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Payment may be made to the Librarian or Secretary, at the Hall, 1300

Locust Street, or to the Collector.

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EXTRACT OF THE REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO COUNCIL.

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In the operation of the General Fund of the Society for the year 1883,

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The account of the receipts and expenditures for the purchase and building of the New Hall, No. 1300 Locust Street, appear in the statement for 1884.

INDEX.

(Names of persons of value in genealogical research are printed in SMALL CAPITALS;
names of places in italics.)

Aboriginal American Authors and
their Production, by Danl. G. Brin-
ton, review of, 230

Acrelius, errors of, corrected, 19, 27,
244; cited, 157

Acton, Ben., arrives in Penna., 335
Adams, John Q., 217, 221
Agnew, General, 223

Agnews, The, of New York, men-
tioned, 314

Ahepameck, 135, 136

Alderson, Harrison, 173

Alferry, Thomas, arrives in Pa., 337
Alison, Francis, D.D., Vice-Provost
of College of Philadelphia, now Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, 45; pupils
of, 46, 47

Allan, David, Commissioner from the
American Company of Fariners in
Scotland, 322

Allegheny Creek, 57, 67

Allen, Col. Ethan, Green Mountain
Boys under, 364, 366; mentioned,
368, 373; John, 260; William, Jr.,
260; William (C. J.), 287, 407, 408,
410, 411, 412

Allentown, Pa., ancient, bell found at,
428

ALLINSON, 15

Allinson, David, 173; James, 173;
Margaret, 173; Mary, 171; Samuel,
Trustee of Friends' School in Bur-
lington, 165, 166; William, 170, 173;
William J., 4, 14, 173

Allmans, Edmund, 268
Almond, William, 283

"Amity, The," arrives in Pa., 340
Amity Township, Berks Co., a Swedish
settlement, 56

Amundsson, Hans, 28, 29, 30, 31, 41,
136, 137; dies, 139; commandant of
the eighth Swedish expedition to
New Sweden, 107

Anckarhjelm, Admiral Thiessen, 129,
138, 159

André, Major, 307; books taken from

the library of Dr. Franklin by, 430
Andrews, Peter, 8

Annes, Mrs., of Burlington, 264
" 'Antelope, The," arrives at Philada.,

329

Antietem Creek, Berks Co., Pa., 75
Appachaihackingh, 34

Appelbom, 247, 248, 249, 250
Aquilera, Don Diego, 139
Aratts, Leonard, and wife, arrive in
Pa., 331

Arbo, John, 118

Arkwright's spinning machinery, brass
model of, confiscated, 377
Armand, Colonel, anecdote regarding,
by Dr. Max. Lortzing, 229
Armes, Thos., arrives in Pa., 332
Armitage, Sarah, information wanted
regarding the parents and children
of, 231

Armstrong, Sergeant, 370
Arnold, General, 306, 307, 308, 309;
Regimental Memorandum Book,
363; Thomas, captain of "The Jef-
fries," 329; arrivals at Philadelphia,
list of, 328; corrections in, 439

Almy, Brown & Slater, cotton manu- Arunameck, 136
facturers, 378

Altena, 242

Alvis, 370

"America Illuminata," 246

"America, The," arrives in Pa. from
London, 339
American, Company of, Farmers in
Scotland, 322, 325; Magazine, 48;
subscribers to, 49; Museum, pub-
lished by Mathew Carey, 49

VOL. VIII.-30

Ashbridge, George, 411

Ashbrooke, Jno., arrived in Pa., 329
Aspinwall, William, 342
Assiscunk Creek, 1

Association Battery, location of, 211
Athanase of Lorette, 125
Atherly, Henry, arrived in Penna.,

329

Atkinson, Edward, quoted, 386
Attkinson, James, arrived in Pa., 329
(449)

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States, 343

Banton [Baynton], John, 410
Barclay, Mr., 296

BARDE, John Louis, 64

Barker, Abigail, 173; Joshua, 5
Barnerd, Lady, 356

Barney, Mr., mentioned in letter of
Robert Morris, 431

Baron, Father Denys, Chaplain at
Fort Du Quesne in 1755, 125, 127
Barré, Mademoiselle, 229
Barrow, Rebecca, arrives in Pa., 333
Baskingridge, 258
Bassley, John, 175

Bates, Thomas, arrives in Pa., 336
Bayard, Col. John, pupil of Francis
Alison, 46

Baynton, see Banton.

