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erected along the line of, from the Del- aware to Maryland, 158.
Klein, Elmerhuysen, member of Coun- cil, and commissary, 43.
Klinginsmith, Philip, anecdote of, 419. Knap's Battery, 476.
Knowles, a settler of Lancaster County, killed by Marylanders, 137.
Knyphausen, General, at Brandywine battle, 202.
Krause, David, 434.
Krygier, Captain Martin, commands ves- sels to the Colony, 44.
Kunze, Dr., 344.
Laet, Jean de, work on West Indies, 22. Lafayette, General, arrives in America ; wounded, 202; goes to Rhode Island, 212.
Lake Champlain, Ticonderoga between, and Lake George, 163.
Lake George, Ticonderoga between, and Champlain, 163.
Lancaster County, Marylanders attempt to drive settlers from ; sheriff of, sum- mons posse to resist; invaded by Cre- sap with fifty armed men; skirmish with invaders, and Cresap wounded and made prisoner ; another band in- vades territory, and are dispersed by sheriff; party of Marylanders release prisoners from jail; order of the King restrains both parties, 137; Franklin procures wagons and horses in, for Braddock, 156; Indian murders in, 162 ; settlements in, 169.
Lancaster, town of, troops put in bar- racks at, 163 ; Indians killed in work- house at, 169; Hessian prisoners at, 198; Congress and Supreme Council meet at, 204; funeral of President Wharton at, 210; Franklin College at ; visit of Franklin to, 265, 266; Legis- lature at, 288; Governor Snyder born at, 308; capital, 325; Governor Shulze removes to, 349.
La Ray, Fort, captured by Indians, 167. Law, The Great, passed by the Assem- bly ; first section of, 86.
Lawrence, Alderman, Franklin declines colonelcy in favor of, 144
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Laurie, Gawen, assignee to Byllinge, 60; | Ligonier, Fort, Colonel Boquet reaches, trustee for West Jersey colonists, 77. 168. Legislature of Pennsylvania, passes Act Lincoln, Abraham, 431; elected Presi- dent, 456; tenders mission to Curtin, 463. vesting estate of Proprietors in Com- monwealth ; sum paid to Proprietors by the, 193 ; proceedings of, in the Um- Line, Mason and Dixon's, 67. stead case, sent to President Madison, Little Timber Creek, 21. 311 ; message of Governor Snyder to the, Livingston, Philip, member of Congress, 241, 242; on committee to revise min- utes, 291. in the Umstead case, 312; Snyder's in- augural address to; custom of Executive delivering messages in person to, abol- Lloyd, Thomas, president of Council; keeper of Great Seal, 89, 101; death of, 94, 111; educated at Oxford, 101; attached to the Quakers, 101, 112; embarks with Penn to America, 101; commissioner of land-office, 102; one of five commissioners; applies to Penn to be relieved of office; Penn's letter to, relieving him of office, 103, 104; recommends appointment of sin- gle executive, 104; refuses to deliver up the great seal, 105; again made president of Council, 105, 106; com- missioned Deputy Governor, 106, 111 ; George Keith's opinion of, 107, 108; letter of Penn to, on public matters, 108; Fletcher writes to, 110; subser- viency to Fletcher censured by Penn, 110; where born, 111, 112; of respect- able family ; character of; last words of, 112. ished, 317 ; first message to, against sla- very, 318 ; passes bill chartering forty banks, 319, 328; Snyder's last message to, 321; asks Governor Mckean to re- move Judge Breckenridge, 327; passes bill to refund money to State Treasurer Findlay ; inquires into the official con- duct of Treasurer Findlay, 328 ; reports in favor of Treasurer ; inquires into of- ficial conduct of Governor Findlay, 321; sits in Dauphin County court-house, 330; members of, entertained by Gov- ernor Findlay, 331 ; message of Hiester to, on reform, 341 ; message of Shulze to, on will of majority, 346 ; approves views of Jackson on nullification ; fa- vors renewing charter of United States Bank, 360; passes Common School Law, 362; message of Ritner to, on educa- tion, 367 ; violent proceedings in, dur- ing anti-Masonic excitement, 372, 373 ; Lloyd, David, Speaker of the House; signs address denouncing the Governor and Proprietor ; at head of faction op- posing Governor Evans; champion of the popular party; again elected Speaker, 119; cause of quarrel with the Governor and, 120; charges brought against, 121; troubles be- tween Logan and, 122; thwarts de- signs of Keith; elected Speaker of Assembly, 131. authorizes sale of bank and bridge stock of the State; revives State tax ; authorizes issue of relief notes, 405; messages of Governor Johnston to, on the election, the tariff, and slavery, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412; discussion in, on chartering Pennsylvania Central Railroad, 417, 418, 419; extra session called to avert financial crisis, 430; Petrikin member of, 434; votes money to soldiers' orphans' schools, 462 ; mes- Lloyd, Sarah, daughter of Thomas; marries William Moore, 283. sages of Geary to the, 486, 487.
