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2. i. James, b. 1768; m. Martha
ii. Frances; m. James Burland.
iii. George.
iv. Richard. v. Florence.
3. vi Robert; m. first Effy Allen; secondly Isabella
II. JAMES ROGERS (James) b. 1768, in
Hanover; d. May 16, 1823; m. Martha Bell. b. 1765; d. August 23, 1839. They had issne :
i Jean; m. --- Boal. ii Florence. ri .. Elizabeth. ivi James. v .. Eleanor. ni. Angelina,
III. ROBERT ROGERS (James) b. about 1778; was twice married; m. first, Feb. 16, 1804, by Rev. James Snodgrass, EFFY AL- LEN; b. October, 1783; d. Jannary 25, 1811, daughter of Col. William Allen and Rebecca Green. They had issue;
i. Andrew; b. November, 1806; d. Febru- ary 26, 1835 ..
ii. Rebecca; m. Dec. 14, 1826, Thomas Mitchell MeCormick; both died within the past few years at Clinton, Iowa.
Mr. Rogers. in., secondly, Isabella -, and they had issue among others :
iii. Timothy Allen; b. 1816; d. Oct. 15, 1821.
William Rogers, of Ilanover, d. in Febru- ary, 1801, leaving a wife, Jean, and besides five other children :
i. William.
ii. Thomas.
iii. Frances.
Among our notes we have the following:
Andrew Rogers, b. 1746; d. Sept. 19, 1782.
Col. John Rogers. d. December 6, 1799. William Rogers, b. 1752; d. April 27, 1832. at Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county : and his wife, Jean, b. 1754; d. March 29, 1822, at the same place.
For the purpose of connecting this record we hope our readers will finish the infor- mation they may have at hand.
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CCXI.
A HISTORY OF THE BRADY FAMILY, written by A Brady Sharpe, Esq., of Car- lisle, was published in the Herald of that place on the 27th of September. We do not remember in a long time of perusing as interesting and valuable an article as this paper, and we hope that the able pen of Mr.
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Sharpe will not cease in the historic work so earnestly begun.
THEATRE IN 1796. - The following items are taken from the Oracle of Dauphin, in its issues of September 12 and 19, 1796:
"The Harrisburg Company of Comedians, we hear, intend giving the public a specimen of their abilities some evening during the present week. Attendance und reasonable credit will be given."
"A number of young gentlemen of this town, on the evenings of Thursday and Fri- day last, performed the celebrated comedy of " The Prisoner at Large," to a very numer- ous audience; considering the many incon- veniences which these young men have sur- mounted in order to give a few hours amuse. ment to this little social village, great credit is dne them for their great perseverance and politeness."
THE HARRISBURG LIBRARY COMPANY was first organized in 1794, as "The Me- chanical Society of Harrisburg, " which held weekly meetings, its objects being "mental improvement and the promotion of the arts and sciences." These meetings were generally held at some one of the taverns in the borough. Among its early members we find the names of Stacy Potts, Henry Beader, Jacob Bucher, Jacob Reitzell and Samuel Ilill. In 1795 the Harrisburg Library Company was started, and its first officers were: Directors, John Kean, Rev. Ilenry Muller, Gen. John A. Hanna, William Graydon, Adam Boyd, John Dent- zell, Rev. Nathaniel Snowden and Stacy Potts; Secretary, Henry Fulton; Treasurer, Stacy Potts.
This organization, however, lasted only five or six years. A catalogue of its books is in the possession of the Danphin County Historical Society, but the volumes, where are they ?
THE FIRST PRINTED GENEALOGY.
It will no doubt surprise many Ameri- can genealogists and bibliophiles when we inform them that we are in possession of what we consider the first Family Record published in America. It is a broadside printed at Ephrata in 1763, and which we seeured from the Messrs. Zahm & Co., of Lancaster, one week ago, lit le dreaming then that it was a genealogical treasure. It consists of two octavo pages, on one sheet
103 hv 84 inches. It is in German, and we- give the following translation :
In the year of Christ, 1728, the 28th of March, was our son Daniel Bollinger born, on the Conestoga.
In the year of Christ, 1730, on the 15th- 16th of December, was our daughter Magda- lena Bollinger born on the Conestoga.
In the year of Christ, 1732, on the 14th of February, was our daughter Anna Bollinger- born on the Conestoga.
