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required, 352. Council may draw -Damage by enemy, 363. Jno. Craig elected, 407. Disposal of funds for defence, 420. Powers, Commissioners to make levys- evils of debts to State, 438. Seizure of British good, 483. Pennsylvania and Virginia, 519. Minutes and resolutions on accounts, 525. T. Matlack's accounts, 537-8. Con- firms appointment of Stille to settle accounts with United States -Letter Fred. Phile, 563. On peace, &c., &c., 647-666. Memo- rial of officers of Pennsylvania Line, 682. Virginia boundary, 685. Order State House lot to be a public green for ever, 692. List of officers entitled to benefit of Re- solution 22d Sept., 712-718. On a public demonstration on account of peace, 748, 761. Vendue laws, 761. Conference with Council, 762.
Messages from Council, xiv., 11, 16, 39, 44, 45, 61, 163, 183, 185, 246, 269, 270, 275, 276, 284, 328, 342, 343, 348, 366, 380, 381, 388, 392, 564, 575, 645. Messa- ges to Council, 289. Conference of Committee with Council, 25. Inundation at Wyoming, 61. In- dian Affairs, 185. Resolutions on Wyoming, 202. Appoint Joseph Reed, Cad. Morris, W. Montgo- mery, J. Gardner and William Henry, delegates to Congress, 261. On Escheats, 269. Purchase from Six Nations, public debt, plans of payment, &c., 270, 274. Respect- ing Thomas Paine's services and his reward, 275. March of troops for Wyoming, 276. Sale of old jail, and money for Montgomery Court House, purchase of part of State House lot, 284. And im- provement of, 286. Dismiss H. Shoemaker, a justice, 288. Coun- cil recommend a law for jail in Montgomery County, 313. Land Office, public debt, &c., 328, 342. Message on revenue, comptroller's taxes, foreigners, justices, prisons, &o., 349, 355. Resolutions on N. Boundary with N. Y., 363. Treaty with Indians at Fort Stanwix, 366. Improvement of State House lot, 369. N. Y. Boundary, Capt. Hous-
ton's demands, 381, 387. Case of Aaron Doane, 388, 392. Flour Inspector and Land Officers, 444. Various papers, 564. Letter from Council respecting Sick Keesar, &c., 569. Disturbances at Wyo- ming, 572. From Council relative to Test Law, 573. Taxes, Reve- nues, Test Laws, &c., 575. Mes- sage on affairs of State generally, 645. Letter and papers from Council, 647. State of represen- tation, 652.
Messages from Council, xv., 70, 76, 106, 116, 167, 268, 276, 304, 314, 393, 400, 401, 408, 419, 528, 532, 536, 541, 547, 582, 592, 594, 605, 658. Messages to Council, send various papers, 71. Inspec- tor-General, letter, Pres't Sulli- van, proposition respecting arms, 78. Petition from Wyoming, 79. Various letters, &c., 106. Wes- tern Line-Lake Erie, 116. Con- ference with Council on pay of Inspector-General, 135. Election in Luzerne, T. Pickering, funded certificates, lower price of land, balances due, &c., 167. Various papers sent to, 268. Wm. Mitchell member, 302. Wyoming and Lu- zerne affairs, 304. Appointment of officers, 314. Measures to en- force laws in Luzerne Co., expul- sion of comm'rs from Wyoming, &c., 315. Delegates to Congress, 341. Conference with Council on depreciation of paper money, 398. Letter of P. Bond, petition of and summons, and A. Betz's memo- rial against J. Weaver, 419. Sup- plement to Act of Assembly for raising by lottery funds to im- prove public roads, 448. Resolu- tion of 1787 respecting reserved tract opposite Pittsburg, 504. Pa- pers submitted by Council, 518. Capture of Col. Pickering-pur- chase of triangle, concerning prices of land, adulterated plate, powder magazine, pensioners, 529. Con- ference on purchase of Lake Erie triangle, petition respecting cer- tain lots, 532. Conference re- specting Jno. Franklin, 533. Pow- der magazine, 535. Memorial D. Lenton, 541. . Council refer case
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of Capt. Wm. Ross to, 543. Ask respite of Doane negatived, 544. Extension of time for settling ac- counts, 550. Prest. T. Mifilin, V. P. Geo. Ross, 584. Goods for Indians, 605. Members of Con- gress, electors, test law, bills of credit, Presq. isle roads, canals, &c., 658, 660.
