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the Governor's views ; condemns course | Battles, Braddock's Defeat, 157; Quebec, of Proprietors ; adjourns for fifty days ; 164; Lexington, 184, 275 ; Bunker Hill, 185; Brandywine, 202, 203; German- town, 203; Pass of La Hoya ; Chapulte- pec ; Garita de Belen, 470; Bolivar, 476; Cedar Mountain ; Bull Run ; An- tietam, 477 ; Fredericksburg ; Chancel- lorsville; Gettysburg, 478; Chicka- mauga, 479; Wauhatchie; Lookout Mountain ; Mission Ridge; Ringgold ; 480; Mill Creek; Resaca ; New Hope Church; Pine Hill; Muddy Creek ; Nose's Creek; Kolb's Farm; Kene- saw; Marietta; Peach-Tree Creek ; Siege of Atlanta, 483; Fort McAllis- ter ; Savannah ; Bentonville, 484. Bladensburg, 315. petitions the King to assume direct gov- ernment of the Province, 173, 235; action of, in reference to taxation of the Colonies, 173; dines with the Goy- ernor; instructs agent in London to urge repeal of revenue act, 174; action of, on letters received on Colonial af- fairs relating to taxation ; urges entire repeal of tax law, 175; rejects decisions of Continental Congress on Wyoming controversy ; Council forbidden to ap- prove acts of, 177 ; Richard Penn's in- tercourse with, 179 ; general conference instructs the, 182 ; adopts instructions ; appoints delegates to Congress ; recom- mendations of Congress approved by, Bay, The Delaware, discovered, 18; land on, conveyed to Penn, 82; Penn de- sirous of holding, 101. 183; message of John Penn to; pro- vides pay for militia, 184; appoints committee of safety ; resolve of public Bay of New York, 17; discovered, 18; Chesapeake, 17. meeting against the, 185; instructs delegates in Congress ; declaration of, 186; adjourned sessions of the; ceases to exist ; last acts of, 188; passes postal law, 258. See Commonwealth, Assem- bly of the.
Atchinson, George, 417.
Auditor-General, Packer appointed, 438. Augur, General C. C., 477.
Babb, Matthias, 335.
Balance, the ship, dispatched to bring ship Mercury to New Amsterdam, 44. Baltimore, city of, included in Penn's charter, 66; Congress adjourns to meet at, 197; Congress returns to Philadelphia from, 199; attacked by General Ross, 316; guarantees bonds of railroad, 442; revolt in, 459.
Baltimore, Lord, demands surrender of territory on the Delaware; lets claim rest, 47; throws obstacles in Penn's way, 60; letter to, from Penn; con- fers with Markham about boundary, 66 ; Penn unable to agree with ; sub- mits question of boundary to home government, 101; applies for trans- fer of the lower counties, 136; claims jurisdiction over lower counties, 141. Bancroft, the historian, quoted, 22, 41, 42, 100.
Bank of United States, Jackson opposes; Wolf approves, 360; failure of, 417; Bank of Pennsylvania fails, 417.
Banks, General N. P., 477.
Banner, The Star - Spangled, song of, composed, 316.
Barbadoes, Dickinson writes pamphlet to inhabitants of, 236.
Barney, Commodore, fleet of, abandoned and burned, 315.
Barrett, O., 438.
Beekman, William, appointed vice-di- rector; sketch of, 46; in charge of West India Company's revenues, 47 ; jurisdiction ends; returns to New Amsterdam; commissary at Esopus ; envious of D'Hinoyossa, 49.
Bellefonte, 450, 451, 455.
Benckes, with Evertson, in command of squadron, 56.
Benner, General Philip, 451.
Berkeley, Lord, and Sir George Carteret, grant of Southern New Jersey to, 53; sell part of territory, 60; statutes of, 77. Berks County, Indian murders in, 162; Heister brothers settle in; Joseph Heister born in, 333; John Andrew Shulze born in; is pastor in, 344; Rit- ner born in, 361.
Bettering: House, 212.
Beversrecde, redoubt at, recommended, 34. Bezer, John, Commissioner, arrives, 67.
Bicker, Gerrit, in command of Fort Cas- imir, 37.
Biddle, Edward, delegate to Congress, 183.
