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Necessity, bombardment of, 427; gar- rison of, 427; surrender of, 427 New Gottenburg, strengthened, 98 New Korsholm, 82
of Nye (new) Gottenburg, 82
on the Monongahela taken by the French, 424
Pitt, arrival of troops at, 530; Indian assault upon, 530; march from, 546; supplies for captured, 549 Shirley, evacuation of, 461; threat- ened, 458
to be built at Wyoming, 480 Trinity, 101
William Henry, surrender of, 480
Forts, evacuation of the French, 509 garrisons for, 492
on the frontier, contribution for building, 339, 340
Founder of Pennsylvania, the, 188 et seq. Fourth expedition from Sweden to Chris- tina, 80
Fox, George, 189, 190, 193, 199, 322; de- scription by, 148, 151; journal of, 155 Joseph, 451, 483; speaker, 547
Frame of government, 263, 275; aspect of the, towards religion, 354, 355; the old and the new, 337
France, declaration of war against, 457 Frankfort company, the, 305
Franklin, Benjamin, 348, 420, 425, 451, 514, 515; agent in London, 547; agree- ment of, with the proprietaries, 503; clerk, 408; conference of, with Braddock, 435; in London, 501; letter from, 540; message from, 545; pamphlet by, 408, 535; return of, 540; speaker, 544; exam- ination of, 555; work of in obtaining army supplies, 435 Franklin square, 258
Franklin's plan for union, 425
Franks, David, 354
Frazier, James, 439
Free Society of Traders, formation of the, 218, 220; lands of, 513 French aggressions, 425 basis of their claim, 415
battle with the, 424 claims, arrogance of, 420 claim on the Ohio, 416
contention, the, 416 fort at Casoago, 419 forts, evacuation and destruction of, 509 in Canada, the, 35-36 invasion, the, 415 measures against the Indians, 418
measures to oppose the, 419
on the Allegheny, 415
permanent expulsion of the, 498 the, in America, 415 trading rights, 425 John, 356, 358
Friendly Association, contribution from, 463; exclusion of from treaty, 471; re- monstrance from the, 472, 473
Friends in England, letter to, 352
Friends' school, 319
Frontier, difficulty of defending the, 531 harvests, gathering of, 530
inhabitants, account of injuries of, 536-538 protection of, 471
Frontiers, recession of, 511
Frontiersmen, petition in behalf of, 539
Fruits, early, 240
Fuller, Benjamin, 553
Furly, Benjamin, 210, 211 (foot note), 306 Fulton, Robert, 512
583
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Index
Fur trade at Manhattan, 40 beginning of, 8
fear of diversion from Albany, 292 prices governing the, 115, 116 Furs, shipment of, 116
Gage, General, application to for troops, 535; call of for troops, 535; commander- in-chief, 532 Thomas, 439
Galbreath, James, 480
Galloway, Joseph, 324, 473, 484; challenge to, 546; prominence of, 514; resolutions by, 541; reply of, to Dickinson, 543, 544; speaker, 556 Game, early, 239 protection of on Indian lands, 516 Gardner, Stephen, 572
Garraway, Charles, 491
General Assembly, election of, 262-264
George III, petition to, for changes, 542
Geoffrey, arrival of the, 271; the sailing of, 230
German and Welsh settlers, qualifications of the, 308
colonists, arrival of, 302
immigration, 368
land purchase, the first, 306
Lutherans, the, 511
protestants, the, 308 settlers and Cresap, 383, 384
settlers, attempts to dispossess, 384 settlers of Germantown, 308 settlers, persecution of, 385
settlers, purchase of land by, 306 settlers, the first, 305, 306
Germans, invitation of, to settle at Tul- pehocken, 510 vast immigration of, 511
Germantown, arrival of rebels at, 538 Gibson, James, 539
Gist, Christopher, 417
Goodson, John, 316; assistant lieutenant- governor, 328; resignation of, 332
Gookin, Charles, appointment of as lieu- tenant-governor, 359; groundless charges by, 361