Lee, Richard Henry, moves Declaration of Independence, 186, 246; drafts ad- dress to people of England, 241; ad- dress not adopted, 242.
Lee, General Charles, sent to defend New York, 195; at the battle of Monmouth, 207; character of, 218; corresponds with Reed, 220.
Lee, General Henry, commands troops to quell Whiskey Insurrection, 287.
Lee, Arthur, ambassador to France, 207. Lee, General Robert E., invades Pennsyl- vania, 478.
Leesburg, Va., 477.
Lebanon County, Shulze recorder, etc., of ; Shulze senator from, 345.
Levin, John, agent for Duke of York, calls Andros to account, 65.
Lewis, Attorney General, 405.
Lloyd, Susan, daughter of Thomas; marries Thomas Wharton, Jr., 208. Loan-Office established; Mckean trustee of, 291.
Loe, Thomas, Quaker preacher, 70; preaches at meeting of Friends in Cork, 71.
Logan, James, appointed Provincial Secretary and Clerk of Council, 98, 116 ; came with Penn to the Province ; enjoys Penn's unlimited trust, 116; fast friend of the Proprietor, 119; charges brought against, 121 ; troubles with David Lloyd; returns to Eng- land, and lays troubles before the Pro- prietor, 122; confides in Governor Keith, 125; resists Governor Keith ; removed from office; goes to London ; Keith directed by Hannah Penn to
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reinstate; refusal of Keith to reinstate, 130; manages affairs of Colony with firmness; kind bearing towards the Indians; nominally Governor for long period ; offices held by ; sketch of, by Proud, 138, 139, 140; library of; In- dian estimate of; appearance of, 145.
Logan, Robert, grandfather of James, 138.
Logan, William, son of James; member of Governor's council, 140.
Logan, Deborah, gives account of British in Philadelphia, 204.
Logan, Indian chief, family of, mur- dered ; eloquence of, 180.
Logan, Patrick, father of James; re- moves into Ireland from Scotland; educated in University of Edinburgh ; joins Quakers, 138.
Logan, James R., 489.
Logan, Margaret Ann, marries John W. Geary, 489.
London, Penn's sermons in, 95; Frank- lin arrives in, 164.
Londonderry, Chester County; birth- place of Mckean, 289.
Long Island, Washington driven from, 196.
Longstreth, candidate for Governor, 419. Lords, British House of, bill before, to change Proprietaryship to royal Gov- ernor, 115; postpones action on ap- pointing royal Governors, 116.
Lossing, Benson J., works of, quoted, 232, 239.
Lottery, money raised by, for defence, 144.
Louis XIV., King, declares war against the Netherlands, 56.
Louis XV., King, Franklin presented to, 262.
Louisburg, operations against, 162.
Louisiana, given up to the English, 167.
Loudoun, Earl of, in chief command ; recalled, 162.
Lovelace, Colonel Francis, succeeds Nicholls, 53; issues proclamation for arrest of Jacobsen and Coleman, 54; absent at New Haven when Dutch arrive at New York, 56; returns to Europe, 56, 57.
Lovell, James, of Massachusetts ; chair- man Committee on Foreign Relations ; blames Washington, 282.
Lower Counties. See Territories.
Lowden, Richard, with party of Mary- landers, release prisoners from Lancas- ter jail, 137.
Lucas, Nicholas, assignee for Byllinge, 60; trustee for West Jersey colonists, 77.
Lurgan, place of James Logan's birth, 138.
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Lutzen, battle of, 29.
Lycoming County, 434, 438, 439.
Lyttleton, Lord, rebukes Richard Penn, 179, 180.
Macaulay, Lord, his charges against Penn, refuted, 91, 92.