Bigler, William, birth of; parents of; education, 414; learns printing ; pub- lishes a paper ; removes to Clearfield, 415; fine marksman; marries, 416; enters mercantile business; large lum- ber dealer ; elected to the Senate; re- ceives every vote in his county but one, 417 ; speaks upon resumption of specie payments; Speaker of the Senate; returned for a second term ; advocates building the Pennsylvania Railroad, 418; advocate of the Tyrone and Clearfield, and Philadelphia and Erie railroads ; candidate in convention for Governor; Revenue Commissioner ; elected Governor, 420; administration,
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420; opposes omnibus legislation, 421 ; renominated ; illness of; defeated by the Native American party ; opinion on Kansas-Nebraska bill; President Philadelphia and Erie Railroad; elect- ed to the United States Senate ; pitted against Douglas, 422; travels over Kansas, and urges Free State men to action; acts with Crittenden in his Compromise measures ; opposes seces- ·sion; member of Committee on the Crittenden Compromise; member of Charleston Convention ; Chairman of Democratic Convention of 1864; de- feated for Congress ; delegate to Dem- ocratic Convention of 1868; living in retirement; member of Presbyterian Church, 424.
Bigler, John, Governor of California, 414, 420 ; Jacob, father of, 414.
Big Timber Creek, 21.
Billingsport, defences at, 200.
Billop, Captain Christopher, succeeds Collier, 60.
Binns, John, gives incident of Governor Snyder, 318.
Birmingham, brother-in-law of Gookin, 124 ; township in Bucks County named for, 124.
Birmingham, meeting-house, battle at ; wounded carried to, 202; stains of blood on floor of, 203.
Blackwell, Captain John, commissioned Deputy Governor, 104; Penn's opinion of; Penn disappointed in reference to ; arbitrary rule of; relieved of office, 105. Blanchard, John, 451.
Block, Adrian, vessel of, burned; builds first vessel ever built in America, 19. Block, Hans, to be councillor, 53.
Bloemart, Samuel, purchases tract of land, 23; joined by De Vries, 23.
Blue Ridge, 323, 477.
Board of War, established, 280, 282; members of, 280, 281.
Boileau, Roland Curtin, 451.
Boquet, Colonel, sent to relief of Fort Pitt ; arrives at Fort Ligonier ; attacked by Indians near Bushy Run ; lays am- buscade ; routs Indians ; arrives at Fort Pitt, 168; marches from Carlisle to Fort Pitt; reaches forks of the Mus- kingum, 171; strikes terror into the Indians, 172.
Borden, Mary, marries Thomas Mckean; Joseph, 306.
Boston, harbor, 17; Colonel Nicholls ar- rives at, 51; vessels sent to, boarded and tea thrown into the water ; harbor proclaimed a tea-pot, 181 ; port closed ; harsh measures towards, 182, 183; Washington in camp at, 275.
Boundary line of Pennsylvania, 66, 67.
Bowers, Theodosia, mother of President Reed, 216.
Braddock, General, arrives at Alexan- dria, Va., with two regiments ; marches to Frederick, Md .; Franklin sent to, and commissioned by, to procure trans- portation, 156, 258; advances on Fort Du Quesne ; scorns advice of Washing- ton, 156 ; battle with French and In- dians ; mortally wounded ; defeat of, left the frontier unprotected, 157.
Bradford, William, 253. Brandon, John, 436.
Breckenridge, Judge, asks to be im- peached, 326 ; official conduct investi- gated ; Governor asked to remove from office, 327.
Brigadier General, eight appointed, 185. Bright, General Michael, commands militia ordered out by Governor Sny- der, 312.
Brinton's Ford, on Brandywine Creek ; General Sullivan at, 202.
British, The, part of army sent against Indians, 166; ministry, prosecute war with the Indians, 171; ministry of- fended at Massachusetts' circular let- ters, 171 ; troops withdrawn from Fort Pitt, 180; invade Pennsylvania, 201; army march into Philadelphia, 204; wanton conduct in Philadelphia ; fleet follows D'Estang, 212; army under Cornwallis surrenders, 248; incite In- dians to hostilities ; army on Canada frontier unfortunate ; murder sick and wounded prisoners, 314.
British America, finest capital city in, 133; Logan's life in, a laborious one, 141; French power in, to be broken, 163; taxation of, 181; address of first Congress to people of, 183.
Brockholls, Captain Anthony, succeeds Andros as Governor, 65; king's decla- ration delivered to, by Markham, 65. Brown, General Jacob, victories of, 315; Adjutant, ancestor of Governor Find- lay, 323; John, famous " Raid " of, 446, 447 ; Mr., teaches Curtin, 451.
