Amity and commerce with the states general of Articles of peace with Great-Britain, provisional,
the United Netherlands,
treaty of, 144 to 151.
with Sweden, treaty of, 241 to
Annapolis, in Maryland, offered as the seat of
Congress, 227.
proceedings on proposi-
tions to adjourn to, 249,
254, 291, 300, 301, 302,
307, 383, 384.
commissioners from Vir-
ginia, Delaware, &c. as-
sembled at, 723.
proposed as the place for
commencing proceed-
ings under the constitu-
tion of the United States,
862, 863.
Annemours, Chevalier d', Consul General of
France, 263.
Anniversary of independence, celebration of the,
43, 657.
Anonymous writer, address to the officers of the
army from an, 208, 209, 210.
Antil, lieut. col. allowance as a supernumerary
officer, to, 66.
Appeals, resignation of one, death of another,
and appointmeat of two, of the Judges
of the Court of, 109, 110, 112.
reference to the Court of, 281.
to Congress from decisions of their pre-
sident, 397.
discontinuance of the salaries of the
Judges of the Court of, 544.
reasons assigned for, 617, 618.
directions to the Court of, in the case of
the sloop Chester, 667.
Appropriations for erecting buildings for the ac-
commodation of Congress, 456.
made for holding treaties with the
Indian Tribes, 798, 828, 850.
Archives, records, &c. taken by the enemy, to
to be restored, 256.
Argote, Don Antonio, advised to prosecute
Messrs. Church & Haydon, 184,
227, 228.
Armand, col. his legionary corps ordered to head
promoted to the rank of brigadier
113 114 115 122 124 125 141
142 152 158 159 161 162 163
164 166 167 170 171 172 178
testimony of Congress in favour of,
339, 340
179 180 183 187 188 189 191
192 193 194 216 217 220 221
222 223 225 230 237 238 247
248 249 251 253 254 255 257
259 260 261 262 263 265 267
268 269 270 271 272 273 274
275 278 280 281 282 283 284
285 286 287 288 289 290 292
293 294 297 299 300 301 302
303 305 306 307 323 325 326
329 330 333 340 341 342 344
346 347 348 349 352 354 355
356 357 361 362 364 365 366
367 372 373 374 375 377 378
379 390 391 393 398 399 406
407 408 409 411 415 416 419
420 421 422 423 433 440 445
446 453 454 457 458 464 466
467 471 472 475 476 479 480
482 483 484 485 486 488 490
492 494 495 496 499 502 503
504 505 506 507 509 511 512
514 515 516 519 520 523 524
525 528 531 533 536 538 544
946 550 551 552 553 555 557
Asterisk, votes of delegates from states not re-
presented, distinduished by an,
558 559 560 561 564 568 569
570 571 572 573 574 575 576
579 583 584 585 386 590 591
594 597 599 600 602 603 604
611 616 617 623 631 632 633
636 637 638 639 643 644 745
646 647 648 652 854 655 557
658 659 662 663 667 669 670
671 673 687 697 702 703 704
705 717 723 724 729 732 733
739 740 743 745 746 747 748
763 765 768 774 776 787 791
792 793 795 797 803 808 811
817 823 826 827 828 831 832
834 836 839 843 847 848 849
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Baily, general, his accounts to be settled, 305.
Baldwin Abraham, a delegate from Georgia,
528, 806.
appointed commissioner for
settling accounts, 867.
colonel, his regiment of artificers to be
paid, 123.
captain Daniel, allowance to, 710.
colonel Jeduthun, a supernumerary of-
ficer, allowance to, 19.
Ballot, chairman of a committee of the whole
house, elected by, 153.
Ballots for small committees of Congress, how
taken, 222.
Baltimore, in Maryland, proposed as the place
for commencing proceed-
ings under the Constitu-
tion of the United States,
841, 842.
the vote re-considered,
Bankson Benjamin, allowance to, 309, 469.
Barclay Thomas, Consul General in France,
instructions to, 82, 115.
appointed commissioner to settle
accounts of public agents in
Europe, 107.
permitted to return to the United
States, and to furnish an ab-
stract of the settlement of his
accounts, 547.
his conduct approved by Con-
gress, 763.
