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Council of Safety-
26, 47, 60, 69, 91, 92. Reed, Joseph, A. G., 109, 151. Richards, William, 13, 46, 63, 169, 242. Richardson, Joseph, 254. Rit- tenhouse, David, 62. Roberdeau Daniel, 757. Ross, George, 758. Rush, Dr. Benjamin, 38, 58. Savadge, Thomas, 55, 195, 216, 217. 229. Seymour, Commodore Thomas, 67, 104. Smith, Robert, 37. Sprogell, Lodick, 230. Stansbury, Joseph, 94, 98. Stir- ling, Lord, 157, 166, 173, 195. Stevenson, George, 68. Tallman, Peter, 64. Taylor, George, 49. Thorne, William, 143. Tilghman, James, 156, 174. Trenton, Com- mittee, 69. Virginians, 14. Walters, John, 182, 244. Wash- ington, General George, 253. Wayne, Colonel Anthony, 88. Weedon, Colonel G., 241. Weit- zill, John, 85. Wells, Richard, 189. Williams, Major Ennion, 34, 35, 39, 51, 52, 80, 103, 105, 107, 112, 115, 117, 127, 204, 212. Wirtz, Christian, 202, 208. Wood, Colonel Joseph, 87. Wyn- koop, Henry, 32. Letters, vi., 3, 4. Ordinances of the, considered, confirmed or repealed by the As- Bembly, 73. Dissolution of, 64. Order of, 92. And Assembly, to Congress, 333.
Council of Safety of Kent County, Delaware, apply for salt, v., 79, 80.
Council, Sup. Executive, Resolu- tions, v., 691. [See Supreme Executive Council. ]
Council of War, at Oswego, minutes of, ii., 413, 427. On the fleet, vi., 20.
Counterfeit, bills of credit, made in England, i., 578. Capture of Jenkens, 619, 620. Depositions respecting, 621, 623. Described, 589. Counterfeit bills of credit, iii., 365 ; iv., 460, 461, 462, 466 ; v., 239, 240, 248, 258, 327, 525. Continental bills found on wagon- ers, &c., vi., 200, 206, 215, 233, 555. Half pence, ix., 279. Loan office certificates in circulation, x., 447.
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Counterfeiters in prison, vii., 694, County Lieutenants-circular, to Battalion districts, x., 419. Gourt, Provincial, proceedings, i., 98. Of Judicature, establishing of, Act respecting, 157. Draught of a law for better establishing
165. Of Chancery, procla- mation establishing it, 171. Re- port of business in Philadel- phia, Bucks, and Chester County, 279.
Court, Worcester, County, Md., proceedings, iii., 586.
Courts, vi., 228, 234, 245, 294, 661, 685. Court of Admiralty neces- sary, 685.
Courts, no State attorney in North- umberland, vii., 73. Long sus- pension of Justice renders people licentious, 73. Of appeal from Courts of law recommended, 78. At York, 773.
Courts, viii., 326, 622. Of Common Pleas, 622.
Courts, judicial, Delegates on, xi., 590.
Court, District U. S., to sit in Phila- delphia, xi., 723.
Court martial proceedings, vi., 581, 697, 704. Appeal from, by Capt. R. Hardie, vii., 91, 327; viii., 70. Francis Swaine, 397, 429, 433; ix., 207 ; xii., 192, 256, 263.
Cove, Great, Indian murders at, vi., 138.
Cowell, Ebenezer, vi., 51. Cowperthwaite, Col., viii., 111. Cox, Lieutenant Col. Gabriel, suits against, arising from boundary with Va, x., 81, 96, 125, 131. Letter to Michael Huffnagle, 125. Coxe, Col., Iron furnace, v., 56. Coxe, John, to transport all the shot he has made, iv., 757. Cox, John, letter, vi., 16, 29. Coxe, Col. John, wagons, vii., 749. Cox, Col. John, viii., 359, 406. Coxe, Tench, Commissioner to Com- mercial Convention, to Maryland Commissioners, xi., 61. To Council, 60. Appointed on Com- merce, 522. His views of pur- chase of Erie lands, Gorham & Co.'s claim, 539. Application to Governor of Canada suggested, 542, 543.
Coxe's Town, stores at, vif., 508. Coysgarne, Joseph, Letter W. P. to, i., 136.
Craig, Captain J., viii., 76, 254, 303, 397, 717; ix., 39, 114.
Craig, Capt. Isaac, memorial and History, ix., 497.
