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Library, i. 98, 462, 486, 526; ii. 550; iii. 335-344. Apprentices', iii. 343. Association, iii. 335. Washington's, iii. 495. Lightning in winter, ii. 353. Lincoln, Elijah, ii. 45. Lindley, Mary, detains Howe, i. 574. Liquors, i. 97, 98, 238, 303, 463; iii. 344. Literature, i. 244, 287, 525.
Livery stables, i. 210; iii. 130. Livezey, John, ii. 43, 53. Livingston, Gov., ii. 280.
Lloyd, David, i. 26; head of opposition to Penn, i. 78, 80, 115, 521, 526 ; ii. 94. Gov. Thomas, i. 23, 43, 108, 160, 499, 518; iii. 49-55, 58, 59; his wife, i. 35.
Local changes, i. 226, 230, 237. Locomotive, first, ii. 623 ; iii. 152, 485. Locust street widened, iii. 148. Locusts, ii. 412, 413.
Logan, Deborah, i. 27, 53, 77, 129, 135, 411, 558, 570, 573; iii. 231, 447. George, iii. 446, 447.
James, i. 24; letters, 288; ii. 35, 57, 171, 234, 254, 259, 479; iii. 68, 71- 75; admits of defensive war, i. 324, 502; aids Godfrey, i. 528; collection
at Stenton, i. 129; his advice, i. 28, 33, 79, 84; his houses, i. 164, 476; his memoir, i. 523; his papers, i. 77 ; his library, i. 463, 486; ii. 550 ; iii. 335; is mayor, i. 61, 66; im peached, i. 26, 79.
Logan and Letitia Penn or Aubrey, i. 161. William, i. 594; ii. 168.
Log college, i. 288; ii. 96, 101; iii. 162. house, i. 151; ii. 617; iii. 43. prison, Germantown, ii. 617.
Lombardy poplars, i. 414 ; iii. 135, 270, 311. London Coffee-house, i. 393; iii. 203. trade, i. 243.
Long Beach, ii. 463.
Long Branch, ii. 462, 464.
Longevity, list of names, ii. 578.
Lot bought for City Hall, i. 65.
Lotteries, i. 62, 101, 214, 239, 383; ii. 443- 445; iii. 483. Louis Philippe here, i. 555. and brothers, ii. 132, 133.
Lovett, Edmund, first settler, i. 13.
Lowdon, Hugh, attacks the Speaker, i. 97.
Lower Counties, i. 85.
Lowe the pirate, ii. 226.
Low temperatures recorded, iii. 474.
Loxley, Capt., fireworks, i. 102, 103, 133; fills up swamp, 346 ; iii. 266.
Loxley House, i. 111; iii. 265.
Ludwick, Charles, ii. 43, 44, 56.
Lutheran Church, i. 451, 454; ii. 26; iii. 312.
Luzerne, Chevalier de la, iii. 140.
"Lydia Locket," ii. 333. Lyle, Mrs., i. 53.
Lyon, Patrick, and the bank, iii. 282; his fire-engines, 409.
M.
Macaulay, Isaac, ii. 126. Machinery and manufactures, i. 244-246, 259. Mack, Alexander, ii. 21, 23.
Macomb, John, i. 544.
Macpherson's Blues, i. 331; ii. 615; iii. 169, 494. Maddox, aged Mrs., ii. 617.
Maelzel's Automaton Trumpeter, iii. 452, 453.
Magistrates, ii. 495. Mahanatry Creek, ii. 182.
Mail robbery by Porter, iii. 163, 353.
Mail-tubes, pneumatic, iii. 503.
Makin, Thomas, i. 57, 287 ; ii. 348 ; iii. 161. Malcom, J. P., i. 576.
Malt-houses, i. 50. Manaiunk River, i. 40.
Manhattan, ii. 14. Manufactories, first, ii. 36, 272; iii. 150. Maps, i. 52, 79.
Marcus Hook, ii. 241, 244.
Markets and stalls, i. 63, 65, 301, 356, 362, 482 ; iii. 182-185, 188. Market Square, Germantown, ii. 24, 27.
Markham, William, sent to this country, i. 14, 23, 42, 159, 167; lives at Letitia House, iii. 28, 30, 39, 40, 58, 61, 62, 70, 85, 469.
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Markoe, Peter, his poem, i. 414.
