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Legislative appropriations, necessity for re- ducing, 516
Legislature, action of, in the sale of public works, 347 arraignment of by Governor Pattison, 479 creation of State loans by the, 317
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Legislature, convening of, for relief to banks, 351 exciting assembling of the, 290, 291 financial remedy proposed by the, 318 petition to, for a constitutional con- vention, 113 Leib, Dr. Michael, 172 Lenox, David, 76 Lewis, Elijah, 342, 343 Robert, 19 William, 75
Lewistown, Demoeratie convention at, 259 politieal convention at, 221 Lexington, news of the battle of, 18
Liberal Republican party, the, 447
Liberty bell, sending of, to Bethlehem, 50
Lieense law, the high, 486
Lincoln, Abraham, election of, 363 deatlı of, 428, 429 development of opposition to, 383 passage of remains of, through the State, 429 first call of, for militia, 386
. Lloyd, David, 75 Loan system, end of, 313 Loans on mortgages, attempted taxation of, 228, 229 to the government, 209
Logan Guards, the, 387
Log-rolling, the system of, 347
Lollar, Robert, 36
Lord Dunmore, 6, 8 .
Lowdan, John, 36
Louer, Christian, 19 Loyalists, condition of, after the Revolution, 85, 86 efforts for relief of the, 85, 86 Luckey, George J., 486
Luzerne county, formation of, 91 eounty, labor troubles in, 462, 508 county, population of, in 1790, 90
MaeDowell, Thomas C., 444 Maelay, William, 65 Mac Veagh, Hon. Wayne, 492 Madison, President, confidential from, 193, 194 Magaw, Robert, 21
message
Magistrates, arrest of, by Connolly, 6, 134 Manual training sehools, establishment of, 487
Manufactures, charters for, 250 Market street bridge, removal of, 50 Markoc, Abraham, 18 Married persons, law in relation to, 333, 334 women, condition of, improved, 332, 333 Marsh, Joseph, 39 Marshall, Chief Justice, 63 Christopher, 56 Massachusetts, opposition of, to act of par- liament, 17 Massey, Samuel, 39 Matlack, Colonel, 31 Timothy, 19, 39, 105
MeAllister, Richard, 19
MeCahan, John J., 298
McCall, Major-Gen. George A., 390
MeClure, Col. A. K., eulogy of, on Gover- nor Curtin. 501 McCreery, Mrs. William, 520 McElver, Col. Thomas B., 291 MeHenry, Jamcs, 170
McKean, Governor Thomas, 18, 39 as soldier and offieer, 161 career of, in Congress, 161 Chief Justice, 144 extraet from message of, 181, 184, 185 first term of, 176, 177 judicial career of,/ 161
labor of, on the constitution, 161, 162 letter from, 162
libel suits by, 183 political support of, 177
popularity of, 172
position of, in the constitutional con- vention, 162 presentation of, for impeachment, 183 re-elcetion of, a vindieation, 178 sketch of, 159-162 sueeess of third term of, 185 the great chief justice, 87 third term of, 184 triumph of, over Snyder, 183 writ by, opposed, 48 MeKean's administration, 159-186
McKiley, President, day of prayer for, 521 death of, 520, 521
McLane, James, 113 MePherson, General, proclamation by, 170
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McPherson, Robert, 19
Meade, Gen. George G., command of the army by, 410 Meadville, rendezvous of troops at, 196, 197 Mease, James, 18, 23
Medical colleges, legal proceedings against, 471, 472 diplomas, sale of, 472
Meeting for Sufferings, papers of, exam- incd, 44 Men of prominence, 97-102
Meredith, Samuel, appointed brigadier-gen- eral, 39 William M., 280, 453
Meschianza, the, 61 Mexican war, the, 330 Pennsylvania troops in the, 330 rapid enlistments for the, 330 soldiers, monument to, 437
Middletown, canal from, authorized, 236 John Penn's visit to, 96
Mifflin county, formation of, 59, 91 population of, in 1790, 90
Mifflin, Governor Thomas, 14, 71, 79; aid- de-camp to Washington, 20
and Washington, differences between, 142, 143 clash of, with the government, 130, I3I
characteristics of, 97
credit to, 158
defeat of, 158
election of, to the Assembly, 20
election of, to the governorship, 127 nomination of, 122
popularity of, 123 proclamation by, 170 public life of, 123-126 quartermaster-general, 20 re-election of, 157 sketch of the career of, 123-126 Mifflin's administration, 122-158; judgment of, 158 Miles, Samuel, 19, 22
Military activity, a period of great, 392 arms, appraisement of, ordered, 43 camps, establishment of several, 206 department, act for reorganizing the, 384
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Military departments, establishment of new, 402
duty, number subject to, 380
force, influence of, among the Ger- nians, 171, 172
history, review of, by the Governor, 43I history, valuable contribution to, 488 loans, amount of, 392
measures, adoption of, 428
meetings, 33