Craig, Isaac, letter from Pittsburg, xii., 300.
Craig, Colonel John, instructions to, to take Franklin, xi., 188, 196. Pay for troops, 236. Militia fines of John Youngman, 304.
Craig, Robert, vi., 41.
Craig, Col. Thos vi., 412. Desert- ers, ix., 18, 563.
Craig, Thomas, Lieutenant of North- ampton Co .- letters of Council to, respecting Wyoming, x., 296, 303, 305.
Craig, Thomas, respecting Brown's execution, xi., 276.
Crawford, Col., commands expedi- tion to Sandusky-he missing, ix., 556, 576 ; xii., 202.
Crawford, Edward, Jr., licenses, xi., 690.
Crawford, Fort, viii., 77, 106. Eva- cuated, ix., 89 ; xii., 129, 134, 139. Order to Ensign Coleman to evac- uate, 141. To be evacuated, 195. Men to, 160, 215, 251. Captain Stokely to take his station at, 255. Described, 350-352.
Crawford, James, vii., 760.
Credit, public, resolutions of Con- gress on, xi., 612.
Cresap, Michael, iv., 502, 512, 539, 561.
Cresap, Thos. Deposition of, i., 311, 352. Respecting, 313, 320, 321, 326, 336, 338, 352, 398, 410, 412, 415, 417, 419, 462, 464, 476, 489, 501, 556. Warrant to arrest, 489. Depositions respecting, 504- 528.
Cress, Peter, deposition, vii., 259. Creveceur, Mons., letter to, from Pres. Dickinson, x., 195, (1784) 550.
Crispin Wm., letter, v., 114, 681, 706, 748; vi, 151, 175, 203, 208, 440. Orders to prepare for Prest's visit to fortifications, vii., 200. Asks for money, 314. Soldiers demand liquor of, ix., 437. Croghan's Fort, xii., 352.
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Croghan, George, Letter, i., 247, [ Cumberland county-
770; ii., 689, 694. And In- dians, 9, 115. Letters to and from, 13, 31, 118, 119, 132, 144, 173, 203, 209, 212, 218, 219, 483. Gov. Morris's account of him, 689. Fort, 571, 623. Orders to, 536. Captain of Indians under Braddock, 689. Letters to and from, iii., 175, 247, 248, 319, 428, 544, 671, 733; iv., 42, 44, 483, 507. Speech of Indians to, 497. Crosswicks, v., 181.
Crown Point expedition against, ii., 20, 21, 29, 257, 326, 330, 332, 341, 345, 350, 365, 374, 442, 579, 585, 589, 631.
Crows' Town, xii., 201.
Culbertson, Col. Robert, vi., 448.
Culpepper, Thos. Letter to W. Penn, i., 51.
Cumberland county, letter D. Ma- gard, on proper site for County town, ii., 39. From T. Cookson, 42. Letter Gov. Hamilton to Jus- tices, 49. Petitions for defence, 239, 749, 755, 756, 757, 760. In- dian Massacres, 571, 575, 611, 613. Orders to Captains of, 602. Want of Arms, 636. Number of Roman Catholics in, iii., 144; re- cruits in, 406; Gov'r's orders to sheriff of, 108; troops, 448 ; fort, 196. Indian murders, iv., 117. Military at, 131. Claims, 168, 170, 219. People from, moving up Susquehannah, 218. Passes given by justices, 218. Battalion to be raised, 693. N. J., petition of, for powder from City, v., 30. Com- mittee letter, 12. Petition, (N. J.) 30. Condition of affairs in, 299, 334. Opposition to Government, 324. Resolutions of, 340. Books and Records, 416. Militia, 501, 752. Tories, 624. Tory Estate seized, vi., 94. Militia, 169, 379, 426, 605. Horse thieves in, 381. Taxes, 550. List of Justices, vii., 144. High price of wheat- Justices, &c., 399. Ought to guard frontiers, 419. Resolve to defend themselves, 437. Martial spirit in, 623. Lieutenants, viii., 152. Taxes not demanded by collectors, 61. Indians, 243. Wagons in, 447. Officers of, 522.
Indians, 558. Troops, ix., 15, 71, 400. Col. Abm. Smith, of militia, 203. Lands in, 409. Provisions, 459. Prisoners of war, 575. In- dians, 522. New township, Green, 647. Taxes, 736. Case of Peter Dill, 736. Commissioners on taxes, x., 79; Indians in (1779) 159; - (See Vol. XII.)-return of sheriffs, 1777 to 1783, 285; offi- cers of militia in, 599, 600. State road, xi., 158. Returns of militia, 605.
