Colonial Records of Pennsylvania Volume 11, Part 81

Author: Hazard, Samuel, 1784-1870
Publication date: 1851
Publisher: Harrisburg, Printed by T. Fenn & co,
Number of Pages: 671


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Cape Henlopen, also Cornelius, of the Dutch, 147. Forbids Gov. Hamilton to afix the seal to a paper, 148. His will established, 203. His powers under charter to make laws, ii., 101. His treat- ment of Indians, 109. Warrants for Welsh tract, xii., 279, 280. Letter to Susquehannah Indians, 280.


Penn's Valley, Indian murders in, vi., 515, 516, 517.


Pennell, Joseph, letter, v., 143, 197. Accounts, xi., 506. Pensions, list of, ix., 588; xi., 624, 679.


Pensioners, payment of, xi., 545. List of, sent to War Office, 645, 729. Pensions, 728, 729, 730, 731.


Pennsylvania, its future greatness predicted by Sir Wm. Petty, i., 49. Memorial, &c., from Welsh tract, 108, 110. W. P.'s descrip- tion of 1683, 68. Deeds for, see Deeds. African trade of, 152. Proclamation of Governor Keith for continuing the Government, 69. Commission to Hamilton and Georges, 428, 429. Do. to Gov. Thomas from T. Penn, 625. Cor- respondence between Governors of, and Maryland, ii., 40, 46, 57, 91, 93. Boundary line between Maryland, 40, 41, 49, 64, 73. Map of, by Lewis Evans, 46, 60, 309, 583. His instructions, 47. Re- turns of Iron and Steel Furnaces, Slitting Mills, Tilt Hammers in 1750, 52-55. Letter of Governor Hamilton on boundaries of, and claims of French, Virginia, &o., 60, 63. Report of Privy Council on, 65. N. Scull, on mode of finding Meridian, Tangent line and running the Circumference of the Circle, 73. Statement of Ex- cise collected, 85. Income of Loan Office, 86. Governor sends to Maryland for copies of public pa- pers, 92. Answer, 93. Proprie- tary revenue, 110. Connecticut settlers on land in, 120 to 127, 196. Commissioners to Indian Treaty at Albany, 142. Their Diary, 145. Governor Hamilton retires, succeeded by Robert Hun-


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ter Morris, 180. An account of the state of the province referred to, 225. Supplies expected from, 249, 293, 305, 306, 579. Letter, Committee of Assembly to Gov- erner Morris on £5000, 271. An- swer, 272. Purchase of land from Six Nations, 279. Bond given for arms to King, 300. Grant by Con- necticut to Susquehannah Com- pany, 303. Commissioners of Trade and Plantations send inter- rogatories for information respect- ing, 378, 418, 527, 778. Account of guns and ammunition delivered to back counties, 392. Represen- tation of citizens of Philadelphia to General Assembly demanding defence, 485. General Shirley sends ammunition to, 502. And arms, 654. Assembly granted £55,000 and Proprietary £5000, 513, 529, 530, 536. Gov. Shirley's troops ordered from, 577. Murder by mob for enlisting servants, 578. Map of Delaware bay and river by Joshua Fisher, 592. 593. Com- missioners offer rewards for Indian prisoners and scalps, 606. Officers at Shamokin complain of pay, 700. Commissioners decline further payments, 742. Message to As- sembly from Governor, state of province, 750. William Denny ar- rives and succeeds Morris as Gov- ernor, 760. Addresses to him, 760, 762, 763.


Account of arms and ammunition purchased, iii., 25. Estimated annual expense, 62. Cost of three battalions, 62. Of provisions for four hundred men, 63 Proprie- tary land at Easton, 84. List of officers in pay of the province and dates of commissions, 88. Secre- tary Pitt urges Assembly to pro- vide forces, 95, 96. Plan of pro- tection by Major Burd, 99. Num- ber of men in pay of province, 99, 341. Squadron from England, 96. Quarters for troops in city, 110. Letters to and from Proprietaries, 106, 157, 193, 576. Number of Roman Catholics in, 144. Opin- ion of Proprietaries' right to pay out bills of credit, 157. Frigate,


Pennsylvania, iv .-


190. Guarantee against impress- ment of sailors of, 191. List of officers, 260. Troops making forts at Wyoming, 303. Address of Assembly of lower provinces, 308. Intercepted letters and a plot dis- covered, 324. List of officers in pay of the province and dates of commissions, 336. Regiment, their stations, 337. Forces between Delaware and Susquehanna, 340. Number in pay of the province, 341. Troops, 449. Depositions respecting Maryland, (which see). Warrant to survey land, 663. Proceedings of Court against John Willey, 664. Letters between Ferd. J. Paris and others respect- ing fraudulent purchase of lands from Indians, 666. Power of At- torney from Thomas and Richard Penn to sell lands, 685.


