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Trail, Hon. Robert, letter from, xi., 288. Death of R. Levers, 289- resigns in council, and applies for his place, 289. Prisoners in Eas- ton jail, (1784, ) 446.
Traitors, confiscated estate, Control- ler Nicholson on, x., 96. List of, 250. Certified list of, applied for by J. Anstey, a British Agent, xi., 148.
Transports employed in King's ser- vice not subject to Custom-house regulations, iii., 137, 138, 146. Fraud attempted on Custom- house, 291. General Amherst on, iv., 46, 87. Commission to ap- praisers of, 53. Their report on, as to value, &c., 55. Instruc- tions to appraisers respecting measuring, 56. Difficulties about a, 87.
Treason, opinion of Jon. D. Sergeant, vii., 396.
Treasury, robbery of the, i., 278- 279. Of New Jersey, robbed, iv., . 305. U. S., v., 334, 373. State of, vi., 81. U. S., to be organ- ized and provided with a house, vii., 89. Of State, balance in, 118; viii., 58, 92. Of Bucks co., robbed, ix., 609. Judges advise some pardons, 634. Board, 26,
229. Letters to and from loan officer, to give bonds, x., 527. Letters to and from, xi., 15, 64, 79, 86, 155, 382, 383, 663, 664. Report to Congress, 15, 50. Res- olutions of Congress respecting, 64. Reservations at Erie, 382. Department, facts respecting, 649. Treasurer, U. S., tax of Pennsyl- vania, viii., 185. County, 58. Report of, xii., 4.
Treaties, reference to, i., 168. At Lancaster, Indians present at, 656. Indian, at Lancaster, 656. With Indians, ii., 559. With France, vi., 466, 479, 493, 521. Infractions with G. B., xi., 72. Commercial, with France, 220- 228.
Trees, elm, presented by Col. George Morgan, for State House yard, thanks of Council for, x., 420.
Trent, William, account of a mur- der by Indians, ii., 16, 50, 575. Letter, iii., 149.
Trenton, Council send salt to, v., 69. Battle, prisoners, &o., 140, 141. Letters respecting, 140-142, 146, 159, 161, 168. Troops ren- dezvous at, vii., 764. Troops at, viii., 523. Troops at, ix., 18, 82. Provisions at, 113.
Trimble, James, widow Mercer's pension, xi., 677. Variation charts, 719.
Trophies, military, to be collected, viii., 99.
Trumbull, frigate, going on a cruise, ix., 95, 100, 106, 229. In the Del., 338.
Trumbull, Jonathan, Gov. of Con- necticut, letter to E. Dyer, &o., iv., 394. Answer, 401. Letter to Gov. Penn, 408. Governor of Connecticut, papers' requested, ix., 639, 642. Of Connecticut, proclamation on Wyoming, x., 146. Letters to and from, 147, 148.
Trumbull, Gen. Joseph, commissary,. death of, vii., 374. Resolutions of Congress respecting settle- ment of his accounts, 374, 396.
Trumbull, William, proposals for a magazine of provisions, iv., 760. Trump, Levi, letter, iii., 403, 425, 430, 480, 582. 699.
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Trustees of general loan office, x., 431, 514, 545.
Tryon, William, Gov. of New York, answer to queries, iv., 467. Burns Fairfield, Connecticut, vii., 561. Tulpehocken, deed for lands, i., 404. Murders at, ii., 503, 504, 511, 525.
Turkey and Russia, at war, xi., 265.
Turnbull, Marmie & Co., on storing powder in magazine, x., 281. Claim for land on which fort stands at Pittsburg, 497.
Turner, Joseph, letter to, from a merchant at Halifax, iii., 442.
Turner, Robert, raises flag on Mar- ket street hill, x., 39.
Turnpike, Rh'd Peters on Lancas- ter, xi., 335.
Tuscarawas, xii., 142.
Tyler, John, (armourer), v., 731.
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Unander, Rev, Erick, Swedish minis- ter at Wilmington, certificate of naturalization iii., 692.
Uniform of Troops, Colonel Proctor objects to color of, vii., 292. Views of General Washington, respecting, 293.
Union of Colonies suggested i., 678; Draft of a plan for, ii., 197. At Albany, 199. Plan of Governor Morris's views of, 499. Meeting proposed at New York, 498. Gov. Morris to Earl of Halifax on, 529. Colonel Washington desires an, 621.