Conference on payment of pen- sioners, xvi., 2. R. Peters, speak- er, 39. Messages from Council, 16, 39, 141, 148, 204, 274, 277, 429, 437. Message to Council, 39. Lake Erie triangle, 39. Reso- Intions to call convention to ex- amine constitution, 41. Resolu- tions . respecting reservations at Presque Isle, De Bœuf, Conewango and Venango, 47. Acts to establish board of appeal, and for collection of fines and taxes, 73. Petition of D. Leet, 148. Call a convention to amend the constitution, pro- ceedings of Council respecting, 159. To appoint commissioners to view rivers, 315. Pay to off- cers, 445. New members, 533. 537.
Assembly of Lower Counties meet at New Castle, and choose Jacob Kollock, Speaker, ix., 2, 71, 200, 289. Messages from Gov'or, 2, 10, 18, 25, 42, 108, 115, 122; 338, 597, 660. Message from As- sembly, 109, 115, 116, 123, 598, 661. Courts, 18. Relating to Pax- ton riots at Lancaster, 89. Speech to, 166, 168. From to Governor, 167. Proceedings, 168. Laws, 168. Present to Governor, 169, 289. Members, 203. Repeal of Stamp Act, 313. Sundry laws, 314. John Vining chosen Speaker, 336, 400, 697. Laws, 337. Present Govern'r £200, 340, 601. Various laws, 599, 600. Cæsar Rodney, Speaker, 625. Give Governor £200, 627. Indian trade, 660, 661. Pay Gov'r £100. Gov. Hamilton meets at New Castle William Armstrong, Speaker. Justices, 742. John Vining dead, 713.
Elect David Hall, Speaker, x., 5. Address to and from Governor, 6. Acts passed by, 48, 79, 84, 109, 218, 244, 265, 272. Present
to Governor, 49, 85. Thomas McKean, Speaker. Message from, 83. Answer of Gov. P., 84. Cæsar Rodney chosen Speaker, 106, 216, 272. Address to Gov. John Penn, 107. Answer, 108. Pay Governor £250, 110. Resignation of Gov. Read as Attorney-General, and appointment of Jacob Moore, 216. Message from Governor, 216, 243. Message to Governor. Boundary line with Maryland, 216.
Assessors, xii., 134, 136, 145, 506, 512, 513, 516, 518.
Assize of Bread, i., 576, 582, v., 565, 619, viii., 575., ix., 727, x., 18, 75, 243.
Aspden, Mathias, a house and lot in the city to be valued by W. Rush and B. Harbeson, xiii., 170. Report on, 209. Petition in favor of, xiv., 578. Respited, 625. His estate in Chester county to be sold, 663. Pardoned, xv., 4. Deed for his estate in Chester County, 72.
Assheton, Ralph, Member of Council iii., 333. Goes to Lancaster at request of Council, iv., 153.
Assheton, Robert, bill respecting Courts, ii., 491. Remonstrance against, 494. Member of Council, 536. Dep. clerk, 567. Ad- ministers oath to Governor Keith, iii., 13. Charges against him by Governor, 72. Pleads innocence, 72, 77. Suspended and restored to Council, 172. Recorder, 172. A judge, 187. Powder house referred to, 242. Invited over by Penn-his long and valued services, &c., 258. Appointed judge, declines, 258. A near relation of William Penn, 258. His powers as Recorder, 258. Dies, 270.
Assheton, William, Judge of Vice Admiralty and called to Council, iii., 172. A near relative of William Penn, 174.
Assheton, William, (merchant) to be seized, xi., 284. Association, Friendly, Committee from, vii., 637, 638, 647, 648.
