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373, 376, 391, 400, 403. Confer- ences with Indians, 9, 29, 30, 32, 86, 100, 114, 403. Speech to
Teedyuscung, 42, 52. Letter to Colonel Washington, 56. Request for troops by General Forbes, 59, 65. Complains of provincial com- missioners, 64. Various griev- ances, 72. Destitute Indians at Fort Loudoun, 78. Orders arms for General Forbes, 79. Com- plains of inactivity of Assembly, 80. A favor asked of him by
Teedyuscung-his answer, 115. Speech to Indians, 117. Message to Indians at Wyoming, 129. In- structions to F. Post, 138. Lays embargo, 146. Visit, with Turner, Peters and Chew to Governor Ber- nard, 151. Writes to Spanish Governor respecting a Spanish vessel, 155. Declares William Moore innocent, 162. Admiral Boscawen asks men-Ass'bly de- cline-message to, 165, 166, 169. Letter from General Forbes, 169. Assembly on Boscawen and Indian affairs, 170. Speech to Indians at Easton, 183, 192. Answer to mes- sage of Ohio Indians, 206. Obliged to leave Ind'ns, bids farewell, 219. Speech to Assembly, 227. Re- specting General Forbes, 229, 237. On tonnage duty, 231, 232. Let-
ter, General Schuyler, 240. Ad- dress from Assembly-delivered by eight members-loss of wagons- quarters for soldiers-trial of Wil- liam Moore, &c., 282, 441. To General Amherst on address of Assembly, 283. Resolve of As- sembly respecting case of William Moore of Chester county, 286. Colonel Mercer succeeds General Forbes, 292. Bills credit-taxes, 303, 319, 323. Letters from W. Pitt and Lord Amherst on affairs at Du Quesne, 317. Distresses at Lancaster by quartering soldiers, 230. Supply bill, 331, 332. Grant by Assembly to, £1000, 333. Takes possession of great seal -- is applied to the laws, 335. Visit from Teedyuscung, 344. War- rants and surveys, 349. Position of, 354. Bills of credit, 357. In- sinuations against Council-and
their reply-Mr. Chew protests, 357, 358. Refuses to sign bill, &c., on warrants, &c., 361. Signs several bills, 362. Receives £1000, 362. Sends letter from General Stanwix, 372, 373. Remarks on bill-Secretary and Surveyor Gen- eral, 375. Signs bill-receives £1000, 376. On wagons, 376, 396. Speech to Teedyuscung, 405. Ab- sence of great seal-call Assem- bly, 408. Superceded by James Hamilton, 409. Sends letter from General Stanwix, 426. Case of William Moore, 441.
Depositions, respecting dispute and riots between Maryland and Penn- sylvania, iii., 472, 612. Francis Kip riots with Maryland, iv., 65. Henry Munday, 107. Elisha Gatchell, 229. Of Robert Savery on counterfeits, 274. Thomas McKee, skirmish with the Indians in Virginia, 630. James Hen- dricks, about Indians, 655. Of William Kelly, a pilot, v., 113. Of others relating to privateers, 115-119. Pyramus Green taken prisoner, 233. Captain George Porteus, 245. George Proctor, 248, 253. Roger Sheron, 249. Respecting privateers, 260-264. Captain T. Jenkins, 282. Morris Turner, 482. Ralph Kilgore, 482. Obstruction of surveys of land, 489. Respecting murder of Dud- ley Digges, 582-597. A. Mon- tour and Jno. Patten, respect- ing distances, &c., on Ohio, 762. Stephen Coffin, vi., 9. Peter Frank on Indians, 54. Charles Courte- nay, Francis C. Bouviere on arri- val of French at Ohio, 224. Of Jean Silvester, 416. Matthew Laird, Michael Huber, Jacob Hu- ber, Braddock's defeat, 482-484. By Henry Cole, Jno. M. Hute, J. McMichael on Indian hostilities in Northampton county, 758. George McSwaine, French and Indians vii., 395. M. Roup, 493. Of John Hogan, account of burning Fort Granville, 562. Ar- thur Henderson, 618. George Ebert, 620. James Hyndshaw, Connecticut settlers, viii., 612. Benjamin Kendal, Conestogo In-
