Chapter XLVIII: Section 8: provided minute directions for the distribution of the tracts (36)

They began their survey by ascertaining the latitude of the southernmost part of the City of Philadelphia, which they agreed was the north wall of the house then occupied by Thomas Plumstead and Joseph Huddle, on the south side of Cedar Street. They determined it was 39° 56' 37.4”. This was ascertained December 30, 1763, and the actual survey of the boundary line properly began on this date.

During January and February, 1764, they measured thirty-one miles westward of the city to the forks of the Brandywine, where they planted a quartzose stone, six miles west of the meridian of the court house in West Chester.

With this stone as a fixed point they determined the point from which they should start to run the horizontal line of five degrees longitude to fix the southern boundary. This was of course the northeast corner of the State of Maryland.

From this point they extended the line 230 miles, eighteen chains, and twenty-one links, or 244 miles, thirty-eight chains, and thirty-six links, from the Delaware River. This was done during 1766 and 1767.

The Indians could not understand the object of an exploring expedition that spent every clear night gazing at the stars through big guns, and they soon stopped their progress. The Penns used their influence with the Indians and the work proceeded.

The western extremity of Maryland was reached and passed, and the astronomers were encamped on the banks of the Monongahela, when the Indians again interposed. Their attitude was so threatening that many of the servants and workmen of the expedition deserted. But the great delight and satisfaction of running an astronomical line through primeval forests raised Mason and Dixon above all fears, and they pressed on to the Warrior Branch of the great Catawba Indian trail.

This was on the borders of a stream called Dunkard Creek, about the middle point on the southern boundary line of the present Green County. Here the Indians took such a menacing stand that Mason and Dixon were obliged to return, and their Dunkard Creek trail, or Warrior trail, remained the terminus of their line for many years.

This Mason and Dixon’s line was a great achievement in that day, and a new thing in science. These two modest but skillful men had made themselves immortal. Their line was not marked by river, creek or even mountain range, it was an imaginary one. At every fifth mile a stone was set up marked on the northern side with the arms of the Penns and on the southern side with the arms of Baltimore, each intermediate mile was marked with stones having P. on the one side and M. on the opposite side.

This line, fixed after nearly a hundred years of conflict, is more unalterable than if nature had originally made it. It became the boundary line between the great sides of the slavery question, and divided the armies of the North and South in the great Civil War.

The interference of the Indians having arrested further work, Messrs. Mason and Dixon returned to Philadelphia, where they reported to the commissioner, and on December 26, 1767, received an honorable discharge.

There were many minor disturbances occasioned by this line, and the actions of the rough border population were slow to become satisfied. A surveyor’s transit or astronomy was not enough to determine the limits of their civil pride. These people had grown accustomed to the temporary lines which had been run about 1740, which was about one-quarter of a mile above the true one, and they became as much excited over that narrow strip as they had been when they hoped to penetrate miles into Pennsylvania.

The government of Pennsylvania determined to acquire its rightful jurisdiction and in 1774, a proclamation was issued, which has generally been considered the final act in the boundary controversy.

The residue of the southern boundary, a little less than twenty-two miles, was run in 1782 by Robert Andrews, Andrew Ellicott, John Ewing, David Rittenhouse, and John Hutchins, and completed and permanently marked in 1784.

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First Bank in America Chartered in
Philadelphia, December 31, 1781

Congress again assembled in Philadelphia on July 2, 1778, and on the 9th the “Articles of Confederation,” engrossed on parchment, were signed by the delegates of eight States.

Pennsylvania was one of those states which immediately acceded to the Confederation. The delegation from this State consisted of Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Daniel Roderdeau, Jonathan Bayard Smith, James Smith, of Yorktown; William Clingan and Joseph Reed.

The “Articles of Confederation” were submitted to the several State Legislatures. Slowly the States ratified them, some of them pointing out serious defects, and all taking time to discuss them. The first State to ratify, in addition to the eight which immediately signed, was North Carolina, July 21, but Maryland steadily refused until March 1, 1781, when the League of States was perfected.

It was soon perceived that under this new Government the Congress had no power, independent of the several States, to enforce taxation.

Robert Morris, then Superintendent of Finance (Secretary of the Treasury), proposed the establishment of a bank in Philadelphia, to supply the Government with money, with a capital of $400,000.

The promissory notes of the bank were to be a legal tender of currency, to be received in payment of all taxes, duties and debts due the United States.

But before Congress could act the patriotic citizens of Philadelphia moved for the establishment of a bank by which means the soldiers in the Continental Army could be supplied with provisions.

A plan for this bank was prepared in Philadelphia which set forth the entire scheme of subscription and operation, down to the minutest detail, even stating that the factor (cashier) “shall provide his store with rum, sugar, coffee, salt and other goods at the cheapest price to those who supply him with provisions, that he may gain a preference of what comes to market.” The provisions were to be purchased for the army in the field.

This plan named the original board of inspectors, Robert Morris, J. M. Nesbitt, Blair M'Clenachan, Samuel Miles and Cadwallader Morris. The two directors were John Nixon and George Clymer and the factor was Tench Francis.

The subscription list was headed:

“Whereas, in the present situation of public affairs in the United States, the greatest and most vigorous exertions are required for the successful management of the just and necessary war in which they are engaged with Great Britain; We, the subscribers, deeply impressed with the sentiments that on such an occasion should govern us, in the prosecution of a war, in the event of which, our own freedom and that of our posterity and the freedom and independence of the United States are all involved, hereby severally pledge our property and credit for the several sums specified and mentioned after our names, in order to support the credit of a bank to be established for furnishing a supply of provisions for the armies of the United States; and we do hereby severally promise and engage to execute to the directors of the said bank bonds of the form hereunto annexed.

“Witness our hands the 17th day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1780.”

There were ninety-two original patriot subscribers, the total pledges of whom amounted to £300,000 Pennsylvania currency, payable in gold or silver.

Robert Morris and Blair McClenachan each subscribed £10,000; Bunner, Murray & Co., £6000; Tench Francis, £5500; James Wilson, George Clymer, William Bingham, J. M. Nesbitt & Co., Richard Peters, Samuel Meredith, James Mease, Thomas Barclay, Samuel Morris, Jr., John Cox, Robert L. Hooper, Jr., Hugh Shiell, Samuel Eyre, Matthew Irwin, Thomas Irwin, John Philip De Haas, Philip Moore, John Nixon, Robert Bridges, John Benezet, Henry Hill, John Morgan, Samuel Mifflin, Thomas Mifflin, Thomas Willing and Samuel Powell, each subscribed £5000.

None of the subscribers pledged less than £1000, and it is a question if ever a more liberal list of patriots could be found anywhere than this one.

This bank opened its doors on July 17, 1780, in Front Street, Philadelphia, two doors above Walnut.

To show the mode of doing business an old advertisement says: “All persons who have already lent money are desired to apply for bank notes; and the directors request the favor of those who may hereafter lodge their cash in the bank, that they would tie it up in bundles of bills of one denomination, with labels, and their names indorsed, as the business will thereby be done with less trouble and much greater dispatch.”

The bank continued in operation till the establishment of the Bank of North America, December 31, 1781, and was the first banking institution in America.

The plan for the bank for the Government was approved by the Continental Congress, May 26, 1781, and this financial agent of the Government was chartered by the Congress December 31, 1781. The capital stock was divided into shares of $400 each, in money of gold and silver, to be procured by subscriptions.

