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The Herrings are taken in the low-water hauls-and produce from two thousand to four thousand severally.
In the present " Progressive times," we have to give for two to three shad, one dollar !- a price which tends to exclude them from the tables of Common life. We feel sorry for any exclusion, from so great a good !
We overtax our energies.
To buttress this opinion, we here give-the words of the Phila- delphia Ledger to wit:
" If we go on with the life we have lived for the last generation, we shall exhaust ourselves, prematurely .- Why are we, as a race, so nervous? Is it not because our mode of life exhausts our vital energies prematurely .- We work too hard, we think too hard, seek pleasure too hard - We are moderate, in short, in nothing, [our very overgrowth of spirit and energy, makes us so readily take to fillibustering and its perils.] Now, though this superabundant energy enables us to excel other nations, in whatever we undertake, it also wears us out more rap- idly. At forty, our men are as old as Englishmen or Frenchmen at fif- ty-five ; and our women at thirty, are as faded as European ones, at forty. A month of sober methodical life in a quiet Country place, is worth a whole season of dancing, banqueting &c., at the Watering places. The rush for excitement is sapping their lives ; and must entail weak Constitutions on the rising generation."
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Appendix.
The Evening, Bulletin, says, -- " to our Extravagance we owe all our embarrasments. Our importations of the French and other European markets-(especially since the reduction of the Tariff,) have been the cause of our past troubles; and the predictions of trouble to come, are all based upon a continuance and an increase of these importations-We have a host of Speculators at work, and pushing for Western lands, with no proportionate settlers and culti- vators of the Soil-The result is, that the fruitful West, has not, in many places, a sufficiency of Edible productions to supply their own wants."
We can thus perceive, how very much we are our own tormentors ! We must Supply the remedy, or work our own griefs.
Conclusion.
The reader, who may have gone through the reading of the fore- going pages, may have noticed, that we have been chiefly busy with Facts ;- And sometimes, with Facts which may not have been wholly grateful to our self-love and self-respect. Among the many things highly creditable to ourselves as a Community, have been, occasionally interspersed, Facts, which should be corrected and re- formed. As a truthful recorder, We have been governed by the rule of " nothing extenuate, nor aught set down in malice." Let the good be cherished and diffused ; and let the bad be corrected and reformed .-
With this last address to his Countrymen, the Author takes his final respectful leave. He feels that his aim has been, to " do the State some service,"-by the preservation of these fleeting and per- ishing Memorials of the past; snatched, like drift wood, from the stream of the ever ebbing tide of time.
He wrote not for fame or recompense, but Con amore ;- because he found it grateful to his heart, to thus notice and record the doings and the characteristics of a notable race of forefathers. Olim mem inisse juvabit '
THE AUTHOR.
PARTICULAR INDEX OF VOL. II.
Academy of Germantown, 40. Adams, Major, 295. Adams, Daniel, 142. Althram, Lord, 267. Anatomies, 379. Anthracite coal, 458-463, 480. Apparel, 96, 97. Aged, 19. Agnew, General, 38-9, 42, 58. Ashmead family, 49, 65, 66.
Allequippa, 128-9. Allen, Fort, 149, 180, 206. Assembly, 165, 326, 481.
Acrelius, 228-9, 230. American officers, 317-319, 340. André, Major, 292. Alrick's family, 177, 214, 241. Alligewi, 159. Alliance frigate, 338-340. Appendix, 511. Association for peace, 166-7, 206. Arnold, General, 302, 327.
Blackbeard, 9, 32, 216 to 224. Brandywine battle, 83-4, 295, 307. Brandywine Indians, 173. Baptists, 73, 258. Branchtown, 48-9, 50.
Baylie, John, 54. Blackmore, Captain G., 46. Braddock, General, 14, 118, 127, 141.
Brant, Colonel, 126, 203, 205.
Brainard, Rev., 191. Battle of the Kegs, 336. Barry, Commodore, 338.
Bears, 35. Bensell family, 23, 68. Bethlehem and Easton, 149, 164, 183, 191, 206. Benezet, Anthony, 209. Bennet's History, 282.
Beasts of prey and game, 433-436.
British army and Germantown, 36, 39, 50-1, 54, 56, 62, 68, 278, 282-4, 285, 324.
British officers, 289, 323, 333.
