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Chester, sketch of, 536-538
Chief justices, list of, 116, 117
Christ church hospital, 122
Church, Dr. William J., 175
City and borough school superintendents, 57 Cities, courses of development, 509, 510 influence of petroleum on, 445 the planting of the, 509-587 Clarion county, furnaces in, 371 furnace, 371 sketch of, 578 Clark, Silas M., 60 Clayton, John M., 196
Clearfield county, furnace in, 354 sketch of, 572, 573
Climate, 475 Clinton cement works, the, 471 county, furnace in, 354 furnace, 375 Coal (see anthracite and bituminous) distillation of oil from, 439, 440 fields, percentage of owned by rail- roads, 406 miners, qualifications of, 413, 414 miners' strikes, 414, 415 miners' unions, 412, 413 mines, ownership of by railroads, 405, 406 mining, legislation to improve, 434 semi-bituminous, 419 source of supply of bituminous, 416 use of raw bituminous in furnaces, 382, 383 world's product of, 396 Coatesville, 586 Coburn, Charles R., 63, 69, 70 Codorus navigation company, the, 274 Coke, use of in blast furnaces, 381 Colebrookdale furnace, 337, 338
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Coleraine forges, 358 Coleman, G. Dawson, 348 Robert, 346 Robert W., 348 Colhoun, Dr., 151 College at Carlisle, 88 charter of, in Philadelphia, 87 degrecs 95, 96 for Germans, 91 of medicine, the fourth, 139 of pharmacy, at Pittsburg, 163 of Philadelphia, 128, 166 of phsicians, founding of, 124 Colleges, establishment of early, 86 Colonial education, 2-19
Columbia county, furnace in, 354 railroad, Gettysburg extension of the, 294 foot note sketch of, 582, 583 Commissioner of forestry, purchase of land by, 506 Committee of Safety, 216 Common pleas, 103, 104 appcals from, 104 chancery powers of, 104 judges of. 103 popularity of, 105 tenure of office in, 104
Compulsory cducation, 81-85 law establishing, 83 law, provisions of, 83, 84 opposition to, 82, 83
Cone forge, 358
Conestoga lock and dam navigation com- pany, 274
Conewago canal, the, 271
Connellsville, coal at, 427
Connolly, Dr. John, 152
Conrad, Judge, 196
Conshohocken, 586
Cookson, Thomas, 538
Coons, Jolin, 401
Cooper, Dr. F. B., 175 Hewitt & Co., 385 Coplay cement company, 465
Cornwall furnace, 347 iron mines, table of product, 349 ore hills, sale of, 347 Corry, sketch of, 555, 556 Carson, Hiram, 165 Cottage state hospitals, 148 3-38
Cote, Dr. Marcellin, 175 Coudersport, sketch of, 571 Council of safety, 216 County court, appeal from, 103 criminal side of, 100 division of, 103 County courts, how held, 100 jurisdiction of, 100 County school superintendents, methods of selecting, 52 school superintendents, petitions for repeal of law creating office, 51 superintendents of public instruction, 68 superintendents of schools, conven- tion of, 72, 73
superintendents of schools, efforts to abolish, 5 superintendency of schools, 49-57 superintendency of schools, opposi- tion to, 50 Courier and Enquirer, the, 195 Court of Chancery, 115
establishment of the provincial, 108 removal of to Upland, 99 the Provincial, 106-III the Superior, 113 the Supreme, 111-113 Courts, powers of, 98 of equity, 115, 116 of judicature, 103 · martial, establishment of, 231 in Philadelphia, business of, 103 foot note establishment of by the Governor, 99 Coventry forge, 337
Cowan, Christopher, 377
Cox, Dr. George H., 176
Coxe, Dr. John R., 176
Craik, Dr. James, 151
Crawford county, furnace in, 372
Crescent cement company, the, 465
Crosby, John, 343
Crooker, Ralph, 364
Cromwell. Thomas, 355
Culbertson, Dr. John, 159
Cumberland furnace, 353 county, furnace in, 353
Cummings, Alexander, 199
Curtin, Andrew G., 55 -
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DaCosta, Dr. J. M., 137