Twelve directors were appointed to manage the affairs of the bank, which was entitled by the Congress “The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of North America.”

Alexander Hamilton, observing the prosperity and usefulness to the commercial community and the financial operations of the Government of the Bank of North America, in Philadelphia, and of the Bank of New York, and the Bank of Massachusetts, which were afterward established, and which three banks held the entire banking capital of the country before 1791, recommended the establishment of a Government bank in his famous report on the finances (1790), as Secretary of the Treasury.

Hamilton’s suggestion was speedily acted upon, and an act for the purpose was adopted February 8, 1791.

President Washington asked the written opinion of his Cabinet concerning its constitutionality. They were equally divided. The President, believing it legal, signed the bill.

The bank was named “The United States Bank” and its charter limited to twenty years.

This bank was soon established, with a capital of $10,000,000, of which amount the Government subscribed $2,000,000 in specie and $6,000,000 in stocks of the United States.

The measure was very popular. The shares of the bank rose to 25 and 45 per cent premium, and it paid an average dividend of 8½ per cent on its capital. The shares were $400 each, same as the Bank of North America.

The United States Bank was chartered February 25, 1791, and established at Philadelphia, with branches at different points. Its charter expired without renewal March 4, 1811.

INDEX

A

Aaronsburg Lottery, 276 Abduction of Colonel Timothy Pickering, 438 Abe Little, 236 Abercrombie, Lieutenant Colonel James W., 307 Abington, 736 Abolition Society, 46, 114 Abraham, 540 Abraham, Heights of, 498 Absentz, George, 284 Academy, 45, 882 Academy, Germantown, 283 Academy of Music, 41 Acrods, Benjamin, 190 Adams County, 181, 218, 244, 264, 288, 416, 582, 596, 698, 811, 853 Adams, John, 53, 139, 191, 200, 263, 383, 459, 789, 791, 816 Adams, General John, 583 Addison, Alexander, 605 Address, Lincoln’s Gettysburg, Story, 810 Adet, 789 Adjouquay, 394 Adler (of Reading), The, 191 Adlum, John, 11, 731, 732 Agnew, General James, 691 Agriculture, Department of, 88 Agrippa, Cornelius, 151 Alabama, 8 Advocate, 866 Albany, 45, 491 Albany Township, 918 Albright, General Charles, 49, 109 Alden, Mason F., 906 Alexander, Captain Charles, 324, 713 Alexander, Major General, 854 Alexander, Mrs. Catherine, 369 Alexander’s Tavern, Allan, Mrs. Elizabeth R. P., 204 Allegheny, 300 Allegheny County, 64, 87, 131, 147, 156, 180, 181, 200, 208, 216, 223, 262, 596, 598, 687, 775, 896 Allegheny Episodes (quoted), 391 Allegheny River, 11 etc. Allegheny & Portage Railroad, 201 Allen, Andrew, 308, 661 Allen, Anne, 107, 393 Allen, Christopher, 531 Allen, John, 510 Allen, General Ethan, 848 Allen, Lieutenant, 759 Allen, Massacre of Family, 344 Allen, Nathaniel, 340 Allen, Nicholas, 110 Allen, Peter, 392 Allen Rifles, 277 Allen, Samuel, 150 Allen, William, 107, 392, 513, 682, 779, 782, 867 Allentown, 81, 277, 384 Allentown (Pitts), 201 Allison, Benjamin, 209, 674 Allison, Dr. Francis, 224 Allison, Dr. J., 10 Allison, James, 827 Allison, Robert, 441 Allison, R. W. Francis, 782 Allison, William, 623 Allman, J. T., 88 Allemewi, 424 Alliance with Indians, Unholy, 654 Alloqueppy’s Town, 320 Allummapees, 255, 283, 301, 437, 449 Almanac, Lancaster County, 678 Almanac, Poor Richard’s, 45 Alricks, Jacob, 667 Alricks, Peter, 447 Altona, 667 Altoona, 40 Alumingh, Falls of, 666 Amatincka, 71 Amboy Railroad, 21, American Company, 271 American Ethnological Society, 54 American Magazine, The, 642 American or Know Nothing Party, 389 American Philosophical Society, 385 American Rebels, 831 Americans, Royal, The, 236 American Sunday School Society, 642 American, The, 75 American Weekly Mercury, 897 “Americanus,” 594 Amherst, General Jeffrey, 346, 372, 538, 587, 703, 710 Ancient Order Hibernians, 47 Anderson, John, 102 Anderson, Major, 39 André, Major John, 91, 138, 271, 347, 348, 607, 669, 709 Andrew (Indian), 437 Andrews, Mrs. (quoted), 811 Andrews, Robert, 662, 708, 921 Andrews, Robert A., 182 Andries, Gunla, 396 Andries, Lace, 792 Andros, Governor Edmund, 447, 610, 792 Anders, Christiana, 826 Anders, Gottleib, 826 Anders, Joanna, 826 Angelica, 835 Angle, The, 455 Annals of Buffalo Valley, 27, 445 Annals of Philadelphia, 900 Annapolis, 337, 364 Annapolis, Jail, 823 Anne, Princess, 763 Anne, Queen, 44, 118 Antes Burying Ground, 337 Antes Fort, 335 Antes Gap, 555 Antes, Heinrich, 31 Antes, Henry, 31, 32, 33, 312, 336, 512, 514 Antes, John, 33 Antes, Johan Heinrich, 31 Antes, John Henry, 335, 819 Antes, Mary Elizabeth, 31, 336 Antes Mill, 31 Antes, Philip Frederic, 31, 335, 336, 380, 731, 732 Antes, William, 336 Anthony, Captain, 859 Anthracite Coal, 110, 111, 112 Antoinette, Marie, 892 Anti-federalists, 518 Anti-Masonry, 182, 518, 567, 568, 850, 855, 868 Anti-Masonic Era, 839; Story, 850, 855 Anti-Masonic Convention, 568 Anti-Masonic Investigation, Story, 889 Anti-Masonic Party, 518 Anti-Slavery Society, Female, 7 Anti-Slavery Society, National, 6, 7 Anti-Slavery Society, World’s, 7 Antrim, County of, 23 Anvil, The, 628 Apollo, 167, 201, 263 Appoquincinnik Creek, 437 Arbor Day, First, 735 Archer, Elizabeth, 510 Archer, General Stephen, 452 Archer, John, 510 Archives of Pennsylvania, 302, 429, 880 Ardanda, Count de, 914 Argall, Captain Samuel, 589 Argus, Northumberland, 546 Argus Republican, 876 Armbruster, Gotthan, 899 Arms, King’s, 383 Armstrong, Alexander, 255 Armstrong Creek, 16 Armstrong County, 147, 156, 181, 185, 208, 596, 597, 775 Armstrong, Edward (Lieutenant), 525, 526, 619 Armstrong, James, 73, 254, 400, 630 Armstrong, John, General, 27, 67, 69, 178, 259, 268, 319, 381, 504, 525, 526, 545, 587, 597, 619, 690, 703, 711, 722, 762, 820, 828, 829, 830, 911 Armstrong, John (Jack), 254 Armstrong, Joseph, 320 Armstrong, Thomas A., 735 Armstrongs, 370, 393 Arndt, Captain Jacob, 541, 575 Arnold, Benedict, General, 3, 89, 90, 91, 188, 222, 309, 418, 461, 635, 509, 709 Arnold Expedition to Quebec, 699, 708 Arnold (quoted), 811 Arnold (ship), 324 Arnold, Woodward, 254 Arsenal, 5 Articles of Confederation, 5, 45, 570, 872, 873, 921 Ashburn, Elizabeth, 79 Ashburn, Zillah, 79 Ashburn, Joseph, 79 Ashcom, Charles, 151 Ashland, 1, 49, 107 Ashmead, John W., 8 Askey, Lieutenant, 305, 306 Assarandongnas, 701 Astor, Mrs. John Jacob, 220 Astor Place Theatre, 251 Astoria, 54 Asylum, Story of, 892 *Aetna (ship), 324 Atlee, Colonel Samuel John, 155, 545, 908 Attaock, 506 Auburn, 918 Auchmuty, Miss, 348 Audubon, J. J., 581 Aughwick (Old Town), 322, 525, 619 Aughwick Creek, 918 Aughwick Valley, 322 Augsburg Confession, 609 Augusta County, 660 Augusta Fort, see Fort Augusta Augusta Regiment, 393, 685 Augustus (Indian), 575 Augustus (ship), 671 Aurora, The, 434, 791, 877 Australian Ballot System, 87 Austria, 22 Averills, General William W., 521 Awl, Dr. R. H., 820

