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.)

Abington, 159 Beatty, John, biography of, 194 ; to Academy of Music, list of subscribers his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Fithian, to the building of, 149; building 201; to Erkuries Beatty, 228; to and opening ceremonies,, 149; Reading Beatty, 204, 207, 208, 216, Grand Opera in, 149-155 220, 227, 228, 236, 239, 245: Er- Adams, Henry, The Degradation of kuries Beatty to, 257, 260; Read- the Democratic Dogma, notice of, ing Beatty to, 262; arrested for 95 trading with the enemy, 215, Adams, John, The Political Ideas of, mentioned, 218 by Francis Newton Thorpe, 1 Beatty, Joseph Moorhead, 197 Addenda and Corrections to paintings Beatty, Joseph M. Jr., Letters of the by Gilbert Stuart, not noted in Four Beatty Brothers of the Con- Mason's Life of Stuart, by Mantle tinental Army, by, 193 Fielding, 88 Beatty, Martha, 194 Alvord, Clarence Walworth, The Illi- Beatty, Mary, 194 nois Country, 1673-1818, by, no- Beatty Reading, biography of, 196; tice of, 364 to Erkuries Beatty, 199; to John American Academy of Music, 149 Beatty, 221, 262; Erkuries Beatty Annapolis, description of, in 1784, to, 205, 207, 209, 213, 218, 219, * 237 222, 226, 229, 231, 234, 235, 238, Arch Street Theatre, 141 242, 243, 244, 248, 249, 251, 253, Armenian Version of Mark, The, A 255, 258, 260; John Beatty tot Sonnet, Together with Fairmount 204, 216, 220, 227, 236, 239, 245 Park and other Poems, by Albert J. Beatty, Richard Longstreet, 209 Edmunds, notice of, 363 Beatty, William Pitt, 194, 212 Armstrong, Nancy, 226 Behrens, Siegfried, 151, 152 Auter (?) Nanny, 225 Benson, Major , of N. C, 244 Bernard, Caroline Richings, sings in Bache, Benjamin Franklin, The Gen- opera in Philadelphia, 148, 149 eral Advertiser established by, 262 Bevans, Giles, 227, 230 Bader, Rev. P. C, letter to the Board Biddle, Edward, Memoirs of the Life of War, 314, 316, 317 and Works of Thomas Sully, Artist, Bailey, Francis, 233 by, notice of, 360 Baird, Surgeon Absalom, 207 Bishop, , Composer of Operas, 130 Balch, Miss Elise Willing, leads in Bishop, Anna, 130 movement for permanent opera at Blair, Jenny, 225 the Academy of Music, 154 Blakey, John, letters to Jesse Sharp- Barber, Eleanor, 163 less, 1779, 1782, 192 BEATTY, 193 Bogart, Ernest Ludlow, The In- Beatty Family Portraits owned by dustrial State, 1870-1893, by; Rev. John B. Howell, 196 The Modern Commonwealth, 1893- Beatty, Ann Reading, 194, 196 1918, by; notices of, 364 Beatty, Rev. Charles, 193, 194, 196 Boiling Springs, Mississippi Terri- Beatty, Charles Clinton, biography tory, 62 of, 196; mentioned, 199; to Rev. Book About Autographs, A, by Enoch Green, 202 Simon Gratz, notice of, 361 Beatty, Christiana, 194 Book Notices, 95, 286, 358 Beatty, Christiana Clinton, 192, 196 Bouquet, Col. Henry, Life and Ser- Beatty, Christina, wife of Reading vices of, by Hon. Edward F. Rob- Beatty, 263 bins, notice of, 286 Beatty, Elizabeth, 194 Bowen, Major , appointed agent Beatty, Erkuries, biography of, 197 ; for the Pennsylvania Line, 243; Reading Beatty to,, 199 ; to John mentioned, 249, 250 Beatty, 257, 260; to Reading Bowen, Lieut. Seth, 204 Beatty, 205, 207, 209, 213, 218, Boyd, John P., to his sister, Mrs. 219, 222, 226, 229, 231, 234, 238, Margaret Storer, 1813, 95 242, 243, 248, 249, 251, 252, 255, Bradford, James, Account of Ex- 258, 260 ; appointed agent for the penses of while a student at Pennsylvania Line, 243, 244; de- Princeton College, 1770, 94 cribes Indian Treaty at Fort Bradford, Capt. James, 235 Macintosh 1785, 253: account of Briggs, , Surveyor - General, travels of, 1786-7, 256 Jississippi Territory, 48, 59, 175, Beatty, George, 194, 212, 215 180, 183 VOL. XLIV.-—24 369 370 Index.