Daily newspapers, development of, 193, 194 Dake, Dr. D. M., 175 Dr. J. P., 175 Danville, 579, 580 Dare, Dr. Charles V., 172 Davis, Dr. T. D., 162 Degrees, 95, 96
Delaware and Chesapeake canal company, the, 271 and Hudson canal company, the, 275 division canal, the, 274 Dental college at Pittsburg, 163
Department of forestry, 507 Deputy superintendent of public instruc- tion, 67 Derr, Ludwig, 576 DeSmedt, E. J., 465
Detwiler, Dr. Henry, 169, 170
De Villers, Dr. John Julius Le Moyne, 160
Dewees, Col. William, 135, 344
DeWitt Clinton, the, 303, 304
Dickinson college, 93
Dicks, Peter, 343 Dieffenbach, Henry L., 47 Dillon, Moses, 361 Discrimination in freight rates, 455, 456
Dispensary service, 147 the Philadelphia, 124 Distilleries, early, 480
Draufton, Edmund, the first school teacher, 3
Dreibelbis, Dr. David L., 175 Drexel, Anthony Joseph1, 88, 93 Institute, 88 Doane, Dr. W. C., 176
Dock, Christopher, 6
Dodd, Rev. Cephas, 161, 162 Dr. Thaddeus, 162 Dr. W. S., 162
Doddridge, Dr. Joseph, 160, 161
Dornburg, Dr., 176
Dorsey, Dr. Benjamin, 156 Jolin Syng, 132 Dowlais works. the, 378 Downer, Samuel, 439
Doylestown, sketch of, 559
DuBois, sketch of, 584 Dubs, Dr. Samuel R., 172, 176 Duke's laws, the, 99, 100 influence of the, 100
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Dunbar furnaces, 361 Dunglison, Dr. Robley, 136, 138 Dunlap, Thomas, 22 Dunmore, sketch of, 582 Duquesne, sketch of, 584 Durham furnace, 338
Easton, sketch of, 543-545
Ebensburg, sketch of, 572 Eckels, Dr. G. M. D., 64
Eckert, John W., 465 Eclectic medical college, 142 school of medicine, the, 142
Edge, Thomas J., 502 Education, address to governors regarding,
3I bequest for, 21 colonial, 2-19 conditions of in 1824, 22, 23 convention of friends of, 47 compulsory, 81-85 during the revolution, 19, 27 early among the Dutch, 3 early among the Swedes, 2, 3 early conditions of, 11, 12 early work for by Moravians, 7 foundation for industrial, 3, 4 fund for, 20 governors' messages, regarding, 29 Gov. Ritner's message on, 43 gratuitous for the poor, 27-30 improvements in after revolution, 20, 21 in the frame of government, 3 Lancaster system of, 21, 22 legislation for, 23 neglect of, 82
outlook, the, 97 Presbyterian influence upon, 13 promotion of by Baptists and Metli odists, 14, 15
! spread of, 23 taught through statute books, 4 the Bible in, 5 two kinds of, 1, 2
Educational association, 76 facilities, early lack of, 16, 17 system, the, 1-97 institutions, charters for, 91 outlook, the, 97 revival, 44-49
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Educational system, provision for, 4 Edwardsville, 586 Ege, George, 343 Ebrmann, Dr. Francis, 172, 176 Eliza furnaces, 375
Elizabeth furnace, 346 Emporium, sketch cf, 580
Endowed schools, 43 Equity, courts of, 115, 116 Erie charcoal furnace, 372 sketch of, 520-522 Esther furnace. 354 Etna, 587 iron works, the, 386 Evans, Dr. Cadwalader, 152 Lieutenant-Governor, 208 Stephen, 344 Evening Telegraph, the, 199
Experimental farm, the, 491
Export of oil, 450
Eyer, Ludwig, 576
Fahnestock, Samuel, 358 Fairchance furnace, 361, 381 Fairfield furnace, 361
Fare, Thomas, 336
Farm products, increase of, 484, 485
Farmers' School of Pennsylvania, the, 490
Faulkner, Dr. P., 177 Dr. R., 177
Fayette county as an iron center, 362, 363 forges and furnaces in, 362 iron making in, 360 the first rolling mill in, 363
Fell, Dr. Ezra, 176 Fell, Judge Jesse, 397 Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, 140, 141
Fertilization, increase of, 484
Firmstone, William, 381
First iron works in Pennsylvania, 335, 336
Flax secd, early production of, 476
Flickinger, Dr. J. R., 64