Unitas, Fratrum, address of, to Gov. Denny, ii., 760; Exempt from mil- itia duty, iii., 134. (see Moravians.) Passport for F. Post, 578, 989.
United Netherlands, letter from Pres. Dickinson to minister of, respect- ing Longschamp, z., 851. Extract of letter from, 108. Letter from P. J. Van Berekel, respecting, 415. Pres. Dickinson to the minis- ter of, 435. J. H. Christian Heinec- ken, consul of, for Philadelphia, 446.
United States, of America, the confed- eration completed by Maryland signing the articles, vili., 749, 751; | Urie, Thomas, vii., 585.
Independence acknowledged by Holland, iz., 638; And Great Britian, preliminaries of peace be- tween, signed, x., 10. Seat of Government, proceedings in Con- gress on, 136, 189. Returns of Pennsylvania troops in service of 898, 403, 431, 449. Claims of Pennsylvania on, 897, 898. John Jay elected secretary of foreign affairs, 401, 402. J. Milligan and J. Story, Commissioners to settle accounts between, and Pennsyl- vanis, 426. Will barely relinquish Pittsburg, 498. National debt, 514-20, 260. Loan office, 520, 522. Report to Congress on Rev- enne system of, 782. Commissioners appointed by Virginia on trade of, 788. do. by Maryland, 734; Re- port of treasury to Congress, on acts passed by the States, to meet the requisitions, xi., 15. Account of receipts and expenditures, 80. Finances, 15, 23, 80, 88, 50, 86. Uniformity of commercial systems in the States, proposed, 61. Requisitions, 73. Ordinance for settling accounts between, and States, 146, 154, 817, 828. Algiers, war between, 522. Statement of quantity and value of Erie, 685. Amendments to constitution, pro- posed by N. Carolina, 674. Census, 679. Accept cession of Western territory from N. Carolina, 681, 688. Accounts with Pennsylvania, 698. Gov. of Western territory, 703. Courts, 703. Charles Pettit, appointed to settle accounts be- tween Pennsylvania and, 708; Patent for Erie, xii., 108.
University of Pennsylvania, laws of College, viii., 246. Shippen's anatomical lectures at, 648. Fund arising from sales of estates, for the charity schools, ix., 385. Sale of confiscated estates, 461, 676; Estates allotted to, x., 196; Ask for use of State House bell, Dow meeting at Philosophical Society's Hall, xi., 618. Granted by As- sembly, 614. Invitations to com- mencement, 704, 711.
Upland, first Council at, i., 87. Court called at, 51.
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Velandigham, Col. George W., letter to, xii., 261.
Valley Forge, winter quarters at, vi., 122.
Van Berekel, P. J., respecting a pub- lication in a newspaper, x., 418. Van Campen, John, letter to, iv., 70; vi., 767. Distress at Minni- sinks, vii., 578, 575, 608. Incur- sions of Indians, viii., 202, 551, 688. Distress of inhabitants, ix., 106, 123, 522. Sick soldiers, 660. Connecticut claim, 693. Letter of Capt P. Shrawder, to, 24. Letter, xi., 26; xii., 70.
Vance, Capt., xii., 188, 187.
Vancouver, Chas., patronage, for a book, x., 712.
Van Dam, Gov. Rip, letter to Gov. Gordon, on Indian affairs, i., 296. Vanderen, John, Jr., wheat and flour in Delaware, viii , 594.
Vandyke, Gov. Nicholas, of Dela., letter from, xi., 33.
Van Etten, Capt. Jno., instructions to, ii., 546. Letter, 720. Letters
to and from , vii. , 189. His Journal, 222-285. Encounters Indians, viii., 803, 321.
Vanfleck, Henry, suspicions against, vi., 57. Deposition respecting, 67, 77.
Van Hur, Capt., viii., 539.
Van Heer, troop of Marechause, iz., 486, 505, 506.
Van Horn, Capt., ix., 800.
Van Lier, Mr., xii., 115, 184, 162.
Van Noemer, M. introduced by Franklin, vii., 774.
Vanschaick, Col., commands at Fort Stanwix, and attacks an Indian town, xii., 112.
Van Staphorst, N. and J., on Dutch loans, ix., 564. Loans, 591.
Vanzant, Garret and John, exami- nation respecting robberies, vi., 596, 599, 600, 604. Varnum, Gen., vi., 81, 121.