Gordon, Lewis, 571 Gordon, Patrick, 355, 370; administration of, 371-373; commissioned lieutenant- governor, 370; death of, 376
584
Gorsuch, Richard, grant to, 148 Gouldney, Henry, 359, 363
Government, attempt to change the, 540-574 of Pennsylvania, beginning of, 237 of the colony organized, 262-270 opposition to change in, 542, 543 petitions for change of, 542 Presbyterian opposition to change of, 547 progress towards change of, 559 how constituted, 332, 333 new frame of, 332, 333 Governor, appointments by, 300 Denny, criticism of, 485, 486
Dinwiddie, proclamation by, 423 Hamilton, complaint to, 416 restrictions upon the, 459 Shirley, commander-in-chief, offer of assistance by, 424 trials of the office of, 346
442;
Governors, meeting of, 466
Governor's Council, meeting of, 273; mem- bers of, 273 Governorship of Thomas and Richard Penn, 407-414 Graeme, Dr. Thomas, 372
Graham, James, 290
Grain, cultivation of, in New Sweden, 86 Grand jury, the first in Pennsylvania, 296 Grant, Lieut. Charles, 549
Grant's Hill, 493
Grapes, the native, 302
Graydon, Alexander, 388, 492
Great Britain, dominion of, 425
Great Cove, burning of settlements at, 447, 448
Great law amended, 277, 278; provisions of, 266-270
Great Treaty, the, 282-288
Griffin, building of the, 179; entry of on Lake Erie, 179; voyage of up the lakes, 180 Grifitts, Thomas, 390, 392
Griffith, the, 196
Gripen, the, return of, to Christina, 74
Growdon, Joseph, 323 Lawrence, 323, 408
Grube, Rev. Bernhard Adam, 532 Guest, Alice, 257 John, 343 Guilder, value of, 163 foot note
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Gunnarsson, Sven, sketch of, 75
Hague, William, 241
Haige, William, 218, 273, 290; visits Lord Baltimore, 244
Halket, Sir Peter, 431, 436; burial of, 498 Hall, Col. Edward, 384
Hambright, John, 492
Hamilton, Andrew, 372; chosen lieutenant- governor, 344; death of, 347 Hans, 460
James, 408, 506; appointed lieuten- ant-governor, 515; commissioned, 4II, 412; instructions to, 515, 516 letter from governor, 522
Lieut .- Col. Hance, 488 Thomas, 492 Hanson, Mathys, 114
Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, decision by 412 Harris, John, 527
Harrison, James, 207, 273, 274, 322; Penn's letter to, 217; perjury of, 311
Hartsfelder, Julian, 173
Harvey, Sir John, 65
Hasell, Samuel, 408
Haslett, John, 491
Hayes, James, 491 William, 498
Heathcote, Gilbert, 363
Heermans (or Herman)' Augustine, 120
Heidler, Martin, 491
Heirs of Penn, 363
Helm, Israel, interpreter, 162; justice, 166; supervisor of fur trade, 133
Hendricks, John, 384
Hendricksen, Cornelius, discoveries of, 44; report of, 43-44
Hendrickson, Yeshoo, 300
Herman, Augustine, 97; journal of, 121 Ephraim, 220, 254 Gasparus, 275 Herriott, Thomas, 253
Hickman, Thomas, 497
Higginbotham, Charles, operations of, 385
Hill, Richard, 324, 363; as speaker, 361; bravery of, 358; charges against, 361; death of, 372 Hilliard, John, 273
Hillsborough, Earl of, letter from the, 565 Historical review of the constitution, 540
Hjort, Rev. Petrus, 100 Hoge, William, 457
Holland and England, peace between, 144; war between, 159
Hollender, Peter, commissioned governor, 76
Holme, Thomas, 218, 242, 257, 265, 273, 288; sketch of, 322
Holmes, Captain George, 65
Hook, Marcus, revolt by, 146
Hoorn-kill, seizure of, 142, 143
Hopkinson, Thomas, 408
Hospital, proposition to establish, 464
Hostilities, suspension of, 454
Hosset (or Osset), left as commissary, 50
House of Commons, address to the, 554
House of defense, 264
Howell, Samuel, 553
Hudde, Andreas, commissary at Fort Nas- sau, 93
Hudson, Henry, exploration of, 34-35
Hughes, John, 451, 480, 483, 486; agent for, sale of stamps, 550
