Aix-la-Chapelle, peace of, 330, 343, 359–362.
Albany, account of Treaty held at, with the Indians, 7–26.
Artillery Company formed, 267.
Assembly, Messages to and from, (See Messages.) On Union
for defence, 32, 37. On bills of credit, 44, 45, 48, 49. Ad-
dress to the King, 51. No money for war, 74. Called, 135.,
Writ for, 135. Money to King, 160. Letter to proprietaries,
159. Complain of their frequency, 276. Resolutions of Coun-
cil respecting, 277-279. Reply of, 334. Address to Governor
-illegal meeting, 492, 494.
Association formed for defence, 158. Encouraged by Council, 158,
161. Parade, 168. Officers appointed, 174.
Associators, Officers take the oaths, 183. Of Chester county,
officers, 185. Of Philadelphia County, 193, 247. Bucks, 193,
247. Lancaster county, 194, 247. Commissioned officers in each -
county, 209, 21 247. Reviewed in Philadelphia, 223. Assem-
bly message on, 236. Opinion of T. Penn respecting, 240. Com-
mission and instructions to Col. Taylor, 251. Letter to proprie-
taries respecting, 321. A company in Bucks withdraws and
chooses officers, 325.
Ballet, Captain, arrives in Sloop-of-War Otter, 241. His instruc-
tions, 241. Entertained, 243. Had engagement and ship heav
ing down-called on for aid-proposes battery, 249. Takes prizes,
324.
Batteries to be built in Philadelphia, 158, 161, 172.
Bedford, Duke of, on peace with French, &c., 330, 359, 379, 412,
456. Letters to, 416.
Belcher, Governor of New Jersey, arrives, 111.
regulating pilots, 111, 112. Letter from, 266.
Berks county, Sheriff and coroner elected, 597, 662.
Bills of credit, 33, 34, 35, 45, 46, 48, 370, 374, 397, 412, 639.
Report of committee of Assembly on, 415. Statement of, sent
to Duke of Bedford, 416. Report of lower counties on, 417, 561,
605, 609, 613, 616, 638, 723.
Bribery and Corruption at Elections, bill against, 562.
Bridge over Cobb's Creek, 100.
Bristol, burgesses re-elected, 110.
Bucks, county officers elected for, 3.
house at Bristol, 34. Justices elected, 113. Officers elected, 120.
Associators-officers, 193, 210, 247. A company withdraws from
association and chooses officers, 325-326. Sheriffs and Coroners,
345, 411, 464, 662. Sheriff charged with fraud at election ac
quitted, 344. Justices commissioned, 388. Indians prevent sur-
veys of land, 489. Sheriffs and Coroners, 550, 662. New county,
560. Justices, 573. Roads, 576, 597.
Canada, expedition to, money raised for, in Pennsylvania, 176–180.
French in, making preparations, 387. Expedition to, laid aside,
Canassetego and Solconwanaghly, Indian chiefs, deaths of, 467, 486.
Cannon applied for in England, 158, 161. To be borrowed from
New York and Massachusetts, 173. Applications for, 198, 204,
205, 206, 207, 228. Sent from New York, 215.
Cape Breton, Governor applied to for Cannon, 204.
Celeron, Captain-letter to Governor Hamilton, 425. A curious
plate and inscription by, found, 509.
Chartier, Peter, his enmity feared, 2. Gone over to the French, 5.
Chastenoy, Monsieur, letter from, 71, 124: Letter to, 131.
Chester, county officers elected for, 3, 120. Complaint against
Justice, 78, 94, 98. Associators-officers, 185, 217, 325. Roads,
202. Petition from commisioners to lay out a road, 203. Com-
missioned officers, 209, 210, 345, 411, 464, 597. Justices com-
plained of, 378. Religious differences among Presbyterians of,
378. Justices commissioned, 387, 548, 572. Sheriff and Cor-
oner, 550, 662.
Circular letter to militia captains, 2, 5.
Clinton, Governor, forces under, 130. Letters to, 132, 143, 164,
173. From, 135, 175, 182, 187, 215, 265, 297, 387, 430, 462,
464, 480, 495, 508, 517, 548, 573, 607, 625, 639, 641, 642.
Letters to, 186, 189, 205, 215, 284, 286, 463, 495, 575, 623,
640. For cannon, 205. Appoints interview with Indians, 295.
Message to his Assembly and address, 465. To Governor of
Canada, 553.