Barry capt. to be compared with other testimo-
my, report to, 47.
Barton William, money advanced to, 567.
Bayard John, a delegate from Pennsylvania, 606,
Baylor's regiment of dragoons, settlement to be
made with sundry persons who deserted from,
355.
Bayonne, in France, made a free port, 394.
Beatty John, a delegate from New-Jersey, 322,
448.
late commissary of prisoners, al-
lowance to 528, 529.
Attendance of the delegates in Congress, to
be noted, 319.
Audibert Philip, money advanced to, 462,438.
Audience to the minister plenipotentiary from
France, 25, 29, 30, 809, 810
to General Washington, 256, 317, 318.
to the minister plenipotentiary from the
United Netherlands, 304, 309, 310,
311
to the minister plenipotentiary from
Spain, 542, 544.
Auditors of accounts, directions to the, 120.
Authors and publishers of books, copy-right
proposed to be secured to, 219.
Au Vase, latitude to be taken of the mouth of
the river, 825.
Ayes and noes, (see yeas and nays.)
Ayot or Ayotte, captain Pierre, reference of his
petition, 459.
his accounts to be settled,
474
allowance to, 474, 570.
Beaulieu, lieut. his pension ordered to be pas,
Beaumarchais. M. de, his accounts to be adjast
ed, 109.
Silas Deane, not authorized
to make a settlement with,
873
Bedel, settlement of accounts to be made wi
the late regiment commanded by col. 315
Bedford Gunning, a delegate from Delaware.
172, 173, 345, 448, 632, 719
Bee Thomas, money advanced to, 1.
Bells belonging to the city of New-York, to be
delivered up, 395.
Benedict Thomas, allowance to, 708.
Beniouski, count, his proposal relative to a le-
gionary corps, declined, 35.
Benson Egbert, a delegate from New-York. 449,
capt. Erkurius, agent for the Penn-Bissel, ensign, his resignation accepted, 745
Beaulicu, lieut. promoted, 281.
Blake Edward, commissioner of loans for South
Carolina, 600.
superseded, 636, 637.
Blanchard Jonathan, a delegate from New-Bon Homme Richard, prize money due to the of-
ficers and crew of the,
Hampshire, 341.
appointed a member of the
committee of the States,
423.
Blanchard Jotham, his claim to be settled, 477,
507.
Bland Theodorick, a delegate from Virginia, 9.
Blockhouse to be built in the vicinity of fort
M'Intosh, 813.
Bloodworth Timothy, a delegate from North-
Carolina, 634.
Blount William, a delegate from North-Caroli-
na, 50, 51, 637
Board of Treasury, institution and appointment
of a new, 421, 444, 462,
796,797.
Books, copy-right proposed to be secured to the
authors and publishers of, 219.
Boudinot Elias, a delegate from New-Jersey,
elected president of Con-
gress, 102.
thinks of Congress to, 314.
Boundary line between the United States, New-
York, and Massachusetts, to be
run, 820.
between Massachusetts and New-
York, to be completed, 564,
592, 593, 594, 607.
Bowen, major Thomas B. agent for the Penn-
sylvania line, 395.
Bradley Timothy, his petition rejected, 534.
to give bonds with sure- Brevet commissions do not entitle to pay and
emoluments, unless expressly provided,
260.
ties, 465, 480.
their administration to be
examined, 541,652,868
to 873.
salary of the agent of ma-
rine, not annexed to
the, 551.
additional powers vested in
the, 609, 652, 774.
continued in office, 773.
their report relative to au-
thentic documents, trans-
mitted to Virginia, 865.
references and directions
to the, 470, 472, 487, 497,
498, 500, 501, 507, 510,
511, 529, 530, 531, 534,
536, 537, 558, 59, 543,
545, 551, 552, 559, 560,
Britannic Majesty, (See Great Britain.)
Brigade, claim rejected of a
Rhode-Island,
Brigadiers general, proceeding the promotion of
colonels to the rank of
111, 112, 117, 118, 141.
British prisoners not permitted to go out to work
with the inhabitants, 36.
