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477, 498; sale at, 483 ; Turnbull, Marmie & Co., claim the land, 497; xii., 161, 167, 182, 431-437. Pitt, William, Secretary of State iii., 94, 96, 106, 321, 518 ; notices of King George's intention to marry Princess Charlotte, iv. 58.
Pittsburgh,-Journal of F. Post to, iii., 560. Return of provisions at, 579. No. of garrison at, 580. Con- ferences at, 560, 571, 674, 744. Fort at, 685, 693. Fort Pitt, 696. Military post near, iv., 39, 45, 210, 484. To Lancaster, journey to, 210. County town of Westmore- land, 449, 471. Petition against Connolly, 526. Troops marching from Virginia to, 530. Minutes of Indian conference at, 531. Thoughts of abandoning, 550. Gen. Hand recalled from, vi., 461. Fort at, threatened, 507. Provisions for, 532. Col. Brodhead's regiment marches for, 700. An agent from Virginia at, vii., 79. Troops, 341. Delaware Indians at, viii., 22. Troops thrown into private dwell- ings at, by Col. Brodhead, 22, 119, 120. Fort Pitt, a serious concern, 440. Garrison in distress, 554. elec- tion at, x., 211. State of, for want of acting civil magistrates, 289. Printing office proposed, 421. Gen Gage orders works to be demolish- ed, 429. Ruins, 462. Ejectment against Capt. Lucket, 466. To be taken possession of for the State, as soon as relinquished by the U. S., 498. Road to, 533. Road to, proposed, xi., 70. Severe cold at, 244. Lands opposite described,
244. Timber on, 500, 501. Road from Bedford to, 560, 643 ; xii., 150. Boat-builders employed, 112. Want of provisions, 112. Colonel Rawlins's detachment arrives at, under Capt. Beal, 120. Fort en- croached on, 133, 190. Letter of committee on Indians, 300. Capt. Armstrong commands, 320. Forts at, 355-359, 427-431.
Pittstown, N. J., powder sent to, vi., 421. Arms at, 435, 439.
Plays, Games, and Sports, reasons for repealing Act against, i., 155, 159. Memorial against, iii., 657. Pleasants, Samuel, vi., 524. Re-
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monstrance (1777) on treatment,
x., 158. See Vol. VI., p. 509. Pluckamin, Gen. Washington at, v., 168, 171.
Pluggy's town, Indians attack Virgi- nia, v., 258, 260.
Polson, Capt. William, letters to and from, ii., 246, 247, 248. On re- cruiting service, 247, 248.
Pomfret Castle, (see Forts, ii.)
Pomroy, Col., house attacked by In- dians, ix., 51.
Poor, overseers of N. Liberties, me- morial ix., 739.
Pooteatomies, xii., 131, 147.
Popple, Alured, Letters from, i., 245, 288.
Population of State in 1775, iv., 597. Port au Prince, earthquake at, peti- tion for aid, iv., 370.
Porter, Capt. Andrew, vi., 574; viii., 57; ix., 257. Major Andrew, ix., 632. Col., letter respecting his rank, x., 49. Andrew, commis- sioner on W. boundary, x., 444, 455, 760. Asks advice respecting wagons, &c., 372. On boundary, xi., 26, 69, 156, 178, 215, 241. Commis'er, 502. N. line complete 214. Describes Erie lands, 242.
Porter, Capt. Stephen, appointed com- missary to commissioners on boun- dary with Virginia, x., 438. Asks pay to be raised, 737.
Post, Fred., Journal with C. Thom- son, iii., 412. Journal, 412, 422, 520, 524, 560-565. Character of, 578. Letters, 581, 698, 700, 702, 706, 709. Instructions, 621. Re- lation of conversation with Indians, 742. Journal, iv., 92-98. Passport, 277.
Postage, franking privilege, xi., 142. Post Office, A. Spotswood, letter on, i., 264. Answer, 265. Facilities recommended by Dunk Halifax, iv., 202.
Postlethwaite, Capt. Samuel, letters, Indian murders, ix., 192.
Pot and pearl ash Inspector, xi., 679.
Potash works at Philadelphia, iii., 53.
Potomac Fall as seat of government of United States, x., 138.
Potters' Field, Philadelphia, patent, &c., xii., 304, 468.
