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INDEX. (Family surnames of value in genealogical research are printed in CAPITALS; names of places in italics.)

Adams, Fort, 215 Briggs, Surveyor General, Mississippi Agnew, Gen. James, killed at Battle Territory, 333, 334, 335, 336, 366 of Germantownt 82 Briggs of New Jersey and Pennsyl- Allentown, 81 vania, an account of the, by K. Alsace Lorraine since 1870, by Barry Briggs Sampson, notice of, 191 Serf, notice of, 286 Brown, Hon. J. Hay, 40 Armstrong, Gen. John, to Thomas Brown, — , 61 Wharton, President of Pennsyl- Bruin, Judge, daughter of, married vania, 1777, 81 to Dr. Cummins by Thomas Rod- Atlee, B. C, early minutes of Lan- ney, 340 caster Library Company in posses- Burd James, director, Juliana Library sion of, 30 Company, 42 Atlee, William, director of Lancaster Library Company, 28; Secretary of CAESAR, 3 Juliana Library Company, 31 Campbell, John, 66 Atlee, William Augustus, director, Capture, captivity and release of a Juliana Library Company, 42 little girl from Indians, 284 Azmun, Col., friend of Thomas Rod- Carpenter, Emanuel, director of Lan- ney, 334; see also Ozmun, 347, 351 caster Library Company, 28 Carson, Hon. Hampton L., Washing- Baer, C. Rine, 44 ton at Valley Forge, by, 97; Gen- Barratt, Hon. Norris &, History of esis of the Charter of Pennsyl- Free Masonry in , by, vania, by, 289 notice of, 288 Chapman, Charles E., A History of Barton, Rev. Thomas, director of Spain by, notice of, 95 Lancaster Library Company, 28, Charter of Pennsylvania, Address on 33; prepares catalogue of Juliana the Genesis of, by Hon. Hampton Library, 46; "A Short Account of L. Carson, 289 the Juliana Library," by, 47, 48, Chronicles of Pennsylvania from the 49 English Revolution to the Peace Bartram, John, 73 of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1688-1748, by Bartram, William, 74 Charles P. Keith, notice of, 192 Bausman, William, director, Juliana Cincinnati in 1803. 129 Library Company, 42 City Tavern, lease of, 1778, 283 Beard, Charles A., National Govern- Claibourne, Major Ferdinand L., 353, ments and the World War, by, no- 357 tice of, 95 Claibourne, Major Lee, 348 Bender, Leonard, 40 Claibourne, Gov. Wm. C. C, sets off Biddle, Col. Clement, Selections from for New Orleans, 209: mentioned, the Correspondence of, 53, 143, 215, 345, 348, 365 193; letter to Mrs. Washington, Clough, , 66 64 Cock, , U. S. Senator from Biddle, Mrs. Clement, mentioned, 61, Tenn., at Natchez, 363, 365 62, 63, #4, 74, 76 Congress, Thomas Rodney writes to Billingsport, 82 John Dickinson on action of, on "Billy" (Servant of Washington), 60, state of finances, 1779, 9-11 61. 65, 68 Corporation Account of 1747, items Bingham, —, 67 from, 282 Blennerhassett, Harmon (Blanyhaz- Craig, John, director Juliana Library ard), 129 Company, 42 Blunston, Samuel, to James Steel, Custis, Eleanor Parke, 75 1737, 93 Book Notices, 95, 191, 286 Darby, Pennsylvania, Subscription Li- Boston, hospitals near, during the brary, 25 Revolution, 77, 78 Dawson, W. Harbutt, The German Boude, Samuel, director, Lancaster Empire, 1867-1914, and the Unity Library Company, 28 Movement, by, notice of, 287 Boudinot, Ellas, Commissary of Dearborne, Fort, 217 Prisoners, two letters, Valley De la Croix, , 67, 68 Forge, 1778, 284 Delaware, candidates for Governor Bousman, William, treasurer, Lan- of, 1795, 20, 21; politics in, 1800, caster Library Company, 