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Deer, ii. 35, 83, 113, 252.
Defence, colonial, i. 323. De Grasse's fleet, iii. 329. De la Noe, French minister, i. 43; iii. 437. Delany, Sharp, i. 474; ii. 549.
Delap, book-auctioneer, iii. 145.
Delarue, actor, iii. 377, 378.
Delaware River, i. 7, 9, 97, 280; ii. 470- 474, 482, 609; visited by Hudson, iii. 17; settlements by the Dutch on, 17-20 ; Mey sent out by the Dutch East India Com- panies, 17, 18 ; Godyn's colony at Cape May Landing, 18; Fort Oplandt built, 19; De Vries' colony destroyed by the
Indians, 19; visited by the English in 1632, 19; settlements on, by the Swedes, 20-23; English take possession of, 24; Dutch again become masters of, 27 ; Up- land county defined. 27; frozen over, 473, 474.
Delaware, discovery of the, i. 3; iii. 17. origin of name, i. 7; iii. 79. Fire Company, iii. 425. Dennison, Michael, i. 467. Col. Nathan, ii. 124.
Denny, Gov. William, ii. 275.
Dentists, i. 179.
Devil-possessed, i. 270.
De Vries' first expedition, iii. 19.
Dials on houses, i. 218.
Dibley's tavern, i. 465.
Dickinsons, i. 60, 66, 80, 88, 97, 319, 377,
428, 477, 499, 519 ; ii. 171, 264; iii. 437 Diet, changes in prices of, i. 260. Dinderdonk Islands, ii. 173.
Dinners, public, i. 61. private, i. 174.
Directories, i. 258; ii. 499; iii. 152, 153,
Discoverers, i. 1-4.
Diseases, i. 251; iii. 475.
Distilleries, i. 238.
Distrusted citizens, ii. 284.
Doans of Bucks county, ii. 96, 330; iii. 472. Dobson, Thomas, printer, ii. 400.
Dock Creek, i. 36, 39, 41, 103, 132, 336, 372, 490; iii. 301.
Dock street, iii. 177.
Doctor John, i. 101; ii. 122, 161.
Dolby, William, ii. 53.
Domestic manufactures encouraged, ii. 272. Donegal, ii. 167.
Dorsey House, i. 445.
Dove, R. J., teacher, i. 178, 561, 570 ; iii. 161. Doyle's Inn in Letitia court, i. 158, 162; iii. 117.
Drawbridge and Dock Creek, i. 336.
Dress and apparel, i. 504, 510; iii. 124. Drew, John, actor, iii. 377.
Drinker, John or Edward, i. 133, 513, 601. House, i. 44, 133, 166, 465; iii. 104.
Drummond, Capt., ii. 220.
Dubois, Abraham, ii. 113.
Duché, Rev. Jacob, i. 264, 381, 413, 596; iii. 195, 266-268, 279, 281.
pottery, i. 446.
Ducking-stool, i. 359.
Duck-pond, i. 433; iii. 301.
Duels, i. 333 ; iii. 174.
Duffield, Edward, i. 140, 404, 451, 533, 574; mill, ii. 73. Duke of York, i. 9, 11, 86; iii. 27.
Dunbar arrives with wounded, i. 100.
Duncan's Island, ii. 191.
Dundas, elm and house, iii. 403, 404.
Dunkards or Tunkards, ii. 23, 42, 60, 111, 258; iii. 461. Dunk's Ferry, i. 516.
Dunlap's History of New York, ii. 8. Col. John, iii. 404. Pennsylvania Packet, ii. 397.
Duponceau, P. S., i. 16, 424, 492 ; ii. 2, 320, iii. 168, 283. Du Quesne, Fort, ii. 127, 131, 144, 173.
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Du Simitière, i. 111, 208, 562. Dutch, i. 3, 6-9, 50, 67, 86, 91; ii. 101, 229, 278; iii. 17-25. and Swedes, conflict, iii. 22. first fort on Delaware, i. 4; iii. 19. Reformed, ii. 24. riot and mobs, ii. 496. the first settlers, i. 6, 86; iii. 22. Duval's place, ii. 53. Dwellings in Philadelphia, iii. 236. Dylander, Rev., i. 452; iii. 109.
Dyspepsia, i. 251, 256.
E.
Eaglesfield or Egglesfield, iii. 291. Eari of Albion's lands, ii. 498.
