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Councillors, under Markham, attestation of, 66.
Court-house, at New Castle, 82; election declared from, in Philadelphia, 199.
Court, at Old Bailey, Penn tried before ; Penn fined by, 74; of Common Pleas, jurymen, in trial of Penn, brought their case; peacemakers ap- pointed at county, 87.
Court, of King's Bench, Penn brought before, and discharged by, 93; Penn cleared before, 109.
Court, Supreme, at New Castle, commis- sion of Governor Gookin refused pub- lication in, 124; a judge of, kicked by Gookin, 124.
Craig, General, witness to bravery of Mitflin, 276.
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Creeks, Big Timber, 21; Little Timber, 21; Lewes Settlement made on, 23; Christina, 26, 30; Salem, 31, 32, 33; Conestoga, Indians on, 33; Neshaminy, lands near, deeds signed for ; Baker's, 88; French, Washington ascends, 149; Bald Eagle, 451.
Cresap, Michael, Capt., with Daniel Greathouse, murder Indians, 180.
Cresson, Solomon, beaten by Governor Evans, 121.
Crittenden, [John Jordan,] compromise measure of, 423, 429, 432.
Crispin, William, commissioner; ap- pointed surveyor-general ; died, 67.
Croghan, Major, brave defence of Fort Stephenson, 314.
Cromwell, plans recovery of Dutch Ter- ritory, 50.
Crown Point, expedition against, suc- cessful, 158, 163, 164.
Crown, the British, grants made by ; people at Manhattan and, 51.
Cumberland, in Maryland, troops organ- ize at, to quell Whiskey Insurrection, 287.
Cumberland County, Franklin procures wagons and horses in, for Braddock, 156; savages advance through, 158; Indian murders in, 162; outpost of civilization, 167 ; Boquet collects force in, 168; Ritner removes to, 361, 374; teachers' institutes in, 366.
Cumberland Valley, 323; Scotch-Irish settle in, 324.
Cunningham, Thomas S., 372.
Curtin, Andrew Gregg, birth of, 450 ; edu- cation of ; studies law ; admitted to the bar, and practises law, 451 ; success in criminal causes; advocate of Whig principles ; labors for Harrison ; can- vasses the State for Clay and for Scott ; chairman of State Central Committee ; appointed Secretary of the Common- wealth ; ex-officio Superintendent of common schools, 452; makes common school education efficient; favors county superintendency, 453 ; laments defect of well-qualified teachers; re- commends system of Normal Schools, 454; resumes practice of the law, 455 ; elected Governor, 456 ; inaugural ad- dress of, quoted, 457-459 ; message of, quoted; called upon for troops, 459; receives order from Secretary of War that the troops are not needed ; directs troops to preserve their organization ; asks authority from the Legislature to organize a Reserve Corps; receives pressing appeal to forward the Re- serves to the capital, 460; his prompt- ness throughout the war in furnishing troops; his devotion to the interests of -
the soldiers, 461; founds the Soldiers' Orphans' Schools ; tribute to, 462; his health fails ; is tendered, by Lincoln, a foreign mission; re-elected Governor ; sails for Cuba for benefit of health, 463 ; is tendered, by Johnson, a foreign mission, but declines; prominent can- didate for United States Senate ; is sup- ported for Vice-President; appointed Minister to Russia; has a public recep- tion at Independence Hall; banqueted at the Academy of Music, Philadel- phia; sails for Russia ; supported by a number of delegates for Vice-President in Liberal Republican Convention at Cincinnati, and in the regular Repub- lican Convention at Philadelphia; in- clines to conservatism in government ; personal appearance of, 464 ; marries ; returns to this country from Russia, 465. Curtin, Roland, father of the Governor, 450.
Curtis, John, Justice of the Peace, charged with use of treasonable lan- guage, 103.
Dallas, Alexander J., letter of MeKean to, 294.
Darrah, Lydia, conveys intelligence to Washington, 206.
Dartmouth, Lord, Colonial Secretary ; corresponds with Joseph Reed, 217.
Dauphin County, Court House in, occu- pied by the Legislature, 330; Shulze merchant in, 344.
Davy, Sir Humphrey, tribute of, to Franklin, 259.
Davenport, Abraham, poet, song of, 351. Deal, Penn embarks at, for America, 82. Deane, Silas, ambassador to France, 207. Dean, Lieutenant-Colonel, 296.
Declaration of Independence, composi- tion of the, 246, 247, 264, 296; opposed by Dickinson ; adopted, 246, 295.