Varnum, Major and his company have hard fare, vii., 465.
Vaughan, Col., iv., 39.
Vaughan, Maj. Gen. John, Gates's letter to, on burning towns, v., 688. Vaughan, Gen. (British) commands expedition to Conn., vil., 561.
Vaughan, Samuel, on trees for Stato House yard, xi., 674. Venander, George, ix., 529.
Venango, Fort at, iii., 18. Antho- rity to establish a post at, xii., 118, 180, 151. Indian towns near, . 157. Fort at, 468.
Veness, Jerome, noble conduct, of, vi., 689.
Vermont and New York, controversy between, vili., 89.
Verner, Frederick, proceedings in his oase, vi., 718. Exchange of, pro- posed, vii , 246.
Vernon, Major Frederick, xii., 108. Letter to, 121. Want of provi- sions, 121, 125.
Vessels-Rules for measuring trans- ports, iv., 56. Sickly to be ex- amined, 59, 874. Difficult to ob- tain, for transports, 79. A Span- ish, in distress, proceedings, 105, 118. Ransom bills unpaid, pri- soners detained in France on ao- count of, 200. Law of New Jer- ' sey respecting stranded, 295. Memorial of .L. Weiss, on sickly, 472. Purchased, 764. Not to pass chevaux-de-frise, v., 67. Order respecting, in Delaware, vii., 747. Substitute for copper discovered, for sheathing of, ix., 481.
Vickers, Jesse, robbery of Treasury of Bucks county, confession, ix., 609.
Vickers, Sol., confession, respecting robbery, ix., 614, 615. Case of, on charge of robbery in Bucks Co., x., 482.
Vining, John, letter, iv., 886, 341. Appointed Judge, 837. Case of Galloway, at Dover, 841.
Virginia, murder by Indians, i., 486. Letters of Governor Gooch, il, 18. Pres't Lee, 58. Gov. Dinwiddie's speech on proroguing assembly, 169. Correspondence with Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania, 18, 68, 177, 226, 268. Provisions for, 268, 449. Forts in, 581. French neu- trals in, 581. Grant of men and money, 621. Council of officers at Fort Loudoun in, iii., 867. Indian affairs in, 694. Letter to Gov. Fauquier from Governor Penn, on peace with Indians made by Col. Bradstreet, iv., 207. Frontier in-
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habitants moving over Allegheny mountains, 217. Murder in Au- gusta county, 218. Proclamation of Gov. Fauquier, 255. Lord Botetourt, Letter from, 865. Act on Indian trade, 872. On Western boundaries, 455. Counterfeits, 461, 462. Act of, against coun- terfeits, 462. Papera, &c., re- lating to Dr. John Connolly's pro- ceedings, 476, 479. Muster at Redstone, old Fort, 481. Boundary with Pennsylvania, 481, 483, 400, 515, 516. Lord Dunmore's Let- ters, &c., 460, 482, 493, 522. Proclamation of Earl Dunmore, 490. Advertisement of Dr. Con- nolly, 521. Letter, 526. Remarks on Connolly's proceedings, 528. Troops marching from, to Pitts- burg, 530. Indians aim at, 550. Cap. Crawford, President of Court, 551. Depositions, 682, 608, 705, 607-612. Letters respecting dis- pute, 586, 587, 589, 612. Minutes of Council of, on Indian hostilities at Pluggy's Town, appoints, Geo. Morgan and Col. Nevill to confer, and chastise them, v., 258. Letter, P. Henry, Jr., 260, 286. Letters to delegates in Congress, 418. Proposition for settlement of boun- dary between, and Penn., 418, Troops to go to Billingsport, 418. Quakers, &c., to be sent to, 580, 582, 584, 586, 600, 604, 682. Boundary unsettled, vi., 69, 82. Volunteers expected from, 120. Act of, for clothing their troops, 125. Consents to confederation, 144, 282. Offers troops for Phila- delphia, 188. Rendezvous, in, 802. Letter from, on disputes with Pennsylvania, vii., 78. An agent from, in Pittsburg, 79. Circular to, 152. From Delegates of, in Congress, 78, 184. Resolves of General Assembly of, 185. Letter to Governor, 197. Letter from Patrick Henry on Embargo, 247. Papers respecting boundary called for, 809, 810, 441. Reso- lutions of House of Delegates on boundary line, 441 Enemy land at Portsmouth, 412. Boundary between, and Pennsylvania, vili., 46, 56, 68, 91, 191, 285, 852, 488,