In the year of Christ, 1734, on the 15th of March, was ont daughter Elizabeth Bol- linger born on the Conestoga.
In the year of Christ, 1736, the 15th-16th of January, was our daughter Barbara Bol- linger born, on the Conestoga.
In the year of Christ, 1738, the first of Jannary, was our son Christian Bollinger- born on the Conestoga.
In the year of Christ, 1741, the 5th of May, was our daughter Sophia Bollinger born on the Conestoga.
In the year of Christ, 1743, in March, was our daughter Maria Bollinger born on the Conestoga.
In the year of Christ, 1748, the 12th of September, was Hans Rudolph Bollinger born in the Cocalico, ou the Conestoga. The Sun and Mercury are his planets.
In the year of Christ, 1756, the 11th of February, between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning, was Abraham Bollinger born into this world. The following planets were shin- ing in the Heavens:
The Moon in Gemini.
The Sun in the Waterman. Saturn in the Waterman. Jupiter in the Scales.
Mars in the Crab. Venus in the Fishes.
Mercury in the Fishes.
OLD TOMBSTONE RECORDS AT SUN- BURY.
[We are inderted to Hon. Steuhen Jen- kins, of Wyoming, for the following tran- script, forwarded for publication in Notes and Queries. He writes: "I noticed two very dilapidated looking burial places, and copied what I think were all the inscriptions there. Some of the stones were broken and not in their places. The grounds were un- fenced and likely soon to be entirely wiped out."]
Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Robert Little, born in London, Nov. 24, 1773; died.
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at the house of the Rev. James Kay, Har- risburg, Aug. 6, 1827.
I know whoul I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. H Tim. I XII.
This tablet, the record of departed worth, is erected by the Unitarian Congregation, of Washington City, as a memorial of sincere affection to their first pastor.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Ann Little, wife of the Rev. Robert Little, born in Bir- mingham, England, December, A. D. 1774; died in Northumberland, May 14, A. D. 1837.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. II Cor., 5 Chap. IV.
Sacred to the memory of Maria J., wife of Christopher Woods, and daughter of the Rev. Robert Little; died August 2, 1840; aged 29 years, 8 months and 7 days.
Blessed are the purein heart for they shall see God. Matthew V & 8.
In remembrance of Sarah U., wife of Christ'r Woods, and daughter of the Rev'd Robert Little, who died March 16, 1849, aged 32 years.
"One family we dwell in him; "One church above, beneath ;
"Though now divided by the stream, "The narrow stream of death."
Christopher Woods, Died August 22, 1853, Aged 52 years. Lilly.
Samuel Maus, Esq., died April, 25, 1833, A. 66 yrs., 9 mos.
S. E. Maus dicd Aug. 8, 1823.
G. Maus died 1825.
C. Young died May 30, 1814. 1794.
E. B.
O. Drake died Dec. 4, 1832.
Peter Bennett b. Dec. 11, 1782; d. Sept. :25, 1841.
To the memory of JOSIAH HAINES, son of Reuben and Margaret Haines, was born the 15th of August, 1764, and de- parted this life on the 14th of May, 1795.
Here the wicked cease from troubling Here the weary are at rest.
This tablet covers the mortal part of Joseph Nourse, who was born October 21, 1797, and departed this life March 28, 1831. And also the remains of his infant son & daughter.
THE BURDS OF TINIAN.
