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of sixty, meeting of, 147 of ways and means, action of the, 322, 323
on industrial education, appointment of, 486 on sale of public works, 347 on the Connecticut boundary ques- tion, 10 report of, on separation, 23
Committees, conference of, in the Buck- shot war, 296 of safety, appointment of, 290
Common law, growth of the, 253; impor- tance of the, 87, 88
Compulsory cducation, advantages of, 412 Conditions of Pennsylvania in 1790, 81-102 regarding independence, 26
Confederate army, operations of, in Penn- sylvania, 407 cavalry, invasion by, 398 invaders, expulsion of from the State, 427
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Congress, action of, towards the Tory ele- ment, 44 action of, on the boundary question, 134 assembling of the, 15
attention to the Quakers by, 43, 44 delegates chosen to, 23
delegates in, 57
departure of, for New York, 51 excise tax imposed by, 139, 140
flight of, to Bethlehem, 51
members eleeted to, 50
on question of independence, 23
proceedings of the, 15, 17
recommendation of, to take prison- ers, 42 removal of to Baltimore, 33 representatives in, 36 representatives of Pennsylvania in, 18 resolution of, 11, 16, 17 resolution of, concerning the cur- reney, 139
vote in, 27 Congressional delegates in favor of sep- aration, 23
delegation, substitutions in the, 31 districts, formation of, 484
Congressmen on independence, 23, 24
Connectieut and Pennsylvania boundary, 9, 10 assertion of rights by, 3, 5 boundary, argument on the, 10 boundary difficulty, 3-5 claimants, settlements of, extended, 2 settlers, rights of, 78 settlers, seizure of, 10 settlers volunteer for liberty, 10
Connolly, Dr. John, 5; arrest of, 9; arrest of magistrates by, 6; audacious designs of, 9; operations of, at Fort Pitt, 134; gathering of armed men by, 6
Conservatives, last efforts of, 22
Constitution, adoption of a new, 32, 119 article VIII of the new, 281, 282 committee upon infractions of the, 108, III defeat of efforts for a new, 237 delegates to frame a new, 28, 31 difficulty concerning the, 237 discontent with, 112, 113
564
Constitution, efforts foi amendment of the, 106
failure of efforts for revision of, 106 failure of proposed amendments to the, 108
features of the new, 32, 33
first test of the federal, 138
friends of the, 107
intensity of opposition to the, 107 issue of appeals for amendment of the, 108
legislation under the new, 127-129 limitations to corporate power in the, 285-286
making, a new experience in, 279-286 of 1776, 103-106
of 1776, able men under the, 71, 72 of 1776, probable makers of the, 105 of 1790, the, 103-121
of 1838, the, 279-299 of 1838, features of, 286, 287 of 1873, review of the, 453-455
of the United States, adoption of the, 80 ordination of a new, 33
petitions for a new, 40
prohibition amendment to, defeated, 486 prominent features of the new, 117, 118
proposed amendment of, 79, 107 proposed ntethod of treating the old, :17 ratification of the federal, 113 revolutionary method for forming a now. 114, 115 school article in the, 90 the English, 17 vote for a new, 237, 453
Constitutions, review of early, 279, 280 Constitutional amendments, review of, 451 amendment, memorial in favor of, 106 amendments, ratification of. 286 eentennial, celebration of the, 488 centennial commission, organization of the, 488 convention, adjournment of the, 121, 286 convention, ealling of a, 80 convention, debate in, 118
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Constitutional convention, eminent men in, 120, 12I