House, i. 444; ii. 551; iii. 304.
Marriages, i. 178, 503; ii. 622; iii. 434.
Marshall, E., and the Indian Walk, i. 123; ii. 100.
Marshe's flatboats on the Schuylkill, ii. 475. Martin, John, iii. 287; his charity-houses, iii. 289. Judge, ii. 334.
Martin's Well, i. 441.
Mason and Dixon's Line, ii. 515.
Masquerades, i. 307; iii. 159.
Masters, Thomas, mayor, i. 66, 161, 169, 477, 519; ii. 486.
Matlack, T., i. 157, 270, 434 ; iii. 435.
Mauch Chunk, ii. 150, 196, 205, 528.
Maulsby, Samuel, ii. 61.
May, John, clown, iii. 278.
Mayer, Rev. Philip F., iii. 314.
Mayors, i. 58-64, 66; iii. 87, 88.
McAllister, John, Jr., iii. 229, 454.
McAran's Garden, iii. 400.
McCall, Archibald, i. 444.
McClenachan, Blair, i. 180, 475.
McGawley, Elizabeth, i. 453.
McKay, William, "Lang Syne," ii. 182.
McKean, Judge, i. 197; iii. 222.
McLane, Allen, ii. 58, 299, 321, 323.
McVeagh, Wayne, address, iii. 99.
Mead and cakes, i. 493.
Meal-market, i. 351.
Mease, Dr., Picture of Philadelphia, ii. 4; iii. 183, 226.
Mechanics, i. 246.
Mechanics' Song, ii. 345.
Medical lectures, ii. 377, 378, 380. subjects, ii. 370-390.
Meers, Nicholas, i. 599.
Meeting-houses, i. 355.
Melons (water-), i. 103.
Me Mo Michael Hans Muckle Weder, i. 175; ii. 548.
Menageries, ii. 494.
Mennonists, i. 98; ii. 24, 38, 60.
Mercantile Library Company, iii. 342.
Merchants, i. 197, 225, 241; ii. 482.
Merchants' Exchange, i. 348.
Mercury, American Weekly, ii. 395. Meredith, Reese, ii. 165.
William, i. 58. Sarah, i. 600. & Franklin, publishers, ii. 396.
Meschianza, ii. 386, 290-293, 323, 477; iii. 470, 471.
Meteors, ii. 369; Southworth's, iii. 473.
Methodist Church, i. 455, 458; ii. 26; iii. 326.
Mexican War, soldiers in, iii. 173.
Mey, Capt. Cornelius, i. 6; iii. 17, 79. Mickle, Samuel, i. 445.
Midwifery by females, ii. 384.
Mifflin, Gen., i. 426, 427; ii. 277.
Milestones, ii. 420, 484; iii. 97, 481.
Military, i. 285, 323-333, 353, 406, 501, 505; ii. 585; iii. 168, 171, 173.
Military Hall in Library street, iii. 305.
Militia, i. 25, 28, 65, 323-333; ii. 326; iii. 171. Millennium, ii. 21.
Miller, Jacob, his account, ii. 57. John, his account, ii. 67-71.
Miller's German newspaper, ii. 398.
Millineries, i. 226, 239, 364.
Mills, i. 40, 128, 478; ii. 27, 100; iii. 104
Mineral water, i. 425, 490.
Minks, i. 50.
Minuit, Peter, iii. 20, 21. Minutes of Assembly, i. 56, 80, 95. of City Council, i. 58; ii. 178. of Council (of State), i. 92; iii. 91.
Miscellanea, i. 235; ii. 481, 499; iii. 503
Mitchell the auctioneer, iii. 144.
Mobs, ii. 496.
Mompesson, Judge, i. 107.
Monastery and monks, ii. 42, 43 ; iii. 461. Money, i. 32, 62, 90, 104, 269, 302; ii. 440- 443; iii. 482. hidden, ii. 213, 223, 420.
"Monk " privatcer, ii. 324.
Monmouth's insurrection, i. 44.
Moore, John and Nicholas, i. 78, 80, 93, 95. Nicholas, made Speaker, i. 16, 52; iii. 49; summoned for disrespect, i. 93- 95; iii. 85.
Moravian Church, i. 454; ii. 169, 183; iii. 323, 324.
Morgan, Dr. John, ii. 376.