Agreement betw. Lord Baltimore and T. and R. Penn, respecting boundary line, 1760, iv., 1-36. Commiss'ers appointed by Penn- sylvania, Delaware and Maryland on the line between those states, J. P. Eyre appointed, 37. Military affairs in, 37, 40, 45, 47, 51, 73, 74. Claims for distributive share of moneys allotted by parliamen- tary grants in 1758. Three lower counties, 72. Rhode Island, 121. New York, 149, 169. Massachu- setts, 159, 163. John Penn ap- pointed Governor, 119. Insur- rections in back counties, 155. Claims of Carlisle, 168, 170. Let- ter from Indians in barracks to Governor, 170. Col. T. Francis to raise troops, 176. Equipment of, 179. Musters of effective men at Lancaster, 195. Do. of second battalion at Carlisle, 196. Orders to, 198. Draught of warrant for enlisting troops, 197. Orders to battalions of Pennsylvania regi- ment, 198. Peace with Indians on Erie and Ohio granted by Col. Bradstreet, 207. Proclamation of Col. Fauquier, respecting settlers on western lands, 255. Account of certificates granted to pay pub- lic debt, 257. Return of royal regimenta stationed in, 259. Re-


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port of Attorney and Solicitor General on certain acts, 274, 276, 280, 281. Earl Hillsborough asks for information, 283. Act to re- move settlers from Indian lands, 283. Communications not to pass through proprietaries, 307, 310. Governor not to communicate pub- lic letters to Assembly, 309. Com- plains of petition of Assembly, 311, 334. Boundary of lands with Six Nations, 329, 424. Estimate of debts due from, 333, 345. Of- ficers of Pennsylvania regiment . ask for grant of land on Susque- hanna, 335. Permission granted to survey on, of boundary line between New York and New Jer- sey, 339, 340. Western bounda- ry, 346, 426, 430. Proclamation respecting fish, 349. Agreement between proprietors and Connec- ticut settlers, 350, 352. Minutes of Commissioners on Indian trade, 372. Claim on Gen. Gage for pay of carriages used by Lieut. Col. Wilkins, 377. Letters to and from A. St. Clair [see St. Clair. ], depo- sitions, &c., respecting western boundary, 430, 435, 455. Messa- ges to and from Assembly, 436. Richard Penn appointed Governor, arrives, 446. Reasons of Com- missioners, appointed to meet at New York, for not attending, 448. George Croghan on western boun- daries, 452. Highway robberies near Bedford, 456. Counterfeits, 461, 466. Proclamation for ap- prehending counterfeiters, 466. Westmoreland county Courts, &c., 467, 471, 487, 492. Dr. John Connolly's proceedings, 476, 478, 484, 528. Jurisdiction extended to Pittsburg, 479, 481, 483, 489, 525. Lord Dunmore's letter, &c., on jurisdiction, 483, 514. Letter William Digges respecting Digges' choice, 490. Proclamation of Earl Dunmore, 490. And Virginia dispute, 511, 514. Letter Benj. Chambers, 536. Assembly re- solves to pay a certain number of Rangers, 548, 559. Message, 554. Governor Colden on settlement of boundary with New York, 562.


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Minute respecting, 577. Great Britain objects to sending depu- ties to general Congress at Phila- delphia, 576. New Assembly not to meet till further orders, 579. Proclamation of Gov. Penn against Lord Dunmore, &c., 580. Answers to queries from Great Britain, respecting statistics of, showing commerce, manufacture, population, offices, salaries, occu- pants, boundaries, &c., 591-603. Gov. Eden requests suspension of issue of proclamation, 616. Earl Dartmouth thinks she is not re- turning to a sense of her situa- tion, 621. Duties on peltries to be collected, 628. Amount of Ex- cise for 1771, 2, 3 and 4, 633. State of the bills of credit struck on the Excise, 634. A. St. Clair recommends temporary line, 659. Number of men in actual pay in naval service, 739, 781. Also in military, 780.


