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Ross, John, instructions to take Indians to Conestoga, ii., 595. Ross, William, claims for captors of T. Pickering, xi.
Rotfong, Captain, ix., 360.
Rothwell, Thomas and Garret, their case, i., 567, 583. Petition, 567. Depositions, 583.
Rouget, Stephen J., petition for privateer, v., 569. Roupe, Colonel, ix., 349.
Rous, Rev. Lucas, address in Latin to Gov. Morris, ii., 251.
Route of Royal American Regiment in Pennsylvania, iii., 267.
Rowan, James, petition to be vendue master, viii., 573.
Rundle, Richard, petition of, ix., 444, 448.
Rush, Dr. Benjamin, Letter to Owen Biddle. His salary, v., 3. Letters, 3, 38, 59.
Rush, Dr. Benjamin, appointed to inspect sickly vessels, vii., 408. Dickinson College, xi., 427, 540, 578.
Rush, Jacob, vi., 752. Judge of Supreme Court, respecting H. Carberry, x., 291.
Rush, Joseph & J. Craig, appointed to appraise Ship General Greene, vii., 303. Report, 320.
Rush, William, petition, respecting work, at Gallies, vii., 277.
Russell, Ensign, William, who lost a leg at Brandywine, applies for promotion, vi., 214, 286. Loses leg at Brandywine, vii., 609.
Russia, war with Turkey, xi., 265. Ruston, Dr. Thomas, claims seat in council, for Chester county, xi., 633. C. Willing declared in possession, 633.
Rutherford, John, letter on General Braddock's affair, il., 277, 299. Ryan, Lieut. Colonel, his pay, viii., 656.
Ryan, Capt. Michael, viii., 371, 582. Ryan, Major, Michael, memorial, services of, x., 92. Memorial respecting certificates received for pay- for payment of which he is in the hands of the Sheriff, his services, &c., x., 308. Ryan, Philip, vii., 541.
Ryder, D., King's Attorney General, opinion on several Acts of Assem. bly, ii., 100.
Ryerson, Thomas, defence against Indians, xi., 667.
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Sacrament of Lord's Supper to be partaken of previous to naturali- zation, iv., 242. Saddles, scarce, vi., 363.
Sailors of frigate Pennsylvania guar- anteed against impressment, iii., 191.
Sailors, jurisdiction for trial of, for crimes at sea, iv., 292, 301, 362. Opinions of Attorney and Solicitor General, 292, 304, 307. Elope from French vessels, viii., 347, 350, 366.
St. Clair, Sir John, reviews soldiers, ii., 276. Displeased with Gov. Morris, 293. Introduction to Gov. Morris, 188. Respecting, 315. Letters, iii., 266, 661.
St. Clair, Arthur, letters, iv., 426, 437, 452, 471, 476, 481, 500, 504, 509, 510, 514, 519, 523, 530, 539, 542, 545, 546, 547, 573, 583, 586, 589, 625, 637, 659. Conduct at Ticonderoga, to be inquired into, v. 491; vii., 237, 291, 355, 452, 607, 736. Receives a cask of wine from President, 292. Wishes to purchase a forfeited estate, 491. Letter on army, 583. Opinion of victory at Stony Point, 585. Major Lee's success, 665. Return of his division, 752; viii., 76, 103, 168, 297, 374, 397, 515, 537, 608, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 678, 680, 690. At Elizabeth- town, 103. Return of Pennsylva- troops under him, 220. Unsuc- cessful with the mutineers, 701, 721, 723. Letters to and from, ix., 27, 36, 61, 386. Respecting de Lambert, 735, 752. Resp., 142, 256. On rank of Colonel Porter, x., 49. Sale of Fort Pitt, 485. Elected auctioneer of Phila., 205, 209, 261. Elected to Con- gress, 534. Asks time on pay- ment of auction duties, xi., 127. Advanced, successor appointed, 129. Wyoming, 189. Attack on Fort Harmar by Indians, 392. Letter from, 529. To Gen. Butler on Indians, 746. Ask troops for Western Territory, 716.
St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia,
petitions for Rev. Thos. Coombe, v., 600, 603.
St. Vincent, post at, prisoners taken, xii., 116, 157.
Salaries of public officers of United States, xi., 129, 615.
