certain payments made to the Connecticut Line. The letter from the Governor of Massachusetts was dated Decembes 18, 1783. The report on the letter of October 28 seems to have been made previously (See 434). Both of these reports were rendered May 17. What appears to be the action taken on the first two matters is entered on the Journals June 1, 1784. For previous legislative history of the report on the letter of October 28 see the Journals (L. C. edition) vol. 26, p. 815 note.

June 3.

Accounts with Pennsylvania.

440. By the United States in Con- /gress assembled. / June 3, 1784. / On the report of a committee consisting of Mr. Spaight, Mr. Gerry, Mr. Lee, . . . for settling the accounts of the state of Pennsylvania also on the petition of James Smith Resolved,

Fo. Broadside.

A copy, signed in ms. by Charles Thomson, is in the Library of Congress. It measures 44.2 x 29 cms.

Evans' American Bibliography notes a variant.

October 22.

Treaty with Six Nations.

See under June 3, 1785.

December 4.

Report on Qualifications.

441. The Committee of Qualifications report, /. . . . "That Mr. Ellery was elected. . . . a delegate to represent the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . . . Mr. Howell was elected . . . Fo. Broadside. F°.

A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 44.5 x 27.9 cms. The date is assigned. The report seems to have been rendered sometime between December 3 and December 7.

Consular Convention.

442. "The / Scheme / of / A Convention / Between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of North Ame- / rica, for defining and regulating the Functions and Privileges of Con- / suls, Vice-Consuls, Agents and Commissaries. /. . . . . Done at Versailles, the 29th July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty / four / Faithfully translated from the original, by John Pintard.

Fo. pp. 11.

A copy is in the Library of Congress, Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 47, folio 261. It measures 29.8 x 19.8 cms. The original ms. Convention, signed by Vergennes and Franklin is dated, in error, 1783. It is on folio 219.

Collection of Treaties.

443. A/ Collection / of / Papers: / containing / The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, dated July 4th, 1776. / The Treaties of Alliance and Commerce, between / the United States of America and France, Feb. 6, 1778. / Transcript of the Treaty between France and the United States of America, July 16th, 1782; with the/ Ratification thereof by Congress. / The Treaty of Amity and commerce, between the / States General of the United Netherlands and the /United States of America, dated October 8th, 1782,/ with the Ratification thereof by Congress. / The Decree of the Queen of Portugal for opening a/ Commercial Intercourse between her Subjects and those / of the United States of America, dated Febr. 13, 1783. Treaty of Amity and Commerce between his Maje- / sty The King of Sweden, and the United States of Ame- / rica, dated April 3, 1783; with the Ratification there- / of by Congress. / Definitive Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and his Britannic Majesty, dated / September 3d, 1783; with the ratification thereof /by Congress. / To which is added / His Excellency General Washington's Circular Letter / to the different Governors of the respective States, dated June 11, 1783. / New York: / Printed by Samuel Loudon. 12°. pp. 96.

[1784]

A copy is in the New York Historical Society.
Journals. 1783-4.

444. Journal/ of the /United States / In Congress Assembled:/containing The Proceedings from The Third Day of November, 1783, /to/The Third Day of June, 1784. / Volume IX. / Published by order of Congress. / Philadelphia: / Printed by John Dunlap, / Printer to the United States in / Congress Assembled. /

A copy is in the Library of Congress.
Journal of the Committee of the States.

8°. pp. 317, xviii.

445. Journal of the / Committee of The States: / containing / The Proceedings / from/ The First Friday in June, 1784, / to / The Second Friday in August, 1784. / Published by order of Congress. / Printed by John Dunlap. / Printer to the United States in / Congress Assembled. / M,DDC,LXXXIV. 8°. pp. 47.

The Library of Congress copy of this was bound up, by Dunlap, with volume IX of the Journal.

INDEX

380, 428, 428n, 429n, 433, 434, 435, | Baylor, George, 164, 587.
499, 515, 518, 530, 537, 539; strength,
54, 55; supply contract, 219; troops
retained in service, 400; uniform,
525.

Arnold, Benedict, 147, 148, 260.
Arnold, Jonathan, 378, 401.
Articles of Confederation, 100, 102,
142; addition to, 404; amendment,
589, 590; power of Congress under,
266, 267, 268; ratification of altera-
tion, 208, 209.

Artillery, 54, 55, 56, 376.
Assenisipia (State of), 119.

Association of 1774, Second Article, 14.
Attorney, power of, 236.

Auction, military stores, 593, 613, 624.
Auditors, 126, 127, 342, 441, 442, 505.
Avery, John, 419.

Avery, John, jr., 642, 662, 662n, 667;
letter 651n.

Bache, Richard, letter, 163n.
Badlam, Ezra, petition, 399, 528.
Bahama Islands, 332.

Baltimore, French consul, 78.
Bankson, Benjamin, 1867, 506n, 540n,
561n, 577n, 591n, 670n.

Barbary Powers, 608; Mediterranean
passport to, 339; treaties, 340, 390,
391, 595.

Barbé-Marbois. See Marbois.
Barclay, Thomas, 369, 400, 401, 566;
letter, 144, 686n.

Barney, Joshua, letter, 132.

Bayonne, France, 334, 335.
Beattie, John, letter, 578n.
Beatty, Erkurius, 341.

