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REGISTER OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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EDITED BY SAMUEL HAZARD.
VOL. III .- JANUARY TO JULY 1829.
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INDEX.
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A
Academy, Manual Labour, plan of 94 Accommodations in the City for travellers Acts passed by legislature 1828-9 292 Adams co. description of 63 taxables in 96 Address, poetical, of the carriers 31 Agricultural Association of Lancaster co. 16 Meeting at Bustleton respecting foreign potatoes and barley 204 Alleghany College, military school 300
Mountain, Roberts's report on portage across 277 290
route for a canal
166
Bridges, Canal, specification of
219
slackwater
167
Bristol, charter of
312
river, freshet in
299
Brownsville glass works
176
Almshouse of Philadelphia, deaths and diseases
90
Buckingham and Solebury, history of
407 350
Anecdote, Revolutionary of Col. A. McLane
387
Bucks Co. trees indigenous
Apprentices Library Co. Report
186
Butter and Lard, inspections of 304
184
Byberry, history of
C
Cabbage, perennial introduced 320
Canal French creek feeder
11
Chesapeake and Ohio memorial
76
Conestogo, trade of 42
117
Lackawaxen
137
Schuylkill navigation company
25
system report to Congress on 61
49
.
and Rail Roads, between Delaware & Susq. 54
report to legislature 149
Baltimore and Susquehanna rail road billl, reports against in Senate and H. of R. 65, 221
Edward F. Gay's report 166,181,184 James Clarke's do 216
Banks, tabular statement of the condition of the of Pennsylvania, state of its affairs
92
report of damage by ice, to 231
on duties of Secretary
232
Abner Lacock
257
. James D. Harris
258
Alonzo Livermore
259
springs
ib.
town
ib.
270
forges and furnaces
ib.
Bethany W. Co. notice of
137
Glass factory
ib.
Biographical notice of Ephraim Bloom 96
Sir William Keith
111
Co. Union, vote $5000 to S. Mifflin's family 334
new Commissioners appointed 351, 384
336 ib.
John Evans ib.
ib.
Jacob Rush ib.
Capital of Banks in N. York, Boston & Philada. 28
Edward Shippen
ib.
Carl, Rev. Mr. address to Infant Schools 385
Jaspar Yeates
ib.
Carlisle, Catterpillars at 416
ib.
H. H. Breckenridge ib.
242
Carriage, by waggons and canals contrasted
350
Bishop White 261
416
William M'Kenzie
319
Centreville, notice of Chambersburg described
234
and Harrisburg rail road
129
and York do
132
Caterpillars and crops
350
Charities, public of Philadelphia report of committee on premium for essay on
228
400
Charter of Chester Bristol
312
Lancaster
396
· 335
Chester, charter of proceedings on Boston port bill county, hail storm in
264
38
335
36 37 ib. 38
Newtown
ib.
provincial meeting at Philad'a instructions to assembly on
244
Breakwater, progress of
9
Lancaster
Carlisle
Chester
245
12 | Boston Port bill, circular letter of committee ib.
letter to committee of Boston proceedings at York 35 letter to committee of Mass. ib. proceedings at Reading
34
Matthias Hollenback 165
Samuel Neely
240
Cannon balls discovered at Doylestown
Wm. A. Atlee
240
Carbon Port, notice of rail road at mines
Wm. Bradford Thomas Smith
ib.
cave and spring at proceedings on Boston port bill
37 320
John B. Gibson
ib.
Caterpillars at Chambersburg at Carlisle
135
Gabriel Meisse
320
Gen. Wayne
369, 387, 401
Elizabeth Ferguson Elizabeth Mundes!
399
Births in Philadelphia each day, and several years 128 405 Bishops, first American consecration of Blackbird, a singular in York Co. 350 176
Bleaching, new mode discovered Bloomfield, town of described 304 forge at 335 remarkable draught of fish Boston Port bill, meeting at Philad'a, respecting 26,34 Dr. Smith's address at 27
ib.
cherries destroyed at
272
money paid out for bill
330
Union, boats and lumber which pass
384
Mauch Chunk
ib.
