99. Coun- Breakfasts for and price, 501. Militia, Captain George Hayes' company, 536, 542.
Cumberland Fort-flour not arrived at, for General Braddock, vi., Cuthbert, Anthony, claim for city lots, xv., 439. ('laim to city lots, xvi., 119, 167, 170, 293, 299. 373, 445. Persons missing from, 4. Cannon for, 445, 465. Murders near, 475, 643. Colonel Dunbar . Cuthbert, Thomas, appointed agent with wounded arrives at, 502, 513. for forfeited estates, xi., 758. Re- moved, 767. Cumberland or French Fort Beau Sejour, captured, 447. Com- Cutler. John, coroner of Bucks, iii., 56, 69. munication cut off, vii., 133. Adam Stephen commander, letter Cuyler, Cornelius, bearer of letter from Governor of New York to Governor of Canada, v., 554. from, 289, 381. Murders near, 381, 503. Respecting, 512. 600; viii .. 224; ix .. 35. Indians mur- dered near, 304.
Cunningham, Allen, coroner, xii., 513 ; xiii., 87.
Cunningham, Colonel, xi., 367. Cunningham, James, examination of, respecting rescue of Stump, ix., 449, 450. Deposition respecting Peter Chartier, iv., 757 ; x. 683. Cunningham, Peter, ensign, xii., 37. Cuppaidge, Lieutenant George, pris- oner of war removed, x., 574.
Curgill, Major Jno., to answer Coun- cil respecting obstructions at ferry, xi., 675.
Currency, Governor's views on, iii., 249, 250.
Curric, Dr. William, resigns as sur- geon of Colonel Atlee's battalion, x., 734.
Curry. Robert, Coroner, takes a de- serter, xi., 451.
Curtis, John, 2nd Judge of Supreme Court dies, vi., 135.
Curtis, John, a justice of Kent ac- cused of high treason, i., 158. 163, 164, 165, 196. Objected to as member of Council, 197, 268. News of robberies, v., 89. A Nanticoke Indian conference with, ix., 45.
Curwen, John, repaid for surveying Jones' lane, xvi., 11.
Cushietnnk-Connecticut settlers at, J. Hyndshaw's deposition, viii., 612. Lands, &c., 646. Connec- ticut settlers at, ix., 27, 29.
Custologo, a Delaware Indian, and a leading man, v., 660.
Custom House fees, i., 67. Officers, 535, 537.
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cil refuse to take collector's oath but will receive his attestation, 148. Officers of, to be protected, iii., 64, 143.
Cypher, Michael, ensign leaves his colors, x., 694.
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Dagworthy, Cap., commands at fort Cumberland. Indian murders, vi., 643 ; vii., 601; letters, 602, 632, 633.
Dahauff, Cap. Abm., firelocks, z., 539.
Dale, Peter, his mill, ii., 10.
Dampier, Cap. (the navigator) ii., 99.
Darby Township, complaint respect- ing road from B. Chamber's ferry, ii., 33. Bridge at Cobbs' creek, iii., 426, 428, 431. Road to from Philadelphia, v., 121 ; laid but not cleared in 1706, 121, 202. Creek, banks, &c., to be made and re- paired, viii., 575, 583, 683. Boats in x., 656, 682. Marsh, &c., Act to extend, ix., 12, 24. Rendezvous at, xi., 301. Road from to Schuyl- kill bridge, xii., 314, 70. Road between, and Lancaster, 592, 650, 667, 710. Report on, con- firmed, 726.
Darlington, Abm., Coroner, iii., 370, 387.
Dartmouth, Earl of, letters to and from, x., 220, 221, 240, 248 ; non- importation ; Congressi; boundary line, 240. State Colonies. 248. Darvall, William, Agent of Lord Baltimore, i., 113, 115, 116.
Dauphin county ; Alexander Gray- don, Prothonotary, xiv., 374. Register and Recorder, 376; other
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offices added, 377 ; Justices, 396, 477. Lieutenant, 400. Sheriffs, 556. Coroners, 556; Represent, 556. Large petition from, in favor of Commissioners for not assessing for a Court-house at Harris's ferry, xv., 14. Elections, 100, 294. Justices, 41, 405. Sheriff, 100, 296, 570. Coroner, 100, 296, 570. Agent for sales at, 172, 223. Councillor, 296. Contested seat taken by Mr. Kucher, 309. Con- tested election of Justice, 405. Thomas Clark appointed, 405. Repair of arms, 421. Removal of prisoners, 469. Lieutenant of County, xvi., 40. Am'nt of tavern and marriage licenses, 61, 543. Colonel Hanna's battalion, gunner wounded, 121. Tavern and mar- riage licenses, 196. Sheriffs, 195, 498. Coroners, 195, 498, 499,
500. Deputy Surveyor, 214. Division into townships, 253. Justices, 204, 309, 352, 362, 387, 447, 537. Contested election, 274, 362. Excise, 408. J. Glon- inger resigns as justice, elected to Senate, 537.