Associators formed for defence of city, v., 158. Declaration to, by Council, 168, 172. Form compa-
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nies and elect officers, 174. Com- missions, 181. Superior officers take oaths, 183. Officers of com- panies of several counties, 185. Officers of Chester county, 185. Of Philadelphia county, 193. Bucks, 193. Reviewed by Presi- dent and Council, to their satis- faction, 223. Good effects as to security, 231. Artillery company formed, Captain Sibbald to com- mand batteries, 267. New com- pany and officers in Bucks county, 325, 326. And Commissioners, x., 279. Expenses of, 285. Returns to be. made, 294. Form of com- mission for officers, 295. Of counties ask for pattern guns. Rules and regulations, 307. Ar- ticles of Association, 308-312, 315. Officers, 314, 315. Young- est companies, 315. Rank, 315. Resolution of Congress establish- ing, 316-321. Go to New York, 486. Rules and regulations print- ed, 548. To parade, 560. Car- tridges, 579. Powder to, 622, 636. Rules printed for, 636. Families provided, 646, 680, 696. To join guard, 649. Colonel Lewis, 651. Pay to families, 671. March of, 673. Names of desert- ers to be reported, 687. City Guards, 691. Arms for, 706. Wages from Congress, 716. To make returns of arms, &c., 753. Families to be provided for, xi., 22, 23. To form a brigade, 27. To be supplied by shops-Not to be distressed by creditors, 30. Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel appointed, 31. Their tanners to have preference of hides, 58. Arms, 78, 198.
Aston, Captain, vi., 764.
Aston, George, petition, road, iii., 227, 230. Justice, left out, 381. Atkins, Edmond, vii., 600, 622, 626. Letters to and from, 626.
Atkins, Samuel, prepares chrono- logy of almanac-To blot out "Lord Penn," i., 165. Dispute, 341.
Atkins, Captain Christopher, arrives in the Bay, in an armed sloop- Stops vessels - Embargo - Per- mitted to proceed, viii., 58.
Atkinson, Joseph, confined for rob- bery, xi., 123.
Atkinson, Wilton, justice, xi., 528. Atkinson, William, Coroner of Bucks, iii., 140, 416, 465, 520, 574, 614, iv., 247, 309, 352, 469.
Atlee, John, recommended to Con- gress as a Colonel, x., 442.
Atlee, Col. Samuel, recruiting, x., 538. His battalion, 673, 674, 734. to order battalion from Chester, 605. Paid, 649. Battalion, xi., 16, 116, 215. Paid, 568. His rank as Brigadier General in Con- tinental army referred to General Washington, 673.
Atlee, Colonel Samuel John, battal- ion, x., 704. Delegate to Con- gress, xii., 138. Lieutenant of Lancaster, 436. Councillor, xiii., 722. Member of Council, xiv., 5. Commissioner to Indians, 40, 54. Atlee, William, appointed Judge of Supreme Court, xi., 196. To in- quire into case of Joseph Richard- son, 202. Money to, to purchase blankets, 271, 319. A commis- sary of prisoners, 414, 560. Judge of. Supreme Court, xii., 69. Ao- count of Conestoga manor, 221.
Atlee, William Augustus, of Lancas- ter, appointed second Judge of Supreme Court, xi., 270. Paid, 694. Deputy Commissary Gene- ral, pay to, xiii., 526. Resigns as second Justice of Supreme Court, but is immediately re-ap- pointed, xiv., 175. Letter-Re- signation as Deputy Commissary General, 314. Chairman and Treasurer of Committee of Inspec- tion and Observation of Lancaster County, xv., 166. And Justice of Supreme Court, 167, 204. Tra- velling expenses paid, 262, 291, 398, 560, 579, 645. Of Supreme Court, Pay to, xvi., 17.
Atlee, William Richardson, Protho- notary of Delaware, xvi., 172.
Attachments, Act regulating, v., 619.
Attainder, Act of, and names of Com- missioners under, xi., 479, 504. Atterwancy's account of French building a ship at Cadaraghqui, v., 549. Attorneys, Prosecuting, i., 167.
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Sheriffs cannot act as, 170. Nor can the Clerk of the Court, 170. Attorney Generals appointed, i., 174, 188. Fees, 199. Vacancy, 210. ii., 11. A. Hamilton, iii., 113. Resigns, 239. To be advised respecting discharge of prisoners, iv., 267. Tench Francis, is, 620. Opinion on riots, 623. Tench Francis, resigns, vi., 277. Ben- jamin Chew, appointed, 277; x., 216; xi., 254.