Dewitt Clinton's do
217, 218
Baptist church, case of 228
Bark, inspections of in Philad. 7'years
206
for 1828_
304
Bedford Co. description of
145
Atlee, Wm. Augustus, judge
241
Auction Commissions and Duties duties at Philadelphia
177, 255
16
Susquehanna and Lehigh
68
Pennsylvania 11, 100, 166, 240, 335, 350 217, 218
273
Armstrong Co. Receipts and expenditures
176
Asparagus, large raised in Passyunk
400
Assembly's address against Gov. Gookin
162
Athenæum, report of 91
241
bequest to by W. Lehman bust of Dr. Johnson at
252
Delaware and Raritan
Aurora Borealis, description of B
Bache Franklin's letter on penitentiary system 197
61
and rail road loan, Governor refuses to sign bill
1
394
41, 49
264
265
Thomas Duncan
Ardent Spirits, tables shewing the number and size of houses which retail . 94
Butcher's memorial to Councils
INDEX.
Chester county mutton Chilisquaque meteorological tables
192
Draught of a horse, great 176
! Duncan Stephen report ag. Balt. rail road 64
E
Easton, storm at
399
rapid travelling from to Phila. 399
Education, sum expended for 195
Election, Presidential in each State
144
Engraver, a self taught
320
Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania 337 353 382 405 336
Erie, harbor improved
Lake, first instance of a trip being performed in January ib.
Exchange, bills of, sum required in different cities for £1000 protested 128
Execution of criminals memorial against public Turkish mode of
223 ib.
consumption of in Philad.
ib.
143
Expenditures of Phil. Co.
Southwark
F
Fair Mount-streets proposed to be cut throughi by Spring Garden
16
399
Fat, young lady at York Female Hospitable Society, report voters in St. Paul's church
228
Ferguson Elizabeth, biography of
395
Finances; Auditor General's report report of committee of ways and means
355
Collateral inheritances, amount of
179
399
Commencements, medical
200
Commerce of the U. S.
8
Conestoga creek, load of coal ascends trade of, commences accident on 335
32
42
Congress members of, from this state from 1789 to 1827 242
Consumption number of deaths by, in Philad. from 1807 to 1828 128
Contrast between wagon and canal carriage 320
Controllers of public schools, report 152
Convicts, expense of conveying
196
Cooper J. W . invents new mode of bleaching
176
Copperas macie at Mercer
148
Council of Safety appointed
200 10
Criminals, memorial against public executions business of different courts
212
Crops, prospect of
336
Currency, difficulties of the
1, 19
bills issued from 1723 to 1739
19
1739 to 1749
20
value of gold and silver from 1700 to 1739 19
D
Dallas G. M: letters favor of H. of Refuge 250 Damask table linen made at Pittsburg 15
Damascus notice of 137
Dauphin Co. number of poor in 148
Davis Jacob S. Description of Wayne Co.
135
Deaf and Dumb Institution report 43
Deaths and Diseases Phil. for 1828 and several years
128
Delaware River Shad fisheries value of
214
low tide in
239
Piers in Cost of
9
Breakwater
9
frozen over
144
breaks up
176
Hail storm in Chester county 335
Haines Samuel, on Pennsylvania rail road 47
Hamiltonville, notice of 335
Harris James D.'s canal report 256
Harrisburgh& Columbia rail road, Hopkins' report 129
meteorological tables 206,236,248,366
mechanic's meeting at 263
Lancasterian school
166
number ofarks and rafts which passed in 1827 67
Health, board of, members
199
Doylestown severe weather
Discovery of cannon balls
336
Hollenback Matthias, biographical notico 165
28559
318
Fuel saving society, report of G
Gas lights, at Pittsburgh
176
Gay, Edward F. Canal reports 167, 181
Geology of Wayne county 138 Germantown, Gen. Wayne's account of affairs there 375 Gettysburg described 64
Gilbert Benj. and family, captivity of by the Indians 314, 321, 344
Glass factory at Bethany blown at Brownsville 176, 288
137
Gold, value of from 1700 to 1739 20
Gookin Gov. complaint of assembly against 162
Government, expenses of 193
Governor, appointments by 148,286, 288,320,336,400
Graces The, given to academy of fine arts 253
Grain, quantity measured in Philadelphia 32
Grand Jury present tippling houses 329
60
Greensburg notice of
60
storm at
288
Gunpowder, a valuable pound of
336
H
Commissioners ofN. J. on .
351 9
Dengue fever at Harrisburg
288 14
Southern and Northern
24
Dividends on Stocks Tax on Bank
32 177
177
Domestics Society for encouraging, constitution of 328 Douglass D. B. report on canal from Easton to Carpenter's point 101
353 382 405
225
228
Circle quadrature of, discovered
240
Clark James, report ou canals Clarksville, notice of
137 240
Clinton De Witt, canal report dinner to
411
34 79 119
Coal trade 1828 1820 to 1828 Lehigh Philad."