De Bert, Dennis, agent of Massachusetts Bay at Court of St. James ; father of Esther, 217.
De Bert, Esther, marries Joseph Reed, 217; death of, 229.
D'Estang, commander of French fleet ; arrives at mouth of Delaware, 207; sails for Rhode Island ; followed by British fleet ; fleet shattered in a storm ; sailed to Boston for repairs ; departs for the West Indies, 212; aids American cause, 248.
Delany, Colonel, 283.
Delaware Bay, discovered and named ; known as Newport May, and Godyn's Bay, 18; land at mouth of, purchased from the natives, 23 ; vessels arrive in, 30.
Delaware River, headwaters of; first
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known as South River; named by | De Vries, David Pieterzen joins Goodyn the English; called by the Indians, and Bloemart on the Delaware; two vessels sent by, to the Delaware, 23; and whale-fishery ; commander of ves- sels, and patroon; sets sail; reaches mouth of the Delaware, 24; pacific policy ; concludes treaty ; sails up the river ; sails for Virginia, 26 ; and whale- fishery ; sails for Holland, 27; opinion of; Printz, 35, 36. Pautaxas, Mariskitton, and Makerish- kisken ; by the Dutch, Zuyt or South, Nassau, Prince Hendrick, and Charles ; by the Swedes, New Swedeland Stream, 18 ; first settlement on, 22; trade from; ship Walrus arrives in, 23; Dutch settlements on, 26, 27; patroons sell lands upon; party from Connecticut sail to, 28; Pappegoya upon; western bank of, claimed by the Swedes, 33; Hudde retained upon ; Stuyvesant sails to, 34; land on south bank of, bought by city of Amsterdam, 44; distress of' colonists on the, 47; territory on, claimed by Virginia and Maryland, 50 ; Sir Robert Carr dispatched to, 52; visited by Nicholls; settlements on east side of; regulations for govern- ment on; English authority on the, 53; deputies from, go to New York to give adhesion to Dutch power; three courts established on the; oath of allegiance administered to inhabi- tants on, 57; authority of the Dutch on, ceases, 58; families settle on east side of, 59; Quakers settle along western shore; Penn's application for land west of, 60; territory west from, 61; letter of Penn to colonists on, 65; Penn proceeds up, on open boat, 82; French privateers run into the, 114; a resort for privateers of enemy, 144, 146 ; batteries planted on shore of, 144; line of forts erected from, to Mary- land line, 158.
Delaware, State of, northern limits, 30; territories formed, 82, 118; Dickinson elected to Congress from, 247 ; Dickin- son member of Assembly, and Presi- dent of, 248 ; Dickinson delegate from, to frame Constitution, 249; originally part of Pennsylvania, 289 ; establishes loan office, 291; constitution adopted, 297; Mckean president of, 298.
De La War, Lord, visits Delaware River, 18; and discovery of, 27.
Denny, William, commissioned Deputy Governor; cordial reception of; in- structions of; objects to money bill ; messages of, 160; rejects bill levying one hundred thousand pounds upon all estates, 161; presented with five hundred pounds; disregards instruc- tions ; signs bill taxing Proprietary estates ; recalled; administration of, 165.
De Ruyter, with Tromp, leads Dutch fleet against the English ; fights three battles, and defeats his adversaries, 56. Detroit, French force from, routed, 163; Indians attack, 167.
Dickinson, John, opposes the King's as- suming direct control of the Province, 171, 235; appointed to attend General Congress, 173, 235; writes Farmer's Letters, 175, 237 ; presides at monster meeting in Philadelphia, 182, 239; draws instructions to the Assembly, 182, 240; delegate to Congress, 183, 242; opposes Independence; absent, when vote on Declaration was taken; omitted as delegate, 187; birth of; education ; studies law ; visits Eng- land; practises law in Philadelphia; member of Assembly, 234; essays of, 236; eulogies tendered to, by people of Boston; Society of Fort St. David present address to, 238 ; drafts petition to the King, 242, 243; draws up ad- dress to people of Canada, 243 ; draws up second address to the King, 244; composes a manifesto, 245; opposes the Declaration of Independence; ab- sent when vote was taken on the Declaration, 246; volunteers as a pri- vate ; made brigadier-general; rules of life ; elected to Congress from Del- aware, 247 ; member of Assembly and president of Delaware; elected presi- dent of Pennsylvania ; endows college at Carlisle, 248; delegate from Dela- ware to frame constitution ; writes nine letters, signed Fabius ; delegate to con- vention, to revise Constitution of Del- aware; writes second series of letters, signed Fabius; visited by John Adams, 249; library of; described by Adams; marriage; death, 250; acting Governor of two States, 289; letter of McKean to, 302.
