Adams: John, 530, 664, 665.

Adams: Samuel, 530.

Alexander: William, see Stirling.

Allen: Colonel, 610.

Allen: David, 717.

Allen: Job, 717.

Allen: William, 574.

Allinson: Samuel, 517.

Alrichs: Peter, 513, 516.

Alsop: John, 530.

Andrews: Rev. Jedediah, 269.
Andros: Governor, 516, 517.

Arnold: Colonel Benedict, 608, 609, 610.
Ashfield: Lewis Morris, death of, 131..

Note on, 131; referred to, 143.
Ashfield: Richard, 131.

Assembly of New Jersey: Address and
petition to the King relative to a
duty for the purpose of raising a
revenue, 18.-Letter from a Commit-
tee of, to Benjamin Franklin, ap-
pointing him Agent of the Colony,135.
-Address of, to Governor Franklin,
in relation to the riots in Monmouth
and Essex Counties, 180.-Displeas-

Baldwin: John, 587, 588.
Banyar: George, 40, 196.
Barnard: (Bernard) Governor, 114.
Barnet: Ichabod B., 563, 564, 565, 568.
Barr: George G., 717.

Barracks: See military affairs.
Bateman: John, affidavit, 613.
Bates: Alexander, 717.

B.

ure of, on account of the disallow-
ance of the Paper Money Act, 200.-
Message to, from Governor Frank-
lin, in regard to furnishing the troops
with necessaries, 203.-Answer of, to
the same, 204.-Speech of Governor
Franklin to, 238.-Reply of to, 242.-
Message of the Governor to, 243.-
Reply to said message, 252.-Message
of the Governor to, 256.-Letter from,
to Benjamin Franklin, inquiring as
to the proceedings of the British
Parliament, 472.-Speech of Gover-
nor Franklin to, 538.-Resolves of
and address to the Governor, 543.
-Action of. on the proceedings of
Congress, 546.-Speech of Governor
Franklin before, 620.-Address to the
Governor, 633.-Message to the Gov-
ernor relative to the support of the
Government, 697.

Auchmuty: Robert, 375, 377.
Auchmuty, D. D.: Samuel, 313, 341.
Aul: William, 531.
Ayres: Jonathan, 581.

Blackwood: Samuel, 351.
Blair: Samuel, 717.
Blanchard: John, 568, 588.
Bland: Richard, 530.
Bloomfield: Moses, 345.
Boerum: S., 530.

Bonham: Jeremiah, 666, 667.
Borden: Anne, 427.
Borden: Judge Joseph, 427.
Boston: Port Act, 457.-Letter from the
Committee of Correspondence at, to
the Committee of Monmouth County,
498.-Skirmish near, 642.
Boudinot: Elias, 345, 430, 575.
Boundary Line between New York and
New Jersey: Statement of the claim
of New York, 119.-Letter from the
Earl of Dartmouth relative to, 385.-
Letter from Governor Franklin rela-
tive to, 407.-Approval by the King,
416.-Report of the Surveyors of, 501.
Boundary Line between the Northern
Colonies and the Indians, 54, 55.
Bowen: David, 581.

Bradish: Hannah, affidavit, 614.
Brae: Judge, 272.

Brainerd: John, 343, 345.

Brant: Jacobus, 718.

Breed:

607.

Breese: Samúel, 600, 667.

Church: Dr. Benjamin, 669, 670.-Letter

from, to Major Cane, intercepted
and delivered to Washington, 671.-
Note, 674.

Clark: Abraham, 429.
Clark: Thomas, 351.
Clawson: Jonathan, 588.
Clergy: Of the Church of England in
New York and New Jersey, ad-
dress of, to the Earl of Hillsbor-
ough, relative to the want of Bish-
ops, 309.

Coates: Christopher, Secretary of the
Colony of New Jersey, 1.
Cochran, Richard, 352.

Colden: Cadwallader, commission to
John DeNoyelles and William Wick-
ham as Surveyors of the boundary
line between New York and New
Jersey, 191.-Referred to, 535, 571,
574.

Collings: (Collins) Isaac, 270, 341, 781.
Cone: John, 718.

Cone: Nathan, 718.

Confederation and perpetual Union: Ar-
ticles of, 691.

Connecticut: Act of the Assembly of,
relative to prisoners made at Ticon-
deroga and Crown Point, 641.
Continental Congress: Convention to
nominate delegates to, 469.-Letter
from Governor Franklin, relative to.
478.-Extract from a letter of one of
the delegates for, 475, 477.-Letters
from the Earl of Dartmonth con-
cerning, 496, 503.-Petition of, to the
King, 522.-Governors directed to
prevent the election of Deputies to,
534.-Letter from the Earl of Dart-

C.

