48;
measures of, in relation to the issue of paper money, i. 549;
regulations of, for the army, i. 551;
letters of Washington to, i. 578, 587-595, 726;
loyalty to the king declared by, i. 600;
declaration adopted by, setting forth the causes for armed resistance,
i. 600;
the idea of reparation from the mother-country repudiated by,
i. 603, 607;
letter of thanks of, to the lord-mayor and corporation of London,
i. 603;
petition to the king, written by John Dickinson, adopted by, i. 605;
address to the people of Great Britain adopted by, i. 606;
commissioners of Indian affairs appointed by--services at Christ church
attended by, on the fast-day, i. 609;
addresses of, to the assembly of Jamaica, and to the people of
Ireland--"conciliatory resolution" of the house of commons taken into
consideration by, i. 610;
Franklin placed at the head of the post-office department by--army
hospital established by, i. 612;
adjournment of, i. 613;
wise caution of, i. 614;
"declaration" of, read to the troops in camp, i. 617;
jealous of concentrated military power--deference of, to the opinions
of Washington in military matters, i. 621;
refusal of Washington to part with detachments for coast-defence,
sanctioned by, i. 624;
Colonels Allen and Warner introduced upon the floor of, i. 652;
the Green Mountain Boys recommended by, for the invasion of Canada,
i. 653;
members of, in the camp at Cambridge, i. 681, 729;
questions submitted by Washington to the committee of, sitting at
Cambridge, i. 735;
resolutions adopted by, for a reorganization of the army at Cambridge,
i. 738;
attention of, called to the necessity of organizing a naval force,
i. 740;
letters of Washington to i. 744, ii. 363;
resolution of thanks of, to Washington, on the evacuation of Boston,
ii. 78;
medal in gold ordered by, ii. 79;
action of, with regard to loyalists and tories, ii. 92;
the attention of, drawn to affairs in Canada, ii. 93;
committee appointed by, for the purpose of maintaining a European
correspondence, ii. 124;
Washington invited to the floor of--recommendations of Washington
adopted by, ii. 159;
"Board of War and Ordnance" appointed by, ii. 160;
resolution of, in relation to the claims of Generals Schuyler and
Gates, ii. 248;
measures taken by, for a more permanent