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Original counties, 263
Orndt, Major Jacob, 491
Orphan's court, business of, transferred, 514
Owen, Griffith, 323, 343
Owens, Samuel, 554
Oxenstiern, Chancellor Axel, 68
Palatinate, emigrants from the, 305 persecution in the, 305
Palmer, Anthony, 408
Papegoia, Madam, 147
Paper money, issues of, 371, 507 objections to the issue of, 508 petitions for, 569 proposition to issue, 443 the first issued, 368, 369 "Paradise Point," 70
Parallel, the 40th, as a boundary, 381, 382; uncertainty of location of, 382 the 39th as a boundary, 381, 382
Paris, Ferdinand John, 372
Parliament, petition to, 566, 567 levying of duties by, 560 Partridge, Richard, 390
Parvin, Francis, 449, 456
Passyunk, fortified post at, 79
Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 305 purchase of land by, 306
Patterson, William, 491
Pawling, Henry, 486
Peace established with the Six Nations, 425 ordered on the borders, 385
Pearson, Isaac, 547
Peepy, Joseph, claims of, 524
Pemberton, Israel, 452, 453, 462-464, 473, 525, 538 Israel, jr., warrant for, 388 James, 449, 456 Phineas, 322, 343; 274 note
Penington, Edward, 514
Penn, Captain and Admiral William, 188,
189, 192, 193, 210 Dennis, 363; death of, 372, 373
family, the, 188; adjustment of the differences of the, 372, 373
Gaskell family, 373
Governor, blamed by the Assembly, 564 Hannah, 363, 369, 370; deeds from, 373; letter to, 361, 362
John, 363, 383, 406, 424, 571; arrival of, 419, 532; birthplace of, 374; conflict of with the Assembly, 541; death of, 401; deed to, 373; head of the government, 374; marriage of, 556; son of Richard, 405; the American, 374-401; visit of, to America, 375; will of, 405
Richard, 363, 402, 557; death of, 406; deed to, 373; family of, 405; son of Richard, 405
Springett, 370, 511; death of, 373
Thomas, 363, 374, 376, 402, 502, 511 ; anecdotes of, 406, 407; arrival of, 375; bequest to, 405; death of, 406; deed to, 373; estates in charge of, 406; estimate by, 403-405; gift . from, 451; leniency of, 390; mar- riage of, 406; precedence of, 375; sacrifice by, 387; treaty with, 378 Penn, William, the Founder, 188, 189, 293, 301, 322, 324, 366, 367, 416, 482, 510
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William Penn the Founder, a Knight's son, 325
acquisition of Susquehanna lands by, 294
accusations against, 326
and Lord Baltimore, differences be- tween, 282
and the colonists, differences between, 338
application of, for grant, 199 arrest of, 359 as president of the Council, 296 assignment to, 194
description of his town by, 295 occupies the slate roof house, 337 opposition to, at Albany, 293 Bancroft's praise of, 216
basis of his colony, 279, 280
banishment of, from Oxford, 191
becomes a Quaker, 192, 193
commissioners of, 217 compromise of, with the Fords, 359 conditions imposed upon, 328
confirmation of will of, 373
character of expectations of, 216 children of, 331 dealings of, with the Iroquois, 290 death of, 363
deed of Pennsylvania from, 334 deprived of his government, 326 disowned by the Meeting, 358 dispossession of, threatened, 294 draft of patent by, 201 early letter of, 192, 193, 203 early religious thoughts of, 189
early Quaker learnings of, 189, 190 early thoughts of America, 193 efforts to raise money for, 358, 359 emotions of at Philadelphia, 257 estates, conditions regarding the, 374, 375
estates, different kinds of, 402 estates, estimate of, 403-405
estates, struggle as to taxing, 418
eulogy on the second wife of, 332 extracts from letters of, 261, 271, 272 government restored to, 328 his student life, 189 important papers by, 212, 215 instructions of, 217, 218, 314 interest of, in New Jersey, 194 1-38
William Penn, the Founder, landing of, at New Castle, 254