28 21, 22, 23 Bowsman, William, 38 Delaware Genealogical Records, some Brandywine, battle of, 100 by Rev. C. H. B. Turner, 273 379 380 Index. Denham, Thomas, ledger of, 1726- Hand, Edward, to Richard Henry 1728, 278 Lee, Richard Law and Daniel DE RODENEY, 3 Roberdeau, letter of, 280 Dickinson, Hon. John, Thomas Rod- Hand Writing by Alex. C. Hanson— ney to, 1779, 9 essay on Washington's handwrit- Diffenderffer, Dr. F. R., account of ing, 281 the Juliana Library Company, by, Hanson, Alex. C, on handwriting of 24 Washington, 281 Dodson, R. Ball, Extracts from an Harrison,, Thomas Skelton, biograph- Old Account Book, by, 269 ical sketch of, 275 Driskel, Capt. Joseph, Thomas Rod- Hart, John, inmate of William ney to, 1795, 19 Henry's house, 41 Duby, , 53 Hatboro, Penna., subscription library, Dunbar, Wm., 353, 359, 360 Hazlehurst, , 70 Hazlett, Col. , 7 Ellis, Col., 361 HENRY, 38, 40, 41 Ellwood, Capt. , 54, 55 Henry, Ann, 40 Emlen, , 82 Henry, Elizabeth, 38 Erskin, Sir William, wounded at Henry, John, 38 Battle of Germantown, 82 Henry, John Joseph, 40, 41; librarian Ewing, Dr. John, 15 of Juliana Library Company, 42; Extracts from an Old Account Book, secretary* 43 by R. Ball Dodson, 269 Henry, William, house occupied by Juliana Library, 34; treasurer and librarian of Juliana Library, 34; Faris, John T., The Romance of Old account of as treasurer, 35-37; , by, notice of, 96 property in Lancaster, 38-41; di- FERMOR, 33 rector of Juliana Library Company, Fisher, Thomas, marriage to Sarah 42; death of, 40; extract from Logan, 5 ; mentioned, 123, 127 will of, 40 Forney, John W., 41 Henry, William, of Nazareth, Pa., 41 Franklin, Benjamin, founds Library Hewes, Joseph, to Samuel Johnston, of Philadelphia, 1731, 24; Refer- 1776, 263 ences to in Thomas Denham's Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Ledger, 278 Accounts of the Funds of, with Free Masonry in Pennsylvania, 1727- excerpts from the Treasurer's and 1907, by Hon. Norris S. Barratt Librarian's Reports, 368: Officers and J. F. Sachse, notice of, 288 of, 375 Freneau, Philip, opinion of Thos. History of Spain, A, by Charles E. Rodney on works of, 12 Chapman, notice of, 95 Fulton, Robert, 38 History of the Philadelphia and Lan- caster Turnpike. By Hon. Charles I. Landis, 182 Gates, Gen. Horatio, 83 Hopson, John, director, Juliana Li- Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, brary Company, 42 Vol. II, No. 2, notice of, 286 Hospitals during the Revolution, ac- Genesis of the Charter of Pennsyl- count of, by Maj.-Gen. Nathanael vania, by Hon. Hampton L. Carson, Greene, 77-80 289 Hostetter, David, 38 German Empire, The, 1867-1914, and Hubley, Bernard, 37, 40; director of the Unity Movement, by W. Har- Juliana Library Company, 42 butt Dawson, notice of, 287 Hubley, John, director, Juliana Li- Germantown. British wounded at, 82 ; brary Company, 42 Battle of, 101 Hunn, Capt, 336, 337, 339, 343, 354, Girault, Col., 361 356 Gourko, Gen. Basil, War and Revo- Hunter, William, Jr., 66 lution in Russia, 1914-1917, by, Hut chins, Col. , brother of notice of, 95 Geographer-General, spends even- Government of the : ing with Thomas Rodney, 334 ; liv- National, State and Local. By ing near New Orleans, 353; men- William Bennett Munro, notice or, tioned, 357, 361 191 Hutton, Plumsted and Devereux Graff, Sebastian, director Juliana Families. By Gregory B. Keen, Library Company, 42 LL.D., 257 Grant, Gen. James, wounded at Hutton, John Strangeways, account Battle of Germantown, 82 of by Charles Willson Peale in the Gratz, Simon, Thomas Rodney by, 1, Columbian Magazine, 257; genea- 117, 208, 332 logical notes of Hutton and chil- Greene, Ma j.