Huguenots, the, 301
Humphreys, Charles, 547
Hunter, Col. John, loan to, 507 David, 491 Hutchins, Quartermaster Thomas, 491
Huyghen, Hendricks, 73, 107
Hyndshaw, James, 492
Immigrants, arrival of at New Amstel, 133 Immigration, beginning of the tide of, 301, 302 increase of, 368
Impost on liquor, 337, 354
Impeachment trial, an early, 310, 31I
Inbert, Andrew, 302
Indentured servants enlisted, 389; enlist- ment of, 444 Indian affairs, Croghan in charge of, 463 agents recommended, 426 ' aid to the English, 427 allegiance jeopardized, 555 anthropology, 12
atrocities, 447 atrocities at the Great Cove, 447, 448 chiefs, 4; entertainment to, 459 claims, 366 complaints, 395 confederacy proposed, 563
585
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Indian conferences, 564 congress, 568, 569 council at Easton, 458, 522-525
council at Lancaster, 470
council at Logstown, 418
council at Printz Hall, 102
council at Shamokin, 447
council, details of proceedings at an, 494-498 deed, an, old, 377 depredations, 446, 486, 528, 529
depredations at Gnadenhutten, 450
depredations in Cumberland county, 458 fealty to the English, 417, 428, 522 humor, 396
intercourse, 425, 426 invasion, 446
lands, encroachment upon, 555
negotiations, 486, 487
operations against the French, 482
outbreak at Manhattan, 106
peace council, 481
peace made with, 478
prisoners, reward for, 452
purchase, 1682, 242, 243
purchase, bounds of, 242, 243
ravages around Fort Cumberland, 446
refugees from Nain and Wiche- tunk, 532
relations under Keith, 366, 367
removals, 395, 396
sales of land by, 287-289, 426, 568, 569 scalps, reward for, 452
title to lands, discussion of, 475, 478 trade, 88
trade, attractiveness of, 216
trade, conditions of, 420
trade, license for, 550
trade, opening of, 550
trade, restrictions on, 339
treaty, 411, 473, 474 treaty at Chester, 87
treaty closed, 527
treaty with Maryland, 396
treaty with Virginia, 396 war, 529-532 Indians, abuse of liquor sale to, 123
586
Indians, advice from, 470, 471
and proprietaries, relations between, 476
and settlers, boundaries between, 563 ask for more pay for lands, 395 at Aughwick, 428
at Bethlehem and Nazareth, 534 Captain Smith's deception of, 31-33 characteristics of, in Pennsylvania, 26 complaints of the, 523 conference of, with Peter Minuit, 70
conferences with, 454 conscious of ruin from drink, 124 council of, at Fort Nassau, 98
council of, at Lancaster, 525-527 description of, by De Vries, 56 details of claims of, 474-478 fear of rupture with, 562-563 fire-arms supplied to, 21
first supplied with rum, 15-16 Five Nations of, 6
French efforts to influence the, 416 French operations against the, 418 frequent selection of, for guides,
130, 131 friendliness of, towards De Vries, 54-55 friendliness to pioneers, 33, 40
gathering of, at Easton, 522
implements of, 9-1I
injury to, by drink, 295
interests of, with the French, 445 intense feeling against, 534
intruders upon, complained of, 562, 563 Iroquois supremacy in Pennsylva- nia, 23-24
Iroquois supremacy over the Minsi, 23-24 land difficulties with, 523
Len-â-pé, or Leni Len-â-pé, 3
Lenâpé migration, 27, 29
liquor selling to, 123, 124, 127
meeting of, on the Susquehanna, 454
money (Zewandt), 92
moral condition of, 15 murder of, 563, 564 murder of, at New Amstel, 127
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Indians, murder of converted, 531 negotiations with, 171, 172, 548 New Sweden threatened by, 86, 87 number of in Pennsylvania, 7 objections of, to the walking pur- chase, 378
occupations and dwellings of, 7-8, 10 of Pennsylvania, the, 1-29
of Pennsylvania, characteristics of, 3 of Pennsylvania, number of, 2 of Pennsylvania, their origin, 2 of the interior, 16-17