Cumberland Fort [See Forts. ] ii. ; xii., 353.
Cummings, Lieut., orders to, ix., 28.
Cummings, Lieut., John, Indian murders &c., x., 23.
Cummins, Major J. R. ix., 20, 24. Cunningham, Mr., ix., 606.
Cunningham, Hon. James, Taxes, ix., 495.
Cunningham, James, report of sur- veys of depreciation land xi., 263, Currency, state and improvements of, vii., 416, 448, 481, 543, 572, 643, 721, 738. Plan for improv- ing-Town meeting in Phil., 621. Emissions stopped, viii., 58.
Curry, Col., viii., 52.
Curtis and Finney, Letters, i., 759. Curwin, Jno., on Turnpike, xi., 572.
Cushing, Thomas, vii., 250.
Cushitunck, settlers from Connec- ticut on lands at, iii., 754, 756, 757, 760. Settlement at, iv., 70, 83, 88. Proclamation, at, 70. Cushcushking, iii., 523. Cuscushing, xii., 156.
Cuskusky, prisoners at, xii., 243. Customs, Searcher of, i., 11$. Com-
missioners of, on Navigation Act to Governor, 119. Letters of W. P., on complaints of merchants respecting duties on Tobacco, 149, Commissioners of, Letter, of W. P., i., 138. Letters from, 185, 238. Officers to reside in their Districts, 185. Collectors, &c., appointed, 195, 196, 199, 238, 395. Transports not liable to, iii., 137, 138 ; commissioners of, letter, 546 ; collectors, 546. Officers ap- pointed, iv., 253, 254, 255, 305,
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Customs- 449, 451. . Meet with obstructions in America, 299. Officer killed, 297, 302. Life of Searcher at Philada. threatened, 310. Table of fees asked for, 380.
Cut-cheek, an Indian, xii., 301,
D.
Dale, Samuel, instructions as agent to Wyoming, xi., 66.
Dallas, Alex. J., appointed Sec'y of State, xii., 46. Letters to and from, 99.
Dalley, Gifford-quarters for citi- zens from South Carolina, ix., 274. Dana, Francis, vi., 318, 384. Darby Creek, works on, v., 591.
Darby, skirmish near, with Genl. Potter's men, vi , 141.
Darnall, Henry, attorney general of Maryland, to Judges of Court, at York, ii., 93.
Dartmouth, Earl of, appointed Secr'y of State, iv., 456. Letters, 456, 464, 480, 482, 538, 577, 579, 585, 588, 613, 614, 621, 625.
Dauphin of France born, honors by Congress in consequence, ix., 542, 544, 545, 547.
Davenport, Jonah, an Indian trader's examination, i., 299.
Davidson, Mr. Jas., instructions, &c., to, vi., 16, 160, 181, 186,
Davis, Alban, deposition respect- ting a smuggler, iv., 445.
Davis, Benj'n, jr., Report, xi., 766. Davis, Col. Caleb, v., 292.
Davis, Caleb, list of Justices in Chester Co., vii., 444.
Davis, Col., vii., 565.
Davis, David, commissioner of pur- chases, viii., 382, 458.
Davis, Issachar, instructions to, res- pecting accommodations, at Easton, iii., 209.
Davis, John, vi., 562.
Davis, Col. John, letter to, xii., 117, 152, 175.
Davis, Doct. John, taken prisoner -- exchanged, v., 204. Davis, Capt. Peter, to be arrested, xii., 166. Trial, 256. Escapes, 266.
Davis, Thomas, contractor for buil- ding piers in River Delaware x., 456, 713.
Davis, Mr., xii., 205. Davis' Fort, xii., 354.
Davison, Com. Samuel, appointed commander of the fleet, iv., 759. Replies of different officers, 759; v., 378.
Davison, Hugh, resigns as Lt., vi, 504.
Dawson, David, of Chester Co., executed, x., 609.
Dawson, Captain Samuel, xii., 107. Troops required, 143. Letter to, 151.
Deane frigate, vii., 198, 521, 533. Deane, James, vii., 11.
Dean, Joseph, Petition respecting land, and forfeited estate, vii .; 540; viii., 81, 712.