landing of, at Upland, 255 land purchases by, 287-289
large powers granted to, 203, 204
lease of land by, from Dongan, 293 letters of, 216, 217, 253, 254, 283, 284, 290, 295, 302
letters of, to settlers, 204, 207
manors of, 403
marriage of, 193
meeting of, with Lord Baltimore, 270 271, 281 military life of, 192
motives of, 204
pamphlet by, 210, 211, 260
patent of, approved, 203
patent of, renewed, 202
place and date of birth of, 185
prices paid for land by, 289
prohibitive features of, 310
prompt action of, 210 reasons of his success, 209
relations with the Indians, 284-288
release of from prison, 359
request for loan by, 327
request of, for restoration, 327
rights of, on the west bank of the Delaware, 220 sales of land by, 306
sale by, to the crown, 362
sailing of, for America, 223
sails from England, 252
second marriage of, 331
speech of, 254
spread of his movement in Germany, 306 suggestion of, to Lords of Trade, 334 suspected of being a Papist, 325
terms of sale by, 211
travels of, in Europe, 191, 192 trustees of property of, 363
verdict against, 359
visit of, to Holland, 199
visit of, to Ireland, 192
visit of, to Philadelphia, 257
visits New York, 262
bill of, 363 youth of, 189
Penn, William, jr., 352, 363, 370; arrival of, 351; character of, 364; children of,
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365; death of, 365, 370; denouncement of, 353; instructions from, 364, 365; payment of debts by, 359
Penn, William, son of Springett, 373 William, the younger, 331, 332
Pennock, Nathaniel, 457, 547
Penn's (William) agents in Rotterdam, 306 boundary agreement by the, 382 deeds recorded in New York, 262 fairness towards the Indians, 290 government, organization of, 262-270 heavy outlays, 325 lands, trustee for, 510 lieutenant-governors, 346-362
petition of the, 383
private property of the, 403 title to soil of lower counties, 381 widow, death of, 373
Pennsylvania and Virginia boundary, 423 an English community, 307 and Maryland boundaries, 244-252, 270, 271, 281, 282 charter, the, 223-235
commercial situation in, 556
committed to Benjamin Fletcher, 326 community, 173
Dutch, the, 308 early description of, 239-241
early social conditions in, 513
effects of French war in, 416
English view of conditions in, 455 frame of government of, 212, 215
first white men in, 30
forts, garrisons of the, 528
frontier at date of Penn's death, 510
frontier, protection of, 445
Gazette, letter to, 545
governor's message to Connecticut, 571
in harmony with Indians, 420
History, beginning of, I
lands, sale of, 510
mortgage on, 359
population of, 556
religious movements in, 375
settlement, effect of, at Albany, 291 situation in, explained, 556 tax basis, 466 the granary of America, 408
traders complained of, 416
Pennsylvania troops in the Duquesne ex- pedition, 488
troops, officers of, 490-492
Pennypacker, Governor, 323 Pepperell, Sir William, 431
Peace between England, France and Spain, 528
of Breda, 144
Peter, Hendrick, in Philadelphia; 432 Peters, Rev. Richard, 419, 425, 435, 508 William, 449, 456 Philadelphia as laid out by Penn, 295 beginnings of, 258
changes of land grants in, 258
claim of Dutch purchase on site of, 59
creation of false alarm in, 356, 357 deputies from, 265
early conditions at, 260, 261
early fair and market at, 295
first charter of, 316
first clerk of, 316 first mayor of, 316
first occupancy of, by white men, 82
first recorder of, 316
fear of attack upon, 408
Hill chosen mayor of, 360
Indian treaty at, 376-378
land grant in, 173 measures for defense of, 408, 411 merchants, agreement of, 553 new charter for, 343, 344
objections toº quartering troops in, 463, 464 plan of, 257, 258
port of supply, 408
