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Watson, charges against, 233. Ferry over Neshaminy Creek, 233, 235. Bill proposed and Com- missioners named for building a new Court house and prison for, Governor's objections to, 241. Frankford bridge, 246. Thomas Biles, Sheriff and Jno. Woolston, Coroner, 210, 289, 332, 370, 387. Indian disturbances near Durham Iron Works, 329. T. Smith, Sheriff, 332, 387. . Sheriffs, 416, 464, 520, 574. Coroners, 416, 465, 520, 574. Road petitioned for from Great Swamp; Commis- sioners appointed, 542. Return .. of, 584-587. Road to Macousic, 590. Coroner, 614. Sheriff, 614.
Petition, respecting Court of Chancery; its history, 617. Peti- tion against Court of Chancery, iv., 37. Sheriffs elected, 85, 247, 309, 352, 470, 500, 601, 669, 748, 782. Coroners elected, 85, 247,
309, 352, 601, 669, 748, 782. Lawrence Growden appointed by special commission Justice, 141. Special commissions for in, in consequence of sickness of Dr. Græme, 244. Wm. Bodie of, charged with counterfeiting bills of credit, 273. Examination of Robert Savery, 274. Justices ap- pointed, 312, 482, 782. Coroners, 469, 500. Justices appointed, v., 3, 113, 388, 573. Road from Frankford to Bristol, 29. Sheriffs elected, 55, 120, 345, 411, 464, 550, 597, 662. Coroners elected, 55, 120, 345, 411, 464, 550, 597, 662. Road from Philadelphia to Bristol, 59, 61. Officers elected by associators, 193, 247, 325, 326. Commissions to, 209. French
prisoners ordered to Newtown jail from privateer Trembleur, 264. Escort for, 267. Complaint against Sheriff at election ; not sustained,
345. New county out of, 619. Members of Council appointed, v., 213. Justices, 320, 374. Amount of Poor tax, 462. Road from Dunk's ferry to Philadelphia, 498, 502, 510. Case of Edward Antill,
512. The town of Buckingham (Bristol) to be laid out as a mar- ket town, 513. Road to, 514.
Sheriffs elected, vi., 144, 638. Coroners elected, 144, 638. Sher- iffs elected, vii., 266. Coroners elected, 266, Justices appointed, 437. Negroes convicted and par- doned, viii., 58. Coroners ap- pointed, 223, 403, 506, 781. Sher- iffs appointed, 223, 403, 506, 781. Wagons furnished by, 376. Justices appointed, 576. Courts, ix., 22, 23, 663. Coroners elected, 57, 199, 285, 333, 398, 547, 623, 688, 778. Sheriffs elected, 57, 199, 285, 333, 398, 547, 623, 688, 778. An interior county, 138. Justices appointed, 205, 235, 583, 663, 672. Indians commit outrages on lands of Peter Tuck, 385, 388. Fur- naces and forges, in 1750, 632- 636. L. Growden dies and is suc- ceeded by Wm. Hicks, 663. Road, 703. County road line between Philadelphia, 745, 750, 760. Re- cords, preservation of, x., 23, 42. Sheriffs elected, 56, 101, 211, 270. Coroners elected, 56, 101, 211, 270. Justices, 47, 88, 162. Lottery in, 26, 41. Pigeon Swamp, 26, 41. Dogs, damage by, 32, 42. Con- victions, executions and reprieves, 172, 225. Division of county, 224, 226. Associators of, 362. Coal mine to be sought for in, 428. Call of Committee on important business, 452. Committee to meet, 464. Powder in, 471. Salt- petre, knapsacks, 474. Firelocks, 537, 554. Troops to be ready, 647. Declaration of Independence to be read, 635. Arms, 638. Election suppressed, 764. To be ready at moment's warning, 781. Troops ordered from, xi., 43, 44, 55. House of Isaac Hicks searched; books, papers, records, &c. ; magazine at Newtown to be cleared for the books, &c., 127. Sheriffs, 179, 372, 378, 596. Coro- ners, 179, 217, 372, 378, 596. Register, 187. Prothonotary, 187. Clerk of Orphans' Court, 194. Dedimus, 194. Justices, 248, 251, 282, 372. Joseph Hart, Council- lor, 249. Committee for driving off cattle increased, 253. Lieu- tenants, 259. Discharge of sol- diers, 266. Militia to be sent