Death of King George II., iv., 37. Of Conrad Weiser, iv., 41. Of Queen of Denmark, sister of his Majesty, 625.
De Barras, Mons., ix., 353, 372. [See Barras]
De Brussine & Garrison propose to remove Chevaux-de-frize, x., 144 -145.
Debts, Priority, of, act respecting, i., 159.
Debt, Public, of Pennsylvania, cer- tificates granted for, iv., 257, 333, 345. Report of Committee to Con- gress on the public, ix., 85-93. Public-States called on for state- ments of, xi., 613, 639, 640.
Decker, Cox & Co., invaded Indian lands, xii., 176.
Debtors not to leave the State, v., 356.
Declaration, W. Penn against L. Bal- timore, i., 88. Of War, England and France, ii., 635, 735.
De Corney, Monsieur, viii., 383, 396, 406, 416.
Dedimus, Potestatem, i., 289, 393. To James Hamilton, ii., 461. To Wm. and Richard Peters, iv., 40. J. Shippen, jr., 101, 104.
Deeds to sundry persons on Del. by Gov. Nicolls, i., 27, 28. To Peter Cock by Gov. Lovelace, 29. For lands in West Jersey, 29, 31. From Indians, to Cantwell and De Haes, 32. To Fopp Outhout,
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Deeds-
33, 34. To Henderson 34. To Peter- son 35. To J. P. Jacquett, 36. Indian To William Penn : July 15, 1682, 47; June 23, 1683, 62, 63, 64; June 25, 1683, 62, 63, 64; June 25, 1683, 65 ; July 14, 1683, 65, 66; Sep. 10, 1683, 67 ; Oct. 18, 1683, 67; June 3, 1684, 88, June 7, 1684, 92; July 30, 1685, 93; Oct. 2, 1685, 95. June 15, 1692, 116; Gov. Don- gan to W. P. 121, 122 ; July 5, 1697, 125; Sep. 13, 1700, 133, 146; Lands on Schuylkill, Sept. 7, 1732, 344. John Newton, ab- stract of, 374. For settlement at Tulpehocken, 404. For lands on Susquehanna, Oct. 11, 1736, 494. For lands on Delaware, Aug. 25, 1737, 541. Indian, for lands in New Jersey, Feb. 21, 1743, 641. Of feoffment, Duke of Y. for N. Castle, Aug. 24, 1682, 52. Ac- knowledgment and recording act respecting, 155, 158. Indian, for lands between Delaware and Sus- quehanna, ii., 33. Indian, to "Susquehanna Company," for lands, 147-158, 175. Ques- tions proposed respecting, iii., 262, Memorandum Richard Peters respecting that of 1718, 262. For land, defective, viii., 49. Peti- tion on acknowledgment of, xi., 136. From Indians, for Erie, xii., 100.
De Grasse, Count, present of can- non for, x., 59.
De Haas, Major, iv., 206.
De Haas, Gen. J. P., vi., 646, 648, 649, 674. Proposes to raise vol- unteers, 646. Difficulty respect- ing command, 670, 684, 729. Respecting seizure of flour, vii., 330-332. Letter to, 332.
De Hart, Jacob, Lieutenant of ship General Greene, vii., 310, 364.
De Haven, Hugh, iv., 569; vi., 58.
De Haven, Peter, letter respecting gun factory, v., 155. Explosion of Powder Mill, 255, 256, 261, 606, 607 ; vi., 52, 453, 475, 632 ; at Gun factory, vii., 12, 133, 175, 194. Applies to be Wagon Mas- ter, 175; viii., 360.
De la Balme, Col. and party- fate of, viii. 766, 767.
De la Fayette, Marquis, ix., 283, 359, 430, 627.
De la Luzerne, Chevalier, viii., 383.
De Lambert, Chevalier, introduced by Marquis Fayette, ix., 627, 734, 735. General St. Clair, respect- ing, 735.
De Lancey, James, Governor of New York, letters to and from, ii., 168, 179, 220, 233, 243, 261, 264, 267, 270, 273, 278, 279, 280, 326, 331, 338, 345, 346, 359, 384, 391, 396, 398. Controversy with General Shirley about cannons, 349; iii., 434, 691.
De Lancey, -, surprises and kills Colonel Green, at White Plains, ix., 155.
De Laney, Col. viii., 111.
Delaney, John, petition from, wounded at Germantown, vii., 94.