purchase of land within site of, 79 . purchase of site of, 90 site of, chosen, 241, 242
Phillips, Frederick, 294
Pierce, Ezekiel, 520
Pietersen, Evart, 114
Pietists, the, 308
Pioneer English settlers, 307 hardships, 177 white men in Pennsylvania, 30-66
Pioneers, first contact of with Indians, 34 Piracy, 334, 335 enactment of a law against, 337
Piratical craft in Delaware bay, 335
Pittsburg, building of fort at, 509 garrison at, 499
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Pittsburg, naming of, 498 Plain Truth, 408 Plan of Broad and Market streets, 58
Plays, proposed suppression of, 507 Plockhoy, Cornelius, 142
Plowden, Sir Edmund, arrival of, 61, 62; grant to, 59, 60; return of to England, 62 Pole, John, 399
Political conditions in England, 207, 208 contest, Allen vs. Norris, 392 power, division of, 512 Poll tax, 166, 167; how collected, 167; list of persons subject to, 167, 168
Pontiac's conspiracy, 58 Population statistics, 362
Post, Rev. Christian Frederick, 486
Potter, James, 460, 491
Powell, Samuel, 452
Powlett, Earl, 373
President-general, duties of, 425
Presque Isle, evacuation of fort at, 509 loss of fort at, 529 Preston, Samuel, 324, 363 Printz, John, 62, 76 arrival of, 76 as governor of New Sweden, 85 departure of, from New Sweden, 99 grants of land to, 93 his instructions for New Sweden, 81 his prominence in New Sweden, 81 succession of, to Hollender, 80
Printz Mauritz, wreck of the, 113 Printzdorp, 93 Printzhof, naming of, 83 Proclamation of war, 452 of war with France, 395
Profanity, penalties for, 268
Progress in 1682, 241, 242 on the Delaware, 236 Proprietaries, agreement between adverse, 386 agreement of the, with Franklin, 503 agreement of, with the. Susquchanna company, 57 aid in building fort, 419 answer from, 502, 503 complaint against the, 541, 542 complaints to, 501, 502 income of, 503 injustice against the, 508 land agents, complaints against, 573 I-38-a
Proprietaries' lands, taxes on defined, 518, 519
message from, to the Assembly, 503 , purchase of lands by the, 426, 568, 569 policy of, under Denny, 459 proposition of exemption, 442, 443 request to, for redress, 502 . rights abridged, 514 sent for, 471 taxable estates of the, 503 Proprietary authority, opposition to, 547 complaints against, 352 estates, exemption of, 484 estates, parts of subject to taxation, 517, 518 estates, taxation of, 449, 450 failure of first, to return, 346 governments, annexation of, to the Crown, 340 grants, 203
injustice, opponents of, 542 title of, to the lower counties, 380
Proprietors, agreement of, 194 temporary jurisdiction of the, 386
Property, distribution of, 269
Protestant land for burying grounds, 372 Province, agent of, in London, 372 debt of, to Great Britain, 553 defenseless state of the, 454 defense of, demanded, 450 defense of the, 387 Island, building on, 82 measures for defense of, 504
Provinces called to New York treaty with Indians, 423
Provincial council, early business of, 296 election of a, 328 function in law making, 320 minutes of, 295, 296 penalties inflicted by, 296, 299 secretary to, 300
Provincial court judge, impeachment of, 310, 3II court, opening of the, 347 troops, lands for, 569
Provisions, priccs of, 239
Public conference in Philadelphia, 480 landing place, the, 257 Square in Philadelphia, 258
Puscy, Caleb, 323, 343
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Quakers, 185, 186 Quakerism, doctrine of, 191
reception of, in Wales, 307, 308 Quaker address to the governor, 452 control, restlessness under, 348 influence in the Assembly, 390 judges, protest against, 347 opposition to defensive measures, 457, 388 opposition to Indian war, 418 policy in war, 391 preachers, persecution of, 191 Quakers, address of, to the Assembly, 449 and German politics, 392 and the governor, disputes between, 391, 392 ask for pacific measures, 452 attitude of the, on military matters, 455
