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Ross, George, Councillor, xv., 296. President, 584. Vice-President, xvi., 219.
Ross, John, viii., 113, 342. A law- yer, 339. Report, 345. Com- missioner to attend Indian treaty at Fort Pitt, declines, ix., 491. Appointed Muster-master of boats, x, 338. Warrant and instruc- tions, 355, 427. Number of men on boats, 430.
Ross, James, applies to be Lieuten- ant of Lancaster county, xiii., 735. Appointed, 409, 570, 746. Lieutenant of Lancaster county, return of militia officers elected, xvi., 399. Sheriff, 193, 494.
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Ross, Captain Joseph, x., 686.
Ross, Captain William, is presented by Council with a sword, for meri- torious conduct in Luzerne coun- ty, xv., 543. Report in his favor, 547. Paid, 548. Sword presented, 551.
Ross, William, bail refused, x., 729.
Rothrock, Jacob, Coroner, xii., 513 ;. xiii., 93.
Rough, Michael, Coroner, xii., 540. Rowan, James, deed to, xii., 320. Inspector, 487.
Rowan, William, sheriff, xi., 371, 375, 599. Of York, 229, 599. Sheriff, xii., 161, 162.
Rowing-wheel, an invention by M. Bigland, x., 295.
Rowland, Samuel, Jr., viii., 781.
Roxborough, paper mills, &c., of C. Sauer sold in, xii., 299.
Royer, Samuel, Justice, xiv., 669. Ruddisell, Jacob, Coroner, xiii., 397.
Ruddisel, Jacob, Coroner, xiii., 723. Rudman, Andrew, case with Benja- min Chambers, ii., 137, 147.
Rue, Benjamin, asks to form an in- dependent company of artillery, xii., 391.
Rue, Benjamin, sheriff, xiii., 392. Rugh, Michael, Coroner, xiii., 158, 419.
Rules and Regulations respecting flags of Truce, v., 80. Of Con- tinental army ordered to be print- ed, by John Dunlap, for use of Associators, x., 636.
Rules and regulations of Council, xv., 341, 586, 590. Report of Committee, 591.
Rum, proposed changes of duty on, ii., 27. Sent from New Castle to Conestoga, 140, 141. Seized by collector, 605. And Indian trade in, iii., 409, Proclamation against sale of, to Indians, viii., 172.
Rumsey, William, a surveyor of Maryland, outrage by, iii., 591. Proceedings against, 592.
Rund, Gottfried, pass for, with Moravian missionaries to the In- dians at Onondago, v., 576.
Rundle, Richard, petition for Daniel R., xiii., 96, 132. Daniel and George, 132.
Rush, Dr. Benjamin, appointed
physician and surgeon to hospital, x., 347. Attends sick, 409. To receive medicines from Dr. Bass, 489. And Dr. Duffield, 545, 549. Surgical instruments, 604, 614. And Dr. Hutchinson to advise health officer, xi., 543. Director- General of hospitals, xiv., 634. Applies to Council for interest due Dickinson College, xv., 616, 654.
Rush, Jacob, appointed to assist
Attorney-General in case of Ship Albion, sunk in Delaware and claimed by Beveridge and others, xi., 544. On Philadelphia elec- tion, xiii., 200. Judge of Supreme Court, xiv., 42, 43. Takes oath, 70. Pay to, 481, 602, 666. Judge Supreme Court pay, xv., 135, 358. Paid, xvi., 305.
Rush, Joseph, to value ship General Greene, xi., 720, 739; Coroner, xii., 507 ; xiii., 85, 391, 723 ; xiv., 230.
Rush, Dr. Richard, to examine sur- geons, x., 452.
Rush, William, purchases firelocks, x., 478, 544. Procure bars, &c., for gaol, 580. Order to, 720. Paid, xi., 697. Elected Justice of Philadelphia, 770. Judge of City Court, xiii., 181, 581. Jus- tice of N. Mulbery ward, and of Court of Common Pleas, xv., 26. Russell, William, lost a leg at battle of Brandywine, asks aid, xii., 107.
Ruston, Justice, complaints against, v., 78, 95, 99.
Ruston, Dr. Thomas, claiming his seat in Council from Chester, xvi., 201, 202.