British prisoners in York, Pa., Con- contributed by Prof. George E. duct of, 324 Hastings, 357 Brix, Maurice, List of Philadelphia Collins, Captain , 276 Silversmiths and Allied Artificers Columbia Bridge Co., 194 from 1682 to 1850, by, notice of, Cooke's Circus, 140 360 Cope, Lydia Trimble, married to Brooks, John, 209, 211 Isaac Sharpless, 1876, 266 Brown, Everett Somerville, The Con- CORYELL, 166 stitutional History of the Louis- Coryell, Emanuel, 166 iana Purchase, 1803-1812, by, Coryell, John, 166 notice of, 362 Coryell's Ferry, 163, 164, 166, 167 Browne, John C, bronze tablet in CoryelVs Tavern, 166 memory of, unveiled, 353 Crispin, Silas, Executor of Estate of Bruce, Robert, The Lincoln Highway Thomas Holme, 159, 160 in Pennsylvania, by, notice of, 362 Crosby, Capt. Jesse, 221 Bruin, Judge, 186, 274, 283 Cross, Benjamin C, 136 Buchanan, James, to Conner Clark, Cross Keys Tavern, 248 1824, 285 Curtis, John, A Century of Grand Bulletin of Friends' Historical So- Opera in Philadelphia, by, 122 ciety of Philadelphia, biograph- Curwen, Samuel Moore, 197 ical sketch of Isaac Sharpless, Cushing, Col. , 283 May, 1920, 264 Bunch of Grapes Tavern, 248 Bunker Hill, Battle of, reference to, Damrosch, Walter, 154 in diary of George Inman, 1782, Darley, H. W., 131 92 Deane, Silas, in York, Pa., 315 Burr, Aaron, Conspiracy of, see Let- Degradation of the Democratic Dog- ters of Thomas Rodney, 271, 291, ma, The, by Henry Adams, notice 292, 294, 297, 299, 300, 301, 302- of, 95 306; writes to Richard Peters, De Lancy, Capt. James, 76 1804, 333 DeLancy, John, 76 Burt, Mrs. Edith L., leads in move- De Lancy, Peter, 76 ment for permanent opera at the Dennison, Lieut. G., 212 Academy of Music, 154 Denny, 97 Burton, William E., 140-142. Denny, Rev. H. L. L., Memoir of Col. Business Directory, probably first in William Denny, by, 97 Denny, Col. William, ancestry and Philadelphia, 357 birth of, 98; portrait of, 100; Calvert Cecil, to Horatio Sharp, residence of, 100; Lieut-Governor 1755, 1757, 346. 348 of Pennsylvania, 101; letters to Calvin, Philip, 163 Thomas Penn, 101, 106-118, 120 ; Campbell, Captain , 230 reception in Philadelphia, 102 ; ad- Century of Grand Opera in Phila- dresses presented to, 103 ; letter to delphia, by John Curtis, 122 Mrs. Abigail Edwin, 104; recalled, Chestnut Street Theatre, 123-148 105 ; marriage and death of, 105 ; Cheyney, Edward P. An Introduc- extracts from will of, 105 ; family tion to the Industrial and Social portraits of, 105 ; sale of country- History of England, by, notice of, seat, 106; letters to the Earl of 359 Holdernesse, 119; General John Cincinnati, Society of, Washington Forbes to, 119 attends meeting of, in Philadel- Derelicts: An Account of Ships phia, 1784, 244; medals of, 245; Lost at Sea in General Commer- mentioned, 248, 251 cial Traffic and a Brief History of Claiborne, Major F. L., 55, 58, 65, Blockade Runners Stranded along 284 the North Carolina Coast, 1861- Claiborne, Major R, 71 1865, by James Sprunt, notice of, Claiborne, Wm. C. C, 57, 59; wife 364 and child of die of yellow fever Descendants of Sarah Holme, daugh- in New Orleans, 68; mentioned, ter of Thomas Holme, 158 186, 282, 301 De Soto, Ferdinand, Thomas Rodney's Clark, Conner, James Buchanan to, Account of, 52 1824, 285 Diaries of Moravian Congregation at Clarke, Daniel, implicated in Burr's York, Pa., items from, 309 conspiracy, 292 Dilettanti, Society of, origin, 99 