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Bradford & Hall, author of "Detec- tor," ix., 266.
Bradshaw, Thomas, letter, iv., 297. Demand of murderer in New York, 297.
Bradstreet, Col., death of, ii., 702, 734. Success at Cadaraqui, iii., 517, 518. Grants a peace with Indians of Erie and Ohio, iv., 207. Brady, son of Captain, mortally wounded, vi., 688. Particulars, 689.
Brady, Capt. John, number of men iv., 108.
Brady, Capt., vii., 505 ; viii., 378, 565. Expedition against Indians,
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ix., 39. Returned from Sandusky and takes prisoners, good con- duct, &c., xii., 130, 131, 132, 139, 186, 210, 243, 244. Letters to, 213, 276.
Brady's fort, viii., 157.
Brandywine Creek, Indians com- plain of encroachments at, i., 239. Brandywine, killed and wounded, &c. at battle of, v., 666, 672, 714. Battle of, vi., 58, 214, 286. Wounded at, vii., 608. Indian purchase of, xii., 281.
Brant, Indians does mischief at Pen- nipack, vii., 63, 623.
Brant, Captain, x., 88.
Brearly, David, C. J. of N. J., de- mand of fugitives-the practice, xi., 548.
Breckenridge, Hugh M., deposition, ix., 572. Answer to, 661. De- livers an eulogium on those who fell in the revolution (1779), 162, Breckenridge, H., on Cornplanter, Indian Chief, xi., 732.
Brewer, Colonel, (Secretary to Gen- eral Sullivan, ) vii., 724.
Bridge at Cobb's creek, site for, i., 329.
Bridges and roads, i .. 767. Guard, orders to, v., 121, 124. On Bur- lington road to be destroyed, 95. Governor of New Jersey, respect- ing, 238. Over Schuylkill, vi., 685, 768. On Schuylkill, Sulli- van's, vii., 152, 196.
Bridgeton, New Jersey, salt scarce, pork plenty, v., 86.
Brigade Majors, not furnished with commissions, vi., 240.
Brigadier-Generals needed, vi., 149, 151.
Bright, Doct., ix., 575.
Brigs, Captain, at McIntosh, xii., 277. Brison, James, justice at Pittsburg, xi., 422. Licenses, 624.
Bristol, sulphur discovered, iv., 723. Sick and wounded at, v., 175. Arms and ammunition at, 181. Camp near, 321, 342, 352, 368, 414.
British Soldiers to be escorted to Newtown, 96. Vessels trade with tories in Delaware, 504. Captain Murphey, action with, 504, 510. Vessels of war, 118, 126, 132,
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216, 217, 263, 305, 315, 351, 352, 410, 435, 439, 450, 452, 453, 454, 457, 462, 465, 467, 468, 470, 472, 480, 488, 504, 532, 591, 604, 648, 668, 680, 721, 746. Flag and es- cort at Lancaster, affair between, and officers, vi., 268. Vessels of war, 706. Fleet off Rhode Is- land, 733-736. Charged with using papers of vessels taken, ix., 151 ; plot of prisoners to escape discovered, 155 ; goods per ship Amazon seized, 742, 756; dam- ages sustained in Northampton county, from the, 765. British goods seized in Chester county, 731 - and opinion respecting, 731; in ship Amazon, 742, 756; seizure of, 475, 476, 479, 742, 756, 757. Prison ships described, 757, 763; prisoners of war, 515. [See Prisoners. ] And German clothing deficient, x., 7. Com- mercial arrangements, remedy for evils of, 155. Merchants com- plain of grievances from America, 745. Capture of negroes by, xi., 75. Consul, Phineas Bond, ac- knowledged as, 145. Interferes with rights of States, 375.
Brocden, Charles, Master of Rolls, iii., 703.