organizations, the first to volunteer, 387 organizations, monuments to, 504 parade on Landing day, 474 service, exemption from taxation for, 437 statistics for 1862, 399, 400
system, lack of organization in, 379 use of, in enforcing the law, 142, 143 Militia, act for regulation of the, 185, 186 advance of, to Tioga, 66 calling out of, in the buckshot war, 295
calling out of, to suppress insurrec- tion, 140 dispatch of, to Easton, 66 efficient organization of the, 465, 466 emergency calls for, 403, 404, 405, 406
forces, of at beginning of war, 195 gathering of, at Northumberland, 65 march of, in the buckshot war, 296 numbers of, in 1872, 465
of the frontier, calling of the, 33 operations of, in labor troubles, 508 organization of the, 395 quota of, filled without draft, 195
regulations for calling out the, 143 report of, to the Governor, 297 system, imperfections in the, 196
Miller, William H., 492
Mills, Robert, premium to, 221 Mitchell, John, 520
Money, changes in, condemned, 266, 267 loans, attempted taxation of, 228, 220 the public, sent to Easton, 50
Monmouth, the battle of, 63 Monaghan, Hon. Robert E., 492 Monongahela, department of the, 402
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Montgomery county, formation of, 91
county, population of, in 1790, 90 Montgomery, John, 19, 20
Joseph, 78 William, 19 Moore, James, 19 Col. John, 36, 75 William, 36, 39, 76, 77 Morell, Daniel J., 456 Major-Gen. Isaac, 195, 199 Morris, Anthony James, 21 John, 39 Capt. Joseph, I
Robert, 20, 31, 36, 57, 123; purchase of Galloway's house by, 60; sketch of, 71, 72; vice-president, 23; vote of, 27 Samuel, 18 Samuel Cadwalader, 39 Samuel, jr., 20, 36, 39 Samuel, sr., 39
Morton, John, 14; vote of, 27
Moylan, Jasper, 75
Muhlenberg, Frederick A., 78, 79, 107, 123; letter from, 112
Henry A., nomination of, 259 Peter, 79, 182 Munitions, purchase of, 20
Myers, Lieut. Henry, 198
Napoleon, American relations with, 192 National affairs, alarming condition in, 364 banks, failure of, in Philadelphia, 495, 496 guard, called out to suppress labor trouble, 446
guard, efficient organization of the, 465, 466 guard, general orders to, 508, 51I guard, operations of, in labor riots, 498, 499, 519, 520 issues, formation of, 157
light infantry, the, 387 political affairs, condition of, 156 Native American party, riots by the, 323, 324
Nautical school ship, establishment of, 492 Navigation companies, charters for, 226 early efforts to improve, 95 improvement of, 232 of rivers, improvement of, 223
Navy Board, appointment of a, 39 Negroes, manumission of infant, 68 Ncilson, John, 264
Neville, Capt. John, dispatch of to Fort Pitt, 134 New Orleans, the battle of, 207
Newspaper influence in a political campaign, 287, 288
Newspapers, some early, 98
New York boundary, starting point of, 8 Nixon, John, 23
Non-intercourse act, repeal of the, 193
Normal schools, establishment of, 352
North and South, antagonism between, 378 and South, sectional feeling between, 360 Branch and Eric extension canals, 315 Northern Libertics, British forces in the, 57 Northampton county, committee from, 14 colonics from, 19 division of, 2 formation of, 91 population of, in 1790, 90
Northumberland county, colonels from, 19 committee from, 14 formation of, 2, 91
political convention at, 221 population of, in 1790, 90 Notes, issue of, for intcrest, 321 Nullification, Wolf's opposition to, 254
Oath of allegiance, orders to take an, 42 Officers and men, pay for, 19 Office-holding class, the, 259
Ohio river, convention for the improvement of the, 444
river, Governor Geary upon improve- ment of the, 445 river, memorial on the improvement of the, 444, 445 title to the headwaters of the, 31 Olmsted case, action of Gov. Snyder in the, 188, 191
Orlady, George B., election of, as judge, 503
Packer, Governor, William F., 288; election of, 354 extract from message of, 356, 357 last message of, 363, 366 nomination of, 354 prophetic letter from, 354-356
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Packer, Gov. William F., sketch of, 354 views of, on fugitive slave laws, 364
Paine, Thomas, 35, 105
Paleski, Charles, 232
Pan-American Exposition, exhibit of Penn- sylvania at the, 520 Paoli, massacre at, 51
Paper of instructions, adoption of, 13 money, flood of, issued, 211 money, heavy circulation of, 211, 212
Parker, E. W., 520
Parkinson's Ferry, arrival of troops at, 151
Parks, Benjamin, 287
Passmore, Thomas, 179
Patterson, Major-Gen. Robert, 296
Pattison, Governor Robert E., election of, 475 inaugural address of, 478, 479 last message of, 483 nomination of, 495, 521 reference to labor troubles, 499 second election of, 495
sketch of, 477, 478
