Lottery, Continental, 212, 358.
Louisiana, see New Orleans.
Lovell, James, member, and Gates, 68; and half-
pay, xiii, 32, 173, 262; committees: foreign
affairs, 209, 236-239, 242, 312, 470, 523;
Massachusetts letter, 247n.; letter to, 27n.;
letters, 2, 31, 42, 45, 53, 67, 71, 73, 77,
121, 137, 139, 166, 172, 175, 208, 217n., 234,
236, 236n., 237, 238, 239, 240, 242, 261, 285,
290, 303, 312, 312n., 329, 418, 461, 464n.,
470, 471, 477, 493, 517n., 522, 523n., 536;
memoranda, 375n.; on burden of service,
31; on cartel, 173; on conditions at York,
xxix-xxx, 166; on Deane and inquiry, 242,
461, 536; on finance, 517n.; on French trea-
ties, 418; on Gates and Eastern department,
477, 493; on Hancock, 2n.; on impressment
of supplies, 45; on Newport expedition, 391,
392; on Saratoga convention, iii-iv, 31;
on Washington, vii, 42, 47; period of ser-
vice, liv; pledge to expedite business, 165;
under strain of service, 76.

Lowndes, Rawlins, president of South Carolina,
letters received by Congress from, 247,
359n., 360; letters to, 209, 247, 270, 287, 316,
319, 332, 359, 368, 406, 411, 440, 494, 520,
537, 540.
Loyalists, amnesty, 169n., 192, 193, 219, 360;

and reoccupation of Philadelphia, 265, 274,
279, 282, 284, 363, 416n., 494; Chew and
Penn, 131, 134, 135; confiscations, 452;
Delaware rising, 179-181, 185, 186, 197, 198;
enlistment in British army, 247n.; Goodrich
affair, 413, 426; Massachusetts act, 477;
petition to British commissioners, 460, 467;
prisoners of war, and cartel, 119, 161, 175;
state tax, 71.

Loziers,, 553.

Luce, Guillaume de, 112n.

Ludwick, Christopher, 50.

Lutterloh, Henry Emanuel, 68, 69, 92.
Lyman, Samuel, letter to, 377.

McClelland, James, 160.

McClosky, Patrick, messenger, 12, 190, 215.
McCrady, Edward, South Carolina in the Revo-
lution, 360n.

McDougall, Alexander, and French treaties,

215n., 226n.; and Lafayette's expedition,
51, 6on., 61, 64, 72; Hudson River command,
90, 141, 142, 155.
McDowell, Samuel, 144n.
McIntosh, Lachlan, frontier command, 245n.,

306n., 391; letter, 306n.; letter to, 244.
McKean, Mrs. Sarah, letters to, 245, 284, 301.
McKean, Thomas, member, absent, 474; and

McKinly, 83n.; and ratification, 323n.; as
judge, 212; attends, 82, 211n.; committee
on Steuben, 91; in debate, 274; letters, 82,
148, 197, 245, 246, 279, 284, 300, 301, 321;

on reconciliation, xix, 198, 300, 301; on
western claims, 149; Papers, 245n.; periods
of service, lii; Thompson affair, xxxiv, 523,
537, 549.

McKean Papers, 245n.

McKee, Alexander, 153.

McKinly, John, president of Delaware, ex-
change, 83, 149, 372, 523, 537.
Maclain, Archibald, 384.
McLene, James, letter to, 94.
McNeill, Hector, 352, 419.
Madison, James, 438.
Magaw, Robert, 497.
Magazine of American History, 129n.
Magazine of History, Extra, 528n.
Maher, Patrick, 515n.
Major-generals, Caswell, 426, 431, 461; Con-
way, 24n., 39, 63; council, 174, 178; rank
question, 67, 68; see also Officers.
Malbone, Evan, sr., 540n.
Malbone, Evan, jr., 540n.
Malcom, William, deputy adjutant-general,
letter to, 482n.; rank, 298, 298n., 482n.
Manifestos, see Reconciliation.
Manley, John, case and command, 270n., 352,
397, 409, 419, 483.
Manlove, Boaz, 83.