British barracks, 168. Brickell, John, 161. Biork, Rev. Eric, 233. British duties and tea act, 271 to 273. Brown, John,-as a pirate, 224. Boyd, Colonel, 59. " Borers,"-legislative, 119. Boquet, Colonel, 131, 173. Brownsville, 144-5. Block-houses, 239, 240, 245. Bloody election of '42, 490. Bordentown, 297. Blue Bell, retreat to, 59.
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Bucks county, 95-101, 330. Butler, Colonels Z. and John, 124, 202. Bush family, 71. Bush hill, 479. Burd, Colonel, 145, 149. Burlington, 245, 296, 310, 472. Blue stocking ladies, 419. Byberry, 75-78, 160, 195 205.
Caves, 18. Canals, railroads, &c., 80, 465-469.
Carlisle, 122, 161, 184, 186.
Chapman, Judge, 123. Campbell's Wyoming, 126.
Cartlidge, Edmund, 172.
Campanius and Holm, 228 Clay, Rev., 229, 232.
Carpenters' hall and congress, 272. Camp fever, 321, 328. Calamities of physicians, 387. Chew's house, 37-8, 46, 49, 50, 52-2, 55, 209. Chester, 92-95, 234, 250.
Chester county, 80-92, 161. Climate of Philadelphia. 360. Christina, Queen, and Christiana, 228, 230. 234, 250.
City charter, 488. Courts in Germantown, 28, 29, 30, 31. Courts in Upland, 234.
Conclusion, 508.
Conjurors, 32, 36, 92.
Country seats, 33, 462, 477-480.
Coaches and carriages, 33, 65. Country stores-large, 67.
Clover and plaster of Paris-use, 66, 81, 9% 104, 485-6.
Conestoga, 108, 148, 167, 169, 172-3, 178 + 183, 194, 260.
Cobb, General, 61. Connecticut claims, 123.
Choat, Isaac, 162.
Cromwell and Crowell, 220-1, 334-5. Cornwallis, 283-4, 332.
Continental money, 298-9, 442-3, 551 Committees of the war, 326.
Congress-assailed, 331. Chovet, Dr., 380-1, 383.
Cowherd and cows, 421. Curiosities and discoveries, 422-427
Churches, old, 25-6, 121, 233, 444. Churchman, John, 165.
Cunningham, Captain, 300-302.
Dancing, 483. " Dark day," 353. Darrach, Lydia, 327, 385. Delaware river, 470-474, 482:
Particular Index.
Deer, 35, 83, 113, 252. De Benneville, Dr. G., 49. Dennison, Colonel, 124. De Grasse's fleet, 329. Dickinson, Governor, 171. Dinderdonk islands, 173 Distrusted citizens, 284. Doans of Bucks county, 96, 330. Dolby, William, 53. " Doctor John," 122, 161. Donegal, 167. Dutch, 101, 229, 278. Dutch riot and mobs, 496.
Duval's place, 53. Du Quesne, fort, 127, 131, 144, 173. Duncan's island, 191. Drummond, Captain, 220. Duponceau. P. S., 320.
Earl of Albion's lands, 498. Earthquakes, 413. Evans, Governor, 273, 481. Evans, Oliver, steam, 449, 454-5. Ephrata, 24, 43, 56, 110, 258. Elder, Rev. John, 117, 119, 121. Evelyn's Memoirs 281. Elsinboro', 253.
Fanning, Nathaniel and Edmund, 341. Fanning, Lieutenants J. and S., 295, 297. Fanning, Colonel Edmund, 295, 341. Frankfort Company, 17, 18. Frankford, 67, 72-74, 315, 322. Franconia and Towamensing, 60. Farming, 66, 81, 97. Fawcett and Braddock, 141. Farman, Jasper, 177. Fairman, Thomas, 247. Fahnestock, Dr., 258.
Franklin, Benjamin, 168, 257, 269, 270-1, 280, 332, 345, 450, 457, 487, 495. Falls of Schuylkill mill, 242, 248. Free Society of Traders, 262. Federal procession, 341-345. Febrile disease, 370-1.
Fencing, 483. Feree family, 112.
French, 112, 118, 132, 144, 164, 182, 185, 256, 328.
Friends, 23, 87, 159, 164-166, 169, 207, 225, 245, 256, 262, 286, 300, 307, 310, 316, 483.
