THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA President^ Boies Penrosc Honorary Vice-President^ Roy F. Nichols Vice-Presidents Richmond P. Miller Harold D. Saylor Ernest C. Savage Thomas E. Wynne Secretary, Howard H. Lewis Treasurer^ George E, Nehrbas Councilors Thomas C. Cochran Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Caroline Robbins H. Richard Dietrich, Jr. Henry J. Magaziner Mrs. L. M. C. Smith Mrs. Anthony N. B. Garvan Bertram L. O'Neill Martin P. Snyder Wm. Richard Gordon Henry R. Pembcrton David Van Pelt Joseph W. Lippincott, Jr. E. P, Richardson H. Justice Williams Counsel^ R. Sturgis Ingersoll ? Director\ Nicholas B. Wainwright ¥ ¥ *f» ¥ Founded in 1824, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania has long been a center of research in Pennsylvania and American history. It has accumulated an important historical collection, chiefly through contributions of family, political, and business manuscripts, as well as letters, diaries, newspapers, magazines, maps, prints, paintings, photographs, and rare books. Additional contributions of such a nature are urgently solicited for preservation in the Society's fireproof building where they may be consulted by scholars. Membership. There are various classes of membership: general, $15.00; associate, #25.00; patron, #100.00; life, #300.00; benefactor, #1,000. Members receive certain privileges in the use of books, are invited to the Society's historical addresses and receptions, and receive The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Those interested in joining the Society are invited to submit their names. Hours: The Society is open to the public Monday, 1 P.M. to 9 P.M.; Tuesday through Friday, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. The Society is normally closed from the first Monday in August until the second Monday in September. INDEX Abbott, John S. C, 374 of in Pa., 89-103; "Lord Howe Clears the Abolition Society, 99 Delaware," by Balderston, 326-345; "Phil- Acker, Finley, 237 adelphians in Exile," by Robert F. Oaks, Actresses, career of Anne Brunton Merry, 298-325; position of Quakers in, 300; 403-404 Roger Sherman's Connecticut . ., by Adams, John, 36; on P. E. Du Simitiere, 279; Collier, rev., 122-123; role of Thomas Mc- and Thos. McKean, 26, 27, 40; on Quaker Kean in, 3-47; and Tench Coxe, 48-88 neutrality, 301 American Silver, A History of Style, 1650- Adams, John Quincy, 471; and 1832 election, 1900, by Hood, rev., 264-266 377, 378 American Steel and Wire Company, forma- Adams, Samuel, 108 tion of, 204 Adamstown, part of Lancaster, 359, 360, 363 "America's First Student of Russian . .," The Administration of Modern Archives: A by Norman E. Saul, 469-479 Select Bibliographic Guide, by Evans, rev., Ameringer, Oscar, 504 134-135 ,. r Ames, William E., A History of the National Adventure, ship, 61 Intelligencer, rev., 541-542 Advertising, newspaper rates of, 523, 524 Ammon, Harry, James Monroe: The Quest for Affleck, Thomas, 30477 National Identity, rev., 124-125 Africa, Negro colonization in, 128 Amputations, 322 Agriculture, and want of electricity, 486 Analomink Creek, forge on, 428, 429, 433, Ainey, William D. B., 487/7 467 Albro, Zeno, 431 434 The Ancestor: The World of William Williams, Ale, Snowden & Fisher's, 175 by Williams, rev., 120-121 Alexander, Edwin P., On the Main Line, The Andrews, Wayne, rev. of Greiff's, Lost Pennsylvania Railroad in the 19th Century, Americafrom the Atlantic to the Mississippi, rev., 132 270-271 Alison, Rev. Francis, 101; school of, 7, 8 "Anthony Benezet and the Natural Rights of Allen, Andrew, 48, 49, 60, 83 the Negro," by Roger A. Bruns, 104-113 Allen, James, 36, 42; dines with Sir Wm. Anthracite coal. See coal Howe, 60 Anti-Masonic Party, 378 Allen, William, 49 Anti-Sejanus letters (Scott), 293, 295 Allen, William, Jr., 79 Antislavery movement: and Anthony Bene- Allinson, Samuel, 107 zet, 104-113; Germantown protest of 1688, Almonds, 175 109 Amalgamators, favor Andrew Jackson, 377, Apoplexy, 52 378 Arbo, John, 286w The American Colonial Wars: A Concise His- Archer, Richard, rev. of Cassell's Merchant tory, by Hale, rev., 392-393 Congressman in the Young Republic . ., American Dietetic Association, 23877 538-540 . American Foxhunting, an Anthology, by Mac- Archives, administration of, 134 kay-Smith, 135—136 Archives and Manuscript Collections of Dick- American Iron Association, 427 inson College, Sellers, Slotten, and Vincent American Manufactory, 100 comps., rev., 546-547 American Painting to 1776: A Reappraisal, Armor, for battleships, 203, 226 Quimby, ed. rev. S3SS37. Armstrong, Edward (d. 1840), and Pa. iron American Philosophical Society, 100, 171; industry, 430-434 Thos. McKean elected to, 19 Armstrong, John, as Sec. of War, 175 American Revolution: British evacuate Arnold, Gen. Benedict, takes possession of Phila., 80-83; tne Carlisle Commission, Phila., 84 6jn; condition of Phila. on British evacu- Arnold, Samuel, 350, 