Clarke, Henry, 165 Dinwiddie, Robert, letters from, 1755, Clarridge, Samuel, 159 1764, 350, 351 Claypoole, , 322 Donnell, Lieut. Nathaniel, 204 Clinton, Christiana, wife of John Dreer Collection of Manuscripts, Beatty of the British Army, 192 Selection of letters from, 346 Clinton, Elizabeth Denniston, death Dunbar, Peggy, 55, 187 of, 209 Dunbar, William, 298 Clum, Joseph, 263 COATE, 165, 166 Early New Jersey Poll List, An, by Coate, Henry, 166 Henry C. Shinn, Mount Holly, N. Coate, John, 165-166 J., 77 Coate, Samuel, 165 Eaton, Robert, 165 Coate, William, 166 Edmunds, Albert J., The Armenian Coates, Ferry, 165, 166 Version of Mark; A Sonnet, To- Cock-Fighter, The, an unpublished gether with Fairmount Park and poem by Francis Hopkinson, 73; other Poems by, notice of, 363 Index. 371

Educational Legislation and Admin- 123, 129 ; Charlotte Cushman, 123, istration in the State of New York, 140; Stuart Robson, 123; first from 1777 to 1850, by Elsie Gar- American Grand Opera, "Leonora," land Hobson, notice of, 96 composed by Philadelphians and Edwin, Mrs. Abigail, letter from Col. produced in 1845, 123, 142; William Denny to, 104 Murray and Keen Company, 1749, Ellis, Col. , 56, 272, 276, 277, 123 ; Plumstead Ware House, the 280 first theatre, 123; drama es- Ellis, A., 62 tablished in Philadelphia by Lewis Ellis, Charles A., 154 Hallam, 1754, 124 ; theatres abol- Ely, Ruben P., compiles manuscript ished by Congress, 126; First Chestnut Street Theatre opened, of Holcombe descendants, 163 1794, 126; Mrs. Oldmixon, 127; English Notes : A Rare and Unknown Laibson and his French Company, Work, Being a Reply to Charles 127; "Don Giovanni" only produc- Dickens's "American Notes," with tion of Grand Opera in the First Critical Comments by Joseph Chestnut Street Theatre, 129; Jackson and George H. Sargent, Theatre burned, 1820,129 ; the sec- notice of, 358 ond Grand Opera, Barber of Seville, Erisson, Capt., 312 given at the Walnut Street Thea- Erwin, Samuel, 212 tre, 1822, 129; Second Chestnut Ettwein, John, visits York, Pa., 316, Street Theatre opened, 1822, 129 ; 317, 318 third venture in Grand Opera, "The Law of Java," 1823, 129; Falsington, residence of Dr. Reading "Home Sweet Home" first sung, Beatty, 263 130; first operatic criticism in Fenno, John, newspaper of, 262 a Philadelphia newspaper, 1825, Ferguson, Susanna Ewing, marries 131 ; bars abolished from theatres, Erkuries Beatty, 1799, 199 1882, 132 ; Maria Garcia sings in Ferguson, Major William, 199 Musical Fund Hall, 1826, 133; Field, Benjamin, 165 Benjamin Cross conductor in Wal- Fielding, Mantle, Addenda and Cor- nut Street Theatre, 136 ; the Mon- rections to Paintings by Gilbert tresor Troupe, 136; singers in Stuart, not noted in Mason's Life early English Opera, 136 ; Mr. and of Stuart, by, 88 ; Memoirs of the Mrs. Joseph Wood, 137; portrait Life and Works of Thomas Sully, of Mrs. Wood by Sully, 138; Artist, by, notice of, 360 Rivafiroli Troupe, 138; introduc- Fishel, John, 312, 313 tion of gas in theatres, 129, 139 ; FISHELS, 287 Edward and Anne Seguin, 139, Fisher, John, Thomas Rodney to, 306 141; Jane Shireff, 139 ; Alexander FITHIAN, 194 Wilson, 139; Zelda Seguin, 139; Fithian, Mrs. Elizabeth, from John Cooke's Circus, 140; National Beatty, 201; mentioned, 209, 213 Theatre and William Burton, 140, Fithian, Joel, 194, 204, 209, 213 141; Henrietta Sontag, 140 ; rival productions of Norma, 140; Rob- Fithian, Rev. Philip