Friends association for peace, 207. Fireworks, 494. Fitz, Captain, 83, 84, 330. Fitch, John, 446-7, 450-1. Flies and martens, 411. Forrest, Colonel, 32, 34, 326. Flour, 482. Flourtown, 56, 60-1. Floods and ebbs, 364-368. Forts on the frontiers, 207. Fort Allen, 149, 180, 206. Frontier towns, 147-150, 164-5, 207. Frontier Indians and wars, 176-196, 206. Forbes, General, 144. Fulton, Robert, 121, 450-1, 452. Funeral pomp, 489.
Gazettes, 36, 337, 394-401. Gray's, Colonel, powder horn, 45. Grave stones, old, 421, 479. Grapes and vineyards, 430-433. Germantown, 16-73. Germantown battle, 37-8, 47-8, 49, 50, 55. Germans, 19, 63, 109, 254-258, 266. German reformed, 24. German school, 27. Greenwich against tea act, 273.
Gems found, 427. Grist mill, first, 27, 61, 98. Gilbert family-captives, 195-205. Ghosts, 32.
Godfrey, 474. Gold-sweating, 419. Gookin, Governor, 273.
Governors, colonial, 273-277. Government, Pennsylvania and United States, 40, 41, 485.
Government, Pennsylvania, removal, 116 119. Gwynned, 78, 79.
Hartsfelder, 17, 238, 249. Hall, Mrs., her account, 72. Harrisburg, 113-120, 186.
Harris, John, 113, 115, 120, 185.
Harris, Esther, 116.
Hanna-town. 192. Halifax, Fort, 207. Hamilton, Governor, 274, 276, 479.
Harrowgate spring, 427.
Hatborough, 99.
Hermits, 20, 42, 296.
Hexing, 32. Heckewelder, 180-1. Hennepin, Lewis, 234. Heylin, P., 281. Hessians, 294, 299, 312.
Howe, General, 38, 40, 41, 57, 71, 284-5. 289.
Holme, Thomas, surveyor, 175-6. Hopkinson, Francis, 336, 345. Hospitals, first, 389. Hunter, Fort, 118, 183, 191.
Hyder Ali exploit, 324.
Indians, 14, 31, 35, 39, 60, 62, 75, 82, 95, 100, 112, 113-4, 115-6, 141, 143, 148, 151-210, 233-4, 237, 245, 263, 275. Indian towns and paths, 205, 207-9, 229, 253.
Indian names explained, 180.
Indian visits, 163, 237. Indian alarms, 117, 118, 120, 122, 125, 164, 168, 182-190, 192, 206, 373. Indian captives, 142, 150, 161-2, 164, 173 193, 195-205. Indian manners, &c., 153-158, 326. Indians-like Jews, 155-6, 162-3, 234. Indian lands at Philadelphia sold, 175-6 239. Indians, Delaware, 169. Indian walk, 100. Indian Hannah, 161. Indians now in the West, 210. Indian summer, 362.
Particular Index.
Irsn, 108-9, 259-260, 267. Insects, noxious, 412. Insurance company, first, 490. Independence, 293, 295, 309, 325. Juniata, 188, 191. Jefferson, Thomas, 41, 373. Johnson, Colonel Guy, 202-3, 205. Inoculation, forbidden, 371-2, 376.
Kalm's visit, 252, 254, 265, 282, 348. Kelpius-hermit, 20, 21. Keyser family, 33, 46, 52, 54, 67. Keith, Governor, 274. Kearsley, Dr. John, 375, 388. Klincken, Anthony, 20. King and queen of France, 498. Kinsey, John, his death, 414, 478. Kingsesse " Court and Towne," 247. Kid, Captain Robert, 212-215, 225. Knox, General, 55.
Lay, Benjamin, 23. " Lammas floods," 66. Lapowinsa, 174, 180. Ladies' notices of our war, 310, 316, 327. " Lang Syne," 380, 548. La Fayette, General, 61-2, 295, 298, 338. Lancaster, and county, 108-113, 147-8, 168, 173. Lenni Lenape, 159, 161, 169, 170. Lehman, Benjamin, 39, 40. Le Tort, James, 178. Leather Apron Club, 495. Lebanon, 194. Livezey, John, 43, 53. Lincoln, Elijah, 45. Livingston, Governor, 280. Lightning in winter, 353. Logan's house and James Logan, 35, 57, 171, 234, 254, 259, 479. Logan, William, 168. Locusts, 412, 413. Long branch, 463, 464. Long beach, 463. Lotteries, 443-445. Lloyd, David, 94. Log college, 96. Louis Philippe and brothers, 133, 133. Lutheran church, 26. Ludwick, Ch., 43, 44, 56. "Lydia Locket," 333.