Early houses, iii. 52.
history of city, i. 89. punishments, iii. 165. settlements in New Jersey, i. 87. titles to Lower Counties, i. 85-87. Earthquakes, ii. 413.
Easton, ii. 149.
Eccentric persons, i. 551.
Eckley, Sarah, and Col. Coxe, i. 50.
Education, i. 286; ii. 607; iii. 163.
Edwards, Rev. M., i. 431, 448, 562.
Egg Harbor, ii. 611. Elbow lane or Bank alley, i. 103. Elder, Rev. John, i. 117, 119, 121.
Eldrington, Miss Mary, i. 599.
Elections, i. 351, 537; ii. 490 ; iii. 216. Electrical experiments of Franklin, iii. 438. Elephants drowned in Delaware, iii. 374. Elfreth, Jeremiah, i. 337; iii. 176.
Elliott, Enoch Wray, i. 237.
Elsinboro', ii. 253.
Emigrants to Pennsylvania, ii. 619.
Emlen's tan-yard and haunted house, i. 437. English rulers, i. 81, 95, 244. presumptions, i. 175. Entry of British army, ii. 282.
Environs of Philadelphia, ii. 621.
Ephrata, ii. 24, 43, 56, 110, 258.
Epidemic of 1746, iii. 475.
Episcopacy, i. 459.
Episcopalian Academy, i. 486; iii. 325. Episcopalians, i. 457, 458; ii. 26.
Equipage, i. 203, 207.
Essex House, residence of Robert Wade, i. 127.
Evangeline, extracts from, iii. 290. Evans, Evan, iii. 194.
Gov. John, i. 25; flogs a constable, i. 96; 115, 138; ii. 273, 481; iii. 70-72.
Cadwallader, and brothers, ii. 78. Garden, iii. 400.
Lewis, journey to Ontario, ii. 561.
Oliver, steam, ii. 449, 454 ; iii. 152, 484. Peter, challenges Phillips, i. 334. Evelyn's Memoirs, ii. 281. Evet, John, i. 598. Ewer, Robert, buys Doyle's Inn, i. 162. Exchange, the, i. 348.
Executions, ii. 498 ; first in Philadelphia, iii. 61; various places for the county, iii. 164.
F.
Fabricius, Rev. Jacob, ii. 233.
Factions against Penn, i. 78-80, 521. "Factor," ship, arrives, i. 13. Fagan, Nicholas, iii. 323. Fahnestock, Dr., ii. 258. Fairhill, i. 493 ; iii. 399.
Fairman, Thomas, mansion, i. 19, 134, 138, 140, 477; ii. 72, 247; iii. 40; re- moves to Tacony, i. 141.
Robert, letter to Dickinson, i. 139, 477. Fairmount and Park, i. 78, 488; number of trees in, iii. 397, 398.
Fairs, i. 67, 364.
Faith in Christ, i. 58.
Falkner, Daniel, ii. 47.
Falls of Schuylkill Mills, ii. 242, 248. in early times, iii. 293.
Fanning, Col. Edmund, ii. 295, 341. Lieuts. J. and S., ii. 296. Nathaniel and Edmund, ii. 341.
Fans in old times, i. 191.
Farmar, Jasper, ii. 178.
Farming, ii. 66, 81, 97.
Farthings, pewter and lead, i. 57.
Fashions, change of, i. 195, 196; iii. 124.
Fawcett and Braddock, ii. 141.
Febrile disease, ii. 370.
Federal Procession, ii. 341-345 ; tavern- sign, iii. 350.
Fell, Judge, uses a grate, ii. 458.
Fencing, ii. 483.
Fenwick, John, settles Salem, i. 87.
Fenwick's Island, or Hinlopen, i. 87.
Feree family, ii. 112.
Ferguson, Mrs., i. 376; ii. 108.
Fermer, Lady J.,marries Thos. Penn, i. 123. Ferry, Schuylkill, i. 56, 61; ii. 475. old, i. 429.
Fifty years ago, iii. 390.
Fire Association formed, iii. 411. companies, ante-revolutionary, iii. 408. early disputes, iii. 418, 419.
Fireflies, ii. 411.
Fire insurance companies, iii. 410.
Fire, regulations in case of, iii. 64.
