INDEX (Family names of value in genealogical research are printed in CAPITALS; names of places in italics) Abbott, Benjamin, a follower of Rev- America, Ship bringing German emi- erend George Whitefield, visits War- grants to America, 83, 87 wick iron plantation, 126; quoted, American Antiquarian Society, liter- 126 ary work of John Bach McMaster Abrams, Ray H., The Jeffersonian, at, 9, 15, 23 Copperhead Newspaper, by, 260 American Brasidas, General George Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 364, Gordon Meade, 152 365 American Colkitto, The, by Isaac R. Accident in Lombard Street, Philadel- Pennypacker, 138; General Philip phia, engraved by C. W. Peale, 285 H. Sheridan named American Col- Acrelius, Israel, author, 123, 131, 132 ; kitto, 152 Minister at Christiana, Delaware, American Historical Association, John. 132 ; visits Pennsylvania iron plan- Bach McMaster, President of, 1904- tations, 132 5, 23 Acton, Lord, 19 American Philosophical Society, 24, 55, 198; date of founding, 54; Adams, John, 21 collection of Charles Willson Peale Adams, Samuel, 13S removed to, 174 Addison, Joseph, 194 American Republican, published at Age, The, newspaper, 281 West Chester, 260 Agnew, Doctor D. Hayes, 42, 43, 53 Amusement Gardens in Philadelphia, Agricultural Societies in Pennsylvania, 289-298 124 Anderson, Arnold, 286 Albany, New York, Abraham Lincoln Andrews, Benjamin, William Bar- at, 266; contributions from, for tram visits, 200 Johnstown Flood Relief, 346 Annapolis, Maryland, 162, 163, 348; Alexander the Great, Military leader- St. Ann's Parish of, 246, 254, 256, ship of General Robert E. Lee com- 259; silver spoons made by Cesar pared with, 139 Ghiselin for Corporation of, 247; Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 245, 331, Cesar Ghiselin, owner of real estate 341, 342; transportation from in, 253 Johnstown to, 225 Antietam, Battle of, 146; General Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 341 George Gordon Meade at, 152 Allegheny Mountains, 123, 217, 220, Anti-Federalists, 355, 356 226, 227, 236; early iron planta- Appleton, , accepts John Bach tions in, 117 ; travels of John Bar- McMaster's "History of the People tram in, 196 of the United States" for Publica- Allegheny River, flood in, 1889, 211, tion, 1881, 11 212, 220 Appomattox, Virginia, 148, 150, 151, Allen, --^- , at Vauxhall Garden, 152 292, 293 ArbuckWs Row, Philadelphia, sick Allen, Mrs. -, at Vauxhall Gar- Revolutionary soldiers billeted at, den, 293 49 Allen, Aldred (Aldran), ground for Arese, Count Francesco, Notes by, erection of Philadelphia Almshouse, during journey across America, purchased from, 34, 35 181-186; accompanies Louis Na- Allen, James, goldsmith, Philadelphia, poleon Bonaparte to America, 181; 258 ; tobacco sold by, 258. describes trip from New York to Allen, Nehemiah, account book of, Baltimore, 1837, 181-186; descrip- 259 ; quotation from, 245 ; in Col- tion of Baltimore by, 185, 186 lections of The Historical Society of "Arm in Arm Convention" in Phila- Pennsylvania, 245 delphia, 1866, 371 Allen, Chief Justice William, 375 Armstrong-Bell Family Bible, 314 Alliance Iron Works, 119 ARMSTRONG, JAMES, 314 Allport, Pennsylvania, 378, 379 ARMSTRONG, JANE, 314 Almshouse, see Philadelphia Alms- Arnold, Benedict, John Hickman house. compared with, 268 Altamaha River, 193, 194, 196, 197, Arnold, Matthew, quoted in regard to 201, 202, 205, 207 Oxford University, 14 Altamaha Sound, 193 Aronsburg, Pennsylvania, 380 Altdorf, University of, Francis Daniel Associate Committee of Women of The Pastorius a student at, 74 Genealogical Society of Pennsyl- Altoona, Pennsylvania, 224, 352 ; flood vania, markers placed by, on site at, 1889, 220. of Slate Roof House in memory of Amelia Court House, Virginia', 150, Gulielma Maria and Hannah Perm, 151 116 388 Index 389 Astolfi, Laurence, confectioner, opens Bartram, William, botanist, 194, 195, Columbian Garden, Philadelphia, 206, 208; accompanies John Bar- 290 tram on expedition to East Florida, Astor Library, John Bach McMaster 196 ; Franklin Tree discovered by, begins his literary work in, 5 at Fort Barrington, 197 ; descrip- Atlanta, Campaign, 1864, 145 tion of travels of, 197; arranges ATWATER, MEHITABLE, 355 with Dr. John Fothergill for bo- Augusta, Georgia, 205 tanical journey, 199 ; visits Georgia, Aurora, The, edited by William Duane, East and West Florida, 199-205 ; 356 visits General Lachlan Mclntosh, 200, 201; Benjamin Andrews, 200; BACH, JULIA ANNA MATILDA John Mohr Mclntosh, 201, 202 ; ac- (1816-1885), 2 companied by John Mclntosh on BACH, ROBERT, 1, 2 trip through Georgia, 202; sends Badeau, Colonel Adam, 146 botanical specimens to Dr. John. BAKER, ALEXINA FISHER, 296 Fothergill, 202, 203; author, travels Balder, William Spohn, author, 134; of, 202-204 ; Dr. John Fothergill to, quoted, 162 203 ; travels among Indian tribes, Bald Eagle Greek, 213, 352, 379 