Salt, bill respecting, 197, 206. Made on Tom's river, v., 55. Sent to New Jersey, 64, 69. Kent Co., Delaware, applies for, 79. Scarcity of, 202, 758. Dr. Harris's pro- posal for making, 507. New Jer- sey, Act exempting men from en- listing, 764. Seized in Philadel- phia, vii., 122, 149, 759, 765. In exchange for flour, 674, 675, 678, 682, 693, 769. Scarcity of, 709, 728, 729, 734, 759. For flour, plan of Assembly, 718. Scarcity of, viii., 4, 13, 24, 28, 84, 85. Seized in the hands of Mr. Wil- cox, decision in his favor, ix., 750.
Salt Petre, person sent from York to manufacture, iv., 668. H. Wyn- koop on, 702. Manufacture of, 706, 727, 742.
Salt Works, report on, iv., 771. At Tom's River, v., 55, 194, 216, 217, 228, 418, 427, 540, 614, 753, 758, 763. In danger from enemy, 56. Visits from, 194, 217. Seen from, 217. Attacks, 228. Workmen exempt as militia, 614, 621. On Tom's river, instructions to J. Davidson, vi., 16, 181, 186, 236. Purchase of land at, 16, 29, 237. Men leave, 160. Men sent to from fleet, 182. At Squan, &c., de- stroyed, 398, 400. Council refuse more money for, 417. Seized in Philad'a, 703, 724, 740, 753. On Tom's River, vii., 96, 109, 111, 116. Colonel Hagner takes charge of, 766.
Saltar, Elisha, Commissary Gene- ral's orders, ii., 604. Letters to and from, 611, 613, 618, 621.
Sample, Samuel, visits Connolly in jail, iv., 728.
Samptown or Quibble. Skirmish at, v., 249.
Sanderlane, James, writes to Gover- nor Markham, i., 46.
Sanders, William. vi., 716.
Sandusky, Expedition to, under Col.
Crawford, ix., 366. Failure of,
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556, 576, 637, 649. Upper, xii., 120, 121, 164, 242. Indians, x., 84.
Saphorin, M. de St., on consecration of American Bishops by Denmark, x., 434.
Sappers and Miners Co. proposed, viii., 37.
Saratoga. Capture of Burgoyne, relating to, v., 675, 676, 680, 684, 687, 726-729.
Sasoonan, &c., deed from, 1732, i., 344.
Satterlee, Benedict, deposition, xi., 341. Commitment, 345. In gaol, 347.
Savadge, Thomas, letters relating to enemy, and Salt works at Tom's River, v., 55. 194, 216, 217, 228, 418, 540, 763. Purchase of land, 763. Letters to, vi., 17, 159, 182, 236, 398, 400, 417. Part owner of salt works, 186. Objects to J. Davidson's appointment, 236. Letters, vii., 96, 109, 111.
Savell, Henry, letter to, from Wm. Penn, describing the country, i., 69.
Scalps, premium offered by commis- sioners for, ii., 619. Minutes res- pecting, 619. Letter of Governor Morris to commissioners, 620, 625, 629. Brought in, 639, 641. Opinions on, iii., 185, 199. Of Indians, inquiries respecting a reward for, vii., 362, 569. Pre- miums, &o., offered for Indian, viii., 167, 172, 176, 189, 283, 301, 369, 393, 568, 592. Supreme Executive Council offer premium for, xii., 240.
Scammell, Alexander, vii., 649; xii., 185, 226, 268.
Scarroyady, ii., 15, 114.
Schlatter, Rev. Michael, pass for, ii., 67.
Schlosser, Captain J., conducts In- dians to Amboy, iv., 158. In- structions to, 160.
Schlosser, George, to lay off city lots, ix., 299.
Schneider, Rev. Theodore, Catholic priest, number under his care, fii., 144.
Schools, public, for education of youth, urged to attention of Judges 39
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of Supreme Court, by. President Dickinson, x., 523.
Schott, Captain John Paul, letter and history of, viii., 24, 153, 161. Raising a troop of light dragoons, xi., 297, 298, 397. Censured, 393, 394. Troops, &o., 663.
Schreiber, John, in charge of bar- racks, &c., at Lancaster, damage to them, x., 309, 334.
Schropp, Matthew, account of Mo- ravians at Bethlehem, iii., 242. Schuyler, Fort, viii., 370. Fear of its abandonment, ix., 123.