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down, 275. Troops now in bar- racks to guard neighborhood of city, 302. To guard prisoners to Reading, 302. Militia, 360. Jus- tices, 379. Pay Master of, 390, 508. Goods seized by Colonels Smith and Keichlein, 392. John Kerr appointed to receive and col- lect clothing, instead of General Lacey, Brigadier General, 411. Lieutenant, 452. Goods found in swamp seized, 462. Robbery of G. Vansant, of Middletown, 512. Reward for robbers in, 518, Cloth- ing purchased, 541. Agents, 556. B. Walton confined, 565. Militia, 626. Militia called out, 636. Justices, 708. Record of a road, 764. Jno. Hart receives subscrip- tions to Loan Office, xii., 47. For -- feited estates in, 73, 77. Militia called out, 129. Elections, 136, 510. Sheriffs, 136, 510. Coroners, 136, 510. Representatives, Assess- ors, Commiss'rs, Councillor, 136. Estate of Gilbert Hicks sold, 156. J. Galloway's estate, 104, 191, 256, 268. Hooper's trial, 250. Mili- tary officers appointed, 298. Com- missioners of purchases, 301. Sale of Jno. Jones' estate, 350. Edward Jones, R. Swanwick, 381. Phineas Paxton, Tory, prohibited from keeping public house, 401, 403. Wm. Scott, Pay Master,
461. Appointments, 554. Jus- tice Long resigns, 557. . Pardon of J. Baldwin, 571. Andrew Allen's estate, 615. Auditors, 646. Es-
tate of Daniel Williams, 671.
Election of military officers, 720.
Estate of Peter Perlie sold, 733.
Wm. Thomas, 734. Complaint of Captain Joseph against Colonel Joseph Hart, 737. Recruits at Newtown to be provided for, xiii., 8. Militia to rendezvous at ,53. Informality in election of Lieuten- ant; money for supplies, 83. Elections, 86, 719. Justices, 454. Sheriff, 86, 391, 720. Censors, 719. Coroner, 86, 391, 720. Pay to militia, 90. Estate of John Meredith, 94. Treasury robbed, proclamation, 95. Justice Long resigns, 98. Robbery of Collector Barton ; depositions, 139. D.
Reeder convicted of misdemeanor at Court, 180. Estates of John Reid and Owen Roberts sold, 180, 183, 204. Evan Thomas, John Overholz, 204. Deed to Eben Carson for part of Tinicum, Jos. Paxson's estate, 236, 256, 266. J. Reid, 277. Robberies in, 338, 339. Militia called out, 369. Execution, 394. John Tomlinson apprehend- ed, 431. Agents for forfeited es- tates, 441. A. Bartram's estate 498. Robberies, 515, 532. Israel Doan, 516. A. Long, 524. Ac- counts of Colonel Joseph Hart ; damages from enemy, 574. Estate, S. Byles, 599. Banditti, 600. Proceedings against Doans, Dil- lon, &c. ; depositions, 616. Es- tate, Joseph Doan, 623. Robberies by the Doans; depositions and proclamation, 630, 687. John Clark resigns as Justice, 732. Colonel F. Murray, Lieutenant, 746. Estate of Alexander Bar- tram, 748. Officers' lands in, 753. Justices, xiv., 139, 147, 197, 198, 200, 203, 212, 270, 313. Dedimus to administer oaths, 153. Con- tested election for Justices, 197, 207. To send fifty men to Wyo- ming, 215, 555. Elections, 237, 555. Sheriffs, 237, 555. Reports, 237, 555. Coroners, 237, 555. Council, :237, 555. Contested election decided by appointment of George Weickart as Justice, 270. Valentine Nelson's estate, 307. Militia, 374. Counterfeits, 383. Case of Aaron Doan, 178, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 392, 395. Of Solomon. Vicars, 364, 393. Message to Assembly respecting, 395. Inspector of flour, 488. Murder and arson by John Mo- Donald ; inquest and proclamation, 489. J. Galloway's estate, 494. Robbery of Treasury ; prisoner brought to Philadelphia, 516. Militia, 596. Excise Collector, 596. Attorney General to defend a suit for land late of John Over- holtz, 657. Deed for land in,
estate of. E. Thomas, xv., 14. Justices, 30, 32, 104, 131, 437, 441, 644, 645. Elections, 98, 296.
