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.)

Academy of Natural Sciences, 25 Armstrong, Col. John, 7, 14; Expedi- Acadia: The Pre-Loyalist Migration tion of Against Kittanning, by and the Philadelphia Plantation, by Hon. John S. Fisher, 1-14; bio- William Otis Sawtelle, 244-285; graphical, 8, 102; ordered by Gov- boundaries of, 244-251, 255, 256; ernor Morris to attack Kittanning, granted to Sieur do Monts, 244, 8, 9 ; attack of on Kittanning, 8- 254; loss of, to France, 247 ; grant 12, 101; wounded, 12, 101; report of, to Sir Thomas Temple and of expedition against Kittanning, others, 248; restored to France, 12 ; resolutions of praise and medal 248 struck in honor of by City of Phil- Adams, Miss, 317 adelphia, 13, 101, 102; Armstrong Adams, Charles Francis, 330 County named in honor of, 101; Adams, Henry, 343 military services, 102 Adams, John, 151; advice of, on Armstrong, Capt. Joseph, member of boundary question of Penobscot Colonial Assembly, 8 ; in command claim, 254 of company in attack on Kittan- Adams, John Quincy, 150 ning, 8, 9 Adams, William T.. 316, 317 Armstrong County Historical Society Ainsworth, Harrison, 322 erects marker at Kittanning, 1; Albert, King of Belgium, 123 named in honor of Col. John Arm- Alcott, Bronson, 318, 319 strong, 101 Alcott, Louisa M., 318 Arnold, , 63 ALDEN, JOHN, 264, 265 Arnold, Benedict, 113 Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 323 Astronomy, discoveries in science of Alexander, Herr, European Magician, by David Rittenhouse, 19-21 163 Atkinson, James, 307 Alexander, General, 333 Atlanta, 344 Alexander, Sir William, Earl of Stir- Attitude of James Buchanan Towards ling, 247, 248, 253, 254, 255 ; part Slavery, The, by James B. Ranck, of Nova Scotia granted to, 246, 126-142 247 Augusta, 47 Alger, Horatio, Jr., 317 Aurora, 64, 66, 67, 70, 72, 227, 232, Alleghany City, 34 239 Allegheny Mountain, 172 Alleghany River, 357, 372, 375 ; Raft- Badge of Merit, The, by Ilarrold E. ing on, 1844, diary of Henry Gillingbam, 383 Baxter, 27-78, 143-171, 207-243 Balch, Thomas Willing, Obituary Allen, , 233 Notice, 376-380 Allen, Elias, 307 Bald Eagle Valley, 4 Allen, Dr. Harrison, 19 Baldwin, , 69, 229 Amelia Court House, 341 Ball, William, 281 American Philosophical Society, 25, Baltimore, 180, 356; Pennsylvania 292; early instruments in posses- and Massachusetts troops in, 346 sion of, 290, 297 Balzac, Honore* de, 323 American Revolution, a Dutch School Bancroft, George, 328; account of History on, quoted, 191 Lynnhaven Bay by, 199, 206 Amherst, Gen. Sir Jeffrey, 246 Barber, Charles EM 119 Amherst, N. 8., 264 Barker, J., 371 Anatomy, discoveries in science of by Barney'8 Run, 362, 364 Philadelphians, 18, 19 Barrinqton, N. 8., 264 Ancestors and Descendants of Colonel BARTLETT, 264 David Funsten and His Wife Susan Bartlett, , 146 Everard Meade, notice of, 288 Bartley, Mordecai, 232-235 Anderson, , 227 Barton, Benjamin Smith, "Elements Andre", Major John, medals awarded of Botany," by, 17; contributions by Congress for capture of, 1780, of to science, 17 Bartram, John, 25 ; home of in Phil- Andrews, Robert, 299 adelphia, 16; travels and contribu- Annapolis Royal, 245, 250, 262-264 tions of, to science of botany, 16, Antietam, 342 Appomattox, 341 Bartram, William, contributions of to Argall, Capt. Samuel, 245, 246 science of botany, 16, 17 Armitage, Benjamin, 281 BAXTER, DORCAS, 27 Armstrong, Lieut. Edward, in com- BAXTER, FRANCES, 27 mand of Fort Granville, 7, 8; BAXTER, HENRY, 27 killed bv Indians in attack on Fort Baxter, Henry, diary of, 27-78, 143- Granville, 8 171, 207-243 388 Index. 389

BAXTER, MAJOR HENRY WHIT- Booth, Rev. - -, sermons by, 209, LOCK, 27 220, 221 Baxter, Maj. Henry Whitlock, 66 Borie, A. E.t Secretary of the Navy, BAXTER, JOHN, 27 117 Baxter, John, biographical, 27 Borton, William, 298 Baxter, John Whitlock, biographical, Boswell, James, 310 27 Botany, discoveries in science of by BAXTER, JONATHAN WHITLOCK, Philadelphians, 15-18, 25 27 Braddock, Gen. Edward, 175 ; defeat Baxter, Jonathan Whitlock, 65 of, 5 BAXTER, MARY, 27 Braddock'8 Road, 175 Bay of Fundy, 256, 260, 261, 284 Braddon, Miss, 323 Bayard, Col. John, 280, 283, 284 Bradford's Ferry, 358 Bayardtown, 34, 38 Bradley, C. M.. 50, 54, 67, 69 Baynton, John, 275 Bradley, Paul, killed by the Indians, Beauba88in, 257 Beaver, 40, 41 Brandy Camp, 242, 243 Beaver Creek, 40 Brandywine Mills, 183 Beaver Dams, 9 Brazil, refusal of to accept David Tod Beckford, William, 320 as Minister from U. S., 130 ; slavery Beckwith, Ransome, 243 in, 131, 133 Bedford, 175, 177 Breitmann. Hans, see Leland, Charles Beeson, . founder of Union- Godfrey town, 189 Bridgeport, 352; description of, 355 Beeson Town, 189 Bright,. Lieut. Gov., of Indiana, 152 Beisecker, Charles, 29 British fleet encounters French Fleet Belcher. Governor of Massachusetts, in Rynnhaven Bay, 198-200; losses 252 of, 198, 199 Bell, , 224, 226 BRODHEAD, DANIEL, 92 Belleview, 239 BRODHEAD, GARRETT, 92 Benjamin Franklin Highway, 14 BRODHEAD, CAPT. LUKE, 92 Benson, Admiral, 124 BRODHEAD, RACHEL, 92 Benson, Adolph B., Sweden and the BRODHEAD, RICHARD, 92 American Revolution by, notice of, Brooks, Dr., 76 191 Brookville, 242, 243 Benton, Thomas H., 170 Brown, Charles Brockden, 324, 325 Beringer, 10 BROWN, SARAH, 299 Berlin, 177 Browning, Robert, 313, 314 Bernard, Gov. Francis, grant of Brownsville, 175, 187, 189, 190, 356- Mount Desert to, 252-254 360, 367, 368, 370 ; description of, Bibliography of the Works of Charles 351-355 ; on site of Fort Redstone Godfrey Leland by Joseph Jackson or Fort Bird, 355 (cont. from Vol. L., p. 379), 79-91 BrunoVs Island, 40 Bickley, Lawrence Wharton, Pocket Brush, , 166 Sun-Dial bequeathed to The His- Bryan, George, 280, 283, 284 torical Society of Penna., by, 381, Bryant, William Cullen, 311 382 Buchanan, James. The Attitude of, Big Mahoning Creek, 4 Towards Slavery, by James B. Big Muskingum, 43 Ranck, A. M., 126-142 ; slavery as Big Sandy River. 46, 240 a moral issue, 126—131; as a con- Bigoone Creek, 147, 165, 227 stitutional issue, 131-135 ; as a Bigelow, Mrs. John, anecdote of, 324 sectional issue, 135-140; after the Biggs, Thomas, instrument maker in election of Abraham Lincoln, 140- Philadelphia, 294, 301, 302 ; adver- 142 ; speech at Lancaster opposing tisements of, 301, 302; succeeds slavery, 126 ; to Jefferson Davis, 126, Benjamin Condy, 301, 306 127; speeches on slavery question, Billings, Josh, 326 127, 128, 130 ; to Mr. Slidell, 129 ; Bird, John, 297, 307 on admission of Kansas into the Birney, Brigadier General David, suc- Union, 129, 130; to Robert Tyler, ceeds Gen. Philip Kearney, 1863, 130 ; Secretary of State, 130; 136 ; 114; gives "Kearney Cross" to to David Tod, 130, 131; recom- non-commissioned officers and pri- mends sending slaves to Liberia, vates, 114 131; to W. R. King, 132, 136 ; to Black, General, 123 Mr. Foote, 132 ; attack on John C. Black, William, 323 Calhoun, 133, 134 ; opposed to Blake, William, 312 Frederick Douglas, 134, 138; to Blue Lodge Election, 138 William B. Reed, 135 ; to Jefferson Blanket Hill, Lieut. James Hogg in Davis, 136; opposed to Mexican command in attack on, 10—12 War, 136-138; attitude on the Board of Trade, correspondence of, Kansas - Nebraska question, 135, with Gov. Charles Lawrence re- 138; views of on acquisition of garding affairs in Nova Scotia, 257, Cuba, 139; to Secretary of State 258, 261 Marcy, 139; last Message to Con- Boker, George H., 312 gress quoted, 140; to G. M. Whar- Bonnell, Sam, 170, 216, 223 ton, 140; to J. T. Henry, 142 Book Notices, 95, 191, 288 Buffington, , 44 Book of Merit, 111 Burgoon's Pass, 9 Booneville, Miss., 337, 339 Bur'keville, 341 Boonville, Mo., 170 Burnand, , 328 390 Index.

