309; Hiester member of convention to
frame, 339; Ritner the last Governor
under, 361.
Constitution, of 1838, strips executive of
appointing power; provision to pro-
vide for death of Governor, 407; Gov-
ernor Bigler on amending the, 421.
Constitution of United States, convention
of, 249, 265; submitted to the States for
ratification; opposition to, 300; pro-
visions of, reference to, 447, 448, 449,
Convention, Provincial, second, meets;
resolves of, 184; meeting in Philadel-
phia recommend calling, to form new
government; delegates meet and pro-
vide for constitutional convention, 185,
186; elect McKean president; action
of, 186. See Conference.
Convention, Constitutional, assembles;
opens with divine service; took upon
itself government of Colony; Frank-
lin president of, 187; elect Council of
Safety, 193; to frame Constitution of
United States; Dickinson member of,
249; to frame constitution of 1790;
Mifflin president; Hiester member of,
286; to ratify Constitution of United
States, 301; Hiester member of, 339;
National, meets at Harrisburg, 349;
Democratic national, 443.
Conway, General Thomas, forms cabal
against Washington, 283.
Cook, Arthur, appointed on commission
of five, 103.
Cornelis, Cape, named by Mey, 19.
Cork, Penn at, on business, 71; Penn im-
prisoned in city of, 72.
Cornwallis, Lord, pursues Washington;
restrained by Howe, 146; in Philadel-
phia, 204; army under, surrenders,
248, 264.
Coudray, Du, engineer, examines and
reports on defences of Philadelphia,
Council, minutes, 22, 23.
Council, the Provincial, met by Penn,
at Philadelphia; number of dele-
gates to, reduced, 87; law relating
to marriages of negroes, passed by,
95; executive authority committed
to, 105, 117, 136, 146; Thomas Lloyd
president of; three forms of exec-
utive power left to the decision
of, by Penn; members from terri-
tories withdrawn from, 105; deputa-
tion of, sent to induce seceding mem-
bers to return, 105-6; badger Penn,
111; met by Markham, 114; to con-
sist of twelve members; Edward
Shippen president of, 117; Governor
Gookin testifies before, to fits of de-
rangement, 121; in opposition to Gov.
Keith, 129; had only advisory power;
Gov. Keith acts independent of; state-
ment of Logan on minutes of; Keith
reproved by Hannah Penn, for not con-
sulting, 130; Logan president of; ad-
vises with the assembly; forbidden
executive power in legislation, 136;
petition removal of Gookin, 124; John
Penn, son of Richard, made president
of, 153; government in hands of;
James Hamilton president of; forbid-
den to approve Acts of Assembly, 177;
Richard Penn member of, 179.
Council, the Lords of, Penn brought
before; Penn's reply to; Penn again
brought before, and reply to, 92; Pro-
prietors before, 165; Franklin before,
262, 263.
Council of Five, appointed by Penn;
Thomas Lloyd president of, 101; let-
ter of Penn to; Nicholas Moore at
head of, 102; Penn dissatisfied with;
relieved by five commissioners, 103.
Council of Safety, new constitution in-
trusted to, 183; assumes government
of Colony; Thomas Rittenhouse chair-
man of; supersedes Proprietary gov-
ernment, 193; formal organization of;
Wharton elected president, 194; issues
an order to people of Philadelphia,
196; stirring address of, 197.
Council of Censors, Bryan member of,
215.
Council, Supreme Executive, The, ap-
points Board of War and Navy; ap-
propriates money; Wharton elected.
president of, 200; title of president
of, 199; proclamations of, 200, 201;
adjourns to Lancaster, 204; returns to
Philadelphia; Bryan acting president
of, 211; Reed elected president of,
222; Reed writes to, 228; Moore pres-
ident of, 231; Dickinson president of,
248; Franklin president of, 251, 265;
Mifflin president of, 273, 286.
Councillors, under Markham, attestation
of, 66.
Court-house, at New Castle, 82; election.
declared from, in Philadelphia, 199.
Court, at Old Bailey, Penn tried before;
Penn fined by, 74; of Common
Pleas, jurymen, in trial of Penn,.
brought their case; peacemakers ap-
pointed at county, 87.
Court, of King's Bench, Penn brought
before, and discharged by, 93; Penn
cleared before, 109.
Court, Supreme, at New Castle, commis-
sion of Governor Gookin refused pub-
lication in, 124; a judge of, kicked by
Gookin, 124.
Craig, General, witness to bravery of
Mifflin, 276.
