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Shankland, David, Coroner, viii., 506.
Shankland, John, Sheriff, iii., 615. Shankland, Joseph, viii., 403, 506.
Shankland, Rhoads, Sheriff, ix., 286, 333, 398.
Shankland, William, Sheriff, iv., 748, 782. Sheriff, v., 55, 551, 597. Coroner, 411, 468.
Shannon, Dr., to be arrested, xi., 332, 386.
Shannon, William, auctioneer, Northern Liberties, xvi., 36, 40. Duty on sales, 253.
Shanoppin, Town W., of Carlisle, v., 707. Distance and latitude, 751- 762.
Sharpe, Gov. Hor., of Maryland, vi., 178. Number of enemy at Wenan- go, 179. Letters to and from, 418, 453, 477, 639 ; vii., 14, 132, 341, 570, 716. Meets E. Loudoun at Philadelphia, 470. Letter to, on
Indian affairs, from Governor, viii., 779. Letters to and from, ix., 306, 375. Administers oath to Governor Penn, 348. Petition of John Redick, 375.
Sharp, Lt. George, offers resigna- tion-declined, xii., 15.
Sharp, William -proceeding of Hampton Court respecting Mary- land and Pennsylvania, iv., 254. Certificate of confirmation of acts by Court at Kensington, viii., 40. Sharpless, Daniel, to make fire arms, x., 338.
Shaver, George, Ensign, xii., 70. Shaw Anthony, Coroner, iii., 465, 520.
Shaw, William, Attorney-General, iii., 338. Commissioner of pur- chases, xii., 584. Letters on dis- turbances at Wyoming, xv., 27. Shawannah Indians, articles of agreement with, ii., 15. Con- spiracy against, 145.
Shawnese Indians, iii., 19, 45. Vir- ginia slaves among, 215. Mes- sage from their chief, 309. Louisi- ana, 402. Respecting, 443. Second conference with, at Philadelphia, iii., 459-463. Unfriendly, with other tribes, iv., 739, 741. Ask Delawares to remove from Sha- mokin to Ohio, 747, 757 ; v., 292. Message from, 569, 571. Im- prisoned in South Carolina, 696. Sick in Philadelphia, 704. Death of Kishocoquilla, a chief, vi., 154, 178, 421. Report on claims of, 724. Chief, the Pride, dies in Carolina, vii., 540. Tribes, perfidy of-terms of peace ob- tained by Colonel Bouquet, ix., 239. Hostages escape, 239. Sepa- rate from Delawares and move to Scioto, x., 201. Message of Go- vernor Penn to, 203. Expedition against, from Virginia, 214.
Shawana, Ben, Indian Chief, at Great Island-letter to W. Pat- terson, ix., 480.
Shawana, John, a Shawnese Indian, asks aid of Council, ix., 776.
Shawnois Town, strange Indians from North Carolina arrive at, ii , 390.
Shay, Daniel, rewards offered for him by Council and Governor of
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Massachusetts, xv., 171. Repeal by Massachusetts, 435, 442. Sheaff, Philip, Collector of Excise, xvi., 194.
Sheaff, William, complains of short measure in city lots purchased, xv., 537, 562.
Shee, Colonel John, recommended as a colonel to Congress, x., 442. Elected, 443. Officers, 497. Capt. Alles resigns, 497. Firelocks lent to, 501. D. Jones, chaplain, 551. Asks for arms, 600. Auditor of Accounts, xii., 486, 717; xvi., 543.
Shee, Walter, appointed Tonnage Officer, &c., xi., 191, 197, 200. Member of Board of War, 200, 272. (Deceased, ) Collector of Tonnage and Duty on Negroes, xiv., 264.
Sheik, Sede, a Christian nobleman from Syria -- bill presented by Governor for his entertainment -- requests it may be paid, iv., 296. Sheep, ten, to be kept by every owner of forty acres, ii., 27.
Sheep stealing, conviction for, xii., 261.
Sheeting, Russia, x., 439, 441. Shekillamy, Indian Chief, iii., 337. To be sent as messenger to In- dians, 409. Returns with In- dians, 425. Reward to, 447. At Philadelphia, 500, 608. To be specially noticed by request of Indians, iv., 88. Attends con- ference, 434, 447. His cousin killed, 641. Orders Delaware murderers arrested, 675. They are in prison, 746. On Shamokin Indians, 747, 757. Complains of rum, 758; v., 83, 84, 212, 213, 222, 284.
