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Read, Adam, a Justice, v., 600. Letter to, Indian murders, vi., 668.
Read, Justice Adam, Letters, con- dition of frontiers, murders, &c., vii., 303.
Read, Charles, Sheriff, Philadelphia, iii., 370, 387, 416. Member of Council, 529. Clerk of Orphans' Court, dies, iv, 151, 243. Com- missioner for Indian affairs for New Jersey, at Easton, viii., 175. Read, George, resigns as Attorney- General of Lower Counties, x. 216. Read, James, Letters to and from, on Indian affairs, xi., 650, 651. Read, James, appointed Council- man, xi., 500, 525, 596; xii., 155. Resigns, 744. Appointed Register of Admiralty Court, 745, 748. Commissioner to Wyoming, xiv., 202. Flour Inspector, 445 ; xv., 172; xvi., 62, 63. Councilman, xv., 294, 295.
Read, John, Barrack Master, &c., in- structions to, x., 568. Commands fleet, 387. Barrack Master at Fort Island, xi., 51.
Read, Joseph, elected to Assembly from York County-resigns as & Justice, xv., 364.
Read, Moses, Justice, xii., 93. Read, Peter, arrested on suspicion of shooting Indian George, ix., 603.
Read, Captain Thomas, sent to General Washington, xi., 24.
Read, William, Sheriff, iii., 332, 370. Clerk of Court, 338, 387. Reading, petition for road from, to Easton, v., 610. Commissary of Provisions at, vi., 775. Ravages of Indians at, viii., 100, 102. Letters for Episcopal Church in, ix., 243. Road from, returns of, 556. Powder purchased from, x., 420. Prisoners removed from, 546, 679. Prisoners taken to, 648. Guard for, 714. Records removed to, xi., 30. Prisoners sent under guard to, 302. Ex- penses of paid to, 394. Provi- sions stored at, 423. Two hun- dred militia to be at, 446. Dis- turbances between prisoners and inhabitants, xii., 12. Deposition respecting William Moore Smith, 30. Letter Christ and Haller claim for town plot, 780. Elec- tion for Burgess, xiv., 462.
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Prisoners sent to Virginia, via, 1777, xv., 641.
Reading, Lieut. George, xi., 455. Reading, John, landing, ii., 539. Record of Road opposite, 541, 549, 561. President of New Jer- sey, demands a fugitive, v., 94. Reamstown, complaints against Dep. Quarter-mast., at, xii., 158. "Rebecca, " privateer, xi., 642.
Receiver General, ii., 112, 122; xiv., 444, 447.
Receiver General of Land Office, xv., 27. To give notice of sale, 522. Orders to sell City Lots, xvi., 95, 271. Reappointed,; 350. Receiver of Provisions appointed, xii., 585.
Recorders, iii., 173.
Recorders of Deeds, xiv., 584.
Recorders and Registers, xv., 5, 134.
Records, safe keeping of, iv., 17, 21, 33, 35. Sent to Lancaster, xi., 23. To Reading, 31. To Easton, 306. Recruits, x., 519, 520; xiii., 168. Red Bank, committee to visit-Re- port-Width of river, x., 283. Report of committee on defence . of, 474. Money sent to, for Navy Board, xi., 360. Work done at, 399.
Reddick, John, petition respecting his land in Maryland, taken from him, ix., 375.
Redick, David, appointed to lay out common and town lots in reserved lands opposite to Pittsburg, xv., 289. Sent to New Jersey and New York, with news from Wyoming, 490. Returns, 495. Expenses paid, 498. Vice-president, 565. To arrange lots opposite Pittsburg for sale, 504. Reasons for his vote, favor E. Oswald, 506. Re- ports plan for reserved tract with Mr Cannon, 509-512. To receive proposals for lots, and for islands in Ohio and Allegheny rivers, 513. Surveys islands in Ohio and Alle- ghany rivers, xvi., 97.
Redman, John, Jr., appointed pay- master, x , 756.
Redman, Dr. John, asks for a pass for self, daughter, Sarah Coxe and children, to New York, xiii., 551.
Redman, Joseph, sheriff, viii., 781 ix., 57, 398, 547, 623. Clerk of Market, xi., 195. Dies, xii., 110.