convention, debate on committecs in the, 281 convention, debate on impeachments in, 282, 283 convention, delegates to the, 280, 453 convention, favorable report on a, II3 convention, first debate in the, 280- 282
convention, meeting of the, 31, 114 convention, members of the, 31, 80 convention of 1873, the, 451-453
convention, opposition of Gov. Mc- Kean to a, 181
convention, organization of the, 453 convention, Philadelphia delegates to the, 280
convention, president of, 31, 280
convention, proposal for a, 113
convention, recommendations in a, II3
convention, representation in the, 31 convention, secret societies consid- ered in the, 282
convention, transfer of power by the, 31 convention, vote in favor of a, 280, 453
Republicans, the, 182
Constitutionalists, brief reign of the, 83 some of the prominent, 117
Continental Congress, 8
Congress, appeal of, to Connecticut, 9, 10 Continentals, operations of, near Philadel- phia, 49
Contractors, imposition by, 315 new class of claims of, 315 objectionable methods of, 314 Convention for revising the constitution, I14 meeting of, at Lancaster, 214 of disaffected persons, 143, 144 Conway's cabal, end of, 63
Cooke, Jay & Company, failure of, 459 Coombe, Rev. Thomas, 47
Cornwallis, encampment of, 51 possession of Philadelphia taken by, 51
Cornplanter, purchase from, 80
Corporations, restriction of spread of, 320 Cotton States and International Exposition, the, 504
Couch, Major-Gen. D. N., 403
Council, constitutional amendement framed by, 107
meeting of at Lancaster, 51 of censors, adjournment of the, III of censors, conflict of opinion in the, 108 of censors, meeting of, 107 of censors, monster petition to, III of censors, objections to the, 103, 104, II3
of censors, the, 32, 33 of safety, abolition of, 57 of safety, formation of the, 56 of war, meetings of, 63 report of, on Constitutional amend- ment, III
Counties, formation of, from the original threc, 91
representation of, 31 committees, convention of, 13 committees, members of, 13, 14
Courts, results of conflicting, 135
Cox, Andrew, 287 Paul, 39
Crabb, George W., 288
Craw, Richard M., 221
Cresap, Michael, attack on Shawanees by, 7
Croghan, George, 61
Crouch, Edward, 194
Curtin, Governor Andrew G., and President Lincoln, 372
and Lincoln cordial relations between, 372
call for troops by, 423, 424
close of administration of, 430-433
death of, 500, 501
description of invasion by, 424
development of opposition to, 383
efforts of for peace, 375
election of, 363
extracts from the first message of, 370, 373 last message of, 431
message of, 1866, 429, 430 military message from, 385, 386 military proclamation by, 385, 403
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Curtin, Governor Andrew G., nomination of, 363
proclamation of, on the fall of Rich- mond, 428 review of the military situation by, 422, 423 sketch of, 367, 368 title of war governor given to, 372 war message to, 384 war proclamation by, 392, 393 Curtin's administration, 367-432
Cumberland county, colonels from, 19 committee from, 14 division of, 1, 2 formation of, 91 population of, in 1790, 90
Cunningham, Thomas G., 291
Currency, consideration of, in the constitu- tional convention, 283-285 irregularity in the, 319 minority report on the, 283-286 the depreciated 139
Dallas, Alexander James, 75, 87, 170; party control under, 182; secretary of the com- monwealth, 127
Dallas, George M., 288
Dauphin county, formation of, 91 militia of, called out, 205 population of, in 1790, 90
Davidson, Samuel, 19, 167
Dean, Joseph, 39
Dearborn, General, 197
Death penalty for encroachment on Indian lands, 132
Debt, reduction of the State, 437
Debtors, action for the relief of, 86, 87 harsh situation of, 327, 328
Declaration of independence, the, 27