Flour, early production of, 484 Flying camp, the, 219 Forest conditions in early years, 491, 492 fires, suppression of, 506 restoration, beginning of, 496, 497 trees useful in tanning, 498 Forests and forestry, 491-508 character of the, 491, 492
Forests, influenees of. 492, 493 influence of on water supply, 500 land owned by the State, 494 management of the public, 494 need of roads through, 500, 501 quick-growing, 497, 498 rapid removal of, 492 Forestry, competition in, 498 commission, 505 communal, 500 department of, 507 educational aspects of, 497 financial returns from, 494, 495 importance of, 495 importance of recognized, 508 individual or corporate, 497 individual, 499 in Schuylkill and Centre counties, 499, 500 legislation in favor of, 501, 502, 503 limitations of, 498 movement as a reformation, 501
newspaper influence upon, 504 permanent committee on, 505, 506 school of, 494 valuable paper on, 502, 503 Forge in Byberry township, 345 on Chester creek, 340 on Codorus creek, 349 on Crum creek, 343
on French creek, 337 on Hay creek, 340 on Lackawanna river, 354
in Luzerne county, 354 at Plumsock, 362 at Slocum's Hollow, 354 Forges on Conestoga creek, 343 the early, 335-364 in York county, 352 Forney, John W., 195 Foster, Dr. George S., 175 Fothergill, Dr., 131
Francis, Dr. James, 156 Franklin, Benjamin, 57, 91, 122, 124, 127, 146, 209, 216 county, furnaces in, 353 and Marshall college, 94 medical college, 139 oil district, the, 452 sketch of, 552, 555 Freedley, Dr. Samuel, 172
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Freedom forge, 354, 355 Freeland, 586 Free schools, struggle for, 19-27
Free text works, 80, 81 Freytag, Dr., 180 Friends' public school, 4, 5 Frontier rangers, 219 Fulton, Henry, 353 Robert, 530
Furnace and forge on Codorus creek, 350 at Boiling Springs, 350 on Christian creek, 339 on Durham creek, 338 Furnaces. details of early construction, 351 fucl in early use, 351 amount of product, 351 and forges, number in 1789, 352 use of coal in, 402 using coke. 382
Gales, Joseph, 196 Gardiner, Dr. A. P., 178 Dr. Richard, 172 Gas horizons, 457 springs, existence of, 456 well at East Sandy, 458 wells at Gas City, 458 wells, explosions in, 457, 458 wells, the early, 456 Gaston, Dr. Alexander, 159
Gates crusher, the, 469
Gazette, the Pennsylvania, 185
Geary, Gov. John W., 366
General hospital, the first, 146
Geneva college, 93
Geology in its relation to Agriculture, 472- 474 Gerhard, William W., 135 German language, opposition to, 12 Gettysburg, sketch of, 566 Gibson, John, 361, 362 William, 135 Gifts for education, 93
Girard, Stephen, 88 Goodell, William, 135 Goodson, John, chirurgeon, 120
Garmly, John, 375 Governor, empowered to make laws, 99 Grace, Robert, 339 Graeme, Dr. Thomas, 121 Gram, Dr., 168
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Grass, Dr. James E., 172 Great Allegheny coal field, 419, 420 Greeley, Horace, 195 Green, Dr. Jacob, 159 Dr. Jonas, 172 Traill, 165 Greene county, furnace in, 368 county oil district, the, 452
Greensburg, sketch of, 560
Griffiths, Samuel P., 131 William, 395, 405 Gross, Dr. Samuel D., 136, 138 Grove City college, 94 Grubb, Curtis, 347 Peter, 347
Haeseler, Dr. C., 172, 176 Dr. Henry, 176 Hahnemann, medical college, 182 HIaldeman, Jacob M., 353 Richard, 501
HIall, John, 345 Hamilton, Gov. James, 530 James, 365 Lieutenant-Governor, 208
Hand, Gen. Edward, 153
Hanover, 587
Harper, Samuel, 368
Harris, John, 524 Joseph, 395 Harrisburg, sketch of, 524-528
llarrison, C. C., 92
Harvey, Dr. Joseph F., 176
Ilaverford college, 92
Hayden, John, 360
Ilays, Dr. Isaac, 143 William B., 378
Hazelton, sketch of, 547
Health, early influences upon, 119
Hering, Dr. Constantin, 171
Hermitage furnace, 365