Burlington County: Instructions from,
to its Assemblymen, relative to the
liabilities of the Eastern Treasurer,
417.
Burlington, Town of: Caveat of the
Overseers of a School against grants
being made of the Island of Burling-
ton, 575.

Burnet: William, 345.
Bussell: Captain, 565.

mouth, relative to the proceedings
of, 535.-Proceedings of laid before
the New Jersey Assembly, 546.-Let-
ter from the Earl of Dartmouth rela-
tive to, 642.-Resolution respecting
Major Skeene, 649.-War declared
by, 652.-Assumes command of the
militia, 656.
Cook:
519, 520.
Cook: Rev. Mr., 841.
Cooper: Rev. Dr., 341.
Cooper: William, 499.
Cornbury: Lord, 225.
Corson: Joseph, 210.
Cough: William, 717.
Coulter: James, 717.

Council of New Jersey: Minutes of, re-
ferring to charges against Thomas
Kinney, Sheriff, for allowing Samuel
Ford to escape from jail, 419.-Speech
of Governor Franklin to, 538.-Ad-
dress of, to Governor Franklin, 541.-
Reply of the Governor to the same,
542.-Names of the members of, 1775,
561.

Courts: Letter of Richard Stockton, rela-
tive to the Governor's authority to
hold a Court of Equity, 154.-Ordi-
dance in relation to the Court of
Chancery, 184.

Covenhoven: John, 430.
Coxe: Daniel (the first), 225.
Coxe: Daniel (the second), 225.
Coxe: Daniel (the third), 225,
Coxe: Daniel (the fourth), 226.
Coxe: Daniel (the fifth), 226.-Appointed
a member of the Council, 273.-Re-
ferred to, 275, 306, 561, 653.-Letter
from, to Cortlandt Skinner, 654.
Crane: Stephen, 530.
Crawley: Charles, 717.
Cresap: Michael, 495.
Croghan: George, 112.-Note on, 112.
Crooke: Charles W., 502,
Cumberland County: Proceedings of the
inhabitants of, according to recom-
mendations of the Continental Con-
gress, 530.
Currency: Letters from Governor Frank-
lin, relative to a bill passed by the
Assembly for striking £100,000 in bill
of Credit, 48, 60, 99. -Letter from the
Earl of Hillsborough to Governor
Franklin, relative to the same, 103.-
Representation from the Lords of
Trade to the King, recommending
disallowance of the same, 106. Order
in Council, disallowing the same, 115.
-Letter from Henry Wilmot, rela-
tive to Paper Currency, 142.-Letter
from Governor Franklin, relative to
an Act for striking £100,000 in Bills of
Credit, 150.-Order in Council for dis-

allowing the same, 196.-Displeasure
of the Assembly on account thereof,
200.-Light Money, 264.-Referred to,
300.-Letter from Governor Frank-
lin, relative to the emission of Paper

D.

Daily: James, 717.
Daniels: Benajah, 717.
Daniel: Thomas, 581.
Dartmouth: Earl of, Letter from, to Gov-
ernor Franklin, relative to the burn-
ing of the Schooner Gaspée, 375.-
Note on, 376.--Memorial to, from At-
torney-General Skinner, praying for
an adequate salary, 383.-Letter to,
from Governor Franklin, relative to
the Boundary Act, the inheritance of
real estate, and the Lottery Act, 385.
-Letter from, to Governor Franklin,
complimenting the Assembly, 388.-
Letter from, to Gov. Franklin, rela-
tive to papers transmitted to Chief-
Justice Smyth, 388.-Letter to, from
Gov. Franklin, transmitting a memo-
rial from Attorney-General Skinner,
389.-Letter to, from Governor Tryon,
393.-Letter to, from Chief-Justice
Smyth, relative to the destruction of
the Gaspée Schooner, 395.-Letter to,
from Governor Franklin, relative to
the petition of the Presbyterian Cler-
gy, 400.-Letter from, to Governor
Franklin, relative to the salaries of
the officers of the Crown, 401.-Let-
ters from, to the same, relative to the
petition of the Presbyterian Clergy,
404, 407.-Letter from, to Chief-Jus-
tice Smyth. 404.-Letters to, from
Governor Franklin, relative to the
more adequate establishment of the
officers of the Crown, 405.-Letter to,
from the same, relative to Boundary
Line between New York and New Jer-
sey, 407.-Letter from, to Governor
Franklin, relative to the support of
the King's government, 408.-Letter
to, from Governor Franklin, express-
ing the satisfaction of the Presbyte-
rian Clergy, 409.-Letter from, to
Governor Franklin, informing him
that the Boundary Line between New
York and New Jersey had been ap-
proved by the King, and the Lottery
Act under consideration, 416.--Letter
to, from Governor Franklin, relative
to Treasurer Skinner; the removal
of Charles Read; and the appoint-
ment of Francis Hopkinson, 425.-
Referred to, 429.-Letter to, from
Governor Franklin, relative to the
state and condition of New Jersey,
433.--Letter from, to Governor Frank-
lin, relative to the removal of the
Treasurer of East Jersey, etc., 456.
Letter to, from Governor Franklin,
relative to the Boston Port Act, etc.,
457--Letter to, from the same, trans-
mitting papers, 461.-Letter to, from
the same, transmitting resolutions of
the inhabitants of Essex County, rela-
tive to a Congress of the Colonies, 464.
-Letter from, relative to the removal
of the seat of government from Bur.
lington to Perth Amboy, 468.-Letter