Dauphin of France-proceedings, xiii., 282, 284, 285. Cost of entertainment, 297.
Davenport, Josiah, appointed Com- miss'r, with Col. Burd, to receive prisoners from Indians, viii., 776. Davidson, Rev. James, assistant at salt works, xi., 403, 509.
Davidson, Joshua, Ensign, xii., 31. Davidson, Captain Samuel, per-
mitted to make a voyage for Dealer, Chas., storekeeper, xi., 437. Congress, x., 415. Commands | Dean, Lieutenant John, sentence of Court Martial referred to Navy Board, xi., 138.
floating battery, 509. Boats resist his command, 606, 607, 608, 615, 624, 696. Appointed Commodore, x., 603, 701, 702. Censor, xiii., 729. Coroner, xiv., 567; xv., 139.
Davis, Lieutenant Abner, resigns x., 759.
Davis, Benjamin, Sheriff, iv., 469, 500, 601 ; v. 55, 120, 345 ; viii., 402, 506. To assist Captain Downey in a survey near the river, xi., 249; and from Salem downward, 250, 258. Notary, Iv., 241. Measurer of, grain,
xvi., 209.
Davis, Major Caleb, x., 697. Pro- thonotary, xi., 230, 235, 244. Justice, 274, 286. Complains of H. H. Graham, for detaining records of Chester Co .- author- ity to take them, 254. Com- plaint against, xiv., 204, 207.
Davis, Colonel, to provide horses for ammunition to Westmore- land county, xii., 386.
Davis Enoch, Justice, Philadelphia, ix., 237.
Davis, Henry, Coroner, ix., 199.
Davis, Doctor John, may buy instru- ments, x., 638.
Davis, John, Captain, xi., 18.
Davis, Llewellyn, ensign, xii., 10. Davis, Merrick, Coroner of Phila- delphia, iii., 140, 332, 370.
Davis, Samuel, Coroner of Sussex county, iii., 260, 289.
Davis, Ensign Septimus, appointed, x., 678.
Davis Thomas to build boats, &c., x. 283. Troops to Bord'n, 629. Davis, William, a Justice of Chester County, left out of common, for indiscreetly marrying a couple, ii., 561.
Davison, John, an Indian trader was at Washington's defeat, vi., 195. Davison, Commodore Samuel, com- plaint and trial, x. 701. Dis- missed, 702.
Dawson, Captain Samuel, xi., 2. Dawson, Captain, dies, xii., 435. Dayagoughderesesh, alias Thomas King, an Oneida Indian, dies, ix., 775.
Dean, Colonel Joseph, xi., 142. To rendezvous at Swedes ford, 301. Dean, Joseph, Member of Council of Safety, xi., 45. Board of War, 201. Memorial. Purchases forfeited estate in Philadelphia County, xii., 45. Appointed Auditor to settle accounts of troops, 589. Purchases, 639. Warden, xiii., 100. Deed to, 126. Bell's estate, 529, 570, 587. Sale of estate, 623, Appointed auctioneer for Philadelphia, xvi., 313, 316, 320, 460.
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Dean, Samuel, Sheriff, xiii., 392, 720; xiv., 237. Councillor, 567. To superintend drawing donation land lottery, xv., 108.
Dean, Lieutenant Colonel, William x., 733.
Dean, William, Justice, xiii., 625.
Dean, William, Lieutenant, pay to, xvi., 267, 278. To examine rivers, 319.
Dearing, Wm., servants complained against, 149, 150, 152.
Death of King William III. an- nounced, succeeded by Princess Ann of Denmark as Queen, ii., 69.
De Barras, Count, Commander. of French fleet, applies for sailors deserted. xiii., 5, 54, 55.
Debts, priority of payment to in- habitants, ii., 363. Recovery of small, iii., 540, 541. Recovery of, iv., 38, 40, 41, 331, 332. Lands in execution for, ix., 147, 148, 160. Small, 204, 238, 243.
De Buc, Peter, his will, i., 443, 444. De Canaveral, Commandant General of C'arthagena, letter from, xvi., 381.
