The Register of Pennsylvania : devoted to the preservation of facts and documents and every other kind of useful information respecting the state of Pennsylvania, Vol. IX, Part 1

Author: Hazard, Samuel, 1784-1870
Publication date: 1828
Publisher: Philadelphia : Printed by W.F. Geddes ;
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HAZARD'S


REGISTER OF PENNSYLVANIA,


DEVOTED TO THE


PRESERVATION OF FACTS AND DOCUMENTS,


AND EVERY OTHER KIND OF


USEFUL INFORMATION


RESPECTING THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.


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EDITED BY SAMUEL HAZARD.


VOL. IX .- JANUARY TO JULY, 1832.


PHILADELPHIA.


WM. F. GEDDES, PRINTER, 9 LIBRARY ST.


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INDEX.


A


Adventure and escape, extraordinary 105 115 African Education Society-constitution Agriculture, report of committee on, to legislature 100


Aldermen, county, speech on proposed change 79


Alms House, new, estimated cost of 67 2


Appropriation for improvements Andalusia murder, account of 411


Apprentices' library company, report, &c. 60, 207 Arrivals of vessels at Philadelphia, 1831 32 285 ib


Assessment of Northumberland county of Lancaster county, Attleborough, described


173


Auction duties


416


1


B


Bank, Girard, new,


28, 320, 336, 384, 412


message of Governor on chartering 384 report of committee of legislature on 384 presentment of Grand Jury 412


Bank stock, owned by state


1


Banks in the state, tabular statement of


56


Bank of United States, memorial to congress for


renewal of charter


29


debate on 30, 79


list of stockholders, and shares held by 110


specie on hand, and at branches, 111


letter of N. Biddle to J. Johnson, on political


influence


118


views of the majority in Congress


148


report of the majority of committee of inves- tigation 289


tabular statement of its condition 301


examination of the president by . committee 304, 357, 374 report of the minority of committee of inves- tigation 311


report of J. Q. Adams 321, 337


resolution of the legislature 366


Baptists, statistics of the


288


Barber, John, report on Columbia and Philadelphia


rail-road, on Pennsylvania canal, 97


33


Bear, a large, at Mifflintown


160


Beaver, the largest steamboat built at 96 See next volume. meadow rail-road, facts respecting 180 Centennary, celebration of Washington's birth


a new town and quick building Bellefonte, stages between and Philadelphia 256


303


day 80, 102, 109


See next volume.


Chambersburg described


383


Cherokee case, Judge Marshall's opinion 225


McLean's 241


Chesapeake and Delaware canal company, report 390


Chester, minerals found at 334


Cholera, alarm and sanitary measures 391


Coal, arrived coastwise at Philadelphia in 1831 48


foreign, quantity imported and cxported, 1820 to 1830, 79


early sent from Susquehanna 127


ashes useful for cleaning brass 160


regions, pleasant, tour in 304


trade, statistics in Schuylkill, &c. 319, 336


Colored people of Philadelphia, memorial 361


Blairsville, great freshet at


125


Brady, Captain Samuel, life and adventures of


184, 206, 237, 268, 303, 395


Bridge stock, owned by the state


1


Monongahela destroyed


96


Columbia


104


Schuylkill Permanent, ceremony at laying


corner stone


267


Buck, a large one killed at Bethany


160


Bucks Co., persentment of Grand Jury respecting


use of court house, for religious pur-


poses


48


state of the thermometer, 1831


48


case of ejectment


301


Butler county described


385


C


Cabinet of Natural Science of Montgomery coun-


ty, report of


116


Caldwell David, tribute of respect to


103


Camden and Amboy rail-road, law


169


49


Canal stock owned by state


Schuylkill Navigation company, report


21


1


Pennsylvania, which see.


Delaware and Raritan 49, 169


Delaware and Hudson


104, 297


commissioners, report on iron contracts


112


on amount expended


for repairs


18


report of committee on their


conduct


261


Canals and rail-roads compared


222


tolls, amount of 304


62


Lehigh, report, &c. Morris


379


Chesapeake and Delaware, report


Union, report


398


Carpet manufactory, at Bush-hill, described


224


report, Franklin Institute


160


Cave, a remarkable, discovered in Franklin co.