Morris, Anthony, mayor and Speaker, i. 58, 66, 103, 339, 400, 434, 448, 490 ; iii. 87. Deborah, i. 47. family, i. 49.
Gouverneur, i. 579; ii. 274; iii. 467.
S. B., house, ii. 38, 40, 60; iii. 464. Mrs. Ann Willing, iii. 448.
Mrs. Mary, Diary, ii. 310.
Robert, i. 409, 475; ii. 329, 337; iii. 251, 260, 263, 286; opinion of, by Adams, iii. 252.
Samuel, iii. 157, 158, 292, 294. William, iii. 414.
Morrison, William, iii. 414.
Morton, William, declares himself a Scotch- man, i. 96.
Mount Holly, ii. 312.
Mount Pleasant, iii. 494.
Mount Regale Fishing Company, iii. 299.
Moyamensing Kill or Hay Creek, i. 147; iii. 390, 395. Prison, iii. 181.
Muhlenberg, Rev. H. M., i. 451; ii. 26 : iii. 312.
Mulberry and Sassafras streets, iii. 499. Mullein, Indian cure for ague, ii. 252. Pegg, i. 464, 469.
Munday's Run, i. 237.
Murder, i. 306, 309, 437.
Murray, Humphrey, mayor, i. 49. Lindley, i. 574.
Musgrove, Col., ii. 54.
Music, i. 220, 292, 331, 386; ii. 111, 258; iii. 151. American Academy of, iii, 375.
N.
Nanticokes, ii. 17v. Nash, Gen., ii. 37, 59, 296.
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National Museum at Independence Hall, iii. 209. Nativities, ii. 22, 36.
Navy of the Revolution, ii. 296-298, 338- 340, 560, 585. Nederland, New, i. 3, 4, 86.
Nedowaway, ii. 181, 209.
Negroes and slaves, i. 62, 97, 98, 102, 309, 557; ii. 261-266.
Negro minstrelsy, iii. 380. Neill, Rev. William, ii. 205.
Neville family, ii. 131.
New Albion, province of, iii. 25.
New Amsterdam, founded, i. 3.
New Castle, i. 8, 10, 15, 16, 24, 85-87, 93, 162, 324; fort, iii. 72. New England, ii. 281.
New England Primer, i. 296.
New Jersey, i. 9, 10, 17, 42, 74, 87, 90, 97, 255, 325; ii. 567, 570, 628; iii. 29.
New Public Buildings, iii. 232.
New York, captured and named by the English, i. 9. fire of 1836, iii. 473.
Newspapers, ii. 36, 326, 337, 396. earliest, ii. 399; first daily, iii. 479.
Nicholson lands and claims, ii. 416; man- sion, iii. 395, 481. Niebuhr, Barbara, i. 601.
Nixon, John, iii. 223.
Noble, Abel, preacher, i. 552.
Noe, Charles de la, i. 43, 454; ii. 112, 431. Norris family, i. 132; ii. 284, 286. house and garden, i. 408, 493; iii. 231. Isaac, i. 29, 34, 49, 77, 81, 88, 165, 398, 408, 501, 519; ii. 265, 349; iii. 399. mayor, i. 66. Norristown, i. 34; ii. 79; iii. 464.
North End, or Northern Liberties, i. 283, 477. Northern Liberties, i. 481; ii. 550. Engine Company, iii. 424. North-west Passage, ii. 495. Numbering houses introduced, iii. 153.
O.
Oak tree, big, ii. 420. Oaths and affirmations, i. 501.
Occurrences of War of Independence, ii. 278-337. Office of Secretary of Foreign Affairs, i. 423; iii. 283. United States Government, i. 227. Offley, Daniel, i. 507. Offley's anchor forge, i. 430 ; iii. 300. Oil-cloth manufactory, iii. 126, 127. O'Hara, Gen., ii. 131, 133. Old coins found, ii. 420. court-house, iii. 177. Ferry, i. 429. houses, iii. 148. Old Shrunk, i. 268; ii. 32, 56.
Olden time affections and researches, ii. 1- 15. Ole Bull hat, iii. 125. O'Mealy, Rev. T. J., iii. 321, 322. Omish people, ii. 109. Omnibuses, iii. 488.
One-penny bills, iii. 92. Origin of words, ii. 419.
Osborne's water-colors, iii. 150.