defense of, by Penn, 347
driven from the State house, 392
election of, to the Assembly, 457
forbidden to act in treaty, 47.1 peaceful intentions of, 315 sense of equality among, 310 spread of the, 510 the Christian, 320
Quarry, Robert, made judge of the Admir- alty, 335 Queen, vote of money for, 360, 361 Queen's demand for men, 360 Quit rents, act for collection of, 354 as part of the Penn estate, 402 low paid, 371 proposed exemption of, 465
Rambo, Pieter, 114, 162
Rambo, Peter Gunnarsson, sketch of, 75
Randolph, Edw., 334
Rappe, Capt. Gabriel, 302
Raquier, Jacob, 302
Rawle, Francis, 323
Read, Adam, 491
Reading and Bethlehem, outrages near, 531 terror at, 485
Recorder of Philadelphia, the first, 316 Red Stone settlement, 555
Religious movements, 375
persecution as a cause of immigration, 302, 305 Religious sects unmolested, 354
596
Remke, Govert, 306
Remonstrance to the King, a, 390
Report on Logan letter, 391
Revolt of the Delawares, the, 445-478
Reynell, John, 452
Reynolds, William, 491
Rhea, John, 553
Riboleau, Nich., 302
Richardson, Francis, 307, 324 John, 273 Samuel, 323
Riot of 1742, the, 392
Risingh, Johan Claesson, 100; departure of for England, 106 Rittenhouse square, 258
Road to the Susquehanna river, 571
Roads, laying out of, 434 ordered opened, 279
Roades, John, 273
Robinson, Patrick, 31I
Rochford, Dennis, 275, 296
Rodman, William, 547
Roman Catholics, attack upon, 355
Royal American regiment, the, 457, 463, 528 governor, authority of, in Pennsyl- vania, 294, 295 Rudyard, Thomas, 217, foot note Rushton, Job, 492 Ruyven, Corneilius Van, 120
Sabbath day, restrictions on the, 268 Sale of liquor to the Indians restricted, 268, 269
of West India Company claims, 112, I13 Salem, naming of, 196
Sample, William, 265 Sandelands, James, 171, 236, 265 Scarrooyady, advice from, 420 hatchet given to, 452 in Philadelphia, 43I request of, for aid, 449
Schepel, its meaning, 167, foot note School house, the, 258 teacher of the first, 296
the first, 115 the first indication of, 299
Schuylkill, grants of land on, 173 settlement on the, 82 the key to Indian trade, 94
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Schute, Sven, 100, 101, 114 Scotch-Irish immigration, 307, 368
settlement of, on the Susquehanna, 510 Scotch settlers, the, 307 Scott, John M., 323 Joseph, 491
Scizure of Swedish vessels by Stuyvesant, IO3
Seneca Indians, dissatisfaction among the, 563 Servants, sale of, 165
Settlement by the Susquehanna Company, 570, 57 I
first permanent on Delaware river, 73 near Laurel Hill, 418, 419 on the west of the Susquehanna, 383 west of the Alleghanies, 555
Settlements of Germans and Scotch-Irish, 5II
Settlers, conditions of early, 174 names of early, 323 on unpurchased lands, punishment of, 564 proposed removal of, 562, 563 summoned to welcome Penn, 254
Shamokin, fort at, 452 Indian lands at, 497, 498 lands, reservation of, 426 stores at, 527 Sharp, James, 491 Joshua, 454
Sheriffs, issue of writs to, 262
Shickcalamy, John, 426, 431, 452
Shippen, Brevet Lieut-Col. Joseph, 488 Edward, 307, 343, 480; appointment of, as mayor, 343; chosen speaker, 331; president of the council, 347 Shippensburg, building of fort at, 442
Shirley, Governor, in command of troops, 43I Shoemaker, Benjamin, 408, 567, 570 Shute, Atwood, 463
Simcock, John, 312, 322; chosen speaker, 332 Simon, Menno, 305 Singleton, John, 491 Sipman, Dirck, 306 Six Nations, alleged breach of faith by the, 432
Six Nations, asked to make war, 399 chiefs of, lcave a council, 497 fears for fealty of the, 396, 399 pcace with, 425 presents for, 375 purchase from, 412 sale of land by, 426; title of the, 475-478