Dickinson, Samuel, father of President ; removes from Maryland to Delaware; Judge of Court of Common Pleas, 234. Dickinson College, 451.
Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia, sends Washington to confer with the French, 149; forward in recruiting, 153.
Dixon, Jeremiah, to run boundary lines ; name, world-renowned, 67.
Dixon, W. Hepworth, his Biography of Penn, quoted, 91.
Dock, Susan, mother of Governor Bigler, 413.
Donegal, settlement of, 169.
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Dongan, Tho., signs certificate, 22.
Donop, Count, attacks Fort Mercer; mortally wounded, 205.
Dorchester Heights, fortified by Ameri- cans, 195.
Dorsey, the Messrs., 381.
Downingtown, militia stationed at, 201; in Chester county, 433. -
Douglass, Samuel, Attorney-General, 405.
Douglass, Judge, 421, 422.
Drake, Wm. E., 440.
Duché, Colonel, regiment of, escorts Gov- ernor Denny, 160.
Duke of York, the, grant of territory to; Nicholls, groom of the bed - cham- ber to, 51; grant of, to Berkley and Carteret, 53; laws of, 53, 67; English power surrendered to, 56; grant of, re- newed by Charles, 58; last court held under, 67 ; has Penn discharged from Tower, 74; assumes title of James II., 74; Admiral Penn's dying request to, 75; yearly rents to be paid by Penn to, 82; duty paid to, by Penn, 83; his friendship for Penn; succeeds to the throne, 89.
Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, lays claim to territory in Western Penn- sylvania ; settlers claim protection of ; refuses to hear messengers from Gov- ernor Penn, 180.
Dunkirk, privateers of, capture vessel, 23.
Du Quesne, Fort, French build, 149.
Du Quesne, Marquis, Governor of Can- ada; remonstrates with Governors of New York and Pennsylvania, 150; fort named after, 153; operations against, 162.
Dutch, the, sought the Hudson, 17; right of, to the Delaware, 18; posses- sions in New World called New Neth- erlands, 19; West India Company in- corporated, 20; object of colonization, 21; settlements on the Delaware, 26; Company, territory of, 30; at mouth of the Schuylkill; opposition to the Swedes, 34; Rysingh to employ mild measures against the, 37; increase at Manhattan, 39; Governor sails to the Delaware, 40; troops, inhuman conduct of, at Fort Christina; Swedes and Finns take oath of allegiance to, 41 ; in full possession on the Delaware, 42 ; conflict between, and English rule ; evils of government of the, 50; pos- sessions of, 51; rule of the, 52; Eng- lish fleet descends upon coast of the; fleet led by De Ruyter and Tromp; great naval battle on waters of; squadron dispatched to recover New Netherlands, 56; authority of, on the
Delaware ceases, 58; Admiral Penn has engagements with, 60. Duyckinek, Evert A., the author, quoted, 266.
Easton, conference with Indians at, 162; books and State papers removed to. 204; Wolf, postmaster of, 350.
East India Tea Company, excitement against; vessels of, turn back to Eng- land ; vessels of, sent to Boston, board- ed, and tea poured into the water, 181. Eckley, John, one of five commissioners, 103.
Eden, William, British commissioner, 225.
Edinboro', Erie County, normal school at, 366.
Edmundson, William, the preacher, holds meetings, 59.
Education, Mckean advocates, 304; rudi- ments of, received by Hiester, 334; message of Shulze on, 348; message of Ritner on, 367.
Elder, Rev. John, (Colonel,) requests Governor to remove Indians from Con- estoga ; rangers of, massacre Indians, 169; Thomas, 393.
Electoral College, Shulze President of, 349.
Electricity, Franklin's discoveries in, 259, 261.
England, peace between Holland and, 40 ; fleet of, descends upon the Dutch coast, 56; peace between Netherlands and, concluded, 58; three ships ar- rive from; seal of, 60; Penn's de- scription of Province published in, 67 ; laws of, 67, 71; civil liberty in, 75; code of laws prepared in; frame of government agreed upon in, 80; war between Spain and, declared, 166; treaty of peace between, and United States, 317.