subjects of inaugural address of, 495 views of, on liquor selling, 485, 486 visit of, to the orphan schools, 480, 48 1
Peace commission, representatives on the, 375
commissioners, 61 treaty, effects of the, 78
Pemberton, Israel, arrest of, 44, 47 James, 19; arrest of, 44 John, 43, 44
Penn brothers, ill-feeling between, 2, 3 Penn, John, arrest of Connolly by, 6; As- sembl called by, 8; departure of, I; dis- charge of, 43; journey of, 92-97; succes- sion of, 1, 3; signing of a parole by, 43; the elder, 77; the poet, 8; the younger, 77; warrant for, 42; weakness of charac- ter of, 28
Penn, Richard, 22; death of, 1; explanation by, 22: lieut .- governor, 2; marriage of, 2; second arrival of, 2
Penn, Thomas, 2; award to heirs of, 77; death of, 8
Penn, William, bi-centennial of the arrival of, 474. 475; effort to remove the remains of, 473, 474; gift of, 97; views of, on good government, 521
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Penn's council, 28 treaty with the Indians, 27 Pennsylvania and Delaware boundary com- mission, the, 592 and Maryland boundary, the, 133 and Virginia boundary, the, 40, 41, 72 as a pivotal State, in politics, 186 attitude of, towards slavery, 365
border war in, 26 call to arms in, 49
condition in, in 1861, 369, 370 congressmen, letter to, 72, 75 defensive measures in eastern, 33, 34 early attitude of, in the Revolution, 12, 13 flying camp, the, 33 frontier threatened by confederates, 397
invasion of, 49
John Penn's description of, 92, 97 patriotism of the people of, 372, 383
quota of, under the first call, 386 quota of, under the second call, 389
quota of volunteers of, 395 rank of, in industries, 444 Railroad company, sale to, 350
Reserves, the, 390
results of the panic of 1873 in, 459
rumors of invasion of, 423, 424 sacrifices of, in the Civil war, 379 share of, in the war of 1812, 206, . 207 Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the, 432 State college, the, 353
the second invasion of, 424
Yearly Meeting, action of on slavery, 83, 84 Penniman, Edward A., 298 F. B., 443
Pennington, Edward, 47
Pennypacker, Governor Samuel W., 501; election of, 521 nomination of, 521 sketch of the life of, 421
Penrose, Charles B., election of as speaker, 292 retreat of, from the Senate, 292, 295 Perry, Commodore, honors to, 204 victory of, 200-203
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Perry's fleet, vessels and commanders of, 202 flcet, building of, 201, 202 victory, summary of, 203 Petition, taking of, to England, 22 the olive branch, 22 to the King, on boundary question, 7 to the King, the second, 21 Pettit, Alfred C., nomination of, 475 Philadelphia, a foreigner's description of, 272 as a political center, 186 and Lancaster turnpike, the, 225 bar, prominent members of the, 75 British attempt to capture, 42 center of political action in, 156 County battalions, colonels of, 19
county committee from, 13 county, fraudulent returns from, 291 defense of, 33 defensive measures at, 39, 40 epidemic of yellow fever in, 153, 154 evacuation of, 61 fortification at, 33
gloom over loss of, 58
insurrectionists taken to, 151
march of militia from, 296
measures for defense of, 199
operations around, 50, 51
population statistics of, 90 possession of, taken by Cornwalls,
removal of seat of federal govern- ment from, 157
riots in, 323, 324 suffering of, from blockade, 200 troops, for defense of, 198
Pickering, Timothy, 78, 80, 89, 114 Pike, Thomas, 48
Pittsburgh boundary, rioting in, 6 canal from, authorized, 236 Indian encounters near, 7
insurrectionists taken to, 151
labor riots in, 460, 461 land office opened in, 7
meeting at, against excise tax, 141, 142 militia of, 5 new county to include, 5 population of, 137 2-37
Pittsburg, troops for protection of, 64 Virginia adherents in, 7 Pleasanton, Gen. Alfred, 410
Pleasants, Samuel, arrest of, 44, 47 Plunkett, William, 19
Politics, an interesting year in, 447 Political campaign of 1808 changes after the Revolution, 82 conditions in 1860, 363 campaign for governor, 495 change, cause of a, 221, 222 change, the eve of a momentous, 83 contest, a bitter, 163 events, an era of, 176 forces, first appearance of, 175
history, Pennsylvania in, 186 manipulation, 181, 182
offices, struggle for, 163 parties, development of, 175, 176 parties, formation of new, 117 parties of 1790, 122
party, formation of a new, 182 sentiment, division in, 383, 384 situation, revolution in the, 475 Politics, relation of, to internal improve- ments, 305, 306
strengthening of party lines in, 155, 156 Pollock, Governor James, congratulations by, 350, 351 declination of, 353 election of, 348, 349 sale of public works under, 350, 351 sketch of, 349, 350 views of, on education, 352 Popular sovereignty, Gov. Packer's belief in, 359, 360 Population, increase of, 185 statistics of, in 1790, 90