Six requirements, the, 518, 519
Skinner, Joseph, 520
Slaves of the Dutch colony, 142
Sluyter, Peter, 180
Smallman, Thomas, 491
Small-pox on the Welcome, 253
Smith, Captain John, 30-31, 32, 35; extract from journal of, 31-33; interview with Indians, 33 Ensign Dirck, 112
Henry, 218
James, 554
James, leader of rioters, 549, 550
John, 452, 520, 572
Lemuel, 520
Matthew, 539
Provost William, 413, 507, 548, 555 Thomas, 492
Snaidor, Jacob, 491
Society of Friends, the, 309
schism in the, 316, 317; political op- position to, 336; political organiza- tion of the, 390
Songhurst, John, 275, 322
Southrin, Edward, 265, 273
South River, D'Hinoyossa, ruler of, 133; direction of affairs of, 50; Dutch trade on, 56, 59; English visitors to, 59; Swed- ish expedition to, 69; cession of, 133; the Delaware, 49 Springett, Guleilma Maria, 193 Henry, 359 Sir William, 332
Springettsbury, manor of, 511
Stamp act, inception of the, 544 partial willingness to submit to, 551 remonstrance against, determined up- on, 551 $ repeal of, 556 sale of stamps under the, 550
Stamp agent, burning of in effigy, 551; res- ignation of, 552 Stamp duties, opposition to, 545, 546
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Stamp law in America, 544 Stamper, John, 390 Stamps, arrival of, 551
deposit of on a man-of-war, 552 flags at half mast on arrival of, 551 opposition to sale of, 551, 552
Stanley, Thomas, 324
Stanwix, Brigadier-General, arrival of, 501 Lieut .- Col. John, 470 State house, the, 258; completion of, 372
St. Clair, Sir John, 432, 434, 492, 500
Steel, Rev. John, 491
Stewart, Charles, 569, 571, 572 Lazarus, 573
Stillé, Dr. Charles Janeway, 80 Isaac, interpreter, 498, 524 Olaf, 114 Olaff Persson, 80
Stockdale, William, 322
Stone, Ludowick, 492
Story, Thomas, 343
Strettell, Robert, 391, 408
Streypers, Jan, 306
Strobo, Robert, 427
Stump, Frederick, 563
Stuyvesant, Governor Peter, arrival of, on the Delaware, 113 arrival of, at Manhattan, 93 embassy sent by, to Maryland, 120 ordered to retake Fort Casimir, 103 operations of, against New Sweden, 97, 98 visit of, to New Sweden, 98
Stuyvesant's denouncement of Maryland's claims, 120 Suits at law, 163
Supply bill passed, 504; repeal of, favored, 518
Surveying in early years, 241, 242 Suspension and restoration of Penn's gov- ernment, 325-345
Susquehanna company, the, 520; agents of arrested, 571; agreement by, 572; claims of the, 570; Indian deed to the, 520; pro- ceedings of the, 570; proposed sale of lands by, 423
lands, 292-294; sale of to Penn, 294 union of, with the Delaware com- pany, 522 Susquehannock Indians, 17-18
598
Swanandael, destruction of, 53-54; settle- ment at, 53
Swanson, Swan, 237, 275 Sweden, claims of, against Holland, 106 fourth expedition, from, 80 ships sent from, to America, 69 third expedition from, 80
Swedes, appeal of for more colonists, 94 and Dutch, absorption of, 307 and Dutch, conference between, 71 character of, at Christina, 80 characteristics of, 261 conflict of, with the Dutch, 94 eighth expedition of, 94
expedition of, to the South River, 69 4
first settlement of, 67-108
loss of eighth expedition, 94, 97
mill of the, 91, 175 on the Delaware, misfortune to, 94 probable definite grants to, 133 refusal of, to enlist, 132 refusal of, to remove, 131, 132 settlement of, 65 submission of, to the Dutch, III take oath of allegiance to Stuyvesant, 104 Swedish colony, failure of the, 107, 108; friendly relations of, with Indians, 108; personality of, 75
Company, agreement of, with Indians, 70, 71; enlarged charter for the, 68; organization of, 67; treaty of, with Indians, 72 governor on the Delaware, 62 expedition, arrival of, in the Dela- ware, 70; capital for, 69; the tenth, 107 Swen, Oele, 162 Sydney, Col. Henry, letter to, 295 Symcock, John, 265, 273
