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Evangelical Germiao Methodists : in
Worcester, 1190.
Evangelical Lutheran: St. Paul's, at Peunshurg, 300; Huber's, New Hanover, 390; of the Transfiguration, Pottstown, 390; St. Peter's, North Wales, 30, 777.
Friends : at Abington, 392, 684 ; old Oxford Meeting, 682; at Norristown, 752; in Gwy- / nedd, 859-SGI; in Horsham, 879; in Lower Merion, 928 ; in Upper Dublin, 1094 ; ]'ly- mouth, 1032 ; in Upper Providence, 1061.
" Herrites :" in Lower Salford, 949; io Perkiomen, 1026.
Lutheran : Swamp, 134; planting of in Mont- gomery County, 370; Emanuel, in Potts-
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town, 390 ; at Whitemarsh and Upper Dub- lin, 390; Trinity, at Norristown, 752; St. Paul's in Norristown, 752 ; in Pottstown, 792- 793 ; in Douglas, 826 ; Indian Field, er Zion, in Franconia, 828 ; in Frederick, 839-840; in Gwynedd, 861-862 ; in Limerick, 917-919 ; St. l'anl'e, in Lower Merion, 933; in Marl- borough, 958; in New Ilanover, 993; in Perkiomen, 1026 ; Augustus, at the Trappe, 1058 ; in Towamencin, 1089 ; in Upper Dub- lin, 1096; New Goshenhoppen, 1113-1115 ; in Pennsburg, 1115; Old Goshenhoppen, in Upper Salford, 1134-1130 ; St. Peter's, in Whitemarsh, 1150-1152 ; St. John's, in Whit- pain, 1168.
Mennonite : at Schwenksville (Gottshall's Meeting-House), 392 ; Lower, at East Perki- omen, 392; in Franconia, 829 ; in Frederick, 839; in Hatfield, 870 ; in Lower Salford, 951 ; in Perkiomen, 1025; in Upper Providence, 1061; in Towamencin, 1088; Methacton, in Worcester, 1190.
Mennonite, New : in Hatfield, 870.
Methodist Episcopal : general statement concerning, 372 ; in Montgomery County, 382; Bethel, 382, 391 ; Union Church, 382 ; First, in Norristown, 382, 391, 751 ; Chelten- ham, 383 ; Harmer Hill, 383, 805 ; in Hatboro', 384; Fair View, 384 ; in Pottstown, 384, 787 ; the Lower Merion, 385 ; the Evansburg, 385- 1054 ; the Montgomery Square, 385, 391 ; the Conshohocken, 386, 715 ; Oak Street, Norris- town, 387, 391, 751 ; the Kulpsville, 387 ; the Jarrettown, 387; the Jenkintown, 388, 724 ; the Lansdale, 388, 742 ; Haws Avenue, Nor- ristown, 388, 752 ; St. Luke's, Bryn Mawr, 389, 391, 925 ; the Royer's Ford, 389, 798 ; the North Wales, 389, 391, 779.
Colored : in Norristown, Pottstown and Conshohocken, 390, 716, 752; at Nortli Wales, 391; in Hatboro', 724; iu Whitpain, 1169 ; in Whitemarsh, 1188.
Moravian : in Frederick township, 839.
Presbyterian : general remarks upon, 370 ; First, nt Norristown, 391, 751 ; Central, at Norristown, 391,752; Centennial at Jefferson- ville, 391; nt Abington, 686; Second (Old School) Church of Norristown, at Bridgeport, 708; at Consliohocken, 715 ; Grace, at Jenk- intown, 734; First at Pottstown, 787; nt Ash- bourne, 803 ; in Huntingdon Valley, 974 ; in Norriton, 104 (note) 999, 1000, 1003 ; at Flour- town, 1074; in Lower Providence, 1053.
