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Hunsicker, Jacob R., 553.
Hunsicker, Charles, 552. Hunsicker, Rev. Henry A., 407-408, 1058.
Iluosicker, Henry G., 1068.
Hunsicker, Philip M., 1027
" Ilmatletowo," 1050.
Ilovey, Rev. Alexander, 1052. Howard, Capt. Vachel D., 1052.
lIowe, Dr. Herbert M., 498. Hower, Frank A., 466-467.
flowe, Gen. William : movements of army of, 160-166 ; headquarters of, in Philadelphia, 167 (note).
I.
Indiana, the: estimated number of, 33 ; be- lief in the "Great Spirit," 34; religion fortber defined, 49; school at Carlisle, 35 ; speculations upon origin, 3G (note) ; the Len- ni Lonape or Delawares, 37; the Susque- hannocke, 38; method of living, 39; Peun'e first purchase of lands in Montgomery, 40 ; council of 1712, 40; wampum, 41; Penn's descriptions of customs and character, 41, 44; the Mingnas or Mingoes, 44; Campan- ius remarks upon, 45; information from Charles Thomson, 46-47 ; superstitions of, 48 ; cruelty of, 48 ; De Vries' treaty with, ou the Delaware, 56 ; friendly relations on the part of the Swedes, 65 ; purchases from, by
the Swedes, 65 ; conference of, with Penn, 142; councile with, at Easton, in 1756 and 1758, 148 ; depredations of, on the frontier, 150 ; bounty offered by Governor John Penn for scalps of, 150 ; enelavemeut of, 301.
Independent Order of Good Samaritang and Daughters of Samaria, 407.
Independent Order of Good Templars, the, 497. Ingersoll, Jared, 533. Ingham, Samnel D., 977. Insurance companies, 487. Iredell, Thomas, 874.
Iredell, Robert, 459-461. 482. "
Iron companies and works : Montgomery, 568 ; Norristown, 568-569, 574, 750; Plymouth Rolling-Mill, 568 ; Warwick, 568, 785 ; Phila- delphia and Reading, 568; Pencoyd, 568; Conshohocken, 568 ; Pennsylvania, 568 ; Cor- liss, 568 ; Ellis & Lossig, 568 ; Glasgow, 568 ; Longmead, 569 ; Plymouth Rolling-Mill, 569 ; Potts Brothers, 569, 785 ; Pottstown, 569, 785 ; Schuylkill, 569, 714; Standard, 560, 574, 750 ; Stony Creek, 569 ; plate-iron mills, 574.
Iron furnaces and forges : first in Pennsyl- vnuia, on Manatawny (1720-31), 563-565 ; in 177G, 564; list of, in 1793, 563 (oote); Colebrookdale and "l'ool," 564, 565 ; Old Warwick, 565 ; Redding, 565; Coventry, 565 ; Mount Pleasant, 565, 566 ; of Thomas Potte & Sons, 566 ; of Samuel Potte and Rutter, 566 ; of John Potts, 567 ; of Isaac Potts & Co., 567, 1122; present, in Montgomery County, 568- 569; Elizabeth, 599 ; Merion, 599 ; Swedes, 610; Montgomery, 610; Anvil, 603; War- wick, 603; Hitner's, 625, 62G; Wm. Penn, 626; Louisa, 626 ; Merion and Elizabeth, 800. Iron manufacture ; early, 562, 563; in 1720 and 1731, 564, 565 ; on Manatawny in 1776, 564; in 1793, 563 (note) ; in Pennsylvania, 1880, 563; in Pennsylvania (1790-1885), 567, 568 ; by Thomas Potts & Sons, 566 ; carly in Massachusetts, 567 ; by John Putts, 567 ; by Isaac Potts, 567.
Iron-works: of Alan Wood & Co., 593, 714 ; of Jawood Lukens, 595 ; Merion, 599, 800 ; Glasgow, 603; Pottstown, 603 ; Warwick, 603; Pottsgrove, 605; J. Dutton Steele & Sons', 606; Pencoyd, 613-614 ; Edge Hill, 627, 1074; Green Lane, 721.