Redman, Joseph, Jr., appointed surgeon, xi., 24, 32. Secretary of convention, xvi., 524.
Red Stone creek, location, vi., 29. Fort, 137. Proceedings of com- missioners to Indians at, ix., 506. Names of inhabitants and Indians, 508. Indians proceed to, 539. Indian messengers refuse to go, 542.
Redwood, John, taken by pirates, . i., 539.
Reed Collinson, xvi., 130.
Reed, Henry, deposition concerning Dr. Conolly, x., 168.
Reed, Col. Jacob, xv., 109.
Reed, James, Prothonotary, xi , 197. Lieutenant of City, 203, 206. Censor, xiii., 720.
Reed, James R., xv., 341. Delegate to Congress, xv., 449.
Reed, John, payments to, for his map, x., 260, 267.
Reed, Joseph, x., 330. Appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court, xi., 186. Requested to come and qualify, 195. Reasons for not deciding to take it, 202. Declines being Chief Justice, 249. T. Mckean appointed, 254. Member of Congress, 385. Attends con- ference with Council, 456. Elect- ed member of Council-Apology of business in Congress, 535. To assist Attorney-General, 558. Ro- signs seat in Congress, 594. Elected Councillor, 595, 625. Elected President, 632, 634. Sick, 723. Proclamation, 646, 671, 733, 763, 777, 784. Presi- dent, Letters to and from-Procla- mations, xii., 27, 122. Messages to Assembly, 96-99. Messages from Assembly, 96, 99. Riot at Hon J. Wilsons, 121, 122. Councillor, 131. President, 131, 163, 541. Takes oath, 169. Sala- ry, 182. Loses a hanger at J. Wilson's-Paid for, 341. To take command of troops, 452. At Trenton-Specie sent to, 596. Appointed to see Pennsylvania Line mutineers, 593. Counsel on
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Connecticut controversy, xiii., 128. Retaining fee, 136. Ap- pointed in case of Big Spring tract, 236, 280, 296, 310. Assists Attorney-General in Bucks Co. case, 381. Delegate to Congress, xiv., 261.
Reed, Major of Hazens' regiment, xii., 262.
Reed, Samuel, Ensign, xii., 65.
Reed, Captain Thomas, named for Commodore of fleet, x., 379. Survey of river, 489. To fix signals, 510. Captain of arm- ed ship building, 516. Sent to Roebuck, man-of-war, 552. Resigns, 595.
Reedy Point, x., 506.
Rees, Daniel, dies from ether used by Dr. Jones in making a free Mason in jest, iv., 277.
Reeve, Peter, Warden, ix., 293.
Reformed Congregation Philadel- phia [See German Lutheran. ] Regiments, officers of the 12th Pennsylvania, in Continental Ser- vice, xi., 179.
Registered vessels, ii., 96, 112. Register of Admiralty Court ap- pointed, xii., 14, 745.
Registers appointed, i., 121, 185, 195, 211. Register General dies -Commissioners appointed till Governor does. 185, 186 ; xi., 186. Register General appointed, ii., 96, 97, 113, 121, 151, 569. Respect- ing, 551. John Donaldson, xvi., 45. May employ a clerk, 64. Office expenses, 215. As Comptrol- ler, 241, 272. Pay to, 301. Report respecting, 314. Clerk paid, 416. Resolutions respecting, 531.
Register of German passengers, xiv., 445. L. Farmer, appointed, 447, 586.
Register General of Probate of Wills, iv., 33, 40
Register of Wills and Deeds, xiii., 763 &c., appointed xvi., 443, 444, 435, 515.
Registration bill of freemen and ser- vants proposed, i., 98. Of fami- lies, 110.
Reichel, John Frederick, Moravian missionary, has permission to re- turn to Saxony with his wife, &c , xii., 782.
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Reid, Lieutenant Colonel, letters to and from, ix, 268, 269. Insults of troops, 268, 271.
Reigart, A., Sh'ff, ix, 623 Purchases horses for troops, xi., 446, 489. Rein, John, traitor, xii , 80.
Reinick, Dr. Richard, dies, pay- ments to his daughters, xv., 249. Religious Societies. Worship re- stricted to the Christian religion, ii., 222. Power of, to sell lands, &c, objected to, ii., 528. To pur- chase lands for burying grounds, &c., iii., 394, 400.