Fires and fire-engines, i. 496 ; iii. 405-430. Fires, early precautions against, iii. 405. great, i. 59; ii. 607; iii. 426. Fireworks, i. 102, 104; ii. 494.
First-born persons, i. 511.
First settlers, i. 34-36, 53, 73, 74.
Fish and fishing, i. 17, 45, 46, 69, 260, 280, 342, 527; iii. 291-299.
Fishbourne, William, mayor, i. 61, 66, 73, 137, 173, 505.
great fire, i. 497; iii. 406.
narrative of Philadelphia events, i 73-77, 137. Fisher, W., mayor, i. 66. family, i. 485.
Fitch, John. and family, i. 583; ii. 446 450, 602; iii. 445. Fitz, Capt., ii. 83, 84, 330. Flag, first, ii. 333. naval, of Revolution, i. 41; ii. 615. presented to governor, i. 61. Flagstaff on Society Hill, i. 61, 98.
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Fletcher, Gov. Benjamin, iii. 60. Flies and martins, ii. 411.
Floating bridges, iii. 491. Floods, i. 347; iii. 492. and ebbs, ii. 364-368. Flour, i. 261; ii. 482.
Flourtown, ii. 56, 60.
Flower, Henry, i. 54. Flowers, vegetables, and fruits, i. 223. Food, changes in prices of, i. 260, 263. Forbes, Gen., i. 165, 401; ii. 144. Fords of London, i. 108; iii. 68. Fornication and adultery, i. 304, 306. Forrest, Col., i. 104, 268; ii. 32, 34, 326. Edwin, and Delarue, iii. 378; and Macready, 375.
Fort Allen, ii. 149, 180, 206, 553. Fort at Christiana, i. 93; iii. 20.
Casimir, i. 8 ; erected by Stuyvesant, iii. 22; captured by Rysingh, 23; capitulates to the English, 24.
Manaiung, iii. 21. Nassau, i. 6 ; iii. 18, 20.
Rittenhouse, iii. 93. St. David, i. 431; iii. 292. Wilson, i. 104, 425; iii. 286.
Forts on the frontiers, ii. 207.
Fouquet's Garden and Inn, i. 235; iii. 400. Fox, George, i. 355, 507; ii. 430. Robert, manager, iii. 373-375.
Foxes and hunting, i. 277; iii. 156-159. Frail women, i. 257, 305.
Frame of Laws, i. 16, 71, 93, 311.
Francis, Tench, ii. 344.
Franconia and Towamensing, ii. 60. Frankford, i. 478; ii. 67, 72-74, 315, 322. Frankford Arsenal, iii. 304.
Frankfort Company, ii. 17, 18; iii. 457. Franklin, Dr. Benjamin ; bridge-viewer, i.
99; agent in Great Britain, 101; author of Historical Review, 124; his loyalty, 173; his wardrobe, 191; invents open stove, 206; appointed colonel, 324; raises 1200 soldiers, 327; plants the willow, 408; first visit to the city, 434; projects the library, 462 ; organizes a fire company, 497 ; facts in his life, 532-537 ; negotiates with the Paxton Boys, ii. 168; trustee of the Charitable Scheme, 257; the Stamp Act, 269; counsels prudence, 270; his regiment escorts Gov. Denny, 275; repeal of Stamp Act, 280; rati- fies treaty of peace, 332; Song on the Trades, 345; postmaster-general, 393; his newspaper and almanac, 394; cor- responds with Fitch, 450; recommends the Wissahickon for the water-supply, 457 ; first plants broom corn, 487 ; Leath- ern Apron Club, 495 ; passes through Burlington, N. J., iii. 82; his ward- robe, 121; founder of the first fire com- pany, 408 ; humorous account of an ac- cident to himself, 437; his electrical ex- periments, 438; enters into partnership with Meredith, 440 ; judge of Common Pleas, 448; his burial-place, 439; be- queaths his cane to Washington, 497.
Franklin, Mrs., account of her house, i. 206, 536 ; iii. 183.
Franklin, Maj. Roswell, ii. 127. Franklin place, iii. 183.
Square, iii. 231, 329; powder-house in, 303, 304. William, Gov., Historical Review of Pennsylvania, i. 124, 535.
Fraudulent issues of stock, iii. 384, 385. Freame, Mrs. Margaret, arrives, i. 123. Free-and-easy, first, iii. 119.