Burr, Anna Robeson, 325 "Clay" Banner raised at Patriot, In- Bushnell, Horace, 138 diana, 143 Bussell, M. S., 57, 60, 61, 64 Clay Club and Songs, 77, 78, 159, Butler, Major General Benjamin F., 160, 171 awards medal to colored soldiers Clearfleld, 4, 9 under his command, 1864, 114, 115 Cleave, , 3 Butler, William C, 146, 160 Clemens, Samuel L., 326, 327 Byron, Lord, 311 Clermontville, 243 Cleveland, President Grover, 317 Cleveland, 41 Cadwallader, Josiah, 367 Cleves, 60 Cadwallader, Reese, 351 Clinton, Sir Henry, to Cornwallis, Calhoun, John C, 132, 133 1781, quoted, 197 Cameron, Gen. Simon, 127 Coates, John, 275 Campbell, John, 210 Coates, Lindsay, 275 Canada, County of, see Cornwall Cochran, Richard E., letter to Hon. Canoe Place, 10 Thomas L. Montgomery as to Baron Cape Henlopen, 20 de Beelen, 383 ; reply to same, 384 Cape Henry, 198 Coffin, Reuben, 74, 154, 156, 211, 222 Captina, 43 Cold Harbor, 340 Carlisle, laid out by Col. John Arm- Cole, Humphrey, 307 strong, 102 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 312 Carlyle, Jane, 328 Collinson, Peter, 21, 291 Carlyle, Thomas, 328 Colonel John Armstrong's Expedition Carpenter, Samuel, 292 Against Kittanning, Address by Carrolton, 148 Hon. John S. Fisher, 1 Carter, John, 53 Comstock, Anthony, 314 Cass, Lewis, 130, 142 Condy, Benjamin, instrument maker Cassel, David K., 298 in Philadelphia, 293, 294; suc- Castine, 253 ceeded by Thomas Biggs, 294, 301, Cedar Creek. 340 _o 306; will of, 294 Chamberlain, Dr., 169, 226, 228 Cone, , 63 Chancellor sville, 342 Congressional Medals, list of, award- Channing, Edward, 334, 346; "The ed to Army, Navy and Marine War for Southern Independence" Corps, 121, 122 by, criticism of, 335 Connellsville, 180, 183, 187, 189, 351, Chapin, Mr., 70 352 ; description of, 186 Chapman, Jerry, 38, 45, 48 Cookport, 10 Charleston, 47, 348 Coon Creek, 58 Cheat River, 352 Cooper, James Fenimore, 143, 319, Chebucto Harbor, 255 320 Chemical Society of Philadelphia, 25 Copher, E., 228 Chemistry discoveries in science of, Coran, Thomas, 251 by Philadelphians, 24, 25 Cornwall, County of, boundaries of, Cherryhill, 10 247, 248, 249, 253 Cherry Tree, 4, 10 Cornwallis, N. 8., 263 Chesapeake Bay, 196-200, 202, 205 Cornwallis, Lord, 199; army of in Chester Creek, 4 Virginia, 1781, 196; Washington Chester, N. 8., 263, 264 plans attack on, 196; at Yorktown, Chester Springs, 10 197, 198; surrender of, at York- Chesterfield Court mouse, 341 town, 201, 202 Chestnut Ridge, 180, 182, 185 Coryel, John, 275 Chickamauga, 338, 339 Cowper, William, 312 Chidlaw, W. B., 64, 217 Cox, Gen. Jacob D., 338 Chignecto, Isthmus of, 257, 263 Cox, John, Indian prisoner, 7 Chovet, Dr., reference to in "Red Coxe, John Redman, 25 City," 18; anecdotes of, 18, 19; Crabbe, George. 12 development of comparative anat- Craig, , 226 omy by, 19 Crane, , 233 Cilley, , killed in a duel, 152, Crawford, James, 361 154 Crawford, Josiah, ferry of, 358 Cilley, Col. Benjamin, 64 Crawley, Edmund, 280 Cincinnati, 40, 41, 47, 57, 61, 64, 65, Cresson, Caleb C, 107 161, 164, 214, 216, 228, 232, 241, Crittenden, Gen. Thomas L., 339 243; description of, 48-50; cele- Crittenden Compromise, 141 bration of settlement of James- Crook, Gen. George, 334, 335, 338, town by, 55—6 340 Civil War Historians and History, by Crooked Creek, 241 Isaac R. Pennypacker, 330-350 Crowder, General, , 123 Clarington, 43 Cuba, 28, 63; James Buchanan's Clark, A., 214, 216 views on acquisition of, 139 Clarke, Dr. Adam, 209 Cullen, , 223 CLARKSON, CORNELIA DE PEY- Cumberland, N. 8., 263 STER, 274 Cumminger, Henry, 281 CLARKSON, GERARDUS, 274 Cush cushion Creek, 10 Clarkson, Gerardus, 273 Cutbrush, Col., 30 CLARKSON, MATTHEW, 274 Clarkson, Matthew, 273, 277 Daley, Rev. -, religious discus- Clay, Henry, 77, 142, 150, 151, 222, sions of, 166-168, 171, 207-209, 224, 227, 235, 237, 242 221 Index. 391 Dallas, Alexander J., 227 Don Juan, Spanish Minister, 18 Danforth, J. C, 28 Donegan, see Denegan Daniels, William, 50. 55 Douglas, Frederick, 134, 138 Dansville, N. Y., 170 DRAKE, CAPT. SAMUEL, 92 Davenport, William, instrument Dred-Scott Decision, 138 maker in Philadelphia, 302 ; in bus- Dryden, John, 310 iness with William Dean, 302; Duffield, Edward, 273; dies of first compass of, in Peabody Institute, medals for war services in the Col- 302 onies cut by, 102, 103 David, George, 275 Duke's Province, see Cornwall Davids, Benjamin, 281 Dunbar, David, 251, 252 Davis, , 243 Duncan, Dr., 148, 153 DAVIS, EMILY HOLLAND, 95 Dunlap, , 55, 56 DAVIS, GEORGE HYER, 95 Dunlap's Creek, 351, 355, 356 Davis, Jefferson, 132,139, 339 ; James Du Pont, Col. Henry A., author of Buchanan to, quoted, 126, 127, 136 books on Civil War, 334, 336 ; ser- Davis, Capt. John, inventor of quad- vices of, during Civil War, 334; rant or back-staff, 291, 296 biography of Rear Admiral Du Dayton, Dr. , 64, 65 Pont by, 335 Dead Books and Dying Authors, by Du Pont, Rear Admiral Samuel Fran- Edward Robins, 309 cis, biography of, by Col. Henry Dead Man's Island, 40 A. Du Pont, 335 Dean, , 71 Dwight, Timothy, 138 Dean, William, instrument maker in Philadelphia, 302; advertisements Earley, Gen. Jubal A., 340 of, 302 ; William Davenport in bus- Early Science in Philadelphia, by iness with, 302; compass of in Edgar Fahs Smith, 15 Peabody