Decatur, Captain Stephen, petition that his wife Priscilla may come from New York, xii., 699.
Decker, Cobus, daughter captured by Indians, viii., 143.
Declaration, Pennsylvania against Lord Baltimore, i., 113, 115. Against Nicholas Moore, 134-137, 138. Of Governor and Council to continue the laws, 296. Of King William and Queen Mary, 304. Of allegiance signed by members, 322. Of Quakers, 526. Fidelity, form of, iii., 229. Representation from Quakers respecting. 234. Bill passed, 235. Form of change proposed, iv., 334. Of war be- tween England and France, 690. Proclaiming King George III., viii., 517. Of war with Spain, 703. Of frontier inhabitants, &c., on murder of Indians, ix., 142, 146. Of war against the Dela- ware Indians, vii., 88. Adam Terrence, Indian murders, vi., 649.
De Cornay, Mons., letter, xii., 425. Dedimus potestatem, to six persons
to administer oath to the Gover- nor, ii., 62. Discussion as to the keeper of it, ordered into hands of Master of Rolls, 63. Objections and difficulties, 63, 68. Legal opinions where to be kept, 68. Oath administered by Council, 69, 91. Commissioners objections to administer oaths and affirma- tions, and place of keeping it, 93- 95. John Bewly, Collector, ad- ministers it, 96. Granted by Council, for Sussex and Kent, 97. To Robert Asheton, 98. Mes- senger to Chester with, paid, 111. To J. Yeates, &c., to administer oath to Governor Keith, iii., 13. To administer oaths at Bristol in absence of Secretary, v., 110. Issued to J. B. Smith, Jno. Mor- ris, Jr., and George Campbell, for City and County of Philadelphia, xiv., 110. To Jno. Arndt and Rob. Levers, xv., 279.
Deeds, fraudulent, i., 207. From Indians to Wm. Penn, 1701, and agreements, iii., 600-603. From Six Nations to proprietaries for lands on Susquehannah at Albany, vi., 119-129. For lands between Pennsylvania and Indians, vii., 693, 698. For 1718, demanded by Teedyuscung, 731. For land, forged, x., 693. Issued for for- feited estates, xii., 45, 104, 157, 158, 1:5, 189, 196, 201, 202, 222, 234, 246, 256, 258, 265, 268, 276, 281, 283, 284, 299, 300, 317, 320, 323, 324, 326, 343-346, 348, 350, 352, 380, 381, 383, 413, 421, 430, 441, 445, 446, 448, 457, 458, 463, 468, 481, 552, 553, 560, 571, 575, 612, 614, 615, 617, 618, 619, 620, 621, 639, 661, 668, 671, 672, 673, 687, 709, 731, 733, 734, 737, 747, 751, 752, 755, 775, 7:1, 782. Diffanderfer, Michael. buys es- tates, xii., 275. Indian, or ro- lating to Connecticut controversy, delivered to II. Osburne, xiii., 438, and returned per list, 462- 471. xiii., 12, 20, 25, 26, 30, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 45, 46, 52, 54, 56, 57, 63, 64, 65, 66, 80, 81. 94, 97, 98. 108, 109, 117, 126. 127, 139, 142, 146, 159, 166, 170, 171, 172, 175, 176, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184,
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193, 199, 204, 214, 217, 219, 235, | De Lafarge, Charles, letter to Gov.
236, 246, 250, 251, 271, 273, 274, 277, 278, 279, 280, 305-308, 315, 316, 320, 325, 334, 335, 340, 344, 346, 366, 3×4, 389, 409, 432, 450, 505, 543, 548, 549, 552, 572, 576, 585, 587, 592, 599, 604, 617 621, 623, 629, 631, 646, 686, 695, 701, 727, 735, 748, 759, 760, 767, 778. xiv., 34, 35, 54, 56, 65, 151, 176, 409, 453, 456, 459, 462, 486, 492, 495, 501, 583, 559, 591, 603, 607, 632, 639, 642, 649, 650, 653. xv., 4, 13, 14, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46, 50, 51, 72, 99, 124, 153, 173, 180, 181, 185, 230, 256, 434, 458, 468, 472, 538, 562. xvi., 283, 541.
Deedjoskon, Delaware Chief, vii., 431.
Deer and other wild beast not to be hunted on Indian lands, viii., 482-484.
De Ford, Vincent, xii., 86.
De Grafendriedt, Techarner, claim for lands, xv., 629.
