muskets and bayonets, 273, 281,
292, 354, 386.

on permits to, and destination of ves-
sels, 274, 278.

on the state of the colonies in the
southern department, 202, 298.
on the expenses of the war for the
year 1776, 284.

to superintend the printing of the
journals of Congress, 294.

n fortification of ports for the pro-
tection of cruisers, 297.

on the sale and consumption of teas,
308, 315.
on damages in certain cases of cap-
tures, 317, 321, 335, 354, 463.
on the state of the eastern depart-
ment, 328, 340, 341.

on counterfeited bills of credit, 332,
368, 385.

for raising ten millions of dollars, 335,

338, 367.

on New Hampshire grants, 337, 360.
to inquire into the conduct of commo-
dore Hopkins, 337.

discharged, and referred to Marine
committee, 408, 431.

for exchange of seamen, 338, 340.
on resolutions of the convention of
South Carolina, 349, 358, 367.
for supporting the American cause in
Canada, 354, 355, 356, 360, 361.
to concert a plan of military opera-
tions, 357, 359, 360, 361 to 364.
on supplies and intelligence to the

enemy, 365, 379, 385, 426, 450.
directed to revise the rules and
articles of war, 374, 416, 435.
for establishing expresses between
the several posts, 365.

on a cartel between general Arnold
and captain Foster, 376, 403 to
406, 427.

to prepare a declaration of indepen-
dence, 369, 391, 394 to
396.

a form of confederation,
370, 408.
a plan of treaties with for-
eign powers, 370, 416,
418, 457, 460.

on the defence of Georgia, 375, 399.
for exchange of prisoners of war,
376, 383, 385, 402, 418, 420.
on rules and regulations for Congress
during debates, 383, 403, 415.
on a provision for disabled soldiers
and seamen, 383, 454, 455.
on the causes of miscarriages in Ca-
nada, 385, 400, 417, 427, 468, 508.
to prepare a device for a seal of the
United States, 397, 450.

on a plot for liberating prisoners of
war, 407.

for augmenting the flying camp, 410,

419.
on confiscation of enemies' property,
415, 417, 423.

on a proposal of the President of
South-Carolina, 423, 468, 508.
on the state of North-Carolina, 427, Commons

430.

for encouragement of Hessians, &c.
to leave the British service, 436,443.
on the piratical seizure of American
vessels, 450.

for regulating the post-office, ares
tablishing advice boats, 400,

of conference with lord Howe, §.
473,47

on an appeal in the case of the schr
Thistle, and cargo, 470, 499, 500
to inquire into the conduct of W. Liv-
ingston, deputy com
missary general, 471.
state of the army in
New-York, 494, 306.

to provide clothing, &c. for the army,
494, 495, 497, 498, 513.
on an appeal in the case of the ship
Elizabeth, 502, 515.

to prepare a plan for a military acad
emy at the army,
500.

for providing cz.
riages, 504, 512
the form of an coch
for officers of the
army and Bavy,
511, 514

of Ways and Means to supply the
Treasury, 517, 535, 550, 551, 552.
on the disposition of negroes taken
by vessels of war, 517.

on an appeal in the case of the ship
Charming Peggy, 521.

on the capture and condemnation of
prizes, 521.

of intelligence, 522.

for regulating the Treasury Board,
522, 582

to engage wharf builders, 525, 528,550.
on resolutions of Maryland, relaure
to quota of troops, 527, 533.
on monopolizers of articles necessary
for the army, 530.

on despatches stolen from Tim. Dad,
531, 534, 556, 562, 578.
for suppressing internal enemies, and
preventing intelligence to others,

558

to reinforce the American army, 568.
on an appeal, Levin Jones vs. Sloop
Vulcan, 562.

on the state of the army, 562, 563,
583, 534, 585.
on the plan of an artillery yard, 563.
on capitulations entered into by ma-

jors Sherburne and Butterfield, 564.
on a proper method for establishing
and training cavalry, 565.

to prepare an address to the inhabi-
tants of America, 574, 576.
to transact_special business of Con-
gress at Philadelphia, 580.
to prepare a plan for conducting the
executive business of Congress,

583.