Mack, Alexander, 21. Magistrates, 495. Market square, Germantown, 24, 27. Maulsby, Samuel, 61. Manufactories, first, 272. Martin, Judge, 334. Manhattan, 14. Mahanatry creek, 182. Mauch Chunk, 150, 196, 205. Marcus hook, 241, 244. McLane, Allen, 58, 299, 321. Menageries, 494. Menonists, 24, 38, 60. Merchants, 482-3. Meredith, Reese, 165. Meschianza, 290-293, 323, 478.
Mechanics' song, 345. Meteors, 369. Medical subjects, 370-390. Medical lectures, 377-8, 380. Mile stones, 420, 484. Millennium, 21. Miller, Jacob, his account, 57. Miller, John, his account, 67-71. Minutes of council, 178. Midwifery by females, 384-5. Miscellaneous facts, 481-499.
Morris, Robert, 329. Morris' house, S. B., 38, 40. Monastery and monks, 42, 43. Moravians, 169, 182. Money, hidden, 213, 223, 420. Monk privateer, 324. Mount Holly, 312. Morgan, Dr. John, 376. Mobs, 496. Music, 111, 258. Musgrove, Colonel, 54.
Nativities, 22, 36. Nash, General, 37, 59, 296. Nanticokes, 170.
Navy of the revolution, 340. Newspapers, 36, 326, 396.
Neville family, 131. Neill, Rev. William, 205.
Nedowaway, 181, 209. New Castle, 225.
New England, 281. Negroes and slaves, 261-266. Nicholson lands and claims, 416. Norris family, 284, 286.
Norristown, 79.
North-west passage, 495.
Olden time affections and researches, approbated by many, 1-15. Old Shrunk, 32, 56, 476. O'Hara, General, 131. Occurrences of the war of Independence, 278-337. Oysters, 470-2.
Pastorius, F. D., 17, 19, 47. Paper mill, first, 27. Paxton, 114, 121. Paxton boys, 34, 114, 117, 119, 167, 184. Papists, 116. 255-6.
Packhorses, 122, 145-6.
Pauling, Jesse, 203. Plants, medicinal, 373.
Paper money, 440-443. Peapatch island, 474. Pennsylvania, 16, 249. Penn's arms, on mile stones, 420, 484.
Penn, William, 79, 101-2, 106, 122, 153, 160, 178, 249, 251, 411, 501.
Percy, Lord, 86. Peach trees, 46, 412. Pennsbury, 101-108. Pecqua, 108, 112. Peters, Secretary, 160, 181, 206, 260, 273. Pemberton, Israel, 166, 285, 414. Presidents of the U. States compared, 306
Particular Index.
Philadelphia, 4, 75, 175-6, 324-5. Pigeons, 82, 410. Pickering, Colonel, 55. Pictures for Annals, 499. Pittsburg and Braddock, 127-147. Pioneers and first settlers, 145, 232, 243, 249. Pirates, 211-227. Printz, Governor, 229, 251. Primores and magnates, 232. Printing press-progress, 399-401. Post, C. F., 150. Post, earliest, &c., 391, 393. Potatoes, first use, 420, 486. Poulson, Olle, 231. Public spectacle, 494. Pulaski and cavalry, 59. Plymouth meeting house, 61. Physicians, 373, 375-379.
Quacks and quackery, 388.
Randolph frigate, 294, 296-7. Raft-ships, 439. Railroads and canals, 465-469. Redheifer's invention, 65. Reading, 148, 185, 207. Read, Mary and Anne Bonny, 222. Relics and remembrancers, 205, 234, 500 -505.
Redemption servants, 266-268. Reed, General, 304-5, 313. Redman, Dr., 382-3. Remarkable incidents, 410-421. Richardson, John, 102, 160. Ritter, Jacob, and prisoners, 300. Rosicrucian, 22. Rose, Aquila, 489. Roads, 35, 67, 122, 205. Roset, Jacob, 63. Roberdeau, General, 305. Rush, Dr. B., 43, 76, 77, 360. Rua 3, Rev., 229. Rumse James, 452-3.