Manning, James H., papers possessed by, 17n.
Manning, William, 292, 300, 302.
Marbury, Col. Leonard, 313.
Marchant, Henry, member, and Boudinot's
accounts, 357; at dinner, 420n.; attends,
211n., 282; committee on Brown, 354n.;
leave, 478; letter to, 226n.; letters, 282, 310,
318, 330, 331, 331n., 358, 367, 408, 460,
478, 481; on Gérard's reception, xx, 367; on
paper money, 12; on services to state, 460;
period of service, lx; vote on Carmichael,
430.

Marine committee, conditions, 379; letters,
269n., 272n., 423; members, 271, 379; Out-
Letters, 123n.; outside board, 366, 420; see
also Navy, American.

Marsh, Joseph, 533, 534.

Marshall, John, George Washington, 49n.
Martin,

370.

Martin, Alexander, 10.

Maryland, and admiralty jurisdiction, 368, 374;
and Delaware rising, 179, 181; and draft
from militia, 100, 104, 110, 133, 148; and
embargo, 407, 409, 411, 431; and equipment
of cavalry, 101, 122; and impressment of
supplies, 45; and land for mercenaries, 210;
and provisions for army, 86, 480; and rati-
fication and western claims, xxiv-xxv, 104,
123, 128, 133, 313-315, 324n., 327, 329, 332,
342, 365, 373, 444, 450, 475, 495, 507, 530;
Archives, 55n.; German battalion, 68; Hes-
sian fly, 541; Loyalist enlistments, 247n.;
recruiting in, 110, 122; tax on Loyalists,
71; see also next titles.

Maryland, governor of, see Johnson, Thomas, jr.
Maryland delegates, and half-pay, 213; letters,

314, 548; periods of service, liii-liv; see also
Carmichael, William; Carroll, Charles;
Chase, Samuel; Forbes, James; Henry,

John, jr.; Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas;
Paca, William; Plater, George; Stone,
Thomas.
Maryland Historical Society, Gilmor Papers,
463n.; Portfolios, 27n.; Red Book, 25n.
Mason, John, 482.

Massachusetts, and draft from militia, 148; and
impressment of supplies, 45; grant and ac-
counts, 403; keeping up delegation, 31, 32,
45, 137, 139; Loyalist act, 452, 477; mast
export, 554; Newport expedition, 290, 293,
325n.; ratification, 121, 132, 137, 138, 173n.,
202; taxes and paper money, 57; unrepre-
sented, 85, 86, 103, 121, 145, 146; see also
next titles.

Massachusetts Archives, 36n.

Massachusetts board of war, letter, 248n., 249n.
Massachusetts Council, and Temple, 541; letters

to, 145, 217n., 290, 514.
Massachusetts delegates, and half-pay, 42, 213,
230; election, 2, 3; instructions, 481; letter,
290; periods of service, liv; quarters, 349n.,
484n.; social activities, 373, 386, 397, 407,
420n., 455n., 461, 481, 515n., 550, 553; see
also Adams, John; Adams, Samuel; Dana,
Francis; Gerry, Elbridge; Hancock, John;
Holten, Samuel; Lovell, James; Paine,
Robert Treat.
Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections,

17n.; Heath Papers, 12n.; letter possessed
by, 293n.; Pickering Papers, 38n.; Pro-
ceedings, 281n.; Sullivan Papers, 408n.;
Warren Manuscripts, 263n.
Masts, West Indian trade, 554.
Mathews, John, member, and ratification, xxv,
322; attends, 189, 211n.; election, 161n.;
leave, 322n., 421; letters, 189, 322, 393, 420,
453, 494; on Congress, xxxi-xxxii, 322n.,
420, 421, 453; on embargo and state rights,
393, 394; on reconciliation, 190; periods of
service, lxi; vote on Carmichael, 430.
Matlack, Timothy, letters to, 15, 41, 450n.
Matthews, Sampson, 144n.

Mauduit Duplessis, see Duplessis.
Maxwell, William, and Berkenhout, 388, 399-

401; and British commissioners, 369; com-
plaint against, 553; letters to, 388, 400.

Mazzei, Philip, 438.

Measam, George, 389n., 390.
Mease, James, 62n.; letter to, 224.
Medical department, hospitals, dissension and

reform, 11, 13, 14, 35, 59, 67, 77, 157, 348.
Mercenaries, Congress and hiring, 236n.; invited

to settle, land for, 209, 210, 216; Prussia
and, 217, 236; see also Deserters; Prisoners
of war.