I. JAMES BURD, son of Edward Bard and Jane Halliburton, was born March 10, 1726, at Ormiston, near Edinburgh, Scot- land; d. October 5, 1793, at Tinian, near Highspire, Dauphin county, Penna. Mr. Burd emigrated to Philadelphia in 1747. He resided from 1750 to 1753 at Shippens- burg, as manager of the affairs of Mr. Ship- pen. About 1755 he located at Tinian, where he resided until his death. He en- tered the Provincial service in 1755 as a com- missioner with George Croghan, William Buchanan and Adam Hoopes to lay out a road from Harris' ferry to the Ohio. He was theu a captain; he is soon heard of as major, then lieutenant colonel, and colonel in 1760. As there were bnt two reg- iments in service his rank was a very promi- nent one. Hle fulfilled with great upright- ness and punctuality all the public duties with which he was entrusted for quite twenty years. Then the stirring days of the revolu- tion came, and with it disaster to Burd as a public man. He seems to have entered heartily into the contest, but just when such experience as he had acquired would have been of the highest benefit, an unfortunate dispute about rank occurred, which with insubordination in his command and some criticism in the "Committee of Safety," caused him to resign his civil and military employments. His sons and son-in-law were good patriots, and a pretty thorough examni- nation of the hasty conduct of Burd con- vinces us that he was, notwithstanding this affair, in accord with the leading patriots with whom he was surrounded. Ile was a man of fine form, hardy and healthy, an ad- vanced and prosperous farmer, hospitable in his intercourse with his neighbors, and re- spected for his integrity as a civil officer from 1785, when Dauphin county was formed, un-
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til his death, in 1793. Hedied holding posi - tion as one of the county judges. Col. Burd m. May 14, 1748, SARAH SHIPPEN, b. Feb- ruary 22, 1730-1, at Philadelphia; d. Sep- tember 17, 1784, at Tinian, daughter of Edward Shippen and wife Sarah Plumley, and with her husband interred at Middle. town. They had issue:
2. i. Sarah ; b. January 1, 1748-9; m. Jasper Yeates.
3 ii. Edward; b. February 5, 1750-1; m. Elizabeth Shippen.
iii. Mary ; b. January 15, 1753; d. Feb- ruary 23, 1754; m. Peter Grubb.
iv. Allen; b. Dec. 23, 1754; d. July 10, 1764.
4. v. June; b. August 12, 1757 ; m. George Patterson.
vi. Anne; b. September 3, 1759; d. s. p. 5. vil. Margaret; b. February 3, 1761; m. Jacob Hubley.
viii. Elizabeth; b. Fovember 3, 1762; d. s. p.
6. ix. James; b. January 4, 1765; m. Elizabeth Baker.
7. x. Joseph; b. January 8, 1768; m. Ist, Catharine Cochran; 2d. Harriet Bailey.
ri. Elizabeth; b. February 18, 1772; d. s. p.
HI. SARAH BURD (James Edward) b. January 1, 1748-9, at Philadelphia; d. Oc- tober 25, 1829, at Lancaster, Penna; m. De- cember 30, 1767, JASPER YEATES, b. April 9, 1745, at Philadelphia; d. March 14, 1817, at Lancaster l'enn'a; son of John and Eliza- beth Yeates. IIe was a lawyer, admitted in 1765; twenty-five years of his life were spent upon the bench of the Supreme Court, the greater portion of which he was in the dif- ferent circuits of the State; his mind was vigorous and his opinions bold. Pennsylva- nia found in him a "good and faithful ser- vant;" his reports, the second of the Penn- sylvania series, immediately succeeding Mr. Dallas', confer great honor upon him, both as an author and a lawyer. They had issue (surname Yeates) :
i. Mary; b. March 13, 1770; d. August 27, 1836; m. March 3, 1791, Charles Smith; b. March 4, 1765; d. March 18, 1836, and left issue.
ii. John; b. June 29, 1772; d. January 7, 1844; m. Eliza Buckley ; no issue.
iii. Jasper; b. August 30, 1774; d. s. p iv. Sarah; b. December 4, 1775; d. s. p.
v. Elizabeth; b April 4, 1778; d. August , 1867 ; m, Redmond Conyngham, b. Sep-
tember 19, 1781; d. June 16, 1846; and left issue.
vi. Margaret; b. April 51, 1780; d. Feb- ruary 1, 1855; unm.
vit. Edward Shippen; b. May 17, 1782 ;: d. s. p.
viii. Catharine; b. December 1, 1783; d. June 7, 1866; unm.
ir. Sarah, b. December 6, 1786; d. s. p .. 2. Edward, b. December 6, 1786; d. s. p.
III. EDWARD BURD (James, Edward, ), b. February 5, 1750-1, at Philadelphia; d. July 24, 1833, at Philadelphia; studied law, and was in practice al Reading, when the war of the Revolution broke out; he entered the servicc. was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, subsequently cxchanged, but did not re enter the army; was prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; m. December 17, 1778, his cousin ELIZABETH SHIPPEN b. September 15, 1754; d. March 26, 1828, daughter of Edward Shippen and ' Margaret Francis, of Philadelphia. 'They had issue :
i. Edward Shippen, b. December 25, 1779 ;. d. 1848; m. Eliza Iloward Sims, d. April. 1860, and had issue.
ii. Margaret, b. August 20, 1781 ; d. May 19, 1845; m. Daniel W. Coxe, b. Sept. 3,. 1769; d. Jue 4, 1852; no issue.
iti. Elizabeth; b. December 1, 1782; d. s. p. iv. Sarah; b. April 8, 1786; d. June 11, 1855; umn.