Herron, Dr. James A., 175
Hickok, H. C., 66, 67, 68 note
Highce; Dr. E. E., 66, 70 Higher education, 86-95 High schools, 85 law classifying, 85 Highways, rivers and streams as, 260 under the Penn proprietary, 259, 260 IIill, Thomas, journey of, 481, 482 Himrod & Vincent, 433
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Höcker, Ludwig, school teacher, 6 Hodge, Hugh L., 135
Hoffman, Dr. Charles, 175 Dr. H. H., 175 Hoffendahl, Dr. H. F. H., 172 Holliday, John, 367 William, 579
Hollidaysburg, 579
Holly furnace, 353
Homestead, sketch of, 582
Homeopathic medical college of Pennsyl- vania, 181, 182 medical society of Philadelphia, 183, 184 Society of Northampton and adjacent counties, 180 societies, formation of, 183, 184 Homoeopathy, 168-184
beginning of in Pennsylvania, 170 development of, 178, 179 first Pennsylvania school of, 169 first school of, 168
in Armstrong and Tioga counties, 172 in Chester and Cumberland counties, 172 introduction of, 168, 169 institutions of, 179-184 the founder of, 168 Honesdale, sketch of, 564, 565
Hope furnace, 355
Hopewell furnace, 340
Hopkins, John Henry, 365
Ilopkinson, Thomas, 127
Horner, Dr. William E., 132 Hospital, founding of the Pennsylvania, 124 Hospitals, 163 for the insane, 147 in Pittsburg, 146, 147
Hough, F. B., forestry reports of, 502
Huber, Henry, 346 Hughes, Francis W., 47 Humphreys, Dr. Gideon, 172 Huntingdon county, furnace and forge in, 355, 356 iron industry in, 358 sketch of, 563
Huss, John, 7 Hussey, Dr. Curtis G., 384 IIuston, Dr. R. H., 136 Hutchins, Capt. Thomas, 428 IIutchinson, James, 131
Indiana county, iron industry in, 367 forge, 367 sketch of, 570 Ihm, Dr. Carl, 170 Inland navigation, 268 legislation for improving, 270 necessity for improvement of, 269, 270 Inquirer, the, 195 Sunday edition of, 204
Inspector-General, report of, 242, 243 Institute, the Drexel, 88
Internal improvement fund, the, 282 Initernal improvements, 254-334 commissioner for promoting, 279 International medical congress, 145 Iron and steel, 335
articles made early in Pittsburg, 376 castings, the early, 338 early articles made, 352 early prices of, 338 early shipment of to England, 339 early transportation of, 356, 357, 359, 360 foundry, the first at Pittsburg, 375 gas in manufacture of, 385, 386 industry, anthracite coal in the, 380, 381 industry, coke in use of the, 381 industry, statistics of the, 386-390 making in the Susquehanna valley, 354 manufacture, extension of, 351, 352 manufacture, statistics of, 386-390 ore for Pittsburg, 375 ore, necessity of better, 385
ore, use of Cuban, 385 ore, use of the Lake Superior, 385 product, early market of, 359 product, early prospects of, 337 products, exhibit of, 339 transportation of, 372 works in Lancaster county, 338 works, slaves employed in, 347 works, the great western, 371, 372 Irvine, Dr. William A., 153 Gen. William, 153, report of, 481 Irving College for Women, 94
Jackson, Dr. David, 135 Jacobson, Dr., 170
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James, Thomas Chalkley, 132, 135 Jansche, Hans, 120 Jeanes, Dr. Jacob, 172 Jeannette, 586 Jefferson Medical College, 136-138 Jennings, Dr. Ebenezer, 162 Dr. Jacob, 162 Johns, Joseph, 531 Johnston, Alexander, 365, 366 Gov. William F., 366 Johnstown coal region, the, 423 sketch of, 531, 532 Jones, Richard T., 92 Dr. Stacey, 172
Journalism, the advertising system, 188 in the civil war period, 187 news features of, 188, 189 opposition to Sunday, 203 progress of, 187 revolution in, 205 Journals, growth of local, 199, 200 work of the penny, 188, 189 Judges, election of by the people, 98, 104 directions to, 99 Judicial authority, first exercise of, 99 districts, 104 power, divorcement of from political, 98 system, the, 98-118 system, derivation of, 98 Judiciary article, amendment of the, 98 Juniata college, 94 forge, Petersburg, 358 furnace, 355 iron works, 378 Junkin, Dr. George, 58 Justice of the peace, 114, 115 Justices' courts, 113, 114
