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Congress Resolution
950, 1112
(Of 1779) 1222
TORIES IN WYOMING, Chapters 13 and 14. TOWNSHIPS -
New Providence 770
Newport, Salem, Westminster,
Parkbury, Huntington 771
llaveril 812
TRUMBULL, GOVERNOR -
Letter to Jackson 633
Grant to 772
Golden Age
765
Land Prices
812
YANKEE-PENNAMITE WARS
625 et seq.
Capitulation Fort Durkee 627
Yankee Return to Valley 644
First Blood 647
Capitulation of Pennamites 648
Attack on Durkee 670
Redoubt
697
Battle of Fort Wyoming 700
996
WILLIAMS, ELIHU, SR.
1149
WILKES-BARRE -
Town Plot 653
List of Settlers (in 1771) 713
Town Book 717, 735
727
First House
728
List of Settlers (of 1772)
732
Schools, Vol. 3.
Fast Day 828
Indian Conference (of 1775) 828
Township Lot Drawing 661
Continental Enlistment 876-891
Fort 887
County Seat 910
First Postmaster 1177
First Town Meeting 1177
Description 1183
River Bank 1193
Generally, Chapter 18.
WOODRUFF, CAPT. JUDAH
768
WORTMAN, ABRAIIAM 1049
WYOMING -
Crops 666
Battle of, Chap. 15.
Climate
726
Township 725
Fort Wyoming 678, 703, 712, 818
Attack on
1157
First Indian Attack
884
Flood of (1776) 696
Settlers
694-732, 741, 750, 757
Famine 758
1049 .
VENISON MARKET MANOR
776
VINCENT, JOHN
824
WADHAMS, REV. NOAH
738
WALLIS, SAMUEL
653
WESLEY, JOHN, HIGHI CHURCHMAN, Let- ter to North 821
ROGERS, REV. WILLIAM, D. D., CHAPLAIN SULLIVAN EXPEDITION
1185
ROGERS, JOSIAH 1153
ROGERS, REV. WML., D. D.
1185
SAYENQUERAGHTA "OLD SMOKE"
968
SCHOTT, CAPT. JOHN P.
1162
SHAWNEE PORT
886
SHAWNESE TOWNSHIP
725
SHERMAN ROGERS
839
SHIESKEQUIN PATH
1091
SHOWERS, MICHAEL
987
"Grand List" of Rates of 1776
907
Courts
907
Oatlı of Allegiance
945
Tax Lists
877, 946, 951
Prices
957
Laws, Punishments
958
WHITTLESEY, ASAPII
Division of Lots
641
1776 Population
817
REMEMBRANCER, The, Acct. of Wyoming Battle
1061
VANDERLIP, WILLIAM, SR.
Volume II. INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ABBOTT, JOIIN 721
ANGUISH, JACOB 960
ANKER, FREDERICK 987
ANTIQUA MANOR 776
War Dance 1029
Departure from Wyoming Massacre 1044
JENKINS, FORT MARKER 924
JOHNSON, REV. JACOB, HOUSE 746
KINGSTON, FROM MARKET STREET BRIDGE 1148
KIRKLAND, REV. SAMUEL, Chaplain Sul- livan Ex. 1190
LACKAWANY ENCAMPMENT 1204
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE 1172
LE MAISTRE CAPT., ENDORSEMENT 1034
MOCANAQUA ( Frances Slocum) 1139
MOCANAQUA (Frances Slocum Memorial) 1143 1015 MASSACRE AT WYOMING
MEMORIAL TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(1772)
751
MILITARY UNIFORMS (Colonial) 856, 891, 897 MOUNT LOOKOUT 988
PENNSYLVANIA MAP ANCIENT BOUNDAR- IES 790
PENN, LETTER FROM COUNCIL
704
PICKERING, COL. TIMOTHY, AT TIOGA 1128
PITTSTON FORT, SITE OF 885
PLAINSVILLE, OLD CEMETERY 722
POWDER HORN, BATTLE OF WYOMING 1006
PROVINCIAL COUNCIL FACSIMILE LETTER (1771) 704
PUBLIC (CENTRE) SQUARE 654
PUBLIC SQUARE (in 1841) 887
PUBLIC SQUARE (in 1901)
888
QUEEN ESTHER, CHIAP. 15 Rock 1019
RAMPART ROCKS 862
SLOCUM, FIRST BRICK HOUSE
1117
SLOCUM, FRANCES, "LOST SISTER" AND SLOCUM FAMILY Chap. 17
REDOUBT WILKES-BARRE 697, 698
SCHOTT, CAPT. JOIIN PAUL 1163
SHERMAN, ROGER 839
SHOEMAKER HOUSE, FORTY FORT 788
SLOCUM, FRANCES, MEMORIAL
1143
SMITH, REV. WM., D. D. 782
STAGER, BALTZER, First Victim Y. P. Wars 647
STEWART'S BLOCK HOUSE 644
STOCKS, OLD PRINT 808
SULLIVAN, MAJOR GEN. JOHN 1159
Encampment at Wilkes-Barre 1193
SUTTON'S CREEK
986
965
SUSQUEHANNA
AT
MARKET
STREET,
WILKES-BARRE 1148
From Site of Forty Fort 744
From Forty Fort Cemetery 982
From Ross Street, Wilkes-Barre 1090
River Common, Wilkes-Barre
678
TIOGA POINT SKETCH
1210
TOWN CRIER, OLD PRINT
808
TUNKHANNOCK CAMP, SULLIVAN EXPE- DITION 1206
"TWIN SISTERS"
1149
WESTMORELAND, ARTICLES OF CAPITULA-
LATION
1033
HARDINGS, SCENE OF MASSACRE
988
INDIANS
1029
Massacre. Wilkes-Barre 1243
Spearhead Wyoming Battlefield 1016
ARMANDS CORPS 1162
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, SUSQ. Co. 765
AVERY, CHRISTOPHER 662
BACHUS, STEPHEN 639
BALLYREAN MANOR 776
BALDWIN, ISAAC 1003
BATTLEFIELD OF WYOMING 992,1012,1013
BEAR CREEK from Top Knot 1172
BEAR SWAMP
1176
BECKWITH, GEO., JR., FIRST WYOMING PASTOR 660
BENNETT, RUFUS 1069
BICKFORD, JEREMIAH
998
BIDLACK, CAPT. JAMES
999
Arrest
1352
BLACKMAN, ELISHA
1067
BLANCHARD, JEREMIAH
997
BLOCK HOUSE, OPPOSITE WILKES-BARRE
712
BRANT, JOS.