Delany, Sharp, (Collector, ) on Memorial of Captain vii., 762; Darie, x., 97. Heavy demand, 441, 715 Report Mr. Orr's duty as an alien, xi., 259. Attorney General's opinion as to Citizen- ship, 260. Queries, respecting duties, 397. Answer of Judges to, 601, 602.
Delapt, Richard, &c., vii., 702
De La Vega, F. C., Governor of Havana, letter, to, iii., 508.
Delaware County, Justice of peace, xi., 638.
Delaware Indians, number of, i., 301. Letter of Governor to, 303. Declaration of war against, views of council on, ii., 654. Suspension of hostilities, 669. Conference with, at Pittsburg, by Colonel Bouquet, 571-574. Murders, iv., 503; v., 314; viii., 120, 152. Towns destroyed by Colonel Clarke, of Virginia, 515. Indians, base attempt by whites to destroy, near Hanna's Town, 596; ix., 39, 97, 247 ; x., 85, 86. Behave well at Muskingum, xii., 237. Councils, 239, 246. Towns, 256, 270. - 111, 147, 153, 155, 156, 166, 211, 228, 231, 233, 235. Council, 219, 267, 269, 305.
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Delaware River, grant of lands on, [ Delaware River-
by Governor Richard Nicolls, i., 27. Grant of island to Peter Cock, 29. Commissioners to treat with New Jersey, respecting, 58, 59, 60, 61. Letter, William Penn, on, 60. Deed for lands on, 541. Spanish privateers in, 759, 763, 765, 766. Deed for lands between, and Susquehanna, ii., 33, 36. Defence of, 477, 509. Descrip- tion of cannons required, 511. Joshua Fisher about to publish a map of, is stopped by Governor, letters respecting, 492, 593. Me- morial of Pilots, iv., 263. Pro- clamation respecting Fish, 347. Lord Dunmore's designs on Islands in, 637. British vessels appear in, 724, 725, 732, 736, 737, 740, 743, 747, 748, 753, 762, 769. Complaint of officers of armed boats, 705. Engagement with Roebuck and Liverpool, 748. River and Bay pilots, v., 28. Pay of men in the armed vessels on, 30. Chevaux-de-frize, respecting, 37, 39, 45, 66, 67, 83, 238, 426, 431, 591, 626, 648, 649, 680, 696, 699, 721. Fortifications and defence of,
8, 9, 11, 37, 39, 45, 57, 62, 130, 138, 166, 242, 346, 359, 376, 425, 431, 434. 501, 526, 542, 565, 620, 626. Dispatches from H. Fisher respect- ing vessels of war, 42, 47, 53, 61, 70, 99, 100, 108, 153, 263, 402, 465, 504. No person to pass with- out a permit, 82. River craft to be removed from Jersey side, 84. Attempt to bribe pilots to bring fleet from New York by James Molesworth, (who was executed) 270-282, 315, 336, 337. Actions on, 453, 504, 648, 696, 697, 701, 702, 703, 706, 707, 709. British vessels in or near the, 99, 118,
126, 132, 216, 217, 263, 305, 315, 402, 453, 457, 462, 465, 467, 468, 472, 488, 538, 591, 668, 699, 721. Augusta and Merlin blown up, 698, 699, 706, 707, 719, 720, 721. All the lumber used for fire rafts, -fords on the, 375, 441. Trade carried on with enemy, 403, 504. Capture of traders by Captain Murphy, 504, 510. Guns for Cape May, 846. Du Coudray's
reports on defences of the, 359- 363, 430, 431, 526, 565. Shore, survey of, instructions for, 441. Twelve fireships ordered by Con- gress, 464. Dispatches from John Hunn respecting vessels of war in, 451, 453, 462, 467, 468, 474, 475. Dispatch from Leeson Simmons, respecting vessels, 538. Defects in the defences of, 626 Capture of Billingsport, 648. State vessels in, 648. Op- erations on the, 648, 649, 663, 718. French Frigate Chimere arrives-pilot for requested, 665. Forts attacked by land and water, 667. A chevaux-de-frize removed, 668. Commodore Hazlewood's account of action between the fleets, 721. Fort Mifflin, 723. Ship Montgomery and other ves- sels burned near Burlington for safety, 740. [See also Billings- port, Fort Mifflin, Mud Fort and Red Bank. ] Naval and military operations on, vi., 11, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 44, 47, 50, 110, 121, 130, 133, 204. Fort Mifflin, 11, 19, 24, 27, 246. British ves- sels in, 11, 27. Red Bank, 11, 28, 80, 246. Billingsport, 23, 27, Lord Cornwallis, 23, 31. General Clinton