Men in pay in service of; in army and navy of; salaries, v., 3. Troops, clothing, 13. Furnaces for casting cannon, and quantity cast, 31. Quotas of grain to be furnished by each Co., 182. Loan offices to receive bills of credit of, 183. Militia, important services of, 186. Address of officers, 186. Gallant affair at Lawrence's Island, 230. Thomas Wharton, Junior, elected President, and George Bryan, V. P., 252. Fi- nances, 264. Call for troops, 319, 461, 523, 539. Transfer of, to Continental service, 357. Debtors not to depart from, 356. State of the treasury, 357, 372, 378, 381, 409. Joseph Reed appointed Chief Justice, 289, 379. Declines, 379. Proposal to Virginia on subject of boundary, 413. Militia ordered to Ticonderoga, 492. T. Mckean, Chief J., 621. Militia to be ready, 583. Return of, be- longing to State, 595.


Claims Wm. Straker, from French Minister, as a citizen of the State, vii., 61, 62, 70, 72, 83; and Vir- ginia, relative to disputes between, 73. Three Co's to be enlisted, 78.


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Council ascribe victory to God, 77. Benefits in prospect from, 77. Gradual abolition of slavery proposed, 79. Marriage licenses liable to abuse in. 79. Differences between Connecticut and Virginia and this State to be brought to a settlement, 79. State of military affairs, owing to redemption of old paper money, 80. Tax of, 5s. assessed in different Co's, 80. Taxes recommended towards pay- ing off paper money, 80. Money received from forfeited estates, 80. Guard for Convention troops to be called from different counties, 90. Act to prohibit distillation of grain, 125, 152. Supreme Ex- ecutive Council asks for a portrait of Washington, 127. Quota not to be increased, 141. Quota of taxes ordered by Congress, 157. Advance of money from Congress,- 160. Cost of clothing the troops, 182. Circular from Council to the other States, respecting abuses of power by Congress. Gen. Arnold, &c., 183. Great scarcity of pro- visions for want of hard money, 186. State of finance, 87. Propose buying a vessel, 199. Surveys of Susquehannah, 210. On de- fence, 238. Grant from Congress of two millions, 269. Resolutions of Congress in favor of, 288. Mem- bers of Council called to form a quorum, 389. Complimentary resolutions passed by Assembly on President and Executive Coun- cil, 295. Do. by Congress of the State of, 312. Similar resolutions of the Legislature and Executive of the State, 313. Correspondence respecting Genl. Arnold, 325, 327, 337, 347, 351, 380. Military position, 342. Washington dis- claims partiality to any State, 353. Men and means furnished by, during the War, 378. Is this State a separate Department ? 256, 339, 385, 387. Death of Judge George Ross, 554. Rangers and riflemen, 568. Opinion of C. J. Mckean when the Government of, began-traitors and treason, 645. Not exceeded by any State in sup-


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ply of militia, 681. Prisoners expected, 731. Quota of assess- ment by Congress, 733. Report on salaries of officers, 739. Return of General St. Clair's division of army, 753. Thanksgiving Day, 757.


Boundary between, and Virginia, viii., 46, 56, 63, 91, 191, 285, 352, 488, 516, 570, 713, 744, 746. Lands belonging to, 56, 91. Troops surprised at Elizabeth- town and Newark, 103. Drafts for money by Congress, 104, 122, 197, 252, 256, 320, 342, 402, 492. Returns of troops, 110, 111. De- mand on Edmund Physic for books, records, &c., respecting proprietary estates now vested in, 113. Lands seized in Manor T., Lancaster County, said to have been purchased by Mr. Penn at Fort Stanwix, 118. Soldiers of, in Moylan's regiment, 128. Col- onel Moylan commands Fourth regiment of light dragoons, 184. Account of taxes from Treasurer U. S., 185. Intrusions by Vir- ginia, 191. Return of troops under General St. Clair, 220. Colonel Hay of 10th regiment, 240. Captain Alexander of 7th regiment, 248. Loan of field- pieces, 253. Quotas of ten mil- lions, 255. Guns, standards and seal ordered in France by agent Penet, 257. State of Pennsylva- nia regiments, 271. A loan au- thorized by Assembly, 276. New State proposed, 280. Call for militia, 294, 306. Quota of pro- visions, 294. Agreement between Virginia and Pennsylvania on boundary question, 352, 570. Commissioners on, 353, 569. Em- bargo, 10, 229, 261, 263, 266, 333, 354, 433, 452, 609. Congress furnish exchange on minister to France, 391. Money asked of Congress, 392, 395. Volunteers at Morristown, 394. Asks a bill of exchange from French Consul, 397. James Searle sent to France as agent to procure loan, &., 399, 514, 532. President Reed com- plains against Committee of Con-