De Haas, John Philip, 21
Delamater, George W., nomination of, 495 Delaware and Chesapeake canal, the, 233 Delaware county, formation of, 92 county, population of, in 1790, 90 river, blockade of the, 199, 200 river, defenses on the, 40 Democratic convention at Lewistown, 259 party, ascendency of the, 186 party, re-union of, 289 party, split in the, 259, 363 Denison, Nathan, 5 566
Department of agriculture, establishment of the, 503, 504; work of the, 503, 504 of banking, creation of a, 464
of public instruction, proposed estab- lishment of a, 359 of the Monongahela, 402, 403 of the Susquehanna, 402, 403
Dick, John, I Dickey, John, 280
Dickinson, John, 20, 21, 71; action of, in Congress, 24-26; characteristics of, 98, IO1; clection of, 22, 77, 83; importance of, 23; sagacity of, 26; speech of, 24-26; views of, on separation, 23; writings of, 2I Philemon, 33, 34
Dickinson's powerful influence, 17
Dill, Andrew H., 466 Matthew, 19 Dillar, Isaac, 288
Direct tax, collection districts for the, 167 tax, insurrection over the collection of the, 168-170 tax, paper in opposition to the, 169 tax, Pennsylvania's share of, 167 taxation, opposition to, 167, 168
Distillation, restriction upon, 138
Divesting act, the great, 76, 77
Divorce, law relating to, 333, 334
Dix, Miss Dorothy L., 339
Dougherty, Bernard, 19, 20
Douglas, Stephen A., 360
Draft, order for a, 195
Driesbach, Yost, 19
Drinker, Henry, arrest of, 44, 47
Duane, James, 16 William, 163, 130, 199; letter from, 164 Duché, Rev. Jacob, 60, 69
Duffield, Dr. Samuel, 50
Duke of Richmond, the, 22
Dunmore, Lord, designs of, 9; establishing of courts by, 135; proclamation by, 134 Durkee, John, clemency to, 2, 3
Earl of Dartmouth, the, 22 of Dunmore, 5 of Sandwich, the, 22 Easton, road made from, 69 treaty with Indians at, 35 Eddy, Charles, 47
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Edgar, James, 147, 148 Edmunds, William, 20, 22 Edge Hill, engagement at, 58
Education, bill providing for system of, 255 condition of, after the Revolution, 88-90 industrial, recommended, 464, 465 joint committee on, 255
of the poor, provision for, 256, 257 progress of, 352, 353 promotion of, 254, 255
promotion of under Governor Packer, 358, 359 Educational progress under Hastings's ad- ministration, 512-514 Election, contest over, 290-299 heavy betting on, 290 Elliott, Andrew, 68 Commodore Jesse Duncan, 204
Elverson, Col. James, appointment of, 520 England, scarch of American vessels by, 193 English constitution, the, 17
Engrossing, orders against, 56, 57
Epidemie of yellow fever, 153, 154
Erie, naval headquarters at, 200
Erwin, Arthur, 19
Evans, John, 36 Everhart, HIon. James B., 466
Ewen, William, 61
Ewing, James, 77; brigadicr-general, 28 Rev. Dr. John, 43, 72, 76
Excise affairs, 146, 147
federal control of, 141 imposition of, 138, 139
laws, attempts to enforce the, 139 rates, reduction of, 140, 141 tax, indictments against opponents of, 142 troubles, end of, 152 troubles, report of conferees on, adopted, 149 revenue, appropriation of the, 139
Executive power, vesting of, 32
Expedition against the Indians, 69 Exportation of grain, prohibition of, 138, 139 Export of specie, stoppage of the, 209 Exports after the Revolution, 86 Eyerly, Jacob, 167 Eyre, Emmanuel, 39
Factory inspector, office of, established, 492 inspectors, increase in number of, 504 Fairlamb, Nicholas, 23
Fairmount, military works at, 198 Farmer, influence of the, 21
Farmers' institutes, organization of, 503 bank, establishment of the, 208 high school, gifts to the, 353 Fayette county, formation of, 91 population of, in 1790, 90 Federal constitution, anniversary of adop- tion of, 488
