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APPENDIX.
MORTON, SAML MURRAY & BLAIR
N. .
NEAVE & HARMAN. NELSON, JOHN NESBITT. See CONYNGHAM NICHOLLS, WILLIAM NIXON, JOHN
O.
ORD, JOIIN
ORMES, SAMUEL
P.
PARKER, RICHD
PASCHALL, ELISA
PASCHALL, ISAAC & JOS.
PASCHALL, THOS.
PEARSON, ANN
PEIRSE, JNO.
PEMBERTON, ISR.
PEMBERTON, JAMES.
PENNOCK, JR., JAS.
PENROSE, JAMES.
PENROSE, THOS.
PETERS, JOHN
PEYTON & ADCOCK,
PHILLIPS, JNO. & THOS.
PLEASANT, SAML
POLLARD, WILLIAM
POTTS, DAVID
PRIEST, JOHN
PRINGLE, JOHN PUSEY, WILLIAM
PURVIANCE, SAML PURVIANCE, JR., SAML
R.
RAWLE, BENJAMIN REDMAN, JOSEPH REEVE, PETER RELFE, JNO.
REYNELL, JOHN
RHEA, JNO. & DAVID
RICHARDS, WILLIAM RICHARDSON, JUN., FRANCIS
RICHARDSON, JOSEPH
RICHARDSON, JOS. RICHE, THOS. ROBERDEAU, DANIEL ROBERTS, HUGH & GEORGE ROBINSON, HUMPHREY
ROBINSON, THOMAS ROBOTHAM, GEORGE Ross, JNO. RUNDLE, DANL RUSH, WILLIAM
S.
SANDERSON. See MAGEN
SANSOM, JR., SAML
SAUNDERS, JOS.
SAVADGE, THOS.
SCOTT, WILLIAM
SEARLE, JAMES
SHAW & SPROGELL
SHEE, JNO.
SHEE & SON, WALTER
SHEWELL, STEPHEN
SHIPPEN, JR., W.
SHOEMAKER, JR., JACOB
SHOEMAKER, SAMUEL
SIMS, BUCKRIDGE
SIMS, JO.
SITGREAVES, WM
SMITH, ALEX.
SMITH, SAMUEL
SMITH, SAMUEL
SMITH, THOMAS
SONMANS, P.
SPARHAWK, JOHN
SPROAT, DAVID
SPROGELL. See SHAW
STAMPER & BINGHAM
STEDMAN, CHAS., " for self & brother"
STEINMETZ, JOHN
STEVENS, RICHARD
STEWART, DUNCAN & Co.
STOCKER, ANTHONY
STORY, ENOCH
STREET, FRANCIS
STRETTELL, AMOS
STUART, JAMES
SWAN, RICHARD
SWIFT, JOSEPH SYMONDS, WILLIAM
SYNG, PHILIP
T.
TAGGERT, ROBERT THOMSON, CHAS. THOMSON, PETER TILGHMAN, JAMES TILGHMAN, TENCH
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APPENDIX.
Ton. See WILLING TOLBERT. See MCNEILL TROTTER, JOSEPH TUCKNESS, ROBI TUETT, JR., BENJAMIN
. TURNER. See ALLEN TURNER, SR., PETER TURNER, JR., PETER TURNER, THOS. TURNER, WILLIAM TWEEDY, NATHL
U.
USHER, ABRAHAM
V.
VANDERSPIEGOL, WILLIAM
W.
WADE, FRANCIS
WALL. See JONES
WALLACE, JAMES
WALLACE, JOHN
WALLACE, THOS.
WALN, RICHARD
WALN, ROBT
WARDER, JEREMIAH
WEST, THOS.
WEST, WILLIAM
WHARTON, CHAS.
WHARTON. See BAYNTON
WHARTON, JAS. WHARTON, JOHN
WHARTON, JOS.
WHARTON, JR., JOS.
WHARTON, THOS. WHARTON, JR., THOS. WHITE, JAMES WHITE, JNO. WHITE, TOWNSEND
WIKOFF, ISAAC
WIKOFF, JOHN
WIKOFF, PETER
WILCOCKS, JOIIN
WILLIAMS, DANL
WILLING, THOS.
WILLING & TOD WILLS & JACKSON.
WILSON ROBT
WILSON, WILLIAM
WINEY, JACOB
WISHART & EDWARDS
WISTER, DANL
WISTER, JOHN
WOOD, JOIIN
WOOD, JOSEPH
WOODHAM & YOUNG
WYNKOOP, BENJA
Y.
YORKE. See DOWERS YOUNG. See WOODHAM
Z.
ZANE, JONATHAN, - ABEL JAMES " signs for"
ZEST, JOHN ZWEIGELL, ANDREW
APPENDIX B.
LIST OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
Alphabetically arranged.