Talbot, Richard, 291 Tariff, a protective, imposed, 511 on persons, 511
Taverns, early licenses for, 269, 270 Taylor, Abraham, 408 Christopher, 265, 273; sketch of, 322 Col. Thomas, 270 George, 547 Tax bill, submission of, to the King, 465 granted on estates, 449
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Tax leviable on the proprietary estates, 457 levied, 338 levied on all estates, 465 on luxuries proposed, 466 oppressive condition of a, 465
Taxes, levy of, 333 poll, 166, 167 proprietary obstruction to levy of, 502
Taxation, 400 features of, 465, 466 method of, rejected, 504 of the proprietaries, 442, 443 proposed method of, 503, 504
Teacher, the first, in Philadelphia, 299
Teedyuscung, arrival of, 471; arrival of at Philadelphia, 480; complaint of, 496, 521; death of, 527; evil influence of, 458; negotiations with, 523-526; report of mes- senger to, 461, 462; request of for clerk, 473; speech of, 481, 482; influence of, 486, 487
Telescope, purchase of, ordered, 569 Telmer, Jacob, 306 Test, John, merchant, 171 Theater, building of, 557, 558
Theatres, opposition to, 557, 558
Third expedition from Sweden to Christina, 80
Thirty years war, the, 67
Thomas, George, arrival of, 387; departure of, 407 Thompson, Mordecai, 488 William, 492 Thomson, Charles, 445, 486, 551; as Teedy- uscung's clerk, 473 Till, William, 408 Tinakonk, 183, 185
Tinicum (Tenacong), 82 fort at, burned, 87 Island, 188
mansion house built at, 83 Swedish settlement at, 82, 83
Tobacco, cultivation of, in New Sweden, 86
Torkillus, Rev. Reorus, 76; death of, 86
Town clerk, the first, 316
Townsend, Richard, 271
Townships along the river, 520
Towns laid out by the Susquehanna Com- pany, 570
Trade legislation, 278 restriction on the Delaware, 156 with England, renewed, 574 Trading post at Will's creek, 419 posts, 523
Tradition of Lenape migration, 27-29
Transit of Venus, early observation of, 569 Trappe, church at, 51I Treaty at Easton, effect of, 479 of peace, 41I of peace, signing of, 528 the great, 282-288
the great, description by Penn, 285
the great, time of making, 283 tree, the, 286 foot note with Indians, 367 with Indians at Philadelphia, 376-378 Trent, William, 324; fort ordered by, 420 Trial, the first, for witchcraft, 300, 301
Trinity fort, reconstruction of, 102
Tripp, Isaac, 570, 571
Troops, ammunition for, 400 bill for raising, 504 call for, 427, 466, 483, 519
call for more, 499
departure of, for Albany, 401
desertion of, 546
for defense of New York, 480
from England, 457 in Philadelphia, condition of, 463, 464 march of, to Fort Duquesne, 498
march of, towards Fort Pitt, 528 ordered to Carlisle, 480 organization of, 389
pay of, in arrears,, 466 pay of, provided for, 469 quartering of, in public houses and dwellings, 463 quarters for, demanded, 464, 465
raised by Pennsylvania, 483
raised through bounties, 470
royal order for, 400
under Bouquet, attack upon, 530
Trotter, Joseph, 449 Trump, Levi, 491
Turner, Capt. Nathaniel, 79 Joseph, 408 Robert, 203, 296, 307, 310, 323;
Penn's letter to, 216, 217
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Union, plan of, adopted, 425 of the colonies, cffort for, 334 Upland (Chester), 87 county, 237 court, 236; complaint to, 175; juris- diction of, 173, 174; justiccs, 162; meeting of, 172 name changed to Chester, 255 Usher, Thomas, 263
Usselinex, William, 67 Utie, Col. Nathaniel, letter to, 118, 119
Van Bibber, Jacob Isaacs, 306 Van Campen, Jolın, 569
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 323
Van Twiller, Wouter, arrival of at Manhat- tan, 59 Venango, evacuation of foot at, 509 loss of post at, 529 Verhoof, Cornelius, 265