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dians, ix., 126. Wm. Blythe, mur- der of Indians by F. Stump, 414. Amos Ogden, Wyoming, 674. Of J. P. De Haas, ill treatment by several Connecticut men, 682. Aaron Van Campen and Peter Kachlein, 710. Respecting Wyo- ming, 751. Ashur Clayton, 767. Joseph Morris, 769. Henry Reed, respecting Dr. Conolly, x., 168. Samuel Whitesides, 227. John Carnahan, Sheriff, 235. Respect- ing robbery of ensign Vansant, xi., 513. Of Alexander Patter- son, 528. Respecting Indians, 535. Respecting Wm. Moore Smith, for carrying letters for British prisoner, xii., 30. Of Wm. Geddis and Wm. Govett, respecting Arnold's conduct while in command of city, 225. Res- pecting, 307. Greenbury Hughes and Lawrence Maskill, respect- ing John Linch, 312. Drs. Big- ham and Bevans against Captain Gardner, 316. John Seely, xiv., 32. John Armstrong, W, Brink, L. Meyers, Joseph Salmon, Wm. Jennings, 172. Of B. Chew, in case of Mrs. Allen's children, 463. Wm. Wilson, 498. Peter Au- drain, robbery, 514. David Mead, 572. G. Smith, xv., 514. Depreciation, scale to be published, xii., 612, 639, 648, 684, 703, 709, 716, 717, 747, 753 ; xiii., 74, 122, 140, 149. Certificate stopped, xv., 429.
Depreciation, lands, sales, xiv, 621. Plan of; ordered to be sold at Lancaster, xv., 18. Call for in- formation, 46. Sales of, 58. Sale ordered, 138. Certificates, xvi., 148, 541. On pay, 230, 325. Survey, 418, 439, 454. Deputy Surveyor paid xvi., 303, 376, 422, 452, 514.
Depui, Moses, a Justice, v., 113.
Depui, Nicholas, letter to, on Indian invasions, xii., 312.
Depui, Benjamin, Justice, xiv., 198.
Depui, Captain Charles, petition to refit his vessel, v., 581. Survey on his vessel, 581. Report, 581. Deputy Surveyors, xiv., 441, 443, 445, 449, 454, 456, 457, 458, 462,
653, 654; xv., 198; xvi., 214, 2112-252, 254, 256, 257, 278, 461, 463.
Derring, Christopher, Collector of excise, xiv., 652.
Deserters, xiii., 14, 22, 29, 96, 340. Deshler, David, Commissioner of purchases, xii., 486 ; xiii. 109.
D'Estaing, Count, his squadron takes Wm. Straker prisoner, xi., 553. Arrives with French fleet, Act of Congress on, xii., 114. Permission asked for provisions to be sent to, 162.
Destitute, provision for the, i., 78. Dewall, G., President of Court of Maryland, respecting H. Carberry, xiv., 106.
Dewees, Samuel, sub-Lieutenant, xi., 765.
Dewees, Colonel Thomas, Jailor of Philadelphia to take certain per- sons into custody, x., 359, 360 408. Order for removal of prison- ers to new gaol, 429. Complaint, 567, 568. To purchase arms, 673.
Dewees, William, Sheriff, x., 100, 212, 270; xi., 201, 273. Com- plaint against, 210, 211. · acquit- ted, 211.
Diahoga, Indians from, vii., 168. May be received at Bethlehem, 170. Indians from, intend an attack, 186, 187. Arrive at Phila- delphia from, 198. At Easton, 206. New Castle, sent to, In- dians remove to, 223. Arrival of Indians from Ohio, 281. Sketch of country from Easton to, 683.
Dick, John, letter respecting Wyo- ming, ix., 753.
Dickey, Robert Coroner, xv., 580 ; xvi., 215, 521.
Dickinson, gunboat, x., 335, 397. Steward discharged, 476, 488, 505 ; xi., 393.
Dickinson, proposed as the name of a new township in Washington county, xiv., 275.
Dickinson College, survey of lands for, xv., 139, 466. Order to, 4, 298, 616, 654.
Dickinson, James, a Deputy Sur- veyor removed, xiv., 653. Dickinson, Jonathan, Mayor of Philadelphia, iii., 31. Speaker,
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56. Governor's address to, 56. Visits Indians with Governor, 121.