Reformed : "Boehn" Church, in Whitpain, 135; general view of, 371 ; New Goshenhop- pen, 391 ; Trinity, at Pottstown, 391 ; Zion's, at Pottstown, 391 ; Pleasantville, 391 ; St. Luko's, Trappe, 391 ; at Lansdale, 742; of the Ascension, at Norristown, 752; Trinity, at Norristown, 752 ; at North Wales, 779 ; in Pottstown, 791-792 ; in Douglas, 82G ; in Franconia, 829; in Frederick, 838-840 ; in Gwynedd, 861-862; in Limerick, 917-919; Reiff's, in Lower Salford, 952; in Marl- borough, 958 ; in New Hanover, 094; in Per- kiomen, 1026; St. Luke's, at the Trappe, 1060; in Towamencin, 1089; of New Gosh- enhoppen, 1108; in Pennsburg, 1115; Old Goshenhoppen, in Upper Salford, 1134-1136; in Whitpain, 1165-1168 ; in Worcester, 1185 ; River Brethren, in Frederick, 840.
Schwenkfelders: general remarks on, 369 ; in Lower Salford, 951; in Towamencin, 1089 ; in Worcester, 1189-1190.
Circuit districts embracing Montgomery County, 537.
Civil officials of Montgomery County, 318- 323.
Clay, Rev. J. C., 1128.
Clay, Jebu Curtis, 352.
Clay, -, 24,
Cleaver family, 1093.
Cleaver, Silas, 1155.
Cleaver, John, 1156. Clements family, 948.
Clements, Carret, 857. Clemens, Jacob R., 486. Clerks of courts, 320.
Clift, William M., 559.
Coach factory : Slutler's, 631 ; Cheltenham, 631 ; The Norris, 581 ; the Penn, 581.
Coal dealers, early in, 765.
Coal, 17 ; indicated near Pottstown on Scull's map, 127.
Coates, Jamies, 489.
Coffrode & Saylor, bridge-builders, 608.
Colebrookdale Furnace, 564-565.
Coleman, Capt. Robert, 808.
Colmar village, 869.
Colline, Charles, 352.
Collum, William, 352.
Collegeville, 1058.
Colonies, American, taxation of by British, 150, 151, 157.
Columbia, horough of, 305.
Commissioners, county, 322 ; jury, 323.
Conshohocken borongb : inception of, 115; growth, 116; situation, 713 ; statistics of, 713 ; first rolling-mill in 714 ; general manufactur- ing, 593-602, 714; schools, 714; churches, 715-716 ; officials, 716; Indian origin of name, 717; Revolutionary incidents, 717 ; biographical, 717-719.
Conshohocken Tube Company, 569-597.
Conshoboeken Iron-Works, 568.
Conshohocken Warp-Mills, 597.
Conshohocken Car-Works, 593-594.
Conard, Dennis, 1093.
Conard, Joseph P., 1181.
Conrad, Frederick, 505.
Conderta, Tunis, 877.
Congress, members of, 318.
Coulston, James M., 1159.
Cooke, Jay, 808.
Cooke, Walter II., 478.
Copper, 9-12.
Corson, Alan W., 424, 512.
Corsou, Allan, 305.
Corsson, Arent, 119.
Corson family, 1033.
CorsoD, Elias II., 481, 1152.
Corsen, Dr. Elwood, 665.
Corson, John J., 479.
Corson, George N., 352, 46G, 552.
Corson, Dr. E. M., 425.
Corson, Dr. Hiram, 352, 643.
Corson, Dr. William, 305, 645.
Corliss Iron Works, 568.
Coroners, 323.
Cotton munnfacture, 570, 571-572.
Cotton-mills: first in U. S., 580 (Note); Simp- son's, 582, 750 ; De Kalb Street, 582 ; Ford Street, 582 ; Farnum's, 586; Gardner and Harrison's, 586 ; Conshohocken, 597 ; Horace C. Jones, 597; Matsunk, 612 ; Old Dave, 623 ; Merion, G15; Glencairn, 618 ; at Conshocken, 714.
Carpet-factories ; Ilall'a, West Conshohocken, 603-605.
Council of Nine, 91. Council of Safety, 158. Council, Provincial. (See Provincial Council.)
County officers, 318-323. Counties, provincial, 158.
"Country Squire," the, 324. County (Teachers') Institutes, 400-401. Court-houses : old, 108; present, 112.