Vicars, 194, ert C. Maywood, 140 ; Peter Rich- 201, 202, 204 ings, 141 ; "La Juive," chronology Fitz, , 54, 180 of, 143 ; Havana Opera Company, Fitzpatrick, Thomas, 177 143; Luigi Arditi, 144; Novell! Forbes, General John, to Governor and the statue of Washington, William Denny, 1758, 119 144 ; Perelli opens studio in Phila- Forrest, Edwin, 137 delphia, 145 ; the Patti Family, Forster, J., 62 3 45 ; Edward Fry and Italian Op- Forsythe, John, 268 era, 146; Max Maretzek, 146; Fry, Edward, organizes Italian op- Caroline Richings, 148 ; building of era in Philadelphia, 146-148 the Academy of Music, 149 ; Ade- Fry, Joseph, writes first American lina Patti, first and last perform- Grand Opera, "Leonora," 1845, 142 ances, 150, 155 ; first performance Fry, William, composer of first Am- of Faust in America, 150; the erican Grand Opera, 142 Strakosch Company, 151; John Funk, Henry, 235 Philip Sousa, 151 ; Grand Opera Furman, Samuel, 163 House opened, 153; Theodore Thomas, 153; Gustav Hinrichs, Gammel, T., Thomas Rodney to, 187 153 : Alfred Hoegerie, 153 ; move- Garcia, Maria (Madame Malibran), ment for permanent opera in the sings in Musical Fund Hall, 133 Academy of Music, 154 ; Metropoli- Gas introduced in the Chestnut tan Opera Company, 155 ; Oscar Street Theatre, 129, 139 Hammerstein, 156 Gates, General Horatio, visits York, Pa., 312 Gratz, Simon, A Book About Auto- Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, graphs, by, notice of, 361 Publications of, Vol. VII, No. 3, Gratz, Simon, Thomas Rodney, by, notice of, 358 47, 170, 270, 289 Germany in the War and after, by Grayson, , 272 Vernon Kellogg, notice of, 96 Green, Rev. Enoch, 194, 196; bio- Godfrey, Carlos E., First War Medal graphical sketch of, 202; Charles issued in America, note by, 93 C. Beatty to, 202; marries Mary Grand Opera House, 153 Beatty, 202 Grand Opera in Philadelphia, A Cen- "Greenwich Tea Party," tea des- tury of, by John Curtis, 122 ; first troyed in Greenwich, 1774, 204 Grand Opera in Philadelphia, 1818, Gregg, Captain James, 218 372 Index.

Hackett, Elizabeth Reading, 214 Horn, Charles E., gives Italian op- Halfpenny, Mark, keeper of the Cross era in Philadelphia, 134, 135 Keys Tavern, 248 Howard, Capt. William, 201 Hallam, Lewis,, establishes drama in Howe, General Sir William, writes Philadelphia, 124 Scriptural letter to Washington, Hallowell, John, 160 315 Hallowell, Joseph, 160, 161 Halsted, Mary Mills, 214 Ho well, Captain (of New Jersey), Ham, Dr. , 276 Howell, Daniel, 163 Hamilton, Alexander, news of death Howell, John Beatty, 195 of, 54 HowelVs Ferry, 165, 167 Hammerstein, Oscar, 156 Hudson, Richard, 321 Hancock, John, arrives in York, Pa., Hunn, Captain, 49, 50 321 Hunter, Dr., 63 Hartley, Col. Thomas, 226 Hurford, Grace, 160 Hastings, George B., contributes Hurford, John, marries Sarah Holme poem, "The Cock-Fighter," by Holcomb, 159 Francis Hopkinson, 357 Hurford, John, Jr., 159, 160 Hatzinger, , 227 Hurford, Samuel, 160 Havana Opera Company, 143, 144 Hutchins, Col. (brother of the Heard, Capt. John, 222 Geographer-General), 65; death Heckedorn, Christian, 310, 322, 323 of, 171 Hehl, Matthew, 320 Hyde, Miss (singer), 235 Henderson, Capt. , 244 Henderson, Robert, 199 Henry, William, visits Yoa/k, Pa., Illinois Country, The, 1673-1818, by 314 Clarence Walworth Alvord, notice HILL of, 364 Hill, Mary, marries Col. William In Old Pennsylvania Towns, by Anne Denny, 105 Hollingsworth