Representatives, 98, 296. Sher-
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iffs, 98, 296, 566. Coroners, 98, 296, 566. Resignation of Justice and Collector of Excise ; William Harvey chosen, 104. Thomas Wright assaults J. Thomas, 255, 256. Claim for land supposed of Peter Perlee, 260. Prothonotary, James Benezet, resigns, 269. Samuel Benezet appointed, 271. Burgesses of Bristol, 272. Coun- cillors, 296. James Hanna, Re- gister, &c., 406. Mrs. Elizabeth Baxter, receives pension, 322, 413. Sale of R. Robertson's estate post- poned, xvi., 35. Receipts from tavern licenses, 83. Justices, 70, 105, 145, 153, 289. Sheriff, 192, 490. Coroner, 192, 490. Henry Wynkoop resigns as Judge and Justice, 105. Contested elec- tion, 129. Election of President Court Quarter Sessions ; J. Bar- clay appointed, 133. Accounts of Collector of Excise, 136. Irregu- lar election in, 142, 151, 153. Fees for defence of title in, 153. Estate of D. Kennedy, supposed escheat, 174. Report on contest- ed election in, 200. Wm. Harvey, Collector of Excise, 271. Taxes ; J. Chapman, Treasurer, 286. Patent for land to Martha Biles, 309, 320, 390. Repairs of arms, 400. Pensions, 412. Lieutenant- Colonel, Valentine Eckart, 418. Militia under General Lacey in, 457.
Budd, John, story of West Jersey Indians, i., 449.
Budd, Levi, xii., 112.
Budden, James, deed for part of Tinicum, xii., 256.
Budden, Captain William, and sons to be exchanged for Lieutenant Ball of Roebuck, x., 563, or Mid- shipman Draper, 595, 596.
Bull, Colonel John, to appoint guards for powder-magazine, x., 420 ; his battalion, 423, 436, to march for Canada-articles for, 454; second Lieutenant of, 457; Chaplain appointed, 458; pikes, 653; ex- amine condition of : associators, 673, 674 ; wagons, 675 ; superin- tendant, 737, at Norrington, 784 ; Store at Norrington, xi., 6, 48 ; commands at Billingsport, 125,
142; officers complain against, 210 ; to procure teams, &c., 246; arms should be packed, 399; account of work done at Red Bank and Billingsport, 399; services dis- pensed with as Adjutant-General, 400; employed to direct the works at Billingsport and Mud Island-his pay, 575; rations, 636, 637; to make repairs at Fort Island, 725, 728, 777; to secure plank, &c., at Sullivan's Bridge, 709 ; to have boats, 717; paid, 743, 757; pay to, xii., 13, 66; claim of McGinley, 83, 105; pay to, 180 ; commissioner of pur- chases, 301, 372, 403 ; paid for expense of dispatches from Wyo- ming, xv., 276 ; purchases a ne- gro, part of Ed. Stiles' confiscated property, 277.
Bull, John, a Moravian Missionary, pass to, xiii., 570.
Bull, William, Governor of South Carolina, letter respecting peace with Indian tribes, ix., 775.
"Bull-Dog," Gunboat, x., 290, 291, 353, 506; Lieutenaut Webb, 643.
"Bull-Dog," Galley, xi., 510.
Bulla, Thomas, to be seized as inimi- ical, xi., 344.
Bullock, Joseph, Warden, xiv., 150. Bullocks, price of, xii., 385.
Bull's-head, Philadelphia, ii., 134, 491.
Bunner, Andrew, owns privateer, xi., 543. -
Bunner, Jacob, a Captain, x., 634.
Bunthurst, (al. Bunter) convicted of murder, xi., 608; sentenced, 609. Buott, Pont Du, captured and de- scribed, vi., 447.
Buoys, proposed in the Delaware River, i., 82,204, 205 ; iii., 493.
Burd, Edward, Prothonotary Su- preme Court, xi., 566 ; petition to be continued prothonotary of Su- preme Court, xiv., 628; is ap- pointed, 629; prothonotary of Court paid their expenses, xv., 226 ; xvi., 17.