973
BREED, GERSIIOM
634
BROWN, FORT, PITTSTON
885
BUCK, PHILIP
1049
BURGOYNE, SURRENDER 941
BUTLER, LT. COL. JOHN 928
BUTLER, LORD 1177
BUTLER, LORD, Residence (1793) 637
BUTLER, LORD, Lithographi 1176
BUTLER, LT. COL. JOHN 929
BUTLER, COL. ZEBULON (Muster Roll Facsimile ) 1097
COLONIAL UNIFORMS
856, 891, 892, 897
CONNECTICUT MILITIA MUSTER ROLL
24TH REGT. 1095
CONYNGHAM, JOHN M. RESIDENCE 636
CONTINENTAL CURRENCY (1776) 898
DENISON, COL. NATHAN RESIDENCE 786
Signature 788
DESTRUCTION WILKES-BARRE (OId
Print )
1052
DURKEE, JOHN, Front Vol. II
DURKEE, FORT, ARTICLES CAPITULATION .. 630
FLIGHT FROM WYOMING 1054
FORTY FORT CHURCH
788
FORTY FORT STOCKADE
982
Marker on Site
1051
Articles Capitulation 1033
FORT WYOMING AT WILKES-BARRE 686
FORT JENKINS MONUMENT 924
FRANKLIN, COL. JOHN 1228
FRATRICIDE OF WYOMING 1022
GORE, OBADIAH. JR.
833
GOVERNOR BLACKSNAKE 1042
GRAVEYARD NEAR PLAINSVILLE
722
HAMILTON, JAMES ET AL., LETTER OF PENN 701
HOLLENBACK CEMETERY 638
"HAND, GEN. EDWARD 1147
HARTLEY, COL. THOMAS 1107
SUSQUEIIANNA Co., Articles Agreement .
984, 1019
BOWEN, STODDARD
999
Volume II .- Index of Illustrations-Continued
WESTMORELAND REGIMENT MU'STER
ROLL 1095
WILKES-BARRE -
From Redoubt 1194
Town Plot
655
Bowman and Scott Streets 698
Town Book
735, 755
Public Square
887, 888
WOODWARD, JUDGE STANLEY, RESIDENCE .
636
WYOMING FORT, SITE OF 678
WYOMING BATTLEFIELD 992
From Hospital Hill 1012 From Wyoming Avenue 1013
WYOMING FORT IN WILKES-BARRE, OLD DRAWING 686
WYOMING VALLEY, FLIGIIT FROM 1054
WYOMING VALLEY FROM MOUNT LOOK- OUT 990
Volume III. GENERAL INDEX
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LUZERNE 1780
ALLEN, GEN. ETIIAN 1480
Letter to Col. Butler 1488
Visit to Wyoming (in 1786) 1498
Return to Vermont 1514
ANTES, COL. JOHN HENRY
1348
ANTES, PHILIP FREDERICK 1385
ALLEN, EBENEZER 1286
ANTHRACITE 1261
ARTILLERY, THE MATTROSS (in 1813) 1787
ARMSTRONG, GEN. JOHN
1347, 1425
Author Newburg Letters
1426
ARNDT, JOHN P., and PHILIP
1294
ASYLUM (French Refugees)
1698 et seq.
BALL, WM. BLACKALL
1346
BALDWIN, WATERMAN
1407
BANKS 1783
BAPTISM, IMMERSION (1783)
1341
BAPTIST CHURCH MISSION
1506
BARLOW, JOEL
1539
BAYARD, JOIIN
BEARS IN WYOMING VALLEY
1683
BEAUMONT, ANDREW 1771
BEDFORD, ANDREW 1503
BEDFORD, MRS. DEBORAH 1503
BELL, OLD SHIP ZION 1742
BENNETT, THOMAS, CAPTURE 1240
BENTON, CALEB 1499
BIDDLE, CHIARLES 1584
BOAT BUILDING, SUSQUEHANNA, Chap. 37.
BOWMAN, ADAM AND JACOB 1253
BOWMAN, CAPT. SAMUEL 1716
BOWMAN, BISHOP SAMUEL 1717
BOWMAN, COL. ALEX. H. 1717
BOYD, JOHN, JR. 1402
BRADFORD, WM. 1297
BREARLEY, DAVID
1294
BRIEF OF TITLE, HOYT. 1654
BULL, JOHN 1510
BUTLER, COL. ZEBULON -
Letter to Board of War 1245
Return from Army 1348
Genealogy
1634
Arrest
1348
COAL 1637
CENSORS -
Council 1429
Clash with Assembly 1431
CHURCHLS -
Baptists (Pittstown 1786) 1506
No Preaching 1547
No Public Worship 1556
Anabaptists
1341
No Religious Instruction (1787) 1543
Hanover Green
1688
Early Preachers 1688
Old Ship Zion 1735
Kingston Church of Christ 1736
Early Preachers 1737
Forty Fort Church (1807) 1746
Methodism
1747
Court House as Church 1688
CIDER OIL
1339
CLIMATE -
Winter (1780-1) 1259
Flood (1784) 1368
Severe Winter (1783-4) 1368
March Flood (1784)
1368-9, 1370, 1371, 1376
Deluge (1786)
1534
Pumpkin Flood 1535
CLYMER, GEORGE
1496
BONN. GEN. ASSEMBLY, Wyoming Reso-
lutions (1783) 1366
COLT, ARNOLD
1762
CONNECTICUT SETTLERS --
Currency 1282
Military Stores ( Fishkill) 1492
CONFIRMING ACT -Chapters 30 and 34. Commissioners 1663
Titles
1667
Certificate of Title
1672
Failure, Chapter 34.