516, 570, 588, 641, 718, 744, 746. Intrusions by, 191. Letter from Gov. Jefferson on, 196, 641. Suit against Col. Brodhead by, 202. Congress sustain him, 195, 202. Resolution of General Assembly of, respecting agreement and boundary between, and Pennsylvania, 852, 570. Commissioners, 858. Looked to for provisions, 471. Confirms line run in 1779, &c., 488, 516, 570, 588, 641, 718, 744, 746. Obtaining more territory, 707. Convention prisoners to be moved from, to Pennsylvania, 758. Con- vention prisoners, ix., 5, 25. Line between Pennsylvania Com- missioners, 20, 78, 189, 801. Rev. Jas. Madison and Rev. Robert Andrews, Commissioners to extend Mason & Dixon's line, 78, 288, 234. Instruments required, 78. Gov. Jefferson's letters, 78, 160. Reported junction of Lord Corn- wallis and Gen. Phillips in, 172. Proceedings of Pentecost and Can- non, 198. Lt. Morrison of 9th Virginia regiment in search of In- dians, 201. Movements of enemy in, 210. Delegates of, in Congress on seizure of merchandise belong- ing to State for a private debt, letters respecting, 260, 266, 271, 272, 274, Troops ordered to South Carolina by Fayette, 288. Boundary with Pennsylvania, 288, 284, 801, 804, 815, 844, 852, 856, 374, 402, 489, 445. Position of Lord Cornwallis in, 801, 837, General Clarke's expedition, 825, 848, 852, 855, 856, 561. Boundary line, 468, 506, 518, 519, 583, 562, 566, 585, 607, 772. Letters of Gov. Harrison, 518, 688, 549. Resolutions of House of Delegates, 562. Boundary line between, and Pennsylvania, I., 8, 56, 72, 77, 95, 96, 145, 146, 171, 175, 181, 228, 282, 288, 236, 269, 280, 293, 886, 372, 873, 874, 418, 414, 428, 488, 489, 489, 506, 578, 602, 611, 705. Letters of Gov. Harrison, 56, 65, 72, 77, 78, 95, 145, 175, (1788.) Case of Col. Cox, 81, 96, 125, 172, (1783.) Commissioners appointed by, 146, Resolution of House of Delegates, 1788, 171. Commis-
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sioners of Pennsylvania, (1783.) [ 171, 228. Case of John Campbell, 172, Rejects finance plan of Congress, 153, (1780.) Agreement at Baltimore, 228, Letter A. Mc- Clean, respecting Westmoreland, 298. Report of Commissioners on Boundary, 373, 874. Difficul- ties on surveys, 414. Report of Commissioners, 506, Titles in Washington Co., 414, 417. Meet- ing at Surveyor General's respect- ing surveys of Land, obtained from, 705. Resolution of House of Delegates, appointing Commis- sioners on Trade of U. S. 738. Act to comply with requisition, xi., 17, 28. Letter from land offi- cers, on claims under titles of, 188, 160. Memorial of Charles Simms, 160, 169. Letters, Gov'r Randolph, 212, 284. Laws re- quested, 284. Proceedings of Council, respecting titles, 291. Report to Congress, on letter of Commissioners of, 317. Letters to and from Govr. Harrison (1783), on boundaries, 497, 499, 501, 507. Campbell and Simpson's claim, 501. Copy of laws asked for, 507. And Maryland, on internal navi- gation, 511. Commissioners to be appointed by Penn'a, 521. Act of, on commerce, 523-526. Letter to Gov. Randolph on calling con- vention, 557. Arrival of Indian chiefs in, 600. Clothing for troops, xii., 106. Militia Law, 127, 147. Letter to Gov. Jefferson, 140. Pay to soldiers, 150. Troops of, 165. Letter to Gov. Page, 167. Troops sent to Col. Clarke, 177. Boun- dary line, 178, 182, 195. Import mortars, 189. Provisions, 263. Troops and officers-Capt. Berry and Lient. Dent, 274.
Virginians, copy of paper given to Indians by, i., 658. Letter from, respect'g accusation against them, v., 14.
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Wade, Captain, pilots a French frigate, vii., 12.