Wharton, notice of, Hillegas, Michael, 320, 323 361 Hilltowne, Pa., 159 Indians, Salt manufactured by, 53 Himmer Family, 151 Industrial State, The, 1870-1893, by Hinrichs, Gustav, 153, 154 Ernest Ludlow Bogart and Charles Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Manfred Thompson, notice of, 364 The, Balance Sheet of the Treas- Inman, George, References to Battles urer of, for 1919, 354 ; list of the of Bunker Hill and Monmouth, in officers of, 365 diary of, 92, 93 History of the Great War, The, by Introduction to the Industrial and Roland G. Usher, notice of, 96 Social History of England, by Prof. Hobson, Elsie Garland, Educational Edward P. Cbeyney, notice of, 359 Legislation and Administration in Irish, Nancy, 225 the State of New York, from 1777 Irwin, Rev. Nathaniel, 200 to 1850, by, notice of, 96 Hoenrisen, John, 312 Jackson, Major -, 59 Hoff, Henry, 323 Jackson, Andrew, Copies of letters HOLCOMB, 158-169 of, wanted, 357 Holcomb, John, 159, 161, 162, 163, Jackson, Joseph, Philadelphia Year 165, 167, 168 Book for 1920, notice of, 96; Holcomb, Richard, 159, 163, 168 English Notes; A Rare and Un- Holcomb, Richard C, Descendants of known Work, Being a Reply to Sarah Holme, by, 158 Charles Dickens's American Notes, Holcomb, Sarah Holme, marries John with Critical Comments by, notice Hurford, 159 of, 358 Holcombe, Elizabeth, 160, 161 Jefferson, Thomas, Thomas Rodney Holcombe, Grace, 163 to, 294 Holcombe, Hannah, 161 Jeffries, Dr. John, assisted wounded Holcombe, Jacob, 159, 160, 161, 162 at Battle of Bunker Hill and iden- Holcombe, Julia Ann, 163 tified body of General Warren, 93 Holcombe, Mary, 161, 163 Johnston, Col. Francis, 243 Ilolcombe, Rebecca, 161 Jones, Josiah, of Burlington County, Holcombe, Samuel, 163 N. J. Notice of death of, 1770, Holcombe, Sarah, 161 288 Holcombe, Sophia, 161 Jones, Obediah (of Ga.), 290 Holcombe, Susanna, 161 Holcombe, Thomas, 161 Kellogg, Vernon, Germany In the Holdernesse, Earl of, Col. William War and After, by, notice of, 96 Denny to, 119 Ker, David (Judge)), death of, 186 Holinshead, (Philadelphia sil- Kirby, Col., death of, 171 versmith), 238 Klein, H., visits York, Pa., 316 HOLME, 158-169 Kucher, Christopher, in York, Pa., Holme, Sarah, descendants of. 158 314, 316 Holme, Thomas, item from will of, 158 Labor's Crisis: An Employer's View Holmes, Jinny, 224 of Labor Problems, by Sigmund "Home, Sweet Home" in opera by Mendelsohn, notice of, 361 Bishop, 130 Lafayette, Marquis de, in York, Pa., Hopkinson, Francis, "The Cock- 312 Fighter," an unpublished poem by, Lafayette, The True, by George 73 Morgan, notice of, 95 Index. 373

Lalor, Mrs. Katharine, marries John Mendelsohn, Sigmund, Labor's Cri- Beatty, 195 sis : An Employer's View of Labor Lambertville, origin of name, 167 Problems, by, notice of, 361 Lancaster, description of, 1787, 222 Metropolitan Opera Company, 155 Lanius, William. 310, 321, 322 Metropolitan Opera House, 153, 156 Laurens, Henry, to John Ettwein, Miles, Samuel, 239 1778, 318 Miller, Bekky, 224 Laux, James B., The Lost Will of Miller, Betsy, 223 George Taylor, the Signer, by, Miller, Henry, 316, 319 82 Mills, Mary Reading, 214 League of Nations, Taft Papers on, Minor, Major S., 61 notice of, 363 Miralles, Don Juan de, burial of, 218 League of Nations at Work, by Ar- Mississippi Territory, see letters of thur Sweetser, notice of, 359 Thomas Rodney Lee, General Charles, in York, Pa., Mitchell's Ferry, 165 