PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY Quarterly Journal of the Pennsylvania Historical Association PAUL A. W. WALLACE, Editor Annville, Pa. DONALD H. KENT, Associate Editor MELVILLE J. BoYEa, Assistant Editor Box 885, Harrisburg, Pa. 2933 Liberty Street, Allentown, Pa. J. CUTLER ANDREWS, Book Review Editor Pennsylvania College for Women Pittsburgh, Pa. EDITORIAL BOARD J. ORIN OLIPHANT JOHN H. POWELL WILLIAM A. Russ, JR. PHELPS SOULE S. K. STEVENS CONTRIBUTING EDITORS RALPH CORDIER LILY LEE NIXON HOMER T. ROSENBERGER NORMAN B. WILKINSON VOLUME XXI January-October, 1954 THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OFFICERS WILLIAM A. Russ, JR., President JAMES A. BARNES, RALPH CORDIER, FRANCES DORRANCE, Vice-Presidents ROBERT K. MURRAY, Secretary Ross PIER WRIGHT, Treasurer PAUL A. W. WALLACE, Editor COUNCIL The Officers and WHITFIELD J. BELL PHILIP S. KLEIN ARTHUR C. BINING Roy F. NICHOLS MELVILLE J. BOYER J. BENNETT NOLAN RUSSELL J. FERGUSON J. ORIN OLIPHANT ROBERT FORTENBAUGH JOHN H. POWELL LAWRENCE H. GIPSON HOMER T. ROSENBERGER OLIVER S. HECKMAN S. K. STEVENS LOUIS J. HEIZMANN CHARLES G. WEBB ALFRED P. JAMES MRS. JAMES I. WENDELL RICHARD NORRIS WILLIAMS, 2D HE Pennsylvania Historical Association is designed to serve as a co- ordinating body to aid, supplement, and make more effective the efforts of the local historical societies and their federation and to stimulate the interest of teachers and other individuals who are concerned with the history of the Commonwealth. Its general aims are to promote scholarly activity in the history of Pennsylvania and the teaching of state history in the schools and colleges of the state. It is planned to accomplish these objectives through annual meetings held successively in different parts of the state and through the publication of articles, books, and source material pertaining to Pennsyl- vania history. The Pennsylvania Historical Association publishes PENNSYLVANIA HIS- TORY, its Quarterly Journal, to make available articles embodying current historical research on Pennsylvania, news of historical activities, and reviews of books which will be of interest to historically-minded Pennsylvanians. The News and Comment section of the magazine serves the Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies, the county and local historical societies, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, as a clearing- house for news of their activities. The annual subscription rate is $4.00. A cordial invitation is extended to all to join this organization. Application for membership may be made to the Secretary, Dr. Robert K. Murray, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa. Membership dues are as follows: active (annual), $4.00; sustaining (annual), $10.00; life, $50.00; patron, $1,000.00. All members receive the magazine free. INDEX A Baumgardner, Mahlon G., and Floyd G. Hoenstine, The Allegheny Old Adams, George W., review by, 88. Portage Railroad, 1834-1854: Adams, Thomas B., "The Samuel J. Building, Operation and Travel. Randall Papers," 45. Reviewed by Hubertis M. Cum- Alden, John Richard, The American mings, 406. Revolution, I775-1783. Reviewed Beers, Henry P., review by, 402. by George W. Kyte, 299. Beginnings of Graduate Education in Alderfer, E. Gordon, "Some Reflec- America, The, by Richard J. Storr. tions on the Writing of Local