B

Bache, Richard, 357 Backus, Colonel Electus, 143 Bailey, Edward, 137 Baker, John, 378 Baker, John L., 122 Baker, Samuel, 794 Baker’s Bottom, 362 Baker’s Creek, 649 Bald Eagle, Chief, 169, 543 Bald Eagle Creek, 305, 475 Baldwin, Dr. Cornelius, 223 Baldwin Locomotive Works, 22 Baldwin, Matthias, 20, 21, 22 Baldy, Paul, 819 Balliet, Stephen, 186 Baltimore, 277, 298 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 232 Baltimore, Lord, 165, 328, 489 Baltimore Riot, 277 Bancroft (quoted), 293, 489, 612, 660, 829, 836 Bank, First in U. S., 921 Bank, First at Pittsburgh, 201 Bank of Germantown, 901 Bank, Girard, 355, 785 Bank of Massachusetts, 20 Bank, National, 20 Bank of New York, 20 Bank of North America, 18, 19, 20, 285, 923 Bank, Pennsylvania, 285, 708, 818 Bank of United States, 923 Barbadoes, 340, 447 Barbier, Monsieur, 840 Barclay, Commodore, 626 Barclay, Robert, 717 Barclay, Thomas, 922 Bard, Archibald, 264 Bard, Richard, 264 Barker, Thomas, 373 Barlow, Joel, 565 Barnes, Xtopper, 792 Barnes, John, 150 Barney, Capt. Joshua, 426 Barnitz, Ensign Jacob, 570 Baron of Finga, 10 Barren Hill, 308, 352 Barren Hill Church, 353 Barry, Commodore John, 325 Bartholomew, Edward, 380 Barton, Mr., 299 Bartram Gardens, 212, 213, 214 Bartram, Ann, 212 Bartram, John, 212, 213, 214, 884 Bartram, Mary, 212 Bartram, William, 213, 214, 580 Baskins, William, 255, 525 Bastile, 99 Bates, Samuel P. (quoted), 812 Battalions, First and Second, 185, 304, 311 Battles, General, 521 Battle of Antietam, 40 Battle of Brandywine, 81, 137, 138, 213, 570, 627 Battle of Bull Run, 40, 280 Battle of Bushy Run, 100, 496, 537 Battle of Chattanooga, 89 Battle of Chickamauga, 89 Battle of Chippewa, 144 Battle of Crooked Billet, 10, 307 Battle of Fallen Timbers, 572, 849 Battle of Fort Freeland (See Fort Freeland) Battle of Germantown, 138, 224 Battle of Gettysburg, Story, 451, 455 Brittle of Lake Erie, 624 Battle of Long Island, 311 Battle, Lundy’s Lane, 144 Battle, Monongahela, 470 Battle of Monmouth, 57 Battle of Princeton, 496 Battle of Stillwater, 634 Battle of Stony Point, 138, 210 Battle of Trenton, 81, 210, 311, 496 Battle of White Plains, 138 Bayard, John, 292, 669 Baynton, Peter, 834 Beale, Thomas, 630 Beard, Sarah, 556 Beard, William, 556 Bearnell, William, 2 Beaujeu, Captain Hyacinthe Marie L. de, 470, 471, 472 Beaulieu, M., 894 Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 915 Beaver, 121, 167, 174 Beaver County, 122, 147, 156, 175, 181, 208, 262, 597, 775 Beaver Creek, 174 Beaver, Governor James A., 280, 379, 735 Beaver, King, 303 Beck, Paul, 693 Becker, Hilarius, 284 Beddock, Edward, 822 Bedford, 100, 145; Story, 177, 304, 537, 689 Bedford, Captain, 587 Bedford County, 61, 72, 138, 145, 147, 177, 180, 181, 208, 210, 257, 259, 266, 416, 420, 508, 551, 587, 596, 606, 731 Bedford, England, 177 Bedford, Fort (See Fort Bedford) Bedford Springs, 179 Beekman, William, 667 Beissel, John Conrad, Story, 463 Bell, Liberty, 504 Bell, William, 630 Belle Riviere, 412 Bells Church, 223, 504 Bellefonte, 735, 834 Bellew, Captain, 324 Belleville, 9 Bender, Charles A., 523 Benezet, John, 922 Beninger, Hiram, 108 Bensell, Charles, 283 Bensell, Lane, 284 Benton, 429 Benway, John, 474 Berkeley, Lord, 716 Berkley, Mrs., 861 *Beresford, Sir John P., 335 Berks County, 16, 60, 66, 67, 131, 180, 190, 207, 208, 210, 215, 308, 416, 419, 508, 582, 596, 606, 616, 617, 645, 648, 726, 736, 797, 808, 895, 916, 918 Bern Township, 808 Bernard, 890 Bernard, Governor, 380, 700 Berry, James, 254 Berwick, 515, 614 Berzar, John, 531 Bessonett & Co., C., 834 Best, Valentine, 118 Bethany, Pa., 194 Bethel Township, 797 Bethlehem (Pa.), 15, 17, 32, 33, 102, 159, 191, 222, 237, 302, 303, 313, 336, 359, 360, 384, 425, 504, 514, 541, 575, 576, 588, 710, 917, 918 “Bethlehem,” 867 Bethlehem Hospital, Story, 222 Bethlehem Moravians, 222 Bethlehem Township, 312 Bethesda, 312 Betsy (Ship), 325 Bevan, Catherine, 30 Bezac, Edward, 150 Bezar, John, 340 Bezel, John, 474 Bezold, Gottleib, 17 Bicentennial, William Penn, Story, 733 Bickley, Abraham, 859 Biddle, Charles J., General, 280, 452 Biddle, Clement C., 334 Biddle, Edward, 611 Biddle, Henry J., Adjutant General, 280 Biddle, James, Captain, 292 Biddle, John, 308 Biddle, Nicholas, Captain, 326 Biddle, Owen, 385, 483 Biddle, Thomas, 334 Big Beaver, 423, 722 Big Cat (Indian), 174, 282 Big Island, 476 Big Mahoning, 168 Big Sewickley Creek, 149, 168 “Big Tree” Indian, 638 Biles, William, 150, 530 Bigler, John, Governor, 881 Bigler, William, Governor, 389, 880 Billet, Crooked, 10, 307 Billingsport, 324, 545, 669, 908 Bills of Credit, 160 Bingham, William, 896, 922 Binghamton, 298 Binns, John, 433, 783, 785, 802, 876 Binns, Recollections, etc.,(quoted), 433 Biographical Annals, 262 Bird, Captain Harry, 141 Birmingham, 98, 201 Birmingham, East, 201 Birmingham, James M., 473 Birmingham Meeting House, 260, 504, 628 Bissell, George H., 592 Black Boys, 178, 829 Black, Captain David, 442 Black, Mr., 218 Black, Chauncey F., 735 Black, Jeremiah S., 179, 390 Blackbeard, 152 Blackburn, Admiral, 582 Blacky (horse), 218 Blackfish, Chief, 738 “Black Horse” Tavern, 680 Black Lick Creek, 146 Black Walnut Bottom, 439 Blackwell, Captain John, 843 Blacons, M. De, 894 Blaine, Ephraim, 110, 679 Blaine, Lieutenant, 346 Blair County, 177, 181, 257, 596 Blair, John, 496 Blair, Thomas, 390 Blair’s Gap, 265 Blairsville, 309 Blake, Thos. F., 473 Bland, Colonel Theodoric, Jr., 629 Blenker, Colonel, 369 Blennerhassett, Mrs. Adeline Agnew, 894 Bloody Saturday, Story, 557 Bloomfield, John, 514 Bloomsburg, 49, 210, 491, 614, 