Iron-ore, 12-16.
Iron bridge, 1024.
J.
Jacobs, John N., 486. Jacoby, George W., 597.
Jaile: old, 108, 767; new, 112; report of in- spectors of, for 1884, 324. Jamison, B. K., 499.
James 1., King, charter of, 53; on the Dela- ware, 54.
James family, 960.
James, Morgan, 588. Jauney, William, 393. Jarrett, William Lukens, 908. Jarrett homestead, 909.
Jarrett, Samuel F., 1017.
Jarrettown, 1096.
Jefferson, Thomas, on common schools, 396 (note).
Jeffersonville, 1001 (note).
Jenkintown borough : mention of, 116; descrip- tion, 733; advantages, 733; schools, 733; churches, 734; Masonic Hall, 734 ; National Bank, 734; Abington Library, 734-736; buronglı officers, 735; Jenkins family, 735.
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taverns, 735 ; early shop-keepers, 736 ; manu- factures, 631 ; biographical, 738-712. Jenkins, C. S., 486. Jenkins, John S., 486. Jenkins, J. P. Hale, 556. Jenkins, John Y., 486. Jenkins, Charles Y., 486. Jenkins, H. M., 350, 355, 459. Jenkins, Charles Todd, 904. Jenkins, William, 679, 735. " Jenkins family, 735. Jennings, Walter S., 559. Jerry (slave), 310. Johnson, Dr. Benjamin, 647. Johnson, Benjamin K., 485, 663. Johnson, Isaac IT., 486. John (Jones), William, 856. Jolly, Francis M., 544. Jones, John, 393, 473, 718. Jones, John L., 1102. Jones, Rev. Malachi, 686. Jones, Jonathan, 1039, Jones, John M., 512. Jones, Rev. John, 762. Jones, John B., 730.
Jones, Evan D., 481. Jones, Edward, 139, 029. Jones, Evan G., 619. Jones, Griffith, 610. Jones, Charles, 461. Jones, Dr. John, 639. Jones, Col. Owen, 200. Jones, Horace (., 597. Iones, Dr. Joshua Y., 639. Journalism, 458-470.'
Judges, first of Montgomery County courts, 317 ; list of all. 537. Judicial districts embracing Montgomery County, 537 ; list of judges of, 537.
Judiciary, the, of Montgomery County, 535. Junior Order of American Mechanics, 495. Junior American Protestant Association, 496. Justices of the peace, 325.
K.
Kaolin deposits, 24. Kassel, Daniel K., 355. Keasbey & Mattison, 631. Keith, George, 375, 392, 393, 682.
Keith, Sir William, 530, 531 ; 355, 360 ; line8 to, 362 ; house of, at Granne Park, 880, 88] ; sketch of 883-888. Keeley, Ephraim P., 798. Keely, Valentine, 1023. Kellogg, Col. Josiah II., 263 (note), 268. Kemper, John, 1022. Kendall, Daniel, 922. Kendall, Philip, 545. Kendordine family, 875. Kenderdine, Benjamin, 1104. Kenderdine, George, 725. Kennedy, Alexander, 1122. Kennedy, John, 1129. Kennedy, William R., 1015. Kenworthy, James, 585-ESG. Kepner, Rov. D. K., 793. Keystone Agricultural Works, 603. Kitler, Adam, 1141. Kinze, John, creamery of, 503. Kinzie, Daniel, 1130. King of Prussia, (village) 1118. KirkInide, Watson, 489. Kirk, Joseph, 700. Kirk, Jacob, 912. Kleinville, 1107. Kneule, Albrecht, 463.
Kneule, Edwin, 463, Knight family, 680. Knight, George K., 484.
Knight, William, Sr., 1015. Knights of the Golden Eagle, 496. Knights of the Revolution, 496.
Knights of Friendship, 495.
Knights of Pythias: list and statement of lodges, 494.
Knipe, Dr. Jncoli, 642.
Knipe, Dr. Jacob O., 664.
Knox family, 766. Kolb (Kulp), Isaac, 857.