CONGRESS, ACT (1785) Quieting Dis- turbances 1490
CORONER, LITZERNE CO. 1630
COURT HOUSE, FIRST 1628
CHRISTIE, CAPT. JAMES
1346
COMMERCE AND TRANSPORTATION, Chap- ter 37
COMPROMISE ACT 1658
COMPENSATION COMMISSION 1669
COOPER, THOMAS 1671
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (of 1790) 1640
COURTS, ELECTION JUSTICES (1787) 1565
CURRENCY - CONNECTICUT
1282
DECREE OF TRENTON -
Chapter 21 and following Chapters
Commissioners 1297
Penna. Claims 1301
Indian Deeds 1302
Right of Soil, Chapter 23
Compromise Refused, Chapter 33 Compromise 1335 .
DICKINSON, JOIIN
1318
Letter to Robinson and Schrawder .. 1348
DISTILLERIES
1682
1721
ARNOLD, WELCOME
1466
Volume III .- General Index-Continued
DORRANCE FAMILY, Chapter 30.
DRYSDALE PARISII, Assistance from
1249
DURHAM BOATS 1721
EELS IN SUSQUEHANNA 1258
ELECTIONS -
Rejection Wyoming Vote (1783) 1350
Justices of Peace (1787) 1567
Form of Commission 1570
FAMINE (Wyoming Valley 1780) 1257
FEDERALIST ( Luzerne ) 1337
FEDERALIST CELEBRATION
1782
FINN, JAMES, Baptist Missionary 1506
FISHERIES, Luzerne Co. 1677
FITZSIMMONS, THOMAS 1524
FORTS Defense 1391, 1447
Dickinson Siege (1784) 1399
Surrender 1415
Lillopee
1390
Evacuation
1394
Wyoming Garrison (1780)
1275
Transfer Butler 1275
FORGES (of 1778) 1637
FORTY FORT -
Election Directors 1489
Riot at Town Meeting 1566
FRANKLIN, COL. JOHN -
Letters to Council
1493
Appearance 1523
See Yankee-Penn Wars.
Irreconcileables, Chap. 29
Letters to Benj. Franklin
1515
Hero of Wyoming
1579
Indictment
1581
Arrest 1584
Prison Letters to Assembly 1614
Release from Prison 1647
High Sheriff 1648
Legislature
1658
FRANKLIN, ROASEL 1284
FRANKLIN, JOIN, Schooner, Built W .- B.,
1584. 1722
FRANKLIN (Seat of ) Tennessee
1491
FRASER, PERSIFOR 1467
FRISBIE, JAMES 1260
GAME, Wyoming Valley (1808-1820) 1679
GENERAL ASSEMBLY (1784) 1375
GEESE, WILD 1681
GERMAN SETTLERS
1339
GETTIG, CHRISTIAN
1385
GORE PROJECT (N. Y. Settlement )
1363
GRANT, THOMAS, Sheriff, letter to Franklin 1509
GREAT SWAMP
1339
GRISWOLD, GOV. MATTHEW
1458
JUSTINE FAMILY 150
GRIST MILLS, Chap. 37
HALF SHARE MEN 1589
HAMILTON FAMILY 1569
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, Dept. Agricul- ture
1643
HANOVER, INDIAN OUTRAGE 1284
HANOVER MONUMENT LAST MASSACRE 1291
HARVEY, ELISHA 1267
HARVEY, BENJAMIN, Captivity 1260
HARVEY'S LAKE 1265
HENDERSON, ANDREW 1347
HERALD OF THE TIMES, First Newspaper 1691
HOLLENBACK, MATTHIAS, Chap. 37
HOUSTON, WM. CHURCHILL 1294
HOYT, HON. HENRY M., Brief of Title 1513
HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP 1534
HURLBUT, CHRISTOPHER 1247, 1356
HURIBUT, JOHN 1246
Genealogy 1246
INDIANS -
Incursions. Chap. 19
Buttonwood Attack 1276
Hanover Outrage 1284
Last Scalp 1290
Tioga Point Conference 1611
INTRUSION ACT. a mockery, Chap. 34
IRWINE, GEN. WM. 1658
JACOBS PLAINS ASSOCIATORS 1567
JAMESON, JOHN
1287
JENKINS, JOHN, Opposition to Pickering
1550
JOHNSTON, COL. FRANCIS
1453
JOHNSTON, REV. JACOB - Letter to Pennamite Committee 1334
JUDD, WM., Address to Settlers 1564
Death
1689
1630
KLADER, CAPT. 1256
KUENZLE, MICHAEL (Old Michael ) 1745
LANDON, NATHANIEL 1533
LIGHT DRAGOONS (of 1788)
1632
LICENTIOUS SOLDIERS ( of 1783) 1348
LILLOPEE FORT 1390
LOCUST HILL 1405
LOGAN, JAMES ( Mulatto) 1353
LONG MEADOWS
1341
LOTTERY BUILDING MEETING HOUSE 1739
LOUIS PHILLIPE ( American tour) 1709
LUZERNE, CHEVALIER, Chap. 29 1530
LUZERNE COUNTY - Enabling Act (1786) 1529
Boundaries
1535
Oath of Allegiance
1553
Courts First Opened
1574
Elections, Organization, Expenses,
Officers, Seal, Military Organiza- tions, Jurors. Court House and Jail, Coroner, Roads, Agriculture, Stone Coal. Iron, Early Money, Population, pages 1529-1780
Population (1790) 1695
Slaves 1731
Troops for War with France 1716
Second Court House 1755
Voting Places (in 1810) 1780
Agricultural Society 1780
Justices of Peace (1791) 1685
Finances (1807) 1779
Voting Districts of (1810) 1780
MALARIAL FEVER 1769
MARTIN, ROBERT 1311
MATROSS, THIE ( Military ) 1786
MARRIAGE BY JUSTICES (1804-6) 1737
MCCLEAN, MOSES 1316
MEAD, DAVID
1463
METHODISM
1737
MIDWIFERY, Eunice Sprague
1538
MILLS, GRIST, Chapter 37
MINER, ASHER 1694
MINER, CHARLES 1696
MOORE, MAJOR JAMES 1345
Relations with Dickinson and Coun- cil 1359
MONTGOMERY, WM. 1316
MORRIS, ROBERT 1496
MUSIC, EARLY 1254
MYERS, LT. LAWRENCE
1240
MYERS, PHILIP 1241
NEW CONNECTICUT
1512
NEWSPAPERS - See Federalist, Herald
of Times 1691 et seq.