Institute, 302 Easton, Penna., 4 de Barras, , 197, 199 Economy, 40 de Beelen, Baron, letter of Richard Eddington, 268 E. Cochran to Hon. Thomas L. Eddy, George Simpson, 285 Montgomery regarding, 383; reply Eddy, Col. Jonathan, attack on Fort to same, 384 Cumberland by, 268 de Bougainville, M., 203, 204, 205 Elections, method of conducting in Deedrick, , 39 Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky, de Fleury, Colonel Count, silver medal 158-160 awarded to, by Continental Con- Electricity, discoveries in science of gress, 112 by Benjamin Franklin and Eben- De Grasse, Admiral, "The Strange ezer Kinnersley, 21-24 Case of, by Philip Robert Dillon, Elteabethtown, 42, 43, 241 193-206; anecdote told by, 193, ELLICOTT, ANDREW, 299 194 ; services of, during the Amer- Ellicott, Andrew, instrument maker ican Revolution, 193-201; George in Philadelphia, 299-301; biograph- Washington to, quoted, 200, 201; ical, 299-301 ; services in the army, antagonism to in France, 201-205 ; 299 ; surveyor, 299^-301 ; instru- hero of France, 201; titles of, 201; ments of, 299, 300; Professor of biographical, 202; in battle of Mathematics at West Point, 301 Dominique, 202-204; report of Ellicott, Benjamin, 300 Battle of Dominique, 203; taken ELLICOTT, SARAH, 299 prisoner by the British, 204 ; freed Emerson, , 210 and returned to France, 204 ; ex- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 318, 319 iled by King, 204, 205 Emlenton, 31 Deirk, Christian, 275 English, George, 226, 229, 238 Delaney, Sharp, 304 English Ancestry of the Wayne Fam- Delaware Indians leave Shamokin for ily of Pennsylvania, by Edwin Kittanning, 1724, 4 Jaquett Sellers, notice of, 192 Delaware River, 372 English Colonies, boundaries of, 3; De Kock, C. Paul, 164-166 at Kittanning, 7 ; and French set- de Monts, Sieur, grantee of Acadia, tlements, 374, 375 244, 245 Entomology, scientific discoveries in Denegan, John, instruments made by by Thomas Say, 25 in Philadelphia, 305; advertise- Evans, George, instrument maker in ment of, 305 Philadelphia, 304; advertisements Denison, Robert, 260 of, 304 d'Estaign, Admiral, at Savannah, 194 Evans, Henry, 263 de Normandie, Dr. John, 24 Everts, , 28-31, 39, 42, 46-48, Detroit, 374 50, 51 de Vergennes, Count Gravier, 254 Ewell, Gen. Richard S., 333 Dlamondville, 10 Ewing, Rev. John, 297, 299 Diaz, General, 123 Dibble, Charles, 217 Falmouth, N. 8., 263 Dickens, Charles, 321, 322 Farjeon, , 322 Dillon, Philip Robert, The Strange Farmville, 341 Case of Admiral De Grasse, by, Farragut, Admiral David G.. 346 193-206 Fawcettstown, 41 Dinwiddie Court 'House, 340 Femald's Point, 246 DOAN, 384 Field, Capt. , 160, 229 Dobb's Ferry, 195, 197 Finch, D., 169, 216 Dominique, battle of, 193* 202-204 Fish-pot Run, 362, 364, 366 392 Index.

Fisher, Hon. John S., Colonel John Friendship, 27, 28, 48, 63 Armstrong's Expedition Against Fuller, James, 260 Kittanning, address by, 1 Fulton, 48, 51 Fisher, Joshua, experiment of with instrument of Thomas Godfrey, 292 Fisher, Martin, instruments made by Gaborieau, Emile, 323 in Philadelphia, 306; advertise- Gage, Dr., 170 ments of, 306 Gallipolis, 45 Fisher's Hill, Battle of, 340 Galloway, Joseph, 275 Five Forks, Battle of, 336, 340, 341 Garfield, James A., 110 Flaubert, Gustave, 323 Garrison, , 65 Fleming, Peggy, 107 GARRISON, JOSEPH, 266 Flint, , 30, 39 GARRISON, LLOYD, 266 Foch, MarSchal, 123, 317 Gasley, , 73, 239 Foote, Mr. James Buchanan to, Oaspereau River, 260 quoted, 132 Gates, Gen. Horatio, portrait of, 108; Ford, Paul Leicester, 323 gold medal awarded to, by Con- Fordyce, Isaac, 358 tinental Congress, 1777, 112 Forrest, Edwin, in Cincinnati, 49, 52, Gatty, Joseph, instruments made by 54 in Philadelphia, 306; advertise- Fort Bausejour, erected by the ment of, 306 French, 256; taken by the English, Geer, Walter, 334, 335 257 George I, medals presented to Indians Fort Granville, attack on by Indians by, 100, 101 and surrender of, 7, 8 George Eliot, 320 Fort Redstone, site of Brownsville, Georgetown, 41 355, 357 Gettysburg, Battle of, 332, 333, 335, Fort Sumter, James Buchanan's at- 337, 342, 344, 346 titude on attack on, 141, 142 Ghent, 148 Forts: Bausejour, 256, 257, 268; Gibbon, Edward. 328 Bird, 355 ; Cumberland, 268; Du- Gibbs, . 61 Quesne, 175, 371; Erie, 3; Freder- Gibson, John, 183 ick, 265, 266; Granville, 7, 8; GILBERT, CHARLES D., 168 Harris, 4; Le Boeuf, 3; Lowden, GILBERT, SARAH ANN, 168 12 ; Niagara, 374 ; Oswego, 374 ; Gillain, General, 123 Pemaquid, 251, 252; Pitt, 371; Gilliland, Tommy, 63, 68 Redstone, 187, 355, 357; Shirley, Gillingham, Harrold E., Indian and 9; Sumter, 141, 142 Military Medals from Colonial Foster, , 73 Times to Date, by, 97-125 ; Some Fox, Jacob, 61 Early Philadelphia Instrument Franklin, Benjamin, 5, 275-277, 292, Makers by, 289-308; An Historic 318; discoveries of in electricity, Pocket Sun-Dial, by, 381; The 21, 22; Franklin Institute named Badge of Merit, by, 383 in honor of, 21; co-laborer with Gillmore, Major General Quincy A., Ebenezer Kinnersley, 22, 23; agree- awards "Medal of Honour" for ment of with Alexander McNutt services before Charleston, 1863, for grants of land in Nova Scotia, 114 273-279; quoted regarding affairs Gilpin's Adventure, 358, 360 in Nova Scotia, 278 Gilpin's Mill Seat, 362 Franklin, William. 