Accounts, 140m, 447, 538; adjustment 162, | Algiers, procuring of ship passports from,
620, 922; commissioners, 180n, 265n,
523, 562, 808; delay, 397; settlement, 153, 340, 358, 361, 367, 369, 380, 388, 392n, 402, 406, 414, 415, 425, 426, 427, 434, 435, 436, 440, 498, 499, 500, 511, 512, 516, 519, 523, 535, 590n, 626, 636, 669, 673, 677, 697, 719, 748n, 757, 759, 761, 801, 802, 806, 807, 808, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 961, 966; States with United States, 134, 135, 137, 162, 255.
Adams, John, 33, 34, 66, 67, 68, 103, 241,
243, 245, 250, 251, 286, 290, 321, 645, 784, 858, 878, 878n, 936, 939; authority to negotiate, 531; commission to nego- tiate treaties, 321, 405n, 824; conduct as peace commissioner, 924; loan nego- tiation, 848; resignation, 225, 952. Letters, 50, 183n, 225, 320, 346, 587, 588n, 617, 618, 620n, 621, 628, 629, 630,| 758, 812n, 813n, 857, 957. Adams, John, Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, letter, 588, 588n. Adams, Samuel, 609, letter, 890. Adjutant General, agrees to accept com- mutation of pay, 786. Adjutant General's department, allow- ance of horses, etc. to officers, 176. Admiralty Court, judges, 109, 110; ordi- nance establishing, 109, 110.
Agent of Marine,573, 573n, See also under Morris, Robert.
Agents, commercial, 372; Indian, 690, 693.
Alexander, James, petition, 267, 267n, 268, 272.
Alexander, William, Earl of Stirling, 26, 31, 184; Congress's sense of merit, 96; death, 96, 866.
Aliens, property rights, 823.
Allan, John, memorial, 379, 380; com- mission, 379; reappointed, 379. Let- ters, 362n, 620n.
Allen, Ebenezer, letters, 504n, 681.
| Alliance, 342, 536n, 826; expense, 446; inquiry into cruise with the Bon- homme Richard, 619, 631, 755; officers, 451n; prizes, 588, 619, 631, 755; repairs, 538, 840.
Alvey, John Durham, 229; memorial, 285n, 315, 316.
Amazon, 82, 83; passport for, 141n, 145; supplies for British prisoners in, 1287, 141.
Amazone, chaplain of, 817n, America, French and British colonies, boundary, 554.
Amity and commerce, treaties, 50, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 404, 405, 457, 477n, 531, 613, 618, 619, 630, 631, 754, 821, 824, 826. 857, 858.
Ammunition, sale of, 479. Annapolis, Congress at, 484, 507, 767, 770, 802, 807; ceded for permanent residence of Congress, 381; permanent residence of Congress, 526n, 537, 670, 707, 708, 709, 712, 714, 809. Annemours, Chevalier d', 554. Antill, Edward, letter, 483n. Appeals, Court of, 185, 212, 627; places of holding, 98; judge, 186n. Appointments, 620; collectors of cus- toms, 920, 924; loan officer, 445. Archives, return of, 517, 518. Argote, Antonio, 548; brig captured, 227; memorial, 546, 548n; redress, 228; letters, 228, 386.
Armand-Tuffin, Charles, Marquis de la Rouerie, 344, 400; letters, 211, 212n, 645, 680, 680m; memorial, 752, 753n; rank, 212, 623; services, 212. Armand's Legion, mutineers, 971; cers, 633, 645n, 680. Armed vessels, Virginia, 456. Armistead, Henry, 539, 590. Arms, given to furloughed and discharged soldiers, 360, 364, 963, 965; for Indians, 492; not to be allowed to furloughed mutineers, 453; sale of, 479. Arms and accoutrements, given to sol- diers, 270.