Dickinson, Colonel John, to inspect ordnance and military stores, x., 283. Commands second battalion of associators, 314. to go to New York, 484, 487, 548. Colo- nel, x., 754; xi., 4. Writes to Brigadier General Philip Dickin- son not to receive Continental money, 92. Councillor, xiii., 409. President, xiii., 413, 414, 736 Proclamation, 416, 737. Letter on Connecticut, &c., 479. Salary paid, 576. Letter to Coun- cil on their late measures respect- ing Wyoming, xiv., 218. Letter to Donalson & Hollingsworth on removal of Chevaux-de-frise, 241. Re-elected President, 249.
Dickinson, Brigadier General Philip, letter to, on Continental money, xi., 92.
Diemer, Jacob, appointed President C. C. B., Berks county, xvi., 125. Diemer, Dr. James, appointed Jus- tice in Berks county, xv., 462. Dieskau, General, defeat of French under, at Lake George, vi., 637. Digby, Admiral, grants passport for a flag vessel, with provisions for New York, xiii., 457, 459.
Digges, Dudley, murder of-cor- respondence and depositions re- specting, v., 582.
Dill, Col. Matthew, x., 672; xi., 69, 113.
Dill, Matthew, Lieut., xi., 783.
Dillon, Amos, proclamation against, xiii., 616.
Dilworth, Charles, appointed Lieut. of Chester County, in place of R. Smith, xiv., 670. Sheriff, xvi., 192, 492.
Dingee, Charles, refuses to take oath of allegiance, is imprisoned, xi., 402.
Dinwiddie, -, Surveyor Gen'l, v., 244.
Dinwiddie, Robert, Governor of Vir- ginia, letters to and from, v., 632, 687, 698, 700, 712, 714, 755, 764, 767. Letter from French com- mander, 714. Proclamation to encourage enlistments, 766. Let- ters to and from, vi., 1, 3, 5, 7,
27, 31, 55, 136, 163, 177, 294, 295, 296, 297, 309, 419, 445, 455, 465, 602, 651; vii., 33, 133. Invasions of French and Indians, 1. Assembly of Pennsylvania will not aid, 27, 55. French opera- tions-forts on Wills' creek, 136. Raising levies for Wills' creek, 177. Flour for Wills' creek, 297. Gen. Braddock complains of, 400. Attack on Niagara, 419. Sends men and cannon to Fort Cumber- land, 445, 455. French and In- dians-cannon for Fort Cumber- land, 465. Proposes building a fort at Great Crossings-Dunbar's retreat, &c., 602. Examines at request of Lord Loudoun, the In- dian trade bill, vii., 450. Meets Earl Loudoun and Governors at Philadelphia, 472.
Distances from Carlisle to Shanop- pin's town, v., 750.
Distillery of liquors-Act to encou- rage by a bounty proposed-and objected to by inhabitants and traders, iii., 248. But favored prospectively, 249.
Divorces asked for, ix., 564, 566, 567, 568, 580; x., 27, 40, 53, 54, 103, 105.
Doan, Aaron, arrested, and bounty paid, xiv., 178. Case of, 384, 385, 386, 387. Pardoned, 387. Message to Assembly on, 388- 392, 395. Pardoned on condition of leaving United States forever, xiv., 214.
Doan, Ab'm, proclamation against, xiii., 616, 631. Under sentence of death in Philadelphia-petition, xv., 497. Opinion of judges, 501. Captors rewarded, 502. Case, 504. Ordered to be executed, 505. Petition in favor of respite, 515. A free negro in jail afraid of- released, 516. Order for execu- tion, 535. Respite negatived, 544.
Doan, Israel, xiii., 517.
Doan, Joseph, traitor, estate sold, xiii., 686. Taken, 741. Balance paid for his apprehension, to Jo- seph Wilson, xiv., 4.
Doan, Joseph, Jr., to Greer Fergu- son, &c., for apprehending, xiv., 215.
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Doan, Levi, reward for apprehend-
ing, xiii., 542, 630. Under sen- tence of death in jail in Philada., petition, xv., 497. Opinion of judges, 501. Captors rewarded, 502. Case, 504. Order for exe- cution, 505. Petition in favor of respite, 515. A free negro afraid of-released, 516. Order for exe- cution, 535. Respite negatived, 544.