203, 204 ; returns to Philadelphia, Bald Eagle Mountains, 216 204 Baldwin, John, 47 Bartram's Garden, original Franklin, Baldwin, Simeon E., 23 tree in, 206; partly destroyed by Balloon Ascension attempted by M. cows, 206, 207 ; restored, 208 Michel at Vauxhall Garden, 294, Basing House, Rickmansworth, resi- 295 dence of William and Gulielma BalUton Spa, New York, 2, 5 Penn, 108 Baltimore, 131, 132, 163, 348; stage Bastian, Mrs., at Vauxhall Garden, coaches, to, 125 ; transportation of 291, 292, 293 Iron and other goods to, 131, 132 ; Baxter, David, divorce of, 178 Philadelphia and Baltimore in 1837, Baxter, Margaret, divorce of, 178 by an Italian Count, translated by Baylor, Colonel , 163 Lynn M. Case, 181-186 ; description Beale, Howard K., 374 of, by Count Francesco Arese, 185, Bear Gap, Pennsylvania, 377 186; monuments in, 186; theatres Bear Run, flood in, 1889, 222 in, 186 ; saw mills near, 219 Beauregard, General P. G. T., 2 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, supplies Beaver, General James A., Governor carried to Johnstown Flood suf- of Pennsylvania, 322, 342, 343, 344, ferers by, 332, 338, 339, 340, 346 352, 353, 354; appoints Commis- Baltimore Chronicle, 358 sion for Johnstown Flood Relief, Bancroft, George, historian, 10; in- 209, 350 ; appeals to, "for relief of terview of John Bach McMaster Johnstown Flood sufferers, 317-321, with, 25, 26; eulogist of Abraham 323, 324; commission appointed by, Lincoln, 283 to disburse funds contributed to Banks, Sir Joseph, Dr. Moses Mar- Johnstown Relief, 345 ; appeal of, shall to, quoted, 205 ; to Humphrey and proclamation for Johnstown Marshall, quoted, 205 Relief, 347-349 ; member of Johns- Barclay, , 205 town Relief Commission, 350-352 BARCLAY, HANBURY, 115 Bedford, Pennsylvania, borough of, BARCLAY, COLONEL HUBERT F., chartered, 1795, 128; iron works US- at, 131; flood at, 1889, 217 BARCLAY, ROBERT, 115 Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 307 Barclay, Robert, a leader in the Belfast, Ireland, contributions from Quaker movement, 100 for Johnstown Flood Relief, 347 Barclay Family, 113 Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, 352, 377, Barker, Mr. , tailor, 161 378, 379, 380 Barree, Pennsylvania, flood at, 1889, Belmont, Philadelphia, 183 217 Benvenue, Pennsylvania, flood at, Barret, , 378, 379; wounded 1889, 216 revolutionary soldiers at house of, Berlin, 140, 141 49 BERRYHILL, ANDREW, 313 BARTRAM, JOHN, 196, 205 BERRYHILL, ELIZABETH, 313 Bartram, John, botanist, 195 ; Quaker, BERRYHILL, NANCY, 313 195; house of, Kingsessing Town- Best, Joseph, goldsmith, Philadelphia, ship, 195; establishes first botan- 258; advertises sale of negro, 258 ical garden in the Colonies, 195; Bethell, George S., designer of the botanical specimens sent to, 195 ; Wigwam erected in Philadelphia, customers of, 196; travels of, in 1866, 365 search of botanical specimens, 196; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, stage appointed botanist to George III, coaches to, 125 196; explorations of, with William Biddle, George, attorney for The Jef- Bartram, in East Florida, 196; fersonian vs. the United States, member of American Philosophical 1861, 271, 274 Society, 198; friendship of with Biddle, Mary, map of Philadelphia by, Benjamin Franklin, 198; list of 1752, 35 seeds and plants supplied by, to Biddle, Thomas, 355, 357 his patrons, 198; death of, 204; Bidwell, W. W., quoted, 115 garden of, 204 Bigler, Honorable William, Governor BARTRAM, WILLIAM, 196 of Pennsylvania, 364 390 Index Bining, Arthur Cecil, 376; author, Bradley, Edward, glazier, 255 131; The Iron Plantations of Early Brady, Reverend , 315 Pennsylvania, by, 117 Bragg, General Edward Stuyvesant, Binney, Horace, 355, 356, 357 140, 143, 145 Birchfield, Thomas, work done by, on Brandywine, Battle of, 133, 203 bell of St. Ann's Parish, Annapolis, Brandywine Greek, slitting mill on 246 banks of, 136, 137 Bird Family, early iron masters of Breckinridge, Honorable John Cabell, Birdsboro, 135 272 ; election returns for, Chester Bfa'dsboro, Pennsylvania, 135 County, 1860, 265 Blackledge, Richard, 123 Brenau, Edward, vocalist, at Vaux- Black Log Mountains, 218 hall Garden, 294 Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster Gen- Brett-James, N. G., author, 194 eral, 272, 362; accused by John Brewer, Mrs. Jane, print of George Hodgson of "petty partizan malice," Washington presented to, 161 272 BREWER, MRS. JOHN, 163 Blair County, Pennsylvania, flood in, Bright, Anthony, 249 1889, 220 Bright, Widow, 255 Blairsville, Pennsylvania, 227 Bristol, England, 98, 99 Blake, , Minister of Justice, Bristol, Pennsylvania, 164; borough Canada, 180 of, chartered, 1720, 1787, 128 BLECKLY, 115 British Army, soldiers of, in Philadel- Blight, Atherton, 154 phia Hospital, 49, 55 Blockley and Merion Society for Pro^ Bronson, Reverend Charles E., por- moting Agriculture and Rural trait