His- Reviewed, 189. tory," 239. Belfour, Stanton, "Recent Historical Allegheny Old Portage Railroad, Activities in the Pittsburgh Area," The, I834-I854: Building, Opera- 382. tion and Travel, by Mahlon G. Bloom, Robert L., "Edwin A. Van Baumgardner and Floyd G. Hoen- Valkenburg and the Philadelphia stine. Reviewed, 406. North American, 1899-1924," 109. Amnzerican Revolution, The, 175- Book, Janet Mae, Northern Ren- I783, by John Richard Alden. Re- dezvous, Harrisburg During the viewed, 299. Civil War. Reviewed by J. Cutler America Rebels: Narratives of the Andrews, 407. Patriots, ed. by Richard M. Dor- "Book Reviews and Book Notes," ed. son. Reviewed, 89. by J. Cutler Andrews, 80, 181, 289, Anderson, Oscar Earl, Jr., Refrig- 402. eration in America: A History of "Booth's Plot to Kidnap Lincoln," by a New Technology and its Impact. Ida M. Tarbell, ed. by Ernest C. Reviewed by John W. Oliver, 190. Miller, 201. "Andrew Bradford: A Pioneer Borneman, Henry S., Pennsylvania Printer of Pennsylvania," by German Bookplates: A Study. Re- Walter L. Ferree, 214. viewed by Frederic S. Klein, 187. Andrews, J. Cutler, ed., "Book Re- Boyd, George Adams, Elias Boudi- views and Book Notes," 80, 181, not: Patriot and Statesman, i740- 289, 402. 182I. Reviewed by Norman H. Andrews, J. Cutler, reviews by, 80, Dawes, 294. 407. Boyer, Melville J., "Historical "Annual Meeting of the Pennsyl- Restoration and Preservation in vania Historical Association, The Lehigh County," 162. Twenty-Second," by Robert K. Boyer, Melville J., review by, 85. Murray, 55. Bronner, Edwin B., "The Failure of Architecture of Baltimore, The: A the 'Holy Experiment' in Pennsyl- PictorialHistory, by Richard Hub- vania, 1684-1699," 93. bard Howland and Eleanor Patter- Builders son Spencer. Reviewed, 87. of the Quaker Road, i652- Autobiography of a Pennsylvania I952, by Caroline N. Jacob. Re- Dutchman, by Samuel P. Weaver. viewed, 184. Reviewed, 185. C B Chancellor, Paul, and Marjorie Potts Barnes, James A., review by, 289. Wendell, A History of Pottstown, Barnhart, John D., Valley of Democ- Pennsylvania. Reviewed by Mel- racy: The Frontier versus the ville J. Boyer, 85. Plantation in the Ohio Valley, Charles Brockden Brown, Pioneer 1775-r818. Reviewed by Aubrey C. Voice of America, by David Lee Land, 290. Clark. Reviewed, 297. iii Clark, David Lee, Charles Brockden F Brown, Pioneer Voice of America. Reviewed by Robert E. Mitchell, "Failure of the 'Holy Experiment' in 297. Pennsylvania, The, 1684-1699," by Colbourn, H. Trevor, review by, 181. Edwin B. Bronner, 93. Cope, Thomas D., "A Mountain in Fausold, Martin L., review by, 408. Perthshire," 228. Ferguson, Russell J., review by, 410. Cummings, Hubertis M., "Pennsyl- Ferree, Walter L., "Andrew Brad- vania: Network of Canal Ports," ford: A Pioneer Printer of Penn- 260. sylvania," 214. Cummings, Hubertis M., review by, Fortenbaugh, Robert, review by, 407. 