Kratz, Henry W., 1069.
Kratz, H. W., 486.
Krauss, Michael, 835.
Krause, Richard H., 608. Krauth, Charles Philip, 355. Krause, Judge David, 540. Krcible, Melchior, 857.
Kreibel, Reuben, 355. Kribel, Christopher, 948. Kriebel, 11. K., 622.
Kriebel, Charles S., 622.
Krieble, Charles, 1182.
Kriebel, Caspar, 1086.
Krupp, Abraham, 355.
Kuder & Jackson, 581.
Kuhn, R. K., 359.
Kunders, Dennis, 1093.
Kalp, Samuel N., 608. Kulp family, 1088. Kulpsville, 1087-1088.
Kuntz, George Michael, 835.
Kurtz, Maj. Luther B., 208. Kuster, Herman, 1021.
L.
Lacy, Col. John, 723. Luly Masons, order of, 497.
Lafayette, Marquis de, 160, 175 ; at Barren 1Till, 176, 177. Lafayette village, 1148.
Lafayette, visit of, to Norristown in 1824, 76G. Lake, D. J., 359.
Landes, J. C., 4×7.
Lands, purchases of, by Penn, from Indians, 40 ; value of, to savages, 41 (note) ; purchases by the Swedes, 58, 65; by Governor Printz, 64 ; laws in England and America for registration of land transfers, 97-100; purchased by Penn from Swedes, 14.1.
Lancasterville, 1148.
Lancaster, Thomas, 1148.
Lane, Edward, 1047. Lane, William, 105].
Lausdale borough, manufacturing industrie8 of, 619-622.
Lansılale horough, mention of, 116; deserip- tion of, 742; churches, 742; schools, 743; burgesses, 743.
Laurentian group, 31. Larzelere, Jeremiah, 483-484.
Larzalere, Jeremiah R., 986. Larzalere, Nicholas H., 557-558.
Latitude, observations to determine at Norri- ton, 5-6 ; difference between Norriton and Philadelphia, 7.
Law Library, the, of Montgomery County, 544 (nute).
Laws: framed by William Penn, 93 ; agreed mpon iu England, 95; ancient, in England, concerning land transfers, 97; earliest, for registration of deeds, 97; contrast between English and American land registration sys- tenis, 98 ; establishing Orphans' Court, 99;
passed at the first Assembly held at Chester, 102 ; early, relating to servants, 297 ; early, relating to slavery, 300; for suppression of slavery, 303; for erection of Montgomery County, 317. Lay, Benjamin, 301, 355, 680,
Lvarela, Oliver I., 724. Lederachsville, 950. Lee, Colonel Francis, 313. Leech, Toby, 805-806.
Leech family, 806. Leech, Richard T., 808. Leedom, Dr. Edwin C., 647. 4
Leedom, Joseph, 505.
Leedom, Dr. Joseph, 647. L
Lees, Dr. John, 590.
Lees, James & Sons, mills of, 589-590.
Lees, Joseph, 590. Lees, Stanley, 597.
Lefferts, Simon V., 989. Lefferts family, 989.
Le Gaux, Peter, 355, 1145.
Leidy's tannery, 827.
Leidy, B. F., 487. Leister, Jacob II., tinware-factory, 624.
Leidig private burying-ground, 840. Levering, John, 359.
Lenhart, John F., 817.
Lewis, Thomas, 1048. Lewis, William, 534.
Lewis, William and Perry, 310.
Leydich, Rev., 1109.
Leydich, Rev. John Philip, 851.
Libertyville, 926, Light, Frederick, Jr., 622.
Lignite, 17, Limerick Station, 916. Limerick Square, 910.
Limerick township: description of 915, 91G; statistics, 916 ; Limerick Station, 916; Lim- erick Square, 916; Fruitville, 916 ; name of township, 916 ; first land-holders, 016; notes on the early settlers, 917; Parker's Ford, 917 ; Limerick Union Church, 917, 919 ; tax- able inhabitants in 1776, plu ; taverns, early, 346 ; biographical, 919-923.