Madison, James, motion of, in Congress, on death of Franklin, 267; president ; replies to Governor Snyder on the Um- stead case, 311; declares war against Great Britain, 314; tenders appoint- ments to Andrew Porter, 380.
Manhattan, island of; settlers return to, 22 ; purchase of land confirmed at, 23 ; purchase of Heyes and Hosset con- firmed at, 24; present sent to Governor at, 26; De Vries leaves present at, 27 ; prisoners sent to, 28; traders from; overtures to authorities at, by Christina colonists, 31 ; ship Mercury ordered to, 44; Colonel Nicholls arrives at, 51.
Manning, Captain John, commands fort at New York, 56.
Marcy, Wm. L., 474.
Markham, William, deputy Governor, 65, 79, 101; brings letter of Penn to colonists, 65, 79; date of commission ; visits the Governor at New York, and obtains letter from, 65, 66, 79; shows Penn's patent to Governor Brockholls ; proceeds to the Delaware; empowered to call a council; brings letter to Lord Baltimore on settlement of boundary ; confers with Lord Baltimore, 66; first court under ; instructions of, 67 ; makes large purchase of the Indians ; searches a site for a city ; Penn's instructions to, about city ; discards Penn's location, 68; takes King's declaration to the Province; cousin of the Proprietary, 79; made Secretary of Province and Territories, 101 ; withdraws from Coun- cil, 106; commissioned Deputy Gov- ernor of the Territories, 106, 114; sub- serviency of, to Fletcher, censured by Penn, 110; meets Council and Assem- bly ; disregards organic law ; approves new Constitution, 114.
Marshall, Edward, employed in the "walking purchase," 88.
Martial, Christopher, Remembrancer of quoted, 212.
Mary, Queen, letter of, to Fletcher, 111. Maryland, State of, English settlements
in, 47; claims territory on Delaware, 50; northern boundary settled, 66, 67 ; country north of, granted to Penn, 78; religious liberty in, 81; controversy between, and Pennsylvania, 89; citi- zens of, invade Pennsylvania, 137; agreement in reference to disputed boundary line approved by the King,
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141; in council with Indians, 147; Governor of, invited to conference with Indians at Easton, 162 ; Franklin agent of, at London, 165; militia of, called out to quell' Whiskey Insurrection, 287,466.
Massachusetts, extension of territory of, 50; Franklin agent of, at London, 165 ; proposes a general congress, 173 ; letter of Assembly of, offends Ministry, 174; harsh measures of Parliament to, con- demned, 182, 183.
Mason, Thomas, to run boundary line; name world-renowned, 67.
Masonic, fraternity, excitement against, 362.
Masters, Miss Polly, marries Richard Penn, 179.
Maverick, Samuel, Esq., commissioner, 51.
McAllisterville, 462.
McClellan, General George B., 422.
McDermott, Josephine, marries David R. Porter, 382.
McDermott, William, 382.
McFarland, Colonel George F., 462.
Mckean, Thomas, birth of; education ; studies law ; clerk; deputy prothono- tary and register, 289; admitted to practise law ; deputy attorney-general ; clerk of Assembly ; appointed to codify laws; member of Assembly; declines being candidate; names seven persons as representatives, 290 ; trustee of loan office ; member of first Congress ; chal- lenged by president, 292; thanks of Assembly to ; notary public ; justice of the peace; orders use of unstamped paper ; collector of the port of New Castle; member Continental Congress, 293 ; resides permanently in Philadel- phia ; letter on signing the Declara- tion, 294; signature omitted from the Declaration, 295 ; chairman of conven- tion of deputies ; colonel of regiment ; chairman Committee of Safety of Penn- sylvania, and of Inspection of Phila- delphia ; marches with regiment to join Washington ; anecdote of, 296; signs parchment copy of the Declaration ; writes the Constitution of Delaware in a single night, 297; Chief Justice of Pennsylvania ; letter to John Adams, 298; resignation as delegate in Con- gress for Delaware refused; President of Congress ; resigns as president, 299 ; tribute to, 300; member of conven- tion to ratify Federal Constitution ; member of convention to revise State Constitution, 301; elected Governor ; letter to Dickinson; letter to Jefferson, 302; articles of impeachment against, 303 ; extract from messages, 304 ; friend-
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ship for John Adams ; letter to Adams, 305 ; death of; appearance; marriage; character, 306 ; honors conferred upon ; offices held by, 307 ; opposes Hundred Dollar Act ; estranged from his party, 310; fails to remove a judge at request of Legislature, 317; affiliates with Re- publicans ; appoints Wolf clerk of courts, 350.
