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Jerome B. Niles, 1884-87
A. Wilson Norris, 1887-88 Thomas McCamant, 1888-92
David McM. Gregg, 1892-95
Amos H. Mylin, 1895-98
Levi G. McCauley, 1898-1901
Edmund B. Hardenbergh, 1901, term expires May, 1904
State Treasurers
David Rittenhouse, 1777 Christian Febiger, 1789 Peter Baynton, 1797
Jacob Carpenter, 1801 Isaac Weaver, 1802 William Findlay, 1807
Gideon J. Ball, 1849
John M. Bickel, 1850
Richard M. Crain, 1817
Joseph M. Bailey, 1854
Jacob B. Trevor, 1820 William Clark, 1821 Alexander Mahon, 1827
Eli Slifer, 1855
Henry S. Magraw, 1856 Eli Slifer, 1859 -
Joseph Lawrence, 1835
Henry D. Moore, 1861
Daniel Sturgeon, 1836
William V. McGrath, 1863
Henry D. Moore, 1864
Almon H. Reed, 1840 John Gilmore, 184I
William H. Kemble, 1865
1Elected by the people; term of incum- bency given
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Isaac Slenker, 1863-66 John F. Hartranft, 1866-72 David Stanton, elected 1871, died be- fore assuming office Harrison Allen, 1872-75
Justus F. Temple, 1875-78
Daniel Sturgeon, May 3, 1830 Nathaniel P. Hobart, May, 1836 George R. Espy, May 6, 1839
William F. Parker, May 4, 1842
John N. Purviance, May 1, 1845 Ephraim Banks,1 1851-57
Jacob Frye, jr., 1857-60 Thomas E. Cochran, 1860-63
Jacob Mann, 1842 James R. Snowden, 1845 John Banks, 1847 Arnold Plumer, 1848
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Old Canal Basin as it appeared in 1848
Present site of the Passenger Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburgh. Photo- graphed especially for this work from a canvas in possession of D. F. Henry
Civil List
W. W. Irwin, 1866
Robert W. Mackey, 1869
W. W. Irwin, 1870 Robert W. Mackey, 1871-76 Henry Rawle, 1876-78
Amos C. Noyes, 1878-80
Samuel Butler, 1880-82
Silas M. Bailey, 1882-84
William Livesey, 1884-86
Matthew S. Quay, 1886-87
William Livesey, 1887-88 William B. Hart, 1888-89 William Livesey, 1889-90 Henry K. Boyer, 1890-92 John W. Morrison, 1892-94 Samuel M. Jackson, 1894-96 Benjamin J. Haywood, 1896-98 James S. Beacom, 1898-1900 James E. Barnett, 1900-1902 Frank G. Harris, 1902-1904
Surveyors-General
John Lukens, April 10, 1781 Daniel Brodhead, Nov. 5, 1789
Samuel Cochran, April 23, 1800 Andrew Porter, May 10, 1809 Richard T. Leech, Dec. 7, 1813 Jacob Spangler, Feb. 13, 1818 Samuel Cochran, May 11, 1821 Gabriel Hiester, May 11, 1824 Jacob Spangler, May 11, 1830 John Taylor, May 10, 1836 Jacob Salade, May 10, 1839 John Laporte, May 10, 1845
J. Porter Brawley,? 1851-57 John Rowe, 1857-60 William H. Keim, 1860-61 Henry Souther, 1861-63 James P. Barr, 1863-66 Jacob M. Campbell, 1866-72
Robert B. Beath, 1872-75. (Under the constitution of 1873 the office of Surveyor-General was merged in that of Secretary of Internal Af- fairs.)
Secretaries of Internal Affairs
William McCandless, 1875-79 Aaron K. Dunkle, 1879-83
J. Simpson Africa, 1883-87 Thomas J. Stewart, 1887-95
Isaac B. Brown, 1895 James W. Latta, 1895 (term expires May, 1903.