Porter, Governor David R., election of, 290 election of promulgated, 299 extracts from first message of, 306 extracts from message of, 307, 320, 321 financial recommendations of, 318, 319
first message of, 300 loss of zeal of, regarding improve- ments, 306 message of, to the Senate, 328 nomination of, 281
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Porter, Gov. David R., recommendations of, refused, 302
re-election of, 321 sketch of, 300 threats against, 290 veto of banking bill by, 319 views of, on public transportation, 315, 316 Porter's administration, 1839-1845, 300-328 administration, a reform during, 324, 327 administration, commendation of, 328 administration, stormy character of, 328 Porter, James M., 280 Robert, 230 Thomas, 19
Potter, Gen. James, 77
James, 10; appointed brigadier-gen- eral, 39 William W., 368 Potts, John, 60 Thomas, 19, 36
Praetorius, George O., 487
President-General, 15
President, proclamation by the, 142, 170, 193
proclamation of, against insurrection, 143
Press, regulation of, 119
Princeton, attack upon, 34
Privateering in the war of 1812, 198
Proctor, John, 19, 36 Thomas, 70 Progress, era of, begun, 153
Proprietary authority, the death blow to, II family, deprivation of lordship of the, 76, 77 manors saved to the, 77
Prosperity, general, after the war, 435, 436 Protective tariff, a, 337, 338
Protests sent to Congress, II
Provincial light horse, raising of, 60
Public debt, amount of the, 300; payment of, urged, 347 charities, organization of board of, 443 funds, amount of, in the treasury, 483 improvements, amount necessary to continue, 312 578
Public improvements, benefits from, 129 improvements, evils of the system of, 226
improvements, failure of, to pay pro- fits, 314
improvements, importance of, 223-225 improvements, opposition to State control of, 128 improvements, progress of, 185 improvements, work necessary to
complete, 312 lands, legislation regarding, 129, 130 offices, award of, to Republicans, 164 offices, strife for, 163, 164
schools, act regarding, 339, 340 schools, important legislation for, 348 schools, Wolf's advocacy of, 254, 255 works, authorization of sale of, 322 works, committee's views on, 323 works, condition of, under Bigler, 345 works, end of State participation in, 358 works, giving away of parts of, 322 works, reduction of price of, 322 works, salc of, proposed by Bigler, 347
Putnam, General, at Philadelphia, 33
Quakers and tories, discharge of, 48 and torics, return of to Philadelphia, 48 arrest of, 44, 45 attitude of, 43, 44 conviction of, 67 execution of, 68
hearing of, denied, 45 opposition of, to bloodshed, 21 loss of political influence of the, 83 petition for pardon of, 67 sending of into exile, 47, 48 Quebec requested to join the colonies, 17, 18
Railroad from Harrisburg to Pittsburg, com- pletion of the, 348
Gettysburg, the, 289 project for, across the Alleghanies, 238 construction, by the State, 238 Railroads and canal, proposed sale of, 316 consolidation of, prevented, 497, 498
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Railroads, constitutional provision enforced against, 482 diseriminations by the, 472 charters for, 250 destruction of by Lee, 407 provision for State ownership of, 250
Rankin, James, of York eounty, 60
Read, A. H., views of, on State finance, 310, 311 Reading, John Penn's opinion of, 95 labor riots in, 461 Red Bank, attack upon, 57
Redick, David, 79
Reed, Alexander, 344 Collingson, 167
Joseph, 22, 23, 50, 57, 69, 71, 75, 77, 106, III; adjutant-general, 20; ap- pointinent of, as chief justice, 39 William, organization of the militia by, 195 Reeder, Howard J., eleetion of, as judge, 503
Reign of terror, the, 164
Reiley, Richard, 20
Release of prisoners, 170
Republican Argus, the, 183 court, the, 79 party, division in, 475 society, the, 106 Republicans in favor of a new constitution, II7
the, in power, 164
Reserve volunteer corps, act for organiza- tion of the, 389, 390
Restoration of order in Western Pennsyl- vania, 145, 146 Revenue, sources of, after the Revolution, 155
Revolution, a retrospect of the, 81, 82 effects of the, 82
Revolutionary campaigns in Pennsylvania, the, 42-70 party, reason for defeat of the, 82, 83 struggle, early events of, 9 Reynolds, Brig .- General John F., 398; at Gettysburg, 410 Rhodes, Samuel, 14 Rice, Charles E., eleetion of as judge, 503 Richmond, the fall of, 428
Rights of property, extension of, to inarried woinen, 332, 333 2-37-a
Ringgold Light artillery, the, 387 Riot, casualties in the Philadelphia, 342 the fugitive slave, 342
Riots, killing of men in, 498 .