868, 904 Bloomsbury Forge, 483 “Blue Bell” Tavern, 396 Blue Hill, 287, 772 Blue Mountain, 25, 561, 651, 721 Blue Rock, 822 Blues, Philadelphia, 334 Blues, Quaker, 292 Blummaert, Samuel, 229 Blunston, Samuel, 821 Blythe, William, 26, 469 Board of War, 570 Boatman, Claudius, 556 Boatman, Miss, 555 Boatman, Mrs. Claudius, 554, 555 Bobb, Matthias, 809 Bodley, General Thomas, 334 Boeckel, Dame Barbara, 222 Boeckel, Liesel, 222 Boehler, William, 222, 312 Boelson, Jan, 792 Boen, Andrew, 396 Bogharat, Jost de, 231 Bok, Edward W., 532 Boileau, N. B., 784 Bolilogue, Charles Felix Bea, 892 Boozar, William, 2 Bom (quoted), 696 Bombaugh, Conrad, 679 Bonaparte, 565 Bonaparte, Charles Lincoln, 581 Bond, Becky, 348 Bond, Dr. Thomas, 602 Bond, Dr. Thomas, Jr., 224 Bond, Wilhelmina, 348 Bonham, John, 694 Bonham, William, 878 Bonnecamps, Father, 412 Boone, Daniel, 515, 736 Boone, George, 736 Boone, George III, 736 Boone, Hawkins, Captain, 515 Boone, Mary Maugridge, 736 Boone, Squire, 736 Boonesborough, 737 Bordentown, 909 Border Dispute, Story, 338 Borrows, Arad, 369 Boston, 507, 508 Boston, Siege of, 311 Bothwell Howe, 863 Bouquet, Henry, 10, 42, 105, 169, 178, 304, 346, 347, 371, 388, 537, 547, 587, 588, 636, 680, 704, 710, 781, 782, 827, 830 Boundary Dispute, 99, 659 Bounties for Scalps, Story, 267 Bowen, Major, 521 Bower, Philip, 820 Bower, Thomas, 797 Bowman, John, 284 Bowrey Theatre, 251 Bowser, William, 710 Boyd Family, 326 Boyd, Captain James, 189 Boyd, Captain John, 137, 186, 442, 517, 633 Boyd, Robert, 206 Boyd, Thomas, 137, 633, 814 Boyd, William, 137, 633 Boyle, James, 193, 314 Boynton & Wharton, 170 Brackenridge, Hugh Henry, 517, 688 Braddock, Edward, 60, 73, 77, 134, 148, 149, 172, 260, 267, 319, 370, 408, 470, 476, 486, 547, 549, 573, 623, 686, 704, 721, 726, 757, 760, 797, 825, 827, 830, 916 Braddock Road, Story, 319 Bradford, Andrew, 115, 130, 897 Bradford, Cornelia, 897 Bradford County, 156, 181, 194, 195, 208, 210, 359, 423, 458, 596, 597, 775, 892, 893 Bradford, David, 687, 689 Bradford, Thomas, 899 Bradford, William, 128, 580, 597, 669, 689, 793, 899 Bradford, William, (Jr.), 115, 292 Bradstreet, General John, 347, 388, 548, 781, 828 Bradt, Captain Andrew, 740 Brady, 423, 533 Brady, Fort, See Fort Brady Brady, Hannah, 259 Brady, Hugh, 259, 334 Brady, James, Story, 542 Brady, Captain John, 11; Story, 259, 305, 544 Brady, Mary, 544 Brady, Samuel, 261, 498 Brady, Captain Samuel, 168, 543, 544, 549, 740 Brady Tract, 11 Brainard, David, 475, 824 Braintrim, 299 Brandon, John, 498 Brandywine, Battle of, 504 Brandywine Creek, 504 Brant, Joseph, 323, 501, 529, 633, 814 Brassey, Thomas, 212, 373 Brattan, John, 731 Bread Street, 514 Breck, Senator Samuel, 184 Breed’s Hill, 606 Brethren House, 222 Brewer, Martin, 463 Breylinger, Hannah, 722 Breylinger, Jacob, 722 Bridges, Robert, 922 Bridgewater, Battle of, 583 Bridgewater, Duke of, 565 Bright, George, 820 Bringhurst, George, 284 Bristol, 859, 909 Brison, John, 479 Britannia Fire Company, 860 British Burn National Capitol, Story, 582 British Squadron, 625 Brobst, Christian, 299 Brobst, Michael, 252 Brockden, Charles, 514 Brodhead, Daniel, 162, 163, 167, 281, 462, 584, 585, 617, 618, 637, 654, 908 Brokenstraw, 550 Brook, Grassy, 501 Brook, Half Way, 501 Brook, John, 343 Brooks, Edward, 373 Brooks, Noah, 812 Brooke’s Tavern, 247 Brotherhood of Ephrata, 463 Brotherly Love, City of, 167 Brother Jethro, 463 Brown, B. S., 369 Brown, Enoch, 511 Brown, General Jacob, 142, 143, 144, 334 Brown, Lige, 785 Brown, Moses, 238 Brown, William, 186, 630, 910 Browne, George, 397 Browne, John, 792 Brownlee, John, 479 Brownsbury, 861 “Brown’s Hotel,”, 865 Brownsville, 143, 218, 328 Brulé, Etienne, 589, 741 Bruner’s Cotton Factory, 860 Brunner, Mary, 190 Brush Creek, 376 Brush Valley, 343 Bryan, George, 136, 662, 708, 779, 794 Bryan, Rebecca, 736 Bryson, Samuel, Story, 630 Buchanan, Arthur, 679 Buchanan, Polly, 679 Buchanan, William, 319 Buchanan, James, 34, 35, 183, 288, 624, 679 Bucher, Conrad, 306 Bucher, Jacob, 6 Buckalew, Charles R., 196 Buckaloons, 551 Buckingham, 179 Bucks County, 33, 57, 60, 84, 107, 142, 179, 180, 190, 191, 207, 307, 308, 334, 370, 416, 419, 448, 450, 530, 596, 649, 650, 662, 861, 867 Buckshot War, Story, 853 Budden, Captain, 383 Bull, Ole, 94, 95, 96 Buffalo, 877 Buffalo Creek, 175, 241 Buffalo Valley, 9, 11, 305, 461, 526 Buffalo Valley, Linn (quoted), 189 Buffington’s, 628 Building Commissioners, 5 Bull, Captain (Indian), 492, 718, 911 Bull, General John, 139, 380, 484, 544 Bull, Mary Phillips, 546 Bull, Rebecca, 139 Bull Run, 280 Bullet, Captain, 636 Bulletin, 813 Bunker Hill, 10, 606 Bunner, Murray & Co., 922 Burd, Edward, 209, 228, 483, 508, 693 Burd, Colonel James, 178, 237, 319, 684, 759 Burgoyne, General John, 456, 834 Burlington Meeting, 113 Burnes, Patrick, 760 Burnet, Dr. William, 602 Burnett, Governor of New Jersey, 161 Burnett’s Hills, 399 Burning of Chambersburg, Story, 519 Burns, John, 583 Burns, Robert, 579 Burnt Cabins, 320, 680 Burr, Aaron, 894 Burroughs, Mrs., 250 Burrowes, Thomas H., 850, 855 Bush Hill, 351 Bushy Run, Battle of, 537, 548 Butler, 120, 121, 122, 854 Butler (Indian), 372 Butler County, 120, 121, 156, 181, 185, 208, 262, 265, 551, 596, 597 Butler, Colonel John, 456, 833 Butler, Colonel John (Tory), 71, 138, 168, 367, 456, 579, 633, 814 Butler, John Richard, 152 Butler, Lord, 111, 135 Butler, Richard, General, 3, 43, 146, 750 Butler, Colonel Zebulon, 438, 456, 492, 903 Butler’s Rift, 495 Buyers, Judge John, 819 Buzzard, Dr., 894 Byberry, 577 Bygrove, Lieutenant, 348 Bylhinge, Edward, 716