State of society- Germantown, &c., 19, 20, 33-4, 40, 55, 63-4, 252, 306. Slaves, freed, 23, 261-2, 263-4. Scalps, 121. Small-pox, 169, 174, 371-2, 376, 433. State house, 163, 274, 284, 287, 303. Shamokin, 182. Statistic facts, 402-410. Sallee pirates and Moors, 221. Shackamaxin, 237, 242. Sanderlin, James, 238, 242, 244. Salem, 253. Say, Dr. Thomas, 381. Stamp act resisted, 269-271, 280. Stansberry-poet, 303. Sleighing, 33. Speculations, 415. Stenton place, 480. Seckel pear, 487. Street names changed, 492-3. Swedes, 73, 80, 159, 227-253, 278. Swedes' houses and dress, 252, 477. Shearman's valley, 122, 185-6 Stevens, General. 37, 48
Sven Shute, 250. Steel furnace, 426. Servants, redemption, 266-268. Speakman, Mrs., 328. Seasons and climate, 347-369.
Steamboats, 145, 446-456, Smith, Seba, 24. Shippen, Dr. William, 376. Smith, Lieutenant, of Virginia, 55, 60. Smith, Colonel James, 142. Smith, John, 373.
Still, Isaac, 171. Shift-marriage, 418.
Skippack, 59, 60. Silk culture, 436-8. Skinner, Mrs. Esther, 126. Shingass, 129. Ships and shipbuilding, 439-440.
Stille, Family, 233, 237, 243, 247-8. Spring and summer-facts, 361-2. Springs, mineral, 463.
Springettsberry, 478.
Stoves, 34. Storms, 368, 481.
Sound transmitted, 492.
Sower family, 34, 36. Shoemaker family, 23, 29, 33, 47. Song for tradesmen, 345. Sunday school, first, 110.
. Stuart, Gilbert, 64. Sullivan, General, 55, 199.
Sufferings of the revolution, 300, 306-300 309, 321, 328. Summers, hot, 353, 361. Smuggling, 421. Subterrane remains, 422-426. Schuylkill, 365-6, 475-6.
Tar and feathers, 421. Tamanend, Saint, 172. Tennent, Rev. William, 96. Tedeuscung, 127, 170.
Treaty for Philadelphia lands, 175-6.
Treaty tree, 237, 247, 420, 491. Tea act resisted, 271-273. Trees-great ones, 491.
Tinicum island, 177, 233, 241, 246, 25L.
Tucker's beach, 463. Tunkards, 23, 42, 60, 258. Turkeys, wild, 35, 82, 113. Turnpikes, 67.
Tulpehocken, 164, 206, 254.
Tombstones, old, 36, 73, 74. Tobacco, 246-7, 485. Thomson, Charles, 280, 326.
Town's Evening Post, 294-296. " Town meeting" ballad, 304.
Upland, 94, 234, 250. Upland courts, 234-249. " Uncle Sam," 335. Unpublished papers, 505-509.
Valley forge, 62, 83, 320. Van Campen, Lieutenant 193. Venables, a black, 276.
Particular Index.
Vegetables, 486-7. Virgil, a black, 479. Virginia line, 46, 53, 306.
Washington, General, 8, 24, 37, 41, 44, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 85, 128, 142, 165, 287, 320, 453, 498, 500. Watson, John, 100. Wagons, first, 122. Wharton, Walter, 242-3, 244. War of Independence, 278-337.
Walnut street prison and sufferers, 300, 302.
Whales and whalery, 428-429. Water works, 457. Watering places, 462-465. Weiser, Conrad, 109, 116-17, 120, 143 149, 207, 258.
Wesley, Rev. John, 268.
Weather prognostics, 363-4.
Weeds, noxious, 413. Welsh preaching, 417. White and Hazard, 460-1.
Wilton place, 478. Wistar parties, 497.
Witt, Dr. Ch., 22. Wissahiccon, 27, 35, 4%. Wright's town, 99, 245. William IV., King, 41. Witherspoon, Major, 59. White, Major, 59, 60.
Witchcraft, 32. Wingohocking, 35.
Wilkesbarre, 125. Wiccaco, 246, 250.
Whitfield, Rev., 264, 378.
Whitemarsh camp, 316-320.
Winters, hard, 347, 349, 357 .- Mild, 350,
351, 358 .- Irregular, 352-3 .- Notices from 1681 to 1800, 354-359.
Woods, 34, 40, 80, 104, 146, 485.