IV. JANE BURD (James, Edward), b. August 12, 1757, at Lancaster; d. near Mexico, Juniata county, Pa .; m. GEORGE PATTERSON, b. July 24, 1762; d. October 31, 1814. son of James Patterson and Mary Chamber. They had issue (surname Patter- son) :
i. Sarah; b. November 10, 1784; d. s p.
ii. Mary; b. July 8, 1786; d. May 7, .. 1857; nnm. iii. James Burd; b. July 8. 1788; m. Matilda Downs, and left issue.
iv. Edward; b. Fehrnary 21, 1790; d. s. p. v. oseph Shippen; b. July 10, 1791; d. s. p.
vi. William Augustus; b. November 1, 1792; m. Elizabeth Peale.
vii. Charlotte; b. March 9, 1794; d March 20, 1860; m. William Thompson, and. had Edward P., William S., Lucien M., Theophilus, Theodore S.and Josephine P.
riii. Eliza; b. December 6, 1795; d. Sep
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tember 12, 1861; m. Rubens Peale, and had issue.
ix. George ; b. September 6, 1797; d.
July 16, 1871; m. st Maria Shinkle; m. 2dly Lydia Adams; had issue by both.
V. MARGARET BURD (James, Edward), b. February 3, 1761 at Lancaster; d. ; m. Jacob Hubley, b. November 10, 1757; d. at Lancaster; son of Bernard Hubley [1719- 1803] and Eva Margaretta his wife; was a prominent lawyer, admitted to the Lancaster bar in 1785. They had issue: (surname Hubley) :
i. James Burd ; b. February 7, 1788; d. m. Margaret Malcolm.
ii. Sarah Yeates ; b. December 22, 1789; m. Lewis Walker. iii. John Jacob ; b. February 15, 1792; d. s. p.
iv. Edward Ballenor, b. February 3, 1793; m. Eliza (Hiester) Spayd.
v. Joseph, b. Sept. 16, 1795; d. s. p.
vi. Mary Irene, b. April 19, 1797 ; d. s. p. vii. Margaret B., b. March 17, 1801; d. April 29, 1844.
viii. Francis Shippen, m. Rachel Potts. ix. Anna Louisa.
VI. JAMES BURD (James, Edward); b. January 4, 1765 at Tinian; d. m. ELIZA- BETH BAKER and had issue:
i. Joseph, m. Margaret McCoy.
ii, Edward Shippen, d. unm.
iii. Allen, mn. Mary Ann Sellers.
VII. JOSEPH BURD (James, Edward), b. January 8, 1768, at Tinian; d. in Juniata county, Pennsylvania; m. 1st Catharine Cochran; in., secondly, Harriet Bailey; and left issue.
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CCXII.
DEARMOND .- In reply to certain inqui- ries from Philadelphia, we give the follow- ing :
I. JAMES DEYARMOND, of Hanover township, Lancaster county, d. in May, 1748, leaving a wife Mary, who died in March, 1780, and children :
i. John.
ii. Richard.
iii. Margaret, m. -- Johnston, and had Mary.
ir. Sarah, m. -
Robertson. In his
will he mentions his brother Richard Johns- ton, and it is more than probable his wife's maiden name was Johnston. Richard De- Armond, son of James, married Eleanor Stuart, daughter of Andrew Stuart, and they were the parents of Andrew Stuart De- Armond, ancestors of our correspondent.