Ritchie, Robert, 39
Ritner, Governor Joseph, 289 action of, explained, 276 election of, 259 extraets from message of, 271, 272, 277 financial views of, 267, 268
issue of circular to friends of, 299
letter from, to President Van Buren, 298 nomination of, 259 renomination of, 287
sketch of, 261 views of, on speculation, 268, 271
Ritner's administration, 258-278
Rittenhouse, David, 6, 8, 14, 31, 39, 56, 72; made treasurer, 36; sketch of, 101, 102
River, completion of opening of the, 58
Rives, William C., 375
Roberdeau, Daniel, 18, 20, 36, 57; brigadier- general, 28
Roberts, John, conviction of, 67; execution of, 68
Robertson, Jolın R., 375
Ross, Capt. Charles, 199
Ross, George, 14, 19, 20, 31, 80; characteris- tics of, 98; inajorities for, 187 James, candidacy of, 163
Rothrock, Dr. J. T., 487, 500 Rush, Dr. Benjamin, 31, 58, 114 Capt. Lewis, 198 James, 123 Rutledge, Edward, 16 Rynder, T. P., nomination of, 495
Sale of State stocks, reasons for, 310 Saltpetre, offers for, 20 Schaeffer, N. C., 486
Schlosser, George, 31 Schmyser, Michael, 167 School, condition of the, 340 department, organization of an inde- pendent, 352 law, 255 law, efforts for repeal of, 256 system, opposition to, 255, 256 systein, Wolf's influenee for, 256
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School system, growth of the, 340 system, growth of, under Governor Geary, 439, 443 tax, amount of, 340
Schools, appropriations for the, 515, 516 constitutional reference to thic, 88-90 development of, 412-414 effects of the Revolution upon, 88 establishment of high, 340 establishment of manual training, 487 expenditures for, 439
. progress of, during Hartranft's ad- ministration, 464, 465
promotion of, under Gov. Packer, 358, 359
scientific, measures for establishing, 486, 487
Schuylkill county, militia of, called out, 205 river, proposcd improvement of, 232 Scott, Thomas, 8
Scranton, labor troubles in, 462
Seat of government, proposed removal of, 156
Secession, beginning of, 363 Governor Packer's views on, 364
Sedition law, the, 163
Seddon, James A., 375
Sedgwick, Gen. John, 410
Senate, conditions in the, under Ritner, 260, 261 opposition to war in the, 194 organization of the, 299 seats in, contested, 292 struggle in the, 292-295 Senators, method of clecting, 118
Senecas, destruction of their country, 70 Sergeant, John, 280 Jonathan Dickinson, 56, 75
Settlement in the western region, 136 progress of, 176, 207 Shaler, Charles, 264
Shawanees, ill-feeling among, 7 Shee, John, 21 Shenandoah, labor troubles at, 516, 519 Shepard, Major-General Edward M., 384 Shippen, Edward, jr., 10 Justice, 179, 180 Shoemaker, Samuel, 60
Shoholy, building-at, 2
Schulze, Governor Jolin Andrew, assembly convened by, 238
580
Schulze, Gov. John Andrew, election of, by great majority, 237
renomination of, 237 sketch of, 231
Shulze's and Wolf's administrations, 231-257 Shunk, Governor Francis Raun, 264; death of, 336
clection of, 329, 330 re-election of, 335 resignation of, 335, 336
sketch of, 339 views of, on corporate development, 331, 332 views of, on divorce, 334
Shunk's and Johnston's administrations, 329- 343
Shunk, William F., 500
Shutz, General, 199
Sickles, Gen. Daniel E., 410; wounding of, 412
Singerly, William M., nomination of, 501 Sinking fund, establishinent of a, 340, 341 Six Nations, attitude of, in the Revolution, 63 Slave hunters, a party of, 342 Slavery, abolition of, 272, 273
abolition of, among the Quakers, 84, 85 act for gradual abolition of, 77
extension, legislative action on, 272- 274 incident relating to, 130, 131 .