Schuyler, General, conduct at Ticon- deroga, to be inquired into, v., 491.
Schuyler, Philip, vii., 11, 75. Com- missioner on New York line, x, 450.
Schuylkill River, lower ferry on, Act respecting, i., 161. Lands on, deed for, 344. Dams on, 315. Riots on, 553. Ferry, application for, ii., 648. Petition for improve- ment of, iv., 361. Road from, to Susquehanna, 362. British erect a battery at, v., 663. Army west of, vi., 91, 254. Cornwallis crosses, 23. General Potter's pro- ceedings, 98. Washington's views of troops, necessary on, 153, 156. Ordered to, 169. Magazine for provisions at, 347. Ferry and bridge, Philadelphia, 370. Sur- vey of, with a view to transporta- tion of supplies, 513, 525. List of fords on, 514. Bridges over, 685, 768. Bridge on, vii., 94. Sullivan's, 94, 107, 152. Bridge secured, repairs to, viii., 144, 186. Men engaged in cutting masts on, for French fleet, 540. Order of Monsieur Holker, 540- 543, 550, 571. Wood, 618. Toll at bridge, 618. Respecting masts cut for French navy, ix., 10, 34. And Susquehanna river, commu- nication between, x., 129, 130. Commissioners to examine, xi., 623, 677. Falls, observations on, by John C. Stroebel, 651. Exami- nation of, 677, 694. Little, mur- ders by Indians, viii., 529, 532. Scioto, banks of, xii., 111.
Scott, Abraham, &o., vi., 647. Scott, Hugh, &c., court-house and
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prison, Washington county, ix., [ Secretary of foreign affairs, letters 771.
Scott, Thomas, vi., 673; vii., 434; viii., 63, 81, 280, 713. Letters to and from, ix., 20, 324, 355, 374, 438, 497, 646; x., 65, 78, 80. Election in Fallowfield township, 364. In behalf of Washington academy, xi., 215. On his way to Congress, 568.
Scott, William, vii., 118. And R. Stevenson, respecting election in York county, 206; viii., 365, 379, 382, 408, 444, 524, 531, 623. Of York county, arms in Philadel- phia, ix., 228, 232, 302, 319, 341, 350, 426, 455, 556, 632. Arms at York, x., 591.
Soull, Nicholas, on method of find- ing the meridian, &c., ii., 73. Surveyor-General, viii., 95.
Scull, Major Edward, Secretary of Board of War, vii., 469; viii., 369, 655.
Soull, William, surveyor, applies, viii., 94.
Sea, letters granted by Congress to vessels, xi., 239.
Seal, the great, order to affix, iii., 318. For Admiralty Court, vii., 694. Representing the arms of the State, ordered in Paris, viii., 257. The great, fee for affixing, xii., 78. Of the State established, 88.
Seamen, shipwrecked, order of Ad- miralty, i., 234. Hospital, duties on, 251.
Searle, James, v., 216; vii., 141. Agent to Europe for loans, &c., in- troduced to John Adams, viii., 899. Letter at sea, 514. From Brest, 582. To be sustained, 625. Agent to Europe, recall proposed, reasons against, ix., 62, 811. Object of mission, 811. Coming home, 867, 520. Loans, 565. Death of wife, 520. Respecting loans in Europe, 589. Agent to Europe claim for compensation, x., 97.
Seat of Government, proceedings in Congress respecting removal from Philadelphia, x., 186, 189.
Secret Committee to Committee of Safety sends ammunition, iv., 773. Secretary of Commonwealth, resolu- tion of Ass'y, respecting, ix., 762.
to and from, x., 9, 18, 21, 785 ; xi., 74, 202, 293, 411, 599.
Secretary of Treasury, xi., 655, 668. Security, officers to give, i., 395.
Seditious papers from British, ac- tion of Cong. against, vii., 14, 15. Seely, John, to H. Antes, x., 650, 677, 678.
Seely, Jonas, Recruiting orders to, iv., 116, 141. Orders to, ii., 544. Seely, Col., iz., 404.
Seidel, Christian, examination of, ii., 459.
Selin, Capt , viii., 158, 161, 171.
Sellers, John, resigns as commis- sioner on Schuylkill, xi., 628.