Burd, Major, Letters to and from, vii., 436, 453, 619, 622, 734, 736, 772; to furnish supplies, 550. Burd, Fort, xvi., 2232.
Burd, Colonel James, Commissioner , to cut road westward, vi., 317,
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318, 377, 403 ; letters to and from, 377, 433, 435, 436, 466, 485 ; for escorts, 435, 436; on road, 466; on Braddock's defeat, vi., 499; letter from Wm. Trent on murders on Patterson's Creek, 641 ; letter on blowing up Fort Du Quesne, viii., 234; commissioner with J. Davenport to receive Ind'n prison- ers, 776, 777 ; sent with Thomas McKee, under instructions, to Wyoming, ix., 29 ; appointed Com- missioner to Wyoming, 59.
Burd, John, xi., 493, 773.
Burgesses elected, xv., 83, 273, 463. Burglars convicted by Supreme Court, v., 155; one reprieved, 163.
Burglary, iii., 109, 110.
Burinol-commands, viii., 311.
"Burk, " Gunboat, x., 351, 585. Burk, Lawrence, sells English child to French at Fort Niagara, reasons for-his character, viii., 147.
Burkhard, Captain Daniel, x., 634, 649.
Burley, Henry, xii., 53.
Burlington, N. J., a general meeting at., ii., 253; ferry to Bristol, 488 ; road to-return of, iii., 218 ; Indian conference at, viii., 156; called an "Island," 177; priso- ners sent from, to York Town, by order of Congress, 645.
Burney, Thomas, ordered to Phila- delphia to be examined, v., 600 ; a counterfeiter, xii., 89, 272; a notorious counterfeiter apprehend- ed, 267.
Burns, James, Justice, xiii., 647.
Burns, Larry, a soldier in Pennsyl- vania line, arrested for stealing- excuses himself, xii., 275, 276; released, 276.
" Burnt Cabins," road to, xv., 121, 322, 371, 395.
Burrall, Jonathan, commissioner to settle accounts of Commissary de- partment, xiv., 28.
Burrows, John, petition for release, iii., 81.
Burt, John, Indian trader, concerned in murder, by Indians of Thomas Wright, iii., 285, 313, 326.
Bush, David, Justice of New Castle Company, complained of, by
meeting of sufferings, vii., 405, 559.
Bush, Captain George Bush, xi., 488. Bush, Henry, Sheriff, xv., 640.
Bush, Major Solomon, appointed Deputy Adjutant-General, xi., 240 ; petition, interesting recital of his services, &c., xii., 140 ; deputy Adjutant, referred to Board of War, as Lieutenant-Col- nel, 151.
Bush-Hill, (Philadelphia,) Indian conference at, viii., 667.
Bushy Run, murders by Indians, xi., 718.
Busse, Captain Christian, at Augusta and Fort Hunter, vii., 302; a great want of clothes, 302.
Busse, Captain Jacob, of Northamp- ton, petition of, and other Cap- tains, and resolutions of Council, xii., 141.
Bustead, Morgan, to cast heavy cannon, 412, 438, 439, 462 ; his furnace to be examined by Cap- tain Loxley, 622; his air furnace taken, 641.
Butler, Anthony, appointed Quarter- Master, xi., 279.
Butler, Mr .- to be furnished with boats for wounded, xi., 303.
Butler, Colonel, xi., 493.
Butler, Charles, petition against Da- vid Lloyd, i., 383, 386.
Butler, Lord, sheriff, xv., 193, 300, 577; xvi., 17; Councillor, 204. Butler, Colonel Richard, recommends officers, xii., 10; return of his regiment, 37 ; recommends ensign, 37; xiii., 418; letters and pa- pers delivered by officers to Con- gress, 608 ; Lieutenant of Alle- gheny county, xv., 551 ; Commis- sioner with Gen. Gibson on Erie triangle, 554 ; and others propose purchase of lots opposite Pittsburg, 598 ; goods for Indians, 604, 618 ; Commissioner for purchase from Indians triangle on Lake Erie, xvi., 36 ; paid, 95; value of lots in reserved tract, opposite Pitts- burg, 45,. 176; Lieutenant. of Allegheny county, requisition for men, 422 ; report on, 424 ; elected to Assembly, 537.