278; letter of, Glove, , 143 1767, quoted, 277 GODFREY, JOSEPH, 292 Franklin Institute, 21, 26; early in- GODFREY, THOMAS, 292 struments in possession of, 295, Godfrey, Thomas, 307; mathemati- 296 cian, glazier and instrument maker, Franklin, 32 291; description of work of, 291- Fraser, J. E., 123 293; biographical, 291-293; friend Frederick the Great, 3 of Benjamin Franklin, 292; work Fredericksburg, 342 of with Benjamin Franklin, 292; Fredericktown, 181, 361, 363 member of the Junto, 292 Freedom, 40 Goethals, General, 123 Freemantle, Col., 332 Goodman, , 233 Freeport, 33, 241, 243 Goodrich, , 238 Fremont, John C, 135 Gorgas, General, 123 French, Daniel Chester, 118 Gould, John, instrument maker in French and English settlements, 374, Philadelphia, 303, 304; advertise- 375 ments of, 303; succeeded by French and Indian War, 1755-6, 2, 3, Thomas Whitney, 304 5-13 Gowan, Capt. Robert, 263 French Broad River, 338, 339 Grahams' Station, 45 French colonies, boundaries of, 3 Granger, Gordon, 338 French Creek, 32 Grant, Gen. Ulysses S., 336, 337, 339- French Fleet comes to assistance of 342 Washington, 1781, 195-197; en- Grave Creeks, Little and Big, 42 counters British Fleet in Lynn- Graves, Admiral Thomas, in com- haven Bay, 19&-200; losses of, mand of British fleet, encounters 198, 199; part of In surrender of French fleet in Lynnhaven Bay, Lord Cornwallis, 200, 201 198-200 "Freylinghuysen" Banner raised at Graves, W. J., 152-154; speech of Patriot Indiana. 148 on question of the United States Index. 393 Bank and political questions at Hayes, Walter, 307 Warsaw, 1844, 154-157. 211 Head of Elk, 200 Hearick, , 75, 171 Gray, Thomas, 310 Heath, Thomas, maker of instru- Great Bend, 29 ments, 290 Great Kanawha River, 45 Helm, , 154 Great Britain, medals for services in Henry, David, 151 army and navy presented by, 97, Henry, J. T., James Buchanan to, 98; attitude towards the United quoted, 142 States during the Civil War, 346- Henry, Patrick, 216 349 Henty, George A., 317 Oreeley, Horace, 157 HERSEY, 265 Greene, General Nathaniel, gold medal Hesrick, , 73 awarded to, by Continental Con- Hess, Nicholas, 305, 306 gress, 1781, 112 Heywood, Major General Charles, 119 Greensburg, 175 Hicks, John, 260 Greenupsburgh, 46 Hicks, Joshua, 76, 168, 207-209, 211, Grier, Justice, 134 216, 221, 228; religious discus- Griffin, Roe, 29 sions, 168, 207-209 Grips Knob, 190 Higginsport, 240 Grow, Captain, 264 Hill Buck, 29 Guyandotte, Big and Little, 45, 46, Hiner, David, 146 240 Hines, General, 123 Hins&ale, 28 Habersham, Major John, portrait of, Historic Pocket Sun-Dial, by Harrold 109 E. Gillingham, 381 Hadley, James, inventor of mathe- Historical Society of Pennsylvania, matical instrument, 291, 294 The, early instruments in posses- Haqerstown, 342 sion of, 290, 293, 295-298, 306; Haig, Field Marshal Sir Douglas, 123 Pocket Sun-Dial bequeathed to, by Haldane, James, 281 Lawrence Wharton Bickley, 381, Hale, Senator, 132 382 HALIBURTON, ANDREW. 269 Hitner, George, 275 HALIBURTON, THOMAS CHAN- Hockhocking, 44 DLER, 269 Hodge, Andrew, 280, 283, 284 ; mem- HALIBURTON, WILLIAM, 269 ber of the Philadelphia Company, Halifax, 260, 263, 265, 274, 280; 282 founding of, 1749, 255; first As- Hogg, Lieut. James, left in command sembly in Nova Scotia held at, at Blanket Hill, 10; mortally 258 ; proclamation of Gov. Charles wounded in attack on, 12 Lawrence at, 1758, 258 HOLLAND, SAMUEL PHILIP, 95 Hall, Jacob, 277 Holland, Dr., 148 Halleck, Gen. Henry W., 338 Hollidaysburg, 9 Halley, Edmund, 291 Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 319 Halstead, , 55 Hood, Admiral, 195, 197 Ham, James, instrument maker in Hood, Thomas, 312 Philadelphia, 294, 295; advertise- Hook, , 29, 51, 53, 55, 64, 67, ments of, 294, 295 69 Ham, James, Jr., instrument maker Hooker, Gen. Joseph, 339, 342 in Philadelphia, 295, 296; adver- HOPKINS, 264 tisement of, 295 ; specimen of work Hornor, Dr., 19 of in Franklin Institute, 295 Horse Shoe, 29 Hamilton, Andrew, 292 Horse Shoe Curve, 4, 9 Hanging Rock, 46 Howard, Colonel John Egar, silver Hardesty, Frank, 212, 215, 216 medal awarded to, by Continental Hare, Robert, 25 Congress, 112 Harlan, Henry, 358, 359 Hotels, see Inns Harmonites, colonies of, 40 Howe, Capt., 266 Harper's Ferry, 130 Howe, Miss, 216 HARRIS, EMILY, 285 Howe, Sylvanus, 164 HARRIS, JANE, 285 Hughes, John, 274, 276, 277, 284; Harris, John, 281, 283-285 procures settlers in Nova Scotia, HARRIS, JOHN BURTON, 285 271, 272; dispute with Alexander Harris, Jonathan, 260 McNutt over settlements, 272, 273 ; HARRIS, MATTHEW. 285 will of, 278 Harris, Matthew, 282, 285 Hugo, Victor, 323 Harris, Robert, 280, 283 Humphreys, Dr., 77 Harris, Thomas, 280, 283, 285 Humphreys, Gen. A. A., 341 Harrisburg, 4 Huntingdon, Henry E., 331 Harrison, 60, 61 Huston, , 66, 68, 69, 228. 231, Harrison, Gen. William Henry, 57, 232 238 58, 170, 235, 236; description of Huston, Fanny, 223 tomb of, 58, 59 ; estate of, 59, 60 Hutchins, Thomas, 299 Harte, Bret, 323, 324 Hyde, Zeke, 55 Hartford Convention, 138 Wart's Sleeping Place, 10 Haycock, John, 366 Iliff, A. S., 226, 229, 238 Hayes, Rev. . sermons of, 217- Indian and Military Medals from Co- 221 lonial Times to Date, by Harrold E. Hayes, Gen. Rutherford B.. 338 Gillingham, 97-125 394 Index.