Vessel finred upon at New Castle, 358
Vigilance men, advertisement by the, 549, 550 Virginia, armed force from, 65 treaty of with Indians, 418 Voyage of Cornelius Mey, 40
Wade, Robert, 236, 275, 300; site of his house, 255, foot note; purchase of Printz- dorp by, 168, 171 William, 253 Waldenfield, Samuel, 363
Waldron, Resolved, 120
Wales, new arrivals from, 510
Walking purchase, the, 377, 378, 480
Waln, Nicholas, 275, 296
Walter, Richard, 491
War against the French on the Ohio, 431 among the Iroquois, 130
between England and Holland, 100; effects of, 159, 160 between Swedes and Dutch, blood- less, 107 declared against France, 457 determined upon, 452
expected with France, 314
lawful and unlawful, 390
measures, proprietary obstruction to, 502 Pontiac's, 528 proclamation of, 347
600
War, prospects of, with Spain, 387 Quaker opposition to, 347 with France, operations against Can- ada, 400, 401 with France proclaimed, 395 with Indians threatened, 152, 155 with Spain proclaimed, 388, 389 with Spain, troops for, 389
Ward, Edward, 460, 491
Warder, Jeremiah, 463
Warner, William, 173, 236
Warren, Peter, 399
Wasa, building of, 88, 91; identical with Kingesse, 91
Washington, George, at Fort Necessity, 426, 427; complained of by an Indian, 428; engages the French, 424; in the Du- quesne expedition, 492, 493; letter from, 492; visit of, to French fort, 420; march of, from Will's creek, 424; reinforce- ment of, 426
square, 258
Watson, Luke, 265
Wayne county, settlement in, 520
Weights and measures, 278
Weiser, Conrad, 447, 453, 538; interpreter, 399 Samuel, 491
Welcome, the, 220; arrival of the, 254; births on board of, 253; sailing of the, 252; voyage of the, 252, 253 Welsh colonists, arrival of, 302 company, the, 271 settlers, position of at home, 308 tract, the, 302 Welton, Rev. Richard, D. D., 355 Werden, Sir John, 200, 201, 202
West, Benjamin, 283 Jersey colony, 195
Western Pennsylvania, first white man in, 178; Indian occupancy, 18-19; terror in, 528.
West India Company, charter of granted, 48; essentially for trade, 135; represent- ative of, 116, 117; sale of its claims, 112, 113 West Indies, immigrants from, 307 Westminster, treaty of, 160 Weston, Anthony, 299 Wetterholt, John Nicholas, 491 Whale fishery, intent to carry on, 50
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Whipping as a penalty, 299 Wharton, Bromley, 323 family, the, 323 Samuel, 553 White captives, release of, 546 man's region, the, 51I pioneers, the, 30-66 Whitwell, Francis, 265, 266, 322
Whorekill county, deputies from, 265
Wicaco, 259; church at, 177; patentee of land at, 163
Wilcox, Joseph, 352 William and Mary, patent from, 328
William of Orange, 208
Williams, Heinrich, 275
Will, terms of Penn's, 363
Willing, Thomas, 553
Wine making from native grapes, 302
Wissahickon, 173
Witchcraft, first and only trial for 300, 301; verdict in case of, 301
Withers, Ralph, 265, 273, 322
Wolves, bounties for killing, 278
Wood, John, 243
Woodmancy, William, 173
Woodmanson, William, 236 Work, Lieut .- Col. Patrick, 491
Worrall, Peter, 449, 456 Wynne, Dr. Thomas, 258 foot note; 265, 276, 323 Wyoming, building at, 486 departure of Connecticut men from, 573 expedition to, 572
forts and houses at, 480 Indian lands at, 497, 498
lands, reservation of, 426 large settlement at, 527
massacre at, 531 protest against settlement at, 521 settlement at, opposed, 523 surrender demanded at, 572 troubles among occupants of, 573
Yardley, William, 265, 322 Yong and Evelin, building of a fort, by, 63; significance of visit of, 62 Thomas, voyage of, up the Delaware, 62, 63; report of, 63
Young, James, 488 (or Yong), Thomas, arrival of, 59 York county, manors in, 511; formation of, 412
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