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Pennsylvania College for Women, 94 early books printed in, 86 Forestry Association, 505 Gazette, the, 185 Hospital, the, 145
Hospital, founding of the, 146 importance of the iron industry in, 379 journalism, 185-207
judicial system, 98-1IS
line, the, 219 Medical Journal, 163
navy, the, 219, 220 Railroad Company, the, 308-311, 316-
321 Railroad Company, State contract with, 294
Reserves, the, 239
Rock Oil company, the, 440
School Journal, 44
State college, the, 490
State lunatic hospital, 147 system of public instruction, 31
Pennsylvanian, the, 195
Penrose, R. A. F., 135
Pepper, William, 87, 135
Perkiomen Seminary, 20
Perry county, forge in, 355
Peters, Abraham, 60 Richard, 127
Peterson, Jan, 120
Petroleum area, extension of, 446, 447 average fields of, 448, 449
brokers in, 447
the first drilling for, 442
the first shipment of in bulk, 443, 444
the first strike of, 440
early development of the industry, 441 early mention of, 437 early price of, 442 exchanges, 447 fluctuation in price of, 448
geological relations of, 438, 439 influence of on villages, 445 its kindred industries, 446 land, eager buying of, 444, 445 piping of from wells, 444 points of shipment of, 443 probable exhaustion of, 452, 454 problem of storing, 443
Index
Petroleum producers' union, the, 455 producing districts, increase of, 454 sources of, 452 speculation in, 447, 448 wells, number of, 454 Pfeiffer, Dr. G. S. F., 172 Pfouts, Dr. J. S., 178
Pharmacists, first degrees to, 166
Philadelphia Academy, 124-129 Bulletin, 199
and Columbia railroad, the, 293, 294, 400 and Erie railroad company, the, 321 and Lancaster turnpike company, the, 262, 263 and Reading railroad company, the, 313, 314 College of Dental Surgery, 167
Piper, Conrad, 366 Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co., the, 321, 322 coal region, the, 432, 433 College of Pharmacy, 163 Dental college, 163 development of, 514
Dispatch, the, 187 early nail factories in, 376
the first furnace at, 372
the first iron foundry at, 375
the first rolling mill in, 377
Gazette, the, 195 iron industry at, 372-379
Journal, the, 195
Medical Journal, 163
Medical Review, 163
rolling mills, 377, 378 sketch of, 512-514 soft coal region, 419
Pittston, sketch of, 547
Planting of the cities, the, 509-587
Plating forge, 345
Plymouth, sketch of, 581
Journal of the Medical and Physical Science, the, 143
Medical Journal, 143
Pool forge, 335, 336
Press, the, 199
Poor Richard's Almanac, 185
regiment, 209
sketch of, 510, 511
Porter, Dr. David C., 177 Portland cement, 463
component parts of, 467 early works for making, 464 importation of, 464 increase in production, 470
Postlethwaite, Dr. John, 162
Post mortems, one of the first, 123
Potts, Isaac, 344 Joseph, 344 Robert S., 347 Thomas, 335, 338
Pottstown, sketch of, 581
Pottsville, sketch of, 575, 576
Pratt, Dr. B. R., 175 Dr. David S., 176 Dr. Leonard, 176 Press, Sunday edition of the, 203
Preston, Ann, 140, 141 Printing, introduction of, 5, 6 press, establishment of, II
Printz, John, 99 Privateers, 219, 220
603
College of Medicine, 139
College of Pharmacy, 166, 167
Dental college, 141
Dispensary, the, 142, 147
Homoeopathic medical society, 184
Hospital, the, 145
Polk furnace, 371 Pollock, Governor, 51
society for the promotion of public schools, 30 Sunday Dispatch, the, 201 Times, the, 202 University of Medicine, 142