Kane, 587 Kearsley, Dr. John, 12.I
Kier, S. M., 440
King, George S., 368
King's highway, 255, 259, 260
Kingston forge, -365
Kitchen, Dr. James, 172
Kittanning, sketch of, 565, 566
Knight, Dr. John, 154
Knights of labor, the, 413
Koenig, Dr. M. J., 176 Kolb, Dielman, 6
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Kuhn, Dr. Adam, 129
Lackawana navigation company, the, 272 Lafayette college, 92 Lancaster, sketch of, 528-530 German Almanac, the, 192 Joseph, 21 Volksfreund, the, 192 Land, early prices of, 479 gifts of to schools, 91 quality under cultivation, 458, 486 survey of public, 481
Laporte, sketch of, 579 Law, from Penn's accession, 98
modification of under first constitu- tion, 98 providing for compulsory education, 83, 84 regulating the militia, 235
regarding high schools, 85
relating to King's highways, 259, 260
to revise the militia system, 232 the English common, 98 Lawrence county, cement in, 465 iron industry in, 371 Laws, enlargement of, 98 the Governor inaker of, 98, 99
Leather Apron Club, the, 123
Lebanon, sketch of, 545, 546
Legislation for education, 30-44
Lehigh county, cement in, 464
navigation and coal company, the, 273, 274 navigation company, the, 271, 273 university, 92 Valley railroad company, the, 314-316
Leidy, Joseph, 135
Le Moyne, Dr. Frank, 160
Lentz, Dr. Jacob, 172
Leonard, Reuben, 378 Samuel, 377 Lesley, Robert W., 465
Lewis, Gen. William, 355
George, 378 - James, 337 Joseph J., 55 Lewisburg, sketch of, 576, 577
Lewistown, sketch of, 564
Liberty forge, 353 furnace, 372 Library company, founding of the, 123
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Lincoln university, 94 Lingen, Dr. Georgc, 172 Lippe, Dr. Adolph, 175, 176 Lister, Joseph, 145 Litigation, disapproved of by Penn, 99 Lloyd, Rev. Lees, 572 Thomas, 120 Lobingier, Christopher, 365 Lock Haven, sketch of, 555 ,
Locomotive, the first built in America, 303 the first in this country, 302 the second built in America, 303 the third built in America, 303, 304 the first one built in Pennsylvania, 308
Locomotives, the first, 294
Logan, James, 124, 338 Log college, the, 13 Loger, Dr. H. M., 176 Lonaconing furnace, first use of coke in, 381 Loudon furnace and forge, 353 Lower coals, the, 424, 425 oil district, the, 452 Lovejoy, Dr. Ezekiel, 176
Ludwig, Christopher, 21
Lutheran colleges, 94 Lycoming county, furnace in, 354 settlement in, 540, 541
Lyman, William, 402 Lyon, John, 378 Lyte, Dr. E. O., 63, 64
Maclure, Dr., 165 McAllister, Dr. J. Mairs, 177 McClellan, Dr. George, 136, 138 McClelland, Dr. R. C., 178 McClintock, Dr. J. M., 51 Dr. James, 139 McClure, A. K., 207 James, 576 McClurg, Joseph, 375 McConnell, Daniel, 579 William, 579 McConnellsburg, sketch of, 579
McCreary, Dr. J. D., 178 McDermett, William, 360 McFadden, Dr. Samuel, 160 McIntire coal region, the, 420, 423 Mckeesport, sketch of, 535, 536 McKees Rocks, 585
Mckenzie, Dr. 155 McMichacl, Clayton, 199 Morton, 196 Magistratcs, 99
Mahanoy City, sketch of, 581
Major-General, act providing for a, 224
Manatawny forge, 336
Mansa, Dr. Edward, 172
Marchand, Dr. Frederick, 152
Dr. David, 152
Marden, Dr. J. H., 177 Marshall college, 91 Samuel, 358 Mauch Chunk, sketch of, 578
May, Dr. Robert, 175
Martic forge, 374
Mary Ann forge, 366 furnace, 381 Marvin, Dr. S., 177 Massey forge, 357
Master of pharmacy, 166
Matlack, Dr. Charles F., 170, 171
Matthews, Dr. Caleb B., 172
Mead, David, 550 John, 550 Meadville, sketch of, 550, 551
