Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903, Volume Two, Part 40

Author: Jenkins, Howard Malcolm, 1842-1902; Pennsylvania Historical Publishing Association. 4n
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Pennsylvania Historical Pub. Association
Number of Pages: 650


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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


Index


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


573


Index


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


574


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


Index


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


575


Index


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


576


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


Index


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


577


Index


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


Index


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


579


Index


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


Index


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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Index


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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