Potter, David, asks for Salt for Bridgetown, New Jersey, v., 86. Letters, 86, 218, 305, 433, 436, 440, 460, 511, 551, 570, 571, 584, 718, 719, 738, 752, 755, 768. Potter, Gen. James, letters, vi., 51, 70, 83, 89, 97, 98, 150, 166, 169, 231, 516, 517, 521, 603, 665, 729. His operations west of Schuylkill, 98. Skirmish at Blue Bell, 32. Near Barren Hill Church, 70, 98. Wishes to retire, 123. Near Dar- by, 141. Asks leave of absence, 167. Relieved by Gen. Lacey, 168. Clamor against, 231. Skirmishes near Germantown, 70. Respect- ing, 662, 681, 684; vii., 342, 418. Recommended, 448, 473; viii., 484, 561, 567, 689, 699, 710. State of frontiers .- Indian mur- ders, ix., 70. Soldiers, 128. Re- cruits, 184. Elected Vice Presi- dent, 447. Expedition declined, 640. Arms for Wyoming, x , 47. Letter to President Reed, (1779. See Vol. VII.,) militia, Indians, &c., 159. Death of, xi., 660.
Potter, James, appointed Surveyor, xi., 661, 663.
Potts, Jonathan, v., 350.
Potts, Samuel, vi., 595.
Potts, Dr. John, letter to on clothing, viii., 96.
Potts Grove, flour to, be deposited at, vi., 177.
Powder, agreement for, by Congress Committee, iv., 696. Offer of, by Berks county, 679. Scarcity of, viii., 434, 442. For celebrating President's arrival, xi., 763 .- Required for thirty-nine dis- charges, xii., 9. Magazines at Philadelphia, 317. Magazine, plan of a, by Lewis Nicola, iv., 715 ; vii., 141. Waste of, 398, 404. Phi- ladelphia presented by Grand Jury as not capable of containing all the powder, x, 347. Too small for all the powder, xi., 202. Advice asked of C. J. McKean, 276. Opi- nion, 283. Described, 546. Pow- der magazine at Philadelphia, to be purchased, 393, 682.
Powder-mills, erected, iv., 745. Committee for erecting, 700. Lo- cation of several, 709. Report on, 765. R. Morris asks for, 768. -
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Explosion of State, letter P. De Haven, v., 255. Testimony re- specting, 256, 257, 261. Maga- zine at Lancaster, 295. Merchants apply for, 319. Hemberg's vi., 139, 540. Discovered, 544. Pro- perty on French Creek desired, vii., 315.
Powell, Jeremiah, President of Mas- sachusetts, prisoner carried into, viii., 254.
Powell, Col. Leven, letter from Ken- tucky, viii., 766.
Powel, Samuel, (Prest. of Philadel- phia Agricultural Society,) infor- mation requested on Hessian fly, xi., 527, 384, 385.
Pownall, Sir John, letters, ii., 377, 467, 527, 778.
Pownall, Secretary, John, letters, iii., 97, 759; iv., 309, 368, 465, 535, 616, 617, 620, 629.
Pownall, T., Governor of Massachu- setts,-Account of great fire in Boston, solicits aid, iii., 714. Granted by Assembly, 715.
Prather, Henry, Deposition, iv., 237. Prayers, for the Royal family, to be altered, i., 225, 624.
Presbyterian, Synod, Address to Gov. Thomas, i., 743. Second Church, do., 744. .
President and Council have power to discharge soldiers, viii., 110.
President and V. President, election of, xi., 635.
Presqu'isle, fort at, iii., 13, 563. xii, 443.
Price, G., letter, iii., 488.
Price, Lt., Samuel, letter, iii., 429. Prince, birth of a, iv., 414.
Princess, Louisa, death of, iv., 300. Princess, a, born, iv., 311.
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Princeton, Enemy advancing to, v., 148, 157, 158. Washington has, 159. Battle at, 159, 163, 168, 171, 215.
Prison, (new,) at Philadelphia, x., 52.