Wade, Francis, letter to J. Mitchell relative to landing of enemy in
Virginia, vii., 412. Enemy's boats in Delaware, viii., 274. Wade, Robert, & J. S., letter to Governor Markham, respecting Lord Baltimore, i., 46.
Wadsworth, Gen. Jeremiah-fears a want of flour for the army, vii., 159, 672. Asks copy of a letter respecting flour, viii., 205.
Wagoners, deserted, vi., 320, 337. Drowned, 321, 322. 337. Counter- feit bills found on, 200, 206, 215. Wagon Masters, circular to, vi., 124, 212, 330, 337, 338, 357, 763, 765. Wagons, number of, in Northamp- ton county, fii., 404. Advertised for by Colonel Stanwix, 629, 660. To be impressed in Philadelphia, iv., 108, 116. Required, v., 171, 186, 292, 301, 864, 490, 553, 554, 594, 596, 599, 605, 618, 622, 689, 717, 734, 771. Scarcity of, vi, 41, 65, 69, 77, 107, 116, 124, 130, 137, 139, 141, 179, 200, 210, 212, 218, 220, 252, 276, 282, 289, 298, 319, 320, 324, 328, 330, 334, 338, 343, 348, 353, 362, 366, 371, 377, 405, 416, 450, 483, 513, 519, 546, 608, 621, 623, 676, 699, 761-767 ; &c., vii., 81, 98, 101 151, 160, 175, 194, 207 248, 266, 335, 388, 402, 420, 421, 424, 427, 433, 439, 460, 469, 474, 478, 483, 484, 485, 495, 523, 746, 749, 750, 768 ; viii., 84, 319, 323, 339, 351, 390, 405, 415, 416, 417, 430, 435, 482, 489, 504, 544, 705; ix., 153, 160, 357, 412, 420.
Waldechers made prisoners, v., 178. Walk, Indian, on lands, iv., 85.
Walker, Captain Andrew, to J. Hambright, vii., 323.
Walker, Captain Richard, instruc- tions, iii., 409. Wall, Geo., respecting tories, viii., 178.
Wall, Colonel George, Jr., vii., 103, 104, 660. Officers resigned and appointed, ix., 529. Doan's estate, 628. On improving the Delaware River, xii., 289, 293. On sale of J. Galloway's estate, 319. Letter from, 289. Wallace, Fort, xii., 464.
Wallis, Samuel, vi , 664, 687.
Waln, Nicholas, letter to, on op- pressivo ezoon'n of laws, vili., 101.
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Walter, John, letter on Sulphur, v., 082, 244.
Wampum, quantity of, left with Secretary, by Conrad Weiser, ii., 17.
War, declared between England and France, ii., 735. Indian, ac- count of the rise of the, iv., 569. Board of, letters to and from, xi., 240, 268, 282, 290, 301, 531, 555, 621, 624, 645, 685, 686, 729, 730. Council of, held, vi., 21. Omce, Continental. [See Board of War. ] v. Of Penn. [See Board of War. ] v. Secretary at, ix., 483, 526. Office, letters to and from, x., 27, 302, 314, 315, 459, 461, 479, 494, 497, 529. Corps, under Colonel Harmar, necessary to protect lands, 495. With Al- giers, xi., 522. Secretary at- Cornplanter, xii., 32. Quota of Penns., 292.
Ward, Mr., xii., 035.
Wardens of Philadelphia, memorial of, respecting pilots, iv., 265-269, 271. Letter to, respecting ferries, vii., 627. On sale of lots, ix., 101, 126. Removal of fence, 150. Removal of Chevaux-de-frise from river, x., 93, 349, 350, 606, 607. On storing of powder, 281. Piers, 407. Contract for piers, 456. Removal of Buoys, &o., 580. J. Donnaldson resigns, 583,
. 584. Joseph Bullock, elected, 583. Expenditures, 585. Beacon on Cross Ledge, 589. Purchased ground for beacon, at Cape May, xi., 93. Danger to piers, at Marous Hook, from Spanish frigate, 99. Correspondence with commander, &c., 99-102. Sup- posed interference of British Con- sul, with, 375. Expense of watching public buildings, 543. Resignation of, xii., 2. Report on Delaware river, 287, 289, 291, 292, 293, 294. Public burying ground, 305.
Warminster, Collector of, robbed, ix., 508.