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Pennsylvania, ix .-


gress-statement of facts, 420. Too great a dependence on, for supplies, 426. President Reed's statement to Congress of State proceedings and demands on her from first to last, 458-468. Quota of supplies demanded by Commit- tee of Congress, 472. Virginia confirms line run in 1779, 488, 516, 583, 713, 744, 746. To draw in Continental bills by taxes, 534. Rank of governors in the field, 535. Loan office certificates for bills of exchange to be sold, 555. Congress call for cattle, 556, 560. Revolt of Pennsylvania line, 603, 718, 721, 722, 723, 724, 729, 731, 734, 736, 737, 744, 761. Thos. Smith and Rd. Bache, appointed by Congress to sign bills, 635, 639. Proprietary lots of, wrong opinion respecting, 636. Returns of artillery under General Wayne, 647. Names of officers under government asked for, 658. State of treasury, 657, 662. State of account with Congress, 694. Names of officers in Captains Porter and Simon's companies, 696. Troops of Pennsylvania line to join army in Virginia, 737. Against bringing convention pris- oners to, 745. Assembly grant money for raising troops, 752. Resolution of Congress respecting convention prisoners from Mary- land and Virginia to, 753, 757, 758. Resolution of Congress call- ing in Continental money-Com- mittee of Assembly, 757. Estimate of expense of convention prisoners to the State, 758. Estimate of sums necessary for payment of bounties to general officers, &c., 758. Colonel Proctor and others claim Hog Island, 730, 734, 760. Allowance to commiss'ers for ex- tending Mason and Dixon's line, &c., ix., 4, 78, 161. Exhausted state of treasury, 15. Comparison with other States as to supplies, 16. Commissioners to run line between Virginia, 20. Rifles re- quested from Board of War, 26, 31. Commissioners appointed by Virginia, 78. Board of War ten-


Pennsylvania, ix .-


der muskets to the State, 96. State of affairs, 130. President's letter to General Washington respecting, 141-149. Question as to legality of trial before Supreme Court, Judge being member of Congress, 163. Cannot comply with requisitions of Congress, 187. Mutiny of Pennsylvania line, 188. Proceedings of Pentecost and Cannon, 193. Case of seizure of merchandise in Pennsylvania, belonging to Virginia, to pay & private debt-correspondence with delegates in Congress, &c., res- pecting, 260, 266, 271, 272, 274. Corps of three hundred riflemen to be raised, 280. La Fayette orders troops from, to South Caro- lina, 283. Accounts with United States, 288. Boundary with Vir- ginia, 233, 234, 301, 304, 315, 344, 352, 356, 402, 444, 506, 562, 607. Finances, 310. General Clarke's expedition, 357. James Searle, agent to Holland, 367. To raise three thousand men, 395, 397, 398. Removal of records, 413. E. Hazard applies for access to documents for history, 449. Publishes a collection, 447. Sup- plies for prisoners in New York, 470. And Connecticut, 447, 510, 526, 563, 568, 629. Wm. Moore elected President, and J. Potter, Vice President, 447. Troops at Fort Pitt, 521. Instructions, &c., to commissioners on boundary with Virginia, 518, 533, 549, 562, 566, 585, 772. President Moore's term expires-John Dickinson elected President, and Jas. Ewing, Vice President, 651. State of the paper money, 665. B. Stille, of Rhode Island, appointed agent to settle accounts between Pennsyl- vania and United States, 668. Various papers-proceedings at Trenton on Connecticut claim, 679-724. Claim stated, 700, 701, 710, 713. Deeds produced at Trenton, 715-724. Rev. Mr. Jas. Finley's secret expedition to West- ern counties, 730. Copies of records of Connecticut and New York obtained, 730. Proclama-


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tion respecting decree at Trenton, 732.