406. "Fort Le Boeuf Chapter, Daughters Cunningham, John T., This is New of the American Colonists," by Jersey, from High Point to Cape Maude Kuhns, 387. May. Reviewed by J. Orin Fort Necessity, by Frederick Tilberg. Oliphant, 298. Reviewed, 410. French Invasion of Western Penn- sylvania, The, 1753, by Donald H. D Kent. Reviewed, 403. Dawes, Norman H., review by, 294. "French Occupy the Ohio Country, Delaware Becomes a State, by John The," by Donald H. Kent, 301. A. Munroe. Book note, 192. DePuy, LeRoy B., "The Triumph G of the 'Pennsylvania System' at the "George Croghan and the Indian State's Penitentiaries," 128. Uprising of 1747," by Nicholas B. Dorson, Richard M., ed., America Wainwright, 21. Rebels: Narratives of the Patriots. Great Wildcatter, The: The Story of Reviewed by George W. Kyte, 89. Mike Benedum, by Sam T. Malli- Drake, Thomas E., review by, 184. son. Reviewed, 291. Duffy, John, Epidemics in Colonial Grenier, Fernand, ed., Papiers Con- America. Reviewed by George W. trecoeur et autres documents con- Adams, 88. cernant le conflit anglo-francais sur l'Ohio de 5745 d I756. Re- E viewed by Henry P. Beers, 402. "Early Turnpikes of the Susque- H hanna Valley, The," by Richmond E. Myers, 248. Hamilton, Milton W., review by, 403. "Edwin A. Van Valkenburg and the Harmon, George D., review by, 185. Philadelphia North American, Heckman, Oliver S., review by, 182. 1899-1924," by Robert L. Bloom, Heiges, George L., "Lancaster 109. - County Remembers," 63. Elias Boudinot: Patriot and States- Hermann, Burke M., review by, 82. man, 1740-1821, by George Adams Historical Development of the Amer- Boyd. Reviewed, 294. ican Flag, by William A. Markoe. Emigrants from the Palatinate to Book note, 192. the American Colonies in the s8th "Historical Restoration and Preser- Century, by Friedrich Krebs and vation in Lehigh County," by Mel- Milton Rubincam. Reviewed, 90. ville J. Boyer, 162. "English Eye the French in North Historical Societies, 67, 166, 274, 391. America, The," by Lois Mulkearn, History of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 316. A, by Paul Chancellor and Mar- Epidemics in Colonial America, by jorie Potts Wendell. Reviewed, 85. John Duffy. Reviewed, 88. History of the Philadelphia National "Evolution of a Shrine," by Dennis Bank, A Century and a Half of C. Kurjack, 193. Philadelphia Banking, 1803-1953, "Expression of Appreciation, An," by Nicholas B. Wainwright. Re- by S. K. Stevens, 92. viewed, 289. iv History of The York County Acad- L emy, York, Pennsylvania. Re- viewed by William A. Russ, Jr., "Lancaster County Remembers," by 293. George L. Heiges, 63. Howland, Richard Hubbard, and Land, Aubrey C., review by, 290. Eleanor Patterson Spencer, The Lewis, Jessamine D., review by, 86. Architecture of Baltimore: A Pic- Lewis, Virginia E., review by, 87. torial History. Reviewed by Vir- ginia E. Lewis, 87. Link, Arthur S., Woodrow Wilson Hunter, William A., "The Ohio, the and the Progressive Era, 191o- Indian's Land," 338. i917. Reviewed by Martin L. Fausold, 408. Ii M "Industry Comes to the Frontier," by Carlton 0. Wittlinger, 153. Mahon, John K., "Pennsylvania and the Beginnings of the Regular J Army," 33. Mallison, Sam T., The Great Wild- Jacob, Caroline N., Builders of the catter: The Story of Mike Bene- Quaker Road, i652-I952. Reviewed dum. Reviewed by Samuel Rez- by Thomas E. Drake, 184. neck, 291. "James Buchanan and Ann Coleman," Man in Leather Breeches, The, The by Philip Shriver Klein, 1. Life and Times of George Fox, by John Elmer Reed Memorial. Book Vernon Noble. Reviewed, 182. note, 192. Markoe, William A., Historical De- "Jumonville Affair, The," by Marcel velopment of the American Flag. Trudel, 351. Book note, 192. Justice George Shiras, Jr., of Pitts- Miller, Ernest C., ed. of "Booth's burgh, by George Shiras, 3rd, ed. Plot to Kidnap Lincoln," by Ida by Winfield Shiras.