Otter, John, first settler, i. 13. Outfits of a Philadelphia vessel, i. 88. Owen's Cave in Townsend's court, i. 171.
Oysters and oyster-cellars, i. 18, 45, 51, 240, ii. 471.
P.
Pacers, i. 209.
Packets, i. 218, 242; iii. 466.
Pack-horses, ii. 122, 144.
Paid Fire Department, iii. 412.
Palatines, ii. 19, 254, 266.
Palmer, Capt. and Gov., i. 139.
Panics, i. 250; iii. 387.
Pantalets, i. 202.
Paoli, battle of, ii. 83.
Papered walls, i. 205; iii. 125.
Paper made at Germantown, i. 72.
Paper-mill, first, ii. 27; iii. 59.
Paper money, ii. 440-443; iii. 482.
Papists, ii. 116, 255.
Parker, colonial register, ii. 93. Garden, iii. 394. Joseph, iii. 414.
Parkinson's Garden, balloon ascension, iij. 155.
Parks, public, compared, iii. 398.
Parrish, Isaac, i. 53, 602.
Paschall, Joseph, iii. 423.
Passenger-cars in Philadelphia, iii. 486. railroads, iii. 488.
Passing changes of men and manners, ii. 581.
Passports, original, ii. 19.
Pastorius, F. D., i. 44, 92, 171, 493, 516 ; ii. 17, 19, 47, 431; iii. 457.
Patterson, Sarah, i. 453. Pauling, Jesse, ii. 203.
Pavements, i. 51, 101, 212, 386; iii. 131. Pawnbrokers, i. 239.
Paxton, ii. 110, 114, 121.
Paxton Boys, i. 90, 103; ii. 34, 114, 117, 119, 167, 184, 259.
Peace-makers, i. 18.
Peach trees, ii. 46, 112.
Peale's museum of portraits, i. 104; iii. 221. portrait of Washington, iii. 498. Saralı M., iii. 94.
Pea-patch Island, ii. 474; iii. 490. Pearson House and family, i. 233.
Pecqua, ii. 108, 112.
Pegg, Daniel, i. 439.
Pegg's house for Penn's residence, i. 139. Run and dam, i. 149, 436, 477, 481, 490; ii. 475, 477 ; iii. 302. Poole's Bridge at, i. 156.
Pemberton, Israel, i. 375, 393 ; ii. 166, 414. James, i. 507, 539, 595. John, i. 375, 393, 487. Mary, ii. 285. Phineas, i. 47, 56; ii. 95.
Pemberton's great house, i. 164. Pence, English half-, i. 62. Penington, Edward, and house, i. 444; iii. 118, 304. Isaac, grave, i. 120.
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Yann family, i. 9, 25, 30, 34, 105, 106, 121, 123, 126, 308, 417 ; iii. 96-98.
arms on milestones, ii. 420, 484; iii. 97, 481.
Admiral Grenville, Life of, i. 111, 126; iii. 97.
Gaskell, Mary, iii. 98.
Hall, i. 158.
Hannah, i. 30, 85, 106, 109, 112.
John, arrives, i. 31; account of him, i. 116, 123.
John second made governor, i. 31, 65, 124; ii. 276 ; marries Judge Allen's daughter, i. 125; builds Lands- downe, i. 125; dies and buried at Christ Church, i. 125.
John, son of Thomas, builds Solitude, i. 125; dies at Stoke Pogis, i. 125. Letitia, i. 24, 117, 158-162; ii. 79.
Richard, Gov., arrives, i. 31, 124; ii.
276; marries Miss Masters, i. 125. Society, iii. 98; and tavern, iii. 361. Springett, i. 125.
Thomas, arrives, i. 31, 121; iii. 467, 468; his letters, i. 124, 417.