Mercer, James, candidacy, 44n.; committee to
supervise commissary (1779), 490n.

Mercer, John, 346n.

Mercer, John Francis, 346n.
Mermaid, 368n., 374.

Middleton, Arthur, member, elected delegate, lxi.
Mifflin, Jonathan, 79n., 85n., 90n., 92.
Mifflin, Thomas, and council, 174, 178; board of

war, and committee of conference, 31n., 40,
45, 47; Conway Cabal, 44, 79n.; inquiry,

287; Laurens on, 21n., 103; rank question,
67; resigns as quartermaster-general, 105.
Military chest, for North Carolina, 384; for
Rhode Island, 318; inquiry, 71; losses
avowed, 65; of Eastern department, 43,
93; of Northern department, 28, 112, 253;
see also Pay.

Military departments, see Eastern; Northern.
Military power, and civil, 458.
Military stores, see Supplies.
Militia, calls, 135, 150, 179, 181; draft from,
99, 102, 104, 110, 133, 148, 163; expected
reform, 46; for Newport campaign, 325;
for southern campaign, 426, 431, 437, 454,
459, 461, 516; in Monmouth and Newport
campaigns, 436n.; North Carolina offer,
128.

Miller, Henry, 225n.

Millet, -, messenger, 440.
Miralles, Juan de, at Philadelphia, 381n., 465,
466, 550, 554.

Mitchell, John, 501.
'Modestus ", article, 472n.
Molly, 368n., 380n.

Money, see Paper money; Specie.
Monmouth campaign, congratulations, 321, 328;
evacuation of Philadelphia, 241, 265, 285,
301, 305, 306, 308; expectations, 318; Lee,
386, 455, 465, 517, 519-521, 523, 540, 541;
New Jersey militia, 436n.

Montford, Comte Julius de, 267.
Moore, Frank, Materials for History, in.; Songs
and Ballads, 176n.
Moore Hall, 115n.

Morgan, Daniel, 46n., 463n.
Morgan, George, conduct, 144n., 153, 160; let-
ter, 144n.; letter to, 160.
Morgan, Dr. John, 67n.
Morgan, J. Pierpont, Collection, Signers, 72n.;
Library, Signers of Articles of Confedera-
tion, 492n.

Morris, Gouverneur, member, absent, return
urged, 15, 164; and bounty, 394; and Con-
way, comment, 260, 465; and Deane, xxxiii,
417; and joint Canadian expedition, 464;
and reconciliation commissioners, comment,
xv, xviii, xxii, 219, 283, 295n., 297n., 315,
337, 338, 338n.; and re-election, 421; and
resignation of Laurens, 528; and R. Morris,
404, 405; and S. Adams, 264; and treasury,
376n.; Bartlett on, 310; Carmichael exami-
nation, vote, 429n., 430; committees: army
arrangement, 252; British cruelties, 377;
campaign, 549; Canadian expedition, 500n.;
cartel, 539; conference, 45; French treaties,
223n., 225n.; Massachusetts letter, 249n.;
supervise commissary, 480, 487, 489n.;
Diary and Letters, 377n.; Lancaster affair,
49; Laurens on, 59; letters, 50, 66, 86, 107,
174, 199, 207, 212, 218, 230(2), 260, 261,
264, 284, 315, 317, 343, 358, 376(2), 381,
394, 421, 428, 462, 480, 487, 489, 490, 491,
492, 514, 529n.; letters to, 294, 463n.; “ Ob-
servations on Finances 463n.; on burdens,
376; on committee of conference, 66; on
conditions in Congress, xxviii, 66, 174; on

disposition of army, 488, 489; on Franklin's
instructions, 500n.; on half-pay, 230; on
Lafayette, 50; on Lee trial, 465; on mea-
sures on reoccupation of Philadelphia, 265,
284; on memorial of officers, 463, 464; on
New York delegation, 421; on paper money
as tax, 462; on prospects, 199; on Ticon-
deroga inquiry, 199; on Vermont, 199, 317,
376, 428; periods of service, Ivii; proposed
resolves, 337; see also Committee of con-
ference.