ADAMS, JOHN ADAMS, SAMUEL BARTLETT, JOSIAH BRAXTON, CARTER CARROLL, CHARLES OF CARROLLTON CHASE, SAMUEL CLARK, ABRAHAM
CLYMER, GEORGE
ELLERY, WILLIAM
FLOYD, WILLIAM
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
READ, GEORGE
RODNEY, CÆSAB
Ross, GEORGE
RUSH, BENJAMIN
RUTLEDGE, EDWARD
SHERMAN, ROGER
SMITH, JAMES STOCKTON, RICHARD
HEYWARD, JR., THOMAS
STONE, THOMAS
TAYLOR, GEORGE
HOOPER, WILLIAM HOPKINS, STEPHEN
THORNTON, MATTHEW
WALTON, GEORGE
WHIPPLE, WILLIAM
HOPKINSON, FRANCIS HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL JEFFERSON, THOMAS LEE, FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT . LEE, RICHARD HENRY LEWIS, FRANCIS LIVINGSTON, PHILIP
LYNCH, JR., THOMAS MCKEAN, THOMAS MIDDLETON, ARTHUR MORRIS, LEWIS MORRIS, ROBERT
MORTON, JOHN NELSON, JR., THOMAS
PACA, WILLIAM
PAINE, ROBERT TREAT
PENN, JOHN
GERRY, ELBRIDGE GWINNETT, BUTTON HALL, LYMAN HANCOCK, JOHN HARRISON, BENJAMIN HART, JOHN HEWES, JOSEPH
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM WILSON, JAMES WITHERSPOON, JOHN WOLCOTT, OLIVER WYTHE, GEORGE
INDEX.
Act, of Assembly, for building State House, 8; draft of, 9.
Act, Stamp, resisted by Massachusetts, 47; Rhode Island, 49 ; Pennsylvania, 48, 49 ; effect of passage, 49-52 ; in Philadelphia, 52-55; repeal of, 58; its effect in Phila- delphia, 58-61.
Act, Tea, 62; its effect in Philadelphia, 64, 66-72, 75; in Boston, 68, note; in New York, 69, note ; in Charleston, 69, note. Act, the Declaratory, of Parliament, 61. Adam, Andrew, 109.
Adams, John, 77, 79, 84, 96, 97, 103, 104, 140; inaugurated as President, 142.
Adams, Samuel, 49, 75, 77, 84, 108, 109, 196. Adams, Thomas, 110.
Aldricks, Peter, 28.
Alexander, Robert 85. Allen, Andrew, 85, 93, 94, 106.
Allen, Anne, 58.
Allen, William, 12-16, 24, 35, 52, 58, 122, 132, 136, 147, 151.
Alsop, John, 84, 99.
Armstrong, Thomas, 16.
Articles of Confederation, adopted and signed, 109 ; signers of, 109, 110.
Assembly, first, 2; at Chester, 3; at Phila- delphia, 4; place of meeting of, 5; pro- vided for by the State House, 7; first sit- ting at State House, 16 ; list of its mem- bers, 16; room finished, 24; went off to Lancaster upon approach of British, 107; returns to State House, 1778, 113; oc- cupies lower floor, 120; abandons Phila- delphia, 121. Assheton, Robert, 147. Atwood, William, 151. Ayres, Captain, 70-72.
Baldwin, Abraham, 119. Baltimore, Lord, 2. Bancroft, George, 54, 186.
Bank Meeting-house, 5. Bannister, John, 110.
Banqueting Hall, inaugurated, 15, 25, 121 - 124. Barnes, Jon., 28.
Bartlett, Josiah, 109.
Bartram, George, 54. Bassett, Richard, 118. Baynton, John, 132.
Bedford, Gunning, 118.
Bell, the, ordered, 26-32 ; " proclaims lib- erty," 103 ; foretells centennial celebration, 104 ; taken out of town, 105 ; placed in In- dependence Chamber, 165 ; restored to its original frame-work, 128, 171; new bell and clock discussed in councils and ordered, 158-162.
Bell, John, 35.
Biddle, Edward, 78, 85, 86, 94, 106. Biddle, Mrs. William, 171.
Biddle, Owen, 86.
Biles, William, 16. Binney, Horace, 172. Blackwell, John, 25. Blair, John, 119, 149.
Bland, Richard, 74, 85.
Blount, William, 119.
Boerum, Simon, 84.
Bonnin, Gousse, 65. Boude, Thomas, 14.
Boudinot, Elias, 112. Bowdoin, James, 77. Bowler, Metcalf, 75.
Braddock, General Edward, 6, 34.
Bradford, Thomas, 53, 54. Bradford, William, 19, 20, 154. Brahl, Lewis, 24. Braxton, Carter, 96.
Brearley, David, 118. British occupy Philadelphia, 107. Brown, Jacob, 118. Bruce, Captain, 31.
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INDEX.
Bryan, George, 25, 52. Budden, Captain, 30. Bulloch, Archibald, 85. Butler, Pierce, 119.
Cadwalader, John, 22, 86. Cadwalader, Thomas, 35.
Camden, Lord, 61, 123, 124.
Cann, Jon., 28. Carpenter, Samuel, 6, note.
Carpenter House, 6.
Carpenter's Hall, used for convention, 76; for Congress, 79.
Carroll, Daniel, 110, 119.
Carson, John, 154.
Carter, William, 151.
Cary, Archibald, 74.
Caswell, Richard, 75.
Centennial Celebration proposed, and pre- senting favorable chance for restoration, 167.
Chairs, history of, and restored, 166, 167, 171.
Chalkley, Thomas, 70, note. Chandler, Thomas, 16.