Limerick township, manufacturing industries of, 608-610. Limestone Valley, 25.
Lime, carly accounts of, 32 ; use of, on lund, 109. Live Lexington village, 869.
Literature (see Bibliography and Poetry, also individual names of writers).
Livezvy, Henry, 547.
Liversidge, Thomas, 584, 612, 1038.
Livingston, James, 582.
Lloyd, David, 355, 362 ; lines by, 366, 393.
Lloyd, Evan, 876, 879.
Lloyd, David, 876.
Lloyd family, 876. Lloyd, John, 991.
Lloyd, Joseph, 355, 362 ; lines by, 305.
Loch, Prof. John W., 405.
Lodge, Thomas G., 940.
Lollar, Col. Robert, 116.
Loller, Robert, 725-729.
Longuker, A. B., 173. Longaker, Ilon. A. Brower, 143.
Longaker, Daniel, 772. Longaker, Rufus B., 794.
Longinead Iron Works, 569.
Longstroth, Judge, 411.
Longitude, observations to determine at Norris- town, 5, 6 : difference between Norristown and Philadelphia, 7. Loux, Dr. Hiram R., 675.
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INDEX.
Lovering, Martin, 405.
Lowe, Prof. Thaddeus S. C., 579-580- Lower, David Sr., 357. Lower, David, Jr., 358. Lower, George, 1082. Lowrie, Rev. Sammel T., 687.
Lower Merion towhship, manufacturing in- dustries of, 612-619.
Lower Providence township, physical fratures, 1049; lead and copper mines ; elections, 1049 ; justices of the the peace and consta- Ules, 1049; statistics, 1049 ; schools, 1049; villages, 1050-1051. St. James Episcopal Church, 1051; Presbyterian Church, 1053 ; Baptist Church, 1053 ; Methodist Church, John James Audubon, 1054.
Loxley, Benjamin, cannon foundry, of (1776) 5G6 (note).
Loyal League, Women's, of Montgomery Coun- ty, 296.
Lubbo, Chas. C., 31G.
Lucinda, Furnace, 568. Lukens, Jan, 1085.
Ludwig, Capt. Mahlon S., 229.
Lukens, Abel, 780. Lukens, Horace G., 467. Lukens, family, 875.
Lukens, John, 875.
Lukens, Seneca, 875-1003.
Lukens, Isaiah, 875.
Lukens, Jawood, 483, 569, 595. Lukens, Joshua P., 904.
Lukens, Joseph, 1143.
Lukens, John S., 460 (note).
Lukens, Lewis A., 481, 505, 596. Lukens, Mrs. Susan, 355.
Lumber dealers, 765; Guest & Longaker, 582; Bodey & Livingston, 582; George S. Yerkes, 507; William Davis, Jr., & Co., 602, 603.
M.
McAllister, Lient,-Col. J. B., 268. McCall, George, 1041.
McCarter, Capt. Samuel, 236.
Mcl'arter, Capt. Marshall, 236. McClure, Maj. Isaac C., 271.
McClane, Col. Allan, 177 (note). McClennan, C'ol. M. R., 210.
MrCreedy, Bernard, 582.
MeDermott, Win., 481 -- 183. McFarland, Elbridge, 611-612. McFarland, George & Co., GII. McFarland, George, 478.
McInnes, Ilugh, 592.
McKean, George Thomas, 503, 509. MeLean, Archibald, 877. M. Michael, Lieut .- Col. Richards, 226.
McNair, Commander Fredk. V., 316. McNair, John, 729. Mequer, Alexander, 876. D. Veagh, Wayne, 416.
Machinery, labor-saving, benefit of, 110, 111, 118.
Madison, James, on common schools, 396 (note).
Magee, William, 627.
Mainland, 950. Makin, Benjamin, 393.
Manayunk, West, village, 225.
Manors: of Moreland, 448 ; of Mount Joy, 448; of Williamstadt, 448 ; owned by George Me- Call, 173G, 118, 453.
Manufacturing industries: chapter on, 562; statistics of, 571.
