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INDEX. (Family Surnames of Value in Genealogical Research Are Printed in CAPITALS ; Names of Places in Italics.) INDEX. (Family surnames of value in genealogical research are printed in CAPITALS ; names of places in italics.) Abagast, Lndwick, pensioner of the and the Recurrence of War, by, no- Revolution, 1785, 476, 477 tice of, 254; Philadelphia Assem- Abercrombie, Margaret, 396 blies by, notice of, 255 Adams, John, 295 Balkan Wars, The, by Jacob Gould Adams Richard C, The Adoption of Schurman, notice of, 144 Mew-Sen-Qua, and the Philosophy Ball, Major , at Valley Forge, of the Delaware Indians, by, notice 260 of 256 Ball, Joseph, 414 Adcock, William, 329 Ball, William, to William Fairfax, Adoption of Mew-Sen-Qua, The, and 1737, 249 the Philosophy of the Delaware Ballard, Lie-ut.-Col. Robert, at Valley Indians, by Richard C. Adams, no- Forge, 266, 272, 460 tice of, 256 Barber, Lieut.-Col. Francis, at Valley Affleck, John, 423 Forge, 267 Alden, Maj. Roger, at Valley Forge, Banner, Lieut.-Col. , at Valley 207, 267 Forge, 459 Allen, William, death of, 309 Barclay, Hon. Thomas, Gen. Joseph Allenson, Samuel, 455 Reed to, 1784, 507 Allis, Capt. , at Valley Forge, Bard, Mary, Ann Graeme to, 1737, 266 385 Allison, Major , at Valley Baird, S., 392, 397 Forge, 203 Barker, Mayor John, to Thomas Alston, Israel, 424 Cumpston, 1913, 375 ANDERSON, 6 Barker, Wharton, member of the Anti- Anderson, Isaac, Member of Congress, Third Term League, 12 : mentioned, 6 10 Anderson, John, pensioner of the Barrace, Christopher, pensioner of the Revolution, 1785, 477 Revolution, 1785, 481 Anderson, Robert, pensioner of the Bassett, Lieut.-Col. , at Valley Revolution, 1785, 476, 477, 478 Forge, 260 Anderson, Maj. Gen. Robert, to Ben- Bassett, John Spencer, The Middle jamin Drake, 1839, 251; describes Group of American Historians, by, death of Tecumseh, 251, 252 notice of, 256 Anderson, Sarah, 6 Bausman, Lottie M., A Bibliography Andre", Maj. John, arrested as a spy, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 311; execution of, 317 by, notice of, 383 Andrews, Blon, letter of, to the Clerk Bayard, John, Speaker of the Assem- of the Philadelphia Meetings, 1775, bly, 318 375 Beas, Nicholas, pensioner of the Rev- Angell, Col. Israel, at Valley Forge, olution, 1785, 475, 477 209, 460 Becker, Col. , at Valley Forge, Anti-Third Term League of Philadel- 257 phia, members of, 12; trip to Bedworth, William, pensioner of the Chicago, 1880, 12 Revolution, 1785, 480 Arbuthnot, Admiral Marriott, 292 Berrien, Maj. John, at Valley Forge, Arcade, Philadelphia, description of, 211, 270 378-380 Berry, Benjamin, tried by Court Mar- "Ariel," arrival of, from France, 415 tial at Valley Forge, 464 Arnold, Gen. Benedict, effigy of, car- Berry, Michael, pensioner of the Rev- ried through the streets of Phila- olution, 1785, 477 delphia, 311, 314; treason of, de- Bibliographical and Descriptive Notes scribed by Samuel R. Fisher, 311; on the Issues of the Journal of the case against, 422; mentioned, 407 Pennsylvania Assembly, 1776-1790, Arnold, Ensign Benjamin, tried by by Augustus H. Shearer, 359 Court Martial at Valley Forge, 209 Bibliography of Lancaster County, Atlee, William Augustus, 181 Pennsylvania, by Lottie M. Baus- Audubon, John James, to