Free Quakers, iii. 435, 436. Society of Traders, ii. 262; iii. 33; first formed, i. 12, 484. Free trade and tariff, i. 247.
French and the war, i. 18, 26, 43, 95, 98, 179, 180, 327, 377, 555; ii. 112. 118, 132, 144, 164, 182, 185, 256, 328.
ambassador's ball, i. 104. emigrants, i. 43, 93, 555; ii. 112. neutrals, i. 559; iii. 442.
princes, i. 555; ii. 132. Revolution, influence of, i. 179. spoliation claims, iii. 174.
Friends, early settlements, i. 10, 11; the first settlers in Philadelphia, 18; op- posed to military, 25; Centre Square Meeting, 38 ; first meet in private houses, 49; cause of Friends' emigration, 54; stop building of markets, 65; early dis- couragements, 74; losing power, 77; embarrassed by civil government, 81; books, 90; slanders on, 120; Shacka- maxon Meeting, 140; Tacony Meeting, 141; Penn Association, 160 ; weddings, 178; wagon bonnet, 188 ; academy, 282, 287, 290; warlike, 324; some against war, 328; meeting-house at Second street, 350, 355; rule opposed, 380 ; "Bank " Meeting, 390; almshouse, 427, and iii. 287, 333; Arch Street Meeting, i. 449 ; interchanges of brotherly love, 457 ; general history of, 499-511; Friends in Germantown, ii. 23; Birmingham Meet- ing, 87; Quekels, the Indian name, 159; pacific policy with Indians, 164-166 ; oppose the Paxton Boys, 169; associa- tion for peace, 206, 207; encouraging pirates, 225 ; newcomers and trespassers, 245; fraternize with the Germans, 256; against slavery, 262; conduct to the British, 286; Jacob Ritter, 300; join the army, 307 ; Mrs. Mary Morris, 310; account of Revolutionary incidents, 316 ; shocked by dancing, 483 ; various meet- ing-houses, iii. 202; Arch Street Meet- ing, 311; marriage records, 434; in America, 431.
Fries, John, iii. 468.
Frontier Indians and wars, ii. 176-196, 206. towns, ii. 147-150, 164, 207.
Fruits, vegetables, and flowers, i. 223. Fullerton, Alexander, i. 412.
Fulton, Robert, ii. 121, 450, 452, 468 ; iii. 483.
Funerals and funeral pomp, ii. 489, 616; iii. 140.
Furness, Rev. William H., iii. 327.
Furniture and equipage, i. 203, 355; ii, 607.
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G.
Gage, Gen., entertainment to, i. 65.
Galloway, Joseph, i. 319, 561; ii. 99, 397 ; iii. 260.
Gambling, i. 101.
Game, i. 17, 41, 69, 312.
Gardens, i. 223, 235, 375, 397, 408, 493, 548; iii. 155, 390, 391, 400, 403. Garden street, iii. 499.
Gas, watchmen, etc., iii. 130.
Gaskill, Richard Penn, i. 126.
Gates, Gen., Letters of Robert Morris, iii. 252, 253.
Gazettes, ii. 36, 337, 394-401.
Geese, very aged, ii. 414.
Gems and precious stones, ii. 427.
Gentlemen's clothing, i. 186.
George Inn, i. 466; iii. 349, 350.
Gérard, Mons., French ambassador, i. 377. German Reformed, i. 452, 454; ii. 24; iii. 314.
German schools, ii. 27.
Germans, i. 12; settle at Germantown, 19, 49 ; election riots, 99, 325 ; ii. 19, 63, 109, 254-258, 266, 512.
Germantown, i. 44, 72, 267, 275, 477 ; ii. 16-72, 512, 605, 617.
Academy, ii. 27; iii. 462, 463.
battle of, ii. 37, 47-50, 55.
courts, ii. 28.
laid out by Pastorius, iii. 457. market, ii. 27.
petition from corporation of, iii. 66. Ghosts, i. 272, 437; ii. 32.
Gibbs, lottery-man, crosses on ice, iii. 473. Gibbs's house, i. 444; iii. 304.
Gibson J., mayor, i. 66.
Gideon the trumpeter, ii. 615; iii. 169.
Gilbert family, captives, ii. 150, 195-205. Gillingham, Giles, and Yeamans, ii. 73.
Gilpin, --- , i. 485.