Superintendents of Public Instruction3
Henry C. Hickok, 1857-60 Thomas H. Burrowes, 1860-63 Charles R. Coburn, 1863-66 James P. Wickersham, 1866-81 E. E. Higbee, 1881 (died in office, Dec. 13, 1889 1Office became elective in 1874 2Office became elective under act of April 9 1850
D. J. Waller, jr., March 1, 1890-June 1, 1893 Nathan C. Schaeffer, June 1, 1893 (term expires April 1, 1905)
3 Previous to the constitution of 1873 this office was known as Superintendent of Com- mon Schools
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Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal
Insurance Commissioners
J. Montgomery Forster, May 5, 1873 Israel W. Durham, Jan. 18, 1899 George B. Leeper, May 21, 1891 (term expires May, 1903)
James H. Lambert, Jan. 15, 1895
Commissioners of Banking1
Charles H. Krumbhaar, Nov. 24, 1891 Frank Reeder, Oct. 3, 1900 (term ex- B. F. Gilkeson, Feb. 12, 1895 pires Oct. 3, 1904)
Thomas J. Powers, Feb. 28, 1899
Secretaries of Agriculture
Thomas J. Edge, March 21, 1895 N. B. Critchfield, Feb. 24, 1903 John Hamilton, April 24, 1899
State Librarians2
John Fisher, 1816
William Musgrave, 1819
James Wright, 1832
Rev. Obadiah H."Miller, 1872
George R. Espy, 1839
Rev. Charles L. Ehrenfeld, 1878
E. P. Hughes, 1841
Rev. Charles J. Little, 1882
Henry K. Strong, 1842 Seth Salisbury, 1845
Edward Stuck, 1885
Dr. William H. Egle, 1887
James Johnston, 1849
Thomas MacDowell, 1850
James Martin, 1852
William T. Sanders, 1853
Superintendents of Public Printing
Alexander K. McClure, Feb. 7, 1855 Erkuries Beatty, Jan. 8, 1856
Oramel Barrett, Jan. 21, 1858 Charles D. Hineline, March 4, 1859 William P. I. Painter, March 22, 1861
Titus T. Worth, May 8, 1862
Lewis H. Funk, May 30, 1863 John Youngman, 1867 John McCurdy, July 15, 1871
Joshua W. Jones, July 20, 1874 William H. Grier, Aug. 14, 1883 Barton D. Evans, July 1, 1889 William H. Grier, April 1, 1892
Thomas Robinson, May 1, 1895 Thomas M. Jones, May 1, 1898 Thomas G. Sample, Jan. 25, 1899 Nevin Pomeroy, 1903
I Previous to the act of February 11, 1895, this office was known as Superintendent of Banking
?This office was created by the act of February 28, 1816, when the separate librar- ies of the Executive Department, the Senate and the House were consolidated
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Rev. William R. DeWitt, 1854 Wein Forney, 1863
George E. Reed, 1899 Thomas Lynch Montgomery, commis- sioned Feb. 3, 1903
Civil List
Commissioners of Forestry The Department of Forestry was created by act approved Feb. 25, 1901. Joseph T. Rothrock is the first and only incumbent of the commissionership.
Speakers of the Senate'
Richard Peters, 1791
Samuel Powell, 1792
Charles Gibbons, 1847 William Williamson, 1848
Anthony Morris, 1794
William Bingham, 1795
Robert Hare, 1796
William F. Johnston; George Darsie, 1849 Valentine Best, 1850
John Wood, 1800
Benjamin Matthias, 1851
Samuel Maclay, 1802
John H. Walker, 1852
Robert Whitehill, 1804
Thomas Carson, 1853
James Brady, 1806
Maxwell McCaslin, 1854
Presley C. Lane, 1807
William H. Heister, 1855
John Todd, 1815
William M. Platt, 1856
Isaac Weaver, 1817
David Taggart, 1857
William Marks, jr., 182I
William H. Welsh, 1858
Thomas Burnside, 1825
John Cresswell, jr., 1859
Alexander Mahon, 1826 Daniel Sturgeon, 1828
William M. Francis, 1860 Robert M. Palmer, 1861
William G. Hawkins, 1830 Jesse R. Burden, 1833
George V. Lawrence, 1863
Thomas Ringland, 1834
John J. Penny, 1864
Jacob Kerr, 1835 T. S. Cunningham, 1836
David Fleming, 1866
Jesse R. Burden, 1837
Louis W. Hall, 1867 James L. Graham, 1868
Charles B. Penrose, 1838
William T' Rogers, 1840
Wilmer Worthington, 1869
Charles H. Stinson, 1870
John Strohm, 1842
William A. Wallace, 1871
Benjamin Crispin, 1843
James S. Rutan, 1872
William Bigler, 1844
George H. Anderson, 1873
Butler H. Strang, 1874
Presidents pro tempore of the Senate
George H. Cutler, Jan. 5, 1875 E. W. Davis, March 18, 1875; Jan 4, I876
"This office was abolished by the constitu- tion of 1873
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William P. Wilcox, 1845
Daniel L. Sherwood, 1846
Louis W. Hall, 1862
William J. Turrell, 1865
Charles B. Penrose, 1841
Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal
John C. Newmeyer, May 5, 1876; Jan. 2, 1877
Thomas V. Cooper, March 23, 1877; Jan. 1, 1878
Andrew J. Herr, May 4, 1878; Jan. 7, 1879 John Lamon, June 6, 1879.