Secretary, 1.

establish rules for their government, 7.
approve the proceedings of the inha-
bitants of Suffolk, Mass. 14.

advise merchants to suspend orders
for goods, 14.

their address to the king of Great-
Britain, 16, 38, 39, 46 to 49.
their letter to gen. Gage, 17, 18, 19.
their declaration of rights, 19 to 22.
their address to the people of Great-
Britain, 19, 23, 26 to 31.

their address to the inhabitants of the
colonies, 19, 23, 31 to 38.
their non-importation agreement, &c.
23 to 26.
their resolve respecting the trial of
persons beyond sea, 38, 39.
their opinion relative to the meeting
of another Congress, 39.
their letter to the colonies of St.
Johns, &c. 39.

their acknowledgments to friends in
England, 40.

their address to the people of Quebec,
40 to 45.
their vote of thanks to the Assembly
of Pennsylvania, 45.
dissolved, 45.

the Second, meet at Philadelphia, 50.
elect their President and Secretary,
50, 72.
their recommendation to the inhabi-
tants of New-York, 70.
consider the state of America, 71, 72,
73, 77, 78, 79, 82, 83.
resolve on a non-importation to colo-
nies not represented in Congress,
71.

establish rules for their own govern-
ment, 71.

resolve to put the colonies in a state
of defence, 71, 72, 73.

direct the militia of New-York to be
armed and trained, 73.

their letter to the inhabitants of Ca-
nada, 74, 75, 76.

resolve to defend Ticonderoga and
Crown Point, 77.

their address to the Assembly of Ja-
maica, 79, 121, 122, 123.
advise the convention of Massachu-
setts, 80.

recommend the collection of saltpetre
and sulphur, 81.

a general fast, 81, 82,
286, 287, 574, 576, 577.
direct ten companies of riflemen to
be raised, 82.

fix the pay of officers and privates, 82,
84, 129, 130.

appoint a general and commander in
chief, 83.

authorize the appointment of other
officers, 84.

order troops to New-York, 85.
resolve to support general Washing-
ton, 85.

order troops to Boston, 86.

their first emission of bills of credit,

87, 88.

conciliate the friendship of the In-
dians, 98.

their second petition to the king of
Great-Britain, 104 to 106.
their second address to the people of
Great-Britain, 106 to 111.'

their letter to the lord mayor of Lon-
don, 111.

their letter to Richard Penn, and
other agents in England, 112.
establish Indian departments and ap-
point commissioners,113 to 117,121.
encourage the importation and manu-
facture of saltpetre, 118, 155, 168,
172, 173, 273.
increase the American army, 123,
151, 153, 163, 164, 165, 203, 217,
218, 225, 233, 242, 250, 298, 315,
346, 362, 363, 389, 390, 399, 419,
430, 476.
authorize the emission of more bills
of credit, 123.
establish a general post office, 124.
a general hospital, 124.
their address to the people of Ireland,
125 to 129.

fix the quota of each colony, 130.
their opinion on lord North's concilia-
tory proposition, 131.

their explanatory resolve relative to
non-importations, &c. 135.

their decision in the case of two car-
goes imported into Georgia, 141.
endeavor to intercept two British ves-

sels bound to Canada, 148, 149.
order gold and silver coins to be col-
lected, 149, 243, 281, 308, 331.
recommend the arrest of suspicious
persons, 149.

authorize the fortification of Hudson
river, 150, 169, 227, 232, 218, 266,
285.

fit out cruisers, 154.

direct an estimate to be made of da-
mage done by the enemy, 156.
their resolves respecting trade, 160,
161.

supply the northern army with cloth-
ing, 162.

their instructions to the convention of
New-Hampshire, 162.

their resolves on the disputes between
Pennsylvania and Connecticut, 163,
211, 317.
authorize the defence of South-Caro-
lina, 165, 380.

establish packets, 176.

supply Bermuda with provisions, 178,
179.

the Indians, 180, 181.
their regulations relative to captures,
183, 184.
establish rules and regulations for the

navy, 185 to 191.
issue more bills of credit, 195, 198.
their recommendation to Virginia,

197.

forbid the presentation of petitions

separately, by the colonies, 197.
their reply to a proclamation of the
king of G. Britain, 199, 200, 201.
urge the eastern colonies to call out
their militia, 201.

fix the pay of navy officers, 203.
augment the navy, 206.

engage to repay New-York and Penn-
sylvania gunpowder and arms bor-
rowed, 210.

bills of credit, 215, 216, 317.
their resolves on the arrest of conti-
nental soldiers for small debts, 216,

221.

direct a statement to be made of im-

ports and exports, 216, 217.
direct six battalions to be raised in
Virginia, 217, 218.

permit exports of produce in return
for salt, 218.