on parole, 314 Modern Commonwealth, The, 1893- LeFeber, , 323 1918, by Ernest Ludlow Bogart L'Enfant, Major Pierre Charles, and John Mabry Mathews, notice brings medals of the Cincinnati of, 364 to Philadelphia, 245 Monmouth, Battle of, reference tof Letters of the Four Beatty Brothers in diary of George Inman, 1782, 92 of the Continental Army, 1774- Montgolfier and his balloons, 241 1794, by Joseph M. Beatty, Jr., Montgomery, Hetty, Sidney and 193 Jinny, description of, 224 Lewis, Thomas, 161 Moravian Congregation at York, Pa., Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania, Items from Revolutionary history The, by Robert Bruce, notice of, of, 309 362 Morgan, Col. , death of, 324 Livesey, Esther, 162 Morgan, George, The True Lafayette, Livesey, Jonathan, 162 by, notice of, 95 Livesey, Katherine, 162 Murray and Keen Company gives Livingston, Philip, funeral of, at first theatrical performance in York, Pa., 320 Philadelphia, 123 Lombaert, Mrs. Herman, J., daughter of Henry Wynkoop, 263 Longstreet, Mary, marries John National Theatre, 140, 142 Beatty, 1774, 194 Neisser, Augustine, 309, 316 Longstreet, Richard, 194 Neisser, Rev. George, 309 Lost Will, The, of George Taylor, New Hope, origin of name, 167 the Signer, by James B. Laux, 82 New Hope Delaware Bridge Com- Louisiana Purchase, Tfhie Constitu- pany, 167 tional History of the, by Everett New Jersey, First War Medal in Somerville Brown, notice of, 362 America, issued by, 1758, 93 Ludwig, Christopher, visits York, NEW JERSEY POLL LIST, 1787 Pa., 313 Notes and Queries, 92, 192, 285, 357 McCalla, Daniel, 204 McConaghy, , 227 Oldmixon, Mrs., plays in Philadel- McConnel, Capt. Nathan, 231 phia, 127 McCrery, Dr. , 63, 276 Orth, Adam, in York, Pa., 314, 316 McCullam, Lieut. John, 223, 227, Ozmun, Col. , 65, 272, 284 230 Macintosh, Fort, Account of the In- Patti Family in Philadelphia, 145- dian Treaty at, 1785, 253 147 McMichael, James, 234 Patti, Adelina, first and last ap- Malibran, Madame (Maria Garcia), pearance in opera in Philadelphia, sings in Musical Fund Hall, 133 150, 155; sings in "Martha" be- Martin, Col. Ephraim, extracts from fore the Prince of Wales, in the letter of 1780, 287 Academy of Music, 150 Mason, George C, List of Paintings Payne, John Howard, and "Home, not included in his Life of Gil- Sweet Home," 130 bert Stuart, 88 Penn, Thomas, letters from Col. Wm. Mathews, George, Brevet-Brigadier- Denny to, 1756, 101; 1756, 1757, General, biographical sketch of, 1759, 106-118, 120 from notes of Thomas Rodney's, Pennsylvania Line, doctors of, pe- 343 tition for pay, 219 Mathews, John Mabry, The Modern Pennsylvania Society of New York, Commonwealth, 1893-1918, by, Year Book, 1920, notice of, 359 notice of, 364 Peters, Judge Richard, selections Matthews, General, marries Mrs. Car- from the correspondence of, 325 penter, 55 George Washington to, 1797, 325, Matthews, Judge, 274, 275, 276, 283 326 ; Timothy Pickering to, 1798, May wood, Robert C, 140, 141 327; 1803, 328, 330; 1806, 334, Meigs, William M., The Relation of 340; Aaron Burr to, 1804, 333; the Judiciary to the Constitution, James Wilkinson to, 1804, 333; by, notice of, 363 Benjamin Rush to, 1807, 341 Memoir of His Excellency Colonel Philadelphia, A Century of Grand William Denny, Lieut. Governor of Opera in, by John Curtis, 122 Pennsylvania, etc. By Rev. H. L. Philadelphia, number of houses in. L. Denny, 97 1749, 1753, 1760, 1769, 94 374 Index.