Meason, Isaac, 361, 365 Media, sketch of, 563, 564
Medical and Surgical Reporter, the, 143 college, the Jefferson, 136-138 college, the sixth, 139, 140 college, the third, 138, 139 department of Temple college, 142 education, begining of, 123 journals, 163 Medico-chirurgical college, 167 school, the, 141 Meigs, Dr. Charles D., 136, 138 Mercer county, iron industry in, 371 Dr. Hugh, 151, 152 sketch of, 568 Mercy hospital, 163
Merrill, Joshua, 439
Model school for training teachers, 23 Monongahela City, sketch of, 556. 559 navigation company, the, 275, 276
Mont Alto furnace, 353 Montrose, sketch of, 575 Moore, Dr. F. R., 175 Dr. Henry, 154 Judge William, 128
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Moravian schools, 7 school at Germantown, 7 Morgan, Dr. John, 129 Morris, Anthony, 337 Benjamin W., 572 Robert, 195 Mount Joy forge, 343, 344 Pleasant furnace, 353 Mowry, Dr. Peter, 155 Dr. Robert, 155 Dr. William B., 155 Michaux, F. Andre, legacy of for forestry, 503 Middleburg, 580 Middletown, 586
Mifflin, Thomas, 577 county, forge in, 354, 355
Mifflintown, sketch of, 577
Miles, Col. Samuel, 357
Milford, sketch of, 577
Miller, Peter, 86
Military act of 1822, 231 act to reduce expenses of, 232 affairs, 208-253 affairs, control of by the Assembly, 216 affairs, legislation for, 208 affairs, Quaker opposition to, 211 arms, 226 associated companies of, 209 camps of instruction, 239
companies of Bucks county, 209
companies of Lancaster county, 209
companies of Philadelphia, 209
companies of York county, 209 defence of the colony, money for, 210
districts, 212 divisions of the State, 231, 235
divisions of territory, 227
drafting regulations, 231, 232 duty, persons subject to, 235
establishment, beginning of, 208 establishment remodeled, 228 establishment, reorganization of the, 247, 248
expenses, appropriations for, 232 fines, disposal of, 231
forces during the revolution, 219, 220
forces of 1778, 219, 220 force, strength of, 227
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Military, independent companies in, 232 law, 235 laws, codification of, 247, 248 legion of Philadelphia, 228 legislation, 240, 241 medical and staff officers, 241 officers, appointments of, 226 officers, pay of, 212 officers, qualifications for, 212 organization, act establishing, 210 Quaker and Moravian relations to, 215 quota, 1861, 239 strength of in Civil war, 239, 240 system, present conditions of, 252, 253 system, reorganization of 1899, 251, 252 uniform, 225, 226 Militia, acts reorganizing, 241, 242 appointment of officers in the, 244 bad condition of the, 243 changes in legislation regarding, 224- 235 character of arms for, 226 colors for adopted, 224 condition of in 1861, 236 control of by committee of safety, 216 details of colors for, 225
district officers of, 227, 228
divisions of, 224 ealy arms of, 215, 216
enrollment of, 242
formation of in 1807, 228
how constituted, 231
independent companies organized, 244 law of 1807, 228
legal enactment regarding, 220-226
legislation, 242-248
legislation for, 1775, 216
musicians for, 232
organizations, formation of, 212
rank of officers in, 223, 224
response to call for, 239 second act for regulating, 211
strength of during the revolution, 219 strength of the, 236 system, act to revise, 232 uniform of, 225, 226
Millvale, 585
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Milton, 586 Miners' and Laborers' Amalgamated Asso- ciation, 412
necessary qualifications of, 413, 414
Mitchell, John K., 136, 138
Mt. Carmel, sketch of, 582 Mt. Vernon forge, 355
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus, 86 Gotthilf Henry Ernst, 87 Henry Melchior, 11, 86 John Peter Gabriel, 86 Muncy canal company, the, 277
