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Rambo, Peter, to be councillor, 53; pro- ceeds to New York to have sale of liquor to the Indians prohibited, 54; Indian conference held at house of, 55. Randolph, Peyton, President of first Con- gress, 183.
Ranelagh, Lord, aids Penn in having his Province restored to him, 113.
Raritan Bay, British Admiral takes shel- ter in, 207.
Raritan River, British encamp on the, 199.
Rawdon, Lord, in Philadelphia, 204.
Rawn, Elizabeth, mother of Governor Shunk ; Casper ; Barbara, 392.
Rawle, Dr. William, biography of Mif- flin, quoted, 274, 276, 281, 288.
Read, Miss, marries Franklin, 253.
Reading, troops quartered on inhabitants of, 163; military stores at, 203 ; village of, 334; Governor Hiester buried at, 341.
Red Bank fortified, 199; works at, de- clared useless, 200; Fort Mercer at, attacked, 205.
Reed, Joseph, president second Pro- vincial Convention, 184, 217 ; elected president of Supreme Executive Coun- cil ; birth of; education; studies law, 216; goes to England; enters as stu- dent in Middle Temple ; practises law ; again visits England; marriage of; resides in Philadelphia; takes active part in popular. movements; on com- mittee of correspondence; Washing- ton's secretary, 217; Irving's account of, 217, 218, 219 ; chairman committee of safety; member of the Assembly ; adjutant-general ; meets flag of truce ; action of, concerning title of Washing- ton, approved, 219 ; coolness of Wash- ington to; writes to Washington, 220; campaign in New Jersey ; recommend- ed by Washington for command of the cavalry ; declines appointment of brigadier-general, 221; declines ap- pointment of chief-justice ; elected to Congress; declines appointment of commissioner of Indian affairs; de- clines as member of Assembly ; elect- ed member of Council and president, 222; message on the abolition of sla-
very, 223; takes active part against Arnold; charges against, 225; reply to Johnstone's offer of a bribe; dis- perses rioters, 226; invested with ex- traordinary powers ; letter of Washing- ton to, 227; meets body of mutineers ; takes the field at head of militia; ex- piration of term, 228; on commission to settle Wyoming controversy ; argu- ment of, before the commission; death of wife; visits England; returns ; chosen member of Congress; death of; dying words, 229.
Reed, Andrew, father of President, 216. Reed, Maria J., marries William Bigler ; Alexander B., 415 ; Judge, 451.
Reeves, Peter, Cornwallis at house of, 204.
Republicans in the ascendant, 325; the Independent, support Gregg for Gov- ernor, 343.
Republican party, branch of, styled Old School Men; select Joseph Hiester as candidate for Governor, 328, 329; gain ascendency in Legislature, 330; principles of; formation of; dissolu- tion of, 343.
Reserves, The Pennsylvania, organized, 460.
Resolution, attempt to pass, requiring all laws to be referred to the king, 134, 135.
Revolution, The, first blood spilled in, 184; Whigs espouse, 334.
Rhoads, Samuel, delegate to Congress, 183. Rhode Island, religious liberty in, 81;
action of, in reference to taxation, 173. Riley, Brigadier-General, 470.
Ripley, General. victories of, 315.
Ritner, Joseph, birth of; receives but six months schooling ; removes to Cumber- land County ; labors on a farm ; mar- ries; children of; removes to West- moreland County ; settles in Washing- ton County, 361 ; great reader ; elected to the House and made speaker ; nom- inated for Governor ; defeated ; elected Governor, 362, 437 ; preserves school system, 363; anecdote of; visits nor- mal school as inspector; speech of, 366; message of, on school system, 367; tribute to; messages on slavery, 368; tribute of Whittier to, 369; re- nominated for Governor and defeated ; causes of defeat of, 370; action of, during the Anti-Masonic excitement, 373 ; returns to private life ; resides in Cumberland County ; becomes blind ; sight of right eye restored ; appointed director of U. S. Mint; delegate tc National Convention, 374; ardent Re- publican ; great memory ; death, 375 . elected by a coalition, 436, 437.