Brodhead, Daniel, letter on state of troops after battle of Long Island, v., 21. And account of, 22. Sickness, 40. Letters, 21, 29, 158, 283, 345; vi., 462, 492, 650, 660, 662, 687, 772. Letters respecting state of frontiers, vii., 465, 495. Account of affairs with Indians, 505. Letters to, respect- ing frontiers, 516, 521, 525, 541, 564, 569, 664, 702, 710, 771. Let- ters, &c., viii., 21, 22, 36, 38, 50, 65, 66, 68, 69, 78, 79, 106, 109, 119, 120, 140, 149, 152, 158, 197, 210, 246, 249, 283, 300, 378, 478, 487, 488, 513, 536, 558, 565, 583, 584, 588, 595, 596, 640, 641, 707, 743, 766, 770. Places soldiers in private houses, (Ward and Small- man's) at Pittsburg, 22, 119, 120, 149. Proposes purchase of pro- prietary manors, offers to interest others in it, 121. Answer to, 150. Attacks of savages, 140. Con- gress resolve to sustain, 195,
250. Explains his course, 197. Suit against in Virginia, 202. Militia, 210. State of frontiers, 246, 249 283. Scalps, 301. Mis- understanding with officers at Fort Pitt, 405. Apprehends to use force to obtain provisions, 471. Respecting frontiers, 478. Danger of evacuating his post, 487, 488. Murder by Wyandots, 513. Short of provisions, 515, 518. Murder by Indians, 536. Scarce of provisions, 558. In- structions to Captain Samuel Brady, 566. Base attempt to de- stroy Indians near .Hanna's town, - 596. War between Delaware and Seneca Indians, murder on French creek, 640. His force, 708. Fron- tiers, 743. Boundary, 744. Let- ters to and from, ix., 39, 51, 57, 75, 98, 143, 307, 365, 379, 405. On campaign, against Delaware Indians, &c., 97, 161. Successes, 161. (1779,) x., 161. (See Vol. VII.) Applies as surveyor in room of I. Lukens, and is ap- pointed, xi., 630. Renewal of Commissioners necessary by change of counties, 640. Death of General Potter, 660. His son appointed Deputy Surveyor, 662, 663. Report Surveyor General, 758. Letters from his letter book, 1779-1780, xii., 105-279. Expedition against Indians, 137, 139, 140, 147. Proposes building a fort at Kittanning, 124. Names it, 134, 135, 139, 147. Expedi- tion, 149, 150, 153, 154. Burns Seneca towns, 156, 159. Proposes expedition to Detroit, 160, 164, 166, 169, 183, 184, 186, 221, 238, 260, 277. Calls for troops, 223, 260. Wants provisions, 254, 257, 259, 263, 266, 273, 274, 277. Is- sues his last meat, 274. Counter orders, 275.
Brodhead, Mr. applies, for Lieuten- ancy, vii., 606. Reasons for decision of officers in his case, 660.
Brook, John, viii., 81. Comm'r of Taxes, ix., 140.
Brooks, Wm., Town Major of York, vii., 459.
Brown, Andrew, against E. Oswald
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for a libel, xi., 349. Asks pat- ronage for Federal Gazette, 412. Brown, Col. Alex., letter to, on non- compliance with orders, vii., 515. Brown, John, mittimus, &c. for, vi., 25, 30, 45. Anonymous remarks on his examination, 36.
Brown, Col. John, on impeachment of Arnold, vii., 226, 271.
Brown, John, Collector, Chester Co., robbed, ix., 459.
Brown, John, his case by the Judges, xi., 264. Petition, 265. Re- specting execution, 269, 276, 277, 279.
Brown, Richard, deposition respect- ing murder of Indians by his servant, iv., 430.
Brown, William, letters, v., 37, 106, 135. Of Cumberland Co., Petition respecting Indians, ix., 522, 529. Letter to, 641.
Brown's Fort, ii., 738 ; xii., 316. Brunswick, New, army at, v., 159. British leave, 161. Increased at, 244. Lord Sterling's brigade on way to, 67. Army at, 79. Sick sent to Philadelphia, 79. Gen. Howe in possession of, 84, 381. Bryan, George, elected Vice Presi- dent of State, v., 252. Letters, 352, 463, 490, 514, 529, 530, 543, 575. V. P., vi., 10, 108, 109, 128, 144. Resigns as V. P., vii., 745. A Pennsylvania commissioner to run line between Virginia, viii., 353. Counterfeit coin, ix., 279, 288, 299, 305, 309, 384. Error in a law, 422. Pardon, 634. Answer to questions of Council on Justices of the Peace, x., 16-19. Com- missioners on boundary, (1783,) 171. On trial of Indian for mur- der, 473. On case of Doane, 609. Opinion on depreciation of pay, xi., 120. On Brown's case, 264. State Island, 286.