C

Cabot, John, 446 Cadwalader, Colonel Lambert, 292, 908 Cadwalader, General Thomas, 334 Cadwallader, General John, 292, 417, 836, 868 Cady, 439 Caghuawaga, 363 Cagnawaga Creek, 185 Caledonia (ship), 626 Cajadies, 886 Caldwell, Captain, 456 Caldwell, Commodore Andrew, 324 Caldwell, Samuel, 332 Callander, Robert, 322, 762 Calvert, Charles, 330, 821, 919 Camden & Amboy Railroad, 21 Cambria, 378 Cambria County, 177, 181, 596, 725, 775 Cambria Iron Works, 232, 378 Cambridge, 409 Cameron County, 156, 182, 208, 596 Cameron, Donald, 498 Cameron House, 745 Cameron, Colonel James, 498 Cameron, General Simon, 196, 498, 812, 883 Cammerhoff, Bishop John Frederick, 15, 16, 17, 63 Campanius, Rev. John, 123, 609 Camp Curtin, Story, 276 to 280 Camp Union, 277 Camp, William, 299 Campbell, Alexander, 557, 558, 847 Campbell, James, 644 Campbell, John, 179, 200 Campbell, Michael, 400 Campbell, Mrs., 558 Campbell, Captain William, 527 Campbell (poet) quoted, 457 Canada, 743 Canajoharie, 302 Canal Commissioners, Board of, 723 Canal, Union, 26 Canal, Story, 130 Canassatego, 449, 867 *Conewago, 744 Cannon, James, 485, 669, 794 Canoe Place, 731 Canon, John, 164 Canterbury, 845 *Causeland, Nieu, 667 Cape Cornelius, 857 Capes of Chesapeake, 627 Capitol Hill, 746 Capitol, State, 3, 5, 6, 86, 89, 94, 135 Capson, John, 897 Captain Pipe, 226 Carantouan, 742 Carbon County, 47, 48, 65, 181, 193, 380, 448, 557, 564, 577, 597, 651, 846, 847, 918 Carbondale, 232 Carey, 591 Carey, Henry Charles, 643 Carey, Matthew, 641; Story, 775 Carleton, Sir Guy, 426, 739 Carigiatatie, Nikes, 700 Carlisle, 4, 27, 73, 74, 75, 110, 135, 170, 176, 178, 217, 227, 247, 248, 258, 288, 321, 322, 346, 388, 441, 443, 445, 508, Carlisle Barracks, 522, 854 Carlisle, Earl of, 417 Carlisle Indian School, 110; Story, 522 Carlisle Jail, 912 Carlisle, Hon. John S., 179 Carlisle Pike, 280 Carlisle, Raid on, Story, 441 Carmichael, William, 915 Carolina, 300 Carondowanen (Indian), 638 Carpenter, Emanuel, 798 Carpenter, Edward, 150 Carpenter, Samuel, 128, 150, 159 Carpenters’ Hall, 10, 33, 419, 611, 694 Carr, Colonel Robert, 446 Carroll, General Samuel Sprigg, 454 Carroll, James, 193, 314 Carroll Tract, 264 Carroll, Colonel William, 334 Carson, Ann, 784 Carson, John, 784 Carteret, Sir George, 716 Cartlidge, Edward, 805, 806, 822 Cartlidge, John, 552, 805, 806 Casey, Joseph, 864 Cashtown Pike, 452 Cass Township, 846 Cassimer, Fort, 609 Castle, James H, 249 Castleman, William, 586 Cat, Story of Singed, 532 Catawba, 300 Catawissa, 299, 893 Cathcart, Lord, 348 Catherine (ship), 302 Cave, 248 Cavet, James, 101, 149 Cayuga, 17 Celeron, Captain Bienville de, 411, 840 Cemetery Hill, 453 Centennial, 882 Center County, 156, 181, 208, 276, 344, 597, 775 Central Railroad of New Jersey, 243 Centralia, 192, 846 Chadd’s Ford, 503, 504, 628 Chain of Forts, 916 Chalfant, Thomas, 119 Chamberlin, Colonel Thomas, 453 Chambers, Benjamin, 23, 623, 822 Chambers, David, 400 Chambers, Fort, 23 Chambers, James, 343, 508, 688 Chambers, Jane, 331 Chambers, Joseph, 254, 623 Chambers Mill, 16 Chambers, Captain Stephen, Story, 331 Chambers, Thomas, 23 Chambersburg, 51, 519, 678, 680, 706, 707, 735, 860, 864 Chamberstown, 622 Champlain, Samuel, 742 Chance, Samuel, 822 Chance (ship), 325 Chancery Lane, 517 Chandler, Zachariah, 883 Chandler, Joseph R., 890 Chapin, General, 153 Chapman, Dr., 861 Charles, Edward (Scotland), 498 Charles II, King, 165, 294, 446 Charles (Indian), 437 Charles, Robert, 382 Charlestown, 673 Charleston & Hamburg Railroad Company, 22 Charter, 5, 165, 166, 167 Chartiers Creek, 147, 163, 225, 528 Chartier, Peter, 300 Chase, Samuel, 383 Chase, Rev. Mr., 901 Chautauqua Creek, 412, 840 Chautauqua Lake, 413 Chautauqua, Story, 326 Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, 327 Chautauqua Sunday School Assembly, 327 Chemung, 367 Chemung River, 17 Chemunk, 578 Cheat River, 100 Chenango, N. Y., 299 Cherry, Fort, 586 Cherry, John, 586 Cherry Tree Township, 591 Cherry Valley, 814 Chesapeake, 505, 588 Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, 131 Chester, 61, 75, 158, 275, 328, 396, 486, 503, 504, 610, 754 Chester County, 8, 10, 60, 70, 84, 127, 131, 137, 151, 152, 161, 179, 180, 191, 205, 207, 301, 308, 339, 414, 416, 419, 436, 463, 496, 503, 565, 582, 596, 610, 664, 709, 850 Chestnut Hill, 690, 870 Chestnut Ridge, 149 Chestnut Street Theatre, 250 Chevalier, John, 292 Chevalier, Peter, 780 Chevaux de frise, 324 Chevey, Squire Thomas, 629 Chew, Benjamin, 107, 357, 919 Chew, Benjamin, Jr., 357 Chew House, 691 Chew, Peggy, 348 Chew, Sophia, 348 Chickahominy, 677 Chilloway, Job, 359, 655 Chickies Creek, Little, 217, 821 Chickesalunga, 249 Child, Francis, 641 Chillisquaque Creek, 139, 305, 515, 553, 614 Chillisquaque Township, 208 China, 430 Chincklamoose, 228, 303, 770 Chippewa, 334, 583 Chobet, 840 Christ, Adam, 819 Christiana, 8, 667 Christiana Creek, 123, 324, 609 Christiana, Fort, 123, 609 Christiana Riots, 880 Chronicle, The Harrisburg, 4, 298 Church, Catholic, 86 Church, Christ, 46, 82 Church, First Dedication, 419 Church, First Moravian, Story, 512 Church, First Permanent Settlement, Story, 608 Church, Gloria Dei, 610 Church and King, 99 Church of the Brethren, 866, 867 Church, Old Swede, 610 Church Store, 222 Cicero, 752 Cilley, Colonel Joseph, 367 Cincinnati, 849 Cincinnati, Order of, 311, 332, 850 City Cavalry, First Troop, 694 City Grays, Harrisburg, 473 City Grays, Williamsport, 473 City Troop, First, 107, 357, 574 City Zouaves, Middletown, 473 Civil Government of Pennsylvania, 530 Civility, Chief, 301 Claess, Christian, 396 Clapham Colonel William, 24, 25, 227, 228, 229, 370, 393, 396, 770, 819, 918 Clarion County, 156, 181, 208, 597 Clark, 769 Clark, Dr. Adam, 901 Clark, Daniel, 784 Clark, General Geo. Rogers, 162, 488, 527, 528, 820 Clark, Governor (N. Y.), 500 Clark, John, 141, 343, 630, 740, 820 Clark, Walter, 209 Clarkson, Matthew, 325, 776 Clarkson (quoted), 755 Clay, Henry, 95 Claypoole, D. C. 899 Claypoole, James, 293, 373 Claypoole & Morris, 469 Clayton, Major Asher, 228, 259, 