Money, 315.-Letter from the Earl of
Dartmouth, respecting the striking
£100,000 in Bills of Credit, 557.
Cuyler: Henry, 187.
Cushing: Thomas, 529.

from, to Governor Franklin, concern-
ing the Congress in Philadelphia, 496.
Circular letter from, relative to seiz-
ing gunpowder and arms imported
from England without license, 497
Letter to, from Governor Franklin,
transmitting a pamphlet published
by the Congress, 500.-Letter from,
to Governor Franklin, approving his
conduct, 501.-Circular letter from,
concerning the King's determination
to withstand every attempt to weaken
his authority over the Colonies, 513.
Circular letter from, to the Gover-
nors, directing them to prevent the
choice of Deputies to the Continental
Congress, 534.-Letter from, to Gov-
ernor Franklin, relative to the pro-
ceedings of the Continental Con-
gress, 535.-Letter to, from Governor
Franklin, transmitting his speech,
etc., 537.-Letter to, from the same,
relative to the seizure of arms and
ammunition imported into the prov-
ince without license, 548.-Circular
letter from, expressing hopes of a
restoration of the public tranquility.
553. Circular letter from, enclosing
a resolution by Parliament, 555.-Let-
ter from, to Governor Franklin, re-
specting the lowering of interest; the
striking of £100,000 in Bills of Credit,
etc., 557.-Letter to, from Governor
Franklin, transmitting the names of
the members of the Council of New
Jersey, 560.-Letter to,from the same,
giving secret intelligence, 570.-Re-
ferred to, 580.-Circular letter from,
relative to the Order of the Comman-
der-in-chief of the forces in America,
586.-Letter to, from Governor Frank-
lin, relative to the King's troops at
Concord, 590.-Letter to, from the
same, relative to the affair at Lex-
ington, 601.-Letter from, to Gover-
nor Franklin, relative to the Conti-
nental Congress, 642-Letter to, from
Governor Franklin, relative to the
movement of troops in New Jersey,
644.-Letter from,to Governor Frank-
lin, announcing the King's determi-
nation to crush the rebellion, and
that he had given orders to General
Gage and Admiral Graves to that end,
645.-Letter to,from Governor Frank-
lin, relative to the arrest of Major
Skeene, 648.-Letter from, to Gov.
Franklín, approving his speech, 651.
-Letter to, from Governor Franklin,
announcing that Congress had de-
clared war, 652.-Circular letter from,
relative to employing His Majesty's
ships in sending dispatches, 656.-Let-
ter to, from Governor Franklin, rela-
tive to the condition of the Colonies,
662.-Circular letter from, enclosing
the King's speech, 667.-Letter to,
from Governor Franklin, giving in-

Dennis: John, 422.
DeNoyelles: John, surveyor, 194.
Desbarres: 518, 519, 520, 661.
Dickinson: John, 529, 574, 678, 689.
Dodd: David, convicted of rioting at
Horseneck, 187.
Dodd: John, convicted of rioting at

Horseneck, 187.
Donaldson: William, 137.
Donop: Colonel, 302.
Doremus: John, 718.
Dorman: Philip, 718.
Drummond: Robert, 422.
Drummon: William, 717.
Duane: James, 530.

Dudingston: Captain William, 375.
Dunham: Az, 587, 588.
Dunmore's War: 495.

Dunzoy: Lewis Demarest, 717.
Dyer: Elipht, 529.

the Assembly to Governor Franklin'
in relation to, 180.-Riots in, referred
to, 198.-Letter from the Committee
of, to the inhabitants of Monmouth
County, relative to events in Boston,
459.-Resolves of the Freeholders of,

Ewing: Joshua, 531.