Buchanan, Arthur, vi., 485, 487, 603. Indian murders, ix., 192. His Battalion of Cumberland Co., (1779, ) x., 161. (See Vol. VII.) Buchannan, Capt. Thomas, viii., 31. Buchannan, Wm., v., 552, 667, 677, 690,711, 742; vi., 34.
Buchloons, an Indian Town on French Creek, xii., 157.
Bucks County, Courts, business of,
i., 279. Iron furnaces in, (1750,) ii., 53. Soldiers at Newtown, 596. Associated military company of, iii., 19. Number of Roman Catholics in, 144. Justices of, 182. £ Troops don't intend to march, v., 18. Tory election in, 31, 32. Troops to join Washing- ton, 115. Records, 237. Militia, 322, 331, 342, 368, 463, 464, 511, 523, 549, 567, 591. Account of flour taken, 421. Blankets from, 469. Driving off cattle, 546. Records to be removed, vi., 88. Militia, 96. Clothing found, 92, 107, 146, 180, 187. Alarms in, 280. Insolence of Tories in, 291. Captures by enemy in, 261, 263, 361. Exposure to enemies, 595. Letter to Colonels of militia, vii., 104. Militia, 98, 103, 104, 108. Forage Master, 620. Agents for Confiscated estates, viii., 178. Taxes, 481. Auditors, ix., 11, 13, 17, 29, 36, 47. Sales of for- feited estates in, 105. Commis- sioner, ill treated, 199. Troops at Newtown, 278. Troops, 338, 376, 378, 433. Robberies, 459, 501, 507,529, 608, 609, 610, 611. 617, 635. Sheriff of, on arrest of Sergeant Nagle, x., 67. Death of Major Kennedy by robbers, (1783, ) 178. Orders to Troops to march to Wyoming, 345. Case of Solo- mon Vickers, 432. Banditti from, on frontiers, 583. Aaron Doane, 597. Robber of Treasury in jail, 698. Robbery of Tax Collectors, xii., 298, 302.
Budden, James, v., 599.
Buffalo Creek, prisoners taken by Indians on, (1783, ) x., 167.
Buffalo, Fort, iii., 13. Buffalo Valley, Indians attack, viii., 249.
Bulkley, John, iii., 349, 351.
Bull, Col. John, letters, v., 59, 102, 201, 203, 208, 255, 304, 306, 709. Meets Indians at Easton, 201, 203, 208; vi., 128, 133, 150, 190, 746. To erect Battery at Billings- port, 746. Marches brigade to enemy's lines, 133. Complains of removal, 190. To repair banks at Mud Island, vii., 240, 544. Asks to be employed against
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Indians, 544. Raising chevaux de frize, 544, 566, 587, 635. In- structions to viii., 164. Appointed commissioner of purchases for Philadelphia co., 164.
Bull, Capt. Thomas, iii., 423. Bullets from Batsto -, iv., 761,
762.
Bullitt, Thomas, letter, iii., 370. Bunting, Joshua, a prisoner, viii., 648.
Burd, Capt., viii., 297.
Burd, Col. James, complains against Assembly for not paying hands on roads, ii., 393. Letters to and from, 393, 454, 566, 631, 705. Fort, 609. Account against Teedy- uscung, iii., 293. Proposal for means of protection, 99. Letters, 333, 334, 367. Journal, 352. Letters iv., 88, 105, 111, 125, 128, 140, 165.
Burd, Edward, appointed prothono- tary vi., 695.
Burgen, Mrs., receives provisions by order of General Washington, viii., 60.
Burgoyne, Gen., affairs at Ticonder- oga, v., 437, 541. Captured by Gen. Gates, details, 657, 674, 676, 680, 684, 695. Letters from G. Gates, 687. Prisoners from, 726, 729. Articles of Capitulation, 726-728. Stores taken from, 729, Conduct in Convention, General Gates' answer respecting, vi., 108. Report to, and resolution of Con- gress, on breach of Convention, 162-166, 176.
Burial ground reserved for strangers in Philadelphia, xi., 570, 571. Burk, Lawrance, letter, iii., 478. Burke, Thomas, vii., 170, 172. Burnet, Silas, deposition, vi., 7. Bush, David, ferry at Christiana, i., 674. Erects battery at Wil- mington, Delaware, ii., 6. Col- lector of militia fines at Wilming- ton, complaints against, iii., 154, 165-170 ; ix., 174.