Phillips, G. M., 64
Phoenixville, sketch of, 584
Physicians of Braddock's expedition, 151
Physicians, College of, 124 distinction of, 122 the early, 120 first mention of, 119 scarcity of, 120 Physick, Philip Syng, 131
Pickering, .imothy, 28
Pierce, Dr. Thomas, 176 Pierson, Robert, 368
Pig iron, early manufacture of, 338
Pine Creck furnace, 354
forge, 338 Grove furnace, 350
Index
Probst, John, 365 Provincial council, judiciial powers of, 99 court, 106-III Public Ledger, the, 187, 189 Sunday edition of, 204, 205 Public works, sale of by the State, 258 extent of, 283 Pulp industry as related to forestry, 499 Pulte, Dr., 170
Quarter sessions, 100 Queen's road, the, 259
Railroad, the Alleghany Portage, 292, 293 charters, the early, 305 Columbia, 292, 293
companies and mining companies, distinction between, 411, 412
companies, list of, 322-334 companies, numerous charters to, 307 consolidation, 308, 311 corporations, present number of, 311 equipment of, 311, 312 systems of Pennsylvania, 313
the first, 257 freight rates, 454-456 freight rates, discrimination in, 454- 456
from Philadelphia to Columbia, in- corporation of, 305
mileage in 1836, 312 mileage, present, 312
operated within the State, 322 the Philadelphia and Columbia, 293, 294
Railroads, beginning of, 257 completion of the early, 305 early history of, 296-299 era of, 257, 258 extent of in 1836, 305, 306
in connection with canal construction, 304 influence of in State development, 307, 308 modern methods of operating, 308, 3II shipments of coal on, 403, 404
their relations to coal mining, 406-411 Ralston basin, the, 420 Rangers, the, 219 Rankin, Dr. J. S., 175
604
Raymond, Philander, 372 Kead, Almon H., 42 Reading Adler, the, 192 furnace, 345 sketch of, 516, 519
Record, Sunday edition of, 203, 204
Redding furnacc, 338
Reinhold, Dr. C. G., 172, 175, 177
Reserve corps of the Commonwealth, 239
Richardson, Dr. Andrew, 156
Riehhelm, Dr. Gustavus, 172
Ridgely, Edward, 355 Ridgway, Jolın Jacob, 578 sketch of, 578, 579
Risner, Dr. J. C., 172
Ritner, Joseph, 41
Rittenhouse, David, 122, 123
Rivet manufacture, 370
Road, the Doylestown and Easton, 259 the old government, 265, 266 the first regular, 259 the first toll, 263
Roads and canals, improvement of, 255, 256 and turnpikes, 258, 266 and turnpikes, beginning of, 255 early work in, 254, 255 under the Penn proprietary, 259, 260 the State, 259, 260 Roberson, David, 530
Robinson, Capt. James, 368
Roche, Dr. M. B., 172
Rockefeller, John D., 93, 454
Rogers, Robert E., 135 Rogers & Burchfield, 385
Rolling and slitting mill, the first, 343
Rolling mill at Pluinsock, 363 the first in Pittsburg, 377 the first in the U. S., 363 Rolling mills west of the Alleghanies, 362, 363 Roman cement, 460
Rose, Dr. John, 154
Rosenstein, Dr. J. G., 172
Rosenthall, Henri Gustave, 154, 155
Ross, George, 349 Michael, 541 William, 541 Roup, Col. Joseph, 375
Rover, John, 358 Roxborough furnace, 340 Rush, Dr. Benjamin, 86, 129, 131
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Rutter, Thomas, 335-337
St. Clair, Gen. Arthur, 365 Sackett, Dr. Samuel, 154 Sargent, Dr. R., 175 Sarum iron works, 340 Satterlee Hospital, 148, 151 Saturday Evening Post, the, 194 Saur, Christopher, letter from, 11, 12; 61, 86 Saylor, David O., 464, 470 Saynisch, Dr. Lewis, 172