Philadelphia, probably first attempt pointments not popular, 278; in- at business directory in, 357; spects bones of extinct animals, first public houses in, 358 280; Gov. Claiborne very unpop- Philadelphia, Reception given by the ular, 282 ; troubles with the Span- French Ambassador in honor of the iards, 283; letters to Caesar A. birthday of the Dauphin, 1782, Rodney, 47-72 ; 170, 172, 176, 179, description of, 228 183, 185, 270-284; 289, 291, 296, Philadelphia Silversmiths and Allied 299, 302, 304; to Mrs. Anna D. Artificers from 1682 to 1850, list Postlewait, 186; to T. Gammel, of, by Maurice Brix, notice of, 360 187 ; to Thomas Jefferson, 294; to Philadelphia Year Book for 1920, John Fisher, 306 notice of, 96 Rodney, Thomas, biographical notes Phillips, Mercy, 161 on Brevet Brigadier-Gen'l. George Pickering, Timothy, to Richard Mathews, by, 343 Peters, 1798, 327 ; 1803, 328, 330 ; Rogers, Rev. William, 320 1806, 334, 340 ROTHROCK, BENJAMIN, 309 PinJcneyville, Mississippi Territory, Rothrock, Jacob, 310 60 Rothrock, John, 313 Plumstead's "Warehouse, first theatre Rothrock, Philip, 313 in Philadelphia, 123 Rush, Benjamin, to Richard Peters, Poak, John, 200 1807, 341 Poak, Neely, 224 Ryan, (actor), 235 Political Ideas of John Adams, The, by Francis Newton Thorpe, 1 Salt manufactured by Indians, 53 POLL LIST of Election held at Sample, Sally, 225 Burlington, N. J., 1787, 77 Sargent, George H., English Notes: Posth, Sally, 224 A Rare and Unknown Work, Be- Postlewait, Mrs. Anna, Thomas Rod- ing a Reply to Charles Dickens's ney to, 186 American Notes, with Critical Pownall, Hannah, 161 Comments by, notice of, 358 Pratt, Lieut., John, 231, 255 Schlosser, Ernst, 311, 312 Princeton, burning the Tea on the SCHNEIDER, SIMON, 310 College Campus, 1774, 196 Scott, Capt. , 65 Proctor, Col. Thomas, 252 Scott, Dr. Moses, 196 Provost, Judge, 283; implicated in Seguin, Anne, 139-142 Burr's conspiracy, 291 Seguin, Edward, 139-142 Public Houses, first in Philadelphia, Seguin, Zelda, 139 358 SEIFER, BRINKMAN, 311 Purcell, John, 165, 166 Selections from the correspondence Raguets, James, 256 of Judge Richard Peters of Bel- Raleigh, Sir Walter, related to Col. mont, 325 Wm, Denny, 97 Sergeant, Sally and Molly, descrip- Ramsay, John, 235 tion of, 224 Ranke, , 316 Sermon, Hannah, 160 Reading's Ferry, 165 Sharp, Horatio, Cecil Calvert to, Reeves, (of Philadelphia), 1755, 346 ; 1757, 348 317 Sharpless, Aaron, 265 Reid, Augustine, 214 Sharpless, Isaac, an appreciation, Reid, Sarah Reading, 214 Relation of the Judiciary to the Con- Sharpless, Isaac, biographical sketch stitution, The, by Wm. M. Meigs, of from Bulletin of Friends' His- notice of, 363 torical Society of Philadelphia, Revolutionary Items of History of May, 1920, 264; founder of the York, Pa., 309 Friends' Historical Society, 264; Richings, Peter, 148 birth and parentage, 265; educa- Robbins, Hon. Edward F. Life and tion, 266 ; appointed instructor in Services of Col. Henry Bouquet, by, Haverford College, 1875, 266; notice of, 286 marriage of, 1876, 266; elected Roberts, Lewis, 160 president of Haverford College, Rodgers, Dr. John R. B., 226 1887, 266; Honorary Degrees, Rodney, Cresar A., Thomas Rodney 266; issues "The Student," 1880, to, 47-72 ; 170, 172, 176, 179, 183, 267; Influence on Haverford Col- 185 ; 270-284 ; 289, 291, 296, 299, lege, 267; foremost among Penn- 302, 304 sylvania historians, 268; ap- Rodney, John, 50 pointed commissioner upon the re- Rodney, Thomas, by Simon Gratz, vision of the Constitution of 47, 370, 270, 289; marries Gen- Pennsylvania, 269; death of, 269 eral Matthews of Georgia to Mrs. Sharpless, John, 265 Carpenter, 55; rank of Major- Sharpless, Susanna Forsythe, 265 General offered to, in 1777, 66; Shields, , 55, 59, 272 goes to funeral of Col. Hutch- Shields, W. B., marriage of, 299 ins, 171 ; death of Colonel Kirby, STiinn, Mrs. Florence S., owns in- 171; Spain and West Florida, 172 ; teresting historical collection, 73; difficulties of his work, 177-185; descendant of Hopkinson family, the Yazoo Land, 185; death of 73 Judge David Ker, 186; case of Shinn, Henry C, An Early New Jer- the Kempers, 188; teachers de- sey Poll List, by, 77 sired in Washington, Mississippi Shippen, Edward, of Lancaster, Dr. Territory, 277; the President's ap- William Shippen to, 286 Index. 375