Beardsly, Alexander and family, ar-
rive in Pa., 333

Beaujeu, Daniel Hyacinth Mary Lié-
nard de, sketch of, by John Gilmary
Shea, 121

Beazars, John, 350
Bechtel, Abraham B., 67
Bechtelsville furnace, 77

Becket, Mary, arrives in Pa., 333
Bedford, Joseph, 258; Peter, 272
Bedford, Pa., 303, 304

Beef-Steak Club of London mentioned,
203

Beliteg, Pasco, arrived in Pa., 330
Bells, Independence, Christ Church,
and other, something about, 428
Beltshire, John, arrives in Pa., 337
Bengtsson, Anders, 159
Berks Co., Pa., early furnaces and
forges in, 56; formation of, 57; in-
dustries in, 78; iron works in, 81
Berkshire furnace, 58, 62, 73
Bertolette, Dr. David K., 66; J. S.,
66, 80

Bestitraser, Richard, arrives in Pa.,
339

Bethlehem Water Works, 118
Beyer, Postmaster, 38

Bible, proposals for printing it at Bur-
lington in 1789, 169
Biddle, C. C., 385
Biever, Abraham, 71
Bigelow, Capt. John, 376
Billig, Arnold, 74

Billingsport, fort to be built at, in
1776, 213

Bingham, Lieut. Wm., 211
Binke, Sarah, arrives in Pa., 337
BINNEY, Horace, xvii.; sketch of his
sister, Mrs. Wallace, xviii., xix.;
Susan married to J. B. Wallace,
xvii.

Bird, James, 60; Mark, 60, 64, 66, 67 ;
Mary, 60; William, 60, 62, 63, 65
Birdsboro' forge, 80

Blackfern, E., 356

Blackwell, John, arms used by, 348
Blair, Mr., 113

Blake, Edward, 83

Bloom forge, 77

Blundin, Richard, 283

Bock, Peter, 36

Bockhorn, Johan, commander of "Or-
nen," 40, 130, 135

Bœuf, Fort de la Rivière, 124
BOGARDUS, 306
Bogert, Henry J., 370
Bombay Hook, 34
Bomeisler, Lonis, 232

Bond, Drs. Thomas and Phineas, in-
formation wanted concerning per-
sonal history of, 351

Bonde, Krister, 42

Bonifoye, David, arrives in Pa., 338
BONIJAL, 301

Books distributed among Quaker meet-
ings of New Jersey, 8
Boomtien's Huk, 35
Boone, George, 59, 63

Booth, Deborah, arrives in Pa., 333
Boquet, Henry, 301; papers of, on
American affairs, left to Wm. Hal-
dimand, 302
Bordentown, 260
Bottle Hill, 272
BOWATER, 119
Bowes, Mr., 266

Boweter, Tho., arrives in Pa., 333
Bowman, Jolin, commander of The
Margaret, from London, arrived in
Pa., 330
Bowne, George, trustee of Friends'
School in Burlington, 165; made clerk
of, 166

Bradbury, Theophilus, letter from, to
his daughter Harriet, 226
Braddock, Gen. Edward, 124
Bradford, collection of MSS. quoted,

51

Bradford, Andrew, 51; Cornelius, 112,
113; William, first printer of the
Middle Colonies, address on, by J.
W. Wallace, mentioned xxxiii.;
mentioned, 48, 49, 51, 52, 112, 113,
116, 258, 283; Col. William, notice of
sketches of by John Wm. Wallace,
xiv., xxxix.
Bradshaw, Lemuel, arrives in Pa., 335
Bradwell, Mary, Mary, Jr., and Sarah,
arrive in Pa., 338
Brandmiller, Rev. John, 108
Bridgeman, Richard, commander of
the "Francis and Dorothy," 337
Brinton, Daniel G., review of Aborigi
nal American Authors, etc., by, 230
Briscoe, Dr. John, subscriber to the
American Magazine, 49

