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Frontignac, Count, Governor of Canada, incites Indians against the English, 111.
Frontignac, French at, routed, 163.
Fuller, William, a cheat, etc., 93; ac- cuses Penn, under oath, to the govern- ment, 93.
Galloway, Joseph, speaker of Assembly ; delegate to Congress, 183.
Gates, General, in command at Phila- delphia, 199; defeats Burgoyne at Saratoga, 203 ; president Board of War, 281; cabal to place at head of army, 283.
Gazette, Pennsylvania, purchased by Franklin, 255.
Gazette, United States, quoted, 334.
Geary, John W., birth of ; ancestry, 466 ; enters college; leaves college and teaches school; re-enters college and graduates ; enters a mercantile house ; studies civil engineering ; studies law,
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467; admitted to the bar; adopts the vocation of civil engineering ; goes to Kentucky to survey lines of public works ; noble act of; appointed assist- ant Superintendent and Engineer of Portage Railroad; raises a company of volunteers ; elected Lieutenant-Col- onel of Second Pennsylvania Regi- ment; joins the army under General Scott; his first experience of actual war, 468; wounded; assigned to com- mand the great citadel; elected Col- onel; marches home; separates with command at Pittsburg; appointed Postmaster of San Francisco and Mail Agent of Pacific Coast; with wife and child sails for the Pacific coast ; arrives at San Francisco, 469; chosen first Al- calde of San Francisco; appointed Judge of First Instance ; is, by virtue of his office, general curator; is re- elected, but four votes being cast against him, 470; elected Mayor ; de- clines re-election ; president of Board of commissioners ; chairman of Demo- cratic Territorial Committee ; is instru- mental in securing free State clause in the Constitution of California, 471; returns to the Atlantic States; em- barks in farming; tendered the Gov- ernorship of Utah, but declines ; holds interview with the President, 472; commissioned Governor of Kansas; arrives at Fort Leavenworth ; makes speech to the citizens, 473; admin- isters the government impartially ; dis- patches to the Secretary of State the condition of Kansas, 474; forwards resignation to President Buchanan, 475; raises the regiment known as the 28th Pennsylvania ; proceeds to Har- per's Ferry ; fights battle of Bolivar ; wounded, 476; captures Leesburg ; promoted to Brigadier General; as- signed to command of a brigade ; wounded at Cedar Mountain ; is ordered home for treatment of wound, 477; promoted to command the Second Division, Twelfth Corps; is wounded at Chancellorsville; takes prominent part in battle of Gettysburg, 478, 479 ; goes with Division to the Southwest, 479 ; fights the midnight battle of Wau- hatchie; complimented by General Hooker; with Division assaults and captures Lookout Mountain, 480, 482 ; issues complimentary order to his troops; engages in a series of battles from Chattanooga to Atlanta ; marches with Sherman to the Sea, 483; leads the advance upon Savannah; receives the surrender of the city; appointed Military Governor of Savannah; citi-
zens ask his retention ; engages in sev- eral battles in the Carolinas; at grand review ; bids farewell to his "White Star " Division, 484; elected Governor ; is inaugurated ; his inaugural address quoted, 485; his recommendations to the Legislature; is re-elected, 480, 487; peculiar features of his administra- tion; description of, 488; marriage of, 489; retires from office, 489; death, 490. Geary, Richard, father of John W., 466. Geary, Captain Edward R., son of Gov- ernor ; killed at battle of Wauhatchie, 480.
Genet, French Minister, intemperate conduct of, 287.
Georgia, Franklin agent of, at London, 165.
George III. succeeds George II .; grand- son of George II., 166; general confer- ence declare allegiance to, 182 ; first Congress addresses, 183; receives ad- dress kindly, 184.
Germany, father of Governor Wolf na- tive of, 350.
German, emigrants settle in Pennsylva- nia ; Snyder, the first Governor, of that nationality, 308.
Gibson, James, pleads cause of Paxton Boys, 170.
Ghent, Belgium, treaty of, 317.
Gloucester, Mey debarked near, and built Fort Nassau, 21.
Godyn's Bay, Delaware Bay known as, 18. Golden Shark, the ship, captured ; held by Stuyvesant; Van Elswyck captain of, 40.