Doan, Malin, proclamation against, xiii., 630.
Doan, Moses, proclamation against, xiii., 616, 630.
Dobbs, Governor Arthur, of Virg'a, meets Earl Loudoun at Philad., vii., 470.
Dobbs, Governor of North Carolina, daily expected, vi., 164. Letter on trade of Hudson's Bay, viii., 290.
Dobbs' Ferry-passes to be sent to, xiii., 419.
Dock creek landing, Philada., ii., 10, 12, 14, 19.
Dogs, Act against, x., 32, 42.
Dolby, Joseph, bell-ringer of Christ Church bells, xiii., 423, 563. Paid for ringing Christ Church bells on arrival of La Fayette, xiv,, 176. July 4th, 494. Paid for ringing the bells of Christ Church, xv., 60, 344, 363, 597; xvi., 2242, 410.
Donaldson, Arthur, to launch che- vaux-de-frises built at Glouces- ter, x., 513. To build piers at Fort Island, 525. To build two more chevaux-de-frises, 534, 535, 648, 651, 737. Builds float- ing battery, 725.
To raise wrecks, &c., in Delaware, xi., 559, 692. Proposals for removing chevaux-de-frise, xiv., 75, 78. Agreement with, and pay, 104, 119. Entitled to third payment, 200, 213. Certificate to, from Wardens, and letter of President, 241. Letter, 500.
Donaldson, John, Member of Coun- cil, i., 492, 552. Tried and ac- quitted, 570.
Donation, lands, xiv., 454, 458, 653, 654. To officers of Penn'a line, xv., 17, 74, 102. Lottery for, 74, 97, 108, 128, 263. Ex-
plored by W. Irvine, 125. Pa- tents for, 201, 220, 245. Fees, 358, 421. Battery, 580. Survey- ing of, xvi., 50.
Donegal, T., violent proceedings against house of John Scott, iii., 267.
Dongan, Governor of New York, his agency in purchase of land on Susquehanna, iii., 205. Receives pay from Proprietaries for lands on Susquehanna, vi., 124.
Donnaldson, John, resigns as War- den, xiv., 150. Register-General, his office, xvi., 45. May employ a clerk, 64. Pay to, 301. Ex- penses to Easton, 516.
Donnel, John. (See M'Daniels.) Donnel, Nathaniel, Second Lieut. of Mattrosses, x., 524.
Dorothy, ship, a sickly vessel, ar- rives, iii., 292. Is released, 294. Dorsey, Captain Thomas, paymas- ter, x., 436; xi., 266, 301, 406, 408, 424.
Dougherty, Bernard, x., 353, 531. To furnish rations, xiii., 375. Jus- tice and President of Court, 446. Justice resigns, xiii., 101. On rations, 129, 595. Pay for rations, xiv., 181, 202. Accounts, 507. Dougherty, Edward, Coroner, v., 120, 597.
Dougherty, Capt. Henry, appointed to command a boat, x., 287, 296, 419. Ordered from Liberty island, 427. To order boats to Philadel- phia, 434. Seamen for public vessels, 442. Instruction, 617. To order guards at State House, 445. To command galley Dela- ware, 702. Captain of Artillery, xi., 223. Health officer, xii., 483.
Dougherty, John, Coroner, vi., 144, 662.
Dougherty, John, Jr., heads armed men from Wyoming, x., 86; to build a fort, 87.
Dougherty, -, member of As- sembly - letter from Bedford - road to Fort Pitt, xii., 73.
Douglass, Ephraim, Report on In- dian agency, xiii., 681. Protho- notary, 702. Clerk of Courts, 704, 742. Member Council, 743. Let- ter, xiv., 525. Deputy Surveyor's
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petition, xv., 122. Agency for
Confiscated Estates in Fayette
County, xvi., 26. For surveys of depreciation lands, 418, 422. Report on accounts, 446, 447.
Douglass, George, applies to go to Scotland-not granted, xi., 579. Douglass, Captain John, xi., 2. En- sign, xii., 2.
Douglass, John, Captain of privateer -absconded, xii., 75.
Douglass, Captain Thomas, charges against, xiv., 621.
Dover, John, threatens life of a col- lector, xii., 402, 404. Commis- sion refused, 407.