Shekallamy, John's, lame son, James Logan, vi., 35. Com- plains of strangers from New York, 216. Informs of settlers north of Albany, 420. Letter of Governor to, 420. Goes with C. Wiser up Susquehanna, 444.
Shekallamy, John-his statement in reply to D. Zeisberger, vii., 245. Shelburne, Earl of, letters to and from, ix., 341, 342, 378, 379. On Indian murders, &c., 342. Charge of Provincial establishment, 378.
Modes of granting land -- quit rents, &c., 379, 382. Claims city lots, xv., 88, 235, 481, 485. Shelby, Captain, vii., 531.
Shemekenwhoa, a Shawnee Chief, complains of sale of rum, ii., 33. Sherard's ferry, xi., 636.
Sheriffs of counties, i., 58,126, 165, 166, 170, 186, 195, 197, 206, 211, 213, 267, 269, 332, 339, 368. Fined for not doing duty, 125. Cannot act as attorneys, 170. Complained of, 301. Continued for a season, Claypoole excepted, 321. To re- ceive Governor's rents, &c., 343; ii., 20, 22, 25, 101, 105, 177, 178, 205, 233, 397, 298, 448; iii., 30, 56, 69, 108, 139, 260, 289, 332, 359, 370, 387, 464, 465, 520, 574, 614. Elected, iv., 85, 247, 309, 352, 469, 500, 669, 748, 782. Elected, v., 55, 120, 345, 464, 551, 561, 597, 662. Elected, vi., 144, 638 ; vii., 753; viii. 223, 403, 781; ix., 57, 199, 285, 398, 547, 548, 623, 624, 688, 691, 697, 777, 778, 779 ; x., 56, 100, 106, 211, 212, 270; xi., 178, 186, 217, 222, 229, 234, 240, 363, 365, 371, 372, 373, 375, 377, 378, 503. 512, 525, 595, 606, 609, 623, 638 ; xii., 38, 43, 131, 134, 136, 145, 147, 161, 162, 166, 182, 506, 507, 508. Fines, 215, 510, 513, 518, 540. Elected, xiii., 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 133, 158, 391, 393, 397, 419, 443, 719, 726, 730, 740, 751; xiv., 230, 232, 234, 236, 237, 244, 245, 248, 256, 267, 269, 554, 557, 558, 567, 597. Elected, xv., 98, 100, 102, 109, 116, 118, 120, 125, 195, 294, 296, 297, 301, 302, 325, 565, 570, 578, 584, 600, 646; xvi., 17, 72, 191, 192, 194, 210, 212, 215, 490, 492, 494, 495, 496, 498, 509, 514, 521, 527, 542. Sherman's Valley, suffers from Indians, vi., 674. Creek, naviga- tion of, x., 70.
Shewell, Robert, claim on, xi., 669. And Isaac Wikoff, 670. Case of, resolution of committee on States, xiv., 162.
Shick, Calamy, youngest son, alias John Petit, viii., 263.
Shingas, Delaware King, destroys great cove, vi., 675.
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Ship Montgomery, pays wharfage and storage, xii., 35.
Ship, provincial, of war to be built, x., 395. Progress, 401, 495. Offi- cers, 521, 522. To be called Montgomery, 525.
Shippen, Edward, appointed speaker of Assembly, i., 490. Gone to England, 545. Member of Coun- cil, 547. Member of new Council, 580. Appointed Commissioner of property, ii., 61. Provincial judge, 87. President of Council of Governors, 86. Takes affirmation, 96. To send accounts of Free Soci- ety of Traders to England, 163. A commissioner of property, iv., 31. Letter, describing several places and persons, v., 660. Let- ter informing of French on Ohio, vi., 431. Murders near Shippens- burg, 459, 655. Letters to and from, vii., 294. Appointed com- missioner to Wyoming, 754. Let- ters to and from, viii., 113. Judge of admiralty, 171. Justice of Lan- caster, 562; ix., 89. Letter re- specting murder of Conestoga In- dians, 89. Second account, 100. Sent to for intelligence, 100. In- forms Governor of designs of Pax- ton Boys to march to Philadelphia and kill Indians at Province Is- land, 108. Justice, &c., 292. Ap- pointed Justice and President of Court of Common Pleas, xiv., 103. Judge of errors and appeals, 207, 210. Justice of Dock ward, 548. President of Quarter Sessions, 549. Resigns as President of Court General Quarter Sessions, and Justice, xv., 120. Accepted, 128. Claim on estate of B. Arnold, 640. Resigns as President of Court of General Quarter Session, xvi,, 133. Judge claims of R. Peters, 562. Judge of Court of Errors, &c., 534.