on the Delaware, estimate of num- ber, 64
payment to, at Philadelphia, 395 peace made with, 129, 481, 482
peace with, in the colonies, 339
penalty for selling liquor to, 161 political system of, 6-7
possession of land among, 9 presents for captured, 548 presents to, 458, 459
presents to by the Dutch, 112
privileges of laws extended to, 339 purchase from, elaimed by the
Dutch, 59 purchase of land from, 79, 98
relations of Lenâpé to Iroquois, 19- 2I release of lands by, 366 religion of, 13-14
removal of, westward, 372
request for stores by, 527 restrictions upon, 366,367
return of, to Philadelphia, 535, 536 return of, to their families, 535
revenge of, for murder, 128
sale of arms to, forbidden, 22 sales of land by, 376, 377 sale of lands by, to the Dutch, 117 sale of liquor to, restricted, 268, 269 second treaty of, with Swedes, 72 statement by the, 470 struggle between Lenâpé and Iro- quois, 22-23 sub-tribes of, 5-6 Swedes' agreement with, 70, 71 the Massawomeks, 31 the Susquehannock, 17-18 threatened war with, 152, 155
Indians, threats of, against settlers on the Susquehanna, 432
totems of, 5
trade with, on the Hudson river, 21
treaties with, 242
treaty with, 494 treaty with, under Keith, 367
trouble between the northern and southern, 366 Industries, early, 371
Ingoldsby, Richard, 294
Ingram, Isaae, 253
Inhabitants gathering of, 538
Insurgents, parley with, 539
Interest, rate of reduced, 368
Irish Quakers, the, 307
Iroquois confederacy, meeting with the, 399 Indians in Pennsylvania, 16-17 war among, 130
Jackson, Paul, 492 Richard, 545; resignation of as agent, 574
Jacobson, Hendrick, 300
Jacques Island, seat of authority, 82; iden- tified as Little Tinicum, 55
Jacquet, John Paul, 112
James, Abel, 553 Duke of York, grant to, 136, 139
Jamison, Major David, 491
James II, 199 decision of, as to boundary, 380
Janney, Thomas, 323
Janvier, Thomas, 484
Jasper, John, 188 Margaret, 188
Jegou, Peter, his island, 151
Jenkins, John, 570-572 Jennings, Edward, 385 Samuel, 320, 332
Jews, settlement of in Pennsylvania, 354
Jockey Club, founding of, 557
Jones, Dr. Edward, 258, note; letter from, 258, 259, 323 Griffith, 265, 315, 352 Owen, 258, foot note
John and Sarah, sailing of the, 218 Jordan, Robert, 391 Journal of Dankers and Sluyter, 180-187 Judge, impeachment trial of, 310, 311
587
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Judges, protest against Quaker, 347 tenure of changed, 514 Judicial system, the early, 270 Jumonville, death of, 424 Jury, the first trial, 296 Justice, administration of, 362 Johnson, Sir William, 462, 473, 475, 477, 479, 482, 484, 523-526, 535, 548, 563, 568, 570
Kalmar, Nyckel the, homeward voyage of, 74; return of to Christina, 76 Kcarsley, Dr. John, 372 Keeper of the great seal, 310
Kcith and Logan, strife between, 369, 370
Keith, George, 199, 316, 319, 362; character- istics of, 319; charges against, 319; trial of, 320; relations of with Indians, 366, 367
Keith, Sir William, 355, 361; allegiance of to the Assembly, 368; close of adminis- tration of, 371; old age and death of, 371; 510 Kern, Adjutant Jacob, 491 Kent deputies from, 265 the ship, 196 Kidd, Captain, 334
Kiept, Willem, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76; unwise administration of, 92
King, appeal to the, 454
George II, money voted for, 390 George III, message from, 565 loyalty due to the, 508
of England, 315 petition to the, 565, 566 William III, petition to, 294 Thomas, 498; speech of, 495, 496 "Kingsesse," 91
King's prerogative, invasion of the, 471; 517 uniform, insults to the, 555
Kinsey, John, 399 Kirkbride, Mahlon, 457
Kittanning, expedition against, 459