80 73
79
in Wayne co.
139
Clearfield co. 240 256
history of the discovery and uses of anthracite 301 336
at Mount Carbon
399 ib.
regions, account of
409
mines of Schuylkill co. 410
117
300
189
Fish, great draught of ing, great in Schuylkill new mode of
416
Floor Cloth Manufactory, report on
235
Flour, average price of in Philad. from 1785 to 1828 148 and corn meal inspected in Philad. 1828 304 and corn meal inspected in U. S. 1828 205
146
Forges in Bedford county
Bloomfield
335
Franklin county, description of 233
fund, report to councils on the state
392
Institute, report on M'Cauly's floor cloth 235 purpose experiments on water power 253,317
Freeport, first collection of canal tolls at 384
French creek feeder, account of 11
Frost in May, at Milton 336
Crawford co. sketch of
223
Coasting trade, value of College Allegheny, Military school Dickinson, state of funds
310
first load of through Lehigh canal
Clearfield, introduced into Reading
140
Clearfield co. coal in
217
217 218
192 248 319 377 272 304
Christ's Church communion plate history of Church First Baptist, case of St. Paul's, female voters
Burnetein 195,00 7-16.66.16vols 2.5798 P.O. 2514
Forts troops at
Dispensary Phila. Report of
Greene county, description of taxables in
61
304 | Hog, a mammotb, 176
ib
176
iv
INDEX.
Hopkins Wm. R., report on Harrisburg and Co- lumbia rail road
129
do and York
132
Hopkinson, Judge, opinion on rights of joint owners of vessels, case of Brig Seneca do. schooner Elvira
113 361
Hand vs. schr. Elvira, salvage 360 Lentz vs. Schaffer, Landlord and tenant .411
Lead quantity made in United States 9
Lee Charles and Gen. Wayne, difference between 390
224
Horse power, calculations respecting on rail ways great draught of a
55 176
Horticultural Society offer premiums for Sea Kale 271 335
House of Refuge I & J
Indian affairs, expenses of
33
S. Keith's memorial respecting 210
Indingent widows society, report 91
Infant schools society, report of
303, 364
Rev. Mr. Carl's address to
386
Insolvents, of what occupation
224
Inspections of flour and corn meal 205
Lehman William, death and notice of 224
240
legacies resolution of Athenaum 269
Letter from Council to Hannah Penn 154
James Logan to Charles Gookin 161
John Hazlewood to Gen. Washington 180
181
Robert Ballard to do
ib.
James Logan to John Penn relating to set- tlements on theOhio Mississip. 210 211
On the times 1775 248
G. M. Dallas on House Refuge 250
Samuel Rush do ib.
Dr. Abercrombie relating to Bust of Dr. Johnson in Athenæum 253
Thomas Wharton jr. to Gen. Lacey
296 297
Gen. Lacey to Col. Kirkbride
296
Thomas Wharton jr. to do John Armstrong to Gen. Lacey
ib.
T. Matlack to Gen. Lacey
299 356 360
Col. Kirkbride to Gen. Lacey 298 340
Gen Washington to do. 298 305 306 325 326 343 356
Gen. Lacey to Gen. Washington 298 306 324 326 341 342 356
Do. to Council
298 305 307 324 341
Do. to Gen. Armstrong
307 336 341 543
Gen. Wayne to Gen Lacey
308
Gen. Lacey to Mr. Vanhorne
308
Gen. Green to Gen. Lacey 341
341
Gen. Lacey to Gen. Green Gen. Armstrong to Gen. Lacey
341
Joseph Reed to Gen. Lacey 342 357 359
Gen. Maxwell to Gen. Lacey 356
357
Pres. Reed to H. W. esq.
357
loaded boat ascends Conestogo 32
37
trade of the Conestoga
42, 254
deer killed in
128
Clement Biddle to do
359
David Scott to J. McIlvaine
368
from J. McIlvaine in reply
368
Gen, Wayne to - - , detailing events at Germantown 375
Charles Lee to Gen. Wayne
390
Gen. Wayne to Charles Lee 390 391
Do to Rob. Morris
401
Do to Col. Hartley
402
R. H. Harrison to Gen. Wayne
402
Gen. Wayne to Col. Bland
402
B. Fishbourne to Gen. Wayne
402
Gen. Wayne to Joseph Reed 404
404
175 Lexington battle Licenses, report on 151 262
tin pedlars 180
227 tavern, amount of 178
228
Library Philadelphia, Mckenzie's legacy to 319
J. Smith appointed Librarian 306
Literature progress of, in Penn.