Morris, Robert, member, and accounts of secret
committee, Laurens's charges, 1, 2, 21n.,
70, 96, 114n., 373, 375; and Beaumarchais
contract, 157, 243n.; and Duane and Duer,
404; and half-pay, 230; and loan certificates
abroad, 437; and reconciliation commission-
ers, 192, 294; attendance urged, 108, III,
164, 165, 219, 230; attends, 405; committees:
foreign affairs, 237-239; Gérard's reception,
362n.; letters, 219, 236, 237, 238, 239, 294,
404, 436; letters to, 1(2), 45n., 46n., 65n.,
67n., 70, 95, 108, 110, 152, 164, 230, 257n.,

286n., 312n., 373n.; on embargo, 407; on
finance, 405; on French treaties, 405; on
Portuguese prize, 113; on public life, 405;
Papers, In.; periods of service, lviii; social
activity, 380; vote on Carmichael, 430.
Morris, Thomas, charges against, dismissal, In.,
2, 373, 434.

Morris Papers, In.

Morristown, N. J., magazines, 488.
Moses, Isaac, 519.

Motte, Isaac, 53; letter to, 51.

Moultrie, William, 248; letter received by Con-

gress from, 252; letter to, 252.

Muhlenberg, Peter, 67n., 89.

Mumford, Thomas, 553.

Murnand, Jean Bernard de, 92, 104.

Murray, David, see Stormont.

Murray, E., 198.

Murray, (?) Lord John, 198.

Myers Collection, Continental Congress, 131n.;
Distinguished Americans, 238n.

Natchez, and Willing, 96n.

Navarro, D. J., letter, 465n.; letter to, 465.
Navy, American, Barry and St. Augustine expe-
dition, 506; consideration, 309, 351, 484, 543;
construction and armament, 131, 269, 273,
305; Conyngham's cruise from France, 438-
440; frigates and policy, 132; Hopkins's
dismissal, 2, 3, II; losses, 123n., 208n.;
Manley and McNeill, 270n., 352, 397, 419,
483; manning, 409; packet-boats, 55, 222;
ships, movements and commands, 202, 269,
272, 305, 353, 409, 419, 424, 425, 467, 553;
state ship, 442n.; submarine, 202n.; see also
Marine committee; Navy board.
Navy, British, and American shipments, 231,
233, 244; Newport, 386, 401, 403, 546;
Ushant, 436.

Navy, French, in West Indies, 436, 437; rice
for, 539-541; Ushant, 436; see also Estaing.
Navy board at Boston, and appointments, 340;
criticized, 351; funds, 263, 339, 477; letters

to, 3, 272n.; Papers, 187n.; salaries, 477,
483; Warren and resignation, 459, 483-485.
Neilson, John, member, elected delegate, Ivi;
declines, 519n.

Neisser, George, 42n., 223n., 225n.
Nelson, Thomas, jr., member, 373n.; elected
delegate, lxii.

Netherlands, attitude, 320, 462, 472, 476; ex-
pected treaty, 391, 402; plan for relations,
mission, 272, 312n.
Nevill, John, 144n.
Newark, as post, 488.

New England, and New York, 29; and Schuy-
ler, 4; see also Conventions; states by name.
New Hampshire, and claim to Vermont, 522,
534; and draft from militia, 148; and towns
joining Vermont, 404, 427, 428, 472, 473,
513, 514, 522, 534; grant and accounts, 341,
359, 403, 444, 522; mast export, 554; militia
for Newport campaign, 293, 325; ratification,
132, 212, 256, 323n.; scarcity, 379; unrepre-
sented, 211-213, 255, 507, 513; see also next
titles.
New Hampshire, president of, see Weare,

Meshech.

New Hampshire Council, and Temple, 533.
New Hampshire delegates, attend, 270; and half-
pay, 213, 270; expected, 230; letter, 293;
periods of service, liv-lv; quorum, 443, 444,
513; see also Bartlett, Josiah; Folsom,
Wentworth,
Nathaniel; Frost, George;
John, jr.; Whipple, William.
New Hampshire Historical Society, Weare Pa-
pers, 466n.