Prisoners, delivered up by Indians, iv., 100. At Philadelphia, on trial of, opinions, iv., 298, 299. Taken at St. John's, and Chamble, sent to interior, 688; v., 77, 99, 168, 170, 232, 233, 234, 241, 243, 244, 249, 267, 294, 296, 306, 317, 320, 329, 371, 383, 442, 469, 471, 502,
511, 513, 534, 604, 609. Relief of, 442, 585, 600, 620, 632, 647. In Masonic Lodge, 582, 584, 586, 593, 604, 607, 609. Of war-in Reading, 21. Pay of officers, 31. In Bristol, 61. Care of, 65. At Carlisle, 77. At Philadelphia, to be removed, 99. From Com. Ha- zelwood, 169. Sent to Philadel- phia, 232; vi., 105, 127, 216, 261, 263, 410, 427, 519, 680, 709. Ex- change of, proposed by Gen. Howe, 300, 318. From Philadelphia in Virginia, 74, 75, 102, 104, 106, 111, 158, 210, 365, 367, 401, 402, 404, 453, 509, 510, 524. Memo- rial to Congress, 111, 158. Re- monstrance, 509. Petition, 511. Exchange not exempt from mili- tary duty, vii., 496. Who have broken parole, 626. Expected, 731; viii., 5, 43, 93, 157, 163, 180, 188, 191, 343, 368, 555, 723, 725, 726, 745, 753. Of war at N. York, distress of, 619, 620, 660, 663. Provisions, 620. Regulations respecting supplies, 626. The Con- vention, to be removed from Mary- land and Virginia, to Yorktown and Lancaster, 753. Convention, letters to Assembly on, ix., 5, 6, 7, 24, 37, 38, 158, 203, 341, 357, 515. Plot discovered at Lancaster, 156. In Clarke's expedition, me- morial, 574. Confined for criminal offences in Philadelphia jail, 249. In prison ships at New York, 667. Ships, British, at New York. Suf- fering on board, ix., 656. At N. York, number of prisoners, 667. Letter of Council to prisoners, 668. Described, 757, 763. War, ix., 561. In prison ships at New York, num- ber, 667. Letter of Council to, 608. Provisions for, 669, 674. At New York, supplies for (1782,) xi., 495. In workhouse, Philadelphia, 64S. Letter, Gen. Washington respect- ing, (1782,) 496.
Privateers, Spanish, on Delaware, i., 759, 763, 765, 766. King's orders respecting, iii., 91, 162. Commis- sioned, v., 569. Commissions granted by Congress for, vi., 327, 378, 670, 705, 726, 727. Commis- sions for, vii., 127, 224, 536. Com- missions for, viii., 603.
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Prize money, Commissioners, for dis- tributing, appointed, i., 654, 655. And prize money, viii., 262. Act for capture and condem'ion of, ix., 43. Proceedings of a General Court Mar- tial, ix., 361.
Proclamation, William Penn against Thomas Matthews, i., 68. Against cutting timber in Philadelphia, 97. Of Gov. Keith to continue the Go- vernment, 160. Of do. reward for a murderer, 170. Of Gov. Gordon, 189. Of King George II , 200, 220, 204. Of Gov. Thomas against set- tling on lands in Lancaster county, 629. Of Gov. Gordon, 189. Of Gov. Morris for a fast, ii., 649. Of Gov. Dinwiddie, of Virginia, re- 'specting Indians, iii., 155. Against selling rum to, 237, 519. And sub- mission of inhabitants to George III., iv., 38. Gov. Hamilton for murderers, 65. Gov. Fauquier, 255. For preserving fish in Dela- ware river, &c., 347. Against murderer of Isaac Meyer, 376. Of Gov. Franklin, New Jersey, against · a smuggler, 381, 445. Gov. Penn, against Dunmore's 580. Fleming Elliott, 665. Of Gen. Washington, v, 700. On threshing out grain, vi., 116. For pardon to tories re- commended, 434. Of Gen. Arnold after the evacuation, 606. For pardon of prisoners under Test laws, vii., 130. Of Congress for a Fast day, 257, 261, 321. For ap- prehending deserters, 443. By Congress for Thanksgiving, 757. Respecting Virginia boundary, viii., 63. Of Congress for a Fast, 130. For apprehending J. & R. Smith, murderers of Mr. Boyd, 244. Respecting counterfeits in Philadelphia, ix., 279. Of Con- gress for a Thanksgiving, 650. Respecting the money and credit, 131. For Thanksgiving by Congress, victory over Cornwallis, 443. Re- specting decree at Trenton, 732. Congress for Thanksgiving for peace, x., 134. Of Governor of Connecticut, on Wyoming lands, 146. Of Massachusetts for arrest of Daniel Shays, &c., xi., 119. On arrest of Col Pickering, 329. For Indian murders, xii., 318.
