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265
Griswold, Roger . . . 96, 97, 139
satirized in "Battle of the
Wooden Sword" . 97-10I
Groff, Martin
329
Gross, Dr. Samuel D.,
169, 190, 205, 315
Grout, Jonathan
179
H -- st, Nicholas
243
Haddonfield, Wayne at
23
Hagerstown, Md., in the war of
the Rebellion
385
Haldeman, John
247
Nicholas
247
Hall - of Conn.
. 220
Halleck, Gen. Henry W., U. S. A. . . . 395, 396, 398, 399 Haller, Major Granville O., U.
S. A., at Gettysburg . . 385, 393
Hallowell, John .
. 120
Halman, Anthony
246
Hamilton, Alexander
95,286
Andrew
82, 83, 248
James
83
Hancock, Gen. Winfield S., U. S.
A. . . 188, 190,375
at Gettysburg
.376
Hanover, Pa.
254, 314
Harcourt, Col. William, Earl . 277 Hare, John Innes Clark
120, 121, 125, 190
Harleysville, Pa.
. 254
Harmar, William
. 229
Harmer, Col. Josiah
.
. 29, 63, 69
115, 134, 164
Harrisburg . 388, 391, 395, 403, 4º5
Harrison, Benjamin
. . 113, 194
Mrs. Benjamin
. 112, 113
Charles C.
. 408, 425
Hartford convention
. 185
Hartranft, Gen. John F.
204, 314, 375, 454
Harvard University's claim to
antiquity
430, 431
Hawaii
. 382
Hay, -, of Pennsylvania, at
Stony Point
220
Hayne, Robert Y., Webster's
reply to .
. 377
Hays, Brig. Gen. Henry T., C.
S. A., at Gettysburg
400, 401, 402, 405
Hayti
161
Hartley, Col. -
-, at Sunbury . 27
Heath, Gen. William
210
Heckewelder, John, missionary 205, 316
Heckler, James Y.
.
252
Heffelfinger, Ulrich
. 247
Heijt, Hans Joest .
. 132, 147, 248
Heilman, Antonius
.
. 240
Heintzelman, Gen. Samuel P.
188, 204,375
Hemphill, Joseph
. 119
470
INDEX
Hendricks, Gerhard, protests
against slavery
910
Hendrickson, Capt. Cornelis, sails
up the Delaware river
. 310
Hengist, Horsa and Cerdic
129
Henry, Patrick
163
Hermits of the Wissahickon 319-326 Recovery of the Hymn-book
of the 322 Hesse, Anna Maria, Countess of 250 Hessians . 265, 266, 268, 271, 277 Heth, Capt. 67
Hewitt, Luther E.
81
Hicks, Nicholas
247
Hiester, Gov. Joseph
314
Highlands of the Hudson, Stony
Point the gateway of the . . 30 High Water Mark of the British Invasion of America . . 257-279 Hill, Richard . 227
Hillegas, Michael, first conti-
nental treasurer . 312
Hilltown, near Gettysburg
. 400
Historical Magazine
84
Historical Society of Pennsylva- nia. See Pennsylvania Hoffen, Edward In de . . . . 247 Gerhard In de . 231, 247, 252
Herman In de . . . 231, 252
Hofmann, Col. J. William, of the 56th Pennsylvania regiment, at Gettysburg . . . 204, 376 Hoke, Brig. Gen. Robert F., C. S. A., at Gettysburg . 400 Holliday, Josiah 9 Hopkinson's Works . 417
Hooker, Gen. Joseph, at Chan-
cellorsville .
47
Hopkinson, Francis
416
Thomas
439
Hortensius's "Histoire des Ana-
baptistes "
. 199
" House of Wisdom in a Bustle,"
a satire on congress . 88, 89, 96 Howe, Sir William . 1, 12, 13, 15 147, 258, 264, 265, 269 272, 275, 278
at Germantown .