Creeks, Big Timber, 21; Little Timber,
21; Lewes Settlement made on, 23;
Christina, 26, 30; Salem, 31, 32, 33;
Conestoga, Indians on, 33; Neshaminy,
lands near, deeds signed for; Baker's,
88; French, Washington ascends, 149;
Bald Eagle, 451.
Cresap, Michael, Capt., with Daniel
Greathouse, murder Indians, 180.
Cresson, Solomon, beaten by Governor
Evans, 121.
Crittenden, [John Jordan,] compromise
measure of, 423, 429, 432.
Crispin, William, commissioner;
pointed surveyor-general; died, 67.
Croghan, Major, brave defence of Fort
Stephenson, 314.
Cromwell, plans recovery of Dutch Ter-
ritory, 50.
Crown Point, expedition against, suc-
cessful, 158, 163, 164.
Crown, the British, grants made by;
people at Manhattan and, 51.
Cumberland, in Maryland, troops organ-
ize at, to quell Whiskey Insurrection,
Cumberland County, Franklin procures
wagons and horses in, for Braddock,
156; savages advance through, 158;
Indian murders in, 162; outpost of
civilization, 167; Boquet collects force
in, 168; Ritner removes to, 361, 374;
teachers' institutes in, 366.
Cumberland Valley, 323; Scotch-Irish
settle in, 324.
Cunningham, Thomas S., 372.
Curtin, Andrew Gregg, birth of, 450; edu-
cation of; studies law; admitted to the
bar, and practises law, 451; success in
criminal causes; advocate of Whig
principles; labors for Harrison; can-
vasses the State for Clay and for Scott;
chairman of State Central Committee;
appointed Secretary of the Common-
wealth; ex-officio Superintendent of
common schools, 452; makes common
school education efficient; favors
County superintendency, 453; laments
defect of well-qualified teachers; re-
commends system of Normal Schools,
454; resumes practice of the law, 455;
elected Governor, 456; inaugural ad-
dress of, quoted, 457-459; message of,
quoted; called upon for troops, 459;
receives order from Secretary of War
that the troops are not needed: directs
troops to preserve their organization;
asks authority from the Legislature to
organize a Reserve Corps; receives
pressing appeal to forward the Re-
serves to the capital, 460; his prompt-
ness throughout the war in furnishing
troops; his devotion to the interests of
the soldiers, 461; founds the Soldiers'
Orphans' Schools; tribute to, 462; his
health fails; is tendered, by Lincoln, a
foreign mission; re-elected Governor;
sails for Cuba for benefit of health,
463; is tendered, by Johnson, a foreign
mission, but declines; prominent can-
didate for United States Senate; is sup-
ported for Vice-President; appointed
Minister to Russia; has a public recep
tion at Independence Hall; banquetel
at the Academy of Music, Philadel
phia; sails for Russia; supported by a
number of delegates for Vice-President
in Liberal Republican Convention at
Cincinnati, and in the regular Repub-
lican Convention at Philadelphia; in-
clines to conservatism in government;
personal appearance of, 464; marries;
returns to this country from Russia,465.
Curtin, Roland, father of the Governor,
450.
Curtis, John, Justice of the Peace,
charged with use of treasonable lan-
guage, 103.
Dallas, Alexander J., letter of McKean
to, 294.
Darrah, Lydia, conveys intelligence to
Washington, 206.
Dartmouth, Lord, Colonial Secretary;
corresponds with Joseph Reed, 217.
Dauphin County, Court House in, occu-
pied by the Legislature, 330; Shulze
merchant in, 344.
Davy, Sir Humphrey, tribute of, to
Franklin, 259.
Davenport, Abraham, poet, song of, 351.
Deal, Penn embarks at, for America, 82.
Deane, Silas, ambassador to France, 207.
Dean, Lieutenant-Colonel, 296.
Declaration of Independence, composi
tion of the, 246, 247, 264, 296; opposed
by Dickinson; adopted, 246, 295.
De Bert, Dennis, agent of Massachusetts
Bay at Court of St. James; father of
Esther, 217.
De Bert, Esther, marries Joseph Reed,
217; death of, 229.
D'Estang, commander of French fleet;
arrives at mouth of Delaware, 207;
sails for Rhode Island; followed by
British fleet; fleet shattered in a storm;
sailed to Boston for repairs; departs for
the West Indies, 212; aids American
cause, 248.
Delany, Colonel, 283.
Delaware Bay, discovered and named;
known as Newport May, and Godyn's
Bay, 18; land at mouth of, purchased
from the natives, 23; vessels arrive in,
30.