THE FIRST RAILROAD IN THE U. S .-- We have been asked this question before, but to satisfy an earnest querist, we again give the following: In 1809, from the stone quarries of Thomas Lieper, on Crum creek, to the landing at Ridley creek, one mile dis- tant. Oliver Evans ran the first carriage ever propelled bysteam in the world, in Philadelphia from his foundry to the river Schuylkill-a mile and a half-in 1804. A steam carriage, built by Nicholas and James Johnson, in Kensington, was run upon the streets of Ken- sington in 1827-28. The first locomotive rnn in this country was an English one, called the Lion, upon the Delaware and Hudson railroad, in the fall of 1829. The first American locomotive was built by Col. Stephen H. Long, at Philadelphia, in 1830, and was placed upon the New Castle and Frenchtown railroad, where it made its first trial July 4th, 1831. On the 25th of April of the same year M. W. Baldwin had run an experimental locomotive in the Philadelphia Museum, Arcade, Chestnut street, which afterward was exhibited upon a track in Smith's Labyrinth Garden, north side of Arch street, between Schuylkill-seventh and Schuylkill-eighth [now Fifteenth and Six- teenth] streets, in that city.
CHESTNUT LEVEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .- A correspondent in New York city writes :
In a recent newspaper article on the old churches of Pennsylvania, occurs the fol- lowing sentence: "The oldest Presbyterian church in this county, if not in the State, is the Chestnut Level Presbyterian church, in Drumore township. It is of stone and was built in 1725." In Drumore township my grandfather was born, and there lived his ancestors for two or three generations. Can you tell me if the records of that church are in existence, and if so, whether they are ac- cessible.
[Perchance our valued friend, Squire Evans can give us the desired information: ]
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ITEMS OF COVENANTER HISTORY.
The following extracts are from an old pamphlet dated in 1802. Pages one to nine are missing. It seems to be a copy of the minutes of the Associate Reformed Presby- terian Presbytery of Kentucky:
"A Mr. Ervin was licensed at last meet- ing, and bids fair to be useful."
"Mr. McGill has not been long enough in this congregation to ascertain the number of families under his charge."
"In Mr. Porter's congregation there are 260 families and 520 communicants. "
"Mr. James McAuley, probationer, went to the Carolinas and Georgia.
JAMES MCGILL, Moderator, ALEXANDER PORTER, P'. Clerk. September 3, 1802.
The Presbytery of Kentucky suspended Mr. R. Warwick. " * * that our Academy in Lexington appears to prosper, we have a considerable large brick house, ready for the accommodation of students; about one hun- dred schollars now attend it; twenty of whom are studying the Latin and Greek languages. The funds for the support of this institn- tion are 4,500 acres of land, which with the house and lot are deeded to the Associate- Reformed Snyod. (worth abont $10,000.) JOIIN STEELE, Clerk.
Hephzibah Mscting House, Sep. 8th, 1802. Rev. Thomas G. Smith suspended. The Presbyteries of New York and Washington constitute one Synod, called Synod of New York." The first Presbytery of l'ennsyl- vania was divided into two Presbyteries, as follows: The one to consist of the Rev. Messrs. Robert Annan, Alexander Dobbir, and Ebenezer Dickey, to be called the Presbytery of Philadelphia. The other to consist of the Rev. Messrs. William Logan, John Young, Thomas Smith, James Walker, James McConnel, William Baldridge, and James Ilarper, jr. To be called the Presby- tery of Big Spring, the second Presbytery of Pennsylvania was changed to "Mononga- hela. "
Their first Synod of Pennsylvania was held at Marsh Creek on Wednesday, May 25, 1803. The Synod of Sciota at Chelicothe in May 1804; the Synod of the Carolinas in 1803. The Rev. Peter McMillan and Wil- liam Dixon declined the authority of this Synod.
October 23, 1803.
The Rev. Thomas G. Smith declined to submit to the censure of the Synod. He
joined the Reformed Protestant Duteh Church.
ALEXANDER PROUDFIT, Clerk.
In 1801 Rev. John Mitchell Mason was sent to Scotland and Ireland, where he in- duced several young ministers of the Cove- manter faith to go to America and preach. This was a period of great prosperity in the Associate Reformed Church in the United States of America. In Kentucky the
congregations were very large.
There was great activity among
the ministers, who tarveled over the country preaching in private dwellings and barns. There was a surprising number of ministers who were suspended for apparent trivial causes, and they almost invariably refused to make a public acknowledgment of their error, but were always ready to "argue the question." There are only a few churches in Pennsylvania of this faith now, where there were many eighty years ago. The present generation seldom hear of the "Cove- nanters." They have gradually drifted to the Presbyterian church, which held to the same cardinal beliefs, and only differed in church government. SAMUEL EVANS.
EDWARD J. PUTT, M. D.