opposition of Gov. Snyder to, 213
Quakers opposition to, 83-88 views of Gov. Packer on, 360
Slaves, number of, in 1790, 90 tax upon, 167
Slocum, Gen. Henry W., 410
Slough, Matthias, 19 Smith, James, 19, 31, 56 James, of Yorktown, 57
James, the signer, 33 Jonathan, Bayard, 36, 56, 57
Justice, 179, 180
Peter P. election of as judge, 503
Provost Rev. Dr. William, 10 Samuel, command of, at Fort Mifflin, 57 William, Drewct, 47
Snyder, Governor Simon, 80; action of, concerning banks, 210, 21I
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Snyder, Governor. Simon, call to arms by, 205 commendation of, 212, 213 extract from message of, 196
military energy urged by, 205, 206 opposition of, to slavery, 213 order for draft by, 195 re-election of, 191 sketch of, 187, 188
Snyder's administration, 187-215
Society for promoting the abolition of slav- ery, the, 91
for the improvement of roads and canals, the, 127, 128 Soldiers' national cemetery, establishment of the, 420, 421 orphan schools, abuses in, 480, 481; establishment of, 432; investigation of, 480-482
South and North, antagonism between, 378 South Carolina, seeession of, 363
Spalding, Bishop J. L., 520
Spanish-American war, part taken in by the National guard, 508, 511-512 Pennsylvania in the, 508 second call for troops for the, 511 volunteers for the, 511
Sparks, Colonel, 199
Sparktown Yearly Meeting, 44
Special legislation, evils of, 334, 335
Special legislation, evils of, under Governor Bigler, 347, 348 Specie, export of, stopped, 209 payment, resumption of, considered, 320 payments, suspension of, advised, 274 Speculation, Gov. Ritner's views on, 268, 271
promotion of, by the banks, 272 spread of, 317 the fever of, 251, 252
Speculative period, a, 266, 268-272 Spering, General, 199 Spring Garden national bank, failure of the, 495 Sprole, Rev. W. T., 264
Squatter sovereignty in Indian domain, 132 State aid, Governor Hiester's advocacy of, 326, 327 and banking institutions, separation of urged, 311, 312 a new, projected, 135
State apportionment, basis of, 266
authorities, committee appointed by the, 296
bank, charter granted for, 262, 263 bankruptcy threatened, 312
banks, limitation of powers of the, 463, 464 bank, vote on charter for the, 263 capitol, building of, begun, 220, 221 capitol, commission to build the, 221 college, foundations of the, 352, 353 credit, effects of indebtedness on the, 305 credit, solicitude for the, 308, 309 credit, efforts to preserve the, 312, 313
debt, amount of the, 322
debt, reduction of, 437, 471, 482, 483 economic conditions in, under Shunk, 330
expenditures, increase in, 238 finances, bad condition of the, 312-314 finances, condition of, in 1862, 392 financial situation at the close of the war, 429, 430 floating debt, amount of, 515
forestry reservations, act to secure, 503, 504 general invasion of, feared, 402
general progress in the, 185
general prosperity of, 435 government, harmony in the, 372
government, hostility to, 145 growth, progress of, 176
guarantee of interest payments by the, 252, 253
inability to pay interest by the, 321 indebtedness of, in 1860, 370 indebtedness in 1790, 154, 155 invasion of, by Lee, 403
library, appropriation for building of the, 500 material resources of the, 337 military commotion in the, 406 military conditions of the, in 1861, 380
normal schools, establishment of, 352 notes, amount of issue of, 322 population of in 1861, 369 preparations for defense against Lee, 402
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State prosperity, return of, 471
public debt of the, December, 1861, 401; 1862, 401 public improvements, 128
public works, proposed sale of, 310, 3II railroad construction, 238 re-apportionment, efforts for, 479
records, measures for publication of, 338, 339 requisition on the, for Reserve corps, 390
resumption of payments by the, 321 rights, believers in, 164
stocks, decline of, 312 stocks, proposed sale of, 310 stocks, unsalable condition of, 318 St. Clair, Arthur, 5, 21, 39, 79; nomination of, 122, 123
Stevens, Thaddeus, 264, 280, 285, 287, 289, 291; speech of, on education, 257
Stewart, Capt. Charles, 207 John, nomination of, 475
Lazarus, 64; appearance of at Wyom- ing, I Stone, Governor William A., election of, 514 financial remarks in the inaugural ad- dress of, 515-516 nomination of, 514 sketch of the life of, 514, 515 Strikes, a scrics of, 460-463