-Gen. Nathanael, to Dr. dren, 259 John Morgan, 1779, 77 Grimier, Benjamin, 41 Indians, capture, captivity and re- Grimier, Catharine, 41 lease of Maria C. Schmidt, 284 Grimier, Henry, 41 Ingraham, Capt. , 54 Gross, Michael, treasurer, Lancaster Inscriptions on the tombstones of Library Company, 28 Americans buried in Pere La Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France, by J. Rutgers LeRoy, 251 Hamilton, Andrew, 39 Inskeep, , proprietor of stage in Philadelphia, 71 Hamilton, James, 31, 32, 38, 48, 49 Index. 381

Jackson, Joseph, Philadelphia Year LAKES, 3 Book for 1919,, by, notice of, 192 Lancaster County, description of, 46, Jackson, William, to Col. Clement 47 Biddle, 148, 149, 150 Lancaster Library Company, founded, Johnson, Caleb, holds office in Lan- 1759, 25; Articles of Association caster Co., 43; house of, occupied of, 25, 27; directors and officers by the Juliana Library Company, of, 27, 28; minutes of, 1759-1775, 43; death of, 43 28-31; to directors Jones, William, to Col. Biddle, ac- of, 1762, 48; in existence from knowledges donation from Wash- 1796-1811, 248 ington for relief of poor of Phila- Landis, Hon. Charles I., History of delphia, 200 the Philadelphia and Lancaster Juliana Library Company in Lan- Turnpike, by, 84, 182 caster, The, by Hon. Charles I. Landis, Hon. Charles I., The Juliana Landis, 24, 163, 228; notice of Library Company in Lancaster, by, quarterly meeting of, 1773, 31; In- 24, 163, 228 corporated, 1763, 32; address of, Lane, Peter, 38 to , 1763, 32; reply of Law Academy of Philadelphia, ad- John Penn, 33; named in honor dress before, by Hon. Hampton L. of Juliana Penn, 33; donations to, Carson, 289 33, 48; requests Juliana Penn to Lear, Tobias, to Col. Clement Biddle, permit a portrait to be painted for 60; 1789, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, by Benjamin West, 33, 34; house 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 ; to Mrs. of Benjamin Price occupied by, 84; Washington, 1789, 64; to Col. house of William Henry occupied Clement Biddle, 143, 144, 145, 146, by, 34, 38, 41, 42; William Henry, 147, 148, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, treasurer and librarian, 34; ac- 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 193, 194, count of, 1766-1769, 35-37; sus- 196, 197, 198, 206, 207 pended, 1776, 4; re-established Lee, Arthur, 1784, 267 under Lancaster County, 1783, 41, Le Roy, J. Rutgers, Inscriptions on 42, 43; directors and officers, 42; the Tombstones of Americans house of Caleb Johnson occupied Buried in Pere La Chaise Ceme- by, 43; house of George Weitzel tery, Paris, France, 251 occupied by, 44; notice of meeting, Lewes, Capt., 124, 125, 129 1787, 45; charter and catalogue of Lewis, , 121 library, 45, 46; account of, by Rev. Library Company of Philadelphia, Thomas Barton, 47; charter of, founded, 1731, 24; Loganian Li- 49-52; incorporators and first di- brary absorbed by, 1792, 25 rectors—Edward Shippen, Thomas Logan, James, founds the Loganian Barton, Isaac Whitelock, James Library. 