Girard avenue, iii. 311.
Girard, Stephen, i. 168, 411; iii. 473, 480. Girls, i. 289.
Glass, window, i. 217.
Gloucester Fox-hunting Club, iii. 156.
Godard, E., aeronaut, iii. 155, 156.
Goddard, William, publisher, ii. 397.
Godfrey, Thomas, i. 386, 528 ; ii. 474; his grave, i. 141. Jr., i. 531.
Godyn's settlement at Cape May, iii. 19. Goforth alley, iii. 500.
Gold-sweating, ii. 419.
Goodson, John, and Bank lots, i. 167. Gookin, Gov., i. 26, 31; superseded, 97; ii. 273; iii. 73-75.
Gordon, Gov., succeeds Keith, i. 31, 143, 207, 381, 526 ; ii. 274; iii. 78. Hon. Cosmo, ii. 286.
Gordon's History of Pennsylvania, i. 136. Government, Pennsylvania and United States, ii. 40, 41, 485.
of Pennsylvania, removal, ii. 116, 119. Governors, i. 92, 97, 108, 115, 122, 124, 143, 312, 323, 351, 375, 389 ; ii. 273-277. Governor's Woods, i. 231.
Grace's house, i. 462; iii. 337.
Græme, Dr., and his park, i. 376; ii. 108 375 ; iii. 192.
Grandeur, i. 249.
Grapes and vineyards, i. 18, 46, 223; il 430-434.
Grass and clover cultivation, ii. 485. Gravestones, old, ii. 421, 479.
Graveyards, i. 104.
Gray's, Col., powder-horn, ii. 45. Garden and Ferry, i. 494; forts, iii. 172; breastworks, iii. 492.
Graydon, i. 92, 165, 226, 230, 375, 418, 465, 468.
Greenleaf, James, iii. 272.
Green Tree pump, iii. 96.
Greenwich against tea act, ii. 273.
Griffiths, Hannah, i. 559. Thomas, mayor, i. 66.
Grindstones rolled into the river, i. 103.
Griscon College, i. 155, 289.
Griscom's first brick house, i. 476.
Grist-mill, first, ii. 27, 61, 73, 98.
Growden, Grace, i. 522.
Lawrence, death of, iii. 76.
Grubb, Emmanuel, first-born, i. 512, 599. Guest, Judge, i. 78.
Guest's house, the Blue Anchor, i. 130-133. Gunner's Creek, i. 140.
Gurney, H., and British army, ii. 284.
Gustafson, Nils, i. 50.
Gwynned, ii. 78, 79; iii. -.
H.
Habits and state of society, i. 172-174. Hacks, i. 209.
Hailstorms of 1867 and 1870, iii. 474.
Haines, Reuben, iii. 414.
Hair-powder and dressing, i. 185, 458.
Halifax, Earl, ii. 207.
Hall & Sellers, i. 534; ii. 396.
Hall, Mrs., her account, ii. 72.
Hall of Independence, i. 351, 398 ; iii. 211.
Hallam's theatrical company, i. 471; iii. 359.
Hamilton, Andrew, of Bush Hill, i. 80, 316, 396, 477; ii. 274; iii. 205, 493. Andrew, of Woodlands, iii. 493.
Andrew, colonial governor, i. 323; iii. 64, 69.
family, iii. 493, 494.
Col. John, invents post-office, ii. 392. Gov. James, of Bush Hill, i. 42, 63, 65, 66, 101, 165, 487, 594; ii. 274, 276; iii. 493.
William, iii. 493.
Hancock, President John, dress, i. 193; chair, iii. 214.
Hanger, Major, i. 424.
Hanging for crimes, i. 310, 393.
Hanna, Mrs. Mary, iii. 466.
Hannatown, ii. 192.
Hard, Elizabeth, i. 47. Harding, John, Windmill Island, ii. 470.
Harmony Engine Company, iii. 425. Harris, Esther, ii. 116.
John, ii. 113, 115, 120, 185 ; iii. 466. Harrisburg, ii. 113-120, 186. Harrison, Henry, mayor, i. 66.
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Harrison, James, i. 22, 43, 47; ii. 95. Harrison the regicide, ii. 615.
Harrowgate Spring, ii. 427.
Hart, John, house at Chester, i. 128.
Hartsfielder, S., i. 11, 149, 439, 477; ii. 17, 238, 249.