Delaware River, headwaters of; first
known as South River; named by
the English; called by the Indians,
Pautaxas, Mariskitton, and Makerish-
kisken; by the Dutch, Zuyt or South,
Nassau, Prince Hendrick, and Charles;
by the Swedes, New Swedeland Stream,
18; first settlement on, 22; trade from;
ship Walrus arrives in, 23; Dutch
settlements on, 26, 27; patroons sell
lands upon; party from Connecticut
sail to, 28; Pappegoya upon; western
bank of, claimed by the Swedes, 33;
Hudde retained upon; Stuyvesant sails
to, 34; land on south bank of, bought
by city of Amsterdam, 44; distress of
colonists on the, 47; territory on,
claimed by Virginia and Maryland,
50; Sir Robert Carr dispatched to, 52;
visited by Nicholls; settlements on
east side of; regulations for govern-
ment on; English authority on the,
53; deputies from, go to New York
to give adhesion to Dutch power;
three courts established on the; oath
of allegiance administered to inhabi-
tants on, 57; authority of the Dutch
on, ceases, 58; families settle on east
side of, 59; Quakers settle along
western shore; Penn's application
for land west of, 60; territory west
from, 61; letter of Penn to colonists
on, 65; Penn proceeds up, on open boat,
82; French privateers run into the,
114; a resort for privateers of enemy,
144, 146; batteries planted on shore of,
144; line of forts erected from, to Mary-
land line, 158.
Delaware, State of, northern limits, 30;
territories formed, 82, 118; Dickinson
elected to Congress from, 247; Dickin-
son member of Assembly, and Presi-
dent of, 248; Dickinson delegate from,
to frame Constitution, 249; originally
part of Pennsylvania, 289; establishes
loan office, 291; constitution adopted,
297; McKean president of, 298.
De La War, Lord, visits Delaware River,
18; and discovery of, 27.
Denny, William, commissioned Deputy
Governor; cordial reception of; in-
structions of; objects to money bill;
messages of, 160; rejects bill levying
one hundred thousand pounds upon
all estates, 161; presented with five
hundred pounds; disregards instruc-
tions; signs bill taxing Proprietary
estates; recalled; administration of,
165.
De Ruyter, with Tromp, leads Dutch
fleet against the English; fights three
battles, and defeats his adversaries, 56.
Detroit, French force from, routed, 163;
Indians attack, 167.
De Vries, David Pieterzen joins Goodyn
and Bloemart on the Delaware; two
vessels sent by, to the Delaware, 23;
and whale-fishery; commander of ves-
sels, and patroon; sets sail; reaches
mouth of the Delaware, 24; pacific
policy; concludes treaty; sails up the
river; sails for Virginia, 26; and whale-
fishery; sails for Holland, 27; opinion
of; Printz, 35, 36.
Dickinson, John, opposes the King's as-
suming direct control of the Province,
171, 235; appointed to attend General
Congress, 173, 235; writes Farmer's
Letters, 175, 237; presides at monster
meeting in Philadelphia, 182, 239;
draws instructions to the Assembly,
182, 240; delegate to Congress, 183,
242; opposes Independence; absent,
when vote on Declaration was taken;
omitted as delegate, 187; birth of;
education; studies law; visits Eng-
land; practises law in Philadelphia;
member of Assembly, 234; essays of,
236; eulogies tendered to, by people
of Boston; Society of Fort St. David
present address to, 238; drafts petition
to the King, 242, 243; draws up ad-
dress to people of Canada, 243; draws
up second address to the King, 244;
composes a manifesto, 245; opposes
the Declaration of Independence; ab
sent when vote was taken on the
Declaration, 246; volunteers as a pri
vate; made brigadier-general; rules
of life; elected to Congress from Del-
aware, 247; member of Assembly and
president of Delaware; elected presi
dent of Pennsylvania; endows college
at Carlisle, 248; delegate from Dela-
ware to frame constitution; writes nine
letters, signed Fabius; delegate to con-
vention, to revise Constitution of Del-
aware; writes second series of letters,
signed Fabius; visited by John
Adams, 249; library of; described by
Adams; marriage; death, 250; acting
Governor of two States, 289; letter of
McKean to, 302.
Dickinson, Samuel, father of President;
removes from Maryland to Delaware;
Judge of Court of Common Pleas, 234.
Dickinson College, 451.
Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia, sends
Washington to confer with the French,
149; forward in recruiting, 153.
Dixon, Jeremiah, to run boundary lines;
name, world-renowned, 67.
Dixon, W. Hepworth, his Biography of
Penn, quoted, 91.
Dock, Susan, mother of Governor Bigler,
Donegal, settlement of, 169.