Bush Island, works on, v., 591. Busse, Capt., fort, ii., 159.
Busse, Christian, letter, iii., 279. Sick, 293, 362, 425.
Butcher, Zacariah, his letters on affairs at Marsh Creek, i., 625, 635.
Butler, Anthony, v., 553, 557. Butler, Col., money sent to, ix., 80, 105, 113.
Butler, Richard, account of the rise of the Indian War, iv., 568-570. Butler, Col. Richard, vi., 252, 386,
404, 420, 663; vii., 3, 65, 482, 514. Recommendation for ap- pointments, viii., 607. Partial issues, 741. Recruits, 748. Re- specting prisoners of war, ix., 561. Soldiers' times expiring, 664; x., 69, 88, 294. Conference with him and A. Lee, on Indian treaties, 295. And Lee to Council, on officers, 332. Letter to, respecting Indians, xi., 206. Commissioner to purchase Erie, 405. Purchase of Erie, 427. Proposes present of lands to Cornplanter, 562, 660. Report on accounts, 588. Letter on Erie, 591. Indians, 716. Quota of Militia demanded by Governor of Western Territory, 715, 716. Indian captures, 723. Resigns as justice, xii., 5.
Butler, Col. Wm., vi., 529, 537. Letter, recruiting, provisions, in- activity of officers, &c., viii., 747. Proposes printing office at Pitts- burg, x., 421.
Butler, Capt. Zebulon, iv., 364. Letter to, from Delegates in Con- gress, 643. To Ellis Hughes, 647, 648.
Butler, Lieut. Col. Zebulon, at Sun- bury, vi., 690 ; vii., 283, 289 ; viii., 162, 600, 601, 602, 633. At Wyoming, rations to troops at, ix., 166. Petition, x., 559, 580, 613. Appointed Lieutenant of Luzerne County, xi., 179. Dis- turbances at, 192. Respecting Wyoming, 351, 381. Arrest of Rioters, Dudley is wounded, 356. Militia, 414. Arms, (1787, ) 459. Deposition, 553. On difficulties of meeting of Militia in Luzerne Co., 676.
Buyers, John, letter respecting Fort Freeland, vii., 591. Affairs at Wyoming, xi., 439, 440.
Byers, James, casts brass cannon, v., 369.
Byers, Capt. John, vi., 235.
Byles, Daniel, chosen Major of regi- ment of Philad'a county, ii., 608.
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Byng, Ad. Robert, instructions to Gov. Gordon, i., 194, 206, 207, 306.
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Cable, Abm., resigns as Justice, xii., 5.
Cadaraqui, Colonel Bradstreet's success at, iii , 517, 518.
Cade, Zebulon, conviction, xi., 421. Cadwalader, Colonel John, officers of armed boats, reflect on Com- mittee of Safety, iv., 704, 757. Or- ders to destroy bridges on Burling- ton road, v., 95. Letters, 95, 136, 160, 161, 178, 180, 186.
Cadwalader, Colonel Lambert, com- mission for, v., 53. Expected attack at Bristol, 136; vi., 655. Caldwell, Andrew, v., 261.
Caldwell, Charles, demand of him for money paid for his apprehen- sion, vi., 502.
Caldwell, Commissioner Sir James, vi., 32.
Caldwell, Commodore Samuel, let- ter, iv., 717. Suggestions res- pecting pay, gallies, &c., 720. Letter from Captains, complain- ing, 706. From committee on, 724, 738. Reason of his return, 738. Obtains possession of Hog Island, ix., 252, 520. Respecting Hog Island, x., 185. Hog Island, xi., 89. On tonnage duties, 594. Calendar, Act for, change from old to new style, ii., 68.
Callender, Robert, letter, iv., 411.
Calvert, Benedict Leond., Governor, letter from Governor Gordon to, i., 289. Answer, 292.
Calvert, Charles, conference with Penn, i., 74.
Calvins, Stephen, recommended by Reverend William Tennent as interpreter, iii., 514.
Cambray, Colonel, ix., 324.
Camden, S. C., General Greene's affair at, ix., 154.