Dover, Kent Co., Canterbury Town- ship, court house, &c., at, i., 556. Two good horses to be at, viii., 71. Act for sale of lots in, ix., 169. For improving marshes, x., 49. Prisoners sent from to New Cas- castle for exchange, 564.
Dower, at common law forfeited by attainder of husband, &c., xii., 70. Downar, Richard, and Randolph Mohr, case of, at Lancaster, iv., 256.
Downard William, and Maryland af- fairs, iv., 111.
Downey, Captain J., ordered to Bil- lingsport. Benjamin Davis to assist him in a survey of ground near the river, xi., 248, 249. Of the river from Cooper's Ferry to Salem, 250.
Downingtown, militia sent to, from Philadelphia xi., 275. Provisions stored at, 423.
Doyle, Samuel, arrested for murder of Indians on Pine creek, xvi., 464. Reward paid for, 483, 484, 547.
Doyle, William, coroner, ix., 285, 333, 398.
Doz, Andrew, appointed Commis- sioner of Purchases, xii., 301, 375, 376, 392. Resigns, 397.
Drake, Oliver, Captain, xii., 70. Draper, John, coroner, x. 106.
Draper, William, midshipman, pri- soner, x., 596. Exchanged, 596. Draper, Samuel, coroner, x. 271. Driesback, Simon, censor, xiii., 723. Drinker, Henry, to be seized, xi.,
283. To lay out a road, xv., 425- 445.
Drinker, John, refuses bills of credit, papers, &c., locked up, x., 486. Dromgoole, Captain, Indian inter- preter, xv., 238.
Drought, a long, vi., 422.
Drummond, Dr., applies to be en- larged on parole ; granted on con- ditions, xi., 268.
Drummond, Lord, gives parol, x., 445.
Dryer, Jacob, irons to be taken off, the allowed time to leave the United States, xv., 348. Opinion of judges, 501. Case of, 611, 624, 627. Pardoned, 630. Doubts re- specting opinion of judges ; war- rant for execution negatived, and he pardoned, 631.
Dry lands, in Northampton County, xvi., 2172, 243.
Dublin, Second Township, petition for road to Philadelphia, i., 387. Opposed by First Township, 389. Dublin, Lower Township, commis- sioners report respecting a road ,in, x., 51.
Dubrois, Captain John, i., 396, 435. Duchś, Anthony, xiii., 146.
Duché, Mrs. Elizabeth, asks to re- turn from New York, xii., 17, 18. Allowed to return, being sick, 36, 309. (See below. )
Duché, Jacob, proposed as a clerk at Easton, vii., 669. Assistant to Mr. Croghan, signs minutes, 714. Duché, Rev. Jacob, his wife applies for a pass to New York ; granted on conditions, xi., 759, 762. Me- morial of Francis Hopkinson re- specting, 773.
Duché's house to be occupied by T. Mckean, xii., 578.
Duché, T. S., letter from, xii., 18.
Duck Creek-petition for cutting a way through the marshes, i., 60. Draining, embanking, &c., ix., 313, 401. Church, trustees to sell lands, &c., x., 80-85.
Duckett, John, petition for pardon, referred to Supreme Court, iii., 276.
Ducking, a sentence for scolding, by xii., 235, 243.
Du Coudray, General, one of com- mittee to examine works on river, xi., 231. Presents a plan for fort at Billingsport, 245, 246, to be
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furnished a boat, 252. Ordinance in State House yard, xi., 252. Applies for a house at Fort Is- land, 265, 266.
Duff, Thomas, sheriff, ix., 57, 199, 286, 623, 688, 778.
Duffield, Dr., surgeon to boats, x., 362. Attends at pest house, 409,
545. And hospital, 549. Medi- cines, &c., 614.
Duffield, Dr. Benjamin, report on a prisoner, xvi., 211, 222.2
Duffield, Doctor John, Surgeon Mate Hospital United States, xiii., 157. Duke, The, laws to be examined, i., 63. Address to, and king, pro- posed on forts, &c., 109; pe- tition to, 116.
Duke of Normandie, birth of, xiv., 480.
Dulaney, Daniel, Attorney General of Maryland, iii., 614. Comes from Maryland with Edward Jennings as agent of Governor Ogle, iv., 115. Correspondence with President, 117, 131, 146.