Attorney General answers to queries, xii., 94. Appointed, 550. Opinion · on right to vote in a certain case, Iv., 376. Fees, 537.
Attwood, Judge, 68. Chief Justice of New York, 68.
Auctioneer elected, xii., 185, 186.
Auctioneers, xv., 50, 52, 53, 166, 183, 197, 198, 321, 322, 324; xvi., 36, 155, 177, 235, 253, 315, 500, 541.
Audendried, Dr. Frederick, convict- ed of burglary, ix., 173.
Audibert, Philip, Deputy Paymaster General, U. S., xiii., 7.
Auditor General, Letter on Accounts, xii., 176.
Auditors to adjust pay of troops, provided, xii., 588, 600, 633, 646, 653, 654, 747; xiii., 242.
Aucquick, treaty at, vi., 145. Names of Indians present, 159. Governor notifies Indians of his appointment, 169. Tanacharisson arrives from, 192.
Augusta, Fort, vii., 281, 294, 302, 436, (See Shamokin, ) 453, 512, 724, 760, 772. Store proposed at, 622, 736. Indian agent appointed at, viii., 99. A Delaware family of Indians settles near, 120. Francis Campbell declines as In- dian Agent to, 128. N. Holland appointed, 129. Letter from, 458, 499. Troops at, 513, 515; ix., 42. Aid for support of garrison asked for, 244. Advice of As- sembly-On evacuating, or re- ducing garrison, 246. Orders to evacuate, 283, 284. Road to, from Reading, 440. Conference at, 610. Road from, 651.
Auld, Jacob, Sub-Lieut., xiii., 262. Auley, Cornelius, Coroner, xi., 363. Austin, Thomas, Memorial of officers
of boats against, x., 472, 473, 477, 485. Signs declaration and re- signs as member of Committee of Inspection, &c., 485.
Avery, Cap. John, Jr., a pirate, i., 549, 580. Awandoe Creek, ix., 554.
Awannameak Indian wounds Henry Webb, iv., 413, 420, 447.
Awnings for tents, x., 632, 642. Ax, Jacob, convicted of regrating pork, xii., 240
Axtel, Capt. Thomas, xvi., 42. Ayres, Col., xi., 278.
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Babbit, Samuel, allowance for taking, claimed, ii., 54.
Bache, Benjamin Franklin estab- lishes a newspaper, The Daily Ad- vertiser, xvi., 409.
Bache, Capt. L., applies to com- mittee for guns, 287, 288. Bache, Richard, mem. of Board of War, xi., 198, 201.
Backhouse, Richard, charged with sending public wagons on private account to Boston, xi., 453. Ob- tains deed for estate late of Joseph Galloway, xii., 104.
Bacon, Wm., an early purchaser of lands, xiii., 321.
Bader, Philip, petition-a prisoner taken on way to Du Quesne, vii., 398.
Badger, Edmond, Coroner, iv., 500, 602.
Bahl, Philip, appointed sub-lieuten- ant, xii., 317, resigns as sub-lieu- tenant, xii., 38, 384.
Bahringer, David, Coroner, ix., 333. Bail, when to be taken, ii., 11. Bail, Robert, coroner, x., 100.
Bayley, Francis, Coroner, xi., 191, 368.
Bayley, Francis, printer, xii., 186; xiv., 239; xv., 13, 185, 204, 366, 441 ; xvi., 7, 67, 200, 244. 9 Pay for printing laws, zill., 90, 9% } / And laws, 447, 496, 702. Deed to, 727.
Bailey, Jacob, Coroner, xi., 606. Sheriff, xii., 134.
Bailey, James, Justice, xiv., 653. Bailey, John, member of Council, xi., 210. Account, 719.
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Bailey, Jonathan, Sheriff of Sussex county, discharged, ii., 101. Jus- tice of Lewis, complaint against, 465. Judge of Sussex, iii., 253. Judge of Supreme Court, 269.
Baily, Thomas, severe sentence, xiii., 314.