constitution, ratification of the, 113 direct tax law, the, 167 government. hostility to, 145 government, removal of seat of, from Philadelphia, 1 57 party, opposition to the, 172
party, opposition to war by the, 194 tax law, opposition to the, 140 triumph, the first, 184
Federalists, large gains of the, 191
Fenn, Theodore, 287
Ferree, John, 19
Ferries, defense of, 33
Fetterolf, A. H., 486
Finances, statistics of, 155 delusive impressions regarding, 210 excellent condition of the, 471 under Governor Porter, 303 Financial conditions, improvement in, 330, 331 conditions in 1790, 154, 155 crash, 321 crisis, 274, 316 crisis of 1857, the, 351, 352 depression, recovery from, 471 depression succceding the Civil war, 459 difficulties under Governor Stone, 515, 516 operations, fallacy of, 208 relief through the national banking system, 352 reports, character of the early, 155 situation under Gov. Packer, 356, 357 system, re-organization of the, 155 Findlay, Governor William, 80 action of, towards slaves, 220 charges against, 220 defeat of, 221
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Findlay, Gov. William, election of, dis- puted, 217
election of, report of committee to in- vestigate, 217-219 inquiry into conduct of, 219, 220 nomination of for governor, 214 renomination of, 221 sketch of, 216, 217 vindication of, 220
Findlay's election, dismissal of charges against, 219
election, charges against, 217, 218 and Hiester's administrations, 216,230
Findley, James, speech of, 117
First battalion, the, 18
City Troop, the, 18 Troop of Philadelphia, Cavalry, the, 18 Fisher, Joshua, arrest of, 44 Miers, 47 Samuel, arrest of, 44, 47 Thomas, 47; arrest of, 44
Fitzsimmons, Thomas, 39
Floating debt of the State, a large, 515
Flood, a disastrous, 491
relief commission, appointment of the, 491
Folwell, Richard, 191
Foreigners, advantages of, in land pur- chases, 92
Forestry commission, appointment of, 487 commission, report of the, 500
commissioners, appointment of, 500 examination of conditions of, 500 inquiry into the conditions of, 487, 488 promotion of the interests of, 500 work in, 487, 488
Forster, Brigadier-General John, 206 Fort Burd, 8; occupation of, by Virginians, 72 Cumberland, rendezvous of troops at, 150
Dunmore, 7 Freeland, capture of, 70 Mifflin, 198; bombardment of, 57; evacuation of, 58 Sumter, firing upon, 380 Foster, Henry D., nomination of, 363 Fould, Col. Willis, 298 Fourth coalition, the, 184
568
Fouts, Christian, 60
Frame of government, a, 80 France, trouble with, 167 Francis, Hill Tench, 19 Tench, 75 Franklin, Benjamin, 20, 31, 57, 71, 79; chosen president, 31; labors of, in France, 61; president of the Committee of Safety, 20; re-election of, 23 county, formation of, 91; population of in 1790, 90 Walter, 230
Frec and independent States, 27
banking system, establishment of a, 358; recommendation of, 351, 352 Freeman's Journal, political work of the, 182, 183
Free Masonry, collapse of investigation in- to, 265
committee to investigate evils of, 264 Free Mason's lodge, Quaker's confined in, 47 Freemen, large body of, organized for de- fense, 397
Free schools, promotion of, 254, 255
Freight discriminaton, prohibition of, by the constitution, 472, 473 rates, discrimination in, 472 Friends, loss of political influence of the, 83 of the people, society of the, 182
Fries, John, career of, 169; arrest of, 170; pardon of, 171; second trial of, 170, 171; trial of, 170
Frics's rebellion, 167; newspaper influence in the, 171 Frontier, internal defense of, 72 the northern, 136
Fugitive slave cases in court, 343 slave law, adoption of the, 341; ex- citement over, 341 slave laws, attitude of Pennsylvania toward United States, 364, 365 slaves, attempt to capture, 342