Indiana, 4, 10 Keith, Sir William, Governor of Indiana Canal, 61 Penna., presents medal to Kanny- Indians, cruelty of, in French and goodt, 1721, 101 Indian War, 5, 6, 7; Proclamation Kelsey, , 146 of Governor Morris for reward Kelso, 75 Indian prisoners, 6; sympathy of Kelso, Dan, 151, 223 Quakers with, 5, 6; early Colonial Kennebec River, 247, 248, 250-252, Medals presented to, 99-110 254 Inns, Hotels, Taverns: Barnes' Inn, Keown, , 67, 71 183; Entley's Inn, 180-182, 187; Kerr, Orpheus C, 326 Exchange Hotel, 162; Fehl's Tav- Ketterer, Alloysius, instruments made ern, 241 ; Findlay's Inn, 369, 370; by in Philadelphia, 305 Finkle's Tavern, 175, 178, 180; King, , 232 Imhoff's Inn, 172, 175; Indiana King, W. R., James Buchanan to, Hotel, 61 ; McClure's Inn, 189; quoted, 132, 136 Mesgar's Inn, 172; Miller's Inn, Kinnersley, Ebenezer, biographical, 189 ; Peace & Poverty Tavern, 242 ; 22; co-laborer with Benjamin Ridd's Inn, 368; Smith's Tavern, Franklin, 22, 23; ordained to tbe 242 ; Spencer's Tavern, 371 ; Web- ministry, 22 ; discoveries of in elec- ster's Inn, 174, 175 ; Wheat Sheaf tricity, 22-24 ; professor in Univer- Tavern, 277 sity of Pennsylvania, 23 ; tributes Instrument Makers, Early Philadel- to discoveries of, 24 phia, by Harrold E. Gillingham, Kirke, Sir David, in possession of 289-308 Quebec, 247 Iron, description of process in work- Kittanning, 8, 32, 33, 241-243 ; Col- ing, 34-37 onel John Armstrong's Expedition Ironton, 46 Against, by Hon. John S. Fisher, Irving, Sir Henry, 317 1; Pennsylvania Historical Com- Irving, Washington, 329 mission and Armstrong County Historical Society erect marker at, Jack, J. F., 144 1 ; Delaware Indians settle at, 4 ; Jackson, President Andrew, 156 tortures of Indians at, 6, 7; Eng- Jackson, Joseph, Bibliography of the lish prisoners at, 7 ; attack on, 8- Works of Charles Godfrey Leland, 12, 101 ; medal awarded to Col. by (cont. from Vol. L, p. 379), Armstrong by Philadelphia, 102 79-91 Kittanning Point, 9 Jackson, Samuel, 189 Knowles, Daniel, 334, 335 Jacobs, Captain, 14; attack of, on Knoxville, 338 Fort Granville, 7 ; in command of Kuckler, C. H., 109 Indians at Kittanning, 11; killed, Kugler, Charles, 305 11 Jacobs, Adam, 181, 358, 360, 366, 367, 368 Lafayette, Marquis de, 194, 198 ; data Jacobus, Peter, dies of "Kearney respecting visit of, 1824-1825, by Cross" cut by, 114 Ernest Spofford, 286-288 James, G. P. R., 165, 171, 212, 225, Lamb, , 183 228, 322 Lancaster, anti-slavery meeting at, James, James, 281 1819, 126 Jamestown, celebration of settlement Lance's Ferry, 239 of, 55-6 Landor, Walter Savage, 312 Jamieson, John, 28 Larrabie, , 243 Jarvey, General, 123 LATTA, ORPHA, 222 Jefferson, Thomas, 20, 110, 151 LATTA, SAM, 222 Joffre, Marshal, 123 Laughery Island, 66, 72, 239 Johnson, , 65 Laurel Creek, 175 Johnson, Samuel, 310, 311 Laurel Hill, 175, 177, 180, 185-187 Jones, John, 275, 281 Lawrence, Gov. Charles, 257-260, 264, Jones, Capt. John Paul, gold medal 265, 269; correspondence of with awarded to, by Continental Con- Board of Trade, 257, 258, 261, 270 ; gress, 1779, 112 Proclamations of, 258-260; ad- Jumonville, 3 dresses of in Assembly, 261 Journal of a Tour from Philadelphia Lawrence, Dan, 34 thro' the Western Counties of Lawrenceburgh, 54, 65, 66 Pennsylvania in the Months of Sep- Leacock, John, silversmith, 108 tember and October, 1809 (cont. Lebanon, 44 from Vol. L, p. 382), 172-190, 351- Lecompton Constitution, 139 375 Lee, Major Henry, gold medal award- "Junius" Tracts, 157, 211, 230 ed to, by Continental Congress, Junto, Thomas Godfrey, a member of, 1779, 112 292 Lee, Gen. Robert E., 336, 337, 339- 342; criticism of life of by Gen. Kansas, admission of into the Union, F. D. Maurice, 330-333 129, 130 Leidy, Dr. Joseph, 19 Kansas-Nebraska Act, 135, 138 Leland, Charles Godfrey, 313, 321, Kearney, Maj.-Gen. Philip, 114 ; killed 327 ; Bibliography of the Works of, at Chantilly, 1862, 113 ; Medal of by Joseph Jackson (cont. from Vol. Honor given to officers who served L, p. 379), 79-91 under, 113, 114 Leland, Mrs. Charles Godfrey, 321 Keats, John, 312 L'Enfant, Major. 300 Index. 395

Les Saint es, battle of, see Dominique, MCQUEEN, MARY, 27 battle of Madison, Dr. James, 299 Letarts' Islands, 44 Madison, 147, 148, 216, 235 Lethgow, Daniel, 281 Mahan, , 167, 221 Leivistown, 7 Mahoning, 241 Liberia, James Buchanan recommends Mahoning Creek, 242 sending slaves to, 131 Madras Island, 39 Lincoln, Abraham, 335, 336, 338, 343, Malvern Hill, 342 345, 347, 349; James Buchanan's Manchester, 47 views on slavery and secession, Mansell, Sir Robert, 247 after election of, 140, 141 Manship, Paul, 124 LINDERMAN, CORNELIUS, 92 March, General, 123 LINDERMAN, EMILY, 95 Marcy, W. L., Secretary of State LINDERMAN, HENRY, 92 James Buchanan to, 139 LINDERMAN, HENRY RICHARD, Marietta, 43, 44, 241 92, 95 Mark Twain, see Clemens, Samuel L. Linderman, Henry Richard, biograph- Marshall, Col. Charles, Military Sec- ical sketch of, 92 retary of General Lee, 331-333 LINDERMAN, JAN, 92 Marshall, John, 318 LINDERMAN, JOHN, 92 Mason, , 188, 347 LINDERMAN, DR. JOHN JORDAN, Mason, T. B., organist, 163 92 Mauger, Joshua, London agent settles LINDERMAN, RACHEL, 92 land dispute in Nova Scotia, 266 Lippard, George, 324, 325, 326 Maugerville, N. 8., 266, 268 Little Coon Creek, 41 Maurice, Gen. F. D., 334, 337; Liverpool, N. 8., 264 "Robert E. Lee the Soldier," by, Livingstons Manor, 179 criticism of, 330-333; "Soldiers Logan, James, 292; interest of in and Statesmen of the Civil War," work of Thomas Godfrey, 291 by, criticism of, 335 Long, Seth, 162, 222 Maxwell, , 323 Long Bottoms, 44 Maysville, 47, 240 Longfellow, Henry W., 311 Mead, David, 75 Longstreet, Gen. James, 332, 333 Mead, William, 77 Louis XVI, 193, 201 Meade, Gen. George G., 333, 337, 340- Louisville, 228 342 Love, , 242 Mechaniesburgh, 47 Lover, Samuel, 320 Mechlin, John, 241, 242 Lowell, James Russell, 319 Medals, Indian and Military, from Lukens, John, 281, 297, 299 Colonial Times to Date, by Harrold Lyman, Mr., 372 E. Gillingham, 97-125; Colonial, Lynnhaven Bay, battle of, 198-200, presented to Indians, 99-110 ; mil- 202, 206 itary, presented to soldiers and Lyon, Rev. James, 280, 284 sailors, 110-125 ; gold, awarded by Lytton, Lord, 311 Congress, 112; silver, awarded by Lytton, Bulwer, 311 Congress, 112, 113 Medals, Crosses, Badges awarded for Macauley, Thomas, 328 Military and Naval Service: Ad- McCabe, James, 281, 285 miral Sampson medal. 119 ; Allied McCabe, John, 285 Victory medal, 124, 125; Arm- McClernand, Gen. John, 339 strong medals, 101, 102 ; Army Dis- McClure, Doctor, 189 tinguished Service cross, 121-123 ; McCook, Gen. John A., 339 Army Distinguished Service medal, McCormick, , 243 123, 124 ; Army Medal of Honour, MacDonald, Beatrice, 122 115-117; Badge of Merit, 111 ; McElhaney's Spring, 10 Certificate of Merit medal, 111, McFarland, , 233 121; China Relief Expedition McGee, Barnabas, 282, 285 medals, 121, 122 ; Civil War medals, McQills Shute, 30 121, 122; Congressional Medal of Machias, 268, 284 Honour, 117 ; Cuban Service medals, McHURON, AMANDA, 217, 222 121, 122 ; Decoration of the Purple Mackready, , in Cincinnati, 49 Heaj*t, 110, 111 ; Dewey medal, McLaughlin, , 226, 228 118, 119; Donum Militaire, 97; McLaughlin, G., 242 Fort Detroit medal, 98; Friendly McLaughlin, W., 164 Association medal, 103, 108 ; Happy McLaughlin, W. M., 223 While United medal, 104, 105 ; McMaster, John Bach, A History of Haitian Campaign medals, 122 ; the People of the United States Indian Campaign medal, 121 ; In- during Lincoln's Administration, by, dian Peace medals, 99-110 ; Kear- referred to, 334, 336; foremost ney Cross and Medal of Honour, American historian, 343 ; review of 113, 114; Legion of Honour, 98; work of, 343-350 Marine Corps Good Conduct medal, McMullen, Dan, 30, 31, 39, 48 119, 120; Meritorious Service McNutt, Alexander, 273-275, 277, medal, 120 ; Mexican Service medals, 284; procures settlers in Nova 122; Naval Good Conduct medal, Scotia, 271-277; dispute of John 117, 118 ; Navy Distinguished Ser- Hughes with over settlements, 272, vice Cross, 121-124 ; Navy Distin- 273 ; agreements with of Benjamin guished Service medal, 124 ; Navy Franklin and others for grants of Medal of Honour, 115, 116 ; Nica- land in Nova Scotia, 273-279 raguan Campaign medal, 122 ; Or- 396 Index.