De Haas, General. Petition of Ro- bert Patton, for relief from ill treatment by, xi., 188
De Haas, John Philip, appointed ; Delaney, Capt. Sharp, complains of Justice, ix., 281. Deposition, his ill treatment by Connecticut men, 682. Dispute with Grubb of Lancaster, x., 346. His battalion, 514, 525, 529, 532. Has a negro pardoned, xvi., 107.
De Haas. Johannes, returned as Councillor for New Castle, i., 214, 222. Refuses to act as a magis- istrate till he knows who is king, 302.
De Hart, Jacob, Lieutenant, xi., 751, 766.
De Hart, Colonel, letter respecting Ashur Levy, xii., 258.
De Haven, Peter, x., 467, 503, 527, 533, 650, 686. xi., 272, 273, 281, 314, 546, 663, 701, 754, 759. Agent for estates forfeited, 754. Resigns, 758. Health officer, 775. Agent to buy hay, xii., 543. Gun stocks, xvi., 460.
Dehuff, Henry, Chief Burgess, xi., 364.
De Kalb, Baron, Major General, killed. at Camden-commissions as en- signs in Pennsylvania line granted to his sons, xiii., 52.
Keith on assuming the Governor- ship, iii., 73.
De la Grange, Arnoldus, claim against C. Taylor's estate, i. 201.
De la Luzerne, Chevalier, to be re- ceived publicly by Congress, xii., 170, 172. Visits President and Council, 180. Letter, 251, 433. De Lancey, James, Governor of New York, v., 716, 717. Letters to and from, vi., 9, 13, 48, 511, 520, 554, 592. Answer to Commissioners, 92. Arrives in Philadelphia, 358. Examination of a French deserter, 416. On embargo, 511. On the defeat of General Braddock, 520. Intelligence from Admiral Bosca- wen, 592, 600. Letters to and from, vii., 560, 596, 606, 628, 716, 762; viii., 146, 165. Embargo -Sir Charles Hardy, 560, 606.
De Lancey, Captain, x., 560. De Lancey, Dr., x., 689.
De Lancey, Mrs. Mary, pass to visit her father, Wm. Allen, and remain in Philadelphia, xi., 593.
De Lancey, Oliver, on parole, x., 40.
insult, x., 753, 759. To attend Board, xiii., 294. Appointed by Assembly Collector of port Phila- delphia, xiv., 52, 447. Urging collections, 405. Place of office, 406, 444, 450, 473. Sale of goods, 637. On collecting imposts, xv., 134. To render account of dues, 253. Reports, 254. Re-appointed Collector, 315. Office for, &c., 402, 440, 484. Commendation of, as Collector of Customs, xvi., 59, 2172. Paymaster of pensioners, 293. Accounts, 328.
De la Vega, letter from, respecting a prize, v., 199.
Delaware, armed boat, xi., 5, 10, 27, 47, 68, 74, 113. Thomas Philips, first Lieutenant, 47.
Delaware County, Prothonotary, xvi., 171. William R. Atlee ap- pointed 172. Collector of Excise, Philip Sheaff-Lieutenant of, Luke Morris, Jr., 183. Opinion of At- torney General regarding Justices and Judges on division of county, 187. Justices, 190, 217, 218, 301, 402. Sheriff, 191, 493. Coroner,
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191, 493, 498. Presidents of
Courts, 209, 212. Elected, 214. Deputy Surveyor, 214. Justice Kean resigns, 352.