Rutherford, John, letter announcing arrival of General Braddock, vi., 303.
Rutter, Thomas, Sr., at meeting of Indians at Philadelphia, iii., 319. Casts cannon, x., 530.
Ryan, John, confined as dangerous, x., 574.
Ryan, Michael, appointed Adjutant of 4th battalion, x., 515.
Ryan, Michael, may be employed by Lieutenant of city as inspector of the militia, with rank of Lieu-
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tenant-colonel, xii., 388, 389, 393, 571. Arrested, xiii., 670.
Ryder, D., opinion on law without suspending clause, vi., 209.
Ryland, Nicholas, v., 410.
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Sabbath, law respecting, ii., 210, 212.
" Sachem," Privateer, takes priso- ners of war, x., 713.
Sackett, Nathaniel, petition, xii., 33.
Sacrament, certificate of Rector and Assistant Rector of Christ Church of administering, to Gov. Denny, vii., 741.
Sail Cloth, manufacture of in Phila- delphia, ix., 354. Loaned to Virginia, x., 422, 549.
Sailors engage in a riot at an elect- tion in Philadelphia, iv., 621.
St. Clair, Arthur, appointed Pro- thonotary, &c., of Bedford county, ix., 731. Appointed on special Court in Bedford county, x., 8. Prothonotary of Westmoreland, 77. Letters, 140. Instructions to, respecting Conolly, 144. Let- ters to and from, 194, 201, 202. Fire-locks, 417. Recommended as a Colonel to Congress, 442. Elected, 443. Major appointed to battalion, 460. xi., 770-7. Recommends Ensigns, xii., 3. Letters to and from, 36, 52, 420. Supplying troops in other States with provisions, 52. On Lieut. Gibbon's case, 139. Recommends Captains, Letter mistakes in dates of commissions, 240. Re- cruits, 421. Promotions, 545. Asks for money for troops, 613. To court-martial Lieut. Bigham, 675, 685, 686. Returns of re- cruits to be made, xiii., 39, 47. Message, 408. List of promotions, 441. On Light Dragoons, 504. Buys land, 505. Delivers message from Soldiers, 605, Censor, 721. Appointed Auctioneer of City, xiv., 38, 163, 374. Sale of ruins at Fort Pitt, 498. Paid as mem- ber of Congress, xv., 18, 28. Ac- counts, 153, 183, 194. Appointed
to Congress-ceases as Auc- tioneer --- resolutions respecting, 197. Pay to, 218. Letter, 518. Debt due from him as late Auc- tioneer, and Gov. of Western Territory, xvi., 176, 423. Fees on auctions, 460.
St. Clair, Lieut. Genl., appointed to command troops for Louisburg, v., 37. Letters, to and from, vi., 298, 380. Appointed Deputy Quarter Master, 298, 320. Gov. M. sends maps, 298. Proposes opening roads to Ohio, proposes floats for crossing creeks, &c., 301. St. Clair, Sir John, Dep. Quart. Gen. on opening Roads-memorial, vii., 592. Letters to and from, viii., 71. Proposes establishing two good horses at several places to keep up quick communication, 71. Grants pass-ports to Indians from Virginia, 124. Commis- sioner on accounts of Du Quesne, 322.
St. Croix, arrivals from, xii., 20, 29
St. Domingo, provisions to be shipped to, xii., 59.
St. Eustatia, equipments imported from, x., 708. Vessel allowed to take provisions to, xii., 130.
St. Georges' Creek to be stopped, ix., 600.
St. John, Monsr., French Consul, letters from, xiv., 2.
St. Sacrament, see Lake George, vi., 637.
Salaries of Deputy Treasurer, &c., i., 111.
Salaway, William, a Councillor, i., 365. Also, a Justice, 370, Com- missioner to New York, report, 393.
Salem, New Jersey, a Boston vessel from, seized at Philadelphia, ii., 240. Col. Kirkland to be arrested, x., 665.