Penn, William, first interested in New Jer- sey, i. 9; Pennsylvania granted to him, i. 11; iii. 28; city-plot, i. 13, 43; his terms, i. 12; embarks for America, i. 15; the government transferred to him, ii. 249; iii. 42; again, i. 23, 107; iii. 36; arrives, i. 16, 23, 107, 517; his prospects, i. 19, 20, 34, 107 ; his troubles, i. 22, 28 ; treaty with the Indians, i. 134- 146; ii. 160; iii. 43; dealing with In- dians, i. 124; describes the Indians, ii. 153; visits the interior of the colony, i. 45; ii. 178; his description of the coun- try, i. 45; iii. 46, 51; jumps with In- dians, i. 55; his letters, i. 19-22, 27, 28, 42, 82-84, 105, 109; ii. 251, 501; Lord Baltimore's claim, iii. 47; returns to England, iii. 48; Lords of Plantation decide in his favor, iii. 50; sends letter of advice to Provincial Council, iii. 57; is persecuted under King William's gov- ernment, iii. 59; business concerns, i. 105; is called Lord Penn, i. 106; con- stitutes Philadelphia a city, i. 25; fac- tion against him, i. 78; liking for Fair- mount, i. 78; salaries to officers, i. 78; issues second proposals to settlers, iii. 59; the Province taken from him, iii. 60; second marriage, iii. 63 ; second visit to Philadelphia, iii. 65 ; landing at Ches- ter, i. 127-129; at Blue Anchor Tavern, i. 130-133; at New Castle, ii. 511 ; re- turns to England, i. 28; iii. 68; causes of his return home, i. 107; design in founding the colony, i. 107; pecun- iary embarrassment, i. 108; mal-treat- ment from the Fords, i. 108; in Old Bailey Prison, i. 108; sells his Propri- etary interests to the Crown, i. 27, 42, 84; iii. 68; his province, i. 45, 49, 74; the factions, i. 79, 80, 501, 521; title to Lower Counties, i. 86; his expenses, i. 91; his cottage, i. 15, 158; makes his will, i. 30; his illness and death, i. 109,
110; iii. 68, 76; genealogy, i. 118, 119; graveyard at Jordan's, i. 119; portraits, i. 111; family plate, ii. 106; relics, ii. 102, 106, 122, 501 ; country-seat at Penns- bury, i. 44 ; ii. 101-107 ; statue by Bacon, i. 112 ; slanders against, i. 120 ; descend- ants, i. 121; mill at Chester, i. 128, 478; blue sash at treaty, i. 137 ; Slate-root House, i. 163; laws, excellence of, i. 311; order for shad, i. 454; ii. 411; preaching, ii. 23: his mother, iii. 96; his character, iii. 99-103; youthful life, iii. 101; charged with being a Catholic, iii. 317; his appearance, i. 151; the Church party, i. 380; on slavery, iii. 468. Penn, William, Jr., arrives, i. 25; sells Norrington Manor, i. 34, 115; his cha- racter, i. 112, 115; iii. 69, 70; his wild adventures, i. 114, 308; dies, i. 116; his three children, i. 116.
Pennock, A. L., iii. 414. Nathaniel, i. 100.
Pennsbury, i. 15, 68, 44, 106; ii. 101-108; iii. 46, 465.
Pennsylvania, the grant to Penn and first names, i. 11; terms to colonists, 12; the surrender, 27; Penn's designs for, 30, 107; difficulties with, 31, 34; described, 45, 52, 68, 90, 565; progress, 76, 243; laws, 311; ii. 16, 249 ; first laws, iii. 35, 36; Penn's description of, 46, 51.
Pennsylvania Bank, robbery of, iii. 282; failure of, iii. 386.
Pennsylvania Gazette, iii. 442.
Pennsylvania Hospital, iii. 329-331. Legislature, first, iii. 44.
Pennsylvania Packet, newspaper, iii. 479.
Penny Pothouse, i. 96, 153-155.
Pequa Valley, ii. 112.
Percy, Lord, ii. 86.
Permanent Bridge, iii. 491.
Perot, Elliston, ii. 464.
Persons and characters, i. 511.
Pest-house, i. 461; iii. 333.
Peterborough, Lord, at Philadelphia, i. 52. Peters, Judge R., i. 135; poem on Treaty
Tree, i. 145; criticism on R. J. Dove, i. 178, 561; iii. 494.
Rev. Richard, i. 374, 382, 509; iii. 194, 195.
Secretary, i. 124, 148, 316; ii. 160, 181, 206, 260, 273.
William, i. 474.
Pettitoe, Daniel, public whipper, i. 64.