Bryan, George, appointed to attend gene- ral Congress, 173, 213; elected Vice- President of Council, 199 ; acting Presi- dent of Council, 211 ; re-elected Vice- President ; resigns; born in Ireland ; engages in mercantile pursuits; mem- ber of Assembly ; message of, on aboli- tion of slavery, 213; Judge of the Su- preme Court, 214; member of Council of Censors ; death of ; character of, 215. Buchanan, James, presides over meeting of Federalists, 344 ; speech of, 353, 380; Governor Porter friend of, 389; Presi- dent, 422, 443 ; Packer's letter to, 444 ; Geary resigns governorship to, 475.
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Buckshot War [commonly termed the], account of, 371, 374.
Bucks County, Pennsbury Manor in, 95; Buckingham township in, 124; John Penn resides in, 189, 434, 435.
Burgoyne, General, captures Fort Ticon- deroga ; surrenders at Saratoga, 203. Burrowes, Thomas H., appointed Secre-
tary of Commonwealth ; friend of edu- cation, 365; Superintendent of Com- mon Schools; appoints Ritner inspec- tor, 366; pays tribute to Wolf and Ritner, 368; Chairman State Execu- tive Committee of the Anti-Masonic party, 370; address of, on the election, 371.
Bushy Run, battle with Indians near, 168.
Butler, Colonel, leader of Connecticut claimants ; barbarous offer to settle dis- pute, 176.
Bye, Charity, mother of Governor Packer; Hezekiah, 434.
Byllinge, Edward, Fenwick buys land for; a Friend; fortunes impaired ; assigns property ; put in possession of West New Jersey, 60; trustee for West Jersey colonists, 77.
Cadwalader, General, joins Washington with brigade, 197; in command of Pennsylvania troops; unable to cross -
the Delaware to Trenton, 198; Mary, 234.
Callowhill, Thomas, father of Penn's sec- ond wife, 95.
Cambria County, 468.
Cambridge, Union Flag unfurled first at, 194.
Cameron, Simon, 435.
Campanius, the historian, quoted, 39.
Canada, French from, establish trading- posts, 134, 146 ; given up to the Eng- lish, 167, 261; pamphlet on, 263; Franklin visits, 264; Wellington's veterans sent to, 315.
Canal, The West Branch, opposed, 436; completed, 437 ; Board of Commission- ers, 438; the Franklin, 443.
Cancer, Tropic of, 20.
Canonsburg, 467.
Cantwell, Captain Edmund, sent to the Delaware; Captain and Schout, and to administer oath; made Deputy Governor, 58; superseded by Collier, 59. Cape Henlopen, 82.
Cape of Good Hope, 20.
Capital, the State, building of, com- menced ; corner-stone laid by Governor Findlay, 330.
Carlisle, town of, militia march from, to Fort Du Quesne, 163, 171; college at, endowed, 248.
Carlisle, Earl, British commissioner, 225. Carpenter's Hall, Congress meets in, 241 ; convention of deputies meets in, 295. Carpenter, Samuel, takes Lloyd's place in Council, 104.
Carr, Sir Robert, commissioner, 51 ; dis- patched to the Delaware; conciliates the Swedes and Finns ; storms Dutch fort ; seizes farm of D'Hinoyossa, 52. Carr, Captain John, seizes farm of Van Sweringen, 52 ; to command on the Del- aware, 53; matter of sale of liquor to the Indians referred to; order in council concerning liquor licenses made on recommendation, 54; receives George Fox, 55.
Carrickfergus, garrison of, mutiny in, 71. Carteret, Sir George, and Lord Berkeley, grant of Southern New Jersey to, 53 ; sell part of territory, 60; statutes of, 77.
Cartlidge, two brothers named, kill In- dian, 129.
Cartwright, Sir George, commissioner, 51. Casimir, Fort, erected; rendered Fort Elsinborg useless, 35; Gerrit Bicker in command of; taken by Rysingh, 37; Swen Schute in command of; surren- ders to Stuyvesant, 41; Derek Smidt the herald to demand surrender of; seat of government at, 43; called New Castle; Indian murderer hung in chains at, 55.
Cass, Lewis, minister to France; con- verses with the King on troubles in Pennsylvania, 374.
Catholics, Roman, Penn's tract against, 76.
Cavaliers, The, followed Smith to Vir- ginia, 17.
Centre County, Wm. F. Packer born in, 434; 435, 440, 450, 451, 465.
Chadd's Ford, Washington at, 202. Chambersburg, 330.
Champlain, Lake, 166.