British and German prisoners of War, clothing
imported in the ship Amazon for, 165.
subjects on the territories of Massachu-
setts, alleged encroachments of, 332.
troops, posts occupied by, (See posts.)
or their adherents in Canada,
damages done by, not to be
compensated by the United
States, 577.
returns to be made of negroes
carried away by the, 680.
596, 609, 624, 935, 636, Broadhead, col. to be indemnified against suits
652, 653, 660, 661, 664,
665, 676, 679, 680, 685,
694, 695, 698, 699, 702,
705, 706, 708, 709, 711,
713, 714, 715, 720, 739,
740, 745, 747, 748, 751,
754, 755, 762, 774, 786,
794, 795, 798, 800, 802,
817, 819, 820, 821, 822,
827, 828, 833, 836, 840,
854, 857.
letters and reports from
the, 513, 525, 526, 552,
592, 598, 599, 603, 612,
613, 622, 623, 525, 626,
632, 634, 635, 653, 661,
664, 668, 671, 680, 694,
695, 707, 714, 716, 730,
733, 738, 739, 741, 751,
756, 764, 765, 774, 783,
784, 791, 793, 796, 798,
803, 804, 817, 818, 819,
825, 827, 832, 838, 840,
851, 853, 854, 858.
of commissioners for settling accounts,
authorized, 704 to 712, 744.
directions of Congress
to the, 879, 880.
Bond George, deputy secretary to Congress, al-
lowance to, 120.
money advanced to, 305..
his resignation accepted, 309.
Phineas, consul of Great-Britain, 742.
Bon Homme Richard, returns to be made of of-
ncers, &c. who served
on board the, 653.
Brossard, capt.
ed to, 43.
Brown John,
brought on account of orders
and acts of Congress, 183.
money advanced to, 183.
furlough for nine months grant-
delegate from Virginia, 806.
a commissioner to lay off a dis-
trict for a federal town, 482.
declines the appointment, 545.
payment ordered of a bill drawn
by William Carmichael on,
817.
Brownson, doctor N. deputy purveyor for the
Southern hospital, 36.
Bruen Caleb, aliowance to, 695.
Bruger John, his petition dismissed, 613.
Bruin Bryan, no special provision necessary in
the case of, 613, 614.
Brussel Joseph, pension granted to, 268.
Buchanan John, provision made for, 613.
Bull John, a delegate from South-Carolina, 448,
478, 665.
Blackall William, allowance to, 680.
Bullock Joseph, packets delivered free of post-
age to, 258.
Burnet, W. and others, address to Congress
from, 239.
Burnsides James, allowance to, 708.
Burrall Jonathan, commissioner for settling ac-
counts, 635, 742, 815.
Burrall Charles, allowance to, 708.
Burton Robert, a delegate from North-Carolina,
Bust of general Washington, payment made for
a, 495, 496.
Butler John, and others, their claim to be set- Butler Richard, superintendent of Indian af-
Richard, a commissioner to negociate
fairs for the northern dis-
Edward, allowance to, 680.
Pierce, a delegate from South-Caroli-
na, 765.
a treaty with the Indians, 345. Byers James, offers to relinquish his contract,
proceedings on a letter from,
Cadwallader Lambert, a delegate from New- | Carleton Sir Guy, letter from, to be published,
Jersey, 460, 606, 608.
appointed chairman of
Congress, 722.
Caldwell Andrew and James, their accounts to
Calonne monsr. de, relative to free ports in
France, letter from, 394, 395.
Calvet Peter du, money advanced to, 592.
Cambray, lieut. col. granted leave of absence for
report on a letter of, 111.
respecting the carrying away
of negroes, remonstrance
to, 224.
communication of Congres
to, 249, 250.
appointed col. by brevet, 219. Carlisle, in Pennsylvania, order to the commis
Campbell Duncan, reference of his petition and
papers, 510.
allowance to, 699.
Donald, allowance to, 764, 796..
his memorial rejected,
sary of military stores
at, 395.
public buildings at, to be
leased for ten years
465,466
sale authorized of da
maged and useless mi-
litary stores at, 741.
sale ordered of the
public buildings at.
Carmichael William, payment ordered of a bili
drawn by, 817.
Carnes, capt. his attendance on the recruiting
service, dispensed with, 72.