Dongan, Tho., signs certificate, 22.
Donop, Count, attacks Fort Mercer;
mortally wounded, 205.
Dorchester Heights, fortified by Ameri-
cans, 195.
Dorsey, the Messrs., 381.
Downingtown, militia stationed at, 201;
in Chester county, 433.
Douglass, Samuel, Attorney-General,
Douglass, Judge, 421, 422.
Drake, Wm. E., 440.
Duché, Colonel, regiment of, escorts Gov-
ernor Denny, 160.
Duke of York, the, grant of territory to;
Nicholls, groom of the bed - cham-
ber to, 51; grant of, to Berkley and
Carteret, 53; laws of, 53, 67; English
power surrendered to, 56; grant of, re-
newed by Charles, 58; last court held
under, 67; has Penn discharged from
Tower, 74; assumes title of James II.,
74; Admiral Penn's dying request to,
75; yearly rents to be paid by Penn to,
82; duty paid to, by Penn, 83; his
friendship for Penn; succeeds to the
throne, 89.
Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, lays
claim to territory in Western Penn-
sylvania; settlers claim protection of;
refuses to hear messengers from Gov-
ernor Penn, 180.
Dunkirk, privateers of, capture vessel,
Du Quesne, Fort, French build, 149.
Du Quesne, Marquis, Governor of Can-
ada; remonstrates with Governors of
New York and Pennsylvania, 150;
fort named after, 153; operations
against, 162.
Dutch, the, sought the Hudson, 17;
right of, to the Delaware, 18; posses-
sions in New World called New Neth-
erlands, 19; West India Company in-
corporated, 20; object of colonization,
21; settlements on the Delaware, 26;
Company, territory of, 30; at mouth
of the Schuylkill; opposition to the
Swedes, 34; Rysingh to employ mild
measures against the, 37; increase
at Manhattan, 39; Governor sails to
the Delaware, 40; troops, inhuman
conduct of, at Fort Christina; Swedes
and Finns take oath of allegiance to,
41; in full possession on the Delaware,
42; conflict between, and English rule;
evils of government of the, 50; pos-
sessions of, 51; rule of the, 52; Eng-
lish fleet descends upon coast of the;
fleet led by De Ruyter and Tromp;
great naval battle on waters of;
squadron dispatched to recover New
Netherlands, 56; authority of, on the
Delaware ceases, 58; Admiral Penn
has engagements with, 60.
Duyckinck, Evert A., the author, quoted,
266.
Easton, conference with Indians at, 162;
books and State papers removed to,
204; Wolf, postmaster of, 350.
East India Tea Company, excitement
against; vessels of, turn back to Eng-
land; vessels of, sent to Boston, board-
ed, and tea poured into the water, 181.
Eckley, John, one of five commissioners,
103.
Eden, William, British commissioner,
Edinboro', Erie County, normal school
at, 366.
Edmundson, William, the preacher,
holds meetings, 59.
Education, McKean advocates, 304; rudi-
ments of, received by Hiester, 334;
message of Shulze on, 348; message
of Ritner on, 367.
Elder, Rev. John, (Colonel,) requests
Governor to remove Indians from Cote
estoga; rangers of, massacre Indians,
169; Thomas, 393.
Electoral College, Shulze President of,
349.
Electricity, Franklin's discoveries in,
259, 261.
England, peace between Holland and,
40; fleet of, descends upon the Dutch
coast, 56; peace between Netherlands
and, concluded, 58; three ships ar
rive from; seal of, 60; Penn's de-
scription of Province published in, 67;
laws of, 67, 71; civil liberty in, 75;
code of laws prepared in; frame of
government agreed upon in, 80; war
between Spain and, declared, 166;
treaty of peace between, and United
States, 317.
English, first in New Netherlands, 2;
parties of, attempt to gain a foothold
upon the Delaware, 31; party of, from
Connecticut, settle at mouth of Salen
Creek, 31; Van Ilpendam sent to drive
the, from Delaware, 33; make Rysingh
offers about a wife, 39; encroach upon
the Indians, 167; settlements in Mary.
land; claim discovery of territory on
the Delaware; submission of settlers
to, demanded, 47; claim to territory oe-
cupied by the Dutch, 50; throne, as-
cended by Charles II.; commissioners
issue proclamation, 51; New Nether
lands passes under rule of the, 52;
laws in Colonies, digested by Nicholls,
53; held at bay by De Ruyter, and
defeated, 56; soldiery sent to Hol
land, 56; New Netherlands restored
to the, 58; law essentials; ships from,
arrive with commissioners, 67; law,
offences capitally punished by, 81;
law of primogeniture abrogated in
Pennsylvania, 86; James II. promises
protection to Church of, 90; people
lose confidence in King James, 109;
the French at war with, 111; traders
seized by the French, 150; Shawanese
and Delaware Indians raise the hatchet
against, 158; capture Quebec, 164;
strongholds in Canada submit to rule
of, 166; government, order a confer-
ence at Albany; Ministry order Gene-
ral Congress of the Colonies in Ameri-
ca, 154.
