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Randolph, Beverly
68
Read, James, defends the Acad-
emy
429
Thomas Buchanan.
His
lines on General Peter
Muhlenberg . . 317-318
His prophecy in " The
Wagoner of the Alle-
ghanies" about Abra-
ham Lincoln . . 364-365
His "New Pastoral" . 365
Reading, Pa., in the campaign
for Philadelphia 261,263, 264
in the civil war
373
Furnace, Pa.
255
Rebellion, War of the
364-380
Gettysburg
.381-383
Its purpose
. 377
26th Penna. Emergency In-
fantry
. 384-407
Reed, Gen. Joseph
42, 43, 447
William B.
125
Reformation
145,196
Regiment, 26th Emergency In-
fantry
. 384-407
Reichardt, Johannes
247
Reiff, Franklin S., of Skippack-
ville
226
Conrad
247
George
247
Hans
247
Hans George
240
Peter .
247
Reilly, Andrew Jackson
81
Reinhart, Luke Frederick
320
Remke, Govert, of Crefeld . 227, 228
Renberg, Dirck .
. 231, 252
484
INDEX
Renberg, William . . .. 231, 252
Republican party restored by M.
S. Quay . 194
Resignations from the continental
army .
40
Not by Pennsylvania officers
40
Reynolds, Gen. John F. . 188, 375 376, 405
Rhine river
201
Rhode Island
163
represented in the Abolition
convention
180
Rhoads farm on French creek
. 275
Richardson, Capt. Joseph
5
Jacob
. 273, 274
Richelieu, Cardinal
283
Rickett's circus
165
Ridge road
263
Ritner, Gov. Joseph
. 314, 317
Rittenhouse, David . 165, 169, 204
231, 313, 448
Thomas Jefferson's opinion
of
313
Fort
I18
William, builds first paper
mill in America
. 310
Rittinghuysen
204
Roberts, John .
245, 246, 247
writes a petition to the gov-
ernor . 245, 246, 247, 248
Robinson, Thomas
272, 273
Rodes, Gen. Robert E., C.S.A.,
at Gettysburg
394, 4º5
Roman. See Catholic.
Roosevelt, Theodore . . . . 383
Winning of the west . 135, 138
Roosevelt visits Gettysburg
. 381
Rosecrans, Gen. William S ..
. 204
Rossiter, Elizabeth
. 266
Rotterdam
196, 228
Roxborough township, David
Rittenhouse born in
204
Rubicon, Passage of the
373
Rush, Benjamin . 12, 169, 179, 231
His opinion of Wayne
.
35
Ruth, Heinrich
. 246
Sachse, Julius F. .
.81,319
Saddi, Chronicles of Nathan Ben
3
St. Clair, Gen. Arthur 74, 134, 136
Campaign against the In-
dians . 63, 69, 70, 115, 164
in command of the Penn-
sylvania Line .
29
St. David's Episcopal church at
Radnor
3
St. James's Episcopal church
246
St. John's river, Canada
5
St. Lawrence river
147
St. Louis, Mo.
130
the Philadelphia of the west 130
fair
. 127
St. Peter's at Rome
82, 307
Salem, Mass.
190
Salford, Pa.
254
Sandy, Gen. Wayne's negro boy 75 San Juan Hill, The battle of . . 382 Santiago, The battle of 382
Saur, Christopher
204
His « Ein Abgenöthigter
Bericht"
331
publishes his Bible
. 311
INDEX 485
Saur, Christian, publishes his Tes-
tament
. 311
publishes his Geistliches
Magazien .
. 312
earliest type founder
. 312
His quarrel with Conrad
Beissel . .
. 327-363
publishes the " Zionitischer
Weyrauch's Hügel" .. 328
Account of him in the Chro-
nicon Ephratense . 328-331
His account of his contro-
versy with Conrad Beissel
331-363
His objections to the hymn " Weil die Wolcken-Seul
aufbricht"' . 342, 343, 344 345-363 His work on the " Zionit-
ischer Weyrauch's Hügel" 343
Beissel's letter to
. 352-363
His letter to Beissel
. 343-352
Savannah, The British in
53
Siege of .