Maps pertaining to Montgomery County, 359, 360.
Martin, Dr. Christian Frederick, 638.
Martin, Dr. George, 638.
Martin, Dr. Charles, 638. Martin, Dr. John Adam, 638. Marble, 21 ; early discovery of, 110.
Marble.works : Derr's Steanı, 587; Moyer's, 587; Isaac Landis', 587; Pottstown, 608; Shenton's, 608.
Marlborough, Duke of, 956.
Marlborough township : description, 95G ; name, 956 ; taxable inhabitants in 1785, 956; Sum- neytown and Spring House turnpike, 956; Sumneytown, 956; Hoppenville, 957; Marl- boroughville, 957; education, 957 ; religious worship, 958 ; mills, 958 ; mercantile appraise- ment, 1884, 959 ; elections, 959; taverns, 347; biographical, 959.
Marlboroughville, 957.
Markley, Philip S., 473, 507, 508, 509, 54-4. Markley, Isaac, 473.
Markley, Richard, 486, 487.
Markley, John, 109, 111, 587, 758, 76G.
Markley, Dr. Arthur D., 661.
Martin, Dr. Frederick A., 638.
Maryland, religious freedom of Calvert's char- ter for, 97 (note).
March, Franklin, 553, 609.
March, Brownback & Co., G08-609.
March, Thomas J., 609-G10.
Marklıanı, William, 91-92.
Marriage, how celebrated by the Germans; 337-381.
Marsteller, Frederick Ludwig, 1047.
Masonic organizations (see also Associations, Charitable and Benevolent) : Charity Lodge, No. 190, 488 ; Stichter Lodge, No. 254, 488; Cassia Lodge, No. 273, 488 ; Fort Washing- ton Lodge, No. 308, 488 ; Warren Lodgo, No. 310, 488; Friendship Lodge, No. 400, 488, 734; W. K. Bray Lodge, No. 410, 488 ; Fritz Lodge, No. 420, 488; Shiloh Lodge, No. 5.8, 488; Norristown R. A. Chapter, No. 190, 489 ; Fort Washington R. A. Chapter, No. 220, 489 ; Abington R. A. Chapter, No. 245, 489 ; Montgomery Chapter, No. 262, 480 ; Ilutchinson Commandery, No. 32, K. T., of Norristown, 489.
Mathews, Edward, 355.
Mathews, Thomas HI., 316.
Mathias, Rev. Joseph, 963 (note.)
Mather, Joseph, 806.
Mather, Thomas T., 821.
Matson, Nils, 1126.
Matson's Ford, 800.
Matsunk, 1118.
Muy, Lient .- Col. Lewis A., 249.
May, SeIden T., 770.
May, Addison, 477,499.
" Moy Craig " mill, 583.
Mechanicsville, 1134.
Medtart, Rev. Jacob, 778.
Medtart, Jacob, 355. Medary, Samuel, 879.
Medical Profession, the, chapter on, 636.
Meetings, protracted, 378.
Meigs, Rev. Mathew, 420. Meigs, John, 420. Mellish, John, 359. Members of Legislature, 318, 319.
Menan, Patrick, 1142.
Merioneth, old village of, 926. Merion Furnace, 568, 599. Merion Mills, 615, 619.
Merion Station, 1118.
Merion Square, 926.
Merion, Lower, township : situation, 923 ; de-
scriptive and statistical, 924 ; Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike, 024 ; Bryn Mawr, 924 ; Ardmore, 925 ; West Manayunk, 925 ; Pencoyd, 925 ; Merion Square, 926; Liberty- ville, 92G ; Wynnewood, 926; Academy ville, 926 ; the General Wayne Inn, 926 ; old tav- erne, 346; Flat Rock, 926; Scenery at Mill Creek, 927; Taylor Institute, 927; Friends' Meeting-house, 928 ; Baptist Church, 928 ; Episcopal Church, 928; name of township, 920 ; the Welsh settlers, 929 ; personal notes on the pioneers, 929 ; residents in 1734, 930 ; sufferings of inhabitants during the Revolu- tion, 931 ; property-owners in 1780, 931, 933 ; roads, 932; St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 933 ; Theological Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, 934, 935; biographical, 935- 945.