Wolves, 35, 92, 252, 481.
Wounded and dead soldiers, 38, 48, 52, 58, 60. Womelsdorf, 194. Wyoming and massacre, 123-127 150. Wyalusing, 169, 170.
Yankee doodle, 333. Yellow fever, 41, 63, 94, 361, 370, 389.
INDEX OF APPENDICES.
LANDING DAY OF WILLIAM PENN AT NEW CAS- TLE, 511. Richard Townsend's report of 1682, " Bank meeting" of 1682, First Settlers at Germantown notices, First Mill there .- First Mill at Chester Creek -
FRIENDS (GERMAN) AGAINST SLAVERY 1688. 512.
Germantown Friends against Slavery. Pastorious-against Slavery- FRIENDS MEETING AT R. WORRELL'S, 1688. 513. At Cooper's 568, At Woodbury, 571
MASON AND DIXON'S LINE, ITS HISTORY, 515. Boundary line on South side Pennsylva- nia, 1761. New Castle, "SEMI CIRCLE," lines, 1732. 539
DOCTOR THOMAS C. JAMES' VISIT TO MAUCH CHUNK. 1804. 517.
Anthracite Coal Mines, first use. Citizen's and Miner's Coal Company. Lehigh Coal Company. 1804. Mauch Chunk-first State, 533. DOCTOR JOHN WATSON'S ACCOUNT OF BUCKS COUNTY, 519.
Bucks County, first settlers.
Buckingham and Solesbury first settlers. First settlers in Bucks County, 523.
Dress and manners in Country, 523, Indian settlements in Bucks County, 524. First Mills in Bucks County, 524. Land prices in Bucks County, 525. Farming practices in Bucks County, 526. Luxuries first introduced in Bucks County, 527. DWATARA, ITS STATE, 528. Pottsville, 532-3. Blue mountains, 531, 561. Lebanon, Summit, 530 Schuylkill Haven, 532. BEASTS OF PREY-535. Bears, 536. Wolves, 536. 537, 562, Hunts and Drives of beasts of prey. Turkeys, wild, 538.
SEA SHORE VISITS-538. Cape Island sea shore, 538. Long Beach Sea shore, 543. Egg Harbour-544. Tuckerton, 545.
Mansion of Health sea shore, 547. Whale Catchers, 547.
REMINISCENCES OF PHILADELPHIA, 548, 558. McKoy's recollections.
Michael, an idiot. Baynton George-a beau, 549. West, the Constable, 549. Sanded floors, 550. Turkish Carpets, 550.
Bank Notes, first ones, 550. Continental money, 551, 586.
FORT ALLEN, 553. Indian Settelment, 553, 561, 566
SPINNING WHEELS, 553. GERMANTOWN INCIDENTS, 512. BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN, 554-557 General Wilkinson, 554, 556. Colonel Forrest, 555. General Amrstrong, 555. General A St. Clair, 555.
General A. Wayne, 556.
General Washington, 556-7. General Agnew, 557.
" COLLECTORS," IN COUNTRY, 558. Adventures of Collectors. Carlisle in 1800. 559, 561. Harrisburg in 1800. 561. Bridges and ripples, 558.
REVOLUTIONARY NAVY, 560, 585. Navy at first, 560, 585.
Flags of United States at first Alliance Frigate.
EVANS, L. HIS JOURNEY, 1763. 561. Zinzendorf. Shamokin.
Litiz, 1762.
Post, Indian agent. Alleghany Mountains, 562.
WESTERN PIONEERS-562, 566.
Reverend Doctor Doddridge' travels Marriage early, 564 Dances in Country.
WILLIAM DARBY'S NOTICE, 566.
Winchester in 1730.
NEW JERSEY, first SETTLERS, 567. First settlers, New Jersey.
Thomas Sharps' notices. Thomas Watson, first settler. Salem, New Jersey.
WICKACO, 567. Lewis Town, 568.
Becket's notices of Lewis Town.
Sussex County, 569. Church of England.
Tories. Black Swamp. Iron trade and Furnaces, 569.
Colebrook Furnace Company. Red Bank, 570. Job Whitall's Journal, Red Bank.
Colonel Green's black Regiment ,572. Our advancement and prosperity, 572
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Old times, 573, 575. Old Congress, 573, 574. John Adams, first Congress.
First prayer in Congress, 574. Parson Duche. Princeton in 1783.