Bailey, Wm., Sheriff, xiii., 723, 745; xiv., 234, 557, 558.
Baird, George, Justice, xiv., 262. Baird, Patrick, Surgeon of Philadel- phia, appointed to visit sickly vessels, iii., 112. Clerk of Council, 216. Secretary to Governor, 322. Appointed Secretary of Council, in place of T. Lawrie, iv., 429. Resigns, 639. Omits to enter several messages, required to be entered by his successor, v., 67.
Baker, Hilary, tavern licenses, Phil- adelphia, xvi., 216."
Baker, Hilary, Jr., Clerk of Court of Quarter Sessions, xi., 271, 547, 689. Renders account of fines col- lected, xii., 215. Asks opinion respecting a law of Assembly, xiii., 549.
Baker, Dr. John, petition for ne- groes, xii., 501, 502.
Baker, Lieutenant, vii., 603.
Bakers, to be kept at making bread, xi., 303.
Baldwin, Col., Regiment of artifi- cers, xii., 719.
' Baldwin, John, to keep ferry over Neshaming, i., 514. Refuses Con- tinental bills-Declared an enemy, &c., x., 774.
Ball, John, Justice, xi., 379.
Ball, Lieutenant George, on parole, x., 575. Sent to Germantown, 580, 581. Sent to York, 601, 622, 627.
Ball, Thomond, Justice, xi., 528. Ballet, James, Commander of Man- of-war Otter, arrives, v., 239. Meets Council and shows instruc- tions, 241. Meets and fights a
. large ship, 243. An entertain- ment to, 243. Committee to con- sult with, 246. Sent for by Coun- cil-proposes raising a battery and placing his guns on it, 249. To consult with Hector, Man-of- war, off Virginia, 254. Fears desertion of seamen, 255. Fears for his ship if Captain Randolph's
is taken at New Castle, 261. Orders her up, 264. Requested to fit his vessel as soon as possible, 269. Asks an assistant, 273. Can't sail for want of men-Pro- poses pressing-President advises a bounty, 282. Thinks it unsafe to proceed, 284. Captures French prizes, 324.
Ballew, Bennet, accompanies Indians on way to New York, xvi., 135. Balliot, Captain Stephen, xi., 109; xiii., 177, 270, 316, 378, 449, 519. Balliott, Stephen, Council of Cen- sors, xiv., 170. A Commissioner to lay out road from Lehigh Water Gap to Wyoming, xv., 22. Com- missioner of Claims in Luzerne, 222. Accounts, 595. Commands battalion of Northampton Co. militia, xvi., 364.
Ballot-box, in what cases to be used, i., 58. Not used excepting in Upland and Lower counties, 282. Bancroft, Daniel, suspected as a spy from Jersey-committed to gaol, xi., 59.
Bank proposed to be set up, by Robert Turner and others, i., 236. Caution against counterfeits, 236. Bank North America, xiii., 175. Letter from T. Willing, 200. Copy of rules, &c., sent to Coun- cil, xv., 192.
Banks, dams, &c., at Point-no-point, Act for keeping in order, viii., 480. And at Greenwich, 482, 484.
Bankson, Andrew, complaint against, for marrying persons illegally, ii., 114. Dismissed, 115.
Bankson, And., Jr., a Justice, ii., 159. Bankson, Capt. John, xi., 510.