Boundary between Virginia, x., 8, 56, 72, 81, 95, 96, 125, 145, 171, (1783) 175, 181, 223, 231, 233, 236, 269, 280, 336, 372, 373, 413, 414, 416, 428, 438, 439, 489, 506, 573, 602, 611, 705. Confirmation of line run by Nevill and McClean, 8. Wyoming affairs, 147, 148, 711. [See Wyoming] New state threatened on frontiers - Rev. James Finley sent to counteract it-correspondence, 40, 41. In- structions to, 163. Pennsylvania line of soldiers, 55. Letters of Governor Harrison, of Virginia, on boundary (1783), 56, 65, 72, 77, 78, 95, 96, 145, 175. Resolutions of Congress on pur- chase of lands from Indians, 105, 119, 124, 126. Resolutions of Assembly respecting purchase of lands from Indians, 111. Lands opposite Fort Pitt, 115. Report to Congress on Indian affairs, purchase of lands, &c., 119-125, 126. Affair of Colonel G. Cox, and boundary of, 81, 86, 96, 125. Proceedings of Assembly and merchants on internal commerce -by roads and rivers, 129, 130, 312. To inquire what islands above Falls belong to this State and New Jersey, 130. Captain Chrystie reaches Easton with a detachment, 135. Letters from Gov. Trumbull, 147, 148. Reso- lutions of Assembly, intentions towards Connecticut settlers, 196. Commissioners appointed by, on Virginia boundary, 223. Instruc- tions to Commissioners on, 230. Apportionment of 8636,000, 238. Exhausted treasury, 241. Alpha- betical list of persons attainted of high treason under the laws of, 250-260. Commissioners to treat with Indians appointed-letter, 265. Affairs in Fayette county, 280. Opening of land office, 262. Objections to the law for, 283. Chief Justice Mckean re-elected, 285. Offic rs required for defence of western posts, 303. Pine Creek means Tiadaughton of,


Pennsylvania, xi .-


1768, 357. Vote of, on settlement of accounts, 369, 370. Report of Commissioners on boundary, 373, 374. Pennsylvania troops in ser- vice of United States, 393, 394, 403, 431, 443. Claims of State on United States, 397, 398, 422. Purchase of land from Indians, 412. Boundary with New York, 412, 413, 422, 435, 450, 454, 711. Commissioners, 422. James Milligan and J. Story, Commis- sioners to settle accounts with United States, 426. Western boundary described, Commis- sioners, 452. Penn, John, and John, Jr., their claim to the pro- vince, and judge's opinion on it, 485-488. Quota of State, 517, 529, 530, 531. Land claims under Virginia titles, 611. Surveys of lands received from Virginia, 705. Inquiries from land office, whether islands in the rivers belong to the proprietaries or the State, 739. Opinion of judges of Sup. Court, on claim of Messrs. Penn to inter- est, 739. Acts complained of by British merchants, 747. Western boundary, 760.


Acts to comply with requisitions, xi., 17, 23. Appoints Commis- sioners to commercial convention, 60, 61. Her present system, 62. Requisitions on, 74. Inland navi- gation, 25, 27, 77. Report of Treasury on claim of, 79, 82, 87, 234, 235. Connecticut proposed cession of lands W. of, 5, 107. Boundaries, 140, 169, 187, 214, 216, 310, 497, 499, 501, 507, 522. . Accounts between, and United States, 146. Troops in service of United States, 174, 175. Requi- sitions, 198, 214. North line completed, 214. Amount of claim against United States, 234, 235. Description of lands around Erie, by Porter, Armstrong and Elli- cott, 241, 243. Respecting the finances, 258. Authority of Council to purchase Erie, 313. Respecting Erie, 203, 237, 241, 245, 247, 251, 252, 308, 309, 310, 313. Rights of State supposed to be infringed by British Consul,


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375. Letter from P. Bond on, 381. Opinion of judges on, 383. Campbell's and Simpson's claims, 501. Boundary with New York, 522, 526. Commercial Regula- tions proposed by Virginia, 523- 526. Resolutions in Assembly to call State Convention, 565. Re- specting survey of Erie lands, 566. Subscribers to Society for Encour- aring cotton manufactures, 569. Committee of Congress ask information on imposts, 583. Answer to, 585. Congress calls for statement of public debts, 613, 638. C. Febiger elected Treasurer, 638. Cession of lands from North Carolina to United States, 681, 688. Accounts between United States and, 698. Return of mil tary stores in, 699. Benjamin Franklin leaves his portrait, by Martin, to Executive Council, 701. They accept of it, 701. Charles Pettit appointed to settle accounts with United States, 708. Asks of Connecticut aid in arresting a fugitive debtor, 73. Opinion of Attorney General, 737.