HIBBARD, CYPRIAN 1224 Singing Choruses 1272
JONES, CAPT. JUSTUS
Volume III .- General Index-Continued
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY - Justices 1344 Voters 1349
OGDEN, AARON
1716
OKELEY, JOHN
1429
SMALLPOX 1689
SMILIE, JOIIN 1497
SMITH, DR. WM. H.
1690
SMITHI, GEORGE 1467
SMITHI, BIG WILLIAM
1400
SMITH, WM. HOOKER
1500
SNOWDEN FAMILY
1504
SPALDING, CAPT. SIMON
1275
SPRAGUE, "DR." JOS. 1537, 1689
STEELE, GEN. JOHN
1667
STRONG. CAPT. SOLOMON 1498 SPINNING BEES 1682
SUGARLOAF MASSACRE 1256
SUGARLOAF MASSACRE, SCENE 1256
SULLIVAN ROAD 1340
SUSQUEHANNA Co. Lands, Taxes, etc. 1296
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, Commerce, Chap. 37 SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY -
Letters from Wyoming Settler 1495, 1295,1338
Insurrection 1490
Towns
1497
Athens Township 1505
1507
Last. Project
1539
Tioga
1537
Speculation
1579
Athens Meeting
1656
See Also Vols. 1 and 2
SUTTON GRIST MILL 1726
SUTTON FAMILY 1503
SWIFT, GEN. JOHN 1406
TALON, OMER (Asylum) 1707
1339
THOUAR, ARISTIDE A. D.
1702
TIOGA POINT CONFERENCE WITH SIX
NATIONS (in 1790) 1641
TITLES, Rights of Sale, Determination, Chap. 34.
TOWNSHIPS, Divisions in Luzerne Co. 1685
TRACY, CAPT. PELEG 1766
TRENTON, DECREE OF, Chapter 21.
TRUMBULL, GOVERNOR, Letter to Dickin- son 1357
ULSTER TOWNSILIP 1517
VAN CAMPEN, MOSES
1243
VAN HORNE'S LESSEE, DORRANCE
1660
WAR OF 1812, Luzerne's Part, Chap. 39
WASHIINGTON, GEORGE, Letter to Col.
Butler 1246
WASHINGTON, GEN., LETTER TO COL. BUTLER
1247
WEBSTER, PELATIA
1373
WEDDING (of 1781) 1272
WESTERN RESERVE 1511
WESTMORELAND -
Civil Officers (of 1780) 1252
Militia
1252
Brechelf Court Martial
1253
Poll List (of 1780)
1254
Life and Property Losses (1778-81) Chap. 20.
Bill of Losses Wyoming Massacre .. 1280
Proposed Constitution 1617
Soldiers' Petition 1273
Tax Abatement 1274
Tax Levy (of 1781) 1279
WHIPPLE, WILLIAM 1294
WHISKEY REBELLION 1683
WHISKEY, OLD RECEIPT 1544
SHAY'S REBELLION 1491
SHAWNEE, ARREST CITIZENS (1783) 1352
SHIRAWDER ( SCHRADER ) PHILIP 1321
SLAVES IN LUZERNE 1695, 1731
OLD MICHAEL
1745
OLD SHIP ZION - Erection
1736
Bell 1742
OSBOURNE. HENRY
1797
PALMER, NATHAN
1765
PATTERSON, ALEXANDER -
Commissioner 1326, 1382
Letter to Supreme Court (1784) 1387
Insolent Manner
1352
Discussed in Assembly 1375
1243
PENNA. RANGERS, Roll of
1344
PENNA. SUMMARY OF CLAIMS
1301
PHILADELPHIA BANK 1783
PINE CREEK MURDERS 1640
1731
POST OFFICE, W .- B. 1691
PROFANE SWEARING 1538
PHYSICIANS -
Dr. Joseph Sprague 1537, 1689
Smith
1690
Justin, Calkins, Bennett, Bigelow, Covell 1690
PENNSYLVANIA -
Militia 1345
Rations, Pay (in 1783) 1347
Oath of 1347
Allegiance 1553
Intrusion Act (of 1795) 1656
1658
Van Horn, Dorrance
1661
State Militia (1783)
1351
Light Dragoons (1788)
1632
PHILLIPS, JOIIN
1533
PICKERING, TIMOTHY
1456
Land Purchase
1520
Wyoming
1521
Peace Commissioner, etc., Chap. 29
Arrival W .- B.
1544
Diary, Letters
1550
W .- B. House 1585
Land Purchases 1595
Abduction, Chapter 32.
Action at Meshoppen
1610
Indian Commissioner
1641
Postmaster General
1644
PUBLIC SQUARE (in 1850)
QUEENS HOUSE, ASYLUM
1706
RAFTING ON RIVER
1723
READ, SAMUEL
1347
READ, JAMES
1429
REED, JOSEPH
1297
RELIGION
1543
RICE, FORT
1255
ROBINSON, THOMAS
1320
ROADS - Early County 1634-5, 1687
Easton Turnpike 1761
SCHOPF, DR. JOHANN D. 1339
Travels in Pennsylvania (1783) 1339
Ross MILL 1730
SCHOOLS, EARLY
1693
SCOTT, JUDGE DAVID . 1661
SERGEANT, JONATHAN D.