351 ation, 83; Hessians in, 397; Howe brothers Arson, of oil train, 191 in, rev., 551-552; Iroquois in, 396; leaders Artillery, Wm. Jones manual for, 171 S53 554 INDEX October Ashley, George H., 487W Barre, Col. Isaac, 276 Assembly, Pennsylvania (colonial, 1682- Barren, Colburn, 52, 53, 60, 68, 71, 81, 81 n 1776), last days of 37, 38 Bartholomew, Benjamin, 96, 102 Assembly, Pa. (1776-1790), 90; and charter Barton, Rev. Thomas, on Lancaster, Pa., 357 of Bank of North Am., 142, 143, 164 Bass, Robert, 481, 491 Assembly, Pa. (bicameral, 1790- ): passes Bauman, John F., rev. of Mohl's Poverty in sales tax for relief, 515; shelves Giant New York, 1783-1825, 125-126 Power proposals, 498, 501; supports re- Bauman, Richard, For the Reputation of charter of 2nd Bank of U. S., 379, 383 Truth .. among the Pennsylvania Quakers, Associators, Am. Rev., 32 1^50-1800, rev., 117-118 Asthma, 52 Baumann, Roland M., rev. of Watlington's Attwood, Thomas B., 64,8iw The Partisan Spirit: Kentucky Politics, Augusta, naval ship, 331«, 333, 334; de- 1770-1702, $37-$3% stroyed, 334,337 Bayard, John, 94 Aurand, Harold W., From the Molly Ma- Beans, effect of on Boston, 236 guires to the United Mine Workers ..., rev., Beaver, Gov. James A., 237 261-262 Beckford, William, 276 The Aurora: circulation of, 522; revival of, Bedford County, rural electrification in, 491, 521-525 5°3 Austin, Anne L., The Woolsey Sisters of New Bedini, Silvio A., The Life of Benjamin Ban- York ..., rev., 269-270 neker, rev., 401—402 Beef, meat cuts from, 236 Beekman, George, 8i» Babcock, Joseph W., 217 Beekman, Gerard, 51, 52, 81 n Bache, Benjamin Franklin, death of, 521 Beeman, Richard, 8977 Bache, Margaret (Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Beer, 235 Bache)?52i,522,524 Bella, brig, S3, 53", 7%, 81 Bache, Richard, 521; and Family Party, 377 Bellew, Capt. Henry, 33in Bacon, Robert, 210; as ch. finance com., U. S. Belmont, August, 208 Steel, 214 Belohlavek. John M., "Dallas, The Democ- Bahama Islands, trade with, 73 racy, and the Bank War of 1832," 377-390 Belz, Herman J., 139W ,47ow Benezet, Anthony, and the natural rights of owe Clears the the Negro, 104-113 Delaware," 326-345 Benjamin Rush: Revolutionary Gadfly, by Baldwin, Henry, 377 Hawke, rev., 247-249 Baltic, Am. trade with, 469, 470 Benson, Lee, 8977 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, wage reduction Benton, Thomas Hart, attacks 2nd Bank of of 1877,184,185 U.S., 382 Bank of England: charter of, 140; limited Berkennart, John, 67 powers of, 151 Bernard, Sir Francis, 279 Bank of Genoa, 146 Berthoff, Roland: rev. of Aurand's From the Bank of North America, 440, 447; absorbs Molly Maguires to the United Mine Workers proposed Bank of Pa., 143; dominated by . ., 261-262; An Unsettled People, Social Robt. Morris, 160; "Legal Privilege and Order and Disorder in American History, ...," by Bradbury, 139-166 rev., 399-401 Bank of Pennsylvania, proposed in 1784,143 The Best Poor Man's Country: A Geographical Bank of the United States, 2nd: efforts to re- Study of Southeastern Pennsylvania, by charter, 377-390; Wm. Jones as pres. of, Lemon, rev., 53°~532 182 Bethel, Samuel, 35577, 359 Banneker, Benjamin, biog. of, 401-402 The Bethlehem Diary, vol. I, 1742-1744, Bannister, Robert C, rev. of Dudden's Jo- Hamilton, ed.. rev., 266-267 seph Fels and the Single-Tax Movement\ Bethlehem Steel Company, 203, 211; reor- 410-411 ganization of, 1904, 228; Chas. M. Schwab Banquets, 77 controls, 225 Barbary pirates, 167 Bezallion, Peter, Indian Trader, 352 Barbed wire, 204 Bibliographies, on administration of archives, Barclay, Messrs., London, Hamilton family .I34 debts, 365 Biddle, Charles, on Smilie and Findley, 145^ Barclay, Robert, 108, no Biddle, Nicholas, and effort to recharter 2nd Barnard, Isaac, 377, 378 Bank ofU.S., 379-387 i972 INDEX S5S Biddle, Owen, 94, 100 Brown, Elijah, 307W Billingport, N. J., Continental defences at, Brown, Ira V., rev. of Bedini's, The Life of 331 Benjamin Banneker, 401-402 Binney, Horace (1780-1875), serves and Brown, Isaac, 321 Bank of U.S., 382 Brown, Capt. John, 33 iw Binzen, Peter, and Daughen, Joseph R., The Brown, R. Shepard, rev. of Rowell's Yankee Wreck of the Penn Central, rev., 415-416 Cavalrymen: Through the Civil War with the Bird, Harrison, War for the West, 1790-1813, Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry, 259-260 rev., 253-254 Brown, Richard M., 103 Bisbee, Henry H., Sign Posts: Place Names in Bruchey, Stuart, 20377 the History of Burlington County, N. J., Brumbaugh, G. Edwin, rev. of Peterson's rev., 412-413 The Rules of Work of the Carpenters1 Com- Black, Jeannette D., rev. of Klinefelter's pany of. Philadelphia 1786, 250-251 Lewis Evans and His Maps, 115-117 Bruns, Roger A., "Anthony Benezet and the Blackstone, Sir William, and natural rights, Natural Rights of the Negro;" 104-113 105 Bryan, George, 9IW, 96; occupies Jos. Gallo- Blair, James, 464 way's mansion, 80 Blair, John I., 464 Bryan, Mina R., rev.