Constitution of 1776, xii., 54-68. 1790, 12-27. Thomas Mifflin, election as Governor, 28. A. J. Dallas, Secretary of State, 46. Islands in the Delaware over which she has jurisdiction, 74. Letter to Congress on infractions of treaty with Great Britain, 76. Fee for affixing Great Seal, 79. Ratifies Constitution of United States, 82. Seal established, +8. Virginia boundary line, 179, 182, 195. Premium offered for scalps, 240. John White to settle United States accounts, 303, 304.


Pennsylvania and Maryland, dis- putes depositions. (See deposi- tion. ) Letters between Gordon and Calvert, i., 282, 289. Thomas Cresap, 311, 313, 320, 321, 336, 352, 398, 412, 415, 417, 419, 462, 476, 489, 501, 534. Letters, J. Blunston, 316. Letters between Governor Gordon and Ogle, 320, 326, 330, 336, 427, 434, 443, 447, 461, 471, 479, 488, 489. Petition,


Ross and Carrol, lands on Susque- hanna, 333. Boundary line, 336, 342, 556, 557, 558, 595-615. Agreement received, 342. Case of Daniel and William Lowe, 349. Titles of various documents, 369, 376, 402. Newton's deed, ab- stract, 374. Justices of Kent to Justices of Maryland, 376, 387. And answer, 379, 388. Lord Baltimore to Governor Gordon, 893, 395. James Heath and J. Steele, 426. Hamilton & Georges, appointed Commissioners to Mary- land, 427. Commission, 428. Instructions, 429, 435. Case of T. and J. Rothwell, 433. Mitimns for Maryland prisoners, 529, 530, 532. Case of Higenbotham, 530. Warrant to arrest rioters, 538.


Pennsylvania Board of War, v., 281, 282, 283, 290, - 294. (See also Board of War. )


Pennsylvania Frigate, iii., 190, 191, 260.


Pennsylvania Hospital, list of first subscribers and amounts, ii., 87- 89.


Pennsylvania Invalid Guards, Phila- adelphia returns of, xi., 418.


Pennsylvania Line, petition of Captains of, vii., 306. Return of officers, 494. Account of recruits for, 548. Colonel Atlee, 583. Return of Captains, &c., of 1st Regiment, 726. Revolt of, viii., 603, 718, 721, 724, 729, 731, 734, 736, 737, 744, 761. Memorial of officers of, 264. Answer to, 265. Thanks of President, 265. Re- specting, 603. Defection, ix., 39, 143, 147, 175, 188. The flower of the army, 143. Causes of mutiny, 147. Mutiny. 188. Sol- diers killed, 4.6. Returns of off- cers, 725-729. State of, 747, 759. Commanded by Major J. Moore, x., 131. Instructions, 132. Reso- lution of Assembly respecting officers. 179. Certificates of final settlement distributed to. by Bowen and Beatty, 437. Letter of officers to Council-pay and land, 593. Arrangement of off- cers in, (1781) 721-729. Plan and Instructions for recruiting, 728-730.


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Pennsylvania Rangers, ix., 228. Pennsylvania Regiment. one and two battali'ns officers in Province, pay and dates of Commissions, iii., 88. List of officers in pay of United States, v., 176. Who want commissions, 318. Cash paid for recruiting service, 335. Continental, 357. Clothing dis tributed, vi., 47. State of Treasury, 81. Boundary between Virginia and. 82. Congress order grain to be threshed or paid for as straw, 82. Recovery of debts, and punishment of crimes, 84. Council and Assembly remonstrate with Congress against cantonment of army, 104, 107, 111. Petition to Congress from Council and Assembly, 154, 160. Resolutions of Assembly, 64, 66, 73, 84, 155. Inquiry respecting magazines for provisions, 178. Recommendation of Assembly on military affairs, 180. Approval of Congress for recapturing Philadelphia. 184. Attorney General attacked at Reading, 267. Militia returns, 297. Troops ordered to several places, 383. Drafts of militia in, 301. Council concur in confeder- ation, 455. R turns of State troops now in service of United States, 476. Of artillery, claim of, Officers under Resolutions of Congress, ix., 168. Troops, return of, at Fort Pitt, 521.


Pentecost, Colonel Dorsey, seditious conduct of. ix., 198, 233. Deposi- tions respecting, 572. In General Clarke's Camp. Virginia bound- ary, state of affairs, J. Marshall, &c., 315-319, 540, 641, 645, 556, 661. Refutes charges by Brecken- ridge against him, 662. On Indian murders, (1783) x., 167, 181. Deposition, 362. On boundary, 413. Attack on excise officers in Washington county, 757.




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