Charles River, 17; the Dutch name of Delaware river, 18.
Charlestown, Mass., tea stored in, 181.
Charleston, S. C., attacked by British, 195 ; enemy withdraw from, 196.
Charles, Robert, appointed associate of Franklin at London, 164.
Charles II., grants patent to Duke of York; ascends throne, 51; renews grant to Duke of York, 58 ; declaration of, respecting grant to Penn, 65 ; Char- ter of, to Penn, 66; · Penn petitions ; names Pennsylvania, 78; dies, 89, 109; succeeded by his brother James, 109.
Charter, Penn's, date of, 65.
Chatham, Earl of, on addresses of Con- gress, 243.
Chesapeake Bay, 17, 47.
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Chester, militia stationed at, 201 ; Ameri- can army retires to, after battle of Brandywine, 203.
Chester County, artillerists of, erect a monument, 203; incident relating to, 319, 434.
Christina, Queen, succeeds to throne of Sweden; creek named after ; fort named after, 30; ministers of, instruct Printz, 33 ; feeble reign of ; yields throne to Charles Gustavus, 40.
Christina, Fort, 30; colony at, in want, 31; Governor Printz arrives at, 32; under command of Governor Rysingh ; besieged; surrendered to Stuyvesant ; inhuman conduct of Dutch troops at, 41; commanded by Hudde; called Altona, 44.
Church, Robert R., 489.
Church, The Established, party of, in- imical to Quaker rule, 116.
Cicero, his De Senectute translated by James Logan, 139.
Clarke, James, 438.
Clay, Henry, 452.
Claypoole, James, commissioners of land office, 102 ; appointed one of five com- missioners, but never acted, 103.
Clearfield, William Bigler removes to, 415, 424; County of, 437.
Clinton, Sir Henry, sails from Boston on secret expedition, 195 ; attacks Charles- ton, S. C., and meets with repulse ; joins Howe at New York, 196; takes command of British army, 206; evacu- ates Philadelphia and moves towards New York; fights at Monmouth, 207.
Clinton County, 435, 439, 440.
Clymer, George, appointed member of Congress ; signs Declaration, 187.
Clymer, Heister, 486.
Coaquannock, at the site of Philadel- phia, 82.
Coates, Ann, 434. Cock, Peter, to be councillor, 53.
Cogswell, Robert, party from Connecti- cut sail under, 31.
Coleman, Henry, engaged with the Long Finn in an insurrection, 54; taken and transported, 54.
Coleman, William, merchant; Mifflin in counting-house of, 273; member of Junto ; described by Franklin, 274.
College of Commerce, the Swedish, com- mission John Amundson; Rysingh Secretary of, 36.
College, Philadelphia, authority of trus- tees suspended, 208.
College, Dickinson, endowed; named in memory of John Dickinson, 248; Dr. Nisbet, President of, 249.
Collier, Captain John, made commander
on the Delaware; usurps authority ; is deposed by Andross, 59.
Colony, the Virginia, 18, 26; first on Delaware; attention drawn to, by de Laet, 22; of fifty souls, ruler of, 23; Hosset left in charge of, 24; young, destroyed, 26; of Connecticut, 28; passengers of ship Mercury absorbed in the, 44; year of distress in the, 46 ; evils in, due to Alrichs ; the city's, represented by Beekman, 47 ; that of, city evades payment of the revenues ; transfer of the Niew Amstet, 48; Swedes plans repossession of, 49; cer- emonies in the New England, 49; Needham placed in command in, 53; twelve articles for government of, 59; Upland, the heart of, 66; ships arrive with four commissioners; laws in force in, 67; Penn's influence in, puissant, 108 ; Lloyd's influence over the, 112; Penn arrives in, 115. See Province.
Colonies, the two Northern, of Delaware, 23; the New England, 28; in the New World, 29; the New England and Virginia, 31; importation of negroes in, a source of revenue, 123; French encroach upon, 148; raise troops against the French, 153; all to con- tribute men and money for defence of frontier, 111; conference of Governors of, at Albany, 129; encroachment of home government on, 134; first gen- eral Congress of, meets ; plan of gov- ernment for, prepared by Franklin, 154; military operations along line of, 163; money voted to, for expenses in French war, 166; taxing of, considered in Parliament, 172 ; agents of, informed that revenue was to be drawn from stamp-duty ; stamp act meets intense opposition in; action of the, in regard to stamp act ; occasion of independence of, 173; Congress of, meets, 174; last petition of, to the King, entrusted to Richard Penn and Arthur Lee, 179; non-importation agreements of; action of, on the taxation of tea; conduct of, exasperates the ministry, 181; sympa- thy of, towards Massachusetts, 182; Congress of, 182, 183; resolve against importations, 183 ; John Penn believed to sympathize with; Ministry resolve to enforce submission of; great excite- ment in, 184; to form new govern- ments, 185; united, declared free, 186. Colonial Records, quoted, 95.