Galbraith, Bartram, 19 Gallatin, Albert, 80, 101, 114, 144
Galloway, Joseph, 14-16, 56, 60, 75; ap- pointed police superintendent, 60; elec- tion of, to the Assembly, 17; taking of the house of, 60, 61; his estimate of trea- son, 17
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Gates, General, advocacy of, to succeed Washington, 59
Geary, Governor John W., chosen Governor of Kansas, 434
death of, 448 extract from the first message of, 435 extract from last message of, 438, 439 message of, relating to soldiers' or- phan schools, 443 message of, on an important veto, 446, 447 military career of, 434
re-election of, 433
retirement of, 447, 448
sketch of, 433, 434
use of veto power by, 446
views of, on constitutional defects, 452, 453 views of, on education, 443 nomination and election of, 433 his administration, 433-448
Geehr, Balzer, 19
Geiger, Henry, 19
Geological survey, beginning of work by the, 463 provisions for a, 463
George III, memoirs of, 21
Germantown, battle at, 52, 55
Gettysburg battlefield, monuments for the, 488 battle of, 404, 405 railroad, 289; cost of the, 305; inves- tigation relating to the, 305
Gibson, Chief Justice, 264
Gibson, John B., 221
Gilpin, Thomas, 47
Gill, John D., nomination of, 495
Girard bank, amendment to charter of, re- fused, 266, 267 commissioners to sell stock of, 247 methods of the, 250 Gloninger, John, 194 Gorsuch, Edward, 342
Government, alarm of, 170
authority, submission to a divided, 146 Bradford's advocacy of an independ- ent, 148 for America proposed, 15 loans to, 209 removal of the seat of, 157
Government scheme vetoed, 16 Governor and cabinet, consultation by the, 297
attitude of the, in the buckshot war, 297 chief adviser of the, 127 election of a new, So Mifflin, address of, 130 Governor's council, the last meeting of, 10,
II letters, character of the, 287 power, extension of, 222
Governorship campaign, an exciting, 514 campaign, a spirited, 183 election of 1894, the, 501 nomination for the, 213, 214
Grain, prices of, after the Revolution, 86 Grand council proposed, 15; proposed duties of, 15
Grant, General, renomination of, 447 Thomas, jr., 167
Gray, George, 20, 36, 39, 520 Graydon, William, 221
Gray's Ferry, British attacked at, 57 Great Britain, effects of peace treaty with. 78 grievances of colonists against, 13 strained relations with, 191, 192 Greeley, Horace, nomination of, 447
Greenback-Labor party, the, 475
Greene, Christopher, command of, at Fort Mercer, 57 Grubb, Curtis, 19, 56 Peter, 19 Grundy, Thomas H., nomination of, 501
Hale, Gen. Reubin C., 384 Hamilton, Andrew, 75 James, old age of, 28 William, 19 Hamiltonville, earthworks at, 199
Hancock, Gen. Winfield S., 410
Hanna, Robert, 8
Hanna's Town, jail opening at, 8
Hanway, Castner, 342, 343
Hard times, recovery from, 471
Harrisburg and Lancaster railroad, proposed loan to the, 276 constitutional convention at, 280 Democratic convention at, 258, 259 fortifications at, 404
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Harrisburg, great body of volunteers at, 397, 398 march to, in the buckshot war, 296, 297 military forces at, 404 proposed to locate the seat of govern- ment at, 157
removal of the seat of government to, 157 Harrison, Benjamin, jail breaking by, 8 George L., 443, 473 Mrs. Charles C., 520 Hart, Joseph, 19, 69
Hartley, Col. Thomas, march of to Sunbury, 65; retreat of, 66
Hartranft, Governor John F., election of, 447 military career of, 449-451 monument to, 466
. nomination of, 447 sketch of, 449-451 views of, on education, 464 views of, on good government, 455, 456
views of, on labor troubles, 462, 463 Hartranft's administration, 449-466