55-62
evacuated
62
Wayne at
78
river
54,55
Saxe, Marshall
IO
Say, Thomas
314
Scammell, Col. Alexander
. 27, 28
Scarooyadi
149
Scheimer, Jacob
243
Schmidt, Christopher
247
Scholl, Johannes
232, 246
School at Skippack
. 237
Schools, Controllers of the public 117
Schotte, Dr.
331, 333
Schrayer, Andrew
252
" Schul Ordnung "
written by
Christopher Dock
312
Schumacher, Peter
228
Schurz, Gen. Carl
204
Schuyler, Gen. Philip
8, 70,78
Miss
II
Schuylkill river
280
campaign for Philadelphia 260, 264 Various fords of the ---
Gordon's . 270, 271, 274
Fatland . 264, 265, 271
273, 277
Parker's
260
Long
271
township
280
Schwaeger, John Conrad
320
Schwartz, Abraham
247
Schwenckfeld, Caspar
197
Schwenckfelders . . 201, 204, 321
Their Gedächtniss Tag .
. 311
Bibliography of the
. 312
Scott, Walter
196
Col. of 37th Va. regiment, C.S.A. . 368
Scull's map of Pennsylvania . . 230
Search, England's right of, de-
fended by New England con-
gressmen during war of 1812 . 186
Searle, James, trustee of the Uni-
versity
. 448
Searson, John, in 1797, speaks
of the College and Academy 415, 416
Secession first broached by New
England
185
486
INDEX
Secession of the southern states . 367
Sectarians of Pennsylvania . . . 436 Seelig, Johann Gottfried . 319-326 His contributions to the
Hymn-book of the Her-
mits of the Wissahickon . 322 Translation of a hymn by
324-326
Seidensticker, Oswald . . 205, 319
Selden, -, of Connecticut . 220
Sellen, Adam 246
Henry
235, 239
Sergeant, Thomas
I 20
Shaftesbury, Earl of
. 286
Shakespeare . .
162, 167, 196
Sharswood, George . 120, 121, 125 169
Shawanese Indians
248
Sheeder's History of Vincent
. 261
Sheimer, Jacob
. 247
Shenandoah valley, in Virginia
. 132
Sheppard, Furman .
125
Sherman, Col.
-, opinion of
Wayne
36
Gen. Tecumseh
189
Shick, A. W., at Gettysburg . . 393
Shippen, Edward . .
. 227, 437
William, Wistar's eulogium
on 439, 448
Shippensburg, Pa.
398
Shouler, Gabriel
. 246
Shulze, Gov. John Andrew
314
Shunk, Gov. Francis Rahn
.314
Sigel, Gen. Franz
204
Silesia
197
Simcoe's Rangers at Monmouth
25
Simcoe, Col. John Graves (Brit-
ish), in Indian campaign in
the west
68
Simm, Col.
45
Simmons, Anthony
120
Simons, Menno
197,199, 201
Sims, John C.
408
Sipman, Dirck .
227, 228, 229
Sitgreaves, -
. 97
Skippack, The people of . 234, 235
Skippack, The 201, 232, 245, 249, 32 I
Bebber's lands upon
229
burying ground
236
Mennonite meeting house
on the
232, 238
Christopher Dock, "the pi-
ous schoolmaster on" .
. 237
township
. 230
road .
233,235
and Perkiomen township
. 242
Skippackville
. 226, 240, 274
Whitefield preached at . . 233 Slavery first denounced in Penn- sylvania . 178
Germantown's
protest
against
178, 310
Penna. Abolition Society . 178
Penna. always opposed . . 179
passed the first legislative
act abolishing
. 180
caused the civil war
.
. 366
the basis of the "Southern
Confederacy"
367
Smith, Bastian .