Armstrong, James F., 786. Armstrong, John, 986. Armstrong, John, jr., 412n. Armstrong, William, letter, 145n. Army, accounts, 392n, 406, 499, 806; allied, damage committed, 567; anony- mous address, 294, 926; arms and accoutrements allowed to men serving to end of war, 270; auditor, 316; cloth- ing, 93, 536, 590m, 606, 646, 695n, 702, 863; condition, 181n; confidence in Congress, 310; Congress's power to sup- port an, 723; Congress's sense on, 47; debt to, 261, 286, 955; deputation from, 850, 851; disbanded, 253, 361, 448, 449; disbanding proclamation, 703; discharges, 270, 358, 364, 365, 606, 715n, 753, 963, 965, 966; enlistment period, 269; expense, 103, 230, 230n; feeling in, 293, 851, 875, 906, 954; forage, 213; furloughs, 364, 403, 483, 483n, 590n, 963, 967; general orders, 297, 298n; land to, 376, 383, 385, 677, 678, 682, 694, 968; memorials, 93, 202, 207, 209, 290, 291, 293n, 426, 846, 862, 864; merit, 305; Newburgh Addresses, 294, 926; officers, see Officers; pay, 94, 140, 186, 187, 207, 208, 209, 209, 213, 253, 270, 284, 302, 310, 325, 327, 331, 333, 403, 414, 415, 421n, 432, 441, 442, 454, 483, 483n, 488, 496n, 519, 520, 728, 732, 794n, 800, 851, 861, 862, 865, 875; pay advance, 847; pay arrears, 801,
898, 899, 900, 902; pay compared with civil list, 852; pay commutation, 889, 926, 954; pay deficiencies, 863; pay discontent, 851, 875; pay memorial, 93, 857, 866; pay ordered, 863, 864; pay from the States, 964; peace ar- rangement, 492, 494, 501n, 504n, 522, 524, 525, 549, 722, 724, 725; plan, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 744n, 836n, 954; post- master, 229; promotions, 343, 344, 345, 345n, 366, 367n, 383, 435n, 438n, 512n, 533, 534, 623, 632, 633, 634, 645n, 680, 800; property disposed of, 253, 254; provision for, 938; rank, see Rank; rations, 93, 863; recruiting, 228; re- duction of, 284, 304n, 325, 806; return of men to their homes, 275, 364, 365; return of troops to West Point, 519; returns (for 1782), 213n; sense of defects of the Federal Government, 853; thanked by Congress, 48, 703; situa- tion of, 906; Southern, 47, 48, 181n, 182, 213, 273, 275, 304n, 316, 332n, 365n, 806; staff, 139, 213, 740; States forbidden to maintain an, 723; sub- sistence, 213; supplies, 808; three- months' men, 270, 271; Washington's feeling for, 301, 307, 309. Army, British, carries off slaves, 363, 364, 967; embarkation at New York, 422n; evacuation of America, 964; property destroyed by, 483n; recovery of slaves and property from, 242, 347n; surrender of posts in United States, 242, 252, 532n. Army, French, embarkation, 1; Congress's sense of its conduct, 1, 2, 317; return to France, 262; harmony with American forces, 317. Arnold, Jonathan, a delegate from Rhode Island. Credentials, 411; attends, 411. Committees: Connecticut loan office cer- tificates, 37n; Grand, 93, 114n, 376n; Hall petition, 153; week, 343, 346, 392, 395, 427, 977, 978, 979; Maryland let- ter, 378n; Superintendent of Finance
letter, 380n; New York and Maryland cessions for seat of government, 381; land grants to Army, 383; McMechen memorial, 433. Votes: 35, 36, 40, 41, 42, 94, 120, 127, 129, 131, 132, 135, 137, 154, 155, 165, 166, 167, 179, 192, 201, 205, 210, 215, 216, 217, 219, 224, 226n, 233, 240, 243, 252, 255, 256, 261, 266, 275, 313, 314, 315, 328, 331, 338, 352, 353, 355, 356, 359, 360, 372, 429, 431. Mentioned: 42, 45, 46, 46n, 209, 209n, 261, 268, 327, 340, 340n, 367, 367n, 388, 392n, 396n, 864, 866, 887, 889.
Arnold, Welcome, 6, 8, 9, 32, 34n. Arsenals and magazines, 737.
Articles of Confederation, see Confedera- tion.
Artificers, 206; see also Artillery-artificers. Artillery, Corps of, 275, 362n, 704, 725. Artillery, presented to Greene, 701; sale of, 479.
Artillery-artificers, 519, 534, 534n. Aurora, 590.
Austria, Emperor of, commercial treaty with United States, 901.
Avery, John, 107, 108, 153, 510, 795, 796, 811, 815.
Bailey, Benjamin, 597, 599. Bailey, Jacob, 761.
Baldwin, Loammi, 752.
Bank of North America, mutinous sol- diers' designs against, 971, 974. Bankson, Benjamin, 482, 838n; extra al- lowance, 772; memorial, 638n, 772. Barbary States, ship passports from, 531. Barber, William, 786.
Barclay, Thomas, 574, 587, 620, 636, 757, 826, 846; appointed consul, 3; letters,
Baylor, George, non-commissioned officers of regiment, letter, 389n, 400; mutiny, 400.
Beatty, John, a delegate from New Jersey. Committees: Secretary for Foreign Affairs letter, 221n; Superintendent of Finance letters and reports, 512n, 809n, 835n.
Beaulieu, Louis I. de, 621, 680, 786; petition, 378n, 633.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,
Beckley, John, 111, 798. Bedel, Timothy, 802.
Bedford, Gunning, jr., a delegate from Delaware. Credentials, 177; attends, 177. Committees: Week, 184, 185, 262, 378, 380, 626, 977, 978, 979; officers' pay, 203n, 207; officers' memorial, 207; Bland motion, 271, 381; Pennsylvania letter, 373; Madison and Hamilton motions, 375n, Grand, 376n; Virginia cession, 381n, 406, 559, 988; land grants to Army, 383; compelling public ac- counting, 399; Jones memorial, 625. Votes: 179, 192, 201, 205, 206, 210, 215, 216, 217, 219, 243, 252, 255, 257, 261, 266, 275, 372, 407, 429, 431, 601, 613, 622, 635, 637, 641, 643, 644, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 665, 666, 667, 668, 670, 671, 672. Mentioned: 625n, 626n, 652, 654, 658, 664, 972.