Philadelphia, site chosen, i. 13, 14, 42, 54, 56, 146; its name, 14, 19; beloved, 21; charter, 25; settlement, 35, 37, 42, 50, 53; described by Gilbert Thomas, 67; its astrological sign, 77; its seal, 93; incorporated into a city, 96; called "Filthy-dirty," 101; its size in 1683, 44, 47; paintings of, 126; growth of, ii. 4; its first chosen site, 75; treaty by which the lands of the city and vicinity are held, 175; as an early power, 325, reminiscences of, 548; consolidation of. 604; environs of, 621 ; Penn's regulation concerning, iii. 31, 32 ; laying out of, in 1682, 39; early names of streets, 40;
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early householders in, 41; original di- mensions of, 41; when so named, 42; Penn's description of, 50-53; deaths in, during the first half of the eighteenth century, 92 ; early lawyers of, 165; dwell- ings in, and population of, at various periods, 236, 237 ; progress of, 234.
Philadelphia Bank, iii. 384.
Blues, iii. 170. Hose Company, iii. 413-424. Library, iii. 337.
Philadelphiad, The, ii. 499.
Phillips, Rev. Francis, duel, i. 334; iii. 75, 174.
Philosophical Society, iii. 217.
Phoenix Tavern, iii. 358.
Physicians, i. 70, 168, 341; ii. 373, 375- 379.
Pianos, earliest made, iii. 151.
Pickering, Charles, lawyer and counter- feiter, i. 18, 93, 302, 316. Col., ii. 55.
Pictures for Annals, ii. 499.
Pigeons, i. 17, 260, 279; ii. 82, 410.
Pillory and post, i. 103, 300, 361; iii. 182.
Pilmore, Rev. J., i. 455.
Pilots for the Delaware, i. 97.
Pine the artist, i. 104.
Pins, ii. 608.
Pioneers and first settlers, ii. 145, 232, 243, 249, 626.
Pirates, i. 88, 91, 120, 268 ; ii. 32, 211-225; iii. 63, 76.
Pittsburg and Braddock, ii. 127-147; iii. 244.
Places of amusement burnt, iii. 372.
Plants, medicinal, ii. 373.
Plough invented, ii. 66.
Plowden, Edmund, grant to, iii. 24, 25.
Pluck, Col. John, i. 333; iii. 173, 363.
Plumstead, W., mayor, i. 65, 66, 471; ii. 489.
Clement, mayor, i. 66.
Plymouth Meeting-house, ii. 61.
Point Pleasant, i. 479. Politicians, i. 238, 245, 401, 521.
Ponds, i. 38, 433, 495 ; ii. 498.
Poole, Nathaniel, i. 156. William, i. 156.
Poole's Bridge, i. 156-158, 436; iii. 117. Poor-houses, i. 460, 462 ; iii. 333-335.
Poor Richard's Almanac, iii. 92.
Poplar-worm, iii. 135. Population, ii. 551.
Poquesink, i. 35, 56. Porches, i. 219.
Port entries, ii. 488.
Porter, James, robs the mail, iii. 163, 353; executed at Bush Hill, iii. 164.
Post, the earliest, i. 219, 227, 563; ii. 391, 393, 485 ; iii. 47, 64, 475-477. C. F., Indian agent, ii. 150. Postmasters of Philadelphia, iii. 475, 476.
Pot- and pearl-ashes, i. 239. Potatoes, first use, ii. 420, 486. Potter, Thomas, iii. 127.
Potters' Field, i. 406; ii. 26, 329; iii. 71, 139, 230, 393.
Potts, Isaac and Washington, i. 579.
Pottsville, ii. 149, 528. Poulson, Olle, ii. 231.
Z., iii. 479.
Powder-house, i. 440 ; iii. 303.
Powell, Mrs., i. 132.
Samuel, rich carpenter, i. 60, 101 102, 483, 559.
Powell's Hill and Spring. i. 102.
Power, Honora (Crazy Norah), iii. 289, 452. Pratt, Henry, i. 474; ii. 392 ; iii. 262, 397. Presbyterian church, Second or Arch Street, iii. 277-310; First, iii. 307 ; min- isters of, iii. 308, 483.
Presbyterian churches, i. 450, 457, 540; ii. 444 ; iii. 277, 307, 388.
President's House on Ninth street, iii. 277, 445.
Presidents of United States compared, ii. 308.
Preston, the aged Mrs., i. 56, 131, 152, 600. Samuel, i. 55, 60, 66, 123, 428, 534. Price, Reese, at Blue Anchor, i. 131. and John, ii. 73.