Shippen, Edward, Jr., Commis- sioner to Lancaster, vii., 93, 96. Member of Council, ix., 704. Bounds to be fixed by parole, xi., 269.
Shippen, Joseph, occupies Whit- pains front room, ii., 26. As- sembly to meet in his "great chamber, " 129. Sent to Easton
on Wyoming affairs, ix., 749. Report, 750. Justice, &c., xv., 38.
Shippen, Joseph, Jr., elected Sec- retary of Council in place of R. Peters, viii., 671. Continued Sec- retary and Clerk of Council, ix., 72, 782. Appointed Commissioner to Indian treaty at Fort Pitt, 491. Report, 514. Continued provin- cial Secretary, x., 91. Letters to and from, 140. Bounds to be fixed by parole, xi., 269. Dis- charged, 490. Applied to for records, 764. Late Secretary to deliver papers, &c., to Timothy Matlack, xii., 293. To John Penn who is called on for them, 327.
Shippen, William, member of Con- gress, xii., 172. Recommends surgeon, 271.
Shippen, Dr. William, Jr., to ex- amine surgeons, x., 452, 458.
Shippen, Captain William, guard- ian of children of, receives pen- sion, xv., 267, 327, 330, 337. Pension paid, 343, 361. Papers referred, 434, 441, 520, 524, 560, 562, 627, 635. Pay for lumber furnished guardians of his child- ren, xvi., 8.
Shippensburg, road from, through Raystown, Wells creek to Du Quesne, vi., 317. Commission to George Croghan, J. Armstrong, &c., 318. Murder near Fort at, provisions, &c., 460. Fort at, 493, 732 ; vii., 599, 603; viii., 224. Provisions from Virginia to be discharged at, xi., 461. Sent to Lancaster, 462.
Shipmaster's Society incorporated, ix., 566, 578, 650.
Ships, "unfree" proceeded against, i., 90.
Shirley, Fort, vii., 230. Evacuated, 278.
Shirley, Captain Morris, recruiting for his father's regiment in Phila- delphia, vi., 295, 303. In west, 335, 337.
Shirley, Governor William, expedi- tion against Cape Breton, iv., 753, 762. Embargo on powder, 764. On reduction of Lewisburg, 764. Letters, &c., v., 31, 55, 63, 73, 74, 76, 83, 97, 105, 127, 133, 141,
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Shirley, Gov. William-
152, 165, 171, 296, 303. Asks for rolls of soldiers, &c., 127. Letters to and from, vi., 16, 57, 439, 463, 496, 511, 655. To be consulted, 200. Message to Assembly, 314. Proposes building a fort near Crown Point, 330. To take Colo- nel Schuyler and men, 398. Em- bargo, 439. Successes at Louis- burg, 463. Letter from Governor M. on Braddock's defeat, death of his son, &c., 496. Com- mand devolves on him, 497. Braddock's defeat, arrival of Col- onel Dunbar at Cumberland, 513. Governor M. informs him, of In- dian murders, &c., near Shamo- kin, 665. Of Massachusett, his son recruiting in Philadelphia, 296, 298. Proposes stopping sup- plies from French, 309. Letters to and from, 309, 310, 334. Ar rives at Philadelphia, 358, 548, 549, 558, 593, 595, 777. Plans of French, provision in England against fort proposed, Commis- sioners appointed, &c., 310, 313. Message to Assembly, 314. Arri- val of French fleet at Louisburg, 450. Opinion of Colonel Dunbar's retreat and orders to him, 548. Letter to Dunbar, 549. On French neutrals, 730. Invites Governor M. to meet at New York, 745. Council at New York, 765. Sends soldiers to Philadelphia, 774. Re- specting indented servants, 777. Request appointment of Commis- sioners to settle General Brad- dock's wagoner's accounts, vii., 10. Letters to and from, 19, 39, 109, 111, 127. To General John- son, 19. Appointed Commander- in-chief, 19. Instructions to Gen- eral Johnson, 19. Speech to Six Nations, 21. Holds council of war at New York, 23. Measures to be taken and number of men to be raised for Crown Point, 29-31. Enlisting servants, 37, 39. Called on for a share of arms, 109. Sent, 110, 111. On decl'n of war, 112. Shirley, William, Secretary to Gen- eral Braddock to Governor Morris, state of the camp, &c., vi., 405. Killed, 489, 496.