English, first in New Netherlands, 28; parties of, attempt to gain a foothold upon the Delaware, 31; party of, from Connecticut, settle at mouth of Salent Creek, 31 ; Van Ilpendam sent to drive the, from Delaware, 33; make Rysingh offers about a wife, 39; encroach upon the Indians, 167 ; settlements in Mary- land ; claim discovery of territory on the Delaware; submission of settlers to, demanded, 47 ; claim to territory oc- cupied by the Dutch, 50; throne, as- cended by Charles II .; commissioners issue proclamation, 51; New Nether- lands passes under rule of the, 52; laws in Colonies, digested by Nicholls, 53; held at bay by De Ruyter, and defeated, 56; soldiery sent to Hol- land, 56; New Netherlands restored
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' to the, 58; law essentials ; ships from, | Fenwick, John, arrives, 59; buys land arrive with commissioners, 67; law, in trust for Byllinge, from Berkley and Carteret, 60. offences capitally punished by, 81; law of primogeniture abrogated in Ferguson, Mrs., bears proposition from Johnstone to Joseph Reed, 225, 226. Fillmore, Millard, President, 374. Pennsylvania, 86; James II. promises protection to Church of, 90; people lose confidence in King James, 109; Findlay, William, fourth Governor of the French at war with, 111 ; traders seized by the French, 150; Shawanese and Delaware Indians raise the hatchet against, 158; capture Quebec, 164; strongholds in Canada submit to rule of, 166 ; government, order a confer- ence at Albany ; Ministry order Gene- ral Congress of the Colonies in Ameri- ca, 154.
Erie, city of, 442.
Erie County, normal school in, 366.
Europeans, three, wander up Mohawk Valley, 17; trade to, 33.
Evans, John, succeeds Andrew Hamilton
as Deputy Governor, 118; character of, 118, 121; arrives in the Colony ; increases number of Council ; first act of, an effort to unite the Territories and Province ; withholds sanction from bill, 118; party opposed to; dismisses the Assembly ; had little respect for the Quakers ; makes call for militia by proclamation, 119; despicable con- duct of, to test the Quaker faith ; ruse ' to frighten the Quakers futile; wins contempt of the people ; builds fort at New Castle, and compels vessels to bring to, before it, 120; relieved by Charles Gookin ; misbehaves to Indian women; beats Cresson, 121; charges preferred against; Council charged with being accessory to misdeeds of; offences of, cited, 122; odious to the people, 125; misjudges the Quaker faith, 143.
Evertson, Commodore, with Benckes, in command of squadron, 56.
Ewing, Dr., Provost of University of Pennsylvania; discourse of, on death of George Bryan, 215.
Fabius, letters of, 249.
Fair Hill, near Philadelphia; county- seat of Dickinson, 249.
Farmer's Letters, 175, 237, 238.
Farrandsville, terminus of West Branch Canal, 436.
Fauche, the Abbe, delivers eulogy on Franklin, 268.
Federal party, formation of; principles of, 343; dissolution of, 343, 346; news- papers of, join in support of new party, 346.
Federalists, organ of, 325; support Jo- seph Hiester for Governor, 328, 329, 339 ; support Andrew Gregg for Goy- ernor, 344.
Pennsylvania; birth of; lineage, 323; thirst for knowledge; instruction of, 324; admirer of Jefferson; Inspector of Militia ; Major ; elected to the As- sembly ; proposes moving of the capi- tal to Harrisburg, 325; chairman of committees, 326, 327; votes against impeachment of judges of Supreme Court, 326; provisions offered by, to revise judiciary system; elected State Treasurer, 327 ; substitutes current for uncurrent money received by chief clerk ; Legislature refunds money to; elected Governor; resigns as State Treasurer; inquiry into official conduct of, as Treasurer, 328; Legislature re- ports official conduct of, as Treasurer, faithful; official conduct as Governor inquired into; re-nominated for Gov- ernor, 329 ; defeated by Hiester ; elected to United States Senate; appointed Treasurer of Mint at Philadelphia; resigns ; death of; lays corner-stone of the Capitol, 330; appoints Shulze Surveyor General, 345.
Findlay, Samuel, 323; Colonel John ; General James, 330.
Finns, company of, sail with Minuit, 30; of company's colony, 44.
Finney, David, of New Castle; McKean studies law with, 289.
Fishbourne, William, treasurer, a de- faulter ; forever disqualified from hold- ing office, 134.
Fishbourne, Elizabeth, daughter of Wil- liam ; marries Thomas Wharton, Jr., 208.
Five Nations, the Minquas, a tribe of, 33; chiefs hold conference, 128; treaty con- cluded with, 133.