247
Jonathan Bayard, trustee of
the University of Penna. . 448
INDEX 487
Smith, Richard, Trial of . 122
Gen. -
-
.188, 375
Brig. Gen. - , C.S.A.,
at Gettysburg
. 400
Rev. William . . 5, 442, 443
444, 445,449
appointed provost of the
University of Penna. . 442 born in Aberdeen . . 442 antagonizes the Quakers . 444 His attainments . 444
His description of the
academy . 423, 424 marries 444 quarrels with the Pennsyl- vania assembly 445, 446,447
Dr. Stilllé's Life of 433, 442 William, of Bebber's town-
ship 247
Gen. William F., at Get-
tysburg .
. 397, 398, 399
Smith's White House
38
Snyder, Gov. Simon 314
Society of the Woman in the Wil-
derness
319
(For full account see «Pen- nypacker's "Settlement of Ger- mantown and his "Hendrick Pannebecker.")
Somerset, Pa., First Bible west
of the Alleghenies printed at . 312
South American States
. 161
South Carolina troops at Fort
Necessity
151
South Valley hill in 1777, Amer-
icans at
.260
Southwark Theatre
. 165
Southwick, Daniel and Provided sold by the Massachusetts court
into slavery
178
Sower, Christopher.
See Saur,
Christopher.
Spain in America
138
Spain's war with the Dutch . 373 Spanish war, Attitude of Philadel- phia and of Boston toward the 189 Spear's "The North and the South" quoted . 407
Spencer, Sergt. -- , of Virginia 22 I Spotswood, Col. Alexander, his opinion of Wayne . 35
Spring, Arthur, Trial of
122
Springsteel, David, farmer .
. 218
Sprogell, Anna Maria
250, 251
Catharina
251
John Henry
. 250
Lodowick Christian . 249, 250
251, 253, 254
Stamp act
. 156
Stansbury,
-, Recollections
and anecdotes of presidents of
the United States
IOI
Stanton, Edwin M. . 188, 375, 388
389, 390, 391, 394, 397
Stapleton, Rev. A.
. 227
Starr, Joseph
269, 272
His farm
273, 274
Star Spangled Banner
. 374
Stauffer, Daniel
247
Jacob
247
Henry
247
Steadman, Fort
375
488
INDEX
Steele, George, at Gettysburg . 393
Steinwehr, Gen. Adolph von,
U. S. A. 204
Stephen, Gen. Adam, opinion of
Wayne
36
Stern, Gen. -
, (Hessian) . 265
Steuben, Baron, his opinion of
Wayne
36
Stevens, Thaddeus
286
Stewart, Col. Walter
42
at Monmouth
25, 29
Stiegel, Baron
. 310
Stillé, Dr. C. J. .
39, 137
His " Memoir of William
Smith" 433, 442
Stirling, Gen. Alexander, Lord . 28
Stockton, Richard .
.
125
Stone, Frederick D. . 81, 426, 427
428, 429, 430, 433
Stoner, Christian
. 247
Stony Point . 30, 31, 135, 210, 21I
the gateway of the High-
lands
30
The British garrison of . . 31
32, 212,213
The fortifications of
. 31, 212
213
stormed and captured by
Wayne .. 32, 33,34, 35 36, 135, 208-225
Description of
. 212
Park at .
79, 208
Dawson's "Assault upon" 208 Johnston's "Storming of" . 208 Washington's plan for the
assault upon
, 216
Stony Point contrasted with the
battle of Bunker Hill . . 183 contrasted with other battles 224 Storms, the pass at 39
Strayer, Andrew
232
Stroud, Judge George M.
120
Stuart, Gilbert, portrait of Wash-
ington
166
Gen. J. E. B. (C.S.A. ), at
Getty sburg
.
. 403, 405
Sugar Loaf hill, on the Hudson . 210
Sullivan, Gen. John . . . 7, 18, 16
Sergt. Thomas (British)
. 275
Sulzberger, Judge Mayer
. 121
Summer, Jacob
. 120
Sumter, Fort
372
Supreme court of the U. S.