Shoanaszowa, Seneca Indian's
speech at Philadelphia, ix., 604. Shirts for soldiers, xi., 471.
Shoemaker, Abraham, notary pub- lic, xv., 89.
Shoemaker, Anthony, for pass, xii., 252.
Shoemaker, Benjamin, commission- er to Indians, vi., 754. Appointed on Committee to investigate pro- prietary purchases from Indians, vii., 354. Pass to Shrewsbury, xii., 782.
Shoemaker, Lieutenant-Colonel, let- ter-militia refuse to pay fines, xii., 103.
Shoemaker, Henry, Justice, xiv., 33.
Shoemaker, Jacob, Sheriff, ix., 547, 623, 688. Certificate respecting steel furnace, 633.
Shoemaker, Jonathan, Justice, xv., 279.
Shoemaker, Samuel, to be seized, xi., 284. Confiscated estate in Arch, between Front and Second, north side, sold, and deed exe- cuted, xii., 185, 265, 271, 413, 553, 613, 737. Intercepted jour- nal-his wife, 271. Her pass to New York, 352. Estate sold, xv., 657.
Shoemaker, Thomas, certificate re- specting steel furnace in Philadel- phia, ix., 634. Confiscated es- tate sold, xii., 202.
Shoes for soldiers, xi., 56.
Shops and schools to be shut up, xi., 27. Opened, 50.
Shot to be made, x., 561, 575, 578. Shreiber, John, to have care of bar-
racks, stores, and magazine at Lancaster, xiv., 76.
Shreuer, Colonel, Miss Levy, xi., 676.
Shrewer, George, Coroner, xvi., 192. Shrewsbury, Secretary of State, England, letter respecting inva- sions of French, and preparation for war, i., 302.
Shrewsbury, Duke of, letter on pi- rates, i., 555.
Shubart, Michael, elected to Assem- bly, xii., 129.
Shubel, Theodore, memorial, xi., 755.
Shugart, Peter, Sheriff, viii,, 403.
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Shugart, Zechariah, Sheriff, viii., 506. Pass for his wife, xi., 567. Shurlock, Simon, to finish with ex- pedition the ship he is building for the province, x., 486, 495. Shumann, John Ludwig, children called on to pursue a claim in Germany, xvi., 49. Heirs of pro- perty in Germany, 126.
Shurmer, Benjamin, Judge of Su- preme Court for Kent, iii., 253, 269.
Sibbald, Captain John, appointed to command the batteries, v., 267. Col. Taylor's instructions to, 284. Sigfriedt, John, Sheriff, xi., 525; xiii., 47, 48.
Signals, x., 515, 521.
Silk to be encouraged, iii., 392.
Silsby, Samuel, Coroner, v., 411, 468.
Simcock, John, member of first Council, i., 57. Appointed to treat with Indians for lands, 156. Councillor, 169. To act as Lieu- tenant-Governor, 212. Declines to attend Council, 234. Speaker, 503.
Simmons, Jeremiah, Lieutenant of a boat, x., 339. Appointed Cap- tain of artillery company, 584. Respecting salt taken, xii., 142.
Simmons, Captain Leeson, signals, x., 521.
Simms, Charles, claim to land on Ohio, xv., 242. Memorial, 250. Simple, Wm., Sub-Lieut., xi., 218. Simpson, James, appointed master of provision vessels, x., 584. Lieutenant, xi., 557.
Simpson, John, accomplice of L. Stewart, to be arrested, ix., 717. Paymaster, xi., 2. Register and Recorder of Deeds, 195.