New Haven, convention, 57, 125n., 202, 212.
New Jersey, accounts, 58; and draft from
militia, 100; and embargo, 372; and equip-
ment of cavalry, 101, 104; and impress-
ment of supplies, 45; and land for merce-
naries, 210; and New Haven convention, 57;
army and protection, 57; army posts in, 488;
Laurens's "dream", 436; Little Egg Har-
bor raid, 440; militia for Newport expedi-
tion, 325n.; militia in Monmouth campaign,
436n.; ratification, xxv, 132, 212, 323n., 326-
329, 332, 342, 364, 373, 415, 444, 450, 475,
495, 497, 507; taxes and paper money, 57;
unrepresented, 531; wagons and provisions
for army, 86; see also next titles.
New Jersey, governor of, see Livingston, Wil-

liam.

New Jersey Assembly, letter to, 326.
New Jersey delegates, and half-pay, 213, 255;

periods of service, lv-lvi; see also Boudinot,
Elias; Clark, Abraham; Elmer, Jonathan;
Fell, John; Frelinghuysen, Frederick; Neil-
son, John; Scudder, Nathaniel; Wither-
spoon, John.

New Jersey Gazette, 436n.
New Jersey Revolutionary Correspondence,
286n.

New Jersey State Library, Collection, 326n.
Newman, Thomas, 96n.
New Orleans, relations, 144n.; Willing's expe-
dition, 96n., 494n.

Newport, R. I., British at, 37; expected evacua-
tion, 331, 423, 431; French fleet, 324, 325;
relief expedition, failure, expense, 2, 12,
38, 84, 103, 136, 137; second expedition, 325,
374, 380, 385-388, 391-393, 397, 401-403, 405-
410, 418, 420, 436n., 445.

New York, and Congress and Iroquois, 130; and
New England, 29; and provisions for army,
89; and western claims, 530; grant and ac-
counts, 343, 514n.; militia for Newport
expedition, 325n.; ratification, 16n., 132, 137,
138, 143, 160, 202, 212, 323n., 495, 497;
unrepresented, urge, 85, 86, 142; Vermont,
108, 199, 207n., 317, 344-346, 376, 427, 428,
529, 534, 535; see also next titles.
New York, governor of, see Clinton, George.
New York City, expected evacuation, 416, 480,
507, 516, 519, 531, 532; French fleet move-
ment, 325, 339.
New York delegates, absence, attendance urged,
15, 36; and Deane inquiry, 478; and half-
pay, 213; and land for mercenaries, 210;
G. Morris on make-up, 421; letters, 207,
343, 381, 514; periods of service, lvi-lvii;
R. Morris on, 404; see also Duane, James;
Duer, William; Floyd, William; Jay, John;
Lewis, Francis; Livingston, Philip; Mor-
ris, Gouverneur; Schuyler, Philip.
New York Gazette, 191n.
New York Historical Society, Collections:
Deane Papers, In.; Revolutionary Papers,
251n.; Duane Papers, 153n.; Duer Papers,
540n.; Gates Papers, 27n.; Manuscripts of
Joseph Reed, 93n.; Steuben Papers, 226n. ;
Stirling Papers, 39n.

New York Journal, 176n.

New York Provincial Congress, Journal, 15n.
New York Public Library, Bancroft Collection:

American Papers, 153n.; Langdon-Elwyn
Papers, 77n.; Livingston Papers, 91n.;
Revolutionary Papers, 288n.; Emmet Col-
lection, 66n.; Ford Collection, 26n.; Mis-
cellaneous Manuscripts, Laurens, 95n.;
Myers Collection: Continental Congress,
29n.; Distinguished Americans, 238n. ; Sam-
uel Adams Papers, 2n.

New York State Library, Assembly Papers,
490n.; George Clinton Papers, 381n.
Nicholls (Nicholson), John, 179.
Nichols, William, 400.

Nicholson, Capt., see Nicholls, John.
Nicholson, James, 123n.
Nicholson, Samuel, 414n.
Niles, Robert, 258n.

Noailles, Marquis de, 240n., 252.

North, Frederick, lord, reconciliation movement,
xiv-xix, xxii-xxiii, 171n., 184, 185, 187; see
also Reconciliation.

North Carolina, and land for mercenaries, 210;
brigadier-generals, 10, 148, 497, 554; clothing
for troops, 547; Goodrich affair, 413, 426;
grant and accounts, 383, 384, 402, 412, 413,
426, 430, 437, 455n., 512; Hessian fly, 541;
light horse, 383; offer of troops, 66, 128;
ratification, 86, 104, 133, 160, 212, 256, 323,
323n., 329, 332, 342n.; supernumerary of-

ficers, 383; troops for southern campaign,
403, 426, 431, 437, 454-456, 461, 487, 516;
unrepresented, 138, 211-213, 264, 512; see
also next titles.