1298
SHAD, IN SUSQUEHANNA 1675
SHADES OF DEATHI 1340
1535
PUMPKIN FLOOD 1759
TAVERNS, Seller's, Seibitz's
Compromise Act (of 1799)
Ethan Allan
PENCE, ( BENTZ) PETER
POPULATION LUZERNE (1800)
SLAVERY (Abolishment) 1342
Volume III .- General Index-Continued
WHITEHILL, ROBERT 1496
Recognizance 178 Settlers 1497
Return of Settlers 1518
WILKES-BARRE -
WYOMING BLUES, MILITARY 1730
WYOMING FORT - Food Shortage 1258
Garrison Transferred, Chap 20.
Memorial to Assembly 1272
WYOMING VALLEY - Garrison (of 1780) 1210
Indian Foray 1245
Grist Mills 125-1
Famine (1780), Run of Shad and Eels 1258
Singing 1272
Buttonwood Attack 1276
Streets (of 1802)
1732
Appearance (in 1839)
1733
Celebration Jefferson's Election
1751
First Borough Proclamation
1765
Roster of Burgesses and Presidents of Council 1767
Schools
1769
Academy
1772
Library
1773
First Brick Building
1775
Launch of the Luzerne
1777
Areas Taken and Added
1779
Appearance (in 1810) 1792
Fourth of July (1810) 1782
WILKINSON, JAMES 1440
WILKINSON, JEMIMA 1685
WILSON WILLIAM
1667
Second War, Chap. 23
Pennamite Committee in Valley 1326
Compensation in Land 1343
Pennamite Outrages 1353
Grievances . 1355
Petition to Congress
1560
Garrison (1781) 1275
Surrender of Archives Demanded
1378, 1413
Pennamite March on Wyoming 1415
Yankees Taken to Easton 1423
Fight at Fort Defense 1447
Overtures Ethan Allan 1480
Amnesty Act 1491
Licentious Soldiery 1348
New County 1536
Voters Ballots Rejected 1350
Final Adjustment 1659
Yankees Under Arms
1417
Battle Locust Hill
1409
Volume III.
INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ACADEMY (of 1809)
1772
CONYNGHAM, DAVIL H. 1710
ALLEN, COL. ETIIAN
1480
ARMSTRONG, GEN. JOHN, JR.
1425
DICKINSON, JOHN 1318
ASYLUM
1700 et seq.
BEAUMONT, ANDREW
1771
FORT LILLOPEE, SITE
1390
BOWMAN, BISHOP SAMUEL
1717
BOWMAN, COL. A. H.
1718
FRANKLIN, BENJ. ..
1512
BRADLEY, ABRAHAM
1645
HARVEY, BENJAMIN
BRANDT, JOS.
1644
BUTLER, MRS. PHOEBE (Haight)
1629
BUTLER, COL. ZEBULON, Front Vol. 3
BUTLER, COL. ZEBULON, Discharge Pa- pers
1384
CATLIN, GEORGE
1642
HOLLENBACK MILL ( Mill Creek) 1544
COOPER, HON. THOS.
1669
HOMINY BLOCK 1637
COLT, ARNOLD
1762
HOYT, HON. HENRY M. 1655
1340
Separate County, Chap. 28 First Election Under Penna. Juris., Chap. 29 Repeal "Confirming Law", Chap. 34
YANKEE-PENNAMITE WARS -
See Vol. 2; Also Chap. 20 to 35.
Yankee Claims 1310
Petition for Lands 1311
Petition to N. Y. State 1312-14
Resolutions Penna. House 1315
Militia Sent to W .- B. 1317
WILSON, JAMES
1297
WOLVES, WYOMING VALLEY 1680
WRIGHT-MINER MILL ..
1727
WYOMING -
List of Settlers 1332
List of Killed 1330
Memorials to Connecticut
1250
Petition to N. Y. State 1312
Militia
1252
Soldiers on Hudson (1783) 1324
Repeal Act to Stay Suits
1343
Signature (1782) 1261
Certificate from Butler
1269
HARVEY, ELISHA, Signature (1780) 1261
HOLLENBACK, MATTHIAS 1568
HOLLENBACK HOUSE (of 1781) 1722
Continental Garrison Withdraws.
Chap. 22
Return of Continental Troops 1324
Religion 1341
Drinking. Dancing 1341
Name Changed to Londonderry 1344
Soldiers Quartered on People
1351
Garrison Discharged 1389
"Associators"
1567
Town Votes Book No. 1
1667
Population (of 1800)
1731
Settlers, List of (1783) 1332
Townships
1336
Justices 1336
Living Conditions (of 1783)
CURRENCY (Connecticut ) 1283
DURHAM BOAT 1720
FORTY FORT MEETING HOUSE 1747
WILD TURKEYS 1680
Hard Times 1272
Volume III .- Index of Illustrations-Continued
JACKSON, ANDREW 1781
QUEEN ESTIIER, bill against 1454
JOHN FRANKLIN, SCHOONER 1722
RED JACKET, Indian Chief 1686
JUSTICES COMMISSION, Luz. Co., (1787) 1571
Ross, GEN. WM. 1625
KEATING, JOHN 1700
SCHOTT IIOUSE W .- B. (1783) 1586
KUNZLE, OLD MICHAEL 1745
SCOTT, HON. DAVID 1662
LOUIS PHILLIPPE
1711
SCHOONER, JOHN FRANKLIN
1722
LOUIE MARIE, Viscount de Noailles
1699
SEALS, LUZERNE COUNTY
1575, 1576
LUZERNE CHEVALIER
1530
STANDING STONE
1704
SUGARLOAF MASSACRE, SCENE
1256
Court Seal 1575
SUTTON MILL
1726
County Seal
1576
SWIFT, GEN. JOHN
1406
First Court House (1791)
1628
STAGE COACH (of 1795)
1687
Second
1756
SUSQUEHANNA, Map Showing Asylum
1703
MCKEAN, JUSTICE THOMAS
1621
TALLYRAND, PRINCE
1707
MINER, CHARLES
1696
THOUAR, ARISTIDE AUBERT DUPETIT
1709
MYERS HOUSE, FORTY FORT
1241
TURNPIKE TOLL GATE
1764
OLD MICHAEL
1745
WRIGIIT, THOMAS 1694
WRIGHT-MINER MILL
1727
OLD SHIP ZION Bell
1742
WILKES-BARRE -
PEARCE, STEWART
1520
Borough Proclamation (1806) 1765
PICKERING, COL. TIMOTHY
1600
Return of First Borough Election 1766
Handwriting
1638
View of So. River St. (about 1861) 1778
PUBLIC SQUARE (in 1850)
1759
Residences (1861)
1778
Volume IV.