Sims, Captain, complained of as in- sulting inhabitants of Bristol, xi., 254.
Sims, Joseph, sells saltpetre, x. 314. Sims, Woodrop, buys a lot, xiii., 395.
Sipple, Jonathan, Coroner, ix., 624; x., 270.
Sipple, Waltham, petition against Maryland's proceedings, vi., 417. Six Nations of Indians, arrival of some of their chiefs at Philadel- phia, iii., 608. Message from, v.,
284. Deeds for lands purchased from, by Commissioners at Al- bany, vi., 119-129. Settlers on their lands, 420. Scaroyady and Montour sent to, in reference to Delawares, 697. General Shir- ley's speech to, vii., 21, 59. Captain Newcastle sent to, 222. Croghan's proceedings with, at Harris's, 506-517.
Skidmore, Thomas, Sheriff of Kent County, iii., 289.
Skinner, John, paid on account of contract with State, xv., 227, 431, 486, 519, 543, 635.
Skins, presented by Indians on re- newal of treaties, iv., 571.
Skippack creek, bridge over, lot- tery for, ix., 284, 285, 719, 729. Skull, Nicholas, complained of, i.,
187. Injury from Indians, 187. (See N. Scull.)
Slagle, Colonel Henry, x., 735.
Slater, Thomas, and mate of brig Betsey, from Virginia, imprisoned for going with Roebuck, x., 563. Slaughter, Colonel George, allowed to purchase powder for a new settlement in Virginia or Ken- tucky, x., 332.
Slave, "and Slavery," negro Harry, case of, xi., 263. Act to prohibit importation proposed, ii., 213. Condemned to death - Owners compromised with, 405. Singu- lar punishment, 406. Gradual abolition proposed, 688. Me- morial of Committee of the So- ciety for the Abolition of, relative to a free negro held in bondage in Louisiana, xvi., 33.
Sleeping Place, or Black Log, v., 348.
Sloan, Lieutenant David, appointed, x., 678.
Slough, Matthias, Coroner, vi., 638 ; vii., 266 ; viii., 402, 506, 781 ; ix., 57, 199, 285, 333, 398, 547. Col- onel, x., 503. Agent to buy cloth- ing, 538. Saltpetre, 540. Pay for troops, 554. Delivers certain articles, 726.
Small, Major, x., 500.
Smallman, Lieutenant Thomas, at Frederick, vii., 553.
Small-pox prevails-Assembly ad- journs in consequence, iii., 426,
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428. Indian dies at Philadelphia,
463. Prevails in Virginia, v., 221. At Philadelphia, vii., 309, 358, 517. At Lancaster, 474. Deaths by, 546, 597.
Smallwood, General, xii., 549.
Smallwood, John, fined, imprisoned, and reprieved, xi., 663.
Smallwood, W., Governor of Mary- land, resolution of Legislature, xiv., 589, 651. Demands a crim- inal, xv., 463.
Smith, Captain Lieutenant, xii., 718. Smith, Colonel, xi., 553; xii., 89, 114
Smith, Mr., a custom-house officer, arms taken from, x., 524.
Smith, Abraham, Lieutenant, xii., 322. Resigns, 487. Paid for pro- visions, xiii., 247. County Lieut., xiv., 400. Councillor, xv., 302, 358; xvi., 409.
Smith, Alexander, Surgeon, xiii., 10.
Smith, Baltzer Cline, pension to widow of, xv., 545.
Smith, Capt. Christopher, commis- sioned by Governor Spotswood to go to Albany respecting murder of Catawba Indians, iii., 21.
Smith, Devereux, letter respecting D. Conolly, x., 169. Letter, xii., 286.
Smith, Ezekiel, Sheriff, viii., 506. Smith, Garrett, deposition respect- ing Col. Pickering, xv., 514.
Smith, George, agent for sale of es- tates, xi., 538, 608. Agent of confiscated estates, xii., 189.
Smith, Jahbel, captured in flag of truce by a privateer under E. Skellinger-bond put in suit, xiii., 49.
Smith, James (Yorktown), member of Congress, xi., 385. Of York, appointed Judge of Court of Er- rors and Appeals, xii., 548: Re- signs, 723. Controversy with S. Lyons. xiii., 222, 311.