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Ritner, John, father of Governor, 361. Rittenhouse, Thomas, chairman Council of Safety, 193.
Rittenhouse, David, astronomer, 379, 380.
River, Alleghany, French establish trad- ing-posts on, 134, 146; Shawanese In- dians on, summoned to Philadelphia, 134; Washington ascends, 149; In- dian town Kittanning, on the, de- stroyed, 161.
River, Connecticut, The, and Delaware, territory between, 51.
River, Delaware, The, Stuyvesant ordered to drive Swedes from; Van Elswyck sent to, 40 ; travellers on, 42; Stuyve- sant's operations on, concluded; Jac- quet Vice-Director on, 43 ; land south of, sold, 44 ; first school on, 45 ; distress upon; English plea of discovery of; soldiers sent to ; revenues from settle- ments on, 47; land on east side of, transferred; rich valleys along, 48; government of settlements on ; Swedish company lose possessions on ; transfer of settlements on, 49 ; territory between, and Connecticut, 51; Washington crosses to west bank of, 196; Washing- ton crosses, 198.
River, Hudson, The, march of colonists towards, 50.
River, Ohio, French establish trading- posts on, 134, 146 ; French bury pieces of copper along, 149 ; French claim ter- ritory on the, and tributaries, 150 ; In- dians form league with Pontiac, 167.
River, South, The, Beekman commissary on, 46.
River, Schuylkill, The, lands near, pur- chased of the Indians, 88; fete on banks of, in honor of repeal of Stamp Act, 174.
Roberts, Colonel, commands regiment in Mexican war, 468, 469.
Robinson, Patrick, clerk of court, voted a public enemy, 103.
Robinson, Rev. T. H., 331.
Rochester, Lord, aids Penn in having his Province restored tó him, 113.
Rodney, Cæsar, tribute of John Adams to, 306.
Rogers, Judge Moulton C., 380.
Ross, George, delegate to Congress, 183 ; signs Declaration, 187.
Ross, James, candidate for Governor against Snyder, 310.
Ross, General, captures Washington ; burns Capitol and President's house ; killed, 315.
Ross, Hon. John, 350; Michael, 435.
Rush, Benjamin, appointed delegate to Congress ; signs Declaration, 187.
Russia, Curtin, Minister to, 464.
Russell, Jonathan, commissioner at treaty of Ghent ; describes prison-ship Jersey, 337.
Rutledge, John, 245, 291.
Rysingh, John Claude, secretary to Chamber of Commerce ; commissioned vice-director of New Sweden ; sails in ship Aren ; arrives in Colony ; not in- vested with absolute powers, 36; di- rector of Council; to use mild meas- ures with the Dutch; assumes the of- fensive; takes Fort Casimir ; conduct defended, 37 ; assumes the title of di- rector-general; calls Indian council ; distributes presents to the Indians, 38; letter of; wants a good wife, 39; re- quested by Stuyvesant to repair to Manhattan ; declines to listen ; corre- spondence with Van Elswyck, 40; re- monstrance of, 41.
Salem, families settle at, 59.
Salem Creek, English settle near mouth of, 31 ; party at, driven away, 32; fort erected near mouth of, 33.
Sandusky, Fort, captured by Indians, 167.
San Francisco, 469, 470, 471, 472.
Saratoga, battles at; surrender of Bur- goyne at, 203.
School, the first on the Delaware, 45; free, the first in the Province, 106.
Schools, common, the system of, inaugu- rated, 353, 361 ; Burrowes superintend- ent of, 366; message of Ritner on, 367; Shunk superintendent of, 388 . Curtin ex-officio superintendent of, improvements in, recommended, 452, 455 ; Hickok, deputy superintendent of, 453.
Schout Fiscal, duties of, 22.
Schute, Swen, in command of Fort Casi- mir, 41.
Scott, General, victories of, 315; 452; 468.
Schuylkill, the river, beginning of set- tlement on, 31; intruders on, routed, 32; claimed by the Swedes, 33; land acquired, and fort erected near the mouth of, by the Dutch, 34; Governor Keith met at passage of, by citizens, 129.