Goodyn, Samuel, purchases tract of land ; purchase confirmed by Minuit; occu- pies land as patroon; joined by De Vries and six others, 23; in reference to whale-fishery, 24.
Gookin, Colonel Charles, appointed Dep- uty Governor; of grave demeanor; subject to fits of derangement, 121; quarrels of Evans entailed upon ; de- clines to proceed against Evans ; so- licits Assembly for money, 122 ; a bach- elor; refuses to recognize the Assem- bly ; drives committee from his door ; removed on petition of Council ; unrea- sonable conduct of ; under influence of brother-in-law; removed justices of New Castle County; kicks a judge, 124; succeeded by Keith; odious to the people, 125.
Gordon, Patrick, the " walking pur- chase" completed during term of, 88; succeeds Keith; arrives; meets the Assembly ; first address ; policy of, 132; punishes offending Indians; Indians pleased with speech of, 133; institutes inquiries into affairs of treas-
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ury ; Assembly decide power of, at an end, and refuse to act upon message of; receives new commission from the Proprietors, 134; death of; excellent government of Colony, 136.
Gordon, Thomas F., the historian, quoted, 151, 161, 167, 168, 170, 172, 236.
Goshenhoppen, 333.
Gottenburg, Printz sails from, 32.
Grant, President U. S., reinstates Gov- ernor Pollock as Director of Mint, 432; appoints Curtin Minister to Rus- sia, 464; reviews General Geary's di- vision ; commander-in-chief, 482; en- counters Lee, 483.
Grant, Colonel, defeats Cherokee Indi- ans, 166.
Gray, General, attacks Wayne at Paoli and massacres his men, 203.
Graydon, Alexander, memoirs of, quoted, 237.
Griffin, the vessel, 30.
Great Britain, war between Spain and, declared, 142; war between France and, declared, 144 ; peace secured be- tween France and, 147; resists the French ; Franklin's plan of govern- ment disapproved by the Ministry of, 155; rejoicing in, over defeat of the French, 164; money from, voted for defence; Nova Scotia, Canada, Louisi- ana, and Florida given up to, by the French, 167 ; address of first Congress to, 183; peace between, and the United States, and treaty with, 264; acts of, leading to the war of 1812, 313; war declared against, 314.
Greathouse, Daniel, with Capt. Michael Cresap, murder Indians, 180.
Great Island, Indian town on, destroyed, 168.
Great Meadows, Washington routs party of French near; Fort Necessity at ; Washington attacked in, by the French at, and compelled to yield, 154.
Greene, Colonel, [General,] at Fort Mer- cer, 205; goes to Rhode Island, 212; succeeds Mifflin as quarter-master-gen- eral, 281.
Greensburg, Governor Johnston, born at, 404.
Greenway, master of ship Welcome, 82. Gregg, Andrew, supported by Indepen- dent Republicans and Federalists as candidate for Governor, 343; offices held by, 452.
Griffith, the ship, arrives on the Dela- ware, 59.
Guinea, the frigate, with four other ves- sels, sails to America, 51.
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden; and Protestant religion ; mortally wounded; commended colonization, 29.
Haige, William, commissioner, arrives, 67. Halifax, General Howe sails for, from Boston, 195 ; Howe goes from, to New York, 196.
Halkett, Sir Peter, second in command at Braddock's defeat ; killed, 157.
Hamilton, James, son of Andrew ; ar-
rives from England; commissioned Lieutenant Governor ; removes griev- ances of the Indians west of the Sus- quehanna, 148; Governor of Canada remonstrates with ; urges measures for defence along the frontier, 150 ; forbid- den by Proprietors to approve money- bill unless interest at their disposal ; refuses assent to money-bill, 152; use- fulness impaired ; urges the Assembly to vote money for defence against the French, 153 ; convenes the Assembly ; commissions delegates to General Congress, 154; resigns, and reasons for; relieved by Robert Hunter Mor- ris, 155; again made Deputy Gover- nor; convenes Assembly, 166; super- seded by John Penn, 169; President of Council ; born in Philadelphia ; pos- sessed of large landed estate; adminis- tration of; never married; died in New York ; age of, 177.
Hamilton, Andrew, Speaker of Assembly, 141, 148; takes leave of Assembly ; valedictory address of, 141, 142; ap- pointed Lieutenant Governor, 98, 116 ; opposition to, in Parliament, 116; ap- pointment of, receives royal confirma- tion ; organizes military force ; death of, 117.