Proctor's Col., regiment, xii., 223. Proctor, Col. John, v., 202; vi , 445, 458, 506, 659, 722 ; viii., 193, 217, 253, 284, 710.
Proctor, Captain Thomas, to return bedding, &c., from Province Island, iv., 728, 729. On the Barracks, 729. Has proved cannon, &c., 790. Return of stores, 754.
Proctor, Major Thomas, letters to and from, v., 11, 33, 45, 50, 52, 97, 118, 130, 134, 141, 189, 192, 207, 234, 236, 249, 451, 455. Or- ders prisoners to jail, and arrest of Mrs. White, 97. Appointed a Re- giment of Artillery, 234. On join- ing the Continental service, 189.
Proctor, Col. Thomas, vi., 676, 712, 732. Letters, vii., 121, 123, 135, 146, 261, 270, 290, 298, 405, 423, 440, 476, 485. Objects to uniform, 292, 293. Companies, 339, 340, 387, 397. Letters, viii., 43, 57, 76, 193. Claims Hog Island, 730, 734, 760. Threats, complaints against, ix., 11, 17, 120. Resigna- tion, 142, 511.
Proctor, Thomas, Sheriff, instructions to, respecting H. Carberry, x., 823, Revolt in jail, 327. Purchase of land, 420.
Proctor, Gen. Thomas, proposes cele- bration of President Washington's birth day, xi., 664. Indian mur- ders, 719. Respecting Indians, 740, 741.
Proctor's Col., regiment, xii., 223. Proposals for raising an army at westward, iv., 654.
Proprietaries, notice respecting land lottery, i., 455. To trustees, let- ter from, 236. Appointments, An- drew Hamilton's opinion on, 129. Land at Easton, iii., 84. Letters of government, 107, 157, 193, 576, 668. Power to Gov. Hamilton to sell, 685. Lands in Reading, ix., 231, 237.
Prothonotaries must reside within their counties, vii., 638. County, viii., 58. Of Washington county, letter from Governor of Virginia, x., 78. Circulars to, 268, 439, 749; xi., 691. Of Supreme Court, 765.
Providence Ship, letter W. P. to owners, on seizure, i., 136.
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Province Island, first house on for sick, iv., 59. And Mr. Holker, ix., 298. Lots, 384, 385. Uni- versity, &c., 385. Hospital, keeper appointed, x., 75. Purchasers of lots, 225.
Provincial forces refuse to do duty for want of pay, iii., 98. Number in pay, 99. Proposed dress of, 101. Commissioners' letter, iv .. 142.
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Provisions-Embargo on, ii., 263, 283, 373, 375, 500. Gen. Shirley remits to Gov. Morris for, 357. Re- quested for Bermuda, 661. For soldiers, bad, iii., 48, 54. Esti- mate cost of, 62. Commissioners on, 92, 214. Ammunition at fort Augusta, 79. At different forts, 81. Embargo on, 97, 114, 144, 148. High prices of, v., 667, 676, 690, 721, 739, 742, 744, 748. Cost of liquor, 742; vi., 34, 38, 104, 107, 129, 130, 135, 143, 207, 269. 271, 277, 281, 284, 286, 289, 294, 296, 306, 307, 348, 377, 378, 552, 667. Resolutions of Assembly respecting, 66. Great want of, in the Army, 38, 107, 263, 329, Large quantity of flour, &c., or- dered by Congress, 177, 256. In- quiries by Board of War respect- ing, 165. Prospects of a supply, 231, 240. Commissioners for pur- chasing, 294, 329. Instructions, &c., 303-314. Letter of Board of War to Congress on, 315. Let- ter of Council to Commissioners, 327. Memorial of Council and Assembly to Congress on the causes of delay and difficulty respecting, 333-336. Purchases to be desist- ed from, 427, 435, 441, 449 ; vii., 85, 88, 128, 159, 181, 186, 391, 432, 514, 555, 570, 586, 605, 670, 671, 685, 692, 727, 730. Prices of, 181, 192, 245. Resolution of Con- gress for supply of 245. Maga- zines for, 305; viii., 8, 48, 55, 66, 69, 70, 74, 75, 85, 86, 90, 94, 97, 146, 178, 198, 240, 248, 251, 255, 260, 277, 285, 295, 300, 301, 305. Great scarcity in Army, 122, 132. 260. Places of deposit, 170, 260, 270, 287, 313, 317, 325, 328, 330, 342, 354, 362, 364, 367, 871, 379, 382, 383, 399, 425, 430,