Delaware Indians, suspected of mur- der, ii., 70. No interpreter of their language but " Harry," Confer- ence, with. 546. Conference with, and interpreter, iii., 19. Govern- or presents several papers relating to them and lands, iv., 481. Dis- turbance about lands, 575. Speech of Cannasatego to, 579. Petition of Capt. John Titame, a chief of, 624. Murders by-seizure by Shekalamy, 675. C. Weiser to be sent to, at Shamokin, to demand the murderers, 676, 678, 679. In : Philadelphia, 742. Murderers arrested and in prison, 744. Speeches, 767. Olumpees, king of, dies, v., 212. Consultation abont successor, 222; vi., 36. Under Shingas destroy Great Cove, 675. Scaroyady and Monteur sent to, 697. Cause of alienation, 724- 728. Opposed to English, vii., 13. War urged-and scalps, 74. Declaration of war against, pro- claimed, 88. Governor Morris blamed by Sir William Johnson for, 117. Temporary suspension of hos- tilities, 130, 134, 144, 171. Names of families at Bethlehem, 174. Message and wampum from Tee- dyuscung, 198. At war, 244, 297. Further suspension of hostilities, 390. Sprech of Seneca chief to, 515. Hung in N. J .- described, -
540. To be treated with at Col. Johnson's, 655. Fort and houses for, at Wyoming, vii., 730, 734. Arrive with skins-disappointed at not finding goods, 734. A family of settlers on Susquehanna coming from Tinogan, viii., 120. Message to, from Cherokees, 135. - Copy of Sir William Johnson's speech to, on Ohio, 151. Opinion respecting, 194. Claims to lands, 202. Propose moving to Kuskus- ky. 305. Horses stolen by. 401. Chiefs propose holding a treaty, -
676. Conference with relatives of Dr. John at Philadelphia, 709.1 Perfidy of, ix., 239. Treaty of peace with, by Sir Wm. Johnson, |
277. Billy Champion complains of settlers on Susquehanna, 426. Message of Governor to News- leeka, their chief, &c., respecting settlers on their lands, 428. Con- ference with, on Big Island, 620. Chief Newsleeka at Philadelphia, 656. Letter from Notawatways, a chief, 735. Conference in Phila- delphia, x., 10. 61. Joseph Wipey murdered-reward offered, 199. And Shawnese separate from each other, 201. Message to, 204. At Conshocking declare war against Senecas, xii .. 586.
Delaware, State of, Committee, to be written to, x., 571. Negotia- tion for inland navigation, xiv., 583, 669, 672. Inland navigation, xv., 71.
Delaware and New York, fees in, to be compared, i., 63.
Delaware River, buoys proposed, i., 82, 204, 205. Wharf at Chestnut street asked for, 267. Forts on, 109, 131, 370. 372. Watch to be stationed at Cape Henlopen, 479. Ferrymen to give bonds respecting strangers and pirates, ii., 13. A supposed privateer or pirate seized in, 99. Rendezvous for privateers, 468. New ferries, iii., 39, 43. At Falls, 43. Infested with pirates-Teach, a noted one, 54. Numerous shipwrecks in the bay-buoys required, 493. Pilots to have license, iv., 394. Lands in forks of, 576. Rules and regu- tations to be observed in cases of flags of truce-also how pilots are to act, v., 81. Spaniards commit robberies, 92. Privateers also, 110, 111, 245, 248. Intelligence boat commissioned, 266. Hector, man-of-war, captures a schooner off. 323. A French flag of truce, with prisoners captured by priva- teer Spry, viii., 139. Piers pro- posed, 574. Fish in, 583. Light house, buoys, &c., ix., 56, 57, 14%, 197, 550. Embanking and draining marshes, 245, 247. War- dens appointed-bill to regulate pilots, 293, 593, 599, 676. Fish- eries, 623. An accurate map of, 720, 721. Acts respecting light- house, buoys, x., 4. Pilot boat
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loaded with goods seized by a - revenue schooner in-proceed- ings, 9. Jurisdiction of Chester county does not extend into the river, 232. Ebenezer Robinson receives thanks for his plan for stopping the channel, 286. Com- mittee to visit Red Bank and Mud Island-report-width-no boom can be placed there, 283. Chev- aux-de-frise, 335. Rules for pilots, 356. l'ilot boat to cruise in, 401. To be surveyed from Marcus Hook to Philadelphia, by persons named, 412. Coal to be taken out of, 421. Report on coal thrown into, 423. Jersey shore to be surveyed, 465. Report on, 474. Signals along, 489. Survey between Reedy Point and l'ea Patch, 506, 507. Signals, 520. Piers at Fort Island, 524. Places for fortifications, 524. Logs for piers in, 530. Contract for piers, 530. McBean visits man-of-war fraudulently, 531. Vessels to
cruise in-two more chevaux-de-
frises, 534, 535. Man-of-war Roebuck aground-vessels sent to attack-boats return, 552, 553. Preparations for action-vessels in
sight of Port Penn, 557. Stage boats, Captains Bush and Taylor,
between Philadelphia and Wil- mington, 563. Survey of, 567. Fortifications-chevaux-de-frise to be sunk, 600, 602. Engineers solicited from General Washing- ton to erect fortifications at Bil- lingsport, 604. Ilog Island to be overflowed, 607. Defence endan- gered by dispute in naval depart-
ment, 680. Piers, 718, 727.
Chain-boom, 750. Eastern chan- nel to be sounded near Fort Island,
761. Ferries not to be passed by persons with arms, xi., 27. Brig blown up at Cape May, 77. Stores moving across, 83. Vessels of
war arrive in, 184. Survey near,
249. General Washington asks
for a survey of-N. Sellers, Col.