Colonial times, 573, 574. Annals of Philadelphia, 574. Its uses, 575.
Historical works of us, 575. De Laet's work of us, 575.
De Vries work of us, 575, 577. Beauchamp's work of us, 576.
New Sweden, by Campanius, 576. Vanderdonck's work of us, 576. Thomas (Gabriel) work of us, 577.
Reverend George Acelius' work of us, 577.
Wissahiccon, 577. Hutton, the aged, 578 Colonel Washington preserved to us, 579.
His perils West, 580. Braddock's defeat, 581.
Passing changes, 581. Of men and manners, 582. Of Waltzing. Of Opera. Of Music, 583. Of our Young men, 584.
Officers of Navy and Army, 585. American Scenery, 585.
Of Surpassing beauty, 586. Credit System, 586. ' Bills of Credit," 586.
Final Appendix of year 1856. 587.
Notes and Reflections on Social changes and progress.
General Remarks on our changes. Our People are fast changing, 588. How Given to luxury and Expense, 589. We have become an excitable people, 589.
We pay foreign Artistes lavishly, 590. Our anti-social character, our habits at Great hotels &c., 590.
Changes of houses-making them lofty and splendid, 591
Our Great Cities-great deserts, the splendid Stores of business men, 591. Change of market supplies, increased prices, by hucksters &c., 592
Extravagance of living and prices in hotels &c., 592.
Traveling now a day, we lose the pleas- ures of Stages, 592.
Changes on Ocean Voyages, how Ves- sels formerly sailed, 593. First Steamers on Sea and Lakes. Sailors better treated now. Change of Postal Concerns, before slow -and high charged, 595. Progress of the Daily Press,595.
Our once Wooden Country-decrease now of Pines, Walnut &c., 596. Politics, as a Profession, 596. Luxury and Wealth, 597. Ladies dresses and jewelry. Conduct now of Young people. Extravagance in Dress, injurious to Females, and young Wives, 597. Restraints suggested, 597
Hoops again !- (condemned,) disfigure i the wearer, 598.
Presents it Weddings-have become
extravagant, 598.
Wearing of beards-[discontinued,] 599. How Religionists. alone, wore them. Opera Music-[unnatural,] 600. The FURORE for Jenny Lind and Bar- num.
Our Manufactures -of all kinds, 601. Chemical and Iron productions.
Necromancy and Magnetism, &c. 601. Increase of Wrong and Outrage, of Wick- ed boys, 602.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT-not to be dis- used.
What became of John Fitch, 602. His place of Sepulchre, &c., 603. Romanist Religion among us, 603. The Treaty Elm, REVIVED, 604.
Consolidation of Philadelphia City, 604. Germantown changes and improve- ments once for the Seat of Govern- ment of United States, its Railroad. 605,
" Brother Jonathan," its origin, 606 Great Fire of July 1850, 607. Old Furniture
General Education, considered.
Pins, what becomes of them ? 608. Family Stockings and shirts.
Land of the Swen Family, 609.
Schoolkill River.
Original shore of the Delaware. British Defences of Philadelphia, 610 Conventions and Congresses. Sleds, Sleighs, and Skates.
Name of Egg Harbour, 611.
Cold and snow of January, 1856.
Who reads an American "book ?" 612.
Variety of passing brief Facts, 613.
Flags of the Revolution, 615. Macpherson's blues. General Thomas Harrison, the Regicide. "' The year of terror," of 1854.
Undertakers for Funerals, 616. " God willing." Recent Discourses.
City Police. Shipments of Specie Artificial Ice, 617. Last log house. Corner of Ninth and Green Streets. Log Prison, and houses in Germantown. The aged Mrs. Maddox. Anthony's house, 618.
Robert Fulton as apprentice. The Willing house, 619 Bingham's house, &c.,
'The early Emigrants of Pennsylvania 620.
Rowdy Assassinations, 621.
The Environs of Philadelphia. Marriage obstructed, 622. First Locomotive, 623.
Ladies and their affairs in Olden time. Through in nineteen hours-to Pitts- burg, 625.
Pioneers of seventy years ago, 826.
Camden New Jersey, 628. Our boys are destructionists, 628. The State of our maiden ladies, 629. A lady's Wardrobe and cost, 630.
Our Shad Fisheries, 631.
We overtax our Energies, 632. News Paper notices thereof. Conclusion, 633.
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