Hasel, C., mayor, i. 62, 66.
Hatborough, ii. 99.
Hats, i. 192.
Haunted houses, i. 104, 272; iii. 153, 470. Hazard, Ebenezer, P .- M. Gen., iii. 442, 477. Erskine, ii. 460, 461.
Mrs. Maria, i. 599.
Samuel, colony in the West, i. 100. Samuel, historian, ii. 354; iii. 414.
Hazel rod and hexing, i. 269, 270; ii. 32. Heckewelder, Indian names, ii. 180.
Hell-town, i. 446.
Henlopen, Cape, i. 7; ii. 474; iii. 79.
Hennepin, Lewis, ii. 234.
Henry, Patrick, i. 420; iii. 279.
Herkness' Bazaar, iii. 148.
Hermits, ii. 20, 42, 296; of the Wissahick- on, iii. 458-460.
Hessians, ii. 294, 299, 312.
Hestonville, iii, 481. Hexing, ii. 32.
Heylin, P., Cosmography, i. 86; ii. 281, 470.
Hickory or Lancaster, ii. 148. High hill and well, i. 170. street opened, i. 61.
prison and market, i. 356 ; iii. 177. Hill, Richard, mayor, i. 66, 512.
William, beadle, breaks his bell, i. 60. Hills in the city, i. 232, 367. Hiltzheimer, Jacob, iii. 227.
Hinkle, Anthony Jacob, i. 98.
Historical Review of Pennsylvania, i. 534. Historical Society, iii. 501, 502.
History, general introductory, i. 1-5. of Philadelphia, i. 6-77 ; materials for, 88, 89 ; ii. 575; iii. 17-76. Hogan, Rev. William, iii. 319-322. Hollekonck, Bucks county, i. 55. Holme, John, i. 52.
Thomas, i. 13; his Portraiture of Phil- adelphia, 52, 53, 142; ii. 175, 176; iii. 36, 39-41, 83, 84, 91. Holstein, Major M., ii. 253. Hood, John, i. 458; iii. 326.
Hopkins, Capt. John, ii. 293; iii. 223. Com., iii. 223, 470. Thomas, and Treaty Tree, i. 135, 139. Hopkinson, Francis, i. 386; ii. 336, 345. Thomas, iii. 438. Horse, aged, i. 104. Horse-racing, i. 101, 277 ; iii. 155. Horton, school for girls, i. 289.
Hose, first fire, iii. 410; riveted, when in- troduced, 421.
Hospital, Pennsylvania, i. 461, 485; iii. 329. Hospitals, i. 138, 460; ii. 389 ; iii. 329-332. House of Correction for each county, i. 93.
Houses, altered, i. 220, 248; iii. 134. best, i. 443 ; iii. 148. in the city, ii. 407-409; iii. 141, 238. peculiar, i. 445.
VOL. III .- 2 H
Howard, Peter, at Blue Anchor, i. 131.
Howe, Gen. Sir William, i. 561 ; ii. 38, 49, 45, 57, 71, 284, 289, 324, 407.
Howell, Arthur, i. 372, 507.
Hucksters, forestalling prevented, i. 61, 239.
Hudde, Andreas, governor of Fort Nassau, iii. 22.
Hudson family, i. 518, 547.
Henry, i. 3, 547; discovers the Del- aware, iii. 17.
William, i. 44, 66, 518, 547; iii. 500, 501. Hudson's alley, i. 371. Bay, voyage to, ii. 415. orchard, i. 231, 495.
Hughes, John, stamp agent, ii. 269.
Hume, Isabel, i. 523.
Humphreys, Col., ii. 340. James, Pennsylvania Ledger, ii. 398. Humphries, Benjamin, at Blue Anchor, i. 131.
Hunt, Isaac, i. 576.
Hunter, Fort, ii. 118, 183, 191.
Hunting, i. 277-279.
Hunting-frock, i. 332.
Hutton, J. S., i. 527, 601; ii. 578.
"Hyder Ali " exploit, ii. 324.
I.
Ice-houses, i. 222; iii. 135. Imports, ii. 402-410.
Independence, i. 396-402, 419, 535 ; ii. 278- 337, 293, 295, 309, 325 ; iii. 211, 253. Declaration of, where signed, i. 400. where read, i. 402; iii. 223.
written, i. 470; ii. 293; iii. 226. who read, ii. 293; iii. 223. See State House.