Sayre, 587 Schaeffer, Dr. Frederick, 172 Nathan C., 71 Schlatter, Rev. Michael, 8
Schmæle, Dr. Henry, 172 Dr. William, 172 Schoeff, Dr. John David, 155 School appropriation, the general, 80 appropriations, increase of, 41, 55 act, details of the, 42, 43 act, details of the new, 48, 49 act of 1834, 39, 40 act, passage of a new, 48 and church one interest, 7 buildings at Kutztown, improvement of, 65 department, a separate, 65, 66 directors, conventions of, 73, 74 directors, duties of, 40 directors, powers of enlarged, 42 early at Easton, II early in Germantown, 6, 7 early at Reading, 1I early at York, II equipment, 18 fund, creation of, 31
history, four sections of, 2
houses, frequency of early, 20, 21
houses, location of in towns, 20
inspectors, appointment of, 40 inspector, office of abolished, 41 institutes, 44 law, opposition to the, 32 law, modification of the, 33 law, passage of, 32 law, petitions for repeal of the, 33 laws, consolidation of, 42 laws, revised code of, 48 law, struggle over passage, 33-39 management, publication of book on, 6
School management, writings on, 6 of medicine, second in Philadelphia, I 36 a model at Lafayette college, 58 money, overseers to collect, 7 a night for poor children, 21 affairs considered by the Friends, 5 officers, equalization of salaries, 56 officers, salaries of, 55, 56 punishment, severity of, 19 at Salford, 6 at Skippack, 6 statistics, 1829, 27 system, improvement of suggested, 47 system, position of, 67, 68 system, progress of, 44 system, victory for, 36 superintendent of Philadelphia, 57 superintendents, convention of, 51 term, the, 79 teachers, early need of 57, 58 teachers' certificates, 40
teachers, arrival of, 7 teachers in early years, 7 teacher, the first, 3 tax, provisions for collecting, 41 taxes, 39, 40
Schools, appropriations for, 44 Catholic parochial, 15 changes in constitution relating to, 24 combined English and German, 11-13 county superintendency of, 49-57 in the Cumberland valley, 13, 14 decline of, 12 direction of by pastors, 8 efforts for improvement of, 22 establishment of charity, 8 increase in number of, 44 legislation regarding, 28 of inedicine, 88 money raised for, 8 monitorial system in, 21, 22 religious side of primary, 18, 19 result of individual effort, 18 petitions for better, 31
private in Philadelphia, 20 sub-districts of, 42 Supreme court decision 24, 27 superintendent of, 66 taught in churches, 7, 8 for training teachers, 47
605
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Schucking, Dr. P. R., 178 Schuylkill Navigation company, the, 271 and Susquehanna Navigation Co., 270 Scott, Dr. Gardner, 159 Joseph, 370 Schwab, Mrs. Charles M., 93 Scranton, Col. George W., 515 Joseph, 515 sketch of, 515, 516 Selden T., 515 Searles, Dr. Samuel, 177
Settlers, nationalitics of, 479 Seneca oil, 440
Shade furnace, 366
Shane, Dr. T. A., 178
Shamokin, sketch of, 580
Sharon, sketch of, 584
Sharpsburg, 585 Shenandoalı, sketch of, 580
Shenango valley coal region, the, 427 Shinn, John K., 465 William P., 465 Shipbuilding, the early, 343 Shippen, Edward, 530 the elder Dr., 123
John, 530 Joseph, 127, 530 Dr. William, 127 William, jr., 127, 129
Shoemaker, Col. George, 399
Shoenberger, George, 358 Dr. Peter, 358, 378
Shot and shell for the army, 339
Shot and shells, prices for, 346
Simonson, Dr. Adam, 159
Skiles, Dr. F. W., 175