with troops arrives, 27. Vessels burned for safety, 28, 80. Proposal to salt fish from, for the army, 380. Sunken vessel of enemy to be raised, 652. British vessels in, 706. Council of War, Chevaux-de-frize, 20. Fort Mercer, Red Bank, 21. Fortifying, 710. Map of, 758, 768. Defence of, vii, 19, 180, 191, 197, 199, 200, 270, 282, 290, 298, 329, 410. Letter to Governor, on defence of, 180. Visit of Governor, &c., to fortifications of, 199, 200, 203. Map of, 233. Survey of, by Gen. Du Portail, 201, 227, 229, 232, 272, 279, 280, 366, 399, 403, 409. Banks at Mud Island, to be repaired, 240. Troops sent to the Forts on, 270, and cannon, 290, 298. Billingsport, 290, 298. 339, 365, 366, 369, 371, 409, 502, 507, 562, 673, 720, 745. Mud Island, 270, 290, 339, 369, 885,
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Delaware River-
397, 410, 502, 562 652, 673, 720, 745, 764. Timber wheels required, 345. Treatment of vessels bound up and down, 372, 456, 537. A piece of heavy cannon from Princeton, 375. Waste of powder in bringing vessels to, 398, 404. Letters to and from Henry Fisher, 396, 410. Sweeping for lost articles, 433, 541. Chevaux-de-frize, 544, 566, 587, 635. Raising sunken vessels, 644. Mrs. Hitchcock's claim for giving notice, 705. Henry Fisher's letters, 390, 410, 705, 730. Officers ordered up from forts, 720. Armed boats in, viii., 216, 231, 254, 274, 339, 437. Claim for Hog Island, ix., 5, 42, 252, 520. Defence of, 60. British fleet expected - Isaac Roach sent to Capes to watch, 80, 112. Orders to, 96. Danger from enemy, 105. Ship ashore and lost, 113. Capt. Roach to return, 175. Chart of, near Mud Island mentioned, 255. Flags of truce from S. C. ordered down river, 338. Frigate Trum- bull in, 338. British ship of war Gen. Monk captured in, by Hyder Ally, Capt. Barney, 529. Purchased for defence of, 530. Ask for a vessel of easy draught, 647. Com- m'rs for defence of, 586, 618, 621, 625, 647, 672. Sale of Hyder Ally proposed, 672. Armed Schooner equipped for defence of, and commanded by John Snyder, 672. Equipping armament to de- fend, x., 26. Removal of Chevaux- de-frize, 95, 144. Commissioners appointed to examine, 130. In- quiry respecting islands above Falls, 130. Falls of, as seat of Government, 137. Proposals of De Brussine & Garrrison to remove Chevaux-de-frize, 93, 144-146, 349, 359, 565. Resolutions of Assembly on removing, (1783) 177, 210. Amount expended for improvement. 240. Military stores at Fort Island and Billingsport, 284, (1784.) Removal of chevaux- de-frizes, 340, 350. Jurisdiction of Islands, 130, 366, 696. Federal buildings on the Delaware, 693. Piers to be erected, 407. Con-
Delaware River-
tract for, 456. Proposals, 471, 713. Improvements contemplated by the Wardens, (1784) 571. Buoys taken away, 580. Beacon on Cross Ledge, 588. Chevaux- de-frizes, 589, 606, 607, Juris- diction of Islands, 611. And navigation of, 710. Inquiry as to ownership of Islands in the River, 739. Navigable communication between Chesapeake and, Pro- ceedings, xi., 25, 27. Sloop and negro Jim brought into, 53. Beacon at Cape May, 93. Spanish Frigate at Marcus Hook, 99-102. Examination of rivers, 677. Com- m'rs to examine, 622. Soundings in, 1776, opposite Billingsport, xii. 68. Jurisdiction of Islands in, 75. Report on claims to islands in, 87. Report on jurisdiction of Islands, 289. On improving, 292, 294. Of Wardens, on light house, capes, beacons, buoys, winter harbors, &c., 310.
Delaware, State of, comm'r appointed on boundary line. George Read Riddle appointed 1849, (note) iv., 37. Troops want clothing, v., 34. Prisoners in Phila., jail, sureties for, 309. vii., 152. Letter to Governor on exportation of provisions, from, viii 10. Allows export of provisions, 229, 609. Insecurity of public stores in, ix., 95, 100, 105. Removal of, ordered, 101. Inland navigation, x, 538, 540. Act of, to comply with requisitions, xi., 16, 22. Proceedings on internal navigation, 25, 27, 77. Letter from Governor, 33.