Cameron, A., examination and his- tory of, iv., 682. Taken prisoner, v., 382. Letter, 383.
Campbell, George, v., 269.
Campbell, John, agent from Vir-
ginia at Pittsburg, vii., 79. Taken prisoner, xii., 190.
Campbell, Captain Thomas, appoint- ed to a company of Rangers, vii., 300. Rank, 446; viii., 37, 70, 109. To be arrested, 68, 71. Letters, xii., 160, 171, 172, 179, 187, 194, 202, 203. Recruits at Newtown, ix., 79, 435.
Campbell, Lieutenant Colonel, letter to, xii., 135, 141, 154, 200, 211, 232, 237.
Campbell, Rev. Mr., appointed min- ister of Apoquinimy, i., 191. To be removed, 236.
Canada, union witlf, anticipated by Colonel Hazen, viii., 105. Expe- dition, ix., 308.
Canan, Colonel John, Justice of peace, xi., 588.
Canasatego, &c., deed from, for . lands between Delaware and Sus- quehanna, August 22, 1749, ii., 33, 36.
Canhawa, fort at, xii., 126. At- tacked, 126.
Cannisters for cartridges, described, vi., 393.
Cannon, casting of, by J. Old, iv., 721. Has cast a 241b., 721. Asked for from Congress, 735. Letter to Captain Joy, 738. Number cast at Reading and Warwick furnaces, v., 36. Pro- ved, 62. Carriages, 64. At Hibernia furnace, 72. Proved, &c., 121, 170. Cast, 203, 369, 535. Copper wanted for, 535.
Cannon, Mrs., seditious conduct, ix., 193.
Canoes, hired for Fort Augusta, iv., 112.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, refuses to consecrate American Bishops, x., 434.
Cape Breton, expedition, ii., 339, 388.
Cape May, wardens purchase ground for Beacon at, xi., 93; xii., 101. Lot purchased by wardens, 295.
Capitulation, articles of, Fort Free- land, vii., 611.
Carberry, Mr., skirmish with In- dians, vii., 8, 10. Henry and Sullivan, affair of, x., 61, 74 Correspondence, &c., with Mary
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land, respecting, 290-293. Dele- gates on, 575, 576. Depositions, &c., 576-580. Letter, Governor of Maryland, 320. Instructions to sheriff, 323. Governor Paca, respecting, 324. And John Sul- livan, respecting mutiny, xi., 27. List of papers, 29.
Carleton, Guy, Governor of Quebec, iv., 364. Grants a passport at request of General Washington, ix., 674. Letter relating to pre- liminaries of peace and termina- tion of hostilities, x., 13. Robber, in New York, 101, 131.
Carlton, Joseph, letter to, xii., 267. Carlisle, state of things at and near, iii., 79, 192, 196, 448, 450, 483, 484, 489, 627, 691. Muster of effective men at, iv., 196. Res- pecting dry lands near, 590. Committee, letter respecting salt- petre manufacture, 706. Com- missioners letter to Committee of Safety, 713. Prisoners of war at, v., 77. Militia at, 164, 324. But one lawyer practising under Constitution, vi., 228. Magis- trates, 228. Court held at, 238, 511, 661. Replevins issued, ex- cuses, case of Wm. Montgomery, a traitor, 239. Lands near grant of, viii., 107. All artificers or- dered by Congress to-magazine required, 630, 632. Proprietary lots, 636. State of things, 747. Continental works near, ix , 460. Provisions, xii., 117. Magazine at, 119. Fort Lowther at, 348. Carlisle, Abraham, memorials in favor of his pardon, vii., 21-24, 52-59. Notes of C. J. Mckean, on trial of, 44-52.
Carmathen, (British Secretary, ) to Mr. Adams, complaining of griev- ances to British creditors, x., 746. Carnahan, Captain James, xii., 10, 193, 254.
Carothers, John, v., 634, 639. Lieut. vi., 436, 438, 447, 467, 487, 491, 539, 559, 609, 619, 700. Resigns, vii., 405, 618 ; viii., 696. Caruthers, Robert, taken prisoner by Indians, ix., 657.
Carrington, Colonel, proceedings against, v., 328. E. J., vacancy, ix., 487.
Carson, John, vii., 401, 437, 470, 637, 659, 679.