North Carolina, governor of, see Caswell,
Richard.

North Carolina delegates, and half-pay, 213;
credentials, 334, 346, 347; instructions, 413,
418, 426; letters, 430, 547; periods of ser-
vice, lvii-lviii; see also Burke, Thomas;
Harnett, Cornelius; Hill, Whitmill; Penn,
John; Williams, John.

North Carolina Historical Commission, Cas-
well Papers, 25n.; Collections, 2001.
North Carolina State Records, 25n.
Northern military department, field, 167; Gates,
resumption of command, 142, 169, 173, 174,
178, 203, 207; inspector, 246; Lafayette's
accounts, 479; Malcom, deputy adjutant-
general, 482n.; military chest, 28, 112, 253;
see also Canada; Hudson River.
Northumberland, Pa., petition, 281.
Norwich, Conn., warship building, 409, 424.
Nourse, Joseph, 245.

Nova Scotia, and admittance, 237; and peace
terms, 476.

Oath, allegiance, 71, 190, 191.

Officers of the army, and theatre, 452; appoint-
ment of general, 4, 10; battalion, of new
arrangement, 164; brigade-majors, 263;
colonels, 74; complaints, 348; direct orders
by Congress, 146, 174; dismissal, 131, 448,
463n.; importunate, 58; memorial to Con-
gress, 463; North Carolina, 383; oath of
allegiance, 190, 191; peculation, 84; prema-
ture commissions, 251; promotion questions,
75, 92, 264, 265; rank and pay of brevet,
214; rank questions, 396, 502; rations, sub-
sistence money, 33, 259; rumored plan, 66;
sale of commissions, 30, 33; South Carolina,
359; state oversight, 58; see also Brigadier-
generals; Continental army; Foreign_of-
ficers; Half-pay; Major-generals; Pen-
sions; Staff; Washington, George.
O'Hara, Charles, 171n.
Olney, Joseph, 353.

Oneida Indians, 266.

Oswald, Richard, 292, 300, 302.

Otis, Samuel Alleyne, letters to, 98, 233.
Otis and Andrews, 224, 233.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Anthony,
114n., 230n.

Paca, William, member, and reconciliation, 179;
election urged, 178n.; period of service, liii.
Paca-Drayton Information, 505n.
Packet-boat, Continental, 55, 222.
Page, Mann, elected delegate, lxii.
Paine, Elisha, letter to, 472.
Paine, Robert Treat, member, elected delegate,
liv.

Paine, Thomas, and Deane controversy, xxxv,
527n., 536, 536n., 545; secretary of com-
mittee of foreign affairs, 536n.; see also
Common Sense".

Papeles procedentes de Cuba, 465n.
Paper money, and engrossment, 438, and lawful-
money debts, 443; and scarcity, 379; con-
sideration, xxvi-xxvii, 468, 476, 478, 486,
507, 508, 520, 523, 546; counterfeiting, 49,
63, 495, 542; demand and emission, 10, 44n.,
84, 85; depreciation as tax, 462; plans to
cancel or sink, 186, 202, 212, 351, 443, 472,
486, 491, 536, 540, 542, 543, 545, 547, 553,
554; primacy of problem, 364, 366, 495;
problem of appreciation, 378; state, 12, 57,
212, 308; see also Finance.
Papers of William Vernon, 187п.
Pardon, see Amnesty.

Paris, Affaires Estrangères, États Unis, 368n.;
Archives Marine, 405n.

Parke, John, 527n., 528n.; letter to, 526.
Parker, William, letter to, 252n.

Parliament, king's speech, 97; see also Recon-
ciliation.

Parsons, Samuel Holden, 91, 389.
Partridge, George, 343, 349.
Passes, Congress and, 98; see also Intercourse.
Patterson, (?) Samuel, 180, 180n.
Paullin, Charles O., Navy of the American
Revolution, 2n.; Out-Letters, 123n.
Pay, arrears, 85; see also next title; Bounty;
Military chest.
Paymaster-general, and department deputies in

South, 51; funds, 10; Pierce, 355n.; Sut-
ton's memorial, 545; Trumbull, 10, 126,
127, 167, 253, 354; see also Military chest;
Pay; Staff.