Smith, John, an Indian trader, iii., 309.
Smith, Dr. John, arrested and im- prisoned as a tory, x., 460. Con- victed and remanded to gaol, 469. A suspected person discharged from prison, xi., 347.
Smith, John and Robert, murder
Wm. Boyd in Chester county- proclamation against, xii., 349. Reward paid, 362. To be execu- ted, 405.
Smith, Jona., Jr., clerk in Loan Of- fice, xv., 11.
Smith, Jona. Bayard, member of Council of Safety, xi., 45. Pro- thonotary, 197. To bring papers to Philadelphia, 275. Member of Congress, 385. To furnish copies of papers, 425. Appointed Pro- thonotary and Justice of Philadel- phia county, 527. Applies to have records of Prothonotary's office brought from Reading, 534. Appointed Auditor to adjust ac- counts of troops, xii., 589. Re- signs, 614. Prothonotary of Phila- delphia, xiv., 143. Prothonotary of Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, xv., 329, 330, 331. Resigns, 595.
Smith, Matthew, and James Gibson, &c., memorial respecting Indians on frontiers, ix., 138-142, 146. To buy arms at Lancaster, x., 688. Member of Council, xi., 503, 618. Letter, 751; xii., 3, 20, 72, 114. Elected Vice Presi- dent of Council, 127. Resigns, 221, 222, 493. Prothonotary, 243. Complaints against, xiii., 29, 446, 493. Dismissed, 696.
Smith, Robert, at works at Fort Island, x., 605. Paid for build- ing chevaux-de-frise, 645, 700. Builder, at Billingsport, xi., 6. Lieutenant, 230, 370. Sheriff, 624. Hatter, appointed clerk of market, xii., 110. Lieutenant of county of Chester, proceed- ings respecting, xiv., 650, 658, 660, 661, 664, 665, 666. Paid for newspapers, &c., xv., 239, 366, 370, 373.
Smith, Samuel, Sheriff of Lancaster county on Maryland affairs, iv., 68.
Smith, Lieut .- Colonel Samuel, com- manding at Fort Mifflin, gives his receipt for sundry articles, xi., 397. Committee to Gen. Arnold, 523.
Smith, Samuel, Sheriff, iii., 615; iv., 86, 247. Censor, xiii., 719. Justice, xiv., 313.
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Smith, Samuel, Jr., Escheat, xiv., 405.
Smith, Col. Thomas, attends con- ference between Governor Hart of Maryland and Governor Keith, iii., 60. Sheriff, 332. Sheriff, v., 597, 662. Sheriff, vi., 144. Of Bedford, x., 672; xi., 108. Late Prothonotary refuses to deliver papers-arrested, 373; xii., 8, 15, 70. Respecting militia, 210. Commissioner of Loan Office, let- ter from, 551. 556. Continental Loan officer, payment to, xiii., 6, 585. Loan officer, xv., 11.
Smith, Timothy, Sheriff, iii., 362, 370, 574, 615. Sheriff, iv., 86. Smith, William, committed, enqui- ry why ? xi., 43. To be seized, 284.
Smith, William, Lieutenant, xii., 776.
Smith, Wm., Coroner, v., 411, 464, 551. Sheriff, viii., 402, 506. (New Castle), Coroner, 403. Justice, ix., 272. Complained of for neg- lect of duty, 293. Removed, 293; x., 687. Battalion, 688. Justice, xiii., 653. Has care of pest house and Mud Island and Billingsport, 429. Builds a wharf, xiv., 598, 599.
Smith, Wm. Drewitt, to be seized, xi., 284.
Smith, William Rev. Provost, case of, viii., 11, 17. Charged with libel against Assembly, &c., 11, 17. Serves Assembly with an order of Council, 438. Found guilty of libel and imprisoned, 438-442. Order of committal to the Sheriff of Philadelphia coun- ty, 442. At Indian conference at Shamokin, ix., 611. Holds di- vine service, which Indians at- tend, 612. To be seized, xi., 284, 525.
Smith, Wm. Hooker, claims, xiv., 395, 396. Letter to, xv., 35.
Smith, Wm. Moore, deposition re- specting at Reading for carrying letters for British prisoners, xii., 30.