Edward J. Putt was born May 23, 1819, Dear Womelsdorf, Berks county, Pa .; died October 24, 1888, at Highspire. He was a descendant of the Johannes Putt who emi- grated to America on the ship Halifax, land- ing at Philadelphia on the 22d of September, 1752. The doctor's grandfather was Jacob Putt, and his father the late William Putt, who married Catharine Hoffman. The father came from Berks county in early life to what is now Oak Lane farm, owned by Colonel James Young, in Lower Swatara township, and after discontinuing farming, resided for a few years in Middle- town, from whence le removed to Harris- burg, where he was employed as prison watenman and afterwards superintendent of the IIarrisburg cemetery. Ilis children were:
i. Dr. Edward J.
ii. Benneville; d. in Wormleysburg.
iii. Elvira; d. s. p.
iv. Alfred HI .; residing in Halifax.
v. Frank; residing in Harrisburg.
vi. William J .; residing at Camp Hill.
vii. John II .; d. in Wormleysburg. viii. Augustus II.
Doctor Putt was a self- made man. H
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received his education in the common schools of his day and by private study until he was fitted to teach school, which profession he followed several winters, in the meantime reading medicine with his uncle, the late Dr. Jonathan Zerbe, of Sheafferstown, After graduating in Phila- delphia in 1842, he located at Highspire, where he continued in the active practice of his profession about forty-six years. His professional life was an arduous one, and the range of his practice was quite extensive, reaching beyond the South mountain in York county. Dr. Putt married Cassia Oberly, daughter of Frederick Oberly and his wife, Maria Sheaffer, who, with three children, survive-Augustus, of Highspire; Dr. Moris Oberly. a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, practicing medicine at Ober- lin; and Alice. The first and last of his children are mutes. The funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon, October 27, 1888, in the U. B. church, conducted by Revs. E. L. Hughes and J. B. Doucherly. E. W. S. P.
HECKEWELDER ON INDIAN NAMES.
[For the following transcript of an ori. ginal manuscript preserved among the "Heckewelder Papers" in the Historical So- ciety of Pennsylvania, we are indebted to Mr. John W. Jordan. This valuable series of queries and replies, although signed by Mr. Heckewelder, is undated and unad- dressed, but it is believed the querist was his friend, Dr. Caspar Wistar, of Philadelphia. It is given to our readers in precisely the form it was prepared, and is a ~ orbatim et liter- atim copy. ]
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Early in the present century, when there was a growing spirit of inquiry among men of science in our country, in the department of Indian archeology, it is no surprise to find that the Rev. JOHN HECKEWELDER, who for near half a century was engaged in the Indian mission of the Moravian church, was called upon to contribute to the world what had fallen within his observation and knowledge. His literary labors, therefore, began when he had long passed the meridian of a memorable life. At the request of the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society he contrib-
uted occasional essays, which were pub- lished in their transactions, and in 1818, under their auspices, he prepared his "Ac- count of the History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Natives who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighboring States." This work was translated into German by the Rev. F. Hesse, of Nienburg. and pub- lished in 1821 at Gottingen. A French translation by P. S. Du Ponceau, appeared in 1822 in Paris. In 1876, a new and re- vised edition, with an introduction and notes by the Rev. William C. Reichel, was published by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. His "Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohican Indians," appeared in 1820, and in 1822, his last literary effort, "Names which the Lenni Lenape, or Delaware Indians gave to Rivers, Streams and Localities within the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia, with their Significations." In ad- dition to the published works of Mr. Heckewelder, there are many valuable journals and essays in manuscript preserved in the archives of the Moravian Church at Bethlehem, in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and among his descendants. Two of of the former have been annotated by John W. Jordan, and published in the Penn- sylvania Magazine of History and Biography, viz: "Notes of Travel of William Henry. John Heckewelder, John Rothrock and Christian Clewell, ju Gnadenhutten on the Muskingum, in the early Summer of 1797," and "Narrative of John Heckewelder's Jour- ney to tbe Wabash in 1792." This latter journal was published in Germany, "Jo- hann Heckewelder's Reise von Bethlehem iu Pensilvania bis zum Wabash Fluss in Nord- westlichen Gebiet der Vereinigten Staaten, Nord-Amerika init anmerkungen herausge- geben von M. C. Sprengel, Halle, 1797."
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