their instructions to Virginia, and
other southern colonies, 220.
furnish New-Jersey with arms and
military stores, 221.

their resolves respecting persons dis-
affected to the American cause,
222, 224, 225, 259, 331.
recommend an interchange of mutual
good offices, 223.

their opinion relative to the barbar-
ous conduct of the enemy, 223.
direct an additional battalion to be
raised in Pennsylvania, 225.
direct an emission of money, in ex-
change for torn and defaced bills,
227.
their resolves in the case of James
Lovell, 227.

determine the shares of prizes in
cases of captures, 228.
order troops to be sent to Canada,
229, 230, 241, 242, 243, 250, 251,
255, 362.

order three companies for defence of
Accomac and Northampton coun-
ties, in Virginia, 230.
direct the fortification of the Nar-
rows, at the entrance of New York,
232.

their resolve respecting attempts to
depreciate the continental curren-
cy, 234.

order cannon to be cast and pur-
chased, 236, 269, 270.
order another battalion to be raised
in North-Carolina, 257.
authorize the pay-master general to
draw bills on the President of Con-
gress, 238.

determine the wages of seamen in
South-Carolina, 240.
indemnify col. Hazen for his losses,
244, 283.

order colonel Maxwell's battalion to
be furnished with arms, &c. 247,
253.
honor the memory of general Mont-
gomery, 244, 247, 259, 269.
direct an inquiry into the conduct of
general Prescot, 247, 251, 253, 255.
direct the fortress at Ticonderoga to
be repaired, 247.

direct the immediate defence of the
city of New-York, 248.
regulate and establish Indian trade,
249, 250.
forbid the inlistment of apprentices,
252.

decide on the memorial of Keppele
and Steinmetz, 254.
encourage suttlers to attend the army
in Canada, 256, 268.
direct paroles of captured officers,
257; form of, 258.

decide on the memorial of Sansom,
Murray, & Co. 260.

the manufacture of gunpowder, 3,

351

encourage the importation of al
stores, 262, 263.

direct the middle and southern col
nies to be formed into departments,

263,
direct a Treasury Office to be esta-
blished, 267, 273, 301, 302. (See
Treasury Office of Accounts.)
direct a further emission of bills of
credit, 267, 270, 271, 282.

forbid plunder by the American arm,
963

direct artificers to be sent to Canada,
967

direct troops in New-York to be fur-
nished with rations and fuel, 263.
direct gunpowder to be sent to gene-
ral Washington, 270.
prohibit the sailing of vessels loaded
for Great-Britain, &c. 274; re-
straint taken off, 278.

direct the distribution of prisoners of
war, and the taking of paroles, 275.
permit Mons. Marmajou to export
produce, 275.

repay gunpowder borrowed of North-
Carolina, 275.

direct steel to be sent to Albany, 275,

276

direct medicines to be purchased, 277.
direct general Lee to take command

in the southern department, 277.
their orders to brigadiers general
Armstrong, Lewis, Howe, and
Moore, 277.

direct general Thomas to take com-
mand in Canada, 279.

direct an inquiry into the causes of

imprisonment of officers, &c. 281.
forbid the inlistment of Indians with-
out consent of their chiefs, 281.
direct militia to be called out for de-
fence of New-York, 286.
direct the troops destined for Canada
to proceed on their march, 286.
authorize the fitting out of private
armed vessels, 296, 297, 304, 305.
their vote of thanks to general Wash-
ington, &c. 297, 298.

their regulations respecting imports
and exports, 307, 308.

prohibit the importation of slaves, 307.
instruct the commissioners for Indian
affairs, 308, 310, 311.

instruct the Convention, or council of
safety of Virginia, 308.

direct a list of prisoners of war to be
transmitted to each colony, 309.
their resolves respecting the mainte-
nance and security of prisoners of
war, 313.

their resolves relative to trade, 313.
their resolves relative to the sale and
consumption of teas, 315.

their resolves relative to the pay and
subsistence of Pennsylvania troops,
316.
authorize the building of galleys, 316,
347, 399.
authorize the persons and papers of
Robert Eden and Alexander Ross
to be seized and secured, 318.
their instructions to the agent for In-
dian affairs, 321, 322.