Sellers, Nathan, appointed Commis- sioner to examine roads and rivers with a view to internal commerce, x., 129, 180, 884.
Semple, Wm., Sub. Lt. of Phila., me- morial, xi., 687.
Seneca Indians, il., 11. Expedition against, xii., 147, 150, 154, 155. Towns burned, 156, 800,
Sergeant, Jona. D., Attorney General, attacked at Easton, vi., 267. Re- signs as Att'y. Gen., 740. Letters to and from, 496, 680, 683, 740, vii., 267, 275, 895, 743. Arnold's trial, 748. Lett's to and from, viii., 5. Opinion on concealing taxable property, 49, 303. British Com- missions to cruisers, 895. Sale of articles, 498. Resigns as Attor- ney General, 612. Form of Com- mission, 618. Account as counsel against Connecticut, ix., 738.
Servants and Apprentices, on enlist- ing, ii., 417, 572, 576, 582, 587. Murder by mob, 576. Indented, proceedings of Board of War, re- specting enlisting of, v., 828. Reso- lutions of Cumberland county, re- specting, 840. Enlisted to be paid for, viii., 780. Number of R. R. Livingston, iz., 467.
Sewickly, xii., 131.
Seymour, Commodore. Order, not to let vessels pass Chevaux-de- friese, v., 67. To send up Galleys, 83. Enemy, 104. Letters, 67, 88, 104, 401, 577. Memorial, 484. Instructions, 233. Demand for pay, 577. Superceded by Com- modore Hazelwood, 594; vi., 97.
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Shackerly, Mr., Agent, letter to, ill., 187.
Shadow of Death, xii., 461.
Shamokin, house built at, for She- kalamy, i., 660. Minutes of a Council at, respecting officers' pay, ii., 700. Fort Augusta at, xii., 829-839.
Shannon, Doctor, to be arrested, vi., 58.
Shannon, Capt. Jobn, commission and instructions to enlist, i., 688. Sharpe, Horatio, Gov. Maryland, let- ters to, and from, ii., 113, 125, 130, 187, 192, 216, 228, 244, 274, 882, 397, 451, 468, 490, 507, 520, 556, 557, 578, 685. Governor of Maryland, iii., 148, 183, 197, 585, 662, 697. Of Maryland, letter to, from Gov. Penn, on peace made by Col. Bradstreet with Indians of Erie and Ohio, iv., 207, 262, 277. Sharpe, W., orders in Council re- specting Privateers, iii., 91.
Shaw, William, Wyoming affairs, x., 764. Answer of President Dick- inson, 761 ; xi., 109.
Shawanese, message from, i., 223. Time of their arrival in the State, 228. Indians, number of, 802. Letter of Governor to, Wm. Penn's conduct to, their arrival, &o., 802. Speech of the French to, 824. Message to Governor, 829; iv., 501, 511, 518, 540, 543, 583 ; ix , 247; x., 88, 86, 161 ; xii., 111, 119, 120, 157, 158, 179, 181, 227, 288, 241. Town destroyed, 258, 238.
Shawnee Town in possession of But- ler, vii., 6.
Shays, Daniel, proclamation of Mas- sachusetts to arrest, &c., xi., 119. Shee, Colonel John, v., 417.
Shekalamy, letter Governor to, i., 241, 455. Death of his son, 241. At Shamokin, 673. Indian Chief, 757. Death noticed, his son suo- ceeds as Chief, ii., 23. Presents to his family, 24.
Shelburne, Earl of, letters, iv., 274, 276, 280, 281.
Shepherd, Lieut., xii., 137.
Shepherd; Colonel David, letter to, xii., 167, 225, 238, 270, 277.
Sheriff of Cumberland county, orders to arrest B. Chambers -
and Cannon, iii., 105. High, of Philadelphia-to re-place whip- ping post, &c., vil., 252. War- rants to, 149, 193. Letters to, x., 63. List of, in Cumberland Co., (1777 to 1783, 285.)
Sherman's Valley, time of settle- ment, xii., 285.
Shiel, H. N., Hog Island, ix., 520. Shingass, iii., 531.
Shinn, Bertliss, (a suspicious per- son, ) viii., 638.