Commissions, power in President and Council to grant, doubted,
240. Issued for associators to Col. Taylor, 251.
Commissioners to meet Indians at Lancaster, 299. Report and
Treaty, 306–318. At Ohio, 658.
Committee of Safety for province and city mentioned, 274.
Connecticut claim, on Lands, 735, 757. Letter from W. Parsons
on, 736, 775-77. Letters to Governor, 767, 768. Statement
and opinion of Attorney General, 774.
Coroners elected, 55, 345, 411, 464, 662.
Cove, Great, unsigned paper and answer of Justices of Cumberland
County, 453. Address of Trespassers in, to Governor, 468. Pe-
tition to Governor, 468. Little, petition of inhabitants of, to
T. and R. Penn, 453.
Croghan, George, letters from, 72, 119, 139. Letter to, 214. Ac-
count of his proceedings among Indians, 287. Presents his ac-
counts, 294. Letters from, 298, 496. To go to Allegheny, 387.
Conference at, 438. Instructions to, 519. His proceedings, 530.
Letters from, 538, 568. To, 570. At Carlisle, 665. Journal
to Ohio, 731.
Crown Point, expedition against, 198.
Cumberland County, settlers on River to be removed, 431. Cón-
ferences by Weiser, Peters, and Croghan with Indians in, 431.
Justices appointed, 436. Letter from Governor to Justices of,
452. Papers and letters, 452-454. From justices to inhabitants
of Great Cove, 453. Petition of, 453. Sheriffs and Coroners,
468, 550, 597, 662. And York line law, 503. Disorders in,
528. A. Montour commissioned to live in, over Blue Hills, 569.
Indian conference at, 666-685.
Debts, small, acts respecting, 28, 29.
De Lancey, Governor, letters from, 716, 717.
Delaware River, privateers in, 89. Robberies by Spaniards, 96, 98.
Suspicious vessels in, 103, 111, 124. Council have no funds to
pay an express from Lewestown, 111. Prizes made, 113. Bay
and river, petition of pilots respecting Jersey pilots, 226. Procla-
mation, 227-231. Defence of, 229, 238, 240. Privateers, 233,
245, 248, 252-4, 268, 283, 284.- The Hector, Capt. Maisterson,
arrives, prizes, 323. Councils advice to him respecting depth of
water, &c., 324. A French vessels puts in in distress, 528. An-
other vessel, 580. Allowed to repair, 581. Survey of, 586. Ves-
sels in distress, 598, 655-657, 661.
Depositions, John Lemmon, 585. R. Owings, 585. Alexander
McGinty, 663. Respecting captures in Delaware, 114. Pri-
vateers, 115. B. Martin, 115. J. Cowan, 116. Ed. Liston,
117. J. Hart, 117. J. Arics, 118. P. Green, respecting pri-
vateer, 233. G. Porteus, do., 245. A Spanish privateer, 248.
Geo. Proctor (privatcer), 253. N Ambler, 261. Jas. White,
261. Eades & Goodwin, 263. Capt. Randolph, 264. Capt. Jen-
kins, 283. Respecting England's case, 384. Turner and Kil-
gore, Indian traders-Conduct of Indians, 482. Surveyor ob-
structed, 489.
"Digges' Choice," A. Furney killed on, 384. John, case of, 588.
Dinwiddie, Governor, letters to, 629, 630, 632, 635, 687, 696, 698,
701, 712, 714, 715. Proclamation against French and Indians,
· 766.
Distances, Carlisle to Shanoppins' town and course, 750, 762.
Duty on persons convicted of heinous crimes and to prevent poor
and impotent persons being imported-reasons for not presenting
the act, 499.
Elections, charge of fraud against Sheriff-acquitted, 345. Sheriff
of York county driven from the ground, 468. Bribery and cor-
ruption at Bill proposed, 658.
Embargo on provisions in New York, 42.
England, Joseph and Samuel, their case, 383-387.
Executions, 158, 163, 414, 488, 566, 602, 662. Reprieve 163.
Fairfax, William, of Virginia, 657.
Fast Day, proclamation for, 169.
Finances of the Province, 46, 52, 54.
Fitch, Thomas, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, letter to, 770.
Flag of Truce arrives, 71.