William I. Newell, Jan. 4, 1881
Hugh McNeill, June 9, 1881
John E. Reyburn, Jan. 2, 1883 Amos H. Mylin, June 6, 1883 ; Jan. 6, 1885
· George H. Smith, June 12, 1885; Jan. 4, 1887
John C. Grady, May 19, 1887; Jan. I, 1889 Boies Penrose, May 9, 1889; Jan. 6, 1891
John P. S. Gobin, May 28, 1891 ; Jan. 3, 1893
C. Wesley Thomas, June 1, 1893 ; Jan. 1, 1895
Samuel J. McCarrell, June 3, 1895 ; Jan. 5, 1897
Daniel S. Walton, July 1, 1897
William P. Snyder, Jan. 3, 1899; April 20, 1899; Jan. 1, 1901 John M. Scott, June 27, 1901, and 1903 William C. Sproul, 1903
Speakers of the House
William Bingham, 1791
Gerardus Wynkoop, 1793
George Latimer, 1794
James Findley, 1833
Cadwalader Evans
Samuel Anderson, 1833
William Patterson, 1834
Isaac Weaver, jr., 1800 Simon Snyder, 1804
James Thompson, 1835 Ner Middleswarth, 1836
Charles Porter, 1806
Simon Snyder, 1807
Lewis Dewart, 1837
James Engle, 1809
William Hopkins, 1839
John Weber, 1810
William A. Crabb, 1841
John Todd, 1812
J. Ross Snowden, 1842 Findley Patterson, 1845, '46 James Cooper, 1847
John St. Clair, 1814
Jacob Holgate, 1815
William F. Packer. 1848, '49
John S. McCalmont, 1850
John Cessna, 1851
Rees Hill, 1819
John S. Rhey, 1852 William P. Schell, 1853
Joseph Lawrence, 1820 John Gilmore, 1821
E. B. Chase, 1854
Joseph Lawrence, 1822
Henry K. Strong, 1855
Joel B. Sutherland, 1825
Richardson L. Wright, 1856
Joseph Ritner, 1826
J. Lawrence Getz, 1857 A. B. Longaker, 1858
Ner Middleswarth, 1828
Frederick Smith, 1830 John Laporte, 1832
Robert Smith, 1813; resd. Feb., 1814
Rees Hill, 1816 William Davidson, 1818
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W. A. C. Lawrence, 1859, '60
S. F. Patterson, 1875
Elisha W. Davis, 1861
E. Reed Myer, 1877
John Rowe, 1862 .
Henry M. Long, 1879
John Cessna, 1863
Benjamin L. Hewitt, 1881
Henry C. Johnson, 1864
John E. Faunce, 1883
Arthur G. Olmsted, 1865
James L. Graham, 1885
James R. Kelley, 1866
Henry K. Boyer, 1887, '89
Caleb C. Thompson, 1891, '93
Henry F. Walton, 1895
John Clark, 1869
Butler B. Strang, 1870
James H. Webb, 1871
William Elliott, 1872, '73
William T. Marshall, 1901
H. H. McCormick, 1874
Henry F. Walton, 1903
ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES
1682-Bucks, Chester and Philadel- phia, the three original counties of the province. 1729-May 10, Lancaster; formed from Chester.
1749-Aug. 19, York; formed from Lancaster.
1750-Jan. 27, Cumberland; formed from Lancaster. 1752-March II, Northampton ; form- ed from Bucks.
1752-March II, Berks; formed from Philadelphia, Bucks and Lan- caster.
1171-March 9, Bedford; formed from Cumberland.
1772-March 21, Northumberland; formed from Lancaster, Cum- berland, Berks, Bedford and Northampton.