378
Susquehanna, The
233
Swamp road
277
Swanwick, John
88, 90
writes " On a Walk in the
State House Yard"
90
Swarthmore College
190
System of Modern Geography
published at Atlanta, Ga. . . 366
Taney, Chief Justice Roger B. . 378 Tarleton, Col. Banister (British) . 49 Taylor, Bayard, "Story of Ken- nett " 169
Taylor, Christopher
. 436
Taylor-Col. Frederick Taylor Post, G. A. R. . 364
Tea tax resolutions, originated in Philadelphia, were adopted by Boston without change . . 181
INDEX
489
Teissen, Matthias
. 243
Tennessee .
115,133
represented
in
Abolition
convention
180
riflemen
224
East, in the civil war
370
Tetweiller, Hans
243
Teutlinger, Henry
247
Teutonic race
. 195
wanderers
129
Texas has more population than
Massachusetts
175
Thackeray, Wm. Makepeace,
the first edition of his first
work, published in Philadel-
phia .
176
Thatcher, George
179
Thayer, Judge M. Russell
120
Thomas, Gen. George H.
. 189
Thompson, Gen. William .
. 6,7
Three Rivers, Canada, fight at .
7
Ticonderoga
7,8, 11
Todd, John
. 131
Levi
I31
Townshend, Lord Charles
223
Trappe, The .
277
Trenton, N. J.
24
Battle of
8, 158, 159
182, 208
Tulpehocken, German settlement
at
245
"Turtel Taube," printed at
Vincent, Township of
4
Ephrata .
. 312
Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania emer-
gency infantry
.
.
384-407
Type founder, the earliest in
America
. 312
Tyson, Reynier, of Germantown 201
Matthias
. 247
Ulrich, A. Stanley, at Gettys-
burg .
. 392, 393
Umstat, Johannes . . 230, 243, 252
Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa. . 149
U. S. Bank
114
U. S. constitution
. 192
U. S. mint established
114, 164
U. S. Senate, Description of . . 93
a millionaires' club
191
U. S. Steel Corporation
153
U. S. Supreme Court
378
University of Pennsylvania. See
Pennsylvania.
Valley Forge . . 1, 21, 22, 23, 79 147, 160, 209, 232, 264 265, 266, 267, 273, 280 Van Bebber. See Bebber.
Van Braam, Jacob
149, 152
Vanderslice, Henry
255
Van Metre, -
I31
Van Rensselaer grant at Albany . 236
Vendée, La
370
Truxton, Com. Thomas
.
,115
Tryon, Gov. William. Opera-
Vermont
114
tions in Connecticut . . 210, 211
Verplanck's point
210, 211
Vicksburg in the war of the Re-
bellion
152
Sheeder's MS. history of . 261
490
INDEX
Virginia . 133, 154, 163, 167, 178 represented in the Annapolis
convention
. 162
represented in the Abolition
convention
180
produced eminent soldiers
. 371
troops at Monmouth
25
troops in the western cam-
paign
65
troops at Stony Point . 215, 225
Voltaire
184
Volweiller, Hans
243
Vossen, Arnold van
243
Wagner, Susanna Margaretta . . 249 Michael, composer . . 250 "Wagoner of the Alleghanies " . 365 Wallace, John William -- address upon the inauguration of the new hall of the historical society 8 1 Walpole, Horace . 152
Wanamaker, John
192, 315
Wansey, Henry, describes Con-
gress Hall .
. 89, 90
War of 1812
financed by a Pennsylvanian 185 New England opposed to it 185 Massachusetts opposed to it 185 More troops from Pennsyl- vania than any other state 185 caused threats of secession from New England . . 186
War of the Rebellion .
. 364-380
Gettysburg .
381-383
26th Pennsylvania emer-
gency regiment
: 384-407
War of the Rebellion. The first troops were from Penn- sylvania . . 188, 373 Its results to the country . 377 made the country a nation . 378 Warren Tavern, Battle of . 158, 159 259, 260
Warwick Furnace, Pa .. . 255, 260 Washington, Bushrod .117 Washington, George . 1, 2, 8, 11, 12 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 23, 24 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 37, 38 39, 41, 43, 48, 53, 63, 78 87, 96, 108, 109, 110, III 125, 134, 135, 209, 21I 222, 223, 235, 258
at Great Meadows
149
at Mt. Vernon . .