Hamilton, Alexander, allied with Fede- ral party, 343.
Hancock, General, 479.
Hanson, John, President of Congress, 299.
Harlem, Washington driven from, 196. Harper, John, 412.
Harper's Ferry, John Brown raid on; battle at, 476.
Harris Ferry, Indians, thirty miles above, 158.
Harris, John, requests Governor to re- move Indians from Conestoga, 169. Harris, Reports of, quoted, 386.
Harrisburg, proposition to move capital to, 325; visitors to, entertained by Governor, 331; national convention meets in, 349 ; Porter erects anthracite furnace at, 388, 440 ; school at, 451.
Harrison, Robert H., member of Board of War; declines to serve, 280.
Harrison, General, gains victory over Te- cumseh at Tippecanoe, 314; fights bat- tle of Thames and kills Tecumseh, 315; President, 330, 452.
Hartranft, J. F., 491.
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Hazard, Samuel, the historian, quoted, 30, 141.
Hazlehurst, Isaac, 442.
Heath, General, reviews Mifflin's brigade, 277; at Long Island, 279.
Heckewelder, the historian, quoted, 85. Helm, Israel, to be councillor, 53.
Hendrickson, Cornelis, commands Un-
rest; meets three white men from fort on Hudson, 19; report of, read to States General; demands privilege of trade, 20.
Henderson, Mrs. Mary C., marries Gov- ernor Geary, 489.
Henry, Patrick, eloquence of, 173, 241 ; draws draft of petition to the King; draft not adopted ; his neglect of litera- ture, 242.
Hepburn, Sarah Ann, marries Governor Pollock, 425.
Hepburn, Samuel, 425.
Hesse Cassel, Landgrave of, hires troops to Parliament, 195.
Hessians, capture of, at Trenton, 198.
Heyes, Peter, commands two vessels, 23; voyage of; purchases land of Indians ; returns to Holland, 24.
Hickok, Henry C., 453.
Hiester, Joseph, candidate for Governor ; supported by Old School Men and Federalists, 328; ancestry of; birth of; early life, 333; education ; marriage ; removes to Reading and enters mer- cantile business ; a Whig in politics ; member of State Conference; captain of militia, 334; forms volunteer com- pany, 334, 335; marches with com- pany to New Jersey ; anecdote of, 336 ; taken prisoner; confined on prison- ship Jersey, 337; taken to New York ; illness of; exchanged; in battle of Germantown; wounded; member of Convention to ratify Federal Constitu- tion ; member of Convention to frame State Constitution; member of the Legislature; member of Congress ; elected Governor, 339 ; administration ; inaugural address, 340; extract from message of, on executive patronage; death ; burial; extract from last an- nual message, 341.
Higginbotham, one, leads band of Mary- landers against settlers of Lancaster county, 137.
Hillsborough, Earl of, writes Governor Penn to prorogue Assembly if it ap- proves circular letter of Massachusetts, 175
Hindlopen, Cape, named after town in Friesland, 19.
Hinoyossa, Lt. Alexander D', sub-com- mander of vessels to the colony, 44; succeeds Alrichs in command of the
City's Colony ; in conflict of authority with Beekman; does not recognize Stuyvesant's authority, 47; success- ful government of, 48; visits Holland ; secures for City Company entire gov- ernment on the Delaware; authority of; returns to Holland, 49; resists at- tack on fort; farm of, seized by Carr, 52.
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Penn's portrait presented to, 71; me- moirs of, quoted, 91, 223.
Hoern Kill, court established at, 57.
Hollandaer, Peter, commissioned Gover-
nor of New Sweden, 31; succeeded by Printz, 32.
Holland, ships freighted with skins to, 23; arms of, 25 ; climate of, 26 ; peace between England and, concluded ; free from foreign war ; aggressive policy, 40. Hollister, Dennis, grandfather of Penn's second wife, 95.
Holme, Thomas, appointed surveyor- general, 67, 68, 102.
Holmes, George, commands party from Connecticut that attacks Dutch garri- son, and is captured, 28.
Hooker, General Joseph, 478, 479, 481, 483.
Hoorn, city of, fits out vessels, 19.
Hopkins, William, 372.