Prices and changes, i. 69, 88, 259, 260.
Priestley, Joseph, iii. 327.
Primitive settlement, i. 35-104. courts and trials, i. 298.
Primores and magnates, ii. 232.
Prince, Timbuctoo, i. 556.
Princeton College lottery, ii. 444. Printing, i. 296; ii. 399-401. press, Franklin's, ii. 400.
Printz, Gov., i. 8; ii. 229, 251; iii. 21. Hall, iii. 79.
Prison, Arch Street, iii. 177-182.
Prisons, i. 39, 59, 94, 96, 300, 356-362; ii. 300-302; iii. 177.
Pritchett's Garden, iii. 395.
Privateers, i. 57, 325, 328.
Privy Council, England, i. 313.
Progress of Philadelphia, ii. 4; iii. 234. Proprietary papers, in Land-Office, i. 95; in Pennsylvania, iii. 65-69.
Prothonotaries, i. 401.
Proud, Robert, i. 4, 31 ; his History quoted, 111, 119, 135, 487, 521, 563 ; iii. 85, 442.
Provincial Council, iii. 34. Hall, iii. 207.
Public gardens, iii. 400-404. schools, origin of, iii. 162. spectacle, ii. 494.
Publishing interests in Philadelphia, iii. 150.
Pulaski and cavalry, ii. 59.
Pumps and wells, i. 104.
Punishments, early, iii. 163.
Puritans settle on the Delaware, i. 4.
Pusey, Caleb, mill at Chester, i. 128; ifi. 56, 103, 104. Joshua, aeronaut, iii. 156.
Quacks and quackery, ii. 388; iii. 478. Quakers, i. 499-511. Free, iii. 435, 436. in sackcloth, ii. 499. vacate their seats in war, i. 100. Quakers' Academy, iii. 202.
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Quakers' Company, i. 510. school, iii. 160. Quarry, Col., i. 78, 80, 85, 380.
Queen Anne gives church plate, i. 379. Christina, ii. 230. of the Meschianza, iii. 470. Quit-rent, i. 57.
R.
Races, i. 277, 278. on the Delaware, iii. 151.
Raft-ships, ii. 439.
Railroads and canals, i. 255; ii. 465-469; iii. 152, 485-487. city passenger, iii. 488. Railway act, first, ii. 466.
Rakestraw, Joseph, gravestone, i. 449. William, board-yard, i. 154. Raleigh, Sir Walter, expeditions, i. 2. Rambo family, i. 304.
" Randolph " frigate, ii. 294, 296, 297. Rape, i. 309.
Rare persons, i. 552. Rarities sent to Penn, i. 411.
Rattlesnake Inn, i. 558.
Rawdon, Lord, ii. 284.
Rawle, Francis, first settler, i. 106, 429. Read, Mary and Anne Bonny, ii. 222. Charles, mayor, i. 66. Collinson, lawyer, i. 317.
Reading, ii. 148, 185, 207; iii. 466.
Ready-made clothing, iii. 149. Red Bank and the Revolution, ii. 570.
Redemption-servants, ii. 266-268.
Redheifer's invention, ii. 65, 417.
Redman, Dr., ii. 382.
Reed, James, and Treaty Tree, i. 105. John, against Penn, i. 79. Joseph, i. 320; iii. 253. Gen., ii. 304, 305, 313. Reformed Church, i. 451.
Relics, i. 160, 164, 248, 367, 389, 580; ii. 500; iii. 495-497.
Remarkable incidents, ii. 410-421.
Reminiscences of Philadelphia, ii. 548.
Resources of Pennsylvania, ii. 409.
Revolutionary navy, ii. 560, 585.
Reynolds family, i. 338, 339. Henry, i. 338, 598. Rhoade, S., mayor, i. 66. Richards, Samuel, i. 131, 347.
Richardson, Col. F., i. 560. John, ii. 102, 160. Rickett's Circus, i. 486.
Ridge road country-seats, ii. 480; iii. 64.
Ridgway Branch of Philadelphia Library, iii. 340.
Ridley Creek mills, near Chester, i. 128.
Riots, i. 98, 308, 351, 425, 535, 536. Rising Sun Village, i. 257.