Hastings, Governor Daniel H., death of, 514 election of, 501
extract from inaugural address of, 503, 504 nomination of, 501 sketch of the life of, 502, 503 views of, on education, 512, 513
Hastings's and Stone's administrations, 502-522
Hawley, Charles I., nomination of, 501
Hazlehurst, Isaac, nomination of, 354
Hazleton, labor troubles in, 508
Henry, William, 56
Hereditary governors, the last, I-II Hicks, Gilbert, 60
Hiester, Governor Joseph, So election of, 221 nomination of, for Governor, 215 renomination of, 221 sketch of, 222, 223
Higbee, Dr. E. E., death of, 482, 494; sketch of life of, 494, 495
High schools, advocacy of, by Governor Hastings, 513
schools, establishment of, 340
570
High treason, persons attainted of, 60 Highway problem, the, 241
Highways, building of, by private and pub- lic means, 223, 224 improvement of the, 225, 226
Hillegas, Michael, appointment of, as treas- urer, 20; first treasurer, 36 . Hills, Stephen, premium to, 221 Hockley, Thomas, 19
Hoge, Jonathan, 36
Holland, Samuel, 8
Hollingshead, William, 36
Homestead, labor riots at, 498, 499
Hopkins, William, 291
House, organization of a double, 291
Houses, tax upon, 167 tile coverning on, 95
Houston, Robert J., nomination of, 483
Howard, Gen. Oliver O., 410
Howe, Admiral Lord, 57
Howe, General, emharkation of, 61; return of, to New York, 33; sailing of, from New York, 42
Howell, Samuel, 23
Howe's flect, in Elk river, 48
Hoyt, Governor Henry M., election of, 466 inaugural address of, 468 military career of, 467, 468
nomination of, 468 political review by, 475, 476 sketch of, 467, 468 views of, on finance, 468, 471
Huhley, John, 36 Hughes, Isaac, 36
Humphreys, Charles, 14; vote of, 27
Humphries, General, 412
Hunter, Samuel, 19, 20
Huntingdon county, formation of, 91; pop- ulation of, in 1790, 90
Hunt, John, 47
Hutchins, Nicholas, 342
Immigration, flow of, after the Revolution, 92
Impeachment proceedings, 178-180; failure of, 180
Impeachments, debate on, 282, 283 Imprisonment for debt, abolition of, 324 Independence, 12-41
a murmur of, 21
opposition to, in Pennsylvania, 21
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Independence square, meeting in, 199 the majority opposed to, 28
Indian treaty, 79
treaty at Easton, 35 treaty, commissioners at an, 35 war, danger of, 13 war, prospects of, 7, 8 Indians and Virginia, troubles of the, 136 attack upon, 66 complaints of, at Easton, 35 depredations of, 67 land purchase from, 79 peace with, 8 protection of the rights of, 131, 132 ravages of, in the Revolution, 63, 64 the thirteen fires of, 79
Industrial development, rapid, 435, 436
education commission, the, 486, 487 education commission, report of, 487 education, measures for the promo- tion of, 486, 487 statistics, 444
Ingersoll, Charles J., 280, 283 Jared, 75
Insane poor, asylum for the 339; neglected condition of the, 339
Insurrection, end of, 152
Insurrectionists, death of, 151 indictments against, 151 proclamation against, 143
Internal improvements, amount necessary to continue, 312
board of commissioners for, 236 condition of, in 1835, 243 continued confidence in, 239-241
corruption in, 238
cost of, 243 extension of, 262 Governor Porter's views on, 303, 304 heavy appropriations for, 238
importance of, 223-225
in politics, 288-290 legislative appropriations for, 276 promotion of, 127, 129
relation of banks to, 239
Ritner's loss of faith in, 277, 278 Ritner's recommendation on, 303 Senate consideration of, 261, 262 situation of, explained, 238 society for promoting, 233 statistics of, 306, 307
Internal improvements, stoppage of, 238 tolls on, 243 under Gov. Schulze, 231-241
