tions. But surely there is not the least shadow of reason for considering the voice of this Congress as the sense of the people, when it is notorious that they are not elected by a Twentieth part of the Freeholders of the province, and, probably, not even by a tenth part of the Associators themselves. To this it may, possibly, be said, that those Freeholders and Associators who did not vote, have no one to blame but themselves they might have voted if they chose it, and silence must be presumed to give consent. But the truth is, as I have strong reason to believe, that a great Majority of the inhabitants were averse to having at this time any Provincial Congress at all—and therefore, would not attend the election, or vote for any of the candidates, by which means it happened in some counties that the number of electors did not exceed fifty or an hundred, and in one case, I am credibly informed only about thirty appeared. Now, it is scarcely possible, but that five men of almost any sort, might find in any county such a number to give them their voices for any purpose; consequently, the deputies of such a minority ought not to presume to rule over the whole people.
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, 1331.-
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.
Bayard: Nicholas, 169, 170, 189.
Bayard: William, recommended to be
appointed a member of Council, 131.
-Referred to, 153.-Petition of, rela-
tive to the common lands of the
township of Bergen, 168.
Biard: John, 717.
Bedford: Joseph, 717.
Belcher: Governor, 44, 224, 231.
Belestre:
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, 813, 341.
Aul: William. 531.
Ayres: Jonathan, 531.
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, 531.
Bradish: Hannah, affidavit, 614.
Brae: Judge, 272.
Brainerd: John, 343, 345.
Brant: Jacobus, 718.
Breese: Samuel, 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, 731.
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.
473.-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-
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., 341.
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.--Ordí-
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-
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