1773-Feb. 26, Westmoreland ; formed from Bedford.
1781-March 28, Washington ; formed from Westmoreland.
1783-Sept. 26, Fayette; formed from Westmoreland.
1784-Sept. 9, Franklin ; formed from Cumberland.
1784-Sept. 10, Montgomery ; formed irom Philadelphia.
1785-March 4, Dauphin ; formed from Lancaster.
1786-Sept. 25, Luzerne; formed from Northumberland.
1787-Sept. 20, Huntingdon; formed from Bedford. 1788-Sept. 24, Allegheny ; formed from Westmoreland and Wash- ington.
1789-Sept. 26, Delaware; formed from Chester.
1789-Sept. 19, Mifflin; formed from · Cumberland and Northumber- land.
1795-April 13, Lycoming; formed from Northumberland. 1795-April 17, Somerset; formed from Bedford.
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John P. Glass, 1867 Elisha W. Davis, 1868
Henry K. Boyer, 1897, resd. Jan. 17, 1898 John R. Farr, 1899
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1796 Feb. 9, Greene; formed from Washington.
1797-March 21, Wayne; formed from Northampton.
1800-Jan. 22, Adams; formed from York.
1800-Feb. 13, Centre; formed from Mifflin, Northumberland, Ly- coming and Huntingdon.
1800-March 12, Armstrong; formed from Allegheny, Lycoming and Westmoreland.
1800-March 12, Beaver ; formed from Allegheny and Washington.
1800-March 12, Butler ; formed from Allegheny.
1800-March 12, Crawford; formed from Allegheny.
1800-March 12, Erie; formed from Allegheny.
1800-March 12, Mercer ; formed from Allegheny.
1800-March 12, Venango; formed from Allegheny and Lycoming.
1800-March 12, Warren; formed from Allegheny and Lycoming. 1803-March 30, Indiana; formed from Westmoreland and Ly- coming.
1804-March 26, Cambria; formed from Huntingdon, Somerset and Bedford.
1804-March 26, Clearfield; formed from Lycoming and Northum- berland.
1804-March 26, Jefferson; formed from Lycoming.
1804-March 26, Mckean; formed from Lycoming.
1804-March 26, Potter ; formed from Lycoming.
1804-March 26, Tioga; formed from Lycoming.
1810-Feb. 21, Bradford; formed from Luzerne and Lycoming.
1810-Feb. 21, Susquehanna ; formed from Luzerne.
18II-March II, Schuylkill; formed from Berks and Northampton. 1812-March 6, Lehigh; formed from Northampton.
1813-February 16, Lebanon; formed from Dauphin and Lancaster.
1813-March 22, Columbia; formed from Northumberland.
1813-March 22, Union; formed from Northumberland.
1814-March 26, Pike; formed from Wayne.
1820-March 22, Perry; formed from Cumberland.
. 1831-March 2, Juniata ; formed from Mifflin.
1836-April 1, Monroe; formed from Northampton and Pike.
1839-March II, Clarion; formed from Venango and Armstrong. 1839-June 21, Clinton ; formed from Lycoming and Centre.
1842-April 4, Wyoming ; formed from Luzerne.
1843-March 13, Carbon; formed from Northampton and Mon- roe.
1843-April 18, Elk; formed from Jefferson, Clearfield and Mc- Kean.
1846-Feb. 26, Blair; formed from Huntingdon and Bedford.
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1847-March 15, Sullivan; formed from Lycoming.
1848-April 11, Forest; formed from Jefferson and Venango. 1849-March 20, Lawrence; formed from Beaver and Mercer. 1850-April 19, Fulton; formed from Bedford.
1850-May 3, Montour; formed from Columbia.
1855-March 2, Snyder; formed from Union.
1860-March 29, Cameron; formed from Clinton, Elk, Mckean and Potter.
1878-Aug. 13, Lackawanna; formed from Luzerne.