Siigo rolling mill, 378
Slippery Rock furnace, 371
Slocum, Benjamin, 354 Ebenezer, 354 Small, Dr. Alvin E., 172 Smethport, sketch of, 570, 571 Smith, A. D., 395
Charles Emory, 203
Dr. George, 42 Henry HI., 135 Joseph, 375 Rev. Joseph, 91
Dr. Thomas, 163 Dr. William, 11, 12, 563 Rev. William D. D., 128
606
Smith, Dr. William Hooker, 354 Snyder, Dr. Z. X., 66 Society for improvement of roads and
canals, 255, 256 for promoting the improvement of roads, 268, 269 Soil, character of, 474, 475 Somerset county, furnace in, 366 sketch of, 564 Soundwell forge, 353 South Bethlehem, sketch of, 581, 582
South Improvement company, the, 456
Southwark canal, the, 270
Spang, Chalfant & Co., 386
Speth, Dr., 176 Spooner, Dr. E. H., 175 Springfield furnace, 370 Spring forge, 349
Stage coaches, 266 Standard Oil company, 454-456 Starkey, Dr. G. R., 175
State Agricultural college, the, 488-491 Asylum for Chronic Insane, 148 Board of Agriculture, the, 486, 487, 502 College, the, 95
College, endowment of the, 490
department of agriculture, forestry division of, 505 directors' association, 76
forestry, 493 forestry, limitations of, 498
forestry reservations, 507
Hospital for Insane, Danville, 148
Hospital for Insane, Norristown, 148
Hospital for Insane, at Warren, 148
Institution for Feeble Minded, 148
naval militia, the, 248
normal schools, 41, 57-64
reservations, 504, 505
roads, 260, 261
Teachers' Association, organization of, 44 Statistics of oil prices, 449 Steel furnace at Bridgeport, 363 furnaces, two early Philadelphia, 345, 346 manufacture of, 383, 384
manufacture of crucible, 383, 384 manufacture, statistics of, 385 manufacture in Pittsburg, 385
Index
Steel, by the Siemens-Martin process, 385 works, the first, 344 Steelton, sketch of, 583
Sterrett, William, 355
Stevens, Thaddeus, 42 speech favoring school law, 33-36 Dr. Benjamin, 156 Dr. C. A., 178 Stevenson, Dr. George, 156 Dr. Henry, 156 Dr. P. C., 156 Stewart, Dr. I., 178 John K., 55 Robert T., 378
Stiddem, Timon, 120
Stillé, Alfred, 135 Charles J., 135
Stove plates, the early, 338
Stroud, Daniel, 577 Col. Jacob, 577
Stroudsburg, sketch of, 577
Sturgeon, Dr. Daniel, 156 Dr. William H., 156 Sunbury, sketch of, 560
Sunday Dispatch, the, 201 Herald, the, 202
newspapers, 201-206
newspapers, development of, 201, 202 newspapers, influence of, 205, 206 schools, opening of, 6
Superintendent of common schools, 66
of schools, 41 of public instruction, 66 of public instruction, clerk of, 67 Superintendents of common schools, list of, 71,72 Supervising school principals, 57 Supreme court, III-113 appeals to, 104 jurisdiction of, 112 under the first constitution, III, 112
Susquehanna Canal company, the, 275 and Conewago Canal company, 271 Sutton, James, 354 Swank, James M., 397 foot note
Swarthmore college, 94 Symonds, Dr. T. G., 162, 163 Syng, Philip, 127
Talbot, .D. Smith, 505 Tamaqua, sketch of, 585
Tarentum, 587 Taudte, Dr. Frederick, 175 Taylor, John, 340
Dr. Joseph Wright, 92 Teachers' certificates, 72-76 certificates to college graduates, 76 certificates, conditions to granting, 76 certificates, permanent, 75 certificates, through normal schools, 75 institutes, annual, 79 standard of qualifications of, 74, 75 Teaching, methods of in early years, 19
Temperance furnace, 370
Temple college, medical department of, 142
Tennent, Rev. William, 13