Salt to Germantown, x., 577, 699. Monopoly of, 748. Sent to Tren- ton, 759. Arrives, 779. Pur- chased, 780, 782. xi., 7. To be divided among counties, 13. Terms, 14, 16. Commissioners to distribute, 17. To militia in actual service, 20. Cargo sold at $10, 249. In Prichard's
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Store, xi., 654, 661, 670. Great scarcity of, xii., 87. Commis- sioners for collection and distri- bution, 123. Exchanged for flour, 136. Pay for, 141, 144, 151. Price of, 133. Distribution, 262, 263. Commissioners for pro- curing, 161. Complain of it and Flour being smuggled, 152. Per Brig Active, 159. Commis- sioner insulted by L. Kuhn, 160, 161. From Jeremiah Warder, 191. Price complained of, xiii., 595.
Saltpetre, to be procured, x., 282, 700; Purchased from, J. Sims, 314, 315. A person from York arrives and engages to show how to make, 384. To be paid in part with powder, 430. Instruction to inhabitants to make, 443, 456. Maryland to be instructed, 479, 480, 481. Re- ceived from Congress, 484. Made by Mears in Berks, 490. Per- sons instructed to make, 498. Made in Philadelphia, 543. Works, 604. In Lancaster, 647. Salt Provisions, Inspectors of, xiv., 488.
Salt Works in New Jersey, under Mr. Savage, Commissioner on, x., 678, 701-6. Guard sent to, 776, 777. At Turtle Gut inlet for sale, xi., 193. Troops 'sent to, 114. Boat "Delaware" Capt. Eyre, sent to defend, 127, 191. Wood- land for, 294. Salt pans, 335. James Davidson, appointed assis- tant, 403. Account of expendi- ture, 509. Deeds for land, xii., 84. Manager dead, works to be sold, 160. Sold, price and Deed for, to Jno. Thompson, 186, 190. Sample, Samuel, a supposed ac- complice of Dr. John Conolly at Pittsburg, proceedings against, x., 533.
Sample, Robert, Sheriff, x., 212, 270.
Sandall, Andrew, Minister of Swe- dish Church, attacks Benjamin Chambers at Schuylkill, ii., 147, 477, 478. His answer in writing, and action of Council, 485. Case of Schuylkill Ferry, iii., 147, 149, 150.
Sandeland, Jonas, Coronor of Ches- ter, iii., 56, 69, 108.
Sanders, Charles, member of Coun- cil, i., 449.
Sanders, John, estate sold, i., 564. Sanders, Robert, letter on French and Indian affairs, v., 626.
Sandusky, failure of expedition against, xiii., 323. Expedition against, 373; xvi., 233, 234, 283. Claim for a horse lost on, 445.
Saratoga, German Regiment, and Chaplain taken at, xiii., 262. Saristagoa, Indian Interpreter, iii., 571.
Sassoonan or Alummappees, iii., 318. King of Delaware Indians, &c., deed from, 322, 333. Speech, 334. Grief of, 404. In Philadelphia, 404; iv., 53. An old man 54. Presents a belt of wampum of ten rows, 54. Arrives, 307, 443, 446.
Satacaroupes, Indian, -journey to Indians on Susquehannah, vii., 137.
Satcheechoe, Indian messenger, iii., 191.
Saunders, John, a pilot, restricted to Chester, x., 402. Committed to jail, 402. Released-oath, 416.
Saunders, Rear Admiral, appointed Commander-in-Chief of English Navy in North America, viii., 316.
Saunderson, Robert, to be dis- charged, x., 618.
Sauer, Christopher, Sr., his estate sold in Germantown, xii., 281, 299, 303, 326, 348, 445, 448, 709. See Sower.
Savadge, Thomas, to make salt in Jersey, x., 614, 950, 678. Makes salt in New Jersey, x., 679, 701. At salt works New Jersey, ex- pects enemy, xi., 126, 279, 462. salt works, xii., 84.
Scaientes, a man of note of Cayuga Nation of Indians, v., 83, 84. Scalps, proposed, vii., 74. Pre- miums offered, 76, 78, 89. Opinions of C. Weiser and Teedy- uscung on, 735. Reward offered for, ix., 189. Sir William John- son approves of it, 190. Gov.
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Penn's Proclamation for, 191. Premium offered in Northumber- land county for Indian, xii., 311. And Northampton county, 312. Reward to Capt. Samuel Brady for, 632. Indian paid for, xiii., 201.