Fairchild: Benjamin, 717.
Farrall: Garrett, 718.
Farrand: Phineas, 718.

Farrand: Samuel, 718.

Fessenden: Thomas, affidavit, 612.
Finlay: Hugh, 610.

Fisher: Hendrick, 202, 640.

Fisher: William, 717.

Fithian: Joel, 531.

Fithian: Rev. Philip V., 532.
Floyd: William, 530.

Folsom: Nathaniel, 529.

Ford: Samuel, 413, 415, 416, 419, 421.
Foster: Ezekiel, 531,

Foxcroft: Deputy Postmaster-General,
657, 663, 669.

Francisco: Peter, 718.
Franklin: Benjamin, accounts of, 28.-
Referred to, 29, 48.-Letter to, from
Governor Franklin, relative to Cap-
tain Trent's affairs, etc., 111.-Ap-
pointment of, as Agent of New Jer-
sey, 135.-Referred to, 197.-Letter
from, to Governor Franklin, relative
to the Ohio affair and the Assembly's
insolvent laws, 236.-Letter from, to
Governor Franklin, in regard to Co-
lonial Agents in England, 330.-Re-
ferred to, 377, 381, 393, 421, 445.-Let-
ter to, from the Assembly of New
Jersey, inquiring as to the proceed-
ings of the British Parliament, 472.-
Letter from, to Governor Franklin,
on American affairs, 494. -Referred
to, 610, 692, 710.
Franklin: William, Governor of New
Jersey, 8.-Letter from, to Charles
Reed, relative to the case of John
Walker, and Benjamin Franklin's
accounts. 28.-Letter from, to Secre-
tary Hillsborough, relative to the

manufactures, etc., in New Jersey,
29.-Letter from, to Secretary Hills-
borough, relative to the New Jersey
Act of 1767 for quartering the troops,
32.-Letters from, to Secretary Hills-
borough, relative to a letter from
the House of Representatives of
Massachusetts Bay, 34, 36, 58.-Letter
from, to the Earl of Hillsborough,
recommending Richard Stockton to
be appointed a member of the New
Jersey Council, 44.-Letter to, from
Secretary Hillsborough, relative to
a letter from the House of Represen-
tatives of Massachusetts, 45.-Letter
from, to the Earl of Hillsborough,
relative to a bill passed by the As-
sembly for striking £100,000 in Bills
of Credit, 48.-Letter to the Earl of
Hillsborough, relative to a complaint
made by the Commissioners of Cus-
toms, 53-Commission from,
Charles Read, John Smith, and Sam-
uel Smith, to take charge of the seal
during his absence, 54.-Letter from,
to Secretary Hillsborough, relative
to a treaty with the Indians, 55.-Let-
ters to, from Secretary Hillsborough,
relative to the bill for issuing £100,-
000, 60, 99, 103.-Letter from, to the
Earl of Hillsborough, defending his
conduct against the censures of his
Lordship, 64.-Letter from, to the
Earl of Hillsborough, relative to the
treaty with the Indians for settling
the boundary line, 95.-Letter from,
to Cortlandt Skinner, 97.-Letter to
Benjamin Franklin, relative to Cap-
tain Trent's affairs, etc., 111.--Let-
ters of acknowledgment from, to the
Earl of Hillsborough, 118, 130.-Let-