Rittenhouse, David, house, i. 104, 488; ii. 35, 466; iii. 93; observatory, 225. Garrett, ii. 27. Martin, ii. 27. Ritter, Jacob, and prisoners, ii. 300.
River-front bank, i. 166. Roach, Judge, i. 97.
Roads, i. 93, 94, 257, 298; ii. 35, 67, 122, 205, 469; iii. 54, 62, 64.
Roberdeau, Gen., i. 451; ii. 305. Roberts, Edward, mayor, i. 66.
Israel, builds bridge over Pegg's kun. i. 157. Owen, sheriff, i. 97.
Robin Hood Inn, ii. 477.
Robinson, Matthew, freeman, i. 59. Mrs. Lydia, midwife, ii. 384. Patrick, i. 93-95, 303, 316, 356 ; iii. 49, 163. Rock, George, mayor, i. 60, 66.
Roderick Random in America, ii. 267.
Romanist churches, i. 452, 485; ii. 603 ; iii. 316-323.
Ronaldson, James, stereotyper, ii. 400 ; cemetery, iii. 137, 392.
Rope Ferry, iii. 491.
Ropewalks, i. 228.
Rose, Aquila, ii. 489.
Roset, Jacob, ii. 63.
Rosicrucian, ii. 22.
Ross, John, 1. 376, 444; ii. 152, 414
Rudman, Rev., ii. 229.
Rum at vendues, etc., ii. 97. distilleries, i. 238; ii. 415.
Rumsey, James, i. 591; ii. 452, 453. Runaways, i. 190.
Rush chair made of Treaty Tree, i. 138. Dr. B., ii. 43, 75-77, 360.
James, iii. 341; his bequest to Phil adelphia Library, iii. 340. William, i. 575; ii. 439; iii. 444.
Rysingh, John, iii. 23.
S.
Sabbath, i. 300, 306, 394.
Sailors' town, i. 446.
Salaries to officers, i. 78, 79, 95, 98.
Salem, first settled, i. 10, 87, 306; ii. 253 tea destroyed at, ii. 273.
Sallee pirates and Moors, ii. 221.
Sanderlin, James, ii. 94, 238, 242, 244.
Sandiford, Ralph, ii. 74, 265.
Sanding floors, ii. 550.
Sansom, William, i. 410, 436, 486; iii. 264
Savage, Samuel, freeman, i. 59.
Savery, William, i. 507.
Sauer. See SOWER.
Say, Dr. Thomas, ii. 381.
Scalps, ii. 121, 177. Scattergood, Thomas, i. 507.
Scenery, American, ii. 585. Schlatter, Rev. Michael, i. 452; ii. 257.
Schools, i. 72, 282, 287, 288, 290, 294. School-teachers, i. 289.
Schuylkill, i. 40, 147, 430; ii. 365, 366, 475, 476, 609; iii. 491, 492 ; discov- ery of, 79; steamboats on, 484; dams proposed, 485.
Arsenal, iii. 304. Bank, iii. 384-386.
Fishing Company, i. 431 ; iii. 291-299. Navigation Company, iii. 492. State in, iii. 293.
Scotch-Irish, ii. 260. Seal of Philadelphia, the anchor, i. 93. Seals of counties of Pennsylvania, iii. 44. Seashore, account of, ii. 538-548.
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Index.
Seasons and climate, ii. 347-369; iii. 473- | Smith, Charles, auctioneer, iii. 145. 475. Col. James, ii. 142. Seckel pear, ii. 487.
Second sight, i. 273.
Secretary of Foreign Affairs, i. 423. Seelig, John, hermit, ii. 21.
Segars, ii. 615.
Segur's ice-creams, iii. 135.
Sergeant, i. 397; iii. 163.
Servants, i. 176, 191, 358; iii. 469. redemption, ii. 266-268.
Settees and settles, i. 203.
Shackamaxon, i. 10, 140; ii. 237, 242.
Shade, Peter, iii. 86.
Shade trees, iii. 135. Shad in the Delaware, ii. 470, 631. Shakespeare Buildings, burning of, iii. 283. Shamokin, ii. 182.
Sharpless, John, lands at Chester, i. 128. Sharswood House, iii. 305.
Shawanese Indians confer with Penn, i. 100.
Shearman's Valley, ii. 122, 185, 186.
Sheiks, or Eastern princes, i. 552.
Sheriff, first Philadelphia, i. 18.
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