GENERAL INDEX
ACADEMY (W .- B.)
1943
Abijah Smith, Pioneer 1824
AMUSEMENT PLACES
2105
Coal Arks
1825
ARTILLERY REGIMENT
2213
Early Cost of Mining
1826
ATLANTIC LEAGUE
2165
Welsh Miners 1827
AVONDALE DISASTER
2092
Effect of War (of 1812) 1828
BANKS 1909 et seq .; (in 1880)
2145
Iron Manufacture
1829
BAPTISTS (First Church)
1865
Steam Power 1890
Shipments (1820-1859) 1985
1987
BIBLE SOCIETY
1853
Mine Development
1990
B'NAI BRITII CONG.
1973
Breakers
1991
BLAST FURNACES
1978
Baltimore Mine
1993
BOARD OF TRADE
2167
Locomotives
1995
BOYS' INDUSTRIAL ASSN. 2168
Operations (1865)
2090
BRADFORD COUNTY
1832
BRIDGE -
(Market St .. W .- B.)
1837
Strikes
2188
CIVIL WAR -
Eighth Regt. 2048
143rd Regt.
2075
Eleventh Regt.
2050
CATHOLIC, ROMAN, CHURCH
1967
CHAPMAN, JUDGE SETII
1813
CEMETERIES
2028
56th Regt.
2063
61st Regt.
2064
CIRCUS (1813)
1846
Fourth Cavalry
2066
CITY CEMETERY
2023
76th Regt.
2068
CIST, JACOB
1821
81st Regt.
2068
"CITY OF ROME" SPECULATION
1844
COAL -
Old Outcrop
1805
CLIMATE -
Severe Winter (1817) 1839
Cold Summer (1816)
1847
Fields in Penna.
1808
No Summer (1816) 1846
Philip Ginter 1810
CONESTOGA WAGON
1870
First Discovery
1810
CONYNGHAM, COL. JOIN B.
2059
First Corporation
1813
CONYNGHIAM, JUDGE JOHN N.
2019
First Shipments
1812
COOPER, JUDGE THOS. 1843
Burning in Grate
1814
COURT HOUSE
2200
Strike
1848
Toll Free
2199
BI RIAL PLOTS
2028
CANAL ERA (1830-45)
1890
Seventh Reserves 2055
52nd Regt. 2058
CITY HOSPITAL 2111
Lochiel (Ninth) Cavalry 2070
132nd Regt.
2072
Pot Holes
1806
Nanticoke Disaster
1807
Disasters
2090, 2092
Labor Unions 2188
BASE BALL. LEAGUE 2165
BENNETT, ZIBA 1910
Cargo Boats
1698
Jail (of 1808) 1757
TALON, OMER
1736
LUZERNE COUNTY -
Volume IV .- General Index -- Continued
COUGHLIN HIGH SCHOOL
2204
New Court House 2200
C. T. A. U. CONVENTION (of 1905) 2192
Assessors 2204
CYCLONES
2159
Poor District 2113
DANA, GEN. E. L.
2047
Quay County Move 2166
DANCES ( W .- B.)
1845
MAIL SERVICE
1875
DEL. & HUDSON CANAL CO.
1895
MALLERY. HON. GARRICK
1913
D. L. & W. R. R.
1899
MAUCH CHUNK RAILROAD
1895
MANUFACTURES - Passim Chaps 47 and 48. Nails 1977
List of (1880) 2144
ERIE CANAL
1886
ELECTRIC LIGIIT
2008
MCCLINTOCK, A. T.
2035
ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY
2100
MCANDREW, REV. MONS. R. A.
1968
ELKS' HOME
2201
MERCHANTS ( W .- B.)
1819
FARM BUREAU
2207
FELL, JUDGE JESSE
1814
MEXICO, THREAT OF WAR
2212
FEMALE SEMINARY
1946
MILITARY SCHOOL
1846
MILITARY - (See Civil War)
2188
FIRE FIGHTERS
1923
MOODY & SANKEY
2166
Engines
Bucket Brigade
1923
MUSIC HALL
2105
NAGEL, REV. MONS. P. C. 1969
NESBITT HOSPITAL
2113
GAS SUPPLY
2007
NESBITT, ABRAM
1952
GEOLOGY, WYO. VALLEY
1806
NESBITT, ABRAM G.
1954
GERMAN REFORMED CIA'RCII
1971
NEPTUNE FIRE CO.
1928
NINTH REGT. N. G. P.
2179
GILDERSLEEVE, WAI. C. 1941
2183
GRIST MILLS 1981
GUN FACTORY 1983
NORTH BRANCH CANAL
1888
HAND. REV. A. H.
1947
OLD SHIP ZION
1854
HARVEY'S LAKE ASSN.
1845
2155
HARVEY, COL. E. B.
2056
HARDING, JUDGE G. M.
2040
HAZARD MFG. CO.
2148
HAY SCALES
1940
HOLLENBACK CEMETERY
2032
HOLLENBACK, MATTHIAS
1865
HOLLENBACK, GEO. M.
1918
HOLLENBACK COAL EXCHANGE 2157
PLANK ROADS
1873
POSTMASTERS, ROSTER
2170
POST OFFICE (1927 Statistics)
2170
POWDER MILLS
1983
PRESBYTERIANS (FIRST CHURCH)
1857
PUBLIC SQUARE -
Nuisance 1940
Unkempt
2012
PUBLIC UTILITIES
1998
RAILROADS
1895
Strike of 1877
2115
RELIANCE FIRE CO.