Change of government, 89, 90; first sugges- tion for independence, 91, 92 ; action upon it in Pennsylvania, 93, 97, 98 ; action in Congress, 94, 98 ; draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Congress, 98 ; resolution for independence introduced, 94, 95; considered in committee, 99; re- ported and adopted, 100; Declaration of Independence considered and adopted, 101 ; promulgated, 101, 102 ; made unanimous by the action of New York. as the 13th State, 105; engrossed and brought in for signature, 105.
Charles II., King, 2, 28, 47, 48.
Charles, Robert, 29, 31.
Charles, Valentine, 54.
Chase, Samuel, 75, 85, 149.
Chastellux, de, visit to the State House, 112, 113.
Chatham, Lord. See William Pitt.
Chevalier, Peter, 54. Chew, Benjamin, 24, 147.
China factory, 65.
City, Authorities, 146-150 ; list of Mayors of, 150, 151 ; list of Recorders, 147, note. City Hall, 137, 146-151. Clarke, Mr., 68, 71. Clingan, William, 110. Clinton, Governor George, 39, 84, 99.
Clock, the, 32, 157, and note ; new clock etc., ordered, 158-162. Clymer, George, 74, 93, 106, 118.
Coffin, Captain, 69, 71. Coleman, William, 25.
Collins, John, 109. Collinson, Peter, 125.
Confederation, articles of, signed, 109 ; list of signers of, 109, 110.
Congress, of 1754, commissioners to, from Pennsylvania, 40; of 1765, at New York, commissioners to, from Pennsylvania, 51 ; meeting of, 55 ; of 1774, to be called at Philadelphia, 75-81 ; meets at Carpenter's Hall, 79 ; entertained at State House, 123, 124 ; meets at State House, 83 ; meinbers of, of 1775, 84, 85 ; leaves Philadelphia, 1776-77, 107; returns, 108; abandons Philadelphia, 111, 112 ; debates its return to Philadelphia, 137-140; its return to, 140; first battle in, 142; remains in Phila- delphia until year 1800, 141.
Congress Hall, 135-145; changes made, 157
Convention, to frame Constitution for Penn- sylvania, to be called, 89, 90; in 1776, 106; elects delegates to Congress, 106; in 1790, 120; to frame Constitution of United States, 117; members of, 118, 119 ; to act upon Constitution of United States, 119; of Episcopal Church meets in Independ- ence Chamber, 120, note.
Conway, H. S., 61, 124. Cooper, Peter, 70, note.
Cornwallis, Lord, surrender of, 111.
Correspondence, committees of, 74, 75.
Council, of Censors meets, 116 ; first Provin-
cial, 4; to be accommodated in State House, 7.
Council, character, 25.
Councils of city occupy State House, 164.
Court, Supreme, of the Province ; place of meeting, 7 ; to be accommodated in State House, 7; Judges of, 24, 25.
Cowpland, Caleb, 14, 16, 25.
Crane, Stephen, 84.
Cummings, Thomas, 16, 36.
Cunningham, Provost, 107.
Cushing, Thomas, 47, 48, 75, 77, 84. Cushing, William Justice, 141, 149.
Dallas, Alexander, J., 151. Damas, Comte de, 113.
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INDEX.
Dana, Francis, 109. Darvall, William, 28. Davie, William R., 119. Dayton, Jonathan, 118, 142. Deane, Joseph, 54. Deane, Silas, 75, 84. Declaration of Independence. See Independ- ence.
Declaratory Act of Parliament, 61. De Hart, John, 84.
De Lancey, James, 20.
Denny, William, 25, 122.
Deshler, William, 54.
Dickerson, Mahlon, 151.
Dickinson, John, 25, 45, 51, 52, 62, 64, 75, 78, 83, 85, 86, 93, 94, 96, 100, 106, 110, 118, 134.
Dickinson, Jonathan, 151. Digges, Dudley, 77. Dinwiddie, Robert, 40. Doz, Andrew, 54.
Drayton, Mrs. 173.
Drayton, William Henry, 98, 110.
Duane, James, 84, 110.
Duché, Jacob, 30, 103, 104, 127, 151. Duer, William, 110.
Duffield, Edward, 32.
Dulany, Daniel, 61, 123.
Dunn, C. C., 171. Dyer, Eliphalet, 84.
Edwards, Thomas, 14, 16. Electricity, lectures upon in the State House, 125, 126. Ellery, William, 109. Ellis, Thomas, 14. Ellsworth, Oliver, 118, 142, 149. Evans, John, 16, 25. Ewing, John, 65. Eyre, Manuel, 158.
Fairman, Benjamin, 14. Faneuil & Winslow, 68. Fergusson, Elizabeth, 107. Few, William, 119. Findley, William, 116, 120. Fishbourne, William, 151. Fisher, Joshua, 54. Fisher, William, 54, 151.
Fitzsimons, Thomas, 116, 118. Fleeson, Plunket, 24. Fletcher, Benjamin, 25. Floyd, William, 84, 99. Foggo, Mrs. Anne Hopkinson, 171.
Forbes, General, 6, 122. Forney, John W., 118, note. Foundation of universal liberty laid by William Penn, 185. Fox, Joseplı, 38, 51, 132.
Frampton, William, 28.