222


Census tables, Mercer, Mifflin, Northumberland, and Warren counties 381


Washington, Union, and Venango counties 405


Bethany, a large buck, killed at 160


Biographical notices, Stephen Girard 83


Christopher Ludwick


161


Captain Samuel Brady 184, 206, 237,


268, 303, 395 263


James Logan


John Peters


30, 31


Wm. Penn


351


Joseph Hackney


382


Hugh Hefferman 400


Governor Joseph Iliester


ib


224


Birth, three at a Blacks, are they citizens?


76


Columbia, and Philadelphia rail-road, 33, 69


336


Cat, a wild, taken at Towanda


390


Auditor general's report, appendix


report


INDEX.


Columbia, bridge destroyed first settlement of freshets at "statistics of


105


113,145


105, 121


147


Congressional districts, state divided into


403


Controllers of public schools, report


156


Copper discovered in Luzerne county


303


Councils, Select and Common, proceedings 4, 27, 38, 64, 65, 86, 107, 120, 137, 171, 197, 232, 251, 265, 283, 362


D


Deaths in Wilkesbarre, 1831


173


and diseases in Philadelphia, 1831 in Easton Delaware and Raritan canal law


174


176


49,169


169


and Hudson canal, rates of toll on


104


report river, correspondence between Pennsyl- vania and New Jersey, on dams breakwater, specific gravities of the stone used at 191


river, freshet in 208


Dispensary, reports 3, 101


Dividends 304, 366


77


Duche, Rev. Jacob's letter to Gen. Washington on revolutionary war 81


E


Easton, deaths at, 1831


176


freshet at


209


a sketch of


335


Economy society, schism at 109


compromised


176


Education, meeting and resolution on


6


report on


ib


Girard college, plan of


11


directors of public schools


27


R. Vaux resigns as president 70 African society of Pittsburg, constitu- tion of 115


report of committee on


154


of controllers of public schools


156


colleges, academies, &c. in the state


254


Erie, Lake, commerce and navigation, vessels on communication with 71


402


Exchange, Philadelphia, corner stone laid 128


memorial to Councils 170


Excursion, a pleasant


304


F


Fires, number ofin 1831


80


Franklin legacy 69


Institute, address and queries on state of manufactures 87


annual report 209


report on Spicer's machine to carry mail report on carpet factory 336


287


French creek, freshet in 96


Freshets, great Frost, late at Milford


96, 105, 121, 159


G


Geological Society of Pennsylvania, report and con-


stitution


208


Germantown, statistics of 48


rail-road opened 367


Girard Bank, new, relating to


28, 336, 384, 415


Girard, Stephen, will of 9 Girard's Legacy, sketch of 83


letter from executors to Councils, inclosing copy of will and list of real estate 27


Girard committee appointed ib


Girard's Legacy, detailed list of tenants, housesand rents in city 39


do. in the county 4.0


letter from executors on the sub- ject of the college, and streets through the premises 39


letter from executors on the im- provement of the square on Mar- ket street 40


plan of buildings, and contractors for the work 41


report of committee and resolutions adopted, respecting renting and collecting for the real estate 41


resolution to send copy of will to legislature, &c. 42


further return of property ib


schedule of real estate purchased after 20th June, 1830 ib letter from trustees of bank on real estate, part of capital 43 tenants ask reduction of rent 65, 66, 86 committee of legislature meet com- mittee of Councils 66, 69


outline of a bill reported 67


present state of the trusts to be published, annuities to be paid out of rents, &c. 68


Mayor to Jet lands in Passyunk and Moyamensing 69


letter of executors asking advice as to insurance, and resolution on 109 Mayor to proceed to Harrisburg to obtain a law 86


Mayor authorized to make repairs 120 committee appointed to regulate rents ib


report of committee of legislature to confer with city authorities 127 city treasurer authorized to receive from trustees of Bank, deeds for real estate 172


Pennsylvania Hose company ask for Iot for hose house ib


respecting Poudrette near the col- lege 233, 283


Counsel to defend a suit in district court, asked for ib-


communications from Mr. Boyd and


others, agents, respecting the lands in Schuylkill county 234


committee to visit the lands 234, 267


committee appointed to have Water street surveyed, and a plan de- vised for laying it out 252


report of committee to digest a plan, for the general manage- ment of the bequests 265


notice from' executors, that they are going to pay the state $300,000 267


resolution proposed to inquire into measures proper, respecting lot on Market street and purchase of lumber 267


resolution requesting executors to have the square improved ib


resolution requesting executors to improve the square 283, 332 resolution of executors agreeing to do so ib


Mayor authorized to draw for amount of water rents and re- pairs, ib


do. do. for taxes 332


report of committee on insuring property 333


279


119


Divorce, curious debate on, in legislature


352


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INDEX.