19
at Chad's ford
258
in Philadelphia (Sixth and
Chestnut )
23, 164
Hubley, Col. Bernard
135
Hudson river
209, 210
Military importance of 209, 210
Hughes, John
5
Hughes, Capt. (British)
58
" Hugh Wynne"
14
Huling, Marcus .
248
Humphreys, Gen. Andrew A. 188, 190, 375
at Gettysburg
376
Humpton, Col. Richard
75
Hutchinson, James, trustee of
the University
448
Hymn, " Weil die Wolcken-
Seul aufbricht," caused
the quarrel between Con-
rad Beissel and Christo-
pher Saur .
. 330
The German text and Gov.
Pennypacker's English
translation
· 337-342
471
INDEX
Hymn by Johann Gottfried Seelig 324-326
Hymn-book of the Hermits of the
Wissahickon
319-326
Its recovery
· 322
Kelpius's contributions
. 322
Koster's contributions
· 322
Seelig's contributions .
. 323
Its present location and own-
ership
.
323
Translation of one of the
hymns
.
324-326
Hymn-book, The " Zionitischer
Weyrauch's Hügel" . . 328-363 Saur speaks of his work on it 343
Hunsicker, Valentin
. 243
Hunter, Gen. - , (British) . 19
Hunterstown road, near Gettys-
burg
. 391, 393, 402, 405
Illinois, State of .
72
Ills of Pennsylvania
172
Immigration, German
. 195-207
Immigrants, Dutch and German . 228
In de Hoffen. See Hoffen
Independence Hall .
. 82, 156
Etting's History of 81
Indiana, State of
73
Indians, Cherokee and Creek, in
the Revolution . 53, 55, 61
Choctaw
55
Delaware
248
Flatfeet
248
Moravian
132
Shawanese
248
Indian school at Carlisle
132
Indians of the west . 63-73, 134, 135 Wayne's campaign against
the . 63-73, 134-138, 214
in the western campaign
friendly
66
in eastern Pennsylvania in
1728, trouble with the
243-249
at Fort Necessity
.
.
. 151
and their relations to Penn-
sylvania .
316
Infantry, 26th Pennsylvania
Emergency
384-407
Ingersoll, Jared .
119
Irvine, Col., in Canada
7
Irvine's Pennsylvania regiment at
Monmouth
25
Jabez, Brother. Peter Miller,
prior of the Ephrata cloister
335,344
Jackson, Andrew
. 382
Jacob, Richard .
. 243, 247
Jacobs, Benjamin, member of the
committee of safety . 5, 231
Elizabeth, sister of John, Israel, Joseph and Ben- jamin . 231
Hannah (Mrs. David Rit-
tenhouse), sister of Eliz-
abeth
231
Israel, M. C. from Penn- sylvania . 5,231 John, immigrant 231, 243, 246 John, speaker of the Penn- sylvania assembly . . . 231 J. Howard, at Gettysburg . 393
472
INDEX
Jacobs, Joseph, great grandson of
John . 231
James island, Va.
50
river, Va ..
46, 50, 78
Jansen, Claus . 231, 235, 239, 247, 252
Klas
243
Peter
243
Jay, John. His opinion of Wayne
35,223
Jay's treaty .
107, 115, 165
Jefferson, Thomas . . 93, 104, 125
Vice president of the U. S.
108, 109, 110, 111, 112
and the Louisiana purchase
140, 141
His opinion of David Rit-
tenhouse
312
College
.
284
Jenkins, Judge Theodore Finley . 12I
Gen. Albert G., C. S. A.,
at Gettysburg .
. 403
Jennings, Col. W.W., at Gettys-
burg .
. 390, 391, 404
His official report quoted . 406
Jephune, Brother. Samuel Eck- erlin, of the Ephrata cloister
345,350
Johnson, Col. Henry, British
Commander at Stony Point . 34, 208, 213,221, 222
John
247
Peter .