Indian alarms, i. 26; ii. 39, 117, 118, 120, 122, 125, 164, 168, 182-190, 192, 206, 373 ; iii. 56.
amusements, i. 38.
assaults, i. 98, 100, 323; ii. 245, 275. canoes, i. 255 ; iii. 151.
captives, i. 101; ii. 142, 150, 161, 164, 173, 193, 195-205.
chief, Doctor John, murdered, i. 101. doings, i. 41.
doings at Carlisle and Harrisburg, ii. 186.
Hannah, i. 53; ii. 161.
house for Tedyuscung, i. 100.
interpreters, i. 96. kindness, i. 74; ii. 233; iii. 26, 52.
King Inn, i. 464; iii. 345, 349.
lands at Philadelphia, sold, ii. 175, 229.
manners, etc., ii. 62, 95, 153-158, 326.
murders, etc., i. 65, 98, 100.
names explained, ii. 82, 180.
paths, ii. 208. servants, i. 62; ii. 263. settlements, ii. 553. speeches, i. 97. summer, ii. 362.
traders attacked, i. 97, 98.
treaties, i. 24, 76, 100, 124, 137, 142, ii. 237.
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Indian towns and paths, ii. 205, 207-209, 229, 253.
Queen Inn, i. 470; iii. 349.
visits, i. 17, 24, 38, 94, 97, 98; ii. 31, 35, 75, 163, 237.
walk, i. 91, 123; ii. 100.
Indians, ii. 151-210; destroy a Dutch col- ony, iii. 19; Penn's letter to, 36; his dealings with, 43-45.
Conestoga, Logan's account of, i. 96; ii. 178, 194.
Delaware, ii. 14, 169; iii. 61.
Gilbert family captured by, ii. 195-205.
Hanna's-town, ii. 192.
about Harrisburg, ii. 112-116.
made hostile by the French, i. 95.
Iroquois, iii. 466.
killed, i. 101.
like Jews, ii. 155, 162, 234.
now in the West, ii. 210.
Paxton Boys, ii. 167.
Susquehanna, ii. 191. to kill wolves, i. 94.
Inhabitants, taxable, ii. 402-410; iii. 240.
Innovations in business, i. 238-243.
Inns in Chester county, ii. 83.
Inoculation forbidden, ii. 371, 376.
Insects, noxious, ii. 412.
Insurance company, first, ii. 490; iii. 503. Intelligence-offices, i. 240.
Irish, ii. 108, 259-261, 267 ; iii. 316.
settlement destroyed at Great Cave, i. 100. Iron-masters, early, iii. 503. Iron produced, ii. 409.
trade and furnaces, ii. 569. workers object to sale of liquor, i. 98.
J.
Jackson, Paul, first A. M., i. 127.
President, inauguration, iii. 402.
James, Thomas C., coal, ii. 217.
Jawart, John, ii. 47.
Jefferson, Joseph, father, son, and grand- son, the actors, iii. 376.
Jefferson Medical College's Hospital, iii. 332.
Jefferson, President, i. 193 ; ii. 41, 309, 373; iii. 226.
Jenks, Lady, i. 122. Jersey market, i. 360. population and blood, i. 255.
Jews or Indians ? ii. 234.
Jeykells, Mrs., i. 285.
Job's Tears, i. 192.
"John and Sarah," the first ship, i. 12. Johnson, Col. Guy, ii. 202, 205.
R. G., account of Salem, i. 88; iii. 89. Swan, i. 149.
Johnson House, Germantown, iii. 457. Jones, Griffith, mayor, i. 58, 66. Isaac, mayor, i. 66. Owen, colonial treasurer, i. 122. Jones's alley, iii. 500. row, i. 446. Judges paid ten shillings a day, i. 95. refuse to try criminals, i. 97. Juniata ii. 188, 191.
Junto, Franklin's, ii. 495; ii1. 336. Jury, first one, i. 18, 96, 170, 214-216, 298, 359, 366, 463.
Jolly Tar Inn, or Penny Pothouse, i. 154.
K.
Kalm, Prof., i. 50, 173, 242, 326, 382, 455 ; ii. 157, 252, 254, 265, 282, 348, 392, 412, 470.
Keach, Rev. Elias, i. 448.