Munitions of war, manufacture of, 350
Murray, Rev. Alexander, II
Mütter, Dr. T. D., 136 Thomas M., 138 Myers, Dr., 178
Nailery, an early, 353, 354 Nail factory, first west of Alleghanies, 363 factory in Johnstown, 368 factories in Pittsburg, 376 Nanticoke, sketch of, 583
National guard annual encampment, 247 guard, companies outside of the, 247 guard, details of formation of, 244 guard, numerical strength of the, 245, 247 guard of Pennsylvania, 244
guard, reorganization of the, 247, 248
guard, report of for duty, 251
guard, strength of in 1897
guard, strength of in 1893, 248, 251 guard, strength of in 1898, 251 road, the, 265, 266
Natural cement, component parts of, 466 cement, how made, 466, 467 gas, 456-459 gas at Titusville, 459
gas, component parts of, 457
gas, exhaustion of, 459 gas, geological relations of, 457
gas in iron manufacture, 385, 386 gas in Venango county, 459 resources, 335-508 Navigation between the Delaware river and Chesapeake bay, 271 company, the Codorus, 274 company, the Conestoga, 274 company, the Lackawanna, 272 company, the Monongahela, 257, 276
Navigation company, the Schuylkill, 270-272, 273 Naval battalion, 248
Navy, the Pennsylvania, 219, 220
Veidhard, Dr. Charles, 172
Neill, John, 135
New Bloomfichu, sketch of, 577
New Brighton, 585
Neating, John, 571
New Castle, sketch of, 542, 543
Newspapers, decline of political influence of, 192 editorial work on, 195, 196 educational influence of, 206, 207 in small communities, 199, 200 reduction in price of, 199 Sunday cditions of daily, 202, 203
the carly, 185, 186 the great. 195 the literary, 194
the penny, 187, 188
the Sunday, 201, 202 the weekly, 190-192 the weckly political, 195 New York Herald, the, 189, 201 Sun, the, 187 Tribune, the, 189 Nichons, William Jasper, 396, 405 Nicholson, John, 361
Noble, Henry, 367 John, 367 Normal institutes, establishment of, 59 Normal school act, character of the, 60 buildings burned, 65
districts, 59 law enacted, 44
legislation, difficulty of securing, 60
legislation, 59, 60 student, aid for, 63 work, promoters of, 64, 65 Normal schools, courses of study in, 63 list of, 64 Norristown, sketch of, 562, 563
North Branch canal company, the, 290 North American, the, 195, 196 Sunday edition of, 204 academy of the homoeopathic healing art, 180 North Braddock, 585 Northern Central railroad company, the, 321 North Mountain coal field, the, 420
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Nutt, Samuel, 336-338, 344
Oil (see petroleum) City, sketch of, 548-550 exports, 450 the first strike, of, 440 prices of, 449 prices of certificates, 449 Old Forge, 586 Oliphant, Andrew, 361 F. H., 360, 381
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Olyphant, 586 Oosting, Jan, 120 Opposition to German language, 12 Orphans' courts, 104-106 establishment of the, 106 province of, 106 Owen, Griffith, 120 Dr. W. F., 176 Otto, J. M., 164 Oyer and terminer, 104
Packer, Asa, 92 Pamphlets, the early, 186, 187
Pancoast, Dr. Joseph, 136, 138
Papists, exemption of, from military duty, 215 Pardee, Ario, 92 Parker, James, 463 Dr. Thomas, 155
Parochial schools, 15
Parsons, Dr. Anson, 177
Paschall, Stephen, 345
Pastorius, Francis, Daniel, teacher, 7
Patton, Col. John, 357
Pears, Jeremiah, 362
Penn, Gov. John, 532 medical university, 142, 182, 183 William, patent of to Thomas Rut- ter, 336
Pennel, Dr. Jesse, 156, 159
Penniman, Dr. William, 175
Pennsylvania adopts the first locomotive, 302 and New York Canal and Railroad company, the, 291 Canal, the, 278-282 Canal, act to provide, 281
Canal Company, the, 277, 278
Canal, cost of the, 282
Canal, route of proposed, 279
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