Francis, Tench, 147.
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, 16, 25, 33, 38, 40, 41-44, 49, 53, 65, 81, 85-87, 94, 97, 101, 106, 109, 118, 119, 124-126, 154. Franklin, Deborah, 43.
Franklin, William, 43.
Franks, David, 35.
French Minister, received at State House, 108. Fuller, Benjamin, 54.
Gadsden, Christopher, 85, 94, 98.
Galbraith, Andrew, 16.
Gallatin, Albert, 120.
Galloway, Joseph, 75, 78, 79, 83, 89, 93, 132 133.
George II., King, 45, 122.
George III., King, 47, 81, 86, 123.
Gerard, Chevalier, 108.
Gerry, Elbridge, 75, 96, 109, 118.
Gibson, John, 35, 151.
Gilman, Nicholas, 118.
Gimat, M. de, 113.
Godfrey, Thomas, 14.
Goldsborough, Robert, 85.
Goodsoun, Job, 16.
Gookin, Charles, 25.
Gordon, Patrick, 8, 11, 25.
Gorham, Nathaniel, 118.
Government of Pennsylvania, instituted, 2.
Governors, of Pennsylvania, list of, 25.
Græme, Thomas, 24.
Gray, Thomas, 47, 48. Greene, W., 28.
Griffitts, Thomas, 151. Griswold, Roger, 142, 143. Growdon, Laurence, 16, 25.
Guest, George, 4. Gwinnett, Button, 109.
Hall, Captain, 68, 71. Hall, John, 85. Hall, Lyman, 85. HAMILTON, ANDREW, 9, 11-13, 16-23, 25, 26, 122, 132, 136, 147. Hamilton, Alexander, 118, 120. Hamilton, James, 16, 18, 25, 34, 39, 122, 136, 151.
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INDEX.
Hancock, Jolin, 68, 75, 84, 94, 102, 109, 117, 124.
Hand, Edward, 120.
Hanson, John, 110. Harnett, Cornelius, 110.
Harrison, Benjamin, 74, 85, 96-99, 101. Harrison, Henry, 151. Harrison, John, 14.
Harrison, Joseph, Jr., 180. Hart, John, 3.
Hartranft, J. F., returns inkstand, 169, 170. Harvey, Joseph, 16. Harvie, John, 110. Hassel, Samuel, 151.
Hawker, Captain, 61.
Hawley, Joseph, 75.
Hazard, Samuel, 134.
Henry, Patrick, 50, 74, 85.
Hesselius, Gustavus, 14.
Heyward, Thomas, Jr., 110.
Hewes, Joseph, 85, 109.
Hill, Richard, 151.
Hillegas, Michael, 87. Hillsborough, Lord, 63.
Hind, Robert, 14.
Hitchcock, Joseph, 14.
Holdernesse, Earl of, 39, 40.
Holland, William, 14.
Hollingsworth, Levi, 154.
Holme, Thomas, 28.
Holten, Samuel, 109.
Hooper, William, 85.
Hopkins, Stephen, 49, 75, 84, 109.
Hopkinson, Francis, 107 ; humorous account of speech of a standing member by, 113- 116.
Hopkinson, Thomas, 25, 126.
Hosmer, Titus, 109. Ilouston, William C., 11S.
Houstoun, John, 85.
Howe, Sir William, 107.
Howell, Samuel, 54.
Hudson, William, 151.
Hughes, John, 53.
Hughes, Matthew, 16.
Humphreys, Charles, 78, 85, 89, 94, 100, 106. Hunter, James, 54.
Huntington, Samuel, 109.
Huston, Alexander, 35.
Hutson, Richard, 110. Hutchinson, James, 154.
INDEPENDENCE, not aimed at, 63; fore- shadowed by NON-IMPORTATION RESOLU-
TIONS, - PHILADELPHIA, 53, 54, NEW YORK, 54, BOSTON, 55; first suggestion for, 91, 92 ; action upon it in Pennsylvania, 93, 97, 98 ; MOVED IN CONGRESS BY RICH- ARD HENRY LEE, 94; considered, 96, 97; RESOLUTION ADOPTED, 100; DECLARA- TION OF, submitted, 98; debate upon, and ADOPTION by twelve States, 101 ; promul- gation of, 102, 103 ; made "unanimous " by New York's adoption, 105 ; engrossed and signed, 105, 106; signers of, for list of, see Appendix B, page 196.
Independence Chamber, Episcopal Conven- tion meets in, 120, note; Kinnersley lect- ures on electricity in, 126; Lafayette's reception in, 153; effort in Councils towards its improvement, 158-162; its restoration, 163 ; its indiscriminate uses and application, 165, 171 ; design of res- toration, 166; return of President's ehair and table, 166, 167; Centennial celebra- tion a fitting opportunity to effect restora- tion, 167; reports of committee, 171; ink- stand restored, 168; security against fire, 172.
Indians, 126, 127.
Ingelo, Richard, 28.
Ingersoll, Jared, 118, 154.
Inkstand, Independence, 24; traced and re- stored, 168, 169, 170.
Inn opposite the State House, 129.
Invalid Corps of the Revolution to guard the State House, 131.
Iredell, James, 149.
Irvine, William, 116, 120.