Baltimore, Lord, expected, Council 1. ordered by Governor to attend him when Lord Baltimore arrives, i., 74. Abuse of his agents complained of to Governor of New York, 103. Commission sent to New York, 103. The conduct of his agents com- plained of, 103, 104, 106. High taxes complained of, 101-iii., 60, 223. Original agreement between Hannah Penn, Joshua Gue and Henry Gouldney, for mortgages re- specting boundaries, 232. Letter of Governor Keith to Governor of Maryland, 232. Attempts to ob-
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tain lower counties, 252. Letter | Barley, every man seated 3 years, to Governor on riots, 468, 479, 486. to sow a bushel of, i., 98. Claims territories, 594. Objects Barnes, John, a member of Council, to keep debates secret, i., 125. Appointed Ranger for Philadel- phia county, 165, 166. to George Thomas as Governor, iv., 249. Proceedings of Hamp- ton Court, 256. Incapacity of guardians of heir of, to arrange Barney, Capt. Joshua, commissioned with others on ship Gen. Wash- ington, late "Monck," xiii., 283. Barnhill, Robert, paid for gunpow- der, &c., xv., 653. respecting boundary with Pennsyl- vania, x., 220. Inhabitants, diff- culty as to non-entry and clearance of vessels from New Castle, i., 101. Patents from, to Harman and Barnitz, Jacob, Register and Recor- der, having vacated office of Col- lector of Excise, xiv., 584. Jus- tice, 663. Moll, 109. Visit of Colonel Tal- bot to Widow Ogles, 113. Com- missioners to look into his conduct, 113. Declaration of Penn against, Barony, the Welsh claim to be & distinct, i., 265. 113. His agents, 114, 115. Dif- ference between his government Barr, James, Justice, iv., 605. and Penn's, 114. Hessian prison- Barr, John, Sheriff, ix., 199, 285, 333. ers taken to, xi., 77, 104, 129. Merchants complain of annoyance Barr, Thos., fire worker to artillery, x., 3, 15, 16, 225, 389, 390, 395, 399, 408, 415, 419, 427, 428, 485, 529, 587. from small privateers on coast, xi., 702. Seamen from gunboats in- duced to, 770, 771. Brought back, 783. Expenses divided, 783. Barracks, xiii., 128. Baptists, Seventh Day, John Horn, a minister, released from militia fine, xiv., 568.
Barbadoes, claim from, for lands through Tretwell and Taylor, v., 551.
Barber, Lt. Col. Francis, xii., 711. Barber, Robert, letters of remon- strance sent by, proceedings, ii., 186, 187, 192. Coroner of Chester county, iii., 140. Sheriff of Lan- caster, 370.
Barber, William, a prisoner of war, asks to become a citizen, and Cap. Benj. Wickes, xii., 354. Released from parol, 385.
Barckley, Hugh, justice, xiii., 760. Barclay, George, Secretary to Gov- ernor and to J. Logan, iii., 243. Barclay, John, justice, xiii., 454. Barclay, Thomas, appointed mem- ber of Navy Board, xi., 127. Paid for saltpetre, &c., 184. Imports a cargo of salt at $10 per bushel, 249. Bard, Richard, justice, xiv., 657. Bard, Dr. Samuel, xii., 36.
Barge, Jacob, warden, xi., 557. To distribute salt and flour, xii., 119. Barkstead, Joshua, Coroner for Sus- sex. Resigns, i., 168. Attorney- General, 174. Letter from, Mary- land. Council called, 298.
Barracks, at Carlisle, strange con- duct of commissioners, vii., 737. Lord Loudon respecting, 756. Barracks, at French Creek, xi., 58. Barracks, at Lancaster, repairs, xii., 659. To be sold, xvi., 325.
Barracks, at Philadelphia, complain- ed of, viii.,. 71. Officer at Phila- delphia to place guard at F'ort Wiccacoa, 147, 224, 262, 331, 333. Attack on, expected, ix., 132. Me- morial of Indians in, 135. Sir W. Johnson to be consulted on their removal from-letter to him, 137. Indians to be removed from, 170. General Gage's troops quartered there, 323. Build'g middle house, west side, 461, 472. At Lancaster, 556. On Liberty Island, x., 490. Irregularities and destruction- quarrels among soldiers, com- plaints against, xii., 204. Com- mittee to inquire about, 206. Their report, 208, 209, 211. Be- pairs, 613, 632. To be laid off into lots, xiv., 76, 456, 603. Lots, xv., 18, 21, 50, 256, 434.
Barrack Master to furnish battalion with bedding, x., 400. Wood amd candles, 426. L. Nicola, order for arms, 517. John Reed appointed, 553, 568.
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Barrack Masters, xi., 51.
Barrack Master General establisbed, 1776. Abolished, 1778. Colonel Isaac Melchor, xvi., 301. Barrel, dimensions of, iii., 277. Barrett, Captain Lemuel, respecting Indian murder near Fort Cumber- land, ix., 304. Barrett, Philip, Sheriff, x., 270.