432, 438, 439, 441, 458, 471, 475, 477, 479, 480, 485, 494, 505, 515, 522, 525, 526, 539, 548, 556, 558, 560, 565. Quota of supplies de- manded of all States, 472, 572, 601, 603, 611, 629, 635, 652, 653, 661, 697, 719, 720, 739. Rendez- vous for, 720. Estimate of, neces- sary at different posts, 631; ix., 15, 16, 17, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 66, 71, 73, 81, 83, 84, 99, 102, 103, 111, 124, 137, 143, 151, 161, 165, 167, 175, 186, 190, 201, 207, 250, 262, 265, 277, 285, 290, 303, 327, 345, 348, 359, 381, 399, 400, 410, 411, 417, 419, 423, 425, 459, 470, 529, 744 ; x., 105, 109, 118; xii., 112, 114, 116, 117, 121, 125, 132, 134, 135, 136, 154, 160, 161, 164, 172, 173, 179, 183, 186, 208, 218, 229, 230, 231, 234, 236, 241, 247, 253, 254, 256, 257, 259, 260, 262, 264, 266, 272, 273, 274, 277. De- stroyed, 145, 200, 263.
Provost, Rev. Samuel, consecrated Bishop, x., 434.
Provost, Gen., (British,) vii., 736.
Prudden, T., and A. Caldwell, ix., 480.
Prussia, treaty with, xi., 5-14. Rights of conscience, worship and burial secured by, to United States, 8.
Prussian merchants, certificates in favor of, ix., 3cl.
Public Records, report on, securing, xi , 545.
Pulaski, General, his legion, vi., 705, 719. Complaints against his corps, vii., 230, 232, 233, 353, 378. Let- ter from Board of War, 233.
Punishment, in Army, v., 119. Purchasers of flour, vii., 548, 674, 692, 718, 753, 766. Ot salt, 728, 769. Of flour to exchange for salt, viii., 3, 51.
Purdie, Col., viii., 562, 567.
Purviance, Samuel, Jr., complaint of conduct of seamen on Delaware, viii., 644.
Putnam, Daniel, letter, v., 215.
Putnam, Gen. Israel, orders lumber on Delaware R., to be made into rafts, v, 86. Visits Fort Island, 130. At Crosswicks, 181. Let- ters, 163, 168, 170, 177, 196, 208, 215, 230, 232, 247, 232, 800.
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Quarry, Col., letter W. P. to, i., 136. Quakers-pamphlets respecting, ii., 257. Address to General Assem- bly on present state of affairs, 487. A deputation at Easton desire to make presents to Indians, 728. Governor's objections, 729.
Present at Easton at Treaty, iii., 265, 250, 262, 263, 264, 274, 319, Memorial respecting Conference at Philadelphia, 469.
Resolutions, and other acts of Congress against v, 551, 574, 580, 589, 593, 596, 600. Of Council against, 555, 574, 582, 584, 586, 590, 591, 593, 600, 604, 608, 609, 612, 632.
Proceedings against, vi., 4, 74, 75, 401, 402, 404, 432, 509- 510, 572, 709.
Representation of, for not illu- minating houses, ix., 450. John Pemberton and William Mathews make known their intentions to go to Europe on a religious visit, 551. Petition against theatres, xi., 342. Quamash, Henry, (a lame Indian,) story about sale of lands, iv., 66. Quarter Master, department to be re- gulated, vii., 84, 85.
Quarters for soldiers in Philadelphia, iii., 85, 111, 112.
Quemahoning, T., petition from, let- ter Colonel Piper, answer to, viii., 530.
Quinby, Jonathan, land on Delaware, iii., 681.
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Qnit rents, proceedings of court on, i., 99. Quittapahilla, iii. (See Lebanon.)
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Rabotean, C. L., proposes a lottery to raise funds for a Literary Academy, iii., 677. His commis- sion, 678. Petition, 679, 680.
Raccoon Creek, Indians attack a Sugar Camp on, viii., 140, 159. Boys taken, xii., 148, 210, 214. Radiere, Col. de la, vii., 400.