Lalor and Capt. J. Downey to
make it, 250, 258. Barges to
watch cruisers, 539. Sunken
vessels, &c. to be secured, 555. Defence of, 556, 562, 570. To raise
wrecks, 558. Light-house, 574, 620. Plan of, 587. Buoys, 715. Wrecks from fisheries to be re- moved, 720. Swept for anchors, 770, 773. Elegant plan of, by Du Portail, fortifications, 776. Col. Bull to execute, 777. James Hop- kins allowed to search wrecks in, xii., 1. J. Knox reports articles found, 2, 14, 33. l'ay to artiller- ists doing duty at Forts on, 10. W. Watkins petitions to sweep- rejected, 21. Win. Watkins au- thorized, 33, 34. Petition to search for wrecks, 75, 76. Jehn Eyre, 263, 264. Deserters taken, 303. Commission to Abraham Bennett, pilot, for armed pilot boat, the Randolph, 326. A small boat, Capt. Buck occasions alarm, 331. Refugees taken to be ex- changed, 413. Wrecks of vessels burned injure fisheries on Jersey shore, 611. Enemy about to leave New York for, 685. Conference on defence of-two companies to be raised, 686. Enemy expected, 707. Two companies to be raised for defence of, 719. Light-house in danger of being washed away, xiii., 100. A British vessel in, re- fusing to be examined by naval officers, to be taken by Captain Porter to Mud Island, 145. De- fence of, 261. Proposals to buy ship General Monck for defence of, 270, 316. Hog Island, 11, 279, 280, 281. Preservation of fish in, 318. Boats to convey French army over the, 358. Vessel to be procured for defence, 384. Vessel for defence of-John Sneider com- mander, 445. Hyder Alley bought for State, 450. Vessel to be pro- cured, with provisions for prison- ers at New York, 457. Pay for flour, &c., 481. Sale of armed vessels authorized, 552. Chev- aux-de-frises to be sold and pest houses repaired-boom at piers of, 590. Obstructions to be removed, 595. Wardens to have a survey made, to know which chevaux-de- frise to remove, 637, 671, 739. Agreement with Bassini and gar- rison for removal of obstructions, 744. Chevaux-de-frise, xiv., 58,
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73, 75, 78, 79, 104, 105, 213, 636. | Agreement with Donaldson and Hollingsworth-appropriation for improving, 105. Vessel pur- chased 119. Buoys removed from, and proclamation, 122. Expended by Wardens, 151. Paid Donaldson and Hollingsworth, 153, 200. C'er- tificate to, 241. Improvements proposed by Wardens, 323, 325. Memorial of merchants respecting
tle jurisdiction of islands in, 345-6. Erection of piers by Thomas Davis, 458. Land for piers at Marcus Hook, to be bought, 460, 464. 1 Davis declines piers-new propo- sals, 468. Thos. Conarroe agrees to build piers at Marcus Hook, 479. Chevaux-de-frise, 500. Pay to Commissioners on Islands, 504. Damage to banks by uncommon freshet and high tides, 512. Buoys in river, 555. Report on jurisdic- tion of Islands in, with sketch of, 590, 599. Improvement of, 640.
Engineer at Billingsport, xv., 24. | Denny, William, Governor, presents Commissioners for dividing islands in-paid, 65. Support of Light- house, &c., in, 73. Newbold's Is- land, 184. Funds for improving, furnished Wardens, 197. C'laim of Thos. C'onarroe for building piers at Marcus Hook, 228. Report on, 233. May be made navigable to head waters, 659. Improvement of navigation of, xvi., 147. Com- missioners to view, 178, 22.2. Johan Lockhart petitions for pre- emption right of a small island between Hog and Tinicum, 230. Pay to Matlack Howell and Dean for maps of, and Lehigh, 278. Commissioners to examine, 319. Pay to R. Thorne for improving at Well's Falls and Howells, 322.
Delegates in Congress, xv., 19. De Lignery, Monsieur, shot in thigh at Niagara, viii., 379. Formerly commanded at Pittsburg, 392.
Dellam, Richard, paymaster of flying camp, xi., 100, 140.
Delucena, Abraham, of New York, petition respecting goods seized, iii., 61.
De Marcellin, a young Frenchman 7
recommended for 3rd brigade by Chev. Luzerne, xii., 116.
Dement, William, adjutant, x., 499. Deniver, John, a highway robber taken, reward paid, xi., 20.
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