Invasion law, expiration of the, 9 measures to repel, 398, 399
Iron Grey, the, 287
Irvine, James, 79;
lieut .- colonel, 21;
wounding of, 58 William, 144 Irwin, James gift of land by, 353
Jackson, Andrew, 376 William, 36 Jacobs, Jacob, 33
James, Abel, arrest of, 44 John, 44
Jay, John, 16 Jenkinson, Isaac, 167
Jenks, George A., nomination of, 514
Jervis, Charles, 47 Johnson, Ovid F., 287 Sir John, 64 Johnston, Francis, 20 George, 61
Johnston, Governor William Freame, first message of, 338 renomination of, 343
sketch of, 337 views of, on slavery, 341 election of, 336. 337
Johnstown flood, the, 491
flood. militiary supervision following the, 491 recovery of, after the flood, 491
Jones, John, 187 Owen, jr., 47 Judges, attempted impeachment of, 230 attempted to impeach, 215 Judicial districts, new apportionment of, 479 power, abuses of, 180 system, a foundation for the, 87 system, methods of amending the, I84 system, remedies for evils of, 181, 182 Judiciary, commendation for the, 253 Justice, administration of, after the Revo- lution, 87, 88 Justices, petition for impeachment of, 179
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Kachlein, Andrew, 19 Kane, Gen. Thomas L., 443
Kansas, clouds forming in, 354
Keagy, John M., 368
Keen, Reynold, 60
Keith, Sir William, 69
Kelso, General, 197 Keystone bank, failure of, the, 495 State, naming of the, 186 the, 287
King, destruction of authority of the, 23 of England, end of power of, 11 petition to the, on boundary ques- tion, 7 proclamation from the, 131 second petition to the, 21 Kirkbride, Joseph, 19
Kirkpatrick, Rev. David, 368
Kitchen cabinet, the, 281
Kittanning, town laid out at, 8
Kline, Henry, 342 Jacob, 169 Kuhl, Frederick, 31
Labor difficulties, a series of, 460, 463 riots in 1900, 516, 519 riots of 1877, the, 460-463 statistics, establishment of the, 444 strikes in 1897, 508 strikes under Governor Pattison, 498, 499
troubles, cost of, 498
troubles in Pittsburg, 460, 461
troubles in Scranton, 462
troubles, National Guard called out in the, 460-462 troubles, settlement of by arbitra- tion, 446
Lackawaxen, building at, 2
Lafayette, General, crossing of the Schuyl- kill by, 61 wounding of, 50
Lafayette's forces, attack upon, 61 Lancaster, bank in, 208 caucus at, 182 county, colonels from, 19
county, committee from, 13, 14
county, division of, 2 county, formation of, 91 .
county, population of, in 1790, 90 county, militia of, called out, 205
572
Lancaster, meeting of Associations at, 28 proposal to locate the seat of govern- ment in, 156, 157 removal of the seat of government to, 157 Land, condition of purchases of, 92 Lands, legislation concerning the public, 129, 130 offices for the sale of, 134 prices of, under Virginia authority, 135 purchase of on Lake Erie, 80 Landing day, celebration of, 474, 475 Last Hereditary Governors, the, I-II
Law forbidding creation of public debts, 345 importance of the common, 87, 88 the direct tax, 163 of 1792, the, 143 Laws, commission to revise, 492 mode of passage of, 32 passage of, for benefit of married wo- men, 228 passage of, for correction of evils, 140 relating to the poor, codification of, 492 Lawyers, early important, 75 League Island navy yard, establishment of, the, 402
Lebanon county, militia of called out, 205 John Penn's visit to, 96
Lee, Arthur, agent for Massachusetts, 22 Richard Henry, 20, 44 Lee's army crossing the Potomac, 406 army, entry of, into Pennsylvania,
406 army, inarch of, towards Gettysburg, 409 army, numerical strength of, 410, 411 army, retreat of, 419, 420 invasion of Pennsylvania, 403 Legislation, evils of special, 334, 335 reform in the character of, 348
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