560, 711 718, 911 Clayton, William, 150, 396 Clearfield, 228, 491, 770 Clearfield County, 156, 181, 208, 597, 775 Clerkwell Prison, 802 Clermont, Fulton’s, 564 Cleveland, 309 Clingan, William, 921 Clinton, 183 Clinton County, 156, 181, 182, 208, 212, 596 597, 775 Clinton, DeWitt, 144, 233 Clinton, Sir Henry, 2, 3, 308 Clinton, General James, 240, 347, 367, 416 426, 443, 710 Clinton, Governor George, 412 Cloister, Ephrata, 464 Clow’s Dragoons, 349 Cluggage, Captain Robert, 178, 508 Clymer, Daniel, 248, 694 Clymer, George, 332, 643, 861, 872 Coaldale, 315 Coal Oil, 591 Coal Oil Johnnie, 592 Coates, William, 292 Coats, William, 380 Cobbett, William, 791 Cobb’s Creek, 124, 448 Cobb’s Run, 261 Cocalio Creek, 463 Cochran, Captain, 521 Cochran, Colonel, 442 Cochran, Dr. John, 442; Story, 601, 820 Cochran, William, 853 Cock, Lasse, 150 Cock, Laurens, 396 Cock, Moens, 792 Cock, Otto Ernest, 396, 792 Cock, Peter, 396, 667, 792 Code of Laws, Penn’s, 295 Codorus, 298 Coeur du Lac, Fort, 578 Coeur, Jean, 412 Confederation, Articles of, 5, etc. Coffee House, 325 Coffin, Lucretia, 6 Colebrookdale, 616 Coleman Guards, Lebanon, 473 Coleman, William, 919 Colesberry, Alexander P., 734 College, Dickinson, 4 Collett, Jeremiah, 150 Collins, Henry, 170 Colonial Dames, 753 Colonial Records, 880 Colonial Society, Swedish, 608 Colony of Pennsylvania, 507 Colt, Mr., 299 Columbia, 112, 297, 414 Columbia County, 48, 49, 181, 192, 196, 208, 432, 564, 596, 846 Columbia Railroad, 499 Columbian Magazine, The, 642 Columbus, 26 Colver, Ephraim, 577 Combush (Indian), 650 Company H, 4th U. S. A., 277 Compass Hotel, 248 Concord, 290, 695 Concord Meeting House, 651 Conejohela Valley, 821 Conemaugh, 132, 149, 300, 377 Conemaugh, Lake, 378 Conemaugh River, 377 Conestoga, 105, 912 Conestoga Creek, 463 Conestoga Lock and Dam, 131 Conestoga Manor, 822 Conestoga Murdered by Shawnee, Story, 300 Conestoga Township, 821 Conewago Canal, 131, 132, 244 Conewago Falls, 298 Conewango Creek, 153, 411 Confederate Raid, 705 Conference, Provincial, 419 Congress (ship), 325 Congress Hall Hotel, 834 Congress, Mutiny Against, 426 Conlin, Patrick, 474 Connelly, Dr. John, 100, 145, 148, 489, 660 Connelly, Robber, 220 Connellsville, 328 Connecticut Settlers, 93 Connoquenessing Creek, 121 Connolloways, Big and Little, 749 Conococheague, 319, 622 Conococheague Creek, 510 Conococheague, Massacre at, Story, 510 Conococheague Navigation Company, 131, 169 Conococheague Valley, 510 Conodoguinet Creek, 217, 248 Conrad, Mrs. James, 369 Conrad, Robert T., 389 Constitution, 5, 214, 603, 643, 794, 816, 895 Constitution, Federal, 5; Story, 643 Constitution (ship), 583, 624 Constitutional Party, 692 Constitutionalists, 875 Contrecoeur, Captain M. de, 126, 470, 660 Continental Currency, 18 Conway Cabal, 417; Story, 834 Conway, General Thomas, 417, 690 Cook, Edward, 149 Cooke, Jay, 646 Cooke, Colonel Jacob, 896 Cooke, Jay & Co., 646 Cooke, Colonel William, 137, 260, 674, 820, 903 Coolin, Annakey, 151 Cooper Ferry, 670 Cooper Hospital, 369 Cooper, James, 8 Cooper, J. Fennimore, 323 Cooper, Mrs., 369 Cooper Shop Story, 368 Cooper, Thomas, 433, 803 Cooper, William M., 369 Copley, John Singleton, 410 Copley Medal, 95 Coppee, Henry, 280 Copper, John, 823 Copp’s Hill, 606 Corbar, Brother, 413 Corinthian Yacht Club, 608 Cork, 311 Corken, James, 510 Cornaghan’s Blockhouse, 527 Cornbury, Lord Edward Hyde, 639, 764 Cornelius, Cape, 589 Cornell, Hugh, 525 Cornerstone, 5, 239, 283 Cornplanter, Chief, 241, 549, 550, 572, 732 Cornwall, Captain, 298 Cornwall, William, 510 Cornstalk, Chief, 362, 750 Cornwallis, Lord Charles, 223, 443, 504, 628, 651, 669, 691, 692 Corporation Act., 99 Corry, 593 Coryell’s Ferry, 863, 909 Coshocton, 226, 281; Story, 656, 750 Couch, General Darius N., 519, 520, 707 Council of Censors, 794, 895 Council of Safety, 903 Council, Supreme Executive, Threatened, Story, 426 Counterfeiter, 217 Counties, Etymology of, 596 Country Club of Harrisburg, 23 Country Gentleman, 533 Courland, Colonel, 367 Court, Earliest, 396; Story, 791 Court of Admiralty, 325 Courtright, Milton C., 865 Cove, Great, 267, 623, 749 Cove, Little, 267, 622, 749 Cove Mountains, 707 Covenhoven, Robert, 400, 462 Covenhoven, Thomas, 402 Coventry, 463 Cowan, Edgar, 196 Cowan, Frank (quoted), 303 Cowan, J. F., 95 Cowan’s Gap, 320 Cowperthwaite, Joseph, 292 Cox, Assemblyman, 890 Cox, Gabriel, 164 Cox, John, 292, 922 Cox, Widow, 761 Crabtree Creek, 479 Craig, Isaac, 200 Craig, Jane, 348 Craig, Lieutenant, 869 Craig, Neville B., 518 Cragie, Dr. Andrew, 602 Craik, Dr. James, 602 Crain, Richard, 136 Crane, Hook, 610 Crantz, Dr. (quoted), 884 Cram, Claes, 397 Crascraft, Charles, 528 Crawford County, 156, 181, 185, 208, 596, 597 Crawford, Edward, Jr., 623 Crawford, Fort, 549 Crawford, Hugh, 236 Crawford, Captain John, 404 Crawford, Josiah, 622 Crawford, Captain William, 282, 488, 587 Crawford, Colonel William, 146, 148, 163; Story, 402, 739, 814 Crefeld, 696 Crellius, Joseph, 899 Crescent City, 201 Cresap, Michael, 361 Cresap, Thomas, 330, 365; Story, 821 Cresap War, 330 Cressinger, Dr. Jacob R., 500 “Crisis,” Paine’s, 571; quoted, 426 Crispin, Silas, 531 Crispin, William, 334, 531 Croghan, Catherine, 323 Croghan, Colonel George, 93, 235, 305, 319, 321, 323, 425, 525 Cromwell, 843, 901 Crook, Henry, 473 Crooked Billet, 10, 307; Massacre at, Story, 307 Crown Point, 70 “Crown,” The, 541, 575, 576 Cubbertson, William, 154 Cucussea, 301 Culbertson, Elizabeth, 10 Culbertson, John, 510 Culbertson, Colonel Samuel, 10 Culloden, 498 Culp’s Hill, 454 Cumberland County, 26, 42, 127, 134, 170, 171, 172, 177, 180, 181, 187, 207, 208, 210, 216, 221, 257, 259, 319, 320, 416, 419, 496, 508, 544, 587, 596, 606, 615, 622, 678, 684, 698, 711, 731, 911 Cumberland, Md., 280, 470 Cumberland Valley, 23 Cunningham, Susan King, 511 Cunningham, Thomas S., 851 Curtin, Governor Andrew G., 389, 810 Curtis, Cyrus H. K., 532 Curtis Publishing Company, 533 Curtis, Tom (Indian), 359 Custis, George Washington, 358 Custis, Miss, 358 Cuyler, Theodore C., 8 Cyane (ship), 583