Text books, frce, 80, 81 of early schools, 18 Thaw, William, 92 Thiel, A. Louis, 93 Thomas, David, 380, 381, 402 Gabriel, letter from, 119
Thompson, Dr. Hugh, 159 William R., 93 J. V., 93 Timber land, revenue from, 496 production, 499 Titusville, gas at, 459 sketch of, 551, 552
Tionesta, sketch of, 579
Toll roads, provisions for, 263, 264
Topography in relation to agriculture, 474
Towanda, sketch of, 575
Townsend, Robert & Co., 370 Washington, 502 Tramroad, first in Pennsylvania, 299, 300 at Mauch Chunk, 301 the second, 300 Tramroads, 296-299 benefits of the, 301
Trego, Charles B., 42
Turnpike, tolls on, 262, 263 foot note
company, the Philadelphia and Lan- caster, 262, 263 Turnpikes, list of the early, 264, foot note
Turnbull & Marmie, 360
Turner, Joseph, 338
Tunkhannock, sketch of, 578
Tyneman, Peter, 120 Tyrone, 586
forges, 358
607
Index
Union Canal company, the, 271 forge, 361 furnacc, 361 rolling mill, the, 377 Unions, coal miners' 412, 413 Uniontown, sketch of, 561
United Brethren, payment by in lieu of military service, 215 mine workers' association, the, 413 States Chemical company, the, 439 States Gazette, the, 195, 196 University of Pennsylvania, 86, 87, 92, 131, 167 Updegraff, Abner, 376 Upland, 536 Ursinus College, 94
Valley forge, 353 Vandergrift, Capt. J. J., 443
Van Syckel, Samuel, 444
Venango county, furnace in, 371 county, gas in, 458 furnace, 371 oil district, the, 450, 451
Vickroy, Joseph, 366
Vincent steel works, 344 Volunteers in Civil war, 239, 240
Wallacc, J. II., 93 Dr. John Culbertson, 162
Walker, Daniel, 344 Dr. Thomas, 151 Waller, Rev. D. J., D. D., 60, 66, 71
Wampum Cement company, the, 470
Ward, Major Edward, 428
Warren and Forest oil district, the, 451 oil district, the, 450 sketch of, 568, 569 Warwick furnace, 339, 340
War with Spain, call for troops for the, 251
Washington county oil district, the, 452 furnace, 354 and Jefferson college, 93 medical college, 182 sketch of, 560 Watson, Jonathan, 443
Watts, David, 355 Wauke, Dr., 176 Waynesboro, 587
Waynesburg college, 93
608
Waynesburg, sketch of, 564
Weekly Messenger, the, 201
Wellsboro, sketch of, 571, 572
Wesselhoeft, Dr. William, 169, 170
West, Dr. Edwin, 177
West Chester, sketch of, 559
West Pittston, 586
Western Pennsylvania hospital, 163
Pennsylvania Hospital for Women, 1.47, 148 University of Pennsylvania, 88, 92, University of Pennsylvania, dental department in, 168
Westminster college, 93 Westmoreland county, iron industry in, 365 county physicians, 162
Wheat crop of Juniata valley, 483
Wherry, S. M., 63
White, Dcacon, 195 Dr. Newell, 177
Whitehead, Dr., 176
Wickersham, Dr. James P., 51, 70
Wilkes- Barre, sketch of, 522-524
Wilkins, Dr., 156
Wilkinsburg, sketch of, 583
Wilkinson, Wilkes & Co., 433
Willcox, James M., 465
William Penn Charter School, 5
Williams, Joseph, 344
Williamsport, sketch of, 540-542
Williamson, Dr. Walter, 172
Willing, Charles, 127
Wilson, Dr., 156 College for Women, 94
Wire mill at Fallston, 370
Wishart, Dr. David, 160 Dr. John W., 160 Wistar, Caspar, 132 Gen. Isaac, 132
Wolf, Gov. George, 29, 30, 41
Woman's Medical college, the, 140, 141
Wood, Dr. George B., 135, 138
Workingmen's Benevolent Association, 412
Wright, Dr., 156
Wynne, Thomas, 120
York county, furnaces in, 352 sketch of, 538-540 Young, Dr., 156
Zachary, Dr. Lloyd, 127
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