Courts : first for jury trials beld at Upland, 92 ; origin of Orphans' court, 99 ; first in Mont- gomery County, 317; minutes of, 317 (note) ; Quarter Sessions established, 448 ; first justices of, in Montgomery County, 528 ; Common Pleas, establishment of in Pennsylvania, 529, 535; appointment of judges of, 537; High, of Errors and Appeals, 529, 533; County, orga nized, 529; Provincial, 529 ; Quarter Sessions organized, 529, 535 ; Orphans' organized, 529, 535; Admirality organized, 529; United States District, 530; of Equity, 530; first in Norriton township, 535; of Oyer and Termi- ner, 535; Swedish in, 1642, 528; "Settling the Docket," 561 ; rules of, 562 ; an important water case in, 562.
Coxe, Judge John D., 535, 537 (note).
Cox & Dager's paper-mill, 500, 501.
Coventry Forge, the, 565.
Creameries, Schuylkill Valley, 593. Crawford, John Yocum, 481, 936.
Cresson, William Henry, 483.
Cresson, James & Co., 582.
Crooked Hill hamlet, 1042. Cruikshank, Rev. Robert, 402.
Currie, Rev. William, 1052.
Curry, Lieut .- Col., William L., 240.
Curtin, Gov. Andrew G., 514.
Custer, Anthony V., 1070.
Custer, David, 1190.
Custer, Jacob G., 1055, 105G.
D.
Dallas, Alexander J., 533.
Dames of the Knights of Pytbias, 497.
Danchower, Abraham, 857.
Danehower, Willlan F., 59.
Darlington, Ilenry T., 498.
Darrach, Lydia, makes Washington acquainted with design to surprise his army, 167 (note).
Daughters of the Forest, 497.
Davis, Benjamin, 1031.
Davis, John, 452.
Davis, John J., 739.
Davis, Lewis H., 465.
Davis, L. H., 352.
Davis, P. S., 352.
Davis, William, 481, 800-801. Day, A. F., 486.
Dean, Col. William, 976
Dederer, John Ludwig, 835.
Deiner, Capt. John, 1047.
Delacour, James Philip, 710.
Delaware, Lord, 119. Delphi village, 831, 832.
DeKalb Street Mills, 582, 592-503.
Deputy attorneys-general for County, list of, 543.
Montgomery
Derr, Franklin, 478, 587.
Derr, Henry A., 587.
De Vries, David Pietersen, 55, 56.
Dewees, Wm. P., 352, 638.
Dickinson, Harrison, 581.
Dickinson, Henry B., 553.
Dickinson, John 532. Dimond, Francis, 545.
Directors of the poor, 322.
Dismant, Dr. Benj. F., 673.
District attorneys of Montgomery County, list of, 543.
Dobson, John, 612, 613.
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Dock, Christopher, 137, 352, 361 ; lines by, 362, 949. Dodd, Dr. Robert J., 640-642. Dodderer, George Philip, 834. Dorsey brothers (slaves), 311, 313. Dotterer, Henry S., 353, 825. Dotterer, Michael, 834. Dotts, Capt. Henry H., 719. Douglass, Fred., 311.
Douglas township : description, 825 ; early ownership of land, 825; Gilbertsville, 826 ; schools, 826 ; churches, 826 ; elections, 826 ; tax values, 827 ; taverns, 346.
Douglas village, 826. Dreshertown, 1096. Dubree, James, 973. Dubree, Jacob, 973. Duché, Rev. Jacob, 893.
Dundore, Franklin, 483. Dunlop, Rev. Willism, 386. Du Portail, Chevalier Louis L., 710. Durland, Lieut. · Col. Coe, 268.
Dutch, the : expeditions of, to the New World, 50; West India Company of, 51; found fort Nassau, 54, 57, 63 (note) ; effect settlement at Horekill, 55; under government of Stuyve- sant, 66; lose Fort Casimir and are driven from New Sweden, 67 ; retaliation, 67 ; under Stuyvesant recapture Fort Casimir, 68: com- pel submission of the Swedes, 70; on the Schuylkill, 119. Dyson, Charles W., 317. Dyer, Col. Samuel A., 271.
. E.
Eagleville, 1051. Eagle Works, 576.