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Daillon, Father de la Roche, 742 Dallas, Alexander James, 69, 191, 817 Dallas, George Mifflin, 890 Dally, Philip, 263 Dalmatia, 63 Dandelot, M., 894 Dangerfield, 8 Danville, 118, 232 Danville Intelligencer, The, 118 Danziger, Charles W., 519 Darby, 159, 357, 504, 545, 580, 859 Darby Creek, 608, 611, 779, 848, 859 Darrah, Lydia, 868 Darrah, William, 868 Daughters American Revolution, 200 Dauphin County, 3, 25, 66, 131, 135, 172, 180, 181, 187, 188, 249, 255, 277, 498, 564, 582, 596, 597, 853, 896 Dauphin County Agriculture Society, 277 Daunt, Knowles, 822 Daventry, 97 Davidson, John, 800 Davidson, Samuel, 61, 324 Davies, William R., 872 Davis, Beaver, 619 Davis, Bill, 173 Davis, Philip, 614 Davy the Lame Indian, 375 Day, Sherman, 93 Dayton, Colonel Elias, 367 Dean, Colonel Joseph, 70 Dean, Samuel, 186 Dean, William, 731, 732 Deane, Silas, 308, 913 Dearborn, General Henry, 334, 582 Death of the Fox, 833 Deauchamp, David, 474 Debarre, General Prudhomme, 629 Decatur, Captain Stephen, 789 Declaration of Independence, 5, 46, 81, 458, 483, 871 Declaration of Rights, 611 Decker’s Tavern, 494 De Coudray, 72 Dee, River, 565 Deed for Christ Church, 436 Deed for Province, 598 De Formoy, General, 909 DeHaas, General John Philip, 306, 381, 545, 618, 922 D'haes, John, 792 DeHaven, Peter, 461 Deimer, John, 748 Delaware County, 179, 180, 212, 596, 598, 838, 858 Dekonoagah, 764 Delancy, Captain John Peter, 271 Delaware, 873 Delaware (ship), 789 Delaware Company, 492 Delaware & Schuylkill Canal, 131 Delaware Water Gap, 494 Delemater, George W., 86 Delaval, Lieutenant, 348 “Democratic,” 803 Democratic Press, The, 434, 783, 803, 879 Dennison (Indian), 523 Dennison, Colonel Nathan, 456 Densmore, James, 119 Denny, Ebenezer, 152, 201 Denny, David, 255 Denny, Governor William, 178, 303, 619, 700, 703 De Peyster, Captain Arent Schuyler, 283 Depontency, Captain, 840 Deposit, 775 Derr’s Mills, 11 Derrstown, 462, 878 Derry, 149 Dersham, Frank L., 9 Der Wochentlicks Phila. Staatsbate, 899 Desdemona, 76 Detroit, 140, 388, 704 Detroit, Fort (see Fort Detroit) Detroit, Ship, 625 Devane, Sarah, 137 Devil’s Den, 453 Devores Ferry, 528 DeVries, David Pieterson, 230, 590, 856 Dewart, John, 820 Dewees, Christina, 336 Dewees Mill, 130 Dewees, William, 31, 130, 336 Dewitt, Simeon, 240 Dick, Captain John, 561 Dickewanis, 245 Dickinson College, 4, 248, 288, 441 Dickinson, John, 60, 106, 186, 292, 428, 443, 458, 594, 623, 872, 874 Dickinson, General Philemon, 70 Dickinson (ship), 418 Dickinson’s Farmer’s Letters, Story, 786 Diefenbach, Captain, 798 “Diligent, Old,” 860 Dill, Andrew H., 733 Dill, Matthew, 698 Dill, Mary, 698 Dillsburg, 441, 698 Dinwiddie, Governor Robert, 67, 125, 657, 758, 799 Director of Mint, 238 Disberry, Joe, 818 Directory, French, 789 Disher, Peter, 820 Dixon, Jeremiah, 919 Doan Outlaws, Story, 662 Dock Creek, 374 Dock, Christopher, 159 Dodd, Dr., 77 Dodson, Abigail, 577 Dolland, 385 Donahue, John, 847 Donahue, Thomas, 49, 192 Donation Lands, 184, 185, 186 Dondel, Captain Michael, 508 Donegal, 62, 700, 821, 823 Donehoo, Dr. George P., 523, 884 Donop, Colonel Carl Emil Kurt von, 504, 671 Donnelly, Felix, 422 Donnelly, Francis, 422 Dorrance, George, 456 Doty, Senator, 136 Doubleday, General Charles William, 452 Doubling Gap, 218 Dougal, Dr. James S., 252 Dougherty, Bernard, 61 Dougherty, Daniel, 769 Dougherty, David, 249 Dougherty, James, 516 Douglass, Stephen A., 810 Dove, Dr. David James, 188, 284 Downey, Captain John, 308 Downingtown, 329 Doyle, Michael, 47, 557 Doyle, Thomas H., 521 Doylestown, 34 Draft for Troops, 162, 163, 164 Drafton, Edmund, 792 Drake (quoted), 621 Drake, Colonel Edwin L., 591 Draper, Major Simeon, 559 Draper, Sir William, 77 Dreisbach Church, 9, 344, 732 Dreisbach, Yost, 61 Dreshler, David, 284 Drickett, Thomas, 150 Drury Lane Theatre, 251 Dry Run Cemetery, 343 Drystreet, Henry, 150 Duane, William J., 335, 434, 783, 803, 804, 876 Dublin Township Meeting, 113 DuBois, Colonel, 367 Duche, Rev. Jacob, 308, 418 Duck Creek, 436 Dudley, Gideon, 439 Dudley, Joseph, 439 Duels—Binns-Stewart, 434, 876; Cadwallader-Conway, 417; Chambers-Rieger, 331; Wilkinson-Gates, 571 Duffield, Rev. George, 59 Duffield, William, 170 Duffy, Thomas, 193, 314 Dugan, James, 558 Dugan, Patrick, 474 Duke of York, 28 Dunbar Camp, 471 Dunbar, Colonel Thomas, 133, 470, 471, 828 Duncan, Matthew, 508 Dungeon, The, 802 Dunkard Creek, 920 Dunkards, 32, 318 Dunlap, John, 899 Dunmore, Lord (John Murray), 43, 100, 101, 145, 148, 362, 489, 660, 737 Dunmore’s War, 101 Dunne, Henry H., 192, 217, 845 Dunquat (Indian), 584 Duponceau, Peter S., 77 Dupont, Camp, 334 Dupretit, 894 Dupui, Samuel, 918 Duquesne, Marquis, 127, 199 Durham, 516 Durham Iron Works, 300 Durham, James, 297 Durham, Mrs. Margaret W., 296 Durkee, Colonel John, 102, 429, 559, 560, 561 Dushore, 894 Dutch Control Delaware River, 665 Dutch East India Company, 589, 856 Dutch & English Gazette, The, 899 Dutchess County, N. Y., 6 Dutch Fork, 175 Dutchman, The Pennsylvania, 876 Dutch West India Company, 590, 667, 856