Shippen, Edward, letters to and from, ii., 230, 358, 362, 364, 400, 455, 463, 472, 576, 603, 608, 634, 738, 740. Commission to settle accounts for wagons for Braddock, 598; iii., 8, 304, 394, 409, 410, 427. Letters to and from, iv., 62, 64, 154. Prothonotary, vi., 682. Resigns as Justice, xi., 91.
Shippen, Joseph, appointed Captain, ii., 622. Letter, 636.
Shippen, Joseph, Jr., letters, iii., 333, 389, 409, 410, 426, 449, 470, 510. Letters to and from, iv .. 82, 88, 102, 108, 109, 110, 128, 132, 154, 175, 209, 212, 298, 412, 423, 437, 471, 481, 488, 530, 539, 542, 545, 550, 557, 558, 560, 564, 583, 586, 618, 625, 637. Dedimus to, 101, 104. Books and papers belonging to Secretary's office, viii., 200.
Shippensburg, Road to Clarke's Gap, xi., 143.
Shippen, Doctor William, Director General of Military hospitals, v., 223. To Congress, 768. To fur- nish medicines for the army, vi., 688. Lectures on Anatomy, viii., 643 ; xii., 191.
Shippen, William, letter to, re- specting Matthew Clarkson, vii., 209.
Shirley, Governor William, letters, i., 746, 754. (of Mtts.) letters from, ii., 20, 26, 181, 215, 231, 260, 298, 326, 328, 338, 345, 348- 355. 357, 361, 381, 395, 698. Gen- eral appointment as Colonel, and instructions to, 178, 442, 447. Letters to and from, 495, 498, 501, 502, 569, 576, 577, 578, 579, 582, 587, 638, 715. Sends am- munition, 502. Death of his son, 524. Plan of operations, 524.
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Ordered to England, 606. Fort, | Sims, Major or Captain, charge, (See Forts. )
Shirley, General William, orders soldiers to Philadelphia, iii., 90. Letters to and from, ii., 292, 293, 307, 310, 317, 321, 334, 346,.357, 361. Secretary to Braddock, 307. Shirley, John, letters to and from, ii., 199, 332, 381, 387, 422. Death of. 524, 531.
Shmick, John, examination respect- ing Wyominck, ii., 491.
Shoemaker, B., letters respecting corporation papers, x., 93. Shoemaker, Henry, convicted of riot, removed as a Justice, x., 695.
Shoemaker, Lieutenant Jacob, vii., 655, 688.
Shoemaker, Joseph, deposition of, viii., 645.
Shoes for army, v., 670.
Showman, obtains a passport, iv., 164.
Short creek, prisoners taken by the Indians on, (1783, ) x., 167.
Shrawder, Captain Phil., viii., 161; ix., 349, 388. Takes up march from Gnaddenhutton, 649. Sol- diers sick, 660. Troops at Wyo- ming, 761. Respecting Wyoming, x .. 23, 24, 99, 104, 131. Ap- pointed Capt., 131. Letter from, xii., 70.
Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Express to, for intelligence of enemy, v., 43, 49. Ships of war passing, 49. Colonel Gurney at, 186.
Shurmer, Benjamin, letters to and from, i., 370, 380,.390
Sibbald, Capt. John, of Pennsylvania Frigate, commission, iii., 190, 350. Letters, 490. Recommendations, 657, 658, 660. Leaves frigate- succeeded by T. Leech, 658.
Sideling Hill, battle at, iii., 315. Signals agreed upon with Morocco, xi., 171.
Simcock, John, commiss'n to, i., 85. Simmons, Leeson, v., 538. Simonds, Captain, ix., 120.
Simsbury, Connecticut, convention prisoners sent to, ix., 25.
Sims, Charles, memorial respecting lands under Virginia title, xi., 160. Opinion of W. Bradford, Jr., 162. Letter to Vice Presi- dent, 169.
against by William McIlvaine v., 509. General Washington respecting, 509.
Sinking Spring Valley, provisions to be stored at, vii., 305.
Sipple, Watman's case, ii., 335.
Six Nations of Indians, agreement for purchase of lands from the, by Generals Butler and Gibson, xi., 529-533.
Skelton, Captain, xii., 126, 250.
Skinner, Lieut. Archibald, vi., 625. Skinner, Courtland, B. G., v., 367. Skinner, John, proposes a road, xi., 91, 92, 143, 158.
Skipton, xii., 117, 230, 241.