Schuyler, General Philip, in command of Philadelphia, 200.
Scott, John, father of U. S. Senator, 382.
Scott, Mrs. Mary Slough, marries Gov- ernor Snyder, 321.
Scotch-Irish settle in Cumberland Val- ley, 324.
Scudder, Dr., 359.
Seal, The Great, Lloyd keeper of, 89, 101; appointments under, 104.
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Selinsgrove, Simon Snyder removes to, | Sidney, Lord, aids Penn in having his 309, 320.
Senate of the United States, Governor Findlay elected to, 330.
Senate, State, Shulze elected to, 345; proceedings of, during the Anti-Ma- sonic excitement, 372, 373; Porter member of, 383; Johnston president of, 405 ; Bigler member and speaker of, 416, 417 ; majority of Whigs in, 438. Sergeant, John, 345.
Sergeants, Board of, in command of re- volting soldiers, 228.
Sherman, General Wm. T., his march to the sea, 483.
Shenandoah, River, difficulty between Indians on, and those on the Susque- hanna, 128; Valley, 323.
Ship Welcome, Penn embarks in, for America ; passengers on, die of small- pox, 82.
Shippen, Edward, president of Council, 117 ; chief-justice, 224; impeached, 326. Shippen, Margaret, daughter of chief- justice ; marries Arnold, 224.
Shippensburg, outpost of civilization during Indian war, 167.
Shulze, John Andrew, birth of; educa- tion ; ordained a minister; officiates as pastor ; retires from the ministry ; en- ters the mercantile business ; member of the Assembly, 344; a Republican ; appointed surveyor - general, but de- clines; appointed register, recorder, &c .; again elected to the Assembly ; chosen State Senator; elected Governor; large majority of; administration, 345 ; welcomes Lafayette ; extract from mes- sage on majority rule, 346 ; scholastic culture of, 347 ; messages on education, 348, 349 ; engages in agricultural pur- suits ; senatorial delegate to National Convention; president of Electoral College ; removes to Lancaster ; death, 349.
Shunk, Francis Rawn, death of Gov- ernor Findlay at residence of, 330; clerk in surveyor-general's office, 381, 393; superintendent of common schools, 388; birth; ancestry, 392; early life; education ; teaches school ; studies law ; marches to the defence of Baltimore; clerk of the House ; secretary Board of Canal Commission- ers; secretary of State; removes to Pittsburg, and practises law, 393; elected Governor ; re-elected ; illness, 394, 406; resigns the office of Gov- ernor, 394 ; character and administra- tion of, 395-402.
Shunk, John, father of Francis R., 392. Shunk, Francis, grandfather of Francis R., 392.
Province restored to him, 113.
Simcock, John, appointed one of five commissioners, 103.
Six Nations. See Indians.
Slavery, Bryan on abolition of, 213, 214; Reed on abolition of; abolished in the State, 223; message of Governor Find- . lay on, 331 ; in gubernatorial canvass, 419.
Slaves, negro, early introduction of; Beekman and D'Ilinoyossa apply for, 48 ; Mrs. Geary manumits, 467.
Slocum, General Henry W., 477, 480. Smidt, Derek, herald to demand surren- der of Fort Casimir ; Schout - Fiscal and chief agent on the Delaware, 43.
Smith, Ann, alias Carson, schemes to ab- duct Governor Snyder's son, 320.
Smith, George, [M. D.,] History of Dela- ware County, quoted, 45; chairman joint committee on education ; draws bill in Legislature remodelling the school system, 365.
Smith, James, delegate in Congress; signs Declaration, 187.
Smith, Jane, mother of Governor Find- lay, 323.
Smith, Jonathan B., delegate in Con- gress ; resigns, 222.
Smith, Matthew, pleads cause of Paxton Boys, 170; vice-president of Council, 216.
Smith, Thomas, judge of supreme court ; impeached, 326.
Smith, Samuel, sheriff of Lancaster County, resists Maryland invaders, 137.
Smith, Dr. William, provost of Phila- delphia College; hostile to Indepen- dence, 226 ; removed from head of col- lege, 227.