Rain deluges Luzerne Co., xi., 85. Ralston, John, &c., to investigate cause of distress, vi., 647. Re- ports, 772.
Randolph, Beverly, Governor of Virginia, call of a convention, xi., 557. Indians, 600.
Randolph, Edmund, Governor Vir- ginia, memorial of Charles Simms, xi., 115, 116. Resolutions of Virginia, 212. Respecting a negro slave claimed, 249, 256. Laws requested, 284. Laws-Joseph, Elam, 290. Commercial regula- tions, (1786, ) 523, (1784, ) 525. Randolph, Lieut. Asher, information of enemy, ix., 436.
Rangers, armed boat to Committee of Safety, iv., 704. For provi- sions, 704. Complain of ill treat- ment, 705. Five companies to be raised, vii., 300, 301.
Rank, antedated commissions not to give, v., 371. Arrangement of, 483. Of officers, appeal to Con- gress respecting, vii., 162, 447, 607, 691. Washington on, 188. Ransom bills unpaid, prisoners held
in France on account of, iv., 201. Rattan [Ruatan ?] Isl'd, to be set- tled, i., 659, 660.
Ratification of Constitution of U. S., xii., 82.
Rations, in Continental army, iv., 679. What constitutes a, vi., 247, 272, 657. Value of, vii., 302, 515. Act of Congress res- pecting, furnished inhabitants on frontiers, 673.
Rawlings, Col., regiment, vii., 339, 340; viii., 5, 38; xii., 115, 147, 272. His detachment arrives at Pittsburg, 120.
Ray's Town, Stoc'de fort at, iii., 510. Raystown, Fort Bedford at, xii., 339-341.
Razer, Peter, appointed Collector of Customs at Lewestown, iii., 546; iv., 76.
Ratzer, Capt. Bernard, Surveyor of boundary between New York and New Jersey, protection asked for him, iv., 336, 337, 339. Com- mission of Governor Penn to him, 339.
Rea, Samuel, vi., 611, 672. Attack of Indians on Gilbert and Piert, viii., 221. Savages, 222, 227. Tories at Water Gap, 259. Militia, Indians, 286, 560. Troops, 320, 386, 592, 640, 683, 729; ix., 581.
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Murders by Indians, 107, 108, 158. Militia, 743.
Read, Captain Adam, orders to, ii., 545, 551. Letter to, 738. Read, Charles, letter, iii., 546.
Read, James, iii., 36, 245. Letter respecting prisoners of war, v., 20. Special messenger, 68. Let- ters, 20, 68, 138, 204, 258, 323, 463, 602. Prothonotary, 323; vi., 234, 235, 245, 473; vii., 289. Appointment as Register of Court of Admiralty of Berks Co., ix., 191. Appointed commissioner to Wyoming, x., 330. Flour Inspec- tor, xi., 573.
Read, John, letters to and from, respecting Mud Fort, v., 12, 23, 24, 26, 47, 60, 64, 91.
Read, Captain Thomas, on the naval affairs of the river, iv., 745, 747. Complains of want of sea- men, bad powder, &c., 750, 751, 753. Resigns, 769.
Reading, Berks County, water ob- tained at, ii., 45. Guard for, 544, 596. Public stores at, 660. Jour. from, by Captain Young, to sundry forts, 674. To receive Highland soldiers, iii., 575. Recommenda- tions for Clerk of Market, 659. Committee respecting arms, &c., iv., 757. Uneasiness respecting prisoners of war, v., 20, 250. Furnace, cannon cast at, 31. Let- ter from, 139. Hospital at, 139. Quantity of arms in, 341. Pris- oners at, 467. J. Morris to attend court at, 481. Fear from powder, 633. Places of worship used as barracks, 653. Troops sent from, vi., 14. Flour to be deposited at, 177. Clothing at, 250. Attacks on Attorney-General, 267. No lawyer, 245. Troops ordered to, 374. Guards dismissed, 542. Request of prisoners to remain at, vii., 374. Disturbance by prison- ers at, 450, 454, 480. Tory let- ters, 488. Prisoners, and scarcity of provisions at, viii., 425. Sales of confiscated estates at, ix., 216. Convention prisoners arrive at, 225, 230, 236, 289, 290. Proprie- tary land, 231, 237. Quarters to Troops, refused at, 299. Respect- ing, 346, 347. Commissioners
appointed to examine Roads, &c., between Susquehanna, and im- proving communications between Schuylkill and Susquehanna rivers, x., 129. Case of Big Spring tracts, 712. A justice of peace required, xi., 63. Election of Burgesses, 275. Recommenda- tion of J. Deimer as Judge, 597.