Remington, John, a lawyer, in trouble for performing ceremony of Free Masonry in jest, iv., 277. Remonstrance sent by Robert Barber, signed D. Lloyd as from Assembly to Proprietary-forgery, ii., 187. Of Assembly against various mat- ters, 455. Of inhabitants of Phi- ladelphia on oaths, 457. Of As- sembly, 513. Of Mayor, &c., of Philadelphia to Assembly, on quartering troops, vii., 366. Of Assembly against Governor's mes- sage on supply bill, 401. Of As- sembly on embargo, 571. Of Commissioners at Easton, 657, 658. Of Smith & Gibson, on In- dian affairs and frontiers, ix., 138 -146. Of Assembly against im- pressment of carriages, by Col. Wilkins, 684, 686. Answer of Genl. Gage to, 718. From Ma- sons' Lodge, xi., 292, 294. Of Maryland, xii., on confederation. Of Virginia against Vandalia or Indiana Companies, 491.
Rent, sale of goods distrained for, x., 41.
Repeal of laws, ii., 251.
Replevin, writ of, granted by A. Morris against seized goods, i., 544, 566. Presenter of a petition for, "reprehended for his inso- lence," ii., 109.
Reports, on publishing Colonial Re- cords, i., 12. Of Wmn. Salway and other Commissioners to New York, 393.
Of Commissioners to regulate water courses, Philad'a, ii., 25. Of Hamilton & Georges, on re- turn from Maryland, iii., 547.
On Chancery Court, iv., 27.
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Reports-
On Maryland affairs, 154. Of Assembly, on value of gold and silver coins, and of bills of credit issued, 361-364. Do. by Council, 364. Of Lords of Trade on vari- ons laws, 475. Conrad Weiser on Indian skirmish in Virginia, 640. Of Conrad Weiser on jour- ney to Onondago, 660-668. On journey to Shamokin, 680-684. Journey to Onondago, 778, 782. T. Lawrence and J. Kinsey, of treaty at Albany, v, 7-26. Of treaty at Lancaster, 306-309. Of commit- tee on paper currency, 415. Also of Lower Counties, 417. Of Rich- ard Peters of proceedings against settlers on unpurchased lands, 440, 449. Of Com'rs to Carlisle to hold conference with Indians, 665.
On respective claims of French and English to North America, vi., 100, 105. On what forts are necessary, 109. Of John Penn and Richard Peters to Gov. H., of their proceedings at Albany, iii., 129. John Armstrong, of mission to Connecticut, 259, 261. Of Road from Easton to Durham furnace, 304. Of Committee of Council on distribution of arms, &c., by Ass'bly, 679. Of Com'ee to inquire into cause of Indian alienation on acc't of lands, 724, 728. On Shawnese claims, 724. Of Conrad Weiser at Har- ris's ferry, vii., 33. Of Montour and Scarroyady, 65. Of dele- gates from six Indian nations, 115. Of Col. John Armstrong on Indian affairs, 257, 263. Of Capt. Newcastle, 296. Of Committee of Ass'bly on supply bill, 421. Thos. McKee, 597. Of Committee on complaints against propri'ry, 776.
Of Committee on Impeach- ment, viii., 1, 4. Of Hughes and Pawling on return from build- ing houses at Wyoming, 134. Of Committee of Council to inquire into claims of Indians at Easton respecting lands, 246, 261. On law respecting warrants and sur- veys, 345. Of Lords of Commit- tee of Council for plantation affairs in case of Dr. Wm. Smith, Pro-
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vost, and Wm. Moore, 438. Of Committee of Privy Council on laws submitted, 524, 552. Order of Council on, 552, 557. Of sheriff and justices of Northampton County, on settlers in, from Con- necticut, 564. Tax on proprietary estates, 584. Of Committee of As- sembly on Governor's messages, 716, 719. Of Rev. John Steele, of proceedings with Indians, ix., 506. Of Tilghman and Shippen, respecting Wyoming, 750.
Of Comm'rs Allen and Tilgh- man, x., 181. Of Committee to procure copies of petitions, &c., to the throne since 1760, 461. On survey of Jersey shore, 474. On cartridges and muskets, 588. Of Assembly on conduct of Commit- tee of Safety, 611. Of joint Com- mittee of Assembly and Council on various matters, xi., 735.