Carpenter Increase, renewal of destroyed certi
ficates, conditionally allowed to, 564
Carrington, lieut. col. Edward, his application
for promotion decided,
a delegate from Virginia,
Capture of a flag, proceedings relative to the, Carroll Daniel, a delegate from Maryland, 1
Certificates not delivered by agents to sundry
corps of the late army, how dis-
posed of, 598.
Cessation of hostilities with Great-Britain, pro-
claimed by Congress, 186, 187.
Cessions of western territory, proceedings of
congress relative to, 11 13 14 20 21 22 23
24 25 55 56 68 69 70 82 83 99 100 101
156 189 226 227 230 231 262 263 264 265
266 267 342 343 344 392 501 502 503 523
524 525 645 to 648 680 769 770 771 772
800 834 835.
Cessions of western territory, by Massachusetts
and Virginia, revision to be made of the acts
of, 661, 662, 663.
Chairman of Congress, elected, 10, 260, 314,
347, 356, 430, 606, 638, 750.
of committees of the whole house,
how appointed, 153.
Chamber of commerce of New-York, their ad-
dress to Congress, 472, 473.
Chaplains to Congress appointed, 331, 454, 456,
562, 720, 811.
to the army, to be allowed commuta-
tion of half pay, 222.
Charge de affaires of France, communication
of the United States at the
court of Madrid, proposi- Clothing to be furnished New-York troops, 61.
tion to discontinue the of-
fice of, 355.
Charleston, South-Carolina, evacuation by the
enemy of, 143.
commissioners for holding
Indian treaties to meet at,
Chase Jeremiah T. a delegate from Maryland,
appointed a member of a
committee of the states,
423.
Samuel, a delegate from Maryland, 460.
Chateaufort, Sieur de, consul of France, 517.
Cherokee nation of Indians, agent appointed for
the, 822, 823.
intrusion on lands of the,
859, 860.
Chesapeake, sea-letter granted for the ship, 689.
Chester, information of the capture and con-
demnation of the sloop, 317.
proceedings of Congress on, 317, 432,
433, 667
Chevalie, mons. proceedings on the claim of,
577
department, commissioner appointed
for settling accounts of the, 87.
for the Southern army, inquiry into
causes of the detention of, 39.
belonging to Virginia, proceedings re-
lative to sundry articles of, 95, 96.
settlement of accounts to be made for
deficiencies of, 152.
imported for British and German pri-
soners of war, 165.
for troops, and suitable for Indians,
sale of, suspended, 283.
John, appointed commissioner of loans
for New-York, 635.
his memorial considered, 784.
Coins of the United States, standard for gold and
to increase in a decimal
ratio, 545.
regulation and value of
gold, silver, and cop-
per, 679 707 712 713.
Colbreath, and others, their suit to be defended,
College at Princeton, New-Jersey, use of the,
offered to Congress, 236.
Chittenden Thomas, resolutions of Congress re-
lative to New-Hampshire grants, to be trans-Collins John, a delegate from Rhode-Island, 116.
mitted to, 113.
Colonels, lieut. cols. commandant, to have the
rank of, 311.
Christian Majesty, (See King of France.)
Christie, capt, sentence confirmed by Congress,
acquitting, 268.
Church Timothy, restitution to be made to, 113.
and Haydon, capture a Spanish brig,
and liable to prosecution, 184.
Civil list, proceedings of Congress respecting
reductions in the, 269 396 397 398
399 400 731 773 774.
Claims, proceedings of Congress relative to un-
liquidated, 482, 483, 762, 763.
barred by the act of the 23d of July,
1787, inquiring into the expediency
of a further admission of equitable,
857.
Clark Daniel, agent for the shipment of tobacco,
159, 160,
Clarke Abraham, a delegate from New-Jersey,
102, 107, 205.
to the rauk of brigadiers general, pro-
ceedings respecting the promotion
of, 111 112 117 118 141.
Columbia, sea-letter granted for the ship, 775.
Commanders of armed vessels, redress author-
ized for injuries committed by, 227 228.
Commerce, promotion of, considered, 616 617,
Commercial agents of the United States, not en-
titied to salaries, 226.
agent to reside at Lisbon, authorized,
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