Scarborough, man-of-war, about to sail from New York for England, to take copies of papers from Council, v., 104.
Scaroyady, v., 167, 674. Message to, 705. Half King, vi., 140. Speech to by Gov. on Connecticut people, 216. Respecting, 287, 202, 331, 340, 344, 352. Ac- count of his proceedings, 340. Death of son, 523. Message from, 612. Arrives, 681. Presented
to Governor Shirley and De
Lancey, 358. Complains of the Indians being naked, 359. Mes- sage to Gov. Morris, 615. Advises English, vii., 12; 64. Speech, 65. Drunk for several days, 87. Promises to build Fort at Shamokin, 90 Wife and children arrive, viii., 163.
Schaffer, David, Jr., Warden, xiii., 721
Schaffer, Henry, Justice, xiv., 307. Schaffer, John, Pay Master, xi., 29. Scheline, Lambertus, counterfeiter, confined -- pardoned and dis- charged, blind, xi., 397.
Schitz, Henry, Justice-contested, xiv., 47, 50, 59. Resigns, 60.
Schlosser, Capt., J., of Royal Ameri- can Regiment protects Indians, ix., 124. Instructions to, 127, 132.
Schlosser, George, report in favor of, xiv., 661.
Schmick, Rev., John Jacob, Mis- sionary to Indians, presents their memorial from Philadelphia bar- racks, ix., 135.
Schnider, Capt. Jacob.
Schneider, Lieut. Godfrey, sells clothing, xii., 297.
Schonover, Nicholas, an Indian trader, iii., 309, 320.
School, petition of Quakers for a, in Philadelphia, i., 532.
School of Arts and Sciences pro- posed, i., 93.
School-master, the first appointed,
his terms, &c., i., 91. Convicted and fined for keeping school not having taken oath of allegiance, xi., 653.
Schott, Capt. John P., now com- mands Armand's corps-petition, xii., 217, 218, 221, 297. An ex- press from Wyoming to Philadel- phia, xiv., 176.
Schrawder, Philip, recommended to Congress as 2d Lieutenant, x., 679. Recommended for command of a company, xii., 297; xiii., 136, 574.
Schrawder, Simon, sub-Lieutenant of Lancaster county, xiv., 206. Schreiner, Jacob, elected to Assem- bly, xii., 129.
Schreyver, George, Coroner, xv., 297, 570.
Schuyler, Colonel, to go with Shir- ley, vi., 398. General, asks pay for prisoners in Canada, viii., 240. Applies for gunpowder, x., 301. May loan it to Provincial Congress of New York, 312. Pow- der received, 327. Lead from Ticonderoga, 330.
Schuylkill, ferry at, established, let to Philip England, i., 126, 184, 368, 387. Swedes complain against keeper, 373. Against William Powell, 380, 381, 437. A boat seized, 441. Belongs to proprie- tary, 445. Proclamation respect- ing, 446. More ferries proposed- referred to proprietary as his right, 461. Passengers not to be ferried over after night, 581. B. Cham- bers complains of another boat .being about to be set up by two Swedes, ministers, ii., 137. Coun- cil forbid it, 137. Case of Rud- man and Sandal, 147, 149, 150. Indian chief Manangy arrives, 191. Benjamin Chambers invents a boat for, 258. Objects to other ferries, 258. Petition from Welsh tract for another ferry on, 276. Opposed by Wm. Powell, 277. Ferry not granted, 289. B. Cham- bers at, attacked by Swedes, 477, 478. Ferries and roads belong to public, 485, 525. Ferry, pro- posed law, 528. Petition from in- habitants on taxes, iii., 91. On road, 225. Fishing dams to be
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Schuylkill-