Snyder, Anthony, father of Simon, 308; Frederick, 320.
Snyder County, taken from Northumber- land, 309.
Somers, Lord, aids Penn in having his Province restored to him, 113.
Snyder, Simon, born at Lancaster ; re- moves to York; learns business of a tanner and currier; attends night school, 308; removes to Selinsgrove ; opens a store ; employed as a scrivener ; elected justice of the peace; decisions respected ; member of the Constitu- tional Convention; member of the House of Representatives, and speaker, 309; advocate of the Hundred Dollar Act ; nominated for Governor, but de- feated ; elected Governor ; re-elected ; in conflict with the national authority in the Umstead case, 310; transmits proceedings of Legislature in the case
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to President Madison ; Madison's re- | Stenton, near Germantown, country-seat of James Logan, 139.
ply to, 311; extract from message, giving statement of the case, 312; ex- citing events during the administra- tion of, 313, 316; aids war measures ; extract from first inaugural address ; abolishes custom of delivering annual messages to the Legislature in person, 317; the first Governor to protest against slavery ; extract from message on the subject of slavery, 318; inci- dent of goodness of heart of, 318, 319; vetoes bill chartering Forty Banks, 319, 320, 328 ; attempted abduction of son; chosen to the State Senate ; death of; domestic afflictions of; three times married, 320; names of wives ; closing paragraph of last an- nual message, 321; appoints Shulze surveyor-general, 345.
South Carolina, Governor of, leads mi- litia against Cherokee Indians, 166; passes Nullification Act, 359 ; seces- sion of, 447.
South River, 18.
Sparks, Jared, the historian, quoted, 266. Spain, war between, and Great Britain,
142 ; joined by France in war against England, 166.
Springett, Sir William, father of Penn's wife; killed at siege of Bamber, 76.
Springett, Gulielma Maria, marries Penn ; daughter of Sir William Sprin- gett ; beautiful and sweet-tempered, 76 ; love for Penn, 76, 77.
St. Clair, General Arthur, escapes from Fort Ticonderoga with garrison, 203; letter of President Wharton to, 209; candidate for Governor ; military repu- tation, 287.
St. John, Hector, work of, quoted, 266.
St. Josephs, Fort, captured by Indians, 167.
St. Pierre, Legardeau de, French com- mandant at Fort Le Bœuf; meets Washington, 149; answers remon- strances of Washington, 150.
Stamp Act, passed ; excites intense oppo- sition in the Colonies, 173, 235 ; action of people in reference to the ; repealed ; joy over repeal of the, 174, 261.
Stamper, Sarah, marries Colonel Moore, 233.
Stanwix, General, commands Southern Department ; keeps guard on frontier, 163.
State. See Pennsylvania.
State House, at Philadelphia, dinner at, to Governor Denny, 160.
States General, grant a charter; pass edict, 19 ; edict of, expires ; branch of West India Company named by, 20; ratify sale of land on the Delaware, 44.
Stevens, Thaddeus, great speech of, on common school system, 363, 364 ; bitter opponent of Governor Wolf, 364; an- ecdote of, 365.
Stock, Ensign, seizes farm of Peter Al- richs, 52.
Stockholm, bricks from, 32; Indian deeds recorded at, 39.
Stockton, Richard, of New Jersey ; Reed studies law with ; signer of the Decla- ration, 216.
Stoork, the ship, 32.
Straits of Magellan, 21.