247
Jones, Dr. .
28
Gen. William E., C. S. A.,
at Gettysburg .
.
384, 400
Joel
. 120
Jordan, John W.
81
Journal of Law, The .
. 414
Jumonville, N. Coulon de . 150, 152
Kalb, Baron Johann de . . 259-260 Kassel, Huppert or Hupert 243, 246 Keble, John .414
Keimer, Samuel, printer
436
Keiter, John, of Skippack
. 275
Keith, George
435
Kelpius .
. 321
Manuscript in handwriting of 319 His " Scylla Theologica "
320, 321
His contributions to the
Hymnbook of the Hermits
of the Wissahickon . 322, 323
Kensington, Philadelphia
.
. 190
Kentucky .
114, 133
placed Daniel Boone's statue
in the Capitol
131
Filson's History of
I32
riflemen .
224
troops in western campaign 70
Key, The, early magazine
97
Keystone state
143
Kimberton road
263
Kingsessing
203
King's ferry, on the Hudson
210
Kittanning, Indian battle at
14
Klein, John Isaac
246
Kleinfelter, Capt. F., at Gettys-
burg
392
Knox, Gen. Henry, secretary of
war . 65, 68, 69, 78, 105, 136
INDEX
473
Knox, Lieut. -- , of Pennsyl-
vania
218, 220, 221
Knyphausen, Gen. Wilhelm von
(Hessian) . . 15, 265, 266
Kolb, Dielman
.
. . 246
Henry
. 235, 239, 243, 247
Jacob . . 232, 235, 239, 241
243, 247, 255
Johannes
232, 252
Martin
. 232, 235, 239
243, 246
Koplin's, Matthias, gift to the
Pennsylvania Hospital
.313
Koster, Henry Bernhard
.
.311
His contributions to the
Hymn-book of the Her- mits of the Wissahickon
322, 323
Kratz, Johann Valentine
.
247
Krause, Michael
. 247
Krey, Jan or John
231, 252
Kriebel, -
321
Kriegsheim, Germany
228
Kroll, Christian .
247
Kunders, Thones, of German-
town 201, 205
Kuster, Hermannus
. 232, 235
239, 243, 247
Kuster, Johannes
231
Paul
203
Peter
232
Peter, of Saardam
204
Lafayette . 24, 43, 46, 47, 50, 78 His opinion of Wayne .
. 36 commends Wayne 48
Lafayette commends the Pennsyl-
vania Line
48
Lake Erie
149
Lancaster, Pa., John Galt's de- scription of 31I
Printing in
. 314
Lancaster county, Pa., the richest agricultural county in the U. S. 314 Lane, Edward . . 229, 267, 273
William
. 246
Langfeldt, Charles, Trial of
.122
Law Association of Philadelphia . 1 22
Lea, Henry Charles .
. 169, 190
Lee, Gen. Charles
74
at Monmouth .
. 24, 25, 47
His opinion of Wayne . 36, 223 Lee, Gen. Fitz Hugh, C.S. A. . 379 Lee, Col. Henry (Light Horse
Harry), praises Wayne . 48
praises the Pennsylvania Line
48
at Stony Point
215
Lee, Gen. Robert E., at Gettys-
burg . 378, 385, 389, 395, 396 397, 399, 403, 404, 405
Lee Papers
. 271
" Legislative Pugilists," The -- a
satire on Congress
96
Le Glaize river
70
Lehigh University
190
Leidy, Dr. Joseph, 169, 190, 205, 315
Leisher, Johannes
247
Lenberger, Joseph L., at Gettys-
burg
392
Lensen, Jan, of Germantown
. 201
Lessig, George B., at Gettysburg . 392
Levy, Moses
. 119
474
INDEX
Lewis, Mrs. Lawrence (Nellie
Custis )
.II3
Lewistown, Pa., in the civil war . 373 Lexington, Battle of . 156, 208, 373 Liberator, edited by William Lloyd
Garrison
180
Liberty Bell, Sacrilege to remove . 156
Lick, James, of California .