Warrant to arrest rioters, i., 538, 546. For enlisting troops, iv., 197. To arrest Sergt. McGlasken, 224. To arrest tories, v., 478, 479, 480, 484. For Liout's of 41
City and County, Philadelphia, v., 563. To arrest, vi., 12, 53, 65. To Sheriff, to seize salt, vii., 149. George Eichelberger, 193. For sale of a cargo, viii., 491. For lands in new purchase, number of, issued, xi., 121. Against Wyoming insurgents, xi., 340. William Penn, for Welsh Tract, xii., 279, 280.
Warren, James, memorial in favor of -- as interested in Hare's brewery, vii., 118.
Warwick, English man-of-war taken by the French, il., 680.
Warwick furnace, cannon cast at, v., 81.
Washington Academy, lands for, xi., 215.
Washington, Col., Geo., charged by T. Penn, with imprudence, il., 255. Desires union of Colonies, 621. Decided to resign, 620. Letters, 541, 565, 620; ill., 800.
Washington county, letter of Dorsey Pentecost respecting, iz., 815, 540, 541. Gen. Clarke's expedition, 825, 848, 854. Affairs in, 848. 855, 867, 435, 484. Inhabitants of, let- ter, 856. Election of Justices, 405, 496. State of parties, 488, 444. Letter Capt. Hughes, 588. Expedition to Sandusky, 556. State of affairs, 564, 646, 666. Site for Court house and prison selected, 772. New State threat- ened, Rev. J. Finley sent to, z., 40, 41, 168. Letter of Prothono- tary, 78. . Case of Col. Cox, 81, 96, 125. Taxes, 186, 598. Laid out, 181, (1788.) D. Pentecost on affairs, 262. Return of militia, officers in, 287. Difficulties from Virginia titles, 416. Return of public stores, in, 486. And off- cers of militia in, 486. John Story, agent on accounts, 451. Disturb- 4 ances in, 467, 554, 585. Doune gives trouble in, 582, 584. Commissioners of. 584, 587, 598. J. Story opens office for adjusting claims, 742, Attack on Excise office of, 757. Indian murders in, xi., 209. Ap- plication from, for defence, 877. Danger from Indians, 686. DI- vided, 640. Indian troubles in, 678, 675, 685, 686. Secretary of
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War to Lieutenants of, 686. Po- | Washington, Gen .- vii., tition on taxes, xii , 288. Washington, General George, Letter sent from Congress to Committee, iv., 644, 645. From Committee, relative to works on Delaware- asking for an engineer, 775. Move- ments, v., 84, 113, 867, 378, 451. Retreats from New Brunswick be- fore Gen: Howe, 84. Letters to and from, 118. Council recom- mend to open shops, 115. Bucks and Northampton to join, 115. Letter Gen. Dickinson, sent to, 116, 117. In possession of Prince- ton, 159. At Somerset, 162. At Pluckamin, 168, 171. Letters to and from, 118, 117, 253, 290, 878, 419, 431, 489, 452, 492, 510, 526, 617, 619, 624, 664, 669, 678, 691, 697, 700, 710. Asks for maps of country, 419. At Morristown, 177, 215. Important services rendered by militia of Pennsylvania to, 186. To be reinforced, 616. Head-quar- ters at Germantown, 617. Orders Continental soldiers not to be en- tertained in city, 619; vi., 9, 80, 48, 153, 154, 180, 189, 200, 201, 235, 241, 250, 254, 255, 268, 274, 277, 287, 288, 291, 825, 833, 839, 853, 854, 857, 401, 405, 409, 410, 416, 425, 480, 445, 480, 490, 498, 522, 529, 546, 557, 558, 604, 742, 752. His movements, 91, 122. Affair at Chestnut Hill, 100. Takes winter quarters in Chester county, 61. Proclamation on threshing grain, 116. Distress of the Army, 189, 828. On clothing, 200, and party with clothing for prisoners at Lancaster, 216 Address to citizens, 277, 826. Asks for Gal- lies, 854. Empowered to call out 5000 Militia, 899, 409, 446. In- troduces Gen. Greene, 405. Let- ter to Gen. Lacey on prisoners with marketing, 410. Respecting wagon law, 416. Men from Gallies, 421. Militia, 490. Arms, 498, 522. May empower persons to obtain provisions, 66. Distress for provisions, &c., 263, 826, 828. On evacuation of Fort Mifflin, 47. Takes measures in case of evacua- tion, 558. Evacuation of Phila- delphia, 604. Letters to and from,