East Greenville borough : mention of, 117 ; de-
scription of, 719 ; growth of, 720 ; nawie, 720 ; church, 720; schools, 720; officers, 720. Easter, celebration of by Germans, 336.
Eck, John, and family, 1136.
Eckman, John W., 610. Ecton Consolidated Mining Company, 10. Edgehill Furnace, 568.
Edgehill Iron Company, 627. Edgehill village, 805.
Education, chapter on, 392. Egbert, Eugene D., 559. Egbert, Hamilton, 939. Egypt Plow Mills, 587. Eicholtz, Capt. G. C. M., 220. " Elbedritch," 341.
Election, First District of Montgomery County in 1799, 458 (note).
Election Districts in Montgomery County, 523-525. Elevator-works, W. S. Richard's, 593.
Eliza (slave), 310. Elizabeth Furnace, 568, 599. Ellis, Jonathan, 442. Ellis, Rowland, 353, 930, 1030.
Ellis & Lossig, rolling-mill, 568. Ellis, William S. & Co., 608. Elliot, John F., 578. Elm Station murder, the, 517. Ely, Gilbert W., 911. Engle, Albert J., 814. Engleville, 826. Englehart, Ludwig, 835. Enterprise Foundry, the, 578. Enslv, Cspt. Willianı C., 252. Ervien, Horace, 631. Ervien, John A., 633-634. Evansburg, 1050.
Evans, Cadwalder, 593, 856.
Evans, David, 353, 920. Evans, Edward, 1050.
- Evans, family (of Montgomery), 960. Evaus, HEorace, 480. Evans, I. Newton, 486. Evans, Miller D., 554. Evans, Montgomery, 558. Evans, Rev. Nathaniel, 361; lines by, 362, 895. Evans, Oliver, 330.
Evans, Owen, 917. Evans, Rowland, 529. Evans, Thomas B., 919. Evans, Wm. D., 479.
F.
Faber, Rev. John T., 1109.
Fagleysville, 923./
Fairview Mills, 617. Falknera Swamp, 902. Farmar family, 1138.
Fsrnum, F. D., 586. Farnum's cotton mill, 586.
" Esstnacht," observance of by Germans, 336.
Faust, Capt. Peter, Jr., 273.
Fauth, Balthas, 835.
Feather, Capt. A. G., 252.
Fegely, Isasc, 603-604.
Fegely, Jacob, 603.
Fenton, John M., 814.
Ferguson, Hugh Henry, 883.
Ferguson, Mrs. Elizabeth, 353-361, 890; lines ou marriage of, 892; lines by, 363-364 ; writings by, 001-902.
Ferns of Montgomery County, 424.
Ferries, 109, 123.
Fetterolf, Professor Adam H., 408, 416.
Fisher, J. Francis, 353.
Fisher, Capt. Charles Y., 249.
Fitzwater family, 1093.
Fitzwater, Thomas, 1094.
Fitzwatertown, 1095.
Fizone Flourîng Mill, 588.
Flat Rock, 926.
Flat Rock dam, 126.
Fletcher family, 679.
Flora of Montgomery County, 423, 435.
Flourtown, 1073, 1074.
Flower, Enoch, a school-teacher in Philadel- phia, 392-393.
Floyd, Wells & Co., 627.
Fornance, Lieut. James, 316.
ForDance, Joseph, 512, 545, 554.
Fortman, Charles, 137.
Fort Washington village, 1148.
Fossils, 17, 18. Fothergill, John, 1032.
Foundries : Schuylkill, 503, 594; West Point Engine snd Machine, 622-623; C. Hammond & Son, machinists, 631 ; The Enterprise, 578 ; Pottstown Iron and Brass, 608; Boyer & Brother, 608.
Folke, Edward, 353.
Foulke, Joseph, 353. Foulke, Dr. Antrini, 648. Foulke, Edward, 856.
Fourth of July celebration in 1824, in "Besn's Woods," 511.
Fox, Gilbert Rodman, 549, 618.
Fox, Judge John, 539. Fox, James, 393, 1030. "Frame of Government," by William Penn, 453, 528. Franconiaville, 828.
Franconia Square, 828.