Of Committee on barracks, xii., 208, 209. Of auditors on case of JehuEyre, 263.
Of Comm. of grievances, xiii., 694; John Lukens, Surveyor Gen., respecting a city lot, 123, 175. On election of councillor in Phila. 184, 188. Of Surveyor General, 295. On city lots, 321. Of Comptroller Genl., 420, 421. Of decree against Connecticut, 474. Of Commission- ers for running line between Penn- sylvania and Virginia, 510, 531. Of Comptroller General, 509, 511, 517, 532, 534, 536, 546, 552, 553, 557, 561, 563, 566, 570. Of Com- missioners on C. H., Washington, County, 531. Of Committee on Congress on late disturbances, 619. On Gov. Harrison's let'r, 685.
Of Commissioners of taxes, xiv., 9. General Hand, 25. Of W. Bradford, Jr., and James Wil- son, counsel on Connecticut claim, 159. Of Pennsylvania Commis- sioners on Virginia boundary, 286. On Wyoming. 462. Managers of State Lottery, 471. Of Genl. William Irvine, 522. Of Commis- sioners on jurisdiction of islands in Delaware, 590. Of Alexander MoDowell, deputy surveyor, re- specting the new purchase, 604,
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Reports-
On case of George Schlosser, 660. Of Comptroller on payment to Deputy Surveyors of fees for do- nation land .- Lottery tickets re- maining in the wheel, xv., 351. Of Commissioners on land near Erie, 382, 522. On election in Berks, 482. On do in Cumberland, 520. Of Commissioners to lay out streets, &c., 539. Against theatri- cal exhibitons, 590. Rules and re- gulations, 591. Names for streets, &c., in Alleghany, 610. Election frauds, 619. L. B. McLean, 620. On purchase of triangle at Erie, xvi., 37. Respecting city lots, 60. In by John Nicholson, 94. On case of Turnbull, M. & Co., 158. On memorial in behalf of child of R. Wilson, 183. On public debts, 221. Of Commissioners on streets, &c., Southwark, Passyunk and Moyamensing, 245, 251, 262, Of Committee on accounts with United States, 253. On case of John Bryce, 298. Committee on controversy between Comptroller and Register General, 314, 349. On Memorial of Joshua Elder, 374. On Genl. R. Butler's letter, and Genl. St. Clair, respecting requisi- tion, 424. Of Committee on case of Genl. Thompson's widow, 465 Of Committee on certificates in Comptroller's office, 485.
Representation of Quakers, xi., 427. Of Supreme Executive Council to Assembly, 431.
Representatives elected, xii., 134, 136, 145 ; xiii., 391, 393, 395, 397, 419, 443, 719, 723, 726, 729 ; xiv., 229, 230, 234, 236, 237, 244, 256, 554, 556, 558. Elected, xv., 98, 100.
Reprieve of William Ward, form of, v. 162, 211. Of Alexander Urie, 269, 293. Thomas Kelly, 604. Of Catharine Reynolds, 612.
Resolutions-Of Massachusetts, cut- ting off supplies of provisions from French, vi. 309. Of Assem- bly of Connecticut respecting claims to lands in province, x., 119. Of Congress, 292, 316, 357. Of Convention, 655. Of Com- mittee of Safety, 337. Congress,
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410, 412, 418, 432, 433, 439, 453, 455, 458, 463, 484, 485, 502, 510, 522, 523, 529, 541, 546, 563, 567, 590, 592, 620, 629, 631, 634, 638, 639, 647, 654, 681. On Independ- ence, 634. Of Congress, xi., 31, 194, 203, 212, 224, 226, 248, 254, 295, 344, 369, 404, 415, 446, 461, 507, 523, 539, 596, 627, 636, 663, 669, 677, 704, 727, 776, 782. Of Assembly, 213, 215, 217, 220, 227, 228, 230, 568, 644, 739. Of Congress, xii., 6, 26, 31, 36, 74, 76, 114, 147, 170, 176, 183, 210, 214, 227, 228, 230, 234, 242, 280, 360, 378, 396, 398, 433, 471-473, 484, 500, 517, 521, 522, 562, 571, 593, 615, 648, 653, 657, 692, 719, 758, 759. Of Massachusetts, 51. Of Councils, 141, 142, 151, 155, 238, 347, 367, 377, 697. Against vendues, 151. Of As- sembly 258, 261, 371, 537, 545, 554, 561, 570, 636, 645, 653, 655, 661, 690, 740, 769, 770. Of Con- gress, xiii., 5, 42, 53, 61, 79, 83, 123, 146, 154, 254, 348, 404, 407, 605, 606, 609, 636, 744. Assem- bly, 61, 123, 132, 236, 420, 422, 436, 514, 525, 685, 712, 761. Of Council, 291. Of Censors, 751. Congress, xiv., 25, 31, 38, 145, 280, 286, 347, 384, 443, 509, 562, 647. Assembly, 202, 285, 286, 363, 369, 476, 666. Council, 167. Congress, xv., 315, 502, 515. General Assembly, 594, 596. Of Assembly, xvi., 73, 74, 315. Of Congress, 154, 375, 423. Of Coun- cil, 459, 545.