Bristol Township, Phila. Co., tax list
of, in 1693, 98

Bristol, news of battle of Trenton
reached, 259

Brobst's forge, 70, 74; Michael, 74;
John, 74

Broen, Thomas, 26

Brogden, H. H., letter from, to T.
Ward, 203

Bromley, Sergeant, 201

Brooke Iron Co. instituted, 64
Brooke, M., heirs of, owners of Birds-
boro' forge, 80; Matthew, Jr., 61,
64; Thomas, 61

Brookesby, Isa., arrived in Pa., 331
Brown, 257; Capt., behavior of, at
Lamington, 274; mentioned, 372,
375; Jonathan arrives at Ticonde-
roga, 367, 368; Moses, 162; Mrs.
Polly, of Trenton, 263

BROWN, Wm., 119

Browne, Dan., arrived in Pa., 331
Bryan, Robt., arrived in Pa., 331
Buck, William J., contribution of, 430
Buckley & Brooke, 79

Buckley, Daniel, 61; Edward, 64; Ed-
ward S., 61; George, 64
BUCKMAN, William, 441

Bucks County, iron-works in, 81; ex-
tent of, in 1693, 84; rate of taxes, 83
Buell, Capt., 374

Bull, Capt., 369; Thomas, 67, 71, 72
Buller, Judeth and Sarah, arrive in
Pa., 333

Bullock, J., 169; Joseph, 271, 273;
Mrs., 264

Burd, Col., see Baird.

Burgoyne, General, 224, 225

Burke, Thomas, arrives in Pa., 337
Burkhart's forge, 70, 75; Samuel, 75
Burlington, 1; Friends in, 3, 160;
Friends' School in, established, 165;
Meeting, 8, 160, 161, 169

Burr, Aaron, 217; Joseph, 5, 8
Burton, Benjamin, 53

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BUTE, John, Earl of, 354
Butler, John, 378; Capt. Peter, a sub-
scriber to the American Magazine,
49; Col. Richard, letter of, to Gen.
Wm. Irvine, 117
Butterfield, 368

Byberry, Phila. Co., tax list of, 100

Cadwalader, John, 201, 256, 393, 396,
397, 399, 400

Caldwell, George, 261; J. (S.?), 399;
Samuel, 261

Cales, Aiolce, arrives in Pa., 335
Calico-printing works established by
John Hewson, 298

Callowhill, Hannah, copy of Penn's
Travels presented to her by the
author, 355

Calvet, Monsieur du, 307, 309
CAMAC, Turner, 298, 379
Camac, Dr. William, 204; owner of

unpublished letter of Wm. Penn, 429
Cammerhoff, Bishop, quoted, 429
Campanius, Johan, consecrates the
first Swedish church, 18; despatched
as messenger to Hudde, 19; returns
to Sweden, 22; cited, 157; mentioned,

245

Campbell, Lord Chief Justice, xxvi.,
260

Candy, Tho., arrives in Pa., 333
Cannon balls manufactured in Berks
Co. during the Revolution, 62
Cantrell, Mary, arrives in Pa., 337
Carey, John, of Fredericktown, sub-
scriber to the American Magazine,
49; Mathew, publisher of American
Museum, 49; mentioned, 385
Carlisle, Earl of, xxvii.
Carlson criticized, 247
Carlton, Sir Guy, Governor of Canada,
112; mentioned, 371

Carpenter, Samuel, 105, 174, 283, 377
Carqueville, Lieut. de, burial of, 127
Carson, Hampton L., speech of, at
opening of new Hall of Hist. Soc. of
Pa., 193; contribution of, of remin-
iscence of Samuel Humphreys, 216
Carter, Thomas, and family, arrive in
Pa., 337; William, arrives in Pa., 333
Case, Joseph and Thomas, arrive in
Pa., 337

Caseau, Monsieur, 307

Cash, Abraham, 404, 405; Andrew D.,
232; Ann, 405; Benjamin, 405; Ca-
leb, 405, 406; Isaac, 404, 405; Mary,
406; Thomas, 405
Casimir, fort built, 34; becomes centre
of Dutch power, 36; mentioned, 30,
131, 140, 141, 149, 151, 158, 242, 251;
taken by the Swedes and named Fort
Trinity, 132, 133; Dutch commandant
at, 131, 133, 142

Bush, Maj. marches into Trenton, 397 Cassel, Johannes, and his five children,

Butcher, Margaret, 8

arrive in Pa., 329

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