Congress, their instructions to the commission- Congress
ers sent to Canada, 323, 324.
direct a strict observance of military
discipline, 324, 480.

direct a settlement of accounts of the
militia ordered to New-York, 328.
their decision in the case of James
Easton, 329.

forbid traders to go into the Indian
country, without license, 330
modify and explain the ninth article
of the non-importation association,
331.
direct the restoration and disposition
of vessels, &c. left by the enemy at
Boston, 331, 334.
direct the arming of the Delaware
battalion at Lewistown, 333.

direct ten millions of dollars to be
raised, 335.

direct treaties to be held with Indian
tribes, 335, 341, 374.

direct an inquiry into the conduct of
commodore Hopkins, 337.

direct a farther emission of bills of
credit, 338, 353.

direct monthly returns of the number
and state of the army, 339, 365.
recommend governments to be esta-
blished by the colonies, 339.
establish a hospital in Virginia, 347.
increase the pay of deputy engineers,
347.

their regulations respecting prisoners
of war, 349, 350, 351.

their decision in the case of the sloop
Sally, and cargo, 351, 354.
determine to support the war in Ca-
nada, 356.

regulate the price of salt, 360, 574.
take further measure for the defence
of New-York, 361.

direct militia to be called out to re-
inforce the army, 362, 363, 398, 399.
establish a flying camp, 363.
establish a Board of War and Ord-

nance, 370, 371. (See Board of
War and Ordnance.)

order general Gates to take command
in Canada, 376.

prohibit officers to suttle, or sell to
soldiers, 377.

direct supplies to be sent to Canada,
377, 378.

direct the property of enemies to be
confiscated and sold, 378.
direct clothing to be furnished the
army, 382.

direct an inquiry into the conduct of
officers in Canada, 385.

direct an inquiry into causes of mis-
carriages in Canada, 385.
their declaration of independence,
394, 395, 396.

their resolves on the surrender of the
Cedars, 405, 406.

regulate the hospital department, 411,

.

provisions, &c. 555.

urge the states to complete their le-
vies, 555.

consider the state of the army, 557,

558.
their direction to commissaries, 558.
their resolve respecting lands and
expenses of the war, 559.
meet at Baltimore, in Maryland, 578.
appoint a committee to transact spe-
cial business at Philadelphia, 580.
their resolve respecting prisoners of
war at Baltimore, 581.
direct vouchers to be taken for pay-
ments to militia, 581.
their instructions to New-Hampshire,
Massachusetts, and Connecticut,
582.
grant discretionary powers to general
Washington, 584, 585.
direct a farther emission of bills of
credit, 585.

Connecticut, delegates from, 1, 50, 237.

to re-inforce the garrisons of
Crown-Point and Ticonderoga,
77.
to collect saltpetre and sulphur, 81.
troops ordered to New-York and
Boston, 85, 86.
urged to complete their levies, 120.
disputes between Pennsylvania and,
163, 210, 211, 317.
forbid to settle lands in Pennsylva-
nia, 211.

to raise a battalion for the defence
of Canada, 230, 242.

to fill up blank commissions for
field and other officers, 243.

to raise their proportion of sixteen
regiments, 250.

to raise an additional battalion, 346.

361

form of the bills, 88, 198.
resolve for the support of
its credit, 215.

troops and militia, to return arms,
and other property, 474, 475.
Cooke, governor of Rhode-Island, authorized to
purchase clothing, 527.

Cooper John, a delegate from New-Jersey, 39
Copper at New-London, Connecticut, how dis-
posed of, 451.

to be purchased, 451.
Corn St. Luke, excepted from the general re-
leasement of Canadian prisoners, 513.
Courtlandt Philip, lieut. colonel, 281.
Cox and Furman, money paid to, 258.
Cozneau Isaac, captain of a frigate, 319.
Craig Thomas, lieut. colonel, 470.
Crawford, captain, his application refused, 397.
William, lieut. colonel, 263.
promoted, 512.
Credentials, delegates appear and produce their,
1, 9, 22, 50, 51 to 54, 67, 68, 69, 86, 87, 136,
137, 138, 141, 152, 253, 259, 325, 348, 390,
415, 418, 457, 536, 537, 553, 569, 577, 578,

579.

Crown-Point and Ticonderoga, measures for the
defence of, 77, 88.

Cuppaidge George, sent to New-York, on pa-
role, 201.

577.

De Haas John Philip, colonel, 245.
Dehart John, a delegate from New-Jersey, 1.50,

resigns his seat, 194.
William, major, 167.

Delaplace, captain, his case considered, 344.
Delaware, delegates from, 1, 52, 568.

636

to colleet saltpetre and sulphur, 81.
to raise one battalion, 203.
field officers of, 241.
militia for the flying camp, 363.
measures taken for the defence of,