1743, 24 Burdr William Henry, Joseph Rose, Adam Simon Kuhn, John nopson, Logan, Sarah, marriage of, to Thomas Poultney, William Atlee Thomas Fisher, 5 and George Ross, 163, 164; cata- Logan, William, 24 logue of books of library, 164; list Loganian Library, founded, 1743, 24* of books and philosophical instru- absorbed by Library Company of ments to be added to the catalogue, Philadelphia, 1792, 25 229; number of volumes in cata- Long, Hon. Henry G., 41 logue, 234; biographical notes of the first Board of Directors, McCall, Archibald, 364 Emanuel Carpenter, 238; Isaac McDougall, Gen. Alexander, to Gen. Saunders, 239; Thomas Barton, Horatio Gates, 1776, 263 240; William Stoy, 240; Edward McKean, Thomas, Thomas Rodney Shippen, 241; George Ross, 241; to, 1789, 14 Benjamin Price, 242; Joseph Rose, McKean, Thomas, to Gov. George 243; Dr. Robert Thompson, 243; Clinton, 1786, 266 Dr. Adam Simon Kuhn, 243; Isaac Magaw, Dr. Samuel, 2 Whitelock, 244; Michael Gross, Magaw, Samuel, librarian, Lancaster 244 ; Samuel Magaw, 245 ; William Library Company, 28 Bausman, 245: Dr. Samuel Boude, Mail Coaches, between Philadelphia 246: William A. Atlee, 246; Joseph and Baltimore and New York and Pugh, 247; Caleb Sheward, secre- Philadelphia, 92 tary, 247 Masons Men, 343 MICHEY'S tavern, 210 Miscellaneous Letters, 262-268 Keith, Charles P., Chronicles of Mississippi Territory, description of, Pennsylvania from the English in letters of Thomas Rodney, 220- Revolution to the Peace of Aix- 223 ; 332-367 La-Chapelle, 1688-1748, by, notice Monroe, James, mentioned as possible of, 192 Governor of New Orleans, 365, Keen, Gregory B., LL.D., Hutton 366 Plumsted and Devereux Families, Morgan, Dr. John, conduct of, as by, 257 Director-General of Hospitals dur- Killen, William, to Capt. Charles ing the Revolution, opinion of Gen. Pope, 1776, 7 Nathanael Greene on, 77-80 ; letter King Family Records, 277 from General Greene to, 77 Kirkpatrick, William, 41 Morris, Joshua, 82 Knox, Gen. Henry, 80 Morris, Robert, 62, 67, 70, 74 Kuhn, Adam Simon, director, Lan- Morris, Mrs. Robert, goes with Mrs. caster Library Company, 28 Washington to New York, 64 382 Index.

Munro, Wm. Bennett, Government of Pope, Capt. Charles, Thomas Rodney the United States: National, State and William Killen to, 1776, 7 and Local, by, notice of, 191 Poplar Grove, estate of Thomas Rod- Musser, Harry M., 34 ney, 12 Postlethwait, John, 34 Natchez, See Letters of Thomas PRICE, 34 Rodney Price, Benjamin, director of Lan- National Governments and the World caster Library Company, 28; house War, by Frederick A. Ogg and occupied by Juliana Library Com- Charles A. Beard, notice of, 95 pany, 34 Neff, Dr. Abraham, 40 Princeton, battle of, 99 Nelson to Col. Clement Biddle. 160 Pugh, Joseph, director, Lancaster New Jersey, British in, 1777, 7 Library Company, 28 New York, hospitals near, during the Redman Family of Philadelphia, 279 Revolution, 78 Red Bank, 82 Notes and Queries, 91, 191, 277 Reinagle, , 75 Rittenhouse, David, inmate of Wil- Ogg, Fredeiick A., National Govern- liam Henry's house, 41 ments and the World War by, no- Rittenhouse, William, memorial tablet tice of, 95 to, 284 Olmstead, Arthur George, by Rufus Robison, , 5, 6, 7 B. Stone, notice of, 288 RODNEY, 1, 2, 3 Ozmun, Col., 347, 351—see Azmun Rodney, Betsey, Thomas Rodney to, 1772,4 Paine, Thomas, inmate of William Rodney, Csesar, 1; Thomas Rodney Henry's house, 41 to, 8 Palmer, , 56, 57, 58, 59 Rodney, Csesar Augustus, son of Paoli Massacre, a misnomer, 101 Thomas Rodney, 2; resides in Phil- Parish, , 58 adelphia, 2; Thomas Rodney to, Penn, John (1st), bill of Edmund 1788, 12; 1791, 16, 17; 1800, 21; Woolley to, for drawing plans of 1802, 22; attends University of the State House, 1733, 93; Ex- Pennsylvania, 14, 15; elected to tracts from Personal Accounts of, Congress, 22, 23 ; Thomas Rodney 1737-8, 94 to, 332—367 Penn, John (Governor), to Edward Rodney, George B., Thomas Rodney Shippen, 282 to, 1770. 