Skirmishes, v., 211, 232, 234, 249 ; vi., 32, 70, 97, 98, 134, 141, 265, 285, 414, 673, 688, 770 ; vii., 7. Slaughter, Major, xii., 232, 238.
Slavery, gradual abolition of, in the State-bill furnished to Assembly for, vii., 79. Act for abolishing, passed, viii., 720.
Slippery Rock, near Pittsburg, xii., 300.
Slough, Matthias, vi., 53, 55.
Smallman, Thomas, purchases Is- land below Fort Pitt, viii., 596. Small-pox, prevails among soldiers at Philadelphia, iii., 82. At Marcus Hook, iv., 783. Among soldiers, ix., 660.
Smallwood, General, takes a brig, vi., 161.
Smallwood, Governor, of Maryland, internal navigation, x., 542, 543. Delegates on trade, 744. Claims, 753.
Smith, Colonel, vi., 31, 32. Abra- ham, viii., 443, 491, 522; ix., 203, 234, 400, 514; xii., 119.
Smith, Devereux, letters, iv., 512, 515, 612, 630. Deposition, 606. Victualler of troops at Kittanning, v., 313.
Smith, Captain Frederick, orders to, ii., 544.
Smith, Garrett, deposition respecting Wyoming, xi., 371.
Smith, George, vii., 164. Respect- ing bounty, viii., 52.
Smith, Henry, mission to Indians, i., 229. Letter from, 232.
Smith, James, passes given by, for sundry goods destroyed, iv., 219.
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Depositions respecting, 220. Let- ter to, escorting party, 229. Ob- ligation, 245. M. C., vi. Pur- chases. ix., 459.
Smith, Dr. John, examination and history of, in Maryland, iv., 682. Deposition, 230.
Smith, Jonathan, obligation, iv., 246.
Smith, Jon. B., presides at meeting of "Real Whigs," v., 83; vi., 108, 109, 124, 160-191, 232, 292, 303, 314, 350, 357, 359, 365, 371, 403, 420, 427, 466, 545. Resigns as prothonotary of Philadelphia, xi., 423.
Smith, Lieutenant, engagement with Indians, ix., 202.
Smith, Matthew, vi., 633 ; vii., 280, 306, 472, 574, 589, 594, 606, 609, 614. With troops at Sunbury, 609. Elected vice-president, 745. On Indian murders, viii., 23, 249, 370, 417, 513, 671.
Smith, Meriwether, and R. H. Lee, on disputes with Virginia, vii., 73.
Smith, Richard, complains of a magistrate, inimical to the Metho- dists, viii., 740.
Smith, Robert, state of Billingsport, v., 8. Letters, 8, 9, 37, 324, 426. Attack on, vii., 637. Militia fines, viii., 535. Lieutenant of Chester county, ix., 421, 434.
Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel, vi., 4, 92, 107.
Smith, Thomas, letter, iv., 488, 618. Commissioner of loan office of United States, v., 183; vi., 39; vii., 696-7. On state of frontiers," proposes mode of defence, viii., 114. Appointed by Congress to sign bills, 635, 639. Bills of credit, ix., 185. Troops from Wyoming, 652. Loan officer, let- ters to and from, x., 57, 169, (1783,) 170, 174, 190, 447, 461. Loan officer, xi., 33, 34.
Smith, W. Hooker, to Corporal Montgomery, on Wyoming affairs, x., 760. Letters, xi., 45, 102, 104, 105, 108.
Smith, William, second letter, iv., 244.
Smith, William, muskets arrived, vili., 415. As Justice of the peace,
resignation, required, x., 419. Deposition respect'g J. P. Schott's Company. xi., 393. 394. Memorial of, &c., 400. Passes given by, for sundry goods, iv., 219. De- position respecting, 220. Letter to Lieut. Grant, 229.
Smith, Rev. Dr. William, iv., 475. Smith, Dr. William, vi., 621. Depositions respecting. vii., 259. Smith, William. (a tory,) to be confined to his house, v., 106. Obligation of, 145.
Smiths, murder of Mr. Boyd by, vii., 410.
Smith, William Moore, vii., 488. Respecting execution of John Brown. xi., 277.
Smith's fort, ix., 522.
Smithfield, prisoners faken at, vi., 402.
Smyser, Jacob, x., 77.
Smyth, Hugh, v., 703.