Delegates in Congress, v., 536. Letters, vi., 4, 116, 136, 207, 231, 268, 279, 298, 359, 380, 455, 535, 577; vii., 134, 140, 160, 162, 174, 181, 184, 189, 192, 422, 476, 551, 557, 639. To require yeas and nays in certain cases, 174. From Virginia, 73, 184. Letters to and from, viii., 9, 61, 161, 191, 351, 392, 494, 643, 711, 722, 745. From Connecticut, letter to, on Wyoming Lands, 111, 112. Of State, in Congress, ix., 103, 163, 506, 307, 420, 434,
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INDEX TO PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES.
Delegates in Congress-
763. Query on legality of trial by a judge, who is a, 163. Prison ships, 762. Of Virginia, in Congress, 260, 266, 271, 274, In Congress, letter to, x., 25, 27. 45, 48, 52, 69, 72, 101, 126, 151, 154, 155, 156, 184, 204, 210, 223, 358, 369, 397, 405, 410, 440, 457, 476, 534, 549, 564, 592, 681, 697, 705, 713, 759, 768. On gratuity to General Washington, 151. Election of, 354, 437, 534. No. of, 564. Letters, xi., 4, 27, 37, 40, 87, 106, (see Vol., x., 759,) 188, 189, 207, 237, 251, 308, 342, 350, 352, 364, 373, 382, 383, 408. 433, 451, 453, 456, 457, 461, 504, 505, 537, 543, 590, 684. Elected, 83.
Deluge in Luzerne County, xi., 85, Denmark, Queen of, death, iv., 625.
Willing to consecrate American Bishops. Letters from Mr. De St. Saphorin, &c., x., 434.
Denison, Colonel, vii., 16. Nathan, instructions with arms for Wy- oming, xi., 212. A Scotch Emissary, 213. Letter on insurg- ents, 327.
Dennis, Anthony, commission as surveyor of boundary between N. York and N. Jersey, iv., 340. Denny, William, Governor, arrives and succeeds Morris, ii., 760. Address of Unitas Fratrum to him, 760. Of Ministers, Vestry, &c., of Christ Church, 762. Of Regim't of Philada. Co., 763. His reply, 763. Letters to and from, 779 ; iii., 5, 8, 13, 18, 29, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 48, 50 53, 54, 58, 64, 69, 76, 78, 83, 93, 95, 96, 106, 137, 138, 141, 145, 146, 148, 150, 160, 162, 173, 174, 186, 193, 201, 207, 209, 212, 214, 218, 221, 235, 236, 239, 247, 248, 251, 256, 258, 273, 277, 278, 282, 289, 290, 293, 296, 298, 300, 303, 304, 313, 315, 316, 323, 330, 338, 349, 351, 364, 365, 366, 380, 383, 385, 392, 401, 403, 412, 425, 427, 428, 430, 432, 434, 436, 438, 442, 449, 453, 471, 480, 481, 485, 487, 489, 490, 498, 508, 511, 517, 518, 546, 552, 571, 623, 631, 671, 675, 677, 685, 687, 689. Messages to and from
Assembly, 19, 98. Instructions to L. Morris, jr., 90. Order to the Sheriff of Cumberland Co., 105. Long letter to Proprietaries, 107. Treated with rudeness and in- solence by members of the House, 112. Letter on transactions with Lord Loudoun, 117. Proclamation against rum, 521. Is succeeded by Governor Hamilton, 689. Speech to Assembly at New Castle, 377.
Denny, David, viii., 496. Ensign, his rank, xi., 325.
De Normandie, Dr., v., 176.
Dent, Lieutenant, a Virginia officer, xii., 274.
Department of foreign affairs to be established, xi., 599.
De Peyster, Lieutenant Colonel, A. S., on Indian negotiations, x., 86, 89.
Depositions, and Examinations, Jonah Davenport, an Indian Trader, i., 299. James Le Tort, 300. Edmund Cartledge, 304. Thomas Renick, 309. Thomas Cresap 310, 352. Respecting dams on Schuylkill, 315. Luke Mercer, 335. James Hendricks, 348, 399. John Capper, 350, 360. John Lowe, 350. William
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