. 315
came from Lebanon, Pa.
. 315
Lick telescope
. 315
Lincoln, Abraham . . 131, 193, 383
The first troops to relieve
him .
313, 374
Prophecy concerning . 364-365
Thanks Pennsylvania . .. 374
Proclamation of June, 1863 . 387
Lincoln, B.
68
John, great grandfather of
Abraham Lincoln
131
Mordecai
248
Linen made in Pennsylvania
.316
Livingston, Robert R.
141
Lloyd, David, jurist .
. 435, 437
Thomas, stenographer . .. 86
His report of the debates on the federal consti-
tution
317
Loganian Library
176
Logan, Benjamin
131
James . 176, 202, 227, 434, 438
Long Island, Battle of . 8, 158, 213 Long ford, on the Schuylkill . . 271 "Looking-glass for Presbyteri- ans" . 417
Louisiana, The Purchase of
127-143, 260
Louisiana.
Objections to the
purchase . . 138, 139, 140
John Edward Bouligny faith-
ful to the union . . 369-370
Lowell, James Russell
.
131
Lucken, Jan, of Germantown
201
Lukens vs. the City
122
Luther, Martin
145, 196,197
Lutheran Church
240
Lutheran representation on the
board of trustees of the Uni-
versity
. 448
Lutheran Seminary of Gettysburg, Students at the battle of Get-
tysburg .
389
Lynch, Becky
266
Lynd, James .
120
Lyon, Matthew
. 96, 97, 98, 99
100, 10I
Satirized in "Battle of the
Wooden Sword
. 97-101
Maak's Mill, Penna.
248
McAllister, John
93
McCall, Peter
125
McClellan, Gen. George B.
188,374,375
McClure, Alexander K.
.
. 373
McCormick, Lt. Edward P., at
Gettysburg
392
Macdonald, Charles, at Gettys-
burg
. 393
McDougall, Gen.
210
McKean, Joseph Borden 119, 120, 125
McKean, Thomas, and the Lou-
isiana Purchase
141
INDEX
475
McKee,
-
-, British Indian
agent .
72
McKinley, William
189, 194
Mckinley tariff bill
194
McKoy, John
, 109
McLane, Allen, at Stony Point
215,219
Maclay, William . .. 95, 96, 142
McMaster, John Bach . . 169, 190 on the origin of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania . 426
Madison, James
105, 141
Manatawny .
248, 250
Manatawny road
275
Manila Bay, Battle of
382
Mann, William B.
122, 125
Marieke, Jacob
247
Marlborough .
159
Marshall, John
. 115, 125, 378
originated
the expression
" First in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen" 115 Marsh creek, near Gettysburg 386, 391 Martin, John Hill. «Bench and Bar of Philadelphia" 81
Maryland .
162, 233
sends delegates to Abolition
convention
180
troops at Monmouth
25
at Stony Point
215, 225
in western campaign
65
Mason's Hill .
266
Massachusetts
163
opposed to the Louisiana
Purchase
140
Massachusetts. The Revolution-
ary war in .
. 158
Pennsylvania and . . 172-194
steadily falling in rank among
the states
. 175
A large number of its people
anxious to live in Penn-
sylvania .
176
late to adopt Pennsylvania's
ideas of religious free-
dom .
. 177
sold negroes, Indians and
Quakers as slaves in Bar-
bados
. 178
among the last of the states
to oppose slavery
. .
. 180
hostile to the war of 1812 . 185
declared by the president to
be in insurrection
. .
. 186
Regiment, Sixth, in Balti-
more .
. 374
law called Quakers a cursed
sect of heretics . . 174, 175
troops at Stony Point . 215, 225
Sixth Regiment .
...