Respite, of punishment on account of pregnancy, xii., 110. Of a pirate on account of doubt as to legality of sentence, 732
Revenge, cutter to be appraised for guard a costa, xi., 720.
Rex, Abraham, buys confiscated es- tate, xii., 445.
Reynell, John, prisoner, xi., 292 Reynolds, James, frames portrait of Washington, &c., xiv., 265.
Reynolds, John, Justice, iv., 348. Discharged, x., 465. Lieutenant, xi., 750. Late Lieutenant John of Franklin galley-Dr. Hutch- inson presents case of widow and
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sick children-rations granted, xii., 106; xiv., 242. Rhea, John, Coroner, xiv., 237. Rhine, Michael, decree of Supreme Court against estate of George Rhine, xii., 327.
Rhoads, Capt. - -, officers elect- ed, xii., 9.
Rhoads, Henry, Justice of Bedford county, resigns, xi., 616.
Rhoads, Peter, member of Council of Safety, x., 762. President of Court Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, xiv., 226.
Rhode Island, Gov. Hopkins says Assembly will raise men, vi., 606. Gov. Tinker applies for provisions, vii., 151 Gov. Greene applies- declined, 559, 560. Letter from Gov., xii , 446. And Providence Plantation, Act of Congress re- specting, xvi., 384, 393, 402.
Rhodes, Wm., Sh'ff, viii., 506, 781. Rice, Benjamin, Ensign, x., 464. Capt. to assist with chevaux-de- frise, 514. Captain sells cloth- ing, xii., 297.
Rice, Evan, trustee of General Loan office, ix., 205.
Rice, Fort, guard at-supplies for, xiii., 117.
Rice, Capt. John, pardoned and handed over to Maryland battal- ion, xi., 364.
Rice Capt. John, appointed to com- mand of boat, x., 287, 702. Builds gun boat "Dickinson," 335. Chevaux-de-frise, 535. To com- mand "Convention," 702. To raise men, 725. Commands armed "Convention," xi., 2. Ordered to Cape May-instructions, 9.
Rice, Lewis, repairs banks at Mud Island, xv., 204, 225, 236.
Rice, Patrick, clerk of Dr. Franks, allowed to go to New York to settle accounts-required to give bond and take oath, xi., 683. Rice, Ensign Robert, xi., 573.
Richards, John and Ann, charged with witchcraft, ii., 20.
Richards, Peter, sub-Lieutenant, xii., 131.
Richards, Capt. William, on survey of river, x., 481, 488. To pur- chase articles, 598, 660. To fix signals at Cape Henlopen, 510. .
Appointed ship's husband, 560, 576. To send troops in shallops to Trenton, xi., 24. Examined as to frauds in Quarter-Master's department-dismissed, xii., 387. Richardson, John, member of first Council, i., 57. Member of Coun- cil, removed for absence, 210. Attainder taken off, 619.
Richardson, Joseph, charged with counterfeiting, xi., 216. En- larged on bail, 226. A traitor and counterfeiter, apprehended and imprisoned, xii., 270, 272. Brought before Council and re- manded, 273. Discharged, 339. Richardson, Samuel, member of Council for Philadelphia, i., 213. Complaint against, 244, 270, 292. Justice of Peace, 544, ii., 159.