Girard's Legacy.


executors have agreed to pay in- stalment on Danville and Potts- ville rail-road 362


property purchased after the pub- lication of his will, placed under care of city treasurer, and per- sons appointed by the heirsat law 363 resolution proposed to pay funeral expenses 363, 394


report of committee on Girard's lands and resolution offered 364


resolution to pay expenses of com- mittee to visit the lands 392


petition of two nephews and le- gatees arrived from France to re- ceive their legacies 392 execu. anthorized to pay legatees! 393 resolution for a committee to ad- vertise for plans for college 394


committee to carry into effect the report of the committee on the lands and resolution offered ib


Gold, American, received at mint, 1824 to 1831 176


Grain and coal, received coastwise at Phila. 1831 48 Greenville, freshet at 159


H


Harrisburg, meteorol. observ. at


186, 235, 319, 390


packets between, and Huntingdon 403


Horticultural society, premiums offered 85


Hospital, Pennsylvania annual accounts of 359


House of Refuge reports 286, 409


Hudson and Delaware Canal report


104, 279


Huntingdon, wild animals killed at 160


Co. Iron manufactured in 368


line of packets between, & Harrisburg 403


Husband, the maid's, verses by a Penns'a, lady 1766 238


I & J


Indian languages, and Penn. History 221, 235, 250 263 Indigent Widow's Society report 54


Internal Improvement, report on 25


Iron manufactured in Huntingdon county 368


Judicial distriets, plan for dividing the state into, by population 37


K


Kennedy, Judge, decision on tax on town lots 107


Kidneys of beef, remarkable 188


L


Lancaster wishes a vacation of part of Columbia rail-road 69


Co. assessed value of 285


Law cases and Intelligence. Blacks, are they citizens? 77


Commonwealth vs. Senaff, master & appren- tice 78


United States vs. Lingle, obstructing mail by seizing horses for their keeping 79


tribute of respect from the bar to Wm. Rawle and David Caldwall 100


passed the session 1831-32 8, 257


M'Clellan, tax on town lots, judge Kennedy's decision 106


Altemus vs. Rev. Dr. Ely, case of marriage 141


opinions of Binney and Sergeant on Union Canal lotteries 166


Delaware and Raritan canal and Camden and Amboy rail-roads 169


revised code of, second report of commission- ers 214, 193 charge of Judge M'Lean on the Pittsburg case -


202


relating to wills and testaments 244


Cherokce case, charge of Judge M.Lean ib. Judge Marshall 285


B. Chew vs. Keck &c. ejectment


Law cases &c. Recorder's charge to grand jury on bank subscriptions 366


Ilynman vs. State, stay of proceedings upon fi . fas. issued on judgment 398 Commonwealth as. John Moore, murder of a constable 398


United States 2's. 23 coil cordage, sea stores


406


Legacy, Girard's, which see Will's do


Franklin's 69


60 Lehigh navigation Co. report agent's do 62


rail road described ib,


canal business on


ib.


reports of commissioners on tolls on Del. division 181 Co. ease of ejeetment 307


Letter from B. Rush to John Adams


217


Peter Collinson to Gov. Thomas Penn


239


Robert Morris to certain friends and answer 406


J. Logan on alarm of 1706 383


Rev. J. Duche to Gen. Washington 81


Lewistown, canal tolls collected


304


Library Co. Philad. purchase books of James Cox for annuity 160


power to increase yearly charge ib.


apprentices, report


208


Logan James, letter on alarm of 1706 writings of


263


Longevity instances of Lotteries, reports on proceeds of Union Canal, 152


121, 129, 149, 165


Ludwick, Christopher, life of 161


Luzerne Co. copper discovered in 303


pleasant excursion


304


Lying-in-charity established


8


M


M'Lean, Judge's opinion in Cherokee case 241


M'Ilwaine J. charge to grand jury relating to bank subscriptions 366


Manayunk, water power of estimated 158


Manufacturers of carpets at Bushhill described 224


dock ward value of 368


of Chambersburg


383


Franklin Institute ask for informa- tion respecting 87


Marietta, great freshet at 105


Marriage case, decided 141


Marshall, chief justice, opinion in Cherokee case 225


Mauchchunk, lots selling at 272


ib.


snow at boat-building at


ib.