. 188
Mather, Cotton, hanged witches 174
Matlack, Timothy, trustee of the
University
448
Maumee river
37
Maxwell, Miss.
58
Maxwell, Col. William, of New
Jersey
7
Meade, Gen. George Gordon . 170
188, 189, 193, 375, 378
383, 395, 396, 397, 398
399, 403, 405
476
INDEX
Medical School.
The earliest
one was established in Phila-
delphia
176
Meigs, Return Jonathan
215
rebuked by Wayne
37
' Meissenhelder, Dr. E. W.
390
Melsheimer, Frederick V., ento-
mologist
.314
Menno Simons .
197, 199, 201
Mennonites . 201,237, 238,239, 242
opposed to Dr. Wm. Smith . 444
Mennonite meeting house on the
Skippack
232, 252
Menonists. See Mennonites.
Menisten. See Mennonites.
Merckle, George
243
Merckley, Jacob
243
Meredith, William M. .
. 125, 414
Merrick, Samuel V.
. 408
Meyer, George
247
Miami river
69, 70, 71, 136
Middlebrook
12
Mifflin, Fort .
21
Mifflin, Thomas
(general and
governor )
. 165
Military Order of the Loyal
Legion quoted
. 407
Miller, Lt. Henry, of Penna., at Cambridge with Washington . 313 Miller, Peter (Brother Jabez of the
Ephrata cloister) . 335, 344 Millionaires' Club, The U. S. Senate . 191
Milton, John. First Amer. ed.
printed in Philadelphia
. .
.176
Mint, The U. S. established . . 214
" Mirania, College of "
. .
. 442
Mississippi river . . . 72, 138, 147
Mitchell, Hon. James T. . 120,,12I
Address upon the District
Court
81, 92, 117
Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir. His
" Hugh Wynne " . 14, 169
writes novels .
. 190
Mommsen, Theodor (German
historian). His opinion of Celts 278
Monckton, Col. Henry (British),
killed at Monmouth
26
Monmouth, Battle of . . 24, 25, 26 47,78, 135,158,214
Monongahela river
147
Monroe, James .
141
Mont Clare village 270, 274 Montgomery, Gen. Richard . . 6 Montgomery county, Pa. . 227, 245 Montresor, Col. John (British) 271, 275, 276
Moore, James K., at Gettysburg 392 Moore, William, of Moore Hall
3, 5, 280, 444, 445
threatens the assembly of
Pennsylvania .
. 445
punished by the assembly
446, 447
Moore Hall . . 265, 270, 271, 277 280, 444
Moravian Indians
132
missionaries
205
schools. A writer's opinion
of the
314
Moravians
435,444
Morgan, Benjamin Rawle
120
477
INDEX
Morgan, Gen. Daniel
21
Dr. John
451
Morris, Anthony
437
Israel
246
Robert .
27, 84, 125
financed the Revolution . 189 Samuel, trustee of the Uni- versity 448
Morristown, N. J.
11,38
Moses, Washington likened to . 157 compared with the builders of the State Capitol 308
Mount Vernon .
152, 154
Moyer's Mill, Pa.
248
Muddy Hole .
155
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus
87, 88, 203, 313, 448
Henry Melchior . . 227, 255
Gen. Peter . . 203, 317-318
Mummasburg, near Gettysburg
400, 401, 402, 403
Murfree, Maj. .
217, 221
Music, Earliest American essay on 312 " My Dovelet, where art thou ?"" Translation of a German hymn
composed by Johann Gottfried
Seelig
324-326
Myer, John
. 247
Naglee, Gen. Henry M . 188, 375 Napoleon . . 159, 167, 285, 286 and the Louisiana Purchase . 141 at Lodi . . 145
Nation, The, made by the war of the Rebellion and not by the adoption of the constitution 377
Nazareth, Pa., Moravian schools
at
314
Netherlands
197
Neuswanger, Christian
247
Newberry, John
231
New Coshahopin, Montgomery county, Pa. 246
New England in the west
. I34
opposes the Louisiana Pur-
chase
. 139, 140
had no part in the movement leading to the adoption of the constitution of the United States . 162
opposed to the war of 1812 . 185 makes threats of secession . 186 congressmen contend for England's "right of search " 186
New Hampshire voted against
the Louisiana Purchase
.