Smither, John, Coroner, ix., 689, 778.
Smout, Edward, Justice, iii., 531. Smuggling, i., 285.
Smyther, Capt. - -, of militia, x., 649.
Snake Town, Thomas Wright killed by Indians at, iii., 285, 313, 326.
Sneider, Fred., doorkeeper, xi., 606. Doorkeeper, donation to, xiii., 258. Pay on business of election, 276.
Sneider, Simon, sub-Lieutenant, resigns, xiii., 279. Justice, xiv., 322. Petition against, 325, 493. Snow Shoes, preparing by Indians, v., 1.
Snowden, Christopher, appointed searcher and waiter of customs, i:, 148.
Snowden, Isaac, slave, convicted, x., 93. Commissioner for taxes and levies, xi., 536. Collector of public taxes not to pay militia fines, xii., 636. Buys city lots, xiii., 334, 340. Accounts, 380. Treasurer of City and County of Philadelphia, xy., 89.
Snowden, Jedediah, to send stores to Lancaster, xi., 58. For negro run off to enemy, xii., 116. And Sarah, pass granted to, xiii., 369. Snowden, Leonard, to be arrested, x., 359. Friends may visit, 397, 409. To be released on parole, 455. His expenses paid, 457, 467.
Snyder, Conrad, Coroner, xv., 120, 301. .
Snyder, Ensign Philip, xi., 557.
Society of Free Traders (see Penn- sylvania Company), execution against, i., 146, 189.
Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts-Rev. Alexander Murray, missionary, x., 503.
Sock, William and Betty, viii., 113, 115, 116, 134. News by him, 118. Takes colors from French, 131.
Soldiers petition Governor and Coun- cil, iv., 666. In want of clothing, v., 56. Purchased, 65.
Solebury Township, road, ii., 520, 539. Bucks county, ferry at, iii., 171, 174.
Soleonwanaghty, an Indian chief, dies, v., 467.
Sotcher, John, keeper of ferry from Bristol to Burlington, ii., 488.
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Southampton Township, about road, i., 389.
Southbee, William, sells land for Dover Court House, i., 556. Clerk of market, assize of bread, 582. South Carolina, Governor of, letter to Governor of Virginia-Spanish troops and armament preparing at Havana, iv., 165. Counterfeiter, 276. Governor Glen sends bells to General Braddock, vi., 427. An Indian chief dies in, vii., 540. Militia for, 575, 578. Letter from Governor Bull respecting peace with Indians and death of an Oneida, ix., 775. Troops from, may be employed at Billingsport, xi., 236, 242. Military stores lent to, 691. Loan asked by Congress for distressed inhabitants, xiii., 15. "South Carolina," ship, Commodore Gilliam, 368. Act of Legislature, xiv., 165.
Southersby, William, commissioned as Register-General, pro tem., i., 183, 186. Resigns, 195.
Southwark, District of, Philadelphia, Act for erecting, viii., 694, 698. Regulation of, xvi., 4, 155, 2202, 225, 234, 238. Report, 245-251, Draft of, 493.
Sowers' Christ'r, Newspaper, com- plaints against, vii., 245, 339. Forfeited estate, xiii., 207, 508. Spain and France-war with Eng- land proclaimed, ii., 70. War- rant and proclamation for Letters of Marque against, iv., 350, 396. Report of peace with, 427. Rela- tive to, 491-495. Unites in treaty at Aix-la-chapelle, v., 359, 360. Complains against American pri- vateers, viii., 18. War with, de- clared by Great Britain, and pro- claimed at Philadelphia, 703, 706, 710. Peace with France, ix., 13, 37.
Spangenberg, Rev. Augustus, peti- tions for a pass for Messrs. Mack, Zeisberger and Rund, to go as missionaries from the Moravians to the Indians, v., 576. Letter informing Governor of Indians on their way from Wyoming, vi., 358. Attends, at request of In- dians, a conference with Governor, vii., 107. Letters to and from,
118, 173. On Indian affairs, 118. Goes to Lancaster county, 165. Jo. Pepy and Nicodemus to be sent away, 173. Number of Mo- ravians in Bethlehem, 353. Asks exemption from taxes for Mora- vians, viii., 304.
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