Mercer Co. census


381


Message of Gov. Wolf in returning canal and rail-


road bill


221


of do respecting bank charters 384


Meterological observations in Bucks county 48


at Philadelphia, 80, 366


. Columbia 96


Pottsville 160


Harrisburg


186, 235, 319


Mifflin Co. census


381


Milford, late frost at 352


Military convention at Harrisburg, proceedings of 43, 50


Militia, revolutionary, meeting of aged 54


system, report of commissioners 218


411 Mina, account of murder of Chapman executed 400


Mint, of U. S. annual report 176


Monongahela bridge destroyed 96


Morris Robert, letter to certain friends 406


Montgomery Co. cabinet of natural science 115


Muncey, valley of described 155


Musical fund society report 349


301 | Murder of Mr. Chapman 411


383


192


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INDEX.


N


Newcastle and Frenchtown rail road opened 160


statistics of 398


New Jersey, complaints of the dams in the Delaware 119 report to Gov. on 187


Norristown, statistics of 240


Northumberland Co. assessment 285


census


380


0


Orphan Asylum Philadelphia report 72 Orrery, made at York 336


P


Passages, short by vessels from Philadelphia 301


Paxton, massacre account of 114, 144


Pear tree, singular effect of girdling 416


an old and large


ib.


Penitentiary eastern, third report of inspectors, warden, physician, and building committee 57 to 59


Penn Thomas, letter from P. Collinson to


239


William, proclamation respecting the caves of Philadelphia, 1686 112


grants a lot to John Key ib


letter to Emperor of Canada ib


biography of


351


Pennsylvania, stocks owned by


1


loans due by 2


plan for dividing the state into judi- cial districts 36


military convention at Harrisburg, proceedings 43, 50


banks of, statement of 56


instructions to commissioners for ne- gotiating with Delaware and Mary. land, respecting Susquehannah trade in 1786


57


Tioga county described 65


Columbia, first settlement of 113


correspondence between N. Jersey and, on dams in the Delaware


119


history and Indian languages, rc- marks on 221, 235, 250, 262


sketches of


254, 264


religious sects in 264


letter of J. Logan on the alarm of 1706 382


Butler county described


slaves in, 1850 385


395


sketches of Schuylkill county


401


division into congressional districts


403


Pennsylvania canal.


report of commissioners respecting contractors and Columbia rail-road 24 report of J. Barber on the castern division of 97


reports of committees on tolls on on Del. division and Lehigh canal 186 report of commissioners on repairs to 189 packet boata established 352


report of commissioners on persons employed on 353


and Ohio rail-road 158


Philadelphia,


proceedings of Councils 4, 27, 38, 64, 65, 85, 107, 120, 137, 171, 197 232, 251, 283, 331


stand for fish proposed 4


Will's legacy, respecting


ib


petition for vegetable stands ib


report on stands for shoc sellers 5 on encroachments on the Schuyl. ib letter from F. Graff on do. ib


Girard's legacy, respecting, which scc.


vessels arrived, and built in 1831 32


resolution to publish sundry wills 42


respecting agreement with Moyamensing for water ib


resolution respecting cost of new alms- house 43


town meeting on York and Maryland rail-road 46 grain and coal received coastwisc at, in 1831 48 resolution of Councils on York and Ma- ryland rail-road 64, 66


petition for a market ncar Schuyl- kill 69


horse market complained of ib


vacation of Blackberry alley ib


number of fires in 1831, amount of da- mages, and insured 80


town meeting to celebrate centennial anniversary of Washington's birth day ib


weather at 80


four additional wardens for the port of complaint of Moyamensing about wa- ter ib


water works, report of the committee on, rents, expenses, cost, &c. from commencement 94


memorial against western market 137, 108 letter from J. S. Waln, on Locust and Schuylkill wharf ib