ter from, to the Earl of Hillsborough,
announcing the death of Lewis Mor-
ris Ashfield, a member of the Coun-
cil, 131.-Letter to, from the Earl of
Hillsborough, relative to the ap-
pointment of Cortlandt (Stephen)
Skinner as a member of Council
Letter from, to Secretary Pownall,
relative to the provision for the sup
port of the King's troops, 141.-Let-
ter from, to the Earl of Hillsbor
ough, transmitting Chief-Justice
Smyth's memorial, 144.-Letter to,
from the Earl of Hillsborough, cor-
recting error in regard to the Chris-
tian name of Mr. Skinner, 147.-Let-
ter from, to Cortlandt Skinner, rela-
tive to the riotous proceedings in
Monmouth County, 148. Letter
from, to the Earl of Hillsborough,
enclosing paper, 150.-Speech of, in
relation to the riots in Monmouth
and Essex Counties, 172.-Address
to, from the Assembly, in relation to
said riots, 180.--Proclamation of, of-
fering a reward for the discovery of
the person who set fire to stable,
etc., of David Ogden, 183.-Letter
from, to the Earl of Hillsborough,
relative to public matters, 191.-
Complimentary Letter to, from the
Earl of Hillsborough, 198.-Letter
from, to the Earl of Hillsborough,
relative to the displeasure of the As-
sembly at the disallowance of the
Paper Money Act, 200.-Letter to the
Earl of Hillsborough, relative to pro-
vision for the supply of the troops
and the appointment of Barrack
Masters, 201.-Message to the Assem-
bly in regard to furnishing the
troops with necessaries, 203.-Procla-
mation of in relation to the assault
on John Hatton, 205.-Letter to,
from John Hatton, complaining of
the Cape May Justices, 209.-Letter
to, from the Earl of Hillsborough,
transmitting orders of Council, 213
-Letter from the Earl of Hillsbor-
ough, relative to providing for the
King's troops, 219.-Letter from, to
the Earl of Hillsborough, relative to
the War with Spain, superintend-
ence of Indian affairs, and the death
of John Ladd, 221.-Letter from, to
Major William Trent, 227.-Letter
from, to the Earl of Hillsborough,
relative to recruiting parties, to
making provision for the King's
troops, and to the death of John
Smith, member of Council, 280.-Re-
ferred to, 232.-Letter from, to Lieu-
tenant Arthur Wadman, relative to
recruiting, 233.-Letter to, from Ben-
jamin Franklin, relative to the Ohio
affair and the insolvent laws, 236.-
Letters from, to the Earl of Hills-
borough, announcing the refusal of
the Assembly to provide for the
King's troops, 237, 297.-Speech of,
to the Council and Assembly, 238.-
Messages of, to the Assembly, 243,
256.-Letter to, from the Earl of
Hillsborough, relative to the dispute
with Spain, the Indian trade, etc.,
274.-Letter from, to the Earl of

Hillsborough, relative to John Hat-
ton, 275, 313.-Letter from, to the
Commissioner of Customs at Boston,
relative to John Hatton, 287.-Letter
to, from the Lords of Trade, relative
to two Acts of the Assembly, 300.--
Letter to, from the Earl of Hillsbor-
ough, relative to recruiting the
King's forces, 301.-Letter to, from
the same, relative to John Hatton,
and to the refusal of the Assembly
to provide for the King's troops 304.
-Letter from, to the Earl of Hills-
borough, relative to the resignation
of Mr. Ogden, a member of the As-
sembly, 306.-Letter from, to the
Lords of Trade, relative to the emis-
sions of paper bills, and the appoint-
ment of an agent, 315.-Letter to,
from the Earl of Hillsborough, ap-
proving his position touching the
resignation of a member of the As-
sembly, 318.-Letter from, to the
Lords of Trade, relative to the ap-
pointment of an Agent for New Jer-
sey, 320.-Letter from, to the Earl of
Hillsborough, informing him that
the Assembly had consented to pro-
vide for the arrears due to the
troops, 321.-Letter to, from the Earl
of Hillsborough, relative to_the_re-
moval of the troops from New Jer-
sey, 323.-Letter to, from Benjamin
Franklin, in relation to the appoint-
ment of Colonial Agents in England,
330.-Letter from, to the Earl of
Hillsborough, transmitting papers,
333.-Letter from, to the same, rela-
tive to the resignation of Mr. Ogden,
as a member of the Assembly, 334.-
Letter from, to the same, relative to
Act of Assembly of October, 1770,
337.-Letter from, to the same, trans-
mitting the petition of the Presby-
terian clergy in New Jersey, 339.-
Referred to, 341, 345.-Proclamation
of, relative to the election of repre-
sentatives, 356.-Warrants signed by,
357.-Letter to, from the Earl of
Hillsborough, relative to the resigna-
tion of a member of the Assembly,
and to the salary of the Chief-Jus-
tice, 361.-Letter to, from the same,
relative to the election of a member
of the Assembly in the room of Mr.
Ogden, 370.-Letter to, from the Earl
of Dartmouth, relative to the burn-
ing of the schooner Gaspée, 375.—
Letter from, to the Earl of Hillsbor-
ough, informing him that the Assem-
bly had granted money for the sup-
port of the King's troops, 378.-Let-
ter from, to the Lords of Trade, rela-
tive to the care of idiots and luna-
tics, 382.-Letter from, to the Earl of
Dartmouth, relative to the boundary
Act, the inheritance of real estate,
and the Lottery Act, 385.-Letter to,
from the Earl of Dartmouth, com-
plimenting the Assembly, 388.-Let-
ter from, to the Earl of Dartmouth,
relative to papers transmitted to
Chief-Justice Smyth, 388.-Letter
from, to the same, transmitting a
memorial from Attorney-General
Skinner, 389.-Letter from, to the