Stuyvesant, Peter, succeeds to Director- ship of New Netherlands ; dominions threatened ; recommends measure to West India Company, 34; sails to the Delaware and negotiates with Printz, 34, 35; complaints to, against the Swedes; acquires title to lands from the Indians; erects Fort Casimir ; has friendly conference with Printz ; Printz overreached by, 35; ordered to drive Swedes from the Delaware; held Swe- dish ship as reprisal ; five armed ves- sels sent to ; collects men and sails to the Delaware; seizes Fort Elsinborg, 40; demands surrender of Fort Casi- mir; besieges Fort Casimir; Rysingh remonstrates with; requires Swedes and Finns to take oath of allegiance to the Dutch, 41 ; hastens to the Hudson to punish savages ; leaves Derck Smidt in command on the Delaware; com- mander of ship Mercury referred to, 43, 44; orders ship to Manhattan, 44; invites Swedes to settle in one village ; Governors of colonies on Delaware under supervision of ; Alrichs and Van Dyck seek advice of; visits colony ; met by Van Dyck and Swedish citi- zens ; purpose in visiting Colony, 45; resists demand of Lord Baltimore to surrender territory ; sends company of soldiers to the Delaware, 47 ; protests against encroachments of New England Colonies ; visits Boston, 50; surrenders to the English, 52.
Sullivan County, 439.
Sullivan, General, at battle of Brandy- wine, 202 ; militia flock to standard of, 212.
Sullivan's Island, attacked by British, 195.
Sumter, Fort, assault upon, 476.
Sunbury, 434, 440, 441.
Supreme Executive Council, organizes ; title to President of, 199.
Susquehanna Company, settle in Wyo- ming Valley; troubles produced by, 176.
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captured by Washington, 197, 198, 280 ; cannon from, fired, 199; commissioners to settle Wyoming controversy meet at, 229.
Tricho, Catelino, testimony of, 21.
Tromp, Dutch commander, battles of, 56. Trumbull, Colonel Joseph, member Board of War, 281.
Trumbull's Ford, on the Brandywine; General Howe crosses, 202.
Turner, Robert, commissioner of land office, 102; one of five commisioners, 103.
Twickenham, in Montgomery County ; country-seat of President Wharton ; skirmish at, 210.
Umstead, Gideon, claims prize-money ; claim of, bought by Arnold ; case of, the cause of conflict between State and National authority, 311, 312.
Union, the Federal, formation of, S1.
Union County, taken from Northumber- land, 309.
United States, convention to frame Con- stitution of the, 249, 265; peace be- tween, and treaty with Great Britain,
264; treaty between England and, 317. University, of Pennsylvania, incorpo- rated, 227.
Unrest, The, first vessel ever built in America, 19.
Upland, court established at, 57 ; meet- ings of Friends at; district, list of tax- ables of, 59 ; Markham and Baltimore hold conference at; heart of colony, 66 ; last court at, under Duke of York ; first court held under Markham at, 67 ; Penn's location for a city ; now Ches- ter; Markham discards location of, for a city, 68.
Usselincx, William, originator of Dutch Company ; lead expedition, 29. Utah, territory, 472.
Valley, of Swans, 24.
Valley Forge, Washington in winter- quarters at, 203 ; sufferings of the army at, 206, 281.
Varnum, General, brigade of, occupies Fort Mercer, 205.
Vanderbilt, Mary W., marries Wm. F. Packer ; Peter W., 435.
Van Buren, President, appoints Wolf Collector of Philadelphia, 360; calls extra session of Congress for financial relief, 405 ; nominated, 442.
Van Dyck, Goran, Schout-Fiscal over Swedes and Finns, 44; successor to, suggests about Swedes ; seeks advice of Stuyvesant, 45.
Van Hulst, William succeeds Mey, 22.
Van Ilperdam, Jan Jansen, sent to dis-
possess English intruders, 32; vice di- rector ; re-called, 33.
Van Sweringen, farm of, seized by Cap- tain John Carr, 52.
Van Tienhoven, Secretary of Bicker ; de- tained by Rysingh, 37.
Van Twiller, Wouter; succeeds Minuit, 27 ; reference to, 30.
Venango, Fort at, 109 ; troops move from, to Fort Du Quesne, 153; troops from, routed at Niagara, 163; captured by Indians, 167.
Versailles, British embassador at, com- plains of the French encroaching upon the English Colonies in America, 148. Van Rensselaer, General, defeated at Queenstown Heights, 314.