Richardson, Thomas, sent to New York for cannon, x., 635.
Ried, J. R., applies to command troops, xiv., 157.
Riflemen, a body of, proposed, x., 491.
Rifles, x., 522.
Righton, William, compromised, with, for a slave condemned to death, ii., 405.
Rinker, John, Sheriff, vii., 266
Riots iii., 260, 267, 468-491. Elec- tion, in Philadelphia, iv., 620, 623. Bill for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies-passed, ix., 717, 720, 729. Acts respect- ing, x., 4, 52. In gaol, 512. In Philadelphia, 701; xi., 307, 665.
Rippey, Wm., Sheriff, xi., 609. Coro- ner, xiii., 134, 396.
Ritchie, Capt Craig, xiv., 216. Ritchie, Robert, appointed member of Navy Board, xi., 122.
Rittenhouse, Benjamin, gun-lock factory, x., 481. Proposals ac- cepted-ordered to city, 495. Superintendent of the gun-lock factory, xi., 458. Appointed a Commissioner to view river Schuylkill, xvi., 194.
Rittenhouse, David, appointed En- gineer to Committee of Safety, x., 382. Member of Committee, 537. Vice President of Council of Safety, 673. Appointed on Committee to survey Jersey Shore,
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474. Engineer to prove cannon, 501. To purchase, 538. On Fort Island, Committee, 546 Receives a compliment as member of Coun- cil, xi., 52. Treasurer, 670, 754. Member of Board War, 201. Treasurer, 242, 257. Appointed State Treasurer, xii., 554, 657. Draft on York, 684, 688. Com- missioner to run line between Virginia and Pennsylvania, xiii., 70, 685. Commissioner on north ern boundary, xiv., 319 To view roads, 442. Assisted by An- drew Ellicott on northern boun- dary, 655. Commissioner to run western line, xv., 33. To re- cover moneys due, 253. Pay to, 614.
River Indians, Wapers or Waping- ers, singular wampum described by Teedyuscung, viii., 217.
Roach, Isaac, pilot, x., 344. Second Lieutenant of boats, 383, 488; xi., 562, 578.
Roades, John, Coroner, iii., 371.
Roads and Highways, i., 184, 189, 195, 199, 200, 205, 209, 218, 251, 298, 379, 384, 387, 389, 396, 498, 499-502, 510, 514, 536, 572, 587. Walter King's, 387. The King's, 389; ii., 10, 33, 64, 65, 111, 147. 152, 203, 236, 238, 485, 520, 526, 536, 539, 541, 549, 561, 562; iii., 43, 50, 106, 107, 108, 138, 142, 158, 163, 177, 219, 225, 227, 230, 231, 263, 521, 524, 542, 547, 573, 585-7, 590, 617, 618. Confirmed, 231; iv., 21, 46, 152, 181, 186, 247, 266, 276, 279, 282, 285, 365, 495, 503; v., 59, 61, 99, 100, 105, 107, 120, 202, 376, 577, 610, 611; vi., 300, 302, 304, 317, 318, 369, 376, 377, 378, 409, 433, 476, 607, 629. Braddock's, 395-403, 430, 434, 446, 460, 466, 476, 485, 493, 497, 521, 555, 617; vii., 592; viii., 677, 694; ix., 4, 22, 23, 169, 248, 361, 440, 556, 623, 627, 651, 657, 667, 681, 686, 693, 699, 719, 720, 729, 732, 745, 750, 781 ; x., 23, 39, 41, 51, 65, 69, 73, 113, 219; xi., 481, 492. And high- ways, xii., 154, 314, 592, 656, . 667, 726. Commissioners for viewing, paid, xiv., 442; xv., 13, 22, 30, 95, 121, 191, 195, 229, 21
230, 252, 273, 274, 322, 326, 330. Western, 326, 330-337 346, 351, 355, 358, 359, 370, 399, 425, 431, 445, 448, 519, 546, 594, 599, 635 ; xvi., 19, 27, 51, 73, 83, 102, 252, 256, 259, 292, 434, 466, 484, 530. Rations, 68.
Robb, Andrew, Justice, xiv., 323. Robb, Robert, Coroner, viii., 506, 781.