Thomas man, notice of, 383 Sully, 1824, 250 Biddle, Col. Clement, at Valley Forge, Austin, Isaac, Reynold Keen to, 1776, 219 253 Biddle, George W., classmate of Sam uel W. Pennypacker, 9 Bacon, David, 187, 189, 413 Bigelow, Col. Timothy, at Valley Baer, George F., letter of, to Hon. Forge, 222, 272, 273 Samuel W. Pennypacker, 1906, 58 Bird, Robert M., to H. C. Carey, 252 Bailey, Major , at Valley Forge, Bispham, George Tucker, 51 199, 217, 458, 462 Bitten, Adam, petition of widow of. Balch, Thomas Willing, Legal and for a pension, 1781, 473; killed Political International Questions near Morristown, 473 517 518 Index. Bitten, Deborah, petition of, for a Cameron, Hon. James Donald, 13 pension, 1781, 473 Campbell, , killed in fight at Black, James, released, 428 house of James Wilson, 170 Black, William, in prison, 3d and Campbell, Mrs. , Ann Graeme Market Sts., 327; removed to to, 1752, 385, 386; Elizabeth Fer- Gloucester gaol, 412, 414 gusson to, 1779, 1784, 386, 391 Blakiston, Presley, 300 Cape Henlopen, 175 Blundell, James, 424 Cape May, 175 Bomberger, William, 424 Carey, H. C, Robert M. Bird to, 252 Bond, , 394 Carlisle, Abraham, 166 Book Notices, 143, 254, 383, 511 Carlisle, Alexander, chief constable, Borden, Joseph, 296, 297 181 Boston, The Book of, by Robert Carlton, Lieut.-Col. Samuel, at Valley Shackleton, notice of, 255 Forge, 264, 272, 459 Bowman, Thomas, 424 Carpenter, Ensign , tried by Bradford, , 395 Court Martial at Valley Forge, 202 Bradford, Col. , at Valley Carragan, Dennis, in prison, 3d and Forge, 257 Market Sts., 287 Bradford, Thomas, Deputy Commis- C'arrington, Thomas, 156, 425 sary of prisoners at Valley Forge, Carroll vs. City of Philadelphia, de- 250, 263 cision of Hon. Samuel W. Penny- Bradford, William, State's Attorney, packer, 19 421 Carson, Hampton Li., The Life and Bradford, William, Jr., to Jasper Services of Samuel Whitaker Pen- Yeates, 1790, 504 nypacker by, 1 Bradish, Major , at Valley Cassady, William, put on board frig- Forge, 201, 460 ate, "Confederacy," 319 Bradley, Col. , at Valley Forge, Cassel, A. H., 11 199 Cathrali, Isaac, 423 Brayman, John, pensioner of the Rev- Chamberlain, Richard, tried for issu- olution, 1785, 476, 477 ing counterfeit money, 317; sen- Brearly, Lt. Col. David, at Valley tence of death passed on, 318, 324, Forge, 217 408; execution of, 326, 327 Brewer, William, 423 Chambers, John, house of, broken BrewsteT, Lieut. Col. , at Val- into, 401, 428 ley Forge, 462 Chambers, Rebecca, 279 Bricker, Col. , at Valley Forge, Channing, Edward, A History of the 459 United States by, Vol. IV, notice Bringhurst, Joseph, 153, 179, 184, of, 511 416, 418 Chapman, Samuel, in prison, 3d and Brobson, William P., Louis McLane Market Sts., 325, 419, 420, 424; to, 1834, 504; Hon. John M. Clay- released, 427 ton to, 1830, 506 Charles Morton Smith Fund, The, 247 Brodhead, Col. Daniel, at Valley Charleston, surrender of, to the Forge, 459 British, 292, 293, 309 BROOKS, 392 Charlotte, N. C, celebration of vic- Brooks, Lieut.