Virginia, State of, claim territory on Del- aware, 50 ; Governor Keith visits Gov- ernor of, 128; Keith publishes history of, 131; soldiers from Pennsylvania sail to Capes of, 143; in council with Indians, 147 ; Governor of, sends Wash- ington to confer with the French, 149; Governor of, invited to conference with Indians at Easton, 162; militia of, march to Fort Du Quesne, 163; action of Assembly of, on taxing the Colonies, 173; Governor of, claims portion of Pennsylvania ; government of, remon- strated with by Governor Penn, 182; Assembly of, recommends independ- ence, 186 ; militia of, called out to quell Whiskey Insurrection, 287.
Wade, Edward, Robert, and John, arrive, 59.
Walloons, forty families of, dispatched to America, 21.
Walrus, the ship, arrives in the Delaware, 23.
War, Board of, appointed; applies for money for defence, 200.
Washington, George, is sent by the Gov- ernor of Virginia to confer with French commander at Fort Le Bœuf; ascends the Alleghany River and French creek, and reaches Fort Le Bœuf; meets French commandant and ac- complishes mission, 149; confers with French commandant; remonstrates with St. Pierre, the commandant, 150; journal and report published; takes lead in recruiting ; routs French under Jumonville, 153; attacked in Fort Ne- cessity and obliged to yield ; marches out with honors of war; at Braddock's defeat, 157 ; appointed Commander-in- Chief, 185; first unfurls Union flag ; 194; organizes army; fortifies Dor- chester Heights; sends General Lee to New York, 195; retreat of, to Pennsyl- vania ; pursued by Cornwallis, 196;
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invested with dictatorial powers ; sends Putnam to Philadelphia, 197; resumes the offensive; captures Hessians at Trenton; moves army into New Jer- sey; triumphs of, subject of eulogy in European courts, 198; sends letter to Congress, 200; fights battle of Brandy- wine, 202; confronts Howe ; withdraws towards Reading; attacks enemy at Germantown; retires to White Marsh ; goes into winter-quarters at Valley Forge, 203; garrisons forts on the Del- aware, 205 ; gets intelligence of Howe's designs from Lydia Darrah, 206; de- feats enemy at Monmouth, 207; inti- macy with Reed; in Continental Congress, 217; coolness to Reed ; reconciliation with Reed, 220; recom- mends Reed for leader of cavalry ; letters of to Reed, 221, 222, 227 ; offers bounty to soldiers ; appeals to Morris for money; letter of Morris to, 232; places Mifflin at head of his military family ; his habits described by Irving, 275; issues general order ; wife of, ar- rives at headquarters, 276; withdrawal of, from Long Island, 277, 278, 279; sends despatches to Congress with Mif- flin, 279 ; Fabian policy of, stigmatized, 282; cabal against, 283; unfortunate battles, 284; resignation of, 284, 285; as President calls out militia to quell Whiskey Insurrection, 287; business habits of, 359.
Washington, city of, site of, included in Penn's charter, 66; captured by Brit- ish, 315.
Washington County, Ritner removes to, 361, 362.
Waterford, town of, Erie County ; site of Fort Le Bœuf, 149.
Watson, J. F., annals of, quoted, 127, 131. Wayne, General Anthony, hangs upon rear of British army ; attacked at Pa- oli, and men massacred, 203; soldiers under, revolt, 227; spies sent to, by revolters, 228.
Wedderburn, solicitor - general of the Crown ; assails Franklin, 263.
Weiser, Conrad, sent to gain favor of the Indians, 147 ; sent to remove intruders on Indian lands; Indian interpreter, 148.
Welcome, the ship, Penn takes passage in, 82.
Wesel, city of, 22.
West, Benjamin, his picture of the "Great Treaty," 83.
Westcott, Thompson, History of Phila- delphia, quoted, 212, 214.
Westminster Review, quoted, 92.
Westminster Abbey, monument in, to Ger.eral Wolfe, 164.
Westmoreland County, Ritner removes to, 361; Governor Johnston born in, 403; Governor Geary born in, and returns to, 466, 469.
Westphalia, kingdom of, 22. West Indies, work on, 22.