Peace, terms, 269, 476; see also Reconciliation.
Peart, Mrs. 468n.

Peck, John, 272.

Penn, Gov. John, 131, 134, 135.
Penn, John, member, and ratification, 323n.;

attends, 110, 211n., 323n.; committee on
hospital, 33; conduct, 138; letter to, 185;
letters, 10, 70, 72, 91, 110, 334, 346, 396, 402,
430, 455, 480, 520, 547; on Lafayette's expe-
dition, 72; on Laurens and Morris, 373n.;
periods of service, lviii; vote on Carmichael,

430.

Pennsylvania, and brigadiership, 498; and Brit-
ish convoy, 49, 63; and British manifesto,
474; and draft from militia, 100, 148; and
embargo, 360, 372; and equipment of cav-
alry, 101; and provisions for army, 15, 50,
85, 87, 90n., 94, 95, 99, 101; and quota, 123;
attitude and interference of Congress, 49,
94, 108, 148; call for militia, 135, 150;
clothing accounts, 281; frontier conditions,
281; legal prices and army purchases, 95,
97, 136; ratification, 132, 202, 323n.; sus-
pends price regulation, 202; see also next
titles; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh.
Pennsylvania, president of, see Bryan, George
(acting); Reed, Joseph; Wharton, Thomas,
jr.

Pennsylvania Archives, 15n.

delphia, 363.

Pennsylvania delegates, and half-pay, 213, 230;
character, 213; periods of service, lviii-lix;
see also Armstrong, John; Atlee, Samuel
Biddle, Edward; Clingan, William; Morris,
Robert; Reed, Joseph; Roberdeau, Daniel;
Searle, James; Shippen, William, sr.;
Smith, James; Smith, Jonathan Bayard.
Pennsylvania Evening Post, 191n.
Pennsylvania Gazette, 171n.
Pennsylvania-German

Society, Proceedings,

225n.
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biog-
raphy, 420.

Pennsylvania Packet, 232n.; on Fourth of July,

320n.; on Nelson, 373n.; on Washington,
549n.

Pennsylvania State Library, Collection, 15n.
Pensacola, Spain and, 273; see also West
Florida.

Pensions, disability, 444; for widows of officers,
30, 32, 33, 66, 151, 162.

Perth Amboy, N. J., as post, 488.

Peters, Richard, and Conway Cabal, 46n.; and
foreign officers, 47n.; and Lafayette's ex-
pedition, 64n.; board of war, 477; letters,
45n., 46n., 65n., 67n.

Pettit, Charles, deputy quartermaster-general,
99n., 105, 122, 164, 254.

Philadelphia, conditions in, after evacuation,

66

329, 333; congressional resolution on amuse-
ments, 451; embargo on supplies for, 285;
evacuation, 241, 265, 285, 301, 305, 306, 308;
festivities, 535; forays from, 241; occupa-
tion, action on property, 265, 274, 279, 282,
284, 363, 416, 494; return of Congress, xxiii,
xxiv, xxix, xxx, 278, 309, 310, 316, 318,
319, 321, 328, 332; see also next title;
Continental Congress.

Philadelphia campaign, expected, British plans,
153, 156; impressment of supplies, 45;
North Carolina offer of troops, 66; pro-
posed attack, 15, 40, 69; security of Ameri-
can position, 154; see also Monmouth.
Philalethes ", letter to, 526.
Philbrick, Joseph, 5.
Philbrick, Samuel, 5.
Phillips, Peter, 481.
Phillips, William, 554.
"Philopatros", letter, 526.
Phoenix, privateer, 113, 114n.
Pickering, Octavius, Timothy Pickering, 38n.
Pickering, Timothy, adjutant-general, 38n.;

board of war, and committee of conference,
3in., 40, 45, 47, 53, 477; letters, 79n., 239n.,
279; letters to, 38, 79n.; Papers, 38n.
Pickering Papers, 38n.
Pierce, John, jr., 354.
Pierce, Timothy, 62.
Pigot, 494.

Pitt, Fort, see Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh, affairs, 144n., 153, 160; and New
Orleans, 144n.; command, 216, 245n., 30бn.;
expedition from, 391.