Meredith, George F., 467.
Meredith, Dr. Joseph, 639. Meredith, Dr. Hugh, 639. Meredith, David, 1030. Meschianza, the, 177-178.
Meschter, Dr. George K., 672.
Mesozoic sandstone, 30.
Metz, Capt. Abrahamn M., 276. Mey, Cornelis Jacobsen, 51, 53.
Mexican War, soldiers from Montgomery in, 194.
Mica schists, 31.
Michael, Rev. Philip J., 1109. Michener family, 976. "Midnight Judges," the 538. Miles, Col. Samuel, 807.
Miles, William, 941.
Mills : early grist, 105 ; miscellaneous, 111 ; early in Abington, 680 ; early at Ilathoro', 723; in Norristown, 702 ; in Moreland, 976 ; first grist, on Upper Perkiomen, 1105 ; l'enuy . packer's, 1022; Old Gulf Mill, 1118; The Egypt, 587; Stony Creek, 588; De Kalb; Street Roller, 592-593 ; Pottstown;Rollor, 608 ; Merion, 619; Morris, 619; Centennial Steam, 621; North Wales Steam, 623 ; Spring Mill, 624; Cheltenham Roller, 634; at Conshohocken, 719; first at Shoemaker- town, 804; in Frederick, 842, 843 ; in Marl- borough, 958; in Lower Providence, 10-19 ; in Whitemarsh, 1142-1143.
Mill Creek, scenery at month of, 927.
Miller, John, 836. Miller, Christian, 442.
Miller, Thomas, 1051.
Miller, Charles T., 551. Militia (see Soldiers).
Minuet, Peter, 54, 59.
Minerals, 8, 19.
Mintzer, William, 479, 480. Mintzer, Col. William M., 226, 227.
Missimer, George, 796.
Mitchell, G. J., 486.
Mitchell, Joseph, 969.
Mitchell, Dr. Gove, 639. Mittelberger, Gottlieb, 1064.
Mogee's limestone quarries, 627.
Moir, James, 601-602. Moore, Alexander, 507.
Moore, George W., 631, 632.
Moore, William W., 512.
Moore, Dr. Charles, 490, 640.
Moore, Mordecai, 1122. Moorhead, Joel B., 509, 600.
Moorhead, Alexander, 626. Moorehead, Col. T. G., 240. Money, Samuel, Jr., 557.
M& tgomery County : topography of, 1; act 1
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for erection of, 1; area of, 2; streams in, 2; ores and minerals of, 8; svils of, 22; popu- lation of, in 1812, 188 ; troops from, in war of 1812, 189-191 ; troops from, in Philadelphia riots of 1844, 191 ; soldiers froos, in Mexican war, 194; soldiers from, in war of the Rebel- Ion, H!Hi et sequiter ; slave owners in, at time of Revolution, 302; number of slaves in the townships of, 303; erection of, by act of Arsenibly, 317; application of name of, 317 (note) ; officers of, 318-323 ; taxes in, for 1883, 328-329 ; receipts and expenditures for 1884, 330.
Montgomery township: description of, 959; statistics, 933; name of, 959-960; earliest survey, 960 ; residents in 1734, 960 ; promi- nent characters among the pioneers, 060; nationality of early settlers, 060-061 ; early taverns, 347, 962; roads, 061; incidents of the Revolution, 961 ; schools, 962; Baptist Church, 962-963; old burying-ground, 963; residents in 1776, 903; biographical, 964- 972.
Montgomery Square, 959, 961-962. Montgomeryville, 959, 961. Montgomery Furnace, 568, G10. Munt Clare, 1058.
Morison, William T., 693. Morrow, Hugh, 729. Morris, Hon. Oliver G., 870. Morris, Judge James, 535. Morris, Elwin, 480. Morris, Anthony, 393. Morris, William E., 359. Morris, Cadwallader, 870.