. 140
New Hanover, Pa.
248
New Jersey
.
163
adopts the federal constitu-
tion
163
represented in the Annapolis
convention
162
sends delegates to Abolition
convention
. 180
troops in Canada
7
troops in western campaign . 65 Newspapers in Pennsylvania . . 316 New Orleans . 140, 141, 147, 224 " New Pastoral," by T. Buch- anan Read . 365
New Testament in German . 311, 312
478
INDEX
New York .
164
dissatisfied with selection of
capitol
84
represented in the Annapolis
convention
. 162
sends delegates to Abolition
convention
. 180
the second state to arm its
troops in the civil war
187,373
held by the British
26, 27
Niagara .
73
The army of, in the war of
1812
185
Nicholson, -, paymaster
45
Nicholas, Rev. Jacoby
. 250
Norris, Isaac .
227
Norristown
274
North Carolina
I33
troops at Stony Point . 215, 225
Northumberland, Pa.
. 315
North, Generosity of the, after
the civil war
371
Northwest territory
134
Norwalk, Conn., in the Revolu-
tion
211
Nuremburg
· 320
Nutt's road, near Phoenixville
261, 265, 266
Ogeechee river, Ga. .
. 54, 55
Ohio Company
. 64, 134
Ohio river 64, 67, 72, 133, 147, 154
Ohio, State of
. 72, 78
Ohio troops in the western cam-
paign
65
Onesimus, prior of the Ephrata
cloister
. 330
Op de Graeff, or Graff, Jacob
243, 246
Op den Graeff, Abraham . . . 316
protests against slavery . 310
Dirck, protests against slav-
ery
. 310
Op den Graeffs, of Germantown . 310
Oratory at the University of
Pennsylvania
. 424, 425
Oswego
73
Palatinate
228
Palmer, -, of Connecticut
. 220
Pannebecker, Hendrick . . 230, 235
236, 240, 243, 245, 246
249, 250, 251, 252, 253
Biography of
226, 319
a man of parts .
226, 227
represented Matthias Van
Bebber
234
His handwriting
240
owns Bebber's township
. 254
owns other lands
. 254
His influence
. 254, 255, 256
Paoli, Battle of
17,214
Paper mill, the first in America
204, 310
Park, Gen. John G. . . . 188, 375 Parker's ford in the campaign for Philadelphia 260
Parker, Edward
260
Parry, Col. Caleb
231
Parthenon
82, 307
Passmore, Thomas
118
INDEX
479
Pastorius, Francis Daniel . 205, 228
236, 240, 250, 435
protests against slavery . . 310 publishes his " Four Treat- ises " . 310, 435 fluent writer in eight lan-
guages
31I
publishes his primer 315
studies at Altdorf 320
His teachers
. 320
Patroons of Pennsylvania, The
Dutch 226-256 Pattison, Gen. James (British ) . 223 Pawling, John ... 243, 246, 248 Payne's Universal Geography . 314
Peale, Rembrandt .
,IIO, 112
Peale's Museum
176
Pedagogy, The earliest American
essay upon 237,312
Pemberton, Israel
227
Penn, Richard
. 440
Thomas
202, 440
443, 454
Penn, William . 196, 197, 199, 229 242, 434
His " Holy Experiment" . 184 grants land on the Skippack
227, 228
His liberality
. 282
His impress on American
government
307
and the Indian chief, Story of . 320
His breadth
433
a profuse writer
· 434
His frame of government
. 436
Pennsylvania .
..