memorial of colored porters on stand at Sixth and Market streets ib


fire companies, report on 109


appropriation of $2000 for centennial celebration ib


Wm. Penn's proclamation respecting the caves at, 1686 111


petition of John Key, (first born, ) for a lot in, 1705 112


Wm. Penn's letter to Emperor of Ca- nada, respecting society of free tra- ders ib


water pipes to be laid at side of Co- lumbia rail-road 120


Icase of drawbridge lot ib


corner stone for Washington monu- ment presented by marble masons *141


watchman disabled in service, asks relief 121


Exchange, corner stone laid


128


memorial 170


report of Haines and M'Clure of sur-


vey and soundings of Schuylkill 137 complaint of wardens respecting cul- vert on Schuylkill 171


report and estimate of improving Lo- gan square and culvert ib


annual report on sinking fund ib


front of Will's hospital to be of brick 172 old engines at l'air Mount, to be sold ib


committee to inquire into expedieney making Permanent bridge free 1/2


petition to extend rail-road along Broad street :


act proposed in relation to market be- tween Third and Fourth, rent free resolution to extend market between T'enth and Thirteenth 173


annual statement of discases and deaths in 1831 174


memorial of farmers respecting mar- ket stalls 197


petition against markets between T'enth and Thirteenth 198


memorial of fire companies 198, 201 petition of Paul Beck respecting mar- ket stalls 198


· report on distribution of wood 199


petition of watclunen for higher wages 200 report 202, 347


V


Philadelphia.


86


vi


INDEX.


Philadelphia.


present . of gold and silver artifi- cers 201


petition of David E. Shapley, respect- ing a lot leased by him 201


report of committee for improving ci- ty property on Schuylkill ib Institute report of 212


memorial respecting streets on Schuyl- kill 233


picture frame presented by society of cabinet-makers 234


old tan-yards in Dock street discov- ered 239


sickness in 1699 ib


ancient graves discovered near Bush- hill 240


old tombstone discovered in Second below Chesnut ib


complaints respecting setting and re- setting curbstones 252


case, Judge M'Lean's charge, low water mark 202


Breckenridge's reminiscenses 155


238


Port Carbon


389, 4


proposal to build stores on Water street, under new plan ib


Potter co. census of


396


Pottsville, statistics snow at 160


347


Presentment of Grand Jury, on excluding religious


meetings from court house of Bucks co. 68 Public schools, correspondence on resignation of Roberts Vaux 70


R


Rail roads.


Williamsport and Elmira 18, 89


Columbia and Philadelphia reports of Messrs. Barber and Wilson, and esti- mate cost of 33


York and Maryland, town meeting re- specting 46


resolutions of councils 64


Camden and Amboy report on its affairs 49 rise and length of Room-run, near Mauch Chunk 62


letter of G. W. Smith on proposal to vacate part of Columbia rail road 70


of West Chester, report 73


report of contracts for iron for 112


Penn. and Ohio from Pittsburg to Mass- alon 158


New Castle and Frenchtown opened 160


and canals compared 223


from Vine to Cedar along Broad, report committee of councils 284


Philadelphia, Germantown and Norris- town opened, celebration 367


address of president at do. 378


amount of travelling on 379


N. Castle and Frenchtown, costs of 398


Rawle, William, tribute of respect to 102


Reading, Old German Reformed Church taken down, 240


Corner stone re-laid, 403


Register of Pennsylvania, report of Library com- pany in favor of 252


Councils subscribe for, 320, 332, 334


Religious denominations and Churches in state, 264


Reports of [Philadelphia dispensary, 3


of Southern do ib.


on education 6


the Philadelphia Lying-in-Charity 8


on Williamsport and Elmira rail road 20


of Schuylkill Navigation company 21


Penn. canal commissioners on contractors 24


commissioners of internal improvement fund 25


76


graduation and paving new streets, gutters, of curbing and digging 253


report of Library committee in favor of Hazard's Register ib


Wills's Hospital foundation laid 256


commissioners propose making offices under fire proof buildings 267


committee on Wills's Hospital to draw for money to build 283


of committee and ordinance repealing that directing markets being extend- ed between Eleventh and Thirteenth ib and for a market on Vine and Schuyl- kill Front streets 332