Hospital, Pennsylvania, established, 266. Hosset, Gillis, commissary ; with Hayes purchases tract of land of the Indians ; left in charge of colony, 24.
House of Representatives, of Pennsyl- vania, in joint convention with coun- cil, elect President and Vice-President, 199 ; action of, in reference to new con- stitution, 224; sends committee with Mifflin through the State to revive re- cruiting, 280; Mifflin speaker of, 286 ; Snyder speaker of, 309, 310; Findlay elected to; William Findlay elected to, 325; tries supreme judges; judge asks, to impeach him, 326; act to revise judiciary system before the ; Findlay resigns seat in, 327; Ritner member and speaker of, 362 ; speech of Stevens in, on school system, 363, 364 ; proceedings of the, during the anti- Masonic excitement, 372, 373; David R. Porter, member of, 382; Packer, speaker of, 438.
Houston, Captain, seizes prize-ship Ac- tive, 311.
Houston, General Sam, intimate with Governor Porter, 389.
Howe, General, commander of British troops; seeks terms of capitulation; departs from Boston, sails for Halifax, 195; proceeds to New York ; joined by Clinton and Admiral Howe; order of
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Council of Safety on movements of ; orders cautious policy, 196; with army · sails for the Delaware; moves up the Chesapeake; army debarks and marches across country, 201; at battle of Brandywine, 202; confronted by Washington ; enters Philadelphia ; puts army into winter-quarters, 203; marches against Washington at White Marsh : superseded by Clinton ; departure of, 206 ; sends flag of truce to Washington, 219 ; lands at head of Elk River, 299. Howe, Admiral Lord, with fleet joins British army at New York, 196; steers for New York from the Delaware; takes shelter in Raritan Bay, 207.
Howell, Jacob S., Secretary Council of Safety, 193.
Hubley, Edward B., 437.
Hudde, Andreas, supersedes Van Ilpen- dam; adopts instructions of Printz, 33; policy of; retained as commis- sary on the Delaware by Stuyvesant ; complains of the Swedes, 34; over- reaches Printz by craft, 35; member of council, etc., 43; commands Fort Christina and New Gottenburg, 44.
Hudson, Hendrick, discovers Bay of New York, 17, 18; sails in the Half Moon ; returns to Holland; visit of, to Delaware River, 18.
Hudson River, The, 17; first known as North River, 18; ships ply between it and the Delaware, 23; Stuyvesant summoned to, from the Delaware, 43. Hull, General, Governor of Michigan, surrenders Detroit, 314.
Humphries, Charles, delegate to Con- gress, 183 ; votes against Declaration ; omitted from new delegation, 187.
Hunter's Falls, arrest of Anne Smith, alias Carson, at, 320.
Huntingdon County, David R. Porter re- moves to, 381; Porter, register of, etc., 382.
Hutchinson, Governor of Massachusetts ; letters of, published by Franklin, 262, 263.
Independence, Declaration of, adoption of, 186, 187; names of committee on, 187.
Indians, name of the Delaware River, 18; the Minquas, Mohawks, Mohicans, 20 ; settlers trade with, 22; land pur- chased from, 22, 23; purchase con- firmed in presence of, 23; massacre by, 24; account of massacre by a native; Italians compared to, 25; lands purchased from, by Swedes and Finns, 30; the Minquas brought lu- crative trade, 33; the North American, grarts of; spirituous liquors given
to, by the Swedes; chiefs hold confer- ence ; stroking arm, token of friend- ship among the; the Swedes and the, in Printz's time; treaties with, con- firmed, 38 ; former treaties with, con- firmed, 39; massacre settlers on the Hudson, 43; commission to decide dif- ficulties of, 53; murders committed by; uprising of, feared, 54; action of, in reference to murderers, 55; liquors not to be sold to, 58, 59 ; Penn and the, 68, 79, 80, 83; Cherokees, 166; Otta- was, 167; regulations concerning, 80; great treaty with; the Lenni Lenape; the Mingo, 83; the Shawanese, 83, 134, 158, 167, 171; the Iroquois, 85; the Delawares, 85, 158, 171; grants of, 84; lands purchased from; dissatis- faction of, with "walking purchase;" first