.133, 196
adopts the constitution of
the United States . . . 163 Anonymous attack upon . . 172 attracted men of learning
434, 435
financed the Revolution . . 189 financed the war of 1812
185, 189
financed the war of the Re- bellion 189
furnished the general who won the crucial battle of the war of the Rebellion . 189 furnished more troops to the war of 1812 than any other state . . 185
conspicuous for the eminence
of her soldiers
.371
had more generals in the war
of the Rebellion than any
other state
. 375
had the largest percentage of killed of any state in the war of the Rebellion . . 375 has no debt and borrows no money . 173
has always stood for religious
liberty
177
has always opposed slavery . 179 had fourteen commanders of armies and corps, and forty-eight general officers in the war of the Rebellion 188 was responsible for the suc- cess of the union . . 282
480
INDEX
Pennsylvania was the only state with an entire division in the war of the Rebellion 11, 188 was the first state to abolish slavery . 180
was the first state to arm its troops in the war of the rebellion 187
was the first state to get troops to Washington in
the war of the Rebellion . 188
was the first state to pass an act calling the people to arms . 372
was the only state to have a regiment in the Philip- pines . . 141
was represented in the An-
napolis convention . . 162
is the keystone state 141
voted for the Louisiana Pur-
chase
140, 141
The people of
190
The Dutch patroons of . . 226 Gen. Washington in . 144-171 Wickersham's " History of
Education in " . 433
Response of, to the procla- mations of Lincoln and Curtin of June 15th, 1863 · 388
Penn's frame of government for . 436
assembly thanks Wayne . . 36
college students at Gettys-
burg
389
Pennsylvania Dutchman 309-318 " Girl," The . . 169 " Idea " in national politics 307 Historical Society . . 1, 4, 81 Hospital, Matthias Koplin's
gift to the . . 312, 313 legislature the first to pass an act to arm troops during the war of the Rebellion . 372 Line in the Revolution
11, 12, 135
Line at Monmouth
. 25, 26
at Stony Point
215
in Virginia .
46
the most faithful of all the
Revolutionary troops . 40 trusted by Washington 38, 39 a third of the whole army
under Washington . 39, 40 Bravery of the . 25, 26, 48
Grievances of the .
. 40-44
Distresses of the
. . 40-44
The so-called revolt of
the, and its causes . 39-45
Magazine of History and Biography . 309, 319, 327 413,433
money .
. 241
officers in the Revolution faithful when others re- signed 40
commended by Lafayette 48
" Pilgrim"
240
printing houses
436
Regiment of Infantry, 26th
Emergency
.
. 384-407
INDEX
481
Pennsylvania 7th regiment . 188, 374
Society for Promoting the
Abolition of Slavery . . 178 Society of Sons of the Rev-
olution I
State Capitol
306-308
State House
156, 162
supreme executive council
thanks Wayne and the
Pennsylvania Line . . 36, 37
troops in Canada . 6, 7, 8, 10 saved Washington city in 1861 188
at Stony Point . . 215, 225
in war of Rebellion 374, 375
University of . 4, 144, 168, 170 171, 190, 408-455
celebrates
Washington's
birthday . 144- in its relation to the state
433-455
charters . 410, 411, 437, 440
441, 442, 449, 450 law school 166, 167, 176,451 medical school . . 176, 451 trustees organized . . . 448 Origin of the, in 1740
408-432, 442
Legislative grants to the . 451
452, 453,454
Oratory at the . . 424, 425
See also Academy, Char- ity School, College.
and Massachusetts . . 172-194 Pennsylvanians seldom go to Mas-
sachusetts to live 176
Pennypacker family in the war of
the Rebellion
. 375
Gen. Galusha
204, 375
Matthias
265, 267
Samuel Whitaker
I2I
descended from Herman-
nus Kuster
. 232
His " Hendrick Panne-
becker"
.319
His " Settlement of Ger-
mantown"'
319
at the battle of Gettys-
burg .