report of committee on rail-road be- tween Vine and Cedar 284


committee for improvements on Schuyl- kilł 285


vessels, short passages of 304


memorial relating to wharves on Schuylkill 331


memorial of commissioners of Moy- amensing on waste water ib


petition of Kern and Snyder to be paid for improvements on drawbridge lot 332


of committee on survey of Water street, and plan of it 333


"Bull's Head," sign of, not painted by West 335


new Presbyterian church, meeting to form 345


report of committee on drawbridge lot 346 do. do. on fire companies 347 meeting of friends of protective sys- tem ib


report on the city title to certain pro- 362 perty set apart for burial grounds


new regulations of Vine street 365


do. of Locust street ib


resolutions of Board of Health respect- ing the cholera 364


committee appointed to obtain drafts and plans of a rail-road 365


second presbytery of Philadelphia formed 368


manufacturers of Dock ward ib


petition of the Messrs. Lewis to be ex- empt from ordinance on wooden buildings 392


petition of. Stephen Kingston, rela- tive uniform buildings near Ritten- house square 593


Philadelphia.


letter from West Philadelphia canal co. 393 report of committee, with plan for im- proving the western front 394 .


ordinance for sanitary purposes ib suggestions to Board of Health 395 improving Drawbridge lot ib


proceedings of Southwark, in relation to cholera ib


physicians sent to Canada to gain in- formation about cholera 403 house on Barbadoes lot pulled down 416 Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown rail- road celebration 368


president's address at 379


amount of travelling ib


Pittsburg, Monongahela bridge, destroyed at


96


115


African education society, constitution great flood at


125


re-setting curbstones proposed as a public charge ib


Poetry, Pennsylvanian


Presbyterian church, new, formed


-


vi


INDEX.


Reports. of John Barber on Columbia and Philadel- phia rail road


of John Wilson on do. and estimate of cost respecting 'Girard's property of Del. and Raritan canal company, and Camden and Amboy rail road Indigent Widow's Society


41


business of


23


Haines and M'Clure's report of survey and soundings 137 resolution of wardens 141


Permanent Bridge, proposal to make it free 172


trade of


384


County, sketches of 401


navigation company, report 21


tolls receiv'd 336


Shad, appear on market 160


73 Sinking fund, annual report on city 171


spring valley, described 375


Slavery in Pennsylvania, statistics of 270, 395


Slaves in do. 1790, 1800, '10, '20and '30 272 Smith, G. W. letter on vacating a part of Colum- bia rail-road 69


Small pox, physician goes from Philadelphia to Co- lumbia to inoculate for 115


Solesbury, T. metereological observations Stages, running 256 48


17


Germantown


48


Mr. Dunlap's, on lottteries 121, 129


of committee of Leg. on Girard's legacy 127


of Haines and M'Clure, survey and sound- ings of Schuylkill 141


to senate on lotteries 149


of committee on education 154


of controllers of public schools


156


on city Sinking fund 171


of mint of U. S. 176


of committee on tolls of Delaware and Lc- high canals 177


counter report on do. and facts respecting Beaver Meadow co. 181


of commissioners , on dams in the Delawarc, to Governor of N. J. 187


of canal commissioners on repairs 189


of Apprentices Library co. 203


of Franklin Institute 209


of Philadelphia do. 212


of commissioners on revised code 195, 214


of committee on the militia system 218


of committee on conduct of the canal com- missioners 261


of committee to digest a plan for managing


the bequests of S. Girard 266


of Union Benevolent society 273


of Delaware and Hudson canal company 279


of House of Refuge 287


of Franklin Institute on Spicer's machine for carrying mail 287


of the majority on the U. S. Bank 289


of Jno. Q. Adams 321, 337


of Franklin Institute on carpet manufactory 336


of Musical Fund society 349


of canal commissioners on engineers, &c. employed by the state 3


of Pennsylvania Hospital 359


on city title to certain burying grounds 363


of committee on Girard's lands 364


of committee of Legislature on Governor's message on charter of Girard's Bank 384


of Chesapeake and Delaware canal co. 390


Resolutions of Legislature on tariff and B. U. S. 367 Revolutionary heroes, interesting meeting of 55


Letter from Rev. J. Duche, to Gen. Washington, 81


Rocks, used at breakwater, specific gravitics of 191


Rush, Benjamin, letter to Jno. Adams 217


S


Schuylkill river, report on encroachments on




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