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Index
Abolition of slavery, 272, 273 Adams, Brig .- Gen. John, 206 Charles Francis, 16
county, militia of, called out, 205 John, 23, 25, 44, 101; letter to, 192 Addison, Judge, attempted impeachment of, 178; defence of, 178, 179
Address to the inhabitants of Quebec, 17
Adjutant-General, report of, 380
Afflick, Thomas, 47
Agnew, Daniel, 280
Alexander, Major-General, 298 Alien law, the, 163
Allegheny county, labor riots in, 498 county, population of in 1790, 90 to Lake Erie, proposed water way between, 236 Allen, Andrew, 18, 20, 60 John, 60 Rifles, the, 387 William, 60, 72 Allman, Jerome T., nomination of, 501 America, conditions in, explained, 22
American and British re-union, attempt for, 69 army, commander in, 49 army, losses in the, 50 army, retirement of, to Valley Forge, 58 fords, obstructions of, on the river, 57 generals, relative importance of, 62 Philosophical Society, the, 232
troops, crossing the Brandywine by, 49 troops, retirement of, 48
American troops, operations of, on the river, 51 Americans and British in line of battle, 50 Ammunition, purchase of, 20
Amnesty, proposal of, for insurrectionists, 146
Anderson Cavalry, called into service, 398 Andrews, Robert, 72
Anthracite coal field, strike in the, 519, 520 Anniversary of American independence, celebration of the, 450
Anti-bank sentiment, 263, 264
Anti-Constitutionalists, political success of, 157
Anti-Masonic proceedings, 264, 265 Anti-Masonry, the sentiment of, 258 witnesses in investigation of, 264 Apportionment, a new, provided for, 484, 485
Arbitration commission, appointment of an, 520
Arbor day, establishment of, 480
Army of the Potomac, location of, at Fred- erick, 410; number constituting the, 410 Armstrong, John, appointed brigadier-gener- al, 39 Thomas A., nomination of, 475 Arndt, Jacob, 56
Arnold, Benedict, 61
Arrest of Benjamin Chew, 42 of John Penn, 42 Arsenal, occupation of, in the Buckshot war, 295
Assembly, act of, organizing the militia, 379 action of, as a constitutional conven- tion, 113
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Assembly, appeal of, to Congress, 10 appropriations by, under Gov. Porter, 303 attainting of persons by, 60 citizens' memorial to the, 40 colonial appearance of, 14 convened by the governor, 428 delegates of, to congress, 14 election for the, 57 election of members of the, 36 excise imposed by the, 138
governor's message to, 130 impeachment proceedings in the, 179
interesting election for the, 183, 184
law of, restricting distillation, 138
meeting of the, 22, 28, 130 on union with other colonies, 13 requested to appoint delegates, 13 resolution of government support by, 384
resolutions approving Major Ander- son's action, 379 resolutions of, in relation to seces- sion, 376, 377 session of the, called, 12, 13 the presiding genius of the, 14 under Mifflin, 127
Assemblyman, salary of, fixed, 479, 480
Assessors, persecution of, 169
Assheton, William, 75
Association for defense, an, 18
Associators, delegates from, 28 of Westmoreland county, the, 9
Atherton, George W., 486
Attorneys, early important, 75
Aurora, political work of the, 183 Australian ballot system, establishment of, 496
Baer, Hon. George F., 520 Ballot reform system, establishment of, 496 Bank charters, applications for, numerous, 210 charters, continued granting of, 331 charters, petitions for more, 243 charters, value of, 249 charters, veto of applications for, 210, 211 legislation, relation of, to individual benefit, 129 notes, a flood of small, 275, 276 560
Bank notes, authorized issues of, 319 notes, discredit of, 319 paper, continued circulation of, 274, 275 scrip, method of distribution of, 244, 247, 248 stock, indignation at method of sale of, 248 stock, rise in value of, 244 the United States, 208
Banking acts, benefits of, 212 bill, passage of, 319 capital, amount of, 316 law, passage of a, 464 system, amendment needed in the, 275 system, downfall of, 212 system, opposition to a free, 330, 331 troubles, proposed remedies for, 316 unwarranted increase of, 317 Banks and banking, early legislation on, 129