Butler, Simon, Coroner, vi., 638. Butler, Walter, letter from, v., 624.
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Butler, William, ferry on depreciated lands, opposite to, and other privi- leges, xv., 42.
Butler, Zebulon, terms on delivery of Fort at Wyoming, by Amos Og- den, ix., 677; order for arrest, 682; circulates advertisements- proclamation of Governor Penn against, x., 153; committed, xiii., 760; Lieutenant of Luzerne county, xv., 264; xvi., 29 ; Let- ter from, on division of militia, 317.
Buttons for soldiers to be made out of lead and tin, xi., 440.
Buyers, John, Justice, xii., 491.
Byers, John, Member of Congress, xiii., 120, 152.
Byrd, Colonel, of Virginia, fears of Assembly respecting his appoint- ment to succeed Forbes, viii., 297.
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Cable, Abraham, Justice, xi., 716. Justice, xv., 241.
Cackawatchky, a Shawnese Chief, present to, v., 351, 530.
Cadaraghqui, fort at, v., 549. French building a ship at, 547. French building a fort at, vi., 10.
Cadenhead, John, memorial respect- ing goods, &c., xiii, 760, 764.
Cadwalader, General, xiv., 634.
Cadwalader, Colonel John, member of Committee of Safety, to procure patterns of muskets, &c., x., 282. To inspect ordnance, &c., 283. Committee to wait on, 754. To command a brigade, xi., 27. Brig- adier General, 62. Appointed Second Brigadier General, 199.
Cadwalader, Lambert, recommended as Lieutenant-Colonel, x., 444. 445. Receives muskets, 548. Made Colonel, 767; respecting, xi., 110, 114, 131, 494.
Cadwalader, Robert, recommended to Congress as a Colonel, x., 443. Cadwalader, Dr. Thomas, member of Council, vi., 666. To examine Surgeons, x., 452, 458.
Cage, a, ordered to be built in Phila- delphia, i., 92. Claim for build- ing, ii., 26.
Caghnawaga Indians, v., 643.
Cahectodo, a French Interpreter, iii. 439.
Caldwell, Andrew, appointed Com- mander-in-Chief of the Navy of Pennsylvania, x., 255. Commo- dore of fleet, 459, 480. To call together officer of boats, 489, 651. Resigns as Commodore, 581, 587. Member of Council of Safety, xi., 45. Appointed member of Navy Board, 122. A Warden, 538 ; xiii., 100. Deed to, xii., 326.
Caldwell, Charles, apprehended, ii., 488.
Caldwell, James, Sheriff, ix., 689, 778.
Caldwell, Robert, taken prisoner at Mount Washington ; exchanged ; appointed Captain of marines on ship, General Greene, xi., 751, 758.
Caldwell, Samuel, to purchase shoes, hats, &c., x., 402, 408. Buys a part of Hog Island, xiii., 281, 325, 328. Appointed Collector of ton- nage duty, xv., 417, 435. Claim to Hog Island, 481. Collector of Tonnage; certificate to, xvi., 114. Calhoun, Captain George, xi., 2. Appointed Lieutenant, xii., 16.
Calico, printing by Jno. Hewson, encouraged by Council, xvi., 85. payments, 116, 254.
Callahan, David, discharged, x., 465. Callender, William, resigns as mem- ber of Assembly, vii., 148. Asks to examine minutes, 394-397.
Callender, Captain, ix., 269. Callender, Colonel, x., 737.
Callender, Robert, letter to Baynton, Wharton & Co. ; intended mischief to their goods, ix., 302.
Calumet pipe, meaning of ceremony with, v., 313.
Calvert, Benedict, of Maryland, dis- putes and riots, iii., 484.
Calvert, Colonel, Governor of Mary- land, iii., 180. Letter from Gov- ernor Keith to, 180-222, 224.
Camden, armed boat, x., 351, 506, 689.
Cameron, Allen, and Dr. Conolly and servants, imprisoned in Philadel- phia, x., 445. In room with Gen- eral McDonald, 595.
Campbell, an Episcopal clergyman of dissolute character, writes
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Brutus and Cassius, on throwing off subjection to powers of Gov- ernor, iii .. 369.