Jackson, Richard, 48, 49. Jackson, William, 145. James, Abel, 54, 70.
James, Rebecca, 70, note.
James II., King, proclaimed, 28.
James & Drinker, 70, 72.
Janney, Thomas, 28.
Jay, John, 84, 99, 149. Jefferson, Thomas, 74, 85, 96, 97, 104, 142.
Jenifer, Daniel, of St. Thomas, 119.
Jolinson, Thomas, 75, 85, 117, 149.
Johnson, William Samuel, 118.
Jones, Benjamin, 16. Jones, Daniel, 14. Jones, Griffith, 151. Jones, Isaac, 151. Jones, Noble W., 85.
Jones, Robert, 16.
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INDEX.
Judges, list of, of Supreme Court of Province, 24, 25; of the Supreme Court of United States who sat in the City Hail, 149. Judicial Chamber of State House completed and first used, 24.
Kearsley, John, 11-13, 16, 35. Keith, George, 7. Keith, Sir William, 25. Kelley, William, 69. Kerr, Thomas, 14.
King, Rufus, 118. Kinnersley, Ebenezer, 126. Kinsey, James, 84. Kinsey, John, 14, 16, 24. Kirkbride, Joseph, Jr., 14, 16, 38.
Lafayette, Marquis, 113, 158.
Langdon, John, 84, 118.
Langhorne, Jeremiah, 16.
Langworthy, Edward, 110.
Lansing, John, 118.
Laurens, Henry, 108, 110.
Lawrence, John, 25, 151.
Lawrence, Thomas, 11-13, 151.
Lee, Charles, 73.
Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 85, 110.
Lee, Henry, 144.
LEE, RICHARD HENRY, 74, 85, 94, 96, 97, 108, 110.
Leech, Thomas, 16, 29, 132.
Levy, Moses, 151. Lewis, Francis, 84, 99, 110. Lewis, William, 120.
Lexington and Concord, battles of, 82, 86. Liberty, universal in Penn's grants, 185; of the Press first vindicated, 20, 21, 22; as- serted, Virginia, 50; by the Pennsylvania legislature, 52; Boston firm for, 73; all the Colonies a unit for, 73, 74; Philadel- phia pledged to it in meeting in State House yard, 75. Library of Assembly, 27.
Lists. See, under appropriate heads, Non- Importation Resolutions, signers of; Con- gress, members of, etc. Livingston, Philip, 84. Livingston, Robert R., 84, 96, 97, 109.
Livingston, William, 84, 118.
Lloyd, David, 11, 147. Lloyd, Edward, 75.
Lloyd, Thomas, 25, 28.
Logan, James, 6, 16, 25, 151. Logan, William, 25.
Loring, Captain, 71.
Lots purchased for State House, 12 ; title to 14, 131.
Loudoun, Lord, 122. Lovell, James, 109. Lukens, Isaiah, 159, 162. Lynch, Thomas, 85 Lyon, Matthew, 142, 143.
Mackey, Thomas, 16.
Madison, James, 119, 120.
Makin, Thomas, 7.
Mansfield, Lord, 73.
Marchant, Henry, 75, 109.
Markham, William, 25.
Marshall, John, 104, 111, 144, note, 149, note.
Martin, Alexander, 119.
Martin, Luther, 119,
Mason, George, 119, 120.
Massachusetts, takes the initiative in resist- ing Great Britain, 47; fosters union, 50; circular letter, 62.
Masters, Thomas, 151.
Matthews, 110.
Mauduit, Israel, 47.
Mayors of Philadelphia, list of, 150, 151.
McCall, Samuel, 35.
McClurg, James, 119.
MeHenry, James, 119.
McKean, Thomas, 75, 85, 96, 100, 109, 110, 120.
Mechanics employed at State House, 14.
Mercer, John Francis, 119.
Middleton, Henry, 85.
Mittlin, Samuel, 35, 54.
Mifflin, Thomas, 25, 74, 78, 85, 89, 118, 120.
Miles, Samuel, 75, 151.
Militia, establishment attempted, 34-38 ; ef- fected, 86.
Mills, Robert, 157.
Monington, William, 11.
Montgomery, Thomas, 54.
Moore, Alfred, 149.
Moore, William, 16, 25.
Morgan, George, 134.
Morris, Anthony, 30, 151.
Morris, Anthony M., 151.
Morris, Gouverneur, 23, 110, 118.
Morris, Joshua, 36, 38.
Morris, Lewis, 84.
Morris, Robert, 85, S6, 88, 93, 94, 106, 110, 118, 137, 139, 140. Morris, Robert Hunter, 25, 34, 122. Morse, Samnel F. B., 126.
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Morton, John, 25, 38, 52, 64, 75, 78, 85, | Pendleton, Edmund, 74, 85, 92. 89, 94.
Muhlenberg, Frederick A., 116.
Museum, National, plans for, 179; exten- sion of, 182-184 ; Peale's, see Peale's Mu- seum.
Nelson, Thomas, Jr., 85, 94, 109.
Newspapers in mourning, 55-57, 60.
New York withholds concurrence in Inde- pendence, 99 ; finally adopts it, 105.
Nicholas, Robert C., 77.
Nixon, John, 103.
Noailles, Comte de, 113.