and the State, separation of, urged, 3II, 312 apparent success of, 209, 210 establishment of various, 208 forfeiture of charters of, threatened, 318 general craslı of the, 274 loose management of, 316, 317 negotiation of State loans by, 317 number of the national, 463 Porter's opposition to the, 321
profits of, 249, 250 regulations of, 244 relation of, to internal improve- ments, 239 run on the, 459 self-preservation sought by the, 275 speculative character of, 244 suspension of specie payment by the, 316
theory of establishment of many, 208 wholesale organization of, 266 Barclay, Thomas, 39 Bardsley, John, defalcation of, 495, 496 Barnes, J. Mahlon, nomination of, 514 Barret, Orville, 288
Bartholomew, Benjamin, 20
Battle of Germantown, 52, 55; losses in, 55 of Gettysburg, 404, 405; beginning
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of, 411; close of the, 419; descrip- tion of the, 412, 415-419; end of the second day of the, 417; losses in the, 419; Piekett's charge in the, 418, 419; renewal of the, 417; sig- nificanee of the, 420
Bayard, Jolın, 39; chosen speaker, 39 Jonathan1, 56
Bean, Theodorc W., 486
Beaver, Governor James Addams, appoint- ment of as judge, 495
eleetion of, 483 election of, as judge, 503 nomination of, 475, 483 sketch of, 484
views on a canal between Lake Erie and the Ohio river, 492-494 views of, on manual training, 487
Beaver's and Pattison's administrations, 484-501
Bedford county, colonels from, 19 committee fromn, 14
division of, 2 formation of, 1, 91 population of in 1790, 90 terror in, 70 Bemis, John, 183, 220, 221 Berks county, formation of, 91 eolonels from, 19 . committee from, 14 division of, 2 militia of, called out, 205 population of in 1790, 90
Berresford, Sir John P., 200
Bethlehem, release of prisoners at, 169, 170 liberty bell sent to, 50 Bi-centennial association, formation of the, 474
Biddle, Charles, 79 Clement C., 198
Edward, 14, 17, 19, 20
James, 23 James C., 280 John, 60 Owen, 20, 31, 39
Bigler, Governor William, causes of defeat of, 349 views of, on public works debt, 345, 346 nomination and election of, 343 renomination of, 348 2-36
Bigler, Gov. William, sketch of, 344
Bigler's, Polloek's and Packer's adminis- trations, 344-366
Bills of credit, issue of ordered, 19 Billingsport, fort at, captured, 52
Binney, Horaee, 75
Bird, Mark, 19
Birney, General, 412
Black, Chauneey F., nomination of, 483
Bloomfield, General, 198
Blanchard, John, 368
Blewer, Joseph, 39
Board of war, appointment of a, 39; 58 Boileau, N. B., appointed seerctary, 188 W. B., nomination of, 221
Bond, Phincas, 47
Booth, J. Wilkes, State reward for capture of, 429
Boston, port of closed, 12 tea party, the, 12
Boundaries, strife over, 133, 134
commissioners, 72
Boundary between Connectieut and New York, 3, 4 between Pennsylvania and Virginia, the, 40, 41 commission, meeting of, 72
results of the settlement of the, 135, 136 Bounties for volunteers, payment of, 395, 396
bradford, William, 39
Breck, Samuel, 257
Bridges, building of, 225
Briglit, General, 191
British, advanee of, on Philadelphia, 50 and American legislature, 15 and Indians, raid of, 70 army, advance of, 63 army, movements of, 50 army, movement of, towards New York, 63 coereion, beginning of, 12
control, suppression of, II eneampment of, begun at German- town, 51
fleet, vessels and commanders of, 203 forces, attempt of, to capture Phila- delphia, 49, 50 forees, crossing of the Schuylkill by, 51
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British forces, departure of, from German- town, 57 forces, march of, towards Philadel- phia, 49 forces, river opencd by the, 58 men-of-war at Philadelphia, 57 navy, expected attack by the, 198 peace commissioners, 61
reward for American scalps, 63
troops, crossing by, at Chester, 58 troops, crossing of, at Chadd's ford, 50 troops, disembarkation of, 48 troops, foraging expedition by, 58 Brockenborough, John B., 375
Brodhead, Daniel, 19; Indian operations by, 70 Brooks, Major-Gen. William T. H., 403 Brown, Elijah, 47
John, raid of, at Harper's Ferry, 360 Bryan, George, 36, 104, 105, 111, 221; characteristics of, 101
Buchanan, James, friendship of Gov. Packer for, 354 Buckalew, Charles R., nomination of, 447
Buckhout, Prof. William A., 487
Bucks county, colonels from, 19 committee from, 13 population of, in 1790, 90