Stroud, Jacob, 19 Stuart's raid to Chambersburg, 396 Sullivan's expedition, 69, 70 forces, defeat of, 49
Summers, George W., 375
Superior Court, organization of the, 503
Supreme court justices, attempted impeachı- ment of, 179
court, publication of reports of, 253 Executive Council, 32; end of the, 122; first meeting of the, 36, 39; on the committee of safety, 56; officers of the, 32; presidents of, 71; proclamation by, 49; recom- mendation to, 44; resumption of meetings by, 62
Suspension of specie payment, 274, 275; Ritner's views on, 274, 275
582
Susquehanna, department of the, 402, 403 river, proposed improvement of the, 232 Sutherland, Dr. J. B., 199
Swallow, Silas C., nomination of, 514 Swoope, Michael, 20
Sykcs, Gen. George, 410
Tannehill, Major-Gen. Adamson, 195, 207 Tapeworm, the, 289
Tariff of 1846, the, 338
Tax, amount of the personal property, 496 collectors, 167 collection, difficulty of, 168 collection, opponents of, taken pris- oners, 169 Taxation, articles under, 308 as the last expedient, 307
exemption from, of orphans' school funds, 437, 438
exemption from, on real estate sales, 438 exemption from, on sales of loans, 437
exemption from, on shares of stock, 438 exemption of capital stock from, 438 exemption from, of real estate for State purposes, 437
exemption of real estate mortgage from, 438
exemption of salaries, trades, etc., from, 438 Governor Porter's defense of, 308
opposition to collection of, 168-170
reduction of, 438, 439
relief from, 438
system of, proposed, 242 troubles, militia called out in the, 170
Taxes, amount of, collected, 332 difficulty in collection of, 308, 309 imposition of, for additional revenue, 307, 308 law, failure of the, 314 on whiskey, 139, 140 on real and personal property, repeal of the, 262 Taylor, Bayard, death of, 466 George, 19, 22, 31, 35, 36
Telegraph, the, 287 Temperance, measures for promotion of, 485
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Tenth regiment, departure of, for Manila, 5II Test oath act, repeal of the, 83; adoption of a, 149 Thomas, Richard, 19
Thompson, Colonel, 199 William, 19, 20, 22
Tilghman, Edward, 75 James, 10 William, 191
Tioga, burning of, 66 Todd, James, 287
Tories, measures against, 56
measures for capture of, 43 number of, in Philadelphia, 27 status of, after the Revolution, 85, 86 Tory exiles, 47, 48
Townsend, Washington, 487
Trade, a shoek to, 266
Traitors, acquittal of suspected, 75
Transportation facilities, need of, 129 route of, from Philadelphia to Pitts- burg, 185 Treaty of Ghent, the, 207
Treaty of peace, effects of the, 78
Treason, persons ordered to trial for, 61
Trenton, the battle of, 34
Troops, attack on, in Baltimore, 387, 388 call for, to repel invasion, 403 departure of, for Washington, 390 for the Spanish-American war, effi- eieney of the, 511, 512 order of, to protect Delaware, 198 raising of, 21 rapid volunteering of, 386, 387 request for raising of, 20, 21 requisitions for, 399 Trumbull, Gov. Jonathan, 5 Tyler, John, 375
Union victory, day of thanksgiving for, 428 United States and Franee, troubles between, 167 bank, removal of deposits from, 266; efforts for new charter for, 208; end of the, 208; renewal of eharter of the, 254; State eharter for, 266, 267; war on the, 262 neutrality of the, 192 University of the State of Pennsylvania, the, 76; support of the, 76
Van Rensselaer, General, 207 Vernon, Nathaniel, 60 Virginia, action of, on boundary question, 133-135 adherents, inerease of, 7 and Pennsylvania boundary, the, 40, 41 and the Indians, troubles between, 136 boundary difficulty, 5-8 boundary fixed, 75 disputed region in, recovered by the Penns, 9 Volunteer enlistments, a new plan for
securing, 395 militia, discharge of, 398 militia, service of in Maryland, 398 organizations, control of by the gov- ernor, 390 Volunteering, delay in, 404 Volunteers, acknowledgment of heroism of, by Congress, 388 assembling of, to repel invasion, 404 bounties for, 395, 396 calls for, in 1861, 391 eall for, in 1862, 392 departure of, 387 exemption from taxation of, 437 in camps, 391 independent regiments of, 390 number of, demanded in 1864, 423 number in service, January, 1862, 391 number of, in January, 1863, 399 number supplied in 1865, 428 organization of, at Pittsburg, 330 persistent recruiting of, 428 requisitions for, 390 seeond eall for, 389 sent out in 1862, 391, 392 short term service, 404 total number of, down to 1863, 400 Vote on independence, the casting, 27