Barrington, an officer on parole, x., 698.
Barry, Captain John, commands brig Lexington, x., 526. Prison- ers taken by, paroled, 545, 546. And others to be, prosecuted for seizing James M'Calmont, xv., 286, 389.
Bartholomew, Edward, commis- sioner of taxes and levies, xi., 536. Collector of Excise, Phila- delphia, xiv., 311. Colonel, bat- talion Chester Co. militia, xvi., 251.
Barton, Rev. S., applies for and obtains a pass to New York, xi., 565.
Barton, Rev. Thomas, Letter on In- dian depredations, vi., 675. Pass for self and wife to New York, xi., 579. Wife asks for pass from New York-rejected, xii., 339, 357.
Barton, William, pass to New York, xii., 47, 256, 339. Rejected, 314. Granted, 317. Notary Public, xiii., 20, 36. Prays for a stay of execution, xv., 66. Suspended for two years, 72. Petition, judg- ment suspended for five years, 542.
Bartram, Alexander, estate sold, xii., 329, 441.
Bartram, Mrs. Jane, pass for, xiii., 292.
Bass, Robert, orders for medicines, x., 292, 305. To deliver medi- cines to D. Rush, 489.
BasBett, Frances and family, author- ized to hold lands, i., 538.
Bassini and Garrison agree to remove obstructions, xiii., 744.
Bastard child, case of a, xii., 77. Bastardy, cases of, i., 440.
Battalions, x., 458. Officers of, xi., 179
Battel, French, Coroner, v., 597, 662; vi., 638.
158, 161, 172, 173, 205, 231, 249, 251, 267, 269, 284. Block house at, 269.
Battery Guns at Wiccacoa fired, in compliment to Governor John Penn, ix., 72. A floating, to be built, x., 437. Committee ap- pointed, 437. Captain Samuel Davidson to command, 510. To be called Arnold, 525. Lt. Fitz- simons, 531. Lt. McFatridge, 536. Officers, pay, 634. Pay of Marines, 651.
Battery, Putnam, irons and hand- cuffs for, xi., 5, 8, 17.
Batwell, Rev. Mr., letters respect- ing his lands, xii., 297.
Bawcomb, Peter, Sheriff of Kent Co.
Bawer, Jacob, Sheriff, xv., 294.
Bayard and Hodge, buy cannon, xii., 279.
Bayard, John, member of Council of Safety, x., 717, 718. Coun- cillor, xiii., 87, 152, 160. Auo- tioneer, xii., 524. Commissions, 313. Judge, 513. Major, asks for a pilot to cruise off the Capes, x., 469. Colonel, to guard State prisoners to Lancaster,, xi., 4. Surgeons appointed to his battalion, 24.
Bayard, Stephen, clerk to Dr. Kears- ley, x., 374.
Bayard, Colonel Stephen, recruits, xi., 463.
Baynton, John, a provincial Com- missioner, vii., 499. Secretary's Seal affixed, viii., 8, 335. Colleo- tor of tonnage, xiv., 654; xv., 321. Dies, 416, 417.
Baynton, Peter, wife's petition for his estate, i., 536.
Baynton, Wharton, & Co., advised of mischief intended to their goods, ix., 302.
Bay Verte, Fort on side of, captured by the English, vi .. 447.
Baxter, Mrs. Elizabeth, pension, xv., 322, 413.
Baxter, Colonel Wm., of Flying Camp, xv., 10.
Baxter, Lt. Colonel, x., 766.
Beale, Thomas, Justice, xiii., 7.
Beans, Dr., Surgeon, xi., 123.
Beaton, John, paymaster, xi., 231.
Batteries formed in Philadelphia, v., | Beaton, Major John, paid for ser-
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INDEX TO COLONIAL RECORDS. .
vicel in purchase of wheat, &o., xii., 193. Commissioner of pur- chases, 334.
Beaton, John, justice, xiii., 316. Beatty, Charles, appointed a Com- missioner to Wyoming, vii., 754. Beatty, Colonel. Letter on conduct of Lieutenant Benjamin Wilson, xii., 101. Commissary of prison- ers in relation to Mr. Lynch, xii., 326.
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