der of Military Merit, 110, 111; Newburyport, 265 Patomeck medal, 99, 100; Philip- NEWCASTLE, JANE. 285 pine Congressional medals, 120- NEWCOMB, SIMON, 285 122 ; Porto Rico Occupation medals, NEWCOMB, SIMON L., 285 121; Queen of Pamunkey medal, New Haven, 61, 62 100; Santo Domingo Campaign New Hope Church, 341 medal, 122; Season medals, 109; New Jersey, Act of, 1738, awarding Spanish Campaign medals, 121, medals for bravery. 103, 104 122; Treaty of Greenville medal, New London, 263 107 ; Victoria Cross, 98; W. Indian Newman, Capt., 266 New Orleans, 75, 164, 165, 354, 356t Campaign medals, 119, 120, 122 372, 374 Mellon, Andrew C, 348 Newport, 43, 197, 199, 263 Memphis, 207, 214 New Scotland see Nova Scotia Mercer, Capt. Hugh, wounded at Kit- New York, Washington plans attack tanning, 101; military services of, on, 195, 196 102 ; death of at Princeton, 1777, Niagara, 371 102 Nicholls, Governor, 179 Merit, Order of Military Merit, 110, Nicholson, Col. John P., Civil War 111; Book of, 111; Badge of, 111 Library of, 331 Mexico, James Buchanan opposed to Nicholson's Falls, 241, 243 expedition against, 136-138 Norristown, 20 Miami River, 50, 57, 59, 60, 64, 65, North, Lord, 201 71 North Bend, 56, 57, 59, 64, 65, 67, Middleton. 40 69-72, 217, 239 Mifflin, Mr., 372 Notes and Queries, 92, 191, 286. 381 Milford Bay, 275 Nova Scotia, 249, 250, 253, 254, 257 ; Military Medals, presented to soldiers grant of to Sir William Alexander, and sailors, 110-125 246, 247; boundaries of, 251, 252, Mill Creek Island, 41 255, 256 ; petition of Samuel Waldo Millgrove, 243 for grant of land in, 250; British Milne, , 233 jurisdiction over, 255, 256; govern- Minos Basin, 260, 262, 284 ment of, 258; first assembly held Mine Run, 342 at Halifax, 258; early settlers in Mingo Creek, 368, 369 from New England, 260, 262-267 ; Mississippi River, 185, 187, 356, 372, population of, 1767, 267; Loyal- 374 ists in, 268, 269; agreements of Missouri Compromise, 132, 135, 136, Benjamin Franklin and others, 137 with Alexander McNutt, for grants Mitchell, , 55, 56 of land, 273-279; Philadelphia Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir, 323 ; "The Red Land Companies in, 269-285 ; City" by, referred to, 18 Franklin quoted regarding affairs Monallan, 360 in, 278 Monckton, 276 Nuttall, Thomas, botanist, contribu- Monongahela River, 182, 187, 189, tions of to science of botany, 17, 352, 354, 370, 372, 375 18; "The Genera of North Amer- Montmorend, 243 ica," by, 17 Morehead, Senator, 224 Morgan, General Daniel, gold medal Obert, - —, 68, 76, 144, 145, 230, awarded to, by Continental Con- 231 gress, 1781, 112 Obert and Willoughby, 144 Morgan, George T., 119 O'Hara, , 146,'371 Morgantown, 352 Ohio Canal, 47 Morris, Governor, proclamation of, Ohio River, 45, 173, 182, 190, 353, for reward for Indian prisoners, 354, 356, 357, 361, 372, 374 375; 1756, 6; orders Col. John Arm- Rafting on, 1844, diary of Henry strong to attack Kittanning, 8, 9 Baxter, 27-78, 143-171, 207-243; Morris, Charles, 266 description of, 39, 40 Mosby, Col. John S.f 332, 333 Oil Creek Eddy, 30 Motley, John L.f 328 Olean, 28 Mounds ville, 42 Oliphant, Mrs., 320 Mount Desert, 245-247, 249, 268; Oliver Optic, see Adams, William T. grant of to Gov. Francis Bernard, Oregon, annexation of, 230 252-254 Osborne, Sir Daniel, Governor of N. Y., MULLINS, 264 presents medals to Indian Chiefs, MULLINS, PRISCILLA, 264, 265 1753, 101 Otis, Joseph, 260 Ouida, 323, 324 Nagle, John, 273 Owen, Robert Dale, 148 Nantucket, 74 Owsley. , 160, 170 Napoleon, medal presented, by, 98; remarks of, concerning medals, 98 Pagan, John, 282, 283 Nasby, Petroleum V., 326 Page, John, 299 National Guard of Pennsylvania, PALMER, DANIEL, 266 medal awarded to men in service, Palmerston, Lord, 347 1917, 125 Panther's Den, description of, 363, Negley,* Gen. James S., 339 364 Nelson, . 238 Paquet, Anthony C, 115 Neown, John, 162 Paquet, F., 115 Neville, General. 371 PARKER, SARAH, 303 Index. 397

Parkersburgh, 44 Poltical Banners of 1840, 153 Parsons, , 55, 69, 70, 216, 226 Polk, James K., 137, 211, 224, 227, Parsons, E., 164, 169 230, 236, 237; nomination of, GS ; Patriot, 66, 67, 70, 72, 73, 76, 77, quoted on attitude of James Bu- 145, 147, 148, 161, 163, 169, 216, chanan to slavery, 136, 137 217, 222, 226, 229, 231, 232, 234, Pomeroy, 45, 46 239; political meetings at, 149-152 Poole's Hole, 363 Patterson, Robert, 281, 285, 299 Pope, Alexander, 309, 310 Paulding, John, medal awarded to, Port Rosetcay, 273, 276 by Congress, 1780, for capture of Port Royal, 245, 246, 249, 250, 255 Major John Andre*, 113 Porter, Andrew, 300 Peabody, Francis, grant of land to, Portsmouth, 47, 66, 240 265 Potomac River, 173 Pemaquid, 247, 248, 251, 252 Powell, Emanuel, 294 Penn, Thomas, 179 Pownal, John, 253 Penn, William, 16, 22, 289; arrival Prescott, Thomas, 328 of, 15 ; accompanied by members of Priestley, Joseph, 21, 25 ; "History of the medical profession, 15 ; instru- Electricity" by, referred to, 24 ments brought over with, 290 PRINCE, EMILY, 285 Penn Run, 10 Prior, Norton, 298 Pennell, Mrs. Joseph, 326 Prujean, John, 307 Pennsylvania, frontier boundary of, PRYOR, CHARLES, 303 3, 4; conflict in Government of PRYOR, MATTHIAS. 303 between Governor and Assembly, PRYOR, SARAH, 303 4, 5 ; troops first to reach Washing- PRYOR, TACY, 303 ton, 345 PRYOR, THOMAS. 303 Pennsylvania Historical Commission Pryor, Thomas, instrument maker in erects Marker at Kittanning, 1 Philadelphia. 297, 303: advertise- Pennsylvania Hospital, 292 ment of, 303 ; will of, 303 Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal* 41 Putnam, General Israel, portrait of, Pennsylvania Road, 175 108 Pennypacker, Isaac R., Civil War Putney. . 242 Historians and History, 330-350 Penooscot Bay, 253 Quakers, friendly relations of with Penobscot River, 245, 251-254, 268 Indians, 5, 6, 103 Pershing, Gen. John J., 123; speech Quebec, 374 of, quoted, 194 Quieen Anne, medals presented to Petain, General, 123 Indians by, 100 Petersburg, 66, 70, 341 Queen Elizabeth, medals presented Petitcodiac, 274, 275, 276 by, 97, 98 Pettit, , &7, 73, 145, 148 Queen Victoria, medals for services Philadelphia, Early Science in, by in army and navy presented by, 98 Edgar Fahs Smith, 15 ; members of medical profession arrive with Wil- Rafting on the Alleghany and Ohio, liam Penn, 15; scientific discov- 1844, by Frances Baxter, 27-78, eries in, 16-26; Land Companies 143-171, 207-243 in Nova Scotia, 269-285: Planta- Ramm, Frederick. 