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Eagle County, 597 “Eagle” (ship), 671 Eagle Tavern, 861 Earl of Dunmore, 100 Earle Brothers, 439 Earle’s Royal Regiment, 765 Early, General Jubal A., 441, 454, 519 Eastborn, Benjamin, 650 East Cemetery Hill, 454 East Conemaugh, 378 Easton, 70, 71, 103, 153, 182, 202, 223, 233, 235, 240, 273, 279, 322, 366, 368, 370, 380, 413, 483, 504, 624, 840 Eaton, D. L., 518 Eckerline, Gabriel, 463 Eckerline, Israel, 463 Eckley, John, 85 Economy, 122 Ecuyer, Captain Simeon, 346 Edenberg, 309 Edinburgh, 46, 97 Edminston, Samuel, 630 Education, 158, 182, 183, 184 Edward, King, 98 “Edward” (ship), 325 Edwards, Benjamin, 299 Effigy, 91 “Effingham” (ship), 418 Egle, Dr. William—quoted, 62 Egypt, 327 Eichbaum, William, 200 Eichbaum & Johnson, 518 Eicher, Anna, 463 Eighth New York Regiment, 369 Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, 140, 168, 462 Eighteenth Royal Regiment of Foot, 311 Eighty-fourth “Bloody,” 350 Elder, Rev. John, 25, 236, 718, 911 Elder, Joshua, 209 Election, Bloody, 682 Electrifying Machines, 97 Elger, Mr., 298 Elizabeth, Princess, 717 Elizabethtown, 249 Elk County, 156, 181, 182, 208, 597 Elk River, 503 Elkton, 503 Ellicott, Andrew, 240, 298, 921 Elliott, Andrew, 662 Elliott, Captain, 43, 152, 584 Elliott, Joseph, 457 Elliott, Matthew, 225 Ellsworth, Oliver, 872 Elmira, N. Y., 514 Elswick, 665 Emancipation, Proclamation, 41 Emanuel’s Reformed Church, 699 Emaus, 15 Emmerson, John, 822 Emmettsburg, 452 Endt, Theobold, 512 England, Philip, 30 Engle, Benj., 284 English, John, 556 Ephrata, 463, 602 Erie, 154, 233, 240, 333, 413, 592, 624, 840 Erie, Battle at, 624 Erie Canal, 36, 233 Erie County, 126, 152, 156, 181, 185, 208, 223, 596, 598, 718 Erie, Fort, see Fort Erie Erie, Lake, 624 Erie & Northwestern R. R., 863 Erie Observer—quoted, 387 Ernst, 94 Eros and Antiros, 286 Erskind, Sir William, 352, 545 Erwin, Arthur, 60 Essepenaick, 436 Essington, 608, 665 Esther’s Town, Queen, 619 Etter, Edward G., 520 Ettwein, Rev. John, 223 Ettinger, Joel B., 523 Etymology of Counties, 596 Etzweiler, George, 343 Eucharist, 33 Euer, Robert, 150 Eustice, Michael, 474 Evans, John, 30, 205, 763 Evans, Lewis, 422, 884 Evans, Nathaniel, 150 Evans, Sam, 236 Everett, Edward, 811 Everett, W. S., 520 Ewell, General Richard C., 441, 454 Ewing, Alexander, 344 Ewing, Catherine, 606 Ewing, Colonel George W., 767 Ewing, General James, 698 Ewing, John, 188, 191, 385, 606, 708, 909, 919, 921 Ewing, Mrs. Sarah, 369 Eyer, Henry C., 568 Eyre, Emmanuel, 72 Eyre, Samuel, 922 Eyre, T. Lawrence, 137 Excise Laws, 196, 197, 198 Exeter, 736 Expedition, Forbes’, 685 Expedition, Hambright, 770 Expedition, Hartley, 616 Expedition, Sullivan, 366

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