. 160, 161
at Pennypacker's Mills
278
at Pottsgrove
276
at Wilmington
258
birthday celebrations at the
University of Penna.
. 144
Counties named after .
.136
delegate to the first conti-
nental congress
. .
.156
delegate to the second conti-
nental congress . .
. 157
depended on Pennsylvania
troops
. 182
delivering his farewell ad-
dress
113, 114
elected commander in chief . 157
Extract from the journal of . 155
first called " father of his
country "
. 160
INDEX
491
Washington first spoken of as "first in war, etc." . . 167 the first troops to reach him at Cambridge 313
goes with Braddock
153
holds West Point
. 210
inaugurated president of the
United States
. 101-106
in the campaign of 1777
258-279
in Pennsylvania . . . 144-171
lived at Sixth and Market
streets
164
president of the federal con- stitutional convention of 1787 . 162, 163
spends his official life in
Philadelphia . . . 164, 167
sent against the French by Gov. Dinwiddie . . 148
surrenders to the French
. 152
Tenacity of purpose of . . 160
Martha
167
city saved by Pennsylvania
troops 188
county, Pa.
65
Fort
8
Waterloo, Battle of
376
Wayne, Anthony, grandfather of Gen. Anthony Wayne . 3
Gen. Anthony . 1-80 at battle of Germantown . . 15 16, 19, 20, 214 at Cooper's Ferry, N. J. . . 23 at Paoli . . . 17, 214, 264 at Haddonfield, N. J. . 23
Wayne, Gen. Anthony, at Valley
Forge
22, 23
at Monmouth . 24, 25, 26, 214
at Yorktown
.
. 50, 51, 52
at the battle of Fallen Tim-
bers .
. 73, 135-138
at Ticonderoga .
.
. 9, 10, 11
attempts to found a colony
in Canada
5
and the "revolt" of the Pennsylvania line . . 41-45
assumes pecuniary responsi-
bility for sick soldiers
. . 49
born in Easttown, Chester
county
2
captures Stony Point .. 32, 33
34, 35, 36, 184, 208-225
Brigadier General
Character of . . 74, 75,76,77
78, 79, 80, 214
colonel of the Fourth Penn-
sylvania regiment
6
commissioner to Detroit .
74
Counties named after .
136
Death of
74
defends the reputation of the
Pennsylvania troops
28
disliked Benedict Arnold
38
forages in New Jersey
22
Home life of .. . 28, 29, 33
in the Canada campaign
7
in the campaign against
the Indians
64, 115, 164, 214
in the campaign for Phila-
delphia
. 264
492
INDEX
Wayne, Gen. Anthony, in South
Carolina and Georgia . 53, 54 55, 56, 57, 58,59, 60, 61 62, 64
in Virginia . 43, 44, 45, 46, 214 in New Jersey . . 11, 12, 13 member of committee of safety 6
member of Pennsylvania leg- islature
6
member of Pennsylvania convention to adopt the federal constitution .
praised by Washington at Monmouth 26
recommends attack on Howe 23
recommends attack on New
York .
23
Residence of, outraged by the British 18 The settlement of . 127-143 Statue of, at Valley Forge . I West, Benjamin 170
voted a medal by congress . 37 Isaac, father of Gen. Wayne 3 Isaac, son of Gen. Wayne . 57
Peggy
. 29, 52, 57
Polly, wife of Gen. Wayne
and daughter of Bart.
Penrose 10, 28,45,57,74,75
Weber, Christian
247
Webster, Daniel
183
a compromiser
. 193
called "Ichabod" by Whit-
tier 193
not a great statesman
193
Reply to Hayne
377
Noah
178
Weierman, Hans . 247 " Weil die Wolcken-Seul auf- bricht," the hymn that caused the quarrel be- tween Conrad Beissel and Christopher Saur . 330
The German text and Eng-
lish translation
. . 337-342
Saur's objections to the
hymn
352-363
Weinman, John
320
Weirman, Willem
243
6 Weiser, Conrad . 316 Weitzel, Gen. Godfrey, U.S.A. 204 Weld, Isaac, describes Congress
Hall
85
Welker's Mill, Pa.