Beef, export duty on, 255.
Bell, Thomas, memorial, 362, 362n, 437. Bellecomb & Bongaree, 600. Bellecour, Le Brun de, 633. Belsches, James, jr., letter, 347n. Bentalou, Philip, 786.
Beresford, Richard, a delegate from South Credentials, 369; attends, Committees: Child letter, 483; Superintendent of Finance report, 491n, 513, 514n; Weare letter, 604; Indian affairs, 692n; Bond letter, 705n, 761, 762; week, 979. Votes: 372, 478, 479, 481, 482, 493, 494, 505, 507, 508,
509, 515, 525, 526, 537, 540, 542, 552, 553, 559, 564, 573, 579, 580, 581, 582, 584, 613, 622, 637, 641, 643, 644, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 655, 656, 657, 658, 660, 665, 666, 667, 668, 670, 671, 672, 699, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 712, 713, 765, 766, 768, 769, 771, 807. Men-
Bergen, Denmark, prizes sent to, 619, 631, 755.
Bert, Claudius de, letter, 645n. Biggs, Thomas, petition, 512. Bills of exchange, drawn on United States ministers abroad, 102, 105n. Bindou, Joseph, memorial, 262n. Bird, Mark, memorial, 585n, 626. Bird's Mills, Pennsylvania, 841. Blaine, Ephraim, expenses, 158; letter, 157, 158, 158n.
Blake, John, Joseph Bindou, John Dyer Mercier, and Benjamin Thompson, memorial, 262n, 271.
Bland, Theodorick, a delegate from Vir-
ginia. Committees: Inquiry into War Department, 37n, 669, 803; week, 95; Washington letters, 126n, 142, 210n, 265n, 269, 305n, 382, 392n, 402, 405n; Shreve memorial, 159n; Secretary at War letters or reports, 161n, 164n, 183n, 254, 254n, 272, 394n, 395, 400, 401n, 497n, 500, 620, 632, 644, 680, 704; Metcalf me- morial, 194, 212; Armand letter, 211; Mortimer memorial, 212; sale of the Duc de Lauzun, 241; Superintendent of Finance letters or reports, 263, 427n, 442, 451n, 477, 483, 491n, 513, 514n, 519; Superintendent of Finance con- tinuance in office, 268, 283; Du Cam- bray letter, 285n; Du Cambray memo- rial, 323; Hazen's regiment, 312n; Lucas memorial, 358, 358n, 719; Ville- franche, L'Enfant, and Du Cambray memorial, 323; promotions, 345n; Te- tard's memorial, 347; instructions to Dana, 3487; Connecticut sergeants' pe- tition, 367n, 382; Virginia resolutions
and Pennsylvania letter, 372; Madison and Hamilton motions, 375n; compel- ling public accounting, 399; Assistant Secretary at War, Washington and Putnam letters, 405n; week, 409, 977, 979; Pennsylvania mutiny, 412n; Hig- ginson motion, 430, 431n; Dejean me- morial, 492n; report of committee of the week, 492n; Irwin petition, 498n, 499; Sargent letter, 512n, 527; Jackson letter or memorial, 538n, 580n, 701; New York's claim for damages, 567; Weare letter, 604; Varick letter, 6327, 760; Platt memorial, 644; Williamson motion, 970n. Votes: 94, 116, 129, 131, 132, 135, 137, 148, 150, 151, 155, 156, 163, 166, 167, 179, 192, 201, 205, 206, 210, 216, 217, 219, 224, 226n, 233, 240, 243, 252, 255, 257, 261, 266, 276, 314, 315, 329, 331, 339, 352, 359, 360, 361, 372, 407, 429, 431, 478, 479, 481, 482, 484, 493, 494, 505, 507, 508, 509, 515, 525, 526, 537, 540, 542, 543, 544, 552, 553, 559, 564, 573, 579, 580, 581, 582, 584, 586, 587, 613, 622, 635, 637, 641, 643, 644, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 655, 656, 657, 658, 895, 900n, 904. Debate on revenue measure, 884. Mentioned: 43n, 83, 96n 97, 106, 106n, 109, 109n, 131n, 135, 137, 139, 139n, 150, 154, 155, 155n, 165, 165n, 178n, 203n, 204, 205, 215, 224, 229n, 252, 256, 271, 272n, 311n, 324, 328, 333, 344, 344n, 347n, 372, 381, 382n, 384, 386, 395n, 399, 406, 406n, 421n, 431n, 478n, 480, 484, 494, 506, 514n, 517, 521, 524, 528, 539, 539n, 553, 573, 581, 586, 589, 590, 6067, 640, 641, 643, 648, 653, 701n, 858, 864, 868, 870, 872n, 879, 881, 884, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 893, 897, 900, 902, 917, 919, 920, 928, 933, 934n, 937, 941, 945, 948, 949, 951, 952, 960, 963, 964, 969, 970, 970n, 972. Bleiswyk, P. V., 66, 67. Blount, William, a delegate from North Carolina. Committees: inquiry into marine agent, 37. Votes: 36.
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