Franconia township : taverns, 346; situation, 827; derivation of name, 827; residents in 1734, 827; land-holders in 1794, 827 ; recent statistics, 827, 828 ; villages, 828 ; education- al, 828 ; religious, 828-829 ; elections, 829. ' Franklin Stoves," 565-566 (note). Franklinville, 1172.
Franklin, Benjamin, 147 ; he builds forts on the Lehigh, 148 ; on severity of British taxstion, 154 ; his part in repeal of the Stamp Act, 155 ; as President of Council of Safety, 158; suc- cess of at the French Court, 174, 175.
Frazier, Capt. Jolm B., 274. Freas, Joseph, 1153. Freas, Jesse W., 1154.
Frederick township : description, 831 ; villages, 831, 832 ; erection of the township, 832, 833 ; early purchasers of land, 833 ; pioneer set- tlers, $33-837 ; statistics, 837; residents in 1734 and 1785, 837 ; later statistics, 838 ; offi- cers, 838; vots, 838; churches and burying- grounds, 838-841 ; George Whitfield preach- ing in township, 839 ; schools, 841-842 ; mills and manufactures, 842; copper-mine, 843 ; roads, 844; bridges, 844; taverne, 346, 845 ; the Revolution, 845; war of 1812, 845; war of Rebellion, 845, 846 ; sketches of members of the Antes family and Rev. John Philip Leydich, 846-853.
Frederick village, 831-832.
Frederick station, 831-832.
Freed, Elias K., 486, 623.
Freeland village, 1058.
Freedley, Henry, Jr., 558.
Freedley, Col. llenry W., 315.
Freedley, Henry, 548.
Freedley, Hon. John, 545-546.
Freedley, Dr. Samuel, 040.
Freedley, Edwin T., 353.
Freid family, 940. French war with the English, 148.
French, John and Jane, 369.
Frey, William, 835.
Frey, Veronica, 836.
Frey, Andreas, 353.
Frey, Andrew, 834, 850.
Frey (Fry), Heinrich, 1086.
Frick, Col. Jacob G., 243.
Frick, Benjamin W., 512.
Friends : attitude of toward slavery, 300 ; men- bers of the society forhidden to purchase or hold slaves, 301 ; advanced sentiment of, con- cerning slavery, 302 ; religious principles of, 368 ; in Gwynedd, 859 (see Churches).
Fries, Robert C., 466. .
Fries, John, 869. Fries' Rebellion, 869. Fronefield, Dr. Charles, 651.
Fruitville, 916. Fry, MIon. Jacob, 462.
Fry, Jacob, Jr., 512.
Fryer, Cspt. Jacob, 189. Fry, IIon. Jacob, Jr., 1065.
Fulton, Samuel, 481.
Funerals, how conducted by Germans, 337 ; hy othera, 381, 382.
Funk, Henry, 353. Funk, Christian, 353, 827.
G.
Garber. Charles Henry, 354, 547. Garber, llenry B., 559. Gardner, Benjamin, 586. Gartley, Dr. Samuel, 640.
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Gartley, William H., 317.
Gas-Works, the National, 579 ; at Pottstown, 786.
Gates, General, success of, in northern depart- ment, 16% ; efforts of to cause public distrust of Washington, IT2. Gause, Lewis II., 459. Geatrell, Thomas B., 914. Gedachtness Tag, 369. Geiger, Capt. Charles L., 227. Geissenhajoer, F. W., 354, 1113. Grisenhainer, Rev. Henry, 778. Geller, Jacob S., 743. Gevlogy, 8, 33. Germanopolis, 133.
Germans, the : colony from Creisheim and Crey. felt found Germantown, 133 ; protest against elavery, 133, 134, 300; names of earliest Bettlers, 134 ; they establish the "Swamp ', Lutheran ('burch, 134; prejudices against them, 135 ; early endeavors of, to learn Eng_ lish, 135; first newspaper published by, 136; first Bible printed by, in America, 136, 137 ; secount of German inhabitants by Dr. Rush, 137 ; early schools of, 137; strength of Ger- man element in Montgomery, 138 ; influx of, into Mississippi Valley, 138 ; manners and customs of, 335-338.
George the Third, King, insanity of, 153.