89, 90, 96, 119, 127, 129, 161, 187, 225, 293, 827, 887, 841, 851, 877, 406, 447, 479, 555, 788. His movements and designs on Busque- hanna, 86. Escort of Convention troops, 95, 99, 101, 104, 106, 107, 110, 112. On intercourse with enemy, 119, 127. Reply to re- quest to sit for his portrait for Council, 127. On clothing, 129, 161. On rank of officers, 188. Respecting Arnold, 188. Asks for survey of Susquehanna-Expedi- tion against Indians, 210. Re- specting Tories going within ene- my's lines, 225, 236. Survey of Delaware by Du Portail, 229. Views of, respecting uniform of troops, 298. Wafers ordered from Bethlehem, 295. Court Marshal on Arnold, 327, 887. Orders troops for secret expedition, 829. Pres. Reed. to, in relation to Gen. Arnold, 887, 341, 851, 880, 406. Correspondence with Pres. Reed, 851, 877, 555, 684. Extract of letter to Congress on situation of enemy, 479. On partiality to par- ticular States, 358. On Militia, 854. Col. John Fitzgerald to, 870. Respecting Gen. Sullivan, 585, 555. Col. Lochry tenders thanks to, 565. Writes for Penn- sylvania Rangers and Riflemen, 568. On evacuation of Fort Laa- rens, 569. Officers who have broken parole, 626. On clothing the Army, 670. Anticipated want of flour, 671, 685. Co-operation with French fleet, 786. Supply of Militia, 741. Embargo laid to aid in supplies, 745. French fleet to co-operate with, 748. Makes an effort to close war, 748. Letters to and from, viii., 85, 36, 48, 48, 54, 70, 74, 75, 128, 145, 154, 168, 180, 198, 240, 267, 332, 888, 389, 848, 856, 369, 373, 875, 412, 470, 471, 482, 486, 525, 577, 598, 682, 686. Memorial of Col. Hazen to, 17. Remarks on, 116, 155. Cir- cular respecting supplies, 145. Appoints places of deposit for pro- visions, 180. Respecting Maga- sines. 198. Army, 267. Opinion of militia, 268. State Militia, call
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INDEX TO PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES.
Washington, Gen .- vili.
for, 292. Prospects, 812. Militia, 314. Army in danger, 814. Re- duction of Charlestown, 816. Writes alarming letters abont enemy, 888, 836, 887. Expects French fleet-calls for troops, 888: Arrival of Admiral Arbuthnot at New, York, 889. Wagons, 851, 356. Distress for provisions and men, 355. Enemy marching to Morristown, 856. Enemy leaves New Jersey, 861. Commonds the patriotic spirit of the ladies of Philadelphia, 861. Militia unne- cessary, 877. Want of forage, 404. French fleet between Virginia and Delaware-our troops not ready, 414. His situation, 417. Calls German Battalion from Sunbury, 474, 486. In want of provisions, £25, 577, 719. Reduces Regi- ments, 596. Respecting several apies, 598. On Wyoming, 682. To post garrison at Wyoming, 717. Letters to and from, ix., 89, 54, 66, 75, 84, 98, 102, 111, 120, 124, 141, 195, 197, 207, 242, 255, 284, 298, 820, 481, 485, 486, 501, 505, 509, 518, 586, 550, 626, 642, 658, 656, 661. To Gen. Wayne, on critical situation of Southern af- fairs, 66. Frontiers, 75. Respect- ing Fort Pitt, 81, 102. Want of provisions, 84, 124. Respecting officers, 98. Removal of stores from Delaware, 101. Fears Fort Schuyler will be abandoned, pro- visions, army, 128. Artillery of- ficers of Col. Proctor's regiment, 141. Requisition of troops, 195, 197. Confinement of prisoners, 205. Militia, prospects of, 207. Provisions, 207. Riflemen wanted, 242. Robert Morris appointed to procure supplies, 254. Appoints places of deposit, 262. Supplies, promotions, want of troops at King's bridge, 285. Encourage- ment from President Reed, 298. Invests New York, 801. Rifle corps, 820. Operations, 887. Fi- nances, 481, 485. Captain Van Heer's troops, 486, 505. Future operations, 509, 518. Views and prospects of affairs, 586-589. Re- cruits, 550. Indians, 626, 642.
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