Wagner, Gen. Louis, 482 Walker, Hon. John H., 453 Walton, George, 35 War, appropriation for, 379 beginning of the Civil, 378 claims, aet for adjudication of, 436, 437 danger of an Indian, 13 583
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War, declaration of, 194
effects of on commerce, 194 expenditures, revenues for, 207 for independence, effects of, 27 lack of preparation for, 377, 378 meetings, holding of, 379 of 1812, closing scenes of the, 204- 207; conduct of Pennsylvania sol- diers in the, 196, 197; effects of the, 207, 208; preparations for, 192, 197; opposition to, in New Eng- land, 194 period, the end of the, 433
popular feeling in favor of, 194, 195 proelamation of, 380
with England, Federal opposition to, 192 Washington artillery, the, 387 Washington city, arrival of volunteers at, 388 capture and pillage of, 205 capture of, 199 Pennsylvania troops at, 386, 387
Washington county, formation of, 91 population of, in 1790, 90 Washington General aide-de-camp of 20 and Mifflin, differences between, 142, 143 at Carlisle 150 complaints against 58, 59 consultation with, on military affairs, 59 criticism of, 151 crossing from Trenton, 33
crossing of the Schuylkill by, 51
letter from, 20, 62 loss of confidence in, 58
retreat of, 33 troops called out by, 150
Washington's administration, national issues during, 157
army, advance of, 50 army at Red Clay creek, 49 army, march of, on Germantown, 52 army, retirement of, 55 forees, attack on, at White Marsh, 58 forces, approach of, to Philadelphia, 52 Waterway west from the Susquehanna, 236 Waterways, improvement of, 223' Watkins, Thomas HI., 520
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Watson, Major-General, 206 Wayne, Anthony, 20, 21, 79; victory of, over the Indians, 153 Weistling, Col. George B., 487
Western bank, sale of stock of, 248, 249 Western Pennsylvania, action for removal of settlers from, 132 boundary of, 5-8 cession of Indian rights in, 132, 133 character of settlers in, 137
fear of settlers in, 7
invasions of, 136 population of, 137 progress in, 153 restriction of order in, 145, 146
settlement in, 131 Westmoreland, attack upon, 136 formation of town of, 5
Westmoreland county, eolonels from, 19 committee from, 14 formation of, 2, 91 labor riot in, 498 population of, in 1790, 90
Wharton, Thomas, 71
Thomas, jr., 20, 31, 36; death of, 62; views of, 39 Thomas, sr., arrest of, 44
Wheeler, Israel, 167
Whigs and Anti-Masons, members in the House, 260
Whiskey insurrection, cost of the, 152; end of, 152; the, 139 White, Robert, 20 William, 28
Whitehill, Robert, 56
Wickham, John J., election of as judge, 503 Wiekersham, James P., 439; report of, as school superintendent, 439, 440 Wileocks, Alexander, 23
Wilkes-Barre, gathering of troops at, 69 Willard, Edward N., election of as judge, 503 Willing, Thomas, 20, 22; vote of, 27 Wilmington, camp near, 198 Wilmot, David, nomination of, 354 Wilson, Gen. John M., 520
James, 19, 25, 87, 123, 164; attack on the house of, 75, 76; characteristics of, 97, 98; prominence of, 119; sketch of, 119, 120; the signer, 75 Matthew, hotel of, 292
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Winchester, Va., Quakers and tories sent to, 48 Wolf, Charles F., nomination of, 483 Wolf, Governor George, causes of defeat of, 258, 259 death of, 257 effects of the defcat of, 289 extracts from message of, 242, 243 problems of the administration of, 243 re-election of, 254 re-nomination of, 259 sentiments of message of, 250, 251
Women, condition of married, 332 laws to protect married, 332 rights of married, 228 World's Columbian Exhibition, appropria- tion for, 499; Pennsylvania at the, 499 Wright, Hon. Carroll D., 520 William R., appointment of, 496 Wright's Ferry, proposal to locate the seat of government at, 157 Wrightsville, seizure of, by the Confeder- ates, 406
Wyalusing, Indian engagement at, 66 Wynkoop, Colonel, 330
Henry, 20
Wyoming and vicinity, decision of title to, 78 attack upon, I massacre at, 64, 65 refugees from, 65 relief for, 67 retaliation for massacre of, 65, 66 surrender of, 2
Yeates, Justice, 179, 180 Yellow fever, epidemic of, 153, 154 York, Confederate troops at, 406 York county, colonels fromn, 19 committee from, 14 formation of, 91 militia called out, 205 population of in 1790, 90 Young, Dr. Thomas, 105
Zantenzenger, Paul, 167
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