Colonists, West Jersey, Penn's letter to ; under Carteret and Berkeley, 77; and the Indians, 80, 86; code of laws for, 80.
Colonization, 17, 20, 21.
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Colve, Captain Anthony, Governor of
New Netherland; in command of military forces, 56; yields power to Andros, 58.
Commander-in-Chief, Washington, ap- pointed, 185.
Commissioners sent to Chesapeake Bay, 47; four arrive from England, 67; duties of; Penn sends letter with, to the Indians, 68.
Commissioners, five, appointed, and ex- ecutive power lodged in; instruc- tions of Penn to, 103.
Commissioners to provide arms, 185; British, appointed; attempt bribery, 225; to settle Wyoming controversy, meet at Trenton, 229.
Committee of Safety, Mckean chairman of, 296.
Common schools, system of, inaugurated, 353, 358; Burrowes, ex-officio Super- intendent, 368; interest of Porter in; Shunk Superintendent, 387. See Schools.
Commons, House of, Franklin before the, 261, 262.
Commonwealth. See Pennsylvania. Company, The Dutch East India, em- ploy Hudson, 18; of merchants of Am- sterdam, exclusive privileges granted to, 19; West India, in contemplation ; Dutch West India, incorporated ; sub- scription to its stock open to all na- tions; divided into five branches, 20; West India, powers enlarged, 22; privileges to patroons granted by, 23 ; Dutch, 30.
Company, The West India, report of Stuyvesant to; the Amsterdam, make new conditions of settlement, 46.
Condorcet, oration of, on Franklin, at Paris, 268.
Conestoga Creek, Indians on, 33.
Conestoga, conference of Indian chiefs with Gov. Keith at, 128; Indian killed near, 129; Indian assassins traced to ; massacre of Indians at, 169.
Confederation, Articles of, Mckean on committee to draw; gave power to Congress, 294.
Conference, general, held; resolves of; instructs Assembly, 182 ; second, held ; Reed, president of; resolves of, 184; approves Declaration of Independence, and raising militia, 186; Joseph Hies- ter a member of, 334. See Provincial Convention.
Congress, the first general, meets, 154, 173, 174, 235, 291; delegates to, from Pennsylvania, 173, 235; vote in, on representation, 291; Mckean repre- sents Delaware in, 293.
Congress, The Continental, decide in favor
of Connecticut claimants, 177; action of people toward convening, 182; as- sembled at Philadelphia; resolves of delegates of, from Pennsylvania ; presi- dent. and secretary of; addresses of; adjourned ; delegates from Pennsylva- nia to second meeting, 183, 241 ; King receives address of, kindly ; action of, approved by second Pennsylvania con- vention ; second, meets ; resolves to or- ganize army, 184; recommends forma- tion of new governments in the colo- nies, 185; arrests John Penn, 189; agrees upon articles of war ; issues bills of credit, 194; alarmed; adjourns to meet in Baltimore; invests Washing- ton with dictatorial powers; returns to Philadelphia, 199; establishes camp for recruits ; General Mifflin appears be- fore, 200; adjourns to meet at Lancas- ter and at York, 204; sends ambassa- dors to France, 207 ; returns to Phila- delphia, 211; refuses to listen to Brit- ish Commissioners of peace, 225; ap- points commission to settle Wyoming controversy, 229; Mifflin delegate to, 274; refuses Mifflin's resignation, 281, 282 ; asks inquiry into Mifflin's conduct, 281; confidence of, in Mifflin renewed ; party in, fault Washington ; appoints Board of War, 282; Mckean president of ; Hanson president of, 299.
Congress, of the United States, decides Wyoming controversy in favor of Penn- sylvania, 177 ; Hiester member of, 339; Wolf member of, 351 ; debates on tariff in, 360 ; Pollock member of, 426 ; first action of, on Pacific Railroad, 427.
Coningsmark, the Swedish general, father of Long Finn, 54.