Prisoners and negroes in, 71. State-
ment of Captain, 76. Orders to depart, 77. Pass for, 79. To
be regulated, 78, 80, 82. New Jersey applied to, 80, 122. Pre-
pared for vessels to Havanna, 245. To Hispaniola, 281, 282.
Francis Tench, Attorney General, on Connecticut claims, 775.
French and Indians, 72, 102, 119, 463, 685. At Crown Point,
198. Fears of, 208. Prisoners sent to Hispaniola, 245. A pri-
vateer takes a vessel, 245. Living on Lake Erie, 285. ln
Canada, 296, 387. Privatcers taken, 324. Peace, 330, 343,
359. Proclamation 331, 359. Prize arrives, 332. Indians in
Canada, 431. Have converted to Catholic faith many Indians,
467. Building a ship at Cataraghqui, 549. Making other pre-
parations, 549. Vessels in distress, 598, 621, 655, 661. On way
to Ohio, G07-609. On Ohio, 615, 629, 665-685. Narrow es-
cape from, at Weningo, 659.
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Furney, Adam, killed by Indians on Digges' land, 377.
Glen, Governor James, of South Carolina, letter from, 303, 696,
699, 709.
Gooch, Governor, letters to, 221, 225, 254, 283. From, 221, 225,
280, 300, 346.
Governor urges preparation for defence, 5, 6, 30.
30--45. Proclamations, 39. Going to England, 61,
bills of credit, 44. Adds to the Council, 65.
Hamilton arrives, 363, (See J. H.)
Gray's, Ferry, George Gray complains of road to Chester, 99, 100.
Hamilton, James, arrives as Governor, and succeeds President
Palmer and Council, 363. His Proclamation, 363. His speech,
365, 368. Reply of Assembly, 367. Present to, 368. Letter
to Virginia on boundary, 423. Address of Assembly, 429.
His objections against law respecting probate of wills, 503. To
Assembly-complaints against their minutes, 737-746.
Havanna, letters from Governor of, 198. Spanish prisoners, 199,
200, 201. Letter to Governor of, 201. Flags of truce sent to,
with prisoners, 245. Prisoners to be sent to, 281.
Higginbotham, Captain Charles, his case, 187, 188, 218, 219-221,
225. Statement of his case, 190. Reply of Secretary Peters to,
191, 192. He and Perie appear at Council, 218. Insolence of,
219 Letter to Governor Ogle respecting, 225.
Huston, Captain, raising men, 105.
Indians and French making preparations for attacking frontiers of
Pennsylvania, &c., 1-5. Young to be employed as scouts, 2.
Catawbas refuse to come to Philadelphia, 5. Governor opposes
their neutrality, 5. Suspicions of the Six Nations, 5. Account
of treaty at Albany, 7, 26. Conferences with, 10–26, 84, 146,
149. Messages to, 84. Minesinks, 26. On Lake Erie, 72. At
war with French, 71, 72. Affairs, 136, 162, 167. Presents to,
139, 151. In Philadelphia, 145. Treaty on Ohio, 184. Re-
specting, 188, 190, 212, 217, 230, 273. Presents, 186, 197,
198. Proclamation against sale of rum to, 193, 194. Horses
stolen from, 229, 237. Letter from Governor Gooch, 257. A
paper received from 285. Letter to Governor Clinton about, 286.
On Susquehanna, 286. Croghan's proceedings among, 287. Let-
ter from Six Nations, 288. Instructions to C. Weiser respecting,
250. Croghan's account of expenses, 294. Interview with Six
Nations, 295, 296. Proceedings of Governor and Council, 296.
Treaty with Colonel Johnson at Onondago, 298. Near Lancaster, —
afraid to come to city on account of sickness, 298. Commissioners
appointed to meet them there, 298. Their Commission and In-
structions, 299, 300. Letter from Governor of South Carolina;
303. Report and treaty at Lancaster, 306–318. Expenses, 327.
Catawabas complain of Northern, 347. Journal of C. Weiser
to Ohio, 348-358. A. Furney killed by, 377. Senecas arrive,
conference, presents, and treaty with, 389-394. Proclamation,
394. Proclamation against Rum to, 397. On their way to Phila-
delphia, cannot be stopped, 398. Arrival and conference with
Senecas and other nations, 398-403, 405. Presents to, 403, 406.
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