Flag, the Union, first unfurled ; descrip- tion of, 194.
Florida, given up to the English, 167.
Fletcher, Governor, commissioned to as- sume jurisdiction of Pennsylvania and Territories, 94, 110; writes to Governor Lloyd; visits the Province in great pomp; summons the Assembly ; Penn writes to, 110; appoints Markham Deputy Governor; dissolves the As- sembly ; departs for his own colony ; occasionally visits Delaware Colony ; message of, to the Assembly, 111; reasons for transferring government of Penn's colony to, 113, 114 ; declaration of, to Assembly, as to constitution, 118.
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Fort Amsterdam, party of English settle near, 28.
Fort Casimir, erected ; renders Fort El- sinberg useless, 35; captured by Ry- singh, 37; capture of, fatal to the Swedes, 40; under command of Swen Schute, 40, 41; besieged by Stuyve- sant; surrender of; inhuman conduct of Dutch troops at, 41.
Fort Christina, named, 30; lands south of, acquired by Stuyvesant, 35.
Fort Du Quesne, named, 153; captured by General Forbes; garrisoned by Pennsylvanians, 163.
Fort Elsinborg, erected, 33; rendered useless, 35 ; seized by Stuyvesant, 40.
Fort Le Bœuf, the French establish ; headquarters of French commander at ; Washington reaches; on the site of Waterford, Erie County, 149; troops move from, to Fort Du Quesne, 153; captured by Indians, 167.
Fort McHenry, bombarded, 316.
Fort Mifflin, bombardment of, 205; evacuated, 206.
Fort Mercer, attacked, 205.
Fort Nassau, Indians occupants of, 26; Dutch garrison in, attacked, 28; Van Ilpendam at, 33; abandoned, 35.
Fort Necessity, Washington retires to, and fortifies, but yields to the French, and marches out with the honors of war, 154.
Fort Niagara, near the Falls; surren- dered to the English, 163; attacked by Indians, 117.
Fort Oplandt, 24.
Fort Island, mud fort upon, 205.
Folger, Abiah, mother of Franklin; Peter, 252.
Fontanoy, battle of; head of Johnston family killed at, 403.
Forbes, General, under Abercrombie, 162 ; seizes Fort Du Quesne, 163.
Forney, John W., his sketch of Stevens, quoted, 364, 365.
Forster, W. E., preface to Life of Penn, quoted, 91.
Fortune, the vessel, commanded by Mey, 19.
Foster, Henry D., 456.
Fox, George, founder of Society of Friends ; travels through Delaware County; received at New Castle by Captain Carr, 55; visit and return home, 60.
Fox, Mr., appointed to attend General Congress at New York, 173.
Frankfort, Chambers at, confirm act, 30. Franklin, Benjamin, elected colonel, but declines, 144; is clerk and member of the Assembly; answers manifesto of Proprietors, 151; delegate to first
General Congress ; plan of government for the Colonies, prepared by, 154, 260; biographer of, quoted, 155 ; sent to meet Braddock, 156, 258; Postmas- ter-General, 156, 258 ; commissioned by Braddock to procure transportation ; circulates notices through counties of Cumberland, York, and Lancaster ; procures wagons and horses, 156, 258 ; circulates dialogue to encourage en- listments, 158; takes command on north-western frontier, and erects forts, 159, 258 ; returns to Philadelphia and takes seat in Assembly, 159; regiment of, escorts Governor Denny, 160; sent as commissioner to England, 162, 260; arrives in London; lays instructions before Ministry ; involved in contro- versy with Proprietors ; two associates sent to ; presents remonstrance to Pro- prietors, 164; pamphlet of, entitled Historical Review of Pennsylvania ; appointed agent for Massachusetts, Maryland, and Georgia, 165, 260; agreement with Proprietors as to as- sessments ; defeated for the Assembly, 171; sent as agent to Court, on matter of taxation of Colonies, 173; advocates. transfer of Colony to the Crown, 173, 235, 261; before committee of Parlia- ment, 174, 261, 262; delegate to Con- gress ; returns from London, 183, 263 ; on committee to frame Declaration, 187, 264; votes for Declaration ; pres- ident of Constitutional Convention, 187; Ambassador to France, 207, 262; birth of, 251; goes to school; learns printing, 252 ; writes anonymous arti- cles ; goes to New York and Philadel- phia; a vegetarian, 253 ; goes to Eng- Îand; deceived by Governor Keith ; returns to Philadelphia; moral con- victions of; establishes the Junto, 254; his skill in speaking and writing ; pur- chases the Gazette; publishes pam- phlet. on paper currency ; issues pro- posals for a public library ; commences publication of Poor Richard's Alma- nac, 255; maxims of, 256, 257 ; chosen clerk and member of Assembly, 257 ; experiments on electricity ; opposes Proprietary claims, 259; draws plan for an academy, 260; honorary de- grees conferred upon, 261; travels in Holland and Germany, 262; before committee of Privy Council, 262, 263 ; visits Canada, 263; negotiates peace ; his final return home ; flattering recep- tion, 264; letter of; chosen president of Council ; delegate to Constitutional Convention ; moves to open Conven- tion with prayer, 265; college named after ; lays corner-stone of college at
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Lancaster ; retires from public employ- ments, 266, 273; death of; works of, 266 ; anecdote of; tributes to memory of, 267, 268; ode to, 268, 269; on In- dependence, 314.