"Kleynties and his comrade," significance of, 45-46, 48 Kling, Mans, 72, 73, 80
Kreigsheim, immigrants from, 306
Krygier, Capt. Martin, 120
Lambert, General, 313 Lamberton, Capt. George, 79
588
Lancaster, council at, 470 county, crcction of, 372 Indian council at, 525-527 troops ordered to, 536
Land, further grants of, requested, 172, 173 grant of, to the Ohio company, 416 grant of, to Society of Traders, 219 grants, changes of, with Swedes, 258 grants of, 148 grievance of colonists concerning, 338 Indian sale of, to proprietaries, 376. 377 offered for Connecticut immigrants, 423
patents, delay in granting, 338
per cent. of, allowed for roads, 338, 339 probable definite grants to Swedes, 133 purchase by Penn, 287
warrants, proclamation against grant- ing, 532
Landing, Robert Wade's, 241 Lands, causes of sub-division of, 513 claims against, by Indians, 366 grant of, to Gov. Dongan, 293 mutual releases made of, 497
offer of, to soldiers, 442 offered by Virginit for troops, 423 on the Susquehanna, 292, 294 purchase of, from Indians, 412 sub-division of large tracts, 513 tracts of 5,000 acres each, 513 unoccupied, 402 Langhorne, Jeremiah, 372 Thomas, 322 Lardner, John, 374 Large, Ebenezer, 391
La Salle's discoveries, 177, 187 discoveries on the Ohio, 178, 179 visit to Western Pennsylvania, 178 Law, passage of, for raising money, 516 proposed for security of real estate, 507 for public defense, passage of, 504 Lawrence, Thomas, 399, 408 Lawrie, Gawen, 194 Laws, 266-270 governing removals, 278, 279 new set of, urged, 337 objection to many, in London, 345 -
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Laws, objections to passage of various, 516, 517 submission of, to the King, 345 ten important, 368
Larrin, Andrew, 302
Le Boeuf, evacuation of fort, 509 loss of post at, 529
Lechawanock, proposed settlement at, 527 Leech, Thomas, 390, 480
Legal tender, bills of credit as, 554; condi- tions, 559
Legislators, some of the early, 320-324
Legislature, permanent separation in the, 348
Lehnmann, Philip W., 288
Lenâpé, number of in Pennsylvania, 7
Letitia house, 261 foot note
Letters from a Farmer, 560-562; quotations from, 362; publication of, 560-562
Liberty of conscience, 266, 267
Licenses, early, 269, 270
Lieutenant-governor, measures for a new, 515 office of, not wanted, 515 two appointments of, 316
Lieutenant-governors, unfortunate charac- ter of, 348
Lieutenant-governorship, not desired, 312, 313 Lindstrom, Peter, 100; town laid out by, 102 Lion, arrival of the, 271
Liquor, impost on, 337 selling to Indians, evils of, 428
Little Meadows, fort built at, 436 Livezey, Thomas, 558
Lloyd and Blackwell, trouble between, 313, 314 Charles, 324
David, 313, 316, 324, 335, 344, 352, 370; death of, 372; selection of as speaker, 371; speaker, 351
Lieut .- Col. Thomas, 491
Thomas, 296, 300, 313, 316, 324, 346, 391; and his family, 306; commis- sion of, as lieutenant-governor, 316; election of as president, 315; prominence of, 310
Lock, Carolus, fine of, 147 Rev. Lars Carlsson, 93 Logan, James, 265; appointment of, as sec-
retary, 337; 343; charges of against Lloyd, 360; arrest of, 360, 361; letter from, 361, 362; 363, 367; and Keith, strife between, 369, 370; removal of, from office, 369; restoration of, as secretary, 370; as chief justice, 372; gift of, for library, 386; letter of, to the meeting, 390, 391; resignation of, 407; 441, 510
Logan square, 258
William, 408, 452, 457, 573
Loganian Library, 386, 387
London, plague in, 192
Long Finn, the, trial of, 147
Lord Baltimore, his claims, 282; orders of, to survey lands, 118, 119; vs. the Penns, decision of, 412, 413; claims of, 379-382
Lord Loudon, meeting of, with governors, 466