removed, 233. Act against dams, &c., 383. Road from Lancaster to, laid out, 523, 618. Wears on, act against, 566. River, petition respecting wears on, iv., 17, 2 ', 23, 284. Road from Lancaster to, 503. History of early action, 18. Riot respecting wears, 284. To be made navigable, viii., 582. Act to keep banks, &c., in order, 667. Ferry, Act for protecting, ix., 296, 549. Fisheries, 610, 620, 707. Navigation and fisheries, x., 73. Not to be passed by per- sons with arms, xi., 27. Toll bridge at, 53. Floating bridge, guard at, 55, 56. Bridge nearly ready to be passed with wagons, 210. To Christiana, 250. Bridge, guard for-no one to pass, 299. Falls, troops to rendezvous at, 301. Guard, 202 Bridge to be re- moved and taken to the Delaware -boats to be removed, 81, 305. Major Casdrop there, 298, 305. Called into service-Richard Den- nis supplies his place, 310. Bridge to be repaired and brought again to its place, 536. Guard for mid- dle bridge, 657. Rent of, 664, 667. Toll from United States, 675. Partly carried away, 686. Expensive, 711. Cable, &c., 724. Bridge to be examined-tolls charged, xii., 195. Committee ap- pointed to employ person to take care of, and procure boats and ropes for ferry, till season for re- placing bridge, 202. Benj. G. Eyre paid for replacing, 205. Wood on tract west of, to be cut down for the poor, 207. Abuses of, 208. Wood taken-terms of con- tinental teams, 212. Carried away by ice-to be restored by B .. Eyres, 266. Under charge Quar- ter-Master-General's department, J. Mitchell to keep in repair- continental teams, &c., to pass free-rates of tolls, 269. And road to Darby-petition, 292. Road from, 314. Rent paid, 315. Expense of replacing, 317, 318, 321. Rent paid, 340, 385. Ex- pense of examining, 374. Ex- penses, 391. Rent, 458. Road
to, from Darby, 650, 667, 727. French get masts from, 488 Floating bridge vested in George Gray, 690. River, examination of, xvi., 122. Commissioners to view, 178. J. Hockley paid, 240.
Commissioners to examine, 319. Sherman, Conrad, xiv., 486.
Scofield, Nath., Cor., xvi., 192, 492. Scold, a common, sentenced to be ducked, but pardoned, xii., 235, 243.
Scotland, rebellion in favor of Po- pish Pretender, v., 6. Success in, 50.
Scott, Alex., Proth'aryy, xvi., 41. Scott, James, a traitor, imprisoned, xii., 329.
Scott, John, violent proceedings against his house in Donegal township, iii., 266. Coroner, xiii., 751; xiv., 256; xv., 118. Jus- tice, 59.
Scott, Josiah, a Justice, x., 209. Scott, Philip, Justice, xiv., 321.
Scott, Robert, resigns as Justice,
xiii., 748. Engraver, xiv., 471. Scott, Thomas, Commissioners to Congress at Yorktown, xi., 435. Letter, 773. Sales of land in this province by Virginia, xii., 234. Appointed Prothonotary of Wash- ington county, 681. Election in Washington county, xiii., 403. Acccounts, 586. Resigns as mem- ber Congress-referred to Assem- bly, xv., 656. Requested to con- tinue as member Congress, xvi., 7. Member Congress, resigns from Council, 40.
Scott, Capt. Wm., x., 687. Pay- master, xi., 308, 390, 406, 493, 509; xii., 461; xiii., 27.
Scruneyattha, Indian half king- speech to Governors, vi., 31.
Scull, Edward, obstructed by In- dians in survey of lands, v., 489. Scull and Hall, printers, Pittsburg, xv., 390.
Scull, Jasper, Sheriff, v., 662. Coro- ner, vi., 144. Sheriff, ix., 285, 333, 398.
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Scull, John, presents for Indians, iii., 297. Sent with message to Indians, 305. Interprets, 313. Expenses, 344, 425.
Scull, Nicholas, &c., petition for
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road from lime kilns to Philadel- phia, i., 536. Sent to Indians, iii., 305. Expenses, 344. Inter- prets, iv., 742. Sheriff, 748, 782; v., 55, 662. Appointed Surveyor- General, 274. Sheriff, vi., 144, 638. Surveyor-General's certifi- cate respecting Indian walk, vii., 399. Indian conference at his house, at which Commissioners, Quakers, &c., were present, re- specting lands, &c., viii., 212. Scull, Nicholas, Ensign, x., 464. Scull, William, Sheriff, x., 270.
Sea letters, Act of Congress for granting, xv., 392.
Seagrove, James, to be arrested, xii. 495. Released, 498.