Beatty, John, a delegate from New
Jersey. Credentials, 16, 17, 643;
attends, 16, 642; letter, 407n, 432.
Committees: Superintendent of Fi-
nance letter 41, 62, 233, 246, 252;
Carleton letter, 44n, 426n, 593; grand,
48, 185; Partridge memorial, 58;
Murnand letter, 63; Armand letter,
66, 70n; Luzern letter, 66; Cady me-
morial, 66n, 177; Sprout claim, 70;
week, 72, 162, 163, 171, 172, 176, 198,
714; Lillie and others petition, 72n;
Howell motion, 75, 84, 108; Superin-
tendent of Finance report, 87n, 540;
Osgood motion, 103n; qualifications,
120, 137, 156, 377, 713, 720; Halsted
petition, 163n; Livingston memorial,
176n, 362; President of Pennsylvania
letter, 216; Gassaway account, 220;
Strubing petition, 231; Governor of
Massachusetts letter, 244n; Franklin
letter, 260; Halsted petition, 273;
Franklin petition, 364n; New York
motion, 381n; Prentice memorial,
409; application of New York, 487;
Credentials, 647; Hopkins letter,
664n; Lafayette letter, 673n; Doughty
letter, 681; North letter, 692n, 693n;
Smith petition, 720. Motions: 92,
111, 116, 201, 201n, 225, 349, 365,
519, 536-7, 537, 537n, 555n. Votes:
20, 21, 28, 35, 41, 53, 106, 107, 108,
111, 112, 116, 117, 130, 131, 132, 134,
138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152, 159,
160, 163n, 165, 170, 174, 175, 177,
179, 184, 196, 197, 201, 211, 214, 219,
222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230,
231, 237, 244, 256, 257, 258, 264, 275,
279, 282, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296,
300, 311, 313, 315, 321, 343, 344, 345,
346, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355,
366, 367, 379, 382, 386, 409, 415, 416,
417, 424, 425, 426, 434, 435, 444, 453,
465, 467, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491,

492, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504, 511,
513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 420, 521, 536,
537, 538, 540, 552, 554, 681. Men-
tioned: 23, 37, 38, 41, 45, 51, 56, 58n,
61, 63, 64n, 67, 67n, 68, 73, 83, 87,
88, 89, 91, 99, 116, 116n, 131, 145,
176n, 221n, 225, 253n, 261n, 273n,
313, 345, 347, 349, 415, 485, 537, 649.
Beaulieu, Louis I. de, 43, 65.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Caron de, 566.
Beaumont, Ebenezer, 399.
Beckley, John, 591, 645.
Beden,

-, letter, 580n.
Bedford, Gunning, a delegate from
Delaware, Credentials, 651, 652; at-
tends, 129, 651; qualification, 138,
139, 140. Committees: Hopkins let-
ter, 664n; Marbois note and naviga-
tion of the Mississippi, 665, 665n,
693; Marbois note, 691; revision of
War Office, 672; Lafayette letter,
673n; letters from U. S. ministers
abroad, 674, 678; Devine petition,
695n; Lewis and Alsop petition, 696;
instructions to ministers to Spain,
705; qualifications, 713; week, 714.
Votes: 130, 131, 132, 134, 136.
Mentioned: 125n.

Bell, Thomas, 2.

453; Indian Affairs, 722. Votes:
29, 35, 53, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112,
117, 130, 131, 138, 139, 140, 151,
152, 159, 160, 165, 170, 177, 185,
214, 215, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225,
226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 237, 244,
247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257,
258, 259, 260, 264, 275, 279, 282,
291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 300, 311,
314, 315, 332, 343, 344, 345, 346,
347, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355,
366, 368, 379, 382, 386, 409, 413,
415, 416, 417, 418, 425, 426, 429,
430, 431, 435, 437, 439, 444, 467,
468, 469, 474, 485, 486, 487, 488,
495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 501, 502,
504, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 517,
518, 520, 521, 523, 524, 537, 538,
540, 550, 551, 552, 555. Men-
tioned: 38, 51, 66n, 67, 87, 117, 146,
156, 243, 279, 315, 407, 464n, 472n,
550, 551, 554, 595, 596.

Bernoux (Decbernou), Francis Galvan
de, petition, 162, 162n.
Bert,
de, 66, 68, 69.
Biddle, Clement, 525.

Bird, Benjamin, petition, 445n, 471.
Blaine, Ephraim, letters, 3, 403.
Blair, John, letter, 677n.

Bells, removed from New York, 213, Blake, J., memorial, 402.

336, 337.

Bengal, India, 577.

Benson, Egbert, a delegate from New
York. Credentials, 656, 657n; at-
tends, 656. Committees: Monroe
motion, 658n, 660; revision of War
Office, 672; Kaskasies memorial,677n;
Devine petition, 695n; Lewis and
Alsop petition, 696; week, 698, 715.
Motions: 695. Votes: 681, 694, 697,
700, 701, 702, 703. Mentioned: 659,
669, 672n, 697n, 710.
Benstead, Alexander, 557.
Beresford, Richard, a delegate from
South Carolina. Attends, 22. Com-
mittees: Week, 66, 471, 472, 714,
715; Cady memorial, 66; Indian
Affairs in the Southern Department,

Blanchard, Jonathan, a delegate from
New Hampshire. Credentials, 109;
attends, 109. Committees: Paschke
representation, 121n; week, 124,
162, 163, 171, 172, 176, 179, 198,
363, 364, 587, 588, 714, 715; grand,
172, 356, 394, 465, 472, 506, 720,
722; Otto petition, 348; Woelpper
petition, 348; of the States, 477, 561,
564, 713; Marine agent report,
580n; Muhlenberg letter, 625. Mo-
tions: 167, 545n. Votes: 111, 112,
116, 117, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136,
138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 151, 152,
159, 160, 165, 169, 174, 175, 177,
184, 196, 197, 201, 211, 214, 215,
219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228,
229, 230, 231, 237, 244, 247, 249,