3 Penn, Lady Juliana, the Juliana Rodney, Thomas, letters of, by Simon Library named in honor of, 33; Gratz, 1, 117, 208, 332 ; biographi- donations to the Juliana Library, cal, 1, 2; town of Rodney named 33, 48; requested to have portrait in honor of, 2; to George B. Rod- painted by Benjamin West, for the ney, 1770, 3; to Betsey Rodney, Juliana Library, 33, 34 1772, 4; to William Peery, 1775, Penn, Thomas, to Directors of the 5 ; to Capt. Charles Pope, 1776, 7; Library Company at Lancaster, to Csesar Rodney, 1776, 8; to Hon. 1762, 48 John Dickinson, 1779, 9; to Ca&sar Penniman, James Hosmer, George Augustus Rodney, 1788, 12; 1791, Washington as a Man of Letters, 16, 17; 1800, 21; 1802, 22; Pop- by, notice of, 95 lar Grove, estate of, 12 ; to Thomas Pennsylvania, address on the Genesis McKean, 1789, 14; to Capt. Joseph of the Charter of, by Hon. Hamp- Driskel, 1795, 19; Opinion of ton L. Carson, 289 Writings of Philip Freneau, 12 ; in Pennsylvania Historical Commission, prison for debt at Dover, 16-19 ; second report of, notice of, 286 letters to Csesar A. Rodney, 117, Pennsylvania Society in New York, 118, 119, 120, 123, 124, 125, 127, Year Book of, 1919, notice, 288 129, 132, 134, 137, 140; preparing Pennsylvania War History Commis- for his trip to Mississippi Terri- sion, 91 tory, 118; at Fort Bedford, 119; Peters, Richard, 24, 53 Wheeling, 121; Limestone, 127; Philadelphia, British in, 1777, 82 Cincinnati, 129; Falls of the Ohio, Philadelphia, struggle of the British 132; off Mouth of Tennessee, 134 ; for possession of, 98, 99; occupied, Fort Massac, 137 ; Chicasaw Bluffs, 102 140; remains of extinct animals Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, examined, 132; Salt Springs, 135 ; History of, by Hon. Charles I* to Csesar A. Rodney, 208, 209, 211, Landis, 84, 182 216, 217, 224, 332-367; verses by, Philadelphia Year Book for 1919, by 283; performs marriage ceremony Joseph Jackson, notice of, 192 for Judge Bruin's daughter, 341; Pike, J. Trevett, letter of Maj.-Gen. starts for New Orleans, 350; Nathanael Greene to Dr. John friends of in Mississippi Territory, Morgan, 1779, contributed by, 77 358 Pine, Mrs., Boarding School for Rodney, town of, named in honor of Young Ladies, 197 Thomas Rodney, 2 Pine Forge and Farm for sale, 191 Romance of Old Philadelphia, The, Poindexter, George, Att'y-General, by John T. Faris, notice Of, 96 marriage of, 359, 360 Rose, Joseph, director, Lancaster Political Leaders of Provincial Penn- Library Company, 28 sylvania, by Isaac Sharpless, notice ROSS, 44 of, 287 Ross, George, director, Lancaster Ponnel, Col., 347, 361 Library Company, 28, 33 Index. 383