248
West, The. Roosevelt's "Win-
ning of the"
. 135
His "Death of Wolfe"
. 170
His "Penn's Treaty with
the Indians"
.170
Westcott, Thompson. History
of Philadelphia . . 81, 117
on the origin of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania . . 426
Westminster Abbey
82
Westmoreland County, Pa.
65
Westover, Va.
50
West Point . 38, 39, 209, 210, 211
Wetzel, Lewis
131
Wharton, Robert
166
Thomas
. 276
Whiskey insurrection
115, 164
INDEX
493
Whitaker, Joseph
274
Right Rev. Ozi 408
White, R. V., C.S.A., at Get-
tysburg . 384, 387, 391, 393, 400
401, 402, 403, 405
White, Rev. William
87
Whitefield, Rev. George . 233, 412 415, 416, 438
a trustee of the College and Academy . 422, 423
White Horse road
265, 272
Whitemarsh, Battle of
158, 159
Whitmer, Henry .
.391, 392
Whittier, John Greenleaf
.
. 193
Whittier's Pennsylvania Pilgrim . 317
Lines on Gov. Joseph Ritner 317 Wickersham's History of Edu- cation in Pennsylvania . . 433 Wide Marsh or Farmer's Mill . 235 Wier, -, British commissary
general
. 277
" Wilderness road" over the Al-
leghenies I33
Wilkinson, Gen. James 7, 108
William of Orange . 379 Abraham Lincoln as great as 131 Washington unlike . . . . 157 William Penn Charter school
opened . 437
Williamsburg, Va.
149
Williamsport .
385
Wilmington, Del.
2, 15
Wissahickon creek, Hermits of
the
319-326
Wistar, Dr. Caspar
. 166
Caspar
. 314, 439
family
. 319
Gen. Isaac
204
parties
314
Witches hanged in Massachusetts 174
Wittenberg
196
" Wo bistu mein Täublein !" a
hymn by Johann Gottfried See-
lig .
324-326
Wohlfahrt, Michael -Brother
Agonius, of the Ephrata clois-
ter
· 351
Wolfe, Gen. James, at Quebec . 147
Wolf, Gov. George
. 314
Wolfsheim, in the Palatinate
. 232
Wolsey, Cardinal
286
Woman in the Wilderness, So-
ciety of .
319
See Pennypacker's "Settle- ment of Germantown"and his " Hendrick Pannebecker." Wood, Capt. of the 37th Va. regiment, C. S. A. 368
Woolley, Edmund .
. 429
Wrightsville, Engagement at 393-395
Yale University's claims to an-
tiquity
431
Yates, Brig. Gen. Charles, at
Gettysburg
398
Washington at
. 258
Wilson, James
166, 451
Yelger's Mill, Pa.
248
Wiseman, Thomas
. 231
Yellow Springs in campaign of
Wissahickon creek
. 204, 229, 310
1777
. 260, 261
494
INDEX
Yerkes, Charles T., of Philadel-
phia 315
telescope in Chicago
315
York river, Va.
46
turnpike, near Gettysburg . 393
county, Pa.
. 313, 314
Yorktown, Siege of . 52, 158, 209
Young, David
. 247
"Young Quaker, or the Fair Phil-
adelphian," a play produced
at the Southwark Theatre . . 135 Yrujo, Chevalier d' . 105, 109, 110
Yungling, Abraham
255
Zeisberger, David .
205, 316
Zeltner, Gustave George. His
"Vitae Theologorum Altor-
phinorum"
320
Zenger, John Peter
204
Ziegler, Michael 235, 239, 243, 247
Zimmerman, Christopher 2.32
Zimmerman's Mill, Pa.
. 248
Zinzendorf, Count
. 310, 435
Zionitischer Weyrauch's Hügel
328-363
first German book printed
in America
328
Saur speaks of his work on it 343
Zuinglius, Ulrich
. 197
Zuydt river the Delaware river . 310
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