267
Legislative question about Speaker Legislators of Pennsylvania, their occupation Legacies, liberal of F. Kohne William Lehman's William Mckenzie's
94
383
240
319
Lehigh coal and navigation company, report acting manager's rep. engineer's report
73
canal, account of first coal by
74 367 399
co. snow in May 336
bark, flour, &c. 304
Instructions, singular to Gov. Keith respecting no- tices on Sunday 101
Insurance companies act respecting
319
Internal improvements
11, 25, 42, 45, 54, 68, 100,
137, 139, 148, 149, 167, 192 fund, report of commis- sioners 139, 195
report of committee on 149
expenditures
193
Iron, in Crawford county
10
Bedford county
145
Franklin county Schuylkill county
399
Jackson, President's inaugural speech
164 61
Jefferson county, taxables in medical college, graduates 1829
201
1816 to do
202
Johnson Dr. bust of in Athenæum, history of Juniata, improvements on
335
Justices of the peace in 1824
15
by whom appointed
ib.
K
Kale Sea, premium offered for 270
Keith, Sir William, biographical notices 209
copies of sundry papers furnish- ed by James Logan 211
memorial respect'g Indians 210,211
King, Mr.'s speech on unpatented lands 97
Kohne Frederick's legacies large
383
Lacey Gen, letters to and from L 295 to 298, 305 to 308
324 to 326
Lackawaxen canal and rail road
137
Lacock Abner's report on canal
256
Lanccaster county agricultural association 16
proceedings on Boston port bill
397
Lancasterian school at Harrisburg
Lands, unpatented, Mr. King's speech
act respecting
253
fees on
177
Land-office, business of the
309
Laws, pamphlets, receipts for
179
Law case, Commonwealth vs. Marshall Treillon, surety of peace
39
Same vs. Daniel do
ib.
108
M'Ewen, Hale, & D. vs. Girard, stock Davis and Brooks vs. brig Seneca, part ownership 113
147
Busman vs. Union canal co. damages Case of First Baptist Church, Judge Smith's opinion, right of property Todds do Commonwealth vs. St. Pauls Ch, voters Cope vs. Cordova, landing and delivery U. S. vs. Boyer, counterfeiting
284 289
Law case, Commonwealth vs. Leeds, master & ap- prentice 326
N. Liberties vs, Heart, paving street 350 Case vs. McNair, illegal fees 351
Honesdale, notice of rail road from
136
137
225
Gen. Lacey to the cols. of his brigade
Gen. Lacey to Pres. Reed 357 358
Vice Pres. Moore to Gen. Lacey 358 360
Col. Harmar to Gen. Lacey 358
charter of
166 97
305 308 325
297
252
234
Samuel Ward to do
72
Do to Gen. Washington
V
INDEX.
Livermore Alonzo's report Loaf bread, memorial respecting
259
Opinion, Judge Todd 227
Orphan asylum report 260
Loans and premiums on interest on
180
Orwigsburg, iron discovered at 399
194
Oysters sent from Philadelphia to Pittsburg 48
399
P
Passyunk, large asparagus raised in 400
Logan James, letter to Gov. Gookin
162
Pauls, St. church, law case respecting female voters 229
Longevity, Ephraim Bloom
96
Pauperism, annals of
90, 148,192 .
Lumber on Delaware river
384
Paving, law respecting
393
Union canal
384
Susquehanna river
400
Wayne county
138
system, letter of Dr. Bache 197
Inspectors appointed 336,351
154
M'Kean Thomas, notice of 241
M'Kenzie William, notice of & account of legacies 319
170
M'Ilvaine Joseph, letter to committees on r. road resignation as secretary dinner to
384
first emission of paper currency in United States' recruits in
9
surveys in ib.
arms apportioned to
ib.
Mail, daily between Reading and Mount Carbon
206
militia in
ib.
Manual labour academy, report
12, 176
Maps State, receipts for
178
Marietta, improvements in consequence of canal new mode of fishing at
416
Market street, poetical description of in 1729
299
Mauch Chunk, operations at 74
rail road expense of transportation on
74
mules at, fond of riding
73
meteorological tables
368, 417
price current at
368
stages and mails at canal
384
Meadville, expeditious boat building at 34
ib.