Campbell, Charles, Sub-Lieutenant, xi., 618. Commissioner to lay out a road, xv., 191.
Campbell, Captain Duncan, of ship stranded on New Jersey ; orders respecting, x., 386.
Campbell, Francis, letter, on Indian affairs, vi., 699. Appointed In- dian agent at Fort Augusta, viii., 99. Declines, 128.
Campbell, George, member of Coun- cil of Safety, xi., 45. Prothono- tary for Philadelphia county, 190. Declines taking oath, 195. Reg- ister of Wills, xiii., 253.
Campbell, James, goes to Steele's fort, vi., 675.
Campbell, Captain James, of man-of- : war Nightingale, for men, viii., 290.
Campbell, James, Ensign, xii., 8. Campbell, John, Braddock's defeat, vi., 481.
Campbell, Mary, pass for, xi., 597. Campbell, Michael, pension to his children, xv., 430.
Campbell, Thomas, Captain, xi., 17, 740. Of company of Rangers, xii., 16, 65.
Canachquasy, Indian, v., 166.
Canada, proposed expedition from New York, ii., 449. Queen's let- ter respecting, 449. Governor of, name given to him by Indians, iv., 732. Expedition against, v., 127, 130, 132, 134, 140-145, 148, 152, 159, 168, 296, 553. Letter from Governor Clinton to Governor of, 553, 554. Governor Vaudievil, letter of General Abercrombie to, on capitulation of Fort William Henry, viii., 141, 504. Col. Bo- quinville, 505. Falls into hands of English by peace treaty of 1763; proclamation by Governor Penn, ix., 80. Colonel Bull to march for, x., 454, 480, 483.
Cannasatego, Indian chief-speech to Delawares about lands, iv., 579. Dies and is buried, v., 467.
Canasatagy, the chief town of the Senecas, viii., 118.
Canasoragy, an Indian town, vi., 444. Candles, price of, xii., 175.
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Caniadarogon, an Indian, v., 84. Cann, James, appointed Register of Newcastle, i., 121.
Cann, John, member of Council, i., 369.
Cannon requested from England, . Massachusetts and New York, v., 173. Answer from Governor Clin- ton, 189. Governor Shirley, 198. From Cape Breton, 203. From Governor Clinton, 205. Governor Shirley, 206. Admiral Knowles, 207. Furnished by Governor Clin- ton, 215. To be asked of Gover- nor Trelawney, 228. Received,
231. Placed on batteries, 249, 250. Cost of, x., 373. Com- mittee on, 548. Heavy, to be cast by persons named, 412, 462, 500. Timber for carriages, 470. Brass, B. Loxley's proposi- tion, 627. Brass, xi., 5, 6, 7, 20. Arrived in prize vessels, 20. To be cast, 73.
Cannon, John, appointed Sub-Lieu- tenant of Washington county, xii., 681.
Cannon, Capt. Newton, of a schooner from West Indies, petition to sell cargo, xii., 11. Depositions and proceedings, 12, 13.
Canowarookary, an Indian village, viii., 118.
Canteens ordered, x., 628.
Canterbury Township, Kent county, formed, i., 556.
Cantwell, Edmund, Sheriff of New- castle county, i., 57. Member of first Council, 65.
Cape Breton, expedition against, from New England, iv., 753, 754, 762. Commander of, written to for cannon, v., 203.
Cape de Verd Islands, deposition re- specting Gov. of, &c., iv., 289, 296. Cape May, wrecked goods arrive from ; proceedings, iii., 238.
Capitulation, articles of, at Fort Ne- cessity to Captain Villier, vi., 52. Articles of, at Blockhouse, Wyo- ming, ix., 771.
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Captains recommended to or by Congress, x., 634. Appointed, xi., 2, 4, 17, 18, 20, 21, 32, 37, 62, 74, 578, 740. Chosen, xii., 2, 88, 89, 338, 374, 662 ; xiii., 160, 275; xiv., 181.
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Carberry, Captain, case of, xii., 348. | Carberry, Henry, Captain in Penn- sylvania line, to be arrested, xiii., 616. Trial, xiv., 105, 106, 240. Carey, Matthew, & Co., paid for newspapers, xv., 25, 139.