Buckshot war, the, 279, 290-299 arsenal entered during the, 295 leaders in the, 298
Bucktails, the, 198
Buffington, Joseph, appointment of, 520
Buildings, changes in character of the, 95
Bull, John, appointed colonel, 21; 36, 39 Burd, James, 19
Burrowes, Thomas H., 287
Bureau of labor statistics, the, 492
Business conditions following the Revolu- tion, 86, 87 failures, 351 partnership, improvement in methods of, 227 paralyzation of, 316
Butler, Zebulon, 5 Col. John, 64
Cadwalader, Gen. Thomas, 198 John, 18, 20, 33-36, 76; appointed brigadier-general, 39 562
Caldwell, Andrew, 39 Callender, Robert, 19
Call to arms, the, 33 Camp Curtin, activity at, 388 Curtin, location of, 388, 389 Dupont, 198 Gaines, 199 Canadian expedition, troops for, 21 Canal across the State proposed, 236 between Reading and Middletown, opening of a, 232, 233 commissioners, action of the, 304 commissioners, views of the, 304, 305 company, the Union, 232 companies, meetings in favor of, 232 construction, rapid advance of, 237, 238
contracts, authorization for making, 236
convention, meeting of at Harris- burg, 233
convention, resolution by, 236
Lake Erie and Ohio river, commis- sion to survey the, 492, 493 plans, opposition to, 233, 236 stocks, belief in the rise of, 232 subscriptions to the Delaware and Chesapeake, 233 system, beginning of the, 236 Canals, appropriations for, 236, 237 legislative investigation of the, 304 management of the, 345 sale of, 358 sale of proposed, 345 the era of, 233 Cannon, Prof. James, 31, 56, 104, 105 Capitol building, burning of the, 504, 507 description of the new, 507 measures for erecting a new, 507 Carlisle, Abraham, conviction of, 67; exe- cution of, 68 Confederate troops at, 406 Jolın Penn's description of, 96 political convention at, 214, 221 proposed removal of the seat of gov- ernment to, 156 rendezvous of troops at, 150 the Earl of, 61
Carey, Mathew, 182 Carnahan, John, 19
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Carpenters' Hall, meeting of Congress in, 15 Cassidy, Lewis C., 478
Catholic churches, burning of, 324
Cavett, James, arrest of, 8
Censors, choice of the, 79
Centennial commission, meeting of, 456 appropriation for the, 459 construction of buildings for the, 459 date of opening of the, 456 exhibition, 456, 459 raising funds for the, 459 results of the, 459
Chadd's Ford, cannonade at, 49
Chambersburg, capture of stores at, 424 Confederate encampment near, 406 description of the occupation of, 407- 409 raid, the, 398 raid, measures of defense against, 398, 399 raid on, 396
Chapman Seth, 167, 230
Charities, work of the board of,. 443-444
Chauncey, Charles, 280
Chester county, colonels from, 19 committee from, 13 population of in 1790, 90
Chew, Benjamin, 75; discharged, 43; offer of, to sign a parole, 43; warrant for, 42 Chippewa, Pennsylvania troops at, 206
Church, condition of the, after the Revo- lution, 86 of St. Philip de Neri, arms taken to the, 324 Civil affairs under the constitution of 1776, 71-80
Civil list, 523 Civil war, a little, 76 Civil War, beginning of the, 378 period, end of the, 433 proclamation of, 380 the year 1864 in the, 422
Clark, E. E., 520
Class legislation, outcry against, 129
Clay, Henry, 280
Clingan, Williamn, 50, 57
Clinton, Sir Henry, successor to General Howe, 61
Clymer, George, 23, 31 Heister, nomination of, 433 Coal miners, organization of the, 446
Coal miners, strike of the, 445, 446 trade, monopoly of threatened, 497, 498
Coates, William, 36 Coleman, G. Dawson, 443
Colesberry, Alexander P., 474
College and University Council, organiza- tion of the, 512
College degrees, abuses in granting, 512 College of Philadelphia, determination to suppress the, 76
disaffected trustecs of, 76 reincorporation of, 76 Colonels, appointment of, 21 Colonial grievances, 13
Colonies, differing sentiments in, 26 division of, 26
Colt, Rev. Samuel F., 487
Commerce, effects of war on, 194
Commission, appointment of, to quell insur- rection, 143 Commissioners at an Indian treaty, 35 for internal improvements, board of, 236 for sale of bank stock, 247 of the State capitol, 221 on Connecticut claims, 78 Committee, appointment of a joint, 299 of Safety, 22; members of the, 20
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