Morris family, 680, 870-872, 1141. Morris flour- Mill, GI9. Moravians fortify Bethlehem in 1753, 148. More, Nicholas, 975, 978-979.
Moreland township : description of, 972 ; geology, 073 ; turnpikes, 973; schools, 973 ; Willow Grove, 973 ; taverns, 347, 974-975; Minutingdon Valley, 974 ; Yerkesville, 971' the township navied by Penn in hooor of a London physician, 975 ; early ownership of the soil, 075 ; taxable inhabitants in 1734, 075; decendaots of early residents, 976; game, 976 ; property-owners in 1776 and 1885, 976 ; township officers, 076 ; the Langstrotb Paper. Mill, 977 ; Society for the Recovery of Stalen Horses, 977 ; Nicholas More, 978 ; Sampson's Hill, 979 ; roads, 979 ; Round Meadow, 980 ; Horsebeaven Hill, 981, 982; residents in 1776, 983 ; biographies, 983-992.
Morgan, Andrew, 1192. Morgan, Wright & Son, 587. Morgan, David, 938. Morgan, George C., 588. Morton, Dr. Thomas G., 498. Moser, Elwood S., 466. Moser, T. F., 316. Mott, Lucretia, 355, 808. Mount Joy Forge, 567. Mount Pleasant Furnace, 565-566. Mowday, David Y., 771. Moyer, 1. H., 487. Moyer, J. B., 4×7. Moyer, John S., 487. Muhlenberg, Rev. Henry Melchior, 356, 994, 1063.
Muhlenberg, Rev. Fredk. Augustus, 792. Muhlenberg, Henry A., 513. Muhlenberg, Judge Frederick A., 534-
535.
Muhlenberg, Gottlieb Henry Erost, 1064. Muhlenberg, Rev. Henry Erost, 423, 355.
Mubleoberg, Frederich Augustus Conrad, 1064.
Muhlenberg, Geo. Peter, 137, 1064.
Mulvany, Daniel H., 513, 545, 546.
Murphy, Francis, 35G. Murray, George, 729.
Musie, church, 381.
Musselman, Samuel, 356. Myers & Ervien, 632, 804. Myers, Jacob, 632-633. Mystic Druids, order of, 406.
N.
Nace, Francis, 101G.
Naile, Lieut .- Commander Frederick J., 316. National Gas Works, the, 579.
Naval Academy, graduates of, 316-317.
Navigation : of the Schuylkill, 3 ; early colonial project for improving, 106, 122, 123, 124 ; a conipady chartered for nudertaking the work, 111 ; Schuylkill Navigation Company, 125 ; canal completed, 111; during the Revoln- tion, 123 ; by coal-boats, 127, 128.
Newbold, R. S., 576.
New Jersey, grant for and division of, 8G (note). New Year's, celebration of, in early times, New U'nivo Mills, 613.
Newberry, Dr. Milton, 659.
"' New Albion, " 50.
New Hanover Square, 993.
New Hanover village, 993. Newport, Duvid, 356, 604. Newport, William & Co., 628, 629. " New land, " 3.
New Hanover township: description, 992; de- rivation of name, 992; Germany' tract of land, 992 ; list of carliest owners of the soil, 903 ; villages, 993; schools, 993; Lutheran Church, 903 ; Reformed Church, 994 ; elec- tionis, 994 ; assessment of 1785, 994 ; residents in 1792, 994; taverns, 347 ; mercantile ap- praisement of 1884, 904 ; recent statistics, 005 ; 336.
ex-Governor Hartrauft, 995-998 ; Yost family, 098-909.