Lords Commissioners for Trade, Penn be- fore the, 200
of trade, 423; conference with, 454 petition to the house of, 466
Loss of Swedish expedition, 94, 97
Lotteries, act suppressing, 508
in support of the college, 507 prevalence of, 558 prohibition of, 558, 559 proposed suppression of, 507
Louis the Fourteenth, 301
Lovelace, Governor, 145-147; term of, 148; letter from, 159 Lower Counties, the, 220 control of the, 348 discontent in, 315, 316 settlement stopped in the, 386
Lower Marion, description of, 259
Lowther, George, appointment of as cap- tain, 347 Margaret, 363 Loyal Hanna, the army at, 498
Magistrates, respect for, demanded, 310 Mahanoy, burning of village at. 451
Manhattan, bad conditions at, 92 Dutch trade at, 40 purchase of, 50 rapid growth of, 94
Mann, Abraham, 265
Manor of Stoke, survey of, 569 Mansfield, Lord, promise of, 518 Maps, early Dutch, 44-47
589
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Market-house, the, 258 Markham, Sir Jolın, 321
William, 273; accused of piratical connivance, 334; as lieutenant-gov- ernor of lower counties, 316; as Penn's agent in England, 310; let- ters of, 239-241; lieutenant-gover- nor, 236; visit of, to Maryland, 238; 310, 320, 321; appointment of, 326; arrival of in America, 210; commissioned by Penn, 328; ad- ministration of, duration of, 334; purchase of, 289, 290
Marquis of Halifax, letter to the, 302 Marriages, provisions governing, 269
Maryland and Delaware, relations of, 379 authorities, extravagant claims of, 118 boundary line, 238
colony, the, 117 council, 121, 122 demonstrations, fruitlessness of, 120 government, demonstrations by, 156, 159 proprietor, jurisdiction of, 386
weakness of patent of, 121, 122 settlements, desertions to, 118 Mary of Southampton, seizure of the, 296, 299
Mason & Dixon line, the, 560
Massachusetts, letter from to England, 565 offer of aid from, 424 Master of the rolls, the, 300; appointment of, 310 Masters, William, 483 Matson, Margaret, 300 Neels, 300 Mattahoorn, Indian chief, 70
Mattiniconck, importance of, 151
Mayer of Philadelphia, the first, 316
McClung, Charles, 491
McClure, James, 572
McDowell, William, 554
McGrew, Archibald, 492
McKee, Alexander, 491
McKnight, John, 491
McPherson, Robert, 491 Meeting house, the, 258 for Sufferings, act of, 455 of justices at Albany, 291 Meinardean, Peter, 302 Mennonites, the, 305
590
Men of the frontier, the, 510-539
Mercer, Hugh, 460, 491; at Pittsburg, 499 Mey, Cornelius, agent of the West India
Company, 49; as the first pioneer to State river front, 49; visit of, to America in 1623, 49; visit of, to Delaware Bay, 40 Mifflin, John, 399 Jonathan, 462 Samuel, 553 Miles, Samuel, 491
Military appropriation, 433, 451 event, the most important, 500 expeditions against French subjects, 431 expenses, bill to meet, 483
funds, method of raising, 434 march of from Will's creek, 436
movements, 401
movement against Fort Duquesne, 488-494 operations towards Duquesne, 493 preparations under Thomas, 387
roads, 434, 435 road, opening of a, 492 situation, 443, 444, 519, 520
Militia bill, passage of, 450
conflict of, with watchmen, 351, 352 law enacted, 461 laws, repeal of, 461 need of, 335 organization of a, 351 summoned to Will's creek, 423
Miller, John, 534
Mills, early, 175, 520
Minuit, Peter, 69, 70; departure of, 72; director-general, arrival of at Manhattan, 50; loss of, at sea, 73; recall of, 59
Mob, operations of a, 548, 549
Moll, John, 220, 254, 265, 266, 273
Money advanced for troops, 390 bill for issue of, 508 for Indians, 563 measures for raising, 507
obstacles in raising, 501, 502
rate of interest on, reduced, 368
voted for the King's use, 390, 427 voted for the Queen, 360, 361