Mechanics, meeting of at Harrisburg
263
Medical students, amount expended by them in Philadelphia
251
commencements in University&Jefferson
201
society against removal of alms-house in- firmary
251
new Hall founded -
201
Meisse Gabriel, a self-taught engraver
320
Memorial of councils against street near Fair Mt. on roads 31
16
internal improvement fund report 139:
report of committee on 149
of guardians of poor
134
of butchers to council
185
on poor laws 222
223
Mercantile library company, report
110
Mercer, English settlers arrive at copperas manufactured at
148
Merchandise, duties on dealers in
178
Meteorological observations at Philadelphia 25
at Chilisquaque at Harrisburg 206,236,248,360
Mifflin Samuel, tribute of respect to 334
Military instruction at Allegheny college 300
Militia and exempt fines 180
expenses
193
Milton, frost at in May
336
Monongahela, Gay's report on
181
Mortality, bill of at Philadelphia
126
Musical fund society report
347
Mutton, Chester county
192
N
Neely Samuel, notice of 240
Nescopec valley canal
68
New Lisbon, notice of
60
Newton; proceedings on Boston port bill
38
Nicholson John, claim for lands
248
Nolliken's, bust of Dr. Johnson
15
O
Offices, tax on
Ohio river, Gay's report on Opinion, Judge Smith
225
French creek feeder 11
15
by whom appointed ib.
Paper bills emitted from 1723 to 1739 19 1739 to 1746 20
value of gold&silver from 1700 to 1739 20
progress of literature in 20 267
appointments in 32
expenses on Indian affairs 1733 to 1751 33 Commander and Councils decl. on Esq. Penn's grant for New Castle, H. Jones, &c. 34
Greene county described 60
Banks in, statement of 61
Adams county described 63
Warren county do 90
Bank of, statement of affairs of
92
Legislators, their occupations
94
notice of certain applications to Legis- lature to be published on Sunday 111
public schools, report of comptrollers 152 letter, Council to Hannah Penn 154
James Logan to C. Gookin 161
Assembly's address to proprietor com- plaining of Gov. Gookin 162
report on finances of 176,189,162,215 proclamation establishing the coun- cil of safety 200
sundry papers furnished W. Keith, by J. Logan,on Indian affairs, Ohio& Missis. 211 stocks owned by the state 215
question relative to the Speaker of the House of Representatives 223
report on an alien justice of the peace 234
Franklin county described 231
notice of the supreme court bench 241
Senators and Representatives in Con- gress, list of from 1789 242
Nicholson John's, ciaim against charter of Chester
265
Gov.'s message against canal loan bill 370
Wm. Penn's commission to Council 272 new penal code 280
acts passed 1828-29. 292
business of Land-office of Surveyor General's office
ib.
state arsenal, stores in ib.
canal loan bill 331
Episcopal church in, commencem't of 339
178 Judicial memoranda in the history of 377 report of expenditures on Penn. canal 394 185 | Pennsylvania canal and rail road bill 331
trade M
367,384
Penn Hannah, letter from Council to John, letter to, from James Logan
410
Pennsylvania, difficulties of trade and currency 1.19
loan office established in Philadelphia 2
ib.
Magdalen society report 143
56
United States' works projected in
ib.
pensioners in
ib.
navy yards and stations in
ib.
Crawford county, description of 10
Justices of the peace living in 1824
195
Penal Code, the new
280
Penitentiary at Philadelphia and Pittsburg
ib.
Locusts appear in Schuylkill co. Washington
207
192,248,319,377
Mules, at Mauch Chunk prefer riding to walking
73
248
399
against public executions
412
straw paper made at sketch of 11
399
Mahonoy valley, account of
309
vi
INDEX.
Pennsylvania canal, D.B. Douglass' report 101 . 166
Edward F. Gay's do
James Clarke's do 217
Dewitt Clinton's do ib.
report of damage by ice 231
duties of secretary 232
Abner Lacock's report 256
sundry reports 256, 258
moneys advanced in
272
commissioners new 384
revenue first received at Freeport ib. acc't of money expended on 394 412 report respecting tunnel at Grant's hill 412
Pennsylvania Hospital, accounts&tables of diseases 349
Pennsylvania railway, John H. Powell's speech on 45
Major Wilson's reports on 81
graduation tables 83, 88
allotment of work 89
report of Robinson, Wilson, & Hopkin's on termination of 123 Jos. M'Ilvaine's reply to a com- munication respecting do. 170 resolution of councils on do. 223
Pensions and gratuities
Pensioners, report on state of the United States in
415 9
Persimmon, dwarf, native of islands on Susqueban- na river 350
Philadelphia, loan office at 2
timber for United States delivered at 9
reminiscences of
11,22, 41
appointments in
15
inspections of bark, flour, &c. 303
report of fuel saving society 319
John Scott's legacy, premiums 335
expenditures of city commissioners for 16 years 352
history of Christ church 382
legacies of F. Kohne 383
difference between Council and com- missioners 390
report on Franklin fund 393
Paving law, respecting 393
Pensylvania Inquirer' established at
400
new churches sale of real estate
ib.