NON-IMPORTATION RESOLUTIONS of the merchants of Philadelphia, 53 ; foreshadow Independence, 54; list of signers of, 191- 195 (Appendix A) ; of New York, 54; of Boston, 55.
Norris, Charles, 27.
Norris, Isaac, 6, 29-32, 40, 41, 132, 151. North, Lord, 82.
Observatory, the, in State House Square, 64.
Okill, George, 35.
Open doors, efforts to, of Assembly, 88, 89; of Senate of the United States, 145.
Ord, John, 54.
Otis, James, 47, 48, 50.
Paca, William, 75, 85.
Paine, Robert Treat, 77, 84.
Palmer, Anthony, 25.
Palmer, Jonathan, 14.
Parry, John, 16.
Parsons, Samuel H., 75.
Parvin, Francis, 36. Paschall, Thomas, 54.
Pass, 30, 31. Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 7.
Paterson, William, 118, 149.
Paxton Boys march on Philadelphia, 45.
Peale, Charles W., 113, 121, 154-156, 165.
Peale's gallery of portraits purchased by city, 165; museum, sketch of, 154-156; its removal into State House, 155.
Pearne, Richard, 38.
Pearson, Isaac, 75, 93. Pearson, James, 65. Peglar, Thomas, 14. Pemberton, Israel, 16,
Pemberton, James, 36, 38. Pemberton, Phinehas, 28.
Penn, John, 25, 40, 46, 58, 82, 122. Penn, John, of North Carolina, 85, 110. Penn, Juliana, Lady, 27.
Penn, Richard, 25, 122. Penn, Thomas, 27, 131.
PENN, WILLIAM, 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 17, 23, 25, 27, 35, 39, 47, 81, 88, 123, 124, 127, 146, 164, 180, 181; LAYS THE FOUNDATION OF UNIVERSAL LIBERTY, 185, 189.
Penn's cottage, 4.
Penn's portrait secured for National Museum, 180.
Penn's tablet in Independence Hall, 185.
Pennington, Edward, 132, 133.
Pennsylvania concurs with Virginia, 93, 97, 98; delegates in Congress vote against independence, 99.
Pennsylvania Hospital, 64.
Peters, Richard, 27, 40.
Peters, William, 36.
Philadelphia, library occupies western wing, 130; applies for lot, 152. See City.
Philosophical Society, 64; its building, 152- 154 ; grant of lot to, 152, note; subscrib- ers to, 154.
Pickering, Timothy, 120.
Pierce, William, 119.
Pinckney, Charles, 119.
Pinckney, Charles C., 119.
Pitt, William, 44, 61.
Plumsted, Clement, 151.
Plumsted, William, 35, 151.
Port Bill, Boston, effect in Philadelphia, 74. Portrait, selected for Independence Cham- ber, 173 ; list of, 174-179 ; list of, in Na- tional Museum, 181, 182; list of, of "signers " never taken, but manufactured, 173.
Potts, Stephen, 16.
Powel, Samuel, 151. Proud, Robert, 7. Preston, Samuel, 151.
Pryor, Thomas, 65.
Quincy, Josiah, Jr., 81.
Randolph, Edmund, 119.
Randolph, Peyton, 74, 77, 85, 117.
Read, Charles, 151.
Read, George, 75, 85, 118.
Read, John M., 173. Redman, Thomas, 14. Reed, Joseph, 25, 93, 110, 151.
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Revere, Paul, 74. Rhea, John, 54. Rhoads, Samuel, 75, 78, 132, 133, 151.
Rhode Island follows Massachusetts in re- sisting Great Britain's aggressions, 49. Rittenhouse, David, 32, 154.
Roades, Jonathan, 28. Roberdean, Daniel, 86, 90, 110.
Roberts, Edward, 151. Robeson, Jonathan, 16. Robinson, Septimus, 16.
Roch, George, 151. Rockingham, Marquis of, 124.
Rodman, William, 75.
Rodney, Cæsar, 75, 85.
Rogers, John, $5, 96, 100.
Ross, George, 78, 85, 86, 88, 89, 94, 106. Ross, James, 120.
Rotch, Mr., 71. Rudyard, Governor, 17.
Rush, Benjamin, 106, 154, 163.
Rutledge, Edward, 85, 96, 100, 109. Rutledge, John, 85, 98, note, 119, 149.
Schlosser, George, 54. School House used for Assembly, 7.
Schuyler, Philip, 84. Scudder, Nathaniel, 110.
Seabury, Bishop, 120, note.
Settlement of Pennsylvania, 2.
Sheafe Edward, 47, 48.
Sherman, Roger, 84, 97, 109, 118.
Shippen, Edward, 25, 151. Shippen, Joseph, 7, 65.
Shoemaker, Benjamin, 151.
Shoemaker, John L., 167. Shoemaker, Samuel, 151. Shoemaker, Thomas, 14. Shute, Atwood, 151. Simpcock, Jonathan, 28. Smith, Francis G., 158, 160, 162. Smith, James, 106. Smith, John Jay, 171. Smith, Jonathan B., 110, 154.
Smith, Richard, 84. Smith, William, 74-76.
Southbee, William, 28. Spaight, Richard Dobbs, 119. Square, the. See Yard.