Mckean, William, native of Ireland; father of Thomas, 289.
Mckean, Lætitia, native of Ireland, mother of Thomas, 289.
Mead, William, taken with Penn and tried at Old Bailey ; acquitted by jury ; fined for keeping hat on in court; imprisoned, 74.
Meadville, 451.
Mecklenburg, N. C., declaration, 424.
Melsheimer, Rev. M., 344.
Mendenhall, Rose, Aaron, and Rose, 433. Mennonites, community of emigrants ; terms of association, 48; opposed to defensive war, 146. .
Mercer County, parents of Governor Big- ler remove to, 413.
Mercersburg, William Findlay born at; described, 323.
Metamequan, Indian king, signs deed for lands purchased, 88.
Mexico, war with, 468, 469.
Mey, Cornelis Jacobsen, arrival on the American coast, 19; commands ship ; first director of New Netherlands; builds Fort Nassau, 21; succeeded by Van Hulst, 22.
Miamis, Fort, captured by the Indians, 167.
Michael, St., the Archangel, feast of, 82. Michael, Elizabeth, marries Simon Śny- der, 320.
Michilimackinack, Fort, captured by In- dians, 167.
Mifflin, Thomas, delegate to Congress, 183, 274 ; appears before Congress ; ex- amines defences of Philadelphia, 200 ; president of Council ; birth; of Qua- ker parentage; education, 273; mer- chant; visits Europe; elected to the Assembly, 274; patriotic address of; made a major, 275; with Washington as colonel and aid-de-camp; described by Irving; first hostile encounter; bravery of; made quartermaster-gene- ral, 276 ; described by Graydon ; brig- adier-general ; commands Pennsylva- nia troops, 277; anecdote of, 278; again quartermaster-general; bearer of despatches to Congress; addresses Congress, 279; sent by Congress through the State to make addresses ; made major-general ; member of Board of War, 280; resignation refused ; suc-
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ceeded by General Greene ; joins the | Monteith, Mary, marries William F. army in the field; inquiry into con- Johnston, 412. duct of, 281; resignation refused sec- Montgomery, Colonel, repulsed by Cher- okee Indians, 166. ond time; confidence of Congress in ; thanks voted by Congress, 282 ; classed Moore, William, elected vice-president of Council, 216; elected president of Council; character of; settlement of salary, 231; Robert Morris friend of, 232; term expires; director of Bank of Pennsylvania; chairman meeting of citizens ; elected member of Assem- bly; death of; marries Sarah Lloyd; children of; only daughter marries, 233. among opponents to Washington; let- ter of, 283; president of Congress; re- ceives resignation of Washington, 284; reply of, to Washington's tender of resignation, 285; Speaker of Assem- bly; member Constitutional Conven- tion ; president Council; president of Convention, 286; elected Governor; at the head of militia in quelling Whis- key Insurrection, 287; last official communication ; member of Assembly ; decease; character, 288.
Militia, to be raised in the State, 184; Carolina, repulse British, 195; lives of, spared, 200; of Philadelphia or- dered out; stationed at Downingtown and Chester, 201; ordered out by Gov- ernor Ritner, 373.
Millersburg, 440.
Milton, 424, 425, 451.
Ministry, the British, prosecute war with Indians ; offended with Massachusetts circular letter, 171; exasperated at Colonies, 181; resolve to force submis- sion of Colonies, 184; order evacuation of Philadelphia ; send fleet to America, 207.
Minuit, Peter, made director ; purchases land where the city of New York is built ; administration of, 22; succeeded by Van Twiller, 27 ; protest of Kieft to ; completes fort, 30; arts of; governs Colony with success ; death of, 31.
Mirabeau, tribute of, to memory of Franklin, 267.
Mirick, or Merrig, Prince of Demeca ; ancestor of Thomas Lloyd, 233.
Mississippi River, endeavor of French to erect a line of forts from Canada to the, 146; French escape to, from Fort Du Quesne, 163.
Miquon, Indian name for Penn, 85; meaning of, 86.
Mohawk Valley, the, 17.
Money, demanded for defence of Albany, 111; bill passed, 114 ; solicited by Gov. Gookin, 122; maxim on continental, 359.
Monongahela, Valley of, claimed by Vir- ginia, 180.