"German's Tract," 992. Gerhart, Isaac G., 487. Germantown described by Pastorius, 133.
Gibbons, Daniel, 304. Gibbons, J. & G., 578. Gibson, Muscoe MI., 560. Gill, Catharine, 80S. Gilbertsville, ¿20. Gilkinson's Corner, 1094-1096. Gilkinson, Thomas, 1094. Girard Canal, 128.
Girard, Stephen, efforts of to procure copper in Montgomery, 10. Glasgow Iron-Worke, 568, 603.
Glasgow village, 1012. Glass-works: Star, 577, 750 ; Penn, 626. Glencairn Factory, 618. Globe Tack-Works, 576.
Gneisses, 31.
Goetschy, Rev. Johann Heinrich, II08. Goentner, William Krider, 729. Godshall, A. C., 486, 621-622. Godshall & Brother, 621. Godshall, Charles, 487. Godshall, H. K., 487. Godshalk, M. M., 581. Godyn, Samuel, 55, 57.
Gold, found in small quantities in Southern Montgomery, 8 ; in Philadelphia, 9.
Gordon, Patrick, 1047. Gotwalts, Jacob V., 554. Governors, provincial, 157.
Graduates of I'nited States Military and Naval Academy, 313-317. Graphite, 16. Grater, Abraham, 354.
Granges, P. of Il .: first organization of, 444 ; the Pennsylvania State report on, 444 ; first in Montgomery County, 445 ; Keystone, No. 2, of Pennsylvania, 445; Good-Will, No. 7, 445 ; Star, No. 562, 445 ; Pennypack, No. 8, 445 ; Merion, No. 112, 445 ; Cold Point, No. 606, 445; Wissahickon, No. 700, 445; Po- mona, No. 8, 417. Gravel, Bryn Mawr, 30. Grater's Ford, 1024. Grant, Jesse R., 878.
Grant, Ulysses S., 879. Græme Park, 880.
Græme, Thomas, 881, 882, 888. Græme, Mrs. Ann, 890. Græme, Miss Elizabeth (see Ferguson, Mrs. Elizabeth).
Grand Army of the Republic, 285; general regulations of, 286 ; General Zook Post, 287- 294 ; George Smith Post, 294; Graham Post, 294 ; Colonel Edwin Schall Post, 205.
Grander, Rogers & Co., 626.
Granitic rocks, 31.
Green Lane borough : mention of, 117; de- scription and history, 721; origiu of name, 721 ; statistics, 721.
Grenville, George, 151.
Greenwood Summit hamlet, 805.
Green Spring, home of Nicholas More, in More- land, 975.
Gresh, Nicholas, 589.
Gresb, William K., 589.
Griffith, Dr. Amos, 640. - Grigg, Dr. John, 511, 512. Grigg, John R., 419,650.
Grigg, Col. John R., 43 (note).
Grimly, Isaac, 1026. Groff, Joseph, 835. Gross, Hon. Samuel, 1048, 1065. Grosstown, 1042.
Grubb, Henry, 834.
Grubb, Rev. N. B., 466. Guest, Capt. Benjamin MI., 235.
Guest & Lungaker, 582. Gulf Mills, 1118.
Gulf Woolen-Mill, 611. Guldin, J. C., 354.
Gulf Hills, Washington's camp at, 168. Gumbes, Mrs. Rebecca, 1062.
Gummere, John, 354, 977.
Gummere, Samuel R., 351.
Gustav Adolpb, King of Sweden, 57.
Gnss, Capt. George W., 250.
Gwynedd township: manufacturing interests of, 622, 623.
Gwynedd village, 854.
Gwynedd township: location and description, 853; Chestnut Hill and Spring llouse turnpike, 851 ; statistics, >54; Episcopal Church, 854 ; West Point, 854 ; North Wales, 854 ; Penllyn, signification of name, 855; early emigrants from Wales, 855; notes on the early Welsh residents, 855-856 ; the Germans settlers 857, S58 ; road from Gwynedd to Philadelphia, 858 ; the Revolution, 858, 859, SG3 ; schools, 850 ; Friends' Meeting-house, 859; St. Peter's Lutheran and Reformed Church, 861, 862; taverns, 346 ; Spring House tavern, 862, 863; taxable inhabitants in 1776, 864.