Seals for each County ordered- their devices, i., 65. Use of great and lesser, 232. Keeper of great, proposes to visit New York- doubts of his right to do so solved, 234. Difficulty about, 235. Greater, when applied, 243. Refused to a paper, 250. To be delivered to keeper, 319. Keeper may sit in Co'ty Courts, 321. For Philadelphia county, 343. Keeper refuses to affix it, 345. Keeper, 581. County, law changed, ii., 210. For Master of Rolls' office described, 233. Greater and lesser, new ones given by Pro- prietaries, iii., 530. : Delivered to Secretary, iv., 639. Words punched out, v., 382. Great, the, viii., 335, 408. Difficulty in ab- sence of keeper, 408. And motto for Committee of Safety, x., 328. For Court of Admiralty, cut and paid for, xii., 102. The Great, of late Province, to be secured, 178. The Great, of late Province, Mr. Physic, keeper, delivers it-di- rections respecting it, 205. As- sembly apply for, part delivered, 237. The Great, xv., 299.
Sealer of weights and measures, i., 128.
Seamen may be searched for on board of vessels, x., 435.
Search warrant granted, i., 151.
Searle, James, xi , 715. Member of Congress-change of flour to ship- bread for shipment, xii., 77-82, 172. Asks to be Aid-de-Camp of
President, 138. Sloop Active, 144. Attends Council, 210. Paid, 274, 314. Member of Congress, 371. Pay as Member of Congress, xii., 409, 410. Appointed agent to Europe to solicit loans, 414. Com- mission, 415. Instructions, 416. List of goods to be purchased, 417. Made Lieutenant-Colonel by brevet, 418. Compensation, 418. Interest, 422. Report on his re- call, 694. Return from Europe requested, xiii., 11. To be writ- ten to, 242. Arrives from France and waits on Council, 310. Re- specting his pay as agent, 751. Before Council, 752. Committee on accounts of, xiv., 373.
Secret Committee (of Congress) to furnish saltpetre, x., 484.
Seddon, Thomas, paper-maker, xv., 462.
Seditious papers, persons spreading, to be secured, xi., 396.
Seely, John, Ensign, xi., 112. Jus- tice, xiii., 683. Deposition of, xiv., 32.
Seely, Jonas, letter from, in relation to Indian murders, ix., 43. Pro- vincial Commissioner, 237.
Seidel, Nathan, a Moravian, sent to consult with Governor M., vii., 190.
Seigler, Charles, (see Jegler. )
Seip, Peter, Coroner, ix., 778 ; x., 56.
Selin, Captain, rank, xii., 297. Sell, Ludwig, Coroner, xv., 577 xvi., 210.
Sellers, John, a commissioner to view river Schuylkill, resigns, xvi., 194.
Sellers, Nathan, appointed to make a survey of river Delaware from Schuylkill to Christiana creek, xi., 251. Commissioner to view roads, xiv , 442.
Semple, Captain, xi., 33.
Semple, Cunningham, Justice, xiii., 666.
Semple, William, Sub-Lieutenant, resigns-thanks for services, xii., 210.
Seneca Indians, rumored invasion by, from Maryland, i., 277, 447. Confess to murder of Catawba In- dians, iii., 21. Famine and great
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distress among, iv., 564; vii., 40, 43. Chief's speech to Dela- wares, 515. Their chief town, viii , 118, 149. A chief dies at Easton, 213. Seneca George, shot, ix., 603, 604; Speech of Shoanaszowa, 604. War de- clared by Delawares against, xii., 586.
Senseman, Gotlieb, and wife, Mora- vians-pass to Pittsburg, &c,, with letters to Colonel Brodhead, xii., 346.
Sergeant, Jona. Dickinson, appointed Attorney-General, xi., 254. Case of Mrs. Parrock, 667. Attorney- General, paid salary, xii., 102, 155, 493. Resigns as Attorney- General. 550. To assist in a prosecution, 600. Retaining fee, case of Hog Island, 634. Resigns as Attorney-General, thanks to, 548, 550. Appointed a coun- sel on Connecticut claim, xiii., 215, 299, 310. Buys city lots, 335. Employed in case of chil- dren of Andrew Allen and State, xiv., 448, 459. Attorney-General, paid to, 623. To aid Attorney- General, xv., 127.