murder by, 88; company formed to Christianize, 96; large numbers of, wait upon Penn prior to his leaving for England, 97; complain of Gover- nor Evans, 121; difficulty between ; chiefs of Five Nations meet Keith in conference; speech at conference of, 128; one killed near Conestoga; invite Governor Keith to a confer- ence at Albany; speech of Grand Sachem to Governor Keith, 129; dis- turbances among, incited by strong drink, 132; treaty with Five Nations ; council of, in Philadelphia ; conference with, frequent; peaceful policy towards; not excluded from testifying in court, 133; French seduce with presents; policy of Pennsylvania towards, 146; artfulness of; hold council at Albany ; Conrad Weiser sent among, to gain fa- vor of ; passions of, aroused, 147 ; com- plain of white settlers intruding on their lands west of the Susquehanna ; intruders removed from lands of, 148; chiefs of Six Nations order French from their lands; Assembly vote mo- ney to secure friendship of; amount of gratuities to, in a year, 150; ter- rible massacres by, 158, 162; confer- ence with, at Easton ; Charles Thomp- son secretary to the, 162; the Chero- kee, commence hostilities; South Carolina militia led against the; re- pulse Colonel Montgomery; Colonel Grant defeats Cherokee, 166; league of, under Pontiac ; forts captured by ; murders of, along the whole frontier, 167, 168; account of massacre of, by Paxton Boys, 169,170; the Moravian, re- moved to Province Island ; two policies towards, 170; campaign against; sur- render captives, 172 ; Connecticut peo- ple purchase lands of the; Proprietors of Province purchase lands of, 176 ; the
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Christian, move beyond the Ohio, 178; murder of, by Cresap and Greathouse; Six Nations quieted by Johnson, 180; parties disguised as, throw tea into the water at Boston, 181; dine at Colonel Mifflin's, 277; power of, broken, 315; Six Nations, treaty with, at Philadelphia ; an orator of the, speaks of Logan, 140. Indies, western passage to, 18.
Intelligencer, The Harrisburg, quoted, 330.
Ireland, Penn sent to, 71.
Irving, Washington, quoted, 217, 218, 219, 275, 276, 278.
Irvine, General, succeeds Putnam in command at Philadelphia, 199.
Irwin, Archibald; Nancy, marries Wil- liam Findlay, 325 ; Alexander, 436.
Island, of New York, 17.
Italians, compared to Indians, 25.
Jackson, General Andrew, marches to defence of New Orleans; victory of, 316, 346; President; appoints Gov- ernor Findlay Treasurer of the Mint, 330; elected President, 346 ; nullifica- tion proclamation of; opposes United States Bank; appoints Wolf Comp- troller of the Treasury, 360; appoints Andrew Porter Governor of Michigan, 380.
Jacobs, Indian chief, shot at Kittanning, 161.
Jacobson, Marcus, [Long Finn,] incites insurrection ; taken and tried; trans- ported to Barbadoes, 54.
Jacquet, John Paul, appointed vice di- rector on the Delaware; council of four given him as a court to try civil causes, 43 ; authority of, ceases, 44.
Jamaica, Admiral Penn wins distinction in conquest of, 60.
James, Duke of York, patent to, 51 ; ascends the throne: received with favor; opposed to persecution, 89; makes speech; cause of Friends brought before, 90; zeal for Catholic church, 90, 109; communication of Penn with, 91; abdication of, 92; friend of Penn; retires to France, 109.
James River, chosen by cavaliers, 17.
Janney, Samuel M., his Life of Penn quoted, 90.
Jefferson, Thomas, drafts Declaration of Independence, 187, 246 ; life of, quoted, 187; on committee, 245; his opinion of Dickinson, 246; Minister to France, 264; letter of Mckean to; President, 302, 325, 350; tribute to McKean, 306; orders British vessels out of United States waters, 313; leader of Republi- can party, 343; appoints Wolf post-
master at Easton, 350; business habits of, 359.
Jefferson College, bestows degree on Governor Pollock, 425; Governor Geary educated at, 467.
Jeffrey's Ford, on the Brandywine; General Howe crosses at, 202.
Jersey, the prison-ship, description of, 337, 338.