Ross, James, house of, occupied by Wain, , 82 Juliana Library Company, 44 War and Revolution in Russia, 1914- Rush, Dr. Benjamin, to Gen. Anthony 1917, by Gen. Basil Gourko, notice Wayne, 1776, 265 of, 95 Warren, Dr. John,, 78 Sachse, J. F., Free Masonry in Penn- Washington, Mrs. F., 65 sylvania, 1727-1907, by, notice of, Washington, George, Selections from 288 the Correspondence of Col. Clement Saline Creek Salt Works, 135 Biddle, 53, 143, 193 Sampson, Mrs. K. Briggs, an account Washington, George, to Col. Clement of the Briggs of New Jersey and Biddle, 1788, 53, 54, 55 ; 1789, 55, Pennsylvania by, 191 56. 57, 58, 59, 60, 156, 198, 200, Sanders, Isaac, director, Lancaster 201-204, 205, 206 Library Company, 28 Washington, George, ill in New York, Sanderson, Francis, 34, 38 1790, 149, 150; visit to Rhode Sanderson, Margaret, 38 Island, 157; engaged lodgings in Saver, , 65 Philadelphia, 158 Schaum, John G., early minutes of Washington at Valley Forge, by Hon. Lancaster Library Company, in Hampton L. Carson, 97; letters of, possession of, 28; also the account on the condition of his Army, of the treasurer of the Juliana 1777-78, 102, 104 Library Company, 34 Washington, George, notes on hand- Sharpless, Isaac, Political Leaders of writing of, by Alex. C. Hanson, 281 Provincial Pennsylvania, by, notice Washington, George, as a Man of of, 287 Letters, by James Hosmer Penni- Shee, Walter, 43 man, notice of, 95 Sherwood, Joseph, to Committee of Washington, Major George Augustus, Correspondence, Assembly of New 60, 61, 62, 75 ; to Col. Biddle, 150 Jersey, 1766, 262 Washington, Martha, 55, 56, 58, 59, Sheward, Caleb, secretary, Juliana 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, Library Company, 32, 46 73, 75; goes with Mrs. Robert Shields, , 120, 128, 129, 134, Morris to New York, 1789, 64; 138 orders China set and India muslin, Shippen, Edward, director, Lancaster 154; orders knives and forks, Library Company, 28, 33 orange water, pickled walnuts, Simon, Joseph, 39 Thompson's Seasons, Art of Speak- Slough r Matthias, director, Juliana ing, brushes, baskets, &c, 205 Library Company, 42 Washington, Mississippi Territory, Smith, Thomas, 55, 56, 58, 59, 69 210, 211, 213 Spanish Claims in Mississippi Terri- WEITZEL, 44 tory, 212, 214, 218, 332-336, 349, Weitzel, Elizabeth, 44 350, 351 Weitzel, George, librarian, Juliana State House, bill of Edmund Woolley Library Company, 42, 44 for drawing plans of, 1735, 93 Weitzel, Paul, 38 ; treasurer of Juli- Steadman, Alexander, 39 ana Library Company, 42 Steel, James, bill of funeral expenses West, Benjamin, requested to paint of a servant of, 1736, 93 portrait of Lady Juliana Penn for Steel, James, Samuel Blunston to, Juliana Library, 33, 34 1737 93 Wharton, Thomas, President of Penn- Stoy, William, director, Lancaster sylvania, Gen. John Armstrong to, Library Company, 28 1777, 81 Stout, David, 38 Whitelock, Isaac, director, Lancaster Stout, Peter, 126, 127, 131 Library Company, 28, 40 Wilkinson, Gen. James, 217 Taxation, Thomas Rodney proposes Williams, Lewis, 347 plan for, 1779. 9-11 Williams, Robert, 225, 366 Thompson, Ann, 43 Williams, Thos. H., 129, 133, 138, Thompson, Robert, director, Lan- 215, 216, 339 caster Library Company, 28, 43 Wilson, C. R., 365 Trenton, tattle of, 99 Wood, , of Natchez, 363 Turner, Rev. C. H. B., Some Dela- Woods, John, 40 ware Genealogical Records, 273 Woolley, Edmund^ bill of,' to John University, The, of Pennsylvania, Penn, for drawing plans of the Franklin's College, by H. M. Lip- State House, 1735, 93 pincott, notice of, 287 Wynkoop, B., 5 Vernon, Mount, buckwheat for, 143, Yazoo river, 221, 224 148, 150 ; bolting cloth, 143, 145 ; Yeates, Jasper, director, Juliana Li- breeding mares, 144; carpet, 146, brary Company, 42 147; Porter, 153 Young, John, 38