Stamp Act anticipated, 47, 48 ; passed, 49 ; resisted, 50-58 ; repeal announced in Phil- adelphia, 58; rejoicings, " ; banquet upon it, 123. Stamper, John, 151.
Stamps in use and proposed, 50; attempted to be landed in Philadelphia, 52, 53, 59, 60; burnt, 55. Stanbury, Nathan, 151.
State House, application to build a, 8 ; neces- sity for, considered and determined, 9; draft of act, 10; trustees appointed, 11. 14; plans of Dr. Kearsley, 12; ground purchased, 12; plans of Mr. Hamilton, 12; adopted, and Mr. Hamilton requested to carry them out, 13 ; ground to the south- ward not to be built upon, 14 ; first occu- pied by Assembly, 15, 16; first occupied by Supreme Court, 24; first occupied by Governor's Council, 25; finished, 32. St. Clair, Arthur, 111, 116. Stedman, Alexander, 25.
Steeple finished, 15 ; project to take down, 127; errors in consequence, 128; taken down, 12S; restored, and debate in Coun- cil thereupon, 158-162.
Stiles, Ezra, 82.
Stokley, William S., 151 ; assists the resto- ration of Independence Hall, 168; re- ceives the inkstand, 169.
Stone, Thomas, S5, 109.
Stoops, James, 14.
Story, Thomas, 147.
Stow, Charles, 30. St. Pierre, Legardeur de, 40.
Stretch, Peter, 32, 38.
Strettell, Amos, 35. Strettell, Robert, 151. Sullivan, John, 84.
Supreme Court, 7 ; occupies its chamber, 24 ; Judges of, 24, 25; occupies " Wing," 131 ; occupies City Hall, 150; occupies Inde- pendence Chamber, 155; removes into Congress Hall, 157.
Supreme Court of United States, Justices of, in City Hall, 149. Supreme Executive Council, 116. Sutton, Captain, 27. Syng, Philip, 24, 26, 168.
Taylor, Christopher, 28. Taylor, George, 52, 88, 106.
Tea sent to Colonies, 67 ; first opposition in the State House yard, 67; followed by Boston. 68, note; New York; 69, note ; attempt to land in Philadelphia, 68-72 Boston Tea Party, 71. Telfair, Edward, 110. Thatcher, Oxenbridge, 47, 48.
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Thomas, George, 25, 33, 39.
Thompson, John (hatter), 101.
Thompson, John W., 158. Thompson, Oswald, 157, note. Thompson, William, 86, 89.
Thomson. Charles, 65, 74, 78, 89, 96, 101, 102, 106, 108, 131. Tilghman, Benjamin, 158, 160, 161. Tilghman, Matthew, 75, 81, 85.
Till, William, 24, 151.
Title to State House Square, 13, 14, 131- 133, 136, 157. Tomlinson, Ebenezer, 14.
Town House, 7. Trent, William, 6. Tresse, Thomas, 11. Trotter, Joseph, 36, 38. Turner, Joseph, 25, 35.
UNION, the, first broached in Independence Hall, 39; FRANKLIN'S SUGGESTION FOR, 43; MASSACHUSETTS FOSTERS IT, 50; Ezra Stiles predicts, 82 ; DEVELOPED AT CARPENTER'S HALL, 79. SO; efforts to dis- solve made by the Government, 82 ; failure of the attempt upon Pennsylvania, 83; the first thing to be secured, essential to liberty, 91 ; EFFECTED IN 1776, 105, 106 ; MADE MORE PERFECT, 118, 119 ; résumé of, 124, 188.
Vandyke, Nicholas, 110. Van Horne, Christian, 16. Vaughan, John, 154. Vaughan, Samuel, 134, 154. Vaux, Roberts, 164.
VIRGINIA INSTRUCTS HER DELEGATES IN CONGRESS TO OFFER THE RESOLUTION FOR INDEPENDENCE, 91, 92.
Wallace, John, 35. Walton, John, 110 .. Ward, Henry, 75. Ward, Samuel, 84. Warner, Edward, 16, 22. Washington, Bushrod, 149.
WASHINGTON, GEORGE, first named in In- dependence Hall, 15, 40. 74, 85, 103, 113, 117, 119; inaugurated as President in Congress Hall, 141; death announced, 143, 144, 154, 158, 163, 173. Watson, Luke, 48.
Way, Francis, S. Wayne, Anthony, 86, S9. Webb, William, 11, 16. " Welcome," the, 2. Wells, Rachel, 27. Wentworth Jolin, Jr., 109.
West, Thomas, 54.
Wharton, Samuel, 54.
Wharton, Thomas I., 164.
White, S., 51.
White, Townsend, 35. Whitpain, Richard, 6 ; house of, 6 Whitpain, Sarah, 6.
Wilbank, John, 159, 162, 163.
Wilcocks, John, 35, 93, 147, 151.
Wilcocks, Joseph, 151.
Wilkinson, Brian, 14.
Williams, John, 110. Williams, Jonathan, 69.
Williams, William, 75.
Williamson, Hugh, 65, 119.
Willing, Charles, 151.
Willing, Thomas, 25, 54, 75, 78, 83, 85, &n 94, 100, 106, 151.