West India Company, in contemplation ;
Dutch incorporated; subscription to stock open to all nations, 20; powers enlarged, 22; privileges to patroons granted by, 23 ; policy of, 27; Swedish incorporated, 29; order Stuyvesant to drive Swedes from the Delaware, 40; report of Stuyvesant to, 46; jurisdic- tion of, 48 ; Swedish, remonstrate with the Dutch Company, 49.
Wharton, Walter, appointed surveyor, 57.
Wharton, Jr., Thomas, elected President of Council of Safety, 194 ; elected Presi- dent Supreme Executive Council; title of, 199; death of; birth of; marriage of; a merchant, 208 ; his attachment to constitution ; letter of, to Arthur St. Clair, 209; funeral of; buried at Lan- caster, 210.
Wharton, Richard, emigrates to Pennsyl- vania; ancestor of President Wharton, 208.
Wharton, John, father of President Wharton, 208.
Wharton, G. M., grandson of President Wharton, 209.
Whig, party, formation of; opposes Pro- prietary Government; espouses cause of the Revolution, 334.
Whiskey Insurrection, account of, 287.
White, Margaret, mother of Governor Geary, 466.
Whitefield, George, preaching of, creates excitement ; erects church in Philadel- phia, 143.
Whitman, Elizabeth, marries Joseph Hiester, 334.
Whitman, Adam, 334.
Whitehall, Penn's visits to, 109.
Whittier, John G., the Quaker poet ; ode of, 368.
White Plains, Washington driven from, 196.
White Marsh, Washington retires to, 203; camp at, 206.
Wichetunk, Indians at, removed to Phi- ladelphia, 169.
Wilcox, Joseph, draws up address to the Proprietor ; abuses Governor and Pro- prietor, 119.
William and Mary, accession of, 92, 109 ; commission Governor Fletcher to as- sume jurisdiction of Pennsylvania and territories ; restore government to Penn, 94; commission Fletcher Governor of Pennsylvania, 110.
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Williamsport, 434, 435, 440, 448.
Willing, Thomas, presides at meetings, 182; delegate to Congress, 183; votes against Declaration ; omitted from new delegation, 187.
Willing, Richard, and Eliza, 233.
Wilson, James, delegate to Congress, 183; votes for Declaration, 187.
Wilson, Alexander, chief clerk State Treasury ; receives uncurrent money, 328.
Wilson, Fleming, 424.
Wilson, Catharine, marries Curtin, 465.
Wilson, William J., 465.
Wilmot, David, nominated for Governor ; author of Proviso, 442.
Winchester, General, surrenders at Frenchtown, 314.
Windsor Castle, Penn to deliver two beaver-skins annually at, 61.
Winthrop, Governor, goes with Nicholls to Manhattan, 51.
Wirt, William, Life of Patrick Henry, quoted, 242.
Wolf, George, birth; ancestry ; educa- tion; has charge of his father's farm ; principal of an academy ; clerk ; stud- ies law ; sides with Jefferson; advo- cates Mckean's election ; postmaster at Easton ; clerk of court; elected to the House; defeated for the Senate, 350; elected to Congress; friend of
American industry ; elected Governor ; estimate of his character, 351; recom- mends the vigorous prosecution of the public works, 353; his advocacy of common schools, 353, 357, 361; first to establish Executive Chamber in the Capitol, 358 ; gives personal attention to details of business; criticised and defended, 359; adherent of Jackson; defeated for third term ; appointed by Jackson first comptroller of the treas- ury ; appointed by Van Buren col- lector of the port of Philadelphia; death of, 360; meeting with Thaddeus Stevens, 365; tribute to, 368.
Wolf, General, under Abercrombie, 162; moves for reduction of Quebec; death of; monument to, in Westminster Ab- bey, voted by Parliament, 164.
Worminghurst, Penn's house at, 82.
Wyalusing, an Indian village, 178. Wyoming controversy, 176, 177, 229.
Yates, Jasper, judge of supreme court ; impeached, 326.
York, Congress meets at, 204; Simon Snyder removes to, 308.
York County, Franklin procures wagons and horses in, for Braddock, 156.
Zuyt, Dutch name for Delaware River, 18.
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