Smyth, Colonel Thomas, letter to, xii., 112, 152. Snodgrass, - collector in Bucks, robbed, ix., 507.
Snow, deep at Fort Dickinson, x , 197.
Snows, deep on mountains, viii., 120, 152, 156.
Snowden, Isaac, Treasurer, viii., 567. Treasurer, ix., 587.
Snowden, Jedediah, wishes to be clerk of the market, vii., 708.
Snyder, Captain John, appointed to command armed schooner for defence of the Delaware, ix,, 672. Society for Propogating Gospel, ap- point Rev. Mr. Campbell minister of Apoquinimy, i., 191. Rev. Mr. Backhouse at Chester, 226. Let- ters from Secretary of, 191, 226. Soldiers, distressed condition of, i., 712, 724. Desertion of, 745. Articles of agreement with officers, ii., 541, 547. At Fort Augusta disposed to mutiny, iii., 686. In want, 688. Pay of, 140, 687, 688. Want of provisions, &c., v., 3, 9, 12, 14, 37, 58, 79, 80, 104, 105, 115, 132, 142. Absenting them- selves, names of, 110. Deser tions, 144, 166. Wants of, 160, 161, 165, 345, 674. Pay of, 533, 550, 575. Good effects of good clothing on, vi., 26. Great scarcity of pro-
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visions, &c., 38, 61, 343, 354, 386, 408, 419. Number of, 159. Dis- tress of, 189, 253. Regulations of main guard at Lancaster, 193. Consumption of liquor, 203. British, depositions respecting, 217, 225. Enlisted, to be sound, 248. Bounty from Congress, 508. Shot by another, 718. Distress of families of, vii., 482, 637, 666. And seamen, disabled, provided for, vii., 89. Bounties to, 355, 748. Oath to be taken, viii., 291. Raised by subscription, 689. Pay of, 739. Bounties and gratuities, ix., 18. Disorderly at Lancaster, x., 59. At Philadelphia, attack on Congress, submission, 61.
Solitary cells in Philadelphia to be erected, xi., 706.
Solomons, Captain, ix., 70.
Somerset, C. H., Army at, v., 162. Enemy at, 367.
Soundings of Delaware river, xii., 69.
South Carolina asks for ammunition and stores, iii., 315. For pilots, 399. Indian treaties with, iv., 323. Accommodation of Citizens driven from, to Philadelphia, ix., 274, 281, 300, 309, 323, 324. Position of affairs in, 283, 430. Flags of truce from, 338. Letter from Governor asking list of traitors, x., 99. Operations of Lord Cornwallis, (1780,) 173. Act to comply with requisitions, xi., 17, 23. Governor applied to for public papers as evidence, 545.
Spain acknowledges independence, xii., 111. Offers a loan, 111.
Spain and Portugal, treaty with, vi., 173.
Spalding, Captain, skirmishes with Indians, vii., 8.
Spangenberg, Rev. Mr. letters, ii., 584, 715. Catalogue of Moravians, fii., 69. Letters to and from, 69, 141, 435, 500.
Spaniards, conduct of privateers towards, complained of, iii .. 162. Spanish flag, a drawing sent to the Government, x., 743.
Spaniards take Natchez, &c., xii., 216.
Spanish frigate at Marcus Hook in
danger from ice, correspondence with Commissioner Lianes, xi., 99-102.
Spanish ship puts in in distress, proceedings, iv., 105. Attacked by privateers, 192.
Spearing, Lieutenant, letters, ii., 566, 587.
Speeches of Governor Morris at Augwick, ii., 193. Governor Belcher's, iii., 98. Indians, 204. Of Governor to Assembly at New Castle, 379. Teedyuscung, iv., 85, 86. Governor Hamilton, 86. Conoquieson (Indian) to Sir Wil- liam Johnson, 373. Kyasshula, 433. Of Pipe, a Delaware Chief, 441. Of Shawanese, 497. Lord Dunmore to White Eyes, 684. King Great Britain, vi., 14.
Spelling books required in Congress, vi., 209.
Spies, viii., 598.
Spirituous Liquors, on use of, in Army, v., 560, 673, 720. Cost of for the Army, 743; vi., 203, 205, 240, 247, 395, 689. Act against distillation from grain, vii., 125, 152. In army, 550.
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