364 tion, settlement of at Pictou, 279- Ramsey's Run, 10 283, 285; Philadelphia Company, Ranck, James B., A.M., The Attitude members of, 279-283; advertise- of James Buchanan Towards Slav- ments for settlers in Nova Scotia, ery, by, 126-142 2S0, 281 ; Some Early Instrument Rawle, William Brooke, presents in- Makers in, by Harrold E. Gilling- strument made by Benjamin Rit- ham, 289-308; Library Company t en house to The Historical Society of, 292 of Pa., 298 Philadelphia Contributionship, 292 Read, James, extract of letter of, Phips, Sir William, commander of an 1744, 102-3 attack on Acadia. 249 Read, Thomas Buchanan. 312 Pickering, Ellen, 226 Reade, Charles, 323 Pictou, 275, 281, 283, 285 ; township Redbank, 242, 243 of, known as the Philadelphia Redstone, 180-182, 368, 369 ; descrip- Plantation, 279 tion of, 187, 188 ; settlement, 357, Pidgeon Creek, 368 359 Pierce, , 78 Redstone Creek, 189 Pinegrove, 46 Reed, William B., James Buchanan Pipher, Dutch, 29 to, quoted, 135 Piscataqua River, 246 Rew, Ory, 50 Pitcher, Hon. W. S., 229 Reynolds, Gen. John F., 342 Pitt, Sir William, 3 Rhea, David, 280, 284 Pittsburgh, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 231, Rhea, John, 280, 284 234 239, 241, 243, 357, 370, 372 ; Rice, E. M., 69 "The Iron City," 34, 37; descrip- Richards, , 69 tion of, 37-39; plan of, 373 Richards, Dr., 169, 212 Pittsburgh Road, 176 Richardson, Joseph, silversmith, first Piziquid, 263 medals for war services in Col- Plum Orchard, 29 onies, struck by, 102, 103 Plymouth Company, charter of Acadia Richardson, Joseph, Jr., 113 ; medals issued to, 246 ; settlements of, 246 made by, 107, 108, 113 ; assayer of Poe, Edgar Allan, 312, 323 U. S. Mint, 107 Point Pleasant, 45 Richmond, , 238 398 Index.

Richmond, 48 Schley, Admiral Winfield SM 118 Ridgway, 166, 242, 243 Schruggs, , 213 RING, 264 Schuyler, Hamilton, "A History of Ripley, Thomas, 293, 295 St. Michael's Church, Trenton," by, Rising Sun, 66, 72, 154, 239 ; political review of, 95 meetings at, 152, 153 Sciota River, 46 RITTENHOUSE, BENJAMIN, 298 Sciotaville, 46 Rittenhouse, Benjamin, instrument Scott, Rufus, 54, 56, 69, 71, 72 maker in Philadelphia, 298, 299; Scott, Sir Walter, 311, 337 biographical, 298; inventions of, Scott, Gen. Winfield, 142 ; expedition 298; clocks made by, 298 ; instru- of to Mexico, 137 ; Whig opponent ments of in possession of The His- of James Buchanan, 137 torical Society of Penna., 298 Scott, V. Sandford, 134 RITTENHOUSE, DAVID, 298 Scroggs, , 231 Rittenhouse, David, 299, 300, 307; Scroggs, Abe, 168 observatory of in Independence Scroggs, G. F. and M., 225, 228, 237 Square, 19-21; discoveries of in SEELEY, SARAH ANN, 168 science of Astronomy, 20, 21; Sellers, Edwin Jaquett, English An- orrery of in possession of the Uni- cestry of the Wayne Family of versity of Pennsylvania, 20; scien- Pennsylvania by, notice of, 192 tist, instrument maker in Philadel- Sellers, John, 297 phia, 296, 297, 300; biographical, Seward, William H., 236; quoted on 296; instruments of in possession international affairs with Great of The Historical Society of Penna., Britain, 348 American Philosophical Society Seybert, Adam, 25, 26 and University of Penna., 296, 297 ; Shafer, , 242 telescopes made by, 297 Shaker Settlement, Indiana, 61; de- RITTENHOUSE, MATHIAS, 298 scription of, 62 Roberts, Billy, 228 Shamokin, 4 Roberts, John, 275 Shaver's Sleeping Place, 10 Roberts, Judge, 371 Shaver's Spring, 10 Roberts, Lord, 98 SHAW, MOSES. 92 Robins, Edward, Dead Books and Dy- Shawnee Cabins, 10 ing Authors, by, 309; visit of to Sheffield, N. 8., 266 Sol Smith Russell, 317 Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 312 Robinson, John I., 229 Shellito, :—, 75, 211 Rochambeau, Count, 194, 197, 200; Shelocta, 4, 10 and Washington, allied armies Shepard, Dr., 223 under, 1781, 200 Shepherd, William B., 29 Rock Eddy, 29, 30 Sheppard, Dr., 238 Rodney, Admiral, 202 Sheppard, Nathan, 281 Roe, E. P., 323 Sheridan, G. Philip H., 312, 317, 346 ; Rogers, Capt., 263 services of during the Civil War, Rogers, John, 281, 285 334, 336-342 Ropes, John C, 332 Sherman, Gen. John, 346 Rosecrans, Gen. William S., 338, 339 Shipman'8 Eddy, 30 Ross, James, 371 Shippen, Joseph, 297 RUDD, AMANDA, 217, 222 Shirleysburg, 9 RUDD, LAFAYETTE, 217, 222 Short, Dr., 60 Rush, Dr. Benjamin, "Syllabus of Shunk, , 235 Chemistry" by, reference to, 24, 25 Simmons, Mr., 65 Ruskey Run, 358-360 Slavery, The Attitude of James Bu- Russell, Sol Smith, visit of to Phil- chanan Towards, 126-142; opposed adelphia, 317 by Henry Baxter, 215, 216 Russell, Mrs. Sol Smith, 317 Slidell, John, 347 ; James Buchanan to, quoted, 129 Sackville, N. S.f 263 Sloane, Sir Hans, 291 Sagadahoc, Territory of, 247, 249, 253 Small, General, 345 St. Croix River, 245-248, 250, 252, Smethport, 243 255 Smith, Abraham, 362 St. John, N. B., settlement of, 266 Smith, Dan, 77 St. John River, 265, 266, 274-276 Smith, Edgar Fahs, Early Science in St. Joseph's Church, 10 Philadelphia, by, 15 St. Lawrence River, 249, 251 Smith, George, 362 St. Mary's Bay, 275 Smith, John, 283 Sampson, Admiral William T., 119 Smith, Jonathan, 280 Sandburg, Carl, 349 Smith, Martin, 63 "Sandford and Merton," criticism of, Smith, Dr. William, 297 315, 316 Smith, William & Co. advertisement Sargeant, Elizabeth, 297 of, 285 Savannah, attack of Admiral d'Es- Smithsonian Institution, Rittenhouse taing on British at, 194 compass in possession of, 298 Sawtelle, William Otis, Acadia: The Snow Shoe, 4 Pre-Loyalist Migration and the Some Early Philadelphia Instrument Philadelphia Plantation, by, 244- Makers, by Harrold E. Gillingham, 285 289-308 Saxe, John G., 312 Somerset, 172-174, 178, 179, 181; Say, Thomas, professor in Entomol- description of, 175 ogy in University of Pennsylvania, Somes Sound, 245 25 Sortore, William, 32 Index. 