Connecticut, claim of, as to western boundary, 50, 175; authorities to meet Lovelace, 56 ; emigrants settle in Wyo- ming valley ; people of, form Susque- hanna Company ; Governor Penn pro- tests to Governor of, 176; question of claim settled, 177, 229 ; warfare in, 248. Connolly, one, occupies Fort Pitt; im- prisoned by Governor Penn, 180.
Constitution, of the Province; features in, 80; defect in, 81; relinquished by Assembly; new one prepared; last, granted to Province and Territories, provisions of, 97; Assembly pass new, 114; long debate on new; adopted, 115; review of, by Franklin, 165.
Constitution, of 1776, convention assem- bles for framing, 187; completed ; signed ; intrusted to Council of Safety, 188; provisions of, 194; opposition to, 223, 286 ; convention to revise, 286, 301. Constitution of 1790, adopted, 286 ; Simon Snyder member of convention to frame,
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309 ; Hiester member of convention to frame, 339; Ritner the last Governor under, 361.
Constitution, of 1838, strips executive of appointing power; provision to pro- vide for death of Governor, 407; Gov- ernor Bigler on amending the, 421.
Constitution of United States, convention of, 249, 265 ; submitted to the States for ratification; opposition to, 300; pro- visions of, reference to, 447, 448, 449, 474.
Convention, Provincial, second, meets ; resolves of, 184; meeting in Philadel- phia recommend calling, to form new government; delegates meet and pro- vide for constitutional convention, 185, 186; elect Mckean president; action of, 186. See Conference.
Convention, Constitutional, assembles ; opens with divine service ; took upon itself government of Colony; Frank- lin president of, 187 ; elect Council of Safety, 193; to frame Constitution of United States; Dickinson member of, 249; to frame constitution of 1790; Mifflin president ; Hiester member of, 286 ; to ratify Constitution of United States, 301; Hiester member of, 339 ; National, meets at Harrisburg, 349; Democratic national, 443.
Conway, General Thomas, forms cabal against Washington, 283.
Cook, Arthur, appointed on commission of five, 103.
Cornelis, Cape, named by Mey, 19.
Cork, Penn at, on business, 71; Penn im- prisoned in city of, 72.
Cornwallis, Lord, pursues Washington ; restrained by Howe, 146; in Philadel- phia, 204; army under, surrenders, 248, 264.
Coudray, Du, engineer, examines and reports on defences of Philadelphia, 200.
Council, minutes, 22, 23.
Council, the Provincial, met by Penn, at Philadelphia; number of dele- gates to, reduced, 87; law relating to marriages of negroes, passed by, 95; executive authority committed to, 105, 117, 136, 146; Thomas Lloyd president of; three forms of exec- utive power left to the decision of, by Penn; members from terri- tories withdrawn from, 105; deputa- tion of, sent to induce seceding mem- bers to return, 105-6; badger Penn, 111; met by Markham, 114; to con- sist of twelve members; Edward Shippen president of, 117; Governor Gookin testifies before, to fits of de- rangement, 121; in opposition to Gov.
Keith, 129; had only advisory power ; Gov. Keith acts independent of; state- ment of Logan on minutes of; Keith reproved by Hannah Penn, for not con- sulting, 130 ; Logan president of; ad- vises with the assembly ; forbidder executive power in legislation, 136; petition removal of Gookin, 124; John Penn, son of Richard, made president of, 153; government in hands of; James Hamilton president of; forbid- den to approve Acts of Assembly, 177 ; Richard Penn member of, 179.
Council, the Lords of, Penn brought before; Penn's reply to; Penn again brought before, and reply to, 92; Pro- prietors before, 165; Franklin before, 262, 263.
Council of Five, appointed by Penn; Thomas Lloyd president of, 101; let- ter of Penn to; Nicholas Moore at head of, 102; Penn dissatisfied with ; relieved by five commissioners, 103.
Council of Safety, new constitution in- trusted to, 183; assumes government of Colony ; Thomas Rittenhouse chair- man of; supersedes Proprietary gov- ernment, 193; formal organization of; Wharton elected president, 194; issues an order to people of Philadelphia, 196; stirring address of, 197.
Council of Censors, Bryan member of, 215.
Council, Supreme Executive, The, ap- points Board of War and Navy; ap- propriates money; Wharton elected president of, 200; title of president of, 199; proclamations of, 200, 201; adjourns to Lancaster, 204; returns to Philadelphia; Bryan acting president of, 211; Reed elected president of, 222; Reed writes to, 228; Moore pres- ident of, 231; Dickinson president of, 248; Franklin president of, 251, 265 ; Mifflin president of, 273, 286.
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