Carson, Joseph, account for cloths seized in Bucks county, vi., 146. Carson, Samuel, Lieutenant of Ship General Greene, vii., 310, 706.
Cartledge, Edmund, memorial on Indian trade, i., 261, 304, 327. Letter to Governor, 304, 327. His examination, 305.
Cartouch boxes, ordered, vii., 358. Casdorp, Thomas, letter, invents a swivel skid for guns, v., 200.
Caswell, Richard, Governor of North Carolina, viii., 191. Deputies to convention-Act of Assembly, xi., 116.
Cataragues, Indian town, xii., 301. Cavalry, recommended by Commit- tee of Congress in letter to Presi- dent Wharton, vi., 316. Reso- lutions of Congress to respectable young men to join, 323, 339. General Lacey on, 391.
Cavet, James, letter, iv., 623.
Censors, Council of, resolutions, &c., of, x., 149, 153, 302, 327, 329, 333, 336, 363, 596, 604, 605, 656. On voting by ballot, 302. Answer, 316.
Census of Bedford county, x., 512. United States, xi., 709, 718.
Certificate of Indian Isaac, respect-
ing Sergeant Falconer being at battle at Sideling Hill, iii., 315. Of John Penn's appointment as Governor, iv., 119. Of Governor's election, xii., 28.
Cessation of Indian hostilities, ix., 641.
Cessna, Captain Charles, distress from Indians in Bedford county, ix., 236, 467.
Chains to be placed across Chestnut street, vi., 741.
Chaloner, John, vi., 320, 321. Ap- pointed auctioneer, xi., 680. Re- port, 762.
Chaloner & White, vi.,' 761, 762. Fat cattle, viii., 248.
Chamberlain, Samuel, commissioner of Maryland on, boundary line, i., 603.
Chambers, Benjamin, deposition on Maryland affairs, i., 519. Has 3 private fort and cannon, iii., 12, 79. Refuses to deliver cannon,
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order for arrest, 165, 192. Let- | Chester, first council at, i., 37.
ter, iv., 535. Letter from, xii., 281.
Chambers, Colonel James, v., 364. Men applauded, vi., 97.
Chambers, Colonel, xii., 122, 130.
Chambers, Colonel John, viii., 32, 320, 374.
Chambers, John, Sub-Lieutenant, vi., 504, 629.
Chambers, Lieutenant, viii., 286.
Chambers, Colonel Maxwell, ix., 292.
Chambers, Wm., killed by Indians, ii., 612.
Chambers, Fort, xii., 349.
Chancery, Court established, i., 171. Proceedings, i., 440, 442, 456.
Charles, Robert, letters to and from, i., 215, 295. Appointed assistant agent in England to Benjamin Franklin, iii., 759.
Charleston, fallen, viii., 312, 316, 326, 470. Flags of truce from, ix., 338.
Chartier's Creek, Indians near, xii., 234, 243.
Charts, variation, xi., 718.
Chastenoy, Mons., Letter to, respec- ting captured negroes, i., 755.
Chastisement in the Navy, iv., 770. Chauvignerie, Michael la, (a French prisoner, ) examination of, 294, 305, letter to parents, iii., 329.
Cheat river, child killed by Indians, xii., 163, 164, 256.
Chelsea Forge for iron, vi., 627. Chemung, expedition proposed against, vii., 3, 86.
Cheney, Colonel, v,, 732,
Cherokee Indians, passport for, iii., 405. Names and signification, 428; xii., 131, 147.
Cherokee Indian women address President Franklin, xi., 181. Letter to President Mifflin, 584. Arrive in Virginia, 600.
Chesapeake, General Howe ap- proaches, v., 544. Movements of enemy in, ix., 315, 351.
Chesapeake and Delaware, connec- tion proposed, x., 540. Commu- nication between proposed, xi., 25, 27.
Chesney, William, vii .; 599.
Chesnut Hill, precipitate retreat of enemy, vi., 100.
Court at, 51. Rev. Mr. Backhouse appointed missionary at, 226. Troops ordered to, v., 352, 353, 529, 532, 536, 563. In possession of enemy, 616.