Sermon, Joseph, convicted of refus- ing Continental bills, x., 497.
Serrill, Isaac, Commissioner, xii., 420.
Servants, law to prevent sale of, into other Provinces proposed, i., 61. Sale of a, 63. Proclamation against dealing with, 74. Masters authorized to chastise, 78. To serve five for every day's absence, 80. Punished for telling truth, 88. Rules respecting, 117, 129. Complaint against, 146, 149, 150. Master of a vessel threatens to carry, to Virginia, 161, 162. Trial for sale of a, 185, 223. Duty on convicts imported as, iii., 163, 166. On Irish, 359. Enlisting of, iv., 437, 466, 468. England wishes white servants, rather than negroes, 437, 438, 449, 468. Indentured, clamor against enlist- ing, vi., 777. Letter to General Shirley respecting, 777. Address of Assembly to Governor on en- listment of, vii., 37. And appren- tices, enlistment of, ix., 17, 23,
24. Regulation of, 729. Not to be enlisted, x., 724. And appren- tices, not to be enlisted, xi., 242. Settlement -- bill of, passed, i., 62, 63. Act of, does it vacate the charter ? 597.
Sewaise, or Sohaise, chief of Cones- toga Indians, viii., 115. Speech to Governor, 118.
Seward, Richard, appointed Lieu- tenant in Colonel Penrose's bat- talion, x., 473.
Sewell, Richard, Sheriff, v., 120, 345, 411. Sheriff of Philadelphia, re- turns furnaces and forges in 1750, ix., 633.
Seyfert, Conrad, Lieutenant, xii., 338.
Seymour, Col., Governor of Mary- land, expresses from, relative to French privateers, ii., 240. Is he Vice Admiral of the Province ? 417, 421.
Seymour, Thomas, appointed Com- modore, &c., instructions to, x., 731. Council visit, at Fort Island, 732. To man fleet, 754. Not to allow persons to examine works, 758. Men of boats improperly detained, 777. To inspect ves- sels, 779. To weigh chevaux-de- frise, 781. Not to allow vessel to pass, 781. To man fleet and rendezvous at Philadelphia, xi., 1. To station guard-boats, 4. Ordered with boats to Trenton, 39. Orders to issue through Com. Hazelwood, 74, 131, 242, 257. Shade, Captain Henry, of Rifle com- pany, x., 605.
Shaffer, David, "a good Whig" --- pass, xi., 593.
Shaffner, George, Ensign, x., 704. Shakuppo, Indian King, i., 435. Shakatawlins; Indian Chief, death of-grief of Sassoonan, iii., 404. Shallnarooners Indians, i., 397. Shallop, the State, to be sold, as she lies half full of water, xi., 576.
Shallus, Jacob, memorial and brief of title to land, referred to Land Office, xiii., 548. 549. Title to city lot confirmed, 632, 633. Again referred to Land Office, 636. Report, 637. Notary, xv., 295.
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INDEX TO COLONIAL RECORDS.
Shambough, Valentine, recovers from R. Swanwick's estate, xii., 199.
Shamokin, (see Fort Augusta,) journal of C. Weiser to, iv., 640, 646, 680. Conrad Weiser sent to demand of Delaware Indians the murderers of John Armstrong, 676, 678, 679. His report, 680, 684. Removal of Indians from, 747, 758. Indians from, arrive, 767. Message, &c., delivered by Conrad Weiser to Indians at Joseph Chamber's, v., 84. Called in Indian Zenachson, 84. Visit of C. Weiser to, vi., 35. Lands purchased, Indians, 119, 129. Mur- ders at J. Penn's Creek, 645, 662. Described by Governor, 665. Mur- ders by Indians, 668, 669. Go- vernor intends building a fort at, 701. Governor promises to erect a fort at, vii., 6. Fort at, 6, 54, 76, 79, 80, 90, 96, 121, 159, 163, 184, 281, 294. Houses burned, 154. Indian Conference at, 299. Governor proposes to invite Dela- wares to settle at, 543, 546. In- structions to Thomas McKee to conduct Indians to, 556. Indian Agents at, viii., 99, 128, 501. Conference between Col. Francis, &c., and Indians at, ix., 610- 620; xi., 84.
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