Montgomery, John, 491 Thomas, 553
Montour, Andrew, 417, 446 Morton, John, 547
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Moore, Dr. Nicholas, 513; speaker, 274 John, 307, 336; advocate, 335; attor- ney-general, 347 Nicholas, 300, 310; arrival of, 271 Samuel Preston, 452, 462 William, 450, 499, 507
Morals and manners, 557 provision for good, 267, 268
Moravians not included as belligerents, 511 More, Nicholas, 219, 288
Morgan, Evan, 451 Jacob, 49I John, 491
Morrey, Humphrey, 316
Morris, Anthony, 352, 449, 452; removal of, from judgeship, 335; writ of replevin by, 335 Col. Lewis, 238, 431 Joshua, 449, 456 Robert, 551
Robert Hunter, 515; arrival of, 431
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 412 Rev. Henry Melchior, 511
Muncy Indians, troubles of, 497
Murder of Indians near New Amstel, 127
Muskingum, expedition to the, 546
Naming of Delaware Bay, 40
Naturalization act, 265
Navigation act, the, 136
Nazareth, burning of, 451
Nelson, Samuel, 491
Nertunius, Rev. Matthias, 100
New Albion, description of, 61, 62 grant of by Charles I, 5-9
New Amstel (New Castle), III capture of, by the English, 14I peace at, 122
soldiers sent to, 120
New Amsterdam, surrender of, to England, I40
Newberry, manor of, 511
New Castle, 184; arrival of the Welcome at, 254 county, 173, 174 delivery of, to Penn, 254 deputies from, 265 fort built at, 98 fort, commander at, 146 settlement at, 79 the 12-mile circle around, 220, 283
New England, immigrants from, 307 settlers, encampment of, 572 New Gottenburg, fort of, 82 New Jersey, defense of, 488 purchase, the, 79 Newlin, Nathaniel, 513 Nicholas, 307 New Netherland as English territory, 139 authority over, 143 restoration of, to England, 160 seizure of, by England, 107 New period of development, 66
New River, the, 46 New Sweden, 67; agricultural operations at, 86 arrival of goods in, 88 arrival of new governor of, 102 cattle in, 91 condition of, 1650, 97, 99 conditions described by De Vries, 83- 85 defensive buildings in, 88, 91 desertions from, 102
despair in, 98, 99
divine worship at, 81
despair in, 98, 99
divine worship at, 81
Dutch expedition against, 103, 104
health of settlers in, 88
importance of, 74
instructions for operations at, 81
its length of life, 74
kinds of trading goods in, 91
lack of trading goods at, 87, 88
misfortune of, 74
new commissary for, 100
new director in, 102
new regulations for, 102
ninth expedition to, 100
operations at, 81, 82
shipbuilding in, 99 shipments from, 86 trying times in, 86, 87
New York, capture of, by Holland, 160 effects of Penn's purchase at Albany in, 291 seeks re- annexation of Pennsylvania. 294 Nicolls, Col. Richard, 140, 142-144; govern- orship of, 144; honorable administration
591
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of, 144; inspection by, 143; return of to England, 144
Noble, Richard, surveyor, 171
Non-importation resolutions, 564, 565; adop- tion of, 553, 570
Norris, Isaac, 307, 324, 372, 390, 392, 419, 425; departure of for England, 358; ill- ness of, 480; prominence of, 514; Quaker leader, 391; resignation of as speaker, 544 party, the, 392 Richard, 363
Northampton county, formation of, 412; In- dian atrocities in, 450, 45I
Northern Liberties, defense of barracks in the, 536
North, Lord Chief Justice, 295; submission of patent to, 202
Nova Scotia immigrants, 450
Oath of office required, 348
Ogden, Amos, 572 Nathan, 572, 573 Ohio company, the, 416 Indians, attitude of, 479 Onrust, the, 40, 41, 43-48; at the mouth of the Schuylkill, 43 building of, 40 explorations with the, 41 petition of owners for trade privi- leges, 43-48
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