Wilson, James, 83, 85, 96, 106, 118, 120, 149, .54.
Wings of the State House ordered to be built, 15, 129-131 ; occupation of, 130; altered by city, 135, 156, 157 ; plan to restore, to original for use as part of National Mu- seum, 182, 183.
Wise, Captain, 58.
Wisner, Henry, 84, 99. Witherspoon, John, 110.
Wolcott, Oliver, 109.
Wood, Joseph, 35.
Wood, William, 28.
Woolley, Edmund, 14, 26, 30.
Worrall, Peter, 36, 38.
Wright, Patience, 27. Wythe, George, 85, 96, 119.
Yard, State House, extent of, originally, 131 ; ordered to be laid out in walks, 133, 134 ; its walls, 134; its railings, 134, 135 ; not to be built upon, 14, 157.
Yates, Robert, 118.
York, Duke of, 2, 28.
Zenger, John Peter, 19-21 ; his trial, 19. Zubly, John J., 85.
INDEX TO CONTINUATION.
Adams, John, quoted, 201. Adams, Jolin Quincy, remains of at Inde- pendence Hall, 198.
Biddle, Charles, 198. Bingham, William, 196. Bond, Phineas, 198. Brewster, Benjamin Harris, 201. Broglie, de, visits the State House, 193.
Carpenters' Hall not the birth-place of the Constitution, 196, 197.
Carson, Hampton L., quoted, 205.
Clay, Henry, remains of, at Independence Hall, 19S.
Cleveland, Grover, 204; Mrs., 204.
Constitution of the United States framed in Independence Hall, 196 ; defended, 196; Centennial celebration of the for- mation of, 203.
Convention, Federal, sits in Independence Hall, 197; of Pa. to consider Federal Constitution, opposed, 195. Crawford, F. Marmon, 205.
Curtin, Andrew G., receives the flags car- ried during the war, 200.
Cutler, Manasseh, 192; visits Indepen- dence Hall, 194; mentioned, 197. Cuyler, Theodore, 199.
Declaration of Independence, Celebration of the Centennial of, 202. Dom Pedro II. present July 4, 1876, 202.
Evarts, Hon. William M., delivers oration July 4, 1876, 203.
Farragut, David G., 199. Federal Convention held in Independence Hall, 196. Ferry, Hon. T. W., presides on July 4, 1876, 202.
Flag raised by Mr. Lincoln, 199; made by sailors of the Hartford, 199; those carried during the war returned, 200. Fourth of July, 1876, welcomed in, 201; celebration on, 202.
Franklin, Benjamin, 197.
Gibbons, Cardinal, 204.
Hamlin, Hon. Hannibal, 204. Hawley, Hon. Joseph, President of Cen- tennial Commission, 202. Hayes, Hon. Rutherford B., 204. Holmes, Oliver W., 205.
Independence Hall, original plan of, 192; described by de Broglie, 193; by Cut- ler, 194; gallery in, 197.
Independency, resolutions of, celebrated, 200.
Ingersoil, Charles J., quoted, 197.
Jay's Treaty, 197.
Kane, Elisha Kent, remains of, at Inde- pendence Hall, 198. Kasson, Hon. John A., 204.
Lee, Richard Henry, reads Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1876, 203.
Lee, Robert E., news of the surrender of, 199.
Lincoln, Abraham, raises a flag over the Hall, 199 ; remains of, in, 200. Lippett, Hon. Henry W., 201. Lloyd, Thos., debates of, 197. Luce, Admiral Stephen B., 204.
McCalmot, James, opposes calling a con- vention, 196.
McClenachan, Blair, his account of the opposition to Jay's Treaty, 197.
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Mckean, Thomas, 194, 198; William V., 201.
Meade, Gen. George, returns flags to the State, 200.
Miley, Jacob, opposes calling a conven- tion, 196.
Miller, Hon. Samuel F., delivers oration Sept. 17, 1887, 205.
New York abandons non-importation in 1769, 192.
Non-importation agreements of 1769, 192 ; abandoned, 192.
Peyster, Frederick de, 201.
- Potter, Rt. Rev. H. C., 204. Prison, Walnut St., 194, 195.
Resolutions of July 2d, 1776, passage of, celebrated, 200.
Richmond, Va., news of the surrender of, 199.
-Rochambeau, Count, present on July 4, 1876, 202.
Rush, Benjamin, defends the Constitu- tion, 196.
Saltonstall, Leverett, 201. Sherman, Gen. William T., 202.
Stansbury, Joseph, verses quoted, 193. State House, meetings at, in 1769, 192;
Yard, meeting at, in 1779, 183; de- scribed, 194; during the Rebellion, 199. Stevens, Francis P., 201.
Stevens, Rt. Rev. William Bacon, 201, 202. Stokley, Hon. William S., 202.
Taylor, Bayard, delivered poem on July 4, 1876, 203.
Townshend, Charles, his proposed mea- sures opposed, 192.
Treaty. See Jay.
Union League gives thanks at Indepen- dence Hall, 199.
Vaughn, Samuel, 195. Vicksburg, celebration of the fall of, 199.
Wallace, John William, 201. Whitehead, William A., 201. Wilson, James, defends the Constitution, 196.
Witherspoon, Rev. Jerry, 204.
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