Dun, Captain, imprisoned on charge of murder ; how to be tried, ii., 86.
Dunbar, Colonel, sent with troops from England, vi., 201, 311.
Dunbar, Colonel, Thomas, retreat after defeat of Braddock, vi., 492, 494. Letter from and to, 494, 498, 515, 519, 521, 547, 593, 595. Arrives at fort Cumberland with wounded, 502, 513. Desires win- ter quarters in Philadelphia, 513, 514, 535. Directions of Governor to, 515. Not in the battle, 519. His account of the defeat from others, 519. Marches from Cumberland, 521. Field officers opinion, 547. General Shirley to, 549. Orders to, 558-561. Reasons for not going against Du Quesne, 593, 595. His retreat, 602, 604. Letters to and from, vii., 39.
Duncan, David, Commissioner of purchases, xii., 654, 656. Paid for supplies furnished troops in defence of frontiers, xvi., 400.
Duncan, James, Collector of Excise, resigns, xv., 126. Resigns, 222. Duncan, Matthew, as Captain, x., 417.
Duncan, Stephen, resigns as Treas- urer, xii .. 527.
Dundas, James, pay at Billingsport, xi., 607. Paymaster at Billings- port, 756.
Dunlap & Claypoole, printers for Council, xv., 87, 113, 215, 360, 366. Their paper to be filed, 444. xvi., 21, 262. John D. loans money to recruit Pennsylvania Line, 489. Newspaper, 516, 539. Dunlap, Doctor James, surgeon in Navy, x., 632. To have a mate, 634. Bandages, 638. Pay, xi., 68, 110, 111. Justice, xiv., 242. Dunlap, Major James, made Lieu- tenant Colonel, x., 768.
Dunlap, John, printer, x., 136. printing press, &c., taken by Council of Safety, xi., 46. Decline to continue taking his paper, 521. Taken, 654. Newspapers order by Council, xii., 197. Deed for part of Tinicum, 256. Deed to, xii., 323, 331. Paid for printing votes of Assembly, xiii., 277. Laws, 447, 479. Buys City lots, xv., 13. Prin- ter, 191.
Dunmore, Fort, Colonel Conolly's proclamation from, x., 228.
Dunmore, Lord, informs of a con- fession of murder in Philadelphia, x., 88. In connection with Doctor John Conolly, 141. Governor Penn's letter to, 149, 156. Letters to and from, 156, 158, 181, 191, 193, 236. Commissioners sent to 170, 173. Their instruction, 175. Report, 181. Correspond- ence with, 182-191. Goes on an expedition against Shawnese, 214. Two men desert from, 548.
Dunn, Abner, Lieutenant, xii., 10. Dunn, James, a wounded militia- man aided, xi., 403.
Dunn, Thos., Sheriff, viii., 506, 781. Dunning, Ezekiel, Sheriff, v., 551, 597, 662; viii., 781; ix., 51, 199. Coroner, vi., 638.
Dunning, James, charges against, v., 85.
Dunwick, Wm., time allowed, xi., 717.
Dunwoodie, James, Messenger, to collect election returns, xv., 634. Duplessis, Peter Le Barbier, Notary and tab., public, xv., 221.
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Duponceau, Peter S., applies to be
Notary Public, xiii., 735. Ap- pointed, 736. Paid for transla- tions, xiv., 258.
Du Portail, General, Letter, xi., 732. , Elegant plan of river Delaware, 776. Compliment to, for his plan of river, 776.
Dupui, Aaron, Commissioner to In- dians, vi., 754, 764.
Du Quesne, Fort, capture of, vi., 141. Letters from Capt. Stobo, a hostage, 141, 161. List of deser- ters, 142. Dunbar's reasons for not going against, 593. Affairs at, 619. Commander killed, 614. Conduct of French commander with Indians, viii., 119-121. Burned and evacuated by French -- General Forbes' letter on, 233. Respecting, 264, 265. To be re- stored, 315, 316. Expenses of expedition. against, 322. Com- missioners appointed to state ac- count of, 322, 332. Site not fixed on, 392 ; vii., 153, 241, 502, 601, 602, 603, 631, 632, 716.
Durell, Adam, letters to Gov. from, asking men, &c., viii., 289, 318. Durham, Iron Works, iii., 309, 329.