H.
Hagar, James, 452. Hahn, Ir. Philip, 640. Haho, William B., 419. Habn, Philip, 473.
Hallowell, Benjamin, 354, 808.
Hallowell, Joseph W., 483-484. Hallowell, John J., 691. Hallowell, Joseph W., 692.
Hallowell, William J., 909-911.
Hallowell family (of Moreland), 988. Hallowell, Jonas W., 988. Hallowell, Israel, 989.
Hallowell, John, 679. Hallowell family, 688-600. Hallowell, Benjaunin T., GJ0.
Hallman, Elwood L., 559.
Hallman, George S., 478. Haldeman, Mathias, 419. Ifamilton, W. C. & Sons, 624. Hamilton, William C., 624, 625.
Hamilton, Gov. James, proclamation of, con- cerning rights of manufacturers to export, 148.
Hamilton, Andrew, 530, 531. Hamilton, Col. Andrew, Postmaster-General, 451.
Hampton, Comly, 486.
Hamer, Dr. James (first), 648. Hamer, Dr. James (second), 640.
Hamer, James, 1048. Hammond. C. & Son, 804.
Hamill, William, 583.
Hamel, George, 696.
Hancock, Benjamin F., 354, 513, 545, 962. Hancock, Maj .- Gen. Winfield S., 313, 962. llannum, W. G., 316,
llarbison, Bartlett & Co., 626.
Harper's hoe aod rake-works, 629.
Harper, Smith, 629-630. Harper, Wni., 629. Harleysville, 950. Harley, Jonas MI., 7:2. Harley, John M., 480. Hart, Capt. Lane S., 219.
Hartranft, Samnel E., 443.
Hartranft, Gov. John F., 498-499, 516, 995, 998.
Hartranft, John F., 197, 199 (note) 211 ; letters from, 207. 1%,
Hartranft, Maj. David B., 260, 268.
Hartranft Station, 1001. Harrison family, 931.
Harrison, John, 586.
Harmanville, 1032.
Harvesting in olden times, 338. Harmer Hill hamlet, 805. Harry, Benjamin, 717.
Harding, John S., 1014.
Harmony Square, 1024. Harley, Dr. J. K., 354.
Ilassler, Rev. John W., 778.
Ilatfield Square, 869. Hatfield, Upper, 860. Hatfield, Lower, 864.
llatfield township: location and description, 86% ; name, 868 ; public improvements, 869; villages, 860 ; mercantile, 870 ; educational, ST0; electivos, $70; religious matters, 870; taverns, early, 346.
Hatboro' borough: general description of, 116, 721 ; progress of, 722 ; namie, 722; "Crooked Billet," 116, 722; taverns, 722; iocident of Revolution, 723 ; carly mills, 723; old York Road, 723 ; bridge over Pennypack, 723; the Literary Chronicle, 724 ; churen. , 724; cemetery, 724 ; Union Library, 725-727; Lo Vr Academy, 727-729; biographical sketches, 120-733.
Hawksworth, Maj. Thomas, 234.
Haywood, Joseph, 4×4.
Heckler, James Y., 354, 946. Heckler, George, 948.
Heckler, George (Redemptioner), 299.
Hecht, Rev. Anthony, 777. Heebner, Isaac D., 619, 20. Heebner. John, 837. Heebner, Christopher, 478, 587-588, 593.
Heebner, George, 83%. Heebner & Sons, 619. Heebner, Capt. J. B., 249. Heeluer, David S., G19-620.
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INDEX.
lleebner'sagricultural works, 116. Ileister, Gen. Joseph, 506. lIeist, Dr. D. Levering, 486. Ileister, Daniel, 1134. Heieler, Jacob, 858. Heist, Philip, 777. Heist, David, 813. H 1. S. M. K., 354.
Heilig, Rev. George, 778.
Heller, George K., 820. lIelffenstein, Samuel, 354. Hellings, J. P., 486. Hench, J. B., 405. Headricksen, Capt. Cornelis, hie exploration of the Delaware, 51.