1927
RED TAVERN 1955
REYNOLDS, SHELDON 2026
RECORD OF THE TIMES 2010
REICHARD, COL. G. N. 2076
RICKETTS, COL. R. B. 2086
RICE. HON. CHAS. E. 2210
ROCKAFELLOW BANK 2145
1967
ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENT 2191, 2206
2012
SECOND NATIONAL BANK 1914
SHELDON AXLE WORKS 2149, 2167
SLAVERY RIOTS 1944
SPRING BROOK WATER CO.
2005
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR 2177
STAGE COACH 1878
ST. MARY'S CHURCH 1967
ST. STEPHEN'S CIIVRCH 1854, 2167
STERLING HOTEL 2167
STODDARDSVILLE
1882
STEAM NAVIGATION
Susquehanna 1901 et seq.
Census (1890) 2157
1898
LUZERNE UNION
2010
LUZERNE COUNTY -
Territory
1832
Centenary Celebration
2154
Offset of Susquehanna. Bradford, Lackawanna 1832-5
Bible Society 1853
Early Turnpikes 1872
Third Court House on Square 2015
Roster of Commissioners 2015
Census (1860-1870) 2104
1979
LATTIMER RIOTS 2176
LAUREL RUN WATER SUPPLY 2003
LEIIIGHI COAL AND NAV. CO.
1896
LUTHERAN CHURCHES
1970
LEHIGH VALLEY R. R.
1973 et seq.
KINGSTON MORAL SOCIETY
1845
KIRKENDALL, HON. IRA M.
2107
LABOR UNIONS 2188
LACKAWANNA COUNTY 2138
2191
LACKAWANNA AND BLOOMSBURG R. R.
2096
LANING, AUGUSTUS C.
1977
IREM TEMPLE
2173
Country Club
2175
IRISH IMMIGRATION
1966
JENKINS AND HARDING CEMETERY
2029
JONES, REV. DR. HENRY L.
1856
JEWISH CONGREGATIONS
PAPER MILLS
1982
PARKS ( WILKES-BARRE ) 2197
PENN TOBACCO CO. 2152
PITTSTON THIRD CLASS
2166
HOME FOR FRIENDLESS CHILDREN 2034
HOTELS 1918 et seq.
Roster Artillery
2213
OSTERHOUT FREE LIBRARY Report (1924)
2157
OSTERHOUT, ISAAC M. 2027
PARRISH, CHAS,
2147
FERRIES (River )
1835
MINERS UNIONS
1827
MUD RUN DISASTER
2155
Firemen
1931, 7
FOURTH OF JULY (of 1811)
1845
Wire Rope
2148
DORRANCE, REV. JOHN
1859
DOUGLAS MISSION
2166
DUNDAFF
1882
METHODIST (FIRST CHURCH) 1863
FENCIBLE MUSTER
2178
GIBSON, JOIIN BANNISTER
1832
IRON PROSPECTING
LACKAWANNA AND W. V. R. R.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES
Ross, GEN. WM. J.
Volume IV .- General Index-Continued
SUBURBAN STREET RAILWAY 2110
Councilmen 2106
SUSQUEHANNA -
Y. M. C. A.
2108
Steam Boats
1901
City Hospital
2111
Floods
2038
Centenary (1872)
2114
SUNDAY (BILLY)
2206
Telephone
2140
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
1853
Census (1880) 2140
Manufacturers (1880)
2144
TAVERNS -
Banks (1880) 2145
Lace Manufacture
2151
Others
1916
TANNERIES
1879, 1981
TELEPHONES
Cyclone of 1890
2160
W. B. & Harvey's Lake 2136
Population (1890)
2165
W .- B. Telephone Co. 2140
Third Class City
2166
THIRD CLASS CITIES
2166
Board of Trade
2167
TELEGRAPII
2000
Post Office Statistics
2170
TOLL BRIDGES FREED
2199
Roster of Postmasters 1875, 2170
Post Office Building
2171
TRANSPORTATION
1868 et seq.
Post Office Branches
2171
TURNPIKES
1871
Y. W. C. A.
2172
TWIN MINE DISASTER
2166
School Boards
2190
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC
2004
River Common Coal 2190
WALES ADDING MACH. CO.
2153
Centenary of Borough
2193
WATER SUPPLY
2002
Parks 2197
WESTMORELAND CLUB
2167
Motor Buses
2199
WHITE HORSE HOTEL
1920
Census 1900-1910
2203
W .- B. & W. V. R. R.
2001
School Buildings
2204
W .- B. CONNECTING R. R.
2197
Commission Government 2206
Annexation 2207
Traction Strike 2209
Prominent Men of 1818 1848
Medical Dispensary 2199
1983
Early Retail Business
18-19
WOODWARD. JUDGE STANLEY
2132
Population (1819)
1852
Vital Statistics
1852
WYOMING ACADEMY
1943
Early Churches
1855
WYOMING BANK
1909
Church Quarrels
1857
WYOMING FIRE CO.
1926
Telegraph
2000
WYOMING SEMINARY
1949
Post Office
1875
WYOMING ARTILLERISTS
1955
Description (1830)
1883
WYOMING HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2025
Water Company
2003
WYOMING YAGERS
2047
Newspapers
2010
WYOMING BATTLE -
Subsidences
2011
Centenary Celebration (of 1878)
2130
Hard Times
1852
WYOMING MONUMENT
2120
Street Car Lines
2097
WYOMING VALLEY CUTLERY CO.
2152
Electric Railway
2100
WYOMING VALLEY GEOLOGY
1804
Incorporation as City
2105
Y. W. C. A. BUILDING
2172
Burgesses
2106
Y. M. C. A.
Volume IV. INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ARIJAN SMITHI COAL OPENING 1824
CIST, JACOB 1821
ASIILEY PLANES
1897
CITY HOSPITAL
2111
BAPTIST CHURCHI (First of 1848)
1865
COAL BREAKER (Early)
1991
BENNETT, HON. ZIBA
1910
COAL BREAKER BOYS 1993
BENNETT, GEO. S. .