-Col. , at Valley tory over British at, 322 Forge, 460 Chew, Benjamin, Caesar Rodney to, Brooks, Alpheus, in prison, 3d and 1756, 254 MaTket Sts., 301, 302 Chovet, Dr. Abraham, 174, 185, 423 Brooks, David, 331, 405, 427 Christ Church, bells of, rung to cele- Brooks, John, 165 brate victory of the "Constitution," Brown, Henry Armitt, 10 1812 375 Brown, Capt. Joshua, tried by Court Chronicles of the Cape Fear River, Martial at Valley Forge, 272 1660-1916, by James Sprunt, notice Brown, Sarah, 146 of, 512 Bryan, Hon. George, to his wife, Church, Major , at Valley 1777, 382 Forge, 269, 463, 465, 466 Budden, James, 314 Church, Dr. Benjamin, Loyalist, an Buffington, Joshua, 450 intercepted letter of, 507 Bull, Lieut.-Col. , at Valley Churchman, George, 315 Forge, 211 City Tavern, murder at, 411, 415 Bunting, Joshua, in prison, 3d and Claiborne, Maj. Richard, at Valley Market Sts., 326, 331, 450 Forge, 210, 273 Burd, Edward, 421 Clark, Col. , at Valley Forge, Burke, JEdanus, to Gen. Lachlan 223, 272, 458, 463, 464, 465 Mclntosh, 1781, 253 Clark, Samuel, in prison, 3d and Mar- Burns, , sentenced to death, ket Sts., 326, 330, 331, 450 426 ; death of, 428, 438 ; mentioned, Claypoole, James, 146, 147, 148, 149, 166 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 158, Burns' Tavern, 170, 283, 284 166, 171, 173, 176, 181, 185, 186, Burr, Aaron, at Valley Forge, 220; 196, 321 to John Nicholson, 1793, 251 Clayton, Hon. John M., to William P. Butler, Col. Richard, at Valley Forge, Brobson, 1830, 506 262, 272 Clever, Ezekiel, 181, 189, 288 Buzzard, Frederic, at Valley Forge, Clifton, William, 484 463 Clinton, Sir Henry, 292, 311, 401, 404 Camden, 8. C, defeat of Gates' army Cochran, Dr. John, Surgeon General at, 307 at Valley Forge, 209 Index. 519 CockeV^rV-C, ,JLUJJ.iS.lg. EnsigU n , UliCU trieVJ d by Court 308, 317; mentioned, 187, 188, 285, Martial at Valley Forge, 211 290, 412, 423 Coffin, Seth, 331, 405, 427 Dawson, David, in prison, 3d and Cogswell, Major , at Valley Market Sts., 298, 299, 309, 310; Forge, 199 execution of, 324, 326, 327, 408; Cohansey, 301, 302 mentioned, 302, 303, 312, 317, 318, Coleman, Nicholas, 427 325 Collins, Andrew. 424 Day, Major , at Valley Forge, Conkling, Hon. Roscoe, nominates 263, 466 Gen. XL S. Grant for Presidency, Dean, Joseph, 188 13 Dearlove, William, tried by Court Connor vs. Sterling, decision of Hon. Martial at Valley Forge, 463 Samuel W. Pennypacker, 21, 22 Declaration of Independence, some Conway, Maj. John, at Valley Forge, account of the House in which 267 Jefferson drew up the, 247 Conway, Gen. Thomas, at Valley De Hart, Lieut.-Col. C, at Valley Forge, 201, 204, 213, 215, 216, 218, Forge, 205 219, 220, 259, 262, 267 De Kalb, Maj.-Gen. John, Baron, at Cook, Col. , 201 Valley Forge, 198, 205, 212, 220, Cook, Ensign , tried by Court 263, 270, 459, 462, 466; to Col. Martial at Valley Forge, 465 Richard Henry Lee, 1777, 510 Cook, Margaret, 312 Delany, Col. Sharp, 175 Cooney, John, pensioner of the Revo- De List, Baron, imprisoned for debt, lution, 1785, 475, 477 153 Cooper, Hon. Thomas V., 70 Delker, Agnus, petition of, for a pen- Coren, Isaac, 286 sion, 1785, 476 Cornwallis, Lord, 307, 413 Delker, George, petition of widow of, Cortlandt, Col. , at Valley for a pension, 1785, 476; killed in Forge, 267 Battle of Germantown. 476 Courtney, Capt. , tried by Derr, Cyrus G., 70 Court Martial at Valley Forge, 202 D'Estaing, Count, 175, 176, 177 Cowgill, Henry, 424 Dewees, Col. William, buildings of, at Cowper, Dr. William, 305 Valley Forge, injured by troops, Cox, Paul, 148 Craig, Col.
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