Shippen, Dr. William, to his brother, Walker, 249 Edward Shippen of Lancaster, Wall, Miss, , (singer), 235 1776, 286 Wallace, , 55 Shute, Captain William, 204 Wallace, Capt., 249 Smith, Alexander, 200 Walnut Hills, 48 Smith, John (of Carlisle), 260 Walnut Street Theatre, 129, 136, 138, Smith, Polly, 225 139 Smith, Rev. Wm., offers to preach Walton, Jacob, 161 series of sermons, 325 War of 1812, Letter from John P. Sousa, John Philip, anecdote of, 152 Boyd, to his sister, Mrs. Margaret Sproat, Captain William, 206, 208 Storer, 1813, 95 Sprunt, James, Derelicts: An Ac- War Medal, first in America, is- count of Ships Lost at Sea in Gen- sued by New Jersey in 1758, 93 eral Commercial Traffic and a Washington, George, head-quarters at Brief History of Blockade Run- John Holcombe's house, near ners Stranded Along1 the North CoryelFs Ferry, 163, 167, 168; Carolina Coast, 1861-1865, by ; no- title of Field Marshal of France tice of, 364 conferred on, 220 ; attends meeting Stamper, Mrs., 244, 249, 250 of the Cincinnati in Philadelphia, Steel, Capt. John, to marry Miss 1784, 244 ; writes Scriptural letter Bailey, 233 to Lord Howe, 3J.5 ; visits Bethle- Steuben, Baron von, bill for dinner hem, 324; writes to Richard given by, 1783; bill for printing, Peters, 1797, 325, 326 1784, 92 Washington, Mississippi Territory, Stevenson, Nancy, 224 letters of Thomas Rodney from, Storer, Mrs. Margaret, John P. Boyd 1804-1807, 47, 170, 270 289 to, 1813, 95 Wells, John, 164 Strakosch Opera Company, 151 Wells Ferry, 164, 165, 166 Stuart, Gilbert, Addenda and Correc- Wemyss, Francis C, 134, 142 tions to Paintings by, not noted in West Florida, opinions of Thomas Mason's Life of, 88 Rodney on the cession of, 58, 59, Sully, Thomas, Artist, Memoirs of 61, 65, 67, 77, 172 the Life and Works of, by Edward Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth, In Biddle and Mantle Fielding, no- Old Pennsylvania Towns, by, notice of, 360 tice of, 361 Sully, Thomas, paints portrait of Whelen, Mrs. Charles S., starts Mrs. Joseph Wood, 138 movement for permanent opera at Sweetser, Arthur, The League of the Academy, 1895, 154 Nations at Work, by, notice of, Whitebread, William, 249 359 Wignell and Reinagle erect the first Chestnut Street Theatre, 126 Taft Papers on the League of Na- Wilkey, Capt. , 244 tions, notice of, 363 Wilkinson, General James, to Richard Tapp, Lieut. William, 212 Peters, 1804, 333 ; mentioned, 271, Taylor, George, the Signer, the Lost 283; implicated in Burr's con- Will of, by James B. Laux, 82; spiracy, 291-297 copy of will of, 84 Williams, Gov., 275 Temple of Apollo, Philadelphia, 235 Williams, Robert, 175, 177, 180 Thomas, John, 160 Williams, Thomas PL, 47, 48, 56, 57, Thomas, Robert, 160 59, 177, 183 Thomas, Samuel, 160 Williamsourg, Account of battle Thompson, Charles Manfred, The fought at, 1813, 95 Industrial State, 1870^1893, by, Windsor Halh residence of Col. John notice of, 364 Beatty, 195, 216, 220 Thompson, General William, death Winston, , 275 of, 230 Witherspoon, John, receipts bill of Thorpe, Francis Newton, The Po- James Bradford, student at Prince- litical Ideas of John Adams, by, 1 ton College, 1770, 94 Titsort, , First War Medal is- Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph, sing in sued in America, given to, 1758, 93 opera in Philadelphia, 137, 138 Trenton Delaware Bridge Company, Woodman, Henry, The History of 195 Valley Forge, by, notice of, 360 True Lafayette, The, by George Mor- Wooldridge, Major, 284 gan, notice of, 95 Woolrich, Elizabeth, 162 Woolridge, Mary, 161 Tudor, Captain George, 206, 213, Wynkoop, Ann, 256 218 Wynkoop Christina, marries Reading Turner, Edward, 177, 178 Beatty, 197 Wynkoop, Judge Henry, 197, 212 Usher, Roland G., History of the Great War, by, notice of, 96 Yazoo Land, 185 Valley Forge, the History of, by York, Pa., Items from Diaries of the Henry Woodman, notice of, 360 Moravian Congregation at, during Van Duren, John, 161 the Revolution, 309 Vantyle, John, first war medal is- York, Pa., houses in, used for Army sued in America, given to, 1758, 93 Hospitals, 1778, 313 Van Waggenen, Major Garret H., 216 York Road, beginning and exten- Vining, Miss M., 58 sion of, 164, 165