Reading, George, murders, &c. near Fort Ligonier, vii., 345.
Reading, John, President of New Jersey-death of John Hamilton- demands a counterfeiter, i., 764. Reading, Philip, letter, iii., 699.
Reasons for not building a house viii., 287.
Receiver General, islands in Ohio, xi., 667. Report, 750. Report on certificate, xii., 47.
Recorders to have power to acknowl- edge deeds, xi., 136.
Records of Bucks county, v., 237. Westmoreland, 452, 455. Chester county, 462. Bedford, 638. North- ampton county, 654. To Lancas- ter, 749. And papers, public, Richard Peters' letter respecting, vi., 72. Circular of Council on, 88. To be removed to Northamp- ton county, 88, 140. Public, viii., 318. Removal of, ix., 412. Of Court against Kilborn and Parks, xi., 419. A. Kilborn, 546. S. Miles, 547. Report on securing public, xi., 575.
Recruiting, service of twelve Penn- sylvania regiments, cash paid for, v., 335, 483. Col. Hartley on, vi, 321. Wayne on, 408. Offi- cers' memorial to Council, 280, 397. Letter to General Washing- ton, 287, 288, 292. Plan of Con- gress for, vii., 442. Accounts, 500; viii., 72, 351, 363, 368, 382, 422, 437, 439, 669, 682, 730, 732, 744, 745, 753; ix., 69, 136, 157, 191, 196, 221. Rendezvous for, 484. Instructions to Maj. Moore, x., 127. Suspended, 529. Or- dered by Secretary of War, xi., 555.
Recruits, respecting, vi., 410, 411, 433, 451, 659, 746; vii., 64, 65, 70. 105, 442, 476, 500, 659, 667, 711. 742.
Red Bank, attack on, v., 118, 130.
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INDEX TO PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES.
State of, 362, 663, 699, 701, 703, 706, 707, 709, 719, 745, 746. Count Donop kifled, 699. Com- modore Hazelwood account of ac- tion, 721, 722 ; vi., 21, 24, 28, 31, Visit of President, &c. to, vii., 199, 200. Fort (Mercer), battle, &c. at, viii., 445-452.
Redick, David, difficulty in surveys in Washington county, x., 416. Account of Indian murders, xi., 149. Intelligence from N. Y., 197, 339. Elected Vice President, .. 411. Describes lands opposite Pittsburg, 244. Asks letters from Gov. Clinton, of J. Franklin and Dr. Hamilton, 412. Hamilton and Benton (1787), 459. Justices, - 592.
Redstone,-people against Captain Springer, xii., 278.
Reed, Adam, letter, iii., 426.
Reed, Bowes, vii., 262.
Reed, Fort, xii., 452.
Reed, Joseph, letter, iv., 679. Arms to be taken from soldiers leaving army, v., 108. Sends prisoners from Trenton, 151. Appointed C. J., 289, 379. Letters to and from, 109, 151, 289, 379, 692, 701, 702. Has horse shot under him and narrowly escapes, vi., 71. Recommended for Brigadier Gen- eral by General Armstrong, 91. Appointed on committee of Con- gress on memorial of Councils and Assembly, 160, 183, 218. Letters, 120, 218, 712, 733, 739. Asked to assist Attorney General, 712. Gen. Armstrong's opinion of, 662, 681. Gibb's journal in R. I., 733. Presence required, 739. Letters to and from. (See Sup. Execu- tive Council.) Affidavits respect- ing, before Congress, by Clarkson and Franks, vii., 270. Compli- mentary resolutions of Assembly, 295. Correspondence respecting Arnold, 162. 283, 327, 337, 347, 351, 380. Views on militia laws, 359. Letters to Gen. Washing- ton, 377-383. Compliment to, 582, 584, 665. His private posi- tion, 712. Wrong impressions of Board of War, 713. Correspon- dence with J. Wilcox, 721, 725, 727. Sickness, 744. Proposes to
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