Kearsley, Dr. John, i. 381, 388, 398, 490 ; ii. 375, 388; iii. 196-200.
Keimer, Samuel, i. 557; iii. 441; starts a lottery, i. 62; ii. 444; starts the Gazette, ii. 395.
Keith, George, i. 287, 357, 379, 499, 543, 562; iii. 59, 160, 161, 431-433 ; and Budd fined for defamation, iii. 60. Sir William, i. 31, 79, 116, 144, 369, 376, 521, 526 ; ii. 255, 274; iii. 76, 192, 469 ; announces Penn's death, with military performances, i. 111.
Kelpius, hermit, ii. 20, 21; iii. 458, 460. Kempster, Jonathan, i. 98.
Kensington, i. 142; town-hall and Treaty- Tree chair, 477, 480.
" Kent," ship, arrives at Burlington, i. 10. Key, John, i. 461, 511, 600; iii. 436; born in cave at Vine street, i. 155.
Kid, Capt. Robert, ii. 212-215, 225; iii. 65. King, the, proclaimed, i. 60.
King and queen of France, ii. 498.
King (now Water) street, i. 169; iii. 499. King, William R., iii. 96.
Kingsesse court and town, ii. 247 ; iii. 26.
Kingsley, Apollos, inventor, ii. 455.
Kinneer's house, i. 444.
Kinsey, John, his strange death, i. 434, 460 ; ii. 414, 478.
Kirkbride, Joseph, first settler, i. 13. Mahlon, i. 100.
Kitchens, cellars, i. 222.
Klincken, Anthony, i. 433; ii. 20. Arents, ii. 20.
Knox, Gen., ii. 55. Knyphausen, Gen., ii. 288.
Kutzen, Catharine, i. 317.
L. Labyrinth Garden, iii. 401. Lacock, Joseph, plays, i. 104.
Ladies' accomplishments, i. 177; ii. 629. costumes and dressing, i. 187 ; ii. 623 630. notices of our war, ii. 310, 316, 327. Lady Jenks, Thomas Penn's companion, i. 123.
La Fayette, Gen., ii. 61, 295, 298, 338 ; sits for his portrait to Miss Peale, iii. 94, 95 ; member of Schuylkill Fishing Company, 296; visit to America in 1824-25, 472. La Grange House, iii. 393.
Lammas floods, ii. 66.
Lamps, i. 102, 204, 211, 259 ; iii. 131.
Lancaster and county, i. 94, 100; ii. 108- 113, 147, 168, 173; iii. 493. Land, prices of, i. 263. Landing at Blue Anchor, i. 39, 130, 344.
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Landing at Chester, i. 127. Landing Day, i. 15, 127, 130. Landing-places, i. 39. Landsdowne estate, iii. 271, 398.
"Lang Syne," i. 182, 290, 507, 553; ii. 380, 548; iii. 121, 143, 219.
Lapowinso, ii. 174, 180.
Laurel Hill, iii. 137.
Laurel tree, hard and abundant, i. 51.
Lawrence, Thomas, mayor, i. 66; iii. 87. Laws, i. 311; first, iii. 34-36.
Lawyers, i. 70, 172, 305, 315, 321, 520; iii. 165.
Lay, Benjamin, i. 552; ii. 20, 23. and Treaty Tree, i. 135. Leah, Crazy, i. 406; ii. 549. Leather Apron Club, ii. 495; iii. 336.
Lebanon Garden, ii. 194; iii. 390, 391, 401, 403.
Lee, Gen. Charles, buried, i. 166; iii. 120. Lefevre, Isaac, ii. 112. Lehigh Coal Company, ii. 459. Lehighton, ii. 149.
Lehman, Benjamin, ii. 39, 40.
Lemon Hill, iii. 261, 262, 397.
L'Enfant, Mons., i. 409; iii. 264.
Lenni Lenape, ii. 159, 161, 169; iii. 17, 292, 466. 467. Lennox, Major, i. 426; iii. 286.
Leopard Inn, i. 158. Letitia House, i. 15, 158; iii. 117.
Le Fort, James, ii. 178. Letters first advertised, iii. 475. Levering, Wishert, ii. 19. Lewis, Dixon H., iii. 96. J. J., ii. 161. Samuel N., iii. 414. William, iii. 287. Lewistown, i. 287; ii. 568. Liberty Bell, iii. 209.
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