Johnston, William Freame, birth of; ancestry, 403 ; education ; studies law, 404; practises law ; appointed district attorney ; elected to the House and to the Senate; advocates issue of relief notes ; president of the Senate, 405; be- comes Governor through the death of Shunk; assumes authority ; orders an election, 406 ; extract from message of, on the election; views on tariff ques- tion, 407 ; quotes messages of Presi- dents and Governors on the tariff; message on printing the archives, 409; views on slavery, and injustice of the Fugitive Slave Law, 410, 411; success- ful management of finances ; re-nomi- nated, but defeated ; retires from office ; engaged in manufactures ; president of Alleghany Valley Railroad; chair- man Executive Committee of Public Safety ; superintends construction of defences of Pittsburg ; becomes respon- sible for ammunition sent to West Vir- ginia; appointed collector of Port of Philadelphia; marriage; death, 412.
Johnston, Alexander, father of William
F .; birth of; surveyor, sheriff, magis- trate, etc., 403; death of; a centena- rian ; oldest Freemason in the United States; Elizabeth, Richard, Edward, and Colonel John W., 404; Richard M., 442.
Johnstone, George, British commissioner, 225 ; bears private letters to Reed; of- fers bribe to Joseph Reed, 226.
Johnson, Sir William, victor over Baron Diesker on Lake George; invited to conference with Indians at Easton, 162; succeeds General Prideaux, 163; agent of Indian affairs, 172; called upon to quiet Indians, 180.
Johnson, Andrew, President, appoints Governor Johnston collector of Phila- delphia, 412.
Joncaire, De La, captain and interpreter in the French service, 150.
Jones, John, tutor of Simon Snyder, 308. Jorissen, Governor, Arien, [Cornelis Ja- cobsen Mey,] 22.
Journal, Pennsylvania School, quoted, 366.
Judiciary, act concerning, annulled ; old act revived, 134; troubles respecting the workings of the Constitution, 386;
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list of, appointed by Governor Porter, 387.
Junto, established by Franklin, 254, 255.
Kansas, Governor Bigler travels over, 422; troubles in, 473, 475.
Keagy, Dr., 451.
Keimer, Samuel, employer of Franklin, 253, 254.
Keith, Sir William, appointed Governor ; Surveyor of Customs for Southern Provinces; salary of, as surveyor; visits to Philadelphia ; has confidence in Logan; arrives, and received with much pomp; calls Assembly together ; courtesy to the Assembly ; affable de- portment of; rewarded with ample salaries, 125; in doubt as to executing office after death of Penn; commission of, renewed by Wm. Penn, Jr .; lays doubts before the Assembly; letter of instructions to; refers subject of Proprietaryship to the Lord Regent ; confirmed in office by the Lord Regent, 126; offends the Penn family, 127; skilful in managing the Assembly ; chancellor of court of equity ; visits Governor of Virginia; holds confer- ence with chiefs of the Five Nations; makes an elaborate address to the In- dians, 128; makes presents to the In- dians; received by citizens ; prompt measures of, for arrest of Indian mur- derers ; visits Albany; Sachems' ad- dress to ; sides with people and Assem- bly, 129; acts independent of Council ; removes Logan from office ; reproved by Hannah Penn ; directed to reinstate Logan, but refuses ; superseded ; ad- ministration of; secures privileges to Quakers; elected to the Assembly ; foiled in wish to be speaker, 130; thwarted by Lloyd; brings cavalcade to awe the Assembly ; waning power of; publishes History of Virginia; death of; widow of, neglected, and death of, 131 ; proposes duty on stamp paper, 172; deceives Franklin, 254.
Keith, George, native of Scotland; Sur- veyor-General of East New Jersey ; opens school in Philadelphia; salary of, 106 ; creates schism in the Church ; character of; his opinion of Lloyd, 107, 108; proclaims himself at head of true Society of Quakers; testi- mony of Society against him ; appeals to Society in London; bitter enemy of Quakers; joins Church of Eng- land; ordained a clergyman; offici- ates in England and America; death of; death-bed declaration of, 108.
Kenny, Charles, incident of appointment as clerk of court, 319.
Kent, the county of, deed of, to Penn, 69. Kensington, Penn resides at, 116.
Key of Calmar, the vessel, 30.
Kieft, Sir William, 29 ; director of New Netherland; sends protest to Minuit ; complaint about trade, 30.
Kilen, Mr., 234.
King's Bridge, Mifflin stationed at, 277, 278.
Kirkpatrick, Rev. David, 425, 451.
Kittanning, Indian town, destroyed, 161. Kittatinny Hills, forts and block-houses
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