Monmouth, battle of, 207.
Montreal, captured by the English, 166. Montgomery County, Andrew and Da- vid R. Porter born in, 379; Francis R. Shunk born in, 392.
Montcalm, General, commands French at Quebec; fight of, with Wolfe; death of, 164.
Moore, Nicholas, at head of Council ; chief-justice; impeached by House ; expelled from the Assembly ; guiltless in the eyes of Penn, 102; appointed on commission, but never acted, 103.
Moore, Jacob B., 470.
Moore, Colonel Thomas Lloyd, son of President Moore; marries Sarah Stamper, 233.
Moore, Elizabeth, only daughter of Pres- ident Moore; marries M. De Marbois; resides in Greece ; death of, 233.
Moore, Robert Kearney, third child of President Moore, 233.
Moravians, opposed to defensive war, 146. Morris, Robert Hunter, relieves Governor Hamilton; disputes with Assembly ; rejects money bill, 155, 157; Assem- bly remonstrates against veto of, 157 ; declares war against the Indians; re- lieved of office; son of Lewis Morris ; bred a lawyer; councillor and chief- justice of New Jersey ; administration unprofitable; death of, 159.
Morris, Lewis, father of Governor Mor- ris; Chief Justice of New York and New Jersey, and Governor of New Jersey, 159.
Morris, Robert, delegate to Congress; signs Declaration, 187; merchant; . friend of President Moore; appointed Secretary of Finance ; placed at head of Bank of North America; Washing- ton appeals to, for money ; anecdote of ; writes to Washington, 232 ; absent when vote was taken on Declaration, 246.
Morristown, Washington encamps at, 199, Morton, John, appointed delegate to gen- eral Congress, 173, 183 ; votes for Dec- laration, 187.
Moultrie, General William, with Carolina militia repulses British at Sullivan's Island, 195, 196.
Mount Rock, town of, 374.
Mount Pleasant, Geary born near, 466. Mowland, John, 234.
Moylan, General Stephen, succeeds Mif- flin as Quartermaster-General, 279. Mud Fort, upon Fort Island, 205.
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Mud Island, fort on, erected, 167; Fort Mifflin on, 205.
Muhlenberg, Dr. Henry, 344; Henry A., candidate for Governor, 360, 436.
Muncy, Indian town, destroyed, 168.
Muskingum, River, Colonel Boquet reaches, and treats with the Indians, 171, 172.
Naaman, Indian chief, speech of, 38. Nain, Indians at, removed to Philadel- phia, 169.
Napoleon, amazes Europe ; declares Eng- lish coast in blockade, 313; power of, broken, 315.
Narragansett, Bay, storm in, disables French vessels, 212.
Nassau, Dutch name for Delaware River, 18; fort, built, 21; fort, attacked, 28; English sail past, 31; Van Ilpendam at; protests between Tinicum and, 33. Native American, party, defeats Bigler, 421; Hazlehurst candidate of, 442.
Navy, the British, Penn's father admiral in, 60, 69.
Navy, Board of, appointed, 200.
Needham, Captain Robert, to command the Delaware Colony, 53.
Negroes, slavery of, prohibited ; act con- cerning, annulled, 122 ; allowed to give testimony in court, 133.
Neshaminy Creek, lands near, purchased, 88.
Netherlands, peace between England and, concluded, 58.
New Amsterdam, force sent from, to route English settlers, 32; De Vries comes from, to visit Printz, 35, 36; Swedish troops sent to, 41.
Newark abandoned by Washington, 196 ; skirmish at, 202.
New Brunswick abandoned by Wash- ington, 196.
New Castle, Fort Casimir erected near present site of, 35; meeting of Friends at; list of taxables of, 59; boundary line to be twelve miles from, 67 ; Penn arrives at, 69, 82 ; town of, conveyed to Penn, 81; deputation of Council sent to, 106; fort erected by Evans at, 120; Mckean collector of port of, 293.
New Castle, County of, Penn obtains deed for, 69; Mckean register and prothonotary of, 289, 290; Mckean trustee of loan office of, 291; Mckean justice of the peace in, 293.
New England, encroachments of, upon Stuyvesant, 34; * visited by Colonel Nicholls, 51.
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New Gottenburg, Fort, 32.
New Jersey, constitution promulgated ; experience gained by Penn in framing government of, 78; Governor of, in-
vited to conference with Indians at Easton, 162 ; retreat of enemy through, 199 ; militia of, called out to quell Whiskey Insurrection, 287.