Ilendricks, J. C., 486. Ilenshen, G. C., 405. Henderson, Samuel, 711. Henry Mills, 613. Henderson, Jolin, 506-544. Merger, John Michael, 833. Horenles Cigar-Factory, 589. Heydrick, Balthaser, 836, 948.
Heydrick family, 1073. Hibbert & Brook, flour-mills of, 592-593. Hickorytown, 1032. Hicks, Elias, 375.
Highly, Felix F., 479. Hillegass, Dr. John G., 486, 65-1. Hillegase, Jonathan P., 486-487. Hillegass, Johann Frederick, 1105. Hillegass, George, 512. llillegaesville, 1107. Hilfe4, Mrs. Lydia W., 354. II ii, Lt. John II., 313. IT John, 359.
Il ffenstein, Rev. J. A. C., 1110. Iltror Daniel O., 478. II' wer, Daniel, 1147. 1. hon. Frank M., 478, 1066. Il. b on. Francis, 917.
J. m. F. G., 354, 470, 558. 11. Art, John Henry, 547-5-18. Nobert, Nathaniel P., 512. Houcke", Prof. R. F., 401-402. Ilof:a ), Balthasar, 354, 948. I offman, John, 1018. "Hoogtown," 1050. " [loly Experiment," the, 393. Il at, Benjamin, 877.
Holat in Mats, 709, 1125-1126. Il let in, Major Matthias, 710. 11 . t. 1., Matthias, 473, 545 (note), 587. IL Istein, MIrs. Anna MI., 205-296, 354. I. letmu. Dr. George W., 79, 364. Hoodie, John, 354, 360; lines by, 362. Iolhnan, Japt. Lewis, 216. Il mer, William, 1007. HA Jolt Mcclellan, 922. 1[ ** . pleut .- Col. F. C., 271. IJ q hi n. (. 11., 359. Ho penvi' , 957. flopk' on. Francis, elegy by, on Mrs. Ann Granno, 10. It, l'ha p, 857. Ifroverton 1001. ILoven, Junes & Son, 569, 574. Hooven, James, 478. Hoover, Ifiram C., 100G. Hoover, George G., 557. _ Hoover, Adam, 484. Horshamville, 877. Horekill, (note) 59. Ilorn, John B., 593. Horscheaven, 981. Horsham township: description, 874; public
improvements, 874; early land-owners, 874 , personal notes on the pioneers, 874-879 ; for- sham village, 877; Friends' Meeting-house; 879; old graveyard, 880; assessment for 1776; Græme Park, 880-883, 899; Governor Keith, 881, 883-888; Dr. Thomas Græme, 888; Elizabeth (Græme) Ferguson, 890-896 ; Eliza Stedman, 896; Mrs. Anna Young Smith, 896; " The Old Family Clock, Medi- tatione on," by Mrs. Ferguson, 901, 902; taveras, 346; biographical, 902-915.
Hospitale: lady attendants at during the war of Rebellion, 295-296.
lIosiery-Works: The Norristown, 586, 787, 750; the Keystone, 587, 750; the North Wales Kaitting Company's, 624.
Honpt family, 1093. Houpt, Isaiah B., 462.
Hough, Dr. Silas, 639.
Houghton, John J., 481.
Hough, William M., 763.
Hubbard, Moses G., 581.
IInddleson, Dr. Isaac, 639.
Iludson, Heary, 50, 119.
Hudson, Rev. A. J. M., 403.
Hughe, Nimrod, 354.
Hughes, Benjamin B., 713.
HInghes, Thomas, 359.
ITughes, John, 529.
Hughes, John J., 479.
Hughes, Owea, 486.
Hughes, Benjamin, 478.
Humphrey, Thomas, 473.
Humphrey, John, 856.
Humphrey, Benjamin, 930.
Humphrys, Seth, 617-618.
Humphreysville (Bryn Mawr), 925. Iluntingdoo Valley village, 974.
Hunter's cotton mills, 582.
Hunter, John, 582.
Hunter, Joseph W., 738.
Hunter, James, 582.
Hunsicker, Abraham, 355.
Hunsicker, Rev. Abraham, 407-408, 419, 1066.
Ilunsicker, J. L., 316.
Hunsicker, Joseph W., 403.
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