2198
CONESTOGA WAGON
1870
B'NAI BRITH SYNAGOGUE
1973
CONYNGHAM, HON. JOHN N. 2020
2059
Synagogue (of 1849)
1892
DENNIS, COL. J. J., HOMESTEAD
2002
CANAL BASIN ( of 1861) 1987
DEITRICK, FRANK 2174
CANAL BOAT CARGO 1987
DORRANCE, REV. DR. JOIIN
1859
CANAL PACKET BOAT
1889
DORRANCE, REV. DR. JOIIN, SHEEPSKIN
1860
CARBONDALE (First House)
1896
DRUMMER BOY (of 1861)
2070
CENTRAL R. R. STATION
1896
DOUGHERTY, GEN. C. B.
2181
CIRCUS ADVERTISEMENT (of 1818)
1846
ERIE CANAL OPENING
1886
W .- B. & KINGSTON R. R. 2097
W .- B. LACE CO.
2153
WILKES-BARRE -
VULCAN IRON WORKS
WORLD WAR
2213
W .- B. FEMALE SEMINARY
1946
W .- B. & HAZLETON R. R.
2191
TORNADOES
2159 et seq.
Steam Heat
2155
Cyclone of 1835
2159
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, (1810)
1832
Fell House
1815
1975
CONYNGHAM, COL. JOHN B.
2117
Description (1855)
2011
2108
Volume IV .- Index of Illustrations -- Continued
ELECTRIC TRAIN 2102
FELL, JUDGE JESSE
1817
POST OFFICE ( W .- B.) 1876
FELL TAVERN
1815
Old Office of Jacob Cist 1877
Old Grate 1819
FIREMEN. VOLUNTEERS (of 1867)
1933
PUBLIC SQUARE -
(In 1870) 2104
( In 1878) 2137
GERMAN REFORMED CHURCHI (of 1880)
1971
RAILROAD TRAIN ( Early)
1895
GLACIER PENOBSCOT KNOB
1805
REYNOLDS, SHELDON
2026
GLACIER DEPOSIT
1808
RICKETTS, COL. R. B.
2086
GREAT FLOOD (1865) 2039, 2099
2010
HARVEY, COL. E. B.
2056
ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENT. in Valley 2191
HAYES, PRESIDENT, at Wyo. Monument
2130
Ross, IION. WM. S. 2013
ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCHI (of 1824) 1855
SAND AND GRAVEL STRATA, KINGSTON 1806
HOLLENBACK, HON. GEO. M.
1918
HOLLENBACK CEMETERY
2032
SECOND NAT'L BANK BLDG.
2197
HORSE CAR (Early )
2097
SEVENTHI REGT .. CIVIL WAR
2055
SHELDON AXLE WORKS
2149
IREM TEMPLE
2173
SIGNAL CORPS. CIVIL WAR
2072
ICE GORGE (of 1904)
2190
SMITH COAL OPENING 1824
1950
STEELE'S HOTEL 1921
SUSQUEHANNA, STEAMBOAT LANDING 1907
1903
LEHIGHI & W .- B. BUILDING
2199
TANNERY AT GOULDSBOROUGH
1874
LOG CABIN SONG BOOK
1920
TELEGRAPHI WAGON, CIVIL WAR
2067
LUZERNE CO. COURT HOUSE (of 1859)
2023
TELEPHONE FIRST SUBSCRIBERS
2141
MALLERY, HON. GARRICK
1913
TILL OR DRIFT EMPIRE COLLIERY 1807
MAIL COACH ..
1878
TORNADO MAP (of 1890) 2162
TRITON FIRE ENGINE 1930
MARKET STREET BRIDGE -- (in 1824)
1838
WATRES, COL. L. A.
2006
Toll House
1840
WEST MARKET STREET (in 1858)
1994
Toll House (1865 flood)
1842
METHODIST, FIRST CHURCH (of 1849)
1864
MCCLINTOCK, HON. A. T.
2035
MILL CREEK AQUEDUCT
1891
WOODWARD. JUSTICE GEO. W.
2132
MINERS BANK BUILDING
2205
WYOMING ARTILLERISTS
1958
MINER OF COAL, Early
1827
Reunion 2046
WYOMING HISTORICAL SOC. BLDG. 1814, 2028
NESBITT. ABRAMI
1953
WYOMING BANK SCRIP
1911
NESBITT. ABRAM G.
1954
NELSON, REV. DR. REUBEN
1951
NINTHI REGT. ARMORY
2179
OSTERHOUT. ISAAC S.
2027
WYOMING SEMINARY
1952
PARRISII, CHARLES
2146
WYOMING VALLEY HOTEL 1922
PHOENIX HOTEL
1919
Y. M. C. A BLDG. 2109
1858
FIRE DEPT. CHIEFS
1935
FLOOD (of 1865)
2039
RICE, JUDGE C. E. 2210
RIDALL, LT. WMI. 1963
HOLLENBACK COAL EXCH.
2158
HOLLENBACK RESIDENCE
1914
SALSMAN. RABBI MARCUS 1975
HOYT, GOVERNOR, Residence
2136
JONES, REV. DR. H. L.
1856
KIRKENDALL, HON. IRA M.
2107
KIERNAN. or EICH GRATE
1820
LEIHIGH RAFT
1982
SUSQUEHANNA STEAMBOAT
W .- B. INSTITUTE (of 1851) 1948
2196
W .- B. CENTENNIAL BARGE Flag
2196
NEPTUNE FIRE ENGINE
1929
WYOMING BANK ORIGINAL BUILDING 1912
WYOMING MONUMENT 2128
SPRAGUE, REV. DR. L. L.
HARDING. HON. G. M.
PRESBYTERIAN. FIRST CHURCH (of 1833)
PHOEBE SNOW 1899
LAUREL BOOK SERVICE KATHERINE AND KARL GOEDECKE 33 West Third St. HAZLETON, PENNA.
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