Newspaper reporter, first in the county, 183. Newspapers: Hoch deutsch Pennsylvanische Go- schichtschreiber, 136; first and second in county, 452. * Newspapers in Montgomery County, 458 ; the first in Norristown, 458; the Norristown Cazette, 458 ; the Norristown Herald, 458-450, 467 ; the Norristown Regis- ter, 458, 462-463 ; tbe Free Press, 439; the Herald and Free Press, 459 ; the Doylestown Olive Branch, 459 ; the Norristown Republi- can, 459 ; the Weekly Herald, 459; the Her- abl and Semi-Weekly Republican, 439 ; the Norristown Daily Herald, 459; the Bauern Freund, 462 464; the Montgomery Dem- ocrat, 462 ; the Montgomery Watchman, 462; the Daily Register, 462-463 ; the Daily Watch oman, 463 ; the Penosburg Democrat, 463; the Perkiomen Valley I'ress, 463-464 ; the Montgomery Ledger, 464-465; the Daily Pottstown Ledger, 464-465 ; the National De- fender, 465; the Lansdale Reporter, 465 ; the llatboro' Literary Chronicle, 724; the Hatboro' Public Spirit, 465-466, 724; the North Wales Record, 465-466; the Bryn Mawr News, 405, 467; the Schwenksville Item, 465 ; tbe Providence Independent, 465; the Towamening Item, 465, 470; the Moot- gomery Law Reporter, 165, 470; the Norris- town Independent, 400; the Medical Sum- mary, 466 ; the Agents' ('all, 466 ; the Wabr- heits Freund, 466 ; the True Witness, 466 ;;
the Providence Independent, 466; the Home News, 406; the Weekly Item, 466 ; the Neutralist, 467; the Montgomery County Presse, 467; the Morning Chronicle, 467; the Ambler Gazette, 467 ; the Ambler Times, 467; the Daily and Weekly Times, 467; Conshohocken Telegraph, 470.
Nobile, Samuel W., 483-484. Non-resistants, 368.
North Wales borough : mention of, 117; incor- poration, 777 ; name, 777 ; description and statistics, 777 ; St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 777 ; Sunday-school, 778; Parish Uuion, 779; Baptist, Reformed and Methodlist. Churches, 779 ; list of burgesses, 779 ; biographical sketches, 779-781 ; manufacturing indus- tries of, 623-624 ; North Wales Steam Mills, 623.
Norristown borough : original plot of, 107; whipping-post in, 108 ; Markley's addition, 109; incorporation, 109, 757, 759 ; material improvement and growth, 110-112, 747 ; sta- tixtics, 747 ; public and corporation buildings, 114, 115, 757, 758, 767; dam at, 128; De Kalb Street bridge, 748; railroads, 748; water-works, 749; Fire Department, 749; manufactures, 749, 750, 762; churches, 750- 752 ; schools, 752-754 ; cemeteries, 754; pub- lic halls, 754; library, 754 ; post-office, 755 ; early history, 755; Isaac Norris, 555 ; inci- dents of the Revolution, 736-757 ; execution of John Brown, burglar, 758; the town in 1790, 758; militia in 1807, 758, 759 ; early roads and streets, 760 ; taverns and inns, 760; stages, 761 ; Bible Society, 764 ; Inmber and coal dealers, 765 ; rejoicing over the capture of Malden, 765; recruiting for war of 1812, 7tis ; quiet of the town prior to 1818, 766; visit of Lafayette, 76G ; subliers' monument. 768 ; Barbadoes Island, 768 ; floating hatlıs, 769 ; list of burgesses, 770 ; biographical, 770- 777.
Norristown Iron Works, 568, 509, 574. Norristown dam, 128.
Norristown Binder-Works, 581. Norris Coach-Factory, 5x1. Norristown Woolen Mills, 384. Norris, Isaac, 755, 999. Norris, Charles, 765.
Norriton township 4 : Rittenhouse observatory
in, 4-8; the "mavor of William stadt" laid off by order of William Penn, 999; ownership vested in Isaac Norris, and township named in his honor, 999 ; the Nor- riton Presbyterian Church, 099, 1003; dur- ing the Revolution, 1000; taverns, 347 ; statistics and description, 1000; roads, 1001 ; villages, 1001 ; post-offices, I001 ; elvetions, 1001 ; common-school system, 102; places of religious worship, 1003 ; Burr's Meeting- house, 1004 ; militia organizations, 1004 ; "the Yellow Club," 1005; Col. Bull, 1000; Col. Porter, 1005; other biographical sketches, 100G.
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