New Haven, Council to meet Lovelace at, 56.
New Netherlands, first named in edict of States General, 19; ship dispatched to America; chief power in territory of, vested in a director; seat of gov- ernment of, established, 21; Minuit general director of; Minuit in service of, 30; passes under English rule, 52 ; reduction of, by Duke of York, 53; squadron dispatched for recovery of, 56; recovered by the Dutch ; called New Orange, 57; restored to the Eng- lish, 58.
New Orange, named, 57.
New Orleans, victory at, 316.
New Port May, Delaware Bay known as, 18.
New Sweden, expense of expedition against, 44.
Newspapers, Washington Chronicle, The, quoted, 365; Public Inquirer, The; Bellefonte Patriot, The ; Pennsylvania Intelligencer, The, 434; Gazette, The Lycoming, 435; Keystone, The, 437. New Swedeland Stream, the Delaware called, by the Swedes, 18.
New Wales, Penn's name for Pennsylva- nia, 60.
New World, possessions in; trade in, 19 ; territory in, 21; authority in, 22; de- sire of De Vries to see, 26; lucrative trade in, 27; king of Sweden and, 29; aggressive policy of Sweden in, 40; power of Swedes ended in, 41; de- scendants of Swedes in, 42.
New World, Dutch and English rule in, 50; accounts of, 334.
New York, Council in, 53, 54; appeal to government at, 54; Dutch squadron arrives at; fort at, surrendered, 56; deputies from Delaware go to; Council at, select justices, 57; Markham goes to, 65; Governor of, invited to con- ference with Indians at Easton, 162 ; Governor of, refuses to allow Moravian Indians to enter his dominions, 170; General Congress meets at, 174; Gen- eral Charles Lee sent to defend, 195; General Howe proceeds to, 196 ; Frank- lin in, 253.
Nicholls, Colonel Richard, English Gov- ernor, 50; commands expedition to possess Duke of York's territory; to visit the New England Colonies ; in- structions of; arrives at Boston, and confers with authorities ; sails for Con- necticut ; arrives at Manhattan ; issues proclamation, 51; discountenances
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seizure of farms; visits the Delaware ; | Oxenstiern, prime minister of Sweden,
makes digest of laws; his will su- preme law; administration of; suc- ceeded by Lovelace, 53.
Nieuer Amstel, ceded territory called ; Jacob Alrichs director of, 44; families in, 45; negotiations for transfer to West India Company ; Finns resolve to abide in, 48 ; court established at, 57. Nisbet, Dr., president of Dickinson Col- lege, 249.
Noble, Richard, arrives, 59.
Normal schools, system of, inaugurated, 454, 455.
Norris, Mary, marries John Dickinson, 250.
Norris, Isaac, delegate to first General Congress, 154; opposes the King's as- suming direct government of Province,
171; daughter of, marries John Dick- inson, 250.
Norristown, 379, 381.
North River, 18.
North, Lord, British premier; proposi- tions of, concerning peace, 225.
Northampton County, Indian murders in, 162 ; Governor Wolf born in ; Wolf clerk of court in, 350.
Northumberland County, Union and Snyder counties taken from, 309 ; Pol- lock born in, 424, 440.
Nova Scotia, expeditions against the French in, successful, 158; given up to the English, 167.
Ogden, Robert, 292.
Ogle, Governor of Maryland, demands release of Cressap ; seizes and places in jail four settlers of Lancaster county, 137.
Ohio Company, authorized by the Vir- ginia Assembly to settle beyond the Alleghanies; settlers of, meet the French, 149; Marquis Du Quesne re- monstrates against encroachments of, 150 ; party of, routed by the French ; Washington moves to aid of the, 153. Old School Men, branch of Republican party ; nominate Hiester for Governor, 328.
Oliver, Lieut. Governor of Massachu- setts ; letters of, published by Frank- lin, 262, 263.
Onas, Indian name for Penn, 85; mean- ing of, 86.
Ontario, Lake, 166.
Oplandt, Fort, 24.
Orange, Prince of, New Netherlands named in honor of, 57.
Ormond, Duke of, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; second son of, 71.
Ouachtanon, Fort, captured by the In- dians, 167.
30. Oxford College, Penn at, 70.
Packenham, General, defeated at New Orleans ; death of, 316.
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