Erie County, normal school in, 366.
Europeans, three, wander up Mohawk
Valley, 17; trade to, 33.
Evans, John, succeeds Andrew Hamilton
as Deputy Governor, 118; character
of, 118, 121; arrives in the Colony;
increases number of Council; first act
of, an effort to unite the Territories and
Province; withholds sanction from
bill, 118; party opposed to; dismisses
the Assembly; had little respect for
the Quakers; makes call for militia by
proclamation, 119; despicable con-
duct of, to test the Quaker faith; ruse
to frighten the Quakers futile; wins
contempt of the people; builds fort at
New Castle, and compels vessels to
bring to, before it, 120; relieved by
Charles Gookin; misbehaves to Indian
women; beats Cresson, 121; charges
preferred against; Council charged
with being accessory to misdeeds of;
offences of, cited, 122; odious to the
people, 125; misjudges the Quaker
faith, 143.
Evertson, Commodore, with Benckes, in
command of squadron, 56.
Ewing, Dr., Provost of University of
Pennsylvania; discourse of, on death
of George Bryan, 215.
Fabius, letters of, 249.
Fair Hill, near Philadelphia; county-
seat of Dickinson, 249.
Farmer's Letters, 175, 237, 238.
Farrandsville, terminus of West Branch
Canal, 436.
Fauche, the Abbe, delivers eulogy on
Franklin, 268.
Federal party, formation of; principles
of, 343; dissolution of, 343, 346; news-
papers of, join in support of new party,
346.
Federalists, organ of, 325; support Jo-
seph Hiester for Governor, 328, 329,
339; support Andrew Gregg for Gov-
eruor, 344.
Fenwick, John, arrives, 59; buys land
in trust for Byllinge, from Berkley and
Carteret, 60.
Ferguson, Mrs., bears proposition from
Johnstone to Joseph Reed, 225, 226.
Fillmore, Millard, President, 374.
Findlay, William, fourth Governor of
Pennsylvania; birth of; lineage, 323;
thirst for knowledge; instruction of,
324; admirer of Jefferson; Inspector
of Militia; Major; elected to the As-
sembly; proposes moving of the capi-
tal to Harrisburg, 325; chairman of
committees, 326, 327; votes against
impeachment of judges of Supreme
Court, 326; provisions offered by, to
revise judiciary system; elected State
Treasurer, 327; substitutes current for
uncurrent money received by chief
clerk; Legislature refunds money to;
elected Governor; resigns as State
Treasurer; inquiry into official conduct
of, as Treasurer, 328; Legislature re-
ports official conduct of, as Treasurer,
faithful; official conduct as Governor
inquired into; re-nominated for Gov-
ernor, 329; defeated by Hiester; elected
to United States Senate; appointed
Treasurer of Mint at Philadelphia;
resigns; death of; lays corner-stone
of the Capitol, 330; appoints Shulze
Surveyor General, 345.
Findlay, Samuel, 323; Colonel John;
General James, 330.
Finns, company of, sail with Minuit, 30;
of company's colony, 44.
Finney, David, of New Castle; McKean
studies law with, 289.
Fishbourne, William, treasurer, a de-
faulter; forever disqualified from hold-
ing office, 134.
Fishbourne, Elizabeth, daughter of Wil-
liam; marries Thomas Wharton, Jr.,
208.
Five Nations, the Minquas, a tribe of, 33;
chiefs hold conference, 128; treaty con-
Icluded with, 133.
Flag, the Union, first unfurled; descrip-
tion of, 194.
Florida, given up to the English, 167.
Fletcher, Governor, commissioned to as-
sume jurisdiction of Pennsylvania and
Territories, 94, 110; writes to Governor
Lloyd; visits the Province in great
pomp; summons the Assembly; Penn
writes to, 110; appoints Markham
Deputy Governor; dissolves the As-
sembly; departs for his own colony;
occasionally visits Delaware Colony;
message of, to the Assembly, 111;
reasons for transferring government of
Penn's colony to, 113, 114; declaration
of, to Assembly, as to constitution, 118.
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