Chester county, election return for Assembly, i., S6. Council, 115. Business of Courts in, 279. Returns of iron furnaces in, 1750, ii., 56. Petition from, for defence, 656. Number of Roman Catholics in, iii., 144. 'Mordecai Thompson, Wagon Master, 398. Committee, letter, iv., 718. Return of Mem- bers of Assembly, 740. Estimate of fire arms fit for use, in, 776. Lieutenants of, v., 475. Flour in, 421. Militia, 324, 426. Records 462. Persons to take account of grain, &c., in, 476, 477. Memorial, 476. Complaints about substi- tutes, 487. Letters to Lieutenants of, 582. Militia, 581, 582. Enemy supplied from, 686. Blankets, &c., to be impressed, 691. Light horse militia, 732. Letters, vi., 4, 98, 258, 731, Head Quarters in, 98, 101. Militia, 494. Arms in, 496. Commissioner's Taxes, 561. Illegal election, vii., 97. List of Justices since Revolution, 444. Bad conduct of East Marlbro, 470. Murder of Jesse Jordan in, 743. Mr. Boyd of, murdered by the Smiths, viii., 244. Backward in furnishing volunteers, 456. Accounts of sales of forfeited . estates in, ix., 105. Militia, 421, 434. Collectors robbed, 459, 501, 507. Seizure of British goods in, and opinion of Attorney General respecting, 731. Wagons stopped in, with British clothing, x., 12. Wagoners' names, 13. Execution of David Dawson of, 609. Persifer Frazer appointed Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds in, 756. Militia fines, xi., 25S. Contest for seat in Council, 632.
Chevaux de frize, regulations about vessels passing in, &c., iv., 717, 774, 775; v., 37, 39, 45, 66, 67, 83, 238, 426, 431, 626, 649, 681, 699, 721, 747; vi., 20. Colonel Bull engaged in raising, vii., 544, 566, 587. Removal of, x., 93,
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144-146, 177, 210, 212, 219, 221, 349, 350, 565, 585, Number and situation, (1784) 590. To be raised, xii., 290, 292.
Chew, Benjamin, iii., 397. Letter, iv., 44. Arrested, to be escorted to Virginia, v., 478, 512. Request in favor of, vi., 61. Removal of, 85. Release, 364, 367, 378, 380, 389, 507, 523.
Chicochinican, Indian chief, letter from, i., 239.
Chignecto, French forts at, ii., 376. Chilesquake, murder of J Martin and wife by Indians, ix., 659.
Chillaway, Job, an Indian chief, iii., 582.
Chillicoff, Shawnese Indian town, destroyed by Colonel Clarke, xii., 258.
Chilohock's Town, xii., 177.
Chinese, sick from an Indiaman, and thirty-four others, and crew of the Pallas, seek and obtain aid, x., 527, 528. Resolution of Assembly, 531. Levi Hollings- worth respecting, 546, 548 Sent to Maryland, xi., 56.
Chippewa Indians, x., 16; xii., 131, 147.
Christ Church, Philadelphia, Rev. Dr. Evans arrives, i., 134. Memorial from, in favor of Gov. Nicholson, 150. Claim on Baptist Church, 284. Address to Gov. Denny, ii., 762. Petition in favor Rev. Thomas Coombe, prisoner, v., 600, 603.
Christ, Henry, v., 605, 734; ix., 80, 133, 196, 237, 347. Proprietary lands in Reading, 237.
Christina, Fort, curious relics found and battery erected, ii., 6.
Christie Captain Jacob, abuses on officers at Easton, &c., ix., 385.
Chrystie, Captain James, arrives at Easton with a detachment, x., 135. At Fort Dickinson, 209.
Christy, James, deposition respect- ing counterfeits found in wagons, vi., 233.
Church, Major, viii., 515.
Churchman, John, charts, xi., 718. Cincinnati Society invites Execu- tive Council, xi., 726.
Circular of Massachusetts Assembly, iv., 286.
Circulars of Council, vi., 65, 88, 179, 193, 294, 452, 638, 650; vii., 104, 105, 183, 304, 747. Of Congress, viii., 277, 414, 441, 454, 476; ix., 226, 251, 252, 387, 407, 54S. To Prothonotaries, x .. 268. Of Council to Lieutenants and Commissioners, xi., 379, 498, 746.
Cisney, John, murdered by Indians in his field, list of killed, iii., 219. City Guard, orders to, v., 121, 122- 124.
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