Disturbances near, 329. Road through to Philad., v., 576. Road from Easton to, vi., 304. Claimed by George Taylor-difficulty be- tween him and George Wall- agreement with Joseph Galloway -proceedings, xi., 537.
Durham tract, rule postponed, xii., 391.
Durkee, John, indicted for riot at Wyoming-imprisoned for debt, discharged, x., 52.
Dutch, grant of lands to Swedes, ii., 465. Vessels brought in, Gov'r embarassed by, viii., 155. Pres- byterians-Act to sell land, x., 243.
Duties, retaliatory, laid on goods from New York, ii., 611; iii., 38, 163. On persons of convicts im- ported as servants, 163, 166. On foreigners, &c., not servants, 359. On convicts, iv., 304, 384, 386. Laid on persons convicted of hei- nous crimes - Act repealed at Court of St. James, v., 66, 499, 551. Proposed on tonnage, li-
quors, sugar, &c., viii., 30, 35, 40, 67, 100, 230. Reasons of merchants against, 231, 232, 334. On negroes and mulatto slaves, 576, 578, 580. Petition mer- chants against, 576. On, 601, 611; ix., 637, 641; x., 24, 25, 32, 34, 41, 72, 73. Act for lay- ing, xvi., 112.
Duykinck, Colonel, to be imprison- ed, xi., 365.
Dyer, Eliphalet, a Commissioner from Connecticut, arrives, x., 118. Dyer, Thomas, Justice, xiv., 147. Dyer, Major Wm., appointed Collec- tor of Customs-also Surveyor- General of the Colonies-appoints a Deputy Waiter and Searcher, i., 148. Elected to Council, 197. Objected to, 197. Report of com- mittee, 198, 210. Dismissed from Council, 211.
E.
"Eagle," armed boat, xi., 76.
Eaker, Dr. Joseph, paid to, for Cap- tain Robinson's company, xix., 152.
Eakman, Captain John, x., 709. Ealer, Peter, Sheriff, xiv., 248, 557. xv., 100.
Eastburn, Benjamin, run temporary line between Pennsylvania and Virginia, v., 760.
Eastburn, John, levy of Sheriff, ii., 182.
Eastburn, Robert, to collect linen from ladies, for bandages, x., 633. Sale of salt, 762, 781; xi., 51.
Easton, petition for road, v., 576. Commissioners return of, 610. To Reading - petitioner appointed, 611. Indians removed from Beth- lehem to, there being troops, vii., 191. Governor's instructions to Mr. Parsons respecting them, 191. Proposed treaty at, 202. Gov'r holds treaty at, 204-220. No settling preliminaries, 206. Treaty at, 280. Teedyuscung at, 307. Letter from C. Weiser relating to Indians at, 308. Conference at, 309. Conference with Indians at, 313-338. Copy of minutes sent
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to Gov. Belcher, 359. Answer, 385. Expenses of message to In- dians to come to treaty at, 384. Messages to W. Parsons at, 477. Treaty at, 648. Minutes, 648- 714. Charles Thomson appointed clerk to Teedyuscung, 665. Sketch of country from, to Diahoga, 683. Commissary of provisions at, 775. Treaty referred to, by Teedyus- cung, viii., 33. By Assembly, 51, 63. Conference at, 165. Teedy- uscung behaves badly at, 172. Conference with Indians at, 174- 223, 228. Names of the several nations, 176. List of presents for Indians, 214. Treaty printed, 226. Report of Committee on claims made for lands by Indians at, 246-261. Meeting of Indians, &c., at, 630. Minutes of confer- ences at, 630-654ª. Court-house at, ix., 23. Act passed for, 325. Ferry at, to be taken by commit- tee, xi., 72. Indian treaty at, 96. Money and papers from loan office, to be removed to, 305, 306. Report of persons who read them, 307. Books to, 309. Petition of German Lutheran Reformed Ch. at, 422. Militia, 200. To be as guards for, 446. Myer Hart, of, complains of Sheriff not executing process against a tenant, xii., 75. Memorial from, respecting claims in Luzerne County, xv., 224. Resolutions at, declared seditious by Judges of Supreme Court, &c., and prosecution to be commenced against parties, 225. Continental troops sent to, for Luzerne, 502. Express to, 516.
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