Franklin, William, Governor of New Jersey ; refuses to allow Moravian In- dians to remain in his Colony, 170.
Franklin, Josias, father of Benjamin, 251.
Franklin County, 323, 325, 330.
France, war declared between Great Britain and, 144; peace secured with Great Britain and, 147 ; joins Spain in war against England, 160 ; ambassador to court of, 264; forms alliance with America, 207, 264; revolution in, 249 ; Franklin's maxims in, 257 ; Monarch of, thanks Franklin, 260; at war with England, 264; honors to memory of Franklin in, 267.
Freame, Elizabeth, mother of Governor Johnston ; William, 403.
Frederick, Braddock at, 156, 258.
Freeport, town of, 418.
Fremont, John C., nominated for Presi- dent, 375; General, 477.
French, The, claim country on the Ohio, by reason of discovery by La Salle; make effort to circumvent Ohio Com- pany ; seize English traders ; ordered away by Indians ; mollify savages by presents, 150; under Contrecœur drive English away from fort at confluence of Alleghany and Monongahela, and name it Fort Du Quesne; party of, under Jumonville, routed by Washing- ton, 153; defeat Washington at Fort Necessity, 154; defeat Braddock, 156, 157 ; expeditions against, in Nova Sco- tia, and at Crown Point ; incite savages to murderous warfare, 158; erect Fort Ticonderoga ; repulse Abercrombie at Ticonderoga; routed at Frontignac ; evacuate Fort Du Quesne ; force for the relief of Fort Niagara routed ; garrison of Fort Niagara surrender, 163 ; retreat from Ticonderoga and Crown Point, 163, 164; efforts to recover losses un- successful ; at Montreal surrender to the English, 166 ; and Indians at war with the English, 111; privateers run into the Delaware, 114; Markham is- sues proclamation against privateers of, 114, 115; establish trading posts on Alleghany and Ohio, 134, 146; invite Indians to conference at Montreal ; said by the Indians to be friendly to the English ; Indians promise to resist encroachments of, 134; endeavor to connect possessions in Canada with those on the Mississippi ; seduce natives with presents, 146; Conrad Weiser sent
to learn position of the, 147; encroach upon English Colonies, 148 ; build forts at Presque Isle, Le Bœuf, Venango, and Du Quesne; bury pieces of copper along the Ohio; settlers come in con- tact with; Washington sent to confer with ; commandant met by Washing- ton, 149.
Friends, Society of, numbers of, arrive, 59 ; numbers flee from persecution, 60 ; Penn at meetings of, 72, 83; mode of address, 72; Penn arrested at meeting of, 74; Penn committed to prison for preaching at meeting of, 76; and In- dians, 78 ; assist Penn in framing laws, 80; accompany Penn to America, 82 ; address King James; prisoners in England and Wales, 90; certificates of, as to Penn's unity, 95; action of, in monthly meeting, regarding slaves and Indians; freed from slavery, 96; persecuted; Lloyd attached to, 101; schism in church of, incited by Keith, 107; Keith proclaims himself as head of true; expel Keith ; influence of Penn in, puissant, 108; attempt of Governor Evans to frighten on day of weekly meeting of, 120; character of, mis- taken by Evans, 121, 143; Keith se- cures privileges to, 130 deputation of, protest against transfer of the Lower Counties, 136; Patrick, father of James Logan, joins, 138; James Logan a member of, 139; triumphant in the elections against Governor Thomas, 144; Governor Thomas appreciates, 145 ; oppose defensive war, 146; dele- gates from, at Indian conference at Easton, 162; favor the King assuming control of Province, 171.
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