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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.

404.

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.

993

offi-

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,

3, 813n.

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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,

954.

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.

Carolina.

369, 799.

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-

tioned: 713, 762n.

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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