. 392
Pennypacker's Mills . 233, 246, 248
Council of war at
. 17, 20
Washington at
278
Penrose, Bartholomew
IO
Jonathan
166
Pepper, Dr. William . 169, 190, 315 Pepys, Samuel 196
Perkasie, The manor of . . 443 Perkiomen, Valley of the . 132, 134 creek . . 204, 229, 233, 245 246, 264, 278
township
. 230
Perry's victory on Lake Erie . . 73 "Personne" of the Charleston
Courier .
368
Peters, Sally
13
Peters, - (commissary) 51 Judge Richard . 110, 117, 439 address to the trustees of the academy . . 420, 421
422, 423, 424
Petersen, Dr. Johann Wilhelm . 320 Peticoodiac river, in Canada . 5
482
INDEX
Pettit, Thomas Mckean . 119, 120 Phelps, -, of Connecticut . 220
Philadelphia . 1, 23, 258
the chief city of the colonies 158 Revolutionary campaign
around . 158-160, 258-279 a patriotie city 164
the official home of Wash-
ington
164
distance from sea a disad-
vantage
175
the metropolis of the country 257 taken by the British . 277 brigade at Gettysburg . 376, 382 of the west, St. Louis the . 130
Philippines
. 382
Pennsylvania the only state
to have a regiment in the 141
Phœnixville, Address at
257
Monument at
257
South
272
the high water mark of the
British invasion . 257-279
Picart
. 198, 199
Pickering, Timothy
68, 140
creek
267, 280
Pickett, Gen. George E., at Get-
tysburg . . 376, 382, 396
Pilgrims at Plymouth
200
Pine Forge, Pa.
255
Pitt, William
285
Pittsburg
65, 135, 136
Washington at site of . . . 149 Plockhoy, Peter Cornelius
178, 179, 310
Plumer, Senator
I39
Plymouth, Mass.
.
200
settled twenty years before
it had a school
.176
Poem-The Battle of the Wooden
Sword .
97-101
Poger, George
. 246
Pool Forge, Pa.
. 255
Portsmouth, Va.
46, 48
Port Providence, Pa.
274
Post 19, G. A. R. (Col. Fred-
erick Taylor post)
. 364
Potomac, Army of the . . 188, 374 384, 394
Potts family
3
Potts Grove
266
Poulson's Daily Advertiser
109
Pratt, Judge Joseph T.
121
Presque Isle
74
Presbyterians and the University
of Pennsylvania
. 417
" Looking Glass for"
.
. 417
representation on the board
of trustees of the Univer-
sity
. 448
Presidency of the United States . 382
Princeton, Battle of .
. 158, 182
Printing, Premium for excellency
of .
. 314
at Lancaster
314
houses of Pennsylvania
436
Prinzen Hof at Delft
82
Probst, Anton, Trial of .
122
Protection for American indus- tries. The «Pennsylvania
Idea" wrought out by the
Careys
. 189
INDEX 483
Province island, British works on 21 Publishing house, The oldest in
America
204
Pulaski, Count
2 3
Purchase of Louisiana
127-143
Purdy, Alexander, soldier printer 67
Purviance, Samuel
203
Putnam, Gen. Israel .
210
Col. Rufus .
64, 134, 215
Pyramids of Egypt
82
Quakers. See Friends.
Quay, Joseph
283
Anderson Beaton
283
Matthew Stanley
. 191, 192
193, 194, 280-305
a great statesman
.
. 192
His defence of the rights
of the Delaware In-
dians .
282
a typical Pennsylvanian . 282
born at Dillsburg
283
unequalled as an organizer 288
Quebec .
147
Gen. Wolf at
147
Col. Meigs at
215
Quedlinburg
249, 250
Quincy, Josiah
139, 184
Radnor, St. David's Episcopal
church at
3
Ralston, John
261, 262, 263
Rambo, Peter
247
Ramsay, David.
Oration
on
Washington
182
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