Robberies in Bucks and Chester counties, xiii., 338, 339, 515, 532. Proclamation respecting, 339, 533. Robbins, Ezekiel, appointed to dis- tribute provisions at New York, xiii., 459, 533. D. Sproat de- mands moneys, without authority of Council, 553.
Roberdeau, Captain, company, vii., 76.
Roberdeau, Col. Daniel, a member of Committee of Safety, to in- spect ordnance and military stores, x., 283. Guards at State House, 287. To procure pikes, 328. To apply to Congress for powder, 505. To have iron doors made for gaol, 535, 548. To receive pro- vincial arms, 640. Removed to Lancaster, xi., 41. Member of .
Congress, 385. Troops to work at Billingsport, 242. Attends Council, 548. Asks pay for lead, xii., 162, 163. Letter and reso- lution of Congress, 669. Letter from, 677. Trial at Carlisle with State, xiii., 319.
Roberts, Algernon, Commander, xii., 410, 420.
Roberts, Capt. Charles, of schooner Thetis, to be secured with his pa- pers, x., 765.
Roberts, George, to be seized, xi., 283.
Roberts, Hugh, to be seized, xi., 283.
Roberts, Jane, draws money for self and children, xiii., 671.
Roberts, John, transcript of the re- cord of Court of Oyer and Term- iner, xi., 600. Order for execu- tion, 606. Petitions for suspen- Bion of execution till after meet- ing of Assembly, 607. Petitions in favor of, 606, 613. Of his wife, children, &c .- notes of Chief Jus- tice, 613. Condemned, 614. His
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. estate to be sold, xii., 323. Peti- tion for suspension-rejected, 374. Costs in case of, 38. Estate sold, 571. Payment to Jane Roberts out of his estate, xiv., 174. Pay- ment to his widow, xv., 467. His widow receives a payment out of his estate under decree of Su- preme Court, xvi., 65, 350.
Roberts, John, Cor'r, xvi., 191, 490. Roberts, Jona., Commissioner for erecting public buildings in Mont- gomery county, xiv., 456.
Roberts, Joseph, petition for remis- sion of fine, xiii., 511. Fine re- mitted, 535.
Roberts, Owen, Sheriff of Philadel- phia, iii., 31, 56, 140. Traitor, xiii., 180.
Roberts, Col. William, to rendez- vous at Swede's Ford, xi., 301. Powder, 508. Resigns his com- mission, xii., 548. Sheriff of Montgomery county, xiv., 555; xv., 97, 296.
Robertson, Daniel, Sheriff, ix., 57. Robertson, Robert, Coroner of New Castle, i., 174; iii., 416.
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Robeson, Andrew, Register of Ad- miralty, xii., 316. Dies, 745.
Robeson, Captain Thomas, letter on stores for Wyoming, xiii., 565. Sent to, 567.
Robin Hood, ford on Schuylkill to be guarded, xi .. 302.
Robbins, Samuel, sent express to Virginia-his expenses, iii., 162. Builds a boat, "Ranger," x., 335.
Robinson, Andrew, a Councillor, i., 365. To enquire respecting W. Hudson, 371. Warrant for taxes to, 447. Commands Highland- ers, ix., 110. Appointed Regis- ter of Admiralty Court, xii., 14. Rangers to go to Lancaster, xiii., 117. To have his head quarters at Fort Muncey, 215. Sent to Wyoming, 509. Instructions to, 678. Letter, 698. Of Rangers, xiv., 152.
Robinson, Ebenezer, plan for stop- ping channel-thanks to, for it, x., 286.
Robinson, Pat., complaint against, i., 136. Proposed to be displaced, 141. Can't be removed till con-
victed, 142. To deliver up papers, 158, 181, 191, 192. Removed, 192. Committee sent to, for the Records, 192, 193. Councillor, 365. Warrant for taxes to, 447. Petition for claims due him as Secretary, ii., 33. Dies-records to be demanded of his widow, 297. Secretary's papers in his widow's hands, iii., 159. Order for, 160. Succeed as Secretary by James Logan in 1700, 163.
Robinson, Peter, Coroner, viii., 402, 506, 781. Sheriff, ix., 779 ; x., 56.
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