399 Sortore, Zeb, 28, 40 Tompkins, Daniel D., 236 SOULE, 264, 265 Topeka Convention, 138 South Mountain, 342 Torrance, Judge, 54 Southey, Robert, 312 Transit of Venus, seen from observa- Southgate, Billy, 224 tory of David Rittenhouse in Phil- Southworth, E. D. E. N.t 323 adelphia, 19-21 Spiller, Robert E., "The American in Trollope, Mrs., 322 England," by, review of, 95 Trollope, Anthony, 320 Spofford, Ernest, data respecting visit Troost, Gerard, 26 of Lafayette, 1824-1825, by, 286- Troy, 243 288 Tulpehocken Valley, 179 Spotsylvania Court House, 339 Tupper, Martin Farquahar, 311 STANDISH, 264, 265 Turner, John, opens gates at surren- Steel&s Creek, 145 der of Fort Granville, 7, 8; tor- Stephens, Anne S., 323 tured and killed by Indians, 7 Steubenville, 41, 47 Two Lick Creek, 10 Stevens, , 68 Tyler, Robert, James Buchanan to, Stevenson, Dr., 371 quoted, 130 Stewart, Capt. J., silver medal awarded to, by Continental Congress, 112 Stiles, , 74 Uniontown, 177, 357, 358, 370; de- Stirling, Earl of, see Alexander, Sir scription of, 189 William United States Bank, 143, 211; speech Stockton, Frank R., 323. 324 of W. J. Graves on question of, Stockton, Richard, 280, 282, 284 1844, 154-157 Storey, William, 265 University of Pennsylvania, 20, 23, Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 320 25 ; orrerv of David Rittenhouse in Strange Case of Admiral De Grasse, possession of, 297 The, by Philip Robert Dillon, 193- Upton, Gen. Emory, 335, 340 206 Stuart, Gen. J. E. B., 332, 333, 339 Sudbury, 263 Van Buren, Martin, 170 Sue, Eugene 323 Van Campen, Major Moses, 170 Sugar Creek, 241 Vanceburgh, 240 Sullivan, John L., 31-7 Vanhouten, Silas, 165, 210 Sunbury, 4 Van Ness, , 63 Susquehanna River, 173 Vantile, John, awarded money and Swain, Mr., 78 medal for bravery against the In- Sweden and the American Revolution, dians, 104 by Adolph B. Benson, notice of, 191 Van Wart, Isaac, medal awarded to, Swinburne, Algernon S., 313, 314 by Congress, 1780, for capture of Syebart, Dr., professor of mineralogy, Major John Andre\ 113 372 Vasbinder, , 242 Symmes, Dr., 238 Vaudreuil, Marquis de. 203, 246, 251 Symmes, Capt. Ellison, 58 Yevay, 57, 148, 161, 229 Symmes, John Cleves, 57, 58 Vicksburg, 207, 214, 335, 344, 346 Symonds, William, 280, 283 Vincennes, 59 Virginia Company settlements of, 244, 245 Taliaferro, Law, gorget issued at re- Volens, Joseph, 293 quest of, 109 ; letter of, 109 VON LINDERMAN, JACOB, 92 Tatamagouche, 279 Vreeland, Thomas, 54 Taverns, see Inns Taws, Charles, instrument maker in Philadelphia, 303 Wade, Sam, 171 Taylor, General, 136 Waldo, Samuel, petition of, for grant Taylor, Bayard, 323, 324 of land in Nova Scotia, 251 Temple, Sir Thomas, grant of Acadia Walker, , 144 to, 248 Walker, Robert J., Secretary of the Tennent, Rev. Gilbert, 274 Treasury, 136 Tennyson, Alfred, 311 Walnut Lick, Democratic Barbecue Texas, annexation of, in relation to at, 145-147 slavery, 129, 132, 230, 237 Ward, Captain, 7 Thackeray, William M., 319, 320, 321 Ward, Artemus, 327 Thomas, Gen. George EL, 338 Warner, Charles Dudley, 323 Thomson, Charles, 297 WARREN, 264. 265 Thrall, Marvin, 29, 30 Warren, Gov. Gouverneur K., 336, 340 Tibbets, J. W., 154 ; personal appear- Warren, Samuel, 320 ance, 157; political speech of, at Warren, 29, 30, 32, 42 Warsaw, 1844, 158 Warsaw, 65-67, 71, 73, 77, 145-147, Tidioute, 30 165, 168, 169, 212, 216, 222, 223, Tilghman, Chief Justice, 370 226, 228, 229, 231, 232, 237, 239, Titfort, , awarded money and 243; political meetings and elec- medal for bravery against the In- tions at, 154-161 dians, 104 Washington, George, 318, 321 ; at Toby, Capt. Samuel, 263 Jumonville, 3 ; Indian Peace Medals Tod, David, 232, 233 ; Brazil refused presented by, 106-109 ; portrait of, to accept as Minister, 130; James 108; decorations and medals pre- Buchanan to, quoted, 130, 131 sented to soldiers and sailors by, Tomlinson, Ebenezer, 292 110, 111, gold medal awarded to 400 Index.

by Continental Congress, 1776, Wilkins, General, 371 112; in favor of United States William and Mary, charter of Acadia Bank, 155; hopes of assistance granted by, 249 from the French, 195; plans at- Williams, David, medal awarded to, tack on Cornwallis, 196; marches by Congress, 1780, for capture of from Dobb's Ferry to Yorktown, Major John Andre*, 113 197 ; and Rochambeau, allied armies Williams, Samuel, silversmith, 304 under, 1781, 200; to Admiral de Williamson, , 222 Grasse, quoted, 200, 201 Williamson, Dr. Hugh, 297 Washington, Colonel William, silver Williamsville, 243 medal awarded to, by Continental Willoughby, , 29, 38, 39, 43, Congress, 112 48, 50, 51, 56, 57, 64, 65, 70, 71, Washington, Pennsylvania troops first 144 to reach in first call, 345 Willoughby, C. F. 214 216 Waters, Hester, 297 Wilmington, 189, 348 Wayne, General Anthony, 107, 284, Wilmont, Gov, Montague, 273, 274; 273-276; gold medal awarded to, affairs in Nova Scotia under, 270, by Continental Congress, 1779, 112 271 Wayne Family of Pennsylvania, Eng- Wilmot Proviso. 137 lish Ancestry of, by Edwin Jaquett Wilson, Alexander, "American Or- Sellers, notice of, 192 nithology," by, reference to, 25 Webster, Daniel, 74, 142 Wilson, Gen. James H., 338 Welles, Gideon, Secretary of the Winchester, Battle of, 334. 340 Navy. 334, 335 Witherspoon, Rev. John, 282, 283 Wellsourg, Va., 42 Wolfe, Gen. James, 3 Wellsville, 41 Wood, , 371 Westland Meeting House, 360, 361, Wood, Mrs., 64 367 Wood, Mammy, 72 WESTON, 264, 265 Wood, Tom, 71 Wetherill, Dr. Charles M., 296 Woodhouse, James, 25 Weyand'8 Inn, 172 Wordsworth, William, 312 Wharton, G. M., James Buchanan to, Wright, Gen. Horatio G., 335, 340, quoted, 140 341 Wharton, Samuel, 275 Wright, Silas, Jr., nomination of, 68 Wheeling, 241 ; description of, 42 Wykoff, Isaac, 280 Whistler, Thomas. 314 Wykoff, John, 280, 283, 284 Whitcomb, Governor, of Indiana, 152 Wykoff, Peter, 284 White, Andrew D., 346 Wynne, Gainor, 18, 19 White Oak Road, 341 White Water Canal and River, 58, 60, 61, 64 Yarmouth, N. 8., early settlers in, Wbitefield, Rev. John, 19 264, 265 WHITLOCK, DORCAS, 27 Yeates, Judge Jasper, 371 Whitman, Walt, 313 York, 216, 225, 226, 228 Whitney, John, 305 Yorktown, 193, 199, 200; surrender Whitney, Thomas, instrument maker of British at, 193, 201; Washing- in Philadelphia, 304, 305; adver- ton marches from Dobbs Ferry to, tisements of, 304, 305; successor 197 ; news of surrender received in to John Gould, 304, 305 London and France, 201 WMttier, John G., 312 Youhiogenp River, 177, 182, 183, 185, Wiggins, , 170 186, 190 Wilde, Oscar, anecdotes of, 313, 314 Young, Edward, 312 Wilkes, Capt. Charles, 347 Young, Jacob, 53