Carey, Nathan, Sheriff, xv., 193. Coroner, 300, 577.
Cariljas, Don Francisco, Governor of Monte Cristo, respecting priva- teers, viii., 235.
Carleton, General, letter to, xiii., 680.
Carlisle, great distance from Phila- delphia, v., 657. Commissioners appointed to hold conference with 1 Indians at, 665, 684, 719. Dis- tances to Shanoppens town, 750. Suffering from Indians, vi., 675. Fort at, 732. Indian conference at, 776, 778-784. Conference with Indians at, vii., 1-6. Colonel Stanwix at, 714. Barracks at, 737. Post through, to Winchester, to be continued, viii., 71. Barracks complained of, 71. Fort at, 224. Murder of Doctor John, &c., at, 455. Proclamation respecting, 456. Colonel Bouquet at, ix., 35. Order of General Gage for troops at, 118. Letter of Governor Penn to Cap- tain William Murray at, for troops to Lancaster, 127. Lottery for Episcopal church in, 243, 325. Frederick Stump in gaol at, 438. Ordered from, to Philadelphia, 441. Rescue of Stump, 448. Convic- tions, 513, 632. Lottery for Steele's church, 622. Conviction and exe- cution, 743. Prisoners at, x., 688. Dr. John Kearsley removed to, 773. Return of election of Bur- gesses, &c .- expenses of stores to, xiii., 575. Election for Chief Bur- gess and other officers, xv., 216. Burgess of, 463. Gazette paid for printing, 518. Entitled to a third Justice, 520.
Carlisle, Abraham, transcript of re- cord of Court of Oyer and Termi- ner, xi., 600. Order for execution, 606. Petition to delay execution till meeting of Assembly, 607, 613. Of his wife, 613. Condemned, 614. Costs in case of, xii., 36. Estate in Philadelphia sold to R. Bethell, xii., 687 ; xiii., 6.
Carlisle, Alexander, is rewarded for arresting two persons, xiv., 666. Pardoned for extortion, xv., 33. Carnaghan, John, Sheriff, x., 212, 273. Deposition, 235.
Carondowana, alias Robert Hunter (an Indian), marries Mrs. Mon- tour, a French woman, iii., 295, 337.
Carothers, Col., Lieutenant, request to resign; not accepted, xii,, 4. Resignation accepted, 94. Letter from, 100, 721.
Carothers, John, Lieut .- Colonel, xi., 272, 444, 489, 491. Intelligence of Indian murders in Cumberland, 489, 506, 520, 538. Return of militia, 772. Resigns, xii., 93, 721.
Carpenter, Sub-Lieutenant, resigns, xii., 39.5.
Carpenter, Emanuel, Justice, xiii., 290. Resigns, xiv., 563.
Carpenter, Lieutenant John, ap- pointed, x., 678.
Carpenter, Joshua, a Justice, i., 382. Carpenter, Samuel, has execution against Society of Free Traders, i., 146, 149. Succeeds Clay- poole in Council, 210. With others proposes to set up a
bank, 236. Appointed by W. Penn, assistant to Governor Mark- ham, 475. Appointed Treasurer, 576. Member of new Council, 580. Proposes to settle claims for Blue Anchor Landing, and take Walnut street wharf, ii., 19. Asks allow- ance for taking Babbit, 55. Af- firmed, 96. Provincial Treasurer, 122. Produces his accounts, 153. Goes to New Castle about powder money, 351. Treasurer, 530.
Carpenters' Hall, militia to meet at, to protect Congress from insult, xiii., 664. Rooms spoken of for public offices, xvi., 486.
Carr, Jno., Sheriff, xii., 510; xiii., 87. Carriages, for majesty's service hire, vii., 433. 443. Hire of, in majes- ty's service, viii., 171, 333, 342, 344, 373, 397, 549. Bill proposed for regulating hire of, 66.
Carrough and. Fullerton, build and launch boat "Effingham, " x., 314. Carson, Andrew, pilot, xiv., 49, 53, 68, 69, 183.
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Carson, Ebenezer, deed to, at Tini- cum, xiii., 236, 623.
Carson, James, bond to J. Moles- worth, xiii., 385.
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