Philadelphia county, expenditures of
143
Pigeons, wild at York
399
in Susquehanna county 335
Pine Grove, notice of
9
Pittsburgh, damask table linen made at 15
48
coal trade and consumption of 80
tables of houses which sell ardent spirits in and capacity for accom- modating travellers 94
value of coasting trade with eastern ports 123
amount of travelling between, and New-York 118
amount of transportation between do. ib
trade throughi. the Chespeake and Delaware canal 120
table of deathis & diseases in 1828 126
memorial of the guardians of the poor 134 report of committee on Susquehanna and Pottsville rail road 133
average price of flour for 44 years 148
prices of provisions in 1779 201
medical commencements 203
inspections of flour, corn meal & bark 206 memorial on loaf bread 207
prison, sick reports 208
city sinking fund, calcul'ns resp'g 157,186
portion of state revenue paid by 180
councils, proceedings of 184,220,335,391
memorial of butchers 185, 223 resolution of councils relative to Penn- sylvania rail road 223
Philadelphia report on public charities 228 stage between and Pottsville 240
provincial meeting on account of Boston port bill 244
instructions to assembly ib.
account of expenditures by the med- ical students -251
boat carried over dam at Fair Mount
256
report on Will's legacy
269
annals of
271, 299
draw-bridge fell in, dispute about repairing it 271
clearing river Delaware ib.
new road to Strasburg opened ib.
market between 3d and 4th, build- ing opposed and postponed ib.
stones and lime carried off ib.
additional stalls to southern market ib.
Quakers intercede respecting the market for sake of peace 272
2d Presbyterian church, Southwark ib. Market street, poetical description of in 1729 299
complaint from Maryland respecting the sealed half bushel measure ib.
new measure made ib.
mayor's donations for an Exchange 299
quantity of hay weighed, and fees, 1774 to 1775 ib.
prisoners fines remitted by mayor & aldermen ib.
new line of stages from Baltimore to ib.
memorial of councils against opening streets near water works 16
proceedings at Spring Garden against weather at 16,32,48,96,112,128,144,176
ib.
auction duties at
16
meteorological tables
25
quantity of rain at
25
capital of banks and insurance co.'s memorial on roads 30
dividends 32
grain measured in ib.
commeree of 1822 to 1828
ib.
taxables in city and county in 1741 . 40
public charities of 41, 49
Thomas Phipps elected Treasurer ib. troubles during the war lb.
and Columbia rail road 45
48
oysters at, from Philadelphia
64
flax spun by steam at 144
gas light company 176
number of steam boats built ib.
stages increased in number 254
queensware made at 355
improved weaving at 214
148
guardians of, memorial
in alms-house, Dauphin county
148
children, expense of educating in several co.'s 165 9
192
memorial of councils relating to report of funds distributed to 228
223
Post offices established and abolished
176
Potatoes and barley, meeting of farmers respecting importation of 204
Pottsville, notice of 9%
stage from to Philadelphia 240
improvement in 320
weather at 335, 411
Powell, John Hare's speech on termina'n of railway 45
Premium for essay on wages of poor, &c. 400
Presidential election, final results 144
's inaugural address 164
Printing, report on the
242
memorial on poor laws ib. Prisons, prisoners admitted 1828 213, 214
.
steam power introduced at U. S. works water works commence
ib.
Poor, diseases and deaths of, in Alms house
135
in York county alms-house
ib.
oysters sent from to Pittsburg
meeting on Boston port bill 26, 34, 245 27
193
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INDEX:
Prison, Arch-street, diseases and deaths 255
Philadelphia, annual sick reports 208
Provisions, prices of, fixed by Committee of Safe- ty in 1779 201
Provident society, report of . . R
163
Rail road, Philadelphia& Columbia 45,47,81,123,170,221 John Hare Powell's speech on 45
Haines, Strickland, and White, do. 47
between Delaware and Susquehanna, Moncure Robinson's report 54
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